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I'M EDDIE LIN. 2 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:37,670 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 3 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:38,004 ROLE. 4 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:39,672 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,608 >> HERE. 6 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:42,375 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 7 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:42,942 >> HERE. 8 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,477 >> COUNCIL MET RINCK. 9 00:00:44,611 --> 00:00:45,678 >> PRESENT. 10 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:47,680 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAKA. 11 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:48,415 >> 12 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:48,615 HERE. 13 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:49,082 >> CHAIR LIN. 14 00:00:49,215 --> 00:00:49,716 >> HERE. 15 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:53,520 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,154 SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT. 17 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:56,456 >> I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT 18 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:57,190 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 19 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,124 AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 20 00:00:58,124 --> 00:00:59,426 ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S 21 00:00:59,426 --> 00:00:59,692 MEETING. 22 00:00:59,692 --> 00:01:01,261 WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. 23 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,663 IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS 24 00:01:03,663 --> 00:01:05,665 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 25 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:06,900 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 26 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,234 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 27 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:09,736 WELCOME TO SESSION ONE OF 28 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:11,337 THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON 29 00:01:11,337 --> 00:01:15,041 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PHASE 30 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:15,241 TWO, 31 00:01:15,241 --> 00:01:16,342 FOCUSING ON CORRIDORS. 32 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:18,078 WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID 33 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:19,078 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 34 00:01:19,078 --> 00:01:20,013 PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE 35 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:21,247 TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR 36 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:22,715 ITEMS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS 37 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:23,116 COMMITTEE. 38 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:24,784 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 39 00:01:24,784 --> 00:01:26,219 SIGNED UP TODAY? 40 00:01:26,352 --> 00:01:29,923 >> WE HAVE ROUGHLY 18 41 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:33,326 TOTAL, EIGHT REMOTE AND TEN IN 42 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:33,893 PERSON. 43 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:34,561 >> OKAY. 44 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:36,229 EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO 45 00:01:36,362 --> 00:01:37,897 MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH IN- 46 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:38,465 PERSON 47 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:41,835 SPEAKERS FIRST. CAN YOU READ THE 48 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:42,202 PUBLIC COMMENT 49 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:42,635 INSTRUCTIONS. 50 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:45,572 >> IT WILL BE MODERATED IN 51 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,907 THE MANNER, UP TO 20 MINUTES. 52 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:49,075 IN- PERSON SPEAKERS WILL 53 00:01:49,075 --> 00:01:50,844 BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER WHICH 54 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,278 REMOTE SPEAK ESHS UNTIL IT HAS 55 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:53,179 ENDED. 56 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:54,781 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 57 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:58,017 WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF 58 00:01:58,017 --> 00:01:58,218 THEIR 59 00:01:58,218 --> 00:01:58,685 TIME. 60 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:01,488 MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED. 61 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:04,157 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 62 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:05,425 OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH 63 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:06,426 THE FIRST 64 00:02:06,426 --> 00:02:11,197 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. LAURA LOWE. 65 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:13,233 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 66 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:14,100 COUNCILMEMBERS. 67 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,735 I'M HERE TODAY AS THE 68 00:02:15,735 --> 00:02:18,338 ADVOCACY AND POLICY MANAGER FOR 69 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:21,274 HABITAT 70 00:02:21,274 --> 00:02:22,575 FOR HUMANITY. 71 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,010 FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. 72 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:25,745 I'M LAURA LOWE, A RENTER IN 73 00:02:25,745 --> 00:02:26,012 SEATTLE. 74 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:28,515 HABITAT IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE 75 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:29,182 COMPLETE COMMUNITIES 76 00:02:29,182 --> 00:02:30,950 COALITION, AND WE STRONGLY 77 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:31,384 SUPPORT THE 78 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:33,419 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER 79 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:33,753 RESOLUTION. 80 00:02:33,753 --> 00:02:36,489 AT HABITAT WE SEE EVERY DAY 81 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:37,390 ZONING CAPACITY IS NOT ABSTRACT. 82 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:38,525 IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 83 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:40,193 A FAMILY STAYING IN SEATTLE OR 84 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:41,761 BEING PRICED OUT. 85 00:02:41,761 --> 00:02:44,697 AT OLYMPIC RIDGE ON 14th AVENUE 86 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:46,399 HABITAT CREATED 18 87 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:48,401 PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOME 88 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:48,668 OWNERSHIP 89 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:49,369 OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST- 90 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:51,838 TIME BUYERS EARNING UP TO 80% OF 91 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:52,105 AMI. 92 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,874 THESE ARE TEACHERS, HEALTH CARE 93 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:56,509 WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 94 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:57,677 EMPLOYEES WHO DREAMED OF STAYING 95 00:02:57,677 --> 00:02:59,412 IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY WORK 96 00:02:59,412 --> 00:03:01,381 AND ARE RAISING THEIR KIDS. 97 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:03,082 THIS FINALLY WAS MADE 98 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:04,450 POSSIBLE AFTER YEARS OF RENTING 99 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:06,419 AND EXPERIENCING HOUSING 100 00:03:06,419 --> 00:03:06,986 INSTABILITY. 101 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:08,888 WITHOUT THAT ZONING, THOSE 102 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:10,490 18 FAMILIES WOULD NOT BE 103 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:10,790 HOMEOWNERS 104 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:11,791 IN SEATTLE TODAY. 105 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:12,992 THIS WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE 106 00:03:12,992 --> 00:03:14,894 OF THE LEVEL OF DENSITY 107 00:03:14,894 --> 00:03:16,162 ALLOWED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 108 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:19,165 THAT'S WHY THIS UPDATE 109 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:19,866 MATTERS SO MUCH. 110 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:22,268 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER BRINGS 111 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:23,336 THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY, 112 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:25,004 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD MORE 113 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:27,307 HOMES, INCLUDING PERMANENTLY 114 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:28,575 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, TO 115 00:03:28,575 --> 00:03:28,775 MORE 116 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:29,609 NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE HUBS 117 00:03:29,609 --> 00:03:31,544 OF OUR CITY, NEAR TRANSIT, 118 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:32,579 JOBS, PARKS AND MORE. 119 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:35,315 IF A PROJECT DELIVERS DEEPER 120 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:36,149 AFFORDABILITY, 121 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:38,518 GREENER CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER 122 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:38,851 COMMUNITY 123 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:39,919 BENEFITS, THE CODE SHOULD 124 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,222 MAKE THAT PROJECT EASIER NOT 125 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:42,455 HARDER 126 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:45,658 TO BUILD BY EXPANDING THE SCOPE 127 00:03:45,658 --> 00:03:47,760 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIS, 128 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,796 HOW HEIGHT BONUSES FOR 129 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:50,663 AFFORDABLE 130 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:53,366 HOUSING WILL WORK, PLUS THOSE 131 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,168 BENEFITS SHOULD BE ABLE TO STACK 132 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:57,270 WITH OTHER PUBLIC INTEREST 133 00:03:57,403 --> 00:03:59,939 BONUSES. PLEASE ADVANCE TALLER, 134 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:00,173 DENSER, 135 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:02,308 FASTER, BOLDLY AND GIVE 136 00:04:02,308 --> 00:04:04,110 SEATTLE EVERY TOOL TO CREATE 137 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:04,310 MORE 138 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:08,348 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN OUR 139 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:10,416 NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS HELPS US, 140 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:10,950 HABITAT, IN 141 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,652 OUR MISSION TO NOT JUST BUILD 142 00:04:12,652 --> 00:04:13,519 HOMES BUT HOMEOWNERS. 143 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:14,754 WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT. 144 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:16,255 THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING 145 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:18,091 OUR VISION, AND WE CAN'T WAIT 146 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,726 TO WORK WITH CAN YOU GOING 147 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:19,993 FORWARD. 148 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:20,627 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 149 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,294 >> THANK YOU. 150 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:23,963 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE SUZANNE GRANT 151 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:25,765 FOLLOWED BY HOWARD 152 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:29,202 GREENWICH, JESSICA DIXON AND 153 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:29,669 RUTH. 154 00:04:29,802 --> 00:04:30,370 >> HELLO. 155 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:31,237 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 156 00:04:31,237 --> 00:04:32,372 TODAY TO LISTEN TO US. 157 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:34,841 BUT DO YOU HEAR US? 158 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:35,908 I ALMOST DIDN'T BOTHER TO 159 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:38,444 COME TODAY TO TALK TO YOU, 160 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:38,745 JUDGING 161 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:39,979 FROM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IT 162 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:41,381 KIND OF APPEARS MANY OF 163 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:45,551 US MAY FEEL THAT WAY. 164 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:46,619 YOU HAVE RECEIVED, HOW 165 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,620 MANY, THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS 166 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,856 FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE 167 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,457 CITY PLEADING FOR PROTECTION 168 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:53,493 OF THEIR -- NO, OUR -- TREES. 169 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:55,295 BUT THE MAYOR HOLDS A 170 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:57,930 SECRET MEETING ABOUT THE 171 00:04:57,930 --> 00:05:00,566 COMP PLAN AND ONLY VITES THE 172 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:00,933 MASTER 173 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:02,168 BUILDERS WHO STAND TO MAKE 174 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:02,502 PROFITS FROM 175 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:03,870 DENSE HOUSING, HOUSING WE 176 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:06,406 ALL WANT IF IT'S AFFORDABLE 177 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:07,640 AND, 178 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,975 IMPORTANTLY, HEALTHY, NEAR 179 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:11,577 TREES. WHAT WILL YOU DO TO STAND 180 00:05:11,577 --> 00:05:14,147 UP, PUN INTENDED, FOR KEEPING 181 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:15,815 TREES INTACT WHILE BUILDING 182 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:16,082 HOUSING? 183 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:17,617 HOW WILL YOU PUSH BACK ON THE 184 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,252 MAYOR'S ONE- SIDED APPROACH? 185 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:20,787 SOME OF YOU ARE TRYING. 186 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:21,321 THANK YOU. 187 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:22,955 BUT YOU NEED TO TRY HARDER. 188 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:24,424 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 189 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:24,791 ADMINISTRATION 190 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:26,526 IS TAKING AWAY OUR PUBLIC 191 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:27,960 LANDS, CUTTING OUR PUBLIC 192 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,227 FORESTS. 193 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:29,262 THE ONLY ACTION I CAN 194 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:30,697 TAKE AGAINST HIM THAT CAN HAVE 195 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:31,030 ANY 196 00:05:31,030 --> 00:05:33,966 REAL EFFECT IS LOCAL ACTION. 197 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:35,702 IF YOU AT THIS POINT -- SORRY -- 198 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:38,037 DOWN THE PATH THAT 199 00:05:38,037 --> 00:05:39,672 IGNORES CLIMATE CHANGE, 200 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:39,972 DECREASES 201 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:42,341 SETBACKS, INCREASES THE 202 00:05:42,341 --> 00:05:45,211 LOT COVERAGE TO 95%, DOOMING 203 00:05:45,211 --> 00:05:47,146 OUR LOCAL ORCA WITH INCREASED 204 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:48,648 STORM WATER RUN- OFF, I HAVE NO 205 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:49,449 SAY 206 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:50,583 IN PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT, 207 00:05:50,583 --> 00:05:50,750 OUR 208 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:53,052 TREES, OUR BIRDS, OUR 209 00:05:53,052 --> 00:05:54,787 INSECTS, AND OUR EXTREMELY 210 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:55,388 INTELLIGENT 211 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,156 ORCA. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE 212 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:57,824 HOLES IN 213 00:05:57,824 --> 00:06:01,327 THE SKY WHERE THE TREES ONCE 214 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:04,530 STOOD. KEEP SEATTLE ERECT. 215 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:06,232 THANK YOU. 216 00:06:06,365 --> 00:06:08,568 >> THANK YOU. 217 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:09,168 HOWARD GREENWICH. 218 00:06:09,302 --> 00:06:15,341 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 219 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:15,942 COUNCILMEMBERS. 220 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:17,777 I'M HOWARD -- I'M HOWARD 221 00:06:17,777 --> 00:06:18,077 GREENWICH. 222 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:21,714 I'M THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR 223 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:22,315 PG SOUND SAGE. 224 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:23,750 FOR THE LAST 15 OR MORE 225 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:26,786 YEARS SAGE HAS BEEN A LEADING 226 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:28,855 VOICE FOR FIGHTING AGAINST 227 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:32,125 DISPLACEMENT OF WORKING WORKING 228 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:33,493 COMMUNITIES OUT OF SEATTLE AND 229 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:35,194 BY DISPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, 230 00:06:35,194 --> 00:06:36,863 WE DON'T JUST MEAN AFFORDABLE 231 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:37,263 HOUSING. 232 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:39,999 WE ALSO MEAN ALL THE CULTURAL 233 00:06:39,999 --> 00:06:42,535 COMPONENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, 234 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:43,736 ET CETERA, THAT FOLKS HAVE BUILT 235 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:48,007 OVER THE LAST 20, 30, 100 236 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:48,841 YEARS THINKING PARTICULARLY 237 00:06:48,841 --> 00:06:51,377 ABOUT THE 238 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:53,346 BLACK COMMUNITY. 239 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:55,548 SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR 240 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:57,550 FIGHT, AND OUR WORK HAS 241 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:59,619 BEEN CITYWIDE BUT MOSTLY FOCUSED 242 00:06:59,619 --> 00:07:00,987 ON SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, SO 243 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:02,555 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, 244 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:02,889 COUNCILMEMBER 245 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,191 LIN, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VALUES 246 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:06,292 HERE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO. 247 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:08,461 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 248 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:10,196 THE RESOLUTION AND THE MAYOR'S 249 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:12,398 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER CONCEPT. 250 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:14,300 BUT WITH SOME CAVEATS. 251 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:15,868 FIRST, WE THINK ADDING 252 00:07:15,868 --> 00:07:19,172 SOME ADDITIONAL ANTI- 253 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:19,972 DISPLACEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS 254 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:21,607 TO IT, TO THE 255 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:23,042 STUDY, WE ARE ASKING THEM TO 256 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:27,847 STUDY, WILL HELP OPCD 257 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:29,015 SHOW INCREASED DENSITY. 258 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:30,183 WE'LL SEND YOU A LETTER 259 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,017 ABOUT THAT SOON. 260 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:34,420 SECOND, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME 261 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:35,721 SINCE A NARROW 262 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:36,823 ADMINISTRATION HAS SOUGHT TO 263 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:37,156 PARTNER WITH 264 00:07:37,156 --> 00:07:38,891 COMMUNITIES AT HIGH RISK OF 265 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,226 DISPLACEMENT TO CRAFT POLICY, 266 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:41,894 SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 267 00:07:41,894 --> 00:07:46,532 TO WORKING WITH MAYOR WILSON'S 268 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:47,867 OPCD LEADERSHIP FOR THIS NEXT 269 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:49,302 ROUND OF ZONING AND PLANNING. 270 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,470 AND THE LAST THING I WANT 271 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,672 TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS AN 272 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:52,972 AFFIRMATION 273 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:54,073 THAT CENTERING COMMUNITIES AT 274 00:07:54,073 --> 00:07:56,742 RISK OF DISPLACEMENT IS NOT 275 00:07:56,742 --> 00:07:57,109 ANTI-DENSITY. 276 00:07:57,243 --> 00:08:00,379 IT'S NOT ANTI-GROWTH. IT'S NOT 277 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:00,813 A JUSTIFICATION 278 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,915 EITHER FOR THE STATUS QUO. 279 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,684 WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE CENTRAL 280 00:08:04,684 --> 00:08:06,519 TO YOUR VISION OF SEATTLE AS A 281 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,055 DENSE, MULTICLASS, 282 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:10,223 MULTIRACIAL CITY FOR EVERYONE. 283 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,424 THANK YOU. 284 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:12,158 >> THANK YOU. 285 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,060 NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSICA 286 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:19,098 DIXON FOLLOWED BY RUTH DEIT, 287 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:19,298 DAVE. 288 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:21,534 >> MY NAME IS JESSICA DIXON 289 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:26,839 AND I'M IN DISTRICT SIX, 290 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:28,441 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS 291 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,375 TODAY -- 292 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:30,209 THIS OPPORTUNITY. 293 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:33,579 TODAY THE MAJESTIC DAYTON CEDARS 294 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:34,981 IN GREENWOOD WERE CUT DOWN. 295 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:38,084 THESE 80-YEAR- OLD HEALTHY RED 296 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:39,886 CEDARS WERE OVER FOUR FEET 297 00:08:39,886 --> 00:08:41,520 IN DIAMETER AND WERE THE HEART 298 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:42,688 OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 299 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:45,324 THEY STOOD AT THE VERY EDGE OF A 300 00:08:45,324 --> 00:08:46,993 SITE AND AN ARCHITECT SHOWED 301 00:08:46,993 --> 00:08:50,897 THAT ALL THE UNITS OF HOUSING, 302 00:08:50,897 --> 00:08:52,932 EIGHT UNITS, AND THE TREES 303 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:54,767 COULD CO- EXIST IF THE DEVELOPER 304 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:56,569 WERE TO BUILD SIX PARKING SPOTS 305 00:08:56,569 --> 00:08:58,905 INSTEAD OF EIGHT. 306 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:00,139 THE LIMBS WERE SLICED 307 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:01,374 BY POWERFUL CHAINSAWS AND FED 308 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:04,911 INTO A SERIES OF 309 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:05,778 CHIPPERS UNTIL THEY WERE JUST 310 00:09:05,778 --> 00:09:06,512 PILES OF SAW DUST. 311 00:09:06,512 --> 00:09:09,982 I BROUGHT A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY 312 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:11,183 LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. 313 00:09:11,183 --> 00:09:12,518 AND AS THEY WERE IN ACTION 314 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:14,787 TODAY, THERE WERE 18 TREE 315 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:18,958 CUTTERS ON SITE. 316 00:09:18,958 --> 00:09:21,794 THEY WERE JUST PILES OF SAWDUST. 317 00:09:21,794 --> 00:09:23,062 NATURE'S PERFECT CARBON 318 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:23,462 STORAGE. 319 00:09:23,462 --> 00:09:25,164 NATURE'S FREE AIR CONDITIONER 320 00:09:25,164 --> 00:09:27,333 AND STORM WATER ALLY WAS 321 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:28,768 RENDERED USELESS. 322 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:30,937 PEOPLE FILED BY TO SAY GOOD-BYE. 323 00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:33,272 A MOM BROUGHT PICTURES FROM HER 324 00:09:33,272 --> 00:09:34,407 DAUGHTER WHO THOUGHT THEY 325 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,374 MIGHT HELP SAVE THE TREE. 326 00:09:35,374 --> 00:09:41,380 I BROUGHT A PICTURE. 327 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:43,249 ANALYST WAS STARTED ON A 328 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:44,917 PIECE OF PAPER, AND I JUST 329 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:45,217 WANTED TO 330 00:09:45,217 --> 00:09:45,985 READ IT TO YOU. 331 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:48,254 QUOTE, I WISH SEATTLE 332 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:50,222 CITY COUNCIL PASSES LAWS TO 333 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:50,456 PROTECT 334 00:09:50,456 --> 00:09:52,291 TREES BY, ONE, REQUIRING 335 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:53,392 ALTERNATE SITE LAYOUTS AT 336 00:09:53,392 --> 00:09:55,828 THE BEGINNING OF PROJECTS WITH 337 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:57,530 TREES, USE SHARED EXTERIOR WALLS 338 00:09:57,530 --> 00:09:59,365 IN ALL MIDDLE HOUSING, 339 00:09:59,365 --> 00:10:00,232 THREE, SAVE TREES THAT ARE 340 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:00,466 GREATER 341 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:02,168 THAN 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 342 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:02,368 FOUR, 343 00:10:02,368 --> 00:10:04,170 SAVE TREES THAT ARE OVER 344 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:06,205 50 YEARS OLD, FIVE, USE 345 00:10:06,205 --> 00:10:08,874 STRUCTURAL PIN PILES TO BUILD 346 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:10,509 OUR LARGE -- 347 00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:11,610 OVER LARGE ROUTES 348 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:13,112 BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS TO BUILD 349 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:13,379 ALONGSIDE 350 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:13,613 TREES. 351 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,214 AND, SIX, HAVE A HEART AND 352 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:16,015 COMPASSION IS ON THE LIST. THANK 353 00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:19,652 YOU. 354 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:20,720 >> THANK YOU. 355 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:28,461 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE -- 356 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,835 >> TWO MAJOR PIECES OF STATE 357 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:38,971 LEGISLATION, HB 1110 AND 358 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:40,339 1491 ARRIVED AFTER PUBLIC INPUT 359 00:10:40,339 --> 00:10:41,640 AND DECISIONS WERE MADE ABOUT 360 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,275 WHICH PLAN ALTERNATIVE AND 361 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,010 GROWTH STRATEGY WOULD BE 362 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:44,276 FOLLOWED. 363 00:10:44,276 --> 00:10:47,346 THE LEVEL OF MIDDLE HOUSING NOW 364 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:50,116 ALLOWED IN OUR TRANSIT NEW 365 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:51,117 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WERE NOT 366 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:54,286 ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE 367 00:10:54,286 --> 00:10:55,321 GROWTH STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED. 368 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:57,590 SO WHAT'S OUR GROWTH 369 00:10:57,590 --> 00:10:57,957 STRATEGY NOW? 370 00:10:57,957 --> 00:10:59,959 CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO 371 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:00,292 RE-ASSESS? 372 00:11:00,292 --> 00:11:01,594 LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. 373 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,162 IT SEEMS WE'VE LOST THE 374 00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:04,864 NARRATIVE. GO BACK TO THE 375 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:05,197 NUMBERS. 376 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:07,967 THE CITY ADOPTED A TARGET OF 377 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:09,702 120,000 NEW HOMES OVER 20 378 00:11:09,702 --> 00:11:11,837 YEARS. TO REACH THAT TARGET, THE 379 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:14,673 2024 DRAFT ZONING PROVIDED 380 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:14,940 CAPACITY 381 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:18,244 FOR 330,000 NEW HOMES IN 382 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:19,712 CORRIDORS AND CENTERS 383 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:20,212 CONFIGURATION. 384 00:11:20,212 --> 00:11:23,215 BUT HB 1491 IS TELLING US WE 385 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:24,583 NEED A STRONGER CORRIDOR'S 386 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:25,284 APPROACH. 387 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:28,187 THIS MANDATE IN ADDITIONAL 388 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:28,721 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE 389 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:29,722 SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CALL FOR 390 00:11:29,722 --> 00:11:31,290 AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN MAP 391 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:32,491 AND TO CONSIDER MODIFYING SOME 392 00:11:32,491 --> 00:11:32,658 OF 393 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:33,893 OUR EXPANDED CENTERS. 394 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:36,095 WE CAN DO THIS 395 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:37,563 WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR ORIGINAL 396 00:11:37,563 --> 00:11:40,166 HOUSING TARGET AND AFFORDABILITY 397 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:40,399 GOALS. 398 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:44,136 AND, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, 399 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:46,605 WE CAN'T EXPECT TO GET 400 00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:47,440 AFFORDABLE 401 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,240 HOUSING THROUGH UPZONING. 402 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:53,245 THE URBAN AFFAIRS INSTITUTE SAID 403 00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:55,047 ZONING MODIFICATIONS 404 00:11:55,047 --> 00:11:57,716 WILL INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY BY 405 00:11:57,716 --> 00:11:57,950 0.8%. 406 00:11:57,950 --> 00:11:59,819 THE AMERICAN 407 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:01,053 ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE SAYS 408 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,455 BETWEEN 1 AND 409 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:02,855 2.5%. 410 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:08,427 THAT'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH. 411 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:09,628 AND I THINK WE'RE 412 00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:09,929 ASKING TOO 413 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:10,629 MUCH FROM UPZONING. IT'S MAGICAL 414 00:12:10,629 --> 00:12:12,631 THINKING. 415 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:16,969 WE NEED TO LOOK HARDER AT SOCIAL 416 00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:19,972 HOUSING, AND SO I ASK YOU -- 417 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:21,640 I THINK WHAT'S TALLER, FASTER 418 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:21,807 IS 419 00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:24,810 A BIT NAIVE. 420 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:25,177 AND 421 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:25,711 WE'VE ALREADY UPZONED 422 00:12:25,711 --> 00:12:26,312 ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 423 00:12:26,445 --> 00:12:31,383 >> THANK YOU. 424 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:33,486 >> NEXT UP DAVE FOLLOWED BY 425 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:39,525 LOGAN AND CAROLINE AND CINDY. 426 00:12:39,658 --> 00:12:40,960 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 427 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,062 MY NAME IS DAVE GLOGER AND 428 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:44,530 I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 429 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:47,032 LAST YEAR COUNCIL PASSED INTERIM 430 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,901 LEGISLATION FOR HB 1110, AND THE 431 00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:50,836 FIRST PHASE OF THE ONE SEATTLE 432 00:12:50,836 --> 00:12:51,170 PLAN. 433 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:52,605 AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WAS WITH 434 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,807 THE INTENT OF PRODUCING 435 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:56,075 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT 436 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,144 THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE 437 00:12:58,144 --> 00:12:58,477 HAPPENING. 438 00:12:58,477 --> 00:12:59,445 WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND 439 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:01,747 MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY, I 440 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:03,449 AM NOT SEEING HOUSING BEING 441 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:04,617 BUILT, I AM SEEING LOTS THAT 442 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:07,219 HAVE ALL THE TREES CUT DOWN WITH 443 00:13:07,219 --> 00:13:07,653 FOUR 444 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:08,554 TOWNHOUSES ON THEM. 445 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:09,588 EACH OF THESE TOWNHOUSES 446 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,957 IS SELLING FOR MORE THAN A 447 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:12,191 MILLION 448 00:13:12,191 --> 00:13:13,425 DOLLARS. THAT'S HARDLY MIDDLE 449 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:13,692 HOUSING. 450 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:15,094 BUT WHAT IS NOT APPARENT IS 451 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,329 THE HOUSE THAT USED TO BE ON 452 00:13:17,329 --> 00:13:17,696 THAT 453 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:18,664 PROPERTY. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT 454 00:13:18,664 --> 00:13:19,431 THERE WAS 455 00:13:19,431 --> 00:13:21,767 A MODEST PRICE STARTER HOME, 456 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:21,967 JUST 457 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:25,237 WHAT A FIRST- TIME HOME BUYER IS 458 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:25,771 LOOKING FOR. 459 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:27,706 SO WE'RE REMOVING ACTUAL MIDDLE 460 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:29,675 HOUSING FOR THIS PROCESS 461 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:31,710 OF SUPPOSEDLY BUILDING 462 00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:32,011 AFFORDABLE 463 00:13:32,144 --> 00:13:34,413 HOUSING. AND ON THE RENTAL SIDE 464 00:13:34,413 --> 00:13:36,415 YESTERDAY I LOOKED ONLINE AND I 465 00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:36,715 FOUND THAT 466 00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:37,983 THERE ARE OVER 13,000 467 00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:40,753 RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE. 468 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:41,253 13,000 APARTMENTS. 469 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:43,189 SO WE HAVE A HUGE SURPLUS 470 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,456 OF RENTAL UNITS, AND THE NEXT 471 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:45,891 PHASE OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 472 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:46,358 WANTS 473 00:13:46,358 --> 00:13:48,227 TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE AREAS 474 00:13:48,227 --> 00:13:49,695 THAT ALLOW LARGE APARTMENT 475 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:50,830 BUILDINGS. 476 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,231 THE TECH INDUSTRY HAS HUGE 477 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:54,200 LAYOFFS WITH MORE ON THE WAY. 478 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,101 STARBUCKS IS LEAVING TOWN, 479 00:13:56,101 --> 00:13:58,070 BUT THE MAYOR SAYS DENSER, 480 00:13:58,070 --> 00:13:59,104 HIGHER, 481 00:13:59,104 --> 00:13:59,505 FASTER. 482 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:00,773 I ASK, WHY? 483 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:02,474 THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T ENCOURAGE 484 00:14:02,474 --> 00:14:04,376 MIDDLE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE 485 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,244 A GLUT OF APARTMENTS. 486 00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:07,146 LOOK AT THE DATA BEFORE YOU 487 00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:08,581 UPZONE SO MUCH THAT SEATTLE IS 488 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,516 NOT RECOGNIZABLE OR LIVABLE IN 489 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:13,485 THE NEAR FUTURE. 490 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:13,953 THANK YOU. 491 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:17,489 >> THANK YOU. 492 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:26,966 AFTERNOON. I'M LOGAN SCHMIDT. 493 00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:28,334 WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF 494 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:30,035 THIS RESOLUTION IN TALLER, 495 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:30,269 DENSER, 496 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:30,603 FASTER. 497 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:34,406 AS THE CITY AND OPCD MOVE AHEAD 498 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:36,408 WITH THE NEXT PHASE, IT IS 499 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:37,843 IMPERATIVE YOU ANALYZE 500 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:39,411 INFRASTRUCTURE BARRIERS THAT 501 00:14:39,411 --> 00:14:40,512 DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDEN 502 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:42,548 MIDDLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE 503 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:42,881 HOUSING. 504 00:14:42,881 --> 00:14:45,017 ZONING CAPACITY ALONE DOES 505 00:14:45,017 --> 00:14:48,721 NOT PRODUCE HOUSING. 506 00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:51,490 >> THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIS 507 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:54,093 SHOULD SHOW RIGHT OF WAY, MAKE 508 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,328 SMALL AND MIDDLE PROJECTS 509 00:14:56,328 --> 00:14:56,595 FEASIBLE 510 00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:58,697 INCLUDING UNDERGROUNDING 511 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:01,033 THRESHOLDS, PERMIT TIME 512 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,534 LINES, AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 513 00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:04,403 UTILITIES WATER MAIN EXTENSION 514 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:06,438 REQUIREMENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 515 00:15:06,438 --> 00:15:07,606 CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE 516 00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:07,806 THAT 517 00:15:07,806 --> 00:15:10,276 THE CITY CAN BOTH PLAN FOR 518 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:12,378 AND REALIZE THE GROWTH SET FORTH 519 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:13,445 IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 520 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:13,679 BECAUSE 521 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:14,680 EVERYONE DESERVES A PLACE 522 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:15,080 TO CALL 523 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,884 HOME. THANKS. 524 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:19,952 >> THANK YOU. 525 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:24,757 >> UP NEXT CAROLINE. 526 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,098 >> HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON. 527 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:34,633 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 528 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:36,135 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. 529 00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:38,003 MY NAME IS CAROLINE 530 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:39,038 VILLANOVA AND I AM THE DIRECTOR 531 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:39,204 OF 532 00:15:39,204 --> 00:15:40,539 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AT SEATTLE 533 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:41,573 PARK FOUNDATION. 534 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:44,710 WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE 535 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:45,911 OF ADVANCING PLANNING TO MEET 536 00:15:45,911 --> 00:15:46,078 THE 537 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:48,314 NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN 538 00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:48,714 SEATTLE. 539 00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:49,915 AT THE SAME TIME WE BELIEVE 540 00:15:49,915 --> 00:15:51,450 THE CITY MUST ENSURE THIS 541 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:53,519 PLAN CREATES A LIVABLE AND 542 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:53,786 THRIVING 543 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:57,589 CITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS 544 00:15:57,589 --> 00:15:59,124 INCLUDING FAMILIES BY IMPROVING 545 00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:00,025 OR EXPANDING PUBLIC SPACE 546 00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:01,627 AND PUBLIC AMENITIES ESPECIALLY 547 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:03,228 GREEN SPACES AS PART OF THE 548 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:05,297 REZONING LEGISLATION. 549 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:08,734 AS A MAJORITY RENTER CITY, IT 550 00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:09,802 IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE 551 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,237 HAVE SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR 552 00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:12,438 KIDS 553 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:14,173 TO PLAY AND FOR PEOPLE TO DO 554 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,975 THINGS LIKE WALK THEIR DOGS OR 555 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:16,141 GET 556 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:17,710 A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. 557 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:21,647 WE MUST CONNECT DENSITY TO -- 558 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,582 DENSITY WITH LIVEABILITY, NOT 559 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:25,584 AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR A REQUEST 560 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:26,985 FROM INTEREST GROUPS BUT 561 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:28,620 AS STRONG POLICIES WITH 562 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:31,256 REAL CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY 563 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:31,623 RESILIENCE 564 00:16:31,757 --> 00:16:33,125 OUTCOMES. THROUGH OUR 565 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:33,859 COALITION ENGAGEMENT WE KNOW 566 00:16:33,859 --> 00:16:34,393 THAT THE CURRENT 567 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:36,228 APPROACH TO DENSITY AND LAND USE 568 00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:38,330 PLANNING HAS CREATED A GROWING 569 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,566 THE CITY'S 570 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:41,700 STRATEGY INSUFFICIENTLY 571 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:42,067 ADDRESSES GREEN 572 00:16:42,067 --> 00:16:43,802 SPACE, LIVEABILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD 573 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:46,372 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EQUITABLE 574 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:46,872 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 575 00:16:46,872 --> 00:16:49,308 WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR 576 00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:50,776 140 GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY 577 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,044 GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT 578 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:52,311 THIS 579 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:54,446 IS THE CASE, AND WE REQUEST 580 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:54,680 AGENCY 581 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,415 AND ELECTED LEADERS SIT DOWN 582 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,250 AND HAVE DIRECT DIALOGUE 583 00:16:58,250 --> 00:16:59,318 WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE 584 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:00,352 IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES 585 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:01,420 TO ZONING IN THEIR 586 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:01,787 NEIGHBORHOODS. 587 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:02,855 AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ASSIST 588 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,023 THE CITY IN REACHING THOSE 589 00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:05,257 PEOPLE. 590 00:17:05,257 --> 00:17:06,291 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 591 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:08,293 TIME TODAY TO RECONSIDER THE 592 00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:09,628 PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE 593 00:17:09,628 --> 00:17:09,962 COMPREHENSIVE 594 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:10,996 PLAN CAN AND WILL HAVE ON 595 00:17:10,996 --> 00:17:11,230 SHAPING 596 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,631 SEATTLE'S FUTURE. 597 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:15,067 WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WORK 598 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:16,769 TOGETHER AND DEMONSTRATE 599 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,370 RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE 600 00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:18,670 LIVEABILITY 601 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:20,806 AND GROWTH ARE NOT COMPETING 602 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:21,140 PRIORITIES. 603 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:21,507 THANK YOU FOR 604 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:21,874 YOUR LEADERSHIP 605 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:22,508 AND YOUR TIME ON THE COMMITTEE 606 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:22,741 TODAY. 607 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:26,078 >> THANK YOU. 608 00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:29,348 >> NEXT UP IS SANDY FOLLOWED BY 609 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:34,887 JASMINE SMITH AND ORALEE ROSE. 610 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:35,954 >> HI. 611 00:17:35,954 --> 00:17:38,957 I'M SANDY WITH TREE ACTION 612 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,126 SEATTLE. AS JESSICA TOLD YOU 613 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:41,493 TODAY 614 00:17:41,493 --> 00:17:44,163 TWO HEALTHY NATIVE WESTERN RED 615 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:45,330 CEDARS GROWING ON THE 616 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:46,632 EDGE OF THE LOT, ALMOST IN THE 617 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,333 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ACTUALLY, 618 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:48,667 WERE 619 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:51,603 REMOVED FOR A TOWN HOME COMPLEX. 620 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:53,372 THEIR NUMBERS WILL BE ADDED 621 00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:58,477 TO THE 6,923 TREES REMOVED SINCE 622 00:17:58,477 --> 00:17:58,844 2024. 623 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,479 OVER HALF WERE HEALTHY TREES 624 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:03,415 REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION. 625 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:06,452 70% HAVE TRUNKS OVER A FOOT IN 626 00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:07,186 DIAMETER. 627 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,421 WE WILL BE SENDING YOU GREEN 628 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:11,223 FACTOR AMENDMENTS. 629 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:14,159 WE'VE WORKED ON WITH FUTURE 630 00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:14,526 WISE. 631 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:17,296 THEY ARE ENTIRELY INCENTIVE 632 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:18,597 BASED, SO I HOPE YOU 633 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:20,532 WILL CONSIDER THESE AND PASS 634 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:20,732 THEM. 635 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:22,801 BUT INCENTIVES ARE NOT ENOUGH. 636 00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:24,503 AT A CERTAIN POINT WE HAVE 637 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:27,005 TO LOOK AROUND AT OTHER CITIES 638 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:27,172 AND 639 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:29,441 ASK WHY SEATTLE'S URBAN FOREST 640 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:31,610 POLICIES ARE SO DIFFERENT AND 641 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:34,079 WHY WE ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY 642 00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:36,515 TOWARD ALLOWING 100% HARD 643 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,383 SCAPE WHERE HUMANS LIVE. 644 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:40,018 NEW YORK CITY JUST RELEASED 645 00:18:40,018 --> 00:18:43,055 THEIR URBAN FOREST PLAN. 646 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:45,224 IT INCLUDED OVER 7,000 647 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,192 INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS FROM THE 648 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:47,526 COMMUNITY. 649 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:50,562 IT PUTS ALL OF THEIR TREES UNDER 650 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:54,633 ONE MANAGER, AND IT DOES NOT 651 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:55,300 ESSENTIALLY 652 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:56,902 DISTINGUISH PROTECTION BETWEEN 653 00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:57,169 PRIVATE 654 00:18:57,169 --> 00:18:58,437 AND PUBLIC TREES. 655 00:18:58,437 --> 00:19:00,305 THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT 656 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:01,907 TO STEP INTO. 657 00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:04,009 PLEASE USE THIS ONCE IN A DECADE 658 00:19:04,009 --> 00:19:06,478 OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OTHER 659 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:07,913 PROGRESSIVE CITIES IN 660 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:09,948 PRESERVING AND GROWING OUR TREE 661 00:19:09,948 --> 00:19:12,718 CANOPY. 662 00:19:12,851 --> 00:19:13,986 >> THANK YOU. 663 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:23,662 >> I'M NOT USED TO THIS MIC. 664 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:26,231 MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH. 665 00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:27,933 I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 666 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,601 LOCAL ADVOCACY AT FUTURE WISE 667 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:30,302 AND 668 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:32,037 A RESIDENT OF LOWER QUEEN ANNE 669 00:19:32,037 --> 00:19:34,706 AND CO- CHAIR OF THE COMPLETE 670 00:19:34,706 --> 00:19:35,474 COMMUNITIES COALITION. 671 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:38,844 FROM TINY TOWNS OF 800 TO CITIES 672 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:39,778 OF 800,000 AND ANYWHERE IN 673 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:40,646 BETWEEN FUTURE 674 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:41,980 WISE BELIEVES THAT THE ELEMENTS 675 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,882 OF A STRONG, 676 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:45,183 RESILIENT COMMUNITY 677 00:19:45,183 --> 00:19:45,484 ARE ALL THE 678 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,485 SAME. YOU SHOULD HAVE A 679 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:47,586 HEALTHY HOME WHERE YOU CAN 680 00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:48,186 AFFORD TO 681 00:19:48,186 --> 00:19:51,023 LIVE, WHERE YOU CAN WALK, BIKE 682 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:51,190 AND 683 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,791 RIDE TRANSIT TO GET TO WHERE YOU 684 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:54,660 NEED TO GO AND ACCESS LOCAL 685 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:57,195 FOOD FROM LOCAL FARMS AND LOVE 686 00:19:57,195 --> 00:19:57,729 THE 687 00:19:57,729 --> 00:19:59,431 STUNNING LANDS THAT WE 688 00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:01,333 SHARE WITH WILDLIFE, WHICH MAY 689 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:01,533 LOOK 690 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:02,701 DIFFERENT FOR A CITY OF 691 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:03,702 SEATTLE'S SIZE BUT THE MISSION 692 00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:05,003 IS CLEAR. 693 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:06,471 THE FOURTH FASTEST GROWING 694 00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:10,108 CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ONE 695 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:11,643 SERVING AS REFUGE FOR 696 00:20:11,643 --> 00:20:13,211 PEOPLE ESCAPING CLIMATES BOTH 697 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:14,713 ENVIRONMENTAL AND 698 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,748 SOCIAL, WE HAVE TO BUILD TALLER, 699 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:17,182 DENSER 700 00:20:17,182 --> 00:20:17,449 AND 701 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:19,084 FASTER. WE NEED TO HAVE THE 702 00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:20,586 FULLEST PICTURE OF THE 703 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:21,086 ENVIRONMENTAL 704 00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:23,155 IMPACTS AND HOW WE ARE ALSO 705 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,058 ABLE TO IMPROVE THINGS FOR 706 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,826 THE ENVIRONMENT BY HAVING 707 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:28,060 TRANSIT 708 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:31,096 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND 709 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,030 WALKABLE COMMUNITIES AND DO 710 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:34,232 SO IN A WAY THAT'S GREEN FOR 711 00:20:34,232 --> 00:20:35,434 OUR EMERALD CITY AND CONTINUE 712 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:37,703 TO GROW THAT TRANSIT ORIENTED 713 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:39,605 DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT WE ARE 714 00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:41,340 ING BOTH 715 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,609 SEATTLEITES FROM YESTERYEAR THAT 716 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:43,976 HAVE HAD 717 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:45,110 TO MOVE AS WELL AS THE ONES 718 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,178 THAT LIVE HERE TODAY AND THE 719 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:46,378 ONES 720 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:47,613 THAT WANT TO COME BACK AND 721 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:50,716 THE ONES THAT WANT TO JOIN US 722 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:51,083 AND 723 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,085 LIVE IN THIS EMERALD CITY. 724 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:55,520 AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE 725 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,456 ENOUGH HOUSING AT AFFORDABLE 726 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:58,457 RATES THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE 727 00:20:58,457 --> 00:20:59,958 TO LIVE 728 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:02,194 IN THEIR HOMES, HAVE A ROOF 729 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:03,128 OVER THEIR HEADS. 730 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:05,030 THEY AREN'T RISKING BEING 731 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:07,165 DISPLACED TO DIFFERENT 732 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:10,736 CITIES, DIFFERENT TOWNS, OR TO 733 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:11,203 OUR 734 00:21:11,203 --> 00:21:11,570 STREETS. 735 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:13,805 AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS. 736 00:21:13,805 --> 00:21:15,674 THANK YOU FOR WORKING 737 00:21:15,674 --> 00:21:16,975 TALLER, DENSER AND FASTER SO 738 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:18,343 THAT WE CAN 739 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:19,778 HAVE A WASHINGTON FOR ALL. 740 00:21:19,911 --> 00:21:20,445 >> THANK YOU. 741 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:29,921 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE ORALEE ROSE. 742 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:30,989 >> HELLO. 743 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:33,992 IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN 744 00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:34,426 TODAY. 745 00:21:34,426 --> 00:21:36,762 OH, MY NAME IS ORALEE ROSE AND I 746 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:38,196 LIVE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. 747 00:21:38,196 --> 00:21:40,298 I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE 748 00:21:40,298 --> 00:21:41,299 TIMES, AND ALL THE WHILE I'VE 749 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:41,566 BEEN 750 00:21:41,566 --> 00:21:42,634 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 751 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,903 TO PROVE TO YOU THAT WE ARE 752 00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:46,438 BEING SPIED ON BECAUSE NONE OF 753 00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:48,373 THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF WE 754 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:48,540 ARE 755 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:49,741 RUINING OUR LAND AND SPYING ON 756 00:21:49,741 --> 00:21:50,475 PEOPLE, RIGHT? 757 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:54,079 SO I GOT AN FOIA FROM THE 758 00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:56,548 EFF, AND THEY DETERMINED 759 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:58,016 CONTERRA ULTRA BROAD BAND IS 760 00:21:58,016 --> 00:21:58,250 INDEED 761 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:58,850 SPYING ON US. 762 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:00,619 NOT ONLY THAT, DO THEY HAVE 763 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:02,821 THE EQUIPMENT HERE TO SPY ON US? 764 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:05,057 THEY SPY ON MULTIPLE OF US 765 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,892 AT ONCE AND WITH THIS 766 00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:09,061 COMMITMENT THEY RELEASE 767 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:09,361 PLUTONIUM, 768 00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:14,499 RADIATION, IONIZING RADIATION. 769 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:15,801 DO YOU 770 00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:16,234 KNOW WHAT IONIZING 771 00:22:16,234 --> 00:22:16,601 RADIATION DOES? 772 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:17,235 THEY LEARNED IN THE '50s IT 773 00:22:17,235 --> 00:22:17,636 CONTROLS PEOPLE. 774 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:19,905 SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT 775 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:21,106 FOIA IS OUT. 776 00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:24,276 I GREW UP HERE, I'M NATIVE, AND 777 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:29,314 I'VE BEEN A PARK OF THE 778 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:29,781 MUCKELSHOOT. 779 00:22:29,781 --> 00:22:30,816 I LOVE THIS LAND. 780 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,217 MY GRANDMA USED TO TELL ME ABOUT 781 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:33,985 THE OTTAWA WHO WE'RE A PART OF, 782 00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:35,187 TOO, AND HOW THEY TRAVELED 783 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:36,455 DOWN TO OKLAHOMA. 784 00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:37,789 I LOVE THIS LAND. 785 00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:38,557 I REALLY DO. 786 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,258 I WALK OUTSIDE AND I SEE 787 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:41,860 THE GRASS AND I THANK 788 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:44,129 GOD. I WAS IN MEDITATION AND I 789 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:44,663 SWEAR 790 00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:45,731 THAT JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF TOLD 791 00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:47,733 ME TO COME DOWN HERE AND 792 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:48,266 PRESENT IT TO YOU. 793 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,868 NOT THAT I THINK YOU'LL 794 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:51,737 CARE, BUT FOR SOME REASON HE 795 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:51,937 DOES. 796 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:53,839 SO I'M PRESENTING IT TO YOU. 797 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:54,840 THERE IS ACTUAL EVIDENCE OUT 798 00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:57,476 NOW. THERE'S AN FOIA STATING 799 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:57,676 THEY 800 00:22:57,676 --> 00:22:59,878 INJECTED ME AT 14 YEARS OLD -- 801 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,346 14-YEAR- OLD LITTLE GIRL -- 802 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:04,116 THEY INJECTED ME WITH ISOTOPES. 803 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,217 MY TIME IS DONE. 804 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:06,651 IF YOU GUYS DON'T DO 805 00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:10,122 SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT'S YOUR 806 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:10,355 FAULT! 807 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:11,490 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 808 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:12,290 I'M SORRY. 809 00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:14,192 I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. 810 00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:14,893 OBVIOUSLY YOU WEREN'T HERE. 811 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,128 YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT 812 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:16,528 IT. 813 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:17,796 TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING BACK 814 00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:18,930 AND I FINALLY HAVE THE PROOF, I 815 00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:20,165 MEAN HARD- CORE PROOF. 816 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:20,499 MOVE 817 00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,534 YOUR ASSES. THANK YOU. 818 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:28,807 >> THANK YOU. 819 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,409 >> THAT'S OUR LAST IN- PERSON 820 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,444 SPEAKER. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 821 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:34,513 OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS STARTING 822 00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:34,713 WITH 823 00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:43,255 ALBERTO ALVAREZ. 824 00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:46,825 >> THANK YOU. 825 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:50,595 HOW CAN WE TRUST TODAY'S PUBLIC 826 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:51,463 COMMENTS. 827 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,497 COUNCIL HAS A LEGAL OBLIGATION 828 00:23:52,497 --> 00:23:53,899 TO UPHOLD THE FIRST AMENDMENT 829 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:57,736 AND TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM OF 830 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:00,839 SPEECH USING NO RACIAL SLURS OR 831 00:24:00,972 --> 00:24:02,841 DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE, 832 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:04,709 HOWARD GAYLE VOICED HIS OPINION. 833 00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:06,745 COUNCIL THEN ISSUED THREATS AND 834 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:09,915 BANNED HIM FROM 835 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:13,185 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR COMMENT 836 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:13,485 CRITICIZING 837 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:15,187 POLITICIANS ON COUNCIL. 838 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,989 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND 839 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,458 NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE ARE 840 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:23,562 FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR FREEDOMS. 841 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:24,963 CRITICIZING A POLITICIAN 842 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:27,899 WHILE NOT DENIGRATING RACE, 843 00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:28,300 GENDER, 844 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,901 ETHNICITY, IS ALL 845 00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:33,638 LEGALLY PROTECTED IN OUR 846 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:33,905 SOCIETY. 847 00:24:33,905 --> 00:24:36,575 YOU SHOULD WRITE AN APOLOGY AND 848 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:40,412 COUNCIL MUST AMEND THE RULES 849 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,214 THAT ALLOW IRRITABLE AND 850 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:44,182 VINDICTIVE MEMBERS TO 851 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:46,484 BAN PEOPLE FOR STATEMENTS THEY 852 00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:48,987 DON'T LIKE. YOU MAY NOT LIKE 853 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:51,223 IT, BUT THAT IS THE HARSH TRUTH 854 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:51,790 NEEDED 855 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:54,292 TO MAINTAIN OUR PERSONAL 856 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:54,559 FREEDOMS 857 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:57,762 AND OUR POWER TO HOLD GOVERNMENT 858 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:58,663 ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU ALL AND 859 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,800 HAVE A 860 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,669 GOOD DAY. 861 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:11,977 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE CARTER 862 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,413 NELSON. 863 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:22,754 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 864 00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:23,521 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR LIN 865 00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:24,656 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 866 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,658 CARTER NELSON ON BEHALF 867 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:28,193 OF WASHINGTON STATE, 868 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:30,061 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 869 00:25:30,061 --> 00:25:30,362 DEVELOPMENT 870 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:30,729 ASSOCIATION 871 00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:31,529 REPRESENTING INDUSTRY 872 00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:34,099 PROFESSIONALS DELIVERING MUCH OF 873 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:34,833 THE MARKET 874 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:36,268 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING THIS CITY 875 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:37,502 NEEDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 876 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:39,538 CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND FOCUS 877 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:39,838 ON HOUSING. 878 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:41,940 WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THE 879 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:42,474 MAYOR'S 880 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:44,843 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER PROPOSAL. 881 00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:49,214 IT MOVES TO A MORE AMBITIOUS FOR 882 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:49,447 GROWTH. 883 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:50,548 AS PHASE TWO WORK IS UNDER 884 00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:52,217 WAY AND PHASE THREE APPROACHES, 885 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:52,384 WE 886 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:53,285 SUPPORT THE JOINT 887 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:55,387 RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY TO 888 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:55,720 HELP KEEP 889 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,322 THAT MOMENTUM MOVING. 890 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:59,057 LOOKING AHEAD WE WOULD 891 00:25:59,057 --> 00:25:59,758 WELCOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL 892 00:25:59,758 --> 00:25:59,991 CENTERS 893 00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:00,859 AND A BOLDER VISION FOR 894 00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:02,327 GROWTH TO BE ADEQUATELY STUDIED 895 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:03,094 SO THAT 896 00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:04,996 IN THE FUTURE COUNCIL HAS A 897 00:26:04,996 --> 00:26:06,598 FULL SUITE OF POLICY OPTIONS TO 898 00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:08,867 ADDRESS THE CITY'S 899 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,602 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 900 00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:10,902 CHALLENGES. 901 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:11,937 AS SEATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW 902 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,638 WE NEED TO BE ADDING MORE HOMES 903 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:13,805 AND 904 00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:15,407 EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS TO 905 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,608 BETTER SERVE CURRENT AND 906 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,176 FUTURE RESIDENTS FOCUSING ON 907 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:18,476 GROWTH 908 00:26:18,476 --> 00:26:20,078 AND DENSER AREAS NEAR TRANSIT 909 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,580 IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST WAYS TO 910 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:22,814 REDUCE 911 00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:23,548 SPRAWL, SUPPORT CLIMATE 912 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:25,083 GOALS AND MAKE THE CITY 913 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:28,186 MORE ACCESSIBLE AND CONNECTED. 914 00:26:28,186 --> 00:26:29,120 WE APPRECIATE THE 915 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,388 THOUGHTFUL APPROACH YOU'VE 916 00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:30,588 TAKEN 917 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:32,924 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 918 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:33,458 OUR MEMBERS STAND READY 919 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:35,327 TO STAY ENGAGED AND MAKE IT 920 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:36,761 EASIER TO HOUSING AND MAKE 921 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:37,762 SEATTLE A MORE 922 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:38,396 LIVABLE AND ATTAINABLE CITY FOR 923 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:38,596 ALL. 924 00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:38,964 THANK YOU. 925 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:44,402 >> THANK YOU. 926 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:47,439 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE RUTH 927 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:52,243 WILLIAMS. 928 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:53,144 >> HELLO? 929 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,312 >> HELLO. 930 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:57,048 >> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 931 00:26:57,048 --> 00:26:58,616 HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 932 00:26:58,616 --> 00:27:01,753 I AM RUTH WILLIAMS SPEAKING AS A 933 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:04,322 RESIDENT OF D- 5 CONCERNING 934 00:27:04,322 --> 00:27:05,590 RESOLUTION 32183. 935 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:07,892 HOW IS THIS RESOLUTION GOING 936 00:27:07,892 --> 00:27:09,627 TO LIMIT EXPENSE AND 937 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:10,161 DISPLACEMENT 938 00:27:10,161 --> 00:27:10,695 NOW? 939 00:27:10,695 --> 00:27:12,564 IN WHAT WAY IS IT SUSTAINABLE? 940 00:27:12,564 --> 00:27:17,102 TREE REMOVALS AND EXCESSIVE 941 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:17,902 PAYMENT WILL HAVE POOR AIR 942 00:27:17,902 --> 00:27:20,105 QUALITY, DAMAGE TO 943 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:21,640 OUR MANAGEMENT ZONES AND TO 944 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,342 BOTH FRESH AND MARINE BODIES. 945 00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:26,411 THE RESULT WILL BE HELPING 946 00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:29,981 TO KEEP CERTAIN SALMON RECOVERY 947 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:30,148 ON 948 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:33,218 HOLD, THE LARGEST IN SEATTLE, 949 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:35,420 AND RESIDENT ORCAS ARE 950 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:36,721 IN CONTINUED PERIL. 951 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,623 LET'S NOT DO THE SAME THINGS 952 00:27:38,623 --> 00:27:39,024 AND 953 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:40,258 EXPECT A DIFFERENT RESULT. 954 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:41,159 BUILDING BIGGER WILL 955 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,628 REQUIRE US TO KEEP HANDING THE 956 00:27:43,628 --> 00:27:43,995 WINNING 957 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:45,163 CARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION 958 00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:45,430 COMPANY. 959 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,831 SUCCESS IS GOING TO REQUIRE 960 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:48,900 A NEW KIND OF CREATIVITY. 961 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:51,269 WHAT IF WE STRIVE TO KEEP MORE 962 00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:52,437 OF THE CASH IN THE COMMUNITY? 963 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:56,174 WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SEATTLE 964 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,375 CITY TRANSFER 965 00:27:57,375 --> 00:27:57,976 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WOULD 966 00:27:57,976 --> 00:27:59,110 ALLOW THE OWNER OF ONE 967 00:27:59,110 --> 00:27:59,944 PROPERTY TO SELL 968 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:01,146 THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO A 969 00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:01,379 BUILDER 970 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:03,348 WHO HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO 971 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:04,582 BUILD BIGGER WHILE PUTTING SOME 972 00:28:04,582 --> 00:28:06,351 DOLLARS IN THE HOMEOWNER'S 973 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:07,752 POCKET, AVOIDING 974 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:09,487 DISPLACEMENT AND POSSIBLY SAVING 975 00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:10,055 A 976 00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:10,755 LANDSCAPED YARD. 977 00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:12,490 WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERING 978 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:13,725 THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL 979 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:16,094 WHERE THE LAND IS OWNED BY A 980 00:28:16,094 --> 00:28:16,694 NONPROFIT 981 00:28:16,694 --> 00:28:19,130 AND RESIDENTS PAY ONLY FOR THE 982 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:21,232 HOMES. 983 00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:22,434 STRONGTOWNS.ORG HAS A HOST OF 984 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,436 RESOURCES FOR INCREASING 985 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,637 DENSITY WHILE KEEPING CASH IN 986 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:26,871 THE COMMUNITY AND STOPPING 987 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:27,205 DISPLACEMENT. 988 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:28,506 WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR. 989 00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:30,709 LET'S TRY SOME NEW IDEAS. 990 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,544 I HAVE SENT YOU SOME LINKS AND 991 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:33,278 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 992 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:35,013 TODAY. 993 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:40,051 >> THANK YOU. 994 00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:46,224 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE IRENE. 995 00:28:57,635 --> 00:28:59,237 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS 996 00:28:59,237 --> 00:28:59,671 IRENE IN D-6. 997 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:03,575 I URGE YOU TO REJECT 32203. 998 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:04,876 TO SWEEP EVEN MORE OF THE 999 00:29:04,876 --> 00:29:07,312 STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THIS 1000 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:07,579 UPZONING 1001 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:08,847 FRENZY, THE CITY'S DATA 1002 00:29:08,847 --> 00:29:11,683 SHOWS CURRENT CAPACITY TO ADD 1003 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:12,183 OVER 1004 00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:15,820 163,000 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL 1005 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:16,755 UNITS FORE AN ANTICIPATED 1006 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,557 GROWTH IN POPULATION OF 228,000 1007 00:29:19,557 --> 00:29:19,891 BUT THE 1008 00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:23,361 ONE SEATTLE PLAN CALLS FOR 1009 00:29:23,361 --> 00:29:27,298 RADICALLY MORE UPZONES 330,000 1010 00:29:27,298 --> 00:29:29,067 UNITS, LESS THAN ONE PERSON PER 1011 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:29,367 UNIT. 1012 00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,503 WHERE DO THESE ESTIMATES COME 1013 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:32,103 FROM? 1014 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,838 THE OFFICIAL HOUSING TARGET 1015 00:29:33,838 --> 00:29:36,341 FOR SEATTLE FROM KING COUNTY WAS 1016 00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:37,375 FOR 1017 00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:40,478 112,000 UNITS BETWEEN 2019 1018 00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:41,846 AND 2044 AND OUR GROWTH RATE 1019 00:29:41,846 --> 00:29:43,481 HAS SINCE SLOWED. 1020 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:44,816 CONCERNING UPZONING 1021 00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:47,986 ALONG FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES 1022 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:49,120 THE MAPPING AND LANGUAGE IN THE 1023 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,922 DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS CONFUSING. 1024 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:52,924 WE NEED CLEAR MAPS THAT SHOW ALL 1025 00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:55,126 AREAS BOTH INSIDE AND 1026 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,027 OUTSIDE THE CENTERS CENTERS LOTS 1027 00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:56,227 WILL 1028 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:57,495 BE SUBJECT TO INCREASE IN 1029 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:58,263 HEIGHT AND DENSITY. 1030 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,632 THE ALLEGED GOAL IS TO 1031 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,900 REDUCE HOUSING COSTS ESPECIALLY 1032 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:03,067 FOR THE 1033 00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:04,068 SO-CALLED RENT BURDENED, 1034 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:05,770 BUT 1035 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:06,404 THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS PLAN 1036 00:30:06,404 --> 00:30:07,105 THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL. 1037 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:08,740 MERELY ALLOWING 1038 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:10,475 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO RANDOMLY 1039 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,043 DEMOLISH EXISTING 1040 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,511 HOUSING INCLUDING MUCH OF 1041 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:15,513 SEATTLE'S REMAINING RENTAL 1042 00:30:15,513 --> 00:30:16,414 HOUSING SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES 1043 00:30:16,414 --> 00:30:16,614 AND 1044 00:30:16,614 --> 00:30:19,350 REPLACE IT WITH MORE BUT NOT 1045 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,187 AFFORDABLE AND CERTAINLY LESS 1046 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:23,121 HOUSING IS NOT THE 1047 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:24,889 ANSWER. PER THE HOUSING UNIT 1048 00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:25,123 GROWTH 1049 00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:28,092 REPORT I RECEIVED FROM OPCD 1050 00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:34,132 YESTERDAY, BETWEEN 2016 AND 2025 1051 00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:36,201 135,4787 HOUSING UNITS HAVE 1052 00:30:36,201 --> 00:30:37,268 BEEN BUILT, ARE UNDER 1053 00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:37,602 CONSTRUCTION 1054 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:38,603 OR HAVE PERMITS. 1055 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:40,038 HAS THIS BROUGHT DOWN THE COST 1056 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:42,207 OF 1057 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:42,473 HOUSING? 1058 00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:44,209 NO. WE NEED A RATIONAL PLAN THAT 1059 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:46,044 FOCUSES ON LIVEABILITY, 1060 00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:47,745 PROMOTING HOME OWNERSHIP 1061 00:30:47,745 --> 00:30:49,881 OVER RENTAL UNITS, PROTECTING 1062 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:51,916 THE ENVIRONMENT AND 1063 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:53,384 IZING NEW HOUSING WHERE CURRENT 1064 00:30:53,384 --> 00:30:55,086 ZONING IS UNDERUTILIZED. 1065 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:55,854 ONE SEATTLE PLAN SHOULD BENEFIT 1066 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:58,623 EVERYONE. 1067 00:30:58,756 --> 00:31:00,225 >> THANK YOU, IRENE. 1068 00:31:00,225 --> 00:31:04,662 NEXT UP WE HAVE TRISH STANLEY. 1069 00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:10,435 SORRY, SHANLEY. 1070 00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:15,006 >> HI. 1071 00:31:15,006 --> 00:31:16,774 MY NAME IS TRISH SHANLEY AND I 1072 00:31:16,774 --> 00:31:19,377 HAVE THREE COMMENTS 1073 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,078 ABOUT THE FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE 1074 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:20,912 ZONING. 1075 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:24,249 THE FIRST IS OPCD'S 1076 00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:25,516 PRESENTATION TODAY DOES NOT 1077 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:26,551 DEPICT THE 1078 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:27,619 FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE 1079 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,321 ZONING EVEN ON THEIR PAGE TWO 1080 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:30,588 GROWTH 1081 00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:32,690 STRATEGY. 1082 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:33,858 OPCD INCLUDES FREQUENT 1083 00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:36,027 TRANSIT DENSITY ALONG WITH OTHER 1084 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,629 UPZONING SO WE CAN HAVE 1085 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:40,365 ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE TOTAL 1086 00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:40,898 ZONINGZONING 1087 00:31:40,898 --> 00:31:43,601 ALSO OPCD NEEDS TO INCLUDE MAPS 1088 00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:45,169 SHOWING WHAT THE 1089 00:31:45,169 --> 00:31:47,538 CURRENT FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE 1090 00:31:47,538 --> 00:31:47,839 ZONING IS 1091 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:49,173 AND WHAT THE EXPANDED 1092 00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:51,576 QUARTER MILE AND HALF- MILE 1093 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:51,843 FREQUENT 1094 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:53,144 TRANSIT ROUTE ZONING WOULD LOOK 1095 00:31:53,144 --> 00:31:54,545 LIKE AND HOW MUCH THAT 1096 00:31:54,545 --> 00:31:56,047 WOULD COVER SEATTLE. 1097 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:57,749 THE SECOND IS ZONING 1098 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:58,850 GUIDES DEVELOPMENT TO WHAT WE 1099 00:31:58,850 --> 00:31:59,417 WANT TO 1100 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,219 SEE. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES 1101 00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:02,987 THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WANT TO 1102 00:32:02,987 --> 00:32:03,187 SEE? 1103 00:32:03,187 --> 00:32:05,189 DO THEY WANT TO SEE WALKABLE 1104 00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:06,391 NEIGHBORHOODS, OR DO THEY 1105 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:09,427 WANT TO SEE SPRAWL ALONG 1106 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:10,028 ARTERIALS? 1107 00:32:10,028 --> 00:32:11,796 CURRENT ECONOMIC NUMBERS LOOK 1108 00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:13,631 LIKE THE SEATTLE IS HEADED 1109 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:14,666 FOR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. 1110 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,334 MUCH OF THIS ZONING MIGHT NOT 1111 00:32:16,334 --> 00:32:18,970 GET BUILT. 1112 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:20,939 SO YOU SHOULD THINK 1113 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:21,639 CAREFULLY WHERE THEY WANT 1114 00:32:21,639 --> 00:32:22,573 DEVELOPMENT THE 1115 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:24,575 MOST, ARTERIALS OR CENTERS? 1116 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:26,411 AND MY LAST COMMENT 1117 00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:28,246 IS NO TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE 1118 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:31,616 ON FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES' 1119 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:31,849 IMPACT 1120 00:32:31,849 --> 00:32:34,652 ON OUR ARTERIAL COMMUTE TIME. 1121 00:32:34,652 --> 00:32:35,520 ARTERIAL'S FIRST PRIORITY, 1122 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,322 I WOULD THINK, ARE FOR MOVING 1123 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:39,624 TRAFFIC. IF DENSITY ALONG 1124 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:40,091 ARTERIALS WAS 1125 00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:42,694 AA GOOD IDEA, THEN WE WOULD SEE 1126 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:42,927 I- 1127 00:32:42,927 --> 00:32:45,663 5 LINED WITH APARTMENT 1128 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:46,964 BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS, 1129 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:47,265 DRIVEWAYS, 1130 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:49,300 GARAGES AND PARKING. 1131 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,669 PART OF A LIVABLE CITY IS 1132 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:54,672 FUNCTIONING ARTERIALS THAT ALLOW 1133 00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:55,640 REASONABLE COMMUTE TIMES. 1134 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,208 THE CITY NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE 1135 00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:59,978 TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS 1136 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:01,813 OF FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES 1137 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,382 ON ARTERIAL FLOW IN PART OF THE 1138 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:04,882 NEW 1139 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:07,018 EIF. IN CONCLUSION, I REQUEST 1140 00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:08,953 THE CITY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY 1141 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:10,088 WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW 1142 00:33:10,088 --> 00:33:11,656 THEY WANT IT TO FUNCTION. 1143 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:14,058 DO THEY WANT WALKABLE CENTERS OR 1144 00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:15,860 SPRAWL, AND DO THEY WANT 1145 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:17,695 SMOOTH FLOWING ARTERIALS -- 1146 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:19,197 >> THANK YOU, TRISH. 1147 00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:29,540 NEXT UP WE HAVE PETER MANNING. 1148 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:34,712 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1149 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:35,480 >> YES. 1150 00:33:35,613 --> 00:33:37,248 >> HELLO? 1151 00:33:37,382 --> 00:33:38,983 HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY 1152 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:39,250 COUNCIL. 1153 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,718 MY NAME IS PETER MANNING. 1154 00:33:40,718 --> 00:33:43,621 I AM PRESIDENT OF THE -- 1155 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:44,489 I'M CALLING IN BECAUSE IT'S 1156 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:47,158 COME TO 1157 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,160 MY KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR 1158 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,629 MAYOR WILSON IS ONCE AGAIN DONE 1159 00:33:51,629 --> 00:33:52,830 WHAT 1160 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:53,765 OTHER MAYORS HAVE DONE TO THE 1161 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:55,133 BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY, 1162 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:57,902 MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR 1163 00:33:57,902 --> 00:33:59,303 NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO 1164 00:33:59,303 --> 00:33:59,470 SET 1165 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:01,239 THE TABLE. NOW HOW CAN YOU HAVE 1166 00:34:01,239 --> 00:34:02,140 A CONVERSATION ABOUT US 1167 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:02,507 WITHOUTWITHOUT 1168 00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:05,510 IS THE QUESTION? 1169 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:07,445 I SUPPORTED KATIE WILSON IN THE 1170 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:07,912 BEGINNING. 1171 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:09,347 I THOUGHT KATIE WILSON WAS 1172 00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:11,115 DIFFERENT, BUT KATIE WILSON IS 1173 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:12,717 COMING OFF AS IF SHE 1174 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,452 DOESN'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE OR 1175 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:14,652 BROWN 1176 00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:15,086 PEOPLE. 1177 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:18,589 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THIS 1178 00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:20,057 MAYOR. 1179 00:34:20,057 --> 00:34:22,593 WHY IS IT YOU DON'T INCLUDE US? 1180 00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:26,297 DO YOU NOT VALUE US AND WHAT WE 1181 00:34:26,297 --> 00:34:27,799 STAND FOR AND WHAT WE REPRESENT? 1182 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:29,700 ARE WE NOT SEATTLEITES? 1183 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:31,135 ARE WE NOT HUMAN BEINGS? 1184 00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:32,437 DO WE NOT DESERVE AN 1185 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,472 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE 1186 00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:34,772 ABOUT WHAT 1187 00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:37,408 GOES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? 1188 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:38,242 THE SAME GENTRIFICATION WE DEALT 1189 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:39,577 WITH IN THE CENTRAL 1190 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:40,611 DISTRICT, NOW YOU'RE INFLICTING 1191 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:40,878 THE SAME 1192 00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,480 THING ON US IN THE SOUTH. 1193 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,715 AND, KATIE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO 1194 00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:48,085 HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 1195 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:50,288 CITY 1196 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:55,827 COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1197 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:05,369 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES. 1198 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:13,411 DAVID, PLEASE PRESS -- YOU GOT 1199 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:13,945 IT. 1200 00:35:14,078 --> 00:35:17,315 >> HI, THANK YOU. 1201 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:18,049 DAVID HAYNES. 1202 00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:21,619 THE LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL 1203 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:23,988 SABOTAGE THE COMPREHENSIVE 1204 00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:25,056 PLAN, SELF-INTEREST THAT HAVE 1205 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,324 UNDERMINED THE EFFORTS 1206 00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:28,292 TO ALLEVIATE THE SUPPLY AND 1207 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:28,860 DEMAND 1208 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:29,627 SQUEEZE AND THE LACK OF 1209 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:30,761 QUALITATIVE HOUSING OF WHICH, 1210 00:35:30,761 --> 00:35:31,863 BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS 1211 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:33,998 PUT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY 1212 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:36,067 THE LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL, 1213 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:36,300 TWO 1214 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,902 OF THE LANDLORDS WERE LITERALLY 1215 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:39,604 NOT EVEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE 1216 00:35:39,604 --> 00:35:41,506 AND YET THE ETHICS BOARD, WHO 1217 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,774 HAS BEEN BROWBEAT BY CERTAIN 1218 00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:44,375 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO 1219 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:46,611 ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF 1220 00:35:46,611 --> 00:35:48,679 THEIR 1221 00:35:48,679 --> 00:35:49,480 SELF-DEALING, HAS PRETTY 1222 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,381 MUCH CAPITULATED THEIR 1223 00:35:50,381 --> 00:35:51,382 RESPONSIBILITY AND NEED TO BE 1224 00:35:51,382 --> 00:35:51,782 HELD ACCOUNTABLE 1225 00:35:51,782 --> 00:35:54,018 FOR THE FACT WE NEED TO PURGE 1226 00:35:54,018 --> 00:35:55,853 ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND 1227 00:35:55,853 --> 00:35:57,088 THE SABOTAGING WEAPONIZING 1228 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:57,355 POLICIES 1229 00:35:57,355 --> 00:36:01,392 THAT ARE PURPOSELY KEPT ON -- 1230 00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:02,994 PURPOSELY MAKING PEOPLE LIVE IN 1231 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:05,263 THE WORST LOCATIONS 1232 00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:06,030 THROUGHOUT MORE MORE 1233 00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:06,931 NEIGHBORHOODS, ACTING 1234 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:08,232 LIKE YOU'RE DOING PEOPLE A 1235 00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:08,466 FAVOR, 1236 00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:10,101 FORCING THEM TO REPEAT 1237 00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:11,769 THE HISTORY OF LIVING IN WHAT 1238 00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:11,969 WOULD 1239 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:14,205 BE CONSIDERED A MODERN 1240 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:16,774 THIRD WORLD INNER CITY ON THE 1241 00:36:16,774 --> 00:36:17,642 SIDE 1242 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:20,545 OF THE BUS PARKING LOT ANDAND 1243 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:21,979 TRAIN, HORN HONKING 1244 00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:22,947 AND SCREECHING ITS BRAKES, WITH 1245 00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:24,815 NO NOISE ABATEMENT WALLS, 1246 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:25,049 ECHOING 1247 00:36:25,049 --> 00:36:26,617 THROUGH YOUR CHEAP, LOW- 1248 00:36:26,617 --> 00:36:27,652 QUALITY BUILDING THAT'S NO 1249 00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:27,885 HIGHER 1250 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:29,453 THAN FOUR TO SIX STORIES BECAUSE 1251 00:36:29,453 --> 00:36:29,654 MOST 1252 00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:31,122 OF THE POLITICALLY CONNECTED 1253 00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:32,390 NONPROFITS ARE UNQUALIFIED TO 1254 00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,358 GO ANY HIGHER THAN THAT, AND 1255 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:37,828 IT ALSO HELPS THE LANDLORDS WHO 1256 00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:38,129 ARE 1257 00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:40,231 ON THE COUNCIL SELL THEIR REAL 1258 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,266 ESTATE LIKE IF YOU WANT A 1259 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:43,234 $700,000 SECOND MORTGAGE 1260 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:44,669 AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FLIP IT, 1261 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:47,204 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SABOTAGE 1262 00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:47,371 THE 1263 00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:48,906 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKE 1264 00:36:48,906 --> 00:36:50,141 SURE NOBODY BUILDS BACK ANYTHING 1265 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:51,309 BETTER, THAT EVERYTHING IS 1266 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,376 KEPT UNDER SIX STORIES. 1267 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:55,880 AND YOU ALL ARE CHEATING 1268 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,515 THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF WORKING 1269 00:36:57,515 --> 00:36:57,715 CLASS 1270 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,016 RENTERS AND HOME BUYERS OUT OF 1271 00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:01,219 A BETTER CHOICE IN HOME AND REAL 1272 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,956 EQUITY AND TANKING THE WHOLE 1273 00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:06,657 THING WITH RACISMS AND 1274 00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:07,725 PERVERSIONS AS IF THAT CAN 1275 00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:09,060 DISTRACT FROM THE FACT 1276 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,528 YOU'RE STILL BACK STABBING 1277 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:15,233 THE INTEGRITY OF THE 1278 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:15,566 COMPREHENSIVE 1279 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,802 PLAN. 1280 00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:19,303 ALL THOSE UNDERMINING EFRLTS 1281 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:19,503 FORTS 1282 00:37:19,503 --> 00:37:20,705 OF BRUCE HARRELL -- 1283 00:37:20,838 --> 00:37:25,843 >> UP NEXT WE HAVE RUBY. 1284 00:37:31,515 --> 00:37:33,150 >> MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND. 1285 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:36,454 WE NEED A STRONG 1286 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:37,288 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN WHERE WE 1287 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:38,756 CAN AGE IN PLACE IN OUR HOMES 1288 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:41,559 LIKE WE WERE PROMISED. 1289 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,495 THOSE PROPOSED THUS FAR 1290 00:37:44,495 --> 00:37:45,062 ARE GROSSLY INADEQUATE AND 1291 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:47,598 UNTRUE. 1292 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:51,068 THE CLOSED DOOR MEETING THAT 1293 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:53,104 WAS HELD WAS UNFAIR AND I 1294 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:54,672 SUSPECT CONSISTED OF WAYS TO 1295 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:55,873 SCAM US OUT 1296 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:59,410 OF OUR LOTS LIKE HARRELL DID. 1297 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:00,911 NEWBIES TO SEATTLE WANT TO TEAR 1298 00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:02,513 OUR CITY AND MAKE IT LOOK 1299 00:38:02,513 --> 00:38:04,448 LIKE NEW YORK, WHICH IS 1300 00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:06,751 VERY DENSE AND VERY 1301 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:07,385 UNAFFORDABLE. 1302 00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:12,857 PLEASE EMBRACE HB 1110 FOR A 1303 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:14,325 SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL 1304 00:38:14,325 --> 00:38:15,393 FRIENDLY GROWTH. 1305 00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:18,763 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, HOW WILL YOU 1306 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:20,965 CONTAIN THE HOME INVASIONS THAT 1307 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,100 ARE SURE TO RESUME IN 1308 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,036 YOUR DISTRICT WITH ADDITIONAL 1309 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:27,505 UPZONING IN ORDER TO GET US 1310 00:38:27,505 --> 00:38:29,240 OUT OF OUR LOTS? 1311 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:32,009 THANK YOU. 1312 00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:33,844 >> THANK YOU. 1313 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:40,418 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE MIKE. 1314 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:55,232 >> ALL RIGHT. YES. 1315 00:38:55,366 --> 00:38:57,068 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MIKE 1316 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:58,069 WITH 1317 00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:01,572 EMERALD CITY COLLECTIVE AND 1318 00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:01,772 SHOCK 1319 00:39:01,772 --> 00:39:01,939 AS 1320 00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:04,208 KIDS. I ECHO MR. MANNING'S 1321 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:04,709 STATEMENT. 1322 00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:07,545 YOU KNOW, WHEN 1323 00:39:07,545 --> 00:39:09,180 THE GENTRIFICATION HAPPENED, 1324 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:10,614 MY GRANDFATHER CAME HERE IN THE 1325 00:39:10,614 --> 00:39:11,282 1950s. 1326 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:14,418 HE WAS A MILITARY POLICE ARMY. 1327 00:39:14,418 --> 00:39:15,286 MY GRANDMOTHER. 1328 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:16,520 MY DAD CAME FROM EAST TEXAS. 1329 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,556 HE CAME IN THE EARLY '60s. 1330 00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:20,558 BLACK PEOPLE COULD NOT BUY 1331 00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:23,227 HOMES IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. 1332 00:39:23,227 --> 00:39:24,628 THAT WAS -- THEY WERE 1333 00:39:24,628 --> 00:39:25,863 UPROOTED AND IT WAS TAKEN AWAY. 1334 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:27,198 WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN 1335 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:31,001 THE SOUTH END WITH THE BRAND- 1336 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:31,168 NEW 1337 00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:32,670 RAINER BEACH AND WE SEE THINGS 1338 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:34,638 CHANGING. 1339 00:39:34,638 --> 00:39:37,041 THIS IS ABOUT BLACK -- NOT 1340 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:38,843 AFRICAN AMERICAN -- 1341 00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:39,744 BLACK, DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES. 1342 00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:42,380 WE WERE HERE FIRST. 1343 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:43,714 IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON 1344 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:45,716 WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT 1345 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:47,451 TRULY NEEDS TO BE ABOUT BLACK 1346 00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:49,186 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, BLACK 1347 00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:49,920 WORKERS AND 1348 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:50,988 BLACK. BLACK NEEDS TO BE TAKEN 1349 00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:51,222 CARE 1350 00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:53,924 OF FIRST AND NOT LEFT BEHIND. 1351 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:56,093 WE'RE GETTING MIXED UP TOO 1352 00:39:56,093 --> 00:39:57,495 MUCH WITH OTHER NATIONALITIES 1353 00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:57,695 AND 1354 00:39:57,828 --> 00:39:59,396 RACES. I'M SPEAKING AS A BLACK 1355 00:39:59,396 --> 00:39:59,597 MAN. 1356 00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:02,833 I'M SPEAKING FOR THE BLACK MEN 1357 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:03,901 OF THE 1358 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,469 CITY. WE NEED TO HAVE 1359 00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:06,504 SOMETHING ENSURED THAT BLACK 1360 00:40:06,504 --> 00:40:08,072 DOES NOT GET 1361 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:08,939 LEFT BEHIND. 1362 00:40:08,939 --> 00:40:12,610 AND, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORTED KATIE 1363 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:13,944 AS WELL. 1364 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:15,413 SHE HAS THE BLACK SMALL 1365 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:15,880 BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE. 1366 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,381 THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. 1367 00:40:17,381 --> 00:40:18,582 THERE AIN'T NOTHING CAME 1368 00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:20,785 UP ABOUT IT. 1369 00:40:20,785 --> 00:40:22,753 I HAVE A LOCATION, WAITING 1370 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:24,522 FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF 1371 00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:24,922 SEATTLE. 1372 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:27,591 THE CITY OF SEATTLE HOLDS ME AND 1373 00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:32,663 THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. 1374 00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:33,864 THE CITY NEEDS TO 1375 00:40:33,864 --> 00:40:35,032 TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHEN 1376 00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:35,199 IT 1377 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,168 COMES TO THIS HOMELESSNESS. 1378 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:39,470 IT'S TIME TO BAN 1379 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:40,271 ENCAMPMENTS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 1380 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,173 IT'S TIME FOR TOUGH LOVE. 1381 00:40:42,173 --> 00:40:44,041 IT'S TIME TO QUIT BEING WEAK 1382 00:40:44,041 --> 00:40:44,208 AND 1383 00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:46,510 IT'S TIME TO SHOW THE 1384 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,179 WORLD, SHOW THE COUNTRY, THAT WE 1385 00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,147 ARE NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH IT. 1386 00:40:50,147 --> 00:40:51,115 THERE'S CITIZENS AND KIDS WE 1387 00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:51,415 NEED 1388 00:40:51,415 --> 00:40:52,016 TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT 1389 00:40:52,016 --> 00:40:52,249 BLACK. 1390 00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:55,419 THANK YOU. 1391 00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:00,791 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK 1392 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:04,295 TAYLOR. 1393 00:41:12,369 --> 00:41:13,838 >> HI, MY NAME IS PATRICK 1394 00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:18,676 TAYLOR. I'M A HOMEOWNER AND 1395 00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:19,109 FOCUSED ON 1396 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:20,311 HOUSING AND FORESTRY PROJECTS. 1397 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:21,612 I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT THE 1398 00:41:21,612 --> 00:41:22,847 MAYOR'S PLAN TO GO 1399 00:41:22,847 --> 00:41:24,215 DENSER, TALLER AND FASTER. 1400 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:26,750 WE ARE IN A HOUSING 1401 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,419 AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, NOT 1402 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:29,253 ENOUGH 1403 00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:30,621 HOUSING, NOT ENOUGH 1404 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,756 PLACES. MORE HOUSING MEANS 1405 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:33,090 CHEAPER 1406 00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:33,524 HOUSING. 1407 00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:35,159 DEVELOPERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO 1408 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:36,560 RAISE RENT TO THE 1409 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,663 CURRENT SURPLUS OF APARTMENTS, 1410 00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:40,898 COTTAGE HOUSES SELLING FOR LESS 1411 00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:44,501 THAN EXISTING HOUSES. 1412 00:41:44,501 --> 00:41:45,569 THE BEST THING IS BUILD 1413 00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:47,905 WITHIN EXISTING URBAN AREAS. 1414 00:41:47,905 --> 00:41:50,841 PLEASE STUDY THE WIDER STREAM OF 1415 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:52,476 OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A 1416 00:41:52,476 --> 00:41:53,377 PLEA TO GO FASTER. 1417 00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:55,246 THE PROCESS IS EXHAUSTING. 1418 00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:56,514 YOU'VE HEARD EVERY VERSION OF 1419 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,915 EVERY OPINION IN THE CITY. 1420 00:41:57,915 --> 00:41:59,250 WE'VE HAD AN ELECTION. 1421 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:00,784 THE CITY HAD A CHOICE AND 1422 00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,453 THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE OF GO BIG 1423 00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:02,620 AND 1424 00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:05,556 GO FAST WON. 1425 00:42:05,556 --> 00:42:07,691 NO ONE EXCEPT OPCD AND A FEW 1426 00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:08,726 RETIRED LIKE GOING 1427 00:42:08,726 --> 00:42:09,994 TO MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER 1428 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:10,261 MEETING. 1429 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:11,395 PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITH THEIR 1430 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:12,396 FAMILIES, THEIR 1431 00:42:12,396 --> 00:42:14,198 FRIENDS, WATCHING REALITY TV, 1432 00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,766 ANYTHING BUT BEING HERE WHILE 1433 00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:16,166 WAITING 1434 00:42:16,166 --> 00:42:17,735 TO TESTIFY AT ANOTHER PUBLIC 1435 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:19,036 MEETING. NOW IS THE TIME FOR 1436 00:42:19,036 --> 00:42:19,737 LEADERS TO 1437 00:42:19,737 --> 00:42:20,004 LEAD. 1438 00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:21,272 PLEASE PASS THE FINAL PHASE 1439 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:22,840 OF THE PLAN AS QUICKLY ASAS 1440 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,576 AND BEFORE THE END OF 2027, FOUR 1441 00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:26,310 YEARS AFTER THE PROCESS STARTED. 1442 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,444 THANK YOU. 1443 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:32,917 >> THANK YOU. 1444 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:38,622 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE AARON. 1445 00:42:47,331 --> 00:42:52,503 AARON, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 1446 00:42:52,636 --> 00:42:55,239 >> CAN YOU HEAR MEME NOW? 1447 00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:55,806 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 1448 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:59,476 >> YES. 1449 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:00,444 >> OKAY. 1450 00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:01,245 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR LIN 1451 00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:02,646 AND MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE 1452 00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:03,280 COUNCIL. 1453 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:04,915 MY NAME IS AARON AND I SERVE 1454 00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:06,984 AS THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE WITH 1455 00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:08,085 GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND WE BUILD 1456 00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:08,986 BACK BETTER ALLIANCE. 1457 00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:11,755 I'M HERE TO STAND TODAY WITH 1458 00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:15,926 THE CONCERNS RAISED BY OUR 1459 00:43:15,926 --> 00:43:16,794 PRESIDENT CEO REGARDING 1460 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:18,696 TRANSPARENCY, 1461 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:19,229 INCLUSION AND MEANINGFUL 1462 00:43:19,229 --> 00:43:19,930 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN 1463 00:43:19,930 --> 00:43:21,065 SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1464 00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:21,398 PROCESS. 1465 00:43:21,398 --> 00:43:23,233 THE WE BUILD BACK BETTER 1466 00:43:23,233 --> 00:43:24,802 ALLIANCE REPRESENTS MORE THAN 1467 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:25,536 110 COMMUNITY- 1468 00:43:25,536 --> 00:43:27,438 BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 1469 00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:27,738 WASHINGTON 1470 00:43:27,871 --> 00:43:29,206 STATE. THESE ARE VOICES OF 1471 00:43:29,206 --> 00:43:32,810 RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, 1472 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:33,877 PROVIDERS, ADVOCATES AND 1473 00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:34,144 COMMUNITY 1474 00:43:34,144 --> 00:43:35,746 LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND FIRSTHAND 1475 00:43:35,746 --> 00:43:35,980 HOW IT 1476 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:36,981 AFFECTS FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS 1477 00:43:36,981 --> 00:43:38,282 AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 1478 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:39,750 SEATTLE HAS A LONG HISTORY 1479 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:41,719 OF RED LINING DISPLACEMENT 1480 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:42,086 AND INCLUSION. 1481 00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:44,121 BECAUSE OF THAT HISTORY 1482 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:47,124 EQUITY MUST BE MORE THAN A 1483 00:43:47,124 --> 00:43:49,059 STATEMENT. BE REFLECTED IN WHO 1484 00:43:49,059 --> 00:43:50,861 IS INVITED TO THE PROCESS, WHO 1485 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:52,896 WILL SHAPE THE OUTCOMES AND WHO 1486 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:53,097 HOLDS 1487 00:43:53,097 --> 00:43:55,032 POWER AND DECISIONS THAT 1488 00:43:55,032 --> 00:43:56,467 IMPACT HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED 1489 00:43:56,467 --> 00:43:56,800 COMMUNITIES. 1490 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:57,935 WE'RE NOT HERE TO HAVE 1491 00:43:57,935 --> 00:43:58,769 OTHERS SPEAK FOR US. 1492 00:43:58,769 --> 00:44:00,938 WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR 1493 00:44:00,938 --> 00:44:01,238 OURSELVES. 1494 00:44:01,238 --> 00:44:03,307 OUR COMMUNITY 1495 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,074 DESERVES A PROCESS THAT IS 1496 00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:04,408 TRANSPARENT, 1497 00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:04,775 ACCOUNTABLE AND 1498 00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:05,943 GROUNDED IN THE MOST IMPACTED 1499 00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:06,176 PEOPLE. 1500 00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:11,915 THANK YOU. 1501 00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:13,617 >> THANK YOU. 1502 00:44:13,751 --> 00:44:18,188 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE PAULA. 1503 00:44:18,322 --> 00:44:20,858 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 1504 00:44:20,858 --> 00:44:22,593 PAULA -- 1505 00:44:22,593 --> 00:44:23,560 GOOD AFTERNOON, 1506 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,096 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND MEMBERS OF 1507 00:44:26,096 --> 00:44:26,630 THE 1508 00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:26,964 COMMITTEE. 1509 00:44:26,964 --> 00:44:28,399 THE PRESIDENT OF ETHNIC 1510 00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:29,633 GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND FOUNDER OF 1511 00:44:29,633 --> 00:44:30,300 THE 1512 00:44:30,434 --> 00:44:31,902 WBBA. I'M CALLING TODAY TO 1513 00:44:31,902 --> 00:44:32,169 VOICE 1514 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:33,570 MY VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS 1515 00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:35,372 REGARDING THE LACK OF 1516 00:44:35,372 --> 00:44:35,773 TRANSPARENCY AND 1517 00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:37,341 INCLUSION SURROUNDING THE 1518 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:39,143 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1519 00:44:39,276 --> 00:44:40,811 PROCESS. SEATTLE HAS A WELL- 1520 00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:41,111 DOCUMENTED 1521 00:44:41,111 --> 00:44:43,113 HISTORY OF RED LINING 1522 00:44:43,113 --> 00:44:44,548 DISPLACEMENT AND 1523 00:44:44,548 --> 00:44:46,417 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 1524 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:46,984 BLACK COMMUNITIES AND OTHER 1525 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:47,684 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE 1526 00:44:47,684 --> 00:44:48,919 BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED. 1527 00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:51,655 TODAY IN 2026 WHERE WE'RE 1528 00:44:51,655 --> 00:44:51,889 SEEING 1529 00:44:51,889 --> 00:44:52,890 AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE 1530 00:44:52,890 --> 00:44:53,991 FEDERAL LEVEL, WE CONTINUE 1531 00:44:53,991 --> 00:45:00,898 TO WITNESS PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE 1532 00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:01,832 MOST IMPACTED, PARTICULARLY 1533 00:45:01,832 --> 00:45:02,466 BLACK SEATTLEITES BEING ROLLED 1534 00:45:02,466 --> 00:45:02,800 BACK. 1535 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,469 IT'S UNFATHOMABLE TO ME 1536 00:45:05,469 --> 00:45:07,137 AND MY COMMUNITY AS THE CITY OF 1537 00:45:07,137 --> 00:45:07,371 SEATTLE 1538 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:08,806 CLAIMS ITSELF TO BE, THOSE 1539 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:10,007 IN POSITIONS OF POWER WOULD 1540 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:11,875 BE HOLDING CLOSED DOOR 1541 00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:12,943 MEETINGS, MAKING SECRET 1542 00:45:12,943 --> 00:45:13,677 DECISIONS THAT 1543 00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:15,479 IMPACT GENERATIONS OF 1544 00:45:15,479 --> 00:45:16,947 FAMILIES WHILE DENYING ACCESS TO 1545 00:45:16,947 --> 00:45:17,147 THIS 1546 00:45:17,147 --> 00:45:17,448 PROCESS. 1547 00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:18,382 ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE MADE 1548 00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:20,150 A DECISION TO EXCLUDE THOSE 1549 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:21,452 WHOSE VOICES YOU DON'T CARE TO 1550 00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:21,652 HEAR 1551 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:22,252 FROM THE TABLE. 1552 00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:23,520 IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PLAN 1553 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,489 DOES NOT ADEQUATELY KEEP 1554 00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:25,756 FAMILIES 1555 00:45:25,756 --> 00:45:27,091 TOGETHER, THAT THERE'S 1556 00:45:27,091 --> 00:45:27,624 DISPLACEMENT FOR 1557 00:45:27,624 --> 00:45:28,759 BLACK COMMUNITIES AND THOSE THAT 1558 00:45:28,759 --> 00:45:29,893 ARE 1559 00:45:30,027 --> 00:45:31,195 UNDERSERVED. THERE AREN'T 1560 00:45:31,195 --> 00:45:32,129 ADEQUATE RENTAL 1561 00:45:32,129 --> 00:45:32,529 PROTECTIONS. 1562 00:45:32,529 --> 00:45:34,431 YOU ARE PROMOTING URBAN SPRAWL. 1563 00:45:34,431 --> 00:45:40,471 TODAY WE DIDN'T COME TO ASK YOU 1564 00:45:40,671 --> 00:45:41,271 POLITELY FOR INCLUSION. 1565 00:45:41,271 --> 00:45:41,939 THOSE DAYS ARE PAST. WE ARE HERE 1566 00:45:41,939 --> 00:45:43,273 TO DEMAND A MORE 1567 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:44,074 EQUITABLE PROCESS OF THE PEOPLE, 1568 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:45,042 BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE 1569 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:47,077 PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED IN 1570 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:47,244 THE 1571 00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:47,678 CITY. 1572 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,446 EQUITY CAN NO LONGER BE A 1573 00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:50,714 SLOGAN THAT YOU WHIP OUT EVERY 1574 00:45:50,714 --> 00:45:52,216 FOUR YEARS AND YOU WANT TO GET 1575 00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:52,516 ELECTED. 1576 00:45:52,516 --> 00:45:54,384 IT MUST BE REFLECTED IN YOUR 1577 00:45:54,384 --> 00:45:55,352 PROCESS, IN YOUR 1578 00:45:55,352 --> 00:45:56,820 PARTICIPATION, AND IN THE POWER. 1579 00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:57,354 WE THANK YOU 1580 00:45:57,354 --> 00:45:57,988 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 1581 00:45:57,988 --> 00:45:59,356 WITH THE COUNCIL. 1582 00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:03,460 >> THANK YOU. 1583 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:08,298 >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. 1584 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,300 >> OKAY. 1585 00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:13,570 THANK YOU, ALL. 1586 00:46:13,570 --> 00:46:15,806 AS THERE ARE NO REGISTERED 1587 00:46:15,806 --> 00:46:17,141 SPEAKERS, WE WILL PROCEED TO 1588 00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:17,441 BUSINESS. 1589 00:46:17,441 --> 00:46:19,176 WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM ONE 1590 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:19,576 INTO THE RECORD. 1591 00:46:19,710 --> 00:46:22,513 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION 1592 00:46:22,513 --> 00:46:24,982 32203, A RESOLUTION RELATED 1593 00:46:24,982 --> 00:46:25,849 TO FURTHER ADVANCING THE GOAL 1594 00:46:25,849 --> 00:46:27,985 OF THE ONE SEATTLE 1595 00:46:27,985 --> 00:46:29,186 PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1596 00:46:29,186 --> 00:46:30,487 DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING 1597 00:46:30,487 --> 00:46:32,389 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP 1598 00:46:32,389 --> 00:46:32,656 PROPOSED 1599 00:46:32,656 --> 00:46:34,158 CHANGES TO ZONING AND 1600 00:46:34,158 --> 00:46:35,959 DEVELOPMENT 1601 00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:37,294 STANDARDS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1602 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:37,594 AMENDMENTS 1603 00:46:37,594 --> 00:46:39,096 TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1604 00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:40,130 HOUSING. 1605 00:46:40,264 --> 00:46:42,666 >> THANK YOU. 1606 00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:44,234 AND OPCD AND THE MAYOR'S 1607 00:46:44,234 --> 00:46:45,836 OFFICE ARE JOINING US AT THE 1608 00:46:45,836 --> 00:46:46,036 TABLE 1609 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:48,272 AND ONCE READY CAN YOU INTRODUCE 1610 00:46:48,272 --> 00:46:48,672 YOURSELVES? 1611 00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:53,177 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 1612 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:55,179 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M GEOFF 1613 00:46:55,179 --> 00:46:55,512 WENTLANDT AT 1614 00:46:55,512 --> 00:46:56,980 THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 1615 00:46:57,114 --> 00:46:59,316 DEVELOPMENT. 1616 00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:05,055 >> I'M MICHAEL -- 1617 00:47:05,055 --> 00:47:05,556 IT IS 1618 00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:07,191 ON. GOOD AFTERNOON. 1619 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:08,725 MICHAEL HUBNER, LONG- 1620 00:47:08,725 --> 00:47:09,593 RANGE PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE 1621 00:47:09,593 --> 00:47:09,827 OFFICE 1622 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:10,460 OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 1623 00:47:10,460 --> 00:47:13,130 DEVELOPMENT. 1624 00:47:13,263 --> 00:47:16,066 >> HB 1625 00:47:16,066 --> 00:47:16,600 HARPER, CENTRAL STAFF. 1626 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,100 >> I'M ALEX HUDSON. 1627 00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:22,472 I SERVE AS THE SENIOR POLICY 1628 00:47:22,606 --> 00:47:24,308 ADVISER ON TRANSPORTATION AND 1629 00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:25,409 LIVEABILITY IN THE MAYOR'S 1630 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:25,876 OFFICE. 1631 00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:26,743 >> THANK YOU. 1632 00:47:26,743 --> 00:47:28,178 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. 1633 00:47:28,178 --> 00:47:29,379 I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIEST 1634 00:47:29,379 --> 00:47:30,681 IF WE HOLD OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL 1635 00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:30,914 THE 1636 00:47:30,914 --> 00:47:34,851 END, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 1637 00:47:34,851 --> 00:47:37,221 THANK YOU. 1638 00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:38,088 >> OKAY. 1639 00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:40,424 WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, 1640 00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:42,693 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1641 00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:44,161 WE HAVE SOME SLIDES TO GIVE 1642 00:47:44,161 --> 00:47:46,496 YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS 1643 00:47:46,496 --> 00:47:47,731 PROPOSED JOINT RESOLUTION, AND 1644 00:47:47,731 --> 00:47:47,965 I'LL 1645 00:47:47,965 --> 00:47:53,604 TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT. 1646 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:55,272 AND WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS 1647 00:47:55,272 --> 00:47:57,107 BY MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE 1648 00:47:57,107 --> 00:47:57,374 PANEL UP 1649 00:47:57,374 --> 00:47:58,842 HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY AT THE 1650 00:47:58,842 --> 00:48:01,478 OUTSET THIS IS A LITTLE BIT -- A 1651 00:48:01,478 --> 00:48:02,312 LITTLE BIT WONKY. 1652 00:48:02,312 --> 00:48:04,047 THERE'S A LOT OF 1653 00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:04,815 PLANNING TERMINOLOGY IN HERE. 1654 00:48:04,815 --> 00:48:05,949 I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 1655 00:48:05,949 --> 00:48:08,252 WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO 1656 00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:09,519 USE WAYS TO MAKE THIS 1657 00:48:09,519 --> 00:48:11,655 RELATABLE TO PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY 1658 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:11,855 LIVES 1659 00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:13,790 ABOUT FINDING A HOME THAT'S 1660 00:48:13,790 --> 00:48:14,458 AFFORDABLE TO THEM. 1661 00:48:14,458 --> 00:48:16,994 SO THE BACKGROUND HERE IS THAT 1662 00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:20,497 LAST DECEMBER YOU ALL ADOPTED 1663 00:48:20,497 --> 00:48:21,832 A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 1664 00:48:21,832 --> 00:48:24,601 THAT'S THE CITY'S OVERARCHING 1665 00:48:24,601 --> 00:48:26,470 PLAN FOR GROWTH FOR A 20- YEAR 1666 00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:27,804 PERIOD, AND THERE WERE 1667 00:48:27,804 --> 00:48:29,539 SEVERAL THEMES IN THE PLAN, BUT 1668 00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:29,806 ONE 1669 00:48:29,806 --> 00:48:32,342 OF THE BIG THEMES WAS TO 1670 00:48:32,342 --> 00:48:33,610 EXPAND HOUSING SUPPLY AND 1671 00:48:33,610 --> 00:48:36,346 DIVERSITY IN 1672 00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:37,047 ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. 1673 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:40,784 AND THE CITY'S GROWTH 1674 00:48:40,784 --> 00:48:42,185 STRATEGY WHERE HOUSING AND JOBS 1675 00:48:42,185 --> 00:48:42,419 SHOULD 1676 00:48:42,419 --> 00:48:44,388 GO IS ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT 1677 00:48:44,388 --> 00:48:46,657 WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN 1678 00:48:46,657 --> 00:48:47,758 AND THAT'S LARGELY DIRECTED 1679 00:48:47,758 --> 00:48:49,026 THROUGH OUR ZONING REGULATIONS. 1680 00:48:49,026 --> 00:48:50,727 WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT 1681 00:48:50,727 --> 00:48:51,161 THAT TODAY. 1682 00:48:51,161 --> 00:48:55,299 I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME MAPS AS 1683 00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:58,468 WE GO. 1684 00:48:58,468 --> 00:49:01,605 LET'S SEE HERE. 1685 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:02,005 OKAY. 1686 00:49:02,005 --> 00:49:05,609 SO WE HAD INITIALLY 1687 00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:08,912 BEEN THINKING OF FOUR PHASES 1688 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:11,048 TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW COMP PLAN 1689 00:49:11,048 --> 00:49:11,248 WITH 1690 00:49:11,248 --> 00:49:11,748 ZONING CHANGES. 1691 00:49:11,748 --> 00:49:15,252 SO FOUR MAJOR PHASES WAS WHAT 1692 00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:15,986 THE PLANNING OFFICE WAS 1693 00:49:15,986 --> 00:49:16,920 THINKING WE WOULD DO. 1694 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,057 YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF 1695 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:20,857 PROGRESS ON THOSE. SO BACK IN 1696 00:49:20,857 --> 00:49:21,792 DECEMBER WHEN 1697 00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:23,694 YOU ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE 1698 00:49:23,694 --> 00:49:23,894 PLAN 1699 00:49:23,894 --> 00:49:27,998 YOU ALSO ADOPTED ZONING CHANGES 1700 00:49:27,998 --> 00:49:35,072 TO DO PHASE ONE, AND THAT WAS 1701 00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:36,340 TO UPDATE ZONING IN THE CITY, 1702 00:49:36,340 --> 00:49:36,506 THE 1703 00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:39,242 FORMER SINGLE FAMILY AREAS. 1704 00:49:39,242 --> 00:49:39,876 NOW THOSE AREAS ALL ALLOW 1705 00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:41,445 FOR MIDDLE HOUSING, AT LEAST 1706 00:49:41,445 --> 00:49:42,813 FOUR HOMES ON EACH LOT. 1707 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:45,449 THAT LARGELY FOLLOWED THE STATE 1708 00:49:45,582 --> 00:49:49,386 LEGISLATION, HB 1110, WHICH 1709 00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:50,687 REQUIRES CITIES TO DO THAT. SO 1710 00:49:50,687 --> 00:49:51,655 YOU ACCOMPLISHED THAT. 1711 00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:55,025 THE NEXT PHASE, PHASE TWO, 1712 00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:57,060 YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, 1713 00:49:57,060 --> 00:49:58,061 THAT'S THE CENTERS AND 1714 00:49:58,061 --> 00:49:59,763 CORRIDORS LEGISLATION, AS WE 1715 00:49:59,763 --> 00:50:00,163 CALL IT. 1716 00:50:00,163 --> 00:50:03,266 THAT FOCUSES MORE ZONING 1717 00:50:03,266 --> 00:50:07,003 CHANGES TO ALLOW APARTMENTS AND 1718 00:50:07,003 --> 00:50:08,105 CONDOMINIUMS IN 30 1719 00:50:08,105 --> 00:50:09,773 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AROUND 1720 00:50:09,773 --> 00:50:11,408 THE CITY AS WELL AS ALONG 1721 00:50:11,408 --> 00:50:11,675 TRANSIT 1722 00:50:11,675 --> 00:50:11,975 CORRIDORS. 1723 00:50:11,975 --> 00:50:13,610 SO WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT YOU'RE 1724 00:50:13,610 --> 00:50:14,711 DEEP INTO THAT AND WORKING 1725 00:50:14,711 --> 00:50:16,747 ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. 1726 00:50:16,747 --> 00:50:18,081 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO 1727 00:50:18,081 --> 00:50:19,316 BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE 1728 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:19,850 PLAN FOR THE 1729 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:20,484 NEXT PHASES. 1730 00:50:20,484 --> 00:50:22,619 SO WHEN YOU FINISH UP PHASE TWO, 1731 00:50:22,619 --> 00:50:24,354 WE WANT TO TURN THE 1732 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:26,023 PAGE AND WORK ON THE NEXT PHASE. 1733 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:27,591 WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING 1734 00:50:27,591 --> 00:50:30,027 THAT PHASE THREE WOULD BE A 1735 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:30,260 LITTLE 1736 00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:36,700 NARROWER, THAT IT WOULD FOCUS ON 1737 00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:37,300 THE CITY'S DENSEST PLACES, 1738 00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:41,104 PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN AND NEW 1739 00:50:41,104 --> 00:50:44,775 DISTRICT AND A SMALL 1740 00:50:44,775 --> 00:50:45,609 SELECTION OF A FEW CENTERS AND 1741 00:50:45,609 --> 00:50:45,776 WE 1742 00:50:45,776 --> 00:50:47,544 WOULD COMPLETE THAT LATE THIS 1743 00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:48,345 YEAR, EARLY NEXT. 1744 00:50:48,345 --> 00:50:49,713 WE WERE THINKING AFTER THAT 1745 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:51,348 WE'D HAVE A WHOLE OTHER PHASE, 1746 00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:51,548 PHASE 1747 00:50:51,548 --> 00:50:53,617 FOUR, FOCUSED ON 1748 00:50:53,617 --> 00:50:56,186 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND 1749 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:58,054 STATION 1750 00:50:58,054 --> 00:51:01,758 AREAS. 1751 00:51:01,758 --> 00:51:03,126 THAT PHASE WOULD HAVE 1752 00:51:03,126 --> 00:51:10,834 IMPLEMENTED THE TOD BILL 1753 00:51:10,834 --> 00:51:12,235 AS A LATER STEP DUE FOR CITIES 1754 00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:12,536 END 1755 00:51:12,536 --> 00:51:12,969 OF 2029. 1756 00:51:12,969 --> 00:51:14,204 WE WERE THINKING WE MIGHT 1757 00:51:14,204 --> 00:51:14,838 HAVE GOT IT DONE AROUND THE 1758 00:51:14,838 --> 00:51:15,105 MIDDLE OF 1759 00:51:15,105 --> 00:51:16,773 2028. 1760 00:51:16,773 --> 00:51:19,709 SO THIS WAS THE PLAN BEFORE 1761 00:51:19,709 --> 00:51:21,344 AND WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO 1762 00:51:21,344 --> 00:51:22,846 YOU TODAY ABOUT IS HOW WE WANT 1763 00:51:22,846 --> 00:51:25,515 TO 1764 00:51:25,515 --> 00:51:26,616 UPDATE THIS PLAN FOR THE 1765 00:51:26,616 --> 00:51:28,852 NEXT PHASES AND GO TALLER, 1766 00:51:28,852 --> 00:51:29,085 DENSER, 1767 00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:30,620 FASTER BE A REALLY 1768 00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:31,254 EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1769 00:51:31,254 --> 00:51:33,723 HOUSING EVEN MORE. 1770 00:51:33,723 --> 00:51:35,792 TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THAT 1771 00:51:35,792 --> 00:51:37,294 REFRESH, I'LL TURN IT OVER 1772 00:51:37,294 --> 00:51:38,962 TO ALEX FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 1773 00:51:38,962 --> 00:51:40,630 TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN 1774 00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:44,201 OVERVIEW OF THE INTENT FOR 1775 00:51:44,201 --> 00:51:50,140 THE REFRESHED APPROACH. 1776 00:51:50,273 --> 00:51:51,274 >> THANK YOU. 1777 00:51:51,274 --> 00:51:52,442 IN APRIL THE MAYOR 1778 00:51:52,442 --> 00:51:54,277 INTRODUCED THE INTENTION TO 1779 00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:55,846 COMBINE PHASES 1780 00:51:55,846 --> 00:51:57,881 THREE AND FOUR INTO A 1781 00:51:57,881 --> 00:52:00,383 SINGLE SCOPE OF WORK, 1782 00:52:00,383 --> 00:52:01,117 THE TALLER, DENSER, FASTER 1783 00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:01,351 PHASE, 1784 00:52:01,351 --> 00:52:04,921 WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH THE 1785 00:52:04,921 --> 00:52:05,956 MAYOR'S VISION OF ACCOMPLISHING 1786 00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:06,123 A 1787 00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:06,723 COUPLE OF THINGS. 1788 00:52:06,723 --> 00:52:08,325 ONE, INCREASING THE 1789 00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:10,660 AVAILABILITY OF ABUNDANT AND 1790 00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:10,961 AFFORDABLE 1791 00:52:10,961 --> 00:52:11,361 HOUSING. 1792 00:52:11,361 --> 00:52:13,530 WE KNOW THAT SEATTLEITES 1793 00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:15,999 ARE FACING AND TRYING TO SURVIVE 1794 00:52:15,999 --> 00:52:18,935 IN A SEVERE HOUSING 1795 00:52:18,935 --> 00:52:19,269 AFFORDABILITY 1796 00:52:19,269 --> 00:52:19,536 CRISIS. 1797 00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:23,473 AND BY ADDRESSING 1798 00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:24,641 THE CONSTRAINTS AROUND SUPPLY 1799 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:27,844 QUICKLY, WE CAN BEGIN TO 1800 00:52:27,844 --> 00:52:31,248 BEND THE TREND ON THAT BY ADDING 1801 00:52:31,248 --> 00:52:32,015 ZONING CAPACITY FOR ALL KINDS 1802 00:52:32,015 --> 00:52:35,385 OF NEW HOUSING. 1803 00:52:35,385 --> 00:52:37,754 WE ALSO IN THE FRESH LOOK AND 1804 00:52:37,754 --> 00:52:38,788 A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 1805 00:52:38,788 --> 00:52:42,325 APPROACH WANTED TO PRIORITIZE 1806 00:52:42,325 --> 00:52:42,592 ADVANCING 1807 00:52:42,592 --> 00:52:44,227 THE ABILITY TO BRING 1808 00:52:44,227 --> 00:52:45,996 IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 1809 00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:49,266 1491, WHICH IS A TRANSIT 1810 00:52:49,266 --> 00:52:54,304 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT BILL SOONER 1811 00:52:54,437 --> 00:52:55,272 THAN REQUIRED. WE ALSO ARE 1812 00:52:55,272 --> 00:52:56,673 HOPING TO CREATE 1813 00:52:56,673 --> 00:52:57,707 THE FOUNDATION FOR THRIVING 1814 00:52:57,707 --> 00:52:59,209 IN COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS BY 1815 00:52:59,209 --> 00:52:59,442 MAKING 1816 00:52:59,442 --> 00:53:02,012 SURE WE'RE PUTTING HOUSING NEAR 1817 00:53:02,145 --> 00:53:04,481 WHERE TRANSIT -- 1818 00:53:04,481 --> 00:53:05,649 THEREFORE, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE 1819 00:53:05,649 --> 00:53:05,849 ALSO 1820 00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:07,384 PUT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY 1821 00:53:07,384 --> 00:53:07,651 AMENITIES 1822 00:53:07,651 --> 00:53:09,352 SUCH AS PARKS, SCHOOLS AND 1823 00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:10,287 SHOPS, AND, VERY IMPORTANTLY 1824 00:53:10,287 --> 00:53:11,922 FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S 1825 00:53:11,922 --> 00:53:14,691 OFFICE, IS RESPONDING TO VERY 1826 00:53:14,691 --> 00:53:18,895 CONSISTENT FEEDBACK AND FACTS 1827 00:53:18,895 --> 00:53:21,965 AROUND PUTTING DENSE 1828 00:53:21,965 --> 00:53:23,867 HOUSING WHERE WE HAVE ARTERIALS 1829 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:24,167 AND, 1830 00:53:24,167 --> 00:53:25,669 THEREFORE, EXPOSING HIGH 1831 00:53:25,669 --> 00:53:27,771 NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO AIR 1832 00:53:27,771 --> 00:53:28,204 POLLUTION 1833 00:53:28,204 --> 00:53:29,873 AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF 1834 00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:32,742 THAT. SO TOGETHER THESE ARE THE 1835 00:53:32,742 --> 00:53:34,344 REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO 1836 00:53:34,344 --> 00:53:37,814 TAKE THIS FRESH APPROACH IN 1837 00:53:37,814 --> 00:53:39,215 A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOK TO THE 1838 00:53:39,215 --> 00:53:39,549 PROCESS. 1839 00:53:39,549 --> 00:53:42,953 WE ARE EAGER TO BE WORKING IN 1840 00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:44,821 COLLABORATION WITH THE 1841 00:53:44,821 --> 00:53:48,358 CITY COUNCIL HERE AS WELL AS 1842 00:53:48,358 --> 00:53:49,025 WITH 1843 00:53:49,025 --> 00:53:50,260 PUBLIC -- AS THE 1844 00:53:50,260 --> 00:53:52,896 DEPARTMENT MOVES FORWARD IN ITS 1845 00:53:52,896 --> 00:53:53,597 PUBLIC 1846 00:53:53,730 --> 00:53:54,698 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO DEVELOP 1847 00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:55,699 AND REFINE THESE CONCEPTS 1848 00:53:55,699 --> 00:53:56,233 AND LEGISLATION FOR YOUR 1849 00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:59,002 CONSIDERATION. 1850 00:53:59,135 --> 00:54:02,305 >> THANK YOU, ALEX. 1851 00:54:02,305 --> 00:54:06,042 I JUST WANT TO 1852 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:06,509 REITERATE, TOO, 1853 00:54:06,509 --> 00:54:07,177 THAT WE'RE SPEAKING A LOT ABOUT, 1854 00:54:07,177 --> 00:54:09,846 YOU KNOW, THE 1855 00:54:09,846 --> 00:54:11,414 MAYOR'S VISION KIND OF 1856 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:12,082 REDIRECTING THE NEXT 1857 00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:12,682 PHASE, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE 1858 00:54:12,682 --> 00:54:14,651 THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL TO 1859 00:54:14,651 --> 00:54:16,886 WORK ON THAT SCOPE TOGETHER, AND 1860 00:54:16,886 --> 00:54:18,788 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY 1861 00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:19,422 TO 1862 00:54:19,422 --> 00:54:20,357 TALK ABOUT. 1863 00:54:20,357 --> 00:54:22,726 SO AS WE SHIFT GEARS A BIT, SOME 1864 00:54:22,726 --> 00:54:24,728 ADDITIONAL STUDY IS NEEDED, 1865 00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:26,596 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 1866 00:54:26,596 --> 00:54:27,597 TALK ABOUT HERE. 1867 00:54:27,597 --> 00:54:29,366 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL 1868 00:54:29,366 --> 00:54:31,501 AS THE PHASES ONE AND TWO THAT 1869 00:54:31,501 --> 00:54:33,303 WE SPOKE ABOUT, THOSE WERE 1870 00:54:33,303 --> 00:54:34,604 ESSENTIALLY COVERED 1871 00:54:34,604 --> 00:54:36,439 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BY AN 1872 00:54:36,439 --> 00:54:38,875 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. 1873 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:40,477 IT LOOKS AT ALL THE IMPACTS, ALL 1874 00:54:40,477 --> 00:54:43,713 THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE 1875 00:54:43,713 --> 00:54:46,616 PHASES, BUT WE DIDN'T COVER 1876 00:54:46,616 --> 00:54:48,184 THE NEXT PHASES, SO WE NEED 1877 00:54:48,184 --> 00:54:48,852 TO DO THAT 1878 00:54:48,852 --> 00:54:52,589 NOW. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE 1879 00:54:52,589 --> 00:54:53,089 IMPLICATIONS. 1880 00:54:53,089 --> 00:54:55,358 SO TO DO THAT WE WILL PREPARE 1881 00:54:55,358 --> 00:54:56,493 A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL 1882 00:54:56,493 --> 00:54:57,527 IMPACT STATEMENT, AND 1883 00:54:57,527 --> 00:54:58,662 THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT 1884 00:54:58,662 --> 00:54:59,262 BECAUSE 1885 00:54:59,262 --> 00:55:00,730 IT SETS THE RANGE OF WHAT YOU 1886 00:55:00,730 --> 00:55:02,699 ALL AS COUNCILMEMBERS CAN SORT 1887 00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:04,801 OF CHOOSE FROM AND LOOK AT. 1888 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:07,237 WE STUDY THE IMPACTS IN A RANGE. 1889 00:55:07,237 --> 00:55:08,371 AND THE JOINT RESOLUTION 1890 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:10,874 THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY 1891 00:55:10,874 --> 00:55:11,074 WILL 1892 00:55:11,074 --> 00:55:12,475 GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT 1893 00:55:12,475 --> 00:55:18,248 THAT RANGE SHOULD BE. 1894 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:20,183 SO I'M GOING TO TALK A 1895 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:22,218 LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT 1896 00:55:22,218 --> 00:55:22,485 THINKING. 1897 00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:24,954 IT'S ALSO REFLECTED IN THE 1898 00:55:24,954 --> 00:55:25,789 RESOLUTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD 1899 00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:28,358 BE INCLUDED IN THE RANGE. 1900 00:55:28,358 --> 00:55:32,429 SO OPCD EXPECTS TO STUDY A RANGE 1901 00:55:32,429 --> 00:55:34,698 TO THE SCALE AND 1902 00:55:34,698 --> 00:55:36,299 GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF POSSIBLE 1903 00:55:36,299 --> 00:55:36,933 ZONING 1904 00:55:36,933 --> 00:55:38,335 CHANGES, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING 1905 00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:41,071 AT THREE TYPES OF PLACES IN THE 1906 00:55:41,271 --> 00:55:44,274 CITY. THESE PLACE TYPES ARE 1907 00:55:44,274 --> 00:55:46,576 BASICALLY WHAT IS VISIONED IN 1908 00:55:46,576 --> 00:55:46,743 THE 1909 00:55:46,743 --> 00:55:47,577 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S GROWTH 1910 00:55:47,577 --> 00:55:47,844 STRATEGY. 1911 00:55:47,844 --> 00:55:49,112 WHEN I TALK ABOUT 1912 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:51,247 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OR REGIONAL 1913 00:55:51,247 --> 00:55:52,482 CENTERS, THESE ARE THE PLACES 1914 00:55:52,482 --> 00:55:53,016 YOU'VE 1915 00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:55,051 DEFINED IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE 1916 00:55:55,051 --> 00:55:55,351 PLAN. 1917 00:55:55,351 --> 00:55:57,353 SO THE BUILDING BLOCKS WILL 1918 00:55:57,353 --> 00:55:58,788 BE SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES 1919 00:55:58,788 --> 00:55:59,622 IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, 1920 00:55:59,622 --> 00:56:02,258 REASONABLE NAL AND URBAN 1921 00:56:02,258 --> 00:56:02,525 CENTERS, 1922 00:56:02,525 --> 00:56:05,362 AND THE FREQUENT TRANSIT 1923 00:56:05,362 --> 00:56:06,896 CORRIDORS, WHICH ARE ALSO THOSE 1924 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:07,464 HOUSE BILL 1925 00:56:07,464 --> 00:56:09,265 1491, THE TOD BILL AREAS. 1926 00:56:09,265 --> 00:56:11,234 SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU 1927 00:56:11,234 --> 00:56:13,269 THROUGH EACH OF THOSE BUILDING 1928 00:56:13,269 --> 00:56:13,803 BLOCKS. 1929 00:56:13,803 --> 00:56:15,972 FIRST WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD 1930 00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:17,607 CENTERS. AND JUST A QUICK 1931 00:56:17,607 --> 00:56:18,308 REMINDER 1932 00:56:18,308 --> 00:56:20,610 YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAP TO 1933 00:56:20,610 --> 00:56:21,878 THE RIGHT IN BLUE. 1934 00:56:21,878 --> 00:56:23,213 THESE ARE THE 30 1935 00:56:23,213 --> 00:56:24,380 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS YOU 1936 00:56:24,380 --> 00:56:25,782 ADOPTED IN THE NEW COMP PLAN. 1937 00:56:25,782 --> 00:56:29,185 THESE ARE ENVISIONED AS 1938 00:56:29,185 --> 00:56:31,554 NICE, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 1939 00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:32,288 NODES 1940 00:56:32,288 --> 00:56:34,724 WHERE YOU CAN WALK TO A LOCAL 1941 00:56:34,724 --> 00:56:35,024 BUSINESS. 1942 00:56:35,024 --> 00:56:36,593 THEY ARE A THREE TO FOUR- 1943 00:56:36,593 --> 00:56:40,697 MINUTE WALK FROM THE BUSINESS 1944 00:56:40,697 --> 00:56:40,964 DISTRICT. 1945 00:56:40,964 --> 00:56:43,466 GENERALLY NOW WOULD ALLOW FOUR 1946 00:56:43,466 --> 00:56:46,102 TO SIX- STORY BUILDINGS WITH 1947 00:56:46,102 --> 00:56:50,106 THE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS 1948 00:56:50,106 --> 00:56:53,143 LEGISLATION. 1949 00:56:53,143 --> 00:56:54,711 AND THE FIRST THING THAT 1950 00:56:54,711 --> 00:56:57,247 WE'RE SURE WE WILL LOOK AT IN 1951 00:56:57,247 --> 00:56:58,948 THIS NEW 1952 00:56:58,948 --> 00:57:00,216 SCOPE ARE WHAT YOU ALREADY 1953 00:57:00,216 --> 00:57:03,486 ASKED US TO LOOK FOR, LOOK AT IN 1954 00:57:03,486 --> 00:57:05,622 COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1955 00:57:05,622 --> 00:57:07,657 32183 WHERE YOU ASKED US TO 1956 00:57:07,657 --> 00:57:10,727 REVIEW FOR NINE 1957 00:57:10,727 --> 00:57:12,595 POTENTIAL NEW 1958 00:57:12,595 --> 00:57:13,630 ENABLED CENTERS LISTED ON THE 1959 00:57:13,630 --> 00:57:14,097 LEFT AS WELL 1960 00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:15,932 AS SIX POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD 1961 00:57:15,932 --> 00:57:16,633 CENTER EXPANSIONS THAT 1962 00:57:16,633 --> 00:57:17,700 ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT. 1963 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:19,636 YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE MAP 1964 00:57:19,636 --> 00:57:26,743 IN ORANGE OR THE ORANGE HASH. 1965 00:57:26,743 --> 00:57:28,511 YOU'VE ASKED US TO STUDY AND 1966 00:57:28,511 --> 00:57:29,879 AS A PART OF TALLER, DENSER, 1967 00:57:29,879 --> 00:57:31,214 FASTER, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE 1968 00:57:31,214 --> 00:57:34,884 TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT EVEN 1969 00:57:34,884 --> 00:57:36,319 MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND 1970 00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:37,554 BRING THE NUMBER UP TO SOMEWHERE 1971 00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:39,789 IN THE BALLPARK OF 50 TOTAL 1972 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:42,792 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS CITYWIDE 1973 00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:44,227 IN GREAT PLACES THAT WOULD MAKE 1974 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:44,961 SENSE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 1975 00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:46,896 ACROSS THE CITY. 1976 00:57:46,896 --> 00:57:49,098 SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN 1977 00:57:49,098 --> 00:57:52,469 THE SCOPE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD 1978 00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:53,169 CENTERS. 1979 00:57:53,169 --> 00:57:55,038 NEXT LET'S TALK ABOUT 1980 00:57:55,038 --> 00:57:57,106 THE REGIONAL AND 1981 00:57:57,106 --> 00:57:58,508 URBAN CENTERS. THESE ARE PLACES 1982 00:57:58,508 --> 00:57:58,908 THAT ARE 1983 00:57:58,908 --> 00:58:00,176 SEATTLE'S HIGHEST 1984 00:58:00,176 --> 00:58:02,512 DENSITY HOUSING AND JOB CENTERS, 1985 00:58:02,512 --> 00:58:05,648 SO PLACES LIKE THE U DISTRICT, 1986 00:58:05,648 --> 00:58:06,749 DOWNTOWN, NORTHGATE. 1987 00:58:06,749 --> 00:58:08,718 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1988 00:58:08,718 --> 00:58:11,921 YOU ADOPTED EXPANDED SIX CENTERS 1989 00:58:11,921 --> 00:58:12,088 AND 1990 00:58:12,088 --> 00:58:17,827 ADDED THE PINEHURST CENTER. 1991 00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:19,863 SO ZONING CHANGES FOR THOSE 1992 00:58:19,863 --> 00:58:22,198 PLACES, BUT SO FAR YOU 1993 00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:24,534 HAVEN'T MADE ADDITIONAL NEW 1994 00:58:24,534 --> 00:58:24,901 ZONING 1995 00:58:24,901 --> 00:58:26,469 CHANGES FOR OTHER REGIONAL 1996 00:58:26,469 --> 00:58:31,741 AND URBAN CENTERS, SO PLACES 1997 00:58:31,741 --> 00:58:32,475 LIKE 1998 00:58:32,475 --> 00:58:33,910 WALLINGFORD OR THE WEST 1999 00:58:33,910 --> 00:58:35,578 SEATTLE JUNCTION OR U 2000 00:58:35,578 --> 00:58:37,013 DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVEN'T 2001 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:37,180 HAD 2002 00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:38,548 RECENT ZONING CHANGES. 2003 00:58:38,548 --> 00:58:39,749 WE WOULD STUDY POSSIBLE 2004 00:58:39,749 --> 00:58:41,251 ZONING CHANGES IN THOSE PLACES 2005 00:58:41,251 --> 00:58:41,451 AS A 2006 00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:44,287 PART OF THIS NEXT 2007 00:58:44,287 --> 00:58:47,190 PHASE. AND SOME OF THE PLANNING 2008 00:58:47,190 --> 00:58:47,790 OFFICE'S THINKING ON WHAT 2009 00:58:47,790 --> 00:58:50,326 THAT COULD BE IS SOME REAL 2010 00:58:50,326 --> 00:58:52,061 INCREASES IN DENSITY VERY CLOSE 2011 00:58:52,061 --> 00:58:52,428 TO 2012 00:58:52,428 --> 00:58:55,899 TRANSIT, MAYBE EVEN ALLOWING FOR 2013 00:58:55,899 --> 00:58:57,166 THINGS LIKE TOWERS IN PLACES 2014 00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,869 IN THE CITY THAT HAVEN'T HAD 2015 00:58:59,869 --> 00:59:00,203 TOWERS 2016 00:59:00,203 --> 00:59:01,070 BEFORE OR BRINGING PLACES 2017 00:59:01,070 --> 00:59:04,107 THAT ARE UNDERZONED, LIKE, TO 2018 00:59:04,107 --> 00:59:04,307 FIVE 2019 00:59:04,307 --> 00:59:04,908 STORIES UP TO SEVEN OR EIGHT 2020 00:59:04,908 --> 00:59:11,247 STORIES. 2021 00:59:11,247 --> 00:59:14,350 LASTLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 2022 00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:15,385 THE STATION AREAS AND 2023 00:59:15,385 --> 00:59:17,120 FREQUENT TRANSIT CORRIDORS, ALSO 2024 00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:19,055 THE TOD BILL AREAS. 2025 00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:24,127 WE ARE THINKING THAT WE 2026 00:59:24,127 --> 00:59:26,663 WOULD IMPLEMENT THE THE TOD BILL 2027 00:59:26,663 --> 00:59:27,330 EARLY AND 2028 00:59:27,330 --> 00:59:28,898 REALLY TEE UP SEATTLE TO BE 2029 00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:31,801 A LEADER STATEWIDE IN THE 2030 00:59:31,801 --> 00:59:32,902 SPACE AND CREATE TOD 2031 00:59:32,902 --> 00:59:33,269 NEIGHBORHOODS A 2032 00:59:33,403 --> 00:59:33,903 COUPLE YEARS EARLIER THAN 2033 00:59:33,903 --> 00:59:37,240 REQUIRED. 2034 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:41,611 SO FOR 1491 IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT 2035 00:59:41,611 --> 00:59:44,314 THAT BILL DOES IS IT 2036 00:59:44,314 --> 00:59:45,915 REQUIRES ALL CITIES TO HAVE A 2037 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:49,786 CERTAIN MINIMUM LEVEL OF 2038 00:59:49,786 --> 00:59:51,421 DENSITY NEAR THEIR BRT AND LIGHT 2039 00:59:51,421 --> 00:59:51,621 RAIL 2040 00:59:51,754 --> 00:59:53,423 STATIONS. THE MAP ON THIS SLIDE 2041 00:59:53,423 --> 00:59:53,756 IS SHOWING 2042 00:59:53,756 --> 00:59:57,627 YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR 2043 00:59:57,627 --> 01:00:00,563 BRT STATION AREAS WHERE WE'VE 2044 01:00:00,563 --> 01:00:00,763 DONE 2045 01:00:00,763 --> 01:00:02,298 SOME MATH AND THE AREAS IN 2046 01:00:02,298 --> 01:00:05,134 GREEN ON THIS MAP ALREADY MEET 2047 01:00:05,134 --> 01:00:05,368 THETHE 2048 01:00:05,368 --> 01:00:06,469 STATE'S MINIMUM DENSITY 2049 01:00:06,469 --> 01:00:07,370 LEVEL, THE AREAS IN ORANGE DO 2050 01:00:07,370 --> 01:00:13,076 NOT. 2051 01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:20,783 THIS NEXT PHASE WOULD BRING THE 2052 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:22,352 LEVELS UP TO GREEN AND QUALIFY. 2053 01:00:22,352 --> 01:00:23,419 THAT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF 2054 01:00:23,419 --> 01:00:25,455 THE BRT STOPS AND WITHIN A 2055 01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:28,391 HALF MILE OF RAIL STATIONS. 2056 01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:30,293 I DO WANT TO NOTE THIS IS JUST 2057 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:33,930 BRT LINES ON THIS MAP AND TO 2058 01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:37,433 SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MAP 2059 01:00:37,433 --> 01:00:39,168 DOESN'T SHOW OTHER 2060 01:00:39,168 --> 01:00:40,770 FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES. 2061 01:00:40,770 --> 01:00:41,504 THERE ARE OTHERS NOT SHOWN HERE. 2062 01:00:41,504 --> 01:00:41,904 THIS 2063 01:00:41,904 --> 01:00:42,505 MAP DOESN'T SHOW LIGHT RAIL 2064 01:00:42,505 --> 01:00:45,942 STATIONS. 2065 01:00:45,942 --> 01:00:48,311 ESSENTIALLY THE NEXT PHASE WOULD 2066 01:00:48,311 --> 01:00:52,515 MEET AND EXCEED THE TOD 2067 01:00:52,515 --> 01:00:53,616 BILL REQUIREMENTS AND THE SCOPE 2068 01:00:53,616 --> 01:00:56,919 OF WHAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT IN 2069 01:00:56,919 --> 01:00:59,989 THE 2070 01:00:59,989 --> 01:01:01,357 SEIS. 2071 01:01:01,357 --> 01:01:04,661 AND SO THAT'S A SENSE OF AN 2072 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:06,229 OVERVIEW OF WHAT OPCD AND 2073 01:01:06,229 --> 01:01:07,764 THE MAYOR ARE THINKING ARE IN 2074 01:01:07,764 --> 01:01:10,633 THE SCOPE AND I'M GOING TO TURN 2075 01:01:10,633 --> 01:01:15,371 IT OVER TO HB AND COUNCIL AND 2076 01:01:15,371 --> 01:01:15,538 HOW 2077 01:01:15,538 --> 01:01:16,139 IT'S DESCRIBED IN THE 2078 01:01:16,139 --> 01:01:16,539 RESOLUTION. 2079 01:01:16,672 --> 01:01:20,410 >> RESOLUTION 33203 2080 01:01:20,410 --> 01:01:22,912 ESSENTIALLY CAPTURES WHAT YOU 2081 01:01:22,912 --> 01:01:24,247 JUST HEARD AS 2082 01:01:24,247 --> 01:01:27,183 BEING THE RANGE OF WHAT WILL BE 2083 01:01:27,183 --> 01:01:28,051 STUDIED MOVING FORWARD IN 2084 01:01:28,051 --> 01:01:30,186 TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING 2085 01:01:30,186 --> 01:01:30,787 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 2086 01:01:30,787 --> 01:01:32,121 THE POINT OF THAT IS REALLY 2087 01:01:32,121 --> 01:01:33,623 TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY 2088 01:01:33,623 --> 01:01:35,625 CLEAR BOTH INTERNALLY AND 2089 01:01:35,625 --> 01:01:38,795 EXTERNALLY WHAT THE CITY'S AIMS 2090 01:01:38,795 --> 01:01:39,062 ARE. 2091 01:01:39,062 --> 01:01:43,499 SO WE MADE SPECIAL EFFORT TO 2092 01:01:43,499 --> 01:01:47,770 EMPHASIZE THOSE IN RESOLUTION 2093 01:01:47,770 --> 01:01:48,971 32183 FROM DECEMBER BECAUSE 2094 01:01:48,971 --> 01:01:50,440 THAT CAPTURED THE COUNCIL'S 2095 01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:50,706 THINKING 2096 01:01:50,706 --> 01:01:51,574 AT THE TIME AND WE WANTED 2097 01:01:51,574 --> 01:01:51,741 TO 2098 01:01:51,741 --> 01:01:52,308 MAKE SURE THOSE IDEAS WERE 2099 01:01:52,308 --> 01:01:55,178 CARRIED FORWARD. 2100 01:01:55,178 --> 01:01:56,345 ADDITIONALLY, AND I THINK THIS 2101 01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:58,181 IS LIKELY INTUITIVE TO 2102 01:01:58,181 --> 01:02:00,917 ANYONE WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR, 2103 01:02:00,917 --> 01:02:01,084 THE 2104 01:02:01,084 --> 01:02:03,319 THING WE WANT TO AVOID IS 2105 01:02:03,319 --> 01:02:06,255 COUNCIL BEING UNDULY LIMITED 2106 01:02:06,255 --> 01:02:07,824 OR CONSTRAINED ININ RANGE 2107 01:02:07,824 --> 01:02:09,092 OF CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO 2108 01:02:09,092 --> 01:02:12,295 DECISION MAKING LATER IN THE 2109 01:02:12,295 --> 01:02:14,230 PROCESS. 2110 01:02:14,230 --> 01:02:15,965 MANY FACED SIGNIFICANT HURDLES 2111 01:02:15,965 --> 01:02:18,134 THAT WERE DIFFICULT TO JUMP WHEN 2112 01:02:18,134 --> 01:02:23,439 IT CAME TO THE COMPREHENSIVE 2113 01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:25,708 PLAN LAST YEAR DUE TO IT 2114 01:02:25,708 --> 01:02:26,008 NOT 2115 01:02:26,008 --> 01:02:26,476 CONTEMPLATED CONCEPTS 2116 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:27,076 COUNCILMEMBERS WERE BRINGING 2117 01:02:27,076 --> 01:02:33,883 FORWARD. 2118 01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:37,887 SO IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT 2119 01:02:37,887 --> 01:02:39,889 OF THE RESOLUTION IT FIRST 2120 01:02:39,889 --> 01:02:40,356 STATES 2121 01:02:40,356 --> 01:02:44,894 THAT RESOLUTION 32183, 2122 01:02:44,894 --> 01:02:47,563 ANYWHERE THAT REQUIRED ANALYSIS, 2123 01:02:47,563 --> 01:02:47,730 WE 2124 01:02:47,730 --> 01:02:49,532 PUT THAT RIGHT UP FRONT THAT 2125 01:02:49,532 --> 01:02:49,766 HAPPENS 2126 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:53,102 AND SECTION TWO IS REALLY 2127 01:02:53,102 --> 01:02:54,470 WHERE WHAT YOU HEARD IS FOUND 2128 01:02:54,470 --> 01:02:54,737 AND 2129 01:02:54,737 --> 01:02:59,208 THIS SECTION HAS THE COUNCIL 2130 01:02:59,208 --> 01:02:59,442 DIRECT 2131 01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:01,844 ING OPCD, WALKING 2132 01:03:01,844 --> 01:03:02,979 DISTANCE, FREQUENT TRANSIT, 2133 01:03:02,979 --> 01:03:03,312 THOSE CENTERS 2134 01:03:03,312 --> 01:03:10,019 THAT WE DISCUSSED 2135 01:03:10,019 --> 01:03:12,522 INCLUDING THOSE AS WELL AS THEIR 2136 01:03:12,522 --> 01:03:12,722 VERY 2137 01:03:12,722 --> 01:03:15,258 SMALL NUMBER STUDIED IN THE 2138 01:03:15,258 --> 01:03:16,225 2022 CIS SCOPING REPORT. 2139 01:03:16,225 --> 01:03:19,228 INTEREST 2140 01:03:19,228 --> 01:03:19,862 IN HAVING THOSE RESURRECTED FOR 2141 01:03:19,862 --> 01:03:22,331 STUDY. 2142 01:03:22,331 --> 01:03:23,833 NOT NECESSARILY FOR 2143 01:03:23,833 --> 01:03:26,369 DECISION MAKING AND TRANSIT 2144 01:03:26,369 --> 01:03:27,336 STATION 2145 01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:29,539 AREAS AS JEFF JUST DISCUSSED. 2146 01:03:29,672 --> 01:03:30,273 THERE'S A SECTION RELATED TO 2147 01:03:30,273 --> 01:03:36,312 ENGAGEMENT. 2148 01:03:36,312 --> 01:03:39,182 THAT'S THE CITY COUNCIL 2149 01:03:39,182 --> 01:03:41,717 DIRECTING OPCD TO UNDERTAKE 2150 01:03:41,717 --> 01:03:45,988 ROBUST PUBLIC 2151 01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:46,422 ENGAGEMENT THAT 2152 01:03:46,422 --> 01:03:47,023 SUPPORTS THE CITY COUNCIL'S 2153 01:03:47,023 --> 01:03:47,657 ABILITY ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS 2154 01:03:47,657 --> 01:03:51,027 THAT COME OUT OF THIS WORK. 2155 01:03:51,027 --> 01:03:53,162 THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT 2156 01:03:53,162 --> 01:03:53,663 POLICIES ARE GOING TO 2157 01:03:53,663 --> 01:03:55,264 BE PUT FORWARD, IT'S WHAT IS 2158 01:03:55,264 --> 01:03:56,732 STUDIED AND THE IMPORTANT 2159 01:03:56,732 --> 01:03:57,033 THINGTHING 2160 01:03:57,033 --> 01:04:01,904 BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THE CITY 2161 01:04:01,904 --> 01:04:03,206 COUNCIL HAS THE RANGE OF 2162 01:04:03,206 --> 01:04:04,907 THINGS THAT SHOULD BE STUDIED IN 2163 01:04:04,907 --> 01:04:05,174 THIS 2164 01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:05,474 RESOLUTION. 2165 01:04:05,474 --> 01:04:05,741 WITH THAT 2166 01:04:05,741 --> 01:04:06,275 I'LL HAND IT BACK TO MY 2167 01:04:06,275 --> 01:04:09,745 COLLEAGUES. 2168 01:04:09,879 --> 01:04:11,247 >> JUST A COUPLE MORE 2169 01:04:11,247 --> 01:04:13,883 QUICK POINTS AND THEN WE'LL WRAP 2170 01:04:13,883 --> 01:04:15,384 IT 2171 01:04:15,384 --> 01:04:17,086 UP HERE. 2172 01:04:17,086 --> 01:04:18,754 I WONDER, ALEX, WOULD 2173 01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:22,725 YOU LIKE TO TAKE A FIRST CUT AT 2174 01:04:22,725 --> 01:04:22,925 THIS 2175 01:04:22,925 --> 01:04:23,159 SLIDE? 2176 01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:28,998 >> YES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. 2177 01:04:28,998 --> 01:04:31,634 THE CITY IS VERY PROUD TO 2178 01:04:31,634 --> 01:04:35,771 HAVE IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME 2179 01:04:35,771 --> 01:04:35,972 MANY 2180 01:04:35,972 --> 01:04:37,440 STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS 2181 01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:40,276 DISPLACEMENT, TO PREVENT 2182 01:04:40,276 --> 01:04:42,812 DISPLACEMENT, TO BE PROACTIVELY 2183 01:04:42,812 --> 01:04:44,680 ANTI- DISPLACEMENT, AND 2184 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,082 THOSE STRATEGIES ARE SHARED IN 2185 01:04:46,082 --> 01:04:48,985 THE VISION AND VALUES OF MAYOR 2186 01:04:48,985 --> 01:04:52,521 WILSON AND WISH TO BE 2187 01:04:52,521 --> 01:04:55,258 EXPRESSED IN THIS SCOPE AS WELL. 2188 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:56,492 AND SO THE STRATEGIES 2189 01:04:56,492 --> 01:04:59,528 THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE AROUND 2190 01:04:59,528 --> 01:05:01,030 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WHO ARE AT 2191 01:05:01,030 --> 01:05:02,498 RISK TO BE CONSULTED AND ADVISE 2192 01:05:02,498 --> 01:05:04,467 AND GUIDE THE CITY'S APPROACH 2193 01:05:04,467 --> 01:05:05,968 TO THIS WORK, THAT 2194 01:05:05,968 --> 01:05:07,403 ALTERNATIVES WILL INCORPORATE 2195 01:05:07,403 --> 01:05:07,670 DIFFERENT 2196 01:05:07,670 --> 01:05:09,472 APPROACHES TO ADDRESS 2197 01:05:09,472 --> 01:05:11,540 DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE, 2198 01:05:11,540 --> 01:05:13,276 SO CREATING OPTIONS FOR YOU AS 2199 01:05:13,276 --> 01:05:15,111 THE DECISION MAKERS AND 2200 01:05:15,111 --> 01:05:15,811 LEGISLATIVE BODY AROUND WHAT 2201 01:05:15,811 --> 01:05:17,079 THAT WILL LOOK 2202 01:05:17,079 --> 01:05:18,848 LIKE, AND, OF COURSE, TO 2203 01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:20,883 BE INCORPORATING MORE THAN 2204 01:05:20,883 --> 01:05:24,153 JUST PROCESS AND ALTERNATIVES 2205 01:05:24,153 --> 01:05:24,387 BUT 2206 01:05:24,387 --> 01:05:25,755 ACTUAL MITIGATION MEASURES 2207 01:05:25,755 --> 01:05:26,689 INCLUDING THE USE OF 2208 01:05:26,689 --> 01:05:30,092 ZONING TOOLS FOR YOUR DISCUSSION 2209 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:31,127 AND 2210 01:05:31,127 --> 01:05:36,565 RECOMMENDATION. 2211 01:05:36,699 --> 01:05:38,334 >> AND, SO, LASTLY, JUST 2212 01:05:38,334 --> 01:05:44,907 SOME THOUGHTS ON THE TIME LINE. 2213 01:05:44,907 --> 01:05:46,776 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF 2214 01:05:46,776 --> 01:05:47,510 WORKING TOGETHER. 2215 01:05:47,510 --> 01:05:49,111 WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM 2216 01:05:49,111 --> 01:05:49,879 WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE 2217 01:05:49,879 --> 01:05:51,514 OUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF STUDY 2218 01:05:51,514 --> 01:05:51,747 SHOULD 2219 01:05:51,747 --> 01:05:52,181 BE. 2220 01:05:52,181 --> 01:05:56,585 WE'RE DEFINING THAT. 2221 01:05:56,585 --> 01:05:58,321 AND THE ORANGE BAR ON THIS SLIDE 2222 01:05:58,321 --> 01:06:00,823 IS SHOWING YOU THAT PUBLIC 2223 01:06:00,823 --> 01:06:01,958 ENGAGEMENT WILL BE CONTINUOUS 2224 01:06:01,958 --> 01:06:04,627 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS 2225 01:06:04,627 --> 01:06:05,928 INCLUDING OUR DISCUSSION TODAY 2226 01:06:05,928 --> 01:06:08,464 ABOUT THIS 2227 01:06:08,464 --> 01:06:11,067 JOINT RESOLUTION AND YOUR 2228 01:06:11,067 --> 01:06:13,336 WORK TO FINALIZE THE JOINT 2229 01:06:13,336 --> 01:06:15,338 RESOLUTION AND THEN OPCD WITH 2230 01:06:15,338 --> 01:06:16,539 COUNCIL 2231 01:06:16,539 --> 01:06:18,274 AND THE MAYOR WILL DO ENGAGEMENT 2232 01:06:18,274 --> 01:06:18,441 IN 2233 01:06:18,441 --> 01:06:21,577 A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMATS. 2234 01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:26,148 BUT THE BIGGEST WINDOW 2235 01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:27,817 FOR REALLY ROBUST PUBLIC 2236 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:28,718 ENGAGEMENT WILL COME AROUND THE 2237 01:06:28,718 --> 01:06:29,385 END OF 2238 01:06:29,385 --> 01:06:33,122 THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT WHEN WE 2239 01:06:33,122 --> 01:06:33,789 HAVE 2240 01:06:33,789 --> 01:06:36,192 RELEASED A DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL 2241 01:06:36,192 --> 01:06:37,693 IMPACT STATEMENT AND THAT 2242 01:06:37,693 --> 01:06:38,994 DRAFT WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVES 2243 01:06:38,994 --> 01:06:45,201 FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON. 2244 01:06:45,201 --> 01:06:47,169 THERE WILL BE MAPS AND 2245 01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:48,170 DISPLACEMENT 2246 01:06:48,170 --> 01:06:50,239 STRATEGIES, MEASURES ABOUT 2247 01:06:50,239 --> 01:06:50,840 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND 2248 01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:51,173 TREES ANDAND 2249 01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:53,642 PUBLIC WILL HAVE A REALLY 2250 01:06:53,642 --> 01:06:55,678 BIG WINDOW TO COMMENT ON THAT 2251 01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:55,845 AND 2252 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:56,479 WEIGH IN ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT 2253 01:06:56,479 --> 01:07:01,083 YEAR. 2254 01:07:01,083 --> 01:07:04,086 AFTER THE CITY RELEASE AS 2255 01:07:04,086 --> 01:07:05,788 FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL 2256 01:07:05,788 --> 01:07:07,289 IMPACT STATEMENT OUR 2257 01:07:07,289 --> 01:07:08,758 OFFICE WOULD DEVELOP THE 2258 01:07:08,758 --> 01:07:10,459 ZONING PROPOSAL AND MAYOR 2259 01:07:10,459 --> 01:07:10,760 WILSON'S 2260 01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:13,295 GOAL IS THAT ZONING PROPOSAL 2261 01:07:13,295 --> 01:07:13,896 COULD 2262 01:07:13,896 --> 01:07:15,865 BE BROUGHT TO YOU AND 2263 01:07:15,865 --> 01:07:17,800 POTENTIALLY ADOPTED BY THE END 2264 01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:18,401 OF 2027. 2265 01:07:18,401 --> 01:07:21,537 I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND SUPER 2266 01:07:21,670 --> 01:07:22,738 FAST, BUT THESE THINGS 2267 01:07:22,738 --> 01:07:25,241 DO TAKE TIME AND WE WANT TO MAKE 2268 01:07:25,241 --> 01:07:26,075 SURE 2269 01:07:26,075 --> 01:07:27,576 TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY ENGAGEMENT 2270 01:07:27,576 --> 01:07:28,277 AS WE GO. 2271 01:07:28,277 --> 01:07:31,914 I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OUR 2272 01:07:31,914 --> 01:07:33,949 SLIDES AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE 2273 01:07:33,949 --> 01:07:39,054 QUESTIONS OR HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. 2274 01:07:39,188 --> 01:07:40,823 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS 2275 01:07:40,823 --> 01:07:42,124 OVERVIEW AND, COLLEAGUES, 2276 01:07:42,124 --> 01:07:43,659 I'LL STATE A COUPLE COMMENTS 2277 01:07:43,659 --> 01:07:46,395 BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE. 2278 01:07:46,395 --> 01:07:49,899 A FEW THINGS FOR ME IT WAS THAT 2279 01:07:49,899 --> 01:07:54,904 WITH FOUR PHASES IT WAS REALLY 2280 01:07:55,037 --> 01:07:56,939 CONFUSING. AND SO I THINK PART 2281 01:07:56,939 --> 01:07:57,706 OF THIS 2282 01:07:57,706 --> 01:08:01,343 IS ALSO JUST TRYING TO SIMPLIFY 2283 01:08:01,477 --> 01:08:03,012 FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THE NEXT 2284 01:08:03,012 --> 01:08:04,647 PHASE IS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 2285 01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:04,847 THE 2286 01:08:04,847 --> 01:08:06,449 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER, 2287 01:08:06,449 --> 01:08:08,884 SIMPLER IS ALSO PART OF IT. 2288 01:08:08,884 --> 01:08:10,519 TRYING TO MAKE THIS 2289 01:08:10,519 --> 01:08:13,389 MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FORFOR 2290 01:08:13,389 --> 01:08:13,622 PUBLIC 2291 01:08:13,622 --> 01:08:14,790 BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION AROUND 2292 01:08:14,790 --> 01:08:16,859 THE DIFFERENT PHASES. 2293 01:08:16,859 --> 01:08:20,429 AND PART OF THE IDEA 2294 01:08:20,429 --> 01:08:21,864 BEHIND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION 2295 01:08:21,864 --> 01:08:22,064 TODAY 2296 01:08:22,064 --> 01:08:24,467 IS ALSO AS WE WORK ON PHASE TWO 2297 01:08:24,467 --> 01:08:28,637 ON CENTERS AND 2298 01:08:28,637 --> 01:08:29,472 CORRIDORS AND WHAT CAN BE 2299 01:08:29,472 --> 01:08:30,506 AMENDED, WHAT WE'RE 2300 01:08:30,506 --> 01:08:31,407 FOCUSING ON NOW, IT'S 2301 01:08:31,407 --> 01:08:34,643 IMPORTANT TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND 2302 01:08:34,777 --> 01:08:36,112 WHAT'S COMING NEXT AND, YOU 2303 01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:36,812 KNOW, 2304 01:08:36,812 --> 01:08:38,247 AS WAS DISCUSSED, THERE WERE 2305 01:08:38,247 --> 01:08:42,418 LIMITS ON WHAT WE COULD DO 2306 01:08:42,418 --> 01:08:43,419 BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR 2307 01:08:43,419 --> 01:08:43,919 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY. 2308 01:08:43,919 --> 01:08:44,954 THERE ARE LIMITS ON WHAT WE CAN 2309 01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:46,856 DO IN PHASE TWO BECAUSE OF 2310 01:08:46,856 --> 01:08:48,123 THAT PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY 2311 01:08:48,123 --> 01:08:48,991 AND SO 2312 01:08:48,991 --> 01:08:51,594 SOME OF THE IDEAS THATTHAT 2313 01:08:51,594 --> 01:08:53,529 COLLEAGUES MIGHT WANT TO 2314 01:08:53,529 --> 01:08:56,031 INCLUDE MIGHT NEED TO BE A 2315 01:08:56,031 --> 01:08:56,332 PARTICIPATE 2316 01:08:56,332 --> 01:08:57,833 OF THIS PHASE -- PART OF THIS 2317 01:08:57,833 --> 01:08:58,901 PHASE, THE NEXT PHASE. 2318 01:08:58,901 --> 01:09:00,269 THAT'S PART OF THIS IDEA 2319 01:09:00,269 --> 01:09:01,670 OF TEEING UP AS WE WORK ON 2320 01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:03,105 PHASE TWO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS 2321 01:09:03,105 --> 01:09:03,472 WILL BE. 2322 01:09:03,472 --> 01:09:08,410 AND WITH THAT I WILL KICK IT 2323 01:09:08,410 --> 01:09:09,378 OVER TO YOU. 2324 01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:10,112 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2325 01:09:10,246 --> 01:09:12,414 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN. 2326 01:09:12,414 --> 01:09:16,218 THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE 2327 01:09:16,218 --> 01:09:17,052 PRESENTATION AND THE COMMENTS. 2328 01:09:17,052 --> 01:09:18,854 CHAIR, I DO, THE FOUR PHASES 2329 01:09:18,854 --> 01:09:21,824 HAVING SOME TYPE 2330 01:09:21,824 --> 01:09:22,591 OF UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO 2331 01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:24,093 KEEPING THE EYE ON THE PRIZE, 2332 01:09:24,093 --> 01:09:25,060 TOO, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER 2333 01:09:25,060 --> 01:09:25,327 ISSUES, 2334 01:09:25,327 --> 01:09:26,262 TOO, LIKE 2335 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:27,630 MHA. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 2336 01:09:27,630 --> 01:09:27,830 THAT 2337 01:09:27,830 --> 01:09:29,565 IMPACT THE ABILITY TO 2338 01:09:29,565 --> 01:09:31,367 DEVELOP AND BUILD AFFORDABLE 2339 01:09:31,367 --> 01:09:31,700 HOUSING 2340 01:09:31,700 --> 01:09:33,135 TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTORS. 2341 01:09:33,135 --> 01:09:34,737 BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR 2342 01:09:34,737 --> 01:09:35,671 THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. 2343 01:09:35,671 --> 01:09:37,640 AND LOOKING AT THE BRIEFING, 2344 01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:41,844 I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE 2345 01:09:41,844 --> 01:09:43,879 ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE -- A, THANK 2346 01:09:43,879 --> 01:09:45,314 YOU FOR THE SLIDE NUMBERS, I WAS 2347 01:09:45,314 --> 01:09:46,949 SAYING THAT ON BEHALF 2348 01:09:46,949 --> 01:09:48,684 OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 2349 01:09:48,684 --> 01:09:50,319 BUT, NUMBER ONE, IT IS THE ONE 2350 01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:51,487 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 2351 01:09:51,487 --> 01:09:54,123 SO THE TITLE SLIDE SHOULD 2352 01:09:54,123 --> 01:09:55,257 REFLECT ONE 2353 01:09:55,257 --> 01:09:55,858 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 2354 01:09:55,858 --> 01:09:58,561 AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S 2355 01:09:58,561 --> 01:10:00,663 BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. 2356 01:10:00,663 --> 01:10:02,198 I RECOGNIZE THERE'S HISTORY 2357 01:10:02,198 --> 01:10:04,633 OF ONE SEATTLE, BUT IT IS OUR 2358 01:10:04,633 --> 01:10:04,800 ONE 2359 01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:06,835 SEATTLE, TOO, AND I THINK 2360 01:10:06,835 --> 01:10:08,470 THAT KIND OF GOES TO THE THEME 2361 01:10:08,470 --> 01:10:10,606 IN THIS BRIEFING, TOO, WITH THE 2362 01:10:10,606 --> 01:10:12,141 MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL 2363 01:10:12,141 --> 01:10:13,509 WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE, I THINK 2364 01:10:13,509 --> 01:10:13,676 IT 2365 01:10:13,676 --> 01:10:15,511 JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO. 2366 01:10:15,511 --> 01:10:16,512 THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AN 2367 01:10:16,512 --> 01:10:19,682 OVERSIGHT BUT I DID WANT TO 2368 01:10:19,682 --> 01:10:21,750 NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE 2369 01:10:21,750 --> 01:10:23,252 THE CLERK DID HAVE ONE 2370 01:10:23,252 --> 01:10:25,154 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JUST 2371 01:10:25,154 --> 01:10:27,556 FOR THE 2372 01:10:27,556 --> 01:10:28,891 RECORD. 2373 01:10:28,891 --> 01:10:30,192 SECONDLY, I APPRECIATE THIS. 2374 01:10:30,192 --> 01:10:31,927 I WILL SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO 2375 01:10:31,927 --> 01:10:34,496 HAS THREE REGIONAL CENTERS IN 2376 01:10:34,496 --> 01:10:34,663 HIS 2377 01:10:34,663 --> 01:10:35,898 DISTRICT, PLUS I HAVE A 2378 01:10:35,898 --> 01:10:38,033 COUPLE OTHER AREAS OF STRONG 2379 01:10:38,033 --> 01:10:38,300 INTEREST, 2380 01:10:38,300 --> 01:10:40,402 WHICH I'VE ALREADY MET WITH 2381 01:10:40,402 --> 01:10:41,403 OPCD IN TERMS OF REVIEWS, 2382 01:10:41,403 --> 01:10:41,670 THERE'S 2383 01:10:41,670 --> 01:10:43,706 A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN 2384 01:10:43,706 --> 01:10:43,906 THOSE 2385 01:10:43,906 --> 01:10:44,139 AREAS. 2386 01:10:44,139 --> 01:10:45,975 AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 2387 01:10:45,975 --> 01:10:48,077 THAT WORK NOT GET SIDELINED. 2388 01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:52,314 I THINK WE CAN PROCEED ON 2389 01:10:52,314 --> 01:10:54,049 THAT AS WELL, AND SO I THINK 2390 01:10:54,049 --> 01:10:56,919 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS 2391 01:10:56,919 --> 01:10:57,252 IMPORTANT TO 2392 01:10:57,252 --> 01:10:58,153 NOTE. 2393 01:10:58,153 --> 01:11:00,322 SEPARATELY AS YOU WALK 2394 01:11:00,322 --> 01:11:00,789 THROUGH THE BRIEFING 2395 01:11:00,789 --> 01:11:01,223 NEIGHBORHOOD 2396 01:11:01,223 --> 01:11:03,225 CENTERS, I DID WANT TO 2397 01:11:03,225 --> 01:11:06,695 RECOMMIT TO THE IDEA OFOF 2398 01:11:06,695 --> 01:11:06,962 NICKERSON 2399 01:11:06,962 --> 01:11:07,296 NEIGHBORHOOD 2400 01:11:07,296 --> 01:11:08,864 CENTER. IN FACT, I WAS IN THE 2401 01:11:08,864 --> 01:11:10,899 NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WILL, LAST 2402 01:11:10,899 --> 01:11:15,304 FRIDAY, A WEEK AGO 2403 01:11:15,304 --> 01:11:16,505 ALMOST, TALKING TALKING THE 2404 01:11:16,505 --> 01:11:17,006 VARIOUS 2405 01:11:17,006 --> 01:11:18,407 PIECES OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 2406 01:11:18,407 --> 01:11:20,142 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 2407 01:11:20,142 --> 01:11:20,376 THAT ON 2408 01:11:20,376 --> 01:11:21,510 THE GROUND, AND SO 2409 01:11:21,510 --> 01:11:26,282 WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR 2410 01:11:26,282 --> 01:11:28,183 THAT D- 2411 01:11:28,183 --> 01:11:28,717 7 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 2412 01:11:28,717 --> 01:11:31,420 AND, BY THE WAY, I 2413 01:11:31,420 --> 01:11:33,122 RECOMMIT MYSELF TO THE 2414 01:11:33,122 --> 01:11:34,923 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AS WELL. 2415 01:11:34,923 --> 01:11:37,793 SEPARATELY, I NOTE THE NUMBER 2416 01:11:37,926 --> 01:11:38,861 50. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. 2417 01:11:38,861 --> 01:11:40,963 AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY 2418 01:11:40,963 --> 01:11:42,464 I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS LIKE IN 2419 01:11:42,464 --> 01:11:43,032 OUR D- 2420 01:11:43,032 --> 01:11:43,799 7 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. 2421 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:45,434 WE'VE HAD THE 2422 01:11:45,434 --> 01:11:47,169 URBANISTS THERE AND STREET 2423 01:11:47,169 --> 01:11:48,037 ALLIANCE AND OTHER 2424 01:11:48,037 --> 01:11:48,971 GROUPS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS 2425 01:11:48,971 --> 01:11:50,973 I SAID REPEATEDLY -- I 2426 01:11:50,973 --> 01:11:52,641 KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 2427 01:11:52,641 --> 01:11:54,410 IS A TERM BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, 2428 01:11:54,410 --> 01:11:54,710 WE SHOULD 2429 01:11:54,710 --> 01:11:56,612 HAVE AN IDEA OF, 2430 01:11:56,612 --> 01:11:58,113 LIKE, NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES, 2431 01:11:58,113 --> 01:11:59,248 WHICH I KNOW TECHNICALLY IS NOT 2432 01:11:59,248 --> 01:11:59,915 A TERM. 2433 01:11:59,915 --> 01:12:02,651 MR. HUBNER IS PROBABLY 2434 01:12:02,651 --> 01:12:04,019 LOOKING AT ME WANT TO GO CORRECT 2435 01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:04,219 THIS. 2436 01:12:04,219 --> 01:12:06,155 IF YOU LOOK AT 2437 01:12:06,155 --> 01:12:07,790 A NUMBER LIKE THAT, A SMALLER 2438 01:12:07,790 --> 01:12:08,157 VERSION OF WHAT 2439 01:12:08,157 --> 01:12:09,358 WE'VE SEEN AND TO REALLY PUT IT 2440 01:12:09,358 --> 01:12:13,228 OUT THERE AND SEE WHICH ONES 2441 01:12:13,228 --> 01:12:14,863 ORGANICALLY DEVELOP, IN 2442 01:12:14,863 --> 01:12:17,399 TURN, WHEN THE NEXT ITERATION OF 2443 01:12:17,399 --> 01:12:17,599 THIS 2444 01:12:17,599 --> 01:12:18,767 PROCESS MAY THEN BECOME 2445 01:12:18,767 --> 01:12:19,268 A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 2446 01:12:19,268 --> 01:12:22,404 I SAY THAT BECAUSE 2447 01:12:22,404 --> 01:12:23,472 IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THOSE 2448 01:12:23,472 --> 01:12:25,474 AREAS THAT ORGANICALLY GROW AND 2449 01:12:25,474 --> 01:12:27,609 THEN CAN GROW WITH THE VARIOUS 2450 01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:28,944 PIECES THAT GO INTO THIS PROCESS 2451 01:12:28,944 --> 01:12:33,916 IN TERMS OF BUILDING COMMUNITY. 2452 01:12:33,916 --> 01:12:35,851 AND I THINK IT'S A CHANCE 2453 01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:36,719 FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO 2454 01:12:36,719 --> 01:12:38,821 FORTH TO ABSORB AND SEE, AGAIN, 2455 01:12:38,821 --> 01:12:39,121 WHICH 2456 01:12:39,121 --> 01:12:40,422 ONES. I'M STILL LOOKING TO DO 2457 01:12:40,422 --> 01:12:40,856 -- I'VE 2458 01:12:40,856 --> 01:12:43,726 HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OPC 2459 01:12:43,726 --> 01:12:45,761 DID HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD 2460 01:12:45,761 --> 01:12:46,929 VILLAGES WITHIN DISTRICT 7 WHICH 2461 01:12:46,929 --> 01:12:50,799 WOULDN'T BE A FORMAL THING BUT 2462 01:12:50,933 --> 01:12:55,104 USING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2463 01:12:55,104 --> 01:12:56,038 AS A WAY 2464 01:12:56,038 --> 01:12:56,872 TO CREATE THOSE VILLAGES. 50 IS 2465 01:12:56,872 --> 01:12:57,206 A BIG NUMBER. 2466 01:12:57,206 --> 01:12:58,941 IT WILL CREATE SOME TYPE OF 2467 01:12:59,074 --> 01:13:00,576 RESPONSE. I JUST THROW THAT OUT 2468 01:13:00,576 --> 01:13:00,776 THERE 2469 01:13:00,776 --> 01:13:01,910 THAT I'M STILL COMMITTED TO 2470 01:13:01,910 --> 01:13:03,479 THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE IDEA 2471 01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,280 FOR THOSE 2472 01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:06,048 WHO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ME IN 2473 01:13:06,048 --> 01:13:07,950 THE PAST IN TERMS OF AT 2474 01:13:07,950 --> 01:13:09,084 LEAST IN MY DISTRICT. 2475 01:13:09,084 --> 01:13:10,319 AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 2476 01:13:10,319 --> 01:13:13,455 TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ORGANIC 2477 01:13:13,455 --> 01:13:13,689 GROWTH 2478 01:13:13,822 --> 01:13:15,457 THERE. THE LAST THING, CHAIR, I 2479 01:13:15,457 --> 01:13:22,264 JUST WANTED TO NOTE IS THIS 2480 01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:22,598 TRANSIT 2481 01:13:22,598 --> 01:13:24,366 THREE EXPERIENCE IS REALLY 2482 01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:26,235 DRIVING HOME THE IDEA THAT LAND 2483 01:13:26,235 --> 01:13:28,003 USE, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND 2484 01:13:28,003 --> 01:13:29,471 TRANSPORTATION ARE TWO SIDES 2485 01:13:29,471 --> 01:13:32,608 OF THE SAME COIN. 2486 01:13:32,608 --> 01:13:35,310 IT IS A FAILING TO NOT GET THE 2487 01:13:35,310 --> 01:13:38,180 BLE, THE BALLARD EXTENSION TO 2488 01:13:38,180 --> 01:13:41,216 BALLARD, THE NAMESAKE OF THE 2489 01:13:41,216 --> 01:13:42,785 LINE, AND THERE'S REALLY A 2490 01:13:42,785 --> 01:13:43,952 DISCONNECT, AS I'VE SAID MANY 2491 01:13:43,952 --> 01:13:45,754 TIMES, BETWEEN WHAT THE STATE 2492 01:13:45,754 --> 01:13:48,257 IS DOING THROUGH SOUND TRANSIT 2493 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:49,858 ON 2494 01:13:49,858 --> 01:13:51,827 ONE HAND AND THEN THROUGH 2495 01:13:51,827 --> 01:13:53,128 PSRC OF THE COMP PLAN. 2496 01:13:53,128 --> 01:13:54,997 WE SHOULD BE ALSO, WITH THIS IN 2497 01:13:54,997 --> 01:13:56,832 MIND, WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING 2498 01:13:56,832 --> 01:13:58,934 FOR THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES FOR 2499 01:13:59,067 --> 01:14:01,837 US. AND I RAISE THIS BECAUSE, 2500 01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:03,038 AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT 2501 01:14:03,038 --> 01:14:04,273 AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BY 2502 01:14:04,273 --> 01:14:04,506 THE 2503 01:14:04,506 --> 01:14:07,042 WAY, HERE IN THE URBAN CORE AREA 2504 01:14:07,042 --> 01:14:09,444 AND ALSO IN QUEEN ANNE AND 2505 01:14:09,444 --> 01:14:13,348 MAGNOLIA, WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF 2506 01:14:13,348 --> 01:14:15,651 STEEP SLOPES. 2507 01:14:15,651 --> 01:14:16,885 IT'S BEEN COMING UP AGAIN 2508 01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:17,786 AND AGAIN 2509 01:14:17,786 --> 01:14:18,053 RECENTLY. 2510 01:14:18,053 --> 01:14:18,587 STEEP SLOPE STREETS ARE A 2511 01:14:18,587 --> 01:14:20,923 PROBLEM. 2512 01:14:20,923 --> 01:14:28,497 IT'S A FREM -- PROBLEM ON 14th 2513 01:14:28,497 --> 01:14:29,431 WEST AND SDOT 2514 01:14:29,431 --> 01:14:30,098 AND A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE 2515 01:14:30,098 --> 01:14:33,569 COMMUNITY THERE. 2516 01:14:33,569 --> 01:14:33,869 MASSIVE. 2517 01:14:33,869 --> 01:14:36,271 AND SO WHEN I SEE WALKABLE, 2518 01:14:36,271 --> 01:14:37,472 LIKE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 2519 01:14:37,472 --> 01:14:37,840 OR 2520 01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:38,674 LATER ON WALKING DISTANCE 2521 01:14:38,674 --> 01:14:42,511 AND ALL OF THIS, BE ASSURED 2522 01:14:42,511 --> 01:14:46,048 YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN MANY 2523 01:14:46,048 --> 01:14:46,782 AREAS OF MY 2524 01:14:46,782 --> 01:14:47,115 DISTRICT. 2525 01:14:47,115 --> 01:14:47,883 YOU ARE CLIMBING. 2526 01:14:47,883 --> 01:14:50,686 AND SO THIS KIND OF GOES TO THE 2527 01:14:50,686 --> 01:14:51,353 EIS. 2528 01:14:51,353 --> 01:14:53,655 THIS SHOULD BE PARTICIPATE 2529 01:14:53,655 --> 01:14:57,559 OFOF REFINING AND STEEP SLOPES. 2530 01:14:57,559 --> 01:15:00,762 IT GOES TO THE IDEA OF 2531 01:15:00,762 --> 01:15:02,231 TRANSPORTATION AND LAND 2532 01:15:02,231 --> 01:15:02,731 USE WORKING 2533 01:15:02,731 --> 01:15:04,266 TOGETHER. THERE'S ISSUES THAT 2534 01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:04,466 HAVE 2535 01:15:04,466 --> 01:15:08,070 BEEN POPPING UP THAT COME OUT 2536 01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:09,271 WITH NOT MUCH NOTIFICATION, BY 2537 01:15:09,271 --> 01:15:09,505 THE 2538 01:15:09,505 --> 01:15:12,708 WAY, FROM THE EXECUTIVE. 2539 01:15:12,708 --> 01:15:14,710 WE HAVE THESE PIECES THAT 2540 01:15:14,710 --> 01:15:17,079 ARE COMING AND IT'S BETTER 2541 01:15:17,079 --> 01:15:21,083 TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES NOW 2542 01:15:21,083 --> 01:15:23,285 VERSUS LATER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T 2543 01:15:23,285 --> 01:15:24,520 WORK THROUGH THAT, WE HAVE 2544 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:25,220 EVEN BIGGER PROBLEMS. 2545 01:15:25,220 --> 01:15:27,322 IT'S THE IDEA OF AN OUNCE 2546 01:15:27,322 --> 01:15:28,657 OF PREVENTION VERSUS A POUND OF 2547 01:15:28,657 --> 01:15:28,991 CURE. 2548 01:15:28,991 --> 01:15:30,726 I RAISE THAT UP BASED ON, AGAIN, 2549 01:15:30,726 --> 01:15:34,363 THIS ST- 3 PIECE HAS BEEN 2550 01:15:34,363 --> 01:15:35,364 REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT 2551 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:35,831 THAT LAND 2552 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:36,832 USE AND TRANSPORTATION ARE 2553 01:15:36,832 --> 01:15:39,134 TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN, AND 2554 01:15:39,134 --> 01:15:39,301 WE 2555 01:15:39,301 --> 01:15:40,469 HAVE TO BE IN SYNC ON 2556 01:15:40,469 --> 01:15:42,004 THESE PIECES AND ENSURE THAT WE 2557 01:15:42,004 --> 01:15:42,237 CAN DO 2558 01:15:42,237 --> 01:15:44,806 THESE VARIOUS PIECES. 2559 01:15:44,806 --> 01:15:47,309 LIKE PROMISING WALK ZONES WHEN 2560 01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:47,910 YOU'RE BASICALLY CLIMBING. 2561 01:15:47,910 --> 01:15:50,279 THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED 2562 01:15:50,279 --> 01:15:51,380 TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE SOME 2563 01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:54,983 FINESSE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND 2564 01:15:54,983 --> 01:15:55,384 SO, 2565 01:15:55,384 --> 01:15:57,352 WITH THAT, CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY 2566 01:15:57,352 --> 01:15:57,686 MUCH. 2567 01:15:57,686 --> 01:15:59,488 AND JUST A FEW POINTS. 2568 01:15:59,488 --> 01:15:59,888 THANK YOU VERY 2569 01:15:59,888 --> 01:16:00,088 MUCH. 2570 01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:00,756 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2571 01:16:00,756 --> 01:16:03,959 KETTLE. 2572 01:16:03,959 --> 01:16:04,993 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2573 01:16:05,127 --> 01:16:06,895 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR TODAY'S 2574 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:08,297 PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU 2575 01:16:08,297 --> 01:16:10,766 TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED 2576 01:16:10,766 --> 01:16:12,067 OUT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT 2577 01:16:12,067 --> 01:16:12,234 AND 2578 01:16:12,234 --> 01:16:13,635 MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD AS WE 2579 01:16:13,635 --> 01:16:15,337 ENGAGE IN THE NEXT PROCESS. 2580 01:16:15,337 --> 01:16:17,105 AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR 2581 01:16:17,105 --> 01:16:18,373 YOUR TEAM AND DOING THE WORK TO 2582 01:16:18,373 --> 01:16:19,308 GET THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US. 2583 01:16:19,308 --> 01:16:23,011 I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK 2584 01:16:23,011 --> 01:16:24,746 QUESTION ON TIMING TO CENTRAL 2585 01:16:24,746 --> 01:16:25,080 STAFF. 2586 01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:27,249 ON SLIDE 15 IT SHOWS THAT 2587 01:16:27,249 --> 01:16:28,483 COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION PROCESS 2588 01:16:28,483 --> 01:16:29,718 IS ONLY THREE MONTHS AND PART 2589 01:16:29,718 --> 01:16:30,586 THAT HAVE IS DURING 2590 01:16:30,586 --> 01:16:31,720 COUNCIL RECESS AND RIGHT BEFORE 2591 01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:31,954 BUDGET. 2592 01:16:31,954 --> 01:16:34,656 IS THIS A REALISTIC REALISTIC 2593 01:16:34,656 --> 01:16:36,191 LINE FOR US TO PASS THIS AND 2594 01:16:36,191 --> 01:16:38,360 WHAT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE 2595 01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:38,560 MADE 2596 01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:41,029 IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO PASS THIS 2597 01:16:41,029 --> 01:16:42,831 IN 2598 01:16:42,831 --> 01:16:44,299 2027? 2599 01:16:44,433 --> 01:16:44,933 >> THANKS. 2600 01:16:44,933 --> 01:16:46,301 JUST TO GET THE TIME LINE UP 2601 01:16:46,301 --> 01:16:46,635 THERE. 2602 01:16:46,635 --> 01:16:50,105 I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 2603 01:16:50,105 --> 01:16:54,376 I THINK THAT IT'S -- IT'S A 2604 01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:54,776 HARD 2605 01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:57,079 ONE TO ANSWER ACCURATELY. 2606 01:16:57,079 --> 01:16:58,680 IT'S HARD TO PREDICT THE 2607 01:16:58,680 --> 01:16:58,914 FUTURE. 2608 01:16:58,914 --> 01:17:00,248 THE COUNCIL HAS 2609 01:17:00,248 --> 01:17:00,916 UNEXPECTED PRIORITIES AND WE 2610 01:17:00,916 --> 01:17:01,817 HAVE OUR 2611 01:17:01,817 --> 01:17:04,086 UNEXPECTED TIMES LIKE 2612 01:17:04,086 --> 01:17:04,786 DURING BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE 2613 01:17:04,786 --> 01:17:06,488 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CAPACITY 2614 01:17:06,488 --> 01:17:10,192 TO HANDLE ANYTHING ELSE. 2615 01:17:10,192 --> 01:17:11,326 I CERTAINLY THINK THIS IS 2616 01:17:11,326 --> 01:17:11,994 A POSSIBLE TIME LINE. 2617 01:17:11,994 --> 01:17:15,797 I THINK IT MAY BE A LITTLE 2618 01:17:15,797 --> 01:17:16,298 OPTIMISTIC. 2619 01:17:16,298 --> 01:17:17,399 I WOULD SAY I WOULD NOT 2620 01:17:17,399 --> 01:17:18,667 BE SURPRISED IF IT WERE TO 2621 01:17:18,667 --> 01:17:19,301 PUSH INTO 2028. 2622 01:17:19,301 --> 01:17:20,702 I WOULD HOPE IT WOULDN'T 2623 01:17:20,702 --> 01:17:25,774 PUSH FAR INTO 2028, IF SO. 2624 01:17:25,907 --> 01:17:29,144 >> I JUST ADD THAT ONE OF 2625 01:17:29,144 --> 01:17:31,013 THE WAYS THAT -- I MEAN, SO WE 2626 01:17:31,013 --> 01:17:31,780 HAVE TALLER, DENSER, FASTER, BUT 2627 01:17:31,780 --> 01:17:33,649 ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN GO FASTER 2628 01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:33,815 AND 2629 01:17:33,815 --> 01:17:37,452 STILL DO GOOD WORK IS TO 2630 01:17:37,452 --> 01:17:38,387 WORK CLOSELY BETWEEN THE 2631 01:17:38,387 --> 01:17:38,654 EXECUTIVE 2632 01:17:38,654 --> 01:17:39,788 AND THE COUNCIL SIDE, AND 2633 01:17:39,788 --> 01:17:40,989 THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE 2634 01:17:40,989 --> 01:17:42,658 DOING HERE TO 2635 01:17:42,658 --> 01:17:43,592 CONSULT EVERYONE ON WHAT 2636 01:17:43,592 --> 01:17:45,460 SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE 2637 01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:46,061 AND TRY 2638 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:47,929 TO CONDENSE DOWN THAT COUNCIL 2639 01:17:47,929 --> 01:17:50,298 TIME LINE BY HAVING YOU ALL 2640 01:17:50,298 --> 01:17:51,199 BE INVOLVED INVOLVED THE 2641 01:17:51,199 --> 01:17:51,733 SHAPING OF 2642 01:17:51,733 --> 01:17:54,770 THE PROPOSAL SO, LIKE, THAT'S A 2643 01:17:54,770 --> 01:17:55,437 GOAL THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH 2644 01:17:55,437 --> 01:17:55,604 YOU 2645 01:17:55,604 --> 01:17:58,907 ON. 2646 01:17:59,041 --> 01:18:00,409 >> I WANT TO ECHO THAT'S A GOOD 2647 01:18:00,542 --> 01:18:04,680 POINT. WE DO HAVE TO DO 2648 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,748 ADDITIONAL NOTICING WHEN THINGS 2649 01:18:06,748 --> 01:18:07,049 GO 2650 01:18:07,049 --> 01:18:07,582 OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. 2651 01:18:07,582 --> 01:18:09,718 I THINK THAT ADDS MONTHS TO 2652 01:18:09,718 --> 01:18:09,985 OUR TIME 2653 01:18:09,985 --> 01:18:15,991 LINES AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE. 2654 01:18:16,124 --> 01:18:16,558 >> THANK YOU FOR 2655 01:18:16,558 --> 01:18:17,793 THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL TO GIVE A 2656 01:18:17,793 --> 01:18:18,193 SENSE 2657 01:18:18,193 --> 01:18:21,763 OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AHEAD 2658 01:18:21,763 --> 01:18:22,631 AS THE CHAIR STATED THIS 2659 01:18:22,631 --> 01:18:24,533 HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED PROCESS 2660 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:27,436 AND WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE 2661 01:18:27,436 --> 01:18:28,537 PUBLIC AND JUST CLEAR MOVING 2662 01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:28,837 FORWARD. 2663 01:18:28,837 --> 01:18:32,040 I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR 2664 01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:34,342 STUDYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 2665 01:18:34,342 --> 01:18:35,577 AND I KNOW FROM THE 2666 01:18:35,577 --> 01:18:36,812 PREVIOUS PROCESS -- AND I STATE 2667 01:18:36,812 --> 01:18:38,780 MY SUPPORT FOR STUDYING 2668 01:18:38,780 --> 01:18:39,381 WHAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT 2669 01:18:39,381 --> 01:18:41,983 WAS CHALLENGING TO BE IN A 2670 01:18:41,983 --> 01:18:42,250 POSITION 2671 01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:42,684 WHERE WE 2672 01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:43,285 WERE CONSTRAINED ON WHAT OUR 2673 01:18:43,285 --> 01:18:45,654 OPTIONS WERE. 2674 01:18:45,787 --> 01:18:46,655 I WANT TO GIVE OPTIONS FOR 2675 01:18:46,655 --> 01:18:49,124 POLICY IDEAS. 2676 01:18:49,124 --> 01:18:50,926 THERE WERE IDEAS ON THE 2677 01:18:50,926 --> 01:18:53,628 TABLE FROM DISPLACEMENT MEASURES 2678 01:18:53,628 --> 01:18:55,897 TO BONUSES OR BRINGING ONLINE 2679 01:18:55,897 --> 01:18:58,233 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND 2680 01:18:58,233 --> 01:18:58,567 WE 2681 01:18:58,567 --> 01:18:59,334 WEREN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD 2682 01:18:59,334 --> 01:18:59,835 WITH THOSE ININ ONE AND 2683 01:18:59,835 --> 01:19:01,169 SO BY ALLOWING US TO STUDY, 2684 01:19:01,169 --> 01:19:02,871 IT REALLY JUST GIVES US AS 2685 01:19:02,871 --> 01:19:04,039 A LEGISLATIVE BODY MORE 2686 01:19:04,039 --> 01:19:05,474 POLICY OPTIONS AND CHOICES. 2687 01:19:05,474 --> 01:19:06,808 WITH THAT, THAT'S JUST 2688 01:19:06,808 --> 01:19:09,177 MY QUESTION FOR TODAY, AND THANK 2689 01:19:09,177 --> 01:19:10,712 YOU, CHAIR. 2690 01:19:10,846 --> 01:19:11,046 CAN. 2691 01:19:11,046 --> 01:19:13,415 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2692 01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:13,882 RINCK. 2693 01:19:13,882 --> 01:19:14,583 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2694 01:19:14,716 --> 01:19:15,751 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, 2695 01:19:15,751 --> 01:19:16,651 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 2696 01:19:16,651 --> 01:19:16,852 HERE. 2697 01:19:16,852 --> 01:19:22,457 I WILL SAY THIS IS MY FIRST 2698 01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:25,160 TIME HAVING AWARENESS OF THE 2699 01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:28,330 SPECIFICS OF THIS 2700 01:19:28,330 --> 01:19:34,736 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER PLAN. 2701 01:19:34,736 --> 01:19:35,470 TALLER, DENSER, FASTER PLAN. 2702 01:19:35,470 --> 01:19:37,572 I'M GOING TO STATE SOMETHING 2703 01:19:37,572 --> 01:19:40,475 FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN I'M 2704 01:19:40,475 --> 01:19:41,843 GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS 2705 01:19:41,843 --> 01:19:42,344 ABOUT 2706 01:19:42,344 --> 01:19:44,312 THE ACTUAL PLAN. 2707 01:19:44,312 --> 01:19:45,947 I AM FROM THE LARGEST CITY 2708 01:19:45,947 --> 01:19:50,485 IN THIS COUNTRY, THE LARGEST 2709 01:19:50,485 --> 01:19:53,421 CITY BY DOUBLE THE NEXT LARGEST 2710 01:19:53,421 --> 01:19:55,824 CITY IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH 2711 01:19:55,824 --> 01:19:58,059 IS NEW YORK CITY, AND I LOVE 2712 01:19:58,059 --> 01:19:58,894 THAT I GREW UP IN NEW YORK I 2713 01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:00,328 CITY. I GREW UP IN AN APARTMENT, 2714 01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:01,963 AND I HAD A VERY HAPPY 2715 01:20:01,963 --> 01:20:02,264 CHILDHOOD. 2716 01:20:02,264 --> 01:20:03,932 NOW I HAVE A HOME, A 2717 01:20:03,932 --> 01:20:05,267 SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHERE MY KIDS 2718 01:20:05,267 --> 01:20:05,801 ARE GROWING UP. 2719 01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:09,671 SO I SEE THE BENEFITS OF 2720 01:20:09,671 --> 01:20:12,407 BOTH AND THEN THE 2721 01:20:12,407 --> 01:20:13,275 CHALLENGESCHALLENGES 2722 01:20:13,275 --> 01:20:17,813 BOTH, AND I LOVED MY -- I LOVE 2723 01:20:17,813 --> 01:20:18,380 MY 2724 01:20:18,380 --> 01:20:19,614 BELOVED NEW YORK CITY AS MUCH 2725 01:20:19,614 --> 01:20:23,118 AS I LOVE MY ADOPTED NEW CITY 2726 01:20:23,118 --> 01:20:25,554 WHERE MY KIDS WERE BORN AND 2727 01:20:25,554 --> 01:20:26,154 ARE GROWING UP. 2728 01:20:26,154 --> 01:20:27,823 AND SO I WANT TO SAY 2729 01:20:27,823 --> 01:20:29,591 THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE 2730 01:20:29,591 --> 01:20:29,791 MAKE 2731 01:20:29,791 --> 01:20:34,996 COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF -- AND OUR 2732 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:37,799 RESPONSE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING, 2733 01:20:37,799 --> 01:20:40,268 I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE 2734 01:20:40,268 --> 01:20:41,403 THE COMMENT THAT SOMEHOW I 2735 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:41,636 DON'T 2736 01:20:41,636 --> 01:20:42,170 AGREE WITH GROWTH. 2737 01:20:42,170 --> 01:20:44,339 THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH. 2738 01:20:44,339 --> 01:20:46,074 THAT COULD NOT BE FURTHEST 2739 01:20:46,074 --> 01:20:47,876 FROM THE TRUTH SINCE I'M FROM A 2740 01:20:47,876 --> 01:20:51,813 HUGE CITY THAT I VERY MUCH LOVE. 2741 01:20:51,813 --> 01:20:53,114 AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS 2742 01:20:53,114 --> 01:20:58,453 FRUSTRATING TO ME ABOUT THE 2743 01:20:58,453 --> 01:21:00,522 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS THAT 2744 01:21:00,522 --> 01:21:02,457 WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT 2745 01:21:02,457 --> 01:21:03,692 CONTINUES NOW TO BE A SOURCE 2746 01:21:03,692 --> 01:21:06,228 OF FRUSTRATION TO ME EVEN TODAY 2747 01:21:06,228 --> 01:21:06,461 IS 2748 01:21:06,461 --> 01:21:08,763 THAT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A 2749 01:21:08,763 --> 01:21:09,898 LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 2750 01:21:09,898 --> 01:21:12,601 I TEAL I SHOULD NOT BE FINDING 2751 01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:15,670 OUT ABOUT THIS PLAN HERE 2752 01:21:15,670 --> 01:21:18,506 RIGHT NOW IN THESE CHAMBERS. 2753 01:21:18,506 --> 01:21:20,508 SO PERHAPS SOME OF MY 2754 01:21:20,508 --> 01:21:21,676 COLLEAGUES HAD A BRIEFING AHEAD 2755 01:21:21,676 --> 01:21:21,977 OF 2756 01:21:21,977 --> 01:21:23,778 TIME, BUT I DID NOT. 2757 01:21:23,778 --> 01:21:27,048 AND IT'S HARD WHEN WE'RE 2758 01:21:27,048 --> 01:21:29,584 FINDING OUT THINGS IN CHAMBERS 2759 01:21:29,584 --> 01:21:30,819 IN THIS 2760 01:21:30,819 --> 01:21:31,086 WAY. 2761 01:21:31,086 --> 01:21:33,154 IF I FEEL THAT WAY, 2762 01:21:33,154 --> 01:21:34,656 I KNOW CONSTITUENTS FEEL THAT 2763 01:21:34,656 --> 01:21:35,156 WAY. 2764 01:21:35,156 --> 01:21:36,925 AND THEN WHAT'S FRUSTRATING 2765 01:21:36,925 --> 01:21:39,628 EVEN MORE TO ME IS FEELING LIKE 2766 01:21:39,761 --> 01:21:41,162 WE'RE FAILING CONSTITUENTS BY 2767 01:21:41,162 --> 01:21:42,898 NOT PROVIDING THE 2768 01:21:42,898 --> 01:21:44,699 TRANSPARENCY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE 2769 01:21:44,699 --> 01:21:46,268 GOVERNMENT'S CONSTANT ACHILLES 2770 01:21:46,268 --> 01:21:46,801 HEEL, NOT 2771 01:21:46,801 --> 01:21:48,770 JUST FOR SEATTLE BUT EVERY CITY, 2772 01:21:48,770 --> 01:21:51,273 AND I WANT TO DO BETTER. 2773 01:21:51,273 --> 01:21:52,807 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 2774 01:21:52,807 --> 01:21:55,644 HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION 2775 01:21:55,644 --> 01:21:58,780 AHEAD OF TIME, AND IF THEY WANT 2776 01:21:58,780 --> 01:21:59,881 TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK 2777 01:21:59,881 --> 01:22:00,749 AHEAD OF TIME THEY CAN. 2778 01:22:00,749 --> 01:22:03,985 SO IF YOU SEE HERE TODAY THERE 2779 01:22:03,985 --> 01:22:05,120 WEREN'T MANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS 2780 01:22:05,120 --> 01:22:06,488 FOR THIS TOPIC AS WE'VE SEEN 2781 01:22:06,488 --> 01:22:07,856 IN THE PAST, 2782 01:22:07,856 --> 01:22:11,226 PROBABLY BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WE 2783 01:22:11,226 --> 01:22:11,826 WERE HAVING 2784 01:22:11,826 --> 01:22:12,761 THIS PRESENTATION TODAY OR WHAT 2785 01:22:12,761 --> 01:22:12,961 IT 2786 01:22:12,961 --> 01:22:13,328 ENTAILED. 2787 01:22:13,328 --> 01:22:13,561 WE 2788 01:22:13,561 --> 01:22:18,099 HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE JUST DO. 2789 01:22:18,099 --> 01:22:20,535 WE WANT AT THAT HEAR FROM 2790 01:22:20,535 --> 01:22:21,603 EVERYBODY, ALL SIDES, BOTH 2791 01:22:21,603 --> 01:22:23,872 SIDES, BECAUSE, IN THIS 2792 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:30,712 CASE, THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO 2793 01:22:30,712 --> 01:22:31,379 CAMPS, AND THAT'S GREAT, 2794 01:22:31,379 --> 01:22:31,646 OTHERWISE 2795 01:22:31,646 --> 01:22:33,415 WE'RE GOING TO GET ATTACKED FOR 2796 01:22:33,548 --> 01:22:35,817 NOT GIVING OUT INFORMATION AHEAD 2797 01:22:35,817 --> 01:22:37,319 OF TIME EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON 2798 01:22:37,319 --> 01:22:37,585 PURPOSE. 2799 01:22:37,585 --> 01:22:40,622 I'M CALLING IT OUT PUBLICLY 2800 01:22:40,622 --> 01:22:42,023 FOR THE RECORD SO WE DO BETTER 2801 01:22:42,023 --> 01:22:43,558 ON THAT SCORE AND I WILL KEEP 2802 01:22:43,558 --> 01:22:44,526 TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS 2803 01:22:44,526 --> 01:22:46,928 WHAT WE HEAR FROM 2804 01:22:46,928 --> 01:22:47,796 OUR CONSTITUENTS AND I KNOW 2805 01:22:47,796 --> 01:22:49,264 THAT MAYBE I WILL BE THE ONLY 2806 01:22:49,264 --> 01:22:50,565 ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I 2807 01:22:50,565 --> 01:22:52,200 KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE 2808 01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:52,434 GETTING 2809 01:22:52,567 --> 01:22:53,001 THOSE EMAILS FROM MY 2810 01:22:53,001 --> 01:22:57,372 CONSTITUENTS. 2811 01:22:57,372 --> 01:22:59,307 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT AND, 2812 01:22:59,307 --> 01:23:03,044 YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT 2813 01:23:03,044 --> 01:23:04,079 HERE, THERE'S A LOT I NEED TO 2814 01:23:04,079 --> 01:23:04,245 DIG 2815 01:23:04,245 --> 01:23:06,681 INTO, THAT WE ALL NEED TO DIG 2816 01:23:06,815 --> 01:23:07,949 INTO. AS I SAID, I'M JUST 2817 01:23:07,949 --> 01:23:08,183 SEEING 2818 01:23:08,183 --> 01:23:09,351 THIS NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2819 01:23:09,351 --> 01:23:10,652 THERE ARE PIECES -- I 2820 01:23:10,652 --> 01:23:12,387 APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE, 2821 01:23:12,387 --> 01:23:12,721 COUNCILMEMBER 2822 01:23:12,721 --> 01:23:15,123 KETTLE'S POINTS THAT HE 2823 01:23:15,123 --> 01:23:16,958 MADE. I'M ALSO GOING TO ADD 2824 01:23:16,958 --> 01:23:18,560 THAT PART OF THIS JOINT 2825 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:18,893 RESOLUTION, I 2826 01:23:18,893 --> 01:23:23,198 THINK, NEEDS TO HAVE ASPECTS OF 2827 01:23:23,198 --> 01:23:24,632 ENSURING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING 2828 01:23:24,632 --> 01:23:26,868 INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW 2829 01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:27,902 WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT 2830 01:23:27,902 --> 01:23:28,570 INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW WE'RE 2831 01:23:28,570 --> 01:23:30,705 GOING TO PAY FOR THAT SFRANS 2832 01:23:30,705 --> 01:23:36,644 BECAUSE MORE GROWTH MEANS MORE 2833 01:23:36,644 --> 01:23:37,379 INFRASTRUCTURE THAN WE 2834 01:23:37,379 --> 01:23:40,482 HAVE TODAY AND THAT SHOULDN'T 2835 01:23:40,482 --> 01:23:41,249 BE AN 2836 01:23:41,249 --> 01:23:44,285 AFTERTHOUGHT BUT SHOULD BE AN 2837 01:23:44,285 --> 01:23:46,955 ACTIVE PIECE OF THIS AS WELL AS 2838 01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:50,892 AMENITIES LIKE LIBRARIES 2839 01:23:50,892 --> 01:23:52,794 AND PARKS AS WELL AS 2840 01:23:52,794 --> 01:23:56,564 EMERGENCY SERVICES LIKE FIRE AND 2841 01:23:56,564 --> 01:23:56,931 POLICE AS 2842 01:23:56,931 --> 01:24:01,803 PART OF ALL OF THIS. 2843 01:24:01,803 --> 01:24:05,407 SO I DO FEEL, YOU KNOW, I AM 2844 01:24:05,407 --> 01:24:06,975 NOT OF THE FRAME OF MIND OF 2845 01:24:06,975 --> 01:24:10,078 SLOWING THINGS DOWN, AT THE SAME 2846 01:24:10,078 --> 01:24:12,080 TIME YOU CAN GO SO FAST 2847 01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:16,684 THAT YOU'RE NOT INCORPORATING 2848 01:24:16,684 --> 01:24:17,519 FEEDBACK ININ 2849 01:24:17,652 --> 01:24:19,220 WAY ON THE BACK END AND 2850 01:24:19,220 --> 01:24:20,155 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU 2851 01:24:20,288 --> 01:24:20,889 MENTIONED THIS JUST ABOUT IF WE 2852 01:24:20,889 --> 01:24:21,523 DON'T DO THE FRONT END WORK, 2853 01:24:21,523 --> 01:24:22,323 THEN WE'RE IN A DEFICIT ON 2854 01:24:22,323 --> 01:24:23,491 THE BACK END. 2855 01:24:23,491 --> 01:24:25,860 SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE 2856 01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:29,364 OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR, TO 2857 01:24:29,364 --> 01:24:30,532 REALLY HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATION 2858 01:24:30,532 --> 01:24:31,966 AND OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK 2859 01:24:31,966 --> 01:24:34,069 ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION ON 2860 01:24:34,069 --> 01:24:37,439 THE FRONT END BECAUSE WHILE I 2861 01:24:37,439 --> 01:24:40,008 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A 2862 01:24:40,141 --> 01:24:41,109 RESOLUTION IS NOT BINDING, THIS 2863 01:24:41,109 --> 01:24:41,743 IS OUR INTENT, IT DOES GO TO 2864 01:24:41,743 --> 01:24:43,445 WHAT IS GOING TO THE 2865 01:24:43,445 --> 01:24:47,515 SUPPLEMENTAL EIS AND THEN 2866 01:24:47,515 --> 01:24:49,217 LATER 2867 01:24:49,217 --> 01:24:49,818 I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE AN 2868 01:24:49,818 --> 01:24:50,251 OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE 2869 01:24:50,251 --> 01:24:51,186 PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHAT COMES OUT 2870 01:24:51,186 --> 01:24:54,055 OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EIS, BUT 2871 01:24:54,055 --> 01:24:54,689 THEN PEOPLE WILL FEEL AT THAT 2872 01:24:54,689 --> 01:24:56,324 TIME LIKE THEY DID WITH LAST 2873 01:24:56,324 --> 01:24:56,858 YEAR'S 2874 01:24:56,858 --> 01:24:57,892 PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GIVING 2875 01:24:57,892 --> 01:24:59,961 FEEDBACK ON THE BACK END AND 2876 01:24:59,961 --> 01:25:02,530 NOT IN THE FRONT END AND I 2877 01:25:02,530 --> 01:25:02,764 DON'T 2878 01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:03,965 WANT THAT -- THAT DOES NOT 2879 01:25:03,965 --> 01:25:05,967 FEEL GOOD TO ME. 2880 01:25:05,967 --> 01:25:07,302 AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD 2881 01:25:07,302 --> 01:25:09,170 FEEL GOOD TO ANY OF US WHO 2882 01:25:09,170 --> 01:25:10,605 ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF ALL 2883 01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:14,142 THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, AND 2884 01:25:14,142 --> 01:25:16,811 I THINK WHEN WE WORKED TOGETHER 2885 01:25:16,811 --> 01:25:16,978 WE 2886 01:25:16,978 --> 01:25:17,846 GET BETTER OUTCOMES. 2887 01:25:17,846 --> 01:25:19,280 I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING 2888 01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:21,216 THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TRUE. 2889 01:25:21,216 --> 01:25:23,418 AND SO I JUST HOPE WE HAVE 2890 01:25:23,418 --> 01:25:25,920 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH 2891 01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:27,021 THIS JOINT RESOLUTION, AND 2892 01:25:27,021 --> 01:25:27,288 THERE'S 2893 01:25:27,288 --> 01:25:29,724 A LOT MORE I CAN SAY BUT I 2894 01:25:29,724 --> 01:25:30,492 KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 2895 01:25:30,492 --> 01:25:33,461 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2896 01:25:33,595 --> 01:25:35,597 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2897 01:25:35,597 --> 01:25:36,030 RIVERA. 2898 01:25:36,030 --> 01:25:36,931 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 2899 01:25:37,065 --> 01:25:39,601 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN, 2900 01:25:39,601 --> 01:25:41,002 FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT 2901 01:25:41,002 --> 01:25:41,236 PIECE, 2902 01:25:41,236 --> 01:25:42,837 AND THANK 2903 01:25:42,837 --> 01:25:43,538 YOU, MAYOR'S OFFICE, FOR BEING 2904 01:25:43,538 --> 01:25:45,373 HERE AND OPCD AND 2905 01:25:45,373 --> 01:25:45,874 HB AND EVERYONE. 2906 01:25:45,874 --> 01:25:49,911 I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 2907 01:25:49,911 --> 01:25:53,648 THERE WAS THE -- INSIDE THE 2908 01:25:53,648 --> 01:25:54,682 RESOLUTION ABOUT 2909 01:25:54,682 --> 01:25:56,584 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, I WAS 2910 01:25:56,584 --> 01:25:58,586 CURIOUS FROM OUR FIRST 2911 01:25:58,586 --> 01:25:59,888 RESOLUTION THAT 2912 01:25:59,888 --> 01:26:03,691 COUNCIL PASSED IF THERE WAS ANY 2913 01:26:03,691 --> 01:26:07,028 UPDATES REGARDING SOME OF THAT 2914 01:26:07,028 --> 01:26:09,631 WORK, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING INTO 2915 01:26:09,631 --> 01:26:13,234 PUTTING SOME ANTI- DISPLACEMENT 2916 01:26:13,234 --> 01:26:14,903 INFORMATION IN THIS 2917 01:26:14,903 --> 01:26:15,770 RESOLUTION, NOT JUST LISTING 2918 01:26:15,770 --> 01:26:16,538 WHAT WE 2919 01:26:16,538 --> 01:26:17,572 CURRENTLY DO, OUR 2920 01:26:17,572 --> 01:26:18,473 STRATEGIES, BUT ADDING MORE 2921 01:26:18,473 --> 01:26:18,706 STUFF. 2922 01:26:18,706 --> 01:26:20,575 I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD 2923 01:26:20,575 --> 01:26:22,143 AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL AND 2924 01:26:22,143 --> 01:26:23,912 I CAN LIST SOME OF THE THINGS WE 2925 01:26:23,912 --> 01:26:24,546 REQUESTED, TOO. 2926 01:26:24,679 --> 01:26:24,946 >> SURE. 2927 01:26:24,946 --> 01:26:26,247 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2928 01:26:26,247 --> 01:26:28,182 I CAN AT LEAST TAKE A FIRST 2929 01:26:28,182 --> 01:26:29,551 CUT AT THAT ANSWER. 2930 01:26:29,551 --> 01:26:31,386 THERE ARE MANY COMPONENTS 2931 01:26:31,386 --> 01:26:33,154 TO WHAT OPCD IS DOING AND THE 2932 01:26:33,154 --> 01:26:34,956 CITY IS DOING ON ANTI- 2933 01:26:34,956 --> 01:26:35,290 DISPLACEMENT, 2934 01:26:35,290 --> 01:26:36,791 AND I THINK THEY ALL TOUCH 2935 01:26:36,791 --> 01:26:37,926 IN SOME WAY TO WHAT WAS CALLED 2936 01:26:37,926 --> 01:26:41,930 FOR IN THE RESOLUTION YOU 2937 01:26:41,930 --> 01:26:42,297 ADOPTED IN 2938 01:26:42,297 --> 01:26:42,764 DECEMBER. 2939 01:26:42,764 --> 01:26:44,232 FOR OUR PART, ONE PIECE OF 2940 01:26:44,232 --> 01:26:48,703 THAT WAS COMMUNICATING TO YOU 2941 01:26:48,703 --> 01:26:52,307 THAT THE COUNCIL 2942 01:26:52,307 --> 01:26:54,442 COMPANION A MEMO THAT DESCRIBES 2943 01:26:54,442 --> 01:26:54,776 OUR APPROACH 2944 01:26:54,776 --> 01:26:58,046 AND THINKING AND ANALYSIS 2945 01:26:58,046 --> 01:26:59,781 AROUND HOW THAT LEGISLATION 2946 01:26:59,781 --> 01:27:01,549 INTERACTS WITH DISPLACEMENT RISK 2947 01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:01,716 AND 2948 01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:03,217 WHAT THE RANGE OF TOOLS ARE THAT 2949 01:27:03,217 --> 01:27:04,852 CAN HELP TO MITIGATE THAT RISK 2950 01:27:04,852 --> 01:27:06,854 WITH THAT LEGISLATION THAT WAS 2951 01:27:06,854 --> 01:27:07,021 ONE 2952 01:27:07,021 --> 01:27:07,522 PIECE. 2953 01:27:07,522 --> 01:27:09,023 WE PUT TOGETHER OUR 2954 01:27:09,023 --> 01:27:11,025 THINKING, THE DATA INFORMATION 2955 01:27:11,025 --> 01:27:11,492 WE HAVE TO 2956 01:27:11,492 --> 01:27:16,297 DATE, SO THAT'S THE START OF 2957 01:27:16,297 --> 01:27:16,965 PROVIDING YOU WITH THE 2958 01:27:16,965 --> 01:27:17,966 INFORMATION YOU NEED, YOU 2959 01:27:17,966 --> 01:27:20,468 TAKE ON ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION 2960 01:27:20,468 --> 01:27:20,668 BUT 2961 01:27:20,668 --> 01:27:21,769 OPCD DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF 2962 01:27:21,769 --> 01:27:23,838 BODIES OF WORK WE ARE 2963 01:27:23,838 --> 01:27:25,640 DOING AROUND ANTI- DISPLACEMENT 2964 01:27:25,640 --> 01:27:26,674 INCLUDING DEVELOPING 2965 01:27:26,674 --> 01:27:30,211 AND ADVANCING NEWER EMERGING 2966 01:27:30,211 --> 01:27:30,712 TOOLS. 2967 01:27:30,712 --> 01:27:32,647 HOMEOWNER SUPPORTS FOR LEGACY 2968 01:27:32,647 --> 01:27:34,148 HOMEOWNERS IS ONE 2969 01:27:34,148 --> 01:27:37,585 AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 2970 01:27:37,585 --> 01:27:39,120 WE ARE LEADING A CITYWIDE EFFORT 2971 01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:41,589 THAT PRODUCED A NEW DASHBOARD 2972 01:27:41,589 --> 01:27:44,292 OF MORE URGENT MEASURES OF 2973 01:27:44,292 --> 01:27:46,728 DISPLACEMENT RISK AND THERE'S 2974 01:27:46,728 --> 01:27:47,929 AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP THAT 2975 01:27:47,929 --> 01:27:49,197 IS MEETING REGULARLY 2976 01:27:49,197 --> 01:27:50,598 AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THE GAPS 2977 01:27:50,598 --> 01:27:50,765 ARE 2978 01:27:50,765 --> 01:27:52,000 AND GETTING THE WORD OUT 2979 01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:56,604 TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FLEED NEED 2980 01:27:56,604 --> 01:27:57,271 OF THE 2981 01:27:57,271 --> 01:27:57,905 TOOLS WE DO HAVE AND LOOKING AT 2982 01:27:57,905 --> 01:28:00,742 THE DATA TO SEE WHAT WE CAN HAVE 2983 01:28:00,742 --> 01:28:02,277 A SUITE OF ANTI- 2984 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:03,678 DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND THEN, OF 2985 01:28:03,678 --> 01:28:04,012 COURSE, 2986 01:28:04,012 --> 01:28:06,347 ONGOING PROGRAMS LIKE THE 2987 01:28:06,347 --> 01:28:08,016 EDI PROGRAM AND OPCD ARE AN 2988 01:28:08,016 --> 01:28:11,953 IMPORTANT PART OF THE MIX THERE. 2989 01:28:11,953 --> 01:28:12,687 THEY WEREN'T CALLED FOR IN THE 2990 01:28:12,687 --> 01:28:14,288 RESOLUTION, OF COURSE, BUT 2991 01:28:14,288 --> 01:28:16,557 WE PUT A LOT OF OUR ENERGY 2992 01:28:16,557 --> 01:28:17,625 INTOINTO THOSE TOOLS AND 2993 01:28:17,625 --> 01:28:18,226 RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY. 2994 01:28:18,359 --> 01:28:19,427 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2995 01:28:19,427 --> 01:28:21,562 AND A PART OF THE EDI WORK 2996 01:28:21,562 --> 01:28:24,999 I KNOW IS THROUGH A LOT OF THE 2997 01:28:24,999 --> 01:28:26,234 NONPROFIT FOLKS, AND I 2998 01:28:26,234 --> 01:28:27,769 THINK COUNCIL DID AN AMENDMENT 2999 01:28:27,769 --> 01:28:27,935 TO 3000 01:28:27,935 --> 01:28:29,737 INCLUDE SMALL BUSINESSES IN 3001 01:28:29,737 --> 01:28:30,171 THAT. 3002 01:28:30,171 --> 01:28:33,574 THAT WAS WRITTEN BY 3003 01:28:33,574 --> 01:28:34,742 COUNCILMEMBER MOORE 3004 01:28:34,742 --> 01:28:35,343 AND SUPPORTED THAT BECAUSE WE 3005 01:28:35,343 --> 01:28:37,879 KNOW SOME OF OUR IMMIGRANT AND 3006 01:28:37,879 --> 01:28:39,280 OUR 3007 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:40,581 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THEY 3008 01:28:40,581 --> 01:28:42,717 BUILD A LOT OF THEIR FOUNDATION 3009 01:28:42,717 --> 01:28:45,820 ON SMALL BUSINESSES, AND SO 3010 01:28:45,820 --> 01:28:47,388 WE'LL LINK BACK WITH YOU ALL ON 3011 01:28:47,388 --> 01:28:47,955 THAT 3012 01:28:47,955 --> 01:28:48,256 UPDATE. 3013 01:28:48,256 --> 01:28:49,991 AND WOULD LOVE TO GET A 3014 01:28:49,991 --> 01:28:53,061 COMMITMENT FROM YOU ALL 3015 01:28:53,061 --> 01:28:54,729 THAT MORE MEETINGS YOU 3016 01:28:54,729 --> 01:28:56,230 HAVE INCLUDE -- AND I'M 3017 01:28:56,230 --> 01:28:57,498 GOING TO GO -- I JUST MADE OFF 3018 01:28:57,498 --> 01:28:58,366 THE TOP OF 3019 01:28:58,366 --> 01:29:00,468 MY HEAD MOUNT ZION 3020 01:29:00,468 --> 01:29:03,237 CHURCH, TABERNACLE CHURCH, FAME, 3021 01:29:03,237 --> 01:29:03,471 AFRICA 3022 01:29:03,471 --> 01:29:04,906 TOWN, BLACK LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, 3023 01:29:04,906 --> 01:29:07,141 KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW, URBAN 3024 01:29:07,141 --> 01:29:08,976 LEAGUE OF SEATTLE, BIRD BAR, 3025 01:29:08,976 --> 01:29:11,279 BLACK PASTORS GROUP, LANGSTON, 3026 01:29:11,279 --> 01:29:12,880 GREEN HOME DESIGN, CASE 21, 3027 01:29:12,880 --> 01:29:15,083 RESOURCE EQUITY, URBAN 3028 01:29:15,083 --> 01:29:16,150 IMPACT, PARENTS FOR STUDENTS 3029 01:29:16,150 --> 01:29:16,417 SUCCESS. 3030 01:29:16,417 --> 01:29:18,052 THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE 3031 01:29:18,052 --> 01:29:19,253 GROUPS WE HAVE INTERACTION WITH 3032 01:29:19,253 --> 01:29:22,090 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 3033 01:29:22,090 --> 01:29:22,657 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 3034 01:29:22,657 --> 01:29:25,059 I KNOW 3035 01:29:25,059 --> 01:29:25,827 THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED. 3036 01:29:25,827 --> 01:29:26,928 PART OF THE ANTI- 3037 01:29:26,928 --> 01:29:27,862 DISPLACEMENT WORK IS THEM HAVING 3038 01:29:27,862 --> 01:29:27,995 A 3039 01:29:27,995 --> 01:29:29,297 SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN THESE 3040 01:29:29,297 --> 01:29:30,932 POLICIES ARE BEING CRAFTED SO WE 3041 01:29:30,932 --> 01:29:32,200 DON'T HAVE TO DO AFTER THE FACT 3042 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:34,302 AND A LOT OF THE CLEANUP 3043 01:29:34,302 --> 01:29:35,303 THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TO 3044 01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:35,536 ENGAGE 3045 01:29:35,536 --> 01:29:36,738 ON AND SPEND A LOT OF OUR 3046 01:29:36,738 --> 01:29:38,072 TIME DOING WHEN ON THE FRONT END 3047 01:29:38,072 --> 01:29:38,339 THISTHIS 3048 01:29:38,339 --> 01:29:42,310 BE DONE AT THE BEGINNING. 3049 01:29:42,310 --> 01:29:46,047 SO THEY FEEL, LIKE, INCLUDED AND 3050 01:29:46,047 --> 01:29:47,281 INCORPORATED IN THESE 3051 01:29:47,281 --> 01:29:48,883 DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. 3052 01:29:48,883 --> 01:29:50,351 AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL 3053 01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:51,586 CARE ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BUT 3054 01:29:51,586 --> 01:29:53,621 JUST WANTED TO SAY, BEING 3055 01:29:53,621 --> 01:29:55,723 VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT 3056 01:29:55,723 --> 01:29:56,724 THAT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE 3057 01:29:56,724 --> 01:29:57,125 DISPARITY, WHAT 3058 01:29:57,125 --> 01:30:00,795 IT LOOKS LIKE, THE 3059 01:30:00,795 --> 01:30:01,863 PERCEPTION FROM THE OUTSIDE, 3060 01:30:01,863 --> 01:30:02,563 PEOPLE 3061 01:30:02,563 --> 01:30:03,531 NOT FEELING LIKE THEY'RE 3062 01:30:03,531 --> 01:30:03,865 INCORPORATED. 3063 01:30:03,865 --> 01:30:05,199 SO JUST WANTED TO SAY 3064 01:30:05,199 --> 01:30:06,334 THAT. I JUST WROTE THAT LIST OFF 3065 01:30:06,334 --> 01:30:07,135 THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 3066 01:30:07,135 --> 01:30:09,337 MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THAT 3067 01:30:09,337 --> 01:30:11,072 OR MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT 3068 01:30:11,072 --> 01:30:12,974 THOSE GROUPS IN THE RESOLUTION 3069 01:30:12,974 --> 01:30:13,174 SO 3070 01:30:13,174 --> 01:30:14,909 WE 3071 01:30:14,909 --> 01:30:15,543 CAN CROSS THEM OFF AND MAKE SURE 3072 01:30:15,543 --> 01:30:16,210 THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THEM AS 3073 01:30:16,210 --> 01:30:18,913 WELL. 3074 01:30:18,913 --> 01:30:20,181 SO THANK YOU. 3075 01:30:20,314 --> 01:30:25,119 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3076 01:30:25,119 --> 01:30:26,587 AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE 3077 01:30:26,587 --> 01:30:28,623 COLLEAGUES AND TO THE 3078 01:30:28,623 --> 01:30:29,690 PUBLIC AND TO THE MAYOR'S 3079 01:30:29,690 --> 01:30:30,591 OFFICE AND 3080 01:30:30,591 --> 01:30:34,829 OPCD AND CENTRAL STAFF. 3081 01:30:34,829 --> 01:30:36,397 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, OUR 3082 01:30:36,397 --> 01:30:37,799 OFFICE HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS, 3083 01:30:37,799 --> 01:30:38,132 SO 3084 01:30:38,132 --> 01:30:39,867 MY APOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE 3085 01:30:39,867 --> 01:30:42,804 NOT BETTER COMMUNICATED, AND SO 3086 01:30:42,804 --> 01:30:44,806 I HEAR YOU AND WE'LL COMMIT 3087 01:30:44,806 --> 01:30:45,606 TO DOING BETTER. 3088 01:30:45,606 --> 01:30:48,309 I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE 3089 01:30:48,309 --> 01:30:49,744 RECORD THAT NO DECISIONS 3090 01:30:49,744 --> 01:30:51,179 HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I THINK THAT 3091 01:30:51,179 --> 01:30:52,480 WAS PART OF THE REASON TO DO 3092 01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:55,449 THIS BRIEFING IS TO MAKE SURE 3093 01:30:55,449 --> 01:30:55,650 THAT 3094 01:30:55,650 --> 01:30:57,151 WE GET INPUT AND WE'RE ABLE 3095 01:30:57,151 --> 01:30:59,854 TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND ON 3096 01:30:59,854 --> 01:31:02,523 THE TIME LINE IF WE COULD BRING 3097 01:31:02,523 --> 01:31:02,690 UP 3098 01:31:02,690 --> 01:31:04,292 THE TIME LINE. 3099 01:31:04,292 --> 01:31:07,762 I GUESS IT'S AT LEAST ON MY 3100 01:31:07,895 --> 01:31:10,731 SCREEN. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT 3101 01:31:10,865 --> 01:31:12,066 JOINT RESOLUTION IN MAY. 3102 01:31:12,066 --> 01:31:13,568 I THINK WE HAVE A BUSY 3103 01:31:13,568 --> 01:31:16,170 SUMMER COMING UP AHEAD, AND SO I 3104 01:31:16,170 --> 01:31:17,905 THINK IT'LL BE A BUSY SUMMER, 3105 01:31:17,905 --> 01:31:18,139 BUT I 3106 01:31:18,139 --> 01:31:20,508 THINK WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT 3107 01:31:20,508 --> 01:31:23,010 SOME TIME THIS SUMMER TO GET 3108 01:31:23,010 --> 01:31:24,679 THIS JOINT RESOLUTION DONE SO 3109 01:31:24,679 --> 01:31:24,912 THAT 3110 01:31:24,912 --> 01:31:27,915 WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK TO 3111 01:31:27,915 --> 01:31:33,054 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE 3112 01:31:33,054 --> 01:31:33,321 APPROACH. 3113 01:31:33,321 --> 01:31:36,524 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S POINT 3114 01:31:36,524 --> 01:31:39,126 EARLIER, I THINK PART OFOF 3115 01:31:39,126 --> 01:31:42,129 DIFFICULTY COUNCIL FACED LAST 3116 01:31:42,129 --> 01:31:43,731 TIME, I JOINED AT THE VERY 3117 01:31:43,731 --> 01:31:49,937 END OF THE LAST PROCESS, WAS DUE 3118 01:31:49,937 --> 01:31:51,772 TO THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY, 3119 01:31:51,772 --> 01:31:53,708 COUNCIL'S OPTIONS WERE PRETTY 3120 01:31:53,708 --> 01:31:54,175 LIMITED. 3121 01:31:54,175 --> 01:31:55,943 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE HAD 3122 01:31:55,943 --> 01:31:59,413 A MORE ROBUST STUDY THAT FIRST 3123 01:31:59,413 --> 01:32:00,615 TIME, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO 3124 01:32:00,615 --> 01:32:03,317 BE DOING THE SECOND ROUND OF 3125 01:32:03,317 --> 01:32:03,551 STUDY. 3126 01:32:03,551 --> 01:32:04,752 I THINK SOME STUDY WOULD 3127 01:32:04,752 --> 01:32:06,187 HAVE HAD TO HAPPEN ANYWAY 3128 01:32:06,187 --> 01:32:08,022 AROUNDAROUND 3129 01:32:08,022 --> 01:32:10,024 TOD, BUT IT YOU KNOW, THIS 3130 01:32:10,024 --> 01:32:14,495 PROCESS HAS TAKEN SO MANY 3131 01:32:14,495 --> 01:32:16,097 YEARS, AND WE HEARD SOME OF THAT 3132 01:32:16,097 --> 01:32:17,832 TODAY ABOUT THE EXHAUSTION. 3133 01:32:17,832 --> 01:32:19,467 I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES 3134 01:32:19,467 --> 01:32:24,639 ARE EXHAUSTED BY THE LENGTH 3135 01:32:24,639 --> 01:32:26,007 OF THIS PROCESS AND, YOU 3136 01:32:26,007 --> 01:32:27,308 KNOW, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE 3137 01:32:27,308 --> 01:32:27,542 BETTER 3138 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:30,845 PART OF A DECADE BEFORE WE'RE 3139 01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:31,045 DONE 3140 01:32:31,045 --> 01:32:32,313 WITH THIS PROCESS. 3141 01:32:32,313 --> 01:32:33,514 AND WE'VE HAD TURNOVERS IN 3142 01:32:33,514 --> 01:32:33,915 ADMINISTRATION. 3143 01:32:33,915 --> 01:32:36,417 WE'VE HAD NEW STATE LAWS 3144 01:32:36,417 --> 01:32:36,651 WHETHER 3145 01:32:36,651 --> 01:32:38,853 IT'S 1110 OR THE TOD BILL AND 3146 01:32:38,853 --> 01:32:39,020 SO 3147 01:32:39,020 --> 01:32:43,157 THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED 3148 01:32:43,157 --> 01:32:45,226 AND DIFFICULT PROCESS, BUT I DO 3149 01:32:45,226 --> 01:32:47,795 JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD 3150 01:32:47,795 --> 01:32:47,995 THAT 3151 01:32:47,995 --> 01:32:51,565 PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO 3152 01:32:51,565 --> 01:32:53,267 MAKE SURE THAT WE DO 3153 01:32:53,267 --> 01:32:54,802 PROVIDE EARLY INPUT ESPECIALLY 3154 01:32:54,802 --> 01:32:55,136 WHAT WE 3155 01:32:55,136 --> 01:32:56,370 ARE HEARING ABOUT THE 3156 01:32:56,370 --> 01:32:59,740 IMPORTANCE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. 3157 01:32:59,740 --> 01:33:01,309 WE HEARD THE IMPORTANCE 3158 01:33:01,309 --> 01:33:04,178 OF SPEAKING TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL 3159 01:33:04,178 --> 01:33:05,846 VALUES TO MAKE SURE THAT 3160 01:33:05,846 --> 01:33:07,515 WE STUDY THESE AND I DO ALSO 3161 01:33:07,515 --> 01:33:07,715 JUST 3162 01:33:07,715 --> 01:33:08,883 WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD 3163 01:33:08,883 --> 01:33:12,920 THAT A STUDY ALONE DOES NOT -- 3164 01:33:12,920 --> 01:33:14,889 JUST BECAUSE WE STUDY 3165 01:33:14,889 --> 01:33:16,090 SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT 3166 01:33:16,090 --> 01:33:16,457 WE'RE GOING 3167 01:33:16,457 --> 01:33:18,993 TO CHOOSE TO PROCEED WITH THAT 3168 01:33:18,993 --> 01:33:19,327 OPTION. 3169 01:33:19,327 --> 01:33:20,761 IT GIVES US OPTIONS BUT THE 3170 01:33:20,761 --> 01:33:23,164 HARD PART IS IF WE DON'T STUDY, 3171 01:33:23,164 --> 01:33:24,699 THEN WE CAN NEVER CONSIDER 3172 01:33:24,699 --> 01:33:26,200 SOMETHING THAT'S NOT STUDIED, 3173 01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:28,202 AND SO THAT 3174 01:33:28,202 --> 01:33:32,006 REALLY RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY 3175 01:33:32,006 --> 01:33:33,040 TO CONSIDER THE FULL RANGE 3176 01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:34,342 OF POLICY OPTIONS IF 3177 01:33:34,342 --> 01:33:37,111 SOMETHING IS NOT STUDIED AT ALL, 3178 01:33:37,111 --> 01:33:37,612 AND SO I 3179 01:33:37,612 --> 01:33:38,813 DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 3180 01:33:38,813 --> 01:33:39,046 PROVIDE 3181 01:33:39,046 --> 01:33:42,516 INPUT ON THE SCOPE OF THAT STUDY 3182 01:33:42,516 --> 01:33:44,318 AND MY PERSONAL SUGGESTION WOULD 3183 01:33:44,318 --> 01:33:45,686 BE TO STUDY MORE THAN LESS 3184 01:33:45,686 --> 01:33:47,922 SO THAT WE HAVE THE FULL RANGE 3185 01:33:47,922 --> 01:33:48,089 OF 3186 01:33:48,089 --> 01:33:50,358 OPTIONS INCLUDING STRONG 3187 01:33:50,358 --> 01:33:50,825 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 3188 01:33:50,825 --> 01:33:54,862 AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 3189 01:33:54,862 --> 01:33:55,196 OPTIONS. 3190 01:33:55,196 --> 01:33:58,132 I DO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT, 3191 01:33:58,132 --> 01:34:01,836 AGAIN, FASTER IS A RELATIVE 3192 01:34:01,836 --> 01:34:02,036 TERM 3193 01:34:02,036 --> 01:34:04,872 HERE. NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN FAST 3194 01:34:04,872 --> 01:34:05,072 AND, 3195 01:34:05,072 --> 01:34:08,643 AGAIN, JUST TO REPEAT FOR 3196 01:34:08,643 --> 01:34:10,378 THE RECORD THERE WILL BE -- 3197 01:34:10,378 --> 01:34:13,347 NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED YET. 3198 01:34:13,347 --> 01:34:17,718 WE HEARD TODAY THE IMPORTANCE OF 3199 01:34:17,718 --> 01:34:19,320 ONGOING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 3200 01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:22,990 WITH COMMUNITIES FACING 3201 01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:23,924 DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT HAVE 3202 01:34:23,924 --> 01:34:24,425 BEEN 3203 01:34:24,425 --> 01:34:27,528 ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS. 3204 01:34:27,528 --> 01:34:29,397 WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU 3205 01:34:29,397 --> 01:34:29,897 ALL. 3206 01:34:29,897 --> 01:34:32,600 WE WILL BE HAVING FURTHER 3207 01:34:32,600 --> 01:34:34,068 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S 3208 01:34:34,068 --> 01:34:37,204 OFFICE, WITH OPCD ON THE NEXT 3209 01:34:37,204 --> 01:34:38,105 STEPS, AND UNLESS 3210 01:34:38,105 --> 01:34:41,642 THERE'S FURTHER QUESTIONS OR 3211 01:34:41,642 --> 01:34:41,942 COMMENTS -- 3212 01:34:41,942 --> 01:34:42,543 GO AHEAD. 3213 01:34:42,676 --> 01:34:44,412 >> CHAIR, I ALSO WANT TO 3214 01:34:44,412 --> 01:34:46,247 PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE OF 3215 01:34:46,247 --> 01:34:47,948 THIS EVERY TEN YEARS WE ENGAGE 3216 01:34:47,948 --> 01:34:48,482 IN 3217 01:34:48,482 --> 01:34:50,484 THIS EXERCISE BUT IN THE 3218 01:34:50,484 --> 01:34:53,220 IN BETWEEN TIMES ABOUT EVERY 3219 01:34:53,220 --> 01:34:53,454 COUPLE 3220 01:34:53,454 --> 01:34:55,489 YEARS WE HAVE UPDATES SO 3221 01:34:55,489 --> 01:34:58,225 I DON'T THINK THIS IS OUT OF 3222 01:34:58,225 --> 01:34:58,859 THE 3223 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:02,863 REALM OF WHAT WE OVER TIME HAVE 3224 01:35:02,863 --> 01:35:03,064 DONE. 3225 01:35:03,064 --> 01:35:04,331 IT MAY BE THERE'S MORE NOW 3226 01:35:04,331 --> 01:35:07,101 THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST BUT 3227 01:35:07,101 --> 01:35:07,368 IT 3228 01:35:07,368 --> 01:35:09,970 IS TRUE THAT EVERY TEN YEARS 3229 01:35:09,970 --> 01:35:10,171 WEWE 3230 01:35:10,171 --> 01:35:13,441 THE BIGGER COMP PLAN AND WE 3231 01:35:13,441 --> 01:35:16,143 DO ALL THE ZONES AND THINGS 3232 01:35:16,143 --> 01:35:16,343 EVERY 3233 01:35:16,343 --> 01:35:19,547 COUPLE YEARS THERE ARE 3234 01:35:19,547 --> 01:35:21,315 UPDATES SO IT'S NOT IRREGULAR 3235 01:35:21,315 --> 01:35:21,582 IS WHAT 3236 01:35:21,582 --> 01:35:22,583 I'M TRYING TO SAY AND 3237 01:35:22,583 --> 01:35:24,618 I APPRECIATE YOU COMMENTS 3238 01:35:24,618 --> 01:35:25,453 ABOUT TRYING TO INCLUDE 3239 01:35:25,453 --> 01:35:25,753 EVERYTHING. 3240 01:35:25,753 --> 01:35:26,987 I'M ALL FOR STUDYING THINGS. 3241 01:35:26,987 --> 01:35:28,422 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 3242 01:35:28,422 --> 01:35:29,657 THE PUBLIC HAS THAT AWARENESS 3243 01:35:29,657 --> 01:35:32,460 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE 3244 01:35:32,460 --> 01:35:33,594 FEEDBACK NO MATTER WHAT 3245 01:35:33,594 --> 01:35:35,196 WE DECIDE TO DO, BECAUSE 3246 01:35:35,196 --> 01:35:39,700 THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE ARE 3247 01:35:39,700 --> 01:35:42,937 CONSTANTLY GETTING THE PUBLIC'S 3248 01:35:42,937 --> 01:35:43,237 FRUSTRATION 3249 01:35:43,237 --> 01:35:43,904 AND, TO ME, THERE'S NO NEED FOR 3250 01:35:43,904 --> 01:35:47,808 THAT. 3251 01:35:47,808 --> 01:35:48,409 IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 3252 01:35:48,409 --> 01:35:49,443 WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT 3253 01:35:49,443 --> 01:35:51,312 WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE 3254 01:35:51,312 --> 01:35:53,647 SHOULD PROVIDE THAT TRANSPARENCY 3255 01:35:53,647 --> 01:35:57,384 SO WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY FEELING 3256 01:35:57,384 --> 01:36:00,788 LIKE WE'RE UNDER THE 3257 01:36:00,788 --> 01:36:02,189 PEOPLE FEELING LIKE WE'RE 3258 01:36:02,189 --> 01:36:02,723 BURYING 3259 01:36:02,723 --> 01:36:03,057 SOMETHING. 3260 01:36:03,057 --> 01:36:04,391 THAT DOESN'T FEEL GREAT. 3261 01:36:04,391 --> 01:36:10,131 SO THAT'S REALLY MY SOURCE OF 3262 01:36:10,131 --> 01:36:12,299 FRUSTRATION MORE SO THAN WHAT 3263 01:36:12,433 --> 01:36:13,033 WE'RE GOING TO STUDY OR NOT 3264 01:36:13,033 --> 01:36:15,069 STUDY. 3265 01:36:15,069 --> 01:36:16,470 WE JUST NEED TO BE FORTHCOMING 3266 01:36:16,470 --> 01:36:20,441 AND MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING 3267 01:36:20,441 --> 01:36:21,208 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3268 01:36:21,208 --> 01:36:21,809 SUPER APPRECIATE ALL THE 3269 01:36:21,809 --> 01:36:22,443 ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU 3270 01:36:22,443 --> 01:36:22,777 MENTIONED. 3271 01:36:22,777 --> 01:36:24,378 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND 3272 01:36:24,378 --> 01:36:26,647 IN TERMS, ALSO, OF THE 3273 01:36:26,647 --> 01:36:27,715 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT 3274 01:36:27,715 --> 01:36:31,852 OF RETIREES AND OTHER FOLKS 3275 01:36:31,852 --> 01:36:34,155 THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED ACROSS 3276 01:36:34,155 --> 01:36:35,022 THE CITY AND ALL OF THAT NEEDS 3277 01:36:35,022 --> 01:36:37,691 TO BE 3278 01:36:37,691 --> 01:36:39,293 PART OF THIS PLAN SO MAKING SURE 3279 01:36:39,293 --> 01:36:44,365 WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS IS 3280 01:36:44,498 --> 01:36:44,765 IMPORTANT. 3281 01:36:44,765 --> 01:36:45,332 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3282 01:36:45,332 --> 01:36:49,303 RIVERA. 3283 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:50,604 I'LL JUST RESPOND AND 3284 01:36:50,604 --> 01:36:54,842 SAY THAT AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME 3285 01:36:54,842 --> 01:36:55,075 I THINK 3286 01:36:55,075 --> 01:36:56,010 THIS HAS BEEN THE 3287 01:36:56,010 --> 01:36:58,279 MOST SIGNIFICANT SORT OF ZONING 3288 01:36:58,279 --> 01:37:00,347 EXERCISE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3289 01:37:00,347 --> 01:37:00,915 EXERCISE, IN SORT OF RECENT 3290 01:37:00,915 --> 01:37:02,449 HISTORY. 3291 01:37:02,449 --> 01:37:07,354 AND SO EVEN 3292 01:37:07,354 --> 01:37:09,823 THOUGH THIS HAS TAKEN MANY YEARS 3293 01:37:09,823 --> 01:37:10,257 GIVEN THETHE 3294 01:37:10,257 --> 01:37:12,393 OF THE CHANGE IT 3295 01:37:12,393 --> 01:37:14,828 IS UNDERSTANDABLE WHY WE NEEDED 3296 01:37:14,828 --> 01:37:17,031 TO DO SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT 3297 01:37:17,031 --> 01:37:18,933 BUT ALSO JUST WHY THIS HAS TAKEN 3298 01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:19,266 SO LONG. 3299 01:37:19,266 --> 01:37:22,870 TO DO THIS LEVEL OF CHANGES 3300 01:37:22,870 --> 01:37:24,738 TO OUR CITYSCAPE, TO OUR 3301 01:37:24,738 --> 01:37:26,373 ENVIRONMENT, THE PLANNING 3302 01:37:26,373 --> 01:37:28,909 WORK AROUND IT, IT JUST TAKES 3303 01:37:28,909 --> 01:37:29,109 TIME. 3304 01:37:29,109 --> 01:37:32,179 AND SO I'M NOT TRYING TO 3305 01:37:32,179 --> 01:37:33,948 SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF 3306 01:37:33,948 --> 01:37:37,751 TIME OTHER THAN TO 3307 01:37:37,751 --> 01:37:40,087 ACKNOWLEDGE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. 3308 01:37:40,087 --> 01:37:41,822 THANK YOU, AGAIN, COLLEAGUES. 3309 01:37:41,822 --> 01:37:42,957 THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS 3310 01:37:42,957 --> 01:37:46,093 AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 3311 01:37:46,093 --> 01:37:46,260 FOR 3312 01:37:46,260 --> 01:37:47,428 HANGING WITH US BOTH 3313 01:37:47,428 --> 01:37:50,397 TODAY AND FOR THE YEARS TO COME. 3314 01:37:50,397 --> 01:37:54,201 AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 3315 01:37:54,201 --> 01:37:55,703 BUSINESS, I'M GOING TO CLOSE 3316 01:37:55,703 --> 01:37:56,437 OUT THIS 3317 01:37:56,437 --> 01:37:58,005 MEETING AT 3:44. THANK YOU ALL. 3318 01:37:58,138 --> 01:37:59,807 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.