>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I
AM ON.
IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 2019
ABOUT 2:01 PM.
WILL COME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN I AM
JOINED BY JESSE ROLLINS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON OUR
AGENDA TODAY.
WE WILL START WITH CHEERS
REPORT AND I WILL INVITE
SOMEONE FROM S.TO COME FORWARD.
JUST DO A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE
ON THE CITIES SNOW RESPONSE FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE
WHERE WE ARE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON
SHORT NOTICE.
I IMAGINE A LOGIT IMAGINE
EVERYBODY'S BUSY RIGHT NOW.
TO MAKE A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN JUMP IN.
>> KAREN MELANSON DEPUTY FOR.
>> HEATHER MARX FOR SDOT.
>> WE WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS NOT A NAMED STORM YET BUT
WE GET THAT SO GREAT.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE
BECAUSE I IMAGINE A LOT OF SNOW
AND ICE IS IMPACTING HOW PEOPLE
ARE GETTING AROUND AND I WANTED
TO TAKE A MINUTE TO GET AN
UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING
FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT
FROM SDOT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I AM HERE NOT BECAUSE I AM IN
CHARGE OF ANY KIND OF SNOW
ANYTHING BUT ALL THE FOLKS WHO
ARE IN CHARGE OF THAT ARE DOING
IT.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO PULL THEM
AWAY FROM THAT.
>> I AM PINCHHITTING.
I HOPE THIS WILL BE
SATISFACTORY.
THE SNOW AND ICE CREWS STARTED
AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY AND HAVE
BEEN TREATING ALL OF OUR
EMERALD AND GOLD ROUTES.
THEY HAVE TREATED ALL OF THEM
PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES BY
NOW SO THEY CONTINUE TO GO OUT
AND THEY TREAT THEM WITH EITHER
A RESULT OF BRAIN MAGNESIUM
CHLORIDE BRINE SOLUTION OR
GRANULAR PRODUCT DEPENDING ON
THE TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 35 PLOWS OUT OF
THE FIELD NOW AND 15 AND CREWS
RESPONDING TO PARTICULAR
DOWNTOWN SIDEWALS PROBLEMS AS
WELL AS ADA RAMPS.
WE ARE IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARTNERS
AT WASH.
BUT MORE PARTLY WITH KING
COUNTY METRO.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE
STORM KEPT GOING. OUR INTERNAL
METRIC IS THAT 12 HOURS AFTER
IT STOPS SNOWING WE WILL GET
EVERYTHING CLEARED.
IT JUST DID NOT STOP SNOWING
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME SO WE
HAD TO GO OUT AND CONTINUALLY
TREAT IN ORDER TO STAY AHEAD OF
THAT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S PATIENTS AND
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE
AVOIDING TRAVEL IF THEY COULD.
WE HAVE HAD THREE WEEKS OF
VIADUCT CLOSURE.
WE JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
ALSO THAT IF YOU DO HAVE TO
DRIVE SLOW DOWN AND LEAVES LOTS
OF SPACE.
IT'S NOT THE SAME KIND OF
CONDITIONS IS WHEN THE ROADS
ARE BARE AND DRY.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED WITH
CHAINS AND WEATHER APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING.
TAKE TRANSIT IF IT IS AN OPTION
BECAUSE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE A
BETTER CHOICE.
MAKE SURE, ADJACENT PROPERTY
OWNER SO I AM IN CHARGE OF
CLEARING THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT
OF MY HOUSE.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS
ALWAYS IN CHARGE OF CLEARING
THE SIDEWALKS WHETHER YOU ARE A
COMMERCIAL OWNER OR RESIDENTIAL
OWNER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE BE
FOLKS REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE
SIDEWALKS CAN BE VERY
TREACHEROUS IF FOLKS DON'T TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEARING. WE
HAVE FOCUSED ALL OF OUR
RESOURCES ON THE CRITICAL
ARTERIALS.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A BIG
SNOWSTORM.
>> I RECALL THAT WHEN.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
AFTER THAT WE GOT TOGETHER WITH
KING COUNTY METRO AND
IDENTIFIED THE MOST CRITICAL
ROUTES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES,
FOR FREIGHT AND FOR TRANSIT.
THAT IS HOW WE IDENTIFIED OUR
EMERALD AND GOLD ROUTES WHICH
YOU CAN FIND ON THE MAP.
THE STORM IS FORECAST TO RETURN
ON FRIDAY SO EVERYBODY'S STILL
AT IT UNTIL ALL THAT DANGER HAS
PASSED.
>> APPRECIATE HIGHLIGHTING THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNERS AND WANT TO
JUST REMIND FOLKS, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE HAVE AN INCIDENT LIKE
THIS WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVING
AND WE APPRECIATE THEM RELYING
ON GETTING AROUND ON FOOT A LOT
MORE, IT IS SO EASY WHEN
CONDITIONS ARE LIKE THIS, JUST
A LITTLE FALL CAN HAVE A
LIFELONG IMPACT.
KEEPING THOSE AREAS CLEAR, WE
KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF
GOING OUT AND CLEARING THEIR
OWN SIDEWALK AND SO IF YOU ARE
ADJACENT TWO NEIGHBORS THAT
MIGHT NEED SOME HELP, CLEAR
COUPLE OF PROPERTY FACES OF
SIDEWALKS, THAT ALWAYS IS
WELCOME.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO SHARE?
GREAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
QUICKLY ON METRO ROUTES, MY
SENSE IS THAT MOST OF THEM ARE
UP AND RUNNING, THE ARTERIALS
THAT I HAVE BEEN ON ALL SEEM TO
BE PRETTY OPERATIONAL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT I THINK THEY
WILL BE ON SNOW ROUTES UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE, THEY
ARE NOT HEADING UP INTO ARBOR
HEIGHTS SO PEOPLE CAN HIKE DOWN
TO ROXBURY.
>> THEY ARE NOT GOING UP ON
HOURS EITHER.
>> FOLKS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
THAT THEIR WEBSITE IS ACTUALLY
PRETTY GOOD OR UNDERSTANDING
WITH THOSE SNOW ROUTES ARE. AS
SOON AS IT HAS ALL PAST I'M
SURE WE WILL GET BACK TO
NORMAL.
>> RATE.
>> WHATEVER NORMAL MEANS
ANYMORE.
>> GREAT I APPRECIATE YOU
COMING ON SHORT NOTICE.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO JUMP INTO
PUBLIC, NEXT.
HAVE 10 FOLKS SIGNED UP.
YOU WILL EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES
TO COMMENT.
ALEX TSIMERMAN YOU WILL BE
FIRST FOLLOWED BY EMILY MENOTTI
AND McCULLOUGH.
>> WHERE IS MY FAITH?
WHERE IS MY FACE?
SHOW ME!
>> ON YOUR HEAD.
>> OH NICE GUY, I LIKE YOU.
SEE KYLE MY DIRTY FUROR.
A DIRTY ANTI-SEMITE, MY NAME IS
ALEX TSIMERMAN.
I SPEAK EVERY DAY.
YES I LIKE THIS.
NICE BUSINESS.
GUYS WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
STREETCARS?
BIKE?
WHO PAYS FOR THIS?
MY QUESTION IS VERY SIMPLE.
WHO PAYS FOR EVERYTHING?
FOR TRANSIT?
WHO PAYS FOR EVERYTHING?
I ASK YOU VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.
WHY DO YOU PAY $1 BILLION FOR
SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
NOT IMPORTANT WE CANNOT FIND
$100 MILLION FOR HOMELESS?
200 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FOR
MANY YEARS, YOU CANNOT FIND THE
MONEY?
I LIVE IN THE CITY MORE THAN 30
YEARS, MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND WHY DO WE OWE THIS
IDIOT HERE?
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
200 PEOPLE DIE, 250 THOUSAND.
WITHOUT MONEY.
BUT WE HAVE MONEY FOR THIS? YOU
SIR I TOLD YOU BEFORE MISTER
BRIAN, COUNCILMAN BRIAN.
YOU CANNOT BE HERE BECAUSE YOU
ARE A MEMBER OF THE BICYCLE
CLUB FOR MANY YEARS SO YOU HAVE
COMPLETED INTEREST.
I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE FROM
BEGINNING.
RIGHT NOW I SPEAK TO EVERYBODY,
FREAKING IDIOT.
WHEN WE STOP PAYING $1 MILLION
FOR IDIOT WHO SITS HERE.
I ASK YOU.
WHEN WE STOP PAYING?
STAND UP AMERICA!
STAND UP SEATTLE! IT'S A KILLER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EMILY.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS EMILY
MENOTTI EILEEN TRANSPORTATION
POLICY FOR THE DOWNTOWN A
SADDLE ASSOCIATION.
IN MEMBER ASSOCIATION FOR THE
SEATTLE STREETCAR COLLISION.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR
1000 MEMBERS AND OVER 1300
CENTER CITY RATEPAYERS.
WE ARE PLEASED THE PROJECT WAS
GIVEN THE GREEN LINE.
THIS PROJECT MAKES SENSE.
IT LEVERAGES EXISTING LOCAL
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS AND SECURES
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SEATTLE.
TO MAKE WHAT WILL BE THE ONLY
INVESTMENT IN HIGH-CAPACITY
TRANSIT TO COME ONLINE UNTIL
2035.
WHEN HE THIS PROJECT NOW.
OUR 12 CENTER CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS REPRESENT OVER
300,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
WALKING DISTANCE TO THIS FUTURE
ENACTED LINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTLESS JOBS
AND MORE THAN 43,000 WHO HAVE
MOVED HERE ALONG THE LINE SINCE
2010.
LOOKING FORWARD WE ALSO KNOW
THAT THERE WILL BE ABOUT 10,000
ADDITIONAL UNITS OF ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL BE
BUILT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
THERE ARE VERY FEW OTHER
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED.
VACANCIES ON THIS NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL WRITERS.
THIS IS WHY IN THE BOWL, 66% OF
RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE SAID WE
SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER TO
GET AROUND DOWNTOWN WITHOUT A
CAR.
56% OF PEOPLE IN KING COUNTY
CAN FAVOR A STREETCAR.
WE NEED THE STREETCAR.
NO SINGLE TRANSPORTATION MODE
CAN MEET OUR EVER-CHANGING
THOSE OF THE CITY.
YOU MUST DIVERSIFY THE
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS OF THE
CITY IN THE STREETCAR IS
ESSENTIAL TO AN SUCCESSFUL MIX.
WE STAND READY TO PARTNER WITH
THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE AN ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING
OF THE PROJECT AND AVAILABLE
FUNDING SOURCES.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE
UPDATED PROJECT COST ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH DELAY AND
NECESSARY UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THE COST AND BUTTER
ASSUMPTION DURING TODAY'S
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
COUNSEL AS THIS PROJECT MOVES
FORWARD.
TO MAKE AND YOU ARE NEXT AND
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ALEX
LOCKHART AND THEN ALICE HUDSON.
>> HI MY NAME IS AND McCULLOUGH
AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE ALSO MEMBER ORGANIZATION
OF THE STREETCAR COLLISION.
FIRST HILL IS A RAPIDLY GROWING
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 72%
POPULATION INCREASE PROJECTED
IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS.
IN THESE COMING YEARS FIRST
HILL WILL NEED A BETTER TRANSIT
ACCESS TO ADEQUATELY SERVE THE
NEIGHBORHOODS GROWING
POPULATION.
FIRST HILL IS ALSO A REGIONAL
EMPLOYMENT CENTER WITH
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EITHER
COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR WORK, THEIR HEALTHCARE
NEEDS OR EDUCATION.
A STREETCAR SYSTEM IS NEEDED TO
KEEP PEOPLE MOVING.
THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR WAS
BUILT IN LIEU OF A LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
OUR DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
DENIED HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT
TWICE.
OUR DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD
SEE TRANSIT OPTIONS THAT METS
THE LAND-USE AND THE FULLY
CONNECTED STREETCAR SYSTEM
WOULD BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
FIRST HILL IS A HIGHER THAN
AVERAGE ELDERLY DISABLED AND
LOW INCOME POPULATION.
DUE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
TOPOGRAPHY AND ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY A ONE SEAT ACCESS
TO THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA
WOULD BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO NEED
TRANSIT ACCESS THE MOST.
THERE ARE MANY LONG-TERM
BENEFITS TO THE COMPLETION OF A
LEGIBLE AND ELECTED STREETCARS
NETWORK IN OUR QUICKLY GROWING
GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF
INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND UPDATED
COST ESTIMATES AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS
SOON.
PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
YOUR PROCESS TO DELIVER A WELL
CONNECTED STREETCAR SYSTEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALICE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM ALICE LOCKHART HERE TODAY
SPEAKING ABOUT THE SEATTLE
SQUEEZE FOR THE MASS COALITION
AS WELL AS FOR 350 SEATTLE.
I FORGOT MY GLASSES.
AS A SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE
SAID, 90,000 CARS JUST
DISAPPEARED. VIA DOOM WAS NOT
SO DO ME AFTER ALL.
WEST AT REMOVED A GIANT ROAD
BUT AT THE SAME TIME METRO
DOUBLE TAXI RUNS AND ADDED 20
BUSES.
SDOT ADDED SOME BUS LANES.
ALL TRANSIT AGENCIES AS WELL AS
THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PRESS
DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF
PUBLICIZING THE BENEFITS OF
ALTERNATE COMMUTES.
IN RESPONSE WE SAW DRAMATICALLY
INCREASED BIKE COUNTS WATER
TAXI USE TRIPLED AND WE DON'T
HAVE THE NUMBERS YET BUT MORE
PEOPLE RUN BUSES.
ALL THIS IS COMPLETELY IN
KEEPING WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF
INDUCED DEMAND.
PEOPLE WILL CHANGE THEIR
BEHAVIOR TO USE AVAILABLE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
WHETHER IT BE A GIANT FREEWAY
OR BUSES BIKE LANES AND WATER
TAXI.
INSTEAD OF ROTE APOCALYPSE WE
SAW THE PEOPLE ARE FLEXIBLE AND
WILL USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROVIDED EVEN ON SHORT NOTICE.
WE SAW A PREVIEW OF SEATTLEITES
WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE
CLIMATE APOCALYPSE THAT WE KNOW
WE WILL SEE IF WE DON'T SUPPLY
MORE VIABLE CARBON FREE
COMMUTES.
WE LEARNED THAT SEATTLE CAN
BRAVELY IMPLEMENT NEW BEST LANES
EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF PARKING
IN TRAVEL LANES.
IMAGINE HOW MANY CARS WE CAN
GET OFF THE ROAD IF DOWNTOWN
COMMUTERS ALL KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE FAST AND DEDICATED BUS
LANES IN SAFE AND COMPLETE
GROUTS TO WORK AS WELL OF COURSE
AS THE STREETCAR CONNECTIONS.
LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALEX.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LISA
HOWARD AND THEN ANDREW.
>> HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME
IS ALEX HUDSON AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION SHOWS HIS
COLLISION, A STATEWIDE ADVOCACY
AND POLICY ORGANIZATION THAT
WORKS TO BRING MORE AND BETTER
TRANSIT OPTIONS TO PEOPLE
ACROSS WASHINGTON.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE STREETCAR
COALITION.
WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE CENTER
CITY STREETCAR AS IT IS A GOOD
INVESTMENT IN THE SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE THAT CONNECTS OUR
GROWING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES
TO JOBS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT
SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES AND
TO THE REST OF THE REGION.
THIS PROJECT LEVERAGES EXISTING
INVESTMENTS AND MAKES GOOD ON
PROMISES TO THE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITIES AND CREATES
THOUSANDS OF GOOD JOBS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
IMPORTANTLY, THIS MOVES US
FORWARD TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE
INEQUITABLY AND APPROPRIATELY
ALLOCATING OUR LIMITED RIGHT-OF-
WAY TO MOVE THE MOST NUMBER OF
PEOPLE SUSTAINABLY AND
EFFICIENTLY THROUGH OUR
DOWNTOWN.
WE STAND WITH YOU IN FINDING
REVENUE SOLUTIONS THAT WORK,
PRIORITIZING A CLEAN CLIMATE
AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU ALEX.
LISA.
>> HI, I AM LISA HOWARD I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ALLIANCE AND ALSO THE STREETCAR
COALITION.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW 2018 WAS A
CHALLENGING YEAR FOR PIONEERS
CORE.
UTILITY WORK ON FIRST AVENUE
WAS REALLY HARD.
THE ONGOING DELAYS MADE IT EVEN
HARDER AND HAVING MULTIPLE
LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
IMPACT US THAT ONE TIME WAS
REALLY HARD.
IT IMPACTED OUR SMALL BUSINESS
IS OUR UPPER FLOOR OFFICE
WORKERS OUR VISITORS AND OUR
ENTIRE TO ECOSYSTEM.
WITH THAT SAID I AM SURE YOU
ARE WONDERING WHY I'M HERE
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF COMPLETING
THIS INNER-CITY CONNECTOR.
I STARTED WORKING IN PIONEER
SQUARE ON 2008.
ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES OF
THE MEETING I WENT TO WAS A
DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR A
STREETCAR NETWORK.
THAT NEED FOR AN EFFICIENT
RELIABLE NETWORK TO CONNECT
SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS IS
STILL HERE TODAY.
IN PIONEER SQUARE WE BELIEVE
STRONGLY IN CREATING A TRUE
NETWORK WHICH WILL PROVIDE
DIRECT AND EASY ACCESS TO OUR
ORIGINAL TRANSIT HUB AND WILL
IMPROVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
LOCAL AND REGIONAL DESTINATIONS
LIKE PIKE PLACE MARKET AND
PIONEER SQUARE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
THIS CONNECTION IS CRITICAL TO
OUR CONTINUED REVITALIZATION OF
OUR DISTRICT.
THE LEVEL OF GROWTH THAT
SEATTLE IS EXPERIENCING IS
SETTLING FOR OUR BUSINESSES AS
AN NUMBER WAYS AS WERE WERE
PART OF THE MENTIONED AND AND
BUDGET QUESTION AROUND THIS
PROJECT ARE GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING FOR US TO FIGURE
OUT BUT WE CAN SELL THESE
ISSUES TOGETHER.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO MINIMIZE
CONSTRUCTION IMPACT WHILE
COMPLETING THESE IMPORTANT
PROJECTS.
WE KNOW YOU ARE FACED WITH
DIFFICULT CHOICES IN YOUR WORK
AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE LONG-
TERM BENEFITS TO OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND NOT
JUST OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT BUT
ALSO TH NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND
US.
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU LISA.
ANDREW.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> CLIFF.
HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PAGE AND
CHARLES FINKEL.
>> HI THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS CLIFF AND I AM HERE
WITH SHARON VICTOR AND
ELIZABETH BURTON.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR CLIMATE ACTION WHICH IS A
RELATIVELY NEWLY FORMED GROUP
WITH 150 MEMBERS AND GROWING
WHOSE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH
MUNICIPALITIES IN KING COUNTY
TO EXECUTE ON CLIMATE ACTION
PLANS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN
PLACE.
THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THESE
CLIMATE ACTION PLANS THAT WERE
ADOPTED IN 2013 AND 2012 WERE
TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS.
AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US
DEEPLY.
AS A NEWLY FORMED GROUP WE ARE
VERY TALENTED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE
WILLING TO HELP OUT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE. WE ARE ASKING WHETHER
WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE FOR US IN
TERMS OF WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL, WHO WE MIGHT MEET WITH,
AND HOW WE MIGHT COORDINATE WITH
JESSICA OFFICE.
I WANTED TO ARTICULATE MORE
THAN ANYTHING THAT WE ARE A
BUNCH OF FOLKS HERE WHO REALLY
CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE DEEPLY AS
I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM
DOES.
I'VE GOT A LETTER I WOULD LIKE
TO LEAVE BEHIND TO EACH OF YOU,
IT'S VERY SHORT.
IT EXPLAINS THE ORGANIZATION
AND IT INVITES YOU TO THINK
ABOUT WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD BE
BEST FOR US TO MEET WITH AND
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE.
SO CAN I LEAVE THIS BEHIND?
>> YES DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE TO
JESSE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU FOR
COMING OUT.
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET
WITH YOU IS CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND ALSO HELP
FACILITATE A MEETING WITH FOLKS
IN THE OFFICES OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
AND WE COULD USE A LOT OF HELP.
YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AT
MIKE.O'BRIEN@SEATTLE.GOV AND I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO SET SOMETHING
UP.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH
OUT TO OTHER COUPLE
COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL.
PAGE?
>> MY NAME IS PAIGE AND I AM A
RESIDENT ALONG THE FIRST HILL
STREET CARLINE AND ALSO REGULAR
STREETCAR WRITER.
MY NAME I'M HERE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S DECISION
TO RESUME THE LAUGHTER PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW SEATTLE'S IN GOOD
STANDING TO RECEIVE A SMALL
STARTS GRANT FROM THE FDA FOR
$75 MILLION.
IF WE DO NOT GET TO
CONSTRUCTION OUR CITY WILL NOT
RECEIVE THESE FUNDS.
ETHERNET FUNDS THAT CAN SIMPLY
BE REALLOCATED TO OTHER
PROJECTS, WE WOULD JUST LOSE
THAT MONEY.
DO WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT
SENDS MONEY BACK TO OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OR DO WE WANT TO BE
A CITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR
COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES?
I CONNECTING THE TWO EXISTING
STREETCAR LINES ALONG THE FIRST
AVENUE CORRIDOR THE STREETCAR
WILL GROW TO SERVE MORE THAN 6
MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR.
THAT IS MORE THAN THE HIGHEST
PERFORMING KING COUNTY METRO
BUS ROUTE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE
TWO EXISTING STREETCAR LINES
THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE I
CONNECTING THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
AND FIRST HILL LINES WHILE
SERVING 300,000 PEOPLE.
WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE CITY
THAT STARTS STUFF.
WE ARE A CITY WITH A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED AWARD-WINNING PUBLIC
TRANSIT SYSTEM.
LET'S BUILD UPON THAT
REPUTATION, LET'S BUILD THE
CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
THANK YOU.
>> WIKI PAGE.
CHARLES.
>>
GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST A
DISCLAIMER.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
MYSELF, I AM CHARLES FINKEL AND
I HAVE A BUSINESS THAT WOULD
PROFIT LIKE OTHER BUSINESSES IN
OUR COMMUNITY FROM HAVING THE
FIRST AVENUE STREETCAR EXTEND.
MINUS THE PIPE BREWING COMPANY
RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THAT.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT IS
IN YOUR BOTTLE CHARLES BUT I
HESITATED.
[ LAUGHTER ]'S FOR
>> I COME TO YOU NOT AS AN
EXPERT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
BUT RATHER AN EXPERT IN PUBLIC.
FOR MANY MANY YEARS I HAVE
SERVED OUR COMMUNITY BY HELPING
PEOPLE TO EXPLORE AND
EXPERIENCE IT IN THE BEST
POSSIBLE WAY BECAUSE I
PERSONALLY HAVE HAD THE GOOD
FORTUNE TO DO A LOT OF
TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND IN THAT REGARD THE THING
THAT I AM INTERESTED IN WHEN I
VISIT A PLACE IS WHAT ITS
HISTORY IS. IT'S ESSENTIAL TO
REALLY ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE
OF GOING TO A NEW PLACE NO
MATTER THE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF
MOUNT RAINIER AND PUGET SOUND.
MAYBE I SHOULD SAY AS PART AND
PARCEL OF THE NATURE OF MOUNT
RAINIER AND PUGET SOUND. HERE
IN SEATTLE, TWO OF THE GEMS OF
HISTORICAL MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD
ARE AT TWO ENDS OF THIS
PROPOSED STREETCAR. THAT IS THE
WING LUKE BEHIND US HERE IN THE
CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND THE MUSEUM OF
HISTORY AND INDUSTRY IN THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION DISTRICT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS AN EXPERT
IN PUBLIC AND PUBLIC DIRECTION
AND IS A CONCIERGE TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT AMENITIES OUR
CITY AFFORDS, IT IS MUCH EASIER
FOR ME TO SAY ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO TO GO TO THE WING LUKE IS
GET ON THE STREETCAR RIGHT IN
FRONT, RIGHT ON FIRST AVENUE,
AND GET OFF AT THE -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT EXIT IS BUT I COULD
STAND THE GUY NEXT TO ME AND
ASKED DO YOU KNOW THE EXIT FOR
THE WING LUKE MUSEUM AND THEY
WOULD GIVE ME THAT ANSWER.
I WOULD GET ON THE STREETCAR.
INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING WHICH
BUS DO I TAKE TO GET THERE.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE BUS
SYSTEM.
I THINK BY MANY STANDARDS
SEATTLE HAS A BETTER
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THIS
MOMENT THAN THEY DO BUT HAVING
SAID THAT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST
BE ME TOO.
WE WANT TO BE WORLD-CLASS. IN
WORLD-CLASS CITIES AROUND THE
WORLD WHETHER IT'S TOKYO OR
BEIJING OR WHETHER IT'S MUNICH
OR PARIS OR LONDON OR NEW YORK,
TRANSPORTATION IS KEY TO THE
SUCCESS.
NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE BUT SPECIFICALLY THOSE
INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE A GREAT
LEG THE WING LUKE AND THE
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BENEFIT TO
THEM OF HAVING TRANSPORTATION
THAT ANYONE WHETHER THEY LIVE
HERE OR WHETHER THEY ARE
TOURIST, CAN EXPERIENCE.
SO I APPEAL TO YOU TO LOOK AT
THE STREETCAR AS THE CULTURAL
AMENITY TO SEATTLE THAT WE NEED
ASAP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS THE LAST PERSON WHO
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOG WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?
IS IT JUST DOUG SIGNED UP ON
THAT ONE?
>> I ÃTHE WRONG ONE.
IT'S ONE OF THE DIFFICULTY IS
OF BEING VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND
YOU CAN'T READ THIS STUFF.
SOME OF MY COMMENTS HAVE TO DO
WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT BECAUSE I AM SO DISMAYED
BY IT THAT I AM CONCERNED THAT
I WILL BECOME AD HOMINEM IN MY
RESPONSE AND I DON'T THINK
THAT'S CONSTRUCTIVE.
I WILL SAY THIS IS ABOUT BIKE
PARKING MANAGEMENT MEMO AND
DISCUSSION THAT YOU WILL SAY.
I HAVE WRITTEN SINCE I THOUGHT
ON FRIDAY WHICH IS THE FIRST
TIME IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE A 10
PAGE OUTLINE OF WHAT THE ISSUES
ARE THAT HAVE CEMENTED YOU AND
I HOPE YOU WILL GET SOME KIND
OF CONSIDERATION TO IT.
I DO URGE THAT WHAT YOU GOT
FROM SDOT SHOULD NOT RECEIVE
YOUR CERTIFICATION.
IT'S TOTALLY INADEQUATE.
THAT IS A MORE COMPETENT A
DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE IN
ANY MORE SECONDS BUT I WILL
JUST MAKE TWO POINTS THAT I
THINK NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE WORLD
ANY COMMUNITY THAT IS DOING
FLOATING BIKE SHARE OR ANYTHING
LIKE LIKE SEATTLE THAT IS
OUTLINED IN MY MEMO AND THE
MATERIALS I SAMITI, AT SOME
POINT SDOT THE COUNCIL AND THE
CITY HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF THE
QUESTION AS AGAINST THE
INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T WRITE BICYCLES HOW ARE WE
GETTING 20,000 BICYCLES ON
SIDEWALKS IN SEATTLE?
THERE HAS BEEN NO RATIONALE
EVER AND NO PLACE IN THE WORLD
OFFERS ANY IMPOSITION AND
INTRUSION ON SIDEWALKS
COMPARABLE TO THAT.
THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO
BE EXPLORED.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS, THERE IS
MATERIAL IN THIS PRESENTATION
WHICH IS MISLEADING INCOMPLETE
AND SHALLOW.
I WILL ONLY POINT TO ONE BULLET.
THERE IS A BULLET IN THIS
MATERIAL THAT SAYS SIDEWALKS
ARE A SAFE PLACE FOR RIDING
BIKES.
THERE IS NO BICYCLE EDUCATION,
NO BICYCLE EDUCATION
ORGANIZATION, NO NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THAT
STATEMENT.
THE THING THAT IS SO IRONIC
ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS NOT
ABOUT THE RISK TO PEDESTRIANS.
ACKNOWLEDGED EVERYWHERE IN BIKE
SAFETY LITERATURE IS HOW
DANGEROUS RIDING ON SIDEWALKS
IS TO CYCLIST.
THE DATA IS IN SEATTLE.
WE HAD 50 CRASHES IN 2017 FROM
THE MOST OBVIOUS THE THINGS
THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT BIKES
ON SIDEWALKS.
PEOPLE RIDE IN CROSSWALKS FROM
SIDEWALK TO SIDEWALK AND THEY
GET WHACKED.
THAT IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN
THIS MATERIAL.
IT'S A BIKE AND SAFETY
LITERATURE.
IT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
YOU ARE GOING TO PUT 20,000
MORE PEOPLE INEXPERIENCED
WRITING DOWN THE SIDEWALK NOT
ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
COUNTRY IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT?
HARDLY.
INTO ACROSS WEEK THE MOST
DANGEROUS EXPOSURE FOR MOST
URBAN CYCLIST.
ADD TO THAT, THE SECOND REASON
WHY BICYCLES ARE NOT SAFE ON
SIDEWALKS, PARTICULARLY IN THE
ISSUE OF 20,000 AT A TIME, IS
BECAUSE OF SIDEWALK DEFECTS.
IT'S IN ALL THE LITERATURE.
WE HAVE 130,000 DOCUMENTED
SIDEWALK DEFECTS IN SEATTLE.
OVER WHICH WE ARE NOW
APPARENTLY GOING TO GROW A
PROGRAM WHICH WE NEVER SIZED BY
ANY RATIONAL MEASURE TO WHAT IS
GOING ON ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
COUNTRY. WE ARE GOING TO PUT
THOSE 20,000 BIKES AGAINST
THOSE 130,000 EFFECT AND WHEN
SOMEBODY GETS HURT IT'S THE
CITY'S LIABILITY AND THE
CYCLISTS INJURY.
AND THEN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK
FORWARD TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
ELSEWHERE WHERE THESE DEVICES
ARE ALL OVER THE SIDEWALK, I
REFER YOU TO LAST WEEK'S
WASHINGTON POST WITH A HOLD
MOUNTING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS
TRIPPING OVER THINGS ON THE
SIDEWALKS FROM THE E MOBILITY
REVOLUTION.
IT'S IN THE LITERATURE AND IT'S
TIME THIS MATERIAL GOT BEFORE
THE COUNCIL AND SERIOUS EFFORTS
WERE MADE TO DEAL WITH THE
PROBLEM.
SDOT WAS ASKED --
>> THERE IS TIME.
>> I HAVE SEEN YOUR PLAN. C
>> COURT IS THE LAST WHEN YOU
SIGNED UP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CURRENT
MEMBERS. THANK YOU TO ALICE FOR
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OF THE
MASS COALITION.
I WANTED TO REPEAT SOMETHING
SHE SAID MAYBE FOR THE SHOCK
JOCKS ON THE RADIO OR THE TV
NEWS WHICH IS THAT WE HAD THE
BEST JANUARY IN SEATTLE HISTORY
FOR BIKING AND BIKING WAS UP
65% ON SECOND AVENUE.
PEOPLE ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT
THEY WOULD LIKE TO BIKE MORE
AND WE HOPE THE CITY WILL
FOLLOW THROUGH AND COMPLETE THE
BASIC BITE NECK WORK TO MAKE IT
SAFE TO GET AROUND BY BIKE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE BEING REALLY BRAVE AND WE
NEED TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY AND
COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE TO GET
AROUND.
SECOND, ON WALKING ISSUES WE
DON'T HAVE REALLY GREAT WALKING
DATA UNFORTUNATELY.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HOPE THE
CITY WILL START TRACKING AND
MONITORING.
WE HAVE THIS GIANT SPACE-AGE
ROOM TRACKING ALL OF THE CAR
TRAFFIC IN SEATTLE AND WHAT THE
IMPACTS ARE AND ADJUSTING
THINGS ON THE FLY BUT WE HAVE
ALMOST NO INFORMATION AND
CERTAINLY NO REAL-TIME
INFORMATION ON HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE WALKING, WHAT THEIR
CONCERNS ARE, WHAT SIDEWALKS
ARE CLEAR WHICH ONES ARE BEING
BLOCKED.
WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB
KEEPING SIDEWALKS CLEAR OF
CONSTRUCTION, EYES, AND AS DOUG
SAID OF BIKE SHARE BACKS BUT WE
THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANCE ROTATION IS DOING A GOOD
JOB WORKING WITH THE BIKE SHARE
COMPANIES TO KEEP THE BIKES
PASS CLEAR.
ALSO, SIGNALS, A LOT OF THE
ADAPTIVE ON-THE-FLY ADJUSTMENTS
THAT ARE HAPPENING DURING THE
PERIOD OF MAXIMUM CONSTRAINT IS
FOCUSED ON GETTING CARS OUT TO
HIGHWAYS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
BUT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
IS HAVING A REAL IMPACT ON
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING.
8% OF PEOPLE WALKED TO WORK
EVERY DAY IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
AND THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO
TAKE A MUCH CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT
THE EXPERIENCE IN SAFETY AND
COMFORT OF THOSE PEOPLE IS LIKE
DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
THEY GET SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU GORDON.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. WILL THE
PRESENTERS COME ON FORD AND
JESSE I WILL ASK YOU TO READ
THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD IF
YOU CAN.
WELCOME. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
>>> AGENDA ITEM 1, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> FOR AS FOLKS GET SETTLED WHY
DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTION.
CALVIN DO YOU MIND GOING FIRST?
>> CALVIN STAFF.
>> KAREN MELANSON DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF POLICY PROGRAMS AT
SDOT.
>> ERIC TWEIT PROJECT MANAGER
SDOT.
>> CALVIN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO KICK THIS OFF.
GREAT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING
HERE TODAY.
THE EXECUTIVE RELEASE OF NEW
INFORMATION COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO COME PRESENT TO THIS
COMMITTEE AND FOR US TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
IN THE TIMELINE AND WHERE THE
MAYOR'S PLANS ARE MOVING
FORWARD.
I WILL HAND IT OFF TO WHOEVER
ON THE MAYOR SIDE WANTS TO GO
FIRST.
>>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
AS YOU SAID WE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE CENTER CITY'S GREEK
CAR PROJECT.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS
IN MARCH.
SDOT AND CBO TOGETHER.
THERE WERE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE INFORMATION WE WERE SHARING
IN ABOUT COST ESTIMATES AND
SCHEDULES. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
SHARE WITH YOU EVERYTHING THAT
WE KNOW TODAY. WE WELCOME YOUR
QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE ALONG.
I WILL START BY LOOKING AT THE
TIMELINE THAT GOT US TO WHERE
WE ARE TODAY.
I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO START A
LITTLE BIT BEFORE 2015 OFF THE
SLIDE.
THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR
PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED
IN THE TRANSIT MASTERPLAN IN
2012.
IN 2014 COUNCIL APPROVED THE
LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
WHICH SELECTED THE STREETCAR IN
ITS CURRENT ALIGNMENT ON FIRST
AVENUE.
IN LATE 2017 COUNCIL PASSED THE
2018 BUDGET WHICH INCLUDED
RESOURCES FOR THE PROJECT FOR
THE TOTAL PROJECT AT A COAST OF
$197 MILLION.
THE MAYOR AS YOU KNOW, PAUSE
THE PROJECT IN MARCH 2018 AS A
RESULT OF BOTH REPORTING ON
OPERATING ESTIMATE
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN US AND
METRO AS WELL AS SDOT
IDENTIFIED CAPITAL SHORTFALLS
INCLUDING COMPLICATIONS WITH
THE NEW STREETCAR VEHICLE THAT
WOULD BE BOTH HEAVIER AND
LONGER THAN THE CURRENT
VEHICLES THAT OPERATE TODAY.
SINCE THAT TIME AND UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR THE CITY
HAS CONDUCTED AN INDEPENDENT
ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY KPMG ON
BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING
COSTS.
AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES
INCLUDING THE NEW STREETCAR
VEHICLE.
AS A RESULT OF THE KPMG ANALYSIS
MAYOR JENNY DURKAN THREE TOOK
AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW E
VEHICLES WOULD OPERATE ON THE
NEW STREETCAR LINES AS WELL AS
COST IMPLICATIONS.
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
LOOKED AT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE ON
BOTH THE EXISTING LINES IN
FIRST TELL AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
AS WELL AS THE EXPANDED SYSTEM
AS CONNECTED BY THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR PROJECT.
THE WORK LOOKED AT THAT FORM
AND TELL TRACK MODIFICATIONS,
LOOKED AT MODIFICATIONS AT THE
MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN
SOUTHLAKE UNION TO A, AND THE
CARS AS WELL AS BRIDGE
STRENGTHENING ON JACKSON STREET
BETWEEN SECOND AVENUE EXTENSION
SOUTH AND FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
WHETHER OR FIVE STRUCTURES
THERE.
THE ESTIMATE AS IT WAS
DEVELOPED IS SHOWN HERE IS
BETWEEN AN ADDITIONAL 11 MILLION
AND 17.4 MILLION.
WE WANT TO ADD THAT THE WORK
THAT WAS DONE WAS CONCEPTUAL IN
NATURE MEANING IT'S VERY
PRELIMINARY AND WILL NEED TO BE
FURTHER VERIFIED.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, ONE OF
THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE KPMG ANALYSIS WAS THAT
WE NEEDED THESE NUMBERS. THEY
TOOK A REVIEW OF THE COST DATA
THAT WE HAD IN LARGE PART
VERIFIED THE CONSTRUCTION OF
COST ESTIMATES THAT WERE FOR
THE WORK THAT WE HAD SET OUT
BUT IDENTIFIED THAT BECAUSE OF
THE ISSUES AROUND THE CARS THAT
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DESIGNS
OF POTENTIAL ENGINEERING ISSUES
THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF
THIS PAUSE AND TAKING THE TIME
TO DIG BACK IN IS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL
COSTS ARE AND IN THIS CASE WITH
THE ENGINEERING ISSUES ARE IN
THE DRIVE COST.
THE ENGINEERING ISSUES ARE
ESSENTIAL.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED SYSTEMS
THAT'LL WORK.
THESE MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY.
>> KAREN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
BRIDGE STRENGTHENING HERE, IS
THAT THE FOURTH IN JACKSON, THE
VIADUCT AREA WE KEEP HEARING
FROM SOUND TRANSIT THEIR
CONCERN IS WE DON'T HAVE TO
ANSWER THIS NOW BUT COULD YOU
PUT A BOOKMARK AND WE CAN TALK
ABOUT IT LATER?
WHAT COULD WE DO HERE THAT
WOULD SUPPORT WHAT ST3 IS
LOOKING AT AND WHETHER OR NOT,
WE KEEP HEARING GIGANTIC
NUMBERS LIKE 10 TIMES WHAT
YOU'VE GOT HERE FOR WHAT IT
WOULD COST TO DO THE JACKSON
AND FOURTH AVENUE VIADUCT
STRENGTHENING.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND
KNOW WHAT THE FACTS ARE THERE.
FOR SURE.
>> JUST FOR PUBLIC CLARITY, I
THINK THAT IS TECHNICALLY WHAT
IT IS BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS AS
YOU MOVE FROM PIONEER SQUARE TO
THE ID MUCH OF THAT ROADWAY IS
ACTUALLY ELEVATED.
BY NOT APPEAR THAT WE ARE IS
YOU ARE WALKING AND DRIVING BUT
IT IS AND THAT IS THE
ENGINEERING ISSUE HERE THAT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
>> AGAIN EACH OF THESE THREE
ITEMS ARE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS THE
FACT THAT THE CARS THAT WERE
DESIGNED CREATE SOME CHALLENGES
. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHETHER OR
NOT WE ARE LOOKING TO THE
VENDOR TO HELP RECOUP SOME OF
THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS?
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
VENDOR IN TERMS OF HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE VEHICLE.
AT THIS TIME NOT ONLY WITH THIS
VENDOR BUT BASED ON THE MARKET
RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE A
SHORTER AND A LIGHTER VEHICLE
THAT IS A HYBRID BUT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR IS NOT LIKELY.
>> YES BUT IT SEEMS TO ME AN
ERROR WAS MADE AND I AM ASKING
WHETHER OR NOT IF THE FAULT FOR
THAT ERROR LIES WITH THE VENDOR
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE SEEKING
TO PAY FOR THESE ADDITIONAL
COSTS THAT WE ARE HAVING
BECAUSE OF THIS ERROR.
>> IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL WORK
WITH THEM TO NEGOTIATE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
>> OKAY.
>> TURNING NOW LOOKING AT THE
CAPITAL COST ESTIMATES FOR THE
ENTIRE PROJECT. IN 2015 THE
CITY ESTIMATED THE PROJECT AT
$143 MILLION.
BY 2017 THIS ESTIMATE WAS
RESIZED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
UTILITY WORK AS WELL AS
ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY AS
REQUIRED BY THE FTA IN 2018
KPMG'S REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
INCREASE THE PROJECT COST TO
$252 MILLION.
THIS INCREASE WAS LARGELY DUE
TO ADDED SCOPE WHICH WE
DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
CONTINGENCY AND ESCALATION
WITHIN THE SAME DELIVERY OF
2022.
THE CURRENT CITY ESTIMATE BUILT
ON THE KPMG WORK AND ADDS AND
THE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS AS WELL AS ESCALATION
FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH REVENUE
SERVICE ESTIMATED TO BE IN 2026.
>> TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN, THE
KPMG ESTIMATE ONE OF THE
REASONS IS THAT IT IS SMALLER
IS AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM
WE HAD TO DECIDE WHAT WAS A
REASONABLE FORECAST FOR WHEN
THE PROJECT WOULD BE DELIVERED.
AT THE TIME WE SEEMED 2022 AND
DID NOT KNOW THE ISSUES AROUND
THE OTHER ENGINEERING ASKED X
AND THE LIKE.
THEY FOLLOWED OUR DIRECTION.
SINCE THEN AS WE UNDERSTOOD THE
TIMELINE BETTER WE HAD TO APPLY
AN ESCALATION FACTOR TO THEIR
ESTIMATE.JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THIS IS NOT THAT WE GOT
IT WRONG BUT RATHER THAT THEY
MADE AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON OUR
DIRECTION ON THE TIME AND WE
HAVE RESOLVED FIVE THAT SINCE.
>> SO ESSENTIALLY WE ARE
BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019 THE
CAPITAL ESTIMATE IS DOUBLE.
>> CORRECT.
>> IS IT FAIR TO SAY DIRECTOR
BEN NOBLE, THAT ADJUSTMENTS
THEIR RELATE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
úTO THAT ESCALATION?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
FOR SO THEN THEREFORE HOW MUCH
OF THAT ESCALATION, THE
DIFFERENCE OF $28 MILLION OF
SDOT'S ESTIMATE COULD BE
COUNTED AS ESCALATION THEN THE
CHANGE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2026.
IS THAT THE MAJORITY?
IT SEEMS SIMPLE FOR US TO DO A
DIRECT LINE AS ALKYLATION
ESTIMATE BUT NOT SO MUCH ON THE
SDOT SITE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A TO GIVE
YOU A DIRECT SENSE OF THAT
QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE BREAKS OUT
THE CAPITAL COST DIFFERENCE
JUST FOR SDOT SO GETTING TO
YOUR QUESTION BETWEEN KPMG'S
ESTIMATE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW .
LOOKING AT AS THE SDOT ONLY,
THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS
INTEGRATION COST, THE
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING WORK,
THE OTHER CATEGORIES IF YOU WILL
HAVE MORE TO DO WITH ESCALATION
COST ASSUMED WITH THE LATER
DELIVERY OF THE SYSTEM.
>> SORRY CAN I JUST ASKED
CLARIFICATION.
MAYBE YOU CLARIFY THIS BUT
BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT
NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE.
BETWEEN WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2015
CITY ESTIMATE AND THE 2019
ESTIMATE, IT'S ROUGHLY DOUBLE.
>> SOME OF IT IS UTILITY YES
BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
SO BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017 THAT
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ADDITIONAL
UTILITY WORK AND THE FDA
REQUIRED US TO ADD ADDITIONAL
CONTINGENCY.
SO THAT IS THAT FIRST
DIFFERENCE.
THEN WHEN YOU GO FROM 2017 TO
2018 THAT'S THE WORK THAT KPMG
DID SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT
ADDITIONAL SCOPE DUE TO THE
VEHICLES, ADDITIONAL
CONTINGENCY AND ESCALATION TO
2022 WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD
INSTRUCTED THEM AT THE TIME.
WE THEN DID ADDITIONAL
ENGINEERING WORK LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT THE BRIDGE
STRUCTURES AND THE MAINTENANCE
FACILITY, OTHER ISSUES WITH THE
CARS, THAT KPMG HAD HIGHLIGHTED
FOR US.
THAT WAS THE SLIDE PREVIOUS,
THE 11 TO 17 MILLION.
WE ALSO AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH
LOOKING AT 2026 SO WE ADDED
ADDITIONAL CAN AGAIN.
>> SO IN THIS SLIDE THE WAY I
READ THIS IS THAT IF YOU ARE
GOING DESIGNED TO START UP
ALONG WHATEVER AXIS THAT IS,
AND ALWAYS SCREW IT UP BETWEEN
THE X AXIS AND THE Y AXIS, BUT
FOR THE MOST PART, ALL OF THOSE
DIFFERENTIATIONS BETWEEN THE
BLUE AND THE GRAYBAR REALLY HAS
A LOT TO DO WITH ESCALATION
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
INTEGRATION.
INTEGRATION SEEMS TO GET A
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHICH IS TO SAY
HAVE YOUR CAR ANY LONGER CAR IS
RESULTING IN US TO DO
MODIFICATIONS TO ORIGINAL
DESIGN TO BETTER INTEGRATE
THOSE CARS INTO THE SYSTEM, TO
HAVE THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> YES, THINGS LIKE THE DESIGN,
THE ADMIN, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS,
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THERE IS
THE ADDED DESIGN WORK
ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTEGRATION.
SO IT'S NOT ESCALATION IN THAT
CASE.
>> IF WE WERE REALLY TO GO TO
LISA HERBOLD'S POINTS, THAT A
MISTAKE WAS MADE BY LET'S
PRETEND IT WAS A THIRD-PARTY,
THAT FOR US RECOUPING THOSE
COSTS WOULD LOOK LIKE THE
INTEGRATION MONEY BUT IT WOULD
ALSO LOOK LIKE THE DELTA
DIFFERENCE IN THE $2 MILLION OF
ADMIN COSTS AND ONE AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS OF DESIGN COST.
THOSE TWO ISSUES STAY CONSTANT
IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE
INTEGRATION COST THAT RESULT
FROM THE HEAVIER LONGER CAR?
>> YES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE KPMG ESTIMATE THAT WE
KNOW, THAT'S THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED RIGHT NOW.
>> CAN YOU JUST GO A FEW MORE
BARS, I'M SORRY FOR GOING TO
DEBONIS, THE S.THE TIMELINE
BETWEEN 2022 AND 2026 WE KNOW
THAT EUROS WILL GET EXPENSIVE
OVER THE FORWARD PERIOD.
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS FOR THE
DIFFERENCE?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
>> THIS SLIDE MIGHT ALSO HELP
PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARITY ON THE
TIMELINE IN THE CHANGING
NUMBERS.
AGAIN LOOKING AT SDOT CAPITAL
COST , AS I MENTIONED AFTER
FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE FTA
OUR INTERNAL WORKING SCHEDULE
NOW ASSUMES FIRST FULL YEAR OF
REVENUE SERVICE IN 2026.
THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO THE
RESERVES THAT THE S FDA WILL
CONSTRUCT A NEED FOR A DESIGN
ANALYSIS FOR THE ADDED SCOPE.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH FURTHER
DESIGN IN THESE ESTIMATES ARE
UPDATED WE WILL KEEP YOU
APPRISED OF ANY CHANGES.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE
ESTIMATES DO ASSUME THAT WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CURRENT
VEHICLES AS WE ARE ALL
DISCUSSING AND DO NOT ASSUME
ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESOURCES
THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THE
RESOURCES WE HAVE INTO IT AND
IF I. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, AND
I WILL FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON
THE SDOT SIDE HERE. WE WILL
TALK ABOUT UTILITIES AS WELL.
TOTAL SDOT COSTS IS ESTIMATED
AT $208 MILLION OF WHICH ABOUT
ú$15 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENDED
ALREADY PRINCIPALLY AND IN
ISSUES OF DESIGN.
THE SOURCES FOR THAT WERE SOME
GRANTS, DIRECT LOCAL FUNDING
AND SOME BONDED FUNDING.
WE HAD AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S
APPROVAL ON THE 2018 BUDGET
IDENTIFIED SOURCES FOR CAPITAL
SOURCES FOR AN ADDITIONAL
ALMOST $68 MILLION SO
ADDITIONAL BRANDS THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN THE SMALL STARTS
GRANT, PARKING TAX SO ABOUT A
HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
TAX BEING ISSUED -- BONDS BEING
ISSUED FOR FUTURE PARKING TAX
ISSUES FOR THE BULK A 45 MINUTE
DOLLARS.
WE IDENTIFIED THEN AND/OR HAD
EXPENDED JUST UNDER $68 MILLION
LEAVING A REQUIRED TOTAL NOW OF
$140 MILLION.
WE ANTICIPATE A SMALL GRANT
FROM THE FTA AT $75 MILLION
THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON.
EARLY INDICATION OF SUPPORT FOR
NOW WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT.
THAT LEAVES US A GAP OF $65
MILLION ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
AS INDICATED IN THE
COMMUNICATION FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE --
>> CAN YOU HOLD ON A SECOND?
>> I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE IDENTIFIED BUDGETED
FUNDS NOT YET EXPENDED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CPT BONDS WE
WOULD NOT BE ISSUING THEM TILL
2020 BUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS
CPT AND THE NON-SMALL STARTS,
ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT WE ARE
ANTICIPATING SPENDING THIS YEAR
AND IF SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE PURPOSES?
>> THE $500,000 IS ACTUALLY
SPECIFICALLY APPROVED IN THE
BUDGET AND I WILL LEAN ON THE
SDOT FOLKS.
THE MAIN IDEA IS TO CONTINUE TO
WORK AROUND DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE FTA OVER THE COURSE OF THIS
YEAR.
>> AND THE 7.3?
>> THE 7.3 IS FOR I BELIEVE
ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, IS THAT
CORRECT?
VEHICLE DESIGN.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE SPENT THIS
YEAR.
>> YES THIS YEAR IN THE
FOLLOWING.
>> WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THAT?
>> THE GRANT?
>> C.
>> CONGESTION AIR QUALITY
PROJECT I BELIEVE THAT IS JUST
AN EARNED SHARED FUNDUS
REVISION BASED ON OUR RIDERSHIP
. I AM GETTING NODS FROM THE
TECHNICAL EXPERTS SO WE GET
FEDERAL FUNDS AT THE REGIONAL
LEVEL. THE STREETCAR GUEST ITS
SHARE OF THE REGIONAL FUNDS
BASED ON RIDERSHIP.
>> WE COULD TALK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT THE REVISED TIMELINE
HERE.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PUT IN THE
FTA GRANT WE HAD AN AGGRESSIVE
TIMELINE.
IT WOULD'VE HAD US OPEN AT THIS
POINT.
CERTAINLY BY 2017 THAT WAS
OBVIOUSLY NOT REALISTIC.
SO WE BASED ON THE PAUSE THAT
THE MAYOR HAS ORDERED AND THE
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT
UNCOVERED SOME SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES, AS I INDICATED IF IT
WASN'T FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE
NOW EXPECT TO ACHIEVE FULL
REVENUE SERVICE IN 2026.
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
FACT THAT THE FTA WILL WANT TO
DO A DE NOVO REVIEW OR RATHER
REVIEW THE PROJECT AGAIN BASED
ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
ABOUT COST AND THE LIKE.
THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THEM TO HELP SECURE THAT
$75 MILLION GRANT. AGAIN WITH
THE TARGET OF REVENUE SERVICE
IN 2026.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS
THERE I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE
IT BECAUSE SOME COMMENTS I
HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
THESE FTA FUNDS ARE FUNDS THAT
WE HAVE NOT YET SECURED.
WE HAD ANY PREVIOUS FUND CYCLE
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO BASICALLY
REAPPLY. IS THAT MORE OR LESS
CORRECT?
>> YES WE WILL BE REAPPLYING.
OF THE $75 BILLION $50 MILLION
WAS ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN
THE PROCESS. WE DO NOT HAVE A
SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENT WHICH I
THINK IS PARTLY WHAT YOU ARE
ASKING SO WE WILL BE WORKING
WITH THE FTA TO GET A SIGNED
GRANT AGREEMENT BUT $59 IS
ALLOCATED FOR GUST SO THE $25 IS
THE PART OF THE QUESTION.
>> YES.
FOR THIS SLIDE REFERS TO FULL,
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE
CITY IS REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE
FULL FUNDING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THE FTA WOULD
REQUIRE?
>> THEY WILL REQUIRED AT SOME
POINT IN THE PROCESS.
>> BUT NECESSARILY BEFORE THERE
IS A SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENT,
NOT NECESSARILY BEFORE AN
ALLOCATION DECISION IS MADE?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> CERTAINLY IS THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR I WANT TO BE I DO NOT
WANT TO BE SUMPTUOUS
PRESUMPTUOUS, ONE THING I KNOW
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S CHANGE
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COST
AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE
RIDERSHIP IN THE TRANSIT VALUE
AND THE TRANSPORTATION VALUE OF
THE PROJECT, BUT ONE THING WE
KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT IS THAT
AGAIN FOR NOW, NOW A HIGHER
COST BUT IN SOME SENSE A
RELATIVELY SMALLER COST
COMPARED TO MANY TRANSIT
PROJECT CONNECTING TO EXISTING
SYSTEMS AND DRYING THAT
CONNECTION. YOU GET A VERY
SIGNIFICANT RIDERSHIP, BOTTOM-
LINE WE ARE NOT -- THE FTA WILL
DO THEIR OWN ANALYSIS BUT WE DO
EXPECT PROJECT WILL COMPETE
WELL ON THE SMALL STARTS
CRITERIA.
FOR WILL THEY CONSIDER THE FACT
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
RAIL LINE AT THAT SAME
LOCATION?
WILL THAT CONSIDERATION OF THAT
IN ANY WAY MITIGATE THE VALUE
OF THE CONNECTING OF THE TWO?
>> YOU MEET AT THE LIGHT RAIL?
>> YES.
>> THEY WILL LOOK AT THE
PROJECT AS IT IS PROPOSED WHEN
WE LOOK AT RIDERSHIP OR SECTIONS
THE MOTTO THAT USED IS TAKEN
INTO FACTOR LIKE THE LIGHT RAIL
AND LIGHT TRANSIT AND
DEVELOPMENT FIGURES THAT ARE
AROUND SO IT WILL GET INVOLVED
THAT WAY BUT THEY WON'T WRITE
THE PROJECT ITSELF BASED ON THE
LIGHT RAIL.
>> YES I COULD SEE OBVIOUSLY
WHY CONNECTING TO AND IS OF
VALUE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE
VALUE OF THAT MIGHT BE LESSENED
WITH LIGHT RAIL IN THE SAME
LOCATION SO IT IS CURIOUS TO ME
THAT THEY HAVE NOT CONSIDER
THAT.
>> IT MAY HAVE THE OPPOSITE
EFFECT AS WELL, THE NET EFFECT
OF NOW THERE IS POTENTIALLY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RIDERS
EVERY DAY GETTING OFF AT A
CERTAIN LOCATION WITH A
CONNECTION TO THE STREETCAR AS
WELL.
YOU WOULD HOPE THAT ONE WOULD
AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO MODEL THAT
WHETHER IT IS POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE.
>> A QUICK FOLLOW-UP, THAT HAS
BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS PLAGUED
US FOR A WHILE, THE RIDERSHIP
NUMBERS ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR
WHAT WE PROJECTED EVEN A DECADE
AGO.
IF I WERE AT WESTLAKE AND I
WANT TO GO TO BROADWAY, I AM
GOING TO GET OFF AND GET ON
LIGHT RAIL BECAUSE I WILL GET
THERE IN FIVE MINUTES AS
CONTRAST TO THE 20 IT WOULD
TAKE COMING DOWN THROUGH THE
CONNECTION AND UP JACKSON AND
BACKUP 12th. I AM JUST
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT HOW
MUCH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION AND THE SAME
THING IS TRUE IF I WANTED TO
SPEEDILY GET TO AS THE EXAMPLE
I THINK THE MAYOR USED TO GET
TO WING LUKE.
IT WOULD BE FASTER FOR ME TO
GET OFF AT WESTLAKE AND GET ON
LIGHT RAIL AND TAKE ME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL STATION ON THE
LIGHT RAIL.
HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE
DETERMINATIONS?
>> TALK ABOUT RIDERSHIP?
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
THE RIDERSHIP CALCULATIONS THAT
WERE DONE ORIGINALLY FOR THE
PROJECT GO BACK TO ABOUT 2014.
THEY WERE BASED ON A MODEL
PRESCRIBED BY THE FTA CALLED
THE STOPS MODEL WHICH AT THE
TIME THE MODEL WAS RUN IN 2014
ACCOUNTED FOR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TRANSIT
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IN 2035.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
INKLING AS WELL AS THE EXISTING
METRO BUS SYSTEM.
WE UPDATED THAT RIDERSHIP
REDUCTION LAST FALL WITH A
RECALIBRATED VERSION OF THAT
STOPS MODEL ACCOUNTED FOR
CURRENT RIDERSHIP ON SOUTH LAKE
UNION WHICH HAS DECLINED
SLIGHTLY. IT'S DOWN ABOUT 2%
THROUGH NOVEMBER 20 18/2017. SO
TO TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT
RIDERSHIP TRENDS ON THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION LINE WE RECALIBRATED
THAT MODEL, WE RAN THE NUMBERS
AND CAME UP WITH AN AVERAGE
DAILY WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP OF
ABOUT 18,000 WHICH TRANSLATED TO
I BELIEVE ABOUT 5.7 MILLION ON
ANNUALIZED BASIS WHICH WAS LESS
THAN THE 2014 PROTECTION BUT IT
WAS STILL PRETTY HIGH IN LINE
WITH WHAT KPMG PREDICTED AS
WELL.
>> I THINK AS WE -- I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH
HERE AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT
MORE HERE TO BE TEASED OUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM
HOPING FOR IS I WANT TO HAVE A
REALLY TRANSIT RICH ENVIRONMENT
DOWNTOWN, FRANKLY MORE THAN JUST
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT BIKE SHARE AND
OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
THERE IS DUPLICATE COVERAGE IN
PLACES, THEY ARE NOT IDENTICAL.
REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW -- I
AM ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN I TALK
ABOUT THE MODELS BECAUSE THEY
ARE FAR FROM PERFECT BUT REALLY
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE IMPACTS
OF MAKING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
CONNECTIONS AND GETTING PEOPLE
úDIFFERENT OPTIONS.
IT MAY BE ON SOME DAYS THAT YOU
DECIDE I WANT TO TAKE TWO
ESCALATOR RIDES TO GET ON
SOMETHING AND THEN REVERSE IT
AT THE OTHER END OR I WILL JUST
HOP ON SOMETHING ON THE STREET,
IT MIGHT BE SLOWER THAT WAY BUT
A LONGER WORK WE DO KNOW THAT
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE LOT THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT'S A
BENEFIT.
THE QUESTION IS AT WHAT COST.
I THINK WHAT THE COST-BENEFIT
TRADE-OFF IS A REALLY GOOD
WENT.
I THINK AS WE ARE NOT MAKING
ANY DECISIONS TODAY BUT AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS
PROCESS IT WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE BEST
DATA POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND
BOTH COST AND RIDERSHIP AND I
THINK THAT IS PART OF THE
FRUSTRATION IN THE PAST IT
FEELS LIKE THAT HAS NOT BEEN
FORTHCOMING IN THE PAST.
>> THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE
TODAY.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON COSTS
BECAUSE IT HAS CHANGED THE MOST
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED
YOU BUT OUR GOAL IS TO BE
ENTIRELY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THE INFORMATION SO YOU
CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
WHEN WE ASKED YOU, WE WANTED
INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AS
WELL.
I'M NOT A TRANSIT LINER I AM
NOT GUARANTEEING YOU $5.7
MILLION BUT THE REAR THE REAL
SENSES TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND
DEDICATE A TRANSIT SERVICE IN
THE TOWN, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
THINGS WE WERE JUST CHATTING
ABOUT INTERNALLY IS THAT THE
SQUEEZE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE
POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO THE WEST
SEATTLE WATER TAXI.
IT WILL DROP PEOPLE AT THE
SOUTHWEST END OF DOWNTOWN AND
THEY WILL NEED A WAY TO MOVE
AROUND.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT A
DEDICATED TRANSIT LINE THROUGH
DOWNTOWN COULD OFFER.
BUT AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT THE MODELING
BECAUSE THERE IS A FEW BLOCKS
AWAY UNDERGROUND THE TRANSIT
LINE THAT MOVES QUITE WEEKLY
THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
>> JUST TO FEW BRIEFED POINTS
ON THIS TOPIC AND THEN A
QUESTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
SHOULD GET MENTIONED AS PART OF
OUR DISCUSSION IS THE FACT THAT
WHILE OUR STREETCAR RIDERSHIP
IN SOUTH LAKE UNION MIGHT BE
DECREASED SLIGHTLY OVERALL
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION HAS INCREASED THE NO
SUPPORT SMALL PART BECAUSE OF
OTHER INVESTMENTS THE CITY HAS
MADE TO SPLIT THE C AND T LINES
INTO SEPARATE LINES AND THAT
HAS CREATED A BRAND-NEW WAY FOR
A LOT OF FOLKS TO GET TO SOUTH
LAKE UNION THAT COULD NOT
ACCESS IT ON TRANSIT VERY
EASILY BEFORE.
THOSE FOLKS WERE TAKING A BUS
RIDE AND THEN TRANSFERRING TO
THE STREETCAR SO WHILE WE HAVE
MAY HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN
RIDERSHIP ON THE STREETCAR WE
ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
TOTALITY AND RIDERSHIP INTO
LAKE UNION.
AS WE CAN'T PLATE WHAT A
STREETCAR MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT
OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT THAT WEST SEATTLE
WATER TAXI BUT POTENTIAL
ADVANCEMENT OF A LAKE UNION
WATER TAXI SYSTEM LAKE
WASHINGTON WATER TAXI SYSTEM,
THERE IS A LOT OF POTENTIAL
THINGS THAT COULD GO INTO A
COOPERATING ARE RIDERSHIP
GIVING OURSELVES FIVE OR 6
YEARS FROM SEEING THE ISSUE
OPEN.
ALSO WE -- REDUNDANCY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS A GOOD
THING.
I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF
THAT.
WE WOULD NOT SAY NO TO BUSES ON
THIRD AVENUE BECAUSE WE HAVE
BUSES IN THE TUNNEL BUT WE WANT
BUSES ON THE TUNNEL AND ON
THIRD AVENUE.
WE WANT TRANSIT PATHWAYS ALL
THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM BECAUSE
AS A REMINDER THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COME DOWN
EVERY DAY ON SOMETHING LIKE A
BUS.
THE MORE WE CAN HAVE THOSE
REDUNDANCIES THE BETTER OFF OUR
SYSTEM MOVES.
THE FINAL BULLET POINT HERE
MENTIONS THAT FTA REVIEW TIME
BUT WE DON'T GIVE A SPECIFIC
TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
I AM WONDERING IF WE COULD TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM THE FDA IN TERMS OF
THE REVIEW AND WE MAY MIGHT
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND
RECOGNIZING THE GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN HAS PROBABLY SLOWED US
DOWN.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
THE FDA REVIEW TIME HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT OF A MOVING TARGET
ALTHOUGH BASED ON THE MOST
RECENT FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED IN
THE RECENT SHUTDOWN
NOTWITHSTANDING, WE ARE
ESTIMATING A 12 TO 18 MONTH
DURATION TO GET THROUGH THE
GRANT OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND GET
TO EITHER A LOT OF NO PREJUDICE
THAT WILL ENABLE US TO START
CONSTRUCTION. THROUGH THAT
TIMEFRAME WE WILL NEED TO
UPDATE OUR MATERIALS WITH FTA
AND WE WILL GO THROUGH A NUMBER
OF PRETTY TYPICAL GRANT REVIEWS
THAT THEY ENGAGE IN WITH AN OUT
SIDE CONSULTANT LOOKING AT SCOPE
BUDGET AND RISK ASSESSMENT SO
FORTH.
THAT THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR
THE SMALL STARTS PROCESS.
WE ARE GIVING OURSELVES ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF ON THE HIGH-END
TO GET THROUGH THAT BUT OUR
HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
FTA TO SHORTEN THAT.
>> DID THAT CLOCK START WHEN
KPMG FINISHED THEIR WORK ORDERS
THAT CLOCK THE START NOW WHEN
WE FINISHED OUR REVIEW OF
KPMG'S WORK
>> THAT CLOCK STARTS WHEN WE
REENGAGE WITH FTA ON THE
PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO NOW
I GUESS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE
COMMENT. A LOT OF YOU HAVE
MENTIONED THE NETWORK EFFECT.
ONE OTHER THING THAT WILL COME
UP I THINK LATER IN THIS
PRESENTATION IS THE FINANCIAL
IMPACT OF DONATING JUST A
PORTION OF A NETWORK.
THESE ARE LARGELY THE MORE
NETWORK WE HAVE THE MORE WE
ASSUME TRANSFERS AND THE MORE
THAT ACTUALLY DELETE SOME OF
THE REVENUE POOL.
IT HAS A DIFFERENT IMPACT
POTENTIALLY ON THE FINANCIALS
SEPARATE FROM THE RIDERSHIP OR
HOW THAT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT IT IS USEFUL FOR
US TO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF
THOSE FINANCIAL INDICATORS MAY
GO SEPARATELY FOR HOW THE
RIDERSHIP ARE ALL THE TRANS-
ROTATION BENEFIT OF A PROJECT
MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE
CAPTURED IN THE FINANCES OF
THAT PARTLY BECAUSE OF HOW WE
OPERATE THESE THINGS AND HOW
WE'VE GOT THE OWNERSHIP SPLIT
UP.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE HER
IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE
EXISTING FIRST HILL IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION SYSTEM WITHOUT THE
EXTENSION WITHOUT THE CENTER
CITY CONNECTOR PROJECT INCLUDED
REALLY KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
LIGHT IS THAT GOING FORTH WE
WILL HAVE A SUBSIDY THAT IS
REQUIRED TO BE FILLED FOR THE
CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE
SYSTEM AS IT STANDS TODAY.
THIS IS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE
APPROACH.
IT ACCOUNTS FOR THE $5 BILLION
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOUND TRANSIT
AND $1.5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION
FROM KING COUNTY. WHEN THOSE GO
AWAY BUT THIS IS BASED ON OUR
MOST RECENT BUDGET PROJECTION
BASED ON SOUTH LAKE UNION IT IS
YOU SEEN MOST RECENTLY IN THE
SEMIANNUAL STREETCAR REPORT.
>> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
WALK YOU THROUGH THIS AND SOME
OF ITS OBLIGATIONS.
AGAIN WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT
HIS FIRST HILL IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION. YOU NEED OBVIOUSLY THAT
CONTEXT.
CURRENTLY FOUR 2019 THE BUDGET
YOU APPROVE PROVIDES JUST OVER
$4 MILLION IN WHAT IS CALLED
SUBSIDIES.
IS COMING FROM TRANSPORTATION
RESOURCES. FOR 2020 THAT BUDGET
ANTICIPATES A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THAT, JUST ABOUT $6
MILLION.
PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF
INCREASED OPERATING COSTS,
ABOUT HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF
ABOUT 1 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS OF
IT REPRESENTS THE POTENTIAL
LOSS OF SUBSIDY THAT IS COMING
FROM METRO.
WE HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE IN
THE BUDGET IN ASSUMING WE WOULD
LOSE THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOT CONCEDED THE POINT IN
NEGOTIATING CONTEXT AND WE
SHOULD NOT IN MY OPINION.
I WAS AROUND ME OPENED THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR AND
PART OF THE THING ABOUT THE
HOURS HAD TO DO WITH THE WAY
WELL ROUTES WERE RECONFIGURED IN
WITH THE OPENING OF LIGHT RAIL.
IT WAS A CITY WORKING WITH
METRO TO SHIP SERVICE FROM ONE
AREA TO ANOTHER.
I WOULD ARGUE WE HAVE SOME
LEVEL OF ENTITLEMENT THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE ON
THE BUDGET SIDE.
THAT TAKES YOU ROUGHLY THROUGH
2023.
COST CONTINUE TO INCREASE SO
THAT SUBSIDY INCREASE SOMEWHAT
FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
IDEALLY AGAIN WITH THE
CONTINUED SUBSIDY FOR METRO
THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE ABOUT
1,000,000 1/2 LOWER.
2024, DIFFERENT SITUATION.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THAT THE
CURRENT $5 MILLION ANNUAL
SUBSIDY FROM SOUND TRANSIT, WE
HAVE ASSUMED THAT IT ENDS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A WRITTEN
AGREEMENT FOR THEM FOR THAT
SUBSIDY PAST 2023.
ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, WE CAN
IMAGINE PLUGGING THIS HOLE ON A
ONE-TIME BASIS FOR 2024 IN OUR
FINANCIAL PAUSING DONE THE BUT
WE DON'T HAVE A LONG-TERM
PLANNING SOLUTION FOR LOSING
THAT ROUGHLY $5 MILLION
OPERATING SUBSIDY.
AGAIN THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT
FOR OR AGAINST C3 IT'S JUST IN
THE CITY'S FUTURE THE POTENTIAL
FOR UNTIL $5 MILLION IS NEEDED
JUST TO OPERATE THE TWO SYSTEMS
AS THEY STAND NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THE REQUIRED CITY SUBSIDY IN
2019 IS FINANCED WITH I BELIEVE
IT'S CBT, COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX
. IS THAT THE CASE ALSO FOR
2020?
>> 2020 I THINK WE THEN BEGIN
TO BLEND IN A COUPLE OF FUNDS,
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX AGAIN IN
A FEW OTHER THINGS TO MAKE IT
UP.
THAT CONTINUES THROUGH 2024.
>> THAT DOES CONTINUE?
T IS A BLEND OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> THERE IS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT
IN ORDER TO COVER THOSE COSTS
EVEN IN WHEN THEY GO UP IN
2024?
>> YES THROUGH 2024.
>> WE HAVE PLOTTED IT OUT THERE
6 YEARS BUT WE HAVE NOT PLOTTED
OUT A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE PAST
2024 FOR THE LOSS OF THAT
SUBSIDY.
I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULD HAVE TO
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.
>> SO IF I COULD JUST PILE ON
ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, THEN YOU
AND I TALKED ABOUT DURING HER
LAST BUDGET ABOUT WHAT THE
IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE FOR AN
UNFUNDED OPERATING LIKE THIS
AND IF WE LOOKED AT IT DOWN THE
ROAD JUST 5 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
, WE ARE LOOKING AT $60 MILLION
THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING
TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
FUND.
I THINK OF $60 MILLION OF
PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHAT ELSE DO
THAT BY?
I'M HOPING AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS THAT WE COULD BE DOING
SOME COMPARISONS AS WELL.
I VOTED FOR THIS STREETCAR
MULTIPLE TIMES UP UNTIL NOW AND
I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT I AM PERCEIVING AS A HUGE
OF A RUN IN THESE CONSTRUCTION
COSTS AS WELL AS AN UNFUNDED
GAP THERE FOR THE OPERATING FEES
. I'M HOPING THAT AS WE GO
FORWARD WE CAN GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT SDOT .
>> I AM NOT THE TRANSIT PLANNER
IN THE ROOM, BUT TO UNDERSTAND
IT, THIS IS A SUBSIDY RELATED
TO THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR
EXCLUSIVELY.
WE DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION HERE
BUT THAT IS ONE WAY RIDERSHIP IS
ROBUST AND GROWING.
ON THE FACE OF IT IT IS
PROVIDING IMPORTANT AND
MEANINGFUL TRANSFERRED SERVICE
IT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
COULD TO CONNECT LIGHT RAIL
FROM THE ID TO FIRST HILL
BECAUSE AGAIN WITH LIGHT RAIL
TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
TRANSFERS TO AND THE CONNECTION
ARE ONLY GOING TO BE GROWING.
AGAIN THIS IS THE REASON WE
SHOULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
WITH SOUND TRANSIT AS WELL.
IT'S AN ASSET THEY INVESTED IN
IN LIEU OF OTHERS. MY POINT
BEING IS THAT IT'S A GREAT DEAL
OF MONEY BUT THERE IS ALSO
SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT BENEFIT AND
I WOULD ARGUE DULY ON THE FIRST
HILLSIDE.
>> AGAIN THE DATA WE ARE
LOOKING AT FIRST HILL AND SOUTH
UNION.
THE EXISTING OPERATIONS IN THE
GAP WE HAVE THAT.
>> CORRECT.
>> I THINK ABOUT THIS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE WORD
SUBSIDY.
FOR ME THIS IS ABOUT AN
INVESTMENT AND THE STRUCTURE
THAT OUR CITIZENS SUPPORT.
WHEN WE GET PRESENTATIONS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE WAYS
THAT WE SPEND THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MONEY
FOR EXAMPLE AND THE BUS SERVICE
THAT WE BUY, WE DON'T CALL THAT
A SUBSIDY OF KING COUNTY METRO
BUS SERVICE.
WE CALL THAT AN INVESTMENT IN
ADDITIONAL RIDERSHIP AND
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR WRITERS.
WE ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY SET
MINIMUM FAREBOX RECOVERY GOALS.
FOR ME I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP
THAT YOU OUTLINE BETWEEN THE
FUNDING BLENDS OF KING COUNTY
SOUND TRANSIT IN THE CITY ARE
IMPORTANT NOT JUST ON THIS
PROJECT BUT A WHOLE HOST OF
OTHER PROJECT.
I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO
THINK ABOUT THIS AS AN APPLES
TO APPLES CONVERSATION.
I THINK THE WAY YOU HAVE
OUTLINED IN THIS CHART IS AN
IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATION OF THE
WAY THAT WE CAN BE FISCALLY
CONSERVATIVE BUT I THINK IT
ALSO SHORTCHANGES THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE PARTNERS
WITH THOSE OTHER AGENCIES.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY CALL THEM
OUT OF SUBSIDIES IN THAT WAY SO
I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ENTER INTO A FINAL SET OF
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE WILL
PAY FOR BOTH THE OPERATIONS AND
CAPITAL SIDE OF THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AN APPLES TO APPLES
BASIS.
>> I WILL JUST ADD THAT
EXPANDING IT PROBABLY TO THE
ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ROADS WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT FAREBOX
RECOVERY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
A FAREBOX THERE BUT THEY ARE
HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED.
THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE
COSTS ASSOCIATED SHOULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE
BOTH CAPITAL COSTS AND
OPERATING COSTS, WITH THE
BENEFIT WE GET, HOW IT MIXES
AND WITH THE OTHER SETS OF
INVESTMENTS WE MADE, HOW THE
COMPLEXITY AND HOW IT MIGHT
TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER
INVESTMENTS OPERATING.
ALL THAT TOUGH IS COMPLEX
INFORMATION BUT STUFF THAT WE
CAN AT LEAST MAKE SOME
PROJECTIONS ON AND IF THERE IS
ONGOING TRANSPARENCY OR REALLY
HELP US IN MAKING POLICY
DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
>> MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING
COSTS WITH THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTION PROJECT, THIS
REPRESENTS OUR BEST ESTIMATE TO
DATE OF WHAT THAT ESTIMATED
OPERATING COST WOULD BE FOR AN
EXPANDED SYSTEM INCLUDING THE
CENTER CITY CONNECTOR OPERATED
AS CALLED FOR UNDER THE
ORIGINAL OPERATING PLANS IF YOU
RECALL THERE WAS TO OPERATING
LOOPS OVERLAPPING ON THE CENTER
CITY CONNECTING PLAN. WE ARE
SHOWING IN THE FIRST YEAR OF
OPERATIONS A LITTLE UNDER $20
MILLION IN OPERATING COST, THAT
IS BASED ON ESTIMATES THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM METRO.
WE HAVE BEEN TO THAT WITH THEM
KIND OF CRAWLING INTO SOME OF
THOSE DETAILS AND UNDERSTANDING
BETTER WHAT IS BEHIND THEM.
IT IS BASED ON THAT OPERATING
PLAN, METROS SCHEDULING EFFORT
TO STAFF THAT APPROPRIATELY AND
THE SIZE OF THE SYSTEM NEEDS
THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE TO OPERATE THAT
INCLUDING SDOT DIRECT CAUSE,
POWER AND SO FORTH.
WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT IN
TERMS OF ESTIMATED RIDERSHIP
YOU WILL SEE THE BOTTOM BELOW
THE REQUIRED CITY SUBSIDY AS IT
IS LISTED ON HERE.
THAT'S ABOUT $7.1 MILLION.
THAT IS ESCALATED FROM THE
UPDATED RIDERSHIP, THE
RECALIBRATED MODEL I MENTIONED
EARLIER.
THAT HAS ESCALATED TO 2025
START DATE.
SO ABOUT $7.1 MILLION IS THE
ANNUAL ESTIMATED RIDERSHIP IN
THAT FIRST YEAR 2025.
CORSON GOES ON TO 2026 IS ABOUT
7.4 MILLION.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT
THIS?
THE NEAR DOUBLING OF THE
OPERATING COSTS WHEN WE ARE
BRINGING ON A LINE THAT IS
EFFECTIVELY ONLY ADDING ABOUT
ONE THIRD OF THE SPACE BETWEEN
THOSE TWO EXISTING LINES, IT
FEELS LIKE A LOT.
I ASSUME THAT THAT NEAR
DOUBLING OF THE OPERATING COST
HAS DO CHRIS WITH YOUR
DESCRIPTION OF HAVING
EFFECTIVELY TWO LINES THAT HAVE
AN OVERLAP ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT
IF WE RAN A DIFFERENT OPERATING
MODEL THAT SAY AN END-TO-END
MODEL THAT WE MIGHT BRING SOME
OF THOSE COSTS DOWN FROM THE
$27 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE HAVE
IN FRONT OF US?
>> YES SO THIS ESTIMATE
REFLECTS AS I MENTIONED THE
ORIGINAL OPERATING PLAN WHICH
WOULD TAKE THE FLEET THAT WE
ARE OPERATING NOW IN THE PEAK
HOURS WHICH IS EIGHT CARS
BETWEEN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
AND FIRST HILL LINES TO 14.
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN BOTH
THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT
WOULD BE OPERATING DURING THE
PEAK AND AN EXTENSION OF THE
PEAK HOUR BEYOND WHAT WE ARE
OPERATING NOW IN THE TWO
DISCONNECTED LINES.
THE RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN OPERATING COST FOR
BOTH OPERATORS, VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE WE HAVE
EXTENDED THE PEAK HOUR AND
EXTENDED THE HOURS OF SERVICE
SOMEWHAT IT ALSO REDUCED THE
MAINTENANCE WINDOW SO THAT THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE TO
WORK ON THE CARS THE BIGGER
FLEET, IN TURN GENERATES SOME
INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE STAFF
THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO
PERFORM THE TASKS.
BECAUSE THE OVERLAPPING LOOP
DYNAMIC THERE IS SOME INCREASED
OVERSIGHT IN TERMS OF CONTROL
AND DISPATCH THAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE KEEPING CARS SPACED
APPROPRIATELY AND MAKING SURE
THAT THE RAILROAD IS
ESSENTIALLY RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS
WITH METRO ABOUT WHAT WE CALL
THE SINGLE LOOP OPTION WHICH
WOULD BE AN END TO END
OPERATION INSTEAD OF THE TWO
OVERLAPPING LINES.
THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL
BENEFITS BOTH FOR USERS IN
TERMS OF NOT HAVING TO TRANSFER
SUMMERLONG FIRST AVENUE OR
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE OVERLAPPING
PORTION.
SOME POTENTIAL SAVINGS AS FAR
AS THE OPERATIONS COST.
WE ARE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT
AS WE GO FORWARD.
AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING FOR THE
PROJECT GOING FORWARD WE WILL
HAVE TO COME TO SOME CONCLUSION
ABOUT THAT AND MAKE SOME
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHICH
OPERATING PLAN WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED.
THAT IN TURN COULD IMPACT SOME
OF THE CIVIL DECISIONS THAT WE
MAKE SO IF THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY KIND OF
VALUE ENGINEERING BASED ON THAT
OPERATING PLAN DECISION WE WILL
BE EXPORTING THAT AS WELL.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE THAT
PENCIL SHARPENER LITTLE BIT ON
THIS END.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE ARE
NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE
PURCHASING OPERATING HOURS,
THERE TRANSIT IS DOING A LOT AS
WELL.
THERE IS A REAL INTERSECTIONAL
INTEREST BETWEEN OUR TWO
AGENCIES AT THAT POINT BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT JUST PAYING THE
DRIVERS AND THEIR ATTENDANT
BENEFITS WE ALSO PAY A PRETTY
HEALTHY OVERHEAD COST ON TOP OF
THAT.
AS WE CONTINUE THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH METRO I THINK
IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR US
TO ORDER TOGETHER WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AS A PACKAGE OF
NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT WE COULD
REALLY GET IF WE ALL BANDED
TOGETHER. MAYBE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRST
EFFICIENCIES TO SCARE THEIR.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE
PENCILS GET SHARPER LITTLE BIT.
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FLIPPING
BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN
THIS ONE TO MAKE THE POINT I
WAS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
EARLIER, THE SUBSIDY FOR FIRST
HILL IN SOUTH LAKE UNION IN THE
ANNUAL CITY INVESTMENT IS JUST
UNDER $13 MILLION. IF WE
CONNECT THEM AND RUN C3 ON AN
ESTIMATED BASIS THE ANNUAL CITY
INVESTMENT FOR OPERATIONS IS
ABOUT 18 OR 19 SO IT'S ABOUT A
FIVE OR $6 MILLION INCREMENT
ASSOCIATED WITH C3 ITSELF AGO I
JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT
POINT THAT I SORT OF THINK
ABOUT THIS AS THREE FIVE OR $6
MILLION POTS. THE ONE THAT IS
REQUIRED RIGHT NOW IS ONE THAT
EMERGES IF SOUND TRANSIT IS NOT
CONTINUED AND THEN THERE IS THE
OPERATION OF C3 ITSELF AND THE
MAC THE MATH WORKS ITSELF OUT.
THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD FEEL FOR
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
OPERATING SIDE.
>> AM I JUST TAKING THE 12.8 ON
THE PREVIOUS PAGE?
>> CORRECT.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPERATIONS
2025.
FOR A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
>> THE MAYOR IS ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT MOVING THIS PROJECT
FORWARD RECOGNIZING IT'S A
SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT INVESTMENT
THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
I THINK OF THE HOURGLASS OF
DOWNTOWN.
AS WE CONSIDER WHAT THE FUNDING
OPTIONS ARE, THAT WORK WILL BE
DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE
OTHER FUNDING NEEDS FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND A NUMBER OF
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST A HALITE TO
RECOGNIZE AND YOU KNOW THIS
WELL NEEDS TO BE MADE IN THAT
CONTEXT.
ON THE MOVE TO SEATTLE SIDE,
FUNDING SHORTFALLS RELATIVE TO
SOME INITIAL COMMITMENTS THAT
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH NOW, WE
HAVE CALLED OUT THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR.
THE SOUND TRANSIT, DISCUSSIONS
WITH THEM HAVE BEGUN AROUND THE
QUESTION OF POTENTIAL THIRD-
PARTY FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THAT
OVERALL WORK INCLUDING WORK
HERE IN THE CITY. THE SCALE OF
THAT PROJECT IS VERY LARGE.
THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM THE CITY COULD BE
SIGNIFICANT. THE ISSUES THERE
WILL BE US GUIDING AND WORKING
THE SOUND TRANSIT ON THE
SPECIFIC ROUTES AND DESIGNS AND
CHOICES ABOUT ELEVATED AND
SURFACE AND SUBTERRANEAN AND
THE LIKE.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH
C3 ITSELF.
>> TWO THINGS I AM INTERESTED
IN, ONE IS THE EAST-WEST
CORRIDOR AT MADISON HOW THAT
MIGHT RELATE AND WHETHER YOU
HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN THIS
MULTIMODAL QUARTER IMPROVEMENT.
THE GAP THAT WE NEED.
THE OTHER IS, FIRST AVENUE,
WILL ME FIRST LOOKED AT JUST
TYING THE LOOP FOR THE CENTER
CITY STREETCAR, NOBODY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE SEATTLE
CENTER ARENA.
IT WAS NOT EVEN A TWINKLE IN
ANYBODY'S I AT THAT POINT. WE
KNOW THAT IT WILL BE 15 TO 17
YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET
LIGHT RAIL FROM DOWNTOWN TO
SEATTLE CENTER.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE TO
AND FROM IN THE 15 YEARS.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED AND MY
COLLEAGUES IN BELLTOWN HAVE
BEEN ASKING FOR ONCE AGAIN SOME
FIRST AVENUE CONNECTOR THAT
GOES ALL THE WAY.
I AM THINKING MERCER TO LANDER
IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME ON
THIS.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE AS WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY
NEED TO GET PEOPLE MOVING IN
AND AROUND DOWNTOWN, IS THERE A
WAY THAT WE COULD CONSIDER WHAT
THE COST WOULD BE?
I KNOW EXTENDING IT IS A
RIDICULOUS THING RIGHT NOW BUT
IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THE
MEDICINE PRT UP FIRST AVENUE
AND AGAIN I AM TALKING BETWEEN
LANDER AND MERCER THAT IS
MOSTLY JUST THE SHUTTLE, MOVING
FOR PEOPLE FROM ONE END TO THE
OTHER.
IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN
INCORPORATE THAT ON DEDICATED
LANES.
THAT IS ANOTHER THING I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HERE ON THE STREETCAR.
IF THEY ARE NOT DEDICATED TO
STREETCAR THEY'RE GOING TO GET
STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
IF THEY ARE STRUCK IN TRAFFIC
IT'S ALMOST USELESS AS FAR AS
MOVING PEOPLE QUICKLY.
>> TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, ON
THE TRANSIT PLUS MOST
MULTIMODAL QUARTER IMPROVEMENT
THE SHORTFALL THAT IS SHOWN
THERE.
PROVIDED THAT THE MADISON
MULTIMODAL PROJECT RECEIVES THE
FTA'S SMALL START GRANT, THAT
PROJECT ITSELF IS FULLY FUNDED.
THIS REPRESENTS SEGMENTS AND
PIECES OF OTHER CORRIDORS THAT
WERE PLANNED FOR WHICH TO DO A
MORE BROAD SCOPE THAT WOULD
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOR GOING TO HAVE THAT WAS IN
FRONT OF ME BUT IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED I AM HAPPY TO
PROVIDE IT.
ON YOUR SECOND QUESTION WHICH
IS, IS THERE A WAY TO I THINK
IN THE MORE NEAR-TERM PROVIDE
SOME SORT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN
LANDON AND MERCER, WE HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO AND
HAVE LOOKED AT A SHUTTLE
SERVICE IF YOU WELL ALONG THAT
LINE.
AS YOU KNOW METRO, WHILE WE ARE
ALL INTERESTED IN PROVIDING
TRANSIT SERVICE, HAS ITS OWN,
DUE TO THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR
TRAIN SERVICE HAS ITS OWN
ISSUES WITH CAPACITY AND BASE
CONSTRAINTS.
I KNOW IT'S A CONVERSATION WE
HAD A LOT WITH THE MAYOR AS
WELL AROUND IS THERE ANOTHER
WAY TO SERVICE THAT LINE. I
THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT BUT
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN
WITH METRO TO PROVIDE SOMETHING
LIKE A BART OR A SHUTTLE
>> I HOPE THAT AS WE ARE
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS AND
LOOK AT THE COST, 1.7 MILE TO
CONNECT ONE TO ANOTHER AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WAS
TALKING ABOUT, REDUNDANCY IS A
GOOD THING.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US
AT THE TABLE DOES NOT WANT TO
SEE MORE TRANSIT AND MAKING IT
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE
AROUND.
REALLY THE QUESTION IS FOR ME
IS THE JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE?
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THIS SLIDE, IT IS HARD FOR
ME TO FIGURE OUT WHICH NUMBERS
TO ADD UP HERE. IF A DECISION
WAS MADE TO NOT PURSUE THE
CENTER CITY STREETCAR, IT IS
HELPFUL TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO
THINK OF THIS SLIDE ABOUT HOW
MANY DOLLARS WOULD BE AVAILABLE
TO DO ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT
ARE NOT A STREETCAR.
AM I ADDING THIS 65 MILLION
CAPITAL SHORTFALL AND THAT WE
IN THEORY, AND THE 45 MILLION
IN CPT?
MAYBE FOR PURPOSES OF ONE-TIME
CAPITAL INVESTMENT ONE YEAR OF
THE OPERATING COSTS SUBSIDY FOR
INVESTMENT?
>> I WANT TO GET YOU A MORE
PRECISE ANSWER BECAUSE I NEED
TO THINK ABOUT RESOURCES THAT
HAVE BEEN EXPENDED.
THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE
SLIDE AS WELL.
THE SHORTFALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS 65 WE HAVE EXPECT OF LEAD
BUDGETED AGAINST FUNDING SOURCE
ABOUT 45 MILLION.
>> OUT OF THOSE 65?
>> NO IN ADDITION.
WE HAVE BUILT A BUDGET.
YOU OR WE HAVE NOT SPENT THE
MONEY FOR THE ORIGINAL COST SO
THE SHORTFALL IN THE CAPITAL
SIDE FOR SDOT IS $65 MILLION.
IF WE DID NOT DO THE PROJECT
YOU WOULD NOT SPEND THAT $65
MILLION.
WE DID NOT SPEND THE BASE.
SO THERE IS AGAIN --
>> YOU UNDERSTAND THE EXCELLENT
EXERCISE I'M TALKING ABOUT
RIGHT?
>> YES.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
ANNUAL OPERATION INVESTMENT.
EXACTLY.
WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE
SOURCE WOULD BE.
AGAIN WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT YOU
FORWARD AND APPRAISAL FOR THE
$65 MILLION SHORTFALL EITHER.
THE ONES WE KNOW FOR SURE IS
THE $45 MILLION PLUS A LITTLE
BIT THAT WE HAVE OTHERWISE
BUDGETED ON A PLANNING BASIS
FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAVE IS, IT DOES RELATE TO THE
QUESTION OF THE BENEFITS OF
REDUNDANCIES.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW
BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN THIS
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A
STREETCAR IS A TRUE TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE OR IF IT'S MORE
OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TOOL.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT THIS QUESTION OF
REDUNDANCIES HAS BEEN STUDIED
SPECIFICALLY WITH STREETCAR
LINES THAT OVERLAP WITH OTHERS
TYPE OF TRANSIT. THAT IS
SOMETHING I WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO FINDING MORE ABOUT AT A
LATER DATE.
>> KEVIN DID YOU WANT TO HAVE
POINT TO THAT?
>> THE IDEA THAT THE $65
MILLION HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED
SO AS NOT RESOURCES.
CURRENTLY THE BUDGET THERE IS
$45 MILLION IN THE BUDGET THAT
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
>> I GUESS CONCEPTUALLY I'M
THINKING, IF THERE IS A PLAN TO
FILL THE SHORTFALL IN THERE IS
A DECISION MADE TO NOT PURSUE
THE STREETCAR THEN WE COULD
POTENTIALLY ASSUMING THAT THE
PLAN TO FILL THE SHORTFALL WAS
WITH GENERAL TRANSPORTATION
DOLLARS.
WE COULD SHIFT THAT PLAN TO ONE
OF THESE OTHER THINGS.
>> IF THERE'S A FUNDING
PROPOSAL.
>> I WANT TO ADD ONE PIECE,
THAT WHILE THERE IS THE BASE,
THE $45 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX THAT HAS BEEN
ALLOCATED TO THE STREETCAR THAT
IF WE DID NOT CONTINUE THE
PROJECT AND WE TERMINATED THE
PROJECT THERE ARE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH TERMINATING THE
CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS ARE AWARE.
>> I THINK THE QUESTIONS YOU
ARE ASKING ARE IMPORTANT ONES
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE WON'T
UNDERSTAND CLEARLY THERE ARE
SOME COSTS IN THIS. WE MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO PINPOINT ALL OF
THOSE BUT TO GET AN ESTIMATE IF
WE WANT TO GO FORWARD HOW MUCH
CAPITAL WOULD BE FREED UP FOR
OTHER INVESTMENTS AND DEALING
WITH THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
IS PRETTY CLEAR AT THIS MOMENT.
WITH THE $65 BILLION BUT TRY TO
IDENTIFY THAT BENEFIT.
>> THERE ARE SOME COSTS THAT
WOULD HAVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED
AS WELL.
>> ALSO I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD, WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT OPPORTUNITY COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH ANY MONEY THAT WE SPEND
AND THAT IS DIFFERENT, THAT IS
A DIFFERENT KIND OF COPULATION
WITH SOME COSTS BECAUSE I THINK
THAT NEEDS A BROADER
CONVERSATION. ALSO, ALONG THE
LINES OF WHAT WE HAVE BRINGING
UP, I REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU
ARE GOING TO WESTLAKE TO
BROADWAY, JUST LOOKING AT REAL
LIFE, REAL LIFE EXAMPLES AND
SEE WHAT KIND OF UTILITY WE ARE
GETTING THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS TO BE ASKING ALONG
THE WAY.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A FACT THAT NOW
THAT THE FTA GRANT IS HERE, IT
CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING
ELSE.
PUBLIC COMMENT WAS CORRECT
ABOUT THAT FACTUALLY BUT THIS
CANNOT BE UNDONE NOW BUT ALSO
REMEMBER IT COULD BE A GRANT
FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT IS NOTHING -- FOR THE FUTURE
WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IT
IN THOSE -- THERE IS NOTHING
COMPELLING US TO DO THIS BUT
THIS IS DONE NOW AND THERE ARE
SOME COSTS.
IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE
BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK IN
TERMS OF TRANSIT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE YOU SAID
THE JUICE IN THE SQUEEZE.
EXACTLY.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I
WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN
LOOKING AT THE TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ONE END
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE
STREETCAR AS AN ACADEMIC
DEVELOPMENT TOOL, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
>> I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT
THAT FACT THAT FOUR OF US
AROUND THIS TABLE ARE MEMBERS OF
THE SOUND TRANSIT ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP. WE ARE GOING
TO BE CHARGED WITH IDENTIFYING
THIRD-PARTY FUNDING FOR THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I
WILL BE LOOKING AT AND I AM
HOPING MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP DO AS
WELL.
>> THAT IS THE ONE POINT, THAT
IS THE UP TO $1.6 BILLION A
YEAR, IF IT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
>> I MENTIONED IT WILL BE THIRD
AND FOURTH AND FIFTH PARTY.
ONE THING THAT WILL BE
NECESSARY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT FROM
THE BUDGET DIRECTED, BUT JUST A
RECOGNITION, THIS IS THE
OPPORTUNITY COST IS LIGHT IF
YOU WILL, RECOGNIZING THAT
THERE ARE OTHER DEMANDS OUT
THERE.
WORTHWHILE PROJECTS AS WELL.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE
SPEND A LOT OF OXYGEN AT THIS
MEETING TODAY AS I AM GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR DISCUSSION MISTER
CHAIR AND WE ARE NOW HALF AN
HOUR OVERTIME. I WOULD BE
REMISS IF I DID NOT REFLECT ON
THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A
MAJOR SNOWSTORM IN THE CITY,
2008.
YOU AND I WERE BOTH WRAPPING UP
A PROCESS THAT IDENTIFIED AN
ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT HAS JUST
BEEN OPEN.
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WE HAD
ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A
COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE TO
RECEIVE $100 MILLION FOR THE
CITY TO CONSTRUCT A WATERFRONT
OR FOR 70 STREETCAR AND A
COMMITMENT TO HAVE THE STATE
LEGISLATURE ADOPT A 1% MOTOR
VEHICLE EXCISE TASKS TO FUND
MOTOR VEHICLES.
>> THE FIRST MATERIAL NEVER
MATERIALIZED.
THE SECOND GOT VETOED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
THIS CONVERSATION YOU WILL
FORGIVE ME HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT I FEEL VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT BECAUSE SO
MANY COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE
TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE AND
THEN WALKED BACK FROM STARTING
WITH THOSE FIRST CONVERSATIONS
ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2007 AND
2008 THAT I APPRECIATE THE
DIFFICULTY THE STAFF IS IN IN
TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH
US ABOUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS REVISION HAS BEEN BUT
I REFLECT ON THAT MOMENT IN
2008 WHERE WE HAD $100 MILLION
AND A PROJECT THAT WE THOUGHT
WE WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $75
MILLION AND WE NEVER RECEIVED
THOSE DOLLARS.
THERE FOR THE PROJECT COULD
NEVER GET BUILDS.
HERE WE ARE 11 YEARS LATER IN A
VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO HAVING
THE SAME HARD CONVERSATIONS.
AS FOLKS IN OLYMPIA WHO NEVER
WATCHED THIS BRIEFING BUT IF
THE WORDS FROM MY MOUTH CAN
REACH OLYMPIA'S EARS AS THEY
CONTEMPLATE TRANSPORTATION
REVENUE PACKAGE IN OLYMPIA, I
WOULD URGE YOU TO REMEMBER
THOSE PROMISES THAT YOU MADE TO
US MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND
ASK YOU TO FULFILL THOSE
PROMISES.
I HAVE TO WALK AWAY NOW BECAUSE
I AM SO MAD!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT WAS OXYGEN WELL USED!
>> THANK YOU AND I AM GOING TO
STEP OUT AS WELL BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SDOT AND THANK YOU,
HEATHER MARX I KNOW YOU ARE
HIDING BACK THERE.
WE TALK ABOUT JUICES AND
SQUEEZES , WE SURVIVED THAT
QUITE NICELY AND I REALLY WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK
YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU HAVE
DONE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW I AM SOUNDING REALLY
GRUMPY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING
TO GET THE CAPITAL AND THE
OPERATING COST BUT AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE MY GOAL IS TO
BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND
THE CITY, PEOPLE AND GOODS AND
DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS AS COST-
EFFECTIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
BLESSINGS ON YOU ALL FOR ALL
YOUR GOOD WORK.
>> BEFORE WE WRAP UP HERE,
THERE IS ONE FINAL SLIDE ON
NEXT STEPS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WALK
THROUGH THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS THEN?
>> AS WE INDICATED I WILL CUT
TO THE CHASE HERE THERE IS
$500,000 IN THE 2019 BUDGET THE
COUNCIL APPROVED FOR US TO
CONTINUE ESSENTIALLY DESIGNING
ENGINEERING WORK.
VERY CLEARLY PROVIDES MONEY NOT
TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
WE ARE NOT THERE ANYWAY. THAT
SAID, AS WE CONTINUE
CONVERSATIONS WITH FTA GIVEN
THE DIRECTION FROM THE MAYOR,
IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PROJECT
MOVING FORWARD TO SOME DEGREE
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL NEED
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEYOND
THE $500,000.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT
IS RIGHT NOW SO AS WE CONTINUE
TO REFINE OUR WORK WE WILL COME
BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL AND
A REQUEST POTENTIALLY FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS WE
CONTINUE TO TRY TO KEEP THIS
OPTION VIABLE AND MOVING FORWARD
>> SO TO BE CLEAR THAT IS NOT
CONSTRUCTION MONEY BUT
ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND PLANNING
WORK TO KEEP THE CITIES PROCESS
MOVING IN PARALLEL WITH THE FTA
REVIEW TO KEEP THIS TIMELINE?
>> YES EXACTLY.
THE FTA, WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING
THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND
ADDRESS THEIR QUESTIONS AND
ALSO PROVIDE THEM THE
INFORMATION THEY REQUIRE.
>> GOT IT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THE
APPLICATION IS SITTING ON THE
DESK AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN THE NEXT 18
MONTHS?
>> SO WHEN THAT REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMES FORWARD
, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON
A FUNDING PLAN FOR OPERATIONS
AND CONSTRUCTION AT THAT POINT?
>> TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DETAIL?
WE ARE PROVIDING VERY LITTLE
NOW?
I DON'T KNOW WE ARE IN A
POSITION TO SAY THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY THE SOLUTION
DEPENDING ON, THAT MIGHT
REQUIRE MORE WORK AND MORE WORK
WITH YOU PARTICULARLY.
RECOGNIZING THAT IF WE ARE
GOING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL
WORK ON EXPLORING WITH THE
REALISTIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
ARE I THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND
REASONABLE.
>> I REMEMBER DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS WE I THINK INCLUDED AN
AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRED A
FUNDING PLAN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION
. INTEREST PROSPECT I WISH WE
HAD CREATED DIFFERENT BENCHMARK
FOR THAT REQUIREMENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRED
BENCHMARK ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE
IT IS SOMETHING I VALUE. WHAT I
DON'T KNOW IS GIVEN THE
TIMELINE OF THE FTA WORK OR
CANDIDLY THE SCALE OF THE ASK,
IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THAT SHOULD
BE PART OF THIS CALCULUS AS
WELL.
WE NEED TO BE WORKING HARDER
THINKIG ABOUT AND HAVE DONE
SOME WORK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
FUNDING OPTIONS, WHAT COULD
MAKE THIS WORK AND HOW DOES IT
PER THE SLIDE PREVIOUS HOW DOES
IT FIT INTO THE DEMANDS OF THE
NEEDS WE COLLECTIVELY SEE.
>> SO CALVIN CAN YOU HELP ME
THINK THROUGH WHAT OUR NEXT
STEPS ARE?
WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS
TODAY.
AS MENTIONED THERE IS AN
ALLOCATION IN THE EXISTING
BUDGET FOR $500,000 IT ALSO
PROVIDES FOR NOT CONNECT
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S A FEW YEARS
OUT AND IT'S NOT RELEVANT RIGHT
NOW.
OVER HERE IS THE $500,000 IS
UNLIKELY TO BE ENOUGH.
WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL SOME
POINT THIS YEAR.
TO CONTINUE TO DESIGN PROCESSES
EVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FED.
WHAT THOUGHTS ON HOW THE
COUNCIL MIGHT BE FORWARD ON
THAT?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR
AN EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL ON THAT
AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
TAKE THIS UP AGAIN IN THE
BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WITHOUT A FUNDING PROPOSAL IN
FRONT OF YOU IT IS GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF
THE CONVERSATION.
>> TIMING ON THAT?
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE?
>> MONTHS NOT WEEKS BUT MY
GUESS IS MIDYEAR.
>> JUST TO COUNTER WHAT YOUR
THINKING IS ABOUT THIS, I WOULD
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE
WERE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR
EXPECTATIONS IF WE HAVE SOME
SHARED EXPECTATIONS IN ADVANCE
OF RECEIVING A FUNDING PROPOSAL
FROM EXECUTIVE.
I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW WE WOULD
DO THAT.
I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION
BEFORE SOMETHING GOT BAKED IN
ADVANCE IN IT BEING SENT DOWN
TO US.
>> WE HEARD QUESTIONS TODAY.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS
TO GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO
REFLECT ON THAT AND WORK WITH
CALVIN TO SEE IF WE WANT TO
FORMALIZE SOME OF THAT.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED
TODAY ARE THINGS YOU CANNOT
PROBABLY SHARPEN PENCILS AND
COME BACK WITH SOME MODELING.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE
PROBABLY WE ARE NOT SURE AND
PROBABLY WON'T KNOW FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HELP US AS A
COUNCIL MOVE WITH AS MUCH
INFORMATION TOWARD THIS NEXT
DECISION POINT BUT I ALSO WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WILL GET
TO A DECISION POINT LIKELY THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS AND WE WILL
STILL BE SPECULATING ON WHAT
SOME OUTCOMES ARE BECAUSE WE
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PROCESS.
MAYBE WHAT I WILL SUGGEST IS
THAT I WILL WORK WITH
COLLEAGUES INDIVIDUALLY AND
WITH CALVIN TO SPEARHEAD THIS
TO PUT FORWARD IN WRITING SOME
OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AND MAYBE GET A RESPONSE ON
WHAT YOU ALL THINK. WE WILL
START WITH THE UNIVERSE
UNIVERSAL THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT TODAY LIKE HERE ARE SOME
THINGS WE CAN REASONABLY USE OF
ESTIMATES ON THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
IN ANTICIPATION TO THIS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST AND
SOME CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IS NOT
SO THAT WE CAN START TO GET OUR
HEAD AROUND WHAT GRAY AREAS WE
WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
>> THE POINT IS BRIEFING IS
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE A DO NOT
HAVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION AND RECOGNIZE THE
CONCERNS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF WE ARE
TALKING SOMETHING IN MIDYEAR,
IF IT'S APPROPRIATE I AM HAPPY
TO DO SOMETHING ON THE
COMMITTEE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN
TO MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER
DISCUSSION AND UPDATE. JUST SO
WE DON'T SURPRISE EACH OTHER
WITH WHEN A REQUEST COMES TO
SEE WHERE WE ARE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME I
APPRECIATE THAT.
COLLEAGUES THAT VISITATION WENT
ON LONGER AND I CHOSE NOT TO
REIN IT IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION I
HAVE.
I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS FOR
THE NEXT ITEM FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE
PRESENTATION ON THE SEATTLE
SQUEEZE WILL CONDENSE THAT AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER IMPORTANT DISCUSSION
AND A COUNCIL BILL TO DISCOVER
SO WE WILL BE GOING A LITTLE
BIT BE AUNT 4:00 TODAY.
BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET
BACK ON TRACK AS MUCH AS WE
CAN.
>> I'M GOING TO LEAVE AND I AM
SORRY FOR LEAVING WHEN I WAS A
CONTRIBUTOR TO EVERYTHING GOING
ON.
>> NO PROBLEM IT WAS A GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD.
>>> I WILL READ BRIEFING ON
PERIOD OF MAXIMUM CONSTRAINT OR
SEATTLE SQUEEZE. GOT SOME
INTRODUCTIONS TO DO IN A MOMENT
HERE.
>> I AM MIKE WORDEN AND I'M
DIRECTOR OF CITYWIDE OPS
COORDINATION.
>> I AM HEATHER MARX .
>> STEVE HIRJAK.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
FIRST TIME AT THE COMMITTEE
TABLE.
YOU FOR BEING HERE MIKE WORDEN.
YOU WERE HIRED TO MAKE THE LAST
FEW WEEKS GO SMOOTHLY AND YOU
DID IT IS A JOB WITH THAT.
YOU STARTED ON THE DAY STARTED
AND I APPRECIATE TO HEAR WHAT
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE PROCESS
AND TELL US WHAT WE LEARNED
TODAY.
I WILL TRY TO MOVE THIS BROTHER
QUICKLY TO TOUCH ON THE HIGH
POINTS. IF THERE'S MORE
INFORMATION WE WILL COME BACK
TO COMMITTEE A FEW MONTHS.
>> WE WILL JUST FOLLOW THE LINE
HERE.
I WILL WRAP UP AT THE END.
FIRST OF ALL I NEED TO EXPRESS
HOW HONORED I AM TO WORK FOR
THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM DESERVE
THE CITY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HERE THAT
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE MOST
RAPIDLY GROWING CITIES IN
AMERICA. THAT COMES WITH RAPID
POPULATION GROWTH AND A LOT OF
CONSTRUCTION.
THAT EQUALS A CONGESTION
CHALLENGE.
IT'S PECULIAR HERE IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTRAINED BY
SOME BODIES OF WATER THAT
FORCES A SORT OF DENSIFICATION
OF THE EFFORTS THAT ARE
ONGOING.
WHEN THAT OCCURS IT'S GOING TO
BE VERY CHALLENGING TO ENSURE
THAT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE AND
GOODS IN AND AROUND THOSE AREAS
CONTINUES AS NECESSARY FOR A TO
NYMEX CITY.
I THINK THE MAYOR SAW THE
ENORMITY AND THE UNPRECEDENTED
CHALLENGE AND COMPLEXITY IN THE
RAPID CHASE OF CHANGE IN THE
CITY AND AS A RESULT I THINK
SOMEONE COINED THE PHRASE
SEATTLE SQUEEZE TO DEPICT THAT
CHANGE THAT WAS ONGOING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS AND THE
CHALLENGES TO MOBILITY WOULD
HAVE. SHE HIRED SOMEONE TO
COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF ALL
29 DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY TO
BE BETTER ABLE TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH THE SQUEEZE AND SUSTAIN
THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT.
I SUPPORT EACH DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF
THAT CHALLENGING MOBILITY GOAL.
THAT IS MY JOB.
I AM ALSO OBLIGED TO CONTINUE
THE MOMENTUM THAT HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED HERE IN TERMS OF
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE
REGION AND STATE.
IT'S A GREAT FOUNDATION, MIKE
JOB IS TO MAKE IT ONLY STRONGER.
BEING NEW TO SEATTLE HAVE A
COMMENT WEEKLY, WHAT HAS
IMPRESSED ME IS THE CONSISTENCY
TO WHICH THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
VOTE TO FUND MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
INITIATIVES.
THEY DESERVE A STRONG TEAM THAT
HAS UNITY OF EFFORT BOTH OF THE
CITY LEVEL AND AT THE REGION
LEVEL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER.
YOU WILL ROLL TO SOME OF THE
STRATUS STRATEGIES WE HAVE HAD,
SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE
HAVE ACHIEVED HERE IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS.
WHAT THE NEW NORMAL IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE AND THEN WE WILL ROLL
INTO ENFORCEMENT AND
PREVENTION.
MY PARTNERS STEVE HIRJAK WILL
SPEAK TO THAT AND THEN WE WILL
ROLL BACK TO MIKE WORDEN TO
DISCUSS CITYWIDE COORDINATION
AND SOME NEXT STEPS.
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THIS AS YOU KNOW
WE HAVE DEVELOPED FIVE PILLARS
TO ORGANIZE OUR THINKING AND
EFFORTS.
WE ARE MONITORING AND MANAGING
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO
ENSURE THAT IT WORKS AS WELL AS
IT CAN THROUGH THE GOOD GRACES
OF THE SEATTLE VOTERS AND THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT WE ARE INVESTING IN
TRANSIT AND EXPANDING ACCESS IN
ADDITION WE ARE REDUCING
NUMBERS OF DRIVE ALONE TRIPS
DOWNTOWN IMAGINE AGING THE
PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AS WE HAVE
NEVER MANAGED IT BEFORE.
IN ADDITION WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH OUR REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY PARTNERS
TO HAVE A UNIFIED AND COHERENT
COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THE REGION. THE GOOD
NEWS IS THE TUNNEL IS OPEN.
WE OPENED THE TUNNEL.
THE BATTERY STREET TUNNEL IS
CLOSED FOREVER.
HARRISON STREET FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 60 YEARS YOU CAN CROSS
AURORA AT HARRISON STREET.
WE HAVE MADE SOME SPECTACULAR
PROGRESS IN JUST THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS. YET TO COME WE
ARE GOING TO OPEN THE SOUTH
DEERBOURNE OFFRAMP.
THAT WILL HELP THE COMMUTE FOR
WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTHWEST
COMMUTERS. THAT IS SCHEDULED TO
OPEN ON FEBRUARY 11 BUT WE HAVE
SOME CHALLENGING WEATHER AND SO
THAT MAY SHIFT A LITTLE TINY
BIT DEPENDING ON THEIR ABILITY
TO POUR SOME CONCRETE.
DEMOLITION STARTS ON FEBRUARY
12.
I CAN HARDLY LEAVE THAT WE ARE
AT THE POINT WE ARE GOING TO
DEMOLISH THE VIADUCT. WE ARE
GOING TO START CONNECTING THOSE
NORTH SURFACE STREETS OF JOHN
AND THOMAS.
ALSO ON FEBRUARY 12.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING
IN AND AROUND THIS PROJECT FOR
ALMOST MY ENTIRE CAREER IT
GIVES ME JUST A GREAT DEAL OF
PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SAY
THESE THINGS TO YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> OVERALL I WANT HONESTLY JUST
ABOUT AS WELL AS TO BE
EXPECTED.
THE PEAK PERIODS SKEWED ABOUT
AN HOUR EARLY WHICH MEANS THAT
PEOPLE WERE LISTENING TO WHAT
WE ASKED THEM TO DO WHICH IS
FLEX THEIR COMMUTING TIMES.
WE REALLY DID NOT HAVE ANY
CHRONIC INCREASES IN EITHER
VOLUME CONGESTION OR DELAY.
THERE WAS NO PERSISTENT GRIDLOCK
. WHETHER AN INCIDENT IMPACTED
THE TOUGH TIMES THAT WE DID
HAVE BUT THE GOOD WEATHER HAVE
YOUR CHANGE IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE ENGAGED
IN REALLY LED TO SOME STABLE
TRAFFIC.
TRANSIT TRAVEL TIMES AND
CONGESTIONS WAS STABLE,
RIDERSHIP WAS STABLE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PRESENT YOU WITH THE MORE
SPECIFIC DATA ON THAT A LITTLE
LATER. WE HAVE TO HAVE METRO'S
DATA REPORTING CATCH UP WITH US.
THE WATER TAXI RIDERSHIP AS
MUCH AS TRIPLED.
IT WAS A REALLY GREAT CHOICE
FOR US.
>> ON THAT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP WE
HEARD IS THAT THE DATA
REPORTING FOR KING COUNTY LAGS
A LITTLE BIT WHICH I
UNDERSTAND.
IS THIS BULLET POINT SOME
ANECDOTAL STUFF?
IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRANSIT
RIDERSHIP DID NOT GO UP
SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
ANECDOTAL BUT NOT MUCH.
THEY HAVE A BIG SYSTEM AND THEY
HAVE A PRETTY COMPLICATED AND
RIGOROUS SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING
THEIR DATA BECAUSE THEY FEED IT
INTO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
DATABASE.
THEY PICKED SOME SOME PROXY
ROUTES AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWO
WEEKS FOR THE DATA SO WE HAVE
DATA FROM THE FIRST WEEK IN THE
SECOND WEEK.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE THIRD
WEEK.
SOON WE WILL BE ABLE TO STATE A
LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITIVELY.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT TRANSIT
DOES NOT JUST MEAN BUSES.
THE WATER TAXI IS CERTAINLY
TRANSIT AS WELL AS LIGHT RAIL
AND THE HEAVY REAL THAT BRINGS
FOLKS IN.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO
BE SO WRONG.
BICYCLE COUNTS ON SECOND AVENUE
, THE FREMONT BRIDGE AND THE
LOWER SPOKANE STREET BRIDGE
WERE SPECTACULARLY HIGHER THAN
IN JANUARY 2018.
WE WERE ALL VERY PLEASED TO SEE
THAT. THAT IS CLEARLY GOING TO
BE A BIGGER PART OF THE MATCHES
AS WE GO FORWARD.
I THINK THE MAYOR EXPANDING THE
BIKE SHARE CERTAINLY FED INTO
THAT AND WE SAW A GREATER
RIDERSHIP ON BIKE SHARE
BICYCLES THEN WE SAW IN JANUARY
LAST.
THE WORK THAT WE DID TO
COMPLETE THE SECOND AVENUE
PROTECTED BIKE LANE AS WELL AS
THE SEVENTH AVENUE PROTECTED
BIKE LANE WE THINK THAT ALSO
HELPED.
THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE
COUNTERS ON SEVEN AVENUE.
VEHICLES ALSO A PART OF THE
SYSTEM, OUR FRIENDS AND SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DID SOME
VIGOROUS PARKING BLOCK THE BOX
IN TRANSIT LANE ENFORCEMENT AND
WE THINK THAT REALLY HELPED.
THE DAILY VOLUMES FROM THE 8:54
AM AND 6:56 AM PEAK PERIODS
WERE GENERALLY LOWER THAN THE
BASELINE.
OUR THEORY ON THAT IS THAT
FOLKS JUST SPREAD THE PEAK OUT
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING IT JUST BE
THOSE THREE HOURS IT WAS LONGER
THAN THAT.
PERMIT REVOCATION, WE REVOKED
PERMIT TO USE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
FOR ABOUT 50 BIG JOB SITE
DOWNTOWN.
WE HAD 60 A RATHER SIX
CITATIONS AND 85 WARNINGS.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO NOTE THAT
THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY AND
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WAS
REMARKABLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
EVEN THOUGH IT CERTAINLY COST
THEM MONEY TO HAVE TO STOP SOME
OF THEIR JOBS THAT WAY.
WE CREATED SEATTLE.GOV SLASHED
TRAFFIC AND POPULATE IT WITH
REAL-TIME INFORMATION SO THAT
IS A GOOD ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL
INFORMATION.
WE ALSO HAD EXCELLENT
INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND
INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATION.
THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN.
I KNOW THAT WILL SERVE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAD DAILY MEDIA
AVAILABILITIES AND WEEKLY PRESS
CONFERENCES WHICH WERE LOTS OF
FUN AND SOME FUN #THAT WE
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ARE NOT DONE..
AS YOU KNOW THE WASHINGTON STATE
CONVENTION CENTER IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND IS GOING TO BE
CREATING SOME CHALLENGES FOR US
IN THAT AREA ON THROUGH 2022.
THE NEXT BIG THING FOR US IS
MARCH 23 WHEN WE AND JOINT
OPERATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE TRANSIT TUNNEY, ANOTHER
THING I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD
SAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE AS WE ROLL
THROUGH THE YEAR WE WILL START
CONSTRUCTION ON ALASKAN WAY.
WE ARE GOING TO TOLL OUR SR 99
TUNNEL AND THAT WILL LEAD TO
DIVERSION ANOTHER WRINKLE.
BUSES WILL BEGIN THEIR FINAL
ROUTING ONTO A COLUMBIA TOWARD
THE END OF THE YEAR. WHAT WE
ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
THE ALASKAN WAY MAIN CORRIDOR
OPENING LIGHT RAIL TO NORTHGATE
AND LIGHT RAIL TO THE EASTSIDE.
THAT IS WHEN WE WILL START TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF.
>> BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, SINCE
HEATHER MOVED SO BRISKLY I
WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK
PAUSE AND TELL YOU MY FIRST
IMPRESSIONS BEFORE THE
FIRE.CLOSE.
I WALKED INTO DAILY MEETINGS
WITH THE MAYOR AND HER STAFF
GOING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILED
PLANNING FOR THIS EFFORT.
THOSE MEETINGS CONTINUED ON A
DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE
VIADUCT CLOSURE.
THERE IS A FOCUS AND AND
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CITY
ON THAT.
SIMILARLY ON THE SAME DAY I
WALKED INTO TWO OFFICES OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOSTED
MEETINGS TWICE A DAY WITH ALL
THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS THE
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS OUTSIDE
THE CITY.
THE WASH., SOUND TRANSIT, ALL
THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS, METRO
ALL THE PLAYERS.
TWICE A DAY.
WE WENT OVER FOR COMMON GOALS
THAT THE CITY DEVISED.
THE FIRST WAS MAXIMIZE FLOW OF
TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CORE DURING
THE RUSH HOUR, MAXIMIZE, MAKE
SURE WE COULD GET SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD TO OUR
PEOPLE TO A SAFE FLOW OF PEOPLE
AND GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS.
THIRD, THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAD MANAGED THE NEEDS
OF OUR OWN WORKFORCE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING
THOSE SERVICES DESPITE ALL THE
CHALLENGE OF THE VIADUCT
CLOSURE.
FINALLY, AS HEATHER MENTIONED,
COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS
PROACTIVE WITHIN THE CITY AND
THE REGION THAT WERE CONSISTENT
AND ALIGNED AND PROACTIVE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE.
THE FIRST DAY OF WORK I AM
GOING TO SEE THE MAYOR ON THE
SQUEEZE I AM GOING TO SEE OAM
AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THESE
RELATIONSHIP AND THE CITY AND
OUTSIDE THE CITY INTO THE TWICE
A DAY.
WE DID THAT UNTIL WE GOT
THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF
THE SQUEEZE AND THEN WE DOWNSIZE
TO A DAILY THING.
EVERYBODY WAS ALIGNED AND HAD
TRACTION AND KNEW HOW WE WERE
IDENTIFYING IDEAS AND PROBLEMS
AND RESOLVING THEM AS A TEAM.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT
OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVE
HIRJAK TO TALK ABOUT
ENFORCEMENT PROTECTION.
>> LONG BEFORE THIS CLOSURE
OCCURRED WE COORDINATED WITH
THE TRAFFIC PLANNERS AT SDOT.
WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER OVER
THE TRAFFIC PLANET GOT PASSED
AROUND AND REVISED NUMEROUS
TIMES FOR BETWEEN OUR
EXPERIENCES BETWEEN THE POLICE
OFFICERS AND THEIR HAVING TO
MANAGE TRAFFIC FLOW.
>> WE HAD OFFICERS DEPLOYED
THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THE NORTH
OF DOWNTOWN AREA, SOME OF THE
KEY INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE CHOKEPOINTS SOUTH
OF DOWNTOWN.
NONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS --
WHILE A GOOD PORTIONS OF THE
INTERSECTIONS WERE CHANGING AND
FLUID BECAUSE WE STATIONED A
COMMANDER IN THE TRAFFIC
OPERATIONS CENTER SO WE HAD NO
LEG IN COMMUNICATIONS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH SDOT AS WELL
AS METRO.
WE HAD A METRO SUPERVISOR AND
THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS UNDER
AND WE WERE ACTING IN REAL
TIMES WE WOULD SHIFT.
EGG EXAMPLE IS THERE WAS A
PROBLEM ON POST AVENUE WITH
BUSES TRYING TO GET ACROSS A
TRAFFIC REVISION AND WE WERE
ABLE TO REAP DEPLOY OFFICERS
IMMEDIATELY WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
WE HAD TRAFFIC CONTROL SET UP
WITH THESE OFFICERS THERE.
THE OFFICERS ALSO SERVED AS A
DETERRENT TO BAD BEHAVIOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW SEVERAL
OF THE OFFICERS, THEY DID A
GREAT JOB STEPPING OUT OF THE
ROAD MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE DID
NOT BLOCK THE BOX.
ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE SUCCESS
STORIES WAS AURORA AND DENNY
WHERE WE HAD OFFICERS
PRESENTING THAT INTERSECTION
FROM BECOMING BLOCKED AT ANY
TIME.
I WATCH THEM HOURS ON END ON
THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS LIFE.
THROUGH COORDINATION WITH SDOT
THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS STORY
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE PREVENT
THE BLOCKING THE BOX WE
REROUTED TRAFFIC SO WE DID NOT
HAVE LEFT ERNIE'S TURNERS
BLOCKING. THEY WERE ABLE TO FEED
MORE CONSISTENTLY INTO THE
DENNY WAY TRAFFIC.
BEING ABLE TO REACT DYNAMICALLY
IN REAL TIME LIKE THAT WAS
REALLY GREAT HAVING OFFICERS
OUT THERE.
SEATTLE PD AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAVE AN EXCELLENT
RELATIONSHIP TO BEGIN WITH
ALREADY SO WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH
HELPING EACH OTHER THROUGH
CORRIDOR'S HOWEVER IN THIS CASE
WE ALSO INCORPORATED TRAFFIC
PLANNERS AT SDOT WHICH HELPED
US LOOKED AT WHERE WE CAN BEST
UTILIZE CHUTES TO GET BACK AND
FORTH.
ON TOP OF THAT WE HAD
AGGRESSIVE PARKING INFORMANT.
WE WERE TOWING PEOPLE.
WE HAD ENFORCEMENT STARTING AT
5:30 AM SO THAT WE ALWAYS HAD A
QUARTER FOR FIRE WAS GREAT TO
KEEP A RESPONSE TIMES OUT.
IN FACT FOR THE PERIOD OF THE
VIADUCT CLOSURE A RESPONSE
TIMES WERE BASICALLY DOWN.
OUR DATA SHOWED THAT THEY WERE
DOWN.
I DON'T CREDIT OUR PLANNING AS
MUCH AS A CREDIT THE CITIZENS
THAT STAYED HOME.
THE RESIDENCE OF THE AREA THAT
DECIDED TO EITHER TELECOMMUTE
OR TAKE TRANSIT, REALLY RELIEVED
TRAFFIC CONGESTION FOR US.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE SEATTLE AREA. NOT JUST
PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
BUT THE COMMUTERS THAT COME IN
AND OUT OF THE CITY.
WE ALSO LEVERAGED OUR STATE
PARTNERSHIPS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET STATE
PATROL TO RESOURCES COMMIT
RESOURCES ALONG THE MAIN
CORRIDOR'S COMING IN AND OUT OF
SEATTLE SUCH AS 99 IN A 509
WITH A DEDICATED SOME OF THEIR
NORMAL EASTSIDE PATROL
RESOURCES TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS
UNTIL THEY SAW THAT WE REALLY
ARE GETTING ALONG GREAT THANKS
TO THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE.
THEN THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR
NORMAL PATROL DEPARTMENTS.
WE ALSO CORRELATED REALLY WELL
WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY AS WELL
AS BURLINGTON NORTHERN PLEASE
HELP US WITH SOME ISSUES TO GET
THINGS RESOLVED RIGHT AWAY.
IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
TEAMWORK WE GET MULTIPLE
AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER.
>> WHEN WE SAW YOUR TEAM OUT
THERE ON THE STREET, IT WAS
GREAT. DEFINITELY HAD AN IMPACT.
THAT IS GREAT TO SEE.
THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO DO
THAT, I'M NOT SURE HOW
SUSTAINABLE IT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON IT
OLYMPIA IS TO GET SOME
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY
THAT HAVING OFFICERS ON THE
STREET DO BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN
PROVIDE SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT
TO HELP THOSE MOVE FORWARD.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OUT
THERE ON MY COMMUTE.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE WAS
NOT A DAY IN THE FIRST TWO
WEEKS THAT WE DID NOT GET
THANKS TO THE OFFICERS IN THAT
AREA.
>> WILL WE HAVE COVERED A LOT
OF THIS ALREADY.
I KNOW HEATHER HAS BUT I WILL
JUST SAY THAT SOME OF THOSE
MEDIA EVENTS THAT THERE WERE
REGIONWIDE AND WE HAD
DISTRIBUTED IN ADDITION TO WHAT
YOU SEE IN THE MEDIA STORIES WE
HAD OVER 70,000 POSTCARDS GO
OUT IN THE CITY AND 13
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO VARIOUS
BUSINESSES NEIGHBORHOODS AND
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS 150
BRIEFINGS.
THAT WAS A LEVEL OF EFFORT IN
PREPARING THE CITY AND THE
COMMUNITY FOR THE VIADUCT
CLOSURE.
WE ALSO HAD TRAINER PROGRAMS
WHICH REALLY WORKED OUT WELL AS
FAR AS CONSISTENT MESSAGING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUTSIDE
THE CITY AND WE HAVE COURSE
BUILT SOME ROBUST WEB ACCESS
POINTS FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES
TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE WELL
RESOURCED AND TRAINED TO GET
THIS PERIOD.
NEXT CHART PLEASE.
IN TERMS OF THE WORKFORCE, THE
TEAM HAD DEVELOPED AND GONE OUT
FROM PARTS OF THE CITY TO TAKE
A GOOD LOOK AT CREATING
ALTERNATE WORK ARRANGEMENTS.
WE WANTED TO GET OUR EMPLOYEES
OUT OF THE CITY AND OUT OF THE
WAY AS MUCH AS IS PRACTICAL
WITHOUT PUTTING AT RISK ANY
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED TO
THE CITY.
WE PUT TOGETHER A PORTFOLIO OF
WORK OPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES
CALLED ALTERNATIVE WORK
ARRANGEMENTS.
THEY RANGE FROM COMPRESSED WORK
HOURS TO ALTERNATE WORK HOURS
TO TELEWORK AT HOME, A WHOLE
RANGE OF THOSE UNDER A PILOT
PROGRAM THAT WE WERE MONITORING
WEEKLY.
WE HAVE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD
PARTICIPATION TO DATE FROM THE
CITY MANAGERS AND THE
DEPARTMENTS TO ALLOW THEIR
PEOPLE TO EITHER WORK FROM HOME
OR WORK OUTSIDE THE RUSH HOURS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY
SUCCESSFUL THING IN THE I TO
TOOLS WERE IMPLEMENTED TO
SUPPORT THAT.
ADDITIONALLY WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE GOT THE SERVICES OUT OF
THE CORE I GUESS AS MUCH AS IS
PRACTICAL.
WHAT WE DID WAS SPU WORKED WITH
SOLID WASTE REMOVAL CONTRACTOR
TO GET THEM OUTSIDE THE RUSH
HOUR, PARKS AND REC'S EXTENDED
SOME OF THEIR HOURS SO THAT THE
OFF SHIFT WORKERS OR THE
ADJUSTED HOURS WORKERS COULD
STILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN TERMS
OF CHILDCARE AND THEN WE HAD
PERMIT COUNTER OPERATIONS FROM
A SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS
MOVE THEIR HOURS TO OUTSIDE TO
AVOID BRINGING CUSTOMERS INTO
THE COURT TO RECEIVE THOSE
SERVICES SIMILARLY WE MOVED
THOSE SAME FOLKS MOVED THEIR
INSPECTION VEHICLES OUT OF THE
DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR AND THEY
COULD STILL GET THEIR MISSION
DONE WITHOUT GOING FROM OUT
SIDE THE CORE. SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS THE RELOCATED STAFF
FOR THEY HAD FACILITIES OUTSIDE
THE COURT, THEY JUST MOVE STAFF
OUTSIDE THE COURT TO LIGHTEN
THE LOAD OF OUR EMPLOYEES BEING
IN THAT CONGESTED AREA.
THOSE THAT HAD VEHICLES AND
EQUIPMENT STOCKPILED AND STAGED
THEM AROUND FOR RESPONSE,
QUICKER RESPONSE, OR TO AVOID
CROSSING THE COURT DURING THE
NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENT BUILT
OR MADE ONLINE SERVICES
AVAILABLE TO CONVINCE THE
CUSTOMERS THAT THEY COULD DO IT
AT HOME OR DO IT OUTSIDE THE
CORE.
THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT
ACROSS THE CITY FOR MANY MONTHS
TO WORK ALL THIS.
IT WAS A CITYWIDE EFFORT ALSO.
NEXT CHART PLEASE.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT OF ALL
THIS DETAILED PLANNING AND
LENGTH UNLESS YOU HAVE AN
INCIDENT.
THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE GONE
BAD.
IT COULD HAVE LED TO MAJOR
GRIDLOCK AND POTENTIAL NATIONAL
NEWS.
IT WAS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
TRAFFIC WAS MOUNTING.
2:16 PM ON 25 JANUARY THERE WAS
A CHARTER BUS USED BY THE
STANFORD TRACK TEAM, NORTHBOUND
ON I-5 NEAR SOUTH SPOKANE
STREET.
IT STARTED SMOKING.
THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SIDE BUT BECAUSE
OF THE CAMERAS WE COULD LOOK
AND SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHEN THE ALERT CAME FROM SDOT
AND SEATTLE FIRE WERE ABLE TO
RESPOND VERY QUICKLY.
THAT SMOKED TURN TO FIRE AND 31
ATHLETES OUT OF STANFORD FROM
STANFORD OUT OF THAT BUS ALONG
WITH THE DRIVER AS THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED FROM
ALL DIRECTIONS. IT WAS A HOT
FIRE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY
GOT IT OUT IN 20 MINUTES WHICH
WAS AMAZING.
THEY RAN A HOSE 2000 FEET DOWN
TO AIRPORT WAY TO GET TO A FIRE
HYDRANT TO SUSTAIN FIGHTING THE
SPALLING THAT WAS GOING ON
UNDER THE HOT BUS AND ON THE
OVER PASS.
IT MIGHT BE A STRUCTURAL RISK.
MEANWHILE WASH SCRAMBLED THEIR
OWN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER AND
THE POLICE HAD ALREADY BLOCKED
OFF, HAD AIRPORT ROAD BLOCKED
OFF SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
COULD HOOK IT UP.
METRO OFFERED AN EMERGENCY
RESCUE BUS TO GET THERE.
FROM THE TIME OF THE ALERT
WHICH WAS SMOKING TO THE TIME
THAT THE FIRST LANE OF TRAFFIC
WAS MOVING AGAIN WAS 50 MINUTES
. WITHIN TWO HOURS AND ABOUT
TWO AND HALF HOURS OF THE
INITIAL ALARM WE WERE HAVING A
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS THERE DESCRIBING
WHAT HAD JUST TRANSPIRED.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE TOW
TRUCK WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE
CHARTER BUS OFF AND FLOW
RESUMES.
IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF
COLLABORATION AND PRACTICE
TOGETHER. IT WAS A REGIONAL
SUCCESS STORY.
I WANTED TO END WITH THAT.
>> THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE, I
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
OBVIOUSLY AGAIN FAIRLY RESOURCE
OF INTENSIVE BUT IT'S AMAZING
WHAT WE CAN A COMPASS THERE.
THAT'S A GREAT STORY WITH A
GREAT ENDING.
NOBODY HURT.
PRETTY AMAZING.
>> OUR FIRE PEOPLE GOT ALL
THEIR EQUIPMENT OUT OF THEIR.
>> MAYBE NOT ALL OF THE
EQUIPMENT IF WE ARE MAKING SURE
THAT THE HUSKIES ARE BEATING
STANFORD.
THAT'S OKAY.
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I
KNOW HEATHER HAS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL
CITYWIDE ACTION REPORT PROBABLY
MID TO LATE FEBRUARY BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO GET ALL OF THAT DATA IN
SO WE CAN GET A GOOD QUALITY
CITYWIDE LOOK AT WHAT WE
LEARNED AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER
. ARE THERE ANY SEAMS IN THE
DEPARTMENT WE HAVE TO WORK ON
BEFORE THE NEXT BIG CHAPTER OF
THE SQUEEZE COMES ALONG..
SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE HAVE AN
AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE LEADERS
TO HOST A REGIONWIDE HOT WASH
AFTER EVERYBODY HAS TIME TO DO
THEIR OWN INTERNAL WHETHER IT'S
WASH DEPARTMENT OR SDOT, ALL
THE PLAYERS, WE ARE GOING TO
GET TOGETHER AND BNSF AND
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
WANT TO US PARTICIPATE THAT.
WHEN WE DO THAT WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT
BETWEEN US I GUESS AS WE GO TO
THE NEXT MAJOR PART OF THE
SQUEEZE ON THE 23rd OF MARCH.
THAT'S OUR STORY AND OUR QUIT
REPORT ON THIS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NO.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
QUICK REPORT BACK.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE.
I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE
PUBLIC THAT THERE WAS AN
ARTICLE OF THE TIMES A WEEK OR
SO IN SAYING 90,000 TRIPS JUST
DISAPPEARED.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT RANDOMLY
HAPPENED.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT
WENT IN FOR MONTHS OF PLANNING
TO ANTICIPATE WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF INVESTMENT
AND SUMS TO TOO PLACES AND WE
HEARD SOME STORIES ABOUT THAT
TODAY.
THEN OF COURSE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MADE SMALL
TO LARGE CHANGES IN THEIR
BEHAVIOR. THE RESULT WAS THAT
IN FACT WE DEMONSTRATED HOW
RESILIENT WE CAN BE AS A CITY.
I KNOW THAT WAS A SHORT-TERM
CLOSURE WITH SOME SHORT-TERM
SOLUTIONS WE CAME UP BUT I
THINK IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING
SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS.
WE HAD THE WEATHER WORKING WITH
US AS WELL THAT DID NOT HURT AT
ALL BUT IT WAS PRETTY
INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOMETHING NOT
MATERIALIZED LIKE WE HAD FEARED
BECAUSE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
GREAT WORK AND A LOT OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TRIED
SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT PLAYED AT
REALLY WELL.
>> HEATHER, ABOUT 10,000 OF
COUNCILMEMBERS O'BRIEN AND MINE
ARE ABOUT TO MOVE FROM FOURTH
AVENUE INTO A FIFTH SIX
PATHWAY.
HOW CLOSE ARE WE IN TERMS OF
FINISHING UP THAT FIFTH PATHWAY
BEFORE MARCH 23?
FOR IT WILL BE DONE BEFORE
MARCH 23.
>> GREAT.
I WOULD ASK US TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH MESO IN ANTICIPATION
OF THAT.
AS I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF MY
FELLOW BUS RIDERS ABOUT THOSE
CHANGES I THINK THERE ARE STILL
A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
IN TERMS OF INFORMATION OUT TO
THOSE FOLKS IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS THERE COMMUTE IS
GOING TO CHANGE.
ADMITTEDLY ONLY BY A BLACK BUT
EVEN THAT ONE BLACK CHANGE I
THINK WILL BE DISORIENTING FOR
A LOT OF FOLKS.
>> I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
TRUE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
METRO IS PARTICULARLY SKILLED
AT IS THAT STRAIGHT TEAMING
EFFORT AND COMMUNICATING WITH
THEIR CONSTITUENTS, THEIR
WRITERS.
THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
FILL IN AND BACKSTOP THEM IS
TALKING TO THE WHOLE REST OF
THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION, THEY ARE GOING TO
STREET TEAM NOT JUST THE BUSES
COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL BUT
ALSO FOR OFFBOARD AIR PAYMENT
ON THIRD AVENUE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE OF METRO
AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF US AT
SDOT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP
WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU WELL, REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
>>> THIS IS THE PART WHERE I
FORETELL THAT I HAVE SOME
CHILDCARE COVERAGE ISSUES
TONIGHT.
YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
PATHWAY HERE.
YOU COULD TAKE THAT FOURTH
AGENDA ITEM AND HAVE ME AROUND
FOR IT OR YOU COULD TAKE THE
BOLD DECISION OF VOTING
SOMETHING OUT OF COMMITTEE BY
YOURSELF SHOULD YOU CHOOSE SO.
I HAVE GOT TILL ABOUT 4:35 PM
BEFORE I NEED TO DISAPPEAR
BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS WORK
TONIGHT SO I COULD GET HOME IN
TIME AND GET THE KIDS AND SHE
CAN GET TO WORK.
IT IS YOUR CALL.
>> I'M GOING TO KEEP THE ORDER
GOING BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER
HAVE YOU HERE FOR THE
CONVERSATION AND I WILL DO THE
BOLD MOVE AVOIDING IT BY MYSELF
UNLESS YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE VOTE.
>> I HAVE NONE.
>> OKAY GREAT.
OKAY. GO AHEAD AND GET ON THAT
MICROPHONE.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND, JUST ONE
SECOND.
>> IF YOU THINK THE 90,000 TRIPS
HAVE DISAPPEARED THEY HAVE NOT.
THIS DYNAMIC PROCESS JUST GOES
ON AND CONTINUES AND IT'S
WONDERFUL TO SEE THE THINGS WE
HAVE SEEN TODAY.
WE SHOULD BE SEEING THIS EVERY
MEETING.
>> IT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU DOUG.
MISTER WORDEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW
DOUG McDONALD IS A FORMER HEAD
OF WASHINGTON TO PERMANENT
TRANSPORTATION.
>>> NEXT AGENDA ITEM,
>> SIDEWALK MANAGEMENT DIRECT
ENFORCEMENT PLAN IN RESPONSE TO
BICYCLE SHARE FEE SCHEDULE
ORDINANCE 125364.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> OKAY I AM CRISTINA
VANVALKENBURGH.
>> I AM JOEL MILLER I AM THE
BIKE SHARE PROGRAM MANAGER AT
SDOT.
>> THANK YOU BURPINGYEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE ARE HERE TODAY. WE ARE
EXCITED TO SHARE ON BIKE SHARE.
THAT IS A NEW MOBILITY AND
INCREASED MOBILITY THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING TO THE FOLKS IN
SEATTLE.
IFYOU HEARD AND OTHERS
PRESENTATION IT HAS BEEN
HELPED.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CHOICES
THAT PROBABLY HELPED DURING THE
CLOSURE OF THE VIADUCT.
AS YOU KNOW BIKES ARE ALLOWED
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE ON THE
SIDEWALKS.
IN FACT, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR
POLICIES AND PLANS THEY DO
SUPPORT A SHARED SIDEWALK. THE
COACH THAT I GOT FROM ONE OF
THE POLICY DOCUMENTS IS THAT A
SHARED SIDEWALK SPACE IS A KEY
ELEMENT OF LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
PROVIDING A SAFE AND CONVENIENT
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE AND
WALK AS FAR AS THEIR DAILY
ACTIVITIES.
HOWEVER, AS YOU HAVE HEARD
COMMENTS TODAY AND WE HAVE HEARD
ALL THE COMMENTS, THERE HAS
BEEN A CONCERN WITH INCREASED
NUMBER OF BICYCLES ON THE
SIDEWALK DUE TO BIKE SHARE'S.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE
TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. WE
ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS THAT CAN
CREATE BETWEEN BIKES AND
PEDESTRIANS ESPECIALLY FOLKS
WITH DISABILITIES, THE ELDERLY,
MOMS WITH STROLLERS, CHILDREN
BIKING, ETC.
AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO
EVOLVE IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO
PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE ISSUES
RAISED ON DATA WE RECEIVE AND
COLLECT THROUGH OUR PROCESS
WHICH JOE IS GOING TO BE
TALKING MORE ABOUT, WE WILL
CONTINUALLY WORKING DILIGENTLY
TO LEARN AND HAVE A CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT APPROACH TO HOW WE
MANAGE THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE PRESENTATION TODAY ADDRESSES
TWO OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN A PREVIOUS BIKE
SHARE ORDINANCE APPROVED LAST
YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. THE TWO
PROVISIONS THAT WERE RESPONSE TO
ONE IS A SECTION FOR THAT
BASICALLY ASKED US TO PROVIDE A
PLAN FOR DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF
BIKE SHARE PARKING REQUIREMENTS
AND JOE IS GOING TO SPEAK AT
THAT.
THE SECOND IS A SHORT SUMMARY
AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE TWO
REPORTS, THAT IS THE ORDINANCE
REQUIRED US TO PROVIDE A PLAN
FOR SIDEWALK MANAGEMENT AND
SAFETY ADDRESSING THE
INCREASING USE OF FAST-MOVING
ELECTRIC MOTOR DEVICES ON
SIDEWALK.
BEFORE JOE STARTS HIS
PRESENTATION I WANT TO DIRECT
THE ADDRESS THE RUSSIAN THAT
HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES WHICH
RELATES TO WHY 20,000 BICYCLES
AND WE AS WE YOU KNOW DOING THE
PHASE 1 DURING THE PILOT FOR
BIKE SHARE WE HAD 10,000 BIKES
OPERATING IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENT OF THAT
PILOT WE CAME TO REALIZE THAT
EVEN THE INTEREST AND DEMAND
FOR BIKE SHARE BIKES IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF THE CITY, WE NEED TO
SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY.
10,000 BIKES WOULD NOT ALLOW
FOR THAT FULL SERVICE SO
THEREFORE WE ESTIMATED THAT
20,000 BIKES WOULD BE THE
APPROPRIATE NUMBER. OF COURSE
WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING AND
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
PROGRAM. IT MAY BE THAT 20 ARE
TOO MUCH OR 20,000 ARE NOT
ENOUGH.
THAT IS PART OF OUR LEARNING
PROCESS AND OUR CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO
MAKE SURE IT IS A SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM AND PROVIDES MOBILITY
OPTIONS FOR CITY OF SEATTLE.
WITH THAT, JOE.
>> CAN I ASK FOLLOW-UP RELATED
TO THAT?
YOU TALK ABOUT EVALUATING THE
SYSTEM AND THAT LEADS ME TO A
QUESTION RELATED TO THE SYSTEMS
THAT HAVE LEFT.
WE STARTED WITH OUR FREE-
FLOATING PILOT WITH THREE
DIFFERENT BIKE SHARE COMPANIES
AND TO LEFT THE MARKET AND ONE
IS STILL THE MARKET NOW WE HAVE
A SECOND WHO WAS IN THE
MARKETPLACE AS WELL.
THOSE OF BEEN GREAT BUT MUCH
HAS BEEN MADE PUBLICLY OF WHY
THOSE OTHER TWO COMPANIES LEFT
AND SOME OF IT I CAN READ
BETWEEN THE TEA LEAVES HAS TO
DO WITH OUR OTHER FINANCIAL
COMMITMENTS AND OTHER COUNTRIES
BUT SOME OF IT SEEMS TO BE
ROOTED IN SORT OF WHAT THEY
DEEMED TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCESS THAT WAS BURDENSOME.
HAVE WE TAKEN FURTHER STACK OF
THAT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE NUMBER
OF BIKES BUT THAT THE PROCESS
THAT WE ASK COMPANIES TO GO
THROUGH IN ORDER TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS IN
THIS MARKETPLACE, WHERE WE DO
HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO
WANT TO USE THIS NEW ABILITY
OPTION?
>> I WILL LET JOE SPEAK MORE TO
THAT SINCE HE WORKED IN
EVALUATION BUT I DO AGREE WITH
YOUR POINT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES.
WE WANT TO BALANCE THE NEEDS
FOR REGULATING THE BIKE SHARE
PROVIDERS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
PROVIDES THE TYPES OF MOBILITY
OPTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
CHOOSE OTHER WAYS THAN JUST
DRIVING THEIR VEHICLE. A BIKE
CAN BE CONSIDERED A TRANSIT.
IT IS CERTAINLY AN EXTENSION.
IT PROVIDES A FIRST AND LAST
MILE CONNECTION FOR THOSE
PEOPLE THAT USE TRANSIT.
I THINK THIS IS A POINT WELL
TAKEN AND WITH THE EVALUATION
MOVING FORWARD WE DEFINITELY
BEHOOVE US TO CONTINUE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUR PROCESS
AND WHAT YOU KNOW HOW FAR CAN
WE GO AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT
BALANCE TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS
OF THOSE SYSTEMS WITHOUT
OVERBURDENING PARTICIPATION AND
COMPETITIVENESS.
>> PUT IT DIFFERENTLY, AND JOE
DID WE DO AN EXIT INTERVIEW AS
THEY LEFT AND ASKED THEM HOW WE
COULD DO BETTER MORE
EFFICIENTLY?
>> WE HAD INFORMAL EXIT
INTERVIEWS.
I THINK OF THE COMPANIES THAT
LEFT, ONE PRETTY MUCH PULLED
OUT OF THE US AND IS ON ITS BY
ALL ACCOUNTS LAST LEGS
INTERNATIONALLY.
THE OTHER ACCIDENT THE BIKE
SHARE GAME AND DOES WANT TO
LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
WE NEED TO BALANCE OUR CITIES
GOALS. THIS BIKE SHARE PROGRAM
IN EACH OPERATOR THAT CAME
NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE
WHOLE CITY AND RESPONSIBLY
SERVE THE WHOLE CITY.
NOT JUST PUT BIKES ON THE
STREET BUT PUT ENOUGH BIKES
THAT THEY COULD SERVE ALL THE
CITY AND NOT JUST THE CITY
CENTER OR THE U DISTRICT OR
FREMONT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT RESTRICTED SOME OF THE
VERY SMALL VENDORS IN THE
NATION.
THEN WE ALSO NEEDED TO SEE THAT
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES ONCE
THOSE BIKES ARE OUT ON THE
STREET THEY CAN BE RESPONSIBLY
MANAGED RIGHT AWAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RIGHT SIZE
THIS PROGRAM IS A GOES FORWARD
BUT WE DID SEE THAT THERE WAS
ENOUGH COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT
WOULD COME IN AND BE ABLE TO
SERVE THE CITY AT THE SCALE
THAT WE WANTED THAT WE COULD
HAVE THE ASK AND HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE THAT GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU CHRISTINA. I WILL
MOVE INTO TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO
DIRECTLY ENFORCE THE BIKE SHARE
PARKING RULES.
ONE THING WE PAID A LOT OF
ATTENTION TO WHEN WE REWROTE
THE PERMIT AND DRASTICALLY
EXPADED THE PERMIT WAS DO WE
HAVE VERY CLEAR RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF HOW BIKES SHOULD
BE LEFT ON THE STREET?
IF YOU LIKE WE DID THAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A
MECHANISM TO GO OUT AND
PROACTIVELY JUDGE THAT PARKING.
IN THE PILOT WE WERE LOOKING AT
REPORTS ONLY SO WE DID NOT HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO BE OUT ON THE
STREET.
WITH THIS NEW PERMIT WE DO HAVE
THE RESOURCES.
WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE
DIRECT AUDITING PROGRAM.
THAT IS GETTING CITY STAFF AND
LATER AS WE GET CONTRACTING
UNDERWAY A THIRD-PARTY TO
RANDOMLY SAMPLE DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY AND
GO JUDGE HOW EVERY SINGLE BIKE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PARKED.
THAT WILL BE IS THE BIKE
PERFECTLY CORRECTLY PARKED, IS
IT INCORRECTLY PARKED BUT NOT
BLOCKING, IS IT BLOCKING OR IS
IT A FULL ADA VIOLATION?
WE WILL MAKE THOSE JUDGMENTS,
WE WILL COLLECT ALL THE DATA.
ONCE WE HAVE ENOUGH WE WILL GO
FORWARD AND PUBLISH THESE
QUARTERLY REPORTS AND GO
FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE LATER
ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES THAT I
WILL TALK ABOUT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WILL BE
DOING TARGETED AUDITS WITH CITY
STAFF SO IN ADDITION TO THE
RANDOM SAMPLING ONE THING WE
HEARD A LOT OF OUTREACH WAS SOME
WORRY THAT A RANDOM SAMPLE
WOULD NOT CAPTURE THE WHOLE
PROBLEM. WE KNOW THERE IS AREAS
NEAR TRANSIT ANOTHER HIGH USE
AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE
HIGHER INSTANCES OF MISSED
PARKED BIKES.
SO THEY WILL ALSO BE OUT IN
THOSE AREAS COLLECTING DATA ON
A DIFFERENT CADENCE AS WELL.
THE DIRECT COMPLIANCE AUDITING
IS HAVING BOTH RANDOM SAMPLED
AND THE TARGETED PORTION AS
WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WILL BE
VERIFYING THE VENDOR DATA.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA COMING
IN AND A LOT MORE ROBUST DATA
REQUIREMENTS IN THIS PERMIT. WE
WILL BE REQUIRING THE VENDORS
TO TELL US WHERE THE BIKES ARE,
WHAT ARE THE STATUS OF THOSE
BIKES, ARE THEY FOR RENTAL OR
NOT CHARGED AND NEEDED CHARGE
FOR SOMETHING FOR THE E BIKES.
THAT GETS DIRECT PERMIT
COMPLIANCE, ARE THEY MEETING
THEIR FLEET SIZE REQUIREMENTS,
ARE THEY OVER THERE FLEET SIZE
REQUIREMENTS AND ARE THEY
MEETING THEIR EQUITY AREA
MINIMUMS WHERE 10% OF THEIR
FLEET NEEDS TO BE IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF THE CITY.
WE WILL ALSO BE ON THE GROUND
VERIFYING THAT DATA.
NOT JUST COLLECTING IT WHEN WE
ARE ON THE STREET DOING THESE
AUDITS WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY
OKAY IS THIS BIKE CORRECTLY
REPORTING ITSELF AS WHATEVER
THE STATUS MIGHT BE. IN
ADDITION TO THAT WE WILL BE
VERIFYING VENDOR DATA REPORTS
THAT ARE REQUIRED ON A MONTHLY
CADENCE OF HOW MANY REPORTS DID
THEY GET OF A MISSED PARKED BIKE
AND WHEN DID THEY RESPOND TO
THOSE REPORTS.
THE SAME DATA FOR MAINTENANCE
ISSUES. WE WILL NOT ONLY BE
COLLECTING THAT DATA ANALYZING
IT BUT WE WILL ALSO BE SENDING
OUR OWN REPORTS AND IN AN
ANONYMOUS WAY TO CHECK THAT
VENDOR DATA IS CORRECT.
THAT ALL GETS INTO SOME DIRECT
ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES THAT ARE
WRITTEN INTO THE NEW PERMIT AND
THOSE ARE FOCUSED ON FLEET
REDUCTIONS.
IF A COMPANY IS NOT COMPLYING
EITHER WITH THEIR PARKING GOALS
OR MAINTENANCE GOALS WHATEVER
IT MIGHT BE, WE HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THEIR
FLEETS ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN
INCIDENT WHERE A CERTAIN COMPANY
IS NOT EDUCATING THEIR USERS
PROPERLY AND PEOPLE ARE NOT
PARKING THE BIKE CORRECTLY.
NOT ONLY WILL THE FLEET
REDUCTIONS IMPACT THEIR MARKET
SHARE BUT IT WILL LESSEN THE
NUMBER OF THEIR BIKES WHICH
WOULD BE THE PROBLEM BIKES ON
THE STREET.
WE SEE SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS
IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
IF THERE IS INCIDENT OF BAD
BEHAVIOR AND DISHONEST
REPORTING WE CAN ALWAYS STILL
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REVOKE
THESE STREET USE PERMITS.
THIS WILL ALL BE PROVIDED IN
QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WE WILL
MAKE PUBLIC.
HAPPY TO COME BACK AND TALK TO
YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT AS WE RAMP
THESE PROGRAMS UP.
WE WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT
WITH WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE
AUDITS ARE AND WHAT ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
>> WHEN DID WE SWITCH FROM A
COMPLAINT BASED SYSTEM TO
HAVING PEOPLE ON THE STREET FOR
ENFORCEMENT?
>> IN JANUARY.
>> SO THE BIKES THE PERMIT WE
ISSUED THE FIRST PERMIT IN
NOVEMBER AND WE ARE FULLY
PERMITTED IT IN JANUARY.
THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED
SPINNING THIS UP AND HAVING
PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
>> WHAT IS THE TIMING ON SOME
OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE ARE WE
ALREADY COLLECTING THE
ADDITIONAL DATA?
>> YES.
WE ARE COLLECTING THAT DATA.
THERE IS SOME SPIN UP TIME WITH
OUR OWN IN-HOUSE IT SYSTEMS TO
STORE THE DATA TO ACCESS IT BUT
WE DO HAVE SOME HEAVIER TOUCH
MECHANISMS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE
ARE MANUALLY GETTING CSV'S THAT
DATA AND WE ARE ABLE TO ANALYZE
THAT. WE JUST WERE ABLE TO
RELEASE OUR FIRST PRELIMINARY
DATA REPORT FOR WHAT DECEMBER
LOOKED LIKE AND WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO
THE SAME FOR JANUARY.
>> SO IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME WE
WILL GET THE FIRST QUARTERLY
REPORT THE FIRST QUARTER THIS
YEAR?
>> YES AND WILL PROBABLY COME
MID APRIL.
>> WHILE THAT IS QUITE QUICK.
>> WE WILL BE COLLECTING THAT
DATA QUICKLY.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS AND WE
GOT INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS,
WE ARE -- WE HAVE ALREADY
STARTED THE AUDITS AND WE WILL
BE SPINNING UP THE THIRD-PARTY
CONTRACT THIS MONTH.
THE DATA VERIFICATION REPORTING
IS ALSO ONGOING.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING
OUTREACH WITH THE MODAL BOARDS.
WE SPOKE TO THE BIKE BOARDS IN
DECEMBER AND THE BIKE BOARDS IN
DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF
OUTREACH WITH THE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND ALSO A LOT OF THE GROUPS
REPRESENTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES IN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
A LOT OF THAT WENT INTO HELP
CRAFT THIS PROGRAM AND WE WILL
BE CONTINUING THAT OUTRAGE
ESPECIALLY AS IT CAN HELP INFORM
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM AND
SPECIFICALLY THOSE TARGETED
AUDITS AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO REACH WITH THAT.
NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO THAT
SECTION 6 OF THE LEGISLATION
AND DISCUSS SIDEWALK MANAGEMENT
BEFORE HANDING IT BACK TO
CHRISTINA.
WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE
CURRENT TOOLS AND GALATIANS IN
THE TOOLBOX WE HAVE AT OUR
DISPOSAL RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THE POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS OF THIS RATHER
LARGE QUESTION.
THIS SLIDE GOES OVER WHAT THE
ACTUAL LEGISLATION IS AND OTHERS
. SOMETIMES SOME CONFUSION ON
THIS.
THE SMC RIGHT NOW SAYS THAT
BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED TO BE
WRITTEN ON SIDEWALKS AND THE
BICYCLIST MUST YIELD TO
PEDESTRIANS AND THEY MUST
OPERATE AT A SPEED THAT IS
REASONABLE AND PROPER UNDER THE
CONDITIONS.
THAT IS THE EXISTING LAW FOR
BIKES.
FOR E BIKES THIS IS UPDATED
LAST YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IT ALLOWS CLASS ONE AND 2E
BIKES ON SIDEWALKS. CLASS ONE
INTO E BIKES I WILL GET INTO
THAT BRIEFLY, A CLASS IE BIKE
IS ESSENTIALLY A BIKE THAT YOU
HAVE TO PADDLE BUT THE ELECTRIC
ASSIST ILL HELP YOU TO ABOUT
20 MILES AN HOUR.
A CLASS TO A BIKE IS THE SAME
BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO NOT
PADDLE AND THERE IS A LITTLE
THROTTLE THAT WILL GET YOU UP
TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
FOR CLARITY, YOU BIKES ARE ALL
CLASS IE BIKES.
WE ACTUALLY LIMIT THAT TOP
SPEED TO 15 THAT THE ASSIST
WORKS TO RATHER THAN 20 SO A
LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE STATE
DEFINITION.
THE CLASS III GO UP TO 28 MILES
AN HOUR AND ARE STILL PETALS.
USED AT THE PEDAL THE BIKES.
BY THE STATE DEFINITION THOSE
ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE
SIDEWALKS.
E-SCOOTERS ARE A TOPIC THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT
RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ARE ALSO NOT ALLOWED ON
THE SIDEWALKS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
>> SO THE SECOND TWO BULLETS
ABOUT E BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS
THOSE ARE BOTH STATE LAW NOT
CITY?
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO IN CLASS I OR CLASS II E
BIKE AND GO 20 MILES AN HOUR,
IT'S HARD TO ME TO IMAGINE THAT
THAT WOULD BE SPEED REASONABLE
AND PROPER CONDITIONS IN ANY
ENVIRONMENT.
I ASSUME THE STATE LAW DOES NOT
MEAN YOU CAN GO 20 MILES AN
HOUR ON A SIDEWALK, OUR CITY
LAW WOULD STILL PER BARREL
PREVAIL.
HOW WE MANAGE THAT INTERACTION?
>> IN ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS
TO THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
BOARD, ONE OF THE FRAMING
DISCUSSIONS WAS LET'S TALK
ABOUT BEHAVIOR AND LET'S TALK
ABOUT SPEEDS RATHER THAN LET'S
TALK ABOUT SO THAT WOULD BE ONE
WAY TO GET AT THAT.
I KNOW THE CLASS IE BIKES CAN
GO 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH ASSIST
. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO
GO 20 MILES AN HOUR YOU KNOW
CARS MAY GO HUNDRED.
THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
THAT IS THE FRAMING OF IT BUT
YOUR QUESTION OF HOW DO WE
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE.
THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
I THINK WE WILL NEED TO TALK
ABOUT MORE.
THERE IS THE SLIDE THAT YOU PUT
IN THE 2019 BUDGET THAT
ADDRESSES THAT AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S A LARGER
DISCUSSION THEN KIND OF WHERE
THIS IS SCOPED TO WHAT TOOLS WE
HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL RIGHT NOW.
>> IS COMPLICATED AND HARD AND
I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING SOME
OF THE WORK DOWNTOWN AND
NEIGHBORHOODS TO CREATE SAFE
PLACES FOR BICYCLISTS THAT IS
NOT ON THE SIDEWALK AND IS NOT
MIXED IN WITH THE MOTOR
VEHICLES.
WE KNOW THAT THAT NETWORK IS IN
ITS INFANCY STILL AND THERE IS
LOTS OF PLACES THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY WHERE BICYCLISTS
MIGHT FEEL UNSAFE RIDING ON THE
ROAD AND THEY NEED TO BE ON THE
SIDEWALK BUT THEN DO THEY DO
THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF A
PEDESTRIAN WHO DOES NOT FEEL
SAFE SHARING THE SPACE WITH
BICYCLISTS.
HOW DO WE ENFORCE THIS BEHAVIOR?
I AM CURIOUS, ARE THERE DO WE
HAVE ANY DATA ON ACTUAL
ENFORCEMENT?
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE HARD
STATISTICS OF X AMOUNT OF
TICKETS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
ISSUED.
WE DO KNOW IT'S VERY LIGHT AND
IT HAS BEEN NOT FLAGGED AS A
PRIORITY.
>> I GET THAT.
I THINK AS WE ARE WORKING WITH
THE VENDORS THIS IS WHERE THERE
NEEDS TO BE SOME SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY WITH THESE
PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT ARE
COMING IN BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE
PROBABLY SOME OF THE TOOLS.
THEY CAN KICK PEOPLE OFF THEIR
PLATFORM IF THEY ARE BEHAVING
IMPROPERLY, THEY CAN DO ALL
SORTS OF REMINDERS THROUGH APPS
, THERE IS A LOT OF EDUCATION
THAT THEY CAN DO BUT I THINK WE
AS A REGULATOR HAVE A ROLE TO
PLAY IN MAKING A THAT WE ARE
SITTING REALLY CLEAR
EXPECTATIONS WITH THOSE
PROVIDERS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND A GOOD
CORPORATE CITIZEN IN OUR CITY
AND WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF THEIR
CUSTOMERS ON OUR CITIZENS AS
WELL.
>> EXACTLY.
YOU PROVIDED A GREAT TRANSITION
TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER TOOLS
THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NOT THE
CODE. THAT GETS INTO LIKE YOU
SAID VENDOR EDUCATION, WHAT ARE
THE VENDORS ASSIGNED TO THE
USERS.
HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE THEM TO
DO MORE THAN THEY ARE ALREADY
DOING.
PART OF THE PERMIT DOES REQUIRE
THAT THEY ARE EDUCATING THE
USERS ON PROPER WRITING BEHAVIOR
, UNYIELDING TO PEDESTRIANS,
AND WE JUST NEED TO WORK
WITHOUT UNDOING MORE OF THAT IN
DOING A BETTER.
ALSO THE BLOCKAGES, THE WHOLE
PARKING ISSUE, AGAIN, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S NOT MOVING BIKE IT
IS AN IMPEDIMENT ON THE
SIDEWALK AND THOSE VENDORS
úRESPONSIVE TO THE BLOCKAGES AR
AUDITS AND THE PENALTIES, WE
ALL SEE THAT AS TOOLS THAT
COULD GO INTO EASING THIS
UPCOMING CONFLICT. THEN JUST
LIKE YOU SAID THERE IS ALSO
INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTIONS OF OUR
WE BUILDING MORE BIKE LANES AND
I KNOW WITH THE LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE THE BMP CENTER CITY
BIKE NETWORK, THOSE ARE ALL
EFFORTS TO REALLY CONCENTRATE
AND BUILD MORE BIKE LANES.
THEN THROUGH THE BIKE SHARE
PROGRAM REALLY INCREASING GOOD
PLACES TO PARK THE SPIKES.
WE ARE TAKING 40% OF THOSE
PERMIT FEES TO REALLY RAMP UP
BIKE PARKING CITYWIDE.
WEHAVE REDESIGNED LIKE PARKING
CORRAL, THAT IS AN ON STREET
SPOT THAT IS USUALLY NEAR THE
INTERSECTION.
OUR TRADITIONAL DESIGN AND THE
NATIONAL TRADITIONAL DESIGN IS
THREE RACKS CENTER IN A 17 FOOT
SPOT.
WE SIMPLY MOVE THOSE RACKS OVER
SO WE HAVE A GOODS BASE FOR
PERSONAL BIKES OR THOSE THAT
HAVE A LOCK AND ALSO BIG OPEN
AREA FOR MY BIKE SHARE BIKES
FOR CARBON GO BIKES AND FAMILY
BIKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TRYING TO INCREASE THAT
SPACE THAT ALLOWS THIS TO
HAPPEN.
IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS ON
TAT I WILL PASS IT BACK TO
CRISTINA VANVALKENBURGH WHO
WILL GET INTO MORE OF THE
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.
>> REALLY QUICK JOE, A YEAR
AND A HALF, IS THAT ONLY HOW
LONG?
>> YES.
>> SO OVER THAT PERIOD WE HAVE
SEEN A COUPLE VENDORS LEAVE, A
FOURTH VENDOR COME, ARE WE
SEEING IMPROVEMENT AND IS THERE
ANY WAY THAT THE CITY CAN TRACK
THE NUMBER OF MISSED PARKING'S
OR THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS ON
SIDEWALKS AND DO WE FEEL LIKE
IT'S GETTING BETTER?
>> YES, WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH
OF THAT AUDITING YET TO REALLY
BE COMFORTABLE COMING BACK WITH
NUMBERS BUT WE DO HAVE A
BASELINE IN WHEN WE WENT OUT IN
THE PILOT WHERE WE SAW 4 TO 6
PERCENT OF THE BIKES WERE
BLOCKING.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE AIMING FOR 3%
IN THIS NEXT ITERATION OF THE
PERMIT WITH THE GOAL OF THAT
GOING DOWN YEAR BY YEAR BY
YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET BUT WE
ARE WORKING TOWARD HAVING THAT.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE
ESTABLISHED A BASELINE BECAUSE
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.
>> AS WE ARE SEEING I THINK
THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM
AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE
IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES AND
OTHER MOTILITY DEVICES ON THE
SIDEWALK.
WE STARTED HAVING A
CONVERSATION AND DOING SOME
THINKING AND LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE LITERATURE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE SOME POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND AND KEEP IN MIND AS
WE CONSIDER A DIFFERENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK WHICH
PROBABLY WILL BE FURTHER
DISCUSSED LATER ON WHEN WE COME
BACK HERE WITH THE RESPONSE TO
THIS SLIDE LATER IN THE SUMMER.
THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
FOUND, THE SAFETY EQUITY AND
COMFORT ARE THREE BIG ISSUES
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD
WITH IDENTIFYING NEW TOOLS FOR
MANAGING THE SIDEWALK
OPERATIONS OF BIKE SHARE.
ON THE SAFETY SIDE AS YOU KNOW
YOU SAID THAT SOME FOLKS DON'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE WRITING IN ANY
OTHER WAY THAN THE SIDEWALK
UNLESS THERE ARE SOME SEPARATED
BICYCLE FACILITIES. ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN.
THEY FEEL MUCH SAFER RIDING A
BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK SO WE NEED
TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENT FOLKS AND WHAT IS THE
COMFORT LEVEL FOR EXAMPLE IF WE
WERE TO PROHIBIT USE OF
BICYCLES ON THE SIDEWALK FOR AN
EXAMPLE.
WE NEED TO BALANCE THE SAFETY
AND THE WAY THE PEOPLE WOULD
FEEL WRITING IN THIS YOU DON'T
HAVE A BICYCLE FACILITY.
ANOTHER ELEMENT IS EQUITY.
A LOT OF AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE
WE MAY WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE
BICYCLE RIDERSHIP.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE
SUFFICIENT, YOU KNOW THERE HAS
NOT BEEN THIS INVESTMENT AND WE
DON'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF
BICYCLE FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED
BIKE LANES.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
LOOKING AT AND MAKING DECISIONS
REGARDING WHO CAN RIDER WHO
CANNOT RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK.
KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THE
EQUITY IS ONE CONSIDERATION
MOVING FORWARD.
THE THIRD ELEMENT IS OF COURSE
COMFORT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE SIDEWALK
IS A PLACE WHERE PEDESTRIANS
NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE, WHERE
THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED
AND THE CHILDREN NEED TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE SO WHEN WE LOOK AT
DIFFERENT TOOLS FOR OUR TOOLBOX
TO HELP MANAGE BIKE SHARE,
COMFORT OF THE USERS OF THE
SIDEWALK HAS TO CONTINUE TO BE
ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE
WOULD LOOK AT.
BASICALLY IT WOULD BE A BALANCE
LOOKING AT THOSE THREE
DIFFERENT THINGS, THOSE THREE
POLICY ELEMENTS AND PROBABLY
EVEN MORE AND CREATES AND
CONTINUE IDENTIFY TACTICS AND
ALTERNATIVES FOR MANAGING THE
SIDEWALK THAT BALANCES ALL
THOSE THREE ELEMENTS.
>> I APPRECIATE HIGHLIGHTING
THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN
COLLISIONS ARE RARE BUT ALSO
BRINGING UP COMFORT BECAUSE
EVEN IF THERE IS NOT A
COLLISION BUT SOMEONE IS
SPOOKED BY A FAST RIDING BIKER
IT FEELS LIKE A NEAR MISS TO
THEM, THAT CAN RUIN YOUR DAY
AND MAKE YOU FEARFUL ABOUT
BEING ON THE SIDEWALKS AND
TAKES US IN AN OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
THE THING THAT I STRUGGLE WITH
WITH THE BIKE SHARE BIKES AND
FRANKLY ALL OF THE OTHER NEW
MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS THAT ARE
OUT THERE, IS THESE HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO RADICALLY
TRANSFORM OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT CAN BE
EXTREMELY POSITIVE FROM A
CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE FROM A
CONGESTIVE PROTECTIVE FROM A
MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE, IF WE DO
IT AT THE EXPENSE, ESPECIALLY
AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE, PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
THE THING IS WE HAVE TO DO IT,
WE HAVE TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS
ALL THOSE PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE
TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IT'S NOT
ON ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL SPECS.
>> TOTALLY.
>> THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A
LOT OF WORK.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I THINK
JOEL YOU ANCIENT MODAL BIRDS, I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
ADDITION TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND
THE TRANSIT BOARD, THOSE ARE
ALSO PEDESTRIANS AT THE
BEGINNING AND END OF EVERY TRIP
AND HOW THESE INTERACT WITH
LAST MILE AND PROVIDE A GREAT
CONNECTION FOR TRANSIT CAN ALSO
INHIBIT TRANSIT USERS AND THE
COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, I THINK IT WOULD
BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW, AS WE WORK
THROUGH THIS AND PROBABLY ARE
CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS AS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES EVOLVE, IF IT
WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO CONVENE A
KIND OF SUBCOMMITTEE / CROSS
COMMITTEE OF ALL FOUR OF THOSE
TO COME TOGETHER AND PROVIDE
SOME REGULAR FEEDBACK A LOOK AT
THE DATA AND PROVIDE SOME
SUGGESTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT
THINKERS OUT THERE WHO CARE.
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY CONSIDER
THIS.
AS I SAID THIS IS A LEARNING
CONTINUOUSLY FOR US.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR
BEST PRACTICES AND WHEN IT
COMES TO SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN
HOME MANAGED POTENTIAL
CONFLICT, I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MORE
COMING AS MORE CITIES GO
THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE BUT
TOTALLY I THINK CONVENING SOME
FOLKS THAT HAVE SOME DIFFERENT
INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN
BRING ONTO THE CONVERSATION, I
THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD
IDEA, VERY GOOD STEP FORWARD.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HELP IN GETTING
THAT SET UP AND PARTICIPATING.
I THINK WE HAVE THESE BUILT-IN
FOCUS GROUPS THAT ARE REALLY
EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT
ARE DEDICATED TO FINDING
SOLUTIONS.
>> WE WILL BE RESENTING AT THE
NEXT STEP INDUSTRY AND ACCESS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. I
BELIEVE THAT IS IN MARCH.
WE ARE ALSO, LAST YEAR WE DID
OUR OWN DISABILITY FOCUSED
OUTREACH. WE HAD A GREAT PUBLIC
MEETING THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSED
ON SOLVING SOME OF THESE
PROBLEMS AND LOOKING AT
REPLICATING THAT THIS YEAR AS
WELL.
AND THEN WE WILL BE HAPPY TO
TALK MORE ABOUT SOME SORT OF
CROSS COMMITTEE APPROACH AS
WELL.
>> YES AND I WILL LOOK TO SOME
OF THE VOLUNTEERS ON THOSE
VARIOUS BOARDS TO ASK THEM WHAT
THE BEST WAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO
CONTRIBUTE.
MAYBE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE
NOT HELPFUL THEY WOULD RATHER
HAVE RECITATIONS OR MAYBE THE
CROSS COLLABORATION WOULD FEEL
REALLY BENEFICIAL AND HELP US
THAT SOME IDEAS AS WELL.
FOR OKAY THAT IS A GOOD
SUGGESTION.
AND NEXT STEPS, WE WILL CONSIDER
AS JOEL INDICATED WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH A BIKE PARK
INSTALLATION.
IT IS OUR GOAL TO ADD
ADDITIONAL 1500 BICYCLE PARKING
SPACES ON STREETS AND WE ARE
POISED TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY
TO BUILD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
STARTING NOW TO THE SUMMER WHEN
IT HELPS.
>> SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN
>> 1500.
>> SO IS A TYPICAL CORRAL AS
YOU DESCRIBE IT IS THAT LIKE 10
SPOTS?
>> THAT IS SIX SPOTS, A TYPICAL
CORRAL.
>> WE SEE ON STREET ARE WE
TALKING MOSTLY CORRAL THEN?
>> YES MOSTLY CORRAL'S.
>> SO I CAN DO THE MATH THERE
úALMOST.
THAT'S LIKE 250 CORRALS?
>> YES.
>> THAT'S GREAT
>> SO WE HAVE BROUGHT
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO WE ARE
WORKING WITH OUR CREWS
CURRENTLY DURING THE DOWNTIME
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
WORK ON THE STREET DUE TO THE
VIADUCT.
WE ARE ALREADY INSTALLING USING
THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY
HAVE TO BE OUT THERE INSTALLING
ADDITIONAL BIKE PARKING.
WE WILL CONTINUE DOING MORE
OUTREACH. I APPRECIATE YOUR
SUGGESTION OF CREATING SOME
TYPE OF FOCUS GROUP TO FOCUS ON
BIKE SHARE AND WE WILL DISCUSS
THAT FURTHER.
WE WILL BE AS A NEXT STOP HERE
UNLESS YOU INVITE US TO COME
BEFORE THAT WE WILL BE HERE
WITH THE LIVE RESPONSE SOMETIME
IN THE SUMMER AS THE SLIGHTEST
DUE AT THE END OF JUNE.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE
YOU WRAP UP.
FOR ONE, AS YOU WRAP UP THE
BIKE SHARE, THE TWO TOOLS YOU
MENTIONED IN THE SLIDES WERE
ESSENTIALLY TAKING AWAY SOME OF
THEIR PRIVILEGES BUT IT DID NOT
FEEL ANY MONETARY PENALTIES.
IS THE ANALYSIS THAT WE THINK
THE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE IS
MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN WRITING A
CHECK?
>> ONE OF THE LESSONS WE
LEARNED IN THE PILOT AND
STUDYING THE FIELD IS THAT A
LOT OF THESE FIRMS COME WITH A
HEALTHY AMOUNT OF VENTURE
CAPITAL, LIKE FOR HER LYFT,
THAT IS GREATLY MODIFIED.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHATEVER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WE
HAD IMPACTED NOT MAYBE THAT
VENTURE CAPITAL BUT THEIR
ABILITY TO COMPETE IN SEATTLE
AS THIS IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET.
MOREOVER, WE DID NOT WANT A
VERY WELL-FUNDED FIRM TO JUST
BE ABLE TO IGNORE THE RULES AND
THE COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND WRITE
CHECKS.
>> RIGHT I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ANALYSIS
THAT BROUGHT US TO THE PROPOSAL
OF 20,000 BIKES CITYWIDE AND
WANTING TO HAVE COVERAGE
CITYWIDE.
WITH OUR PERMIT WITH THESE
VENDORS DO WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS
IN PLACE ON THE DISTRIBUTION?
THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS
YOU MENTIONED SOME WHERE THERE
IS PROBABLY A LOT OF DEMAND
ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE AT
LEAST INITIALLY I CAN SEE WHERE
FOLKS MIGHT SAY IT DOES NOT
MAKE SENSE. MY FEAR WOULD BE
THAT IF THEY TRIED TO PUT ALL
20,000 BIKES IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE AS OPPOSED TO SPREAD
THAT OUT SO HOW DO WE MANAGE
THAT?
>> THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COVER
THE WHOLE CITY. WITH THE BIKES
WE GAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF
LAG TIME A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR
SIX MONTHS I BELIEVE ACTUALLY
BEFORE THEY HAD TO COVER THE
WHOLE CITY BUT EVENTUALLY EACH
COMPANY HAS TO COVER THE WHOLE
CITY.
>> THAT MEANS THAT THE ZONE,
YOU COULD DROP IT OFF.
>> YES.
WE ALSO REQUIRED, WE DID SOME
ANALYSIS ON IN THE PILOT WERE
NOT MANY BIKE SHARE BIKES
WHERE.
WE OVERLAID THAT WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD LOW
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY BUT HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK.
WE FOUND THAT THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE CALLED EQUITY
FOCUS AREAS AND REQUIRED IT
EACH MORNING AT 5 AM 10% OF THE
FLEET THERE IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> HOW ABOUT ANY CONCERN ABOUT
OVER CONCENTRATION IN THE MORE
POPULAR MORE DENSE AREAS WHERE
I AM GUESSING SIDEWALK SPACE
AND PARKING SPACES AT A
PREMIUM.
>> WE DID NOT HAVE A MECHANISM
IN THE PERMIT TO SAY THAT IS
TOO MANY BIKES.
THEY CANNOT PLACE MORE THAN I
BELIEVE IT IS 15 BIKES ON ONE
BLOCK FACE BUT WE ALSO SAW THAT
THE AUDIT WERE REALLY -- THE
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY OF TOO
MANY BIKES ON THE BLOCK IS AT
THE BIKES FOR HER TO BE
ORGANIZED AND THEY WILL BE
BLOCKING AND CAUSING PROBLEMS.
WE SAW REALLY THAT THAT WAS
TAKING CARE OF WITH THE AUDIT
APPROACH.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE MECHANISMS DEVELOP AS WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
WE ARE A LITTLE OVERTIME BUT HE
APPRECIATE YOU STICKING OUT.
>>> COUNSEL BILL 119457 SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO
>>> THAT WE SEE HER AT EVERY
COMMITTEE MEETING AMY.
>> MY NAME IS AMY GRAY AND I
WORK FOR THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN GET
THROUGH THIS THE BETTER FOR ME.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A QUICK
OVERVIEW.
>> I WILL MAKE A SHORT AS WE.
THE PROS TERM PERMIT ORDINANCES
TO ALLOW PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
CONDUITS UNDER TERRY AVENUE
SOUTH OF VIRGINIA STREET AND
THE AREA BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND
STEWART SUITE NORTH OF NINTH
AVENUE.
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH
INSTITUTE IS ASKING TO USE
EXISTING CONDUITS TO PROVIDE
TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLY TO THE
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING
LOCATED AT 1920 TERRY AVENUE.
THAT IS CURRENTLY FED BY 1915
TERRY. THE USE OF THESE EXISTING
TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO LAY
THE CONDUIT TAKE OUT THE FIRE
SUPPLY AND LAY THE PRIVATE
CONDUIT MAKES IT SO THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE TO TEAR UP THE
STREET AT A LATER DATE WHEN
THEY ARE READY FOR THE CONDUIT
TO BE PLACED.
IT WILL SERVE THREE SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S RESEARCH BUILDINGS.
THESE COMMUNICATION CONDUITS
WILL ALLOW THE SHARING OF DATA
BETWEEN THE NEW RESEARCH LAB
OTHER RESEARCH FACILITIES OTHER
BUILDINGS AND ADMIN AND THESE
ARE ALL RELATED TO RESEARCH
INTO CHILDREN RELATED DISEASES.
HERE IS A MAP SHOWING THE
GENERAL AREA. IT'S A LARGER MAP
HERE. TECHNICALLY I GUESS IT IS
SOUTH LAKE UNION BUT IT'S A
LITTLE EAST OF THAT.
THE 2019 FEE IF THIS IS
APPROVED WILL BE $2841 AND WE
WILL HAVE A BOND ON THE CONDUIT
IN CASE THEY WALK AWAY AND WE
NEED TO REMOVE IT. WE ARE
ASKING COUNSEL AND MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS
PERMIT ORDINANCE.
>> RIGHT.
IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY WE LOVE THE WORK THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS DOING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR RIGOROUS
ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
FITS IN THERE.
WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE COUNSEL BILL 119457 AND I
WILL ALSO SECONDED.
THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT HE WAS
REFERRING TO BUT I WILL VOTE IN
FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THE FULL
COUNSEL FOR PASSAGE, I WILL SAY
I THERE AND THERE ARE NO DAYS.
THINGS WORK ON THIS AND WILL
GET TO THIS FULL COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.