WELCOME TO THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMITTEE.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN AND I
AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING
TO RESCHEDULE IT IS A
RESCHEDULED MEETING FROM THE
NORMAL FIRST TUESDAY OF THE
MONTH MEETING BECAUSE OF THE
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY IT GOT
BUMPED.
THE MONDAY MEETING GOT MOVED TO
TUESDAY AND THE TUESDAY MEETING
GOT MOVED TO FRIDAY.
WE'VE A START TIME OF 1 PM.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENDA
ITEMS TO WORK THE.
WE ARE HOPING TO FINISH BEFORE
THE END OF THE WORK.
WE HAVE SIX ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO POSSIBLE SALE OF THE
MERCER.
BLOCK.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN THIS
COMMITTEE LAST MONTH ON THIS.
ON THE PROPOSAL.
POTENTIALLY FLOATING THAT OUT
OF COMMITTEE TODAY.
NEXT, WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL
TAKE UP AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
THIS WOULD ESTABLISH THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THE THIRD ITEM IS DRAFT
LEGISLATION CALLED HEALTHY
HOMES AND HEALTHY BUILDINGS.
ABOUT NATURAL GAS HOOKUPS FOR
NEW BUILDINGS.
THAT, WE DON'T HAVE INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION ON NOT BUT WE WILL
BE SCUFFING DRAFT LEGISLATION
AND THAT IS SLATED TO BE
INTRODUCED NEXT WEEK AT THE
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
THEN WE WILL TAKE UP A COUPLE
OF STREET VACATION ORDINANCES,
POTENTIALLY VOTING ON BOTH OF
THOSE ONES RELATED TO ARMORY
WAY AND THE OTHER ONE IS, LET'S
SEE, 2026 MEDICINE CORNER LLC,
THAT IS THE LOCATION.
I'M GUESSING THE ADDRESS IS
2026 MEDICINE.
WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
GIVE CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FOR
LOW-GRADE THERMAL ENERGY, THAT
IS A SMALL DISTRICT ENERGY
SYSTEM.
JOHN STREET AND EAST BOREN NEAR
FAIRVIEW STREET.
IT IS NEAR THE OLD SEATTLE
TIMES LOCATION.
WITH THAT, WE WILL JUMP INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I GUESS THE FIRST THING I WILL
DO IS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS I
JUST DESCRIBED.
I'M EXPECTING TO BE JOINED BY A
COLLEAGUE OR TWO LATER.
FOR NOW, I WILL GO AHEAD AND
THAT WE ACCEPT THAT AGENDA.
FOLKS WILL HAVE UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO COMMENT.
I AM STAFFED DATE TODAY BY
KELLY WHO WILL SET THE CLOCK
RUNNING.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIME RUNNING IN
PLACE.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE TIMER AND
WRAP UP AT ABOUT TWO MINUTES SO
I DON'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I AM GOING TO CALL THREE OR
FOUR PEOPLE AT A TIME.
SO PHYLLIS COLLINS, THEN JOHN
MANILA THEN DUG HOW AND ALICIA
RELEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>>> YOU WANT TO PUT DOWN?
>> THAT AFTERNOON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
YES.
MY NAME IS PHYLLIS COLLINS AND
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE SINCE 1988.
I HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER SINCE
1993.
I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE
OIL, HEAT ISSUE AND I WILL
ADDRESS THAT IN A MINUTE.
THEN I AM GOING TO CONTRAST IT
TO THE [NULL]
ISSUE.
THAT HAS COME UP GO SO THERE
HASN'T BEEN MUCH TRANSPARENCY.
WE, WE HAVE OIL, GAS, OIL,
HEAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE ACTUALLY
GONE ONLINE AND LOOKED AT THE
MEETINGS OF YOUR MEETING IN THE
MIDDLE OF AUGUST.
AND THEN I READ THINGS,
INCLUDING SOME THINGS ON THE
SEATTLE CLIMATE ACTION.
I PRINTED OFF A COUPLE OF PAGES
ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE GOING TO
SUBSIDIZE 1000 LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH I THINK IT'S
FINE.
BUT FOR THE REST OF US, FIRST
YOU ARE GOING TO TAX US $.24 A
GALLON?
FOR OUR OIL?
AND I MEAN, THAT ADDS UP TO A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO WE WILL KEEP PAYING INTO
THAT AND THEN TO CONVERT OIL
AND GAS IS EXPENSIVE.
YOU HAVE TO CONVERT YOUR
FURNACE.
WE HAVE AN UNDERGROUND OIL TANK
THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED
FOLLOWING STATE ECOLOGY
STANDARDS.
SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE
AID, FINANCIAL AID FOR PEOPLE
THAT DON'T, UNDER 70,000 PEOPLE
WHO AREN'T GOING TO GET PAID
FOR BY THE CITY.
>> OKAY.
>> THEN ADDITIONALLY, ON THE
GAS, I MEAN, THERE IS WHAT?
180,000, 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE ARE ON NATURAL GAS AS A
POISE TO OIL.
AND NONE OF THEM HAVE TO
CONVERT.
THERE IS NO PENALTY TAX.
FOR THEM ON THEIR GAS THAT THEY
ARE USING UP.
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS ONLY GOING
TO APPLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT
THAT, THERE IS SUCH A GLARING
INEQUALITY BETWEEN HOW YOUR
TREATING PEOPLE WITH OIL VERSUS
GAS.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
YOUR TIME IS UP.
BUT I APPRECIATE IT, PHYLLIS.
TWO MINUTES.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO, IF THEY'RE
WRITTEN DOWN, IF YOU LIKE TO
EMAIL US, WE WILL READ THOSE
TWO.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, PHYLLIS.
JOHN?
YOUR NEXT.
>> HELLO.
MEMBER IS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
MY FELLOW CITIZENS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT
MERCER MEGAPLEX DEAL.
I LIVE ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS
AWAY FROM THE SET.
WITH THE MAYORS OFFICE, THEY'RE
CALLING IT A GENERATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS IN FACT A GENERATIONAL
MISTAKE.
WE DON'T NEED A SCIENCE CAMPUS
OR A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT
WITHOUT RENT CONTROL WILL ONLY
SERVE TO DRIVE PROPER VALUES
AND RENTS FURTHER UPWARD.
WE DON'T NEED 700 MORE PARKING
SPOTS FOR 700 MORE CARS ON
MERCER.
WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE ALREADY
HORRIBLE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION
EVEN MORE AROUND US.
WE NEED IS ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND WE NEED MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF IT.
WE NEED IT RIGHT NOW.
WE CONCLUDED THAT WE CAN
INSTEAD USE THE SITE FOR 1400
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK WE CAN FIND THE MONEY
HERE IN SEATTLE, WHICH IS ONE
OF THE RICHEST CITIES IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SO PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS
MISTAKE HAPPEN TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM JOINED MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
DUG HOW?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK GOT GREEN
AND 350 FOR BRINGING FORTH THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
MY NAME IS DOUG AND I WORK FOR
THE SIERRA CLUB.
I AM THE SENIOR CAMPAIGN
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CLIMATE
ENERGY PROGRAM ACROSS
NORTHWEST.
20 YEARS AGO, I WORKED FOR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE WERE THE
FIRST TO CREATE A GREENHOUSE
GAS INVENTORY AND THEN THE CITY
DID LIVE THE CHART.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL HISTORY OF
BEING LEADERS AND HAVE HAD THAT
OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TODAY.
SO NOW IN THE NEXT STEPS, THE
QUESTIONS ARE, WHAT WILL WE DO
ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL?
I HOPE THAT YOU DUDE PAST THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
WE HOPE YOU MAKE IT A PRIORITY.
THE SECOND PIECE, IT IS HEALTHY
HOMES AND HEALTHY BUILDINGS.
I WANT TO GIVE TO PERSPECTIVES.
WE KNOW THAT COAL IN THE ARRAY
OF FOSSIL FUELS, COAL, GAS, OIL
IS GOING AWAY NOW.
THERE'S INCREASING SCRUTINY ON
GAS.
WHAT IS LOST ON PEOPLE IS JUST
HOW BAD GAS IS.
IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MOST
RECENT SCIENCE, IT IS NOT 24
TIMES MORE DAMAGING THAN CARBON
DIOXIDE, IT IS 87 TIMES MORE
DAMAGING IF YOU'RE LOOKING THAT
THE MOST RECENT SCIENCE.
YOU ADD THAT WITH THE LEAKAGE
RATE, IT IS AS BAD AS CALL.
HE WILL NEED TO GET THAT.
GAS IS BAD.
IT IS FUNDAMENTAL.
WE ARE NOT THERE.
WE HAVE TO GET IT.
THE SECOND PERSPECTIVE IS, WHAT
DO ALL OF THE LONG-RANGE PLAN
TO SAY?
WHETHER IT IS THE GOVERNOR,
OBAMA, THE UN?
GAS IS GOING AWAY.
BUT WHAT WE SEE IS EXPANSION.
THE VERY FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS IS TO STOP DIGGING THE
HOLE DEEPER.
STOP MAKING THE CLIMATE PROBLEM
WORSE.
WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS A
VERY MODEST STEP.
IF WE CANNOT DO THIS, WE REALLY
HAVE TO QUESTION OUR COMMITMENT
TO CLIMATE ACTION.
AND IF YOU CAN DO IT, IT WILL
BE OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
GODSPEED.
>> THANK YOU, DOUG.
ALICIA?
FOLLOWED BY DALE BRIGHT.
MONTE ANDERSON AND THEN LEANNE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ,
REPRESENTING THE MASTER
BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
THE MASTER BUILDERS SHARE YOUR
CONCERN WITH THE PLANETS
GROWING CLIMATE CRISIS.
BUT DO NOT SUPPORT THE
PROPOSALS TO CONTINUE WITH
NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS TO
BUILDINGS.
TO NEW BUILDINGS.
OUR JOBS REVOLVE AROUND
BUILDING HOMES IN A CITY THAT
ALLOWS RESIDENTS SHORT COMMUTES
TO HOME AND WORK AND OTHER
LOCATIONS OFFERED BY FOOT, BIKE
PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THESE CARLESS TRIPS LATELY
OUTWEIGH ANY REDUCTION ON
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
SAVINGS, REMOVING GAS FROM
HOMES.
SEATTLE BUILDERS ARE KNOWN FROM
THE CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO BUILD
HOMES AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS
POSSIBLE.
MANY WORK WITH TILT GREEN TO
CERTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTALLY
CONSCIOUS OF HIS.
MOVING FORWARD, IT IS OUR HOPE
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL IS
THERE A MORE INCENTIVE-BASED
APPROACH TO DISCONTINUE THE USE
OF NATURAL GAS INSTEAD OF A
PROHIBITORY ONE.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HARD-WON FOR
HOMEBUILDERS WITH THE ADDITION
OF MHA FEES AND BAR
RESTRICTIONS.
OUR MEMBERS ARE DOING THE BEST
TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES BUT IF
THE CITY CONTINUES TO ADD TO
THE COST OF BUILDING, HOW WILL
WE EVER MAKE HOMES MORE
AFFORDABLE?
AND OUR FORMAL POSITION LETTER
IS FORTHCOMING.
>> THANK YOU, ALICIA.
>> DALE.
I AM DALE BRIGHTLY.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
BAND.
WE SEE THIS AS BEING A BAD
THING, NOT ONLY FOR MEMBERS
THAT WORK WITH THOSE WHO LIVE
IN SEATTLE.
NOT ONLY DOES IT UP THE COST OF
HEATING AND MAINTAINING HOMES,
PRICING THEM OUT OF THE MARKET,
IT WILL COST SOME OF THEM OUR
JOBS.
WE ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AND
DON'T TAKE A QUICK REACTION.
DO SOMETHING THAT IS LONG-TERM
AND SUSTAINABLE.
NOT A KNEE-JERK LEGISLATION
THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE
HARDSHIP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, DALE.
MONTE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS MONTE ANDERSON WITH
SEATTLE BUILDING TRAITS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE.
THE SEATTLE BUILDING TRAITS ARE
NOT OPPOSED TO OBVIOUSLY TO
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND WE ARE
ALWAYS ON THE FRONT OF NEW
GREEN TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE ALWAYS OUT WORKING WITH
CARBON DIOXIDE SCRUBBERS AT
REFINERIES OR DIFFERENT WAYS
FOR US TO MANAGE SURFACE WATER.
WE ARE THERE WITH YOU.
THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO CATCH
UP SO WE COULD BE THERE, THE
IDEA OF BANNING SOMETHING, IT
PUTS A LOT OF UNNECESSARY
PRESSURE ON THE PEOPLE WHO RELY
ON THAT GAS.
THE PEOPLE WHO INSTALL THE GAS.
THE COMPANIES WHO EMPLOY THE
PEOPLE FOR THE GAS.
THERE IS THE IMPACT THAT IS
LARGE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE
ALL IN ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TO
MAKE THIS PLACE HEALTHIER, THE
CITY AND COUNTY.
BUT BANNING SOMETHING IN MY
EXPERIENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
RECIPE FOR A LOT OF RASH
DECISIONS.
I AM HOPING THAT BEFORE THIS
GOES ANY FURTHER, YOU TAKE
ACCOUNT OF JOBS AND THE
COMPANIES IMPACTED AND THE
SUPPLIERS AND WEIGH IT AGAINST
WHAT OUR END GOAL IS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MONTY.
LEANNE?
LEANNE YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
DAVID HAYNES AND KRISTIN SMITH
AND VIC ROBERTSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS LEANNE GEYER AND I
AM WITH THE UA LOCAL 32
PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS,
REPRESENTING OVER 500 NUMBERS
THAT ARE WORKING IN THE SEATTLE
AREA TO AND THE GAS INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE 3800 MEMBERS IN THE
LOCAL ALONE.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN
OPPOSITION OF THE ORDINANCE IN
REGARD TO PROHIBITING NATURAL
GAS.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR OVER
500 MEMORIES AND FAMILIES
WORKING IN THE NATURAL GAS
INDUSTRY.
WE UNDERSTAND WITH THE CITY IS
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WE AGREED
THAT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN,
BUT WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ON
WHETHER THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE
ACTION TO TAKE AT THIS TIME.
FOR THOSE OF US ENGAGED AND
AWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL
GAS IS BEING USED IN THE CITY,
HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ON HOW
THIS CAN BE A COMMISH.
WTHOUT A CONFERENCE OF STUDY
TO ADDRESS THE FEASIBILITY AND
IMPACTS OF THIS ORDINANCE, IT
IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM
REQUESTING THE COUNCIL ENGAGE
IN A CONFERENCE OF STUDY TO
ENSURE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE
ELECTRICAL GRID TO HANDLE THE
CAPACITY OF FUTURE NATURAL GAS
CONNECTIONS.
AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON
RESIDENTS IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
WE BELIEVE THAT MOVING FORWARD
WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND DID SUCCESSFUL
WORK THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE
SESSION IN OLYMPIA WHERE LABOR
WAS AT THE TABLE WITH ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS AND HELPED PASS IT
100% CLEAN ENERGY BILL.
WE WERE ENGAGED IN THE
CONVERSATION I WORKED FOR ALL
OF THE CONCERNS OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS.
OUR MEMBERS AND CONTRACTORS ARE
CONTINUOUSLY TRAINING AND
INSTALLING MORE EFFICIENT MEANS
OF QUITMAN, REDUCING URBAN
FOOTPRINT AND ARE CONTRACTORS
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
PURCHASING AND INSTALLING HIGH-
EFFICIENCY.
WE HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE IN
BUILDING MORE EFFICIENT
BUILDINGS.
IN SUMMARY, IT IS AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING
THE IMPACT STUDY OF ALL OF THE
EFECTS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL ONCE THE STUDY IS
COMPLETED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANKS, LEANNE.
DAVID?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS DAVID HAYNES.
THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE
A LAW THAT IF YOU HAVE GAS IN
YOUR KITCHEN, THAT YOU CAN TAKE
A ZERO OFF THE RENT UNTIL THEY
CONVERT IT TO ELECTRIC.
IT IS CAUSING MENTAL, PHYSICAL
HEALTH AND SEATTLE RESIDENTS
ARE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
NOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF HIGH
WATERS WITH TRANSFER STATIONS
AT LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS WAITING
TO BE TAPPED FOR MORE 21ST-
CENTURY INFILL DEVELOPMENTS
WITH FIRST WORLD ENHANCEMENTS
SUCH AS ELECTRIC STOVES.
THE ONLY WAY TO GO UNLESS YOU
HAVE SOME SORT OF SOLAR
TRANSFERRING HOTPLATE.
THE THING IS, IN ORDER FOR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL TO WORK, WE HAVE
TO CONGESTION PRICE THE COAL
TRAIN OWNED BY WARREN BUFFETT
THAT PASSED THROUGH EARLIER
THIS MORNING.
THE TOXIC WATERFRONT WITH
OVERLOADED AND UNCOVERED COLD
CARS.
EVERY TIME A DIRTY ENERGY TRAIN
AND COAL CAR PASSES THE BRIDGE,
TEXT THEM.
IT SEATTLE IS EVER GOING TO
SAVE ITSELF FROM TREASONOUS
GENTRIFICATION, BY CHINA'S
SHIPPING, PLAYING THE CITY
AGAINST OTHERS FOR A FREE DEAL
THAT STEALS PROPERTY TAXES, WE
NEED A FEDERAL INJUNCTION ON
THE PORT AUTHORITY SELLING US
OUT.
SEATTLEITES HAVE TO STOP LYING
TO THEMSELVES AND COME TO GRIPS
WITH THE FACT THAT OBAMA EMMA
KRATZ LEGALIZED DIRTY ENERGY
EXPORTS THAT HE SIGNED INTO LAW
FOR LEAVING OFFICE.
CLINTON'S STATE DEPARTMENT WENT
AROUND AFTER THEY BAILED OUT
WALL STREET AND OTHER FINANCIAL
TOOLS, BEGAN ALL OF THE ENERGY
PROMOTION, CLAIMING FRACKING
WAS AN ADVANCEMENT THE WORLD
THE BENEFIT FROM.
THESE TWO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
BACKSTABBED ALL OF THE CLIMATE
ACTIVISTS AND ANY SEMBLANCE TO
CURB GREENHOUSE GAS AFTER BOGUS
CONSERVATIVES PRINTED UP IN THE
20th CENTURY'S PROLIFERATION OF
BARRELS PER DAY.
ANYWAY.
I WANT TO SIT THE WORKERS WHO
WORK GET A THREE HALF-DAY
WORKDAY.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
KIERSTEN?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KIRSTEN SMITH.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING DIA
SEATTLE.
THE ARCHITECTS OF THE CITY.
I WANT TO ENDORSE THE GREEN NEW
DEAL AND HEALTHY HOMES, HEALTHY
BUILDINGS.
ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL, WE KNOW
IT IS PAST CANCER, THE LONG
LIST OF ITEMS.
WE ENCOURAGE COUNCIL AND THE
CITY TO PRIORITIZE THOSE
ACCORDING TO WHAT REDUCES
CARBON EMISSIONS THE MOST.
PARTICULARLY, WITH THE ADVISORY
BOARD ON THE DOCKET TODAY, WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE ON
THAT COMMITTEE WHO KNOW HOW TO
DO THAT AND HAVE THE EXPERTISE
TO DO THAT.
HEALTHY HOMES, HEALTHY
BUILDINGS, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE
NOT ON TARGET TO MEET THEM
EMISSIONS REDUCTION THAT THE
STATE LEVEL, COUNTRY LEVEL, WE
HAVE TO DECIDE, IS THIS A
PRIORITY OR NOT?
I'M NOT LECTURING YOU.
THIS IS HOW WE ARE THINKING AT
DIA SEATTLE.
IF IT IS, WE HAVE TO MAKE WAYS
FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
THIS IS ONE.
WE NEED TO DO CARBONIZED
BUILDINGS, DOING SO LOWERS THE
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
INCREASES AIR QUALITY.
ALL ELECTRIC THINGS CAN BE
BUILT.
ARE TO ARE WORKING ON THEM
RIGHT NOW.
THEY EXIST AS YOU KNOW.
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KIRSTEN.
VIC?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM VIC OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS
ASSOCIATED RECREATION COUNSEL.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SAY
I HAVE COME TO REPRESENT BILL
KELLER, THE EXECUTIVE RECTOR.
JONATHAN, OUR PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU TO JESUS McGUIRE AND
THE FOLKS AND STAFF.
ARC HAS BEEN A VITAL PARTNER
WITH US FOR 45 YEARS PLUS.
WE AT ARC ARE INVOLVED IN
COMMUNITY BUILDING.
COMMUNITY CENTER WORK.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
IS, WE SUPPORT THE SEATTLE
PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR.
IT IS A BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS
OF THE CITY.
THE COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE THE
HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE SAFETY NET FOR MANY FOLKS.
I, A GATHERING PLACE IF YOU
WELL.
THEY PROVIDED CHILD CARE, SPACE
FOR NEIGHBORS.
PRIORITIZE HEALTH WELLNESS AND
RESOURCES.
IN LIGHT OF THE CITY'S RAPID
GROWTH, WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO
CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
INC.
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> INC.
YOU FOR COMING OUT.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
MARK CUMMINGS IS NEXT.
AND MARK YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JORDAN TELFORD AND RICK
BROWNING.
>> THANK YOU.
MARK CUMMINGS WITH I SCIENCE
WASHINGTON.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT REPRESENTING
MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
LIKE SCIENCE COMPANIES AND
PARTNERS WHO ARE WORKING TO
DEVELOP MEDICAL INNOVATIONS
RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE
PROJECT PROCEED.
LAB SPACE IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL TO LIFE SCIENCE
ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTES.
WE HAVE A DESPERATE SHORTAGE OF
LAB SPACE.
THIS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO
ADDRESSING THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT ALEXANDER, WHO HAS BEEN
SELECTED TO LEAD THE PROJECT,
IT IS A SPECIAL COMPANY.
THEY ARE NOT JUST A REAL ESTATE
COMPANY, THEY GET INVOLVED IN
BUILDING THE ECOSYSTEM AND
CONNECTING THE PARTNERS TO EACH
OTHER, WHICH IS REALLY HELPING
TO MAKE SEATTLE WHAT IT IS
TODAY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES.
SO THAT MEGAPROJECT IS A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY TO CEMENT SEATTLE'S
PLACE AS A LIFE SCIENCE LEADER.
ALSO INVENT, INVEST IN
WORKFORCE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
BENEFITS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE
FORWARD.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT IT.
>> LINTON?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS GORDON AND THEY WORK
FOR A SEATTLE DELIVERED
GREENWAY.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
MEGABUCK.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THE
WALK, BIKE PATH ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE PARCEL WAS INCLUDED
IN THE FINAL DESIGN.
IT WILL BE A REALLY CRITICAL
CONNECTION.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO OFFER A
SUGGESTION FROM MY
ORGANIZATION.
FROM A NUMBER OF OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
POTENTIALLY RESTRICTING SOME OF
THE FUNDING THAT WILL BE COMING
OFF OF THAT MERCER MADE A BLOCK
SALE.
SOME OF THAT WE KNOW IS
DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR
TRANSPORTATION BUT THAT IS A
PRETTY BIG BUCKET THAT WILL BE
DROPPED INTO IT.
THERE IS A LOT OF NEED.
WE RECOMMEND REALLY PROVIDES
DOING THAT TO WHAT, BY AND
TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
THINKING ABOUT RESTRICTING IT
GENERALLY POTENTIALLY EVEN
GOING DOWN AND RESTRICT IT AT
THE PROJECT LEVEL.
SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY
EXCITING TO SEATTLE DELIVERED
GREENWAY'S THE BEACON APP
TRAIL.
GEORGETOWN SOUTH PARK TRAIL.
THEY WILL PROVIDE HEALTHY
MOBILITY FOR AMENITIES OF COLOR
IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
THE THOMAS STREET CONNECTION IS
GOING TO BE A HUGE WIN FOR THE
WHOLE CENTER CITY AND GETTING
PEOPLE TO THE ARENA.
THAT WILL NEED FUNDING SHORTLY.
THE RAPID RIDE PROGRAM,
OBVIOUSLY ALSO NEEDS ADDITIONAL
ENDING TO COMPLETE THE
CORRIDORS IN THE TIME THAT WAS
PROMISED TWO VOTERS.
THAT DUWAMISH TRIBE HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD ON GETTING A
CROSSWALK TO THEIR LONG HOUSE
AND IT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPORTANT
CONNECTION TO MAKE THEM A
CONNECTING THE LONGHOUSE TO THE
PARK.
AND TO THE TRAIL ON EITHER
SIDE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE
OBVIOUSLY HAVE A HUGE NEED FOR
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ON
THE CITY.
26% OF OUR CITY STILL LACKS
BASIC WALKING AMENITIES.
SOMETHING LIKE $5 MILLION WOULD
ALLOW US TO BUILD A SIDEWALK
ALL THE WAY ALONG GREENWOOD
AVENUE, WHICH IS A TRANSIT
CORRIDOR.
IT IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND
RIGHT NOW, KIDS AND PARENTS AND
EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY
REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A SAFE
PLACE TO WALK.
THERE ARE GREAT PROJECT THAT WE
HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS
FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU, GORDON.
RICK?
>> RICK YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MIKE McQUAID AND MEGAN MURPHY.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT
AFTERNOON.
I AM RICK BROWNING, LOCAL
ARCHITECT AND CHAIR OF THE
UPTOWN ALLIANCE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THE MEGABUCK DEAL.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SUGGESTED
TO YOU BY LETTER, ADDRESSED TO
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND CCED
OTHER MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE.
SEVERAL IDEAS FOR USE OF SOME
OF THAT MEGA BLOCK FUNDS.
IT WOULD BENEFIT THE AREA AND
THE CITY AT LARGE.
BUT AS TRANSPORTATION CHAIR,
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PASSION.
THE THOMAS STREET GREENWAY.
THIS COULD BE A REALLY
TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR
SOUTH LAKE UNION AND UPTOWN.
IT WOULD CONNECT THE DYNAMIC
BUSINESS DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC IN THE
COUNTRY.
SOUTH LAKE UNION.
WITH A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK SITE.
THE SEATTLE CENTER.
AND OF COURSE, UPTOWN.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, GREEN
NEW DEAL, IT WOULD BE A ZERO
CARBON FACILITY IN TERMS OF ITS
SUPPORT FOR BIKES AND
PEDESTRIANS WHICH IS SORELY
NEEDED IN THE DISTRICT.
THE ADOPTED 2013 PLAN FOR
THOMAS STREET, I THINK IT IS
REASONABLE TO SAY IT HAS NOT
BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO MEET ALL OF
THE OBJECTIVES YET.
ON SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL
ONES, THEY ARE STILL WAITING.
SO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASKS YOU
CONSIDER YOUR MUCKING PART OF
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE MEGA
BLOCK SALE TO COMPLETE THIS
CRITICAL PROJECT.
SO YOU ARE NOT UP BUT THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK WHEN YOU'RE UP
THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AT THE
TABLE AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, VIC.
MIKE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM MIKE McQUAID, THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
COUNSEL.
I WAS THE APPOINTED WERE
PRESENTED OF APPOINTED TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND
SUPPORTING THE VACATION OF
FRAUDS STREET.
IT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND REAL BENEFIT
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TO COME TO
FRUITION.
SELF LOOKING AND COMMUNITY
COUNCILS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IT STRIKES AN IMPORTANT
BALANCE WITH THE CITY'S NEED
FOR HOUSING.
SUPPORTING ADVANCEMENT OF THE
HEALTH SCIENCES SECTOR AND
PUBLIC IF IT'S.
WE HAVE COME TO KNOW PERSONALLY
AND ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
EMMA ALEXANDRIA AS A COMMITTED
PARTNER.
THE VISION IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED
WITH OUR VISION AS A COMMUNITY
IN SUFFOLK UNION AND THE
PRINCIPLES IN THE UDF.
URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK
FORMALIZED ABOUT A DECADE AGO.
FOR ME AS A FOURTH ITERATION
SATELLITE, IT IS A GOOD FIT FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE MOBILITY RELATED.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE
ANTICIPATED TRANSIT SLU LIGHT
RAIL STATION, THE HUB LOCATED
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MERCER
STREET, THE ABILITY FOR
PEDESTRIANS ACROSS MERCER TO
THIS CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR, THE
RECREATION CENTER BENEFITS THAT
ARE PROPOSED IS IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THAT.
SECONDLY, SELF LICKING AND HAS
SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING
TRANSIT, FREIGHT AND EXISTING
VEHICULAR SAFETY AND MOVEMENTS.
FULL ACCESS OF THE MEGA BLOCK
PROPERTY.
AS WELL AS MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
PAY ATTENTION TO.
FINALLY, THE DEXTER CORRIDOR
RUNS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
THE DEXTER CORRIDOR IS ONE OF
THE UNTOUCHED CORRIDORS IN
TERMS OF PLANNING.
THROUGH SOUTH LAKE UNION, WE
SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.
BOTH IN TERMS OF THE COURT OR
STUDY AND THE STREETSCAPE STUDY
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACTS OF MOBILITY IN THE AIR.
BY AND LARGE, THIS IS A GOOD
THING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND THE
DEVELOPER IN SHAPING THIS AND
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT
MOBILITY QUESTIONS IN SELF
LICKING IN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
>> REAGAN?
>> MEGAN IS THE LAST PERSON WHO
SIGNED UP.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN THE
AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE QUEUE UP
BEHIND MEGAN.
>> OKAY.
I AM READING THIS BOOK, CAPITAL
CITY.
AND THE REASON WHY, I AM
BECOMING SO VIGILANT OR MORE
PROACTIVE WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE
ISSUES, IT IS BECAUSE I LOST
CUSTODY OF MY SON FOR A
DIAGNOSIS I DON'T HAVE.
IT MADE ME SO HURTS AND I JUST
HAD TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO THE
PROCESS OF THE STATE BECAUSE I
GREW UP AROUND THE HOUSEHOLD OF
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS.
THEY ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE TOWN
AND THE STATE.
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS.
MY GRANDMOTHER'S WRITING IS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF OUR.
THEY COLLECTED ALL OF HER
EDITORIALS.
NOW I HOUSE CLEAN AND DIE
ORGANIZE HOMES.
AND SO FRANTIC GAS DRIVES ME
CRAZY BECAUSE WE ARE TRADING,
AND CAPITAL CITY PLANNERS, THEY
TRADE WITH S AND THEN THEY
BUILD NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK
ANYTHING FACT THAT IS CAUSING
GLOBAL WARMING TO THIS EXTENT
SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED
TRADABLE GOODS ANYMORE.
AND COAL, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN
PLANNING CITIES SINCE TIME
BEGAN.
I MEAN, AMERICA STARTED ARE
NATIVE AMERICAN TRAILS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHERE SLAVES USED
TO LIVE.
IT BECAME SECTIONS OF CITIES.
THAN THE IRISH, THE POOR
GERMANS AND ALL OF THESE BECAME
PRIME MANHATTAN PROPERTIES.
SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS NOW THAT
WE KNOW ALL OF THIS, ANYTHING,
NOW WE HAVE THE TOOLS, ANYTHING
THAT IS COAL OR GAS THAT CAUSES
CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD NOT EVEN
BE CONSIDERED WORTH MONEY.
AND I KNOW REAL ESTATE HAS MORE
WORSE NOW THAN GOLD.
THREE TIMES MORE THAN GOLD EVER
HAD.
IT NEEDS, PEOPLE NEED TO BE IN
THE FORMULA.
SO ALL THE WORKERS AT THE
HOSPITAL IN THE STARBUCKS CAN
LIVE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY
WORKED ON TOWN.
RICH PEOPLE CAN PARK THEIR CARS
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND COME VISIT DOWNTOWN AND
SHOP.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE WHO
IS QUEUED UP.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRST
AGENDA ITEM.
I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
AND YES.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT?
>> KELLY, WOULD YOU READ THE
SHORT VERSION OF AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119609, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
LOCATED IN SOUTH LOOKING IN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND DECLARING THEM
AS SURPLUS TO THE CITY.
>> WHY DON'T WE START WITH A
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LISH WHITSON.
>> STEVEN SHAIN.
>> BEN NOBLE , CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO MIX IN THE
OPENING COMMENTS?
>> VERY BRIEFLY, THIS IS
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE TO SIGN
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE.
ALMOST 3 ACRES OF CITY-OWNED
PROPERTY.
IN SOUTH LAKE UNION.
IT WOULD FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTIVE TO NEGOTIATE FINAL
SALE TERMS AND A LEASE
AGREEMENT FOR A 30,000 SQUARE-
FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE
SITE.
AND IT PROVIDES FOR A NUMBER OF
PUBLIC BENEFITS, INCLUDING THE
COMMUNITY CENTER 175 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ALONG
MERCER STREET.
AND A LARGE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
ALONG EIGHTH AVENUE.
>> AND $5 MILLION.
FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.
>> GREAT.
SO WE HAVE HAD THIS, IT HAS
BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WITH
THE COUNSEL.
FRANKLY SINCE I JOINED THE
COUNCIL 10 YEARS AGO.
WE KNEW THIS WAS ORIGINALLY
WITH THE MERCER PLAN.'S ARE
BLESSING IT WAS PART OF A
TRANSACTION THAT WAS GOING TO
HELP PAY FOR MERCER.
THE VALUE OF THE SITE, IT WOULD
CERTAINLY EXPECTED BACK AT THAT
TIME BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK FOLKS DID THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO GET THE MOST VALUE
POSSIBLE BOTH IN TERMS OF SOME
OF THE AMENITIES THAT LISH
WHITSON MENTIONED AND ALSO THE
CHECK THAT WE RENT TO THE CITY.
TO HELP US WITH BOTH
ASPORTATION AND OTHER GENERAL
FUNDING WITH THE INTENT THAT A
LOT OF IT WILL GO TOWARDS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LOT.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
BUT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IF
YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS?
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT AT
ALL BEFOREHAND?
OR SHOULD WE JUMP IN ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
HOPEFULLY FOLKS WILL HAVE
COPIES OF THIS.
IT MAKES A COUPLE OF CLEANUPS.
THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE
SUBSTANTIVE IN HERE, THEY WOULD
BE TO ADD A SENTENCE AT THE END
OF SECTION 6 WHICH RELATE TO
THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE THE
FINAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS FOR
THE ACTUAL SALE.
IN DRAFTING THE LEASE, SPR,
WHICH IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
APARTMENT WILL WORK WITH
ALEXANDRIA TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE
WITHIN THE RECREATION CENTER.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE SERIES OF BENEFITS
THAT FOLKS ARE HOPING TO GET
OUT OF IT.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE
VISION IS AT THE MOMENT.
IT IS THAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
CENTER EMMA THAT PARKS IS
PLANNING TO B'S AND BUILD OUT
AND OPERATE.
THAT 30,000 FT.B2, THAT THERE
WOULD BE SPACE WITHIN THAT.
INTO THE FEASIBILITY TO RUN A
DAYCARE CENTER.
THIS IS WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE BUT, FROM THE CITIES AND
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT.
WHAT IS FEASIBLE, WHAT THE
CONFIGURATION LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH
THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT WE, THAT THIS IS WHERE WE
WANT TO GO AND THEY ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIRECTION.
ASSUMING THINGS WORK OUT.
SO THE SECOND STUBBS TENTATIVE
CHANGE THAT THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD ADD IS A SECTION 7. IT
INSERTS IT BEFORE THE PREVIOUS
SECTION 7. SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION SHALL INCLUDE SPACE
IN THE RECREATION CENTER FOR A
LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITY BY
PROVIDING ALL DAY CARE WITH A
úGOAL OF PROVIDING SPACE FOR AT
LEAST THREE CLASSES OF CHILDREN
THROUGH 29 MONTHS OF AGE.
CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN
TO DESIGNING ANY SUCH SPACE TO
ACCOMMODATE NON-CHILDCARE
ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENINGS OR
WEEKENDS.
SO THE FIRST REALLY DIRECT,
STEPHEN AND YOUR TEAM, I ASSUME
YOU WILL BE NEGOTIATING THE
FINAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU
HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
ALEXANDRIA AND THEY ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE LINKAGE.
>> YES.
>> THIS IS INTERNAL TO THE
CITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
DOING THE WORK ON YOUR AND AS
THIS IS BEING DEVELOPED SO I
MAY END UP WITH A FACILITY, IT
IS A FACILITY THAT I AM
ASSUMING IS FEASIBLE.
WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE.
THAT THEY WILL BE READY TO
ACCOMMODATE A CHILDCARE CENTER.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SAY?
>> I HAD SOME REMARKS.
>> SHOULD I MOVE THE AMENDMENT
NOW?
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT ONE AS DESCRIBED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING EYE.
GREAT.
NOT OPPOSED.
SO THAT COUNSEL BILL BEFORE US,
COUNCIL BILL 119609 HAS BEEN
AMENDED TO INCORPORATE THE
LANGUAGE WITH A FEW TECHNICAL
CLEANUPS I DID MENTION.
AND WE HAVE THE BILL AS AMENDED
BEFORE US.
I THINK NOW WOULD BE TIME TO
MAKE SOME COMMENTS OR ASK
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
IF YOU POINTS.
ONE IS I, ONE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
IMPORTANT, WHATEVER SORT OF
SOCIAL FACILITIES WE HAVE
INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE, AS HE
MENTIONED, A COMMUNITY CENTER,
ALL DAY CARE.
PROVIDING SPACE FOR AT LEAST
THREE CLASSES OF CHILDREN.
ALL OF THESE ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
BUT ALSO, I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE POINTS
THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGHOUT
THIS DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THAT THIS DISCUSSION HAS
PROCEEDED.
BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
SOME IMPORTANT POINTS THAT HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT UP BY COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS.
ALSO WE HEARD THIS IN PUBLIC,
TODAY.
THAT THE BEST, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE BEST WAY IN WHICH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE COULD DELIVER ITS
OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL THE
NEEDS OF WORKING PEOPLE IN THE
CITY.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
PUBLIC LAND.
AND INCLUDING ALL OF THE
WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE
CHILDCARE AND CLINICS AND SO
ON.
RATHER THAN DO WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE.
WHICH STILL, WE WANT TO DO THE
RIGHT THING. WE WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE
MOST PREFERABLE OPTION, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE MOVING
TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING
HERE, WHICH IS THAT CITIES
SHOULD BE USING THE LAND IT
OWNS TO PRIORITIZE CONSTRUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE
PUBLIC SECTOR, UNIONIZED JOBS.
THIS GOES INTO THE QUESTION OF
EXPANDING PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
AND BOTH JOBS AND HOUSING GO
HAND-IN-HAND.
AND I JUST WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF
ACTIVISTS HAVE SAID THIS.
YOU WRITE ABOUT IT.
AND WE SHOULD NOT, AS A CITY
COUNCIL, WE SHOULD KEEP THAT AT
THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
THERE IS OTHER PUBLIC LAND
OWNED BY THE CITY.
BUT WHAT I AM DRIVING AT, THE
LAND IS ONE ASPECT OF IT.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME.
THE AFFORDABLE HOMES.
AND FOR THAT, THE CITY NEEDS
REVENUE.
THAT IS WHY THE QUESTION OF.'S
OF TAXATION AND TACKING THE
BUSINESS CANNOT BE DEDUCTED.
THE POINT THAT WAS MADE BUT THE
PERSON IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT,
THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PAST.
REALLY, IT GOES INTO THE
QUESTION OF PUBLIC REVENUES AND
PROGRESSIVE TAXATION.
AND IT IS IN CONTRADICTION TO
SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
HEARING A LOT.
WHILE THE CITY HAS A LOT OF
MONEY AND IT NEEDS TO PUT IT
FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER, THAT IS
NOT TRUE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES
THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DO IT EVER.
IT IS AN IMAGINARY SCENARIO.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN WITHOUT
HAVING ACCESS TO PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES AND SO I FEEL LIKE
WHILE I FULLY AGREE WITH THIS,
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE
A LONG WAY TO GO IN ADDRESSING
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
>> INC.
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND
AGREE WITH THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A CERTAIN
REALITY TODAY.
WHICH IS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
BE ABLE TO HANG ON TO THIS
PARCEL AND BUILD 1000 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE.
IF WE WERE TO HANG ONTO IT, WE
WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS TO
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO IT THE
PROPERTY IN THIS TRANSACTION.
THE PURCHASER.
ALEXANDRIA WILL BE DOING THAT.
AND SO WE WOULD NEED THE MONEY
TO DO THAT REMEDIATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD
HAVE TO CERTAINLY SUBSIDIZE
SIGNIFICANTLY THE BUILDING OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE DO.
AND I AGREE WITH WHAT I BELIEVE
YOU SAID.
IT IS ENTIRELYPOSSIBLE TO LIVE
IN A WORLD WHERE WE ACTUALLY,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE HAVE
THAT REVENUE TO HANG ONTO THAT
LAND INTO THAT BUT THE CURRENT
FISCAL REALITY IS MUCH MORE
CONSTRAINED.
AND WHAT I BELIEVE, IT IS
SIMILAR.
THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS AND
I AM EXCITED FOR THE WORK
OFFENSIVE DONE.
AGAIN, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS
WE HAVE TO, WHAT I THINK IS AN
OUTSTANDING DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE.
BOTH IN TERMS OF THE BENEFITS
AND IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING WE
WILL RECEIVE THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO DO SOME HOPEFULLY SOME GREAT
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
ALSO MAKES SIGNIFICANT
INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS BEYOND
WHAT THE DEVELOPER WILL DO.
I WILL SAY THAT, CORRECT ME IF
I AM WRONG, BUT THE TRANSACTION
TODAY, THE ORDINANCE FOR IT
PASSING OUT OF COMMITTEE, IT
AUTHORIZES THE SALE.
ONCE IT PASSES THROUGH THE FULL
COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE TERMS
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND
ARE A PART OF THE ORDINANCE
WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO PROCEED.
WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL AT
THAT POINT.
WHAT WE DO WITH THE REVENUE
FROM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THE ACTUAL SPECIFICS ARE
NOT PART OF THIS ORDINANCE.
I EXPECT WE WILL SEE MORE
DETAIL AND THAT WHEN WE SEE A
BUDGET AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WILL.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> WE WILL EVALUATE HOW WELL
THE MAYOR DID RELATIVE TO OUR
STANDARDS.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY,
TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE REVENUE
DEDICATED.
THOSE ARE VERY APPROPRIATE
QUESTIONS.
IT IS NOT EMBEDDED IN THIS
ORDINANCE BUT IN A MATTER OF
WEEKS, WE WILL BE DIGGING DEEP
INTO THAT COLLECTIVELY AS A
COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU
PERSONALLY FOR THE TEAM YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH BECAUSE
THESE ARE COMPLEX DEALS.
I THINK OF THE PAST WE WILL LET
HISTORY JUDGE HOW THIS PLAYS
OUT BUT MY SENSE IS THAT THE
CITY IS TYPICALLY NOT LIKE A
REAL ESTATE EXPERT.
THAT IS NOT THE CORE BUSINESS.
THERE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY
WHO DO A LOT OF MANAGEMENT WORK
FOR REAL ESTATE.
BUT TRANSACTIONS LIKE THIS ARE
COMPLEX.
GETTING A GOOD DEAL THAT REALLY
LEVERAGES ALL OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE IS NOT
AN EASY TASK.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE
YOUR EXPERTISE WORKING FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE AND FROM EVERYTHING
I CAN TELL IN REVIEWING THE
DOCUMENTS, I AM REALLY PROUD OF
WHAT THE CITY HAS ACHIEVED.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF
CREDIT FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.
THANK YOU.
>> IF I COULD, I WOULD
APPRECIATE STEPHEN'S WORK AS
WELL.
I WANT TO THANK STEVEN SHAIN.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO WORK TOGETHER TO THE
PROCESS OF DRAFTING AND
BRINGING THE PROPOSALS AND
REVIEWING THEM.
THAT TRANSPARENCY, INCLUDING
HIM, HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANCE FOR
YOU ALL.
AND SURLY FOR US.
AND ALSO JUST THE VALUE OF HIS
EXPERTISE AND INPUT.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD
COLLABORATION.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE LISH
WHITSON AS WELL.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
BEEN VALUABLE TO ME, IT HELPS
ME GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE
NOW.
PRETTY COMPLEX PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
AND TRANSACTIONS THAT I AM
COMFORTABLE WITH.
I HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG WHAT HAS
BEEN GOING ON IN THE
DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE OF YOUR
WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR FOLKS ON
THE COUNCIL.
ALSO THE TRANSPARENCY THAT THE
EXECUTIVES HAD WITH LISH ON THE
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
REASON TO TALK ABOUT IT
FURTHER.
UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
I WILL MOVE COUNCIL BILL 119609
AS AMENDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING EYE.
THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE ON A FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
IT WILL NOT BE NEXT MONDAY BUT
THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHICH IS
THE 16th.
GREAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
KELLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ
IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119 604, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
ESTABLISHING THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
PROVIDING CONVERSATION FOR
THOSE WHO INCUR FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP BY THEIR SUSPICION ON
THE BOARD, REQUESTING THAT THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT CREATE AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
ADVANCE THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
SEATTLE.
AMENDING SECTION 3.1 4.970 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.1 4.9792
THAT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> GREAT.
YOLANDA, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
YOLANDA COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
IF IT IS OKAY, I WILL SAY IF
YOU OPENING REMARKS AND MAYBE
ASK YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND
WALKING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE
OF THE ORDINANCE BEFORE US.
FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, ABOUT
A MONTH AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED A RESOLUTION COMMITTING
THE CITY TO A GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
THAT FOLLOWS ON SOME WORK AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT HAS
HAPPENED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO
REALLY ELEVATE NATIONAL LEVEL,
BOTH THE CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC
CRISIS THAT THE COUNTRY FACES,
ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER
ASPECTS.
ALSO WHO ARE MOST FREQUENTLY
LEFT BEHIND IN THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE CREATED
IN OUR ECONOMY.
THE REALITY OF THE FEDERAL
LEVEL RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE
IS NOT BROAD ENOUGH SUPPORT TO
MOVE GREEN NEW DEAL LEGISLATION
ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THAT AND CAME TO
CITY HALL BACK IN JUNE AND
ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR TO ADOPT A GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
THE RESOLUTION WE PASSED WAS
EXCITING LAST WEEK.
IT WAS A RESOLUTION SO IT LAID
OUT GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT
WE ARE WORKING ON.
ONE OF THOSE IS TO CREATE A
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
AS A NEW BOARD OF COMMISSION
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO HELP
STEWARD THE WORK THAT IS LAID
OUT IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION IN THIS ORDINANCE.
IT IS THE ACTION WE WOULD TAKE
TO SET UP THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
SO WITH THAT, DO YOU MIND
WALKING THROUGH THAT MEMO?
>> SURE.
SO I WILL PROVIDE AS
INTRODUCED, WHAT IS PROPOSED
FOR THE BOARD.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH SOME
AMENDMENTS TO THAT.
THERE ARE SOME LATEBREAKING
AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
SO WE WILL WALK THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
SO COUNCIL BILL 119 604 WOULD
ESTABLISH A GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD, STAFFED AND
ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
THIS BOARD WOULD ADVISE AND
SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS TO
IMPLEMENT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED
BOARD INCLUDE 16 MEMBERS PRIZED
OF EIGHT COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES.
INCLUDING ONE TRIBAL MEMBER TO
INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AGES OF 16-
25 AT THE TIME OF THEIR
APPOINTMENT.
THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
TO REPRESENTATIVES AND
EXPERIENCING GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION.
RELEVANT TO CITIES SUCH AS
PUBLIC HEALTH, INFRASTRUCTURE
AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
ETC.
THE TERMS WOULD BE FOR 3 YEARS
WITH A LIMIT OF TWO CONSECUTIVE
TERMS.
AND MEMBERS FOR WHOM BEING ON
THE BOARD PRESENT A FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR
COMPENSATION AT A RATE OF $50
PER HOUR.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ALSO
REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FORM AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM,
AND IDT TO IMPLEMENT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL CLIMATE
PLANS FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IDT WOULD INCLUDE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM A WIDE
VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS,
INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION, THE
PRIMITIVE TRANSPORTATION, THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, CITY LIGHT,
YOU CAN OF DEVELOPMENT, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY
COUNCIL, AND COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF AS NEEDED.
REFLECTING THE BROADNESS OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.'S
DEPARTMENT LIMIT PLANS SHOWED
METRICS TO MONITOR THE CITIES
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE
DECARBONIZATION.
IT WOULD BRING THE PLANS TO THE
COUNCIL BY JULY 1, 2020.
PROVIDE.'S REPORTS ANNUALLY IN
2021, THE IDT IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE
BOARD ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THESE PLANS AS WELL AS
POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
RELATED TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
SO THAT IS THE BILL AS
INTRODUCED.
SO WE HAVE SOME OPPOSED
AMENDMENTS WHICH I HAD ATTACHED
A SUBSTITUTE VERSION TO THE
MEMO BUT THERE IS A NEW
SUBSTITUTE VERSION SO I BROUGHT
THAT FOR OUR REFERENCE.
>> RATE.
THANK YOU, LEE YOLANDA.
>> I WILL WALK THROUGH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO
CLARIFY AND CHANGE A LITTLE BIT
OF THE STRUCTURE IN RESPONSE TO
STAKEHOLDERS FEEDBACK.
SO THAT
>> I WILL JUMP IN BRIEFLY HERE.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS
BECAUSE IT IS WELL ORGANIZED
AND I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE
CAPABLE OF THAT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE
INTERVENING MIX'S WE HAD A
DISCUSSION OF THIS BACK IN
AUGUST.
WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, ALSO FROM A
SERIES OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO WILL
BE ON THE TABLE IN A MOMENT
TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
BUT REPRESENTING DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THAT COALITION I WILL SAY IS
LED BY GOT GREEN AND 350
SEATTLE.
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY, I AM
NOT ABLE TO SIGNAL WHICH CHANGE
COMES FROM EACH OF THOSE BUT WE
TRIED TO INCORPORATE FEEDBACK
FROM EVERYONE.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE WITH MAYBE A
FEW MINOR EXCEPTIONS, A PRETTY
GOOD CONSENSUS THAT THIS, THESE
MOMENTS MEET THE NEEDS FOR
WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> SO ONE OF THE FIRST CHANGES
WAS, INSTEAD OF JUST PROVIDING
THE STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD, THE
DIRECTORS DUTY WOULD INCLUDE
STAFF SUPPORT FOR ALL BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY HAVE
OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
THAT THEY SUPPORT.
AND THEN, WE ALSO, THAT WAS,
I'M SORRY.
BETTER THE LONG TABLE.
>> SO WE ALSO CLARIFIED.
THE BOARD WILL BE TO THAT MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CLARIFY SOME OF THE DUTIES OF
THE BOARD BEING THAT THEY WOULD
PROVIDE, THE BOARD WOULD
PROVIDE PUZZLES FOR THE DESIGN
OF NEW POLICIES, PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS TO THE MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL AND CITY DEPARTMENT
THAT ADVANCE THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
BEFORE THE MAYOR SUBMITS TO THE
COUNCIL ANY CHANGES TO THE CITY
POLICIES RELATED TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE, REQUIRING
COUNCIL APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE,
THE MAYOR WILL NOTIFY THE BOARD
IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I AM NOW MELDING OUR, THERE WAS
A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS IN WHAT
I JUST HANDED TO YOU.
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN
YELLOW.
IT IS LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE I
HAVE TO DELETE THINGS.
I WILL NOTE THAT AND HIGHLIGHT
THOSE IN YELLOW.
SO, LET'S SEE.
IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT WILL
BE THE REQUIREMENT.
THE POLICY AREAS INCLUDE ARE
NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.
PREPAREDNESS, ENVIRONMENT,
ENERGY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
INCLUDING GREEN JOBS, HOUSING
AND TRANSPORTATION.
THEY WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
INDIVIDUAL CITY DEPARTMENTAL
ANNUAL CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND
SPECIFIC ACTIONS, POLICIES,
PRACTICES TO MAKE SEATTLE
CLIMATE POLLUTION FREE BY 2030.
SO ALIGNING THE LANGUAGE AND
THE GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION.
IN REGARDS TO CLIMATE
POLLUTION.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BUDGET
PRIORITIES AND COORDINATE
EFFORTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
THE ADVISORY BOARD,
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK ROOM
AND OTHER BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS AS NEEDED,
LEVERAGING EXPERTISE IN THE
MANY BOARDS WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
AND THEY WOULD ALSO REVIEW A
QUARTERLY REPORTS OR AS
DETERMINED BY THEIR WORKPLAN,
THE OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS FOR
THE PREVIOUS YEAR RELATED TO
POLICY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
RELATED TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
ANOTHER DUTY ADDED UNDERNEATH
THIS LIST WAS THE BOARD WOULD
PROVIDE AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND
SUBMIT IT TO THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR SO THERE IS AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE, WHAT
THEIR PLAN IS FOR THE YEAR AND
THEY WOULD UPDATE THAT
ANNUALLY.
>> AND LET'S SEE.
WE ARE ALSO REMOVING THE
REQUIREMENT FOR A CONFIRMATION
BY THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE OF
THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR
CONFIRMATION BY THE MAJORITY OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
AND LET'S SEE.
THE INITIAL TERMS WOULD BE
CHANGED TO BE STAGGERED BY TWO
GROUPS INSTEAD OF THREE.
INITIALLY WE HAD THREE DEFERRED
GROUPS AND ONE GROUP HAS KIND
OF A SHORTER-TERM WHICH WOULD
HAVE BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR
PERHAPS.
BUT THE REQUEST WAS THAT THERE
WOULD BE, NO ONE WOULD SERVE
SHORTER THAN TWO YEARS.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORK IS
SUBSTANTIAL TO GET THIS STARTED
AND IT WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT.
ALSO CLARIFIED IN REGARDS TO
MEMBERS.
SORRY.
'S OUT NOW, ONTO THE
MEMBERSHIP.
WE HAVE NOW ADDED AN ADDITIONAL
MEMBER.
SO DEVIOUSLY, THERE WERE
SEXTING APPOINTED MEMBERS.
NOW THERE ARE 17.
AND THAT ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL
WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE
BOARD.
BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
BOARD.
AND THAT WE, THERE WERE SOME
INTERESTING CLARIFYING, WHAT IT
MEANT FOR MEMBERS OF
COMMUNITIES RECTALLY IMPACTED
BY ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES.
SO THESE NUMBERS MUST BE PART
OF A COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY GROUP
THAT REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY AS
IS PROPORTIONALLY BURDENED BY
POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
HAZARDS AND BASED ON
SOCIOECONOMIC AND POPULATION
HEALTH RISK FACTORS, IS
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO AN
INCREASED POLLUTION BURDEN AND
CARRY OUT THE MAJORITY OF WORK
USING A COMMUNITY-BASED
APPROACH IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
AND WE CHANGED.
PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS ONE MEMBER
WHO WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A
TRIBE, INCREASE THAT NUMBER TWO
TWO AND SPECIFY THAT THE
TRIBES, THE REPRESENTATIVES
SHOULD BE FROM TRIBES WHOSE
RIGHTS WERE CONNECTED TO THE
WATERWAYS OF SEATTLE AND HIS
USUAL AND ACCUSTOMED PLACES ARE
IN SEATTLE.
AND THE REST OF THAT IS STILL
THE SAME.
AND THEN, THE ADDITIONAL MEMBER
ADDED TO THE BOARD.
THE 17th MEMBER WOULD BE A
REPRESENTATIVE OF AN
ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN
WORKFORCE TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE
AND IMPORTANCE OF THE ECONOMIC
TRANSITION NEEDED WITH THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AND THE WORKER TRAINING.
AND LET'S SEE.
SO I THINK, YEAH.
THE OTHER CHANGE WAS MOVING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY
AND OTHER RELEVANT BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS.
THAT IS MOVED TO ANOTHER
SECTION.
AGAIN, REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD
TO ALLOW THE MAJORITY OF THOSE
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TO ELECT
A CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR
PEOPLE AND WE ADDED THE SEATTLE
THE BARMAN OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS.
WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT
OF THE IDT.
THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS
WELL IN TERMS OF BUILDING
ENERGY AND PERMITTING.
AND THE IDT WANTED TO SPECIFY
THAT THE CLIMATE PLANS SHOULD
BE REALLY ACTION ORIENTED'S.
THIS WAS, THERE HAS BEEN A
NUMBER OF PLANS WRITTEN ABOUT
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BUT THE FEELING WAS
THAT THESE, EACH CITY
DEPARTMENT SHOULD GENERATE AN
ANNUAL PLAN AND HAVE REALLY,
THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED
IMMEDIATELY TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF ELIMINATING CLIMATE
POLLUTANTS AND YOU KNOW, IT
SEEMS THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT IS A MATTER OF ACTUALLY
DOING IT.
SO I BELIEVE I COVERED
EVERYTHING.
YES.
OH.
SO I BELIEVE IN THE OTHER
VERSION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO
THE MEMO.
WE HAD RETAINED 16 MEMBERS AND
HAD NOT ADDED THE ADDITIONAL
MEMBER WHO, THE SPECIALIST IN
WORKFORCE TRAINING.
WE REDUCED THE NUMBER WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WERE STORED THE THREE
MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
AND AT AN AND ADDITIONAL
MEMBER.
I THINK I GOT IT ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT,
YOU WANT TO.
I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
WORK OVER THE PAST MONTH ON ALL
OF THIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN HANDLING A LOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT LAST PIECE ON THE MEMO
TALKED ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND
THIS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY.
>> SO AS WE, WE ARE AWARE THERE
ARE IN SOME DEPARTMENT'S MORE
THAN OTHERS, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO DO HAVE SOME SPECIALTY IN
CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND THE
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
ANOTHER CASES, THERE MIGHT NOT
BE THOSE RESOURCES CURRENTLY ON
STAFF.
SO ESPECIALLY IN PARTICULAR
WITH THE IDT AND THOSE ANNUAL
CLIMATE ACTION PLANS.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE IN EFFECTS THAT
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS DISPARITY
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
FULLY AND MEANINGFULLY,
EPARTMENTS MAY NEED TO ADD A
STAFF WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE
EXPERTISE TO CONTRIBUTE.
>> AND ALSO THEY ALSO NEED
ADDITIONAL, THIS IS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT LIFT IN ENGAGING
COLLABORATIVELY.
TO TAKE ACTION.
SO THAT IS JUST ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT.
>> I WILL STATE MY INTENT HERE.
THE WORK TO BE DONE HERE IS
SIGNIFICANT.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE
GENERALLY KNOW WHAT THE WORK
IS.
WE JUST NEED TO DO IT.
SO ENSURING THAT OUR CITY
DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THAT WORK
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
STARTING WITH OSC.
TO HAVE A STAFF PERSON TO WORK
WITH THIS BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS.
SO I WILL BE WORKING
AGGRESSIVELY DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS, WHICH WILL BE IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS, TO ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE APPROPRIATE FUNDING SO
THAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL, WE CAN
ACTUALLY ACHIEVE SOME OF THE
GOALS IN A RELATIVELY QUICK
MANNER.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT BECAUSE OF
THE COMPENSATION ASPECT, WE
WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR BOARD
MEMBERS WHO MAY SUFFER AND NEED
TO BE COMPENSATED.
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
BUT I WOULD PROPOSE WOULD BE TO
MOVE TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION
BY SUBSTITUTING.
I WILL MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 119604 FOUR SUBSTITUTION
TO REPLACE VERSION D 1D WITH
DTD.
WHICH IS THE VERSION THAT LEELA
AND I HANDED OUT DRESS.
IT IS FOR THOSE WATCHING ON TV.
IT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM
JUST THE PLACES YOU
HIGHLIGHTED.
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THIS IS
NOT POSTED.
GREAT.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
SUBSTITUTIONS SIGNIFY BY SAYING
EYE.
SO YOU HAVE THE AMENDED VERSION
BEFORE US.
I DON'T HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS
BUT DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS YOU
WANT TO MAKE ON THIS?
>> JUST TO SAY, IT IS IMPORTAT
THAT THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD IS
BEING ESTABLISHED AND I
APPRECIATE YOLANDA, NOT ONLY
GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS AS
YOU DID BUT ALSO POINTING OUT
THAT THE UNDERLYING MISSION IS
NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE
THINGS WE ALL KNOW ARE REAL,
BUT ACTUALLY DOING IT.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT AS
A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL STAFF.
AND I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY
THINK COMES A MEMBER OF RAIN,
THAT GREEN, 360 SEATTLE, AND
WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY
ACTIVISTS ON THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
AND JUST, ONE OR TWO THINGS I
WANTED TO ADD, WHAT I WANTED TO
MENTION IN THIS CONTEXT, I
THINK IT WILL COME UP MUCH MORE
IN THE NEXT ITEM AND ALSO ON
THE UPCOMING THINGS THAT WE
WILL BE DOING THIS YEAR.
AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
AROUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL,
WHICH IS EVERY STEP, WE HAVE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE QUESTION OF THE
WORKERS IN THE FOSSIL FUELS
SECTOR.
AND THAT WE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY
HAVE ANY KIND OF GREEN NEW DEAL
OR ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE
SOCIETY WITHOUT TYING IT TO THE
QUESTION OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AS A
WHOLE.
THE DIVISION BETWEEN THOSE OF
US WHO ARE MORE PROMINENTLY
HIGHLIGHTING THE SUSTAINABILITY
ASPECT AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE
MORE PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTING
THE QUESTION OF JOBS.
THERE CAN'T BE A DIVISION.
WE CAN HAVE JOBS AND
SUSTAINABILITY WERE NEITHER.
WE HAVE TO GO IN LOCKSTEP.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE
THE LEADERS AND THE LABOR
MOVEMENT WHO CAME FROM THE
TRADES.
WHO HAVE COME HERE TODAY TO
ENGAGE IN THIS TOPIC.
ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
BUT THERE HAS TO BE MORE
ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUES, THAT
WE CAN BRING THOSE THINGS
TOGETHER.
I WANT TO JUST ALSO REITERATE
SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO
MENTIONED.
THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS FROM THE
LABOR UNION THAT WILL BE ON
THIS TABLE.
THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING
THAT, MUCH MORE UNITY WE HAVE
IN THE PAST.
THAT WE ALL SHARE AS A
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE SIMILAR COMMENTS THAT I
WILL GET INTO WHEN WE GET TO
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
AT THE CORE OF, AT LEAST FOR
ME, THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, IT IS THE TRANSITION
WE MAKE HAS TO BE A JUST
TRANSITION.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THE BURDEN
OF TRANSITIONING CAN'T FALL ON
THE BACKS OF THE FOLKS WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
CREATING THE INJUSTICES THAT
HAVE HAPPENED TO, WHO HAVE
ALWAYS BORNE THE BRUNT OF
TRANSITION.
AND WHO HAVE THE LEAST
RESOURCES TO ABSORB THOSE
RESOURCES.
WHILE THE FOLKS WITH THE MOST
RESOURCES MOVE ON WITHOUT
CONSEQUENCE.
>> IF I MIGHT ADD, THE OTHER
REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE SORT OF
RINGING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER IS
ALSO BECAUSE I THINK THE
WORKERS AND THE UNIONS
THEMSELVES IN THE FOSSIL FUELS
SECTOR ARE IN THE BEST POSITION
TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE OIL
BILLIONAIRES AND OTHERS WHO ARE
THE REAL POWERBROKERS.
TO MAKE A SHIFT AWAY FROM THE
HARMFUL SOURCES OF ENERGY.
TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
MENTION IN THE CONTEXT OF
THINKING THAT GRAIN AND OTHER
ACTIVISTS, MIGHT EVERYONE
WATCHING THIS HAVE THE YOUTH
CLIMATE WALKOUT THAT WILL
HAPPEN ON SEPTEMBER 20.
AND THEY WILL MARCH TO CITY
HALL AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
I'M SURE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
WILL BE JOINING THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AT THAT POINT
AND MOVE COUNCIL BILL 119 604
AS AMENDED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
I DID.
GREAT.
SO THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL ONE WEEK FROM MONDAY.
THE 16th.
I WANT TO JUST SIGNAL THAT THE
GOAL IS TO GET THIS BOARD.
THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD SET UP
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT WILL REQUIRE ALMOST
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
NOT EXACTLY SURE EXACTLY WHICH
PEOPLE WILL BE A PART OF IT BUT
SOME FOLKS ON COUNSEL,
HOPEFULLY FOLKS IN OSC, ALONG
WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THE WORD WILL
GET OUT AND GET THE APPLICATION
PROCESS GOING ON THE BOARD.
>> SO FOLKS LISTENING, IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED LET ME KNOW.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THERE IS AN
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, WE YOLANDA FOR
YOUR HELP ON THAT.
KELLY, CAN YOU READ AND AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER THREE?
>> WE WILL BE HAVING A BRIEFING
ON THE HEALTHY HOMES, HEALTHY
BUILDINGS DRAFT LEGISLATION.
>> AS FOLKS COME FORWARD, I
JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT
OF AN OVERVIEW WHERE WE ARE ON
THIS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE DRAFT
LEGISLATION POSTED WITH THE
AGENDA BUT THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL
LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED.
A VERSION OF THIS IS SCHEDULED
TO BE TRADUCED ON THE REFERRAL
COUNSEL, CALENDAR ON MONDAY.
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND
COMMITTEE NEXT TUESDAY I
BELIEVE.
AND AGAIN, NO PLAN TO VOTE ON
IT NEXT TUESDAY.
PROBABLY THE WEEK AFTER WOULD
BE THE EARLIEST WE WOULD
CONSIDER A VOTE ON THAT.
SO WHAT WE START WITH A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS?
>> I AM STEVE.
>> I AM COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
FOR.
>> 21.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT
THIS LEGISLATION DOES.
AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
BRIEFLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT I AM MOSTLY INTERESTED IN
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HERE TODAY.
TO HEAR FROM YOU RELATIVES YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND ASPECTS OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
WHY YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT.
AS FAR AS WHAT THE LEGISLATION
DOES, IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE
DRAFT LEGISLATION BEFORE US IS
EIGHT PAGES BUT I WOULD POINT
PEOPLE TO, I THINK IT IS PAGE
SEVEN OF IT.
WHERE AT THE TOP OF PAGE 7, IT
IS ONE SENTENCE THAT IS FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020, NATURAL
GAS PIPING SYSTEMS ARE
PROHIBITED FROM BEING INSTALLED
IN NEW BUILDINGS.
AND SO, THE STEPS TO DO THAT
WILL REQUIRE A FEW MORE LITTLE
THINGS TO HAPPEN.
AND THE REST OF THE LEGISLATION
TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY
OF SEATTLE'S WORK ON CLIMATE.
ALSO THE DEPARTMENT, WHO IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPDATES TO
THE BUILDING CODES IN
ANTICIPATION OF CODE CHANGES TO
COME UP WITH THE ACTUAL PIECES
OF CHANGES TO BUILDING CODES
THAT WILL NEED TO BE REQUIRED
TO EXECUTE, THIS NEW LAW THAT
WILL GO INTO EFFECT ASSUMING IT
WILL PASS THE CITY COUNCIL.
I WANT TO SPEAK WITH NATURAL
GAS AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR
2nd.
IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE IN MY
HOME.
AND ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE
AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN
SEATTLE.
WE STILL LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THERE'S
NOT NATURAL GAS IN THE HOUSE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID
WHEN WE MOVED IN WAS TOOK OUT
AN OIL FURNACE AND PUT A
NATURAL GAS FURNACE IN AND
ADDED NATURAL GAS APPLIANCES
OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
I CONSIDERED MYSELF LIKE I DO
TODAY, AND ENVIRONMENTALIST.
AT THE TIME, 25 YEARS AGO,
SEEMED LIKE THE GREEN THING TO
DO.
AND THE REALITY THAT WE FACE
TODAY IS WHAT I KNOW FROM THE
SCIENCE.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE
CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRY, BOTH
FROM THE GAS INDUSTRY AND
CHANGES IN ELECTRIC INDUSTRY IS
THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE
LAST 25 YEARS.
IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE
APPARENT EVERY DAY THAT NATURAL
GAS IS NO LONGER THE GREEN
ALTERNATIVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHIFTED
IS THAT AT THE TIME, 25 YEARS
AGO, THE ELECTRICITY IN SEATTLE
BY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT INCLUDED
COAL IN THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, THAT
SHIFTED.
SO IN THE LAST 15 YEARS,
ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN 100%
CARBON NEUTRAL.
ANOTHER SHIFT WE HAVE SEEN IS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
FRACKING.
TODAY, ALMOST 2/3 OF THE GAS WE
GET IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
FRACTURED GAS.
AND WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE
IMPACT THAT FRACKING HAS ON THE
COMMITTEES.
WHERE THE FRACKING IS DONE.
THE DEVASTATION TO WATER
QUALITY, AIR QUALITY, AND THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
AND IT IS A POINT OF GUILT THAT
MY CHEAP GAS, THAT I GET IN MY
HOME, TO COOK WITH AND TO HE MY
HOUSE AND WATER, IS AT THE
EXPENSE OF PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITIES OFTEN THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY WHO ARE BEARING THE
BRUNT OF THAT DECISION.
IT DOESN'T FEEL JUST OR FAIR.
THE THE THING IS, THE SCIENCE
HAS TOLD US THAT THE CLIMATE
IMPACTS OF NATURAL GAS, AS WE
HEARD THE TESTIMONY TODAY,
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
OTHER COURSES ACTUALLY, WELL IT
SEEMED LIKE A BETTER FOSSIL
FUEL THAN COAL OR OIL.
IS APPEARING THAT NATURAL GAS
IS JUST AS DAMAGING AS COAL AND
OIL.
IT WAS NEVER A GREENER
ALTERNATIVE.
IT SEEMED THAT WAY AT THE TIME.
THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION
IS THAT YESTERDAY, YOU HEARD
FROM THE PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY TALKING ABOUT
THE HEALTHY IMPACTS OF
BREATHING THE EXHAUST FROM
COOKING WITH NATURAL GAS IN MY
HOUSE.
AND RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT,
COMING TO TERMS OF THE FACT
THAT I HAVE RAISED TWO BOYS
ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD NOW THAT
ARE, THEY SPENT THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES BREATHING THE EXHAUST.
AS I'M HEARING THE LIST OF
TOXINS AND POISONS THAT ARE IN
THAT EXHAUST, OFTENTIMES MAKING
THE AIR QUALITY IN MY HOUSE
APPARENTLY ILLEGAL FOR OUTDOOR
AIR QUALITY.
IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO
BELIEVE.
THAT I EXPOSED MY FAMILY TO
THAT.
AND I WANT TO FIND A WAY SO I
CAN STOP DOING THAT.
I DON'T WANT ANY OTHER FAMILIES
TO BE EXPOSED TO THAT GOING
FORWARD.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
REALLY, BIGGER THAN ALL OF THAT
FOR PERSONAL, THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HERE AT THE TABLE, THE
COALITION THAT FOLKS HAVE PUT
TOGETHER, LED BY 350 SEATTLE
AND GOT GREEN.
REPRESENTING SOME AMAZING
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
OFTEN, THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
SUBJECT TO ALL SORTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR US.
WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON THIS
RIGHT AWAY.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP MY
TALKING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WILL HAVE WORKED OUT IN ORDER
BUT I WILL LET YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> INC.
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO GOT GREEN AND SAGE
DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS
ORDINANCE AND WE ARE EXCITED
THAT YOU ARE HELPING US LEAD IN
THIS WAY.
1021 WILL TALK ABOUT THE
BROADER SCOPE AND I WILL COME
IN AND CHAT ABOUT SOME
ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW NATURAL
CLASS AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU, NANCY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
GOT GREEN WE FUNDAMENTALLY DO
NOT SUPPORT NATURAL GAS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IMPACTS IT
ACTUALLY BRINGS ON THE
COMMUNITIES.
ON A BROADER SCALE OF THE
PROCESS OF NATURAL GAS, THE
EXTRACTION INCLUDES
CONTAMINATION AT EVERY LEVEL.
CONTAMINATION AND EMISSIONS.
IT IS REPORTED BY PIPELINES.
IT HAS RISK OF LEAK AND
EXPLOSION AND FOR THE
CONTAMINATION.
MOST OF THEM ARE
DISPROPORTIONATE TO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ON
THEIR LANDS AND COMMUNITIES AND
WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY
BURDENED BY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICES.
SO IT IS EXTRACTIVE FROM START
TO FINISH, HONESTLY.
APART FROM THAT, EVEN ON THE
SMALLER SCALE, IF WE TALK ABOUT
IT RESIDENTIAL SCALES, INDOOR
AIR QUALITY IS ALSO AFFECTED
ADVERSELY BY NATURAL GAS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS NO
VENTILATION LIKE IN WINTER.
POLLUTANTS LIKE NITROGEN
DIOXIDE, FORMALDEHYDE, THESE
ARE RELEASED IN THE INDOOR AIR.
AND THESE ARE HAVING SEVERE
IMPACTS ON HEALTH.
ASTHMA, NANCY IS GOING TO TALK
MORE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
IMPACTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE
CURRENTLY KNOW THAT IT IS A
CHEAPER SOLUTION, WE STILL KNOW
THAT IT IS NOT A VIABLE
SOLUTION FOR OUR FUTURE.
HOWEVER, WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT
TO ELIMINATE NATURAL GAS FROM
OUR SYSTEM, IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT
WE ARE NOT BRINGING THE SAME
PEOPLE FURTHER WHO ARE ON THE
FRONTLINE'S.
EDUCATION, PLANNING, SUPPORT
DURING THIS TRANSMISSION IS
IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT
WORKERS IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
SOME OF THEM WHO ARE ACTUALLY
EMPLOYED IN NATURAL GAS.
THEY ARE THE FIRST AND FOREMOST
TO FACE THOSE IMPACTS.
ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW THAT IS THE
ONLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
THEY HAVE.
SO THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE
THINGS, IT IS IMPORTANT IN OUR
AGREEMENT.
>> BEFORE, I THOUGHT THAT
ASTHMA WAS A NORMAL THING.
THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
IT IS NOT PREVENTABLE, IT IS
PART OF LIFE BECAUSE MY MOM, MY
BROTHER, SO MANY PEOPLE I GREW
UP WITH HAVE ASTHMA.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NATURAL
GAS, YOU HAVE SEEN STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT THERE IS A LINK
BETWEEN ASTHMA AND NATURAL GAS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
CONTINUE WITH THIS PATTERN.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
CONTINUE TO HOLD NEW BUILDINGS
THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE OR THAT
WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THAT WILL STILL HARM THEM.
MOVING AWAY FROM THIS AND BEING
ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE HEALTH
ISSUES WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THIS AS A GREEN NEW DEAL.
ANOTHER THING, WE HAVE SEEN
THAT GAS LEAKS ARE A BIG DEAL.
NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR CITY OR
OUR STATE BUT WE HAVE SEEN THAT
HAPPEN IN GREENWOOD.
EVERYBODY IS A WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE BIG ONE.
WHEN THE BIG EARTHQUAKE WILL
HAPPEN.
AND YOU KNOW, I GOT GREEN WE
TALK ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCE A
LOT.
IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
KINDS OF PIPING INFRASTRUCTURE,
THAT COULD BE HARMED IN TIMES
WHERE WE WOULD EXPERIENCE AN
EARTHQUAKE AND DON'T REALLY
HAVE ANY WAYS FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
DETECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS.
IT COULD EXACERBATE THE IMPACT
THEY WOULD ALREADY BE FACING IN
THAT CAVE A SITUATION.
AND LASTLY, I BROUGHT THIS UP
WITH MY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
SO GOT GREEN STRUCTURES, WE
HAVE COMMITTEES THAT WE WORK
WITH AND WE MEET TWICE A MONTH
AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS MONTH.
THIS WEEK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP TO
THEM, THEY WERE LIKE, OH.
NATURAL GAS IS HARMFUL?
AND THEN I ASKED, DO ANY OF YOU
ALL HAVE NATURAL GAS IN YOUR
HOMES?
ALL OF THEM HAD NATURAL GAS
STOVES.
ONE OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE A FAN
IN THEIR KITCHEN.
SAID THIS IS SOMETHING TOO THAT
WE HAVE SEEN, OUR COMMUNITIES
ARE HEAVILY IMPACTED BUT THEY
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH
IMPACTS AND WHAT IT CAN MEAN.
TO CONTINUE IN THIS WAY WITHOUT
HAVING EDUCATION FOR OUR FOLKS
TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THIS WOULD AFFECT THEM WOULD BE
ANOTHER IN JUSTICE THAT THEY
WOULD BE FACING.
AND I WILL HAVE, I WILL PASS IT
ON TO BRITNEY TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THE SYSTEM IS MORE THAN WHAT I
HAVE SAID.
AND HOW THIS REALLY ADDRESSES
THE CLIMATES ISSUE THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO TACKLE.
>> THANK YOU, NANCY.
SO THIS-YEAR-OLD CLUB IS HAPPY
TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
THE SIERRA CLUB NATIONWIDE
ACTUALLY, THEY PROPOSES TO
CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO THE REALITY OF WHAT NATURAL
GAS IS DOING TO OUR URBAN
CLIMATES AND THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE TO ADDRESS IT NOW.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE
DON'T SEE THIS AS THE BE ALL
AND ALL OF THE CITY CLIMATE
POLICY.
HEALTHY HOMES, HEALTHY
BUILDINGS SHOULD COME AND WORK
IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER
CLIMATE EFFORTS.
THIS IS ALSO INSIDE THE
ENVELOPE OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THAT IS, WE DO FEEL IT IS A
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE FOSSIL
FUEL AND NATION EFFORTS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT FOSSIL
FUELS ARE DRIVING OUR CLIMATE
CRISIS.
THAT WE MUST REDUCE EMISSIONS
AND FAST.
BUILDING EMISSIONS ACCOUNT FOR
ABOUT ONE THIRD OF SEATTLE'S
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
AND NATURAL GAS ACCOUNTS FOR
2/3 OF THOSE EMISSIONS.
AND A TO DOZENS OF TEAMBUILDING
ENERGY TARGET REPORT NOTES THAT
FOR SEATTLE, FOR THEM TO MEET
THE ORIGINAL GOAL OF BECOMING
CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050, NOT
ONLY MUST ELECTRICITY BECOME
CARBON NEUTRAL ABOUT WE MUST
CONVERT THE MAJORITY TO
ELECTRICITY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS
AND OUR NEW GOAL OF 2030, IT
BECOMES CLEAR TO US THAT IT IS
NOT ONLY ILLOGICAL BUT FRANKLY
UNCONSCIONABLE TO KEEP
CONSTRUCTING THE FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR
BUILDINGS.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A WHOLE, YOU
DON'T KEEP TICKING.
WHEN THE PLANET IS BURNING, YOU
DON'T KEEP LIGHTING FIRES.
DECLARING WE WILL NO LONGER
MAKE A PLACE FOR NEW FOSSIL
FUELS IS A LEASE THAT WE CAN
DO.
>> SO, BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, LET
NOT INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
>> A QUICK NAME AND RANK FOR
THE RECORD.
>> MY NAME IS MATT REMLEY AND I
AM A RESIDENT OF SOUTH SEATTLE,
BEACON HILL.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR BEING LATE.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> SO EMERALD CITY WORKS AT THE
CENTER FOR EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
WE WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT AS
WE MOVE FORWARD ON OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES, WE
ARE DOING IT IN A JUST WAY.
AND WE ARE CONCERNED WITH
EQUITY.
SO THE TWO AREAS I WANT TO
SPEAK ABOUT OUR CLEAN ENERGY,
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY.
WE THINK THAT AS WE TRANSITION
JOBS FROM FOSSIL FUEL JOBS TO
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS, LIKE
BUILDING AUTOMATION AND
CONTROLS, ADVANCED VENTILATION
SYSTEMS, HEAT PUMP
INSTALLATION, BUILDING
SPECIALIST, THAT WE CAN CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THESE
CAREERS IN THE PAST.
FOLKS WITH LOW INCOME,
IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND VETERANS.
SO THIS, THERE WILL BE A
TRANSITION.
WE WILL BE, NEED TO BE, TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS A JUST
TRANSITION BUT IT ALSO CREATES
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD
PAYING CAREERS.
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
EXCLUDED.
THE OTHER THING, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING A LOT WITH AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMUNITY CONTINUALLY EXCEEDS
THE BUILDING CODE.
AND IN THEIR STANDARDS, THEY
HAVE TREMENDOUS CONCERN FOR
RESIDENTS IN THE HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS.
SO MANY BUILDINGS ARE ALREADY
ELECTRIC.
THEY, THE CONSORTIUM HAS A TEAM
WORKING TO PILOTS, TO REDUCE
THE COST OF ALL ELECTRIC
BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN DO THIS AT A LOW COST AND
HANDLE ALL BUILDINGS THIS WAY.
WE ARE ALREADY MOVING DOWN THIS
PATH.
THEY ALSO WORK TO DO RETROFITS
ON EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND WE ARE REPLACING GAS
EQUIPMENT THAT WAS INSTALLED
FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO WITH MORE
ADVANCED ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND
WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS
BIND AGAIN.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE WHOLE
DEEPER AND PUT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO
REPLACE TO MAKE OUR CITY
CLIMATE POLLUTION FREE BY 2030.
>> SO I WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
>> MATT, WE HAVE HEARD FROM
EVERYONE ELSE HERE.
I KNOW YOU JUST GOT HERE BUT I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF YOU WANTED
TO SHARE A FEW COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UP ON THE STEM, THERE DOES.
>> WELL THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME
WORDS.
IN REGARDS TO THE HEALTHY
HOMES, HEALTHY BUILDINGS
EFFORT.
AT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALL OF
YOUR YEARS OF WORK ON THE
ISSUES, PROTECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES.
YOUR STAFF FOR ALL OF THE GOOD
WORK THAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT ON
MULTIPLE ISSUES.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
SPECIFICALLY AROUND THIS ISSUE,
AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT
FORWARD, I SEE IT REALLY IS ONE
OF THE FIRST STEPS IN PUTTING
TEETH TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
MAKING BOLD RESOLUTIONS AND
STATEMENTS IS ONE THING.
BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS TAKING
THE NEXT STEP AND PUTTING TEETH
AND KIND OF MEAT TO THE
RESOLUTION AS HAS PROBABLY BEEN
STATED.
I APOLOGIZE IF I AM REPEATING
EARLIER TALKING POINTS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT 25% OF
SEATTLE'S GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS COME FROM SO-CALLED
NATURAL GAS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THOUGH IS THAT
NATURAL GAS IS A MYTH AS A
CLEAN FUEL.
WE KNOW THAT IT RELEASES
METHANE AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN
THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS AROUND
THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE ONLY
HEAR ABOUT REDUCTIONS IN CARBON
AND NOT ALL OF THE VARIOUS
GREENHOUSE GASES THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGING CLIMATE.
THAT IS ONE REASON I SUPPORTED
THE GREEN NEW DEAL BECAUSE IT
TALKED ABOUT ILLUMINATING ALL
GREENHOUSE GASES AND WE KNOW
THAT METHANE IS 84 TIMES MORE
POTENT THAN CARBON DIOXIDE AND
30 TIMES MORE POTENT AS A HEAT
TRAPPING GAS.
SEATTLE'S NATURAL GAS COMES
PRIMARILY FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN REGION AND THE SAN
JUAN REGION OF THE SOUTHWEST.
AND SITE LINE DID A STUDY JUST
LAST YEAR, 2017 AND THEY
ESTIMATE THAT WELL OVER HALF,
IF NOT MORE OF THAT NATURAL GAS
COMES FROM FRACTAL GAS SITES.
SO IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND
ALBERTA, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
OVER 200,000 FACT GAS WELLS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT
FRACKING DOES IS IT NEEDS
FRESHWATER IN THE PROCESS TO
EXTRACT THE NATURAL GAS.
ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES 2-8
MILLION GALLONS OF FRESH WATER
FOR JUST ONE FACT GAS WELL.
FRACKING YOU KNOW, OIL
COMPANIES DO NOT NEED TO
DISCLOSE WHICH CHEMICALS THEY
ARE USING IN THE MIXTURE.
THEY UTILIZE CORE FRACKING
THANKS IN PART TO THE 2005 SO-
CALLED HALLIBURTON LOOPHOLE.
WHICH EXEMPTED DISCLOSURE AND
ALLOWED COMPANIES EXEMPTIONS
FROM DISCLOSING THE VARIOUS
TOXIC MATERIALS THEY ARE USING
IN THEIR FRACKING PROCESS.
AND OF COURSE COMING FROM
FORMER VIBE VICE PRESIDENT
DICKS CHENEY AND HIS
CONNECTIONS TO HALLIBURTON.
WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT IS
GOING IN THE GROUND.
WE KNOW THAT FRACKING,
WASTEWATER UP TO 85% OF IT
REMAINS UNDERWATER.
AND THIS IS NEAR AND AROUND
COMMUNITIES DRINKING SOURCES.
THE REMAINING IS BROUGHT INTO
OPEN PITS, WHICH ARE OFTEN NOT
CLEANED UP AND LEFT EXPOSED.
RECENTLY, JUST LAST YEAR, THE
BC OIL AND GAS COMMISSION
RELEASED A REPORT STUDYING THE
IMPACTS OF FRACKING AND THAT IT
HAS HAD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
AND WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND UP
THERE, EXCUSE ME, IT IS 2016
STUDY.
THAT 90% OF THE EARTHQUAKES
THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA CURRENTLY ARE
DIRECTLY TIED TO FRACKING AND
THIS IS COMING FROM A OIL GAS
COMMISSION.
DATE RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT
CONTINUED FRACKING IS A THREAT
UPON INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS
DAMS.
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, IF
WE WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK
BECAUSE IT IS MUCH MORE THAN
JUST THE FRACKING.
IT IS MORE THAN TURNING ON THE
LIGHTS.
IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE
CLIMATE CRISIS BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS THAT ENERGY
DEVELOPMENTS HISTORICALLY AND
CAN TEMPORARILY HAS BEEN BUILT
ON THE DESECRATION AND
DESTRUCTION OF TRIBES AND FIRST
NATION LANDS AND COMMUNITIES.
THIS DATES BACK EVEN TO THE
DAMNING OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO BRING
ELECTRICITY TO VARIOUS CITIES
THAT IMPACTED, ACTUALLY
STANDING ROCK AND QUITE A FEW
OTHER LAKOTA TRIBES.
THE COAL THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF
THE NAVAJO RESERVATION TO POWER
LOS ANGELES, PHOENIX AND OTHER
CITIES.
IT IS COMING OUT OF THE NAVAJO
COMMUNITY.
THE FRACKING THAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE IS HAPPENING ON FIRST
NATION LAND.
SO THE LIGHT THAT WE ARE
SITTING UNDER IS COMING TO US
FROM THE EXPLOITATION OF FIRST
NATION COMMUNITIES.
AND IN PARTICULAR, IN BC AND
ALBERTA.
THE TREATY FIRST NATIONS HAVE,
THEY ARE NOT SEEING ANY OF THE
ECONOMIC BENEFITS.
THEY ARE NOT SEEING ANY OF THE
JOBS.
BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY A SPEAR
DANCING THE HEALTH OUTCOMES DUE
TO THE FRACKING.
THE LOSS OF THEIR DRINKING
WATER.
AND MANY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES
ARE ALSO SUBSISTENCE LIVERS.
THEY ARE SEEING A LOSS OF THEIR
FISH AS WELL AS OTHER WILDLIFE.
SO THAT IS A FULL CIRCLE WHEN
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
CLIMATE CRISIS THAT FIRST
NATIONS AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
ARE FACING.
BEARING THE BRUNT FROM THE
BEGINNING TO THE END.
JUST LAST YEAR, THE CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT, ANOTHER ISSUE
DIRECTLY TIED TO THESE FRACKING
SITES, IT IS THE ISSUE OF
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT IN
THESE AREAS, WHERE MASS
EXPLOITATION IS TAKING PLACE,
MAN CAMPS ARE ASSUMED TO
FOLLOW.
A CREEK COMMUNITY FROM HIS
COLUMBIA DOCUMENTED AN INCREASE
OF OVER 400% SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AMONG INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN THESE
COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND THESE
FRACKING SITES.
SO I BRING SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION HERE THAT WHEN WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT EVEN A
POLICY THAT, ABOUT ENDING
NATURAL GAS HOOKUPS IN SEATTLE,
IT HAS BROAD AND DEEP LOCATIONS
BEYOND WHERE WE GET OUR LIGHT
SOURCE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE
COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS
EFFORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR ONGOING WORK AND
ENGAGEMENT.
YOUR THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP ON
YOU KNOW, PUSHING THE COUNCIL
AND THE CITY TO ADDRESS A
CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE
WORKS FOR DECADES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS CLEAR
THAT DESPITE SOME DECENT
EFFORTS, WE ARE NOT NEARLY
DOING AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO TO
TRULY ADDRESS THE CRISIS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE
COMMENTS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC,
TODAY.
WE HEARD FROM AT LEAST THREE
LABOR LEADERS REPRESENTING
WORKERS.
THEY ARE WORKING IN INDUSTRIES
THAT COULD BE IMPACTED OR IT
MOST CERTAINLY WOULD BE
IMPACTED IN ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER.
I KNOW THAT CORE TO THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IS THE TRANSITIONS WE MAKE ARE
NOT ON THE BACK OF THOSE
WORKERS.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE WORK TO DO IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
BOTH AROUND THIS POLICY, WHICH
I SEE AS A RELATIVELY MODEST
FIRST STEP.
IT IS CERTAINLY, IF WE ARE
GOING TO TRANSITION OFF OF THE
MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE
HEATED WITH NATURAL GAS TODAY.
IF WE ARE TRANSITIONING ALL
THIS OFF, THERE WILL BE
IMPACTS, BOTH POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE TO WORKERS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT A TRANSITION
LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE DON'T END UP DOWN THE
SAME PATH OF HAVING THE FOLKS
WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE
TRANSITION BE THE FOLKS ON THE
FRONTLINE.
THE WORKERS IN THIS CASE.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM A WOMAN
TESTIFYING ABOUT OIL.
HEAT.
WHICH IS ANOTHER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THAT
TODAY BUT IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT
SOME FOLKS ARE IN A SITUATION
WHERE THEY RELY ON FOSSIL FUELS
FOR HEATING THEIR HOME.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO
ELIMINATE ALL FOSSIL FUELS IN
OUR CITY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS,
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WILL NEED TO
MAKE THAT TRANSITION.
SO WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH
FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING, WHETHER
HOMEOWNERS OR RENTERS, TO
ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO
HAVE RELIABLE, SAFE, AFFORDABLE
HEATING AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS
FOR LIVING IN THEIR HOUSE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
THE RESOURCES IN PLACE AND
STRUCTURES IN PLACE SO THE
TRANSITION IS FAIR AND JUST AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
BUILDING COMMUNITY.
TALKING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS
ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE GOING FORWARD, IF
LEGISLATION SUCH AS THIS
PASSES, WE WILL NEED BUILDERS
TO CONTINUE TO BUILD HOMES THAT
ARE 100% ELECTRIC.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE BUILDERS TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THIS.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE, THERE IS A
LOT OF EVIDENCE.
I LOOKING AT A DATA PIECE OF
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
AND THE HEAT SOURCE THEY HAVE
USED AS CONSTRUCTION OVER THE
LAST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS.
AND BACK IN 2010, LESS THAN 20%
OF THE HOMES IN SEATTLE WERE
HEATED BY ELECTRICITY.
OVER 80% WERE HEATED BY GAS.
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
BUT IN 2018, THAT SHIFTED
RADICALLY.
WHERE LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF
HOMES CONSTRUCTED JUST LAST
YEAR WERE HEATED WITH NATURAL
GAS.
TWO THIRDS WERE HEATED WITH
ELECTRICITY.
SO WE ARE SEEING THIS
TRANSITION ALREADY HAPPENING IN
THE MARKETPLACE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE WHOLE IDEA FOR
BUILDINGS.
I AM SPEAKING TO SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES BUT THE TRANSITION IS
HAPPENING AND WE WILL HAVE TO
WATCH HOW THAT HAPPENS.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE
BUILDERS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE.
I WILL NOTE THAT AT A MEDIA
EVENT, TO HELP EXPLAIN SOME OF
THIS LEGISLATION, WE DID HAVE
SOME WORK IN THE BUILDING
COMMUNITY, TALKING ABOUT THEM
BUILDING ONLY ELECTRIC HOMES
SINCE 2012.
THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL AND
THE CONSUMERS WANT THOSE HOMES
TOO.
WE HOPE THE MARKET SHIFT IN A
WAY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION AS SIMPLY TALKING
ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT WILL
HAVE IMPACTS OBVIOUSLY ON A
VARIETY OF FOLKS.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO WITH ALL OF THE EXISTING
BUILDINGS THAT RELY ON NATURAL
GAS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT A TRANSITION OFF OF THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS.
>> I DO.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR
ALL OF THE REMARKS YOU MADE.
ALSO THE WORK THAT HAS GONE ON,
NOT ONLY ON THIS ONE
LEGISLATION BUT IN GENERAL.
I THOUGHT MATT, YOU MADE SOME
IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT HOW,
ESPECIALLY THE FIRST NATION
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, THE
STATISTICS FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA ARE EXTREMELY
POWERFUL.
AS A SIDE NOTE, I WOULD IF YOU
COULD SEND SOME OF THOSE
SOURCES OVER TO MY STAFF?
SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL?
AND I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION TO THE SCIENCE THAT
WE KNOW NOW ABOUT NATURAL GAS,
THAT IS A BIG SHIFT WE ARE
HAVING TO MAKE.
HE USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE
SAFER THING.
BUT WE KNOW NOW FROM SCIENCE
THAT IT IS NOT TRUE.
BUT IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE
SCIENTIFIC REASONS AND CLIMATE
RELATED REASONS TO MOVE AWAY
FROM NATURAL GAS, I THINK IT IS
EXTREMELY CRUCIAL THAT WE, THE
INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST COMMUNITY
HAS DONE THIS CONSISTENTLY.
WE NEED TO JOIN THEM.
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL ASPECTS GOES HAND-IN-
HAND.
THAT THE CRISIS OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AT OUR FIRST NATIONS
COMMUNITIES, THAT THEY FACED,
BECAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE CAMP THAT ESTABLISHED ONCE
THE REGION WAS OPENED THE
FRACKING.
IT GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE.
THAT IS, THAT IS AN
UNBELIEVABLE CRISIS THAT IS
BEING PHASED.
THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS
ACTIVISM AROUND THE MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ROXANNE
WHITE AND OTHERS IN SEATTLE WHO
HAS BEE AT THE LEADERSHIP OF
THAT.
I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF THE
ACTIVIST FOR, ALTHOUGH MATT
SAID, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
THING WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE HAD
A LOT HAPPEN BEFORE THIS IN THE
RECENT YEARS.
THE DAKOTA PIPELINE ACCESS
RESOLUTION AGAINST THE LNG
PLANT INTO,, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
AND OUR ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY
OF FARGO.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT.
I WANTED TO SAY MY STAFF AND I
HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH
YOU ALL ON AND ALL OF THOSE
DIFFERENT POLICY ASPECTS.
AND THEN, THE OTHER THING I
WANTED TO ADD WAS, I THINK
STEVE MADE AN IMPORTANT POINT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO
EXPAND THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR
JOBS.
AND THAT IS A BIG COMPONENT OF
THIS.
AND I WAS, WE ARE JUST
DISCUSSING THIS LEGISLATION
OBVIOUSLY.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS.
I DO, I WOULD LIKE FOR MY
OFFICE TO WORK WITH YOURS,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO MAYBE
ADD IN SOME LANGUAGE ON,
PUTTING IT IN WRITING WHAT WE
BOTH ARTICULATED AND WHAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS ARTICULATED ON
THE QUESTION OF JOBS BEING TIED
TO THE QUESTION OF
SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ADD IN.
HE VERY CONSISTENTLY ADDING IN
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND SPECIFICALLY, TWO POINTS
SPECIFICALLY.
ONE IS THAT JOBS IN GENERAL, I
THINK THAT THE VOICE OF THE
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS UNION
WAS ALSO IMPORTANT.
AND THE TRANSITION OF JOBS AWAY
FROM THE ENERGY SOURCES THAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY
FROM, THAT TRANSITION WOULD
IMPLY RETRAINING AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AROUND THAT
SO THAT THE LANGUAGE WE USE
TODAY, EVEN IF THAT MAY NOT BE
CONCRETE COMPONENTS OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING TODAY, WE SHOULD BE A
GUIDELINE FOR THE FUTURE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, TO GIVE YOU
AN EXAMPLE, STEVE YOU MENTIONED
THE QUESTION OF RETROFITTING.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
THIS LEGISLATION TALKS ABOUT
NEW BUILDINGS BUT WE ALSO HAVE
TO TALK ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY
RETROFITTING OF EXISTING
BUILDINGS.
THAT WOULD, IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT JUST TRANSITION IN
ACTUALITY AND NOT JUST AN
ABSTRACT NOTION, THAT WOULD
IMPLY IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM, I
AM NOT AN EXPERT OR A
TRADESPERSON BUT IT WOULD IMPLY
SOME SORT OF RETRAINING
QUESTIONS.
THAT WOULD HAVE IT WILL AGAIN
TIE INTO THE QUESTION OF, HOW
WILL WE FUND THAT RETRAINING?
WE WILL PUT THAT BURDEN ON THE
WORKERS THEMSELVES?
IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY FUNDED.
EXPANDING PUBLIC CENTER
RETRAINING AND JOBS AND
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH
PRIORITY HIGHER.
ALL OF THAT.
ALL THAT HAS TO OF COURSE TIE
IN WITH PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.
THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE
DISCUSSION.
THE LAST ONE I WILL MAKE IS, I
ALSO APPRECIATED MATT TALKING
ABOUT HOW THE FIRST NATIVE
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN THE MOST
ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY ALL OF
THIS.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF
THE JOBS.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A
SPECIAL FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.
IN SOME WAY.
AND CURRENT REALLY TALK ABOUT
THE LANGUAGE.
>> COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
YOU WANT TO MAKE?
>> I WANTED TO THANK MATT FOR
GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION
AND DETAILS.
ALSO, WE WERE, THROUGH ANOTHER
NETWORK, WE ACTUALLY MET
SOMEONE FROM THE INDIGENOUS
ENVIRONMENT OUT NETWORK AND
THE, THEY ARE VEHEMENTLY
OPPOSED TO NATURAL GAS.
ONE OF THEM WAS ACTUALLY BASED
OUT OF OKLAHOMA.
AND SHE SAID THAT HER ENTIRE
COMMUNITY ACTUALLY HAS NO OTHER
OPTION, APART FROM BEING
APPLIED IN THE SECTOR.
AGAIN, THAT IS THE REASON WHY I
MADE THE POINT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER
OPTIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE THE
SUPPORT TO CUSHION THEM FROM
THIS.
THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE
TRANSITION AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON
THE WOMAN WHO GAVE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ABOUT OIL IN HER
HOME.
BY PUTTING GAS IN PEOPLE'S
HOMES TOMORROW, OR NEXT MONTH
OR NEXT YEAR, WE ARE DOING THEM
A DISSERVICE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE
WILL NEED TO REMOVE IT, REMOVE
IT EVENTUALLY.
RATHER THAN BURDEN THEM IN THE
FUTURE, WE CAN SET PUBLIC
POLICY, WHICH PUTS US IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
SOME DATA IN WASHINGTON STATE,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SEATTLE
SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE HAD
350,000 RESIDENTIAL GAS
CUSTOMERS SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
>> 350,000.
SO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN
BUILDINGS WERE THE FASTEST
GROWING SECTOR OF THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
WE ARE DIGGING THE HOLE DEEPER.
AND FASTER.
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
RESOLUTION IS REALLY ABOUT.
>>
>> NOT ABOUT STOPPING THAT.
>> SO ONE MORE ACKNOWLEDGMENT I
WANT TO MAKE.
WHO THIS IMPACTS.
PUGET SOUND ENERGY IS THE MAJOR
GAS COMPANY HERE IN SEATTLE.
OBVIOUSLY NOTE NEW HOOKUPS.
THEY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THEM.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUGET SOUND
ENERGY.
THERE IN THE ROOM BUT DID NOT
TESTIFY.
THEY HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER
TODAY.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
APPRECIATE.
WHAT I HEARD I DON'T WANT TO
PUT WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH BUT A
WILLINGNESS TO SIT AT THE TABLE
AND TALK THROUGH A PROCESS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I DON'T THINK THIS LEGISLATION
ON THE TIME WHEN WE ARE ON IS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY SEE.
BUT FACT THAT THERE IS AN
OPENNESS TO A COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS IS DEMONSTRATED BY
GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENED AT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.
IT IS APPRECIATED.
SO HOW WE CONTINUE ON THIS AND
MOVE FORWARD, WANT TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO HAVE MANY PEOPLE AT
THE TABLE, HAVING CONVERSATION
OF ABOUT THIS CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT WILL BE A SERIES OF
LEGISLATION GOING FORWARD.
YOU WILL NEED TO DO THAT IF WE
WANT TO MEET THE GOAL OF
ELIMINATING ALL FOSSIL FUELS
AND CLIMATE POLLUTION BY THE
YEAR 2030.
GREAT.
>> I THINK WE WILL ABOUT THIS
CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT.
INC.
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
ONGOING WORK AND YOUR FUTURE
WORK TOO.
>> SO THANK YOU.
>>, KELLY?
>> YES.
WE HAVE COUNSEL BILL 119610.
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION
OF ARMORY WAY AS CONDEMNED BY
ORDINATES 67125, LYING BETWEEN
WESTERN AVENUE AND ELLIOTT
AVENUE AND VACATED PINE STREET
AND VIRGINIA STREET, ADJACENT
TO THE PC-ONE N. SITE WITHIN
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
HISTORICAL DISTRICT, ON THE
PETITION OF THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET PRESERVATION AND IF
ELEMENT AUTHORITY.
CLERK FILE 313716.
>> WELCOME.
WE START WITH A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
HEAVILY?
>> BEVERLY BARNETT.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> 1028, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE PLACE CDA.
>> WELCOE BOTH OF YOU.
WE HAVE A LITTLE RECITATION.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
START BY GIVING US AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT WE ARE SITTING HERE?
>> TODAY, THIS ITEM AND THE
NEXT ITEM OUR FINAL VACATION
ORDINANCES.
AND WE USUALLY DO A LITTLE
REMINDER SO PEOPLE KIND OF GET
WHY WE ARE DOING SOMETHING SO
ABBREVIATED.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
ESTABLISHED A TWO-STEP APPROVAL
PROCESS FOR VACATIONS.
SO WE WILL COME FORWARD WITH A
RECOMMENDATION AND THE CITY
COUNCIL HOLDS A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES
TO GRANT THE VACATION, THEY
WILL ALWAYS OUTLINE CONDITIONS
THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD MEET.
AND THEN THE DEVELOPER GOES
OUT, BUILDS PROJECTS, BEATS ALL
OF THE CONDITIONS, DOES
EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME PERIOD
OF TIME, WE COME BACK AND WE GO
OVER HOW THE PROJECT WAS
IMPLEMENTED AND HOW THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT FEATURES WERE
ACCOMPLISHED.
BECAUSE THAT IS USUALLY ONE OF
THE GREATEST ELEMENTS THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE.
SO THIS IS THE VERY LAST PIECE
FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET.
AS WE WILL SEE WITH THIS, THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE ODD LITTLE
STRIPS OF RIGHT-OF-WAY THE THAT
IS VERY STEEPLY SLOPED.
WE ARE IN THE MARKET, WHEN WE
LOOKED AT THE WORK, IT WASN'T
ANTICIPATED BUT IT WAS ONLY
WHEN ALL OF THE TITLE WORK WAS
GOING ON THAT EVERYONE
RECOGNIZED THAT THE VACATION
NEEDED TO BE ONE OF THE MANY
STEPS.
IT IS OUTLINED IN THE
LEGISLATION.
SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY
COUNCIL'S WORK IN SUPPORTING
THE MARKETS AND SOME OF THE
PRIOR PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO
GET THE PROJECT UNDERWAY.
BUT THIS WAS STRONGLY SUPPORTED
BY THE COUNCIL AT THE POINT
WHERE WE WERE HERE IN 2014 FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE
COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN TO HAVE
A PROJECT IN THIS LOCATION AND
BE ABLE TO GO DOWN AND WATCH IT
COME ONLINE.
BUT I THINK PROBABLY, WE REALLY
WANT TO LET MARY GO TO THE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
WE DID IT BRIEFLY SINCE WE KNOW
YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THIS SPOT.
BUT IT GIVES MARY AND THE
MARKET A CHANCE TO SHARE THE
WORK THEY DID BASED ON YOUR
EARLIER SUPPORT.
>> GREAT.
>> TAKE IT AWAY, MARY.
>> THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, THANK YOU, BEVERLY.
YOU TOOK OVER MY NOTES SO I
DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT.
I'M HAPPY YOU DID THAT.
EXACTED.
THE TEAM DIDN'T REALIZE THEY
HAD TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
LAND ON THE DEVELOPMENT SITE.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO LET ME TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT MARKET FRONT.
I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL VISITED THE
MARKET FRONT BECAUSE IT WAS THE
FIRST STEP ON THE WATERFRONT
PROJECT.
IT IS VERY EXCITING.
WE LOVE IT.
THE COMMUNITY LOVES IT.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS
THAT THE MARKET FRONT DOES FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
BUT THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
SO FORMALLY, THIS WAS THE SITE
HERE.
IT WAS FORMERLY THE MUNICIPAL
MARKET BUILDING.
THAT BURNED DOWN IN 1974.
SINCE THEN, UNTIL THE MARKET
FRONT, IT WAS SERVICE PARKING
LOT FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL THE
MARKET FRONT PROJECT.
>> THIS IS THE AREA.
IT WAS A STEEP SLOPE ARE NOT
USED FOR ANY SPECIFIC
TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
NO EVIDENCE OF THIS STRIP OF
LAND WITH EVER IMPROVED FOR
TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES BUT IT
WAS DESIGNATED AS THE ARMORY
WAY.
SO HERE'S THE AERIAL PHOTO WITH
THE ARMORY WAY VACATION,
INDICATED IN RED OUTLINE.
YOU PROBABLY THINK IT MIGHT BE
A BACKTRACK TO THE ARMORY AT
THE TIME.
WAY BACK WHEN.
SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE MARKET
FRONT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AT THE
MARKET FRONT IS RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE, 2017.
IT IS 30,000 FT.B2 OF PUBLIC
SPACE.
WE HAVE A PRODUCERS HALL ON THE
LOWER LEVEL THAT INCLUDES FOR
RETAIL SPACES.
THE PUBLIC PLAZA HAS 147 NEW
DAY STALLS FOR ARTISTS AND
FARMERS.
THE ARCHITECT WITH MILLER HALL
AND IT WAS BUILT BY SELIN.
$74 MILLION EXPANSION FOR THE
MARKET.
THERE IS A NEW RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING, WESTERN AVENUE SENIOR
HOUSING.
WE CALL IT THE WASH BUILDING.
40 UNITS RENTED TO LOW INCOME,
55 YEARS OR OLDER WITH INCOME
50% AND 30% BELOW AREA MEDIAN
INCOME.
THAT INCLUDES ON THE FIRST
FOUR, SEVEN WORK EMMA LIVE,
ARTIST SPACES ON THE LOWER
LEVEL.
IN THE SUMMER WHENEVER THEY
WANT, THEY CAN COME OUT.
THERE ARE ARTISTS FROM OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT CAN BE ANOTHER WAY THE
PEOPLE CAN COME AND EXPLORE THE
MARKET.
THERE IS ALSO A NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CALLED THE
MARKET COMMONS.
IT IS RUN BY THE MARKET
FOUNDATION AND IS A RESOURCE
CENTER FOR CONNECTIONS AND
GAUGES THE COMMUNITY THAT WORKS
AND LIVES AT THE MARKET.
ACTUALLY WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING THEREFROM OUTSIDE OUR
COMMUNITY ALSO.
WE HELP THEM WITH SERVICES,
REPAIRING TAXES, WHERE THEY
NEED TO GO FOR CERTAIN
SERVICES, WE ALSO HAVE MOVIE
NIGHTS, POTLUCKS, ETC.
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOU WILL FIND THE THREE NEW
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS AND
ALSO THE BREEZEWAY FOR THE
CONNECTION.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT
NOW, IT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THE WEST SIDE LOOKING SOUTH.
AND THE EAST SIDE LOOKING
SOUTH.
EAST SIDE IS WESTERN AVENUE.
THE WEST SIDE OVERLOOK, IT
OVERLOOKS WHAT USED TO BE THE
WRITE UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE COVERED CANOPY.
WE ARE LOOKING SOUTH AND THEN
ALSO AT THE BOTTOM, THE COVERED
CANOPY AND THE SEAT AREA
LOOKING EAST.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
BEST PLACES TO WATCH THE
VIADUCT COMING DOWN.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE
THAT WAS PART OF IT BECAUSE THE
WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION AND THE
NEW WATERFRONT, AGAIN WAS GOING
TO TAKE AWAY PARKING SPACES.
SO WE BUILT A 300 PARKING SPOT
IN THIS PARKING GARAGE THAT IS
PART OF THE MARKET FRONT AND IT
WAS BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE CITY.
HERE WE GO TO ONE OF OUR PUBLIC
ART MOSAIC TILE WALLS.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL.
LONGTIME BURKETT ARTIST, HER
NAME IS CLAIRE DONA.
SHE DID THIS.
IT IS IN MOSAICS AND IT
REPRESENTS THE FLOWERS, THE
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND THE
SEAFOOD THAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR.
AND ALSO ON THE BIGGER FISH ON
THE SECRET, THOSE ARE THE
DONORS THAT DONATED TO THE
MARKET FRONT.
THE BUILDOUT OF $10,000 OR
MORE.
>> ALL OF IT, THE DONATIONS
RAISED, THE 6 MILLION, IT WAS
BY OUR MARKET FRONT DONATION AS
PART OF THE RECORD FRONT.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART,
WHICH IS THE WESTERN AVENUE
TAPESTRY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF IT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE
COOLEST PROJECTS THEY DID.
JOHN FLEMING WITH THE COMMUNITY
ARTIST AND WHAT HE DID WAS
THESE BIG STRIPS OF CLOTH.
WE HAD THE COMMUNITY COMING
TOGETHER AND THEY ACTUALLY, HE
GAVE THEM A THEME OF
VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, FISH AND
OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO
PAINT THESE.
HE PUT THEM TOGETHER ON WESTERN
AVENUE AS A PIECE OF ARTWORK.
>> IS IT METAL?
>>> IT IS ACTUALLY, IT WAS
ORIGINALLY CLOTH THAT THEY
COULD PAINT AND NOW IT IS
COMING DOWN AS I BELIEVE WOULD.
>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT
OUR FLOWERS AND OUR VEGETABLES,
OUR SEAFOOD, EVERYTHING THE
MARKET REPRESENTS.
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL IF YOU HAVE
WALKED DOWN WESTERN AVENUE TO
SEE IT.
>> THIS IS OUR THIRD.
LEE THE PIG HAS BEEN PART OF
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET.
BILLY IS A SIBLING TO RACHEL
THE PIG.
RACHEL IS THE ONE UNDERNEATH
THE CLOCK SIGN.
WHAT BILLY AND RACHEL DO IS WE
HAVE MOVED REALLY THERE ON THE
FOUNDATION.
GIVE IT TO THE PDA.
THEY ARE PIGGY BANKS AND ALSO
THE MONEY, IT GOES TO SOCIAL
SERVICES FOR THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET.
IF YOU SEE THE PRINCE
INSTALLED, THAT WAS ALSO A
FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION,
ALSO FOR THE MARKET FRONT.
>> THIS IS OUR MARKET COMMONS.
AND THIS IS RUN BY THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION.
THAT IS THE ONE I TOLD YOU.
IT IS OPEN 40 HOURS PER WEEK,
WE HAVE CLASSES, GET-TOGETHERS
FOR OUR MARKET COMMUNITY.
WE HELP THEM WITH SOCIAL
SERVICES.
WE HAVE A SOCIAL.
THAT HELPS WITH THE SOCIAL
SERVICES IN OUR HOUSING.
THOSE THERE AND HELPS.
AND IT IS A RESOURCE CENTER.
IT IS ALSO A GATHERING PLACE
FOR POTLUCKS, MOVIES, PLAYING
BRIDGE, WHATEVER THEY WOULD
LIKE TO DO.
THAT BURKETT FOUNDATION
OVERSEAS THAT.
IT IS A REALLY WELCOMING
COMMUNITY PLACE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> HERE YOU SEE ON THE MAP, THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ARTWORK THAT IS
THERE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PUBLIC
ACCESS PATHS AND THAT WAS THERE
SO YOU CAN TIE TOGETHER THE
PARK EMMA WESTERN AVENUE, AND
THE NEW WATERFRONT DOWN TO THE
WATERFRONT THROUGH THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC ASSESS
THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND
THEY ARE ALSO ON THE MARKET
AROUND THE PAVILION.
IT IS MOSTLY JEWELRY AT THE
MOMENT THAT THEY MAKE.
THEY COME OUT AND SELL ITS
ALONG WITH THE ART COMMUNITY.
AND THESE ARE THE PUBLIC ACCESS
AREAS.
FOR THE MARKET FRONT.
ONE GOES OUT TO WESTERN ACCESS
AND ONE GOES OUT TO THE PARK.
ONE GOES INTO THE MARKET
ITSELF.
AGAIN, THERE IS WESTERN.
AT THE BOTTOM, IT IS THE
ANTICIPATED FUTURE CONNECTION
TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND ACTUALLY, THE FUTURE
CONNECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT IS GOING TO MOVE A
LITTLE SOUTH.
WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW, WE
DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WILL
HAPPEN BUT IT WILL MOVE TO THE
SOUTH.
NOT EXACTLY RIGHT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
I WANT TO THINK AS.AND BRIEFLY.
ANYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE MARKET FRONT.
IT IS TRULY A GIFT TO THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET.
AND OUR CITY GETS TO USE IT.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE HAD NIGHT
MARKETS THERE, THE BEST PLACE
TO DO THE VIADUCT.
WE HAD BLUE THUNDER OUT THERE
TODAY.
EVERYBODY WANTS COME OUT ON THE
MARKET FRONT AND IT IS THE BEST
VIEW IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU, MARY.
BEVERLY, WE RELY ON YOU A LOT
FOR THE EYES AND BRAINS AND
EARS ON THE GROUND IN THE SAME
BECAUSE YOU HELP US ENSURE ON
THE FRONT AND THAT THE PACKAGE
THAT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE
IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE
VACATION WE ARE PROVIDING.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HELP US AT
THIS POINT TO ENSURE THAT THIS
IS SUBSTANTIALLY WHAT IS
DISCUSSED.
THAT THE FUND WAS DELIVERED.
WE WANT TO CONFIRM YOU FEEL
THAT
>> THEY COMPLETED EVERYTHING AS
OUTLINED IN THE COUNSEL
CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOP AGREEMENTS THAT ADDRESS
MAINTENANCE AND PUBLIC ASSESS
AND THINGS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE
OF THE IMPROVEMENT.
IT IS READY TO GO.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
AND MARY, NOT SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THIS OBJECT, BUT I'M
CURIOUS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC ON
THE VIADUCT STOPS.
YOU DID'T HAVE THE NOISE OUT
ON THE DECK.
OF COURSE THAT WAS SHORT-LIVED.
THE JACKHAMMERS CAME IN AND IT
WAS REALLY FASCINATING TO WATCH
PEOPLE TEAR DOWN A FREEWAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALMOST
MOVED ON FROM THAT FACE.
I'M CURIOUS HOW YOUR SUMMER WAS
UP THERE.
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND NO
VEHICLES BUT OTHER THINGS GOING
ON.
>> WE HAVE BEEN BUSY DOWN
THERE.
SO MANY PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
TOWN EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY.
LIKE I SAID, THE ALASKAN WAY
ENTRANCE TO THE GARAGE HAD TO
BE SHUT FOR A MONTH.
THEY FOLLOWED AROUND TO WESTERN
IF THEY NEEDED TO PER.
PEOPLE COME INTO THE MARKET AND
US.MADE A, MADE IT EASY FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH THE
MARKET, EVEN THROUGH ALL OF THE
CONSTRUCTION.
PEOPLE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE THAT
WAS A GREAT PLACE TO SIT AND
WATCH THE VIADUCT COME DOWN.
I HAVE TO ADD THIS, I KNOW WE
ARE BUSY BUT OUR ARTISTS
ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT REBAR AND
CONCRETE AND SOME MADE JEWELRY.
SOME MADE THINGS FOR YOUR YARD.
THE MARKET REALLY DOES TAKE
OPPORTUNITIES AND RUN WITH
THEM.
>> AMAZING FAMILY INCUBATOR FOR
NATIVITY AND HAS BEEN FOREVER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ON THAT.
>> I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE
LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE
MOVE.
COUNSEL BUILT 19610.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING EYE.
NOT OPPOSED?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
THERE WILL BE A FULL COUNSEL
ONE WEEK FROM NEXT MONDAY, THE
16th.
>>?.
BEVERLY, STICK AROUND.
KELLY, COULD YOU READ AND NEVER
FIVE?
>> COUNSEL BUILT 19561.
AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY
IN 1, WITT'S ADDITION ON THE
PETITION OF 2026 MEDICINE
CORNER, LLC AND LMC 2026
MEDICINE HOLDINGS, LLC.
LOOK FILE 306083.
>> WHAT WE DO QUICK
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT.
FIELD THE PRIMITIVE
TRANSPORTATION.
>> BRAD RESINGER, LENNAR
MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITIES.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN,
BEVERLY.
>> SAID THIS IS ALSO A FINAL
VACATION ORDINANCE, SO THE
PROJECT WAS APPROVED SOME YEARS
AGO AND ONE THING THAT IS
UNUSUAL IS THAT THE PROPERTY
WAS SOLD A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO THIS PROJECT CAME BACK TO
CITY COUNCIL FOR AN EXTENSION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK, THE
LEGISLATION, YOU SEE SOME OF
THE TRANSITION AND THE CITY
COUNCIL GRANTED EXTENSIONS TO
ALLOW THE PURCHASER TO COMPLETE
THE PROJECT CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT THEY APPROVED ORIGINALLY.
BUT THIS IS A BIT LONGER THAN
WHAT WE USUALLY SEE.
BUT THIS IS ALSO READY TO GO
AND HAS COMPLETED EVERYTHING.
WE DO HAVE IN THE POWERPOINT,
IT IS KIND OF EASIER WHEN WE
START THE POWERPOINT FOR YOU TO
SEE THE LOCATION.
THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION.
SO I THINK WE CAN JUST JUMP IN?
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO MEET WITH US.
THIS IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOW
NAMED 2020 MATT.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNITY.
RESIDENTS REALLY LOVE IT.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST
RETENTIONS IN OUR ENTIRE
PORTFOLIO.
OVER 60% OF THE RESIDENTS
CHOOSE TO RENEW LEASES HERE.
THE INDUSTRY AVERAGES 50% LESS
THAN THAT.
THE 40% RANGE.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS REALLY EMBRACED IT.
THE PUBLIC PLAZA AND THE
VARIOUS PUBLIC AND IF IT'S WE
WILL SPEAK TO.
>>
>> THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO A LITTLE MORE
ORIENTATION.
THIS PROPERTY WAS BOUNDED BY
EAST TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST.
EAST MADISON TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN THE EXISTING ALLEY TO
THE WEST.
YOU CAN SEE THE ALLEY BEING
VACATED AND READ.
IT SPLIT THE SITE AND IN THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT AREA.
SHOWN IN BLUE.
AS BEVERLY MENTIONED, THE
ORIGINAL ALLOCATION APPLICATION
WAS FOR A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER.
THEY HAD ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO
DEVELOP THE ENTIRE SITE.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO
REVISE THE MASTER USE PERMIT
AND INSTEAD OF BUILDING A
DOUGHNUT, WE DEVELOPED A C-
SHAPED BUILDING.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE SHOWN
HERE.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF
THESE.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
BUT BASICALLY, THE PUBLIC SPACE
PLAZA, THE CAFC SEATING,
BENCHES, INVITING OPENINGS INTO
THE PARK?
THE STONE FINISHES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE.
THEY WERE STONE SEATING AREAS.
AND WIDENING THE SIDEWALK ALONG
EAST MADISON.
THE COMMUNITY SUMMARY.
WE HAVE 157 HOMES.
2500 FT.B2 OF RETAIL.
TO TENANTS.
BOTH LOCAL.
BRIO IS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER
FROM CAPITOL HILL.
AND THIS IS A WOMEN'S BOXING
GYM, LOCAL FRANCHISE.
32, WE DID CHOOSE TO PURCHASE
THE MFT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 32 AFFORDABLE HOMES.
SYSTEM FIVE RATIO.
IT WAS COMPLETED TWO YEARS AGO.
>> SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE
SHOWS THE MERRY AREA THAT THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
LARGE PUBLIC PLAZA, ENTRANCES
FROM BOTH DENNY WAY AS WELL AS
OFF OF EAST MADISON.
THE VERTICAL SEPARATION IN THE
BACK BEHIND THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AREAS FROM
OUR REVIT RESIDENCE SPACES,
BOTH VERTICAL SEPARATION AS
WELL AS LANDSCAPE.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THROUGH
HERE.
YOU SAW IT IN THE PRIOR SLIDE.
THE BREEZEWAY, SO THERE IS
CONNECTIVITY FOR THE RESIDENTS
TO THE WEST TO CONNECT TO THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT AREA THROUGH THE
BUILDING.
IT IS A WELL LIT BREEZEWAY.
THERE ARE THREE ACCESS POINTS.
THIS IS THE HEART OF THE PLAZA.
THIS IS AN ART PIECE AND IS AN
EQUALIZER.
THE WHOLE THEME OF THE
BUILDING, 2020 MAD IT IS REALLY
MEANT TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY
OF THE RICH MUSICAL HISTORY OF
THIS INTERSECTION.
THIS IS WHERE DINO AS WAS
PREVIOUSLY.
AND THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THE MUSIC THIN.
SO THE EQUALIZER IS REALLY A
GREAT PIECE OF ART.
IT IS BACKLIT L.E.D LIGHTING.
IT LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT AND RINGS
A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE PARK.
THE NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTS THE
SEATING.
IT LOOKS DARK UP ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE IT TO THE LEFT.
THAT IS THE ENTRYWAY COMING
INTO THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE
ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC PLAZA
OFF OF EAST DENNY.
IT SHOWS TWO OF THE BENCHES.
ONE YOU CAN PARTIALLY SEE
BEHIND THE TREE.
AS WELL AS THREE OF THE STONE
FINISHES.
THIS WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO
THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY JUST A
SIDEWALK TO OPEN IT UP AND MAKE
IT MORE INVITING COMING IN OFF
OF EAST DENNY.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS MORE OF
THOSE STONE FINISHED PIECES.
INTEGRATED WITH THE ART.
COMPLEMENTS THE ART TO ALLOW
FOR SEATING AREAS.
AND FINALLY, THE LARGE SETBACKS
ON BOTH DENNY, ON EAST DENNY,
EAST MADISON SHOWN HERE AS WELL
AS 50 FEET OF THE ALLEY TO THE
WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WHEN WE WERE
PROPOSING IT.
BUT YOU NOW HAVE A PRT STATION
LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE
BUILDING HERE.
HAVING A WIDE SIDEWALK WILL BE
NICE FOR THE BEER TO PROGRAM.
THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION
SHOWING YOU THE VARIOUS PUBLIC
BENEFITS AND HOW WE CONFORM
WITH THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
QUESTIONS?
>> BRAD OR BEVERLY?
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OPEN SPACE,
THE OUTLINE THERE, HOW WILL
THAT BE SIGNED AND HOW OPEN IS
IT?
IS IT OPEN CERTAIN HOURS OF THE
DAY?
>> IT IS OPEN 24 HOURS AND WE
DO HAVE SIGNAGE UP INDICATING
THAT IT IS A PUBLIC PLACE.
AGAIN, WE TRIED TO DO IS, WE
DIDN'T USE SIGNAGE TO DELINEATE
BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
BUT RATHER WE USED LANDSCAPING
IN A VERTICAL SEPARATION.
YOU GO UP INTO A DIFFERENT
AREA.
THAT INDICATES IT IS THE
PRIVATE ZONE.
>> AND WE ALSO, IN THE PROPERTY
USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT,
WE SET MAINTENANCE STANDARDS
AND PUBLIC ASSESS STANDARDS.
SO THAT IT CAN'T BE CLOSED OR
THE PUBLIC EXCLUDED.
USUALLY WE ACCOMMODATE A
PERIODIC TENANT SUMMER PARTY OR
SOMETHING BUT FOR THE MOST
PART, IT REQUIRES THAT
MAINTENANCE AND DESIGN
STANDARDS BE MAINTAINED BY THE
DEVELOPER AND THAT THE PUBLIC
HAS ACCESS TO THE SITE WITHOUT
BEING EXCLUDED BASED ON NOT
HAVING MONEY TO SPEND OR SOME
OTHER CRITERIA.
>>
>> IN ON THE MAP, IT SHOWS THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT AS INSTALLED.
IT LABELS THAT IS A FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT SITE.
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS A MUCH
BIGGER BUILDING.
IS THE PLAN THAT AT SOME POINT
IN THE FUTURE, WE DEVELOP A
METHOD?
>> WE DO NOT OWN THE CORNER.
WE WORKED WITH, SO THE 2004,
THAT IS WHEN THE INITIAL
EDUCATION CAME IN.
>> OH IT WAS THAT LONG AGO?
>> THAT LONG AGO.
GOT TIED UP IN A RECESSION.
IT HAD BEEN MOCKED FOR THE
DONUT.
COMING OUT OF THE THERE WAS A
DRY CLEANER HERE.
THERE WAS PCE AND WHILE THE
EXISTING OWNERS HAD DONE THE
PC, THERE WAS BROWN WATER OFF
SITE.
WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE
LIABILITY FOR THAT.
WE PURCHASED THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN PIECES OF THE PROPERTY
THAT WERE DEEMED CLEAN.
WE DID NOT NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE
CURRENT OWNER PLANS TO DO.
>> I SUSPECT NOTHING UNTIL THEY
EVENTUALLY GET AN NFA.
>> DID YOU GUYS DO THE
LANDSCAPING THERE?
OR WAS THAT THERE?
>> WE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM.
WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE BECAUSE THE
PUBLIC AREA IMPACTS BOTH OF US.
PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION WITH
US, THE SIDEBAR NEGOTIATION WAS
TO ENSURE THAT THE AREA WAS NOT
LEFT IN THE PRIOR CONDITION.
>> THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION I
HAVE.
2004.
15 YEARS FROM ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS AROUND.
WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY GOT GOING.
>> THIS WAS, COUNCIL MEMBER
DRAGO WORKED ON THE CHANGES ON
THIS ONE.
>> WHAT IS THE OLDEST ONE IS
STILL OUTSTANDING?
>> TERMINAL FIVE.
>> HOW MANY YEARS?
>> 30.
>> WE DISCUSSED THAT
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS QUITE
THAT MUCH BUT IT IS IN THE TWO
DECADE TERRITORY FOR SURE.
>> GREAT.
WELL I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON
THIS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
IT IS NICE.
IT LOOKS.
GREAT PROJECT.
I HAVEN'T SET FOOT ON IT.
>>
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM PREPARED TO MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 119561.
>> SO THAT PASSES OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
THAT WILL GO UP FOR FULL
COUNCIL ON THE 16th.
NICE WORK.
>> AND WE HAVE ONE LAST LONELY
RESOLUTION AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
KELLY WOULD YOU READ THIS INTO
THE RECORD?
>> IT IS RESOLUTION 318 99.
RESOLUTION GRANTING CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT,
MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A BELOW
GRADE PRIVATE THERMAL ENERGY
EXCHANGE SYSTEM UNDER AND
ACROSS JOHN STREET, EAST OF
BOREN AVENUE NORTH AND WEST OF
FAIRVIEW AVENUE NORTH AS
PROPOSED BY ONNI DEU.
JOHN STREET LLC.
>> WELCOME.
WHAT WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> AMY GRAY WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>>
>> SCOTT LOCKE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH TRENT 27 ON
THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU FOR MULTITASKING.
AMY, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US
ABOUT THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
ON THIS LONG COUNCIL MEETING.
WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IF YOU
ADOPTED WOULD PROVIDE
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO 27, JOHN
STREET LLC.
FOR A PRIVATE THERMAL ENERGY
EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
THIS SYSTEM CONNECTS THE
BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 1120 JOHN
STREET AT 1120 DENNY STREET AND
THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO
CAPTURE WASTE, HEAT AND
DISTRIBUTE THIS HEAT BETWEEN
THE TWO BUILDINGS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT SO
HE CAN TALK YOU THROUGH THE
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE
SYSTEM.
>> THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY, OH
IT LOOKS BETTER ON THAT SCREEN.
SO THIS IS JUST EMMA IT IS
REALLY A VERY SIMPLE SYSTEM.
THE INTENT IS TO CONNECT THE
TWO BLOCKS WITH A THERMAL
PIPELINE.
I WATER LINE BUT NEEDS THE
STREET SO WE CAN SHARE WASTE
HEAT BETWEEN THE TWO
FACILITIES.
ESSENTIALLY, WE WILL BE
UTILIZING A HEATING OR THERMAL
PLANT AT ONE OF THE SITES.
SO IT WILL ELIMINATE IT AT THE
OTHER SIDE.
THAT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO BE
MANUFACTURED.
IN THE PROCESS.
AND THEN IT IS ALSO GOING TO
ALLOW US TO HAVE THE PRIMARY
HEAT SOURCE AS HEAT PUMPS.
SO WE CAN UTILIZE ANY WASTE
HEAT AND STORE IT WHEN NEEDED.
UTILIZE IT BETWEEN THE TWO
SIDES.
AND ONE REASON THIS IS A GOOD
SITE FOR THIS IS THAT WE HAVE
GOT TO SEPARATE, DISPARATE
TYPES OF UTILIZATION.
IT IS A RESIDENTIAL SITE AND
ONE IS AN OFFICE SITE.
IT HAS PEAK HEATING LOADS THAT
OCCUR AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE
DAY.
IT ALLOWS US TO FORM SYSTEMS IN
HEATING.
TO UTILIZE THE WASTE HEAT ON
EITHER SIDE.
>> I GUESS THAT IS A VERY
SIMPLE SYSTEM THAT IN GENERAL,
IT IS HOW IT WOULD OPERATE.
>> WHAT IS THE HEATING SOURCE
FOR THAT?
>> THE PRIMARY HEAT SOURCE IS
HEAT PUMPS.
HEAT RECOVERY CHILLERS.
SO THAT
>> ELECTRIC.
YES.
>> SORRY.
>> ALL HEAT PUMPS I AM AWARE OF
OUR ELECTRIC.
>> THAT IS PART OF THE
DISCUSSION.
>> I SHOULD BE, I SHOULD
CLARIFY THERE WILL BE BACK UP
BOILERS.
THE HEAT WE ARE TRYING TO
UTILIZE, AS MUCH IS POSSIBLE
FOR THE PRIMARY SOURCE.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS YOUR
TECHNICAL AREA OF EXPERTISE BUT
IS A BACK UP GAS BOILER JUST
FOR HEAT PUMPS BELOW A CERTAIN
TEMPERATURE?
OR IS IT A PEAKING LOAD AS A
BACKUP IN CASE HEAT PUMP CAN'T
GENERATE ENOUGH?
>> IS GENERALLY BOTH.
IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE
THE LOAD IS TOO GREAT OR WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DISPARATE
LOAD BETWEEN THE TWO
FACILITIES, HE WOULD HAVE TO
TEMPER THAT WITH THE GAS
BOILERS.
└> AND IS THERE, I APPRECIATE
THAT THERE IS AN ABILITY TO
SHIFT WHERE IT IS GOING.
IS THE HE RECOVERY THAT HAPPENS
WITHIN THE BUILDINGS?
>> YES.
ON THE AIR SIDE, SEPARATE FROM
THE SYSTEM WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, THERE IS HEAT RECOVERY.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, I
THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS
EARLIER.
YOU ARE INTRODUCING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE COMMITTEE
MEETING.
THIS IS THE THE OLD SEATTLE
TIMES SITE.
SORT OF A HISTORICAL AREA THAT
NO LONGER IS THE NEWSPAPER
LOCATION.
JUST WITH THE TERM PERMIT
PROCESS, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP
IN THE TWO STEPS THAT GETS
ULTIMATELY A PERMIT FOR THEM.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE
RESOLUTION.
THAT WILL PREPARE TO IMPLEMENT
AN ORDINANCE THAT SPECIFIES THE
TERMS, CONDITIONS, FEES,
INSPECTIONS, ETC.
THAT WE WILL REQUIRE FOR THE
LONG-TERM OCCUPATION OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY BY THIS PRIVATE
USE.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THE ORDINANCE
WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2020.
YOU WON'T BE HERE.
>> I WILL NOT BE HERE.
>> BE I WILL BE OUT THERE.
>> BUT THAT IS THE TENURE
PERMIT WITH A TEN-YEAR TERM.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE
ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> GREAT.
THAT IS THE COME ACCORDING TO
THAT TIMELINE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
IS BUT THAT WILL BE WELL IN
ADVANCE OF COMPLETION OF THE
BUILDING.
PROBABLY THE TIME YOU ARE ON
THE GROND DOING THE WORK.
>> THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THE
PERMIT.
>> I IMAGINE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY THE QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE.
I LOVE, WE WORKED FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A
MUCH BROADER DISTRICT ENERGY
SYSTEM IN SOUTH LAKE UNION.
DESPITE SOME GOOD EFFORTS, WE
STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW
TO BRING IT UP TO THAT UTILITY
SCALE OF DISTRICT ENERGY.
IT IS A GREAT TO SEE THE
CONCEPT LOCALLY AND WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE SOMEDAY THERE WILL BE A
WAY TO TAP INTO BIGGER NETWORKS
AND SHARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES
THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.
I ASSUME THERE IS COST SAVINGS
FOR THIS?
AND ENERGY SAVINGS, WHICH I AM
EXCITED ABOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ANY
QUESTIONS?
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
RESOLUTION 31899.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
EYE.
GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
WE WILL BRING IT TO FULL
COUNSEL AND OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL TAKE IT UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT.
I DON'T AGREE HAVE ANYTHING US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
WE ARE DONE WELL BEFORE 5 PM.
SO I AM REALLY PROUD THAT I HAD
A MEETING THAT BARELY WENT OVER
TO HOURS.
IT MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE OF MY
CAREER BUT I WILL CELEBRATE IT
AT THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I WILL PUT THAT ON MY
CALENDAR FOR THIS MEETING.
>> I'M GIVING YOU SOME TIME
BACK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.