>>> GOOD MORNING, THE JUNE
7th, 2022 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES MEETING WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I'M ALEX PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS
EXCUSED.
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S PROPOSED
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME
TO THE TRANSPORTATION SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE
CONDUCTING THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IN A HYBRID MANNER WITH
PEOPLE ATTENDING BOTH VIRTUALLY
AND IN PERSON.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE
WORK TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW
HYBRID FORMAT.
TODAY WE PLAN TO VOTE ON TWO
BILLS FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
ONE IS TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES TO INSTALL A
REPLACEMENT SEWER LINE AND THE
OTHER BILL IS ESSENTIALLY A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION BECAUSE IT
ACCEPTS TWO PROPERTY NEEDS TO
PERFECT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR
THOSE TWO PARCELS ORIGINALLY
ACQUIRED IN 1986.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL
HEAR FROM THE SOCIAL JUST OF
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT FROM
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HER FOR THE LAST
TIME ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL
DISCUSS A JOINT RESOLUTION WITH
THE EXECUTIVE REGARDING
SEATTLE'S POTENTIAL PREFERENCES
REGARDING SOUND TRANSIT'S WEST
SEATTLE BALLER LINK EXTENSIONS.
AFTER TODAY'S PLURAL MERRY
DISCUSSION, WE WILL INVITE ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS BACK TO LATER
COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A WARM
WELCOME TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE GOING TO BE
-- EVERYONE HAS BEEN INVITED
TO THIS COMMITTEE MEETING FOR
THIS ITEM SO WE WILL BE
WELCOMING THEM TO THE COMMITTEE
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT
MEMBERS.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET FEEDBACK
EARLY ON IN THE RESOLUTION.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
FOR THE HYBRID MEETING, WE HAVE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT ONLINE.
WE ALSO ARE WELCOMING IN
PERSON.
NOBODY SIGNED UP IN PERSON YET.
THE WAY WE WILL NORMALLY DO
THIS IS ALTERNATE BETWEEN
PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP IN PERSON
AND FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP ONLINE.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 18, 19
PEOPLE SIGNED UP ONLINE AND
NOBODY SIGNED UP IN PERSON YET.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND,
BECAUSE IT IS 19 PEOPLE --
NORMALLY WE HAVE A 20 MINUTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
BUT I WILL EXTEND THAT TO 30
MINUTES.
THAT WOULD, IF MY MATH IS
RIGHT, GIVE HER BUDDY ABOUT A
MINUTE AND A HALF TO SPEAK.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN A
MINUTE AND A HALF TO SPEAK.
WE ARE SENDING THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD TO 30 MINUTES.
I WILL CALL ON THE SPEAKERS TWO
AT A TIME AND IN THE ORDER
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
BUT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU
CAN SIGN UP FOR THE END OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING
TO THE COUNCIL WEBSITE ON
CEO.GOV/COUNCIL.
IF YOU ARE JOGGING OVER TO CITY
HALL RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SIGN UP
IN PERSON AT THE SIGN IN SHEET
HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE OR
REMOTE, FOR THOSE, WHEN A CALL
SPEAKER'S NAME, STEPH WILL
UNMUTE THE MICROPHONE AND THEN
THE SPEAKER KEY WILL BE THERE
FOR THEM TO SPEAK.
AS USUAL, YOU WOULD PRESS STAR
SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WITH
10 SECONDS LEFT OF TIME.
WITH AN ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END COMMENTS
AT THE END OF THE TIME
PROVIDED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL IN THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, PLEASE
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE TO THE ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OR THE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSE ABILITIES FOR THE
COMMITTEE.
IF YOU ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC,
REMOTELY, WHEN YOU HAVE
COMPLETED YOUR COMMENT, WE ASK
THAT YOU DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR THE LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LINE.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX BEFORE SPEAKING.
WE WILL HEAR FROM MICHAEL
STEWART AND THEN JORDAN
CROWLEY.
GO AHEAD, MICHAEL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MIKE STEWART AND I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
BALLARD ALLIANCE.
FIRST, THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN
AND VICE CHAIR STRAUSS FOR
HOSTING THE MEETING WHICH
INCLUDES A REVIEW OF THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION SOUND TRANSIT
REGARDING THE WEST SEATTLE
BALLARD LINK EXTENSION PROJECT.
THE EXTENSION IS REALLY A
TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT THAT
WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE
REGION.
FOR BALLARD, A HUB HAS RECEIVED
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH
OVER THE LAST DECADE.
THIS PROJECT WILL DELIVER ON
THE PROMISE TO PROVIDE NEEDED
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
ACCEPTED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND
THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH
IT.
BALLARD IS UNITED IN HIS DESIRE
FOR A TUNNEL ALIGNMENT WITH THE
STATION LOCATED ON NORTHWEST
MARKET STREET AT 15th AVENUE
NORTHWEST.
THE STATIONS IN THIS LOCATION
WILL ONLY SERVE TRANSIT RIDERS
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL BALLARD
CORBETT WILL HELP WITH
PRESERVING THEIR TIME AND
ADDRESS INDUSTRIAL NEEDS PICK
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU
TODAY IS SPOT ON.
WE FULLY SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION
THAT STATION ACCESS BE PROVIDED
FROM THE WEST SIDE OF 15th
AVENUE NORTHWEST AS WELL AS
FROM BOTH SIDES OF MARKET
STREET.
A STATION LOCATED AT 15th IS
THE ONLY OPTION THAT WILL
ENSURE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
A 14th AVENUE STATION WILL NOT
ONLY PUT PEDESTRIANS AT RISK
WITH CROSSING OF THE MAJOR
FREIGHT CORRIDOR BUT WOULD MISS
THE MARK IN SERVING THE
EXISTING AND EVER-GROWING EVER
GROWING CORE IN BALLARD.
SHOULD THE RESOLUTION INCLUDE
THE RECOGNITION FOR
(INDISCERNIBLE) ON THE OTHER
AREAS, WE WOULD ENDORSE
ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF
ALTERNATIVE STATIONS LOCATED
WEST OF
15th AVENUE NORTHWEST.
FINALLY, I WANTED TO COMMIT ANY
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU MR. STEWART.
PLEASE DO ALSO SEND IN YOUR
COMMENTS TO COUNSEL AT CL GUPTA
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
NEXT AND WE WILL HEAR FROM
JORDAN CROWLEY FOLLOWED BY JANE
ZELINSKI.
>> MY NAME IS JORDAN CROWLEY
SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION.
AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
THE (INDISCERNIBLE) COMMUNITY
ACADEMY IN WEST SEATTLE.
IN 1999, OUR OWNER'S SON WHO
HAS AUTISM WAS ENROLLED IN THE
WEST SEATTLE HEALTHCARE CENTER.
AFTER ONE DAY OF CARE, THE
PROGRAM SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE
THE CAPACITY OR THE RESOURCES
TO CARE FOR HIM.
THE PARENTS PROMISE THEMSELVES
IF THEY COULD EVER OPEN A
PROGRAM, THEY WOULD AND THEY
WOULD DO SO WITH THE INTENT OF
ACCEPTING, PROVIDING FOR AND
NURTURING EVERY CHILD.
AS WE PLAN AN EXTENSION TO A
CAPACITY OF 300 CHILDREN, IT IS
HEARTBREAKING TO KNOW THAT
EVERYTHING WE HAVE BUILT MIGHT
BE DESTROYED.
WE HAVE MADE OUR LIFE'S WORK TO
PROVIDE QUALITY CARE.
WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE, THE
CITY WOULD ENCOURAGE RIPPING
HUNDREDS OF HEALTHCARE SPOTS.
THE PROGRAM WAS OWNED AND
OPERATED BY FIRST-GENERATION
AMERICANS AND WOMEN OF COLOR
AND THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS
PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTED HIGH-
QUALITY CARE TO CHILDREN IN THE
BALLARD SCHOOL CORRIDOR.
THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION WITH
THESE PROCEEDINGS IS THE FACT
THAT NOWHERE IN THE DRAFT EIS
IS OUR PROGRAM MENTIONED, LET
ALONE THE (INDISCERNIBLE) WOULD
DEMOLISH ASSIST.
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOUND
TRANSIT, THEY WILL ADDRESS THE
OVERSIGHT THEY SAY IN THE FINAL
EIS NOW CITIES ARE USING THIS
MISTAKEN INFORMATION TO
DETERMINE PREFERENCES AND THAT
IS HOW WE END UP IN SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS.
A CITY PREPARED TO DEMOLISH
WHAT WOULD BE AS LARGE AS
CHILDCARE PROVIDER WITHOUT
KNOWING IT EVEN EXISTS.
THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES,
EMPLOYEES AND PROGRAMS ARE HELD
IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE
ANSWERING WHETHER TO DESTROY
OUR LIFESPAN OUR CITY IS
PREPARED TO DRIVE THEM TO IT.
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT DEL6 IN
YOUR RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT YEAR GOING TO HEAR FROM
JAMES ZELINSKI FOLLOWED BY
EUGENE WASSERMAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> FOR JANE ZELINSKI, PRESS
STAR SIX TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
JANE ZIELINSKI, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE CENTER
FOUNDATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME IN TODAY.
(INDISCERNIBLE) ORGANIZATIONS
ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THE
LINK LIGHT RAIL TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER.
WE KNOW THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE
OF OUR VISITORS AND ATTENDEES
WILL ARRIVE THAT WAY MAKING THE
STATION ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN
THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 14 MONTHS
LEARNING ABOUT THIS COMPLEX
PROJECT AND WE WANT TO THINK
SEATTLE CENTER DIRECTOR AND HIS
STAFF AND THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF TO
HAVE AND WILL BE COMING OUT TO
TOUR THE LOCATIONS AT SEATTLE
CENTER.
WE DID NOT COME EASILY TO THE
CONCLUSION THAT THE REPUBLICAN
STREET STATION LOCATION WAS
UNTENABLE BOTH WE ARE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY'S
CONCLUSION TO SUPPORT THE MIX
AND MATCH ALTERNATIVE.
THERE IS SO MUCH WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THE OPTION BUT WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE THE SAME
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE CITY AND SOUND
TRANSIT ARE WELL AWARE OF THE
CONCERNS OF THE UNIQUE ARTS AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ALONG
MERCER STREET.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE BEST
POSSIBLE DECISIONS FOR THIS
MASSIVELY COMPLEX PROJECT ARE
REALIZED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THEN YOUR EUGENE -- EUGENE
WASSERMAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
HERE TO A PRESENT EUGENE
WASSERMAN THE NO SEATTLE
(INDISCERNIBLE) ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE MEMBERS IN BALLARD AND
ALSO IN THE MCNALLY US OUTSIDE
OF THE SHIP CANAL.
I WANT TO SECOND MIKE STEWART'S
COMMENTS ON THE LOCATION AT THE
RESOLUTION.
WE THINK THAT IT IS AN
INVALUABLE TO HAVE IT UNDER THE
SHIP CANAL AND ALSO STATIONED
NOT THE 14th BUT THE 15th AND I
WILL SECOND THE COMMENTS THAT
IF YOU ARE GOING TO START THE
RESOLUTION OR STUDY OTHER
THINGS, WE PREFER THE STATION
BE LOCATED MORE WEST OF 15th
AND DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, OUT OF
THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
BUT ALSO WE ARE MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR SOUND TRANSIT
IN THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
LISTENING TO ME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN CHILD
FOLLOWED BY FRANK YOUR GUN.
GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS BRIAN CHILD WITH
THE TEAM ORGANIZATION TRANSIT
EQUITY FOR ALL.
AND REPRESENTING THE CID AND
THE STAFF FOR FOURTH AVENUE OR
ANOTHER OPTION.
HAVING FIFTH AVENUE AS A
SELECTION IS VERY BAD FOR THE
WHOLE REGION.
AND THIS IS A HUMAN COST ISSUE.
AND IF YOU FOLKS GO ON FIFTH
AVENUE, IT WILL WIPE OUT
CHINATOWN AND THERE WILL NOT BE
ANY CHINATOWN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU DO
THE RIGHT HUMAN THING AND
CHOOSE FOURTH AVENUE OR ANOTHER
ALTERNATIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE FRANK URAGON
FOLLOWD BY MEGAN HENNING.
GO AHEAD, FRANK.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK
YOU.
MY NAME IS FRANK URAGON AND
EMMONS -- INVOLVED IN
PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE
1972.
50 YEARS AGO, I INITIATED
(INDISCERNIBLE) AND SEVERAL
OTHERS PROTESTING THE
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
WE BELIEVED THEN THAT THE
KINGDOME WOULD HAVE THE
DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE CID
CULTURAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY LOW
INCOME AND A LULY THAT LIVE
THERE.
SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD SUFFER
AS WELL.
PRESENTLY, WE FIND OURSELVES IN
A SIMILAR STRUGGLE AGAINST
SOUND TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION INTO OR NEAR THE CID.
WE FIND THE FIFTH AVENUE ROUTE
UNACCEPTABLE.
PLEASE REMEMBER 134 YEARS AGO,
THE CHINESE WERE FORCIBLY
REMOVED FROM SEATTLE AND THAN
80 YEARS AGO, THE JAPANESE-
AMERICANS SUFFERED THE SAME
FATE AND THEN 2022, WE WILL NOT
LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF IN
THE CID.
WE ARE HERE TO STAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE MEGAN HENNING
FOLLOWED BY DEB BARKER.
GO AHEAD, MEGAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MEGAN HENNING.
AND REPRESENTED 2500 MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE METROPOLITAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO COMMENT
ON THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR
RECOMMENDED OR PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE AT -- WEST SEATTLE
BALLARD EXTENSION.
WE ARE LONGTIME CHAMPIONS OF
STANDING TRANSIT IN THE PUGET
SOUND AND SUPPORT THE WHITE
RAILS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU
CAN DO IS OPEN THE LIGHT RAIL
ON TIME AND MANAGE TO AGREE ON
A RECOMMENDED PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR WHAT VOTERS
APPROVED IN 2016.
THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED
REFLECTS MANY OF THE POSITIONS
OF THE BUSINESS IMMUNITY AND
ARTS AND CULTURAL ALONG THE
ALIGNMENT.
THE SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER
(INDISCERNIBLE) AS THE
PROJECT ADVANCES, WE ENCOURAGE
YOU AND SOUND TRANSIT TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE PUBLIC
TO REFINE, DESIGN AND DEVELOP
CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PLANS.
CONSTRUCTING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
IN AN URBANIZED AREA WILL
IMPACT PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND
WORK ALONG THE BUSINESSES
RECOVERING FROM THE TRANSIT
SECOND 19 PANDEMIC AND MAY NOT
ENTER THE IMPACT DESCRIBED IN
THE DRAFT EIS TO REALIZE THE
BENEFITS OF LIGHT RAIL.
THIS IS NOTED IN THE RESOLUTION
AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN, PUBLIC
LIKE UNION, SEATTLE CENTER AND
THE REST OF THE ALIGNMENT.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY WORK WITH
SOUND TRANSIT TO IDENTIFY
DIFFERENT CAP APPROACHES TO
AVOID OR MINIMIZE IMPACT AND
DEVELOPED ROBUST MITIGATION
PLANS.
THIS WILL TAKE MORE THAN A
BUSINESS AS USUAL APPROACH.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE THE C█ITY TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY INCLUDING MAJOR
EMPLOYERS TO OPTIMIZE THE
RECOMMENDED PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE.
THAT ALTERNATIVE UNFORTUNATELY
REPRESENTS
(INDISCERNIBLE)
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR ALL SPEAKERS, DO E-MAIL
YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU CAN TO THE
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
NEXT TIME WE HAVE DEB BARKER
FOLLOWED BY PAUL LOWERY.
GO AHEAD, DEB.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DEB PARKER.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUND
TRANSIT ADVISORY STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUP FROM 2018 UNTIL
2019 AND CURRENT NUMBER OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE TAG.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF
THE TUNNEL OPTION AND TO THE
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THE SOUTH
CORRIDOR OVER THE TO AMISH
WATERWAY.
MOST APPARENTLY, I'M HERE TO
SPEAK ABOUT, NOT FAVORABLY
SPEAK, BUT SPEAK TO BAD DESIGN.
BAD STATION DESIGN VIOLATES ALL
THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING THAT
MANY OF THE STATIONARY AREAS
UNTIL.
THESE ARE PLACED IN A MODE SO
THE WATCH SHED IS AROUND THE
NOTE.
AND DISAPPOINTED BY THE
PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF THE
DELRIDGE SEGMENT TO THE ANDOVER
DELRIDGE LOCATION.
THAT IS A VERY POOR LOCATION
FOR ANY POTENTIAL TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED WITHIN THE
CORRIDOR.
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE BEARS A
HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS EQUITABLE TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, PUTTING A
STATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF
ANDOVER AND DELRIDGE IS A
HORRIBLE MISTAKE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE DO E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS
AS WELL NEXT WE HAVE SERGIO
ZAMORA FOLLOWED BY, LAST NAME
STROUT.
GO AHEAD, SERGIO.
>> HELLO.
I'M SPEAKING.
CAME FROM THE DELRIDGE CORRIDOR
IN SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE NEIGHBORS WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING WITH ON THE DIFFERENT
EVENTS AND FORUMS.
IN WHICH WE HAVE FOUND NO
SUPPORT FOR THE RICH OPTION.
THAT WAS MENTIONED BY FOR
PREVIOUS COLORS.
WE FIND THIS LOCATION IN WHICH
WOULD BE FAR AWAY FROM THE
COMMUNITY NEXT TO THE STEEL
MILL.
(INDISCERNIBLE) DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES SERVING LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
THE REQUEST IS TO STUDY AND
INVESTIGATE OTHER OPTIONS LIKE
(INDISCERNIBLE) FOR A FULL
TUNNEL.
THE PRIMARY REQUEST IS TO
REQUEST SOUND TRANSIT TO
PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM
ALL THE COMMENTS WE ARE
PROVIDING, WHICH COMMENTS AND
HOW MANY ARE SUPPORTING
(INDISCERNIBLE) VERSUS HOW MANY
ARE SPEAKING AGAINST.
THAT IS THE PRIMARY ASK.
SHOW IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WANT THE STATION AND
HOW MANY DON'T WANT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE, KIRSTY AND SCOTT
STROUP FOLLOWED BY RICK COOPER.
GO AHEAD, KRISTI OR SCOTT.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS SCOTT STROUP AND I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF
THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION OF
THE DELRIDGE LOCATION.
SPECIFICALLY, HOW THIS PROPOSED
LOCATION WERE TO
(INDISCERNIBLE) FOR THE LARGEST
THE DAYCARE.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH
AS THE PARENT OF A 1-YEAR-OLD.
CHILDCARE RIGHT NOW IS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AND IT IS
ONLY BEING WORSE BY THE
PANDEMIC.
I KNOW FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE
AS WE HAVE WAITED SEVERAL
MONTHS TO GET INTO THE ACADEMY
DUE TO HIGH DEMAND.
ALKI BEACH ACADEMY PROVIDES
HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CARE
THAT OUR CHILD AND MANY OTHER
FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED AND
CAN AFFORD.
THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE
DOING RIGHT NOW IS DISPLACING
THE CHILDCARE FACILITY THAT
SERVES SO MANY FAMILIES IN WEST
SEATTLE AND DIRECTLY IMPACTING
OUR YOUNG CHILDREN LIKE OUR
DAUGHTER WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN
SO AFFECTED AND SET BUT BY THE
PANDEMIC.
OUR CHILDREN NEED TO FEEL THEY
CAN HAVE ACADEMIC SKILLS FOR
FUTURE SUCCESS.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
THIS WILL IMPACT OUR FAMILY TO
FIND A DIFFERENT DAYCARE
LOCATION IN OUR AREA BEING SO
INCREDIBLY HARD.
ALKI BEACH ACADEMY WOULD BE
RELOCATED IN MANY FAMILIES LIKE
OURS WOULD BE IMPACTED AND BE
FORCED TO TAKE CARE OF KIDS AT
HOME WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR
GROWTH OR FINANCIAL STABILITY
OR THE GROWTH OF OUR CHILD.
AS SEATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW,
IT IS VITAL WE MAINTAIN THESE
CORE FACILITIES AND CHILD
FACILITIES LIKE ALKI
BEACH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY NEXT WE HAVE RICK COOPER
FOLLOWED BY JOE RILEY AND WE
MAY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTERS IN
PERSON THAT WE WILL HAVE SPEAK
RIGHT AFTER WE FINISH THESE
LAST TWO ONLINE SPEAKERS.
GO AHEAD, RICK COOPER, FOLLOWED
BY JOE RILEY.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM RICK COOPER, CHAIR OF
UPTOWN ALLIANCE.
I'M ADDRESSING ITEM NUMBER FOUR
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I'M HERE TODAY AND SUPPORT OF
YOUR PASSING RESOLUTION 30 TO
55 TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT AND
SIGNIFICANT INPUT INTO THE
SOUND TRANSIT PROCESS.
SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE IN SUPPORT
OF SECTION F.4 REPRESENTING THE
STATION AT HARRISON STREET ON
THE UPTOWN EASTERN EDGE AND
ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF
SECTION F . 5 IN THE UPTOWN
STATION MOVING BILL LOHSE --
LOCATION FROM REPUBLICAN TO
MERCER.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A UNITED
CITY PARTNERSHIP EXCITED ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH
FUNCTIONING LIGHT RAIL STATION
IN THE HEART OF UPTOWN WITH
CLOSE ACCESS TO SEATTLE CENTER.
BUT A LOT OF ADDITIONAL
ANALYSIS, BRAINSTORMING
ASSESSMENT LIES AHEAD, BEFORE
WE CAN FULLY UNITE BEHIND THE
MERCER STATION.
OUR CHALLENGES HOW TO GET TO
THAT OUTCOME WITHOUT WREAKING
HAVOC ON OUR COMMUNITY DURING
THE LENGTHY CONSTRUCTION
PROCESS.
IN PARTICULAR, HOW DO WE
CREATIVELY KEEP CARS, TRUCKS,
BUSES AND PEDESTRIANS MOVING
DURING A MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION
OPERATION?
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
OUR WORK TOGETHER ON CREATING
THE BEST OUTCOMES WITH THE
LEAST DISRUPTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE JOE RILEY AND THEN
WE WILL HAVE THE IN PERSON
SPEAKERS.
I WILL READ THEIR NAMES WHEN WE
GET TO THEM.
GO AHEAD, JOE RILEY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON ESTEEMED
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'M JOE RILEY, THE POLICY
DIRECTOR AT SEATTLE SUBWAY.
SEATTLE SUBWAY IS A LEADING
INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION
SPECIALIZED TO ADVISE ON LIGHT
RAIL ISSUES ACROSS THE PUGET
SOUND.
WE HAVE STUDIED EVERY PAGE OF
THE WEST SEATTLE BALLARD
EXTENSION IN GREAT DETAIL AND
HOPE TO BE THE MOST HELPFUL
RESOURCE TO YOU ALL AND BUILD
THE BEST POSSIBLE PROJECT.
HERE, WE HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS
THAT SEATTLE SUBWAY COULD NOT
RECOMMEND HIGHER FOR COUNCIL
ADOPTION, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING.
TO REDUCE THE BUDGET GAPS,
STRONGLY SUPPORT PROVIDING THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, CITY-OWNED
LAND AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY,
MINIMIZING THE TOTAL PROPERTY
ACQUISITION COST RECOMMENDED
REQUIRED FOR SOUND TRANSIT TO
BUILD QUICKLY.
ADDITIONALLY, ENDORSE SELECTIVE
CUT AND COVER AND REMOVE
STUDES FROM STUDY THAT FAIL TO
SERVE SEATTLE WELL.
IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR SOUND
TRANSIT TO STUDY BETTER
ALIGNMENT OPTIONS.
AND THE CID,
(INDISCERNIBLE) WITH A CUT AND
COVER AS THE EXISTING PATIENT
TO SAVE BIG ON COST, TIME AND
DISRUPTION.
ONCE AGAIN, ACTIVATE GRAND
UNION STATION TRAIN HALL.
RELOCATE SOUTH LAKE UNION
STATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT
INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BOUNDARY AT ALL.
AND AT THE SEATTLE CENTER, THE
PUBLICAN STREET STATION 1-2 BOX
WAS TO MITIGATE IMPACT TO
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN AT BALLARD -
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
SWITCH TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED US IN
PERSON, WELCOME.
AND A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE
GOT ONE MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS.
I WILL CALL ON YOUR NAME IN THE
ORDER YOU SIGNED UP.
PER THE COUNCIL RULES, WE ASK
THAT YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS
BY THE ONE MINUTE AND 30
SECONDS MARK OR WE WILL HAVE TO
MUTE THE MICROPHONE AND TURN IT
OVER TO THE NEXT SPEAKER TO
GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE.
WE DO HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN FOLLOWED BY
MARGUERITE RICHARD.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
(INDISCERNIBLE) SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
MEANS.
COUNSEL DOES NOT EXPLAIN TO ME
WHAT THIS MEANS.
FOR EXAMPLE, (INDISCERNIBLE)
ADJUSTED.
I DON'T THINK SO.
PEOPLE WHO DRIVE BY DO NOT HAVE
THIS RED CAMERA.
WITH GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE NOT
ENOUGH MONEY IN A SEATTLE
CORPORATION.
LIKE 30 MILLION.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW TO YOU
GUYS COME FOR 10 YEARS, YOU
HAVE RED CAMERA.
TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS PER YEAR.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT EXISTS BUT
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY
NOBODY USES IT IN CHAMBER FOR
MANY YEARS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT RED CAMERA.
YOU WANT TO MAKE RED CAMERA
ONLY FOR THE CITY, IT IS OKAY.
IN THE RACE FOR EVERYBODY.
50% IS (INDISCERNIBLE)
>> THANK YOU, MR. ZIMMERMAN.
THAT WAS A MINUTE AND 30
SECONDS.
WILL HEAR FROM THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
WE HAVE MARGUERITE RICHARD
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL THE
HONORABLE -- THE HONORABLE
MICHAEL FULLER.
WE DO HAVE AN ONLINE SPEAKER WE
WILL GO BACK TO.
WE ASK PAUL LOWRY TO HANG ON.
WELCOME, MARGUERITE.
>> YES.
MY NAME IS MARGUERITE BECHARD.
I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU
HAVE SOMETHING -- THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT
(INDISCERNIBLE) I COME TO
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHATEVER IT
IS COME ALL THE SLAVE TACTICS
AND ALL THE REGULATIONS AND THE
RULES THAT YOU HAVE USED
AGAINST INDIGENOUS BLACK
PEOPLE, IT WILL STOP IT BECAUSE
THERE IS A BRIGHTER DAY COMING.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE THAT
YOU HAVE TO USE A TOOLKIT ON US
AND WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, OKAY.
I WATCHED ONLINE A MAN THAT WAS
TALKING AND ENGAGING SOMEWHERE
ELSE NOT IN THIS STATE, WITH
THE COUNCIL, JUST LIKE THEY
WERE BOSOM BUDDIES AND KNEW
EACH OTHER TALKED FOR ALMOST 10
MINUTES WITH THE ANY
INTERRUPTION.
I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH
THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD FOUR
TRESPASSES FROM HERE. WHERE IS
THE AMEN CHOIR UP IN HERE?
FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
JUST USING MY FREE SPEECH.
SO YOU BETTER GO BACK UP IN
THOSE REGULATIONS AND LOOK AT
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND SEE IF THEY ARE
STANDING ON THE GROUNDS FOR
WHICH THE CONSTITUTION WAS
FRAMED AS FAR AS EQUITY AND
INCLUSION.
AND THE BELL DINGED IN MY
SECONDS ARE NOT EVEN UP.
NOTICE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE THE BILL GO OFF AT 10
SECONDS REMAINING TO REMIND
FOLKS TO START TO WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENT.
GO AHEAD, HONORABLE MICHAEL.
>> WHERE'S THE CITY COUNCIL?
WHERE THEY ALL AT?
>> THEY ARE HERE REMOTELY.
>> YOU WORKING ON THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LAWS.
I THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW THE
IMMIGRATION IN 1965 WAS SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON.
AND AS AN OLDER AMERICAN, I DO
REMEMBER 1965 THAT WAS SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON.
AND THE AMERICAN WITH
DISABILITIES ACT, JULY 26th OF
1990.
THAT BEING VIOLATED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
ALL OF YOU ALL ARE ACCOUNTABLE
THAT TOOK THE OATH.
IT IS CALLED MALFEASANCE OATH
OF OFFICERS.
ALL NINE OF YOU ALL.
I AM NOT NEW TO THIS.
I AM TRUE TO THIS.
AND I DON'T LIKE THIS
EXTRAORDINARY ABUSE OF YOUR
POWER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY
TO SAY, YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR
TWO MINUTES.
WHO ARE YOU?
WE ARE THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR
YOU.
SO YOU ARE DOING THIS ORGANIZED
PEN THING.
WE THE PEOPLE.
BUT I GOT YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR
PHONE NUMBER. A
(INDISCERNIBLE)
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SUBMIT A WRITTEN
COMMENT AS WELL.
HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AFTER THE
MEETING AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL
HOWERY ONLINE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
PAUL HOWERY.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE.
>> HELLO THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMMENT.
I AM IN THE WAS SEATTLE AREA
COMMENTING ON RESOLUTION 320-
55.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP
IS QUESTION ONE, WHY ARE WE
RECOMMENDING A DELRIDGE SEGMENT
THAT IS ACTUALLY INCOMPATIBLE
WITH THE DEL FIX.
THE TWO ROUTES DON'T RUN ALONG
THE LINE.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE DEL FIX
BECAUSE IT PUTS MY NEIGHBORHOOD
AT RISK FROM THE EIS SITUATION.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS,
IF DEL FIX IS USED, WHY DOES
THAT TAKE IT SO FAR TO ACTUALLY
SERVE PEOPLE?
I DON'T SEE THE HOT SUPPORTING
THE CORE VALUES FOR EQUITY FROM
THE CITY.
THE AVALON STATION ALSO CREATES
A PROBLEM FOR THE VALUES TWO
AND THREE FOR PROVIDING SAFETY
AND USER EXPERIENCE FROM A
NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO THE WEST
SEATTLE ON-RAMP.
THE LAST THING HERE I WILL SAY
IS THE 41st STREET OPTION SEEMS
TO BE A GOOD OPTION TO KEEP
THINGS LOW SO IT IS NOT
AFFECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
WHY CAN'T THAT CONNECT TO THE
PREFERRED TUNNEL IN GENESEE.
THE LAST THING, WE WILL SUFFER
HUGE MULTIPLE YEARS OF
CONSTRUCTION STUFF RIGHT IN THE
BACKYARDS FROM THE PROJECT.
PLEASE MITIGATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER,
BOTH FOR THE REMOTE AND IN
PERSON.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM OF THE
AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
COUNCIL BILL 120-322, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER SLASH CEO
APPEAL WILL -- SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITY IS TO ACCEPT A
NONINCLUSIVE EASEMENT WITHIN
THE SHOAL SHOAL BAY WATERWAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TELLING SOME OF BILL ACCEPTS
EASEMENT FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
TO INSTALL A REPLACEMENT SEWER
LINE.
I DO WANT TO ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IF THEY
WANT TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS OR AT LEAST CONFIRM
THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CONCERNS
WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
THEN WE WILL TURNED OVER TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN GOOD
NIGHT, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD.
WE WILL EXPAND IN DETAIL THE
PRESENTATION.
AS HE SAID, THIS ACCEPTS
EASEMENT FROM THE STATES IN AN
AREA WHERE SPU HAS FORESTALLED
THE SEWER LINE.
THE EASEMENT WOULD BE IN EFFECT
FOR A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS AND
CENTRAL STAFF HAS NOT
IDENTIFIED ANY ISSUES OR
CONCERNS WITH THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT IS HELPFUL CONTEXT.
BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, I
WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBERS
SARA NELSON WHO HAS JOINED.
WE INVITED ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO JOIN THIS MEETING TODAY FOR
THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WELCOME COUNCILMMBER NELSON.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE, THIS IS A HYBRID
MEETING.
IF YOU SHOWED UP AFTER WE
STARTED.
WE HAVE HAD COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, MORALES AND HERBOLD
HERE.
WE WILL GO NOW TO THE ITEM WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WELCOME. GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS AND
STUFF.
MY NAME IS JACQUES RODRIGUEZ.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE SPU REAL
PROPERTY SERVICESTEAM.
TODAY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT A
D.N.R.
AQUATIC LAND EASEMENT.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL ACCEPT
EASEMENT FROM WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
, A 16-INCH SANITARY SEWER MAIN
LINE WAS INSTALLED IN 2019 AND
THE EASEMENT WAS EXECUTED IN
2020.
>> GREAT.
WILL YOU BE SHARING A
POWERPOINT WITH US?
>> YOU ARE ALREADY DOING
THAT?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
WE LIVE BY POWER POINTS.
MUST HAVE POWERPOINT.
>> THERE IS.
>> GREAT.
LOOKS GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO SLIDE NUMBER THREE.
IN 2017, SPU DISCOVERED A
DAMAGED SEWER LINE RUNNING
THROUGH SALMON BAY.
SPU MUTELY STOPPED USING THE
EXISTING SEWER LINE AND
ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY REPAIR
BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
SO IN THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT,
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE
LEAK.
THIS IS THE LOCATION DIRECTLY
WEST OF SALMON BAY BRIDGE AND
BALLARD LOCKS.
SPU EXPLORED DIFFERENT OPTIONS
FOR REPLACING THE SEWER LINE.
ULTIMATELY, THE PREFERRED
ALIGNMENT WAS SELECTED.
IN THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT, YOU
CAN SEE WHERE THE NEW SEWER
MAIN LINE WAS INSTALLED, THIS
DATA YELLOW LINE. THE NEW PIPE
INSTALLATION WENT AND BE A
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL
DRILLING.
SO COVID SEVEN WORKED WITH
D.N.R.
TO ACQUIRE A NEW EASEMENT WHILE
ABANDONING THE OLD SEWER MAIN.
THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS A
CLOSER VIEW OF THE NEW EASEMENT
IN GREEN.
THIS IS THE NEW EASEMENT WE
ACQUIRED IN GREEN.
THE RED ONE IS THE EXISTING
EASEMENT THAT WAS ABANDONED.
THE ONLY FUNDS EXCHANGED FROM
THE NEW EASEMENT WAS LIMITED TO
THE D.N.R.
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF 1510. IN
SUMMARY, THE SPU REQUESTED
ACTION IS FOR COUNSEL TO ACCEPT
THIS ORDINANCE FOR AN EASEMENT
THAT WAS ALREADY EXECUTED IN
EARLY 2020. DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ACCEPTING THIS EASEMENT?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE TIMING OF THE EASEMENT AS
IT RELATES TO WHEN THE
LEGISLATION CAME TO US.
IS THAT COVID RELATED DELAYS?
EASEMENT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
EXECUTED IN 2020.
JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
ALSO, AND YOU MAY HAVE
ADDRESSED THIS AND I MIGHT HAVE
MISSED IT.
IF THE EXISTING SEWER LINE WAS
NOT BEING USED IN ORDER TO
PREVENT (INDISCERNIBLE) FROM
ENTERING THE WATERWAY, IS THERE
A BACKUP IN THE AREA NOT SHOWN
ON THE MAP?
>> JACQUES, ARE YOU ABOUT TO
ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS?
CAN HEAR THEM?
>> YES.
THE FIRST QUESTION, YES.
THIS LEGISLATION WAS PREPARED
RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND
BECAUSE OF OTHER PRIORITIES,
THE PANDEMIC HIT AND THERE WERE
THINGS THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND.
AND SO WE ARE FINALLY
ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
LEGISLATION CLEANING UP
PROPERTY RIGHTS NOW.
>> OKAY.
THE SECOND QUESTION.
>> IMPACT OF NOT USING
EXISTING LINE AND WHETHER OR
NOT THAT CREATED ANY BACKUPS.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE IT DID
CREATE ANY BACKUPS.
NOT THAT I RECALL.
'S CODY NELSON ON THE LINE?
>> I AM.
THIS IS CODY NELSON.
I AM THE MANAGER FOR THE
PROJECT.
THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE PS BUT -
EXISTING PIPELINE.
THAT WAS CAUSED SAYING SEWAGE
TO ENTER THE WATERWAY WHICH WAS
THE EMERGENCY SITUATION.
AND WE INSTALLED THE NEW PIPE
AND THEN WE DECOMMISSION INTO
THE EXISTING PIPE.
BECAUSE THE PIPE WAS LEFT IN
PLACE, WE NEEDED TO KEEP THE
OLD EASEMENT BECAUSE THE PIPE
DOES GO THROUGH THE WATERWAY
WHICH IS OWNED BY ARMY CORPS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GENERALLY, WHEN ONE PERIOD
OF TIME GOES BETWEEN THE
EXECUTION OF AN EASEMENT AND
THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS, DOES
THAT CREATE ANY ISSUES FOR THE
CITY OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS?
OR IS IT JUST A BUREAUCRATIC
THING THAT ISN'T A THING WE
SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT OR
LOOK AT CREATING STRUCTURES OR
APPROACHES TO AVOID THAT KIND
OF A GAP IN THE FUTURE?
>> THIS IS NORMAL.
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
THIS JUST MEETS CITY OF SEATTLE
MINUTES WILL COURT REQUIREMENTS
FOR ACCEPTING PROPERTY RIGHTS.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WHEN THE
PROPERTY RIGHT IS RECORDED,
EXECUTED AND RECORDED, IT IS
VALID.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE MOVED TO ACCEPT THIS
EASEMENT FROM THE STATE
GOVERNMENT?
>> OKAY.
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING MY
COLLEAGUES ONLINE.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE
OF COUNSEL BILL 120-322, ITEM
ONE ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
COUNSEL BILL ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION AND PAST COUNSEL
BILL 120-322.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECLAMATION WILL
BE SENT TO THE NEXT CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
WHICH IS ON JUNE 14th.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, COUNTABLE
120-323, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
ACCEPTING TWO DEEDS FOR REAL
PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF INSTALLING AND
OPERATING GROUNDWATER WELLS FOR
WATERWORKS TO PROVIDE WATER.
FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
THIS BILL IS ESSENTIALLY A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION WHICH
EXCEPTS TWO PROPERTY DEEDS TO
PERFECT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR
THOSE TWO PARCELS ORIGINALLY
ACQUIRED IN 1986.
I JUST WANT TO CONNECT WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
BRIAN GOOD NIGHT, TO SEE IF YOU
WANTED TO MAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS OR AT LEAST CONFIRM
THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL
CONCERNS WITH THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MATERIAL
CONCERNS WITH THE LEGISLATION.
ALSO, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL
COMMENT ON THE INTRODUCTORY, I
WILL MAKE IS THAT THERE ARE NO
OSTS TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME
FOR THIS TRANSACTION FOR THE
PROPERTY WAS FOR AND ACQUIRED
BY THE CITY BACK IN 1986.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT
BACK OVER TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
WELCOME BACK.
>> HELLO AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS.
TODAY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT
GLACIER AND BOULEVARD PARK
WELLFIELD PARCELS.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE
ACCEPTING TWO DEEDS FOR REAL
PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS COMPLETED
IN 1986.
COVID IS OF A EXECUTED THE REAL
ESTATE TRANSACTION IN 1986 FOR
THE TWO PROPERTIES PURCHASED.
SPU HAS AN INSTALLED, TESTED
AND HAS BEEN OPERATING THE
GROUND.
SPU DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO
ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THESE TWO
PROPERTY DEEDS.
THE LOCATION OF THE PARCELS ARE
OUTSIDE THE SEATTLE CITY
LIMITS.
THEY ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATAC.
THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT THE
CITY PURCHASED ARE KNOWN AS
BOULEVARD PARK WILL AND GLACIER
WELL ON THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT,
YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY OF
THE TWO PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE
FROM EACH OTHER. BOWLS --
BOULEVARD PARK WILL IS SET UP
AS A DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
GLACIER WELL ON THE OTHER HAND
IS NOT USED AS DRINKING WATER.
IT IS MAINTAINED AND MONITORED
FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE USE.
THEY ARE BOTH NOT USED
FREQUENTLY AND ARE ONLY USED
FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW?
AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE
RECORDS, WE DISCOVERED THESE
TWO DEEDS WERE NEVER ACCEPTED
BY ORDINANCE AND THEREFORE, WE
ARE BRINGING THEM FORWARD NOW
TO HELP CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY
FILES.
THE SEATTLE WATER DEPARTMENT
PURCHASED THE TWO PROPERTIES
FROM THE HIGHLINE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
THAT WAS A PURCHASE PRICE FOR
EACH OF THE PROPERTIES.
BOULEVARD PARK WELL IS
PROXIMATELY 50,000 SQUARE FEET
AND GLACIER WELL PARCEL IS
APPROXIMATELY 29,000 SQUARE
FEET.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO
THIS LEGISLATION.
ACCEPTING THIS ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHES JURISDICTION FOR
LAND AND DEEDS AND THERE WILL
BE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
OWNERSHIP BETWEEN SPU AND THE
HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SAWANT HE PROPERTY SERVICES
MAINTAINS ACCURATE PROPERTY
FILES IN THIS LEGISLATION WILL
HELP UPDATE THE STATUS OF THE
RECORDS.
BY ACCEPTING THE LEGISLATION,
THIS WILL MEET CITY OF SEATTLE
MENISCAL CODE REQUIREMENTS AND
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS DEED WOULD
ALLOW THE WATER LINE OF
BUSINESS TO BE PREPARED FOR
FUTURE, POTENTIAL FUTURE USE OF
THE PROPERTY.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES OR CENTRAL
STAFF?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
AND THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF
FOR YOUR ANALYSIS OF IT AS
WELL.
COUNCILMEMBERS, IF THERE ARE NO
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I WILL
NOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BILL 12323 ITEM TWO ON THE
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS? WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
COMMITTEE RECLAMATION TO CUT
-- TO PASS COUNSEL BILL 120-
323.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PETERSON PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR AND FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE JUNE
14 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE.
INF2720 SEATTLE APARTMENT OF
TRANSPIRATION RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE DIRECTORS SIMPSON OF
SDOT WITH US AND HER TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO
US, THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE REPORT FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING ALONG YOUR TEAM.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT
OVER TO DIRECTORS SIMPSON.
WELCOME.
AT MORNING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING --
INVITING US OR TO SHARE THE
REPAIR DOING FOR THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE AND
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
BEING HERE.
EQUITY IS ONE OF SDOT'S CORE
VALUES AND WE BELIEVE
TRANSPORTATION MUST MEET THE
NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND INCOMES,AGES AND
ABILITIES.
THE GOAL IS TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITIES TO BUILD THE
RACIALLY EQUITABLE AND SOCIALLY
JUST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
YOU HEAR TODAY ABOUT OUR NEWLY
LAUNCHED TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS MANY OTHER
INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT
MOVE US TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE
SYSTEM.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO MICHELLE DOMINGO, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF A
QUICK -- EQUITY AND
INCLUSION.
A GREAT TEAM WE HAVE ASSEMBLED
HERE TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
GO AHEAD, MICHELLE.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTEN.
WE WILL DO A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN GET INTO
THE PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE DOMINGO.
I GO BY PRONOUNS SHE HER HERS
AND MY IDENTITY IS ASIAN-
PACIFIC ISLANDER.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE
TODAY.
I'M GOING TO PASS THE INTRO TO
SAL (INDISCERNIBLE)
>> AT MORNING, ALL.
I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND MY
IDENTITY IS BLACK.
AND I PASSED MY WORD ON TO
(INDISCERNIBLE)
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ANYE PEN TACTIC I
USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND
IDENTIFY AS ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER AND ASIAN AND I WILL
PASS IT OVER TO (INDISCERNIBLE)
DO LA CREWS.
>> GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SASHA DO LA CREWS.
I IDENTIFY USING SHE HER
PRONOUNS.
I AM A LATINA WOMAN
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING AS
DOMINICAN.
I AM THE CONTRACTING EQUITY
ADVISORS SPECIFICALLY
OVERLOOKING THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
PORTFOLIO.
AND I WILL NOW PASS IT OVER TO
RB DANIELLE.
THANK YOU.
>>> A LOW HA COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M BARBIE DANIELLE DECARLO.
I SERVE AS THE STRATEGIC
ADVISOR AND THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC, EQUITY AND ECONOMIC
INCLUSION HERE AT SDOT.
I USE SHE HER AND WE PRONOUNS.
I AM OF MIXED HERITAGE.
MY RACIALIZED IDENTITY IS BROWN
AND MY CULTURAL IDENTITY IS
PACIFIC ISLANDER AND BLACK.
AND I PASSED MY WORD TO DANNY
(INDISCERNIBLE)
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M DAN ANDERSON, PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT SDOT.
I USE HE HIM PROTEC --
PRONOUNS AND I IDENTIFY
RACIALLY AS WHITE.
AND I WILL PASS MY WORD BACK TO
MICHELLE DOMINGO.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE.
CAN I CONFIRM, BILL, IS
EVERYONE ABLE TO SEE THE
POWERPOINT?
FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR INVITING
US TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY
ABOUT THE GREAT WORK SDOT IS
DOING WITH RACE EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN
VERY CHALLENGING AND SDOT IS
EXPANDING THE PRACTICE OF
EQUITY BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH
YOU TODAY THE WORK THE
DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
THAT ALL THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE
AND MOSTLY A TELEWORK
ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS DURING THE CHALLENGES
OF BOTH THE PANDEMIC AND CIVIL
RIGHTS PROTEST.
WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS, SPOTS AND RESPONSES
AT THE END.
WE CAN ONLY ASK THAT IF YOU
HAVE A THOUGHT OR QUESTION, TO
TAKE YOUR PEN AND PAPER AND JOT
IT DOWN AND THERE WILL BE TIME
AT THE END TO DISCUSS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE
ENTIRE TIME ALLOTTED TODAY TO
GET THERE ALL THE PRESENTATION
MATERIALS WE HAVE PREPARED FOR
YOU.
THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> HERE IS THE SDOT VISION,
MISSION, VALUES AND GOALS.
I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT EQUITY IS ONE OF
SDOT'S CORE VALUES AND GOALS.
AND TO KNOW THAT EQUITY IS
EVERYBODY'S WORK AT SDOT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THE NAY OFFICE OF EQUITY
AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION TEAM AND
THE RCA CHANGE TEAM ARE
PRESENTING TO COUNSEL TODAY ON
ALL THE EQUITY AND RACE ON
SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK FOR THREE
REASONS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THE OUTLINE
FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
THE EQUITY PRESENTATION IS AN
ANNUAL REQUIRED DELIVERABLE TO
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
THIS PRESENTATION ALSO SERVES
AS A CHECK ON WHERE WE ARE WITH
EQUITY AS A VALUE AND GOAL OF
SDOT.
LASTLY, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE
ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR
OFFICE COME THE CHANGE TEAM AND
OTHER EQUITY ADVOCATES AT SDOT
HAVE DONE TO MOVE THE EQUITY
NEEDLE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> TO FURTHER SOLIDIFY THE
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, SDOT HAS
THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND
ECONOMIC INCLUSION OR OEEI TO
SUPPORT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
OEEI IS LOCATED IN THE
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE.
OUR OFFICE USES THIS DIAGRAM OF
AN UMBRELLA TO SHOW HOW EQUITY
IS AN OVERARCHING VALUE AND
GOAL OF SDOT AND IT
DEMONSTRATES HOW IT SERVES AS
AN EQUITY HUB FOR ALL OF'S
SDOT.
OUR OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
LEADING THE STRATEGIC VISION
AND LEADERSHIP AND THE
PLANNING, PROMOTION AND
ADVANCEMENT OF EQUITY AND
DIVERSITY AND WILL MEET THE
SDOT MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR OFFICE PROMOTES THE
ADVOCACY, PARTNERSHIPS AND THE
SDOT TEAM.
ALSO EMPLOYEE RESEARCH GROUPS
AND THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP AND TO THE PORTFOLIOS
OF RSGI, TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PROGRAM, EEO AND TITLE VI.
FROM 2020 THROUGH 2021, OEEI
HAS DOUBLED IN SIZE TO SUPPORT
THE GROWINGEQUITY WORK
PORTFOLIOS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE CL RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
THE OFFICE CENTER AND ALL THE
WORK WE DO.
AS HE WILL SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN
THIS PRESENTATION, THE GOALS
ARE VIEWED THROUGHOUT ALL THE
EQUITY WORK AT SDOT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EQUITY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AT SDOT THAT WE
OFFER.
SDOT DOES REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF
2.0RSGI TRAINING HOURS WHICH IS
TIED TO THE ANNUAL E3
PERFORMANCE GOALS AS A LOOK
DELIVERABLE FOR EACH STAFF.
IN 2021, WE LAUNCHED A PILOT
CALLED THE TRANSLATIONAL EQUITY
LEADERSHIP COHORT.
AND EQUITY LEARNING AND
PRACTICE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY A
GUIDING COUNCIL ASSESSMENT.
THE COHORT WAS COMPRISED OF
OVER 50 SDOT STAFF FROM SENIOR
TEAM LEADERSHIP, THE EMPLOYEE
RESOURCE GROUP MEMBERS AND
DADDY -- DATA EQUITY LEADS.
OUR OFFICE ALSO OFFERS SIX
LEARNING MODULES CALLED BRACE
FACES SAFE SPACES WHICH WAS
OPEN TO ALL SDOT EMPLOYEES,
TEACHING STAFF THE FOUNDATIONAL
KNOWLEDGE OF EQUITY.
THE MODULES ARE AVAILABLE TO
ALL STAFF TO EXPERIENCE ON
CORNERSTONE.
THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
ALSO GREW THE LAST FEW YEARS TO
A TOTAL OF 6ERGS WHICH SUPPORT
AND CREATE SPACE ALL FOR A
CHANCE TO NETWORK AND SOCIALIZE
AND WORK ON PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND RAISE AWARENESS
ON RELEVANT ISSUES.
WE ALSO INCREASED THE OFFERINGS
OF EEO, TITLE VI AND TRAININGS
TO ALL OF SDOT.
I WILL NOW HAVE THE
PRESENTATION OVER TO THE SDOT
TITLE VI PROGRAM MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
AS THE SDOT TITLE VI AND
PROGRAM MANAGER, I'M EXCITED TO
TELL YOU MORE ABOUT BOTH
PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY FUNCTION
WITHIN SDOT AND THE CITY
OVERALL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE EEO PORTFOLIO, WHILE
REASONABLY NEW, HAS TAKEN
TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN
DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM.
TO DATE, WE HAVE CONDUCTED NINE
EEO PIECES OF TRAINING BOTH FOR
PEOPLE AND NON- PEOPLE MANAGERS
AND CREATING SPECIFICALLY WITH
CREW AND STAFF.
THESE TRAININGS WILL BE STORED
ON CORNERSTONE FOR FOLKS TO
ACCESS AS NEEDED.
WE HAVE POSTED AND SHARED OUR
POLICY STATEMENT AND OUR PLAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES ON HOW THE
EEO PROCESS WITHIN THE PROGRAM
WORKS.
WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE
INTERNALLY WITH SDOT STAFF
INCLUDING HR, EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP, CHANGE TEAM AND
OTHERS.
THIS YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE THE
INTERNAL SELF ASSESSMENT.
THE FIRST WILL BE AT THE END OF
JUNE FOLLOWED BY AN ANNUAL
REPORT EITHER IN DECEMBER OR
EARLY JANUARY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> YOU WILL HEAR FROM ANYE
CONTACT LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR 200 PLUS
TACTICS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR
COMMITMENT TO SERVING
COMMUNITIES EQUITABLY AND HOW
THE TITLE VI PROGRAM SUPPORTS
THE IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.
TITLE VI STATES THAT NO PERSON
IN THE UNITED STATES SHALL, ON
THE GROUNDS OF RACE, COLOR OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN, BE EXCLUDED
FROM THIS PATIENT AND/OR BE
DENIED THE BENEFITS OF OR BE
SUBJECTED TO HIS TERMINATION
UNDER ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY.
OUR TITLE VI WORK AND ENSURES
REGULAR COORDINATION AND
COLLABORATION BETWEEN SDOT AND
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE
D.O.T.
EVERY NOVEMBER WITH INPUT FROM
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
THE WIND BE PROGRAM, THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY DIVISION AND CAN
INDICATIONS DIVISION,
SPECIFICALLY PROJECT DELIVERY
AND DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS, WE UPDATED AND
SIMPLIFIED OUR TITLE VI
LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATED THEM
INTO THE SEATTLE TOP-TIER
LANGUAGES.
IN 2020, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
UPDATED ITS TITLE VI
NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE, THE
TITLE VI PLAN AND THE TITLE VI
COMPLAINT PROCESS AND THE
LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN WHICH WE
CALL LAP.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE CONTINUES
TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THEIR
RIGHTS ON TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT AND THE CITY'S
OBLIGATION TO FULFILL THESE
DUTIES TO THE TITLE VI NOTICE
OF NON- DETERMINATION AND
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.
SDOT ALSO HAS A LANGUAGE
LIAISON COORDINATOR AND THEY
RECENTLY CREATED THE TURN-BASED
PROGRAM WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL
LIST OF THE SDOT TRANSLATIONS
FREQUENTLY USED.
THE TERM BASE IS SET UP TO
ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND
TRANSLATIONS THAT WE PRODUCE
AND SERVES AS A TOOL TO OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNER
AGENCIES TO USE FOR WHEN
REFERRING TO THE PROJECTS OR
PROGRAMS.
I WILL NOW PASS THIS OVER TO
SASHA DO LA CREWS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SELMA.
AGAIN, I AM THE ENRON
ADVISOR HERE AT SDOT.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SPEAK
WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME OF
THE WORK WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING
AS WELL AS HOW WE ARE LOOKING
TO THE FUTURE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> AS A WHOLE, THE WINBEY
PROGRAM SEEKS TO UPLIFT WOMEN
AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS
PRODUCE PATIENT WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT THROUGH CONTRACTS
AND EVALUATED COMPLIANCE.
WE REALLY DO THIS THROUGH TWO
MAIN ACTIONS.
THE FIRST IS TO ELIMINATE
INTERNAL BARRIERS THROUGH
POLICY AND WE DO THIS BY
FOSTERING SUPPORT FOR THE
PROGRAM THROUGH TRAINING AND
POLICIES WITHIN SDOT.
THE SECOND OF WHICH IS SHARING
RESOURCE INFORMATION WITH FIRMS
AND WE DO SO BY FACILITATING
OUTREACH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY
SEEK TO DO.
OUR EEO COMMITMENT AS A WHOLE,
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY 22% WINBEY GOAL.
CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 21% WHICH
MEANS WE HAVE OVER $101 MILLION
THAT HAVE GONE TO WINBEY BERMS
THROUGH THE SEATTLE LEVY.
THE SECOND IS MEETING THE 2022
SDOT WIND FIVE GOALS LEVY AND
NULLITY COMBINED.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF 38% AND
CONSULTING AND 19% AND
PURCHASING.
SDOT GOALS ARE DETERMINED BY
USING ESTIMATED GOALS AND
OBTAINMENT WITH THE ULTIMATE
DECISION FOR GOAL SELECTION,
RESTING WITH THE SDOT DIRECTOR.
WE ALSO LOOK TO SHARE UPCOMING
PROJECT INFORMATION WITH THE
WIND FIVE COMMUNITY.
AS MICHELLE MENTIONED EARLIER
AS WELL, TRAINING AND
SUPPORTING STAFF AND ALL OF
OUR.
>>> OF INFORMATION AND ANY
SUPPORT THEY MAY NEED.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> IN 2021, WE HAD A REALLY
GREAT YEAR, DESPITE ALL THE
CHALLENGES WITH THE PANDEMIC
CONTINUING.
WE HAD $88.9 MILLION GO OVER
ALL SPENT.
25.000000 OF THAT WENT TO
WINBEY AS A WHOLE.
15, TO WIND FIVE PRIMES AND
CONSULTING AND 5.5 MILLION, TO
THE WINBEY PRIMES AND
PURCHASING, OBTAINING THE 19%
GOAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.
THAT WAS A VERY LARGE
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL
THE DIVISION HEADS AND THE
PROGRAM MANAGERS AND ALL THE
STUFF THAT HELPED MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE AT SDOT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> FINALLY, LOOKING TOWARD
THE FUTURE OF 2022 AND BEYOND,
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING TO DO AT SDOT IN
ALIGNMENT WITH PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED TACTICS, IS LOOKING
AT CONTRACTING EQUITY BEYOND
THE WIND OF COMMITMENTS AND
LOOKING AT THE WIND OF
COMMITMENTS AS REALLY THE FLOOR
OF WHAT CONTRACTING EQUITY CAN
BE AT SDOT.
THIS ALIGNS WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
BASIS OF THE VALUE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT REALLY THE
BROADENING OF CONTRACTING CAN
BE FOUND IN THE COMMUNITY
GUIDED (INDISCERNIBLE) AT SEVEN
DIFFERENT TACTICS THAT TOUCH ON
CONTRACTING EQUITY IN ADDITION
TO THE IN DIRECT RELATION AND
INFLUENCE TO OTHER TACTICS AND
VALUES.
AND VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE
THIS WORK WITH SDOT PARTNERS
AND STAFF AND I GREATLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I'M NOT GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO
ANYE CONTACT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
WE WILL KICK THIS SECTION OFF
WITH A QUICK VIDEO.
GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THE SDOT PROGRAM STARTED
IN 2017.
WE REALLY RECOGNIZED THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF INEQUITIES WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE SYSTEM.
NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OF SIDEWALKS.
THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSIT
ACCESS.
YOU TEND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY
ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY BEEN
INVESTED -- UNDER INVESTED
IN.
AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR LIVING IN THESE LOCATIONS
AND REGIONS.
THEY WANTED TO DIRECTLY WORK
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT KEY EQUITY
POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
THAT AS A DEPARTMENT, WE SHOULD
ADDRESS.
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK AS A COMMUNITY GUIDED
DOCUMENT.
I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT AS A
NORTHSTAR FOR SDOT.
IT IS A WAY FOR US TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT HIM WHAT ARE THE
KEY EQUITY PROGRAMS, PROJECTS
AND POLICIES THAT THAT
APARTMENT SHOULD FOCUS ON,
ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY HAD
THAT IDEA AT THE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE SDOT EQUITY --
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR VIEWING THE VIDEO.
IS REFRESHER.
THE EQUITY PROGRAM IS HOUSED IN
OEEI AND I HAVE HAD THE GREAT
HONOR OF SUPPORTING THIS WORK
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE.
>> THE TRANSITION EQUITY
PROGRAM PROVIDES STRATEGIC
ADVICE TO ENSURE THAT WE
DELIVER AN EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
SUPPORTS THE BIPO CHECK OF
COMMUNITIES THOSE UNDERSERVED.
AS SEEN IN THE VIDEO, TWO MAIN
BODIES OF WORK IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS HAS BEEN THE PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE SDOT TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY WORKGROUP KNOWN AS TW TO
CODEVELOP THE DEPARTMENT'S
FIRST EVER TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK WHICH WE
LOVINGLY CALL THE TEF FOR
SHORT.
THE TW IS A GROUP OF 10
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIES BIPOC AND
ARE CONNECTEDTO LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS SERVING
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
VULNERABLE COMMITMENT --
COMMUNITIES.
THE TW IS A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP
BASED ON INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT
AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
WE COLLECTIVELY CODEVELOP THE
TEF IN ITS COMMUNICATION PLAN
TO THE STAFF PROCESS TO
FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS.
TRUST TAKES TIME AND IT TOOK US
THREE YEARS TO CODEVELOP THE
TEF AND ITS PLAN THAT WE
RECENTLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC
LAST MONTH.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE TRANSITION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
IS ONE TOOL TO TRANSFORM
POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND
PRACTICES AND IT CENTERS THE
ITY PECOS RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVES.
IT IS ORGANIZED INTO TWO PARTS.
PART 1, VALUES AND STRATEGIES,
WAS CODEVELOPED IN 2019 AND
2020 AND IT INCLUDES 10 VALUES
IDENTIFIED BY THE TW MEMBERS IS
KEY TO ACHIEVING EQUITY.
THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL VALUES ARE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
DECISION-MAKING TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
AUTHENTIC AND INTENTIONAL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
DECISION-MAKING MUST BE DONE
WITH TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO ASSESS IMPACT
AND DETERMINE WHETHER HISTORIC
INEQUITIES ARE BEING SHIFTED.
THE OTHER VALUES ARE DEPICTED
IN THE OUTER CIRCLE OF THE
VISUAL ON THE SLIGHT PIG AND
INCLUDES TOPICS SUCH AS LAND-
USE HOUSING DISPLACEMENT,
MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS AND OTHERS.
NEXT LIGHT PLEASE.
>> PART 2 OF THE FRAMEWORK IS
IMPLANTATION PLAN AND IT
INCLUDES OVER 200 TACTICS WHICH
WE CODESIGED WITH TW MEMBERS
AND STAFF IN 2021 TO FACILITATE
VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT.
THE LIMITATION TIMELINE SPANS
FROM 2022 UNTIL 2028.
AND THE LIMITATION OF THESE
TACTICS ARE DEPARTMENTWIDE
LEFT.
TACTICS ARE ORGANIZED INTO
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FROM
ADVOCACY, POLICY PROGRAM TO
BEHAVIOR AND CULTURAL LEVEL
CHANGES SUCH AS PROCESS AND
PRACTICE.
ON THE SLIDE OR TWO EXAMPLES OF
TACTICS FROM THE IMPLANTATION
PLAN.
ONE OF THE POLICY -RELATED
TACTIC AND THE OTHER IS A
PROCESSING PRACTICE.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE
HAVE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT
TACTICS THIS YEAR, INTERPRETING
THEM INTO STAFF WORK PLANS
IN THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO
THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING PACKAGE.
MANY OF THE TACTICS IDENTIFIED
ARE ABOUT SHIFTING THE WAYS WE
DO THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO
AND WILL NECESSARILY REQUIRE
SIGNIFICANT NEW RESOURCES WHILE
OTHERS WILL REQUIRE US TO
IDENTIFY NEW OR PRIORITIZED
FUNDING OVER TIME, WHETHER WE
ABSORB COST, LEVERAGE EXISTING
BUDGETS OR OTHER AVENUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE TO
YOU THAT THIS PLAN IS A DYNAMIC
DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED
MONITORED AND UPDATED
REGULARLY.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS MY WORD
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE.
>> I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT RSGI AT SDOT.
MICHELLE MENTIONED THE
TRANSFORMATIONAL EQUITY
LEADERSHIP COHORT.
IT HAS MADE US PROFOUNDLY AWARE
OF HOW WE HAVE CREATED BARRIERS
TO SERVICES AT SDOT.
ONE PROFOUND TAKE AWAY FROM THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS THE POWER
OF UPLIFTING HUMAN SOLIDARITY
AND THE INESCAPABLE NEED TO
HUMANIZE THE WORK WE DO, WHICH
IS A CORNERSTONE OF EQUITY WORK
AND PRACTICE.
SO HOW DID SDOT CREATE SPACE
FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THE
REFLECTIONS, ANGER AND JOY?
SDOT HAS DEEPENED ITS
INVESTMENT IN THE RSG TOOLS FOR
WE OFFER SPACES TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND COLLECTIVELY PROCESS
REALTIME WORLD EVENTS THAT
IMPACT BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF COLOR
IN THE WORKPLACE AND ELEVATING
EMERGENT EQUITY ISSUES AND
CONCERNS TO SDOT LEADERSHIP,
ALLOWING US TO BE AN AUTHENTIC
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND EACH OTHER.
AND BEING INTENTIONAL IN THE
WAY WE PROVIDE AND MAKE
SERVICES ACCESSIBLE PRESENTLY
AND MOVING FORWARD.
SDOT HAS MADE A POSITIVE SHIFT.
SO THE KEY DETERMINANTS OF THE
SHIFT WERE BASED IN
TRANSFORMATIVE AND RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROCESSES INCLUDING
USING THE STRATEGIC QUESTIONING
TOOL TO DEEPEN OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF RACIALIZED
HARM WHICH IMPACTS BOTH BIPOC
PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO IDENTIFY
AS WHITE.
AND TO UNDO SYSTEMATIC HARM
GOING FORWARD.
SO STRATEGIC QUESTIONING OFFERS
AND INTENTIONAL WILL --
INTENTIONAL COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS THAT OPENS UP OPTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE
SEEMED UNAVAILABLE BEFORE PICK
THE BENEFITS WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED ARE FAR-REACHING
AND HAVE SHIFTED OUR CULTURE OF
WORK TO BE MORE MEANINGFUL AND
CONNECTED IN THE WAY WE WORK
WITH EACH OTHER AND ULTIMATELY,
WITH COMMUNITY.
WE ENGAGED IN (INDISCERNIBLE)
WHICH IS AN INTENTIONALLY AND
DELIBERATELY, MAKING SPACE KIND
OF TOOL.
WE TAKE TIME TO GET TO KNOW
OURSELVES THROUGH EACH OTHER.
AND SDOT IS SHIFTING CULTURE
AND MAKING LONG STRIDES TOWARD
BECOMING AN EQUITABLE
TRUSTWORTHY AGENCY, ALIGNING
WITH ITS OWN VALUES AT EVERY
LEVEL USING THIS PROCESS.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE
RECEIVED ABOUT THIS WAS THAT IT
WAS DIFFERENT TO ELIMINATE HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO KNOW EACH
OTHER AS A PART OF RACIAL
EQUITY WORK.
AND WE USE THE CIRCLE PROCESS.
THE CIRCLE PROCESS IS A SOLID
TOOL FOR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
AND MAY BE OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL
EQUITY PRACTICE YET.
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
AS WELL AS EVERYDAY OPTIONS TO
CONDUCTING MEETINGS TO SUPPORT
EQUITY, EFFECTIVENESS,
EXCELLENCE, CIRCLE PROCESS
WHICH IS A RESTORATIVE
MEDICATION TOOL THAT ALLOWS
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, CONCERNS AND
QUESTIONS TO BE HEARD IN A SAFE
AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SOME FEEDBACK WE HEARD
ABOUT SDOT ENGAGING IN THE
CIRCLE PROCESSES WHICH INCLUDE
IMPROVING OUR WORK.
KEEP USING IT.
IT MAKES ROOM FOR EVERYBODY'S
VOICE.
PEOPLE FEEL VALUED.
POWER DYNAMICS.
BOTH THOSE IN GREAT ANSWERS
COME FROM IT.
THIS SUMS UP HOW THE RSGI IS
IMPACTING SDOT AND HOW SDOT
IMPACTS RSGI.
THERE IS A GROWING OPENNESS TO
HAVING DIFFICULT CONVRSATIONS
ABOUT RACE AND EQUITY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE RSGI TEAM IS COMPRISED OF
23 MEMBERS FROM DIVISIONS
ACROSS SDOT AND FUNCTIONS
THROUGH SUBGROUPS.
WE HAVE A LEARNING AND PRACTICE
SUBGROUP THAT DEVELOPS LEAVE
AND FACILITATES CURRICULUM
TOWARD ANNUAL RSGI LEARNING AND
PRACTICE AND LEARNING AND
PRACTICE BY THE WAY IT IS OUR
NEW YEAR AND FOR TRAINING.
IT IS A NEW WAY WE TALK ABOUT
TRAINING.
THAT INCLUDES STRATEGIC
QUESTIONING AND CIRCLE
PROCESSES AND ALSO SERVES TO
ONBOARD NEW STAFF TO RSGI AND
CULTIVATE THE EXISTING STAFF
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK AND
HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE.
WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION
SUBGROUP.
THEY KEEP EQUITY TOP OF MIND BY
SHARING CHANGE TEAM ACTIVITIES
AND LEAD AN ANNUAL RECRUITMENT.
OUR TRANSPOTATION EQUITY AND
LIMITATION SUBGROUP SUPPORTS
DIVISIONS IN ACHIEVING RSGI
GOALS IN IMPLEMENTING
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY TACTICS,
AND LAMENTING THE TEF AND
MANAGING UP, DOWN AND LATERALLY
TO GET TEAMS TO TRY NEW TACTICS
AND DO RIGHT BY COMMUNITY.
TRY CHAIRS AND ALUMNI ADVISORS
LEAD THE CHANGE TEAM AND
SUPPORT SUBGROUPS AND ENGAGE
WITH LEADERSHIP AND CITYWIDE
COCHAIRS.
FINALLY, THE WORK PLAN AND
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL SUBGROUP
COLLABORATES WITH PROJECT AND
PROGRAM MANAGERS ON ACHIEVING
TRUE 93 GOES THROUGH THIS
DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE HARD AT WORK IN 2021
AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT
LIGHT PLEASE.
>> SO THESE ARE RET SOME
COMPANIES ARE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS.
THEY -- IT IS A PROCESS USED
CITYWIDE TO GUIDE THE
EVALUATION OF POLICIES,
PROJECTS, SERVICES AND BUDGET
ISSUES TO HELP IDENTIFY AND
ADDRESS RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT
DESIGNED BY THE SEATTLE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
THE TEAM INCLUDES THE PROJECT
MANAGER, MEMBERS OF THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGE TEAM
AND THOSE WITH SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE IN AREAS INCLUDING
EQUITY AND DATA.
SOME OF THE RET'S WE ARE PROUD
OF THIS YEAR ARE THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE PROGRAM.
I WILL ADD THAT THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE RET WAS THE
FIRST TO HAVE THE CIRCLE
PROCESS AND ENGAGE IN THE
CIRCLE PROCESS FOR A SHORT TIME
AND WE FOUND IT SUCCESSFUL.
WE ALSO WORKED ON THE 12th
AVENUE SOUTH VISION CORRIDOR
RET THIS YEAR AS WELL AS THE
EAST MARGINAL WAY CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
AND I PASSED MY WORD TO DAN.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, MY NAME
IS DAN ANDERSON.
I MANAGE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT
SDOT.
THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR HAVING ME.
I ALSO AM A NEW MEMBER OF THE
RET CHANGE TEAM THIS YEAR.
FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE
PRODUCE SDOT MATERIALS USING A
TRANS CREATION SO WE ARE TRYING
TO AVOID TRANSLATION FROM
ENGLISH TO OTHER LANGUAGES
WITHOUT CULTURAL SENSITIVITY.
SO FROM THE START, WE ARE USING
NATIVE SPEAKERS AND CRATING
MULTICULTURAL MATERIALS TO
CONNECT WITH PEOPLE BOTH
CULTURALLY AND EMOTIONALLY PICK
AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND KNOW
THAT WE ARE HERE TO GET THEIR
FEEDBACK AND TALK FURTHER ABOUT
OUR WORK.
SDOT HAS A LONG AND PRODUCTIVE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE
CENTER COMMUNITY AND BUILD
LASTING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE
COMMUNITIES WE ARE WORKING IN.
THE CITY'S COMMUNITY LIAISON
PROGRAM IS A KEY PART OF THIS
WORK.
SDOT IS PROUD TO FUND THAT
LIAISON PROGRAM AND WE
STRATEGICALLY USE THE
PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THE
RIGHT LIAISONS FOR THE RIGHT
COMMUNITIES AND AT THE RIGHT
POINT IN THE PROCESSES TO
FURTHER IMPLEMENT RSGI.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE
BEEN DRAFTING COMPENSATION
GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO PARTNER WITH
US ON A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORK.
AND WE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE
SURE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ARE
RELATIONAL AND ONGOING.
ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES WHERE SDOT IS
WORKING.
WE CONTINUE TO MEET PEOPLE
WHERE THEY ARE.
WE HAVE PUT SOME LISTINGS HERE,
SHOPPING CENTERS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP.
ONLINE FORUMS AND COMMUNITY
MEETINGS MORE SO TODAY THAN
EVER.
COVID DID CREATE CHALLENGES FOR
US, ESPECIALLY WITH FACE-TO-
FACE ENGAGEMENT TACTICS WHICH
WE HAVE USED FOREVER REALLY.
SDOT MADE SURE WE HAVE ALTERED
THE DIGITAL TOOLS OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS SO WE CAN MEET
SEATTLEITES WHEREVER THEY ARE,
WHETHER THAT IS PHYSICAL OR
VIRTUAL SPACES.
WHEREVER THEY ARE GATHERING.
>> TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PROJECT
THAT SHOWS HOW RSJI IS A MOMENT
THE GROUND AND THE COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE, THE EXAMPLES FROM
LAKE CITY AND THE HEALTHY
STREET PILOT PROJECT.
SO THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK, ROLL AND BIKE
IN THE STREET.
WE INSTALLED STAY HEALTHY
STREET AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC
STARTING IN 2020.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RECONSIDER HOW
WE MIGHT IMPROVE SPACES AND USE
STREETS OF PUBLIC SPACES BEYOND
THE PANDEMIC THROUGH COMMUNITY
BUILDING AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THIS STAY HEALTHY STREET IS ON
32nd AVENUE NORTHEAST IN LAKE
CITY.
IT IS NEXT TO LITTLE BROOK
PARK.
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM
CEDAR PARK ELEMENTARY.
THE CONCEPT FOR IT WAS
COMMUNITY GENERATED.
THIS SPEAKS TO THE POWER OF
BEYOND THE GROUND ENGAGEMENT
AND IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM A
FOCUS GROUP.
SO TO THE POWER OF THE
PARTNERSHIP IN THE LIAISON
PROGRAM.
SDOT ALSO WORKED CLOSELY AND
CONTINUES TO WORK WITH A
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE
HELPED THIS OUTREACH GET
PLANNED AND HOW TO DESIGN THE
STREET.
THEY COLORED PUBLIC OUTREACH
WITH US DURING THE EARLY PHASES
AND NOW THE CO- LEADING
VISIONING PROCESS FOR THE
STARTUP IS REALLY GOING TO GET
TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY TO THE
SUMMER.
THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE I WANTED TO
SHOW THE SURVEY POWER
MULTICULTURAL ENTRANCE CREATED
VIDEOS CAN BE EFFECTIVE.
SO WE DID A DIGITAL AND PHONE
SURVEY.
WE HAVE FOLKS GIVING US
FEEDBACK IN ENGLISH, SPANISH
AND (INDISCERNIBLE) WHAT WE
LEARNED AS PEOPLE WANTED TO
KEEP THE STREAK THE WAY IT WAS.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT
PERMANENT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
THE VISIONING PROCESS, TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY AND THE
COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER
FURTHER ON THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF
THE PHOTOS OF A BEAUTIFUL NEW
STREET MURAL THAT HONORS NATIVE
CULTURE AND IT WELCOMES
EVERYONE.
IT WAS INSTALLED IN PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN SDOT AND LAKE CITY
COLLECTIVE.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS
MY WORD BACK TO MICHELLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAN AND
THE WHOLE EQUITY TEAM ON DOING
A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF ALL THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST
TWO YEARS.
THIS SLIDE IS A RESOURCE LINK
TO DETAILED REPORTS AND
DASHBOARDS OF THE EQUITY WORK
WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU
TODAY.
SO THEY ARE HOTLINKS.
CAN FEEL FREE TO CLICK THOSE.
THE FUTURE EQUITY AT SDOT
INVOLVES AN LIMITATION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
WE WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN AND
EXPAND CROSS COLLABORATION WITH
THE RSJI CHANGE TEAM CHANGE
TEAM, EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
AND THE TRANSPIRATION EQUITY
IDT TO IMPLANT THE TRANSMISSION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK TACTICS.
WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT AND STRENGTH THEN THE
EEO AND TITLE VI PROGRAM AS
WELL AS THE WIND OF A, WE WILL
EXAMINE OFFERINGS OF LEARNING
AND PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RSJI AND EQUITY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR
ALLOWING THE EQUITY TEAM TO
PRESENT TO YOU TODAY ON HOW
SDOT CENTERS EQUITY IN ALL THE
WORK WE DO.
NOW WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
PRESENTATION ON SDOT PATIENTS
ONGOING WORK TO INCORPORATE
THAT KEY PILLAR OF THE MISSION
OF EQUITY.
AND OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS
GOING TO BE VERY IN TUNE TO
THIS ISSUE WHEN WE RECEIVE
MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL'S BUDGET
FOR SDOT TO SEE HOW RESOURCES
ARE ALLOCATED THROUGH YOUR 700
PLUS MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET,
BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR
COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON -- GOOD
MORNING -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE
WE ARE.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR ABOUT THE INTERNAL WORK
YOU ARE DOING. I THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CREATING A
CULTURE OF SAFETY AND RACIAL
EQUITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO KUDOS TO ALL OF BEFORE THAT
WORK.
I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT.
AND I WILL SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE
I HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
SAFETY ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN
THE SOUTH END.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS IF I
MAY, CHAIR, AROUND THIS
PARTICULAR TOPIC.
>> YES PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
SUPPORTS BLACK, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN
UNDER INVESTED.
AND I GUESS THE FIRST THING I'M
INTERESTED IN IS, WILL THIS
TRANSLATE INTO THINGS LIKE
SIDEWALKS AND TRAFFIC CALMING
AND ALTERNATIVE MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION IN AREAS THAT
ARE LACKING THAT KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE?
AND I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY
OF DISTRICTS TWO AND DISTRICT
5. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M REALLY
ASKING IS, MY ASSUMPTION IS
THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS,
THERE WILL BE A REPRIORITIZING
OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
PROJECTS IN AREAS OF THE CITY
THAT ARE CURRENTLY LOWER IN THE
QUEUE FOR GETTING THESE KINDS
OF INVESTMENTS, RELATIVE TO
OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THAT QUESTION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I WILL SAY THAT OUR TEF
INCLUDES SAFETY AS ONE OF THE
VALUES IDENTIFIED BY THE TW
MEMBERS AND WE HAVE A SERIES OF
TACTICS WITHIN THAT VALUE THAT
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT SIDEWALK
AS A NEED FOR WE DO HAVE
SEVERAL TACTICS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED THAT TOUCH THAT.
AND THAT IS SPOT ON IN TERMS OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS IS WHERE WE WILL REALLY
START TO ASSESS AND BOOK AT THE
DIFFERENT NEEDS AND THE BUDGET
PIECES TOO.
I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT WE
DO HAVE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD THAT
HOUSES ALL OF THE 200 TEF
TACTICS.
SO YOU CAN GO INTO THAT AND SEE
THE SPECIFIC TACTICS THAT HAVE
BEEN CALLED OUT UNDER SAFETY,
RELATED TO SIDEWALK AND
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS.
I WANT TO WELCOME KRISTEN TO
RESPOND AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK IS AN
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
AT THE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN,
WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
USING AND WHICH DOES
INCORPORATE SAFETY DATA, EQUITY
DATA, AS WELL AS DESTINATION
INFORMATION TO HELP US
PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT ARE A
NUMBER OF YEARS OLD AT THIS
POINT.
I THINK OVERLAYING THE TWO WILL
HELP US TO NARROW IN ON AND
IMPLEMENT THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK
USING SOME OF THE INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT REALLY KIND OF LEADS INTO
MY SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS, I
HEAR A LOT FROM CONSTITUENTS
THAT WHEN THEY ARE REQUESTING A
STOP SIGN OR A CROSSWALK OR
SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC CALMING,
THAT THE RESPONSES EITHER,
THERE IS NO BUDGET TO DO THAT,
OR YOU SHOULD USE YOUR VOICE,
YOUR CHOICE AND SEE IF YOU CAN
ORGANIZE YOUR COMMUNITY TO GET
ACCESS TO SOME RESOURCES, WHICH
GIVEN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT,
FEELS REALLY INEQUITABLE TO ASK
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ALREADY
WORKING A FEW JOBS AND HAVING
SOME FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, TO
NOW COME TOGETHER AND ORGANIZE
THE COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATE AND
APPLY AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO, I'M WONDERING IF THE
DEPARTMENT HAS CONSIDERED AN
APPROACH TO ROAD SAFETY
UPGRADES THAT ARE SORT OF BAKED
INTO THE PROCESSES, AS OPPOSED
TO REQUIRING RESIDENTS TO TAKE
TIME TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IS THEIR SOME SORT OF ROLLING
PROJECT TO GET THE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY NEED AT
SOME POINT?
>> THERE ARE COUPLE.
ONE IS, AS I MENTIONED, THE
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN HELPS US
IDENTIFY, WE HAVE A PRIORITY
INVESTMENT NETWORK FOR
SIDEWALKS AND THAT ALSO TELLS
US WHERE THERE IS AN OVERLAY
BETWEEN
IDENTIFIED SAFETY CONCERNS AND
HIGH-VOLUME DESTINATIONS AND
EQUITY FOCUSED GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS.
ALSO, THERE ARE NUMBER OF
THINGS YOU HAVE DONE LATELY
AROUND SAFETY.
THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN ANIMALS
WE HAVE BEEN INSTALLING ON
SIGNALS, THAT IS A PROGRAM
WHERE WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR
PEOPLE TO REQUEST THOSE BUT
INSTALLING THOSE
PROGRAMMATICALLY.
SAME WITH THE LOWERED SPEED
LIMITS.
WE JUST DID THOSE ACROSS THE
CITY.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT THAT
THERE IS ROOM TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD SYSTEMS OR WE DON'T RELY
ON THE SQUEAKY WHEELS OR RELY
ON PEOPLE CONTACTING US WITH
THE ISSUES.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
MY LAST QUESTION IS, AS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE
STREETS MORE ACCOMMODATING AND
SAFER FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, I'M HEARING FROM
FOLKS WHO REALLY HAVE KIND OF
AN ARRAY OF ISSUES THAT THEY
ARE DEALING WITH.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'M HEARING
FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY
NEEDS WHO USE A WHEELCHAIR,
FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISION
IMPAIRMENTS. AND SO THE NEEDS
ARE DIFFERENT FOR HOW TO
ACCOMMODATE THEM TO BE ABLE TO
USE OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
DIFFERENTLY.
I'M WONDERING HOW THAT GETS
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THE DEPARTMENT
CONSIDERED HOW TO IMPLEMENT
PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE SAFETY
UPGRADES THAT CAN ALSO
ACCOMMODATE DISABLED DRIVERS
WHILE STILL PUTTING TRAFFIC
CALMING MEASURES IN PLACE FOR
DRIVERS WHO DON'T HAVE
DISABILITIES?
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT QUESTION
IS MAKING SENSE BUT I'M
THINKING PARTICULARLY OF LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD WHERE I'M
HEARING A LOT FROM FOLKS WHO
WANT ACCESS SO THAT THEY CAN
GET OUTSIDE AND THEY CAN WALK
OR ROLL WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT
CARS.
I'M ALSO HEARING FROM DISABLED
DRIVERS FOR WHOM THAT IS SORT
OF THOSE THAT IS THERE ACCESS
TO THE OUTDOORS BUT THEY CHOOSE
TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
WANT TO ROLL.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE
THE ARRAY OF NEEDS AND STILL
PROVIDE THE ACCESS AND THE
ABILITY TO INCREASE THE WAYS TO
GET AROUND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT IN A CAR.
>> I THINK, MANY TIMES YES.
SOMETIMES, NO WHICH IS PROBABLY
NOT A VERY SATISFACTORY ANSWER.
WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WHAT
DAN TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN'T
DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE HEAR WHAT
PEOPLE NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT
AND HOW THEY WANT TO USE THEIR
STREETS AND ACCESS THINGS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRAVEL
THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY AND
THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHERE
WE NEED TO BE LISTENING TO WHAT
PEOPLE NEED TO DO AND WHAT
THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE TELLS
THEM IS A GOOD SOLUTION AND WE
NEED TO BRING OUR EXPERTISE TO
THAT TO COMBINE THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NEEDS
WITH OUR TOOLS AVAILABLE TO
TRANSFORM THE STREETSCAPE.
>> I GUESS I'M THINKING ABOUT
JFK DRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
GOLDEN GATE PARK WHERE YOU CAN
DRIVE ON THE STREET BUT ONLY IF
YOU ARE DISABLED.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DISABLED
PLACARD IN ORDER TO USE THE
ROAD OR OTHERWISE IT IS FOR
PEOPLE USING A DIFFERENT MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME.
THIS IS BIG WORK.
ANOTHER SHIFT YOU ARE TRYING TO
MAKE IS A BIG SHIFT.
I APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT ALL
THE STEPS YOU ARE TAKING IN ALL
THE WORK GOING INTO THINKING
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE
TRANSPORTATION POLICY DECISIONS
SO THAT IT IS NOT EQUITABLE.
ARE REALLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I WANT TO ECHO THAT.
I HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH
NEARLY 1000 LOW INCOME BIPOC
RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO
GET IMPROVEENTS AND A CROSSWALK
. THE RESEARCH AND DATA PUT IN
THERE FOR DECISION-MAKING BUT
IT WAS NOT CLEAR THAT THE LOW
INCOME AND EQUITY DATA WAS
BAKED AND YET.
I'M HAPPY ABOUT WHAT IS IN
DISTRICT 2 TO ACCOMPANY YOU ON
A WALKING TOUR OF SOME OF THE
AREAS YOU ARE THE MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES SAID AND THANK ALL THE
PRESENTERS FOR TAKING THE TIME,
NOT JUST A PRESENT BUT THE
IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TIME TO
DEVELOP ALL THESE PRACTICES AND
POLICIES.
THIS IS A LOT OF WORK.
THANK YOU FOR USING HER TIME
AND ENERGY TO DO THIS.
I WILL PIGGYBACK ON WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES SAID.
DURING OFFICE HOURS WHICH I
HOLD EVERY WEEK, THE NUMBER ONE
REQUEST I GET, IT IS USUALLY
ABOUT HOMELESSNESS TO BE
HONEST.
THE SECOND ONE IS FOR
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WHETHER IT
IS TRAFFIC
-- I HAVE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION SO MANY TIMES.
DIRECTOR SIMPSON KNOWS MY
NUANCED OPINIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC
SIGNALS AND FOUR WAY STOPS.
AND ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR STREETS
TO MAKE IT EASIER TO WALK OR
RUN OR DO EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE I STILL DRIVE IN 1972
FORD PICK UP FROM TIME TO TIME
AND THAT THING GETS FROM ZERO,
TO 60 IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
CARS WE DRIVE TODAY THAT GO
FROM ZERO, TO 60 IN TWO
SECONDS.
THAT ABILITY TO MANEUVER AROUND
TURNS AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED
IS WHY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
MORE LIGHTED CROSSWALKS.
MORE STOP SIGNS.
MORE SPEED BUMPS.
MORE OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WOULD I DO KNOW IS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
DISTRICTS. DIFFERENT
IN MY DISTRICT, HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE TIME TO
COME TO OFFICE HOURS AND MAKE
THESE REQUESTS OF ME AND
DIRECTOR SIMPSON HAS SEEN MY
LONG LIST.
I THINK THERE ARE AT LEAST 20
OR 30 PLACES IN MY DISTRICT
THAT HAVE MADE THESE REQUESTS.
THE PLANET WILL END WITH IS
THAT JUST RELYING ON YOUR VOICE
AND YOUR CHOICE IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE ALL NEED A DIFFERENT OUTLET.
ON SO I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF
OF THE GREAT WORDS OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND ABOVE
ALL ELSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR OUR COLLEAGUES
AT SDOT?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK FOLKS
AT SDOT FOR INITIATING THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT REVIEWS
FOR THE RECONNECTING WITH
SEATTLE PROJECT.
THEY HAVE DEFINITELY SERVED THE
IMPACTED AREAS VERY WELL.
IMPACTED AREAS IN DETOUR ROUTES
THAT ARE PRIMARILY
BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND I
APPRECIATE THE FOCUS AND
ATTENTION AND THE RESOURCES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE SAY
GOODBYE TO THE STEAM AT SDOT?
THANK YOU DIRECTOR SIMPSON.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
ITEM?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO
HEARING ABOUT THE SOUND TRANSIT
ITEM.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
APPRECIATE IT.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO A LAST ITEM WHICH
WILL TAKE UP ABOUT AN HOUR OF
TIME TODAY.
I IMAGINE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR,
RESOLUTION 32055.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO SOUND
TRANSIT, PROVIDING REGULATIONS
TO THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD AS
TO THE SELECTION OF THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSIONS PROJECT TO BE
STUDIED IN THE FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
FOR BREATHING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, AND
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF THIS JOINT
RESOLUTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE
IS TO ARTICULATE AND UNIFIED
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BALLARD LINK EXTENSION
ROUTES AND LOCATIONS OF THE
STATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING ONGOING INPUT THUS
FAR INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AND
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SENT E-
MAILS AS WELL.
TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST OF TWO
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE
FOR THIS RESOLUTION FROM MAYOR
BRUCE HARRELL.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED BACK
FOR A SING DISCUSSION TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
COMMENT AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
WILL AGAIN BE INVITED TO
ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING SO WE
CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION.
MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS BETWEEN NOW
AND THEN AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO WELCOME -- WE
HAVE A DREAM TEAM HERE.
WE HAVE MARSHALL FOSTER AND
SARA (INDISCERNIBLE) MARSHALL
FOSTERS THE CITY'S DESIGNATED
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AND SARA
(INDISCERNIBLE) FROM SDOT AND
WE HAVE CALVIN CHOW WHO IS A
TRADITION EXPERT ON THE CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. AND WE
WANT TO REMIND FOLKS HERE THAT
WE DO HAVE THE HYBRID MEETING
GOING ON.
WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
PERSON AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS
ON ZOOM.
WE ARE, IN ADDITION TO THE
REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WE
INVITED EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE HAD OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS ATTEND PREVIOUS
MEETINGS.
I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE SOME
OTHERS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
TODAY, WE ARE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON.
SO WELCOME.
>> LET'S -- I WANTED TO
GIVE CALVIN CHOW FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF THE
OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANTED TO
PROVIDE ANY CONTEXT OR DISCUSS
ANY PARTS OF -- OR HIGHLIGHT
ANY PARTS OF THE MEMO.
>> NO COUNCILMEMBER.
IT IS A LONG PRESENTATION AND
I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS FOLLOWING THIS
MEETING AS WELL.
MAYBE LET'S JUST JUMP TO THE
PRESENTATION AND GO FROM THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, AS YOU HAVE
COMMENTS AFTER THE MEETING,
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CONNECT
WITH CALVIN CHOW.
WELCOME, MARSHALL AND SARA.
>> THANK YOU TOUR PETERSON.
COUNCILMEMBERS, IT IS GREAT TO
BE WITH YOU.
I WILL START WITH A COUPLE OF
QUICK OPENING COMMENTS AND I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARA WHO
HAS A THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF
EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THE
RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
FIRST, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
THIS RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO
PROVIDE THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ARTICULATE THE PROVISION FOR
MASIELLO EXTENSIONS.
IT IS MEANT TO BE A TOOL TO
INFORM SOUND TRANSIT DECISIONS
ON WHICH ALTERNATIVES WILL
ADVANCE TO THE FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
AS PART OF THAT, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
THESE ARE NOT FINAL DECISIONS.
WHEN THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD
HAS DECIDED WHICH ALTERNATIVES
TO ADVANCE, THERE IS A FULL
ADDITIONAL YEAR OF IN-DEPTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS,
ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT,
DEVELOPMENT OF MITIGATION PLANS
FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF
ALTERNATIVES IN THE DOCUMENT.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
WHY ARE WE BRINGING FORWARD THE
RESOLUTION?
A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS IS TO
PROVIDE CLARITY AND
TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY TO
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
PARTNERS AROUND ST3 IN TERMS OF
WHAT THE CITY GOALS AND VISION
ARE AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES
INTO SPECIFIC CHOICES AROUND
THE ALTERNATIVES.
WE ARE AT A POINT WITH MANY
YEARS OF WORK BEHIND US WHERE
WE HAVE TO START MAKING SOME OF
THE HARD DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH
SPECIFIC OPTIONS WE THINK ARE
PREFERRED, RECOGNIZING THAT
THERE ARE REAL TRADE-OFFS.
SIGNIFICANT ONES.
I THINK YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THOSE AND
WE ARE COMMITTED -- THE KEY
THING ABOUT THESE DECISIONS IS
THAT IT ALLOWS US TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE INTENSIVE WORK
WITH SOUND TRANSIT TO MITIGATE
THOSE IMPACTS, AS WE ADVANCE
THE WORK.
THE LAST POINT I WILL MAKE IS
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BOTH FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE ARE AND AS PARTNERS TO
SOUND TRANSIT, TO GET TO SOME
EARLY DECISIONS THAT ARE
DURABLE AND ALLOW US TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH SOME CLARITY AS TO
HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
SYSTEM BUILT AND TO ENSURE WE
CAN STREAMLINE THE DELIVERY AND
PERMITTING PROCESS AND
ULTIMATELY HELP TO CONTROL
COSTS FOR SOUND TRANSIT.
THAT IS A CRITICAL PRIORITY FOR
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE ST3
PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE CITY.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARA
WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL ASK BILL TO PULL IT OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A VERY MEATY
PRESENTATION TO GET TO.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MOVE
BRISKLY THROUGH IT PAUSING
PERIODICALLY FOR DISCUSSION.
HEADING TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE.
>> AS MARSHALL LAID OUT, THE
COUNCIL RESOLUTION IS REALLY
MEANT TO ADVANCE ONE VISION FOR
THE WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION PROJECT TO REALLY
ARTICULATE AT THIS JUNCTURE IN
THE PROCESS, THE CITY'S VISION
FOR WHERE THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE
BUILT.
SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS
BROKEN OUT INTO A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND ON THE PRESENTATION.
OR ON THE SYSTEM RATHER.
AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THE MEET WILL BE -- THE MEAT
WILL BE LAID OUT IN THE COUNCIL
RESOLUTION.
FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SEGMENTS
LAID OUT, THERE WILL BE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE RATIONALE
BEHIND THE POSITIONS IN THE
FEEDBACK IN THE COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS
THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE
PLACE.
AND THEN A PAUSE FOR
DISCUSSION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
THE END TO COME BACK TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EARLIER
SEGMENTS.
THEN WE WILL WRAP UP WITH NEXT
STEPS INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF
THE REFINEMENTS TO THE DEIS
ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED AND NEXT STEPS FOR
THE BOARD ACTION AND THE FINAL
EIS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
FIRST BACKGROUND.
NEXT LINE.
>> THE OVERVIEW OF THE
PROJECT I THINK EVERYONE ON THE
COUNCIL AND IN THE CITY THAT
HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE
PROJECT APPRECIATES THAT THE
WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION PROJECT IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST IF NOT THE LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE
CITY HISTORY AND $12 BILLION.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR
TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS
GIVING IMPROVED ACCESS AND
MOBILITY TO COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND TO THE
ENTIRE REGION.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT PRESENTS A
VERY SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION
AND RELATED IMPACT TO EXISTING
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS
PERMANENT CHANGES TO HOW THOSE
COMMUNITIES FUNCTION WITH THE
NEW STATIONS.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES OVER 12
MILES OF LIGHT RAIL TRACK, 13
EXPANDED STATIONS, A NEW SECOND
LIGHT RAIL ONLY TRANSIT TUNNEL
DOWNTOWN AND TWO WATER
CROSSINGS.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE IS THIS IS
NOT WEST SEATTLE TO BALLARD.
THIS IS TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS
AND TWO SEPARATE EXTENSIONS OF
THE REGIONAL SYSTEM.
THE WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION
IS AN EXTENSION OF THE LINE
THREE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
EXTEND FROM THE ALASKA JUNCTION
WEST SEATTLE TO THE EXISTING
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL AND THE UP TO
EVERETT.
MEANWHILE, THE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION WILL GO FROM THE
EXTENSION OF LINE ONE AND THE
REGIONAL SYSTEM AND IT WILL GO
FROM BALLARD STATION DOWN TO A
NEW TRANSIT TUNNEL THROUGH
DOWNTOWN AND THEN CONTINUE ON
TO THE RAINIER VALLEY EXISTING
SYSTEM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
TACOMA.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> WHERE WE ARE IN THE
BROADER PROCESS.
AS MARSHALL MENTIONED, THERE
HAS BEEN YEARS OF WORK THAT HAS
GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT AND
MANY YEARS AHEAD OF US STILL.
THE SYSTEM WILL BE DELIVERED
AND WE ARE AT THE TAIL END OF
THE PLANNING PHASE WHICH IS
MARKED MOST NOTABLY BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS
AND WE ARE JUST AT THE END OF
THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
THAT ENDED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND
A SOUND TRANSIT BOARD WILL BE
MODIFYING THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR STUDYING THE
FINAL EIS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE
OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
WE EXPECT THE FINAL EIS IN 2023
AND THE BOARD WILL SELECT THE
PROJECT TO BE BUILT AND THERE
WILL BE A FEDERAL RECORD OF
DECISION IN 2023.
THIS WILL ALL BE FOLLOWED BY
CITY COUNCIL ACTION AS WELL TO
ADOPT THE PROJECT AND THAT
ACTION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER
FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO
PERMIT THE PROJECT FOR THE
CITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES GO
THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE
KEY INPUT THAT WENT INTO THE
CITY RECOMMENDATION.
ONE ENORMOUS INPUT FROM EARLIER
THIS YEAR WITH THE DEIS REVIEW,
WE HAD OVER 100 SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS FROM ACROSS 15
DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT
REVIEWED AND COMMENTED ON THE
8000 PLUS PAGES OF THE DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.
IN APRIL, WE TRANSMITTED TO
SOUND TRANSIT OVER 1500
TECHNICAL COMMENTS ON THE DEIS
AS WELL AS COVER LETTER OF THE
KEY FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
DURING THAT TIME, SOUND TRANSIT
HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE
SYSTEM AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED BRIEFINGS
INCLUDING TO CITY COUNCIL IN
BOTH FEBRUARY AND APRIL THAT
REALLY PRESENTED INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES IN THE
DRAFT EIS SO FROM THE DRAFT
PRESENTATION FEBRUARY THAT
SHOWED THE SOUTH INNER BAY AND
SOME COMPARISON ACROSS KEY
DRIVERS OR KEY DIFFERENTIATORS.
THEY ALSO CONVENED COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUPS AS WELL AS
BRIEFINGS THROUGHOUT THE
SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE CITY PARTNERED WITH SOUND
TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE
ENGAGEMENT EFFORT AS WELL AS
PARTICIPATED IN CITY LET
ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY LED
ENGAGEMENT THAT INCLUDED
BRIEFINGS, WORKSHOPS, ONE-ON-
ONE MEETINGS AND THEN
PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOUND TRANSIT
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY LIAISON
COHORT ON THE GROUND WORKING
WITH BUSINESSES AND
COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
IDENTIFIED COMMUNITIES OF
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND DELRIDGE.
THE CITY AIMS THROUGH ALL OF
THIS ENGAGEMENT TO HELP INFORM
DECISIONS THAT ARE CENTERED
WITH RACIAL EQUITY AND
COCREATED.
>> ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND IS
STILL WHAT IS FEEDING INTO THE
CITY RECOMMENDATION.
THE CITY STOOD UP FOR TEAMS
CORRESPONDING TO THE SEGMENTS
THAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH TODAY
AND ALSO CORRESPOND TO HOW
SOUND TRANSIT ORGANIZED THE
COMMUNITY PROCESS AND THE
SEGMENTS OF WEST SEATTLE AND TO
AMISH, DOWNTOWN AND THEN
BALLARD.
THE CITY STOOD UP TEAMS TO
EVALUATE THE ALTERNATIVES IN
EACH SEGMENT TO IDENTIFY KEY
DIFFERENTIATORS THAT HELPED
UNDERSTAND THE TRADE-OFFS
ACROSS THE ALTERNATIVES AND
DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS BASED
ON THE AREAS OF CONSENSUS OR
DISCUSSED AREAS OF
DISAGREEMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, HIGHLIGHT
PLACES IN WHICH A
RECOMMENDATION CANNOT BE
REACHED.
THE SIGMA TEAMS INCLUDE
REPRESENTATION FROM NINE CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHO ALL HAVE A KEY
ROLE IMPLICATED IN THE DELIVERY
OF THIS PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE.
FROM ALL THE WORK, THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE
REVIEW, THE CITY TEAM
úIDENTIFIED FIVE KEY VALUES THA
FURTHERED VALUES THE CITY HOLDS
IN ALL THE LONG TERM PLANNING
DOCUMENTS AND ALSO SERVED AS
WAYS TO UNDERSTAND AND
DIFFERENTIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES
AND THE DRAWBACKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE DIFFERENT
ALTERNATIVES.
TO OUTLINE THEM QUICKLY, RACIAL
EQUITY, THIS IS REALLY AN
INFORMED MULTIYEAR INTERAGENCY
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT THAT WE
ARE DOING WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT IS BEING DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER AGENCY
AND IT IS BEING DONE OVER THE
ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
SO STARTING BACK WITH
ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT IN
2017 AND FOR EVERY PHASE OF
WORK, THERE IS A NEW
PUBLICATION OF A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT IN A DRAFT FORM WITH
COMMENTS AND THEN A FINAL AND
WE HAVE CONTINUED THAT
PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT.
A SECOND CORE VALUE IS SAFETY
AND USER EXPERIENCE.
REALLY LOOKING TO PUT THE
STATIONS WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE
FROM THE USER EXPERIENCE AND
TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR
VISION ZERO GOALS AS A CITY AND
ENSURE THAT THE STATIONS ARE
LOCATED AND DESIGNED IN A WAY
THAT ENSURE SAFE ACCESS AND
CIRCULATION THAT MINIMIZE
PEDESTRIAN RISK.
>> THE THIRD CORE VALUE IS A
RATHER LARGE BUCKET OF
COMMUNITY THAT IS LOOKING TO
FURTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
AND MINIMIZE HARM. THIS IS
DONE THROUGH MINIMIZING
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT AND
MINIMIZING IMPACTS TO EXISTING
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS AND
MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES TO
FURTHER EQUITABLE TOD OR OTHER
COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES.
THE FOURTH CORE VALUE,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
LOOKING TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS AND THE
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP, LOOKING
TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF
TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY SEEKING THE
HIGHEST BENEFIT PER DOLLARS
SPENT IN HELPING TO KEEP THE
PROJECT ON TIME AND UNDER
BUDGET.
THE INTERPLAY OF THESE VALUES
TOGETHER WILL HIGHLIGHT THROUGH
EACH SEGMENT.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE
SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL
FURTHER TWO OR THREE OF THE
VALUES AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES
úTHAT MIGHT FURTHER THE OTHERS.
THIS IS ALL A PROCESS OF TRADE-
OFF AND HOW CAN WE BEST
MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT AND THE
ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM WHILE
MINIMIZING IMPACT AND HARM.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO WE JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OF FRONT THAT THIS
PROJECT IS IMPACTFUL.
THIS PROJECT IS 12 MILES OF NEW
LIGHT RAIL TRACK BEING BUILT
THROUGH A CITY THAT HAS ALREADY
BUILT OUT THROUGH EXISTING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEIR IMPACTS IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THE DEIS AND HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT LAND USE,
TRANSPIRATION, NOISE AND
AESTHETICS IN THEIR PROPERTY
APPLICATIONS AND THOUSANDS OF
POTENTIAL PARCELS THAT COULD BE
IMPACTED OR BE ACQUIRED BECAUSE
OF THIS PROJECT.
COMPLETE ACQUISITIONS WILL
RESULT IN DISPLACEMENT OF
RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES.
THE CITY HAS A KEY ROLE IN
ADVOCATING FOR ALTERNATIVES
THAT MINIMIZE THESE IMPACTS.
THE PROPERTY IMPACTSAND THERE
ARE SPECIFIC RULES THAT THE
SOUND TRANSIT HAS TO COMPLY WITH
TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS AND TO
PROVIDE JUST COMPENSATION AND
TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT HOUSING
AND BUSINESS REESTABLISHMENT
PROGRAMS.
AND SOUND TRANSIT HAS BEGUN THE
OUTREACH TO IMPACTED
PROPERTIES, RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESS OWNERS.
THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH SOUND TRANSIT TO ENSURE
THE APPROPRIATE LITIGATION IS
APPLIED.
ONE CAVEAT BEFORE WE GO INTO
EACH SEGMENT IS THAT A CASE CAN
BE MADE BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON
IMPACT AGAINST ANY OF THE
ALTERNATIVES BEING PROPOSED
RIGHT NOW AND THE PRESENTATION
TODAY AND THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE CITY IS REALLY TRYING
TO FIND THE BALANCE AND HOW CAN
WE MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT AND
MAXIMIZE ACCESS WHILE
MINIMIZING IMPACT AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE IMPACT
WILL BE THERE AND WE NEED TO
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITIES, SOUND TRANSIT AND
OTHER PARTNERS TO MINIMIZE THE
WE WILL GO INTO THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT IS OUTLINED
IN THE COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH EACH
SEGMENT STARTING WITH WEST
SEATTLE AND THE DUE WARMISH
AREA.
FOR EACH SEGMENT, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ITSELF, THE RATIONALE BASED ON
THOSE CORE VALUES.
WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SO FAR.
AND A SLIDE ON ADDITIONS NEEDED
IN THE SEGMENTS.
AND THEN WE WILL PAUSE AT THE
EACH -- AT THE END OF THESE
FOR AN OPPORTUNITY OF
DISCUSSION.
WHILE I'M THE ONE GOING THROUGH
THE SLIDES QUICKLY, I WILL ALSO
BE PAUSING OCCASIONALLY AND
WILL ENCOURAGE MARSHALL TO
INTERVENE AT ANY POINT TO ADD
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
LET'S START WITH THE WEST
SEATTLE SEGMENT.
THIS INCLUDES IN THE DEIS
ALTERNATIVES AND THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION, THE DELRIDGE
AND THE DUWAMISH.
>> STARTING WITH THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION SEGMENT, THIS
INCLUDES THE ALASKA JUNCTION
STATION AND THE AVALON STATION.
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY IS
FOR WSJ5 WHICH IS THE MEDIUM
TUNNEL FOR THE STATION AT 41st
STREET SOUTHWEST WITH A
RETAINED STATION.
GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE RATIONALE FOR THIS IS
FROM A SAFETY AND USER
EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT TO AVOID
THE OBSTRUCTIONS DURING
OPERATION.
SO THIS IMAGE PRESENTS A
RENDERING OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO AVOID.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF WSJ ONE
WHICH IS ONE OF THE ELEVATED
ALTERNATIVES.
OBSTRUCTIONS OF AN IMPACT SAFETY
FOR ALL USERS.
IN ADDITION FROM A RATIONALE
FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT,
AVOIDING NUMEROUS IMPACTS WITH
AN ELEVATED GUIDEWAY THROUGH
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING NOISE,
AESTHETICS AND AGAIN, THE
SAFETY AND CONSIDERATIONS.
FROM A FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
STANDPOINT, THE MEDIUM TUNNEL
ALTERNATIVE OFFERS THE BENEFITS
OF THE TUNNEL ALIGNMENT AT A
COMPARABLE COST OF THE OTHER
DEIS ELEVATED ALTERNATIVES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WE
ARE TRYING TO AVOID.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF -- IT
WOULD SHOW AN ELEVATED
STRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR
THE
TUNNEL.
WE HEARD ABOUT CONCERNS FOR
IMPACTS OF THE ELEVATED
GUIDEWAY INCLUDING NOISE FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
CONSTRAINTS DUE TO COLUMN SAFETY
ON THE SIDELINE OBSTRUCTIONS AS
WELL AS CONCERNS ABOUT
CONSTRUCTION IMPACT AND
OPERATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
MOVING TO THE DELRIDGE SEGMENT.
WE WILL TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA
TIME WITH THIS SEGMENT BECAUSE
IT IS ONE OF OUR RET PRIORITY
COMMUNITIES AND THERE HAS BEEN
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
COMMUNITY DELIBERATION ABOUT
THE ALTERNATIVES.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR
ALTERNATIVE DELL SIX, THE
ELEVATED HEIGHT DELRIDGE
STATION AT ANDOVER.
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THEY
WERE REALLY THREE GROUPINGS OF
STATIONS, STATION ALTERNATIVES
AND DELRIDGE.
THERE IS THE ANDOVER THAT IS
THE GREEN THOUGHT YOU SEE.
THE DELRIDGE WAY ALTERNATIVES
AT THREE AND FOUR AND THE
DAKOTA STREET ALTERNATIVES,
DELL ONE AND DELL TWO.
AND OF NOTE, FOR ALL OF THESE
STATIONS, WHILE THEY ARE COUPLE
BLOCKS APART, FOR ALL THE
STATIONS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
PASSENGERS WILL ACCESS THE
STATION FROM THE SOUTH BY BUS.
IN PARTICULAR AT THE RET
PRIORITY COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE
FURTHER SOUTH, A HALF MILE
SOUTH OF THE STATION, WILL
ACCESS THE STATION BY BUS.
A CRITICAL IMPORTANCE IS
THINKING ABOUT NOT SO MUCH FOR
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE
NORTH DELRIDGE AREA BUT REALLY,
HOW THE INTEGRATION BUS REAL
WORKS WE ARE OFFERING THAT
SEAMLESS AND SAFE EXPERIENCE
FOR THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THIS IMAGE PROVIDES AN
AERIAL VIEW OF THE DELRIDGE
VALLEY.
TO THE RIGHT, THE SYSTEM COMES
IN FROM THE DUWAMISH WATER
CROSSING AND EXITS TO THE LEFT
TOWARD TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TO
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION.
YOU CAN SEE DELRIDGE OPTIONS 1A
AND 1B AND 2A AT DAKOTA STREET.
YOU SEE DELRIDGE THREE AND FOUR
ON THE DELRIDGE WAY
ALTERNATIVES AND ON THE
FURTHEST NORTH YOU SEE FIVE AND
SIX WHICH ARE THE ANDOVER
OPTIONS.
AND THEN SIX WHICH WOULD
CONNECT TO THE MEDIUM TUNNEL
WHICH IS A WRECK MISSION TO THE
CITY AT THIS POINT.
OF NOTE IS THAT, THERE ARE
TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCES IN SOME
OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT
PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR EACH.
THE TWO KEY PRIORITIES COMING
OUT OF THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
WORK WE HAVE DONE IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE TO PROVIDE FOR
THE EXCELLENT BUS REAL
IMMIGRATION AS NOTED BECAUSE
MOST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
COMING FROM FURTHER SOUTH WILL
ACCESS THE STATION BY BUS.
ALSO TO MINIMIZE DISPLACEMENT
AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE
ANDOVER OPTION, THE DEL6 OPTION
HAS THE LOWEST
DISPLACEMENT TO THE OPTIONS AND
HAS COMPARABLE BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT TO SOME OF THE
OTHER OPTIONS AND SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS THAN SOME OF THE
ALTERNATIVES ON THE TABLE.
AND ANDOVER EXPECTS ABOUT 200
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS.
THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES ARE 320-
600 RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT
WOULD BE DISPLACED AND
BUSINESSES, THERE WOULD BE 35
DISPLACED WITH ANDOVER AND THE
OTHER OPTIONS RANGE FROM 40, TO
60.
>> I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS JOINED
US.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THE RATIONALE FOR THIS
RECOMMENDATION -- I WANT TO
PAUSE AND TAKE NOTE THAT A LOT
OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT
INTO THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT
BECAUSE OF THESE ALTERNATIVES
BEING IMPACTED.
IN ALL THE ALTERNATIVES HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM.
ONE KEY DRIVER IS LOOKING FROM
THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT TO
AVOID THE EFFECTS OF THE TALL
GUIDEWAY INCLUDING
DISPLACEMENTS AND VISUAL IMPACT
OVER THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
IF I COULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK
TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE QUICKLY,
NOTICE THAT THE ANDOVER OPTIONS
THEN SKIRT ALONG THE
(INDISCERNIBLE) PROPERTY BEFORE
MOVING ON TO THE WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION AVOID THE ELEVATED
STRUCTURE OVER THE EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WHEREAS
THE PERVERTED
ALTERNATIVE IN THE DEIS IN PINK
IS THE DAKOTA STREET
ALTERNATIVE AND WOULD DISPLACED
2-3 SQUARE BLOCKS AND WOULD
CREATE THIS VERY HIGH ELEVATED
HIGHWAY OVER THAT. GOING TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS PICTURE
SHOWS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE
DELRIDGE WAY ALTERNATIVES COULD
LOOK LIKE, SHOWING THE IMAGE OF
AN ELEVATED GUIDEWAY THROUGH A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
CREATING SHADOWS AND PIPELINE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PLACE
WHERE FOLKS WOULD BE EXITING
THE BUSES AND GETTING ON TO THE
SYSTEM.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
AVOID WITH THE DELRIDGE SIX
OPTION.
FROM THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
AS WELL, THE DELL SIX
ALTERNATIVE LINKS TO THE TUNNEL
WHICH PROVIDES FOR ROUGHLY $500
MILLION SAVINGS TO THE SYSTEM.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY,
MINIMIZING DISPLACEMENT WHILE
MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY FOR
COMMUNITY DRIVEN EQUITABLE TOD.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE LOOKING
FOR OPPORTUNITIES IF THE
ANDOVER STATION MOVES FORWARD,
TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL NODE
THERE AND PROVIDE FOR SOME OF
THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD
AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE NORTH
DELRIDGE ACTION PLAN.
WE HAVE HEARD THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
RET IDENTIFIED COMMUNITIES
FURTHER SOUTH IN THE CORRIDOR
AND THEN AGAIN TO PRIORITIZE
THE SEAMLESS BUS REAL
IMMIGRATION.
MAKING SURE FOLKS CAN EXIT THE
BUS AND GET ON TO THE LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM.
>> WE DO IDENTIFY SOME
ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN BETWEEN THE DEIS AND THE
FEIS.
ENSURING SAFE IT IS.
>>> ACCESS AND SEAMLESS BUS
REAL IMMIGRATION.
THIS HAS CHALLENGES AT THE
ANDOVER SITE.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH
SOUND TRANSIT AND SOUND TRANSIT
WAS ALREADY PUT ON THE TABLE.
SOME REFINEMENTS TO THE ANDOVER
STATION PROVIDED FOR SAFER
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM SOUTH OF
ANDOVER AND WE ARE INTERESED
IN EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO
MINIMIZE THE PEDESTRIAN
CONFLICT AND RECOGNIZING THEIR
IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING TO
THE AREA RIGHT NOW AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LONG-TERM
BUILT SCENARIO OF THAT NOTE
WOULD BE SAFE AND PRIORITIZING
THAT SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AGAIN TO
MINIMIZE DISPLACEMENT WHILE
MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
EQUITABLE TOD AND IN ALL
SCENARIOS, LOOKING FOR
STRATEGIES CONSISTENT WITH CITY
CODE TO PRIORITIZE THE
PROTECTION OF LONG-TERM
RESTORATION.
NEXT LINE.
>> THE FINAL SEGMENT IN THE
DUWAMISH WEST SEATTLE AREA IS
THE DUWAMISH WATER.
THE RECOGNITION HERE IS
ALTERNATIVE.
DUWAMISH 1A FOR THE SOUTH
CROSSING.
THIS IS CURRENTLY THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE IDENTIFIED IN THE
DEIS.
GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE RATIONALE FOR THIS
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THERE
ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE, THE
SOUTH CROSSING, WHICH IS SOUTH
OF THE EXISTING WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE STRUCTURE.
THERE IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE
THAT IS NORTH OF THAT
STRUCTURE.
THE NORTH CROSSING.
AND THAT THE TRANSIT SEVEN
IDENTIFY THE IMPACT TO THE
NORTH CROSSING ALTERNATIVE TO
THE MARITIME BUSINESSES WOULD
BE NOT POSSIBLE TO RELOCATE AND
MITIGATE THE IMPACT TO THOSE
BUSINESSES.
OF IMPORTANT NOTE, THE SOUTH
CROSSING DOES COME WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY
IMPACT THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN
THE DEIS AND WE CERTAINLY HEARD
DURING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT
ADVERSE IMPACT OF PIGEON POINT
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH
SOUND TRANSIT TO DEMONSTRATE
ADEUATE AVOIDANCE OF THE
IMPACT.
>> WHAT WE HEARD CONSISTENT
WITH THAT RATIONALE, CONCERNS
WITH THE IMPACT TO THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES, WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTH
CROSSING AND CONCERNS OF TRIBAL
IMPACT NEAR AND IN THE
DUWAMISH.
CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH
CROSSINGS TO THE WEST DUWAMISH
GREENBELT AND CRUDE --
INCLUDING TREE LOSS.
ONE LAST SLIDE ON THIS BEFORE
WE PAUSE FOR DISCUSSION.
ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.
UNDER THE SECTION FOUR F, SOUND
TRANSIT IS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE
THE IMPACT TO THE WEST DUWAMISH
GREENBELT.
THESE ARE THE IMPACTS AT PIGEON
POINT INCLUDING IMPACTS TO THE
BLUE PARENT HABITAT INCLUDED IN
THIS PHOTO HERE.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON
THAT BETWEEN THE DEIS AND THE
FEIS AND DEMONSTRATE SLOPE FOR
ANY SLEEP -- STEEP SLOPE AS
IT COMES ACROSS THE DUWAMISH
AND INTO THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
POINT.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TO
ENSURE COMPATIBILITY FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
>> WE WILL PAUSE FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS VERY THOROUGH AND
OUTLINING THE RATIONALE FOR
VARIOUS PREFERENCES.
OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARE SUCH PRICELESS RESOURCES
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THEY KNOW THE DISTRICTS BETTER
THAN ANYONE ELSE AND HAVE BEEN
TALKING TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS
FOR YEARS.
WE WANT TO FIRST SEE IF THIS
IMPACTS DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT
2.
I WANTED TO SEE IF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAD ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS
POINT.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
STARTING WITH THE POSITIVE
FIRST.
WE APPRECIATE, AS IT LEADS TO
THE ANDOVER STATION, THE
ATTENTIN TO THE NEED TO
MINIMIZE POTENTIAL CONFLICT
BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND GREAT
MOVEMENTS IN THE STATION AREA.
WE APPRECIATE RECOGNITION THAT
THERE IS DIVIDED COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE AT THE DUWAMISH
CROSSING AND THE LANGUAGE
STATING THAT THERE MUST BE
ADEQUATE MITIGATION OF IMPACT
TO HABITAT AT PIGEON POINT AND
THE WEST DUWAMISH GREENBELT.
AND NO ONE TO SAY, FOR
DELRIDGE, I DO APPRECIATE THAT
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
ADDED TO THE DRAFT RESOLUTION
EMPHASIZING HOW IMPORTANT
TRANSIT ACCESS IS FOR THE AREA.
AND EMPHASIZING AGAIN THE NEED,
NOT ONLY FOR A TRANSIT ACCESS
STUDY BUT THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR
LONGFELLOW CREEK AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS
IN THE DRAFT EIS ONLY GOING A
HALF-MILE FROM THE STATION
LOCATIONS AND THOSE IDENTIFIED
IN THE RIGHT ARE FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH.
AS IT RELATES TO THE EFFECT
THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
CONCERN AND LACK OF CLEAR
COMMUNITY CONSENSUS IN THE
DELRIDGE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
SUPPORT FOR D6. ALL THE
OPTIONS HAVE HAD CLEAR IMPACT
ON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND WE HAVE RECENTLY HEARD A
LOT OF COMMUNITY OPPOSITION
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT
TO REFLECT. NOW IT SEEMS LIKE
ANCIENT HISTORY.
THE OPTION SOME OF US WORKED ON
DEVELOPING TO ADDRESS CONCERNS
WE ARE HEARING NOW WHICH IS THE
PURPLE OPTION.
NOT MOVED FORWARD BY THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD FOR INCLUSION IN
THE DRAFT EIS.
THE ROUTE
DELL FIVE AND SIX, TO MINIMIZE
IMPACT ON THE YOUNGTOWN
COMMUNITY COME WITH STATIONS AT
ANDOVER.
WE ARE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT
OTHER -- NOT CONSIDERED TO MY
UNDERSTANDING, IMPACTS TO
CHILDCARE ACCESS, SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT ON CHILDCARE ACCESS FOR
A PENINSULA THAT HAS A LOT OF
CHILDCARE NEEDS AND A REAL LACK
OF CAPACITY, LOSING 300
CHILDCARE SPOTS ON THE
PENINSULA WOULD HAVE A SERIOUS
IMPACT AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO
BE LOOKED AT AS AN IMPACT TO
THE ENTIRE PENINSULA AND NOT
JUST SORT OF A LOCALIZED IMPACT
THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF WHEN
YOU CONSIDER IMPACTS TO
BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THE BROADER IMPACTS,
GIVEN THE CAPACITY ISSUES FOR
CHILD CARE REALLY NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED.
THERE IS ANOTHER WE RECENTLY
HEARD OF TRANSITIONAL
RESOURCES.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACILITY THAT
WOULD BE AFFECTED.
THEY OFFER 24 HOUR A DAY SEVEN
DAY A WEEK SERVICES TO FOLKS
WHO NEED SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH
ASSISTANCE.
THEY HAVE LIVING FACILITIES IN
A SERVICE CENTER AND THE
LOCATION AND AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, THERE IS A TIME-BASED
COVENANT ON THE PROPERTY THAT
REQUIRES THEM TO USE THE
PROPERTY AS IDENTIFIED IN THE
COVENANT FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
SO JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW, GIVEN THAT THESE
ALTERNATIVES HAVE COME OUT OF A
LOT OF WORK EVERYONE IS DOING
TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO
COMMUNITY AND WITH THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT EMPHASIS, BUT
THE REALITY IS THAT THIS IS THE
ONLY OPTION THAT CONNECTS TO
THE TUNNEL.
THAT PUTS US ALL IN A POSITION
THAT IF WE ARE SUPPORTING THE
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION TUNNEL,
THEN WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS
OPTION THAT HAS A LOT OF IMPACT
THAT I'M CONCERNED HAVE NOT
BEEN PROPERLY ANALYZED.
AND I'M THROWING THIS OUT
THERE, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE STATED
NO PREFERENCE FOR THE OPTIONS
IN THE CID, I WANT TO TAKE SOME
TIME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS TO CONSIDER A SIMILAR
APPROACH FOR THE DELRIDGE
SEGMENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
SARA AND MARSHALL, DID YOU WANT
TO RESPOND TO THAT?
>> I WILL SAY BRIEFLY
COUNCILMEMBER, THAT I
APPRECIATE THE POINT OF VIEW ON
THAT.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION
AS SARA WAS DESCRIBING.
ONE OF THE HARDEST AND THE
WHOLE QUARTER.
THAT IS AN IDEA THAT HAS A LOT
OF MERIT.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.
I WILL SAY YOU BROUGHT THE
TUNNEL AND THE REALITY OF THE
CONNECTION THERE.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE FOR US
THE RET ANALYSIS, THE
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS AND
THE YOUNGTOWN COMMUNITY AND THE
IMPACT OF THE AERIAL STRUCTURE
ON DELRIDGE AND TENNESSEE WERE
MAJOR DRIVERS.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE POINTS WE
CAN DEBATE AND DISCUSS.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT WAS DRIVING
THAT CONCERN.
>> I WILL JUST CONCUR THAT
THE STAFF WORK AND THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THIS
ALTERNATIVE, REGARDLESS OF
WHERE IT CONNECTED.
THE STEP PROCESS WE LOOKED AT
WAS LOOKING AT EACH SEGMENT IN
ISOLATION FIRST AND THEN DID
THE PROS AND CONS AND THEN
ADVANCED THIS ONE AS MARSHALL
MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THOSE
IMPACTED WITH THE ELEVATED
STRUCTURE.
>> THANK YOU, SARA.
I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING
OF THAT DYNAMIC AND THAT
SUPPORT FOR THE MEDIUM TUNNEL
DID NOT DRIVE THE SELECTION OF
THIS ALTERNATIVE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I KNOW CALVIN CHOW ALSO STANDS
BY READY AS A RESOURCE TO
PROVIDE INPUT.
COUNCILMEMBER, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT SEGMENT?
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SEGMENT.
>> I WILL START TALKING.
WILL MOVE TO THE CODO AND CID
SEGMENTS THAT WERE GROUPED
TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT
WE LOOKED AT TOGETHER AND WE
WILL WALK YOU THROUGH EACH
SEGMENT.
STARTING WITH THE SODO
SEGMENTS.
WE WILL HEAD TO THE NEXT
SLIDES.
THE ALTERNATIVES ALL FOLLOW THE
SAME ALIGNMENT BUT PROVIDE FOR
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATIONS OF THE STATION
ITSELF.
THE CITY RECOMMENDATION IS THE
DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR SODO
1B AT THIS OUTSTATION OPTION
THAT WOULD HAVE THE NEW STATION
CLOSER TO LANDERS STREET AND
WOULD ALSO MOVE THE EXISTING
STATION CLOSER TO LANDER STREET.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A NEW
VEHICULAR OVERPASS AT LANDER
AND COLGATE.
THE RATIONALE FOR THIS WAS FROM
A SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE
PERSPECTIVE PROVIDING FOR
BETTER ACCESS FROM LANDER
STREET TO THE STATION AREAS AND
FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HEARD
FROM THE D.A.
AND OTHERS AVOIDING THE
DISPLACEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE FOR THE
NORTH.
WILL BE HEARD TO THE ADVISOR
PROCESS AS WELL AS THROUGH
CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND
THE BROADER COMMUNITY SUPPORT
AND FROM THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY, BOTH TO IMPROVE THE
STATION ACCESS AND TO AVOID THE
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENTS.
WE HAVE HEARD CONCERN ABOUT THE
DESIGN OF THE LANDER OVERPASS
AND REDUCED ACCESS TO THE
PROPERTIES ON LANDER BETWEEN
FOURTH AND SIXTH.
AS WELL AS CONCERNS ABOUT
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTED
BUSINESSES AND MOBILITY.
THIS INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE
ROADWAYS BUT ALSO THE EXISTING
BUSES THAT COME TO THE AREA AS
WELL AS THE SODO TRAIL AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THE LONG-TERM
RESTORATION OF THE SODO TRAIL.
MOST OF THESE IMAGES ARE FROM
THE DEIS OR SOUND TRANSIT TO BE
NOTED ON EACH SLIDE.
THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION OF THE
SUGGESTIVE -- RECOMMENDED
STATION UPGRADE WITHOUT LANDER
OVERPASS.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED
TO DESIGN THE LANDER AND
COLGATE STREET OVERPASS IS TO
DESIGN THEM AT ACCEPTABLE
GRADES FOR SAFE TRANSPORT AND
TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERSECTION
ELEVATION WHERE THE OVERPASSES
CONNECT CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL
VEHICLE TYPES.
AND THEN PLANNING FOR THE LONG-
TERM RESTORATION OF THE SODO
TRAIL AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS GOES TO THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IS
ONE OF OUR RET PRIORITY
COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THE MULTI-YEAR RET PROCESS WITH
SOUND TRANSIT.
THE RECLAMATION RIGHT NOW IS
THAT NO DECISION SHOULD BE MADE
ON A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AT
THIS TIME.
THE CID WAS THE ONLY SEGMENT
FOR WHICH A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED
IN ADVANCE OF THE DEIS FOR THE
VERY REASON THAT NOT ENOUGH
ENGAGEMENT HAD BEEN DONE WITH
COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF
THESE ALTERNATIVES.
AND WE PROVIDE OURSELVES WITH
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND
ADDITIONAL VOICE FROM COMMUNITY
SAYING THAT WE NEED TO GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE
WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.
THE CONSTRUCTION AND
TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS AND WHAT
STRATEGIES ARE NECESSARY TO
MITIGATE THEM NEEDS TO BE
UNDERSTOOD.
OF NOTE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
CULTURAL AND RACIAL IMPACTS OF
ANY ALTERNATE FOR THIS
COMMUNITY.
THE CITY POSITION OR THE
RECOMMENDED DRAFT POSITION IN
THE COUNCIL ORDINANCES THAT WE
MUST WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT
AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
WOULD BE MITIGATED AND WHAT
SOLUTIONS CAN EXIST BEFORE
SUPPORTING THE ALTERNATIVE.
WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR
ADDITIONAL WORK IS TO ADVANCE A
FOCUSED SIX LIKE A NINE-MONTH
PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY AND PIONEER SQUARE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING
SOUND TRANSIT, KING COUNTY
METRO AND OTHERS.
ONE TO MORE FULLY ADDRESS
COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH THE
EXISTING ALTERNATIVES.
AND IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE
STRATEGIES TO AVOID MINIMIZING
AND MITIGATING THE IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
SECOND, TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE
MODIFICATIONS TO THE FOURTH
AVENUE SOUTH AND FIFTH AVENUE
SOUTH THAT COULD REDUCE THE
IMPACT, THE COMMUNITY HARM AND
THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THIRD, TO INITIATE A BROADER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DISCUSSION AND TO DISCUSS HOW
THE PROJECT CAN BE PART OF THAT
THAT WOULD FURTHER THE RIGHT
OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
ADDRESS THE PROJECTS,
CUMULATIVE IMPACT AND ADDRESS
THE HISTORIC HARM.
TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEP
DIVE INTO THE IMPACT AND WHAT
WE HAVE HEARD AND THE RATIONALE
ABOUT THE FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH
AND FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
ALTERNATIVES STARTING WITH THE
FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH ALTERNATIVES
FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT AND
FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT.
THOSE ADVANCING THOSE CORE
VALUES AND HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE VOICED
STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OF THE
FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH ALTERNATIVES
INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENTS.
IN THIS IMAGE COME ON THIS
SLIDE, IS A COMPOSITE IMAGE OF
INFORMATION PROVIDED OF THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS ABOUT
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENTS AND
PART OF THE CID COMMUNITY.
ALL THE PARCELS HIGHLIGHTED
WOULD BE PERMANENTLY DISPLACED
AS PART OF THE FIFTH AVENUE
SOUTH ALTERNATIVES.
TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
CONCERNS, RATIONALE AND
CONCERNS ABOUT THE
(INDISCERNIBLE) -- THIS WOULD
BE A STATION THAT WOULD BE
FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE HEART
OF THE CID COMMUNITY LOCATED
UNDERNEATH THE CURRENT VIADUCT
STRUCTURE ON THE FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTHBRIDGE.
FROM A SAFETY COMMUNITY AND
STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT, WE CAN
ASK TO MITIGATE
THE NINE PLUS YEARS OF
CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD CLOSURES
AND HIGH COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE ALTERNATIVES.
THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP
MEETING THAT SHOWCASES SOME OF
THE PARTIAL AND FULL ROAD
CLOSURES ANTICIPATED WITH THIS
ALTERNATIVE.
OF NOTE, THERE WOULD BE THE SIX-
YEAR CLOSURE ON FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH WHICH WOULD BE STAGGERED
WITH PARTIAL CLOSURES THAT
WOULD REQUIRE THE DIVERSION OF
ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, TRANSIT AND
GENERAL-PURPOSE TRAFFIC OFF OF
FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH ON TO SIXTH
AVENUE THROUGH THE EXISTING
COMMUNITY OR OVER TO FIRST
AVENUE SOUTH.
IT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE THE FOUR
YEAR CLOSURE OF THE
INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND
FOURTH.
AND THAT IS WHERE ALL THE
TROLLEY BUSES COMING FROM
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST OF
SEATTLE COME THROUGH THAT
INTERSECTION.
SO ALL THE TROLLEY BUSES, WHICH
INCLUDE THE (INDISCERNIBLE) AND
THE 36 WHICH ARE BUS LINES
HEAVILY UTILIZED BY THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
THEY WOULD BE DIVERTED AND
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT FOR AT
LEAST THE FOUR YEARS OF THAT
CLOSURE AS WELL AS LIKELY
DURING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
DECADES LONG CONSTRUCTION
ANTICIPATED.
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL
STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE, AVOID
AND MITIGATE THE IMPACTS.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE
HISTORIC HARM TO THIS COMMUNITY
FROM GENERATIONS OF PROJECTS
THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE
COMMUNITY BUT NOT FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ONE IN A LONG LINE OF
PROJECTS OF STADIUMS,
STREETCAR, NAVIGATION CENTER
AND THERE HAVE BEEN CUMULATIVE
IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
PROJECTS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN EXPERIENCING HISTORIC
HARM.
WE ALSO HAVE HEARD -- THERE
HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORT FOR THE
DEEP ALTERNATIVES.
AS A REMINDER, THE ALTERNATIVES
ON THE TABLE FOR FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH AND FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
HAVE A SHALLOW CONFIGURATION AS
WELL AS A DEEP CONFIGURATION.
THE DEEP STATIONS WOULD REQUIRE
ELEVATOR ONLY ACCESS.
AND PARTICULARLY DURING EVENTS
AT THE STADIUM LIKELY CAUSING
CONGESTION.
WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
THE FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
ALTERNATIVES AND THE IMPACT TO
THE HEART OF THE CID COMMUNITY
AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE
ALTERNATIVES.
IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF A
WINNING THE FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
IMPACT AND BECAUSE IT WOULD
BETTER CONNECT TO THE PIONEER
SQUARE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE
THERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE WAS ALREADY
FEATURED UPFRONT FOR CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
I WANT TO PAUSE AND SEE IF
MARSHALL WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING
BEFORE WE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
>> I WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW
MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS
TAKEN PLACE ON THIS AND FRANKLY
A HUGE APPRECIATION FOR THE
AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER TIME THAT
THIS COMMUNITY HAS PUT INTO
ENGAGING THE SOUND TRANSIT IN
THE CITY AND THE LEVEL OF
PASSION TO PRESERVE THE
DISTRICT AND FINDING WAYS TO
ALLOW THIS STATION AS NEEDED
AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS
FAR LESS IMPACTFUL.
IT HAS BECOME KIND OF A
PARAMOUNT MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD
THEM SO WE ARE WORKING TO OPEN
UP THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT WELL HERE WE DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOUND TRANSIT
HAS BEEN THERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND
HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
DISCUSSION.
A LOT OF IT IS NOT HAVING HAD
THE TIME YET FRANKLY TO REALLY
DO THAT DEEP DIVE WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY.
HAVING ONLY GOTTEN THE EIS OUT
IN JANUARY AND THE COMMENTS IN
APRIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE
AT THIS TIME?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
TEAM HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN AND PRETTY REGULAR
CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO KEEP MY OFFICE
IS UP-TO-DATE THE KINDS OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS HAPPENING
AND THE KIND OF INTERACTION AND
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH
SOUND TRANSIT.
I DO THINK THAT, WE KNOW THERE
WILL BE IMPACT REGARDLESS OF
WHICH OPTION IS CHOSEN AND I
APPRECIATE THE STEADFASTNESS OF
YOUR SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
AND SAYING THAT WE CANNOT MAKE
A DECISION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO EXPLAIN,NOT JUST
WITH THE IMPACT OF THIS WILL BE
FULLY BUT EVEN MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WHAT MITIGATION
STRATEGIES ARE YOU WILLING TO
COMMIT TO, SOUND TRANSIT, SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION?
I THINK WILL -- THAT WILL BE
THE IMPORTANT THING FOR THE
NEXT 62nd NINE MONTHS FOR
CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY'S
HEARING, IS GETTING AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE SO THEY
CAN CHOOSE WHICH WAY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SEGMENT.
>> CAN I MAKE ONE Q█UICK
COMMENT.
SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER.
ONE THING THAT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS HOW
IMPORTANT THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THIS LOCATION IS TO THE
LARGER SYSTEM.
I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT BUT I
WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT IS
NEEDED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
THE SOUND TRANSIT STRATEGY AND
APPROACH IS THAT THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN IN THE CID FOR OBVIOUS
REASONS IN TERMS OF THE
ALIGNMENT.
I WANTED TO BRING THAT BIGGER
REACH HOME AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL MOVE
(INDISCERNIBLE) DOWNTOWN NOW.
THE DEIS TREATS DOWNTOWN AS ONE
LOG SEGMENT WITH FIVE STATIONS.
WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION INTO
THREE SUBSEGMENTS INCLUDING THE
MIDTOWN AND WESTLAKE STATION
AND THEN THE DENNY AND SOUTH
LAKE UNION STATION AND THEN THE
SEATTLE CENTER STATION BEFORE
MOVING INTO THE SOUTH INNER
BAY.
SO MOVE AHEAD TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR A MIX-
AND-MATCH APPROACH.
THE CURRENT DEIS ALTERNATIVES
ONE AND TWO OFFER DIFFERENT
STATIONS THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF ACCESS AND CERTAINLY
DIFFERENT IMPACT.
SO THE APPROACH HERE IS TO
SELECT STATIONS FROM ACROSS THE
TWO ALIGNMENTS, THE ONE IN TWO
ALIGNMENTS THAT WOULD ACCESS
AND MINIMIZE IMPACT AND HARM.
NEXT SLIDE.
STARTING WITH MIDTOWN AND WEST
LAKE FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE
SEGMENT, REALLY GOING THROUGH
THE HEART OF THE RETAIL AND
OFFICE AREA OF DOWNTOWN, THE
RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE TWO
STATIONS, DT1.
THIS WOULD BE A TUNNEL AT
MIDTOWN AND THE TUNNEL AT
WESTLAKE AT FIFTH AVENUE.
STARTING WITH THE RATIONALE
BEFORE MOVING ON TO WHAT WE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THIS
IS A PICTURE OF THE MIDTOWN
STATION AT SIXTH.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WE
ARE NOT PROPOSING.
FROM A SAFETY AND USER
EXPERIENCE, THE ALTERNATIVE FOR
MIDTOWN AT FIFTH INSTEAD OF SIX
WOULD AVOID PEDESTRIAN AND
VEHICLE CONFLICT AT THIS SPRING
AND SENECA JUAREZ --
INTERSTATE FIVE RAMPS SHOWN
HERE IN THIS IMAGE AS WELL AS
AVOIDING A DEEP STATION
ELEVATOR ACCESS PLEASE. THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT STATION IS A TRANSFER
POINT PLEASE BETWEEN THE ONE,
TWO AND THREE LINE.
SO THINKING ABOUT THAT TRANSFER
ENVIRONMENT, THERE IS A
SLIGHTLY SHORTER TRANSFER
DISTANCE AT WESTLAKE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DT1 OPTION.
NEXT SLIDE.
CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD.
CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS FROM
FIRST HELP.
SO ACKNOWLEDGING THE FIRST HILL
WAS BYPASSED BY THE ORIGINAL
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT
SYSTEM.
AND THE FIRST HILL, THE AREAS
OF FIRST HILL, WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO ACCESS THE SYSTEM AND LOOK
FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE OR
IMPROVE THE ACCESS.
I HAVE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS
ABOUT ACCESS TO THE VERY DEEP
STATIONS.
THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE DEIS
OF THE MIDTOWN STATION THAT
WOULD IT BE ACCESSIBLE ONLY IN
A STATION OVER 200 FEET.
WE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS WHICH
ARE STEEP SLOPE AREAS OF
DOWNTOWN.
REALLY WANTING TO ENSURE THEY
HAVE THE SAFEST PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS AS POSSIBLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE
MIDTOWN STATION OR A MAP OF THE
MIDTOWN STATION AT FIFTH
AVENUE.
THIS WOULD CONNECT TO THE RAPID
G LINE ON MADISON STREET WHICH
WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT TRANSFER
BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE
SYSTEM.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO OPTIMIZE
COMMUNITIES.
AND ENSURE VERTICAL CIRCULATION
IN THE STATION AND POSSIBLY
STUDY HORIZONTAL AXIS FROM
THIRD AVENUE SO WE WOULD
PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE STATION
AT A LOWER LEVEL THAT WOULD BE
HORIZONTAL.
NEXT SLIDE.
MOVING FURTHER NORTH IN THE
SEGMENT TO THE DENNY AND SOUTH
LAKE UNION STATIONS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE A MIX
AND MATCH APPROACH COMING FROM
DT1 AND VEER OVER TO DT2 FOR
THE DENNY AND TUNNEL STATION AT
úTUNNEL STREET AND THEN MOVED
BACK TO DT1 FOR THE SOUTHLAKE
TUNNEL STATION AT HARRISON
STREET WHICH REQUIRES MULTIPLE
MIX-AND-MATCH FROM WHAT IS IN
THE DEIS CURRENTLY.
OF NOTE, BOTH OF THESE STATIONS
WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO
SOUTHLAKE UNION WHICH IS THE
FASTEST GROWING CENTER IN THE
UNITED REGION.
WITH A GROWTH OF 5400 HOUSING
UNITS AND 40,000 JOBS SINCE
2015.
NEXT PLEASE.
>> THE RATIONALE HERE FROM
SAFETY COMMITTEE AND
STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE
RECOMMENDED STATION FOR
SOUTHLAKE UNION AT HARRISON AND
SEVENTH PICK THE STATION WOULD
OPTIMIZE TRANSIT INTEGRATION
AND SAFEST ROUTE ACCESS FROM
THE AURORA CORRIDOR AND
SOUTHLAKE UNION.
SO ALL THE BUSES COMING DOWN
ARE RURAL AS WELL AS CONNECTING
TO HARRISON STREET, WHICH IS A
TRANSIT PRIORITY, A CORRIDOR
IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S LONG-
TERM PLANS.
SO PROVIDING FOR THAT OPTIMAL
TREND IMMIGRATION AT THAT POINT
AND SAFE ACCESS AS FOLKS ARE
MOVING FROM THE BUS TO THE
SYSTEM.
FROM A SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
STANDPOINT, SUPPORTING ACCESS
AND ALIGNING WITH THE TERRY
AVENUE GREEN STREET, THAT IS AT
THE DENNY STATION.
AND THEN COMMUNITY AND SAFETY
STANDPOINT.
THIS MIX-AND-MATCH APPROACH
WOULD AVOID THE STATION
-- THE DENNY STATION
>> WE HAVE HEARD A STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE HARRISON
STATION.
IS IDENTIFIED AS A TRANSIT HUB.
AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CONCERNS
ABOUT ACCESS TO THE DT2 SOUTH
LAKES UNION STATION.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS.
AND CONCERN ABOUT THIS
ALTERNATIVE THAT WE ARE SEEKING
TO AVOID.
THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS
ASSOCIATE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF
THE WEST LAKE.
DT1.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A FOUR YEAR
A FULL CLOSURE OF WESTLAKE
AVENUE.
THROUGH THE AMAZON CAMPUS.
IT WOULD CLOSE DOWN NEARLY 2
BLOCKS FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO THE GENERAL PURPOSE TRAFFIC,
BIKE AND EXISTING BUS LINES
WOULD BE RELEGATED AND DIVERTED
ELSEWHERE.
THIS IS REALLY SEEKING TO AVOID
THAT CLOSURE OF WESTLAKE.
AND MULTI-YEAR CLOSURE . AND
COMPLETE OF THE SOUTH UNION
STREET CORRIDOR.
ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.
THIS IS A MAP THAT IS PULLED
FROM OUR SOUTH LAKE UNION
TRIANGLE MOBILITY PLAN.
IDENTIFIES THIS VERY SPOT AS A
TRANSIT HUB.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONTINUED
STUDY OF THE MIX-AND-MATCH
REFINEMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS.
THIS HAS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT
THIS MIX AND MATCH ALTERNATIVE
CAN WORK.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR OF COURSE
TRANSIT INTEGRATION.
SO MANY OTHER COMMITTEES WOULD
BE IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ENSURE
FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
AND AT THE DENNY'S STATION
REALLY LOOKING FOR PROVIDING
SAFE ACCESS ON BOTH SIDES OF
DENNY . MOVING ON IN THE
SEGMENT TO SEATTLE CENTER.
THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION IS FOR
DT2 AT THE TUNNEL STATION AT
MERCER STREET.
OF NOTE.
ON THIS MAP.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT.
WHILE THIS IS THE ADDLE THIS IS
MEANT TO PROVIDE CRITICALLY
NEEDED AND THE BENEFIT OF
TRANSIT SERVICE.
TO THE HIGHEST VISITED LOCATION
IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
12 MILLION VISITORS PER YEAR.
OF COURSE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IS THE PRIMARY PROPERTY OWNER
TO THE CULTURAL RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE CAMPUS. IT IS ALSO
PROVIDE THE ACCESS TO THE
UPTOWN URBAN CENTER.
THE FASTEST IN THE CITY IN THE
REGION.
THIS STATION IS GOING TO BE
WRITING ACCESS TO THAT RAPIDLY
GROWING NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL.
RATIONALE FOR THIS.
IT IS FROM A COMMUNITY
STANDPOINT.
AVOIDING SOME OF THE IMPACT TO
THE SENSITIVE UNIVERSE.
THOSE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
ON THE SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS.
ADJACENT TO THE ALTERNATIVE.
FROM A SAFETY AND USER
EXPERIENCE SPEND POINT.
PROVIDING ACCESS AND A STATION
WOULD GIVE STATION ENTRANCES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF MERCERSBURG
THAT GIVES ACCESS TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS AS WELL
AS SAFE ACCESS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS ABOUT BRIDGING THE
CAMPUS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MAKING A STATION THAT WOULD BE
MEANINGFUL TO BOTH.
FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDPOINT.
THE LEGACY WOULD BE IMPACTED BY
THE ALTERNATIVE.
AND THIS ALTERNATIVE WOULD ALSO
PROVIDE GREATER EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
ALONG MERCER.
AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A PICTURE OWNER THE
FIRST IN PERSON EVENTS WE WERE
ABLE TO DO.
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WITH RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS . AND UPTOWN
AND SEATTLE CENTER.
WE HAD A GREAT DEAL TO IMPACT
ITS FEATURES, STRUCTURES AND
THE CAMPUS.
DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENT
ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE MANY
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION.
CONCERNS ABOUT THE TEMPORARY
AND PERMANENT WAYS AND THE
VIBRATION IMPACT.
PART OF ME TO SENSITIVE,
CULTURAL VENUES THAT ARE
RECORDING.
AND ACCESSING IMPACT.
MAKING SURE THERE IS ACCESS TO
BUSINESSES AND THE
ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.
THIS PICTURE IS A RENDERING OF
THAT MIX AND MATCH ALIGNMENT.
IT WOULD GO FROM THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION DT2 TO HARRISON.
TO THE DT2 AT SEATTLE CENTER
AT MERCER.
ADDITIONAL WORK WITH SOUND
TRANSIT TO STUDY THAT
REFINEMENT.
AND ADDITIONAL WORK TO
MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE MOBILITY
AND BUSINESS ACCESS ON THE
MERCER CORRIDOR.
THAT IS SAID TRANSPORTATION
IMPACTS IN THE PAST.
ALSO THINKING NOT JUST ABOUT
MITIGATING IMPACT.
BUT ALSO THE IMPACT OF THE
DETOURS, THEMSELVES.
HELPING CREATE CONSTRUCTIONS
ACCESS PLANS FOR THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOLLOW THAT.
ENSURING THAT WE ARE AVOIDING
AND MITIGATING OPERATIONAL
NOISE AND VIBRATION.
MEETING STANDARDS NECESSARY FOR
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE
INCLUDING THE SEATTLE OPERA AND
THE BALLET.
SUFFICIENTLY ACCOMMODATING.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS A LARGE
EVENT.
WE ARE MINDFUL JUST AS
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL.
THAT THE STADIUM IS ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE FLOW OF
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC COMING IN
AND OUT OF THOSE EVENTS.
CONNECTING TO THE PIVOTAL
STATION.
I THINK THAT CLOSES OUT OUR
DOWNTOWN SEGMENT.
>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
COULD WE GO BACK JUST ONE
MOMENT?
I WANTED TO USE THAT REFINEMENT
IDEA AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE MIX-AND-MATCH.
THE GREEN LINE CONNECTING SOUTH
LAKE UNION TO THE STATION.
THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE
POWER OF MAKING SOME
REFINEMENTS TO THE
ALTERNATIVES.
HELP RESOLVE THE IMPACTS.
IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT . IT
IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CREATIVITY
WHERE LOOKING FOR.
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
COMMENT . THE FACT THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
REFINEMENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE CITY.
BUT YET TO LOOK AT THE
COMMUNITY.
AT THE PARTICULAR SITUATION.
I WANT TO USE THAT AS AN
EXAMPLE.
FROM THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION .
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO COME AND CRASH THE
COMMITTEE, SO TO SPEAK.
TO TALK ABOUT THIS ALIGNMENT.
FIRST.
LET ME START.
THANK YOU FOR VERY ACCESSIBLE.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND
OFFERING A LOT OF TIME IN
ADVANCE OF THIS COMMITTEE
HEARING.
TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT,
THERE IS A LOT OF ALIGNMENT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD
FLAG FOR THIS UNION STATION.
I HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF
CONSTITUENT REQUESTS TO TALK
ABOUT POTENTIAL MITIGATION.
AND IT IS MORE FOR OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUND TRANSIT
. THEN IT IS THAT WE, OURSELVES
ARE IN THE POSITION TO DO. BUT
WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT
FACILITATING ROLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME
TIME.
HOW A STATION WILL INTERACT
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF
THE POTENTIAL BUSINESSES.
AT FACE DISPLACEMENT.
DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS
IMPLEMENTED.
I WANT TO ECHO. THE CAREFUL
ATTENTION.
THE FOCUS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED FROM WSDOT
AND THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS BEEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL
AREA OF FOCUS FOR OUR ARTS
COMMUNITY TENANTS.
THERE REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN
STREET STATION.
I APPRECIATE, VERY MUCH THE
HIGHLIGHTING OF MERCER. IN A
NOTE OF THE UPTOWN ALLIANCE IN
COMMUNITY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
US, AS WELL.
THAT IS A VERY BIG PRIORITY IN
THE CITY WING AND THE PROCESS
FOR ME.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT FOR
THAT MERCER ALIGNMENT IN THE
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING
FURTHER. WITH SOME OF THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION CONSTITUENTS.
ON SOME OF OUR ALIGNMENT
THOUGHTS IN THAT AREA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
>> MOVING ON TO SOUTH INTERBAY
AND THE BALLARD SEGMENT.
THIS SYSTEM EXITS. THE SEATTLE
CENTER STATION.
MOVING THROUGH A TUNNEL PORTAL
AS AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE.
THROUGH SMITH COVE.
PORTIONS AND CONTINUING NORTH.
TO ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD BE
ELEVATED OR A TUNNEL.
AND THIS GIVES YOU A SNEAK
PEEK.
THE RED CIRCLE TELLS YOU WHAT
IS AHEAD FOR SOUTH INTERBAY.
THE SOUTH INTERBAY SEGMENT.
THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS
TIME.
THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION RELATED TO SOME KEY
IMPACTS ASSOCIATE WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE PERMANENT OPERATION OF
THE ELEVATED HIGHWAY THROUGH
SOUTH INTERBAY AREA.
AND ELLIOTT AVENUE WEST . AND
THE IMPACT TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AREA FOR
THE CITY TO MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE WILL GO MORE IN DEPTH.
TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS . THERE
ARE THREE ALTERNATIVES. FOR
SOUTH INTERBAY.
ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE TO THE GAYLORD
STREET STATION.
THEY WOULD BOTH HAVE STATIONS
AT PROSPECT STREET.
THE FIRST RATIONALE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE ELLIOTT.
THIS IS ALTERNATIVES SIB 1
EXIT AT REPUBLIC.
AND COME OUT WITH AN ELEVATED
THAT WOULD WEAVE ACROSS ELLIOTT
WAY. AND ELLIOTT AVENUE WEST.
THREE TIMES IN THE COURSE OF
ONE MILE.
THE IMPACT OF THAT STRUCTURE
WOULD INCLUDE MANY COLUMNS AND
STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE PLACED
IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE
ROAD, HIMSELF.
PERMANENT REMOVAL OF TURN LANES
FOR ALL OF ROADWAY USERS IN
THAT HIGH-VOLUME CORRIDOR.
IN THESE PICTURES.
THEY HAVE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE PICTURE ON TOP IS LINWOOD
NORTH OF THE NORTHGATE STATION.
IT SHOWS WHAT IS A STRADDLE
BEND.
WITH THE COLUMNS THAT ARE
PLACED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
ROADWAY.
AND THERE IS A CENTRAL LINK.
NEAR MLK.
A COLUMN CAN COME DOWN AND
FIRMLY REMOVE A TURNING LANE.
THIS GIVES US A SENSE. THE SITE
LINE OBSTRUCTIONS THAT CAN BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
STRUCTURES.
MEANWHILE, SIB 2 FROM THE
ELEVATED SNAKE AREA.
AND MEETING UP WHERE SIB 3
WOULD IMPACT THE SOUTHWEST AND
QUEEN AND GREENBELT.
THAT IS A LAND SLAVE PRONE
STEVE ENVIRONMENT AND A
CRITICAL AREA.
LAND SLIDE --. TOWARDS ELLIOTT
AVENUE.
THAT GIVES A SENSE OF THE
STEEPNESS OF THAT SLOPE.
THE LANDSLIDE PRONE SLOPE.
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT
FREIGHT MOBILITY.
THIS IS A HIGH-VOLUME CORRIDOR.
IDENTIFIED AS FREIGHT MOBILITY
CORRIDOR.
NEAR INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME
USES . AND CONTINUING TO
PROVIDE FOR MOBILITY THROUGH
THAT CORRIDOR IS OF CRITICAL
IMPORTANCE TO THE BUSINESS
SECTOR.
WE HAVE HEARD SUPPORT FOR THE
GAYLORD SMITH STATION.
IMPORTANCE IS THAT THEY IS
SUPPORT.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
GUIDEWAY THAT GETS US TO THE
STATION IS WITHOUT PROBLEMS OR
IMPACT THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
NEXT SLIDE.
ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.
STEPS RELATED.
FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
LOOKING TO CONTINUE OUR WORK
WITH REFINEMENTS TO THE
CONCERNS AT ELLIOTT SNAKE.
LOOKING WAYS TO MODIFY THE
ALIGNMENT. IT IS NOT PRESENTING
QUITE SO MANY IMPACTS IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
CROSSING ELLIOTT AVENUE THREE
TIMES IN ONE MILE.
IF THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE
ADVANCES?
THAT CREATES ANY IMPACT TO THE
STEEP SLOPE OF THE QUEEN ANNE.
WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A
COMPLETE SLOPE STABILIZATION.
PRIORITIZING MAINTAINING
CAPACITY ON ELLIOTT AVENUE WEST
DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR USERS.
AND IN TRANSIT PICK AND
MAINTAIN ELLIOTT WITH SAFE
LANE PROPERTY ACCESS ISSUES
SPEAK AND MINIMIZING IMPACTS
THROUGHOUT.
CONTINUING NORTH.
IN THOSE CORRIDOR.
TO THE INTERBAY BALLARD
SEGMENT.
STATIONS AT INTERBAY AND FOWLER
THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
IBB2B 17th WEST AND A TUNNEL
ALIGNMENT TO THE BALLARD
STATION AT 15th AVENUE WEST.
OF NOTE.
THE BALLARD STATION OPTIONS
THAT ARE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW
. IN THE PROCESS INCLUDED
TUNNEL AND ELEVATED OPTIONS OF
14th, 15th AVENUE WEST.
THE BALLARD IS BY ABSOLUTE
NUMBERS THE FASTEST GROWING
URBAN VILLAGE IN THE ENTIRE
CITY ADDING 6200 PEOPLE SINCE
2010.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT
GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN THE
HEART OF BALLARD.
TO THE WEST OF 15th.
IN THE MAJORITY OF USERS OF
THIS TRANSIT SYSTEM ARE
EXPECTED TO COME BY FOOT.
OR LIKE FROM THE WEST OF 15.
LOOKING TO HAVE A LOW IMPACT ON
WATER, TRIBAL USE AND A TUNNEL
OPTION WOULD LESSEN THE LAND
USE PRESSURE ON INDUSTRIAL AND
MARITIME JOBS THAT HAVE WEST
OF 14th.
FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT USER
STANDPOINT.
PROVIDING FOR SAFE ACCESS WEST
OF 15th AVENUE.
ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE ACCESSING THIS SYSTEM
FROM THE WEST OF 15th.
WANTING TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE
ACCESS.
FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDPOINT.
ABORTING ANY WATER WORK IN THE
SHIP CANAL.
TO INSURE OR LESSEN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
AND FROM A FINANCIAL
STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE UPDATED COST
ESTIMATES FOR THIS SYSTEM.
SINCE THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATES IN
2019.
THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EIGHT TUNNEL AND ELEVATED
OPTIONS HAVE TO DECREASE,
SIGNIFICANTLY.
BUT STILL, 15th AVENUE IS AN
OPTION.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITIES.
CERTAINLY, VERY STRONG SUPPORT
FOR A TUNNEL ALIGNMENT.
AVOIDING THE IMPACT OF AN
ELEVATED ALIGNMENT.
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE WESTERN
MOST.
RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE 15th
AVENUE NORTHWEST.
BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD
FROM COMMENT TODAY.
MEMBERS ADVOCATING FOR THE
EARLIER ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE
NOT MOVE FORWARD IN THE DEIS.
WITH THE 17th, 20th AVENUE WEST
ALTERNATES.
AND ALSO CONCERNS WITH BRIDGE
IMPACTS WITH MARITIME DEPENDENT
BUSINESSES.
THIS IS A EARLIER RENDERING.
THIS SHOW THE NUMEROUS OTHER
ALTERNATIVES THAT HAD BEEN
CONTEMPLATED.
OF NOTE.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT
IS NEEDED IN THIS SEGMENT.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR REFINEMENTS
TO ENTRANCES ON BOTH SIDE OF
MARKET STREET, 15th.
TO PROVIDE THAT SAFE, DO
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
AND REFINEMENTS TO RESOLVE THE
PROPERTY IMPACT AT THE
INTERBAY STATION SITE.
THE INTERBAY STATION THAT IS
PROPOSED.
THE CUT AT 17th.
THAT STATION CONNECTS TO THE
TUNNEL PORTALS.
THERE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
THAT STATION HAS DIRECT CONFLICT
WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
OF A PRACTICE FACILITY FOR THE
SEATTLE STORM. AND ALSO A
CONFLICT WITH THE FUTURE SITE
FOR A NEW SUBSTATION FOR
SEATTLE CITY. THOSE ARE STAND
IN CONFLICTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND SUB TRANSIT TO RESOLVE
THOSE PROPERTY CONFLICTS.
OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL WORK TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE MINIMIZING
THOSE IMPACTS.
THIS IS THE END OF THIS SEGMENT.
WE WILL PAUSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND
CIRCLE BACK TO LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IN THANK YOU MARSHALL, AND
SARAH . I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
DONE SOME BIKE RIDES.
IN MANY DISCUSSIONS.
I MAY WANT TO UPDATE SECTION
NUMBER TWO ITEM NUMBER H. THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I
WOULD LOVE TO TALK MORE.
HOW WE CAN CONNECT WITH WHAT I
AM HEARING.
AND WHAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM
YOUR COMMUNITY OR WHAT THEY
ARE THINKING.
AND SARAH, IF WE COULD LOOK AT
THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT HAD
BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED?
THE LAST TIME, I SHARED MY
FAVORITE MAP.
THERE IS ALSO EIGHT DIGITAL
VERSION.
BALLARD IN 1907. IN THE CURRENT
14th AVENUE STATION IS LOCATED
HERE. IN THIS SECTION.
IT IS ALL INDUSTRIAL.
WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT
YOUR RESOLUTION.
SECTION 1, ITEM C WHAT ARE THE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE OF THE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT OTHER COMMERCIAL? I'M
JUST GOING TO CIRCLE RIGHT BACK
AND READ IT . I THINK THAT IT
REALLY MINIMIZES RESIDENTIAL
AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT.
AND IMPACT TO NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSETS.
ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH
HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND
INDUSTRIAL USES . MAXIMIZE
OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE EQUITABLE
IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE
BALLARD AND LARGER AREA
COMMUNITIES.
IN DISTRICT 6 THE 14th AVENUE
ALIGNMENT.
IT IS NOT FIT WITHIN THESE
PARAMETERS.
IT IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO NOT
HAVE ADDITIONAL HOUSING.
IT IS AN AREA THAT DOES NOT
HAVE OUR INPUT.
IT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY AND
PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES . I SEE
IN YOUR RESOLUTION.
WE ARE ASKING THAT OUR
PREFERRED OPTION. OUR TWO
CHOICES IS 15. BUT I WOULD SAY
THAT HEARING FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE .
HOW I CAN ADVOCATE FOR OUR
POSITION IN A MORE NUANCED WAY.
AND I SAW THAT WITH SMITH COVE.
THERE WERE SOME OUTSTANDING
ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE
IDENTIFIED.
FOR US TO TAKE A BIT OF A
TRANSITION.
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE
OUTSIDE OF THE DEIS . WHAT WE
ARE CHANGING? I WOULD HAVE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMENTS TO
PROVIDE.
ON THIS MAP BEFORE US.
20th AVENUE AND 17th AVENUE.
RIGHT HERE, AND RIGHT HERE IT
IS IN THE HISTORIC CORE. AND
CURRENT CORE OF OUR
RESIDENTIAL AREA.
WE HAVE TWO NEW, SEVEN-STORY
BUILDINGS GOING UP ON MARKET
STREET.
THEY ARE RIGHT AT THE 24th.
TO GET TO 14th?
THAT IS A 10 BLOCK WALK.
WITH A CROSSING OF THE MOST
USED CORRIDOR IN THE CITY.
ONLY BEHIND SR 99. NOT ONLY ARE
WE ASKING PEOPLE TO WALK 10
BLOCKS.
WE ARE ASKING THEM TO CROSS A
NEXT LEVEL DOWN FROM AURORA.
THAT IS WHY SECTION 1 ITEM C IS
SO IMPORTANT.
FOR ME, I AM NOT SURE THAT 15th
IS MY PREFERENCE.
OUT OF THE OPTION BETWEEN 14th,
15th, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE 14th DOES
NOT REALLY FIT THE NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
I AM NOT SURE. AND MAYBE I ASK
YOU . AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK
ONLINE?
I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO .
I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT HOW WE
CAN HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND.
IN A REALLY TACTILE WAY.
THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS A
20th AND 17th WOULD SERVE THE
COMMITTEE IN A MORE IMPACTFUL
WAY.
AND HONESTLY I WANT TO WORK AS
PARTNERS . IT IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT TO TO THE CORE OF
BALLARD, EVERETT, TACOMA.
THIS IS A REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION. THE ONLY CHANGE
THAT I WILL ASK.
UNDER SECTION 2 ITEM H. IF WE
COULD MAKE REFERENCE
SPECIFICALLY TO SECTION C ITEM
1. SMACK ABSOLUTELY.
LET ME ALSO - WE HAVE HEARD
THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE FURTHER
WEST LOCATIONS ABSOLUTELY.
CONSISTENTLY AND REPEATEDLY.
IT IS THE MOST CONSISTENT
THINGS WE'VE HEARD ACROSS THE
ENTIRE BOARD.
I KNOW THAT SOUND TRANSIT HAS
HEARD THAT, AS WELL WE HAVE
TURKEY ABOUT THAT WE HAVE SOME
BIG DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AT
THE BOARD.
THAT TOOK THOSE OFF THE TABLE.
WHAT WE ARE EMPHASIZING.
AND IT IS WORTH SAYING.
15th IS ALREADY IN EVERYONE'S
COMPASS.
FROM WHERE THE ORIGINAL COMPASS
WAS.
THAT IS NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD
CUT -
>> YOUR SAY THE CITY IS
COMPROMISING?
>> THAT IS ALREADY FURTHER EAST
THAN WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE TO
PUT UP A RAILWAY STATION.
WE ARE HOLDING A STRONG LINE
THAT THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE
ALL OF THE REASONS THAT SARAH
DESCRIBED.
OF COURSE THE BASICS.
WHAT IS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TALK
ABOUT MORE.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ADVANCING THE PROGRAM AS IT HAS
BEEN REFINED.
BUT I FEEL LIKE 15th IS A MUST-
HAVE.
FOR THOSE REASONS THAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED.
>> YES.
I WOULD PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
14th IS UNACCEPTABLE.
BUT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THE
SAME THING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS . ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THIS IS THE SEGMENT WHERE I
HAVE MORE EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK
FOR SOUND TRANSIT.
I HAVE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THOSE.
WITH SARAH AND MARSHALL SO I
APPRECIATE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
HERE IN OPEN SESSION.
AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE SOUTH
INTERBAY SEGMENT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS
WHERE CURRENTLY THIS RESOLUTION
IS NOT OFFER FEEDBACK ON THE
ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE INDICATED.
I APPRECIATE THE PHRASING THAT
WE HAVE SEEN ON SLIDE 60.
IN THE PRESENTATION.
INDICATING SUPPORT FOR THE
GAYLORD STREET AND SMITH COVE
LOCATION . OR SOMETHING THAT
HAS BEEN HEARD IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE BEING RECOGNIZED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHATEVER ACTION WE TAKE TO GO
ON THE RECORD.
WE ARE MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR.
THE ABSENCE OF AN EXCLUSIVE
ENDORSEMENT OF THE ALTERNATIVE.
STILL ENDORSES CERTAIN STATION
LOCATIONS AND FUNCTIONS THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT THE
ULTIMATE ALIGNMENT THAT IS
PICKED BY SOUND TRANSIT.
IT SEEMS AND MAYBE MARSHALL .
YOU CAN WEIGH IN.
THE CONCERNS ABOUT NOT ENDORSING
THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
STEM FROM THE ELLIOTT SNAKE
ISSUE AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON
TRANSIT TO REVISE AND FIX THAT
PARTICULAR DESIGN AND PROBLEM.
BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD AND
EXPLICITLY FIND THE OPTIONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO ECHO.
ANNE STATE THE CONCERNS FOR THE
CONSTITUENTS.
THE QUEEN AND , MAGNOLIA.
A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR A SMITH
COVE STATION.
FOR WEST GAYLORD STATION.
THEY ARE INDICATED IN THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WORK AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING
. KEEPING THAT SAME ACCESS.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR X EFFICIENT
AND ASK RADIANT SOLUTIONS TO
GET TO MAGNOLIA AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS ADJACENT TO THOSE
STATIONS.
AND WHAT THAT ALIGNMENT
PROVIDES.
I HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS.
BUT I WILL HOLD RIGHT THERE.
IF MARSHALL OR SARAH IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT?
MOSTLY WHAT IS INDICATED ON THE
SLIDES 56, 57.
>> BRIEFLY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
YOUR POINT ABOUT THE STATION
ITSELF . THE ISSUES AS YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED.
PRESENTED REALLY ARE PRIMARILY
AROUND THE GUIDEWAY.
AND HOW IT HAS BEEN LAID OUT.
FUNDAMENTALLY IN TERMS OF CITY
POLICY.
IT IS NOT CONSISTENT TO SUPPORT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH SDOT AND HIGHLIGHT THE
SNAKE ISSUE.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE AND SUPPORT
AN ALTERNATIVE.
>> LET ME ASK A CLARIFYING
QUESTION.
TO MARSHALL OR SARAH.
WHERE DO WE ANTICIPATE THE
TUNNEL COMING OUT AND TURNING
INTO THE GUIDEWAY ON THIS MAP?
WHEN DOES IS GO FROM A TUNNEL
TO BEING ON THE SURFACE?
>> MAYBE IF WE GO -- FROM THE
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL INTO SOUTH
INTERBAY?
NOT THE BALLARD TUNNEL INTO
INTERBAY?
>> CORRECT.
FROM DOWNTOWN TUNNEL INTO SOUTH
INTERBAY.
>> SIB 1 ALTERNATIVE FROM DEIS
TO GAYLORD.
THE TUNNEL PORTAL IS AT
REPUBLICAN TREET.
IF YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES.
THERE COULD BE . THAT LAST ONE.
I THINK IT MIGHT -- ACTUALLY
COULD WE GO BACK A FEW SLIDES?
I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE
THE POTTER LOCATION IS.
I WOULD BE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO
WILL FOLLOW AND PROVIDE
GREATER CLARIFICATION.
I WILL PROVIDE A MAP THAT SHOWS
IT MORE CLEARLY.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, REPUBLICAN
OPTION.
THAT IS THE PINK OPTION DOWN
BELOW.
THAT CONTINUES WEST. AND WOULD
COME OUT TO A TUNNEL PORTAL.
IT IS SOMEWHERE WHERE THE GRAY
LINE IS.
I DO NOT HAVE EXACTLY WHERE
THAT TUNNEL PORTAL IS.
WHERE IS THE MERCER STATION.
IT GOES INTO THE STEEP SLOPE .
AND IT COMES OUT AT THE TUNNEL
PORTAL CLOSER TO THIS IS ONE
THAT IS NOT NOTED ON THE SLIDE.
BUT ALSO IN OUR COMMENTS.
IN ORDER TO GO FROM THE SEATTLE
CENTER MERCER STATION.
TO THE ELLIOTT SNAKE ALIGNMENT.
THERE WOULD BE A MIX AND MATCH
AND REFINEMENT THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED.
WE WOULD BE MOVING FROM MERCER
INTO THAT REPUBLICAN PORTAL.
IT WOULD COME OUT AT REPUBLICAN
STREET.
>> SARAH, I HAVE THE MAP.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PUT IT
ON THE SCREEN?
>> YES.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THERE WE GO.
REPUBLICAN PORTAL.
ON THE FAR LEFT, LOWER CORNER.
IT IS COMING OUT AT REPUBLICA
TO FIT.
MOVING INTO AN ELEVATED
GUIDEWAY.
ALL ALONG ELLIOTT WAY.
THAT IS THE ELLIOTT SNAKE
PORTION.
CONTINUES AS AN ELEVATED
STRUCTURE TO GAYLORD.
AND GOES TO INTERBAY.
WHEREAS UNDERNEATH THAT.
YOU CANNOT SEE IT.
BUT IT IS THE SIB 2 THAT ALSO
COMES BACK THROUGH REPUBLICAN
PORTAL.
AND WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A
STATION AT PROSPECT STREET.
AND CONTINUE TO CENTRAL
INTERBAY TOWARDS 15.
>> I APPRECIATE GETTING TO SEE
THIS DIAGRAM AGAIN.
BUT IT GETS TO ONE QUESTION I
HAD.
DOES OUR ENDORSEMENT OF THE
MERCER ALIGNMENT.
INHERENTLY MEAN A LOT OF THE
ISSUES WOULD BE ELLIOTT SNAKE
WOULD BE AVOIDED ANYWAY BECAUSE
IT IS A TUNNEL UNTIL WEST
PROSPECT.
THE SNAKE IS FROM WEST PROSPECT
BACK DOWN ELLIOTT WAY.
>> IT IS. BUT LET ME PULL THE
LANGUAGE UP.
BUT IT IS NOT EXPLICIT IN A
RESOLUTION?
PERHAPS WE CAN CALL FOR IT.
THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE
SEATTLE SENT A IS A HIGH
PRIORITY.
IN THIS RECOMMENDATION.
WE WOULD LOOK TO CLARIFY THAT
LANGUAGE IF IT IS NOT THERE.
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO PRECLUDE
GETTING TO THAT GAYLORD STREET
STATION.
>> WHAT WOULD THE IMPLICATIONS
BE OF THE TUNNEL?
THAT COMES OUT AT PROSPECT.
FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE
BETWEEN WEST PROSPECT ON
ELLIOTT.
WOULD THERE BE LESS ACQUISITION
FROM SDOT?
>> THE MAIN ISSUE WITH THAT
ALTERNATIVE.
AT THAT PORTAL.
NOTED AT PROSPECT STREET.
THAT COMES OUT AT A LOCATION
THAT IS A VERY LANDSLIDE PRONE
STEEP. THAT IS THE BIGGEST
CONCERN THAT THE CITY TEAM HAS
HAD.
WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THAT
ALTERNATIVE MOVING FORWARD.
THE DIFFICULTY IN ACHIEVING
COMPLETE SLOPE STABILIZATION.
FURTHERMORE TO CITE A LIGHT
RAIL FACILITY IN AN
ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL AREA IS
AGAINST CITY POLICY.
HE WOULD HAVE A DESIGNATION OF
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC'S FACILITY.
WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK SO CLOSE
WITH THE SOUND DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AND REALLY UNDERSCORE FROM A
GEOTECH STANDPOINT.
THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SLOPE.
IN THE CITY TEAM HAS A VERY
REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE SLOPE
STABILIZATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THOSE
CONCERNS ON THE RECORD.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE FOR
THIS MEETING.
IN THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE
PRESENTATION.
ON THIS RESOLUTION.
AND MARSHALL, SARAH DO YOU
WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
>> WE JUST HAVE A HANDFUL
REMAINING.
WE WILL FLY THROUGH A COUPLE
QUICKLY.
AND I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
AND WHILE IT IS SDOT
REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS IS A
TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
GEOTECH IMPLICATIONS, THIS IS
SDOT AND CERTAINLY ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
SEATTLE CENTER AND THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
THE NEXT STEPS . AS SOUND
TRANSIT PRESENTED IN APRIL.
THEY ARE EXPLORING REFINEMNT
CONCEPTS.
INCLUDING COST SAVINGS
CONCEPTS.
THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THE 2021
ST3 REALIGNMENT EXERCISE.
KICK ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREASING
COST ESTIMATES FOR THE ENTIRETY
OF THE SYSTEM.
SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND
REFINEMENTS . THESE ARE BEING
PUT ON THE TABLE ARE VERY
DRASTIC.
AND THEY WOULD HAVE VERY REAL
IMPLICATIONS FOR RIDERSHIP.
AND EVEN AGENCY AND VALUE.
AS A SITTING POSITION.
WE HAVE DISCOURAGE SCOPE
REDUCTION.
ANY REFINEMENTS WOULD HAVE NOT
HAVE A BENEFIT TO THE RIDERS.
OR NOT CONSISTENT WAS COMMITTED
IN THE ACTION PLAN IN 2016.
WE DO SUPPORT STRATEGIES. SO
HERE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF
STRATEGIES THAT HAVE PUT
FORWARD BY SOUND TRANSIT.
INCLUDING A CONSOLIDATION OF
DEMI-. THIS IS TWO SAY STRENGTH
ACCESSING THE FASTEST GROWING
NATURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
ENTIRE REGION.
THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN RIDERSHIP.
WITH WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE
VOTERS.
ALSO PROPOSED ALIGNMENTS THAT
WOULD HAVE STATION ENTRANCES
THAT WOULD LEAD TO BETTER
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PICK WE ARE
VERY INTERESTED IN COMMITTING
TO WORKING WITH SOUND TRANSIT
TO WORK WITH THAT.
NEXT SLIDE IN ADDITION SOUND
TRANSIT HAS ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS
THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS.
FOR REDUCED RISK FOR OTHER
CONCERNS TO THE SYSTEM.
THIS INCLUDES IN THE CITY HAS
BEEN SUPPORTIVE
INCLUDING EXPLORING THE MIX AND
MATCH REFINEMENTS THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS
PRESENTATION.
WILL PROVIDE GREATER
FLEXIBILITY.
ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
REFINEMENTS TO STATIONS.
IMPROVE SAFETY FOR NONMOTORIZED
ACCESS.
PROVIDING BETTER ACCESS WITH
HANOVER STREET.
AND IF THAT LOOKS FROM
BELRIDGE.
ALSO AVOID AND MITIGATE ADVERSE
PROJECT IMPACTS.
LET ME CLOSE OUT ABOUT -PARTY
FUNDING.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS RECOMMENDED
THAT THERE BE THE
IDENTIFICATION OF PARTY FUNDS.
ADDITIONAL, NON-TRANSIT FUNDS.
FOR ANY TO SUPPLEMENT THE CORE
FUNDING OF THE ESTABLISHED AS
PART OF THE BALLOT MEASURE.
POTENTIAL, -PARTY FUNDING HAVE
DECREASED, SIGNIFICANTLY.
SINCE THAT BOARD ACTION IN
2019.
THAT IS BASED ON ADDITIONAL
REFINED AND COST ESTIMATING'S.
PARTICULAR NOTING.
THE DELTA ELEVATED OPTION AND
THE TUNNEL OPTIONS.
WEST SEATTLE AT BALLARD HAVE US
DECREASING SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE HELP IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR -PARTY FUNDING.
TO SUPPORT THAT WORK . AND
ALSO EXPLORING OTHER STRATEGIES
TO CONTROL COSTS.
SUCH AS SCHEDULED BENEFITS AND
STREAMLINING.
THE CITY ANTICIPATES MORE
INFORMAL COMMITMENTS.
FOR THE FEDERAL RECORD OF
DECISION IN 2013. AND 2023,
2024.
JUST TO CLOSE THINGS OUT WITH A
QUICK TIMELINE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY.
OF COURSE, THE SEVENTH BRIEFING
YOU.
ON THE DRAFT CITY
RECOMMENDATION.
LATER THIS WEEK THE SYSTEM
EXPANSION COMMITTEE OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT WILL BE
DISCUSSING ALTERNATIVES. LATER
THIS MONTH, PROPOSED, SECOND
BRIEFING TO THE COMMITTEE ON
THE 21st.
POSSIBLE COUNSEL ACTION AS
EARLY AS THE 28th.
MOVING BACK OVER TO THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD OF THE TABLE.
SOUND TRANSIT IS ANTICIPATING
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND
EXPANSIONS.
MEETING ON THE 14th OF JULY.
AND POSSIBLE FULL BOARD ACTION
ON ALTERNATIVES FOR STUDYING
AS EARLY AS JULY 28.
>> THANK YOU.
ANOTHER SOUND TRANSIT HAS
CHANGED THEIR SCHEDULE IN THE
PAST.
MAYBE THEY WILL CHANGE IT AGAIN
AND PROVIDE US MORE TIME.
I WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING THE
SECOND DISCUSSION AT OUR
COMMITTEE.
AND A POSSIBLE VOTE.
EVEN LATER THAN JUNE 21st.
IF THAT WORKS WELL FOR FOLKS TO
GIVE US MORE TIME.
AND LET ME THANK YOU EVERYBODY
FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK, THUS FAR
. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
DELIVERING SOLID RESOLUTIONS
FOR US TO WORK ON. AND WILL
CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION AT A
FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS OUR SEATTLE CITY COMES INTO
FOCUS.
WE PROVIDE A UNIFIED CLARITY AS
POSSIBLE.
FROM THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS
BEFORE WE SIGN OFF IT 12:42 P.M.
? THANK YOU. AND WE KNOW THAT
WE CAN REACH OUT TO SARAH
MARSHALL. BUT FOR THIS MEETING
TODAY, LET US ADJOURN.
THIS CONCLUDES THE JUNE 720 22
MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES MEETING.
IT IS 12:42 P.M.
OUR MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY,
JUNE 21st.
THANK YOU WORK AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.