1 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:21,521 2 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,155 >> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. 3 00:00:22,155 --> 00:00:23,757 THIS IS THE JUNE 6th MEETING OF 4 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:24,391 THE TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE 5 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:25,058 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE. THE 6 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:25,925 TIME IS 9:33 A.M. WILL THE 7 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:28,595 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:28,595 --> 00:00:32,232 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS? 9 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:40,807 COUNCILMEMBER SO WANT? 10 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:41,408 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? CHAIR 11 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:41,708 PETERSON? 12 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:45,678 >> THERE ARE THREE PRESENT. 13 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:47,347 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DID 14 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:55,855 ALERT US AND WILL BE EXCUSED. 15 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:56,990 COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS NO 16 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:57,991 OBJECTION TO TODAY'S PROPOSED 17 00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:08,501 AGENDA IT WILL BE ADOPTED. 18 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:18,411 HEARING NO EDGE OF OBJECTIONS 19 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:19,279 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. CHAIR 20 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:20,213 SUPPORT. TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE 21 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:21,314 HAVE ON THE AGENDA, GOOD 22 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:22,248 MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE 23 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:22,982 COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 24 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:23,850 PUBLIC UTILITIES. THERE ARE 25 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:25,018 THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR 26 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:26,286 TODAY. FIRST WE HAVE AND UPDATE 27 00:01:26,286 --> 00:01:27,253 FROM THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 28 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,087 TRANSPORTATION ON THE PROGRESS 29 00:01:28,087 --> 00:01:29,289 FROM THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY TO 30 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:30,557 MOVE SEATTLE IT WAS APPROVED IN 31 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:31,424 2015 FOR LARGE TRANSPORTATION 32 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:32,492 PROJECTS. SECOND WE HAVE A 33 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:33,259 BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND LIKELY 34 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:35,695 VOTE ON COUNCILMEMBER 120585 35 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:36,996 WHICH IS THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR 36 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:39,332 THE KING COUNTY WASTEWATER TERM 37 00:01:39,332 --> 00:01:40,633 PERMIT AND ALKI FOR WHICH OUR 38 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:43,770 COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL 39 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:44,404 ALREADY COMMITTED ADDITIONAL 40 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:48,942 APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY. FOR OUR 41 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:55,048 FINAL ITEM WE HAVE THE CENTRAL 42 00:01:55,048 --> 00:02:00,653 STAFF PRESENTATION TO BENEFIT 43 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:01,421 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LARGE 44 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:02,755 PART WITH AND OVERVIEW OF THE 45 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:03,490 CITY UTILITY TAX SYSTEM WHICH 46 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,324 WILL INCLUDE THE REGRESSIVE 47 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:05,458 NATURE OF THOSE UTILITY TAXES. 48 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:06,159 AND THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 49 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,796 UTILITIES MAKING UP THE BULK OF 50 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,030 THOSE TAXES. I AM LOOKING, AND 51 00:02:11,030 --> 00:02:12,532 IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE 52 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:15,301 ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THIS 53 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:16,936 TIME. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND 54 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,771 OPEN AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY 55 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:26,946 CLOSE THE PUBLIC,. SEEING THE 56 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:27,881 SPEAKERS ONLINE AND NO SPEAKERS 57 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:31,618 IN PERSON, WE ARE CLOSING THE 58 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:36,055 PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FOR THE 59 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:36,990 COMMITTEE. THIS WILL ENABLE US 60 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:44,030 TO JUMP INTO THE RECORDING BUT 61 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:45,198 I WON'T. SO THEN WE CAN 62 00:02:45,198 --> 00:02:47,400 CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. LET'S 63 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:52,639 GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE 64 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,773 AGENDA. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 65 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:55,842 READ THE FULL TITLE THE FIRST 66 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:56,309 AGENDA ITEM? 67 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:57,343 >> LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE 68 00:02:57,343 --> 00:03:03,182 PROGRESS REPORT FOR BRIEFING A 69 00:03:03,182 --> 00:03:03,516 DISCUSSION. 70 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:04,851 >> IT TODAY WE HAVE WITH US 71 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:05,885 THIS SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 72 00:03:05,885 --> 00:03:11,291 TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE A 73 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:19,065 PROGRESS REPORT ON WHAT IS 74 00:03:19,065 --> 00:03:19,999 COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MOVE 75 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:21,301 SEATTLE. AS A REMINDER FOR THE 76 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:21,968 PUBLIC $930 MILLION PROPERTY 77 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:23,236 TAX LEVY FOR THAT PACKAGE OF 78 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:23,970 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WAS 79 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:27,173 APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 80 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:28,708 OF 2015. AS WE APPROACH THE END 81 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:29,809 OF THE LEVEE WE ARE HEARING 82 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:30,977 THAT THERE ARE PLANS NOW FOR 83 00:03:30,977 --> 00:03:31,978 FINISHING AS MANY OF THE 84 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,212 PROMISED PROJECTS AS POSSIBLE. 85 00:03:33,212 --> 00:03:37,717 AND THAT IS BEFORE THE LEVEE 86 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:39,018 CAN EXPIRE. I WANT TO 87 00:03:39,018 --> 00:03:39,686 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER 88 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:40,954 MORALE IS IS HERE AND HAS BEEN 89 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:42,822 HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. SO WE 90 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,457 WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM 91 00:03:44,457 --> 00:03:54,934 US.ON THEIR PRESENTATION. 92 00:03:58,204 --> 00:03:59,539 >> I WORK FOR THE SEATTLE 93 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:00,273 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. I 94 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:01,374 AM HERE WITH KATELYN CARNEY AND 95 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:07,447 WE ARE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU 96 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:11,117 OUR PROGRESS REPORT ON THE 97 00:04:11,117 --> 00:04:12,185 MOVE SEATTLE 2022. WHAT WE HAVE 98 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,286 ANTICIPATED FOR 2023 AND A 99 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:14,454 STATUS UPDATE ON WHERE WE THINK 100 00:04:14,454 --> 00:04:20,760 WE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE 101 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,728 LEVEE. JUST TO GROUND US ALL 102 00:04:21,728 --> 00:04:22,562 WITHIN THIS CONVERSATION WE 103 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:23,529 HAVE THE MISSION VALUES AND 104 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:24,764 GOALS AS A THRIVING EQUITABLE 105 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:25,832 COMMUNITY ON A MISSION TO 106 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:26,599 DELIVER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 107 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:34,340 FOR SAFE AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS 108 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:35,675 AND OPPORTUNITIES GUIDED BY 109 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:36,743 OUR CORE VALUES AND GOALS OF 110 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:37,410 EQUITY SAFETY MOBILITY 111 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:42,682 SUSTAINABILITY LIVABILITY AND 112 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:53,192 EXCELLENCE. AS I'VE ALREADY 113 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:56,462 TOUCHED ON WE ARE GOING TO GO 114 00:04:56,462 --> 00:04:57,530 THROUGH THE LEVEE AND WHAT WE 115 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:58,464 TOUCH ON WITH KEY TAKEAWAYS 116 00:04:58,464 --> 00:04:59,599 THAT IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING 117 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:00,566 FROM THIS PRESENTATION WHAT WE 118 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:01,901 WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE AWAY IS 119 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:02,902 TO GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS 120 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:04,170 OF BOTH THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT 121 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:05,171 THE 2023 DELIVERY PLAN AND 122 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:06,939 WHERE WE WILL BE AT THE END OF 123 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:08,074 2024. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE 124 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:11,010 AMPLE TIME FOR Q&A. NEXT SLIDE 125 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:12,045 PLEASE? THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE 126 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,279 IN 2022 MOST OF THE PLAN 127 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:14,147 ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR ALL OF THE 128 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:14,981 LEVEE DELIVERABLES WERE HERE 129 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,315 AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK 130 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:17,784 TO MEET OR EXCEED 27 OF THE 30 131 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:22,922 PROGRAMS FOR THE 2015 ORDINANCE 132 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:23,923 GOALS. TO MEET THESE PROGRAM 133 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:24,757 COMMITMENTS, WE HAVE AND 134 00:05:24,757 --> 00:05:25,758 AMBITIOUS DELIVERY PLAN FOR THE 135 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:26,859 REMAINING TWO YEARS OF THE 136 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:33,066 LEVEE. 2024 IS JUST OVER 18 137 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:36,436 MONTHS AWAY. I LIKE TO TAKE A 138 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:37,270 BRIEF MOMENT AND REMIND 139 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,539 EVERYONE WHAT IS IN THE LEVEE. 140 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:40,673 THERE ARE 30 PROGRAMS BROKEN UP 141 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:43,609 INTO THREE DIFFERENT 142 00:05:43,609 --> 00:05:44,644 CATEGORIES. SAFE ROUTES IS THE 143 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,946 FIRST CATEGORY IN THAT PROGRAM 144 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:47,880 INCLUDE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS 145 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:53,219 INCLUDING VISION ZERO AND RIDE 146 00:05:53,219 --> 00:05:54,053 SAFETY PROGRAMS. IT ALSO 147 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:57,056 INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 148 00:05:57,056 --> 00:05:57,757 TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS AND 149 00:05:57,757 --> 00:06:01,094 THE RESTRIPING OF OUR ROADS. 150 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:02,395 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE 151 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:07,934 THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND 152 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:14,941 PROGRAM. THE SECOND MAJOR 153 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:15,875 CATEGORY IS MAINTENANCE AND 154 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:16,743 REPAIR. WHICH INCLUDES MAJOR 155 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:17,710 PAVING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE 156 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:18,578 SPOT PROGRAM AND FRIDGE 157 00:06:18,578 --> 00:06:19,679 REPAIRS. AND EVEN TREE TRIMMING 158 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:30,256 AND TREE PLANTINGS. CONGESTION 159 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:34,761 RELIEF IS THE THIRD AND FINAL 160 00:06:34,761 --> 00:06:35,862 CATEGORY AND THIS IS OUR 161 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:36,562 LARGEST CATEGORY YET. IT 162 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:37,396 INCLUDES ALL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS 163 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:38,564 AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE THE 164 00:06:38,564 --> 00:06:39,465 TRANSIT PLUS MULTIPLE QUARTER 165 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:40,199 PROGRAMS AND MADISON PROJECT 166 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:41,033 THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 167 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:42,135 RIGHT NOW. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE 168 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:47,940 FREIGHT SPOT PROGRAM AND NEW 169 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,308 SIDEWALKS. IN THE EAST 170 00:06:49,308 --> 00:06:50,410 MARGINAL PROGRAM. SO NOW WE 171 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:51,244 WALK THROUGH SOME MAJOR 172 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:52,478 HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 2022 ANNUAL 173 00:06:52,478 --> 00:06:55,848 REPORT. IN 2022 WE HAD SOME 174 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:56,949 HIGH-LEVEL EXAMPLES THAT WE 175 00:06:56,949 --> 00:07:02,155 COMPLETED FOR SAFETY QUARTER 176 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,223 PROJECTS INCLUDING LAKE CITY 177 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:05,391 WAY 23rd AVENUE EAST AND 15th 178 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:06,492 AVENUE SANDPOINT WAY. WE HAD 16 179 00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:07,627 SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS 180 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:12,098 ACROSS THE CITY AND FOR THE 181 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,332 PICTURES ON THE RIGHT WE WANTED 182 00:07:13,332 --> 00:07:14,400 TO SHOW EXAMPLES OF THE GOOD 183 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,935 WORK THAT WE ARE DOING. AT THE 184 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:16,969 TOP YOU COULD SEE SIDEWALK 185 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:18,070 REPAIR FROM BEFORE AND AFTER 186 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,305 AND ON AURORA AVENUE NORTH. AND 187 00:07:19,305 --> 00:07:22,508 THEN ON THE BOTTOM IS THE 188 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:27,847 PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENT LEVEL ON 189 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:36,055 DELRIDGE. FOR MAINTENANCE AND 190 00:07:36,055 --> 00:07:36,689 REPAIR PROGRAM WE REPAIRED 191 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:37,490 ALMOST 20 LANE MILES INCLUDING 192 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:38,791 WORK ON 15th AVENUE SOUTH AND 193 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:44,397 15th AVENUE NORTHEAST. WE 194 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:46,532 EXCEEDED OUR LEVEL BY OVER 58 195 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:47,466 PERCENT WITH A 103 SPOT 196 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:48,267 IMPROVEMENTS. WE MADE 334 197 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:48,868 BRIDGEPORT REPAIRS AND 198 00:07:48,868 --> 00:07:49,602 COMPLETED SIX STAIRWAY 199 00:07:49,602 --> 00:07:50,236 REHABILITATION PROJECTS. WE 200 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:54,073 PLANTED 371 TREES. I WANTED TO 201 00:07:54,073 --> 00:08:00,146 NOTE THAT PART OF THE TREE 202 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:09,722 PROGRAM IS THAT WE WORK WITH 203 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:10,923 THE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL 204 00:08:10,923 --> 00:08:11,657 PROGRAM AND PLANTED TREES NEXT 205 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:12,959 TO ROSIE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS 206 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:14,126 FOCUSING ON PARTS OF THE CITY 207 00:08:14,126 --> 00:08:15,394 THAT SEE THE HIGHEST RECORDED 208 00:08:15,394 --> 00:08:16,062 TEMPERATURES ALONG THE ROUTES 209 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:16,796 TO SCHOOL THAT SERVE 210 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:17,797 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. YOU CAN 211 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:18,998 SEE ONE OF THE MAJOR PAVING 212 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:19,999 PROGRAMS ARE HERE ON THE 213 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,033 NORTHEAST SIDE AND WE THOUGHT 214 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:22,201 THIS WAS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF 215 00:08:22,201 --> 00:08:23,469 WHAT OUR PAVING SECTION CAN DO. 216 00:08:23,469 --> 00:08:27,940 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS THAT 217 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:36,382 NICE NEW PAVEMENT. NEXT SLIDE? 218 00:08:36,382 --> 00:08:37,817 FOR CONGESTION RELIEF PROGRAMS 219 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:38,584 WE CONTINUED MAJOR CONSTRUCTION 220 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:49,061 ON MADISON AVENUE AND KEY 221 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:54,700 CONSTRUCTION ON ROUTE SEVEN AND 222 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:55,735 ROUTE 44. WE ALSO MADE 23 223 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:56,335 TRANSIT SPOT IMPROVEMENTS 224 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:57,703 ACROSS THE CITY AND IN EXAMPLE 225 00:08:57,703 --> 00:08:58,938 ONE OF OUR TERNS IS IN THE 226 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:00,006 BOTTOM PICTURE TO THE RIGHT. 227 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:01,407 THIS IS ON 15th AVENUE EAST AND 228 00:09:01,407 --> 00:09:02,275 CAPITOL HILL. ADDITIONALLY, WE 229 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:03,276 DID A COMPLETE SIX FREIGHT 230 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:04,277 PROJECTS TO HELP MOVE FREIGHT 231 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:05,278 ACROSS THE CITY AND WE 232 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:07,146 ADVERTISE THE EAST MARGINAL WAY 233 00:09:07,146 --> 00:09:08,314 PROJECT FOR THE NORTH SEGMENT 234 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:14,220 WHICH WAS ALSO VERY EXCITING. I 235 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,554 WILL NOW HANDED OVER TO MY 236 00:09:15,554 --> 00:09:16,455 COLLEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE 237 00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:16,756 FINANCES. 238 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:23,129 >> THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST 239 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,497 SLIDE IS KIND OF A HIGH-LEVEL 240 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:31,437 OVERVIEW OF THE SPENDING WE 241 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:32,405 ARE SEVEN YEARS INTO THIS LEVEL 242 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:35,074 AND WE SPENT A TOTAL OF 1.3 243 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:40,179 BILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDING 244 00:09:40,179 --> 00:09:43,115 SOURCES. WE SPENT $626 MILLION 245 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:45,918 AND THAT IS A LITTLE OVER TWO 246 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:51,757 THIRDS OF THE $930 MILLION 247 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:55,628 LEVEE. IN 2022 WE SPENT $212 248 00:09:55,628 --> 00:09:56,295 MILLION FROM THE LEVEE 249 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:57,730 PORTFOLIO WHICH IS IN LINE WITH 250 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:02,702 THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS. OF 251 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:04,103 THAT, $78 MILLION WAS PART OF 252 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:11,844 THE NEW SEATTLE LEVEE FUND. 253 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:13,279 THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SUMMARY OF 254 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:13,913 THE PLAN EXPENDITURES BY 255 00:10:13,913 --> 00:10:24,457 QUARTER IN 2022. WE DID UNDER 256 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:29,261 SPEND RELATIVE TO OUR PLAN AND 257 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:30,463 THIS WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO TWO 258 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:31,430 SEPARATE FACTORS INCLUDING THE 259 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:32,098 CONCRETE STRIKE WHICH IMPACTED 260 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:34,734 A LOT OF FACTORS RELYING ON 261 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:35,601 CONCRETE DELIVERY. THE OTHER 262 00:10:35,601 --> 00:10:36,802 WAS WORK ON THE WEST SEATTLE 263 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:39,438 HYBRID BRIDGE OPENING THAT 264 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:40,239 SHIFTED PRIORITIZATION FROM THE 265 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:42,942 CREW TO WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS 266 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:45,945 AND TOOK CAPACITY AWAY FROM THE 267 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:47,079 LEVEE PROJECT. IN THE SECOND 268 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:52,652 HALF OF THE YEAR WE ALMOST 269 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:53,786 NAILED OUR EXPENDITURE PLAN AND 270 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:57,623 CAME CLOSE IN QUARTER FOUR SO 271 00:10:57,623 --> 00:10:59,025 OVERALL WE DID HAVE A GOOD YEAR 272 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:02,828 ASIDE FROM THE IMPACT FROM THE 273 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:08,167 CONCRETE IN THE WEST SEATTLE 274 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:13,873 BRIDGE. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS A 275 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:14,807 FEW PROGRAMS WITHIN THE VARIOUS 276 00:11:14,807 --> 00:11:15,775 THREE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE 277 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:19,745 HIGHEST SPENDING AMOUNTS. 278 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:20,446 WITHIN THE STATE ROUTES 279 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:21,747 CATEGORY THIS IS THE SIDEWALK 280 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:27,353 SAFETY REPAIR AND THE SIDEWALK 281 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:28,554 SOUGHT REPAIRS. WORKING ON THE 282 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:31,857 PROMENADE PBL AND IN THE 283 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:37,263 MAINTENANCE CATEGORY WE MADE 284 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:39,865 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHICH IS 285 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:41,000 WRAPPING UP THIS YEAR AS WELL 286 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,301 AS THE STRUCTURES MAINTENANCE 287 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:51,911 AND A.M. A PAVEMENT 288 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:52,611 RESURFACING. IN CONGESTION 289 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:53,879 RELIEF THIS IS THE LARGEST 290 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:54,947 CATEGORY WHICH HOUSES A LOT OF 291 00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:55,781 THE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE 292 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:57,049 MADISON BART AND THE PROJECT 293 00:11:57,049 --> 00:12:00,486 WITH THE HIGHEST SPENDING FOR 294 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:01,721 THE YEAR ALSO PROJECT AND HAVE 295 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:05,157 A HIGH SPENDING IN 2023 AS 296 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:06,492 WELL. YOU CAN SEE OTHER 297 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:07,259 PROJECTS LIKE ROUTE 44 AND 298 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:15,101 RAPID RIDE J AS WELL. AND NOW 299 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,368 SERENA WILL TALK ABOUT OUR 300 00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:21,440 DELIVERY PLAN. 301 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,908 >> I WILL WALK THROUGH SOME 302 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:23,943 HIGHLIGHTS AND WHAT WE DO HAVE 303 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:27,613 PLAN FOR 2023. THERE ARE 304 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:28,948 ADDITIONAL SLIDES IF WE WANT TO 305 00:12:28,948 --> 00:12:31,784 GET INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT 306 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:32,618 WHICH PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERING 307 00:12:32,618 --> 00:12:34,253 OVER THE NEXT YEAR BUT WE HAVE 308 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,188 KEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WILL BE 309 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:37,156 DELIVERING WITH THE VISION ROW 310 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:37,890 SAFETY CORRIDORS INCLUDING 311 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:39,792 PROJECTS ON FIRST AVENUE SOUTH 312 00:12:39,792 --> 00:12:47,867 10 SOUTHWEST ALSTON AS WELL AS 313 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:51,036 RANIER CELL PHASE THREE. THERE 314 00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:55,474 WILL BE PROJECTS THAT DENNY 315 00:12:55,474 --> 00:13:01,247 MIDDLE SCHOOL BAILEY AND 316 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:06,652 DEERPARK ELEMENTARY. WE WILL 317 00:13:06,652 --> 00:13:07,820 ALSO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION ON 318 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:08,387 PROJECTS LIKE MADISON AND 319 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:09,021 COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION ON 320 00:13:09,021 --> 00:13:10,022 OTHERS. SO THERE WILL BE 321 00:13:10,022 --> 00:13:15,728 CONTINUED CONTINUED WORK ON 322 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:21,767 ROUTE 44 AND WE ARE GOING TO 323 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:22,535 CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION ON 324 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:23,602 SEVERAL BRIDGE SITES FOR MAKING 325 00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:24,136 THESE RETROFIT PROJECTS 326 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:25,037 INCLUDING ADMIRAL WAY AND 327 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:30,809 McGRAW STREET AS WELL AS 15th 328 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:33,946 AVENUE SOUTHWEST. AND LAST BUT 329 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:35,080 NOT LEAST WE WILL BE LAUNCHING 330 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:35,815 CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EAST 331 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:36,649 MARGINAL WAY PROJECT WHICH 332 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,284 SINCE I BROUGHT THIS UP A FEW 333 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:39,285 TIMES I THINK THE DEPARTMENT IS 334 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:40,386 VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT 335 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:45,958 PROJECT COME TO FRUITION. 336 00:13:45,958 --> 00:13:47,860 >> THIS IS A LOOK AT THE 2023 337 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:51,764 PLAN BROKEN OUT BY THE THREE 338 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:52,998 MAJOR CATEGORIES. WE PLAN TO 339 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,033 SPEND $303 MILLION AND THIS IS 340 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:59,405 ACROSS ALL FUNDING SOURCES AND 341 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:00,206 ALSO INCLUDING LOCAL FUNDS AND 342 00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:04,109 LEVERAGE OR GRANT AND 343 00:14:04,109 --> 00:14:04,977 PARTNERSHIP FUNDING. IF YOU 344 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:06,078 REMEMBER A FEW SLIDES AGO LAST 345 00:14:06,078 --> 00:14:09,481 YEAR WE SPENT 212 MILLION. SO 346 00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:11,016 THIS WAS A BIG INCREASE AND A 347 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:12,017 PUSH TOWARD THE LAST FEW YEARS 348 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:16,088 TO GET ALL OF THE PROJECTS 349 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:16,889 FINISHED. WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS 350 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:24,096 IN SAFE ROUTE LIKE PIKE AND 351 00:14:24,096 --> 00:14:25,331 PINE AND PROGRAMS THAT SPEND A 352 00:14:25,331 --> 00:14:29,335 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY 353 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:30,736 EACH YEAR. IN MAINTENANCE AND 354 00:14:30,736 --> 00:14:31,670 REPAIR THERE ARE A FEW BRIDGE 355 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:34,840 SITES LIKE REPAIR PROJECTS THAT 356 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:35,841 ARE UNDERWAY AND IN CONGESTION 357 00:14:35,841 --> 00:14:41,113 RELIEF THE LARGEST ONE IS THE 358 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:42,448 MADISON BART WHICH GOES RIGHT 359 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,115 TOWARD COMPLETION AND AS EAST 360 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:45,985 MARGINAL WAY IS WORKING TO RAMP 361 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:48,854 UP NOW. AND THAT IS WHAT WE 362 00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:50,055 HAVE. 363 00:14:50,055 --> 00:15:00,599 >> AS THEY MENTION WE HAVE A 364 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:02,801 LARGE PLANNING SPAN FOR THE 365 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:03,636 REMAINING TWO YEARS OF THE 366 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:04,770 LEVEE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY 367 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:06,438 CLOSELY WITH THE DIRECTOR AND 368 00:15:06,438 --> 00:15:07,940 THE TEAM TO LOOK AT WHERE WE 369 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:09,575 WILL BE AT THE END OF THE LEVEE 370 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:15,180 AND WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK 371 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:22,021 LIKE? WE BELIEVE BASED ON WORK 372 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:23,155 PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE ARE ON 373 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:24,556 TRACK TO DELIVERON 27 OF THE 374 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:25,557 30 PROGRAMS THAT WERE OUTLINED 375 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:26,992 IN THE 2015 LEVEE ORDINANCE BY 376 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:29,028 THE END OF 2024. IN THIS SQUARE 377 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,429 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS 378 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:31,864 THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO HITTING 379 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:33,966 COMMITMENTS FOR THE CITY. WE 380 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:35,200 HAVE DONE THAT DESPITE A GLOBAL 381 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:36,101 PANDEMIC THE WEST SEATTLE 382 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:38,103 BRIDGE CLOSURE AND A CONCRETE 383 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:39,004 STRIKE THAT IMPACTED DELIVERY 384 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:49,248 ACROSS THE CITY. WE ARE 385 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:50,549 WORKING VERY HARD TO MEET THESE 386 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:51,850 GOALS AND WE ARE VERY COMMITTED 387 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:57,423 TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR 388 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:58,057 COMMITMENTS ACCOMPLISHED. FOR 389 00:15:58,057 --> 00:15:59,458 THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE NOT 390 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:00,492 CURRENTLY CLAIMING THAT WE ARE 391 00:16:00,492 --> 00:16:01,727 ON TRACK TO MEET THE GOALS I 392 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:02,995 WOULD LIKE TO TALK THROUGH WHAT 393 00:16:02,995 --> 00:16:04,229 THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE THREE 394 00:16:04,229 --> 00:16:05,197 MAJOR CATEGORIES. ONE OF THEM 395 00:16:05,197 --> 00:16:06,231 IS BICYCLE SAFETY. THE ORIGINAL 396 00:16:06,231 --> 00:16:11,937 2015 ORDINANCE WE OUTLINED 397 00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:13,105 BUILDING 50 PROTECTED MILES OF 398 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:14,239 BIKE LANES AND 60 MILES OF 399 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:15,074 NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. WE ARE 400 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:17,409 ON TRACK TO BOOT TO TO LEAVE 98 401 00:16:17,409 --> 00:16:18,744 TO 107 WHICH WILL GET US CLOSE 402 00:16:18,744 --> 00:16:29,288 TO THAT GOAL. AND THEN OF FOR 403 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:34,893 MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS THIS IS 404 00:16:34,893 --> 00:16:36,128 A VERY LARGE PROGRAM WITH THE 405 00:16:36,128 --> 00:16:36,762 AVAILABILITY PORTFOLIO WHICH 406 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:37,429 INCLUDES 11 DISCRETE PROJECTS 407 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:38,797 AND OF THOSE WE ARE ON TRACK TO 408 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:40,065 DELIVER NINE. SO SEVEN OF THEM 409 00:16:40,065 --> 00:16:40,899 ARE TRANSIT PLUS MULTIMODAL 410 00:16:40,899 --> 00:16:41,934 PROJECTS REFERRING TO PROJECTS 411 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,001 LIKE DELL RIDGE AND THE RAPID 412 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:49,942 RIDE PROJECT FOR MADISON AND 413 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:51,276 ETC. THAT DOES ALSO INCLUDE A 414 00:16:51,276 --> 00:16:52,277 CROSSING OF NORTHEAST 45th AND 415 00:16:52,277 --> 00:16:53,178 WE PRESENTLY HAVE LAUNCHED THE 416 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,014 AURORA PLANNING STUDY. THE TWO 417 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:55,981 PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY THAT 418 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:57,249 ARE NOT ON TRACK FOR MEETING 419 00:16:57,249 --> 00:16:58,183 THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENT ARE THE 420 00:16:58,183 --> 00:16:59,184 BERKMAN TRAIL WHICH IS DELAYED 421 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:07,793 DUE TO ONGOING LITIGATION AND 422 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:08,827 THEN FOUGHT LORD BOULEVARD 423 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:09,528 SOUTHWEST WHICH IS A PROJECT 424 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:10,662 THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE 425 00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:11,497 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE AND THEN DUE 426 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:14,066 TO TRANSIT PLANNING FOR THE 427 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,000 LAKE EXTENSION WE PAUSED TO 428 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,068 ALLOW FOR THAT PLANNING PROCESS 429 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:19,872 TO PLAY OUT. WE DID HOWEVER DO 430 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:20,873 SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND WE 431 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,141 DON'T FEEL LIKE WE MET THE 432 00:17:22,141 --> 00:17:26,545 ORIGINAL INTENT AND THAT WAS 433 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,013 PAUSED. AND THEN OF FOR THE 434 00:17:28,013 --> 00:17:28,981 LAST PROGRAM THAT WE WILL NOT 435 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:35,054 BE MEETING OUR REAL 2015 436 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,188 DELIVERABLE IS THE LIGHT RAIL 437 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:36,755 CONNECTION GRANT STREET 438 00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:37,589 STATION. WE ORIGINALLY 439 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:38,357 COMMITTED FUNDING TO SUPPORT 440 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:44,263 THE INFESTATION ON THE LIGHT 441 00:17:44,263 --> 00:17:45,130 RAIL STATION GOING THROUGH 442 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:49,701 RANIER VALLEY. HOWEVER THERE 443 00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:50,836 ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 444 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:57,776 NETWORK UNTIL AFTER 2025. SO 445 00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:59,244 IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO MOVE 446 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,112 FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT WHEN 447 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,346 IT FELL OUTSIDE OF THE TIMELINE 448 00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:03,015 OF THE LEVEE. NOW I WILL HAND 449 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,383 THIS OVER TO FRANCISCO TO GIVE 450 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:05,651 US SOME MORE COMMENTS AND THEN 451 00:18:05,651 --> 00:18:13,992 WE WILL OPEN UP FOR Q AND A. 452 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:15,494 >> THANK YOU. WOULD IT BE ALL 453 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:16,295 RIGHT TO GET A QUESTION FROM 454 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:22,201 COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS FIRST? 455 00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:27,806 >> I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I 456 00:18:27,806 --> 00:18:28,407 APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL 457 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:34,379 QUESTION AND THE REASON FOR THE 458 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:36,115 PAUSE I WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE 459 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:39,418 AND I BELIEVE THAT I MAY HAVE 460 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:43,422 BEEN A PERSON WHO INITIATED THE 461 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:44,790 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WISDOM 462 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,859 OF PAUSING GIVEN THE 463 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,694 UNCERTAINTY OF SOUND TRANSIT 464 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:54,633 ROUTE AND MY CONCERN ABOUT $14 465 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:56,835 MILLION BEING SUNKEN INTO THE 466 00:18:56,835 --> 00:18:58,871 AREA THAT MIGHT THEN HAVE TO BE 467 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:06,712 TORN UP IN SHORT. I THINK WE 468 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:10,849 KNOW THAT FAUNTLEROY IS THE 469 00:19:10,849 --> 00:19:12,251 ONLY PROJECT IN THE 2015 LEVEE 470 00:19:12,251 --> 00:19:13,685 THAT WAS FULLY FUNDED BY THE 471 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:17,789 LEVEE. NOT NEEDING TO SEEK 472 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:24,263 FUNDING FROM OTHER REVENUE OR 473 00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:28,734 RESOURCES AND GRANT FUNDS IN 474 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:29,801 ORDER TO FULLY DELIVER THE 475 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:30,969 PROJECT. AND THAT WAS ALL BY 476 00:19:30,969 --> 00:19:32,070 DESIGN THAT IT BE FULLY FUNDED 477 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:35,941 BY THE LEVEE. WHEN THEY WERE 478 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:37,576 AGREED TO THIS PAUSE IN 479 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:41,346 EXCHANGE FOR IN AGREEMENT WE 480 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:45,951 DID RECEIVE COMMITMENTS TO THE 481 00:19:45,951 --> 00:19:47,853 GOALS OF THE PROJECT AND AT THE 482 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:53,592 TIME THEY SAID SOUND TRANSIT 483 00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:54,359 LIGHT RAIL DESIGN FOR WEST 484 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,963 SEATTLE'S IS NOT IMPACT 485 00:19:57,963 --> 00:19:59,398 FAUNTLEROY WAY AND WE WILL MOVE 486 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:04,937 FORWARD WITH THE FULL PROJECT. 487 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,371 AS WELL AS WORKING WITH SOUND 488 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:11,743 TRANSIT FOR STREETSCAPE 489 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:17,749 IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT IT DOES 490 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:18,417 ALIGN AND REALLOCATE REMAINING 491 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:19,885 BOULEVARD PROJECT FUNDING TO 492 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:20,452 ADJUST WITH OTHER MOBILITY 493 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:22,120 NEEDS IN WEST SEATTLE. LEVEE 494 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,322 DOLLARS WERE ALL STRIPPED FROM 495 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:25,490 THIS PROJECT DURING COVID AND 496 00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:26,725 DURING THE SUMMER REBALANCING 497 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:32,264 PROPOSAL THEY RECOMMENDED 498 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:35,968 PROJECT SUSPENSION FOR 2020 499 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:36,969 INCLUDING FAUNTLEROY AND THE 500 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:41,773 SOUTH PARK DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 501 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:42,708 THIS RESULTED IN REDUCING 502 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:46,812 FUNDING FOR $9 MILLION AND 503 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:47,713 RESTORING FUNDING FOR THE 504 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:48,580 GOVERNMENT TRAIL AND THE SOUTH 505 00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:54,386 PARK DRAINAGE PROJECT. I WOULD 506 00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:55,654 LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS 507 00:20:55,654 --> 00:21:02,194 THAT WE CAN GO ABOUT RESTORING 508 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:05,430 NOT ONLY THE POLICY BASE WISH 509 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:06,498 LIST AND COMMITMENT TO THE 510 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:12,270 PROJECT BUT ALSO THE FUNDING TO 511 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:15,574 THE PROJECT. AGAIN, I DON'T 512 00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:16,875 THINK IT CAN BE OVER EMPHASIZED 513 00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:18,210 THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT'S 514 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,747 OF THE VOTERS WHO WORKED TO 515 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,115 ALLOCATE 13 MILLION TO THIS 516 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:28,553 PROJECT IN ORDER TO FULLY FUND 517 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:31,590 IT. THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HOW 518 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:32,758 HIGH OF A PRIORITY THIS WAS AND 519 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:39,064 I BELIEVE IT IS STILL A HIGH 520 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:40,866 PRIORITY. 521 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:42,367 >> WE ALSO DO BELIEVE THIS IS 522 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:43,268 IN IMPORTANT PROJECT. WE 523 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:45,937 UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE 524 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:46,838 THOUGHTFUL WAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE 525 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:52,010 ALLOWED US TO PIVOT ON THAT 526 00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:53,045 PROJECT. IT IS SO IMPORTANT 527 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,012 THAT DIRECT RESPONSE HAS BEEN 528 00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:59,151 OUT AND IN THE COMMUNITY. 529 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,018 WALKING THROUGH THE SPACE TO 530 00:22:00,018 --> 00:22:00,952 HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 531 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:01,920 THEIR PRIORITIES AND WHAT THE 532 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,056 CURRENT NEEDS ARE. IT IS 533 00:22:04,056 --> 00:22:05,390 SOMETHING THAT WE DO KEEP ON 534 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:06,491 THE RADAR AS A COMMITMENT THAT 535 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:07,993 WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET AND WE 536 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:13,565 WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO DO 537 00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:15,233 SO BUT AT THIS POINT IT IS TOO 538 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:16,968 EARLY TO SEE WERE ALL OF THOSE 539 00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:17,736 PIECES WILL COME FROM. 540 00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:18,870 ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN 541 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:20,372 THE MIDST OF A BROADER LOOK AND 542 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:25,877 A COMPREHENSIVE FUNDING 543 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:27,379 PACKAGE. WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR 544 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:28,046 RADAR AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS 545 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:30,515 TO BE SOLVED FOR AS WE DO MOVE 546 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:31,917 FORWARD LOOKING INTO THE NEXT 547 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:32,784 YEAR OR UPCOMING YEAR OF 548 00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:38,290 CAPITAL INVESTMENT. WE REALLY 549 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,092 DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE BEING 550 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:41,493 FLEXIBLE AS ALL OF US ARE 551 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:42,327 DEALING WITH THE CHANGING 552 00:22:42,327 --> 00:22:45,831 CIRCUMSTANCES AND INVESTMENT. 553 00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:47,299 AS WELL AS THE SOUND REASONING 554 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:48,200 ON NOT BUILDING SOMETHING AND 555 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,068 THEN TEARING IT BACK OUT. WE 556 00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:51,303 RECOGNIZE THERE IS STILL A LOT 557 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:52,738 OF VALUE TO THE PROJECT AND WE 558 00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:54,573 WOULD LIKE TO FIND THE 559 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:55,440 COMMUNITY TO WORK THROUGH 560 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,444 CURRENT NEED AND SCOPE WITH ANY 561 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:00,712 TWEAKS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD TO 562 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:04,483 THE NEW TRANSPORTATION FUNDING 563 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:07,652 PACKAGE. SO THANK YOU FOR 564 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:12,958 KEEPING THAT ELEVATED. 565 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:19,898 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. WE 566 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:21,166 WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU ON 567 00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,134 THAT PROJECT DURING THE BUDGET 568 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:28,006 PROCESS AND WHEREVER THERE ARE 569 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,841 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. LET'S 570 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:31,276 START OFF WITH SAYING THANK YOU 571 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:33,378 HERE. THIS IS WITH 18 MONTHS 572 00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:37,449 LEFT AND A NINE-YEAR 573 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:38,517 TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE WE ARE 574 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:44,322 THINKING THE TEAM AND ENGINEERS 575 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:46,158 AND ALL THE STAFF AND WORKERS 576 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,292 OUT IN THE FIELD WHO ARE 577 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:50,128 CONSTRUCTING THESE PROJECTS. 578 00:23:50,128 --> 00:23:51,229 THOSE WHO ARE PAYING PROPERTY 579 00:23:51,229 --> 00:23:53,932 TAXES ALSO TO FUND THIS MEASURE 580 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:56,735 AND OF COURSE THE OVERSIGHT 581 00:23:56,735 --> 00:24:02,307 COMMITTEE THAT MEET EVERY MONTH 582 00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:03,909 THERE IS A MEETING TONIGHT SO 583 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:05,177 IT IS AND HONOR TO SERVE ON 584 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:14,653 THAT COMMITTEE WITH THEM. IF 585 00:24:14,653 --> 00:24:15,754 WE COULD PULL UP THE SLIDES 586 00:24:15,754 --> 00:24:17,055 ONCE AGAIN IF YOU DON'T MIND? 587 00:24:17,055 --> 00:24:21,326 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO BACK TO 588 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:29,067 SLIDE NUMBER 15. THAT WAS THE 589 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:32,671 2023 SPEND PLAN. JUST TO 590 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:39,211 CONFIRM THAT IS ALL FUNDS NOT 591 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:40,879 JUST WHAT WE CAN SEE HERE IN 592 00:24:40,879 --> 00:24:45,283 THE BAR CHART THE LEVEE FUNDS 593 00:24:45,283 --> 00:24:46,585 THAT ARE IN GREEN AND WEST OF 594 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:49,688 THIS IS IN BLUE AND THEN YOU 595 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:52,090 HAVE A COMBINED FUNDING HERE. 596 00:24:52,090 --> 00:24:58,196 WHEN YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT 597 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:02,167 SIDE WITH 7.4 MILLION IS THAT 598 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:06,605 FROM ALL SOURCES OR IS THAT 599 00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:07,706 JUST FROM THE LEVEE? ARE WE 600 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:14,079 ABLE TO DISCERN THAT? 601 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:15,313 >> THAT IS FROM ALL SOURCES. 602 00:25:15,313 --> 00:25:16,448 THE ONLY SEPARATION IS REALLY 603 00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:18,250 IN THE BAR CHART. 604 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,384 >> THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU 605 00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:22,721 FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION. ON 606 00:25:22,721 --> 00:25:27,559 SLIDE 17 ABOUT THE VARIOUS 607 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:28,360 ACCOMPLISHMENTS I WANTED TO 608 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,261 THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND 609 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:32,864 ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT HAS NOT BEEN 610 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:33,798 MET AND THEN ALSO 611 00:25:33,798 --> 00:25:34,566 DIFFERENTIATING THAT THERE WAS 612 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:45,110 A 2018 RESET BUT I DO WANT TO 613 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:46,378 QUESTION THE BRIDGE SEISMIC 614 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:50,448 IMPROVEMENTS AND ITEM 12 HERE 615 00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:51,716 AS I UNDERSTOOD THIS I KNOW THE 616 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:56,488 GOALPOSTS HAVE MOVED A BIT 617 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:57,656 AROUND THE AREA AND FOR THE 618 00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:58,723 VIEWING PUBLIC TO DIFFERENTIATE 619 00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:04,863 BETWEEN WHAT IT IS THEY THOUGHT 620 00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:05,697 THEY WERE APPROVING IN 2015 AND 621 00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:07,332 WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY 622 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:09,768 TRYING TO HONOR WITH 623 00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:10,902 IMPLEMENTATION. I THINK AT ONE 624 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:13,004 TIME THERE WERE 16 BRIDGES THAT 625 00:26:13,004 --> 00:26:18,510 WERE TARGETED FOR SEISMIC 626 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:24,215 IMPROVEMENTS. THERE WAS A 627 00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:25,350 LETTER TOWARD THE END OF 2021 628 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:26,585 WHERE THEY HAD DONE SOME COST 629 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:27,786 UPDATES AND THERE WERE A FEW 630 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:28,653 PACKAGES THAT THEY DEEMED TOO 631 00:26:28,653 --> 00:26:29,721 EXPENSIVE SO THE LIST DROPPED 632 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:35,827 FROM 16 WITH TWO THAT WERE 633 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:43,034 ALREADY FINISHED. SO THEN IT 634 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:44,603 DROPPED DOWN TO 11 OR NINE AND 635 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:45,370 I THINK WHAT CAUGHT THE 636 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:45,971 ATTENTION OF SEVERAL 637 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:46,671 COUNCILMEMBERS WAS THE DROPPING 638 00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:48,173 OFF OF THE FREMONT AND BALLARD 639 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:51,142 BRIDGES BECAUSE THE PRICE TAG 640 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:52,444 SEEMS LIKE IT IS STILL DOABLE 641 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,612 AND OF COURSE WE PROVIDED $100 642 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,412 MILLION IN BONDING AUTHORITY 643 00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:56,481 FOR THOSE BRIDGES. SO, HOW IS 644 00:26:56,481 --> 00:27:01,086 IT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SAY 645 00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:02,287 THAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THE 646 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:03,188 BRIDGE SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS 647 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:06,958 BECAUSE I AM NOT SEEING THAT. I 648 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:08,393 THINK THERE IS SOME NUANCE HERE 649 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:12,631 THAT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE WITH 650 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:12,831 US? 651 00:27:12,831 --> 00:27:14,032 >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT 652 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:15,266 QUESTION AS IT IS A VERY 653 00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:19,004 IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION. SO 654 00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:19,838 CHRONOLOGICALLY THIS IS THE 655 00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:24,209 EASIEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. 656 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:25,744 IN THE 2015 ORDINANCE IT DID 657 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:33,618 MAKE A COMMITMENT TO 16 BRIDGE 658 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:34,285 SEISMIC REINFORCEMENT PROJECTS. 659 00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:40,258 YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT 660 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:45,296 IN 2020 THE ORDINANCE DID NOT 661 00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:46,231 SPECIFY A SPECIFIC LOCATION. 662 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:47,399 BUT OVER TIME TO THE REGULAR 663 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:48,099 AND ANNUAL REPORTING BE 664 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:49,701 DEVELOPED A LIST OF INTENDED 665 00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:51,102 BRIDGES. AND THAT WAS IN THE 666 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:53,204 ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE LLC. IN 667 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:57,542 THE FALL OF 2020 THERE WAS A 668 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,844 REPORT TAKEN TO THE LLC THAT 669 00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:04,883 DID OUTLINE THE INCREASING 670 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:06,284 COSTS AND THE ARGO THERE WERE 671 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:08,920 OVER $100 MILLION EACH. AND WE 672 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:14,626 WERE FACING SOME SERIOUS 673 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:17,062 CHALLENGES. AT THE TIME THE 674 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,129 LLC ENDORSED A RETREAT FROM THE 675 00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:23,334 TOTAL NUMBER OF BRIDGES AND FOR 676 00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:24,803 A YEAR OR SO WE DID WORK UNDER 677 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:25,603 THE EXPECTATION THAT THAT IS 678 00:28:25,603 --> 00:28:29,074 WHERE WE WOULD END THE LEVEE. 679 00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:30,108 AS WE HAVE REFLECTED UPON 680 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:31,109 REALLY WANTING TO MEET OUR 681 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:38,817 COMMITMENT TO VOTERS, WE HAVE 682 00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:39,784 BEEN DIGGING DEEP TO UNDERSTAND 683 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:40,618 WHERE WE COULD MAKE MEANINGFUL 684 00:28:40,618 --> 00:28:41,553 IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR BRIDGE 685 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:42,520 ASSET INVENTORY. WE HAVE MANY 686 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:48,526 BRIDGES THAT NEED MANY FIXES. 687 00:28:48,526 --> 00:28:59,070 AND WE HAVE EVEN THOSE SMALL 688 00:29:00,004 --> 00:29:01,005 BRIDGES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR 689 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:01,973 SAFE CROSSING THAT GO OVER 690 00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:02,707 MAJOR ARTERIALS. AND FAILURE OF 691 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:03,708 WHICH WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL 692 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:04,642 POTENTIALLY EVEN TRAGIC FOR 693 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:05,610 THOSE ON TOP OR UNDER SHOULD 694 00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:11,950 THEY FAIL. SO THERE ARE QUITE 695 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,551 A FEW BRIDGES WE HAVE TO DEAL 696 00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:14,786 WITH. SO WE DID PIVOT OVER THE 697 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:16,254 LAST YEAR. AND LOOKING AT WHERE 698 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,255 WE ARE WITH THE INVENTORY AND 699 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:18,423 THE NEED, WE CONSIDERED EQUITY 700 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:19,390 DISTRIBUTION AS WELL AS THE 701 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:20,692 STATE OF BRIDGE AND FOUND THAT 702 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:25,630 IF WE SURGED RESOURCES WE CAN 703 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:26,698 FIND FUNDING AND CAPACITY TO 704 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:30,735 MOVE FORWARD ON SEISMIC 705 00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:32,003 REINFORCEMENT FOR A NUMBER OF 706 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:33,471 SMALLER BRIDGES THAT WE COULD 707 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:35,406 ACTUALLY FUND AND GET INTO 708 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:39,711 COMPLETION AND CONSTRUCTION FOR 709 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:40,879 NEXT YEAR. INSTEAD OF STAYING 710 00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:41,779 RETREATED FROM THE TOTAL NUMBER 711 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:45,817 WHICH I THINK WAS 11 WE DECIDED 712 00:29:45,817 --> 00:29:51,556 WE NEEDED THIS WORK DONE 713 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:53,124 REGARDLESS. AND WHILE WE 714 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:54,159 CANNOT AFFORD THE LARGER 715 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:55,360 BRIDGES ON THIS LIST WE COULD 716 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:55,894 AFFORD OTHER NECESSARY 717 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:56,961 IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE ARE AT THIS 718 00:29:56,961 --> 00:30:01,533 TIME COMMITTING TO 16 AGAIN 719 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:02,634 WITH A DIFFERENT SUBSET. THERE 720 00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:06,404 REMAINS A NEED AND WE 721 00:30:06,404 --> 00:30:07,305 CONSISTENTLY LOOK FOR WAYS THAT 722 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:10,308 WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE 723 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,643 THEM. WE DID FUND CONTINUED 724 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:21,119 DESIGN WORK ON THOSE AND IT IS 725 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:22,353 NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY 726 00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:23,421 DO BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE INTO 727 00:30:23,421 --> 00:30:24,522 CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS DESIGN 728 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:25,757 IS FINISHED. BUT KNOWING THE 729 00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:26,491 NEED WE DID CONTINUE WITH 730 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:27,826 DESIGN SO THAT WE COULD BE 731 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:36,801 READY TO DO THAT WORK. IT IS A 732 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:38,169 COMPLEX STORY BUT IT HAS BEEN 733 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:39,437 MOVING AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING 734 00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:40,038 TO PROBLEM SOLVE. BUT 735 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,072 CONTINUALLY KEEPING OUR EYE ON 736 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:41,773 INVESTING IN THE BRIDGE 737 00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:43,107 INVENTORY AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 738 00:30:43,107 --> 00:30:44,042 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 739 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:44,976 EXPLANATION. THE LAST COMMENT 740 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:49,881 THAT I HAVE YOU'VE BEEN 741 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:55,753 PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 742 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:56,654 TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE. WE 743 00:30:56,654 --> 00:31:01,960 KNOW THAT THIS SEATTLE 744 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,628 TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A 745 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:04,829 DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE A 746 00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:06,664 FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF 747 00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:07,599 ASSESSMENT FOR NEEDS AND 748 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:10,868 GETTING INPUT FROM THE 749 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:11,903 COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEY WOULD 750 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:16,307 LIKE TO SEE OVER THE NEXT 751 00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:17,609 DECADE. WE ARE TALKING A LOT 752 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:20,311 ABOUT CONTENT AND WHAT MAY GO 753 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:21,846 IN THERE. I AM GLAD THAT YOU 754 00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:24,782 ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF IN 755 00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:25,717 REACH WITH FOCUS GROUPS BUT 756 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:28,987 ALSO GETTING STATISTICALLY 757 00:31:28,987 --> 00:31:29,754 VALID INFORMATION RECENT 758 00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:36,394 STUDIES SHOW 66 PERCENT OF THE 759 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:37,462 TOP ISSUE FOR PEOPLE ARE 760 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:38,363 ACTUALLY ROAD CONDITIONS AND 761 00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:41,399 THAT AFFECTS BIKES AND BUSES 762 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,134 AND THAT MAY BE WHY IT WAS ON 763 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:44,469 THE TOP BECAUSE IT IS A MOW 764 00:31:44,469 --> 00:31:51,743 TIME MOLDABLE LEVEL WITH 765 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:52,977 TRANSIT WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE 766 00:31:52,977 --> 00:31:54,212 A CLOSE SECOND AND THEN BRIDGES 767 00:31:54,212 --> 00:31:57,782 CAME IN AS THIRD. SO EVEN 768 00:31:57,782 --> 00:31:59,050 THOUGH WE HAVE SOME THINGS HERE 769 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:00,485 THAT ARE CHECKED OFF AS BEING 770 00:32:00,485 --> 00:32:05,723 COMPLETED VIA THE LEVEE IN 2015 771 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:06,691 THERE IS STILL CONDITIONS OUT 772 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:12,430 HERE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEM 773 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:14,098 THEY MAY NOT SEE THAT YOU MET 774 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:14,666 THE MINIMUM COMMITMENT AS 775 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,034 ARTICULATED IN 2015. BUT MAYBE 776 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:22,340 MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE 777 00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:23,675 FUTURE. AND THAT IS WHERE WHAT 778 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:25,009 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WITH 779 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:30,748 THE FUNDING SOURCES AND HOW 780 00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:32,083 THE CITY RECENTLY DOUBLED A 781 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:32,984 PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX 782 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:34,118 TOWARD THE PARKS AND IS 783 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:39,424 PLANNING TO DO TRIPLE FOR 784 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:40,358 HOUSING. WE HAVE THE CRISIS 785 00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:44,796 CARE CENTER WHICH IS A 786 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:45,730 BRAND-NEW ACCOUNT WITH VETERANS 787 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:46,497 AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AS 788 00:32:46,497 --> 00:32:50,969 WELL AS OTHER PROPERTY TAXES. 789 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,303 WE ARE HEARING THIS I'VE HEARD 790 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:55,707 IT ALL THE WAY BACK SINCE 2019 791 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,041 AND NOW WE ARE SEEING RATES 792 00:32:57,041 --> 00:32:58,609 THAT ARE GOING UP WITH 793 00:32:58,609 --> 00:33:03,314 DIFFERENT GOOD CAUSES THAT WE 794 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:04,482 ARE PUTTING A REQUIRED PROPERTY 795 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:07,685 TAX TO PAY FOR CONSISTENTLY. SO 796 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:13,424 THAT IS MY SEGUE INTO 797 00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:16,861 ENCOURAGING AND INSPECTION OF 798 00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:17,695 VARIETY SOURCES THAT COULD 799 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:18,830 INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION AND 800 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,131 IMPACT FEES. WE ARE TRYING TO 801 00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:21,466 LAY GROUNDWORK TO DO ALL OF 802 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:22,467 THIS. AND SEEING HOW THE 803 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:27,271 HOUSING LEVEE WAS PREPARED AND 804 00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:28,239 HOW MUCH PREPARATION WENT INTO 805 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:34,512 THAT ONE YEAR BEFORE THIS IS 806 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:35,713 THE TIME WHEN YOU NEED 807 00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:36,647 AUTHORIZATION I BELIEVE FOR 808 00:33:36,647 --> 00:33:41,352 THAT FUNDING SOURCE THAT WAY IN 809 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:42,387 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHEN YOU 810 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:47,158 PUT TOGETHER YOUR FINAL PACKAGE 811 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:48,192 FOR INTRODUCTION INTO CITY 812 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:48,826 COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION YOU 813 00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:51,295 DO HAVE A DIVERSITY OF FUNDING 814 00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:57,101 SOURCES AVAILABLE. I KNOW YOU 815 00:33:57,101 --> 00:34:00,071 CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE 816 00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,272 ALREADY ON THE FUNDING SOURCES 817 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:03,841 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO 818 00:34:03,841 --> 00:34:07,378 ENCOURAGE YOU TO START READING 819 00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:08,646 INTO AS WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR 820 00:34:08,646 --> 00:34:12,050 TRANSPORTATION VENUES HERE ON 821 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,151 THIS COMMITTEE. SO WE REALLY 822 00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:17,822 WANT TO SEE THAT FUNDING SOURCE 823 00:34:17,822 --> 00:34:20,591 LIFTED UP AS AND OPTION. AGAIN 824 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:21,692 THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE THERE 825 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:24,095 IS 70 OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE 826 00:34:24,095 --> 00:34:27,899 THIS WITH THE LOW INCOME 827 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:32,870 HOUSING AND NONPROFIT 828 00:34:32,870 --> 00:34:35,873 BUILDINGS. AND I GUESS THAT'S 829 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:37,041 NOT A QUESTION IT'S JUST A 830 00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:40,845 LITTLE BIT OF A SPEECH. DO WE 831 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:41,879 HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR 832 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:47,218 QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE 833 00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:48,986 MEMBERS? 834 00:34:48,986 --> 00:34:52,123 >> SORRY I WAS RAISING MY 835 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:56,427 VIRTUAL HAND. JUST TO ADD ON TO 836 00:34:56,427 --> 00:35:00,465 IT COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON HAS 837 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:01,299 SAID AROUND THE TRANSPORTATION 838 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:04,268 AND IMPACT FEES WE'VE HEARD 839 00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:06,637 FROM SOME COMMUNITY 840 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:07,238 STAKEHOLDERS AGAINST THE 841 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,540 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT THEY 842 00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:14,879 REALLY WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL 843 00:35:14,879 --> 00:35:17,482 THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE 844 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:18,483 TRANSPORTATION LEVEE IS HERE TO 845 00:35:18,483 --> 00:35:24,589 TALK ABOUT THOSE IMPACT FEES. 846 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,224 THE MESSAGE THAT I HAVE BEEN 847 00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:27,158 TRYING TO PUSH OUT THERE IS 848 00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:30,728 YES, WE CAN WAIT AND WE SHOULD 849 00:35:30,728 --> 00:35:31,996 WAIT TO TALK ABOUT THE 850 00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:37,335 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM 851 00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:38,703 ITSELF BUT WE CAN'T EVEN DO 852 00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:40,505 THAT AND SO WE TAKE THIS FIRST 853 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:41,172 PROCEDURAL STEP OF UPDATING THE 854 00:35:41,172 --> 00:35:47,311 COMP PLAN. SO WE CAN AND SHOULD 855 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:48,446 WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT 856 00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:49,280 CONVERSATION AROUND THE 857 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:50,381 TRANSPORTATION LEVEE WHEN IT 858 00:35:50,381 --> 00:35:51,949 COMES TO ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT 859 00:35:51,949 --> 00:35:55,786 THE SIZE OF THE FEE AND 860 00:35:55,786 --> 00:36:01,926 ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM THEREIN. 861 00:36:01,926 --> 00:36:03,461 AND REALLY JUST HAVING THAT 862 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:04,095 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 863 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:07,064 TRADE-OFF AROUND ESTABLISHING 864 00:36:07,064 --> 00:36:08,166 THIS PROGRAM. BUT AGAIN, WHAT 865 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,467 WE ARE SEEKING TO DO RIGHT NOW 866 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:10,768 IS MERELY A PROCEDURAL STEP 867 00:36:10,768 --> 00:36:14,906 THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE 868 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:15,773 LEADER CONVERSATIONS. THE OTHER 869 00:36:15,773 --> 00:36:16,974 QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK 870 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:19,577 WAS BACK IN THE TIME BEFORE 871 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:27,585 COVID, I WAS WORKING TO DEVELOP 872 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:30,755 DISTRICTS SPECIFIC LEVEE 873 00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:34,725 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAD WORKED 874 00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:44,101 TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE REPORT 875 00:36:44,101 --> 00:36:45,570 FOR DISTRICT 1 AND THE IDEA WAS 876 00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:46,571 THAT IT WOULD BE REPLICATED FOR 877 00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:47,638 OTHER DISTRICTS AND BE INCLUDED 878 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:53,544 IN THE FUTURE ANNUAL LEVEE 879 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,112 REPORTS. THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC 880 00:36:55,112 --> 00:36:56,981 REPORT ITSELF WOULD COVER A 881 00:36:56,981 --> 00:37:03,187 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS BY 882 00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:04,522 PROJECT TYPE IT SAYS WHAT YEAR 883 00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:15,099 IT WAS COMPLETED AND AS FAR AS 884 00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:17,468 PROJECT TYPES GO IT IS BROKEN 885 00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:18,669 UP BY THE SAFETY CORRIDOR AND 886 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:20,104 SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AS WELL 887 00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:20,972 AS BICYCLE SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD 888 00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:21,639 STREET FUNDS AND STAIRWAY 889 00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:22,206 MAINTENANCE. MULTIMODAL 890 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:22,873 IMPROVEMENTS AND SIDEWALKS AND 891 00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:27,612 REALLY I WAS JUST EXCITED ABOUT 892 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,180 BEING ABLE TO USE THIS TO SHARE 893 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:32,683 WITH MY CONSTITUENTS. SHOWING 894 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:33,751 TRULY HOW MUCH AMAZING WORK WAS 895 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:37,822 BEING DONE WITH THIS LEVEE AND 896 00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:39,357 I'M WONDERING, ARE WE STILL 897 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:46,197 USING THAT FORMAT TO REPORT OUT 898 00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:47,198 LEVEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? AGAIN I 899 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,499 DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS 900 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:52,637 SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE DOING 901 00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:56,407 AS A BEGINNER'S LAUNCH IN LATE 902 00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:57,942 OF 2019 WITH THE GOAL OF THESE 903 00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:05,149 KINDS OF REPORTS BEING IN THE 904 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:08,352 ANNUAL REPORT. I JUST DO NOT 905 00:38:08,352 --> 00:38:09,754 RECALL SEEING THE USE OF THIS 906 00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:10,554 KIND OF REPORTING OUT SINCE 907 00:38:10,554 --> 00:38:11,656 THAT TIME AND I'M JUST 908 00:38:11,656 --> 00:38:16,293 WONDERING WHERE THAT IS AT. 909 00:38:16,293 --> 00:38:17,328 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE 910 00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:18,663 THAT RECENTLY. IT IS SOMETHING 911 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:19,597 THAT WE COULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK 912 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:21,265 AT. IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS SO 913 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:23,401 YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT WILL 914 00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:28,105 PACKAGE THE INFORMATION IN THAT 915 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:29,774 WAY WITH. I THINK THERE IS SOME 916 00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:30,775 VALUE AND WE COULD DEFINITELY 917 00:38:30,775 --> 00:38:37,882 TAKE A LOOK. AND TO THE POINT 918 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:38,883 OF THE LONG-TERM FUNDING 919 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,017 PACKAGE WE OF COURSE ARE VERY 920 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:45,623 INTERESTED IN HAVING A ROBUST 921 00:38:45,623 --> 00:38:46,757 FUNDING PACKAGE. WE ARE EAGER 922 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:47,958 TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN 923 00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:49,160 CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE AND 924 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:49,894 CREATE FURTHER REVENUE STREAMS 925 00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:50,828 TO DEVELOP IMPORTANT PROJECTS 926 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:51,862 FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY 927 00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:56,934 THAT CAN KEEP US MOVING. WE'VE 928 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:57,835 REALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER ONE 929 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:08,379 THING WE DON'T OFTEN CELEBRATE 930 00:39:10,147 --> 00:39:11,882 ENOUGH IS THE WAY THE LEVEE 931 00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:13,117 HAS ENABLED US TO COMPETE FOR 932 00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:13,884 STATE, FEDERAL AND PARTNER 933 00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:15,152 FUNDS. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A 934 00:39:15,152 --> 00:39:16,253 POINT WHERE WE HAVE THE $930 935 00:39:16,253 --> 00:39:17,388 MILLION OF THE LEVEE THAT IS 936 00:39:17,388 --> 00:39:18,622 ALMOST A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH. SO I 937 00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:24,362 THINK JUST AND IMPORTANT NOTE 938 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,330 IS WE THINK ABOUT THE 939 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:27,331 DIVERSITY OF FUNDING SOURCES 940 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:28,632 AND KEEPING ALL OF THE OPTIONS 941 00:39:28,632 --> 00:39:29,900 ON THE TABLE WE SHOULD REMEMBER 942 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:31,535 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE 943 00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:32,169 ACTUALLY DONE INCREDIBLY WELL 944 00:39:32,169 --> 00:39:33,304 ON TO BRING SUPPORT FROM OTHER 945 00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:34,405 PLACES. TO LEVERAGE AND DELIVER 946 00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:35,406 FOR THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE. SO 947 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:36,574 I APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WILL 948 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:38,642 TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 949 00:39:38,642 --> 00:39:40,244 >> I JUST SENT YOU A COPY FROM 950 00:39:40,244 --> 00:39:40,711 PAST YEARS. 951 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:48,819 >> THANK YOU. 952 00:39:48,819 --> 00:39:50,387 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER 953 00:39:50,387 --> 00:39:51,422 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 954 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:56,894 PROGRESS REPORT WITH THE MOVE 955 00:39:56,894 --> 00:40:00,030 SEATTLE LEVEE? OKAY. THANK YOU 956 00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:01,632 TO THIS TEAM AND WE WILL GO 957 00:40:01,632 --> 00:40:03,000 AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM 958 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:13,511 ON THE AGENDA. CAN THE CLERK 959 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,520 PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE THE 960 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,521 SECOND AGENDA ITEM INTO THE 961 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:23,754 RECORD? 962 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:24,422 >> COUNTABLE 120585 ORDINANCE 963 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,256 GRANTING THE DEPARTMENT OF 964 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:25,923 NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS 965 00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:26,557 WITH WASTEWATER DIVISION 966 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:27,224 PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 967 00:40:27,224 --> 00:40:27,858 MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A 968 00:40:27,858 --> 00:40:33,497 TRANSFORMER AND RETAIN 64th 969 00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:36,467 AVENUE SOUTHWEST. 970 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:37,601 >> THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED 971 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:38,736 EARLIER THE COMMITTEE RECENTLY 972 00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:39,870 SAW THIS ITEM IN FEBRUARY. WE 973 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:40,704 UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED CONDITIONAL 974 00:40:40,704 --> 00:40:41,505 APPROVAL TO KING COUNTY FOR THE 975 00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:42,339 TEMPERAMENT THE A RESOLUTION 976 00:40:42,339 --> 00:40:43,774 3209 AND THEY ARE NOW BACK TO 977 00:40:43,774 --> 00:40:45,042 CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE MET OR 978 00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:52,316 WILL BE MEETING THE CONDITION 979 00:40:52,316 --> 00:40:53,517 OUTLINED SO THAT WE MAY NOW 980 00:40:53,517 --> 00:40:54,652 APPROVE THE RELATED COUNSEL 981 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:55,886 BILL. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO 982 00:40:55,886 --> 00:40:56,854 PRESENTERS I WOULD LIKE TO 983 00:40:56,854 --> 00:40:57,955 THINK THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF 984 00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:58,889 FOR REVIEW AND MEMOS REGARDING 985 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:00,090 ALL OF THESE ITEMS. ARE THERE 986 00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:05,329 ANY OPENING COMMENTS? 987 00:41:05,329 --> 00:41:06,330 >> I THINK YOU COVERED 988 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:07,665 EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY. 989 00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:10,601 THANK YOU. 990 00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:12,002 >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS 991 00:41:12,002 --> 00:41:22,279 OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS. 992 00:41:22,279 --> 00:41:23,380 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL 993 00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:24,615 MEMBERS. THIS IS AMY GRAY AND I 994 00:41:24,615 --> 00:41:25,983 WORK AT S-TYPE. I HAVE ZACH 995 00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:26,851 FROM KING COUNTY AND SPENDING 996 00:41:26,851 --> 00:41:28,052 HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY 997 00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:29,019 QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 998 00:41:29,019 --> 00:41:29,453 OVERALL PROJECT. 999 00:41:29,453 --> 00:41:30,855 >> AMY CAN YOU SPEAK UP A 1000 00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:31,922 LITTLE OR MAYBE TURN UP YOUR 1001 00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:34,758 VOLUME? THANK YOU. 1002 00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:36,360 >> I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF 1003 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,394 AUDIO ISSUES. IS THIS ANY 1004 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:37,628 BETTER? 1005 00:41:37,628 --> 00:41:38,863 >> IF YOU COULD JUST PICK UP 1006 00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:39,230 SOME MORE? 1007 00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:43,167 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE 1008 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,201 TODAY. IT HAS BEEN A 1009 00:41:44,201 --> 00:41:44,768 CHALLENGING TECHNOLOGICAL 1010 00:41:44,768 --> 00:41:47,137 MORNING FOR ME. LIKE THE 1011 00:41:47,137 --> 00:41:49,073 COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON SAID WE 1012 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:54,278 ARE HERE REGARDING TRANSFORMER 1013 00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:55,012 ORNAMENTS. KING COUNTY IS 1014 00:41:55,012 --> 00:41:59,049 SEEKING A FINAL APPROVAL FOR 1015 00:41:59,049 --> 00:42:00,150 THE TRANSFORMER AT 16 AVENUE 1016 00:42:00,150 --> 00:42:07,024 SOUTHWEST IS INTERSECTS WITH 1017 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,259 SOUTHWEST SPOKANE STREET. IT IS 1018 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:13,931 NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE 1019 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:14,698 PERMANENT STANDBY GENERATOR AND 1020 00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:15,833 THE 63rd AVENUE PUMP STATION. 1021 00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:19,303 KING COUNTY IS CONNECTING A 1022 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:20,271 LARGER PROJECT TO PROVIDE A 1023 00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:25,376 PERMANENT BACKUP GENERATOR 1024 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:26,644 POWER TO THIS WEATHER TREATMENT 1025 00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:27,444 FACILITY AND THE PUMP STATION. 1026 00:42:27,444 --> 00:42:27,978 THESE TRANSFORMERS ARE 1027 00:42:27,978 --> 00:42:28,846 NECESSARY TO ALLOW THIS TO 1028 00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:30,447 HAPPEN AND TO PREVENT UNTREATED 1029 00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:40,925 WASTEWATER TO GO THROUGH. 1030 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:51,635 THERE ARE STRUCTURES THAT 1031 00:42:51,635 --> 00:42:52,636 IMPEDE THE CITY AND THE 1032 00:42:52,636 --> 00:42:53,671 FLEXIBILITY WITH THE USE OF THE 1033 00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:54,705 RIGHT AWAY AND ARE NECESSARY 1034 00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:55,839 FOR THE FUNCTION OF THE CITY. 1035 00:42:55,839 --> 00:43:00,244 IN THE PROJECT MEETS ALL THREE 1036 00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:01,145 CRITERIA. THEY ARE APPROVED 1037 00:43:01,145 --> 00:43:02,212 INTO SEPARATE STEPS REACHING 1038 00:43:02,212 --> 00:43:03,180 STEP ONE IN FEBRUARY WHEN THEY 1039 00:43:03,180 --> 00:43:03,914 PROVIDE A CONSENSUAL APPROVAL 1040 00:43:03,914 --> 00:43:10,087 VIA RESOLUTION 32079 AND WE ARE 1041 00:43:10,087 --> 00:43:11,555 HERE FOR STEP NUMBER TWO THE 1042 00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:12,389 PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH 1043 00:43:12,389 --> 00:43:13,424 WILL GRANT PERMISSION TO USE 1044 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:14,258 AND OCCUPY FOR THE LONG-TERM 1045 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:15,426 RIGHT OF WAY AND DETAILS ALL 1046 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:16,560 THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF 1047 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:17,695 KING COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT AND 1048 00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:23,601 OPERATE THE TRANSFORMER AND THE 1049 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:25,803 RETAINING WALL. KING COUNTY IS 1050 00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:28,472 PROPOSING TO DO THIS AS I 1051 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:30,107 MENTIONED TO HELP SUPPORT THE 1052 00:43:30,107 --> 00:43:37,948 HIGH-CAPACITY STANDBY GENERATOR 1053 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:39,683 AND IT IS NEEDED TO REGULATE 1054 00:43:39,683 --> 00:43:40,884 THIS VOLTAGE AND THERE WILL BE 1055 00:43:40,884 --> 00:43:42,553 A TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THE 1056 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:43,621 WET WEATHER TREATMENT FACILITY 1057 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:46,590 TO THE WEST. IT IS ADJACENT TO 1058 00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:57,067 THE PUMP STATION THAT IS 1059 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:00,437 CURRENTLY ALL IN THE 1060 00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:01,405 RIGHT-OF-WAY IN KING COUNTY AND 1061 00:44:01,405 --> 00:44:02,339 THEY DO NOT OWN ANY PROPERTY 1062 00:44:02,339 --> 00:44:03,774 ADJACENT TO IT. THERE IS NO 1063 00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:04,541 OTHER FEASIBLE LOCATION FOR IT 1064 00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:05,542 TO BE ACCEPTED WITHIN THE 1065 00:44:05,542 --> 00:44:06,343 RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT WILL BE 1066 00:44:06,343 --> 00:44:07,444 APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET HIGH AND 1067 00:44:07,444 --> 00:44:08,612 NINE FEET WIDE. AND IT WILL 1068 00:44:08,612 --> 00:44:09,413 OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 300 SQUARE 1069 00:44:09,413 --> 00:44:10,481 FEET IN THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE 1070 00:44:10,481 --> 00:44:11,515 WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE 1071 00:44:11,515 --> 00:44:12,483 DIMENSIONS WILL BE AFTER KING 1072 00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:15,619 COUNTY SIGNED THE CONTRACT AND 1073 00:44:15,619 --> 00:44:18,756 THE CONTRACTOR SUBSEQUENTLY 1074 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:19,690 GIVES THOSE SPECIFICATIONS FOR 1075 00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:24,261 THE EXACT TRANSFORMER THAT THEY 1076 00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:25,329 WILL BE INSTALLING. THE TERM 1077 00:44:25,329 --> 00:44:34,338 FOR THE PERMIT IS UNLIMITED. 1078 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:35,639 THIS IS SIMILAR TO OTHER KING 1079 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:36,807 COUNTY PERMITS THAT WE HAVE AND 1080 00:44:36,807 --> 00:44:37,975 SIMILAR FACILITIES. FOR AS LONG 1081 00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:39,109 AS KING COUNTY OPERATES THE WET 1082 00:44:39,109 --> 00:44:40,177 WEATHER PUMP STATION THE PERMIT 1083 00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:41,712 WILL BE VALID AND IF THEY EVER 1084 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:42,613 STOP THE OPERATIONS THE PERMIT 1085 00:44:42,613 --> 00:44:51,055 WILL BE REVOKED. WE ARE ALSO 1086 00:44:51,055 --> 00:44:51,989 CORONARY WITH KING COUNTY TO 1087 00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:52,690 MINIMIZE CONSTRUCTION AND 1088 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:54,491 DISRUPTIONS TO THE NEIGHBORS. 1089 00:44:54,491 --> 00:44:55,759 AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTHY 1090 00:44:55,759 --> 00:45:00,531 STREETS PROJECT AT SOUTH BEACH 1091 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:01,765 SOUTHWEST. THE CITY AND KING 1092 00:45:01,765 --> 00:45:03,367 COUNTY ARE WORKING ON AND 1093 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:05,469 AGREEMENTS SO THERE WILL BE 1094 00:45:05,469 --> 00:45:06,470 TEMPORARY RESERVATION 1095 00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:13,911 RESTORATION RIGHT-OF-WAY AND AS 1096 00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,379 THEY DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY 1097 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:16,213 WILL FINALIZE THIS LEVEL 1098 00:45:16,213 --> 00:45:21,318 UTILIZING THE AGREEMENT THAT 1099 00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:22,719 WILL ALLOW THE STREETS NOT TO 1100 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,021 BE TORN UP TWICE AND HAVE A 1101 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:29,827 HUGE INVESTMENT FOR NOTHING. 1102 00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,428 THIS IS YOUR LARGE MAP OF WEST 1103 00:45:31,428 --> 00:45:32,329 SEATTLE WITH A MARGINAL 1104 00:45:32,329 --> 00:45:37,501 LOCATION FOR THE TRANSFORMER. 1105 00:45:37,501 --> 00:45:39,503 THESE ARE MORE FOCUSED SHOTS 1106 00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:42,739 WITH THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT 1107 00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:43,640 SHOWING THE WET WEATHER 1108 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,777 TREATMENT FACILITY TO THE WEST 1109 00:45:46,777 --> 00:45:47,778 AND THE TRENCHING AND 1110 00:45:47,778 --> 00:45:48,779 UNDERGROUND WORK THAT WILL 1111 00:45:48,779 --> 00:45:51,748 HAPPEN IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY 1112 00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:56,753 FOLLOWED BY THE LOCATION OF THE 1113 00:45:56,753 --> 00:45:58,055 PUMP STATION. THE SLIDE ON THE 1114 00:45:58,055 --> 00:45:59,089 RIGHT SHOWS A MORE DETAILED 1115 00:45:59,089 --> 00:45:59,723 LOCATION OF WHERE THE 1116 00:45:59,723 --> 00:46:00,991 TRANSFORMER WILL BE ADJACENT TO 1117 00:46:00,991 --> 00:46:08,932 THE PUMP STATION. SO THESE ARE 1118 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:09,967 THE DISTINCT CONDITIONS ON THE 1119 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:11,068 SIDE WITH A CURRENT RETAINING 1120 00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:12,402 WALL THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE 1121 00:46:12,402 --> 00:46:13,704 EXISTING VEGETATION WILL BE 1122 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:21,945 WHETHER THIS IS. KING COUNTY 1123 00:46:21,945 --> 00:46:23,113 DEVELOPED THESE IMAGES TO SHOW 1124 00:46:23,113 --> 00:46:26,950 WHAT THE TRANSFORMER WOULD LOOK 1125 00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:28,552 LIKE. ON THE FAR LEFT IT IS 1126 00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:29,286 LOOKING OUT TOWARD THE BEACH 1127 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:34,791 AND THE MIDDLE SLIDE SHOWS A 1128 00:46:34,791 --> 00:46:35,659 RETAINING WALL NECESSARY TO 1129 00:46:35,659 --> 00:46:40,397 SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMER AND THE 1130 00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:41,665 LAST SLIDE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS 1131 00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:45,102 THEM LOOKING UP TOWARD THE 1132 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:50,674 RIGHT-OF-WAY. KING COUNTY WILL 1133 00:46:50,674 --> 00:46:53,911 BE DOING AND ENHANCED LEVEL OF 1134 00:46:53,911 --> 00:46:54,578 LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVE 1135 00:46:54,578 --> 00:46:55,245 SPECIES. THEY HAVE A DETAILED 1136 00:46:55,245 --> 00:46:56,547 PLAN THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON 1137 00:46:56,547 --> 00:47:07,057 TO PROVIDE NATIVE LANS AND 1138 00:47:09,193 --> 00:47:10,227 THEY ARE LOOKING TO SCREEN THE 1139 00:47:10,227 --> 00:47:11,428 TRANSFORMER AS MUCH IS POSSIBLE 1140 00:47:11,428 --> 00:47:12,196 WITH LANDSCAPING AND HAVE IT 1141 00:47:12,196 --> 00:47:13,730 BLEND IN SO THAT IT IS NOT JUST 1142 00:47:13,730 --> 00:47:19,403 A LARGE STRUCTURE OUT BY 1143 00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:20,671 ITSELF. KING COUNTY CONDUCTED 1144 00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:22,039 PUBLIC OUTREACH IN MAY OF 2019 1145 00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:23,073 WHERE THEY POSTED IN THE WEST 1146 00:47:23,073 --> 00:47:24,474 SEATTLE BLOG AND EARLY HEADS UP 1147 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:29,613 ABOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT 1148 00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:30,647 DURING THE TRANSFORMER AND THE 1149 00:47:30,647 --> 00:47:34,618 WORK INVOLVED WITHIN THE 1150 00:47:34,618 --> 00:47:35,252 RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN MARCH THEY 1151 00:47:35,252 --> 00:47:36,253 SENT FLYERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1152 00:47:36,253 --> 00:47:39,923 ABOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT MORE 1153 00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:41,024 SPECIFIC TO THE LOCATION AND 1154 00:47:41,024 --> 00:47:41,892 WHERE THE IMPACT OF THOSE 1155 00:47:41,892 --> 00:47:52,469 DEALERS WOULD BE. IN SEPTEMBER 1156 00:47:53,904 --> 00:47:55,005 OF 2022 WE ASKED A FOLLOW-UP 1157 00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:55,672 FLYER THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY 1158 00:47:55,672 --> 00:47:56,707 CALL OUT THE TRANSFORMER THAT 1159 00:47:56,707 --> 00:47:57,641 WOULD REMAIN AFTER THE 1160 00:47:57,641 --> 00:47:58,208 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS 1161 00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:59,343 COMPLETE. WE DID NOT WANT THAT 1162 00:47:59,343 --> 00:48:00,644 TO GET LOST IN THE OVERALL 1163 00:48:00,644 --> 00:48:07,084 MESSAGE OF THIS LARGER PROJECT. 1164 00:48:07,084 --> 00:48:08,652 KING COUNTY IS HERE SEEKING 1165 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:09,553 PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL FOR 1166 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:10,587 FINAL APPROVAL. IF THE 1167 00:48:10,587 --> 00:48:13,290 ORDINANCE IS APPROVED IT WILL 1168 00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:14,825 BE IN PLACE FOR AS LONG AS KING 1169 00:48:14,825 --> 00:48:18,161 COUNTY OPERATES THE FACILITIES 1170 00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:19,229 AND THE WET WEATHER TREATMENT 1171 00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:21,198 FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE PUMP 1172 00:48:21,198 --> 00:48:27,437 STATION. AND THAT IS THE END OF 1173 00:48:27,437 --> 00:48:27,938 MY PRESENTATION. 1174 00:48:27,938 --> 00:48:29,273 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE 1175 00:48:29,273 --> 00:48:32,409 APPRECIATE KING COUNTY AND THE 1176 00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:33,243 WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEPARTMENT 1177 00:48:33,243 --> 00:48:34,144 BEING HERE TODAY. IS THERE 1178 00:48:34,144 --> 00:48:37,681 ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1179 00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:37,948 ADD? 1180 00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:41,685 >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. I 1181 00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:44,054 THINK AMY COVERED EVERYTHING. 1182 00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:47,824 >> THANK YOU. AND AGAIN MY 1183 00:48:47,824 --> 00:48:51,061 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO 1184 00:48:51,061 --> 00:48:52,529 THANK WES FOR THE MEMO THAT IS 1185 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:53,830 ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA. 1186 00:48:53,830 --> 00:49:01,371 >> THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO 1187 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:02,606 LIKE TO THANK KING COUNTY FOR 1188 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:04,775 WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS 1189 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:10,414 PROJECT. I REALLY APPRECIATE 1190 00:49:10,414 --> 00:49:11,748 THE COMMITMENT MAKING SURE THAT 1191 00:49:11,748 --> 00:49:14,818 THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT ARE 1192 00:49:14,818 --> 00:49:15,319 MANAGED INCLUDING THE 1193 00:49:15,319 --> 00:49:16,253 COMMITMENT OF KEEPING ONE LANE 1194 00:49:16,253 --> 00:49:20,023 OF TRAFFIC OPEN DURING THE 1195 00:49:20,023 --> 00:49:21,024 WORK. THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEW 1196 00:49:21,024 --> 00:49:24,561 WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR 1197 00:49:24,561 --> 00:49:28,365 THE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL 1198 00:49:28,365 --> 00:49:33,737 PROPOSAL IS NOT ONLY THE 1199 00:49:33,737 --> 00:49:34,805 POTENTIAL IMPACT TO VIEW THE 1200 00:49:34,805 --> 00:49:35,906 BLOCKAGE WHICH I THINK YOU 1201 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:36,873 ADDRESSED REALLY WELL BUT THE 1202 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:37,574 EFFECT ON PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY 1203 00:49:37,574 --> 00:49:42,646 AND SAFETY AS WELL. INCLUDING 1204 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:43,714 ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY 1205 00:49:43,714 --> 00:49:48,285 AND THE HANDICAPPED. CAN YOU 1206 00:49:48,285 --> 00:49:49,353 DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT OF HOW 1207 00:49:49,353 --> 00:49:50,554 THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO 1208 00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:55,959 ADDRESS ANY OF THESE ITEMS? 1209 00:49:55,959 --> 00:50:01,765 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 1210 00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:04,701 AS THE PROJECT BEGINS WE ARE 1211 00:50:04,701 --> 00:50:07,971 DOING A TARGETED OUTREACH FOR 1212 00:50:07,971 --> 00:50:13,210 EVERY SECTION THAT WE ARE 1213 00:50:13,210 --> 00:50:14,244 WORKING ON. IF WE ARE 1214 00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:15,078 COMMUNICATING WITH THE 1215 00:50:15,078 --> 00:50:16,046 COMMUNITY WE ARE WORKING ALONG 1216 00:50:16,046 --> 00:50:22,986 WITH THE CITY AND THE HEALTH 1217 00:50:22,986 --> 00:50:29,059 STREET NATIVE PROGRAM. IF 1218 00:50:29,059 --> 00:50:30,394 THERE ARE ANY GROUPS FOR 1219 00:50:30,394 --> 00:50:31,395 EXAMPLE THE ONE THAT YOU 1220 00:50:31,395 --> 00:50:33,897 MENTIONED WE WOULD MAKE SURE 1221 00:50:33,897 --> 00:50:39,469 THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE 1222 00:50:39,469 --> 00:50:42,973 ADDRESSED. 1223 00:50:42,973 --> 00:50:44,374 >> SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS 1224 00:50:44,374 --> 00:50:47,077 THAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON THE 1225 00:50:47,077 --> 00:50:49,413 MITIGATION OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 1226 00:50:49,413 --> 00:50:54,951 IMPACT SHOULD YOU BECOME AWARE 1227 00:50:54,951 --> 00:50:56,186 OF THEM? IT'S NOT SOMETHING 1228 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:59,022 THAT YOU ARE PROACTIVELY DOING 1229 00:50:59,022 --> 00:51:04,795 OR MAYBE YOU HAVE NOT 1230 00:51:04,795 --> 00:51:05,395 IDENTIFIED THIS? 1231 00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:10,267 >> WE HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED IN 1232 00:51:10,267 --> 00:51:13,103 TRAFFIC CONTROL. SO WE DO HAVE 1233 00:51:13,103 --> 00:51:13,837 AND EXTENSIVE MITIGATION 1234 00:51:13,837 --> 00:51:15,672 PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES TO 1235 00:51:15,672 --> 00:51:21,077 PEDESTRIAN WALK ABILITY. IT IS 1236 00:51:21,077 --> 00:51:22,045 INGRAINED AND WE CAN PROVIDE 1237 00:51:22,045 --> 00:51:27,350 MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 1238 00:51:27,350 --> 00:51:32,255 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER 1239 00:51:32,255 --> 00:51:33,023 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WAS 1240 00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:34,124 THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU 1241 00:51:34,124 --> 00:51:41,231 WANTED TO ADD? 1242 00:51:41,231 --> 00:51:41,898 >> KNOW. THANK YOU. 1243 00:51:41,898 --> 00:51:43,166 >> YOUR MEMO SEEM TO CONFIRM 1244 00:51:43,166 --> 00:51:44,234 THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD 1245 00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:49,873 TODAY. EVERYTHING IS SORT OF 1246 00:51:49,873 --> 00:51:52,042 ALIGNED. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS 1247 00:51:52,042 --> 00:51:56,413 SOMETHING SINCE WE DID APPROVE 1248 00:51:56,413 --> 00:51:57,380 THE RESOLUTION IN FEBRUARY 1249 00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:58,148 CONDITIONALLY APPROVING THIS WE 1250 00:51:58,148 --> 00:52:03,987 ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE 1251 00:52:03,987 --> 00:52:06,590 PROJECT AND THEY'VE GOTTEN 1252 00:52:06,590 --> 00:52:07,524 THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENT 1253 00:52:07,524 --> 00:52:08,859 AND NOW SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE 1254 00:52:08,859 --> 00:52:13,463 VOTING ON THIS TODAY. THAT WAY 1255 00:52:13,463 --> 00:52:14,631 WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD FOR 1256 00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:15,365 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 1257 00:52:15,365 --> 00:52:16,900 TRANSPORTATION AND KING COUNTY. 1258 00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:17,601 LET'S DO PARLIAMENTARY 1259 00:52:17,601 --> 00:52:23,240 PROCEDURE TO CONSIDER THIS 1260 00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:29,713 OFFICIALLY. COUNCIL MEMBERS I 1261 00:52:29,713 --> 00:52:31,081 NOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 1262 00:52:31,081 --> 00:52:31,748 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNSEL GO 1263 00:52:31,748 --> 00:52:32,849 120585 ITEM TO ON THE AGENDA. 1264 00:52:32,849 --> 00:52:33,817 IS THERE ANYONE SECONDING IT? 1265 00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:34,851 >> SECONDED. 1266 00:52:34,851 --> 00:52:36,152 >> ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS 1267 00:52:36,152 --> 00:52:42,626 OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? 1268 00:52:42,626 --> 00:52:43,927 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1269 00:52:43,927 --> 00:52:44,961 ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE 1270 00:52:44,961 --> 00:52:50,367 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE 1271 00:52:50,367 --> 00:53:00,644 COUNSEL BILL? 1272 00:53:02,546 --> 00:53:03,780 >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION 1273 00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:04,247 CARRIES AND COMMITTEE 1274 00:53:04,247 --> 00:53:04,881 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE 1275 00:53:04,881 --> 00:53:06,149 COUNSEL BILL WILL BE SENT TO 1276 00:53:06,149 --> 00:53:07,083 THE JUNE 13 CITY COUNCIL 1277 00:53:07,083 --> 00:53:13,089 MEETING. THANK YOU TO ZACH AND 1278 00:53:13,089 --> 00:53:18,228 AMY. OKAY LET'S GO TO THE 1279 00:53:18,228 --> 00:53:19,563 THIRD AND FINAL ITEM OF THE 1280 00:53:19,563 --> 00:53:20,697 AGENDA. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE 1281 00:53:20,697 --> 00:53:22,132 FULL TITLE OF THE THIRD AGENDA 1282 00:53:22,132 --> 00:53:22,766 ITEM INTO THE RECORD? 1283 00:53:22,766 --> 00:53:24,067 >> AGENDA ITEM 3 UTILITY TAXES 1284 00:53:24,067 --> 00:53:25,835 101 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION? 1285 00:53:25,835 --> 00:53:31,341 >> WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 1286 00:53:31,341 --> 00:53:38,982 UTILITIES PAYING BY FAR THE 1287 00:53:38,982 --> 00:53:39,883 LARGEST SHARE OF UTILITY TAXES 1288 00:53:39,883 --> 00:53:41,051 TO CITY HALL AND THE CITY 1289 00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:42,219 GENERAL FUND, I HAVE ASKED THE 1290 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:43,119 CENTRAL STAFF TO PROVIDE THE 1291 00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:52,929 COMMITTEE WITH A UTILITY TAX 1292 00:53:52,929 --> 00:53:54,297 PRESENTATION. THE INTENT IS TO 1293 00:53:54,297 --> 00:53:55,031 ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND 1294 00:53:55,031 --> 00:53:55,665 TRANSPARENCY FOR THE GENERAL 1295 00:53:55,665 --> 00:53:56,700 PUBLIC ABOUT THESE CHARGES THAT 1296 00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:57,801 WILL IMPACT EVERYONE AND THE 1297 00:53:57,801 --> 00:53:58,435 UTILITY BILLS. THEY ARE 1298 00:53:58,435 --> 00:53:59,469 REGRESSIVE WITH LOWER INCOME 1299 00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:00,070 RESIDENTS PLATE PAYING A 1300 00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:01,137 GREATER PORTION OF THE INCOME 1301 00:54:01,137 --> 00:54:02,138 TOWARD THESE BILLS AND IN 1302 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:03,139 PARTICULAR THE TAXES THAT WE 1303 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:04,808 CHARGE ON TOP OF THE ACTUAL 1304 00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:10,547 COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. 1305 00:54:10,547 --> 00:54:11,414 WHILE THEY ARE AUTHORIZED BY 1306 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:12,749 STATE LAW THEY DO GO ABOVE AND 1307 00:54:12,749 --> 00:54:18,255 BEYOND THE ACTUAL COST OF 1308 00:54:18,255 --> 00:54:19,089 PROVIDING DRINKING WATER FOR 1309 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:19,990 EXAMPLE. AND BECAUSE UTILITY 1310 00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:24,527 BILL HAS BEEN INCREASING PER 1311 00:54:24,527 --> 00:54:25,729 RATE PAST AND ARE REGRESSIVE 1312 00:54:25,729 --> 00:54:26,796 WHICH IS WHY WE SHED ADDITIONAL 1313 00:54:26,796 --> 00:54:28,131 LIGHT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON 1314 00:54:28,131 --> 00:54:32,268 HOW THE UTILITY TAXES WORK WE 1315 00:54:32,268 --> 00:54:32,869 APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF 1316 00:54:32,869 --> 00:54:33,937 PUTTING THIS QUICK PRESENTATION 1317 00:54:33,937 --> 00:54:37,874 TOGETHER AND WE THINK THE CHAIR 1318 00:54:37,874 --> 00:54:39,242 FOR STANDING IN ON BRIAN GOOD 1319 00:54:39,242 --> 00:54:42,078 NIGHT WHO ALSO WORKED ON THIS 1320 00:54:42,078 --> 00:54:43,079 POINT PROJECT. THANK YOU. 1321 00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:43,947 >> MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS AND 1322 00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:47,651 THANK YOU CHAIR. AS YOU 1323 00:54:47,651 --> 00:54:48,685 MENTIONED THAT YOUR REQUEST WE 1324 00:54:48,685 --> 00:54:49,486 PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION 1325 00:54:49,486 --> 00:54:50,720 AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 1326 00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:56,526 THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THIS 1327 00:54:56,526 --> 00:54:58,228 MATERIAL. I WANTED TO START 1328 00:54:58,228 --> 00:54:59,396 WITH AND OVERVIEW OF THE TAXES 1329 00:54:59,396 --> 00:55:09,873 AND JUST TO START UTILITY 1330 00:55:16,446 --> 00:55:17,747 TAXES ARE A FORM OF BUSINESS 1331 00:55:17,747 --> 00:55:18,481 AND OCCUPATIONAL TAX AND 1332 00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:19,416 FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS A TAX ON 1333 00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:20,717 THE OPERATION OF A BUSINESS 1334 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:21,718 THAT COMES TO THESE RATES AND 1335 00:55:21,718 --> 00:55:22,752 CHARGES. UTILITY TAXES ARE PAID 1336 00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:23,720 BY BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 1337 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:24,554 UTILITIES. AND THAT INCLUDES 1338 00:55:24,554 --> 00:55:25,588 BOTH TELECOM AND NATURAL GAS 1339 00:55:25,588 --> 00:55:28,858 AND OTHER UTILITIES. AS WELL AS 1340 00:55:28,858 --> 00:55:29,859 THE PUBLIC UTILITIES WHICH IS 1341 00:55:29,859 --> 00:55:30,927 THE FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION. 1342 00:55:30,927 --> 00:55:31,728 FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 1343 00:55:31,728 --> 00:55:32,962 THAT IS DRAINAGE, SOLID WASTE, 1344 00:55:32,962 --> 00:55:33,630 WASTEWATER AND WATER. FOR 1345 00:55:33,630 --> 00:55:34,831 SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS THAT IS 1346 00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:35,465 ELECTRICITY. AS I MENTIONED 1347 00:55:35,465 --> 00:55:38,668 UTILITY TAXES ARE IMPOSED ON 1348 00:55:38,668 --> 00:55:39,502 BUSINESS OPERATIONS WITHIN THE 1349 00:55:39,502 --> 00:55:50,046 SEE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. 1350 00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:52,115 SOME TAXES ARE CAPPED BY STATE 1351 00:55:52,115 --> 00:55:52,982 LAW SUCH AS ELECTRICITY WHICH 1352 00:55:52,982 --> 00:55:54,217 THE STATE LIMITS TO SIX PERCENT 1353 00:55:54,217 --> 00:55:55,385 WHILE THERE ARE NO PRESCRIBED 1354 00:55:55,385 --> 00:55:56,286 TAX LIMITS FOR DRAINAGE SO 1355 00:55:56,286 --> 00:56:02,225 WASTE WASTE WATER OR WATER. THE 1356 00:56:02,225 --> 00:56:03,460 TAXES ARE LEVIED ON A RETAIL 1357 00:56:03,460 --> 00:56:04,494 BUSINESS OF THE UTILITY WHICH 1358 00:56:04,494 --> 00:56:10,433 MEANS THAT REVENUE SUCH AS 1359 00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:20,910 WHOLESALE REVENUE ARE NOT 1360 00:56:23,980 --> 00:56:24,948 SUBJECT TO THE TAX. UTILITY 1361 00:56:24,948 --> 00:56:26,216 TEXT IS APPLIED ALL BUSINESS 1362 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:26,783 ACTIVITY BOTH WITHIN AND 1363 00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:27,684 APPLIED WITH THE CITY LIMITS 1364 00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:28,785 BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE 1365 00:56:28,785 --> 00:56:29,853 BUSINESS OPERATIONS AS A WHOLE 1366 00:56:29,853 --> 00:56:30,820 AND FOR INSTANCE BOTH SEATTLE 1367 00:56:30,820 --> 00:56:31,621 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SATELLITE 1368 00:56:31,621 --> 00:56:32,422 PROVIDE SERVICE TO SOME 1369 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:33,423 CUSTOMERS BUT THE UTILITY TAXES 1370 00:56:33,423 --> 00:56:34,290 APPLIED EQUALLY TO RETAIL 1371 00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:35,058 REVENUES FROM BOTH CUSTOMERS. 1372 00:56:35,058 --> 00:56:35,925 NOTE THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS 1373 00:56:35,925 --> 00:56:36,926 CAN ALSO IMPOSE SIMILAR TAXES 1374 00:56:36,926 --> 00:56:38,294 OR FEES AND THOSE ARE COLLECTED 1375 00:56:38,294 --> 00:56:39,396 ONLY ON THE CUSTOMERS WITHIN 1376 00:56:39,396 --> 00:56:46,136 THEIR OWN JURISDICTIONS. SO, 1377 00:56:46,136 --> 00:56:47,203 HERE ARE THE CURRENT UTILITY 1378 00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:48,037 RATES. ELECTRICITY AS YOU CAN 1379 00:56:48,037 --> 00:56:49,472 SEE IS CAPPED AT 60 PERCENT. HE 1380 00:56:49,472 --> 00:56:53,743 WAS LAST ADJUSTED IN 1990. THE 1381 00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:55,044 PUBLIC TAX RATE VARIES BETWEEN 1382 00:56:55,044 --> 00:56:56,246 11 AND HALF AND 15 1/2 PERCENT. 1383 00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:57,280 THE MOST RECENT ADJUSTMENT FOR 1384 00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:03,953 SOLID WASTE CAME IN 2017. THIS 1385 00:57:03,953 --> 00:57:10,160 SHOWS THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE 1386 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:11,461 GENERAL FUND. ON THE TOP LEFT 1387 00:57:11,461 --> 00:57:12,829 HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE PUBLIC 1388 00:57:12,829 --> 00:57:13,396 AND PRIVATE UTILITIES ARE 1389 00:57:13,396 --> 00:57:14,464 ESTIMATED TO BRING 232 MILLION 1390 00:57:14,464 --> 00:57:20,703 úOR 14 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL 1391 00:57:20,703 --> 00:57:22,705 FUND. LASTLY I HAVE A SLIDE 1392 00:57:22,705 --> 00:57:23,440 SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 1393 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:24,174 PUBLIC UTILITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1394 00:57:24,174 --> 00:57:25,408 THE GENERAL FUND WITH SEATTLE 1395 00:57:25,408 --> 00:57:30,713 CITY LIGHT GENERATING 16 1396 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:34,117 MILLION WITH THE DRAINAGE AND 1397 00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:35,251 WASTEWATER FROM SPU COMING IN 1398 00:57:35,251 --> 00:57:36,219 ABOUT 16 MILLION. SOLID WASTE 1399 00:57:36,219 --> 00:57:37,153 COMING IN ABOUT 24 MILLION AND 1400 00:57:37,153 --> 00:57:39,389 WATER COMING IN AT 14 MILLION. 1401 00:57:39,389 --> 00:57:40,690 THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE 1402 00:57:40,690 --> 00:57:42,158 PREPARED AND I AM HAPPY TO 1403 00:57:42,158 --> 00:57:43,059 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 1404 00:57:43,059 --> 00:57:44,561 >> CAN YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO 1405 00:57:44,561 --> 00:57:49,566 THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. COLLEAGUES 1406 00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:50,433 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR 1407 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:56,372 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I KNOW 1408 00:57:56,372 --> 00:57:57,340 YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS 1409 00:57:57,340 --> 00:57:59,843 BUT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO 1410 00:57:59,843 --> 00:58:01,277 KNOW THIS IS A REVENUE SOURCE 1411 00:58:01,277 --> 00:58:05,782 FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE ARE 1412 00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:08,418 LITERALLY TAXING OUR OTHER 1413 00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:12,455 PARTNER AGENCIES WITH THE 1414 00:58:12,455 --> 00:58:13,456 SEATTLE PUBLIC AGENCIES IN 1415 00:58:13,456 --> 00:58:14,324 SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS AND THAT 1416 00:58:14,324 --> 00:58:15,758 FLOWS INTO THE GENERAL FUND SO 1417 00:58:15,758 --> 00:58:18,695 IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHEN 1418 00:58:18,695 --> 00:58:20,029 YOU DO GET YOUR UTILITY BILL 1419 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:22,298 AND SEE THOSE TAXES ABOVE THE 1420 00:58:22,298 --> 00:58:24,267 COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED THAT 1421 00:58:24,267 --> 00:58:30,773 IT DOES HAVE A REAL IMPACT. SO 1422 00:58:30,773 --> 00:58:32,075 WE DO WANT TO BE MORE 1423 00:58:32,075 --> 00:58:33,142 TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT AS WE 1424 00:58:33,142 --> 00:58:38,681 START GEARING UP FOR BUDGET 1425 00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:43,887 SEASON. 1426 00:58:43,887 --> 00:58:45,321 >> OKAY. SEEING NO COMMENTS OR 1427 00:58:45,321 --> 00:58:46,222 QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO THINK 1428 00:58:46,222 --> 00:58:47,323 CENTRAL STAFF FOR THAT BECAUSE 1429 00:58:47,323 --> 00:58:48,958 IT WILL BE A VERY USEFUL 1430 00:58:48,958 --> 00:58:49,659 DOCUMENT AS WE WORK TO GO 1431 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:50,927 FORWARD. THAT WAS THE THIRD AND 1432 00:58:50,927 --> 00:58:52,228 FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR 1433 00:58:52,228 --> 00:58:53,296 THE DAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING 1434 00:58:53,296 --> 00:59:02,272 FURTHER FOR THE COMMITTEE TODAY 1435 00:59:02,272 --> 00:59:04,007 COLLEAGUES THE TIME IS NOW 1436 00:59:04,007 --> 00:59:04,908 10:31 A.M. AND THIS WILL 1437 00:59:04,908 --> 00:59:05,808 CONCLUDE THE JUNE 620 23 1438 00:59:05,808 --> 00:59:07,010 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 1439 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:07,844 MEETING AND THE NEXT COMMITTEE 1440 00:59:07,844 --> 00:59:13,483 MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION 1441 00:59:13,483 --> 00:59:14,517 DEPARTMENT WILL BE TUESDAY JUNE 1442 00:59:14,517 --> 00:59:15,518 20th. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK 1443 00:59:15,518 --> 00:59:18,855 YOU AND NOW WE ARE ADJOURNED.