1 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:16,616 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,385 -- OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 3 00:00:18,385 --> 00:00:20,887 THE SEPTEMBER 11th, 2026 LAND 4 00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:21,521 USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 5 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,989 MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. 6 00:00:22,989 --> 00:00:25,625 IT'S 9:33 A.M. I'M EDDIE LIN, 7 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:27,160 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,194 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:32,699 -- VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. CHAIR. 10 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:33,266 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 11 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,434 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. HERE. CHAIR 12 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:35,769 LIN. 13 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:36,036 -- HERE. 14 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,437 -- CHAIR. FOR MEMBERS PRESENT. 15 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:40,073 -- OKAY. AND. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 16 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:41,408 HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED. THERE 17 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,109 IS NO OBJECTION. THE AGENDA WILL 18 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:45,178 BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 19 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:46,446 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 20 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:48,281 ADOPTED. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 21 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:48,882 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS 22 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,417 FRIDAY MORNING MEETING TO 23 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:51,051 DISCUSS LAND USE. AS ALWAYS, 24 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:53,853 THANK YOU TO OUR CITY CLERKS 25 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:54,487 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF MAYOR'S 26 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:55,021 OFFICE, SDCI AND OPCD FOR 27 00:00:55,021 --> 00:00:58,391 HELPING US PREPARE. WE WILL NOW 28 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:01,694 OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. 29 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:02,996 WELL, I'M GOING TO PAUSE JUST 30 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:06,166 FOR ONE SECOND AND GIVE A BRIEF, 31 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:11,237 BRIEF COMMENTS. IF YOU'RE NOT 32 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:13,807 AWARE THERE WAS A GROWTH 33 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:14,340 MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD 34 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:15,341 DECISION THAT WAS ISSUED, I 35 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:20,447 BELIEVE, ON WEDNESDAY THAT WILL 36 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:22,382 BE AFFECTING. WE'RE STILL 37 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:25,084 DIGESTING THE IMPACTS OF THIS 38 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:26,953 DECISION, BUT JUST IT WILL BE 39 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:29,189 AFFECTING SOME OF OUR WORK, 40 00:01:29,189 --> 00:01:31,558 POTENTIALLY THIS YEAR AND 41 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:34,027 POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR AS WELL. 42 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,762 IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE SUB 43 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:39,732 AREA PLANS THAT WE WERE LOOKING 44 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:41,968 TO POTENTIALLY ADOPT THIS YEAR. 45 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:42,535 DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER IS 46 00:01:42,535 --> 00:01:46,372 LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE 47 00:01:46,372 --> 00:01:48,174 BASED ON THAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT 48 00:01:48,174 --> 00:01:51,244 HEARINGS BOARD DECISION. THE 49 00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:54,247 REMAINING ONES ARE POTENTIALLY 50 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:57,183 THE THE GREATER DUWAMISH BALLARD 51 00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:58,418 INTERBAY, MICK MICK. NORTH 52 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,253 REGION. NORTHGATE REGIONAL 53 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:02,155 CENTER. THOSE ARE STILL 54 00:02:02,155 --> 00:02:03,223 POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD THIS 55 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:04,991 YEAR, BUT I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO 56 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:08,228 TO BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE 57 00:02:08,228 --> 00:02:11,531 LIKELY IMPACTS TO THE DOWNTOWN 58 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:12,532 REGIONAL CENTER. THAT'S ALL I'M 59 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:14,868 GOING TO SAY FOR NOW. THERE WILL 60 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:17,737 BE MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. 61 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:20,740 BUT AGAIN, WE ARE ALL DIGESTING 62 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:23,843 THE IMPACTS OF THIS ON OUR NEXT 63 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:29,549 STEPS. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL 64 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:30,850 NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 65 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:32,051 COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT 66 00:02:32,051 --> 00:02:33,186 SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE 67 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:34,320 AGENDA OR ITEMS WITHIN THE 68 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,688 PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE CLERK. 69 00:02:35,688 --> 00:02:37,524 HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 70 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:37,757 TODAY? 71 00:02:37,757 --> 00:02:39,025 -- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR IN 72 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:42,328 PERSON AND TWO REMOTE. 73 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:43,663 -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 74 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:44,831 TWO MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH IN 75 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:46,199 PERSON SPEAKERS. FIRST CLERK CAN 76 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:48,334 YOU PLEASE READ THE COMMENT? 77 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:48,935 PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS. 78 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:49,569 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 79 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:50,637 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 80 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:51,471 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 81 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:52,205 COMMENT PERIOD UP TO 60 MINUTES. 82 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:53,039 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 83 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,240 ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED 84 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,241 IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL BE 85 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:55,842 CALLED FIRST, AFTER WHICH WE 86 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:56,943 WILL MOVE TO REMOTE SPEAKERS 87 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:58,211 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 88 00:02:58,211 --> 00:02:59,245 HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 89 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:00,380 CHIME IN. 10 SECONDS LEFT OF 90 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:02,282 THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS WILL BE 91 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:03,850 MUTED IF THEY DO NOT IN THEIR 92 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:04,450 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 93 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:06,219 TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL THE 94 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:08,855 NEXT SPEAKER THE PUBLIC COMMENT 95 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,456 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WILL 96 00:03:10,456 --> 00:03:12,492 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 97 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:15,895 THE LIST. THAT IS SARAH LAPIS. 98 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:17,931 -- HI, I'M SARAH WITH REACTION 99 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:20,533 SEATTLE. I'M JUST DIGESTING THIS 100 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:23,203 AMENDMENT AND I'M THRILLED. AND 101 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:25,371 THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR LIN FOR 102 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:26,873 NOT ONLY RETAINING, BUT 103 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,508 STRENGTHENING THE TREE 104 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:29,142 REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS. 105 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:30,476 THAT'S DEFINITELY THE DIRECTION 106 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:31,411 WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE 107 00:03:31,411 --> 00:03:36,149 HEADING. I WOULD LOVE AND WOULD 108 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:39,953 ASK YOU TO LOOK AT SETBACKS AND 109 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,521 THE TEN FOOT SETBACK FOR 110 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:42,855 INSTITUTIONS IN THE BACK OF 111 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,057 LOTS. WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO 112 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,025 RESTORE THAT INSTEAD OF 113 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:50,964 CONFORMING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING 114 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:51,564 IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, 115 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,433 WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING 99% 116 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,268 HARDSCAPE LOTS, WHICH OF COURSE 117 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:56,603 IS TERRIBLE FOR RUNOFF AND FOR 118 00:03:56,603 --> 00:03:59,005 URBAN HEAT ISLANDS. WE'D LOVE 119 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:01,708 FOR YOU TO LOOK AT SETBACKS 120 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,276 THERE, RESTORE SOME OF THE 121 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:04,944 SETBACK, WAIVERS, SETBACKS, GIVE 122 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:07,280 WAIVERS FOR TREE RETENTION. YOU 123 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,549 KNOW, HAVE JUST CANOPY REALLY 124 00:04:09,549 --> 00:04:10,883 TIED TO THAT PLAN BECAUSE WE 125 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:13,786 KNOW THAT SIMPLY REMOVING 126 00:04:13,786 --> 00:04:14,754 SETBACKS RESULTS IN NET TREE 127 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:16,689 LOSS. SO THAT'S OUR ASK. BUT 128 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:18,324 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 129 00:04:18,324 --> 00:04:19,659 PARKING LOTS. WE REALLY 130 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:23,596 APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 131 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:23,863 COUNCIL. 132 00:04:23,863 --> 00:04:24,197 -- THANK YOU. 133 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:27,533 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVE 134 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:33,473 GALLAGHER. 135 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:34,674 -- MY NAME IS DAVE GALLAGHER AND 136 00:04:34,674 --> 00:04:35,842 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I WAS ALL 137 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:37,143 FOCUSED ON THE PARKING LOT TREE 138 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:40,313 ISSUE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT 139 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:40,847 AMENDMENT. IT'S REALLY 140 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:42,048 APPRECIATE THAT WE NEED TO 141 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:43,349 STRENGTHEN OUR TREES AND, AND 142 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:45,051 HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT FOR 143 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:46,185 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AS 144 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,854 WELL. BUT THERE'S OTHER ISSUES 145 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:48,888 THAT SARAH POINTED OUT, LIKE THE 146 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:50,423 SETBACKS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A 147 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:51,858 REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT 148 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:53,426 OF FENCING FOR THESE 149 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:54,794 INSTITUTIONS. AND, AND I THINK 150 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:57,497 ANYBODY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU 151 00:04:57,497 --> 00:04:59,332 HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL 152 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:00,933 PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO AN 153 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:01,434 INSTITUTION, YOU WOULD 154 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:02,201 APPRECIATE A FENCE THAT'S A 155 00:05:02,201 --> 00:05:03,736 LITTLE HIGHER. SO I'D ASK THAT 156 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:06,072 YOU RESTORE IT BACK TO THE SIX 157 00:05:06,072 --> 00:05:07,807 FOOT HEIGHT, 6 TO 8 FOOT HEIGHT. 158 00:05:07,807 --> 00:05:10,109 I THINK IT WAS. AND ALSO FOR THE 159 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:11,644 SETBACKS, WE INSTEAD OF TRYING 160 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:13,746 TO CONFORM TO THE THE PROBLEMS 161 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:15,114 WE HAVE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD 162 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:16,082 RESIDENTIAL. IT WOULD BE REALLY 163 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:19,652 NICE IF WE COULD MAKE IT MORE 164 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:20,253 ACCOMMODATING FOR PEOPLE AND 165 00:05:20,253 --> 00:05:22,455 STAND UP FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND 166 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:23,589 MAKING IT MORE LIVABLE CITY. SO 167 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:25,191 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THAT'S 168 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:26,125 ALL I GOT. 169 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:27,660 -- THANK YOU. 170 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,196 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE CINDY 171 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:35,468 SHETLER. 172 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:37,603 -- THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ADD 173 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:39,272 MY THANKS TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE 174 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:40,440 SAID. SORRY. THIS IS CINDY 175 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,240 SHETLER WITH TREE ACTION 176 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,743 SEATTLE. AND I WANT TO ADD MY 177 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:46,245 THANKS TO WHAT THE OTHER SAID 178 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:48,548 FOR RESTORING TREES IN PARKING 179 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:50,750 LOTS. THIS IS A CRITICAL HEAT 180 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:53,086 SINK. THEY PRODUCE THEIR OWN 181 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:54,120 OZONE SEATTLE AS WE KNOW, FIFTH 182 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,422 IN THE NATION FOR URBAN HEAT 183 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:59,459 ISLANDS. SO REDMOND REQUIRES 50% 184 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,294 OF THEIR PARKING LOTS TO BE 185 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:03,830 SHADED WITHIN TEN YEARS. SO WE 186 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:05,898 CAN DO THE SAME. AND THANK YOU. 187 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:09,769 I DID WANT TO ALSO BRING UP 188 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:12,305 SETBACKS. I HOPE THAT YOU'LL 189 00:06:12,305 --> 00:06:12,805 CONSIDER RESTORING THAT 190 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:16,075 REQUIREMENT IN DENSE MULTIFAMILY 191 00:06:16,075 --> 00:06:17,710 ZONES SETBACKS ARE THE ONLY 192 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:20,713 PLACES ON A LOT WHERE TREES ARE 193 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:23,015 EVEN GREENERY CAN GO. EVEN TREES 194 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:25,518 ON STREETS OR ADJACENT 195 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:26,152 PROPERTIES WILL USE THE SETBACKS 196 00:06:26,152 --> 00:06:27,620 OF OTHER PROPERTIES TO SPREAD 197 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:31,691 THEIR CANOPY. RIGHT NOW, 198 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:34,160 INSTITUTIONS DO. IN SMALL 199 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:34,794 INSTITUTIONS IN THE MULTIFAMILY 200 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:37,163 ZONE DO HAVE TEN FOOT SETBACKS 201 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:39,399 IN THE BACK, AND THEY HAVE 202 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,066 OVERALL LARGER SETBACKS THAN 203 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,068 WHAT WE HAVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD 204 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,771 RESIDENTIAL. WE DO NEED LARGER 205 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:45,304 SETBACKS IN NEIGHBORHOOD 206 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:47,340 RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE 207 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:49,108 SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE 208 00:06:49,108 --> 00:06:50,276 TREES AND GREENERY, BUT WE 209 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:53,446 CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LOWER 210 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:57,450 WHAT'S REQUIRED IN INSTITUTIONS 211 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:58,017 IN MULTIFAMILY TO MEET THAT 212 00:06:58,017 --> 00:06:59,552 LOWER STANDARD. AND JUST A QUICK 213 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:01,287 LOOK AT WHAT HOW MANY WE'RE 214 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:03,756 TALKING ABOUT. THIS BILL WOULD 215 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:06,259 AFFECT 180 SMALL INSTITUTIONS. 216 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,995 HALF OF THEM ARE IN THE CENTRAL 217 00:07:08,995 --> 00:07:10,430 DISTRICT, SORRY, 62% OF THEM ARE 218 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:12,331 IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. BEACON 219 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:14,767 HILL AND RAINIER VALLEY. THOSE 220 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:16,536 ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED 221 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,137 TREES. SO I WOULD REALLY 222 00:07:18,137 --> 00:07:19,338 APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD MAKE 223 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:19,906 THAT ADDITIONAL CHANGE. AND 224 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:21,841 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 225 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:24,844 -- THANK YOU 226 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:28,681 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE STEVE 227 00:07:28,681 --> 00:07:28,948 COSTELLO. 228 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:30,283 -- WELL, I CAN'T SAY YOU HAVE 229 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:35,221 DONE ANYTHING ON TREES AT ALL. 230 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:36,556 AND THAT'S GOOD. BUT I STILL 231 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:38,691 THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT 232 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:40,827 THE OLDER TREES WHICH KEEP 233 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:43,663 GETTING CHOPPED DOWN FOR NEW 234 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:48,067 DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDING THE 235 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:50,303 STREET TREES, WHICH I SEE GOING 236 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,938 DOWN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU GOT 237 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:54,040 TREES THAT WERE PLANTED IN THE 238 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,644 70s THAT ARE LARGE, THAT ARE 239 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:00,513 GOOD OXYGEN PRODUCERS. AND WHAT 240 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:03,783 DO YOU GET SOMETHING THAT'S 241 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:07,019 MAYBE MY HEIGHT OR LESS, AND IT 242 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:09,722 DON'T DO IT. DON'T CUT IT. IT 243 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:11,224 JUST DON'T DO IT. SO WE'RE 244 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,092 GONNA HAVE TO SAVE THOSE. AND I 245 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:16,095 ALSO LOOK AT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD 246 00:08:16,095 --> 00:08:18,798 DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE NOT SAVING 247 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:20,466 THE SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT CAN 248 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:23,836 BE SAVED. THE CITY KEEPS MAKING 249 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,505 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELIMINATE 250 00:08:26,505 --> 00:08:29,976 TREES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANCE, 251 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:33,746 THAT ARE NOT TREES THAT ARE IN 252 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:35,648 NEED OF BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF 253 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:38,651 THEIR SICKNESSES AND SO FORTH. 254 00:08:38,651 --> 00:08:40,186 SO WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER ON 255 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:43,089 TREES. BUT I GUESS THERE MIGHT 256 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:46,525 EVEN BE A START. NO VOTING 257 00:08:46,525 --> 00:08:49,028 TODAY, I UNDERSTAND, BUT AT 258 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,563 LEAST A START TO THE IDEA. THE 259 00:08:50,563 --> 00:08:53,733 OTHER THING IS, LET'S TAKE A 260 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:57,169 LOOK AT RAISING THOSE MHA FEES 261 00:08:57,169 --> 00:09:00,473 WE HEARD WHEN THEY WERE PUT IN 262 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:01,741 PLACE THAT WE WERE FOOLISH TO 263 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,809 SAY THEY WERE TOO LOW, AND MANY 264 00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:08,014 OTHERS SAID THAT TOO. BUT THE 265 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:10,549 COUNCIL COULD CORRECT THAT 266 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:11,918 PROBLEM QUICKLY IF NECESSARY. 267 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:14,153 WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND 268 00:09:14,153 --> 00:09:16,155 THERE'S BEEN NO CORRECTION. AND 269 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:19,625 I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE THOSE 270 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,594 FEES TO SUPPLY HOUSING FOR SOME 271 00:09:21,594 --> 00:09:23,262 OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING 272 00:09:23,262 --> 00:09:25,131 HOUSING, BECAUSE MARKET RATE 273 00:09:25,131 --> 00:09:27,867 HOUSING IS NOT HOUSING FOR 274 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,468 PROBABLY EVEN LOWER MIDDLE 275 00:09:29,468 --> 00:09:33,572 CLASS, AND CERTAINLY NOT WORKING 276 00:09:33,572 --> 00:09:33,806 CLASS. 277 00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:34,840 -- THANK YOU, STEVE AND I SHOULD 278 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,643 HAVE SAID THIS EARLIER. JUST 279 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:41,247 FYI, WE WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC 280 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,249 HEARING NEXT AS PART OF THE 281 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:48,554 AGENDA ON ORDINANCE 121121268. 282 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:49,655 REGARDING THE SUBAREA PLAN 283 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:51,958 LEGISLATION. SO IF ANY OF THE 284 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:53,726 PUBLIC COMMENTERS WANT TO SPEAK 285 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:55,461 TO THAT, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF 286 00:09:55,461 --> 00:09:56,395 YOU COULD HOLD THAT FOR THE 287 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:58,831 PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF THE 288 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:00,266 MEETING. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT 289 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,335 TO I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT 290 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:03,769 EARLIER. NEXT UP. 291 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:05,871 -- THAT WAS OUR LAST IN-PERSON 292 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:06,539 SPEAKER. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO 293 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:07,974 REMOTE SPEAKERS, STARTING WITH 294 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:18,017 JUNE BLUE SPRUCE. 295 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:20,653 -- GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO ECHO 296 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,555 OTHERS. THANKS FOR THIS LAST 297 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:26,559 MINUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH I JUST 298 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,227 RECEIVED. THE PROBLEM ISN'T JUST 299 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:31,364 THE HEAT ISLANDS, IT'S THE 300 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:33,633 POLLUTED STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO 301 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:36,802 THE SOUND AND HAVING TREES IS 302 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:38,337 VERY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING GREEN 303 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:39,338 FACTOR. SO I REALLY WANT THE 304 00:10:39,338 --> 00:10:41,107 COUNCIL TO REMEMBER THAT GOING 305 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:43,109 FORWARD, GREEN FACTOR DOES NOT 306 00:10:43,109 --> 00:10:47,747 EQUAL TREES, AND TREES ARE SO 307 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:49,582 CRITICAL TO REDUCING HEAT ISLAND 308 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:51,684 IMPACT AND TO FILTERING 309 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:53,486 STORMWATER. HOWEVER, THERE ARE 310 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,121 OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS 311 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:57,523 LEGISLATION. THE CITY DETERMINED 312 00:10:57,523 --> 00:10:59,558 THAT NO RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT 313 00:10:59,558 --> 00:11:02,495 ANALYSIS IS APPLICABLE. THIS IS 314 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,364 WRONG OF, AS SANDY NOTED, OF THE 315 00:11:05,364 --> 00:11:06,899 SMALL INSTITUTIONS IN SEATTLE, 316 00:11:06,899 --> 00:11:08,401 THAT THIS LEGISLATION WOULD 317 00:11:08,401 --> 00:11:09,502 AFFECT. ALMOST HALF ARE LOCATED 318 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:10,903 IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. BEACON 319 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:12,538 HILL AND THE RAINIER VALLEY, 320 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:15,674 WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, ARE THE 321 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:18,110 NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE WHERE A 322 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:20,012 LARGE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE 323 00:11:20,012 --> 00:11:22,715 LOCATED AND HAVE RAPIDLY 324 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:24,583 DECLINING TREE CANOPY. YOU'VE 325 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:26,719 SOLVED THE TREE CANOPY PROBLEM 326 00:11:26,719 --> 00:11:28,721 IN TERMS OF PARKING LOTS, BUT 327 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:30,322 SETBACKS, AS OTHERS HAVE POINTED 328 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:33,559 OUT, ARE STILL AN ISSUE. WE NEED 329 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,294 DEDICATED SPACE WHERE TREES CAN 330 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:38,297 BE PLANTED SO A RACIAL EQUITY 331 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:40,099 TOOL COULD. ANALYSIS SHOULD BE 332 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:44,670 DONE ON THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL 333 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:45,204 AS OTHER LEGISLATION THAT 334 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:46,605 STRONGLY IMPACTS THESE 335 00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:48,841 COMMUNITIES. AS MORE AND MORE 336 00:11:48,841 --> 00:11:53,245 SWATHS OF SEATTLE ARE BEING ARE 337 00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:55,648 BEING ZONED AS LOW, AS LOW RISE 338 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:58,417 INSTEAD OF NEIGHBORHOOD 339 00:11:58,417 --> 00:12:01,053 RESIDENTIAL, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 340 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,155 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. THE 341 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:04,924 BILL REMOVES THE BUFFER BETWEEN 342 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:06,725 NOISY AND ODOR PRODUCING 343 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:08,427 BUILDING FEATURES AND 344 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:10,930 NEIGHBORING HOMES. IT REMOVES 345 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:12,398 THE DISPERSION RULE INSTEAD OF 346 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:13,833 ONE INSTITUTION FOR EVERY 1 TO 2 347 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:16,035 BLOCKS. IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO 348 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:20,139 BE ADJACENT SO INSTEAD OF 349 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:23,342 LOWERING THE STANDARDS. 350 00:12:23,342 --> 00:12:29,482 -- THANK YOU JIM. NEXT UP WE 351 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:37,356 HAVE FRITZ WALLET. 352 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:40,860 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS FRITZ 353 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:43,062 WALLET, AND I'M A RETIRED 354 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:45,097 ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, 355 00:12:45,097 --> 00:12:47,333 LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, 356 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:49,468 AND OWN A HOUSE IN THE RAVENNA 357 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:51,070 AREA WITH A TWO LOVELY HERITAGE 358 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:54,473 TREES. AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF 359 00:12:54,473 --> 00:12:55,107 PUTTING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS 360 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:58,043 ON THOSE TREES TO MAKE SURE THEY 361 00:12:58,043 --> 00:13:00,513 ARE PROTECTED LONG AFTER. I'M 362 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:02,982 NOT. I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL 363 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:04,116 GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO 364 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,551 SPEAK TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE 365 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:07,119 THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, 366 00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:08,354 WHICH ARE PROPOSED. BILL, WHICH 367 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:13,926 IS THE BILL WHICH APPARENTLY 368 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:14,493 RESTORED SOME REQUIREMENTS 369 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:16,228 REGARDING TREES. THAT'S GREAT. I 370 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:17,797 WOULD ECHO SANDY AND OTHER 371 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,232 COMMENTS MADE BEFORE ME ABOUT 372 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:25,771 PRESERVING SETBACKS AND MAKE 373 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:27,907 SURE THAT INSTITUTIONAL 374 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:28,541 BUILDINGS HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS 375 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:32,178 REGARDING TREES AND GREEN SPACE, 376 00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:33,712 AS WELL. ALSO, I THINK THIS IS 377 00:13:33,712 --> 00:13:36,382 PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SINCE 378 00:13:36,382 --> 00:13:36,882 WE'VE ELIMINATED THE 379 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:38,551 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR 380 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:42,021 THE DETERMINATION OF 381 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:44,123 NON-SIGNIFICANCE. SO AND THE 382 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:47,293 NOTION OF 180 SMALL INSTITUTIONS 383 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:48,727 IN SEATTLE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED 384 00:13:48,727 --> 00:13:53,799 BY THIS, I CAN ENVISION 385 00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:54,366 DEVELOPERS COMING TO THOSE 386 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:56,068 INSTITUTIONS WITH CASH AND 387 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:57,736 TRYING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY 388 00:13:57,736 --> 00:14:03,442 FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS 389 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:05,778 SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE 390 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:08,447 HAPPEN. THIS WOULD BE A 391 00:14:08,447 --> 00:14:11,050 SOLICITATION OF SOME SORT. AND 392 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,184 WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT WITH 393 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:15,321 THE ANTI SOLICITATION ORDINANCE 394 00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:16,822 SUCCESSFULLY PASSED TO PROTECT 395 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:17,957 HOMEOWNERS. LET'S THINK ABOUT 396 00:14:17,957 --> 00:14:20,726 LOOKING IN THE FUTURE AND 397 00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:21,260 PRESENTING FOR PROTECTING 398 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:23,262 CHURCHES AND SMALL INSTITUTIONS 399 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:25,631 IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. 400 00:14:25,631 --> 00:14:28,434 -- THANK YOU 401 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:31,303 -- CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR 402 00:14:31,303 --> 00:14:31,604 COMMENTERS. 403 00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:35,174 -- OKAY. THANK THANK YOU ALL. 404 00:14:35,174 --> 00:14:36,475 AND TO JUNE, IF IF YOU DIDN'T 405 00:14:36,475 --> 00:14:37,943 FINISH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, 406 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,411 PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEND THOSE 407 00:14:39,411 --> 00:14:41,680 BY EMAIL OR ANYBODY ELSE. IF YOU 408 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,049 WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR 409 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:44,683 PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE SUBMIT 410 00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:47,553 THEM BY EMAIL IF POSSIBLE. IS 411 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:50,589 THERE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 412 00:14:50,589 --> 00:14:52,057 SPEAKERS WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR 413 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:53,292 ITEMS OF BUSINESS. OUR FIRST 414 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,660 ITEM OF BUSINESS. CAN THE CLERK 415 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,895 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM ONE. 416 00:14:56,895 --> 00:14:58,030 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE. CONSTABLE 417 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:00,199 ONE TWO. ONE. 268. AN ORDINANCE 418 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,867 RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING 419 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:03,302 AMENDING THE SEATTLE CONFERENCE 420 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:03,869 PLAN TO INCORPORATE CHANGES 421 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,271 PROPOSED AS PART OF THE 2026 422 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,605 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANNUAL 423 00:15:06,605 --> 00:15:08,807 AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR PUBLIC 424 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:11,543 HEARING, BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION 425 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:13,045 -- AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M 426 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:15,681 NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING 427 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,216 ON ORDINANCE 121268 REGARDING 428 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:18,284 THE SUB AREA PLANS. LEGISLATION. 429 00:15:18,284 --> 00:15:19,285 CLERK HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 430 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:21,487 SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC 431 00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:21,754 HEARING? 432 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:27,559 -- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE. ONE IN 433 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:28,827 PERSON IN THREE REMOTE. 434 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:30,396 -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE 435 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:31,630 PROVIDED TWO MINUTES. CLERK I 436 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:33,232 WILL NOW HAND THIS OVER TO YOU 437 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:34,166 TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS. 438 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:34,800 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED THE 439 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:35,501 ORDER OF REGISTRATION. THE 440 00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:36,669 PUBLIC HEARING REGISTRATION WILL 441 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:37,736 REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION 442 00:15:37,736 --> 00:15:39,038 OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE SAME 443 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:40,205 PUBLIC COMMENT RULES APPLY TO 444 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:40,773 THIS PUBLIC HEARING. A TEN 445 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:41,807 SECOND TIME WILL BE YOUR NOTICE 446 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,542 THAT IT IS TIME TO WRAP UP 447 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:44,443 COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WILL BE MUTED 448 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:46,445 AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. 449 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:47,513 PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO 450 00:15:47,513 --> 00:15:49,448 ORDINANCE ONE, 21268. THE 451 00:15:49,448 --> 00:15:51,483 SUBAREA PLAN LEGISLATION IS ONLY 452 00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:52,284 BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS PUBLIC 453 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:53,352 HEARING. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO 454 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,120 BEGIN THEIR COMMENTS BY STATING 455 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,190 THEIR NAME WILL START WITH STEVE 456 00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:04,596 OR STEVE OTHELLO 457 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:04,863 -- OKAY. 458 00:16:04,863 --> 00:16:07,866 -- AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, 911 AND 459 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:11,704 I THINK ONE OF THE DEFICIENCIES 460 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:14,540 IN LOOKING AT YOUR PLANS IS TO 461 00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:18,777 LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACTOR 462 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,080 DOWNTOWN AND ESPECIALLY ALONG 463 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,848 THIRD AVENUE. BUT PIONEER 464 00:16:22,848 --> 00:16:26,118 SQUARE, I WOULD SAY, IS NOT A 465 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:30,289 GOOD PLACE TO BE IN AFTER DARK. 466 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:35,361 AND I DON'T SEE ANY PLANS SO 467 00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:37,563 FAR TO CHANGE THAT. NOW. I'M 468 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:42,201 OLD. I LIVED IN SEATTLE A LONG 469 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:43,736 TIME. SEATTLE WAS NEVER LEAVE IT 470 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:46,438 TO BEAVER LAND, BUT IT'S NEVER 471 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:48,107 BEEN AS IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST 472 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:56,615 DECADE OR SO. NOW. AND MAYBE THE 473 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:58,350 PROBLEM IS NOT THE PEOPLE 474 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:58,951 ADMINISTRATING AT THE BOTTOM 475 00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:01,587 END, BUT MAYBE IT'S AT THE TOP. 476 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:02,688 WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT IF 477 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,757 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIBRANT 478 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:06,992 CITY WITH PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, 479 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:11,663 LET'S MAKE IT SAFE. LET'S GIVE 480 00:17:11,663 --> 00:17:13,098 THEM A A REASONABLE BREAK. YOU 481 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:14,700 KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO 482 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,235 MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, BUT 483 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:19,304 WE CAN MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT 484 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:21,573 BETTER. WE HAVE IN THE PAST. I 485 00:17:21,573 --> 00:17:28,347 DON'T SEE THE WILL THE MAJORITY 486 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:30,048 WORKING GROUP IN THE CITY SEEMS 487 00:17:30,048 --> 00:17:32,985 NOT TO CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT LAW 488 00:17:32,985 --> 00:17:34,453 ENFORCEMENT. NOW, THE OTHER 489 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,022 THING I'M TAKING A LOOK AT IS 490 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:37,723 FREIGHT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO 491 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:41,226 MOVE IT AROUND IN THIS CITY AS 492 00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:42,761 YOU CONTINUE TO GET RID OF THE 493 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:45,030 FOUR LANE ROADS AND RAILROADS 494 00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:46,198 BECOME A LITTLE HARDER TO GET 495 00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:49,034 TO? SOME PLACES, YOU KNOW, 496 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:50,969 SEATTLE'S GOING TO NEED TO HAVE 497 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:52,104 THINGS MOVING AROUND, AND WE GOT 498 00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:53,972 TO KEEP THOSE SOME OF THOSE 499 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:55,407 DIRTY JOBS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF 500 00:17:55,407 --> 00:17:56,875 THOSE PEOPLE ARE MAKING DECENT 501 00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:59,845 MONEY. I MEAN, THEY MAY NOT BE 502 00:17:59,845 --> 00:18:05,050 WEARING SUIT AND A TIE, BUT 503 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:08,220 THEY'RE DOING HONEST WORK AND 504 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:09,988 WORK. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE 505 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:11,557 CITY 506 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:17,930 -- THANK YOU. STEVE 507 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,031 -- THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN PERSON 508 00:18:19,031 --> 00:18:20,432 SPEAKERS. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO 509 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:26,038 OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS, STARTING 510 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:33,779 WITH FRITZ WALLET. 511 00:18:34,012 --> 00:18:38,884 -- HI. THANK YOU. I COMPLETED MY 512 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,819 COMMENTS. THIS IS WALLET AND 513 00:18:40,819 --> 00:18:41,453 NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY. THANK 514 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:42,454 YOU. 515 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:46,125 -- THANK YOU FRITZ. 516 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,260 -- CHAIR. THAT'S OUR LAST 517 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,396 PRESENT COMMENTER 518 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:53,298 -- OKAY, THAT WAS OUR LAST 519 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:55,567 REGISTERED SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC 520 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:58,036 HEARING ON ORDINANCE ONE TWO, 521 00:18:58,036 --> 00:18:59,238 1268 IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU. 522 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:01,173 WILL OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM 523 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:04,076 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PLEASE 524 00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:05,978 JOIN US TO PRESENT AND ANSWER 525 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,513 ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT 526 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:08,981 HAVE. AND IF YOU ONCE READY, IF 527 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:13,085 YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 528 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:15,521 THANK YOU TO OUR COMMENTERS THIS 529 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:16,555 MORNING. 530 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:18,190 -- SURE. KETIL FREEMAN. COUNCIL 531 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,725 CENTRAL STAFF. AND LET ME PULL 532 00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:28,934 UP THIS SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. 533 00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:34,673 -- THERE'S SOMETHING. OKAY 534 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:41,813 -- ALL RIGHT. MAKE THIS BIGGER. 535 00:19:41,813 --> 00:19:44,316 -- OH, OH, I THINK WE'RE GOING 536 00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:45,951 TO DO THE SUBAREA PLAN 537 00:19:45,951 --> 00:19:47,653 PRESENTATION FIRST. I THINK. 538 00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:48,086 -- THAT'S NOT ME. 539 00:19:48,086 --> 00:19:49,788 -- OKAY 540 00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:52,758 -- COME ON, COME UP. REBECCAH. 541 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:56,929 -- APOLOGIES FOR THE LITTLE MIX 542 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:58,030 UP THERE. WE'LL GET TO THAT. 543 00:19:58,030 --> 00:19:59,631 WE'LL GET TO THAT SHORTLY, 544 00:19:59,631 --> 00:19:59,865 THOUGH. 545 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:04,136 -- THANK YOU. NEXT TO YOU 546 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:12,010 ATTORNEY HOLMES. 547 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:15,280 -- GOOD MORNING. REBECCAH. 548 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,682 MASKIN. COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 549 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:17,716 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OR 550 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:21,186 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON 551 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:22,788 COUNCIL BILL 121268. 552 00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:33,365 -- OKAY, WONDERFUL LET'S SEE. 553 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:37,102 SO AND JUST AS MENTIONED 554 00:20:37,102 --> 00:20:38,870 EARLIER, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 555 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:41,940 BE MOST LIKELY HOLDING. THERE'S 556 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,842 NO NO VOTE THIS MORNING. WE'LL 557 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:44,977 LIKELY BE HOLDING ON THE 558 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:48,380 NORTHGATE DUE TO THE TO THE 559 00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:49,181 DECISION WE RECEIVED IN TERMS OF 560 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:49,548 WHAT'S THAT. 561 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:50,449 -- WE'LL BE CALLING ON THAT. 562 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:52,117 -- OR SORRY. YEAH, NOT NOT 563 00:20:52,117 --> 00:20:53,218 NORTHGATE DOWNTOWN. MY 564 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:54,219 APOLOGIES. THANK YOU FOR THE 565 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:56,355 CLARIFICATION, CLERK. BUT THE 566 00:20:56,355 --> 00:21:00,125 OTHER THREE ARE ARE POTENTIALLY 567 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:00,826 POTENTIALLY WE CAN TAKE ACTION 568 00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:03,629 THIS YEAR. COLLEAGUES, I JUST 569 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:07,065 WANT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY 570 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:10,569 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS 571 00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:12,471 MORNING. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY 572 00:21:12,471 --> 00:21:18,744 HANDS RAISED. SO WE WILL HAVE A 573 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:19,378 FUTURE BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION 574 00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:21,947 ON THESE. BUT THANK YOU FOR 575 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,281 JOINING US THIS MORNING. OKAY. 576 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:25,884 NOW WE CAN MOVE. LET'S SEE. SO 577 00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:26,952 NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND 578 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,186 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 579 00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:29,288 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM TWO. 580 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,990 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO. CONSTABLE 581 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:36,461 121276. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 582 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:39,665 SECTION 23455062345570 AND 2351 583 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:41,233 A 004 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO 584 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:41,867 MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR 585 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:42,901 INSTITUTIONS AND MULTIFAMILY 586 00:21:42,901 --> 00:21:45,270 ZONES FOR BRIEFING AND 587 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:45,570 DISCUSSION. 588 00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:50,776 -- OKAY THANK YOU. KETTLE. 589 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:51,977 -- SURE. AGAIN. KETIL FREEMAN. 590 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,545 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF HERE TO 591 00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:54,179 PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL BRIEFING 592 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:56,248 ON COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 593 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:59,017 TWO, SEVEN SIX. AND LET ME JUST 594 00:21:59,017 --> 00:22:00,552 GET THIS READY TO SHARE HERE. 595 00:22:00,552 --> 00:22:10,562 IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL. IT 596 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,698 DOESN'T DO IT. 597 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:15,200 -- AND COLLEAGUES, SINCE I THINK 598 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,001 WE HAVE A FAIRLY SHORT AGENDA, 599 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:20,539 FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN WITH 600 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:21,173 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS WE GO. 601 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,674 JUST FOR A MORE INTERACTIVE 602 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:30,615 DIALOG. IF YOU HAVE. 603 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:32,517 -- OKAY. SO I'LL JUST TAKE A 604 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,052 MINUTE HERE TO REFRESH THE 605 00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:34,920 COMMITTEE'S MEMORY ABOUT THE 606 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:35,821 CONTENT OF THIS BILL ONE, TWO, 607 00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:38,256 ONE, TWO, SEVEN, SIX. TALK A 608 00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:40,192 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCEDURAL 609 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:40,926 POSTURE. IN SHORT, THERE'S A 610 00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:42,794 PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP NEXT 611 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:45,197 WEDNESDAY. AND THEN TALK ABOUT 612 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,064 SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 613 00:22:46,064 --> 00:22:48,633 HERE, WHICH IS A POTENTIAL 614 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:49,134 AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY 615 00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:51,303 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. SO JUST TO 616 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:52,771 REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, COUNCIL 617 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:58,677 BILL ONE TWO, 1276 WOULD MODIFY 618 00:22:58,677 --> 00:22:59,311 REGULATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONS AND 619 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,579 MULTIFAMILY ZONES TO TAKE A 620 00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:02,681 CONSISTENT APPROACH WITH 621 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:05,617 MODIFICATIONS THAT HAPPENED LAST 622 00:23:05,617 --> 00:23:07,719 YEAR THROUGH THE HB 1110 623 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:10,455 IMPLEMENTATION BILL THAT AFFECT 624 00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:11,056 INSTITUTIONS IN SINGLE FAMILY 625 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,057 ZONES. SO THERE'LL BE A SIMILAR 626 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,192 APPROACH IN SINGLE FAMILY AND 627 00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:15,660 MULTIFAMILY. I'M SHOULD THIS 628 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,363 BILL PASS WOULD ESSENTIALLY 629 00:23:18,363 --> 00:23:18,864 ALLOW INSTITUTIONS AND 630 00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:20,098 MULTIFAMILY ZONES TO MEET THE 631 00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:22,334 BULK AND SCALE HIGH BALKAN SCALE 632 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,102 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE 633 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:26,171 APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTIAL USES 634 00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:28,039 IN THOSE ZONES. AND IT WOULD 635 00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:29,341 IMPORTANTLY, REMOVE A DISPERSION 636 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:32,444 REQUIREMENT. AND PREVIOUSLY AND 637 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,078 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES. 638 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,647 AND CURRENTLY IN MULTIFAMILY 639 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:37,282 ZONES INSTITUTIONS CAN'T BE 640 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:38,784 LOCATED WITHIN 600FT OF EACH 641 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:42,487 OTHER. SO THIS WOULD MAKE THAT 642 00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:46,224 CONSISTENT. IN TERMS OF THE 643 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:46,758 PROCEDURAL POSTURE, AS I 644 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:47,392 MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST A 645 00:23:47,392 --> 00:23:49,294 BRIEFING TODAY. THERE IS A 646 00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:51,263 PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL HAPPEN 647 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,432 NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT COULD THERE 648 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,567 COULD ALSO BE A POTENTIAL VOTE 649 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,036 NEXT WEDNESDAY IF THE COUNCIL 650 00:23:58,036 --> 00:24:00,539 WANTED TO TEE THIS UP FOR 651 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:04,409 COUNCIL CONSIDERATION SOMETIME 652 00:24:04,409 --> 00:24:06,545 DURING BUDGET. ON THE AMENDMENT. 653 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:08,647 SO THE AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY 654 00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:11,616 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WOULD RESTORE 655 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,118 SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING 656 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:13,685 REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO 657 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:16,354 SURFACE PARKING AND MULTIFAMILY 658 00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:17,923 ZONES, AND IT WOULD ALSO MODIFY 659 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:20,392 THOSE STANDARDS. SO UNDER THE 660 00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:21,893 CURRENT REGULATIONS, THERE ARE 661 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:25,931 SOME SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR 662 00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:27,933 TREES AND OTHER LANDSCAPING 663 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:29,835 REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY FOR 664 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:32,137 SURFACE PARKING FOR INSTITUTIONS 665 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:34,539 AND MULTIFAMILY ZONES THOSE 666 00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:35,173 SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR SURFACE 667 00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:36,208 PARKING WOULD BE MAINTAINED, AND 668 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:37,776 THERE WOULD BE MODIFIED SUCH 669 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:39,678 THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE 670 00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:42,147 STRINGENT. CURRENTLY ACCESSORY 671 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:43,982 THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS KICK 672 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,650 IN WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 673 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:46,918 SPACES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR 674 00:24:46,918 --> 00:24:48,386 SURFACE PARKING. THIS WOULD 675 00:24:48,386 --> 00:24:49,321 REDUCE THAT THRESHOLD TO 12, AND 676 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:51,056 IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE TREE 677 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:52,057 REQUIREMENTS. SO ONE TREE WOULD 678 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:55,126 BE REQUIRED. CURRENTLY, ONE TREE 679 00:24:55,126 --> 00:24:58,363 IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY FIVE 680 00:24:58,363 --> 00:24:58,964 PARKING SPACES CURRENTLY AND 681 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,532 UNDER THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD 682 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,702 BE STRENGTHENED TO ONE TREE PER 683 00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:05,170 FOUR PARKING SPACES. SO JUST TO 684 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,506 GIVE AN EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS A 685 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:08,740 20 SPACE PARKING LOT ASSOCIATED 686 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:11,610 WITH AN INSTITUTION, UNDER 687 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:12,744 TODAY'S REGULATIONS, THERE 688 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:15,113 WOULD NEED TO BE FOUR TREES. IF 689 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:16,314 THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND THE 690 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:18,917 BILL PASSES, THERE WOULD NEED TO 691 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:21,119 BE FIVE TREES. SO THAT IS WHAT 692 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,687 THE AMENDMENT WOULD DO. ANY 693 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:26,992 QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THAT? 694 00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:29,094 -- AND GO AHEAD. 695 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:29,961 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST THIS 696 00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:31,029 LOOKS LIKE A REALLY GOOD 697 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:31,897 AMENDMENT. WE KNOW THAT PARKING 698 00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:32,631 LOTS ARE HEAT SINKS, AND WE NEED 699 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:35,166 TO COVER THEM UP. THANK YOU. 700 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:37,402 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, VICE 701 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:39,538 CHAIR. AND I'LL JUST ADD THANK 702 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,908 YOU TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, 703 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:46,511 WHICH, YOU KNOW, HELPED TO 704 00:25:46,511 --> 00:25:47,145 PROMPT US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK 705 00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:51,883 AT THIS AS A CENTRAL STAFF 706 00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:53,485 MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED 707 00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:55,420 DOWN THIS PATH BECAUSE THERE HAD 708 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:56,955 BEEN CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 709 00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,657 RESIDENTIAL ZONE LAST YEAR. WE 710 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:02,427 THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO UPDATE 711 00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:07,999 MULTIFAMILY ZONES TO BASICALLY 712 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:08,600 KIND OF MATCH IN LARGE PART, 713 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,534 THOSE UPDATES IN THE 714 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:11,069 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, 715 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:11,670 INCLUDING AROUND DISPERSION, 716 00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:12,671 DISPERSION REQUIREMENTS AND SO 717 00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:15,740 ON. BUT SINCE WE WERE WORKING ON 718 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,208 IT, IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE A 719 00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:20,779 LOOK AT THE PARKING, THE TREES 720 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:23,548 IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, 721 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:25,317 AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SORT OF 722 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:26,384 CHANGING THOSE IN ALL THE ZONES 723 00:26:26,384 --> 00:26:28,320 TODAY, BUT WE'RE STARTING OR 724 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,655 WE'RE PROPOSING TO START HERE. 725 00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,190 AS YOU MENTIONED, VICE CHAIR, I 726 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:34,025 THINK PARKING LOTS ARE A GREAT 727 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:38,697 SPOT FOR TREES OR SHADE FOR 728 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:41,366 SOLAR. AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY 729 00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:42,734 SOMETHING THAT VERY INTERESTED 730 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:44,402 IN WORKING ON MORE BROADLY 731 00:26:44,402 --> 00:26:45,737 ACROSS THE CITY. BUT AGAIN, 732 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:46,905 SINCE WE'RE TOUCHING THIS PART 733 00:26:46,905 --> 00:26:49,774 OF THE CODE, POTENTIALLY THIS 734 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:51,142 THIS MONTH, THIS YEAR, IT WAS A 735 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:55,046 GOOD TIME TO AT LEAST START 736 00:26:55,046 --> 00:26:57,782 START SOMEWHERE. SO THAT'S THE, 737 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:00,118 THE GENESIS OF THIS AMENDMENT. 738 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:01,119 AND AGAIN, NOT VOTING ON IT 739 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,056 TODAY, BUT JUST INTRODUCING IT. 740 00:27:05,056 --> 00:27:07,192 AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER 741 00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:08,994 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY 742 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:12,230 HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK, HAPPY TO 743 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:14,232 CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO OTHER 744 00:27:14,232 --> 00:27:16,234 THINGS THAT WE HEARD THIS 745 00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:17,802 MORNING. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE 746 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:21,973 ARE AT THE MOMENT OKAY. YES. 747 00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:23,141 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 748 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,376 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR LIN. 749 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:25,243 I APPRECIATE THAT, AND AS 750 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:27,078 ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO CENTRAL 751 00:27:27,078 --> 00:27:28,513 STAFF AND TO OUR PUBLIC 752 00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:29,714 COMMENTERS. I JUST WANTED TO ASK 753 00:27:29,714 --> 00:27:31,483 A QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I 754 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:33,918 UNDERSTAND THE WHAT WILL BE THE 755 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:35,553 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LR AND NR 756 00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:36,621 AFTER THIS BILL, ASSUMING THE 757 00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:39,557 RESOLUTION OR EXCUSE ME, 758 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:40,125 ASSUMING THE AMENDMENT ALSO 759 00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:41,359 PASSES KETIL CAN YOU JUST GO 760 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,761 OVER THAT FOR US ONE MORE TIME, 761 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:42,994 PLEASE? 762 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:47,165 -- YEAH. SO AND CURRENTLY IN OUR 763 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:48,900 MOST OF THE VERY SPECIFIC 764 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:49,534 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS APPLICABLE 765 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:50,535 TO PARKING LOTS HAVE BEEN 766 00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:52,504 REPLACED BY MORE GENERAL 767 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:54,205 STANDARDS, INCLUDING STANDARDS 768 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:56,708 HAVING TO DO WITH THE HEIGHT OF 769 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:57,242 SCREENING, SCREENING WITH 770 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:59,577 SERVICE. PARKING IS LARGELY 771 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:01,279 ABOUT SCREENING. SO, YOU KNOW, 772 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,314 HEADLIGHTS FROM VEHICLES SHINING 773 00:28:03,314 --> 00:28:04,983 ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THAT'S 774 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:05,617 LARGELY WHAT THAT'S INTENDED 775 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:08,286 FOR. SO IN NEIGHBORHOOD 776 00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:10,288 RESIDENTIAL ZONES, MOST OF THOSE 777 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:11,990 VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS HAVE 778 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,958 BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED BY A 779 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,427 GREEN FACTOR REQUIREMENT AND 780 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:16,928 SOME SORT OF MORE FLEXIBLE 781 00:28:16,928 --> 00:28:17,996 STANDARDS THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF 782 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:19,497 THIS AMENDMENT WERE TO PASS. 783 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:21,032 THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR THE MOST 784 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:25,437 PART, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO 785 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,071 THE SPECIFIC STANDARDS RELATED 786 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:30,108 TO THE NUMBER OF TREES AND THE 787 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:31,609 THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH THE 788 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:34,079 REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY 789 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:37,916 -- OKAY. GOT IT. AND I'M JUST 790 00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:38,917 I'M THINKING ABOUT THE COMMENT 791 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:40,418 THAT WE HEARD SOMEBODY MADE 792 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:41,686 EARLIER IN TERMS OF GREEN FACTOR 793 00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:42,687 NOT BEING EQUIVALENT TO TREES. 794 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:45,123 BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD IN YOUR 795 00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:46,591 OVERVIEW IS THIS WOULD BUMP FROM 796 00:28:46,591 --> 00:28:47,959 4 TO 5 TREES BASED ON, EXCUSE 797 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:50,795 ME, THE AMENDMENT RATHER WOULD 798 00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:51,730 SEE US ON AVERAGE HAVE A CHANGE 799 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,932 FROM LIKE 4 TO 5 TREES AS 800 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:54,532 IMPLEMENTED. IS THAT CORRECT? 801 00:28:54,532 --> 00:28:56,835 -- IT WOULD THERE WOULD STILL BE 802 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,269 A GREEN FACTOR REQUIREMENT THAT 803 00:28:58,269 --> 00:29:00,905 WOULD PRESUMABLY BE MET IN PART 804 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,308 BY BY, BY PLANTING TREES FOR 805 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:04,142 SURFACE PARKING. BUT IT MAY NOT 806 00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:05,977 THAT MAY NOT SATISFY THE 807 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:06,644 REQUIREMENT ENTIRELY, DEPENDING 808 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:08,613 ON THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO 809 00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:09,781 THE GREEN FACTOR REQUIREMENT 810 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:11,483 DOES NOT GO AWAY. IT'S STILL A 811 00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:14,819 REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE ARE 812 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:17,489 SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING TREE 813 00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:18,123 PLANTING STANDARDS FOR SURFACE 814 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:18,723 PARKING THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS 815 00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:21,259 THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT WOULD ALSO 816 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:21,793 BE ADDITIONALLY REQUIRED. 817 00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:22,494 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT 818 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:23,695 CLARIFICATION. RIGHT. SO THOSE 819 00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:25,196 TREES WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE 820 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:26,498 REQUIREMENT, BUT IT DOES NOT 821 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:27,465 REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT. SO IT'S 822 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:29,734 SORT OF A IT'S ENCAPSULATED OR 823 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,002 ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THE GREEN 824 00:29:31,002 --> 00:29:31,236 FACTOR. 825 00:29:31,236 --> 00:29:31,803 -- CORRECT. 826 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:33,204 -- YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT 827 00:29:33,204 --> 00:29:36,040 CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU CHAIR 828 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:36,608 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 829 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:47,152 FOSTER ANY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 830 00:29:47,552 --> 00:29:49,621 OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I THINK WE 831 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:51,456 CAN HAVE A PRETTY SHORT MEETING 832 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,691 THIS MORNING. I THINK THAT WE'LL 833 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:58,530 WRAP IT UP. SO. LET'S SEE. SO 834 00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:59,731 WE'VE REACHED THE END OF 835 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:02,867 TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 10:03 836 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:05,336 A.M. ASSUMING THERE'S NO FURTHER 837 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:10,742 BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THE 838 00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:11,276 NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS 839 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:11,876 SEPTEMBER 16th AT 9:30 A.M.. 840 00:30:11,876 --> 00:30:14,813 THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU