>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
, AT 9:30 3 AM.
WELCOME TO THE PLANNING, LAND
USE, AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS VICE CHAIR O'BRIEN.
I AM THE VICE CHAIR THIS
COMMITTEE BUT ACTING AS CHAIR
TODAY IN THE ABSENCE OF CHAIR
JOHNSON.
ON OUR AGENDA TODAY WE HAVE
THREE ITEMS.
WE WILL FIRST HAVE A CAR
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION WE MAY
VOTE ON RECOGNIZING THE WORK ON
THE NORTH VILLAGE ACTION PLAN.
THE SECOND IS A JUDICIAL MATTER
WHICH WILL BE A REPENT OF AND
APPROVAL GRANTED LAST YEAR TO A
PROJECT. FINALLY WE WILL HERE
AND ORDINANCE RELATED TO
LAUNDERING AND INSPECTING VACANT
BUILDINGS AND AMENDING OUR CODE
FOR THAT.
JOIN ME ARE MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND TRAN
NINE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO FOLKS
THAT AGENDA NUMBER TWO IS A
QUASIJUDICIAL ITEM SO WE WILL
NOT BE TAKING ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THAT TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE A PROCEEDING WHEN
WE GET THAT ITEM AND THE
APPELLANT'S AND I FORGET THE
LITTLE TERM OF THE OTHER SIDE
THE APPELLANT'S AND THAT
DEFENDANTS I GUESS OR THE
APPLICANTS MAYBE, WILL EACH
HAVE TIME TO PRESENT PART OF
THEIR CASE.
BUT ANYONE ELSE DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
TESTIFY.
WE HAVE FOUR FOLKS SIGNED UP
FOR COMMENTS WE WILL DO THAT.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
COMMENT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I KNOW IT'S NOT MONDAY
AFTERNOON AT 2:00 BUT HOWEVER I
FOUND OUT WHEN I TOOK THE
PEOPLE'S ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THAT IN ORDER TO GET
FREE LAND THAT WAS RECENTLY
ENACTED STATEWIDE FROM
GOVERNMENTS, THEIR SURPLUS
LAND, THAT WE WORKED WITH THE
LAND-USE, BECAUSE THAT CORRECT?
>> SURPLUS LAND FOR
TRANSPORTATION LIKE SOUND
TRANSIT?
>> NO COUGH OR HOUSING.
WITH THE STIPULATION THEY HAVE
TO PROVIDE HOUSING. THAT
SURPLUS FOUND.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT STATE LEGISLATION THAT IS
REQUIRING SOUND TRANSIT WHEN
THEY DISPOSE OF SURPLUS LAND TO
DO THAT IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> ALMOST ACCORDING TO STATE
LAW, ALL PRINCIPALITIES
STATEWIDE.
THEIR SURPLUS LAND THEY HAVE
THE OPTION TO DONATING IT TO A
NONPROFIT TO SUPPLY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
>> OUR UTILITIES CAN DO THAT
TOO.
>> IS THAT THE RIGHT
SUBCOMMITTEE? I WANT TO SET UP
MEETINGS.
>> THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK
FOR A PROJECT TO BE DONE BEFORE
IT WOULD COME TO THE
SUBCOMMITTEE TO APPROVE IT BUT
IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD
SIMPLY GRANT LAND.
>> NOT GRANTED BUT COULD WE
START A CONVERSATION WITH THIS
COMMITTEE?
>> PROBABLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE
STAFF TO DO THAT BUT WE CAN
HELP CONNECT YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT IF YOU HAVE LAND YOU
HAVE IDENTIFIED.
>> WE WANT TO START THE
CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE QUALIFY
.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST WORKING WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING WOULD
PROBABLY BE THE BEST PLACE TO
START.
>> I HAD INCORRECT INFORMATION.
ALSO ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
THREE ABOUT MONITORING
INSPECTING VACANT BUILDINGS?
THE CITY KNOWS THERE ARE NOT
VACANT BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT
BEING MINTAINED?
>> THEY HAD BEEN PORTED OFF SO
PEOPLE WILL NOT INHABIT THEM.
WE'LL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION
WHEN WE GET THERE.
>> SO WE CAN'T CONNECT THAT
SOMEHOW TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
I AM AT THE WRONG SUBCOMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, M.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM
NUMBER ONE. FOR 10 YEARS I HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
EVERY DECISION IS SUPPOSED TO
BE MADE BY LOCAL PEOPLE.
THESE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED
TO CONTROL EVERY TERRITORY OF
WHAT IS BUILT HERE.
ONLY COME TO THIS PLACE FOR
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL BUT
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE SENSE BECAUSE WE
LOSE EVERYTHING FOR THE LAST
MANY YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR 10 YEARS.
WHY CAN'T WE NOT UNDERSTAND A
VERY SIMPLE POINT.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS
DISTRICT, IN THIS LOCATION KNOW
BETTER WHAT IS FOR THEM THAN
YOU.
YOU BELONG TO A SOCIAL
DEMOCRATIC MAFIA.
BY DEFINITION YOU ARE A
CRIMINAL.
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER POINT THAT
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT 100 TIMES.
WITHOUT EVERY DIRECTOR OF
DEPARTMENT SUPPOSED TO BE
REPORTING TO THE PEOPLE EVERY
MONTH THEY JOKE.
IT'S NORMAL.
I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS 100
TIMES AND NOBODY LISTENS TO ME.
NO ONE LIKE THIS CROOK LISTENS.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE BUSINESS
PRINCIPLE.
YOU HAVE COMMUNITY DECISIO, DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
ARE YOU IDIOTS?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT IS A SIMPLE BUSINESS AND
SPOKE IT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY.
SO NOW I SPEAK TO YOU.
CLEANSE THIS DIRTY CHAMBER FROM
THIS .
>> MICHAEL, YOU ARE NEXT.
>> GOOD MORNING. FORMER CHAIR
OF THE NORTHRIDGE IT CHAND. YOU
WILL BE HEARING FROM SOME OF MY
YELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS I AM
HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
RESOLUTION.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE HERE.
IT HAS BEEN YEARS TO TRY TO GET
TO THIS POINT.
I AM HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE THE
WORK AND SUPPORT WE GOT FROM
THE CITY. WE LOBBIED FOR QUITE
A LONG TIME TO DO MORE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING IN NORTH
DELRIDGE . WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT A VERY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF
IMMIGRANTS AND A LOT OF MULTI-
GENERATION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE
BEFORE YOU GOT THERE.
WE WANTED TO BE UP TO SHAPE
WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD LOOK
LIKE.
AS MY LOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WILL BE KEY PRESENTED TO YOU,
WITH THE HELP OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, DCI, AND
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE DID
A YEOMAN'S EFFORT GETTING ALL
SORTS OF FOLKS FROM EVERY
ASPECT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, IN
DIFFERENT VENUES, WHATEVER WAS
NECESSARY TO GET AS MANY
COMMENTS AND OPINIONS AND FIND
OUT HOW PEOPLE LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW THEY GET
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT
THEY LOVE AND WHAT WE ARE
MISSING AND WHAT WE NEED TO
BRING THEIR.
WE ARE HOPING THAT YOUR
RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF THIS
ACTION PLAN WILL HELP US
CONTINUE THAT PLANNING AS WE
MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU MICHAEL.
THANKS FOR YOURS AND THE
COMMUNITIES WORK.
I KNOW DOING THAT TYPE OF
PLANNING CAN BE, REQUIRE A LOT
OF PERSISTENCE AND I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
>> HOW GREEN YOU ARE NOT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREE
ORDINANCE.
REMEMBER THAT?
IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN
THE LAST TREE FALLS OR ARE WE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE
THAT?
IT HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE
WE HAVE HAD ANYTHING THAT
MENTIONED ANYTHING.
SEATTLE DOES PROCLAIM IT TO BE
A GREEN CITY SO LET'S GET SOME
ACTION.
LET'S SAY THE HERITAGE TREES.
LET'S SAY THOSE VERY BIG TREES
THAT A VERY GOOD JOB OF
CLEANING UP THE AIR AND PROVIDE
SHADE I MIGHT ADD IN A LOT OF
CASES.
AND ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO AN
ATMOSPHERE THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE HUMAN THAN JUST
STEEL AND CONCRETE WHICH I GUESS
IS PROBABLY YOUR FAVORITE
MEDIUM AT THIS POINT.
IT IS PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH NHA BECAUSE WE WILL RAISE
THE COST BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY
OF HOUSING IN THE CITY, THE
PROBLEM IS WE HAVE A SHORTAGE
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN 5-20+ YEARS MUCH OF THIS
HOUSING WILL BECOME MORE
AFFORDABLE AND THAT GADO WHICH
I FIND IS THE BIGGEST REACH OF
THIS, BECAUSE WE WON'T REQUIRE
THE HAS A DEGREE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU ARE
RACING FOR THE HOUSE HE.
THE A FORMAL HOUSING RIGHT NOW
IS THE MOST LIKELY TO GO DOWN
BECAUSE IT IS WHERE YOU CAN
MAKE THE MOST MONEY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH
THE CITY IS OVER ZONED AND
WOULDN'T HAVE TO RAISE ZONING
TO ACCEPT A LOT MORE PEOPLE,
THIS IS DONE TO INCREASE THE
MARGINS OF THE DEVELOPERS
BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MONEY.
WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE
ZONING CODE AND ACTUALLY
ENFORCE IT.
ARE HAVING TOO MUCH OF THIS
GEEWHIZ ZONING THAT HAPPENS
BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A
BEAUTIFUL IDEA.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENTS ON THE AGENDAS NUMBER
ONE OR THREE TODAY?
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR
THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
MY NAME IS RUDY AND I LIVE IN
CROWN HILL.
I JUST MET WITH THE MAYOR
UPSTAIRS ABOUT A SOBER UNIT FOR
NORTH SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS ON TO
YOU IN GUARDS TO OUR ISSUES OF
CONCERN REGARDING INCREASED
STREET CRIME. I DON'T NEED TO
GO ANY FARTHER.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WE HAVE, WE
HAVE PEOPLE LAYING DOWN ON THE
SIDE LIKE WITH NO PLACE TO GO.
A SOBER UNIT WITH THE HEROIN
INJECTION SITE ON HOLD RIGHT
NOW WOULD FILL A GAP NECESSARY
NORTH OF THE SHIP CANAL THAT WE
CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE OTHER
THAN THE BUS STOP SCOTT THE
SIDEWALKS CAUGHT THE STOREFRONT
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
MY TIME IS UP.
BEST BEHAVIOR TODAY.
I AM OUT OF HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE?
SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL INVITE PRESENTERS FOR
AGENDA NUMBER ONE.
>>RESOLUTION 31880: A
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
EFFORTS OF THE NORTH DELRIDGE
COMMUNITY TO PREPARE AN ACTION
PLAN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY;
IDENTIFYING A WORK PROGRAM TO
IMPLEMENT THE NORTH DELRIDGE
ACTION PLAN; AND IDENTIFYING
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR
CONSIDERATION IN 2020.
>> GREAT.
BEFORE YOU GET INTO
INTRODUCTIONS I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WHO HAS
BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS
PROJECT.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS THAT
THE CITY IS IN.
IT'S OKAY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
IF YOU WANT TO LEAD ON THE
DISCUSSION FOR THIS.
>> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
YOU FOR AGREEING TO HEAR THIS
IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE WERE
NOT SURE WE NEEDED TO SCHEDULE
ARE NOT GIVEN ALL OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THE
CHAIRING OF THE COMMITTEE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THIS ROSE TO
A HIGH ENOUGH PRIORITY FOR YOU
TO MAKE TIME AND AS WE HEARD IN
PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME COMING.
THE WORKING OF THE ACTION PLAN
AND PULLING IT TOGETHER TOOK
TIME BUT IT ALSO HAS TAKEN TIME
TO BRING THIS TO COUNSEL AS
WELL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICHAEL
TAYLOR JUDD FOR HIS VISION IN
MAKING SURE THAT COUNSEL
RECOGNIZE THE PLAN BY THE
VESSEL ISSUING WHICH THERE WAS
SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER WE
NEEDED TO THAT AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FELT
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP WE
SHOULD TAKE.
THE LAST TIME THE NORTH
DELRIDGE PLAN WAS IN 1999. AS
WE ARE RECOGNIZING THIS PLAN I
KNOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED NORTH
DELRIDGE AS A PRIORITY
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PLANNING IN
THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE
IMPENDING DECISIONS AROUND
LIGHT RAIL.
AS MENTIONED, THE ACTION PLAN
WAS RELEASED LAST AUGUST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DID AFTER
THE ACTION PLAN WAS RELEASED
WAS TO, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,
THAT SOME FUNDS IN THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT EARMARKED TO ADDRESS
A COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS AND
ENHANCEMENTS TO TRAIL AXIS
CUTPOINTS ON SOUTHWEST BRANDON
THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
PROJECTS I TALK ABOUT TODAY.
PARKS HAS SAID THE ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS WILL ENGAGE IN SECOND
QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
I WE HAVE THAT GOING BUT
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT POINT
OF THE ACTION PLAN AND THE
RECOGNITION OF THE ADOPTION BY
RESOLUTION IS TO GET US ALL ON
THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THE
NEXT STEPS ARE.
SO THAT'S IT.
I THINK FOLKS FROM OPCD AND THE
COMMUNITY .
>>PRESENTERS: DAVID BESTOCK,
DIRECTOR OF DELRIDGE
NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION; LYNDA BUI,
VIETNAMESE CULTURAL CENTER;
PARIE HINES, NORTH DELRIDGE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL; DAVID
GOLDBERG, OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LISH
WHITSON, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WE DID US A QUICK OVERVIEW?
>> IT HIGHLIGHTS KEY STRATEGIES
FROM THE PLAN FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.
IT ADDS AN UPDATE TO THE
COUNTRY SIX PLAN GOALS AND
POLICIES FOR CONSIDERATION IN
THE PLANT UPDATE NEXT YEAR.
NORTH DELRIDGE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL IS HERE AND MAYBE HE
CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
PLANNING EFFORT .
>> I AM REALLY HAPPY TO GET AN
OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PLAN.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
CAN SPEAK TO THEIR COMMUNITY
AND THIS REALLY IS A PROCESS
AND A PLAN THAT SPEAKS TO
COMMUNITY INTEREST AND
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
AS YOU KNOW CON NEIGHBORHOOD
PLANS PROVIDE A FOUNDATION NOT
JUST FOR A SPECIFIC CAPITAL
PROJECT AND PROGRAM TO GIVE
CONTEXT TO THE EFFORTS THAT THE
CITY MAKES IN A GIVEN
NEIGHBORHOOD OVER A PERIOD OF
YEARS.
WE FIND THAT THESE COMMUNITY
DOCUMENTS REALLY HELP TO SHAPE
PROJECTS.
I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY STUCK WITH US
THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELPED
LEAD THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVE PARIE HINES CONTRA 19,
AND LYNDA BUI.
THEY DEVOTED A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF TIME TO THIS.
IN ADDITION OVER THE COURSE OF
PLANNING THERE WAS NICHOLAS
AMES WHO CAME FROM A NEW
COMPLEX THAT WAS THERE.
WILLARD BROWN, HAD AN AMAZING
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
RONETTES WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE
GROCERY CROP WHO HAS BEEN
PUSHING FOR HEALTHY FOOD IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
KIM IS A RESIDENT, AMANDA FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN THE
LENDER. CAROL WILLIAMS FROM THE
NATURE CONSORTIUM ALSO HELPED
US FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY HELPED PROVIDE A COMMUNITY
VOICE AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
NOTHING HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM
THERE.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO HELP US
TO ENGAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME
WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS PAULLINA LOPEZ WHO
ENGAGED THE YOUTH, OTHERS WHO
ENGAGE THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY
AND ANOTHER.
SO WHY DID WE PLAN? WE KNEW
THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND CHANGE.
WE ALSO KNEW THERE WAS CAPITAL
PROJECTS COMING TO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET
AHEAD OF THAT.
THE BIG GAME COMING TO US WAS
THE EXPANSION AND THE SOUND
TRANSIT.
THEY URGED THAT DEPARTMENT
PLANNED FOR THIS.
IS NOT ONE THAT HAS SEEN A TON
OF GROWTH THAT WE KNOW WILL
EXPERIENCE CHANGE, SO THROUGH
THE ENGAGEMENT WE ENGAGED OVER
400 PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT FORUMS.
WE CAME UP WITH SIX PRIORITY
AREAS THAT ARE SPOKEN TO IN THE
PLAN.
THIS INCLUDES SUPPORTING
DIVERSE AND ENGAGED
COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPING
NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATIONS,
IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTHY
FOOD, HAVING A WATERSHED AND
LEVERAGING PARKS AND CULTURAL
FACILITIES TO HELP A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY.
WE DID THE PROJECT THROUGH THE
LENS OF HEALTH AND EQUITY
BECAUSE THESE COMMUNITY ASSETS
ARE LARGELY AROUND OPEN SPACE
AND THEY SERVE AS AN ASSET
BASED APPROACH THAT WILL HELP
IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR THIS
COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY IN THE BROADER
SENSE, DOES NOT THERE AS WELL
AS SOME OF THE RICHER
COMMUNITIES IN THE AREAS AND
SUFFERS A LITTLE BIT.
THESE TOPIC AREAS ARE LARGELY
EFFORTS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN
UNDER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
THERE IS THE NUMBER OF THEM
THAT WOULD PROVIDE DIRECTION TO
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE
DONE THROUGH GRANTS AND SO FORTH
AND COUNSEL SUPPORT IN THE
COMING YEARS.
IT REALLY FOCUSES ON BRINGING
THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, WORKING
FROM ITS ASSETS. THE COMMUNITY
AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS THE OPEN
SPACE ELEMENTS.
TO KNIT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
ARE WORTH NOTING IS THAT NORTH
DELRIDGE IS A VERY SPREAD OUT
VERY.
THERE'S NOT REALLY ONE AREA
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER IT
DOWNTOWN FOR LONG PERIOD OF
TIME THERE HAS BEEN A DESIRE TO
USE OR WORK ALONG PLANNING,
LAND USE, AND ZONING COMMITTEE
SIX WAY TO INCREASE
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
RAIL STATION, AROUND THE BRANDON
NODE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONNECT IS THERE.
ALSO DOWN WHERE THE HOME DEPOT
IS AND WHERE THE CULTURAL
CENTER IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.
THESE ARE THE SHINING POINTS OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE HOPE TO
ENHANCE OVERTIME.
THAT'S ENOUGH OF ME TALKING.
I WANT TO TOSS IT TO YOU LATER.
I KNOW I HAVE NOT PREPARED YOU
FOR ANYTHING.
>> I WILL SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
IF YOU DON'T MIND I WILL START
FIRST.
THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING
PROCESS TO BE A PART OF
ESPECIALLY FOR MYSELF AND OUR
COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA.
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ARE CIRCLING AROUND WHAT THEY
KNOW AND THAT IS USUALLY AROUND
THEIR CHURCHES OR THEIR
TEMPLES.
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
CULTURAL CENTER WHERE WE CAN
BRING IN THINGS OF OUR
ANCESTORS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION
TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
ALSO PROVIDE, EVERYBODY LOVES A
DRAGON OR LION DANCE OR
FIREWORKS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
IF YOU GET A PERMIT.
BUT IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR
GATHERING. SO OVERTIME OUR
FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE AREA FOR
OVER 40 YEARS.
IT ADDS TO MY AGE HERE.
BUT IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY
REACH OUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN
OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR FAMILY,
OUR WELLNESS,, BUT THEN THERE'S
A PART OF HOW DO YOU FIT INTO
THE COMMUNITY?
THAT'S GETTING TO WHETHER WE
FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO MEET MY NEW NEIGHBORS
AND GET TO KNOW DAVID AND WITH
THE CITY, I FOUND THE PROCESS
TO BE EYE-OPENING.
IT OPENED UP OTHER AVENUES THAT
OUR ORGANIZATION CAN ENGAGE IN
WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT I LOOK FOR IN THIS ACTION
PLAN IS TO SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT
AS WE HAVE SEEN OVERTIME
CHANGES FROM THE HOME DEPOT
WHICH WAS FORMERLY A KMART.
FORMALLY THAT WAS A FOOD GIANT.
WE ALL LOVE THE FOOD AND.
AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT
HAVING A FOOD CO-OP EVEN THOUGH
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO MANY
OPTIONS LIKE TRADER JOE'S.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
THAT IS HOURS.
SO DURING THE PROGRESS OF THIS
DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE WANT TO SEE
SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I ACTUALLY LIVE AT 35th.
I WAS A BABY WHEN I CAME ONTO
36 AND WE LIVED AROUND THE AREAS
. SO I HAVE BEEN AROUND.
I HAVE SEEN IT BUT I HAVE NEVER
BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF SEEING
HOW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS.
I GRADUATED FROM UW IN 1999.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
BUT GOING FROM OUR OWN
ORGANIZATION WE WANT TO GROW.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ATTENDED
SOME ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER.
SORRY ABOUT YOUR CAR HEADING
LOCKTON.
SO WE WANT TO MIX OUR SPACE
SAFE SO PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND
VISIT BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GROW
AND SHELTER OURSELVES WHEN IT'S
RAINING.
SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE
EVEN THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD A
FUNCTION AND WE WERE JUST
PRAYING FOR GOOD WEATHER.
IT DIDN'T RAIN UNTIL AFTER IT
ENDED SO WE WERE BLESSED BUT MY
FAMILY HAS PROPERTY WE WOULD
LIKE TO DEVELOP IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF
THE CULTURAL CENTER.
SO FOR OUR SENIORS, FOR OUR
YOUTH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A
PROCESS.
THAT IS ANOTHER LEARNING
PROCESS FOR US.
WE HOPE TO HAVE A BUSINESS
WHICH HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE.
PEOPLE LIKE TO EAT SO WE WANT
TO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND
GATHER FOR THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE
AN OPEN SPACE FOR OUR CULTURAL
CENTER AS WELL TOO.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
FOR ON OUR AND.
THEN CONTINUING OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
NEIGHBORS.
SORRY I TOOK SO LONG.
>> I THINK FROM DAVID WITH THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I WANT
TO THANK HIM FOR LEADING US
THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
CONNECTING MULTIPLE CITY
DEPARTMENTS. WE HAD A LOT OF
MEETINGS TO GET TO KNOW WHAT
PARKS AND SDOT AND VARIOUS
FOLKS WERE PLANNING IN
DELRIDGE.
ONE THING I AM EXCITED ABOUT
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION HAS
CONTINUED CORONATION BETWEEN
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY
EFFORTS.
WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF CITY
DEPARTMENTS ALREADY.
WE KNOW WE ARE DOING THAT.
WE HAVE MORE RELATIONSHIPS NOW
THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS
BOTH WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND
OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO WITH
FOLKS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO
TO SPEAK TO OUR ORGANIZATION'S
PRIORITIES, THEY ALIGN WITH
THIS PLAN.
OUR MISSION IS IMPLEMENTING --
MOST OF THESE ACTION ITEMS WE
ARE WORKING IN.
WE HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF WORK ON
THE LONGFELLOW CREEK WATERSHED.
ARE SOME CORONATION EFFORTS
OWING ON WITH THE WATERSHEDS
THAT I HAD NOT NOTICED BEFORE
OR MAYBE THEY ARE RAMPING UP
AND TURNS OF THE CORDED EFFORTS
AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE MORE
SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EVENTS.
WE THROW ARTS AND NATURE EVENTS
DURING THE SUMMER. THIS BRINGS
TOGETHER A LOT OF THESE
ELEMENTS.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO WORK
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
OF COURSE THIS WILL PUT
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE ON
PLANNING, LAND USE, AND ZONING
COMMITTEE SIX.
WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE
YET BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALREADY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE
HEARD BY SOUND TRANSIT AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
OUR PROJECT AT 23rd AND FINLEY
IS WORKING WITH S., PARKS, CITY
LIGHTS, AND MORE.
AGAIN, JUST REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO A CORD NEEDED EFFORT
OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH
OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO GET
SOME OF THIS WORK DONE.
I JUST WANT TO HONOR THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF YOUTH,
OF THE VARIOUS CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES. I THOUGHT WE DID A
PRETTY GOOD JOB ACTUALLY
THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF
ENGAGING DIVERSE PLACES AND
BRINGING FOLKS TO THE TABLE.
I WANT TO HONOR THAT AND I AM
EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH FERMENTATION
AND THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND
FUNDING. I THINK 20 YEARS AGO
WAS THE LAST UPDATE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT.
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE A
LOT MORE.
OUR ORGANIZATION, I THINK THAT
TEAM AS A WHOLE REALLY TOOK ON
HOW CAN WE PRESERVE SOME
AFFORDABILITY AS THINGS ARE
CHANGING AROUND US.
SO I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM PARIE HINES AND I HAVE
BEEN IN DELRIDGE FOR 15 YEARS.
I WAS WORKING WITH THE KENT SIX
CESSATION WHEN WE WERE
DEVELOPING SOME THINGS.
I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE
HAPPEN IN DELRIDGE, I THINK
BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
I WORRY A LOT ABOUT
GENTRIFICATION AND SOME OF THIS
DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. AS PART
OF THIS PROCESS I ALSO DO WANT
TO HONOR ALL THE WORK THAT
PEOPLE ARE DOING BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO RAISE A RED FLAG THAT
WHEN WE PUT IT DOWN ON THE
PAPER, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO
FOLLOW THROUGH.
I THINK MANY OF THOSE STEPS ARE
IN PROCESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE WORKING ON IT.
I REALLY WORRY THAT, LIKE A CITY
, THE PROCESS TAKES A LONG
TIME, RIGHT?
I SEE ALL OF THESE TOWNHOMES
BEING DEVELOPED ALONG DELRIDGE
WAY WHICH ARE REALLY READY.
THEY ARE NICE AND WEALTHY
PEOPLE CAN LIVE THERE AND IT'S
BRINGING DENSITY TO DELRIDGE
AND DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
THAT WAY.
BUT I WORRY THAT WE NEED TO
FIND WAYS SOON TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE PRESERVING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND BUILDING NEW
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WE WILL
BE A STRIP OF TALL TOWNHOMES.
SO I THINK SOME OF THAT ZONING
WORK THAT IS IN THE PLAN, THERE
IS LOT OF SORT OF LOOK AT
STUDIES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PIECES AND THE POTENTIAL
CHANGING OF ZONING TO ENCOURAGE
MORE.
MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS, HIGHER
ESSENTIAL, I THINK THOSE WOULD
BE A REAL PRIORITY FROM MY
POINT OF VIEW HAVING SEEN WHAT
THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IS
DOING NOW.
THERE IS A PROPERTY THAT IS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
AREA ON DELRIDGE THAT HAS JUST
BEEN DEVELOPED AS TOWNHOMES
WITH LIVE AND WORK UNITS BELOW.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT
PEOPLE HAD IN MIND WHEN THEY
ZONE IT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
THAT IT WOULD BE TOWNHOMES.
AND THEY ARE LOVELY TOWNHOMES.
THEY WILL BE NICE NEIGHBORS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO, FOR THE HEALTH OF
THE CITY, TO USE THIS LAND THAT
IS VERY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE TO BE A MORE DENSE AND
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY AND WHERE
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE LESSER
PAID PROFESSIONS THAT ARE
SUPPORTED AND AN IMPORTANTPART
OF OUR CITY CAN'T LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND LIVED NEAR DOWNTOWN
SO WE CAN HOUSE THOSE PEOPLE.
ALSO WITHIN DELRIDGE , ALONG
THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OF
THIS RESEARCH ABOUT THE HEALTH
IMPACT, I LIVE THERE.
I DON'T WANT HEALTH IMPACTS.
SO FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THE
COMMUNITY MORE WALKABLE AND TO
ADDRESS A LOT OF THAT INEQUITY.
I TRY TO DO THAT FOR MYSELF
PERSONALLY BUT I KNOW THAT
NEIGHBORS COULD USE A LOT OF
SUPPORT WITH THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, AS A
THIRD PRIORITY, TALK ABOUT THE
DELRIDGE CO-OP SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO
SUPPORT THAT EFFORT , I THINK
THAT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS
EFFECT BOTH ON PROVIDING
HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS AND ALSO
BECOMING A NEIGHBORHOOD HUB FOR
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
GATHER.
THERE IS ALSO NOT TOO FAR FROM
THAT LOCATION, THERE IS A TINY
COFFEE SHOP THAT JUST IN THE
LAST YEAR, NOW IT IS CRAZY
BUSY.
ALL THE SUDDEN.
IT USED TO BE THAT AREA WAS
EMPTY AND DEAD AND NO ONE WAS
EVER THERE.
NOW YOU SEE ALL THESE YOUNG
FAMILIES AND KIDS AND THERE IS
A LINE FOR THE COFFEE.
IT IS DEFINITELY HAPPENING BUT
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP
A DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS AND
OF INCOME SO THAT DELRIDGE CAN
CONTINUE TO BE THE UNIQUE PLACE
THAT IT IS AND BECOME BETTER.
I SUPPORT THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE.
I HOPE THAT THE VOTE IS IN
APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND
IT WILL CONTINUE WORKING AND
MAKING THOSE ACTIONS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> AS WE SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATE
WHAT OUR BUT WILL BE ON THIS
RESOLUTION, QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO UPLIFT
THE FACT PARIE HINES , YOU MADE
ME REMEMBER THAT PART OF THIS
RESOLUTION IS ALSO RECOGNIZING
THE PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT YOU
GUYS ARE PROPOSING THAT THE
CITY CONSIDER.
AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
IN THE HOUSING GOALS AND
POLICIES ARE CONTAINED.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
SOME OF THOSE ARE.
COMMUNITY WITH THE RANGE OF
HOUSEHOLD TYPES, SIZES, AND
INCOMES INCLUDING SENIORS AND
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
ENCOURAGE THE REHABILITATION OF
SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY THAT PRESERVES AND
ENHANCES THE CENTRAL CHARACTER
OF SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES
TO FIT THE DIVERSITY OF
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THOSE ARE I THINK IMPORTANT
GOALS TO UPLIFT AND THERE WILL
BE A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT
PROCESS.
I THINK THAT OPCD WILL BE
REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS THAT
YOU HAVE PROPOSED.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO MAYBE NOT
ALL OF THE THINGS IN THE WORK
PLAN ITSELF, OR THE PRIORITY
ACTIONS THEMSELVES, BUT ONE OF
THE ITEMS REFERENCE ABOUT
FOLLOW-THROUGH AND MAKING SURE
THAT THE WORDS ON PAPER
ACTUALLY BECOME ACTIONS, I
THINK ONE OF THE FIRST
RECOMMENDATIONS IF WE CAN GET
TO THAT RIGHT AWAY, MAYBE THERE
HAS ALREADY BEEN SOME WORK DONE
BY DAVID AND OTHER SEVEN OPCD ,
I THINK THAT WILL HAVE AN
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT
WILL STEWARD THIS PLAN.
I AND MY COLLEAGUES AND THE
EXECUTIVE SEAT ARE HAPPY TO
IMPLEMENT THESE.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
ELEMENT THAT WILL KEEP US ON
TRACK FOR THE OTHER PARTS.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
THOROUGHNESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS
OF THIS PLAN. IN ADDITION TO
SOME OF THE, OR TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
MENTIONED.
THAT COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING
RACIAL EQUITY OUTCOMES
THROUGHOUT THE WORK IN THERE IS
A THING THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK TO CLEAN
UP LONGFELLOW CREEK WITH
NATURAL STORMWATER BOTH AS A
WAY TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TO ALSO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE
CHALLENGE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
, IT'S A ROBUST PLAN.
IT WILL TAKE SERIOUS INVESTMENT.
AS WE COMPETE FOR SCARCE
RESOURCES THAT WILL BE A
CHALLENGE THAT AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SAID, THIS COMMUNITY IS
AND DESERVES A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT.
IT IS EXCITING TO SEE SOUND
TRANSIT COMING.
THEY WILL LIKELY BE PASSING
THROUGH THE END OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS LOT OF
OTHER WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN THE RICHNESS AND THE
FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS
IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GROW.
IT IS A POSITIVE GROWTH THAT
ALL THE RESIDENTS THERE TODAY
BENEFIT FROM AS OPPOSED TO
BEING DISPLACED.
>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND
THE HOUSING GOALS IN
PARTICULAR.
ON ATTACHMENT C WHICH IS
REFERENCING D G EIGHT. IT IS
THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD READ OUT LOUD WHICH IS
-- HOW DOES THAT LANGUAGE IN
THAT GOAL SQUARE WITH THE
RECENT ACTIONS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS TAKEN IN APPROVING
THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM INCLUDING IN DELRIDGE?
>> I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE
DELRIDGE ZONING MAP RECENTLY .
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> GENERALLY THE PROPOSAL DID
APPLY A RANGE OF DIFFERENT
ZONING TYPES FROM A ESSENTIAL
SMALL LOT WHICH IS FOR A SINGLE-
FAMILY LOT TO MULTI-FAMILIES TO
ALLOW MUCH HIGHER DENSITY
DEVELOPMENT.
SO MHA BEING APPLIED, IT WILL
BE SLIGHTLY MORE DENSE THAN
PREVIOUSLY BUT IT STILL ALLOWS
FOR A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES
UNDER A RANGE OF DIFFERENT
ZONING TYPES.
DELRIDGE AND THE PLANNING AREA
, THE PROVISIONS THAT APPLY TO
MULTIFAMILY AREAS DO APPLY
THERE.
BUT PLANNING, LAND USE, AND
ZONING COMMITTEE SIX BEGAN
PLANNING BACK IN THE 90s
ADDRESSING IT AS A DISTRESSED
AREA.
WE ARE TRYING TO IN A MODERATE
WAY STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH TILTS A
LITTLE BIT TOWARDS RECOGNIZING
THE EXISTING PATTERN OF SINGLE-
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND WITHIN
THE LENDING DEVELOPMENT WHICH
IS LARGE, IT'S NOT EXACTLY
CONSTRAINED TO AREAS WHERE LIKE
IN AN URBAN VILLAGE DESIGNATION
WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO GROW
MORE HOUSING, IT ENCOMPASSES A
LARGE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS
IN THE AREA THAT SELF IDENTIFY
AS A COMMUNITY RATHER THAN BE A
PLACE WHERE THE CITY HAS
HISTORICALLY TRY TO FOCUS MORE
ON GROWTH.
IT IS AN ANOMALY IN OUR PLANET.
THERE ARE TWO COMMUNITIES LIKE
THIS, GEORGETOWN AND DELRIDGE
ARE THE TWO COMMUNITIES LIKE
THIS WHERE WE DID PLANNING
RECOGNIZING THAT.
>> PLANNING AND RECOGNIZING
THIS IS NOT AN URBAN VILLAGE.
>> AS WE INVEST IN THAT AREA,
THIS PLAN SPEAKS TO BEGINNING A
MORE FOCUSED LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
ADVANCE THE COMMUNITIES GOALS
IN THAT AREA AND BRING
OPPORTUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATION WILL
SERVE AN AREA THAT GOES ALL THE
WAY TO WHITE CENTER AND
MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES, SO THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE COMMUNITY
CHANGES.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT AREA
COMES UP AND HOUSING WILL COME
UP AS AN ISSUE TO ADDRESS IN
THIS AREA.
>> I WANT TO FLAG MY ONGOING
INTEREST AND CONCERN AND NOT
ADVANCING THINGS THAT WILL
ULTIMATELY HAVE THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE OF REDUCING THE
HOUSING DIVERSITY WITHIN VARIOUS
NEIGHBORHOODS REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER IT IS AN URBAN VILLAGE
OR NOT. I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO
DELRIDGE JUST UP ON THE HILL
AND HAVE SEEN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE IN A WAY
THAT IS NOT TAKING INTO FULL
ACCOUNT, I THINK, THE DIVERSITY
OF HOUSING THAT IS NEEDED IN
THAT SPACE AND THAT INCLUDES
THE FULL SPECTRUM.
NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT
ALSO MARKET RATE HOUSING AND
THINGS IN BETWEEN THAT WOULD
ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD A COMMUNITY IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS MIXED
INCOME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE AREN'T ITEMS IN THIS
PLAN THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE US
BACKWARDS AS IT RELATES TO
PROMOTING THOSE HOUSING
DIVERSITY OPTIONS AND ARE
REALLY GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS
AS I HEAR THEM FROM FOLKS AT
THE TABLE AND ALSO FROM THE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE HOUSING CHOICE
IN THESE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
ME AS SOMEBODY WHO REALLY
LEAVES IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE BOTH ADDRESSING THE
DISPLACEMENT GENTRIFICATION
ISSUES AND ALSO RECOGNIZING
THAT THERE ARE PRESSURES THAT
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME
UPON NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
DELRIDGE AND OTHERS.
>> I WANT TO RESPOND THAT THIS
ATTACHMENT IS MOSTLY THE
EXISTING COMP PLAN CAUSES
RELATED TO DELRIDGE.
THE ONLY THING THAT COMMUNITY
HAS RECOMMENDED ADDING OUR THE
UNDERLYING STRIKEOUTS.
THIS LANGUAGE IS OLD LANGUAGE
AND IT IS IN THE EXISTING COMP
PLAN THAT I READ OUT.
IT EXISTED BEFORE THERE WAS
RESIDENTIAL SMALL LOT
>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE. I ALSO WANT TO
REINFORCE THE FACT THAT OPCD
HAS COMMITTED TO BEGIN A
STATIONARY PLAN WITH THE
COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THOSE
AREAS THAT WE DO WANT
INTENSIFIED DENSITY IN ORDER TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO HOUSING AND
ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON THE
SAME PAGE WANTING THAT STUFF TO
HAPPEN FOR SURE.
>> I ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS NOT IN
ADDITION HERE, I AM JUST
FLAGGING MY ONGOING CONCERN AS
LANGUAGE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
IN YOUR REMARKS THAT I WORRY
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT TYPE
OF LANGUAGE, WHETHER IT'S AN
AMENDMENT HERE OR NOT, CAN PUT
US IN A POSITION WHERE WE MIGHT
BE AT ODDS WITH THE OVERARCHING
GOALS OF STATIONARY PLANNING
AND OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING
CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN THE
ROAD WHEN INTENSE ATTENTION
COMES TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS
CORRIDOR. THAT IS MY CONCERN.
SO I AM BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON
IT AS IT IS SO I HAVE CONCERNS
AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
ONGOING CONCERNS THAT I WANT US
TO BE REALLY CAREFUL THAT WE
ARE NOT PROMOTING LANGUAGE IN
THESE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD BE
AT ODDS WITH THE END GOAL OF,
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS RECORD
.
>> THESE GOALS AND POLICIES
WILL BE BACK FOR CONSIDERATION
NEXT YEAR FOR ACTUAL ADOPTION.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BEING SENT
TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR STUDY AND
DAVID IS HERE LISTENING TO
THOSE COMMENTS.
>> YES, THIS IS WHY I AM MAKING
THEM.
>> I WILL GO OVER THIS WITH THEM
AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED A NUMBER
OF AMENDMENTS TO DIFFERENT
POLICIES. I THINK THAT IS A
SHARED OBJECTIVE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ I
APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT TOO
. THE NAME ITSELF IS EVEN
COMPLEX BECAUSE FOR DECADES
MULTIPLE FAMILIES COMMIT IN A
SINGLE-FAMILY LOT.
SO IT COULD BE MISLEADING IN
THAT WAY AND CERTAINLY WHERE WE
WERE 20 YEARS AGO TO TODAY WE
HAVE CHANGED A LOT.
THAT IS STILL THERE AND WHAT
THAT MEANS AND HOW WE INTERPRET
THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I
DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE IT
UP TODAY BUT I MIGHT BE
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT FOR FULL
COUNSEL.
ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE WORK
PLAN RELATED TO THE INDY IN
EFFORTS TO BUILD THE WETLAND.
AT THE DELRIDGE SUBSTATION ONE
OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN
HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS
THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE
TO COORDINATE WHAT EFFORTS
WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
ADDRESS BOTH THE MAINTENANCE
AND PERFORMANCE OF THE FILES
FALLS AND CULVERTS.
I WILL PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT AT
FULL COUNSEL THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT
AND CALLOUT THE NEED TO SUPPORT
THAT COORDINATION.
THAT JUST CAME UP ON THE FLY.
>> GREAT.
>> IF I CAN JUST MAKE A QUICK
REMARK.
THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS
RESOLUTION AND THE ATTACHMENTS
RELATED TO THE STATIONARY
PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF
SOUND TRANSIT.
I HAVE A DIRECT CONFLICT OF
INTEREST IN SOUND TRANSIT ISSUES
RELATED TO THE JUNCTION IN
PARTICULAR.
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE ON THE
GRAY SIDE FOR ME IN TERMS OF
WHETHER OR NOT I AM ALLOWED TO
TAKE ACTION HERE.
SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT
RESOLUTION BUT IN THE ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION AND PROBABLY I AM
BEING WAY TOO CAUTIOUS HERE BUT
I WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON
THE RESOLUTION JUST GIVEN SOME
OF THE ADVICE I HAVE GONE FROM
OUR ETHICS PERSON.
>> WE WILL SEE IF WE HAVE
ENOUGH TO CARRY THIS WITHOUT
YOUR SUPPORT.
>> I AM SO NERVOUS ABOUT
CROSSING THAT LINE BUT I DON'T
WANT FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY
OR THE DEPARTMENT TO THINK I AM
NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN.
I JUST HAVE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST AS IT RELATES TO
DECISIONS ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT
AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I APOLOGIZE.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ONGOING TRANSPARENCY ABOUT
THAT.
HONESTLY THOSE IN THAT ETHICS
TEAM IS VERY GOOD AT KEEPING AN
EYE ON ALL THIS BUT YOU HAVE
BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ON THIS
SO THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
THINK AND MANY IS ENOUGH TIME
FOR US TO WORK ON THIS?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ME THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE RESOLUTION
31880 .
>> I WILL SECOND IT.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE . OPPOSED?
ANY ABSTAINING OR RECUSED I
GUESS?
WE WILL SAY YOU ARE USING
YOURSELF. RECUSING YOURSELF.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSISTENCE.
CITY PROCESSES CAN BE LONG AND
DRAWN OUT AND CHANGING OF
PERSONNEL, SOMETIMES THINGS
DRAG ON.
THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT
FROM FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG
TIME, IS THE ONLY WAY THESE
THINGS HAPPEN.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
AND A LOT MORE WORK TO DO IN
THE FUTURE.
BUT THIS WILL BE BEFORE THE
FULL COUNSEL ON MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE WILL ROLL INTO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER TWO. WOULD YOU MIND
READING THAT INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,CLERK
FILE 314425: REMAND OF THE
APPROVAL GRANTED THROUGH CF
314356 FOR A CONTRACT REZONE:
APPLICATON OF 70th & GREENWOOD
AVE, LLC TO REZONE AN
APPROXIMATELY 12,188 SQUARE
FOOT SITE LOCATED AT 7009
GREENWOOD AVENUE NORTH FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 WITH
A 40-FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT (NC2-40)
TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2
WITH A 55-FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT AND
M MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY SUFFIX (NC2-55
(M)) (PROJECT NO.
3023260; TYPE IV).
>> DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> I AM KETIL FREEMAN ,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF .
>> JUST REMINDING EVERYONE THAT
THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL MATTER
THAT CAME TO THE COUNCIL LAST
YEAR AND THAT KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT REMANDED US FOR
SOME ACTION.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US,
MAYBE JUST WALK US AND THE
PUBLIC THROUGH WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TODAY AND I WILL LET YOU JUMP
INTO BRING US UP TO SPEED.
>> TODAY THE COMMITTEE WILL
HEAR ORAL ARGUMENT AND DISCUSS
A REMAND FROM KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CONTRACT
APPROVAL THAT WAS GRANTED LAST
AUGUST, THE REMAND IS AN ISSUE.
I WILL WALK THROUGH A
CHRONOLOGY OF THE LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY HERE.
I WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF
DRAFT OPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE
MEMO I DISTRIBUTED TO YOU
YESTERDAY AND I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO ORAL ARGUMENT.
AFTER THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN'T
DISCUSS OPTIONS.
>> WE WILL HERE FIVE MINUTES
FROM EACH SIDE AND IT IS KIND
OF SPLIT IN TWO HAVE THREE
PARTS.
>> THE APPELLANT'S WE
FIRST.
THE APPELLANT ARE REPRESENTED.
THEY GO FIRST AND CAN'T RESERVE
UP TO TO MINUTES OF THEIR TIME
FOR REBUTTAL TESTIMONY. OF
COURSE APPLICANTS WILL SPEAK A
SECOND.
I THINK BOTH SIDES HAVE
EXHIBITS THEY WANT TO
DISTRIBUTE TO YOU BEFORE ORAL
ARGUMENT.
>> WE WILL JUMP IN.
SO JUST TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE
AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW WE GOT
TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IN
DECEMBER 2006 OR 2016, THE LLC
WHICH IS THE EPIC AND FOR THIS
PROJECT APPLIED FOR A MASS USED
PERMIT TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO DEVELOP
MIXED-USE BUILDING AT THIS SITE
THE SITE IS SPLIT ZONED PICK
THE AREA ZONE IN GREEN ABOVE
NUMBER ONE IS ZONED COMMERCIAL.
THAT IS THE PORTION OF THE SITE
THAT WOULD BE REZONE.
THE AREA SHOWED IN BLUE AND
IDENTIFIED WITH THESE NUMBERS
ARE ZONED SINGLE-FAMILY 5000.
ON APRIL 19, I'M SORRY IN APRIL
2018, AN ISSUE WAS PUT FORWARD
WITH A DECISION AND THE HEARING
EXAMINER HELD A PUBLIC HEARING
IN JUNE 2018 AND RECOMMENDED
THAT THE REZONE BE APPROVED. ON
JUNE 5, I'M SORRY LATER THAT
JUNE THE APPELLANT FILED AN
APPEAL WITH THE CITY CLERK WITH
THE HEARING EXAMINER'S
RECOMMENDATION AND THEY TOOK UP
THAT APPEAL IN JUNE AND AUGUST.
IN AUGUST THE COUNCIL FROM THE
HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION AND
GRANTED THE REZONE PATIENT AND
PASSED AN ORDINANCE
EFFECTUATING THAT APPROVAL
WHICH CHANGE THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE AND ACCEPTED AND
EXECUTED DEVELOP TO AGREEMENT.
THE APPELLANT'S FELT THE LAND
USE HAD SIX ERRORS IN AUGUST
2000 18.
ISSUED AN ORDER ON MARCH 5 AND
LATER HAVE AMENDED THAT ORDER.
ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS
THERE'S ALSO A CHANGED
CIRCUMSTANCE HERE WHICH IS
PASSAGE.
THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN MARCH.
NOW THE COMMERCIAL RECORDER IS
ZONED.
SO THE SECOND PAGE OF THE MEMO
IDENTIFIES THE ISSUE ON APPEAL.
THERE WERE SIX ISSUES IN THIS
PETITION.
SIX AREAS ALLEGED BY THE
APPELLANT'S.
5 OF THOSE SIX WERE DENIED BY
THE KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
SO 5 OF THOSE SIX CLAIMS.
THERE IS ONE ISSUE THAT THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE DELIBERATING
ON TODAY AND HEARING ORAL
ARGUMENT ABOUT.
I WILL JUST QUOTE FROM THE
ORDER OF KING COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT.
THE REMAND IS FOR THE COMMITTEE
TO CONSIDER.
THE PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS
COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH REQUIRES
A GRADUAL TRANSITION IN HEIGHT
AND LEVEL OF ACTIVITY BETWEEN
ZONES SHALL BE PROVIDED UNLESS
MAJOR PHYSICAL BUFFERS AS
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION ARE
PRESENT IN THE AREA WHERE THE
COMMERCIAL LOT, AND THERE IS A
PARCEL NUMBER, SHARES A REAR
BOUNDARY INE WITH A SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENCE A LOT
IDENTIFIED AS ON PALATINE
AVENUE.
FOR THAT BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
WHO MAY BE WATCHING THE SKY
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY
LIMITED AREA WHICH IS THE
INTERSECTION, NOT THE
INTERSECTION BUT THAT SHARED
PROPERLY LINE, THE SHARED
BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN ONE ON
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND THREE
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
SO ONE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
THE SITE AND THREE ON THE
WESTERN SIDE.
WE WILL HERE ORAL ARGUMENTS
TODAY.
>> THE REASON BECAUSE THAT SITE
IDENTIFIED AS TO HAS ALREADY
BEEN PRESERVED?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . TWO REFRESHER MEMORY,
THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED BACK IN
AUGUST AND IT SPECIFIED THAT
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE AND
PARTIAL IDENTIFIED WOODBURY
PRESERVED AS PART OF THE
PROJECT WORK
>> AS THE SIX ISSUES THAT THE
APPELLANT'S IDENTIFIED AS ERRORS
YOU SAID 5 OF THEM THE HEARING
EXAMINER DID NOT AGREE BUT FOR
ONE THEY DID.
IS THAT ISSUE ONE?
>> YES.
THE KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
REMANDED THAT OWN LOAN ISSUE TO
THE COUNCIL.
>> SO THAT IS THE NEED FOR A
TRANSITION AND HEIGHT SCALE
BETWEEN ZONES AND AGAIN THE
REASON WHY IT IS ONLY
IDENTIFIED FOR THE AREA BETWEEN
1-3 IS BECAUSE THERE IS A
TRANSITION BETWEEN 1-2.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BUT
I WILL ASK THE APPLICANT HERE
WITH US TODAY. PATRICK DOWNS
WHO REPRESENTED THE CITY AS
WELL AT THE VEIL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO
CONSIDER.
THESE COULD BE MODIFIED THROUGH
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AFTER YOUR
ORAL ARGUMENT FROM THE
APPLICANT AND THE APPELLANT'S.
OPTION NUMBER ONE WOULD
ESSENTIALLY EXTEND THE
PROTECTIONS THAT APPLY TO OPTION
OF PARCEL NUMBER TWO ABOVE.
AND THAT AGREEMENT TO PORTIONS
OF THE SITE ADDRESS TO THE NEW
ADDRESS.
THIS WOULD CREATE A GRADUAL
TRANSITION BETWEEN ZONES BY
REQUIRING A SETBACK IN THE
PROJECT AT THAT TRANSITION. SO
AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN ONE AND
THREE ABOUT.
THEN THERE IS OF COURSE AN
OPTION WHERE THE COUNCIL COULD
REJECT THE REZONE IF THE
APPLICANT WOULD NOT AGREE TO ANY
OF THOSE LIMITATIONS ON THE
PROJECT.
OPTION ONE AND OPTION TO ARE
NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND
THERE MAY BE OTHER OPTIONS THAT
THE APPELLANT MAY IDENTIFY AS
PART OF THE ORAL ARGUMENT.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I DO NOT SO COLLEAGUES IF IT'S
OKAY WHY DON'T WE PROCEED WITH
THE ORAL ARGUMENT.
WE WILL SET THE TIMER HERE AND
THE APPELLANT'S ARE GOING FIRST
AND SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO
RESERVE UP TO TO MINUTES OF
THEIR TIME FOR AFTER THE
APPLICANT'S SPEAK. SO JUST
DETERMINE IN ADVANCE IF YOU
PLAN TO DO THAT NOW.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO RESERVE ANY
OF YOUR TIME FOR LATER?
>> YES, SIR.
ONE MINUTE.
>> ONE MINUTE FOR LATER, FOUR
MINUTES NOW.
WE WILL SET THE TIMER FOR FOUR
MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS YOU
SHARED WITH US SO WHEN YOU ARE
READY TO BEGIN YOU MAY.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, JEFFREY EUSTIS.
I REPRESENT IRENE WOLCOTT BOB
MORGAN WHO ARE HERE IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
YOU MAY RECALL BOB MORGAN WHO
WORKED ON CENTRAL CITY STAFF.
ESSENTIALLY THE CRUX OF THE
ISSUE IS, CAN THE REAR YARD OF
A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE SERVE AS
THE MAJOR TRANSITION BETWEEN A
FIVE-STORY MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT RISING RIGHT ON THE
PROPERTY LINE? SO I DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE AREA IN
QUESTION.
THIS IS ON THREE.
SHARED ROOF DEVELOPMENT IS HERE
CAR RISES FIVE STORIES RIGHT ON
THIS SHARED ZONING BOUNDARY
LINE.
THIS IS A SINGLE-FAMILY
PROPERTY WHICH IS REFERRED TO
AS THE 7010 PALATINE PROPERTY.
THE DISTANCE FROM HERE, THE
EASTERLY WALL, I APOLOGIZE FOR
ANY OF THE LEGALLY LASER
POINTERS. FROM THE EASTERLY
WALL TO THE ZONING BOUNDARY
LINE IS ROUGHLY 39 FEET.
THERE IS A DECK, A STAIRWAY, A
WALKWAY, AND THAT REDUCES IT
DOWN TO AROUND 25 FEET. THE
APPLICANT PROPOSES A RETAINING
WALL IN HERE WHICH REDUCES IT
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
THE QUESTION IS, DOES THAT
PROVIDE A MAJOR TRANSITION
BETWEEN THE SHARED ROOF
PROPERTY AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY
PROPERTY.
THOSE EXIST AS A MATTER OF
CODE.
ON THE NEXT PAGE OF THE
HANDOUT, THE FIRST PAGE OF THE
HANDOUT HAS THE JUDGES.
THE NEXT PAGE HAS THE
PROVISIONS OF CODE.
YOU WILL SEE AT THE BOTTOM THE
OPEN SPACE IS DEFINED AS THE
PREDOMINANTLY UNDEVELOPED TO
SERVE THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING
A PARK, RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES, CONSERVING
VALUABLE RESOURCES, AND
STRUCTURING URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AND FORM. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE APPLICANT HAS YET A REVISED
SET OF PLANS THAT THE APPLICANT
WILL BE PRESENTING. I WOULD
NOTE, THOSE PLANS ARE NOW
PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THIS COMMITTEE AND THE CITY
COUNCIL REVIEWS THE RECORD AS IT
EXISTED AND DOES NOT SIT AS A
FACT-FINDING BODY TO CONSIDER
NEW EVIDENCE FOR THE APPLICANT
WANTS TO CHANGE THE PROPOSAL,
THE APPLICANT HAS TO GO BACK TO
SDCI AND PREVENT PRESENT ITS
PROPOSAL.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL DOES
NOT CURE THE PROBLEM.
WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD DO IS
ESSENTIALLY INCORPORATE INTO
LOT TO, THE REAR YARD FROM THE
LOT THREE WHICH IS THE SINGLE-
FAMILY PALATINE PROPERTY.
NOW, IT IS STILL A REAR YARD TO
A SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTY.
IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR BECAUSE
SOMEBODY ON A PIECE OF PAPER
HAS DRAWN GREEN AROUND IT.
THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE IS, IS
THE CITY COUNCIL GOING TO ALLOW
A DEVELOPER TO TRY TO GET
AROUND THE REQUIREMENT FOR A
MAJOR TRANSITION BY BUYING
ADJACENT SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTY
AND INCORPORATING THE REAR YARD
OF THAT PROPERTY INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CURRENT
CODE AND THERE IS NOTHING IN
THE CODE THAT WAS JUST AN
AMENDED, THAT ALLOWS THAT.
OPTION ONE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH
CODE.
IF IT IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL, I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT
THIS MATTER WILL BE BACK IN
SUPERIOR COURT BECAUSE THAT
JUDGE, THE JUDGE WE HEAR THE
ACTION ALREADY EXPRESSES DOUBTS
WHETHER THAT PROVIDED A MAJOR
TRANSITION.
MY FOUR MINUTES IS UP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HEAR
FROM THE APPLICANT. YOU WILL
HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
ARE EITHER OF THESE DOCUMENTS
--
>> THE APPLICANT IS THIS GUY.
>> COLD-COCKS, IF YOU ARE
READY, WHENEVER YOU ARE READY
YOU MAY BEGIN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
APPLICANT.
AS A RESULT OF THE COUNCILS
REZONE ACTION LAST YEAR, THIS
APPLICANT IS READY TO CONSTRUCT
A PROJECT THAT WILL PROVIDE
FAMILY SIZE UNITS, RETAIL,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IS READY
TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE ONLY QUESTION HERE TODAY IS
WHETHER THE OPEN SPACE ON THE
LOT THREE PARCEL CONSTITUTES A
MAJOR PHYSICAL BUFFER UNDER THE
CODE.
ENTER HERE IS YES.
THE COURT FOUND THAT THE OPEN
SPACE IN THE LARGER SINGLE
FAMILY PARCEL WHICH IS LOT TO
HERE IS A MAJOR PHYSICAL BUFFER
BECAUSE IT IS PRESERVED. ON A
NUMBER OF OCCASIONS TO THE COURT
THEY SAID IT IT WOULD BE
COMPLIANCE IF LOT THREE
PROVIDES OPEN SPACE THAT
BECAUSE A PHYSICAL BUFFER AND
IS ALSO PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY
JUST LIKE LOT TO IN THE
DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS
PROPOSING THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD ADOPT HERE TODAY.
WE ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL
APPROVED THE OPTION ONE
FINDINGS.
IN REVIEWING THE RECORD LOT
THREE WAS NOT REALLY DISCUSS AT
ALL IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE WITH
THIS SECTION.
THE OPEN SPACE WAS ALWAYS
INTENDED TO BE CONTINUED U.S.
BUT THE PLANS DID NOT DO A VERY
GOOD JOB OF DEMONSTRATING THAT
THE SPACE SHOULD OPERATE AND BE
CONSIDERED AS ONE OPEN SPACE
PICK AS A CAR WRECK AMENDED
ADVOCATE REQUESTED THE COUNCIL
AMEND IT TO ENSURE THAT OPEN
SPACE OF BOTH SINGLE FAMILY
PUZZLES WOULD REMAIN IN
PERPETUITY.
SECOND AS THE COAT FURTHER
SUGGESTS THAT GET REQUEST THE
COUNCIL REQUIRED CHANGES TO THE
OPEN SPACE AREA TO MAKE SURE IT
FEELS NICE THE LANDSCAPED AND
BUFFERS THE PROJECT.
WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO A LESSER
EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A
REDLINE VERSION OF THE
LANDSCAPING PLAN. WHAT WE HAVE
DONE HERE IS ILLUSTRATE WHAT
THE PLANS COULD LOOK LIKE IF
THE COUNCIL COULD REQUIRE THIS.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO BACK TO
SDCI.
THE COUNCIL COULD REQUIRE IT AS
PART OF ITS FINDINGS,
SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS TO MAKE THIS MORE
CONTIGUOUS WOULD BE TO REMOVE
THE DECK AND ABOUT TWO FOOT
RETAINING WALL AND REMOVE THE
PATHWAY ALONG THE SIDE SO IT
FEELS MORE OF A CONTINUOUS OPEN
SPACE AND FRAMES AREA SO IT IS
MUCH MORE CONTIGUOUS.
WITH THIS REVISED OPEN SPACE
AND THE FACT THAT THE PROJECT
CAN PRISON PRESERVE THIS, IT IS
IN COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE A RENDERING OF WHAT
THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
WHAT THAT COULD FEEL LIKE.
BECAUSE OF THIS WE DON'T
BELIEVE ANY ADDITIONAL
TRANSITIONS OR SETBACKS ARE
REQUIRED TO ASK YOU TO ADOPT
THE FINDINGS AND REJECT THE
OPTION TO FINDINGS THAT ARE
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THE OPTION TO FINDINGS REQUIRE
SETBACKS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED
BY CODE FOR THIS PROJECT AS IT
IS ONE DEVELOPMENT SITE.
SO TO SELECT THIS OPTION WOULD
NOT ONLY RESULT IN LOST UNITS
AND REALLY AND NONVIABLE
PROJECT HERE, IT EFFECTIVELY
MENSA CODE THE AT THAT BUDDHA
TO MAKE SETBACKS NOT ABLE TO BE
APPROVED AS WHAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED. THE SITE WOULD NOT BE
REZONED AND THERE WOULD END UP
BEING A GAP HERE IN THE ZONING
MAP ITSELF.
RETURNING TO APPELLANT'S
ARGUMENTS QUITE QUICKLY, THEY
CLAIMED THE PROPOSED BASE IS
REALLY JUST A BACKYARD.
THIS IS A RED HERRING.
FIRST HOW THIS IS ONE OF THE
SITE AND NOTE REAR YARD
REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED
HERE BECAUSE IT IS ONE
DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
THE PROPOSED OPEN SPACE ON LOT
THREE IS OVER 60% LARGER THAN
WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A 15
FOOT REAR YARD REQUIREMENT IS
OUT THERE FINALLY IF THIS WAS
AN ACTUAL BACKYARD IT COULD BE
FENCED IN THERE WILL BE SINGLE-
FAMILY ACTIVITY ALONG WITH
THAT.
UNDER EMMA JADE THIS PROJECT
HASN'T -- BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNDER
THAT, IT HAS A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED
MULTI FAMILY ZONE. TO SUMMARIZE
IN 30 SECONDS, WE WOULD LIKE YOU
TO ADOPTED THE OPTION ONE
FINDINGS AS AN AMENDED AND
AMEND THE BUDDHA TO ENSURE THE
OPEN SPACE REMAINS AND
IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES WE HAVE
DISCUSSED TODAY.
AT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT BELIEVE
THE OPEN SPACE IS A CITIZEN
FISCAL BUFFER, WE REQUEST AN
ALTERNATIVE OPTION WHERE THE
COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT ALTERNATIVE
FINDINGS THAT EITHER REQUIRE
REMOVAL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY
HOME OR REBUILDING A AND
MOVEMENT OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY
ROOM TO PROVIDE MORE OPEN
SPACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> WE WILL NOTE RETURN TO THE
APPELLANT WHO WILL HAVE ONE
MINUTE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE TIME
UP.
>> AS REGARDS THE NOTION OF THE
REAR YARD FOR THE PROPERTY
BEING A RED HERRING, IT'S
NOTHING OF THE SORT.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT MEMBERS OF
THIS COUNCIL PROBABLY HAVE
LIVED IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES
FOR THERE ARE YARD REQUIREMENTS
IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES.
THE REAR YARD REQUIREMENT IS
SOMETHING LIKE 25 FEET. THE
DIFFICULTY WITH ACCEPTING THE
APPLICANT'S ARGUMENT IS THAT
THIS COMMITTEE WOULD ESSENTIALLY
BE SETTING A PRECEDENT THAT ANY
DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO AVOID
THE REQUIREMENT FOR A MAJOR
TRANSITION AND AVOID THE
REQUIREMENT FOR PROVIDING OPEN
SPACE WOULD DO SUE BY
PURCHASING THE ADJACENT SINGLE-
FAMILY PROPERTY AND DOING
EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING
USING THE REAR YARD OF ANOTHER
PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS CONTRARY TO CODE.
THANK YOU.
>> KETIL FREEMAN , WHY DON'T I
START, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY KETIL
FREEMAN . THEN DISCUSSED BY
BOTH THE APPELLANT AND THE
APPLICANT. MY INTENTION TODAY
WOULD BE TO PROCEED TO A
RECOMMENDATION TOWARDS TRAGEDY
SIX TO DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD CODIFY ESSENTIALLY WHAT
WE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE ON. SO
DEPENDING ON THAT FIRST, CAN
YOU HELP FRAME THAT UP?
WE HEARD FROM TWO DIFFERENT
LAWYERS WHO NOT SURPRISINGLY HAD
THEIR DIFFERENT VIEWS ON WHAT
THE COURT SAID AND I'M CURIOUS
IF THAT IS FOR YOU TO HELP
CLARIFY OR IF WE SHOULD INVITE
PATRICK TO THE TABLE OR IF THAT
IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO
ASK HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
THE JUDGMENT STATEMENT DID OR
DID NOT SAY.
>> THERE ARE CERTAIN QUESTIONS
FOR EXAMPLE THE QUESTION ABOUT
A REAR YARD AND THE COMBINED
LOT DEVELOPMENT OR NOT.
BT A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE
PROPERTIES IN DIFFERENT ZONES,
I CANNOT ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD.
IT'S TRUE THAT SINGLE-FAMILY
HOUSES HAVE A YARD REQUIREMENT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD BE
AFFECTED BY THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT SITE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT THE JUDGE DIRECTED, I
THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS ASK
PATRICK ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN ASK THEM IF THEY AGREE
WITH PATRICK'S INTERPRETATION
OF THE ORDER.
>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT
, COLLEAGUES.
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.
SPECIFICALLY THERE WAS A,
PATRICK WOULD YOU MIND COMING
TO THE TABLE?
THE COMMENT THAT I HEARD WAS
WHETHER THE JUDGE WOULD ALLOW
OPTION ONE OR HAS ALREADY SPOKE
THAT OPTION ONE BEFORE US, I
HEARD THE APPELLANT SAY THAT MY
INTERPRETATION WAS THE JUDGE
ALREADY SET OPTION ONE IS NOT
WHAT HE OR SHE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE.
I HEARD THE APPLICANT SAY THE
OPPOSITE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU SEE IN
THE JUDGE'S REMAND, WHAT THEY
SAID ABOUT AND FOR HOW THAT
WOULD SPEAK TO OPTION ONE OR TWO
?
>> I REPRESENT THE CITY IN THIS
MANOR IN SPEAKER SUPERIOR
COURT.
I WILL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF
THE JUDGE'S ORAL RULING. THE
JUDGE HAD NO CONCERNS THAT THREE
WAS PART OF THIS SITE.
IT WAS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AS
PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR IN MY
MIND.
WAS ALSO CRYSTAL CLEAR IN MY
MIND IS THE JUDGE HAD A PRIMARY
CONCERN THAT THE BACKYARD OF 3
WASN'T PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY.
WHAT CAME THROUGH THE INITIAL
ORDER, THE REVISED ORDER IS TO
LAY OUT FOR YOU FOLKS AND THE
COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO DETERMINE
SHOULD YOU STAGGER BACK A
PORTION OF THE BUILDING OR
PRESERVE THE BACKYARD OF 3 IN
PERPETUITY.
THAT IS THE TAKE AWAY FOR ME.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT PATRICK.
THAT HELPS. I WILL RESPECT THAT
DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS MAY HAVE
DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THAT.
WHAT WE HEARD IF I UNDERSTOOD
CORRECTLY WAS IF WE CHOOSE
OPTION ONE, THIS WILL BE BACK
IN COURT WHICH SEEMS RIGHT.
IF WE CHOOSE OPTION TWO THE
PROJECT IS NOT FEASIBLE MOVING
FORWARD.
ANYWAYS, COLLEAGUES, I AM BASED
ON MY CONVERSATIONS, I HAVE NOT
TALKED TO PATRICK BEFORE BUT
WITH KETIL FREEMAN WITH THE
ADVICE OF PATRICK IS MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT PATRICK
SAID, MY INCLINATION WOULD BE
TO MOVE AHEAD WITH OPTION ONE
AND PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY THE
OPEN SPACE ON LOT THREE SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE DID IN LOT TO AND
ACHIEVE WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE
OBJECT JUDGES OBJECTIVE BUT I
AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL
THINK.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT IS THAT
IF WE DIDN'T SUPPORT OPTION ONE
THAT THEY WOULD PREFER THAT WE
ORDER THE BUILDING IN LOT THREE
TO BE REMOVED AND THEN LOOK AT
THAT PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE
BECAUSE THEN APPARENTLY BY
REMOVING THE HOUSE THE ISSUE OF
THERE BEING A REAR LOT BEHIND A
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME DOES NOT
EXIST ANYMORE. SO FOR ME, I
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT IT
MAKES SENSE GOING DOWN THAT
ROAD IS THE RESULT IS THE SAME.
IF THE RESULT IS THE SAME THAT
YOU ARE STILL PRESERVING, IT
SEEMS LIKE THE APPELLANT'S
ARGUMENT IS BASED ON THE FACT
THAT THERE IS A STRUCTURE ON
LOT THREE. IF THERE WASN'T A
STRUCTURE ON LOT THREE THERE
WOULD BE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE
THERE WOULD NOT BE A
REQUIREMENT FOR A REAR LOT.
IT TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE A
DISTINCTION WITHOUT A
DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE
IN OUR INTEREST TO ORDER THE
REMOVAL OF THE BUILDING ON LOT
THREE JUST TO COME BACK WITH
THE SAME OUTCOME IF THAT MAKES
SENSE.
>> WHAT I THINK I HEAR YOU
SAYING, FOR ME WHEN I LOOK AT
THIS TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE
IS HARM OR DAMAGE BEING DONE BY
THE LACK OF SETBACKS IF YOU
WILL ON LOT ONE WOULD BE TO
SOMEONE WHO MIGHT LIVE IN LOT
THREE. THE PEOPLE WHO OWN LOT
THREE AND LOT ONE AND IT'S ALL
A SINGLE PARCEL, THAT TO ME AND
CLEARLY THEY ARE NOT SAYING IT
WOULD BE HARMED BUT WHOEVER MAY
CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THE BUILDING
ON LOT 30 WOULD KNOW THAT THAT
IS A CONDITION.
IS NOT LIKE THEY BODY UNDER ONE
CONDITION AND NOW IT'S CHANGED
AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF
DAMAGE.
TO ME TO LOSE A UNIT OF HOUSING
SEEMS KIND OF SILLY.
I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE
PLENTY IN THE CITY THAT WOULD
LOVE TO LIVE THERE DESPITE THE
LARGE BUILDING BEING IN THE
BACKYARD.
IS BETTER THAN NOT LIVING IN A
STRUCTURE.
SO I HATE TO LOSE A UNIT OF
HOUSING FOR THAT SAKE.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE.
I AM UNDERSTANDING BASED ON
BOTH ARGUMENTS AND THE REVIEW
OF THESE MATERIALS AND PATRICK'S
REMARKS THAT REALLY COMES DOWN
TO TWO ISSUES BASED ON THE
REMAND FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT.
ONE IS THAT THERE IS A CONCERN
THAT EVEN THOUGH THE YARD IS OR
COULD BE SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF
THAT BUFFER AND THAT TAPERING,
THERE IS CONCERN THAT IT COULD
BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE
BECAUSE IT'S NOT PRESERVED AS
OPEN SPACE IN PERPETUITY.
I SEE THAT AS A POTENTIAL
TECHNICAL ERROR THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BUT WASN'T.
CLEARLY TO ME IT INDICATES THAT
PARCEL TO WAS IN THAT PUD A IN
SUCH A FASHION AS THE PRESIDENT
THAT I FEEL IN THIS CASE TO
MAKE A DECISION THAT OPTION ONE
IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION IN
TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT
OPEN SPACE IS RESERVED WITHOUT
THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY EXISTING
HOUSING UNIT.
>> THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND HERE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS THAT NEED
TO BE MADE HERE. THE DRAFT FOR
OPTION ONE SETS OUT ONE
ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FINDING
WHICH IS THE GUARD OF THE
PROPERTY IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
SAME KIND OF LIMITATION AS THE
PARCEL TO THE SOUTH OF IT.
THERE IS AN INITIAL CONCLUSION
THAT SUPPORTS THAT AS WELL.
IT SUPPORTS A NOTION OF GRADUAL
GRADATION. IT PROVIDES A
PHYSICAL OPEN SPACE BUFFER
BETWEEN LAND USES AND ALLOWS
HER GRADUAL TRANSITION BETWEEN
THE HEIGHT AND SCALE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY
AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTY
PEER THE COMMITTEE HERE,
ASSUMING YOU CHOSE OPTION ONE
IS CONCLUDING THAT THE 39 FOOT
DEEP BUFFER PROVIDED ON LOT
NUMBER THREE MEETS THE
DIRECTIVE OF THE REZONED
CRITERIA FOR TRANSITIONS.
>> DELRIDGE, A TECHNICAL
QUESTION ON THIS DOCUMENT.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT
SUBMITTED THIS TODAY. IT
DISCUSSES REMOVAL OF WALKWAY
AND A DECK AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS
THIS SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF
THE RECORD THAT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT OR NOT?
I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION IS
THAT, FOR REMOVAL OF THOSE
PROPOSALS ARE THEY SOMETHING WE
NEED TO CONTEMPLATE OR WAS THAT
JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS
SUBMITTED.
>> IT DEPENDS HERE ON WHAT THE
COUNCIL ULTIMATELY DOES.
BUT IN TERMS OF, WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IS OUR GIVEN ABOUT WHAT
THE APPLICANT WOULD DO TO MEET
THE REMAND FROM THE SUPERIOR
COURT.
SHE SUGGESTED THIS WOULD HAVE
TO GO BACK WHICH IS NOT THE
COUNCIL'S PRACTICE.
WE SOMETIMES MAKE AMENDMENTS
BASED ON COUNSEL DECISION-MAKING
TO THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN
FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, I AM
ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS
OR RECOMMENDS OPTION ONE, PART
OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS I WOULD
WRITE A PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES SOME
CONDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF SOME
OF THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE
TO DO WITH PROVING OR HAVE TO
DO IT ADOPTING AND IMPROVING
THE LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR PARCEL
NUMBER THREE.
>> SO COLLEAGUES, MY SUGGESTION
IS IF I HEAR CORRECTLY WOULD BE
TO VOTE TO APPROVE OPTION ONE
AND GIVE DIRECTION FOR THEM TO
PROCEED AS DIRECTED.
ARE FOLKS OKAY WITH THAT?
HELP ME WITH WHAT I ACTUALLY,
WHAT MOTION SHOULD I BE MAKING
TO GIVE YOU THAT DIRECTION?
>> IF YOU WERE TO MOVE OPTION
ONE I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT AND
PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION TO ME TO
DRAFT A AGREEMENT AND A REVISED
DECISION WHICH THE COUNCIL
WOULD SUBSTITUTE AT FULL
COUNSEL WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO
FULL COUNSEL. IF THE APPLICANT
DOESN'T AGREE TO ANY CHANGES,
THAT THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTS,
IT WOULD NOT EXECUTE IT AND IT
WOULD NOT PROCEED.
BUT IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO
THAT THEN I WOULD NEED TO DRAFT
AN ORDINANCE FOR A PRIOR REZONED
ORDINANCE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SO
MOVED.
>> OKAY WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> REMIND ME, BEFORE THIS COMES
TO FULL COUNSEL, WILL THERE BE
AN AGREEMENT THAT IS ACCEPTED
OR DOES THAT COME TO COUNSEL
AND THEN THE DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN
ABOUT THE PUDA.
>> THAT ORDINANCE ACCEPTS THE
PROPERTY AGREEMENT.
>> I IMAGINE THIS WOULD TAKE AT
LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR YOU
TO DRAFT IT AND HAVE THE BACK
AND FORTH.
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
IN FULL COUNSEL IN EARLY MAY.
>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND
SECOND BEFORE US TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH OPTION ONE AND GIVE
1026 DIRECTION. IS THERE ANY
FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS?
>> ONE POINT RELATED TO THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED
EARLIER, WE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED
TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND SOME
CLARITY AROUND WHAT A
DEVELOPMENT LOT IS.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT AS
SOMETHING I AM STILL INTERESTED
IN AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE
FROM SDCI WHERE WE ARE AT ON
THAT.
>> I THINK THAT TENTATIVELY IS
AN ISSUE WE WILL TEE UP FOR IN
THE 2019 BILL WHICH WOULD COME
TO US SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS A
UNIQUE SET UP.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENTS
TODAY ABOUT PRESIDENTS SETTING
OR NOT I THINK THERE ARE SOME
ISSUES THAT THERE IS A CLARITY
ON THAT MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME
CLARITY MOVING FORWARD.'S ALL
IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MOTION
AS DESCRIBED TO ADOPT OPTION ONE
INDICATE BY SAYING AYE . ANY
OPPOSED?
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU KETIL FREEMAN.
I WILL CONTINUE TO BE POINT ON
THIS AS WE WILL MOST LIKELY
HAVE SOME NEWS FROM THE LAND
USE COMMITTEE.
IF IT IS OKAY WITH THE CHAIR, I
WILL REMAIN IN OVERSIGHT AT
THIS AT LEAST FOUR DISCUSSION
WITH COLLEAGUES FOR CONTINUITY
SAKE. I WILL ALSO BRING CHAIR
JOHNSON UP TO SPEED AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I
APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE.
GREAT.
WE ARE DONE WITH THAT.
NOAH, WOULD YOU MIND READING IN
AGENDA ITEM 3? I SHOULD MENTION
TO COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC
THAT THIS IS STILL A JUDICIAL
MATTER, THERE IS A DECISION
WILL WILL COME BEFORE COUNSEL
BASED ON THE PRESENTATIONS.
THIS WILL CONTINUE OVER MONTHS
TO COME SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HONOR THE DOCTRINE OF, I FORGOT
WHAT IT IS.
THAT DR. AND.
UNTIL WE ARE TOLD OTHERWISE AND
LIKELY MAY BE SOMETIME.
NOW AGENDA THREE.
>> COUNSEL AGENDA ITEM THREE,
CLERK FILE 119497: AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO MONITORING AND
INSPECTING VACANT BUILDINGS FOR
COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING AND
BUILDING MAINTENANCE CODE;
AMENDING SECTION 22.900F.010 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND
AMENDING ORDINANCE 125704 AND
ORDINANCE 125727 TO MODIFY
MONITORING FEES AND MONITORING
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
>> SO WE DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
>>PRESENTERS: KETIL FREEMAN,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF; FAITH
LUMSDEN, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING
COMMENTS TO MAKE?
>> THIS IS IN SOME WAYS A PIECE
OF PLANT HAS CAMPING
LEGISLATION.
I CAN GIVE YOU SOME LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY HERE.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THOSE WHO MAYBE WATCHING, IN
2016 OR 17 THE COUNCIL AMENDED
THE HOUSING AND BUILDING
MAINTENANCE CODE TO STRENGTHEN
STANDARDS MAINTAINING VACANT
BUILDINGS.
THAT TRIGGERED ADDITIONAL LET'S
THE PROCESS THAT CULMINATED IN
SOME WAYS LAST YEAR IN BUDGET
WHEN THE COUNCIL AMENDED THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING
VACANT BUILDINGS TO MAKE
INSPECTIONS MANDATORY IN
CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
SO PRIOR TO LAST NOVEMBER, WE
HAD DISCRETION TO INSPECT
VACANT BUILDINGS TO SECURE
THOSE BUILDINGS. LAST NOVEMBER
THE COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE
THAT AMENDED THAT THEY CAN'T
BUILDING PROGRAM TO MAKE
INSPECTIONS MANDATORY FOR
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
THREE NOTICES OF VIOLATION FOR
VIOLATING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
SECURING VACANT BUILDINGS IF
THEY WERE LOCATED ON A LOT
WHICH HAD DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
OR IF THEY ARE INCLUDED ON A
LIST MAINTAINED BY THE POLICE
AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH
GENERATED CALLS WERE TO SUCH.
THE COUNCIL ALSO AMENDED THE
CODE TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE
CRITERIA WOULD BE FOR COMING
OFF OF THE INSPECTION LIST WHEN
BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED
AND REOCCUPIED.
THEY HAVE BEEN INSPECTED FOR
CONSECUTIVE TIMES SO ADDITIONAL
SECTION +3 SUBSEQUENT
INSPECTIONS AND HAD NO CODE
DILUTIONS OR IF THEY HAVE
GOTTEN A PERMIT TO BE DEMOLISHED
. ANOTHER KEY PART OF THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY IS THAT THE
COUNCIL LIMITED THE 2090 BUDGET
TO HAVE SDCI AND APPRECIATION
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS
CHANGE IN SCOPE.
THE COUNCIL ALSO DEFERRED THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATORY
ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED AND CHANGES TO THE FEE
ORDINANCE TO GET SDCI TIME TO
CHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PROGRAM.
>> THIS BILL IS IN MANY WAYS A
HOUSEKEEPING BILL THAT WE
INTENDED TO REVISIT SOME OF THE
CHANGES MADE IN NOVEMBER.
IT MODIFIES FEES FOR INSPECTION
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
CODE TO BETTER REFLECT THE COST
OF SDCI MAKING THOSE INSPECTIONS
. ALLOWS FOR BUILDINGS TO BE
ENROLLED AFTER ONLY ONE
VIOLATION IF THE VIOLATION IS
NOT REMEDIED BY THE COMPLIANCE
TEAM AND THE NOTICE OF
VIOLATION OR IF THE FIRST
VIOLATION IS REMEDIED BUT
ANOTHER HAPPENS WITHIN 2 YEARS.
THOSE NO LONGER BEING ENROLLED
IN THE PROGRAM, THEY NEED TO
NEGATIVE INSPECTIONS TO DEAL
WITH VIOLATIONS.
THAT IS MY RECAP AT THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
>> FAITH, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD? OR WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ELABORATE?
>> I THINK THE ONLY THING I
WOULD SAY IS COUNSEL MAY RECALL
WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
LAST FALL AND I FEEL VERY
CONFIDENT THAT WITH THESE
CHANGES AND WITH THE WORK THAT
WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO RESTRUCTURE OUR
PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
SERIOUSLY COMMIT TO THIS
PROGRAM AND MAKE MOST OF IT
HAPPEN AND THE ONE PIECE I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE COUNCIL
IS THAT EVEN WITH THE THREE NEW
INSPECTORS AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT THIS PROGRAM IS
DESIGNED TO PAY FOR THOSE
POSITIONS SO EVEN WITH THOSE
INSPECTIONS AS THE PROGRAM
FIRST TAKES OFF, IT DOES CALL
FOR A LOT.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
MONTHLY INSPECTIONS.
WE WILL HAVE TO WORK OUR WAY UP
TO THE FULL INSPECTION ROUTINE
AND WE WILL GET THERE.
IT MAY TAKE US SOME MONTHS TO
REALLY GET TO DOING ALL OF
THOSE INSPECTIONS MONTHLY.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IS ONE
OF THE CHANGES WE MADE.
IT'S A CHANGE I HAVE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT BECAUSE IT DOES
GIVE SDCI A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
THEY REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR
THE INSPECTION TO BE MONTHLY
AND INSTEAD THERE IS REFERENCE
TO THEM BEING SEQUENTIAL
>> BECAUSE YOU HAD ASKED FOR
SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE IT MAY
NOT HAPPEN EVERY MONTH THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE TRACKING.
WE CAN'T CALL IT A MUCH
STRENGTH PROGRAM IF THERE IS
SIX MONTHS BETWEEN INSPECTIONS.
SO THE EXPECTATION OF A MONTHLY
INSPECTION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE LEGISLATION
BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
TRACK THEIR CAREFULLY PICK
>> WE ARE CONSIDERING IT STILL
A MONTHLY INSPECTION PROGRAM.
THAT IS OUR GOAL.
SO FAR AS WE LOOK AT HOW WILL
WE IMPLEMENT IT, WE REALLY WANT
TO DO THE MONTHLY INSPECTIONS
AND BEGIN TO SEE WHETHER WE ARE
FINDING LOTS OF THOSE VACANT
BUILDINGS WILL FALL OFF THE
MONTHLY MONITORING LIST AND WE
WILL PICK UP NEW ONES EACH
MONTH STARTING PROBABLY FIRST
WITH THE NEW ONES THAT ARE
COMING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS.
WE WILL ALSO BE MANAGING
COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST YEAR
AGAIN, COMPLAINTS CONTINUE TO
GO UP PERHAPS THIS YEAR THEY
WILL GO DOWN WITH MORE ACTIVE
MONITORING. WE WILL FIND OUT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO
REPORT BACK TO YOU EARLY IN
2020 WITH OUR EXPERIENCES, HOW
MANY INSPECTIONS ARE WE ABLE TO
COMPLETE, WHAT IS THE RECORD
FOR PEOPLE PAYING THEIR
MONITORING FEES AND SO ON.
>> ONE OTHER POINT I WANT TO
MAKE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
WHEREAS IT MIGHT READ AS IF A
CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE FOR AN
ENROLLMENT TRIGGER GOING FROM
WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID THREE
VIOLATIONS TO ONE VIOLATION.
THAT MIGHT BE A BIG CHANGE BUT
THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT WAS MADE
BECAUSE YOU FAITH CLARIFIED
WHAT YOUR BUSINESS PRACTICES
WERE, IF YOU WENT BACK AFTER A
PREVIOUS VIOLATION THERE WOULD
NOT BE ANOTHER VIOLATION ISSUED
. THE CASE IS JUST MERELY LEFT
OPEN.
SO WE DO REQUIRE IN THE
ORDINANCE THAT EITHER THERE'S
NOT COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRST
VIOLATION BUT IF THERE IS
COMPLIANCE AFTER THE FIRST
VIOLATION AND YOU KEEP THE CASE
OPEN, YOU RETURN TWO TIMES
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE OF
THE VIOLATION.
>> RIGHT.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
TO SAVE WHAT IS STILL
UNFORTUNATELY A GOOD DEAL OF
PAPERWORK WITH REISSUING
NOTICES OF VIOLATION, TYPICALLY
WE WILL ISSUE ONE AND IF WE
NEED TO KEEP THAT OPEN AND WORK
UNDER THAT ONE WE DO PLAN TO BE
BACK. WE HOPE MONTHLY BUT AT
LEAST WITHIN MAYBE A 60 DAY
TURNAROUND TIME FOR SOME OF
THOSE FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS.
>> TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND,
FAITH, THERE IS A BODY OF WORK
OUT THERE THAT WILL NEED TO
COME UNDER THIS IF WE PASS
THIS.
SO THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT
THROUGH THE WORK WE DO THAT A
BUNCH OF THOSE PROPERTIES WILL
COME OFF THE LIST BECAUSE THEY
WILL BE COMPLIANCE AND THEN
GOING FORWARD AS WE HAVE THE
NORMAL DEVELOPMENT FLOW, IT
WILL PUBLICLY BE EASIER WITH
EXISTING FOLKS TO GET THROUGH
THAT WORK ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUT THE BIG WAVE OF STUFF THAT
WILL COME THROUGH, YOU'RE JUST
ASKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY AND
RECOGNITION TO BE A LITTLE
PATIENT THERE?
>> EXACTLY.
>> WHEN YOU SAY THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF INSPECTIONS GOT
THAT DOES NOT IMPLY TO ME THAT
THERE ARE OVER 1000 VACANT
BUILDINGS?
>> WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OVER
1000 DEMOLITION PERMITS.
NOT ALL THE DEMOLITION PERMIT
STRUCTURES ARE VACANT TODAY BUT
THEY WILL BE VACANT BEFORE THAT
DEMOLITION HAPPENS. WE KNOW
THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEM VACANT
BUILDINGS TEND TO BE TICKET
BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE ARE DOING MONTHLY
INSPECTIONS ON THOSE PLUS
ANOTHER MAYBE 400 INSPECTIONS
PER YEAR FROM COMPLAINTS WITH
MONTHLY INSPECTIONS. THAT IS
THOUSANDS OF INSPECTIONS AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
>> CAN I JUST MAKE ONE MORE
ADDITION AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE QUESTION
YOU RAISE?
THERE IS, AND I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE I THINK
IT IS ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES OF
THIS ORDINANCE IS TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE
HABITABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS AND VACANT.
WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE
DEVELOPERS TO KEEP THOSE
BUILDINGS OCCUPIED AND SO THERE
IS LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE
THAT WE PREVIOUSLY PAST THAT
ALLOWS FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR THE
MONITORING PROGRAM IF THE
DEVELOPER DISSIPATES WITH AN
ORGANIZATION THAT PLACES A
CARETAKER IN THE RESIDENCE. WE
HAVE HEARD FROM AN ORGANIZATION
CALL WELD THAT WORKS WITH FOLKS
WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED
FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND THAT IS ONE SUCH
PROGRAM THAT IS FUNCTIONING AND
HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVER A
DOZEN DEVELOPERS INTENT AND
THEY'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT
SO THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE
SOME MORE OF AN INCENTIVE.
>> WE HOPE SO.
>> FAITH, I APPRECIATE YOUR
ONGOING WORK ON THIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND WELD.
WEALTH IN PARTICULARLY IS
DOING SOME AMAZING WORK.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A
WIN-WIN.
WE CAN APPRECIATE HOW A
DEVELOPER WHO IS TRYING TO
ACHIEVE TIMING CERTAINTY IN A
WORLD WHERE PERMITS ARE CAUGHT
THEY TAKE A LONG TIME.
BUT AS SOON AS THEY GET IT THEY
WILL WANT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
AND THE PROCESS OF REMOVING
TENANTS FROM A PROPERTY CAN BE
TIME-CONSUMING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONCE THE
LONG-TERM TENANTS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED WE PROVIDE STABILITY ON
THE SHORT-TERM BY WORKING WITH
WELD AND OTHER ORGANISMS AND TO
HAVE TENANTS IN THEIR BARELY
THAT CAN BE MOVED.
THEY MOVE IN WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT AT SOME
POINT THIS WILL GO AWAY.
I AM CURIOUS, ARE WE SEEING
MORE AND MORE DEVELOPERS OPT IN
TO THAT OR DID NOT REALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT?
OR IS IT NOT AS PART OF THEIR
BUSINESS PLAN?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT
I CAN REALLY ANSWER THAT.
I DO THINK MORE AND MORE
DEVELOPERS ARE IN TOUCH WITH
WELD.
I KNOW WELD HAS MADE A LOT OF
DIRECT CONTACT WITH THAT
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
I KNOW MARY'S PLACE, THEY TEND
TO WORK ON THE LARGER
COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND PUT
LOTS OF PEOPLE INTO STRUCTURES.
WE AT SDCI HAVE A MONTHLY
MEETING WITH A MASTER BUILDING
GROUP AND I WILL BE SPEAKING
WITH DAN IN MAY ABOUT THE
STARTUP OF THIS VACANT BUILDING
MENTORING PROGRAM IN JUNE AND
WE WILL BE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT THEY
HAVE.
IT IS A LONG-STANDING PRACTICE
FOR A DEVELOPER WHO HAS GONE
THROUGH OR STARTED THAT TENANT
RELOCATION PROCESS THAT AS LONG
AS THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR
EXISTING TENANTS, SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE WITHOUT, NEW TENANTS CAN
MOVE IN AND BE INFORMED THAT
THEY MAY HAVE TO MOVE OUT AS
SOON AS PERMITS ARE ISSUED. SO
THAT IS A LONG-STANDING PRACTICE
. BUT IT IS TRUE DEVELOPERS
REALLY ARE NOT LANDLORDS AND
UNTIL THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
REALLY GETS THEIR ATTENTION AT
EIGHT MONTHLY MONITORING FEE
MAY GET THEIR ATTENTION, WE DO
NOT SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING
THAT ON THE SMALLER PROJECTS.
>> TODAY ARE, ARE THEY PROMOTING
EXEMPTION AS WELL AS WELL AND I
KNOW THAT WELD THEMSELVES ARE
DOING A LOT WITH MASTER ELDERS
TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.
>> YES.
OUR BROCHURE IS PRETTY HIGH-
LEVEL BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW
THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE WE SAY
YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THIS BUT
IT SAYS TALK TO US WITHIN
RELOCATION.
DO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH A
NONPROFIT?
WHAT IS A CARETAKER?
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT OUTREACH
WORK YOU ARE DOING AND CONTINUE
TO DO.
I APPRECIATE WELD AS AN
ADVOCATE.
I KNOW THEY GO OUT AND TALK TO
THE MASTER BUILDERS TO MAKE
SURE THEY RUN THE PROGRAM.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO UPLIFT
THAT AND REALLY CREATE AN
INCENTIVE STRUCTURE TO DIRECT
FOLKS TO THAT.
THE BUILDING IS UNINHABITABLE
THEN HOWEVER WE CAN STREAMLINE
DEMOLITION JUST TO REMOVE THAT
HAZARD IS GREAT.
BUT SO MANY BUILDINGS ARE
HABITABLE AND SOME THE PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY COULD REALLY
USE SOME HOUSING. EVEN FOR A
FEW MONTHS AS A TRANSITION.
WHILE I KNOW THE DEVELOPERS ARE
NOT LANDLORDS, HE PROBABLY ALSO
ARE NOT PUTTING UP A PLYWOOD ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
THERE IS JUST A PERIOD WHERE THE
ALTERNATIVE CAN BE A REAL HASSLE
FOR THEM.
IT CAN BRING ON COSTS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE AND
MORE OF THEM CHOOSING THIS
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT WELD OR
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANYMORE DISCUSSION ON THIS?
I APPRECIATE THE WORK TO AMEND
THIS, TO BRING BACK THESE
CHANGES TO IT. I AM TRYING TO
FIND MY SCHEDULE SO I CAN MOVE
IT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE COUNSEL
BILL. ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS IN FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US!
I WANT TO GET A FAREWELL SPEECH
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE MY LAST
TIME.
I WAS LAND-USE CHAIR FOR COUPLE
OF YEARS.
TAKE YOU FOR STAFFING THIS.
WE WILL BE ADJOURNED.
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