>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THE JULY 6th, 2023 MEETING OF
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. COMMISSIONER
TAMMY MORALES NEEDS TO LEAVE
EARLY TODAY. WILL THE
COMMISSIONER PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> WE HAVE NINE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. WE WILL SPEAK TO
THE ITEMS FIRST AND I WILL GIV
EVERYONE A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW
OF THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO
DATE AND MOVING FORWARD, 105952
, A POSSIBLE VOTE ON UPDATING
TOPS IN PIONEER SQUARE. 2286,
DISCUSSION ON A MORATORIUM OF
THE REPLACEMENT OF
VESSEL-FLOATING UN-WATER
RESIDENCES. AND THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY
BOARD AND THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION. WE HAVE OUR 12 ,
ANDREW L. DANNENBERG, AND
MONIKA SHARMA TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION, AS WELL AS DHYANA
QUINTANAR SOLARES , AND
NICHOLAS R. WHIPPLE , AND
ALICIA KELLOGG, TO THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION. WE HAVE
32097 , TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS
IN MARITIME ZONES. IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, I AM GOING TO
AMEND THE AGENDA TO HEAR ITE
2 FIRST. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, I AM GOING TO MOVE
THIS. HEARING NO OBJECTION, TH
MOTION IS ADOPTED. FOR THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE , THIS MARKS
OUR 18th LAND-USE COMMITTEE SO
FAR THIS YEAR. TYPICALLY THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE WOULD HOLD 1
MEETINGS IN ONE YEAR, WHICH
MEANS WE ARE JUST OVER HALFWAY
THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE HAVE
ALREADY EXCEEDED THE STANDARD
NUMBER OF MEETINGS, THIS WAS DU
TO MEETINGS TO PASS THE PRE-
TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE. WE
DO HAVE TWO MEETING SCHEDULED I
SEPTEMBER, THERE IS A SPECIAL,
MEETING, AND TWO MEETINGS ARE
SCHEDULED IN DECEMBER. A
REGULARLY-SCHEDULED AND A
SPECIAL MEETING. WE HAVE FOUR
MORE MEETINGS THIS YEAR. WHAT W
WILL BE TAKING UP LATER ON, WE
DID NOT GET TO A COUPLE OF THE
ITEMS THAT WE HAVE REALLY
DESIRED TO ADDRESS THIS YEAR,
WHICH WAS DESIGNED REVIEW
CHANGES. WE HAD EXPECTED THAT
THE DESIGN REVIEW REPORT WOULD
HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO US IN
JANUARY. IT WAS THEN PUSHED BAC
UNTIL MARCH. THAT DID NOT GIVE
US THE TIME NEEDED TO TAKE UP A
ROBUST SCHEDULE OF OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS TO MAKE
CHANGES AND I AM SURE THE
REPORT WILL BE SENT OUT
SHORTLY. WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONA
UPDATES TO THE TREE PRODUCTION
ORDINANCE THAT WE WOULD LIKE T
MAKE INTO A RESOLUTION. THAT
WILL BE SEPTEMBER OR DECEMBER.
WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, TO INCLUDE
WHAT IS DESIRED IN THAT
RESOLUTION THAT WILL SET UP TH
FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING UPDATES TO
THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
THIS IS THE SAME FORMAT WE TOOK
FIVE YEARS AGO, WHICH LED US O
A PATH TO PASSING THE TREE
PROTECTION ORDINANCE. WE HAD A
RESOLUTION IN 2019 THAT SET
FORWARD THE PATHWAY TO PROTECT
THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE
NOW, WE ARE GOING TO MIRROR THA
FORMAT TO LAYOUT A PATHWAY INT
MAKING UPDATES. IN SEPTEMBER,
AS LONG AS THE SCHEDULE ALLOWS
IT , WE WILL BE TAKING UP THE
ZONING CHANGES FOR THE DOWNTOWN
AREA, AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN. IN
DECEMBER, WE WILL BE TAKING UP
ANY CLEANUP LEGISLATION. AS
WELL, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
HAS REQUESTED WE TAKE UP IMPACT
FEES IN DECEMBER. FOR THE
PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, WITH JUST
TWO MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER, THE
CALENDAR IS ALREADY FULL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU HAV
REQUESTED TIME ON THE CALENDAR
FOR YOUR BILL AND I AM HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THAT
ONLINE. I HAVE COMMITTED THAT
YOU WILL HAVE TIME FOR THAT
BILL. I AM JUST SHARING ALL OF
THIS INFORMATION WITH THE
PUBLIC, BECAUSE WHILE IT SEEMS
LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF TIME FOR
A LOT OF THINGS, THE SCHEDULE I
ALREADY PACKED. WITH THAT,
LET'S GET TO TODAY, AT THIS
TIME, I AM GOING TO OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS
TODAY, AS WELL. I AM GOING TO
PLAY THE VIDEO ONCE. THE MAIN
MESSAGE IS, PLEASE BE KIND AND
PLEASE SPEAK TO THE ITEM ON TH
AGENDA. CIVILITY IS AN
IMPORTANT THING IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT I
PROMOTE DAILY. WE WILL PLAY THE
VIDEO ONCE. IF YOU ARE HERE TO
SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING,
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. SO WE HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ROOFTOPS,
NO. CLERK , DOES ROOFTOPS HAVE
ITS OWN HEARING? YES, THE ONLY
ITEMS THAT ARE IN PUBLIC
COMMENT, THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT , THE TRANSPORTATION AN
INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION
RESOLUTION AND THE
APPOINTMENTS. IF YOU ARE TO
SPEAK TO FLOATING UN-WATER
RESIDENCES , OR THE ROOFTOP,
THERE IS A SPECIAL HEARING SET
ASIDE FOR THAT. WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO. CLERK , WILL YOU PLEASE
PLAY THE VIDEO?
>> HELLO , SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND GOODWILL, BUILT ON
INDIGENOUS LAND, AND TRADITIONA
LAND. THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTE
TWO HOURS EARLIER, VIA THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE.
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN
WHICH THE ORDER THAT THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL
IN FROM THE PHONE NUMBER
PROVIDED WHEN THEY REGISTERED
ONLINE AND USE THE MEETING I.D
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
UPON CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DID
NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION , PLEASE CHECK YOU
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. TH
SPEAKER MEETING I.D. IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE MEETING I.D.
PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA. ONCE A
SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED, THE
MICROPHONE WOULD BE UNMETERED
AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SA
THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. THAT IS
YOUR TWO THAT IT IS YOUR TURN
TO SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUS
PRESS STAR SIX . YOU WILL THEN
HEAR A PROMPT OF, YOU ARE UNMUT
IT BE SURE THAT YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTE IT SO THAT YOU WILL BE
HEARD TO STATE YOUR NAME AND TH
ITEM THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. A
CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN THERE
ARE 10 SECONDS LEFT ON YOUR
TIME AS A GENTLE REMINDER TO
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AT
THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOUR MIC
WILL BE MUTED . ONCE SPEAKERS
HAVE FINISHED PROVIDING PUBLIC
COMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE. JOIN U
VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THE LISTEN LINE
NUMBER LISTED ON THE AGENDA. TH
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IF TH
PROCESS IMPEDES THE ABILITY TO
CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY. ANY LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THOSE PROCEEDINGS
OR IS NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO TH
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR HOPE IS
TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT
WILL ASSIST OUR ORDERLY
CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES BEFORE
THE COUNCIL. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS OPEN. AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER O
THE LIST. PLEASE REMEMBER TO
PRESS STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR
THE PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED. THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> AS I AM BOTH LOOKING AT THE
ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IN
PERSON, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT WOULD BE DAN, SPEAKING TO
ITEM 32097. FOR THOSE IN THE
PUBLIC, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO
ANY OF THE APPOINTMENTS, OR TO
THE TRANSPORTATION RESOLUTION,
CAN YOU PLEASE JUST RAISE YOUR
HAND. SEEING NONE , I THINK
EVERYONE HERE IS HERE FOR
VESSEL-FLOATING UN-WATER
RESIDENCES. AND HANG ON,
LET'S GET YOUR MICROPHONE SET
UP. I WILL JUST SPEAK UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE
TRANSPORTATION RESOLUTION. WE
HAVE WORK TO DO BUT IT IS GOING
TO BE CRITICAL AS THE ZONING
CHANGES ARE PUT FORWARD IN THI
STADIUM AREA DISTRICT . WE
MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE
IMPLEMENTED WITH THE NEW ZONING
HAVING THIS TRANSPORTATION
RESOLUTION WILL HELP ADDRESS
THOSE AND IDENTIFY THOSE
ISSUES. WE CAN WORK ON THOSE
ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, TO KEEP
THOSE COURT ORDERS, OPEN, LIK
SR 519. I APPRECIATE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT,
SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTERED, PUBLIC COMMENT IS
NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
INFORMATIONAL ITEM 2286 , PLACE
FIRST , THIS IS A BREATHING
DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING O
ITEM 2286, WHICH IS A
MORATORIUM ON THE REPLACEMENT
OF VESSEL-FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES. CLERK PLEASE READ
THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD
>> MORATORIUM ON REPLACEMENT O
VESSEL-FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES FOR BREATHING,
DISCUSSION, AND PUBLIC COMMENT
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS
MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED PRIOR TO
JUNE 13, 20 , ORDINANCE 126838
TAKING MEANINGFUL BUT LIMITED
ACTION WHILE A PERMANENT POLIC
IS DEVELOPED. FLOATING ON-WATE
RESIDENCES ARE NOT TO BE
CONNECTED TO SEWERS OR WATER
UTILITIES. THEY MUST HAVE A
CONTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR THE
BLACK WATER OR TOILET OUTPUT.
DISCHARGE FROM DISHWASHERS,
TUBS, SHOWERS, AND, FOR THE
LUCKY ONES, JACUZZIS. THE
GRAYWATER DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO
OUR WATERWAYS. THIS IS A PUBLIC
HEARING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT
TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN
60 DAYS OF AN EMERGENCY ACTION
MORATORIUM BEING ADOPTED. WHICH
IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD. WE DO HAV
MIKE PODOWSKI TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS. I HOPE THAT YOU HAV
YOUR PRESENTATION READY TO GO
FROM OUR LAST MEETING SO THAT
WE CAN GIVE COUNCILMEMBERS
ANOTHER BRIEFING ON THIS BILL.
AGAIN, THIS IS EXECUTIVE-
GENERATED LEGISLATION FOR AN
EMERGENCY MORATORIUM. THERE IS
TIME TO CREATE THE PERMANENT
POLICY THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
MARGARET? SORRY, I SEE THAT YO
ARE HERE. I WILL PASS IT OVER T
YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND ALL
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. PARDON ME.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> I HAVE A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION READY.
OKAY.
CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> GREAT. SO, I WILL TALK
ABOUT THE MORATORIUM , SORRY.
THE MORATORIUM ON THE
REPLACEMENT OF VESSEL-FLOATING
ON-WATER RESIDENCES . BUT FIRST
, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
KIND OF THE REGULATION THAT
REGULATES OUR SHORELINES. WE
HAVE A SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT
AND A SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM
OUR SHORELINES ARE A FINITE
RESOURCE. THERE ARE THREE MAIN
GOALS OF THE SHORELINE
MANAGEMENT PACT WHICH GOES BAC
TO OUR PROGRAM REGULATIONS AT A
LOCAL LEVEL. THESE ARE TO
PRESERVE AREAS FOR WATER
-DEPENDENT USES TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE AREAS
FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. THEN, I WOUL
LIKE TO WALK THROUGH WHAT IS
WATER-DEPENDENT USE. HERE ARE
PICTURES OF WATER-DEPENDENT
USES. THESE ARE ACTIVITIES THAT
CANNOT EXIST ANYWHERE BUT ON
THE WATER OR VERY CLOSE TO THE
WATER. MORTGAGE FOR OUR FISHING
VESSELS, LARGE VESSELS, AS WEL
AS OUR CRUZ INDUSTRY, OR THE
CONTAINER BOATS THAT COME IN AN
OFFLOAD BOTH AT OUR PORTS,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INCLUDES PROTECTION OF THE
SHORELINE AREA NEXT TO THE
SHORELINE , WITHIN 200' AS WEL
AS THE AQUATIC ANIMALS THAT LIV
IN THE WATER, PLANTS, AND
ANIMALS, HERE IS THE CHINOOK
SALMON THAT MIGRATES THROUGH
OUR CITY. WE ALSO HAVE WORKERS
THAT LIVE OUT IN THE PUGET
SOUND THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON
CLEAN WATER AND FOOD THAT THE
SHORELINES HELP PROVIDE, BY
FEEDING THE JUVENILE CHINOOK.
AND THEN ALSO, HERE IS A PICTUR
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THAT
SHOWS AREAS THAT ARE VERY GOOD
FOR THE SHORELINE, WHERE THEY
PROVIDE VEGETATION , AND THEN
DOES PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION OF
THE CHINOOK SALMON. SO, ALL OF
THESE WORK TOGETHER WHERE WE CA
PROVIDE AREAS FOR , YOU KNOW,
OUR WATER -DEPENDENT USES AND
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AND
THE LAST IS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO, A LOT OF PUBLIC ACCESS
OCCURS IN OUR PARKS. SO, THES
ARE PICTURES OF THESE THREE
AREAS. AND THEN, SOMETIMES OUR
LARGE AQUATIC OBJECTS , THESE
ARE A REQUIREMENT. THAT, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF SHOWS HOW THE
SHORELINES ARE A FINITE
RESEARCH AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE
FOR ALL OF THOSE GOALS IN THE
SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT. I WIL
MOVE INTO THE LOADING
CATEGORY, THAT IS WHAT THE TOPI
OF THE MORATORIUM IS. BACK IN
2007, WHEN WE STARTED UPDATING
OUR COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF OUR
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM, WE HA
GUIDELINES FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY. AT THAT TIME, IT
SAID PRESERVE ALL OF THE
EXISTING FLOATING RESIDENCES ,
BUT DO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE. AS
PART OF THAT UPDATE, WE INCLUDE
A VERIFICATION PROCESS SO THAT
WE COULD KEEP TRACK OF NUMBERS.
FOR THE FLOATING HOMES, THESE
ARE THE TRADITIONAL FLOATING
HOMES . THESE CAME TO OUR WATER
IN THE LATE 1800s, EARLY- 1900s
UP TO THE PRESENT. WE HAVE
STRUCTURES IN THE SHORELINE
MASTER PROGRAM THAT EXISTED
SINCE 1972, WHEN WE STARTED WIT
THE SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM
REGULATIONS. THESE ARE CONNECTE
TO SEWER AND TO WATER AND AS I
SAID, WE HAVE ABOUT 507 VERIFY
THAT WE HAVE HOUSE BARGES. THI
IS KIND OF A NEW FLOATING
RESIDENCE THAT CAME ONTO OUR
WATERS AFTER THE FLOATING HOMES
, KIND OF IN THE 1970s, 1990 TH
CITY BECAME AWARE OF THESE
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REALLY FI
INTO THE CATEGORY OF FLOATING
HOMES . THEY ALSO DID NOT QUITE
FIT INTO THE CATEGORY OF
VESSEL. SO THESE WERE
GRANDFATHERED IN IN 1994,
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY , CITY OF
SEATTLE, WORKED ON THIS PROGRAM
WORKED ON THIS LEGISLATION.
THESE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO SEWE
OR WATER, THEY HAD DETACHABLE
CONNECTIONS TO ELECTRICITY.
THERE WERE 94 OF THESE BACK IN
1994. NOW, A NEW CATEGORY CAME
UNDER THE SCENE AFTER 1994,
THESE ARE NOT FLOATING HOMES
AND THEY ARE NOT HOUSE BARGES
AND THEY ARE NOT VESSELS FOR TH
FACT THAT , YOU KNOW, SOME OF
THEM DID HAVE SMALL MOTORS ON
THE BACK. THESE ARE NOT
CONNECTED TO SEWER. THEY ARE NO
CONNECTED TO THE WATER, YOU
KNOW, TO PUBLIC WATER. THEY DO
HAVE CONNECTION , DETACHABLE ,
TO ELECTRICITY. WHEN WE WERE
DOING THE UPDATE TO THE
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM, WE
WERE LOOKING INTO , HOW DO WE
CATEGORIZE THESE? YOU CAN SEE,
THEY HAVE THE SMALL OUTBOARD
MOTORS ON THEM. IN 2014, THE
STATE LEGISLATION, OR THE STATE
LEGISLATORS BECAME INVOLVED
AND THEY GRANDFATHERED IN THIS
CATEGORY OF FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES. THERE WAS AN
ESTIMATE IN 2014 TO BE 113 .
THIS WAS FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE
WE ALSO DID AN INFORMAL SURVEY
AND ESTIMATED THERE WERE ABOUT
125. SO, THE NUMBER WAS PRETTY
SIMILAR , AS OF 2022 THERE WERE
222 VERIFY. AND SO, THESE WER
-- LET ME SEE WHAT THE NEXT
SLIDE IS. THESE WERE DEFINED AS
STRUCTURES AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE , YOU KNOW, BY THE
STATE LEGISLATORS. THE WORD
STRUCTURE IS DEFINED, YOU KNOW,
IS USED, AS PART OF THE
DEFINITION. THESE ARE FLOATING
ON -WATER STRUCTURES. YOU KNOW
IT DEFINES THAT A STRUCTURE I
NOT A VESSEL. SO, THERE IS
WHERE THE DISTINCTION IS BETWEE
THE ON -WATER STRUCTURE AND
VESSEL WAS DEFINED. AND SO,
HERE, THE VESSEL THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE
WATER-DEPENDENT USES COMMENTS
VESSELS SUCH AS A SAILBOAT OR
A MOTORBOAT . AND WE HAVE SEEN
VESSELS THAT CAME IN AND GOT
VERIFIED AS FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES AND TURN THIS WATER
-DEPENDENT USE INTO A PERMANEN
LOADING RESIDENCE. WHAT THE
MORATORIUM DOES, IT , WHAT THE
MORATORIUM DOES, IS THAT IT
JUST PUTS A HOLD ON THIS
CONVERSION OF VESSELS INTO A
PERMANENT, FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO HOLD THE POLICIES O
THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT.
FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS VESSEL
RIGHT HERE DID COME IN AND GET
VERIFIED AS A FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES. THAT IS THE
CONCLUSION OF MY SLIDESHOW.
>> THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE
SLIDES. THE SAILBOAT ON THE LEF
RECEIVED A FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENT PERMIT, THE PERMIT
STAYED TRUE, BUT IT WAS
REPLACED BY A STRUCTURE, IS THA
CORRECT?
>> SO, THIS SAILBOAT TURNED
INTO THIS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS
HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. SO WHAT
THE MORATORIUM WILL DO , IT WIL
PUT ON HOLD THE REPLACEMENT OF
VESSELS , SUCH AS THIS, OR THIS
OR, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF
VESSEL, IT PUTS ON HOLD THE
REPLACEMENT OF THOSE VESSELS.
>> IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE
LAST SLIDE, WHERE THE SAILBOAT
ON THE LEFT TURNED INTO THE
STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT, THERE I
NO CHANGE TO THE STRUCTURE ON
THE RIGHT AT THIS TIME. THAT
CHANGE ALREADY OCCURRED, WE AR
NOT GOING BACK AND RETROACTIVEL
CHANGING ANYTHING, YOU ARE
SAYING THAT WE ARE PAUSING THE
CONVERSION AT THIS TIME?
>> EXACTLY.
>> COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS HERE?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING %
THIS PRESENTATION AGAIN BECAUSE
THERE WERE CONSTITUENTS WHO
WROTE IN, CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MORATORIUM. I KNOW THAT THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION
WILL BE GETTING BACK TO THEM
WITH RESPONSES ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND
WEATHER THEY WOULD BE IMPACTED
BY THE MORATORIUM. I THINK THER
ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORRIED THA
THEIR HOME WOULD BE IMPACTED B
THE MORATORIUM, BUT IT WOULDN'T
I DO APPRECIATE SDCI BEING
RESPONSIVE TO THOSE
CONSTITUENTS AND ANSWERING ALL
THEIR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. TO REITERATE, IF YOU
LIVE IN THE STRUCTURE THAT IS
ON THE RIGHT, NO CHANGES OCCUR
IF YOU LIVE IN THE SAILBOAT
THAT IS ON THE LEFT, THERE IS A
PAUSE ON THE CONVERSION MAKING
IT INTO THE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT.
THAT YOU, AGAIN, YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO RELINQUISH ANYTHING.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES . WHEREVER
YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW, WE WILL
GET TO PUBLIC HEARING IN JUST
SECOND. THANK YOU, SIR.
WHEREVER YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE AS
PERMANENT LEGISLATION IS
CREATED. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE
>> NO.
>> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE
SLIDES OR IS THAT ABOUT IT?
>> THAT WAS IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING.
MAGGIE , HAS THERE BEEN ANY
REQUEST OR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW T
PROVIDE BLACKWATER AND
GRAYWATER HOOKUPS TO STRUCTURE
?
>> YES. BACK WHEN I WAS
WORKING ON THE PROGRAMS,
UPDATING THE SHORELINE MASTER
PROGRAM, THE MARINA AT THE GAS
WORK PARKS MARINA THEY LOOKED
INTO GETTING IT RETROFITTED
WITH PIPES TO TAKE AWAY THE
BLACK AND GRAYWATER. AND IT
WOULD BE SIMILAR TO HOW FLOATIN
HOMES ARE SET UP. YOU KNOW,
FLOATING HOMES ARE OUT ON THE
DOCKS AND THERE ARE PIPES THAT
CARRY IN THE WATER, YOU KNOW,
THEY DISCHARGE THE GRAYWATER AN
THE BLACKWATER OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MAGGIE, CAN YOU PRESENT TO
THE PUBLIC WHAT THE OUTREACH
PLAN WILL BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR?
HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING
THIS PERMANENT LEGISLATION?
>> SIMILAR TO THE OUTREACH THAT
WE DID FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATE, WE GENERALLY REACH OUT
TO GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY
ORGANIZED AND ASKED TO COME TO
THEIR MEETINGS. WE ASK IF THEY
WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM SDCI. WE LIKE
TO GO WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
MEETING. WE WILL GO TO EXISTING
MEETINGS, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE
GENERAL , YOU KNOW, PUBLIC
MEETINGS, OPEN TO EVERYONE. YOU
KNOW, IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE
IT , I ASSUME WE WILL HAVE A
ZOOM OPTION FOR THOSE MEETINGS
AS WELL. WE USE PUBLIC MEDIA T
LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS
HAPPENING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
TRY TO GET AS MANY MEETINGS IN
TO HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE. AS
WELL AS HAVING INFORMATION ON
THE WEBSITE, WE WILL HAVE THE S
P UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE , WHERE
PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE COMMENT
THROUGH THAT WEBSITE AS WELL.
>> AND WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE ?
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS PART OF THE
SNP MORATORIUM. SORRY, AGAIN
I DID NOT PUT UP, MAYBE FOUR
MONTHS, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO
REMEMBER, THIS IS A SMALLER
UPDATE. IT IS NOT THE FULL,
COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE, THAT IS
THE PERIODIC UPDATE , THROUGH
OUR IMPLEMENTATION , WE DO HAVE
A LIST OF OTHER AMENDMENTS
THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING. WE
HAVE, YOU KNOW , WE WILL HEAR
FROM STAFF AND OTHER
CONSTITUENTS, SO THAT MAY BE
FOUR MONTHS . IF THAT IS WHAT
YOU MEAN, FOR WHAT IS OUR
TIMELINE?
>> YES, I AM HOPING TO
UNDERSTAND , ON THE PUBLIC
RECORD, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FO
THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
PERMANENT LEGISLATION, AND A
COMMON ON HOW YOU WILL BE
OUTREACHING WITH RESIDENCE IN
THE INTERIM . WHAT IS THE BEST
WAY TO BE CONNECTED WITH YOU?
>> AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THROUGH
OUR WEBSITE. WE DO HAVE A
LISTSERV , FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALREADY SIGNED UP, TO BE MADE
AWARE OF THE UPDATES TO THE
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM. THAT
IS ANOTHER GIGANTIC WAY THAT WE
COMMUNICATE. I WOULD SAY, YOU
KNOW, WE WILL HAVE A WEBSITE UP
AND RUNNING. AND THERE WILL BE
THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE WEBSITE
TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAILS.
AND THEN WE WILL SEND OUT ANY
INFORMATION REGARDING PUBLIC
MEETING THROUGH THAT EMAIL
LISTSERV.
>> THANK YOU. IS THE WEBSITE
READY RIGHT NOW?
>> IT IS NOT READY RIGHT NOW.
>> I AM PUTTING THAT ON THE
PUBLIC RECORD THAT THAT NEEDS T
OCCUR THIS WEEK.
>> WILL DO. THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS? AND MAGGIE, IT WOUL
BE HELPFUL ON THAT WEBSITE TO
HAVE A VERY CLEAR TIMELINE OF
YOUR OUTREACH SCHEDULE SO THAT
PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY CAN EXPEC
TO HEAR FROM YOU, HOW LONG THAT
OUTREACH SCHEDULE WILL TAKE AN
WHEN YOU WILL BE DEVELOPING A
PERMANENT LEGISLATION FOR THE
PUBLIC TO REVIEW. AND WHAT THE
TIMELINE IS FOR FINAL PASSAGE,
SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A VERY CLEA
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO ENGAGE.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
FINAL QUESTIONS ? WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE RIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC
HEARING. THE CLERK HAS ALREADY
SEEN THE VIDEO. THE CLERK WILL
NOT PLAY IT AGAIN. I THINK
EVERYONE GETS THE POINT. WE WIL
HAVE ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER.
PLEASE BE NICE. UNFORTUNATELY,
IF YOU GO OVER YOUR TIME, WE
WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE OFF. A
PER USUAL, WE WILL START WITH
PEOPLE IN PERSON AND MOVED TO
ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
ONLINE, WE HAVE JONATHAN AND
DAN. BOTH ARE PRESENT. FOR
THOSE IN THE ROOM, I WILL CALL
YOU UP, ONE BY ONE. ONE
MICROPHONE, GO TO THE NEXT, I
WILL CALL PEOPLE THREE AT A
TIME, AS IF WE WERE PLAYING
BASEBALL. UP FIRST, I AM GOING
TO READ THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST
SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT AN
WE WOULD GO THROUGH IT,
MARJORIE, JOHN, MICHELLE, DAN
JEREMY , NED, KATE, ANDRES ,
SUZANNE, CHERYL , RON, KATE -
WE ALREADY HAVE YOU. MIKE ,
SORRY IF I AM MISSING THESE UP
IT IS HARD TO READ THE
HANDWRITING. SUZANNE, AND SIR,
YOU WHO RAISED YOUR HAND, YOU
ARE WELCOME TO SIGN UP AT THIS
TIME. WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE
TIMER UP. RATE TO SEE YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU , MR.
CHAIRMAN, FOR ALLOWING US TO
MEET WITH YOU IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. I GOT THAT MESSAGE. THA
IS VERY POSITIVE. I WROTE A
TWO-MINUTE PRESENTATION, SO I
WILL CUT TO THE CHASE AND GIVE
YOU OUR TWO ASKS FIRST. PASS
ANOTHER ORDINANCE AS QUICKLY AS
YOU PASSED THIS MORATORIUM,
WHICH WAS LIGHTNING QUICK, WITH
NO INPUT. NUMBER TWO, ALLOW TIM
TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU TO GIV
YOU THE REAL FACTS, NOT THE
ALTERNATE FACTS , ABOUT WHAT IS
REALLY GOING ON HERE. THOSE ARE
MY ASKS, PLEASE CONSIDER THEM.
NOW, MY PRESENTATION, I SERVED
ON A COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF
EDMONDS. I KNOW HOW EASY IT IS
TO ACCEPT WHAT THE MAYOR'S
STAFF TELLS YOU. I GET THAT. BU
YOU HAVE BEEN MISLED. THERE WA
REASON FOR THE MORATORIUM. THE
STAFF HAS NOT SHOWN YOU ANY
EXAMPLES OF BEING FLOODED WITH
--
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I D
LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH
YOU. THAT WAS ONE MINUTE. A NE
YORK MINUTE! [ LAUGHTER ]
THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JOHN
CHANEY , FOLLOWED BY JOHN,
MICHELLE, I AM JUST GOING TO
USE FIRST NAMES.
>> MY NAME IS JOHN CHANEY. I
JUST HANDED YOUR CLERK TWO ITEM
THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE IN
THE PUBLIC RECORD. ONE OF THEM,
YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT, I HAVE A
COPY FOR YOU, I HAVE A COPY FOR
YOU , DAN. PART OF THE PROBLEM
IS, YOU HAD BRIEFINGS. AND I
WOULD CALL THEM SECRET BRIEFING
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT MADE TO
THE PUBLIC. THEY WERE NOT MADE
TO US. THE OTHER THING THAT
REALLY IRRITATES ME IS THAT THE
OTHER ITEM THAT I LEFT, EACH OF
US THAT ARE FLOATING ON-WATER
RESIDENCES -- IT IS FUNNY , YOU
VIDEO TALKS ABOUT THE FLOWERS O
SEATTLE. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL
OURSELVES, FLOWERS. EACH OF US
HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS OUR NAME, ADDRESS,
EMAIL, ALL OF OUR CONTACT
INFORMATION. NOT ONE. NOT ONE O
US WAS ADDRESSED BY THE CITY.
TERRIBLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
SO, THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANTED T
SAY BUT THAT IS SORT OF WHAT --
>> THANK YOU, JOHN TERRETT UP
NEXT IS JOHN, FOLLOWED BY
MICHELLE, AND THEN DAN.
>> DOES THIS MIC WORK? I AM A
RETIRED MARITIME LAWYER AND A
FLOWER, ME AND MY WIFE. I AM
CONCERNED OF NO NOTICE OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC,
ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE
STAKEHOLDERS. MANY OF US IN THE
AUDIENCE ARE STAKEHOLDERS WITH
CONSIDERABLE THINGS AT STAKE,
FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE OF THE
FLOWERS. I AM ALSO CONCERNED
THAT THE CITY IS BUYING ITSELF
AN OPPORTUNITY ABOUT TAKING. IF
YOU TAKE AWAY A PRIVILEGE THAT
HAS AN EXISTING FINANCIAL
MARKET, YOU MAY VERY WELL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING TO PAY
THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUE OF THE
PRIVILEGE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED
I WOULD URGE MAGGIE AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF HER TEAM TO CONSIDER
WHAT THE POSSIBLE LEGAL
RAMIFICATIONS ARE OF THIS
PARTICULAR MORATORIUM. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, DAN, MICHELLE.
MICHELLE, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS MICHELLE WETLAND
, I WAS A NURSE FOR 45 YEARS. I
LOVE BEING IN SEATTLE. AND I
JUST WANT EVERYONE TO
UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
ON THE WATER ARE NOT TRYING TO
DO DAMAGE. WE DO NOT WANT TO
KILL ANY KIND OF ANIMALS IN TH
WATER, WE ACTUALLY CLEAN THE
WATER. I MEAN, I HAVE TAKEN
THINGS THAT COME FROM THE
WATER, FROM BOATS AND STUFF
THAT THROW THINGS OVER THE SIDE
. AND WE TRY TO REALLY BE GOOD
PEOPLE ON THE WATER. NOT BE BAD
PEOPLE. IT IS A DREAM OF MINE
TO BE LIVING AS A FLOWER. AND
WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE T
HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO ENJOY THAT
. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. UP
NEXT, DAN, JEREMY, NED, AND
KATE.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU,
FOLKS , FOR YOUR TIME. YOU
KNOW, IT STRIKES ME AS A BIT O
A SHOCK, HOW FAST THIS HAS COME
ABOUT AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF
REALLY WHAT IS OUT THERE. AS A
BUSINESS PERSON AND AS A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, I WOULD
LIKE THIS ALL TO BE FAIR AND
NOT RUSH TO JUDGMENT AND NOT GO
THROUGH THIS HAPHAZARDLY. IF W
WANT TO TALK ABOUT EMERGENCIES
TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOMELESS
SITUATION IN OUR CITY. THAT IS
AN EMERGENCY . WHAT WE ARE DOIN
NOW TO THE VERY SMALL COMMUNITY
, AS A RESIDENT, AS A TAXPAYER,
AS A BUSINESSPERSON, I WOULD
LIKE A LITTLE EQUITY. THAT IS
ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT, JEREMY,
FOLLOWED BY NED AND KATE.
JEREMY, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL CUT TO TH
CHASE. YOU ARE BEING PRESENTED
MISINFORMATION. AND I KNOW THA
SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE A
CONSPIRACY THEORY, BUT THERE
ARE HARD FACTS. THE IDEA THAT W
CAN EXPAND ON-THE-WATER
COVERAGE IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTE
IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE FACT
THAT THEY ARE USING THIS AS THE
BASIS FOR THIS MORATORIUM IS
100% FALSE. THE OTHER ONE IS
THAT WE WILL BE PRODUCING MORE
GRAYWATER. AGAIN, IF THERE IS A
EXPANSION, OF THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE, THESE ARE TWO VERY
DIFFERENT ITEMS, THEN IT IS ALS
IN THE CODE THAT IT HAS TO BE
CONTAINED. BOTH OF THOSE TWO
POINTS, WHICH ARE THE TWO
BIGGEST POINTS, ARE FALSE AND
THEY ARE MISLEADING BY DCI. THE
THIRD ONE IS TOTAL CONJECTURE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS NEW
STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BECOME A
PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND WILL
PRODUCE MORE HAZARDS AND
GRAYWATER. AGAIN, THERE IS NO
PROOF OF THAT AND IT IS TOTAL
CONJECTURE THAT THAT IS ACTUALL
HAPPENING. PLEASE RESEND THIS
COURT ALLOW --
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MED,
FOLLOWED BY KATE AND ANDRES.
NED?
>> ALL THREE OF US.
>> LET'S GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE, EVERYONE SPEAK AT SOME
POINT.
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> PLEASE, IF EVERYONE CAN
SPEAK AT SOME POINT.
>> AM I READY? THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER AND I HAVE MY TWO
DAUGHTERS HERE, THEY ARE
BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL.
>> I HAVE A FLOATING LEMONADE
STAND.
>> THEY OWN A FLOATING LEMONAD
STAND ON LAKE UNION. WE ARE
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT
WANTED TO TALK TO MY BUSINESS I
REBUILDING HOUSEBOATS SO I
ACTUALLY PURCHASED A NUMBER OF
HOUSEBOATS. I DO NOT FIT INTO
THE CATEGORIES. I PURCHASED
DERELICT HOUSEBOATS THAT I
THOUGHT WERE AT RISK OF
ENDANGERING THE ENVIRONMENT. I
DEMOLISHED THOSE. I DO NOT HAVE
A FINISHED HOUSEBOAT. I THINK
THAT IS MISLEADING, BECAUSE NOW
BY DOING THIS DELAY, OR
POTENTIAL DEFERRAL, I AM BEING
HARMED, BECAUSE I CANNOT
REBUILD AND I DO NOT HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF A BOAT AND I WAS
TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I
THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE AMENDED
TO ALLOW ANY DEMOLISHED OR
IN-PROCESS BOATS TO BE
FINISHED. I AM JUST STARTING
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A KEY PART O
MY BUSINESS. I DOING THIS, YOU
ARE PUTTING ME OUT OF BUSINESS.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR THIS
TO BE AMENDED. AND MY GIRLS, WE
LIVE ON A HOUSEBOAT. WE LOVE TH
LIFESTYLE, WE HAVE GENERATED A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BUSINESS B
BEING THERE. WE THINK IT SHOULD
BE SHARED.
>> KATE AND QUINN , WHY IS THIS
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
>> WE LIVED ON A HOUSEBOAT
THREE YEARS AGO. IT IS A COOL
LIFESTYLE. I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE TO LIVE THERE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART
ABOUT THE LIFESTYLE?
>> MY FAVORITE PART IS
PROBABLY, IT IS FUN IN THE
SUMMER.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE
TIME.
>> ANDRE, FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE,
THEN CHERYL.
>> MY NAME IS ANDRES HEALY . I
WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A
NEW FLOWER. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
PERMITTING PROCESS FOR 22 MONTH
AND WE WERE NEARING THE END. TO
SAY THIS CAME AS A SHOCK IS AN
UNDERSTANDING. TO THE POINT
THAT SDCI, MY FR , IT HAS NO
GRAYWATER, IT HAS CITY
ELECTRICITY. WE HAVE NONE OF TH
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS THAT
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
NEVERTHELESS THE SCOPE OF THE
MORATORIUM IS SO BROAD THAT IT
WOULD KICK ME OFF. BASICALLY, I
WAS TOLD THAT MY PERMIT WAS
REJECTED, AGAIN, AFTER 22
MONTHS. I HAVE INVESTED MORE
THAN $1 MILLION IN THIS PROCESS
IT IS UNFAIR, NOT JUST FOR THEM
TO MAKE THESE CHANGES WITH NO
OUTREACH, NO INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITY. THAT IS A SUBSTANTIA
OUTREACH FOR ME. NELSON, I AM
ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THER
SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INPUT AN
I THINK THAT THE MORATORIUM, I
IS OVERLY BROAD AND NEEDS TO BE
ADJUSTED. THEY NEED TO HAVE THA
FACTOR INTO IT.
>> SUZANNE, CHERYL, AND THEN
RON. SUZANNE, WELCOME.
>> I ACTUALLY DID NOT KNOW I
WAS ABLE TO SPEAK BUT I AM GLAD
TO BE ABLE TO. I HAD NOT SIGNE
UP, BECAUSE I DID NOT REALLY
EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OF
THIS WAS ABOUT. I WILL ADDRESS
FEW THINGS. I THINK, FOR SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, THIS IS MUCH
BROADER. THERE ARE MUCH BROADER
IMPLICATIONS TO THIS THAN MAYBE
PUTTING PERMITS ON HOLD FOR A
TIME. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEE
THROUGH A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS TO
REBUILD HOUSE AT GAS WORKS
PARK MARINA, THE SAILBOAT TO
THIS WEIRD OVAL THING. YOU
CANNOT DO THAT. COVERAGE, NOT
CHANGED , THE DIMENSIONS CANNOT
CHANGE, WE WANTED TO MAKE OUR
BOAT A LITTLE WIDER AND
SHORTER, THE OVERALL COVERAGE
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME, THEY
DID NOT ALLOW IT, WE LITERALLY,
HALF AN INCH. HALF AN INCH,
DIFFERENCE. ANYWAY, I HAVE OTHE
POINTS I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I SEE THAT DAN
JENKINS IS NOT PRESENT ON THE
ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING. WE ARE
GETTING CLOSE. IF ANYONE KNOWS
DAN, HAVE HIM CALL IN NOW. IT
IS NOT THE COUNCIL LISTEN LINE,
IT IS THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED
IN THE RSVP. WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO, CHERYL, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I
LIVE AT GAS WORKS PARK MARINA
AND I AM A FLOWER. I AM RETIRED
THIS IS MY ONLY HOME. WE LOVE
IT. WE LOVE LAKE. WE CARE FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US. AND
ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS AREA
, THAT HAS BEEN REFORESTED. WE
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
REFORESTING THAT. WE FEEL THAT
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
SUPPORT AND TO IMPROVE THE
ENVIRONMENT AROUND US, AND TO
ENSURE THAT THE HEALTH IS
MAINTAINED . I THINK THAT THIS
MORATORIUM IS ILL ADVISED, TOO
QUICK, AND WITHOUT PUBLIC
INPUT. I THINK IF ONE CONSIDER
THAT WE ARE NOT INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF -- THERE WILL BE A
VESSEL THAT ARE COVERING THE
SAME AMOUNT OF WATER.
>> THANK YOU , CHERYL. UP NEXT
IS RON, FOLLOWED BY DEREK. WE
TALKED TO KATE, QUINN. WE
TALKED TO KATE AND QUINN
ALREADY. FOLLOWED BY MIKE, SEAN
AND SUSAN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
AM A BOARD MEMBER AT GAS WORKS
PARK MARINA AND I WOULD LIKE T
STATE THAT THE SUBSTANTIVE BAS
OF THE MORATORIUM MEANS THAT
THE NUMBER OF FLOWERS CANNOT B
INCREASED. IT IS FIXED. THE
EQUIPMENT OF THE FLOWERS IS
FIXED AND CANNOT BE CHANGED.
AND THE SCALE OF 225 FLOWERS ,
REPRESENTING THE 2000 BOATS IN
THE LAKE MARINA, OFF OF LAKE
UNION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS REALLY
OUT OF SCALE. AS MY WIFE CHERY
SAID, WE PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT AROUND US IN GAS
WORKS PARK. THE WILDLIFE THERE
IS AMAZING. THE FISH ARE
AMAZING. THE BIRDS THAT ARE
FEEDING ARE AMAZING. I AM A
TAXPAYER. THE VESSEL IS MY ONL
HOME. AND WE NEED TO REBUILD
THESE THINGS FOR INSURANCE
PURPOSES SOMETIMES.
>> THANK YOU, RON. UP NEXT IS
DEREK, FOLLOWED BY MIKE, SEAN,
AND SUSAN. DEREK?
>> MY NAME IS DEREK. I BOUGHT
HOUSEBOAT IN 2017 AS MY FIRST
HOUSE. AT THAT TIME I WAS
PROMISED, OR AT LEAST TOLD, I
WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE 120 SQUARE
FOOT ADDITION . WE TRIED TO GO
THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH DCI ,
IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, AS W
HAVE ALREADY HEARD, THE IDEA OF
HAVING MORE OVERWATER COVERAGE
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS NOT ALLOWE
IN ANY WAY. THE BIG QUESTION I
HAVE IS WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS.
WHY THIS MORATORIUM IS
NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, DEREK. UP NEXT
IS MIKE , SEAN, AND SUSAN. MIK
.
>> HELLO, YEAH, THANKS FOR TH
TIME ON THIS. IT MIGHT
GREAT-GRANDFATHER DEVELOPED A
MARINA, MY FATHER LIVED IN A
HOUSEBOAT, I LIVED IN A
HOUSEBOAT IN THE '70s. I TRIED
TO BUILD ONE FOR MY DAUGHTER
ELLEN. I WANTED TO POINT OUT,
ABOUT THE CONVERSION OF VESSELS
VESSELS RIGHT NOW HAVE ALMOST
MINIMAL REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
AND HOW THEY ARE PUMPING
WASTEWATER INTO THE WATERWAYS.
IT TURNS ROUND. THE PUMP VALUE
, OR THE TIMING TO THE SERVER,
THE MORATORIUM IS GOING TO HAR
THE LAKE. BACK IN THE EARLY-6
SMACK, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO
GO TO PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS. IF
YOU ALLOW THE MORATORIUM , IT
HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT AND WE
NEED TO ACCELERATE THIS PROCESS
OF THE CONVERSION, NOT PUT A
MORATORIUM ON IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE.
NO. MORE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP ,
YOU CAN SIGN UP UNTIL PUBLIC
COMMENT IS CLOSED. BUT RIGHT NO
--
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> PLEASE . MY NAME IS SEAN, I
AM AN ATTORNEY. I HAVE BEEN
STARING TOO LONG AT THIS CODE.
I WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING
THAT MR. FULLER SAID. YOU ARE
BEING LIED TO. I KNOW THAT
SOUNDS CRAZY. THIS MORNING, I
SENT YOU A FIVE-PAGE LETTER WIT
LOTS OF FOOTNOTES, THERE IS NO
ENOUGH TIME IN ONE MINUTE TO
PROVE THAT. THERE IS NO
LOOPHOLE. THERE IS NO INCREASE
IN WATER COVERAGE, A STRUCTURE
FLOWER, THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.
TO PROVE THAT, I WENT BACK AND
LOOKED AT 11 APPLICATIONS FROM
2017 TO THE PRESENT. IN EVERY
CASE, SDCI RAKED THEM OVER THE
COALS TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS
NO INCREASE IN WATER COVERAGE.
FOR ALL TYPES OF FLOWERS, THERE
ARE LOTS OF VESSEL FLOWERS IN
EXISTENCE ALREADY, BETWEEN 2015
AND 2019, IT WAS AMENDED. THER
WERE A NUMBER OF THEM. THIS
WHOLE PROBLEM CAME ABOUT BECAUS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AMENDED ITS
OWN CODE IN 2019 TO EXPAND THE
DEFINITION OF WHAT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE - MUFFLED ]
>> THANK YOU, SEAN. LAST
IN-PERSON , AND ANYONE ELSE CAN
SIGN UP AT ANY TIME, SUSAN.
>> I AM A REAL ESTATE BROKER.
SPECIALIZE IN SELLING
HOUSEBOATS. THIS AFFECT ME VER
MUCH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
MY MINUTE TO SEAN, IF I COULD.
>> THEY AMENDED THIS BACK IN
2021 TO PROVIDE , THEY DID THAT
TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN THE CITY
COUNCIL TOOK ACTION IN 2019 TO
EXPAND THE DEFINITION AND
EXCLUDE A BUNCH OF ELIGIBLE
FLOWERS FROM ELIGIBILITY,
BASICALLY, THEY WERE RULED OUT
AND SO, THAT BEING THE CASE,
PROBABLY AT LEAST HALF OF THE
FLOWERS OUT THERE QUALIFY AS
VESSELS AFTER SM 23 , AS
CURRENTLY DRAFTED. THIS DOES NO
AFFECT ONE VESSEL VERIFIED AS
FLOWER, SINCE THAT WAS, THAT WA
THE SAILBOAT THAT YOU SELL WITH
A LARGE METAL ROOF. ANYWAY, SO
IT WAS A PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
THAT SAID, THIS MORATORIUM
COVERS AT LEAST HALF OF THE
FLOWERS INEXISTENT, INCLUDING
TWO OR THREE THAT HAVE BEEN IN
PERMITTING FOR TWO OR THREE
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU, SEAN. WE WILL MOV
TO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS. IF YOU ARE IN
PERSON, YOU ARE MORE THAN
WELCOME TO SIGN UP AT ANY TIME.
CLERK , YOU CAN LEAVE THAT UP
UNTIL WE ARE COMPLETE WITH THIS
HEARING. UP FIRST, JONATHAN,
FOLLOWED BY DAN. JONATHAN? I
SEE YOU ARE HERE. STAR SIX, YO
ARE OFF MUTE , YOU HAVE ONE
MINUTE.
>> THIS IS JOHN. I HAVE OVER 40
YEARS IN WATER QUALITY
EXPERIENCE IN KING COUNTY AND
SEATTLE. THE FLOWER DEFINITION
IS A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS
POLLUTION BY DISCHARGING
GRAYWATER IF YOU ARE NOT
CONNECTED TO THE SEWER.
GRAYWATER CONTAINS DISRUPTIVE
CHEMICALS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS
THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE
WATER. IF YOU ARE UNSURE, YOU
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE
GRAYWATER, SPECIFIALLY FOR THE
IMPACT IT HAS ON THE WATER. THI
IS AN EXCELLENT FIRST STEP AT
MINIMIZING ADDITIONAL
POLLUTION-GENERATING -- AND
THE ISSUE SHOULD BE THAT THESE
SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE
SANITARY , GRAYWATER SHOULD NOT
BE DISCHARGED. WE SHOULD MOVE
FORWARD FROM THAT. THIS IS AN
EXCELLENT FIRST STEP.
>> UP NEXT IS DAN JENKINS. STAR
SIX TO UNMUTE. I SEE YOU ARE
UNMUTED. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> DAN JENKINS , WHERE IS THE
EMERGENCY? OVERREGULATION BY
THE CITY . IF THE CITY WAS
SERIOUS ABOUT DOING SOMETHING
SMART, THEY WOULD SIT DOWN WITH
SEAN GRIGGS , WHO HAS BEEN DOIN
THIS FOR 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS,
HE KNOWS THE CODE INTIMATELY.
IN NO WAY SHOULD ANY EXISTING
FLOWER, VESSEL CONVERSION, BE
HAVING A MORATORIUM PLACED .
THE FACT IS, THE AMOUNT OF
VESSELS THAT THIS AFFECTS IS S
MINUTE , IT IS SILLY. IT IS
RIDICULOUS THAT THE CITY IS
SPENDING ALL THIS TIME, ENERGY
AND RESOURCES ON A HANDFUL OF
FLOWERS THAT ARE ALREADY
APPROVED, WITH A CODE THAT
ALREADY EXISTS THAT ELIMINATES
GRAYWATER FROM GOING INTO THE
LAKE. IN ADDITION, HOW MUCH
RUNOFF POLLUTION GOES INTO THE
LAKE? THAT IS FAR MORE THAN AN
FLOWER RUNOFF.
>> THANK YOU, DAN. LINDSAY HAS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE MOVED ON
TO FURTHER AGENDA ITEMS, FEEL
FREE TO SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS A
ANY TIME. CLERK , ANOTHER PERSO
HAS SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC
HEARING. THANK YOU. AND,
WELCOME, RILEY, HOW ARE YOU,
RILEY?
>> MY DAD AND I HAVE A
HOUSEBOAT BUILDING COMPANY , WE
HAVE BUILT HOUSEBOAT SINCE 2006
WE BUILD ABOUT ONE PER YEAR. W
ARE NOT A MULTINATIONAL
OPERATION. WE ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT A MASSIVE INFLUX OF
BUILDERS COMING IN TO TAKE
VESSELS TO BUILD HOUSEBOATS. I
HAS BEEN OVERSTATED. WE ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PERMANENT
PROCESS. WE SPENT $10,000. WE
WERE AT THE FINISH LINE, READY
FOR PUBLICATION FOR OUR PERMIT
AND WE GOT KICKED OUT, PUNTED
UNTIL JUNE 26. I EMAILED DCI,
I HAD TO INITIATE COMMENT WITH
DCI TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEN THE
MORATORIUM IS INSTITUTED AND
THEY TELL ME, SORRY, YOU ARE ON
HOLD FOR SIX MONTHS. WE SPENT
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A FLOWE
TO DIET AND DO THE REBUILD.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THE
PERMIT, AND I HAD TO INITIATE
COMMUNICATION TO FIND OUT WHY M
PERMIT IS ON HOLD. IT IS
UNACCEPTABLE. THE CITY HAS TO D
BETTER, IT IS NOT TRANSPARENT .
>> THANK YOU, RILEY. I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING IN
TODAY. AS YOU HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING, I HAVE BEEN TAKING
NOTES. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO
MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF YOU IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. AND SDCI, IT
IS CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO GET
PERMANENT LEGISLATION COMPLETED
FASTER THAN I THINK WHAT WAS
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED . WITH THAT
COLLEAGUES, I AM NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING
REGISTRANTS FOR INFORMATIONAL
ITEM 2286. CLERK, OR, I GUESS
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THERE AR
NO MORE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS?
>> AFFIRMATIVE.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN
THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO
COMMENT TODAY? SEEING NONE, THA
WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER PHYSICALLY
OR REMOTELY PRESENT.
INFORMATIONAL ITEM 2286 IS NOW
CLOSED. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR COMING IN. I DO LOOK FORWAR
TO MEETING WITH YOU AND IF YOU
ARE HAVING ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUE
WITH SDCI, PLEASE DO LET ME
KNOW. WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING T
MOVE ON TO ITEM 1, OUR FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A BRIEFIN
DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON CB 120592,
WHICH WILL UPDATE USES FOR
ROOFTOPS IN PIONEER SQUARE.
CLICK, PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNSEL BILL 120592,
REGULATIONS FOR ROOFTOP FEATURE
IN THE PIONEER SQUARE
PRESERVATION DISTRICT, BRIEFING
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> THIS IS A TECHNICAL FIX TO
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO
CLARIFY WHAT SOME MAY HAVE NOT
FOUND CLEAR IN THE LEGISLATION
THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR.
INCREASING HEIGHT LIMITS FOR
BUILDINGS BUILT IN 2008 OR
LATER, I SEE WE HAVE GORDON,
GORDON CLOWERS, WE BRIEFED HIM
JUNE 28, AND HE IS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION. HE IS HERE TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF DISCUSSION.
GORDON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
GIVE US AN ABBREVIATED
PRESENTATION. AND LISH WHITSON
IS ALSO HERE, WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. WE WILL GO TO
YOU AFTER GORDON. GORDON, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> OKAY, I WILL GO THROUGH THAT
HERE WE GO. SO, THE PROPOSAL
AS YOU SUMMARIZED, THE GOAL WA
TO CLARIFY, CORRECT, AND GIVE
STANDARDIZED GUIDANCE TO
ROOFTOP FEATURES IN PIONEER
SQUARE AND TO ADD A LITTLE BIT
MORE FLEXIBILITY TO WHAT IS
POSSIBLE ON ROOFTOP USES. AND
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THE
CODE CHANGE , AS MADE LAST
YEAR, DEFINING THE PENTHOUSE
USE , PIONEER SQUARE EATING AN
DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND
IS ALLOWED A RETRO FOR IT OF
NEW BUILDINGS BUILT SINCE 2008
WITH ROOFTOP RECREATIONAL
AMENITIES SPACES. THE CHANGES W
PROPOSE THIS YEAR, TO CLARIFY ,
AND PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY,
ARE TO ALLOW FOR 3 ' ADDITIONA
HEIGHT FOR ROOFTOP USES ON
HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AND TO
ALLOW THEM TO REACH 15 FEET.
NEW ROOFTOP USES ON HISTORIC
SITES TO ALLOW FOR COMMON
RECREATION SPACE, AND BUILDING
BUILT SINCE 2008. AND WE WOULD
INCREASE THE COVERAGE FOR THAT
KIND OF USE BY 5%. A LITTLE BIT
MORE ON THAT CHANGE, THE
ACTUAL CHANGES ARE TO ALLOW TH
COMMERCIAL USE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENTS ON THESE
BUILDINGS, BUILT SINCE 2008. AN
WHILE DOING THAT, WE WOULD
STILL HAVE THEM MEET THE
REQUIRED AMENITY SPACES AND
THE FEATURES THAT ARE ALSO IN
THE CODE FOR THIS KIND OF
BUILDING. AND, HERE IS THE MAP
PORTRAYING THE AFFECTED
PROPERTIES FOR THE BUILDINGS
BUILT SINCE 2008 , AND SIMILAR
OPPORTUNITIES. THE ONES IN
YELLOW, 1 -5 , OUR EXISTING
BUILDINGS, AND THE PROPERTIES
SHOWN IN RED ARE NON- HISTORIC
BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE GARAGES
SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE
FUTURE. AND THERE ARE TWO
VACANT PROPERTIES, 10 AND 11,
THAT COULD ALSO BE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT BUILDINGS. THESE AR
THE AFFECTED PROPERTIES. AND
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO LISH WHITSON, UNLESS YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ?
>> NO. LISH WHITSON, TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> NOT MUCH TO ADD. I WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE ROOFTOP FEATURES
CAN BE BOTH ENCLOSED AND
UNENCLOSED. SOME OF THESE
EATING AND DRINKING
ESTABLISHMENTS CAN BE OUTDOOR.
>> THANK YOU, LISH WHITSON. WE
ARE GOING TO NOW OPEN THANKS
FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. IN
SUMMARY, BEFORE WE OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, WE HEARD
THIS BILL IN OUR JUNE 28th
MEETING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO
PASS THIS BILL TODAY, OUR NEXT
MEETING IS IN SEPTEMBER, JUST T
CLARIFY, THIS WAS INTENDED TO B
PART OF THE BILL THAT WAS PASSE
LAST YEAR. WE NEED
CLARIFICATIONS SO THAT FOLKS AR
NOT CONFUSED IN ANY WAY, THIS
APPLIES TO 11 SITES ONLY, AND
IT IS PART OF HOW WE
REACTIVATE PUBLIC SQUARE. WE
HAVE PLAYED THE VIDEO ABOUT
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE BE NICE.
AND WE WILL MUTE THE MICROPHONE
AFTER ONE MINUTE. 120592, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN. GREG SMITH AND CHRIS
WOODWARD. GREG , AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE , I SEE YOU ARE
HERE. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. I
SEE YOU ARE SDOT. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
AM THE CEO OF A COMPANY
EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON DOWNTOW
SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED I
PIONEER SQUARE FOR OVER 40
YEARS. RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE
THE WEYERHAEUSER WAREHOUSE ON
OCCIDENTAL . MORE RECENTLY, TH
SEVEN-STORY OFFICE BUILDING,
CALLED THE JACK, LOCATED AT
SOUTH JACKSON, WHICH WE JUST
OPEN. WE ALL KNOW HOW TOUGH
COVID HAS BEEN ON PIONEER SQUAR
AND HOW IT HAS EXACERBATED MAN
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES.
GOING FORWARD, WE NEED TO
SUPPORT AS MUCH POSITIVE ENERGY
FOR PIONEER SQUARE AS POSSIBLE,
IN THIS REGARD, WE PROPOSE THE
ROOFTOP ORDINANCE TO HELP
BUILDINGS LIKE THE JACK, THE
VIBRANT RESTAURANTS CONSERVE
THE -- MUCH LIKE MANY OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
PIONEER SQUARE PLANS , THIS
ROOFTOP ORDINANCE WILL HELP DRA
MORE ENERGY --
>> THANK YOU, GREG. I CAN AGRE
WITH YOU THAT THE WEYERHAEUSER
BUILDING HAS IMPROVED
OCCIDENTAL SQUARE IMMENSELY. UP
NEXT, CHRIS, I SEE YOU ARE
PRESENT. IF YOU WANT TO PRESS
STAR SIX, TO UNMUTE.
CRISPLY STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
IF SOMEBODY IS LISTENING AND
CAN TEXT CHRIS TO STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE. CHRIS WOODWARD?
IS THERE ANY WAY TO
AUTOMATICALLY UNMUTE HIM?
>> NEGATIVE. I HAVE BEEN
SENDING PROMPTS AND THERE IS N
RESPONSE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. CHRIS
WOODWARD, GOING ONCE . CHRIS
WOODWARD, GOING TWICE. CHRIS
WOODWARD, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR PUBLI
COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SEND IT INTO US. THERE YOU ARE,
OFF MUTE, I SEE YOU.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, I WAS ON
THE WRONG KEYPAD. ON BEHALF OF
THE ALLIANCE OF PIONEER SQUARE
THE CALL IS TO EXPRESS OUR
SUPPORT FOR BILL 120592,
WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE
FLEXIBILITY FOR ROOFTOP SEATING
EATING AND DRINKING, IN PIONEE
SQUARE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
BILL TO HELP THE REVITALIZATION
OF PIONEER SQUARE AND BRING
PEOPLE BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES IN
THE DISTRICT. IN SHORT, WE
ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE ADOPTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS. WITH THAT,
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC HEARIN
REGISTRANTS IN PERSON OR
REMOTELY REGISTERED. THAT WAS
THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER. THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNSEL BILL
120592 IS NOW CLOSED.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO VOT
ON THIS LEGISLATION TODAY. I
WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR GORDON CLOWERS A
SDCI OR LISH WHITSON AT
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> WHEN YOU REFERENCED THE BIL
LAST YEAR, WHAT I REMEMBER IS
THE CID, THE LEGISLATION
REGARDING CID.
>> GORDON, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK
TO THE LEGISLATION SO THAT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND I
DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT
DEFINITIONS. PLEASE.
>> LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATION
COVERED ALMOST ALL ZONES IN TH
CITY. AND IT DID A LOT OF SIMPL
FINDING OF THAT LANGUAGE AND
INCREASING THE COVERAGE
CAPABILITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR
HEAT PUMPS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE, TO HELP THE BUILDINGS
TO COMPLY WITH THE ENERGY CODE.
AND FORGOT . FOR CHINATOWN AND
PIONEER SQUARE, WE ALLOWED
COVERAGE FOR GREENHOUSES FOR
PLANT PRODUCTION AND SO ON, AS
WELL AS ADJUSTING OUTBOARDS, B
10-15% , FOR CHINATOWN I.D.,
AS WELL AS PIONEER SQUARE.
SOMEWHAT MORE IN OTHER ZONES ,
INCLUDING IN DOWNTOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS YES,
AND.
>> THIS SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO
ME. WE HAVE GORGEOUS VIEWS .
AND LIMITED SPACE. I SUPPORT
THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE O
THOSE AMENITIES AND IMPROVE
OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE BY PROVIDIN
SPACES FOR PEOPLE.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ? NO
QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? SEEING AS WE HAV
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL
MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE
RULES. NOW IS THE TIME TO RAISE
YOUR HAND IF YOU DO NOT WANT ME
TO DO THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU
úDOING THIS. THE COUNCIL RULES
WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON COUNCIL
BILL 120592 ON THE SAME DATE AS
THE PUBLIC HEARING. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
THE ROLL CALL OF COUNSEL BILL
120592. I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT
AMENDED.
>> IT WAS NOT AMENDED.
>> I MOVED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 120592. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECONDED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> SHE LEFT AS EXCUSED. THANK
YOU, TOO BILL 120592 PASSES
AND IT WILL BE SENT TO THE JULY
11th COUNCIL MEETING FOR A
FINAL VOTE. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES, GORDON, AND THANK
YOU LISH WHITSON. UP NEXT, WE
HAVE A SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS.
APPOINTMENT ITEM THREE IS OUR
APPOINTMENT TO THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY
BOARD. 02591 WILL APPOINT
JENNELL L. HICKS, THE EDI
ADVISORY BOARD. CLICK, READ THE
SHORT TITLE.
>> APPOINTMENT OF JENNELL L.
HICKS TO THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY ABESHA
SHIFERAW. MY APOLOGIES, I AM
SURE THAT I SAID THAT
INCORRECTLY, FROM THE OFFICE O
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. WELCOME, PLEASE
PROVIDE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD AND
THE CANDIDATE'S QUALIFICATION.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ABESHA SHIFERAW. I AM WITH THE
EDI TEAM. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. EDI'S VISION IS TO ADDRESS
THE DIVERSE SEATTLE. IT
SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO
PROMOTE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
HOUSING, JOBS, EDUCATION,
PARKS, CULTURAL EXPRESSION, AND
OTHER MEETING THE NEEDS AND
AMENITIES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE --
ANNUALLY, WE HAVE REQUESTED
FOR PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT THIS
KIND OF WORK.
>> THANK YOU AND CAN YOU SPEAK
TO JENNELL L. HICKS?
>> JENNELL L. HICKS IS
ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE AND HAS
BEEN A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
THIS DISTRICT, SHE HAS BEEN
SERVING KING COUNTY RESIDENTS
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND SHE
IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE COMMITTEES, SHE IS
PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTIC
AND MAKING SEATTLE A MORE
EQUITABLE PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.
>> WONDERFUL. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ON THIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE EDI ADVISOR
BOARD? I AM SEEING NONE. I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO,
SAYING AS THERE ARE NO FINAL
COMMENTS , I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
THE CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMEN
02591. IS THERE A SECOND ?
>> SECOND.
>> TAKE YOU, THERE IS A SECON
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 02591. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU, APPOINTMENT 0259
PASSES AND THIS APPOINTMENT
WILL BE MOVED TO A FULL CITY
COUNCIL VOTE ON JULY 11th. WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION . I FORGOT
TO SHARE THIS BEFORE WE GOT
INTO THE APPOINTMENTS TODAY.
THESE ARE ALL MAYORAL
APPOINTMENTS. THE COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS , I HAVE NOT HAD
TIME TO REVIEW,BECAUSE, AGAIN,
BECAUSE OF THE TREE PROTECTION
ORDINANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL
MARITIME ZONING CHANGES IN THE
BACKGROUND THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
SINCE THEN. WE PLAN TO PASS
THOSE IN SEPTEMBER, AT THE
EARLIEST. NEXT FOUR ITEMS , A
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON 02591, 92,
93, 94, AND 95, AND THAT WOULD
APPOINT TO THE SEATTLE
PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> APPOINTMENTS 02592, 02593
, 02594, AND 02595,
APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW L.
DANNENBERG , VANESSA MURDOCK ,
FOR POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE JOINED BY
VANESSA MURDOCK, FROM THE OFFIC
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION. WELCOME, VANESSA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE
BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND SPEAK
TO EACH CANDIDATE?
>> CERTAINLY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, CHAIR STRAUSS. THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION IS
16-NEVER VOLUNTEER BODY THAT
PROVIDES ADVICE TO THIS BODY, T
THE MAYOR AND ISSUES RELATED T
LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, AND
HOUSING. WE HAVE THREE
APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY.
APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CIT
COUNCIL APPROVAL, BOTH THOSE
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND THOS
APPOINTED BY THIS BODY. WE HAVE
THREE APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY, IN ADDITIO
TO EVERY APPOINTMENT THAT,
TECHNICALLY, ACTUALLY SHOULD
HAVE GONE THROUGH LAST YEAR, BU
WE ARE JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT
OF TIDYING UP. SO, WITH YOUR
PERMISSION, I CAN SEE ON THE
SCREEN, I AM JOINED BY TWO OF
THE CANDIDATES, JOINING ONLINE.
AND THEN I CAN SPEAK TO THE TWO
OTHERS. ANDREW L. DANNENBERG
AND NICHOLAS R. WHIPPLE ARE BOT
ON THE LINE. WITH YOUR
PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO GIV
THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> YES. WHO IS UP FIRST? I SEE
ANDREW L. DANNENBERG IS OFF
MUTE. PLEASE, WELCOME.
>> I AM ANDREW L. DANNENBERG,
ON THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON. I AM A PHYSICIAN
WORKING IN PUBLIC HEALTH,
WORKING ON THE ISSUES OF LAND
USE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS ON ADULT HELP FOR THE
PAST 20 YEARS. I TEACH COURSES
RELATED TO HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT. WORKING WITH THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION IS
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO TRY
TO IMPROVE THE CITY. LOOKING A
A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE
SPENT A FEW ISSUES WORKING ON,
BEING PART OF THOSE DISCUSSION
FOR MOVING THE CITY FORWARD. SO
I THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU , I KNOW THAT OUR
CITY BENEFITS FROM THE CLASSES
THAT YOU TEACH. I SEE THAT YOU
ALSO ADDED, IS IT AN A.D. YOU
TO YOUR HOUSE? AS SOMETHIG TO
RELIEVE SOME OF OUR HOUSING
STOCK. NOT ONLY ARE YOU
TEACHING, BUT YOU ARE
PRACTICING AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
SAID SO CLOSE TO MY HEART, OUR
LIVES , THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVE
ARE DICTATED BY THE BUILT-IN
ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS WHY IT
IS SO CRITICAL TO HAVE THIS
PLANNING COMMISSION , DR.
ANDREW L. DANNENBERG , IF I MAY
ANYTHING FURTHER, ANY QUESTION
FOR MR. ANDREW L. DANNENBERG?
SEEING NONE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING YOUR APPOINTMENT AT FUL
COUNCIL. YOU NEED NOT ATTEND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO
OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> UP NEXT, I SEE NICHOLAS R.
WHIPPLE. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOU
YOURSELF , WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME I
NICHOLAS R. WHIPPLE AND I AM A
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF WASHINGTO
STATE, BORN AND RAISED. I MOVED
TO SEATTLE ABOUT A DECADE AGO.
I LIVE IN THE NORTH DELL RIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST SEATTLE AN
I HAVE AROUND 12 YEARS OF PUBLI
SECTOR PLANNING EXPERIENCE.
ALMOST A DECADE OF WHICH HAS
BEEN JUST ACROSS THE POND. IN M
DAY JOB I AM ENGAGED IN A LOT O
POLICY CHALLENGES AROUND
HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND
LAND USE. I DO HAVE A PASSION
FOR INCREASING ACCESS TO
AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT
MAKE NORTH DELL RIDGE EXCITING
FOR ME TO LIVE IN. IT IS
EXCITING FOR ME TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THE GOOD WORK OF THE CITY
COUNCIL IN HELPING TO MAKE
SEATTLE MORE EQUITABLE AND
LIVABLE AND A MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY-SUSTAINABLE CIT
FOR EVERYON. I LOOK VERY MUCH
FORWARD TO SERVING THE CITY IN
THIS WAY.
>> THANK YOU, NICK. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR VOLUNTEER
SERVICE. ANOTHER PRACTITIONER
OF LAND-USE PLANNING. A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, ICY AS A
LAND-USE PLANNER, AND A COATING
POLICY SENIOR PLANNER, NOT ONL
WORKING WITHIN THE CITY, BUT
WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITY ACROS
THE POND. ALSO AS A STATE,
REGARDING THE STATE AND REGIONA
MATTERS. I WILL SAY, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE WAS INCORPORATED IN
THE 1880s, THE CITY ACROSS THE
POND WAS INCORPORATED IN THE
1950s, WHICH CREATES DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FO
US BOTH AND WE LOVE OUR SITTER
SISTER CITY ACROSS THE POND. I
HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR HOURS
THOUGH. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTION
OR COMMENTS FOR MR. WHIPPLE?
SEEING NONE WE ARE GOING TO
SEND YOUR APPOINTMENT TO FULL
COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. YOU NEED NOT
ATTEND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DO WE HAVE ANYONE REMOTELY
PRESENT?
>> WE DO NOT. I AM HAPPY TO
SPEAK TO MONIKA SHARMA.SHE IS
A COMMUNITY -ORIENTED PLANNER,
PLANNER BY EDUCATION AND A
YOUTH ORGANIZER BY TRADE. HER
MOST RECENT POSITION WAS WITH
BIKE WORKS, DOING YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT AROUND TAKING CARE O
A BIKE, REPAIRING A BIKE. SHE
IS COMMITTED TO TO VOLUNTEER
SERVICE AND VERY MUCH LOOKS
FORWARD TO APPLYING HER
EDUCATION AND LEARNING, AS WELL
AS TEACHING , AS A MEMBER OF TH
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION,
SHOULD SHE BE APPOINTED. AND
DHYANA QUINTANAR SOLARES IS
SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, SHE IS
A MOBILITY , PUBLIC SPACE, AND
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
CONSULTANT . PRIOR TO HER WORK
AT WSP IN SEATTLE, SHE LED TH
PUBLIC SPACE OF MEXICO CITY. SH
HAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENC
WORKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF
LAND-USE TRANSPORTATION,
MOBILITY, AND EQUITY. SHE HAS
BEEN A FANTASTIC CONTRIBUTOR
THUS FAR AND A VERY HELPFUL
PERSON THAT HOPEFULLY THIS BODY
WILL RECOMMEND FOR
REAPPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
VANESSA. COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THESE LAST
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY AND I THIN
THAT SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF
THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU
APPROVED, VANESSA. AGAIN, THESE
ARE ALL VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEI
VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I
MOVED TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
OF APPOINTMENT 0295, 93, 94,
AND 95. THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED,
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
02592, 93 , 94, AND 95. CLERK
NUMBER WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL TH
ROLL ?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU, APPOINTMENTS
02592, 93, 94, 95, PASSES .
THESE WILL BE SENT TO FULL
COUNCIL ON JULY 11th , 2023, FO
FINAL VOTE. THANK YOU, VANESSA,
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
>> APPOINTMENT 3257 WOULD
APPOINT ALICIA KELLOGG TO THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
CLICK, PLEASE READ THE TITLE
INTO THE RECORD? IF
>> APPOINTMENT 02597,
APPOINTMENT OF ALICIA KELLOGG
TO THE 21, FOR BREATHING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY THE ONE AND
ONLY PATRICIA BAKKER , WELCOME
CAN YOU PROVIDE A BRIEF
BACKGROUND ON THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION AND SPEAK T
ALICIA KELLOGG 'S QUALIFICATION
?
>> YES, I CAN. AND ALICIA
KELLOGG IS WITH US TODAY AS
WELL. THANK YOU TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. I AM PATRICIA BAKKER
WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
THE HARRELL ALICIA KELLOGG ONE
WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE
PURPOSE OF ADVISING THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL WITH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND
REGULATION OF TREES IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. THE OTHER 21
IS 16 PEOPLE. THE MEMBERS
REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF
EXPERTISE, INCLUDING DISCIPLINE
ARBORIST, WILDLIFE , BIOLOGIST
REALLY, A WIDE RANGE. POSITION
TWO, THE SUBJECT OF THIS
APPOINTMENT, IS THE URBAN
ECOLOGIST APPOINTMENT, CHAIR
STRAUSS, THIS IS A MAYORAL
-APPOINTED POSITION. WE ARE
PROUD TO PRESENT OUR 20, SHE
WILL BE SERVING THE REMAINDER O
A THREE-YEAR TERM, ENDING MARC
21st, 2026. SHE BRINGS VALUABL
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO TH
COMMISSION, AT AN IMPORTANT
TIME, WHEN THE COMMISSION AND
COMMITTEE ARE TACKLING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTIC
-- EXCUSE ME -- AND MORE
PROTECTIVE IT MEANS. SO SHE IS
HERE TODAY, I WILL PROVIDE A
BRIEF INTRODUCTION FOR HER AND
ALLOW HER TO ADD ANY ADDITIONA
INFORMATION AND GET TO ANY
QUESTIONS THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY HAVE. SHE
RECEIVED A DEGREE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND A
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, AND A
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LOGISTICS.
SHE WORKS AS A STEWARD FOR THE
KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS. AS
A LICENSED LANDSCAPE
PROFESSIONAL, SHE HAS EXPERIENC
DESIGNING AND MANAGING URBAN
LANDSCAPE THAT BALANCE
ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL GOALS AND
AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION,
ALICIA KELLOGG WOULD STRIVE TO
ENSURE THAT THE POLICIES AND
STRATEGIES OUR DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
THAT INVOLVES ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SHE IS EMITTED TO WORKING
WITH THE COMMISSION TO
DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS THAT
BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND
THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, ALICIA
KELLOGG IS HERE. I WILL LET HER
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
>> INCA, WELCOME.
>> EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ALICIA
KELLOGG, MY PRONOUNS ARE SKETCH
, SHE/HER, AS WAS SAID, I AM A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND I CUT M
TEETH ON SALMON LANDSCAPE. I
HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
SINCE 2004. I STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT NATURE AND CITIES DO NOT
HAVE THE BE A TOTALLY SEPARATE
THING. THEY CAN LIVE IN HARMON
WITH EACH OTHER, AS WE WORK
TOGETHER, AS WE THINK ABOUT WHA
THE NEEDS ARE, AND THE RIVERS,
THE STREAMS, AND OUR WILDLIFE
AND THE MEANS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THOSE DO NOT HAVE TO BE
OPPOSITIONAL TO EACH OTHER AND
AM REALLY EXCITED AND GRATEFUL
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS
APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, ALICIA KELLOGG.
YOU ARE A PERSON AFTER MY OWN
HEART, WORKING WITH THE
WASHINGTON CONVERSATION
CONSERVATION CORPS. AS A MEMBER
OF THE NORTHWEST YOUTH COURT,
IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO WITH
THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.
WE HAVE DEALT WITH A SIMILAR
TYPE OF PROJECT. YOUR COMMENTS
RIGHT THERE, AND NATURE, CITY,
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COLLIDE, WE
CAN PARTNER TOGETHER, THAT IS
COMPLETELY ACCURATE. I THINK
THAT THE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
BOARD WILL BE WELCOMED. I SEE,
THE GREEN START PROGRAM
COORDINATOR, YOU WERE, AND NOW
YOU ARE IN THE DUWAMISH BASIN,
CAN YOU SHARE A COUPLE OF QUIC
HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT YOU THINK IS
GOING WELL? AND HOW THAT WILL
HELP, HOW THAT WILL HELP YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THE OTHER 21?
>> THE GREEN START PROGRAM AT
KING COUNTY WAS PART OF A GREEN
JOBS PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, TO
PUT FOLKS INTO GREEN JOBS, WE
WERE TRAINING THEM PRIMARILY I
UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND IT WA
REALLY INTERESTING. WE HAD A LO
OF STRUGGLES. IT WAS ONE OF
THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT REALLY
SHOWS YOU THE WAY . I LIVE IN
FREMONT, I WENT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. I AM
SURROUNDED A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE
ME. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE CITY AND IN THI
COUNTY, WHO EXPERIENCE THE CITY
VERY DIFFERENTLY AND FOR WHOM
THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR URBAN
ECOLOGY, THAT IS A DAILY
REALITY. THEY ARE LIVING IN
THAT, EVERY SINGLE DAY. KNOWING
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED, NOW, IN THE
DUWAMISH BASIN, THEY FISH OUT O
THE DUWAMISH RIVER. THAT IS A
SUPER FUN SITE AND IT HAS
CONTAMINATION, IT HAS SMELTING
PLANTS. PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVE
WAY MORE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO
OUR CITY AND TO THE
ENVIRONMENTS, TO THE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT HAVE IMPACTS
THAT WE MAKE ON OUR CITY, THAT
HAS BEEN REALLY
PERSPECTIVE-ALTERING FOR ME.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT,
BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING AND GETTING TO KNOW TH
PEOPLE AROUND US, THE COMMUNITY
THE BETTER THAT WE CAN MAKE
THESE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT
EVERYONE.
>> WOW. I COULD NOT HAVE SAID I
BETTER. WELL SAID. WHAT I KNOW
ABOUT FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN PART
OF THE CONSERVATION CORPS, THE
NORTHWEST YOUTH CORPS,
AMERICORPS, WASHINGTON
CONVERSATION COURT, AND THE
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS, TH
CORE MEMBERS ARE TOUGH AS
NAILS. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
HAVE YOU HERE. I WILL PUT IN MY
ANNUAL AND REGULAR PLUG ABOUT
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS
SIMILAR TO THE GREEN START
PROGRAM, ANY AND ALL
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE
ABILITY TO PROVIDE JOBS. JOB
PROJECTS, THAT IS , BECAUSE WE
WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF
THE SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS
WITH THE METROPARKS
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO, ALICIA
KELLOGG, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO OUR CITY
AND ALL YOUR WORK TO OUR
COUNTY. THALES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GLAD TO HAVE SOMEONE TOUGH A
NAILS. PATTY, ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
>> NO. AGAIN, WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT PROVIDING 20 AN
APPOINTMENT . PENDING YOUR
CONFIRMATION.
>> WONDERFUL. WITH THAT, I AM
GOING TO MOVE RECOMMENDATION,
RECOMMEND THE CONFIRMATION OF
02597 , IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. WILL THE CLICK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU, APPOINTMENT 02597
PASSES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON TH
ADVISORY BOARD. YOUR APPOINTMEN
WILL BE SENT TO FULL COUNCIL FO
THE FINAL VOTE ON JULY 11,
2023. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND
THAT MEETING. I LOOK FORWARD T
SEEING YOU IN FREMONT. WITH
THAT, THANK YOU, PATTY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR FINAL AMENDMENT IS THE
RESOLUTION 32097, A RESOLUTION
TO ENDORSE FREIGHT
TRANSPORTATION IN INDUSTRIAL
AND MARITIME AREAS. CLERK , REA
THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD
>> A RESOLUTION FOR MARITIME
AREAS FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, THIS WAS INTENDED
TO BE PARTNERED AND PASSED AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL ZONING CHANGES. WE
HAD A COUPLE OF PICKUPS. WE AR
BRINGING IT UP FOR A SECOND TIM
NOW. WE ARE STILL SEEKING
ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM
STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS AND W
PLAN TO PASS THIS IN SEPTEMBER
WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT HAS NO
BEEN INCLUDED AND WE WILL BE
MAKING UPDATES AND I WILL BE
SENDING THIS INFORMATION AROUND
TO COLLEAGUES. AT THIS POINT
THOUGH, WE ARE JOINED BY LISH
WHITSON, FROM COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF, PLEASE.
>> THANKS. I HAVE A SUPERSHORT
PRESENTATION. ON THIS AND JUST
, AS A REMINDER, AT YOUR LAST
MEETING, YOU SAW A VERY BRIEF
RESOLUTION THAT CAPTURED THE
IDEAS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD BY
THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEG
COUNCIL . RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION. THE CALL WAS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO REMOVE
THAT. AND , MAKING FREIGHT
NETWORKS BETTER , AND IMPROVING
CONNECTIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR
TUNNEL ALIGNMENT FOR BALLARD
AND INTERBAY LIGHT RAIL
EXTENSION. THE RESOLUTION HAS
EXPANDED ON THE IDEAS AND
PROVIDES MORE SPECIFIC ACTIONS
TO IMPLEMENT THAT STRATEGY.
INCLUDING ANALYZING PLANS AND
PROCESS THAT IMPACT ALL
TRANSPORTATION MODES, INCLUDIN
FREIGHT. CONTINUING TO ADVOCAT
FOR THE LIGHT RAIL EXTENSIONS,
INCLUDING THE BALLARD TUNNEL.
IMPROVING NONINDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING
IN INDUSTRIAL CENTERS, LOOKING
AT TRANSPORTATION WILL IMPACTS
FROM NONINDUSTRIAL IMPACT.
PARTICULARLY, OF NONINDUSTRIA
PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FO
LOCATIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS , TO LOOK FO
WAYS TO MITIGATE TRANSPORTATIO
SAFETY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE
THROUGH INCREASED PEDESTRIAN
AND BICYCLE ACTIVITY, RELATED
TO THOSE NEW FACILITIES.
DESIGNATING FREIGHT-ONLY LANES
THAT CAN PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PORT AND
HIGHWAY FACILITIES. INCREASING
FUNDING FOR PAYMENT MAINTENANC
AND SUPPORTING VISION ZERO
PROJECTS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND THAT'S A BRIEF SUMMARY OF
THE MESSAGE.
>> THANK YOU. AND, COLLEAGUES
I AM GOING TO SHARE THE SCREEN
NOW AND JUST WALK US THROUGH
THIS. THAT WAS THE HIGH LEVEL.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? YES.
PROOF COUNCILMEMBERS CAN DO
WORK, TOO. SHARING MY SCREEN,
SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS O
SEATTLE CHANNEL. THIS IS EXACTL
WHAT LISH WHITSON SAID WITH
MORE WORDS. I WILL NOT READ
THROUGH THIS ALL, TALKING ABOUT
THE MIX, PROVIDING QUALITY JOBS
JOBS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE
WITHOUT FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE
DEGREES AND THAT HAVE
APPRENTICESHIPS. WHERE THEY
ARE, THE IMPORTANCE FOR ACCESS
TO THESE QUALITY JOBS, THE
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE
JOBS, AS WELL AS COMPLETE
STREETS, BECAUSE FREIGHT IS
IMPORTANT TO THE BASIC ECONOMY
OF THE CITY. UNIQUE
RIGHT-OF-WAY NEEDS, BENEFITS TO
THE REGIONAL, STATE, AND
NATIONAL ECONOMY. AND SOME
COMMENTS ABOUT THE MARITIME
ADVISORY COUNCIL WORK THERE.
AND BEING RESOLVED , NEEDING
TO ANALYZE THESE TRANSPORTATIO
PLANS, INDUSTRIAL SUB AREA
PLANS, DESIGN CHANGES, IMPROVE
THE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS AND
GOODS, IMPROVE THESE LAST-MILE
CONNECTIONS, IDENTIFY PRIORITY
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.
PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS SO
THAT THEY ARE MOVING IN A
PREDICTABLE AND SUSTAINED
MANNER. IDENTIFY FUNDING
STRATEGIES, CONTINUE ADVOCATING
FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL ,
REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS ,
NONINDUSTRIAL USES, SITE
DEVELOPMENT FOR NONINDUSTRIAL
USES, AND PROVIDING ESSENTIAL
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PORT
FACILITIES AND INTERSTATE
HIGHWAYS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME
AS I HAVE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE
OF BUS AND FREIGHT LANES. US
AND FREIGHT LANES COULD BE USED
ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT O
BUSES. WE HAVE BUSES IN PLACES
WHERE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
FREIGHT. IT COULD WORK. WHAT IS
REALLY CRITICAL TO ME, THAT WE
HAVE ROUTES FROM OUR PORTS, ONT
OUR FREEWAYS. AND OTHER
INDUSTRIAL USES, WHETHER FOR
SPACE TECHNOLOGIES OR OTHER
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES THAT
ARE IN OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
THAT THERE IS A PREDICTABLE
AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE GOODS TO
TRAVEL. THAT WE ARE NOT
BOTTLENECKED BY NONINDUSTRIAL
USES IN INDUSTRIAL SPACES AND
THAT WE SUPPORT THE INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMY BY PROVIDING THIS TYPE
OF PREDICTABILITY. THAT IS WHER
I AM COMING FROM ON THIS. I KNO
THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IS AN INTERESTING REGIONA
ASPECT, THE WESTERN END OF
I-90, EVEN THOSE LAST COUPLE O
BLOCKS CAN GET BOTTLENECKED
FROM TIME TO TIME. I AM GOING T
STOP SHARING THE SCREEN.
COLLEAGUES , ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS AT THIS
TIME? WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY IN SEPTEMBER. WE MA
HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES IN
SEPTEMBER AND I WOULD LOVE TO
RECEIVE ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK ON
THIS.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING IN
>> WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME.
LISH WHITSON, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD HERE?
>> NO.
>> WONDERFUL. WE WILL BRING THI
BACK IN SEPTEMBER. IN
SEPTEMBER, TWO MEETINGS. ONE IS
A SPECIAL MEETING AND ONE IS A
REGULARLY-SCHEDULED MEETING. I
ITEMS COME UP BETWEEN NOW AND
SEPTEMBER THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED IN OUR LAND USE
COMMITTEE, WE WILL HOLD THE
MEETING. I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY
TIME-SENSITIVE ITEMS. THAT IS
PART OF WHY WE HELD ANOTHER
SPECIAL MEETING TODAY. WITH
THAT, ANY ITEMS ? SEEING NONE
THIS CONCLUDES THE THURSDAY,
JULY 6th, 2023 LAND USE
COMMITTEE MEETING. THE NEXT IS
IN SEPTEMBER, 2023. THANK YOU
FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
>>