>>> SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:32 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
HERE.
>> PRESENT.
>> OUR COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD
AND STRAUSS ARE EXCUSED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THE TRANSPORTATION
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO CONDUCT
MEETINGS IN A HYBRID MANNER
WITH PEOPLE ATTENDING BOTH
VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, AND
ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE
CONDUCT THIS NEW HYBRID FORMAT.
TODAY, WE HAVE TWO BILL, THE
FIRST, VACATING A PORTION OF
29th AVENUE SOUTHWEST, AN
SOUTHWEST CITY VIEW STREET.
THE SECOND IS FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO GRANT A
TEMPORARY EASEMENT, AND A
SMALLER PERMANENT SUBSURFACE
EASEMENT TO KING COUNTY FOR A
NARROW TRACK OF LAND ON THE
EAST SIDE IN BELLEVUE, WITH THE
MAIN PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING
AND MAINTAINING THE SEWER LINE.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL
WELCOME TO OUR COMMITTEE ANDREW
LEE, WHO IS MAYOR HARRELL'S
NOMINEE.
THAT'S FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
AND FOR LAST ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AN UPDATE ON
VISION ZERO, WHICH IS TO
ELIMINATE TRAFFIC RELATED
FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES
BY 2030.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR TRANSPORTATION
SEATTLE UTILITIES.
OF NOTE, WE DO ALSO HAVE A
PUBLIC, ONE OF OUR ITEMS
REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL BE SURE TO SEPARATE
THOSE FROM REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND THOSE SEEKING TO
SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT FIRST, OUR REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
FOR OUR HYBRID MEETING, WE HAVE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO GIVE
COMMENT BOTH IN PUBLIC AND IN
PERSON.
I'LL START FROM HEARING THE
COMMENTS FROM THE FIRST FIVE
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ONLINE.
THEN WE'LL HEAR COMMENTS FROM
THOSE IN PERSON, AND THEN WE'LL
SWITCH BACK TO THOSE ONLINE.
I WILL MODERATE IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
IT'S FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON TWO SPEAKERS AT
A TIME, AND THE ORDER IN WHICH
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE AND THE SIGNUP SHEET AT
CITY HALL.
IF YOU'VE NOT REGISTERED TO
COMMENT, BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THIS COMMENT PERIOD, BY GOING
TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE, OR BY
SIGNING UP IN PERSON HERE ON
THE SIGN IN SHEET HERE AT THE
PUBLIC MICROPHONES AT THE FRONT
OF THE CHAMBER.
FOR REMOTE SPEAKERS, ONCE I
CALL ON THE SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE.
A COMMENT OF YOU ARE UNMUTED
WILL BE THE CUE THAT YOU ARE
UNMUTED.
FOR EVERYONE WHO IS COMMENTING,
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WHEN YOU HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THE ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, WE ASK
THAT YOU WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END, THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED FOR US TO MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE, AND
IF YOU PLAN ON FOLLOWING THIS
MEETING, PLEASE DO SO BY THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR BY THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ONLINE.
THE RADIO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS NOW OPEN.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
BEFORE SPEAKING.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FIRST FROM
ANCOR, FOLLOWED BY HOLDEN
RINGER.
GO AHEAD, ANCOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ANCOR.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7, AND I'D
LIKE TO GIVE COMMENT ON VISION
ZERO.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE 19
PEDESTRIAN DEATHS.
THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE 2006.
THESE ARE NOT ACCIDENTS.
THEY'RE PREVENTIBLE TRAGEDIES,
PREVENTIBLE FATALITIES.
OVER 90 PERCENT OF THESE OCCUR
ON SEATTLE'S ARTERIALS.
SEATTLE NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR
STREETS.
IT'S INEXCUSABLE THAT UP TO 31
TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN SEATTLE
LAST YEAR, 19 WERE PEDESTRIANS.
NOT TO MENTION THE CONTINUED
TRAGEDIES WE'VE ALREADY SEEN
PEOPLE WHO WALK AND BIKE.
OUR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS
TO CHANGE.
THIS IS A CITY THAT WAS BUILT
FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.
OUR D.O.T.
LOVES TO RESPOND WITH PHRASES
LIKE MAINTAINING VEHICULAR
THROUGH PUT AND TRAFFIC FLOW
SIMULATIONS WHEN ASKED WHY A
PARTICULAR DESIGN ELEMENT TO
IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN BIKE SAFETY
IS OMITTED.
WHAT OUR D.O.T.
IS FAILING TO RECOGNIZE IN
THESE REQUESTS IS THAT THE
PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME
VALUE SYSTEM.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT VEHICULAR
THROUGH PUT AND WHAT THE
TRAFFIC SIMULATION SAID.
WE CARE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
DYING BECAUSE THEY HAD THE
AUDACITY TO CROSS THE STREET.
WE NEED PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CHANGES.
REDUCE THE ROADWAY.
DON'T JUST LOWER THE SPEED
LIMIT.
DON'T JUST LABEL A STREET.
PUT IN A CONCRETE BARRIER.
DON'T JUST PAINT A STRIPE ON
THE ROAD AND CALL IT A BIKE
LINE.
PUT IN A CURB INTERSECTION.
INSTEAD OF POURING CONCRETE IN
THE PARKING GARAGES, LET'S
REPAIR OUR SIDEWALKS AND BUILD
OUT THE SAFEST, HIGHEST THROUGH
PUT.
ACCORDING TO MY SIMULATIONS,
LEAST CONDUCTED TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM EVER INVENTED WALKING.
OUR STRAIGHTS SHOULD BE
DEPENDENT ON THEM.
THOSE 19 LIVES COUNTED ON IT
AND REFAILED THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE HOLDEN RINGER
FOLLOWED BY ERICA BUSH.
GO AHEAD, HOLDEN.
>> HOWDY.
MY NAME IS HOLDEN RINGER AND I
LIVE OVER IN BALLARD, AND I'M
HERE TO DISCUSS VISION ZERO.
I'M HEAR TODAY AS A WALKER AND
BIKER IN THE CITY.
I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO SEATTLE,
BUT I GET EXCITED ABOUT LIVING
IN WASHINGTON, ESPECIALLY
SEATTLE.
IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE.
HOWEVER, EVERY DAY I WALK OR
BIKE TO WALK, I'M REMINDED OF
THE HARSH TRUTH, THAT LIKE MOST
OF AMERICA, I'M A SECOND CLASS
CITIZEN HERE.
THE CAR STANDS ABOVE ALL HERE.
WAS IT VISIBLE ENOUGH?
YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I WAS
GOING TO TURN BIKE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET
CETERA.
THIS MAY SOUND CONTROVERSY, BUT
I WILL REFUSE TO BLAME THE
DRIVER FOR THEIR CARELESSNESS,
INSTEAD, THE UNSAFE SYSTEM OF
TRANSPORTATION EVERY DAY.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY, WHERE
IT'S NOT JUST THE MOST ABLE
BODIED PEOPLE, SUCH AS MYSELF
THAT ARE BRAZEN ENOUGH TO
TRAVERSE THE CITY OUTSIDE OF A
CAR.
BUT INSTEAD, THE YOUNG, THE
OLD, THE DISABLED.
AND THE SKEPTICAL THAT WON'T
FEEL THEY'LL BE STRUCK DOWN
FROM EXISTING.
I ASK YOU TO DECREASE THE SPEED
OF THE CARS AROUND THE CITY.
I ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE OUR
LIVES, AND OUR SAFETY.
UPHOLD THE IDEALSES OF DIVISION
ZERO AS AN INDICATER OF
SUCCESS.
PLEASE BUILD BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN ONLY STREETS, NARROW
GREEN LIGHTS FOR PEDESTRIANS,
ET CETERA.
SO WE NO LONGER FEEL LIKE
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME,
AND HOPE TO BE IN ONE PIECE THE
NEXT TIME WE SPEAK.
>> NEXT WE'VE GOT ERICA BUSH,
FOLLOWED BY COREY CROCKER.
GO AHEAD, ERICA.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, SORRY.
I THINK I WAS ON MUTE FOR A
MOMENT.
MY NAME IS ERICA BUSH.
I'M THE COLEAD FOR SAFE
STREETS.
I WANTED TO ECHO THE COMMENTS
PREVIOUSLY MADE FOR SAFETY IN
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY.
IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF,
WE'VE SEEN SEVEN FATALITIES A
THE ONE KEY INTERSECTION AT
SODO AND SOUTH COLGATE STREET.
IT'S AN ABOMBABLE ENVIRONMENT
FOR MANY WHO ARE NOT DRIVING A
SEMI TRUCK, AND WE HAVE 50,000
PEOPLE COMING FROM SODO EVERY
DAY.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS MORE THAT
DRAY TRAVERSE THROUGH SODO
COMING TO JOBS AND OBLIGATIONS
ACROSS THE CITY FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME.
WE HAVE SIMPLY IGNORED SODO AS
A WAY PLAN THAT SHOULD BE
UTILIZED ONLY BY OUR FREIGHT
SERVICES.
AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT
POSSIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE AN
INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE THAT'S
SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO I AM ASKING YOU, COUNCIL, TO
REALLY TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE VISION
ZERO TEAM TO IMPROVEMENT TO
SODO PARTICULARLY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SOUTH COLGATE
AND FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH, WHERE
WE ARE REPEATEDLY SEEING
FATALITIES ALONG THIS STREET AT
AIRPORT WAY, WE ALSO HAVE THE
EVERGREEN SERVICE CENTER, WHICH
TREATS THOUSANDS OF FOLKS
DESPERATELY TRYING TO IMPROVE
THEIR STATE OF WELFARE, AND
THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE AT RISK
OF LOSING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY
WHEN SEEKING TREATMENT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY A
CRITICAL POINT IN OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS MENTIONED, THESE LIMITED
IMPROVEMENTS OF SIGNAGE, AND
LITTLE TINY --
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THOSE
IDEAS, AND THOSE LOCATIONS.
PLEASE EMAIL THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
NEXT WE HAVE COREY CROCKER, AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A
SPEAKER IN CHAMBERS.
GO AHEAD, COREY.
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS COREY CROCKER.
I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT, AND
BUSINESS MEMBER OF THE U
DISTRICT.
I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT
CONCERNING VISION ZERO.
LET'S MAKE CROSSING INTERSTATE
5 ON NORTHEAST 45th STREET SAFE
FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES,
ESPECIALLY AS THE LAST MILE TO
AND FROM THE NEW U DISTRICT
LIGHT STATION.
ON THIS PROJECT WE'RE MAKING
PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE NOT ACROSS
THE BRIDGE YET.
SO HERE'S AN UPDATE.
THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVEED
PROMISED A SAFE CROSSING WOULD
BE IN PLACE FOR THE STATION
OPENING, WHICH OPENED LAST
OCTOBER.
IT HAS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUTERS,
AND RESIDENTS.
WE HAD 600 SIGNATURES, AND
DOZENS OF PERSONAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR
THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT REMOVE
ANY PARKING AND DOES NOT IMPACT
VEHICULAR TRUE PUT.
WE NOW HAVE 500,000 ALLOCATING
THE PROJECT.
AND MOST RECENTLY, WSDOT HAVE
AGREED TO INSTALL SAFETY
FENCING ALONG THE BRIDGE.
HOWEVER, S DOT SAYS THEY WILL
NOT MAKE THE DEADLINE FOR THE
BUDGET, POSTPONING IT YET
ANOTHER YEAR.
S DOT HAS REFUSED TO MODEL OUR
RESEARCH PROPOSAL, THAT DOES
NOT MONITOR VEHICULAR THROUGH
PUT.
AS A RESULT, SDOT HAS NOT
PRIORITIZED THE DISTRICT.
WE THINK THAT IMPROVING THE
OVERPASS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS
AND CYCLISTS HAS BEEN AN
OBLIGATION OF S DOT'S.
FAILURE TO DELIVER FOR YET
ANOTHER YEAR IS UNACCEPTABLE.
PLEASE HELP MAKE VISION ZERO A
REALITY BY PRIORITIZING THE
SAFE CROSSING OVER I-5. FOR
MORE INFORMATION AND TO SIGN
OUR PETITION VISIT HASHTAG SAFE
CROSSING OVER I-5. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES.
>> NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR
SPEAKER IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ONLINE
SPEAKERS.
YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE STARTING.
>> WHY YOU DON'T SHOW MY SIGN
IN MY FACE?
ARE YOU FREAKING A NAZI OR
PSYCHOPATH.
EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE.
NAZI FASCIST MOB.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT VISION
ZERO.
THERE'S NO ZERO EXIST ON
UNIVERSITY.
I TALK TO YOU MANY TIME BEFORE
ABOUT COUPLE POINT WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
OPEN EACH OF YOUR LINE FOR
SENIOR CITIZEN.
AND I TALK ABOUT ALL THIS
VIDEO.
HUNDRED TIMES.
ZERO REACTION.
YOU ARE REAL FREAKING STUPID.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS MAYOR
OFFICE TOLD FRIDAY.
YOU ARE STUPID.
I SENT TO YOU A NAZI
PSYCHOPATH, DIFFERENT, LITTLE
BIT, NOT TOO MUCH.
ANOTHER POINT.
WHY DON'T BRING ALL BUSES [
INAUDIBLE ] STREET.
THIS MAKES MUCH EMPTY.
DIFFERENT REINFORCED STREET OF
100 FEET.
SO WHY ALL BUSES GOING FOR WHEN
THIRD STREET TOTALLY EMPTY?
YOU DID THIS FOR BUSES.
YOU ARE A STUPID DEGENERATE
IDIOT.
[ INAUDIBLE ] YOU COME TO ZERO,
YOU NEVER COME TO ZERO BECAUSE
YOU ARE MENTALLY SICK AND I
TOLD YOU BEFORE.
YOU NEED A MENTAL EXAMINATION.
THIS A PROBLEM.
NUMBER THREE, STOP THE STUPID
RED CAMERA.
RIGHT NOW, FOR MY INFORMATION
CITY HAS $100,000 DEFICIT.
WHY YOU SEND 50% ON YOUR
CORPORATION?
CORPORATIONS SUCK BLOOD AND
MONEY FROM US.
WHY?
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU STRUCK PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE
DRIVE.
I SEE RED.
GOT A PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE'VE GOT VICKY CLARK
FOLLOWED BY BOB ANDERTON.
GO AHEAD, VICKY CLARK.
>> THANKS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
HI VICKY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS VICKY CLARK WITH
BICYCLE CLUB SPEAKING TODAY
ABOUT VISION ZERO.
RIDING A BIKE ON A SIDEWALK,
COMMON ACTIVITIES IN SEATTLE,
AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE
RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR
DEATH.
MOST OF THESE INCIDENTS
OCCURRING IN DISTRICT TWO.
TRAFFIC VIOLENCE IS NOTHING
SHORT OF A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS, AND SEATTLE IS NOT
IMMUNE.
THE TREND THAT IS NOT SLOWING
DOWN.
I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE
FOR INVITING SDOT FOR THIS
VISION ZERO BRIEFING TODAY.
WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE
ACCIDENTS, AND AS A RESULT OF
POLITICAL CHOICES AND WHAT AND
WHOM WE PRIORITIZE ON OUR
STREETS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE
WHEN THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE,
BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO
CHANGE THEM NOW.
LIFT UP THE COMMENTS MADE BY
ERICA BUSH.
AS SDOT UPDATES MOBILE PLANS TO
BRING THEM TOGETHER IN THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ONE KEY
GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE HISTORICALLY
INDIVIDUAL MOBILE PLANS WHICH
REQUIRES PRIORITIZATION.
THAT POLITICALLY CHALLENGED
WORD AGAIN.
MY QUESTION, HOW IS THE HIGH
INJURY NETWORK BEING
INCORPORATED INTO THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN NETWORK?
AND HOW IS THE BIKE PAD SAFETY
IN OFFICE BEING INCORPORATED?
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE
CLICKED THE PUBLIC HEARING
BUTTON FOR ONE OF THE ITEMS, I
BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE HERE TO
SPEAK ABOUT VISION ZERO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CALL ON THEM NOW.
BOB ARRINGTON.
GO AHEAD, BOB.
>>
BOB ANDERTON, IF YOU COULD
PRESS STAR 6, AND YOU COULD
BEGIN SPEAKING ABOUT, LOOKS
LIKE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN VISION ZERO.
WE CAN ALSO COME BACK TO YOU,
BOB.
LET'S GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER AND WE'LL COME BACK TO
BOB.
NEXT SPEAKER IS GERALD.
GO AHEAD, GERALD.
REMINDER TO PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING, GERALD.
OKAY WE'LL COME BACK TO GERALD.
NEXT WE'VE GOT JOSA BRAIDA,
FOLLOWED BY GORDON.
GO AHEAD, JOSEPH.
>> HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO?
PERFECT.
HI I MOVED IN FREMONT AND MOVED
TO SEATTLE ABOUT THREE YEARS
AGO FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
AND I GREW UP TAKING PUBLIC
TRANSIT, AND WALKING AND BIKING
EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE IT WAS
ENJOYABLE.
WHEN I CAME TO SEATTLE, I WAS
SURPRISED AT HOW COMPLICATED
WALKING BECOME.
IN MY 15 MINUTE WALK FROM MY
HOUSE TO DOWNTOWN FREMONT, OR
WE WILLING FORD, I HAVE
CONFLICT WITH MULTIPLE ROADS.
AND THERE ARE SOME PARTICULAR
INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE VERY
DIFFICULT, AND THEY'RE AT THE
JUNCTION OF THE RAPID RIDE AND
44.
TWO OF THE HIGHER THROUGH PUT
LANES IN SEATTLE.
YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE ALONG 46th,
AND ALSO ALONG FREMONT AVENUE,
CARS GO VERY FAST AND THERE IS
THIS RCW IN SEATTLE, THAT ALL
INTERSECTIONS ARE CROSSWALKS.
I'M JUST SORT OF UNDER THE
BELIEF THAT THIS ISN'T WORKING.
AND I READ UP ON VISION ZERO
QUITE A BIT, AND THERE SEEMS TO
BE A LOT OF EFFORT TO IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
BUT THERE'S THESE LARGE
RENOVATIONS AND BIG PLANS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A LOT OF
TIMES A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
LIKE THIS NEEDS TO COME QUICKLY
RATHER THAN BE COMPLICATED.
AND SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
PUTTING UP A CROSSWALK SO THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, OR PUTTING
UP A SIGN, SO THE DRIVERS
UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PLACE
WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WALK
EVERY DAY, WILL MAKE A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW AND I REQUEST TO PUT IN
IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS AS WELL
WHILE PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON
THESE MORE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS,
WHICH I APPRECIATE.
I ADJUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE
CHANGE QUICKLY WHILE I LIVE IN
THIS CITY, BECAUSE I LIKE
LIVING HERE.
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK
AROUND SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
THANKS FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT GORDON.
THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO BOB AND
GERALD.
GO AHEAD, GORDON.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS GORDON, AND THE EDU
OF SEATTLE GREENWAYS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THE
STATE OF THE WORLD FEELS REALLY
HEAVY THESE DAYS, AND FEELS
LIKE WE HAVE THESE LARGE
INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS THAT OUR
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM SEEMS UNABLE
TO SOLVE.
TO BE HONEST, VISION ZERO FEELS
HEAVY TOO SOMETIMES.
IT'S A BIG DEAL, RIGHT?
WE'RE HAVING OVER 20 PEOPLE DIE
ON YOU ARE STREETS EVERY YEAR.
150 PLUS BEING SERIOUSLY
INJURED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT IS
SOLVABLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE
FOR YOU ALL TO PLAY.
DIFFERENT CITIES IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE WORLD ARE EITHER CLOSE
TO ACHIEVING VISION ZERO, OR
HAVE ACHIEVED IT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
MENTION IS WE'RE BUILDING A
BETTER FUTURE.
WE'RE NOT JUST REDUCING DEATH
AND FATALITIES.
I THINK ABOUT KIDS BEING ABLE
TO WALK TO SCHOOL, AND THE
PARK.
ELDERS BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN
THEIR INDEPENDENCE AS THEY AGE.
NEIGHBORS MEETING WITH EACH
OTHER IN THE STREET AND
BUILDING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
PREVENTING TRAGEDY.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING A
JOYFUL, EQUITABLE, AND
SUSTAINABLE WORLD TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHAT GETS ME REALLY
EXCITED.
AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE
THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO
THE MAYOR'S ATTENTION, AND I
HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
AND MAKE THIS A PRIORITY FOR
OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GORDON.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE BOB AND
GERALD ANOTHER CHANCE TO SPEAK
DURING THIS REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
THEY TECHNICALLY SIGN UP FOR
ITEM TWO.
SO BOB, GERALD, IF YOU WANT TO
TALK IN THE REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, YOU CAN GO
AHEAD.
PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M BOB ANDERTON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
LOUDER THOUGH.
>> YES.
GOOD MORNING, I'M BOB ANDERTON.
I'VE BEEN A DAILY BICYCLE
COMMUTER FOR ALMOST THREE
DECADES.
I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TO
TRANSFORM THE CITY'S VISION
ZERO COMMITMENT FROM MERE WORDS
INTO MEANINGFUL ACTIONS.
I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
YOU JUST HEARD FROM GORDON.
AND I'M THE FOUNDING ATTORNEY
AT WASHINGTON BIKE LAW.
WASHINGTON BIKE LAW REPRESENTS
PEOPLE INJURED WHILE WALKING OR
ROLLING STATEWIDE, BUT MOST OF
OUR CLIENTS ARE INJURED HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE ADOPTED VISION ZERO IN
2015.
IF SEATTLE ACHIEVES VISION
ZERO, MEANING WE HAVE NO MORE
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS,
I'LL PROBABLY NOT HAVE A JOB.
MOST PEOPLE LOVE LAWYER JOKES
AND I'M TEMPTED TO TELL ONE
NOW.
BUT IN RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE PUNCH
LINE.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING
INJURED AND KILLED IN SEATTLE
STREETS THAT WASHINGTON JUST
HIRED ANOTHER BIKE LAWYER.
WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY
THROUGH 2022 AND THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE HAS EVEN CONSIDERED
VISION ZERO.
MAYOR HARRELL FIRED SCOTT
SHORTLY AFTER HIS ELECTION, AND
HAS STILL NOT NAMED A PERMANENT
SUCCESSOR?
WHAT IS SEATTLE'S VISION FOR
ACTION TO PREVENT MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED
AND KILLED ON OUR STREETS?
NOW I RECOGNIZE CITY POLITICS
ARE TOUGH AND ALL THE MEMBERS
OF THIS COMMITTEE INTEND TO
SERVE THEIR CONSTITUENTS, BUT
THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN
POLITICS.
IT IS LITERALLY LIFE AND DEATH.
PLEASE ACCEPT TE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO
LEAD AND TAKE ACTION NOW TO
ACHIEVE VISION ZERO.
MY OFFICE CAN HELP MAKE UP FOR
THE HARM DONE TO PEOPLE ON
UNSAFE STREETS, BUT YOU HAVE
THE POWER TO PREVENT THEIR
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS.
JUST DO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'VE GOT GERALD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO
THE SPEAKER WHO IS NOW PRESENT,
TOM LANE.
GO AHEAD, GERALD.
PRESS STAR 6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
HI.
SO I'M HEAR WITH VALLEY
GREENWAY SAFE STREET PEOPLE.
AND MY ISSUE IS LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD TO CHANGE THE SPEED
LIMIT AND ERASE CROSSWALK FROM
THE PARKING LOT OF 49th AVENUE
SOUTH AND THE BOULEVARD TO THE
LAKE.
THE FIRST FEW SPEAKERS HIT THE
NAIL ON THE HEAD.
I WILL ADD TO THESE COMMENTS BY
ADDING A COMMENT ABOUT THE
BOULEVARD.
THE VISION ZERO PLAN, HAS
ENCOURAGED MOST SOUTH SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY COMMUTERS TO
ABANDON I-5 TO THEIR DAILY
COMMUNITIES.
THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM MADE
THE BOULEVARD AN ARTERIAL
STREET WITH A 25 MILE-PER-HOUR
SPEED LIMIT.
I'VE LIVED ON THE BOULEVARD
NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT TO 49th
AVENUE SOUTH FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
AND ONCE THE PANDEMICSHOWED
COMMUTING BY BICYCLE WAS A GOOD
OPTION, THE TRAFFIC CONFLICT
HAS REACHED DANGEROUS 30
PROPORTIONS.
DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING
TIME, MOST DRIVERS DRIVE AT 35
MILES PER HOUR.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
THE VISION ZERO GOAL WAS
CREATED WITH THE GOAL OF
REDUCING TRAFFIC DEATHS.
THE BOULEVARD HAS BECOME A
PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY
CRISIS.
THE BOULEVARD SHOULD NOT BE
DENATURED AN ARTERIAL STREET.
THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE
REDUCED TO 25 MILES PER HOUR,
AND RAISED CROSSWALKS TO 49th
AVENUE SOUTH, AND LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD CROSSING.
ALSO THE LONG RANGE PROGRAM TO
TURN INTO A SAFE STREET FOR
ALL, BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND
CARS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE
VISION ZERO STLEEMENT.
LIVING ON THE BOULEVARD, I SEE
THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION EVERY
DAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS TOM LANG.
GO AHEAD, TOM.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME SPEAK A LITTLE LATE
THERE.
MY NAME IS TOM LANG.
I LIVE IN GREENWOOD.
I REPRESENT THE AURORA
COALITION.
I'M ALSO A NEW FATHER.
WE LIVE A BLOCK AND A HALF OFF
OF AURORA, WHICH WE KNOW IS ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS STREETS
IN SEATTLE.
I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT WHEN
WILL BE ALLOW HER TO CROSS
AURORA ON HER OWN?
IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL SHE'S 12,
13, 14 YEARS OLD, BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS
HIGHWAY.
ONE THING I THINK ABOUT TOO A
LOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE
ARE NO SIDEWALKS, AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GET SIDEWALKS ANYTIME
SOON.
WE KNOW THAT.
BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THE STREETS
SAFE ENOUGH FOR KIDS, ELDERLY
PEOPLE, FOLKS ON WHEELCHAIRS,
AND PEOPLE WITH BIKESES, AND
WALKING WITH DOGS.
VISION ZERO IS A GREAT STRATEGY
TO MAY E.MAKE OUR STREETS
SAFER.
I DON'T DISAGREE THAT EVERYONE
ON COUNCIL WOULD AGREE THAT WE
WANT TO SEE ZERO TRAFFIC
FATALITIES.
THAT IS A SHARED VALUE, AND I
HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
ON THE ACTUAL STRATEGY TO
CHANGE THE ROADWAY SO THAT WE
DO SEE A TREMENDOUS DROP IN THE
NUMBER OF FATALITIES ALONG OUR
STREETS.
RECENTLY IN THE SEATTLE TIMES,
SDOT RELEASED SOME STATISTICS,
AND THE SEATTLE TIMES PICKED
THEM UP.
AS A RESULT OF THE AURORA
REIMAGINED COMMISSION I WANT TO
SEE THAT NUMBER DROPPED A LOT.
TO ZERO HOPEFULLY, BUT IN THE
SHORT TERM, WE HAVE TO SEE A
NUMBER.
VISION ZERO IS THE WAY TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN, BUT I WANT TO SEE
THE COUNCIL PUT SOME REAL
EFFORT AND BUDGET LINE ITEMS
BEHIND THAT.
IT TAKES REAL WILL AND BRAVE
LEADERSHIP.
I HOPE COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION
THIS YEAR TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES THAT CONCLUDES OUR
LIST OF SPEAKERS FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE
FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM IN OUR
AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE AGENDA INTO
THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120 120345.
FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IF WE COULD CHANGE THE VIEW
OF THE SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC?
THANK YOU.
PERFECT.
COLLEAGUES, AS I UNDERSTAND,
THIS BILL WOULD GRANT FINAL
APPROVAL TO VACATE A PORTION OF
29th AVENUE SOUTHWEST, AND
SOUTHWEST VIEW STREET, ADJACENT
TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE LAND IN
WEST SEATTLE.
IN AUGUST 2017, THE CITY
COUNCIL GRANTED CONDITIONAL
APPROVAL AND THE PETITIONER HAS
MET ALL OF THOSE CONDITIONS FOR
A STORAGE FACILITY.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
BEVERLY BARNETT OF SEATTLE'S
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND AS IS OUR PRACTICE TO THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF A PETITIONER,
I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON IT.
THANK YOU FOR TRACKING THIS
PROJECT FOR US.
COULD YOU LET US KNOW YOUR
OVERALL THOUGHTS AND NOTE
WHETHER THE PETITION HAS MET,
OR IS LIKELY TO MEET THE
CONDITIONS OF THE INITIAL
APPROVAL GRANTED BACK IN 2017?
>> YEAH.
GOOD MORNING CENTRAL STAFF.
YOUR DECISION TODAY IS WHETHER
TO GRANT FINAL APPROVAL OF THE
VACATION DEPENDING ON WHETHER
OR NOT YOU FIND THAT THE
PETITIONER HAS MET ALL THE
CONDITIONS, AND IN MY READING
OF THE CONDITIONS AND THE
MATERIALS PROVIDED, INCLUDING
THE PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
RECORDED WITH KING COUNTY, I
THINK THEY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL I APPRECIATE YOUR
LOOKING INTO THAT FOR US, AND
YOUR ANALYSIS ON ALL OF THESE
VACATIONS.
THESE STREET VACATIONS.
SO LET'S TURN IT OVER TO SDOT,
AND THE PETITIONER.
GOOD MORNING BEVERLY BARNETT.
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THIS IS BEVERLY BARNETT WITH
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND I DO MANAGE
THE STREET VACATION PROGRAM FOR
SDOT AND PROVIDE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY
COUNCIL.
ALSO JOINING US IS STEVE
TANGNEY FROM WEST COAST SELF-
STORAGE, AND BILL WILL BE
SUPPORTING STEVE GOING THROUGH
A POWERPOINT.
I THINK THAT CHAIR HAS ALL
RIGHT HIGHLIGHTED KIND OF THE
KEY ISSUES, AS HAS LISH.
SO THIS VACATION WAS APPROVED,
AND ONCE THE APPROVAL IS
GRANTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE DEVELOPER IS EMPOWERED TO
GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY CHANGE
THE AREA AND CONSTRUCT THEIR
PROPOSAL, AND MEET ALL OF THE
CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE CITY
COUNCILLISM AND IN SDOT, IT'S
PART OF OUR JOB TO TRACK ALL OF
THAT.
MAKE SURE IT'S GOING OKAY, AND
MAKE SURE OTHER THINGS ARE
ADDRESSED.
THE CITY USES A TOOL CALLED A
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT.
WE ALWAYS CALL IT A PUDA.
THAT'S RECORDED AT KING COUNTY,
AND IT BINDS THE PROPERTY
OWNER, NOT JUST THE CURRENT
MANGER AND OWNER OF THE
PROPERTY TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS
THAT ARE IMPOSED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND THAT DOCUMENT IS
INCLUDED IN THE FINAL
LEGISLATION.
I THINK WITH THIS, WHAT WE'RE
REALLY FOCUSING ON IS WEST
COAST SELF-STORAGE.
THEY PROPOSE THE VACATION OF
CITY VIEW IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A
STORAGE FACILITY.
AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
SLIDES ON THAT, THAT STEVE IS
GOING TO GO THROUGH PRETTY
QUICKLY.
BUT THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA,
THERE ARE SOME MAPS THAT WILL
GIVE US SOME CONTEXT.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE PORT'S
TERMINAL 5 INDUSTRY, I THINK IS
HOW EVERYONE KNOW IT IS.
IT ALSO SUPPORTS A PORTION OF
29th, AND NEW COURT IS THE
PROPERTY OWNER ADJACENT TO
THAT, AND IT HELPS TO CLARIFY
THE USE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE
THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE PROPERTY
OWNERS USE WAS INCONSISTENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A SLIDE
ON A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
SO WE'RE VACATING SEE VIEW, AND
A DEAD END PORTION OF 29th THAT
CLARIFIES NEW COURSE CONTINUING
USE OF THAT FOR RAIL LINES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO
THROUGH THE POWERPOINT REALLY
QUICKLY SINCE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SLIDES.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS, BUT GIVEN THE
AGENDA, WE THOUGHT WE'LL JUST
ZIP THROUGH THOSE, AND SEE IF
THERE IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO STEVE, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP
IN, AND BILL IS GOING TO
SUPPORT US MOVING THROUGH THE
POWERPOINT.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS THE COMPLETED
PROJECT.
COMPLETED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO PORTIONS OF 29th AND CITY
VIEW STREET ARE WHAT WAS
CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BACK IN
2017.
TODAY WE'RE SEEKING THE FINAL
ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF
THOSE SATISFIED CONDITIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE LOCATION IS SHOWN HERE ON
THE MAP ON HARBOR AVENUE, CLOSE
TO, OR JUST NORTH OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE.
IT BORDERS NEW COURSE STEEL TO
THE EAST.
HARBOR AVENUE TO THE WEST.
AND THESE TWO STREET VACATIONS
WERE IN EFFECT ISLANDS.
THEY DID NOT CONNECT
EFFECTIVELY TO ANY OTHER
IMPROVED STREETS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONS LOOK
LIKE THIS.
29th AVENUE IS, OH, THIS IS
SLIGHTLY OFFSET.
29th AVENUE IS ACTUALLY THE
RAIL YARD THAT HAS BEEN
FUNCTIONING AS NEW COURSE RAIL
YARD FOR YEARS.
THEN THERE WAS TWO PRIVATE
PARCELS, AND THE SMALL SKINNY
PARCEL YOU SEE SEPARATING THE
PRIVATE PARCELS ON HARBOR
AVENUE, WHAT WAS 29th AVENUE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, HERE'S KIND OF THE SAME
OUTLINE.
THE RED AREA IS THE PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAYS.
THE BROWN AREA IS NEW COURSE
PROPERTY.
THE GRAY AREA IS OWNED BY PORT
OF SEATTLE.
THE GREENISH AREA WERE THE TWO
PRIVATE LOTS THAT WE ASSEMBLED
AND MERGED.
NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN THIS GIVES KIND OF A
LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAY.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS THAT
THE FUNCTIONAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN
NEW COURSE RAIL YARD, AND THE
PRIVATE PARCELS THAT WE
DEVELOPED WAS REALLY DEFINED BY
THIS RETAINING WALL AND
DEFENSE, AND WHAT HAS BEEN THAT
WAY FOR YEARS.
THAT RETAINING WALL AND FENCE
IS THE BOLD LINE YOU SEE ON THE
SKETCH.
AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S MORE OR
LESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY, AND WHAT WE DID LATER
ON IS DO A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
TO PUT THE FUNCTIONAL BOUNDARY
BETWEEN THE TWO USES TO BE IN
EFFECT THE FENCE, AND THAT'S
BEEN COMPLETED.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
CONDITIONS.
AGAIN THAT EXISTING RETAINING
WALL IS POINTED OUT HERE AS
THAT DOTTED LINE.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO AFTER THE VACATION BASED ON
THE HISTORY OF HOW THESE
STREETS WERE FIRST DEDICATED,
THIS WAS THE CONFIGURATION.
IN EFFECT, WE ACQUIRED PART OF
NEW COURSE RAIL YARD, WHICH, OF
COURSE, THEY WERE NOT
INTERESTED IN.
AND THEY ACQUIRED THE BROWN
AREA, PART OF OUR DEVELOPED
PROPERTY, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN.
SO WE DID THE LOT LINE BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER
THE WAY IT FUNCTIONS AND HAS
BEEN.
AND SO NEW CORE AND WEST COAST
SELF-STORAGE COOPERATED NICELY
IN THAT PROCESS, AND THIS IS
RECORDED.
THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONS ON THIS
PROJECT.
THERE WAS AN OLD WAREHOUSE ON
THE PROPERTY.
ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, THEY
WERE RECEIVING A SHIPMENT, AND
USED PART OF THE BIKE LANE
ALKINE TRAIL.
OTHER THINGS TO NOTE, YOU'LL
SEE A HYDRANT IN THE WAY.
A COUPLE OF POWER POLES IN THE
WAY, THOSE ARE ALL CONDITIONS
THAT WE ADDRESSED DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS WAS THE SIGHT PLAN FOR THE
BUILDING THAT YOU SAW THE
PICTURE OF.
AND THE LOWER PART OF THE
SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE BIKE
LANE COURSING ACROSS THE
FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE HAD THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,
ITEMS A THROUGH K. ITEM A WAS
TO RELOCATE TWO POWER POLES OUT
OF THE BIKE LANE.
WE DID.
THIS IS THE SOUTHERN POLE.
WE RELOCATED IT TO WHAT IS NOW
A PLANTER STRIP.
YOU'LL SEE THAT.
THIS IS THE NORTHERN POLE.
SAME THING.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS MORE OR LESS THE
FINISHED APPEARANCE OF THE
IMPROVED WIDENED CLEARED ALKI
BIKE TRAIL.
NEXT SLIDE.
ITEMS I, J, K, AND L WERE LAND
ESCAPING IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE
THERE IS NO LAND ESCAPE
REQUIREMENTS, SO WE ADDED
LANDSCAPING TO SOME DEGREE ON
ALL FOUR SIDES IN THEIR EACH
INDIVIDUAL CONDITIONS.
SO THERE'S PLANTERS ON THE
BACK, NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST.
NEXT SLIDE.
ITEMS B, C, AND G WERE
LANDSCAPE RELATED AND TO
RECONSTRUCT THE TRAIL.
ITEM G IS TO SHOW IN DELINEAL
MATERIALS, SO BICYCLES AND
PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE AWARE.
ITEM D WAS ACTUALLY OFF-SITE
OVER BY SALTY'S RESTAURANT.
THERE WAS A PRIOR IDEA TO PUT
BALLARD'S IN THE BIKE TRAIL, I
THINK TO WARN BICYCLISTS ABOUT
AN UPCOMING CURB CUT.
THEY PROVED TO BE SOMEWHAT
DANGEROUS AND THERE WAS A
HISTORY OF ACCIDENTS.
WE AGREED TO REMOVE THOSE, AND
WE HAVE DONE THAT.
ITEM E WAS TO INCORPORATE
PUBLIC ART IN SOME WAY, AND WE
INCORPORATED THESE IRON GRID
STYLE PANELS INTO SCULPTURES.
I THINK THERE ARE SIX OF THEM.
THEY'RE ROUGHLY 6 FEET BY 12
FEET AND THEY WOULD DEPICT
SCENES YOU WOULD SEE ALONG THE
BIKE TRAIL.
ALSO TO PROVIDE LIGHTING AMONG
THE BIKE TRAIL, ITEM F, THAT
HAS BEEN SATISFIED.
THEN ITEM H WAS TO REDUCE
EXISTING CURB CUTS.
THERE WERE FOUR ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT OLD WAREHOUSE BUILDING
THAT WE DEMOLISHED.
NOW THERE ARE TWO.
AN ENTRY POINT AND AN EXIT
POINT INTO THE PARKING AREA OF
OUR BUILDING, WHICH IS THE
GROUND LEVEL PARKING INSIDE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
BEVERLY, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
I THINK THIS IS A SMALLER SCALE
PROJECT THAT HAS A PRETTY
IMPACTFUL PUBLIC BENEFIT BY
LOOKING AT SMALL INDIVIDUAL
ITEMS THAT ADD UP TO REALLY
SUPPORTING THAT BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
SO THE PIECES ADD UP.
SO THE TOTAL IS GREATER THAN
THE PARTS OR WHATEVER THE
EXPRESSION WOULD BE.
BUT I THINK THEY DID A REALLY
GOOD JOB WITH A RATHER SMALL
PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE IS A QUESTION, BUT
I DO WANT TO THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU WERE REQUIRED TO DO
THIS, BUT IT WAS WELL DONE.
I DO THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW EVEN IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA,
OR WITH A COMMERCIAL PROJECT
ADDRESSING THE STREETSCAPE, OR
SOFTENING AROUND THE EDGES,
THERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I JUST APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS
NOT A BLANK HOSTILE WALL ON
THAT SIDEWALK AND IT'S ACTUALLY
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
ENJOY AS THEY GO THROUGH, AND
GO BY.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE
THE BEFORE AND AFTER
PHOTOGRAPHS AND I APPRECIATE
THE ANALYSIS BY OUR CITY
COUNCIL SPECIAL STAFF.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE
BILL.
SO I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
THE BILL 120345.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL A ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR.
KNOWN OPPOSE.
>>NONE OPPOSE.
>> IT WILL BE SENT TO THE JUNE
28th CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU BEVERLY.
THANKS LESH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT ITEM ON
THE AGENDA.
>> DECLARING CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS TO PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND AUTHORIZING THE
CHIEF MANAGER TO GRANT A
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT
TO KING COUNTY FOR PUBLIC
HEARING, BRIEFING, DISCUSSION,
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES
COUNSELOR 123406 IS A REQUEST
FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TO GRANT A TEMPORARY EASEMENT,
AND A SMALLER PERMIT SUBSURFACE
EASEMENT TO KING COUNTY FOR A
NARROW TRACK OF LAND ON THE
EAST SIDE OF IN BELLEVUE WITH
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING A
SEWER LINE.
WE DO HAVE A REQUIRED PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THIS ITEM, AND
WE'LL USE THE RULES AND
PROCEDURES SOMEWHAT TO OUR
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE
ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, WE DO HAVE ONE.
OKAY.
SO LET ME GO THROUGH THESE
RULES.
WE WILL USE THE RULES AND
PROCEDURES SIMILAR TO OUR
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
NORMALLY, WE'D ALTERNATE
BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND ONLINE.
IN THIS CASE, WE JUST HAVE ONE
IN-PERSON SPEAKER, AND THEY'LL
BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK,
AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR
PRESENTERS.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 120346 IS NOW
OPEN.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
OKAY YOUR TIME IS STARTING.
>> YES, YES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
DON'T SHOW MY -- I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T SHOW
MY FACE, MY SIGN, AND MY THAT
IT START.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS.
YOU OPERATING RIGHT NOW LIKE A
PSYCHOPATH WITH THIS NAZI
BEHAVIOR.
BY DIRTY FASCIST MOB AND
PSYCHOPATH.
I WANT SPEAK ABOUT THIS AGENDA
NUMBER TWO IN EXACTLY TO.
YOU ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR THIS
AGENDA, A MANAGER SO MY
EXPERIENCE, AND I COME TO MANY
TIME IN THIS MEETING BEFORE
CORONA.
THEY NEVER LISTEN TO COMMON
SENSE.
MANAGEMENT, WHAT IS YOUR
CHOICE, YOU ARE A FREAKING
IDIOT.
THE GOAL, NOTHING TO DO.
IT'S NOT NORMAL IN YOUR LIFE
BUSINESS.
YOU'RE NOT IN BUSINESS.
YOU'RE IN MAFIA.
GOVERNMENT MAFIA.
DEMOCRATIC MAFIA.
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND NEVER, NEVER
WANT COUNCIL AT LEAST NOT TOO
FAR FROM THREE.
AND MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT
THIS MEAN, HAVE Q AND A. PEOPLE
CANNOT COME AND TALK TO THEM.
LOOK, WHY THIS PARDON IDIOT NOT
HERE.
WHERE IS YOU?
IN HEAVEN.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK FROM HEAVEN.
GUYS, YOU NEED SOMETHING DOING.
THIS CONDITION -- DON'T GO
BETTER.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEAN
BECAUSE YOU START ACTING RIGHT
NOW AFTER COVID, YOU START
ACTING LIKE A REAL SICK PEOPLE.
LIKE A SICK DEGENERATE IDIOT.
A PSYCHOPATH.
YOUR CHOICE MANAGEMENT IS
ABSOLUTELY STUPID.
YOU NEVER LISTEN.
I COME TO MANY MEETING, TALK TO
THEM.
YOU NEVER LISTEN.
YOU LOSE YOUR COMMON SENSE.
YOU ARE STUPID.
>> OKAY THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIST
OF SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNSEL BILL 120346 IS NOW
COUNCIL BILL 120346 IS NOW
CLOSED.
I DO WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES
NOW BECAUSE OF THIS PARTICULAR
ITEM, I'LL ASK THAT THE RULES
BE SUSPENDED SO WE CAN VOTE IT
OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY AS A
RELATIVELY MINOR ITEM.
SO OUR PRESENTERS, GOOD
MORNING, AS USUAL.
I WANT TO SAY HELLO FIRST TO
OUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
BRIAN GOODKNIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING THIS
FOR US.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY DROWXRY
COMMENTS INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
ON THIS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT OVER
TO CENTRAL STAFF.
BUT I HAVE REVIEWED THE ITEM,
AND DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH
IT.
>> WE LOVE TO HEAR THAT YOU
REVIEWED IT, AND DON'T HAVE ANY
ISSUES.
SO LET'S TURN IT OVER TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WELCOME.
WE'VE GOT BRIAN AND EUGENE
HERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIEF
PRESENTATION TOO.
SO YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR
SCREEN.
GREAT, I SEE IT.
HERE IT IS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING.
SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR
LEGISLATION IS FOR SPU TO GRANT
A PERMANENT SUB SERVICE
EASEMENT, AND TEMPORARY
EASEMENT TO KING COUNTY.
THE LOCATION OF THE EASEMENT IS
EAST OF SEATTLE, LOCATED INCOMM
REFERRED TO AS THE FACTORIA
AREA.
WITHIN THIS AREA, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS A 36-INCH
DRINKING WATER TRANSMISSION
PIPELINE THAT EXTENDS FROM
RENTON TO WOODINVILLE.
IN THIS EASEMENT LOCATION, KING
COUNTY IS HOPING TO INSTALL,
CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND
MAINTAIN A TRUNK SEWER LINE
THAT WILL CROSS THE EAST LINE
RIGHT AWAY.
THE PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA IS
LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE RIGHT
AWAY.
IT'S 1500 SQUARE FEET.
AND IT LIES 90 FEET BELOW THE
GROUND SURFACE.
THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT AREA LIES JUST SOUTH
OF FACTORIA BOULEVARD, AND
CROSSES COUL CREEK PARKWAY
AREA.
IT IS A TOTAL OF 44,915 SQUARE
FEET IN THIS AREA KING COUNTY
WILL BE USING IT FOR 48 MONTHS
FOR THE STAGING OF THEIR
EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND FOR
PARKING.
THE PERMANENT SUBSURFACE
AGREEMENT WILL BE BRINGING TO
WATERFRONT, $2,000 IN VALUE,
AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT WILL BE BRINGING TO
SPD'S WATER FRONT, $370,020 IN
VALUE.
THE BENEFITS OF NEGOTIATING AN
EASEMENT, VERSUS CONDEMNATION
IS THAT THE VALUES OF THE
PROPERTY VALUES WERE APPRAISED
BASED ON THE VALUES OF PROPERTY
IN THAT AREA.
THERE WAS APROIVESSED
CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE
BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND SPU.
SPU EXPANDED [ INAUDIBLE ]
DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF KING
COUNTY'S SEWER LINE, AS WELL AS
AFTER CONSTRUCTION TO ENSURE
THAT SP D'S WATER LINE HAS NOT
BEEN IMPACTED.
SPU WATER LINE WILL RECEIVE
$372,520 IN VALUE, AND
NEGOTIATING FURTHER ENHANCES
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPU
AND KING COUNTY.
AND THAT IS THE END.
>> I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT I ASKED DURING THE PRE-
BRIEFING I RECEIVED LAST WEEK
IS WHY IS THE TEMPORARY
EASEMENT SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
THAN THE PERMANENT EASEMENT.
I BELIEVE YOU LET US KNOW, THE
PERMANENT EASEMENT, IS A
SMALLER AREA, AND IT'S ALSO 90
FEET BELOW GROUND, SUBSURFACE.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM?
AND AGAIN, I'M HOPING TO VOTE
IT OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY, SO
WE WOULD SUSPEND THE RULES
BECAUSE IT IS A MINOR RULING
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW RECOMMENDATION ON
COUNCIL BILL 120346 ON THE SAME
DAY A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON THE
RECOMMENDATION.
SO I NOW MOVE THAT THE CITY
VOTE ON ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS BILL
120346.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> 3-0. THANK YOU SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CENTRAL
STAFF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FULL TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM?
>> APPOINTMENT FOR THE TERM TO
DECEMBER 31st, 2025 FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> COLLEAGUES I'M PLEASED THAT
TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY ANDREW
LEE, WHO IS MAYOR HARRELL'S
NOMINATION TO PUBLIC THE CHIEF
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GENERAL
PROTOCOLS OUTLINE IN RESOLUTION
31868.
WE CIRCULATED THE MAYOR'S
APPOINTMENT PACKET TO YOU
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, IT WAS ALSO
IN THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR SEVERAL WEEKS
AGO.
AS WITH ALL MAYORAL
APPOINTMENTS THUS FAR, THE
COUNCIL SENT QUESTIONS TO THE
NOMINEE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE
AND PRIORITIES.
AND WE CIRCULATED INTERM
DIRECTOR LEE'S ANSWERS TO THOSE
QUESTIONS.
AND BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ANDREW LEE'S
LEADERSHIP IN HIS ROLE AS
INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER AND
CEO, AFTER PARTING WITH THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, I'VE
ALREADY FORMED A VERY POSITIVE
OPINION.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I SUPPORT
ANDREW LEE TO BECOME THE NEXT
PERMANENT HEAD OF SPU, BUT I
DON'T WANT MY POSITIVE
IMPRESSIONS TO CHILL ANY ROBUST
DISCUSSION TODAY WITH ANY
INTERNAL QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW
LEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE
TODAY ON THIS NOMINATION,
BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ONLY ONE
COMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS.
HOWEVER, I'M HOPING TO SEND IT
TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LATER
THAN JUNE 28th.
BUT JUNE 28th IS NEXT WEEK, AND
I THINK BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL
WORK WITH ANDREW LEE AND THE
INFORMATION'S BEEN OUT THERE
FOR A WHILE THAT JUNE 28th
MAKES SENSE TO ME.
BEFORE WE HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
THE NOMINEE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE
HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, MARCO LOWE,
WELCOME.
AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR.
LOWE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS REGARDING
THIS NOMINATION.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ANNOUNCE
ANDREW LEE.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
AND I'VE SERVED WITH THE CITY
OFF AND ON SINCE 2002.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S A REAL
GIFT WHEN YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT
NOMINEE WITH A CALM AND
WELCOMING DEMEANOR.
WE HAVE THAT WITH ANDREW.
I'M NORMALLY CONCERNED ANY TIME
A LICENSED ENGINEER WANTS TO
RISE THIS FAR IN LEADERSHIP.
BUT WITH ANDREW'S PERFORMANCE,
HE QUIETS MY PAINFUL MEMORY OF
WORKING WITH SUCH EXACTING
PERSONALITIES, AND WE'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE HIM.
SPD RANGES FROM DELIVERING SAFE
DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP, OFFERING QUALITY
ASSURANCE AND MANY OTHER TASKS.
AFTER REVIEWING ANDREW'S WORK
AS INTERIM CEO THESE LAST EIGHT
MONTHS IT IS EASY FOR THE MAYOR
TO RECOGNIZE THE TALENT THAT
WAS HOME-GROWN FROM WITHIN THE
UTILITY. FUR,INCLUDING THE
CHAIR OF THE SPU, CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
DUWAMISH CLEAN UP COMMISSION.
THE IMMEDIATE FORMER DIRECTOR
OF SPU.
AND SEVERAL SPU EMPLOYEES WHO
WORK WITH HIM ON ISSUES RANGING
FROM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN
THE UTILITIES WORKFORCE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THE FEEDBACK WAS UNIVERSALLY
SUPPORTIVE OF HIS NOMINATION,
WHICH I'M SURE WAS NO SURPRISE
TO ANY OF YOU.
ANDREW LEE WAKES UP EVERY
MORNING TO SUPPORT HIS STAFF.
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THOSE OF YOU
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE WORKED
OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH ANDREW, YOU KNOW HOW HE
BENDS OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE
HIMSELF APPROACHABLE TO YOU.
TO CLOSE, WITH MY EXPERIENCE
úAND MY EMBARRASSING NUMBER OF
YEARS AT THE CITY, I BELIEVE
ANDREW IS THE BEST PERSON TO
LEAD THIS CRITICAL DEPARTMENT
AT THIS CRITICAL TIME.
I HOPE THAT AFTER TALKING WITH
HIM TODAY, YOU'LL AGREE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS
OVER TO ANDREW TO OFFER SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE
TAKING ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
CHAIR PEDERSEN, COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD, MORALES, STRAUSS, AND
SAWANT.
I START BY SAYING THE SUPPORT
AND GUIDANCE OF NUMEROUS
MENTORS AND COLLEAGUES OVER THE
YEARS HAS ENABLED ME TO SIT
HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THEY MODELED FOR ME THE
IMPORTANCE OF STRONG VALUES,
SUCH AS INTEGRITY, EQUITY,
EMPOWERMENT, AND PUBLIC
SERVICE.
I WANT TO INCLUDE EACH OF YOU
IN THIS, AS YOU HAVE SHOWN
CIVIC LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY
THAT HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL TO
ME AND HELPED OUR DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH THE
BEST WATER AND WASTE SERVICES.
I'VE SPENT ALMOST A QUARTER
CENTURY IN THE UTILITY INDUSTRY
AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK
FOR THREE AMAZING CITIES ALONG
THE WAY.
AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT DURING
MY FIRST, VERY FIRST WEEK
WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE
ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, I MET WITH
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY A HUGE FLOOD IN THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO.
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR I
SAW THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD
AS AN ENGINEER TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.
AND FROM THAT MOMENT ONWARDS, I
KNEW THAT I WANTED TO SPEND MY
CAREER WORKING IN PUBLIC
SERVICE.
I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO WORK
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
SEATTLE IS A UNIQUE CITY THAT
PROVIDES PRISTINE DRINKING
WATER TO 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN
THE REGION.
INCLUDINGDRAINAGE AND
WASTEWATER SERVICES, AND OUR
SERVICES TO THREE QUARTERS OF A
MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND
WORK IN THIS CITY.
AS PART OF SPU LEADERSHIP FOR
THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS
AND IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR
ALMOST 12 YEARS, INCLUDING THE
LAST EIGHT MONTHS AS INTERIM GM
AND CEO.
I'VE ACTIVELY WORKED ON
DELIVERING PRIORITIES AND GOALS
FROM OUR ADOPTED STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
AS I LOOK FORWARD TO STEPPING
INTO THIS ROLE, I WANT TODAY
SHARE WITH YOU FIVE PRIMARY
FOCUS AREAS THAT I HAVE.
THE FIRST IS EQUITY.
THAT MEANS MAKING DECISIONS
THAT UPLIFT PEOPLE OF COLOR,
UNDOING PRACTICES AND POLICIES
THAT HAVE DISADVANTAGED, AND
DISPROPORTIONALLY IMBURDENNED
BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
TO STRENGTHEN OUR TRAINING,
NETWORK AND POLICY SO THAT WE
CAN INCREASINGLY [ INAUDIBLE ]
JUSTICE AND DISMANTLE RACISM
ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAVE TO STRIVE TO KEEP OUR
RATES AFFORDABLE WITHOUT
COMPROMISING OUR SERVICE.
YOU KNOW THAT UTILITY SERVICES
ARE ESSENTIAL, AND WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT EVERYONE, INCLUDING
THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE
PROGRAMS AND CAN PAY THEIR
BILLS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MANAGE TO
OUR ADOPTED RATE PATH, A RATED
OF ASSISTANCE BY EXPANDING
TOLLS SUCH AS CO-ENROLLMENT,
AND OTHER AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAMS.
TO FACTOR INFLATION, ESPECIALLY
ON SUCH LARGE PROJECTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STICK
TO OUR RATE PATH.
THIRD ON SUSTAINABLE, SPU WILL
IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER
SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THAT MEANS LOOKING FOR LONG
TERM, MULTIBENEFIT BASED AND
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS AND
COMMITTING TO ADDRESS OUR MOST
PRICE PRESSING ISSUES AND INHE
INEQUITIES.
I'M COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THAT
WORK AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTIONS.
FOURTH, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
COMMUNITY-CENTERED IN OUR VALUE
PPROACHES.
THAT MEANS ENHANCING THE WORK
THAT COMMUNITY IS ALREADY
DOING.
I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS
IS OUR WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IN THE LITTLE SAIGON
AREA TO ADDRESS TRASH
ACCUMULATION.
FIFTH AND LASTLY, A FOCUS AREA
IS CULTURE.
SPU MUST HAVE A CULTURE THAT IS
EMPOWERED, ENGAGED, AND
INNOVATIVE.
WE'RE MORE IMPACTFUL WHEN ALL
1400 EMPLOYEES ARE ENGAGING
WITH THEIR FULL HEARTS AND
MINDS, AND COMMITTED TO THE
WORK THAT WE DO.
I'M COMMITTED TO PROVIDE
TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
OUR STAFF AND INSTILL
MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
THRIVING CULTURE.
I JUST WANTS TO CLOSE BY SAYING
WITH I WORK WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL
TEAM.
AND THE UTILITY INDUSTRY AS A
WHOLE.
I'M EXCITED TO LEAD THIS TEAM
AS WE STEP INTO THE NEXT DECADE
OF PROVIDING EXCELLENT UTILITY
SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'M
HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE I
WANTED TO REFERENCE OUR AGENDA,
OUR ONLINE AGENDA TODAY HAS THE
11 PAGE NOMINATION PACKET FROM
MAYOR HARRELL.
IT ALSO HAS THE 19 PAGE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
DO APPRECIATE INTERIM GENERAL
MANAGER AND CEO LEE BEING HERE
RECENTLY TO GO OVER THE RACIAL
INJUSTICE WITHIN SPU AND FOR
PERSONALLY TAKING A HANDS-ON
APPROACH TO SHOW THAT
COMMITMENT AT THE VERY TOP OF
THE ORGANIZATION FOR THAT
INITIATIVE.
I APPRECIATE IN YOUR OPENING
REMARKS MENTIONING TRYING TO
KEEP RATES LOW TO MANAGE COSTS.
KEEP RATES LOW, SINCE WE KNOW
THAT SPU, THE UTILITY BILLS
THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS PAY ARE
BY THEIR VERY NATURE
REGRESSIVE.
FOR THE BILL, WE ARE DEALING
WITH SOME CHALLENGES FROM KING
COUNTY, PASSING THROUGH A
GREATER THAN EXPECTED
WASTEWATER RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT
40% OF OUR CONSTITUENTS' SPU
BILLS.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
FOR ANDREW LEE, BUT WANTED TO
SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WANTED TO
GO FIRST, OR HAD ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FOR
HIM.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS, IF
THAT'S OKAY.
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LEE, FOR
THE LONG ANSWERS TO OUR LONG
LIST OF QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS REALLY
STRUCK ME.
ONE IS YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THAT THERE ARE SOME WAYS IN
WHICH THE DEPARTMENT IS
PERCEIVED BY COMMUNITY TO BE
GATE KEEPING WHEN IT COMES TO
INTERACTING WITH NEIGHBORS IN A
WAY THAT IS SORT OF OVERLY
TECHNICAL, OR OVERLY
SCIENTIFIC, RATHER THAN JUST
EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS,
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE
IT.
SO I APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT, AND
YOUR INTEREST IN WANTING TO
SHIFT THAT CULTURE A LITTLE
BIT.
I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE HAD
GREAT -- THE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN
VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME.
BOB HENNESSEY AND HIS TEAM
WHEREVER THERE IS A PROBLEM IN
THE SOUTH END, THEY NOTIFY ME
RIGHT AWAY, THEY KEEP ME POSTED
ON HOW THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN
RESOLVED AND GUIDED ME ON A
TOUR OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
PART OF HOW WE UNDERSTAND AS
POLICYMAKERS WHAT THE PROBLEMS
ARE, AND HOW THEY CAN GET
SOLVED.
I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON THE
LINES OF SPU, BUT ALSO FOR OUR
CITY WORKERS, AND THE NEED THEY
HAVE FOR HAVING THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND THEIR EXPERTISE
AND THEIR SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED
AND SUPPORTED IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
FOR THOSE TWO THINGS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR
LEADERSHIP STYLE THAT WE HAVE
THAT SENSE OF WHERE YOU WANTED
TO GO.
AND THE LAST THING I WILL ASK
ABOUT, CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY,
YOU MENTIONED IN ONE OF YOUR
RESPONSES BEING A PROPONENT OF
BUDGETING AND REALLY FOCUSING
ON OUTCOME-BASED BUDGETS.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY AT THE CITY.
IN MY PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE
EXPERIENCE, WORKING FOR THE
TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WE DID TOO, BUT
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
WEED JUSTWE'D JUST LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT.
A LITTLE MORE ON YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THAT APPROACH.
>> I SERVED THE CITY OF
BELLEVUE AS THEIR DIRECTOR.
THE CITY OF BELLEVUE SWITCHED
TO BUDGET BASED BUDGETING, I
WANT TO SAY IN 2012, POSSIBLY A
LITTLE EARLIER THAN THAT, 2010.
THE PART OF IT THAT APPEALED TO
ME THE POST ACTUALLY HAS TO DO
WITH THAT GATE KEEPER ASPECT
THAT YOU POINTED OUT.
BECAUSE SPU, LIKE ANY
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IS A
GATE KEEPER.
WE HOLD ACCESS TO DECISIONS,
AND POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE
IS OUR BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE A SAYING, WHICH IS
NOT AN UNCOMMON ONE, THAT OUR
BUDGET IS A STATEMENT OF
VALUES.
SO RESULTS BASED BUDGETING, I
THINK TRANSFORMS THE BUDGET
INTO A SERIES OF VALUE
STATEMENTS, AND IT GIVES THE
OPPORTUNITY IN MANY CASES,
DEPENDING ON HOW ITS
IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PUBLIC TO
COMMUNICATE WHAT THEIR BUDGETS
ARE IN RESPECT TO WHAT BUDGETS
ARE PRIORITIZED, AND WHAT GETS
FUNDING, AND WHAT DOESN'T GET
FUND.
POTENTIALLY, IT OFFERS THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS.
AND ACCESS TO THOSE DECISIONS
AND INPUT.
MEANINGFUL INPUT INTO THOSE
DECISIONS BY THE PUBLIC.
IT CAN BE A WAY THAT WE IN FACT
COUNTER SYSTEMIC RACISM, AS
WELL AS ULTIMATELY THE
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
TO THAT'S THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED.
THAT IS WHY I AM PERSONALLY A
FAN OF RESULT SPACE BUDGETING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US POTENTIALLY
PILOT SOME OF THIS AS WE GO
THROUGH OUR CUSTOMER REVIEW
PANEL.
SO WE'RE ACTIVELY HAVING
DIALOGUE ON THAT, AND HOW WE
ENGAGE FOLKS IN THE COMING
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT ONE
OF THE LARGEST PROJECTS THE
CITY GOVERNMENT'S EVER WORKED
ON, WHICH IS THE SHIP CANAL
WATER QUALITY CONTROL PROJECT.
SO CURRENTLY THERE'S A DRILL
UNDERGROUND HEADING FROM
BALLARD TO WALLINGFORD TO
CAPTURE EXCESS DIRTY STORMWATER
AND TO COMPLY WITH SOME CONSENT
DECREE, AND THE PRICE TAG ON
THIS PROJECT IS MASSIVE, AND
IT'S A MULTIYEAR PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE
INTERESTED IN, IT IS ON OUR
WATCH LIST AS A NORMAL COURSE
OF BUSINESS FOR SUCH A LARGE
PROJECT AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN
IT BEING ON TIME, AND UNDER
BUDGET, PREFERABLY.
IF IT GOES OVERBUDGET, I KNOW
THERE'S A CONCERN THAT IT COULD
IMPACT RATES THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS PAY THROUGH THEIR
SPU UTILITY BILLS.
SO I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT YOUR
THOUGHTS ON HOW TO MITIGATE
CHALLENGES WITH SUCH A LARGE
MULTIYEAR CAPITAL PROJECT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT'S KIND OF THE CENTERPIECE
RIGHT NOW.
JUST A FEW FACTS, IT IS A 2.7-
MILE LONG DIAMETER STORAGE
TUNNEL.
WHEN IT IS DONE, THE ABILITY IS
GOING TO DECREASE OVERFLOWS
FROM 50 TIMES A YEAR, DOWN TO
NO MORE THAN 1. YOU KNOW, THE
PROJECT IS $570 MILLION PROGRAM
AND ACTUALLY HAS 6 COMPONENT
PROJECTS TO WHICH WERE RECENTLY
COMBINED.
SO WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS.
FOUR OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE
BEEN BID OUT, AND WE HAVE ONE
PROJECT LEFT TO BID OUT.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS WAS JUST
BID OUT FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
WE RECEIVED A REPORT AND I'M
VERY HAPPY THAT WE GOT A REPORT
THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR
ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
WE DO AS YOU KNOW, ENGINEER'S
ESTIMATES AT ALL OF THE MAJOR
MILESTONES.
AND ON THE REMAINING PROJECT TO
BE BID WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
RECENT ENGINEER ESTIMATES THAT
SHOW AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF
INFLATION.
AND THE PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO
BE BID OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE
YEAR, YOU BUT ANYTIME WE SEE
ESTIMATES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN
WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING IT
CAUSED US TO PAUSE.
THIS IS TRUE NOT JUST FOR A
MAJOR PROJECT, BUT FOR A SMALL
PROJECT.
WHEN WE EXPERIENCE ANY SORT OF
INDICATION THAT THE COSTS MAY
BE INCREASING, WE HAVE A PAUSE,
AND THOROUGHLY ANALYZE WHAT IT
CAUSING THE INCREASE.
SO FACTORS CAN INCLUDE MARKET
DECISIONS, MATERIALS, LABOR
MARKET, ET CETERA.
IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE SCOPE
CHANGES.
SO ON A MEGAPROJECT LIKE THAT,
ONCE WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE COSTS OF
THE INCREASE, THEN WE MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO COST CONTROL.
SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
SCOPE REDUCTION.
LIMITING MATERIALS THAT WE CAN
POTENTIALLY MAKE MORE
AFFORDABLE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A MARKET
WHERE WE'RE SEEING RECORD
LEVELS OF INFLATION IN THE LAST
FOUR TO FIVE DECADES, SO WE ARE
WATCHING THAT MARKET.
THERE ARE SIGNS THE
CONSTRUCTION MARKET MAY START
COOLING OFF LATER THIS YEAR.
WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT
AND MANAGE OUR COST INCREASES.
WITH RESPECTS TO THOSE, WE'RE
ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS.
SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MANAGE
ALL THE COST INCREASES THROUGH
INFLATION, OUR ALTERNATE
SOURCES OF FUNDING, WE MAY BE
ABLE TO AVOID THOSE COSTS
TRANSLATING INTO RATE
INCREASES.
ON THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT, THIS SR. A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF THIS.
WE HAVE LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR
$342 MILLION OF THE PROJECT
COST.
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
FUNDING COMING AVAILABLE, WE'RE
ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATE
SOURCES OF FUNDING TO MAKE
ULTIMATELY OUR PROJECTS MORE
AFFORDABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR TEAMS
KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THAT HUGE
PROJECT AND OF COURSE WE WILL
AS PART OF OUR CITY COUNCIL
PROCESS, THROUGH OUR OWN WATCH
PROGRAM.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU THINK
COSTS WILL GO UP THROUGH
INFLATION, THEN PERHAPS FINDING
SAVINGS ELSEWHERE WITH THAT
PROJECT SO IT DOES NOT IMPACT
RATES FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, WE DID APPROVE A RATE
PATH.
A MULTIYEAR RATE PATH FOR THE
LINES OF BUSINESS WITH SPU.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS HOPE TO
COME IN BELOW THAT RATE PATH, I
THINK JUST AS LONG AS WE KEEP
OUR PROMISE ON THE FORMAL
APPROVED RATE PATH, THAT WOULD
BE IDEAL.
BUT I KNOW THAT, AGAIN, KING
COUNTY HAS A MAJOR PASS
THROUGH, WHICH WE CAN'T CHANGE,
THAT IMPACTS 40% OF THE BILL.
SO WE'RE EAGERLY AWAITING TO
SEE WHAT KING COUNTY IS GOING
TO DO WITH THEIR PASS THROUGH
RATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR ANDREW LEE?
OKAY.
THEN COLLEAGUES IN TERMS OF THE
TIMING FOR THIS, I THINK ON
JULY 5, IF WE WERE TO GIVE IT
MORE TIME, ON JULY 5 THE DOWN
SIDE FROM IS NOT EVERYBODY MAY
BE PRESENT FOR JULY 5, BECAUSE
IT'S COMING OFF OF ANOTHER
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
JUNE 28th IS SOONER, AND THERE
WILL PROBABLY BE MORE PEOPLE
AVAILABLE FOR THAT VOTE.
SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I
WOULD WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE
HAVE THE APPOINTMENT VOTE ON
JUNE 28th.
OKAY.
SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE
THIS APPOINTMENT FROM OUR
COMMITTEE.
THEN AT THE END, I'LL SPECIFY
THAT DATE.
LET'S SEE HERE.
OKAY I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION FOR ANDREW LEE IS
CEO OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
THAT IS APPOINTMENT 02194.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT.
WILL THE CLERK, ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PEAS CALL
THE ROLE ON PASSAGE OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
COUNCIL MEETING AS EARLY AS
JUNE 28th.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANDREW
LEE, AND THANK YOU TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR ANOTHER
EXCELLENT NOMINEE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> ALL RIGHT, TAKE CARE.
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES WE HAVE OUR FOURTH
AND FINAL ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, VISION ZERO
UPDATE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THEIR VISION ZERO TEAM AND THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR, KRISTEN
SIMPSON IS WITH US FROM SDOT TO
GET AN UPDATE ON THEIR EFFORTS
TO REDUCE TRAFFIC RELATED
FATALITIES AND SERIOUS
INJURIES.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
DISTURBING INCIDENTS AND
DEATHS, TRAGIC DEATHS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER MORE
MORALES FOR RAISING THIS
CONCERN, AND MAKING SURE WE
HAVE THIS UPDATE ON VISION
ZERO.
I KNOW WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF
COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S DISTURBING DATA IN THE
REPORT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
SO IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE JUST
TURN IT OVER TO SDOT RIGHT NOW
AND START THE PRESENTATION?
OKAY.
SO WELCOME TEAM SDOT.
JUST FOR A REMAINDER, WE ALSO
HAVE A CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF ANALYST WHO TRACKS SDOT
AND GIVES US ADVICE ON SDOT.
THAT'S CALVIN FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF.
BUT LET US WELCOME INTERIM
DIRECTOR KRISTEN SIMPSON.
WE HAVE JIM CURTIN, AND ALLISON
SCHWARTZ FROM SDOT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
MORALES AND SAWANT AS WELL.
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SEATTLE
SAFER FOR PEOPLE WALKING,
ROLLING, AND DRIVING, WE ARE
SEEING THAT WHERE WE MAKE
CHANGES TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE,
WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY, AND WE
KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK
AHEAD TO PRIORITIZE THE FAST
MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES.
TO ACHIEVE VISION ZERO MEANS
CENTERING ON THE SAFE MOMENT OF
PEOPLE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN
THIS WORK.
AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO PASS
THE MICROPHONE TO JIM CART
CURTAIN, AND ALLISON TO DISCUSS
THIS WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU KRISTEN.
I THINK BILL WAS GOING TO TEE
UP THE SLIDE.
SO GIVE HIM A SECOND.
BILL, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE
SECOND SLIDE PLEASE?
OKAY, THANKS AGAIN KRISTEN.
MY NAME IS ALLISON SCHWARTZ.
I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS.
I'M ALSO A MOM OF THREE, AND A
RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
MY FAMILY GETS AROUND IN ALL
THE WAYS.
WE WALK, RIDE, AND BICYCLE, AND
USE TRANSIT.
ABILITY JUSTICE AND CLIMATE
ACTION ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT
IT'S OUR GOAL TO MAKE VIGOROUS
PROGRESS ON VISION ZERO AND TO
REIMAGINE COMMUNITY SAFETY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TODAY WE'RE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE
VISION ZERO.
WE'RE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
WHILE WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN
SOME AREAS, THERE'S MUCH MORE
WORK TO DO TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW TRENDS
AND TALK ABOUT WHO IS MOST
AFFECTED.
WE'RE GOING TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON
SYSTEM DESIGN AND ON CHANGING
THE ENVIRONMENT TO CHANGE OUR
OUTCCOMES.
WE'LL WALK THROUGH HOW WE
PRIORITIZE OUR WORK, AND TALK
THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS
THAT SUPPORT OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS AND THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THEMES
OF SAFETY, RACIAL EQUITY, AND
CLIMATE COMING THROUGH, AS WE
FEEL IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO
CONNECT THESE SPECIES TOGETHER.
WE'RE PARTICULARLY STRIKING TO
ANCHOR OUR VISION ZERO EFFORTS
RECENTLY RELEASED
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO AS WE BEGIN THIS
PRESENTATION, I WANT TO INVITE
EVERYONE TO TAKE A MOMENT
TOGETHER AND ASK THAT WE HOLD
SPACE FOR THE 175 PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN A
TRAFFIC CRASH IN SEATTLE SINCE
WE LAUNCHED VISION ZERO IN
2015.
AND ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
NEARLY 1200 PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THAT
TIME.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER
TO CENTER THIS FOCUS ON PEOPLE.
FOR THOSE HERE, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR ROLE AS
PUBLIC SERVANTS AND WE STRETCH
BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO
END THIS LOSS OF LIFE.
THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION
OF EACH PERSON KILLED.
IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO
REPRESENT THE SCALE OF THE LOSS
OF LIFE OVER THESE PAST SEVEN
YEARS.
OF COURSE, IT REALLY CAN'T BE
CONVEYED ON A SLIDE.
COLLECTIVELY, I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LET
THIS SINK IN TO REMEMBER THAT
EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS,
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ARE
DEVASTATED.
YOU KNOW THEY HAVE AN
IRREPLACEABLE VOID THAT'S LEFT
IN THEIR CIRCLES.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS, AND INCIDENT
RESPONDERS THAT ARE FIRST ON
THE SCENE OF THESE CRASHES AND
THE HARM THEY ABSORB.
AND LOOKING AT THESE COLLISION
REPORTS.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT ONE
CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT, OR A FEW
SPOT IMPROVEMENTS CAN ADDRESS.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION TO THE HUMAN SCALE
AND LOSS, THERE ARE BROADER
SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF CRASHES
OVER THE PAST DECADE.
THE SOCIETY COSTS OF FATAL AND
SUSPECTED CRASHES OCCURRING ON
CITY OF SEATTLE STREETS WAS
MORE THAN $2 BILLION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I KNOW EVERYONE ON COUNCIL
IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS GOAL OF
VISION ZERO FOR ANYONE
ATTENDING WHO ISN'T, IT'S OUR
GOAL TO END TRAFFIC DEATHS AND
SERIOUS INJURIES ON CITY
STREETS BY 2030.
I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE
PRINCIPLES TO ACHIEVING THIS
GOAL.
TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES ARE
PREVENTIBLE.
THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE
IMPERFECT.
WE'RE ALSO VULNERABLE AND
FRAGGITY, AND THAT WE CAN'T
SUCCEED AT THIS BY FOCUSING ON
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR, BUT RATHER
WE NEED TO PAN OUT AND FOCUS ON
THE SYSTEM.
NATIONALLY WE'VE BEEN SEEING
FATALITIES INCREASING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
PEDESTRIAN DEATHS HAVE BEEN ON
THE RISE SINCE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC AND CONTINUE TO RISE.
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, OVER
THE COURSE OF MORE THAN TWO
YEARS SEEN CHANGES IN TRAFFIC
PATTERNS AND VOLUMES.
WE'RE SEEN CONGESTION AND
TRAFFIC GO UP AND DOWN, AND
WHEN IT DOES THAT IT GIVES WAY
TO MORE OPEN ROADWAYS.
AMONG MANY THINGS, STREETS ARE
DESIGNED FOR SPEED, AND
NATIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN MORE
DISCUSSION AROUND THE WEIGHT OF
VEHICLES, AND HOW WHEN YOU
COMBINE THAT WITH SPEEDS, YOU
GET PARTICULARLY BAD OUTCOMES
FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO HERE IN SEATTLE OVERALL
TRENDS ARE HEADED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
MOST NOTABLY FOR PEOPLE
WALKING.
THIS IS THE RED LINE HERE ON
THIS CHART.
IF 2022 TRENDS CONTINUE, WE
ANTICIPATE SOMEWHERE IN THE
REALM OF 27 FATALITIES FOR THE
YEAR.
THAT'S THE TOP GRAY LINE THAT
YOU SEE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE FATALITIES
BY MODE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS UP-TO-DATE.
SO WE'VE SEEN 11 PEOPLE LOSE
THEIR LIVES.
THIS INCLUDES FOUR PEOPLE
WALKING, TWO PEOPLE BIKING, AND
FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN A
VEHICLE, EITHER DRIVER OR
PASSENGER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE HOW
SERIOUS AND FATAL CRASHES HAVE
LOOKED OVER THE PAST THREE
YEARS BY MONTH.
SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT
WE'RE TRENDING SLIGHTLY HIGHER
THAN THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE,
WHICH IS 2019, TO 2021.
JUST A BLUE LINE PER MONTH HAS
BEEN THE AVERAGE, AND THE RED
IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING 2022
OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN SO FAR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO
IS MOST FACTED, AND HOW THIS
GUIDE SHOULD WORK WHEN IT COMES
TO VISION ZERO.
AS REFLECTED IN THE EARLIER
SLIDES, PEOPLE WALKING, AND
ROLLING, AND BIKING ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.
THEY'RE INVOLVED IN
APPROXIMATELY 7% OF TOTAL
CRASHES, YET THEY MAKE UP 61%
OF THE FATALITIES.
I DO NOT WANT TO DISCOUNT ANY
FATALITIES.
THAT SAID, WE NEED TO ADDRESS
THE PROTECTION THAT VEHICLES
OFFER OCCUPANTS.
WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT
VEHICLE, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE
THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF PEOPLE
KILLED IN CRASHES IS 52 YEARS
OLD SMED AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW OUR
DATA FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE
SEEN 13% OF PEOPLE KILLED IN
TRAFFIC CRASHES WERE ALSO
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
LAST YEAR, WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED
UP HERE, MORE THAN ONE OF EVERY
FOUR TRAFFIC FATALITIES WAS
SOMEONE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS MATCHES WHAT WE'RE HEARING
FROM OTHER CITIES, AS WELL AS
THE NATIONAL TREND OF BLACK
PEOPLE BEING MORE AFFECTED BY
FATALITIES.
THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE
TRAVELERS.
WE FOCUS ON THE MOST
VULNERABLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.
WE FEEL IF WE CAN IMPROVE
SAFETY FOR THEM, FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE, THEN WE CAN IMPROVE
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
NEXT SLED, PLEASE.
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS MAP IS A BIT BUSY, SO I'M
GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
EXPLAIN IT.
AND IN DOING SO, I'LL GET TO
EXPLAIN THE CITY'S RACIAL, AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX.
SO BILL, IF YOU COULD JUMP
AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR A
SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL COME
BACK TO THIS.
THANKS.
SO THE RACE AND EQUITY INDEX IS
A TOOL THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY
OUR FOLKS IN THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.
IT COMBINES A NUMBER OF
FACTORS, INCLUDING RACE,
LANGUAGE SPOKEN, WHETHER YOU
WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.
ALSO HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THESE
FACTORS GET COMBINED.
EACH CENSUS TRACKER ACROSS THE
CITY IS INDICATED TO BE HIGHER,
LOWER, DISADVANTAGED, OR
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
THE HIGHER IS I'LL CALL IT
PURPLISH, MAROONISH COLOR, AND
THEN HIGHLIGHTS HIGHER RATES OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOWER RATES OF
COLLEGE EDUCATION, AND LOWER
HEALTH OUTCOMES.
THAT IS THE FOUNDATION BEHIND A
FEW MAPS THAT YOU'LL SEE
THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION,
BILL IF YOU COULD JUMP BACK TO
THE PREVIOUS ONE.
THANK YOU.
SO WHAT THIS MAP ON THE RIGHT
IS SHOWING, THE PAST THREE
YEARS OF FATAL, AND SERIOUS
INJURY CONDITIONS OVERLAID ON
TOP OF THAT, RACE AND EQUITY
INDEX.
YOU CAN SEE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HIGHER DISADVANTAGE AND
WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE SERIOUS
AND FATAL CRASHES, AND YOU CAN
SEE AGAIN, THE INVERSE OF THAT,
HOW MUCH LOWER THE DISTANCE IS
IN AREAS OF LOWER DISADVANTAGE.
HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF
THE SLIDE, BREAKING DOWN
FATALITIES IS THE FOCUS OF THE
PIE CHART BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE CAN SEE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO
BEARING A DISPROPORTIONATE
BUREAU AND DISTRICT FIVE AS
WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
ONE MORE.
THANK YOU.
SO WE USE THAT CRASH HISTORY TO
INFORM OUR FOCUS AREAS, AND OF
COURSE AS A PRACTICAL, WE'RE
OPERATING ON A CITYWIDE SCALE
AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
NEED IS GREATER IN SOME AREAS
THAN OTHERS.
SO WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A
PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK.
SO THIS MAP IS SHOWING WHAT WE
CALL OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
IT'S BASED ON THE PAST FIVE
YEARS OF SERIOUS DATA.
AND AS WELL AS THAT RACE AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX.
IN TOTAL, 400 ARTERIAL STREET
INDEX.
WE CAN BE COMPARING APPLES TO
APPLES AND COLLISION DENSITIES.
IT'S A BIT SMALL ON THE SCREEN,
BUT THE SEGMENTS ARE
PRIORITIZED FROM LOW TO HIGH.
THE DARKER THE ORANGE, THE
HIGHER THE PRIORITY.
UNDERSTANDING PAST CRASH
HISTORY IS IMPORTANT, AND IT'S
WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE
REACTIVE, AND TARGETED SIDE OF
OUR APPROACH.
WE ALSO USE CRASH DATA TO
UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS WHICH HELPS US GET CRASH
RISK AND EXPOSURE, SO WE CAN
HELP PREVENT CRASHES
PARTICULARLY FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE TRAVELERS.
THAT'S A TOOL THAT GUIDES OUR
-- REALLY OUR KEY TOOLS FOR
MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE MOST
EQUITABLE WAY.
AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER
TO JIM FOR A BIT NOW.
>> THANK YOU ALLISON.
THANK YOU KRISTEN.
I'M JIM CURTIN, I OVERSEA THE
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM AT
SDOT WE ALSO PLAY A HUGE ROLE
ON THE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN,
THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN,
UNDERSTAND OUR ADA PROGRAM AND
WE DO A LOT OF THE DESIGN WORK
FOR OUR LARGE CAPITOL PROJECTS.
BILL, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS NOTED SEVERAL TIMES IN
PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER THIS
MORNING, AND AS WE'LL HIGHLIGHT
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS
PRESENTATION, THE MAJORITY OF
THE SEAR AND FATAL COLLISIONS
THAT OCCUR IN SEATTLE HAPPENED
ON OUR ARTERIAL STREET NETWORK.
MANY OF THESE STREETS HAVE
MULTIPLE LANES WHICH CREATES
MORE CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY FOR
PEDESTRIANS.
93% OF PEDESTRIAN DEATHS OCCUR
ON ARTERIALS, AND 83% WERE ON
MULTIARTERIAL STREETS.
THOSE MAKE UP A SMALL SUB SET
OF OUR ARTERIAL NETWORK.
45%40% OF OUR SERIOUS AND FATAL
PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS OCCUR AT
SIGNALIZEDIZED INTERSECTIONS.
ONE THAT I HOPE WE CAN REALLY
TAKE TO HEART IS THAT MORE THAN
80% OF THE PEOPLE KILLED WHILE
BIKING WERE IN PLACES WHERE
THERE WERE NO BIKE LANES
PROVIDED.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO RESIGNING CITY STREETS IS A
CRITICAL FACTOR IN OUR APPROACH
TO REDUCING CONFLICTS, AND
REDUCING COLLISIONS.
AGAIN MORE LANES FEWER VOLUMES
AND HIGHER SPEEDS.
SO CHANGING THE PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT IS A PROVEN WAY TO
REDUCING SPEEDS, AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING INJURIES
AS WELL.
AND WE'VE DESIGNED A NUMBER OF
STREETS WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO DEPLOY THESE COUNTERMEASURES
AND SEE POSITIVE RESULTS.
PLACES WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
REDUCE THE LENGTH THAT A
PEDESTRIAN HAS TO WALK TO GET
ACROSS THE STREET.
LIMITING THEIR EXPOSURE TO
TRAFFIC.
CONVERTING LANES TO OTHER USES,
WHETHER THAT BE FOR TRANSIT, OR
BIKES OR PARKING.
LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN
REDUCE THE SPEED AT WHICH
TURNING MOVEMENT HAPPENS, WHERE
THEY'RE POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE
CONFLICTS THAT DRIVERS AND
PEDESTRIANS FACE IN THAT
SITUATION.
OF COURSE WE'RE ADDING 88 CURB
RAMPS AT A MASSIVE CLIP THESE
DAYS.
AND THESE TOOLS REALLY ARE ALL
INTENDED TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY
FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND
PROVIDE A MORE PREDICTABLE
ENVIRONMENT THAT KEEPS EVERYONE
ON OUR STREETS SAFE.
AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DEPLOY THESE USEFUL TOOLS WE'VE
SEEN EXCELLENT RESULTS.
RAINIER AVENUE IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT RESIGNING AN INTERSTATE
CAN DO TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR
ALL USERS.
RAINIER IS A STREET THAT WE
USED TO TALK ABOUT AS ONE OF
THE TOP STREETS FOR CRASHES IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AFTER MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS
OUT THERE, WE'VE NOW MADE
SIGNIFICANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
TO RAINIER.
COLLISIONS ARE DOWN 30%.
COLLISIONS WITH PEOPLE WALKING
AND BIKING ARE DOWN 40%.
THIS LAST BULLET TOP AND
SPEEDING IS DOWN 70% IS
CRITICAL TO WHEN A MISTAKE IS
MADE, THE RESULT ISN'T A TRAGIC
LOSS OF LIFE OR SERIOUS INJURY.
WE'VE DONE THIS ON RAINIER, AND
MANY OTHER STREETS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
NICKERSON, NORTHEAST 75th AND
35th AVENUE SOUTHWEST COME TO
MIND.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE
CORRIDORS AND BRING MUCH SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS TO THESE STREETS,
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR
WORK ON RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH
LATER THIS YEAR, AS WE START
ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS SOUTH OF
HENDERSON AND ALONG HENDERSON.
AGAIN, REDUCING EXPOSURE,
INCREASING VISIBILITY,
INCREASING WALK TIME, AND
SLOWING TURNING VEHICLES ARE
JUST A FEW WAYS TO ENHANCE
SAFETY FOR PEOPLE AND FOR ALL
MODES.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ISLANDS,
AND CURB BULBS MAKE PEDESTRIANS
LESS EXPOSED TO TRAFFIC.
WE INSTALLED RAPID FLASHING
BEACONS WHICH PROVIDE
PEDESTRIANS A VERY HIGH LEVEL
OF SURFACE, THEY'RE VERY
RESPONSIVE, AND IMPROVE DRIVER
COMPIANCE WITH PEDESTRIAN
LAWS.
WE USE HARDENED CENTER LINES TO
FORCE DRIVERS TO MAKE LEFT
TURNING MOVEMENTS AT A SLOW,
AND DELIBERATE PACE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SAFETY COMES THROUGH IN
PROJECTS FROM ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT.
EVERYTHING WE DO IN OUR CAPITAL
PROGRAM, VISION ZERO IS BAKED
IN.
YOU CAN E ON THIS PAGE A FEW
EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR RECENT
IMPROVEMENTS HERE, WE BUILT
LENGTHY AMOUNTS OF SIDEWALKS ON
LAKE CITY WAY.
WE'VE BUILT A NUMBER OF SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
FOR WIN LUKE ELEMENTARY, AND D
II.
WE'VE PROVIDED A STREET RESIGN
ON RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH TO
IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF
TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT ALSO
REDUCE THE EXPOSURE OF
PEDESTRIANS TO VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC AND ON 12th AVENUE
SOUTH, WE'VE STARTED OUR WORK
TO BRING MUCH NEEDED BIKE
FACILITIES TO THE SOUTH END OF
SEATTLE, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO
CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE GAPS IN
OUR BIKE NETWORK AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH 12th AVENUE SOUTH
WE NOW HAVE A CONNECTION THAT
IS GOING TO BRING US CLOSER TO
BEACON HILL, AND WE HAVE A
PROJECT IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW
THAT WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN
2023 TO CONTINUE THOSE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND MUCH
NEEDED INVESTMENTS FURTHER
SOUTH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TREATMENTS LIKE LEADING
PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS ARE
DEFINITELY A SMALL, LESS
VISIBLE TOOL THAT IS HIGHLY
AFFECTIVE.
LPI'S, WHERE PEOPLE WALKING GET
A FEW SECONDS HEAD START BEFORE
DRIVERS GET THE GREEN IS A
FANTASTIC WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE
HIGHER VISIBILITY, AND FEWER
CONFLICTS.
40% OF OUR SERIOUS AND FATAL
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES OCCUR AT
SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AS
I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.
WE'VE REALLY RAMPED UP THE
INSTALLATION OF LBI'S OVER THE
PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO CLOSE
THAT GAP, AGAIN LOOKING FOR
LOCATIONS WHERE THE NEEDS ARE
THE HIGHEST.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY SMALL
TOOLS THAT HAS BIG RESULTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SLOWING DOWN SPEEDS IS THE
CORNERSTONE OF OUR WORK.
WE ABSOLUTELY MUST RECOGNIZE
THAT SPEED IS THE CRITICAL
FACTOR IN THE FREQUENCY, AND
SEVERITY OF INTERSECTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY
YEARS TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS
AND SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
LAST YEAR, WE CONTINUED OUR
CITYWIDE SPEED LIMIT
REDUCTIONS.
NOW MORE THAN 90% OF OUR
ARTERIALS.
MAKING REDUCTIONS THERE AS
WELL.
THE SIGNS THEMSELVES ARE FIRST
STEP IN GETTING TO LOWER
VEHICLE SPEEDS.
IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE ENOUGH
TO HELP SPEEDING.
SO FAR, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE
WE LOWERED THE SPEED LIMIT IS A
20% DECREASE IN INJURY CRASHES
AND A 54% DECREASE IN TOP END
SPEEDERS.
THIS IS PROMISING, BUT DESIGNED
ROAD CHANGES ARE REALLY NEEDED
TO GET TO THE SPEEDS WE NEED TO
BE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AGAIN, TO ADVANCE SAFETY AND
EQUITY, WE NEED TO PROVIDE
INVESTMENTS IN THE AREAS OF
HIGHEST NEED.
AND WE'RE ENCOURAGED WITH THE
RECENT INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED, INCLUDING THE FUNDING
INCREASE FOR THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM, THAT WAS APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL, AND LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET REQUEST.
WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
GETTING GRANT SUPPORTS TO MAKE
THIS WORK AND WE'RE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE $54 MILLION
INVESTMENT THAT WILL HELP US
SET THE COURSE FOR A MUCH SAFER
AURORA IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE'S SOME EXCITING
PROJECTS ON THIS LIST.
WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE HAVE
THE MOST PEOPLE WALKING AND THE
MOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CONFLICTS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO LOOK AT
PROTECTING RIGHT TURNS, PERHAPS
RESTRICT TURNS ON RED.
DEPLOY THOSE LEADING PEDESTRIAN
INTERVALS, AND OTHER SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP US
REDUCE CRASHES.
WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SHORT
TERM IMPROVE.MENTS IN SODO.
WE'LL BE MAKING THE CORRECTION
BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH
PARK LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT,
WE'LL LAUNCH A NEW EFFORT TO
CONNECT GEORGETOWN TO DOWNTOWN,
WHICH WILL FILL A MAJOR GAP IN
OUR BICYCLING EFFORT.
WE HAVE AN EXCITING PROJECT ON
MARGINAL WAY, THAT WILL CLOSE A
GAB ON THE DUWAMISH TRAIL.
WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING NEW
BIKE LANES ON MLK WAY SOUTH,
THAT WILL BRING A NUMBER OF
BENEFITS ALONG WITH SPACE FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE IN
PARTICULAR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SAFETY CORRIDOR
PROJECTS IN THE WORK.
RAINIER PHASE THREE WILL GET
UNDERWAY SHORTLY.
SAND POINT WAY AS WELL AS LAKE
CITY ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
OUR RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE
PROGRAM CONTINUES TO MAKE MUCH
NEEDED CITY IMPROVEMENTS
THROUGH THE UPCOMING ROXBURY
STREET PROJECT, WHICH WILL GO
TO ADD NEXT WEEK.
OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THEN JUST TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF
THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN HIGHLIGHTS
HERE.
FOR THE VERY START OF THE LEVEE
TO MOVE SEATTLE, WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DELIVER TWO TO THREE
SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECTS PER
YEAR.
WE'VE DELIVERED 20 TO 50 BLOCKS
OF NEW SIDEWALKS EVERY YEAR,
INCLUDING AS I PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED, LENGTHY NEW
STRETCHES OF SIDEWALK ON LAKE
CITY WAY.
IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO
PUSH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL,
WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS
BUILT SIDEWALKS AND CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS AT EVERY CITY
SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
AND CONTINUES TO MAKE
IMPRESSIVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO ENSURE THAT
STUDENTS IN SEATTLE STAY SAFE.
OUR ADA CREW IS IMPROVING
ACCESSIBILITY, AND MOBILITY FOR
ALL.
WE'RE WORKING ON OUR
MAINTENANCE, PART OF THAT IS TO
MAKE SURE WE REMARK 80
CROSSWALKS PER YEAR.
WE DO 10 OR MORE OF THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS EVERY YEAR.
OF COURSE WE CONTINUE TO BUILD
BIKE FACILITIES.
LAST YEAR, INCLUDING IMPORTANT
NEW CONNECTIONS IN DOWNTOWN ON
FOURTH AVENUE, AND CONNECTIONS
TO THE UPDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD,
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
AND OF COURSE, WE EXPANDED OUR
NETWORK INTO SEATTLE SEATTLE ON
THE SOUTH AVENUE PROJECT.
JUST THIS MORNING, PEOPLE FOR
BIKES RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL
CITY READINGS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT
SEATTLE WAS RANKED FOURTH OF
THE LARGE CITIES FOR BICYCLING.
WE'RE REALLY POISED TO MOVE
WITH THIS GOING FORWARD WITH
OUR PROJECTS THIS YEAR AND
SUBSEQUENT YEARS AS WELL.
NOW I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
ALLISON FOR A WHILE.
>> THANKS JIM.
SO WE FOCUS A LOT ON
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN CHANGES,
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PROVEN,
AFFECTIVE, AND ARE IN OUR
IMMEDIATE WHEELHOUSE.
OUR TOOLS AND AREAS COMPLEMENT
THIS WORK.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE A BIT HOW
OUR APPROACH IS SHIFTING AND
HOW THIS WORKS TO
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE'RE SEEING REALLY GREAT
THINGS OUT OF THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, SECRETARY
BUTTIGIEG OFFERED THIS
STATEMENT HERE IN A TWEET.
IT'S TIME FOR A NEW MENTALITY
FOR ROADWAY SAFETY, AND
FOLLOWING THAT, HIS AGENCY
ISSUED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER
IN ADDITION ROAD AGENCY
STRATEGY, BRINGING TO THE
FOREFRONT WHAT'S CALLED THE
SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.
SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THE ELEMENTS OF THIS GRAPHIC.
THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT.
SAFE VEHICLES, SAFE SPEEDS,
SAFE ROADS, SAFE CRASH CAR, AND
SAFE ROAD USERS.
THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL
PRACTICES.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDE A NEW
CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, WHICH
IS WHEN THEY ISSUE SAFETY
RATINGS FOR NEW VEHICLES, OVER
THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE
SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO ENCOURAGE
MORE BE DONE TO EMPHASIZE HOW
SAFE A VEHICLE IS NOT JUST FOR
PEOPLE INSIDE OF A CAR, BUT
OUTSIDE OF IT AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY PROMISING THAT
NFTSA PUT OUT SOME NEW
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THEY
RESPOND TO COMMENTS FROM ACROSS
THE COUPLE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG HAS
OFFERED ENDING SERIOUS TRAFFIC
INJURIES REQUIRES A PARADIGM
SHIFT.
ACHIEVING VISION ZERO MEANS WE
PRIORITIZE THE SAFE MOMENT OF
HUMAN BEINGS OVER THE FAST
MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES.
NAMELY ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING
TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLES.
IT MEANS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
BEHIND OFTEN CHALLENGING AND
CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS THAT
REALLOCATE FOR OTHER USERS.
AS KRISTEN TOUCHED ON IN HER
REMARKS, WE'RE REALLY UP
AGAINST DECADES OF DESIGN AND
CULTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
TO UNDO.
COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN DECIDE HOW
MUCH TIME THAT WILL TAKE AND
HOW QUICKLY READDRESS IT.
BECAUSE REALLY IF WE WANT
DIFFERENT OUTCOMES WE NEED TO
BE WILLING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TRADITIONAL APPROACH AND THE
SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.
AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
MOVE FROM INDIVIDUAL BLAME AND
CORRECTING INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
TON A FOCUS ON SYSTEM DESIGN,
THAT AGAIN ACCOUNTS FOR HUMAN
IMPERFECTION AND THAT
RECOGNIZES THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF PEOPLE LIKE US WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW, MAKE DECISIONS DAILY ON
HOW WE DESIGN AND OPERATE OUR
SYSTEM.
SO THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO
ROAD SAFETY HAS TENDED TO RELY
ON EDUCATION, THE THREE E'S,
AND HAS OFTEN DONE SO EQUALLY.
IT'S TIME TO EXAMINE THAT
APPROACH.
I MENTIONED AT THE VERY TOP OF
THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE
REALLY WORKING TO BE GUIDED BY
OUR TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK.
SO THE TEAMS ACROSS SDOT ARE
DESIGNING.
TO ADVANCE EQUITY IN ALL THAT
WE DO, AND THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY WORK GROUP ALONG WITH
STAFF IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 200
TACTICS.
I HAVE CALLED OUT JUST A FEW
HERE ON THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THIS INCLUDES A TACTIC RELATED
TO RETHINKING WHAT WE MEAN WHEN
WE SAY SAFETY.
TO HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND EXPERIENCES IN SEATTLE.
SO WE HEAR THEIR IDEAS WHEN IT
COMES TO SAFETY.
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR THEM TO
FEEL SAFE BIKING, TRAVELING,
AND WALKING.
IT ALSO INCLUDES REALLOCATING
AND PURCHASING TRAVEL LANES TO
PEOPLE WALKING, RIDING, BIKING,
AND USING TRANSIT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TOPICS
RELATED ON TRANSPORTATION
JUSTICE.
SO THAT OVERARCHING GUIDANCE IS
TO EXAMINE AND REDUCE OUR
ALLIANCE ON PUNITIVE ACTIONS.
TO THAT END, THE VISION ZERO
TEAM IS CURRENTLY LEADING A
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE
SCHOOL SAFETY RED LIGHT AND
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CAMERA
PROGRAMS TO CLARIFY WHAT OUR
GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE, AND
TO UNDERSTAND THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES AND WHO BEARS THE
BURDEN OF THOSE, AND TO SEEK
WAYS TO ENCOURAGE EQUITY.
SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF MIDWAY,
AND ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGH
THIS TOOL KIT.
BUT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS,
úYOU KNOW, AROUND FIND AMOUNTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK
GROUP AND WITH WHO STREETS, OUR
STREETS CENTERING THEIR
EXPERIENCES AS WE MOVE FORWARD
IN THIS WORK TOGETHER.
SO THIS MAP HERE SHOWS WHERE
CURRENT SCHOOL ZONES AND RED
LIGHT CAMERAS ARE.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THE
RELATIONSHIP, AND UNDERSTAND
HOW THAT TIES ALSO TO OUR HIGH
INJURY NETWORK.
REAL QUICK LAST YEAR WE ALSO
CONDUCTED A DEEP DIVE ON IN-
PERSON TRAFFIC CITATION DATA.
WITH THAT ANALYSIS, WE
PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND WITH
SPD.
EARLIER THIS YEAR CHIEF DIAZ
ANNOUNCED THEY'D BE
PRIORITIZING A NUMBER OF
TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
THAT DO DISPROPORTIONATELY
EFFECT BLACK PEOPLE TRAVELING
IN SEATTLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH OIG AND SPDO
ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN THIS
SPACE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WITH EDUCATION I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT AN UPSTREAM AND A
DOWN STREAM APPROACH.
OUR SAFE ROUTES RUN WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR
LET'S GO PROGRAM.
LET'S GO IS AN ALL THIRD,
FOURTH, AND FIFTH SEATTLE
CLASSROOMS.
STUDENTS RECEIVE BIKING AND
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
MY FOURTH GRADER WAS VERY
EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE THIS
PROGRAM THIS PAST SPRING.
SO MUCH SO THAT SHE MADE HER
YOUNGER BROTHERS JEALOUS.
LET'S GO IS EXPANDING INTO
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'VE PILOTED INTO ONE MIDDLE
SCHOOL THIS PAST SPRING, AND
WILL BE REACHING ALL MIDDLE
SCHOOLS BY THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL
YEAR, 2023.
OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
PROGRAM WAS NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED WITH A VISION ZERO
FOR YOUTH AWARD.
REALLY UPLIFTING THEIR LET'S GO
WORK.
PART OF THAT WAS ALSO DUE IN
PART TO WORK AROUND SPEED LIMIT
REDUCTIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT A
NEWER POSITION, A SAFE ROUTES
POSITION WAS RECENTLY CREATED
AND FILLED.
NOW WE HAVE FOLKS AT S DOT AND
SPS FOCUSED ON PRIORITIZING
INVESTMENTS AT HIGHER EQUITY
SCHOOLS.
ON THE DOWN STREAM, WE'VE
WORKED ON A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
OVER THE PAST FEW YEAR AND ARE
GEARING UP TO LAUNCH OUR NEXT
ONE COMING IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,
FOCUSED ON SLOWING DOWN THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE 25 MILE-AN-
HOUR SPEED LIMIT AND FOCUSING
THAT ALL INTERSECTIONS ON
ILLEGAL CROSSING.
YOU'LL SEE HEARINGS ON THEIR
RADIO TOO, AND THIS IS FUNDED
FROM A GRANT BY THE WASHINGTON
SAFETY TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE WORK
ACROSS AGENCIES TO CREATE
AWARENESS AND CHANGE.
WE'RE LED BY OUR SEATTLE AND
COUNTY WORK COLLEAGUES.
THIS REPRESENTS RECENT CURRENT
COORDINATION RELATED TO HELMET
DISTRIBUTION AS WELL.
WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
SOUND TRANSIT, AND WILL BE
SHARING MORE ABOUT OUR EFFORT
IT'S ENGAGING WITH THEM ON
IMPROVEK SAFETY ON MLK IN A
SLIDE RESPONSE LATER THIS YEAR.
AND WE MEET MONTHLY WITH SPD
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE TRAFFIC COLLISION SQUAD TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT CRASH DETAILS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT.
I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN A LOT THIS
MORNING, BUT I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGING WORK
THEY DO RESPONDING TO CRASHES
AND THE VERY HARD WORK, THE
CRITICAL WORK THAT THEY DO
WORKING WITH, AND SUPPORTING
THE LOVED ONES OF PEOPLE
KILLED, AND INJURED IN CRASHES.
SO, ACTUALLY, TO SPEAK TO THIS
CONTENT ON THE SLIDE, I WANTED
TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON WITH EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH IS A
NONPROFIT BASED IN NEW HOLLY.
PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP
INVOLVED LAST SUMMER A
DISTRIBUTION OF FREE BICYCLES
THAT WERE DONATED BY A SUPER
PEDESTRIAN, AND WE PROVIDED
HELMETS AND LIGHTS TO 100 YOUTH
WHO ARE SERVED BY EACS.
THEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
MONTHS WE WORKED WITH A SMALLER
COHORT OF MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS SHARING
INFORMATION THAT THEY RAN WITH
ON SAFETY EDUCATION, AND
PRESENTED IT TO THEIR PEERS, TO
US, AND FAMILY MEMBERS BACK IN
MARCH.
HAD SOME GREAT PRESENTATIONS
THERE.
YOUTH, YOU KNOW, SHARING
INFORMATION ON WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THE SPEED
LIMIT, AND NOT BE DISTRACTED,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE
WAS SOMETHING A PARENT OF
STUDENTS SHARED WITH US.
TWO OF HER DAUGHTERS WERE
TALKING A LOT ABOUT VISION ZERO
AND WERE CONSTANTLY REMINDING
HER TO NOT USE HER PHONE WHILE
DRIVING.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
IT SHOWED THAT REACHING YOUTH
REACHES FAMILIES.
SO WE LOVED WORKING WITH THE
TEAM AT EACS.
THE AMAZING YOUTH THEY SERVE,
AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE WITH
THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WITH THAT, I PROMISE WE'RE ONLY
A FEW SLIDES AWAY FROM THE END.
WE HAND IT OVER TO JIM TO COVER
THE LAST.
>> THANK YOU, ALISON.
JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
FIRST WE WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE THAT WE NEED ALL HANDS
ON DECK FOR SAFETY.
SO PLEASE CONTINUE WORKING WITH
US TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
AND OBSERVATIONS AROUND AREAS
THAT NEED INVESTMENTS.
NEED US TO DEPLOY SOME SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES.
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT SAFE STREETS, AND WE
HOPE THAT RESIDENTS WILL COME
TO THE TABLE AND HELP SUPPORT
PROPOSALS THAT HELP REDUCE
SPEEDS AND COLLUSIONS ON OUR
STREETS.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED
EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN, AND
FOLLOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT
BECAUSE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT
STAKE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE CURRENTLY
PROGRAMMING THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE VISION
ZERO PROGRAM, THANK YOU TO THE
CITY COUNCIL, TO SUPPORT THE
NEXT DAYS OF OUR SPEED LIMIT
WORK.
ARTERIAL TRAFFIC.
IN THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL FOCUS
ON MEDIAN ISLANDS, AND OTHERS
TO NARROW THE STREET, AND
ENCORK LOWER STREETS.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A
PROPOSAL FOR THE FEDERAL SAFE
STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, WHICH
WILL BE COMING TO A HEAD HERE
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
AS ALLISON MENTIONED, WE'RE
PREPARING A RESPONSE TO THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
SOUTH.
THAT WILL DISCUSS OUR FUTURE OF
THAT STREET.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE
UPDATING OUR VISION ZERO ACTION
PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH THAT ALLISON
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AS WELL
AS NEW DATA, AND OUR UPCOMING
WORK PLAN.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ANALYSIS 3.0 TO ACTIVELY REDUCE
SITUATIONS.
ALLISON IS ON THE ADVISORY TEAM
TO ENSURE THAT VISION ZERO
REMAINS CENTERED IN OUR WORK
MOVING FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
FINALLY IN SUMMARY, SPEEDING
MATTERS, AND IS DIRECTLY
RELATED TO STREET DESIGN.
REDUCING SPEEDS AND SEPARATING
PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF
VEHICLES THROUGH TIME, AKA
SIGNALS AND SPACE, SEPARATE THE
FACILITIES IS KEY.
AGAIN, AS I THINK WE'VE
MENTIONED MANY TIMES WHERE
WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES
WHERE WE MAKE DIFFERENT STREET
DESIGNS, WE SEE PROGRESS.
WE SEE POSITIVE RESULTS.
MAKING MORE OF THESE CHANGES
WILL HELP US SHIFT TRENDS AND
MOVE TOWARDS VISION ZERO.
FINALLY, VISION ZERO IS
ACHIEVABLE.
IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING
TOGETHER TO GET THERE.
WITH THAT, THAT ENDS THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME REMARKS
AND QUESTIONS HERE.
I'LL QUICKLY GO FIRST AS CHAIR.
SAFETY MUST BE THE PRIORITY FOR
EVERYONE USING SEATTLE'S ROADS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST PART
OF 2022 WITH YOUR PRESENTATION
CONTINUES THE DISTURBING
NATIONAL TREND OF UNACCEPTABLY
HIGH NUMBERS OF TRAFFIC
INJURIES AND DEATHS, ESPECIALLY
AMONG PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
SOUTH SEATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND I
ASKED ABOUT THE DISTURBING
TRENDS, AND WE'LL HAVE YOU COME
BACK SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE
DETAILS WHEN YOUR ACTION PLAN
FOR VISION ZERO IS FULLY
UPDATED.
WHILE WE'VE LOWERED SPEED
LIMITS AND INCREASED SIDEWALKS
I BELIEVE WE MUST ALSO RESPOND
TO THE DROP IN POLICE
ENFORCEMENT, BY INCREASING THE
USE OF SPEED CAMERAS AND
ENFORCING FINES.
AND ALSO HAVING CITY
DEPARTMENTS REDOUBLE THEIR
EFFORTS TO BRING MORE PEOPLE
INSIDE FASTER.
I'M HOPING THE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS FOR PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY IN SOUTH SEATTLE REDUCE
INJURIES ONCE SDOT FINISHES
MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
TODAY'S INITIAL 2022 DATA
SOUNDS THE ALARM THAT THE
MAYOR'S UPCOMING BUDGET
PROPOSAL MUST CONTINUE TO
INCREASE OUR INVESTMENTS IN
SOUTH SEATTLE, AND OTHER UNDER-
INVESTED AREAS SO OUR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
IS MADE SAFER.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN,
AND THANK YOU TO THE
PRESENTERS, NOT ONLY FOR THE
PRESENTATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
SERIOUSNESS, AND THE DEDICATION
THAT YOU ALL APPROVED THIS WORK
WITH.
AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT YOU
YOURSELF SAID A FEW MINUTES
AGO, WHICH IS THAT EVERY
FATALITY THAT HAPPENS MATTERS
TO US, BECAUSE IT'S A HUMAN
LIFE AND IT'S FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS THAT ARE DEVASTATED
WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
A LOT OF THE POINTS HE MADE ARE
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AS YOU SAID, SPEED IS ONE OF
THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
ACCIDENT RATE AND ESPECIALLY
THE FATALITY RATE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU CONSIDER PEDESTRIANS
WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT.
I ALSO WANT TO DRAW ONE OTHER
POINT.
YOU MADE A PRESENTATION, BUT
PERHAPS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
ISLETED ENOUGH IN STATISTICS,
OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE MUCH MORE
WELL VERSED THAN I AM.
WHICH IS THE ROLE PLAYED BY
PUBLIC INFORMATION AS YOU,
YOURSELVES KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND FEEL
FREE TO ADD TO IT, THE VISION
ZERO NETWORK NATIONALLY SHOW
REALLY JUST, A DRAMATIC ROLE
THAT IS PLAYED WHEN YOU HAVE A
DENSE NETWORK OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND FEWER
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS, AND OF
COURSE IT SEEMS LOGICAL THAT
THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
BUT THE STATISTIC EVIDENCE IS
REALLY COMPELLING.
THE HIDDEN TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY SOLUTION, OTHER
TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS
RELEASED SOME YEARS AGO, SHOW
THAT IT IS TEN TIMES SAFER
TRAVELING BY RAIL THAN BY CAR,
BECAUSE IT HAS A TENTH OF THE
CASUALTY RATE AS REGULAR
AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL.
OBVIOUSLY THIS GOES TO THE
POINT THAT SPEED MATTERS, BUT
ALSO HUMAN ERROR IS A BIG
CONTRIBUTOR.
EVEN IF YOU'RE TRAVELING AS A
DRIVER THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER
DRIVER WHO IS CAREFUL, AND
OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED.
OBVIOUSLY PEDESTRIANS ARE THE
MOST VULNERABLE.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE AS CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE SHOULD
REALLY REGISTER THE TREMENDOUS
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE BETTER
CITIES FOR PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
BUT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH
FOR AND MORE FOR PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES BY TAXING BIG
BUSINESS, TAXING THE WEALTHY IN
THE CITY AND THIS STATE TO
INCREASE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A MUCH
DENSER NETWORK OF ROUTES AND
FREQUENCIES SO THAT PEOPLE ARE
IN A REAL WAY, NOT IN AN
ASPIRATIONAL WAY, BUT IN A REAL
WAY ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT
HOME, OR EVEN NOT OWN CARS AT
ALL.
AND BE ABLE TO RELY ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, AND THE
REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS
AND THE REDUCTION OF FATALITIES
IS A VERY, VERY DESIGNED EFFECT
THAT WE WOULD HAVE FROM THEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE EASY.
>> THANK MORALES.
>> I FULLY AGREE THAT A HUGE
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, MORE FREQUENT,
MORE AVAILABLE, AND WE ALSO, AS
YOU'VE ALL BEEN SAYING, NEED TO
FOCUS ON THE DESIGN OF OUR
SYSTEM AS WELL.
I'LL BE HONEST, THESE SLIDES
ENFORCE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IN
THE SOUTH END, WHICH IS THAT
THE STREETS ARE NOT SAFE FOR
CHILDREN OR ELDERS OR PEOPLE
WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS.
REALLY, JUST NOT SAFE FOR
ANYONE WHO'S NOT IN A CAR.
IT'S NOT JUST RAINIER AVENUE.
IT'S NOT JUST MLK.
IT'S IN PART, NOT JUST AN
ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM EITHER.
IT'S A PROBLEM OF THE DESIGN OF
OUR STREETS ALL OVER THE SOUTH
END.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU STARTED TODAY,
WE'VE SEEN THAT PATIENTS,
SIBLINGS, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CRASHES OR
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST
HEARTBREAKING AND TRAGIC, IT'S
ALSO REALLY -- IT'S
UNACCEPTABLE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL
PREVENTIBLE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT.
I WANT TO SEE A FUNDAMENTAL
SHIFT IN OUR PRIORITIES.
I WANT TO SEE THAT WE CHANGE
AND INVESTMENT IN A SYSTEM SO
THAT WE PREVENT THESE DEATHS.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
CHAIR, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE A
WHILE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL SLIDES,
IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO I WANT TO START WITH FIRST
OF ALL, ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT YOU
SAY WHICH IS THAT SUCCESS
DOESN'T HINGE ON INDIVIDUAL
BEHAVIOR, BUT ON DESIGN OF A
SYSTEM.
AND I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME
OF THE SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT THE
DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM AS IT
STANDS.
SO ON SLIDE 12, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE LAST THREE YEARS NEARLY
HALF OF CRASHES WERE IN D2.
56% LAST YEAR.
SO WELL OVER HALF.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGED CODE THAT WE HAVE
HERE, AND THE HIGHEST RATE OF
FATALITIES?
>> I CAN HOP IN.
I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP TIES
BACK INTO SPEED, AND THE DESIGN
OF THE STREETS, AS YOU SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, RAINIER
AND MLK, BUT MANY OTHER PLACES
AS WELL IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN
DESIGNED TO PRIORITIZE THE
SPEED AND MOMENT OF VEHICLES.
I THINK YOU KNOW, THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EQUITY
AREAS, THE DISADVANTAGED
NATURE, THE RACE AND EQUITY
INDEX.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHICH I
WOULD HAVE ADDED HERE, BUT
WOULD HAVE CLUTTERED THE MAP
EVEN MORE.
THE HIGH INJURY NEVER POPS OUT
WITHOUT THE LINES ON THE MAP,
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE STREETS
STARTING TO BE PULLED OUT BY
THE, YOU KNOW THE INDICATERS OF
PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED ON
THAT MAP.
SO THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THAT.
TO CALL IT OUT, AND THEN BEGIN
TO ADDRESS IT.
>> WELL, AND I THINK IT'S NO
COINCIDENCE THAT THE DOUBLE-
DIGIT FATALITIES OCCUR IN THE
AREAS UP IN THE SOUTH BEND.
SO LOOKING AT SLIDE 14.
IF SAYS TO ADVANCE SAFETY AND
EQUITY, WE PRIORITIZE IN
INVESTMENTS OF AREAS OF HIGHEST
NEED.
DOES THIS MEAN WE SHOULD PLIER
ADVERTISE.
OR DOES THIS SLIDE MEAN WE DO
PRIORITIZE?
IF THAT'S THE CASE, IN WHAT
INVESTMENTS? IORITIZE
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE
BIT.
KRISTEN AND JIM FEEL FREE TO
JUMP IN.
SPECIFIC TO THE PROGRAM THAT I
MANAGED VISION ZERO, AND I
THINK THIS MAP, THIS SLIDE
CORRELATES WITH ONE JIM MIGHT
HAVE SPOKEN TO.
THESE DARK AREAS ARE OUR
INVESTMENT CURRENTLY, WHERE
WE'RE DOING INITIAL PLANNING
WORK.
SO JIM MENTIONED DOWN TO YOU.
WE'VE GOT A DOWNTOWN SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE
WORKS WITH IMPROVEMENTS AT I
WANT TO SAY 50 INTERSECTIONS
IDENTIFIED.
JIM MENTIONED LEADING
INTERVALS, AND SOME OTHER SPOT
TREATMENTS.
WE HAVE ALL OF SODO POPPING OUT
HERE IN.
JIM ALSO MENTIONED THAT --
SORRY, AIRPLANE, -- JIM ALSO
MENTIONED SODO IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE SOME KEY
IMPROVEMENTS AS WE DO A
HOLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LOCATIONS
OVER THE ENTIRETY OF SODO.
AND THEN ALSO TOUCHED ON OUR
UPCOMING WORK IN RAINIER ALONG
THE RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY,
AND ALONG HENDERSON.
SOME OF THE HER PLACES THAT
WE'RE IT'DING FOR THIS PROGRAM,
THAT JIM KIND OF TOUCHED ON,
MOST OF THOSE ARE ALSO GOING TO
BE IN DISTRICT 2, AND SOUTH
SEATTLE AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE CURRENTLY
PRIORITIZING, AND WE'LL
UPCOMINGLY BE PRIORITZING.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PRIORITIZE
INVESTMENTS IN THESE AREAS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I CAN ADD A LITTLE TO
THAT TOO.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO NOTE
AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, WE STILL HAVE OUR MOTIVE
PLANS THAT PRIORITIZE OUR WORK.
THEY'RE VERY PROSCRIPTIVE
PRIORITIZATION SCHEMES THAT ARE
NOTED, AND WE DO LOOK TO THESE.
IN ADDITION, I WOULD SAY WE
WORK TO VET THESE PRIORITIZED
LISTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
DIALED IT IN AND GET IT RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY SO SLIDE 15.
80% OF DEATHS OCCURRED ON ROADS
WITH NO BIKE LANE.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY MILES
OF ROAD WE HAVE IN SEATTLE?
>> WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR
YOU.
>> WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW
THEN, IS WHAT PERCENT OF OUR
STREETS HAVE PROTECTIVE BIKE
LANES, RELATIVE TO THE MILES OF
ROAD THAT WE HAVE.
SLIDES 16, 17, 18, 19 YOU
MENTIONED SEVERAL TRAFFIC
CALMING OPPORTUNITIES.
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO
REDUCE SPEED AND TOO MAKE THE
STREETS SAFER.
THERE'S A FEW GLARING
OMISSIONSES IN MY MIND.
I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I
WILL ADMIT, BUT I'M THINKING
PARTICULARLY OF RAINIER AVENUE.
SO MORE STREETLIGHTS AT MORE
INTERSECTIONS.
MORE CROSSWALKS.
SPEED BUMPS TO SLOW ON
STRAIGHTAWAYS.
MAYBE NOT RAINIER, BUT I'M
THINKING OF HENDERSON, WHERE
STUDENTS AT RAINIER BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE SPEED DOWN
THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, HARASS
THEM WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO
CROSS IN A CROSSWALK.
TRAFFIC CAMERAS TO ENFORCE
SPEED LIMITS.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO
TRY TO FOCUS ON NONPUNITIVE
MEASURES.
BUT STUDENTS AT RAINIER HIGH
SCHOOL, THAT'S THE FIRST THING
THEY SAID.
DOUBLE THE FINE.
PUT MORE TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN.
BECAUSE THEY'RE FEARFUL OF GET
HIT BY A CAR TRYING TO GET TO
SCHOOL.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC
CAMERAS AROUND, BUT I THINK
THAT IS ONE WAY TO GET PEOPLE
TO PAY ATTENTION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY THERE'S
NO PROTECTED BIKE LANE
INFRASTRUCTURE BEING CONSIDERED
ON RAINIER?
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE RAIN
INJURY VALLEY SINCE ABOUT 2014,-
2015 WITH RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH.
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WERE GOING
ABOUT THEIR WORK, AND WE
THROUGH THAT PROCESS WERE ABLE
TO VET WHETHER TRANSIT LANES OR
BIKE LANES WERE THE PREFERRED
OPTION FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE HEARD OUT THERE IS THAT
TRANSIT EFFICIENCY WAS OF A
MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY FOR THE
FOLKS THAT WE WERE TALKING TO,
AND HOWEVER THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES MOVING TOWARD TO
THINK ABOUT THE NORTH SECTION
OF RAINIER.
THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE
AS WE GET NORTH OF THE
INTERSECTION WITH MLK.
WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE THESE
SAFE RAIL LOCATIONS TO OTHER
DESTINATIONS IN THAT AREA.
>> YEAH, AND I'LL JUST SAY, I
AM INCREASINGLY SEEING PEOPLE
NAVIGATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON
CARGO BIKES TO CARRY THEIR KIDS
AROUND.
I WAS THERE.
I KNOW MAYOR HARRELL ADVOCATED
STRONGLY FOR THE BOAT DIET, I
KNOW IT HAS REDUCED SPEEDS, AND
REDUCED COLLISIONS.
BUT RAINIER IS A LONG ROAD, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND IT IS ALSO FLATTEST, MOST
DIRECT ROUTE FROM SEATTLE TO
DOWNTOWN, SO WE'LL PROBABLY
CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION, IF NOT RAINIER,
WHERE IS THE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE
GOING.
I KNOW ONE OF THE SLIDES END
CAD THE SOME PROTECTED BIKE
LANES GOING UP ON MLK, BUT MY
RECOLLECTION IS THAT IS
ACTUALLY DISTRICT 3.
>>> SLIDE 20, WHERE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT LEADING
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERE
INTERVENTIONS.
I'M CURIOUS, AND I'VE SEEN THIS
WORK.
I BENEFIT FROM THIS MYSELF.
BUT HOW MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE
ON MARKET STREET?
AND IDENTIFY LOVE TO THING
ABOUT HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ON
RAINIER, AS WE THINK ABOUT OWE
HOW THIS COULD BENEFIT.
IF THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS,
THEN THIS ISN'T AN OPTION.
HOW DO WE INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF LIGHTS ALONG RAINIER, SO
THERE'S MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR SAFETY.
>> WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION
TO YOU, AND CERTAINLY PROVIDE
THAT TO YOU.
WE DO HAVE A NEW CROSSING IN
THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE A NEW SIGNAL
COMING TO THAT CORRIDOR, AND WE
WILL WORK WITH YOU TO FIND
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS FOR
CROSSINGS.
>> SO SLIDE 21 ADDRESSES THE
NEED FOR PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN,
WHICH YOU'LL GET NO ARGUMENT
FROM ME, BUT THE TRUTH IS THEY
ACTUALLY DON'T, ESPECIALLY IF
THERE AREN'T MANY CARS ON THE
ROAD, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IF
THERE ARE, I SEE PEOPLE TEARING
DOWN THE ROADS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE DATA
TELLS US ABOUT HOW WE CHANGE
DRIVER BEHAVIOR?
YOU SAID SOMETHING, JIM.
DESIGN CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO
REALLY GET SLOWER SPEEDS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY OF
MAKING STREET DESIGN CHANGES,
CHANNELIZATION CHANGES WHERE WE
TAKE THE ROADWAY FROM WHAT IS
PRETTY TYPICAL A SIMPLE DESIGN
WITH DASHED CENTER LINES, TURN
IT INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AS WE GO PACK TO RAINIER, OR A
NUMBER OF OTHER STREETS IN THE
CORRIDOR, WE'VE USED PAINT TO
BASICALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF
THE ROADWAY OUT THERE, BY
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LANES
OUT THERE, WE CREATE WHAT WE
WOULD CONSIDER ALMOST LIKE A
SELF ENFORCING STREET, WE'RE
GOING SUPER FAST.
SPEEDING IS ACTUALLY A REAL
CHALLENGE.
BECAUSE THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC IS
SET BY THE PERSON WHO IS FIRST
AT A RED LIGHT IN MANY
LOCATIONS.
WITH A WE'VE SEEN AT 35th AND
RAINIER AND MANY OTHER STREETS
WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO POST
THAT IS REDUCED SPEEDS.
THAT'S AGAIN WHERE PHASE 2 OF
OUR SPEED LIMIT COMES IN.
THAT'S WHERE WE CAN DEPLOY SOME
OF THOSE TOOLS AND SOME THAT
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
VARIOUS DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT
CHANGED THE NATURE OF THE
ROADWAY.
REALLY FORCED DRIVERS TO PAY
ATTENTION, AND ULTIMATELY, WE
KNOW WILL BRING SPEEDS DOWN.
>> YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE
SLIDES THAT YOU REPAINT ABOUT
1500 CROSSWALKS A YEAR.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NEW
CROSSWALKS YOU ADD?
>> SO THAT VARIES.
IT DEPENDS ON A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FACTORS.
NUMBER ONE, WE TAKE REQUESTS
FROM THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER
THERE'S A NEED FOR A NEW
CLOSING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE
REACHED AT WELCOME BIKE
@SEATTLE.GOV.
IF ANYONE HAS A REQUEST, WE CAN
REVIEW THOSE, AND SEE IF WE GET
A NEW CROSSING IN.
BUT CROSSINGS TYPICALLY COME
FROM OUR ROUTEING WORK.
A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY
PROJECT.
WE'VE MADE SUBSTANTIAL STRIDES
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL NEW
CROSSINGS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THOSE MULTILANE ARTERIAL
STREETS WITH HIGH SPEEDS AND
HIGH VOLUMES OVER THE PAST
YEARS.
IN FACT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
PROGRAM HAS REALLY SPEARHEADED
AN EFFORT TO REALLY PUSH BACK
AGAINST THE YEARS AND YEARS OF
TRAFFIC CONTROLLED DEVICES THAT
METCD REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW
CROSSINGS.
PREVIOUSLY, WE WERE IN A
POSITION WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO
SEE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE
STREET.
THEY WERE VERY LOFTY THRESHOLDS
TO MEET.
NOW WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO
BE AN ANTICIPATED VOLUME OF
PEDESTRIANS CROSSING, AND WE'VE
CHANGED OUR CROSSWALK POLICY AS
WELL IN GENERAL.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IT'S
AGAIN, A WAY FOR US TO BE MORE
PROACTIVE IN SOME CASES, AND
INSTALL THOSE NEW CROSSINGS
WHERE THERE'S ANTICIPATED
DEMAND.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A
LOWER THRESHOLD TO REACH BEFORE
WE CAN MAKE A CALL ON WHETHER
WE CAN PUT A NEW CROSSING IN.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE SOME
POSITIVE STRIDES IN THIS
DIRECTION.
THE NUMBER OF CROSSWALKS THAT
WE ACTUALLY NEW CROSSWALKS THAT
WE INSTALL ANNUALLY,
FLUCTUATES.
>> I GUESS I'LL ASK ONE LAST
QUESTION AND I'LL END BY ASKING
THE FIRST QUESTION YOU POSED,
WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO
ACHIEVE VISION ZERO?
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SLIDES ABOUT
TECHNICALLY WHAT IS NEEDED,
WHAT CHANGES MIGHT BE NEEDED.
BUT I GUESS, ASKING AS A
POLICYMAKER, WHAT DOES SDOT
NEED FROM US TO ACTUALLY BE
ABLE TO GET THIS DONE?
>> ALLISON, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO
TAKE THIS QUESTION.
I WILL SAY WE'VE BEEN REALLY,
REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE ONE
THING THAT WE REALLY NEED, AND
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOME BUDGET.
BECAUSE SOME THINGS WE DO ARE
QUICK, AND WE CAN CAN GET THEM
DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
OTHER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO
TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
PUBLIC OUTREACH AND DESIGN TO
GET A DESIGN THAT IS GOING TO
PROVIDE THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
SO CERTAINLY BUDGET HELPS AND
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND OTHERS WHO HAVE
PROVIDED RESOURCES FOR US OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE HOPE
THAT TREND CONTINUES.
ALLISON, WAS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT?
>> I CAN'T.
I SAW KRISTEN UNMUTE, IF YOU
WANT TO HOP IN, KRISTEN.
>> THANKS, ALLISON, AND JIM.
I'LL SECOND WHAT JIM HAS SAID,
AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP
WE HAVE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE GOING FORWARD WITH CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN TERMS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT THAT WE WANT TO DO
AROUND SOME OF THESE,
ESPECIALLY THE LARGER AND MORE
CHALLENGING PROJECTS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE DESIGN
AND IMPLEMENT THOSE TO WORK
WITH STATE LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND COUNCIL TO HEAR
THE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY AND
RESPOND, AND TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THOSE NEW PROJECTS AND
IMPLEMENT THEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE IS.
IN MORALES.
IN TERMS OF JUST ONE FINAL
THOUGHT, YOU MENTIONED THE
BUDGET, AND SUPPORT FROM A CITY
COUNCIL, AND WE DID INCREASE
THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I'M LOOKING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY WE INVEST IN VISION ZERO
IS CAPTURED PRIMARILY IN THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
BUDGET.
CAPITOL BUDGET.
I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 289, WHICH
IS LABELED VISION ZERO.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL,
BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING, WHAT I'M
NOT SEEING THERE ARE THE STATE
FUNDS.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE APPROVED
IN APRIL, AND THIS BUDGET WAS
APPROVED LAST NOVEMBER.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET FROM
YOU AN UPDATE TO THIS CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PAGE.
NOWING KNOW WHAT MONEY IS
COMING FROM THE STATE BUDGET,
AS WELL AS A PROJECTED BUDGET
WHAT YOU THINK YOU WILL GET IF
YOU WIN STATE GRANTS.
WHEN THE BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR
IS PRESENTED TO US IN
SEPTEMBER, ASKING FOR A
HOLISTIC COUNTING OF WHAT IS
BEING INVESTED IN VISION ZERO,
BECAUSE THIS CIP, CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PAGE, I
DON'T THINK IT INCLUDES
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE
INVESTING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC-
RELATED FATALITIES.
SO I KNOW WHEN WE PASSED THE
INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION TO
EXPAND AFFORDABLE INTERNET
ACCESS, THEN WE GOT A BUDGET
THAT DIDN'T MENTION INTERNET AT
ALL.
SO WE WANT THE BUDGET TO TELL
THAT STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING ON VISION ZERO, AND I'D
LIKE TO GET SOMETHING BEFORE
SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN GET A
FRESH, AN UPDATED LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2023 FOR
THE VISION ZERO BUDGET, WOULD
THAT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THAT
FROM YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH?
>> YES, AND THANK YOU FOR
MAKING THAT POINT,
COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU DID POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE
A VISION ZERO BUDGET THAT IS
SPECIFIC TO THAT WORK, AND THAT
MISSION.
WE ALSO IMPLEMENT VISION ZERO
TO THE OTHER PROJECTS WE DESIGN
AND BUILD.
SO I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON BEING
ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT IN A WAY
THAT DESCRIBES WHERE THOSE
OTHER PIECES ARE BEING BUILT
INTO OTHER PROJECTS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE
GEOGRAPHY OF WHERE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE GOING, BECAUSE
WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE
SLIDES TODAY THAT WE'RE NOT
SEEING, WE'RE SEEING THE
OUTCOME AS POOR AND DANGEROUS
IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO WE WANT TO SEE WHERE OUR
INVESTMENTS ARE GOING AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE CALVIN WITH A
QUESTION OR COMMENT.
>> I KIND OF WANTED TO ACTUALLY
REITERATE WHAT KRISTEN SAID
ABOUT SORT OF THE REST OF THE
CAPITAL PROGRAM AND HOW THAT IS
SO MUCH OF HOW THIS GETS
DEVELOPED.
IT'S ANOTHER THING AS WE START
TO LEARN ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE
OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT
GETS DEVELOPED.
AS YOU NO, WE'RE NEARING THE
END OF THE SEATTLE LEVEE, AND
IT MAY BE TIME TO THINK ABOUT
OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
GOING FORWARD.
THE SCULPTING OF THOSE PROJECTS
AND THE DESIGN WORK, THAT'S
GOING TO LAY THE GROUND WORK
FOR WHAT THOSE FUTURE
INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE.
IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE
PROGRAM SPENDING, THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS RELATED TO THE GOOD
WORK THAT ALLISON AND JIM DO,
BUT ALSO SORT OF WHAT'S THE
NEXT SORT OF BROAD CITYWIDE,
DEPARTMENTWIDE SORT OF FOCUS OF
THIS?
>> RESOLVING CONFLICTS AMONG
MODES OF TRAVEL TO PRIORITIZE
SAFETY AS PART OF THAT.
WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING AN UPDATE ON THE BUDGET
INFORMATION FROM SDOT.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR COMMITTEE
TO FULLY FINALIZE THE VISION
ZERO UPDATE ACTION PLAN.
AND ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE END?
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY,
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU DO TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE IN OUR CITY.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL COLLEAGUES THAT WAS OUR
FINAL ITEM.
SO THIS CONCLUDES THE JUNE
21st, 2022 MEETING OF THE CITY
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION MEETING.
WE ANTICIPATE OUR NEXT MEETING
TO BE ON JULY 25th.
THANK YOU, AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.