1 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:18,618 2 00:00:18,618 --> 00:00:20,220 >>> SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, FULL 3 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:23,356 COUNCIL MEETING, TODAY IS 4 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:24,924 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th, 2023. I'M 5 00:00:24,924 --> 00:00:27,360 TERESA MOSQUEDA. I WILL BE 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,899 PRESIDENT PRO TEM. COUNCIL 7 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:37,804 PRESIDENT JUAREZ IS EXCUSED. 8 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:41,541 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 9 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,576 >> COUNCIL LEWIS ON MUTE STILL. 10 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:43,877 >> PRESENT. 11 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:49,182 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 12 00:00:49,182 --> 00:00:49,449 MORALES? 13 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:49,716 >> HERE. 14 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:52,419 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? 15 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:53,520 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,456 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 17 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:57,157 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:57,157 --> 00:01:00,226 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 19 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:00,660 >> PRESENT. 20 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:01,895 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 21 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:02,829 >> PRESENT? 22 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:06,066 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 23 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:06,433 >> PRESENT. 24 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,301 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 25 00:01:08,301 --> 00:01:09,602 >> HERE. 26 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:11,137 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ? 27 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:11,471 >> EXCUSED. 28 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:16,376 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY 29 00:01:16,376 --> 00:01:17,410 MUCH, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, 30 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:18,178 COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ IS 31 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,146 EXCUSED TODAY. THERE ARE EIGHT 32 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:21,948 OF US PRESIDENT. IF THERE'S NO 33 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:22,882 OBJECTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 34 00:01:22,882 --> 00:01:24,384 JUAREZ IS EXCUSED. HEARING NO 35 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:25,718 OBJECTION, WE'LL PROCEED WITH 36 00:01:25,718 --> 00:01:27,353 OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR 37 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:29,823 PRESENTATIONS. I'M NOT AWARE OF 38 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:30,423 ANY PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. 39 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:32,625 HEARING NOBODY SPEAK UP ABOUT A 40 00:01:32,625 --> 00:01:33,726 PRESENTATION, WE'LL CONTINUE ON 41 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:34,627 WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS 42 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:36,596 POINT WE DO NOTE THERE IS AT 43 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:38,498 LEAST FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR 44 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:42,435 PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL GO AHEAD 45 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:43,536 AND SKIP THE VIDEO PRESENTATION 46 00:01:43,536 --> 00:01:46,372 FOR TODAY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE BOT 47 00:01:46,372 --> 00:01:48,074 REMOTE AND IN-PERSON. WE WILL 48 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,242 HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR EACH 49 00:01:49,242 --> 00:01:52,045 SPEAKER. YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME 50 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:54,414 WHEN YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO 51 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,215 WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. 52 00:01:55,215 --> 00:01:56,649 PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS SO 53 00:01:56,649 --> 00:02:02,589 YOU DON'T GET CUT OFF. BOTH 54 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:03,690 IN-PERSON AND REMOTE MICROPHONE 55 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,425 WILL BE MUTED AFTER THE TWO 56 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:06,826 MINUTE ALLOCATION. WE'LL START 57 00:02:06,826 --> 00:02:08,428 WITH THE FOLKS DIALED IN ONLINE 58 00:02:08,428 --> 00:02:10,129 MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU READ INT 59 00:02:10,129 --> 00:02:11,297 THE RECORD THE TWO PEOPLE AND 60 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:13,766 FOLKS ON THE LINE, YOU WILL HEA 61 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:15,535 A CHIME SAYING YOU ARE UNMUTED. 62 00:02:15,535 --> 00:02:17,237 HIT STAR 6 ON YOUR PHONE AND 63 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:24,377 MAKE SURE YOU'RE OFF MUTE AND 64 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,312 START YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AFTE 65 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:29,649 THAT WE'LL TURN TO THE TWO FOLK 66 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:31,351 IN CHAMBERS AND FOR ANYBODY ELS 67 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:32,151 THAT SIGNED UP. 68 00:02:32,151 --> 00:02:37,056 >> OUR FIRST ONLINE SPEAKER IS 69 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:37,557 MEGAN KRUSE. 70 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:41,528 71 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:45,632 >> HELLO. I'M MEGAN KRUSE 72 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:48,434 SPEAKING TODAY ON CB120-581 73 00:02:48,434 --> 00:02:51,938 ELIMINATING DESIGN REVIEW FOR 74 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:56,442 PROJECT. LAST FALL THE CITY 75 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:57,577 CONVENED A BIPOC FOCUS 76 00:02:57,577 --> 00:02:58,177 STAKEHOLDER REVIEW. DESIGN 77 00:02:58,177 --> 00:02:59,746 REVIEW IS A SOURCE FOR GOOD 78 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:01,314 BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PLACE 79 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:02,982 NEIGHBORS HAVE INPUT INTO HOW 80 00:03:02,982 --> 00:03:04,751 THEIR COMMUNITIES DEVELOP. THEY 81 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:07,587 SAID FIX IT. DON'T CUT IT. THIS 82 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:08,454 BILL PROPOSES SHUTTING DOWN 83 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:10,089 PUBLIC DESIGN REVIEW FOR TWO 84 00:03:10,089 --> 00:03:11,291 YEARS. IT SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR TH 85 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,426 PUBLIC PROCESS AS OUR LAND USE 86 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:14,227 COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED THE 87 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:14,994 STAKEHOLDERS REPORT BUT HASN'T 88 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:20,500 READ IT AND IS PROCEEDING WITH 89 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,201 THIS LEGISLATION. THE BILL 90 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:23,770 REWRITES RULES BY GIVING 91 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:25,004 EXTENDED WAIVERS AND DEPARTURES 92 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:26,506 INCLUDING INCREASES TO HEIGHT, 93 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:27,974 BULK AND SCALE WHILE WITHDRAWIN 94 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,976 THE ORIGINAL PROMISE OF PUBLIC 95 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:30,343 ENGAGEMENT AND 96 00:03:30,343 --> 00:03:31,911 COMMUNITY-INFORMED DESIGN. THE 97 00:03:31,911 --> 00:03:33,313 BILL WILL NOT EXPEDITE 98 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:33,913 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, 99 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:35,848 WHICH ARE ALREADY EXEMPT FROM 100 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:37,951 DESIGN REVIEW. IN RETURN, IT 101 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:45,191 WILL PRODUCE A TOKEN AMOUNT OF 102 00:03:45,191 --> 00:03:46,826 AFFORDABLE STOCK. A 550-UNIT 103 00:03:46,826 --> 00:03:47,927 BELLTOWN TOWER WOULD QUALIFY BY 104 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:49,062 INCLUDING 18 AFFORDABLE SPACES 105 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:50,296 AND IT'S A QUESTION WHETHER 106 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:52,865 THOSE SMALL NUMBER OF UNITS WIL 107 00:03:52,865 --> 00:03:55,368 BE PUBLICLY ADVERTISED OR 108 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:56,502 AVAILABLE OR GO TO PRIVATE 109 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:57,971 REFERRALS. THIS IS A WIN FOR NO 110 00:03:57,971 --> 00:03:59,572 RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND A LOSS FO 111 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:00,139 AN INCLUSIVE SEATTLE WHERE 112 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:02,642 NEIGHBORS HAVE A VOICE IN THEIR 113 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:04,177 COMMUNITIES. PLEASE SEND THIS 114 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:10,817 LEGISLATION BACK UNTIL IT 115 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:11,551 INCLUDES THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP 116 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:12,185 RECOMMENDATIONS. THE DESIGN 117 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:16,422 REVIEW GROUP SHOULD NOW THROW I 118 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:16,990 OUT. THANK YOU. 119 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:23,029 >> OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS SLAMAN 120 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:25,031 APADOLO. 121 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:28,001 122 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:35,942 >> HI. MY NAME IS SLAMAN APADOO 123 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:36,576 CALLING RASHING COUNCIL BILL 124 00:04:36,576 --> 00:04:38,211 120.582 FROM THE TEMP COMMUNITY 125 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:40,246 AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BIL 126 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:43,483 AND REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO PASS 127 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:46,185 AND ADOPT IT. THE PROPOSED 128 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,920 CHANGES ARE NEEDED FOR 129 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:48,554 COMMUNITY-LED ORGANIZATIONS TO 130 00:04:48,554 --> 00:04:50,757 THRIVE WHEREVER THEY ARE, TO BE 131 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:52,558 ABLE IT TO DEVELOP THEIR FINITE 132 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:55,862 LAND IN A WAY THAT BETTER 133 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:57,530 REFLECTS THEIR NEEDS. HAVING A 134 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:59,866 SPACE ALSO TO GENERATE REVENUE 135 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:01,934 IS CRITICAL IN COMBATING 136 00:05:01,934 --> 00:05:05,071 DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT HELPS 137 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:07,573 THEM TO BE SELF-SUSTAINABLE. 138 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:09,709 THIS BILL IS A HUGE MILESTONE 139 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:11,377 HELPING TO PUT THE DEVELOPMENT 140 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:12,211 OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD 141 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:14,047 INTO THE HANDS OF THE 142 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:20,086 COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE, WORK, AN 143 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:20,620 PLAY THERE. THANK YOU. 144 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:25,958 >> OUR NEXT AND LAST REMOTE 145 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:26,526 SPEAKER THAT'S REGISTERED 146 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:28,761 PRESENT IS DAVID HAINES. 147 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:29,395 >> THANK YOU. DAVID HAINES. I 148 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:32,498 JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE FACT 149 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:35,268 THAT WE STILL NEED A 21st TENT 150 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:38,071 CENTURY FIRST WORLD QUALITY HOM 151 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:39,572 AND HOUSING BUILDOUT AND A 152 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:40,273 COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND SCHOOL 153 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:41,808 BUILDOUT THAT ARE NOT ON THE 154 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:47,246 SIDE OF THE ROAD NEXT TO THE 155 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,115 BUSES AND TRAIN CAUSING A STRAI 156 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:52,685 OF NOISE POLLUTION. IF YOU GO T 157 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:53,920 BALLARD AND SEE HOW THEY'VE 158 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,088 WATERED DOWN THE INTEGRITY OF 159 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:55,788 THE BUILDING CODE, THEY HAVE 160 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:56,622 PEOPLE THAT ARE DINING ON THE 161 00:05:56,622 --> 00:06:01,427 ROAD IN THE GUTTER WITH NO FLOO 162 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:03,129 IT, WHERE IF IT'S SLIGHTLY 163 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:04,530 RAINING, YOU'RE FEET GET WET. 164 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:07,734 YET I SEE THE SAME COUNCILMEMBE 165 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:09,001 INTRODUCING ALL THIS WATERED 166 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:12,638 DOWN LEGISLATION TO HELP SUSPEC 167 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:15,942 NONPROFITS BUILD SO-CALLED 168 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:17,944 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE 169 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:18,611 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND 170 00:06:18,611 --> 00:06:19,379 IMPOVERISHED AND OPPRESSED, YET 171 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:20,880 OUT OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT 172 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,015 THE POOR HAVE MADE ABOUT LOW 173 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:25,818 QUALITY HOUSING, SOME OF THESE 174 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:26,853 WATERED DOWN LEGISLATIVE 175 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:28,287 INITIATIVES TO HELP THESE 176 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:30,690 NONPROFITS WHO ARE NOT EXACTLY 177 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:32,558 QUALIFIED, THEY'RE GETTING A 178 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:36,295 PASS AND THEY'RE STILL BUILDING 179 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:37,897 RUNDOWN REAL ESTATE THAT'S NOT 180 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:39,632 EXACTLY IN THE MOST PRIME 181 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:41,033 LOCATION ON PURPOSE THAT IS LOW 182 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:47,673 TO THE STREET AND IT HAS TO 183 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:48,274 WAREHOUSE ECHO THAT CAUSES A 184 00:06:48,274 --> 00:06:52,645 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR A LOT 185 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:54,480 OF PEOPLE IN LEHIGH WHO HAVE TO 186 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,815 DRINK ALCOHOL AND TAKE A BUNCH 187 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:59,585 OF PILLS TO GET TO SLEEP BECAUS 188 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:01,754 IT'S A MODERN THIRD WORLD SLUM 189 00:07:01,754 --> 00:07:03,322 TYPE PATCHWORK FIX. WE NEED A 190 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:04,323 LAW THAT HAS A FOR-PROFIT 191 00:07:04,323 --> 00:07:05,391 INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 192 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:06,526 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 193 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:07,627 THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 194 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:09,295 DEMOCRATIC PART OF THE STATE 195 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:12,365 HAVE CREATED TO HELP THEM GET 196 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:14,033 REELECTED WITH SOME OF THEIR 197 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:16,269 REELECTION APPARATUS THAT HIDES 198 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:17,937 WITHIN THE HOUSING AND 199 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:20,640 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS 200 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:21,641 NONPROFITS AND HOMELESS CRISIS 201 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:22,475 NONPROFIT WHO ARE REALLY 202 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:23,810 SQUANDERING A LOT OF TAX DOLLAR 203 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:28,614 WHEN WE NEED A REALLY ROBUST 204 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:29,215 BUILDOUT, INCLUDING THE FOR 205 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:30,283 PROFIT THAT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN 206 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:33,152 A PASS BY PAYING INTO A SYSTEM 207 00:07:33,152 --> 00:07:35,121 THAT ONLY ALLOWS NONPROFITS THA 208 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:37,657 THE REELECTION EFFORTS OF THE 209 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:38,558 DEMOCRATS ARE CONNECTED TO. 210 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:42,361 >> OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER 211 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:44,397 IS CAROLYN MALONE. 212 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:57,476 JUST A SECOND. 213 00:07:57,476 --> 00:08:00,146 >> I'M CAROLYN MALONE. I'VE BEE 214 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,315 HERE MANY TIMES. I HAVEN'T BEEN 215 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:05,551 HERE LATELY, BUT I'M HERE TODAY 216 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:08,054 BECAUSE JOSEPH ELLENBOS WHO 217 00:08:08,054 --> 00:08:11,924 CLAIMS TO BE A SEATTLE POLICE 218 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:14,393 OFFICER, CASE MANAGER, 219 00:08:14,393 --> 00:08:16,596 CASEWORKER LIVING IN MY 220 00:08:16,596 --> 00:08:19,832 RESIDENCE. I DON'T BELIEVE 221 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:23,302 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 222 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:24,370 CASEWORKERS. HE ILLEGALLY 223 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:27,139 MAINTAINS SURVEILLANCE ON ME 224 00:08:27,139 --> 00:08:29,542 BECAUSE I PROTEST ON STREET 225 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:32,745 CORNERS ABOUT POLICE LIVING IN 226 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:36,549 MY BUILDING. WE HAVE NO 227 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:38,684 LEGITIMATE MANAGERS. WE HAVE NO 228 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:40,119 LEGITIMATE RESIDENT SERVICE 229 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:41,721 COORDINATOR. THIS IS SENIOR 230 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:45,191 HOUSING. POLICE SHOULD NOT BE 231 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,127 LIVING IN MY SENIOR HOUSING 232 00:08:48,127 --> 00:08:50,162 MAINTAINING SURVEILLANCE ON ME 233 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:53,766 VIOLATING MY HOUSING RIGHTS, MY 234 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:56,936 CIVIL RIGHTS, MY PRIVACY RIGHTS 235 00:08:56,936 --> 00:09:00,506 AND OTHER RIGHTS. THE BUILDING 236 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:03,409 IS REGULARLY VANDALIZED. WE OLD 237 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:05,578 PEOPLE ARE NOT VANDALIZING OUR 238 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:07,380 HOUSING. THIS IS THE POLICE 239 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:13,519 LEGITIMACY FOR LIVING IN THE 240 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:16,088 BUILDING. THEY'RE DOING THE 241 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:18,024 CRIMES. FLO BOWMAN, SHERI 242 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:18,791 ROBINSON, CATHOLIC HOUSING 243 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:19,992 SERVICES ALLOWED THESE ROGUE, 244 00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:22,461 RACIST COPS TO LIVE IN THE 245 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:26,832 BUILDING AND I WILL KEEP COMING 246 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:29,035 BACK PROTESTING ON STREET 247 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:32,004 CORNERS UNTIL THESE POLICE ARE 248 00:09:32,004 --> 00:09:34,707 REMOVED. THERE IS NO VALID 249 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:35,608 REASON, LEGITIMATE LEGAL OR 250 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:38,844 OTHERWISE FOR SEATTLE POLICE TO 251 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:42,848 BE LIVING IN MY HOUSING AND 252 00:09:42,848 --> 00:09:47,486 VIOLATING MY RIGHTS, BECAUSE I 253 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:49,589 PROTEST AGAINST THEIR ILLEGAL 254 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,258 PRESENCE. SEATTLE FIREMEN AND 255 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:53,426 SEATTLE AMBULANCE DRIVERS IN 256 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:55,561 SOLIDARITY WITH THE POLICE 257 00:09:55,561 --> 00:09:57,029 SCREAM AROUND ME WHENEVER I 258 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:59,732 PROTEST AT FOURTH AND JEFFERSON 259 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:02,001 AND FIFTH AND CHERRY. 260 00:10:09,041 --> 00:10:09,141 261 00:10:09,141 --> 00:10:10,876 >> OUR NEXT AND LAST SPEAKER IS 262 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:12,979 RYAN DONAHUE. 263 00:10:23,155 --> 00:10:23,289 264 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,091 >> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE 265 00:10:25,091 --> 00:10:26,993 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RYAN 266 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:31,731 DONAHUE. I'M THE CHIEF ADVOCACY 267 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:33,733 OFFICER AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 268 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,634 SEATTLE, KING AND KITTITAS 269 00:10:35,634 --> 00:10:38,070 COUNTIES. I THANK YOU FOR 270 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:40,639 BRINGING FORWARD 120591 OR AS I 271 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:42,141 CONSIDER IT, THE AFFORDABLE 272 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:43,175 HOUSING CLEANUP LEGISLATION. WE 273 00:10:43,175 --> 00:10:45,177 AT HABITAT KNOW BETTER THAN MOS 274 00:10:45,177 --> 00:10:46,479 JUST HOW THE COMPLICATIONS OF 275 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,247 OUR CURRENT BUILDING CODE AROUN 276 00:10:48,247 --> 00:10:50,516 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DESIGN 277 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:52,952 REVIEW CAN IMPACT AFFORDABLE 278 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:56,055 HOUSING PROJECTS AND AFFORDABLE 279 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:56,689 HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS. WE'VE 280 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:57,256 SEEN PROJECTS GET DELAYED, 281 00:10:57,256 --> 00:10:58,190 SIGNIFICANTLY GROW IN COSTS AND 282 00:10:58,190 --> 00:11:00,326 ULTIMATELY DIE BECAUSE OF THING 283 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,628 LIKE DESIGN REVIEW. ONE OF OUR 284 00:11:02,628 --> 00:11:04,497 PROJECTS IS AN AFFORDABLE CONDO 285 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:05,664 PROJECT IN CAPITOL HILL CALLED 286 00:11:05,664 --> 00:11:07,967 OLYMPIC RIDGE WHERE WE RECENTLY 287 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:10,703 HAD TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN 288 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:11,771 PROCESS, WHICH ENDED UP ADDING 289 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:13,506 ROUGHLY EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS AND 290 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:14,507 A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO TH 291 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:18,044 PROJECT BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED T 292 00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:20,646 ADD THINGS LIKE SIGNIFICANTLY 293 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:23,749 MORE EXPENSIVE WINDOWS AND BLAC 294 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:26,352 POWDERED STEEL TRELLISES ON THE 295 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:27,386 WINDOWS. THESE ARE PURELY 296 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:28,921 SUBJECTIVE THINGS THAT MAKES OU 297 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:30,423 PROJECTS COME ONLINE SLOWER, 298 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:31,557 COST MORE TAXPAYER MONEY, COST 299 00:11:31,557 --> 00:11:34,293 MORE DONOR MONEY AND ULTIMATELY 300 00:11:34,293 --> 00:11:35,294 COST MORE OF OUR HOMEBUYERS 301 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:38,764 MONEY. OLYMPIC RIDGE IS A 302 00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:40,399 PROJECT WITH 17 PERMANENTLY 303 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:41,333 AFFORDABLE HOMES. IMAGINE OUR 304 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,535 PROJECT OFF MLK RIGHT NEARBY TH 305 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:47,907 LIGHT RAIL WHICH WILL BE THE 306 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:48,607 WORLD'S LARGEST SINGLE BUILDING 307 00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:49,308 HABITAT PROJECT. IMAGINE IF WE 308 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:51,577 HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SAME 309 00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:52,778 DESIGN REVIEW PROJECT FOR THAT 310 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:53,646 PROJECT, THE COSTS OF TIME AND 311 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,314 MONEY IF WE HAD TO GO THROUGH 312 00:11:55,314 --> 00:11:57,616 THE SAME PROCESS WE DID WITH 313 00:11:57,616 --> 00:11:58,918 OLYMPIC RIDGE. IT WOULD LIKELY 314 00:11:58,918 --> 00:12:00,352 KILL THE PROJECT ADDING TEN OR 315 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:01,921 MORE MONTHS AND MILLIONS OF 316 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:03,489 DOLLARS AND LEAVING 58 FAMILIES 317 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:07,359 WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A 318 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:07,893 HOME. ULTIMATELY THIS 319 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:09,195 LEGISLATION WILL BE ABLE TO -- 320 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:10,996 IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE PIECE OF 321 00:12:10,996 --> 00:12:13,399 LEGISLATION, BUT IT'S GOING TO 322 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:14,233 DO AMAZING THINGS. WE AT HABITA 323 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:16,235 FOR HUMANITY IN OUR VISION IS T 324 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:18,304 BUILD A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE HA 325 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:19,872 A SAFE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE PLAC 326 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:20,673 TO CALL HOME. THIS LEGISLATION 327 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,341 IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT 328 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:26,545 DIRECTION TO MAKE THAT A 329 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:27,012 REALITY. THANK YOU. 330 00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:30,816 >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC 331 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:31,117 COMMENTERS. 332 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:32,651 >> GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR 333 00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:33,586 DIALING IN, PRESENTING TODAY. I 334 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,421 THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR 335 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:37,189 PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC 336 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:38,357 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. 337 00:12:38,357 --> 00:12:41,527 MOVING ON TO ITEM E ON OUR 338 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:43,229 AGENDA, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION 339 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:45,498 THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 340 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:48,200 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEAR 341 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,435 NOTHING OBJECTION, INTRODUCTION 342 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:50,436 OF REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED 343 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:55,741 ITEM F IS ADOPTION OF THE AGEND 344 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:58,244 TODAY. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 345 00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,178 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 346 00:12:59,178 --> 00:13:01,480 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGEND 347 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,482 IS ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW CONSIDER 348 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:05,184 THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, 349 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:08,654 WHICH IS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA A 350 00:13:08,654 --> 00:13:11,891 ITEM G. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 351 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:12,792 CALENDAR INCLUDE MINUTES FROM 352 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:16,328 THE JUNE 27, 2023 MEETING, THE 353 00:13:16,328 --> 00:13:19,365 PAYROLL BILLS WHICH HAS COUNCIL 354 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:21,433 BILL 120607. ARE THERE ANY ITEM 355 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:23,669 THE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE T 356 00:13:23,669 --> 00:13:24,436 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 357 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:26,539 CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE 358 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:27,940 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 359 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,341 IS THERE A SECOND? 360 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:29,742 >> SECOND. 361 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:30,109 >> SECOND. 362 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:31,610 >> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED 363 00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:33,479 AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE 364 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,580 CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE CLER 365 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,882 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 366 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:39,818 ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT 367 00:13:39,818 --> 00:13:40,085 CALENDAR. 368 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,587 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 369 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:46,392 >> AYE. 370 00:13:46,392 --> 00:13:48,294 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 371 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:48,661 >> YES. 372 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,529 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 373 00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:51,330 >> AYE. 374 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:52,698 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 375 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:53,132 >> YES. 376 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:55,100 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 377 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:58,537 >> YES. 378 00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:02,474 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 379 00:14:02,474 --> 00:14:03,442 >> YES. 380 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:04,877 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 381 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:06,278 >> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT PRO 382 00:14:06,278 --> 00:14:07,646 TEM MOSQUEDA? 383 00:14:07,646 --> 00:14:13,085 >> AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TH 384 00:14:13,085 --> 00:14:14,653 ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. CLERK, WILL 385 00:14:14,653 --> 00:14:19,124 YOU PLEASE FIX THIS ON MY 386 00:14:19,124 --> 00:14:20,092 BEHALF. COMMITTEE REPORTS, THE 387 00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:21,927 FIRST ITEM ON THEEND IS FROM TH 388 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:22,995 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOG 389 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,396 AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE. WILL 390 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:29,235 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 391 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:30,736 INTO THE RECORD. 392 00:14:30,736 --> 00:14:32,471 >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 393 00:14:32,471 --> 00:14:34,607 BILL PASS RELATING TO 394 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,008 UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS. 395 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:36,976 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 396 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:40,813 NELSON, AS CHAIR OF THE 397 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:43,249 COMMITTEE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO 398 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:43,682 ADDRESS THIS ITEM. 399 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:45,818 >> THANK YOU. 55 YEARS AGO 400 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:49,388 COUNCIL ENACTED AN ORDINANCE 401 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:49,955 REQUIRING ALL ELECTRIC 402 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:50,489 DISTRIBUTION, TELEPHONE, 403 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:51,991 TELEGRAPH, CATV AND OTHER WIRES 404 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,692 IN FACILITIES IN FOUR DISTRICTS 405 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,829 ACROSS THE CITY GO UNDERGROUND. 406 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:57,529 FACILITIES ARE MOSTLY COMPLETEL 407 00:14:57,529 --> 00:14:59,164 UNDERGROUNDED BY NOW IN THREE O 408 00:14:59,164 --> 00:15:04,336 THE DISTRICTS, BUT ONLY 20% HAV 409 00:15:04,336 --> 00:15:05,471 BEEN UNDERGROUNDED ON FIRST 410 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:10,409 HILL. CITY LIGHT HAS TO REPLACE 411 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:11,043 ANTIQUATED CABLES WITH 26V 412 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:12,578 CABLES NEXT YEAR AND CITY LIGHT 413 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:18,651 DETERMINED IT WOULD BE MORE COS 414 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:21,020 EFFECTIVE AND LESS BURDENSOME 415 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:24,056 ON RATE PAYORS TO TAKE A MORE 416 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,190 FLEXIBLE APPROACH WITHOUT 417 00:15:25,190 --> 00:15:26,258 COMPROMISING SAFETY ON WHICH 418 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:27,259 CABLES COULD GO UNDERGROUND AND 419 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:30,863 THIS BILL GIVES CITY LIGHT THAT 420 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:32,197 AUTHORITY. THIS CAME OUT OF CIT 421 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:35,668 UNANIMOUSLY AND I ASK FOR YOUR 422 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:35,934 SUPPORT. 423 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:36,869 >> THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL 424 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:37,736 COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, MADAM 425 00:15:37,736 --> 00:15:39,571 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 426 00:15:39,571 --> 00:15:43,075 ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL 427 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:44,476 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 428 00:15:44,476 --> 00:15:44,943 >> YES. 429 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:48,814 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 430 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:49,415 >> YES. 431 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:51,984 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 432 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:52,751 >> AYE. 433 00:15:52,751 --> 00:15:54,353 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 434 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:54,753 >> YES. 435 00:15:54,753 --> 00:15:55,854 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 436 00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:56,255 >> YES. 437 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:59,591 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 438 00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:02,328 >> YES. 439 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:02,961 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 440 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:03,362 >> YES. 441 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:08,934 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM? 442 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:12,004 >> AYE. THE BILL PASSES. MADAM 443 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:15,040 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE AFFIX MY 444 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,175 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. 445 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:17,142 ITEM NUMBER 2, MADAM CLERK, 446 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:21,080 COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO 447 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:21,814 THE RECORD. 448 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,449 >> RESOLUTION 32095 AUTHORIZING 449 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:24,249 COMMENCEMENT OF CABLE FRANCHISE 450 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:25,784 CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCEEDINGS IN 451 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:28,420 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS 452 00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:31,256 OF 47 USC SECTION 546, WRITTEN 453 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:33,158 REQUEST FROM COMCAST CABLE 454 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:33,926 COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT LLC. 455 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:35,327 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 456 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:36,695 RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. 457 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,163 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 458 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:39,231 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, AS CHAIR 459 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:40,532 OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 460 00:16:40,532 --> 00:16:42,468 RECOGNIZED AGAIN TO ADDRESS THI 461 00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:42,668 ITEM. 462 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,837 >> THANK YOU. THE STEP CONTRACT 463 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:45,771 WITH TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER 464 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:46,638 TO PROVIDE A FRANCHISE ALLOWING 465 00:16:46,638 --> 00:16:50,309 THEM TO USE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO 466 00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:51,543 PROVIDE CABLE TELEVISION. THOSE 467 00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:55,047 FRANCHISES MUST BE RENEWED EVER 468 00:16:55,047 --> 00:16:56,482 TEN YEARS. THIS RESOLUTION 469 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:58,083 AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ENTER 470 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,418 INTO FRANCHISE RENEWAL 471 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:00,285 PROCEEDINGS WITH COMCAST AND 472 00:17:00,285 --> 00:17:01,286 IMPLEMENT PROCESSES TO COMPLY 473 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:02,488 WITH FEDERAL LAW. THIS IS THE 474 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,857 FIRST STEP IN A YEAR LONG 475 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,325 PROCESS AND THE COUNCIL BILL 476 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,694 AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL WON'T B 477 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:10,062 BEFORE COUNCIL UNTIL NEXT YEAR. 478 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:12,164 THE TIMING OF THIS RESOLUTION I 479 00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:14,666 DRIVEN BY A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT 480 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:15,234 THAT THE UTILITY BEGIN 481 00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:16,635 PROCEEDINGS WITHIN SIX MONTHS O 482 00:17:16,635 --> 00:17:19,271 A FORMAL REQUEST BY THE 483 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:22,341 FRANCHISE HOLDER AND IN THIS 484 00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:23,742 CASE, THIS IS COMCAST. TIMING I 485 00:17:23,742 --> 00:17:25,611 ALSO DRIVEN BY A REQUIREMENT 486 00:17:25,611 --> 00:17:29,114 THAT RENEWAL BEGIN THREE YEARS 487 00:17:29,114 --> 00:17:30,616 PRIOR TO FRANCHISE EXPIRATION 488 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:33,318 AND COMCAST'S CURRENT FRANCHISE 489 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:34,553 WILL EXPIRE IN 2026. WHILE WE 490 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:37,556 EXPECT TO REACH A NEW FRANCHISE 491 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:39,324 AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST THROUGH 492 00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:40,259 AN INFORMAL PROCESS, THIS 493 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:40,959 RESOLUTION PRESERVES THE CITY'S 494 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:44,563 RIGHT TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL 495 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:46,065 PROCESS SHOULD THAT BE DEEMED 496 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,734 NECESSARY WHILE ALLOWING TO US 497 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:53,338 PROCEED NOW WITH THE INFORMAL 498 00:17:53,338 --> 00:17:55,174 PROCESS. THERE WILL BE 499 00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,142 ENGAGEMENT FROM CTAB AS THIS 500 00:17:57,142 --> 00:17:58,043 PROCESS GOES FORWARD AS WELL. 501 00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:00,913 THIS CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE 502 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:01,246 UNANIMOUSLY. 503 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:06,618 >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY 504 00:18:06,618 --> 00:18:07,252 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? HEARING 505 00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:07,853 NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU 506 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:12,658 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 507 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:13,358 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. 508 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:13,859 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 509 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:18,397 510 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:18,630 >> YES. 511 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:22,134 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 512 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:22,501 >> YES. 513 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:25,204 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 514 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:25,637 >> AYE. 515 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:27,506 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 516 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:27,873 >> YES. 517 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:31,343 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 518 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:31,844 >> YES. 519 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:35,047 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 520 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:35,447 >> YES. 521 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:36,148 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 522 00:18:36,148 --> 00:18:36,415 >> YES. 523 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:38,917 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 524 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:39,184 MOSQUEDA? 525 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:39,451 >> AYE. 526 00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:43,122 >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 527 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,423 >> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS 528 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:46,458 ADOPTED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN 529 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:47,893 IT. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX M 530 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:53,098 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 531 00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:58,303 MY BEHALF. LET'S MOVE ON TO TH 532 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:01,640 LAND USE COMMITTEE, ITEM NUMBER 533 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:01,807 3. 534 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:06,545 >> 120581, DESIGN REVIEW FOR 535 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:09,448 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADOPTING 536 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:12,718 TEMPORARY REGULATIONS TO EXEMPT 537 00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:18,290 HOUSING PROJECT USING ON-SITE 538 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:23,595 UNITS FROM DESIGN REVIEW. 539 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,796 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND 540 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:25,831 PEDERSEN IN FAVOR. 541 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:27,165 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS, 542 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:30,369 THIS IS FROM THE LAND USE 543 00:19:30,369 --> 00:19:30,869 COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY 544 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:31,503 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 545 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:34,139 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE 546 00:19:34,139 --> 00:19:36,241 RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM 547 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:37,142 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 548 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:37,910 MOSQUEDA. I WAS READING THE 549 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,678 WRONG PART OF MY SCRIPT WHEN WE 550 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,647 TOOK FINAL VOTE ON THIS BILL AN 551 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:43,615 I VOTED NO BECAUSE I THOUGHT I 552 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:45,250 WAS VOTING ON AN AMENDMENT. IF 553 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,052 YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK AT THE 554 00:19:47,052 --> 00:19:48,353 RECORDING, YOU CAN EVEN SEE ME 555 00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:49,688 SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT AFTER 556 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:52,391 THAT VOTE. SO I SUPPORT THIS 557 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,192 LEGISLATION. I SPONSORED THIS 558 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:56,128 LEGISLATION. I THINK THIS IS 559 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,029 GOOD LEGISLATION. THIS 560 00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:01,200 LEGISLATION IS A PILOT PROGRAM 561 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,069 TO ALLOW MANDATORY HOUSING 562 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:04,670 AFFORDABILITY PROJECTS THAT 563 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:05,337 CREATE ON-SITE PERFORMANCE. SO 564 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:06,305 THEY PUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 565 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,640 AT THE LOCATION IN WHICH THEY 566 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,541 ARE BUILDING FOR THOSE PROJECT 567 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:13,579 TO BE EXEMPT FROM DESIGN REVIEW 568 00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:15,681 THIS IS ONE OPTION IN MANY THAT 569 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:19,051 WE ARE CONSIDERING AS WE 570 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,452 CONTINUE TO REVIEW DESIGN REVIE 571 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:21,954 AS A WHOLE. WE'RE GOING TO 572 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:24,256 ENGAGE IN A TOP TO BOTTOM REVIE 573 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:25,591 IN HOW TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM 574 00:20:25,591 --> 00:20:29,828 BECAUSE WE KNOW TWO THINGS ARE 575 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:32,631 TRUE. ONE, THAT THE PROGRAM DOE 576 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:35,634 NOT PROVIDE THE BEST TOOLS 577 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,569 NECESSARY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS 578 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:41,273 TO ENGAGE IN DESIGN REVIEW, TO 579 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:41,807 HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES 580 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:43,375 INCORPORATED WITHIN THE PROJECT 581 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,178 AND ALSO ON THE OTHER HAND, THA 582 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,046 DESIGN REVIEW CAN BE WEAPONIZED 583 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:49,982 TO SLOW DOWN IMPORTANT PROJECTS 584 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:50,816 THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO WE 585 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:53,385 WILL BE TAKING A TOP TO BOTTOM 586 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,487 REVIEW OF DESIGN REVIEW IN HOW 587 00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:56,655 TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. WE 588 00:20:56,655 --> 00:20:57,823 DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SOLUTION. WE 589 00:20:57,823 --> 00:21:00,259 DO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING O 590 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,694 WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. IN THAT 591 00:21:02,694 --> 00:21:03,996 INTERVENING TIME, WE HAVE THIS 592 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:08,734 PILOT BEFORE US THAT WILL HELP 593 00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:09,935 INCENTIVIZE ON-SITE PERFORMANCE 594 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,136 OF MANDATORY HOUSING 595 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:12,137 AFFORDABILITY PROJECTS WHICH WE 596 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:15,507 WANT MORE OF TO BE EXEMPT FROM 597 00:21:15,507 --> 00:21:17,743 DESIGN REVIEW. THIS IS A PILOT. 598 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:21,046 THIS WILL LAST TWO YEARS AND IT 599 00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:22,180 ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY T 600 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:24,149 -- SINCE THIS IS ONLY A TWO-YEA 601 00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:26,018 PILOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 602 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:30,288 PUT THESE CHANGES IN PERMANENTL 603 00:21:30,288 --> 00:21:35,060 WITHOUT FURTHER REVIEW. THANK 604 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,528 YOU, CHAIR. THAT IS THE REPORT. 605 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:41,266 >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY 606 00:21:41,266 --> 00:21:47,172 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS 607 00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:47,806 ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO 608 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:48,040 AHEAD. 609 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,110 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. 610 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:54,046 CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK ATCI FOR 611 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:54,980 BRINGING UP THIS QUESTION. I 612 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,982 THINK WE HAD A REALLY IMPORTANT 613 00:21:56,982 --> 00:21:58,750 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO OFFER 614 00:21:58,750 --> 00:21:59,418 INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE 615 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:00,018 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. I DID 616 00:22:00,018 --> 00:22:03,622 ABSTAIN ON THE BILL IN COMMITTE 617 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:05,624 BECAUSE I DO STILL HAVE 618 00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:07,626 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BENEFIT TO 619 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:09,494 OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES 620 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,163 STEMMING FROM SOME PARTS OF THI 621 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:15,367 BILL AND ALSO ABOUT THE WORK 622 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:18,236 PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED FOR THE 623 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,372 PILOT PERIOD. I THINK THAT'S 624 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:23,241 GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT 625 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:24,810 CONVERSATION, BUT AT LEAST THE 626 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:25,577 INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US 627 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:28,780 DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW 628 00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:29,448 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RACIAL 629 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:32,417 EQUITY TOOL KIT THAT WAS 630 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:33,318 COMPLETED WERE INCORPORATED INT 631 00:22:33,318 --> 00:22:35,354 THE WORK PLAN AND THE TRUTH IS 632 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,156 WE JUST VOTED ON THIS LAST WEEK 633 00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:39,791 SO I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNIT 634 00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:46,164 TO GET SOME OF MY QUESTIONS 635 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:48,867 ANSWERED. SO I AM REALLY 636 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,769 INTERESTED IN INSURING THAT WE 637 00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:53,038 WORK TO PROVIDE BENEFIT TO 638 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:55,073 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. 639 00:22:55,073 --> 00:22:56,241 WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT 640 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,843 IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSIN 641 00:22:57,843 --> 00:23:00,278 THE CRISIS AND WE'RE INSURING W 642 00:23:00,278 --> 00:23:01,346 HAVE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION 643 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:06,785 OF HOUSING ACROSS OUR CITY, 644 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:08,220 PARTICULARLY OF AFFORDABLE 645 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,590 HOUSING. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS 646 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:12,591 PROVIDING THAT EQUIVALENT 647 00:23:12,591 --> 00:23:13,959 BENEFIT TO MARKET RATE 648 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:16,094 DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT RECEIVING 649 00:23:16,094 --> 00:23:19,097 SOME LEVEL OF PUBLIC BENEFIT IN 650 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:20,766 RETURN AND PARTICULARLY, FOR 651 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:23,135 FOLKS WHO ARE LOW INCOME. SO I 652 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:27,372 APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A PILOT 653 00:23:27,372 --> 00:23:30,308 AND THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WILL B 654 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:31,877 ANSWERED IN THE INTERIM, BUT I 655 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:33,912 WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE BILL 656 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,715 BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THA 657 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:39,251 BEFORE WE START TO OFFER THE 658 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:39,951 EXEMPTION FOR MARKET RATE UNITS 659 00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:42,387 THAT WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR 660 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:44,523 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE IMPAC 661 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:48,126 WILL BE ON OUR ABILITY TO 662 00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:51,696 DELIVER AND ON OUR ABILITY TO 663 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,098 DELIVER PUBLIC BENEFIT IN 664 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,367 RETURN. SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE 665 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:57,502 THAT MY INTENTWAS CLEAR THERE 666 00:23:57,502 --> 00:24:00,172 AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE 667 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:03,875 CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF 668 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:04,843 THE PILOT. 669 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:06,411 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 670 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:08,647 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. ARE THER 671 00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:12,684 ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM 672 00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:13,185 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 673 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:16,021 >> I SEE WE HAVE ANOTHER HAND. 674 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:20,025 >> I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 675 00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:20,659 COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE GO 676 00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:20,892 AHEAD. 677 00:24:20,892 --> 00:24:22,227 >> THANK YOU. 678 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:27,265 I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS 679 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:31,736 LEGISLATION THAT IS TO REMOVE 680 00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:33,872 AND REDUCE THE REGULATION ON BI 681 00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:35,340 FOR PROFIT DEVELOPERS. THERE 682 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:37,375 HAVE BEEN SEVERAL BILLS REDUCIN 683 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,511 THE REGULATORY BARRIERS FOR 684 00:24:39,511 --> 00:24:40,145 DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING 685 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,880 AND I HAVE, OF COURSE, AFFORDED 686 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,218 ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE 687 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:48,053 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ALL OF THOSE 688 00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:49,621 HOUSING THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABL 689 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:52,958 TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND THE 690 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:53,558 OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE 691 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,293 APARTMENTS THAT BIG DEVELOPERS, 692 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:56,228 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 693 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:59,965 CHOOSE TO BUILD. THIS BILL THAT 694 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:02,968 GIVES OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE 695 00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:04,636 MARKET RATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 696 00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:09,774 THE SAME ADVANTAGES GETS ALMOST 697 00:25:09,774 --> 00:25:12,911 NOTHING IN RETURN FOR THE AT 698 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:14,312 THIS POINT COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN 699 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:15,513 SEARCH OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN 700 00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:18,717 ARE UNABLE TO FIND IT IN THIS 701 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:24,422 CITY BECAUSE RENTS ARE 702 00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:26,324 SKYROCKETING. AT MOST, IT 703 00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,226 REQUIRES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE 704 00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:30,662 BUILT ON SITE, BUT IT DOESN'T 705 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:35,667 ADD ONE UNIT OF AFFORDABLE 706 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:36,368 HOUSING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 707 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:37,002 ADDED. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 708 00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:39,037 SAID THAT DESIGN REVIEW CAN BE 709 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:41,239 WEAPONIZED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT 710 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:43,875 HIS INTENT WAS BY THAT LANGUAGE 711 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:45,777 BUT THE RENTERS AT THE SHADOW 712 00:25:45,777 --> 00:25:47,646 BUILDING IN THE CENTRAL 713 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,147 DISTRICT, VERY WORKING CLASS, 714 00:25:49,147 --> 00:25:53,385 LOW INCOME RENTERS, SENIOR 715 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,020 RENTERS ON FIXED INCOMES. THESE 716 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,888 TENANTS AT THE SHADOW BUILDING 717 00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:58,623 IN 2019 APPEALED TO DESIGN 718 00:25:58,623 --> 00:25:59,991 REVIEW WHEN A BIG DEVELOPER 719 00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:01,159 CALLED CADENCE REAL ESTATE TRIE 720 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:05,297 TO FORCE THEM OUT OF THEIR HOME 721 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:07,332 AND BECAUSE OF THE CAMPAIGN THA 722 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:12,237 WE BUILT, INCLUDING MY OFFICE, 723 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:14,205 UNION MEMBERS, INCLUDING UAW AN 724 00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:15,840 THE U-DUB WHO ALL STOOD IN 725 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,575 SOLIDARITY WITH THE SHADOW 726 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:19,244 TENANTS, WE WERE ABLE TO WIN A 727 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:20,312 SERIOUS VICTORY AGAINST CADENCE 728 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,113 REAL ESTATE WHO WERE ACTUALLY 729 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:23,648 FORCED TO PAY THEIR TENANTS FOR 730 00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:26,451 ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THE 731 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:29,020 TENANTS HAD ENDURED OVER THE 732 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:29,788 YEARS WITHOUT THOSE PROBLEMS 733 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:31,623 BEING FIXED AND THEY GOT AN 734 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:34,459 EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE 735 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,660 THEY COULD FIND ALTERNATE 736 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:36,962 HOUSING FOR THEMSELVES. SO IT 737 00:26:36,962 --> 00:26:41,066 WAS A REAL VICTORY THAT WAS 738 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,701 OBVIOUSLY THE RESULT OF BUILDIN 739 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:45,670 A WORKING CLASS CAMPAIGN IN THE 740 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:47,539 CITY, BUT THE FACT THAT THE 741 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:48,840 TENANTS APPEALED TO THE DESIGN 742 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,612 REVIEW WAS PART OF -- ONE OF TH 743 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,379 STARTING POINTS OF THAT 744 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:55,947 STRUGGLE. THE PREMISE OF THIS 745 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:59,217 LEGISLATION IS THAT REDUCING TH 746 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:00,418 COSTS INCURRED BY FOR-PROFIT 747 00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:02,053 DEVELOPERS WILL SOMEHOW BENEFIT 748 00:27:02,053 --> 00:27:02,887 WORKING PEOPLE. IT WILL REDUCE 749 00:27:02,887 --> 00:27:05,490 RENT. NONE OF THIS IS TRUE. IT 750 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:07,392 IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE. DEVELOPER 751 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:08,460 AND LANDLORDS AND THE LANDLORDS 752 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,363 THAT THEY SELL TO DO NOT SET 753 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:12,497 RENTS BASED ON THEIR COSTS. THE 754 00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:14,165 SET THEIR RENTS AS HIGH AS THEY 755 00:27:14,165 --> 00:27:16,468 CAN. EVERY TIME THE CITY HAS 756 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:17,135 PASSED LEGISLATION TO REDUCE 757 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:18,470 LANDLORD COSTS WITH THE PROMISE 758 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,138 OF LOWER RENTS, IT HAS BEEN A 759 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:23,041 LIE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY 760 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:27,645 CHANGED ITS LAND USE LAWS TO 761 00:27:27,645 --> 00:27:30,482 PERMIT MICROUNITS, SUCH AS 762 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,249 APARTMENTS. DEVELOPERS ARGUED 763 00:27:31,249 --> 00:27:33,051 THAT PERMITTING TINY, FLIMSY 764 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,186 APARTMENTS WITH ZERO AMENITIES 765 00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:36,421 SOMETIMES WITHOUT KITCHENS OR 766 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:37,956 BATHROOMS WOULD REDUCE RENT AND 767 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:39,624 THEN, OF COURSE, THEY RAISED TH 768 00:27:39,624 --> 00:27:44,729 RENT. KEEPING IN MIND THIS IS O 769 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:47,365 TOP OF THE FACT THAT MANY OF 770 00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:49,634 THESE MICROAPARTMENTS ARE MORE 771 00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:50,468 EXPENSIVE THAN JUST NORMAL 772 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:51,870 HOUSING. LAST FRIDAY DURING 773 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:53,371 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE 774 00:27:53,371 --> 00:27:55,073 SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS RIGH 775 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:56,307 COMMITTEE I CHAIR I INTRODUCED 776 00:27:56,307 --> 00:27:57,242 THE RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION 777 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:58,810 FROM MY OFFICE WHICH ALREADY HA 778 00:27:58,810 --> 00:27:59,978 THE SUPPORT OF 35,000 PEOPLE WH 779 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,279 SIGNED THE PETITION IN SUPPORT 780 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:04,482 OF IT, WE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT 781 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,084 IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUT FROM 782 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:07,285 DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP 783 00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:10,355 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND OF WITH 784 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:13,224 THOSE WAS A RESIDENT WHO LOST 785 00:28:13,224 --> 00:28:16,161 HER HOUSING WHEN THE 125 SQUARE 786 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,162 FOOT MICROUNIT SHE RENTED 787 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:19,330 INCREASED THE RENT FROM $900 A 788 00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:22,067 MONTH TO $1,300 A MONTH. IN MY 789 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:26,404 VIEW $900 A MONTH IS IT ALREADY 790 00:28:26,404 --> 00:28:31,309 TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS AND THEN THE 791 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:32,143 LANDLORD CORPORATION INCREASED 792 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:34,612 IT TO $1,500 A MONTH AND AS A 793 00:28:34,612 --> 00:28:37,382 RESULT OF, THAT HER PATH TOWARD 794 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:38,950 HOMELESSNESS AGAIN. LET ME SAY 795 00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:40,618 AGAIN $1,500 A MONTH FOR A 125 796 00:28:40,618 --> 00:28:41,786 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT. I WILL 797 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:44,055 NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL WHICH USE 798 00:28:44,055 --> 00:28:44,923 REGULATIONS OF BIG DEVELOPERS 799 00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:46,858 AND GETS NOTHING IN RETURN FOR 800 00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:49,594 WORKING PEOPLE AND ORDINARY 801 00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,096 PEOPLE WHO REQUIRE AFFORDABLE 802 00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:51,963 HOUSING. THANK YOU. 803 00:28:51,963 --> 00:28:55,133 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 804 00:28:55,133 --> 00:28:55,633 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 805 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:58,403 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRO TEM 806 00:28:58,403 --> 00:28:59,871 MOSQUEDA. AGAIN, THIS BILL 807 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:01,439 BEFORE US DOES PROVIDE DESIGN 808 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:03,341 REVIEW EXEMPTION FOR DEVELOPMEN 809 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:07,412 PROJECTS THAT ELECT TO MEET 810 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,348 CITY'S MANDATORY HOUSING 811 00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:11,015 AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT WITH 812 00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:11,916 ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 813 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:17,822 THERE'S NO WAY TO GET OUT OF TH 814 00:29:17,822 --> 00:29:21,593 MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 815 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,695 REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE 816 00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:24,295 HOUSING. EITHER DEVELOPERS' 817 00:29:24,295 --> 00:29:27,132 OPTIONS ARE TO PAY THE FEE OR 818 00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:28,032 PROVIDE ON-SITE PERFORMANCE OF 819 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:29,968 THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE 820 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:33,304 BILL BEFORE US ONLY SPEAKS TO 821 00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:36,441 THE EXEMPTION, THAT THE 822 00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:38,676 EXEMPTION IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO 823 00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:39,377 BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE ON-SITE 824 00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:41,346 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONE OF THE 825 00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:46,151 THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THA 826 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:50,889 BUILDINGS COME IN AND WITH A NE 827 00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:52,557 BUILDING RENTS ARE VERY 828 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:53,591 EXPENSIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSIN 829 00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:55,360 IS OFTEN NOT PLACED IN THE AREA 830 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,562 THAT THE IN LIEU FEES ARE 831 00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:59,430 STEMMING FROM. THIS BILL BEFORE 832 00:29:59,430 --> 00:30:01,166 US REQUIRES THAT ON-SITE 833 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:01,733 PERFORMANCE OF AFFORDABLE 834 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:05,370 HOUSING. IS A PILOT PROJECT TO 835 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,173 HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT O 836 00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:10,108 BEING ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE THIS 837 00:30:10,108 --> 00:30:11,643 ON-SITE PERFORMANCE AND THE 838 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:12,310 IMPACT OF DESIGN REVIEW. THERE 839 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:14,946 IS GOING TO BE A TOP TO BOTTOM 840 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,447 REVIEW OF DESIGN REVIEW AND THI 841 00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:21,186 BILL ONLY LASTS TWO YEARS AS A 842 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:22,754 PILOT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 843 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:25,056 PRESIDENT PRO TEM MOSQUEDA. 844 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:34,666 845 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,701 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 846 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:37,602 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I WILL 847 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,037 ADD I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS 848 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:43,274 LEGISLATION. IT IS A BIG BENEFI 849 00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:44,075 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS 850 00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:45,677 IT HELPS MAKE SURE THAT 851 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:46,911 DEPARTURES ARE MORE FLEXIBLE AN 852 00:30:46,911 --> 00:30:49,147 I KNOW OF A NUMBER OF AFFORDABL 853 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:50,481 HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE REALL 854 00:30:50,481 --> 00:30:52,617 COUNTING ON THIS LEGISLATION TO 855 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:54,819 ALLOW FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE UNIT 856 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:56,754 TO BE CREATED. IT ALSO ALLOWS 857 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:58,189 MHA PERFORMANCE PROJECTS TO NOT 858 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:02,727 HAVE TO GO THROUGH LENGTHY 859 00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:04,028 DESIGN REVIEW, WHICH ENCOURAGES 860 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:04,596 MHA PERFORMANCE. HOUSING, 861 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:06,297 HOUSING, HOUSING, INCLUDING 862 00:31:06,297 --> 00:31:07,198 HOUSING THAT'S MORE AFFORDABLE. 863 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,833 SO IT ALLOWS ALL RESIDENTIAL 864 00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:09,634 PROJECTS TO DO ADMINISTRATIVE 865 00:31:09,634 --> 00:31:11,936 DESIGN REVIEW INSTEAD OF THE 866 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:13,705 FULL AND LENGTHY COSTLY DESIGN 867 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:16,140 REVIEWS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD 868 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:17,475 BENEFIT OVERALL AND I'LL VOTE 869 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:19,744 YES. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU 870 00:31:19,744 --> 00:31:22,580 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 871 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:26,618 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 872 00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:27,085 >> YES. 873 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:30,588 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 874 00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:31,022 >> NO. 875 00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:33,892 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 876 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:34,392 >> AYE. 877 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:37,295 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 878 00:31:37,295 --> 00:31:37,895 >> YES. 879 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:40,732 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 880 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:41,199 >> NO. 881 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:44,302 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 882 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:44,702 >> YES. 883 00:31:44,702 --> 00:31:45,336 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 884 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:45,603 >> YES. 885 00:31:45,603 --> 00:31:49,040 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 886 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:49,307 MOSQUEDA? 887 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:49,574 >> AYE. 888 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:52,176 >> SIX IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. 889 00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:53,978 >> THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE 890 00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:56,614 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 891 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:58,483 LEGISLATION. THE BILL HAS 892 00:31:58,483 --> 00:31:59,284 PASSED. I'LL SIGN IT. ITEM 893 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:07,325 NUMBER 4 IS FROM THE STAPLE LAN 894 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:07,692 USE COMMITTEE. 895 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:10,428 >> 120591 RELATING TO LAND USE 896 00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:13,164 AND ZONING, CORRECTING 897 00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,165 TYPOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER 898 00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:16,401 TECHNICAL ERRORS, CORRECTING 899 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:19,337 SECTION REFERENCES AND 900 00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:24,375 CLARIFYING REGULATIONS IN OAKS 901 00:32:24,375 --> 00:32:26,844 THAT RELATE UNITS WITH 902 00:32:26,844 --> 00:32:28,646 AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS. THE 903 00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:29,314 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 904 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:29,514 PASS. 905 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:35,386 >> THIS IS THE OFFICE OF HOUSIN 906 00:32:35,386 --> 00:32:36,754 OMNIBUS BILL FOR THE VIEWING 907 00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:39,924 PUBLIC, IS A CLEANUPOF 908 00:32:39,924 --> 00:32:40,625 TECHNICAL ERRORS, CHANGES, AND 909 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,827 IT SIMPLIFIES THE TERMS BEING 910 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,797 USED. THERE ARE FOUR OUTCOMES 911 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:46,964 WITHIN THIS BILL UPDATING 912 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:50,535 DEFINED TERMS. IT UPDATES OVER 913 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:52,670 DOZEN OBSOLETE DEFINED TERMS AN 914 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:53,371 INCONSISTENT APPLICATION OF 915 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:57,208 PROVISIONS TO LOW INCOME HOUSIN 916 00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:58,276 AND OTHER UNITS WITH 917 00:32:58,276 --> 00:32:58,843 AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS. 918 00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:00,945 OUTCOME TWO IS IT EXPANDS THE 919 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:05,516 APPLICATION OF DESIGN REVIEW 920 00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:06,784 EXEMPTION AND WAIVERS OR 921 00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:07,352 MODIFICATIONS. CURRENTLY 922 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:09,354 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS 923 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:10,388 DESIGN REVIEW EXEMPT. WAIVER AN 924 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:11,189 MODIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN 925 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:12,790 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS CAN BE 926 00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:15,827 REQUESTED, BUT THIS DOES NOT 927 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:18,363 APPLY TO OTHER PUBLICLY-FUNDED 928 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,031 INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. SO 929 00:33:20,031 --> 00:33:23,234 THIS EXTEND THAT ABILITY. 930 00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:26,571 OUTCOME THREE, IT CONSOLIDATES 931 00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:28,639 INCENTIVE ZONING PROVISIONS 932 00:33:28,639 --> 00:33:30,742 RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING 933 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:31,976 WHICH LARGELY BECAME OBSOLETE 934 00:33:31,976 --> 00:33:37,782 WITH THE ADOPTION OF MANDATORY 935 00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:38,883 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THIS 936 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:40,685 LEGSLATION REPEALS OBSOLETE 937 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:43,721 CODE SECTIONS AND MAKES THEM 938 00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:47,792 MORE CONSISTENT. OUTCOME FOUR I 939 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:48,826 IMPROVED CONSISTENCY, CLARITY 940 00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:51,095 AND READABILITY. THE CURRENT 941 00:33:51,095 --> 00:33:53,264 CODE IS COMPLICATED, UNCLEAR, 942 00:33:53,264 --> 00:33:53,965 AND INCONSISTENT REGARDING 943 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:54,999 PROVISIONS SUCH AS REGARDING LO 944 00:33:54,999 --> 00:34:00,471 INCOME HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE 945 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:01,506 UNITS. THIS LEGISLATION IS A 946 00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:03,941 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF TITLE 2 947 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:05,276 TO PROVIDE SIMPLIFIED, CLEAR, 948 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:07,478 AND CONSISTENT LANGUAGE. THIS I 949 00:34:07,478 --> 00:34:09,914 A LARGELY TECHNICAL AND CLEANUP 950 00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:13,050 BILL AND I URGE A AYE VOTE. 951 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:15,420 THANK YOU. 952 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:19,457 >> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL 953 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:20,391 COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, 954 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,627 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I HAVE A 955 00:34:22,627 --> 00:34:23,428 FEW COMMENTS MYSELF. I'LL GO 956 00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:25,063 AHEAD AND SHARE THOSE NOW AND 957 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:28,399 TURN IT TO YOU FOR ANY FOLLOW-U 958 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,301 ITEMS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4. 959 00:34:30,301 --> 00:34:31,202 DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? 960 00:34:31,202 --> 00:34:32,470 >> SOUNDS GREAT. 961 00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:35,673 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M 962 00:34:35,673 --> 00:34:36,307 EXCITED ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION. 963 00:34:36,307 --> 00:34:38,643 I THINK AS WE WORK TO SCALE UP 964 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:40,077 OUR INVESTMENTS TO MEET 965 00:34:40,077 --> 00:34:41,679 SEATTLE'S GROWING NEED FOR 966 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:42,346 AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH 967 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:44,816 SOURCES LIKE THE SEATTLE HOUSIN 968 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,251 LEVY LEGISLATION, WHICH THIS 969 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:49,053 COUNCIL JUST PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 970 00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:51,088 AND THROUGH EFFORTS LIKE THE 971 00:34:51,088 --> 00:34:52,657 JUMP START PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL 972 00:34:52,657 --> 00:34:53,758 REVENUE WHICH AGAIN WAS 973 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:55,092 UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED IN TERMS 974 00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:58,162 OF THIS SPEND PLAN, WE MUST ALS 975 00:34:58,162 --> 00:34:59,330 SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVE BARRIERS 976 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:00,565 WITHIN THE CITY CODE THAT ADD 977 00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:05,203 TIME AND WHEN YOU ADD TIME, IT 978 00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:07,605 ADDS COSTS TO CRITICAL PROJECTS 979 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,473 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORTS THE 980 00:35:08,473 --> 00:35:09,407 HEALTH, RESILIENCE AND STABILIT 981 00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,509 OF OUR COMMUNITY AND QUITE 982 00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:12,743 LITERALLY SAVES LIVES. THERE IS 983 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:13,511 NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN 984 00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:15,413 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAC 985 00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:18,850 FOR PEOPLE TO CALL HOME. THE 986 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:19,550 PANDEMIC HAS UNDERSCORED THE 987 00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:22,286 CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A 988 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:24,222 PLACE TO CALL HOME. WE AS THE 989 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:25,556 POLICYMAKERS IN THIS CITY NEED 990 00:35:25,556 --> 00:35:27,925 TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP 991 00:35:27,925 --> 00:35:31,929 THESE PROJECTS COME ONLINE AS 992 00:35:31,929 --> 00:35:33,431 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE 993 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:36,033 BUILT INTO HOUSING POLICIES LIK 994 00:35:36,033 --> 00:35:37,668 THE HOUSING FUNDING POLICIES 995 00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:40,371 INTO THE JUMP START SEATTLE 996 00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:41,038 PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX HOUSING 997 00:35:41,038 --> 00:35:43,508 SPEND DIRECTION AND WE BUILT 998 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:45,076 THIS INTO THE HOUSING LEVY 999 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:46,978 LEGISLATION. WE HAVE TAKEN EVER 1000 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:50,681 OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO MAKE SURE 1001 00:35:50,681 --> 00:35:51,649 THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING 1002 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:53,684 COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS THAT 1003 00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:55,953 ARE ROOTED IN AND SERVE 1004 00:35:55,953 --> 00:35:57,822 COMMUNITY NEEDS. IT HAS PROVEN 1005 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,257 TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE AND 1006 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:01,159 IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE 1007 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,727 THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE BUILDING 1008 00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:06,264 HOUSING LED BY THE VISION OF 1009 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:07,131 THOSE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY 1010 00:36:07,131 --> 00:36:08,065 DISPLACEMENT ARE AT THE FRONT O 1011 00:36:08,065 --> 00:36:11,969 THE LINE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 1012 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,571 HOUSING TO RIGHT THAT WRONG. I 1013 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:15,540 AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 1014 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,941 LEGISLATION BEING ONE OF A 1015 00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:21,512 MYRIAD OF THINGS WE NEED TO DO 1016 00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,614 TO HELP CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 1017 00:36:23,614 --> 00:36:25,449 ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY 1018 00:36:25,449 --> 00:36:26,517 MAKING SURE WE'RE REDUCING 1019 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,019 BARRIERS AND SERVE OUR 1020 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,588 COMMUNITY, WHO HAS LONG WAITED 1021 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:31,155 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 1022 00:36:31,155 --> 00:36:33,858 HOUSING, WHICH HAS BEEN HELD UP 1023 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,126 IN EXPENSIVE DESIGN REVIEW 1024 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,460 PROCESSES. SO I'M LOOKING 1025 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:38,262 FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS 1026 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:39,964 EFFORT AND TO MAKE THIS POLICY 1027 00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:41,532 PERMANENT, TO BETTER ALIGN THE 1028 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:46,737 CITY'S POLICIES WITH OUR 1029 00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:47,238 INVESTMENTS AND VALUES. 1030 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:51,442 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 1031 00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:53,878 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I 1032 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:54,745 WILL SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. 1033 00:36:54,745 --> 00:36:55,880 DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND 1034 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:01,686 APPRECIATE THE CHAIR AND OFFICE 1035 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:02,420 OF HOUSING BRINGING THIS 1036 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:04,021 FORWARD. WE DID HOPE TO SEE 1037 00:37:04,021 --> 00:37:05,056 SOCIAL HOUSING INCLUDED AS 1038 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:05,823 ANOTHER FORM OF AFFORDABLE 1039 00:37:05,823 --> 00:37:08,392 HOUSING TO RECEIVE THE SAME KIN 1040 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:12,163 OF BENEFITS THAT DEVELOPMENT OF 1041 00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:13,164 AFFORDABLE HOUSING RECEIVE. SO 1042 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:14,298 OFFERED IN AMENDMENTS NOT 1043 00:37:14,298 --> 00:37:15,666 INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE, BUT I 1044 00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:17,568 AM HAPPY TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT 1045 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:19,637 FROM THE CHAIR AND OFFICE OF 1046 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:23,107 HOUSING TO WORK WITH MY OFFICE 1047 00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:24,075 ON BRINGING FORWARD SOME 1048 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:24,842 STAND-ALONE LEGISLATION THROUGH 1049 00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:25,910 THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO 1050 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,645 PROVIDE THIS SAME LEVEL OF 1051 00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,513 BENEFIT TO SOCIAL HOUSING AS WE 1052 00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:33,751 DO TO OTHER KINDS OF AFFORDABLE 1053 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:34,418 HOUSING. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER 1054 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:35,853 CONVERSATION. IN THE MEANTIME 1055 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:40,257 I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS 1056 00:37:40,257 --> 00:37:42,493 LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 1057 00:37:42,493 --> 00:37:45,096 >> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL 1058 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:45,763 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1059 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,832 >> THANK YOU. JUST THAT THIS IS 1060 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:49,734 AN OMNIBUS BILL THAT CLEANS UP 1061 00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:51,969 COMPLEX AND OUT OF DATE LANGUAG 1062 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:53,804 THROUGHOUT OUR LAND USE CODE AN 1063 00:37:53,804 --> 00:38:00,277 IT DOES SPEED THE PRODUCTION OF 1064 00:38:00,277 --> 00:38:02,146 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 1065 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:02,747 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 1066 00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:06,684 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE 1067 00:38:06,684 --> 00:38:08,185 FAMILY HOME I GREW UP IN SHOULD 1068 00:38:08,185 --> 00:38:10,288 BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SEATTLE TODA 1069 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,389 AND TOMORROW. THIS BILL CUTS TH 1070 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:14,892 RED TAPE THAT SHOULD DO JUST 1071 00:38:14,892 --> 00:38:15,293 THAT. THANK YOU. 1072 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,594 >> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SEEING 1073 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:17,395 NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU 1074 00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:23,100 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTIO 1075 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,302 OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 1076 00:38:25,302 --> 00:38:25,603 ORDINANCE. 1077 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:28,272 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 1078 00:38:28,272 --> 00:38:28,539 >> YES. 1079 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:30,074 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 1080 00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:30,441 >> YES. 1081 00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:31,742 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 1082 00:38:31,742 --> 00:38:32,309 >> YES. 1083 00:38:32,309 --> 00:38:33,744 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 1084 00:38:33,744 --> 00:38:34,211 >> YES. 1085 00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:36,881 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 1086 00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:37,315 >> YES. 1087 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,351 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1088 00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:40,851 >> YES. 1089 00:38:40,851 --> 00:38:41,419 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 1090 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:44,889 >> YES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO 1091 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:45,222 TEM MOSQUEDA? 1092 00:38:45,222 --> 00:38:45,489 >> AYE. 1093 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:49,760 >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 1094 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,731 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BIL 1095 00:38:53,731 --> 00:38:55,533 PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN 1096 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,201 IT. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEAS 1097 00:38:57,201 --> 00:39:02,440 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1098 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,842 LEGISLATION. WE'RE ON TO AGEND 1099 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:09,980 ITEM NUMBER 5 STILL WITHIN THE 1100 00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:10,748 LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING. 1101 00:39:10,748 --> 00:39:11,082 MADAM CLERK. 1102 00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,117 >> AGENDA ITEM 5, RELATING TO 1103 00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:15,986 LAND USE AND ZONING, REMOVING 1104 00:39:15,986 --> 00:39:17,054 REGULATORY BARRIERS AND 1105 00:39:17,054 --> 00:39:18,255 SIMPLIFYING AND INCREASING 1106 00:39:18,255 --> 00:39:19,523 PERMITTING PREDICTABLE FOR 1107 00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:20,991 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT B 1108 00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:22,426 MODIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMAL 1109 00:39:22,426 --> 00:39:24,595 INSTITUTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL 1110 00:39:24,595 --> 00:39:27,098 ZONES. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 1111 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:27,465 THE BILL PASS. 1112 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:29,800 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1113 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,001 STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN 1114 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:31,902 ORDER TO SPEAK TO THIS 1115 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:34,605 LEGISLATION AS CHAIR OF THE 1116 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:34,905 COMMITTEE. 1117 00:39:34,905 --> 00:39:38,409 >> THANK YOU. THIS LEGISLATION 1118 00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:39,143 REDUCES REGULATORY BARRIERS FOR 1119 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:39,710 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS, 1120 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:42,513 INCLUDING THOSE FUNDED BY THE 1121 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:43,147 CITY'S EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 1122 00:39:43,147 --> 00:39:44,415 INITIATIVE. I THANK THE OFFICE 1123 00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:45,282 OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 1124 00:39:45,282 --> 00:39:47,051 DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR WORK ON 1125 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,453 THIS LEGISLATION. I'M PROUD TO 1126 00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:50,421 SUPPORT THESE TECHNICAL CODE 1127 00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:54,992 CHANGES. IN SHORT, THIS MAKES 1128 00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:56,260 SIX GENERAL CHANGES. IT, NUMBER 1129 00:39:56,260 --> 00:39:57,828 ONE, ALLOWS COMMUNITY CENTERS 1130 00:39:57,828 --> 00:40:01,332 AND LIBRARY AS INSTITUTION USES 1131 00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:01,832 PERMITTED OUTRIGHT IN 1132 00:40:01,832 --> 00:40:02,500 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES. 1133 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,834 NUMBER TWO, IT MODIFIES THE 1134 00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:05,336 AMOUNT OF OFFSTREET PARKING 1135 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:05,970 REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS 1136 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,139 AND LIBRARIES TO BE MORE 1137 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:10,808 ACCURATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS 1138 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:12,610 THAT THEY SERVE. NUMBER THREE, 1139 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:13,711 IT DEFINES AND PROVIDES 1140 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:16,080 STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY FARMS A 1141 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,549 A TYPE OF INSTITUTION THIS 1142 00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:19,850 ALLOWED OUTRIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOO 1143 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:21,152 RESIDENTIAL ZONES. NUMBER FOUR, 1144 00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:22,353 IT MODIFIES THE DEFINITION OF 1145 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:24,255 COMMUNITY, CLUB OR CENTER TO 1146 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,791 BETTER REFLECT THE TYPES OF 1147 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:31,862 ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMING 1148 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:33,864 COMMONLY INCLUDED IN EDI 1149 00:40:33,864 --> 00:40:35,599 PROJECTS AND INCREASES 1150 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:36,967 PREDICTABILITY IN THE PERMITTIN 1151 00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:39,403 PROCESS. NUMBER FIVE, IT ALLOWS 1152 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:40,171 CERTAIN ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL 1153 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:41,906 USES AND NUMBER SIX, FOR 1154 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:44,408 INSTITUTIONS IN LOW RISE ZONES 1155 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:47,144 IT APPLIES SETBACK REQUIREMENTS 1156 00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:47,878 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE USES 1157 00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:48,846 PERMITTED OUTRIGHT. THAT IS WHA 1158 00:40:48,846 --> 00:40:50,447 THIS BILL DOES. IT IS A GOOD 1159 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:53,184 BILL AND I URGE A AYE VOTE. 1160 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:59,790 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PR 1161 00:40:59,790 --> 00:40:59,990 TEM. 1162 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:02,660 >> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL 1163 00:41:02,660 --> 00:41:03,494 COMMENTS? SEEING NO ADDITIONAL 1164 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:04,461 COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU 1165 00:41:04,461 --> 00:41:09,133 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1166 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:12,570 ADOPTION OF THIS ITEM. 1167 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:14,738 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 1168 00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:15,206 >> YES. 1169 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:17,975 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 1170 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:18,375 >> YES. 1171 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,545 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 1172 00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:21,846 >> AYE. 1173 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:24,348 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 1174 00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:24,715 >> YES. 1175 00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:27,351 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 1176 00:41:27,351 --> 00:41:27,818 >> YES. 1177 00:41:27,818 --> 00:41:30,621 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1178 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:30,955 >> YES. 1179 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:31,522 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 1180 00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:31,789 >> YES. 1181 00:41:31,789 --> 00:41:34,325 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 1182 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:34,592 MOSQUEDA? 1183 00:41:34,592 --> 00:41:34,859 >> AYE. 1184 00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:36,927 >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 1185 00:41:36,927 --> 00:41:38,195 >> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES 1186 00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:40,898 AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WIL 1187 00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:42,566 THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 1188 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:44,268 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 1189 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:45,503 MY BEHALF. I THINK THAT BRINGS 1190 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:52,142 US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA 1191 00:41:52,142 --> 00:41:55,279 HERE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS 1192 00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:58,782 OF BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 1193 00:41:58,782 --> 00:41:59,416 COUNCIL? OKAY. HEARING NO 1194 00:41:59,416 --> 00:42:00,584 ADDITIONAL ITEMS, THIS CONCLUDE 1195 00:42:00,584 --> 00:42:03,053 ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S 1196 00:42:03,053 --> 00:42:04,255 AGENDA. THE NEXT REGULARLY 1197 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:04,989 SCHEDULED SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 1198 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:06,390 MEETING WILL BE HELD JULY 11th. 1199 00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:11,929 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE ARE 1200 00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:13,964 ADJOURNED.