>> THE DECEMBER 5 MEETING OF
THE COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES WILL NOW COME
TO ORDER. PLEASE CALL ROLL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WILL BE HERE LATER AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS
EXCUSED. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS
TODAY AND SEVERAL ARE
SUBSTANTIVE. WE WILL ADJUST THE
AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE A PRIOR
ENGAGEMENT. THE NEED TO LEAVE
AT 11:45 AM. WE WILL BE
TALKING FAST AND ALL THE LINKS
ON THE AGENDA AND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION IS THERE FOR THE
PUBLIC. COLLEAGUES, IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE ITEMS 10 AND 11 AND 12
TO THE END OF THE AGENDA. SO
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
REVISED AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT. THE CHAIRS REPORT?
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE FINAL MEETING OF THE 2023
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES MEETING. I AM
THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
HELPED IN THESE MEETINGS. I
WANT TO THINK OUR I.T.
DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR MAKING US
LOOK GOOD ON TV. THINGS TO THE
DEPUTY CLERKS AND ALSO THANK
YOU TO OUR SECURITY TEAM FOR
KEEPING US SAFE HERE AND THE
PUBLIC SAFE TO ATTEND THESE
MEETINGS AT CITY HALL. THANK
YOU TORAH CENTRAL STAFF AND
THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK
YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THAT YOU ALL DO TO PREPARE FOR
EACH COMMITTEE MEETING. WANT
TO THINK OUR AMAZING COMMITTEE
CLERK. AND EVERYBODY WHO IS
REVIEWING THE LEGISLATION AND
THE ANALYTICAL MINIMIZE THAT WE
GET FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND THAT
ANALYSIS THAT YOU PRESENT AND
ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS ON THE
FLY HERE AT THE COMMITTEES.
THANKS TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER
AND CEO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND ALSO, ALL THAT
YOUR TEAMS DO IN THE OFFENSE
AND OUT ON THE FIELD. THANK
YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBERS LISA HERBOLD AND
DAN STRAUSS AS A BUDGET THAT
COMPRISES MORE THAN $2 BILLION
OF OUR CITY BUDGET . FINALLY,
THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO
VIEW THE MEETINGS ON TV ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL AND COME TO
CITY HALL. 14 ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA SO WE WILL CONCLUDE THE
MEETING BY 11:45 AM. SINCE WE
ALREADY MENTIONED THESE DURING
THE WEEK PRIOR . OF COURSE THE
AGENDAS PUBLISHED ONLINE FOR
EVERYBODY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND LAUNCH INTO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. AT THIS TIME WE
WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HYBRID
MEETING. WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED
UP TO GIVE PUBLIC, . BOTH
ONLINE AND IN PERSON. AS IS
TYPICAL, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS TOPIC IS 20
MINUTES. EACH SPEAKERS GIVEN
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. FOR
REMOTE SPEAKERS, ONCE I PRESS
THE NAME YOU PRESS STAR SIX TO
BEGIN SPEAKING. YOU CAN STATE
THE NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING. THESE SHOULD
RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
OR THE COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES. YOU WILL HERE
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS LEFT AND
IS TO HAVE 10 SECONDS WHEN YOU
HEAR THE TIME BUT BEGIN TO WRAP
IT UP. THE REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW OPEN
AND WILL BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST
SPEAKER. WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR
SPEAKERS IN PERSON FIRST.
>> I AM A RESIDENT AND A
WHEELCHAIR USER AND AN
ORGANIZER WITH THE DISABILITY
MOBILITY INITIATIVE. I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT. I WANT TO
FIRST THINK COUNCILMEMBERS
ALEX PEDERSEN AND TAMMY MORALES
FOR SUPPORTING THIS BILL AND
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN FOR
GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY. OVER HALF OF OUR CITY
BLOCKS OTHER DON'T HAVE
SIDEWALKS OR THEY HAVE SIDEWALK
SIDEWALKS IN CONDITIONS THAT
AFFECT MOBILITY. MANY PEOPLE
DISABILITY CANNOT JUST WALK
AROUND THE SIDEWALK OR PUSH TO
GRAVEL AND GRASS. WE'RE EITHER
UNABLE TO PHYSICALLY ACCESS
PUBLIC NEEDS LIKE PUBLIC
TRANSIT OR FORCED TO USE THE
STREET. FROM 2016 TO 2020,
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WERE
INVOLVED IN 4% OF TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS BUT YET ACCOUNTED
FOR 53% OF THOSE KILLED AND
SEATTLE. THIS IS A CRISIS FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. BUT
EVERYONE NEEDS SIDEWALKS. KIDS
NEED SIDEWALKS TO GET TO
SCHOOL. WE USE SIDEWALKS TO
GET TO THE LIGHT RAIL AND THE
BUS LINE. EVEN WHEN YOU PARK
YOUR CAR COMING YOU USE A
SIDEWALK. THERE THE ONE PIECE
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
THAT EVERYONE IN SEATTLE USES.
SIDEWALKS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. YET
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THE LAST
PRIORITY. WE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT SIDEWALKS ARE INCLUDED IN
OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO HEAR US. I URGE YOU TO GET
INVOLVED AND TO PASS THIS
ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
TAMMY MORALES HAS JOINED US.
NEXT WE HAVE DILLAN YOUNG .
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS DILLAN
YOUNG. AND I'M DEFINITELY HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE SIDEWALK
ORDINANCE. WALKING AROUND
SEATTLE, WHICH I DO KNOW
WHEELCHAIR. SIDEWALKS ARE THE
MOST FUNDAMENTAL THING THAT
GETS US AROUND. THERE GREAT
SIDEWALKS AND THERE ARE BAD
SIDEWALKS. IT'S VERY MUCH A
CHALLENGE WHEN I ENCOUNTER A
BAD SIDEWALK. EITHER HAVE TO GO
IN THE STREET OR POTENTIALLY
FALL OUT OF MY CHAIR. THE ONLY
TIME I FALL OUT OF MY CHAIR
GENERALLY IS IF I HIT A HIDDEN
OR MISTRY CRACK IN THE
SIDEWALK. THE OTHER ELEMENT I
WOULD ADD TO OPEN MY MIND UP
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SIDEWALKS
ARE. I AM YOUNG AND ROBUST
RELATIVELY. MY MOTHER, WHO IS
IN HER EARLY 80s. AFTER HIP
REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND ONSET
OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, IS
USING A WALKER. AND WE WOULD GO
OUT. AND THINGS I WOULD NOT
THINK I WAS THAT BIG OF A DEAL
ON THE STREET OR SIDEWALK, SHE
WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME
NAVIGATING WITH HER WALKER. I
LOOKED ON THE STREET AND A LOOK
BEHIND ME THERE'S A CRACK OR
GRAVEL OR EVEN THINGS THAT I
THINK OF MYSELF AS RELATIVELY
ABLE-BODIED IN THE WHEELCHAIR
BUT I LOOK AT MY MOTHER THINK,
OH MY GOSH . SHE CANNOT DO
THAT. I THINK SIDEWALKS ARE
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WITH HER
AGE AND DESIRE TO WALK AROUND.
IT STILL THERE BUT IT CUTS INTO
WHAT SHE CAN DO AND SO I AM IN
SUPPORT OF FUNDING SIDEWALKS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, LINDA
MINGO, FOLLOWED BY MARLON
JONES.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THIS
LEGISLATION. HOPING THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION SO THAT 2024 WILL
NOT HAVE TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS
THIS IS A VERY ESSENTIAL ISSUE
FOR ALL PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WHEELCHAIRS
. AND LIKE I FROM THE NATIONAL
FEDERATION, WE REQUIRE ABOUT
FOUR FEET BUT WE DON'T EVEN
HAVE FOUR FEET AND WE CANNOT
SOCIALIZE IN THE SIDEWALK.
COMPETING WITH ALL THE OTHER
ITEMS ON THEIR LOVE. IT WOULD
NOT BE A BENEFIT IF WE DON'T
PASS THIS LEGISLATION AS HE SEE
ROADSIDES AND AGENCIES COMING
THROUGH AND THE BUILDING
OFFERING JOBS. BUT ALSO OFFER
A BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
ENJOY YOUR WALK ABILITY CITY. I
REALLY WANT TO THANK LISA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION THAT
I HAD WORKED ON IN THE PAST.
AND COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY
MORALES. AND THANK YOU, ALEX
PEDERSEN, FOR CARRYING THIS. I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK DAN
STRAUSS FOR CONTINUING ON THIS
FIRST AND ALSO, LOOKING AT THE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. HE IS
THE ONLY PERSON THAT ACTUALLY
HAS THE CARDS. HE HAS ACTUALLY
WORKED OUT AND WORKED WITH OUR
COMMUNITY AT THE NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE BLIND. AND
ALSO WITH THE LEGACY OF
LEADERSHIP AND EQUALITY AND
ORGANIZING. SORRY. I'M GETTING
OLD NOW. BUT I GOT HERE AND I
REALLY THINK THE DISABILITY
MOBILITY .
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
MARLON JONES. AND THEN WE WILL
SWITCH TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS.
THERE ARE ABOUT SIX OF THEM.
>> I AM ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE SIDEWALKS. I'M HERE TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND
MY FRIENDS, WHO COULD NOT BE
HERE TODAY. I'M DISABLED AND
I'M PART OF THE DISABLED
COMMUNITY AND SEATTLE. I HAVE
ALSO WORKED AS A CAREGIVER IN
THE CITY. I AM PRIVILEGED TO
NOT HAVE TO USE MOBILITY AIDS
TO GET AROUND. AS A CAREGIVER
HOWEVER, I WOULD COMMUTE ACROSS
THE CITY REGULARLY ON FOOT AND
ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH
MY CLIENT. SHE USED A
WHEELCHAIR AND WE WERE
FREQUENTLY IN DANGER OF INJURY
AND DEATH DUE TO AN ACCESSIBLE
SIDEWALKS TO GET AROUND THE
STREET AND WE WOULD OFTEN HAVE
TO WALK DOWN BUSY STREETS
ALONGSIDE FAST CARS. WHEN
TRAVELING ON SIDEWALKS LITTERED
WITH POT, SHE WOULD BE SHAKEN
AND JOSTLED IN HER CHAIR. DUE
TO BOTH OF THESE STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS, I HAVE KNOWN
MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO LITERALLY
LEASE WHEELS OFF OF THEIR
WHEELCHAIR. THEM STRANDED AND
POTENTIALLY INJURED. MY CLIENTS
AND I WERE LUCKY IN THE
SITUATIONS TO HAVE EACH OTHER.
THERE ARE MANY INDEPENDENT
ADULTS WHO WOULD BE TRAPPED.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY CROSS THE
STREET AND THE SIDEWALK ON THE
OTHER SIDE IS TOO DAMAGED TO
GET THERE THIS IS ESPECIALLY
FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT RUN AWAY
FROM THEM AND THAT'S WHAT I
MEAN WHEN I SAY I AM
PRIVILEGED. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
UNACCEPTABLE THING TO CONSIDER
PRIVILEGE. NOT GETTING RUN OVER
IN THE STREET DUE TO THE CITY'S
NEGLIGENCE AND NOT BEING STUCK
WITH FEEL ALONE IN DANGER JUST
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO GET
SOMEWHERE, LIKE EVERY OTHER
PERSON IN THE CITY? IN ACTION
AND THE SITUATION WILL CAUSE
DEATH. BY DOING NOTHING, THAT
MAKES ITSELF A DANGEROUS PLACE
FOR THE MOST STATISTICALLY
VULNERABLE CITIZENS. ALL WE'RE
ASKING FOR IS A QUALITY GET
THAT UNTIL WE CAN WALK DOWN THE
SIDEWALK. THANK YOU.
>> TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALEX
PEDERSEN. I LIVE ON CAPITOL
HILL. AND AS SOMEONE WHO CANNOT
DRIVE, I RELY ON A TRANSIT
SYSTEM AT THE URGING TO
SUPPORT THE SIDEWALK
INITIATIVE. IT'S A BASIC PART
OF ANY CHANCE CETACEAN NETWORK
AS OTHER FOLKS HAVE NOTED. SO
OFTEN SIDEWALKS ARE SO POORLY
MAINTAINED THAT THEY PRESENT
BARRIERS . SO THIS IS LONG
OVERDUE AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY
FOR THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT
MOBILITY AND THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
COME BACK AND KEEP DOING THIS
WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT WE HAVE DEB BARKER. GO
AHEAD.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU TO THE
TRANSPORTATION UTILITY
COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD
WORK OVER THE YEARS. I AM A
WEST SEATTLE RESIDENTS. AND I
AM REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL
POSTPONE THE VOTE TODAY ON
COUNCIL BUILT 120726. AND I
REQUEST THAT THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO
DISCLOSE THE REALITY OF AREA
TRIBAL POLITICS. SPECIFICALLY,
THE SQUARE MESH TRIBAL
COMMUNITY HAS ITS ANCESTRY ON
THE SEATTLE PENINSULA. THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE WHO GREETED
THOSE WHO CAME TO PUGET SOUND
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. AND IT
WAS CHIEF SEATTLE WHO WELCOMED
THE WHITE COMMUNITIES HERE. AND
CHIEF SEATTLE IS STILL VERY
TREASURED HERE ON THE WEST
SEATTLE PENINSULA. THE
DUWAMISH ARE NOT FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRUE POLITICAL
MANEUVERING FEDERAL FUNDS WERE
USED TO REPAIR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE AND THE
EXPRESSWAY. I UNDERSTAND
FEDERAL FUNDS CANNOT GO TO
NON-FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES. BUT THE CULTURAL
LANDGRAB THAT IS PROPOSED WITH
NON-PENINSULA TRIBES HAVING THE
ABILITY TO PUT ARMS ON WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGES IS WRONG. I
URGE YOU TO DELAY THE VOTE AND
AMEND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
GORDON. FOLLOWED BY AMARA. GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR HARD. YEARS ON THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE GREENWAYS. AND I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SIDEWALK INITIATIVE. WE HAVE
154,000 INSTANCES AROUND THE
CITY ON SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN
DISREPAIR. AND THESE ARE
EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC. NOT ONLY
FOR ACCESSIBILITY, BUT ALSO FOR
SAFETY. THE CENTERS FINDS THAT
TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS ARE THE
LEADING CAUSES FOR AMERICANS
OVER THE AGE OF 65. RESULTING
IN 3 MILLION EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT VISITS ANNUALLY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO THIS
COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION REALLY
JUST MEANS THAT WHEN WE ARE
GOING OUT DOING MAJOR PROJECTS,
WE ARE ALSO PREPARING
SIDEWALKS AT THE SAME TIME AND
TAKING CARE OF BASIC MOBILITY
ON THE STREETS. IT MAKES A LOT
OF SENSE AND IT I'M GRATEFUL WE
ARE GETTING IT OVER THE FINISH
LINE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION
IS WHETHER THE AMENDMENT FOR
ARTERIAL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS
ON THIS BILL IF IT WOULD NARROW
IT TOO MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING THAT IN THE DISCUSSION.
FOR INSTANCE, WOULD IT HAVE
PRECLUDED THE MAJOR PAVEMENT
PROJECT FROM THE SIDEWALK
REPAIR? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
THAT QUESTION ANSWERED AND
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE A
MILE. GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO. I AM HERE WITH A
DISABILITY MOMENT MOBILITY
INITIATIVE. I'M ASKING FOR
SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE
THAT WILL ADDRESS SEATTLE'S
PROMINENT SIDEWALK PROBLEMS.
I'M A PEDESTRIAN WHO AVOIDS
THE TRANSPORTATION THAT THE
CITY OFFICE BECAUSE MOST OF OUR
CITY BLOCKS DID NOT HAVE
SIDEWALKS OR THEY SEVERELY
IMPEDE MOBILITY FOR
PEDESTRIANS. ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH MOBILITY'S. THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT FURTHER
BY CONNECTING SIDEWALK REPAIRS
THAT ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE WHO
CANNOT. WHICH ALSO INCREASES
VISIBILITY FOR RIDERS AS WELL.
SO WITH THE SIDEWALK REPAIR
THIS IS FEASIBILITY FOR
EVERYBODY ON THE STREETS.
WHETHER THEY ARE DRIVING OR
WALKING OR ROLLING. JUST THANK
YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST
SPEAKER ONLINE IS TENACIOUS UP
OVER THE. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU. HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH DISABILITY
RIGHTS WASHINGTON AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE SIDEWALK
BILLS. AS A POWER WHEELCHAIR
USER AND IS A LONG TIME LOVER
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THE SIDEWALKS AND
CONNECTIVITY THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT
ONCE I MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
INTO EAST AND WEST SEATTLE, I
CAME TO REALIZE THAT ACCESS WAS
NOT AS CONNECTED. THE
SIDEWALKS ARE IN DISREPAIR AND
THERE IS MAINTENANCE NEEDED.
AND I HAVE TO USE SIDEWALKS BUT
WHEN I CANNOT, I'M ENFORCED OUT
ONTO THE STREET. WHICH IS
GREAT RISK. NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT
ALSO TO PEOPLE DRIVING. AND BY
ADDING THESE SIDEWALKS THAT
CONNECT TRANSIT AND THE CONNECT
TO GROCERY STORES AND THE
CONNECTOR COMMUNITY. AS WE SAID
EARLIER. SIDEWALKS ARE LIKE
THE FIRST CONNECTION TO GET
ANYWHERE. THEY SHOULD BE THE
PRIORITY WHEN CONNECTING.
BECAUSE IF YOU CANNOT ACCESS A
TRANSIT STOP VIA SIDEWALK THEN
BUILDING MORE TRANSIT STOPS IS
NOT WITH THEM HELPFUL TO A
COMMUNITY. AS WELL AS PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO ENJOY YOUR
BEAUTIFUL GREEN CITY. WE REALLY
JUST TRY TO BUILD UP IN TERMS
OF FRIENDLINESS. AND WITH OUR
BUILT ENVIRONMENT I THINK IT
SHOULD ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE TO
EVERYBODY COMMUNITY WHO USES
IT. AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE
AN AFTERTHOUGHT. IT'S ONLY
GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE,
THE LONGER WE PUT IT OFF. AND
BY NOT ALLOWING THE SIDEWALK
DECREASING ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THIS
BILL AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES
OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC. NOW TO MOVE ON
TO THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM
ON OUR AGENDA. WILL PLEASE
READ THE FULL TITLES OF THE
FIRST AND SECOND AGENDA ITEMS
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
WITH MEMBERS OF THE LEVER TO
MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT KATE
COMMITTEE FOR DECEMBER 21st OF
2027 WITH THE BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU AND AS YOU KNOW
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
SERVES AS THE MAIN OVERSIGHT
ROLE TO ENSURE THE LEVY IS
BEING IMPLEMENTED AS VOTERS
INTENDED. AS A REMINDER TO THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS IS
$930,000,000.90 YOUR PROPERTY
TAX LEVY FOR TRANSPORTATION
PRODUCT APPROVED BY VOTERS IN
NOVEMBER OF 2015. WHILE THE
LEVEES EXPIRING NEXT YEAR, THE
ORIGINAL AUTHORIZATION
ORDINANCE STILL REQUIRES
ONGOING OVERSIGHT. SO WE ARE
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COUPLE
WILLING TO BE REAPPOINTED HERE.
SO WE CAN GET GOING. WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO
KEVIN -- KATIE OLSEN.
>> THIS FUNDS TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE HAVE 23 APPOINTEES TO THE
COMMITTEE AND I THERE ON THEIR
BEHALF TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORK
ON THE COMMITTEE. THE FIRST
TWO HAD SERVED WAS STRONG
LEADERSHIP THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE INCHES THE CURRENT
CULTURE OF THE LSC. IN THE HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
SPEARHEAD THEIR WORK SHAPING
MEETING AGENDAS AND GATHERING
INFORMATION TO DEVELOP THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
SECOND IS DENNIS STAFFORD FIRST
DENNIS HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT
ROLE AS THE COMMITTEE'S
DESIGNATED ENGINEERING. HE TOO
HAS DEVOTED MANY HOURS OF HIS
TIME INTO UNDERSTANDING THE
BRIDGE PROGRAM AND ASKING
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS SO THAT THE
LLC CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS
FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. WITH
THAT, I CONCLUDE MY
INTRODUCTION TO THE APPOINTEES
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, KATIE.
COLLEAGUES, I ATTENDED NEARLY
ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
DURING MY TERM AS THE
TRANSPORTATION SURE HAD AN
HONOR TO WORK WITH BOTH INGA
AND DENNIS OVER THE COURSE OF
OUR TERMS AND WE'RE FORTUNATE
TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM WILLING TO
CONTINUE TO SERVE SO WE CAN
REAPPOINT THEM AND CONTINUE IN
THIS IMPORTANT OVERSIGHT ROLE
AS REQUIRED BY THE ORIGINAL OR.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE?
OKAY. COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
2695 AND 2694. ITEMS HUNTER KIM
TWO ON OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> THINK A TICKET HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS? WITH THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE DECISIONS
TO CALL THE APPOINTMENTS.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RECOMMENDATION TO
CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS WILL
BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 12 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU AND
WE WILL SEE YOU TONIGHT. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE FULL
TITLE OF THE THIRD AGENDA ITEM.
SYSTEMIC AGENDA ITEM 3 STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
LEVY RENEWAL FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THIS
EVENING. WE ARE FORTUNATE
TODAY TO HAVE TWO OTHER LEADERS
FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WITH US. TO WALK US THROUGH
THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT AFTER THE
2015 TRANSPORTATION PROPERTY
TAX LEVY EXPIRES NEXT YEAR. THE
FOR NOT FORMAL INPUT OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES REQUIRED
BY SECTION 9 OF THE ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE 12796 THAT WAS
APPROVED BACK IN 2019 FOR THE
NINE-YEAR AND $930 MILLION
PROPERTY TAX LEVY. I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO KEVIN AND RACHEL,
TWO ESTEEMED LEADERS WHO
VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SERVE
ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> AWESOME AND THANK YOU, CHAIR
ALEX PEDERSEN. JUST CHECKING
THAT YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE AND
SEE MY SCREEN?
>> YES.
>> SAME WITH ME? CAN YOU HEAR
MY VOICE AND SEE MY SCREEN?
THIS IS RACHEL.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> GREAT. AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR INVITATION TO COME HERE
TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR SERVICE
ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
ON THE FOUR YEARS THEY HAD BEEN
ON IT. THIS WAS AN ACTIVE
CONTRIBUTOR AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I AM A
CURRENT CHAIR AND I WAS JUST
REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE WITH RACHEL BUT JAMAL
WHO IS CURRENTLY OUR SECRETARY
FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE
THREE OF US WILL TAGTEAM THESE
PRESENTATIONS. FIRST WE'LL TALK
ABOUT A REMINDER WITH THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PURPOSES
AND WHY WE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THE FIRST PLACE AND WHERE WE
ARE AT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THE TURNOVER RATIO TO TALK
ABOUT EARLY COMMENTS THAT WE
HAVE THROUGH OUR PROCESS AS
WELL AS REEMPHASIZING THE
TIMELINE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
JUST TO CUT TO THE CHASE,
REACHABLE READ THE SAME PLACE.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND
THAT THE VOTERS APPROVE A NEW
ONE AFTER THE CURRENT ONE
EXPIRES NEXT YEAR. WE BELIEVE
THE LEVY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK FOR THE
CITY. WE WILL GET INTO SOME
SPECIFICS HERE. BUT WE BELIEVE
IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF
THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET AND THE RESOURCES TO
MOVE FORWARD. THE ORDINANCE
REQUIRES US TO MAKE OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS BY MARCH OF
NEXT YEAR. SO WE WILL TALK
THROUGH WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE
BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS
OF DEVELOPING THOSE. OKAY. THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AS CHAIR
ALEX PEDERSEN ALLUDED TO, IT'S
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS PLUS A
COUNCILMEMBER AND BUDGET
DIRECTOR. THERE ARE 16 OF US IN
TOTAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST
OF ALL OF US HERE ON THE
SCREEN. WE WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE ON THE COUNSEL FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE GREAT.
OVER IT'S TIME. AND WE ALSO
HAVE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
ADVISORY BOARD. WITH THE
BICYCLE TRANSIT AND
PEDESTRIANS. EACH OF THOSE
BOARDS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT SITS
ON THE COMMITTEE. AS WELL AS
THE DESIGNATED ENGINEER THAT
CHAIR ALEX PEDERSEN TALKED
ABOUT. AND I THINK THIS HAS
CREATED A PRETTY POWERFUL
COLLECTION OF PEOPLE TO RECEIVE
THE LEVY OVER THE LAST NINE
YEARS. I WILL NOT READ THIS
BUT THIS IS LANGUAGE FROM OUR
WEBSITE LAUNCHING THE ORDINANCE
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE
COMMITTEE. IN A NUTSHELL,
WE'RE HERE TO DO OVERSIGHT AND
LOOK AT HOW THE LEVEES BEING
EXECUTED YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
WE TYPICALLY EXTEND THE LETTER
TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS. REFLECTING OUR
OBSERVATIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS
YEAR. AND THEN, TO THE POINT OF
THIS BRIEFING AND GOING TO THE
NEXT LEVY BUT THE ORDINANCE
ITSELF REQUIRES THE COMMITTEE
TO BE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT
LEVY AT THE END OF THIS CURRENT
ONE. WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
THIS REQUIRES THE COMMITTEE TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
MAYOR AND THE COUNSEL OF WHERE
WE GO NEXT. IT SPECIFICALLY
CALLS OUT LOOKING AT THE CITY'S
SUCCESS AND PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION. INCLUDING THE
ABILITY TO CONTROL COSTS AND
MANAGE COSTS. THAT REQUIRES US
TO LOOK AT THE AVAILABILITY OF
ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES THAT CAN
PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT LINK FOR
THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM. AND THEN ALSO, THE
UNDERLYING NEED FOR FUNDING
USES IDENTIFIED IN THE LEVY
ITSELF. SO THIS IS HOW WE WILL
BE ORGANIZING A LETTER WHICH
WILL HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WE WILL DELIVER NEXT YEAR. IN
TERMS OF PREPARING
RECOMMENDATIONS. ON TO SAY
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE
BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT
THE CURRENT LEVY FIVE PROGRAM
WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAMS
IDENTIFIED BY THE LEVY. WE
SPENT THE LAST YEAR IN A HAVE
TO A DEEP DIVE ON ALL 30 OF
THOSE PROGRAMS AND WE GOT SDOT
TO COME SHARE WITH US PROGRAM
BY PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE AT AND
WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND
WHAT IDEAS THEY HAVE FOR THE
NEXT LEVY. WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A
HALF AND WE WILL ROLL THAT UP
INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IN
TERMS OF OTHER REVENUE SOURCES,
WE DON'T TO COLLECT EXPLORATORY
WORK BUT ALSO WHAT MAY BE
COUPLED TOGETHER WITH THE
FUTURE LEVY IN THE PACKAGE. TO
LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT RESOURCE
THE NEXT DECADE OF
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING NEEDS
FOR THE CITY. THAT IS WHAT WILL
BE DELIVERED WITH AN
EXPLANATION AND WILL TALK
ABOUT THAT MORE IN OUR LETTER
WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. THE
UNDERLYING NEED FOR THE FUTURE
LEVY. I WANT TO SAY THE
STRONGLY THAT WE SUPPORT THE
NEED FOR LEVY. WE RECOGNIZE AND
APPRECIATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS
LEVY IS FOR MEETING THE CURRENT
AND FUTURE NEEDS OF
TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. AND
WE REALLY SUPPORT THAT. THIS
IS IMPORTANT, GIVEN OUR ROLE.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON
OVERSIGHT. WILL BE LOOKING AT
HOW THE OVERSIGHT ROLE COULD BE
SHAPED AND IMPROVED IN THE
FUTURE. A LOT OF THINGS WORK
WELL IN THE CURRENT LEVY IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS
PUT TOGETHER. BUT THERE ARE
SOME THINGS WE SEE IS A
COMMITTEE THAT COULD BE
IMPROVED IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT
WITH THE NEXT LEVY AND WE WILL
BE INCLUDING THAT IN OUR NEXT
LETTER. WITH THAT, THIS IS THE
LIST OF 30 PROGRAMS AND YOU CAN
SEE THERE DIVIDED BY THREE
PROGRAMS AND EACH OF THE THREE
LARGER PROGRAMS THAT BREAK OUT
OF THE 30 PROGRAMS YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN. THESE OF THE DEEP
DIVES THAT ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON
THE WEBSITE. AND THINGS TO HER
PREDECESSORS FOR STAFFING US
AND MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. AND
SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE
BATON HERE TO RACHEL. WITH THE
REST OF THE SLIDES AND SHE WILL
TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT WITH
OUR RECOMMENDATION.
>> KEVIN SAID I AM NOW
SECRETARY OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. TODAY WE WANT TO
SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUCCESS
IN THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.
AND IN MARCH OF 2024, WE'RE
GOING TO SEND A DETAILED
RECOMMENDATION. INCLUDING WHAT
WE CALL A TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE. WHICH MEANS NOT ONLY
THE LEVY. BUT A SERIES OF
POSSIBLE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
THAT THE CITY MIGHT CONSIDER.
NEXT SLIDE. THANKS. OF THE 30
PROGRAMS THAT SDOT MINISTERS.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DINNER
OVERSIGHT AND SDOT IS MEETING
OR EXCEEDING THE GOALS OF THE
2015 GOALS FOR THE BEGINNING OF
THE LEVY. WHICH IS REALLY
GREAT. THERE ARE TWO THAT I
WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO.
ONE OF THEM IS VISION ZERO.
AND THE PROJECTS MIGHT BE
MEETING THE GOALS BUT THE CITY
IS JUST NOT REALLY ANY CLOSER
TO ELIMINATING TRAFFIC -RELATED
DEATHS THAN IT WAS IN 2015.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS
ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE LEVY.
AND NOW THE NEXT ONE IS
BRIDGES. WHILE THE NUMBER OF
BRIDGES RECEIVING SEISMIC
UPGRADES IS MEETING THE
ORIGINAL GOALS BUT THE SPECIFIC
RIDGES ARE NOT. AND WITH WHAT
WAS DROPPED WITH THE NUMBER OF
BRIDGES DROPPED IN 2020.
BECAUSE THEY EXCEEDED THE
PROGRAMS. BUT NOTABLY THE
FREMONT BRIDGES WERE DROPPED
BECAUSE OF THIS. AND WE WANT
TO ADDRESS THE SEISMIC
MOVEMENT OF BRIDGES. NEXT
SLIDE. HERE ARE SOME
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JOHN LEWIS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE OR THE
NORTHGATE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. I
WANT TO READ THEM ALL FOR YOU.
BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE
TREEPLANTING. IT'S A FAVORITE
OF MINE BECAUSE SDOT HAS DONE A
REALLY GOOD JOB WITH MAPPING
TREEPLANTING ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND IT NOW USES RACIAL
AND/SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX MAPS
IS ONE OF ITS TOOLS IN
TREEPLANTING. AND I THINK THAT
IS A GREAT DIRECTION FOR THE
CITY TO GO IN PART BECAUSE
WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THAT
TREES GET PLANTED WHERE
DEVELOPMENT GOES. AND I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IT GO WHERE
DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT
NECESSARILY GO WHICH IS IN
UNDERSERVED AREAS. NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT IS NEXT IS THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE MAKING, AS
KEVIN SAID, A STRONG
RECOMMENDATION FOR A
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE AFTER
THIS CURRENT ONE EXPIRES NEXT
YEAR. AND WILL SEND THE FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AS
OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE. AND
WITH THAT, I COMPLETE MY PART
OF THE PRESENTATION. AND I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER ALEX
PEDERSEN IN PARTICULAR. BECAUSE
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A LAST
MEETING. SO THIS IS KIND OF A
POIGNANT EVENT IN A WAY.
>> THINK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
IT. WILL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT THE
OVERSIGHT MEETING. WE
APPRECIATE THE PREVIEW AND THIS
IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON SECTION
9 OF THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE
WHICH LAYS OUT THIS REQUIREMENT
FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO
PROVIDE INPUT AND IT LAYS OUT
CRITERIA FOR THE INPUT.
INCLUDING THE EXPLORATION OF
ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
100% PROPERTY TAX. AND THOSE
WHO WROTE THE 2015 ORDINANCE
HAD THE FORESIGHT TO NOTE THAT
AND TO ASK FOR THAT TO BE
THOUGHT ABOUT. AS WE COME UP
TO THE EXPIRATION. ALSO REALLY
I WANT TO LIFT UP THE ISSUE OF
GIVING THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
EVEN MORE POWER AND AUTHORITY
FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT WE HAVE
A MASSIVE TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL PACKAGE. INCLUDING
POTENTIALLY GIVING IT AUDITING
POWERS OR THE RESOURCES TO
CONDUCT AUDITS ON OCCASION, IF
THEY NEED TO DO A DEEP DIVE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
FRUSTRATION FOR MANY. FOR THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
IT'S THE ABILITY TO DO THE DEEP
DIVE. SO WE CAN FIX THAT FOR
THE FIRST ONE. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR THEM? YOU COULD
ENGAGE WITH THEM NEXT YEAR WHEN
YOU RECEIVE THE LETTER FROM
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. ALL
RIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. SEE YOU TONIGHT. ALL
RIGHT. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE OF THE
FOURTH AGENDA ITEM? IS.
ACCOUNTS ABOUT 120101 ORDINANCE
REFLECTING EASEMENTS TO STATE
THAT 99 VIADUCT AND SEAWALL
REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. LEADING
OFF THE OPENING AND WHINING AND
ESTABLISHING PORTIONS OF
RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND WITH THE
PROPERTY BY THE EASEMENTS
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND TO RATIFY
AND CONFIRM CERTAIN PRIVATE
ACTS FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION AND PRIOR VOTE
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, AND
I WHEN WE LOOK FOR HOLIDAY
CHEER WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR
EASEMENTS AND INDEMNIFICATION
AND THIS COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE
BOUND TO THAT. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND WE
HAVE THE ORDINANCE FOR DEEDS
AND EASEMENTS RELATED STATE
ROUTE 99 OF THE VIADUCT. AND I
WANT TO BRIEFLY FIRST THINK
OUR COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF FOR
HIS MEN THIS. WHICH IS ATTACHED
TO THE AGENDA. AND CALVIN, DO
YOU HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS
FOR US?
>> MAGIC, COUNCILMEMBER. NO
OPENING REMARKS.
>> OKAY. WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO SDOT AND GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR HAVING US ON YOUR
AGENDA TODAY. I'M THE DIRECTOR
OF THE INTERAGENCY PROGRAMS AND
ENJOYING TODAY BY A SENIOR
REAL PROPERTY MANAGER FOR SDOT
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANK GRETCHEN FOR HER HARD
WORK TO PREPARE THESE TRANSFERS
AND AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADVANCE
THE NEXT SLIDE. THE PURCHASE OF
THE LEGISLATION IS TO ACCEPT
AREAS DEEDS AND EASEMENTS FROM
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO
THE VIADUCT REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM. THE DEEDS AND
EASEMENTS WILL BE PLACED UNDER
THE JURISDICTION AND
INCORPORATED OR LAID OFF AS
CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY. QUICKLY, AS
BACKGROUND, IN 2009, MORE THAN
A DECADE AGO. THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON AND KING COUNTY
AGREED ON AT TUNNEL
REPLACEMENT FOR THE ALASKA
VIADUCT. THEY ENFORCE THE
REPLACEMENT IN STATE LAW AND
THE STATE SUBSEQUENTLY
ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM TO
IMPLEMENT BOTH THE VIADUCT
DEMOLITION AND THE REPLACEMENT
WITH THE TUNNEL AND OTHER
RELATED PROJECTS. IT'S A
LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SHOW THE
AREA ON THE MAP NOW BECAUSE THE
VIADUCT IS GONE. BUT THE AREAS
THAT WE WILL BE ACCEPTING
PROPERTY AND ARE JUST TO THE
LEFT OF THE MAP NEAR THE SOUTH
TUNNEL PORTAL. AND JUST OFF THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP AT THE
NORTH TUNNEL. FOLLOWING
ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAM THE
CITY ON THIS DATE, THE STATE
AND CITY ENTERED INTO VARIOUS
AGREEMENTS TO IDENTIFY RESPECT
SOME RESPONSIBILITIES TO
IMPLEMENT. ONE OF THE AGREEMENT
SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH THE
PROCESS BY WHICH THE STATE
WOULD RELINQUISH CERTAIN
PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR THE
PROGRAM AFTER CONSTRUCTION WAS
COMPLETED. WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE 30th
AND FINAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT
FOR THE VIADUCT REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM AND THE CITY IN THE
STATE HAVE AGREED ON THE
PROGRAM TRANSFER PROPERTIES AS
REQUIRED UNDER THE AGREEMENT.
THIS LEGISLATION IS THE VEHICLE
BY WHICH THE CITY WOULD ACCEPT
THOSE PROPERTIES. THEN WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF MAPS THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO READ BUT I'LL HELP
YOU NAVIGATE. THE FIRST ONE
SHOWS THE SOUTH PORTAL AREA AND
IS SOUTH OF DEARBORN STREET
DIRECTLY ABOVE THE ATLANTIC
WITH NINE SLIVERS OF PROPERTIES
THAT HELP TO ESSENTIALLY
COMPLETE THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND ARE USED FOR TUNNEL
CONSTRUCTION THAT IS NO LONGER
NEEDED BY THE STATE BUT IT DOES
HELP WITH OUR CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND THE CITY TRAIL SYSTEM. AND
THEN THE SECOND MAP SHOWS THE
NORTH PORTAL AREA UP TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER THE SIXTH AND
SEVENTH AVENUE. JUST SOUTH OF
HARRISON STREET WITH FIVE
ADDITIONAL SLIVERS OF PROPERTY
THAT HELP TO COMPLETE THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY SYSTEM. SO THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TODAY,
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE PROPERTIES
IS A CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
WE DO ALSO HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
HERE WHO WROTE A MEMO FOR US
AND HAS POSTED IT ONLINE. OKAY
AND THANK YOU. THIS SEEMS
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. DID YOU
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> NO, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THIS AND IT WILL BE
ONE MORE CHANCE FOR COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. ANIMALS THAT WE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF ITEM 4 ON
OUR AGENDA. IS THE SECOND?
THANK YOU AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THE COUNCIL BUILD.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL RIGHT. WITH
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
OF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
TO PASS THE COUNCIL FOR?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND ON OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU IT WILL PAST AND
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 5
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 5. THE ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE EAST MARGINAL
RECORDER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OR
SEGMENT UNDER THE HEAVY HAUL
NETWORK PROGRAM EAST MARGINAL
WAY. AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACQUIRE,
ACCEPT, AND RECORD A DUDE FOR
STREET PURPOSES FROM KING
COUNTY. A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, SITUATED IN A
PORTION OF VACATED SOUTH
LINDNER STREET, SEATTLE
TIDELANDS IN THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP
24 NORTH, RANGE FOUR EAST,
WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN.
>> THANK YOU AND WE HAVE THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SARAH KEMP TO
PROVIDE DETAILS. BEFORE I TURN
IT OVER TO THEM I WANT TO THANK
OUR COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF FOR
HIS MEMO ON THIS. CALVIN, DO
YOU HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS
FOR US?
>> NO AND THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT WE WILL TURN IT
OVER TO SDOT. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
INCLUDING US ON THIS. FOR THIS
COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY WE ARE
ACTUALLY HERE IS THE PROJECT
MANAGER FOR THE EAST MARGINAL
WAY PROJECT. IT'S JUST ABOUT TO
GO INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THESE
ARE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE
SHOWN TO CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE
TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS FIVE
AND SIX AND SEVEN WITH THIS
PRESENTATION. THEY ALL RELATE
TO THE SAME PROJECT SO I WILL
COVER ALL OF THEM HERE
>> THANK YOU.
>> FROM OUR MISSION AND VISION
AND VALUES AND GOALS, WE REALLY
FOCUS ON THE DEPENDABLE AND
SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THAT IS WHAT THIS PROJECT
REALLY FOCUSES ON. IT'S A
SAFETY PROJECT AND IT'S ALSO A
MOBILITY PROJECT. IN THIS CASE,
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MOBILITY.
AND ALSO MAKING SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WALKING
AND BIKING ON THIS QUARTER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE TODAY I
WILL GIVE YOU A VERY SHORT
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. JUST
TO GIVE THE CONTEXT OF WHY
WE'RE HERE TODAY. BUT OUR GOAL
IS TO ACCEPT THREE DIFFERENT
THINGS. WE HAVE THE FIRST
COUNCIL BILL WHICH DOES ACCEPT
THE DEED FOR STREET PURPOSES
AND A VERY SMALL PROPERTY. NOT
AS BIG AS JON JUST EXPLAINED
AND WE'RE JUST SOUTH OF HIM AT
THIS PROJECT. AND WE ALSO HAVE
SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME UP THAT
OFTEN WHICH ARE THE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE RAILROAD
RIGHTS AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS VISUAL
GIVES A SENSE OF WHAT THE EAST
MARGINAL WAY PROJECT WITH
THOSE GOING TO THE SEATTLE PORT
TERMINALS. IT'S ALSO VERY FLAT
AND BUSY CORRIDOR USED FOR
PEOPLE MAKING IT TO AND FROM
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. ANY CAN SEE A
LOT OF TRAINS IN THE PICTURE.
THERE RAIL YARDS IN THE
NORTHERN SANTA FE YARD AND A
SMALL YARD THAT WE WILL GET
INTO MORE DETAILS ON. IT'S
RELATED TO THE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT NEXT SLIDE SO THE
PROJECT IS VERY MUCH A FREE
PROJECT. WE HAVE A HEAVY HAUL
NETWORK AND THIS PROJECT WILL
BE RECONSTRUCTING THE ENTIRE
CORRIDOR WITH MASSACHUSETTS
STREET AND IT WILL BE MAKING
SOME CHANGES TO SIGNALS FOR
EFFICIENCY AND IT WILL PUT IN A
FULLY PROTECTED BIKE LANE FOR
ANYONE BIKING ALONG HERE
BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND SPOKE IN.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. THIS IS
THE FIRST ITEM UP FOR
DISCUSSION AND IT'S ANOTHER
DEEP ACCEPTANCE. I HIGHLIGHTED
ON THE MAP HERE VERY SMALL KING
COUNTY WASTEWATER PARCEL
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES HERE. WE
NEEDED TO PURCHASE A VERY SMALL
APPOINTMENT AND I SHALL
EXPLAIN WHY. IT'S A SIMPLE
BUILDING SHOT TOO DIFFICULT
PERCENTAGES SIDEWALK RIGHT IN
FRONT OF IT AND AS PART OF OUR
PROJECT, WE WILL BE
RECONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALK SO
IT ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE
ROADWAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE
SIDEWALK YOU COULD EXPECT
ENTIRELY TO BE WITHIN THE CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY. BUT DUE TO SOME
HISTORICAL THINGS IN THE PAST,
PART OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK
WAS ACTUALLY KING COUNTY
PROPERTY. SO WHAT THIS DEED
DID IS IT SAID THAT THIS PART
OF THE SIDEWALK OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WILL PURCHASE THAT AND
MAKE IT FORMALLY THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO THIS PART OF
THE SIDEWALK WILL NOT BE ON
COUNTY PROPERTY. WE MADE THE
PURCHASED OVER A YEAR AGO NOW.
WE PAID A BIT OF MONEY AND THIS
IS JUST THE LEGISLATION TO
FORMALLY ACCEPT IT. GREAT. SO
THE NEXT TWO COUNSEL BILLS
RELATE TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE
WHICH IS THE WATER YARD. IT'S A
RAILYARD THAT IS BETWEEN THE
EAST MARGINAL WAY ROADWAY. AND
IT IS JOINTLY USED BY
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD
AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
WHAT THIS LEGISLATION PROPOSES
IS JUST CHANGING THE LEGAL
DESCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE
EXISTING FRANCHISE. MOST OF
THESE WERE MADE A VERY , VERY
LONG TIME AGO. WE ARE NOT
PROPOSING CHANGING ANY OF THE
ACTUAL LANGUAGE WITHIN THE
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT OVER WHO
DOES WHAT BUT JUST THE ACTUAL
LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND I WILL
EXPLAIN WHY. BUT THE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT STILL INCLUDES IT IN
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND RIGHT
HERE I WILL GIVE SOME DETAILS
ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT ITSELF IS
PROFESSING CHANGES. IF YOU GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE
TWO BINS OF TRACK. AND THE RED
MARKINGS STARTED ATLANTIC
STREET AND GO DOWN TO WHERE THE
TRACK IS NOW SEVERED WITH THE
YARD. THERE WAS A FORTRESS BY
THE WASHINGTON STATE
TRANSPORTATION IN 2009 THAT
BASICALLY PAID THE RAILROADS TO
REMOVE THE TRACK FOR WORK ON
THIS PITCH AND THE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT SHOULD HAVE UPDATED
THEM BUT THEY WERE NOT. THIS
WAS A CHANCE FOR US TO CLEAN UP
THE BOOKS AND WE CHANGE THE
LEGAL DESCRIPTION TO SHOW THAT
THE RAILROADS NO LONGER HAVE
RAILROAD RIGHTS IN THAT AREA
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY TOOK THE
TRACKS OUT AND THEY WERE PAID
TO DO SO. THE GREEN IS WHERE
WE AMEND THE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE
MAKING SOME CHANGES. I WILL
GIVE SOME DETAIL ON THAT ON THE
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE LEARNED
A LOT ABOUT RAIL DESIGN AS PART
OF THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE WE
HAVE A SITUATION RIGHT HERE AT
SOUTH HANFORD STREET. WHICH IS
A REALLY BUSY SIGNAL THAT WE
WANT TO OPTIMIZE AS PART OF OUR
FREIGHT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE
PROJECT. AND THERE IS A DOTTED
BLUE LINE THERE THAT GOES RIGHT
THROUGH AND INTO THE
INTERSECTION A LITTLE BIT.
THAT IS AN EXISTING RAILWAY
TRACK. IT DOES NOT GET USED
VERY OFTEN. BUT THE PRESENCE OF
THE TRACK MADE IT VERY HARD FOR
US TO OPTIMIZE THE SIGNAL AND
MADE A VERY SHORT PROTECTED
CROSSING FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE
LANE. THE RAILROADS HAVE AGREED
TO CONSISTS CONSOLIDATE TRACK
CROSSINGS SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE
THE DOTTED BLUE LINE AND ALL OF
THE TRACKS THERE THAT HAVE JUST
ONE REAL PASSING AT SOUTH
HANFORD STREET. BUT THAT MEANS
THAT THE TRACKS NEED TO MAKE A
BIT OF A MIRROR IMAGE OF
THEMSELVES SO WE CAN CONNECT TO
ALL OF THE TRACKS WITHIN THE
YARD BY HAVING JUST THAT ONE
CROSSING. I THINK THE NEXT
SLIDE GIVES A BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
HERE'S MY PICTORIAL IF WE HAVE
A PROTECTED BIKE LANE AT THE
VERY WEST EDGE OF THE YARD.
SEE THE WEST TRACK REMOVED IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION
AND THIS IS THE TRACK THAT
WOULD GO AWAY AND THE LITTLE
YELLOW LINES ARE WHERE THE
TRACK WOULD COME OUT NOW. THE
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR
ACCURACY IF YOU ARE NOT A
SURVEYOR. WE WORK WITH THE
SURVEYOR AND THE HAVE CHANGED
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THE
FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS TO NOW
REFLECT THE FUTURE YELLOW
LINES. AND THAT IS THE SUMMARY
OF THOSE THREE BILLS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENT
AND INFORMATIVE OVERVIEW. I
APPRECIATE THAT WE PUT THIS
TOGETHER IN ONE POWERPOINT SO
COUNCILMEMBERS CAN SEE HOW
EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER. WE
HAD A MEMO FROM CITY COUNCIL
STAFF AND TAKEN FROM THERE WERE
NO ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT YOU
IDENTIFIED WITH THESE THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION, CORRECT?
>> NO ISSUES. JUST TO HOLD UP
AGAIN THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME
TECHNICAL CHANGES FROM THE
SURVEYOR. SO THERE WILL BE
AMENDMENTS TO BOTH OF THOSE
LEGISLATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD. SO THE
FIRST THREE OF THE FIRST THREE
PIECES DOES NOT HAVE AN
AMENDMENT. SO I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THAT AND THEN THERE IS
STILL TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER, I'M OF THE
PASSAGE OF 120723. ITEM 5 ON
OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVED TO
VOTE ON THIS FIRST OF THREE
PIECES?
>> THANK YOU AND JUST VERY
BRIEFLY. WANT TO SAY I'M A HUGE
FAN OF THE PROJECT AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON
ENHANCING MULTIPLE MODES OF
TRAVEL. AND THE FACT THAT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS AREA FOR
BICYCLE ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN FROM
WEST SEATTLE WAS FELT VERY
STRONGLY BY COMMUTERS.
PARTICULARLY, PEOPLE WHO WERE
CHOOSING TO COMMUTE BY BICYCLE
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE
CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
FOR THIS PROJECT TO TAKE
ANOTHER STEP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS COUNTABLE COUNT ITEM 5 ON
OUR AGENDA.
>> CHAIR PETERSON. FOUR IN
FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THIS WILL BE SENT
TO THE DECEMBER 12 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. AND EVEN THOUGH WE
HAVE THE OVERVIEW POWERPOINT
FOR THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS, WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND WORK THROUGH
THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND
WE HAVE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
FOR EACH OF THEM. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE FULL
TITLE OF ITEM 6 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> THE ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISE GRANTED
TO THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
RAILROAD COMPANY. ORGANIZED
UNDER THE STATE OF OREGON AND
AMENDING SECTION 2 OF THE
ORNAMENTS 18030 AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCES 26254 AND 30927 AND
75816 AND 77271 AND 95271 AND
117479 AND 11894 TO AMEND THE
DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN RAILROAD
RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
AGAIN, THESE AGENDA ITEMS ARE
CLOSELY REGULATED. THIS IS
ITEM 6. WE ALREADY HAD THE
PRESENTATION WITH CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF PROVIDING A MEMO
TO NOT IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES
EXCEPT FOR THE NEED FOR THE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, MEGAN, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS
AGENDA ITEM BESIDES YOUR
PRESENTATION?
>> I THINK THE PRESENTATION
GIVE A GOOD VISUAL AND THANK
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD
AND I WILL MOVE THE ITEM AND
THEN WE CAN MOVE FOR THE
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE COULD
HAVE KELVIN WALK THROUGH THE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR US.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THAT
WE RECOMMEND MOVING THIS. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THE BILL. I NOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE ADOPT
AMENDMENT ONE AS PRESENTED ON
THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO AMOUNT AMEND
THIS. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
THIS TECHNICAL AMENDMENT?
>> SURE, COUNCILMEMBERS. SO
THERE MENDE IS ATTACHED TO
AGENDA AMENDMENT ONE. IT'S A
PRETTY LONG SECTION OF LEGAL
DESCRIPTIONS AND SO WE WANT TO
CHANGES AND TO GET TO
APPROXIMATELY THE THIRD PAGE.
THERE ARE LARGE NUMBERS OF
SECTIONS THAT REALLY REFLECT
THE NORTHERN SECTION OF TRACK
WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS. AND SO
WE ARE REMOVING A LOT OF THAT
FROM THE FRANCHISE AREA. AND
THEN THERE ARE SOME SMALLER
SURVEY CHANGES THAT ARE
DESCRIBING THE FUTURE TRACK AS
WELL AND SO LARGELY , THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT? OKAY. IT WAS MOVED
AND SECONDED. SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT ONE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AS AMENDED. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
VOTE ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
OKAY. SEEING THEN, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE
BILL AS AMENDED?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION TO
PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE SENT TO
THE DECEMBER 12 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO
AGENDA ITEM 7. WHICH IS THE
THIRD OF THE THREE. AND IT WILL
BE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR
THAT AS WELL. WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE FULL TITLE OF
ITEM 7 INTO THE RECORD
>> THE ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISE GRANTED
TO THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE,
COMPANY OF WASHINGTON, THE
SUCCESSORS ASSIGN. AMENDING
SECTION 2 AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCES 18823 AND 92572. TO
AMEND THE DESCRIPTION OF
CERTAIN RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY
AND TO REFLECT THE OPERATION
OF RAILROAD OPERATION AND THE
RECONFIGURATION FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU AND THIS WAS
ADDRESSED IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION AND ALSO INCLUDED
IN THE MEMO FROM CENTRAL
STUFF. I WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE ITEM AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE THE AMENDMENT AND AND
THERE WILL BE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE COUNCIL BILL. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED AND WE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE BILL. I NOW
MOVE ONE I WAS ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU AND IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
AMENDMENT. AND CALVIN, AS
BEFORE, PLEASE WALK US THROUGH
THIS TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS
LARGELY THE SAME AS ON THE
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION. IT IS
CORRECT IN SOME OF THE
SURVEYING MARKS AND AGAIN THERE
WILL BE SOME SECTIONS WHERE THE
TRUCK IS NO LONGER EXISTING.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE
WE MOVE THIS AMENDMENT? FOR THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AS AMENDED. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
VOTE ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS THIS AS AMENDED?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR AND
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE
CARRIES TO PASS AS AMENDED AND
WILL BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 12
CITY COUNCIL MEETING THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I
PROMISED INDEMNIFICATIONS.
THEY'RE COMING UP. AGENDA ITEM
8. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WE
HAVE MOVED ITEMS 10 AND 11 AND
12 TO THE END OF THE AGENDA.
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO
VOTE ON EVERYTHING. LET'S NOW
DO AGENDA ITEM 8. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE FULL
TITLE OF ITEM 8 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 8. AND ORDINANCE
RELATED TO STREET AND SIDEWALK
USE AND IT EXPANDING THE
INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLDING
HARMLESS REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE
CURRENTLY DIRECTED TO
PERMITTEES FOR THE PUBLIC
PLACE AS USED IN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND AMENDING
SECTION 15-4-60 FOR BRIEF
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS
HERE TO PRESENT THE LEGISLATION
THAT EXPANDS THE
INDEMNIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING STREET AND SIDEWALK
USE. AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK
OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR HIS MEMO
ON THIS. WHICH IS ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA. DO YOU HAVE ANY
OPENING-ROUND REMARKS OR
CONCERNS OR JOKES BEFORE I TURN
IT OVER?
>> I KNOW WE WILL GO OVER THIS
BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THIS IS NOT NEW POLICY.
THIS IS CLEANING UP CODE
LANGUAGE. IT IS JUST CLEANING
UP CODE LANGUAGE AND IT DOES
NOT REFLECT ANY POLICY CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU. NOW LET'S TURN
IT OVER TO ELISE. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY. BILL IS
GETTING OUR POWERPOINT UP. MY
NAME IS ELYSE NELSON AND I'M
THE PUBLIC SPACE MANAGER FOR
STREET USE AND THE ACTING
DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR STREET
USE AS WELL. TODAY WE WOULD
TALK ABOUT OUR MINOR 15 CODE
AMENDMENT THAT IS RELATED TO
INDEMNIFICATION. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THE DUWAMISH VISION
AND CORE VALUES ALWAYS GUIDES
OUR WORK. THIS WORK TODAY TIES
INTO I THINK EXCELLENCE.
BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE
CHANGES THAT IMPROVE OUR
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND CAN
RIGHT SIZE WHEN WE ENCOURAGE
STREET USE PERMITS TO MAKE SURE
IT'S THE BEST TOOL FOR THE USE.
NEXT SLIDE. TODAY, WE ARE
LOOKING FOR THE VOTE ON THE
COUNCIL BILL AND AS JUST
NOTED, IT'S A MINOR CLEANUP AND
NOT A SHIFT OR A NEW POLICY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CLARIFYING INDEMNIFICATION
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUE TO A
LARGER UPDATE THAT WE COMPLETED
THAT WAS EFFECTIVE EARLIER THIS
YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. THE
ORDINANCE THAT WE DID ADOPT
EARLIER THIS YEAR HAD ADDED THE
FOLLOWING LANGUAGE ON THIS
SLIDE. IT REALLY MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR SDOT TO EXEMPT
CERTAIN MINOR USES FROM THE
STREET USE PERMITS AS LONG AS
WE HAD AN ESTABLISHED DIRECTORS
RULE TO GUIDE THAT AND PROVIDE
STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE FOR THE
USE. AND SO, THAT IS KIND OF
WHAT IS MAKING THIS NEW
LEGISLATION , COMING UP NOW.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE ARE
TWO SLIDES OR TWO EXAMPLES OF
HOW WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE
LEGISLATION THAT WAS ADOPTED
EARLIER THIS YEAR. FIRST OFF,
PLEASE BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE.
ONE MORE BACK. THERE WE GO.
WE HAVE ALREADY MADE TWO
CHANGES VIA THE NEW DIRECTORS
ROLE. ONE MY SLIDE TO GO.
THERE WE GO. THIS IS THE ONE
AND THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, WE
ARE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO
HAVE DISPLAYS AS LONG AS THEY
MEET THE STANDARDS IN THE ROLE
AND MORE RECENTLY, WE UPDATED
THE DIRECTORS ROLE TO CREATE A
WAY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SIGNS
THAT ARE OVER ABOVE THE
OVERHANG WITHOUT HAVING THE
STREET USE PERMIT FOR LONG-TERM
USE. THESE ARE JUST TWO
EXAMPLES OF HOW WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THE NEW POLICY THAT
WAS EFFECTIVE EARLIER THIS
YEAR. NOW, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE UPDATES IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY ARE TO MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT THE RULES ON
INDEMNIFICATION APPLY TO THE
USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND NOT TO A PERMANENT TEETH.
THIS ADDRESSES SITUATIONS WHERE
WE HAVE THE DIRECTORS ROLES
THAT SAID THE PERMIT IS NOT
REQUIRED AND ALSO SITUATIONS
WHERE PERMIT IS REQUIRED BUT
FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DON'T
HAVE ONE AT THE PRESENT TIME.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? I KNOW YOU
HAVE A PACKAGE ON THIS SO I
WILL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET
TODAY BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE FOR SDOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT THIS
IS REALLY CLEANUP LEGISLATION
AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
ISSUES WITH IT. DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> NOTHING TO ADD AND THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY AND THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU . I UNDERSTAND
IT'S A TECHNICAL BILL AND
CLEANUP LANGUAGE AND THAT I
DOES NOT COVER THE ISSUE OF
INDEMNIFICATION AND NOT THE
ISSUE OF WHAT THINGS ARE
REQUIRING THE ANNUAL PERMIT AND
WHAT DON'T. BUT SINCE I HAVE
YOU HERE, I WANTED TO ASK THE
QUESTION. I HAVE RECEIVED
COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS AND
WISHES THAT THINGS WERE
DIFFERENT FROM BUSINESS OWNERS
IN MY DISTRICT PICKED AND
MAYBE THIS HAS CHANGED. BUT
IT'S ABOUT THE NEED TO GET THE
ANNUAL PERMIT FOR THE AWNING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS STILL
REQUIRED? OR IS THAT MAY BE A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PERMIT
REQUIREMENT?
>> I THINK IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS A
MISUNDERSTANDING. WE DON'T
REQUIRE LONG-TERM PERMITS FOR
THINGS THAT QUALIFIES OVERHEAD
WEATHER PROTECTION. THAT WAS A
CHANGE WE MADE MAYBE SIX OR
SEVEN YEARS AGO. SO IT MIGHT
BE THAT THEY'RE REMEMBERING THE
WAY THINGS USED TO BE. BUT FOR
THE MOST PART AFFECT QUALIFIES
AS OVERHEAD WEATHER PROTECTION
TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM THE
WEATHER ON DAYS LIKE TODAY,
THAT SHOULD ONLY MEAN PERMITS
FOR INSTALLATION AND NOT
LONG-TERM USE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT. I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
ITEM 8 ON OUR AGENDA. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
VOTE? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS THE COUNCIL BILL.
FOUR IN FAVOR AND THEN OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE RECOMMENDATION
WILL BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 12
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE FULL ITEM OF
AGENDA NINE?
>> THE ORDINANCE VACATING THE
PORTION OF THAT THESE 48th
STREET BETWEEN 24th AVENUE
NORTHEAST AND THE TRAIL AND
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND
ACCEPTING THE PROPERTY USE
AGREEMENT OUTLINING ONGOING
OBLIGATIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE
TRAIL CONNECTION ON THE PACIFIC
OF TRINITY TRAILSIDE LLC. FOR A
BRIEF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE .
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS A STREET
DISTRICT THAT HELPS TO GRAB
ACCESS TO THE TRAIL. THIS IS
HERE FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
MEETING ALL THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
REQUIREMENTS FROM 2019 THAT
HAVE BEEN SET AND WE ARE HERE
TODAY TO VOTE ON THE APPROVAL.
HAVING MET THOSE CONDITIONS. WE
HAVE OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HERE. WHICH HAS
DETERMINED THE PROJECT IS
MEETING THE CONDITIONS. AND
FROM COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF THEY
ARE ALSO HERE. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR MEMO ON THIS EDIT IS
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. DO YOU
HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS BEFORE
WE TURN IT OVER TO THE DESIGN
COMMISSION?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED WHAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY AND THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT AND THANK YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE SDOT AND WE WILL
START WITH BEVERLY BARNETT .
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US AT THE COMMITTEE
TODAY. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE
PROJECT, I DO WANT TO SAY TO
THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE,
WHAT A PLEASURE IT HAS BEEN IN
THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO WORK ON
THESE ISSUES WITH US. THEY
ALWAYS POSE INTERESTING ISSUES
AND THE GUIDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR HAS
JUST BEEN OUR CENTER. TODAY WE
KNOW WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA
AND WE WOULD TRY TO GO REALLY
CRISP . SO I WILL TRY TO SPEED
TALK AND THEN WE HAVE MICHAEL
JENKINS IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE DESIGN
COMMISSION, WHO ALSO WILL GO
QUICKLY AND THEN THE POWER
PRAYED POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
WILL BE DONE TODAY WITH MARK
BRANDS AND HE HAS ALSO
PRACTICED HIS TALKING. SO WE
WOULD TRY TO GET THROUGH
EVERYTHING REALLY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE ARE
REALLY HAPPY TO GET THIS
THROUGH THIS YEAR. AS THE CHAIR
NOTED AND DOES THE MEMO NOTES,
THE COUNCIL HAS A TWO STEP
APPROVAL PROCESS. WE COME
FORWARD WITH THE FINAL
LEGISLATION WHEN THE PROJECT IS
DONE AND EASEMENTS AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS ARE
COMPLETED AND THE COUNSEL
ALWAYS CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FEATURES.
WHETHER THOSE ARE IN AND
PROTECTED. I CAN AFFIRM THAT
THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THE
CONDITIONS AND PAID ALL OF THE
FEES. AND THIS IS REALLY READY
FOR FINAL COUNSEL ACTION. I
ALSO WANTED TO IN PARTICULAR
NOTE THE TRAIL CONNECTION.
WHICH IS PART OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT. IT WAS REALLY DRIVEN
BY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT
WAYS TO GET PEOPLE ON AND OFF
THE TRAIL AND THE DEVELOPER
WILL EMBRACE THIS IS A PIECE OF
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. SO I THINK
IT WORKS REALLY WELL AND I
REALLY WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT
IT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
PARTS AND THEN THE DEVELOPER
PUT IT IN AND IT JUST LOOKS
GREAT. OF COURSE I'M AVAILABLE
FOR QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD JUST
JUMP TO MICHAEL JENKINS, FOR
HIS COMMENTS ON THE REVIEW.
>> THANK YOU, BEVERLY AND GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST
VERY BRIEFLY TO BUILD ON THIS.
WHEN SOMETHING COMES TO THE
DESIGN COMMISSION OR THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE, WE REALLY
LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CALL THE
BIG MODE. WHERE IS THE
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT AND
ADVANCING THE PUBLIC REALM AS A
RESULT OF THE VACATION AND TO
OFFSET THE IMPLICATIONS? WHAT
YOU WILL SEE THE PRESENTATION
IN TWO BIG MOVES. THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROVIDING
AN IMPORTANT WING FROM THE
TRAIL TO NOT ONLY NEW AND
SIGNIFICANT MULTIFAMILY
DEVELOPMENT. BUT, TO THE
SHOPPING AREAS AROUND THERE AND
OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AT
UNIVERSAL VILLAGE. INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT. WHAT YOU WILL ALSO
SEE OTHER PUBLIC REALM
ENHANCEMENTS AT THE SITE THAT
REALLY ADVANCE WHAT WE SEE FOR
OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN TERMS OF
PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
UNIQUE WAYS FOR DRAINAGE AND
INFILTRATION. IT REALLY SETS AN
IMPORTANT STANDARD HERE. AND WE
THOUGHT THAT THOSE TWO THINGS
COMPRISED A BIG MOVE THAT WE
ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE. I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO THE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT AND SING THIS
PROJECT THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU AND I CAN TAKE
OVER FROM HERE. WE ARE PART OF
THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. AND
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS ON
THE AGENDA. I KNOW IT'S A VERY
BUSY YEAR AND FOR YOU AS YOU
ARE WRAPPING UP YOUR TURN AND
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WILL SHARE THIS ON BEHALF OF
THE PROPERTY GROUP WHO IS THE
CLIENT. DID I DO THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> KENNY GUYS SEE THE
PRESENTATION?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU.
OKAY, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY
ALL ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN. THE
BIG MOVE THAT YOU SEE ON SCREEN
2/25 AVENUE NORTHEAST. WHICH
DIRECTLY LINKS INTO THE
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE. THIS IS THE
BIG MOVE THAT SETS THE MASS OF
THE BUILDING BACK. IT'S KIND
OF A STREET VACATION. I'M
SORRY. THERE WE GO. IT'S
ROUGHLY 9074 SQUARE FEET THAT
HAS BEEN VACATED AND THE
EXISTING CONDITION AS IT WAS
REALLY SERVICE TO THESE SMALL
TWO AND THREE STORY WALK-UP
APARTMENT BUILDINGS ADJACENT
TO THE TRAIL. AND THIS SLIDE
SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS
AT THE TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE
STREETS IN THE UPPER NH AND ON
THE TOP OF THE PAGE. JUST OFF
THE PAGES 25th AVENUE AND THE
BOTTOM ARE THE EXISTING STREET
CONDITIONS. YOU CAN SEE THE 2
TO 3 STORY WALK-UP BUILDINGS
THAT THE STREET PRIMARILY
SERVED. AND THE PROJECT THAT
HAS BEEN BUILT AND IS OUT THERE
TODAY AND IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL
IS THE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT
WITH ROUGHLY 270 UNITS. A VERY
SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING. WE
FIND THAT STUDENTS DON'T USE
PARKING AND A ONE STORY PARKING
GARAGE BELOW THAT SERVES THE
BUILDING ITSELF. IT'S ABOUT A
TWO AND HALF ACRE SITE AND HERE
YOU SEE THE LARGE SETBACK TO
THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN THAT
PRODUCES THIS DIRECT
CONNECTION. SO WE HAVE
ESSENTIALLY REPLACED THE STREET
THAT SERVICED CARS WITH THE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WITH
DIRECT LINKING ON THE TRAIL TO
A PRIMARY RIGHT-OF-WAY. WELL
USED SHOPPING SITE. SO WE WILL
GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE
VERY QUICKLY. THIS INCLUDES THE
DIRECT CONNECTION, NUMBER 1
2/25 AVENUE. AND THE CURB LIST
STREET IS ONE OF THE STREETS
USING OUR STREETS ILLUSTRATED
MANUAL. OF THE VERY MUCH FOCUS
ON PEDESTRIANS WITH SOME
AMENITIES ON THE TRAIL WITH
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION THAT YOU
SEE FROM TIME TO TIME. AND
THEN THE FIRST PRIVATE
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE
WAYFINDING PROGRAM. AND THE
FIRST BENEFIT IS THIS DIRECT
CONNECTION THAT MIKE AND
BEVERLY SPOKE ABOUT. VERY MUCH
PUT FOCUSING ON THE PEDESTRIANS
ANY DON'T SEE THIS OFTEN.
THERE ARE VERY FEW OCCASIONS
THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DIRECTLY CONNECT TO THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IT'S REALLY
DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC. WE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND
THIS WAS THE AHA MOMENT AND THE
BIG TICKET ITEM THAT WE ALL
DISCOVERED TO ALLOW FOR THIS TO
HAPPEN. THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE
TODAY. THIS IS THE VIEW TO THE
EAST AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED OFF
OF THE DISTANCE AREAS. AS YOU
CROSS, IT ALSO HITS MAGICALLY A
PEDESTRIAN CONTROLLED SIGNAL
CROSSING ACROSS 25th THE, AND
ARTERIAL. THE SECOND BENEFIT
IS A CURB LIST STREET. AS MY
FRIEND LIKES TO SAY THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, THIS SEAT HAS A LOT
OF CURBS FOR CURB LIST STREET.
BUT IT WAS MAINLY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF PLANTING AND TO
HAVE CARS THAT COULD PREVENT
THEM FROM DRIVING INTO THE
PLANTER. IT'S ABOUT 25,000
SQUARE FEET OF IMPROVEMENT THAT
THE DEVELOPER TOOK ON HERE. SO
VERY SIGNIFICANT. BUT WE WILL
FOCUS ON THESE NO BARRIERS .
WITH STUDENT HOUSING ON THE
RIGHT OF THE SCREEN AND THE
PROJECT TRAIL SITE TO THE LEFT
IS A MARKET MULTIFAMILY
BUILDING AS WELL. A LOT OF
ACTIVITY AND BUZZING ON THE
STREET NOW WHICH IS REALLY
GREAT TO SEE. WE ARE REALLY
FOCUSED IN ON THE PEDESTRIAN.
THE THIRD BENEFIT IS SOMETHING
YOU DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN WITH
THE BENCH AND DRINKING FOUNTAIN
AND A BIKE FIX-IT STATION. YOU
NOT SEE THESE VERY OFTEN. AND
IT ALSO INCLUDED THE WAYFINDING
SIGN AND WILL GET TO THAT IN A
MOMENT. THIS IS A PITSTOP, IF
YOU WILL. DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO
THE INTERSECTION WITH THE
SETBACK AND THE DIRECT
CONNECTION ON 25th. THE FOURTH
ONE IS RESTORATION THAT YOU
SEE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. THIS
IS FANTASTIC TO SEE WITH A LOT
OF INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVED AND
REPLACED WITH NATIVE SPECIES
WITH THIS CONDITION ENVIRONMENT
TO REALLY INCREASE HABITAT AND
TO REALLY FOCUS ON INCREASED
CANOPIES WITHIN OUR CITY AND
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HEAT
ISLAND EFFECT. AND THE LAST ONE
IS WAYFINDING. WHICH ALWAYS
ENDS UP ON OUR TICKETS. BUT
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT. I
THINK THE LAST TIME A PRIVATE
DEVELOPER WILL PROBABLY DO THIS
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A
LOT OF WORK TO PRODUCE THE
MAPPING AND THE CONTENT. AND
SO NOW THE CITY AND SDOT IS
TAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
DEVELOPERS AS A PUBLIC
IMPLEMENT TO CONTROL THE ASSET.
IF THE DEVELOPER ALLOWS THE
FOOTING. ONE THING I WILL POINT
OUT FOR BEVERLY. THERE IS
FIRST RIGHT AMENDMENT LANGUAGE
ON EACH OF THESE SIGNS THAT
SAYS THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC
SPACE. THAT IS VERY CLEAR IN
EACH OF THESE SIGNS AT EITHER
IN OF THE CONNECTION IN THIS
CASE. THIS IS IT. AMENITIES AND
CONNECTIONS AND WAYFINDING
WERE VERY FOCUSED IN ON THE
PEDESTRIAN SPACE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AND I WILL JUST LEAVE
IT AT THAT FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE
APPROVE THIS COUNSEL BILL WHICH
MEMORIALIZES THE FACT THAT THE
DEVELOPER DID MEET THE
CONDITIONS AS OVERLY BARNETT
NOTED. ALL RIGHT. THEN LET'S
GO AHEAD INTO THE PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE TO GET THIS MOVING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THE
PASSAGE OF 120714 WITH ITEM 9
ON OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE. ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE ON
THIS? OKAY. WELL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS THE COUNSEL BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU AND THE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS WILL BE
SENT TO THE DECEMBER 12 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU AND
THINGS TO EVERYBODY. GOOD TO
SEE YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. AS WE
MENTIONED, ITEMS 10 AND 11 AND
12 WILL BE MOVED TO THE END OF
OUR AGENDA. I WILL STILL REFER
TO THE ITEMS WITH THOSE
NUMBERS. JUST TO CONFUSE YOU
AND JUST TO MATCH WHAT IS ON
THE AGENDA. BUT WE WILL MOVE
ITEMS 1011 AND 12 TO THE END.
THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 13 ON OUR
AGENDA. THE RESOLUTION
HONORING CHERYL CHILD. LET'S GO
AHEAD AND MOVE TO THAT. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE FULL
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 13 INTO
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 13. THE
RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE
HONORARY DESIGNATION OF SOUTH
MT. BAKER BOULEVARD BETWEEN
31st AVENUE SOUTH AND 32nd
AVENUE SOUTH AS CHERYL CHOW
BOULEVARD. FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE VOTE .
>> THANK YOU AND I BELIEVE I'M
SUPPOSED TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE CENTRAL STAFF FOR QUICK
OVERVIEW AND THEN TO OUR
SPONSOR , COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY
MORALES FOR HER REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION DOES
EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IN THE
TITLE. THE LOCATION IS JUST ON
THE NORTH SIDE AND IT'S MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCILMEMBER
TAMMY MORALES TO SPEAK AS A
MEMBER OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> GREAT AND PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALEX
PEDERSEN. YES. THIS RESOLUTION
PROVIDES HONORARY DESIGNATION
OF MT. BAKER BOULEVARD BETWEEN
31st AND 32nd AVENUE SOUTH AS
SDOT BOULEVARD. THE RESOLUTION
COMMEMORATES ARE FORMER CITY
COUNCILMEMBER, CHERYL CHOW. SHE
SERVED AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER
BETWEEN 1990 AND 1997.
COUNCILMEMBER CHERYL CHOW
PASSED FROM CANCER EXACTLY 10
YEARS AGO THIS YEAR AND MY
OFFICE WAS APPROACHED TO
STEWARD THIS STREET RENAMING.
COUNCILMEMBER CHERYL CHOW WAS A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2
AND A FRANKEN HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE. SHE ALSO SERVED AS
PRINCIPAL AND SHE WAS A STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND
PUBLIC EDUCATION. DURING HER 10
YEARS, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
THE EXPANSION OF FIVE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY CENTERS AS WELL AS
THE CREATION OF URBAN REST
STOPS. THERE WAS AN ONLINE
PETITION CIRCULATING THAT HAS
GARNERED OVER 1100 SIGNATURES
IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.
MANY WERE RECOUNTING THE
POSITIVE MEMORIES OF CHERYL.
SUCH AS HER WORK WITH THE
CHINESE GIRLS DRILL TEAM AND
HER MEMBERSHIP WITH THE YOUTH.
AND SO WITH THAT, I HOPE TO
GET THE SUPPORT OF MY
COLLEAGUES TO PASS THIS
RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY
MORALES, FOR PRESENTING THIS
IN HER MEMORY. COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADOPTION
OF RESOLUTION 32119 . AGENDA
ITEM 13. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RECOMMENDATION. ANYMORE
RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE
TO A VOTE? WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
COMMITTEE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT
THIS?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]. FOUR IN
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION
WILL BE SENT THE DECEMBER 12
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY
MORALES. DON'T GO ANYWHERE
BECAUSE WE WILL GO TO ITEM 14
ON OUR AGENDA. PLEASE READ WHAT
USED TO BE THE FINAL AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 14. CONSTABLE
120658. THE ORDINANCE RELATING
TO SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND
PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY
IMPROVEMENTS. ADDING A NEW
SECTION 1574 40 TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE
VOTE. THEY WE SEVERAL PUBLIC
SPEAKERS ON THIS AND SEVERAL OF
THEM ARE STILL HERE. WILL VOTE
ON A CLARIFYING AMENDMENT THAT
IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO CALVIN
CHOW FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR REMARKS FROM
OUR SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU. I'M USING THE
PRESENTATION FROM SEPTEMBER TO
REMIND FOLKS WHAT IS IN THE
LEGISLATION. THIS ADDS A NEW
SECTION TO THE CODE THAT
REQUIRES US TO INSTALL A
SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE
STREET AND EVALUATE THE
SIDEWALK CONDITIONS AND
CORRECTLY IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES
WHEN UNDERTAKING A MAJOR
PAVEMENT PROJECT. THIS ALSO
ALLOWS FOR THE DIRECTOR TO
AGREE THAT COMPLAINTS MAY NOT
BE POSSIBLE WITHIN NATURAL
CONSTRAINTS AND IT REQUIRES THE
DIRECTOR TO CREATE THE ANNUAL
REPORT AND TO CLARIFY HOW
THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THE
LEGISLATION THROUGH THE
UPCOMING YEAR. THE LEGISLATION
ALSO INCLUDES A SECTION THAT
PRIORITIZES REPAIR FOR OTHER
PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOT MAJOR
PAVEMENT PROJECTS. THAT ARE
BROADLY IN LINE WITH
ARTICULATING OUR PRIORITIES
FOR THE MOVEMENT AND ACCESS TO
SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND
RECREATION FACILITIES WITH
TRANSIT STOPS ON HIGH DENSITY
LET USE AREAS AND EQUITY
CONSIDERATIONS. THERE IS A
CLARIFYING AMENDMENT THAT YOU
WILL BE CONSIDERING AND I KNOW
THERE QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS SO MAYBE I WILL SAVE
THAT DISCUSSION FOR WHEN THAT
AMENDMENT COMES UP. I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> GREAT AND THANK YOU. I DO
WANT TO START BY THINKING
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN
FOR HOLDING THIS SECOND
DISCUSSION FOR THE BILL TO
INCLUDE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND
MAJOR REPAVING PROJECTS. ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM
THE DISABILITY AND MOBILITY
INITIATIVE WHO SPOKE TODAY.
I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER
SO I DECIDED I WOULD COME BACK
TO MY OFFICE. SORRY FOR LEAVING
YOU UP THERE. AS I MENTIONED
IN SEPTEMBER, THIS LEGISLATION
COMES FROM COLLABORATION WITH
THE DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON AND THE DISABILITY
MOBILITY INITIATIVE WITH SMART
GROWTH AMERICA AND THE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. AS WELL
AS THE FORMER SDOT DIRECTOR AND
AMERICA WALKS AND THE
LEGISLATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
ALL OF THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN THIS CHANGE AND
SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN SEATTLE
WE HAVE ALMOST 4000 LANE MILES
OF ROADWAY FOR CARS IN THE
CITY. AND APPROXIMATELY 25% OF
SEATTLE STREETS BLACK
SIDEWALKS. WHEN ONE IN THREE
AMERICANS CANNOT DRIVE AND WE
KNOW THAT FOLKS WITH
DISABILITIES AND ELDERS AND
YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO
CANNOT AFFORD A CAR THAT NEED
TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH
THEIR COMMUNITY. IT IS
DANGEROUS FOR THEM IF WE ARE
NOT MEETING THEIR MOBILITY
NEEDS. WE KNOW THERE ARE PARTS
OF THE CITY THAT HAVE FEWER
SIDEWALKS. WAS ARE ALSO OFTEN
THE AREAS THAT EXPLAINS
ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE
COLLISIONS AND DEATHS. AND THIS
IS PARTICULARLY TRUE IN MY
DISTRICT. MANY OF OUR
SIDEWALKS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE
ALSO IN DISREPAIR. THEY HAVE
UNEVEN SERVICES AND MISSING
CURB RAMPS THAT REALLY MAKE IT
HARD FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY
DEVICES AND PARENTS USING
STROLLERS TO NAVIGATE THE CITY.
I HAVE WITNESSED TOO MANY
TIMES, PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS
HAVING TO ACTUALLY GET OFF THE
SIDEWALK AND INTO THE ROADWAY.
BECAUSE IT HAS CRUMBLED OR
IT'S JUST NOT A SAFE PASSAGE
FOR THEM. WE KNOW THAT
SIDEWALKS ARE THE ESSENTIAL
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY
PROVIDE PUBLIC GOOD AND THEY
ENABLE MOBILITY FOR EVERYONE.
REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE OR
ABILITY. SOMETHING THAT CAR
INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT REALLY
DO. AND IS MORE PUBLIC ON
STREET PARKING 10 MILES OF
SIDEWALK IN SEATTLE. AND JUST
TO PUT A FINER PART ON THAT, WE
SPEND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
TAXPAYER MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE
PARKING SPACES THAT FOR MOST OF
THE DAY SIT EMPTY. WHILE WE ASK
PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO
SHOULDER THE MAJORITY OF THE
BURDEN OF BUILDING AND
MAINTAINING OUR SIDEWALKS. AND
THAT IS THE PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE
REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE MOVING THE DIAL ON
INCREASING THE ABILITY OF OUR
NEIGHBORS TO GET AROUND SAFELY.
WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO WOULD
MENTION THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS
TO BE INCLUDED IN NEW REPAVING
PROJECTS. THIS IS IN LINE WITH
THE FORMER BILL TO INCLUDE
NONMOTORIZED MOBILITY LIENS.
AND INTO ROAD REPAVING PROJECTS
AND CLOSELY RESEMBLING
SIDEWALK REGULATIONS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND IT
REQUIRES INVENTORY AND THE
REPORT OF THE ROAD REPAVING
PROJECTS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL EACH YEAR AND A
REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR ON
WHY THEY WOULD ELECT TO NOT
INSTALL SIDEWALKS ON PARTICULAR
PROJECTS. AND LASTLY, AS IT
RELATES TO FUNDING, THE FOLKS
THAT HAD BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
THIS ARE PURSUING THIS CHANGE
AHEAD OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN LEVY
RENEWAL. AS A WAY FOR US TO
SENT THE BENCHMARK FOR SIDEWALK
FUNDING IN THE NEXT
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. AS IT
STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE REPAIR
BUDGET IS NEGLIGIBLE AT BEST.
LASTLY, OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT
THIS LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THEY WANT US TO BE WILL TO
MAKE THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT POLL,
OVER THREE QUARTERS OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS SUPPORT SAFER SPACES
FOR WALKING AND SUPPORT WIDER
SIDEWALKS. ADDITIONALLY, HALF
OF SURVEYED SEATTLEITES SAY
THAT MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND
NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL SET A
BENCHMARK AND ALLOWED FOR US TO
BETTER FUND THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND REALLY TO
PROVIDE MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS
AND MORE EQUITABLE MOBILITY
FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND ALSO WE WANT
TO THANK THE DISABILITY
MOBILITY INITIATIVE AND THE
PEOPLE WHO SPOKE TODAY. THANK
YOU FOR COMING HERE. WE HAVE AN
APARTMENT AMENDMENT FOR THIS AS
WELL. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND
ARE YOU ABLE TO WALK US TO THE
AMENDMENT PLEASE?
>> SHOULD I MOVE IT FIRST?
>> YES. WE CAN MOVE IT FIRST.
AND GO AHEAD.
>> I OF AMENDMENT ONE.
>> OKAY AND GREAT. LET ME BACK
UP A LITTLE BIT. I GOT AHEAD OF
MYSELF. I WILL MOVE THE
UNDERLYING BILL AND THEN WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE
AMENDMENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE MOVE
PASSAGE WITH ITEM 14 ON OUR
AGENDA. IS THE SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED WORKMAN PASSAGE OF
THE COUNCIL BILL AND WE WILL
BRING THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF
US AND I CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD. I NOW MOVED TO
ADOPT AMENDMENT ONE AND IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU AND DID YOU WANT
TO SPEAK NOW?
>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE BASEBALL AND NOT ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT. IS THAT OKAY?
>> I KNOW I COULD LOOK IT UP
MYSELF BUT I'M WONDERING IF
EITHER ONE OF YOU COULD LET ME
KNOW HOW A MAJOR REPAVING
PROJECT IS DEFINED. THE
LEGISLATION SAYS IT'S DEFINED
IN 1580 ZERO 10. WE HAVE NOT
HAD TIME TO LOOK THAT UP BUT
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
INTERESTED TO KNOW THIS
REPAVING PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I DID NOT
HAVE THE LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF
ME. BUT LARGELY THE WEIGHT IS
OPERATIONALIZED IS BY THE
SPECIFIC BUDGET CAPITAL
PROGRAMS THAT DO THE WORK AND
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MAIN
CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO
CLARIFY WHICH PROJECTS ARE
INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED. I
THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE
MORE CLEAR AS WE GET TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU, YES. IF YOU DON'T
MIND SHARING YOUR SCREEN FOR
THE AMENDMENT. WHICH I AGREE
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
>> THIS IS ON THE AGENDA AS
WELL.
>> HERE WE GO. THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT DOES MAKE SOME
CHANGES TO REALLY CLARIFY MAKE
THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS AND REPAIR
PROJECTS. IT MAKES CHANGES TO
THE SUBSECTION AND FIRST OF
ALL, IT REORDERS THE LANGUAGE
JUST FOR THE CLARITY OF
READING. AND THEN IT MAKES A
COUPLE OF EDITS TO INCLUDE THE
WORD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND
THEN ALSO TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT
THESE PROJECTS THAT WOULD NOT
BE SUBJECT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
WHICH IS THE CHIP SEAL REPAIRS
AND ARTERIAL MAINTENANCE
PROJECTS AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
THE QUESTION THAT REALLY CAME
UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS
ABOUT THE ARTERIAL MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM. IT IS MEANT TO BE A
FAST RESPONSE WITHIN A WEEK OR
TWO FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO
PROBLEMS. AND LARGELY UP TO
ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO OF THE
STREET WHERE THERE ARE BAD
CONDITIONS. IT IS AT THE UPPER
LIMIT OF WHAT THE CITY CAN DO
WITH THEIR OWN CREWS BEFORE WE
HAVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC
WORKS CONTRACTS WERE GENERALLY
SPEAKING IT BECOMES A MUCH
BIGGER PROJECT THAT IS SUBJECT
TO ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. AND SO
THE RATIONALE FOR NOT INCLUDING
THAT IN THIS REQUIREMENT IS
ESSENTIALLY ONE OF SPEED AND
BUDGET. IF YOU DO INCLUDE TO
MAKE IT SUBJECT TO THESE TYPES
OF REQUIREMENTS, YOU INCREASE
THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE PROJECT
HAS TO INVOLVE. IF IMPROVING
THE SIDEWALKS TRIGGERED
STORMWATER CODES. YOU WOULD
PUSH OUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND
PrEP WORK NECESSARY TO DO IT
AND IT ENDS UP BECOMING A
LARGER PROJECT ANYWAY. IT'S
REALLY NOT THE INTENT OF THIS
PROGRAM. WHICH IS TO BE A QUICK
RESPONSE TO EMERGING CONDITIONS
ON THE STREET. THE ARTERIAL
MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DOES
DEAL WITH THE CURB RAMP
SITUATIONS WHEN THEY OCCUR AND
THAT ACTUALLY ACCOUNTS FOR
ABOUT 3% OF THE EXISTING
PROGRAM BUDGET. THAT WOULD BE
ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IF THEY
WERE TO INCREASE ADDITIONAL
SIDEWALK SCOPE INTO IT AND IT
WOULD MEAN THERE WOULD BE LESS
RESOURCES TO DO A BREATH OF
PROJECTS PROJECTS BUT IT'S MORE
OF A BUDGET ISSUE AND NOT A
POLICY ISSUE. BUT THIS IS THE
INTENT AND THE RATIONALE FOR
PROPOSING THIS. IT'S TO MAKE A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE QUICK
RESPONSE AND PREPARE PROJECTS
AND THE BROADER CAPITAL
PROGRAMS. WHEN WE FULLY REDO A
PROJECT LIKE ON THE 15th WHICH
IS GOING ON AND POWERED. THERE
IS GREATER SCOPE AND THERE IS
MORE DIVINE EXPERIENCE AND
RESOURCES TO INCORPORATE THAT
INTO THE SCOPE AND ALSO TO
PROGRAM IT IN AS PART OF THE
LARGER PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
EXPLANATION AND THANK YOU FOR
THIS AMENDMENT AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. I'M
A HUGE SUPPORTER AND I THINK
IT'S GREAT WORK. I APPRECIATE
THE SUMMARY ABOUT THIS
AMENDMENT AND SPECIFICALLY
LOOKING AT AT THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT OVER HERE WITH THE
ARTERIAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
WHAT I LOOK AT THIS
PRESENTATION WITH THE COMMITTEE
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS MAY 2nd OF
THIS YEAR. YES. MAY 2nd OF THIS
YEAR. I SEE A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED.
SOUTH 44 AVENUE SOUTHWEST AND
NORTHEAST PRINCETON WAY. AND
90th STREET. WHAT YOU
DESCRIBED IS TRUE. THERE ARE
NUMBER OF CURB RAMP AUDITIONS.
AND IT DOES SEEM THAT THESE
PROJECTS ARE MAYBE NOT THE
FAST RESPONSE. YOU CAN LOOK AT
BOTH 44th AND NORTHEAST
PRINCETON WAY. IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH THERE ARE LONGER
STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN PRESENT, WHICH ARE BEING
ADDRESSED. I WILL GET TO MY
QUESTION, WHICH HE STARTED TO
ADDRESS BEFORE I COULD ASK IT
ON 15th AVENUE NORTHWEST AND
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT
PROJECT AND THE ARTERIAL MAJOR
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
SPECIFICALLY, WITH 15th AVENUE
AND I KNOW THAT TWO PROJECTS
WERE MERGED. THERE WAS THE
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR THE
OVERPASS AND IN ADDITION TO
WHAT WAS INITIALLY DESCRIBED AS
A SIMPLE PAVING PROJECT. NOT A
LOT OF CHANGES WERE TO EITHER
LANES. OR TO THE CURBS OR
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. IT
SEEMED MUCH MORE I CAN TO THE
NORTHWEST 90th STREET PROJECT
OR THE OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SOUTH
PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE
PRESENTATION. THE QUESTION
HERE IS CAN YOU GIVE US MORE
OF AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE ARE
ARTERIAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS?
>> IT IS LARGELY SCALE AND
BUDGET SIZE. SO THE 15th
REPLACEMENT PROJECT WAS A
LARGER PROJECT THAT WAS
COMPLETED AND FUNDED UNDER THE
ARTERIAL ASPHALT AND CONCRETE
PLACEMENT PROJECT. IT'S A
DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT IS SORT
OF CONSIDERED A HIGHER CATEGORY
OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
TYPICALLY UNDER PUBLIC WORKS
REQUIREMENTS AND THE HIGHER
THRESHOLD OF PROJECTS. THERE
IS WHERE THEY COULD COME
ACROSS THE PUBLIC BIDDING
REQUIREMENT AND THE 15th
AVENUE PROJECT IS A LONGER
PROJECT WITH ROOM TO ADD THAT
SCOPE AND PUSH THAT SCOPE OUT.
THE ARTERIAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE
PROJECT IS TWO BLOCKS OF THE
STREET. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY
THE PURE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS
BUT IT'S LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGETING CONSIDERATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> GOING BACK TO MY EARLIER
MENTION. THAT THE LEGISLATION
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
PROJECTS THAT ARE DEFINED AS A
MAJOR PAVING PROJECT. I HAVE
FOLKS HELPING ME OUT WITH THOSE
DEFINITIONS. HE SENT ME THE
DEFINITION FROM CHAPTER 15.80.
AND THE MAJOR PAVING PROJECT
IS DEFINED. IT SAYS ANY PAVING
PROJECT OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION
AND THIS INCLUDES ARTERIAL
ASPHALT AND CONCRETE PROGRAMS
AND OTHER DISCRETE CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED
IN THE CIP. THEN IT GOES ON TO
SAY THAT THE MAJOR PAVING
PROJECT DOES NOT NEED ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE OR POTHOLE REPAIR
OR RESTORATION OR UTILITY CUT
OR EMERGENCY REPAIRS. GIVEN
THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS ALREADY
PART OF THE ORDINANCE, I
STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THIS AMENDMENT ODDS.
>> IT'S PART OF THE BY GLENN
REQUIREMENT AND IT ESSENTIALLY
MAKES THE SAME DISTINCTION. I
THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS
IS TO HAVE A SIMILAR
CLARIFICATION FOR THIS SECTION
OF THE CODE THAT IS RELATED TO
THE SIDEWALKS ALONG WITH THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
>> THE SUSPENDED APPROACH.
THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR, IF I MIGHT. THANK
YOU , COLLEAGUES. THIS
AMENDMENT WAS PROPOSED BY SDOT
AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO PROVIDE
AND TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT
PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR
WORK THAT GOES BEYOND THE
POTHOLE REPAIR. IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD NOT
AFFECT OUR GOAL OF INCLUDING
SIDEWALKS IN MAJOR PROJECTS. I
THINK THAT IS WHAT CALVIN CHOW
IS TRYING TO CLARIFY. THE IDEAS
THAT WE CAN STILL ACHIEVE THE
GOAL BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY
REPAIRS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE
A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SCALE WITH
EXTRA REQUIREMENTS. ALONG WITH
THE INSTALLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
TAMMY MORALES. WE SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT AND WE WILL VOTE ON
THE UNDERLYING BILL. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT ONE.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU AND THIS CARRIES
AS AMENDED. ANY FINAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE ON
THE AMENDED BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> THANKS AND I WANT TO ADD MY
THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ATTENTION TO HER SIDEWALK
NEEDS.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL ADD MY TWO
SENSE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL
SIDEWALK THAT THE
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES ARE
A POTENTIAL SOURCE. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEE HOW THAT GOES
NEXT YEAR. SEEING NO OTHER
COMMENTS, CLERK, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE BILL
AS AMENDED.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU PAST THE COUNCIL
BILL AS AMENDED AND IT WILL BE
SENT TO THE DECEMBER 12 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING . ALL RIGHT. WE
HAVE APPLAUSE IN THE CHAMBERS.
LET'S GO BACK TO ITEMS 10 AND
11 AND 12. AND WILL HAVE THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE FULL
TITLE OF THE 10th AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 10. THE
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO EXECUTE THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE
SUQUAMISH TRIBE AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN ACTS FOR
DISCUSSION AND VOTE
>> THANK YOU. THIS LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZES AND INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SUQUAMISH TRIBE
REGARDING ART PROPOSED FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE COLUMN.
THANK YOU TO CALVIN CHOW AND
THE STAFF FOR THE MEMO
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. DO YOU
HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS OR
CONCERNS?
>> THANK YOU AND WE DID HERE
PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS ONLY
RECEIVED EMAILS WAS SOME
CONCERN SO THIS MAY DETERMINE
WHETHER WE WOULD TAKE ACTION
TODAY. AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT
HAS GONE INTO IT THUS FAR. NOW
WE WILL TURN IT OVER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WITH SDOT AND TODAY, WE
WILL BE MOVING THROUGH COUNCIL
BILL 120726. WE HAVE THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SETTING
CONTEXT AND PURPOSE. AND ALSO
HIGHLIGHTING THE PROJECT
DETAILS AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE ESSENTIALLY,
COUNCIL BILL 12706 AUTHORIZES
SDOT TO CREATE THE ENTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE SUQUAMISH
TRIBE FOR DELIVERING THE
FINAL ART PROJECT. WE WOULD
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND
WATERS OF THE COAST SALISH AND
DUWAMISH PEOPLE. WHOSE
DESCENDENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE RECOGNIZED
MUCKLESHOOT TRIBE AND THE
SUQUAMISH TRIBE. WE UNDERSTAND
THESE ARE THE PRESENT AND
FUTURE STEWARDS OF THESE LANDS
AND WATERS AND WE RECOGNIZE AND
HONOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE
REGIONS TRIBES AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS
WITH THESE TRIBES. IT IS IN
THE SPIRIT OF GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT COLLABORATION AND
DOING MORE THAN JUST OUR LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE ARE HERE
TODAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE
COLUMNS IN THE FRONT EXPRESSWAY
SERVICE A UNIQUE CANVAS TO
SHOWCASE THE ART OF THE
SUQUAMISH AND MUCKLESHOOT
TRIBE AND THE DESCENDENTS OF
THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE FOR
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE HISTORY AND CONTINUED
PRESENCE. THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT UPHOLDS TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND PROMOTES TRUST
BETWEEN TRIBES AND THE CITY.
IT AIMS TO ESTABLISH A
CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP
BASED ON SHARED GOALS AND
VALUES. PROMOTING COLLABORATION
AND COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE
COMMON OBJECTIVES. AND THIS
COLUMN WILL BE FINANCED BY THE
REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE
RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE PROGRAM.
WHICH IS PART OF THE WIDER WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE PROGRAM. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WAS DESIGNED, AS WE
STATED, TO UPHOLD THE
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE TRIBES WELL
ACCOMMODATING CHANGES AND
MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. AGREEMENT
NEEDS TO ACHIEVE A DELICATE
BALANCE BETWEEN ACKNOWLEDGING
THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE TRIBES
AND SAY FOR SAFEGUARDING OUR
OTHER OBJECTIVES. IT'S FUNDED
WITH A TOTAL OF $133,000. AND
IT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE WITH
APPROXIMATELY $66,000 THAT WENT
TO EACH TRIBE FOR COMPLETING
THE MURALS WITHIN 2024. THE
TRIBES WILL COLLABORATE ON
PAINTING THE MURAL ART. AND
THE EXPRESSWAY NEAR THE
INTERSECTION. THIS IS AN IMAGE
OF THAT ON THE SLIDE AND THE
CITY WILL REVIEW THE TRIBAL
DESIGNED TO AVOID TRAFFIC SIGN
COLORS AND OFFENSIVE CONTENT.
IF NECESSARY, BOTH PARTIES WILL
COLLABORATE TO ADDRESS CONCERN
AND THE OWNERSHIP WILL FOLLOW
THE VISUAL ARCH ACT IN THE
COLUMN MURALS THAT WILL BE
RETAINED. AND OWNERSHIP BY THE
TRIBES. NEXT SLIDE.
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE
PROJECT COMMENCED IN EARLY 2022
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT THEN
REACHED OUT TO THE CITIES
TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR TO
SEEK GUIDANCE. THE PLAYED A
CRUCIAL ROLE TO GUIDE THE
APPROACH TO COLLABORATING WITH
TRIBES IN A MANNER THAT
DEMONSTRATED THE RESPECT FOR
SOVEREIGNTY. IN MAY OF 2022,
THE MEETING WITH THE TRIBAL
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE OFFICE
OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
REGULATIONS AND THE PROJECT TO
SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MUTUAL
INTEREST. FROM JUNE OF 2022 TO
JULY OF 2023, THE PERIODIC
FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS OCCUR WITH
THE TRIBES TO DISCUSS CONTINUED
INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND
DURING THIS TIME, THERE WORKING
TO DRAFT INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENTS. IN JULY OF 2023,
THEN MET WITH SUQUAMISH AND
COAST SALISH AND MUCKLESHOOT
TRIBES TO DISCUSS THE AGREEMENT
FURTHER AND IN OCTOBER OF 2023,
WE HELD A FOLLOW-UP MEETING
WITH THE SUQUAMISH TRIBE AND IN
NOVEMBER OF 2023 WE HELD A
FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH BOTH THE
SUQUAMISH AND MUCKLESHOOT
TRIBES. DURING THE MEETINGS,
THEY CONFIRMED INTEREST IN
PARTICIPATING THE PROJECT AND
WE HAVE THE REVIEWED AND
PROPOSED AGREEMENT. NEXT
SLIDE. THE APPROVAL OF THE
ORDINANCE IS HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED. IT HAS THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
COLLABORATION DISCUSSED DURING
THE TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT AND
SERVING AS A TESTAMENT TO THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
TRUST WITH TRIBES AND UPHOLDING
THEIR SOVEREIGNTY.
>> AND COLLEAGUES, WE DID
RECEIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION FROM THE PUBLIC AND
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER WHO
IS MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST
WANT TO LIFT UP THE FACT THAT
WE ARE RECEIVING SOME EMAILS
FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHICH HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
OUTREACH DONE TO THE DUWAMISH.
EITHER THE DUWAMISH TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION OR THE DUWAMISH
TRIBAL SERVICES. TWO DISTINCT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO A LOT OF
WORK AROUND ADDRESSING THE
NEEDS OF THE HISTORIC
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THIS
AREA. AND I DID REACH OUT TO
SDOT LAST NIGHT ABOUT WHAT
SORT OF ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN
DONE WITH THE DUWAMISH. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE
I GOT THE LIFTING UP OF OTHER
PROJECTS THAT THE CITY
SPECIFICALLY THAT SDOT IS
WORKING WITH THE DUWAMISH ON .
THESE ARE GREAT PROJECTS WITH
THE CROSSING PROJECT. AT THE
LONGHOUSE AS WELL AS FUNDING
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AFTER SPONSORING PREVIOUS
BUDGET YEARS. THE TYPES OF
ENGAGEMENTS ARE GREAT. AND IN
NO WAY I THINK FOR ME, IT
MITIGATES THE NEED TO HAVE SOME
ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROJECT AS
WELL. I AM LEANING INTO THE
RESPONSE THAT HE RECEIVED FROM
SDOT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DUWAMISH
TRIBAL ORGANIZATION OR TRIBAL
SERVICES. IF I'M INCORRECT, I
DEFINITELY WANT TO BE
CORRECTED. BUT IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT SORT OF
ENGAGEMENT HAS OCCURRED, IF
ANY. AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE
THE WORK BEING DONE ON THIS
EFFORT SO FAR.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR FROM
SDOT FIRST AND THEN WE CAN HEAR
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAN
STRAUSS.
>> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE
THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZE AND
VALUES THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
AND SUPPORT THAT THE DUWAMISH
TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES
PROVIDES TO NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
I APPRECIATE YOU UPLIFTING THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH
THEM . AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
UPLIFT THE ADDITIONAL SECURED
$20,000 AND 1% FOR ARCH
FUNDING. WHICH WILL BE COMBINED
WITH $40,000-$45,000 IN
MUNICIPAL ART PLAN FUNDING FOR
ANOTHER PROJECT NEAR THE
LONGHOUSE. WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH THE DUWAMISH TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION TO LAUNCH THIS
STARTING IN EARLY 2024. DUE TO
THIS PARALLEL ART PROJECT, WE
DID NOT MOVE INTO THE
FORMALIZED ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
WITH THE DUWAMISH TO HAVE THE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE DUWAMISH
TRIBAL SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR THE BRIEFING IN THE REPORT.
THEY NOTED A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT THE DUWAMISH
TRIBAL ORGANIZATION IS WORKING
WITH SDOT ON TO SIGNAL THAT I'M
COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS BILL
AND BOTH OF THEM, TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
DAN STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
COUNCIL MEMBER DAN STRAUSS
SHARING WITH US HIS COMFORT
LEVEL WITH VOTING TODAY. I DO
REQUEST THAT WE CONSIDER A
HOLD ON THIS LEGISLATION. WITH
THE HOPES THAT THE EXTRA TIME
WOULD GIVE SDOT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE MAYBE NOT A FORMAL
ENGAGEMENT OR FULL-BLOWN
PROCESS BUT TO HAVE SOME
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES IN THE
DUWAMISH ORGANIZATION ABOUT THE
PLANS FOR THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD. I APPRECIATE THIS
WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEMBER IN THIS AREA. THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANTED TO
SEE IF COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD HAD ANY THOUGHTS. I DID
CONFER BRIEFLY WITH SDOT AND IT
SEEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE
THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF WORK DONE OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. AND FOR TO GO
INTO THE NEXT MONTH, IT'S NOT
PROBLEMATIC, AS I UNDERSTAND
IT. BUT I WANTED TO HEAR IF
ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY COMMENTS.
BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF HEARING THE
PRESENTATION TODAY AND
EVERYTHING IS ONLINE FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC. AND SO IT WILL
BE EASY TO PICK UP AND MOVE
EXPEDITIOUSLY IN JANUARY.
OKAY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND WE
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND
I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL NEXT
YEAR CAN PICK THIS UP QUICKLY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SDOT'S WORK
ON THIS AND THE EXPLANATIONS
AND WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE
FULL-TIME OF ITEM 11 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 11. BRIDGE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLEADING PLAN
PREVIEW. FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. THIS SERVES AS A
PREVIEW TO THE SDOT STRATEGIC
BRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
ONE MOMENT. AS YOU MAY RECALL,
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
HAS BEEN UNVEILED AND
DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH AND
THE PUBLIC. AS WE LOOK FORWARD
TO A NEW TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL
PACKAGE. THIS IS JUST PART OF
THE STORY WITH THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT OF WHAT WE ALREADY
HAVE AND WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION RECALLS THE FIX
IT FIRST. IT IS UNNECESSARY
FROM WHEN THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE CRACKED ENCLOSED AND WE
DID AN AUDIT OF THE CITY OF
BRIDGES BACK IN 2020. THERE IS
A NEED TO DO MORE THOROUGH
ASSET MANAGEMENT OF THE
CITY-OWNED BRIDGES. AND THE
AUDIT ITSELF CALLED FOR THE
BRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN TO
BE UPDATED. SO I APPRECIATE
OUR DIRECTOR PUTTING MORE
TALENT AND RESOURCES TO THIS.
WE WILL HEAR FROM MR. SIERRA.
SPEAKING OF TALENT AND BRINGING
THIS TO BETTER. AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS
FORWARD. WE KNOW YOU ARE
PLAYING CATCH UP HERE AND
TRYING TO GET THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLANS COMPLETED. SO
THE PUBLIC HAS A FULL PICTURE
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
GOING FORWARD. SO WE WILL TURN
IT OVER TO SDOT.
>> MY NAME IS ANGEL GARCIA.
I'M AN ASSET PROGRAM MANAGER
WITHIN SDOT AND I'M HERE TO
UPDATE EVERYONE ON THE
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. OUR
VISION AND MISSION AND VALUES
AND GOALS. SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
ACCESS COULD BE SAFETY AND
MOBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE. WITH
EXCELLENCE. THE PURPOSE OF
TODAY'S BRIEFING WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. WITH THE
SEATTLE STRATEGIC APPROACH
THAT IS EXECUTED FOR BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. WITH THE AUDIT
REPORT. TODAY WE WILL TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY PART
TAKEAWAYS WITH THE PATH TO THE
MUSEUM AND RECOMMENDATION
UPDATES AND WE WILL HAVE TIME
FOR Q&A. ALL RIGHT. OUR KEY
TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PRESENTATION
AND YOU WILL LEARN THAT WE MAY
TAKE ONE RECOMMENDATION TO
IMPLEMENT THEM AND BRING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAD BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE AUDITOR. I
HAVE HEARD BACK THAT THOSE HAVE
BEEN MARKED AS TENTATIVELY
APPROVED AND THEY WILL BE
MARKED AS WELL NEXT YEAR DURING
THE ANNUAL UPDATE. WE HAVE FIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE
COMPLETED BY YEAR END. AND THE
SAMPLE WILL BE FINALIZED IN
QUARTER ONE OF 2024. ALL RIGHT.
THE AUDIT GAVE US A REALLY
NICE PATH TO THE STRATEGIC
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN. FIRST
WE NEED TO SHARPEN OUR BRIDGE
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND COME
INTO COMPLIANCE AFTER SCALING
BACK TO WORK THAT THE CRUISE
DID TO PRIORITIZE BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. AND WE CAN
PRIVATE INSPECTION OVERSIGHT
BACK TO OWNERS OF THE PRIVATE
STRUCTURES. WE THEN TURNED TO
ANALYSIS WITH THE LIFECYCLE
PLANS AND IS ONLY CALCULATED
THE ESTIMATES AND WE ARE
COMPLETING STAFF REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE SUGGEST THE PRINCIPLES
WILL APPLY TO THE STAFF
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS
CONDUCTING TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES
AND COST BENISH BENEFIT
ANALYSIS. THIS WILL ALL BE
SUMMARIZED IN THE STRATEGIC
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
TOGETHER THE AUDIT WITH THE
PROACTIVE APPROACH TO BRIDGE
RESERVATION AND THE PLANS FOR
THE RATE AGREEMENT AT THE RIGHT
TIME. THIS IS SHOWING A KIND
OF WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THESE
SECTIONS OF THE SAMPLE. WE HAVE
OUR INVENTORY AND CONDITIONS
COMPLETED WITH THE BRIDGE
PERFORMANCE AND LIFECYCLE PLANS
AND RISK MANAGEMENT THAT IS
VERY CLOSE TO BEING FINALIZED.
IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY YEAR
END AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
THAT WILL LEAD INTO THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2024. SLIDE PLEASE.
IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND RECOMMENDATION ONE. THEY
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
RESOLVE ALL ISSUES IDENTIFIED
IN THE 2019 FEDERAL HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION REVIEW. WE HAVE
COMPLETED THE AND WE HAVE
SUBMITTED THAT TO THE AUDITOR'S
OFFICE. AND THEY HAVE
COMPLETED THE BIGGEST UPDATE
FROM LAST YEAR. IT'S THE
HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE IS
THE ONE REMAINING ITEM THAT HAS
BEEN MIGRATED INTO OUR NEW
SYSTEM. SO WE ARE FULLY INTO
OUR NEW FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
AND FHWA. SLIDE PLEASE. THE
RECOMMENDATION IS IMPLEMENTED
. THIS IS FOR THE BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE WORKLOAD THAT IS
CURRENTLY FOR REIMBURSABLE
PROJECTS AND WITH SUCH A
CHANGE THAT COULD BE DONE
INCREMENTALLY BUT THERE IS NO
CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR. WE
CHANGED OUR POLICY TO LIMIT
REIMBURSABLE WORK TO ALLOW THEM
TO FOCUS ON COMPLEX MULTI-DAY
REPAIRS. SLIDE, PLEASE.
RECOMMENDATION THREE WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ADDRESS
LEGISLATION TO REPLACE
ORDINANCE 967652 ADDRESS
CURRENT CITY OF SEATTLE
PRIORITIES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE
OVERSIGHT. AND TO THE AUDITOR
THEY DID MARKET AS TENTATIVELY
APPROVED. AND THIS ORDINANCE
HAS BEEN AMENDED SINCE THE
INITIAL ADOPTION. ALONG WITH
THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
THAT MAY INSPECT STRUCTURES
ANNUALLY OR AS OFTEN AS DEEMED
NECESSARY. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SLIDE, PLEASE. RECOMMENDATION
FOUR FOR THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION THAT SHOULD
DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TO ADEQUATELY OVERSEE PRIVATE
BRIDGES THAT ALIGNED WITH THE
REVISED VERSION OF ORDINANCE
96715. AS MENTIONED IN
RECOMMENDATION THREE. FOR
RECOMMENDATION FOUR, THE NEW
POLICY WAS APPROVED BY THE SDOT
DIRECTOR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023
AND THE POLICY STATES THE
INSPECTORS WILL PERFORM SAFETY
INSPECTIONS EVERY FOUR YEARS
AND REVIEW THE STRUCTURAL
INSPECTION EVERY TWO YEARS. THE
POLICY WILL REDUCE SAFETY
INSPECTIONS FROM 49 TO 12
ANNUALLY AND HAVE SUBMITTED THE
POLICY TO THE OFFICE OF CITY
AUDITORS. AND AGAIN THEY HAVE
TENTATIVELY APPROVED THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THREE AND FOUR
THAT HAVE BEEN MET.
RECOMMENDATION FIVE IS THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT THE
STAFFING ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE
THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF STAFF
REQUIRED FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRIDGE
PRESERVATION PROGRAM. AND THIS
PENS WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO
HAVE THE SITE COMPLETED BY YEAR
END. IMMEDIATE NEEDS WERE
IDENTIFIED EARLIER THIS YEAR
BRINGING THE SECURED FOR THE
2024 BUDGET. WITH THE SENIOR
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEER. AND THE
ADMINISTRATOR SPECIALIST TO
SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE TEAMS.
AND THE FINAL STAFFING AND
ANALYSIS WILL BE COMPLETED FOR
TWO OF THE LIFECYCLE SCENARIOS
WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PLUS BY THE YEARS AND BANK.
SLIDE, PLEASE. RECOMMENDATION
SIX. WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ALONG WITH THE STAFFING
ANALYSIS. FOR THE BRIDGE
PROGRAM. SLIDE, PLEASE. WE
HAVE A RECENT SOCIAL JUSTICE
TOOLKIT TO INCORPORATE OUR
INITIATIVE VALUES INTO THE
STAFFING ANALYSIS. THE TOOLKIT
HAS BEEN DROPPED AND IT WILL BE
COMPLETED TOWARDS YEARS IN. WE
WILL HARMONIOUSLY INTEGRATE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE
EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE AND
INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS
AND SET THE PRECEDENT TO ALIGN
WITH BROADER CITYWIDE
INITIATIVES ON RACIAL AND
WORKFORCE EQUITY. THE TOOLKIT
RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM
INTERNAL SESSIONS FROM OUR
TEAM AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND
THEIR RELATED TO DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION AND PROMOTION AND
STAFF MORALE. SLIDE, PLEASE.
RECOMMENDATION SEVEN. THAT THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SHOULD CONDUCT A
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF
TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES NEEDED TO
IMPROVE STAFF EFFICIENCIES AS
PART OF THE STAFFING ANALYSIS.
THAT IS PENDING AND WILL BE
COMPLETED BY YEAR END. THE
TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE COST
ANALYSIS WITH SIX UPGRADES
THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON WITH
THE WORK FLOW OPTIMIZATION
WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE
PROCESSES ACROSS DIFFERENT
TEAMS WITHIN THE STRUCTURES AND
THE DIGITAL BRIDGE INSPECTIONS.
WHICH ALLOW HER INSPECTORS TO
CREATE REPORTS AND TO BUILD AND
ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR MOST
PEOPLE PAPER NOTES AS
PROGRAMMATIC SCHEDULING FOR
BRIDGE OPERATIONS WHICH WOULD
MINIMIZE MANUAL INTERVENTIONS
TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND
DEVELOPING PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS
PERFORMED WITH FIRE MAINTENANCE
CREWS AND IMPLEMENTED DASHBOARD
OR REPORTING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE
ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS AND MOBILE
DATA COLLECTION AND
STANDARDIZE DATA COLLECTION.
WHICH WOULD INTEGRATE WITH THE
ASSET MANAGEMENT INVENTORY AND
MAINTENANCE DATA AND TO
ILLUMINATE PAPER FORMS AND IT
ALSO STANDARDIZES THE DATA
BEING COLLECTED OR THE
ANALYSIS. THE OUTCOMES SHOW
THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
25% EFFICIENCIES WITH ALL SIX
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE
IMPLEMENTED OVER TWO YEARS.
AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS
EIGHT AND NINE WHICH IS THE
SDOT UPDATE THAT IS ESTIMATED
FOR THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE
BRIDGES FOR THE DATA FOR
INDIVIDUAL BRIDGE COMPONENTS.
AND RECOMMENDATION NINE WHICH
IS THAT SDOT SHOULD UPDATE THE
ESTIMATES OF THE BRIDGE TO
PLANT FOR PRESERVATION WORK AND
LIFECYCLE COSTS. SO THIS IS
PENDING AND IT WILL BE
COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE
YEAR. THE LIFECYCLE COST
ANALYSIS WAS DONE FOR SIX
LIFECYCLE PLAN SCENARIOS BASED
ON ANNUAL FUNDING THRESHOLDS
THAT PRIORITIZE MAINTENANCE FOR
BRIDGES AND GOOD AND FAIR
POSITION. TO EXTEND THE LIFE
OF THE BRIDGES UP TO AND
BEYOND. THE ANALYSIS PERIOD FOR
ALL OF THE SCENARIOS IS A 30
YEAR ANALYSIS PERIOD. WHICH
WE'RE LOOKING HERE ON THE
SCREEN WITH THE GRAPHIC. WITH
WHAT HAPPENS TO BRIDGE LIFE
WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
AND WITHOUT THE DASH LINE. THAT
SHOWS WITHOUT ANY PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE AND YOU WILL SEE A
DECLINE FROM GOOD AND TO FAIR
AND POOR CONDITION HAPPENING
MUCH MORE RAPIDLY. WHEREAS IF
YOU APPLY THE PRESERVATION
TREATMENTS YOU ARE EXTENDING
THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE PLATE
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. IF WE
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THEN LIFECYCLE SCENARIOS THAT
YOU ARE SEEING. WE WILL READ
THESE OFF FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
THERE'S THE UNCONSTRAINED
SCENARIO WHICH IS THAT EVERY
BRIDGE RECEIVES THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME AND
OUTCOME OF THAT IS OVER 30
YEARS. THIS COULD BE IN POOR
CONDITION AND THEN WE SCALE
BACK TO THE TARGET PERFORMANCE
THAT KEEPS 10% AND IT IS IN
GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION . THIS
COMES FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE YOUNG
CONSTRAINTS WITH ADDITIONAL
SCENARIOS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLUS
AND OUTCOME OF THIS IS TO GET
90% OF BRIDGES INCLUDED IN FAIR
CONDITION FOR ONLY 30 YEARS.
AND WE ARE RUNNING INTO SOME
PROBLEMS. WE ALSO HAD TO DO
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT WITH
LOWER-COST ALTERNATIVES. FOR
THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO. AND
WE GET TO THE PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE PLUS. AND THIS
DEFERS A LOT OF BRIDGE
REPLACEMENT. AND IT EXTENDS
THE LENGTH OF TIME THE BRIDGES
ARE IN GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION.
BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
POOR CONDITIONS CREEP UP. AND
THE NEXT SCENARIO IS THE
CURRENT FUNDING WITH THE LEVY.
WHICH IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO
WHAT OUR CURRENT THRESHOLD FOR
THE BUDGET IS. AND AGAIN WE
HAVE HAD TO DEFER REPLACEMENTS
AND WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS FOR
THE REHAB AND REPAIR. AND THEN
HE GET TO CURRENT FUNDING WHICH
IS A BARE MINIMUM. AND WE HAVE
ANTICIPATED BRIDGE CLOSURES IN
THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO. WHEN
WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE , WHAT
WE ARE SEEING IS THIS CRITICAL
PRIORITY TO ESTABLISH
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAMS. THAT FOLLOW INDUSTRY
BEST PRACTICE. AND WE STILL
HAVE SOME DOLLARS FOR MAJOR
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR REHAB
AND RECONSTRUCTION AND SEISMIC
RETROFIT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IN THIS GRAPH HERE, THE BAR
CHART IS THE PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE DOLLARS AND THE
ORANGE IS THE MAJOR CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS. AS OF THE
PROJECTED OUTCOME IF THE
CONDITION STATES A GOOD AND
FAIR AND POOR IS IN OF THE
THIRD YEAR ANALYSIS PERIOD. FOR
EACH SCENARIO THAT YOU COULD
SEE EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD AND
FAIR CONDITION. ON THE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
DOLLARS ARE RELATIVELY LOW IN
THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO. THIS
IS THE CONDITION THAT YOU ARE
GETTING. THEN YOU GET INTO THE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
TREATMENTS AND CYCLES. YOU
START UNCONSTRAINED ON THE
RIGHT AND THE PURPLE SHOWS
WHERE YOU ARE GETTING THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME
WITH THE NEED SCENARIO. WE
WERE REQUIRED TO CARRY THAT
THROUGH FOR THE BRIDGE
INSPECTION. AND THE BRIDGE
CLEANING. ALSO TO BE ABLE TO
CARRY THROUGH ALL THE SCENARIOS
WHICH ARE RELATIVELY
INEXPENSIVE TREATMENT TO DO TO
PRESERVE THE ELEMENTS THAT
COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL
DETERIORATION. THIS ALSO
ESTABLISHES THE DECK AND JOINT
PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY DO
NOT HAVE A DECK AND PROGRAM
BUT WE ARE JUST ADDRESSING
ISSUES THAT ARE CONDITION BASED
ON IT IS ESTABLISHING SOME
IDEAL MAINTENANCE CYCLES FOR
MOVABLE BRIDGE COMPONENTS. AND
THEN HE CAN SEE THE TIME FRAMES
FROM THE IDEAL THAT ARE
EXTENDING WITHIN THE CURRENT
FUNDING WITH THE LEVY
SCENARIO. BECAUSE WE CANNOT
MAINTAIN THOSE TREATMENTS IN
THESE PARTICULAR SCENARIOS. IF
WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH
THE ANALYSIS AND WHAT IT
SHOWED. THAT THERE ARE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE RAN
THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY. THEIR
ACTIONS TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT
PRACTICES TO CONTINUE WITH THE
BRIDGE PAINTING PROGRAM. AND
FUNDING BRIDGE CLEANING AND
DECK AND JOINT PROGRAM. AND
THEY WOULD PRESERVE BRIDGE
PRESERVATION'S. THIS IS AT A
HIGH LEVEL WITH THE ANALYSIS
AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
THEY STILL NEED FOR CAPITAL
INVESTMENT AND WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT HERE . THIS IS IN
THE UNCONSTRAINED SCENARIO WITH
THE LIST OF RECOMMENDED
REPLACEMENT AND WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE OVER 30 YEARS. WE BROKE
THE LIST OUT INTO 10 YEARS 11
AND 20 AND 21 TO 30 YEARS AND
BEYOND. THE BRIDGES THAT ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR REPLACEMENT IS
30 YEARS WITH THE UNCONSTRAINED
SCENARIOS THAT IS BASED ON
DETERIORATION CURBS WHICH IS
DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE
LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS. AND TO
SEQUENCE STRUCTURES BASED ON
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.
WITH THE STRUCTURE BASED ON THE
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AND
FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND
ANTICIPATED SUBSTRUCTURE
SEISMIC COSTS. FOR THE
ANALYSIS WHEN THE STRUCTURE
HITS THE END OF LIFE. THEY ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN THE KIND OF SCALE
THROUGH REHAB AS THE FUNDING IS
CONSTRAINED IN THIS SCENARIO.
FOR REHAB WE GENERALLY EXTEND
THE LENGTH OF THE STRUCTURE UP
TO 20 YEARS. VERSUS THE
REPLACEMENT WHERE YOU ARE
GENERALLY GETTING 75+ YEARS OUT
OF THE STRUCTURE. AND SO THEN
IF WE GO TO THE SLIDE. ALL OF
THAT WILL BE SUMMARIZED . AND
AGAIN THIS IS STILL PENDING AT
THIS TIME AND WE WILL HAVE
THAT COMPLETED IN QUARTER ONE
OF 2024. THIS IS THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION. IF THERE ANY
QUESTIONS, WE CAN BE HAPPY TO
TAKE THOSE UP AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING
THROUGH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE ORIGINAL CITY AUDITOR
REPORT ON CITY-OWNED BRIDGES.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
WORK DONE AND A LOT MORE WORK
TO DO. WE ARE GLAD THAT THE
DIRECTOR BROUGHT ON MORE PEOPLE
TO ADDRESS THIS PRIORITY. AND
OFFICER THERE WILL BE A LOT
MORE FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED TO
ADDRESS THIS. BUT HAVING SDOT
READY TO GO FOR NOT ONLY
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE BUT
ALSO THE SEISMIC UPGRADES AND
IN SOME PLACES, REPLACING PARKS
AND BRIDGES THAT HAVE
DETERIORATED BEYOND THEIR
USEFUL LIFE. THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUNCIL TO
CARRY THIS ON. DID YOU WANT TO
ADD ANYTHING?
>> I DID NOT AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
AND NOW LET'S GO ON TO THE
FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. THAT
IS ITEM 12. WE MOVED THE ITEMS
AROUND AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA
HERE. SO ITEM 12. THAT'S READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD.
>> SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
SOCIAL JUSTICE UP GREAT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU AND TODAY WE HAVE
PRESENTERS FROM THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. INCLUDING
OUR CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
YOUR TEAM. WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOUR PRESENTERS NOW. GOOD
MORNING. OR GOOD AFTERNOON.
NOW, IT'S STILL MORNING.
>> AM I COMING THROUGH OKAY?
COUNCILMEMBER, AM I COMING
THROUGH ALL RIGHT? YES. THERE
WAS A PAUSE THERE BUT YOU ARE
FINE.
>> HOW DO WE DO THIS?
>> ON THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. WE
HAVE A LONG-STANDING 20 YEAR
COMMITMENT TO RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND WE CENTER RACIAL
EQUITY AND ALL OF OUR WORK.
THIS MEANS INVESTING IN
COMMUNITIES TO WRITE
ENVIRONMENTAL ROUNDS WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY AVERTING
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT OR
BUSINESS DISRUPTION. AS PART OF
OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE MAYOR
ASKED THE EXECUTIVE PROJECTS TO
GIVE UPDATES TO OUR PROGRESS
INCLUDING RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS AND RACIAL EQUITY
ACTION PLANS. THANK YOU,
COUNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY. WITH ME TODAY TO PRESENT
IN OUR PROGRESS OUR FOUR OF OUR
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS. WE HAVE
STEVE HAMAI AND NU'UFOU FUAVAI
AND IDRIS BEAUREGARD , AND
ELLEN STEWART. I WILL START US
OFF TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
TODAY WILL PROVIDE A VERY QUICK
OVERVIEW FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT AREAS IS ONE OF SEAN
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. BUT WE
WILL GO INTO THESE IN A LITTLE
BIT OF DETAIL. THE PAST YEAR
WITH ONE OF THE MAJOR EFFORTS
TO FOCUS TO REDEFINE AND
REINFORCE THE COMMITMENT TO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES. THE VISION FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS WE
SEEK TO BE A GOVERNMENT PARTY
THE CONCRETE ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTIONS. AND STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY
TO SHARE POWER AND PRIORITIZE
THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO
ARE MOST IMPACTED BY POLICIES
AND PRACTICES. AS PART OF THE
EFFORT WE DEFINE FOUR
COMMITMENTS RELATED TO OUR WORK
IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES AND FIRST BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES. WHICH MEANS NOT
BEING TRANSACTIONAL BUT REALLY
BEING RELATIONAL IN OUR
APPROACH. THIS IS WITH ACCESS
TO GREEN JOBS IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED.
THIRDLY IS BUILDING RESILIENCY
TO CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH
HOLISTIC INVESTMENTS. THESE
ARE KEY ASPECTS OF THE WORK TO
PROVIDE RESISTANCE OR
RESILIENCY TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
AND TO PROVIDE HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT AND UTILITY
SERVICES AND EVERY ONE OF OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES. WE WILL APPLY THE
PRINCIPLES LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION. AND ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION
FOR THE COMMITMENT IS THE
CONTINUED APPLICATION OF RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKITS. EVERY YEAR WE
COMPLETE MULTIPLE TOOLKITS AND
THEN WE WORK TO APPLY THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR DAILY
WORK. THIS YEAR WE APPLIED
TOOLKITS TO THE WATER QUALITY
PROJECT AND TO THE PROJECT
METHODOLOGY WHICH AFFECTS ALL
OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND
EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE
WATERSHED AND LASTLY TO WORK TO
ADDRESS FLOODING. AT THIS POINT
WE WILL BE PASSING IT OFF TO
TALK ABOUT OUR WORK IN THE
HIRING AND CONTRACTING. YOU
ARE MUTED.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON
EVERYONE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TWO THINGS WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE
HIRING PROCESSES AND WOMEN AND
MINORITY BUSINESSES AND
UTILIZATION. BEFORE LAUNCHING
INTO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, WE WANT
TO LOOK AT THE HIRING METRICS
AND PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE PAST
FIVE YEARS. TO RESPOND TO THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER WE ARE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THE FIRST
AREAS ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
OUR RECRUITING AND HIRING
EFFORTS. SECOND IT'S THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SBU GOLF
COURSE. IT IS THE DARK BLUE
BARS ON THE LEFT WITH A
PERCENTAGE OF NEW HIRES. THE
LIGHT BLUE BARS TO THE RIGHT IS
THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHIC AND
EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHICS. AS YOU
CAN SEE OVER THE PAST FIVE
YEARS, OUR PERCENTAGES HAVE
INCREASED. WHICH ALSO INCREASED
THE OVERALL EMPLOYEE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR WORKFORCE.
46% IN 2019 TO 53% FOR THE
THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
THE 7% INCREASE OF THE
WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS WITHIN
THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 2022
WITH THE NEARLY 30 MILLION
CONSULTANTS WITH 95 MILLION
ABOUT MENTAL FIRMS. WE PRESENT
20% OF UTILIZATION THAT IS
EXCEEDING THE STATED GOAL OF
20% . AND FOR 2023 WILL ALSO
EXCEED THE GOALS FOR CONSULTANT
STANDING. IN PURCHASING. IN
2022 WE ALSO EXCEEDED THE GOAL.
FOR 2023 WERE CURRENTLY UNDER
THE 2023 BALL. WE EXPECT TO
EXCEED OUR GOAL BY YEAR END.
PASSING ON TO OUR NEXT
PRESENTER WITH CULTURE AND
COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH. AND WE
WANT TO REITERATE THE MISSION
WHICH IS TO FOSTER HEALTHY
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT AND
ECONOMY. PARTNERING WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO EQUITABLY MANAGE
WATER AND WASTE RESOURCES FOR
TODAY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS PART OF HOW
WE ARE DOING THAT TO IMPROVE
THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. WERE
EXTENDING FLEXIBLE PAY PLANS
TO SUPPORT OUR CUSTOMERS FACING
CHALLENGES THAT WERE DUE TO
COVID-19. THIS PRIORITIZES
ASSISTANCE TO THOSE MANAGING
UTILITY ACCOUNTS . SO IT
SOMETHING WERE REALLY PROUD OF.
THIS AND HENCE THE QUALITY OF
SERVICE PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS
CRUCIAL TO MEETING OUR
CUSTOMERS NEEDS AND IT IS
FOREVER EVOLVING BY ENHANCING
THE EVALUATION PROCESS OR
UTILITY COUNT REPS. THESE ARE
THE FOLKS WHO ENTER CALLS WHEN
THEY ARE CHANGING SOLID WASTE
SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES
THAT ARE PROVIDED. WE
REINFORCE THE COMMITMENT TO
FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AND
INITIATIVE AIMS TO CREATE A
CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE
ENVIRONMENT. AND A RESPECTFUL
AND SUPPORTIVE INTERACTION WITH
EVERY CUSTOMER. HOSPITAL 1329
EMPHASIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO
PREVENTING UTILITY SHUT OFF
DURING EXTREME HEAT. THE
TEMPERATURES ABOVE 92 DEGREES
IN THIS WILL PROVIDE A VITAL
LIFELINE FOR CUSTOMERS. ALIGNED
WITH OUR VALUES AND THE
INITIATIVE ENSURES RELIABLE
UTILITY SERVICES DURING
CHALLENGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND PRIORITIZING THE COMMUNITY
WASTE. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS
THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE IMPACTS
WITH OVER 356,000 CUSTOMERS IN
OUR PROGRAM AND 1.5 MILLION IN
EMERGENCY ASSISTANT FUNDS
DISTRIBUTED AND WE ARE MAKING
SIGNIFICANT STRIDES TO ENSURE
ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT FUNDS TO
FURTHER UNDERSTAND HER THOSE
FACING IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES.
AND THE RETURN TO THE RESOURCE
SUMMIT THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE THE SUCCESSFUL RETURN
OF THE SUMMIT IN COLLABORATION
WITH CITY LIGHT TO ENGAGE WITH
OVER 100 SERVICE PROVIDERS IN
OCTOBER. THIS EXEMPLIFIES OUR
COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION AND
SHARING EXTENSIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT UTILITY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AND CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND HOUSING RESOURCES
AND THE AFFORDABLE SEATTLE
CORRIDOR WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW
WAYS THAT WE ARE ALIGNING WITH
THE INITIATIVE. AND NEXT UP WE
WILL PASS IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT HOW WE ARE ALIGNING
OUR MISSION WITH THESE EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU AND WE HAVE ALSO
APPROVED OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS
PLAN PROCESS INCLUDING SEVERAL
WAYS INCLUDING DIVERSIFYING THE
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL AND
ADDING 11 MEMBERS FROM DIVERSE
AND UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY. AND
INFORMING THE LENDING PROCESS
FOR THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN
AND WE DID A LOT OF SUMMER
OUTREACH TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S
BASE KNOWLEDGE OF SBU AND OUR
SERVICES. INCLUDING TRANSLATING
THAT INTO OVER 10 LANGUAGES FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE ALSO STRIVING TO
IMPROVE COMMUNITY OUTCOMES IN
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY BY
IMPROVING OUR INTERNAL
PROCEDURES FOR THE RESPONSE.
YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING THAT
HAPPENED IN SOUTH PARK LAST
YEAR. WE INCREASED STAFF
TRAINING AND PREPAREDNESS OF
THE POSITION STAFF AS LIAISONS
TO COMMUNITY DURING FLOODING
EVENTS. WE WERE PRESENT ALL
YEAR AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND
EVENTS TO SHARE INFORMATION AND
HELP PREPARE THE COMMUNITY FOR
THIS WINTER. IT ALSO INCLUDES
COORDINATION WORK WITH OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE
DUWAMISH RIVER COMMUNITY
COALITION . AND WE CONTINUE TO
REFINE OUR PROCEDURES AND OUR
APPROACHES SO THAT THE
COMMUNITY APPROVES OF OUR
PROCESSES. THE CBO'S ARE UNDER
CONTRACT TO THE LEAD TO
IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.
>> NEXT SLIDE. WE SIMPLY CANNOT
ACHIEVE OUR OUTCOMES TO
GOVERNMENT SERVICES ALONE. WHAT
IS NEEDED FOR US IS TO PARTNER
INCREDIBLY PARTNER WITH THE
PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD A
GREENER AND MORE EQUITABLE
ECONOMY. SPECIFICALLY AROUND
OUR WATER AND WASTE BUSINESS
ACCESS. OUR RESTAURANT GREASE
DISPOSAL COMMITTEE JOBS
INITIATIVE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH EIGHT
APPLICANTS WHO COMPLETED TWO
DAYS OF LECTURES AND HANDS-ON
TRAINING. WE HAD SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORT TO START THEM UP WITH
A NEW GREEN BUSINESS. THIS
EFFORT GROWS SMALL AND LOCAL
BIPOC BUSINESSES TO REDUCE
BACKUPS AND OVERFLOWS IN OUR
WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND KEEPS OUR
PIPES FLOWING BY PROVIDING A
DISPOSAL PROCESS AND SUPPORTS
RESTAURANTS BEING IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE LOCAL CODE. AND IT
PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A
BUILDING DECONSTRUCTION
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM WITH
LOW INCOME AND AND FORMERLY
INCARCERATED WORKERS TO GAIN
NEW SKILLS TO EXPAND CAPACITY
IN THIS MARKET WILL BUILDING
MARKETABLE AND TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS FOR THEMSELVES IN
CONSTRUCTION AND THE DEMOLITION
FIELD. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUE, STEVE HAMAI.
>> THANKS, STEVE HAMAI. WANT
TO COVER VERY QUICKLY THE
UTILITIES COMMITMENT TO
ONGOING STAFF TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING IN
REGARDS TO RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
WITH A LOT OF TURNOVER IN OUR
UTILITY AND A LOT OF NEW FOLKS
COMING ON BOARD, WE NEED TO BE
SURE TO SCALE EVERYBODY UP TO
MAINTAIN HER UTILITIES
COMMITMENT TO RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES. TO THAT IN, WE HAVE
A SLIGHT HERE THAT IS LISTING
A WHOLE HOST OF TRAININGS THAT
WE HAVE OFFERED ACROSS EVERY
SINGLE BRANCH OF BUSINESS
WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. AS
WELL AS NUMEROUS GUEST SPEAKERS
THAT ARE ABLE TO COME IN FROM
OUTSIDE THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT
THEIR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND
TO INSPIRE US AS A
ORGANIZATION TO INSPIRE EFFORTS
MOVING FORWARD. ONE KEY ASPECT
AROUND OUR TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS TO
REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE
EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO THE
EFFORT AS A COHORT. AND THIS IS
AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE WE FIND THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE IN ATTENDANCE
TOGETHER AND RECENT SOCIAL
JUSTICE TRAINING THAT THERE IS
ACTUAL FOLLOW-UP THAT CAN OCCUR
HERE IN THE WORKPLACE.
>> NEXT SLIDE. THE LAST SLIDE
IS THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITY
BILL ACROSS THE NATION LEAD AS
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND
INCLUSION EFFORTS. WE ARE
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANY
UTILITY FEDERATIONS. THAT ARE
VERY LARGE AND VERY WELL KNOWN
WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. THIS
INCLUDES THE WATER ENVIRONMENT
FEDERATION AND THE AMERICAN
WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE
U.S. WATER ALLIANCE AND THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN
WATER AGENCIES. WITH VARIOUS
LEADERSHIP STAFF AND THE
ORGANIZATION HERE IN SEATTLE
PLAYING KEY ROLES WHEN THE
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND
INCLUSION PUSHING FORWARD
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
THIS IS THAT THE UTILITY IS
QUITE THE REPUTATION ACROSS THE
NATION AS BEING ONE OF THE
REALLY KEY LEADERS IN THE
INDUSTRY WHEN IT COMES TO
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND
INCLUSION. MANY STAFF HERE
TAPPED OFTEN FOR THEIR
EXPERTISE TO REALLY IMPLEMENT
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE
ORGANIZATION AND SPEAKING IN
NUMEROUS CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR. WITH
THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO STAND IT
PASS IT ON TO OUR GENERAL
MANAGER, ANDREW LEE.
>> IN CLOSING, WE WANT TO MAKE
THREE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. FIRST WE
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMAZING
WORK OF OUR STAFF, WHO ARE
INCREDIBLY COMMITTED TO THIS
WORK. SECOND, I WANT TO THINK
THE COMMITMENT OF OUR MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL. THE COMMITMENT
TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST
MARGINALIZED MAKES A DIFFERENCE
TO OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
LASTLY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES
WE WORK WITH. THEY CHALLENGE US
EVERY DAY WITH THE MOST
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE
WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY
WITHOUT THE ADVOCACY AND
PARTNERSHIP. WITH THAT, THANK
YOU.
>> THANKS TO EVERYONE
PRESENTING TODAY AND ALL THE
WORK GOING INTO THIS EFFORT.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY WITH ALL
THE STAFF ON THE FIELD AS WELL.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK
WITH YOU THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND THIS IS OUR FINAL ITEM OF
THE AGENDA. WE APPRECIATE YOU
STAYING AS LONG AS HE DID. AND
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN
THE MEETING. THE TIME IS 12:06
PM. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE
DECEMBER 5th AND FINAL MEETING
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SEATTL