>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE, IT IS 5:32, AND I
AM TERESA MOSQUEDA , TODAY IS
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019, AND THE
HOUSING ENERGY IN WORKERS RIGHTS
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER,
I'M JOINED BY THE JANITOR AT
THE OFFICE, IF YOU NEED ANY
ASSISTANCE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
THERE IS CHILDCARE TONIGHT, WE
KNOW THAT EVENING MEETINGS ARE
DIFFICULT, DAYTIME MEETINGS ARE
DIFFICULT, AND WE ARE TRYING TO
MAKE THESE MEETINGS MORE
ACCESSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO
WORKING FAMILIES.
IF FOLKS NEED CHILDCARE, PLEASE
LET US KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO
BE CLOSING UP THE SHOP HERE,
CHECK IN AT 6 PM, SO LET US
KNOW, FEEL FREE TO GRAB ONE OF
US AND LET THEM KNOW.
ALSO, FOR FOLKS THAT DID NOT
TAKE ANY PUBLIC TRANSIT AND YOU
HAVE YOUR OWN CAR, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THIS IS AN ACCESSIBLE
AND AFFORDABLE MEETING AS WELL,
THERE IS PARKING AT SEA PARK
GARAGE, BETWEEN FIFTH AVENUE
AND SIXTH AVENUE.
AT A DISCOUNTED RATE TONIGHT OF
FIVE DOLLARS, IF YOU DO HAVE
YOUR CARD THERE, LET US KNOW
AND WE WILL GET YOU A PARKING
STICKER AND THE PARKING GARAGE
CLOSES AT 10 PM BUT I PROMISE
YOU WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE
FOR AND HALF HOURS, KNOCK ON
WOOD.
WELCOME COUNCILMEMBERS.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE
HAVING ANY DIFFICULT HEARING
US, IF YOU'RE HAVING ANY
CHALLENGES WITH HEARING US, LET
US KNOW, WE HAVE HEARING AIDS
IN THE SYSTEM UP HERE SO WE CAN
MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
FOLKS WHO NEED HEARING
ASSISTANCE IN THE ROOM, SO
DON'T FEEL, ANYTIME YOU CAN
COME UP, IF THERE ARE ANY
CHALLENGES, LET US KNOW.
WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO BE
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE IN
ADVANCE, I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE
A LITTLE BIT EARLY BECAUSE OF
OTHER THINGS I COULD NOT
AVOID.>> I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE, AND WE HAVE BEEN AT
MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON
FORT LAWTON IN THE PAST, I
THINK FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE
HAVE SEEN US AND WE HAVE SEEN
MANY OF YOU.
I'VE ONLY HAD A CHANCE TO WORK
ON THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF, BUT I WANT TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT THIS IS A
CONVERSATION THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR 15 YEARS.
THIS IS ALSO THE FOURTH TIME
THAT WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION
IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR
COMMITTEE JUST THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND, THE PROCESS FOR TODAY, I'M
GOING TO DO A VERY BRIEF
OPENING REMARK, TRACY FROM
CENTRAL STAFF WILL ALSO JOIN US
FOR A VERY BRIEF OPENING, THEN
WE ARE GOING TO DO PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR THE REST OF THE
MEETING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SIGNED UP,
THERE IS STILL SOME TIME, WE
HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED
UP, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
THE PROPOSED AVAILABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AT FORT LAWTON,
THIS INCLUDES A VARIETY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS
INCLUDING SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
FOR SENIORS, AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOMES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
AND INDIVIDUALS, AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALL KNOW, AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED IN THIS COMMITTEE, AND
I KNOW IN COMMITTEES BEFORE,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE
CRISIS OF OUR CITY, THIS IS THE
CRISIS THAT IS AFFECTING WEST
COAST CITIES UP AND DOWN OUR
COASTLINE AND ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THAT IN THIS COUNTY
ALONE, WE NEED AT LEAST 156,000
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS JUST
TO MEET THE CURRENT NEED FOR
NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE FOLKS
WHO ARE COMING TO THE CITY FOR
GOOD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES,
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, AND TO
START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES
IS CREATING NEW, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OPTIONS, AND WORKING
WITH OUR NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS
TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MAKE
MORE LAND AVAILABLE, THAT WE
ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT,
HOUSING THAT MEETS OUR
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID
LAST YEAR WAS TO PASS THE LAND
DISPOSITION POLICY, BASICALLY
SAYING THAT OUR CITY SHOULD
STOP SELLING OF PUBLIC LAND TO
PLUG BUDGET HOLES, AND INSTEAD
HOLD ONTO THAT PUBLIC LAND.
USE IT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, CREATE PARKS AND OPEN
SPACES, GREEN SPACES FOR OUR
KIDS AND SENIORS AND FAMILIES.
THANK YOU.
AND, WE KNOW THAT IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO DO THAT TO
PRESERVE THE LAND AND THE CITY
THAT HAS VERY LIMITED
RESOURCES.
BUT, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR
US TO MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE
PUBLIC LAND THAT WE ARE TURNING
IT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
TRAINING IN FORT LAWTON GIVES
US OWNERSHIP, AND IT IS AT NO
COST, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
PUBLIC LAND IS AVAILABLE TO THE
CITY AT NO COST.
WE CAN USE THAT LAND TO CREATE
SERVICES THAT OUR CITY SO
DESPERATELY NEEDS FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, YOU HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OF THE
MEETINGS IN THE PAST, AND I
KNOW THAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE HEARD THE CALLS
FOR NOT ONLY HOUSING BUT FOR
STRONG ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN, WE
NEED TO PRESERVE AREAS FOR
GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, FOR
PLAY AND RECREATION.
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS
PROPOSAL HAS OVER 60% OF THE
SITE PRESERVED FOR OPEN SPACES,
LARGE PARKS, AND HABITAT. THE
MAGNOLIA PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSAL, AND
BROAD SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ABOUT THE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AT FORT
LAWTON.
I ALSO HEARD AND I ACKNOWLEDGED
IN THAT MEETING, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS ACCESS TO
TRANSIT AND GOOD SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE THE ISSUES WE BROUGHT
FORWARD IN THIS COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT ENHANCING ACCESS TO
TRANSIT, THAT WE ARE SCALING UP
IN FREQUENCY IN WHICH BUSES
COME BY, AND WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ASSESS
AND CREATE NEW ACCESS TO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
ON MARCH 4 OF THIS YEAR, I WAS
ALSO JOINED BY THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, I ALSO JOINED THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING PUBLIC
HEARING IN MAGNOLIA AND I HEARD
THE REDRAFT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
AND STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
PROPOSAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD WAS
LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR US TO
REEVALUATE HOW MUCH SURFACE
PARKING LOT WE NEED, AND IF ANY
OF OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE SITTING
ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL DEBATE
WITH ME, ABOUT TWO MONTHS OR
THREE MONTHS AGO, ARE WATCHING
OR HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT FOLKS SAID IN
THE MEETING WAS, INSTEAD OF THE
SURFACE PARKING LOT, WHAT IF WE
CREATE A MORE WILDLIFE HABITAT
FOR THE WILDLIFE THAT IS IN THE
AREA? IDEALLY IF WE HAD MORE
BLUE HERON, THIS WOULD BE THE
SPOT FOR THEM.
WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT BACK AND
WE WORKED WITH THE PARK AND
RECREATION FOLKS AND SAID THIS
RESONATES WITH ME, I WOULD LOVE
US TO REEVALUATE IT ACROSS THE
CITY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO
SCALE BACK THE CONCRETE SURFACE
PARKING LOTS THAT WE HAVE THAT
FRANKLY ARE NOT CREATING GREEN
SPACE OR HOUSING FOR FOLKS.
BECAUSE OF THAT CALL FOR
ACTION, WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM
ME IS A REDUCTION IN THE
PARKING LOTS SO WE WILL AT
LEAST REDUCE IT BY A THIRD SO
THERE WILL BE LESS PARKING LOT
AND MORE WILD SPACE FOR OUR
HABITAT.
VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH
PARKS AND RECREATION ON THAT, I
WANT TO APPLAUD THEIR EFFORTS
TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THAT BUT
ALSO APPLY THE COMMUNITY FOR
BRINGING THAT ISSUE FORWARD.
AS YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE
KNOW THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO
YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR COMMENTS
úAND SUGGESTIONS, EVEN THOUGH W
ARE AT THE END OF THE 15 YEAR
PERIOD HERE.
WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND
THEN YOU WILL HEAR JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND WE
WILL GET DEEP INTO THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
WE HAD AN INITIAL OVERVIEW AT
THE APRIL 6 MEETING FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
ON MAY 2, WE HAD A DEEP DIVE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WILL BE
IMPLEMENT IN DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT ON MAY 16,
THE HOUSING HEALTH ENERGY AND
WORKERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE
MEETING HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM
OFFICE OF HOUSING ON THE
PROPERTY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY, FROM
PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THE
PROGRESS OF THE AMENDMENT I
JUST MENTIONED, AND HOPING TO
CREATE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE.
WE HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND FROM OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT
IT WILL TAKE FOR US TO GO
THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF
GETTING ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICES
AND WE ALSO HAD OUR FOLKS, OUR
FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT
THERE AS WELL TALKING ABOUT
FIRST THE PLAY FEELS THAT THE
SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE
CONSIDERING AND ALSO ADDITIONAL
SERVICES GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
FOLLOWING THIS HEARING TODAY,
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REZONE
LEGISLATION AT THE JUNE 6
HOUSING HEALTH ENERGY AND
WORKERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE, I
BELIEVE THAT STARTS AT 9:30
RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, AFTER THESE
TWO PRESENTATIONS, WE WILL HAVE
A PUBLIC HEARING I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT IS NOTED IN THE
AGENDA. IF I CAN HAVE THE
INDULGENCE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA INCLUDING PUBLIC
COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION
FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
ALL IN FAVOR.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE YOU
WALK US THROUGH THE OVERVIEW
THAT YOU HAVE, ANY PRESENTATION
THAT YOU HAVE FOR US TODAY?>> I
BELIEVE WE CAN GO THROUGH IT.
>> AND FOR THE VIEWING
AUDIENCE, WE DO HAVE HANDOUTS
OF THE LEGISLATION ON THE
TABLE.
IF YOU DIDN'T GRAB THAT, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO.
JUST FLAG US DOWN, AND WE WILL
DO THAT.
AND THERE IS ALSO A SIGN IN
SHEET FOR ANYBODY THAT CAME IN
LATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT ARE THE TOPIC
OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, TODAY,
THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION
WOULD ADOPT AND APPROVE THE
APPLICATION FOR SURPLUS FEDERAL
PROPERTY AT FORT LAWTON,
INCLUDING A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
AT THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
SUBMISSION WHICH IS APPENDIX H
TO THE LEGISLATION.
AS YOU STATED, THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL CREATE
UP TO 235 HOUSING UNITS, IN
ADDITION THE PLAN WILL PROVIDE
21 UP TO 22 ACRES OF PARKS AND
RECREATION AREA.
AND TWO MULTIPURPOSE ATHLETIC
FIELDS AD PARKING.
BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE ACRES OF
FOREST LAND ON THE WESTERN EDGE
OF FORT LAWTON THAT WILL BE
INCORPORATED INTO DISCOVERY
PARK AND THE REUSE OF AN
EXISTING STRUCTURE TO THE NORTH
AS THE PARKS MAINTENANCE
FACILITY.
IN THE SUMMARY OF THIS
INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THAT
HANDOUT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRACI
RATZLIFF, AGAIN, THE SUMMARY OF
THE INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN
THE HANDOUT.
KETIL FREEMAN?
>> ONE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT
PUBLIC HEARING IS TO MEET A
CODE REQUIREMENT FOR A PIECE OF
REZONE LEGISLATION , EVERY BILL
IS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC HEARING.
THE COUNCIL BILL 119510, THE
REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES
OF THE 34 ACRE REDEVELOPMENT
AREA FROM SINGLE-FAMILY 7200
OVER TO LOWRISE MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL, FOR THOSE FOLKS
WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
IT WILL ALLOW, IT ALLOWS WALK
UP APARTMENTS UP TO A HEIGHT OF
ABOUT 40 FEET, AND GROUND
RELATED ATTACHED HOUSING.
SO, TOWNHOUSES, THAT HOUSING
TYPE.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO THE
CHANGE OF THE OFFICIAL LAND MAP,
FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO
LOWRISE, TOO.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
KNOW IS A BIG INTEREST TO THE
THREE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE
HERE IS CREATING AS MUCH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE CAN,
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE SIDE BOARDS THAT ARE PUT ON
US WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT AND WHERE WE
LANDED IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND WHAT IS IN FRONT OF
US NOW?
>> SURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS
PROPOSAL LOOKED AT A ZONING
DESIGNATION UP TO LOWRISE, THAT
IS THE UPPER LIMIT FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A DEVELOPMENT
THAT COULD OCCUR IN THIS
REZONING AREA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I
MISSING HERE?>> NO.
>> OKAY, SO WE ARE DOING THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWED UNDER
THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF BUILDING
UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, I'M NOT AS
FAMILIAR AS TRACI RATZLIFF IS
WITH THE PARAMETERS, I CAN SAY
THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT, FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE CITY'S
APPLICATION, THIS IS THE
PROPOSAL AND I THINK IT SEEKS
TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
ONE THING I'M GOING TO DO, AND
I'M SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR OUR
TEAM AND OUR OFFICE, IS WE HAD
A REALLY GREAT POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION IN THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING THAT OUTLINED
THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE
PLAN.
MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THOSE
AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS AS THEY ARE
WAITING FOR THEIR NAME TO BE
CALLED AND THEY CAN COME
THROUGH THEM, IF WE CAN MAYBE
PULL BACK FROM THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING AND MAKE SOME
COPIES AVAILABLE, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
IS IMPORTANT IS FOR US TO
REITERATE THE HOUSING ASPECTS
AND THE PUBLIC SPACE, THE OPEN
SPACE. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF
THESE 16% OF THE LAND FOR
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE?
>> SURE, THAT WAS THE PIECE I
TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE 21
UP TO 22 ACRES OF PARKS AND
RECREATION AREA, AGAIN, 13
ACRES OF PASSIVE RECREATION,
SIX ACRES UP TO TWO MULTIUSE
ATHLETIC FIELDS, THAT MAY BE
DEVELOPED BY SEATTLE SCHOOL
DISTRICT OR BY THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT.
FOR ACRES UP TO FIVE ACRES OF
FOREST AND LAND ON THE WESTERN
EDGE OF FORT LAWTON, AND THE
REUSE OF THAT EXISTING
STRUCTURE FOR THE PARKS
MAINTENANCE FACILITY.>> COMMENTS
FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS?
>> THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO
ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, AND ALSO BUT
THEY WERE STATING, WHICH IS
ONE, THE DESIRE THAT OUR
COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US HERE,
WE HAVE A DESIRE TO MAXIMIZE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PUBLIC
LAND.
BUT ALSO, I ALSO WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR THE EMPHASIS ON
OPEN SPACE ANTITHETIC FIELDS,
BECAUSE I THINK THAT ALSO IS
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
BECAUSE THE STATEMENT WE ARE
MAKING THROUGH THAT IS THAT ALL
HOUSEHOLDS REGARDLESS OF INCOME
AND THEIR CHILDREN DESERVE THE
BEST OF ALL FACILITIES AND
HOUSING OBVIOUSLY IS THE
PRIMARY COMPONENT OF A DECENT
STANDARD OF LIVING, BUT IT IS
NOT JUST ALSO ACCESS TO OPEN
SPACES, ESPECIALLY FOR
CHILDREN, A SPACE TO PLAY AND
ALL THAT GOES HAND IN HAND.
CHILDREN OF WEALTHIER
HOUSEHOLDS HAVE THAT, IT IS
TAKEN FOR GRANTED BUT IT IS NOT
TRUE FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE.>>
I'M STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT
WHEN WE GO TO VISIT, THE
HOUSING IS VERY DENSE THERE,
BUT WHAT THEY ALSO HAVE IS
PRESERVATION OF LARGE PUBLIC
SPACES.
AND AS WE CREATE ADDITIONAL
HOUSING, ONE THING THAT IS VERY
CRITICAL FOR US TO DO IS ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT PARKS OUR
PEOPLE'S NEW BACKYARDS.
IT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR THOSE
OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND
RACES AND ETHNICITIES AND
GENDERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
PLACE TO PLAY AND LIVE IN THE
CITY THAT THEY WANT TO WORK,
RETIRE, STUDY, OR LIVE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER, O'BRIEN?
>> I AM EXCITED TO SEE IT
MATERIALIZE.
I'M READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SORRY,
KETIL FREEMAN, DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO POINT
TO IN THE POWERPOINT?>> NO,
THIS IS THE ONE IMAGE FROM THIS
PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, SO IT
IS PROBABLY AS GOOD AS ANY FOR
FOLKS TO ORIENT THEMSELVES TO
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AREA.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BOTH
OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK,
AND TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS, PAST COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOT HERE
WITH US TODAY, AND HALVES HAVE
INNOCENCE MOVED ON, WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THIS
FORWARD AS COUNCILMEMBER,
O'BRIEN SAID, AND TURNING THIS
ITO ACTION.
WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES?
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP AND
FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL,
CARLENE FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS
OFFICE, ALSO VOLUNTEERING WITH
US, IF SHE IS HERE, SHE SHOULD
RAISE HER HAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A
PART OF THIS AS WELL.
THE FIRST PERSON UP IS MARY
KLEIN, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO
THE MICROPHONE, THANK YOU,
MARY.
AND DAVID HINES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DAVID.>> I'M MARY STEELE
KLEIN, A LONGTIME INCOME
HOUSING ADVOCATE, I HAVE MYSELF
BEEN HOMELESS, WHEN MY CHILDREN
WERE SMALLER.
I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT STRONGLY
BECAUSE IT IS AN INTENTION TO
CREATE A GHETTO, A SOCIALIST,
COMMUNIST COMMUNITY, WHICH IS
PERMANENTLY POOR.
THESE ARE WORDS THAT WERE USED
BY THE SHA PRESENTATION IN
MARCH.
THE PERMANENTLY POOR ASPECT OF
THIS THING IS DEVASTATING FOR
THE FAMILIES INVOLVED, THAT
MEANS THAT IF THEY WORK, OR
OTHERWISE BETTER THEMSELVES,
THEY CAN BE EVICTED.
NOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT, AND I THINK SOMEBODY HAS
TAKEN AN ENTIRELY JAUNDICED LOOK
AT THIS PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE
THE PROBLEM IS ENORMOUS.
I BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS
ABSURD, COMPLETELY MISDIRECTED,
AND BECAUSE ALL OF THE COUNCIL
WILL BE GONE, BECOMING IN THE
FUTURE HERE TO EXECUTE THIS PLAN
, THERE IS NO REASON TO PERCEIVE
OF THIS.
NOBODY IS HERE FROM THE CITY,
YOU ARE GOING, YOU ARE UP FOR
ELECTION WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT
OCCUR, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS
LISTENING TO US.
AND, WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE ISOLATED LOW
INCOME COMMUNITY OF 600
CHILDREN WITH A GROUP OF
DISABLED HOMELESS VETERANS WHO
ARE KNOWN TO BE DRUG ADDICTED
AND MENTALLY ILL, AND THOSE
CHILDREN WHO ARE UNSUPERVISED
BECAUSE THERE IS NO EMPLOYMENT
WITHIN EASY REACH, WILL BE
EXPOSED TO THESE.
NOW, THE PLAYING FIELDS, THIS
IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
DAVID, WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE KELSEY
HAMLIN.
>> LESS PARKING LOT, MORE
HOUSING, EMBRACE THE NATURE
THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ROTTEN
TO THE CORE, THERE IS STILL
PERVERTED PEDOPHILES AND THE
CHURCH KEEPS EXPANDING ITS FOR-
PROFIT REAL ESTATE EMPIRE, CITY
COUNCIL NEEDS TO STOP PROVING
THEY ARE UNTOUCHED ABOUT THE
UNQUALIFIED DEVELOPERS AND
NONPROFITS MIXING RELIGION AND
STATE, AND CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
REJECT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OUT
OF PRINCIPLE, THE CHURCH CAN'T
EVEN AND WON'T GET INSURED TO
LET THE POOR WASH THEIR FEET OR
BASE.
IT IS ALL BECAUSE THE INSURANCE
WON'T BOND THEM WITHOUT AN
EXORBITANT FEE BECAUSE THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS PROVEN
UNTRUSTWORTHY AND DEVIANT.
WHY CITY COUNCIL IS
RESUSCITATING AN OUTDATED PLAN
THAT WAS NEVER APPROVED WITH
CHOOSING A PROPER DEVELOPER, WE
HAVE SUFFERED.
THE ARCHDIOCESE IS CORRUPT, IN
FACT THE REAL ESTATE EMPIRE OF
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN
TURNED FOR PROFIT, JUST LOOK AT
THE BUILDING THEY OWN IN
BELLTOWN WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE
THE CENTER, NOW IT IS RENTED
OUT TO TWO NIGHTCLUBS SERVING
MOSTLY ALCOHOL AND PAYING THE
CHURCH RENT.
REAL HOUSING IS THE ONLY WAY IN
AMERICA, ALLOWING MORE
WAREHOUSE CINDERBLOCK THAT IS
PROOF THE SOCIAL WELFARE PROBLEM
IS THE PROBLEM.
THE CHURCH ONLY HELPS PEOPLE
WHO ARE GUARANTEED TO GET A
WELFARE CHECK FROM THE
GOVERNMENT SO IT CAN BE
IMMEDIATE TRANSFER TO A
CATHOLIC CHURCH BANK.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULD HAVE
ITS NONPROFIT EXEMPTION TAKEN
AWAY FOR THEIR FOR-PROFIT REAL
ESTATE EMPIRE IN THEIR
POLITICAL LOBBYING DURING THE
LAST POLITICAL ELECTION.
DURING THE MAYOR DEBATE, THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH DID NOT
PARTICIPATE IN ASKING
QUESTIONS, IT WOULD ALL BE
CONTROLLED BY THE OPERATIVE.
WE NEED REAL HOMES, NOT
POLITICAL FAVORS TO A RELIGIOUS
CHURCH, THAT VIOLATES THE
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
IT IS A RUNDOWN, SUBHUMAN
QUALITY.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
THE NEXT PERSON IS KELSEY
HAMLIN AND FOLLOWED BY ISABEL
KREMER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THINK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE AND EVERYTHING
ELSE YOU HAVE WORKED ON.
I WORKED AT A SUSTAINABILITY
TANK, WE ARE AWARE OF THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, BUT I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE HOW EVERY SINGLE
DECISION WE MAKE SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED A WHILE AGO, IT IS
PARAMOUNT.
WITH THAT, WE NEED HOUSING FOR
SEATTLE RESIDENTS, DOING SO IN
A SKILL IN A GREENWAY NEEDS
APARTMENTS.
ALSO, THE BUILDING IS AT ODDS
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OR
BUILDING SPACES.
THE CHANCE TO REVAMP FORT
LAWTON IS NOT ONE THIS OR THAT,
AND IN FACT THE TREE GROWTH
HAPPENS DURING ALL OF THAT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
BRING UP THAT KEEPING FORT
LAWTON AS IS, MEANING WITHIN
WALKING DISTANCE OF HOMES I CAN
TYPICALLY COST $900,000 IS AN
EQUITY ISSUE, STUDIES SHOW A
HUGE GAP OF SPACES BETWEEN
GREEN SPACES. THERE ARE HEALTH
ADVANTAGES WITH THIS BY NOT
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
ONE OF THE RARE SPOTS THAT
SEATTLE HAS LEFT.
WE PRETEND THAT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS IS NOT HAPPENING. IT IS
A SHAME, BUT IT WOULD BE EVEN
MORE SHAMEFUL TO NOT BUILD AT
ALL.
THEY WILL BE MONGER TRIBUTES --
LONGER COMMUTES.
WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO MAKE THE
COMMON SENSE CHANGE?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
APPRECIATED.
ISABEL, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL
GEORGE.
>> OKAY, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS,
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING
HERE, SO MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH
THIS PLAN IS THAT I DON'T THINK
IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE RIGHT
WAY AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS
BEEN VERY CREATIVE, FROM WHAT
I'VE HEARD, YOUR PROPOSE TO
SPEND $97 MILLION BUILDING, OR
HOUSING 600 PEOPLE 80 YEARS
FROM NOW.
NOBODY CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO BE IN 8 YEARS.
THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS
PERMANENT, AND I THINK IT
SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE NEXT
CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE.
FURTHER, THE PLAN I HAVE WOULD
COST $40 MILLION, IT WOULD
INVOLVE 23 PLOTS OF VACANT LAND
, MAYBE A PLOT ON ROY AND AURORA
, WHERE THERE IS A VACANT FENCE
GRAVEL PARKING LOT, AND WE CAN
USE SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
WITH MY PLAN, YOU ARE WELCOME
TO HAVE A COPY OF IT, I CAN ASK
ANYWHERE FROM 4048 UP TO 8096
PEOPLE WITH $40 MILLION USING
575 SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
I SEE THIS TO BE A MUCH MORE
NOT ONLY GREEN BECAUSE THESE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND UP IN
THE WASTE CYCLE, WHICH IS WHY
STARBUCKS USES THEM TO BUILD
STORES AND JAPAN USES THEM TO
BUILD SHOPPING MALLS, BUT THEY
ARE ALSO MOVABLE, STACKABLE,
AND VERY MODIFIABLE.
THERE LIKE LEGOS, YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH THEM, AND
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HOUSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE ON A FIXED
INCOME AND NOW THAT I'M RUNNING
FOR CITY COUNCIL, I UNDERSTAND
THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE IN SO
I WON'T YELL AT YOU OR BE MEAN.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS
REALLY THE MOST VIABLE
SOLUTION.
IT WOULD COST $870,000 FOR
EIGHT EMPLOYEES ON EACH SITE TO
HOUSE ANYWHERE FROM 100, IF IT
DOES WORK, WE CAN SELL IT FOR
PROFIT WHEN IT IS NO LONGER
NECESSARY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MICHAEL GEORGE, FOLLOWED BY
GEORGE SMITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL GEORGE, I'M
RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, I'M
RUNNING ON A PLATFORM TO MAKE
SURE THE CITY WORKS FOR ALL
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND INCOMES,
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, I
THINK YOU GOT THE BALANCE
RIGHT, THERE IS OPEN SPACE AND
WHAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY IS
THAT THERE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES.
THAT IS SUCH A CRITICAL NEED IN
THE CITY, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR
REALLY MOVING THIS ACROSS THE
LINE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I
WOULD BE CANVASSING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PERSPECTIVE, AND
I'VE HEARD A COUPLE THINGS THAT
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SURFACE.
A LOT OF WHAT I HEAR IS, I'M
FOR THIS PROJECT BUT MY
NEIGHBOR, DON'T TELL THEM.
IT IS PRESENT HOW MANY TIMES I
HEAR THAT, THERE'S A LOT MORE
SUPPORT THAN I WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THIS.
I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT FOR PEOPLE
THAT DO SUPPORT, THEY WANT TO
SEE MORE TRANSIT SERVICE 33
NEEDS TO RUN MORE FREQUENTLY,
I'M JUST BRINGING UP CONCERNS.
AND, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
REALLY DOES NEED MORE CAPACITY,
WHICH YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE
WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD
TO GET DONE, THE LAST THING I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THERE
IS A LACK OF DAYCARE SPACE IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COMES UP
TIME AFTER TIME.
THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING
ROOM TO EXPAND, THERE IS A
GREAT NEED, SO I KNOW AT THIS
POINT PROBABLY CAN'T BE
INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROJECT
BUT IT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE HAD
THIS HOUSING, BROUGHT CHILDREN
IN, AND BROUGHT DAYCARE
SOMEWHERE.
BEYOND ALL OF THIS, IT IS A
REAL HUMAN ISSUE, THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO MEETING THE FAMILIES
THAT SOMEDAY ARE GOING TO BE
LIVING IN THIS PROJECT, WHOSE
LIVES ARE GOING TO BE BETTERED
BY THIS PROJECT, AND THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME, MAKING THE
EFFORT
>>> MY NAME IS GEORGE SMITH.
I'M A MAGNOLIA RESIDENT. I LIVE
IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 NEAR THE
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I'M TESTIFYING TONIGHT IN FAVOR
OF THE APPLICATION FOR SURPLUS
PROPERTY AND ALSO FOR THE
REZONING.
THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME
INDIVIDUALS HAS BEEN A CRISIS
IN OUR CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AND IT IS CONTINUING TO BE A
CRISIS IN THIS BASE CLOSURE IS
JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE OPPORTUNITY
THAT HAS BEEN THRUST IN OUR
LAPS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF LAND
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
IT IS JUST REALLY REMARKABLE.
THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
EMPLOYMENT, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER
AMENITIES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PROVIDES I THINK WILL MAKE AN
EXCELLENT HOME FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS
PROJECT THAT REALLY EXCITES ME
IS, IT IS A MIX OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE OLDER ADULTS,
FAMILIES, CHILDREN.
IT IS LIKE A MICRO COMMUNITY
ALL TO ITSELF.
THAT IS I THINK A FUNCTION OF
THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT HAS
THE LUXURY OF A LOT OF LAND
WHICH YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET IN
A NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY.
THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO
STRESS IS I THINK HOUSING I
THINK MANY OF US FEEL THE SAME
WAY, THAT HOUSING IS A BASIC
HUMAN RIGHT.
THE CITY CAN'T DO ENOUGH, IN MY
OPINION, TO TRY AND SECURE MORE
LAND FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
MY SIMPLEMINDED SOLUTION TO THE
CRISIS IS, WE HAVE TO TAKE AS
MUCH HOUSING OUT OF THE MARKET
AS POSSIBLE.
THE MARKET WILL JUST CONTINUE
TO GO UP AND UP. IF WE CAN
FREEZE LAND, GET INTO NONPROFIT
OWNERSHIP, WE CAN KEEP HOUSING
AFFORDABLE INTO THE FUTURE.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE EVERY
OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN TO SECURE
LAND FOR PUBLIC USE BECAUSE I
THINK THIS IN THE LONG RUN IS
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY.
THANKS.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE JAMES McINTOSH,
FOLLOWED BY LISA BARNES.
>> YES, HELLO FELLOW CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS AND PARKS
PERSONNEL.
MY NAME IS JAMES McINTOSH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY
CHOOSE THE ALTERNATIVE THREE
ALL PARKS ALTERNATIVE.
I AM A PERSON WHO IS VISUALLY
IMPAIRED AND CANNOT DRIVE.
HERE IS WHY I PERSONALLY FAVOR
ALTERNATIVE THREE.
LET ME TELL YOU PERSONALLY SOME
THINGS ABOUT THE LOCATION AND
BUS TRAVEL.
IT IS WAY OUT ON THE EDGE OF A
BUS ROUTE, IT IS WAY OUT ON THE
EDGE OF A BUS LINE.
TRAVEL OPTIONS FOR ACCESS TO
SHOPPING AND SERVICES ARE VERY
LIMITED.
YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER BUSES,
ESPECIALLY THIS IS VERY
DIFFICULT WITH BAGS OF
GROCERIES.
THERE'S JUST NO DIRECT ROUTE.
IT IS VERY HARD FOR METRO TO
CHANGE ROUTING OF BUSES.
I HAVE WORKED WITH METRO 4 YEARS
AND VERY HARD TO WORK WITH THE
MAGNOLIA AREA AND OTHER
LOCATIONS LIKE WEST SEATTLE,
BECAUSE SERVICE AND RIDERSHIP
IS VERY LOW IN MAGNOLIA.
A BETTER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE
TO DEVELOP THE HOUSING IN AREAS
WHERE THERE IS ACCESS TO TRAVEL
AND SHOPPING SERVICES WHERE ALL
OF THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE.
EXAMPLES ARE LOWER QUEEN ANNE,
INTERBAY, MAGNOLIA VILLAGE, AND
THOSE LAWN SHOPPING DISTRICT
BUT HOWEVER THE PARK IS
ACCESSIBLE TO DISABLED BY
SEVERAL BUS ROUTES.
THERE ARE ROUTES 19, 20 AND 33
THAT GO TO THE PARK.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED THAT
THIS, ONE OF THE LAST AND
GREATEST, THE BEST MISSING
PIECE OF DISCOVERY PARK, BEING
INCLUDED IN THE PARK.
IT IS IN THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
APPROVED BY THE CITY IN THE
EARLY 1970S.
SO TO QUOTE FROM THE DISCOVERY
PARK MASTER PLAN, DISCOVERY
PARK IS A PLACE OF UNSURPASSED
SERENITY, BROAD VISTAS AND
UNSURPASSED SHORELINES, AND
OPEN SPACE OF QUITE AN
TRANQUILITY A SANCTUARY AWAY
FROM THE CITY AND THE WORKS OF
HUMANKIND ARE MINIMIZED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.
McINTOSH.
>> THIS LAND BELONGS TO ALL OF
US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
McINTOSH.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOUR
WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH US YOU
ARE WELCOME TO AND EVERYONE
ELSE IS WELCOME TO AS WELL.
LISA BARNES FOLLOWED BY
ROSALIND TONG.
HELLO LISA.
>> HI.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING I CAN SAY IS I AM SO
READY FOR THIS TO BE BUILT.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON,
NO GOOD REASON, NOT TO BUILD
LOW INCOME AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A
VERY GOOD JOB LISTENING TO
CONCERNS AND INCORPORATING
THOSE CONCERNS AND KEEP REDOING
THE PLAN.
IT MUST BE TIRING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT IS
FOR A RANGE OF INCOME LEVELS.
I THINK THAT IS AWESOME.
I WORK AT A NONPROFIT WHERE WE
PROVIDE EVICTION PREVENTION
ASSISTANCE AND I HAVE SEEN WAY
TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF
BEING EVICTED.
WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE
HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
WE NEED HOUSING THAT THEY CAN
AFFORD.
I SEE THIS IN THIS PROJECT. OF
COURSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
BUT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING, I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE AP PATCH THERE BUT
I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY
AWESOME.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
LISA, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT
RECOMMENDATION TO PARKS.
ROSALIND TONG AND FOLLOWED BY
JESSICA WESTERN.
>> HI MY NAME IS ROSALIND.
>> OH I'M SORRY ROSALIND I WAS
PRONOUNCING HER NAME WRONG.
>> I AM A RESIDENT OF MAGNOLIA,
I GREW UP IN SINGAPORE, VERY
DENSE CITY WITH HIGH GOVERNMENT
PROVIDED HOMEOWNERSHIP.
SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT IN THIS
INSTANCE I HAVE TO SAY THAT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO BE OFF-
SITE AND WE NEED TO ANNEX FORT
LOFTON TO DISCOVERY PARK.
SO HERE ARE MY REASONS.
IN TERMS OF GOOD URBAN
PLANNING, THE MOST SENSIBLE
THING TO DO IS INCREASE DENSITY
NEAR RESOURCES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
TRANSPORTATION LINES, GROCERY
STORES AND EXISTING UTILITIES,
ETC.
FORT LOFTON IS NOT SITUATED IN
THE LOCATION FOR INCREASING THIS
DENSITY.
THERE ARE FAR MORE EFFICIENT
PLACES ELSEWHERE IN SEATTLE.
ALSO FORT LOFTON IS NOT
SITUATED IN A LOCATION THAT CAN
PROVIDE FUTURE ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR THESE SENIORS AND LOW
INCOME FOLKS.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING
TO SEATTLE AS WE KNOW, THESE
PEOPLE WILL SEEK OUT PARKS,
ESPECIALLY DISCOVERY PARK.
SO THE NEXT THING FORT LOFTON
TO DISCOVERY PARK SEEMS TO BE
THE MOST LOGICAL THING TO DO.
THERE ARE NO OTHER PARK LAND
CLOSE TO THE CITY. YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO FIND LAND FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELSEWHERE,
BUT NOT FOR PARKS.
THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS
ESTIMATED TO COST $87 MILLION.
HOMES FOR SENIORS WILL BE
BUDGETED TO 332 EACH. IT IS
GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO AT WHAT POINT WILL YOU SAY
THAT IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE
QUESTION MARK HOW ABOUT NOW?
LASTLY THERE WILL BE 235 UNITS
BUILT.
IS THAT ENOUGH?
THESE WILL BE BILLED 8 YEARS
FROM NOW.
IS THIS GOING TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
WITH THE CRISIS THAT WE FACE?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
ROSALIND.
I APPRECIATE IT.
JESSICA WESTERN, FOLLOWED BY
NEIL STARKMAN.
HELLO, JESSICA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND STAFF FOR YOUR TIME THIS
EVENING.
MY NAME IS JESSICA WESTERN AND
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION
FOR THE SEATTLE RAIDERS
COMMISSION URGES THE CITY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO
UILD 238 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT FORT LOFTON AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AFFORDABILITY IS THE SINGLE
LARGEST ISSUE THAT RENTERS IN
SEATTLE FACE TODAY AS THE CITY
GETS MORE EXPENSIVE RENTERS ARE
FORCED TO EITHER GIVE A GREATER
SHARE OF EACH PAYCHECK TO RENT
OR LEAVE THE CITY.
ENTIRE COMMUNITIES ARE WIPED
OUT BY DISPLACEMENT.
WORKING PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO PAY
RENT EVERY MONTH.
THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS
SLEEP ON THE STREET.
WE NEED TO BUILD AS MUCH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS POSSIBLE
SO THAT ALL RENTERS CAN LIVE IN
THE CITY THAT WE LOVE.
THE FORT LAWTON DEVELOPMENT IS
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE CITY TO BUILD 238
AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE HOUSING WILL BE NEXT TO
DISCOVERY PARK WHICH PROVIDES
MUCH-NEEDED PROXIMITY TO GREEN
SPACE, USUALLY RESERVED FOR
WEALTHY HOMEOWNERS.
HOWEVER WE NEED TO DO MORE.
IT HAS BEEN OVER 10 YEARS SINCE
FORT LAWTON WAS DECLARED
SURPLUS LAND WITHIN THE TIME WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FORT
LAWTON AVERAGE RENT IN THE CITY
HAS RISEN OVER 60%.
WE WELCOME EVERY UNIT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT FORT
LAWTON BUT WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
WHEN THE NEXT FORT LAWTON -LIKE
OPPORTUNITY ARISES WE SHOULD
BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
FASTER.
WE SHOULD WIDELY THE AMI
REQUIREMENTS OF THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INCLUDES OUR NEIGHBORS
BOTH HIGHER AND LOWER THAN 60%
AMI.
THE CITY SHOULD RAISE MORE
REVENUE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TO FUND THE BACKLOG OF SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPERS.
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT
SEATTLE RENTERS FACE MUST BE
ADDRESSED WITH THE UTMOST
URGENCY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESSICA.
NEIL STARKMAN AND FOLLOWED BY
KAREN NIMS.
JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC'S
KNOWLEDGE, WE DO HAVE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. IF
YOU DON'T MIND PUTTING THESE ON
THE COUNTER OVER THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ONE
COUNCILMEMBER?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING,
SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY, NEIL.
YOU GOT TWO MINUTES, GO FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M IN FAVOR OF BUILDING LOW
INCOME MY MIXED INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE.
I AM IN FAVOR OF BUILDING LOW
INCOME AND MIXED INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS IN MAGNOLIA.
I AM OPPOSED TO BUILDING LOW
INCOME AND MIXED INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS IN WEST PROBABLY
THE MOST NATURAL AND BEAUTIFUL
PARK IN SEATTLE, DISCOVERY PARK.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THE HOMES CURRENTLY TO THE EAST
OF DISCOVERY PARK ARE NOT IN
DISCOVERY PARK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, FORT LAWTON
IS IN DISCOVERY PARK.
IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
WHEN YOU ADD CONSTRUCTION,
DESTRUCTION, TRAFFIC, NOISE,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUTERS
FOR 238 APARTMENTS, TOWNHOUSES
AND ROWHOUSES, IN ADDITION TO
266 PARKING SPACES COVERING 34
ACRES, YOU WILL BE NEGATIVELY
AFFECTING THIS PARK.
NOT ONLY WHILE THE HOUSING IS
BEING BUILT, BUT ALSO AFTER IT
HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAND IS
BASICALLY FREE SO IT IS A GOOD
DEAL FOR THE CITY.
BUT IF YOU GO AHEAD WITH THIS
PROJECT YOU WILL BE TRADING
SOME MONEY NOW FOR THE
DESECRATION OF DISCOVERY PARK
FOR YEARS TO COME.
THIS IS YOUR CHOICE.
BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD
THINK BEYOND THE SHORT-TERM
PROFITS IN FAVOR OF THE LONG-
TERM PRESERVATION OF THE PARK.
FORT LAWTON IS NOT THE PLACE TO
BUILD.
THIS IS NOT THE SEATTLE WAY.
THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TO BUILD
HOUSING IN SEATTLE, EVEN AT
MAGNOLIA.
FIND ONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, NEIL.
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO LEAVE
YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE,
ANY WRITTEN'S COMMENTS AS WELL
TO BE LEFT WITH US.
HI, KAREN.
>> Reporter: HI, THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.
I CAN'T READ MY NOTES ON JUST
GOING TO SAY I LIVE A BLOCK
FROM DISCOVERY PARK.
I TAKE THE BUS ON THE CORNER OF
36th AND GOVERNMENT WAY.
I TOOK THE BUS TODAY TO COME
DOWN TO THIS HEARING.
THE FORT LAWTON AREA IS JUST
VERY CLOSE, IT IS A HALF BLOCK
WALK.
I AM TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS
PROJECT.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SO
NECESSARY IN THE CITY.
ACROSS THE STREET FOR ME ON
35th AND GOVERNMENT WAY A
PROBABLY NINE PLEX, THE PEOPLE
HAVE HAD TO MOVE UP OR THEY ARE
EITHER GOING TO DEMOLISH IT AND
BUILD SOMETHING NEW AND LARGE
AND EXPENSIVE, OR REDEVELOP IT.
THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
GONE.
I HAVE LIVED IN MAGNOLIA FOR 30
YEARS.
I HAVE WATCHED THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DISAPPEAR ALL OVER.
WE HAVE A CITY OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC HOUSING ON THE COURTING
OF 34th AND GOVERNMENT WAY.
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE IS NO PROBLEMS WITH THOSE
PEOPLE.
I DON'T THERE BE ANY PROBLEMS
WITH THE LOW INCOME, ELDERLY
PEOPLE IN DISCOVERY PARK.
HAVING ELDERLY AND CHILDREN
LIVE TOGETHER IS THE BEST WAY
FOR ALL FAMILIES TO BE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS.
WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT
ANYMORE.
WE JUST NEED TO GET IT DONE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MS. NIMS.
KELVIN JONES, FOLLOWED BY LAURA
LOWENSTEIN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CALVIN
JOHNSON I ORGANIZER FOR TECH
FOR HOUSING AND A RENTER IN
MADISON VALLEY.
I SHARE A PASSION FOR PARKS AND
OPEN SPACE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THIS ROOM.
I THINK THAT DISCOVERY PARK IS
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
ON A SUNNY DAY THE VIEWS OF THE
PUGET SOUND ARE IN COMPARABLES.
I THINK OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM
WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IN
THE CITY IS NOT THAT WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH OF IT, IT IS JUST
THAT THE PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE
ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MOST
PEOPLE IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY
RENTERS.
DISCOVERY PARK IS NEARLY
EXCLUSIVELY SURROUNDED BY
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES,
WHICH VIRTUALLY ENSURES THAT
ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENOUGH
WEALTH TO AFFORD SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PARK.
I THINK THE BEST THING WE CAN
DO TO IMPROVE PARK ACCESS FOR
PEOPLE IN THE CITY IS TO ALLOW
MORE TYPES OF HOUSING AROUND
OUR BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACES SO
THAT WE CAN SHARE THEM WITH
EVERYONE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT
FORT LAWTON, I THINK IT IS A
LITTLE DISHEARTENING TO GO
THROUGH A 15 YEAR PROCESS AND
ONLY COME OUT OF IT WITH 238
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT
THE END.
I THINK FORT LAWTON AS A KIND
OF A PRACTICE ROUND FOR THE
NEXT TIME WE GET PUBLIC LAND
AVAILABLE.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE NOT SO
LONG AGO THAT THE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL GUARD IS GOING TO
RELEASE 25 ACRES OF LAND TO THE
CITY AND I THINK IT IS REALLY
AN OPPORTUNITY TO, INSTEAD OF
GETTING 238 UNITS AFTER 15
YEARS, MAYBE WE CAN GET 5000
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AFTER 5 YEARS, OR 10,000 AFTER
2 YEARS.
WHY NOT?
I THINK THE AFFORDABILITY
CRISIS IS A CRISIS IN SEATTLE
AND DESERVES A CRISIS LEVEL OF
RESPONSE, AND WE SHOULD REALLY
DREAM BIG WITH THE PUBLIC LAND
THAT THE CITY RECEIVES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM LAURA
LOWE AND FOLLOWED BY RENATE
CHU.
HI, LAURA.
>> HELLO.
I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY
SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD AND THAT
THERE SO MANY HOURS OF
TESTIMONY FROM NEIGHBORS THAT
ARE AFRAID OF CHANGE AND AFRAID
OF NEW NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE CATHOLIC HOUSING
SERVICES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH
EMPHASIS THAT THIS LAND IS
GOING TO BE FOR FOLKS TO HAVE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS
WELL AS RENTERS.
THE UNITED INDIANS OF ALL
TRIBES HAS BEEN INVOLVED AS
WELL AS THE OFFICE OF HOUSINGS
TIRELESS WORK ON THIS.
I SAT THERE A LOT OF THOSE
MEETINGS.
I VOLUNTEER MOST OF US WHO ARE
HERE SPEAKING FOR HOUSING ARE
VOLUNTEERS.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPLICATION
THAT WE ARE PAID ACTIVISTS OR
HAVE BEEN BUSED IN FROM OTHER
PLACES.
I LIVE RIGHT SOUTH OF THE
VALLEY BRIDGE BUT I CAN TAKE A
REALLY LONG WALK OR A SHORTER
BIKE RIDE TO THIS LAND.
I TOOK THE BUS HERE TODAY.
WHEN WE LOOK AND ZOOM OUT AT
THE COUNTY LEVEL THIS IS A
TRANSIT RICH NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS AN AMENITY RICH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
30 OR 40 MINUTES.
I HAVE FRIENDS THAT COMMUTE TWO
HOURS BY BUS EACH WAY FROM
MAPLE VALLEY.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAPLE
VALLEY.
THIS IS REMOTE.
THIS ISN'T ON SOME ISLAND. THIS
IS PART OF OUR CITY.
IT IS NEAR DOWNTOWN. THERE'S
GROCERY STORES IN MAGNOLIA,
THERE IS GROCERY STORES IN
INTERBAY.
IT HAS A BIG EMPLOYMENT CENTER
WITH EXPEDIA. THE CLAIMS ABOUT
THE FOLKS YOU'RE BEING ISOLATED
AND NOT HAVING SERVICES ARE
JUST NOT ACCURATE.
IT IS A COVER FOR FEAR OF
CHANGE.
SPEAKING OF THAT PART ON BEHALF
OF MYSELF.
AS A NEW NEIGHBOR I HAVE FELT
THAT FEAR FROM MY NEIGHBORS.
THEY ARE AFRAID OF ME.
THEY ARE AFRAID THAT I AM
DESTROYING THE CHARACTER OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS VERY SAD
THAT THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT.
I WANT TO PUT ON MY SHARE THE
CITIES HAD IT SAY WE WORK ON
LAND PARCELS AND WANT TO KEEP
PUBLIC LAND IN PUBLIC HANDS.
LET'S LOOK AT DOING THIS TIMES
A LOT AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT
CALVIN SAID AND THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS
DONE.>> THANK YOU, LAURA.
RENCE.
RENCE IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWED
úBY TARA MILLER BARRY AND THEN
MORRISON APPEARED
>> HI EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU
TO THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH ON THIS
PROJECT.
I GREW UP IN SEATTLE AND I GREW
UP IN ANOTHER FANCY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE WERE IN
THE MHA HEARING SOMEONE FROM
QUEEN AND MADE THE POINT THAT A
LOT OF THE OUTER NEIGHBORHOOD
IN SEATTLE LIKE LESH I, LIKE
MAGNOLIA, HAVEN'T HAD TO DO
THEIR SHARE OF MHA AND I DO
THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOME OF THE OUTER WEALTHIER
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE LIKE
MAGNOLIA TO DO THEIR PART IN
PROVIDE AND MAKING SPACE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
LIKE CALVIN SAID, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR GREAT COMMENTS.
HOPEFULLY FORT LAWTON IS JUST
IT'S PROVING GROUND FOR LAUREL
HURST, FOR WINDEMERE, FOR
STANDPOINT, TO ALSO BE ABLE TO
MAKE SPACE FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE FUTURE.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
COMMENTS ABOUT INTRUDING ON THE
SERENITY OF DISCOVERY PARK.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
I DO WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER
THAT ALL OF DISCOVERY PARK USED
TO BE A FORGE. YOU KNOW WHAT I
HEARD ABOUT THE PROJECT?
I HEARD UP A GOOGLE ALERT FOR
FORT LAWTON AND I THOUGHT I
WOULD HEAR ABOUT A LOT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETINGS.
INSTEAD ALMOST EVERY WEEK I
HEARD AN OBITUARY ABOUT SOMEONE
WHO HAD BEEN DISEMBARKED FROM
FORT LAWTON DURING WORLD WAR II
OR THE KOREAN WAR. I LEARNED
THAT THERE HAD BEEN OVER 400
STRUCTURES ON DISCOVERY PARK AT
THAT TIME THAT ARE NOW TAKEN
APART, AND THAT THERE WERE
52,000 SERVICEMEN AT A TIME AT
DISCOVERY PARK.
I MEAN, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE
BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD
REMEMBER WHAT OUR LAND IS FOR
AND THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO
HOUSE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE
SHOULD TAKE THAT ADVANTAGE.>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT IS TARA MILLER, BENNY,
FOLLOWED BY MARA CEMENT.>> HELLO
. MY NAME IS TARA MILLER BARRY
AND I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM FORT LAWTON ON 36th
AVENUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CONSIDERING BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN MY BACKYARD.
MY FAMILY WOULD BE REALLY
EXCITED TO WELCOME NEW
NEIGHBORS IF THIS REDEVELOPMENT
PROPOSAL IS APPROVED.
THIS PROPOSAL MATTERS A LOT TO
ME BECAUSE I WORKED WITH
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
SEATTLE FOR 5 YEARS.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANYWHERE IN
KING COUNTY, LET ALONE IN
SEATTLE.
ANY OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE
WOULD BE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR
THE VARIETY OF HOUSING BEING
PROPOSED AND WE COULD REALLY
USE COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS BUILT
IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN
SEATTLE.
HOUSING AND RENT PRICES ARE
SOARING IN SEATTLE AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS AND LOW-
INCOME WORKERS ARE BEING FORCED
OUT DAILY.
MAGNOLIA IS A PRETTY ISOLATED
AND SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOOD,
EVEN FOR SEATTLE, AND IT IS
TIME WE MAKE AMENDS FOR THE
WAYS WE HAVE CUT PEOPLE OUT.
THIS PROPOSAL IS A GOOD STEP
TOWARDS REMEDYING OUR CITIES IN
MORALLY SLOW RESPONSE TO THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S CULTURE
OF EXCLUSIVISM AND ELITISM.
THESE MAKE THIS REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN A REALITY.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY
WAY I CAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MARA CEMENT FOLLOWED BY BRIAN
QUANDT.
>> MY NAME IS MARVA SOME MAY
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
US.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MENTION
ABOUT THE WILDLIFE THAT HAS
TAKEN RESIDENCE IN DISCOVERY
PARK SINCE THE MILITARY LEFT.
IN THE GREAT HERON THAT CARRY
THEIR NESTING MATERIAL OVER
FORT LAWTON FROM DISCOVERY PARK
TO NEST NEAR THE LOCKS RIGHT
NOW.
I AM TOLD THAT THEY USED TO BE
CLOSER. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING
ABOUT ALL THE DEAD WHALES THAT
ARE COMING ASHORE.
IN FACT, THERE ARE MORE WHALES
THIS YEAR IN 2019 THEN ALL OF
2018.
I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE OWLS
WHO LIKE THEIR NIGHT SKY. WHAT
ARE THEY GOING TO DO WHEN SOME
300 HOMES, PLUS HOMES, ARE
GOING TO BE LIT UP ADJACENT TO
DISCOVERY PARK? WE HAVE ONE
CHANCE. FORT LAWTON IS
CONTINUOUS CONTIGUOUS TO
DISCOVERY PARK.
LET'S ACCESS THAT AND ACQUIRE
THAT PART TO ALLOW ALL THE
WILDLIFE THAT CANNOT STAND HERE
IN FRONT OF YOU AND SAY, HELP,
HELP, GIVE US MORE HABITAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRIAN
QUANDT FOLLOWED BY MARTY COREY
STRAW.
>> AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN
MAGNOLIA WITH PARENTS AND WHAT
ARE MY GRANDPARENTS IN
MAGNOLIA, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT THIS IS A FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN PRESENTS.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY
TO CHIP AWAY AT OUR HOUSING
CRISIS, GENTLE DENSITY THAT
FITS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER
AND PROVIDE HOUSING FOR WORKING
PEOPLE AND THE ELDERLY.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE MORE GREEN SPACE, MORE
ROOM FOR NATURE, MORE ROOM FOR
THOSE ANIMALS WHO LIVE THERE.
AND ALSO WITH THE IDEA OF
REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PAVED
AREA BOTH IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
AREA IN SEATTLE, IN PARTICULAR
ONE.ABOUT THAT IT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE BIT GRANULAR, USING TILE
AND BRICK PAVING MORE
PERMEABLE.
IT ALSO SERVES AS A TRAFFIC
CALMING MEASURE.
PEOPLE DRIVE SLOWER OVER IT.
SOMETHING YOU CAN RUN WITH A
LITTLE BIT.
IN ADDITION, THIS ALSO PROVIDES
RECREATIONAL AREA.
AS A PERSON WHO WAS A FORMER
STUDENT THIS WOULD BE AMAZING
TO HAVE SOME PLAYFIELD THERE.
IT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO MY HOME.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES THAT GO BEYOND
WHAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE PLAN,
TOO.
INCLUDING SOME REZONING AND
VICINITY FOR MIXED-USE TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NEARBY
AMENITIES SUCH AS MORE GROCERY
STORES OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
SUCH AS THAT, IMPROVING TRANSIT
FREQUENCY WITH THE 33, AND IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
MENTIONED HERE IS YES, IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO BUILD ELSEWHERE.
YES, WE SHOULD DO THAT AND WE
SHOULD ALSO BUILD HERE, TOO.
SO OVERALL THIS IS A FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE,
MORE FAMILIES,MORE KIDS, MORE
ELDERLY TO LIVE IN AND ENJOYED
MAGNOLIA IN DISTRICT 7 IN
SEATTLE.
I URGE YOU TO TODAY APPROVED
THE ORDINANCE, APPROVE THE
RESOLUTION.
LET'S DEVELOP FORT LAWTON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARTY COREY STRUCK FOLLOWED BY
DANIELA LIP SONG INC.
>> HI MARTY, WELCOME.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I AM MARTY COREY STRUCK I WORK
FOR THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
CONSORTIUM AND WE ARE 180
MEMBER ASSOCIATION FOCUSED ON
HOUSING IN KING COUNTY.
I AM EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT
, FINALLY.
WHEN I ARRIVED HERE IN 2008
THERE WAS A FOLDER ON MY DESK
AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY THAT
SAID FORT LAWTON ON IT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY,
AS COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WELL
KNOWS.
WITH EVERY MOMENT THAT HAS
PASSED, HOWEVER, THE NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS GROWN.
WE NOW STOP WAITING.
AND WE ACT.
WE NEED TO TURN THIS
UNDERUTILIZED LAND INTO AT LEAST
235 AFFORDABLE HOMES.
WITH THE SCALE OF NEED FOR
AFFORDABILITY IN OUR REGION AT
LEAST 44,000 ADDITIONAL
AFFORDABLE HOMES NEEDED IN THE
NEXT 5 YEARS, AND WE CONTINUE
TO NEED THAT AMOUNT EVERY 5
YEARS UNTIL WE GET TO 2040.
UNTIL WE GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE
LACK OF HOUSING THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERY
OPPORTUNITY, TO FIND OUT WHERE
WE CAN PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE NEED EVERY TOOL IN OUR
TOOLKIT AND WE NEED TO USE
EVERY PIECE OF SURPLUS LAND WE
CAN POSSIBLY FIND.
WE ARE MEETING THIS MOMENT WITH
DETERMINATION THAT IT DEMANDS.
I ASK YOU TO ACT.
FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
MAKE A COMMENT OR TWO.
I HEARD SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OTHERS.
TWO OF OUR MEMBERS, CATHOLIC
HOUSING SERVICES AND HABITAT
HUMANITY WHICH I WORKED FOR FOR
24 YEARS OF MY LIFE, ARE TWO OF
THE MOST STELLAR MEMBERS THAT
WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IS
STANDING IN THE GAP LIKE NO ONE
ELSE IN THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY
OR IN THIS REGION.
WORKING WITH THE MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATION, DOING
THE WORK THAT MOST OF US WOULD
NOT WANT TO DO.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY CARE.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY KNOW HOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY
AND HABITAT IS ABOUT HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY AS WELL AS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MARTY.
DANIELA LIP SONG INC.
FOLLOWED BY ALICIA REESE.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO
BE PUTTING HOUSING ON THE FAR
END OF MAGNOLIA BUT SAYS THAT
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO
REBUILD THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE.
THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE IS THE MAIN
THERE A WAY FOR TRANSIT IN AND
OUT OF MAGNOLIA, AND IF YOU
TAKE AWAY THE BRIDGE YOU ARE
CREATING MORE TRAFFIC FOR THE
BUSES.
YOU CAN'T REASONABLY ASK TO PUT
IN MORE UNITS OF HOUSING WHILE
ALSO NOT HAVING MONEY TO
REPLACE THE BRIDGE.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE SAYING
THAT FORT LAWTON REDEVELOPMENT
YOU WILL HAVE 24/7 MONITORING
FOR THE LOW BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS.
THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS UNABLE TO
MAINTAIN A SOLID OVERSIGHT OF
THE INDIVIDUALS IN LOW BARRIER
HOUSING.
WHEN TALKING WITH LOCAL POLICE
OFFICERS, THEY MENTION THE
NUMEROUS CALLS THAT TAKE THEM
TO LOW BARRIER HOUSING THAT THE
CITY HAS PUT IN AND WITHIN SIX
MONTHS THE UNITS ARE DIRTY AND
FILLED WITH DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
I WOULD ASK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, TO TALK WITH THE LOCAL
POLICE OFFICERS WHO GO INTO
THESE TYPES OF HOUSINGS EVERY
DAY AND SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT IS
GOING ON.
THE FACT THAT THE CITY BELIEVES
THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE THAT
WILL BE LIVING HERE IN NEED
24/7 MONITORING IS AN INDICATOR
OF WHAT WILL TRULY BE GOING ON.
LOGISTICALLY YOU ARE ISOLATING
LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
THERE IS NO BUS LINE THAT GOES
GROCERY STORE, AND NO BICYCLES
FROM MAGNOLIA TO BALLARD.
AS A CURRENT DISTRICT 7
CANDIDATE I AM NOT ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS IT
STANDS.
THERE ARE NO ENTRY-LEVEL
AVAILABLE JOBS, NO BUS LINES,
NO AFFORDABLE GROCERY STORES.
WE SHOULD BUY LOTS WERE YOU GET
AN INVESTMENT FOR YOUR RETURN.
LOOK AT 15, LOOK AT THE ARMORY.
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS, MAJOR BUS
LINES, GROCERY STORES, THE
FUTURE ST3 LINE.
WE CAN'T JUST ADD MORE BUSES
WERE BUS ROUTES.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OVER 600
BUS DRIVER OPENING SO HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO DO THAT?
YOU CAN'T GET PARK SPACE BACK.
HOW MUCH MORE MONEY ARE WE
GOING TO PUT INTO THIS PROJECT
TO ADD BUSES, AT A GROCERY
STORE, AND ADD ENTRY-LEVEL
JOBS?
IT IS A LOT MORE THAN 90
MILLION.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALICIA REESE, I HOPE I'M SAYING
THAT RIGHT, FOLLOWED BY MASON
RHODES.
WELCOME, AND JUST PULL THIS
MICROPHONE ON IT.
THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
ALICIA REESE REPRESENTING THE
MASTERS BUILDERS ALSATIAN
TONIGHT.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS BOTH
LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
TO HELP ADDRESS THIS CRISIS AND
CREATE MUCH-NEEDED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN SEATTLE WE FULLY
SUPPORT THE FORT LAWTON
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND URGE THE
CITY TO APPROVE IT QUICKLY.
AFTER YEARS OF DISCUSSION,
PUBLIC REVIEW AND DEBATE, IT IS
TIME TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A
PLAN TO CREATE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING HERE IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, ALICIA.
NO PROBLEM.
OUR LAST TWO ARE
>> WELCOME MR. ROADS.
>> HELLO.
I HAVE LIVED IN MAGNOLIA FOR 30
OR MORE YEARS.
BUT I AM FOR LOW-COST HOUSING
BUT NOT IN DISCOVERY PARK.
AS THE CITY GROWS, MOORPARK
SPACE IS REQUIRED.
THAT IS THE MAIN POINT.
BUT THERE IS ONE OTHER THING TO
LOOSEN THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.
I AM GOING TO TRY THIS.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND.
THIS LAND IS MY LAND.
FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NEW YORK
ISLAND.
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST TO THE
GULFSTREAM WATER.
THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND
ME.
>>
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> DAVID MORNING.
>> I JUST GAVE YOU A THREE
PAGE HANDOUT.
I AM HERE WITH THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL WHO IS
MEETING IN ABOUT A HALF-HOUR.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN AND THAT --
THE COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED
ALTERNATIVE NUMBER ONE.
WE THINK IT IS GOOD TO BRING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE
COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO POINT TO THE DIAGRAM
JUST PRINTED OUT. I'M NOT SURE
IF WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE NUMBER
ONE.
ALTERNATIVE NUMBER ONE AS YOU
KNOW IS BASICALLY THE RIGHT
SIDE OF NORTH TEXAS WAY.
THE UNITS THAT -- ARE AN
APARTMENT STYLE TYPE OF THING.
THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH TEXAS
WAY IS THE TOWNHOUSES AND ROAD
HOUSES.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
WEST SIDE IS REALLY THE LR2
WHICH YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
DOING.
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE EAST
SIDE IS JUST LR1 LOWRISE ZONE.
SO PAGE 2 REPRESENTS CURRENTLY
HOW THIS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS
BEING LR2 ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO YOU HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE WHOLE THING BEING A
MULTISTORY BUILDING 40 FEET IN.
THE LAST PAGE BASICALLY SHOWS
HOW YOU SHOULD BE DESCRIBING IN
YOUR LEGISLATION WITH THE LOW
CAP FROM CAP ONE TO THE EAST OR
LR2 TO THE WEST.
IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO
THAT, YOU WOULD BE EXCEEDING
WHAT WAS CONVEYED GREATER THAN
THE SCOPE OF WORK.
I WOULD HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH
MR. COULD TELL.
IT WAS LOOKED OUT FOR THE FOUR
STORIES AND I DID NOT SEE ANY
ALTERNATIVES OR THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE THAT SHOWED THE
LEVEL LR2 DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUT.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE WHO IS
INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SIGNED UP
AND YOU ARE INTERESTED, WE WILL
TAKE YOUR NAME.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
MY LIFE EXPERIENCE AROUND FOLKS
THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN THIS
HOMELESSNESS STUFF.
I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS
FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT.
THERE IS NONE THAT ARE NOT
VALID.
I THINK ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE
BEEN WITH THIS TYPE OF HOUSING
-- WE USED TO HAVE THE HIGH
POINT PROJECT OR THE STUFF OVER
BY HARBORVIEW.
WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS SUCH A
STEP UP FROM THERE.
WE ARE GETTING BETTER.
YOU MEET ALL KINDS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE
AMAZING SUCCESS STORIES AND
THEN YOU SEE PROBLEMS LIKE WE
HAVE SEEN WITH FOLKS THAT JUST
CANNOT GET OFF THIS, THAT OR
THE OTHER THING.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE SPECIFICS
OF THIS.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA
TO ME.
I AM MORE OF A BIG PICTURE GUY
AND I LOOK AT NUMBERS AND I SEE
WHERE THE NUMBER IS GOING AND
THE CITY IS GOING.
THE AFFORDABILITY STUFF GETTING
SO MUCH LESS BECAUSE OF THE
ECONOMIC SIDE OF THIS AND HOW
THE ECONOMY WILL FIX US.
WE WERE SO PENALIZED IN 2008
WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT
PROBLEM HERE.
AND A LARGE PORTION OF THE
PROBLEM IS WHAT HAS CREATED THE
FINANCIAL ISSUES IN THE CITY.
AS THIS GOES A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION LONG TERM, THAT WILL,
IN A LOT OF WAYS, THE
AFFORDABILITY PIECE WILL WORK
ITSELF OUT FOR THOSE FOLKS
WILLING TO WORK.
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THERE ARE
A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE STREETS
THAT JUST ARE NOT GOING TO GET
REINTEGRATED BACK INTO THE
SYSTEM.
THAT IS WHERE WE STRUGGLE
STILL.
THAT IS WHERE I THINK A LOT OF
THIS STUFF IN THE CREATIVE
IDEAS WE HAVE REALLY WORKED.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET
THIS DONE AND GET HOWEVER MANY
PROJECTS WE NEED TO GET DONE TO
AT LEAST GET THE NUMBERS RIGHT
FOR WHERE WE ARE GOING.
BECAUSE THERE WE ARE GOING WILL
BE A BIGGER CITY AND WE HAVE TO
KEEP PACE WITH WHERE WE HAVE
BEEN IN THE PAST.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, DO YOU MIND
REPEATING YOUR NAME INTO THE
MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD.
>> SEAN MCEACHRON.
>> THANK YOU SEAN.
WE WILL HAVE THE FOLKS SIGN UP
AS YOU COME UP AND SAY YOUR
NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE.
LET'S SEE WHO WE HAVE NEXT ON
THE LIST.
NEXT WE HAVE MAX BAKER AND
JESSIE SIMPSON.
I APOLOGIZE TO FOLKS THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN LINING UP.
I DID NOT HAVE THE LAST SHEET.
IF WE CAN HAVE MAX AND THEN
JESSIE.
HELLO MAX.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
>> MY FIRST TIME AT A COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> WELCOME.
>> I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE
FOR ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS NOW.
IN THAT TIME, I HAVE LIVED IN
WEST SEATTLE AND SERVED AS
AMERICORPS.
WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL, GOT MY
FIRST PROFESSIONAL JOB AND I
HAVE LEARNED ABOUT FORT LAWTON
THE FIRST YEAR I MOVED HERE.
SINCE THAT TIME, NOTHING HAS
HAPPENED.
AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SIX YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE
AGAIN.
I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE
RIVERVIEW AREA OF WEST SEATTLE.
IN THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW
BUILDING ON DELRIDGE WITH 79
UNITS PLANNED.
JUST OVER 1 ACRE.
I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE
PROJECT.
I AM SHOCKED TO SEE THAT IS
ALMOST A THIRD OF THE
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
DOING THE MATH, IT SEEMS WE
COULD HAVE 700 UNITS ON 10 ACRES
. THE SAME ARGUMENTS COULD BE
MADE AND WHY THE DELRIDGE SITE
IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
DELRIDGE IS A FOOD DESERT.
IT IS FAR AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN.
IT IS NOT NEAR ANY AMENITIES.
I STILL THINK THE DELRIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS A GREAT PLACE
FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MARKET RATE
HOUSING.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE LIVING IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE
ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE EXCEPT FOR THE
ISSUES OF ACCESS TO FOOD AND
EASIER ACCESS TO WALKING AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ANY
RESIDENT WOULD HAVE.
SO FOR THIS SITE TO BE
CONSIDERED NOT GOOD ENOUGH,
JUST SEEMS BEYOND REASON.
SO I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF
IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE JESSIE SIMPSON.
>> I'M JESSIE SIMPSON.
THIS LAND IS ONLY OUR LAND IF
WE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
REDEVELOPING FORT LAWTON IN
2004, I WAS IN 4th GRADE.
IT HAS BEEN HELD UP AN APPEAL
FOR 15 YEARS BECAUSE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISTS WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO ACCOMMODATING MORE
INCOME AND MODERATE INCOME
FOLKS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IS A TRAVESTY.
WE NEED TO BUILD AS MUCH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE CAN TO
STEM THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT
PLAGUED EVERYONE WHO RENTS OR
WANTS TO RENT OR WANTS TO LIVE
IN SEATTLE.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY SIX
DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS
-- AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS WITHIN
ALL OF MAGNOLIA.
THEY HAVE A COMBINED 18 UNITS.
THIS HOUSING IS NECESSARY IF IT
WILL PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH ACCESS
TO GREEN SPACE AND ACCESS TO A
BUS STOP THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
GET THEM TO LIGHT RAIL AT 15th
AVENUE.
BY 2035, IT WILL ONLY BE 10
MINUTES AWAY FROM THE INNER BAY
15TH STOP.
THIS CAN BE TRANSIT ORIENTED
AND PROVIDES AMAZING ACCESS TO
GREEN SPACE.
SOMETHING THAT IS SORELY
LACKING FROM MANY OF THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN
AND MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS
YOU CAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL.
WE HAVE YOU ON THE LIST HERE AS
WELL.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I SUBMITTED A WRITTEN COMMENT
TO YOU AT 5:00.
I AM HERE TODAY REPRESENTING
THE DISCOVERY PARK COMMUNITY
ALLIANCE.
MYSELF AND A MULTIPLE --
MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE THAT BELONG
TO A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
SEATTLE.
THE THING IS THAT THE CITY WAS
CHARGED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC AND TO
MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF FORT
LAWTON PROPERTIES THAT HAD THE
BUY IN OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITY.
IT IS THE UNFORTUNATE HISTORY
THAT HAS BROUGHT THE CITY AND
THIS PROJECT TO WHERE IT IS
BECAUSE THE CITY TOOK A HEAVY
HAND AND DECIDED TO EXCLUDE OUT
OF THE MIX THE USE OF THE
PROPERTY 100% FOR PARKLAND.
IT WAS ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO ADD
ADDITIONAL HOMES FOR THE
HOMELESS AND THE LOW INCOME AND
OFF-SITE.
IT HAS NEVER CHANGED AND THE
CITY UNFORTUNATELY HAS MISLED
PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE
CONDITIONS WERE.
IT GIVES ME NO PLEASURE TO HAVE
THIS DRUG AROUND AND IT WILL BE
DRUG AROUND FOR MORE YEARS.
IT HAS BEEN MISSTEP AFTER
MISSTEP ON THE PART OF THE
CITY.
I THINK THE CITY SHOULD STEP UP
AND TAKE ITS PART IN ALL OF
THIS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY -- MR. I
WAS IN 4th GRADE, HE DOES NOT
SEE THAT AND HOW THIS CAME
ABOUT.
THE FINAL PART OF IT IS THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THIS
PROJECT.
WE SENT OUT A MAILING ON FRIDAY
TO 26,000 PEOPLE WHICH IS FAR
MORE THAN THE CITY HAS EVER
DONE AND INVITED THEM TO STEP
UP AND BE PART OF THIS PROCESS
AND TO OPPOSE THE HOUSING AND
TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDING FORT
LAWTN TO DISCOVERY PARK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS
THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK?
>> MY NAME IS ANGELA CONCENT.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SEVEN.
I WAS NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING
TONIGHT.
I WAS PLANNING ON LISTENING BUT
I DID NOT WANT THIS TO END ON A
SOUR NOTE.
I HAVE GROWN UP IN SEATTLE.
I HAVE LIVED ALL OVER THE PUGET
SOUND.
I WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT HIGH
SCHOOLS.
I WORKED IN HOMELESSNESS.
I HAVE BEEN A CASE MANAGER.
CURRENTLY I WORK IN AN
ORGANIZATION TRYING TO LOWER
BARRIERS TO HOUSING AND GET
PEOPLE MORE ACCESS TO HOUSING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MAGNOLIA IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
TO LIVE.
I TAKE THE BUS FROM MY
APARTMENT AND HANG OUT AT
DISCOVERY PARK.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND EASY TO
ACCESS FROM DOWNTOWN.
I'M ASSUMING THE ACCESS THE
OTHER WAY IS THE SAME.
I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW PEOPLE
THINK MAGNOLIA IS SO REMOTE AND
REMOVED FROM SEATTLE.
IT IS PART OF THE URBAN SPACE.
AND WE NEED TO BE BUILDING UP
THE URBAN SPACES TO PRESERVE
THE GREEN SPACES FOR THE LITTLE
ANIMALS I WAS HEARING ABOUT.
IF WE DON'T CONTINUE BUILDING
UP THE URBAN SPACES AND MAKING
SURE WE GIVE PEOPLE NEW GREEN
OPTIONS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE ANIMALS GOING EXTINCT AND
CONTINUE TO SEE CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED TO SEE INNOVATIVE
CHANGES LIKE UTILIZING SURPLUS
CITY LAND FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE
AND MAKING SURE CHILDREN HAVE
ACCESS TO PARKS.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT IN THE
CITY.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLAN.
I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS
THAT WE MAY BE DOUBLE THE
AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
GOING ON TO THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE INSPIRED TO
COME TO THE MICROPHONE?
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
ALMOST 30 PEOPLE THAT CAME TO
TESTIFY TONIGHT.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN
MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THE
LAST 15 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE
FOUR WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR
ALONE.
THIS WILL WRAP UP OUR PUBLIC
HEARING THIS EVENING ON THE
CITY'S APPLICATION FOR THE
FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY AT
FORT LAWTON.
THE APPLICATION AGAIN INCLUDES
THE FORT LAWTON REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN, UPDATE AND APPENDICES.
INCLUDES THE HOMELESS HOUSING
SUBMISSION TO FORT LAWTON
DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2019 UPDATE
AND THE LEGALLY BINDING
AGREEMENT DRAFT OPINION LETTER
WHICH IS ALL INCLUDED IN THE
APPLICATION THAT YOU CAN FIND
ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER
CONVERSATION.
SO IF YOU JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR
THE NEXT DISCUSSION, THERE WILL
BE A CONVERSATION COMING UP
AGAIN AND OUR COMMITTEE ON THE
HOUSING HEALTH ENERGY AND
WORKERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE AT
9:30 A.M.
ON JUNE 6th RIGHT HERE AT
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
YOUR GENEROUS TIME FOR COMING
THIS EVENING.
FOR YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS AND
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME AND
LISTENING, WE APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY FOR CALLING IN,
WRITING IN AND PROVIDING US
WITH YOUR FEEDBACK.
THIS WILL CONTINUE ON JUNE 6 AT
9:30.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE
AND TO OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF FOR
KEEPING US GOING THIS EVENING.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.