>>> GOOD MORNING.
MARCH 1520 22 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:30 A.M.
I'M ALEX PETERSON, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PETTERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> FLOOR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S PROPOSED AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
CHAIR'S REPORTS.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE WILL VOTE ON APPROVING
AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE JOHN
LEWIS BRIDGE AND WE'LL ALSO
HAVE BRIEFINGS ABOUT THE SECOND
STAGE OF A TERM PERMITTING
EASTLAKE AND THE SECOND STAGE
OF A DOWNTOWN ALLEY VACATION.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM MASSDOT ON
THEIR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
PLANNING FOR FUTURE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN UP
REMOTE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE BE
PATIENT AS THE UPPER RIGHT THIS
NEW ONLINE SYSTEM.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE-TUNE THIS PROCESS
OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
OUR MEETING AGENDAS, HOWEVER,
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF
WEEDING THE SYSTEM IS BEING
ABUSED OR IS UNSUITABLE FOR
ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND IN A
MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO
CONDUCT OUR NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
THE COMMENTS PERIOD FOR THIS
MEETING IS NORMALLY UP TO 20
MINUTES, BUT BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, WE HAVE
SIGNED UP, I'M GOING TO EXTEND
IT TO 30 MINUTES, AND EACH
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 1 1/2
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SO SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE PREPARED
TO SPEAK FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE FULL
30 MINUTES THAT WE'VE EXTENDED
IT TO FOR THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS TWO AT A
TIME, IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY'RE REGISTERED ON THE
COUNSEL'S WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE
NOT YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT
WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING TO THE
COUNSEL'S WEBSITE,
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNSEL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU HAS
BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S Q THAT IT IS THEIR
TURN TO SPEAK, AND THE SPEAKER
MUST PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OR TO OUR
COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT RESPONSE
ABILITIES.
IT LOOKS LIKE NEARLY EVERYBODY
SIGNED UP TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 4
ON THE AGENDA, THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT AND THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THEIR
ALLOTTED TIME, THESE SPEAKERS
MIGHT WELL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US
TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER FOR SO
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
USING THE LISTENING OPTIONS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENTS
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS NOW OPEN, AND WE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
FIRST ONE HEAR FROM ANNE-MARIE
DOOLEY, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR
FROM ALICE LOCKHART.
GO AHEAD, ANNE-MARIE DOOLEY.?
YEAH, MY NAME IS ANNE-MARIE
DOOLEY, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4
AND I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,
SPECIFICALLY CRISIS.
FIRST I HAVE A CONFESSION TO
MAKE.
I AM A BIKER.
I'VE NEVER BEEN A MEMBER OF A
BICYCLE CLUB BUT I'M THINKING
TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL SOME OF
THE CITY TAKES CYCLING AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALL NICHE
GROUP.
I STARTED BIKING IN THIRD GRADE
2 SCHOOL HURCO I CONTINUED
BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO
PAY BUS FARES.
BIKING ALSO ALLOWS ME AS A
WOMAN TO AVOID STREET
HARASSMENT THAT COMES FROM
STANDING AT BUS STOPS,
ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK.
NOW AS A DOCTOR I CONTINUE TO
BIKE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SMALL
TRIPS ON BIKES BEAT CANCER BY
UP TO 40%.
BIKING AND SEATTLE IN TERMS OF
DETERMINATION AND PLANNING,
WHEN KIDS WERE SMALL IT WAS
HARD TO GET TO PRESCHOOL.
CROSSING I-5 SAFELY WAS A
NIGHTMARE WITH MY THREE AND
FIVE-YEAR-OLDS BUT I KNEW IF
THEY RODE BIKES AS KIDS THEY
WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE AS ADULTS.
I'M THOROUGHLY PROUD OF MY
DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW 13, BECAUSE
AS YOU GROW SHE'LL BE SUBJECT
TO THE SAME HARASSMENT THAT I
WAS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND THIS BUT THE BIKE
PROVIDES HUGE FREEDOM TO WOMEN.
IT ALLOWS US TO AVOID EMPTY BUS
STOPS, PLATFORMS OR PARKING LOT
AFTER HOURS AND I KNOW MANY
WOMEN WHO TRAVERSE THE CITY
AFTER DARK. THIS FORCED CAR
OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN WELL-
DOCUMENTED.
BIKE LANES ARE NOT JUST A NICE
EXTRA.
THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL
TO EQUITY.
GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF CARS,
ESPECIALLY FAMILIES, MAY ONLY
BE POSSIBLE WITH A CONNECTED
BIKE NETWORK WITH SEPARATED
PROVISIONS AND PROTECTED FROM
TRAFFIC.
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE ENSURE
THIS NETWORK, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE HOLLIS LOCKHART
FOLLOWED BY GARY MILLER.
GO AHEAD, ALICE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
ON ALICE LOCKHART IN SEATTLE,
ALSO SPEAKING TO THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
A DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE
PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
MY MIND AND MY HEART.
PERSONAL VEHICLE TRAVEL
CONTINUES TO BE SEATTLE'S
LARGEST SOURCE OF CARBON
EMISSIONS.
THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
MISSION-CRITICAL TO SEATTLE'S
CLIMATE GOAL OF CARBON
NEUTRALITY BY 2050.
THE PLAN NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT REDUCING VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED HIM AND THIS MEANS
BUILDING UP SUPPORT FOR ALL
OTHER MODALITIES AND NEVER
SACRIFICING ONE TRANSIT OR
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODE FOR
ANOTHER.
IT REQUIRES A PLANNED PROCESS
THAT WILL DELIVER DIRECT SPACE
AND CONVENIENT BIKE AND TRANSIT
ROUTES TO WORK AND SERVICES, AS
WELL AS LAST MILE CONNECTIONS
TO TRANSIT THAT ARE SAFE FOR
PEOPLE WALKING, ROLLING, AND
BIKING.
TO DO THESE THINGS WE NEED
TRULY INTEGRATED PLANNING, NOT
PLANNING AND SPECIFIC CYCLES.
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE EMISSION
REDUCTION OVER PERSONAL VEHICLE
TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT ALSO NEEDS TO INCLUDE
CLIMATE EMISSION TARGETS AND
METRICS FOR EVALUATING THEM AND
UPDATING THE PLANS AS NEEDED IN
COMING YEARS.
I URGE COUNSEL TO HOLD THE
PRIVIES O UNTIL S.CAN
ARTICULATE A DETAILED PLANNING
PROCESS THAT IS DESIGNED, THANK
YOU.
>>> NEXT WE HAVE GARY MILLER
FOLLOWED BY ROBIN BRIGGS.
GO AHEAD, GARY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
GARY MILLER AND I JUST WANTED
TO POINT OUT THAT SEATTLE,
UNDER THE VACH ON GLACIATION
THERE WAS 3300 FEET OF ICE ON
TOP OF SEATTLE, AND OVER THE
COURSE OF 6500 YEARS, CO2
LEVELS WENT UP 75 POINTS OVER
6500 YEARS, AND THAT MELTED
THAT ICE.
WE'VE ADDED 50 PARTS PER
MILLION SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
AND SINCE FOSSIL FUELS STARTED
TO BE BURNED IN THE 18th AND
19th CENTURIES, WE'VE ADDED 170
PARTS PER MILLION.
NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD,
SCIENTISTS ARE JUMPING UP AND
DOWN AND RINGING THE ALARM
BELLS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THE CO2
EMISSIONS.
GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
CARS AND ONTO BIKES.
SORRY?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OH.
GETTING PEOPLE ONTO BIKES AND
OUT OF THEIR CARS IS ONE WAY WE
CAN REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS.
BIKING IS A CHICKEN AND EGG
PROBLEM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES
WITH PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELPED
IS THE WIDE ADOPTION AND
AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRIC ASSIST
BIKES, WHICH HELPS WITH
SEATTLE'S TOPOGRAPHY.
BUT STILL THE SAFETY ISSUE,
OKAY, IS THAT IT?
AM I DONE?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN ALSO SEND AN EMAIL TO
COUNSEL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
NEXT WE'VE GOT ROBIN BRIGGS
FOLLOWED BY RACHEL SCHAEFER.
GO AHEAD, ROBIN.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROBIN
BRIGGS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
OTHER CITY POLICIES INCLUDING
ON CLIMATE.
SEATTLE HAS THE GOAL OF BEING
CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050, BUT I'D
LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY
HAS DEVELOPED TO REDUCE OVERALL
EMISSIONS 58% BY 2030, WHICH
THEY SAY WILL REQUIRE AN 82%
REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS FROM
TRANSPORTATION BY 2030.
82% REDUCTION IN 7 1/2 YEARS,
THAT'S A LOT.
THE INTERIM GOAL IN 2030 IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
FIRST IT'S A MID-POINT
CHECKPOINTS, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE THE IPCC
SAYS THAT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS, 50% OF GREENHOUSE
GASES IN THIS DECADE, WE WILL
GET A LEVEL OF WARMING THAT OUR
CULTURE MAY NOT SURVIVE, EVEN
IF OUR PLANET IS CARBON NEUTRAL
BY 2050.
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN NEEDS
TO INCLUDE A PLAN FOR HOW WE
REDUCE EMISSIONS AS CALLED FOR
BY THE CITY BY 2030.
MEETING THIS GOAL IS GOING TO
BE DIFFICULT AND THEREFORE
NEEDS TO BE A FOUNDATIONAL PART
OF THE PLAN.
I WAS DISMAYED TO SEE THAT IT
IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
PLEASE DEVELOP A PLAN AND AN
ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL OFFER
US INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT HOW
TO MEET THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
DON'T JUST ASK PEOPLE WHAT
WONDERFUL INFRASTRUCTURE THEY
WANT, OR WHAT THEIR VALUES ARE,
ALTHOUGH THESE ARE USEFUL
QUESTIONS.
WE TOLD YOU THAT WE WANT YOU TO
REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND IT'S
UP TO YOU TO TELL US HOW WE CAN
DO THAT AND TO PRESENT US WITH
REASONABLE CHOICES GROUNDED IN
REALITY, WITH COSTS, BENEFITS
AND ALTERNATIVES LAID OUT.
LET'S START A REAL CONVERSATION
ABOUT --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AGAIN, FOLKS, YOU CAN EMAIL
YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL TO
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV, WHICH
WILL REACH ALL NINE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS RACHEL SCHAEFER.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY
BICYCLE CLUB REGARDING THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD ON THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
AND PLAN FOR BIKE INVESTMENTS
FOR NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND.
WE SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF
BRINGING THESE PLANS TOGETHER
TO ASSESS THEM HOLISTICALLY.
REPLACING THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
ALONE WOULD BE A HUGE LIST, LET
ALONE WORKING ON ALL FOUR PLANS
TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME.
BACK IN THE CREATION OF THE
CURRENT BIKE MASTER PLAN THAT
INVOLVED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
VOLUNTEER EFFORT AND IT ALSO
HAD SOME REALLY IMPORTANT GOALS
AND METRICS FOR OUR BIKE
NETWORK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
NEW PLAN BUILDS ON THOSE GOALS
RATHER THAN STARTING OVER.
WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
VALUES OF SAFETY, EQUITY, AND
CLIMATE ARE IMPORTANT TO BOTH
SDOT AND THE PEOPLE WHO USE OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE
ARE CONSIDERED WHEN PLANNING
FOR IMPROVING THE BIKE NETWORK.
WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF DATA
ON PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING IN
THE CITY, AS WELL AS WHERE THE
INEQUALITIES IN THE BIKE
NETWORK ARE.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
DATA INPUTS ARE PRIORITIZED
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND IF OTHERS ON THE CALL
COMMENTING HAVE ALREADY
MENTIONED, THIS IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT TOOL FOR ADDRESSING
TRANSPORTATION'S GOALS INTO
GETTING CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THE NUMBERS
ENGAGING NOW, GIVEN THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL EVENTUALLY
ADOPT THIS PLAN AND THEIR
ENGAGEMENT WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THIS
ENTIRE PROCESS.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER
HOFFMAN, FOLLOWS BY SARAH LOUGH
IT.
GO AHEAD, CHRISTOPHER.
>> WOW, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER
HOFFMAN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT FOR NECK.
I URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE VISION
ZERO IN THE MASTER PLAN.
MANY IF NOT MOST OF THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MODAL
PLANS COME BECAUSE SDOT WANTS
TO IMPROVE PARKING AND TURN
LANES.
IN ESSENCE, THEY WANT TO
PRIORITIZE DRIVING OVER THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF BIKERS.
THE CURRENT PLAN SAYS IT WILL
PRIORITIZE A SAFE BIKE NETWORK
AND WHAT IT CALLS CRITICAL
CONNECTIONS.
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE
WAS A MORE CRITICAL CONNECTION
FOR CYCLISTS IN DISTRICT 4 THEN
THE AREA AROUND THE UNIVERSITY
BRIDGE GOING INTO DOWNTOWN.
YET THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THIS
REGION DOES NOT CALL FOR FULLY
PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
IN THIS CRITICAL CONNECTION.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WHERE
THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN CARS
AND BIKES.
IMAGINE THE FREEDOM SDOT HAS
TWO GOT THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
WHEN IT'S BETWEEN BIKE AND
TRANSIT.
I URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE VISION
ZERO IN THE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.
ANYTHING ELSE IS PUTTING
PEOPLE'S COMMUTE TIME OVER THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE'VE GOT
SARAH FOLLOWED BY JULIA BUCK.
GO AHEAD, SARAH.
>> WOW, I'M COCHAIR OF THE
SEATTLE ADVISORY BOARD AND ALSO
COMMENTING ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED
VISITATIONS ABOUT THE MODAL
INTEGRATION POLICY AND THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'VE ASKED MANY QUESTIONS
DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS TO
TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL
WORK OF WHAT EXCEPT THE PLAN,
BUT THE ANSWERS WE'VE RECEIVED
HAVE NOT ADDRESSED OUR
CONCERNS.
THE MODAL INTEGRATION POLICY
BOILS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX
RESTRAINTS DOWN TO A SIMPLE
LIST OF HOW TO PRIORITIZE MODES
VIA JUST FOUR STEPS.
THIS POLICY INDICATES THE
NETWORK IS ONLY PRIORITIZED AS
CRITICAL CONNECTIONS.
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
IS OPPOSED TO REMOVE CONFLICT
BETWEEN MODAL PLANS BUT IT
APPEARS THAT IT'S REMOVING
CONFLICT BY THE PRIORITIZING
SAFE BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ELIMINATING THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN.
FURTHERMORE, IN JULY, WE WERE
SHOWN A DRAFT OF THE MODAL
INTEGRATION POLICY AND TOLD
THAT THIS POLICY WILL BE KEY IN
INFORMING THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IF THIS WAS A CASE, THAN THE
PUBLIC MUST BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT
INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE MODAL
INTEGRATION POLICY, AS WELL.
WE ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL
REQUEST DETAILED PLANS ABOUT
THE TECHNICAL WORK OF WHAT
MAKES UP THE MODAL INTEGRATION
POLICY AND THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND WE
ALSO ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL
REQUEST SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT
THE STATED PUBLIC OUTREACH
PROCESS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE'VE GOT
JULIA FOLLOWED BY -- SIGNED UP
AS KACHINA ROADS.
GO AHEAD, JULIA.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
MY NAME IS JULIA BUCK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 .
IN 2012 I WAS IN A SEVERE CAR
ACCIDENT THAT LEFT ME WITH PTSD
AND ANXIETY, SO THAT I'M NO
LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE.
I RELY ON BICYCLE AND BUS TO
GET AROUND, AND OUR CURRENT
APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION IN
THIS CITY IS ABLEST AND
CLASSIST.
AND LOOKING AT THE PLAN WHERE
BICYCLES ARE TREATED AS A NICE
TO HAVE, AUXILIARY, THE PRICE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BICYCLE
AND A MOTOR VEHICLE IS
ENORMOUS.
THE PRICE IN UPKEEP BETWEEN A
BICYCLE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE IS
ENORMOUS.
WE NEED TO MAKE GETTING AROUND
OUR CITY MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND
THAT MEANS PRIORITIZING BUSES
AND BICYCLES, AND THE
ALTERNATIVE IS PRIORITIZING
RICH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD
CARS, AND IF THEY'RE STUCK LIKE
ME, AFFORD CARS AND A DRIVER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF MY THOUGHTS ON
THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A
MORE INTEGRATED PLAN FOR
BICYCLES TO GET EVERYWHERE IN
SEATTLE SAFELY, PROTECTED FROM
CARS, AND FOR BUSES TO HAVE
RIGHT OF WAY.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE UP TO AND/OR
KACHINA GROVES FOLLOWED BY
KATHRYN FLEMING.
GO AHEAD, UP TO OR KACHINA?
>> WOW, THIS IS KACHINA GROVES.
I'M A RESTRICTIVE DISTRICT 2
AND A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN
CREATING THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE
PLANNING A THOROUGH, EQUITABLE
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, BUT I'M
ALARMED THAT IN THIS MOMENT OF
A WORSENING CLIMATE CRISIS AND
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY CRISIS, THE
PLANS ARE STILL ASSUMING THAT
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ON ALL OF
SEATTLE'S ARTERIAL STREETS IS
PRIVATE VEHICLES.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THAT THERE
SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM ON OUR
STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE
TRANSIT, BIKE FACILITIES,
SIDEWALKS, AND FREIGHT PROJECTS
IN OUR MODAL PLAN, WHICH WE
WORKED VERY HARD TO CREATE.
BUT THERE IS ONLY NOT ENOUGH
ROOM IF WE CAN SEE THAT PRIVATE
CARS AND TRUCKS, WHICH DON'T
HAVE THEIR OWN MODAL PLAN, BY
THE WAY, ARE GOING TO REMAIN
OUR PRIMARY WAY OF GETTING
AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE 21st
CENTURY.
THIS ARTIFICIALLY LEAVES
TRANSIT, FREIGHT, PEDESTRIANS
AND BICYCLES FIGHTING OVER THE
SCRAPS.
I HOPE THIS COMMITTEE WILL
CHALLENGE THE DRAFTERS OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO
QUESTION WHETHER THE PRIVATE
VEHICLE AS THE DOMINANT FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION ON EVERY STREET
IS IN LINE WITH OUR CLIMATE,
COMPLETE STREETS, AND VISION
ZERO GOALS.
IT SHOULD BE A TRANSPORTATION
PLAN TO TAKE SEATTLE INTO A
GREENER FUTURE, NOT TO
CELEBRATE OUR CAR CENTRIC PAST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE
KATHRYN FLEMING FOLLOWED BY BOB
ANDERTON.
GO AHEAD, CATHERINE.
>> I'M A RESIDENT IN MAGNOLIA
AS WELL AS AN ATTORNEY AND
MOTHER OF A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL, MY NAME IS
KATHRYN FLEMING AND I'M THE
FOUNDING ATTORNEY OF RUNNING
LAW IN SEATTLE AND I APPRECIATE
YOU LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY
BECAUSE THERE'S TRANSPORTATION
PLANS ALREADY CONCLUDED IN A
CONTRASTING PHASE AND THIS IS
ALARMING BECAUSE MY WORK
INVOLVES FOCUSING ON AND
REPRESENTING INJURIES TO
PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS DUE TO
UNSAFE ROADS, PERIOD, FULL
STOP.
SO WHAT IS REQUIRED IS A MORE
CONNECTED, SAFELY DESIGNED CITY
THAT CONNECTS A BICYCLE ROUTE
FROM ONE POINT TWO ANOTHER,
RATHER THAN REQUIRIN EVERYONE
TO GET IN THEIR CARS, DOES NOT
FULFILL ITS PROMISE TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS.
I HAVE DAILY TO WORK WITH AND
REPRESENT CLIENTS WHO ARE NOW
SO INJURED THAT THEY CAN NO
LONGER USE THE ROADS, AND WE
NEED TO LOOK MORE CAREFULLY AT,
AND I URGE SEATTLE TO
REPRIORITIZE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT WE'VE GOT BOB ANDERSON
FOLLOWED BY RACHEL BROWN.
BOB ANDERTON, GO AHEAD AND
PRESS STAR 6. IT'S YOUR TURN.
WE CAN COME BACK TO BOB
ANDERTON IF BOB IS NOT READY.
BOB, PRESS STAR 6 ON YOUR PHONE.
>> OH, FINALLY, CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>> YES.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
GOOD MORNING, I'M BOB ANDERTON.
I HAVE A HARD TIME PRESSING
STAR SIX BUT I'M THE FOUNDING
ATTORNEY AT WASHINGTON BY
CLAUDE.
I'M A DAILY COMMUTER FROM WEST
SEATTLE, A CASCADE MEMBER, AND
I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
JUST ON MY COMMUTE FROM WEST
SEATTLE, I'VE SEEN A FELLOW
WRITER BEING COVERED WITH A
SHEET AFTER BEING RUN OVER AND
KILLED AND EACH DAY I
PERSONALLY AVOID MULTIPLE
DANGEROUS DRIVERS ON
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR
VEHICLE SPEED RATHER THAN FOR
SAFETY.
HAVING SEEN MULTIPLE BICYCLE
TRANSPORTATION PLANS COME AND
GO, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF A
UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN IF
THIS PLAN ACTUALLY RESULTS IN
ACTION, BUT I ALSO ASK THAT THE
COUNCIL TAKE WHATEVER STEPS
THEY CAN TO ENSURE THAT THIS
LATEST PLAN FINALLY CONNECTS
OUR CITY FOR SAFE TRAVEL BY
BIKE.
SEATTLE HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL BIKE
FACILITIES, BUT IF THEY END
AFTER A BLOCK THEY DON'T REALLY
HELP TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE MANY
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NORTH END,
BUT RAINIER AVENUE AND OTHER
PARTS OF SOUTH SEATTLE STILL
NEED MUCH WORK.
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SAFE
BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION IS
IMPORTANT.
MY WORK AT WASHINGTON BIKE LAW
HELPS MAKE UP FOR THE HARM
CAUSED BY TRAFFIC VIOLENCE BUT
I DON'T WANT MORE CLIENTS.
I WANT SAFER STREETS.
TOO OFTEN, PRESERVING ON STREET
PRIVATE CAR PARKING PREVENTS
THE BUILDING A PHYSICALLY
CONNECTED AND PROTECTED BIKE
LANES THAT WOULD RESERVE HUMAN
LIVES TOOK A WHILE SAFETY
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COMPETE WITH
SALES, SAFER STREETS CAN BE
GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
MULTIPLE STUDIES OF BIKE LANES
CREATED FROM STREET PARKING
HAVE DOCUMENTED MORE CUSTOMERS
SPENDING MORE MONEY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT RACHEL BROWN,
FOLLOWED BY JACK LYNCH.
GO AHEAD, RACHEL.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
RACHEL BROWN.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SEATTLE
SUBWAY AND OUR POLICY TEAM.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I'M URGING YOU TO NOT NEGLECT
THE NEED TO CREATE A CITYWIDE
PLAN AS PART OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, GIVEN THE
CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND ESSENTIAL
NEED TO PRIORITIZE CLIMATE
EQUITY, THE CITY MUST START
WITH CITYWIDE RAIL PLAN TO
BRING RENEWABLY POWERED LINKED
LIGHT RAIL TO EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY.
THE CITY LIGHT RAIL PLAN IS
NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE
ADDITIONAL RAIL CORRIDOR TO
PARTS OF THE CITY WITH HIGH
POPULATIONS OF LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
OR WHO ARE TRANSGENDER.
MANY CORRIDORS INCLUDING THE
AURORA COURT ORDER, GEORGETOWN
SOUTH PARK ORDER AND CADE COUNTY
METRO ROUTE 8 CORRIDOR ARE
VITALLY IMPORTANT TO SERVE
POPULATIONS WHO ARE OTHERWISE
LEFT OUT OF THE FUTURE WHALE
EXPANSION PLANS.
THESE CORRIDORS ARE NOT
IDENTIFIED AS SUBWAY EXPANSION
CORRIDORS BY THE CITY OR
SEATTLE TRANSIT AND ONLY THE
CITY CAN CATEGORIZE THIS COVER
STATION AND MUST HOUSSOU
IMMEDIATELY SO PEOPLE ARE
SERVED BY FUTURE SUBWAY
EXPANSIONS AND SO THAT ST3 IS
DESIGNED WITH THESE CORRIDORS
IN MIND FOR D 4. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT JACK LYNCH
FOLLOWED BY ERIC KEMPER.
GO AHEAD, JACK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JACK LYNCH AND I
LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. A FEW
BLOCKS FROM THE NORTHERN END OF
BROADWAY BIKE LANE, AND WHAT I
WORRY ABOUT WITH THIS PLAN IS
SEEING BROADWAY, WHERE THE CITY
IS INVESTING $1 MILLION TO
INSTALL A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT
BROADWAY AND JOHN AND MAKING
ABSOLUTELY ZERO PROVISION FOR
SAFE BIKE LANES DESPITE ITS
INCLUSION IN THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN, HOW MUCH WORSE ARE THINGS
GOING TO GET UNDER SDOT'S NEW
THE PRIORITIZATION STRATEGY OF
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN?
I DO NOT OWN A CAR BUT I'M LEFT
WONDERING, LOOKING AT THIS
PLAN, IS IT TIME TO GET ONE.
AS SDOT CONTINUES TO
PRIORITIZE CARS OVER ALL ELSE,
IT'S BACKSLIDING ON ITS CLIMATE
GOALS, IT'S SAFETY GOALS, AND
IN DESPERATE NEED OF OVERSIGHT
FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT CLERIC ENTER
FOLLOWED BY DON BRUBECK.
GO AHEAD, CLARA.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CLAIRE
CANTOR AND I'M AN ORGANIZER FOR
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
GREENWAYS.
I LIVE ALONG RAINIER AVENUE IN
DISTRICT 2 AND I GET AROUND BY
BIKING AND BY TRANSIT.
AND I'M CALLING THIS MORNING TO
KIND OF ECHO THE THOUGHT OF A
LOT OF THE COMMENTERS BEFORE
ME, TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO
ENSURE THAT THIS PLAN IS
PRIORITIZING SAFETY FOR PEOPLE
ON BIKES FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THE PLANNING
PROCESS.
WE NEED TO BUILD OUT A CONNECT
THE NETWORK THAT FEELS SAFE AND
FEELS CONVENIENT AND FEELS
EFFICIENT, RATHER THAN THE
DISCONNECTED LITTLE BITS OF
BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AND
THERE, THAT STOP AND START AND
LEAVE PEOPLE ON BIKES ABANDONED
THAT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS.
THIS HAPPENS A LOT NEAR ME IN
THE RAINIER VALLEY.
THE ONLY BIKE ROUTE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS A WINDING AND
ZIGZAGGING ROUTE THAT GOES UP
AND DOWN STEEP HILLS.
IT NEARLY DOUBLES THE TIME IT
TAKES ME TO GO AND IT DOESN'T
FEEL PARTICULARLY SAFE, BECAUSE
JUST AS IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE ON
BIKES TO FOLLOW IT, IT'S ALSO
HARD FOR PEOPLE DRIVING TO
AVOID IT.
AND THE RESULT OF THE HIGH-
SPEED ARTERIALS BUILT FOR CARS
IS THAT YEARS AFTER YEARS, HALF
OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN SEATTLE
ARE KILLED ON THE STREETS IN MY
DISTRICT IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND LOW INCOME FOLKS, AND
ON HOUSED PEOPLE, AND IT'S A
VERY REAL THREAT FOR ME, EVERY
SINGLE DAY, AS I'M WALKING AND
BIKING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, NEXT WE'VE GOT DON
BRUBECK FOLLOWED BY K WOLF.
GO AHEAD, DON.
>> WOW, I'M DON BRUBECK. I'M A
MEMBER OF WEST SEATTLE BIKE
CONNECTIONS AND HAVE SERVED TWO
TERMS ON THE BIKE ADVISORY
BOARD, AND I'VE BEEN A MEMBER
OF THIS GREAT MASTER PLAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE.
I USE A BIKE FOR A LOT OF MY
TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO GO FROM
WEST SEATTLE OR SOUTHPARK OR
GEORGETOWN WITHOUT RIDING ON A
MAJOR TRUCK STREET OR A LAST
MILE DELIVERY STREET, AND OUR
CITY IS A SEAPORT.
WE DEPEND ON TRADE FOR OUR
ECONOMY, THE WHOLE REGION DOES.
SO WE NEED TO COEXIST.
WE NEED A MASTER PLAN.
WE NEED TRANSPORTATION PLANS
THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
POSITIVELY ACCOMMODATE SAFELY,
FREIGHT, AND BUSES, AND TRUCKS
ON THE SAME STREETS.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE NEW
TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOTIVATION
IS, IN PART, A WAY TO DO AN END
RUN AROUND THE COMPLETE STREETS
ORDINANCE AND THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN.
I KNOW THE FREIGHT MASTER PLAN
WAS DEVELOPED IN CLOSE
INTEGRATIN WITH THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN, AND I'M CONCERNED
THAT THEY MAY NOT USE THE GOOD
WORK OF THOSE PLANS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE K
WOLF FOLLOWED BY JOE RILEY.
GO AHEAD, K.
>> WOW, I'M A BICYCLE MECHANIC
AND I LIVE AND CHOOSE HOW I
COMMUTE TO WORK BASED ON WHAT
IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY THING TO DO.
SO I PRIMARILY BUS OR BIKE.
I WANT A CONNECTED CYCLING
NETWORK BECAUSE AS A MECHANIC I
OFTEN SEE BIKES IN ACCIDENTS
AND ALSO AS A COMMUTER MYSELF I
HAVE COME INTO FOUR COLLISIONS
AND OVER A DOZEN NEAR MISSES IN
THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
I HAD FRIENDS [ INAUDIBLE ]
UPSET.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, K. NEXT WE HAVE JOE
RILEY FOLLOWED BY ERICA BUSCH.
GO AHEAD, JOE.
>> OKAY EVERYBODY, THANK YOU
FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
MY NAME IS JOE RILEY AND I'M A
LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT.
I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE SAVED
OVER $8000 A YEAR BY SELLING MY
CAR FOR AN ALL TRANSIT
LIFESTYLE, SUPPORTED BY RIDE-
SHARE, AND I WANT TO ECHO
PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS TO
PRELIMINARY SUPPORT FOR SDOT TO
EXPEDITE LIGHT RAIL AND THE
TRANSIT MASTER PLAN TODAY.
WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED WITH
COSPONSORS, LIGHT RAIL WORK WAS
THE ONLY REQUIRED PER VEHICLE
OF THE APPROVAL.
OF COURSE, ALL MODES ARE
IMPORTANT BUT LIGHT RAIL IS
UNIQUELY IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE
BEFORE THE END OF 2022, FOR
BILLIONS OF CITY COST SAVING
DOLLARS.
THE CITY MUST STUDY LIGHT RAIL
AND THE TMP FOR THE CITY TO
REQUIRE SOME TRANSIT TO BUILD A
TUNNEL FUTURE PROVED FOR ST 4
EXPANSION IN ADVANCE.
OTHERWISE, THE CITY RISKS
HAVING THE ST3 SEATTLE TO
BALLARD TUNNEL BE CLOSED THREE
YEARS TO THAT EXPENSE.
IF THE LIGHT RAIL WORK HELPS
THE CITY MANDATE IT, WHICH IT
CAN, LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES LAST
60 YEARS WITHOUT REPLACEMENT
WHEREAS BUSES REQUIRE
REPLACEMENT AFTER 12 YEARS.
LONG-TERM, LIGHT RAIL ALSO
COSTS LESS TO OPERATE PER
BOARDING THAN BUSES AND ITS
FREEDOM FROM SNOW DAYS, TRAFFIC
AND BRIDGE CLOSURES GIVE LOW
INCOME PEOPLE LIKE ME THE
AVAILABILITY TO NOT BE LATE FOR
WORK.
SO PLEASE VOICE PULMONARY
SUPPORT FOR SDOT TO EXPEDITE
LIGHT RAIL.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT ERICA BUSCH.
GO AHEAD, ERIC.
>> WOW, MY NAME IS ERICA BUSCH
AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
THE ONENESS VALLEY SAY STREETS,
WHICH IS A BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY GROUP.
I LIVE AND WORK IN THE DOUGH ON
HIS VALLEY AS WELL AS IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
I BIKE FROM NORTH ELDRIDGE TO
UW EVERY DAY, AND IT'S AN
INCREDIBLY UNSAFE AND ON
EQUITABLE SYSTEM THAT I AND MY
FELLOW DOUGH ON HIS VALLEY
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO BIKING, WALKING, AND
TRANSIT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL THAT WE PRIORITIZE
NONMOTORIZED TRAVEL.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT
THAT PRIORITIZES COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR
DECADES, THAT ARE FACING
UNPRECEDENTED IMPACTS, UNSAFE
STREETS, DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AND
MORE INCREASED USAGE OF CLIMATE
POLLUTION THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR
AREA FOR DECADES AS WELL.
SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO
PLEASE THINK ABOUT EQUITABLE
ABILITY AND THE ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE VALLEY
AND OTHER AREAS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ON FOR
DUKE.
GO AHEAD, ONTARIO.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
UNFAIR AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7
AND I'D LOVE TO GIVE A PUBLIC
COMMENT ABOUT THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SEATTLE HAS A GOAL TO REDUCE
OUR ASPORTATION EMISSIONS 82%
FROM 2008 LEVELS.
WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT MORE YEARS
TO DO THIS, AND CURRENTLY WE
ARE AT A MEASLY 1%.
CYCLING IS ONE OF THE MOST
ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT MODES
OF TRANSPORT IN ADDITION TO THE
MYRIAD SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
BENEFITS.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE
THAT CYCLISTS ARE PRIORITIZING
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.
WE NEED BIKE LANES THAT ARE
PROTECTED, CONNECTED, AND
USABLE FOR ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES.
WE MUST PRIORITIZE BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE OVER CAR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE MUST MAKE IT EASIER TO BIKE
THAN TO DRIVE.
YOU DON'T SEE ROADS FOR CARS
ENDING AT ARBITRARY
INTERSECTIONS.
WHY SHOULD BIKE LANES?
WE CANNOT BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF
CLIMATE DISASTER OR CONGESTION
WITH MORE CAR INFRASTRUCTURE.
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN
INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE
RESILIENCY AND STRONG
COMMUNITY.
I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE
BICYCLES ARE TREATED AS A
CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION METHOD
THAT THEY ARE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR LISTED
SPEAKERS FROM THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM
ON OUR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, COUNCIL BILL
20271, AND ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE JOHN LEWIS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S NORTHGATE
RIDGE AND CYCLE TRACK PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE, COLLEAGUES, WE HAD A
PRESENTATION FROM SDOT AT OUR
MARCH 2nd COMMITTEE MEETING
ABOUT THESE AGREEMENTS BEING
MADE BETWEEN SDOT AND
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, SOUND TRANSIT,
ALL RELATED TO THE NEW JOHN
LEWIS BRIDGE IN DISTRICT 5, AND
AS WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO THE
JOHN LEWIS BRIDGE, I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GENERAL ARE
IS AND ANY PEDESTRIANS AND
BIKES TO ENHANCE AND CONNECT
THE NORTHGATE TRANSIT HUB.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO REDO THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
WE SHOULD BE READY TO VOTE
TODAY ON THESE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK IF OUR
CITY COUNCILS CENTRAL STAFF
TRANSPORTATION ANALYST HAD ANY
COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU, THIS LEGISLATION
ACCEPTS THREE DIFFERENT -- TWO
EASEMENTS AND A TRAIL LEASE
FROM WSDOT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
THE LONG-TERM OPERATION OF THE
BRIDGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO COUNCILMEMBERS, I'LL BE
MOVING TO VOTE ON THIS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS,
THOUGH?
WE'VE HEARD THIS IN FULL ON
MARCH 2nd AND JUST WANTED SOME
EXTRA TIME TO CONSIDER THE
COUNCIL BILL OVER TWO COMMITTEE
MEETINGS.
OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS, WHICH MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A REALLY
THOROUGH PRESENTATION
PREVIOUSLY.
SO COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120271,
ITEM 1 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO BUILD THE
PRESENT FLOOR FORWARDING TO THE
COUNCIL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORELLA'S.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE ARE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE
MARCH 22nd CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL
120282, AND ORDINANCE VACATING
A PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK
6, AA DENNY'S SECOND EDITION,
IN THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY
UNIVERSITY STREET, FIRST
AVENUE, SENECA STREET, AND
SECOND AVENUE, IN DOWNTOWN, AND
ACCEPTING A PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE
PETITION OF HS 2 U OWNER LLC,
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, AS WITH THE NEXT
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, THIS
PROJECT IS AT THE SECOND AND
FINAL STAGE FOR APPROVAL.
THIS ITEM IS AN ALLEY VACATION,
CONCEPTUALLY APPROVED BACK IN
2016, I BELIEVE.
WITH THIS COUNCIL BILL 120282,
WE ARE ESSENTIALLY RECOGNIZING
THAT FDOT AND CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT
HAS MET AND/OR WILL MEET THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT AND OTHER
CONDITIONS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED
BY THE CITY.
WE WILL VOTE ON THIS ALLEY
VACATION AT OUR NEXT MEETING,
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 5. TODAY
WE'LL HAVE A FOLDER
PRESENTATION, SO AS USUAL I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST,
LISH WHITSON.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO THIS IS A PARTIAL ALLEY
VACATION FOR THE BLOCK IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THAT'S BOUNDED
BY FIRST AND SECOND AVENUES AND
SENECA AND UNIVERSITY STREETS.
JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM.
AS COUNCIL, AS THE CHAIR
MENTIONED, CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
WAS GRANTED IN 2016, AND AT
THIS PHASE , OF COUNCIL'S WORK
YOU AND APPROVAL OF THE
VACATION, YOU COULD CONSIDER
WHETHER OR NOT THE CONDITIONS
THAT WERE PLACED IN 2016 HAVE
BEEN MET.
IF THEY HAVE BEEN MET THEN THE
COMMITTEE SHOULD APPROVE FINAL
VACATION OF THE ALLEY, AND THAT
WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF
THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP OF THE
ALLEY RIGHT AWAY, TO THE
BUILDING'S OWNER.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ON HOW THAT THING
WORKS FOR DECISION-MAKING, I'LL
HANDED OVER TO THE REST OF THE
PRESENTERS WHO WILL TALK ABOUT
THE PROJECT ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU.
AS USUAL, WE'LL HEAR NEXT FROM
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, WHO HELPS
SHEPPARD US THROUGH THESE
VARIOUS VACATION OF STREETS,
ALLEYS, ET CETERA.
SO BEVERLY BARNETT, A FAMILIAR
FACE HERE AT COMMITTEE, NICE TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE
WITH THIS PROJECT AND WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO DO FOR YOU THIS
MORNING, THANK YOU, LISH, FOR
PROVIDING THE BACKGROUND.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE REMARKS,
AND THEN MICHAEL JENKINS, WHO
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE DESIGN COMMISSION, IS GOING
TO MAKE A COUPLE REMARKS ABOUT
THE COMMISSION REVIEW, AND IN
PARTICULAR THE INCLUSION OF ART
AND CULTURAL SPACE IN THIS
PROJECT, WHICH IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT.
AND THEN, MURPHY McCULLOUGH IS
GOING TO GO THROUGH A
POWERPOINT, AND THEY'RE DOING
THE POWERPOINT AS THE
DEVELOPER, TO SHOW HOW THE
COUNCIL CONDITIONS WERE
IMPLEMENTED, AND IT'S A BIT OF
A COMPLICATED SITE WITH MANY
DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO THE
POWERPOINT I THINK SHOWS REALLY
WELL HOW THE CONDITIONS WERE
IMPLEMENTED.
SO AS THE CHAIR AND LISH HAS
REMINDED THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS
THE FINAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS
THE LAST, AND SECOND AND FINAL
STEP OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A
TWO-PART APPROVAL PROCESS.
IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO STAY
ENGAGED THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT, AND MAKE SURE THAT
THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE
IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL WERE
THAT CONDITIONS OF THE VACATION
ARE IMPLEMENTED.
SO ONCE THE CONDITIONAL
APPROVAL IS GRANTED BY THE
COUNCIL, THE DEVELOPER CAN GO
OUT AND SECURE MASTER USE
PERMITS, DEVELOPMENT PERMITS,
UTILITY PERMITS, AND THEY
LITERALLY BUILD OVER THE ALLEY.
MANY OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL IS CONCERNED ABOUT ARE
KIND OF THE LAST PIECES, SO WE
GENERALLY SEE THE FINAL
VACATION ORDINANCE AROUND THE
TIME OF A PROJECT OPENING, AND
SOMETIMES AFTERWARDS THESE
DOCUMENTS CAN BE KIND OF
COMPLEX.
BUT WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT COMMITTEE TIME TO GO
THROUGH THE POWERPOINT, BECAUSE
IT DOES SHOW HOW THE CONDITIONS
WERE IMPLEMENTED, AND I THINK
IT PROVIDES FOR STAFF THAT HAVE
A ROLE IN MONITORING AND
IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL
GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
THE KINDS OF PUBLIC BENEFIT
FEATURES THAT THEY THINK ARE
REALLY EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL
FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN
LOOK TO REPLICATE IN THE
FUTURE.
SO I THINK THIS PROJECT VIEWED
VERY CLOSELY TO THE CONDITIONS
IMPOSED BY THE COUNCIL.
WE DO GENERALLY SEE A FEW
MODIFICATIONS BASED ON CODE OR
UTILITY ISSUES, AND WHEN WE GET
INTO THE POWERPOINT WE'LL LOOK
AT THEIR WORK AND MAYBE MICHAEL
WILL WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.
THERE ART SPACES WERE
CONSOLIDATED AT THE REQUEST OF
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE,
TO PROVIDE MORE USABLE AND
MEANINGFUL SPACE.
SO I THINK WITH THAT, UNLESS
THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT
SDOT IMPLEMENTATION, THAT WILL
LOOK TO MICHAEL JENKINS, AND
THEN THE POWERPOINT WILL
PROBABLY SPARK MORE QUESTIONS.
BUT WE WANTED TO SET IT UP
BEFORE YOU SEE ALL THE GOOD
STUFF.
MICHAEL, YOU WANT TO JUMP IN?
>> SURE, THANKS, BEVERLY, FOR
THAT INTRODUCTION, AND GOOD
MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL, AT
LEAST VIRTUALLY.
I THINK BEVERLY REALLY HIT ON
WHAT I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY
COMMENT ON, WHICH IS I HAVE A
MULTIFACETED PUBLIC BACKUP
PACKAGE LIKE THIS HERE, THE
INNOVATIVE APPROACH REALLY
HERE, WE THINK IS NOTEWORTHY,
IS THE 1200 SQUARE-FOOT
PERFORMANCE SPACE.
WHEN THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY
ENVISIONED IT WAS TO BE TWO
SEPARATE SPACES, AND AGAIN, AS
BEVERLY HIGHLIGHTED, REALLY TO
INCREASE THE UTILITY OF THE
SPACE THEY WERE PUT IN,
RECONFIGURED, THE SPACE CAN BE
DIRECTLY ACCESSED BOTH
PHYSICALLY AND VISUALLY FROM
THE SURROUNDING STREET, WHICH
IS IMPORTANT.
THE TEAM WORKED VERY CLOSELY
WITH THE CITY, WITH THE
COMMISSION, AND THEIR
CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP A
PROGRAMMING AND OPERATING PLAN
WITH EQUITY AND EQUITABLE
OUTCOMES AS AN ORGANIZING
PRINCIPLE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE THINK THAT THIS PROJECT
PROVIDES A VERY USEFUL TEMPLATE
FOR OTHER INNOVATIVE
APPROACHES, INCLUDING THOSE
BEING ENVISIONED BY THE CULTURAL
SPACE AND PUBLIC FOUNTAIN
COMMITTEE.
IF YOU RECALL, MATTHEW RICHTER,
WHO LED THE EFFORT OF OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE, NOW LEADS
THIS EFFORT AT PDA AND HE WAS
ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS FOR THIS
PROJECT PRIOR TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CULTURAL
SPACE OF PDA, AND WE ALSO
WORKED RECENTLY ON THE GRANT
STREET COMMONS PROJECT, WHICH
INCLUDED SIMILAR SPACE, WHICH
YOU WOULD APPROVE A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO.
WITH THAT, I THINK IF THERE'S
NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WILL
THROW IT OVER TO MURPHY AND HIS
TEAM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
MURPHY, BILL LABORDE IS GOING
TO RUN THE POWERPOINT, SO YOU
CAN PROVIDE BILL THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE, KIND OF THING.
MURPHY, I'M NOT SURE ALL THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE WORKED
WITH YOU, SO IF YOU DO AN
INTRODUCTION AND YOU GET INTO
THE POWERPOINT WITH BILL'S
ASSISTANCE?
>> I'M MURPHY McCULLOUGH.
I RUN THE REAL ESTATE OPERATION
HERE IN SEATTLE, OBVIOUSLY WITH
A FANTASTIC TEAM, AND I HAVE
STEWART JERMAINE, WHO IS ALSO
ON THE TEAM AND HAS BEEN MUCH
MORE INTO THE DETAILS.
SO IN CASE THERE IS SOME REALLY
DETAILED QUESTIONS, HE CAN HELP
WITH THAT.
I'M FROM SEATTLE.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE
SO I WAS INTERESTED TO HEAR
SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS
RECENTLY.
BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE
URBAN CORE WITH MULTIPLE
BUILDINGS FOR MY 30 YEAR
CAREER.
I WAS ALSO CHAIR OF THE
DOWNTOWN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS REALLY
-- AND STEWART IS ACTUALLY ON A
BOARD RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE
THE CITY BETTER, AS WELL AS
NOVEL, SO WE'D LOVE TO WALK
THROUGH THIS.
FIRST, WE ARE ALSO THE
CONTRACTOR, AS WELL, SO WE ARE
A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE THE DEVELOPER,
WE HAVE A WHOLE CONTRACTING ARM
THAT WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH,
TO REALLY DO THINGS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT.
WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT HERE.
SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST LOCATION-WISE,
I APOLOGIZE, THERE IS A TYPO
HERE.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THAT
IS SENECA STREET.
SAID THE PROJECT IS BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND AND UNIVERSITY
AND SENECA.
SO IT'S THE PARTIAL BLOCK SOUTH
OF THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE
HERE, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE,
THEY'RE KIND OF GREEN.
THAT IS THE ALLEY THAT IS STILL
THERE.
SO WE DID NOT VACATE THAT
PORTION.
WE ONLY VACATED THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS.
YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING ON THE
NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A SUMMARY
OF OUR PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND WE
ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF
THESE SEPARATELY, SO I WON'T
SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME HERE,
BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE COLOR-
CODED HERE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPEN
SPACE, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN
OPEN SPACE, AND THE ORANGE,
THIS BACKS FROM THE CITY
STREETS, BACK TOWARD THE
BUILDINGS START, AND THEN THE
DARKER GREENS, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
IMPROVEMENTS, AS BEVERLY AND
MICHAEL TALKED ABOUT.
THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SPACES IN
RED.
AND WE DO HAVE A HILL CLIMB
ASSIST FROM FIRST TO SECOND
AVENUE.
QUITE A STEEP GRADE.
AND THEN, IN PURPLE, THE
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALSO, WHAT'S SHOWN ON HERE IS
THERE'S FIVE SEPARATE WAYS TO
GET INTO THE OPEN SPACE.
THERE'S ONE OFF OF UNIVERSITY
WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
ALLEY IS.
THERE'S TWO ON SECOND AVENUE
AND THERE'S TWO ON FIRST
AVENUE.
SO LOTS OF WAYS TO GET IN AND
THROUGH THIS THING.
SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC BENEFITS.
I WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THESE IN DETAIL, BUT OF
COURSE, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE,
WE CAN GO THROUGH WHATEVER YOU
WANT.
BUT REALLY, THE OPEN SPACE
SECTION AT THE TOP, AND THE
SETBACKS BELOW IT, THOSE KIND
OF WORK TOGETHER.
THEY'RE BOTH OPEN SPACE.
THE SETBACKS ARE MORE ADJACENT
TO CITY STREETS.
YOU CAN SEE PLUSES OR MINUSES
THERE.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ADD THOSE UP,
THE PLUSES AND MINUSES, WE'VE
ACTUALLY PROVIDED 222 MORE
SQUARE FEET OF LIKE OPEN SPACE
THAN ORIGINALLY IN THE PACKAGE
THAT WAS APPROVED WAY BACK
WHEN.
WE ALSO PROVIDED 52 EXTRA SEATS
IN THE OPEN SPACE.
WE DO HAVE ONE LESS TREE.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID THEIR IS
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS, TOO.
WE DID GET RID OF TWO VERY
SMALL PINENUTS TREES AND
PROVIDED A VERY LARGE JAPANESE
MAPLE TREE.
SO WE THINK THAT'S A NET
POSITIVE.
AND THEN, GOING DOWN ON RIGHT-
OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS, BEVERLY
HAD ON THIS, WE HAVE ABOUT 350
LESS SQUARE FEET OF PLANTING,
AND MAINLY THAT WAS BECAUSE OF
CIVIL FAULTS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF UTILITIES
THAT NEED TO GO IN THE
SIDEWALK.
IF YOU PUT THOSE IN YOUR
SIDEWALK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT
PLANTINGS ON TOP OF IT.
WE ALSO PUT EXTRA BIKE RACKS
AND WE DID PROVIDE 16 EXTRA
SEATS.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD 12 AND WE
HAVE 28 ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THAN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL
SPACE, LIKE BEVERLY SAID, WE
HAVE TWO SPACES.
NOW WE HAVE ONE, WHICH WE DO
THINK WORKS UP BETTER, BY ALL
THE CONSULTANTS WE WERE TALKING
TO, AND OF COURSE THE CITY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOW
COMBINED, THERE'S 58 MORE
SQUARE FEET.
AND A HILL CLIMB ASSIST IS
EXACTLY LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT
INITIALLY, AND SAME WITH THE
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, SO THIS IS THE OPEN
SPACE, AND FOR ANYONE WHO
REALLY HASN'T BEEN DOWN THERE,
I KNOW IT'S BEEN COVID SO FOLKS
HAVEN'T BEEN DOWNTOWN AS MUCH,
BUT THE CITY HAS COME ALIVE.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO DOWN
AND SEE IT, IT REALLY IS A
DIFFERENT BUILDING.
WE'VE ESSENTIALLY LIFTED THE
BUILDING 85 FEET ABOVE FIRST
AVENUE AND CREATED THIS OPEN
SPACE ARTS AND CULTURAL AND
RETAIL VILLAGE.
SO BY GETTING THE BUILDING OUT
OF THE WAY, WE CAN PROVIDE ALL
THIS OPEN SPACE.
SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, OF
COURSE, THE OPEN SPACE.
WE DO HAVE THE BIKE DOCK, THE
SEATING, WE HAVE A DRINKING
FOUNTAIN.
WE HAVE EVENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE SEE SOME EVENTS IN THE
PICTURES HERE, BUT WE HAVE
POWER AND LIGHTING IN PLACES,
TO SET UP FOR AN EVENT, AND OF
COURSE ALL KINDS OF LANDSCAPING
AND TREES.
WE ARE GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE LEVEL THREE
LOOKOUT.
THIS IS ALSO THE OPEN SPACE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SPECIMEN TREE
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE
JAPANESE MAPLE THERE IN THE
CENTER, ON THE LEFT PICTURE.
THIS IS ALSO, IF YOU WALK PAST
THE BIG, WIDE COLUMN THERE, YOU
HAVE A BIG PUBLIC VIEWING OF
THE BAY, SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT
SPACE.
THERE'S GREAT SPACE FOR KIDS TO
PLAY OVER THERE, TOO.
LOTS OF SEATING.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN
SEE THE UPPER SPACE TO THE LEFT
-- SORRY, TO THE RIGHT OF THE
RIGHT PICTURE IS WHERE THE
SPACE IS.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, HERE IS THE SETBACK.
SO AGAIN, THE SETBACKS ARE LIKE
OPEN SPACES DIRECTLY ADJACENT
TO THE CITY STREETS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME
PICTURES OF THEM ON FIRST
AVENUE, THE FIRST PICTURE OF
THEM ON THE LEFT IS RIGHT NEXT
TO THE STAIRCASE THAT GOES UP
INTO THE OPEN SPACE.
WE'LL GET TO IT BUT THERE'S
ACTUALLY AN ELEVATOR HERE ON
FIRST AVENUE THAT GETS YOU UP
TO THE OPEN SPACE, WHERE YOU
CAN GO OVER TO THE ELEVATOR TO
GET UP TO SECOND AVENUE 40
ALPINE ASSIST.
AND FROM THE MIDDLE YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT THERE AT SECOND AND
UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER BIG SETBACK
AND OPEN SPACE, WHICH DIRECTLY
TIES IT INTO THE OPEN SPACE
UNDER THE BUILDING.
AND THEN ON SECOND AVENUE
THERE, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER,
CLOSE TO SENECA.
WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE OPEN
SPACE IS MUCH OF IT IS COVERED.
SO MANY TIMES IN SEATTLE, WE
KNOW IT'S JUST NOT THAT COLD,
BUT IT'S RAINING.
AND TO HAVE A BIG SPACE THAT
YOU COULD HAVE EVENTS AND GO
HANG OUT, EAT YOUR LUNCH, AND
MINGLE WITH OTHERS, IS WHAT WE
WERE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
RIGHT AWAY -- RIGHT-OF-WAY
IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN SEE ON
THE LEFT, THAT'S FIRST AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE CLOSELY, THE BIKE
PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
BENCHES AND THE PLANTINGS.
ALSO, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE
IN THIS PICTURE, BUT THE
SETBACKS CREATE A REALLY WIDE
SIDEWALK ON FIRST AND SECOND,
AS WELL.
SO YOU GET THIS REALLY NICE
FEELING AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN
THESE STREETS.
AND THEN SAME WITH SECOND
AVENUE THERE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR WITH THE BIKE
PARKING BENCHES AND PLANTING.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL
STUDIO, THIS IS REALLY
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN
DONE BEFORE, AS BEVERLY AND
MICHAEL MENTIONED.
IT'S ALMOST 1200 SQUARE FEET OF
PERFORMANCE SPACES.
IT'S FOR EMERGING ARTISTS BASED
UPON MOVEMENT AND MUSIC, AS
WELL.
SO WE -- SOME OF THE FEATURES
OF THE SPACE ITSELF, WE HAVE
PUT IN ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
SO THERE IS ASSIST IN THERE,
THERE'S A STRONG FLOOR.
THERE'S RESTROOMS AND CHANGING
ROOMS. WE HAVE BLINDS FOR
PRIVACY, TOO.
IT'S DIRECTLY -- YOU CAN SEE IT
FROM THE STREET, AND YOU CAN
ACCESS IT DIRECTLY FROM THE
PUBLIC STREETS, AS WELL.
SHUN PIKE IS MANAGING THIS FOR
US.
AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO
FIND DISADVANTAGED ARTISTS, AND
THE FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY
PRICED OUT OF THE CITY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND A
SPACE IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY
GIVEN OUR PROXIMITY TO THE
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM AND THE
SYMPHONY HALL, WE THOUGHT THIS
COULD BE A REALLY GREAT SPACE
TO PROGRAM INTO THE BUILDING.
SO FAR, EVEN WITH COVID,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS
BUILDING OPENED REALLY RIGHT
WHEN COVID HIT.
SO IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A
CHALLENGE TO GET THIS SPACE
PROGRAMMED, BUT WE'VE ALREADY
HAD 50-PLUS GROUPS GOING
THROUGH THIS SPACE AND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW IT'S
BEEN OPERATED AND HOW IT'S
BEING USED, AND WE ARE EXCITED
FOR THE FUTURE, FOR IT AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE HILL CLIMB ASSIST.
SO THIS, I APOLOGIZE, WE DON'T
HAVE THE PICTURE UP FROM FIRST
AVENUE, BUT THERE IS AN
ELEVATOR ON FIRST AVENUE THAT I
MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT YOU CAN
WALK INTO THE ELEVATOR, GO UP,
SINCE THIS IS A STEEP SLOPE,
YOU CAN GO INTO THE OPEN SPACE
AND THEN YOU CAN GO OVER TO
ANOTHER ELEVATOR THAT GETS YOU
TO SECOND AVENUE, SO YOU DO
HAVE THE FULL HILL CLIMB
ASSIST.
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, MANY OF
US, IT STANDS FOR BIKE TO WORK.
I BIKE FROM WEST SEATTLE OFTEN,
SO IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR
US, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
CITY, TOO, AND FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE, AND WE ARE RIGHT NEXT
TO THE SECOND AVENUE BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, TOO, SO IT'S A
REALLY GREAT SPOT FOR FOLKS TO
BE ABLE TO PARK THEIR BIKE
HERE.
THOSE TWO METAL STANCHIONS YOU
CAN SEE THERE, EACH OF THEM
HAVE A QUAD OUTLET THERE SO YOU
CAN CHARGE UP TO 80 BIKES AT
THE SAME TIME.
ENERGY IS FREE, SO THERE IS NO
CHARGE.
AND THEN OFF TO THE RIGHT
THERE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A
FIX-IT REPAIR STAND, SO YOU CAN
WORK ON YOUR BIKE.
AND THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS
A TOUR FROM THE COUNCIL FOR
FOLKS, WE'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU
THE PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN HARD TO SHOW FOLKS
WITH COVID SO WE ARE EXCITED
WITH THINGS LIFTING THAT
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOW MORE
FOLKS THAT ARE BUILDING,
SPECIFICALLY THE GROUND FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU, SO COLLEAGUES,
JUST A REMINDER, TODAY WE ARE
JUST BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION
AND THEN IF YOU DO HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU VOTE ON
THIS, ON THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING ON APRIL 5, GET YOUR
QUESTIONS TO CENTRAL STAFF, TO
LISH WHITSON, AND IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS NOW, FEEL FREE TO
ASK THEM.
OTHERWISE WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW
AND APRIL 5 AND WE'LL VOTE ON
IT OUT OF COMMITTEE ON APRIL 5.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY
FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING
HEAR FROM SDOT.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SEE --
NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SHOW UP
AGAIN ON APRIL 5. WE'LL
COORDINATE AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE
JUST LISH WHITSON.
WE'LL SEE WHAT QUESTIONS WE
GET, IF ANY, ON THIS.
BEFORE WE GO, ACTUALLY,
BEVERLY, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM
YOUR BELIEF THAT THEY'VE MET
ALL THE CONDITIONS OR WILL
CONTINUE TO MEET ALL THE
CONDITIONS APPROVED ALREADY?
>> YES, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT WORKING WITH THE
CITY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS,
AND HAVE MET ALL OF THE
CONDITIONS.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE
SOMETIMES THINGS THAT A TREE
CAN'T GO WHERE WE THOUGHT IT
COULD BECAUSE OF A UTILITY
VAULT OR SOMETHING.
SO THERE IS MINOR TWEAKS.
BUT THE SPIRIT AND THE LARGER
GOALS, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY
NUMBERS HAVE ALL BEEN MET.
>> THANK YOU, BEVERLY.
LISH, FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU
CONCUR WITH THAT, I ASSUME?
>> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION
THAT THIS PROJECT HAS AN
EXCEPTIONAL PACKAGE OF PUBLIC
BENEFITS, GIVEN ITS LOCATION
AND THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING
THAT WAS FACILITATED BY THE
STREET VACATION.
THIS IS MORE THAN YOU WILL
TYPICALLY SEE FROM A STREET
VACATION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE WILL VOTE ON THIS APRIL 5,
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,
ITEM 3. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE TITLE OF THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL BILL
120281, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
BSO P1 LLC PERMISSION TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE
A PRIVATE PARKING AREA ON EAST
HOWELL STREET, EAST OF FAIRVIEW
AVENUE EAST FOR A 15 YEAR TERM,
RENEWABLE FOR ONE SUCCESSIVE 15
YEAR TERM.
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS PROJECT IS ALSO AT THE
SECOND AND FINAL STAGE.
IN THIS CASE IT'S FOR APPROVING
THE 15 YEAR TERM PERMIT TO
ENABLE PUBLIC PLAZA, IMPROVED
WALKWAY, AND RELATED PARKING
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EASTLAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT, MY
DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSAL ENHANCES THE USE
OF THE SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC AND
EVEN HELPS TO PROTECT A LARGE
CONIFER TREE.
THIS COMMITTEE AND THE CITY
COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED
RESOLUTION 31988, GRANTING
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FOR THIS
PLAZA PROJECT.
WITH COUNCIL BILL 120281, WE
ARE ESSENTIALLY RECOGNIZING
THAT SDOT AND CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE
APPLICANT HAS MET AND/OR WILL
NEED TO BE PUBLIC BENEFITS AND
OTHER CONDITIONS WE ADOPTED A
YEAR AGO.
TODAY IS A FULLER PRESENTATION
AND WE'LL VOTE ON THIS TERM
PERMIT AT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 5.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A
COLLABORATION AMONG SDOT,
EASTLAKE COMMUNITY AND THE
PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE
MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND
PLANNING TO MAKE THESE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT EVERYBODY CAN
ENJOY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SAY HELLO
AGAIN TO CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST
LISH WHITSON.
ANY OPENING REMARKS?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED
EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY
ON THIS ONE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
AND AGAIN, LET'S WELCOME SDOT
BACK TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY
LEADER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER
HERE, I THINK DANNY GRAY IS
GOING TO LEAD US OFF.
GOOD MORNING, AMY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I THINK BILL LABORDE IS GOING
TO RUN THE PRESENTATION FOR ME,
SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP
SHORTLY.
LIKE EVERYONE SAID, THIS IS THE
TWO STEP PROCESS HERE AT THE
SECOND STEP OF THE APPROVAL
PROCESS FOR THIS TERM PERMIT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO BSO P 1 LLC IS THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY ARE THE
APPLICANT, SO THEY WILL BE THE
PERMIT HOLDER FOR THIS TERM
PERMIT.
THE EAST HOWE STEP STEERING
COMMITTEE, WHICH WE JUST CALL
THE STEERING COMMITTEE, IS THE
COMMUNITY GROUP, AND THESE TWO
PARTIES ENTERED INTO A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS HELP FACILITATE
AND ENGAGE BOTH PARTIES IN.
BSO P1 WILL CONTRIBUTE $500,000
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW
PLAZA.
THAT'S READY TO GO AS SOON AS
COUNCIL VOTES ON THE ORDINANCE.
AND BSO P 1 WILL ALSO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LONG-TERM
MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW PUBLIC
PLAZA.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS
WITH THE PERMIT.
THE EAST HOUSE STEPS PLAZA
STEERING COMMITTEE RECEIVED A
$100,000 GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PERMITTING AND DESIGN OF THE
PLAZA.
AND AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE
SUPPORTS THE PROJECT, NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
COUNCIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MARCH
12th, 2001, ADOPTED THE
RESOLUTION THAT PROVIDED
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO THE
PARTIES TO GO FORWARD WITH THE
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
ELEMENTS OF THE PARK.
THEY -- AND THE PLAZA AND ALSO
THE PRIVATE PARKING.
THEY WORKED WITH THE CIVIL
ENGINEERS WITHIN STREET USE TO
GET THAT APPROVAL THAT IS
READY.
THEY HAVE AT 100% TECHNICAL
APPROVAL AT THIS POINT, AND
THAT WOULD, ONCE COUNCIL VOTES
ON THE ORDINANCE, AND IF IT'S
APPROVED, THAT WILL BE RELEASED
AND THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THE ORDINANCE IS THE PERMIT FOR
THE PROJECT.
IT SPECIFIES THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS INCLUDING INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS, INDEMNIFICATION
OF THE CITY, TO PROTECT THE
CITY'S RISK AGAINST ANYTHING
THAT HAPPENS THERE, THE FEE FOR
2022 WILL BE $25,000 488 --
$25,488.
WE REQUIRE A BOND, SO THAT IN
CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE
OWNER WALKS AWAY FROM THE
PERMIT, AND THE CITY NEEDS TO
DO SOMETHING TO RESTORE THE
RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S ABOUT
$15,000.
IT'S NOT THAT HUGE OF A BOND
BECAUSE THE PRIVATE PARKING
AREA IS NOT -- DOESN'T REQUIRE
HUGE INSTRUCTION OBLIGATIONS.
THE ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA
THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WANTED
AND DESIRED, AND WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION, BUT IT REALLY IS
THE NEXT AND FINAL STEP.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I'VE COVERED MOST OF THIS.
THIS IS JUST DETAILS WHO THE
PARTIES ARE AS THE PERMIT
HOLDER AND AS THE COMMUNITY
GROUP.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE'S A MAP SHOWING THE
LOCATION OF THE PLAZA, AND THIS
CONNECTION TO THE HOWE STREET
HILL CLIMB TO THE EAST.
THE PROJECT CONNECTS WITH THE
LOOP TRAIL AROUND LAKE UNION
AND JUST SORT OF SHOWS THE
LOCATION AROUND THE EASTLAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1910 FAIRVIEW
AVENUE EAST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATED MAP
SHOWING THE HILL CLIMB IN
RELATION TO THE IMMEDIATE
STREETS, THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT
SHOWS THE PLAZA AND THEN THE
STEPS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND
HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE, UP TO
ANOTHER EXISTING PLAZA, FURTHER
TO THE EAST THAT IS ALSO A TERM
PERMIT, SO IT REALLY DOES SHOW
THE CONNECTION AND THE GRADE
CHANGE, AND THE CONNECTION
TOWARDS THE LAKE TO THE WEST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THE STEERING
COMMITTEE RECEIVED $100,000
MATCHING GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE SOP IS CONTRIBUTING
$500,000 TO THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE SOP WILL ACCOMMODATE UP TO
12 COMMUNITY EVENTS PER YEAR IN
THE PRIVATE PARKING AREA, SO
THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR COMMUNITY
PROGRAMMING THAT THE STEERING
COMMITTEE WILL HELP ADVERTISE
AND GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, AND
THE STEERING COMMITTEE SUPPORTS
THE PRIVATE PARKING TERM PERMIT
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PLAZA.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS A COMMENT OR
QUESTION.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, AMY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, IAN AND
BEVERLY.
THIS QUESTION, WE'VE DISCUSSED
BRIEFLY WHEN YOU BRIEFED ME ON
THIS, IT'S JUST WHAT MECHANISMS
ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR 20
YEARS FROM NOW WHERE EVERYONE
HAS CHANGED THEIR POSITION BUT
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BOARD
MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, IT MIGHT
CHANGE?
HOW ARE WE ABLE TO SET FOR
EVERYONE WHO COMES AFTER US,
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE NEEDS
TO BE COMMUNITY EVENTS AS PART
OF THIS PUBLIC BENEFITS?
>> IT'S SPECIFIED IN THE
ORDINANCE, SO THAT WOULD BE
SORT OF THE ENFORCEMENT.
SO IF IT WASN'T HAPPENING, WE
COULD GO BACK TO THE PERMIT
HOLDER AND SAY YOU'RE NOT DOING
THIS AND IT'S A TERM OF THE
CONDITION OF THE ORDINANCE.
I WAS GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE TRUCK SO THAT SHE COULD
TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ANTICIPATE
MANAGING THE SITE AND THE
EVENTS LONG-TERM.
SO DEIDRE, DO YOU WANT TO CHIME
IN HERE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A VERY
ROBUST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN
EASTLAKE AND WE HAVE A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT -- THE EASTLAKE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS A
WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
THERE IS EASTLAKE SOCIAL THAT
HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE ARE
ONE OF THE LAST COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAS
A PUBLISHED NEWSLETTER.
SO GETTING WORD OUT IS PRETTY
EASY AND PEOPLE ARE USED TO
GOING TO THESE WEBSITES FOR
INFORMATION.
SO WHEN THERE IS AN EVENT,
CERTAINLY WE WILL GET THE WORD
OUT THAT WAY.
ALSO, PEOPLE LIKE FLYERS
DISTRIBUTED SO WE USE THOSE
WITHIN REASON.
BUT PEOPLE IN EASTLAKE ALWAYS
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IF THERE'S AN EVENT PLANNED
OR HOW YOU CAN GET AN EVENT
PLANNED SHOULD BE EASY FOR
EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL, AND I
THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE
NEXT GENERATION, SO THAT ONCE
ALL OF US WHO ARE ON THIS CALL
ARE NO LONGER IN OUR POSITIONS,
AND I'LL USE THE PANDEMIC AS AN
EXAMPLE, WHERE EVERYTHING
CLOSES DOWN FOR A COUPLE YEARS,
AND ONCE IT REEMERGES, HOW DOES
THE NEXT GENERATION KNOW THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC EVENTS
SUPPORTED FOR THIS PUBLIC
BENEFIT?
>> I AGREE.
AND I THINK HAVING IT PART OF
THE ORDINANCES CERTAINLY
IMPORTANT SO IF ANYONE WERE TO
QUESTION OR WONDER, YOU CAN GO
AND SEE THAT IT'S PART OF THE
ORDINANCE.
ACTUALLY EASTLAKE HAD A PRETTY
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK AND BOARD, THE EASTLAKE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS A BOARD
THAT IS VERY INVOLVED IN
EVERYTHING, AND ONE OF OUR
PRIORITIES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PASS DOWN INFORMATION SO
THAT EVERYBODY -- WE HAVE A
RESOURCE CENTER ON OUR WEBSITE,
SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO THIS
WEBSITE AND FIND THINGS LIKE
THIS, AND THIS COULD BE POSTED
ON THEIR.
>> THANK YOU, AND WISH, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP,
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS
IT'S A 15 YOUR PERMIT AS WELL.
>> SO THIS WILL COME BACK FOR
RENEWAL IN 15 YEARS AND THAT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO
CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
THE CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE
MET.
>> EXACTLY.
SO AT THE 15 YEAR MARK THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION FOR ME, THE FUTURE
ME, TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE
THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE MET.
WE DO HAVE INSPECTORS WITHIN
OUR GROUP THAT WILL GO OUT AND
I THINK EVERY OTHER YEAR OR
THREE YEARS INSPECT THE PLAZA
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS AND
READS AND ACTS AS PUBLIC SPACE
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME SORT OF
ONGOING CHECK INS THROUGHOUT
THE 15 YEAR TERMS BUT AT THE 15
YOUR MARK THEY WOULD BE
REQUIRED, AND THAT'S WHEN WE
WOULD VERIFY THAT THEY ARE
STILL -- WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVELY
VERIFYING AT THAT POINT THAT
ALL THE CONDITIONS WERE MET.
>> CHAIR.
JUST TO SAY ALL OF THOSE
ANSWERS WERE SPOT ON, I'M VERY
IMPRESSED WITH THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS IN YOUR OUTREACH PLAN,
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR TEAM IS
REALLY WELL SET TO GET THE WORD
OUT.
JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL THE
QUESTION WAS ANSWERED AND I'M
IMPRESSED WITH YOUR ANSWER.
GREAT WORK, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
IN THIS SLIDE WE REALLY SHOW
THAT THE DESIGN WAS MODIFIED TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS REALLY
SIGNIFICANT AND BEAUTIFUL TREE.
SDOT LIKES TREES, THE CITY
LIKES TREES, THE COMMUNITY
LIKES TREES, SO WE WERE ABLE TO
BE SAVED, AND THERE WILL BE 16
SIGNED CREDIT STALLS THAT WILL
BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON
WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
THERE'S FOUR PUBLIC STALLS THAT
WILL BE ASSIGNED AS WELL.
THE PLAZA WILL INCLUDE
LANDSCAPING AND PAPER
TREATMENT, BIKE RACKS, AND YOU
CAN SEE SOME SORT OF AMOUNT OF
PAVING AND PLANTING SURFACES, A
CONCRETE SPHERE, AND TYPICAL
PLANTING MARKINGS ON THE IMAGE
TO THE LOWER RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS THE EXISTING
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
THE RED LINE SHOWS WHERE THE
PLAZA WILL BE.
IT'S CURRENTLY USED -- IT'S
TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED UNOPENED
RIGHT-OF-WAY, EVEN THOUGH THERE
IS CONCRETE AND IS USED AS
PARKING RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST
USED AS PUBLIC PARKING.
IT'S CONSIDERED UNOPENED RIGHT-
OF-WAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT USED AS
A STREET FOR TRANSPORTATION
PURPOSES.
SO THAT RED AREA SHOWS THE
LOCATION OF THE PLAZA.
FAR IN THE BACK IS THE STAIRS
THAT LEAD UP TO THE OTHER PLAZA
I MENTIONED.
THAT IS UNDER EXISTING TERM
PERMIT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL
IMAGES SHOWING WHAT THE PARK
WILL LOOK LIKE, FACING EAST ON
THE RIGHT AND FACING WEST ON
THE LEFT, AND TREES AND
PLANTINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF
THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE IS YET ANOTHER MAP SHOWING
THE CONNECTIONS UP TO CAPITOL
HILL ON THE EAST, THROUGH THE
HILL CLIMB, THROUGH THE LOOP
TRAIL, AND OTHER AMENITIES
AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND
LAKE UNION AREA.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL
THE CONDITIONS OF THE
RESOLUTION, AND THEY HAVE
RECEIVED 100% TECHNICAL
APPROVAL FROM THE CIVIL
ENGINEERS, SO THAT IF COUNCIL
APPROVES THIS ORDINANCE, THE
PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED AND THEY
CAN PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION
OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA AND THE
PRIVATE PARKING AREA.
AND LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED
EARLIER, THE ORIGINAL TERM OF
THE PERMIT WILL BE FOR 15
YEARS.
AT THE 15 YEAR MARK THEY WILL
BE REQUIRED TO RENEW FOR A
SUCCESSIVE 15 YEAR TERM.
AT THAT POINT THERE WILL BE A
CHECK IN, MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS STILL -- THEY'RE
STILL USING IT AS ANTICIPATED
BY COUNCIL IN THE ORDINANCE --
IF THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED,
THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED.
AND THAT'S IT FOR MY COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE DO HAS A MEMO ALSO BY
CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU, LISH, FOR THAT MEMO
ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I FEEL CERTAIN THAT I SUPPORTED
THE RESOLUTION LAST YEAR, AND
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A
YEAR ALREADY.
SEEMS LIKE JUST A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
PARKING, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE
COVERED THIS AND I MISSED IT,
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE
GIVEN UP PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
FOR PRIVATE PARKING SPACES.
AND YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED IN
ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS EARLIER,
THE PUBLIC PARKING THAT EXISTS.
SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGING, IF
ANYTHING, AND WHETHER THERE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLIC
PARKING AVAILABLE.
>> FOR THIS TERM PERMIT, THE
AREA THAT SHOWS PAVED WITHIN
THE REDLINES, THAT'S SORT OF --
PEOPLE ARE PARKING THEIR.
IT'S NOT DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC
PARKING.
IT'S JUST OPEN.
IT'S BEEN PAVED OVER AND
PARKING IS OCCURRING THEIR.
IF THIS TERM PERMIT IS
APPROVED, THAT AREA WITHIN THE
RED WOULD BE ACTUALLY THE PLAZA
FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO
USE PEDESTRIANS AND WALKING AND
BIKING, AND FAMILIES, TO HAVE A
RESPITE AND TO USE THAT AREA,
AND JUST NORTH OF THIS REDLINE
OFF THE SIDE OF THE LOWER IMAGE
WOULD BE THE 16 DESIGNATED
PRIVATE PARKING FOR THE
APPLICANT, BE SOP 1 . THEN
THERE WOULD BE FOUR PUBLIC
PARKING SPOTS NOTED AS PUBLIC
PARKING AT ALL TIMES.
IAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT,
MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT USE OF
SORT OF THIS AREA THAT'S PAVED
RIGHT HERE.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, AMY, AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IAN MORRISON WITH McCULLOCH
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
APPLICANT, AND AS AMY
MENTIONED, THIS IS CURRENT
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE IT IS
AVAILABLE PUBLIC PARKING.
THERE IS NO SIGNAGE THAT SORT
OF DEMARCATES THAT THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY IS APPROVED, SO THERE'S A
PRIVATE PARKING FIELD FOR
PROPERTY AT 1910 FAIRVIEW AND
THERE'S THIS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
PARKING THAT DIETRICH HAD
MENTIONED CAN ATTEST TO.
IT'S SORT OF KNOWN THAT THIS IS
PUBLIC PARKING.
WITH THIS TERM PERMIT, SHOULD
THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO APPROVE
IT, THAT'S ONE POINT THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW, THOSE 16
STALLS THAT WOULD BE USED ARE
ONLY FOR WEEKDAY, DAYTIME
HOURS, AND SO, AS AMY JUST
MENTIONED, THERE ARE 16 STALLS
UNDER THE TERM PERMIT, SHOULD
IT BE APPROVED FOR THE WEEKDAY
DURING THE DAY, AND THEN NIGHTS
AND WEEKENDS, ALL OF THOSE
STALLS WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC COME AND AS PART OF THE
STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMIT THAT
HAS RECEIVED SDOT APPROVAL,
THERE IS SIGNAGE THAT HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY SDOT THAT WILL
DEMARCATE THAT SO THAT IT WILL
BE CLEAR THAT THESE ARE TERM
PERMIT STALLS DURING WEEKDAY
BUSINESS HOURS AND AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC ON NIGHTS, WEEKENDS,
AND HOLIDAYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, WE'LL HEAR THIS.
WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ON APRIL 5
ON OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
IN THE MEANTIME, GET ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO LISH
WHITSON AND HOPEFULLY GET THOSE
RESOLVED AND WE CAN PUT THIS
OUT TO COMMITTEE ON APRIL 5.
ANYMORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO TO OUR LAST ITEM?
>> COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN, I THINK
I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
THIS IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE
RESULT OF A VERY LONG PROCESS
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS
PROCESS AND WANTING TO KNOW THE
COUNCIL, THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE TO KNOW, NOT ONLY WE
RECEIVED A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT
BUT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT
EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC/PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.
WE WORKED VERY WELL WITH IAN
AND HIS CREW AT 1910 AND WE
THINK THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A
GOOD TEMPLATE FOR MOVING
FORWARD WITH THINGS.
AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE CITY AT
PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE IN,
IT'S CLEAR THAT MAINTENANCE IS
A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
AFTER THE INITIAL INSTALLATION,
AND THE FACT THAT OUR PARTNERS
ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS AREA
FOR EVERYONE, IS REALLY
TERRIFIC, AND WE APPRECIATE
THEIR EFFORT, AND AGREE TO DO
THAT.
SO WE HOPE YOU'LL MOVE FORWARD
AND APPROVE THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S
BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
A REALLY APPRECIATE SDOT'S
INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNER WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.
FOR THIS PUBLIC PLAZA.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING
HERE TODAY, AND ON APRIL 5
WE'LL HOPEFULLY VOTE IT OUT OF
COMMITTEE AND SEND IT ON TO
FULL COUNCIL ON -- EXCUSE ME,
THE COMMITTEE AFTER THAT, I
THINK IT IS APRIL 12th.
READY, THANKS, EVERYBODY.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> BYE-BYE.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE ARE READY
FOR OUR LAST ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM FOR, SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR COMING EARLY TO OUR
COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THEIR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRAEGY FOR THE FORTHCOMING
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC
COMMENTERS THIS MORNING.
WE'RE ALSO GETTING EMAILS AS
THE WORD GETS OUT THAT YOU'RE
STARTING THIS OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND YOU'RE
TELLING US TODAY YOUR STRATEGY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL
PUBLISHED A DRAFT
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE
REGION AND SOUND TRANSIT IS
SEEKING COMMENTS ON LIGHT-RAIL
EXPANSIONS IN SEATTLE, SO WE
ARE JUST CLARIFYING, THIS IS
SDOT'S PLANNING FOR OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
JUST GETTING STARTED.
TODAY WE'RE SIMPLY HEARING
ABOUT THEIR OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
AND HIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE
EFFORT WILL ENABLE US TO
FINALLY HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO SYSTEMS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS TO
REFRESH THE ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITIES ON WHAT THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE ARE SEEKING WITH
THEIR TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS, AND THIS UPDATED
PUBLIC INPUT AND COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH ON PRIORITIES WILL
BECOME ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
THE NINE YEAR, $930 MILLION F
PROPERTY TAX LEVY KNOWN AS MOVE
SEATTLE, WHICH EXPIRES AT THE
END OF 2024.
SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
SDOT AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF
TRANSPORTATION ANALYST, I
WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SAY ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS.
>> NO, COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK
SDOT HAS A PRETTY THOROUGH
PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
WELCOME BACK, SDOT.
WE'VE GOT JOEY VALENCIA AND
JOHNATHAN LEWIS HERE.
GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I'M JOHNATHAN LEWIS WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND CO-LEAD OF
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.
I'LL BE COVERING THE FIRST
SLIDES BUT INVITE JOANNA TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF.
>> I'M JOANNA VALENCIA, CO-
LEADING THE EFFORT WITH
JOHNATHAN LEWIS FROM SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BILL.
SO I HAD A FEW SLIDES HERE TO
WALK YOU THROUGH AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
GETTING STARTED ON THIS NEW
PLANNING PROCESS AND BILL, IF
YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SIDE,
PLEASE, OUR MISSION AND CORE
VALUES OF THE DEPARTMENT, THIS
PLAN IS REALLY THINKING MORE
ABOUT THESE MISSION AND CORE
VALUES AND HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE
AS A DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A KEY BRIDGE BETWEEN
THOSE THINGS, SO WE ARE EXCITED
TO GET STARTED ON THIS PROCESS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.
FOUR GOALS FOR YOU TODAY FOR
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, SHARE A TIMELINE AND GET
INTO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
PLAN, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU
ALL HAVE THE PROVISO ON THIS
FUNDING AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE
NEXT STEPS FOR FULFILLING THE
PROPOSAL.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING
AND A LOT OF THEM -- A LOT OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
THINKING VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS
PROJECT.
THERE ARE SOME KEY CHALLENGES
IN THE CITY AROUND CLIMATE
ACTION, CREATING MORE EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, SAFETY,
STEWARDSHIP OF OUR RESOURCES.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY GUIDING
LIGHTS.
THOSE ARE ANCHORED IN OUR
VISION AND VALUES AS A
DEPARTMENT, AND REALLY FRONT
AND CENTER FOR US AS WE THINK
ABOUT THIS FUNDING PROCESS.
OF COURSE OUR COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, YOU MENTIONED OUR
CURRENT TRANSPORTATION LEVY
EXPIRES IN 2024 AND THIS PLAN
WILL HELP INFORM THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PACKAGE.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A
ROBUST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR STREETS
AND HOW GROUPS CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO HELP MEET PEOPLE'S
NEEDS AS WE CONSIDER OUR NEXT
PACKAGE.
AND WE ARE ALSO DOUBLY EXCITED
TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
UPDATE HAPPENING AT THE SAME
TIME.
THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY, AS
THE FOLKS IN PLANNING CONSIDER
A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES
INCLUDING OUR GROWTH STRATEGY
AND UPDATESTO THE GROWTH
STRATEGY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
WORKING WITH THEM QUITE CLOSELY
ON OUR SCHEDULES AND ENGAGEMENT
PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES, TO
THINK ABOUT HOW OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN HELP
SERVE THE NEXT FEW DECADES OF
GROWTH FOR THE CITY.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE,
WE ARE ANCHORED TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS IS A DEPARTMENTAL PLAN,
LIKE WE HAVE IN MANY
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY,
THAT HELP FLESH OUT THE DETAILS
OF LOOKING FOR THE DIRECTION
THAT'S LAID FORTH IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND OTHER KEY DOCUMENTS THAT
WERE ANCHORED TO THE COMPLETE
STREETS ORDINANCE WAS MENTIONED
THIS MORNING.
OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND OUR RACE
AND SOCIAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
AND RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE.
SO WE ARE BUILDING ON ALL OF
THAT EXCELLENT WORK IN ADDITION
TO WHAT ARE CALLED THE PLANS
DEDICATED TO PESTILENCE,
BICYCLES, FREIGHT AND TRANSIT.
THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR
KEY DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE
ANCHORED TO TODAY IN ADDITION
TO CITY DOCUMENTS.
WE'LL BE BUILDING ON THAT WORK
UNLESS SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED
THIS MORNING, BUT THOSE ARE
REALLY THE FOUNDATION.
THERE'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLY RICH
AND STRONG FOUNDATION FOR US IN
THOSE DOCUMENTS, BOTH ON THE
NETWORK MAPS, THE POLICY
FRAMEWORKS IN THOSE DOCUMENTS,
AND THE TARGETS THAT ARE THERE.
THEY ARE VERY ASPIRATIONAL.
IN MANY CASES, AND REPRESENT
YEARS OF WORK AND COMMUNICATION
TO GET TO THIS POINT.
SO THAT IS OUR FOUNDATION AND
WE ARE HOPING TO BUILD ON THAT.
I THINK IN ADDITION, WE'VE
IDENTIFIED SEVERAL GAPS THAT
FALL BETWEEN THOSE PLANS,
EMERGING AND MOBILITY.
DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A HOME.
WE SEE BIG CHANGES IN HOW URBAN
GOODS ARE BEING DELIVERED
ACROSS THE CITY.
SMALL PACKAGES HAVE EXPLODED.
REALLY CHANGES THE NEED FOR
CURBSIDE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, PEOPLE
STREAMS AND PUBLIC SPACES, LIKE
OCCIDENTAL AND BELL STREET, THE
TRANSIT MALL, AND HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE STREETS
AS PUBLIC SPACES AROUND THE
CITY.
THERE'S ANOTHER KEY GAP IN WHAT
WE CALL THE MODAL PLAN SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO WE ARE HOPING TO THINK ABOUT
HOW THESE PLANS WORK TOGETHER,
HOW PEOPLE USE THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, PEOPLE
DON'T TAKE JUST ONE OR THE
OTHER.
MULTIMODAL RESIDENCE, WE WANT
TO HAVE A MULTILEVEL PLAN AND
THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS AND VALUES.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S A
LOT OF CHANGE OF HOW THE SYSTEM
WORKS AND HOW PEOPLE USE THE
SYSTEM.
WE ARE KEEPING THE BASIC
BALANCE OF OUR PLANS THE SAME
SO THERE WILL BE SOME RESIDENTS
AND FOLKS, IF YOU'RE REALLY
FAMILIAR WITH THE MODAL PLAN
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEW
PLAN.
SO WE HAVE A POLICY FRAMEWORK
WITH PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
MODAL PLANS WILL BE CARRYING
MUCH OF THAT CONTENT FORWARD
AND INTEGRATING IT HERE IN ITS
NEW PROCESS.
OUR PRIORITY INVESTMENT
NETWORKS, THAT'S THE BICYCLE
MAP REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE
MEETING.
WE HAVE SIMILAR MAPS FOR
TRANSIT, FREIGHT, AND
PEDESTRIANS.
WE'LL BE ALSO THINKING ABOUT
OTHER MAPS THAT WE CAN HELP
SHOW HOW THINGS COME TOGETHER,
INTEGRATED MAPS, AND PRIORITY
MAP FOR PEOPLE, STREETS, AND
PUBLIC SPACES IS ALSO UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL BE IDENTIFYING NEW
PROGRAM AND PROJECT NEEDS FOR
THE APARTMENT.
A LOT IS THIS SIMILAR TO WHAT
HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST
ALONG WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN UPDATING OUR PRIOR
STATION FRAMEWORK AND FUNDING
STRATEGY, SO THOSE ARE
SEPARATED BY THE PLANS TODAY
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT
INTEGRATING IT, HOW TO
INTEGRATE THOSE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR
SCHEDULE, HIGH-LEVEL YEAR, AND
THIS MAY BE HARD TO READ FOR
FOLKS AT HOME.
THIS POWERPOINT IS LINKED AT
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE IF YOU
WANT TO SEE THE DETAILS FOR
THIS WEBSITE.
WE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY AND
FRONT END OF THIS PROCESS,
GETTING READY FOR OUR FIRST
ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT AND
STARTING WORK ON OUR POLICY
FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE
MEASURES WHICH WILL RUN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO WE PULL THAT TOGETHER AND
GET IN -- AND THEN YOU CAN SEE
VARIOUS PHASES IN THE PROJECT
AND LEADING UP TO A DRAFT PLAN
NEXT YEAR, AND THEN
TRANSMITTING OUR MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED PLAN TO COUNCIL
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NEXT
SUMMER.
WITH THAT I WILL JOIN WITH THE
SLIDES.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANKS, JONATHAN.
WE ARE EXCITED THIS MORNING TO
SHARE OUR GOALS FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND APPRECIATE A LOT
OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
RECEIVED THIS MORNING, AND PLAN
ON REFLECTING A LOT OF THOSE
THAT WE HEARD AS WE STEPPED
THROUGH THE PROVISO AND MAKING
SURE THAT OUR WORKPLAN AND OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN, TO
HEAR A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT
WERE RECEIVED TODAY AROUND A
CONCERN FOR CLIMATE EMERGENCY,
AND THE NEED FOR ADDRESSING OUR
CONTINUED MODAL NEEDS.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO
SHARE SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO IT'S A BIG PROJECT AND I'M
NOTING THAT WE WILL BE ENGAGING
CITYWIDE AND ALSO AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVELS.
WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
HEARING FROM MORE VOICES,
ENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE
A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE WANT TO SEEK TO REDUCE
BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION AND
CENTER RACIAL EQUITY IN OUR
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND HELP
PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED TO REALLY
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
THIS INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND OUR
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
COMMUNITY LIAISONS PROGRAMS, TO
REALLY ELEVATE SOME OF THE
VOICES AND CENTER RACE AND
EQUITY IN OUR OUTREACH.
AND ALSO, WE'LL DO SO BY USING
CULTURALLY RELEVANT ACCESSIBLE
AND INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES THAT
INCLUDES CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DURING THE
ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
WE WILL USE EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION THAT IS
MEANINGFUL, RELEVANT, EASY, AND
USES VISUALS, PLAIN TALK, AND
GRAPHICS AS PART OF OUR
ENGAGEMENT, AND REALLY WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT WE WILL BE
PROVIDED BY AND CO-CREATE WITH
OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE
ITERATIVE IN ORDER TO SHOW WE
ARE ATTAINABLE TO THE COMMUNITY
AND THE COMMENTS WE HEAR, AND
ALSO THE PLAN REFLECTS THE
COMMUNITY VOICES, INCLUDING
TRACKING WHO WE HEAR FROM
DURING THE PROCESS, AND
ADJUSTING OUR STRATEGIES IN
ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
CAPTURING -- THAT WHAT WE ARE
CAPTURING IS REPRESENTATIVE OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WILL LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY
SHAPE THE PLAN AND ALSO USE NEW
WAYS OF REACHING OUT AND
PRIORITIZE TRANSPARENT AND
INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE
WILL BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND
LISTEN CLOSELY TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY HAD A
SEAT AT THE TRANSPORTATION
TABLE, SHAPE OUR FUTURE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO
EMPHASIZE IN THE SLIDE HERE, WE
AIM TO PRIORITIZE RESOURCES TO
ENGAGE WITH OUR BIPOC
COMMUNITIES, OUR LIMITED
ENGLISH POPULATIONS, OUR LGBTQ+
IMMUNITY AND EVIL WITH
DISABILITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, WE PLAN ON
ENGAGING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES
OF FOCUS AS LISTED THERE AND
ALSO IN ADDITION TO A CITYWIDE
STRATEGY TO ENGAGE THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN REGARDS TO OUR CONVERSATION,
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
ENGAGE THE CITY IN THIS UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT LAND USE AND
TRANSPORTATION, KNOWING THAT
THOSE TWO VERY MUCH ARE
INTERTWINED AND CONNECTED TO
EACH OTHER.
AND ANTICIPATE THAT EACH PLAN
WILL INFORM THE OTHER HAND
TOGETHER THEY WILL PROVIDE AN
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION LAND
USE AND GROWTH STRATEGY FOR
SEATTLE'S FUTURE.
I WILL NOTE THAT THE SEATTLE
CONFERENCE OF PLANNERS IS A 20
YEAR VISION AND POLICY ROADMAP
FOR GROWTH IN SEATTLE.
IT IS THE CITY'S FRAMEWORK FOR
BIG RICHARD DECISIONS AND
INVOLVES A TREPIDATION ELEMENT
TO SUPPORT OUR GROWTH VISION.
THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION OF
THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WILL OUTLINE BROAD GOALS AND
POLICIES RELATED TO SEATTLE'S
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
AND THE STP ITSELF WILL PROVIDE
MORE DETAIL ON THE STRATEGIES
AND ACTIONS IT WILL TAKE TO
FULFILL OUR COLLECTIVE
TRANSPORTATION VISIONS.
I WILL NOTE THAT THESE TWO
PLANS KICKED OFF THIS LAST WEEK
ON MARCH 8th AND WE ARE CLOSELY
COORDINATING WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES AT THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, WHO ARE DEVELOPING
THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
INCLUDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES, SHARED ADVISORY
BOARDS, AND OTHER EVENTS, AND
THE STP ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S
GROWTH STRATEGY FOR FUTURE
HOUSING JOBS AND COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO WITH THAT WE CONTINUE TO
STEP THROUGH FULFILLING THE
COUNCIL PROVISO, INCLUDING
FINALIZING OUR WORK PLAN AND
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLANS TO
FULFILL THE PROVISO AND
ANTICIPATE SUBMITTAL OF THIS TO
THE CITY CLERK IN EARLY 22.
AS I NOTE, APPRECIATE A LOT OF
THE COMMENTS RECEIVED TODAY AND
WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR TWO
PLAN DOCUMENTS THAT ARE TESTED
HERE TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS
THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
RECEIVED.
AND SO, WITH THAT, WE REALLY
WANTED TO SHARE -- WE ARE AT
THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF
OUR PLAN, AS MENTIONED.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE KICKED
OFF THE PROJECT AND LAUNCHED A
PROJECT AND THE WEBSITE IS
AVAILABLE IN ADDITION TO
COMPLEMENTARY BLOG POSTS. TO
CELEBRATE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH EIGHT
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
TO WORK WITH US OVER THE COURSE
OF A PROJECT, TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING
WITH ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY
LIAISONS AND FORCES YOU DON'T
TRADITIONALLY HEAR FROM.
SO JUST QUICKLY NOTING THAT AS
WE'VE KICKED OFF, WE ARE
PLANNING TO SPRING INTO FALL
2022, A ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT
THAT WE ARE CALLING JUST A
PHASE ONE ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT
TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES AND START REVIEWING
INITIAL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND
DIRECTION, AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD PROJECT AWARENESS ABOUT
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.
THIS WILL CONTINUE WITH PHASES
TWO INTO FALL 2022 AND SPRING
2023 AND FACEBOOK INTO SPRING
2023.
ALL THIS INFORMATION I'M
SHARING IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND
ON OUR WEBSITE AND WILL EVOLVE
AND CHANGE AS WE DEVELOP
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE
PUBLIC'S YOU.
TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE AND ALSO
JUST IN FUTURE ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CONTINUE TO
EXPLORE OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE
TO IN PERSON.
ADDITIONALLY THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY THERE TO SIGN UP
FOR EMAIL DATES AS WELL AS TO
COMPLETE A SHORT SURVEY ABOUT
THE PROJECT.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND
ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
APPRECIATE THAT EARLY
PRESENTATION FROM SDOT ON YOUR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGY FOR THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTIONS THAT
I'LL WAIT TO SEE IF COLLEAGUES
-- YES, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO
JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH.
OKAY.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I THINK THE FIRST THING I WANT
TO SAY IS THAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT SDOT
HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR
TWO, TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.
I THINK AS I WAS WORKING WITH
THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY
ON THE LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD ISSUE LAST YEAR, IT
WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE'S
BEEN A REAL FOCUS ON EQUITY, ON
AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
AND I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU'RE DOING HERE DEMONSTRATE
THAT TRANSITION.
SO KUDOS FOR THAT AND I'M HAPPY
THAT KIND OF WORK WILL
CONTINUE.
THAT SAID, WE HEARD A LOT OF
PUBLIC COMMENT.
CLEARLY FOLKS ARE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT AT LEAST THE
PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE MOVING
AWAY FROM ALL OF THE PLANNING
THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT WE
HAVE DONE IN THE PAST,
PARTICULARLY AROUND VISION
ZERO, AROUND OUR CLIMATE CHANGE
GOALS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
TWO THINGS, AND THEN I'LL GET
TO MY QUESTIONS.
SO I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
TO RIDE MY BIKE INTO WORK IT
WOULD PRETTY MUCH BE JUST A
STRAIGHT SHOT DOWN RAINIER
AVENUE, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT. IF
I WANT TO AVOID TRAFFIC, IF I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM NOT
AT RISK OF GETTING HIT BY A
CAR, I HAVE TO TAKE A MUCH MORE
CIRCUITOUS ROUTE.
I THINK THERE'S 34 TURNS THAT
I'D HAVE TO MAKE TO GET IN TO
CITY HALL, AND TWO HILL
CLIENTS.
SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW
PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND,
PARTICULARLY IF THEY CANNOT
DRIVE.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FOLKS
HERE WHO CANNOT DRIVE AND NEED
TO GET AROUND THE CITY
DIFFERENTLY.
THE OTHER THING IS AROUND OUR
CLIMATE ACTION GOALS, AND I
WILL SAY THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO
MY SON WAS MAYBE 11 AT THE
TIME.
SAT AROUND THE DINNER TABLE AND
JUST SORT OF ANNOUNCED THAT HE
WAS NOT SURE HE WOULD LIVE TO
BE 25, BECAUSE WE AREN'T EVEN
TRYING TO MEET OUR CARBON
EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS, AND
WE KNOW THAT HERE, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, THAT IS VERY TRUE.
WE ARE WAY OFF TRACK.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE FRONT
OF MIND FOR ME AS I'M LISTENING
TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
ANTICIPATING WHAT WE WILL BE
DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT SAID, I HAVE SIX
QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS IF YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT HOW THE BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ANALYSIS IS
BEING USED IN THE PLAN, AND HOW
WE ARE ENSURING THAT THAT PLAN,
WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, WILL HELP
US ACHIEVE OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS BY 2030.
CHAIR, DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST
RUN THROUGH THEM ALL?
>> YES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
ALL TAKING NOTES, SO WE CAN
CIRCLE BACK AND THEN ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
>> ALSO HAPPY TO SEND THESE
AFTERWARD IF WE DON'T GET TO
EVERYTHING.
>> SECOND QUESTION, SINCE
TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS
ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF
SEATTLE'S CLIMATE POLLUTION,
THIS PLAN COULD BE THE SINGLE
BIGGEST TOOL WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE
OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE
PLANNING PROCESS WILL
PRIORITIZE REDUCING CLIMATE
EMISSIONS AND LOWERING MILES
TRAVELED IN PERSONAL VEHICLES.
THE THIRD QUESTION IS ABOUT
EQUITY.
AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE
QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITY, MANY OF WHOM I
THINK WERE PROBABLY CALLING IN
TODAY.
THE QUESTION IS HOW WILL THE
PLANNING PROCESS ACHIEVE EQUITY
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED,
FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE, FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND FOR
PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN DISPLACED
BUT STILL NEED TO COME INTO
SEATTLE?
HOW DOES SDOT EVALUATE AND HOW
ARE YOU REPORTING ON HOW
YOU'VE ACHIEVED OUR EXISTING
POLICY GOALS THAT ARE ALREADY
DEFINED IN OUR MODE SHARING,
CARBON EMISSIONS, REDUCING
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, THE
PLANS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT
WE'VE REFERENCED.
HOW WILL THE PLANNING PROCESS
ACHIEVE MODE SHARE GOALS WITHOUT
PUTTING TRANSIT, BIKES, AND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS INTO
COMPETITION WITH ONE ANOTHER?
I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR THAT THERE IS
NO ROOM FOR ALL OF THESE
THINGS, BUT THAT'S ONLY TRUE IF
WE ARE ONLY MAKING CARS.
SO HOW ARE WE ACTIVELY GOING TO
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE PLAN IS
REALLY HINGING ON THE URBAN
VILLAGE STRATEGY, AND AS YOU
MENTIONED, WE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT THE COMPETENCE OF
PLANNING THE NEXT YEAR OR SO,
AS WELL.
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT
STRATEGY WILL SHIFT, AND SO HOW
DO THOSE TWO THINGS CONNECT?
SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEND THESE
QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND
CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOREL IS.
THANKS FOR GETTING ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS OUT.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE AS WE
GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
FOR SDOT AND FOR WHICHEVER OF
THOSE YOU'D LIKE TO TACKLE NOW,
FEEL FREE.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER.
GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND JUST ON A POINT WHERE WE'LL
RESPOND TO EACH OF THOSE DURING
THIS MEETING, OKAY?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO
EACH ONE NOW.
WE ARE JUST GETTING IT OUT ON
THE PUBLIC RECORD.
THEN, WHEN SDOT COMES BACK ,
WE'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO HEAR A
RESPONSE WHEN YOU COME BACK.
BUT IDEALLY YOU GET THOSE
SOONER, THE ANSWER SOONER.
MAYBE YOU CAN PUT THEM ON YOUR
BLOG, SDOT BLOG.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT TO THE EXTENT YOU'RE ABLE
TO ANSWER ANY RIGHT NOW, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
EVEN IF THEY'RE PARTIAL
ANSWERS.
>> SO I THINK I'LL TAKE THE
FIRST TWO.
THE THIRD QUESTION.
SO IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND THE
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ANALYSIS AND HOW WE ARE USING
THAT, IT'S DEFINITELY THE CASE
THAT OUR SAFETY GOAL OF ZERO
FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES
IS A KEY PERFORMANCE TRACK THAT
WE WANT
>> JONATHAN, IN REGARDS TO
EVALUATING REPORTING AND
POLICIES, I'M GOING TO HAND IT
BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> OKAY, THE QUESTIONS SAID HOW
WE ARE BUILDING ON OUR EXISTING
MODAL PLANS, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THIS MIGHT BE AN OFF-LINE
CONVERSATION, BUT I'M CURIOUS
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE MONITORING.
LIKE WHAT IS THE EVALUATION
PROCESS AND HOW ARE YOU
TRACKING YOUR OWN METRICS TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ACHIEVING
FOR THAT YOU NEED TO COURSE
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK FROM AN OUTSIDER'S
PERSPECTIVE, IT COULD BE HARD,
YOU'RE A COUNCILMEMBER, BUT FOR
THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME IT
CAN BE HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
ARE THE DIFFERENT PLACES WE
TRACK OUR PROGRESS.
THE MAIN PLACE IS IN A REPORT
CALLED MOVING THE NEEDLE, AND
THERE WE MONITOR THROUGH AN
ANNUAL REPORT OUR PROGRESS ON
MANY OF OUR METRICS.
AND SEEING IF YOU'RE FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND YOU JUST WANT A
ONE-STOP SHOP, THAT'S PROBABLY
THE EASIEST THING TO FIND IN
REFERENCE.
BUT THEN INSIDE MANY OF OUR
PROGRAMS, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS
ARE LOST WITH PERFORMANCE
MEASURES, SO OUR VISION ZERO
PROGRAM, OUR BIKE
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, OUR
PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM, AND THEY
HAVE METRICS THAT ARE ANCHORED
TO -- AND MANY OF THEM ISSUE AN
ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL REPORT THAT
TRACK THEIR PROGRESS.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED, WE
COULD HELP CONNECT THEM, BUT A
LOT OF THOSE ARE DRAWN DIRECTLY
FROM OUR MODAL MASTER PLANS,
THE BIKE PLAN OR THE PEDESTRIAN
PLAN, OR THE MOVE SEATTLE
STRATEGIC VISION DOCUMENT.
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THOSE
COME FROM.
WE SURVEYED OUR CURRENT PLANS
AND WE FOUND 300 PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.
WHAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS CHECK TO
SEE ARE WE TRACKING AGAINST ALL
OF THOSE?
THAT'S AN AWFULLY BIG NUMBER.
WE DO TRACK MANY OF THEM BUT I
THINK WE ARE INTERESTED, A LOT
OF THEM ARE POINTED IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
OR DUPLICATES OF, SO WE ARE
LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO
SOME ALIGNMENT AND INTEGRATION
OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE
LANDSCAPE.
SO IT'S EASIER TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THINGS AND HELP US TRACK OUR
PROGRESS.
I THINK THE LAST QUESTION --
>> I DON'T KNOW IF CALVIN CHOW
HAS ANY COMMENT AT THIS POINT,
OR QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, I KIND OF
WANTED TO JUST REITERATE THAT
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A
PLANNING AND POLICY DOCUMENT,
AND IT WILL INCLUDE AN
IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING
STRATEGY.
BUT THOSE IMPLEMENTATION
MEASURES, THAT'S SORT OF WHERE
THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GO OUT
WITH TO VOTERS AS A PROPOSAL
FOR THE NEXT PACKAGE IN THE
LEVY.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE WE DO
SOME OF OUR METRICS FOR WHAT
ARE WE DELIVERING AND HOW ARE
WE ACHIEVING?
SO A LOT OF WHAT THIS WORK WILL
BE DOING IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH
WHAT WE WILL BE MEASURING
AGAINST AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION
AND INVESTMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT
BECAUSE THERE ARE THE
IMPLEMENTATION STEPS THAT WILL
HAVE TO COME TO MAKE THIS
REALITY, I GUESS IS THE THING I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
JONATHAN, GO AHEAD AND
CONTINUE.
I THINK YOU'RE ADDRESSING
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES'S
QUESTION.
>> A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS
úSTILL.
ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT
INTEGRATING THE MODAL PLANS,
TRYING NOT TO HAVE COMPETITION
AMONG OUR PRIORITY OF MODES.
I THINK WE HAVE FOUR MODAL
MASTER PLANS, AS I MENTIONED,
FOR WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT
AND FREIGHT AND OUR COMPANY HAS
A PLAN, THIS IS GETTING POLICY
WONKY, I'M SORRY, IS OUR
ALREADY OF MODES AND SHOULD
HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY PRIORITY.
I THINK SEVERAL FOLKS ON THE
CALLS THIS MORNING, AND WE'VE
HEARD MANY TIMES THAT IT FEELS
LIKE THOSE FORMATS ARE IN
COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S ANOTHER UNDERPINNING
OF WHY WE ARE DOING AN
INTEGRATED PLAN IS TO TRY TO
CREATE MORE INTEGRATION AND
LESS COMPETITION ACROSS THOSE
PRIORITY MODES.
WILL WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE TRADE-OFF
CONVERSATIONS IN THE CITY, WE
WILL NOT GET THERE, BUT WE WANT
TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL
POLICY ITEMS, MORE CLARITY, AND
MINIMIZE THE -- FOR LACK OF A
BETTER WORD, THE STREETFIGHTING
THAT GOES ON WHEN WE ARE
WAITING THESE DIFFICULT TRADE-
OFFS.
AND REALLY, WE WANT TO THINK
ABOUT, WHEN WE ARE MAKING THOSE
TRADE-OFFS, HOW CAN WE HELP
THAT CONVERSATION BE ANCHORED
TO OUR CORE VALUES AROUND
PLANET ACTION, SAFETY,
STEWARDSHIP, AND A MORE
EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM?
OUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO THE STRATEGY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEAM,
BUT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM.
THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING SOME
ALTERNATIVES, LAND-USE
ALTERNATIVES THAT THEY STUDY.
I THINK SOME OF THOSE ACTUALLY
WERE DIRECTED BY COUNCIL.
AND WE ARE STILL IN THE YEARLY
CONVERSATION AROUND THAT, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEY'LL BE
LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME NEW
GROWTH TARGET AREAS.
THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL
CITY WIDEST CHANGES.
WE WILL BE STUDYING HOW TO KEEP
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
WE FEEL LIKE OUR ROLE IS TO HELP
WHATEVER COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENT
AND THE MAYOR WANT TO GROW, THE
GROWTH STRATEGY WOULD WANT TO
CULTIVATE A TRANSPORTATION
STRATEGY THAT HELPS FOR ALL OF
THE SUCCESS.
SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM.
THINK ABOUT WE MIGHT NEED TO
PRIORITIZE NEW TRANSIT
INVESTMENTS AND MIGHT NEED TO
SEE SYSTEMS OF BIKE LANES AND
SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
TO HELP MAKE THAT A SUCCESS.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM.
SOME OF OUR GROUPS OF
RESPECTIVE TEAMS MEETING A
COUPLE TIMES A WEEK TO IMPROVE
COORDINATION AND COOPERATION
ACROSS THE PLANNING PROCESS IS.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS QUESTION MAY HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED IN THE DISCUSSION OF
THE MODAL PLAN, BUT I DIDN'T
HEAR IT AND HISTORICALLY
THERE'S BEEN AN ANNUAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR EACH OF
THE MODAL PLANS.
WHAT IS GOING TO SERVE THAT
FUNCTION MOVING FORWARD?
>> JOANNA, I'M NOT SURE IF I
SHOULD ANSWER THIS ONE, OR YOU?
>> JONATHAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY
TAGTEAM THIS ONE IN REGARDS TO
WHAT WE WERE ENVISIONING IS
REALLY BEING ABLE TO -- WE ARE
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT IT AND
ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS,
AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, TO
RESOLVING SOME OF THE CONFLICTS
AND ITEMS, SO WHAT HE'S
ENVISIONED, AS CALVIN ALSO
MENTIONED IN REGARDS TO
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, WHAT
THIS LOOKS LIKE, AND IN A
PROJECT LIST THAT CAN BE
THINKING HOLISTICALLY LIKE A
CORRIDOR TYPE APPROACH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THAT
COULD BE BIKE, PEDESTRIAN
CORRIDORS, OR SOMETHING, AS AN
EXAMPLE.
AND THEN AS PART OF THAT, THERE
COULD BE PACKAGING OF SOME SORT
OF DOCUMENTATION OR PROJECT
LIST.
ANOTHER ITEM IS COMBINED WITH
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.
DEVELOPING A STRATEGY AROUND
YEAR IMPLEMENTATION, LIKE A
SHORT-TERM SORT OF
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, AND A
MIDDLE TERM IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY, AND A LONG-TERM.
YOU CAN DIVIDE THAT UP, REALLY
TYING IT WITH THE CIP PROCESS
FROM ZERO TO 60 SORT OF
APPROACH, 6 TO 10 AND 10 AND
BEYOND IN REGARDS TO A KIND OF
MORE VISIONARY SORT OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT IN REGARDS TO THAT, IT'S
KIND OF WHAT WE ARE ENVISIONING
IN REGARDS TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION, AND WHAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WOULD FIT
INTO THE STP CONVERSATION AND
THE VISION FOR BEING ABLE TO
LOOK AT OUR WHOLE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND HOW
WE ARE TACKLING ALL THE
DIFFERENT MODES AND USES, AND
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
THE STREET USE, SO ONE OF THE
OTHER COMPONENTS OF THIS STP IS
PEOPLE PUBLIC SPACE THINKING IN
REGARDS TO JUST HOW OUR
COMMUNITY ALSO EXPERIENCES THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROVIDING GOOD
SPACES.
I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT
THAT WAS MADE EARLIER IN
REGARDS TO TRANSIT AND THE HUBS
AND THE SAFETY AT THOSE
LOCATIONS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
THINK ABOUT THIS SPACE, AS
WELL, IN ADDITION TO HOW TRAVEL
OCCURS IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY.
JONATHAN, PLEASE WALK THROUGH
THAT.
IF I MISSED ANYTHING
ú>> IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HAS
SOMETHING TO ADD.
>> I THINK COUNCIL IS GOING TO
WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT
GOING FORWARD.
IF WE USE THAT PARTICULAR HE
BUDGET, IT GIVES US SOME
CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S BEEN
VETTED, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE PLAN.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE
WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S
GOING TO BE HANDLED UNDER THE
STP.
>> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, JONATHAN, AND
JOHANNA.
THIS IS BEEN A REALLY ROBUST
CONVERSATION, AND I WAS
WONDERING IF YOU COULD CYCLE
BACK TO SLIDE SIX.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE PAGE
NUMBERS ON YOUR SLIDES.
THIS IS GREAT, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE, AND I SEE THAT
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE POWERPOINT LOADED UP ON THE
TO STAR IN THE POWERPOINT FOR
YOU WITH THE FOUR DIFFERENT
PLANS, AND THAT FOURTH PLAN
BEING A TRUCK RATHER THAN A
CAR.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE CARS HAVE
THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND
DECELERATE WEEKLY.
THEY HAVE SMALLER TURNING
RADIUS IS, SO OUR PLAN REALLY
DOES NEED TO BE FOR THESE
LARGER VEHICLES, NOT FOR CARS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANGE
WE SEE THERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE THINGS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES SAID.
HER QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR
TO QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, WHICH
IS HOW DO WE GET TO VISION
ZERO, HOW DO WE ADDRESS CLIMATE
CRISIS, AND HOW DO WE ENSURE
THAT WE ARE BUILDING FOR ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES?
AND I'LL RAISE THIS, THAT WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS LIMITED RIGHT-
OF-WAY AND IN SOME PLACES ALL
FOUR OF THESE PLANS HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO WORK IN
COLLABORATION AND PUT MODES IN
CONFLICT.
SOMETIMES THAT JUST MEANS
KEEPING EVERYONE IN THEIR LANE,
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S EASIER
SAID THAN DONE.
AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THE SPACE IN OUR STREETS, AND
DESIGNATE THE ROOM WE NEED,
WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE, THAT
KEEPS THEM OUT OF CONFLICT.
I KNOW THIS FROM HAVING BEEN
HIT BY A DRIVER AND SPENDING
FOUR DAYS AT HARBORVIEW.
SO THAT VISION ZERO ASPECT IS
JUST VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO MEET VISION
ZERO, WE ARE ABLE TO MEET OUR
FREIGHT GOALS, OUR TRANSIT
GOALS, ALL OF THESE IS BY
ENSURING THAT EACH MODE HAS A
CONNECTIVE NETWORK.
FOR PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES
THAT MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
TO CROSS HIGH-LEVEL STRESS
ZONES WITHOUT THAT PROPER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR BUSES AND FOR FREIGHT THAT
MEANS MAKING SURE THAT THEY
DON'T GET STUCK IN AN
INTERSECTION THAT THEY CAN'T
GET THROUGH, OR THEY DON'T GET
STUCK BEING REQUIRED TO MAKE A
TURN THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE.
SO THESE CONNECTIVE NETWORKS
REALLY IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
AND AGAIN, MY HOPE, AND I THINK
THE HOPE IS SHARED BY YOU, THAT
WE MAKE THIS A COLLABORATION
RATHER THAN A CONFLICT.
UNDERSTANDING THAT
TRANSPORTATION IS OUR SECOND
LARGEST DRIVER OF THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, WE HAVE TO GET MOVING
QUICKLY.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT FREIGHT
IS MOVING FREELY, SO THAT IT'S
NOT IDLING IN OUR CITY, AND ITS
CENTER OF MIND FOR ME, AND I
HOPE COLLEAGUES, IT'S CENTER OF
MIND FOR YOU AS WELL, AS WE TRY
TO BUILD TOWARD OUR 15 MINUTE
CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
WALK IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET
EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED,
THAT'S ONLY POSSIBLE IF FREIGHT
IS ABLE TO MOVE INTO THESE
COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THERE'S NO
WAY TO BUY A GATORADE OR A
COFFEE IF THE FREIGHT CAN'T GET
TO THAT STORE TO MAKE THAT
DELIVERY.
AND SIMILAR TO FREIGHT IS THE
FREIGHT OF PEOPLE.
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEMS.
AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN
THIS WORK IS THAT WE UPLIFT THE
TRANSIT PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING, AND I'VE GOT A
COUPLE QUESTIONS, I PROMISED
THE CHAIR, SO JONATHAN, WHEN WE
GET TO MY QUESTIONS HERE, JUST
UNDERSTANDING, IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRANSIT
PLAN IS THE OLDEST PLAN OF ALL
FOUR OF THESE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
THE CLIMATE PLAN AND THE
TRANSIT PLAN ARE MOST THE MOST
OUT OF DATE AND TRANSIT
DEFINITELY FEELS MOST OUT OF
DATE.
>> RIGHT, BECAUSE BICYCLING
TECHNOLOGY AND PLANNING HASN'T
CHANGED SO MUCH IN 10 YEARS.
HOWEVER, 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE
WERE LOOKING AT TRANSIT, WE
WEREN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT --
I DON'T EVEN THINK ST 3 IS ON
OUR TRANSIT PLAN.
AND HERE WE ARE IN THIS
COMMITTEE, JUST MAYBE TWO
COMMITTEES AGO, WE ARE HAVING
TO DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT RE-PRESENTED TO US
ABOUT TRANSIT.
SO IN THIS PLAN IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PLANNING
FOR BUSES.
IT'S THAT WE ARE NOT JUST
PLANNING FOR SOUND TRANSIT 4,
BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY
TO GO TO VOTERS TO ASK THEM FOR
TRANSIT DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN
ACCELERATE SOUND TRANSIT THREE
AND SO WE CAN BUILD THE TRAIN
NETWORK THAT WE NEED IN OUR
CITY, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
TAKE PEOPLE OFF OF OUR STREETS
AND STILL GET THEM AROUND TOWN
IN A MODE THAT PEOPLE ENJOY TO
USE, THAT IS RELIABLE BOTH BY
EXPERIENCE AND BY TIMING, SO
THAT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING
TO GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING WHEN
YOU LEAVE HOME.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, HAVE
WE CONSIDERED THIS, THE RAIL
ASPECT OF OUR TRANSIT PLAN?
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR BUSES AND
HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE
CONNECTIVE SPINES, BUT ALSO THE
CONNECTIVE EXPANSIONS?
AND I GUESS THE CONVERSATION
FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU IS
WHAT DO WE WANT OUR LIGHT RAIL
SYSTEM TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE
THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING TO
DRIVE WHERE WE GO.
SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
BACK TO YOU, JONATHAN.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE A
MOMENT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS,
MOSTLY BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES BEAT ME TO MY
QUESTION.
SO I APPRECIATE A FEW WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I THINK TO THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, THOSE ARE KEY
QUESTIONS WE ALSO WANT TO BE
ASKING THE PUBLIC, HOW CAN WE
BEST SERVE THE EXISTING TRANSIT
SYSTEM AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE
TO GROW THAT SYSTEM.
I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT, OUR TRANSIT PLAN IS
ROUGHLY OUT OF DATE AND DOESN'T
UPDATE ST 3, WHICH IS THE SOUND
TRANSIT, THE BIG SOUND TRANSIT
PROGRAM TO HAVE STATIONS IN THE
CITY AND SOUTH GRAHAM.
ALONG WITH INVESTMENTS IN SOME
OF OUR CORRIDORS, OUR BEST
RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
SO I THINK WE ARE EXCITED TO
HAVE UPDATE ON THAT MODAL,
WHAT'S LISTED HERE ON OUR
PRIORITY IN BUS CONFLICTS.
THESE ARE THE TARGETS FOR WHERE
WE WANT TO BE MAKING THESE
WALKING AND BIKING INVESTMENTS
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE
THOSE THINGS AND THINKING ABOUT
IT TAKES JUST DROPPING A
STATION INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD IS
JUST THE TIP OF GETTING THE
BEST USAGE OUT OF THAT STATION.
AND THAT'S SOUND TRANSIT'S
ROLE, TO KEEP THE TRAINS
RUNNING ON TIME.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP ACROSS OUR
AGENCIES, WITH METRO, ON
GETTING BUS SERVICE TO RELIABLY
SERVE, CREATING WAYS FOR PEOPLE
TO WALK AND BIKE TO THOSE
STATIONS AND CONTINUE TO TARGET
GROWTH AROUND LIGHT RAIL. IT'S
A HUGE, HUGE INVESTMENT,
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING
INVESTED IN LIGHT RAIL IN OUR
CITY AND SOME OF THE PLAN
AROUND EACH AND EVERY STATION
TO GET THE MOST VALUE AND
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE WE CAN
OUT OF EACH OF THESE STATIONS.
A REALLY GREAT POINT AND A
CONVERSATION WE ARE EXCITED
WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR
TRANSIT PLAN HAS HELPED SHAPE
AND TARGET WHERE WE WOULD LIKE
TO INVEST, THE CITY INVESTS IN
TRANSIT AS WELL THROUGH THE
DISTRICT.
WE PURCHASE EXTRA BUS SERVICE.
WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE RED
BUS ONLY LANES AND OTHER WAYS
TO KEEP BUSES MOVING QUICKLY.
SO THIS PLAN WILL HELP US
PRIORITIZE THIS.
>> THANK YOU, ICY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES HAS HER HAND UP .
>> THANKS.
LAST COMMENT.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK
JONATHAN AND JOANNA FOR BEING
HERE, FOR ANSWERING ALL THESE
úQUESTIONS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITY AND FROM US IS
THAT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO SEE
A PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE THE
DETAILS, DEMONSTRATE THE
DETAILS THAT WE NEED TO SEE TO
KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO
REDUCE OUR CARBON EMISSIONS, WE
ARE GOING TO INCREASE SAFETY,
AND THAT THIS PLAN IS REALLY
GOING TO MOVE SEATTLE INTO THE
21st CENTURY, INSTEAD OF
KEEPING THE SORT OF ANCHORED IN
THE EISENHOWER ERA.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ALL OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
MY QUESTION IS SINCE THE
PARTICULAR FOCUS IN THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY IS ABOUT HOW
SDOT IS GOING TO START THEIR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AND
LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC,
COINCIDENTALLY, I HAD A
BRIEFING RECENTLY FROM SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING AND
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGY FOR THEIR SPENDING
PLAN FOR THE PARKS DISTRICT
THAT'S COMING UP FOR RENEWAL.
NOT RENEWAL, BUT FOR US TO SAY
HOW WE'D LIKE TO INVEST THOSE
DOLLARS, AND IN ADDITION TO
HEARING FROM SMALL FOCUS GROUPS
THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
PARTICULAR MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION, OR IN THIS CASE
PARTICULAR PARK USAGE OR
COMMUNITY CENTER USES, FOR
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING, THEY
ARE DOING, IN ADDITION TO THOSE
FOCUS GROUPS, THEY ARE DOING A
STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEYS OF
THE PUBLIC, SO THEY APPARENTLY
DO THAT EVERY TWO YEARS,
ANYWAY.
SO BY ASKING HUNDREDS OF SURVEY
RESPONDENTS THEIR ZIP CODES,
RACE, INCOME, ABILITIES,
PARITIES, THEN YOU COULD OBTAIN
CROSS TABS OF THE PRIORITIES OF
DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT FOCUS ON
WHAT IS IT THAT LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS ARE SEEKING OR
PRIORITIZING BY DOING THE
SURVEY.
IT WILL HELP TO INFORM THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE BECAUSE
AS PART OF YOUR OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, ARE YOU
DOING ANY STATISTICAL BALANCE
OR VEIN?
>> THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
WE ARE EXPLORING STATISTICALLY
VALID SURVEYS AS A TOOL TO USE.
ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE
SURVEY THAT WE HAVE OUT RIGHT
NOW, DUE TO OUR TITLE VI
REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ALLOWS US
TO COLLECT A LOT OF INFORMATION
AROUND DEMOGRAPHICS INCLUDING
ZIP CODE, WE ARE COLLECTING
THAT INFORMATION, AND THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE METHODS WE ARE
USING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO TRACK WHO WE ARE
HEARING FROM, AND AGAIN, PIVOT
AS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE WORKING RIGHT FROM
OUR REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY.
SO DEFINITELY WILL HAVE ALL
THOSE ITEMS IN OUR TWO BLOCKS
AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK AND
JUST PUT IT AS NEEDED, AS WELL,
TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR VOICES
ARE REPRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND ALSO FOR THE WORK YOU'RE
DOING TO DO THAT OUTREACH, AND
PUT TOGETHER THE PLAN.
SO I KNOW WE'LL BE TOUCHING
BASE FREQUENTLY OVER THE NEXT
YEAR OF THIS. ALL RIGHT,
COLLEAGUES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING
HERE TODAY, AND THIS CONCLUDES
THE MARCH 15, 2022 MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR NEXT
MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY,
APRIL 5. THANK YOU, AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
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