>>> WELCOME TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
THE TIME IS 9:30 1 AM.
I AM ALEX PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> THAT IS FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, TODAY
IS AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
CHAIR'S REPORT.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE
FINAL MEETING OF OUR COMMITTEE
BEFORE ALL REGULAR COMMITTEE
MEETINGS ARE ON HOLD TO
CONSIDER OUR 2022 CITY BUDGET.
WE HAVE, ON OUR AGENDA TODAY,
ITEMS FROM ALL FOUR OF THE
DEPARTMENTS WE MONITORING THIS
COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST MEETING
AS WE GET READY FOR OUR TWO
MONTH BUDGET PROCESS, THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT TREAD VISITED
THIS LEGISLATION ARE ASKING US
IF WE CAN VOTE ALL OF IT OUT AT
COMMITTEE TODAY.
IF THERE ARE FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON ITEMS, WE CAN
ALWAYS DELAY WHEN THE FULL
COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE ITEMS.
FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF SENDING
AN ITEM TO THE SEPTEMBER 20
COUNCIL, WE CAN SEND IT TO A
LATER ONE LIKE OCTOBER 4, FOR
EXAMPLE.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY QUESTIONS
WE HAVE ABOUT ITEMS, I
ANTICIPATE TODAY'S MEETING
MIGHT LAST UNTIL 11:30 OR 12,
NOON TODAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
>>> I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY
REGISTERED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TO SPEAK.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE OUR I.T.
FOLKS COME FROM THEY ARE SEEING
THE SAME THING THAT NO ONE IS
SIGNED UP THIS TIME.
>> THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
FOR FOLKS WATCHING, YOU CAN
ALWAYS EMAIL THE COUNCIL ON
THESE ITEMS.
I AM GOING TO QUICKLY OPEN AND
CLOSE THE GENERAL COMMENT
PERIOD BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
SEEING ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, FOLKS INTERESTED IN
COMMENTING ON THESE ITEMS CAN
SEND US EMAILS AS WELL.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, COUNCIL BILL
120160.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT, ADDING
A NEW SECTION TO CHAPTER 21.49
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO ESTABLISH THE RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM. AUTHORIZING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAD AN EXTENDED
PRESENTATION ON THIS COUNCIL
BILL DURING OUR PREVIOUS
COMMITTEE MEETING.
TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS BEFORE
WE VOTE ON THIS PROPOSAL.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, THIS
COUNCIL VOTE WOULD EXPAND THE
FLEXIBILITY TO CONTRACT WITH
BOTH ELECTRIC POWER SPIRES AND
LARGE CUSTOMERS TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE
ELECTRICITY. AS WE HEARD IN THE
UTILITIES PRESENTATION AND
DISCUSSION ON AUGUST 18, THIS
AUTHORITY WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE
TO SIMULATE PURCHASE AND SUPPLY
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE GREEN POWER
AS ENERGY NEEDS INCREASE OVER
TIME. THE RESULTS ARE EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE BOTH FISCAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FOR THE
CITY AND ITS RATEPAYERS.
OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST
REPAIRED A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS
CIRCULATED EARLIER THIS WEEK
AND POSTED ON OUR AGENDA.
THE MEMO FURTHER EXPLAINS
PROPOSED PROGRAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUR
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST AN
OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING IN THE MEMO.
WE HAVE OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF
CITY LIGHT HERE, DEBRA SMITH,
AND HER TEAM TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM.
FIRST, TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYST ERIC, ANYTHING TO SHARE
WITH US?
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I AM ERIC McCONAGHY FROM
CENTRAL STAFF . VERY BRIEFLY, I
WOULD ADD THAT THE LEGISLATION
WOULD EXTEND THE CONTRACTING
TIME FOR CITY LIGHT FROM FIVE
YEARS TO 20 YEARS.
CITY LIGHT HAS FIVE YEARS OF
AUTHORITY FOR CONTRACTING.
WHILE THIS WAS ESTABLISHED,
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
ESTABLISH THE RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM.
CITY LIGHT WOULD COME TO
COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE
DECISIONS UPON A RATE FOR
RENEWABLE PLUS CUSTOMERS.
THAT IS ANOTHER DECISION TO
COME THE FUTURE.
THOSE ARE THE KEY FEATURES I
WANTED TO POINT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I AM HERE IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEMO TO
US.
I KNOW SOME QUESTIONS WE HAD
RAISED PREVIOUSLY WERE ABOUT --
WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONCEPT BUT WHAT WERE THE RISKS
TO THE CITY?
ARE WE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC
AND IF IT'S? AS I HEAR YOU
SAYING, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE
COMING BACK TO SET THE RATE,
THAT IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO
REVISIT THIS.
>> I WILL LOOK FOR ANY COUNCIL
MEMBER QUESTIONS WOULD ALSO
WANTED TO OFFER TO CITY LIGHT,
IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING
FURTHER ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
>> I CAN OFFER JUST A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF OR SO, WE HAVE NOT
HAD AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE
PROBABLY WOULD ALL LIKE TO PUT
FORTH NEW PROGRAMS AND THINGS
THAT PREPARE US FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS IS JUST THAT.
IS SUPER TIMELY BECAUSE AS
FOLKS GENERALLY KNOW -- I
PERSONALLY AM NOT GOING TO SPEND
$500 TO GO SEE COLDPLAY
ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO BUT I
HEAR THE LIVESTREAMING WILL BE
AWESOME.
WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA IS ESSENTIALLY DONE AND
WE ARE ALREADY TO START
ENJOYING THAT.
THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE
CUSTOMER FOR WHOM THE RENEWABLE
PLUS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW THEM TO
MEET THEIR ENHANCED
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS IN
DIRECT RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER
REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GONE
BACK THROUGH AND MADE AVAILABLE
IN AN EQUITABLE WAY TO ALL
CUSTOMERS WHO MEET THE
GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF SIZE AND
TYPE OF LOAD. WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
SOMETHING THAT IS NEW AND THAT
POSITIONS SEATTLE FOR THE
FUTURE AND ALLOWS OUR
PARTICULARLY TIME IT CONCHES
CUSTOMERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLORE THIS CONCEPT OF
ADDITIVITY.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HEAR
ABOUT IN THE FUTURE BUT IT
MEANS THAT A CUSTOMER CHOOSES
TO NOT JUST MEET THEIR LOAD
WITH RENEWABLE POWER OR WITH
GREEN POWER BUT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY FINANCIALLY
PARTICIPATING AND ENCOURAGING
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RENEWABLE
RESOURCES.
THEY ARE BRINGING NEW RENEWABLE
RESOURCES TO THE REGION THAT
WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXIST.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
ALIGNS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS AND WE ARE
EXCITED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY
INTERESTING PROGRAM.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW
IT SUPPORTS WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT ANY WORK THAT YOU ARE
DOING WITH LABOR TO TRY TO
RETRAIN FOLKS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY A NON-GREEN ECONOMY
JOB AND ANY PARTNERING THAT YOU
MIGHT BE DOING OR CONTEMPLATING
WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS OR TRAINING
TECHNICAL COLLEGES. AS WE TRY
TO MAKE THIS SHIFT, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO FLUSH
OUT WHAT IS CONCRETELY, WHAT
CONNECTIONS TO BUILDING A
PIPELINE LOOK LIKE AND I AM
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO GET
FOLKS FROM SOUTH SEATTLE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE
GOING TO COLLEGE, TO START
BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
THE SYSTEMS WE NEED TO MOVE
PEOPLE INTO THESE JOBS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
MIGHT BE LIKE?
>> SURE.
I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT AT A
VERY HIGH LEVEL AND THEN I CAN
COMMIT TO GETTING YOU
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I ALSO WOULD INVITE MY
COLLEAGUE, CRAIG SMITH, TO JUMP
IN.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE
CREATION OF GREEN JOBS IS
SOMETHING THAT -- HE IS OUR
CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER BUT ALSO
SOMETHING THAT HE CARES ABOUT
AND HAS DONE WORK AROUND.
IN GENERAL, WHAT IS IMPORTANT
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
OR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, I
SHOULD SAY, IS THAT THE JOBS --
CERTAINLY, WE ARE AT A
TRANSFORMATIVE POINT -- THAT
WAS INTERESTING.
THAT WAS MY PHONE.
OUR JOBS AND OUR INDUSTRY IS
TRANSFORMING.
MOST OF OUR JOBS, MOST OF THE
JOBS IN THE ELECTRIC UTILITY
INDUSTRY ARE BECOMING GREENER.
WE ARE BECOMING GREENER.
CUSTOMERS WANT GREEN OPTIONS AND
THEY WANT RENEWABLES. THEY WANT
GREEN OPTIONS AND THEY WANT
LOCAL CHOICE.
THOSE ARE CRITICAL THINGS.
WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS TO
FEED THE PIPELINE.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
LABOR. WE ARE DEVELOPING A
REGIONAL CONSORTIUM THAT
INCLUDES PSE, TACOMA,
SNOHOMISH, AND CITY LIGHT SO
THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR
OPPORTUNITIES AS A REGION TO
TARGET AND BRING A MORE DIVERSE
WORKFORCE INTO THE NEW JOBS
THAT WE ARE CREATING.
THAT IS WORK WE ARE ACTIVELY
DOING WITH THE IBEW AND OUR
THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR . THEY
ARE A PART OF A NATIONAL FIRM,
ACTUALLY MULTINATIONAL.
THAT IS AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY.
JUST THIS FALL, OUR HIGH-
VOLTAGE APPRENTICESHIP CLASS IS
BEING MARKETED TO CITY
EMPLOYEES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY
WANTED TO DO WAS TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED
DIVERSITY BUT ALSO FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES TO HAVE INCOME
POTENTIAL.
BY MAKING THIS PROGRAM AVAILABLE
AND MAKING THIS CLASS AVAILABLE
TO CITY EMPLOYEES ONLY, WE KNOW
THAT IT WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE
OPTION FOR MANY OF OUR MATERIAL
HANDLERS, FOR INSTANCE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE
EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT
THE CITY HAS.
AGAIN, WORKING ON THAT. I THINK
YOU ARE AWARE, GENERALLY, WE DO
WORK WITH SEATTLE COLLEGE.
WE HAVE THE BASIC ENGINEERING
AND MATH PROGRAM THAT WE
PROVIDE AND THAT WE FUND AND
IBEW ASSISTS US WITH THAT.
THAT IS A WAY WE CAN ENSURE
THAT FOLKS WHO DON'T PERHAPS
HAVE THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED
OR THE MATH AND SCIENCE THAT
THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
AN APPRENTICESHIP CAN
PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS.
WE THEN PRESENT THEM WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE
EFFECTIVELY FOR A VARIETY OF
APPRENTICESHIPS. I WILL SEE IF
CRAIG OR ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO
OFFER TO THAT.
I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD BE
FUNDING HERE -- WHAT WE DID WAS
WE ISSUED AN RFP AND WE BOUGHT
SOME INFORMATION WITH THAT. AT
THE END OF 2020 -- THE PROJECTS
THAT WE WILL BE POTENTIALLY
SELECT THING AND CONTRACTING
WITH MAY NOT BE LOCAL AND I
WOULD ASK SCOTT TO SHARE ANY
INFORMATION HE CAN ABOUT THE
KINDS OF PROJECTS WE ARE
LOOKING AT BUT ALSO, FIRST TURN
TO GREG.
>> THANK YOU, DEBRA SMITH.
IN ADDITION TO THE AREAS
CITED, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF WORK AROUND BUILDING ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, BUILDING ENERGY
EFFICIENCY RETROFITS AND THEN
ALSO THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS
TRYING TO RE-INCREASE THE
EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS AND NEW
CONSTRUCTION.
THAT IS AN AREA WERE WE BELIEVE
THERE WAS A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US CREATING
PATHWAYS FOR WOMEN IN BIPOC
COMMUNITIES TO REALLY LOOK AT
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF EXISTING
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE
, BOTH CLEAN ENERGY AND GENERAL
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE
SOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN TERMS
OF REPRESENTATION OF BIPOC
COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN IN THE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
WORKFORCE.
A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS
NOT ONLY WITH EXPANDED PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS BUT WE
ARE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO
ENGAGING LABOR, TO LOOK FOR
WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE
OUT OF THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS AND INTO THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
THEMSELVES.
THE CLASS MAKEUPS FOR CERTAIN
TRADES, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT GAPS. WE HAVE ALSO
DONE SOME WORK OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS WITH EMERALD CITY
AND FOLKS THAT OWN AND OPERATE
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, LOOKING
AT THE BUILDINGS OPERATION
WORKFORCE.
THOSE FOLKS THAT OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY
GOOD SUCCESS.
WE HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON THE
BUILDING OPERATIONS WORKFORCE
THROUGH VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUILDING
ENGINEERS.
STILL, SOME OPPORTUNITY TO GROW
THERE BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES ARE
IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
>> I COULD SPEAK TO THE PROGRAM
ITSELF.
'S SCOTT COOPER WITH CITY LIGHT
, OBVIOUSLY.
I LEAVE THE DESIGN TEAM.
AS DEBRA MENTIONED, WE SENT
OUT THE RFP IN 2020 AND WE GOT
35, 40 RESPONSES.
SOME REALLY STRONG AT RESPONSES.
IT WAS WIND AND SOLAR LOCATED
IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
EASTERN OREGON AND MONTANA.
WE HAD THE EVALUATION MATRIX
AND SCORING CRITERIA TO WHITTLE
THAT DOWN AND GET THE LONG LIST
DOWN TO THE SHORT LIST WE ARE
AT NOW.
ONE OF THOSE FIRST CRITERIA WE
WERE LOOKING AT WAS WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THESE
PROJECTS, WHAT KIND OF GREEN
JOBS WILL THEY BE CREATING IN
THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY ARE
BASED?
WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE
THEY DOING WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES THEY WILL BE BASED
IN?
AND, OTHER KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS
THAT THEY ARE EXPLORING.
WE MIGHT BE WORKING WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITY GROUPS OR SCHOOL OR
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
CRITERIA WE LOOKED AT IN ALL OF
THE PROJECTS WE RECEIVED TO GET
INTO THE SHORT LIST.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE
PRIORITIZED AT THE OUTSET AND
ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE
SHORTLIST PROJECTS WILL BE GOOD
NEIGHBORS FOR THE COMMUNITIES
IN WHICH THEY ARE BASED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOROUGH
RESPONSES AND THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE GREEN
JOBS AND MOVING TOWARD A JUST
TRANSITION. COUNCIL MEMBERS,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS?
OTHERWISE WE CAN VOTE TO MOVE
THIS FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING
THE RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120160
, ITEM 1 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF THE
FINAL BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120160?
>> GONZCEZ?
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE A POST.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
IS THAT THE BILL IS PASSED AND
WILL BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER
20th CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UNLESS WE DESIGNATE OTHERWISE,
WE WILL ASSUME THINGS WILL GO
TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 20.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I THINK CITY LIGHT, WE HAVE SOME
MORE FROM YOU HERE, THOUGH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, COUNCIL
BILL 120170 , AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT, AUTHORIZING THE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CITY LIGHT
TO ESTABLISH AND FUND EARLY
ACTION SKAGIT HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IN
ANTICIPATION OF NEW SKAGIT
RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
LICENSE CONDITION TO IMPLEMENT
MEANINGFUL HABITAT AND
WATERSHED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
SKAGIT RIVER WATERSHED FOR
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTED
SPECIES, FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS
ENABLING SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TO
HONOR A COMMITMENT THEY HAVE
MADE PREVIOUSLY AND WANT TO GET
THIS DONE BEFORE THE PROCESS
STARTS.
I WANTED TO OFFER ERIC
McCONAGHY, IF YOU WANTED TO
MAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
ON THIS ITEM, OTHERWISE WE CAN
GO TO GENERAL MANAGER SMITH
FROM CITY LIGHT.
>> YOU ARE ON MUTE, ERIC.
>> I KNEW EVENTUALLY I WOULD DO
IT AT LEAST ONCE IN COMMITTEE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
GENERAL MANAGER SMITH, PLEASE
TELL US ABOUT THIS COUNCIL
BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN THE
PRESENTATION ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, CHRIS TOWNSEND.
MAURA BRUEGER WILL BE PUTTING
THE SLIDES UP . WHILE SHE WORKS
ON THAT, I WILL QUICKLY
INTRODUCE THE TEAM AND ASK FOR
YOUR INDULGENCE BECAUSE I
RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE NOT YET
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY
REVIEW ON SKAGIT AND WHERE
THINGS ARE AT.
PROBABLY MUCH OF WHAT YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE WATCHED ON KING 5 OR
READ IN THE PAPER.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE
ARE ACTUALLY VERY EARLY IN THIS
PROCESS.
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU ABOUT A
TWO TO FIVE MINUTE CATCH YOU UP
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THEN
WE WILL JUMP INTO THE SPECIFIC
ACTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR SKAGIT
LICENSE IS SET TO EXPIRE. OUR
PLAN, AT THIS POINT, IS TO
SUBMIT FOR A NEW LICENSE IN
EARLY 2023.
THE WAY IT WORKS, IS THERE ARE
PLACES AND STAGES THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE
HAVE WORKED TO NEGOTIATE WITH
OUR PARTNERS -- WE REFER TO AND
YOU WILL SEE REFERENCED TO THE
NOTION OF LICENSED
PARTICIPANTS.
LICENSED PARTICIPANTS ARE A
FAIRLY LARGE GROUP.
CHRIS, HOW MANY LICENSED
PARTICIPANTS DO WE HAVE IN THAT
CATEGORY?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE 30
THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED SUCH AS
NONPROFITS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
>> CHRIS TOWNSEND, BY THE WAY,
IS OUR DIRECTOR OF CITY
LICENSING . HE IS -- THIS IS
HIS FIRST LICENSING HE IS
NEGOTIATING.
I ALSO HAVE WITH ME TODAY, IN
ADDITION TO MAURA BRUEGER ,
MIKE HAYNES WHO IS CITY LIGHT'S
CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
GENERATION OFFICER.
MIKE IS OVERSEEING THE
LICENSING WORKING WITH CHRIS
AND OUR TEAM.
THE FIRST PIECE THAT HAPPENS IS
WE ENGAGE WITH THE LICENSE
PARTICIPANTS ABOUT WHAT SCIENCE
AND WHAT INFORMATION FOLKS NEED
TO MAKE DECISIONS.
THAT ALL CULMINATES IN US
SUBMITTING -- WHICH WE DID IN
MAY, A FINAL PLAN TO THE
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY
COMMISSION.
THEY ISSUE LICENSES FOR
NONFEDERAL PROJECTS. IT IS
KIND OF CONFUSING BECAUSE WE
TALK ABOUT FERK AS THE FEDERAL
ENTITY.
FEDERAL PROJECTS ARE FOR
INSTANCE, THE COLUMBIA RIVER
SYSTEM.
WE CALL THAT THE FEDERAL
COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEMS
WHICH CONSISTS OF ALL THE DAMS
ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND THE
LOWER SNAKE RIVER.
THOSE DAMS PRODUCE THE POWER
THAT IS MARKETED BY BONNEVILLE
IN THE REGION AND WE PURCHASED
A BLOCK OF POWER FROM
BONNEVILLE WHICH LARGELY COMES
FROM THOSE SYSTEMS.
IN ADDITION, AS YOU KNOW -- I'M
JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT.
CITY LIGHT HAS SEVERAL OF OUR
OWN GENERATION PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE PROJECT AT BOUNDARY
AND WE HAVE THE PROJECT AT
SKAGIT. WE CALL THEM PROJECTS
BECAUSE THEY REALLY WORK.
THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
SKAGIT AND BOUNDARY ARE VERY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
BOUNDARY IS A RIVER PROJECT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HOLD WATER, FOR INSTANCE.
AT THE SKAGIT, WE HAVE THREE
POWERHOUSES AND THREE DAMS AND
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOLD
WATER. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER
IN A HYDRO SYSTEM, WATER IS THE
FUEL.
OUR ABILITY TO STORE FUEL AND
WATER IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO
GENERATE MORE POWER DURING THE
TIMES WHEN SEATTLE NEEDS MORE
POWER AND THEN HOLD WATER
DURING THE TIMES WHEN WE DON'T
SO THAT IT IS AVAILABLE FOR
WHEN WE DO NEED IT. THAT IS A
VERY, VERY HIGH-LEVEL NOTION OF
HOW THE SYSTEMS WORK.
THE THREE DAMS ON THE SKAGIT DO
ALL WORK TOGETHER.
THEY WERE DESIGNED TO WORK
TOGETHER.
IT HAS TO DO WITH BOTH HOW THE
GENERATING SYSTEM THAT THE CITY
INSTALLS, HOW THAT WORKS, BUT
ALSO THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE THREE
DAMS ALONG THE WAY.
THAT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HEARD -- THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME CALLS AROUND
REMOVING GORGE DAM.
GORGE DAM IS WHAT PROVIDES A
GREAT DEAL OF THE FLEXIBILITY
AND THE FLOOD CONTROL THAT ARE
CRITICAL TO THIS PROJECT AND
CRITICAL TO THIS SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS
UNHOOKING ONE PIECE FROM A
SYSTEM AND I JUST NEEDED TO
EXPLAIN THAT VERY QUICKLY UP
FRONT.
AS WE HAVE BEEN IN THESE
NEGOTIATIONS AROUND WHAT WOULD
GO IN THE FINAL STUDY PLAN AND
WHAT SCIENCE WE WOULD CONDUCT
OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD AND THAT
IS THE TIMELINE WE ARE STILL
OPERATING UNDER.
IT IS SCIENCE THIS SUMMER,
SCIENCE NEXT SUMMER AND THEN WE
WOULD BEGIN TO NEGOTIATE THE
ACTUAL TERMS OF THE LICENSE
REQUEST TO FERK AND ULTIMATELY
FERK WILL TELL US WHAT WE NEED
TO IMPLEMENT.
AS WE WERE DOING THAT, YOU
HEARD THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE TRIBES THOUGHT ROCKY
FOR A BIT.
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT
THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER NOW.
THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF PENDING
LITIGATION.
I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS THAT
OVER.
ONE IS A PDR SUIT FROM SKAGIT
COUNTY. WE ARE CONTINUING TO
WORK THROUGH THAT AND YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BELIEVES WE
HAVE, IN FACT -- THE PDR'S THAT
THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED OVER
ARE STILL OPEN AND WE ARE STILL
WORKING TO GATHER INFORMATION
THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THAT.
WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT
FRONT.
THERE WAS ALSO A PIECE OF
LITIGATION FILED BY ONE OF THE
THREE PRIMARY TRIBES AND THAT
PIECE WAS AROUND REMOVAL OF
GORGE DAM.
THAT IS PLAYING ITSELF OUT.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, WE
HAVE WORKED HARD TO RESET THE
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE BROUGHT IN NEW LEGAL
COUNCIL, A LOCAL FARM,
CASCADIA LAW WHICH INCLUDES
HELP FROM JAY MANNING , PEOPLE
HERE WHO MOST FOLKS KNOW.
THE TRIBES ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF CHANGES
AND SOUL-SEARCHING WE FOUND, IN
TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND
HOW WE MAKE COMMITMENTS AND
FOLLOW-UP ON THOSE, WE ARE
FEELING PRETTY POSITIVE FOR
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE
PROCESS.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY IS
-- IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT
ESTABLISHES THIS HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AND FUNDING
LEVELS.
IT RELIES ON EXISTING
APPROPRIATIONS.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS
AUTHORITY FOR ME TO SIGN
AGREEMENTS AS WE MAKE AWARDS
FROM WITHIN THIS SPOT.
THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO RATES.
THE FUNDS ARE PART OF THE
OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE SKAGIT
BUDGET. AGAIN, YOU APPROVE AS
PART OF OUR OVERALL CIP AND
BUDGET THAT WE BRING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING THAT THIS DOES
IS IT CREATES A PARTNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRIBES AND
AGENCIES.
I KNOW YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE
HAVE A REVIEW PANEL.
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THEM
RECENTLY ON OPERATIONAL
PLANNING.
WE KIND OF THINK OF THIS AS A
SMALLER VERSION OF THE REVIEW
PANEL AS WELL.
OR, AT LEAST A MORE NARROWLY
FOCUSED REVIEW PANEL.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE WOULD
CREATE THIS FUND AND THEN WE
WOULD USE MONIES FROM THE FUND
TO DO PROJECTS AND TO SUPPLEMENT
PROJECTS.
RARELY WOULD WE BE OUT THERE ON
OUR OWN.
WE WOULD LARGELY BE WORKING AS
A PARTNER WITH OTHER WORK. IT
WOULD LARGELY BE FOCUSED ON THE
ESTUARIES AND THE AREA BELOW
WHERE THE SAUK RIVER INTERSECTS
THE SKAGIT.
FOR US, IN RELICENSING, THERE
IS THIS CONCEPT ABOUT THE AREA
OF IMPACT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR AND WORK HARD TO MITIGATE
OUR IMPACTS WITHIN THAT AREA.
IT IS VERY HARD TO CLEARLY
IDENTIFY IMPACTS FROM OUR
PROJECT ON THE ESTUARY BELOW
THE SAUK.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE SKAGIT IS
AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SOURCE
FOR SALMON AND FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND THE WATERSHD AND
THE VALLEY.
BY MAKING THIS FUNDING SOURCE
AVAILABLE AND WORKING DIRECTLY
WITH LICENSE PARTICIPANTS AND
PARTNERS TO AWARD FARMS, ALLOWS
US TO PARTICIPATE IN HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
REALLY FOCUSED ON IS SAYING
THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN AN
ECOSYSTEM WIDE APPROACH TO THIS
RELICENSING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT FISH.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HABITAT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE
THE BROADEST VIEW. LET'S GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> I STARTED TALKING A BIT
ABOUT THE PROCESS.
THIS IS A VERY SKINNY AND DOWN
VERSION OF A SLIDE THAT YOU MAY
SEE ANOTHER TIME AS WE MOVE
THROUGH OUR PROCESS BUT THE
NOTION IS, WE LEARN, WE PLAN,
WE DO AND THEN WE ARE
CONSTANTLY EVALUATING.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE STUDY
PHASE.
FOR HOW MANY FOLKS ARE OUT
THERE WORKING AT ANY POINT IN
TIME RIGHT NOW?
>> WE HAVE 30 OR 40 PEOPLE OUT
IN THE FIELD AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
WE HAVE HIRED ALMOST EVERY
SINGLE CONSULTING FIRM IN THE
REGION.
>> IT IS A VERY BIG EFFORT.
WE HAVE TONS OF SCIENTISTS
WORKING ON THE RIVER.
THEY WILL BE WORKING AND TAKING
THE DATA THAT THEY ACCUMULATE.
AGAIN, THE SCIENCE WE ARE DOING
IS ALSO IN CONDUCTION WITH THE
LICENSE PARTICIPANTS.
THEY ARE HELPING US IN THE
STUDIES AND IT WILL HELP US
EVALUATE THE DATA.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE POINT IN
úDOING ANY OF THIS IF WE ARE NO
DOING IT IN COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOLKS WHO
ARE VESTED IN THE RIVER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF
THIS DATA WILL BE USED TO
DEVELOP A LICENSE APPLICATION
THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN ALL
SUPPORT.
WE WELCOME THEM AND WE WORK
CLOSELY WITH THEM.
OUR FINAL STUDY PLAN
DETERMINATION CAME OUT JULY 16.
DID WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE FINAL
STUDY PLAN TO FERK WAS WE MADE
A FEW COMMITMENTS.
WE COMMITTED TO DO SOME EARLY
ACTION ITEMS.
I WILL STOP RIGHT HERE. ONCE WE
HAVE THE SCIENCE, THEN WE WILL
PLAN.
WE WILL IMPLEMENT EARLY
COMMITMENTS INCLUDING THIS
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT MEANS THAT AS WE LEARN, AS
WE COMPLETE STUDIES AND WE GAIN
KNOWLEDGE, IF THERE ARE THINGS
THAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO, WE
WON'T NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THE
LICENSE.
FERK DOES ALLOW YOU TO DO EARLY
ACTION ITEMS AND THEN TO TAKE
CREDIT FOR THOSE EARLY ACTION
ITEMS WITHIN THE LICENSE
IMPLEMENTATION.
AGAIN, THERE IS NO SENSE IN
WAITING IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
THEN, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW
LICENSE.
WE WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION
IN APRIL 2023.
IT GENERALLY WILL TAKE A COUPLE
OF YEARS AND THERE WILL BE A
PROCESS DURING THAT TIME.
FERK WILL DO A LOT TO REVIEW
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A NEW
LICENSE BY APRIL 2025.
THEN, TO EVALUATE, THAT IS THE
ONGOING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.
HE RIVER SYSTEM IS A LIVING
SYSTEM.
IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT. CLIMATE
CHANGE AND OTHER IMPACTS ARE
CONSTANTLY CAUSING THINGS TO
BEHAVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AS WE LEARN AND AS THINGS
CHANGE, WE WILL MODIFY AND
CHANGE OUR APPROACH ALONG THE
WAY AND THAT IS A CRITICAL
PIECE OF THE LICENSE.
NOW LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE PRE-LICENSE COMMITMENTS
THAT WE ARE TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT TODAY AND THAT WE MADE TO
THE TRIBES AND TO THE LICENSE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE FORM OF A
LETTER THAT THEY RECEIVED AT
THE TIME WHEN WE FILED OUR
FINAL STUDY PLAN WITH FERC HAD
LARGELY THREE COMPONENTS.
ONE IS TO RETORT FLOWS TO THE
GORGE REACH OF THE RIVER.
YOU SEE TWO PICTURES ON THE
SCREEN AND THE LEFT PICTURE IS
HOW THAT REACH TYPICALLY LOOKS.
WHEN I SAY AND WHEN WE SAY
RESTORE WATER, WE SPILL.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE IS
WATER IN THAT REACH AND THE
PICTURE OVER ON THE RIGHT --
CHRIS, COULD YOU TELL YOUR
STORY ABOUT THIS PICTURE?
IT IS KIND OF COOL.
>> THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, I
HAPPENED TO BE UP AT A MEETING
AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING
CENTER ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF
THE YEAR, JANUARY WHATEVER THAT
WAS.
IT WAS 109.
>> JUNE 30.
>> SORRY.
IT WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE
YEAR AND IT WAS ABOUT 109 AT
THE PROJECT.
IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL FOR THE
PROJECT TO SPILL IN SUMMER.
THAT IS WHEN WE ARE REALLY
CONSERVING WATER, GENERATING
ELECTRICITY WITH WHATEVER WATER
WE HAVE. SINCE IT WAS SO HOT,
EVERY SINGLE AIR-CONDITIONER IN
THE SEATTLE WAS ON. THE
GLACIERS WERE MELTING FASTER
THAN THEY NORMALLY DO WHICH IS
KIND OF SCARY.
WE HAD AN OVERABUNDANCE OF
WATER.
WE WERE SPILLING AT DIABLO,
WHICH I WAS ON TOP OF.
THEN I DROVE DOWN TO SEE WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE AT GORGE. THIS
IS A 2700 CFS FLOW WHICH IS
OVERTOP OF BANKS.
THIS IS MORE FULL THAN THE
RIVER WHATEVER BE EXPECTED TO BE
. THE PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKING
US TO PUT A FLOW IN FOR
AESTHETIC AND RECREATIONAL,
POTENTIALLY FOR FISH HABITAT.
IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT BUT
IT IS AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND
MAYBE CONDITIONS COULD BE MORE
FRQUENT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN
THE FUTURE.
WE HOPE NOT BUT THAT COULD BE
WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS.
>> WHAT SPILL MEANS, IN CASE
THERE IS ANYONE WHO DOES NOT
KNOW, SPILL MEANS WHEN WE
DIVERT WATER AROUND. YOU GOT SO
MUCH WATER COMING DOWN THE
RIVER THAT WE CAN'T RUN IT ALL
TO THE DRIVEN SO WE SPILL IT
AROUND THE POWERHOUSE.
THAT IS GENERALLY WHAT SPILL
MEANS.
AS YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM
LOOKING AT THESE TWO PICTURES,
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
EARLY ACTION ITEM, PARTICULARLY
TO THE UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE
. THIS IS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND
THEY EXPERIENCE THE PICTURE ON
THE LEFT. SEEING IT IN REAL
LIFE, THEY EXPERIENCE IT AS A
PIECE OF CULTURAL TRAUMA.
WE EXPECTED THAT FERC WOULD ASK
US TO RE-WATER THAT REACH SO
WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEQ AND
OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE
TRIBES TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN
BEST IMBUE THAT IN A CONTROLLED
AND APPROPRIATE WAY.
THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT SURE HOW LONG IT
WILL TAKE BUT WE CERTAINLY HOPE
THAT REACH WILL BE RE-WATERED
WITHIN TWO YEARS.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
WHICH IS PARTICULARLY FOCUSED
DOWNRIVER IN THE ESTUARY. AS I
MENTIONED, WE WOULD ALSO
IMPLEMENT CRITICAL EARLY
ACTIONS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF
THE LICENSING.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING THROUGH
THIS PROGRAM AND TALKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, HE ASKED
, ARE THERE EXAMPLES?
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THEM YET.
THESE ARE THINGS WE WILL LEARN
AS WE PARTICIPATE AND DO THE
SCIENCE.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THINGS COME
UP THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND
MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE WILL.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE HABITAT PROGRAM, THE
IDEA HERE IS A FUND FOR HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT WORK.
WE WOULD INITIALLY FUND IT AT
THE $2.5 MILLION LEVEL AND THEN
WE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL
$500,000 EACH YEAR PRIOR TO THE
NEW LICENSE.
EACH YEAR THAT WE ARE IN THE
NEGOTIATION PROCESS, WE WOULD
INCLUDE IN OUR BUDGET AN
ADDITIONAL 500,000. AS WE ARE
MAKING AWARDS FROM THE FUNDS,
WE ARE KEEPING IT AT A SOMEWHAT
CONSISTENT LEVEL. WE WOULD HOPE
TO INITIALLY HEAR AND ANNOUNCE
THE FUND BY THE CITY ALONG WITH
AN INITIAL AWARD THAT WE EXPECT
TO BE IN THE $500,000 RANGE.
TAKING THIS ACTION NOW
DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO
SALMON RECOVERY DURING THE
PROCESS.
IT ALSO REALLY DEMONSTRATES OUR
COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT WE SAY
WE WILL DO.
WE ISSUED THIS LETTER BACK IN
MAY AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR
PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS,
TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD, TO
TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS WE CAN.
IT WILL BRIDGE THE ECOSYSTEM
INVESTMENT BETWEEN THE OLD
LICENSE AND THE NEW. IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY -- PRIOR TO
NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THE
LICENSE, FOR US TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS IN A
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY. AS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT PROJECT THAT WE
COULD FUND HERE, WE WILL
PRACTICE AND HAVE SOME MEMORY
MUSCLE ON HOW WE MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE,
RESPECTFUL WAY, GOING FORWARD
WHICH WILL BE SUPER IMPORTANT
WHEN WE ARE NEGOTIATING THE
TERMS OF THE LICENSE.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> QUESTIONS?
THAT WAS A LOT.
>> THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER
SMITH.
I KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS HERE. THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THE BROADER CONTEXT
AND FOR POINTING OUT THAT IT IS
IN 2023. IT IS IN A COUPLE OF
YEARS WHEN WE WILL BE REENGAGED
IN THIS MORE THOROUGHLY.
I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THE
FULL CONTEXT.
JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY,
ALL WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO
RIGHT NOW IS TO APPROVE A $2.5
MILLION HABITAT ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM THAT CITY LIGHT HAS
PROMISED AS PART OF EARLY STEPS
IN THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE NOT ENDORSING ANYTHING
LARGER THAN THAT.
WE ARE NOT SIGNING ON TO ANY
SORT OF PROCESS OR WHAT HAS
HAPPENED THUS FAR.
IT IS SIMPLY A $2.5 MILLION
PROGRAM FROM EXISTING FUNDS.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU MAY HAVE COVERED THIS BUT I
HEARD YOU SAY THAT AS YOU WERE
ANNOUNCING THE FUND, YOU ALSO
WILL ANNOUNCE THE $500,000 AWARD
. I AM STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT
WITH HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE?
I'M IMAGINING WITH THE FUNDS,
PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO APPLY.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT ABSENT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO THE FUND
, THE UTILITY IS GOING TO
CHOOSE A PROJECT SOME OTHER WAY?
IS THE $500,000 INITIAL PROJECT
?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER.
CHRIS, CAN YOU TAKE THAT ONE?
>> WE ARE GETTING LATE INTO 2021
. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
POSSIBLE TO FORM THE COMMITTEE
THAT WILL BE MAKING THE
CONSENSUS DECISIONS ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS WE WILL BE MAKING.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
GET SOME MONEY ON THE GROUND
EARLY.
WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH
THE THREE TRIBES AND THEY ARE
VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AND
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS
IN THE ESTUARY IN MIND.
IT WILL STILL BE A
COLLABORATIVELY SELECTED FUND
BUT JUST NOT UNDER THE FULL
COMMITTEE THAT WE WILL BE USING
TO DISTRIBUTE THE REST OF THE
FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
AS FAR AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER
THIS FUND, IS LANE ACQUISITION
AN ELIGIBLE EQUITY?
>> IT WOULD BE, YES.
THE LICENSE PARTICIPANTS ARE
INTERESTED IN IT BEING AS
BROADLY INTERPRETED AS POSSIBLE
SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THE
PRIORITIES IN THE WATERSHED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU RAISE A REALLY GOOD
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ONE THING I DID NOT SAY IS, IN
MANY WAYS, THIS IS MODELED AFTER
A HABITAT PROGRAM THAT WAS
UNDER THE PRIOR LICENSE THAT
YOU HAVE SEEN REGULARLY.
RECENTLY, WE BROUGHT FORWARD
RATIFICATION OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU AROUND SKAGIT VALLEY
PROPERTY PURCHASES.
THE LOCATION IS DIFFERENT.
THAT WAS MORE IN THE VALLEY.
THIS IS MORE IN THE ESTUARY.
WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS
TYPE OF PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
GENERAL MANAGER SMITH, I KNOW
THAT THE FEDERAL ENERGY
REGULATORY COMMISSION IS THE
KEY ENTITY IN CHARGE OF THIS
PROCESS.
HOWEVER, BEFORE THE 2023
SUBMISSION, I THINK WE WOULD
LIKE YOU TO COME BACK AND GIVE
US SOME MORE INFORMATION AS YOU
GET CLOSER TO THAT KEY MOMENT
OF SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO, AND
CARVE OUT SOME GOOD CHUNKS OF
TIME. WHEN WE SUBMIT THAT
LICENSE, IT WILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FOR THE
CITY IN TERMS OF OUR POWER RATES
. WE, AT THIS POINT, DON'T KNOW
WHETHER WE WILL BE ABLE TO
GENERATE -- RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT
HAVING A STRONG COLLABORATIVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND, WE ALSO WILL ASK IF WE CAN
TAKE SOME OF YOU UP THERE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS. IF YOU
HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO UP
THERE, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF
ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE
$2.5 MILLION OF EXISTING FUNDS?
I JUST WANTED TO CHECK AGAIN
WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST,
ERIC McCONAGHY, IF HE WANTED TO
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AT
THIS TIME.
>> NO THANK YOU.
JUST ANYTHING ABOUT ANY LAND
ACQUISITIONS THAT HAPPEN.
THOSE DEED ACCEPTANCES HAVE TO
BE FINALIZED WITH COUNCIL
ACTION.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER STEP OF
THE PROCESS.
THIS COMMITTEE HAS SEEN THOSE
IN THE COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL HAS SEEN THOSE EVEN
THIS YEAR.
THAT HAS HAPPENED AT SKAGIT.
THAT IS PART OF A CITY LIGHT
HAS BEEN DOING THERE.
ANY LAND ACQUISITION WOULD HAVE
TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL
THROUGH A FORMAL ACT.
>> MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO THROW IN?
ARE WE GOOD FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> THANK YOU, DEBRA, I AM GOOD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
MOVING FORWARD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THIS ITEM.
OBVIOUSLY, GENERAL MANAGER
SMITH IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
QUESTIONS BEFORE THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 120170 ,
ITEM 2 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL BE IMPROVED ACCORDING TO
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL?
>> GONZCEZ?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ?
HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> GONZCEZ?
>> AYE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE
CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE THE
EDUCATION. IT REALLY IS AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
CITY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR
COMMUNITIES TO BE RESPONSIVE AND
-- THE WAY I THINK OF IT IS
THERE IS JUST A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY
TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF
ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
BILL PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL
120161, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES ,
UPDATING WATER REGULATIONS TO
CONFORM TO CURRENT STANDARDS
FOR BREATHING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS BILL AMENDS THE SECTION OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
CONCERNING BROKEN, DIFFICULT TO
READ WATER METERS OWNED BY
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
CLARIFIES HOW SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES REPAIRS AN ESTIMATED
CHARGE UNTIL THE METER CAN BE
READ.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS DOES
NOT CHANGE THE UTILITY'S
OVERALL PRACTICES. WE WILL HEAR
MORE FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES ON THIS. BEFORE WE
TURN IT OVER, I WANTED TO CHECK
IN WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYST BRIAN GOODNIGHT TO SEE
IF HE HAD ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
NOTHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU
SAID.
IT IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE BILL AND
I AM HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO
SPU FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE WE HAVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
LEE HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO LEAD IT OFF?
>> YES.
GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE CHAIR
PEDERSEN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
MORALES, HERBOLD, GONZALEZ AND
STRAUSS.
I AM PINCH HITTING THIS MORNING
FOR MAMI HARA WHO WAS UNABLE TO
JOIN US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS
LEGISLATION TO UPDATE THE CITY
CODE. THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE DESCRIBES ON SPU BILLS AND
HOW ESTIMATED BILLS ARE
CALCULATED.
ON AVERAGE, LESS THAN 3% OF OUR
BILLS ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED
READS.
IT IS VERY MUCH A MINORITY.
MINOR UPDATES TO THE CODE,
HOWEVER, ARE NEEDED TO
ACCURATELY DESCRIBE SPU'S
CURRENT BUSINESS PRACTICES AND
TO CLARIFY HOW ESTIMATED BILLS
ARE CALCULATED.
WE ARE PROPOSING THIS MORNING,
ADDITIONAL MINOR AND
NONSUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS TO
MAKE THE CODE MORE READABLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAN
WARD WHO IS SPU 'S LEAD FOR
THIS UPDATE AND HE WILL WALK
THE COMMITTEE TO THE PROPOSED
CODE MODIFICATIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOPEFULLY YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE
THE SLIDE DECK NOW.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.
THIS IS MINOR CHANGES TO THIS.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE
PRIMARILY ABOUT ESTIMATED READS
AND HOW THE UTILITY CALCULATES
ESTIMATED BILLS.
I WILL PROVIDE JUST A QUICK
BACKGROUND ON ESTIMATED BILLING
AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE
PROPOSED CHANGES AND THEN WE
WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
I WILL START WITH A SIMPLE
BACKGROUND ON HOW WE BILL
CUSTOMERS.
SPU RELIES, IN MOST CASES ON
METER READERS GOING OUT AND
WALKING A ROUTE OR DRIVING A
ROUTE AND THEY WILL IN MOST
CASES LIFT A LID AND OBTAIN A
VISUAL READ AT THE WATER METER.
THAT READ WILL THEN BE USED TO
BILL THE CUSTOMER FOR BOTH
WATER AND WASTEWATER.
IT IS VERY ACCURATE.
IT IS A GOOD WAY OF DOING THINGS
. WE ARE GENERALLY VERY GOOD
ABOUT GETTING ACTUAL READS FOR
ALMOST ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS
EVERY BILLING PERIOD.
AS ANDREW MENTIONED, IT IS
BETWEEN 1% AND 3% THAT OUR
BILLS ARE ESTIMATED.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
SOME PROPOSED CHANGES TO
CAPTURE THAT SCENARIO WHEN WE
HAVE A BILL BASED ON ESTIMATES.
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A HUGE
PERCENTAGE, IT IS STILL AN
ISSUE FOR US.
JUST TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF
THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, WE
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET AN
ACTUAL READ.
SOMETIMES, THERE ARE THINGS
THAT PREVENT US FROM DOING
THAT.
I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW CONCRETE
EXAMPLES AND WE WILL HIGHLIGHT
THEM.
IF THERE IS SNOW OR ICE, THERE
MAY BE SCENARIOS WHERE IT IS
DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS FOR A
METER READER TO GO OUT AND WALK
UP A STEEP HILL AND LIFT A LID.
IF THERE IS INCLEMENT WEATHER,
THERE ARE TIMES OR WE CAN'T GET
AN ACTUAL READING AND THAT IS
WHEN WE COULD GIVE A BILL BASED
ON AN ESTIMATE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS CARS PARKED
OVER METER LIDS.
IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY,
ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE ARE NO
SIDEWALKS, IT IS PERFECTLY
LEGAL FOR CARS TO PARK IN AREAS
WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OVER A
LID.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT
IF A METER READER IS OUT THERE
WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS
TO THE METER AND GET AN ACTUAL
READ THAT THEY CAN USE FOR
BILLING.
ANOTHER BIG CATEGORY IS
CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A BIG SITE THAT IS
UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND THERE
MIGHT BE FENCING UP.
SIMILARLY, OUR METER READERS
WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO
THAT METER. IT WILL BE
OBSTRUCTED.
THAT IS ANOTHER SCENARIO THAT
HAS HAPPEN.
JUST TO JUMP THROUGH THE MINOR
CHANGES.
RIGHT NOW, THE SMC SAYS THAT
SPU WILL BILL CUSTOMERS BASED ON
ESTIMATES IF THE METER FAILS TO
REGISTER PROPERLY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE METER IS
BROKEN.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE
TOUCHING ON THAT OTHER SCENARIO
WHERE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET A
METER READ. THAT IS A PRETTY
MINOR CHANGE.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE ALREADY
DOING AND IT IS JUST A REALITY.
THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE
CAN'T GET THE ACTUAL READ.
THE OTHER CHANGE IS ON HOW WE
CALCULATE ESTIMATED GOALS.
RIGHT NOW, THE SMC HAS LANGUAGE
AND THERE ABOUT USING PRIOR
MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE GOOD READS
TO BILLY CUSTOMER.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES ACTUALLY
TOUCH ON USING HISTORICAL WATER
CONSUMPTION.
THAT IS A REALLY GOOD METRIC,
GENERALLY, FOR A CUSTOMER'S
ACTUAL USAGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A
CUSTOMER'S CONSUMPTION FROM
JULY FROM THE YEAR PRIOR FOR
JULY OF THIS YEAR, IT IS
GENERALLY PRETTY GOOD. IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE AS
OUR PRIMARY METHOD.
WE ADDED IN SOME LANGUAGE TO
ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR
OTHER WEIRD SITUATIONS.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE,
WE PUT [INDISCERNIBLE]
CONSUMPTION AS A METHOD.
THAT REFERS TO -- IMAGINE A
CUSTOMER HAS A WATER
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND THEIR CONSUMPTION JUMPS WAY
UP.
THAT WILL NOT BE A GOOD PERIOD
TO USE FOR ESTIMATED BILLING IN
THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT IS A
BILLING WHERE THERE CONSUMPTION
WAS ARTIFICIALLY MUCH HIGHER
THAN NORMAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS.
THE OTHER IS HAVING THIS
FLEXIBILITY TO USE OTHER
RELIABLE DATA.
A GREAT EXAMPLE THERE IS COVID.
DURING COVID, A LOT OF
BUSINESSES WERE SHUT DOWN OR
WERE RUNNING AT LESS THAN FULL
OPERATION.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CONSUMPTION
DURING THAT PERIOD FOR SOME OF
THESE CUSTOMERS WILL BE MUCH
LOWER. YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO
BILL THAT CUSTOMER FOR THEIR
HISTORICAL WATER USAGE FROM THE
YEAR PRIOR WHEN THEY WERE USING
A LOT OF WATER IF THEY WERE
SHUT DOWN DURING THE RELEVANT
TIME PERIOD.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO HAVE THIS
FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE CAN BILL A
CUSTOMER AS ACCURATELY AS
POSSIBLE AND GET IT AS CLOSE AS
WE CAN WHEN WE ISSUE THE
ESTIMATED BILL.
I GUESS THE LAST POINT ON THIS
IS THAT WHEN WE DO ESTIMATED
BILLING, IN MOST CASES, WE ARE
ABLE TO GET AN ACTUAL READ.
IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ESTIMATED BILL AND
THE CUSTOMER'S ACTUAL
CONSUMPTION, THEY WILL
EVENTUALLY GET A CORRECTED BILL
THAT WILL BE UP OR DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
IT WILL BE FIXED BUT WE WANT TO
GET IT RIGHT WHEN THAT
ESTIMATED BILL GOES OUT, IF WE
CAN BECAUSE THEN IT IS LESS OF
AN IMPACT TO THE CUSTOMER WHEN
THEY GET THEIR FINAL BILL.
THOSE ARE THE TWO ISSUES WE ARE
PROPOSING CHANGES.
THE ONLY OTHER ISSUE IS NON-
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ADD IN
SOME REFERENCES TO SOME OTHER
RELEVANT SMC.
IF SOMEONE IS READING THIS,
THEY WILL KNOW WHERE TO FIND
OTHER SMC THE CAN BE HELPFUL
TO UNDERSTAND OTHER RELEVANT
ISSUES.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN, HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE
WATER METER READING RULES?
GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU
COMING HERE WITH THIS
PRESENTATION.
WE KNOW SPU HAS ANOTHER
PRESENTATION RIGHT AFTER THIS
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS BILL HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE
NO QUESTIONS ON THIS WATER
METER READING BILL, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120161 , ITEM 3 ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL BE
FORWARDED TO THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE BILL PASSED WILL BE SENT TO
THE SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO
PRESENTED ON THAT ONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, COUNCIL BILL
120175 , AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS
UNDER RCW 70A.140.040 FOR
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT
PREVENT WATER POLLUTION USING
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
AND OTHER NATURE BASED
APPROACHES.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, AS I UNDERSTAND,
THIS BILL IMPLEMENT A MECHANISM
TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
POLICIES THAT WERE INITIALLY
CALLED FOR AND AUTHORIZED BY
THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND
CONFIRMED I THE CITY COUNCIL.
THESE GREEN STORMWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES ARE
CARRIED FORWARD INTO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE HAD
APPROVED. THE BILL AUTHORIZES
SPU TO ENTER INTO PERFORMANCE-
BASED CONTRACTS FOR HANDLING
STORMWATER AS THE PRESENTERS
WILL EXPLAIN.
AS WE KNOW, BY ENCOURAGING
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
, WE CAN PROVIDE ANOTHER TOOL
FOR MANAGING OUR CITY'S
STORMWATER RUNOFF TO PREVENT
POLLUTION OF OUR WATERWAYS. OUR
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO
DISTRIBUTED A MEMO THIS PAST
FRIDAY. THE MEMO IS ON OUR
COMMITTEE AGENDA.
I WANTED TO GIVE OUR CENTRAL
STEFANSKI OPPORTUNITY IF THEY
WANTED TO HELP SET THE TABLE
HERE.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO SPU TO DISCUSS THE BILL.
>> I WILL BRIEFLY MENTION THAT
I AM SURE SPU WILL COVER IT BUT
REALLY, THE FUNCTION OF THIS
BILL IS TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY
FROM WHAT IS AUTHORIZED IN
STATE LAW FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
TO PERFORM SOME FUNCTIONS. IT
IS DELEGATING THAT AUTHORITY
DOWN TO SPU.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
CLEAR AT THE BEGINNING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
WELCOME BACK, SPU. DEPUTY
DIRECTOR LEE, IF YOU WANT TO
GET IT STARTED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BRIAN STATED THAT THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT AUTHORIZING SPU TO
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO AN
ACCELERATED PROJECT DELIVERY OR
CONTRACTING MECHANISM TO
IMPLEMENT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREEN
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
. THOSE ARE ABOUT DECREASING
RUNOFF INTO OUR WATER BODIES.
I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE WE VIEW UTILITIES'
WORK AS A PLATFORM FOR GREATER
SOCIAL GOOD.
ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT
THIS MECHANISM AS IT ENABLES US
TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO REALIZE
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS BEYOND JUST
WATER QUALITY AND ECOLOGICAL
BENEFITS. SOME OF THOSE THINGS
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE JOB
CREATION, PARTICULARLY IN BIPOC
COMMUNITIES.
WE ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH THIS
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERSHIP
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SPECIALIZE IN NETWORK.
AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR CURRENT
CONTRACT TOOLKIT DOES NOT
INCLUDE THIS UNIQUE CONTRACTING
MECHANISM.
IT IS ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON BUT THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WOULD AUTHORIZE US
TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. AT THIS
POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND
THINGS OFF TO TRACY TACKETT
TO PROVIDE ANY MORE DETAILS.
WE ALSO HAVE PAM EMERSON TO
PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
A LITTLE BIT ON JARGON TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
. AT ITS CORE, IT IS THE USE OF
NATURAL SYSTEMS AS WE SOLVE OUR
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER
PROBLEMS.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
FLOATABLE OPEN-SPACE, FIRE
RETENTION, FLOODPLAINS,
ENGINEERING APPROACHES THAT
HELP MAKE HARD SURFACES ACT
MORE LIKE NATURAL SURFACES AND
THINGS THAT USE NATURAL BASED
SYSTEMS LIKE RAINWATER
HARVESTING.
SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE ALREADY TEED
UP WITH THIS BUT IT IS AN
ORDINANCE AROUND DELEGATING
AUTHORITY FROM CITY COUNCIL TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES SO
THAT WE CAN DO THIS CONTRACT
LIVERY MECHANISM.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS
CONTRACT LIVERY MECHANISM USING
PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING.
SPECIFICALLY, THE TYPE OF
PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING
WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE
STORMWATER MECHANISM IS CALLED
A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC RIVET
PARTNERSHIP. WHAT IT IS ABOUT
IS WORKING PROGRAMMATICALLY WITH
THE TYPE OF PARTNERS THAT WE
ARE INTERESTED IN FOR THIS SET
OF TOOLS AND A DISPUTED
PASSION.
INSTEAD OF WORKING ONE PROJECT
AT A TIME, WE CAN CONTRACT OUT
FOR A LARGER SET OF SOLUTIONS
AT ONE TIME.
WE SET UP THE CRITERIA AS WELL
AS OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND
OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT GOALS,
WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT IN JUST
A SECOND.
BY DOING THIS CONTRACT MECHANISM
, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE US
SAVE SOME COSTS THROUGH
TRANSFERRING RISK. THIS
PARTNERING MECHANISM IS BETTER
SET UP FOR WORKING ON THE ONE-
ON-ONE PARCEL OWNER.
IF SOME PROJECTS DON'T COME TO
FRUITION ARE ONES THAT SPU WILL
NOT PAY FOR, IT MOVES ON TO THE
CONTRACTING PRIMED TO WORK THE
DETAILS TO FIND THE RIGHT
SOLUTION.
AS A WHOLE, THERE WILL BE A
LOWER SET OF SOFT COSTS ON OUR
PART IN WORKING THROUGH THIS.
WHAT IT ALSO OFFERS IS THIS
DEEP ABILITY TO WORK WITH OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR
IDENTIFYING PROJECT SITES AND
IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS AND
REALLY SUPPORTING THE
RESOURCING TO HELP DEVELOP
THOSE ELEMENTS.
FROM THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS SIDE
, ON A PROGRAMMATIC FEEL, WE
ARE ABLE TO SET PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE
EMBEDDED IN THE CONTRACT.
ONE OF THE WORKFORCE GOALS ARE
KEY TO US.
WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE CONCEPT
OF PRIORITY HIGHER BUT EXPAND
THAT FOR INCLUSION OF NOT JUST
THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE BUT HOW
DO WE USE LOCAL WORKFORCE IN OUR
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND
BRING THAT INTO OUR WORK NOT
ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION BUT ALSO
FOR DESIGN AND PROJECT
SELECTION AND COMMUNITY
OUTREACH.
THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACT
WILL ALLOW US TO REQUIRE THAT
AND GROW THOSE SKILLS.
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN
THE CONTRACT AROUND BUSINESS
MENTORSHIP AND RESOURCING. OUR
LAST COMMUNITY GOAL THAT WE ARE
HOPING TO BRING INTO THIS
CONTRACT -- WE ARE WORKING ON
THESE ELEMENTS -- TO LEVERAGE
OUR UTILITY DOLLARS FOR HAVING
SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY SPACE
AMENITIES BE BUILT INTO A
PROJECT BUT FUNDED OUTSIDE OF
THE UTILITIES.
WE CALL THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT.
WE ARE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND
ASPECTS WITHIN THE UTILITIES
MISSION BUT ALSO SOME OF THE
ADDED COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT
THE PUBLIC DECIDES.
>> TRACY, HOUSE MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH
THAT AND PARTICULARLY
REFERENCING PRIORITY HIGHER.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW THIS PROCESS WILL NOT JUST
FOCUS ON SUPPORTED MENTORING OF
SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT WILL
ACTIVELY DRAFT OUR PIECE OF
MINORITY BUSINESSES ALSO
ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. I KNOW WE
HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTORS WHO
ARE MOVING INTO THIS KIND OF
SPACE WHO DON'T GET CONTRACTS
LIKE THIS.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WAYS
YOUR REACHING OUT AND
ENCOURAGING NEWER ENTITIES TO
PARTICIPATE IN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
OUR LEAD AND SAM ANDERSON HAS
BEEN ATTENTIVE TO HELP ENSURE
HOW WE HELP PARE THE LARGER
CONTRACTORS WITH SOME OF THE
SMALLER CONTRACTS FOR THIS
CONTRACT DELIVERY MECHANISM.
EARLIER, WE HAD A LISTENING
SESSION TO TRY TO HELP CONNECT
THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTING
ASPECTS. IT IS THE FOUNDATIONAL
WAY -- IT IS A PERFORMANCE
REQUIREMENT.
IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT
THAT THESE TARGETS ARE ACHIEVED
. IT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE WAY
THE CONTRACT IS SET UP.
DOES THAT COVER WHAT YOU ARE
ASKING?
>> YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
ORDINANCE.
GREEN AND STRUCTURE WORK AS A
WHOLE IS WORK THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS DIRECTED US TO DO.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW LOTS
ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IMAGE ON
THE BOTTOM, WE ALL KNOW THAT
WITH TIME, OUR AREA WAS
INITIALLY DEFORESTED AND WITH
TIME IT HAS BECOME MORE AND
MORE IMPERVIOUS AS DEVELOPMENT
HAPPENS IN ALL OF US MOVE HERE
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LOVELY
PLACE.
WITH ALL OF THE NEW IMPERVIOUS
SURFACE, CREATES STORMWATER
PROBLEMS. THE GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION IS
USING THE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND
NATURAL SYSTEMS THINKING TO
HELP SOLVE THE STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE BEEN LEADING THIS
NATIONALLY.
SINCE THE ORIGIN OF GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE IN EARLY 2000,
THERE IS STILL SO MUCH MORE
THAN THAT TO GROW.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE
THE FOUNDATION AND NOW WE ARE
READY TO EXPAND THE APPROACH.
OUR DIRECTION WAS TO SCALE UP.
PART OF THE SCALING UP HAS
THESE FOUR PRIMARY PRIORITIES.
I WOULD LOVE TO SPEND LOTS OF
TIME DESCRIBING WHAT EACH OF
THESE CATEGORIES ARE.
TODAY IS NOT THE TIME TO GET
INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL BUT TO SAY
THAT IT HAD BEEN ON OUR RADAR
FOR NUMBER OF YEARS TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO EXPAND OUR DELIVERY
MODES TO ALLOW PART OF THE
PARTNERSHIP. WE ARE EXCITED TO
BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> COULD YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES?
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT
PHOTO.
THAT IS A DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN
MY DISTRICT AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS' DISTRICT.
THAT WAS A GREAT PHOTO YOU
INCLUDED THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IDEA OF PARTNERSHIPS OF
HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR
DEVELOPERS AND OUR COMMUNITY
WHERE WE CAN HAVE THIS GREEN
SPACE AND -- STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN
HAPPENING FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS ALONE AND
WE REALLY NEED TO HELP SUPPORT
THOSE KIND OF ENTHUSIASTIC
COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS WHO ARE
TRYING TO MANAGE STORMWATER AS
WELL.
THAT PROJECT IS WHEN WE ARE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IN TRYING TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN SUPPORT MORE
OF.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL THIS IS ABOUT EXISTING
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND HOW DO
WE ENCOURAGE MANAGEMENT OF IT.
WE HAVE A STORMWATER CODE FOR
NEW DEVELOPMENTS BUT THIS IS
NOT ALL OF THE EXISTING
DEVELOPMENTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE TWO EXISTING
APPROACHES THAT WE HELP SUPPORT
PARTNERSHIP.
ONE IS THE RAIN WISE PROGRAM
WHICH IS SET UP FOR SMALL ROOF
AREAS, CHURCHES, SINGLE-FAMILY
PROPERTIES. IT IS A REBATE
PROCESS. WE WANTED TO GROW THAT
PROGRAM.
AS WE DID A LOT OF
INTROSPECTION ABOUT HOW TO GROW
PARTNERSHIPS AND MORE AREAS, WE
ESTABLISHED THAT THIS COMMUNITY-
BASED PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IS THE WAY TO GO.
THE OTHER WAY THAT WE PARTNER
WITH DEVELOPERS AND OTHER
COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS IS
THROUGH DIRECT RESOURCING AND
ONE-ON-ONE MO A's. THAT MAKES
SENSE FOR REALLY BIG PROJECTS
BUT IN ORDER TO SCALE UP WITH
LOTS OF SMALL DISTRIBUTED
PROJECTS, WE ARE INTERESTED IN
THIS NEW DELIVERY MODE.
AGAIN, IT IS FOCUSED ON ONE
CONTRACTOR, ONE PRIME AND THEN
THEY HAVE LOTS OF
SUBCONTRACTORS AS PART OF THE
PROGRAM WITH MEETING WITH THE
LOCAL HIRING TARGETS AND GOALS
OF WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THEN, THERE IS A THIRD-PARTY
INSPECTION OF SITES THAT ARE
PLACED IN THEIR PERFORMANCE
WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES.
THAT IS THE GENERAL IDEA.
THE COMMUNITY-BASED PIII
FOUNDATIONAL HE WAS STARTED BY
EPA MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
IT WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WE
HAVE OF CONNECTING COMMUNITY
WITH OUR STORMWATER AND GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW CAN WE
SOLVE FOR WATER QUALITY WHILE
INCREASING OUR BENEFITS FOR THE
COMMUNITY?
BEYOND THOSE STORMWATER
IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF
FOCUS FROM MEETING OUR STORE
MANAGEMENT GOALS BUT HOW CAN WE
EXPAND THE BENEFITS TO OUR
COMMUNITY AS WE SOLVE THOSE
GOALS?
ONE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS OF WHAT
WE CAN DO THIS WORK NOW IS
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK
BY STATE AGENCIES AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO DO
THE LOOK AT IS THIS TYPE OF
CONTRACTING MECHANISM ALLOWABLE
WITHIN WASHINGTON STATE? THAT
ANALYSIS WAS DONE, LED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND
ESTABLISHED THAT IT IS AN
APPLICABLE APPROACH IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON WHICH MADE
US SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO
THIS STEP.
FOUNDATIONAL HE, WE WILL BE
STRIVING TO TAKE THE BASE COST
OF WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR
STORMWATER GOALS AND TO
INCREASE THE VALUES WE ARE
DELIVERING.
THIS FIRST PHASE, WE ARE
STARTING WITH AN INITIAL PROJECT
SOMEWHERE IN THE $15 MILLION
AREA AND THEN THERE WILL BE A
FUTURE PHASE AFTER WE HAVE
GROWN AND LEARNED FOR A LONGER-
TERM CONTRACT.
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
THESE ARE 20 TO 30 YEAR
CONTRACTS WITH 100 MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
WE ARE STARTING WITH A PLACE FOR
LEARNING AND GETTING SOME OF
OUR OUTCOMES DELIVERED.
TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF
WORK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
THESE ARE JUST SOME VISUALS TO
GET UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE
MEAN BY RAINWATER HARVESTING,
PERMEABLE PAVEMENT,
RESTORATION, FLOATABLE OPEN
SPACE AND ASPECTS LIKE THAT.
WE WOULD -- THE GOAL IS TO TAKE
EXISTING SPACES, THIS BEING
LIKE A CONCEPT OF A COMMUNITY
GATHERING SPACE, A COMMUNITY
INTERESTED IN REVITALIZING IT,
ADDING MORE COMMUNITIES TO HAVE
IT BE A GATHERING SPACE.
HOW CAN OUR STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT NEEDS BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE
DESIGN SO IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR
BOTH THE PERSONAL OWNER AS WELL
AS THE UTILITY?
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> A COUPLE OF SLIDES BACK YOU
MENTIONED IMPERVIOUS SURFACES,
THAT SORT OF THING.
PARTICULAR, WITH THIS SLIGHT
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT
IS MAKING ME WONDER IF THERE IS
ANY SORT OF CONVERSATION OR
PARTNERSHIP HAPPENING WITH SDOT
AS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
IS WORKING ON SIDEWALKS OR
PAVEMENT OR STREET.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION WITH
THEM ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE
THAT INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM?
>> YES.
SDOT HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER
WITH US OVER THE YEARS.
FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, WE HAVE
DONE A LARGE NUMBER OF BIO
RETENTION AND ROADWAY PROJECTS.
WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT.
SOMETIMES THEY INSTALL
PERMEABLE PAVEMENT.
IT IS ONE OF OUR STORMWATER
CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED THE PAVEMENT
IN THE STREETSCAPE BUT MORE IN
THE PARKING AREAS AND IN THE
KIND OF SLIGHTLY LOWER USE
AREAS.
IT IS AN APPROACH. WE DO WORK
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT FOR
SURE.
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
>> WE HAVE GONE SO FAR AS HAVING
STANDARD DETAILS AND PLANS AND
SPECS SO THAT WE WORKED THROUGH
A LOT OF THE INNOVATION ON HOW
WE DO THIS KIND OF WORK. IT IS
A TOOL THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, FOR
SURE.
>> THE REAL QUESTION IS, IT WAS
GREAT THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING
PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE
LOOKING AT USING THIS.
I AM WONDERING, AS A
MUNICIPALITY, IF WE ARE MOVING
IN THE DIRECTION OF TRYING TO
DO THAT AS A MATTER OF OUR
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> WE ARE MOVING IN THE
DIRECTION.
WE COULD STILL MOVE FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> MAY I ADD A FEW THINGS FROM
THAT QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER.
A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD ANY
REQUIREMENT IN OUR STORMWATER
PERMIT THAT REQUIRED CITYWIDE
TO INCORPORATE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW-IMPACT
DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES IN ALL
LAND-USE CODES.
WE DID THAT LOOK CITYWIDE BACK
IN 2015.
NEW REQUIREMENTS WERE
INCORPORATED INTO BOTH LAND USE
CODE AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT WE KNOW AS
STREETS ILLUSTRATED TO PROVIDE
THIS KIND OF INFORMATION INTO A
CITYWIDE CODE.
SPU DOES HAVE A WHOLE OTHER
PROGRAM CALLED THE NATURA
PARTNERING PROGRAM THAT IS
FOCUSED ON PARTNERING WITH SDOT
TO DO OUR OWN RETROFIT PROJECTS
WHERE WE CAN GET -- MANY OF
THOSE PROJECTS A REGIONAL SCALE
MEANING THEY MANAGE A LARGER
CONTRIBUTING BASIN OF RUNOFF IN
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS
SUPERHIGH VALUE FOR OUR RATE
PAYERS AND ALSO A VERY COMPLEX
PROJECT.
THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON
WORKING ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GROW ON ALL
OF OUR FRIENDS.
>> THIS BRINGS ME TO THE
ORDINANCE. THE SUMMARY IS THE
SAME, ALMOST WHAT WAS DESCRIBED
AT THE BEGINNING.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE DELEGATING
FROM CITY COUNCIL TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES' GENERAL
MANAGER. THAT WAY, WE CAN USE
THIS AUTHORITY TO INITIATE OUR
SOLICITATION AND EXPEDIENTLY GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING THIS CONTRACT SO
THAT WE CAN START DELIVERING
THIS PROGRAM.
>> THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEBSITES
SHOULD ANYONE WANT TO KNOW A
LOT MORE ABOUT GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS ANNUAL
REPORT THAT GIVES THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR.
I AM HAPPY TO COME BACK ANYTIME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS
ALONG THE WAY.
>> ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS PROPOSED PROPOSAL?
OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
THIS IS ITEM 4 ON OUR
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A FOUR MORE ITEMS AFTER
THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 120175 , ITEM 4
ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL BE
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING TO THE
FULL COUNCIL?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE
PRESENTERS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM?
>> AGENDA ITEM 5, COUNCIL BILL
120174, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
PERMISSION TO THE BOARD OF
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON TO CONTINUE TO
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN
EXISTING UNDERGROUND PEDESTRIAN
CONCOURSE TUNNEL UNDER AND
ACROSS 6'10" AVENUE, NORTH OF
UNIVERSITY STREET FOR
BREATHING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'VE GOT SDOT HERE BUT I ALSO
WANTED TO GIVE OUR CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYST A CHANCE TO MAKE ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
>> THIS IS A BILL, LIKE MANY
OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED
THIS YEAR.
IT EXTENDS A TERM PERMIT FOR A
TUNNEL IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
IT CONNECTS TO UNION SQUARE
OFFICE COMPLEX TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
METROPOLITAN TRACT.
AS WITH MANY OF THE OTHER TERM
PERMITS, THE TERM OF THE PERMIT
IS BEING CHANGED FROM A 10 YEAR
RENEWABLE TERM TO A 15 YEAR
RENEWABLE TERM. IT WILL BE
RENEWABLE. I WILL BE AROUND FOR
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO THE SDOT TEAM THAT
WORKS ON THESE.
NATALIE BARNETT, DO YOU WANT TO
LEAD US?
>> MORNING.
I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD
BACKGROUND MEMO AND ORIENTATION.
AMY GRAY HAS PREPARED A
POWERPOINT THAT SHOWS THE MAPS
AND THE CONNECTIVITY.
AMY WILL GO THROUGH AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
FOLLOWING THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
I AM ALEX PEDERSEN.
I WORK IN THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON
THE TERM PERMIT PROGRAM THAT WE
FINISH AFTER COUNCIL VOTES FOR
APPROVAL.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF ONE OF THE
BUILDINGS THAT THIS TUNNEL
CONNECTS. LIKE LISH SAID, IT
IS AN EXISTING PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL
. THIS REQUEST IS TO RENEW THE
PERMIT FOR THIS TUNNEL.
IT IS LOCATED UNDER 6th AVENUE
JUST NORTH OF UNIVERSITY STREET.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS
THE PERMIT HOLDER FOR THIS.
LIKE LISH SAID, IT CONNECTS TO
THE METRO TRACK TO THE WEST
AND IT CONNECTS TO UNION SQUARE
BUILDINGS TO THE HILTON HOTEL,
THE WASHINGTON CENTER.
THE TUNNEL IS OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND
COUNCIL APPROVE THIS RENEWAL.
NEXT SLIDE.
RENEWALS ARE GRANTED BY
ORDINANCE BY CITY COUNCIL AND
THEY DETAIL THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT
INCLUDING THE FEES. FOR 2021,
THIS FEE WILL BE $32,736. THE
MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
OBLIGATIONS AND THE
INVESTIGATION TO PROTECT THE
CITY AND ANY INSURANCE OR BOND
REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN WE DO TERM PERMITS WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE A BOND
REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE A
LARGE INSTITUTION. WE HAVE A
GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND
WE KNOW THEY WILL BE AROUND FOR
QUITE A LONG TIME AND NOT WALK
AWAY FROM THE TUNNEL WITH SDOT
HAVING TO REMOVE IT. WE ALSO
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS
SELF-INSURED AND WE HAVE A
WHOLE PROCESS TO SUPPORT THAT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THE
TUNNEL, CURRENTLY.
IT LOOKS PRETTY BLEAK. THAT IS
BECAUSE IT WAS DURING COVID
WHEN THESE WERE TAKEN.
DOWNTOWN WORKERS AND VISITORS
AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE NOT USING
THEM. THAT IS BECAUSE NOBODY
WAS DOWNTOWN.
NORMALLY, THERE ARE LOTS OF
PEOPLE ALL WALKING BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIOSKS AND
FOOD THINGS.
IT IS A VERY LIVELY AND WELL
USED PEDESTRIAN CONCOURSE
TUNNEL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE ARE HERE TO SEEK APPROVAL
FOR THIS RENEWAL. WE ARE MOVING
TO A 15 YEAR TERM FOR ALL TERM
PERMITS.
THIS ONE, IF YOU GRANT IT, WILL
BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 2036 AND UW
MIGHT APPLY FOR AN ADDITIONAL
15 YEAR TERM THROUGH 2051.
THAT IS THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION.
I AM HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, ANY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THIS TERM
PERMIT FOR THE UNDERGROUND
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I AM JUST GOING TO SHOW MY
IGNORANCE HERE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY UW OWNS
THIS TUNNEL IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> I KNOW GENERALLY -- LISH
KNOWS IT SPECIFICALLY.
THE FAIRMONT HOTEL IS THE
ORIGINAL CAMPUS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
THE STREETS AROUND THERE ARE
ACTUALLY OWNED AND SDOT MANAGES
THEM.
WE JUST FIND A NEW USE WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TO
MANAGE THOSE STREETS.
THEY OWN THE PROPERTY ALL
AROUND THERE AND THEY ARE THE
UNDERLYING PROPERTY HOLDERS FOR
THE PARCEL.
UNICO, VICKI IS HERE FROM THE
UNICO PROPERTY MANAGER.
IF ANYONE CAN CLARIFY THAT WITH
MORE DETAIL, GO FOR IT.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL.
WHEN THE UNION SQUARE BUILDINGS
WERE BEING BUILT, UNICO BUILT
ON THOSE BUILDINGS AND
CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON. THIS TUNNEL CONNECTS
TO A TUNNEL THAT GOES UNDER THE
FIFTH AVENUE THEATER AND
CONNECTS TO RINGO SQUARE.
IT CONNECTS THE PEOPLE WORKING
AT THE UNION SQUARE BUILDINGS
TO THE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES AT
THE RANIER SQUARE BLOCK. IT
ALSO CONNECTS THE OFFICE
TENANTS OF RANIER SQUARE TO THE
PARKING GARAGE UNDER THE HOTEL
AT THE CORNER OF SIXTH AVENUE
AND UNIVERSITY.
OFFICE TENANTS THERE USE
PARKING UNDER THE HOTEL.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RENEWAL?
OKAY.
I THINK WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE IT FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 120174, ITEM 5
ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
>> ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL BE
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING TO THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
MOTION CARRIES.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BILL
PASSED IN WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FROM SDOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6, RESOLUTION
32019, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING
AN ON A REDESIGNATION OF THOMAS
STREET BETWEEN FIRST AVENUE
NORTH AND SECOND AVENUE NORTH AS
LENNY WILKENS WAY.
>> THIS IS A RESOLUTION FROM
OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT WOULD
CONVEY AN HONORARYDESIGNATION,
LENNY WILKENS WAY.
WE HAVE BILL LABORDE , FORMER
LEGISLATIVE AGENCY COUNCIL,
TRANSPORTATION EXPERT HERE TO
GIVE US THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU MENTIONED, I AM BILL
LABORDE FROM THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I AM GOING TO TURN OVER MOST OF
THIS PRESENTATION TO MY
COLLEAGUE, THOMAS DUCKS WORTH.
I WILL LET HIM INTRODUCE
HIMSELF.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, BILL. I JUST WANT TO
SHARE MY SCREEN.
I AM THE INTERIM DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF AT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND I AM SUPER EXCITED TO GIVE
THIS PRESENTATION, AS I WAS A
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
SUPERSONICS ORGANIZATION IN
HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS FROM 1991
TO 1993. WE ARE ELATED TO
OFFICIALLY RENAME THOMAS STREET
BETWEEN FIRST AVENUE NORTH AND
SECOND AVENUE NORTH TO LENNY
WILKENS WAY IN ARE OF A
LIFETIME OF SERVICE BOTH ON AND
OFF THE BASKETBALL COURT.
LENNY WILKINS ARRIVED IN
SEATTLE IN 1968 AND HE HAS BEEN
A THREE-TIME ALL-STAR.
HE WAS THE COACH OF THE SEATTLE
SUPERSONICS WHEN THEY WON THE
NBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1979.
WHEN WE WIN THE JAMMING CHIPS,
IT IS A BIG DEAL.
I WAS FOUR.
MY PARENTS WERE THERE AND I
GUESS IT WAS A VERY EXCITING
TIME IN SEATTLE.
SINCE -- IN THE YEARS SINCE HIS
BASKETBALL CAREER, LENNY HAS
BEEN AN UNWAVERING CHAMPION OF
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ACROSS
OUR REGION FROM THE LENNY
WILKENS FOUNDATION FOR
CHILDREN, YOUTH SPORTS, TO HIS
WORK WITH THE ODESSA BROWN
CHILDREN'S CLINIC AND SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO NOT ONLY THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT ALSO THE
ENTIRE REGION.
AS WE LOOK BACK ON HIS LEGACY,
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TOWARD THE
FUTURE.
WE HAVE THE NEW CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA NEARLY COMPLETE AND READY
TO HOST OUR SEATTLE STORM AND
THE NEW SEATTLE KRAKEN HOCKEY
TEAM AS WELL AS CONCERTS AND
OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THE FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT
ALONG THE NEW LENNY WILKENS
WAY.
THE SEATTLE OF TRANSPIRATION
CAN USE TO INVEST IN MOBILITY
ENHANCEMENTS, SAFE TRAVEL
OPTIONS, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
TRANSPORTATION AND CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT CLIMATE ACTION GOALS.
AS WE ENVISION THE FUTURE OF
THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AS A WHOLE, WE
APPRECIATE THE MANY CIVIC
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT LENNY
WILKENS CONTINUES TO SHARE WITH
US EACH DAY.
I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS
THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
WITH US.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS HONORARY DESIGNATION FOR
LENNY WILKENS?
WHEN THIS COMES TO THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL, WILL WE HAVE
OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE A PART OF
THE PRESENTATION?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THERE WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE,
AT LEAST FROM THE FOUNDATION,
AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE IS ALSO, IN THE WORKS, A
CELEBRATION PLANNING FOR LATE
OCTOBER FOR THE UNVEILING OF
THE STREET SIGN.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE WE
VOTE ON IT?
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND FOR BRINGING
THIS TO US.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE THING.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
RESOLUTION.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE THAT THE RESOLUTION BE
APPROVED ACCORDING TO THE FULL
>>> FIVE IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
RESOLUTION PASSED.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 7. PRESENTATION.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S USE OF
TECHNOLOGY.
>> AS PROMISED WE WILL HEAR AN
UPDATE ON THE TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY CALLED
ACYCLICA.
I HAVE HEARD THEY'RE GOING TO
PHASE OUT THE TECHNOLOGY BY THE
END OF THE YEAR BUT WE PROMISE
THE PUBLIC WE WOULD HEAR MORE
ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY SO WE
WILL KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA.
TRAN 11 TRACKS TRAFFIC TIMES
WITH HELPS WITH TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT NEEDED GREATER SCRUTINY
AFTER ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED
REGARDING A COMPANY WITH WHOM
THE CITY PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED.
WE WILL HEAR FROM SDOT ABOUT
HOW THE ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO ENSURE IT IS IN FACT
PHASED OUT IN THE NEXT FOUR
MONTHS OR SO, IS A SEPARATE
SURVEILLANCE REPORT MAY BE MOOT
BECAUSE THE CITY WILL NOT BE
USING THE TECHNOLOGY GOING
FORWARD.
WHEN OUR CITY AUDITOR PROVIDES
IS LOOK BACK ON RETROACTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES NEXT YEAR, WE CAN
HAVE HIM DOUBLE CHECK THE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT SDOT HAS IN
PLACE FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
BUT LET'S HEAR NOW FROM OUR
PANELISTS FROM BOTH SDOT AND
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. GOOD
MORNING.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
I AM JASON FROM SDOT .
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
I AM THE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY
MANAGER FOR THE OPERATIONS
DIVISION AT SDOT AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING BOTH
THE ACYCLICA AND LICENSE PLATE
READER SYSTEMS.
JUST AS A QUICK UPDATE WE
COMPLETED THE COUNCIL REVIEW
FOR LICENSE PLATE READERS AND
2019.
AND AS COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON
STATED WE ARE REQUESTING TO
HOLD THE SUBMISSION FOR
ACYCLICA.
WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE
FEEL SHOULD PROVIDE GREATER
BENEFIT TO BOTH SDOT AND THE
COMMUNITY.
WE USE BOTH OF THESE TO GATHER
TRAVEL INFORMATIONTO IMPROVE
OUR DECISION-MAKING AND PROVIDE
IT TO THE PUBLIC.
TRAVELERS CAN MAKE MORE
INFORMED TRIP ANY DECISIONS.
THE LICENSE PLATE READERS WERE
INSTALLED IN 2011.
THEY ARE AN AGING LEGACY
TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY
OTHER VENDORS.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH AN
ALTERNATIVE.
IN 2019 WE RECOMMENDED THAT
ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE ACYCLICA.
SIMILARLY, ACYCLICA IS A -- IT
IS INSTALLED IN TRAFFIC
CABINETS.
WE BEGAN DEPLOYING THAT SYSTEM
IN 2014 AND WE COMPLETED A
PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS OF
ALTERNATIVES AND WE PUBLISHED A
WHITE PAPER AT THAT TIME ABOUT
OUR FINDINGS.
WE BUILT IN THE PRIVACY
REQUIREMENTS AND ACYCLICA HIRED
AN INDEPENDENT SECURITY FORM TO
PERFORM AN AUDIT.
THERE WAS NEVER BEEN A BREACH
OR OTHER INCIDENT THAT WOULD
CAUSE CONCERN REGARDING THE
PRIVACY PRACTICES.
BUT WHEN WE DID ENGAGE WITH THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH ACYCLICA WE
WERE AN INTERMEDIARY ACYCLICA
WAS FUNCTIONING AS AN
INDEPENDENT COMPANY AND THEN IN
2018 THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. THEY ARE BIG
PLAYERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION
SPACE.
IN MAY OF THIS YEAR IT WAS
ACQUIRED BY [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THE
RELATIONSHIP WAS JUST GETTING A
BIT DILUTED.
WE WERE STILL WORKING FOR THE
SAME SMALL TEAM BUT THERE WAS
IMPROVEMENTS TO ALTERNATIVES
AND WE FEEL LIKE IT IS TIME TO
MODERNIZE. AND WE ARE COMMITTED
TO THE SUBSTANTIAL REMOVAL OF
THE SYSTEMS BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
AND ULTIMATELY REQUESTING THAT
BOTH LPR AND ACYCLICA BE
REMOVED FROM THE SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE MASTER LIST.
NEXT SLIDE.
THAT SOLUTION IS PRO-DATA.
WE DID LOOK AT IT BACK IN 2014
WHEN WE SELECTED ACYCLICA.
IT WAS NOT MATURE ENOUGH YET .
THE DATE OF FOCUSED ON HIGHWAYS
AND LESS ON CITY STREETS.
TODAY WITH THE EMERGENCE OF
UBER AND LIFT THERE ARE MORE
CONNECTED VEHICLES, FLEET
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THIS IS
BECOMING MORE ATTRACTIVE.
WHAT IS IT?
THERE ARE BIG VENDORS.
AND THEY ENTER INTO BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIPS AND ACQUIRE
CONNECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENT DATA
FROM AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS,
GPS PROVIDERS, IN VEHICLE
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, TRUCKING
COMPANIES, FLEET SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
AND THEY PROVIDE BACK TO
CONSUMERS THE SPEED AND TRAVEL
TIME DATA WHICH CAN HAVE
NOTHING THAT IS PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE.
THIS REMOVES SDOT FROM THE DATA
COLLECTION PROCESS WHICH WE ARE
CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN.
AND WILL SIMPLY BE CONSUMERS OF
DATA THAT IS ALREADY OUT THERE.
IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION ARE
NOT, THE DATA IS ALREADY
AVAILABLE.
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE DONE SOME
RESEARCH.
LOS ANGELES METRO, BELLEVUE,
NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON,
D.C., ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT
AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY
TRANSITION TO THIS APPROACH.
WE WOULD NOT BE TIP OF THE
SPEAR AND WE ALSO HIRED A
CONSULTANT TO REVIEW THE
ACCURACY OF THE DATA FROM EIGHT
DIFFERENT VENDORS.
IN A PRODUCE A REPORT
CONFIRMING IT IS A VIABLE
ALTERNATIVE AT LEAST FROM A
DATA ACCURACY PERSPECTIVE.
MOVING THIS DIRECTION, IT AIDS
OUR DEPARTMENTS GOALS OF
IMPROVING SAFETY AND EQUITY AND
REDUCING THE CLIMATE IMPACT.
WE SEE IT AS WIN-WIN.
WE WILL HAVE SPEED INFORMATION
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, CURRENTLY
IF WE NEED TO KNOW THIS BEAT OF
A CORRIDOR WE NEED TO SET UP
EQUIPMENT INTO A STUDY.
NOW WE WILL HAVE SPEED
INFORMATION FOR EVERY MAJOR
ARTERY IN OUR CITY.
IT CAN PROVIDE BENEFIT TO
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TEAMS AND
INITIATIVES WITH AN ORGANIZATION
. IT CAN BE TIED TO THE SPEED
LIMIT PRODUCTION SAFETY GOALS.
AS WE REACH OUR CLIMATE GOALS
IT BECOMES MORE OF A FOCUS FOR
OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE WILL HAVE METRICS AND BE
ABLE TO STRATEGIZE AND SEE WHAT
I A SUCCESS CRITERIA WE ARE
TRYING TO REACH AS WE WORK
TOWARD OUR CLIMATE INITIATIVES
AND GOALS.
ADDITIONALLY, IT INCREASES
EQUITY.
NOW WE ONLY HAVE DATA FROM THE
STREETS THAT ARE OUTFITTED WITH
THE LPR OR TRAN 11 HARDWARE.
WHEN YOU MOVE THE DATA, ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE
REPRESENTED EQUALLY.
WE WILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT
AND TYPES OF DATA WERE ALL THE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY WHICH
WILL ALLOW US TO HOPEFULLY
REDUCE BIAS FROM OUR DECISION-
MAKING AND EMPOWER ENGINEERS TO
BE MORE EQUITABLE IN THE WAY
THEY APPROACH PROJECTS.
WE SUBMITTED FOR PRIVACY
REVIEWS FOR THE TOP PROBE DATA
VENDORS.
AND THE PRIVACY TEAM WILL
DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THAT
EVALUATION.
>> THE MORNING, COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
AS JASON MENTIONED, HE REVIEWED
NEW ACQUISITIONS AND WE VIEW
THESE REVIEWS ON TECHNOLOGIES
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT
RUNNING INTO PRIVACY OR
SURVEILLANCE CONCERNS.
FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY JASON AND THE VENDOR, WE CAN
CONFIRM THESE SOLUTIONS DO NOT
CONTAIN ANY PERSONABLE
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
THEY ARE AGGREGATING THE DATA
AND BASH MOST IMPORTANTLY FROM
OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE SOLUTION
NO LONGER RELIES ON THE LICENSE
PLATES.
ALTHOUGH SDOT WAS NOT IN
POSSESSION OF LICENSE PLATES,
THEY WERE BEING SENT TO -- TO
BE INCLUDED.
THESE SOLUTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE
THAT OR ANY OTHER UNIQUE
IDENTIFIERS.
WITH ACYCLICA THERE WERE
ADDRESSES USED ON MOBILE
DEVICES . AND EVEN THOUGH IT
WAS A COMPLEX ENCRYPTION METHOD
THAT WAS USED, THEY ARE BEING
REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION.
THERE IS NO IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION AT ALL IN THIS
DATASTREAM.
AS A RESULT, THESE SOLUTIONS DO
NOT MEET THE DEFINITION PROVIDED
SIERRA -- AND THIS DATA DOES
NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO COMMEND SDOT ARE
DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A BETTER
SOLUTION IN PLACE GOING
FORWARD.
AND PROVIDE THAT TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT DATA IN A BETTER WAY.
I KNOW IT IS A LOT OF WORK WHEN
YOU HAVE TO KEEP RENEWING
THINGS AND LOOKING FOR BETTER
WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
AND TO DO ALL THAT DUE
DILIGENCE AGAIN AND TO START
OVER ON IT. THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOLKS.
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE, IT IS
AMAZING HOW SEAMLESS IT HAS
BEEN IN TERMS OF IT WORKING
WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
THROUGH THE CITY WHO HAVE
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.
THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND
THE EXECUTIVE ON THIS ISSUE HAS
BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT
EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN BRINGING
THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
WE WILL SEE THAT IN OUR NEXT
ONE WILL WE TALK ABOUT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT ITEMS THAT WILL BE
HOPEFULLY IMPROVING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
NOW BE PHASED OUT THIS YEAR?
WE SAW IN CENTRAL STAFF HAS
BEEN TRACKING THIS CAREFULLY.
IF THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS
TODAY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF WHO CAN PROVIDE
YOU THE INFORMATION ON THIS.
I WANT TO THANK BOTH SDOT AND
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FOLKS FOR BRINGING THIS
PRESENTATION TO US.
THESE MATERIALS ARE ONLINE FOR
THOSE VIEWING THIS, IF THEY
WANT TO CHECK OUT MORE OF THIS.
TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
WHICH IS ALSO SURVEILLANCE
RELATED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET'S HAVE THE
COMMITTEE CLERK READ THE NEXT
AND FINAL ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM COUNCIL BILL
120171.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS FOR
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS
USE OF EMERGENCY SEEN CAMERAS
AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CAMERAS.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, THIS COUNCIL BILL
IS A SINGLE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES TWO
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT PORTS ON
TECHNOLOGIES USED BY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CAMERAS AND
CAMERAS FOR OTHER EMERGENCY
SCENES.
WE WILL DISCUSS AND VOTE ON
THIS LEGISLATION.
WHICH WILL COMPLETE BATCH
NUMBER 4A OF THE TECHNOLOGY
LIST.
THE LIST OF EXISTING
TECHNOLOGY, SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN
IMPROVING UNDER THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
HE WILL SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THESE TECHNOLOGIES, IT IS JUST
CAMERAS.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HONOR THE DEFINITION IN THE
ORDINANCE FOR SURVEILLANCE,
TECHNOLOGY.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN
THE LIST.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FULL
PROCESS HERE.
LET'S GO AHEAD. I DID WANT TO
OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISA IF
SHE DID WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
AND THANK HER FOR HER MEMO THAT
SHE CIRCULATED ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN.
I THINK I HAVE SOME COMMENTS
BUT I CAN MAKE TO INTRODUCE
THE LEGISLATION AFTER THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TALKS A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CAMERAS DO
AND HOW THEY ARE USED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS EVAN WARD AND I AM
WITH THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
I'M SURE MY VOICE IS OBSCURED.
I NEED TO WEAR A FACE COVERING
SINCE I HAVE COLLEAGUES AROUND
ME.
AS CHAIR PEDERSEN DESCRIBE,
THIS IS A REALLY SIMPLE
TECHNOLOGY WE ALL USE ALL THE
TIME.
JUST THE TYPICAL DIGITAL POINT-
AND-SHOOT CAMERAS. BUT WE USE
THEM AND REALLY THREE WAYS.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO
MUCH ABOUT THE ACTUAL MAKE AND
MODEL OF THE CAMERAS.
BUT REALLY HOW WE USE THEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A CHIEF
HOLDING ONE OF THE CAMERAS.
HE IS A SAFETY CHIEF.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY WILL SHOW UP
TO CERTAIN INCIDENTS OR A
FIREFIGHTER POTENTIALLY COULD
HAVE BEEN INJURED.
THEY ARE NOT TAKING PHOTOS OF
THE FIREFIGHTERS OR OTHER
INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS TO DOCUMENT THE CERTAIN
EQUIPMENT USED AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THEY ALSO SHOW UP TO TRAFFIC
COLLISIONS INVOLVING SF FD
APPARATUS.
TO BE CLEAR, JUST SF FD
APPARATUS WE DON'T TAKE
PICTURES OF PEOPLE.
WE ONLY TAKE PICTURES OF THE
VEHICLES INVOLVED WHEN THE
COLLISION INVOLVES THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE.
THOSE ARE USED FOR THE
COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS
INTERNALLY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE -- IN OUR
POLICY AND OPERATING GUIDELINES
, RELATED TO USING CAMERAS AT
CERTAIN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO PARAMEDICS AND
FOLKS AT THE MEDIC BATTALION.
IT IS EXTREMELY RARE.
BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT,
IT IS A CAMERA THAT IS STORED
IN THE DRUG SAFE ON THE
APPARATUS.
THAT IS LIKE WHERE ALL THE
CONTROL DRUGS ARE.
SO YOU NEED A PASSCODE.
IT HAS A FULL AUDIT LOG THAT
YOU CAN SEE TO WHOEVER USES IT.
WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY IF
ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE
PICTURES OF THE PATIENT. THE
ONLY REASON WE WOULD DO THAT IS
TO DOCUMENT THE MECHANISM OF
INJURY.
OF THE OLD SAYING GOES, A
PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS.
IT CAN BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE
SOME VISUAL INFORMATION
EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF.
WHEN WE TRANSFER THE PATIENT TO
THEIR CARE.
WE HAVE STRICT POLICIES THAT WE
DO NOT RETAIN THOSE PHOTOS OF
PATIENTS.
THOSE ARE IMMEDIATELY DELETED
FROM THE CAMERA.
THEY NEVER LEAVE THE CAMERA
ITSELF. THEY DO LITERALLY TAKE
THE CAMERA AND GO TO THE ER
DOCTORS AND SHOW THEM THE
PHOTOS AND THEN THEY DELETE
THEM.
AND IT GOES BACK INTO THE
CONTROLLED DRUG SAFE.
THAT IS REALLY THE THREE WAYS
WE USE THEM.
IN TERMS OF PROTECTION, FOR THE
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS INVOLVING
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
VEHICLES, THOSE ARE STORED ON A
DEPARTMENT DATABASE, THAT IS
SAFE AND SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE
ONLY TO THE SAFETY CHIEF'S
THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE USED FOR ESSENTIALLY
INVESTIGAING OUR OWN
COLLISIONS.
I HOPE THAT IS CLEAR.
THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT THE
MEDIC RESPONSE. WE DON'T STORE
THEM.
THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES ARE KEPT
IN A INCREDIBLY SECURE LOCATION
INSIDE IS SAFE ON ONLY CERTAIN
MEDIC APPARATUS.
THERE IS ALSO ACCESS CONTROLS
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
ABOUT THE PIN CODE NEEDED AND
EVERYTHING.
IT IS ONLY THOSE PARAMEDICS
THAT CAN USE IT.
AND IT IS ONLY ON THE FEW MEDIC
UNITS THAT PROVIDE ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT.
IT IS NOT ON EVERY RIG.
THE SAFETY CHIEF'S, EXCUSE ME,
THE FIRE INVESTIGATORS USE
CAMERAS FOR DOCUMENTING CERTAIN
TYPES OF FIRE INCIDENTS.
WE GENERALLY PERFORM A FIRE
INVESTIGATION WHEN THERE IS
POTENTIALLY SUSPECTED ARSON.
THE WE ARE NOT THE ARSON
INVESTIGATORS.
THAT IS DONE BY THE SEATTLE
POLICE ARSON AND BOMB SQUAD.
THE PICTURES WE DO TAKE FOR OUR
FIRE INVESTIGATIONS ARE STORED
ON A SECURE DATABASE.
ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY MEMBERSOF
OUR FIRE INVESTIGATION UNIT.
WHICH IS A VERY SMALL TEAM.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THE
EMERGENCY SCENE CAMERAS.
THE NEXT IS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
CAMERAS.
I WOULD SAY IT IS MORE LIKE A
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CAMERA.
TO BE CLEAR OF WHAT THIS IS, IT
IS LITERALLY AN iPAD THAT THEY
USE.
AND HAZMAT TEAM, IF THEY SHOW
UP TO A HAZMAT RESPONSE, THERE
ARE NOT THAT MANY.
BUT THEY WILL TAKE THAT iPAD
AND PUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND
WALK AROUND TO SHOW VIA A LIVE
FEED TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE HAS
MET UNIT ON THE RIG.
THERE IS A MONITOR ON THE RIG
AND IT IS STREAMED IN REAL
TIME.
AND ALL THAT IS IS TO BASICALLY
GIVE THE CAPTAIN A GOOD VISUAL
LINE OF SIGHT ON WHAT MAY BE
INSIDE A BUILDING.
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO
RECORD OR TAKE SNAPSHOTS. MY
EXPERIENCE IS THAT IT IS
EXTREMELY UNCOMMON.
GENERALLY IF THERE IS GOING TO
BE SOME SORT OF INVESTIGATION
DONE THAT WOULD BE HANDLED BY
THE FIRE INVESTIGATION UNIT.
LIKE I SAID, MY EXPERIENCE IN
SPEAKING WITH THE CAPTAIN OF
THE HAZMAT UNIT, ACTUALLY TAKING
PICTURES OR VIDEOS IS EXTREMELY
RARE, WHEN IT IS DONE IT IS
STORED ON A SECURE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT DATABASE.
ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF
THE HAZMAT TEAM.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY IT.
IN TERMS OF -- I HOPE THAT IS
ALL CLEAR AND MAKE SENSE.
>> THANK YOU.
NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
LISA TRACKS THE SURVEILLANCE
ITEMS FOR US.
THERE IS ALSO AN AMENDMENT 1 ON
THE AGENDA, WHICH WAS
RECOMMENDED BY CENTRAL STAFF
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN AND
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO RUN
THE SLIDES IT IS HELPFUL I AM
LISA.
I WILL BE BRIEF IN HIS
INTRODUCTION TO THE
LEGISLATION.
COUNSEL BILL 120171 WOULD
APPROVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
CONTINUED USE OF THE EMERGENCY
SCENE CAMERAS AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS CAMERAS.
AND ACCEPT THE REPORTS FOR EACH
ONE OF THEM.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES PLAN
TO ADOPT MORE DETAILED
OPERATING POLICIES FOR THE
CAMERAS FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS
WITH LABOR PARTNERS. YOU WILL
HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
THE EMERGENCY SCENE CAMERAS ARE
USED TO PROVIDE IMAGES OF
TRAUMA PATIENTS TO EMERGENCY
ROOM DOCTORS BY THE FIRE
INVESTIGATION UNIT AND TO HELP
DOCUMENT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS
OF COLLISIONS INVOLVING FIRE
DEPARTMENT VEHICLES.
THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CAMERAS
ARE APPLE iPAD CAMERAS USE
TOGETHER WITH ENCRYPTED
VIDEOCONFERENCING TO HELP
IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVED VERY LIMITED PUBLIC
COMMENTS ON THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
I THINK THEY HAD TWO COMMENTS
ON EACH TYPE OF CAMERA.
BUT THE COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE
WORKING GROUP DID SUBMIT
RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITS 2018
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY
IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
IS RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS
PRIMARILY ON THE PURPOSE AND
USE OF THE CAMERAS, RETENTION
OF DATA AND SHARING OF THE DATA
WITH THIRD PARTIES, ESPECIALLY
LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
YOU WILL SEE ON PAGES 4-9 OF
STAFF REPORT ADDITIONAL DETAILS
ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDING A TABLE THAT
SUMMARIZES WHETHER AND HOW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ADDRESSED.
NEXT SLIDE.
PAGES 10 AND 11 OF THE STAFF
MEMO WAS SEVERAL POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS DRAWN FROM MY
REVIEW OF THE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT AND OF THE
SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS -- IN NOTES
THAT MANY CITATIONS IN THE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT NOTE
THE DEPARTMENT IS DEVELOPING A
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING
POLICIES THAT WILL BECOME
EFFECTIVE IF SUPPORTED DURING
UPCOMING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
IN SOME WAYS THERE IS STILL
SOME WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE NEXT THREE CONSIDERATIONS
IDENTIFIED POLICIES THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE
CURRENT VERSION OF THE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT
INCLUDING GUIDELINES FOR
TRANSFERRING THE PHOTOS OR THE
VIDEOS OFF THE CAMERAS.
RETENTION REQUIREMENTS OTHER
THAN INJURY PHOTOS.
REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW AND WHEN
DATA IS SHARED WITH LAW-
ENFORCEMENT.
AND SPECIFIC PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SHOULD THE COMMITTEE CHOOSE TO
ACT TODAY, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS
THAT WOULD ADDRESS THESE
CONSIDERATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE TO PASS
A SINGLE AMENDMENT REQUESTING
THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FILE A
REVISED SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT WITH THE CLERK FOLLOWING
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
THIS OPTION RECOGNIZES THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT TENDS TO UPDATE
THE CURRENT POLICIES AND THE
AMENDMENT WOULD BASH THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE REQUIRES
MATERIAL CHANGES WOULD BRING
THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT
FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT THAT
CHAIR PEDERSEN REFERENCED.
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
THE COMMITTEE COULD PASS
AMENDMENTS TODAY THAT REQUEST
THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
DEVELOP SPECIFIC POLICIES OR
PROTOCOLS IF THERE IS CONCERN
THAT THESE MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED
IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS UPDATED
POLICIES.
CHAIR PEDERSEN, WOULD YOU LIKE
ME TO INTRODUCE YOUR AMENDMENT
ALSO?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> AS I MENTIONED, CHAIR
PEDERSEN HAS SPONSORED AN
AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD ENACT THE
FIRST OPTION.
IT ASKED THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT PREPARE A REVISED
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT WITH
MORE COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES
FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS THAT
WOULD ADDRESS THE USE AND
OPERATION OF THE CAMERAS,
PRIVACY PROTECTIONS, RECORD
RETENTION SCHEDULES. THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY SUBJECT
TO THE STATE RETENTION SCHEDULE
BUT DOES NOT HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED IN THE POLICY
MENTIONED.
AND ANOTHER THAT THE POLICIES
WOULD ADDRESS PROTOCOLS FOR
SHARING DATA WITH LAW-
ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINING.
AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO
PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, LISA AND THANK
YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THANKS FOR IT FOR WORKING. YOU
ARE PART OF THE PROCESS HERE
FOR US.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE
WE HAVE LISTED THE OPTIONS?
THANK YOU.
ONE OPTION IS THE OPTION THAT
CHAIR PEDERSEN IS PROPOSING AND
THAT IS THE FIRST BULLET.
AND YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS A
SECOND OPTION, WHERE THERE ARE
SUBJECT SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
THE SECOND OPTION IS THE
APPROACH OF SEPARATING OUT THE
AMENDMENTS THAT CHAIR PEDERSEN
IS ARE YOU PROPOSING.
IS THAT CORRECT ?
>> PRETTY MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE SECOND OPTION WAS STILL A
REQUEST OF A REVISED ONE AND
NOT THAT YOU WERE SAYING WE
COULD REQUIRE THESE CHANGES.
I REMEMBER RECEIVING IN THE
PAST WE RAISED ISSUES OF
CHANGES THAT WE WANTED, IS THAT
WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF
REQUIRING CHANGES.
WE ONLY HAVE AN OPTION OF
REQUESTING THEM.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO COME
BACK TO US AND PROVE BEFORE
THEY COULD USE THE TECHNOLOGY
IS DEFINITELY A HOOK.
BUT GIVEN MOST OF WHAT WE ARE
PROVING, ARE BACKLOGGED
TECHNOLOGIES, IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY THAT ARE ALREADY IN
USE.
THAT HOOK IS NOT QUITE AS
EFFECTIVE AS IT WOULD BE WITH
NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE
AMENDMENT 1. THERE IS JUST THE
ONE AMENDMENT AND I WILL MAKE
THE MOTIONS TO INCORPORATE THAT
AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THESE TWO CAMERAS?
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE
MOIONS.
FIRST I WILL PUT THE OVERALL
BILL ON THE TABLE AND THEN I
WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT AMENDMENT 1.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I NOW MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNSEL BILL 120171 ITEM 8 ON
THE AGENDA, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT IS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
DO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MOVE TO
AMEND COUNSEL BILL 120171 AS
PRESENTED A AMENDMENT 1 ON OUR
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT 1.
>> GONZALEZ. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
YES.
CHAIR PEDERSEN.
YES.
THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU THE MOTION CARRIES
TO INCORPORATE AMENDMENT 1 INTO
THE BILL.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
OKAY.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THE BILL AS
AMENDED BE APPROVED FOR
FORWARDING TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.>> GONZALEZ. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
YES . CHAIR PEDERSEN.
YES.
FIVE IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THE BILL WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AS APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS CONCLUDES
OUR COMMITTEE FOR SEPTEMBER 15,
2021 TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL PLAN TO MEET AGAIN ON
DECEMBER 1. THANK YOU FOR
ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.