>> GOOD HOPE
>> 9:30, THIS IS ALEX PEDERSEN .
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> [ROLL CALL]
>> LISA HERBOLD IS HERE.
>> WE HAVE FIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
HIM AND THAT IS FIVE. APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OPPOSITION?
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIRS REPORT?
GOOD MORNING WELCOME BACK TO
THE SHADOW PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
WE PLAN ON VOTE ON TWO COUNSEL
BILLS.
FIRST IS THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATIONAN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO GRANT FUNDS FROM
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER NON-
CITY SOURCES; AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF THE WE WILL VOTE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF ON THE
FINAL TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT
APPROVAL OF THE STREETSPECIFIED
GRANTS AND EXECUTE THIS
FACILITATED THE LOAN CALLED
WILLOW CROSSING.
THAT PROVIDE 211 APARTMENT
UNITS.
AND WE WILL HAVE TWO
PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO SOUND
EXPANSION IN SEATTLE.
IS COMMONLY REFERRED EDGED THE
WEST LINCOLN EXTENSION OF.
IT ALSO IMPACTS THE
INTERNATIONAL SUCH AS MUCH OF
DOWNTOWN.
COORDINATED BY THE CITY'S
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE.
FOSTER AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT
EXPANSION.
WE WILL RECEIVE EVERY SUMMARY
OF THE INITIAL COMMENTS IN THE
DEPARTMENTS WITH THE DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
FINALLY IN AND RELATED
STATEMENT, KEY TRANSIT STAFF
WILL DISCUSS THEIR POTENTIAL
SAVE COST AND REFINED THE
PROPOSED LINE EXTENSIONS.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS
ON THOSE.
AT THIS TIME.
LED US OPEN UP THE REMOTE
COMMENTS.
I ASKED THAT EVERYBODY PLEASE
BE PATIENT AS WE OPERATE THIS
ONLINE SYSTEM.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING TO
FIND YOU IN THIS PROCESS IN
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IS A STRONG INTENT TO PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDING ON
MEETING AGENDAS.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO MODIFY THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT IN ANY DEEMED THAT THE
SYSTEM IS UNSUITABLE OR BEING
ABUSED.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT WHEN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
UP TO 20 MINUTES FOR THE
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK TO WE HAVE
ABOUT FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
RIGHT NOW.
I WILL CALL ON TWO AT A TIME.
IN THE ORDER, IF YOU HAVE NOT
YET REGISTERED?
OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THIS
PUBLIC COMMENT.
GO TO SEATTLE.GOV /COUNSEL.
AND IT IS ALSO STATED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, THE
STAFF WILL UNMUTE.
AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPTED IT'LL
BE THE SPEAKERS QUEUE THAT IT
IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
THEY MUST HIT STAR 6 AND STATE
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOU
ARE ADDRESSING.
AND A REMINDER THEY SHOULD
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA
PARK OR TO THE COMMITTEE
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME IN
10 SECONDS.
WENT TO HEAR THAT 10 SECOND
WARNING, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT.
IF THEY DO NOT END THERE
COMMENT AT THE END OF THE TIME?
THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, DISCONNECT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING?
DO SO ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
THE LISTING OPTIONS LIST ON THE
AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR COMMENT
IS NOW OPEN THE PROGRAM WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER.
AND REMEMBER HITTING STAR 6
BEFORE SPEAKING.
DAVID HAYNES AND THEN BRIAN CHO
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS DAVID HAYNES, DISTRICT
7. WHY IS COUNSEL PRESIDENT ON
THE TRANSPORT BOARD AND NOT ON
THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT
HE?
IT IS BEEN AN UNSAFE,
DEPRESSIVE MISERY OF
INEFFICIENCY PARAGRAPH BY AN
ABUSIVE LEADER.
REMEMBER THE STATE GOVERNMENT
SABOTAGE THE OPERATION OF THE
CITY BUS?
WITHHOLDING MONEY AND THIS IS
THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO SPEND
BILLION DOLLARS OF INEFFICIENT,
OUTDATED, UNSAFE, CHEAP, UGLY
TRAINS.
IN AN OF EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREA.
AS SOUND TRANSIT IS FAILED TO
BUILD A VISION SYSTEMS TO WITH
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TUNNEL
OPERATIONS.
ACTING LIKE THEY ARE SAVING US
MONEY.
BUT YET WE SEE THE SAME
TRANSPARENT BOARD MEMBERS
ALLOWING MORE OF THE SAME, LAME
IDEAS.
THIS DISCOMBOBULATED OUR
EXPERIENCE.
THE OUTRAGEOUSLY IDEA FROM
SOUND TRANSIT THAT THEY WANT
YOU TO TAKE A CITY BUS.
THAT YOU PAY SEPARATELY PER 28
DEEP TUNNEL IN WEST SEATTLE.
AND THEN TWO TRAINS TO GO FROM
WEST SEATTLE TO DOWNTOWN.
TRANSFERRING IN THE INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL ZONE SOUTH OF THE
CITY.
WE WOULD NOT NEED A TRAIN IF
THE METRO BUS SYSTEM WAS NOT
PURPOSELY UNDERMINED BY
INEFFECTIVE ROUTES.
FORCING THE NUMBER 120 AND 21
THAT COME FROM WEST SEATTLE.
THEY ARE USUALLY 50 SECONDS
BEHIND EACH OTHER WHEN THEY ARE
ARRIVING.
IT IS LIKE ONE CROSSING EACH
OTHER.
AND IF YOU HAVE MISSED JUST
ONE?
YOU COULD MISS ALL THREE AT THE
SAME TIME.
BUT THEY ALSO DEMAND THAT YOU
GET THE ONE TUNNEL LOCATION IN
WEST SEATTLE AND TAKE TWO
SEPARATE TRAINS FOR BEFORE
GETTING TO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
AS TO JUSTIFY THE OVERPRICED
COST OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THEY
WILL ACCEPT WITH EVERYTHING
THAT TRANS PARTITION WANTS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PEOPLE DO
NOT EVEN TAKE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
AND YOU WASTE EXTRA TIME GOING
INTO A DEEP TUNNEL.
BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY
FOR SUVS USE AS PERSONAL CARS>>
THANK YOU.
NEXT, BRIAN CHOW.
>> HELLO, I AM OUTREACH CHAIR
OF THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
SPEAKING ON ST3.
I AM ON THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY
GROUP.
AND I URGE YOU ALL TO MOVE
FORWARD TO ON NUMBER FOUR,
NUMBER NUMBER FIVE ON LIGHT
RAIL.
IT IS TOO DEVASTATING TO OUR
CITY COMMUNITIES.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THE IMPACT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY BECAUSE I
ASKED FOR WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT
ABOUT NOT ONE BUT TWO TITLE
VENTILATIONS FACILITIES.
THEY WILL BE BUILT ON THE
MINORITY OWNED PROPERTIES.
KING STREET AND DEEP INTO THE
CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT SIXTH STREET AND WELLER
STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE
VENTILATION FACILITIES IS TO
PULL IN GOOD AIR AND PUMP BAD
AIR OUT.
FROM I-5 AND IS SURROUNDED,
MAJOR ARTERIES.
THAT HAVE GIVEN US ONE OF THE
LOWEST AIR QUALITIES IN THE
CITY.
WE CANNOT TAKE EIGHT YEARS OF
EXTRA AIR POLLUTION.
WE WILL NOT PROVIDE THE CID ANY
OUTREACH.
THAT THERE WILL BE TWO TUNNEL
VENTILATION FACILITIES.
BAD AIR FROM THE FIFTH AVENUE
TUNNEL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT 100
YEARS AGO IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
TO ADD DESK, DIRT, AND DUST, AND
SUBWAY FOG INTO A OTHERWISE
COMPROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD OF
1200 SENIOR CITIZENS, LOW
INCOME RESIDENCES AND IS NOT
SMALL BUSINESSES.
WITH ALL MY HEART, I URGE THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND
THE CITY COLLEAGUES.
TO MOVE FORWARD ON NUMBER FOUR,
NOT NUMBER FIVE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU THIS IS
FOLLOWED BY FRANKIE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND GOOD MORNING I AM ON THE
BOARD OF THE PACIFIC AMERICAN
ADVOCATES SEATTLE CHAPTER. ON
BEHALF OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER WE
FIND THE USE OF THE RACE EQUITY
TOOL AS IT PERTAINS TO THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT ARE LACKING.
WE AGREE WITH US AND THERE'S
MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
REGARDLESS, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT WILL DESTROY THE ENTIRE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
AS A DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT IS ALSO HOME OF SEVERAL
SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS COULD BE CONSTRUED AS
ETHNIC CLEANSING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
BETTY LAU.
AND PLEASE HIT STAR 6 ON YOUR
TELEPHONE TO SPEAK.
SHE IS PRESENT.
>> AM I ON?
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM FROM
TRANSIT EQUITY FOR ALL.
SPEAKING ON SOUND TRANSFERRED
FREE ROUTE.
THE GOAL TO MINIMIZE HARM TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS REALLY
LAUDABLE.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED ROUTE ON
FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.
IT GOES THROUGH THE CIBA DOES
THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
IT IS THE ROUTE THAT INFLICTS
MAXIMUM HARM TO THREE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
CHINATOWN, JAPAN TOWN, AND
LITTLE SAIGON.
THE FIFTH AVENUE ROUTE WILL
DEVASTATE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL COHESION.
DESTROY INSTITUTIONS WEAKENED
BY COVID-19.
AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT
IMMIGRANT RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES.
JOIN TRANSIT EQUITY FOR ALL,
AND JOIN ME ON MOVING FORTH ON
NUMBER FOUR, NOT NUMBER FIVE,
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST SPEAKER IS A JOE
LOWRY.
GO AHEAD, JOE LOWRY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JOE LOWRY.
POLICY DIRECTORY FOR SEATTLE
SUBWAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT NUMBER THREE.
REGARDING THE WEST SEATTLE,
THIS DRAFT IS A MEMBER THAT THE
SOUND TRANSIT HAS RECEIVED MORE
REVENUE THAN EXPECTED OF THE
LAST FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE
YEARS BUT WOULD NOT HAVE
REVENUE LEADING TO AN ON
NECESSARY CONVERSATION ABOUT
CONSOLIDATING STATIONS.
DISTRACTING US FROM THE
IMPORTANT WORK WE NEED TO DO IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WHETHER THAT ADDITIONAL INCOME,
THEY SHOULD PURSUE THE
INCREASED STAFFING NEEDED TO
MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
NEXT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE SOUND
TRANSIT TO ADD LAUNCHES TO
THEIR CURRENT STUDIES.
ONE IS A SHALLOW FOR FASTER
TRAINS ACROSS TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
AND ALSO ADD STATION OPTIONS
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE NEW
BRIDGE TO BRING PEOPLE WHERE
THEY WANT TO GO.
INTO THE PROPOSED PATIENT
OPTIONS LIKE THE BALLARD
STATION OUTSIDE OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
EVEN OPTIONS THAT ARE MOSTLY OR
ENTIRELY OUTSIDE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY,
ALTOGETHER.
LIKE THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
STATION OPTION.
AND ATTESTATION OPTIONS THAT
ARE DESIGNED WITH ENOUGH OFF
RAMPS TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE
EXPANSION.
SO WE CAN BE INCLUSIVE OF MORE
PEOPLE AND EQUITY PRIMARY AREA.
AND NOT PRECLUDE OR ANTICIPATED
OF THE SYSTEM BEYOND STATION
THREE PER GOING TO LAST AND
CRITICALLY.
PLEASE DO NOT NEGLECT THE
URGENT NEED FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO CREATE A CITYWIDE
RAIL PLANT. THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HAS A CATALYZED CONVERSATION
AROUND OUR NEXT BALLOT MEASURE
BY COMPLETING THE CITYWIDE RAIL
PLAN.
AN ALSO IT SHOULD HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY SO THESE STATIONS
ARE DESIGNED IN TIME . TO
ACCOMMODATE FUTURE EXPANSION
CORE DOORS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS
BROKER IN THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
AGENDA ITEMN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO GRANT FUNDS FROM THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER NON-
CITY SOURCES; AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACCEPT SPECIFIED GRANTS AND
EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY;
AMENDING ORDINANCE 126490,
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2022 BUDGET,
INCLUDING THE 2022-2027 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP);
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION; AND REVISING
ALLOCATIONS AND SPENDING PLANS
FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS IN THE
2022-2027 CIP.
>> THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE US TO
GET GRANTS FOR NON-CITY
PROJECTS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO
IT.
WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL AS OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
CALVIN, FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO
COMMENT ON?
ARE THESE OKAY TO ACCEPT IN
YOUR VIEW?
THEM COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS
VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT THESE
WERE COMING .
>> THANK YOU .
>> WELCOME, CHRIS.
IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION?
GO AHEAD AND DISPLAY THAT FOR
US.>> OKAY.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FINANCE MANAGER
"A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS SHARE
YOUR SCREEN, ALREADY .
>> THANK YOU, BILL.
AS CALVIN MENTIONED, THIS IS A
. STRAIGHTFORWARD ORDINANCE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO ACCEPT
GRANT REVENUE X AT IN EXCESS OF
$25 MILLION.
FOR THE EAST, MARGINAL WAVE.
THE HAWK CORRIDOR AND SOME
SIDEWALK EXPANSION. AS A
COMPONENT WE WANTED TO GO
THROUGH AS A REMINDER WITH
THOSE PROJECTS WOULD LOOK
LIKEAND THE FINANCES WITH THOSE
PROJECTS.
THE EAST MARGINAL CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS A MAJOR
FREIGHT CORRIDOR FOR AN HEAVY
HAUL ROUTE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS IN THREE
COMPONENTS, NORTH, CENTRAL,
SOUTHERN. IT IS A VITAL ROUTE
FOR OVERSIZED TRUCKS.
AND FOR THOSE THAT CARRY
FLAMMABLE CARGO.
THIS ALSO CONNECTS THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN EMPHASIS .,
FOUR YEARS.
FOR THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US,
RIGHT NOW.
THIS WOULD ALLOW ACIDOTIC TO
ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE
REBUILDING AMERICA
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH
SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY
PROGRAM FROM THE UNIT U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF
$20 MILLION.
THIS WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE 5
MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PORT OF
SEATTLE AND WOULD ALSO SUPPORT
THE CAPITOL PROJECTS THAT
RECONSTRUCT ROADWAYS FOR HEAVY
HAUL STANDARDS.
A TWO WAY PROTECTION BICYCLE
LANE.
AND REBUILD A PORTION OF
SIDEWALKS.
AND EVEN NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS
FOR ENHANCEMENT.
THE OTHER IS A $247,000
IMPROVEMENT GRANT AWARD. THERE
IS A LOCAL MATCH OF 130,000.
THIS WOULD HELP US CONSTRUCT A
NEW SIDEWALK ON FOURTH AVENUE
NEAR THE I-90 OFFRAMP . TO
PROVIDE A SEAMLESS WALK BETWEEN
DOWNTOWN AND THE STADIUM
DISTRICT.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING SECTION
FOR THE WALK TO THIS TO GO TO
SPORTS GAMES.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE STRUCK BY
THE LACK OF A SIDEWALK IN THIS
SECTION.
FOR BOTH OF THESE ACCEPTANCES?
WILL BE REQUESTING AN INCREASED
PUBLIC BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY
QUESTIONS .
>> THANK YOU.
AND CALVIN NOTED.
THESE WERE EXPECTED AND HOPED
FOR.
THIS IS THROUGHOUT OUR BUDGET
PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
AND I DO SEE A QUESTION.>> LISA
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
MANY OF US KNOW THAT THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THIS WILL SERVE A MAJOR
CONNECTION FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
A BICYCLE BETWEEN THE TRAIL TO
DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH DOWNTOWN.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE.
ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE A DESIGN
WAS POSTED FOR THE NORTH
SEGMENT.
FROM SPOKANE TO THE
INTERSECTION WORKER WITH ALASKA
WAY.
I AM WONDERING FIRST.
WHAT PERCENT OF DESIGN IS THIS?
AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS NORTH
SEGMENT DESIGN HAS BEEN SHARED
WITH STAKEHOLDERS?
AND WHEN WE COULD EXPECT MORE
SEGMENT OF THIS PROJECT TO
BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION?
>> WHAT PERCENT OF DESIGN FOR
THE TWO QUESTIONS?
LET ME GET BACK TO YOU.
I AM THE FINANCE MANAGER AND I
DO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS OF THIS
PROJECT FOR THE PROCESS.
AND ON THE LAST PART, BOTH
PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED LATER
IN 2022 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
PHASE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I TRUST SOMEBODY FROM SDOT
WILL GET BACK TO ME.
ABOUT THE NORTH SEGMENT DESIGN
. AND WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS.
AND WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS BEEN
SHARED WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
THANK YOU.>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A STAFF LIAISON. WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS
BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
LEGISLATION?
LISA HERBOLD, I WAS ALSO GOING
TO VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS
A GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
IF THAT IS OKAY?
>> COMPLETELY.
AMEN GREAT.
>> I AM SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF THE
PROJECT .
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS?
I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE
RECOMMEND THAT WE PASS THIS
BILL.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
WE WILL TAKE THOSE.
COUNCILMEMBERS I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF
120303 IS THERE A SECOND?
YES.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE. ARE THERE
ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
TO PASS 120303 [ROLL CALL]
>> THANK YOU AND THE
RECOMMENDATION IT PASSES WILL
BE SENT TO THE APRIL 26th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
WITH THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE
AGENDA?
>> CB 12030 AN ORDINANCE
VACATING A PORTION OF 39th
AVENUE SOUTH, LYING SOUTH OF
SOUTH WILLOW STREET AND BETWEEN
TRACT 2 OF COFFMAN GARDEN
TRACTS, IN THE OTHELLO
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ACCEPTING A
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, ON THE PETITION OF
WILLOW CROSSING LLLP (CLERK
FILE 314422).
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, YOU
PERHAPS IF YOU RECALL THAT THIS
APPROVAL WAS IN NOVEMBER, 2019.
THIS IS A PORTION OF 39th
AVENUE SOUTH.
IT WAS REQUESTED ORIGINALLY TO
FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
211 UNITS.
FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING
PROJECTS.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT
PROJECT NEXT TO A FELLOW
STATION.
THIS IS A SECOND AND FINAL
STAGES FOR APPROVAL.
SOME DISCOUNTS AND ROLLOVERS
WERE THERE WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
RECOGNIZING THAT THE SDOT HAS
MET AND WILL MEET THE BENEFIT
OF THE PUBLIC PREVIOUSLY
ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE
OUR OWN A CITY COUNCIL STAFF
MEMBERS.
TO WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
OPEN WITH ANY REMARKS?
I APPRECIATE YOUR MEMORANDUM
OUTLINING THIS?
>> YES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
PROJECTS THAT WAS APPROVED
UNDER THE REVISED POLICIES.
THOSE REVISIONS ALLOWED FOR THE
RECONSIDERATION OF THE USES OF
THE STREET INCLUDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS YOU WILL
SEE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT
REFLECT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, THERE ARE
FEWER AND SMALLER PUBLIC
BENEFITS. THAN WHAT EXAMPLE WE
SAW WAS THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THAT WE
WOULD SUPPORTING.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY.
FOR ME, THAT IS BECAUSE THE
VACATION, ITSELF HAS PRODUCED
ANOTHER BENEFIT FOR THAT IS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> EXACTLY.
WITHOUT THAT, THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WOULD NOT HAVE GONE
FORWARD .
>> THANK YOU.>> BEVERLY BARNETT.
WILL YOU BE RUNNING THE
PRESENTATION FOR US?
>> BILL IS GOING TO RUN IT FOR
GENEVIEVE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD A
COUPLE OF THINGS TO WHAT HE
SAID.
THANK YOU, THIS IS ALWAYS FUN
FOR US TO BE BACK.
IN A PROJECT IS DONE. AND WAS
IMPLEMENTED, AS DIRECTED BY
COUNSEL PARKER THIS IS THE VERY
LAST PIECE.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE
WITH THIS.
AND I THINK THAT HE REFERENCED
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS
PROCESS.
THIS IS SO OFTEN ASSOCIATED
WITH REALLY LARGE SCALE
PROJECTS.
THE LAST ONE WITHIN WAS AT
SEGMENT AND UNIVERSITY,
DOWNTOWN FOR WE ALWAYS THINK OF
THE CONVENTION CENTER.
OR AMAZON PROJECTS.
BUT OCCASIONALLY WE DO GET A
SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS. THE
COUNCIL STREET VACATION POLICY
REALLY PROVIDED FOR A BALANCING
TEST FOR WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE
DEVELOPER ACHIEVED.
AND WHAT'S THE PUBLIC WILL GIVE
UP WHEN WE ARE ASSESSING THE
IMPACT THAT NEEDED TO BE
MITIGATED. AND AT WHAT LEVEL
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS SHOULD BE
PROVIDED.
WE WILL LOOK AT A SMALLER
PROJECT.
BUT WE STILL WANT TO SEE
MEANINGFUL, BUT EVERYTHING IS
IN A MORE MODEST SCALE.
POLICIES PROVIDE FOR THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT SEE A LOT
OF SMALLER PROJECTS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ITEM IS THE
TWO PART APPROVAL PROCESS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
ESTABLISHED.
AT THE TIME.
IN THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS
APPROVED FOR THE COUNCIL AND
MADE THE SUBSTANTIVE DECISION
FOR GOING THE DEVELOPER, CITY
STAFF, AND MYSELF AND EVERYBODY
WILL REVIEW THIS.
THEY NEED TO IMPLEMENT, AS
DIRECTED BY COUNSEL.
THIS FINAL ORDINANCE IS AN
ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED FOR WE
CAN COME BACK IN AND SAY YES
PARKER THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT
WAS PROPOSED WAS PROVIDED FOR
THE HOUSING BENEFITS ARE
PROVIDED.
THE FEES ARE PAID.
EVERYTHING IS DONE.
SO THIS, AS WE ARE INDICATED AT
THE VERY LAST STEP.
AS I MENTIONED TO.
THIS IS OUR FAVORITE PART.
WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE BACK
WHEN EVERYTHING IS DONE.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
HE WANTED TO SET THE STAGE.
AND GENEVIEVE IS GOING TO GO
THROUGH AND SHOW THE MAPS.
TO ORIENT YOU AND REMIND YOU
WHERE THE PROJECT IS AT.
AND THE BENEFITS FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
UNLESS THERE ARE MORE
QUESTIONS?
I WILL REFER TO GENEVIEVE.
AND ALSO HE WILL SHARE HIS
SCREEN AND RUN THE POWERPOINT.
AT A SMALL.
WILL HAVE ABOUT SEVEN SLIDES.
THANK YOU.
>> GENEVIEVE, ARE YOU READY?
>> THANK YOU, BEVERLY . BILL,
I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE THE
POWERPOINT, JUST YET TO.
>> JUST ONE MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS FUN TO BE BACK TO SHOW
YOU OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS.
THIS IS WILLOW CROSSING.
WE COMPLETED IT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND WE STARTED MOVING PEOPLE
AND, RIGHT THEN.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED JUST
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF A FELLOW.
NORTH OF THE OTHELLO LIGHT RAIL
STATION FOR WE ARE ON MLK AT
THE CORNER OF THE SOUTH WILLOW
STREET AND MARTIN LUTHER KING.
THIS PROJECT IS A BIT OF A
GATEWAY. AS YOU ARE GOING SOUTH
ON MLK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY.
WE ACQUIRED THE PARCEL ALONG
MLK.
IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL
PARCELS ALONG SOUTH WILLOW
STREET.
THOSE WERE DIVIDED FROM A
VACATED PORTION OF 39th AVENUE
SOUTH. THAT IS WHAT WE SOUGHT
THE STREET VACATION FOR.
LET US GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE TWO RETAIL SPACES ALONG
MLK.
IN ADDITION TO 211 AFFORDABLE
UNITS.
AND 32 UNDERGROUND PARKING
STALLS.
AND WE ARE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED
FROM UNITS TO CARS IN THIS
PROJECT.
THE PROJECT ALSO ACHIEVES THE
EVERGREEN SUSTAINABILITY
STANDARDS.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES OF THE
PROJECT.
THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS STREET HAD
A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS THAT
CAME WITH IT.
WE HAD COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE
COMPLETIONS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF UTILITY
ISSUES OUTSTANDING.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED.
THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES HAVE
ALSO BEEN COMPLETED.
ALL CODES HAVE BEEN MET.
WE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ON OUR MARKETING
PLANNING TO GIVE PREFERENCE.
AND MAKE SURE WE WERE DIRECTING
OUR MARKETING EFFORTS TO PEOPLE
THAT WERE ALREADY LIVING IN THE
OTHELLO NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE INSTALLED SIGNAGE IN THE
PUBLIC SPACES.
THIS ALLOWED FREE SPEECH
ACTIVITIES.
WE ALSO RECORDED OUTLINING THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE.
AND PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT WAS
REVIEWED BY SDOT.
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT
WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS
PROJECT INCLUDED TWO PUBLIC
SPACES.
ONE IS THE ENTRYWAY. THIS IS
RIGHT ALONG MLK.
BOTH RETAIL SPACES.
THEY OPEN UP ONTO THIS PLANTA.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY NICE
GATHERING SPACE.
AND ENTRY TO THE BUILDING.
WE ALSO ADDED SOME PUBLIC SPACE
ENHANCEMENTS ALONG THE ENTRANCE
TO SOUTH WILLOW STREET.
IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC SPACE
IMPROVEMENT.
WE ELECTED TO MAKE IT AS A
DONATION TO $25,000 TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE VERY
DILIGENTLY WORKED ON PROJECTS TO
DEVELOP PROJECTS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO AND ENHANCE THE
PUBLIC REALM OF THE OTHELLO
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WE WERE
THRILLED TO GIVE THEM $25,000
TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
THIS IS THE MLK PLAZA.
AT THE END OF THE BUILDING.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS OPEN UP
ONTO THE PLANTA.
THESE RETAIL SPOTS ARE GO GOING
TO BE GREAT.
AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
YOU CAN SEE THE ENHANCEMENTS
THAT WE ADDED TO THE WILLOW
STREET ENTRANCE.
THIS REALLY FEELS NICE AS YOU
WALK ALONG THE BUILDING.
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST IS THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THIS IS REALLY A NICE
NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL ALONG THIS
BUILDING.
AND THROUGH OUR SUPPORT, WE
WERE ABLE TO FUND TWO CROSSWALK
PROJECTS.
THESE WERE DESIGNED BY LOCAL OR
FELLOW ARTISTS.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
THESE CROSSWALKS LAST SUMMER.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ENHANCE
THE OTHELLO NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST RIGHT NEAR OUR PROJECT.
WE WERE EXCITED FOR THIS TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT.
THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAVE.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TAMMY J. MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, GENEVIEVE.
I'M EXCITED TO THAT WE HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS GREAT
AMENITY.
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
DISTRICT 2. LET ME ADMIT.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN THE
RETAIL SPACE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS DOWN
THERE?
AND THEN WE ARE STILL WORKING
ON THOSE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A SMALL
BUSINESS.
WE ARE HOPING THEY WILL TAKE
ONE SPACE.
AND WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
ANOTHER TENANT FOR THE SECOND
SPACE.
THEY ARE NOT FULL, YET.
BUT WE HOPE THEY WILL BE, SOON
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
GO THIS FORWARD?
COUNCILMEMBERS.
LET ME MOVE THAT THE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF 1020304.
>> MY SECOND.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
AND PASS 1020304.
[ROLL CALL]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. THIS
WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 26
MEETINGTHANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY, GENEVIEVE .
>> THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS .
>> THANK YOU.
LET ME WELCOME LOUIS.
ANDREW LEWIS IS HERE TO ATTEND
THE TRANSIT PRINCE OR TATIAN.
I ALSO INVITED ALL TO ATTEND.
THIS IMPACTS THE ENTIRE CITIES.
LET ME JUMP INTO THESE NEXT TWO
ITEMS.
WILL BE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT
TITLE AGENDA?
NAME OF THE DIRECT IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR WEST SEATTLE AND
ALLARD EXTENSIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
WITH THEIR INITIAL COMMENTS ON
THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
STATEMENT.
FOR THE FORTHCOMING WEST
SEATTLE EXTENSION.
WE ALL KNOW WILL IMPACT THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICTS, UNION.
AND MUCH OF DOWNTOWN PARKING
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
COMMENTS.
THESE ARE DUE THURSDAY, APRIL
28th.
AND DIRECTLY AFTER THIS
BRIEFING WE WILL HEAR FROM KEY
STAFFAND WILL FOCUS ON THEIR
RECENT CONCEPTS TO POTENTIALLY
SAVE COST.
FOR THE LIGHT-RAIL EXTENSIONS.
AS WE KNOW, THEY SEATTLE WILL
BE REPRESENTED WITH THE 19
MEMBER BOARD BY OUR OWN
PRESIDENT.
AND AGAIN ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE INVITED TO THIS MEETING.
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE
DIRECTLY WITH OUR SOUND
TRANSPARENT MEMBERS.
AND SDOT.
BOTH OF WHOM ARE HERE TO GIVE A
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, MARSHALL AND SARAH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER IT
IS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU
ALL.
>> CALVIN HAS ALSO BEEN TRACKING
TRANSIT EXPANSION FOUR YEARS.
CALVIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THERE IS A
LOT OF PRESENTATIONS TO GO
THROUGH.
I WILL WITHHOLD.
THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A
POWERPOINT.
>> HE WAS JUST POINTING THAT
OUT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
THIS MORNING FOR WE ARE HAPPY
TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR INITIAL
SUMMARY OF OUR DRAFT COMMENTS.
ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
EXTENSIONS.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN INITIAL
OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH
THE WORK.
AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
SARAH WHO IS BEEN BRINGING ALL
THE COMMENTS TOGETHER FROM THE
TEAM.
TODAY WE WILL HAVE A QUICK
SUMMARY OF HOW OUR TEAM IS
ORGANIZED FOR OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WORK.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE KEY
ELEMENTS OF OUR FINDINGS.
AND WE WILL PREVIEW SOME OF OUR
NEXT STEPS.
AND SOME OF THE PIECES THAT
WILL BE GOING TO THIS COMMITTEE
AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
CONSIDERATION.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR THE OVERALL
ALIGNMENT.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE.
QUICKLY, WE CANNOT OVERSTATE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM.
IT IS THE LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE
CITY'S HISTORY.
$12 MILLION.
WITH THAT, COMES A HUGE AMOUNT
OF OPPORTUNITIES.
- $12 BILLION.
ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF THE
TRANSPORTATION IT WILL BRING
BUT ALSO GET SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRUCTION AND BACK TO.
AND A LOT OF THE WORK IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ELEVATING AND
MAKING THOSE ISSUES AND THOSE
IMPACTS VISIBLE.
WE ARE FULLY ANALYZING THOSE
AND BRINGING THEM FORWARD FOR
CONSIDERATION.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT
TO LOOK AT ALL THE MITIGATIONS
THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE
THOSE PROJECTS, SUCCESSFUL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM AS WE GO
FORWARD.
JUST A HUGE LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT, IN OUR CITY.
THE OVERALL TIMELINE I THINK
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR.
THIS REALLY STARTED WITH THE
VOTE IN 2016.
THIS ESTABLISHED THE PUBLIC
SUPPORT FOR THE FUNDING OF THIS
PROGRAM.
WE ARE RIGHT IN THE FINAL
PHASES OF THE PROJECT.
IT STARTED IN 2017.
THE DECISION COMING UP THIS
SUMMER RELATED TO THE DRAFT OF
IES AND WHAT WILL ADVANCE.
WE WILL ULTIMATELY ADVANCE FOR
CONSIDERATION. AND THE GOAL IS
TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS NEXT
YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE KEY, CITY ROLLS
PER CAN WE PLAY A LOT OF
DIFFERENT ROLES ON THIS
PROJECT.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN A STRONG
SUPPORTER FROM ITS INCEPTION.
AND WE PLAY ALL OF THESE ROLES
ARE CRITICAL OF WHAT WE ARE
BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.
THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMEMBER
ARE ALSO ON THE BOARD AND PART
OF THE DECISION-MAKING ON WHAT
WILL ADVANCE.
IN THE FINAL IES FOR THE CITY
IS A COOPERATIVE AGENCY ON IES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SET
OF REGULATORY RULES THAT WE
PLAY.
IN TERMS OF PERMITTING A. CODE
COMPLIANCE.
AND INSURANCE, ULTIMATELY THAT
THE PROJECT CAN ADVANCE
EFFICIENTLY THROUGH THE
PERMITTING PROXIES US.
WE ALSO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
COMMUNITIES.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THE FULL
RANGE OF IMPACTS ARE FULLY
CONSIDERED AND ADDRESSED TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.
ONE OF THE KEY TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE BROUGHT TO THE
CONVERSATION IS THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT.
NOT ONLY THAT WE AVOID IMPACT
BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE
EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
SYSTEM INVESTMENT TO BENEFIT
THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES.
LASTLY.
IN 2018 THE CITY ESTABLISHED A
PARTNERING AGREEMENT.
WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
THEY WERE FOCUSING ON THE
SCALE.
AND THE NEED FOR CONSISTENT,
CLEAR, CITY LEADERSHIP ACROSS
THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND EVEN INTENSIVE STAFF WORK
THAT TAKES PLACE.
IT IS LED THROUGH SDOT.
AND ULTIMATELY, A COMMITMENT TO
TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING
PROCESS.
THIS WILL CREATE CONTINUITY,
PREDICTABILITY FOR SOUND
TRANSIT.
AND AS THE PROJECT STARTS TO
DO OUR FINAL PREPARATION AND
PERMITTING.
LET ME END WITH THIS.
FOR THE REVIEW ITSELF, THE CITY
IS ALSO A REVIEWER AND A
REGULATOR.
OUR FOCUS IS ON ADVANCING THE
CITY'S INTEREST.
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE VOICE
IS ELEVATED.
WE WILL HERE ON OUR COMMENTS.
THE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNED
AND CREDIBLE ABOUT SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS OF THE DOCUMENT.
LET ME EMPHASIZE IT IS NORMAL
AND NECESSARY.
THAT WE WOULD BE CALLING OUT
CERTAIN ISSUES AND ASKING FOR
MORE ANALYSIS AND MORE
MEDICATION FROM TRANSIT.
WHY THAT IS SO CRITICAL?
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WELL-
POSITIONED TO FACILITATE THE
PERMITTING OF THE PROJECT.
IF WE DO NOT FULLY ADDRESS
IMPACT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
MITIGATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED
NOW?
IT MAKES IT MORE CHALLENGING TO
STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING
PROCESS DOWN THE ROAD.
WITH THAT, LET ME SEND HANDED
OVER TO SARAH.
>> THANK YOU, MARSHALL.
LET ME TALK ABOUT THE CITY
TEAM.
WE HAVE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM OF 50 DEPARTMENTS FOR
THEIR WORKING TO SUPPORT THE
PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW,
DESIGN, ENGINEERING,
PERMITTING, DELIVERY, OF THIS
PROJECT.
LET ME START TALKING ABOUT OUR
PROCESS TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT.
AND GROUNDING IT IN SOME OF THE
ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY AND
COMMUNITIES.
WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEIS TO
IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS.
THE DEIS IS A VERY DENSE,
INFORMATION PACKET DOCUMENT FOR
WE WANT TO HELP FACILITATE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE DOCUMENT.
AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT APPLIES
TO THE IMPACT.
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY
COULD SEE IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SECONDLY, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE CITY'S DECISION.
AND ULTIMATE POSITION ON AN
ALTERNATIVE.
THEY ARE CENTERED ON RACIAL
EQUITY.
TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE LISTENED THROUGH AND
CONTINUE TO LISTEN THROUGH A
VARIETY OF ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
SOME WITH SOUND, TRANSIT,
COMMITTEE LEAD AND EVEN
BRIEFINGS, WORKSHOPS, ONE-ON-
ONE CONVERSATIONS.
AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS
DEPARTMENTS.
JUST TO TOUCH ON THE TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES.
THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUPS
HAVE BEEN CONVENED BY SOUND
TRANSIT.
IT IS AN ONGOING SEVEN-MONTH
PROJECT.
WITH COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS
THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY AROUND
THE FOUR SEGMENTS.
OF THIS ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT.
AND STREAMED EVEN ON YOUTUBE
OR.
BUT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DIS
ANALYSIS AND WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY
TO HAVE A SEAT TO THAT TABLE.
AS WE ARE CONSIDERING THE DEIS
ANALYSIS.
SOUND TRANSIT IS ALSO PARTNERED
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE LIAISON.
THIS HAS ENABLED THE LIAISONS
TO WORK WITH SOUND TRANSIT AT
EVENTS.
GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
SORT SUPPORTING TRANSPORTATION
AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS. WE HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN DEIS BRIEFINGS.
WE AND PLAN TO PARTICIPATE BUT
WE HAVE ALSO GIVEN SOME
PRIORITY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE AN UNDERREPRESENTED.
OR FROM WHAT THE CITY HAS NOT .
FROM IN A WHILE FOR WE'VE ALSO
CALL CONVENED SEVERAL
STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLES.
WE'VE BEEN SHARING ON DEIS
COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS
PROJECT.
WE ALSO HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME
STATION SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT, AS
WELL.
AT THE SEATTLE CENTER, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS IN A UNIQUE
POSITION.
NOT ONLY AS AN INTERESTED PARTY
AND ALL OF THE STATIONS.
BUT ALSO AT THE SEATTLE CENTER,
WE ARE THE PRIMARY PROPERTY
ORDER AND LANDOWNER.
WE ALSO CONVENE RESIDENT
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO DISCUSS.
AND IN CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL,
THOSE ARETHE TWO PRIORITY
COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE HAD WORKSHOPS.
WITH CENTRAL TRANSIT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROJECTS IMPACT.
AND IN DELL RIDGE WE FOCUSED ON
ONE ON WHEN ONE.
PRIMARILY THE IDENTIFIED
COMMUNITIES ARE FURTHER SOUTH.
IN THE SOUTH DELL RIDGE AND
HIGHLINE CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE WORKED ON CAPACITY
BUILDING AND ENGAGING THOSE
FOLKS AND EVALUATING THE
ALTERNATIVES.
THAT TAKES US TO THE STAFF
PROCESS FOR EVALUATING THIS
DOCUMENT TO.
DURING THE 90 DAY PERIOD.
WE DIVIDED IT INTO THREE
MONTHS, OR THREE PHASES. THE
FIRST MONTH IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD
NEARLY 100 EXPERTS ACROSS THE
CITY.
FROM 15 DEPARTMENTS.
REVIEWING AND COMMENTING.
AND SDOT IS LEADING THIS TEAM.
IT IS A VERY EXPANSIVE GROUP.
NOT JUST PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION AND DEPARTMENTS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT WE HAVE LIBRARIES.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND
POLICE.
WE REALLY WANTED TO EVALUATE
ALL THE MANY DIFFERENT IMPACT
THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE.
WE SPENT THE SECOND MONTH OF
MARCH RECONCILING THOSE
COMMENTS.
WE HAD 25 STAFF LEADS FROM
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
AND DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES.
THE IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT.
AND RESOLVED ANY OUTSTANDING
ISSUES GO WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS LAST MONTH, APRIL.
WE HAVE ANY SHARING OUR DRAFT
COMMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUPS.
AND THAT WAS AT STAKEHOLDER
ROUNDTABLES.
AND OTHER COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
AS WE WORK TO FINALIZE OUR
COMMENT.
AND ALSO THE COVER LETTER OF
WHAT WERE THE COMMENTS?
THE SCOPE OF THE DEIS REVIEW.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE BEEN
USED CONSISTENTLY . TO TALK
ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS
APPROACHING REVIEWING THIS
VERY, VERY INFORMATION DENSE
DOCUMENT.
AS MARSHALL LAID OUT WITH
CIRCUIT REGULATORY ROLES AS IT
TURNED TO REGULATORY.
THE CITY HAS REALLY AS A
COOPERATIVE AGENCIES OBLIGATD
TO HAVE AN EYE TOWARDS THE
EVENTUAL PERMITTING OF THE
PROJECT.
INTO FLAG ANY ISSUES AROUND
COMPLIANCE.
OR IMPACTS WITH MITIGATION THAT
MIGHT LATER CAUSE ISSUES DURING
PROJECT PERMITTING "FIRST THREE
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT.
THE REGULATORY, THE LEGAL ROLE.
DOES THE DEIS DEMONSTRATE
COMPLIANCE?
DOES THE DEIS IDENTIFY AND
EVALUATE PROJECT IMPACT?
THAT SETTING INCLUDE
APPROPRIATE MITIGATION?
AND ULTIMATELY, DOES DEIS
PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT THE
CITY IN THE STAKEHOLDERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN COMPARE
THE ALTERNATIVES ? AND HAVE A
DECISION?
BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE LEGAL
QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING OF
OURSELVES.
WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF
STRATEGIC QUESTIONS TO ASK, AS
WELL.
NUMBER 4. DOES THE DEIS
ADEQUATELY ANALYZE
COMMUNITIES.
AND PROPOSE MITIGATION AND
PROVIDE RACIAL TOOL EQUITY IT'S
. AND ALSO IT IS NOT PART OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
PROCESS DIRECTLY.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
STILL JOINTLY WITH SOUND
TRANSIT TO USE. AND FINALLY.
HOW DOES THIS DEIS INFORMATION
SHAPE THE DECISION AND
ALTERNATIVES?
WE WILL USE THESE FIVE
QUESTIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE
CITIES STAFF DRAFT OF REVIEW.
NUMBER ONE, DOES THE DEIS
DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH
RULES?
IN THE SUMMARY OF OUR FINDINGS
IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE.
IT IS REALLY CRITICAL.
IN ULTIMATELY, THE FINAL THAT
WE SEE EVIDENCE. THAT THE
PROJECT IS GOING TO COMPLY WITH
CODE.
IF WE DO NOT SEE THAT?
WE CANNOT FLAG WHETHER THERE IS
GOING TO BE CODE COMPLIANT
ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD IN MANY
INSTANCES, WE ARE LOOKING FOR
THE MUNICIPAL CODE . TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE WOULD MEET THE
PROJECT MINIMUM CODE
REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES.
SUCH AS THE SHORELINE,
STORMWATER, AND TREES
ENVIRONMENTAL.
DOES THIS ADEQUATELY IDENTIFY
AND EVALUATE THE PROJECT
IMPACT.
AND INCLUDE MITIGATION?
THIS IS THE HEART OF WHAT WE
DO.
LOOKING AT IMPACT.
AND IDENTIFYING THE MITIGATION
FOR WE KNEW IT AT A DRAFT
DOCUMENT THAT THE DRAFT
DOCUMENT WAS NOT GOING TO
INCLUDE THE FULL ENTIRETY OF
THE MITIGATION PLAN.
IT WAS TOTALLY NORMAL FOR US.
TO BE CALLING OUT THAT THERE
ARE MANY INSTANCES WHERE WE
WANT TO SEE ADDITIONALALYSIS.
TO FULLY ASSESS AND MITIGATE
THE IMPACT.
THROUGH THESE FOLLOWING SLIDES,
WE ARE GOING TO BE SELECTING
AREAS BY SEGMENT.
THIS IT WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.
TO QUANTIFY THE IMPACT, OR
ITSELF.
OR A MITIGATION PLAN TO
PROPERLY MEDICATE THOSE
IMPACTS.
WITH SEGMENT BY SEGMENT.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERBAY AND
THE SOUTH INTERBAY SEGMENT OF
BALLARD.
HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE
EXAMPLES OR A FEW OF THE
EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF IMPACT
THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THE HIGHEST CONCERNS THAT WE
WANT TO SEE.
AT THE MINIMIZED OR MITIGATED
FOR DEIS, AND INCLUDES
NAVIGATION . AND IN VACATION
FROM ELEVATED ALTERNATIVES.
THIS IS RELEVANT IN THE ELLIOTT
WAY CORRIDOR.
THE VISUAL AESTHETIC IMPACT
RELATED TO AN ELEVATED
GUIDEWAY.
THIS WOULD BE TRUE FOR ANY
ELEVATED GUIDEWAY THROUGHOUT
THE SYSTEM.
CALLING SOME PARTICULAR SYSTEMS
AROUND ELLIOTT WAY FOR THE
RESIDENTIAL AND
BUSINESS.DISPLACEMENT.
FOR THIS SEGMENT AND THE
ENTIRETY OF THIS PROJECT.
PROPERTY IMPACT.
TO A FUTURE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
SUBSTATION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
ARE EITHER AVOIDED OR
MITIGATED.
IMPACT TO THE OPERATIONS AT
FIRE STATION 20.
INTO THE IMPACT.
THIS IS DOWNTOWN.
SOME EXAMPLES FROM DOWNTOWN.
FOR THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENT.
IT IS IN AS A TUNNEL ALIGNMENT
ALTERNATIVE FROM CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
DUE SOUTH INTERBAY.
SOME OF THE IMPACTS AND ISSUES
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FULLY
MITIGATED THE.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPACT TO THE
AUTO CENTER CAMPUS.
AND I WILL HAVE A FOLLOWING
SIDE THAT FOCUSES JUST ON THE
SEATTLE CENTER . TO THE
REGIONAL FACILITY FOR ACCESS TO
RAMPS TO I-5 PROGRAM AND STREET
CLOSURES.
IDENTIFIED WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WERE RELATED TO THE
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS OF THE
TUNNEL ALTERNATIVES.
ESPECIALLY WEST LAKE AVENUE
PROGRAM THE TYPES OF IMPACT
THAT WOULD BE CITY BUS
DIVERSION FROM CLOSED STREETS.
THE I-5 RAMP. AND BEYOND
TRANSPORTATION, IMPACT TO
GARBAGE, RECYCLING AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THOSE
AREAS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ON SEATTLE CENTER AGAIN
PROGRESSED THE PRIMARY PROPERTY
OWNER PART WE HAVE AN EXTRA
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THE REGARDS TO THE CITY
STATION.
WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF
COMMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO
SEATTLE CENTER.
INCLUDING IMPACTS TO HISTORIC
PUBLIC ASSETS.
TEMPORARY NOISE ENVIRONMENT
REDUCTION EFFORTS SUCH AS
DISPLACEMENTS.
AND THAT COULD IMPACT RESIDENCE
DURING CONSTRUCTION OR LONG
TERMIMPACTS TO HISTORIC ASSETS
INCLUDING THE NORTHWESTERN
PLAYHOUSE.
AND ALSO THIS WOULD IMPACT
DURING CONSTRUCTION.
CONTINUING DOWN.
THIS IS CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
AND SODO.
A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE IMPACT
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT . CONSTRUCTION
IMPACTS.
AGAIN TO TRAFFIC, TRANSIT
VERTICALLY IN THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
IMPACTING ROAD CLOSURES.
LONG TERM TO SODO . BUSINESS
AND RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT.
PARTICULARLY IMPACTING TO
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
. IMPACTS TO CITY STRUCTURES.
INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT WOULD
HAVE CLOSURES OR REPLACEMENT.
SUCH AS THE SOUTH BRIDGE AND
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT STATION.
AND IMPACT TO CULTURAL RESOURCES
AND SITES.
AND FINALLY CLOSING IT OUT TO.
IN THE FINAL THREE SEGMENTS.
WEST SEATTLE, AND THIS IMPACTS
TO BUSINESSES, DISPLACEMENT.
ESPECIALLY MARITIME BUSINESSES.
THEY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE
WATER CROSSING.
AND ALSO TO TRAFFIC, TRANSIT,
RESIDENCE.
PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES.
AND NUMEROUS IMPACT TO PARKS
AND NATURAL WATERWAYS, AND EVEN
THE GOLF COURSE.
I THINK THAT CLOSES US OUT WITH
A HIGH LEVEL OF IMPACTS PROGRAM
AND OF COURSE THIS PROJECT IS
GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL. I JUST
WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE
NORMALCY OF TALKING ABOUT THESE
IMPACTS AT THIS POINT.
AND THE PROCESS.
AND THE CRITICAL JUNCTURE THAT
WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
TWO RECOGNIZE MITIGATION
MEASURES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OUR
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END.
THANK YOU.
>> THE THIRD QUESTION.
DOES THIS PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO
MEANINGFUL PROVIDE
ALTERNATIVES.
IN SUMMARY WE BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS MORE INFORMATION THAT
IS NEEDED.
AND A COUPLE OF THE SEGMENTS IN
ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND
COMPARE THE ALTERNATIVES.
THE TWO SEGMENTS.
THE FIRST THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT.
IT INCLUDES A SOUTH INTERBAY
SEGMENT FOR THE NORTH PORTAL
AND THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL.
IN TWO OF THE THREE
ALTERNATIVES.
THIS COMES OUT AT A REPUBLICAN
AND A GO ACROSS ELLIOTT WAY TO
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDITIONAL
MITIGATION FOR THE IMPACT FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE
OPERATION OF THAT ELEVATED
AREA.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE
COMPLIANCE WITH NOISE
REDUCTION.
FOR NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE,
BOTH WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT TO
THE QUEEN AND BELT AND THE
STATE SLOPE. INCLUDING
ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EITHER
MITIGATION OR AVOIDANCE OF
THOSE AREAS.
THE IMPACT AND ALSO COMPLIANCE
WITH NOISE REGULATION.
WE FEEL THAT THIS INFORMATION
IS NECESSARY TO FULLY EVALUATE
AND UNDERSTAND COMPARISON OF
THE ALTERNATIVES.
THE OTHER PLACE AND OTHER
SEGMENT.
WITH THIS IT WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
SUPPORT A FULL UNDERSTANDING IN
COMPARISON TO THE ALTERNATIVES
IS THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
FOR THIS IS THE FIFTH AVENUE IN
THE ALTERNATIVES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AVOIDANCE
OR MITIGATION FOR
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT.
ASSOCIATE WITH THE ROAD CLOSURE
. AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE
FOURTH AVENUE BRIDGE STRUCTURE.
FOR 2A, THIS IS THE FIFTH
AVENUE SHALLOW AND DEEP
ALTERNATIVES FOR WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE AVOIDANCE, MITIGATION
FOR THE BUSINESS IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.
AND FOR ALL OF THE
ALTERNATIVES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A
COMMITTEE PROCESS AND ANALYSIS
NEEDED ON HOW TO AVOID AND
MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS, OVERALL.
HOW TO FULLY ADVANCE THE
OUTCOME AND ADDRESS THE
HISTORIC HARM.
MOVING FROM THOSE THREE
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT WE
WERE APPROACHING.
AND FROM DEIS TO STRATEGIC WITH
THE CITY'S VALUES . THE FIRST
IS THE DOES THE DEIS ADEQUATELY
ANALYZE COMMUNITIES.
OR USING THE RACIAL OUTCOME.
AND OUR SUMMARIES THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE ADDITIONAL
ANALYSIS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES.
WE FIND THE EVALUATION IS
INEFFICIENT OR INADEQUATE.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.
THERE IS A LOT OF ANALYSIS IN
THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE
METHODOLOGY.
AND MORE ANALYSIS OF THE
DISPLACEMENT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
PERFECTLY IN DELL RIDGE. WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ADDITIONAL
ANALYSIS TO SMALL BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT.
THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT.
AND ALSO IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
NOT JUST LOCALLY BUT ALSO A
FULLY FLESH THAT OUT.
AND OF COURSE ULTIMATELY.
THE MEDICATION.
WE WANT TO SEE AN UPDATE TO
WRECK RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT.
A DRAFT WAS ISSUED WITH DEIS.
THIS WILL BE UPDATED LATER
THIS YEAR FOR WE WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WITH SOUTH TRANSPARENT IN
COORDINATION WITH THE CITY.
TO MITIGATE WITH COMMUNITIES
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND PARTNER WITH SOUTH
TRANSPORT.
AND ALSO THIS DEIS INFORMATION
FEEDS INTO A CITY POSITION AND
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE
ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL INFORM
THE ACTIONS. AND WE FIND THAT
FOR MANY OF THE SEGMENTS, THE
DEIS PROVIDES NECESSARY
INFORMATION.
FOR A LOCAL ALTERNATIVE.
BUT WE ALSO SEE ADDITIONAL
ANALYSIS AND PROCESSESIN SOUTH
INTERBAY, AS WE MENTIONED,
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF
COMPLIANCE.
IMPACTING MITIGATION.
IN DELL RIDGE, WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE A BIT MORE TRUTH CHECKING
WITH COMMUNITIES.
ON HOW BEST TO ADVANCE. AND
DOWNTOWN, AS MENTIONED, THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
WE WANT TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE
IMPACT TO PROTECTING USES AND
CULTURAL ASSETS.
AND IT DENNY THE WE ARE SEEKING
SOME MIX AND MATCH REFINEMENTS
BETWEEN THE ALTERNATIVES.
OR ADDITIONAL MEDICATIONS.
TO AVOID SOME OF THE IMPACTS
ASSOCIATED WITH DENNY WEST
LAKE.
OR TO FIND A WAY TO ENSURE THE
OPTIMAL TRANSIT AT SOUTH LAKE
AND HARRISON.
CID WE SEEK ADDITIONAL
ANALYSIS AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER ON THE IMPACT AND
MITIGATION.
BUT ALSO AN ADDITIONAL
SUGGESTION THAT THIS WOULD BE A
THREE-STEP PROCESS.
AS A GRAPH.
IS A CONCEPT.
ONE WILL PROVIDE A TIME FOR THE
BY REMOVING THE PRESSURE TO
IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATIVE. AND
ALSO TO EXPLORE MITIGATION MORE
FULLY WITH AN ALTERNATIVE THAT
IS ON THE TABLE ARE GOING TO
PRESS FOR STRONGER REFINEMENTS
TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS TO
THE COMMITTEE.
AND ALSO A LONGER-TERM
PARTNERSHIP . TO TACKLE THOSE
IMPACTS.
AND ADDRESSING HARM TO
CONVERSATIONS.
IN CLOSING, WHAT DO THESE MEAN?
THESE COMMENTS ON THE SURFACE
ARE CRITICAL OF THE DEIS
ANALYSIS.
IT IS NORMAL . THE CITY REMAINS
A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE
PROJECT.
WE INTEND TO SUPPORT THE
PERMITTING AND THE
CONSTRUCTION.
FOR FROM THE DEIS, THE CITY IS
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
TO ENSURE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH
CODES AND AVOIDS MANY GUISES
THOSE IMPACTS.
FOUR THE BOLD DEVELOPMENT OF
MITIGATION PLANS.
WE APPRECIATE OUR ONGOING
PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
TOGETHER ON THE MITIGATIONS.
AS WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR
COMMENTS. STAFF IS ALSO WORKING
ON AN ALTERNATIVE. DURING THIS
TIME WE WILL CONTINUE WORK WITH
IMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS TO
INFORM THAT POSITION.
AND CONTINUE AS THE STAFF
ANALYSIS WITH REFINEMENTS,
ADDITIONS AND PROVIDES
RESOLUTIONS WITH AMENDMENTS.
AND ULTIMATELY, WE WILL ENGAGE
IN JUNE.
INFORMING THAT POSITION ON A
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, THE CITY
STAFF TEAM ARE USING A SET OF
CORE VALUES.
TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES THAT
WOULD MORE GREATLY FURTHER
THESE VALUES FOR THE CITY.
FIRST.
RACIAL EQUITY.
EQUITABLE BUT BENEFITS.
AVOIDING IMPACT.
AND SAFETY EXPERIENCE.
LOOKING TO LOCATE AND DESIGN
STATIONS FOR SAFE ACCESS.
PRACTICALLY ACROSS ARTERIES
"SAVE CIRCULATION AND
MINIMIZING RISK.
AND THIRD COMMITTEES.
LOOKING TO MINIMIZE BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT, RESIDENTIAL
DISPLACEMENT.
AND ALSO MAXIMIZING
OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER
EQUITABLE TRANSPLANT
DEVELOPMENT.
AND OTHER PRIORITIES WITHIN THE
COMMITTEE.
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
MINIMIZING IMPACTS IN
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE
AREAS.
AND ALSO STEWARDSHIP.
LOOKING TO FACILITATE
STEWARDSHIP BY GETTING THE
HIGHEST BENEFIT TO HELP KEEP
THE PROJECT ON TIME, AND ON
BUDGET.
CLOSING OUT THE PRESENTATION.
AND INTO SOUND TRANSIT, WE WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOUND
TRANSIT IS DISCUSSING POTENTIAL
REFINEMENTS TO THE DEIS
ALTERNATIVES.
IT REDUCE COST , RISK OR
ACHIEVE BENEFITS TO THE OTHER
AREAS WILL GO LET ME ALSO
EMPHASIZE FOR THE CITY'S
COMMENTS ARE IN THE DEIS.
BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE VALUE
IN STUDYING REFINEMENTS.
ON THE WAY TO CONTROL COSTS,
MOVING FORWARD.
THE CITY DOES KISS DISCOURAGES
COPRODUCTION FOR GROWTH THAT
DOES NOT RING ANY BENEFIT TO
THE SYSTEM.
OR THE RIDERSHIP.
ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS
PROMISED TO THE VOTERS IN 2016.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BE A BROADER
DISCUSSION WITH THESE
REFINEMENTS AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SOUTH
TRANSCEND AS THEY ADVANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
SUCH AN AMBITIOUS AND IMPORTANT
MEGAPROJECT.
I FEEL WERE WE ARE IN SMART AND
CAPABLE HANDS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS COMING
UP.
THESE ARE FROM COLLEAGUES.
AND ALSO FROM SOUND TRANSIT
STAFF. AND THE 15 CITY
DEPARTMENTS I WANT TO THANK YOU
THAT BEEN WORKING COUNTLESS
HOURS.
TO PROVIDE THIS DRAFT. AND TO
TRACK THIS WITH THEIR
DEPARTMENTS AND THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL
RESPOND TO THIS INPUT FROM YOU
FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO FLESH
OUT THE PROPOSED MITIGATION.
AND LONG-TERM CONSTRUCTION
IMPACT.
THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE,
THE BETTER THE CITY CAN PROVIDE
INPUT.
ON ALTERNATIVES.
AND STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING
PROCESS.
WE CAN ECONOMIZE TIME, MONEY
AND GET THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT
DONE, SUCCESSFULLY. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PERT.
WE . FROM CALLERS . WE DID HEAR
FROM CALLERS FROM CID.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE TIMELINE . WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE MARSHALL AND SARAH BACK IN
A COMMITTEE ON MAY 17. AS I
UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT IT
COULD BE USEFUL FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL.
TO PUT TOGETHER AND COBBLE
TOGETHER A RESOLUTION ON ANY
SORT OF CONSENSUS ITEMS.
THAT WE, AS A COUNSEL HAVE AT
SOME POINT.
THAT IS GOING TO BE TALKED
ABOUT MAY 17th, AS WELL.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
OUR TEAM HERE?
TAMMY J. MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
SARAH, MARSHALL, KELLAN, I WANT
TO THANK YOU.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
TIME THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE
TIME TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT
SPECIFICALLY.
SLIDE NUMBER 23.
THE NEED FOR MORE TIME TO GO FOR
PEOPLE IN THE CID TO UNDERSTAND
. WHAT SOUND TRANSIT WOULD BE
COMPELLING. FOR THE NUMBER
FOUR, THE NUMBER FIVE.
AS YOU MENTIONED.
THERE ARE HUGE TRADE-OFFS FOR
EITHER ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
TREMENDOUS IMPACT AROUND ROAD
CLOSURE, REROUTING, ACCESS,
DISPLACEMENT OF BUSINESSES,
EITHER OPTION HAS SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO
COMMIT TO.
AS MITIGATION FOR EITHER OF
THOSE OPTIONS.
I THINK THAT COMMITTEE HAD MORE
TIME AND WOULD NEED MORE TIME
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN FRONT
OF THEM.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
PROTECTING PEOPLE AND
BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU TO YOUR ALL FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND THE WILLINGNESS TO BE
COMPLIANT.
AND FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IT
BETTER FOR ME AND MY STAFF.>>
THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE MORE COMMENTS.
AND LEWIS, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING OUR COMMITTEE TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS .
>> THANK YOU. IN THANK YOU FOR
THE INVITATION.
ALEX PEDERSEN, THE IMPLICATIONS
BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH
THE MAPS FOR THE DISTRICT.
I DO NOT KNOW IF MY COMMENTS
FOR THIS OR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
. I GUESS I JUST A CLARIFYING
QUESTION.
THE IMPLICATION OF SUBMITTING
THE QUESTIONS FOR TO SOUND
TRANSIT FOR THE PANEL.
DOES OF SUBMITTING QUESTIONS
BEFORE THE APRIL 28th DEADLINE
LOCKED THE CITY IN?
TO PROVIDE THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR THE ALIGNMENT?
IF WE ARE NOT EMPHATIC ABOUT
SOME OF OUR ISSUES. I
UNDERSTAND ASKING QUESTIONS.
ABOUT HOW THE ALIGNMENT WILL
IMPACT CERTAIN AREAS.
BUT THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS. I
WOULD WANT THE COUNCIL TO BE
MORE EMPHATIC BEFORE THE
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS. BEFORE
CLEARLY STATING WHAT WE DO OR
DO NOT WANT.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD
BE.
IF WE PHRASE IT IN QUESTIONS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE
BOUNDARIES ON THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVES?
BUT NOT EXPLICITLY IMPACTING
THE ALIGNMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO ANSWER THAT.
AS A THRESHOLD QUESTION IN
TERMS OF THAT RESOLUTION.
I WOULD LIKE THAT DOCUMENT TO
BE VERY UNAMBIGUOUS.
>> THANK YOU, LEWIS.
WHAT AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I HAD THE SAME QUESTION.
WE HAVE THE FORMAL, OFFICIAL
EIS COMMENT PERIOD.
BUT WE ARE ALSO WAITING TO HEAR
WERE THE COMMENTS ARE.
AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS WHAT OUR
CONSENSUS IS.
I NOTE THAT WE HAVE CALVIN AND
MARSHALL ALREADY TO ANSWER.
WHOEVER WANTS TO JUMP IN
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER, LUIS.
IT IS EFFECTIVE TO THINK ABOUT
THIS IS A TWO DRAFT.
THIS FIRST IS A FORMAL,
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.
OUR EXPERTS ARE HIGHLIGHTING
VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES WITH THE
ANALYSIS.
IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH THE
CITY'S FORMAL POLICY POSITION.
OUR INTENTION IS TO PUT FORTH
RESOLUTIONS TO GATHER
INFORMATION.
AND TRY TO FIND THE COMMON
POLICY POSITION FOR THE CITY
FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND HAVE A JOINT COUNCIL MAYOR
RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THAT
POSITION.
AS RECOMMENDATION TO THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE
PRESIDENT AND THE MAYOR AS THEY
REPRESENT THE CITY'S INTEREST.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESOLUTION
TO BE SPECIFIC.
AS THE BODY CAN GET. BUT THE
POLICY DECISION SHOULD BE LEFT
TO THAT RESOLUTION.
AND SEVER TO THE MORE TECHNICAL
COMMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
COMING FROM THE DRAFT COMMENTS.
SOUND TRANSIT WILL HAVE TO
RESPOND TO ALL THE COMMENTS AS
THEY GET.
THIS WILL BE PART OF THE
LOGGING THAT COME THROUGH THE
DEIS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO NOTE HOW
THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THESE
QUESTIONS AND TRACK AT.
I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW
THAT WILL BE TRACKED.
THANK YOU.>> MARSHALL?
HIM JUST BRIEFLY.
I COMPLETELY RE-WITH CALVIN. IT
IS REALLY A TWO STEP PROCESS
FOR LET ME EMPHASIZE.
THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT
COMPLETENESS AND ADEQUACY OF
THE DEIS DOCUMENT.
ANONYMOUSLY MITIGATION AS PART
OF THAT.
FROM THE EXECUTIVE SIDE?
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE
SPECIFIC WITH THAT SECOND STEP.
IT IS THE MAYO COUNCIL
RESOLUTION CALL OUT.
SPECIFIC PREFERENCES.
FOR THE MAYOR COUNCIL.-
OFFICIALLY ANSWERS MY
QUESTIONS.
AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.>>
THANK YOU, LUIS.
AND ANNA WE'LL HAVE MORE
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
THEM JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BROKE
ON THE COMMENTS SIDE.
LET ME THINK SDOT FOR A COUPLE
OF STATEMENTS. IN THIS
PRESENTATION. FIRST I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE NOTE.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
NEEDED BY PROPER PLACEMENT.
AND EVEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
DELL RIDGE.
WE KNOW THAT SMALL BUSINESSES
HAVE STRUGGLED DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE H-LINE. AND
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW WE CAN DO MORE TO SUPPORT
SMALL BUSINESSES DURING
CONSTRUCTION. ALSO, I WANTED TO
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SLIDE
26.
THE CITY STATED ITS POSITION ON
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES.
YOU HAVE LIFTED UP HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO EMPHASIZE
TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS.
WRITERS FROM LOWER INCOME AND
OTHER COMMITTEES WILL ACCESS BY
CITY BUS.
AND ALSO I APPRECIATE THAT THE
CITY IS SAYING LOUD AND
CLEARLY.
WE DISCOURAGE SMOKE REDUCTION.
IT IS NOT BRING A BENEFIT TO
MEMBERSHIP OR RIDERS.
AND THAT WAS NOT PROMISED TO
VOTERS IN NUMBER THREE IN 2016.
THIS POSITION IS SHARED BY A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
COMMENT WITH WEST SEATTLE.
AND A POTENTIAL SMOKE REDUCTION
MUST BRING A COMPARABLE BENEFIT
TO THE THE.
AND MY TWO QUESTIONS.
ON SLIDE NUMBER 17.
YOU REFERENCED THE CID STATION
AND SODO.
THE FOURTH AVENUE IMPACT
SOUTHBRIDGE.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND I AM ALSO INTERESTED TO
HEAR FROM YOU.
HOW THE CITY IS GAUGING
RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT.
GIVEN THE PROCESS ALTERNATIVES
HAVE VARYING IMPACTS AS IT
RELATES TO BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> LET ME JUST JUMP IN.
AND TO SARAH, PLEASE FOLLOW.
COUNCILMEMBER TO SPEAK TO THE
FOURTH AVENUE QUESTION.
WHEN WE ARE REFERENCING THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE BRIDGE
STRUCTURE.
IS THE FOURTH AVENUE BRIDGE
SHALLOW OPTION.
THE STATION CONSTRUCTION
REQUIRES THE FOURTH AVENUE
VIADUCT STRUCTURE. IT IS
BASICALLY A BRIDGE STRUCTUR
FOR THAT THE FOURTH AVENUE IS
ON.
AS THE SEGMENT PASSES UNION
STATION TO JACKSON.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT I THINK
SARAH WAS DESCRIBING.
WE NEED A MORE IN DEPTH
ASSESSMENT ON HOW TO ADVANCE
THE FOURTH AVENUE SHALLOW.
AND OTHERS, AS WELL.
A DEEPER DIVE INTO REALLY
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THAT
IMPACT.
WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
TO ADDRESS THAT BRIDGE
STRUCTURE AS FAR AS ADVANCING
THAT ALTERNATIVE.
SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO
DELL RIDGE?
>> YES.
AND I WOULD SAY MORE BROADLY.
THE QUESTION OF HOW IS THE CITY
STAFF TEAM LOOKING AT
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT.
AND ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
ONE SINGLE THRESHOLD THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO STAY BENEATH.
WHETHER WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE A
STATION BY STATION IS OUR
COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY LOCK.
WE WILL COMPARE THIS WITHIN THE
ALTERNATIVES.
WITH THE CID EXAMPLE.
THE ALTERNATIVES FOR BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT.
IT WOULD VARY FROM FIVE TO 19.
19 BUSINESSES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANOTHER
STATION AT ANOTHER AREA, THERE
COULD BE HUNDREDS.
BUT WHAT DO THESE PARTICULAR
DISPLACEMENTS MEAN IN THIS
COMMUNITY?
A DOZEN DISPLACEMENTS IN THE
HEART OF CID DISTRICT IS GOING
TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL.
SO TRYING TO TAKE THAT MORE
NUANCED TO LOOK FOR IN DELL
RIDGE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE INFLUENCING HOW
THE CITY STAFF IS APPROACHING
DELL RIDGE.
THERE IS IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES
OR RENT IDENTIFIED FOR THE DELL
RIDGE COMMUNITY PARK ON THOSE
WHO YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE EQUITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND REALLY CREATING THAT
SEAMLESS AND FAST AS POSSIBLE
TRANSIT INTEGRATION.
COUNCILMEMBER IS MENTIONED FOR
THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT
ARE COMING FROM THE FURTHER
SOUTH.
THOSE OUTCOMES ARE OUR LEADING
DIFFERENTIATORS.
WE ARE TRYING TO USE WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT DELL RIDGE FOR WE
ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE
DISPLACEMENT ASSOCIATED.
PARTICULAR WITH THE DELL RIDGE
ALTERNATIVES.
THOSE ARE THE ALTERNATIVE
OPTIONS THAT ARE FURTHER SOUTH
IN DELL RIDGE.
THAT BRINGS A LOT MORE IMPACT
TO THE BUSINESSES ALONG DELL
RIDGE WAY.
AS WELL AS THE CASE IN DAKOTA.
WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT.
EVEN JUST A COUPLE OF CITY
BLOCKS FOR BUT WE ARE
ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE AND SHOWING
THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT
DISPLACEMENT. IDENTIAL
I HOPE THAT FULLY UNDERSTAND
YOUR QUESTION OR ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION.
IT IS NOT COMPLETELY CUT AND
DRY.
THE TYPES OF DISPLACEMENT VARY
FROM ONE STATION TO THE OTHER.
BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A TAILORED
APPROACH WITH EACH COMMUNITY.>>
THANK YOU, SARAH.
IT IS NOT AN EASY QUESTION TO
APPROACH.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> CALVIN?
MM LET ME ADD TO SERAS ANSWER.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THE COMMENTS ON
DISPLACEMENT RIGHT NOW.
IS IN THE DEIS ABOUT TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION
IS CONCEPTUALIZED.
AND DEVELOPED ENOUGH SO READERS
AND THE DECISION-MAKERS HAVE A
FULL PICTURE IN FRONT OF THEM.
THAT WILL BE IN OUR RESOLUTION.
ULTIMATELY, THEY CAN TAKE
ACTION.
AND ALSO FOR THE DIRECT
DECISION.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE UP TO
THE POLICYMAKERS TO ULTIMATELY
DO THAT.
AND I THINK THE JOB RIGHT NOW
IS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
BEST AFFIRMATION AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
MARSHALL, SARAH, CALVIN I
APPRECIATE THIS THOROUGH,
THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE DEIS.
AND THE BIGGEST CONTEXT OF
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
AND THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE .
TO SYNTHESIZE OUR CONSENSUS.
AND BE VERY SPECIFIC WE WILL BE
BACK ON THE 17th.
AND COLLEAGUES, PLEASE DIRECT
CONNECT WITH MARSHALL AND
SARAH.
AND ALSO WE HAVE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE, AS OUR
PRESIDENT.
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
INTO THE NEXT ITEM.
WE HAVE SOUND TRANSIT STAFF
HERE FOR MARSHALL AND SARAH ARE
LOOKING TO STICK AROUND.
AND CAN WE READ THE SHORT TITLE
OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> NUMBER 4 SOUND TRANSIT WEST
SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSIONS: COST SAVINGS AND
REFINEMENT CONCEPTS THIS IS
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION .
>> THANK YOU.
AND LET ME WELCOME BACK SOUND
TRANSIT.
WE RECEIVED AN EXTENSIVE
PRESENTATION. THAT WAS AT OUR
MEETING AND WE ALSO FROM SOUND
TRANSIT LAST JUNE.
THEY DO HAVE A POWERPOINT.
IT LOOKS VERY LONG.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT IT IS
MORE OF A REFERENCE DOCUMENT.
AND SOUND TRANSIT WILL JUST BE
TOUCHING ON THE MOST RELEVANT
AND IMPORTANT SLIDES.
THEY CAN REFER BACK TO WHATEVER
SLIDES THEY WOULD LIKE TO REFER
TO.
AND SO WE CAN ENABLE THEM TO
PRISON FOR - FISH IN OUR
PRESENTATIONS, LET US HOLD OUR
QUESTIONS TO THE END.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WANT TO GIVE
EVERYBODY PLENTY OF TIME TO
CONVEY THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND ASKED QUESTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT SOME PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
FROM SOUND TRANSIT STAFF.
ON COST SAVINGS IDEAS.
AND I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE
MINDFUL OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
FROM OUR DESIGNATED
REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SDOT AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
NOT JUST TRIMMING THE SCOPE
PREMATURELY ON THIS PROJECT.
SO WE CAN SEE WHAT VOTERS WERE
EXPECTING.
NEVERTHELESS, IT IS VERY USEFUL
WHEN WE START TAKING ABOUT
THIS.
LET US JUMP INTO THIS
PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DISPLAY
THAT.
AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN .
>> THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, THANK YOU ALEX
PEDERSEN.
AND I AM JOINED. IF THIS
SLIDESHOW WERE TO APPEAR ON THE
SCREEN?
I COULD PROCEED.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT LET ME JUST SAY AND A
REPEAT OF WHAT YOU JUST SIT UP
OR GO THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION HERE.
MUCH OF THIS YOU HAVE SEENSO
LET ME JUST SLIDE OVER THESE
BRIEFLY . TO PROVIDE SOME
CONTEXT.
AND I WILL SPEND MOST OF MY
TIME DESCRIBING THE COST
SAVINGS AND THE REFINEMENT
IDEAS THAT WE HAVE.
SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUPS AND OTHER FORMS
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
I COULD PROBABLY DO IT FROM
HERE.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
SHOW THEM FOR US .
>> I COULD DO THAT ALSO.
[LAUGHTER]
.
>> I AM SORRY, I GUESS I
MISUNDERSTOOD.
AS I MENTIONED.
LET ME GO WITH THE FIRSTTHIS IS
A BIG PROJECT OVER TO TO THE
THIRD CONCEPT WHICH IS COST
SAVINGS.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR
FOUR, FIVE YEARS.
WE WENT THROUGH A ALTERNATIVE
PROCESS AND AWARE IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PHASE.
AND ALSO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT SHOWS
THE SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE
ALTERNATIVES.
THEY WERE STUDIED IN THE DEIS.
THIS IDENTIFIED OTHER
ALTERNATIVES.
AND ALSO LOOK THROUGH A NUMBER
OF OTHER ALTERNATIVES PROGROWTH
THEY WERE ALL STUDIED DEEPLY
IN THE DEIS.
AND ESSENTIALLY THE ACTION
BEFORE THE BOARD IS TO CONFIRM
OR MODIFY THE ACTIONS THAT WE
TOOK IN 2019.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER FOR THE
LAST FEW MONTHS.
THE SHADED AREA IS A PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THIS BEGAN ON JANUARY TO LATE
APRIL.
RIGHT AT THE TOP WE HAD OUR
PUBLIC MEETING.
FOR DEIS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH MINDY ADVISORY GROUPS AND
MEETING WITH THEM SINCE
NOVEMBER ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR MINIS
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR
ALLUDING TO BOARD ACTION TO
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE
MONTH OF JUNEAS NOTED, THIS IS
THE FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS
THIS MONTH.
BEYOND THE DEIS AND THE COST
SAVINGS AND REFINEMENT IDEAS .
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR
ENGAGEMENT SINCE JANUARY UNTIL
APRIL.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF
DATE.
BUT THIS WILL DOES GIVE YOU IN
THE SENSE OF THE ENGAGEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON THROUGH
THIS COMMENT..
AS THIS RELATES ABOUT 820
COMMENTS.
WE HAD OUR FIVE DRAFT MEETINGS
PER COMPLETED 10,000 BUSINESSES
ATTEND OUR ONLINE FORUMS.
WITH 38 WEBINARS PER CODE 10
ADVISORY GROUP MEETINGS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, A
LOT OF STATISTICS ON THE SOCIAL
MEDIA.
QUICKLY JUST TO RECAP IN
FEBRUARY.
38 WEBINARS.
WE WANTED TOFROM WEST BAY
TO MARKET STREET AND BALLARD
STREET.
THAT WOULD BE 38 MINUTES.
THIS WOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
THE ULTIMATE SITUATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE
TOPICS.
THIS WOULD ALSO HELP WITH THE
TRANSITION.
YOU HAVE STATION OPTIONS, AND
THE PROSPECT STREET AREA WHERE
YOU SEE THAT, OR NORTH AT GATOR
STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE
VARIOUS ALIGNMENT
CONFIGURATIONS ON EIGHTH
AVENUE, THE TRACKS, 15th
AVENUE, OR TRANSITIONING TO
15th TO THE TRACKS AREA ALONG
ARMORY WAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
DOWNTOWN, IN PINK, THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ON FIFTH
AND HARRISON, AND THE OTHER
ALTERNATIVE IS SIX AND MERCER.
YOU SEE STATION LOCATIONS AS
WELL.
ALL OF THESE ARE TUNNELED
STATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
CHINATOWN I.D.
COME ALTERNATIVES ON FOURTH AND
THE VICINITY OF FIFTH, FOURTH
ALTERNATIVE AND SHALLOW, FIFTH
DEEP AND FIFTH SHALLOW, AND A
FIFTH SHALLOW DIAGONAL STATION
CONFIGURATION THAT WOULD HAVE
THE SAME INTEREST LOCATION ON
FIFTH BUT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATION FOR GETTING TO
THE STATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE ON THE LEFT, AND
ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATION
ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING
STATION AND A STAGGERED
CONFIGURATION SIMILAR TO THE
NORTH.
THE SOUTH STATION OFTEN WHERE
THE NEW AND EXISTING STATION
WOULD PUSH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
SOUTH TOWARDS LANDER AND A
MIXED PROFILE ALTERNATIVE WHERE
THE NEW STATION AND GUIDEWAY
WOULD BE ELEVATED RATHER THAN
AT GREATER.
WITH THESE ALTERNATIVES, THEY
ASSUME, THE FIRST THREE CASES,
OVERPASSES OUTLANDER.
IN THE MIXED PROFILE, ONLY ONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN DUWAMISH, THREE
ALTERNATIVES, PREFERRED IS THE
SOUTH CROSSING , IMMEDIATELY'S
-- BELOW THAT, A SOUTH EDGE
CROSSING ALIGNMENT OPTION,
SIMILAR, THE PROCESS, HARBOUR
ISLAND FARTHER SOUTH.
IN A NORTH CROSSING ALTERNATIVE
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
EXISTING BRIDGE.
NEXT SLIDE FINALLY, WEST
SEATTLE AND DELRIDGE.
IN THE JUNCTION , ELEVATED
ALTERNATIVES IN PINK, WE ALSO
HAVE COME IN BROWN, TUNNEL 41st
AND 42nd OPTIONS.
IN BLUE, A SHORT TUNNEL 41st
OPTION AND A MEDIUM TUNNEL 41st
OPTION.
TO THE RIGHT OF THIS, IN
DELRIDGE , WE HAVE THREE
STATION LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY,
AND OVER, THE DAKOTA, AND ON
DELRIDGE WAY WITH THE
ALIGNMENT OPTIONS GOING ALONG
AND OVER OR ALONG DELRIDGE WAY
AND GENESEE.
NEXT SLIDE THAT WAS BACKGROUND,
INFORMATION YOU HAVE SEEN
BEFORE I WILL SWITCH GEARS AND
TALK ABOUT INFORMATION THAT IS
NOT IN THE DRAFT BUT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN
CHERRY PUBLICLY THROUGH THIS
COMMENT PERIOD.
THE CONTEXT IS IN RESPONSE TO
THIS REAL ESTATE AND
CONSTRUCTION COST.
AS YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE, THE
BOARD ADOPTED THE REALIGNMENT
PLAN IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR,
LOOKING AT THE FULL ST3 PROGRAM
AND THE FULL PROGRAM LOOKING AT
THE RISE IN COST ACROSS THE
BOARD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS PART OF THE REALIGNMENT
PLAN, THE BOARD IDENTIFIED
AFFORDABLE PROGRAM SCHEDULE AND
AFFORDABILITY GAPS TO TARGET
SCHEDULES FOR THE ENTIRE
PROGRAM.
IN THE CASE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
AND BALLARD PROJECT, AN
ESTIMATED LEVEL AFFORDABILITY
GAP OF $1.8 BILLION BASED ON
CURRENT FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
AND COST ESTIMATES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE
SMITH CO.
TO BALLARD AS A TARGET
DELIVERY OF 2037 BUT ONLY
AFFORDABILITY DELIVERY DATE OF
2039, IN ORDER TO MEET THE
TARGET DELIVERY DATE OF 2037,
WE WOULD NEED TO CLOSE THAT
AFFORDABILITY GAP OF $1.8
BILLION.
IF WE DO NOT CLOSE THAT
AFFORDABILITY GAP, WE WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO MEET THE TARGET DATE
AND WE WOULD BE ON THE
AFFORDABLE DELAYED DATE OF
2039.
AS PART OF THE REALIGNMENT PLAN
RESOLUTION, THE BOARD GAVE
DIRECTION TO INTENSE PURSUE
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CAPACITY
AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO
REDUCE COSTS TO TRY TO MEET THE
TARGET DELIVERY DATES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE WORK I WILL DESCRIBE NOW I
SHOULD NOTE IS AN INITIAL
ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY AND
POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS BASED ON
LIMITED ENGINEERING.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOT IN THE
DRAFT, IT IS INFORMATION THAT
HAS BEEN DEVELOPED MORE
RECENTLY IN RESPONSE TO BOARD
DIRECTION TO LOOK AT COST
SAVINGS.
ALL OF THESE IDEAS WOULD
REQUIRE FURTHER STUDY OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIMENTS AND
OTHER IMPLICATIONS IF THEY WERE
TO MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE IS TWO CATEGORY, FIRST
IDEA IS CONSULTING COST SAVINGS
POTENTIALLY ADDRESSING THE
AFFORDABILITY GAP AND A SECOND
CATEGORY OF THE REFINEMENTS
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS
OTHER RISKS OR OPPORTUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK, WE ARE
GOING TO THE BOARD AND SEEKING
DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO STUDY
ANY OF THESE IDEAS FURTHER.
WE ARE NOT SEEKING THE BOARD'S
DIRECTION TO ADOPT THESE IDEAS
NOW.
THESE IDEAS ARE NOT IN THE
DRAFT, THEY ARE BASED ON
LIMITED WORK AND WOULD NEED
FURTHER ASSESSMENT BEFORE BEING
ADOPTED AS PART OF THE PROJECT
AND ADDITIONAL PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
NEXT SLIDE.
FOCUSING ON THE FIRST CATEGORY,
NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE THE FIVE
IDEAS ACROSS THE CORE DOOR FOR
COST SAVINGS, NUMBER ONE IS TO
SHIFT THE STATION WHICH COULD
RESULT IN A SAVINGS OF $200
MILLION.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO ELIMINATE
THE AVALON STATION.
IF YOU DID THAT, AND SHIFTED
THE ELEVATED STATION, YOU COULD
ACHIEVE A COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT
$325 MILLION.
NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSOLIDATE
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION STATIONS
WHAT COULD RESULT IN 570 MAIN
FIVE DOLLARS COST-SAVING.
THE STATION ENTRANCE
REFINEMENTS IN DOWNTOWN WHICH
COULD ACHIEVE A COST SAVINGS OF
206 $5 MILLION.
I WILL EXPLAIN THESE AND
DETAILS AND SUBSEQUENT SLIDES
NUMBER FIVE IS TO SHIP THE
SLIGHTLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN
A SAVINGS OF 100 $20 MILLION.
STARTING IN THE JUNCTION WITH
THE FIRST IDEA OF SHIFTING THE
ELEVATED STATION.
THE LIGHT IN RED SHOWS WHAT IS
IN THE DRAFT, THE LIGHT IN
GREEN SHOWS THE POTENTIAL
REFINEMENTS WHICH WOULD SHIFT
THAT STATION AND THE ALIGNMENT
ASSOCIATED WITH IT A LITTLE BIT
TO THE EAST, BY DOING SO IT
WOULD AVOID A MULTI FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT WITH 300 FEWER
DISPLACEMENTS AND COULD RESULT
IN A COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT $200
MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE SECOND IDEA IS ELIMINATING
THE AVALON STATION.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINE
SHOWING WHAT IS IN THE DRAFT.
THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE AVALON
STATION AND ALLOW OUR LOWER
HEIGHT GUIDEWAY AND DELRIDGE
STATION AND AVOIDS, IF YOU
COMBINE IT WITH THE PREVIOUS
IDEA IT WOULD AVOID THE MULTI
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE
JUNCTION AND HAVE A SIMILAR
OVERALL RIDERSHIP WHICH IS
SHOWN IN THE PURPLE BAR CHART.
IF YOU DID BOTH OF THE IDEAS
TOGETHER, YOU WOULD HAVE A COST
SAVINGS OF ABOUT $325 MILLION.
THIS SHOWS ELIMINATING THE
AVALON STATION WITH THE MEDIUM
TUNNEL 41st ALTERNATIVE, A
TUNNEL ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS
BEEN 30 IN THE DRAFT.
IF YOU ELIMINATED THE AVALON SO
SOON STATION YOU CAN REDUCE
PROPERTY EFFECTS ON
DISPLACEMENTS AND HAVE SIMILAR
OVERALL RIDERSHIP AND IT COULD
RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS OF
ABOUT $60 MILLION COMPARED TO
WHAT IS IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENTS, THE
THIRD IDEA IS TO CONSOLIDATE
THE DENNY AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
STATIONS.
IN RED, THE ALTERNATIVE,
INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT WHICH YOU
CAN SEE, THE YELLOW RECTANGLES
REPRESENT THE STATION LOCATIONS
AT DENNY AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT.
THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS THE
CONSOLIDATED STATION LOCATIONS
THAT WOULD BE IN THE VICINITY
OF DEXTER AND DENNY WITH LOWER
RIDERSHIP AND AVOID IMPACTS TO
THE STREETCAR AND COULD CONNECT
TO EITHER THE SEATTLE CENTER
STATION OPTIONS.
ON THE RIGHT, IT WOULD REDUCE
THE RIDERSHIP BY ABOUT 10,000.
IT WOULD RESULT IN A COST
SAVINGS OF ABOUT $575 MILLION.
THIS IS JUST A CLOSE-UP OF THAT
PARTICULAR STATION LOCATION.
THE GRAY RECTANGLE IN THE
MIDDLE SHOWS THE PLATFORM
LOCATION UNDERNEATH DEXTER
AVENUE AND ALSO SHOWS HOW IT
CAN PRESERVE NORTH, SOUTH,
EAST, WEST TRANSIT
OPPORTUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE FOURTH IDEA IS POTENTIAL
STATION ENTRANCE REFINEMENTS,
THERE ARE SEVERAL.
THE FIRST IS AT THE MIDTOWN
STATION AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD SHIFT THE
ENTRANCE FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY
INTO THE SIDEWALK.
RIGHT NOW, MANY OF OUR STATION
ENTRANCES ARE SOON TO BE ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY, PROPERTY IN
DOWNTOWN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
VERY EXPENSIVE AND IN SOME
CASES, IF IT IS A POSSIBLE TO
AVOID THAT, MOVE THE ENTRANCES
INTO THE EXISTING PUBLIC RIGHT-
OF-WAY AND WE COULD YIELD SOME
COST SAVINGS.
IN THIS LOCATION, FOURTH AND
MADISON, ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NORTH MIDTOWN STATION ENTRANCE,
IT COULD HAVE A COST SAVINGS OF
ABOUT $20 MILLION.
ANOTHER STATION ENTRANCE
REFINEMENTS IS IN THE WEST LAKE
STATION.
RIGHT NOW IN THE DRAFT WE HAVE
ASSUMED THREE STATION ENTRANCES
TO THE NEW STATIONS IN ADDITION
TO THE ENTRANCES TO THE
EXISTING STATION.
IF WE ELIMINATED TWO ENTRANCES
AND CONSOLIDATED THEM INTO A
LARGER SINGLE ENTRANCE, WITH A
SINGLE HEAD HOUSE WITH MULTIPLE
ENTRY POINTS, WE COULD
ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PROPERTY
ACQUISITION COSTS AND HAVE A
COST SAVINGS POTENTIALLY OF
$190 MILLION.
THE THIRD IDEA IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA IS IN THE DENNY STATION
AREA WHERE, IF WE CAN AVOID
SOME PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND
INSTEAD MOVE THE ENTRANCE INTO
THE STREET, WE COULD HAVE A
COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT $55
MILLION.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE
PERMANENT FORECLOSURE OF LENORE
STREET TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE LAST SEGMENT IS IN THE
BALLARD SECTION, THE IDEA IS TO
SHIFT THE TUNNEL 14th AVENUE
ALIGNMENT.
HERE YOU SEE, IN RED, THE
ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT THAT IS
LEADING THE DRAFT, THE TUNNEL
ALTERNATIVE ON 14th.
IF WE SHIFTED THAT OUT OF THE
ROADWAY WE COULD RESULT OF COST
SAVINGS OF $140 MILLION.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT IN
CLOSER DETAIL WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THE ALTERNATIVE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
IF WE SHIFTED THAT OUT OF THE
ROADWAY, AND ELIMINATED THE
STATION ENTRANCE ON THE WEST
SIDE OF 14th, THE TOTAL COST
SAVINGS WOULD BE ABOUT 100
MILLION DOLLARS.
THOSE ARE THE COST SAVINGS
IDEAS AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT
OTHER REFINEMENTS THAT COULD
ADDRESS OTHER RISKS.
THERE ARE SIX IDEAS, STARTING
ON THE LEFT.
FIRST, PROVIDING ACCESS NORTH
AND SOUTH OF ANDOVER STREET.
I WILL GO OVER IDEAS ABOUT HOW
TO IMPROVE ANDOVER STREET.
THIS IS ANOTHER ENTRANCE
REFINEMENT IN THE MIDTOWN
STATION AREA.
ITEM C IS SHIFTING THE SEATTLE
CENTER WEST.
ITEM D INVOLVES CONNECTING THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION AND HARRISON
ALTERNATIVE, THE PINK LINE, TO
THE SEATTLE CENTER AT MERCER
ALTERNATIVE, MIXING AND
MATCHING THE TWO ALIGNMENTS IN
THIS LOCATION.
AND SHIFTING THE TUNNEL PORTAL
IS ITEM E, FURTHER SOUTH TO
AVOID IMPACTS IN THAT AREA.
ITEM F IS CONSOLIDATING THE
SMITH COVE AND INTERBAY
STATIONS.
STARTING IN DELRIDGE , I WILL
GO OVER THESE, THIS PROVIDES
BETTER ACCESS ON THE NORTH --
THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANDOVER
STREET ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ANDOVER STREET PATIENT
LOCATION.
A COUPLE OF IDEAS FOR DOING
THIS, ONE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE A
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS
ANDOVER STREET SO PEOPLE DO NOT
HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET IN THE
LOCATION.
IF WE COULD HAVE A PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE AT THAT LOCATION, IT
WOULD IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF
GETTING TO THE STATION
PLATFORM.
NEXT SLIDE.
ANOTHER IDEA IS TO SHIFT THE
STATION ITSELF SLIGHTLY TO THE
SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO YELLOW
RECTANGLES AT THE TOP RIGHT OF
THE GRAPHIC.
THE NEW STATION LOCATION WOULD
OVERLAP THE EXISTING PROPOSED
STATION LOCATION.
BY DOING THAT, IT FACILITATES
ACCESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
ANDOVER STREET AND FACILITATES
A LOWER HEIGHT OF STATION AND
GUIDEWAY.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE CLOSURE OR
REROUTE OF 32nd AVENUE
SOUTHWEST AS NOTED ON THE
BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS GRAPHIC.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENTS, THE
ITEM BE IS A MIDTOWN STATION
REFINEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS TRYING TO REDUCE
PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
THIS IS AT THE MIDTOWN STATION,
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE AT THE
CORNER OF FIFTH AND COLUMBIA.
THAT IS A COMPLICATED PROPERTY
ACQUISITION AND A COMPLICATED
ENTRANCE TO BUILD AND IF WE CAN
SHIFT IT OUT OF THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY ONTO THE STREET RIGHT-
OF-WAY AND PUT THE ENTRANCE IN
THE SIDEWALK, IT COULD REDUCE
SOME RISK.
ITEM C IS SHIFTING THE STATION
TO THE WEST.
THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IN GREEN,
REPRESENTS THE SHIFTED STATION
LOCATION, BASICALLY MOVING THE
STATION A BLOCK OR TWO TO THE
WEST TO AVOID CONCERNS WITH THE
IMPACT AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE.
ITEM D IS CONNECTING THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION STATION, PINK SOUTH
LAKE UNION STATION WITH THE
BLUE MERCER STATION LOCATION.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IS
REPRESENTED IN GREEN IS A MIX-
AND-MATCH BETWEEN THE
ALIGNMENTS IN THE STATION
LOCATION TO ADDRESS SOME
CONCERNS AND IMPACTS IN THAT
AREA.
NEXT SLIDE.
SOUTH INTERBAY, AGAIN, THIS
IDEA INVOLVES LOOKING AT THE
TUNNEL PORTAL AND SHIFTING THAT
TUNNEL PORTAL FOR THOSE
PURPOSES, SOUTH.
THAT PORTAL LOCATION IS
CURRENTLY IN THE DRAFT AND WILL
BE ADJACENT TO THE STATION ON
PROSPECT STREET.
WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THAT PORTAL
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH.
THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS IT WOULD
HELP REDUCE SOME SLOPE
STABILITY CONCERNS THAT WE HAD
IN THAT AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WOULD
REQUIRE THE STATION LOCATIONHE
MOVED NORTH OF THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE
GREEN RECTANGLE, CURRENTLY THE
STATION OPTIONS ARE TO THE
SOUTH.
BY SHIFTING THAT TUNNEL PORTAL
SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT
WOULD LESSEN THE SLOPE -- STEEP
SLOPE OF FAX, BUT AS
REPRESENTED BY THE YELLOW
RECTANGLE, IT REQUIRES SHIFTING
THE STATION FURTHER NORTH.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE FINAL IDEA IS TO
CONSOLIDATE THE SMITH COVE AND
INTERBAY STATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE TEXT IS
FOR SMITH COVE, THE CURRENTLY
PROPOSED STATION, WHERE IT
WOULD BE, TO THE RIGHT IS THE
INTERBAY STATION LOCATION.
THIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT
CONSOLIDATING BOTH THOSE
LOCATIONS INTO A MIDPOINT
LOCATION REPRESENTED BY THE
GREEN LINE.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN
RECTANGLE, WHICH WOULD BE NORTH
OF THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE,
ADJACENT TO THE SEATTLE ARMORY
PROPERTY.
THE ALIGNMENT WOULD BE
ESSENTIALLY IN TUNNEL UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE GREEN STATION
LOCATION WHICH WOULD BE A
RETAINED CUT STATION AND WOULD
CONTINUE AND TUNNEL TO BALLARD
WHICH COULD CONNECT TO THE
14th OR 15th TUNNEL LOCATIONS
IN BALLARD.
THIS SHOWS MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
THE BLUE IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE
BENEFITS OR OPPORTUNITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
ALTERNATIVE.
IT WOULD AVOID IMPACTS TO THE
PARKS AND GREEN BELTS ALONG
THAT SECTION OF ELLIOTT AVENUE
BETWEEN HILLSIDE AND AVOID
STEEP SLOPE CONCERNS IN THAT
AREA.
IT WOULD AVOID TRAFFIC EFFECTS
ON ELLIOTT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE
IN TUNNEL UNTIL WE GET NORTH OF
THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE.
THERE WOULD BE A MINOR
REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL
RIDERSHIP AND THAT IS
REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN BAR
CHART ON THE RIGHT WHICH
REDUCES OVERALL RIDERSHIP BY
ABOUT 2000.
IT DOES AVOID A FORMER
LANDFILL, THE GOLF CENTER IS ON
THE LANDFILL, IT WOULD AVOID
IMPACTING THAT AREA.
IT ALSO AVOIDS RAILROAD AND
INTERBAY PROPERTIES IN THE
VICINITY OF THE INTERBAY
STATION.
THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE
COMPLICATED TO ACQUIRE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A
CLOSER LOOK AT THIS
CONSOLIDATED PATIENT IDEA.
AS NOTED, IT IDENTIFIES
POTENTIAL AND EXISTING
CONNECTIONS TO EXPEDIA,
REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN DOTTED
LINES IN THIS AREA AND SHOWS
THE POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS TO
THE GREENBRIER TRAILS.
IT WOULD DIRECTLY SERVE THE
ARMORY SITE AND AREAS THAT HAVE
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
IT WOULD HAVE POTENTIAL
CONNECTIONS TO THE TRAIL
NETWORK AND INTERBAY.
IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH
SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE BRIDGE STUDIES AND IT
CONNECTS TO EITHER OF THE
BALLARD TUNNEL LOCATION
STATIONS ON 14th OR 15th.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
JUST A REMINDER OF THE PROCESS
OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS WE
WILL BE GOING TO THE SOUND
TRANSIT SYSTEM COMMITTEE
EXTENSION, THE DATE IN APRIL IS
NOT CONFIRMED.
WE HOPE TO GO TO THE SYSTEM
EXPANSION COMMITTEE IN MAY AND
IN JUNE TO REQUEST THE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM A
MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE AND TO THE
FULL BOARD LATER IN JUNE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU GET A RECORD FOR
GOING THROUGH A 73 SLIDE
POWERPOINT VERY EFFICIENTLY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR
PRESENTING THESE CONCEPTS TO
US, RELATIVELY EARLY, THOUGH
THEY ARE NEW TO A LOT OF US.
I THINK I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
A LOT HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
I THINK WE WILL SEE THE
BENEFITS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT SYSTEM OF
REPRESENTATION BECAUSE NOBODY
KNOWS THEIR DISTRICT BETTER
THAN THE COUNCILMEMBER.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF VERY
NUANCED AND THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS
THAT IMPACT DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE CITY.
I NOTE YOU MAY HAVE TO GET BACK
O US WITH ANSWERS TO SO
THESE.
THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE
HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE
COUNCIL AND THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL AND WE WILL GET TO
STARTING ON MAY 17th.
FOR NOW, LET'S ASK SOME
QUESTIONS AND HAVE COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING NOW?
WE WILL START WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER LOUIS JOINING US.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU . A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS AND A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS.
I WILL START WITH COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ABOUT
THE AVALON STATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT SOME
EMPHASIZE THE DEVELOPMENT ON
AND AROUND AVALON NEEDS -- IT
IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE
STATION, OTHERS ARE OKAY WITH
REMOVING IT.
I HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE OKAY
WITH REMOVING IT, SOME UNIFIED
BELIEF THAT WE SHOULD ONLY DO
SO IF IT PROVIDES SOME BENEFIT
TO THE WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY,
SUCH AS A LONGER TUNNEL.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT,
AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSING THE
LINE VIA DELRIDGE , THE HIGH
POINT COMMUNITY AND OTHERS
WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO ACCESS
THE LINE VIA 35th AND THE
AVALON STATION.
IF THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION TO
REMOVE THE AVALON STATION, WE
WOULD NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR PLAN
FOR PROVIDING ACCESS FROM HIGH
POINT AND THE ADJACENT
COMMUNITIES.
AND, JUST AN OLD POINT THAT I
HAVE MADE BEFORE IN A LETTER I
SUBMITTED.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT AN
ELEVATED ALIGNMENT THROUGH THE
HEART OF THE WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION URBAN VILLAGE AND
THROUGH A BUILT NEIGHBORHOOD IN
THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA OF NORTH
DELRIDGE WOULD BE, NOT ONLY
UNIQUE TO THIS LINE, BUT
UNPRECEDENTED FOR LIGHT RAIL IN
SEATTLE.
THAT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS GO, I
DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
GUIDEWAY HEIGHT FOR THE OPTION
IN DELL RIDGE WITH THE ELEVATED
FAUNTLEROY STATION AND LOWER
GUIDEWAY FOR THE DELRIDGE
STATION.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW,
AT THE HIGHEST POINT , HOW HIGH
THE GUIDEWAY WOULD BE?
ALSO, I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THE ASSUMPTIONS AROUND REMOVING
THE AVALON STATION.
THE PRESENTATION SAYS THAT IT
WILL BE THE SAME NUMBER OF
RIDERS WHETHER THERE IS AN
AVALON STATION OR NOT, BUT SAYS
THERE ARE 1200 RIDERS THAT
WOULD BE USING THE AVALON
STATION.
HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THE
NUMBER OF RIDERS?
THERE ARE A LOT OF MULTI FAMILY
BUILDINGS ON AVALON, HOW DO YOU
MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF
LIKELY RIDERSHIP?
WE HAVE COVERED THIS BEFORE BUT
IT WOULD HELP TO REFRESH MY
MEMORY, PARTICULARLY IN TAKING
ABOUT HOW YOU APPROACH THAT
QUESTION IN LIGHT OF A
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY THAT, EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS THE GOLF
COURSE, THIS IS A VERY BUILT-
UP, DENSE PART OF THE LINE AND
I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE
ASSUMPTIONS ARE, PERHAPS THERE
ARE ASSUMPTIONS THAT PEOPLE
WILL CONTINUE USING RAPID RIDE,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AND
THE QUESTIONS.
IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST
QUESTION, THE GUIDEWAY HEIGHT,
WITH REGARD TO THE ELEVATED
FAUNTLEROY ALTERNATIVE WHICH
ASSUMES AN ALIGNMENT ALONG
GENESEE THROUGH DELRIDGE . AT
ITS HIGHEST POINT, WHICH IS THE
LOWEST POINT IN DELRIDGE AS A
GHOST THROUGH THE LONGFELLOW
CREEK.
THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
GUIDEWAY HEIGHT IS ABOUT 150
FEET.
LESS AT THE STATION LOCATIONS.
AT ITS HIGHEST POINT, WHERE IT
IS CROSSING THE LOWEST POINT IN
THE VALLEY, THE GUIDEWAY IS
ABOUT 100 50 FEET HIGH, AND IT
NEEDS TO BE TO GET UP TO THE
HEIGHT OF THE AVALON STATION.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AVALON
STATION, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO HAVE AS HIGH OF A
GUIDEWAY, YOU CAN REDUCE THAT
TO 30 FEET THROUGH THE DELRIDGE
AREA . THAT WOULD BE THE
IMPLICATION AS I NOTED BRIEFLY
IN THE PRESENTATION.
IN REGARDS TO THE AVALON
STATION AND REMOVING IT, AND
THE RIDERSHIP IMPLICATIONS,
THAT IS ONE OF THE LOWER
RIDERSHIP STATIONS ON THE LINE.
IT HAS ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE RIDING
ACCORDING TO OUR PRODUCTIONS.
IF WE REMOVE THE AVALON STATION
FROM CONSIDERATION, WE THINK
THE BUS ROUTES THAT WOULD BE
INTEGRATED WITH THE STATION
WOULD INTEGRATE WITH THE ALASKA
JUNCTION STATION, HAVE TO
RIDERSHIP ON AVALON IS BUS
TRANSFERS AND THOSE BUSES,
INSTEAD OF TRANSFERRING -- THE
RIDERS , WE WOULD ASSUME THEY
WOULD JUST TRANSFER TO THE
ALASKA JUNCTION, OR DELRIDGE,
BUT PRIMARILY ALASKA JUNCTION .
THAT IS WHY THE RIDERSHIP DOES
NOT CHANGE, THE BUS RIDERSHIP
WOULD BE GOING TO ANOTHER
STATION INSTEAD.
THE OTHER PART OF THE EQUATION
IS THE AVALON STATION IS CLOSE
TO THE WALK SHADE, WHICH IS
SIMILAR, ABOUT A THIRD OF A
MILE IN SEPARATION BETWEEN THE
STATIONS.
THAT IS PART OF THE REASON
PEOPLE WOULD WALK TO THE OTHER
STATION LOCATION INSTEAD.
THAT IS BASED ON OUR RIDERSHIP
PROJECTIONS.
IT IS A RIDERSHIP MODEL WHICH
LOOKS AT THESE CONSIDERATIONS.
HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS EXPLAIN A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE GOT
TO OUR NUMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR NOW I
MAY HAVE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
SEATTLE TRANSIT STAFF?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
I JUST HAVE TO, FIRST, STATE MY
COMPLIMENTS TO YOU FOR GETTING
THROUGH SO MUCH DETAILED
INFORMATION SO QUICKLY.
I HAVE SEEN PRESENTATIONS WITH
FAR LESS DETAIL GO MUCH LONGER.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
AND I FEEL LIKE, BY THE END OF
THIS PROCESS, YOU COULD WRITE A
BOOK.
IT IS A BOOK THAT I WOULD READ.
THIS PRESENTATION IN AND OF
ITSELF IS GREAT.
IF YOU COULD BRING UP SOME OF
THE SLIDES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE
REFERRING TO SLICE 70, 49, 12.
I WILL START WITH EBONY, THEN
49, THEN 12.
WITH SLIDE, I MAY BE SPEAKING
OUT OF MY DISTRICT COME OUT OF
MY TURN, I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT
THIS AND I WILL END WITH A
QUESTION.
HAVING AN INTER-BASE STATION,
THIS CONSOLIDATION, IT SEEMS
LIKE IT IS BEING PLACED ON
15th.
IF THAT IS CORRECT, I JUST HAVE
TO RAISE THAT THIS IGNORES THE
COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT
PLACING A STATION ON 15th THAT
WAS -- ALL OF THESE COMMENTS
WILL COME TO YOU FROM THE TIME
WE HAD THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP
GROUP, THAT WE HAD THE DIAS
FRAMEWORK NARROWED IN SO YOU
COULD DO THIS WORK.
SOMETHING I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT
AND ELEVATE IS THAT YOU WERE
TRYING TO DO THIS WORK IN
ADVANCE TO GET CONSENSUS SO
THAT THE PROCESS IS MORE
STREAMLINED AND WE CAN DELIVER
THE PROJECT FASTER.
THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT TO
HELP YOU WITH.
AT THIS MOMENT, THIS IS A
CHANGE FROM WHEN THIS
INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED.
BECAUSE THERE WAS A VERY STRONG
PUSH TO SAY WEST THE 15th IS
BEST AND NOW I AM CONCERNED
THAT THIS IS NOW PUTTING IT
BACK ON 15th.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A FAIR
AMOUNT OF WORK WITH BALLARD,
THE ORIGINAL CORRIDOR, AND A
LETTER PRESENTED TO PSRC ABOUT
GETTING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE
CORRIDOR, WE HAVE A VERY NARROW
RIGHT AWAY WITH INCREASED USE,
AND I KNOW A LETTER WAS SIGNED
TO PSRC AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL
IN GETTING THE AMENDMENT AND WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKGROUP
MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT
FEELS LIKE THIS IS A IGNORING
AND MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS NOT YET
MADE ABOUT THE ARMORY.
IT MAKES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW
WE WILL BE USING THE INDUSTRIAL
LANDS, AS LAND-USE CHAIR, RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT
STRENGTHENING INDUSTRIAL
PROTECTIONS.
I THINK THAT, FOR YOU TO MEET
YOUR RIDERSHIP LEVELS, WE WOULD
HAVE TO DO A ENTIRE CHANGE
ABOUT HOW THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS
ARE UTILIZED.
WITH THAT, MY QUESTION IS,
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY CONTAINED WITHIN
THE DEIS , HOW TO MAKE THIS
CHANGE WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL
DEIS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I CAN BETTER EXPLAIN THIS
PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE THAT I
THINK WILL ADDRESS YOUR
CONCERNS.
THIS ALTERNATIVE, AS YOU NOTED,
IS ADJACENT TO 15th, NOT ON
15th, IT WOULD BE TO THE WEST
OF 15th.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE
ALIGNMENT IS PRIMARILY
UNDERGROUND.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE TRAFFIC
AFFECTS ON 15th.
THE ALIGNMENT, IF YOU LOOK AT
THE GRAPHIC HERE, YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THE YELLOW RECTANGLE IS.
THAT IS WHERE THE STATION COULD
POTENTIALLY BE.
IT WOULD NOT BE WITHIN THE 15th
RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT WOULD BE IN
THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF
THAT THE BRACKETS TO THE LEFT
-- TO THE RIGHT, SHOW THE AREA
WHERE THERE WOULD BE A RETAINED
CUT, LOW-GRADE AND OPEN TO THE
TOP, WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO
CROSS OVER ON CROSSINGS IN
THOSE LOCATIONS.
EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH AND
SOUTH OF THE BLACK BRACKETS
WOULD BE IN TUNNEL, BELOW
GRADE.
AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE NO DIRECT
EFFECTS TO THE 15th AVENUE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AS YOU NOTED, FROM PHASE ONE,
THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP
PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS DIRECTOR, THERE WAS
CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACTS TO
TRAFFIC.
AGAIN, AS I NOTED IN MY SLIDES,
HOPEFULLY I NOTED IN MY SLIDES,
THIS ALIGNMENT COULD CONNECT TO
EITHER THE 14th OR 15th TUNNEL
LOCATIONS IN BALLARD IT COULD
GO EITHER DIRECTION.
THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
IN TERMS OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT
INDUSTRIAL LANDS, YES, I
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS JUST
NOTING THE POTENTIAL REGARDING
THE ARMORY PROPERTY WHICH COULD
SERVE THE STATION LOCATION BUT
DOES NOT ASSUME THAT IN THE
RIDERSHIP ESTIMATES, NO CHANGE
IN LAND USE IS ASSUMED AS PART
OF THE ALTERNATIVE SO THAT
DAILY TRIPS ON THE PROJECT IS
BASED ON EXISTING LAND-USE
ASSUMPTIONS, NOT ASSUMING ANY
ELEMENT OF THE PROPERTY
NECESSARILY.
TO THE LAST QUESTION, YES, THIS
ALTERNATIVE WAS NOT LOOKED AT
IN PHASE 1, AND WAS NOT LOOKED
AT IN THE DRAFT DEIS IN PHASE 2
. THIS IS A NEW IDEA IT IS IN
RESPONSE, OR BASED ON FOLLOWING
THE BOARD DIRECTION TO LOOK AT
OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND COST
SAVINGS.
ALTHOUGH, IN THIS CASE, NOT SO
MUCH A COST SAVINGS THAT WOULD
RESULT FROM THIS ALTERNATIVE,
BUT IT AVOIDS A LOT OF
POTENTIAL RISK AREAS AS NOTED
ON THIS GRAPHIC.
THERE WERE IMPACTS TO PARKS IN
THE GREENBELT ASSOCIATED WITH
THE DRAFT DEIS ALTERNATIVES
THAT THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY
AVOID AND ADDRESSES CONCERNS
ABOUT STEEP SLOPES WHICH COULD
HAVE COST APPLICATIONS.
IT AVOIDS TRAFFIC AFFECTS ON
ELLIOTT WHICH ARE NOTED IN THE
DRAFT DEIS YOU WOULD NOT HAVE
THOSE TRAFFIC AFFECTS.
FURTHERMORE, AS NOTED ON THE
RIGHT, IT AVOIDS CONCERNS ABOUT
THE LANDFILL AND PROPERTIES IN
THIS AREA.
IT IS VERY MUCH A RESPONSE TO
THINGS, RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE
DRAFT DEIS PROCESS , BUT IT HAS
NOT BEEN STUDIED IN THE DRAFT
DEIS . IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST
IN LOOKING AT THIS FURTHER,
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK WOULD BE
REQUIRED I DO NOT KNOW THE
NATURE OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT
REQUIRES SUPPLEMENTAL DEIS OR
DOCUMENTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
A FACTOR OF WHETHER THERE IS
INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA AND DIRECTION FROM THE
BOARD TO DO SO.
THEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT
WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ON
WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS
IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE.
IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND
ADDITIONAL STUDY, WE WOULD NEED
TO BRING THIS ALTERNATIVE UP TO
THE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS OF THE
CURRENT DRAFT DEIS ALTERNATIVES
AND WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC FEEDBACK BEFORE WE
COULD GO TO THE BOARD TO SEEK
DIRECTION OF WHETHER TO
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS
ALTERNATIVE.
IT IS A VERY NEW IDEA.
A LOT MORE WORK WOULD BE NEEDED
TO START AND WE WELCOME YOUR
FEEDBACK ON IT.
>> THAT ANSWER IS WHY I LOVE
WORKING WITH YOU SO MUCH,
DETAILED SPOT ON RESPONSE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WITH THE BRACKETED -- YOU
ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
SUPPLEMENTAL DEIS . ABOUT THE
15th IMPACT, YOU ANSWER LONG-
TERM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY, AND WERE SPOT-ON THAT
THE TUNNEL WILL LIMIT THE
IMPACTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
MY CONCERN IS, DID I HEAR YOU
SAY THAT THE BRACKETED AREA
HERE WOULD BE A CUT AND COVER
-- OR, IN THE STREET?
>> IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE
STREET, IT WOULD BE ON A
PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF THE
RIGHT AWAY.
IT WOULD BE A RETAINED CUT.
THE STATION ITSELF WOULD BE
OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE, MUCH LIKE
THE CHINATOWN ID STATION AND WE
COULD HAVE ROADWAY OVERPASSES
TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE
PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS RIGHT
NOW WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THOSE
PROPERTIES AND THAT WAS TO BE A
POSSIBILITY.
>> MAYBE WE ARE HAVING A
NOMENCLATURE ISSUE.
SEEING THE BRACKETS STARTING ON
INTERBAY GOLF ON THE RIGHT,
JUST IN THE LETTER C IN
CONSOLIDATED SMITH COVE.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT WOULD BE
OPEN?
>> CORRECT.
RETAINED CUT IN THAT AREA.
>> YES, JUST NOTING THAT THERE
IS NOT JUST ONE PARCEL.
I TRUST YOU, YOU ARE THE
ENGINEER.
IF YOU CAN GET THAT DONE AND IT
IS NOT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, I
TRUST YOU.
I AM JUST RAISING MY CONCERNS.
THIS IS NOT EVEN MY DISTRICT
AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
HAS HIS HAND UP.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO SLIDE 49.
I WILL JUST START WITH SHARING
WITH THE SOUND TRANSIT TEAM,
DIRECTED AT NO ONE IN
PARTICULAR, JUST THAT, BECAUSE
OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND
CONNECTIVITY TO THE DOWNTOWN
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
CORE, I DO NOT SEE AN OPTION
EAST OF 15th AS BEING
ACCEPTABLE.
I THINK IT IS A QUESTION I NEED
TO HAVE ANSWERED HERE.
HOW DO WE ACCESS THE CORE OF
BALLARD SAFELY ? I WILL SHARE
WITH YOU, BALLARD WAS ANNEXED
125 YEARS AGO THIS COMING MAY
29th AND THIS WAS BALLARD.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS 15th, THE
EDGE OF BALLARD.
WHILE IT HAS BEEN 125 YEARS AND
A LOT HAS CHANGED AND I AM SURE
A LOT MORE WILL CHANGE BETWEEN
NOW AND WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE
IS BUILT.
I HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT,
RIGHT NOW, THE CORE RESIDENTIAL
AREA IN BALLARD IS TO THE WEST
OF 15th . THERE IS RESIDENTIAL
NORTH OF MARKET STREET.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NOT
RESIDENTIAL SOUTH OF MARKET
STREET.
IF WE ARE LOOKING ABOUT MOVING
PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE
SOUND TRANSIT IS ALL ABOUT, I
HAVE VERY GREAT CONCERNS THAT,
EITHER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO
CROSS MARKET STREET IF -- FOR
ASSUREDLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO E
CROSS 15th.
AGAIN, WE BRING UP THE
INDUSTRIAL CONVERSATION
BECAUSE, WITH 15th AND MARKET,
THEY ARE THE TWO BORDERS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL AREA, THAT ARE
AGAIN, WE ARE HAVING THE
INDUSTRIAL CONVERSATION AGAIN,
I AM NOT SEEING A PROPOSAL TO
CHANGE THIS AREA.
YES, IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE
NEXT 15, 16 YEARS, BUT I SEE US
HAVING MORE NEEDS FOR OUR
INDUSTRIAL AREA AND NOT FEWER.
I THINK THAT YOUR GRAPHIC
REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE
INDUSTRIAL NATURE OF THIS AREA
-- WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTHWEST
45th STREET, THERE ARE TWO
CRESCENT-SHAPED LINES ON THE
DIAGRAM, THESE ARE FORMER
RAILROAD LINES THAT ARE EITHER
PARTIALLY OR NOT IN USE AT THIS
TIME.
THOSE RAIL LINES CONTINUED ALL
THE WAY TO MARKET STREET AND
ALL THE WAY UP 14th BECAUSE
THAT WAS THE FORMER BRIDGE
STREET.
I SEE A DESIRE TO USE THAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING
EVEN FURTHER EAST AWAY FROM THE
CORE.
MY QUESTIONS ARE, HOW DO
PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, PEOPLE
WITH ALL AGES AND ABILITIES,
ACCESS THE CORE OF BALLARD
SAFELY ? LET'S START AND I HAVE
A COUPLE MORE.
>> YES, WE COULD SPEAK TO THIS
AND A LOT MORE DETAIL AND
PERHAPS MAYBE WE SHOULD
DESCRIBE SOME OF OUR STATION
PLANNING WORK IN THIS AREA.
THE CONCERN YOU EXPRESSED ABOUT
ACCESS ACROSS 15th AVENUE IS A
COMMONLY EXPRESSED CONCERN.
WE WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
THAT 15th AVENUE CROSSING IN
CONTEXT OF THE 14th AVENUE
STATION ALTERNATIVE, WE WOULD
NEED TO LOOK AT THE 15th AVENUE
CROSSING AND WAYS TO MAKE IT A
SAFER CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS,
IF THE STATION WEREN'T 14th.
IN THE CASE, THE 15th AVENUE
STATION ALTERNATIVE AND THE
ELEVATED ALTERNATIVES, THEY DO
ENVISION THE ENTRANCE ON THE
WEST SIDE OF 15th.
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THAT
CROSSING CONCERN WITH THOSE
PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVES.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT
THE PEOPLE WILL USE OR CHOOSE
NOT TO USE TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE, BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKING
INFRASTRUCTURE, OF LOW STRESS
LEVELS IF THEY ARE A LOW STRESS
LEVEL USER, THEY WILL NOT USE
TWO SEPARATE PIECES OF LOW
STRESS INFRASTRUCTURE IF IT IS
CROSSED AND DIVIDED BY A HIGH
STRESS ENVIRONMENT.
THAT IS WHAT 15th IS, THAT IS
WHAT MARKET STREET IS.
TO BE ABLE TO TO HAVE A STATION
PLACEMENT THAT IS DIVIDED FROM
THE CORE OF BALLARD BY 15th,
IT WILL NOT JUST BE STATION
AREA IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED,
IT WILL NEED TO BE A WAY THAT
EVERYONE FEELS VERY SAFE ABOUT
CROSSING THE STREET.
AGAIN, MY CONCERNS I RAISED IN
MY LAST -- IN THE LAST SLIDE WE
DISCUSSED AND THE CONCERN I
RAISE HERE, IS THAT 15th AVENUE
IS THE THIRD MOST USED NORTH-
SOUTH CORRIDOR AFTER SR-9 AND I-
5. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR
DISASTER MITIGATION.
I SHARE THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE
THERE IS A NEED TO CREATE THE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND
ENSURE THE GOODS OF FREIGHT AND
TRUCK MOVEMENT ARE ABLE TO MOVE
FREELY THROUGH THIS AREA.
I AM GETTING A NUMBER OF GREAT
CONCERNS.
WE NEED TO BE MAKING THE BEST
POLICY AND STATION DECISIONS TO
SERVE OUR CITY, OUR RIDERS ,
AND OUR ENTIRE REGION MY LAST
QUESTION IN THIS LIFE, HAVE YOU
EVALUATED GOVERNMENT OWNED
PROPERTIES IN THE CORE OF
BALLARD FOR POTENTIAL USE ?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THAT.
WE DID, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU
RECALL, IN THE PHASE 1 OF THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP
PROCESS, WE DID LOOK AT STATION
LOCATIONS TO THE WEST OF 15th,
BUT, AS PART OF THE INITIAL
PHASE OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT,
WE DID LOOK AT OPTIONS TO THE
WEST OF 15th.
AS YOU RECALL, A LOT OF THE
ALTERNATIVES WENT THROUGH THE
SCREENING PROCESS, THAT
INCLUDED REVIEW AND
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
THE LEADERSHIP GROUP.
THOSE IDEAS WERE NOT CARRIED
FORWARD.
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT COST
AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, AND
RESIDENTIAL AFFECTS.
I DO NOT KNOW SPECIFICALLY
WHICH PROPERTIES WERE AFFECTED
IN THOSE CONFIGURATIONS.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND
LOOK AT THE DETAILS, WHETHER
THEY WERE PUBLICLY OWNED
PROPERTIES THAT WERE AFFECTED.
I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC
ANSWER.
>> YOU ARE SO GOOD.
I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU.
CAN WE SWITCH TO SLIDE 12?
YOU MADE THE TRANSITION SO
BEAUTIFULLY.
WHEN I SAY EVALUATED
GOVERNMENTAL PARCELS, I AM
SPEAKING OF, HOW CAN WE BEST
LEVERAGE ASSISTANCE TO YOU?
NOT IN A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO
GOVERNMENT OWNED PARCELS OR
PLACES.
HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE CITY,
COUNTY, STATE, I DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK FOR THE COURT, I WILL GET
IN TROUBLE, BUT HOW CAN WE
LEVERAGE WHAT THE GREATER
COMMUNITY OWNS THROUGH
GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT THIS 100
YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE?
YOU MENTIONED, I WILL BRING UP
AGAIN, MY COMMUNITY GAVE YOU
FOUR OPTIONS DURING THE ELG ON
PHASE ONE, AND I WILL VENTURE
TO SAY THAT THERE WAS MURMURS
BUT NOT STRONG STATEMENTS ABOUT
THE 22nd.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE QUITE
LOUD I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS
STAFFING IT, I WAS THERE, I
HEARD BOTH ELECTED LEADERS AND
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES ASKING FOR
THIS.
ONE OF THE SCREENING CRITERIA
THAT IT WAS MY RECOLLECTION WAS
USED, YOU WANTED TO GO FORWARD
WITH YOUR NUMBER OPTIONS TO BE
ABLE TO BASE COST AND
FEASIBILITY AND TWO OF THOSE
OPTIONS, IT IS BASICALLY 15th
AND 14th, WITH ELEVATED VERSUS
TUNNEL.
AT THAT POINT, YOU DID NOT KNOW
IF THE TUNNEL WOULD BE MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN THE ELEVATED
STRUCTURE WE NOW KNOW THE
ELEVATED STRUCTURE IS MORE
EXPENSIVE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
ONLY LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS.
MY CONCERN IS THAT, ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT 20th, 17th, EVEN
22nd WERE SCREENED OUT, WAS
BECAUSE OF THE COST, BECAUSE
THE TUNNEL WAS ASSUMED TO BE
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE BRIDGE.
ABSOLUTELY, A BRIDGE, AN
ABOVEGROUND STRUCTURE LANDING
IN THE CORE OF BALLARD WOULD
BE HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE AND HIGHLY
COSTLY.
NOW THAT I SEE YOU ARE LEANING
US TOWARDS HAVING A TUNNEL IN
THIS AREA, IN OUR LAST -- THE
LAST TIME YOU CAME TO
COMMITTEE, I ASKED ABOUT WHAT
DETERMINES THE COST OF A
TUNNEL, GEOLOGY, DIRECTION?
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT UP.
WE DON'T NEED TO ANSWER IT NOW
BUT I RAISE THIS BECAUSE WE
WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD NOT
HAVE -- THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT
YOU FOUR OPTIONS AND WE WERE
TOLD TWO OPTIONS WERE NOT GOING
TO WORK BECAUSE OF COST,
BECAUSE WE WERE BASING OUR
DECISIONS OFF OF THE BRIDGE,
THE BRIDGE IS NOW THE PREMIER
OPTION FOR US.
SO, WHEN WE DO APPLES TO APPLES
COMPARISONS OF CONNECTIVITY TO
THE CORE OF BALLARD , ACROSS
15th ON A SURFACE LEVEL, AS
COMPARED TO THE COST OF TURNING
A DRILL EVER SO SLIGHTLY JUST A
FEW MILLIMETERS TO HIT A
DIFFERENT ANGLE, WHAT IS GOING
ON?
THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE
USING THE BASELINE, OR THE BASE
COST ANALYSIS, TO DRIVE OUR
DECISION-MAKING WHEN MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT 100 YEAR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED TO
CONNECT THE CORE RESIDENTIAL
AREAS TO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE?
>> I WOULD OFFER A FEW
THOUGHTS.
THEY WOULD REQUIRE A DEEPER
CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
IN TERMS OF THE ALTERNATIVES
THAT WERE LOOKED AT IN THE
PREVIOUS PHASE IN 2017, THE
2019 TIMEFRAME, YOU ARE
CORRECT, WE LOOKED AT OPTIONS
FURTHER WEST.
YOU ARE CORRECT IN THAT THE
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT TUNNEL COSTS
HAVE CHANGED COMPARED TO
ELEVATED COSTS.
AS HAS BEEN NOTED BECAUSE OF
INCREASED REAL ESTATE COST AND
CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND OUR
NEEDS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS
PART OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT
WAS NOT JUST COST THAT WAS A
DETERMINING FACTOR IN SCREENING
OUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES FURTHER
WEST.
THERE WERE TECHNICAL
FEASIBILITY CONCERNS IN TERMS
OF GETTING THERE.
THEY DEALT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WE NEED TO AVOID THE
EMERSON INTERCHANGE.
AND SOME OTHER UNDERGROUND
UTILITIES IN THAT AREA.
THAT WAS ALSO A FACTOR IN
ASSESSING, OR SCREENING OUT,
THOSE ALTERNATIVES, SOME OF THE
ALTERNATIVES FURTHER WEST.
THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS WITH
RESIDENTIAL AFFECTS.
SOME OF THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
FURTHER WEST IS NARROWER AND
MUCH MORE BUILT UP.
THEREFORE, FITTING IN A STATION
WITHIN THAT MORE DENSE URBAN
AREA WOULD HAVE REQUIRED LARGE
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS.
NOT THAT THAT CANNOT BE DONE
BUT THAT WAS A FACTOR IN RULING
OUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT THE
COSTS -- TO EXPLAIN OR OTHER
CONCERN, IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT
THE COST OF ELEVATED AND TUNNEL
ALTERNATIVES HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER
IN THIS CASE.
THE TUNNEL 14th IS SIMILAR TO
THE ELEVATED IN THIS AREA AND
THERE HAS BEEN A CONVERGENCE
BETWEEN TUNNEL AND ELEVATED
COSTS.
THE RELATIVE COST OF TUNNELS TO
EACH OTHER WOULD STILL HOLD AND
THE TOTAL ALTERNATIVES FURTHER
WEST ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AT THAT
TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE LONGER
TUNNELS.
AGAIN, THAT WOULD INVOLVE
TUNNEL STATIONS IN MORE BUILT-
UP AREAS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE COST
ELEMENT.
THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR.
AS I SAID, TECHNICAL
FEASIBILITY AND RESIDENTIAL
AFFECTS WERE IMPORTANT FACTORS
AT THAT TIME IN TERMS OF JUST
COST, THE LENGTH OF THE TUNNELS
AND THE LOCATION OF THE
STATIONS WOULD HAVE FACTORED
INTO THOSE COST DIFFERENTIALS
AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY A MUCH
DEEPER CONVERSATION IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS FURTHER,
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
>> THAT IS WHY I'M GOING TO
READ YOUR BOOK AND WHY I LOVE
WORKING WITH YOU.
I HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU SAY, AT
THE TIME, THERE WOULD BE LONGER
TUNNELS REQUIRED.
I KNOW THE TUNNEL PORTAL WAS OF
GREAT CONCERN TO GET TO 17th
THROUGH 20th.
I JUST HIGHLIGHT SLIDE 70 WHERE
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT -- YOU
DON'T HAVE TO MOVE, JUST WHEN
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INTERBAY,
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING
THE TUNNEL PORTALS COMPLETELY,
WITH THAT NEW INFORMATION, IT
SEEMS LIKE THERE MAY BE MORE
INFORMATION TO BE INVESTIGATED
IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THAT MIGHT RELIEF THE COST OF
LONGER TUNNELS.
IT MAY ALSO BELIEVE THE
TECHNICAL BARRIER OF THE
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES,
INFRASTRUCTUR, AND I WILL SAY
THIS, THERE IS NO EASY WAY OF
SAYING THIS, BUT TO, ON ONE
HAND, SAY WE CANNOT HAVE A
STATION IN -- WEST OF 15th
BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL
DISPLACEMENT, AND THEN REQUEST
TO BUILD A STATION WHERE THERE
IS NOT LAND USE CODE ALLOWING
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, IT GIVES
ME A LOT OF PAUSE.
IT GIVES ME A LOT OF CONCERN.
AGAIN, I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS
REGARDING ANY STATION PLACEMENT
EAST OF 15th, I HAVE A STRONG
DESIRE TO DELIVER
INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT VOTERS APPROVED, AND I
APPRECIATE YOU AND AM
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS
PRESENTATION.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, CHAIR.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN . THANK
YOU FOR INVITING ME SO WE CAN
GIVE DIRECT FEEDBACK TO SOUND
TRANSIT ON THESE ALIGNMENTS.
I MOSTLY WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS
BUT I AM HAPPY TO GET DIRECT
FEEDBACK AND CLARIFY THINGS.
I FIRST WANT TO START BY SAYING
THAT I HAVE GOTTEN VERY STRONG
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK,
UNIVERSALLY, FOR SIB 1
ALIGNMENT IN SOUTH INTERBAY.
I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND
EXPRESS THAT THAT LOCATION AND
ALIGNMENT WAS SERVED THE
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH MAGNOLIA,
WEST QUEEN AND, THE NEEDS OF
PORT OF SEATTLE, AND SERVICE
THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL.
IT IS A VERY BIG ADDED BENEFIT
THAT IT PROTECTS THE CITY ASSET
OF THE GREENBELT AND REDUCES
THE AMOUNT OF LOSS THAT
ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS DO NOT
ACCOMMODATE AND I WANT TO
EXPRESS THAT.
AS FAR AS THE PREFERRED
ALIGNMENT, THAT IS THE STRONGER
PREFERENCE WITH COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO
ABOUT IT.
FOR SIMILAR REASONS, THERE HAS
BEEN CONSTERNATION EXPRESSED
ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED STATION
IN INTERBAY.
WHILE IT SEEMS TO HAVE EQUAL
ACCESS TO A LOT OF OTHER
ASSETS, IT SEEMS TO BE FAR AWAY
FROM THOSE ASSETS AND NOT
NECESSARILY BE BEST POSITIONED
TO CAPITALIZE ON TRANSPORTATION
CONNECTIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING MAGNOLIA
CONNECTION COMMUTES.
THAT CONSOLIDATED STATION IS
MET WITH A LOT OF OPPOSITION
FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN QUEEN ANN
AND MAGNOLIA WHO WILL BE
COMMENTING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT AND WANTED TO
RAISE UP THOSE CONCERNS.
THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS THAT
THE RIDER ESTIMATE MAY BE
UNDERESTIMATED ON
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING
MAGNOLIA CONNECTION RIDES.
THAT IS SOME FEEDBACK PEOPLE I
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH WANTED
ME TO EXPRESS.
I AM SURE WE WILL BE
MENTIONING, IN THE COMMENT
PERIOD.
GOING BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE
UPTOWN ALIGNMENT DECISIONS, I
DO HAVE SOME CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS.
THE CONCEPT ABOUT MOVING THE
STATION FURTHER WEST DOWN
REPUBLICAN TO THE SPOT THAT I
BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED
BY A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, CAN
YOU COMMENT NOW, OR MAYBE I CAN
CHECK IN WITH KEXP, DOES THAT
MITIGATE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO DO
THAT STATION MOVEMENT FURTHER
DOWN REPUBLICAN?
OR, DOES IT ONLY PARTIALLY
MITIGATE OR NOT MITIGATE THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE
CLUSTER AND THAT CORRIDOR IN
REPUBLICAN?
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
MERCER STREET ALIGNMENT IS FAR
PREFERABLE TO AVOID POTENTIAL
IMPACTS TO HAVE TO MAKE
MITIGATE ANY RELOCATION OR LONG-
TERM CLOSURE OF SOME OF THE
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE SEATTLE
REP, KEXP STATION.
I APPRECIATE WE DID HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION AND THE CITY
SUBMITTING QUESTIONS IS REALLY
LOOKING INTO WHAT THAT IMPACT
IS AND WHAT THE COST OF
MITIGATION WOULD BE BEFORE THE
END OF THE COMMENT PERIOD.
BUT, IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD
WITH THE ALIGNMENTS PRESENTED,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MERCER
STREET ONE TAKES CARE OF A LOT
OF THE CONCERNS.
I AM NOT UP TO SPEED ON WHETHER
THE -- MOVING THE STATION TWO
BLOCKS WAS SIMILARLY DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE HERE.
AT THE VERY LEAST, IT IS GOOD
FOR EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE
EIS.
THOSE ARE MY BIG QUESTIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION AND THE DETAILED.
THIS WAS A FANTASTIC COMMITTEE
MEETING TO THE DIVE INTO THIS
VERY COMPLICATED ALIGNMENT
PROCESS WHICH HAS A LOT OF
IMPLICATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE SOUND TRANSIT AND
THE CITY, AND SHARE PEDERSEN ,
PUTTING TOGETHER A FORM TO AIR
THESE CONCERNS AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING
INVITED BACK AGAIN AS WE
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT CITY
POLICY THAT RELATES TO THESE
PROJECTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE
INVITED BACK TO THE MAY 17th
COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE WILL
DISCUSS POTENTIALLY A DRAFT
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OUR
PREFERENCES AND I APPRECIATE
THE COUNCILMEMBERS SPEAKING UP
FOR THEIR DISTRICTS AND SHARING
INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE OF
THEIR DISTRICTS, BLOCK BY
BLOCK, THAT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES TALKING ABOUT THE
CHINATOWN-INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT . I RECENTLY MET WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WERE
INTERESTED IN THE FOURTH AVENUE
SHALLOW OPTION TO MINIMIZE
IMPACTS AND UNDERSTAND WHY IT
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
FOURTH AVENUE SOUTHBRIDGE.
ALTHOUGH, FIXING A BRIDGE WOULD
BE A GOOD THING, POTENTIALLY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS WHILE WE
HAVE SOUND TRANSIT STAFF HERE?
I KNOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO
YOU ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AS ARE
OUR OWN CENTRAL STAFF, AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THE
MAYOR . WE WILL TRY TO
SYNTHESIZE WHAT WE CAN IN A
RESOLUTION ONE MONTH FROM NOW.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR
ENDURANCE.
FOR MAKING IT THROUGH THE LONG
MEETING.
I APPRECIATE OUR GUESTS AND ALL
THE STAFF THAT WENT INTO THIS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
CONCLUDE THE APRIL 2022 MEETING
OF THE TRANSPORTATION SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS OF
LEGISLATION COMING THROUGH OUR
COMMITTEE THUS FAR, WE ARE
CONSIDERING CANCELING THE MAY
3rd MEETING.
IF WE DO OUR NEXT MEETING, IT
WILL BE TUESDAY, MAY 17th TO
9:30 IN THE MORNING.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
>> Y