>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
SORRY FOR BEING LATE.
TODAY IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 3,
2018.
WELCOME TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
I AM JOINED BY COUNSEL MEMBER
MIKE O'BRIEN.
THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN FOR
ME.
I AM HERE ON A LOT OF TUNNEL
COLD BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
THIS IS OUR 15th MEETING ON
CITYWIDE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY BUT THE FIRST
THAT WE HAVE HAD IT A COUPLE OF
MONTHS SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF
OUR PUBLIC HEARING OUT
COMMUNITIES THAT WE WRAPPED UP
OVER THE SUMMER.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE THREE
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE WILL START WITH A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON THE HEARINGS
EXAMINER'S DECISION ON AN
APPEAL TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
FOR THE CITYWIDE PROPOSAL.
WE WILL DISCUSS THE TIMELINE
FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION
AND THE CITYWIDE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM
IN THE MIDDLE HERE A BRIEFING
ON THE DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS
THAT WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THAT WORK AND FINALLY, AT
THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S
MEETING, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS OUR LAST SCHEDULED
MEETING FOR 2018.
WE ARE HOPING AS WE GET FURTHER
IN THE PROCESS TO OUTLINE A
LITTLE BIT WHAT OUR PROPOSALS
ARE FOR 2019 SO FOLKS HAVE A
BETTER SENSE.
WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER BRUCE
HARRELL AND LISA HERBOLD.
I ASKED FIRST THAT YOU READ AND
THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
>> THE MAXIMUM FOR THE CITYWIDE
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
MHA PROPOSAL.
>> IF YOU GUYS WOULD MIND
INTRODUCING YOURSELVES AND THEN
WE WILL KICK IT OFF TO YOU FOR
THE PRESENTATION.
>> KETIL FREEMAN, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> ALY PENNICCI, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. EMILY ALVARADO, OFFICE OF HOUSING
>> SARA MAXANA, MAYOR'S OFFICE. GEOFF WENTLANDT, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> NICK WELCH, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START OFF
WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK
AFTER A LITTLE HIATUS.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE BACK TODAY
TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN
CONSIDERING MILITARY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CITYWIDE.
FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE WILL
BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE
HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION AND
NEXT STEPS.
I AM JOINED BY GEOFF WHO IS THE
MANAGER FOR ALL THAT WORK.
YOU WILL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE
THIS SLIDE FROM NUMEROUS
MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC AT AT
THE FOREFRONT, THIS IS ABOUT
CHANGING THE LAND USE CODE WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MOVING
FORWARD.
THIS LAYS THE FRAMEWORK FOR
GROWING MORE EQUITABLY AND
SUSTAINABLY.
I WILL HAND THINGS OVER TO
GEOFF WENTLANDT TO TALK ABOUT
THE DECISION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THE
DECISION ITSELF, I WANTED TO
REMIND US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF
THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WAS AND WHAT THE PROCESS WAS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS
CONSIDERING TO IMPLEMENT
MILITARY HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY IN NUMEROUS URBAN
VILLAGES ACROSS THE CITY AND
COMMERCIAL AND MULTI FAMILY
AREAS.
NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN YET IN
THOSE AREAS.
BEFORE YOU ALL TAKE ACTION TO
IMPLEMENT MHA IN THOSE AREAS
UNDER THE STATE LAWS AS WELL AS
LOCAL CITY LAWS, THE CITY MUST
EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS TO GIVE YOU ALL THE
DECISION-MAKERS THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED TO MAKE AN INFORMED
DECISION.
THOSE ARE IMPACTS FROM
EVERYTHING ON TRANSPORTATION TO
ASCETICS TO PARKS AND OPEN
SPACE.
AND ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES CAN
BE IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATIONS OF MHA AND
PROVIDES A COMPARISON WITH NOT
TAKING ANY ACTION.
SO, THE APPEAL PROCESS OVER THE
PAST YEAR, THE EIS WAS ISSUED IN
NOVEMBER 2017 AND IT WAS WAS
INTENSE SCRUTINY IF YOU WILL
WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU.
THE ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION
AND THE EIS ITSELF DOES NOT
TALK ABOUT WHETHER MHA IS A
GOOD OR BAD POLICY.
IT'S JUST PROVIDING YOU
INFORMATION ABOUT ITS IMPACTS.
AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE,
AFTER THAT REVIEW WITH THE
CITY'S HEARING EXAMINER, THE
HEARING EXAMINER LAST WEEK
CONFIRMED THAT MOST ASPECTS OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT INCLUDING IMPORTANTLY
THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
OF THE EIS INCLUDING THE RANGE
OF ALTERNATIVES THAT WAS
STUDIED AS WELL AS THE STUDY
AREA ITSELF AND THE OVERALL
APPROACH TO ANALYZING THE
IMPACTS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE
ARE ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS AND
INFORMATION IS THERE IN THE EIS
FOR ALL OF YOU TO REVIEW.
THE EXAMINER TO MAKE A FINDING
AND REMANDED A PORTION WITH THE
HISTORIC ANALYSIS.
YOU CAN SEE THE LANGUAGE THERE
AND THE DECISION CLEARLY
SPELLED OUT THE STEPS THE CITY
MUST TAKE TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE WILL TOUCH ON THAT IN THE
NEXT SLIDE.
AT THIS POINT, OUR OFFICE IN
THE PLANNING OFFICE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS IS ALREADY TAKING
STEPS TO CONDUCT THAT INITIAL
ANALYSIS.
WE WILL WORK WITH CONSULTANTS
TO SUPPORT US ON THAT WORK AND
WE THINK WE CAN PUBLISH SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN EARLY
2019 AT THIS POINT.
ONCE THE INFORMATION IS
PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE,
THAT WOULD BE THE POINT AT
WHICH YOU THE CITY COUNCIL
COULD TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS
MHA IN THESE AREAS.
THAT'S IT.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ARE THE
QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE FOR
GEOFF EITHER ABOUT THE WORK OR
THE EXAMINER'S RULING ON THAT?
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE RECONSIDERATION REGARDING
THE APPEAL PERIOD.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT
MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION IS
AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE
TIMELINE MOVING FORWARD?
>> LAST WEEK, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID FILE AN
ADDITIONAL MOTION RELATED TO
THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION
AND IT REALLY IS AN
REMONSTRATED REPORT TECHNICAL
CORRECTION. THE HEARING
EXAMINER HAD INCLUDED LANGUAGE
AT THE END OF THE DECISION THAT
IS INCLUDED AND MANY DECISIONS
AGO BEFORE HIS OFFICE ABOUT
WHAT THE APPEAL PERIOD IS AT
THIS POINT FOR THE DECISION
THAT HE ISSUED.
THE LANGUAGE -- LET ME JUST
FAST-FORWARD, THE PARTIES
AGREED THAT THE LANGUAGE HAD A
MINOR TECHNICAL ERROR IN IT AND
THE APPELLANT'S HAVE NOTIFIED
THE CITY THAT THEY ARE
ESSENTIALLY OKAY WITH THE
TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THAT
LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY
SUGGESTED.
IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE NEXT
APPEAL OPPORTUNITY IS NOT 21
DAYS FROM NOW WHEN HE ISSUED
HIS DECISION BUT IT WOULD BE 21
DAYS FROM WHEN THE COUNCIL
TAKES ACTION ON IMPLEMENTING
MHA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
GEOFF? OKAY, AT THIS POINT I
BELIEVE WE MOVE ON TO FURTHER
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TIMELINE
AND PROCESS IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE JUMP OUT
OF THEIR SEATS AND TELL ME I AM
WRONG.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WERE GOING TO JUST QUICKLY
WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK
THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE TO
DATE AND THEN TALK ABOUT A
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT
STEPS FOR THE COUNCIL
CONSIDERING THE MHA LEGISLATION
AND DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT
PROCESS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
>> FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS THE
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION.
I HOPE THAT IS ENOUGH FOR US TO
HURTLE.
MISS ALY PENNUCCI, TAKE AWAY.
>> THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME
BACKGROUND FROM THE COUNCIL IN
2015.
THERE WAS WORK DONE TO ADOPT A
WORKPLAN FOR IMPLANTING THE
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM IN 2015 AND 2016.
THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE
REGULAR TORY FRAMEWORK FOR
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL THE
-- RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
THEN THERE WAS LEGISLATION
ADOPTED THAT ADOPTED MHA
INCLUDING THE U DISTRICT AND
UPTOWN IN CHINATOWN AND
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
ALONG 23rd AVENUE.
IN 2018, THE COMMITTEE INITIATED
AND CONSIDERED IMPLANTATION IN
THE URBAN CENTERS AND IN THE
EXISTING MULTIFAMILY
COMMERCIALLY ZONED AREAS AROUND
THE CITY.
HOWEVER, FINAL ACTION CANNOT BE
TAKEN AS LONG AS THE APPEAL WAS
ONGOING.
THE NEXT SLIDE INDICATES OR
ILLUSTRATES THE WORK THAT WAS
COUNSEL INITIATED WITH THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE
EXECUTIVE PLAYED A ROLE IN
HELPING FACILITATE THESE
DISCUSSIONS BUT OVER THE COURSE
OF THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE
HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
DESIGN WORKSHOPS THAT WERE
INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL AS
WELL AS LAST YEAR, THERE WERE
FIVE CITYWIDE OPEN HOUSES THAT
CAME BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS
THAT WERE HELD IN THIS
COMMITTEE.
SO, THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST
HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMITTEE
MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD
INCLUDING TODAY'S MEETING.
THERE ARE NUMBER OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS THAT WERE HELD IN THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TOPICAL
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING DETAILS
ON COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
AS WELL AS CENTRAL START
PRESENTING SOME OF THE ISSUES
IDENTIFIED TODAY THAT WILL HAVE
FUTURE AMENDED DISCUSSIONS.
>> OKAY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE COMMITTEE REVIEW PROCESS
OF 2019.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THE
CONCEPTUAL SCHEDULE.
THE SCHEDULE IS UP ON THE
SCREEN AND I WILL IDENTIFY
EARLY THAT THIS IS A BEST CASE
SCENARIO.
IT ASSUMES THAT THEY HAVE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WITH THE
ADDENDUM WITH EARLY 2019 AND IT
ALSO ASSUMES EARLY EDIFICATION
BY COUNCILMEMBERS OF POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS.
WALKING THROUGH THE CONCEPTUAL
SCHEDULE, THEY DO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IN DECEMBER
AND JANUARY.
THE COMMITTEE TAKES UP
POTENTIAL AMERICANS TO
LEGISLATION IN JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY AND SCHEDULES A PUBLIC
HEARING ON TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WITH THE INVITATION
AND THE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION
WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING
OCCURRING IN LATE FEBRUARY.
FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE VOTES ON
AMENDMENTS.
LIMITS ARE UNIFIED IN EARLY
JANUARY AND THEN ACTED ON IN
MARCH OR LATE FEBRUARY.
A LATE FINAL COUNSEL ACTION
WILL OCCUR IN LATE MARCH.
THERE IS A BUILT-IN PUBLIC
COMMENT HEARING THAT WE ARE
ASSUMING WOULD HAPPEN AFTER
COMMITTEE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS
AND BEFORE THE FINAL COUNT FOR
THE VOTE.
>> HOLD ON FOR JUST ONE SECOND .
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD HAS
A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD ALMOST
FORGOTTEN BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN
SO LONG SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS, IT'S TO MY DESIRE TO WORK
TO DEVELOP URBAN VILLAGE
SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS UPLIFTING
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING
ELEMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BROUGHT FORWARD AND I DON'T SEE
ANY SORT OF PLACE IN THIS
TIMELINE TO DO THAT WORK.
I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THE IDEA
OF DOING URBAN VILLAGE SPECIFIC
RESOLUTIONS MUCH LIKE I OFFERED
SPECIFIC DISTRICT 1 WITH THE
INPUT WHEN WE SENT A SEPA LETTER
. I AM OPEN TO THERE BEING SORT
OF A SINGLE RESOLUTION THAT HAS
INDIVIDUAL URBAN VILLAGE
COMMITMENTS WITH IDENTIFICATION
OF ISSUES WITHIN THAT SINGLE
RESOLUTION.
ALTHOUGH, MY PREFERENCE IS TO DO
A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT
APPROACH.
>> I'M SORRY THAT WAS NOT
INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE.
THAT WAS OVERSIGHT ON MY PART.
IT CONTINUES TO BE MY DESIRE
THAT WE DO ADOPT COMPANION
RESOLUTION. AS YOU WELL KNOW,
OFTEN TIMES IN THE COURSE OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT CITYWIDE
ZONING CHANGES, OTHERS COME UP
THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF
THE CODE.
RESOLUTIONS OFFER THE CHANCE
FOR US TO MAKE COMMITMENTS
ABOUT THOSE ISSUES WHETHER IT'S
CONCURRENCY ISSUES OR
INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS ISSUES.
MY EXPECTATION IS THAT RATHER
THAN DOING ALMOST AN INFINITE
NUMBER OF COMPETING RESOLUTIONS
BASED ON THE ISSUES THAT MIGHT
ARISE, IT'S BETTER TO DO ONE
CATCHALL RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
ALLOW US TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT
SECTIONS WITH THOSE FOCUSED ON
EITHER DISTRICT TOPICS OR
TOPICS THAT RUN ACROSS DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES THAT COULD BE
COMPLEMENTARY TO ONE ANOTHER.
YOU MAY HEAR FOR EXAMPLE AT
ZONE ISSUES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN
YOUR DISTRICT AND IN MY
DISTRICT.
WE COULD CUT AND PASTE THAT
SAME LANGUAGE AND HAVE THE
DISTRICT ONE FOCUS SECTION OR
WE MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE ACROSS
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES SECTION. IT
IS MY INTENT THAT WE WILL ADOPT
AS PART OF THIS TIMELINE A
COMPANION RESOLUTION THAT
ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES BUT
PROBABLY JUST ONE AS OPPOSED TO
MULTIPLE.
>> I WAS NOT ADVOCATING FOR AN
INFINITE NUMBER BUT FOR SEVEN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS.
I THINK IT GOES A PARTIAL WAY
TO ADDRESSING ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT THE HEARING SEMINAR RAISED.
IT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT WE
SHOULD BE CONSIDERING MORE
GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC WITH
PLANNING AND A COMPANION
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE
UNIQUE ISSUES WITH DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES.
IT WOULD REALLY HELP ADDRESS
THE ISSUE.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE AND I
THINK THIS IS A NICE
OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
AS PREVIOUSLY POINTED OUT, WE
HAD A SERIES OF YEAR-LONG FOCUS
GROUPS FOLLOWED BY COMMUNITY
DESIGN WORKSHOPS THAT ALL LEAD
AND AS DATA POINTS INTO OP CDS
WORK ON THE FINAL PROPOSAL THAT
WAS THEN APPEALED BY THE
HEARINGS EXAMINER AFTER THE
APPEAL WAS FILED, WE STILL
CONTINUED THE SERIES OF
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
THE UNIVERSE I THINK I HAVE
KNOWN THE ISSUES ARE PRETTY
BROAD RIGHT NOW.
NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER ISSUES
WILL NOT ARISE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL MONTHS BUT I THINK WE
HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE ABOUT
WHAT COMMUNITY ISSUES AND
CONCERNS ARE OUT THERE.
I THINK NOW WE WANT TO TRY TO
OUTLINE A PROCESS TO ADDRESS
AND TALK THROUGH THOSE
CONCERNS.
>> RETURNING TO THE SCHEDULE TO
TALK ABOUT THE DRAFTING OF THE
RESOLUTION AND WHERE MY OCCUR,
HIS STAFF HAD ASSUMED THAT
THERE WOULD BE SOME RESOLUTION
RELATED TO THE PROPOSAL, THAT
RESOLUTION WILL PROBABLY BE
INFORMED BY THE DISCUSSION OF
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT WILL
HAPPEN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION
MIGHT BE OCCURRING AND THE
RESOLUTION OF COURSE IS NOT
SUBJECT TO THE SAME KIND OF
FRICTION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN SO THERE IS MORE
FLEXIBILITY THAT WOULD INFORM
PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> AND JUST FOLLOWING UP ON
THAT , ALY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
ADDRESS SOMETHING.
THIS IS A CRITICISM THAT WE
HEAR NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT
WE ARE DEALING WITH IN LAND USE
AND THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT
LISTENED TO US OR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SPECIFIC
OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
ADDRESSED.
OR IF YOU COULD TALK JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
SCHEDULE AND I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAS
ALREADY IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
TALKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS BUT
IS THERE SOMETHING LEFT
UNTURNED?
HAVE WE MISSED ANYTHING BECAUSE
OF COURSE HAVING THE WHOLE
NOTION OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH.
WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEED
FOR MORE HOUSING BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE MOVING INTO OUR CITY WITH
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS.
COULD YOU JUST GO BACK AND
MAYBE ANSWER THAT QUESTION
WHICH IS WHAT STONES HAVE BEEN
LEFT UNTURNED?
>> SURE.
I WILL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT.
I THINK SOME OF THIS RELATES
BACK TO THE HEARING EXAMINER'S
PARTIAL REMAND TO THE CITY.
PERHAPS A STONE THAT NEEDS TO
BE TURNED OVER IS A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE CITY'S HISTORIC
RESOURCES.
ONCE THAT STONE IS OVERTURNED,
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE A MORE
CLEAR PICTURE OF THE RANGE OF
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF
THESE ALTERNATIVES.
FROM A PUBLIC PROCESS
STANDPOINT, THERE HAVE BEEN
MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO
TESTIFY IN FROM THE COUNCIL AND
SELECT COMMITTEE WITH DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY ABOUT
CONCERNS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
THEM.
WE ARE ENTERING THE PHASE NOW
WHERE COUNSEL MEMBERS WILL BE
MAKING DECISIONS ON HOW TO
RESPOND TO THAT TESTIMONY.
I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE
WE HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION
AFTER THE ADDENDUM IS COMPLETED
IF THAT IS THE PATH THAT THE
CITY GOES DOWN AND THEN IT IS
UP TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
BALANCE THE BENEFITS AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS MIGHT
NEED TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
>> FURTHER ON THAT POINT, I
THINK ONE OF THE TALENTS THAT
WE HEAR FROM JUST RELATES TO
HOUSING AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE
DEVELOPING CYCLE THAT I THINK
ALL OF US CAN FEEL IS SLOWING
DOWN IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM,
I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE
FACT THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO
IMPLEMENT THIS AND BE EFFICIENT
IN HER WAY TO ALLOW FOR
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND
CONSIDERATION WHILE ALSO
WEIGHING AGAINST THE VERY REAL
NEED FOR US TO START MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS
THAT REQUIRE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY START
PAYING INTO THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR
ABILITY TO RAISE THE REVENUE IN
2019 TO PUT TOWARDS THE CITY'S
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND NOTICE OF
FUNDING AVAILABILITY. WE ARE
LOSING OUT ON THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW.
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ABOUT TIMELINE?
YOU HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
>> ONE MORE, YES.
MOVING ON, AS I MENTIONED THE
SCHEDULE IS CONTINGENT ON
EARLY IDENTIFICATION WITH
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS SO THEY
CAN BE THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC
HEARING BY THE STAFF.
GENERALLY, THE MEMBERS WILL BE
OF TWO KINDS WITH CHANGES TO
ZONE DESIGNATIONS AND THE RE-
ZONES OR CHANGES TO THE
PROCEDURAL STANDARDS AND THE
TEXT OF THE LAND USE CODE. WE
WILL ALSO BE IDENTIFYING
LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO A RESOLUTION
AS WELL AS PART OF THAT
LANGUAGE.
THIS CONTEMPLATES CHANGES WITH
REGULATIONS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
LIMITATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH
AMENDMENTS THAT MIGHT BE
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBERS AND
THOSE OF THE USUAL LIMITATIONS
THAT YOU ARE USED TO IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE DECISION-MAKING.
SPECIFICALLY THAT COMMITMENTS
HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
STATEMENT AS IT MIGHT BE ADDED
TO OR MODIFIED BY ADDITIONAL
WORK THAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
ALSO, THE AMENDMENT HAVE BEEN
FUNDED EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT WE
CAN PUT THEM OUT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND THEY CAN BE THE
SUBJECT OF EITHER TESTIMONY OR
PUBLIC HEARING OR A COMMENT
BEFORE THE FULL ELECTION.
>> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE
THOSE TWO POINTS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I THINK
THEY CANNOT BE SAID ENOUGH.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A SOFT VOICE
TODAY.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THAT
THERE MIGHT BE GOOD IDEAS THAT
COME FORWARD OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT IF THOSE
GOOD IDEAS ARE NOT WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF THE EIS, I WILL BE
VERY RELUCTANT TO HAVE US
CONSIDER THOSE IDEAS AS PART OF
THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CANNOT
DOCKET THOSE IDEAS FOR FUTURE
CONSIDERATION BUT I WILL BE
LOOKING TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
STAY STRONGLY WITHIN THE SCOPE
OF THE EIS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PROPOSALS
MAY BE WITHIN THE SCOPE, I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH KETIL AND ALY TO
ENSURE THAT IT IS.
THE SECOND ELEMENT OF THAT IS
IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE
PUBLIC FAIR NOTICE ABOUT
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE
MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AS PART OF
THE FINAL PASSAGE, THAT MEANS I
WILL ASK OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR
SO AND MAYBE FIVE WEEKS THAT
YOU SPEND TIME AND ENERGY WITH
YOUR STAFF DRAFTING UP WITH
THOSE AMENDMENTS MIGHT LOOK
LIKE SO THAT BY MID-JANUARY WE
HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE ABOUT
WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW AS
PART OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
AND TO KETIL 'S EARLY POINT,
AND 11 SO WE MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER TO REQUIRE US TO HAVE
SOME SORT OF PUBLIC HEARING
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND THEN
THE 30 DAY NOTICE.
IF WE WILL STAY ON THE
SCHEDULE, I AM ASKING THOSE TWO
THINGS.
ONE, IF YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS,
GET THEM TO US IN THE NEXT FIVE
WEEKS AND THAT THOSE ARE
CLEARLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EIS.
OKAY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT PROCESS OR TIMELINE? I AM
NOT SEEING ANY.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> ARE YOU ANTICIPATING TO
MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR WILL
YOU CONTINUE WITH THE
PRESENTATION?
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION
AROUND DISPLACEMENT.
>> GOOD, THAT IS WHAT I'M
INTERESTED IN.
>> THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO ADJOURN AT
NOON TODAY SO MY EXPECTATION IS
THAT THIS WILL BE ABOUT HALF AN
HOUR OR SO.
>> GREAT.
IF I JUST ASK IS YOU ARE GOING
THROUGH -- THANK YOU, ALY AND
MAYBE OFFICE OF HOUSING, AS YOU
ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, I WOULD
LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS, I KNOW
QUESTION THAT COMES UP ALL THE
TIME AND WE HAVE HEARD AN
ANSWER AT THE LAST 15 MINUTES
BUT I KNOW EVERY SINGLE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS THEY WANT
MORE HOUSING ON-SITE AND MORE
MANDATORY AND INCLUSIONARY
ZONING WITH THE PROJECTS ON-
SITE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT MOST
OF US WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
HOUSING ON-SITE BUT AGAIN, I
BELIEVE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TELLS US THAT YOU CAN LEVERAGE
THOSE MONIES TRIPLE AND THAT
IT'S NOT EITHER/OR BUT AND.
ONCE AGAIN, IT HAS COME UP
AGAIN THIS MORNING IN THE PAPER
AND I WONDER IF IN YOUR
DISPLACEMENT IF YOU COULD TALK
ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE OTHER
QUESTION IS HOW WE ARE REALLY
FOCUSING ON THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
ASPECTS OF THIS BECAUSE THE
GOAL IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE AND
HAVE GOOD HOUSING ACROSS THE
CITY AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE
ARE DESIGNATED AREAS FOR PEOPLE
OF LOW INCOME.
JUST AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH
DISPLACEMENT, IF YOU WOULD
FOCUS ON THE TWO QUESTIONS.
>> THAT IS A GOOD SEGUE.
I'M SURE WE HAVE A SLIDE
DISCUSSING THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
IN THAT SAME -- IF YOU COULD
TALK ABOUT ANOTHER DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGY.
YOU AND I AS WELL IS THE OFFICE
OF RIGHTS HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT A STRATEGY THAT I HOPED
WE WOULD HAVE IN PLACE
CONCURRENT WITH THE PASSAGE OF
MHA BECAUSE AS A WAY OF
ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE
CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW RAISED -- COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW RAISED WITH PEOPLE IN
PARTICULAR ELEMENTS AND
ENCOURAGING A WAY FOR FOLKS TO
EITHER STAY OR RETURN.
>> GREAT.
THOSE ARE ALL GREAT SEGUES FOR
THIS NEXT PART OF THE
PRESENTATION.
SO, AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING IN AUGUST, WE FEATURED
ONE OR TWO SLIDES ON THE
DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS THAT WAS
INCLUDED AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS THAT PROMPTED THE
DESIRE TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH
DISCUSSION OF THAT DISPLACEMENT
ANALYSIS AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT
OF A BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION
OF THE ANALYSIS AND TALK ABOUT
HOW IT HAD THE LEGISLATION AND
THEN EMILY ALVARADO WILL TALK
ABOUT HOW REVENUE IS SPENT TO
FURTHER THOSE GOALS.
STARTING OFF BEFORE I FAN --
BEFORE I HAND THINGS OFF TO
NICK WELCH WHO IS THE PROJECT
LEAD FOR MUCH OF THE ANALYSIS,
I JUST WANT TO START WITH THE
STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS
MADE.
MHA BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OUTCOMES IS AN ENTITY'S
PLACEMENT STRATEGY.
THE GOAL OF PRODUCING UNITS
AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS IN 60%
HELLO OF INCOME WILL PROVIDE
BENEFITS TO THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT
ARE STRUGGLING TO STAY IN
SEATTLE TODAY.
ALSO, WE KNOW PEOPLE OF COLOR
IN PARTICULAR COMPRISE THOSE
RESTRICTED UNITS AND THIS
PROVIDES A BENEFIT THERE.
MHA ALSO GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITING
MORE CHOICES IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
I WILL HAND THINGS OVER TO NICK
WELCH TO WALK US TO THE
BACKGROUND AND DISPLACEMENT
ANALYSIS .
>> THANK YOU, SARAH.
EXCUSE ME.
IN FEBRUARY 2017, COUNSEL
ADAPTED A RESOLUTION FOR US TO
FOCUS ON THE EIS ANALYSIS AND
THE PROPOSAL ON ADVANCING
EQUITY GOALS AND EXAMINING
POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS.
IT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED WAYS
TO ANALYZE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DISPLACEMENT WITH PHYSICAL
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT AND ENCOURAGED US
TO USE THE GROWTH AND EQUITY
ANALYSIS FROM THE CITY'S
COMPETENCE OF PLAN UPDATE AS A
FRAMEWORK FOR DOING THAT.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, THE
GROWTH AND EQUITY ANALYSIS WAS
PREPARED AS PART OF THE PLAN
UPDATE IN 2015 AND 16.
IT HELPED US EXAMINE THE
DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE GROWTH
STRATEGIES THAT WERE UNDER
CONSIDERATION TO IDENTIFY HOW
THE BENEFITS AND BURDENS OF
DIFFERENT WAYS OF DETERMINING
GROWTH COULD AFFECT MARGINALIZED
POSITIONS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
WE DID THIS BY MEASURING
DISPLACEMENT RISK AND HOW THEY
VARY ACROSS THE CITY WITH
DEVELOPING THE TYPOLOGY THAT
HELPED US CONSIDER DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE
FOR NEIGHBORHOODS ACCORDING TO
THOSE TWO MEASURES.
THIS MAP SHOWS THAT
DISPLACEMENT RISK INDEX
COMBINES 14 DIFFERENT FACTORS
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
PLACEMENT PRESSURE.
BOTH DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ABOUT
POPULATION TOWARDS ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISPLACEMENT AND
PHYSICAL FACTORS THAT TEND TO
DRIVE DEVELOPMENT OR HOUSING
DEMAND.
AREAS IN RED TEND TO HAVE A
COINCIDENCE OF BOTH OF THOSE
TYPES OF FACTORS WITH PEOPLE
AND PLACE FACTORS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRIBUTION OR
DISPLACEMENT RISK ACROSS THE
CITY IS VARIED.
THERE IS HIGH VULNERABILITY AND
PARTS OF SOUTH PARK AND WAS IN
HIGHLAND PARK AND OTHER AREAS
IN SEATTLE AS WELL.
THEN, A COMPLEMENTARY MEASURE
WAS ACCESSED WHICH COMBINES
SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT
RELATE TO SOME OF THE KEY
DETERMINANTS OF BEING THE
PEOPLE IN NEED AND MEASURES AND
HOW THOSE ARE DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
SIMILARLY, THERE ARE DISPARITIES
IN THE LEVEL OF ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
MANY OF THE AREAS SHOWN IN THE
BLUE TEAL COLOR HERE THAT HAVE I
-- HIGH ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
WITH GOOD ACCESS TO FREQUENT
TRANSIT AND GOOD SCHOOLS AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ALSO HAVE
HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND ARE
UNAFFORDABLE TO MANY OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE AND
BENEFIT FROM THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES IN SEATTLE.
SO, WE CATEGORIZED THE VILLAGE
ACCORDING TO THOSE TWO MEASURES
AND DEVELOPED THIS TYPOLOGY AND
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH
URBAN VILLAGES TOWARDS THE TOP
OF THIS CHART AND TO HAVE
HIGHER DISPLACEMENT RISK AND
SIMILARLY, URBAN VILLAGES ON
THE RIGHT SIDE HAVE HIGHER
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
THIS GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
HELPED US IDENTIFY STRATEGIES
AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRODUCE
EQUITY OUTCOMES THROUGH THE
COMP PLANS PROCESS AND THEN
THROUGH FUTURE LAND USE
PLANNING EXERCISES AS WELL.
IT IDENTIFIED EQUITABLE
DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR HIGH-
RISK DISPLACEMENT AND
RECOMMENDED INCREASING HOUSING
CHOICES IN AREAS WITH HIGH
ACCESS OPPORTUNITY.
THAT FRAMEWORK THEN INFORMED
HOW WE SET UP THE MHA
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
AND IN THE EIS, WE ALSO
ANALYZED THE POTENTIAL FOR
DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS ACROSS A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES
FOR IMPLEMENTING MHA.
ON PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT, WE
USED TWO DIFFERENT METHODS FOR
ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE DISPLACED UNDER
CURRENT ZONING AND CURRENT
RULES AND UNDER SEVERAL
DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR
INPUTTING MHA.
ONE OF THOSE METHODS WAS TO
IDENTIFY SITES THAT ARE LIKELY
REDEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE AND
TO KEGLEY THE NUMBER OF
EXISTING HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE
ON THOSE SITES AND THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS IN THOSE AREAS COULD
BE DISPLACED.
HE OTHER METHOD LOOKED
HISTORICAL PERMIT DATA AND
KEGLEY THE RATIO IN THE PAST OF
NEW HOUSING AND DEMOLITIONS AND
THEN APPLY THAT RATIO GOING
FORWARD TO THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH
THAT WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE.
IT IS AN EMPIRICAL MEASURE AND
BASED ON DATA AS ANOTHER
ESTIMATE OF POTENTIAL
DISPLACEMENT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE ESTIMATES IN
THE GREEN BARS ON THAT CHART.
THEY VARY AN HISTORICAL METHOD
PRODUCES A MORE CONSERVATIVE
AND HIGHER ESTIMATE.
THEN, VERY NOTEWORTHY IS THE
GRAY BAR WHICH REPRESENTS OUR
ESTIMATES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT CAN BE GENERATED THROUGH
MHA IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE ALL THREE
ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD
IMPLEMENT MHA TO THE ZONING
CHANGES, THE NUMBER OF
AFFORDABILITY UNITS IS
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN OUR
ESTIMATES OF PHYSICAL
DISPLACEMENT THAT COULD OCCUR.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT AND ANALYZED
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO RELOCATE
BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS.
NOT NECESSARILY DUE TO A
DEMOLITION OR REHAB OF THAT
PARTICULAR HOUSING.
TO DO THIS, WE COMPARED THE
AMOUNT OF MARKET RATE HOUSING
PRODUCTION AND THE CHANGE IN A
LOW INCOME POPULATION. INTERACT
ACROSS THE CITY IN RECENT
YEARS.
IN THIS CHART, EACH DOT
REPRESENTS ONE CENSUS TRACT IN
THE CITY AND THERE ARE ABOUT
140 OF THEM.
THEY ARE PLOTTED ON THIS
GRAPHIC ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH
MARKET RATE HOUSING WAS BUILT
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2012.
ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE LOW
INCOME POPULATION HAS CHANGED
AND WHAT WE FOUND AND WHAT YOU
CAN SEE IS THAT THERE IS NO
CORRELATION BETWEEN MARKET RATE
HOUSING GROWTH AND THE LOSS OF
LOW INCOME POPULATION.
AREAS ATTENDED TO HAVE MORE
HOUSING PRODUCTION OVERALL
TENDED TO RETAIN OR GAIN LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS DURING THIS
PERIOD.
THEY TENDED TO HAVE RELATIVELY
LESS HOUSING GROWTH AND LOST
HOUSEHOLDS DURING THIS TIME.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT FINDING
BECAUSE IT HELPED US TO
UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO A
CONCERN THAT WE FREQUENTLY HEAR
WHICH IS THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT
IS CAUSING HOUSING PRICES TO
RISE.
WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE FOR THAT AT DIFFERENT
INCOME LEVELS.
THIS CHART IS SPECIFICALLY
SHOWING A CHANGE IN HOUSEHOLDS
OF THE 50% BUT THE NEXT SLIDE
SHOWS A SIMILAR PATTERN WILL BE
LOOKED AT UP TO 80% AS WELL.
EVEN AT A HIGHER INCOME LEVEL
WE FOUND THE SAME FINDING.
>> THIS IS RESULTING IN SOME
QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
I WILL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT I HAVE RAISED A FEW TIMES
AND YOU ARE JUST STARTING TO
ADDRESS IT RIGHT AFTER I
FORMATTED THE QUESTIONS OF
THANK YOU FOR ANTICIPATING.
THE FACT THAT I HAD A LOT OF
CONCERNS THAT THE ANALYSIS
GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATED THE
NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS BEING REMOVED BECAUSE AT
THE TIME OF THE INITIAL
ANALYSIS, USED RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE PERMITS TO PEOPLE
THAT WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR
RELOCATION THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND WE KNOW THAT
MANY MORE LOW INCOME PEOPLE ARE
DISPLACED FROM DEMOLITION THEN
ARE DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR THE
TENANT RELOCATION SYSTEMS
ORDINANCE.
I AM GLAD THAT THIS SECONDARY
ANALYSIS LOOKED AT 80% AMI.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW THE
TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE AND
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
QUALIFIED AS THE PROXY FOR THE
50% ANALYSIS.
WHAT WAS THE PROXY FOR THE 80%
ANALYSIS.
HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT?
>> WE ACTUALLY USED THE DATA IN
THE PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT
ANALYSIS.
IN THE FIRST CHART.
>> GOT IT.
>> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE PROXY FOR A LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLD WAS COMING FROM DATA
THAT GOES UP TO A CERTAIN
INCOME LEVEL AT 50% AND FOR THE
REASONS YOU DESCRIBED, WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SOME
LIMITATIONS TO THAT DATA BECAUSE
WE KNOW IT DOES NOT CAPTURE
EVERYBODY THAT MAY BE
EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT.
IN THE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
ANALYSIS, THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
DATA IS COMING FROM THE CENSUS.
FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SURVEY DATA.
EXCUSE ME.
IN THE DRAFT EIS, WE INITIALLY
LOOKED AT 0 TO 50% OF AMI AND
RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS WITH
WHAT YOU'RE RAISING AND SAYING
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT
A BROADER RANGE OF INCOME
LEVELS.
WE SUPPLEMENTED THE ANALYSIS
WITH ADDITIONAL CORRELATIONS TO
DO THAT.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW
INCOME DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE
TENANT RELOCATION SYSTEMS
ORDINANCE BECAUSE EITHER THEY
ARE BETWEEN 50 AND 80% OR THEY
LIVE IN SHARED HOUSING IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
COMBINES PEOPLE'S INCOMES FOR
QUALIFICATION.
AGAIN, TO THE STATEMENT THAT
MHA ITSELF IS A DISPLACEMENT OR
MITIGATION TOOL, IT'S ONLY
DISPLACED TO THE EXTENT THAT WE
ARE BUILDING MORE -- IN EQUAL
TO OR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS THEN WE ARE REMOVING AND
TO THAT NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT THIS WORK AND THIS
RESOLUTION WAS INITIATED BY THE
COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO REFER BACK TO
THE 2015 PRELIMINARY GROWTH AND
EQUITY REPORT THAT STATED IF
UNMITIGATED, NEW MARKET RATE
DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS IS
LIKELY TO LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT
OF MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
THE ANALYSIS DESCRIBED IN THE
REPORT ASSUMES THAT THE HIGHER
THE GROWTH AND HIGH RISK AREAS,
THE GREATER THE LIKELIHOOD OF
DISPLACING MARGINALIZED
POPULATIONS.
THIS BASEMENT IS A CONCERN
UNDER ANY ALTERNATIVE.
ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES ARE
LIKELY TO CAUSE DISPLACEMENT
WHICH WOULD HAVE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON
MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
TO THE POINT OF THIS LAST
GRAPH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT YOU WERE INCLUDING
NONPROFIT DEVELOPED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THIS CORRELATION.
>> THIS ACTUALLY CONTROLS FOR
THAT.
WE REMOVE RENT AND INCOME
RESTRICTION HOUSING FROM WHAT
IS PLOTTED ON THE X AXIS FOR
THAT REASON.
>> OKAY.
I AM HAPPY TO KNOW THAT.
>> ONE OTHER REVOCATION IS THE
ALTERNATIVES IN THE EXCERPT
THAT YOU JUST READ, THE
ALTERNATIVES AT THAT TIME WAS
REFERRING TO THE CONFERENCE
PLANT WHICH WAS LOOKING AT
ALTERNATIVES FOR DISTURBING
HOUSING GROWTH AND PRESUMING
IT'S MARKET RATE HOUSING GROWTH
WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT LIKE
MHA.
>> WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT IN
BOTH OF THOSE ANALYSES , THAT A
NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE ALSO
RESULTS IN A WHOLE LOT OF
DISPLACEMENT?
>> YES.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GROWTH
AND EQUITY ANALYSIS, THAT WAS
ANOTHER CONCLUSION.
ACROSS ALL ACTIONS, THIS
BASEMENT WOULD BE A CONCERN AND
THEN SIMILARLY WITH MHA, EIS
SAYS AS MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> NO PROBLEM.
YOUR POINT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY.
MHA IS INTENDED TO BE A
DISPLACEMENT TOOL BUT THAT
MITIGATION TOOL CAN ONLY BE
EFFECTIVE WE ARE ALLOWED TO
MOVE FORWARD.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE
HAVING.
I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE
CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED
TO SCALE UP HOUSING
DRAMATICALLY ACROSS ALL INCOME
LEVELS.
IF WE LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT
WAS JUST PUBLISHED BY OUR
OFFICE OF PLANNING, THE
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ALL THE
REPORTS THAT CAME OUT THIS
MORNING, IT'S VERY CLEAR WHEN
YOU LOOK ON PAGE 4, THE STARK
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT AND INCREASING GROWTH
BETWEEN 2005 AND 2016 AND THE
FLATLINE OF THE NET UNITS THAT
HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE SAME
PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE IS A HUGE GAP HERE AND I
THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT
MITIGATION TOOLS FOR
DISPLACING, AS WE GET THE GREEN
LIGHT TO GO FORWARD, THIS WILL
IN FACT BE A MITIGATION TOOL
ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO BEGIN
BUILDING.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THE FINAL PIECE HAS TO DO
WITH CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT.
THIS IS ADMITTEDLY MUCH HARDER
TO MEASURE.
WE DON'T HAVE PERFECT DATA
ABOUT WHO WAS COMING AND GOING
FROM THE CITY AND WHY PEOPLE
ARE LEAVING BUT WE DO HAVE BOTH
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
INDICATORS THAT THIS IS
OCCURRING AND THE MAP ON THE
SLIDE SHOWS CHANGES AND RACIAL
AND ETHNIC GROUPS BETWEEN 2010.
YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY
SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE WITH THE
RELATIVE SHARE OF THE BLACK
POPULATION DURING THIS TIME.
THIS IS ONE INDICATOR THAT THIS
TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IS
OCCURRING.
WHAT WE FOUND IN THE EIS, WE
DID A SIMILAR CORRELATION
ANALYSIS LOOKING AT THE
RELATIONSHIP OF HOUSING
PRODUCTION AND CHANGES IN
DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC
GROUPS.
UNLIKE THE ANALYSIS WITH
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT, WE DID
NOT FIND ACIDIC AND STATISTICAL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE TWO
THINGS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IS ADJUSTED
THAT THERE ARE FACTORS OTHER
THAN HOUSING PRODUCTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE OF
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE THAT OCCURS
WITH CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT.
IT COULD BE INFLUX OF HIGHER
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS OR LOSS OF
CULTURAL OR COMMERCIAL
INSTITUTIONS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
BUT FACTORS THAT ARE OTHER THAN
THE QUANTITY OF HOUSING
PRODUCED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT FOR THAT
REASON THERE ARE OTHER ACTIONS
AND STRATEGIES THAT WE
RECOMMEND TO ADDRESS CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT BEYOND THE
STRATEGIES RELATED TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SWITCHING TO THE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE AND FEIS AND THE
LEGISLATION THAT IS IN FRONT OF
YOU, THE ANALYSIS THAT NICK
DESCRIBED WAS USED AS A BASIS
FOR THE ZONING PROPOSAL BUT IS
IN THE LEGISLATION AND IT WAS
IN THE WORKPLAN RESOLUTION BACK
IN 2015 TO CONSIDER THIS
FRAMEWORK HAS -- AS WE ARE
DEVELOPING THE FRAMEWORK
PROPOSAL.
>> THE ME JUST INTERRUPT FOR A
MOMENT.
>> SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS
THAT YOU MADE IN TERMS OF
DISPLACEMENT, CAN YOU DESCRIBE
TO ME WHO WAS DOING THE
ANALYSIS?
ARE WE USING A CONSULTANT?
WE HAVE HAD SOME CRITICISM ON
OUR LACK OF LENS ON WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO SO CAN YOU GIVE ME
SOME CONTEXT AND HOW WE HAVE
REACHED THOSE CONCLUSIONS AND
IN YOUR OPINION, WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS NOW AND THERE HAS BEEN
SOME SUGGESTION TO KEEP LOOKING
AT IT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME CONTEXT ON HOW
YOU REACH THOSE CONCLUSIONS?
>> SURE.
FOR THE MHA EIS, WE DID HAVE A
CONSULTANT THAT WAS SUPPORTING
THE WORK ON THE HOUSING
SOCIOECONOMICS ANALYSIS.
THEY ASSISTED IN THAT SPECIFIC
ANALYSIS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
>> WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND ? ARE
THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT OR THEY HOUSING MHA
EXPERTS?
DO THEY LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS?
>> THE CONSULTANT FOR THAT --
>> ARE THEY LOCAL OR OUT-OF-
STATE?
>> THEY HAVE AN OFFICE HERE BUT
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS THE HAD
CORDS -- HEADQUARTERS.
THE STAFF THAT WE WORKED WITH
WAS LOCAL.
IT WAS A SHARED EFFORT BECAUSE
SOME OF THE TECHNICAL AND
STATISTICAL WORK THAT THEY HAD
A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN AS FAR AS
HOUSING AND LAND USE POLICY
EXPERTS AND THEN THERE IS SOME
ELEMENTS OF THE CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT AND DISCUSSION
THAT THE CITY HAS A LOT OF
EXPERTISE BECAUSE IT IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE WORKED ON.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO GOT
FEEDBACK DURING THE PERIOD THAT
HELPED US REFINE A SUPPLEMENT
ANALYSIS.
THAT CAME FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THE COUNCIL AND
OTHERS.
THERE WERE ALSO CONSULTANTS
INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OR
PRODUCTION OF THE GROWTH AND
EQUITY ANALYSIS DURING THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN UPDATE THREE
OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
>> LET ME BE DIRECT.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT I
THINK SEATTLE HAS DONE SOME
UNPRECEDENTED WORK IN OUR RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
DIFFERENT CITIES AND TALKING TO
DIFFERENT CITY LEADERS ON HOW
THEY WANT TO LEARN FROM US.
AS THIS DISPLACEMENT ISSUE
CONTINUES, I ASK MYSELF IF THE
CITY IS BEING AS GRANULAR ON
THIS APPROACH AS WE COULD AND
SHOULD BE.
I WANT TO PLANT THAT IDEA AS WE
CONTINUE THIS WORK.
ARE WE BEING AS GRANULAR IN OUR
SOCIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS AS WE
SHOULD BE AS OPPOSED TO JUST
LOOKING AT BROAD NUMBERS.
WE CAN SAY AND I THINK PART OF
YOUR CONCLUSION WAS IT'S NOT
HOUSING PRODUCTION ALONE THAT
CAUSES DISPLACEMENT SO THEN
WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN WE --
THAT'S ONE REASON WHY DURING
THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAVE A
LOT OF THE FUNDING OPTIONS THAT
WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF.
SO, I GET THE POINT THAT IT IS
NOT HOUSING PRODUCTION ALONE
BUT IN THIS ANALYSIS, IS
HOUSING PRODUCTION 30% OR 50%
OR 80%?
LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN USE THIS
TOOL AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST
BE MORE GRANULAR IN OUR
APPROACH.
>> WHAT I WAS THINKING WE MADE
EYE CONTACT WAS, GENERALLY THE
ANALYSIS AROUND DISPLACEMENT
AND WHAT IS CAUSING
DISPLACEMENT CAN BE VERY
COMPLICATED AND REALLY KNOWING
WHY A PERSON MOVED IS DIFFICULT
DATA TO COLLECT WHICH IS ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES AND
UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENA.
THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED AND
CONTINUES TO PUT IN LOOKING FOR
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT BEYOND THE
CODE AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS TO
LOOK AT STRATEGIES TO TRY TO
COLLECT THAT MORE GRANULAR
LEVEL OF DETAIL AND ASKING WHY
PEOPLE MOVED AND WHAT LED TO
THAT DECISION.
WAS IT A CHOICE OR WERE THEY
FORCED NOT JUST FOR US BECAUSE
HER UNIT WAS BEING DEMOLISHED
BUT BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY
DID NOT HAVE OPTIONS TO STAY
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A POINT WELL TAKEN AND
WORK THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO
INVESTIGATE ON HOW TO COLLECT
THAT DETAIL.
>> I THINK ONE MUST ASK THE
QUESTION OF HOW THE ANALYSIS
SHOWS THERE IS NO CORRELATION
BETWEEN DISPLACEMENT AND
HOUSING PRODUCTION AND WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS A CORRELATION
BETWEEN AFFORDABILITY AND YOU
HOUSING PRODUCTION AS WELL.
AS WE CONTEMPLATE A NEW ACTION
ALTERNATIVE VERSUS AN
ALTERNATIVE THAT IS NOT LOOK AT
THE NEW UNITS, WE BELIEVE THAT
THAT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE INTO
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY BECAUSE
OF THE UNITS THAT WE WILL
PRODUCE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT
FOR US TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH
AFTER IMPLEMENTATION IS
CONCLUDED.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
MENTIONING THE EFFORTS TO GET
THE PSRC THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL
COUNCIL TO INCLUDE AS A QUESTION
IN THE PERIODIC SURVEY THAT
WILL HELP US GET MORE WITH THIS
QUESTION OF ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT. IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO GET FOLKS SUPPORT IN MOVING
AT FORWARD.
ALSO, I THINK THE ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT IS DEFINITELY TRUE.
I WILL SAY AS IT RELATES TO
PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT AND A
RESULT OF DEMOLITION, I THINK
THERE IS MORE TO BE KNOWN ABOUT
THAT THAT IS KNOWABLE THAN WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE
THUS FAR.
MAYBE WHEN OUR FRIENDS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AREA ARE DONE
PRESENTING, I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK MORE.
>> OKAY.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> JUST VERY QUICKLY BY WAY OF
REVIEW, THE WAY THAT WE USE THE
GROWTH EQUITY ANALYSIS AND THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU IS
ENCOURAGING RELATIVELY MORE NEW
DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES WITH LOW
DISPLACEMENT AND EXPANDING
URBAN VILLAGES OF BOUNDARIES TO
INCLUDE THE FULL 10 MINUTE WALK
SHED. WHEREAS IN COMMUNITIES AT
HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT TOOK
A MORE SENSITIVE APPROACH WITH
RELATIVELY LESS DEVELOPMENT.
NEW TACOMA CAPACITY IS
SUFFICIENT TO PUT THE PROGRAM
IN PLACE.
WE ARE WANTING TO BE SENSITIVE
TO THE FACT THAT THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT HAVE
TROUBLE KEEPING PACE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT COMING IN.
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, WE DID
FOCUS ON M1 AND M2 AND JUST THE
M LEVEL RESULTS.
NOW I WILL PASS TO EMILY.
>> GREAT, WE HAVE TALKED
ALREADY ABOUT THE EXTENT OF
WHICH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION
CAN IN AND OF ITSELF BE AN ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT TOOL.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE
DO WHEN WE INVEST TO REALLY
HONE IN ON THOSE DISPLACEMENT
OUTCOMES.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE UNIT
BUT WHERE THE UNIT IS LOCATED
AND WHAT ARE THE AMENITIES AND
THE PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED
WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT THE
HOUSE TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT.
FIRST, I SHOULD MENTION THAT
OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS A 35
YEAR PLUS TRACK RECORD OF
INVESTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FUNDS.
WE CONTINUE TO DO SO IN A
THOUGHTFUL AND DISCIPLINED WAY.
OUR OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK FOR
WHERE WE INVEST OUR FUNDS
OVERALL IS THE FEDERAL FAIR
HOUSING ACT.
THAT ANALYSIS REQUIRES THAT WE
AFFIRMATIVELY HAVE THEIR
HOUSING BY DOING TWO THINGS.
ONE, INVESTING AND -- IN HIGH
HAVE BEEN SEGREGATED AND CUT
OFF OR THOSE OF COLOR AND LOW
INCOME FOLKS AND ALSO THAT WE
INVEST IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES, MAKING SURE THAT
WE PREVENT FUTURE DISPLACEMENT.
THOSE TWO PIECES ARE KEY TO A
PHONY -- AFFIRMATIVELY HAVING
HOUSING.
WE HAVE EXQUISITE LOCATIONAL
GOALS FOR THE INVESTMENTS AND
THEY INCLUDE FURTHERING FOR
HOUSING AND LOCATING THE URBAN
CENTERS AND VILLAGES AND NEAR
TRANSIT AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC
ART TO -- ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
AND THE ADDITIONAL BULLET THAT
YOU SEE LOCATING YOUR
DEVELOPMENTS THAT GENERATE CASH
CONTRIBUTIONS.
I SHOULD SAY THAT THESE
LOCATIONAL GOALS ARE LARGELY
SIMILAR TO THE LONG-STANDING
LOCATION OF PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD ON
DELIVERING THESE OUTCOMES.
SECOND, I SHOULD SAY
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, TO YOUR
POINT, COMMUNITIES INTERESTED
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOCATED
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS IS
A FABULOUS THING . WE ARE
REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
COMMUNITIES ARE STEPPING UP AND
ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
WE HEARD THAT AND WANTED TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO THAT COMMUNITY
PRIORITY SO WE DID SO IN TWO
WAYS.
FIRST, THE FRAMEWORK HAS THIS
EXPLICIT LOCATIONAL GOAL ABOUT
LOCATING THE -- LOCATING YOUR
DEVELOPMENTS AND SECOND WE
IMPROVED UPON OUR MONITORING
AND REPORTING SO WE HAVE A NEW
ROBUST MONITORING POLICY THAT
EACH YEAR ANNUALLY WE HAVE
REPORTED ON ONE -- WHERE
PAYMENTS ARE COMING FROM AND
WHERE WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS
IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GENERATING
ESTIMATES CAN AMOUNT OF
INVESTMENT AND NOT GETTING A
LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INVESTMENT BACKING IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN IDENTIFY
THAT AS A PRIORITY AREA FOR
INVESTMENTS. WE WANT TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY ON THIS
ISSUE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
HOUSING CHOICE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY IN ALL LOCATIONS
CONSISTENT WITH FAIR HOUSING
LAWS.
I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF NATIONAL
RESEARCH ON THE RELATIVE
BENEFITS OF PAYMENT AND
PERFORMANCE.
I SHOULD SAY ON THE ISSUE THAT
LOCAL RESEARCH IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND LOCALLY, THEY
WERE INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER
ANALYZES FOR THE ZONING
PAYMENTS AND WHERE THEY WERE
GENERATED AND HOW THEY WERE
REINVESTMENT AND THAT ANALYSIS
CONCLUDED THAT THERE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENT OUTCOME IF THE
PROGRAM HAVE PRODUCED
PERFORMANCE UNITS AS COMPARED
TO HOW WE MADE OUR INVESTMENTS.
I THINK THAT IS TRANSPARENT OR
APPARENT I SHOULD SAY IN THE
MAP OF INVESTMENTS THAT YOU
SEE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL
SEE IS THAT THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN
HIGH-COST AREAS WITH A LOT OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING
AND THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO BE
HIGH OPPORTUNITY AND HIGH RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT AREAS.
WE ARE HITTING THOSE
PRIORITIES.
YOU WILL SEE INVESTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST
CORRIDOR LARGELY TRACKING WITH
OUR SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
TRANSIT AND THEN IN AREAS WHERE
YOU DO NOT SEE OUR INVESTMENTS,
I WOULD REITERATE AND I SAY
THIS OFTEN THAT LARGELY THOSE
ARE IN LOCATIONS WHERE MULTI-
FAMILIES ZONING IS NOT PRESENT.
SO, AS MENTIONED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL AND
OTHERS, IT'S NOT JUST
DISPLACEMENT BUT THE HONING OF
THAT HOUSING AND THINKING ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE INTENTIONAL
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND WE
ARE MEETING MULTIPLE PRIORITIES
WITH THE HOUSING DELIVERY.
FIRST, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS CAN REALLY HELP TO
PROVIDE FAMILY FROM THE
HOUSING.
I THINK A FAMILY-FRIENDLY
HOUSING IN TWO WAYS.
ONE IS ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING
UNIT SIZES WITH 2+ BEDROOMS AND
THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM HOUSES
BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE DESIGN
AND DESIGNING IN A WAY WHERE
THERE ARE SPACES THAT ARE
CONDUCIVE TO FAMILIES.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF
INVESTMENTS HERE ON THE TOP
LEFT.
THAT IS AROUND 70 UNITS OF
MIXED INCOME HOUSING FROM 30 TO
60% OF THE AREA WITH A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TWO AND
THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND NOT
ONLY IN THE UNITS BUT THE FIRST
FLOOR INCLUDES A FOUR CLASSROOM
PRESCHOOL THAT WILL BE OPERATED
BY THE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE.
THERE IS A ROOFTOP DECK AND
IT'S IN A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING.
THERE IS A SEVEN CLASSROOM
EXTENSION OF THE NATIONALLY
ACCREDITED CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.
THERE ARE 112 APARTMENTS AND
THIS IS A MIXED INCOME BUILDING
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE UNITS
ARE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM
APARTMENTS.
THOSE ARE A HIGHER PROPORTION
OF FAMILY SIZE UNITS THAN WOULD
HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE
MARKET ALONE.
WE ALSO NOTE THAT THINKING
ABOUT THOSE COMMUNITY ORIENTED
USES THAT CAN BE DELIVERED THAT
REALLY HELP TO PROVIDE SPACES
FOR BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS --
>> I WILL ASK YOU TO SIT BACK
DOWN, SIR AND IF YOU INTERRUPT
AGAIN, I WILL ASK FOR YOU TO BE
REMOVED.
YOU ARE BEING DISRUPTIVE.
SIR, I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN TO
SIT BACK DOWN.
IF YOU INTERRUPT AGAIN, I WILL
FIND IT DISRUPTIVE AND ASK YOU
TO BE REMOVED.
PLEASE CONTINUE -- SIR, THAT IS
YOUR FINAL WARNING.
IF I HEAR ANOTHER INTERRUPTION,
I WILL ASK SECURITY TO REMOVE
YOU.
>> WE HAVE BUSINESS CULTURAL
AND COMMUNITY SPACES DELIVERED
ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT CAN
HELP TO ANCHOR COMMUNITY.
YOU SEE AT UNCLE BOB'S PLACE IN
THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
NOT ONLY ARE THERE 103
APARTMENTS BUT ALSO THE
RESTAURANT LOCATED AT THE SITE
AND WE WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF
THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY VILLAGE
IS SENIOR HOUSING FOR FOLKS 55
AND OLDER.
IT IS ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY
CENTER AND IT INCLUDES SPACE
FOR RESIDENTS AND COMPUTER
ACCESS AND TO USE INNOVATION
CENTER.
AT LIBERTY BANK AND IN THE TOP
MIDDLE, WE HAVE 115 UNITS AND
THIS ONE IS REALLY EXCITING.
>> I'M SORRY, SECURITY, I AM
FINDING HIM DISRUPTIVE AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO ESCORT HIM OUT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE
PERSONALLY FOR THE
INTERRUPTIONS.
I HOPE IT HAS NOT THROWN YOU
OFTEN I ANTICIPATE THAT IT HAS
NOT.
>> WE HAVE A MENTOR THAT 115
UNITS WILL BE OCCUPIED IT --
OCCUPIED BY 115 HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND
CALLED FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
THE BUILDING WILL PRIORITIZE
LOCAL AND MINORITY HIRINGS WITH
BLACK ON BUSINESSES AND
CREATING A PATHWAY TO LONG-TERM
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNERSHIP OF
THE BUILDING AND JUST
ANECDOTALLY, THEY DID PRE-
LEASING OF THIS BUILDING NOT
LONG AGO.
THE PHONE LINES CRASHED AS A
RESULT OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE --
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
TRYING TO APPLY.
THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE SEEKING AND EATING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW.
ALSO TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HAT WANT TO RETURN TO T
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED.
MARION WEST, YOU SEE WE ARE NOT
ONLY DELIVERING OTHER PUBLIC
BENEFITS LIKE A FOOD BANK AS
PART OF THAT PROPERTY.
PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THESE
ARE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
INVESTMENTS IS THINKING ABOUT
WHO WAS ABLE TO KNOW ABOUT AND
LIVE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT IS CREATED THROUGH MHA.
LAST YEAR, WE ESTABLISHED NEW
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING POLICIES
FOR THE UNITS THAT ARE
DEVELOPED THROUGH MHA.
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING IS ROOTED
IN FAIR HOUSING LAW.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN SEE AND
HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR
NATIONALITY OR OTHER PROTECTED
CLASS STATUS.
I SAY TO THE QUESTION OF RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
AND SOCIAL EQUITY, WE RAN A
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL QUIT --
TOOLKIT AND BASED ON SNIFF GET
FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, WE IDENTIFIED THAT
THE BEST WAY TO HONE OUR
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING STRATEGY
WAS TO USE INFORMAL NETWORKS AS
A WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
THE HOUSING.
OUR POLICY REQUIRES THAT PRIOR
TO GENERALIZED MARKETING, A
DEVELOPER MUST HAVE THREE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
KNOW ABOUT THE VACANCY SO THAT
THEY CAN HELP TO MARKET THOSE
PROPERTIES AND REPORT TO THE
SEATTLE HOUSING SO PEOPLE WHO
ARE WAITING TO USE A VOUCHER
CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THESE
PROPERTIES.
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS --
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S POINT,
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE I
LIVE IN A BUILDING AND SOME
CITIES HAVE TAKEN A FURTHER
STEP AND HAVE PUT IN PLACE
POLICIES THAT TALK ABOUT HOW A
SELECTION PROCESS IS USED IN
THE LEASING OR SALES OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GIVE
PREFERENCE TO FOLKS THAT HAVE
LONG-STANDING TIES TO COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SEEN IN NEW YORK AND
SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND,
OREGON.
WE ARE PRESENTLY ENGAGED IN
WORK TO NOT ONLY ANALYZE WHAT
OTHER CITIES ARE DOING BUT
WORKING CLOSELY WITH
COMMUNITIES TO SEE HOW AND
WHETHER TO DESIGN A COMMITTEE
RESIDENT PREFERENCE POLICY ARE
SELF.
I WOULD SAY THESE POLICIES CAN
BE DESIGNED TO HAVE FAIR
HOUSING.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF NOT
DESIGNED WELL, THEY CAN VIOLATE
FAIR HOUSING.
ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF
THIS COULD BE A WAY TO ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT WHILE DOING SO IN
A WAY THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE EXCLUDING PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EMILY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
THE ANALYSIS AND TO ALL OF YOU
, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS THAT
CAME UP AGAIN THIS MORNING.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED TO
SEE THAT IT IS BEING REPEATED.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS HAS BEEN
ARE WE CONSIDERING SAFETY AND
NEIGHBORHOODS?
ARE WE HIRING MORE POLICE?
WE KNOW THAT IT IS AN ONGOING
EFFORT ALWAYS TO TRY TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE
FIVE PRECINCTS.
I ALSO HEARD A CONCERN THAT WE
WERE CONSIDERING SEWER AND
WATER COLLECTION.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE
THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS,
WE HAVE PUT MASSIVE STORM WATER
RESERVOIRS AND RETENTION SYSTEMS
AT MAGNOLIA AND WEST SEATTLE
AND WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IN BALLARD.
THIS IS MILLIONS OF GALLONS.
THE THIRD THING I HEARD ABOUT
THIS MORNING WAS THAT WE ARE
NOT CONSIDERING PARKS.
IN MY TIME HERE ON THE COUNCIL,
WE HAVE PROCURED LAND FOR 14
MORE PARKS AND WE HAVE DONE THE
AREA WHICH IS WITHIN A QUARTER
MILE OR HALF A MILE THAT THE
CITY HAS APART.
WE HAVE 6500 ACRES ACROSS THE
CITY. WHAT ARE WE MISSING?
WHAT AREN'T WE DOING THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
OR WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THESE
MAJOR LIVABILITY CONCERNS?
>> I ADDRESS THAT ONE FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WAS
ANALYZED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT.
ALL THOSE ISSUES ARE ANALYZED.
THE FIRST ONE YOU MENTIONED IN
THE FIRST TWO REALLY WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IN TERMS OF
POLICE SERVICES AS WELL AS
SEWER AND WATER COLLECTION,
THERE WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS FOUND.
THE CITY HAS A LONG-RANGE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLANTS FOR
THOSE SERVICES WITH GROWTH.
WE WERE WITHIN THE RANGE WHERE
THERE WOULD NOT BE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITH THIS
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GROWTH DUE
TO MHA.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU
MENTION PARKS BECAUSE THAT IS
AN AREA WHERE WE DID FIND THAT
THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT.
THE CITY IS ALREADY STRUGGLING
TO MEET ITS ACREAGE LEVEL OF
SERVICE FOR PARKS AND THAT IS
SOMETHING WE KNOW ABOUT TODAY.
WITH SOME ADDITIONAL GROWTH,
THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A
CHALLENGE.
SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THE CITY
OR PARKS DEPARTMENT OR OTHERS
ARE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING OUT
IS BASICALLY BY GETTING MORE
BANK -- BANG FOR OUR BUCK,
ADDING SERVICES, IT IS
EXPENSIVE TO ACQUIRE LAND.
CERTAINLY, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
ARE WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
ENHANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
YOU'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS
AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO THAT
WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING SO THAT
WE CAN EITHER PUT IT INTO NEXT
YEAR'S BUDGET OR MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S PART OF THESE PLANS.
>> THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> OKAY, BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP
TO PUBLIC COMMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WANTED TO
SHARE A FEW WORDS AND I THINK I
WANTED TO AS WELL.
>> FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE REQUEST
THAT WE SURFACE IDEAS EARLY,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE
SHARED WITH BACKGROUND AND
POLICY BASIS IN A PREVIOUS
MEETING. THAT WAS MANY MONTHS
AGO SO I WILL DO IT AGAIN.
BASICALLY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO ADDRESS
MY CONCERN THAT WE ARE GROSSLY
UNDERESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT
ARE RELATED FIGHT DEVELOPMENT.
JUST DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY.
THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS
REFERENCED EARLIER HAD LANGUAGE
THAT SAID THAT THE COUNCIL
INTENDS TO CONSIDER A RANGE OF
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE UNIT
SUFFICIENT TO OFFSET THOSE AT
RISK DUE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT WITH CHANGING CYST
-- SOCIOECONOMIC POPULATIONS.
SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE MHA
FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION, THE
COUNCIL HAD A PAST AMENDMENT
THAT INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT
SAID THAT WE CAN CONSIDER TO
INCLUDE HIGH PERFORMANCE OF
PAYMENT AMOUNTS WITH THE
STATUTORY LIMITS FOR THOSE
AREAS WITH THE INCREASE AND
DEVELOP A CAPACITY WORD BE
LIKELY WITH DISPLACEMENT RISK.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER ARE AREAS
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE
2035 DISPLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY
RELATED TO THE GROWTH STRATEGY
IS HAVING A HIGH DISPLACEMENT
RISK AND AREAS WITH INCREASED
CAPACITY WHERE IT IS GREATER
THAN THE STANDARD MHA
IMPLEMENTING ZONE CHANGE IN
AREAS WHERE PLANNING PROCESSES
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE SEPA PROCESS FOR MHA
IMPORTATION HAS IDENTIFIED
AFFORDABLE UNITS AT RISK OF
DEMOLITION.
WE DO NOT COMMIT TO A
PARTICULAR APPROACH TO ADDRESS
THESE DISPLACEMENT RISKS AND I
DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE GETS US A
LITTLE CLOSER BY HAVING A
SMALLER ZONING BUMP IN AREAS
THAT ARE HIGH RISK.
AS WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, THERE ARE
SEVERAL PARCELS OF LAND THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED AS UNLIKELY TO
BE DEVELOPED WHERE THERE IS
EXISTING HOUSING THAT IS
REDEVELOPING.
I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT
THE ELIMINATION OF EXISTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS DISPLACEMENT HAS AS A
POLICY BASIS BOTH OUR PREVIOUS
JOINT ASSESSMENT OF HER HOUSING
AND IT REALLY PUTS THE QUESTION
OF FAIR HOUSING AT THE CENTER
OF THIS QUESTION AND WHETHER OR
NOT OUR POLICIES ARE
EXACERBATING WITH EXISTING
PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE IN FACT
DOING ENOUGH TO AFFIRMATIVELY
FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS TO FAIR
HOUSING.
THE IMPORTATION ALSO IDENTIFIES
DISPLACEMENT AS A CONTINUED
IMPACT OF FUTURE GROWTH THAT IS
NOT FULLY MITIGATED.
FINALLY, THE 2016 RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT STUDY ESTIMATED THAT
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND LOW-COST
AREAS, THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIABLE
PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT
REQUIREMENT WHILE VARYING BY
THE PROTOTYPE IS GENERALLY
HIGHER THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED
FOR THE LOW-COST AREAS IN THE
MHA PROPOSAL.
WITH THIS PROPOSAL, IT SUGGESTS
THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER
AMENDING THE HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT OF POLICIES OF THE
CITY'S SEPA ORDINANCE TO ADD A
NEW SUBSECTION PROVIDING THE
AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL
MEDICATION FOR DISPLACEMENT BY
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS DOCUMENT SUGGESTS THAT
THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT
WANT TO USE THE AUTHORITY.
ONE IS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A POLICY
THAT REQUIRES ONE-FOR-ONE
REPLACEMENT OF UNITS WHICH THE
LICENSES HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
TO THE OTHER OPTION, THE
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR
NEW RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH A
HIGHER RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THIS AS
SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE MOVING
FORWARD HOPEFULLY IN PARALLEL
TO THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE
AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO HEAR A LOT
OF CONCERNS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGNAL THAT
WE WOULD BE SENDING TO THE
PUBLIC IF WE MOVE FORWARD BOTH
WITH OUR COMMITTEE PREFERENCE
POLICY AND SOME SORT OF A SEPA
MITIGATION TOOL.
>> THOSE ARE WELL THOUGHT
THROUGH POINTS AND ARGUMENTS.
IN THE CONTINUING CONVERSATION
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS,
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL
HAVE THE SPACE TO BE DISCUSSING
THINGS LIKE THE PAYMENT
SCHEDULE AND VARIOUS ZONES.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, THERE ARE
ALSO OPPORTUNITY COSTS THAT GET
LOST WHEN WE DON'T APPLY MHA.
THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
GOING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS A
PLACE WHERE WE HAVE PAUSED ON
MHA.
BUILDINGS ARE TRADITIONALLY TWO
STORIES.
YOU CAN BUILD UP TO SIX STORIES
RIGHT NOW AND THIS BUILDING
WILL BE BUILT UP TO THE SIX
STORIES.
IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY
PAYMENT OR CONTRIBUTION. WHEN
WE DO MAKE A PAUSE OR CHOOSE TO
NOT IMPLEMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS,
THERE IS A RISK ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AS WELL WITH THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT COME IN.
THAT DOES NOT PERFORM TO THE
SIZE THAT WE MIGHT HOPE.
IT IS ALSO NOT REQUIRED TO PAY
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A TOUGH
TIGHT ROPE FOR US TO TRY TO
WALK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
RAISING A PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND ENSURING THAT WE DO
IT IN A WAY THAT IS THOUGHTFUL.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
ND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT WORK.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS SO I WILL
ASK OUR FRIENDS AT THE TABLE TO
GO ABOUT THE REST OF THEIR DAY.
WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN 20 FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED
UP TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CONSIDERING WE ARE A LITTLE
OVER TIME, I WILL ASK THAT WE
GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE AND A
HALF AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL
TWO MINUTES.
THAT SHOULD SO GIVE US ABOUT
HALF AN HOUR OF PUBLIC DISORDER
BETWEEN NOW AND 12:15.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE NOON
APPOINTMENTS SO I WILL NOT
BEGRUDGE YOU IF YOU PART EARLY,
PARTICULARLY WITH MY LATE
ATTENDANCE THIS MORNING.
PLEASE COME TO ONE OF THE TWO
MICROPHONES AT THE FRONT WHEN I
CALL YOUR NAME.
I WILL CALL A COUPLE AT A TIME
SO THAT WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL START WITH BILL RUNTH
AND THEN MEGAN CRUZ.
>> WE HAD SIGNED UP EXPECTING
THAT WE WOULD BE THE FIRST AND
APPARENTLY THAT WAS NOT
INCLUDED.
>> THERE WAS AN EARLIER SIGN-UP
SHEET THAT I HAD.
IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME BY THE
CLERK.
THEY WERE THE FIRST THREE TO
SIGN UP I BELIEVE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE EARLIER
MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO THAT LIST.
>> WOULD YOU MIND MRS. KRUSE
IF WE WENT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
OR IF THEY WOULD NOT MIND IF WE
CAN CALL YOU UP IN THE ORDER?
SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY AT THE
MICROPHONE, WHEN WE GO TO BILL
AND MAKE IT IN THE WE WILL MOVE
ON TO DAVID AND MARIA.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
NORTHWEST HOUSING.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
THE MHA PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE
. I KNOW THIS IS A PROCESS AND
I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THE
FUNDAMENTAL ACTION OF IT.
I THINK THIS IS NEEDED TO
ACCOMMODATE OUR GROWTH AND IT'S
CRUCIAL TO BRING THE PRIVATE
SECTOR INTO DELIVERING ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS.
MY ORGANIZATION IS AN ACTIVE
NONPROFIT DEVELOPER AND THIS
DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT PLACING
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ALL OVER
THE CITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE AND IN OUR
BUILDING AT MOUNT BAKER AND
THAT ROOSEVELT.
IN EACH OF THOSE CASES, I THINK
IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE
LIVABILITY -- WITH ABILITY THAT
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
INCLUDING CHILD CARE AND HEALTH
PROGRAMMING AND MULTILINGUAL
TAFF.
WE HAVE HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE
OF RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THE MHA.
>> THANK YOU, BILL.
MEGAN?
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF THE STUDIO
BUILDING AND THIS IS A HISTORIC
LANDMARK BUILT IN 1912.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE REMAND
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INCLUDES
PROTECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR
LANDMARK BUILDINGS IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
I BELIEVE CL CAN HAVE BOTH NEW
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECT ITS
HISTORIC BUILDINGS BUT THEY
NEED TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR
PROCESS AND FOLLOW EXISTING
RULES.
AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK, MY
BUILDING WILL NOT REMAIN
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE MUSTARD
VELVET LEAVES BREATHING SPACE
AROUND US INCLUDING SETBACKS TO
PROVIDE ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT AND
REASONABLE PRIVACY.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES
AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OFFERS
PROTECTIONS BUT THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD BELIEVES THIS IS
NOT IN THE JURISDICTION TO
APPLY THESE MEDICATIONS.
STARTING WITH DESIGN REVIEW, WE
ASKED THE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH
A CLEAR MANDATE TO ANALYZE
ADVERSE IMPACTS AND ADDRESS THEM
IN THIS LEGISLATION.
10 YEARS AGO, THE CITY THOUGHT
OUR BUILDING WAS TOO IMPORTANT
TO FALL VICTIM TO THE
ANTICIPATED BUILDING.
THEY WERE SHIFTED OUR ABILITY
TOP STONE AND ASKED US TO SIGN
CONTROLS AND INCENTIVE TO
AGREEMENT FOR THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW, WITH EVERYTHING
HAPPENING AROUND US, WE ARE A
VULNERABLE POPULATION.
WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO
US PRESERVE THIS BUILDING FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS HANDED THE SIGN-UP SHEET
FROM EARLIER AND TAKE YOU TO
THE CLERKS THAT ARE LISTENING
ALONE.
DAVID AND MARIA, YOU SIGNED IN
ON THE CIVIC BUT LISTED THAT
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT MHA SO
WE WILL GO WITH YOU IN THAT
ORDER AND THEN WE WILL COME
BACK AROUND.
YOU SPOKE ON THE ARENA'S SO WE
WILL GET TO YOU MR. ZIMMERMAN
IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
MR. WARD, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND
COMING TO THE MICROPHONE, THANK
YOU .
>> I AM DAVID LORD AND I AM
PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE
COALITION FOR AFFORDABILITY
WITH THE EQUITY SCALE FROM
COALITION OF 29 NEIGHBORHOOD
ORGANIZATIONS.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS LOW
ENOUGH THAT UNDER MHA, 90 TO 97
PEOPLE OUT OF 100 WILL NOT GET
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MEMBERS OF SCALE WANT FAR MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHEN
THREE PEOPLE INTERACTED ON THE
SCALE AND REQUESTED THAT THE
CITY PUT HER IN CHARGE OF DIS
USE AND ANALYSIS WITH INCREASED
AFFORDABLE LEVELS, IT REFUSED.
EVEN MORE THAN 90 TO 97 OUT OF
100 WILL BE WITHOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WHEN YOU CONSIDER
DISPLACEMENT AND EVEN THE CITY
ADMITS THAT THEIR METHOD OF
DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS IS FLAWED
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND IMPACTS
BEFORE IT WAS DRAWN UP, THE
CITY ALSO ANALYZED THE FULL
IMPACTS ON DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY
REFUSED.
THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE REAL
IMPACTS TO EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR TREES OR PARKS ARE OPEN
SPACE WITH DISPLACEMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AND
RACIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE.
OF THE CITY DONE THESE AS A
HEARING EXAMINER IN THE SEATTLE
TIMES ARTICLE SAID, THIS WOULD
NOT BE A CONCERN.
THE SCALE IS MORE THAN WILLING
TO MEET WITH THE CITY TO GIVE
THEM A FULL BRIEFING ON HER
CONCERNS AND THE DEFICIENCIES.
>> THANK YOU.
MARIA, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
DEB.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING HONORABLE CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS MORNING, THE SEATTLE TIMES
PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED
LIKE A CALL TO SEATTLE REGARDING
MAYOR MURRAY'S MILITARY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY ACT.
THIS INFORMATION WE UNCOVERED
WAS NEW TO US AND MAYBE YOU --
MIGHT BE NEW TO YOU NOW.
THOUGH THEY WERE DEEMED
TECHNICALLY ADEQUATE TO THE
HEARING PROCESS, WE UNCOVERED
FROM THE 100,000 CITY
DOCUMENTS, INFORMATION
INDICATED THAT MAYOR MURRAY
INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED KEY
EQUITY COMPONENTS FROM THE MHA
AND SPECIFICALLY MURRAY
EXCLUDED THE LIVABILITY REPORT
AND COMMENTS FROM ITS OWN
CONSULTANT PLANNER AND PETER
STEINBERG AND EXCLUDED CITY
CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTED
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS WITH THE
BROAD BRUSH OF ZONING AND
EXCLUDED CITY REPORTS ON THE
INADEQUACY OF SERVICES ENTRY
ORDINANCE AND INACCURACY OF
STRUCTURE THE HAZOR CITY DUMPING
100 MILLION GALLONS OF SEWER
AND RAINSTORM WATER EVERY YEAR
POLLUTING OUR BODIES OF WATERS.
IT EXCLUDED THE CITY
MULTIDEPARTMENTAL RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS THAT
WAS COMPLETED BY THE
DEPARTMENTS I INDICATED EITHER
THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS WAS
NOT APPLIED OR INCOMPLETE OR
INADEQUATE.
PLEASE ADDRESS THE LIVABILITY
IN YOUR MHA EIS ANALYSIS.
WE BADLY NEED AFFORDABLE AND
LIVABLE AND EQUITABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW DEB BARKER.
>> DEB HAD TO LEAVE SO I AM
READING HER STATEMENT TO THE
RECORD.
STUFF HAS CHARACTERIZED THIS AS
A MINOR MATTER QUICKLY
RESOLVED.
I DISAGREE WITH THAT
ASSESSMENT.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CITY
LANDMARKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED AS NATIONAL REGISTER
SITES.
THE STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS
MUST BE TRANSPARENT.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH
CITY LANDMARK STAFF THAT KNOW
THE TOPIC AND THE STATUS BETTER
THAN THE MHA CONSULTANTS.
THE UPDATED DATA MUST ALSO BE
CONVEYED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
NOTIFIED AS WELL IS TO THE
PUBLIC AS AN ADDENDUM.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE TOP
OF THE LIST.
CANOOT RENTON, ARE YOU HERE?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I THINK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE .
10 YEARS AGO, THE CITY, DECIDED
TO OF STONE SECOND AVENUE AND
THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD
LESSONS IN THAT EXPERIENCE. AND
ENDED UP DIVIDING THE BLOCK
BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD AVENUE
AND ON THE WEST SIDE TOWARD
SECOND AVENUE, IT ALLOWS FOR 45
STORY TOWERS TOWARDS THIRD
AVENUE AND ALLOWS FOR 12 STORY
BUILDINGS.
THE RESULT IS NOW THAT TOWERS
ARE BEING PROPOSED AND BUILT
THAT OVERWHELMED THE EASTSIDE
OF THIS BLOCK.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE
REVIEW PROCESS DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE CONVERGENT ZONING.
THESE TOWERS STILL THE LIGHT,
AIR, PRIVACY AND VIEWS FROM THE
EAST SIDE OF THIS BLOCK IN A
VERY BAD WAY.
THERE ARE MANY OF THESE
BUILDINGS ARE HISTORIC AND I
ASK YOU TO DO THREE THINGS.
FIRST, DEVELOP RULES FOR ZONING
IN HOW TO REVIEW PROPOSED
PROJECTS FOR THAT.
SECOND, PUT A HOLD ON ANY
HISTORIC PROJECT THAT IS IN THE
APPLICATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW
UNTIL YOU DEVELOP A RESPONSE
AND RULES TO DEAL WITH THE
REMAND THAT THE HEARING EXAMINER
PROVIDED.
THIRD, MANY OF THESE HIGH-RISES
ARE BEING MARKETED
INTERNATIONALLY.
ONE THAT IS IN A PRECONSTRUCTION
PHASE NOW IS BEING MARKETED IN
CHINA AT A PRICE STARTING AT
$1440 A SQUARE FOOT.
THIS DOES NOTHING FOR HER
HOUSING AND I ASKED THAT YOU
DEVELOP RULES TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT INTERNATIONAL INVESTOR
FINANCING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANGELA YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY STICK FREE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ANGELA COMPTON.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
ON THE BEHALF OF WHERE THE
STATEWIDE NONPROFIT LOOKS AT
GREEN SPACE AND FARMLAND BY
REDUCING COST AND TRY TO MAKE
OUR CITY MORE LIVABLE.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THE
PROGRAM MOVE ON.
THE MHA PROGRAM IS SOMETHING
THAT OUR CITY NEEDS.
WITHOUT IT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE RENT RISE FOR PEOPLE ACROSS
THE INCOME SPECTRUM.
THE MILITARY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM NOT ONLY
ALLOWS FOR MORE HOMES TO BE
BUILT BUT ALSO RESERVES HOMES
FOR SOME OF THE LOWER-INCOME
NEIGHBORS.
EVERY DAY, I SEE FOLKS IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHOSE LIVES WILL BE
CHANGED FOR THE BETTER WITH
ACCESS TO A HOME THAT THEY CAN
AFFORD.
WHEN WE WELCOME NEW PEOPLE IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ARE
WELCOMING NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND
CULTURES AND IDEAS THAT WILL
STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE SHOW KINDNESS TO OUR
NEIGHBORS THAT ARE STRUGGLING,
WE HELP OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY
BECOME MORE RESILIENT.
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
CANNOT SOLVE ALL OF HER HOUSING
PROBLEMS BUT IT IS A GOOD START
AND WILL PRODUCE REAL HOMES FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS THAT DESPERATELY
NEED THEM.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN
SEATTLE ARE ABLE TO STAY AND
THOSE THAT ARE COMING TO
SEATTLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES ARE
ABLE TO LIVE AND THRIVE AS
WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN
SEATTLE.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM AND
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THIS AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LOSE MORE
HOMES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIEGFRIED AND
THEN JOSH.
>> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM SARAH JAMES SICK FREED --
SIGFREED.
WE ARE GETTING CRUMBS.
THE DEVELOPER FEES PAY FOR ONLY
110,000 PER UNIT WHEN EACH LOW
INCOME UNIT ACTUALLY COST OVER
$300,000.
THE FUNDS AT THE CITY COUNTS ON
TO LEVERAGE DEVELOPER FUNDS IS
MOSTLY TAX MONEY AND IT IS
ALREADY COMMITTED.
AS A HOUSING ADVOCATE, I FEEL
MANIPULATED AND MISLED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIVABILITY
AND WHERE ARE THE INVESTMENTS
AND PRESERVATION AND POCKET
PARTS AND THE TREE CANOPY AND
WALK ABILITY, THE QUALITY OF
LIFE ASPECTS? DISPLACEMENT IS
THE OPPOSITE OF LIVABILITY.
ARE LOW INCOME SENIORS AND
FAMILIES AND IMMIGRANTS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEING
DISPLACED.
DEVELOPERS ARE NOT HAVING ANY
FAMILY SIZED APARTMENT SO OF
ZONING THE 20% OF SINGLE-FAMILY
HOUSES THAT ARE RENTALS WILL
OBVIOUSLY COST MORE
DISPLACEMENT.
THE MARRIOTT PROMISE THAT SHE
WOULD LISTEN TO NEIGHBORHOODS
BUT SHE HAS YET TO DO SO.
PREVIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS
WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DIRECTING
70% OF GROSS INTERURBAN HUBS
AND VILLAGES DEFINED BY THEIR
ACCESS TO FREQUENT TRANSIT.
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ANXIOUS TO
PARTICIPATE IN UPDATING THE
EXISTING PLANS TO FULFILL THE
GOAL OF ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR
ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
ONE SIZE FITS ALL THE OPPOSITE
OF GOOD URBAN PLANNING.
PLEASE PARTNER WITH US TO
IMPROVE THIS LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS
IMPORTANT UP SO LEGISLATION.
MY NAME IS JOSH AND I AM NOT
ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE.
I DID NOT GROW UP HERE.
I WAS NOT BORN AND RAISED HERE.
I DID NOT GO TO ROOSEVELT HIGH
SCHOOL AND I AM NOT A LIFELONG
MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY.
I AM NOT A SEVEN GENERATION
SEATTLE MAN.
TO THOSE OF US THAT CHOSE TO
MOVE HERE, SEATTLE STANDS OUT
AS AN EXCITING 21st CENTURY
LANDMARK AS MAKING -- IS TAKING
IN A BRAVE EXPERIMENT AND I'M
EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I HAVE A PUBLIC SECTOR JOB.
I AM A RENTER.
PLEASE STOP LETTING SOME
RESIDENTS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY
ZONES AND PLACE SEATTLE FIRST
POLITICS BY MYTHOLOGIZING
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND
STIGMATIZING RENTERS.
THAT KIND OF DOG WHISTLING
POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN
SEATTLE.
PLEASE STOP LETTING QUARTER
CENTURY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS
THAT WERE DEVELOPED WITHOUT A
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ANALYSIS BE A BLUEPRINT FOR
SEATTLE'S FUTURE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA FOR HAVING A CLOSE LOOK
AT THE PLAN.
AS YOU KNOW, THE FOR ABILITY
THE DECISION IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY DID GO THROUGH AND THE
DISSUASIVE ANALYSIS BY INCOME
AND RACE.
THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE SIX
MHA URBAN CENTER AND URBAN
VILLAGE RESOUNDS LAST YEAR.
TO MAKE MHA WORK AND TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
CRISIS, ALL OF SEATTLE NEEDS TO
BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE PASS THIS SMALL BUT SON
OF KIM FIRST STEP IN TAKING
DOWN THE WALLS THAT KEEPS MANY
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OFF-
LIMITS FOR TOO MANY RESIDENTS.
I AM NOT PROUD THAT I'M FROM
HERE.
I AM PROUD THAT I MOVED HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
BART, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JUDITH AND THEN LEO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING ON
THE BOARD WITH THE NONPROFIT
DEVELOPER HERE IN SEATTLE ON
THE 2100 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 IN THE
PIPELINE MOVING FORWARD.
THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE YET
ANOTHER ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF
REVENUE TO HELP WITH OTHER
NONPROFITS.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND
STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON
THIS EFFORT.
WE WANT TO MOVE AHEAD AND GET
THIS IMPLEMENTED.
>> THANK YOU.
HANG ON FOR JUST ONE SECOND.
JUST AS A REMINDER FOR FOLKS, I
DON'T FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE
UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO THE
MICROPHONE BUT SEATTLE CHANNEL
LIKE THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY AT
HOME CAN MAKE SURE THEY HEAR
YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> MY NAME IS JUDITH.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE AREA.
I'M A VOLUNTEER AND CAME OUT OF
RETIREMENT AFTER 10 YEARS.
A VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY THAT
WORKED WITH THE FRIENDS AS PART
OF THE APPEAL.
I AM HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
ONLY THE AMOUNT THAT WAS
REMANDED TO YOU WHICH IS THE
HISTORIC RESOURCES IN CONTRARY
TO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS
SPEAKERS, WE HAVE RESOURCES
HERE THAT WE VALUE BECAUSE THEY
MAKE SEATTLE LOVABLE AND THEY
GIVE US A SHARED SENSE OF
HISTORY AND WE SHOULD NOT
DESTROY IT.
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND I HAVE
A LETTER THAT SETS ALL THIS
OUT.
OF THE 27 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE URBAN VILLAGES, LET'S SEE,
ONLY 12 OF THEM -- 15 OF THEM
HAVE NEVER BEEN SURVEYED AND
AMONG THESE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
IN THE HEARING, NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE SOUTH PARK TAKEN NORMA'S
PRIDE IN THEIR HISTORIC
RESOURCES.
HERE, WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY
KIND OF SURVEYS DONE WITH AREAS
IN THE AREA AND I HAVE A
SUGGESTION FOR YOU ON HOW TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT BECAUSE IF YOU
LEAVE THEM HIGH AND DRY, YOU
HAVE LEFT THE CITY HIGH AND
DRY.
SO, I WILL HAND OUT THOSE
LETTERS TO YOU AND I JUST ALSO
WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE
NOW HAVE TWO NEW DISTRICTS.
AMONG THEM MY OWN.
THE FOLKS HAD A NEW HISTORIC
DISTRICT VOLUNTARILY AND THIS
WILL DESTROY IT ALL.
>> WE WILL HAPPILY TAKE THOSE
ITEMS FOR THE RECORD.
LEO BRENNAN FOLLOWED BY PATIENTS
AND THEN ALEX.
>> MY NAME IS LEO.
MY WIFE AND FAMILY HAVE A
PROPERTY IN ROOSEVELT AREA.
IT IS NEXT TO THE COMMERCIAL
COMPANY -- SORRY, IT'S GETTING
REZONED IN 65 AND THE OTHER
PART OF IT IS 75, ALL IN THE
ONE BLOCK.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH BE IN FAVOR
OF GETTING IT REZONED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK PART OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, WE
RECOMMEND THAT IT IS A MUTUAL
ONE AND WE WOULD EVEN PREFER IT
MORE LIKE LR THREE. IT HAS
SURROUNDED THE SEVEN PROPERTIES
AND IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF
12th AVENUE.
TWO BLOCKS FROM THE LIGHT RAIL.
I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP
IN PROVIDING HOUSING FOR THE
AREA FOR SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WHEN I SPOKE EARLIER ,
COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE ROOT QUEST
-- THE REQUEST THAT YOU'RE
MAKING TO TAINT THE PROPOSAL
FOR WHAT IT IS TODAY FOR
SOMETHING GREATER OR LESS THAN,
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
PROPOSALS THAT WOULD REQUIRE US
TO DO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO
SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT QUESTION
IS IN THE SCOPE OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CIRCLE
BACK AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS
INTERESTED IN INDIVIDUAL
ANALYSIS TO CIRCLE BACK AND WE
CAN START THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT BUT IS WITHIN
THE BOUNDS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
STATEMENT.
THAT IS A FIRST -- THAT IS A
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT
QUESTION.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ALEX
AND THEN FRANK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMMENT TODAY.
I WANT TO BEGIN, I'M WITH THE
COALITION THAT IS UNITED ON
SUPPORTING THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW, I AM DOING TWO
THINGS HERE.
NUMBER ONE TASK A QUESTION AND
NUMBER TWO, TO HAVE AN ASK.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THIS
MOMENT IN TIME REQUIRE AS IT IS
TO THE MANDATORY HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY CITYWIDE PROGRAM?
IT REQUIRES THAT YOU EXPEDITE
THE MOVE IN PASSING MHA.
WE HAVE ALREADY LOST OUR
AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT COULD
HAVE HOUSED WORKING FAMILIES
THAT CONTINUE TO BE PRIZED OUT
OF SEATTLE AND ARE HAVING TO
DRIVE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS FROM
SOUTH KING AND PIERCE COUNTY
AND ELSEWHERE.
RIGHT NOW, REPORT AFTER REPORT
TALKS ABOUT A COOLING HOUSING
BUDGET.
IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE WHATEVER
OPPORTUNITY IS LEFT AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING A NEW
DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES UP.
MHA IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION AT
THE RIGHT TIME AND WE ASK YOU
TO MOVE FORWARD IN PASSING MHA
AS FAST AS CAN POSSIBLY BE
DONE.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEP
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBERS INTO
SO MANY -- INTO SO MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE
HELPED US TO GET WHERE WE ARE
TODAY WITH MHA.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY
HAVE TRIED TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN
OR STOP MHA AND ANY CHANGES IN
HOUSING POLICY THAT ALLOW FOR
MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT.
WAS ADMITTEDLY TRUE ARGUMENTS
THAT EACH POLICY PROPOSED IS
NOT PERFECT, MHA IS IN PERFECT
BUT WE NEED IT SO MUCH.
AS CLIMATE NEWS GROWS EVER MORE
DIRE, THE COST OF FUTURE
GENERATIONS GOES EVER HIGHER IN
TIME TO DO SOMETHING TO DO --
TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IS
GETTING SMALLER.
IT'S TIME FOR US AS A CITY TO
EVERYWHERE IN OUR CITY WORK
TOGETHER TO MUCH MORE QUICKLY
WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS AND
WELCOME BACK THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN EXILED BY THE HOUSE OF
HIGH-COST HOUSING INNER-CITY
AND BUILD AN EQUITABLE WALKABLE
AND BREAKABLE GREEN CITY.
I HOPE THAT OTHERS LIKE THIS
COUNSEL CAN OPEN THEIR HEARTS
AND UNLEASH THEIR CREATIVITY TO
CREATE THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO
BE.
THANK YOU.
>> FRANK, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND THEN
JESSICA.
>> I'M SORRY TO SEE THAT MOST
OF THE COUNCIL HAS LEFT BUT I
WILL PROVIDE SOME REMARKS
ANYWAYS.
I WAS URGING TO TALK ABOUT
DIFFERENT THINGS BUT AFTER
HEARING SOME OF THE TESTIMONY
TODAY, I WOULD ASK THAT THE
COUNCIL REALLY NEEDS TO PUT ON
THE MOST SKEPTICAL THINKING.
I GUESS THERE SKEPTICAL HAT OR
SKEPTICAL THINKING.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE SAW TODAY
THAT WE HAVE CITY STAFF
PRESENTING FIGURES THAT DON'T
MATCH AND CITY STAFF CONTINUING
TO FURTHER NARRATIVES WHERE
THEY CLAIM THEY WILL PRODUCE
TWICE AS MUCH HOUSING AS F EIS
SAYS -- FEIS SAYS.
THERE IS REALLY NO CORRELATION.
THE REAL FACT IS THAT YOU CANNOT
CONCLUDE ANYTHING OUT OF IT AND
IT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CASE.
WE REALLY NEED TO WONDER WHY WE
ARE DOING THIS IS THAT IS THE
CASE.
WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING
THAT HAS BENEFITS.
EVERYTHING THAT IS SHOWING ON
THIS DOES NOT SHOW BENEFITS AND
PARTICULARLY IT DOES NOT SHOW
BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE.
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PERFECTLY
WILLING TO HELP AND PITCHING
WITH TRYING TO SOLVE THIS
CRISIS BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
INVITED TO THE TABLE AND THEY
CONTINUE NOT TO BE INVITED TO
THE TABLE SO I ASK YOU TO DITCH
THIS PLAN AND WORK WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO COME UP WITH
SOMETHING BETTER.
>> ALEX, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JUST SIMPSON.
AND THEN LISA.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I SPOKE
TO YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS
HAPPENED HERE?
LOOK WHO IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
HOW ABOUT TALKING ABOUT FOREST.
THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE POLITICAL
EASEMENT. IT'S TO MAKE OUR LIFE
MISERABLE FOR ALL CITIES AND
ALL KING COUNTRY AND ALL STATES.
THIS IS FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
WHO CARES?
WHO CARES ABOUT THIS.
PEOPLE WHO COME HERE ARE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
SIMPLE POINT, WHAT IS THIS
REALLY DOING FOR CHANGE TO
BRING SEATTLE BACK?
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THAT WE
CAN BRING SEATTLE BACK TO
NORMAL LIFE.
STAND UP AMERICA AND SEATTLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JESSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JESSE
SIMPSON. A
SURE THE CITIES.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WEST
SEATTLE.
ALL OFTEN, I HEAR FROM FRIENDS
AND STRANGERS ALIKE THAT THEY
CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THIS
IS NOT A PLACE FOR THEM
ANYMORE.
I SUPPORT MHA BECAUSE THIS WILL
GIVE AFFORDABLE HOMES.
IS INSUFFICIENT TO FULLY SOLVE
OUR HOUSING CRISIS WHICH HAS
BEEN DECADES AND THE MAKING.
WHEN I WAS BORN IN THE MID-90s,
MY PARENTS WERE ABLE TO BUY
HOME IN WEST SEATTLE FOR JUST
OVER $150,000.
GETTING HELP FROM THAT CLASSIC
MIDDLE-CLASS ENTITLEMENT
PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THAT HOUSES CURRENTLY VALUED AT
$700,000.
THAT IT SEEMED APPRECIATION IS
DUE TO THE LAND-USE
RESTRICTIONS THAT WAS PLACED ON
WHAT CAN BE BUILT IN THE CITY.
AS EXIST TODAY, THE ZONING IS
EXCLUSIONARY.
THE STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING
FOR ANYONE WHO IS FACED WITH
CRUSHING REALITY OF THE CURRENT
REAL ESTATE MARKET.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND
SUBSIDIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AND
EXPANDED RATES OF MARKET RATE
HOUSING TO KEEP RENT FROM
RISING FURTHER AND ACCOMMODATE
PEOPLE IN THIS GROWING CITY.
I FULLY SUPPORT BILLING MORE
HOUSING IN OUR URBAN VILLAGES
BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER AND
ALLOW MORE AFFORDABLE TYPES OF
HOMES THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE
CITY IF WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO
OUR LIBERAL IDEAS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> LUISA, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY MICHAELA AND THEN FINALLY
MEGAN MURPHY.
>> OKAY, I AM LISA AND I'M HERE
TO ADDRESS THE SELF-
SATISFACTION SPIRAL THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL AND SO MANY CITY
DEPARTMENTS SEEM TO BE IN.
IT'S JUST LEANING TOWARDS A
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND LACK
OF LISTENING.
IN TODAY'S PAPER, THERE WAS AN
AD THAT WAS PRO MHA WHERE THEY
STATED 717 HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES LOST. OF COURSE,
ONE WOULD'VE HAD TO OF PAST MHA
BACK IN NOVEMBER WHICH IF YOU
ARE GOING BY LAW, IT WOULD BE
THE HEARINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PASSED
EARLIER THAN THE/SEPTEMBER WITH
THE 717 GARBAGE.
OKAY, SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS.
HOW ON EARTH?
BECAUSE OF REDLINING AND BISON
MINORITY LENDING FOUND ONLINE.
PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATING
AGAINST BLACK AND LATINO POWERS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ALL THE
NEW HOUSING, GUESS WHAT, PEOPLE
WILL BE REDLINED OUT OF IT.
I WILL LEAVE THIS WITH YOU.
INTERESTING TESTIMONY THAT GEOFF
DID.
THERE IS DISDAIN FOR THE TRUTH.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T SEE MICHAELA.
ARE YOU STILL HERE?
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT.
I DO NOT SEE MEGAN MURPHY HERE
EITHER.
THAT WAS THE LAST SET OF FOLKS
THAT SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY AND
I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE COME TO
THE MICROPHONE ASKING FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME SO AT THIS
POINT, THIS WILL CONCLUDE --
WELL, ADDITIONAL TIME AS IN
TERMS OF NEW TIME.
MR. WARD SIGNED UP THREE TIMES
BUT WE WOULD GIVE HIM ONE
CHANCE.
THANK YOU.
THIS CONCLUDES THE DECEMBER 3
SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING ON
MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A
SCHEDULE FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS
AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND
SOMETIME LATER ON IN DECEMBER.
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE
FOLLOWING ALONG, IF YOU HAVE
NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE PLANNING
ZONING COMMUNITY -- COMMITTEE
OR THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
EMAIL LIST, PLEASE DO SO AND AS
SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE DATES
POSTED WERE READY FOR WHEN WE
WILL HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS IN
JANUARY, WE WILL SEND THEM ON.
UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE,
WE WILL BE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.