>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, IT
IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019,
10:03 AM, MY NAME IS MIKE
O'BRIEN, WELCOME TO THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I'M
THE CHAIR, A SPECIAL MEETING
BEFORE A 2 WEEK RECESS AT THE
END OF AUGUST, WE HAVE SEVEN
ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, ONE
OF THOSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO
GET TO TODAY, I WILL SPEAK TO
THAT IN A SECOND.
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED
TO THE POTENTIAL SALE OF CITY
PROPERTY, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK, THE
NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST CORNERS
OF DEXTER AVENUE IN MERCER, THE
NEXT IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING
THAT SDOT GREAT BIKE AND SCOOTER
PARKING, THAT WILL BE STUCK --
DISCUSSED BY ABEL PACHECO WHEN
HE GETS HERE.
AND THOSE WILL BE VOTED ON AND
THE ORDINANCE FOR PERFECT --
BIKE LANES, MAJOR PAINTING
PROJECTS, IF THEY ARE
IDENTIFIED IN THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN, POSSIBLY BOATING -- VOTING
ON A RESOLUTION, THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ANY
DISCUSSION, BUT NO VOTE ON AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO HEATING
OIL, IMPOSING A TAX ON HEATING
OIL, AND DIRECTING THE
EXPENDITURES TOWARDS CONVERSION,
AND ELIMINATING HE'S -- HEATING
OIL PHASING OUT OVER 10 YEARS.
>>> AND FINALLY A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON TRANSPORTATION
FEES, IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING
RECEIVED A RULING FROM THE
HEARING EXAMINER OVER A
CHALLENGE TO THAT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, BUT AS OF THIS
MORNING, WE HAVE NOT HEARD A
RESPONSE, SO I'M GOING TO AMEND
THE AGENDA AND REMOVE ITEM
NUMBER 7, AND I WILL GO AHEAD
AND APPROVE THE AGENDA AS
AMENDED WITH THE FIRST SIX
ITEMS AS WE JUST DISCUSSED.
>>> WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT, FOLKS HAVE UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE WILL READ A FEW
NAMES OF THE TIME, YOU CAN COME
TO THE MICROPHONE HERE IN THE
CENTER OR THE FAR SIDE, WE HAVE
ABOUT 15 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
STEPHEN CLARK IS FIRST,
FOLLOWED BY KEVIN CLARK AND
MEGAN MURPHY.
STRAP -- >>> MY NAME IS DAVE
CLARK, THE THIRD-GENERATION
OWNER BOTH MY SISTERS OF
GENESEE ENERGY, STARTED BY MY
GRANDFATHER IN 1929.
WE APPLAUD THE GOAL OF CARBON
NEUTRALITY, AND IN FACT THE
LAST 10 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN
SELLING BIOFUEL, WITH A GOAL OF
GETTING ALL OF THESE SEATTLE
CUSTOMERS ON 100% BIOFUEL BY
2029.
WE ALSO APPLAUD THE ASSISTANCE
TO LOW INCOME.
BUT OUTREACH, WHAT ABOUT THE
70,000 OTHER FAMILIES THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED?
DID YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND
LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE
EXPECTED TO SPEND $264 MILLION
IN EIGHT YEARS,, A QUARTER OF
$1 BILLION, YOUR NUMBERS, TO
COMPLY WITH THE CITY?
IF THE GOAL IS REALLY CARBON
NEUTRALITY, WHY IS NATURAL GAS
IGNORED?
THERE ARE 188,000 HOMES IN
SEATTLE BURNING NATURAL GAS,
THEY THINK IS NO CARBON.
THIS PLAN DOES NOTHING.
EQUITABLY -- THIS IS NOT
EQUITABLE, 5% WILL BE COMPELLED
BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO SPEND
A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION, THESE
ARE NOT HIGH EARNERS, UPPER
MIDDLE EARNERS, WITH TAX, WHICH
IS A GREAT PLAN, TAKES CARE OF
THE LOW INCOME, THE QUARTER OF
$1 BILLION WILL LAND SQUARELY
ON THOSE EARNING $36,000-
$75,000 PER HOUSEHOLD, THESE
ARE WORKING CLASS, ELDERLY,
FIXED INCOME, WHILE OVER
188,000 RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO
BURN NATURAL GAS AND PAY
NOTHING.
THIS IS NOT EQUITABLE, AND THE
PROPOSAL IS NOT READY, I URGE
THE COUNCIL TO WAIT, THINK YOU.
>> THICK -- THANK YOU, KEVIN?
>> I HAVE LIVED IN MY OIL
HEATED HOME FOR 40 YEARS, FOR
THREE DECADES I WAS A CITY
EMPLOYEE, PART OF MY CAREER IN
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND
REPAIRS, LEARNING OF THIS
PROPOSAL 10 YEARS AGO, I HAVE
HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
HEATING OIL COMPANIES, THE CITY
HAD KEPT THEM IN THE DARK, TOO,
JUST LIKE US AFFECTED
HOMEOWNERS.
I BROUGHT OVER 100 PROPOSED
ACTIONS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, I
WOULD HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED TO
BRING ONE LIKE THIS WITHOUT
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INPUT
ESPECIALLY THE FEW AFFECTED
BUSINESSES RESIDENTS, DOES THIS
COUNCIL HAVE LOWER STANDARDS
THAN YOUR PREDECESSORS?
ARE YOU JUST RUSHING TO GET
THIS DONE BEFORE YOUR TERMS
EXPIRE?
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE NOT
JUST THE GOVERNING BODY, THEY
ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC
DETECTED UTILITY MONOPOLIES,
CITIES ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM
ANTITRUST LAWS.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT HURT
BIG OIL COMPANIES LIKE EXXON
RBP, THESE ARE CLASSIC SMALL
BUSINESSES RUN BY THE SONS,
DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSONS OF THE
DAUGHTERS, THEY ARE NOT CLIMATE
CHANGE DENIERS, THEY SELF
BIOFUEL, SERVICE MAINTENANCE
AND REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS
TODAY, EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE OIL HEAT CUSTOMERS
THAT COULD HELP MARKET AND
INSTALL NEW HEATING SYSTEMS.
THEY WOULD RATHER BE PARTNERS
THAN PLAINTIFFS.
SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO CREATE A
MODEL THAT OTHER CITIES CAN
COPY, WHY NOT PIONEER WORKING
WITH YOUR LOCAL HEATING OIL
BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF FIGHTING
THEM, WOULDN'T THAT BE A BETTER
EXAMPLE OF HOW SEATTLE DOES
THINGS?
>> THANK YOU KEVIN.
MEGAN, EURONEXT, FOLLOWED BY
RYAN, AND KIERSTEN SMITH.
>>> -- YOU ARE NEXT.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
I LIKE NUMBER 5, THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION,
EVERYBODY'S HOPES WERE KIND OF
SMASHED WHEN WE REALIZE THAT --
I THINK IT IS $35 MILLION,
GOING TO THE NORTHEAST FOR THE
BIKE LANES, EVEN RAINIER
AVENUE, 35th AVENUE SOUTH,
EVERYBODY SAID THERE WAS A
TRAFFIC LIGHT, DANGEROUS FOR
BIKES, SO FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE OVERWRITING
THE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTING IT
ANYWAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY VITAL TO
HAVE ALTERNATIVE
TRANSPORTATION, AND THE OTHER
ONE THAT I REALLY LIKE IS THE E
SCOOTER AND BIKE PARKING,
BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY GOING TO
RESHAPE THE CITY, IN A GOOD WAY
CHYNNA GREENE WAY, THE THING
ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
GOOD, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S
ENOUGH, I THINK ONCE RENT
CONTROLS IN PLACE, MEETING HERE
ON STAMMER 17th, THEN THE
FEKETE'S PAST, I THINK THAT IS
A MORE SUBSTANTIAL WIN FOR
PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO STAY IN THE
SAME PLACE FOR A LONG AMOUNT OF
TIME AND BUILD A LIFE, LIKE A
JOB, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, A
GROCERY STORE, BUT HOWEVER,
NUMBER 2, ABOUT THE ADDITION --
OH SORRY.
THEY ARE GOING TO SELL A CITY
PROPERTY --
>> NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2.>>
THANK YOU.
THAT IS A GOOD ONE, $130 MILLION
FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
AND THE HOUSING, ALL OF THIS IS
GOOD, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU MEGAN.
RYAN?>> GOOD MORNING, I WASN'T
PLANNING ON BEING HERE TODAY,
BUT I CHANGE MY SCHEDULE AFTER
TWO PEOPLE IN TODAY'S WERE HIT
ON A REVENUE NEAR 85th STREET.
I HOPE IT UNDERSCORES THE
CURRENT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
CRISIS THAT ARE CITIES IN THE
GRIPS OF, WITH NUMBERS THAT ARE
THROUGH THE ROOF.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CITY IS
NOT GOING TO DO ENOUGH ON ITS
OWN, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND
THE LEGISLATION THAT THE
COMMITTEE IS BRINGING THROUGH
IS AN INDICATION THAT THEY'RE
DOING IS MUCH AS THEY CAN RIGHT
NOW TO PUSH SAFETY, BUT WE NEED
TO BE MORE APPREHENSIVE, BIKE
LANE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
PHENOMENAL, AND THE PLACE WHERE
WE ARE PROTECTING PEDESTRIANS
AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW THE
BEST WAY, AND ELSEWHERE, WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO IN TERMS
OF COLLISION HOTSPOTS, I THINK
THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO GET A
REPORT VERY REGULARLY ABOUT
WHERE THESE COLLISIONS ARE
HAPPENING, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO
SYSTEMATICALLY, I CAN NAME
DOZENS OF INTERSECTIONS WHERE
ONE, TWO OR THREE MAJOR
PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS OF
HAPPENED AND NO CHANGES HAVE
HAPPENED.
THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO GET TO
ZERO NUMBERS SOONER, WAITING
UNTIL DECEMBER IS AN ACCEPTABLE
FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S
INFORMATION.>>> MY FINAL
COMMENT ON THE BIG LEGISLATION,
-- BIKE LEGISLATION, MINOR IN
STREET SEPARATION, TECHNICALLY A
BIKE LANE ON MARTHA AND --
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAY, THAT SPD
DOESN'T RECOGNIZE AS A BIKE
LANE, SO TECHNICALLY, IT MIGHT
BE THE STANDARD BUT NOT REALLY,
THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, THANK
YOU.>> NANCY?
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MY
NAME IS NANCY HIRSCH WITH THE
NORTHWEST ENERGY COALITION, A
FOUNDING MEMBER OF SHIFT ZERO,
GREEN BUILDING AND CLIMATE
ACTION ORGANIZATIONS AND
BUSINESSES THAT ADVANCE ZERO NET
CARBON BUILDING IN WASHINGTON.
119607 TO JUMPSTART THE ANCE
CONVERSION OF OIL HEATING HOMES
TO ELECTRIC HEATING, IT IS
INEFFICIENT, POLLUTING AND
UNHEALTHY FOR OCCUPANTS, THIS
POLICY CREATES A PATH TO
CONVERT TO CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
SUCH AS ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS.
IN FACT SEATTLE HAS THE PERFECT
CLIMATE FOR HEAT PUMPS, COST-
EFFECTIVE AND ULTRA-EFFICIENT
FOR OUR TEMPERATE WINTERTIME --
CLIMATE.
IN THE AIR CONDITIONING AS
SUMMER REVISIONS ARE GETTING
HOTTER DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
IN ADDITION TO REDUCING CARBON,
IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY IMPROVE
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE
REVENUE FROM THE TAX WILL BE
USED TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF
CONVERGENCE TO PAY THE FULL
COST OF LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
CONVERSIONS AND OFFSET THE COST
OF THE TAX FOR LOW INCOME WHILE
THEY WAIT FOR CONVERSION OR IF
THEY ARE A RENTER.
>>> VERY IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL
SUPPORT WORKFORCE RETRAINING
FOR OIL DELIVERY EMPLOYEES, IT
WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL IF THE
TRAINING FUNDS WERE FOR
EXISTING HVAC CONTRACTORS, THIS
CONVERSION MAY BE SOMETHING
THEY HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE.
>>> WHILE NOT IN THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT A CRITICAL COMPLIMENT,
WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY SERVICES, WHEN MAJOR
CHANGES TO THOSE LIKE OIL HEAT,
IT IS CRITICAL THAT THEY ARE
WEATHERIZED, AND UPGRADED TO AT
THE SAME TIME.
THE CITY MUST BE PROACTIVE TO
ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE OIL HEAT
CONVERSION CUSTOMERS ARE
CONNECTED TO EXISTING CITY
PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE
INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
WEATHERIZATION.
WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO ADOPT
THIS ORDINANCE, THANK YOU.>>
KIERSTEN.
FOLLOWED BY DALE, AND MARILYN
AND STEVE.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM KIERSTEN
SMITH, I RESENT THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AND
NANCY TODAY NICE JOB OF
DESCRIBING, NUMBER 6,
ARCHITECTS ARE WELL AWARE THAT
COST OF REMEDIATION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS WITH WILL
THINGS, THE VERY REAL THREAT,
POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, WE
CAN'T USE THIS, WE ARE ON OIL
RIGHT NOW, WE FEEL THE SAME
ABOUT GAS.
THE ATTACKS ON OIL ARE A
CRUCIAL ONE, BUILDINGS
REPRESENT ABOUT 40% OF
GREENHOUSE GASES IN SEATTLE,
FUEL OIL REPRESENTS 6% OF THE
BUILDING SECTOR GREENHOUSE GAS
USE.
AND A SMART WAY TO EXPAND THE
USE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT HEAT
PUMP TECHNOLOGY, THAT
ARCHITECTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT,
THE IMPACTS ON THE GH G
NUMBERS, MODEL POLICY, A GREAT
WEIGHT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO
HELP, BUT WE HOPE THEY WILL
FOLLOW YOUR LEAD.
THANK YOU.>> DALE?
>> LOCAL UNION 242, I WOULD
LIKE TO APPLY THE CITY ON THE
MERCER MEGABUCKS SALE, A GREAT
THING FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
NICE TO SEE YOU INCLUDE PLA,
ALLOTTING IT TO BRING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND AN AXIS THE MIDDLE
CLASS THROUGH APPRENTICESHIPS,
I WANT TO APPLY THE CITY FOR
INCLUDING A PLA IN THAT,
CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK.>> THANK
YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET PLA'S
AND PRIORITY HIGHER RIGHT, FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
>>> MARILYN?
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME TALK, MY NAME IS
MARILYN JENSEN, I AM WITH SOUND
OIL COMPANY, A SECOND-
GENERATION FAMILY-OWNED
ARE WOMEN. WO THIRDS OF WHICH
BASED IN SEATTLE, WE PROVIDE
NECESSARY SERVICE TO SEATTLE
HOMES.
WE EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 30
WORKERS IN THE CITY, WITH GOOD
JOBS, AND BENEFITS, HEALTHCARE
AND RETIREMENT, THE MAJORITY
BELONG TO UNIONS, TEAMSTERS ARE
I FW, WE HAVE PAID OVER
$420,000 TO THE CITY IN SALES
AND EXCISE TAXES, AND $36,000
IN TAX TO THE CITY AMONGST
OTHER FEES AND TAXES AND
LICENSES.
SOUND OIL IMPOSES LAMENTING A
HEATING OIL BUSINESS TAX, IT
WOULD HARM BUSINESSES IN THE
CITY, THAT THEY WERE PURPORTING
TO TRY TO HELP,
COUNTERINTUITIVE AND MAKES NO
SENSE.
THE CITY SHOULD RECOGNIZE SUCH
A TAX WOULD BE REGRESSIVE IN
NATURE.
IN SUMMARY, WE PROVIDE MANY
GOOD, HIGH-PAYING LOCAL JOBS TO
THE CITY WITH GOOD HEALTHCARE
AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS, THE
SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE
NECESSARY FOR KEEPING THOUSANDS
OF SEATTLE HOMES WARMING COME
-- COMFORTABLE IN INCLEMENT
WEATHER CONDITIONS, PROVIDING
GOOD STABLE RESIDENT --
REVENUE, EXCISE TAX, AND WE
BELIEVE IMPOSING A REGRESSIVE
HEATING OIL TAXES A BAD IDEA.>>
THANK YOU.
STEVE?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SETH,
AND WILLIAM, AND ELEANOR.
>> I AM STEVE GILL, -- GELB.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE OIL
TAX AND REGULATION ORDINANCE.
WE ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND A
DEGREE NEW DEAL CALLING TO BE
POLLUTION FREE BY 2030, GETTING
THERE WILL REQUIRE BOLD ACTION,
INCLUDING ELIMINATING VIRTUALLY
ALL FOSSIL FUELS FROM OUR
BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS OIL TAX AND
REGULATIONS ON OIL TANKS AS A
SIGNIFICANT STEP IN REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
WATER POLLUTION, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY, WE APPLAUD,
USING A SIGNIFICANT SHARE TO
SUPPORT TRANSITIONING FROM
HEATING OIL TO CLEAN
ELECTRICITY, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF
THEIR HOMES.
IN OUR TRANSITION, WE NEED TO
INSIST ON A JUST TRANSITION.
WE APPLAUD PLANS TO USE FUNDING
FROM THE STACKS FOR TRAINING
OIL INDUSTRY WORKERS, AND
PREPARE NEW WORKERS IN THE HVAC
FIELD, INSTALLING ENERGY-
EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT.
WE URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND WOMEN
WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE
FIELD, AND TO CREATE A PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES TO
PERFORM CONVERSIONS FROM OIL
HEATING TO ELECTRICITY.
THIS ORDINANCE IS A GREAT MODEL
FOR TRANSITIONING TO CLEAN
ELECTRICITY, AND I GREW THE
FIRST
>>, WHO INDICATED WE SHOULD
FOCUS ON NATURAL GAS ALSO NOT
JUST OIL, AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT ITS PASSAGE, AND YOU.
>> SETH?
-- THE FIRST TRACK.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WANT
TO ECHO SOME OF THE MESSAGES
WEIRD FROM OUR ADVOCATES LAST
WEEK AT THE COMMITTEE HEARING,
IN SUPPORT OF THESE RESOLUTIONS,
THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, PIECES
OF LEGISLATION.
WE HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS
VOICING CONCERN FOR THE
CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL
BURDEN, CRITICAL TACK NOW SO
THAT OUR YOUTH INHERIT A
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IS
EFFECTIVE, AND A COST-EFFECTIVE
CONNECTION TO JOBS, PEOPLE WHO
BIKE BY CHOICE OR OUT OF
NECESSITY SHOULD HAVE A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT, AND FROM NEIGHBORS
STRESSING THAT THE ROUTES
BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE ARE IMPORTANT FOR EVERY
DAY ACTIVITIES, HEALTH
CHECKUPS, SAFE RIDES TO SCHOOL.
AND CASCADE IS PROUD TO STAND
IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION, OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND
ECONOMICALLY SENSIBLE
STRATEGIES FOR ESTABLISHING AND
MAINTAINING SAFE ROUTES,
ENABLING THEM TO HAVE A --
THANK YOU, IT WAS AN HONOR TO
WORK WITH YOU, THINK IS SO MUCH.
>> WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>>> LEAH, FOLLOWED BY ELEANOR.
AND CLARK.
>> I AM A POLICY MANAGER AT
POLICY SOLUTIONS, ACCELERATING
TO A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE, I'M
HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THE HEATING OIL ORDINANCE, IN
WASHINGTON STATE, GREENHOUSE
GRASS POLLUTION STEMMING FROM
BUILDINGS HAS BEEN GROWING WE
HAVE TO REDUCE THEM.
HERE IN SEATTLE, THE REPRESENT
ALMOST 1/5 OF CARBON POLLUTION
FROM HOMES.
THIS ORDINANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY
ADDRESSES CUTTING CARBON
POLLUTION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
CRAFTED IN A WAY THAT
PRIORITIZES LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND HELPS THEM TO
SWITCH TO CLEAN HITTING --
HEATING.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, A
QUARTER TANKS ARE LEAKING, AND
LONG-TERM EXPLOSION -- EXPOSURE
TO THE FUMES CAN CAUSE KIDNEY
DAMAGE, AND PARTICLES ARE
UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE AND
EXACERBATE RESPIRATORY
CONDITIONS.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SWITCH
FROM HEATING HOMES WITH
ELECTRICITY, BUT WE CAN PLAY A
ROLE IN THE IN TRANSITION,
PEOPLE WHO NEED INCOME
QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING
RENTERS, WILL HAVE THEIR HOMES
FULLY UPGRADED AND OTHERS WERE
RECEIVED REBATES TO GET HIGHLY
EFFICIENT HEAT PUMPS, AND IF
THEY MEET THE INCOME
QUALIFICATION, NOT ONLY WILL
THEY FUND THE CONVERSION, THEY
WILL WORK ON THE COVENANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT RENT IS AN
INCREASE FOR THREE YEARS.
ONCE THE COST IS COVERED,
PEOPLE WILL HAVE EFFICIENT
HEATING, AND ELIGIBLE FOR
ENERGY PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND
PRE-WEATHERIZATION.
SO BENEFICIAL FOR THE CLIMATE
AND HER HEALTH, THIS ORDINANCE
IS WELL-CRAFTED, IT WILL
IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND GIVE
FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
CLEANER AND CHEAPER HEATING .
>>> I WANT TO ADD, SEVERAL
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS,
BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT A
COMPREHENSIVE ONE IS PART OF A
CLEAN AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM, SOMETHING WE SUPPORT,
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ELEANOR?
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ELEANOR BASTION, I AM THE
CLAIMANT AND CLEAN ENERGY
POLICY MANAGER AT THE
WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL
COUNCIL, IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT IS
WORKED FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE.
WE ARE PLEASED TO COME IN TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF THIS OIL HEATING
LEGISLATION.
THIS POLICY, A PROACTIVE
APPROACH TO REDUCING FOSSIL
FUEL USE, ANTICIPATING AND
LESSENING THE BURDEN FOR LOW
INCOME FOLKS, AND THE CLEAN
ENERGY TRANSITION.
WE HOPE THIS CAN BE A MODEL
EFFORT FOR OTHER SECTORS.
>>> BIG PICTURE, WE ARE ALL
PAYING A HIGH PRICE FOR USING
FOSSIL FUELS IN HER DAILY LIFE,
LIVES, BUT IN AN ECONOMY WHERE
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET
WEEK TO WEEK, WE NEED TO MANAGE
UPFRONT COSTS EVEN WHEN THERE
IS A LIKELY PAY OFF LATER.
THIS POLICY TAKES A THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH, MAKING HOMES CLEANER,
SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING
WITH THE COUNCIL AND IS
LEGISLATION AS WELL AS OTHER
INNOVATIVE PLANS TO MANAGE THE
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, THANK
YOU.>> THANK YOU.
CLARA.
YOU ARE THE LAST ONE, IF THERE
IS ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
GET IN LINE BEHIND CLARA.
>> I AM FROM SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES,
INCLUDING THE THREE ORDINANCES,
THE RESOLUTION ON SCOOTER
PARKING, BICYCLE SAFETY
ORDINANCE AND REQUESTING
FUNDING FOR THE UNDERFUNDING
THAT'S UNFUNDED BIKE ROUTES.
ALL THREE ARE RESPONSES TO WHAT
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN HEARING
THE LAST YEAR AND LONGER, FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
VISION ZERO, THE CLIMATE,
EQUITY AND SAFETY, I JUST WANT
TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT
TRANSPORTATION IS A VAST
MAJORITY OF THE CLIMATE
EMISSIONS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 10
YEARS TO DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE
WAY WE GET AROUND, INCLUDING A
SAFE AND CONNECTED BY ROUTE, AND
MAKING IT SAFER AND EASIER AND
MORE CONVENIENT TO GET AROUND
ON SIDEWALKS, CROSSING THE
STREET, TRANSIT AND ALL OF
THOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
THESE DISCUSSIONS TODAY, I LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE ACTION COMING
IN THE REST OF THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE, WE WILL
CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE
INTO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM, I
WILL INVITE PRESENTERS FORWARD
AND ASK KELLY TO READ AGENDA
ITEM 1, IF YOU READ ONE INTO
INTO THE RECORD.
THE SHORT VERSION WOULD BE
EXCELLENT.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119609, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CERTAIN
CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES LOCATED
IN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
NEIGHBORHOOD AND DECLARING THEM
AS SURPLUS TO THE CITY'S
NEEDS.>> YOU WANT TO RENUMBER
TO?
>> COUNCIL BILL TRAN 25, AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE CITY-
OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 702
ROY STREET IN A PORTION OF LOT
4 COBB LOT 2, EAT IN ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE, LAYING
OFF, OPENING, WIDENING,
EXTENDING AND ESTABLISHING A
PORTION OF ROY STREET, AND
PLACING THE PROPERTY UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.>>
LISH WHITSON, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> LESLIE BRINSON.
>> SAM SPENCER.
>> BEN NOBLE.
>> LET'S JUST GO AHEAD WITH THE
BRIEFING.
>> THIS IS THE RIGHT
PRESENTATION.
>> OH, YES.
>> WELL DONE.
>> THAT IS A BUDGET DIRECTOR.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE
PEOPLE PRESENTING, I WILL TAKE
IT OFF, TURNED OVER TO LESLIE.
AFTER THAT.
LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS IN
JUNE 2010, YOU VOTED IN FAVOR
OF THE STREET VACATION, A LOT
OF NEWS WE ARE BRINGING YOU
TODAY, VERY EXCITING.
I WILL TURN TO LESLIE, TALKING
ABOUT HOW THIS TURNS -- FITS
INTO THE MAYOR'S VISION FOR
HOUSING.
>> GOOD MORNING, A FEW WEEKS
AGO, MAYBE A MONTH AGO, MAYOR
JENNY DURKAN RULED OUT HER
HOUSING, PLAN, FOR COMPONENTS,
AND SURE FITS INTO EACH ONE OF
THOSE, INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES,
FOR JOBS, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING, FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, AND LOAN INCOME
FAMILIES, DISPLACEMENT AND REAP
-- PREVENT EVICTION.
AND SECURE NEW TOOLS AND
RESOURCES.
>>> THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND
THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, WE
ARE MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD, WANT TO THINK THE
COUNCIL PROVIDING UPWARDS OF
$50 MILLION, FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING TO
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RENEWING
THE PROGRAM WHEN COUNCIL
RETURNS FROM RECESS.
>>> WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE
MERCER TRANSACTION, IT IS A
GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND
TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS
MUCH BIGGER THAN A PIECE OF
PROPERTY IN AND OF ITSELF.
IS STILL MENTIONED DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT, THE APPLICATION
OF THE AGREEMENT NOT ONLY
CREATES MORE JOBS, BUT THE REAL
ESTATE TRANSACTION WILL PROVIDE
JOBS FOR THE CITY AS WE BROADEN
OUR EMPLOYMENT BASE.
CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BOTH ON-SITE AND WITH
THE PROCEEDS IN LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE CITY, AND IT
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD MORE SAFE TRANSPORTATION
CONNECTIONS.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD A LITTLE BIT,
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR HOW
THEY WILL BE INVESTED BE COMING
TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF HER
BUDGET PROPOSAL, BUT THEY ARE
BEING MADE WITH ABSOLUTE
INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD
STRATEGIES THAT ARE ROOTED IN
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND
DISPLACING -- ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT, IN A WAY THAT THE
CITY HASN'T HAD THE RESOURCES
TO DO BEFORE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING --
WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT, BUT
NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE REAL
ESTATE TRANSACTION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT LESLIE SAID
ABOUT IT BEING A GENERATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY, THE INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE HAD FROM VARIOUS
GREEN SHEETS ABOUT HOW TO
TRANSITION THIS PIECE OF
PROPERTY VACANT, EMPTY, HUNTED
-- UNDERUTILIZED, A ROAD THAT
RAN FOR THE MIDDLE.
TRANSITIONING, THEY CAN BE USED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
HERE IN JUNE 2018, WHEN WE
VACATED, WE WERE TO HAND IN HAND
WITH SDOT, WITH THE RFP, WE
DID AN ISSUE UNTIL WE HAD
VACATED.
THE HISTORY OF THE MERCER
PROPERTIES -- COUNCIL HAS HAD
AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY
SINCE 2014 OR EARLIER, WE'VE
HAD THREE GREEN SHEETS RELATIVE
TO THE SITE, WE CAME IN 2017
AND ADDRESSED HOW TO WE MOVE
FORWARD, WE CAME UP WITH A
RECOMMENDATION OF AN RFP, WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
THE MARKETPLACE AND SO THESE
PROPERTIES, AT THAT POINT, WE
WERE WORKING WITH A -- CITY
WIDE, FOCUSING JUST ON THE
PROPERTIES AND MOVING FORWARD.
>>> WE HAVE BEEN TO THE
COMMITTEE, SINCE 2016, EVERY
YEAR, AND I WANT TO TOUCH BASE,
PORTIONS WERE PURCHASED FROM
THE REVENUE FROM THE GAS TAX,
AND IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, WHAT WE WOULD DO THE
PROCEEDS.
>>> 2017, WE ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION, THE RFP, A GOAL TO
INCREASE THE HOUSING, AND
REQUIRING US TO COME BACK IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BRIEF YOU
ON THE TOP THREE PROPOSALS, AND
WE CAME BACK AND WE BRIEFED YOU
ON ALL OF THE PROPOSALS AT THE
END OF LAST YEAR.
>>> WE WILL GO INTO THE --
THANK YOU.
THE RFP, THE COVERSHEET, WE
HEADED -- WE WENT AHEAD AND
ENGAGED, AND THE BROKER, WHO
WORKED WITH US, LORI HILL, WE
ISSUED THE RFP IN 2018, WE
LOOKED AT HOW TO WE GO OUT AND
MARKET THIS PROPERTY TO THE
NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL
MARKETPLACE, AND FIND A WAY OF
INCREASING AS MUCH RESOURCES AS
WE POSSIBLY COULD.
WE HAD SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
BALANCE BETWEEN PUBLIC BENEFIT
AND PROCEEDS.
AND WE ENCOURAGED RESPONDENTS
ON BOTH A FEE SIMPLE AND NON-
SUBORDINATED GROUND LEASE,
ENCOURAGING THE RESPONDENTS.
THE RESPONSES WERE DUE IN 20
TEAM. A COUPLE SLIDES ARE
HARDER TO READ, THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS.
LIMIT MORE SO A LABOR AGREEMENT.
THAT WAS INCLUDED, AND IS
INCLUDED, A LABOR HARMONY
AGREEMENT, IN CASE THERE IS A
HOTEL EVER ON THE SITE,
SUSTAINABILITY, GOLD WOULD BE A
MINIMUM, REMEDIATING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.
MANDATORY HOUSING.
RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES, SIX
OF THEM WE DEEMED WERE
RESPONSIVE.
WE HAD EVALUATION COMMITTEE,
THEY MET IN OCTOBER, WE
REVIEWED, ANALYZED AND
REQUESTED SPECIFIC ANSWERS OF
EACH RESPONDENT, AND WE HAD
INTERVIEWS WITH EACH ONE OF THE
TEAMS, THANK YOU.
JUST REALLY?
--
>> ON THE REVIEW COMMITTEE,
WERE THOSE CITY EMPLOYEES?
>> PRIMARILY, ONE OF THEM WAS A
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS
OUTSIDE, KATE, AND CENTRAL
STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, SDOT.
FAS.
>> IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
>> RIGHT.
AFTER WE INTERVIEWED THEM, WE
SAID WE LOVED HIS PROPOSALS,
LIKE ONE PARTICULAR, THE PRICE
POINT WAS NOT WHERE WE WANTED
IT TO BE.
WE ISSUED A BEST AND FINAL
OFFER, AND SAID WAS CERTAIN
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE
THEM ADDRESSED, TO MAKE A POINT
OF WHERE THEY COULD COME BACK
TO THE CITY AND BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE RESPONSIVE, PRICEWISE IN
PUBLIC BENEFIT WISE.>>> THE
NEXT PAGES, LIKE THE PUNCHLINE,
WE ENDED UP WITH SIX TEAMS, THE
ONE ON THE TOP, THE REAL ESTATE
EQUITIES, MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL
JUMP IN THE PRICING, AND SOME
OTHER TEAMS MADE A JUMP NOT AS
SIGNIFICANT.
>>>, TOP LINE, FEESIMPLE WAS
PURCHASED, WITH AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, MOVING FROM 122 TWO
171, AND APPROXIMATELY 40%
INCREASE, THIS IS ONLY THE
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION, IT
DOESN'T ADDRESS NON-CASH OR THE
$5 MILLION THEY ARE PROPOSING
TO OFFER ON THE PROPERTY.
>>> THE TRANSACTION ON THIS
PAGE, IDENTIFYING FROM A CASH
PERSPECTIVE, AT CLOSING,
$143,500,000, THE $5 MILLION
FOR HOMELESSNESS.
ALEXANDRA IS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, THEY WORKED A LOT WITH
FRED HUTCH, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE LIKE, THE PRICE POINT,
THE PROGRAMMATIC INTEREST,
THEY'RE BRINGING THAT'S THEIR
BUSINESS IS BUILDING BUILDINGS
FOR BIOSCIENCE, IMPROVING THE
HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY WORKING
TO SOLVE AND CURE CANCER,
BROADENING THE TYPE OF TECH
WORKERS THAT ARE DOWN IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION.>>> ONE OF THE OTHER
POINTS THAT WE LIKED WAS THAT
THERE WAS NOT A PERMIT OR A
FINANCING CONTINGENCY, SOME OF
THE OTHER TEAMS LOOKING AT
CLOSING ONCE THEY HAD THEIR
MONTH, PUSHING IT OUT BEFORE
THEY COULD POTENTIALLY CLOSE.
AND FINANCIAL CONTINGENCIES.
HERE IS ROUGHLY THE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE, MERCER
WEST AND EAST, 2 TOWERS, 615
DEXTER, VARIOUS ADDRESSES, WE
HAVE IT IS 620, BUT THAT IS
WHERE THE HOUSING WILL BE.
THE NORTHWEST SIDE.
SO THEY WILL HAVE LABORATORY --
WHEN YOU HAVE BIOSCIENCE, AN
ENTIRE FLOOR TO CEILING RATIO,
NOT JUST GOING TO BE LABS, IT
WILL BE MORE THAN THAT.
THE GROUND FLOOR, THE POINTER --
>> YOU CAN USE THE MOUSE.
>> WILL TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR,
-- THIS YEAR, THE EIGHTH AVENUE
PEDESTRIAN WAY, ONE OF THE
REQUIREMENTS ON BROAD STREET, I
WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT, BUT
ONE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT
ALEXANDRIA BROUGHT FORWARD WAS
A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WOULD
BE LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR
OF MERCER WEST, UP TO 30,000
SQUARE FEET, THE TERM WOULD BE
UP TO 40 YEARS, AND 0 RENT.
PROVIDING $3 MILLION, OF
TENTATIVE IMPROVEMENTS, IN
ADDITION TO AND ABOVE THE $143
MILLION THEY WILL BE PROVIDING
A CLOSE.
>>> THE EIGHTH AVENUE
PEDESTRIAN WAY, VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION, A
REQUIREMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD
INTO THE RFP, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE WANT TO DO WAS MAKE SURE
THAT EIGHTH AVENUE WOULD BE
INACTIVATED SPACE, A NICE
COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND A PUBLIC
SPACE THAT CITIZENS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY COULD USE THE PIECE OF
PROPERTY.
>> HOW FOR A LONG HAS ALEXANDAR
GOTTEN ON DESIGN WORK?
PART OF A DESIGN ELEMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE OF PHOTOS THAT
WE TOOK OUT OF THE RFP, HIS
SENSE OF DIRECTION, MOVING
FORWARD, LIKE THE PREVIOUS
PHOTO OF THE GROUND FLOOR, NOT
EXACTLY HOW IT IS GOING TO
LAYOUT, WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW
THE 30,000 SQUARE FEET WILL
WORK IN THERE, AND ALSO IF I
CAN JUST GO BACK, GOING BACK TO
THAT SLIDE AND ADDRESSING A
COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS, INTEREST
EXPRESSED BY SOME OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT A DAY CARE
FACILITY, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
PARKS, WITH COUNCILMEMBERS IN
-- AND THE COUNCIL STAFF, THE
SEATTLE PARTS WOULD BE THE
TENANT, AND THEY WOULD WORK
WITH GIL OR SOMEBODY ELSE TO
COME UP AND DEVELOP CHILDCARE
AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
IT IS NOT AN EITHER OR, WE ARE
LOOKING AT IT AS AN AND.
>> AND WE DO CHILDCARE AND
OTHER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THEY HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ON
THAT.
SO ASSUMING THIS DEAL IS TO GO
FORWARD, ONCE PARKS HAS THEIR
30 YEAR LEASE, WOULD THAT BE UP
TO THE CITY FOR CHILD CARE, OR
ARE THERE AGREEMENTS WE NEED TO
MAKE IN ADVANCE?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
BEEN ADDRESSING WITH COUNCIL
STAFF, DAY CARE IS NOT AN
EXCLUDED USE, IT WOULD BE
ALLOWED, AS PARKS MOVES FORWARD
ON THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY,
THEY WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
>> IT IS NOT EXCLUDED USE, BUT
NOT AN EXPLICITLY PERMITTED
USE, SO UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
MO YOU, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO
GET ALEXANDRIA'S PERMISSION TO
INCLUDE A CHILDCARE FACILITY IN
THE SPACE.
AND THERE IS GENERALLY A
REQUIREMENT FOR OUTDOOR SPACE
THAT WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED OUT
, PROBABLY WITH ALEXANDRIA, IN
TERMS OF WHETHER THAT IS
FEASIBLE, PROBABLY IN THE
EIGHTH AVENUE AREA.
>> CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD,
THEY WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO
SEE HOW IT WORKS TOGETHER.
>> AS WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER,
TO CONSIDER VOTING ON THIS, IT
WOULD BE GREAT, IF IT'S
POSSIBLE, TO GET MORE CLARITY
ON WHAT THOSE AGREEMENTS LOOK
LIKE, AND SOMETHING IN WRITING
WILL BE HELPFUL, EVERYONE IS
VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND A FEW OF
MY COLLEAGUES, NO IT WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT PIECE.
>> THESE ARE REPRESENTATIVE
PHOTOS, BUT PART OF IT, IS THE
SENSE OF HOW THEY WOULD ADDRESS
THE PROPERTIES AT THE LOCATION,
REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOS OF WHAT
WE THINK ARE DYNAMIC TYPE
BUILDINGS, THAT WILL BE PART OF
THE -- AS THEY MOVE FORWARD
INTO DEEPER DESIGN, AND
PERMITTING THESE BUILDINGS,
THEY MIGHT CHANGE.>> SURE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT, THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON THIS
PROPERTY, IN THEIR PROPOSAL IN
THE RFP, AN 18 STORY MULTI-
INCOME AND MULTI FAMILY BUILDING
, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE
365 TOTAL HOUSING UNITS WITH
175 THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
AND THEY WOULD BE GUARANTEED.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MO YOU,
THERE'S A LOT OF DYNAMIC
DISCUSSIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
AND THERE WAS LOOKING AT SOME
MHA PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY MADE
THE DECISION, WE WORKED WITH
THEM, DOING PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF
BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE
COMMERCIAL, WHICH POTENTIALLY
COULD BE ABOUT $12.5 MILLION
COMBINED WITH ALL OF THEM.
>> SO THAT IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE
BASED ON THE ULTIMATE DESIGN OF
THE BUILDING, THAT IS WHY IT IS
ABOUT AT THE MOMENT.
BUT THAT IS ON TOP OF THE
HUNDRED AND 43 CASH -- $143
MILLION IN CASH PAYMENTS?
>> ON TOP OF THE HUNDRED 43, --
143, YES, PART OF THE PAYMENT.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS,
IF THEY MOVE FORWARD ON THE FULL
BUILD ON DESIGN OF THE
BUILDING, IT WILL BE ONE
BUILDING, AND A PRE-MANUFACTURED
BUILDING, IT COULD BE QUICKER
TO THE MARKET.
>> SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN IN
SEATTLE BEFORE?
>> MUCH SMALLER SCALE, BY THE
UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER ONE BEING
LOOKED AT, AS WELL.
A MUCH SMALLER BUILDING.
IN PARTICULAR.
>> FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
WE COLLECTED MHA PAYMENTS,
ABOUT --
>> DON'T HAVE THE FIGURES,
ROUGHLY -- THE MHA PAYMENT WILL
BE ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT OF
WHAT WE COLLECTED LAST YEAR.
TRYING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT.
>> THIS IS A LARGE-SCALE
DEVELOPMENT, SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION TO DUST GENERATED
ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL SIDE.
>>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT ON THIS,
THERE IS A AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMITMENT, AT THE 620,
NORTHWEST, 175 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS WITH A 50 YEAR
COVENANT, CONTROLLED BY
CONTRACT, NOT BY A CITY
PROGRAM, NO FEDERAL DOLLARS,
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE
WEIGHT WOULD BREAK OUT IS 140
UNITS AT 60 NEHEMIAH, AND THEN
MFT, AND AFTER THAT BURNS OFF,
AFFORDABILITY WOULD DEEPEN TO
60%.
>> CAN I CLARIFY, ONE PIECE OF
CLARIFICATION, WE TALK ABOUT NO
PUBLIC SUBSIDY, A QUESTION
EARLIER, THAT JUST MEANS THERE
WILL BE NONE USED IN THE
OPERATIONS OR DEVELOPMENT,
SECTION 8 TENANTS WITH VOUCHERS
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
SINCE THEY ARE INDEED A
PROTECTED CLASS.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS AS
THE BUILDING GETS BUILT OUT,
ANOTHER 20% WOULD BE MFT. WE
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGGREGATE OF
CASH AND NON-CASH PUBLIC
BENEFITS, APPROXIMATELY
SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF $300 MILLION, THE PROCEEDS
OF THE SALE OF THE
HOMELESSNESS, THE PUBLIC SPACES,
TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, WE
WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THE
MAJOR OUTLIER CONTINGENCY THAT
WE NEED TO CLOSE, PURSUING THE
AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY, 30 DAYS AFTER
COUNCIL HOPEFULLY VOTES ON 16
SEPTEMBER, SUBMITTING THE
APPLICATION TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THAT.
THE CITY WOULD ALSO HELP THEM,
THE PERSPECTIVE PURCHASER
AGREEMENT.
BEEN?
>> THE POTENTIAL USE OF THE
PROCEEDS, THE ACTUAL PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET DELIVERED LATE
IN SEPTEMBER, WE WANTED TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE, AS STEVEN HAS
DESCRIBED, TOTAL CASH PAYMENTS
ARE $143.5 MILLION, I WILL WORK
THIS UP FOR THE BOTTOM TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS
THAT WE FACE IN THE RESOURCES,
AND THEN WHAT IS AVAILABLE
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN MET.
THERE ARE TRANSACTION COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE,
SETTING ASIDE $5.3 MILLION FOR
THOSE, IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF
FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS MADE IN
THE PAST IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
REVENUES, IN PARTICULAR, AN
INTERFUND LOAN OUTSTANDING,
JUST UNDER $12, THOSE MONIES
WERE USED TO BUILD IT ITSELF,
WE HAD ANTICIPATED SELLING THE
SURPLUS PROPERTY, THAT IS ONE
PIECE OF THAT, A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT PUTS THE LOAN
WITH MY MIND DOLLARS, IN
ADDITION, THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR, AN OUTSTANDING LOAN
JUST OVER 3 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS,
THE PAST OPERATIONS, IT HAD
OPERATED A DEFICIT PREVIOUSLY.
THE RESOURCES TO REPAY IT.
LASTLY, A LOAN, A GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES, OF ABOUT $4 MILLION,
JUST OVER $29 MILLION OF PRE-
COMMITTED ALLOCATIONS OF THE
RESOURCES, THEN $5 MILLION
RESTRICTED FOR HOMELESSNESS USE,
A CONTRIBUTION RATHER THAN A
SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR THE
PROPERTY, A NUMBER OF IDEAS, WE
WILL BRING IT FORWARD IN THE
BUDGET.
OVERALL.
SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE
REPAYMENT CATEGORY, SOME ARE
SITTING HERE UNRESTRICTED, 143
1/2 MILLION DOLLARS, RESTRICTED
FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES,
BECAUSE OF THE UNDERLYING
PROPERTY, PURCHASED WITH
TRANSPORTATION RESTRICTED
FUNDING IN PARTICULAR, A GAS
TAX DOLLARS, AND COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX, APPROXIMATELY JUST
UNDER $26 MILLION, IN THE
BUDGET, ALLOCATED TO
TRANSPORTATION USES, THAT WILL
BE A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THOSE
FUNDS.
NORTH OF $70 MILLION THAT WILL
BE DEDICATED TO HOUSING IN
VARIOUS FORMS, PARTICULARLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CITY
ACQUIRING AND OWNING THE LAND
UNDER WHICH THAT HOUSING WOULD
BE BILLED.
WHICH IS NOT A COINCIDENCE, THE
SIGNIFICANT GOAL, HOLDING THE
ASSET FOR THEM THAT'S THE LONG
RUN.
IT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT IT IS
A LONG-TERM PUBLIC ASSET.
THE IDEAS ABOUT IDENTIFYING
NEIGHBORHOODS AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT, WHERE WE CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN DEVELOPING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
MINIMIZING THE IMPACTS ON
NEIGHBORHOODS, AS THE ECONOMY
CONTINUES TO GROW, AND DRIVE UP
THE COST OF HOUSING GENERALLY.
>> THE 2 TRANSPORTATION
RESTRICTED FUNDS, ADDING UP TO
$55 MILLION, AND YOU MENTIONED
THE GAS TAX OF 52, IS IT NON-
GAS TAX RESTRICTED?
>> THE YELLOW CATEGORY INCLUDES
THE GENERAL FUND LOAN REPAYMENT
AS WELL, JUST OVER 50 BETWEEN
THE TWO OF THEM.
>> IT IS NOT GAS TAX ELIGIBLE,
THE REST OF IT IS GAS TAX TYPE
EXPENSES.
SOMEWHERE IN THE TRANSPORTATION
WORLD.
>> TRANSPORTATION RELATED
EXPENSES.
>> GEARING UP FOR MY FIRST
BUDGET, CAN YOU GO FURTHER IN
THE BACKGROUND, --
>> A 2017 BUDGET ACTION,
>> THE ANTICIPATION OF
REVENUES, THAT EMERGED THE
FOLLOWING YEAR, TOOK OUT A LOAN
SECURED AGAINST THE PROPERTY,
KNOWING THAT THE REVENUES WOULD
EMERGE, OR ALTERNATIVELY SOLD
IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD BE
THE NATURE OF THAT ONE.
>> EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE SPENT
THE ANTICIPATED MONEY IN
ADVANCE OF THAT
>> HEALTHY DEBATE, SELLING THE
PROPERTY, ULTIMATELY THE RIGHT
THING TO DO, IN BUILDING THE
MERCER PROJECT, IT WAS
ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD SELL
THE PROPERTY, PAYING THE LOAN,
OVERALL, IF WE DID MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE TRANSACTION, ALMOST
$30 MILLION IN PRIOR
COMMITMENTS THAT WE WOULD'VE
HAD TO ADDRESS, THAT WASN'T THE
DECIDING FACTOR, IT IS REALLY
THE WHOLE PACKAGE THAT MAKES
THIS A WISE POLICY MOVE, BUT IT
WAS AN ELEMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, ONE OF THE
THINGS, THAT THEY'VE TALKED
ABOUT, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK AT THE PROCEEDS, AT
BUDGET.
NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE
DISCUSSION.
>>> THE SUMMARY, A REALLY LONG
TITLE, AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT
WE ARE ASKING IN THE ORDINANCE,
AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE
PROPERTY FOR $130 MILLION, WITH
THE COVENANT TO DEVELOP
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEGOTIATE A
LEASE WITH PARKS IN ALEXANDRIA
FOR THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY,
THAT LEASE WOULD BE NOT FOR THE
FULL DESIGN BUILD OUT, BUT A
LEASE WITH THAT ONE, CLOSING ON
THE PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE THE
GENERAL OUTLINE OF HOW THAT
WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
THAT COULD INCLUDE CHILDCARE
AND OTHER USES AS WELL.
AND AS YOU WILL SEE, AND THE
OVERALL ORDINANCE, WE HAVE NOT
EXECUTED THE MRU WITH
ALEXANDRIA, WE ARE ASKING THE
MAYOR TO DO THAT, TO SELL THE
PROPERTY, AND AUTHORIZING THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND
DELIVER RELEASE, AND DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, OR
THEIR DESIGNEE TO PREPARE AND
DELIVER ALL THE NECESSARY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.
>> ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT
WITH THIS LEGISLATION THAN SOME
OTHER PROPERTY SALES THAT
COUNCIL HAS SEEN RECENTLY,
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT
LEGISLATION WILL COME TO
COUNCIL, IT AUTHORIZES THE
EXECUTIVE TO NEGOTIATE AND SIGN
THE FINAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENT,
IT WILL GO BACK TO COUNCIL
AFTER APPROVAL.
>>> NEXT STEPS, ONE IS TODAY,
HERE WE ARE, VOTING A
LEGISLATION, THE FULL COUNCIL,
THE LEGISLATION, MOVING FORWARD,
WITH THE PROCEEDS.
GO AHEAD AND PARTIAL OF THIS
YEAR, THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE
ALEXANDRIA RULE, HOPEFULLY THEY
WILL GET THAT CLOSING THE
PROPERTY THE CASH TO SPEND.
AND THE SIDE PREP.
--
>> QUESTIONS?
>>
>>> I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND
JUST APPRECIATE THE DETAILED
CONVERSATION WE HAD, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK, I IMAGINE THERE
IS A TEAM OF PEOPLE, THAT IS
AROUND YOU, A LOT OF WORK HAS
GONE INTO IT, THE
THOUGHTFULNESS, THE NUMBERS ARE
OUTSTANDING, FROM THAT
PERSPECTIVE, A DECADE AGO, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
THIS, A KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT
$40 MILLION, FOR THIS PARCEL,
IN CASH AND OTHER BENEFITS, NOT
TOTALLY APPLES TO APPLES, THE
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE OVER A DECADE, A
FEW PIECES TO DIAL IN, GETTING
THE CHILDCARE PIECE TO FEEL A
LITTLE BIT MORE CERTAINTY, AND
MORE WORK ON THE BACKEND, BUT
REALLY SEEMING TO ADDRESS A LOT
OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD HOPED
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
WITH A SINGLE SALE, A COUPLE OF
PARCELS, AND GRATEFUL FOR THE
EXPERTISE IN THE CITY, A LOT OF
TIMES, THE REAL ESTATE EXPERTS,
WE DON'T HAVE THEM, BUT COMPLEX
TRANSACTIONS LIKE THIS, AND
DEALS THAT TEND TO FALL APART
OR TURN OUT LATER NOT TO BE A
GREAT BENEFIT, WE WILL SEE HOW
IT MOVES FORWARD, WE HAVE
SECURED AN AMAZING DEAL FOR THE
PEOPLE SEATTLE.
AND TALKING ABOUT USING THAT TO
ACQUIRE OTHER PATHS CASH ASSETS.
-- TALKING ABOUT USING THAT TO
ACQUIRE OTHER ASSETS.
WHO GETS TO CONTROL IT, THIS IS
A MAJOR, WELL CAPITALIZED
PRIVATE ENTITY, DOING WORK
AROUND PUBLIC HEALTH THINGS,
CURING CANCER, THE SAME TIME, A
FOR PROFIT, THEY WILL SPEND $1
BILLION, AND THEY ARE GOING TO
MAKE MORE THAN THAT I'M SURE,
PART OF THE SYSTEM, AND I THINK
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING
WITH HOW OUR SYSTEM WORKS TO
THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH
IMMENSE WEALTH, MOST OF US
COULDN'T EVEN COMPETE TO BID ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS JUST
BECAUSE OF THE REALITY OF WHAT
IT IS WORTH TODAY, AND I KNOW
THERE ARE A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL
PEOPLE INTERNAL TO THE CITY,
AND CONTINUING TO THINK THROUGH
WHAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY HOUSING
IN THE CITY, SOME THE FOLKS ARE
STRUGGLING, WE ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF
AMAZING THINGS ON THE HOUSING
FRONT, WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE
SPECIFIC MIX OF THOSE AS WE GET
INTO THIS BUDGET AND FUTURE
BUDGETS, BUT WE KNOW AFTER ALL
THAT, THERE IS STILL GOING TO
BE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE STILL
GOING TO BE STRUGGLING WITH
FINDING A PLACE THAT THEY CAN
SURVIVE IN THE CITY.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION, I THINK WE DID
GREAT GROUNDWORK, AND THERE'S A
LOT MORE TO DO.
MOVING FORWARD.
>>> I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE,
AND I APPRECIATE YOU
HIGHLIGHTING THAT, AND IF IT
HAS TO COME BACK ONE MORE TIME,
WE CAN CREATE SPACE FOR THAT, I
FEEL THAT WITH THE CHILDCARE
THING, GETTING MORE CLARITY ON
THAT, ON SEPTEMBER 6, I FEEL
COMFORTABLE ON TAKING THIS TO
MY COLLEAGUES OF THE FULL
COUNCIL, 30 ABOUT WHERE THIS
IS GOING, AND NOT DELAY THE
REMAINING PARTS OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS, OBVIOUSLY THE
SOONER WE GET TO THAT AND
ACCEPT THE CASH, NO LONGER IN
THE POSITION, IT IS GORGEOUS,
THERE IS NOT A BUILDING THERE,
IT IS INTENDED TO BE A BUILDING
A DECADE AGO, I WOULD LOVE TO
CLOSE THE DEAL AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE, MORE THAN FAIR TO THE
PEOPLE SEATTLE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH
THAT.
>>> A SECOND AGENDA ITEM
RELATED TO THIS, ARE THERE
OTHER PRESENTERS, REREAD THAT
INTO THE RECORD, COME FORWARD
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE FINAL
PIECES ON THIS, THE STREET
VACATION.
>> I AM SAM SPENCER, THE LEGAL
AFFAIRS ADVISOR FOR THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, I WILL BE
PRESENTING A CHANGE IN THE
PROPERTY DESIGNATION ORDINANCE,
SPECIFICALLY THE PORTION OF
REAL PROPERTY THAT IS
APPORTIONED TO THE MEGA BLOCK
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SDOT,
TO ITS PROPER DESIGNATION OF
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ABOVE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PRESENTATION, IT WILL INCLUDE
A? HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, WE
WILL GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND
THE GOAL, I WILL SHOW YOU SOME
MAPS TO ILLUSTRATE WORTHY 162
SQUARE FOOT PORTION -- 162,000
SQUARE FOOT, FROM WHERE IT IS
BEING APPORTIONED FROM.
-- A QUICK HISTORY.
>>> THIS PORTION WAS ACQUIRED
IN 1969 IN CONNECTION WITH THE
BAY FREEWAY PROJECT, AS YOU
KNOW IT WAS NEVER BUILT, THE
1969 LEGISLATION DOESN'T IN THE
PROPERTY FOR STREET PURPOSES,
BUT DID NOT HAVE A RIGHT-OF-
WAY, ROYALS -- ROY STREET WAS
WIDENED, AND CONSTRUCTED ON THE
MEGA BLOCK, THIS IS SIMILAR TO
DEDICATION ORDINANCE THIS
COMMITTEE HEARS FROM TIME TO
TIME, WHERE THE CITY IS
ACCEPTING WIDENED PORTIONS OF
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ANOTHER WAY TO THINK OF IT, IS
FOR EASEMENT SERVICES, ON THE
FUTURE SALE OF THE MEGA BLOCK,
THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS THAT
IT WILL PROVIDE CLEAR TITLE TO
THE PERSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF
THE MEGA BLOCK.
THIS IS KIND OF REDUNDANT TO
THE PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS
THE MEGA BLOCK.
AND 2 SIDE-BY-SIDE IMAGES, THE
PORTIONS INDICATED ON THE LEFT,
YOU CAN SEE IT WITHOUT THE
HIGHLIGHT, WHAT YOU CAN
HOPEFULLY SEE IS THAT THERE IS
A SIDEWALK EXISTING THERE, KIND
OF AN ODDLY SHAPED PARCEL, WHAT
THE LEGISLATION IS TRYING TO
CORRECT, I'M HERE ASKING THE
CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THE BILL TO
BE DESIGNATED AS A STREET RIGHT-
OF-WAY, IN ORDER TO CORRECTLY
ALIGN IT WITH THE CURRENT USE.
THAT WAS KIND OF A MOUTHFUL, I
WOULD CAN BE HERE TO ANSWER
THEM.
>> DID THAT COME UP IN THE DUE
DILIGENCE OF THE PREVIOUS
TRANSACTION?>> PART OF THE DUE
DILIGENCE, MANIFESTING ITSELF AS
KIND OF A TITLE ODDITY, WE ARE
HERE TO CORRECT THAT.
>> GREAT.
SEEMS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
BLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I
WILL MOVE IT, COUNCIL BILL
119608.
SIGNIFY THOSE IN FAVOR BY
SAYING AYE.
WE WILL GET YOU THE FULL
COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER.
>>> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 3.
>>> RESOLUTION 31898, A
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOP A
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR CREATING ON
STREET BIKE AND SCOOTER PARKING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK
ON THIS.
THE BUDGET --
>> BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE BIKE
AND CORRALS, ONTRACK, NOTIFYING
THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD
1500 BY CORRALS BY THE END OF
THE YEAR, BY THE END OF NEXT
YEAR.
TALKING TO YOUR OFFICE, THE
RESOLUTION.
ONE IS THAT THE PRIORITY OF THE
CONNECTIVITY, THE SECOND
AMENDMENT IS TO HAVE THEM
SUBMIT THE PROPOSED ONE BY
SEPTEMBER 20, A COUPLE OF EXTRA
WEEKS AS WE PREPARE BEFORE THE
BUDGET, AS WELL.
>> THE PHASED APPROACH HERE,
APPLAUDING THEM FOR THAT, AND
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO
ACCELERATE THAT IS A GREAT
THING, TOO.>> AND THE
AMENDMENTS.
>> SURE, THE AMENDMENT ONE AND 2
AND I WILL LET YOU DO IT.
THE AMENDMENT I'M PROPOSING IS
THAT WE DISCUSSED.
ON DEVICES THROUGH FINANCIAL
PENALTIES.
SPECIFICALLY USING THE SYSTEM.
THE REVIEWS, TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF BIKES ON THE STREET,
FINANCIAL PENALTIES, HOPEFULLY
THEY WILL PASS IT ON -- THE
PROPERLY -- PROPER BIKE -- PUT
IT IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.
I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR.
AND AMENDMENT 1 PASSES,
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2?
>> IT WOULD AMEND SECTION 1,
WHICH IS -- TO HIM HE READ THE
FULL MEMO?
>> MAYBE THE LANGUAGE.
THAT WOULD BE STRUCK.
>> THE FREQUENT TRANSIT
SERVICE, AMENDMENT TO SAY,,
PRIORITIZING CONNECTIVITY
WITHIN THE TRANSIT NETWORK, AND
IT WOULD ADD TO -- SUFFICIENTLY
ADDED TO 3000 PARKING SPACES BY
THE END OF 2020.>> THERE IS A
SECTION 2 AMENDMENT AS PART OF
IT.
>> WE WOULD BE STRIKING
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019, MAKING A NEW
DATE SEPTEMBER 20 2019.
>> GIVING THEM AN EXTRA WEEK OR
SO TO RESPOND TO THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT, I WILL
SECOND IT.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED.
>> WE KNOW HAVE A RESOLUTION AS
A RESIDENCE, AS AMENDED
TOUCHING BASE THE AMENDMENT,
THE BEHAVIOR IS SUCH THAT AND
THE SIDEWALKS ARE IMPORTANT,
TOO, THANK YOU FOR THE
AMENDMENT, AND I WOULD BE
REALLY HAPPY TO PASS THIS
RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
SDOT COME BACK WITH A PLAN.
>> I WILL MOVE RESOLUTION
31898, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
SIGNIFY WITH AYE.
IT WILL BE IN THE FULL COUNCIL
IN SEPTEMBER.
A HEARTY APPLAUSE FROM THE
AUDIENCE, [ LAUGHTER ]. AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 4.
>>> COUNCIL BILL 119601, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTED
BICYCLE LANES, REQUIRING MAJOR
PAVING PROJECTS TO INCLUDE
PROTECTED BICYCLE LANES AS
IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN,
AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.802
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU, KELLI. WE HAD
THIS LAST WEEK, WE WANT TO TAKE
A WEEK TO SEE IF WE HEARD
ANYMORE, BAGSHAW SIX, IF YOU
GIVE US A? OVERVIEW OF WHAT
THIS WOULD DO?
>> OF THIS LEGISLATION IS
REALLY AIMED AT PROVIDING
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
MOVING FORWARD IN THE BUILDING
OF OUR PROTECTED BICYCLE
NETWORK IN THE CITY, PAVING
PROJECTS PROVIDE A FINANCIALLY
SOUND OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, DOING
CONSTRUCTION, TEARING UP THE
STREET, A REALLY GOOD TIME TO
ADD SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE,
UTILIZING THE BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN THAT WE PASSED IN 2014 TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE USING THE
GUIDANCE OF THE COMMUNITY.
WORKING TO MEET THE GOALS.
60% OF SEATTLEITES THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN BIKING.
, REALLY EVIDENCED BY IT,
NUMBER SKYROCKETING, WE WANT TO
CONTINUE THE PROGRESS MOVING
FORWARD.
>> EARLIER THIS WEEK, YESTERDAY
OR THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY,
THE MAYOR WAS AT A RIBBON-
CUTTING FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE
FACILITY ON EIGHTH AVENUE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO.
I HAD A CHANCE TO RIDE IT
YESTERDAY, INTERESTING DIAGONAL
CROSSING, WORKING FOR ME WHEN I
WAS THERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY --
ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA, MAKING COMMITMENTS, THIS
WILL CERTAINLY CLARIFY, IT IS
POSSIBLE THIS WON'T HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, BECAUSE ALL
OF THE BIKE FACILITIES WOULD
HAVE BEEN BUILT, BUT IT'S NICE
TO HAVE PROTECTION IN PLACE TO
CREATE SOME STRUCTURE AROUND A
PROCESS, HOPEFULLY A RARE OR
NONEVENT THAT THERE IS A
DECISION TO NO LONGER PROCEED
WITH THE GOING FORWARD.
SPEAK I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE
HAVE ONE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, IN
SECTION 2, NUMBER 3, ADDING A
LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE, SAYING
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A
PARALLEL ROUTE, INSTEAD OF
DOING A PROTECTED ONE ON THE
PAVING PROJECT, YOU NEED TO
INCLUDE A COST ESTIMATE FOR
PROVIDING SUCH CONNECTIVITY.
THAT DOES TWO THINGS, IT DOES
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
INCENTIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF
CHOOSING TO NOT BUILD A
PROTECTED BIKE LANE, AND THEN
IF IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE TO
DO A PARALLEL ROUTE, A STRONG
BUDGET ASK FOR THE FOLLOWING
YEAR, SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TO
FACTOR IN FOR THOSE PARALLEL
ROOTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
A SAFE AND ALL ABILITIES
FACILITY.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR LANGUAGE.
ONE OF THE FEARS I HAD WAS THAT
IT IS EASY TO JUST SAY WE ARE
NOT GOING TO DO PROTECTED BIKE
LANE, WHO WILL DO IT SOMEWHERE
ELSE, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED IN
PREVIOUS COMMENTS, THE MOST
COST-EFFECTIVE WAY, AND THIS IS
PART OF THE PROJECT, IF WE ARE
NOT GOING TO DO WHAT MIGHT BE
THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTION,
úDOING SOMETHING MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE, THE FIRST COST OF
THE DECISION, AND IF THEY STILL
DECIDE TO CONTINUE GOING THAT
WAY, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THE
COST OF LOCATIONS WILL BE.
FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET MONEY.
>>> DO WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE
BILL OR AN AMENDMENT?
>> A SUBSTITUTE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
SUBSTITUTE VERSION D 62
SUBSTITUTE D5 TWO SUBSTITUTE
THAT?
-- D 6. A SUBSTITUTE VERSION 6.
>> IS IT D 6, I HAD TO GET IT
OUT OF COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ --
JUAREZ'S DISTRICT AND INTO
MINE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WE HAVE SOME -- OFTEN SAID
IN THIS COMMITTEE, IF YOU BUILD
IT, THEY WILL COME, IN THE
SENSE OF ENSURING THAT AS WE
LOOK AT SCOOTERS, BIKES, FUTURE
MOBILITY OPTIONS, GOOD
GOVERNANCE WITH OUR PROGRESSIVE
VALUES, I THINK WE SHOULD BE
PUSHING THIS FURTHER AND
FURTHER TO DO MORE.
SO THAT SAYS I'M EXCITED TO
VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND
GET THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE.
>> EXCELLENT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 119601 AS
AMENDED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> SOME APPLAUSE, AWESOME.
-- COUNCIL. THAT WILL GO TO
SEPTEMBER 3 COUNCILMEETING.
>>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5.
>> RESOLUTION 31894, A
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
FUNDING OF PROPERTY PROJECTS IN
THE 119-2024 BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN,
REQUESTING THAT THE MAYOR
COMMIT TO BUILDING UP THE
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND
IDENTIFYING FUNDING FOR
PRIORITY BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
PROJECTS IN THE MAYOR'S 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET.>>> VERY
GRATEFUL, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
EXTRA COMMITTEE MEETINGS, VERY
LOYAL IN COMING TO THESE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THAT PUTS A
BURDEN ON MY COLLEAGUES FOR
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT WE
HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS TO GET
THROUGH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK
TO THIS RESOLUTION, JUST TO
GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OVERVIEW OF
WHAT IS IN IT, WE DISCUSSED IT
LAST WEEK.
>> THIS RESOLUTION REALLY
FOCUSES ON LOOKING AT THE 2019-
20 BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THERE WAS A
LOOK AT THE IMPLICATION --
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, BUT SOME
WERE LEFT UNFUNDED, THIS
RESOLUTION IS REALLY FOCUSING
ON FINDING FUNDING FOR THESE
PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE,
IN 2024, WE WILL SEE THE END OF
THE LEVY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS A SAFE AND CONNECTED
ROUTE THROUGH SOUTH SEATTLE,
AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO A 2 WAY PROTECTED
BIKE LANE ON FOURTH AVENUE AND
FINISHING THE WATERFRONT
CONNECTION.
THIS IS REALLY JUST COMMITTING
TO BUILDING OUT THE PROJECTS,
IF WE SEE THEM FUNDED,
MENTATION PLAN WILL BE GREAT,
WE WILL SEE SOME SERIOUS
PROGRESS ON GETTING A CONNECTED
NETWORK, FOR PEOPLE BIKING IN
THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, I
REITERATE THAT I APPRECIATE THE
WORK OF THE GOOD FOLKS AT THE
CL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE FIRST DRAFT OF THIS ROUND
THAT CAME OUT IN MARCH WAS A
BIT UNDERWHELMING FOR A LOT OF
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT
HER THE FEEDBACK, AND
IMMEDIATELY WORKED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO
PRETTY BROAD OUTREACH IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, FIVE
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS
OVER THE MONTH OF A WORLD --
APRIL.
GREAT COMMUNITY TURNOUT,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PROVIDING
COMMENT, AND THEY CAME BACK TO
US, I BELIEVE IN LATE JUNE, WITH
AN UPDATE, APPRECIATING THEIR
WERE TO INCORPORATE THE
FEEDBACK THEY HEARD.
STILL DISAPPOINTED, MORE ABOUT
THE PHYSICAL REALITY THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS TO
BE BUILT, AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS
THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE INTENT
WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS TO BUILD
ON THIS WORK, BUT ALSO THAT IT
IS NOT OKAY, IF WE REALLY ARE
COMMITTED TO A EQUITABLE BIKE
NETWORK, ALL NEIGHBORHOODS NEED
TO HAVE SAFE FACILITIES TO RIDE
IN.
THE GREAT NEWS IS, I THINK
THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
BEFORE US, THIS BUDGET CYCLE,
TO ACTUALLY FUND THOSE,
SPECIFICALLY THE PROGRAM WE
LISTEN TO ON THE POTENTIAL SALE
OF THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK
INCLUDES SOME SIGNIFICANT
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS BEYOND
THE REPAYMENT OF THE DEBTS,
THERE'S ABOUT $26 MILLION IN
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT
CAN BE MADE, $15 MILLION GOING
TO VISION ZERO PROJECTS, THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, THAT IS
A STRONG SIGN, AND CERTAINLY
SAFE BICYCLE ROUTES IN SOUTH
SEATTLE ARE THE KINDS OF
PROJECTS THAT COULD BE A VISION
ZERO VISION.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK,
SITTING THE WORK CLEAR, MAKING
A STRONG COMMITMENT FOR THAT.
ANYTHING I AM MISSING?
>> THAT WAS GREAT.
>> YOU TOLD ME I'M GREAT, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
IN SECOND RESOLUTION 31894, NO
AMENDMENTS.
WE WILL VOTE ON THAT.
ON A 1-0 VOTE, THAT WILL PASS
OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THIS TO
THE FULL COUNCIL, WE WILL HEAR
THAT ON SEPTEMBER 3.
>>> WE CAN INVITE OTHER FOLKS
TO JOIN US, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
6.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119607, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO HEATING
OIL, SERVICE PROVIDERS,
DIRECTING THE EXPENDITURE OF
HEATING OIL TAX REVENUES,
DIRECTING RELEVANCY DEPARTMENTS
TO CREATE A PLAN FOR REGULATING
THE USE OF HEATING OIL TANKS,
AND NEW CHAPTER, 5.47, AND
AMENDING 5.3 0.060, 5.30 .010.
5.55 .040, 5.55 .060, 5.55
.150, 5.55 .165, AND 5.5 5.2
20, 5.5 5.2 30, AND 6.2 8 .020
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.>>
GOOD JOB.>> I AM YOLANDA
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> CHRISTINE BUNCH, OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, I AM
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL, I WILL MAKE A COUPLE
OF OPENING REMARKS AND I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH THIS, WE ARE NOT
PLANNING TO VOTE, THIS IS JUST
A PUBLIC AIRING OF WHAT IS IN
THE PROPOSAL, THE MAYOR DIDN'T
ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER LAST WEEK,
SO THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
LEGISLATION THAT I VIEW AS PART
OF, THE COMMITMENT TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, THE TIMING IS PERFECT,
WE HEARD FROM FOLKS QUESTIONING
WHILE WE ARE FOCUSING JUST ON
HEATING OIL AND NATURAL GAS,
BUT I CAN TELL THE PUBLIC THAT
WE WILL BE WORKING ON NATURAL
GAS SHORTLY, TOO.
A KEY PART OF THE CLIMATE
POLLUTION THAT WE NEED TO
ADDRESS ALSO.
I WILL STOP TALKING, WE CAN
JUST HAND IT OFF.>> I WILL LET
YOU WALK THROUGH THIS, I WILL
ASK QUESTIONS AS THEY COME UP,
I WILL TRY TO LET THE
PRESENTATION GO THROUGH.
>>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, I WOULD
DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OR
INTRODUCTION, AS YOU KNOW,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, THE
SEATTLE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN HAS
A TARGET TO REDUCE THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE
CITY, SPECIFICALLY 32% BY 2030,
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES.
SO THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU
IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
MAYOR JENNY DURKAN'S CLIMATE
STRATEGY, RELEASED LAST APRIL,
IDENTIFYING OR DIRECTING OUR
OFFICE TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO
ACCELERATE OIL.
OIL CONVERSIONS WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
WE KNOW THAT APPROXIMATELY
15,000-18,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE ARE HEATING
WITH OIL, PHASING OUT OIL
REPRESENTS A PERCENT-9%
REJECTION IN THE MISSIONS, AND
16%-18% IN RESIDENTIAL LOAN,
ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS IS THAT
THE POLICY MAKES SUBSTANTIAL
REDUCTIONS IN THE RESIDENTIAL
SECTOR ALONE.
>>> SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU
AN OVERVIEW OF WHY WE ARE DOING
THIS, OR WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT
OIL, THIS POLICY IS NOT
INTENDED TO PUNISH THOSE SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT WE HEARD FROM
TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY
HAVE VALUE, WITH THE WORKFORCE,
THE CITY, WE ALSO KNOW THAT
CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE
CHANGE IS A BIG ISSUE, AND
COMMITTEES ARE IMPACTED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE IN A HIGH-ENERGY
BURDEN FROM OIL, CONTRIBUTE TO
A HOST OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS,
NOT JUST AT THE POINT OF USE,
BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY
CHAIN, EXTRACTION, REFINING AND
TRANSPORT, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE
AND VOLATILE IN PRICE, AND
CARBON INTENSIVE, BUT THE GOOD
NEWS IS, SEATTLE IS VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE LOCALLY
SOURCED, RELIABLE AND CARBON
FREE ELECTRICITY AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO OIL HEAT.
>>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OIL
TANKS, NOT JUST THE CARBON
EMISSIONS THAT COME FROM OIL,
BUT STORED IN UNDERGROUND OIL
TANKS FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE
HOMES WITH OIL WERE PRIMARILY
BUILT IN THE 1920S, 1950s, WELL
BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE AT
THIS POINT.
THE SHOES A GRAPH OF WHAT THE
VINTAGE OF THE HOMES LOOK LIKE
THAT HAVE OIL.>>> I WON'T GO
TOO MUCH INTO DETAIL, BUT THIS
PAINTS A PICTURE FROM THE DATA
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON'S POLLUTION
LIABILITY, COVERING INSURANCE
FOR TANKS, TANK LEAKAGE, OVER
TIME AS THEY ON THE GROUND, THE
LIKELIHOOD INCREASES OVER TIME,
WE KNOW THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A
LITTLE BIT OF A TICKING TIME
BOMB AT THIS POINT, 1 AND 4
TANKS -- 1 IN 4 TANKS ARE
LEAKING, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE.
>>> 15,000-18,000 OIL HEATED
HOMES IN SEATTLE, AND DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, HEATING WITH OIL,
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP, THOSE
WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE OF
COLOR HEATING WITH OIL,
BURDENED WITH THE HIGH COST OF
OIL HEAT.
>>> I WILL SAY UNLIKE UTILITIES,
THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS FOR FOLKS
TO GET OFF OIL OR WEATHERIZE
THEIR HOME.
IS NOT TECHNICALLY A UTILITY IN
THE STATE STATUTE, SO THERE ARE
NO RATE PAYER FUNDED PROGRAMS
IF YOU WILL, LIKE THE PUGET
SOUND ENERGY, REBATE PROGRAMS,
WEATHERIZATION, THAT TYPE OF
THING.
PROVIDING BENEFITS TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
>> THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING --
OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONVERTIG
FROM OIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,
AND I BELIEVE THE SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO
ACCELERATE THAT, BUT WHAT IS
THE PACE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT OR
SIMILAR?
>> WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 1300 ON
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS GET OFF OF
OIL EVERY YEAR, JUST GENERAL
ATTRITION, ORGANIC, PEOPLE GET
OFF OF OIL FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS, COST, LEAKS, OR THEY
WOULD BE DIFFERENT HEATING
SOURCE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT REBATE PROGRAMS
IN THE UTILITY WORLD CUP IT IS
JUST CALLED ORGANIC ATTRITION,
WE HAVEN'T INFLUENCE THEM WITH A
REBATE OF ANY SORT, THEY ARE
DOING IT ON THEIR OWN.
-- INFLUENCED. BY 2030, THERE
WILL BE NO OIL IN THE CITY,
THAT IS HAPPENING IRRESPECTIVE
OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE
AUGUST 2017, WE PROVIDED WITH
THE COUNCIL AUTHORITY, A
LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR
REBATE FOR PEOPLE TO GET OFF OF
OIL HEAT TO HEAT PUMPS, THAT
HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, WE
HAVE WORKED WITH HEAT PUMP
DISTRIBUTORS, CONTRACTORS, TO
CONVERT ESSENTIALLY 200 HOMES
PER YEAR.
SINCE THEN, CONVERTING OVER
400, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WE
SEE THAT AS SCALING WITH THE
TAX REVENUE, AND BEING ABLE TO
SCALE TWO MORE HOMES.
>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT
CONVERTING TO DUCTLESS HEAT
PUMPS, ONE OF THE ELECTRIC
OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE CLEAN AND
QUITE ENERGY-EFFICIENT, HAVE
YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME
OF THE HEATING COMPANIES IN
TOWN, AND TO ANY PARTICIPATE IN
OTHER PROGRAMS?
ARE THEY EXCLUSIVELY OIL HEAT
COMPANIES OR DO THEY DO OTHER
WORK?
>> OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN
LIMITED WITH OIL DEALERS, WE
HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
GENESEE OIL, WE HEARD FROM
EARLIER TODAY, OUR
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PRIMARILY
IN THE OIL DEALING BUSINESS,
SOME OF THEM ARE DOING HEAT
PUMP AND HVAC INSTALLATIONS.
I BELIEVE THE CONVERSATION WITH
GENESEE IS THAT 1/5 OF THE
úBUSINESSES INSTALLING HE PUMPS
SO THERE IS -- SOME OF THE
COMPANIES ARE TO HAVE THAT
CAPABILITY, AND THEY HAVE
TECHNICIANS WHO ARE ABLE TO DO
THAT WORK?
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT
OF THAT, AND SUPPORT THE
CONTINUATION, WE WILL BE
EARMARKING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS,
YOU WILL HEAR A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR -- ABOUT.
>>> ONE OF THE POLICY GOALS IN
LINE WITH OUR CARBON EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS GOALS, TO GET OIL
FROM OH HOMES IN 2028, IT IS
INCREASING ORGANICALLY NOW, BUT
THEIR INCREASING THE PUMPS,
REDUCING OVERALL ENERGY USE AND
HEATING BILLS, AND THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION, WE WILL HELP TO
PREVENT FUTURE OIL LEAKS
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF
OF OIL EARLIER, AND
DECOMMISSIONING THEIR TANKS,
AND MINIMIZING DAMAGE AND
CLEANUP COSTS, AND A HALF WAY
FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOWER
INCOMES, THERE REALLY ARE NOT A
LOT OF PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS ON
OIL, WHEN YOU'RE HITTING WITH
OIL, I USED TO BE ONE OF THEM,
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I
CONVERTED TO A HEAT PUMP, YOU
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO REBATES
FROM THE UTILITIES, IF YOUR
LOWER INCOME, YOU CAN'T GET
WEATHERIZATION, BECAUSE YOU ARE
NOT ELECTRICALLY HEATED, OR
WITH FOSSIL GAS, YOU'RE KIND OF
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, AND OF
COURSE OIL IS LIKE THE MOST
COSTLY HEATING SOURCE.
IT IS KIND OF A DOUBLE WHAMMY
IF YOU WILL.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BY
ELECTRIFYING THOSE HOMES, FOR
LOWER INCOME FOLKS, WE CREATE A
PATHWAY SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS
THE WEATHERIZATION SERVICES.
WE REDUCE THEIR HEATING COSTS,
AND ALSO HELP THEM WEATHERIZE
THEIR HOME.
>>> THE POLICY GOAL IS TO
SUPPORT THE HEAT PUMP
TECHNOLOGY, WE RECOGNIZE NOT
ALL OIL DEALERS ARE INSTALLING
HE PUMPS, BUT WE WANT TO
PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO HELP
THEM DO THAT AND WORK WITH
LABOR AS WELL.>>> THE POLICY
COMPONENTS OF THE LEGISLATION
IS TO IMPOSE A HEATING OIL TAX
OF 23.6 CENTS PER GALLON ON OIL
DEALERS, GENERATING AN
ESTIMATED A $.3 MILLION FROM
TAXES OVER APPROXIMATELY NINE
YEARS.
-- 8.3 MILLION. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT HE PUMPS CAN BE EXPENSIVE,
WE CAN'T EXPECT LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS TO BE BURDENED WITH
THOSE COSTS, SO THIS IS REALLY
LEGISLATION PUTTING --
CENTERING EQUITY AND
PRIORITIZING THOSE HOUSEHOLDS
FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND BECAUSE
WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH
OUR EXISTING PROGRAM, WE WOULD
LIKE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND
OFFER ADDITIONAL REBATES FOR
ORE NON-LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
APPROXIMATELY 1700 REBATES.
AND THE LEGISLATION, ONE
COMPONENT WOULD DIRECT RELEVANT
CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOP A PLAN
AND RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR ON HOW WE WILL ESSENTIALLY
APPROACH UNDERGROUND HEATING
OIL TANKS, THAT MIGHT BE
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR
UPGRADING THE TANK, AND
DECOMMISSIONING THE TANKS.
>>> SO GOING DEEPER INTO
SERVING HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOWER
INCOMES, THE FULLY FUNDED
CONVERSIONS WOULD BE FOR 1000
INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS,
INCLUDING RENTERS, WE WOULD
WORK WITH THE -- THE TENANTS
ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO BE INCOME
QUALIFIED, BUT WE WOULD WORK
WITH THE LANDLORDS TO HAVE
THOSE HEAT PUMPS INSTALLED.
WE WOULD WORK WITH THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING FOR THE DELIVERY OF
THE PROGRAM, WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH THEM TO CONVERT 25
HOMES, GOING WELL SO FAR, WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING HAS EXPERTISE, AND
WEATHERIZATION SERVICES, WE ARE
ALREADY WORKING WITH THEM ON
THIS, ON THIS PILOT.
THE ELECTRIFICATION CREATES
PATHWAYS FOR OFFICE OF HOUSING
WEATHERIZATION SERVICES,
ESSENTIALLY A DOUBLE WIN FOR
THOSE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT ATTACKS
ON OIL DEALERS IS LIKELY TO GET
PASSED ON TO INDIVIDUALS, IN
ORDER TO MITIGATE THE
ANTICIPATED TAX BURDEN ON LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, WE
ANTICIPATE REIMBURSING THEM FOR
THE AVERAGE USE.
AND WE WOULD PUT THAT ON THEIR
CITY LIGHT ACCOUNT.
>>> AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLD COULD BENEFIT
FROM OIL CONVERSION, AND -- THE
AVERAGE ONE MIGHT BE A FIVE
GALLON TANK FIELD, BASED ON
$3.46 PER GALLON, PRICES CHANGE
AND CAN BE VOLATILE, WITH THE
HEAT PUMP, MORE THAN TWICE AS
EFFICIENT.
50% ON HEATING COSTS, AND THE
UTILITY DISCOUNT THEY RECEIVE
A 60% DISCOUNT ON THE NEW
ELECTRIC HEATING, BASICALLY
SAVING THIS PERSON ABOUT $1300
PER YEAR ON THE HEATING, THAT
IS SUBSTANTIAL, PEOPLE CAN USE
THE MONEY IN VERY SUBSTANTIAL
WAYS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE I HAD OUTLINED WHAT THE
BENEFIT WAS.
>> THAT IS GREAT, I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT, TALKING WITH THE
SAVINGS FROM EFFICIENCY,
REMINDING FOLKS FOR THOSE LOW
INCOME FOLKS, UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, GETTING A SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS.
YOU MENTIONED THE REIMBURSEMENT,
THE TAX BURDEN, MITIGATING THAT,
THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM
TODAY.
APPLYING FOR THE -- HOW DO WE
KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ON OIL
HEAT?
FIGURE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HAS COLLECTED THE
INFORMATION, WE LOOKED AT THE
DATA FOR THE EDP PROGRAM,
THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE
1100, THEY SELF IDENTIFIED AS
HEATING WITH OIL, IT WOULD NOT
REQUIRE THEM TO GO THROUGH
ANOTHER APPLICATION PROCESS,
THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT
WITH THE EDP PROGRAM, WE WOULD
LIKELY HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE
VERIFY AND IF THEY ARE HEATING
WITH OIL, WE WOULD WORK WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO DO THE
WORK, AND LITERALLY IS JUST A
TRANSFER OF AGENCY FUNDS TO
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, AND WORKING
WITH THE BILLING DEPARTMENT AND
ENSURE THAT THE CREDIT IS
PLACED ON THEIR ACCOUNT
ACCURATELY.
>> TO THE EXTENT THAT MIGHT
TAKE A FEW YEARS OR MULTIPLE
YEARS, AS LONG AS THEY ARE
STILL ON OIL, GIVING THEM
ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF THE
TAX BACK THROUGH THE UTILITY
CREDIT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ON THE
FRONTLINE WORKING WITH LOW-
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, THEY
BASICALLY REALLY RECOMMENDED TO
MAKE IT EASY FOR HOUSEHOLDS,
DON'T HAVE THEM APPLY FOR
REBATE, MAKE IT EASY, PUT IT ON
THE COUNTER, SO THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL GROUP THAT WE ARE
ASKING THEM TO TAKE.>> LOVE
THAT.
>>> IN SUMMARY, THE PROJECTED
BENEFITS, AT LEAST 433,000
METRIC TONS EQUIVALENT OVER 10
YEARS, IT'S ABOUT 90,000 CARS
OFF THE ROAD FOR ONE YEAR.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER
PIECE OF IT IS, REDUCING THE
FUTURE INCIDENTS OF LEAKING
TANKS FROM UNDERGROUND OIL,
SORT OF OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF
MIND ISSUE, THE EARLIER WE CAN
SUPPORT PEOPLE CONVERTING OFF
OF OIL, THE BETTER, AND IN
TERMS OF ENERGY BENEFITS,
SWITCHING OFF OF OIL TO A HEAT
PUMP, 50%-60% AVERAGE SAVINGS
AND REDUCING THE BURDEN FOR
LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
>>> FOR ME NONENERGY BENEFIT
STANDPOINT, INCREASED COMFORT,
ESPECIALLY DURING EXTREME
HEATING EVENTS AND SMOKE
EVENTS, SOMEONE EARLIER HAD
TESTIFIED ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
HE PUMPS, WE ARE SEEING MORE
EXTREME HEATING EVENTS, EVERY
SUMMER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
WILDFIRE SMOKE, THANKFULLY WE
HAVEN'T HAD THAT THIS YEAR, BUT
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY
HAVE UPPER RESPIRATORY HEALTH
ISSUES, ELDERS WHO HAVE ISSUES,
THE UPPER RESPIRATORY ISSUES,
THESE TWO EXTRME HEAT EVENTS
AND WELFARE EVENTS, THIS IS
ABOUT RESILIENCE AND ARE
HOPEFULLY NOT NEW MOBILE -- NOT
NEW NORMAL, BUT PROBABLY.
AND SO SUPPORTING HEALTH IS
IMPORTANT.
>>> YOUR NEXT SLIDE AS A LOT OF
NUMBERS.
>> JUST IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE BUDGET.
>> IN PUBLIC, AND SOMEONE
MENTIONED $251, -- $250 MILLION,
DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT
INTENDED TO FORCE EVERYBODY OFF
OF OIL.
IT IS A PERSONAL DECISION, SOME
PEOPLE REALLY LIKE OIL, AND IF
THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO CONTINUE
TO HE WITH OIL, WE'RE SOMEBODY
SAYING THEN THERE WILL BE
ATTACKS, THAT TEXT WILL SUPPORT
CONVERTING FOLKS WHO ARE MORE
ENERGY BURDENED OFF THE
SOMETHING CLEANER, LOCALLY
SOURCED, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
A LOCALLY SOURCED DREW, GREEN
ELECTRIC RESOURCE.
HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THOSE
RESOURCES THE BEST THAT WE CAN?
I USED TO WORK FOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, AND DEBRA SMITH, YOU
MIGHT'VE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT,
WE ARE LONG ON POWER, AND CLEAN
RESOURCE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT
THROUGH ELECTRIFICATION, WE CAN
KEEP THE RESOURCES HERE LOCALLY
VERSUS SELLING THEM OFF AT A
LOWER RATE, AND REALLY JUST
KIND OF KEEPING -- MAXIMIZING
THE RESOURCE.
>> FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE,
ALREADY 100% CARBON NEUTRAL,
AND HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE,
ANYTIME WE ELECTRIFY, HEATING
THE HOME, WATER, ENERGIZING
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, WE ARE
REALLY THAT'S REPLACING A
FOSSIL FUEL WITH 100% CLEAN
ENERGY, FRANKLY THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED TO BE DOING EVERYWHERE, IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
EVERYWHERE ELSE, TOO.>>> I
DON'T HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS,
WE WILL BE BACK IN COMMITTEE
EITHER SEPTEMBER 6 OR 17th, WE
WILL SEE WHAT IS TEED UP ON THE
SCHEDULES, WE WILL GET THROUGH
THIS SOMETIME THE FIRST HALF OF
SEPTEMBER.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CLARIFY
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT
OFF ON HER MATH BY AN ORDER OF
10 OR 100, BETWEEN THE $250
MILLION, AND THE $8 MILLION,
CHECKING THOSE WHO PROVIDED
COMMENT, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT MISSING SOMETHING.
>>> FOR FOLKS THAT ARE JUST
TUNING IN, EXPECTING TO SEE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES, WE
AMENDED THE AGENDA TO REMOVE
THAT ITEM, BECAUSE AS OF THE
START OF THE COMMITTEE, WE HAD
NOT RECEIVED A RULING FROM THE
HEARING EXAM PER -- EXAMINER ON
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE OKAY TO
MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL COME BACK
IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HEAR
ABOUT THOSE I IMAGINE, THE LAST
TIME A TEST THIS IS THE LAST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE OKAY WITH
THAT, CHRISTINE, THANKS SO
MUCH, THANKS FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMETIME
IN SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU YOLANDA.
>>> WE ARE ADJOURNED.