.
>>> SITS JANUARY 26TH, 2022, AT
9:32 A.M.
I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE CLERK
AND MY AID KATE NOLAN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
HER BOLT.
JUAREZ.
STRAUS.
>> PRESENT.
>> NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA.
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT I'LL MAKE
REMARKS BEFORE GETTING INTO THIS
ITEM.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NONE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN
THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION AS WE OPERATE THIS
REMOTE COMMENT SYSTEM.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING IS UP TO 20 MINUTES
AND EACH SPEAKER HAS UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN AND
USE THE ID AND PASS WORD EMAILED
UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL LISTEN LINE WHICH IS
LISTED ON AGENDA.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE
CONFIRMATION, CHECK YOUR SPAM OR
JUNK MAIL.
I'LL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE
END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
BY GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE AT SEATTLE.GOV SLASH
COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED.
WHEN I SAY YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED IT'S YOUR KEY TO
SPEAK AND YOU PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BEGIN TO
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO GO TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
I'LL GIVE A NUDGE BEFORE THAT.
ONCE YOU COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE IF YOU
PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE
MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6 AFTER
YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
SO JUST A SECOND, LET ME PULL
THIS CLOSER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALEXANDER
LOMUS FOLLOWED BY DAVID HANES.
SO ALEXANDER, PLEASE.
.
WELCOME.
ARE YOU THERE
ALEXANDER?
LET'S MOVE TON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
DAVID HANES.
NEITHER OF THESE PARTICIPANTS OR
SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP ARE
HERE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON.
BEFORE WE GET INTO
TODAY'S BUSINESS ITEMS, I WOULD
LIKE TO JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO COVERING IN THIS
COMMITTEE AND WHAT I WANT TO
ACCOMPLISH.
SO AS THE FIRST SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER ON CITY COUNCIL IN OVER A
DECADE, YOU CAN BET I'M 100%
COMMITTED TO HELPING SMALL
BUSINESSES SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
AND JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
START AND GROW A BUSINESS IN
SEATTLE.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
ENTREPRENEURS BUT ALSO ABOUT
JOBS AND PRESERVING THE NODES OF
OUR COMMUNITY, THE FABRIC OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS SO I'LL BE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH OED THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT
AND EXPAND THEIR SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS AND I'LL PUT A PLUG IN
HERE THAT OED NEEDS MORE
RESOURCES.
BUT MY JOB IS TO SEEK WAYS THE
CITY CAN DO EVEN MORE TO
STRENGTHEN OUR BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND ACHIEVE
INEQUITABLE RECOVERY.
SOME OF MY EFFORTS ARE GOING
BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE WORK
PLAN.
SOME OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IN THE
REALM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INCLUDE DOWNTOWN AND
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
REVITALIZATION.
SO SINCE DAY ONE MY STAFF AND I
HAVE BEEN WORKING AT CITY HALL
AND BEING DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY
REALLY DOES DRIVE HOME THE
DEVASTATION ROT BY THE PANDEMIC.
THE CLOSED VENUES AND BOARDED UP
WINDOWS.
I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO
FIND OUT THAT THE ARCTIC ROOM IS
CLOSED.
THAT USED TO BE A FAVORITE HAUNT
OF STAFFERS BACK IN THE DAY.
COLLINS IS ALSO CLOSED.
SO WE AS A CITY HAVE TO FOCUS ON
DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN
TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
WELL FIRST OF ALL TO LOCATE
HERE.
TO CHOOSE SEATTLE AS THEIR HOME
BUT ALSO FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES
TO BRING EMPLOYEES BACK
DOWNTOWN.
IT ALSO MEANS MAKING DOWNTOWN
MORE WELCOMING FOR VISITORS AND
ALSO MORE LIVABLE FOR THE
RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE A
NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN HERE.
BOTTOM LINE, OUR REGION AND
CITIES GENERAL FUND DEPENDS ON A
HEALTHY DOWNTOWN SO ALL PUT THE
SAME FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESSES THAT'S WHERE QUALITY
OF LIFE IS.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK
AND PLAY.
AND RECREATE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY
LIVE.
A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME IS ALSO
REDUCING THE DISPLACEMENT OF
SMALL BUSINESSES.
NO SURPRISE THAT LACK OF ACCESS
TO CAPITAL IS A HUGE CHALLENGE
FOR ENTREPRENEURS BUT ESPECIALLY
IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE CD AND
RAINIER VALLEY.
OKAY TECHNOLOGY, I WANT TO
CLARIFY FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
THAT THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
TITLE OF THIS COMMITTEE NAME IS
REFERRING TO THE WORK OF SEATTLE
IT.
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE THE FOLKS IN CHARGE OF
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THANK YOU.
MY FAVORITE.
AND ALSO POLICY INITIATIVES LIKE
DIGITAL EQUITY AND ALL THE
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE THAT KEEPS
OUR WEBSITE GOING AND KEEPS
EMPLOYEES COMPUTERS CONNECTED,
ETC.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
FOCUS OF MY COMMITTEE.
THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO CITY
LIGHT.
SEATTLE IS LUCKY TO HAVE A
PUBLICLY OWN UTILITY.
CITY LIGHT GENERATES LEGISLATION
TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON SO MY GOAL
IS TO MAKE SURE THE LEGISLATION
FLOWS THROUGH MY COMMITTEE
EFFICIENTLY AND ALSO THAT I
PROVIDE THE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT
TO PROTECT RATE PAYERS IN OUR
VERY IMPORTANT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT'S BEEN NOTED AND I'VE SAID
IS THAT I AM AN ENVIRONMENTALIST
AT HEART AND I BELIEVE THAT A
LOT OF THE IMPORTANT WORK TO
REACH OUR CLIMATE PREDICTION
GOALS WILL HAPPEN IN UTILITIES
LIKE CITY LIGHT SO I'M
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH AND SUPPORTING THE
UTILITIES INVESTMENTS IN
ELECTRIFY OCCASION AND SOME OF
ITS NEWER WORK WHICH I'LL GET
INTO LATER IN THE MEETING.
SO THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL -- I
COULD HAVE GONE ON.
I CUT MASSIVE PARTS HERE -- BUT
THAT'S THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN
THE COMMITTEE.
THIS COMBINATION OF DEPARTMENTS
AND SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT
WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND BEFORE WE
MOVE ON, I DO WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT A LOT
OF OUR COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN
HEARING.
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESCALATING
CRIME THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
EXPERIENCING.
BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS A CORE
FOUNDATION OF OUR RECOVERY.
AND MY OFFICE IS GETTING A LOT
OF CALLS AND E-MAILS FROM SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
JUST THE PRESSING FRUSTRATION
AND ANGER AND FRANKLY,
DESPERATION AT WHAT THEY SEE IS
A TOTAL BREAK DOWN OF SOCIAL
CONTRACT WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO IN ONE EMAIL THIS WENT OUT TO
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP WROTE TO
US.
HE SAYS, OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER
ATTACK FROM A RECENT MASSIVE
SURGE IN VANDALISM AND HIGHLY
VISIBLE DISTURBANCES AND LIFE
THREATENING BEHAVIOR.
HE GOES ON TO SAY IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS ALAE, OVER 20
BUSINESSES HAVE HAD THEIR
WINDOWS BASHED IN, MELTED AND
REMOVED ALL TOGETHER DURING A
STRING OF EVENTS RANGING FROM
REPEATED ACT OF RAGE TO
COORDINATED THEFT RINGS.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE.
AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO REACHED
OUT TO OUR OFFENSE RENEER
RICKSON WHO OWNS SEVERAL
FABULOUS RESTAURANTS WROTE IN TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO
HER RESTAURANT ON LAKE UNION AND
SHE BASICALLY SAYS WE ARE
BASICALLY BEGGING THE CITY TO
SHOW THAT THEY DO PRIORITIZE THE
WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF OUR
STAFF AND GUESTS ALONG NORTH
LAKE WAY.
THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE
EVERY DAY.
NOTHING IS CHANGING AND OUR
CONCERNS ARE BEING UNANSWERED.
SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES AND I'M
HEARING FROM BUSINESSES COLUMBIA
CITY WEST SEATTLE, ALL OVER THE
CITY AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES.
THE PEOPLE CONTACTING MY OFFICE
ARE BASICALLY FEELING ABANDONED
BY CITY LEADERS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYBODY ON
THE SPOT BUT AS CHAIR OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I FEEL A
DUTY TO GIVE VOICE TO THEM.
THESE BUSINESSES AND AT OUR NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING WE WILL LIKELY
HAVE A PANEL OF BUSINESS LEADERS
AND OWNERS.
JUST TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STORIES
AND MAYBE COME WITH SOME
SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT
RIGHT NOW.
SOME ACTIONS NOT SOLUTIONS BUT
SOME ACTIONS.
BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS IS A HUGE
COMPLICATED VERY COMPLICATED
PROBLEM.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS ISSUE
AND I'M NOT CALLING FOR A COP IN
FRONT OF EVERY SHOP.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
BECAUSE THESE SMALL BUSINESSES
NEED HELP.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
FRANKLY I'LL LAY IT OUT THERE.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW I WANT TO SAY
TO THEM THAT I HEAR YOU.
AND I'M HERE TO BE YOUR
ADVOCATE.
AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
THIS IS THE KEY THING.
WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES
COLLABORATIVELY UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF OUR PRESIDENT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ TO REALLY
PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WORK
ON SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO THIS
PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.
WE CAN'T JUST SIMPLY NOT DO
ANYTHING AND WE MOST OF ALL WE
CAN'T LOSE THESE JOBS AND THESE
BUSINESSES AND THESE GATHERING
PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
AND NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE
ITEMS OF OUR BUSINESS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD HAS JUST JOINED, SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM ONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE IN
THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE
DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AS SOLE
OWNER OF FIBER CABLE AND
ASSOCIATED FACILITIES PREVIOUSLY
SHARED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
BRIEFING DISCUSSION WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR A VOTE.
.
>> ALL RIGHT, HELLO WILL THE
PRESENTERS FOR THIS ITEM
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON CHAIR NELSON AND GOOD
MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR YOU THIS
MORNING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND I
THINK FOLLOW YOUR LEAD AND JUST
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND
LETTING THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
PRESENTING ON EACH ITEM
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
THAT'S LESS CONFUSING.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO SAY
ONE THING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
I LIVE DOWNTOWN AT 2ND AND PIKE.
WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS MY
DAILY REALITY.
I TRY VERY HARD TO KEEP MY
BUSINESS AS A CITIZEN OF SEATTLE
SEPARATE FROM MY WORK AS AN
OFFICIAL SEATTLE BUT ENCOURAGING
TO HEAR YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THE PROBLEMS WE'RE DEALING WITH
SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE, MIKE HANES ARE YOU UP
MIKE?
>> I THINK THIS IS CLAIRE.
>> TAKE IT AWAY CLAIRE.
>>> OKAY, AND I THINK CHRIS WAS
GOING TO BRING THE SLIDES UP.
>> YES YEAH, THANK YOU CHRIS WHO
USUALLY IS OUR AV EXPERT.
HE'S ACTUALLY VERY EXCITEDEDLY
AT HER SON'S BASIC TRAINING
GRADUATION.
SO SHE'S GONE AND CHRIS IS
STEPPING IN FOR HER SO THANK YOU
CHRIS.
.
>> I'M CLAIRE LLOYD AND A MANAGE
THE ENGINEERING TEAM FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO
ACCEPT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
ALLOWING THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON TO ABANDON OWNERSHIP
OF SHARED FIBER CABLE 160.
THIS CABLE ALONG WITH PHYSICAL
PLANT CONDUIT WERE JOINTLY
INSTALLED BY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
IN 1990.
AT THE TIME UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON NEEDED COMMUNICATIONS
TO ITS TEMPORARY BOTHEL CAMPUS.
THEY USE IT TO GENERATE TO
BOATHEL AND SKAJT.
THIS IS USED TO CONTROL THE
GENERATION FACILITIES AND
TRANSPORTS PHONE, RADIO,
TELEVISION, CONTROL AND DATA
COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT REPLACED THE
CABLE IN 2019.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PREVIOUSLY SHARED
UNDERGROUND CABLE RUNS FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF 141ST 5TH STREET
AND 37TH AVENUE NORTHEAST TO
BOATHEL THE INTERSECTION OF
228TH STREET SOUTHEAST AND 29TH
DRIVE SOUTHEAST.
IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT OWNED 48
STRANDS OF THE FIBER AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OWNED
96 STRANDS OF THE FIBER WITHIN
THE 144 STRAND FIBER CABLE.
THE MOA ACKNOWLEDGES SEATTLE
CITY LIGHTS OWNERSHIP OF THE
FULL CAPACITY OF THE NEW 144
STRAND CABLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE ORIGINAL CABLE WAS INSTALLED
IN 1990 AND IN 2015 IT WAS
DETERMINED THE CABLE WAS
DEGRADED IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.
PRIOR TO REPLACING THE CABLE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT ASKED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROJECT.
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL
FROM THEIR REPRESENTATIVE
CONFIRMING THEIR INTENT TO
ABANDON THEIR INTERESTS.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON NO
LONGER OCCUPIED THE TEMPORARY
CAMPUS.
AT THE TIME THERE WERE ONLY TWO
FIBER CABLES AN AIRLINE FIBER
CABLE 157 AND THIS UNDERGROUND
CABLE SERVING THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT NETWORK TO BOATHEL
SUBSTATION AND GENERATION SITES.
IF ONE CABLE WAS CUT OR DAMAGED
DATA TRAFFIC WOULD AUTOMATICALLY
REROUTE.
THE REDUNDANT FIBER CABLE 157
WAS AND STILL IS INTERMITTENTLY
BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE
BECAUSE OF THE CITY OF BOATHEL
AND THE BEAUTIFY OCCASION
PROJECTS.
AND THAT LEFT THIS CABLE AS THE
ONLY RELIABLE ROUTE PRIOR TO THE
SIGNAL QUALITY DEGRADING.
THIS PROMPTED THE URGENT NEED TO
REPLACE THE CABLE.
DESIGN WAS COMPLETED IN 2017 AND
INSULATION OCCURRED IN 2018 AND
WAS FINALIZED IN JANUARY 2019.
THE FIBER REPLACEMENT COST WAS
1.300-0000.
THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED IN OUR
CAPITAL PROM Y 9307 WHICH
ADDRESSES FIBER INSULATION AND
NEEDS.
THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND DO
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>>.
>> ERIC AND THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, I THINK THE PRESENTATION
WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THIS IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE
CALL MINISTERIAL DECISIONS
BECAUSE IT INVOLVES SOMETHING
THAT CAN BE OWNED OR HAS A
PROPERTY INTEREST AND THAT SORT
OF THING.
IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BE HERE BUT
I HAVE NO ISSUES TO RAISE OR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, THANKS FOR
ASKING.
>>> ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS
FROM COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 120260.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
NOPE?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE THAT THE BILL
PASS.
HER BOLD.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION IN THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THE BILL PASS
WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022,
FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120259 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE GENERAL MANAGER
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
CITY LIGHT TO EXECUTE AND ENTER
LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAFFIC.
BRIEFING DISCUSSION POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT THIS LEGISLATION
RENEWS THE FUNDING MECHANISM
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
A BILL TRIED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
A SKILLED AND VIABLE WORK FORCE
WITHIN THE TRIBE AND LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
SO ARE THERE ANY NEW PRESENTERS
THAT NEED TO BE INTRODUCED AND
IF SO, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND TAKE IT AWAY.
.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND
COMMITTEE.
THIS IS MIKE HANES THE ASSISTANT
GENERAL MANAGER FOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ALL OUR GENERATION SITES SO VERY
PLEASED TO BRING THIS RENEWED
LEGISLATION BACK FOR YOUR
ATTENTION THIS MORNING.
AND CHRIS, GO AHEAD.
CUE UP THE PRESENTATION WHEN YOU
GET A CHANCE.
SO THE BACKGROUND HERE IS WE OWN
AND OPERATE THE DAM NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON STATE ON THE PONDER
RIVER.
NEXT SLIDE, CHRIS.
AS BY VIRTUE OF THAT WE HAVE AN
OPERATING LICENSE WITH FRC
RENEWED BACK IN 2014.
THE ADD JAY SEN SI TO THE
BOUNDARY DAM AND OUR LICENSED
DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE IN NORTH
PONDER ARE ADJACENT AND OVERLAP
THE TRIBAL LANDS FOR THE TRIBE
OF INDIANS IN THE REGION.
LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
MENTIONED THIS IS AN UPDATED
AGREEMENT THAT SOME OF YOU
PARTICIPATED IN BACK IN 2016.
AND I THINK IT SHARES OUR DESIRE
AND THE TRIBES DESIRE TO MOVE
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
NORTH COUNTY IN PARTICULAR
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
COMMUNITY, TRIBE AND EVENTUALLY
TO BUILD CONSTRUCTION AND
SKILLED TRADES WORK FORCE IN THE
REGION THAT IT HOPEFULLY CITY
LIGHT AND THE TRIBE AND OTHER
BUSINESSES WILL BENEFIT FROM.
WE'RE ONE OF SEVERAL LOCAL
PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE BILL CAREER
TRAINING CENTER.
LIKE THE POD AND OTHERS IN THE
AREA ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO
THOSE.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
THIS LEGISLATION LIKE
I SAID IS ONGOING.
TO RENEW AN AGREEMENT THAT
EXPIRED LAST YEAR.
TOTAL VALUE OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT IS
$213,000.
I THINK I MENTIONED
THAT THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THE
COMMUNITY TO THE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY
SKILLED TRADES CONSTRUCTION
TRADES AND HIGH SCHOOL
COUNSELING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT
FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
AND IT IS EXTENDED BENEFIT TO
NOT JUST TRIBE BUT COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THE BILL OPERATES.
THEIR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE
REGION.
SO JUST AS PART OF OUR OPERATING
LICENSE FOR THE BOUNDARY PROJECT
WE DO HAVE MANY FOREIGN WIDE
RELATIONS WITH THE TRIBE THAT
EXTEND NOT ONLY FROM OUR PROJECT
BUT THE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
PONDERARY RIVER AND LOTS OF
RESOURCE ENHANCEMENTS AND
DEVELOPMENT WORK WE HAVE DONE AS
PART OF OUR LICENSED WORK.
THE TRIBE HAS BEEN A GREAT
PARTNER FOR US THROUGHOUT THE
CURRENT LICENSE FROM 2014 AND
EVEN MANY YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, CHRIS.
JUST A FEW METRICS
THAT WE DO GET REPORTING FROM
THE TRIBE AND OTHERS, WHO IS THE
CHAIR JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
SEEING PROGRESS AND BENEFITS TO
THE COMMUNITY.
WE ASK THAT THEY SHARE SOME OF
THEIR RESULTS WITH US ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS SO YOU CAN SEE HERE
THE GREAT THINGS THAT COME OUT
OF THE LAST YEAR.
7 APPRENTICES COMPLETED THEIR
7,000 ERROR PROGRAM.
SOME HAVE GAINED FULL-TIME
EMPLOYMENT IN SKILLED TRADES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALSO THAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AGC AND
CITY LIGHT GROUP HEALTH
FOUNDATION GRADUATED FIVE HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH THE HEAD
START PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES THIS LAST SUMMER.
STUDENTS ARE WORKING AT THEIR
NORTHERN QUEST OPERATION THROUGH
THEIR COWS BELL METAL PRODUCTS
GROUP WHICH IS THE PRECURSOR TO
THE KTCT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE
BACKGROUND.
THAT'S THE NEXUS TO WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO US BUT ALSO TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND I ALSO
WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD,
BUT THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
OTHER THAN SAYING THE PREVIOUS
AGREEMENT WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL
IN 2016, AND WAS APPROVED THEN
SINCE THE RENEWAL OF THE
AGREEMENT AND THAT'S IT.
I THINK THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR ME,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAPPY TO TAKE NOTE ON ANYTHING
IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THE COMMITTEE.
BUT OTHERWISE I'M DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT IS A
PRIORITY FOR ME AND I'M GLAD
THAT WE AS A CITY ARE ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRIBE AND
COMMUNITY ADJACENT TO THE
FACILITY.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120259.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
I ASSUME THERE ARE NO MORE
COMMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THE BILL PASS.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> PEREZ YES.
>> STRAUS, YES.
>> NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THE
BILL PASSES WILL BE FORWARDED TO
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
>>> NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 32040.
THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AFFIRMING
THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT'S
CLEAN ENERGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
AS REQUIRED UNDER WASHINGTON
STATE'S CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSFORMATION ACT.
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
ALL RIGHT SO THIS ITEM
REINFORCES WHAT I SAID IN MY
PREVIOUS REMARKS ABOUT CITY
LIGHT BEING A DEPARTMENT WHERE
WORK TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
AS THE CITY TAKES PLACE AND I'M
EXCITED TO BE CHAIR BELONGING TO
THE FIRST CLEAN ENERGY
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, A
REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CLEAN
ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ACT
ADOPTED INTO LAW IN 2019.
SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY NEW
PRESENTERS?
JOSH?
>> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO JOSH WALTER WHO
IS AN AWESOME MEMBER OF OUR
STAFF.
RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF SINGLE
HANDEDLY KEEPING A LOT OF BALLS
IN THE AIR SO IT'S NOT JUST
AROUND HERE BUT HE'S DOING A
TON.
WE HAVE A LOT HAPPENING IN THIS
AREA THAT WE WILL BE TALKING
WITH YOU ABOUT IN THE COMING
YEARS.
SO JOSH, GO FOR IT.
>>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THE
INTRODUCTION, DEBORAH.
AND I'LL WAIT FOR CHRIS TO START
THE SLIDE BACK.
GREAT.
SO GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND CHAIR NELSON MY NAME IS JOSH
WALTER, I MANAGE OUR REGIONAL
AFFAIRS AND WHOLESALE CONTRACTS
TEAM AT CITY LIGHT.
I'LL START BY SETTING THE STAGE
OF OUR CURRENT RESOURCE
PORTFOLIO AND EMISSIONS
CHARACTERISTICS.
OR CATEGORIES OF THOSE
RESOURCES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE AN
ENERGY SUPPLY MIX OF MORE THAN
90% CARBON FREE RESOURCES BEING
USED TO HELP SUPPLY OUR ENERGY
NEEDS FOR CUSTOMERS.
WE HAVE BEEN CARBON FREE FOR
NEARLY TWO DECADES.
AND HAVE BEEN A NETZERO CARBON
NEUTRAL UTILITY SINCE 2005
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF CITY
COUNCIL ON THE CITY FOR
RECOGNIZING AND SHOWING A
COMMITMENT TO BECOMING CARBON
FREE.
ON AVERAGE AS MENTIONED WE ARE
90% CARBON FREE.
AND WE DO NOT OWN OR CONTRACT ON
ANY LONG TERM BASIS IN EMITTING
RESOURCE.
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS OR ITEM
THAT IS WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMISSIONS.
SPECIFICALLY THE IDEA OF
UNSPECIFIED RESOURCES.
THOSE ARE LARGELY DONE TO MEET
OUR BALANCING NEEDS.
ON A NEAR TERM BASIS BUT THERE'S
NO LONG TERM EMITTING RESOURCES
IN OUR RESOURCE PORTFOLIO.
AS IN ADDITION TO OUR
CURRENT RESOURCE MIX, WE ARE
ALSO PLANNING ON BRINGING ON NEW
RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
IN THE NEAR TERM IN THE NEAR
FUTURE ONE STARTING IN 2024 MOST
LIKELY AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
IN THE 2026 TIME FRAME.
NEXT SLIDE.
>>> SO AS IT RELATES TO THE
CURRENT PRESENTATION AND THE
REQUEST TO APPROVE OUR CIP, THIS
IS AN ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
CIDA PASSED IN 2019.
SETTING CERTAIN BENCHMARKS FOR
THE UTILITY OR FOR ALL UTILITIES
IN WASHINGTON STATE TO CLEAN UP
THEIR ENERGY MIX STARTING IN
2025.
AND ENDING OR STARTING 100%
RENEWABLE OR NONEMITTING
RESOURCES IN 2045.
THOSE BENCHMARKS ARE THOSE TIME
ELEMENTS OF ACTIONS AND ARE IN
2025 UTILITIES MUST ELIMINATE
ALL COAL FIRE ELECTRIC
GENERATION OWNED OR PURCHASED ON
A LONG TERM BASIS IN 2030,
UTILITIES MUST BE CARBON
NEUTRAL.
WITH 80% OF THEIR RESOURCE MIX
COMING FROM RENEWABLES OR
NONEMITTING RESOURCES AND IN
2045, UTILITIES WILL BE REQUIRED
TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE MEETING
100% OF THEIR ENERGY NEEDS
THROUGH RENEWABLE OR NONEMITTING
RESOURCES.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER
CIDA PROVISIONS ARE THAT IN
ADDITION TO CREATING A PLAN TO
SHOW UTILITIES HOW TO MEET THESE
TARGETS UTILITIES WE MUST SEEK
APPROVAL FROM OUR GOVERNING
BODY.
WE MUST ADOPT AND FILE AN PROVED
CEIP EVERY FOUR YEARS
DEMONSTRATING PROGRESS TOWARDS
MEETING THE GOALS STATED
EARLIER.
480 BY 2030 AND 100% BY 2045.
UPON APPROVAL, THIS WILL BE
FILED WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO UTILITIES ADDITIONALLY
UTILITIES MUST ALSO ENSURE
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY
AND NONENERGY BENEFITS AS WE
COLLECTIVELY TRANSITION TO CLEAN
ENERGY FOR NOT ONLY THE UTILITY
SEATTLE BUT FOR ALL UTILITIES IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
NEXT SLIDE.
>>> SINCE WE'RE ALREADY ABOVE
THE INITIAL TARGET OF CARBON
FREE ON A RESOURCE BASIS, OUR
FIRST CIP LARGELY FOCUSES ON
CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND
RESPONSE.
THAT BEING SAID THE PLAN FOR IRP
OR INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
IDENTIFIES THE NEED TO INVEST IN
NEW RENEWABLES AS STATED
EARLIER, ONE PLANNED TO BE
BROUGHT ON FOR RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM IN 2024.
AND AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
NEEDED IN THE 2026-2027 TIME
FRAME.
A PORTFOLIO OF ACTION IS
IDENTIFIED IN OUR CLEAN ENERGY
EQUITY PLAN.
WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE
LEGISLATIVE PACT.
BUT A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE
CATEGORIES OF THEMES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ACTIONS ARE
AFFORDABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
RELIABILITY PROJECTS AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS.
RENEWABLE PROCUREMENT AGAIN AS
STATED EARLIER INCLUDING THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM.
AND TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFY
ELECTRIFYCATION PRODUCTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE PORTFOLIO
ACTION THE CEIP AND CEEP THE
CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY PLAN,
FOCUSES ON CITY LIGHTS VALUES
INCLUDING BEING A CUSTOMER
FOCUSED UTILITY AND EQUITABLE
CONNECTION TO CUSTOMERS IN
COMMUNITY.
PER REGULATION, WE MUST CONSIDER
LONG AND SHORT TERM PUBLIC
HEALTH IN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
REDUCTION OF COSTS AND RISKS AND
ENERGY SECURITY IN RESILIENCY.
EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND.
THE CLEAN ENERGY
EQUITY PLAN IS AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE OVERALL CEIP TO GUIDE THE
YOU TILLS INTEGRATION OF EQUITY
INTO ITS PLANNING PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS PART OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CIDA NCEP UTILITY
CONDUCTED A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
SURVEY TO GAUGE CUSTOMERS
CONCERNS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF
THE ISSUES PERTAINING TO CLEAN
ENERGY.
THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL
TOOL IN HELPING INFORM THE
UTILITY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING CLEAN
ENERGY GOALS CURRENTLY AND IN
THE FUTURE.
THE RESPONSE WAS STATISTICALLY
SIGNIFICANT AND INCLUDED
RESPONSES FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF
CUSTOMER CATEGORIES AT A HIGH
CONFIDENCE LEVEL AS SEEN IN THIS
SLIDE HERE.
>>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE OUTCOMES OF THE
SURVEY ARE FOUND HERE WHERE 94%
OF THE RESPONDANTS TO THE SURVEY
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND 80% OF THE CUSTOMERS
WERE NOT AWARE OF CITY LIGHTS
CARBON NEUTRALITY OR HAS A 90%
CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO CURRENTLY
OR TO BEGIN WITH.
THERE WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WERE
SEEN HERE IN GREEN AND THE
GREATEST CONCERNS IN THE ORANGE
BOX.
SO THE CONCERNS BEING BILL
INCREASES, NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND
RELIABILITY.
THERE WERE BASED ON THE
DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CUSTOMER
CLASSIFICATIONS, RENTERS AND LOW
INCOME REUPON DANTS HAVE
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RESPONSES
THOSE BEING BILL INCREASES,
NEGATIVE IMPACT TO CLEAN TECH
AND CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND THE
HISPANIC LATINO RESPONSE HAD IN
THEIR TOP THREE BILL INCREASES
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND A
NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM CLEAN TECH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>>> AS IT RESULTS BEING ONLY ONE
COMPONENT TO THE TOOL BOX IN
ACHIEVING THE UTILITY GOALS AND
PLANS, THE CEIP IS HOLY
CONSISTENT WITH OUR ONGOING AND
UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN, RACE IN
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES, THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND VARIOUS
ENLISTED ADDITIONAL REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE AND
CITY LEVEL.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND TO WRAP THINGS UP,
THERE'S CERTAIN UPCOMING ISSUES
AND ITEMS THAT ARE NOT
SPECIFICALLY ADD DWRESED IN THE
CURRENT CEIP BUT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE INCLUSION
BUT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE
NEXT CEIP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO COME BACK ON A
ROLLING FOUR YEAR BASIS TO SHOW
WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.
AND THE PROGRESS
TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE GOALS AS
SET OUT IN THE CEIP.
SO EXAMPLES OF THE FUTURE
ONSIDERATIONS THAT COULD,
SHOULD AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE
INCLUDED IN THE NEXT GENERATION
OF THE CEIP INCLUDE EMISSIONS
CONSIDERATIONS.
THE NEW BONNEVILLE POWER
ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT, WHICH
THE CURRENT ONE IS SET TO EXPIRE
IN 2028.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING TO
DEVELOP AND THINK ABOUT A FUTURE
BONNEVILLE CONTRACT EVEN TODAY,
SEVEN YEARS IN ADVANCE OF THE
EXPIRATION OF THAT CONTRACT.
RESOURCE ADEQUACY.
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS
CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED IN
THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN AND
THE EXPANSION OF REGIONAL ENERGY
MARKETS THAT WILL ONLY HELP IN
THE COORDINATION BETWEEN WESTERN
UTILITIES ON A PLANNING AND
OPERATIONAL BASIS WHICH WILL
MOVE AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE
SUCCESSES OF THE WESTERN ENERGY
AND BALANCE MARKET WE HAVE BEEN
PARTICIPATING IN THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF OR SO.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY
PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
>>> OKAY.
ERIC, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> JUST AN OBSERVATION.
WHEN PLANS LIKE THIS FROM CITY
LIGHT COME TO COUNCIL, I THINK
THEY'RE IN MY OPINION A GREAT
WINDOW INTO THE SWEEP AND SCOPE
OF THE UTILITY.
I'M ALWAYS WOWED BY IT SO I
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
A LOT TO COVER THERE.
ANOTHER COMMENT MY OPINION, CITY
LIGHT IS OFTEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THESE ISSUES STATEWIDE.
SO NEW STATE LAW THAT CONSTRAINS
OR DIRECTS UTILITIES AND IN THIS
CASE THAT'S ALSO EXHIBITED.
A LOT OF THE THINGS CITY LIGHT
IS LOOKING FOR.
IN CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IN GENERAL.
JUST OBSERVATIONS AND WITH THAT,
UNLESS I CAN HELP OUT WITH
SOMETHING ELSE, I'LL JUST FADE
IN THE BACKGROUND HERE.
>>> OKAY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
WELL, I HAVE SOME.
SO ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION ON ATTACHMENT ONE OF
THE PLAN, IT SAYS THIS ON THE
AGENDA, ON PAGE 3 A CHANGE IN
RESOURCE MIX AND NEW LOADS FROM
DECOR BONNIZATION ACROSS
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES WILL
REQUIRE CITY LIGHT TO EXPAND
BEYOND HYDRO POWER RESOURCES.
THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE
I'M A FAN OF WHAT SOMETIME
CALLED BIO POWER THAT TAKES
SOLID WASTE, FOOD SCRAPS, THINGS
LIKE THAT AND CONVERTS IT INTO
METHANE THAT CAN BE CONVERTED
INTO ELECTRICITY.
AND WHY MIGHT I BE A BIG FAN OF
THAT?
IT'S BECAUSE BREWERS MAKE A LOT
OF GRAIN THROUGH THE BREWING
PROCESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY BREWERY MADE
ABOUT 10,000 POUNDS A DAY.
SO EVERY BREWER HAS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A FARMER THAT
COMES AND GETS THE TRAIN OUT OF
THE CITY FOR LIVESTOCK OR
WHATEVER ELSE.
SO THAT'S INEFFICIENT LOTS OF
EMISSIONS AND I'VE BEEN
PROMOTING THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR A
LONG TIME.
WE HAD A PILOT PROJECT THAT DID
JUST THAT, VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF
OUR SPENT GRAIN TO JUST PROVE
THAT TECHNOLOGY WORKS AND SUNS
THEN OTHERS ARE BEING EMPLOYED
AT A HOSPITAL.
MICROSOFT HAS ONE OF THESE ANNER
ROBIC DIGESTERS ON SITE SO I'M
JUST WONDERING IF BY OTHER
RESOURCES IF YOU'RE AT ALL
LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE, WHAT
OTHER RESOURCES ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
WIND OR SOLAR?
WHAT?
>> I WOULD SAY YES, IT'S AN ALL
OF THE ABOVE APPROACH.
WE, DID AN ALL RENEWABLE
RESOURCE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS IT
RELATES TO THE RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM.
MOST OF THE RESOURCES FOR THE
DEVELOPERS THAT RESPONDED
RESPONDED WITH WIND OR SOLAR
RESOURCES.
SO THAT'S A MATTER OF SCALE, THE
LARGEST TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT
ARE SEEN DEVELOPED.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO YOUR IDEA
BEHIND METHANE OR BIO FUELS AS A
POTENTIAL SOURCE, WE DO HAVE A
SMALL LAND FILL GAS PROJECT WE
ARE AN OFF TAKER OF.
AND AS A PART OF OUR I-937
COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, WE ALSO
PURCHASED THE REX FROM DAUGHTER
RI DIGESTERS SO WE'RE NOT
NECESSARILY AN ENERGY OFF TAKER
FOR THE DAIRY DIGESTERS BUT WE
DO PURCHASE ON A REGULAR BASIS
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS OF
THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT TO HELP WITH OUR
I--937 COMPLIANCE.
IT'S NOT FOR THE SAKE OF US NOT
INTERESTED IN THOSE TYPES OF
TECHNOLOGIES.
IT'S I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT,
IT'S ONE ELEMENT AS AN ELEMENT
OF SCALE.
AND YEAH, IF THEY ARE DEVELOPING
AND A PART OF THE RESOURCE MIX
WHERE A PART OF AN OPTION THAT
IS WHOLLY A PART OF WHAT WE
WOULD EVALUATE IN MAKING A
SELECTION OF WHAT THAT RESOURCE
WOULD BE.
DEBORAH HAS A COMMENT AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS
JOSH INDICATED IN THE
PRESENTATION, WE ARE THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PRODUCT THAT JOSH
HAS MENTIONED WAS VERY SPECIFIC
AND IT WAS APPROVED BY FORMER
COMMITTEE SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY
TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND ON THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON IF YOU
LIKE.
THAT WAS REALLY AROUND A VERY
SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM LARGEST
COMPANIES SO WE ISSUED AN RFP TO
SEE WHAT PIETH BE OUT THERE TO
MEET THEIR NEED FOR AED TIVETY.
SO SET THAT ASIDE, WE ARE ALSO
GOING INTO AND WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF COMPLETED OUR
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL LOOK MORE
WHOLISTICALLY AT WHAT OUR
PROJECTED LOADS AND RESOURCE
NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THAT HOLE
MIGHT BE.
THEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT
FILL THAT HOLE.
WE KNOW PRELIMINARILY THAT WE
ARE GOING TO NEED NEW RESOURCES
IN THE 2026 TIME FRAME.
WHAT THAT NEW RESOURCE LOOKS
LIKE AND WHAT THAT MAY BE,
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE IRP PROCESS
WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
AS WELL.
WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND
FIND OUT WHAT FOLKS ARE
INTERESTED IN.
WE REALLY WANT THAT RESOURCE ACT
SITUATION THAT WE DO TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IRP AS WE
MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS OVER
THE NEXT YEAR.
AND JOSH, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE
OF WHEN WE MIGHT FIRST BE COMING
TO COUNCIL WITH THE UPDATE?
>> I DON'T.
I WANT TO SAY MID TO SECOND
THIRD QUARTER
I'VE GOT AUGUST IN MY HEAD.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE AT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'LL HAVE LOTS
OF CHANCES TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS,
I SEE A BIO DIGESTER IN THIS.
TAKING ALL THE VALLEY DISTRICT
AND PLUGGING IT INTO THE GRID.
SOUNDS SIMPLE, RIGHT?
ANYWAY
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED AND SPOKEN WITH FOLKS
AT IMPACT ABOUT THEIR BIO
DIGESTER AND MICHAEL HAS SOME
REALLY GREAT IDEAS AND THIS IS
ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS WE
REACTIVATE THE LEERY TRIANGLE
WITH FOOD TRUCKS, SKATE PARKS,
DOG PARKS WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY
WANT.
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA HOW TO LINK
THAT SPENT YEAST IN THE BOW WARD
BREWERY DISTRICT AND PRODUCE
ENERGY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW CITY
LIGHTS LEADS.
DON'T WANT TO OVERPOWER THE
SUBSTATION RIGHT THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO ONE FINAL
COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS ELECTRIFY
OCCASION ELECTRIFY
THIS IS IN YOUR REPORT SO WE
HAVE GOT OUR ELECTRIC FLEET WITH
THE CITY BUT MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC
CARS SO I DO KNOW CITY LIGHT HAS
INSTALLED ELECTRIC CHARGING
STATIONS IN PLACES THAT MIGHT
NOT BE SERVED BY -- THAT AREN'T
SERVED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
BUT I ALWAYS WONDER IF YOU HAVE
ONE OF THESE, WHERE DO YOU GO TO
PLUG IT IN?
I WILL BE WORKING ON A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO ENABLE PRIVATE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
STATIONS TO LOCATE ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY JUST TO EXPAND OUR
NETWORK OF CHARGING STATIONS
ACROSS THE CITY.
CITY LIGHT CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE.
NOT JUST TO INSTALL BUT TO
MAINTAIN, ETC.
SO JUST A NOTE ON THAT.
OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WOULD SAY
WE DO HAVE A SMALL TEAM.
AS YOU BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT
BEFORE YOU INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION, WE WOULD LOVE TO
CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE BEEN REALLY KIND OF -- I
THINK I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU,
PIVOTING OUR STRATEGY EXACTLY
THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT
SO.
AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR STEPS UP
AND SHOWS INTEREST, THERE'S A
LOT OF INTEREST IN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
WE HAVE FOCUSED EFFORT ON MAKING
IT EASY TO SITE PRIVATE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN THE PLACES WHERE THE PRIVATE
SECTOR WANTS TO DO THAT OR FOR
THE FOR PROFIT SECTOR AND THEN
MAKING OUR ROLE AS WE PUT IN
PUBLICLY CHARGING STATIONS DOING
THAT IN PLACES THAT ARE LESS
ATTRACTIVE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
SO WE CAN ENSURE FROM AN EQUITY
PERSPECTIVE THAT EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS TO EASY CHARGING FOR
THEIR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THAT PATH.
WE MADE CHANGES ON OUR STANDARDS
AND HAVE DONE OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
VOLKSWAGON, CHARGE POINT, TESLA
AND A VARIETY OF PRIVATE SECTORS
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH
YOU AND CAN GET YOU A BRIEFING
WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MORE
ABOUT IT THAN I DO WHICH WILL BE
GOOD.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>>> WELL, MOVING ON, I MOVED
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32040 IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO
RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
GOING ONCE, TWICE ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO HANDS WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUS.
>> YES.
>> NELSON, AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT THE MOTION CARRIES
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED WILL
BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
OKAY, WELL, FOLKS.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH, TAKE CARE.
>> YES, WE REACHED THE END.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE
JANUARY 26TH MEETING OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY
AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
>>> WAIT.
>> WE'RE DONE.
>> LISA HERBOLD.
>> THE MEETING IS OVER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> ARE WE STILL RECORDING?
>> STILL RECORDING.
>> SHOUBT THAT.
>> WE ARE STILL ON.
>> THANK YOU.
MADAME PRESIDENT FOR ASSISTING
AND TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION.
I'M SORRY, BUT THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME A MOMENT TO SAY A
COUPLE WORDS.
IT WASN'T CLEAR AT THE TOP OF
YOUR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS IF
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT
OF CHIME IN.
ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANGLE.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS.
AND WANTED TO PUT A QUICK PLUG
IN FOR AN EFFORT THAT WE JUST
VERY LIGHTLY TOUCHED ON IN THE
COUNCIL BRIEFING SESSION ON THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED BILLS
RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE AND
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT.
WE BARELY TOUCHED ON ANOTHER
BILL THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC
MIGHT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT
IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY INVOLVED
IN WORKING ON.
PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
OIR CAN HELP US ENGAGE WITH THE
RETAIL BUSINESS OWNERS TO LIFT
THEIR VOICES IN OLYMPIA.
THERE ARE TWO BILLS TO ADDRESS
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY A GROWING PROBLEM NOT
HERE BUT IN CITIES ACROSS THE
NATION.
ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS ARE NOW
INVOLVED IN RETAIL THEFT.
THEY CAN VERY EASILY AND
ANONYMOUSLY SELL STOLEN GOODS
ONLINE.
THESE ARE ONLINE PLATFORMS
GIVING LAWBREAKERS ACCESS TO
SHOPPERS THEY MIGHT NOT OTHER
WUZ REACH.
AND ALLOW THEM TO SELL THE
MERCHANDISE DIRECTLY.
THERE'S ALSO E-FENCING.
THAT'S WHEN THERE'S SOMEBODY
ONLINE WHO BUYS STOLEN GOODS ON
PURPOSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
RESALING LETTER AND THEN THERE
ARE DEDICATED WEBSITES THAT
ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO EXCHANGE
STOLEN GOODS FOR CASH.
ALL OF THIS ONLINE ACTIVITY IS
REALLY DRIVING A LOT OF THE
UNLAWFUL ORGANIZED SHOPLIFTING
THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN
SEATTLE AND IN CITIES THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY.
SO HOUSE BILL 1614 ESTABLISHES A
NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE
ONLINE MARKETPLACES.
AND MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE
REQUIREMENTS THAT THIEVES DO NOT
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.
IF THE ONLINE MARKETPLACES DO
NOT COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS, THE INDIVIDUALS
CANNOT PARTICIPATE ONLINE WITH
SELLING THE GOODS.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S HOUSE BILL
1614.
AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON, CHAIR NELSON, THIS ISN'T
A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
BUT IT IS ONE SMALL ACTION THAT
WE CAN WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MAJOR
RETAILERS AS WELL THAT ARE ALSO
SUFFERING.
AND WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU
ON PERHAPS CONNECTING WITH OIR
TO MAYBE CREATE SOME SORT OF
JOINT LETTER OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I DID HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE
CAT LATERALIC CONVERTER BILL AND
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING WITH
HAVING TO DO WITH COPPER WIRE
UNDER BRIDGES.
IN CITY FACILITIES SO I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
THAT.
AND SO LET'S I DON'T KNOW IF OIR
IS TRACKING 1614 BUT WE CAN
CHECK BACK.
ALSO SOMETHING I HEARD ABOUT
FROM PCC COMMUNITY MARKETS HOUSE
BILL 1656 WHICH IS A BILL THAT
WOULD BASICALLY ENABLE
BUSINESSES GROCERY STORES,
WHATEVER ELSE TO MORE EASILY
APPREHEND PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
BLATANT SHOPLIFTING.
WE HEARD A STORY IN SEATTLE
TIMES ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN TARGET
OR SOMETHING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE WORKING
TOGETHER AND LIKE I SAID, HUGELY
COMPLEX ISSUE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUS IS MEETING WITH
THE RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY
SECTOR AND PEOPLE OF THAT SECTOR
IN DISTRICT SIX, I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE PLUGGED INTO WHAT'S GOING
ON THERE AND I THINK COUNCIL
MEMBER PETERSON IS TOURING
ACTUALLY THE U-DISTRICT TO SEE
WHAT THE LETTER BRINGS UP SO.
I THINK IT'S POSITIVE THIS IS
GETTING ATTENTION AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE IN HEARING
ME BRING IT UP.
SO.
ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ES?
OKAY.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED, THANK
YOU.