>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER
18TH, 2018, AT 2:02:00 P.M.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN.
I AM CHAIR OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE JOINED
BY MY COUNCILMEMBER ROB JOHNSON
STAFFED BY TODAY JASMINE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS OUR LAST COMMITTEE
úMEETING OF THE YEAR UNLESS
SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS AND WE
HAVE TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL ONE
LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY.
BUT I DON'T PLAN THAT TO HAPPEN
TODAY.
WE HAVE ABOUT -- WE HAVE 12
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, 13
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE AGENDA SHOW THAT'S WE ARE
GOING TO START WITH 7
APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD, ALTHOUGH
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, I AM
GOING TO ASK THAT WE MOVE UP
THE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
APPOINTMENT AND THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THAT BECAUSE
ONE OF THE MEMBERS IS AT A
MEDIA EVENT ANNOUNCING A NEW
DIRECTOR SO THAT MIGHT GIVE
THEM ENOUGH TIME TO BE HERE.
SO WE WILL TAKE THOSE 9
APPOINTMENTS.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER
AND HOPEFULLY VOTE ON AN
ORDINANCE ABOUT THE STATE ROUTE
520 PROJECT WHICH WE HAD A
DISCUSSION AT COMMITTEE TWO
WEEKS AGO.
WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WE
WILL VOTE ON ABOUT HOPEFULLY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS AROUND THE
SOUTHLANDER STREET GRADE
SEPARATION PROJECT.
THEN WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE
AROUND NAMING CITY STREETS AND
FINALLY A RESOLUTION GRANTING
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO HT
SEATTLE FOR A PROPERTY NEAR THE
NEW CONVENTION CENTER.
SO WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I HAVE FOUR SFOEKS SIGNED UP.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN, YOU ARE FIRST
FOLLOWED BY MEGHAN CRUISE, THEN
ABBY MONTHLIER AND MEGHAN
MURPHY.
YOU WILL EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN,
AND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
YOU ARE TODAY 7 PEOPLE FOR
TRANSIT SEATTLE ADVISORY
TRANSIT BOARD.
TRANSIT PROBLEM, WHAT WE HAVE
IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT ONLY CRITICAL BECAUSE
IT'S $100 MILLION FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
HOW THE PEOPLE WHO HERE, I AM
SO SORRY, THIS LOOK LIKE A
CHILDREN.
THESE CHILDREN NEVER REALLY
HAVE A REAL DECISION ABOUT
TRANSIT.
WHAT THIS WEEK HOW MANY BILLION
DOLLARS WE SPEND?
I'LL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE.
HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE WORKING?
$4 BILLION FOR 520.
5 BILLION $5 BILLION FOR
TUNNEL.
I KNOW YOU AND I SUPPORT YOU
MANY YEARS AGO.
NEXT STEP IS TRANSIT STREET.
THIS WILL COST ANOTHER $100
BILLION.
GUYS, WE SPENT $100 BILLION
WHEN 12,000 PEOPLE DIE IN THE
STREETS EVERY DAY.
[ LAUGHTER ] HOMELESS 50
PERCENTAGE PEOPLE IN TOTAL
TROUBLE.
WE NEED APPROXIMATELY 250 250
250,000 FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING,
2 $250,000.
GUYS, WHY YOU TALKING?
OR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT SOUND
TRANSIT, BUSES OR BIKE OR
ANOTHER PATTERN.
MIGRATION RIGHT NOW CAN'T SEE
700,000.
GENERATE IN TALKING ABOUT MONEY
WHAT WE SPEND FOR PLEASURE, NOT
FOR REAL BUSINESS FOR THE
PEOPLE.
SO RIGHT NOW I SPEAK TO
EVERYBODY WHO LISTENS TO ME.
STAND UP, SEATTLE.
STAND UP, AMERICA.
WE NEED TRAM NUMBER FROM THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MEGHAN?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
PLEASE RECONSIDER COUNCIL BILL
11B398.
IT'S A BILL THAT HAS HAD
SIGNIFICANT INPUT.
IT SEEKS TO CHANGE
TRANSPORTATION LEVEL OF SERVICE
STANDARDS BUT IT ALSO HAS
SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.
EVERY DAY IN SEATTLE, WE HEAR
ABOUT THE LOOMING TRAFFIC
CRISIS.
WE WATCH HIGHRISES POP UP.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE PLANNED TWO
TO A BLOCK AND THEY EACH HOLD A
THOUSAND PEOPLE.
INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZING AND
TRYING TO MITIGATE THESE
SERIOUS TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT
WILL SPRING FROM THEM, THIS
BILL GIVES NEW TOWERS OF FREE
SPAS.
IT RELEASES THEM FROM HAVING TO
FOLLOW THE SAME MITIGATION
RULES THAT APPLY TO DEVELOPMENT
OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN REDUCING
SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE
CITIZEN A REALLY GOOD GOAL.
BUT THIS BILL DOESN'T GO FAR
ENOUGH.
IT IGNORES THE EMERGING SOURCES
OF TRAFFIC, THE EXPLOSION OF E-
DELIVERY, ECOMMERCE DELIVERIES
AND RIDE-HAILING SERVICES.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SAY
ANYTHING GOES.
THIS BILL IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO
SEATTLE'S SUCCESS IN THE
FUTURE.
UNLESS IT'S AMENDED, THE
APPROACH WILL LEAD TO COMPLETE
TRAFFIC DYSFUNCTION AND NOT
SUCCESSFUL.
PLEASE RECONSIDER AND AMEND
THIS BILL.
THANKS.
>> AND FOR FOLKS, THAT BILL IS
NOT BEFORE US TODAY, BUT IT
WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING IN
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S
COMMITTEE.
ABBY?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
ABBY HERE WITH LOCAL 8. I AM
HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO VOTE
NO FOR A TERM PERMIT CONNECTING
THE HYATT REGENCY AND THE AVANT
LOT B. DREAM COMPANY HAS FAILED
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE
PROPOSED TUNNELS LACK
REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES AND ARE
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
THE STANDARD FOR COUNCIL
APPROVAL.
BOTH THE HYATT REGENCY AND THE
PROJECT ON LOT B ARE SERVICED
BY AN ADJACENT ALLEY.
THEY MAKE THE ALLEY LESS ALLEY-
LIKE FACILITATING THE THREE-
BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FOR
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT
ASSOCIATED WITH COMBINED LOT
DEVELOPMENT.
TO BE CLEAR, DENYING THE
REQUESTED TERM PERMIT DOES NOT
PREVENT THE PROPOSED PROJECT
FROM PARTICIPATING IN COMBINED
LOT DEVELOPMENT OR CONTRIBUTING
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH
MHA.
WHAT A NO VOTE DOES DO IS
CREATE MUCH NEEDED
ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE HYATT
REGENCY AND WITH THE FUTURE LOT
B PROJECT THAT ADDRESSES THE
CITY'S PRESSING NEEDS FOR
AFFORDABLE HUMAN SERVICES.
-- BETWEEN THE TWO SITES.
IN 2014 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR
THE HYATT REGENCY, HADRINE
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PUBLIC
BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF THE 3-
BLOCK CONNECTOR AND A SMALLER
BUILDING WITH BETTER MASSING ON
LOT B. BUT AFTER THE DOWNTOWN
AND WITH INCREASED CAPACITY ON
BOTH SITES, THEY ARE NOW
LOOKING TO TRANSFER SQUARE
FOOTAGE BACK TO LOT B
EFFECTIVELY UNDOINGTHE MASSING
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY TOUTED AS PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
HADRNE HAS RENEGED ON THIS HAS
ATTEMPTING TO DOUBLE COUNT THE
THROUGH-BLOCK CONNECTION.
NOW IT HAS PUT THE CITY ON THE
HOOK TO FACILITATE THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT BY ASKING THAT PRIMARY
ALLEY FUNCTIONS BE REMOVED
BELOW GRADE.
THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO PRODUCE REAL
SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT.
AND THAT STARTS WITH A NO VOTE
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ABBY.
MEGHAN?
>> I'M HERE TO COMMENT ABOUT
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK ON DECEMBER 13TH THAT
MET DOWNSTAIRS.
THERE WAS BRYCE YARDEN, AND HE
IS A STATE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
FUTURE WISE.
HE SAID ACTUALLY THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT WAS THE FIRST
CLIMATE POLICY IN THE EARLY
1990s.
THERE IS 14 REQUIREMENTS TO
THIS CLIMATE ASPECT.
SO WHEN THEY GO TO LOBBY IN
OLYMPIA, THEY WANT TO RESHAPE
THOSE 14 REQUIREMENTS TO MORE
EQUITABLE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE.
BUT THAT BILL OR THAT ACT
STARTED MINIMUM DENSITY
REQUIREMENTS TO KIND OF BE
TAKEN INTO SCOPE.
REBECCA PONSEO WAS ALSO THERE.
AND SHE SAID THAT A LOT OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE WHITE-
LED AND USUALLY GREEN ENERGY IS
PITTED AGAINST REVENUE.
SO SHE WANTS TO SEE THAT
PITTING TO STOP AND TO BREAK
THE MONOPOLY OF THE OIL
INDUSTRY AND INCREASE HEALTH.
SO, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
BIOFOSSIL FUELS AND INCENTIVIZE
CLEAN JOBS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INCENTIVES NEW AND USED FOR THE
ZERO-EMISSION GOAL THAT INSLEY
SAID.
THEN DEBOLINA SAID THAT
VEHICLES IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON EMIT 40 TO 45%
CARBON.
AND SHE'S WORKING WITH FRONT
AND CENTER IN PUGET SOUND.
AND SHE SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH MAPPING TOOL WITH UW,
THEY'RE MAPPING OUT WHO ARE THE
MOST BURDENED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND SHE ALSO WORKS ON
INTERCONNECTED ISSUES SUCH AS
WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY, TRANSIT
CLIMATE JUSTICE AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN ITS GRASSROOTS AND
MULTIISSUE.
DON MCKENZIE SAID THERE ARE
FOUR LEVELS OF CLIMATE JUSTICE.
TRAVEL LESS, INCREASE VEHICLE
OCCUPANCY, BETTER FUEL ECONOMY,
AND USE ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
LOCALLY, WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR
FUELS.
IT HAS TO BE FEDERAL.
BUT IF THEY DID MAKE IT
FEDERAL, THEN THE OIL COMPANIES
WOULD FIND COMMUNITIES WHERE
THEY COULD PUT THE DIRTY OIL.
AND, ANYWAYS, I APPRECIATE
INSEL'S GOAL ABOUT THE WHEELS
AND EVERYTHING IS LIKE CIRCLING
AROUND THE WHALES.
BUT MAYBE IF WE FOCUSED ON
EVERYTHING ELSE, THE WHALES
WOULD BE GOOD.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEGHAN.
MEGHAN'S THE LAST ONE WHO
SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT?
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, IF IT'S
OKAY WITH YOU, I WOULD PROPOSE
THAT WE HOLD AGENDA ITEMS 1
THROUGH 7 AND HEAR THOSE AFTER
AGENDA ITEM 9.
>> SURE.
>> GREAT.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL
FOR JASMINE, IF YOU WANT TO
READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8.
>> APPOINTMENT 01211,
APPOINTMENT OF RON, MEMBER OF
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM
OF DECEMBER 21ST, 2021.
>> WELCOME.
GETTING READY FOR THE ROSE BOWL
WITH YOUR SWEATER HERE.
>> I FIGURED WE'D NEED THAT
COLOR.
>> WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I'M RON POSTAMA, APPOINTEE
FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> RACHEL McCAFFREY.
>> AND SO RON, I WILL SAY THAT
WHEN I SAW YOUR NAME ON HERE, I
THOUGHT IT WAS A TYPO BECAUSE
IT SAID APPOINTMENT NOT
REPIEMENT, BUT I RECOGNIZE YOU
ARE GOING TO BE SERVING A
DIFFERENT ROLE.
>> YES.
>> AND SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO
WALK THROUGH THAT AND TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
COMMUNITY DOES.
>> I WILL START WITH THE
COMMITTEE.
SO THE LEVY MOVES WAS FORMED IN
2016 AFTER THE VOTER APPROVAL
OF THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY.
THEIR ROLE IS TO MONITOR
REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND
PROGRAM AND PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION AND TO INVOICES
THE ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE MAYOR AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON
RESPONDING TO PROGRAM AND
PROJECT COST SAVINGS OR
OVERRUNS.
AND RON IS BEING APPOINTED
TODAY TO A GENERAL LEVY
OVERSIGHT SEAT THAT HAS
PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A
REPRESENTATIVE ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE OR ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AS A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD
BECAUSE FOUR OF THE SEATS ON
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ARE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOUR
ADVISORY BOARDS.
SO TODAY IT'S PIVOTING TO A
GENERAL SEAT.
>> GREAT.
RON, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU CARE ABOUT
TRANSIT STUFF.
>> YES, I DO CARE ABOUT TRANSIT
STUFF.
SO I WILL BE SAD TO LEAVE THE
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD, BUT
YOU'VE GOT GOOD PEOPLE COMING
UP HERE SOON TO FILL IN.
THE THING I AM MOST EXCITED
ABOUT WITH STAYING ON THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IS I THINK WE'VE GOT
A CHALLENGE TO KIND OF RESTORE
PUBLIC TRUST IN THE CITY'S
ABILITY TO DELIVER THAT LEVY.
I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF
THE RESET THAT WE DID YOU KNOW,
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO TO KIND OF ACCELERATE THE
RATE OF IMPLEMENTATION, TO MAKE
SURE WE STAY TRUE TO SOME OF
THE GOOD, YOU KNOW,
MULTIMODALITY GOALS THAT WERE
IN THAT LEVY.
AND WORK ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE
CAN MOVE AROUND SAFELY IN THE
CITY.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE WHAT
ADVICE I CAN THAT.
>> WELL, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT
VOICE TO HAVE ON THAT BOARD.
AS YOU MENTIONED THE LAST YEAR
HAS BEEN PRETTY INTENSE WITH A
LOT OF THINKING AND REWORKING
OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER
THE COMMITMENTS, AND YOUR
CAREER HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING TO
YOU.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL
FOR YOU TO BRING THAT EXPERTISE
TO THIS.
WHILE WE ARE SITTING HERE, I AM
ASSUMING AT LEAST THE SCHEDULE
IS THE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCING THE
NEW HEAD OF S DOCHLT I AM NOT
GOING TO SAY THAT PERSON'S NAME
JUST IN CASE IT'S DELAYED A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO BREAK THE NEWS.
BUT IT'LL BE GREAT.
HE IS STARTING AT THE END OF
JANUARY.
SO WE WILL HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
OVER A YEAR WITH HE WILL BE THE
FOURTH DIRECTOR.
BUT HOPEFULLY BRING SOME
STABILITY TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK FROM THE COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE AND CERTAINLY FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE COUNCIL,
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE
SOMEONE IN THAT AS A PERMANENT
POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK I AM SURE WE WILL
BE EXCITED TO GET THE NEW
DIRECTOR TO THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE RELATIVELY SOON.
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
FANS ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE,
MR. POSTAMA.
>> HE'S THE ONLY ONE ON THAT
SIDE OF THE TABLE, JUST TO BE
CLEAR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> JUST ME.
[ LAUGHTER ] BUT, YOU KNOW,
GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND I WONDER, RACHEL, IF YOU
COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE TRANSIT ADVISORY
BOARD'S PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR
REPLACING RON AS THE STAFF
MEMBER ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE SINCE RON WILL NOW
JUST BE A FORMAL MEMBER OF THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> THE MODAL BOARD IS UNDER
THEIR OWN AUTHORITY APPROVED
SOMEONE TO OVERSEE THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AND THEY HAVE ASSIGNED ALEX
WAKEMAN RUSS TO SERVE IN
FEBRUARY.
>> WELL, EXCITED FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE RON, AND
THANKS FOR THAT EXPERTISE THAT
YOU BRING ON PROJECT PRGHT,
PROJECT OVERSIGHT, FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
THERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
TRN CONTINUE.
>> SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
APPOINTMENT 0211.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> WE WILL WAIT TILL THE NEW
YEAR TO FULLY APPOINT YOU.
BUT JANUARY 7TH IS THE FIRST
MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THANKS, RON.
THANK YOU.
>> JAZZ RIN, DO YOU WANT TO
READ AGENDA NUMBER 9 IN.
>> APPOINTMENT 01774, SELL YAEN
AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERM 2020.
>> WELCOME.
WE'LL START WITH QUICK
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM SELL ENA.
AND I AM THE APPOINTEE FOR THE
SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD.
>> AND I AM SERENA LEHMANN.
>> AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL
US ABOUT THE POSITION?
>> SO THE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD IS A 12-MEMBER
COMMITTEE.
IT ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND S DOT ON
BICYCLING ISSUES IN SEATTLE.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE
SELL ENA JOINING US.
SHE COMES TO US FROM
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION.
BEFORE THIS THEY WORKED AT BIKE
WORKS FOR THREE YEARS, A NON-
PROPERTY THAT WORKS TO
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES AND
EMPOWER YOUTH.
SHE BRINGS EXPERIENCE FROM NON-
PROFIT TRANSPORTATION
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND
WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
SERVING ON THE BICYCLE ADVISORY
BOARD.
>> YEAH.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT I
COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT WHAT
NOT TO DO ON BICYCLES, WHICH IS
HOW I BEGAN MY INTRODUCTION.
FROM THERE I DECIDED TO
OVERCOME THAT AND BECAME A
BICYCLE MECHANIC, WORKED UP TO
WORKING IN A BICYCLE NON-
PROFIT, JUST TRYING TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO BIKES AND THEIR
COMMUNITY VIA BIKES.
AND THEN SINCE I'M A MULTIMODAL
COMMUTER, I MOVED INTO SOME
MORE MULTIMODAL NON-PROFIT WORK
ON THE FUNDRAISER.
>> EXCELLENT.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER
CONNECTIONS TO THIS TABLE FOR
THE MULTIMODAL NON-PROFIT WORK.
A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING
AROUND THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A
CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY AND THE
WORK TO KIND OF RESHAPE THE
FINAL 6 YEARS OF THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE PIECES THAT HAS
YET TO BE DONE IS THE BICYCLE
COMPONENTS OF THAT BECAUSE
WAITING ON THE MODAL BOARDS TO
COME OUT WITH ANY
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY I
BELIEVE IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
>> YEP THE>> SO JUMPING INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THAT, ARE YOU
READY FOR IT?
AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH?
>> YEAH.
I AM READY FOR IT.
I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING SBVAF AND
WORKING UP COURAGE TO APPLY
MYSELF.
SO I AM HERE NOW AND EXCITED.
AND, YEAH.
EXCITED TO LEND MY EXPERTISE
AND ANYTHING THAT I CAN TOWARDS
THE IMPLEMENTATION AND GUIDANCE
FOR AN ADVISE REACH BOARD.
SO THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO
AND DELVE INTO, IN ANY WAY THAT
I CAN.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> WELL, REALLY EXCITED FOR
YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING TO
BRING TO THIS, AND APPRECIATE
YOU HAVING THE COURAGE TO
APPLY.
IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ARE BEING
APPOINTED.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON?
SELENA, IF A COUPLE MEMBER s
FROM NOW, WHAT IS ONE THING
THAT YOU WILL HOPE TO HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD?
>> I HOPE TO HAVE SEEN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN I'D SAY ON
SCHEDULE.
BUT AS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
WITHIN ALL OF THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> WELL, THERE IS NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE
APPOINTMENT NUMBER 01174.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR.
>> AYE.
>> SELENA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THIS WILL MOVE TO THE FULL
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL THE FIRST
MEETING OF NEXT YEAR ON JANUARY
7TH.
YOU ARE FREE TO PARTICIPATE,
READ ALL THOSE MINUTES OVER THE
HOLIDAY BREAKS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
COMMITMENT.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
TIME COMMITMENT AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO
THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE WILL JUMP BACK TO
AGENDA ITEMS 137.
SO FOLKS WANT TO COME ON
FORWARD, AND, JASMINE, DO YOU
MIND READING THOSE ON?
>> HERE WE FWOECHLT APPOINTMENT
01062.
APPOINTMENT 01210.
01209.
01227.
0126.
AND 01228.
THE APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS OF BARBARA A.
WRIGHT, ELIZABETH LYNN HUBBARD,
KATE, AND JULIA DAY, MARCIE
CARPENTER AND ANDREW P. MARTIN
FOR TERMS TO AUGUST 2ND, 2020.
AND APPOINTMENT 01225, THE
APPOINTMENT OF MICHELLE ZEID
MAN AS A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD TO A
TERM OF AUGUST 2ND, 2019.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND START
WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I'M BENJAMIN SMITH WITH
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> AND I'M ELIZABETH HUBBARD,
ONE OF THE APPOINTEES.
>> MICHELLE ZEIDMAN, ONE OF THE
APPOINTIES.
>> KATO, AN APPOINTEE.
>> MARCY CARPENTER,
REAPPOINTEE.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
BENJAMIN, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE
US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE
APPOINTEES OR THE PROCESS?
>> SURE, DEFINITELY.
SO THE COUNCIL CREATED THE
TRAPSIT ADVISORY BOARD IN 2015
AFTER THE PACKAGE OF STBD
PROPOSITION ONE, FUNDING SOURCE
FOR BUS SERVICE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THE
TRANSIT BOARD'S ISSUE ON THE
STBD REPORT AND TRANSIT AND
CITY EFFORTS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SLOUGH
OF VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL-APPOINTED
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
THAT'S ANGELEA AND MICHELLE.
WE HAVE THREE MAYORAL
APPOINTEES AND THAT IS LYNN
CAKO AND BARBARA WRIGHT WHO
HOPEFULLY WILL JOIN US THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO COUNCIL
REPIEMENT APPOINTMENTS.
THAT'S MARCY CARPENTER AND
ANDREW WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT
TODAY.
>> WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST START
AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MAKE
AN INTRODUCTION, TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND AND WHY YOU WANT TO
SERVE, WHY YOU WANT TO
VOLUNTEER SO MANY HOURS IN THE
BASEMENT OF CITY HALL TOILING
AWAY ON TRANSIT POLICY ISSUES.
>> OKAY.
LYNN HUBBARD.
I LOVE SEATTLE FIRST OF ALL.
SO I WANT TO HELP MAKE THE CITY
BETTER.
I WAS HIT BY A CAR SEVERAL
YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS CROSSING
THE STREET AND IT MADE ME LOOK
THE CITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND
REALIZE HOW CRAZY WE ARE THE
WAY WE USE CARS NOW IN THE
CITY.
SO I'M HOPING TO IMPROVE
TRANSIT FROM A SAFETY
PERSPECTIVE SWEGHT SOCIAL
EQUITY, ENVIRONMENT,
EFFICIENCY.
>> I MEAN, IT'S NOT GREAT THAT
YOU WERE HIT BY A CAR.
>> I DIDN'T THINK YOU MEANT
THAT.
>> BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
PERSPECTIVE AND PASSION.
>> I AM MICHELLE.
I LIVE IN THE GREEN LAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I USED TO WORK IN
TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND
PLANNING.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I TOOK A
SABBATICAL TO TRAVEL AND WHEN I
CAME BACK I TOOK A JOB WORKING
IN ENVIRONMENTAL FILL AN
TLOEPCH.
SO THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR ME TO REENGAGE IN TRANSIT
AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WHEN
II CARE A LOT ABOUT.
IT'S WHAT I STUDIED IN GRADUATE
SCHOOL.
AND I AM A MULTIMODAL RIDER.
SO I HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN
MAKING SURE THAT THE PLANS WE
ARE DOING TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE USE TRANSIT AS
PART OF A MULTI-STEP PROCESS
FOR GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO
GO.
>> AND MICHELLE, YOU HAVE FANS
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO
HAVE CALLED IN TO SPEAK YOUR
PRAISES.
SO IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
AND GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
THINK VERY HIGHLY OF YOU THAT
ARE WILLING TO CALL US OUT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> I REALLY WANTED THE SEAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M ANGELEA DAY.
I AM A FAIRLY NEW TRANSPLANT TO
SEATTLE FROM THE EAST COAST BY
WAY OF LONDON.
I HAVE CLOSE TO ABOUT A DECADE
OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
EXPERIENCE.
AND ENOUGH OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING EXPERIENCE TO BE A BIT
DANGEROUS.
I REALLY LIKE SORT OF THAT
INTERSECTION FROM SORT OF NIPA
COMPLIANCE AND SORT OF PROJECT
INITIATION.
AND SO I HAVE A BACKGROUND
PRIMARILY IN CONSULTING AND
ALSO KIND OF QUASI-GOVERNMENT.
SO THIS WAS JUST PART OF THE
EXTENDING THAT PASSION.
I REALLY LIKE THE CONVERSATION
AROUND THE NARRATIVE OF
TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY
MULTIMODALISM AND THAT'S ALSO
KIND -- KIND OF ALSO WAS THE
DRIVE FOR ME TO MOVE CROSS-
COUNTRY TO BE A PART OF THAT,
THAT THIS KIND OF EMERGING
INTERCONNECTION AND VERY TECH-
DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> HI.
YEAH.
I GREW UP IN SEATTLE.
AND SO THE ROUTE 75, I WAS IN
DISTRICT 3 GROWING UP.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY MAIN
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND THAT
WAS KIND OF MY FIRST LOOK AT
THE SYSTEM.
I SERVED ON THE PLANNING
COMMISSION SO THROUGH THAT I
KIND OF REALIZED THAT THIS IS
SUCH A GREAT OUTLET TO ACTUALLY
ADVISE ON POLICIES THAT AFFECT
OUTCOMES AND THINKING ABOUT HOW
WE CAN FOCUS ON MAKING THOSE
POLICIES MEET THE NEEDS FOR
TRANSIT RIDERS AND INCREASING
ACCESS AND THINKING ABOUT
TRANSIT EQUITY AND MAKING IT
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND MARCY, YOU'RE A
REAPPOINTEE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
BACK.
WE DON'T REQUIRE THE
REAPPOINTEES TO BE HERE.
BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON.
>> SURE.
SO FIRST I HAVE TO SAY WE'VE
HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR
BOARD HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES,
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOWN MEMBERS
FOR A WHILE NOW.
I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE A FULL
BOARD AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I'M A CITIZEN TRANSIT
NERD, PLANNING NERD.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON
WITH TRANSIT THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
I REALLY WANT TO STAY INVOLVED
IN THAT, AND MENTOR THE NEW
MEMBERS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF
EXCITING THINGS WE CAN DO.
I THINK THE UPCOMING SQUEEZE IS
GOING TO BE SCARY, BUT IT ALSO
PROVIDES SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO
SEE HOW CREATIVE WE CAN BE IN
GETTING PEOPLE AROUND.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> MARCY, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO
WORK WITH YOU OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES,
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WILLING TO
SERVE AGAIN.
FOR THE REST OF YOU FOLKS IT
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MIX OF
EXPERTISE AND PASSION AND
INTEREST HERE MOVING FORWARD.
AND AS MARCY MENTIONED, WE ARE
ENTERING INTO SOME UNCHARTED
TERRITORIES HERE IN A FEW
WEEKS.
THE CITY COUNCIL AT OUR FIRST
MEETING ON THE 7th IN THEORY
SHOULD PASS A RESOLUTION.
WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE OUR
START TIMES FOR COMMITTEE
MEETINGS FOR THE THREE WEEKS TO
DELAY THEM A LITTLE BIT.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE
FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING DOWNTOWN
TO LEAVE THOSE CARS AT THE HOME
AND TAKE ANOTHER MODE.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT DURING
RUSH HOUR, THE BUSES AND TRAINS
ARE LARGELY FULL AND THERE IS
NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR NEW
FOLKS.
WE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGING FOLK
WHO'S CURRENTLY RIDE TRANSIT TO
COME IN A LITTLE EARLIER, MAYBE
BEFORE 7 OR A LITTLE LATER,
MAYBE AFTER 9 AND OUTSIDE OF
THE 4 TO 6 WINDOW TO CREATE A
LITTLE MORE SPACE.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT WHETHER WE WISH FOR IT OR
NOT, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND AS A COMMUNITY WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND
ALL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE
FLEXIBILITY.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MAYBE NO
FLEXIBILITY AT ALL BECAUSE OF
THE REALITY OF THEIR JOB OR
WHAT TRANSIT CHOICES ARE
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BUT I AM HOPING THAT AS A
COMMUNITY WE CAN ALL MAKE SOME
LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS, KEEP AN EYE
OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND MAKE
THIS WORK.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
FASCINATING FOR YOU.
WE TALK ABOUT THE SEATTLE
SQUEEZE IS 3 WEEKS, BUT IT'S
REALLY THE BEGINNING OF, I
KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS, BUT IT'S
REALLY FOREVER.
WE ARE HAVING SOME FUNDAMENTAL
SHIFTS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM, AND WE ARE NOT GOING
BACKWARDS.
AND TRANSIT IS GOING TO PLAY AN
EVER-INCREASE ROLE IN THAT.
AND SO THE WORK YOU ALL DO TO
MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE POLICIES
RIGHT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THE PERSPECTIVE YOU BRING
FROM THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO
BE VERY IMPORTANT.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON I KNOW
YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
TRANSIT TOO.
>> BUT FAR BE IT FOR ME TO TELL
THESE FOLKS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
DOING IN THEIR JOB.
AS WE LOOK AT MARCY THE LIST OF
FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING YOU AND
THE COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS THAT
ARE STILL AROUND AS PART OF THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK
IT'S JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL
INDICATION OF THE DIVERSITY AND
EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE FROM SO
MANY OF OUR CITIZEN
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING NERDS
AS YOU SO SELF-IDENTIFIED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT TONGUE AND
CHEEK ASIDE, I THINK THAT THERE
IS A LOT OF EXPERTISE AROUND
THIS TABLE AT THE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD.
I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU
THINK BIG, THINK BROADLY AND
CONTINUE TO PUSH ON ALL THE
REST OF US WITHIN THE
BUREAUCRACY TO EXECUTE ON THOSE
BIG INVOLVED PLANS.
>> BENJAMIN, BARBARA'S NOT HERE
TODAY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO STALL ANY
LONGER.
COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.
I KNOW BARBARA A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK -- WELL, YOU KNOW HER
TOO PRETTY WELL.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO HER,
WE COULD MOVE THE APPOINTMENT
TODAY.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IF
YOU THINK SHE WOULD RATHER COME
AT A LATERCOMMITTEE MEETING OR
IF SHE COMES LATER WE COULD PUT
HER IN THE AGENDA A LITTLE
LATER TODAY.
BUT I WILL DEFER TO YOU IF YOU
FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING FOR
HER, AND IF NOT, WE CAN JUST
DECIDE.
>> I CAN PULL UP HER BIO.
BARBARA IS A RETIREE I BELIEVE
WORKED FOR METRO AND OTHER
ENTITIES.
SHE IS WELL REGARDED IN
TRANSITS AND TRANSIT ISSUES
SUCH THAT SHE WAS PART OF THE
MAYOR'S COMMITTEE TO FIND OUR
NEW DIRECTOR.
SO I THINK THAT LENDS TO HER
CREDIBILITY AND THE FIRST ANDIS
SHE WOULD BRING TO THE BOARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE TO MOVE UP THIS
APPOINTMENT?
>> I AM.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE
BRIEF THAT BEN GAVE, BARBARA
HAS SERVED ON EARLIER
ITERATIONS INCLUDING THE B
BRIDGING THE GAP BEFORE WE HAD
THE LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE.
SO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES WORKING INSIDE
GOVERNMENT BOTH AS A STAFF
MEMBER IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
OTHER PLACES HERE THE CITY.
AND KING COUNTY AS WELL AS IN
RETIREMENT TOO.
SO I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN HER
ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSIT ADVISORY
BOARD AND HAVE NO PROBLEM
ADVANCING THAT TODAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND THEN ANDREW'S REAPPOINTMENT
ALSO NOT HERE TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY
A SENTENCE OR TWO ABOUT ANDREW.
>> SURE, DEFINITELY.
SO ANDREW WAS AN APPOINTEE FROM
LAST YEAR FILLING A VACANT
TERM.
HE AT THE TIME WAS BOTH A
MEMBER OF THE CITY'S TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD AND METRO'S
TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
SO HE BROUGHT A GOOD CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY
EFFORTS.
AND HE HAS BROUGHT A LOT TO THE
BOARD.
EVEN IN THE YEAR AND A HALF
THAT HE'S JOINED AND THESE ARE
CURRENT VICE-CHAIR.
>> WELL, SEEMS LIKE A GREAT
CREW.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AS YOU
MENTIONED, IT IS A GROUP WITH A
LOT OF EXPERTISE.
SO -- AND WE WILL NEED IT.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE AGENDA
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THOSE APPOINTMENTS WILL ALL
MOVE TO THE COUNCIL Y ILL ON
JANUARY 7TH AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU GOING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 0. JASMINE, DO YOU
WANT TO READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD AND WE WILL.
>> COUNCIL BILL AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE STATE ROUTE 520
PROJECT.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> I AM DOING GREAT.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> CALVIN, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WE HAD
A FULL BRIEFING ON THIS AND A
GOOD DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SOME
FOLKS WERE EXPECTING US TO VOTE
ON IT LAST TIME.
SO I SCOMPUSZ PUT IT OFF.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING NEW THAT
CAME FORWARD.
AND I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT
IT.
SO CALVIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO MAYBE SAY ONE OR TWO
SENTENCES ABOUT IT.
>> JUST TO REMIND FOLK THAT'S
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZES A MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON FOR MAINTENANCE
ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE
NEW MOUNT LAKE LID.
THAT LID IS GOING TO BE IN
CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS
THAT THE EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTED
IS THAT AS IT'S BEING BUILT,
THE CONTRACTOR NOW KNOWS WHO TO
TALK TO FOR -- AS ISSUES ARISE
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THEY KNOW
WHO THE ULTIMATE OWNER OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF HAVING THIS
IN PLACE NOW.
>> IT'S GREAT.
AND I THINK THEY HIGHLIGHTED
THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A RELATIVELY
STRAIGHTFORWARD TO FIGURE OUT
BUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF WHICH
PART OF A PROJECT OR WHICH
SQUARE FOOT OF LAND IS -- WHO
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT IS OFTEN
QUITE A CHALLENGE TO
ADMINISTRATIVELY FIGURE OUT
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE BIG
AGENCIES NEGOTIATING ALL THOSE
THINGS.
SO HAVING THAT CLARITY WILL
HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE THINGS AND
MAKE A VERY COMPLICATED AND
COMPLEX PROJECT MOVE MORE
SMOOTHY.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT?
>> NO.
I CAN SEE HOW IN THE COURSE OF
LAST TIMES THREE-HOUR MEETING
WE MIGHT'VE JUST GOTTEN A
LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK.
I JUST WANT TO SURFACE THAT I
HAVE NO PROBLEMS VOTING ON THIS
TODAY.
AND WILL REINFORCE WHAT I SAID
AT OUR LAST MEETING WHICH IS TO
BRING FORWARD AT SOME POINT IN
2019 A RESOLUTION THAT ASKS FOR
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO STAY
CONSISTENT IN THE CONVERSATIONS
THEY HAVE HAD WITH ME ABOUT
ADVANCING THE CONSTRUCTION TO
THE BRIDGE TO THE FIRST PART OF
THE PHASE THREE OF CONSTRUCTION
RIGHT NOW IT'S SLATED TO BE AT
THE END OF THAT PHASE WHICH
WOULD MEAN IT WOULD CONCLUDE
ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IN MOUNT
LAKE.
WE DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IN
PORTAGE BAY AND WE WOULD COME
BACK AND BUILD THAT SECOND
BASQUAL BRIDGE AND LEAVE MOUNT
LAKE AND BE AS OPPOSED TO
LEAVING MOUNT LAKE FOR 7 YEARS
AND THEN COMING BACK AND DOING
MORE CONSTRUCTION ON MOUNT
LAKE.
SO JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY
TO REINFORCE THAT COLLABORATIVE
COMMITMENT FROM BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE STATE.
NOT A PART OF THIS RESOLUTION,
NOT A PART OF THIS VOTE TODAY.
BUT JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO
SAY PUBLICLY I THINK THAT
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT VALUE THAT
THE CITY AND WASHINGTON
CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ON.
>> THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT
AGAIN.
WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
COUNSEL BILL 119416.
SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR?
>> AYE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, CAL.
THAT WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL Y ILL ON JANUARY 7TH.
JASMINE, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
YOU CAN GO FOR A SHORT VERSION?
>> 119417, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE SOUTHLANDER
STREET GRADE SEPARATION
PROJECT.
>> THERE IS A SEMICOLON.
EXCELLENT WORK.
PRESENTERS WANT TO COME ON
FORWARD.
LOOK AT THOSE TRAINS BLOCKING
TRAFFIC SOON TO BE A THING OF
THE PAST, HUH?
WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> HI.
I'M MIA HONEYWELL.
I AM THE REAL PROPERTY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MANAGER
WITHIN CPR S.
>> I AM WITH SDOT AS WELL.
AND I AM IN THE REAL PROPERTY
GROUP.
>> I'M THE SDOT PROJECT MANAGER
FOR THE LANDERS STREET PROJECT.
AND --
>> TELL US YOUR NAMES.
>> THANK YOU.
WHO WANTS TO START THE
PRESENTATION?
>> I CAN DO THAT.
SO THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING
TO BE ABOUT THE GRADE
SEPARATION PROJECT.
AND THIS WILL BE GOING ON WHY
WE NEEDED THE PROPERTY
ACQUISITION.
SO WE WILL GO OVER THE
BACKGROUND PROJECT AREA
EXISTING CONDITIONS, PROPOSALS.
BACKGROUND ONLANDERS STREET
PROJECT, IT WAS ENVISIONED OVER
20 YEARS AGO WITH THE FREIGHT
ACTION STRATEGY.
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
SEATTLE FREIGHT MASTER PLAN,
MOVE SEATTLE AND SEATTLE
INDUSTRIAL FREIGHT ACCESS PLAN
CREATED BY THE CITY AND THE
PORT.
THE PROJECT AREA IS IN SODO
ONLANDERS STREET BETWEEN 1st
AVENUE AND 4th AVENUE.
CURRENTLY EXISTING CONDITIONS
ARE HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE LANES
DUE TO EVENTS SUCH AS CENTURY
LINK, SAFECO FIELD.
WE HAVE THE STARBUCKS
HEADQUARTERS AND THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION AT APPROXIMATELY 5th
AND LANDER.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
13,000 VEHICLES AND 1400
PEDESTRIANS PER DAY.
INTERSECTS WITH 4B AND F RAIL
WAY TRACKS THAT ARE AT GREAT
BETWEEN OX DENTAL AND THIRD
AVENUE SOUTH.
AND THOSE TRAINS KEEP THE
CROSSING CLOSED FOR PROXIMATELY
4 AND A HALF HOURS PER DAY.
IT RANKS IN THE TOP HALF
PERCENT NATIONWIDE FOR THE
HIGHEST RISK AT GRADE CROSSING
BY THE FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION.
>> WOW.
SORRY.
TOP HALF PERCENT?
>> TOP HALF PERCENT, YES.
OVER HAPPEN OF THE FREIGHT THAT
BNSF MOVES IN THE STATE IS ON
THESE RAILS.
>> EXISTING CONDITIONS, THIS IS
MY FAVORITE SLIDE.
IT TELLS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
WE HAVE 100 TRAINS A DAY.
WE HAVE 13,000 VEHICLES, 1,400
PEDESTRIANS, 100 BICYCLES.
WE HAVE OVER 100 CLOSURES PER
DAY.
EACH CLOSURE IS ALMOST THREE
MINUTES LONG, AND LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, WE ARE CLOSED FOR
ALMOST 5 HOURS A DAY.
I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN THERE
FOR 45 MINUTES WAITING FOR A
TRAIN TO CLEAR.
>> I BET YOU WERE PRETTY HAPPY
DURING THAT TIME.
>> YES.
[ LAUGHTER ] WE HAVE 485
CROSSING VIOLATIONS PER DAY.
THAT IS MOSTLY PEDESTRIANS THAT
ARE CROSSING WHILE THE ARMS ARE
DOWN.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE
HAS BEEN 85 COLLISIONS AND WE
HAVE HAD THREE FATALITIES, ALL
OF THOSE BEING PEDESTRIANS.
THE PROJECT BUILDS A BRIDGE
OVER THE SOUTHLANDER GRADE
CROSSING BETWEEN 1st AND 4TH.
THE STRUCTURE WILL HAVE FOUR
LANE CROSS SECTION.
IT WILL ENHANCE MOBILITY,
CONNECTIVITY TO THE CRITICAL
FREIGHT AREA AND TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDOR IN SODO.
ALSO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
THE PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING,
DRIVING AND AS WELL AS KEEP
FREIGHT MOVING ON SCHEDULE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME ARTIST
RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE
STRUCTURE WILL LOOK LIKE.
ANOTHER ARTIST RENDERING.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH AND WEST.
AND THEN THE REASON FOR THE
PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS IS THAT
AS LANDERS STREET BRIDGE COMES
DOWN THE GRADE, AS THE GRADE
COMES DOWN PRIMARILY AT 3rd, WE
NEED TO RAISE THE GRADE OF THE
INTERSECTION.
AND SO WHAT THE PROPERTY
ACQUISITION DOES, IT GIVES US
THE ABILITY TO BUILD 2 TO 3-
FOOT HIGH RETAINING WALL THAT'S
LET US KEEP THE FOOTPRINT OF
THE SIDEWALK WHILE WE NEED
WHILE STILL LETTING -- GIVES US
THE PROPERTY THAT WE NEED TO DO
THAT, AND IT JUST ALSO LETS OUR
STRUCTURES, CREWS GET IN THERE
TO MAINTAIN THEM IF THEY EVER
HAVE TO.
>> SO IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE
PROJECT THAT IS PLANNED, WE
NEEDED TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AT
EACH CORNYER ON THE
INTERSECTION OF 3rd SOUTH AND
SOUTHLANDER STREET.
THERE WERE A TOTAL 4 FEET
ACQUISITIONS AT A TOTAL COST OF
1 107,900.
AND YOU CAN SEE EACH
ACQUISITION AT THE CORNER.
BUT I CAN BREAK IT DOWN FURTHER
IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> NO.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> AND SO JUDGING FROM THE
ARTIST RENDERING ON THE
PREVIOUS PAGE, IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ANY OF THESE MODEST
PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS WILL
AFFECT THE OPERATIONS OF THE
UNDERLYING BUSINESSES.
DO WE GO THROUGH A CONDEMNATION
PROCESS OR DO WE JUST NEGOTIATE
WITH ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS
AND ESSENTIALLY OFFER THEM A
PER SQUARE FOOT PRICE?
>> YES, JUST THROUGH
NEGOTIATION.
>> GREAT.
AND I ASSUME THAT THAT WAS ALL
WHILE WE ARE HERE.
SO IT MUST'VE ALL WORKED OUT
OKAY.
>> YES.
>> EXCELLENT.
OKAY.
.
>> AND THEN THIS IS JUST GOING
ON TO SCHEDULE.
SO CURRENTLY WE DID START
CONSTRUCTION THIS SPRING.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO
STARTING OUR SHAFT WORK WHICH
MEANS WE BASICALLY HAVE
COMPLETED OUR UNDERGROUND
UTILITY WOKS SO NOW WE CAN
START THE SHAFTS.
AND THEN THE SHAFTS WILL TAKE
ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF A YEAR,
AND THEN WE WILL START ACTUALLY
GOING IN THE AIR WILL PEOPLE
CAN SEE THE BRIDGE BEING BUILT.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> RIGHT NOW WE PLAN ON HAVING
TRAFFIC ON IT EARLY 2020 WITH
IT BEING COMPLETED MID-2020.
>> WELL, I KNOW THE PROJECT HAS
BEEN SOMETHING IN THE WORKS
SINCE I'VE -- LONG BEFORE I WAS
A COUNCILMEMBER AND
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IT'S BEEN
ON YOUR RADAR TOO.
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT.
I KNOW IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF
DISRUPTION THERE WITH A PROJECT
GOING ON, ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE
THAT PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES CAN
STILL GET THROUGH FOR THE
MOMENT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
ACQUIRING THESE SMALL PARCELS
OF LAND TO ALLOW THE PROJECT TO
GO FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE
BUILT SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE
THOSE INCIDENTS WHERE WE'VE GOT
FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING HIT AND
IN SOME CASES KILLED BY TRAINS.
BUT A NICE REMINDER TO Y BE
THAT DON'T TRY TO RUN FOR IT.
THOSE GATES ARE DOWN FOR A
REASON.
THEY ARE DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN
STAY SAFE.
SO PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THOSE
GATES.
STAY BEHIND THEM.
>> 85 OVER FIVE YEARS, WOW.
WELL, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY
OTHER CONCERNS I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THE COUNCIL BILL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK, I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND GREAT PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GET IT DONE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119415, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
STREETS.
>>
.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH NAME
AND INTRODUCTION.
>> MATT BOLEAU WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION --
TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS
DIVISION.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
>> ERIN HARRIS, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
TRAFFIC OPS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE.
SO, RENAMING SOME STREETS, HUH?
>> YEAH.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE
BIT OF A MEMORY REFRESHER FOR
THE 2016 TIME WE KA IMTO TALK
TO THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS A ROUTINE PROCESS THAT
WE DO.
AND WE LOOK THROUGH -- SORRY, I
WILL FOLLOW MY SLIDES INSTEAD
OF JUST STEM PERTAINOUSLY
SPEAKING.
PART OF THIS IS REALLY
SUPPORTING OUR GOAL TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A RELIABLE
AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AS WELL AS
OUR CONSTITUENTS IN GENERAL ARE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY
ARE AND HOW THEY NEED TO GET
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS A
LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT
WHAT OUR STREETS WERE NAMED AND
SOME PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE
RECOMMENDING FOR A FEW CHANGES.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE AS A
BACKGROUND ITEM IS THAT WE'VE
GOT A COUPLE STREETS, AND YOU
ARE GOING TO SEE SIGNS IN THE
SLIDE HERE THAT WE HAVE
ACTUALLY ALREADY POSTED SIGNS
TO NAME A COUPLE OF THESE
ALLEYS.
AND WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT
WE'VE BEEN USING HISTORICAL
ADDRESS OFF OF THESE ALLEYS.
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY
RECORD OF EVER GOING THROUGH
THE LEGAL PROCESS OF LEGALLY
NAMING THEM.
SO THIS IS ONCE AGAIN A CASE OF
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN
UP A FEW LOCATIONS.
SO 2 OF THE LOCATIONS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT RENAMING ALLEYS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
SIGNS, THE FAIRLY OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZED NAMES AS WELL.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH SOME ADDRESSING
THAT HAS BEEN USED HISTORICALLY
ON THESE.
SO THAT IS REALLY A CLEANUP
OPPORTUNITY THERE.
>> HAVE THOSE SIGNS BEEN THERE
FOR A WHILE OR ARE THE SIGNS
RELATIVELY NEW?
>> I WANT TO SAY IT WAS TWO
YEARS AGO.
>> A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE
DOING THE CITY WIDE STREET
RENAME PROGRAM AND THE
BILINGUAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, WE DID INSTALL NEW
BILINGUAL STREET NAMES,
ALTHOUGH RECORDS SHOW THAT WE
HAVE HAD STREET NAME SIGNS HERE
SINCE THE '60s.
>> SO IT'S BEEN AROUND IN
PRACTICE FOR A LONG TIME.
>> CORRECT.
IT'S VERY MUCH THE HISTORICAL
COMMUNITY NAME FOR THESE
ALLEYS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THAT WE WILL
-- I WILL GET INTO MORE DETAIL
ON THEM MOMENTARILY, BUT THE
IGISSUE IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
TAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY INTO
IT, AND IT'S INTUITIVE TO USERS
BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START
UP IN THE NORTH END OF THE
CITY.
THIS IS UP NEAR KARKEEK PARK.
THIS IS A CASE WHERE NORTHWEST
1ST13th STREET WAS NAMED --
113th STREET WAS NAMED AND IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE WAYS WE
HAVE NAMED THE STREETS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE JUST
NORTH OF WEST 1ST13th, YOU
MIGHT ASSUME THAT IT STARTS
WITH 113.
IT STILL STARTS WITH 112.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS
THAT WE GO THROUGH AND NAME IT
112 th PLACE.
SORRY, NORTHWEST 112THTH th
PLACE.
WHEN WE JUMP TO THE ALLEY, THE
FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IS MENARD ALLEY AND
CANTON ALLEY.
THESE ARE DOWN IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
AND THESE ARE A COUPLE OF
ALLIES THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY USED AS BOTH
NAVIGATION WAY POINTS AND FOR
ADDRESSING.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
HERE IS UNLIKE WHEN WE TALKED
TO YOU IN 2016, WE ARE ACTUALLY
NOT CHANGING ANYONE'S ADDRESS
AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE
CHANGING THE STREETS TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE ADDRESSES
AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER WAY
AROUND.
>> SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT NO
ONE LIVES ON WHAT WILL FORMALLY
BE KNOWN AS 113th STREET?
>> CORRECT.
THERE ARE NO ADDRESSES
PARCELLED OFF.
ARE ADDRESSED OFF OF THE NORTH-
SOUTH STREETS.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND CANTON ALLEY AND MENARD
ALLEY, ARE THERE ADDRESSES
THERE?
>> THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOME
HISTORICAL ADDRESSES.
AND WE HAVE -- THEY'RE
HISTORICALLY ADDRESSED OFF OF
MENARD AND CANTON ALLEY.
IN THIS CASE WE DID AN ACTION
LAST YEAR AND REALIZED THAT
THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENCIES
WITH THE WAY THOSE WERE
ADDRESSED.
BUT THAT WAS PART OF WHAT LED
US TO DISCOVER THAT THIS
PARTICULAR ALLEY HAD NOT BEEN
FORMERLY NAMED.
SO THE ADDRESSES ARE CURRENTLY
ON CANTON ALLEY SOUTH OR MENARD
ALLEY SOUTH.
SO WE ARE CHANGING THE STREET
TO OFFICIALLY BE CONSISTENT
WITH THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> OR MORE ACCURATELY WE ARE
PROPOSING THE STREET TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF FOR
CLARITY OF OUR PROCESS, THESE
CAME UP THROUGH SOME INTERNAL
AND SOME EXTERNAL DISCOVERIES.
WE ACTUALLY GOT A CALL ABOUT
SOME CONFUSION FROM A
CONSTITUENT AND THEN WE HAD
SOME OTHERS WHERE WE WERE
LOOKING AT ADDRESSES AND WE
KIND OF FURROWED OUR BROWS AND
HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE
RESEARCH.
SO WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH
OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
WITHIN THE CITY.
SDCI DID THE ORIGINAL OUTREACH.
AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PRETTY
INTENSIVE TRANSLATOR-SUPPORTED
PERSONAL VISIT TO THE SITES,
WHICH IS I THINK PRETTY
IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> AND THEN AS I GUESS THE SDOT
OUTREACH WE MAILED TO THE
PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE
RESIDENCES OF ALL OF THE
ADJACENT PARCELS BECAUSE AS I
MENTIONED WE ARE NOT CHANGING
ADDRESSES, BUT IF YOUR PARCEL
ABUTS THIS, WE WOULD HAVE SENT
YOU MAIL INFORMATION ON THIS SO
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO
RESPOND.
WE RECEIVED ONE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE, AND IT QUESTIONED ONE
WHETHER IT SHOULD BE MENARD
ALLEY SOUTH OR MENARD ALLEY.
WHY WE NEEDED THE SOUTH
DESIGNATION.
AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW,
THAT'S TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS
THE CITY FOR WAYFINDING BY THE
QUADRANTS OF THE CITY IS HOW WE
ASSIGN THE DIFFERENT SUFFIXES
AND PREFIXES.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER
SECTION OF ALLEY THAT WE DID
NOT EXTEND TO BECAUSE IT HAD
ACTUALLY BEEN VACATED THE
PREVIOUS ORDINANCE.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY DON'T NAME
VACATED FACILITIES.
>> I GUESS AS A NEXT STEP ITEM
SHOULD COUNCIL CHOOSE TO PASS
THIS FORWARD, WE HAVE DONE OUR
OUTREACH.
AND SO AT THAT POINT WE WOULD
BE UPDATING DATABASES AND
GETTING READY TO UPDATE SIGNS.
AS YOU ALREADY SAW THE TWO
ALLEYS ARE ALREADY SIGNED.
SO IT REALLY BE SIGNS UP AT
113th WHICH WOULD BECOME 112th
PLACE.
>> WELL, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
WORK ON THIS, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE HAVING THE OUTREACH
SPECIFICALLY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE
WITH ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS,
WHICH CAN MEAN A VARIETY OF
THINGS, BUT I AM GOING TO
CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT MEANS
FOLKS ARE PRETTY COMFORTABLE
WITH THIS AND THE FACT THAT NO
ONE IS HAVING A CHANGE IN
ADDRESS.
THAT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I AM CURIOUS AS TO THE HISTORY
OF WHY CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON
STREET CHANGES OF ALL THE
THINGS WE VOTE ON, BUT MAYBE
THERE WAS A MAYOR NAMING
STREETS AFTER HIMSELF DECADES
AGO WHO DECIDED TO MAKE IT A
COUNCIL ACT.
BUT ANYWAY, HERE WE ARE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, ANY
QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS?
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 119415.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND WE WILL HAVE THIS DOWN ON
JANUARY 7TH.
>> THANK YOU.
FINAL ITEM, JASMINE.
. .
>> RESOLUTION GRANTING HTLLC TO
CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL AND
MAINTAIN TWO PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS
UNDER AND ACROSS ALLEY WEST OF
9th AVENUE SOUTH OF STEWARD
STREET.
IT SAYS RESOLUTION 31785.
>> HELLO, AMY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> MY NAME IS AMY GREAT.
I WORK FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> AND WE HAD THIS IN COMMITTEE
AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR AND THEN HAD SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES AROUND
IT.
SO IT'S BEEN KIND OF INSTALLED
AROUND IT.
BUT I KNOW THE APPLICANTS HAVE
BEEN ANXIOUS TO GET IT BACK
HERE.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US
QUITE THE REFRESHER.
>> SURE.
I CAN HAPPILY DO THAT.
THESE ARE FOR TWO PEDESTRIAN
TUNNELS UNDER THE ALLEY WEST OF
9th AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH OF
STEWART STREET.
AND THESE TUNNELS WOULD PROVIDE
CIRCULATION AND TRANSPORTATION
OF SUPPLIES, FOOD, LAUNDRY,
SORT OF THE BACK OF HOUSE
OPERATIONS FOR THE HOTEL.
AND IT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL IS
TO MOVE THESE OPERATIONS BELOW
SO THAT THE ALLEY ENVIRONMENT
CAN BE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
AND ENHANCED AND REALLY HAVE IT
ACTIVATED.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL.
OH, I AM TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE
-- SORRY.
[ LAUGHTER ] I JUST ADDED A
COUPLE IMAGES OF SOME IDEAS.
THESE ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS
PROJECT, BUT THEY ARE JUST SOME
OF THE IDEAS PUT TOGETHER FOR
ALLEY ACTIVATION.
THERE IT IS.
SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN THE ALLEYS.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE
OWNER IS LOOKING AT TO DO AS AS
WELL.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 808
HOUSE STREET.
AND, AS YOU KNOW, TERM PERMITS
ARE A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
THE FIRST STEP IS WHY WE ARE
HERE TODAY FOR THE RESOLUTION
FOR COUNCIL TO PROVIDE
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL.
AND THEN AT THE POINT WHERE
THEY HAVE RECEIVED OR GOTTEN
APPROVAL FOR 100% OF THEIR
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS, THEN WE
WOULD COME TO COUNCIL FOR THE
TERM PERMIT ORDINANCE THAT SPES
FEES THE TERMS, CONDITIONS,
FEE, BONDING, INSPECTION
REQUIREMENTS, THAT SORT OF
NITTY GITE OBLIGATIONS ON THE
APPLICANT.
AND THAT'S THE BRIEF REFRESHER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, DO
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY
OF THESE THINGS?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
CONFUSING TO ME IN LOOKING BACK
AT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD
ABOUT THIS MANY MONTHS AGO WAS
THE FACT THAT THESE TWO
PROJECTS AREN'T TOTALLY
DESIGNED YET.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN THESE
ISSUES HAVE COME IN FRONT OF US
BEFORE, WE HAVE HAD PROJECTS
THAT WERE NOT ONLY DESIGNED BUT
PERMITTED AND WHAT WE WERE
FINALIZING WAS CONCEPTUAL
PERMITS FOR TWO PROJECTS THAT
WERE WHOLLY DESIGNED READY TO
GO, AND THEN YOU WOULD COME
BACK TO US AFTER THE PROJECTS
ARE BUILT AND DO ALL THE THINGS
THAT YOU JUST SAID YOU WOULD
DO.
WHEN I ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
EARLIER THIS WEEK TO GIVE ME
SOME ANALYSIS ABOUT THE FULL-
TIME PLANS FOR THESE TWO
PROJECTS THEY ALERTED ME TO THE
FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE
STILL HAVE A FINAL PLAN YET FOR
ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS
WELL?
>> UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE
INFORMATION ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT WHEN COUNCIL TOOK
THIS UP LAST YEAR AND IT WAS
TABLED, THE TECH SDOT PERMITS
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY, THE APPLICANT HAD WHAT WE
CALL A STREET IMPROVEMENT
PERMIT IN FOR THAT.
AND IT HAD REACHED 60%
TECHNICAL APPROVAL.
SO THAT WAS OUR TRIGGER.
AND THEN AS THEY WORKED THROUGH
THE FINAL SDIETION OF THE
ENCROACHMENT WITHIN THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY, THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD
GET TO THE 100%.
SO, AS YOU MENTIONED THOSE
DESIGN FEATURES OF THE ACTUAL
STRUCTURES WHEN THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY IS AN SDCI PERMITTING
PURVIEW, AND WE WOULD AT THE
POINT OF -- OUR SIP REVIEWERS,
OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT
REVIEWERS THEY CONNECT WITH THE
SDCI REVIEWERSTO MAKE SURE
THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IT
WOULD BE ATTACHED TO ON THE
PRIVATE DEVELOPER -- OR PRIVATE
PROPERTY SITE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE,
UM, INFORMATION ON THE SDCI
PERMIT STATUS OR DEVELOPMENT
STATUS.
>> SURE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, IT PUTS US IN AN
AWKWARD POSITION.
SO IN THE ONE HAND, YOU KNOW, I
THINK CONCEPTUALLY THE IDEA OF
ELIMINATING AN ALLEY WALKWAY
BETWEEN TWO FACILITIES WHERE WE
CONSTANTLY HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE
SHUFFLING BACK AND FORTH OUT IN
THE ELEMENTS TO TAKE BACK OF
THE HOUSE ISSUES FROM ONE
BUILDING TO ANOTHER BUILDING
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
HOWEVER AT THE SAME TIME IF WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE THE FINAL
PERMITS ON WHAT THAT OTHER
BUILDING EVEN LOOKS LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE OPERATIONS
MIGHT ACTUALLY FIT TOGETHER SO
THAT WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE
TUNNEL IS GOING TO DO THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD
IT'S GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF
CONSOLIDATING OPERATIONS IN ONE
PLACE OR ANOTHER, IT PUTS ME IN
THE MIND THAT IT FEELS LIKE WE
ARE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE
HORSE.
I DON'T KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, YOU MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING HERE, AND YOU ARE NOW
LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDAR, THAT
FOLKS HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT
WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LITTLE
WHILE.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S
AN APPROPRIATE REACTION IF WE
STILL DON'T HAVE THE FINAL
DESIGN OF THE OTHER BUILDING.
I STRUGGLE TO SEE WHY THE
URGENCY OF ADVANCING A TERM
PERMIT TO ALLOW SDOT TO
CONTINUE TO TWIDDLE THEIR
THUMBS UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THE OTHER BUILDING IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEN CAN
WAIT FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL IT
COMES BACK TO US ONCE THE OTHER
BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED, THE
TUNNEL IS CONSTRUCTED THEN WE
CIRCLE BACK AROUND.
MY PREFERENCE IF IT'S POSSIBLE
WOULD BE FOR US TO HOLD THIS
ITEM UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE
FINAL PERMIT FROM THE APPLICANT
ON THE OTHER BUILDING.
AND I JUST HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH
CHANCE TO HAVE SDCI CIRCLE BACK
TO á TELL ME WHERE THAT IS, HOW
FAR ALONG THE PERMIT IS IN THE
PROCESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
>> UNDERSTAND.
>> I'D WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THE DIRECTION OF THIS AND DEFER
TO YOUR EXPERTISE AND
CHAIRPERSONSHIP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON.
THE CONCERNS YOU HIGHLIGHTED I
SHARE.
IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH SDCI,
YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THERE WAS ORIGINALLY THROUGH A
COMBINED LOT DEVELOPMENT OF
TRANSFER OF SOME DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS FROM THE PARCEL THAT IS
YET TO BE DEVELOPED TO THE
PARCEL THAT I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S OPENED YET, BUT IT'S
MOMENTS FROM HOPING.
AND WITH THE COMBINED LOT
DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT, THERE IS
A SET OF PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT'S
COME ALONG WITH THAT, AND SOME
OF THOSE PUBLIC BENEFITS I
BELIEVE WERE AROUND THIS ALLEY
AND ALSO AROUND THE BULK AND
SCALE OF THE BUILDING.
IN THE INTERIM, WE HAVE DONE
SOME ZONING CHANGES.
THERE IS NOW MORE CAPACITY ON
BOTH LOTS.
SO NOW THE PROPERTY WOULD LIKE
TO TRANSFER SOME OF THE
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BACK WHICH
MEANS THOSE ORIGINAL PUBLIC
BENEFITS THAT WERE AROUND BULK
AND SCALE WOULD GO AWAY IF THE
SDCI APPROVES THAT.
AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED
WITH SOME OTHER PUBLIC BENEFIT,
I WOULD ASSUME.
BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THAT
ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND I THINK ANY TIME WE ARE
DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, PER SE
RIGHTS THAT A PROPERTY OWNER
HAS, WHETHER IT'S TRANSFER OF
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR TERM
PERMIT TO USE THE STREET RIGHT-
OF-WAY, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I
FEEL LIKE THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE
ON IS THE PUBLIC GETTING
SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.
AND I DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON
THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I ALSO -- AMY, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE
ANSWERING THIS BUT I WILL
ANSWER THE QUESTION ANYWAYS.
ESPECIALLY ARNOLD ALLEYS IS
THESE AREN'T THOROUGHFARES.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE VERY
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
AND ON THE ONE HAND I GET,
LIKE, MOVING LAUNDRY BACK AND
FORTH IN THE TUNNEL MIGHT BE
EASIER ON A RAINY DAY THAN A
STREET.
BUT THAT IS ALSO PEDESTRIANS
THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE ON THE
SURFACE OF THE STREET
ACTIVATING THE STREET, CALMING
TRAFFIC, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND I KNOW WHEN I LOOK AT
CITIES THAT HAVE MUCH HARSHER
CLIMATES THEY PUT PEOPLE IN THE
TUNNELS AND THE STREETS FEEL
VACANT.
NOT TO SAY THAT THESE TWO
TUNNELS WOULD DO THAT, BUT I AM
ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT DOING
PERMITS THAT TAKE PEOPLE OFF
THE STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MADE
AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THAT
WOULD HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF SDOT LOOKS AT
THAT AT ALL.
>> WE DO.
WE LOOK AT AND WE WANT SDOT'S
POSITION RELATED TO TERM
PERMITS EITHER AT GRADE, BELOW
GRADE OR ON A SKY BRIDGE IS WE
WANT THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT
TO BE ACTIVATED AND NOT BRING
PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
WE HAVE IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES
LIKE WITH HOSPITALS, ALLOWED
SKY BRIDGES AND TUNNELS BECAUSE
THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS
THAT AREN'T --
>> MEDICAL SAMPLES THAT CAN'T
BE OUTSIDE?
>> YEAH.
OR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT IN
THE HOSPITAL HAVING THEIR
LINENS THAT HAVE BEEN USED WITH
HOSPITAL THINGS WITH THE PEOPLE
WALKING AT THE STREET LEVEL.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT, AND WE DO USE IT AS
AN EVALUATION.
I THINK OUR PERSPECTIVE ON
THESE TWO TUNNELS IS THAT THE
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, IT'S
GOING TO BE ENHANCED BECAUSE OF
THE ACTIVITY AT THE STREET
LEVEL WITH THE HOSPITAL AND THE
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND
HAVING AN ARTISTIC ELEMENT AND
THAT SORT OF THING THAT WE
WEIGHED THAT AGAINST MAYBE
TAKING THE BACK OF HOUSE
OPERATIONS OUT OF THE ALLEY AND
IT WASN'T -- IT DIDN'T HAVE A
SIGNIFICANTLY NEGATIVE IMPACT
ON THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT
BY REMOVING THEM.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE TAKE
IN CONSIDERATION FOR ALL TERM
PERMITS.
>> UNDERSTAND.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, I
APPRECIATE YOUR DEFERENCE.
MY SUGGESTION ON THIS ONE
BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS, YOU
KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY BEEN
ANXIOUS TO MOVE FORWARD ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR
PREFERENCE IS AT THE MOMENT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WOULD
BE TO MOVE THIS OUT OF
COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WORK WITH
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
SUGGEST AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT
OF A FULL COUNCIL DATE OF
FEBRUARY 4TH WHICH GIVES US,
YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS PLUS
ANOTHER MONTH TO SEE IF THERE
ARE THINGS WRAPPED UP.
IF WE CAN RESOLVE THINGS SOONER
AND GET SOME CLARITY ON SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS, WE COULD
ACCELERATE THAT WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LOT LONGER, WE CAN HAVE
SOME CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF WE
WANT TO JUST DO A VOTE OR WAIT
UNTIL THESE QUESTIONS ARE
RESOLVED.
I AM GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS.
IT'LL STILL ADVANCE OUT OF
COMMITTEE WITH A NO
RECOMMENDATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON
WHAT WE HEAR AT FULL COUNCIL,
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY FREE TO CHANGE
THAT FULL VOTE.
BUT RATHER THAN KEEP IT IN
COMMITTEE, I AM THINKING JUST
MOVING IT TO FULL COUNCIL.
IF SOME INFORMATION ARISES IN
THE FUTURE THAT IS MORE
APPROPRIATE TO HEAR AT
COMMITTEE, THEN I WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE TO ASKING THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO REFER THIS
BACK TO COMMITTEE AND WE COULD
HEAR IT AGAIN.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I OWE IT TO THE
-- AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE
THE WAY THE APPLICANTS WANT,
BUT I DO FEEL I OWE IT TO THEM
TO MOVE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE
WITH THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT I
WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
SO IF I HAD REMEMBERED ABOUT
THE COMBINED LOT DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE THAT YOU REFERENCED, I
HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT BETWEEN
THIS SPACE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS TO TODAY.
>> UNDERSTANDABLE.
>> BUT IT ONLY ADDS TO MY
ANXIETY ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LAW
DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO
WITH BUILDING THAT IS PERMITTED
AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND/OR
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AND THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT VIS-A-VIS, WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A PUBLIC BENEFITS
MIGHT BE WITH A DIFFERENT
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS YET TO BE
PERMITTED.
I MEAN, THAT JUST MAKES ME
THINK THAT A VERY APPROPRIATE
DELAY TO FEBRUARY ALLOWS FOR US
TO MAKE SURE THAT AN
APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE SESSION
WE CAN GET SOME ADVICE FROM THE
LAW DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT ARE
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
AND HOW DOES THAT TRANSFER TO
POTENTIAL OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
GIVEN THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD
ZONING CHANGES IN BETWEEN THOSE
TWO THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT THIS
IS A WEIRD ONE BECAUSE I WENT
BY AND ASKED THE CLERK ABOUT
THIS EARLIER TODAY.
I THINK WE ARE PUTTING THE CART
BEFORE THE HORSE WHICH PUTS ME
IN A POSITION OF I THINK BEING
UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING.
IF WE ARE GOING TO VOTE, THEN I
WILL ALSO BE VOTING NO WHICH IS
WEIRD THAT TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE
HERE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING N.
BUT IF THE BILL COMES OUT OF
COMMITTEE, THAT SEEMS TO BE
ANTI-THETICAL.
BUT ACCORDING TO OUR CLERK, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUCH THAT A
BILL HAS TO COME OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
AND WHETHER OR NOT EVERYBODY
VOTES FOR IT OR AGAINST IT IS I
GUESS AT THIS POINT SOMEWHAT
IRRELEVANT.
THE BILL COMES OUT OF COMMITTEE
NO MATTER WHAT.
SO GIVEN ALL THE UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF ALL THIS
STUFF, THE LEGAL QUESTIONS AND
JUST GENERALLY I THINK A LOT OF
CONFUSION ABOUT THIS, I WILL BE
VOTING NO TOO AND SUPPORT YOUR
LOBBYING OF THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO GIVE US SOME
LEEWAY IN JANUARY AND INTO
EARLY FEBRUARY TO ALLOW FOR
FURTHER CONVERSATIONS TO OCCUR.
>> YEAH.
I ACTUALLY, WHEN I LOOK AT --
THIS IS A LITTLE ASIDE IN OTHER
GOVERNMENT BODIES.
AND WHEN THINGS THAT HAVE
SEEMED TO HAVE POPULAR SUPPORT
OR KILLED IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE
OF THE PARTICULAR MAKEUP OF THE
COMMITTEE, IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE
UNDEMOCRATIC.
SO I FEEL WE ARE BEING
DEMOCRATIC BECAUSE IT'S JUST
TWO OF THE NINE OF US.
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE NO ON US,
BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO MOVE
IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THE
WHOLE BODY WILL GET A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT THE IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
HERE.
SO THAT MAY CHANGE SOME THINGS.
BUT I WILL MOVE RESOLUTION
31785.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> ANY IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED SAY NO?
>> NO.
>> THIS IS A WEIRD ONE.
I AM TRYING TO THINK IF
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS
HAPPENED IN MY NINE YEARS, BUT
THIS IS OUR RULES.
SO THIS WILL GO TO FULL COUNCIL
Y ILL AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT IT WILL HAPPEN ON FEBRUARY
4TH, AND WE WILL JUST HAVE TO
BE IN CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND
THE APPLICANTS BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN TO SEE IF WE GET THE
INFORMATION WE NEED, IF LACK OF
INFORMATION WE STILL WANT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR WE WANT
TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT
STRATEGY.
AND SO BUT TECHNICALLY IT'S OUT
OF COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CHECK OFF
BY THE END OF THE YEEFR.
>> AND I KNOW WE ARE COMMITTED
TO PROVIDING YOU THE ANSWERS
THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY QUESTIONS.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU, AMY.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, IT'S
BEEN A GOOD CHALLENGING 2018
BUT A GOOD 2018.
AND I THINK WE WILL BE BACK
HERE IN A FEW WEEKS STARTING
2019.
SO THANKS FOR THAT.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.