1 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:28,928 >>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD 2 00:00:28,928 --> 00:00:31,364 MORNING. THE MAY 7, 2026 MEETING 3 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:33,867 OF THE SAFETY, TRANSPORT, 4 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:34,367 WATERFRONT, AND SEATTLE 5 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,468 CENTRATION, ENGINEERING PROJECT, 6 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:36,036 SPORTS AND EXPERIENCES 7 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:39,005 COMMITTEE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS 8 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:39,572 TRANSPORT, WATERFRONT, AND 9 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:40,673 SEATTLE CENTER TRANSPORT, 10 00:00:40,673 --> 00:00:45,345 WATERFRONT, AND SEATTLE CENTER 11 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:46,846 WILL COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:30 12 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:54,254 A.M. I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE 13 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:59,058 COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 14 00:00:59,058 --> 00:01:00,060 CALL THE ROLL. 15 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,394 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 16 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:01,928 >> HERE. 17 00:01:01,928 --> 00:01:03,596 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 18 00:01:03,596 --> 00:01:03,863 >> HERE. 19 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:04,397 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 20 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:04,898 >> HERE. 21 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,733 >> VICE CHAIR RINCK? 22 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:07,000 >> HERE. 23 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,168 >> CHAIR SAKA. 24 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:08,468 >> HERE. 25 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,403 >> CHAIR, WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS. 26 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:14,174 >> HEARING AND SEEING NO AGENDA, 27 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:20,213 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. GOOD 28 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:20,847 MORNING, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF 29 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:26,219 THE PUBLIC, AND THANK YOU FOR 30 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,087 JOINING US TODAY. I WANT TO 31 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:32,192 CLARIFY THAT SAFETY IS THE TOP 32 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:34,661 PRIORITY FOR THIS COMMITTEE. AT 33 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:37,363 THE LAST MEETING I ANNOUNCED I 34 00:01:37,363 --> 00:01:38,631 CALLED UPON THE AUDITOR'S 35 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:42,635 OFFICE TO HAVE LOOK INTO THE 36 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:43,903 VISION BUREAU PROGRAM, SAVING 37 00:01:43,903 --> 00:01:45,605 LIVES. THEREFORE, ONE OF OUR 38 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:46,706 MOST CRITICAL INITIATIVES. 39 00:01:46,706 --> 00:01:47,841 TRAGICALLY, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE 40 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:49,442 STILL DIEING AND SUFFERING 41 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:50,910 SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR STREETS. 42 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:57,750 THIS AUDIT WILL HELP SHED LIGHT 43 00:01:57,750 --> 00:02:00,720 ON WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S 44 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,188 NOT. AT LEAST, THAT'S THE GOAL. 45 00:02:02,188 --> 00:02:09,562 FROM THERE WE WILL BE IN A MUCH 46 00:02:09,562 --> 00:02:10,730 BETTER POSITION TO REFINE OUR 47 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,799 APPROACH TO HAVE MORE SAFETY ON 48 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:13,366 THE STREETS. SADLY, ON THE 49 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:16,002 MORNING OF TUESDAY, MAY 5, THERE 50 00:02:16,002 --> 00:02:20,006 WAS A FATAL COLLISION ON THE 51 00:02:20,006 --> 00:02:21,508 WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. AT 1:57 52 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,642 A.M., SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS 53 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:24,377 RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A 54 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,012 MOTORCYCLE CRASH. THEY LOCATED A 55 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:29,048 MAN ON THE GROUND BELOW THE 56 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:33,720 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH OFF-RAMP FROM 57 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,956 THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. SEATTLE 58 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:40,760 FIRE RESPONDED. AND, 59 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,795 UNFORTUNATELY, PRONOUNCED THE 60 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,197 MAN DECEASED AT THE SCENE. 61 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,064 POLICE DETECTIVED DETERMINED 62 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:46,900 THAT THE MOTORCYCLIST STRUCK A 63 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:47,600 GUARDRAIL TAKING THE OFF-RAMP. 64 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,536 THE DRIVER FLEW OVER THE 65 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:50,169 BUILDING AND LANDED BELOW ON 66 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:53,806 THE FIRST AVENUE SIDEWALK WHERE 67 00:02:53,806 --> 00:02:54,707 HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THE 68 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:56,276 VICTIM'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN 69 00:02:56,276 --> 00:03:00,847 PUBLICALLY RELEASED SO WE'RE 70 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:04,984 NOT GOING TO SHARE IT HERE. SPD 71 00:03:04,984 --> 00:03:06,286 IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE 72 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:11,391 INCIDENT. ANYONE WITH 73 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:21,467 INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE 74 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:24,938 TRAFFIC COLLISION INVESTIGATION 75 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:26,573 SQUAD AT 206-684-8923. AGAIN, 76 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:27,440 THAT'S 206-684-8923. 77 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,277 TRAGICALLY, THIS IS THE THIRD 78 00:03:31,277 --> 00:03:33,379 FATALITY COLLISION ON SEATTLE 79 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:39,819 CITY STREETS IN 2026. WE CAN AND 80 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:41,688 MUST DO BETTER. ON A DIFFERENT 81 00:03:41,688 --> 00:03:42,956 NOTE, SOUND TRANSIT LINK 82 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:44,958 EXTENSION HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC 83 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:47,627 ISSUE THIS YEAR. AND I HAVE BEEN 84 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:50,029 VERY VOCAL AND OUTSPOKEN ABOUT 85 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:56,469 MY SUPPORT FOR THE WEST SEATTLE 86 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:58,838 LINK EXTENSION AND I HAVE BEEN A 87 00:03:58,838 --> 00:04:00,640 STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPACTS 88 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,809 SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS 89 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:04,210 ALONG THE TRANSIT LINE AS WELL. 90 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,679 TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE 91 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:08,581 CRYSTAL CAREER I'M A STRONG 92 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:11,985 SUPPORTER OF THE BALLARD LINK 93 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:14,921 EXTENSION PROJECT AS WELL. THE 94 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:20,159 BALLARD LINK EXTENSION IS 95 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:22,262 PROJECTED TO CARRY BETWEEN 96 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:25,231 132,000 AND 173,000 DAILY 97 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:26,633 RIDERS, MAKING IT POTENTIALLY, 98 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:30,269 THE BUSIEST EXPANSION LINE IN 99 00:04:30,269 --> 00:04:31,904 THE ENTIRE SOUND TRANSIT SYSTEM. 100 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,373 THE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE 101 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:36,309 BALLARD, INTERBAY AND SOUTH LAKE 102 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:39,979 UNION BY PROVIDING HIGH-CAPACITY 103 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:43,182 TRANSIT TO AREAS WITH RAPIDLY 104 00:04:43,182 --> 00:04:48,821 INCREASING RESIDENTIAL AND JOB 105 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:49,722 DENSITIES, FACILITATING 106 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:50,423 EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED 107 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:52,225 DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT, THIS IS A 108 00:04:52,225 --> 00:04:53,459 NECESSARY PROJECT, AND I URGE 109 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:57,430 SOUND TRANSIT TO COMPLETE IT IN 110 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:59,799 A TIMELY MANNER. I WOULD 111 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:01,434 THEREFORE SUPPORT THE SOUND 112 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:03,202 TRANSIT BOARD ACTION, ANY 113 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:06,039 ACTIONS THEY NEED TO TAKE TO 114 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:11,144 FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ACHIEVE 115 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,413 THIS. STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE 116 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,148 WEST SEATTLE PROJECT IS FIRST IN 117 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,149 LINE I APPRECIATE SOUND 118 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:20,019 TRANSIT'S WORK IN ENGINEERING 119 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:25,191 TO FIND A WAY TO DELIVER THAT 120 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:26,359 ONE ON BUDGET, MOSTLY. KIND OF 121 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:28,094 ON TIME. WE'LL NEED TO GO 122 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:33,700 THROUGH A SIMILAR EXERCISE FOR 123 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:34,701 BALLARD. WE'LL NEED THAT ONE, 124 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,169 TOO. AND IN TYPICAL COMMITTEE 125 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:40,506 FASHION WE HAVE A ROBUST A 126 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:47,280 JAPPED AND FIRST OFF, A BRIEFING 127 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:53,519 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON 128 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,587 BILL 121176 SPONSORED BY MY 129 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:56,122 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 130 00:05:56,122 --> 00:06:01,894 LAST YEAR IN 2025 WASHINGTON 131 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:03,763 BECAME THE FIRST STATE IN THE 132 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:10,970 COUNTRY TO OFFER SHARED STREETS 133 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:15,074 AND SERVE AS A MODEL NATIONWIDE. 134 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:17,577 SENATE BILL 9555 SPONSORED BY 135 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:24,917 STATE SENATOR EMILY ALVARADO, WE 136 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:25,551 SHARE OVERLAPPING TERRITORY IN 137 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:30,656 OUR DISTRICT. SHE'S A REPRESENT 138 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:34,594 OF THE 34th DISTRICT, THAT BILL 139 00:06:34,594 --> 00:06:37,263 ALLOWS US TO ALLOCATE SHARED 140 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:39,932 STREETS AND GIVES WALKERS AND 141 00:06:39,932 --> 00:06:42,101 BIKERS PRIORITY, SLOWS TRAFFIC, 142 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:45,671 VEHICLES TO 10 MILES PER HOUR 143 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:46,372 AND REMOVES JAYWALKING 144 00:06:46,372 --> 00:06:48,408 RESTRICTIONS. SO THIS, WHAT WE 145 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:51,411 ARE CONSIDERING HERE TODAY, 146 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:54,046 COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE 147 00:06:54,046 --> 00:06:55,548 PUBLIC, A TRANSFORMATIVE PIECE 148 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:56,949 OF LOCAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 149 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:58,017 IMPLEMENT STATE SHARED STREETS 150 00:06:58,017 --> 00:07:00,486 POLICY LOCALLY RIGHT HERE IN THE 151 00:07:00,486 --> 00:07:04,056 CITY OF SEATTLE AND HELP KEEP US 152 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:08,294 SAFE, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 153 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:09,162 BROADER TRAFFIC SAFETY PRIORITY. 154 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:10,897 SO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER 155 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:13,032 STRAUSS AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR 156 00:07:13,032 --> 00:07:15,301 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AGAIN, A 157 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:18,104 MAJOR STEP FOR SAFETY AND 158 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:18,738 PEOPLE-CENTERED STREETS. REALLY 159 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,273 EXCITED TO HEAR THIS AGENDA 160 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:25,511 ITEM. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL 161 00:07:25,511 --> 00:07:27,680 RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM OUR 162 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,849 PARTNERS AT SDOT ABOUT THE 163 00:07:29,849 --> 00:07:33,653 CRITICAL NEW DISTRICT PROJECT 164 00:07:33,653 --> 00:07:36,622 FUND, AN IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. 165 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:43,062 THIS VITAL FUND IS DESIGNED TO 166 00:07:43,062 --> 00:07:43,596 EXPAND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE 167 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:44,230 TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AND 168 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:52,738 OTHER FUNDING PRIORITIES. MY 169 00:07:52,738 --> 00:07:56,709 OFFICE SPENT MANY HOURS 170 00:07:56,709 --> 00:07:57,677 REVIEWING REQUESTS FROM 171 00:07:57,677 --> 00:08:05,718 CONSTITUENTS AND OUR PARTNERS AT 172 00:08:05,718 --> 00:08:11,190 SDOT TO COME UP WITH PROJECTS TO 173 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:20,132 FIT OUR ONLY $2 MILLION BUDGET 174 00:08:20,132 --> 00:08:21,968 FOR TRANSPORT. AND I AM SURE AND 175 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:23,703 YOU YOUR STAFF UNDERTOOK SIMILAR 176 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:25,404 EXERCISES IN DUE DILIGENCE TO 177 00:08:25,404 --> 00:08:27,607 COME UP WITH PROJECTS TO KEEP 178 00:08:27,607 --> 00:08:29,876 YOUR DISTRICTS SAFE AND YOUR 179 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:32,578 COMMUNITY. I, FOR ONE AM EAGER 180 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:36,115 TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THESE VITAL 181 00:08:36,115 --> 00:08:38,050 SAFETY PROJECTS WILL BE 182 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:41,287 IMPLEMENTED. FINALLY, OUR THIRD 183 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,956 AGENDA ITEM TODAY, WE'LL HEAR A 184 00:08:43,956 --> 00:08:46,158 BRIEFING ABOUT CLERK FILE 185 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:48,628 314530, A PETITION TO VACATE AN 186 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:53,866 ALLEY IN GREENWOOD THERE. ALLEYS 187 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:56,836 ARE CITY PROPERTY AND THEREFORE 188 00:08:56,836 --> 00:08:57,970 OWNED BY THE TAXPAYERS. ONE IS A 189 00:08:57,970 --> 00:09:00,139 PRIVATE PARTY KNOWN AS A 190 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:04,410 HAVECATION IS A LONG PROCESS AND 191 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:07,213 INVOLVES MULTIPLE APPEARANCES IN 192 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:09,415 FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE. PART OF 193 00:09:09,415 --> 00:09:10,283 OUR RESPONSIBILITY HERE, 194 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:13,119 COLLEAGUES, IS TO VET ALLEY 195 00:09:13,119 --> 00:09:15,554 VACATIONS LIKE THIS TO ENSURE 196 00:09:15,554 --> 00:09:17,924 CITIZENS ARE GETTING A FAIR 197 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:21,360 TRADE FOR THEIR PROPERTY WITH 198 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,897 ADEQUATE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ANOTHER 199 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:25,965 WAY OF SAYING THAT. 200 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:30,836 COLLECTIVELY, THE ITEMS ON THE 201 00:09:30,836 --> 00:09:33,239 AGENDA ARE A STREET-LEVEL VIEW 202 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:34,173 OF POLITICS. SUPER EXCITING 203 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:35,241 STUFF. COLLEAGUES, MEETINGS, AND 204 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:35,875 THOSE ATTENDEES LIVE ON THE 205 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:38,711 SEATTLE CHANNEL, THIS IS WHAT 206 00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:45,818 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT AT 207 00:09:45,818 --> 00:09:51,357 THE END OF THE DAY, FROM 208 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:52,992 CONSIDERING LAWS DESIGNED TO 209 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:55,227 CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR 210 00:09:55,227 --> 00:09:56,429 STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL 211 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:57,897 RIGHT OF WAYS TODAY'S MEETING 212 00:09:57,897 --> 00:09:59,966 IS GOVERNMENT 101 AND 213 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:03,803 REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE DO IN 214 00:10:03,803 --> 00:10:04,704 THE COMMITTEE. LET'S GO. 215 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:05,838 LASTLY, A FEW HOUSEKEEPING 216 00:10:05,838 --> 00:10:07,106 ITEMS. MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE 217 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:13,212 THAT SDOT IS RECRUITING FOR 218 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:16,849 MEMBERS OF THE FUNDING TASK 219 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:21,620 FORCE. THIS TASK FORCE WILL HAVE 220 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:23,356 SEVERAL KEY FUNCTIONS INCLUDING 221 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:25,324 DEVELOPING ADVISORY POLICIES AND 222 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:27,927 ESTABLISHING FUNDING 223 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:36,168 RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVISING ON 224 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:37,703 APPROPRIATE REVENUE TOOLS AND 225 00:10:37,703 --> 00:10:38,371 FINANCING STRATEGIES AND 226 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,005 ULTIMATELY ASSESSING POTENTIAL 227 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:40,573 EQUITY IMPACTS AND COMING UP 228 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,074 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO 229 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:44,677 ADVICE THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR 230 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:52,084 WITH HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 231 00:10:52,084 --> 00:10:54,754 RESPECT TO THREE CLASSES, 232 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:56,822 BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS, AND ROADS, 233 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:57,690 PAVEMENT CONDITIONS. YOU'LL 234 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:00,126 RECALL THAT WE ESTABLISHED THIS 235 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:00,793 IMPORTANT COMMITTEE A COUPLE 236 00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:01,727 YEARS AGO DURING THE 237 00:11:01,727 --> 00:11:03,195 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND 238 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:05,931 YOU WILL BE EXCITED TO KNOW THAT 239 00:11:05,931 --> 00:11:07,800 OUR PARTNERS AT SDOT ARE 240 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,068 RECRUITING FOR THIS. SO STAY 241 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:13,339 TUNED. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS NOW ON 242 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:20,679 MY END FOR NOW IN TERMS OF 243 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:21,414 CHAIR'S REMARKS. THANK YOU. AND 244 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:24,216 WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 245 00:11:24,216 --> 00:11:27,286 COMMENT IN PURVIEW OF THE 246 00:11:27,286 --> 00:11:30,589 COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY DO WE 247 00:11:30,589 --> 00:11:31,857 HAVE SIGNED UP? 248 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:34,193 >> CHAIR, FOUR IN-PERSON 249 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,028 SPEAKERS AND ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. 250 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:39,832 >> PERFECT. EACH SPEAKER VERY 251 00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:41,400 TWO MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH 252 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,568 THE IN-PERSON FIRST. WILL YOU 253 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:43,402 READ THE INSTRUCTION? 254 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:48,107 >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 255 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:50,643 ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. 256 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:53,679 SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN 257 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,449 IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS 258 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:57,950 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 259 00:11:57,950 --> 00:12:00,152 HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HERE A 260 00:12:00,152 --> 00:12:01,854 CHIME BETWEEN 10 SECONDS OF THE 261 00:12:01,854 --> 00:12:04,090 END OF TIME. AND WILL BE MUTED 262 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:08,527 AT THE END OF THEIR TIME. WE'LL 263 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:12,665 BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER 264 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:13,499 ON THE LIST. MARK. 265 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:17,103 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA, 266 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,571 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARK, 267 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,673 AND TODAY YOU HAVE AN 268 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:23,042 OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE SHARED 269 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:28,814 STREETS IN SEATTLE. AND I HOPE 270 00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:30,616 YOU'LL VOTE YES. SHARED STREETS 271 00:12:30,616 --> 00:12:32,218 ARE COMMON ACROSS EUROPE AND 272 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:34,420 ASIA. WASHINGTON AS YOU HEARD 273 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:37,156 WAS THE FIRST STATE TO LEGALIZE 274 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,024 THEM. I WISH SEATTLE WAS THE 275 00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:41,327 FIRST CITY BUT REDMOND BEAT US 276 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:42,695 TO THE PUNCH BY SEVERAL MONTHS. 277 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:44,163 WHILE SDOT WILL NOT BE 278 00:12:44,163 --> 00:12:45,498 PRESENTING A LIST OF STREETS 279 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:47,733 TODAY BUT WHEN THEY DO I HOPE 280 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:50,102 YOU'LL PRESS THEM TO TAKE A 281 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:53,606 BOLD APPROACH. I HOPE YOU'LL 282 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:54,874 PRESS THEM TO CREATE 283 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:55,975 HIGH-QUALITY EXAMPLES. I HOPE 284 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:57,743 YOU'LL PRESS THEM TO NORMALIZE 285 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:59,712 SHARED STREETS AND APPLY THEM 286 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,547 BROADLY ACROSS THE CITY. SHARED 287 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:05,317 STREETS ARE A TOOL. THEY CAN BE 288 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:09,889 APPLIED IN OBVIOUS PLACES LIKE 289 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:11,791 BELL STREET AND BALLARD AVENUE. 290 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:21,801 BUT THEY CAN BE APPLIED TO 291 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:22,535 HEALTHY STREET, NEIGHBORHOOD 292 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:23,636 GREENWAYS, SCHOOL STREET, 293 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:24,770 FESTIVAL STREETS, HOME ZONE, 294 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,505 LOW-TRAFFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND OF 295 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:28,140 THOSE, I THINK THE GREATEST 296 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:30,876 STUDENT TO CREATE HOME ZONES IN 297 00:13:30,876 --> 00:13:32,812 SOUTH SEATTLE AND NORTH OF 85th 298 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,047 AND WEST SEATTLE WHERE PEOPLE 299 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:37,249 ARE ALREADY FORCED TO SHARE THE 300 00:13:37,249 --> 00:13:39,485 ROADWAY WITH CARS. IN THOSE 301 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:42,254 PLACES, SHARED STREETS CAN BE 302 00:13:42,254 --> 00:13:49,929 USED TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS AND 303 00:13:49,929 --> 00:13:57,369 GIVE PEDESTRIANS PRIORITY. THANK 304 00:13:57,369 --> 00:13:57,570 YOU. 305 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:00,272 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 306 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:00,739 WILL BE ANNE-MARIE. 307 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:02,808 >> CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I 308 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:04,677 AM A DOCTOR, AND THANK YOU FOR 309 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,612 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT 310 00:14:06,612 --> 00:14:07,746 OF SHARED STREETS. ON MONDAY ON 311 00:14:07,746 --> 00:14:13,852 THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL I SAW 312 00:14:13,852 --> 00:14:15,988 THE AFTERMATH OF A HORRIBLE 313 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:19,592 CRASH WHERE A CAR DROVE INTO A 314 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:27,032 WOMAN IN THE CROSSWALK. THE 315 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:27,633 REASON THESE DON'T HELP ON 316 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:35,708 RESIDENTIAL STREETS NOW IS THE 317 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:39,278 SPEED LIMITS ARE SLOWER AND A 318 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:40,613 SAFER PLACE TO BE. I WAS 319 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:41,814 ENVISIONING SHARED STREETS WITH 320 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:43,983 ALLOWING KIDS TO GET TO SCHOOL, 321 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,352 AND PEOPLE TO GET TO THE GROCERY 322 00:14:46,352 --> 00:14:50,723 STORE AND NOT JUST PROJECTS LIKE 323 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:53,525 BALLARD AVENUE OR PIKE PLACE. 324 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:57,329 AND I'M WORRIED THAT THESE BIG 325 00:14:57,329 --> 00:14:58,931 PROJECTS ARE POSSIBLY WHY A SEPA 326 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:01,533 REVIEW HAS COME UP AND DOING A 327 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:10,809 REVIEW TO PUT PLANTERS AND SIGNS 328 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:13,479 ON THE STREET MAKES NO STONES 329 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:14,847 SENSE TO ME. AND MOTOR VEHICLES 330 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:17,116 ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH 331 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:19,618 FOR PEOPLE 10 TO 24. I THINK IT 332 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:20,386 OVERLOOKS HOW IMPORTANT 333 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:23,155 COMMUNITIES ARE WHERE WE CARE 334 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:25,591 FOR EACH OTHER AND WHERE PEOPLE 335 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,059 MEET ON STREETS AND PEOPLE -- 336 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:28,294 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF 337 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:30,529 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, THINGS 338 00:15:30,529 --> 00:15:32,164 THAT DON'T HAPPEN IN THE 339 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:34,366 CONFINE OF SCHOOLS AND SPORTS 340 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:35,701 PRACTICES. SO SHARED STREETS 341 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:37,303 WILL MAKE US ALL SAFER AND 342 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:39,271 IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL 343 00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:41,507 HEALTH, AND DESPITE WHAT SDOT 344 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:45,110 WILL SAY I DO THINK IT WILL 345 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:49,315 REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS BY 346 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:56,155 REDUCING UNNEEDED AND POSSIBLY 347 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:57,990 UNSAFE CAR TRIPS. THANK YOU. 348 00:15:57,990 --> 00:16:00,559 >> OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER 349 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:01,560 WILL BE MAGGIE. 350 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,095 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 351 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:06,665 I'M MAGGIE HAYNES. I AM HERE TO 352 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:07,966 SPEAK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR SHARED 353 00:16:07,966 --> 00:16:08,834 STREETS. APPROVED STATEMENTS 354 00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:10,269 THAT THEY WORK FOR PIKE PLACE 355 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:16,375 AND THE PIKE PLACE MARKET WHICH 356 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:19,378 HAS BEEN OPERATING AS A SHARED 357 00:16:19,378 --> 00:16:22,414 STREET FOR OVER 100 YEARS. 358 00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:23,115 >> THANK YOU. 359 00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:29,088 >> THANK YOU. COOL GLASSES, BY 360 00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:29,922 THE WAY. 361 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:31,924 >> OUR FINAL IN-PERSON PUBLIC 362 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:32,458 SPEAKER WILL BE HEATHER. 363 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:36,762 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 364 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:41,433 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 365 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:42,368 PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M THE 366 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:43,936 PRESIDENT OF THE MARKET AND I 367 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:46,071 SENT A LETTER TO EXPLAIN THE 368 00:16:46,071 --> 00:16:49,608 HISTORY OF PIKE PLACE. IT'S A 369 00:16:49,608 --> 00:16:50,676 SHARED STREET BY NECESSITY. 370 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,712 THAT'S HOW IT STARTED OUT IN 371 00:16:53,712 --> 00:16:55,547 1907. IT'S THE ONLY LOADING 372 00:16:55,547 --> 00:17:00,185 DOCK IN THE MARKET. IN 1971, THE 373 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:01,720 VOTER'S INITIATIVE WAS REQUIRED 374 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,823 TO SAVE THE MARKET FROM THE 375 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:05,924 CITY'S PLAN, THE DOWNTOWN 376 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:06,558 BUSINESS ESTABLISHED PLAN. THE 377 00:17:06,558 --> 00:17:07,926 MARKET HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS 378 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:10,229 THE ONLY BODY THAT'S IN PLACE 379 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:16,101 TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT DESIGN 380 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:18,170 CHANGES AT PIKE PLACE. IN 1973, 381 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,739 THE PIKE PLACE MARKET CDA WAS 382 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:24,710 ESTABLISHED TO MANAGE THE 383 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,478 BUILDING. THEY DO NOT MANAGE THE 384 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:28,380 STREETS. IN 1974, THE URBAN 385 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:31,683 RENEWALS PLAN CREATED THE PIKE 386 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:35,154 PLATE DESIGN REPORT THAT CALLED 387 00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:38,290 OUT PIKE PLACE AS A DESIGNED 388 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:40,192 AREA -- A CHARACTER AREA. EXCUSE 389 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:49,034 ME. IN 1979, ALL STREETS WERE 390 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:49,668 MADE EXEMPT FROM THE JAYWALKING 391 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:53,539 ORDNANCE. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU 392 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:54,406 ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA. 393 00:17:54,406 --> 00:18:03,749 THERE NO 10 MILES PER HOUR SPEED 394 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:05,417 LIMIT SIGN ON THE STREET. IT'S 395 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:09,087 NOT NECESSARY. PIKE PLACE IS 396 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:16,728 INTENDED FOR USE -- REUSING OVER 397 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:18,630 AND OVER AGAIN AND USING 398 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,532 FLEXIBLE, NOT HAVING PERMANENT 399 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:22,801 ELEMENTS INSTALLED ON. IT 400 00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:24,903 FINALLY, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT 401 00:18:24,903 --> 00:18:27,139 TO HAVE PIKE PLACE MARKET CDA 402 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:37,082 MANAGE THE STREETS. THEY ARE ON 403 00:18:37,082 --> 00:18:42,754 SITE AND CAN PIVOT ACCORDINGLY. 404 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:43,055 THANK YOU. 405 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:50,329 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. 406 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:52,030 >> WE'LL NOW GO ON TO OUR 407 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:57,769 REMOTE CALLERS. THE FIRST ONE IS 408 00:18:57,769 --> 00:18:58,704 IRENE. IRENE, PLEASE HIT STAR 409 00:18:58,704 --> 00:18:58,904 SIX. 410 00:18:58,904 --> 00:18:59,905 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 411 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:00,739 THIS IS IRENE WALSH, DISTRICT 6. 412 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:01,840 WHEN THE DETAILS OF SHARED 413 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:02,708 STREETS CRITERIA ARE FINALIZED, 414 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,777 PLEASE BE SURE THEY FOCUS ON 415 00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:08,947 MOBILITIES AND SAFETY AND NOT 416 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:10,115 EXCLUSIVITY OR FAVORITISM TO ANY 417 00:19:10,115 --> 00:19:19,258 MODE. FORTUNATELY, SDOT HAS AN 418 00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:21,460 EXAMPLE OF A SHARED STREET THAT 419 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:25,163 FUNCTIONED AS A SHARED STREET AS 420 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:28,133 A DECADE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT 421 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:32,804 AS A BIKER, A WALKER AND A 422 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:34,540 DISABLED WALKER. SO IN THE 423 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:36,275 UPCOMING FIFA EVENT, ALL THE 424 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:36,909 UPCOMING CONFUSING AND 425 00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:40,479 UNNECESSARY SIGNAGE CAN BE 426 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:43,215 REPLACED WITH A SIMPLE SHARED 427 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:44,449 STREET SIGN. AS SDOT FINALIZES 428 00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:45,651 THE CRITERIA FOR THIS 429 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:46,685 DESIGNATION, PLEASE ENSURE THAT 430 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:50,155 THE SPEED LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL 431 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:51,690 WHEELS, NOT JUST CARS. ALSO, 432 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,592 THAT A SHARED STREET DESIGNATION 433 00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:57,930 DOES NOT ALLOW ANYONE OR ANY 434 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:02,467 GROUP TO OCCUPY A STREET WITH 435 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:07,472 FURNITURE OR OTHER OBSTACLES 436 00:20:07,472 --> 00:20:12,511 WITHOUT A PERMIT. THERE IS ALSO 437 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:15,080 ONE AMENDMENT ABOUT BIKES RIDING 438 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,682 ABREAST AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THE 439 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:18,917 PHALANX OF BIKES WON'T OCCUPY 440 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:20,085 THE STREET AT THE SAME TIME. 441 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:21,653 THANK YOU FOR SHARED STREETS AND 442 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:31,964 PIKE PLACE IS THE FIRST PLACE TO 443 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:37,469 PUT IT IN PLACE. THANK YOU. 444 00:20:37,469 --> 00:20:39,104 >> THANK YOU. 445 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:40,906 >> OUR FINAL REMOTE SPEAKER WILL 446 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,240 BE CARLO. CARLO, PLEASE HIT STAR 447 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:42,674 SIX. THANK YOU. 448 00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:43,976 >> HI. MY NAME'S CARLO, AND I 449 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:45,110 LEAD THE REIMAGINE COALITION AND 450 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:47,512 I LIVE NORTH OF 85th. SO I 451 00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:50,315 WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT HERE 452 00:20:50,315 --> 00:20:51,483 FOR THE SHARED STREET 453 00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:52,651 LEGISLATION THAT YOU WILL BE 454 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:53,752 HEARING TODAY. I THINK 455 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:58,090 WASHINGTON IS THE FIRST STATE IN 456 00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,591 THE U.S. TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING 457 00:20:59,591 --> 00:21:01,059 LIKE THIS. AND SO THAT POSITIONS 458 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,661 SEATTLE IN A UNIQUE PLACE TO 459 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:09,034 REALLY BE A LEAD OR THIS FOR THE 460 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,335 COUNTRY AND SET EXAMPLES FOR 461 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,304 OTHER CITIES AND STATES AS WELL. 462 00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:15,874 I GUESS LIVING NORTH OF 85th AS 463 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:17,776 YOU ARE ALL AWARE WE DON'T HAVE 464 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:20,078 SIDEWALKS UP HERE OR THE ONES 465 00:21:20,078 --> 00:21:21,046 THAT DO JUST AREN'T REALLY 466 00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:21,713 CONNECTED. THIS IS OUR 467 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:23,315 OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TACKLE A 468 00:21:23,315 --> 00:21:25,317 BIG ISSUE THAT IS NOT GOING TO 469 00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:27,486 BE SOLVED IN THE NEXT 500 YEARS 470 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:30,589 OR SO. BUT I WANT TO CAUTION 471 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:33,325 THAT WE DO NEED TO GET THIS 472 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:37,095 RIGHT. AND THAT MEANS WE TRIED 473 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:37,896 GREENWAYS AND HEALTHY STREETS. 474 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:39,164 THEY ALWAYS COME WITH 475 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:40,932 COMPROMISES TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW 476 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,567 PEOPLE TO CUT THROUGH 477 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:43,602 NEIGHBORHOODS IN THEIR CARS THAT 478 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:45,671 STILL KIND OF MAKES IT DANGEROUS 479 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:46,738 FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN THE STREETS. 480 00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:49,641 SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO 481 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,710 GET THIS RIGHT BUT WE HAVE TO DO 482 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:55,013 IT IN A WAY THAT DOES SLOW DOWN 483 00:21:55,013 --> 00:21:57,349 TRAFFIC AND MAKES IT SAFE FOR 484 00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:59,051 PEOPLE TO WALK, BIKE, ROLL, ET 485 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:01,620 CETERA IN THE STREETS. THIS IS 486 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:02,688 AGAIN A SHARED STREETS MODEL. WE 487 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:04,690 ARE NOT TRYING TO LIMIT 488 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:05,624 ANYBODY'S MOBILITY TO GET 489 00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:07,426 ANYWHERE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE 490 00:22:07,426 --> 00:22:08,894 IT SAFE FOR ALL USERS OF THE 491 00:22:08,894 --> 00:22:10,529 STREETS ESPECIALLY IN THOSE 492 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:11,396 PLACES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE 493 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:12,464 SIDEWALKS. THIS IS OUR 494 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:14,733 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR 495 00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:17,569 THOSE PEOPLE TO WALK, BIKE AND 496 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:28,046 ROLL IN THE STREETS WITHOUT 497 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:30,215 HAVING A SIDEWALK AVAILABLE TO 498 00:22:30,215 --> 00:22:31,383 THEM. THANKS. 499 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:32,417 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. FIRST 500 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:33,919 OFF, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 501 00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:34,553 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS JOINED 502 00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:35,320 US REMOTELY TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS 503 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,490 -- THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS 504 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:40,092 WHICH WE WILL CONSIDER IN JUST A 505 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:42,060 MOMENT. SO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER 506 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:46,164 STRAUSS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE 507 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:56,708 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 508 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:02,981 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO 509 00:23:02,981 --> 00:23:04,716 THE RECORD. 510 00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:07,552 >> COUNCIL NUMBER ONE, CB 511 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:07,719 121176. 512 00:23:09,821 --> 00:23:10,522 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SHARED 513 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:11,556 STREETS; ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 514 00:23:11,556 --> 00:23:12,591 11.45 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 515 00:23:12,591 --> 00:23:13,425 CODE; ADDING NEW SECTIONS 516 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:14,760 11.14.562 AND 11.52.125 TO THE 517 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,261 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AMENDING 518 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:17,496 SECTIONS 11.40.090, 11.40.100, 519 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:25,403 11.40.120, 11.40.160, 11.40.220, 520 00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:34,045 11.40.240, 11.44.040, 11.44.060, 521 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:40,352 AND 11.53.205 OF THE SEATTLE 522 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:41,153 MUNICIPAL CODE AND AMENDING THE 523 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,521 TITLE OF TITLE 11, SUBTITLE I, 524 00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:43,488 PART FOUR OF THE SEATTLE 525 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:47,559 MUNICIPAL CODE. 526 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:57,235 >> YOU DESERVE A BREATHER, 527 00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:57,869 CLERK. AND THANK YOU. WELCOME. 528 00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,004 IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRESENTERS 529 00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:04,676 HAVE JOINED US AT THE TABLE AND 530 00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:08,013 WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE 531 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:08,880 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THE 532 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:09,214 PRESENTATION. 533 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:09,881 >> MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M 534 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:10,482 CALVIN CHOW, COUNCIL CENTRAL 535 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:11,116 STAFF AND CHAIR, YOU MENTIONED 536 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:13,485 WHAT I WAS GOING TO DESCRIBE IN 537 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:16,321 THIS LEGISLATION SO I WILL TRY 538 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:20,692 TO BE BRIEF. BUT SHARED STREETS 539 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:22,727 WAS OFFERED LAST YEAR AND AT THE 540 00:24:22,727 --> 00:24:23,829 REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER 541 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:26,031 STRAUSS, THIS WAS TO BRING OUR 542 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:30,936 CODE UP INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE 543 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:34,472 NEW STATE LAW. THE KEY FEATURES 544 00:24:34,472 --> 00:24:36,541 ARE THAT SHARED STREETS 545 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,844 PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS 546 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:40,111 OVER BIKES AND PRIORITIES 547 00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:41,713 BICYCLES OVER MOTORIZED 548 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:43,648 VEHICLES. IT DOES ALLOW FOR A 549 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:44,449 10-MILE-PER-HOUR SPEED LIMIT AND 550 00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:46,351 HAS REQUIREMENTS ABOUT ANNUAL 551 00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:47,252 SAFETY REPORTING AND THE 552 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:48,887 PERFORMANCE OF THESE STREETS. 553 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:51,256 THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU 554 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:52,624 IS REALLY ABOUT ENABLING 555 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:54,192 LEGISLATION THAT IS CONSISTENT 556 00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:57,796 WITH THE CHANGES AND ALLOWS THE 557 00:24:57,796 --> 00:25:03,168 STAFF TO WORK ON IMPLEMENT RULES 558 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,070 AND EVENTUALLY ESTABLISH 559 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,672 LOCATIONS IN THE CITY. SO, 560 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:11,209 AGAIN, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, THIS 561 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:13,211 LEGISLATION DOES NOT DESIGNATE 562 00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:14,679 SPECIFIC LOCATIONS BUT 563 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:17,282 ESTABLISHES THE PROCEDURES TO 564 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:19,150 THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING 565 00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:21,453 AND WILL RELEASE THE PROCEDURES, 566 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:24,656 I BELIEVE, IN JUNE. THESE 567 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:25,557 PROCEDURES WOULD REQUIRE A 568 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:28,260 REVIEW. IT'S A BIT OF A 569 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:30,862 JUDGMENT CALL ON HOW DIFFICULT 570 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:34,966 THEY WILL BE AND IF IMPLEMENT IS 571 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:36,034 NEEDED. FUTURE LEGISLATION COULD 572 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:42,107 BE PROPOSED AS WELL. WITH THAT, 573 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:42,741 COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M HAPPY TO 574 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:53,084 TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 575 00:25:58,223 --> 00:25:59,591 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHOW. BEFORE 576 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:00,659 WE GET THERE, I WANT TO 577 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:01,526 RECOGNIZE AND AGAIN, WELCOME 578 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:06,731 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND GIVE 579 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:07,766 HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 580 00:26:07,766 --> 00:26:09,067 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM BE ON 581 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:12,771 MY WAY TO WEST TRANSIT FOR THE 582 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:13,638 LIGHTRAIL EXTENSION. AND THAT 583 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:19,477 STARTS IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AND 584 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:21,046 THEN iWILL HAVE TO LOG OFF. I 585 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:22,280 APPRECIATE CHAIR SAKA, HEATHER, 586 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:23,415 EVERYONE DESCRIBES THIS REALLY 587 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:27,852 WELL FROM THE HISTORY TO THE 588 00:26:27,852 --> 00:26:29,287 NEED BY MARK AND THE CONTEXT 589 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:31,856 FROM HEATHER. I AM NOT GOING TO 590 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:34,859 REPEAT YOUR WORDS BECAUSE YOU 591 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:37,262 SAID IT SO WELL. I WILL ADD THE 592 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,765 CONTEXT OF MY ADVOCACY FOR THIS 593 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:43,602 BILL STARTED IN 2021 AS WE WERE 594 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:46,171 TURNING BALLARD AVENUE INTO A 595 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:47,172 CAFE STREET THAT IS STILL 596 00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:49,341 SUCCESSFUL TODAY. IN THOSE -- IN 597 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:50,842 SITTING IN THE CAFE IN THE BREAK 598 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:53,478 PERIOD AND HOW TO REDESIGN THAT 599 00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:55,046 STREET TO BE MORE LIKE WHAT PIKE 600 00:26:55,046 --> 00:26:57,782 PLACE IS, WE WERE VERY AWARE 601 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:00,018 THAT THE SPEED LIMIT COULDN'T 602 00:27:00,018 --> 00:27:01,486 BE REDUCED BELOW 25 MILES PER 603 00:27:01,486 --> 00:27:03,254 HOUR. IF YOU'RE SITTING IN A 604 00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:05,123 STREET CAFE AND THERE IS A CAR 605 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:07,258 GOING 25 MILES PER HOUR, 606 00:27:07,258 --> 00:27:11,663 THERE'S A -- IT'S NOT SAFE. IT 607 00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,465 DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL. IT'S 608 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,467 NOT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. SO THAT 609 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:19,938 REQUIRED US TO GO TO OLYMPIA TO 610 00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:21,706 PASS THE SEPTEMBER BILL THAT 611 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:24,776 CHAIR SAKA REFERENCED. THAT GAVE 612 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,679 US THE ALLOWANCE LAST YEAR. MARK 613 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:31,616 IS CORRECT. REDMOND BEAT US TO 614 00:27:31,616 --> 00:27:34,319 IT BY ENABLING THE LEGISLATION. 615 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:41,092 AS CALVIN CHOW FROM CENTRAL 616 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:43,495 STAFF DENOTED, TO IMPLEMENT THIS 617 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:44,262 FULLY THE LEGISLATURE REQUIRED 618 00:27:44,262 --> 00:27:45,063 COUNCILMATIC ACTION. SO TO 619 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,432 DESIGNATE IT WE WILL HAVE TO 620 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:49,034 COME BACK AND PASS THE 621 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:50,035 LEGISLATION. THIS IS A GREAT 622 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,770 BILL. I'M THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE 623 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:53,738 WHO WORKED ON IT AND GETTING IT 624 00:27:53,738 --> 00:27:55,807 ACROSS THE FINISH LINE HOPEFULLY 625 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:58,510 TODAY AND NEXT TUESDAY. I'M 626 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:02,714 HAPPY TO TAKE ANYONE'S 627 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,916 QUESTIONS IF YOU DO HAVE 628 00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:09,320 QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK 629 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,488 EVERYONE FOR GETTING THIS DONE. 630 00:28:10,488 --> 00:28:11,222 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 631 00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:11,790 STRAUSS AND APPRECIATE YOUR 632 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:13,525 LEADERSHIP TO BRING THIS FORWARD 633 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:16,261 AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ME TO 634 00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:18,997 GET THIS DONE HOPEFULLY SOON. 635 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:19,664 COLLEAGUES, I WELCOME QUESTIONS, 636 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:24,102 COMMENTS, FEEDBACK YOU HAVE AND 637 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:29,674 STARTING ABOUT VICE CHAIR RINCK 638 00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:35,046 IF YOU HAVE ANY. 639 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:36,748 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA AND 640 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:37,615 COLLEAGUES. I COULD NOT BE MORE 641 00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:38,650 EXCITED THAT THIS IS BEFORE US 642 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:39,684 TODAY AND THANK YOU, 643 00:28:39,684 --> 00:28:40,552 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND SHARE 644 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:41,886 TO GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. I 645 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,389 AM READY TO VOTE YES AND SUPPORT 646 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:44,989 THIS. A COUPLE OF QUICK 647 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:45,890 QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND WE 648 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,892 DON'T HAVE STAFF AT THE TABLE 649 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:51,563 TO SPEAK TO THIS. I WANT TO GET 650 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:53,431 MY QUESTIONS OUT THERE. CALVIN, 651 00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:56,935 I KNOW UNDER A PREVIOUS SLIDE 652 00:28:56,935 --> 00:29:01,106 AROUND -- LET'S SEE, JUST 653 00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:02,006 AROUND THE DESIGNATION 654 00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:03,608 PROCEDURES THAT WE'LL RECEIVE 655 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:09,781 IN JUNE. CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE 656 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:11,149 BIT ON WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE? 657 00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:12,383 >> I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT. THAT 658 00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:13,918 IS UP TO THE ENGINEER TO 659 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:14,786 ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE WILL BE. I 660 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:15,787 THINK DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE 661 00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:17,188 LOOK LIKE, WHETHER THAT REQUIRES 662 00:29:17,188 --> 00:29:19,324 ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION OR NOT I 663 00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:21,559 THINK REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I KNOW 664 00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:25,730 THERE IS INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC 665 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,232 AND COUNCIL OFFICES IN HAVING 666 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:27,866 SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED. 667 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:30,435 SO THERE IS PROBABLY IN ABILITY, 668 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:31,136 SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION 669 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,037 THERE. BUT WE WILL NEED TO SEE 670 00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:35,240 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MUCH 671 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:42,313 -- THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT WAYS 672 00:29:42,313 --> 00:29:43,948 THAT THAT GETS IMPLEMENTED. BUT 673 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:47,986 WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH A -- TRY 674 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:49,621 AND MAKE SURE THAT CONVERSATIONS 675 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:49,921 ARE HAD. 676 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:52,023 >> THANK YOU. AND IT BOILS DOWN 677 00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:54,425 TO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND 678 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:56,895 THE NEXT QUESTION, HOW MANY 679 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:58,463 PLACES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND 680 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,131 DOES THIS LEGISLATION LIMIT THE 681 00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:03,835 NUMBER OF SHARED STREETS WE 682 00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:09,174 HAVE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY AROUND 683 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:13,945 THE CITY ASK FURTHER PUTTING 684 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,380 THIS OUT HERE, I AM INTERESTED 685 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:17,782 IN IT OUTLINES THE PEDESTRIAN 686 00:30:17,782 --> 00:30:18,449 MOVEMENT AND I WONDER WHAT THAT 687 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,653 WILL LOOK LIKE AND PUT THAT INTO 688 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,855 PRACTICE. A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN 689 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:25,023 HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN 690 00:30:25,023 --> 00:30:28,059 IMPLEMENTATION AND GETTING READY 691 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:34,199 TO WORK AND VOTE ON THAT TODAY. 692 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:34,999 THANK YOU, CHAIR AND 693 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:35,500 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 694 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:39,737 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, AND 695 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:40,371 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE FLOOR 696 00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:40,672 IS YOURS. 697 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:41,773 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA AND 698 00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:42,440 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO I 699 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,610 THINK HAS LEFT AND HE PUT A LOT 700 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:48,079 OF WORK INTO THIS AND THE SHARED 701 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:48,980 STREETS IN BALLARD. LOOKING TO 702 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:51,382 BRING THE WORK OF OLYMPIA HERE 703 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:53,117 TO OUR STREETS IN SEATTLE. I HAD 704 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:57,288 A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I THINK 705 00:30:57,288 --> 00:31:02,994 WOULD BE HELPFUL TO WALK 706 00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:10,268 THROUGH, AND ESSENTIALLY LIKE A 707 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:16,241 SUMMARY STATEMENT. I THINK YOU 708 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:16,841 MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, CHAIR, 709 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:24,782 BUT WILL THERE BE MORE ON THE 710 00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:32,023 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHARED 711 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:32,290 STREETS? 712 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:33,558 >> WE MAY HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS 713 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:34,592 SPECIFY THOSE, AND IT HASN'T 714 00:31:34,592 --> 00:31:35,360 BEEN EXPLICITLY DESCRIBED YET. 715 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,361 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHOW, AND 716 00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:39,831 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND 717 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:41,633 THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION. 718 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:46,271 WILL SDOT BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE 719 00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:47,739 FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STREETS? 720 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,340 COULD COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOODS 721 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:50,975 REQUEST THE SHARED STREETS AND 722 00:31:50,975 --> 00:31:53,645 WILL THE PROCESS BE FOLDED INTO 723 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:54,879 THE PROTOCOL IN THE WORK PERIOD? 724 00:31:54,879 --> 00:32:00,585 YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT BUT IF 725 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,988 YOU WANT TO EXPAND. 726 00:32:03,988 --> 00:32:05,490 >> SHARED STREETS ARE ONE OF THE 727 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,991 TOOL THAT WE WILL HAVE TO 728 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:09,627 DEPLOY. LIKE ANY REQUEST THEY 729 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:15,933 WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH A REVIEW 730 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:17,368 WITH A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO 731 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:18,870 REVIEW THE PROPOSAL AND BE 732 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:21,439 RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE FOR IT. 733 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:25,109 AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE 734 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,811 THOSE IDEAS THAT COME TO 735 00:32:26,811 --> 00:32:27,812 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE REGULAR 736 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:28,980 PROCESS AND GET THE ATTENTION TO 737 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:32,884 SDOT TO HAVE THIS AS ONE OF THE 738 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:34,152 TOOLS THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED. BUT 739 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:36,521 I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO 740 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:40,591 HOW SDOT IS SET UP. I THINK THEY 741 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:43,761 ARE CLEARLY INTERESTED IN THE 742 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:47,031 SAME TYPE OF ISSUES YOU GET 743 00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:47,632 THROUGH THE PROPOSITIONS AND 744 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:49,367 STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. WE WILL 745 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:56,174 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SDOT ON 746 00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:57,809 THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AS WELL. 747 00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:58,509 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHOW. I CAN 748 00:32:58,509 --> 00:32:59,811 SEE MR. LaBORDE BEHIND YOU 749 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,045 NODDING AND NO DOUBT PEOPLE AT 750 00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:03,381 SDOT ARE WATCHING AND TAKING 751 00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:05,483 NOTE AS WELL. MY THIRD QUESTION, 752 00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:08,786 WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR COUNCIL 753 00:33:08,786 --> 00:33:13,024 TO REQUEST THE SHARED STREET 754 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:15,059 STATUS AND AGAIN, YOU KIND OF 755 00:33:15,059 --> 00:33:17,729 ANSWERED THAT, BUT THESE ARE THE 756 00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:20,865 QUESTIONS THAT THE KNOWLEDGEABLE 757 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:21,766 STAFF HAS AND THAT THE PUBLIC 758 00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:25,737 HAS AND I THINK IT WILL BE 759 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:28,873 IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN THE FOR YOU 760 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:35,446 REMEMBER. AND TO SAY THANK YOU 761 00:33:35,446 --> 00:33:38,316 FOR ALL THE COMMENTERS AND 762 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:43,121 PARTICULARLY MR. AUSTRO AND DR. 763 00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:44,355 ANNE-MARIE, THANK YOU FOR COMING 764 00:33:44,355 --> 00:33:45,757 AND COMMENTING, AND MS. THILL 765 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,191 FROM ALL THINGS MARKET AND 766 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:48,159 MAGGIE AS WELL. AND I'M SORRY. 767 00:33:48,159 --> 00:33:51,129 I FORGOT SOME OF THE LAST NAMES 768 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:52,897 BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 769 00:33:52,897 --> 00:34:00,204 COMING HERE. AND IT REALLY 770 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:04,942 SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT 771 00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:05,476 ARE THERE. AND THE D7 772 00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:06,144 REPRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND 773 00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:08,045 FOR D7, THANK YOU TO HIGHLIGHT 774 00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:10,214 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 775 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:14,952 FOR THE SHARED STREETS AND THE 776 00:34:14,952 --> 00:34:19,157 FEEL DUE TO THE UNIQUENESS OF 777 00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:20,258 DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN. 778 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:22,126 BELLTOWN, AND UP TO MAGNOLIA. 779 00:34:22,126 --> 00:34:24,729 AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE 780 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:25,630 ESSENTIALLY CREATING A CIVIC 781 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:29,667 CAMPOUS TO WHICH QUEEN ANNE FOR 782 00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:31,836 THE FOLLOW-ON AGENDA ITEM ON 783 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:41,279 CROCKETT -- I MEAN, THE SCHOOL 784 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:42,513 STREET AREA RELATED TO MICUR AND 785 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:43,981 QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY CENTER AND 786 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:45,550 CROCKETT -- CROCKETT STREET. AND 787 00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:47,285 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE 788 00:34:47,285 --> 00:34:49,353 SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE CIVIC 789 00:34:49,353 --> 00:34:52,190 CAMPUS, AND ONE AREA -- AND I 790 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:55,393 GOT A LOOK AT MR. AUSTRO WHEN HE 791 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:56,360 SAID HISTORIC BOULEVARD BECAUSE 792 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,029 THAT WAS EVENTUALLY A SOFTBALL 793 00:34:58,029 --> 00:35:00,164 TO SAY QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD 794 00:35:00,164 --> 00:35:02,834 PARK. AND I JUST HAD A MEETING 795 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:04,068 WITH PARKS BECAUSE I WANT SDOT 796 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:06,571 AND PARKS TO SAY, HEY, WHAT WHEN 797 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:09,474 WE DO TO ELEVATE THE QUEEN ANNE 798 00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:10,541 BOULEVARD PARK? ONE POTENTIAL 799 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:12,510 WAY IS SHARED STREETS FOR A 800 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:14,045 COUPLE OF AREAS, NEAR MARSHALL 801 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:15,646 PARK ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER 802 00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:20,151 NEAR THE WILCOX WALL, THAT AREA 803 00:35:20,151 --> 00:35:23,654 RIGHT THERE. I THINK THERE'S 804 00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:24,422 OPPORTUNITIES PARTICULARLY 805 00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:28,726 BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE OUTLOOK, 806 00:35:28,726 --> 00:35:30,261 THE BETTY BOWMAN VIEWPOINT, AND 807 00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:33,197 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE 808 00:35:33,197 --> 00:35:34,232 BOULEVARD, ANOTHER EXAMPLE. YOU 809 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:35,433 HAVE NO SIDEWALKS THERE. AND 810 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:38,569 DIFFERENT OUTLOOKS. SO WE HAVE 811 00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:40,071 OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK TO BRING 812 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:41,639 INTO PLAY THE SHARED STREETS AND 813 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:44,041 ALSO SOLIDIFY AND BUILD UP THE 814 00:35:44,041 --> 00:35:45,643 QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD PARK. I DO 815 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:48,179 WANT SDOT AND PARKS TO WORK 816 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:53,117 TOGETHER, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO 817 00:35:53,117 --> 00:35:55,353 BUILD UP THAT ESSENTIALLY CITY 818 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:56,821 ASSET, THE CITY GEM? NOT QUEEN 819 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:57,622 ANNE ONLY BECAUSE PEOPLE COME 820 00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:59,957 FROM ALL OVER TO WALK THE FOUR 821 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:03,127 MILES FROM THE TOP WITH ALL THE 822 00:36:03,127 --> 00:36:05,763 VIEWS AND BICYCLISTS AND WALKERS 823 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:06,931 AND ALL THE LIKE. WE HAVE ALL 824 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:08,566 THESE OPPORTUNITIES, AND I THINK 825 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:09,700 ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AS MR. 826 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:10,935 CHOW IS NOTING AND THE ANSWERS 827 00:36:10,935 --> 00:36:14,772 WITH THE CHAIR AND THE WORK YOU 828 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:18,242 WILL BE SETTING UP WITH THE 829 00:36:18,242 --> 00:36:19,710 COMMUNITY AND THE FULL COUNCIL 830 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:22,980 BUT I THANK COMMENTERS FOR BEING 831 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:25,182 HERE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS TO 832 00:36:25,182 --> 00:36:26,450 REPRESENT, THE OLD QUEEN ANNE 833 00:36:26,450 --> 00:36:30,888 GREENWAYS AND STREET ALLIANCE, 834 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:31,656 SORRY, STREET ALLIANCE, THE 835 00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:33,824 QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. 836 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:35,426 THE VARIOUS PIECES OF THE MARKET 837 00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:36,694 INCLUDING FRIENDS OF THE MARKET 838 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:41,966 WHICH WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER 839 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,035 RIGHT HERE AND I LIKE THE 840 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,803 ENGAGEMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE 841 00:36:45,803 --> 00:36:50,908 WITH THE ENGAGEMENT AT LEAST 842 00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:52,243 THROUGH DISTRICT SEVEN. SO THANK 843 00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,077 YOU EVERYONE, AND CHAIR. 844 00:36:53,077 --> 00:36:57,315 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 845 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,416 KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 846 00:36:58,416 --> 00:36:58,883 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 847 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:03,554 >> THANK YOU. ALSO VERY EXCITED 848 00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:05,122 ABOUT THIS AND A LITTLE BIT 849 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:12,163 CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEPA REVIEW. 850 00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:19,604 I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT 851 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:21,072 DELAYS AND IMPLEMENTATION. AND 852 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,941 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST 853 00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:25,242 INTERESTED IN UPDATING THE SEPA 854 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:26,210 REVIEWS AND WITH WORKING WITH 855 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:28,179 COLLEAGUES ON THAT IF NEEDED AND 856 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,914 I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE 857 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:31,716 NOT ONLY THE DESIGNATION BUT I 858 00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:33,417 WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FIND OUT 859 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:37,755 WHAT ARE THE ENGINEERING CHANGES 860 00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:40,224 THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THESE 861 00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:42,994 TRULY SAFE? YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE 862 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:43,961 THING TO DESIGNATE SOMETHING 863 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:45,696 LEGALLY BUT ANOTHER THING TO 864 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:46,464 SIGNAL THAT THROUGH THE PHYSICAL 865 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:50,167 ENVIRONMENT. SO I WOULD BE VERY 866 00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,669 INTERESTED TO LEARN HOW WE COULD 867 00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:53,938 DO THAT TO ENSURE THAT THESE 868 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:58,009 TRULY ARE SHARED STREETS AND NOT 869 00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:04,382 JUST IN NAME ONLY. THANK YOU. 870 00:38:04,382 --> 00:38:10,621 LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP. 871 00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:11,289 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, 872 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:16,761 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. LAST BUT NOT 873 00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:17,428 LEAST, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU 874 00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:17,795 ARE RECOGNIZED. 875 00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:18,663 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND 876 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:19,397 COUNCILMEMBERS. SORRY I CAN'T 877 00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:20,831 BE THERE WITH YOU AND I STAYED 878 00:38:20,831 --> 00:38:22,233 HOME WITH MY GERMS AS I CAME 879 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:24,168 HOME WITH A COLD. AND I WANTED 880 00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:28,139 TO SAY I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 881 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:31,042 THIS AND ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT 882 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:32,109 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SAID. I AM 883 00:38:32,109 --> 00:38:34,078 LOOKING FORWARD TO IDENTIFY THE 884 00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:35,913 LOCATIONS AND WE WANT TO MAKE 885 00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:37,515 SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS 886 00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:39,417 COME WITH THOSE TO HAVE REALLY 887 00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:40,351 TRULY WONDERFUL SPACES THAT ARE 888 00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:43,754 WORKING FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS 889 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:45,056 HERE IN SEATTLE. I WANT TO 890 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,757 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 891 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:49,327 FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS BILL 892 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:51,529 AS WELL, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, 893 00:38:51,529 --> 00:39:02,106 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M 894 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:04,308 LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING TODAY. 895 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:09,046 THANK YOU. 896 00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:10,247 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY 897 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:10,848 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. A 898 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:11,816 COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS AND SELF 899 00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:12,450 REFLECTIONS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 900 00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:16,620 I WANTED TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO 901 00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:19,356 JOINED US IN PERSON, MARK, 902 00:39:19,356 --> 00:39:21,592 ANNE-MARIE, MAGGIE AND HEATHER. 903 00:39:21,592 --> 00:39:23,828 REAL APPRECIATE EVERY LAST ONE 904 00:39:23,828 --> 00:39:28,099 OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FEEDBACK 905 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:35,005 AND THE CALLERS ONLINE AND 906 00:39:35,005 --> 00:39:35,606 SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS 907 00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:41,178 WELL, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AS 908 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:44,181 MR. AUSTRO NOTED WE WOULD NOT BE 909 00:39:44,181 --> 00:39:47,918 THE FIRST DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT 910 00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:52,323 IT. REDMOND BEAT US TO THE 911 00:39:52,323 --> 00:39:54,024 PUNCH. TAKE THAT AS YOU WILL. I 912 00:39:54,024 --> 00:40:00,498 HAVEN'T DONE A SIDE BY SIDE 913 00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:02,066 ANALYSIS NOR DIRECTED OUR STAFF 914 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,868 TO DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE ANALYSIS 915 00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:06,470 AND COMPARE THEIR BILL AND THIS 916 00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:09,340 AND THAT AND THE OTHER. DON'T 917 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:10,374 KNOW, DON'T CARE. HERE'S WHAT 918 00:40:10,374 --> 00:40:15,079 I DO KNOW. NO DISRESPECT TO OUR 919 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,882 FRIENDS IN THE CITY OF REDMOND. 920 00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:20,518 THEY DO GREAT WORK, GREAT PEER 921 00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:24,688 GOVERNMENT. WE HAPPEN TO BE 922 00:40:24,688 --> 00:40:26,891 LARGER BUT THEY ARE A PEER. 923 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:30,461 HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW. THE 924 00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:33,230 OPPORTUNITY AND THE POTENTIAL 925 00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:34,665 IMPACT OF THIS LEGISLATION HERE 926 00:40:34,665 --> 00:40:38,402 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS FAR 927 00:40:38,402 --> 00:40:44,708 GREATER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN 928 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:49,380 THE STATE. REDMOND, PRETTY OF 929 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:50,447 SUBURBAN SPRAWL. HERE SEATTLE'S 930 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:52,683 DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. EVEN 931 00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:57,354 OUR SUBURBS ARE MORE DENSE THAN 932 00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:59,423 MOST DENSE LOCATIONS IN 933 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:00,024 SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS. SO 934 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:03,460 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT AND 935 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:09,033 TO DRIVE SAFELY AND BRING TO 936 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:15,973 LIGHT THIS LEGISLATION IN A SAFE 937 00:41:15,973 --> 00:41:18,676 MANNER IS GREATER THAN ANY 938 00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:20,611 LOCALITY AROUND. I KNOW THAT TO 939 00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:22,513 BE TRUE. I KNOW I WORK WITH SOME 940 00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:25,149 OF THE SMARTEST CENTRAL STAFF TO 941 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,618 WRITE THIS UP. I WORK WITH SOME 942 00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:31,922 OF THE SMARTEST COLLEAGUES WHO 943 00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:39,029 WROTE THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL, 944 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:43,534 WORKING WITH SOME OF THE 945 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:46,570 SMARTEST ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS 946 00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:48,839 AT SDOT, A LEADING AGENCY 947 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:49,940 RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY FOR ITS 948 00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:51,008 ENGINEERING EXPERTISE AND WORK. 949 00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:54,144 NO DISRESPECT TO ANYONE ELSE BUT 950 00:41:54,144 --> 00:41:56,547 I TRUST -- I AM CONFIDENT IN MY 951 00:41:56,547 --> 00:42:01,919 TEAM. I AM CONFIDENT IN MY TEAM 952 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:04,622 ABOVE ANY TEAM. FIRST IS NOT 953 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:05,556 ALWAYS BEST. THE OPPORTUNITY 954 00:42:05,556 --> 00:42:08,259 HERE IS GREATER THAN ANYWHERE. 955 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:11,462 THOSE ARE THE TRUTHS I DO KNOW. 956 00:42:11,462 --> 00:42:16,200 SO I'M REALLY EXCITED BUT I 957 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:20,971 WILL ECHO PASSING THE 958 00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:22,006 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IS AN 959 00:42:22,006 --> 00:42:23,374 IMPORTANT NEXT STEP BUT 960 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:25,376 IMPLEMENTATION IS IMPORTANT WITH 961 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,311 THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND 962 00:42:27,311 --> 00:42:28,145 IMPLEMENTATION, I KNOW OUR 963 00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:31,215 PARTNERS AT SDOT ARE MOTIVATED 964 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:37,488 TO GET THIS DONE AS WELL. I WILL 965 00:42:37,488 --> 00:42:41,992 PUT MY PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS 966 00:42:41,992 --> 00:42:45,729 AGAINST ANYBODY'S. MY CENTRAL 967 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:46,630 STAFF AGAINST ANYBODY'S. 968 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:50,100 COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO BREAK 969 00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:54,972 MY OWN KUFTD MARRY RULE FOR 970 00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,807 ORDINANCES WHERE WE TYPICALLY 971 00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:57,875 HOLD TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ONE 972 00:42:57,875 --> 00:42:59,243 HERE AND A PARTICULAR COUNCIL 973 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,411 BILL OR LEGISLATION ORDINANCE 974 00:43:00,411 --> 00:43:05,549 AND THE SECOND TO VOTE ON IT AND 975 00:43:05,549 --> 00:43:11,722 I'M GOING TO WAIVE THAT HERE 976 00:43:11,722 --> 00:43:15,259 FOR A COUPLE REASONS. ONE, THIS 977 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:18,562 DIRECTLY ADVANCES OUR 978 00:43:18,562 --> 00:43:21,031 COMMITTEE'S SHARED PRIORITY OF 979 00:43:21,031 --> 00:43:22,599 ADVANCING SAFETY. OFF THE TOP, 980 00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:25,135 VERY IMPORTANT. NEXT, THIS IS A 981 00:43:25,135 --> 00:43:26,103 COUNCIL-GENERATED PIECE OF 982 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:31,075 LEGISLATION AS OPPOSED TO A 983 00:43:31,075 --> 00:43:32,943 PIECE OF EXECUTIVE GENERATED 984 00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,244 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. SO 985 00:43:34,244 --> 00:43:36,680 CONSIDERING TODAY WOULD DIRECTLY 986 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,349 ADVANCE A COUNCIL PRIORITY, AN 987 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:41,285 IMPORTANT FACTOR. THERE IS CLEAR 988 00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:42,720 CENTER AND EXCITEMENT FROM THE 989 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:46,090 COMMUNITY AND MY COLLEAGUES TO 990 00:43:46,090 --> 00:43:51,095 GET IT DONE. AND WE WILL 991 00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:54,298 HOPEFULLY MOVE TO FORWARD. THAT 992 00:43:54,298 --> 00:44:00,371 SAID, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE 993 00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:05,776 RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNCIL 994 00:44:05,776 --> 00:44:09,780 BILL 121176. IS THERE A SECOND? 995 00:44:09,913 --> 00:44:10,180 >> SECOND. 996 00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:14,752 >> MOVED AND SECONDS TO APPROVE 997 00:44:14,752 --> 00:44:15,853 COUNCIL BILL 121176. ARE THERE 998 00:44:15,853 --> 00:44:16,320 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? 999 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,889 >> COUNCILMEMBER , I BELIEVE 1000 00:44:18,889 --> 00:44:20,557 THERE IS ONE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 1001 00:44:20,557 --> 00:44:21,759 >> YES. YES. THAT IS TRUE. LET 1002 00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:26,196 ME GET THAT. I THINK THAT'S MY 1003 00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:30,334 OWN AMENDMENT. WE MOVE THE MAIN 1004 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:36,173 BILL. NOW WE CAN -- NOW WE CAN 1005 00:44:36,173 --> 00:44:37,808 MOVE THE AMENDMENT. I MOVE TO 1006 00:44:37,808 --> 00:44:40,577 PASS AMENDMENT ONE TO COUNCIL 1007 00:44:40,577 --> 00:44:46,984 BILL 121176 AS PRESENTED ON THE 1008 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:47,551 AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? 1009 00:44:47,551 --> 00:44:47,851 >> SECOND. 1010 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:50,320 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS 1011 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,124 THE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. IS 1012 00:44:54,124 --> 00:44:55,292 THERE ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 1013 00:44:55,292 --> 00:45:00,364 NUMBER ONE? 1014 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:00,998 >> COUNCILMEMBER , DESCRIBE IT 1015 00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:03,100 VERY BRIEFLY? 1016 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:03,434 >> YES. 1017 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:05,335 >> THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A 1018 00:45:05,335 --> 00:45:06,036 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. SDOT STAFF 1019 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:07,337 HAD A COUPLE OF MINOR CLARIFYING 1020 00:45:07,337 --> 00:45:08,305 LANGUAGING TO HELP WITH THE 1021 00:45:08,305 --> 00:45:09,440 INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW. IT'S 1022 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:14,711 JUST THE TWO PIECES IN RED IN 1023 00:45:14,711 --> 00:45:21,452 FRONT OF YOU. IT DOES NOT 1024 00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:26,557 SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGE THE 1025 00:45:26,557 --> 00:45:27,291 LEGISLATION IN ANY WAY. 1026 00:45:27,291 --> 00:45:28,559 >> THANK YOU. ANY FINAL 1027 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:29,226 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? 1028 00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:30,194 NO? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 1029 00:45:30,194 --> 00:45:35,699 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 1030 00:45:35,699 --> 00:45:36,200 AMENDMENT ONE. 1031 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,134 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1032 00:45:37,134 --> 00:45:37,534 >> YES. 1033 00:45:37,534 --> 00:45:39,903 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1034 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,673 >> AYE. 1035 00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:43,373 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1036 00:45:43,373 --> 00:45:48,645 >> YES. 1037 00:45:48,645 --> 00:45:49,113 >> VICE CHAIR RINCK. 1038 00:45:49,113 --> 00:45:49,346 >> YES. 1039 00:45:49,346 --> 00:45:51,648 >> CHAIR SAKA. 1040 00:45:51,648 --> 00:45:52,049 >> AYE. 1041 00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:57,521 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE VOTES 1042 00:45:57,521 --> 00:46:02,593 IN FAVOR, AND ZERO NOS. 1043 00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:03,560 >> THE AMENDMENT PASSES. NOW, 1044 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,762 LET'S VOTE ON THE MAIN BILL AS 1045 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:11,335 AMENDED. ALREADY -- WE HAVE TO 1046 00:46:11,335 --> 00:46:12,402 MOVE NOW AS AMENDED? NO. OKAY. 1047 00:46:12,402 --> 00:46:12,936 >> MOVED ALREADY. 1048 00:46:12,936 --> 00:46:13,670 >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. LET'S VOTE 1049 00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:14,805 ON THE MAIN BILL, COUNCIL BILL 1050 00:46:14,805 --> 00:46:15,606 121176 AS AMENDED. WILL THE 1051 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:20,844 CLERK -- ANY COMMENTS ON THE 1052 00:46:20,844 --> 00:46:21,445 BILL AS AMENDED? HEARING AND 1053 00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:25,749 SEEING NONE, WILL THE -- 1054 00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:26,483 >> UH, CHAIR? 1055 00:46:26,483 --> 00:46:26,750 >> YES. 1056 00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:36,193 >> JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK 1057 00:46:36,193 --> 00:46:36,560 YOU, EVERYONE. 1058 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:37,127 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1059 00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:39,730 STRAUSS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 1060 00:46:39,730 --> 00:46:40,464 SORRY. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE 1061 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:42,633 ROLL ON THE -- ON THE BILL 1062 00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:51,575 BEFORE US AS MENDED. 1063 00:46:51,575 --> 00:46:52,543 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1064 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:52,809 >> YES. 1065 00:46:52,809 --> 00:46:53,377 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1066 00:46:53,377 --> 00:46:53,744 >> AYE. 1067 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:54,278 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1068 00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:59,616 >> YES. 1069 00:46:59,616 --> 00:47:00,083 >> VICE CHAIR RINCK. 1070 00:47:00,083 --> 00:47:00,317 >> YES. 1071 00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:05,088 >> CHAIR SAKA? 1072 00:47:05,088 --> 00:47:05,556 >> YES. 1073 00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:07,291 >> CHAIR, FIVE VOTES FOR YES AND 1074 00:47:07,291 --> 00:47:07,558 ZERO NOS. 1075 00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:09,159 >> COUNCIL BILL 121126 WILL BE 1076 00:47:09,159 --> 00:47:10,727 SENT TO THE MAY 26, 2026 1077 00:47:10,727 --> 00:47:11,361 MEETING. THANK YOU. AND THANK 1078 00:47:11,361 --> 00:47:12,362 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 1079 00:47:12,362 --> 00:47:12,996 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP. 1080 00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:15,332 IT'S DONE AND ON. AND NOW WE'LL 1081 00:47:15,332 --> 00:47:23,207 MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM OF 1082 00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:30,080 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1083 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,582 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD? 1084 00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:37,421 >> ITEM TWO, DISTRICT PROJECT 1085 00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:41,892 FUND IMPLEMENTATION. 1086 00:47:41,892 --> 00:47:42,726 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE 1087 00:47:42,726 --> 00:47:43,260 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. 1088 00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:44,194 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, 1089 00:47:44,194 --> 00:47:48,599 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M 1090 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:49,766 BILL LaBORDE FROM THE SEATTLE 1091 00:47:49,766 --> 00:47:50,367 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 1092 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:53,503 >> I'M JIM CURTIN FROM PROJECT 1093 00:47:53,503 --> 00:47:54,004 MANAGEMENT AT SDOT. 1094 00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:54,838 >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO GET 1095 00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:56,807 STARTED BUT FIRST, I WANT TO 1096 00:47:56,807 --> 00:48:02,512 NOTE THAT THE PERSON WHO RUNS 1097 00:48:02,512 --> 00:48:03,580 THIS PROGRAM, OUR PROGRAM 1098 00:48:03,580 --> 00:48:06,884 MANAGER SIMON BLENSKI IS OUT 1099 00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:09,453 SICK TODAY. I THINK HE MAY HAVE 1100 00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:10,087 THE COLD THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1101 00:48:10,087 --> 00:48:11,622 FOSTER HAS BUT IF YOU ARE 1102 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:14,157 WATCHING, WE HOPE YOU FEEL 1103 00:48:14,157 --> 00:48:17,694 BETTER. AND WE ARE HERE TO 1104 00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:20,430 PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE 1105 00:48:20,430 --> 00:48:23,200 ON A NEW PROGRAM. SO AS A 1106 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:27,838 REMINDER, I WANT TO PROVIDE A 1107 00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:29,606 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM 1108 00:48:29,606 --> 00:48:30,707 ITSELF THAT FUNDS NEIGHBORHOOD 1109 00:48:30,707 --> 00:48:31,975 SCALE TRAFFIC SAFETY 1110 00:48:31,975 --> 00:48:37,014 IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER PROJECTS 1111 00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:44,721 AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY 1112 00:48:44,721 --> 00:48:45,322 COUNCIL. THERE WAS $7 MILLION 1113 00:48:45,322 --> 00:48:49,760 ALLOCATED IN THE 2025 BUDGET AND 1114 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,628 7 MILLION ALLOCATED IN 2026 1115 00:48:51,628 --> 00:48:54,097 BUDGET AND IT WILL ROLL FORWARD 1116 00:48:54,097 --> 00:48:55,699 IF UNSPENT FOR FUTURE YEARS. BUT 1117 00:48:55,699 --> 00:48:58,969 I DO WANT TO NOTE AFTER 2027, 1118 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:00,070 THERE IS NO FUNDING SECURED FOR 1119 00:49:00,070 --> 00:49:01,204 THIS PROGRAM. SO ACTION WOULD 1120 00:49:01,204 --> 00:49:04,574 NEED TO BE TAKEN IF WE WANTED 1121 00:49:04,574 --> 00:49:06,143 THIS TO CONTINUE. TODAY, WE'RE 1122 00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:12,549 HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 1123 00:49:12,549 --> 00:49:14,117 2026 PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS 1124 00:49:14,117 --> 00:49:17,187 AND THE NEXT STEP. OUR ANNUAL 1125 00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:18,922 PROGRAM SCHEDULE IS QUITE 1126 00:49:18,922 --> 00:49:22,626 SIMPLE. IN THE FOLLOWING WINTER, 1127 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,494 WE SHARED PROJECT SELECTION 1128 00:49:24,494 --> 00:49:26,596 RESOURCES WITH COUNCILMEMBERS. 1129 00:49:26,596 --> 00:49:27,831 COUNCILMEMBERS PROVIDE PROJECT 1130 00:49:27,831 --> 00:49:30,600 IDEAS TO SDOT BY MARCH 1 AND 1131 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:35,005 SDOT THEN TAKES ABOUT TWO MONTHS 1132 00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:35,639 TO REVIEW THOSE PROJECTS. RIGHT? 1133 00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:37,974 WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 1134 00:49:37,974 --> 00:49:39,643 THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE 1135 00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:42,312 PROJECT IS FEASIBLE AND COME UP 1136 00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:43,347 WITH COST ESTIMATES. WE SHARE 1137 00:49:43,347 --> 00:49:48,318 THOSE WITH YOU ON MAY 1 WHICH 1138 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:50,020 WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 1139 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:51,221 AND THEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU 1140 00:49:51,221 --> 00:49:52,556 HAVE UNTIL JUNE 1 TO BASICALLY 1141 00:49:52,556 --> 00:50:00,330 SELECT THE PROJECT THAT YOU 1142 00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:05,569 WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROCEED THE 1143 00:50:05,569 --> 00:50:06,069 DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. 1144 00:50:06,069 --> 00:50:07,771 >> JUST ONE CLARIFICATION THERE. 1145 00:50:07,771 --> 00:50:11,808 THIS YEAR, THE DEADLINE FOR 1146 00:50:11,808 --> 00:50:13,210 COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUBMIT 1147 00:50:13,210 --> 00:50:17,180 PROJECTS WAS PUSHED BACK TO 1148 00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:18,715 APRIL 1 BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTIVE 1149 00:50:18,715 --> 00:50:27,858 PROGRAM SO IN THE FUTURE, THE 1150 00:50:27,858 --> 00:50:30,060 DEADLINE IS MARCH 20. 1151 00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:31,094 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 1152 00:50:31,094 --> 00:50:32,028 CLARIFICATION. AND YOU KNOW ONCE 1153 00:50:32,028 --> 00:50:33,630 WE GET THE PROJECT SELECTED BY 1154 00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:35,365 COUNCILMEMBERS, SDOT SELECTS 1155 00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:36,500 THOSE PROJECTS TYPICALLY WITHIN 1156 00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:39,870 ONE ON TWO YEARS. AND SO THIS 1157 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:42,239 MARCH WE RECEIVED 60 PROJECT 1158 00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,307 REQUESTS ACROSS THE SEVEN 1159 00:50:44,307 --> 00:50:45,809 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THIS MAP HERE 1160 00:50:45,809 --> 00:50:48,678 SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE 1161 00:50:48,678 --> 00:50:51,281 REQUESTS ACROSS EACH DISTRICT IN 1162 00:50:51,281 --> 00:50:53,583 THE CITY. THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS 1163 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:57,587 VARY BY DISTRICT BUT SEVERAL 1164 00:50:57,587 --> 00:50:58,688 REQUESTS WERE MADE BY EACH 1165 00:50:58,688 --> 00:51:00,757 COUNCILMEMBER . AGAIN, 60 1166 00:51:00,757 --> 00:51:01,691 PROJECTS WERE RECEIVED ACROSS 1167 00:51:01,691 --> 00:51:03,360 THE DISTRICT. WE ARE NOT HERE TO 1168 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,495 GET INTO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF 1169 00:51:05,495 --> 00:51:08,165 THE PROJECTS HERE TODAY BUT WE 1170 00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:11,334 DO WANT TO SHARE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1171 00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:14,004 THE VARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS AND 1172 00:51:14,004 --> 00:51:16,306 COMMON THEMES THAT WE SAW. 1173 00:51:16,306 --> 00:51:22,012 PROJECTS, I THINK, RANGED FROM 1174 00:51:22,012 --> 00:51:23,847 STREET PROJECTS TO PUBLIC REALM 1175 00:51:23,847 --> 00:51:25,315 IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK 1176 00:51:25,315 --> 00:51:26,683 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE MENTIONED 1177 00:51:26,683 --> 00:51:27,884 SCHOOL STREETS WITH THE MIDDLE 1178 00:51:27,884 --> 00:51:29,686 SCHOOL AND WE HAVE PLAZAS IN 1179 00:51:29,686 --> 00:51:33,457 DIFFERENT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 1180 00:51:33,457 --> 00:51:34,324 CITY INCLUDING IN COUNCILMEMBER 1181 00:51:34,324 --> 00:51:41,631 LIN'S DISTRICT. WE HAVE A TON 1182 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:47,838 OF REQUESTS, THE MAJORITY OF THE 1183 00:51:47,838 --> 00:51:49,439 REQUESTS WERE FOR ENHANCED 1184 00:51:49,439 --> 00:51:51,074 CROSSES, MARKED CROSSWALKS AND 1185 00:51:51,074 --> 00:51:56,580 TRAFFIC CALMING AND THE MAJORITY 1186 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:58,048 FOR SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND 1187 00:51:58,048 --> 00:52:01,251 BUSINESSES AS WELL. IN MARCH AND 1188 00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:03,653 APRIL, SDOT REVIEWED ALL 60 OF 1189 00:52:03,653 --> 00:52:04,688 THOSE PROJECTS. WE HAD A SMALL 1190 00:52:04,688 --> 00:52:08,725 BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF FOLKS AT SDOT 1191 00:52:08,725 --> 00:52:09,759 LEAD THE REVIEW. WE PULLED IN 1192 00:52:09,759 --> 00:52:11,862 OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS 1193 00:52:11,862 --> 00:52:20,003 WHEN NEEDED AND WERE ABLE TO GET 1194 00:52:20,003 --> 00:52:20,670 THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND 1195 00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:22,005 APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PROJECTS 1196 00:52:22,005 --> 00:52:25,141 AND WERE LOOKING AT THEM TO MAKE 1197 00:52:25,141 --> 00:52:28,245 SURE THEY WERE FEASIBLE IN THE 1198 00:52:28,245 --> 00:52:31,648 CITY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES 1199 00:52:31,648 --> 00:52:34,885 AND BEST PRACTICES. AS PART OF 1200 00:52:34,885 --> 00:52:37,454 SDOT'S REVIEW WE DEVELOPED COST 1201 00:52:37,454 --> 00:52:38,088 ESTIMATES WHICH LEADED 1202 00:52:38,088 --> 00:52:39,155 HIGH-LEVEL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, 1203 00:52:39,155 --> 00:52:40,590 AND STANDARD CONTINGENCIES AND 1204 00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:43,393 STAFF REVIEW TIME. THE AVERAGE 1205 00:52:43,393 --> 00:52:47,397 COST OF THE STAFF REVIEW WAS 1206 00:52:47,397 --> 00:52:48,698 PRETTY SMALL, ABOUT $1,000 PER 1207 00:52:48,698 --> 00:52:50,200 PROJECT WITH SOME PROJECT COSTS 1208 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,102 BEING A LITTLE HIGHER FOR 1209 00:52:52,102 --> 00:52:53,703 PROJECTS THAT REQUIRED A LITTLE 1210 00:52:53,703 --> 00:52:55,872 MORE DATA COLLECTION OR 1211 00:52:55,872 --> 00:52:57,507 ANALYSIS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE 1212 00:52:57,507 --> 00:53:00,177 REVIEW COSTS AND STAFF TIME AND 1213 00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:03,179 DATE COLLECTION IS WHAT WE WOULD 1214 00:53:03,179 --> 00:53:04,080 DO FOR A STANDARD PROJECT 1215 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:06,850 ANYWAY. SO IF SELECTED WE NOW 1216 00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:10,787 HAVE A HEAD START ON THE 1217 00:53:10,787 --> 00:53:15,659 PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THOSE 1218 00:53:15,659 --> 00:53:18,295 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. WE, THEN, 1219 00:53:18,295 --> 00:53:21,831 PREPARE PROJECT REVIEW FORMS 1220 00:53:21,831 --> 00:53:23,066 WITH COMMENTS, DESIGN CONCEPTS, 1221 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,335 COST ESTIMATES AND THAT WAS ALL 1222 00:53:25,335 --> 00:53:28,705 SENT TO YOU LAST WEEK AND DESIGN 1223 00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:29,372 OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 1224 00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:31,041 MOST OF THOSE OPTIONS WERE TO 1225 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:32,242 PROVIDE LOWER COST AND HIGHER 1226 00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:36,079 COST OPTIONS FOR THE PROJECTS TO 1227 00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:37,914 ACHIEVE THE PROJECT GOALS. I 1228 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:43,820 THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS 1229 00:53:43,820 --> 00:53:48,625 LIKE THE CURVE. WE HAVE AN 1230 00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:50,927 OPTION FOR A LOWER COST PAINTED 1231 00:53:50,927 --> 00:53:52,362 CURVE BOWL OR THE HIGHER COST 1232 00:53:52,362 --> 00:53:55,532 CONCRETE. AGAIN OUT OF THE 60 1233 00:53:55,532 --> 00:53:59,636 PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVE WE 1234 00:53:59,636 --> 00:54:00,971 RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH 55 1235 00:54:00,971 --> 00:54:04,441 OF THOSE PROJECTS AND MOST OF 1236 00:54:04,441 --> 00:54:07,377 THOSE PROJECTS CAN BE DELIVERED 1237 00:54:07,377 --> 00:54:14,818 BY SDOT CREWS IN 2027. THERE ARE 1238 00:54:14,818 --> 00:54:17,120 A COUPLE OF PROJECTIONS THAT ARE 1239 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,021 RECOMMENDED IN 2028-2029 DUE TO 1240 00:54:18,021 --> 00:54:19,055 OVERLAPPING WORK LIMITING THE 1241 00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:21,591 CONSTRUCTION FATIGUE FOR THE 1242 00:54:21,591 --> 00:54:23,927 COMMUNITY OUT THERE AND JUST 1243 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:26,796 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR RESOURCES 1244 00:54:26,796 --> 00:54:27,631 AND MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCIES THERE. 1245 00:54:27,631 --> 00:54:30,533 THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT 1246 00:54:30,533 --> 00:54:32,268 RECOMMENDED FALL INTO A COUPLE 1247 00:54:32,268 --> 00:54:33,570 OF CATEGORIES. THE FIRST 1248 00:54:33,570 --> 00:54:35,939 CATEGORY IS PROJECTS THAT WERE 1249 00:54:35,939 --> 00:54:36,706 ALREADY PLANNED OR FUNDED. RIGHT 1250 00:54:36,706 --> 00:54:38,675 IN THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT 1251 00:54:38,675 --> 00:54:39,976 WERE ALREADY PLANNED OR FUNDED, 1252 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:41,378 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE 1253 00:54:41,378 --> 00:54:47,517 PROJECTS ARE GOING TO MOVE 1254 00:54:47,517 --> 00:54:50,153 FORWARD AND THEY ARE GOING TO 1255 00:54:50,153 --> 00:54:51,988 GET SOLD TO OTHER SDOT PROGRAMS. 1256 00:54:51,988 --> 00:54:54,758 THEIR PROJECTS WERE IN A 1257 00:54:54,758 --> 00:54:56,493 CATEGORY WHERE SDOT WAS NOT ABLE 1258 00:54:56,493 --> 00:54:58,528 TO DELIVER THOSE, GOOD IDEAS AND 1259 00:54:58,528 --> 00:55:00,697 IMPROVEMENTS BUT BETTER SUITED 1260 00:55:00,697 --> 00:55:03,133 FOR A THIRD PARTY TO FUND AND 1261 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:06,336 DELIVER. SDOT CAN STILL PLAY A 1262 00:55:06,336 --> 00:55:08,838 ROLE AND SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF 1263 00:55:08,838 --> 00:55:10,273 THE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE 1264 00:55:10,273 --> 00:55:10,974 STANDARD PERMITTING PROCESSES. 1265 00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:12,609 AND WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE 1266 00:55:12,609 --> 00:55:14,678 PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT 1267 00:55:14,678 --> 00:55:17,681 RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD HAVE 1268 00:55:17,681 --> 00:55:23,186 ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH THE 1269 00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:24,220 COUNCILMEMBERS AND DISCUSSED 1270 00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:30,460 WITH THE RESPECTIVE OFFICES AS 1271 00:55:30,460 --> 00:55:32,128 WELL. SO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE 1272 00:55:32,128 --> 00:55:36,599 UNTIL JUNE 1 TO SELECT PROJECTS, 1273 00:55:36,599 --> 00:55:38,301 AGAIN, $2 MILLION CURRENTLY 1274 00:55:38,301 --> 00:55:39,169 AVAILABLE FOR EACH COUNCIL 1275 00:55:39,169 --> 00:55:40,870 DISTRICT AND $1 MILLION IN 2025 1276 00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:42,872 AND 1 MILLION IN 2026 BUT THIS 1277 00:55:42,872 --> 00:55:45,108 IS THE FIRST YEAR AND WE ARE 1278 00:55:45,108 --> 00:55:47,777 RUNNING TWO YEARS OF FUNDING 1279 00:55:47,777 --> 00:55:50,180 AVAILABLE OR $2 MILLION FOR EACH 1280 00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:51,047 DISTRICT. THE TOTAL PROJECT 1281 00:55:51,047 --> 00:55:52,382 COSTS FOR SOME OF THE DISTRICTS 1282 00:55:52,382 --> 00:55:57,020 CURRENTLY EXCEED $2 MILLION. SO 1283 00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:59,656 WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER SOME OF 1284 00:55:59,656 --> 00:56:01,725 THE LOWER-COST OPTIONS OR DEFER 1285 00:56:01,725 --> 00:56:08,598 SOME PROJECTS. AS YOU WEIGH 1286 00:56:08,598 --> 00:56:10,333 THOSE OPTIONS AND TAKE THOSE 1287 00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:12,302 UNDER CONSIDERATIONS, THE SDOT 1288 00:56:12,302 --> 00:56:14,471 FUND TEAM IS HERE TO HELP YOU. 1289 00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:17,173 AND UNUSED FUNDS COULD BE ROLLED 1290 00:56:17,173 --> 00:56:20,443 FORWARD AND USED IN ANY OTHER 1291 00:56:20,443 --> 00:56:24,013 PROCESS. SO, THE NEXT STEPS, THE 1292 00:56:24,013 --> 00:56:26,082 TEAM IS ON STANDBY TO ANSWER ANY 1293 00:56:26,082 --> 00:56:27,450 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT 1294 00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:29,419 REVIEWS WE PROVIDED TO YOU NEXT 1295 00:56:29,419 --> 00:56:31,387 WEEK AND THE COST ESTIMATES AS 1296 00:56:31,387 --> 00:56:33,757 WELL AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO 1297 00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:40,196 REACH OUT TO US TO DISCUSS ANY 1298 00:56:40,196 --> 00:56:42,532 PROJECTS AHEAD OF THE JUNE 1 1299 00:56:42,532 --> 00:56:43,333 DEADLINE. COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE 1300 00:56:43,333 --> 00:56:45,702 UNTIL JUNE 1 TO SELECT THEIR 1301 00:56:45,702 --> 00:56:48,104 PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE 1302 00:56:48,104 --> 00:56:48,805 FIRST INAUGURAL ROUND OF PROJECT 1303 00:56:48,805 --> 00:56:50,673 FUNDS AND THEN WE WILL RUN INTO 1304 00:56:50,673 --> 00:56:56,846 THE DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECTS 1305 00:56:56,846 --> 00:56:58,882 AND MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL 1306 00:56:58,882 --> 00:57:01,785 BE DELIVERED IN 2027. AND 1307 00:57:01,785 --> 00:57:03,953 LASTLY, I WILL SAY WE WILL 1308 00:57:03,953 --> 00:57:04,721 PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH REGULAR 1309 00:57:04,721 --> 00:57:05,889 UPDATES THROUGH THE PROCESS AND 1310 00:57:05,889 --> 00:57:08,391 WE ARE ON STAND BY TO HELP YOU 1311 00:57:08,391 --> 00:57:10,293 IN ANY WAY THAT YOU NEED, AND 1312 00:57:10,293 --> 00:57:13,429 FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US. I 1313 00:57:13,429 --> 00:57:17,200 THINK WE ARE ALL REALLY, REALLY 1314 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,768 HAPPY THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED 1315 00:57:18,768 --> 00:57:23,506 GREAT PROJECTS FORS THAT YOU 1316 00:57:23,506 --> 00:57:30,046 WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PROVIDE A GREAT 1317 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:30,647 BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO 1318 00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:35,752 THANK YOU. 1319 00:57:35,752 --> 00:57:36,920 >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE 1320 00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:37,554 PRESENTATION HERE. COLLEAGUES, 1321 00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:38,855 AT THIS POINT I WILL OPEN FOR 1322 00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:39,956 COMMENTS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE 1323 00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:42,759 WITH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IF YOU 1324 00:57:42,759 --> 00:57:43,526 HAVE ANY. 1325 00:57:43,526 --> 00:57:45,862 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DON'T 1326 00:57:45,862 --> 00:57:46,162 HAVE ANY. 1327 00:57:46,162 --> 00:57:48,731 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1328 00:57:48,731 --> 00:57:50,767 >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO 1329 00:57:50,767 --> 00:57:53,236 THANK SDOT FOR ALL THE WORK. 1330 00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:56,906 IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT 1331 00:57:56,906 --> 00:57:59,409 PROCESS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THESE 1332 00:57:59,409 --> 00:58:01,511 PROJECTS GET DESIGNED, HOW THEY 1333 00:58:01,511 --> 00:58:02,245 GET IMPLEMENTED. I AM REALLY 1334 00:58:02,245 --> 00:58:07,550 EXCITED TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP 1335 00:58:07,550 --> 00:58:09,586 AND SEE THESE GET BUILT. I THINK 1336 00:58:09,586 --> 00:58:11,020 YOUR PRESENTATION NOTED THE 1337 00:58:11,020 --> 00:58:12,822 OVERWHELMING SENSE FROM THE 1338 00:58:12,822 --> 00:58:14,090 REQUESTS IS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS 1339 00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:15,058 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. 1340 00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:16,492 RIGHT? AND YOU WERE TALKING 1341 00:58:16,492 --> 00:58:19,496 ABOUT THIS EARLIER WITH SHARED 1342 00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:22,265 STREETS AND IT'S JUST BEEN A 1343 00:58:22,265 --> 00:58:24,234 TOP PRIORITY FOR THIS COMMITTEE 1344 00:58:24,234 --> 00:58:28,771 AROUND VISION ZERO AND YOU KNOW, 1345 00:58:28,771 --> 00:58:31,040 THIS -- IT'S BEEN INTERESTING 1346 00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,176 TO SEE NEIGHBORS GALVANIZING AND 1347 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:34,510 SAYING, HEY, WE WANT INCREASED 1348 00:58:34,510 --> 00:58:35,778 SAFETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 1349 00:58:35,778 --> 00:58:37,647 WHERE OUR KIDS ARE, YOU KNOW, TO 1350 00:58:37,647 --> 00:58:39,682 GIVE THEM A VOICE AND TO ALLOW 1351 00:58:39,682 --> 00:58:43,019 THEM TO SORT OF ENGAGE IN THIS 1352 00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:45,922 PROCESS AND TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE 1353 00:58:45,922 --> 00:58:48,124 OUR STREETS SAFER. IT HAS BEEN 1354 00:58:48,124 --> 00:58:53,596 REWARDING IN THAT REGARD AS 1355 00:58:53,596 --> 00:58:57,667 WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY 1356 00:58:57,667 --> 00:58:58,101 THANK YOU. 1357 00:58:58,101 --> 00:59:00,603 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1358 00:59:00,603 --> 00:59:01,604 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE FLOOR 1359 00:59:01,604 --> 00:59:01,971 IS YOURS. 1360 00:59:01,971 --> 00:59:02,705 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. LIKE 1361 00:59:02,705 --> 00:59:03,907 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I WANT TO 1362 00:59:03,907 --> 00:59:05,475 THANK THE SDOT TEAM FOR YOUR 1363 00:59:05,475 --> 00:59:08,244 WORK ACROSS THE BOARD. I REALLY 1364 00:59:08,244 --> 00:59:11,080 APPRECIATE IT. I BELIEVE WE HAD 1365 00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:12,916 ONE THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE 1366 00:59:12,916 --> 00:59:16,286 BOOKS. I THINK WE FIGURED THAT 1367 00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:17,520 OUT EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER 1368 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:22,058 AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE 1369 00:59:22,058 --> 00:59:24,160 WITH VISION ZERO AS A GUIDING 1370 00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:28,131 LIGHT FOR PROJECTS ACROSS 1371 00:59:28,131 --> 00:59:30,033 UPTOWN, QUEEN ANNE, MAGNOLIA, 1372 00:59:30,033 --> 00:59:32,268 AND I THINK ALL THE PROJECTS 1373 00:59:32,268 --> 00:59:33,937 WILL FACILITATE OTHER PROJECTS 1374 00:59:33,937 --> 00:59:35,838 LIKE THE CIVIC CAMPUS POINT I 1375 00:59:35,838 --> 00:59:37,941 RAISED EARLIER IN THE PREVIOUS 1376 00:59:37,941 --> 00:59:42,245 AGENDA ITEM OR WHEN I TALK ABOUT 1377 00:59:42,245 --> 00:59:43,446 NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES IN THE 1378 00:59:43,446 --> 00:59:45,982 APPROACH IN TERMS OF THE D7 PART 1379 00:59:45,982 --> 00:59:50,753 OF MAGNOLIA, THE ONE PART OF 1380 00:59:50,753 --> 00:59:52,055 MAGNOLIA THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT 1381 00:59:52,055 --> 00:59:54,791 KIND OF VILLAGE, AND I THINK THE 1382 00:59:54,791 --> 00:59:55,658 TRANSPORTATION SHOULD MATCH THE 1383 00:59:55,658 --> 00:59:59,128 LAND USE. AS I HAVE OFTEN SAID, 1384 00:59:59,128 --> 01:00:01,064 TWO SIDES OF THE COIN. USUALLY I 1385 01:00:01,064 --> 01:00:03,232 AM TALKING ABOUT PSRC AND THE 1386 01:00:03,232 --> 01:00:06,703 PLAN AND BALLARD LINK EXTENSION 1387 01:00:06,703 --> 01:00:08,805 BUT IT APPLIES HERE, TOO, THAT 1388 01:00:08,805 --> 01:00:13,643 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION 1389 01:00:13,643 --> 01:00:22,352 IDEAS AND WORK REALLY NEED TO BE 1390 01:00:22,352 --> 01:00:24,854 PAIRED UP CLOSELY. THANK YOU. 1391 01:00:24,854 --> 01:00:28,524 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1392 01:00:28,524 --> 01:00:35,965 KETTLE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU 1393 01:00:35,965 --> 01:00:37,967 MR. CURTIN AND LaBORDE AND SIMON 1394 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:39,869 BLENSKI, I HOPE HE IS NOT 1395 01:00:39,869 --> 01:00:41,838 WATCHING US ON THE SEATTLE 1396 01:00:41,838 --> 01:00:45,341 CHANNEL BUT HOME RESTING. BUT 1397 01:00:45,341 --> 01:00:47,844 LIFE GOES ON AND APPRECIATE HIS 1398 01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:48,778 PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING TO 1399 01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:51,080 IMPLEMENT THIS VITAL PROGRAM AND 1400 01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:52,882 WORKING WITH ME AND MY OFFICE 1401 01:00:52,882 --> 01:00:54,984 AND THE OFFICES OF MY COLLEAGUES 1402 01:00:54,984 --> 01:00:57,687 TO GET US TO THIS POINT, PLENTY 1403 01:00:57,687 --> 01:00:59,122 MORE WORK TO DO, OF COURSE. WE 1404 01:00:59,122 --> 01:01:02,258 JUST BASICALLY ARE JUST AT THE 1405 01:01:02,258 --> 01:01:04,894 SELECTION PHASE RIGHT NOW. AND I 1406 01:01:04,894 --> 01:01:07,697 WANT TO THANK SDOT FOR THEIR 1407 01:01:07,697 --> 01:01:09,832 PARTNERSHIP. AND COLLEAGUES, I 1408 01:01:09,832 --> 01:01:12,802 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 1409 01:01:12,802 --> 01:01:13,569 PARTNERSHIP AND STRONG 1410 01:01:13,569 --> 01:01:16,839 ENGAGEMENT IN THIS VITAL SAFETY 1411 01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:18,875 PROGRAM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. TO 1412 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:22,845 SAY IT WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IS 1413 01:01:22,845 --> 01:01:26,049 PROBABLY A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT 1414 01:01:26,049 --> 01:01:27,884 BASED OFF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT 1415 01:01:27,884 --> 01:01:29,819 I'M HEARING, THE DISCUSSIONS 1416 01:01:29,819 --> 01:01:33,556 THAT I HAD AND CHECKING IN WITH 1417 01:01:33,556 --> 01:01:37,927 SDOT AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH 1418 01:01:37,927 --> 01:01:39,595 OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES AS WELL 1419 01:01:39,595 --> 01:01:40,997 WHICH TERRIFIC NEWS. JUST TO 1420 01:01:40,997 --> 01:01:47,804 REMIND ABOUT THIS VITAL PROGRAM 1421 01:01:47,804 --> 01:01:55,178 AND HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHED FROM 1422 01:01:55,178 --> 01:01:59,515 MY PERSPECTIVE, AS ONE OF THE 1423 01:01:59,515 --> 01:02:00,850 ARCHITECTS -- ACTUALLY, THE 1424 01:02:00,850 --> 01:02:04,787 ENTIRE COUNCIL PASSED THIS SO MY 1425 01:02:04,787 --> 01:02:08,458 NAME WASN'T SOLELY ON THIS BUT 1426 01:02:08,458 --> 01:02:12,995 THE ENTIRE COUNCIL PASSED THIS 1427 01:02:12,995 --> 01:02:14,964 IN FALL 2024 BUDGET, AND 1428 01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:17,333 ESTABLISHED FOR CALIFORNIA YEAR 1429 01:02:17,333 --> 01:02:20,937 2025 AND 2026, $1 MILLION EACH 1430 01:02:20,937 --> 01:02:22,772 FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN RESPECTIVE 1431 01:02:22,772 --> 01:02:26,709 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AT THE TIME, 1432 01:02:26,709 --> 01:02:32,448 TODAY THIS, IS ALLOWING OUR CITY 1433 01:02:32,448 --> 01:02:33,683 TO BE COLLECTIVELY MORE 1434 01:02:33,683 --> 01:02:34,751 RESPONSIVE TO HYPERLOCAL NEEDS, 1435 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:35,918 HYPERLOCAL NEEDS, AND ALSO 1436 01:02:35,918 --> 01:02:40,056 ADVANCE CRITICAL SAFETY PROJECTS 1437 01:02:40,056 --> 01:02:46,762 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT A HIGH 1438 01:02:46,762 --> 01:02:49,766 LEVEL, THOSE ARE THE TWO GOALS. 1439 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:52,802 WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING, OUR 1440 01:02:52,802 --> 01:02:56,172 COUNCIL, WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 1441 01:02:56,172 --> 01:02:58,274 PROSPECTS AND SERVICES IN ANY 1442 01:02:58,274 --> 01:02:59,509 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. IN THIS 1443 01:02:59,509 --> 01:03:00,810 CASE, SDOT HAS NUMEROUS TRAFFIC 1444 01:03:00,810 --> 01:03:01,911 SAFETY PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS 1445 01:03:01,911 --> 01:03:07,650 AND FUNDS AND MONEY THEY CAN USE 1446 01:03:07,650 --> 01:03:10,786 TO DO ANY NUMBER OF COOL THINGS 1447 01:03:10,786 --> 01:03:12,989 TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON OUR ROADS 1448 01:03:12,989 --> 01:03:13,956 WITH THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD 1449 01:03:13,956 --> 01:03:17,860 STREET FUND BEFORE THAT AND 1450 01:03:17,860 --> 01:03:20,663 THERE'S A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL 1451 01:03:20,663 --> 01:03:26,602 FUND. THERE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1452 01:03:26,602 --> 01:03:28,271 TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, VISION 1453 01:03:28,271 --> 01:03:29,872 ZERO PROGRAM RESOURCES AND SO 1454 01:03:29,872 --> 01:03:33,509 MUCH MORE. WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE 1455 01:03:33,509 --> 01:03:40,917 FUNDED EACH OF THOSE VITAL 1456 01:03:40,917 --> 01:03:43,219 PROGRAMS FOR TENS OF MILLIONS OF 1457 01:03:43,219 --> 01:03:45,254 DOLLARS. THE DEPARTMENT RETAINS 1458 01:03:45,254 --> 01:03:49,559 DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHERE TO 1459 01:03:49,559 --> 01:03:54,897 BUILD THE PROGRAMS FROM A 1460 01:03:54,897 --> 01:03:59,101 CITY-WIDE PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE 1461 01:03:59,101 --> 01:04:01,671 HERE AT COUNCIL ARE INTERESTED 1462 01:04:01,671 --> 01:04:04,840 IN WHAT IS CITY WIDE NOT THE 1463 01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:05,608 BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT. 1464 01:04:05,608 --> 01:04:08,978 SOMETIMES, IT IS, AND SOMETIMES, 1465 01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:12,515 IT'S NOT AND WE WANT TO BE 1466 01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:17,053 RESPONSIVE TO THE HYPERLOCAL 1467 01:04:17,053 --> 01:04:22,158 NEEDS AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN 1468 01:04:22,158 --> 01:04:25,828 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ERGO, THE 1469 01:04:25,828 --> 01:04:28,831 PROGRAM. WE PASSED PROGRAMS LAST 1470 01:04:28,831 --> 01:04:30,132 FALL AND WE ARE ALL OPERATING 1471 01:04:30,132 --> 01:04:35,805 FROM THE SHAME SHEET OF MUSIC 1472 01:04:35,805 --> 01:04:40,776 AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 1473 01:04:40,776 --> 01:04:48,184 THIS WILL BE STRUCTURED, RUN AND 1474 01:04:48,184 --> 01:04:51,287 IMPLEMENTED AND WE HAVE 1475 01:04:51,287 --> 01:04:53,756 ESTABLISHED A TIMELINE, AND EACH 1476 01:04:53,756 --> 01:04:57,660 OF US ARE FREE TO BEAT THE 1477 01:04:57,660 --> 01:05:01,597 TIMELINES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE 1478 01:05:01,597 --> 01:05:03,633 DEPARTMENT TO DO THE SAME ON 1479 01:05:03,633 --> 01:05:06,269 THEIR END. THIS PROGRAM WAS 1480 01:05:06,269 --> 01:05:10,973 FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER THIS 1481 01:05:10,973 --> 01:05:15,978 YEAR, 2026. THERE IS NO CURRENT 1482 01:05:15,978 --> 01:05:18,514 FUNDING ESTABLISHED FOR THIS 1483 01:05:18,514 --> 01:05:25,621 PROGRAM GIVEN THE WILD SUCCESS 1484 01:05:25,621 --> 01:05:33,262 OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE DIRECT 1485 01:05:33,262 --> 01:05:38,567 TIE AND NEXUS TO STRENGTHEN OUR 1486 01:05:38,567 --> 01:05:40,236 SAFETY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE 1487 01:05:40,236 --> 01:05:41,837 FUNDING TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM 1488 01:05:41,837 --> 01:05:49,512 AND BEYOND, AND THIS IS CALLING 1489 01:05:49,512 --> 01:05:54,116 ON EXACTLY THAT. BUT ANYWAY, A 1490 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:57,954 GREAT PROGRAM AND APPRECIATE 1491 01:05:57,954 --> 01:06:00,623 SDOT WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIP. AND 1492 01:06:00,623 --> 01:06:10,132 MR. CURTIN, I THINK SLIDE NOTES 1493 01:06:10,132 --> 01:06:12,601 THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE UNTIL 1494 01:06:12,601 --> 01:06:14,637 JUNE 1 -- I HAVE ALREADY BEATEN 1495 01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:15,671 THAT. WE ENDEAVOR TO BE GREAT 1496 01:06:15,671 --> 01:06:17,873 PARTNERS. WE DON'T WANT THE 1497 01:06:17,873 --> 01:06:26,549 BLOCKER TO BE ON OUR END. I 1498 01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:30,553 APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN 1499 01:06:30,553 --> 01:06:34,657 GETTING THESE DONE. OFTEN TIMES 1500 01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:44,900 IN A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE IN MY 1501 01:06:44,900 --> 01:06:46,135 NEWSLETTER YESTERDAY THAT WERE 1502 01:06:46,135 --> 01:06:46,969 SELECTED FOR FUNDING, FAIRMOUNT 1503 01:06:46,969 --> 01:06:48,471 PARK FAUNTLEROY PROJECT, THE 1504 01:06:48,471 --> 01:06:51,640 TRAFFIC FUNDING AND THE LIGHTING 1505 01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:54,110 SIGNALS -- SORRY. I SHOULD KNOW 1506 01:06:54,110 --> 01:06:57,179 THE APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING 1507 01:06:57,179 --> 01:07:00,483 TERMS. SEE MY NEWSLETTER PER MY 1508 01:07:00,483 --> 01:07:08,724 LAST EMAIL. SINCE I TOOK OFFICE 1509 01:07:08,724 --> 01:07:10,559 IN '24, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE 1510 01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:11,427 STARTED RECEIVING CALLS AND 1511 01:07:11,427 --> 01:07:12,361 EMAILS AND CONSTITUENT REQUESTS 1512 01:07:12,361 --> 01:07:14,463 FROM FAMILIES AT THE SCHOOLS AND 1513 01:07:14,463 --> 01:07:17,767 THOSE WHO DON'T GO TO SCHOOL AT 1514 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:19,635 ALL BUT REGULARLY USE THE CITY 1515 01:07:19,635 --> 01:07:24,640 PARK NEXT DOOR AND THE PLAY 1516 01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:27,910 FIELD IS NEXT DOOR AND WALK 1517 01:07:27,910 --> 01:07:30,780 THEIR DOG AND GO TO SUPPORT THE 1518 01:07:30,780 --> 01:07:32,548 LOCAL BUSINESSES, CLOSE TO THE 1519 01:07:32,548 --> 01:07:35,284 MORGAN JUNCTION, WHATEVER IT IS. 1520 01:07:35,284 --> 01:07:41,357 WE STARTED -- OVER THE LAST TWO 1521 01:07:41,357 --> 01:07:49,265 YEARS WE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF 1522 01:07:49,265 --> 01:07:53,068 CALLS AND EMAILS ASKING FOR A 1523 01:07:53,068 --> 01:07:55,204 TRAFFIC LIGHT OR A SAFE TRAVEL 1524 01:07:55,204 --> 01:07:58,174 TO ARRIVE FROM ONE SIDE SAFELY 1525 01:07:58,174 --> 01:07:59,475 TO THE OTHER. TODAY, IT'S THE 1526 01:07:59,475 --> 01:08:01,243 OLD-FASHIONED WOODEN POLES WITH 1527 01:08:01,243 --> 01:08:03,612 THE ORANGE FLAGS ON EACH SIDE OF 1528 01:08:03,612 --> 01:08:06,081 THE STREET. THE IDEA IS THE 1529 01:08:06,081 --> 01:08:08,117 CITY, WE KNOW PEDESTRIANS ARE 1530 01:08:08,117 --> 01:08:08,851 CROSSING HERE. NO MARKED 1531 01:08:08,851 --> 01:08:09,919 CROSSWALKS. BUT THIS IS OUR 1532 01:08:09,919 --> 01:08:11,687 EFFORT TO IDEALLY MAKE IT AS 1533 01:08:11,687 --> 01:08:14,123 SAFE AS POSSIBLE RECOGNIZING 1534 01:08:14,123 --> 01:08:24,667 THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO MORE 1535 01:08:24,867 --> 01:08:27,937 AND HAVE A MORE PERMANENT 1536 01:08:27,937 --> 01:08:32,541 SOLUTION AND SO REGULARLY 1537 01:08:32,541 --> 01:08:41,250 FAMILIES, HUNDREDS PER DAY 1538 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:44,186 PROBABLY ARE CROSSING ACROSS A 1539 01:08:44,186 --> 01:08:45,121 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE -- FAUNTLEROY 1540 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:47,423 -- A MAJOR ARTERIAL -- 1541 01:08:47,423 --> 01:08:48,991 FAUNTLEROY -- AND SOMETIMES, 1542 01:08:48,991 --> 01:08:52,595 THESE PROJECTS FALL BELOW THE 1543 01:08:52,595 --> 01:08:55,798 CUTLINE FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE. 1544 01:08:55,798 --> 01:09:00,936 AND THAT'S WHY THESE PROJECTS 1545 01:09:00,936 --> 01:09:02,571 ARE SO IMPORTANT. IT EXPECTS 1546 01:09:02,571 --> 01:09:04,440 EXPEDITE THESE VITAL PROGRAMS 1547 01:09:04,440 --> 01:09:07,543 ACROSS THE CITY TO KEEP PEOPLE 1548 01:09:07,543 --> 01:09:11,847 SAFE. AND ALTHOUGH IN THE 1549 01:09:11,847 --> 01:09:18,454 LEGISLATION, OUR PARTNERS AT 1550 01:09:18,454 --> 01:09:20,422 SDOT, WE ALIGN ON MINIMUM 1551 01:09:20,422 --> 01:09:20,956 STANDARDS FOR TIMING. I 1552 01:09:20,956 --> 01:09:23,092 ENCOURAGE TO EXCEED ON THE 1553 01:09:23,092 --> 01:09:24,894 PROJECTS -- A LOT OF PROJECTS. I 1554 01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:26,996 GET THAT ON TOP OF OTHER GREAT 1555 01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:28,030 WORKS GOING ON ACROSS THE CITY. 1556 01:09:28,030 --> 01:09:32,735 IT'S A LOT OF PROJECTS BUT I 1557 01:09:32,735 --> 01:09:34,069 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU 1558 01:09:34,069 --> 01:09:37,039 ALL TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE AND 1559 01:09:37,039 --> 01:09:40,309 FIND OUT WHICH ONES WE CAN GET 1560 01:09:40,309 --> 01:09:47,082 DONE THIS YEAR. AS A STARTING 1561 01:09:47,082 --> 01:09:49,018 POINT, I WOULD POSIT IF 1562 01:09:49,018 --> 01:09:49,852 ANYTHING, ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE 1563 01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:51,520 CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SCHOOLS -- 1564 01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:53,622 I MENTIONED ONE IN MY DISTRICT 1565 01:09:53,622 --> 01:09:57,092 AND I MENTIONED ONE IN ANOTHER 1566 01:09:57,092 --> 01:09:59,528 DISTRICT, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU 1567 01:09:59,528 --> 01:10:00,829 KNOW, ADVANCE -- TO HELP 1568 01:10:00,829 --> 01:10:01,530 FACILITATE THOSE SAFE 1569 01:10:01,530 --> 01:10:03,198 CONNECTIONS, I WOULD STRONGLY 1570 01:10:03,198 --> 01:10:05,234 PRIORITIZE THOSE BUT AGAIN, LOOK 1571 01:10:05,234 --> 01:10:06,101 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE 1572 01:10:06,101 --> 01:10:08,037 DEPARTMENT OFFLINE TO FIGURE OUT 1573 01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:11,540 WHICH ONES WE CAN GET DONE AND 1574 01:10:11,540 --> 01:10:15,978 DELIVER THIS YEAR AND EXCEED 1575 01:10:15,978 --> 01:10:18,314 SOME EXPECTATIONS. SO IN ANY 1576 01:10:18,314 --> 01:10:20,182 EVENT, THANK YOU AGAIN. REALLY 1577 01:10:20,182 --> 01:10:22,217 APPRECIATE IT, COLLEGES AND 1578 01:10:22,217 --> 01:10:24,186 SDOT. WE WILL -- UNLESS YOU ALL 1579 01:10:24,186 --> 01:10:25,220 HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD -- 1580 01:10:25,220 --> 01:10:28,657 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 1581 01:10:28,657 --> 01:10:30,192 TO ALL OF AND YOUR COLLEAGUES. 1582 01:10:30,192 --> 01:10:33,028 YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LIST OF 1583 01:10:33,028 --> 01:10:37,633 PROJECTS, AND I GOT TO BE A 1584 01:10:37,633 --> 01:10:38,901 LITTLE MORE INVOLVED IN THE 1585 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:39,702 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS 1586 01:10:39,702 --> 01:10:41,437 THAN I NORMALLY AM BECAUSE OF 1587 01:10:41,437 --> 01:10:44,239 THE PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE A LOT 1588 01:10:44,239 --> 01:10:46,175 OF ENTHUSIASM AND CONTINUE TO 1589 01:10:46,175 --> 01:10:51,747 HAVE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT 1590 01:10:51,747 --> 01:10:53,582 THE PROJECTS. SO THANK YOU FOR 1591 01:10:53,582 --> 01:10:58,787 PUTTING SO MUCH THOUGHT INTO 1592 01:10:58,787 --> 01:10:58,988 THEM. 1593 01:10:58,988 --> 01:10:59,588 >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 1594 01:10:59,588 --> 01:11:00,256 >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE 1595 01:11:00,256 --> 01:11:02,157 ON TO OUR THIRD AND FINAL ITEM 1596 01:11:02,157 --> 01:11:05,961 OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 1597 01:11:05,961 --> 01:11:07,529 PLEASE READ ITEM THREE INTO THE 1598 01:11:07,529 --> 01:11:07,763 RECORD? 1599 01:11:07,763 --> 01:11:09,598 >> AGENDA ITEM 3, CLERK FILE, 1600 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:09,765 314530. 1601 01:11:14,336 --> 01:11:15,170 PETITION OF THE YEW, LLC, FOR 1602 01:11:15,170 --> 01:11:15,771 THE VACATION OF A PORTION THE 1603 01:11:15,771 --> 01:11:17,640 ALLEY LYING WITHIN BLOCK TWO, 1604 01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:18,307 WEGENER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY 1605 01:11:18,307 --> 01:11:23,078 OF SEATTLE, BEING THE BLOCK 1606 01:11:23,078 --> 01:11:28,050 BOUNDED BY NORTH 87th STREET, 1607 01:11:28,050 --> 01:11:35,057 1st AVENUE NORTHWEST PALATINE 1608 01:11:35,057 --> 01:11:35,658 AVENUE NORTH, AND NORTH 85th 1609 01:11:35,658 --> 01:11:36,258 STREET, AT 8623 PALATINE AVE 1610 01:11:36,258 --> 01:11:40,429 NORTH. 1611 01:11:47,436 --> 01:11:51,340 >> THANK YOU. WE DON'T NEED 1612 01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:52,608 FORMERLY COMMENCE A PUBLIC 1613 01:11:52,608 --> 01:11:56,845 HEARING UNTIL THEY SPEAK. RIGHT? 1614 01:11:56,845 --> 01:11:58,547 >> EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE 1615 01:11:58,547 --> 01:11:58,881 PRESENTATION. 1616 01:11:58,881 --> 01:12:01,550 >> OKAY. LET'S GET THE 1617 01:12:01,550 --> 01:12:02,451 PRESENTATION ANY WELCOME, 1618 01:12:02,451 --> 01:12:03,085 PRESENTERS. FULL, ROBUST TABLE 1619 01:12:03,085 --> 01:12:03,752 TODAY. I WELCOME EVERYONE. I 1620 01:12:03,752 --> 01:12:08,957 WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN 1621 01:12:08,957 --> 01:12:14,530 YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE 1622 01:12:14,530 --> 01:12:24,039 CAN KICK OFF THE FORMAL HEARING. 1623 01:12:24,039 --> 01:12:26,041 >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND 1624 01:12:26,041 --> 01:12:28,744 THE COUNCIL HAS THREE ON A 1625 01:12:28,744 --> 01:12:30,379 VACATION PROPOSAL. WHEN A 1626 01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:31,847 PROPERTY OWNER PETITIONS THE 1627 01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:33,215 CITY TO VACATE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY 1628 01:12:33,215 --> 01:12:35,350 NEXT TO A PROPERTY, THE COUNCIL 1629 01:12:35,350 --> 01:12:37,953 MAY CHOOSE TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING 1630 01:12:37,953 --> 01:12:41,056 ON THE PROPOSAL AT THAT POINT 1631 01:12:41,056 --> 01:12:46,195 AND PROVIDE INPUT. THE COMMITTEE 1632 01:12:46,195 --> 01:12:47,496 OR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 1633 01:12:47,496 --> 01:12:49,932 RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THIS 1634 01:12:49,932 --> 01:12:51,633 PROPOSAL IN 2024. ONCE THE 1635 01:12:51,633 --> 01:12:53,902 PETITION HAS BEEN FILED, THE 1636 01:12:53,902 --> 01:12:55,738 CITY DEVELOPMENTS AND THE SCALE 1637 01:12:55,738 --> 01:12:56,638 DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW IT AND 1638 01:12:56,638 --> 01:12:59,174 DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION TO THE 1639 01:12:59,174 --> 01:13:00,743 CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER OR 1640 01:13:00,743 --> 01:13:02,811 NOT IT SHOULD BE APPROVED AND 1641 01:13:02,811 --> 01:13:06,081 WHAT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE PLACED 1642 01:13:06,081 --> 01:13:08,050 ON THE APPROVAL. THAT'S THE 1643 01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:09,752 STATE WE'RE AT NOW. THIS IS THE 1644 01:13:09,752 --> 01:13:10,719 SUBSTANTIVE DECISION ON THIS. 1645 01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:14,423 AND IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHETHER 1646 01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:16,792 OR NOT TO IMPROVE THIS AND 1647 01:13:16,792 --> 01:13:20,562 WHETHER OR NOT THE CONDITIONS 1648 01:13:20,562 --> 01:13:21,597 THAT SDOT HAS PROPOSED ARE 1649 01:13:21,597 --> 01:13:23,332 APPROPRIATE. THE FINAL STEP IS 1650 01:13:23,332 --> 01:13:24,266 AFTER APPROVAL, ONCE THE 1651 01:13:24,266 --> 01:13:26,468 CONDITIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS 1652 01:13:26,468 --> 01:13:27,636 PLACED ON THE VACATION HAS BEEN 1653 01:13:27,636 --> 01:13:32,541 MET, AN ORDINANCE WILL COME TO 1654 01:13:32,541 --> 01:13:34,643 YOU AND AT THAT POINT YOU ARE 1655 01:13:34,643 --> 01:13:37,846 PROVIDING THE FINAL AGREEMENT 1656 01:13:37,846 --> 01:13:40,816 THAT THEY MET THE CONDITIONS AND 1657 01:13:40,816 --> 01:13:42,684 THE CITY RECEIVED THEIR 1658 01:13:42,684 --> 01:13:45,387 RIGHT-OF-WAY. AT THE BACK OF THE 1659 01:13:45,387 --> 01:13:50,025 MEMO FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS A 1660 01:13:50,025 --> 01:13:51,326 SET OF PROPOSED CONDITIONS BASED 1661 01:13:51,326 --> 01:13:52,060 ON SDOT'S RECOMMENDED 1662 01:13:52,060 --> 01:13:53,462 CONDITIONS. AT THE NEXT MEETING 1663 01:13:53,462 --> 01:13:55,264 IF YOU AGREE WITH THE 1664 01:13:55,264 --> 01:13:58,100 CONDITIONS, THEY'LL BE ADDED TO 1665 01:13:58,100 --> 01:13:59,868 THE CLERK FILE, AND THIS 1666 01:13:59,868 --> 01:14:01,103 COMMITTEE WOULD RECOMMEND 1667 01:14:01,103 --> 01:14:02,704 APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. 1668 01:14:02,704 --> 01:14:11,713 AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SDOT 1669 01:14:11,713 --> 01:14:17,186 TO KICK OFF MORE SUBSTANTIVE 1670 01:14:17,186 --> 01:14:18,020 UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS. 1671 01:14:18,020 --> 01:14:19,021 >> THANK YOU, MR. WOODSON. MY 1672 01:14:19,021 --> 01:14:19,655 MEA CULPA. APPRECIATE THAT 1673 01:14:19,655 --> 01:14:20,489 OVERVIEW FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF 1674 01:14:20,489 --> 01:14:21,457 AND LET'S GIVE EVERYONE THE 1675 01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:21,990 OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE 1676 01:14:21,990 --> 01:14:25,594 YOURSELVES AND THEN TAKE IT DOWN 1677 01:14:25,594 --> 01:14:33,469 THE LINE TO DO THE SUBSTANTIVE 1678 01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:34,036 PRESENTATION PORTION. SO GO 1679 01:14:34,036 --> 01:14:38,373 AHEAD. 1680 01:14:38,373 --> 01:14:42,211 >> I WILL START. I AM MOLLY 1681 01:14:42,211 --> 01:14:42,845 LAWRENCE REPRESENTING THE OWNER. 1682 01:14:42,845 --> 01:14:44,012 HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST YOU 1683 01:14:44,012 --> 01:14:46,582 NEED TO HEAR FROM ME. 1684 01:14:46,582 --> 01:14:50,285 >> I AM FROM CENTRAL STAFF. 1685 01:14:50,285 --> 01:14:55,691 >> PHILLIP WARD, SDOT. 1686 01:14:55,691 --> 01:14:57,192 >> I AM THE ARCHITECT OF 1687 01:14:57,192 --> 01:14:57,493 OWNERSHIP. 1688 01:14:57,493 --> 01:14:58,760 >> AMY GRAY, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 1689 01:14:58,760 --> 01:14:59,528 OF TRANSPORTATION. 1690 01:14:59,528 --> 01:15:00,596 >> MICHAEL JENKINS, SEATTLE 1691 01:15:00,596 --> 01:15:01,029 DESIGN COMMISSION. 1692 01:15:01,029 --> 01:15:05,734 >> KELSEY TIMMER, SDOT. 1693 01:15:05,734 --> 01:15:06,301 >> JEFF SWANSON, GREENWOOD 1694 01:15:06,301 --> 01:15:10,239 SHOPPING CENTER INCORPORATED. 1695 01:15:10,239 --> 01:15:12,107 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 1696 01:15:12,107 --> 01:15:13,408 TIME TODAY. SO AS WAS MOTED, THE 1697 01:15:13,408 --> 01:15:15,077 VACATION FOR AN ALLEY TO DEVELOP 1698 01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:17,412 A PROJECT IN THE GREENWOOD AREA 1699 01:15:17,412 --> 01:15:19,515 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY 1700 01:15:19,515 --> 01:15:22,184 COUNCIL ADOPTED POLICIES AND THE 1701 01:15:22,184 --> 01:15:24,887 CRITERIA INTO THE SEATTLE 1702 01:15:24,887 --> 01:15:26,221 MUNICIPAL CODE AND REVISED CODE 1703 01:15:26,221 --> 01:15:28,023 OF WASHINGTON. IT'S EVALUATED 1704 01:15:28,023 --> 01:15:30,158 ON TWO IMPORTANT ELEMENTS, 1705 01:15:30,158 --> 01:15:31,193 PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC BENEFIT. 1706 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:33,128 PUBLIC TRUST LOOKS AT ONCE THE 1707 01:15:33,128 --> 01:15:35,364 ALLEY WAS USED HOW DO THE 1708 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:37,065 REMAINING WORK ON THE SITE? THE 1709 01:15:37,065 --> 01:15:40,569 PROJECT HAS BEEN THROUGH A 1710 01:15:40,569 --> 01:15:42,704 THOROUGH VIEW WITH SDOT AND A 1711 01:15:42,704 --> 01:15:43,839 STREET IMPROVEMENT REVIEW, 1712 01:15:43,839 --> 01:15:46,241 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1713 01:15:46,241 --> 01:15:47,676 ZONING REVIEWS AND ALL OTHER 1714 01:15:47,676 --> 01:15:49,144 TYPES OF REVIEWS THAT WE TALK 1715 01:15:49,144 --> 01:15:50,646 EXTENSIVELY ABOUT AND THEY ARE 1716 01:15:50,646 --> 01:15:54,416 ALL WEIGHING IN TO ADDRESS 1717 01:15:54,416 --> 01:15:55,784 IMPACT IF THE ALLEY IS VACATED. 1718 01:15:55,784 --> 01:15:58,287 WE HAVE EVALUATED THE PETITION 1719 01:15:58,287 --> 01:16:00,555 WITH RESPECT TO THE RULES THAT 1720 01:16:00,555 --> 01:16:03,158 THE STREETS AND ALLEYS SERVE AND 1721 01:16:03,158 --> 01:16:04,693 LAND USE IMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN 1722 01:16:04,693 --> 01:16:08,797 EVALUATED AND THE SCALE OF THE 1723 01:16:08,797 --> 01:16:10,999 PROJECT FITS IN WITH THE 1724 01:16:10,999 --> 01:16:11,633 SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. OTHER 1725 01:16:11,633 --> 01:16:12,901 FUNCTIONS THAT ALLEY SERVE LIKE 1726 01:16:12,901 --> 01:16:17,372 CIRCULATION, LIGHT AND AIR, OPEN 1727 01:16:17,372 --> 01:16:22,077 SPACE AND FREE SPEECH AND PUBLIC 1728 01:16:22,077 --> 01:16:23,278 ASSEMBLY HAVE ALSO BEEN 1729 01:16:23,278 --> 01:16:25,347 ADDRESSED. THIS WILL REFLECT THE 1730 01:16:25,347 --> 01:16:30,586 WORK WITH THE ADJACENT 1731 01:16:30,586 --> 01:16:32,521 COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS 1732 01:16:32,521 --> 01:16:35,891 HAD A VOICE IN FORMING THE 1733 01:16:35,891 --> 01:16:36,959 PROPOSAL, AND SDOT IS 1734 01:16:36,959 --> 01:16:38,493 RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL 1735 01:16:38,493 --> 01:16:40,462 APPROVE THE PETITION WITH THE 1736 01:16:40,462 --> 01:16:41,897 CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE 1737 01:16:41,897 --> 01:16:48,170 RECOMMENDATION AND I WILL TURN 1738 01:16:48,170 --> 01:16:48,904 OVER TO MICHAEL FOR DESIGN ROLE. 1739 01:16:48,904 --> 01:16:49,638 >> THANK YOU. AS AMY POINTED 1740 01:16:49,638 --> 01:16:51,006 OUT, THE COUNCIL POLICY -- YOU 1741 01:16:51,006 --> 01:16:52,541 ASKED THE DESIGN COMMISSION TO 1742 01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:54,209 LOOK AT TWO FUND AMAL ISSUES, 1743 01:16:54,209 --> 01:16:55,644 PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC BENEFIT. 1744 01:16:55,644 --> 01:16:58,680 IN THIS CASE I THINK YOU WILL 1745 01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:00,315 SEE VERY CLEARLY THIS IS AN 1746 01:17:00,315 --> 01:17:02,084 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS AN 1747 01:17:02,084 --> 01:17:04,453 ANOMALY. THIS IS A REMNANT OF AN 1748 01:17:04,453 --> 01:17:07,589 ALLEY THAT EXISTS BECAUSE OTHER 1749 01:17:07,589 --> 01:17:09,625 PORTIONS OF THAT ALLEY WERE 1750 01:17:09,625 --> 01:17:11,827 NEVER VACATED. SO THIS IS REALLY 1751 01:17:11,827 --> 01:17:15,397 AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT NEW 1752 01:17:15,397 --> 01:17:17,866 DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN EXIST WITH 1753 01:17:17,866 --> 01:17:20,302 THAT ALLEY REMOVED AS OPPOSED TO 1754 01:17:20,302 --> 01:17:22,838 A NO VACATION ALTERNATIVE THAT 1755 01:17:22,838 --> 01:17:23,805 WOULD HAVE TWO SEPARATE 1756 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:25,974 STRUCTURES OF FRANKLY PROBLEM -- 1757 01:17:25,974 --> 01:17:27,909 AND THE APPLICANT MADE A VERY 1758 01:17:27,909 --> 01:17:29,144 CONVINCING CASE TO THE 1759 01:17:29,144 --> 01:17:32,147 COMMISSION, THEY ARE PROBABLY 1760 01:17:32,147 --> 01:17:33,482 NOT VERY ECONOMICALLY VIABLE OR 1761 01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:34,716 FEASIBLE. SO THE VACATION ALLOWS 1762 01:17:34,716 --> 01:17:37,686 A MORE FUNCTIONING DEVELOPMENT 1763 01:17:37,686 --> 01:17:39,755 THAT WOULD RETURN AND ENHANCE A 1764 01:17:39,755 --> 01:17:41,356 RIGHT OF WAY THAT CURRENTLY DID 1765 01:17:41,356 --> 01:17:45,127 NOT EXIST. I THINK YOU WILL SEE 1766 01:17:45,127 --> 01:17:47,295 THAT AS WELL. THE CURRENT 1767 01:17:47,295 --> 01:17:51,967 BENEFIT PACKAGE I THINK YOU WILL 1768 01:17:51,967 --> 01:17:55,370 SEE EXCEEDS THE CODE REQUIREMENT 1769 01:17:55,370 --> 01:17:58,340 THAT ALLOWS THE COMPLETION OF A 1770 01:17:58,340 --> 01:17:59,441 PUBLIC REALM, SIDEWALK, AND 1771 01:17:59,441 --> 01:18:02,644 AMENITIES TO CREATE A PROFILE 1772 01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:03,912 THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY AND 1773 01:18:03,912 --> 01:18:07,249 WOULD NOT EXIST IF THE VACATION 1774 01:18:07,249 --> 01:18:09,751 WAS THERE NOT. AND THEY ARE 1775 01:18:09,751 --> 01:18:12,421 TAKING AN EXISTING CONSERVATION 1776 01:18:12,421 --> 01:18:14,156 EASEMENT AND TURNING IT INTO A 1777 01:18:14,156 --> 01:18:15,690 PUBLIC ASSET WITH IMPROVEMENT, 1778 01:18:15,690 --> 01:18:16,358 IMPROVEMENT AND PLANTING 1779 01:18:16,358 --> 01:18:17,993 ENHANCEMENT ON THE SIDEWALK 1780 01:18:17,993 --> 01:18:21,363 THROUGH ART AND OTHER THINGS 1781 01:18:21,363 --> 01:18:23,732 THAT MAKES IT MORE OF A 1782 01:18:23,732 --> 01:18:26,168 COMMUNITY RESOURCE. AND, 1783 01:18:26,168 --> 01:18:29,071 FINALLY, WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT 1784 01:18:29,071 --> 01:18:32,174 AMOUNT OF TIME LOOKING AT OTHER 1785 01:18:32,174 --> 01:18:33,208 BENEFITS INCLUDING ADVANCED 1786 01:18:33,208 --> 01:18:35,677 ACCESS TO SAND WILL SANDLE PARK 1787 01:18:35,677 --> 01:18:37,212 TO THE NORTH. I THINK WE AGREED 1788 01:18:37,212 --> 01:18:39,548 THAT THE EXPENSE OF DOING THAT 1789 01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:44,419 WORK WOULD LIMIT THE ABILITY TO 1790 01:18:44,419 --> 01:18:45,720 CREATE THE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE 1791 01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:47,122 THAT THEY'RE CREATING ALONG 1792 01:18:47,122 --> 01:18:52,461 87th AND ALONG WITH THE 1793 01:18:52,461 --> 01:18:58,467 ENHANCEMENT TO THE FACILITY, THE 1794 01:18:58,467 --> 01:19:06,775 DRAINAGE FACILITY. WITH THAT I 1795 01:19:06,775 --> 01:19:08,110 WILL GIVE IT TO THE PROJECT. 1796 01:19:08,110 --> 01:19:09,611 >> THANK YOU. THE PROJECT IS 1797 01:19:09,611 --> 01:19:10,746 LOCATED IN GREENWOOD 1798 01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:14,149 NEIGHBORHOOD SEATTLE ON PALATINE 1799 01:19:14,149 --> 01:19:15,917 AND 87th, ONE BLOCK DIRECTLY 1800 01:19:15,917 --> 01:19:18,887 WEST OF GREENWOOD AVE AND A 1801 01:19:18,887 --> 01:19:20,422 COUPLE OF BLOCKS NORTH. ZOOMING 1802 01:19:20,422 --> 01:19:27,696 IN ON THE SITE YOU CAN SEE WHERE 1803 01:19:27,696 --> 01:19:29,731 THE GREENWOOD FRED MEYER IS, THE 1804 01:19:29,731 --> 01:19:30,765 LANDMARK, AND THE PROJECT SITE. 1805 01:19:30,765 --> 01:19:36,638 YOU CAN SEE IN THE WHITE LINE, 1806 01:19:36,638 --> 01:19:37,773 THE EXISTING ALLEY THAT WAS 1807 01:19:37,773 --> 01:19:38,907 VACATED FOR PREVIOUS WORK 1808 01:19:38,907 --> 01:19:41,510 HEADING TOWARDS 85th AS WELL AS 1809 01:19:41,510 --> 01:19:44,479 THE RIGHT LINE GOING THROUGH THE 1810 01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:51,887 PROJECT SITE, THE ALLEY THAT 1811 01:19:51,887 --> 01:19:52,487 CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY. NEXT 1812 01:19:52,487 --> 01:19:56,658 SLIDE, PLEASE. IN THE 1813 01:19:56,658 --> 01:20:00,929 DIAGRAMATIC NINE-BLOCK ANALYSIS 1814 01:20:00,929 --> 01:20:05,167 YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS IN THE 1815 01:20:05,167 --> 01:20:07,169 GREENWOOD URBAN VILLAGE WHERE 1816 01:20:07,169 --> 01:20:08,970 HIGHER DENSITY OCCURS IN THE 1817 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:15,510 NEIGHBORHOOD. MORE OF HOW THE 1818 01:20:15,510 --> 01:20:16,945 ALLEY FIRSTS IN THE SITE. NEXT. 1819 01:20:16,945 --> 01:20:18,146 EXISTING CONDITIONS, THIS SHOWS 1820 01:20:18,146 --> 01:20:22,217 A BIT BETTER OF A DIAGRAM HOW 1821 01:20:22,217 --> 01:20:24,920 THE ALLEY SIGHTS AND HOW THE 1822 01:20:24,920 --> 01:20:25,787 REMNANT PARCEL IS CREATED. YOU 1823 01:20:25,787 --> 01:20:30,258 CAN SEE THE NARROW STRETCH 1824 01:20:30,258 --> 01:20:32,761 BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE WHITE 1825 01:20:32,761 --> 01:20:33,828 LINE AT THE PROPERTY LINE. ONE 1826 01:20:33,828 --> 01:20:36,798 OF THE FIRST THINGS WE ARE ASKED 1827 01:20:36,798 --> 01:20:38,400 TO DO IS LOOK AT THE VACATION, 1828 01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:40,468 VERSUS THE NO VACATION OPTIONS. 1829 01:20:40,468 --> 01:20:45,774 THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT YOU CAN 1830 01:20:45,774 --> 01:20:47,576 SEE THE DEAD-END ALLEY, THE 1831 01:20:47,576 --> 01:20:49,344 REMNANT PARCEL IT CREATES AND 1832 01:20:49,344 --> 01:20:52,914 THE TWO LOTS TO CREATE TWO SMALL 1833 01:20:52,914 --> 01:20:55,717 BUILDINGS WITH VERSUS ON THE 1834 01:20:55,717 --> 01:20:59,854 RIGHT, THE VACATION OPTION THAT 1835 01:20:59,854 --> 01:21:02,257 ALLOWS FOR A MUCH MORE COHESIVE 1836 01:21:02,257 --> 01:21:05,327 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. NEXT 1837 01:21:05,327 --> 01:21:06,094 SLIDE, PLEASE. THE COMMUNITY 1838 01:21:06,094 --> 01:21:07,229 ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT WAS 1839 01:21:07,229 --> 01:21:08,763 SEVERAL FOLD. WE DID THE 1840 01:21:08,763 --> 01:21:11,199 ELECTRONIC OUTREACH IN THE 1841 01:21:11,199 --> 01:21:12,534 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WE HAD TWO 1842 01:21:12,534 --> 01:21:14,269 IN-PERSON MEETING. THE FIRST 1843 01:21:14,269 --> 01:21:16,071 IN-PERSON MEETING WAS EARLY ON 1844 01:21:16,071 --> 01:21:18,607 IN THE PROCESS. HERE WE FOCUSED 1845 01:21:18,607 --> 01:21:19,708 ON THE INITIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS 1846 01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:20,675 AND THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, HOW 1847 01:21:20,675 --> 01:21:23,445 IT MEETS THE GROUND AND THE GIVE 1848 01:21:23,445 --> 01:21:25,847 AND TAKE. IT WAS A GOOD MEETING 1849 01:21:25,847 --> 01:21:28,149 THAT WE HAD. WE AT THAT POINT 1850 01:21:28,149 --> 01:21:29,484 LIVED WITH THE NEIGHBOR THAT 1851 01:21:29,484 --> 01:21:31,052 LIVED ACROSS THE STREET AND GOT 1852 01:21:31,052 --> 01:21:33,021 HER INPUT ON THE HEIGHT AND 1853 01:21:33,021 --> 01:21:35,457 SCALE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS 1854 01:21:35,457 --> 01:21:36,958 HER DESIRE TO REALLY ACTIVATE 1855 01:21:36,958 --> 01:21:38,193 THE STREETSCAPE ON THAT SIDE. 1856 01:21:38,193 --> 01:21:40,595 THE SECOND MEETING WE PUT IN 1857 01:21:40,595 --> 01:21:43,098 FRONT OF THEM THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 1858 01:21:43,098 --> 01:21:44,266 AND OUR NOTION OF EXTENDING THE 1859 01:21:44,266 --> 01:21:47,769 PUBLIC BENEFIT ACROSS THE WHOLE 1860 01:21:47,769 --> 01:21:48,937 OF THE LOT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 1861 01:21:48,937 --> 01:21:51,273 THAT'S WHAT DROVE US TO WHERE 1862 01:21:51,273 --> 01:21:54,809 WE'RE GOING. I'M GOING TO 1863 01:21:54,809 --> 01:22:00,115 QUICKLY -- HERE YOU SEE IN BLUE 1864 01:22:00,115 --> 01:22:01,216 THE REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY 1865 01:22:01,216 --> 01:22:03,752 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE 1866 01:22:03,752 --> 01:22:06,121 TO DO. THAT SETS THE STAGE. NEXT 1867 01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:09,691 SLIDE, PLEASE. WE TRIED TO FOCUS 1868 01:22:09,691 --> 01:22:12,460 ON MAKING THE STREET-LEVEL USE 1869 01:22:12,460 --> 01:22:17,032 AS ENGAGING AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE 1870 01:22:17,032 --> 01:22:19,601 TOWNHOMES ALONG THE STREET AND 1871 01:22:19,601 --> 01:22:21,436 THE AREAS FACING THE STREET. WE 1872 01:22:21,436 --> 01:22:26,007 HAVE THE COURT YARD FACING THE 1873 01:22:26,007 --> 01:22:29,044 STREET AND AS WE MOVE DOWN 87th, 1874 01:22:29,044 --> 01:22:30,145 MORE PEDESTRIAN ENTRY, BIKE 1875 01:22:30,145 --> 01:22:34,182 ENTRY AND AUTO ENTRY AND TRASH 1876 01:22:34,182 --> 01:22:35,150 AND LOADING USE. NEXT SLIDE, 1877 01:22:35,150 --> 01:22:37,552 PLEASE. TH E PUBLIC BENEFIT 1878 01:22:37,552 --> 01:22:41,156 NOW WE SEE AGAIN THE BLUE 1879 01:22:41,156 --> 01:22:42,090 REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA. SO 1880 01:22:42,090 --> 01:22:44,592 THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS TWOFOLD. 1881 01:22:44,592 --> 01:22:47,395 NUMBER ONE, WE USE A LITTLE BIT 1882 01:22:47,395 --> 01:22:48,463 OF ADDITIONAL AREA ALONG 1883 01:22:48,463 --> 01:22:53,034 PALATINE AS WELL AS A LITTLE 1884 01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:55,270 ADDITIONAL SLIVER OF AN AREA ON 1885 01:22:55,270 --> 01:22:56,304 FIRST AND INCREASE THE SIDEWALKS 1886 01:22:56,304 --> 01:22:58,840 AND PROMOTE PEDESTRIANS WITH THE 1887 01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:00,375 AREA AROUND THE SITE. WE HEARD 1888 01:23:00,375 --> 01:23:02,010 FROM THE PUBLIC THIS AREA WANTS 1889 01:23:02,010 --> 01:23:05,413 TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING TO THE 1890 01:23:05,413 --> 01:23:07,716 STORE AND MOVING AROUND. ONE OF 1891 01:23:07,716 --> 01:23:11,219 THE BIGGER ITEMS WE ALWAYS 1892 01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:14,122 WANTED TO DO IS ITEM NUMBER TWO 1893 01:23:14,122 --> 01:23:16,591 UP THERE TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK 1894 01:23:16,591 --> 01:23:18,126 AND BUILD AND COMPLETE THE 1895 01:23:18,126 --> 01:23:19,828 BLOCK. TO COMPLETE THE BLOCK, 1896 01:23:19,828 --> 01:23:21,763 THE SIDEWALK IS CURRENTLY WHAT I 1897 01:23:21,763 --> 01:23:24,699 CALL A GOAT TRAIL, A LITTLE BIT 1898 01:23:24,699 --> 01:23:26,501 OF A DIRT PATH, DIDN'T HAVE 1899 01:23:26,501 --> 01:23:29,804 MUCH ACCESS. WE CREATED A USE 1900 01:23:29,804 --> 01:23:32,374 BELIEVE SIDEWALK AND PLANTING 1901 01:23:32,374 --> 01:23:34,175 ALONG IT AS WELL, THE SIDEWALK 1902 01:23:34,175 --> 01:23:35,276 AND THE PLANTS. SECONDLY OR 1903 01:23:35,276 --> 01:23:36,711 THIRDLY, RATHER, NUMBER THREE, 1904 01:23:36,711 --> 01:23:40,515 WE INCREASE THE CORNER WITH A 1905 01:23:40,515 --> 01:23:41,316 LITTLE BIT OF SIGNAGE, 1906 01:23:41,316 --> 01:23:44,252 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO 1907 01:23:44,252 --> 01:23:47,822 GATHER. THAT IS ONE THING AS 1908 01:23:47,822 --> 01:23:51,893 WELL. AND FOUR, WE ENHANCE THIS 1909 01:23:51,893 --> 01:23:53,862 CONSERVATION PARCEL, CLEAN UP 1910 01:23:53,862 --> 01:23:56,364 THE LANDSCAPING, PROVIDE PUBLIC 1911 01:23:56,364 --> 01:23:57,232 INTEREST WITHIN THAT 1912 01:23:57,232 --> 01:24:00,969 LANDSCAPING. WHAT WE HEARD IN 1913 01:24:00,969 --> 01:24:02,771 THE SECOND MEETING IS PROVIDE 1914 01:24:02,771 --> 01:24:07,742 ONGOING QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE SO 1915 01:24:07,742 --> 01:24:12,247 IT ALWAYS MAINTAINS VISUAL ASSET 1916 01:24:12,247 --> 01:24:14,849 AND VISUAL APPEAL. NEXT SLIDE, 1917 01:24:14,849 --> 01:24:16,518 PLEASE. SO SCRUTINIZING A BIT, 1918 01:24:16,518 --> 01:24:18,686 THE SIDEWALK ON PALATINE, ADDING 1919 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:21,322 WHAT WE CALL SHOULDER ROOM SO 1920 01:24:21,322 --> 01:24:25,627 PEOPLE CAN PASS AND WALK ABREAST 1921 01:24:25,627 --> 01:24:28,296 WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE 1922 01:24:28,296 --> 01:24:28,930 STARTS AND HELPS WHERE PEOPLE 1923 01:24:28,930 --> 01:24:32,267 ARE MANEUVERING. THE OTHER 1924 01:24:32,267 --> 01:24:36,805 SLIDE, THE LARGER AREA THAT WE 1925 01:24:36,805 --> 01:24:40,508 ARE GOING TO ENHANCE. THE PUBLIC 1926 01:24:40,508 --> 01:24:45,713 BENEFITS, THE GREEN SPACE HAS A 1927 01:24:45,713 --> 01:24:46,981 LOT OF OVERGROWN VEGETATION. SO 1928 01:24:46,981 --> 01:24:48,883 WE LOOKED FOR A LANDSCAPER TO 1929 01:24:48,883 --> 01:24:50,618 PLANT NATIVE GRASSES AND PLANTS 1930 01:24:50,618 --> 01:24:54,355 AND A MEADOW. THE STORY IS THERE 1931 01:24:54,355 --> 01:24:55,790 IS QUITE A BIT OF SONGBIRDS, 1932 01:24:55,790 --> 01:24:58,092 WHITE A BIT OF WILDLIFE THAT IS 1933 01:24:58,092 --> 01:25:03,965 HERE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE 1934 01:25:03,965 --> 01:25:05,200 COMMUNITY STARTS TO PLAY WITH. 1935 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:06,701 SLIDE, PLEASE. DISCOVERY FROM 1936 01:25:06,701 --> 01:25:09,471 THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE TERMING 1937 01:25:09,471 --> 01:25:11,039 THAT STARTING TO WORK WITH THE 1938 01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:11,973 ARTIST. OKAY. WE HAVE THE CIVIC 1939 01:25:11,973 --> 01:25:14,742 CORNER AND WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE 1940 01:25:14,742 --> 01:25:17,445 CORNER FOR PEOPLE TO REST, LOOK 1941 01:25:17,445 --> 01:25:25,787 IN. AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CREATE 1942 01:25:25,787 --> 01:25:28,323 VISUAL INTEREST? WE CAN CREATE 1943 01:25:28,323 --> 01:25:32,060 BIRDHOUSES. WE CAN CREATE 1944 01:25:32,060 --> 01:25:32,827 OPPORTUNITIES AND/OR WHERE THE 1945 01:25:32,827 --> 01:25:34,295 BIRDS ARE AND DECORATIVE FENCE 1946 01:25:34,295 --> 01:25:39,334 PANELS THAT WE PUT ON THE FENCE 1947 01:25:39,334 --> 01:25:41,970 TO ENGAGE PEOPLE FROM THE MORE 1948 01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:43,104 AESTHETIC SIDE. THAT WAS A 1949 01:25:43,104 --> 01:25:44,639 SPRINGBOARD FOR BRINGING AN 1950 01:25:44,639 --> 01:25:48,276 ARTIST ONBOARD THAT WAS AT THE 1951 01:25:48,276 --> 01:25:49,711 DIRECTION OF THE DESIGN 1952 01:25:49,711 --> 01:25:52,947 COMMISSION. WE BROUGHT A LOCAL 1953 01:25:52,947 --> 01:25:58,153 ARTIST ONBOARD. HE'S PROPOSING 1954 01:25:58,153 --> 01:26:02,991 THAT WE WORK IDEAS OF DIFFERENT 1955 01:26:02,991 --> 01:26:04,726 SIGN POSTS AND BIRDHOUSES AND 1956 01:26:04,726 --> 01:26:05,760 WHAT A NESTING AREA MIGHT LOOK 1957 01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:11,799 LIKE AND WE PROVIDE SIGNS IN 1958 01:26:11,799 --> 01:26:12,700 THAT AREA AND THEN THE MOCKUP. 1959 01:26:12,700 --> 01:26:15,737 THIS IS A MOCKUP THAT AN ARTIST 1960 01:26:15,737 --> 01:26:20,708 CREATES ON SOME OF THE PRODUCTS 1961 01:26:20,708 --> 01:26:22,043 AROUND -- COVERING UP SORT OF 1962 01:26:22,043 --> 01:26:25,647 THE UTILITY BOXES AND CAME UP 1963 01:26:25,647 --> 01:26:27,882 WITH A GRAPHIC THAT WOULD BE 1964 01:26:27,882 --> 01:26:34,422 COMPELLING AND WHAT YOU COULD 1965 01:26:34,422 --> 01:26:35,823 SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHIN 1966 01:26:35,823 --> 01:26:37,425 THIS GREENSPACE. I TRIED TO BE 1967 01:26:37,425 --> 01:26:39,060 CONCISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1968 01:26:39,060 --> 01:26:41,963 TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY 1969 01:26:41,963 --> 01:26:45,266 QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO 1970 01:26:45,266 --> 01:26:46,367 ANSWER THEM. 1971 01:26:46,367 --> 01:26:51,139 >> THANK YOU. AS PRESIDING 1972 01:26:51,139 --> 01:26:52,640 OFFICER, I AM OPENING THE PUBLIC 1973 01:26:52,640 --> 01:26:55,343 HEARING ON CLERK FILE 1974 01:26:55,343 --> 01:26:56,711 314530-YARDING THE YEW ALLEY 1975 01:26:56,711 --> 01:27:01,683 VACATION. CLERK, HOW MANY 1976 01:27:01,683 --> 01:27:06,688 SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 1977 01:27:06,688 --> 01:27:12,660 >> CHAIR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY 1978 01:27:12,660 --> 01:27:17,432 REMOTE OR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 1979 01:27:17,432 --> 01:27:19,267 >> ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO MEMBER 1980 01:27:19,267 --> 01:27:21,302 OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IN PERSON 1981 01:27:21,302 --> 01:27:25,707 OR REMOTELY ON CLERK FILE 1982 01:27:25,707 --> 01:27:27,942 314530. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS 1983 01:27:27,942 --> 01:27:29,377 NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU, 1984 01:27:29,377 --> 01:27:31,179 PRESENTERS, ON PRESENTING MORE 1985 01:27:31,179 --> 01:27:31,746 DETAILS ON THE PENDING 1986 01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:32,447 LEGISLATION. THIS PROPOSAL. AT 1987 01:27:32,447 --> 01:27:35,850 THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO 1988 01:27:35,850 --> 01:27:38,753 MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS, 1989 01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:40,655 COMMENTS, FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY 1990 01:27:40,655 --> 01:27:43,324 HAVE IF ANY STARTING FIRST WITH 1991 01:27:43,324 --> 01:27:44,325 VICE CHAIR RINCK. 1992 01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:50,265 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. NO 1993 01:27:50,265 --> 01:27:50,865 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK 1994 01:27:50,865 --> 01:27:56,270 YOU. 1995 01:27:56,270 --> 01:27:56,804 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1996 01:27:56,804 --> 01:27:57,338 COLLEAGUES, ANYONE ELSE? 1997 01:27:57,338 --> 01:27:58,740 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 1998 01:27:58,740 --> 01:28:00,408 >> I -- THANK YOU FOR THIS 1999 01:28:00,408 --> 01:28:01,509 PRESENTATION. I'VE GOT SORT OF 2000 01:28:01,509 --> 01:28:02,744 A SIDE QUESTION JUST ON THE 2001 01:28:02,744 --> 01:28:05,413 GREEN SPACE. IS THERE -- JUST 2002 01:28:05,413 --> 01:28:07,849 CURIOUS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE 2003 01:28:07,849 --> 01:28:09,917 TREES THERE? THERE IS A GROWING 2004 01:28:09,917 --> 01:28:11,853 MOVEMENT FOR -- LIKE THE NATIVE 2005 01:28:11,853 --> 01:28:13,087 FOREST AND DENSE FOREST. IT 2006 01:28:13,087 --> 01:28:15,289 SEEMS LIKE A NICE SITE BUT I'M 2007 01:28:15,289 --> 01:28:17,292 NOT SURE GIVEN THE FUNCTION OF 2008 01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:22,797 IT IF IT NEEDS TO BE KIND OF 2009 01:28:22,797 --> 01:28:23,231 MORE OPEN SPACE. 2010 01:28:23,231 --> 01:28:24,699 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT 2011 01:28:24,699 --> 01:28:28,469 83, AND AGAIN, MOLLY LAWRENCE 2012 01:28:28,469 --> 01:28:30,471 FROM VAN NESS FELDMAN. I WILL 2013 01:28:30,471 --> 01:28:32,507 SPEAK. THIS PARCEL IS THE 2014 01:28:32,507 --> 01:28:33,541 CONSERVATION PARCEL BECAUSE 2015 01:28:33,541 --> 01:28:35,943 IT'S SUBJECT TO OUR PUDA 2016 01:28:35,943 --> 01:28:37,445 AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRES IT BE 2017 01:28:37,445 --> 01:28:40,214 USED FOR STORMWATER AS WELL 2018 01:28:40,214 --> 01:28:43,318 WHICH HAS LIMITED TO SOME DEGREE 2019 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:44,886 THE VEGETATION WE CAN USE. OUR 2020 01:28:44,886 --> 01:28:46,287 FOCUS WAS ON NATIVE PLANTINGS, 2021 01:28:46,287 --> 01:28:48,156 THE STORMWATER FUNCTIONS OF THE 2022 01:28:48,156 --> 01:28:54,195 SITE AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT OF A 2023 01:28:54,195 --> 01:28:56,998 LIMITATION THERE. 2024 01:28:56,998 --> 01:28:58,733 >> OKAY. YEAH. JUST WONDERING 2025 01:28:58,733 --> 01:29:04,038 ABOUT THE STORMWATER AND TREES 2026 01:29:04,038 --> 01:29:08,509 IF THEY ARE INHOSPITABLE OR 2027 01:29:08,509 --> 01:29:09,143 INCOMPATIBLE. BUT ANYWAY, THANK 2028 01:29:09,143 --> 01:29:09,344 YOU. 2029 01:29:09,344 --> 01:29:14,215 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. THANK YOU. 2030 01:29:14,215 --> 01:29:16,684 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE FLOOR 2031 01:29:16,684 --> 01:29:16,951 IS YOURS. 2032 01:29:16,951 --> 01:29:18,820 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED TO 2033 01:29:18,820 --> 01:29:22,557 SAY THANK YOU. USUALLY, THE 2034 01:29:22,557 --> 01:29:23,191 ALLEY VACATIONS ARE IN MY 2035 01:29:23,191 --> 01:29:26,561 DISTRICT. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE 2036 01:29:26,561 --> 01:29:27,495 SOMETHING NOT IN MY DISTRICT. 2037 01:29:27,495 --> 01:29:28,596 THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. I 2038 01:29:28,596 --> 01:29:29,464 FIND IT VERY INTERESTING. THAT 2039 01:29:29,464 --> 01:29:30,698 URBAN WILDLIFE PIECE IS VERY 2040 01:29:30,698 --> 01:29:31,799 IMPORTANT AS WE HEAR THE NEWS 2041 01:29:31,799 --> 01:29:33,735 ABOUT THE LOSS OF BEES AND THE 2042 01:29:33,735 --> 01:29:36,337 SONGBIRDS, THE VERY SMALL BIRDS 2043 01:29:36,337 --> 01:29:37,905 AND VARIOUS PIECES. WE CANNOT 2044 01:29:37,905 --> 01:29:40,174 UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF ALL 2045 01:29:40,174 --> 01:29:43,144 THE LITTLE PIECES LIKE THIS AND 2046 01:29:43,144 --> 01:29:45,279 WHAT IT MEANS. I AM INTERESTED 2047 01:29:45,279 --> 01:29:50,651 IN THE TECHNICAL TERM, GOAT 2048 01:29:50,651 --> 01:29:54,188 TRAIL? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? 2049 01:29:54,188 --> 01:29:56,157 >> THAT MIGHT NOT BE TECHNICAL. 2050 01:29:56,157 --> 01:29:56,691 >> OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE 2051 01:29:56,691 --> 01:30:02,964 PRESENTATION AND THAT IS PROOF 2052 01:30:02,964 --> 01:30:06,400 THAT WE ARE LISTENING. THANK 2053 01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:06,701 YOU, CHAIR. 2054 01:30:06,701 --> 01:30:07,635 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 2055 01:30:07,635 --> 01:30:08,269 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, THE FLOOR 2056 01:30:08,269 --> 01:30:08,536 IS YOURS. 2057 01:30:08,536 --> 01:30:11,172 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WASN'T 2058 01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:13,674 GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS BUT 2059 01:30:13,674 --> 01:30:14,308 SINCE COUNCILMEMBER LIN BROUGHT 2060 01:30:14,308 --> 01:30:14,976 UP THE FOREST, I AM GOING TO DO 2061 01:30:14,976 --> 01:30:19,180 A QUICK FOLLOW UP AND SAY A 2062 01:30:19,180 --> 01:30:20,948 NEIGHBOR OF MINE HAS DONE ONE OF 2063 01:30:20,948 --> 01:30:25,853 THOSE IN A VERY, VERY SMALL 2064 01:30:25,853 --> 01:30:27,488 SPACE TO BRING BACK THE NATIVE 2065 01:30:27,488 --> 01:30:28,623 TREES. SO THAT CONCEPT IS NOT 2066 01:30:28,623 --> 01:30:30,858 TYPICALLY CONSTRAINED BY SIZE AS 2067 01:30:30,858 --> 01:30:33,227 THE PRESENTERS KNOW, AND IT WAS 2068 01:30:33,227 --> 01:30:34,295 A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER 2069 01:30:34,295 --> 01:30:37,298 LIN, AND MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2070 01:30:37,298 --> 01:30:38,232 EXPLORE AT THIS LOCATION. IT 2071 01:30:38,232 --> 01:30:40,301 FEELS PRETTY -- IT FEELS LIKE 2072 01:30:40,301 --> 01:30:44,472 YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE ALREADY 2073 01:30:44,472 --> 01:30:49,977 WITH THE NATIVE TREES AND WHAT 2074 01:30:49,977 --> 01:30:54,282 I'M SEEING IN THE SLIDE DECK. 2075 01:30:54,282 --> 01:30:55,116 SORRY. I CALL THIS A COMMENT. 2076 01:30:55,116 --> 01:30:55,683 NOT A QUESTION. 2077 01:30:55,683 --> 01:30:57,285 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A 2078 01:30:57,285 --> 01:30:58,553 COMMENT ABOUT THE TREES BUT WE 2079 01:30:58,553 --> 01:31:03,958 ARE ROBUST BUT ONE PERSON WE ARE 2080 01:31:03,958 --> 01:31:09,697 MISSING IS THE LANDSCAPE 2081 01:31:09,697 --> 01:31:10,364 ARCHITECT. WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 2082 01:31:10,364 --> 01:31:10,965 >> AHA. [ Laughter ] 2083 01:31:10,965 --> 01:31:13,334 >> THE TREES IN THE AREA THAT 2084 01:31:13,334 --> 01:31:15,236 WILL BE OBVIOUSLY MAINTAINED. 2085 01:31:15,236 --> 01:31:17,071 ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOPES IS TO 2086 01:31:17,071 --> 01:31:19,841 REMOVE THE NON-NATIVE, INVASIVE 2087 01:31:19,841 --> 01:31:22,276 BLACKBERRIES AND JUST TRY AND 2088 01:31:22,276 --> 01:31:29,917 GET IN MORE -- THE FOCUS IS ON 2089 01:31:29,917 --> 01:31:36,757 COLOR AND NATIVE VEGETATION, THE 2090 01:31:36,757 --> 01:31:37,325 POLLINATORS AND THE BIRDS. 2091 01:31:37,325 --> 01:31:39,861 >> YEAH. 2092 01:31:39,861 --> 01:31:40,661 >> THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE 2093 01:31:40,661 --> 01:31:41,729 THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN, REALLY 2094 01:31:41,729 --> 01:31:42,463 APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR 2095 01:31:42,463 --> 01:31:43,531 YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND 2096 01:31:43,531 --> 01:31:44,699 REMARKS. COLLEAGUES, JUST TO 2097 01:31:44,699 --> 01:31:47,435 REMIND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE 2098 01:31:47,435 --> 01:31:49,537 PROCESS AS IT WAS NOTED. IT WAS 2099 01:31:49,537 --> 01:31:50,705 HEARD ORIGINALLY IN FEBRUARY 2100 01:31:50,705 --> 01:31:53,207 2024. THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER TWO 2101 01:31:53,207 --> 01:31:57,578 YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT WAS AT 2102 01:31:57,578 --> 01:31:58,613 THE RESOLUTION STAGE LEVEL. THAT 2103 01:31:58,613 --> 01:32:04,018 WAS OUR PREFERRED -- I'LL SAY 2104 01:32:04,018 --> 01:32:07,822 PREFERRED, NOT ONLY OR SOLE 2105 01:32:07,822 --> 01:32:08,689 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE 2106 01:32:08,689 --> 01:32:10,057 DIRECTIONAL FEEDBACK. SO THE 2107 01:32:10,057 --> 01:32:13,361 TREES, LIKE THE SPECIES, LIKE 2108 01:32:13,361 --> 01:32:15,129 THAT IS EXCELLENT FEEDBACK. 2109 01:32:15,129 --> 01:32:20,468 YOU'RE AT THE ORDINANCE STAGE. 2110 01:32:20,468 --> 01:32:25,640 I THINK THE TEAM IS FREE TO 2111 01:32:25,640 --> 01:32:26,173 IMPLEMENT THOSE TERRIFIC 2112 01:32:26,173 --> 01:32:32,914 SUGGESTIONS EVEN IF IT'S NOT 2113 01:32:32,914 --> 01:32:34,515 EXPRESSEDLY INCLUDED IN THE 2114 01:32:34,515 --> 01:32:35,983 ORDINANTS. THAT SAID, COLLEAGUES 2115 01:32:35,983 --> 01:32:37,818 TO REMIND ABOUT OUR FIDUCIARY 2116 01:32:37,818 --> 01:32:38,419 ACCOUNTABILITY AND 2117 01:32:38,419 --> 01:32:39,887 RESPONSIBILITY HERE ALTHOUGH NOT 2118 01:32:39,887 --> 01:32:40,855 PREFERRED, GENERALLY, THE PEOPLE 2119 01:32:40,855 --> 01:32:41,722 HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD 2120 01:32:41,722 --> 01:32:43,524 SUFFER THE CONVINCES OF THAT 2121 01:32:43,524 --> 01:32:47,094 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO 2122 01:32:47,094 --> 01:32:49,430 THE DRAWING BOARD, WE ARE FREE 2123 01:32:49,430 --> 01:32:52,733 TO REJECT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY 2124 01:32:52,733 --> 01:32:55,303 OR WHENEVER WE VOTE ON IT AND 2125 01:32:55,303 --> 01:32:57,371 CALL ON A BETTER PROPOSAL THAT 2126 01:32:57,371 --> 01:32:58,940 DOES INCLUDE THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK 2127 01:32:58,940 --> 01:33:01,142 BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE EXPERT 2128 01:33:01,142 --> 01:33:03,344 TEAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, 2129 01:33:03,344 --> 01:33:04,445 WITHIN THE CITY THAT DOES THE 2130 01:33:04,445 --> 01:33:09,216 ANALYSIS OF -- OF YOU KNOW, THE 2131 01:33:09,216 --> 01:33:11,686 COST BENEFIT. YOU KNOW, DOES THE 2132 01:33:11,686 --> 01:33:14,155 PUBLIC BENEFIT -- DOES IT 2133 01:33:14,155 --> 01:33:17,024 OUTWEIGH WHATEVER THE STANDARD 2134 01:33:17,024 --> 01:33:17,758 IS? DETERMINE IF THIS IS A 2135 01:33:17,758 --> 01:33:18,426 SUFFICIENT BENEFIT. COLLEAGUES, 2136 01:33:18,426 --> 01:33:21,128 WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THE CITY 2137 01:33:21,128 --> 01:33:24,966 THAT ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE 2138 01:33:24,966 --> 01:33:26,300 VOTERS FOR LIVING UP TO THIS. 2139 01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:29,136 SO, AGAIN, WE ARE -- WE ARE 2140 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:30,171 ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE 2141 01:33:30,171 --> 01:33:32,340 DIRECTIONAL FEEDBACK AND 2142 01:33:32,340 --> 01:33:33,808 GUIDANCE AT ANY TIME BUT THE 2143 01:33:33,808 --> 01:33:36,877 MOST MEANINGFUL AND PREFERRED 2144 01:33:36,877 --> 01:33:39,146 TIME TO DO IT IS AT THE 2145 01:33:39,146 --> 01:33:41,382 RESOLUTION STAGE. IF 2146 01:33:41,382 --> 01:33:43,017 SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT, PULL THE 2147 01:33:43,017 --> 01:33:44,452 CHAIN. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE. WE, 2148 01:33:44,452 --> 01:33:45,886 COLLEAGUES, ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR 2149 01:33:45,886 --> 01:33:50,891 THIS. WE ARE NOT VOTING TODAY. 2150 01:33:50,891 --> 01:33:56,397 JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT 2151 01:33:56,397 --> 01:33:59,166 EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT 2152 01:33:59,166 --> 01:34:01,135 FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL 2153 01:34:01,135 --> 01:34:02,770 COMMENTS TODAY? NO? HEARING AND 2154 01:34:02,770 --> 01:34:06,707 SEEING NONE, LET ME JUST QUICKLY 2155 01:34:06,707 --> 01:34:08,876 REMARK AND CLARIFY A COUPLE 2156 01:34:08,876 --> 01:34:09,977 COMMENTS I MADE EARLIER ABOUT 2157 01:34:09,977 --> 01:34:16,650 THE CITY OF REDMOND -- I SEE YOU 2158 01:34:16,650 --> 01:34:18,085 POINTING. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER G 2159 01:34:18,085 --> 01:34:21,022 AHEAD. G -- GO AHEAD. 2160 01:34:21,022 --> 01:34:23,891 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I AM 2161 01:34:23,891 --> 01:34:25,493 NOT SIGNALING DISSATISFACTION IN 2162 01:34:25,493 --> 01:34:27,094 MY COMMENTS BUT INTEREST IN A 2163 01:34:27,094 --> 01:34:28,195 CONCEPT THAT MY COLLEAGUE 2164 01:34:28,195 --> 01:34:34,502 RAISED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 2165 01:34:34,502 --> 01:34:36,337 TO CLOSE THAT OUT SINCE I'M NOT 2166 01:34:36,337 --> 01:34:40,107 IN THE ROOM BECAUSE FOLKS CANNOT 2167 01:34:40,107 --> 01:34:43,811 SEE MY INTENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2168 01:34:43,944 --> 01:34:46,914 >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY READ 2169 01:34:46,914 --> 01:34:50,985 AS WELL ON WHAT IS POSSIBLE 2170 01:34:50,985 --> 01:34:52,486 DEPENDING ON APPETITES. AGAIN, 2171 01:34:52,486 --> 01:34:59,694 THE TEAM IS FREE TO IMPLEMENT 2172 01:34:59,694 --> 01:35:01,362 THOSE SUGGESTIONS IN THE 2173 01:35:01,362 --> 01:35:04,198 EXPRESSED STATUTORY GUIDANCE. SO 2174 01:35:04,198 --> 01:35:05,766 THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL. I WANT 2175 01:35:05,766 --> 01:35:14,241 TO CLOSE OUT BY CLARIFYING MY 2176 01:35:14,241 --> 01:35:19,480 EARLIER COMMENTS FOR THE CITY OF 2177 01:35:19,480 --> 01:35:24,785 REDMOND. SHOUT-OUT NO MAYOR 2178 01:35:24,785 --> 01:35:32,259 BURNIE. LET ME MAKE CRYSTAL 2179 01:35:32,259 --> 01:35:38,799 CLEAR. THE CITY OF REDMOND IS A 2180 01:35:38,799 --> 01:35:40,668 CO-EQUAL JURISDICTION TO THE 2181 01:35:40,668 --> 01:35:42,837 STATE OF SEATTLE, BUT NOT 2182 01:35:42,837 --> 01:35:43,504 NECESSARILY ALL INITIATIVES OR 2183 01:35:43,504 --> 01:35:46,340 THINGS. AND I DO THINK THE CITY 2184 01:35:46,340 --> 01:35:49,343 OF REDMOND AND OTHER CITIES LIKE 2185 01:35:49,343 --> 01:35:52,046 -- DO LEAD. THEY DO GREAT WORK 2186 01:35:52,046 --> 01:35:57,518 ON THINGS. AND WE ALL LEARN FROM 2187 01:35:57,518 --> 01:36:00,788 EACH OTHER. WE'RE ALL IN THIS 2188 01:36:00,788 --> 01:36:02,890 TOGETHER. AND OTHERS LEAD ON 2189 01:36:02,890 --> 01:36:07,428 CERTAIN THINGS. WE LEAD ON 2190 01:36:07,428 --> 01:36:09,997 CERTAIN THINGS. AND I TRUST MY 2191 01:36:09,997 --> 01:36:11,499 TEAM. AND I AM CONFIDENT IN MY 2192 01:36:11,499 --> 01:36:15,069 OWN CITY. SO AT THE END OF THE 2193 01:36:15,069 --> 01:36:17,371 DAY, THIS IS A RACE TO THE TOP. 2194 01:36:17,371 --> 01:36:20,975 I'M COMPETITIVE, TRUST MY OWN 2195 01:36:20,975 --> 01:36:22,943 TEAM AND CAPABLE, PUTTING IN THE 2196 01:36:22,943 --> 01:36:28,115 WORK AND I KNOW THEY ARE, TOO, 2197 01:36:28,115 --> 01:36:32,086 AND THIS IS A RACE WHERE THE 2198 01:36:32,086 --> 01:36:35,256 TAX-PAYING PUBLIC WINS. SO 2199 01:36:35,256 --> 01:36:37,792 SHOUT-OUT AGAIN TO THE CITY OF 2200 01:36:37,792 --> 01:36:39,460 REDMOND AND THEIR LEADERSHIP IN 2201 01:36:39,460 --> 01:36:40,995 PASSING THE FIRST FRAMEWORK. I 2202 01:36:40,995 --> 01:36:43,464 THINK OUR IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE 2203 01:36:43,464 --> 01:36:44,698 BEST. BUT WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU 2204 01:36:44,698 --> 01:36:48,869 ALL. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 2205 01:36:48,869 --> 01:36:49,737 TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. THE 2206 01:36:49,737 --> 01:36:52,940 NEXT MEETING WILL BE PLAY 21, 2207 01:36:52,940 --> 01:36:55,276 2026 AT 9:30 A.M. I WILL ASK 2208 01:36:55,276 --> 01:36:58,813 AGAIN ONE FINAL TIME,