>>> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
THE NOVEMBER 9, 2020 COUNCIL
BRIEFING WILL NOW COME TO
ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:31 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 2, 2020
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
REALLY QUICKLY ON THE
PRESIDENT'S REPORT, GOOD
MORNING COLLEAGUES AS AN
OVERVIEW AT THIS AFTERNOON'S
FULL COUNCIL MEETING WE WILL
CONSIDER THE PAYMENT OF BILLS,
INTRODUCTION OF REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND EIGHT OTHER ITEMS
OF BUSINESS.
WE WILL ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR NO MORE THAN
20 MINUTES.
SECOND AS A REMINDER THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT WILL BE
OBSERVING VETERANS DAY THIS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th.
MANY COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES
INCLUDING MY OWN WILL BE CLOSED
ON WEDNESDAY, AS WILL GENERAL
OPERATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT JUST A GENERAL
REMINDER FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
AND FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
I ALSO WANT TO QUICKLY SAY
THANK YOU TO THE SEATTLE VOTERS
FOR OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVIN
PROPOSITION 1 WHICH IS
SEATTLE'S TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT.
DOLLARS COLLECTED FROM THE
RENEWAL OF THE STBD DIRECT
INVESTMENTS INTO OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WHICH WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SHORTLY.
THE RENEWAL OF STBD WILL BE
CRITICAL TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL WORKERS
THAT CONTINUE TO RELY ON
TRANSIT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK FOR MOBILITY.
MANY THANKS TO ALL THE VOTERS
AND THE CAMPAIGN WORKERS WHO
WORKED ON THIS CAMPAIGN DURING
THESE VERY CHALLENGING TIMES.
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO
TURNED OUT IN HISTORIC NUMBERS
TO VOTE IN OUR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
HERE IN SEATTLE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE POURED INTO STREETS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS TO CELEBRATE THE
NEWS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE CHOSEN JOE BIDEN TO BE OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT AND KAMALA
HARRIS TO BE OUR NEXT VICE
PRESIDENT.
AND LIKE SO MANY SEATTLE
RESIDENTS I TOO AM ABSOLUTELY
THRILLED BY THESE ELECTION
RESULTS AND REALLY FIRMLY
BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER JOE BIDEN
AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE GOING TO
PROVIDE EVERY AMERICAN THE MUCH
NEEDED LEADERSHIP AND STABILITY
THAT WE NEED DURING THESE
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIMES.
AND REALLY HOPE THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAL
THOSE FISSURES OF HATE AND
DIVISION LEFT IN THE WAKE OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND OF
COURSE WHILE THE ELECTION
RESULT KNOW ELECTION EASES OUR
MOST PRESSING ISSUES AND NEEDS
OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT
DOES PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CONFRONT SOME OF THESE
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TOGETHER
IN A NEW DAY HERE.
SO AS A MOTHER AND AS A WOMAN
OF COLOR AND THE DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS I AM STAND AT THE
READY TO CONTINUE THE HARD WORK
NEEDED TO PARTNER WITH A NEW
ADMINISTRATION, OTHER ELECTED
LEADERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS TO EFFECTUATE THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT AND
DESPERATELY NEEDED SYSTEMIC
CHANGE WE NEED FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW, I KNOW MANY OF YOU
PROBABLY SHARE THE SAME
SENTIMENTS AND REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE ON
THE OTHER END OF A VERY LONG
ELECTION WEEK AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU ON SO MANY OF
THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE
ALL CARE ABOUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS ABOUT THAT AT THE TOP.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU DOING YOUR
REPORTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
DO THE SAME.
LET'S DIG IN TO THE FIRST
PRESENTATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA
WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION ON
THE WEST SEATTLE HIGH-RISE
RIDGE SAFETY PROJECT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, WE HAVE
THREE PRESENTERS WITH US TODAY.
DIRECTOR FOR SDOT SAM ZIMBABWE,
HEATHER MARX WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND OUR OWN CALVIN CHOW IS ALSO
WITH US TO PRESENT ON THIS
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3. BEFORE WE
GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE
PRESENTATION FROM SDOT AND
CALVIN CHOW, WE ARE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND HEAR FROM OUR
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM DISTRICT 1
REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
LISA HERBOLD AS WELL.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CHAIR
PEDERSEN TO MAKE SOME REMARKS
THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THANK THEM
FOR THEIR WORK TO STABILIZE THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WHILE THEY
PLAN FOR REPAIRING AND
REPLACING THAT VITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SDOT'S MANAGING THAT CRISIS ON
TOP OF RUNNING THEIR VAST
DEPARTMENT WITH OVER 1000
EMPLOYEES AND MULTIPLE ON GOING
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AS THEY
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE EVEN DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY
UPDATES THAT WE ALL RECEIVED
VIA E-MAIL, WE HAD MORE FORMAL
BRIEFINGS FROM SDOT IN APRIL.
WE DECIDED THIS WEEK WAS TIMELY
FOR ANOTHER LARGER UPDATE AS
THE MAYOR GETS CLOSER TO A
DECISION ON WHETHER TO REPAIR
OR REPLACE.
THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION THE COUNCIL
IS REQUIRED TO TAKE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE CITY
COUNCIL AUTHORIZED MOST OF THE
FINANCING NECESSARY FOR THE
INITIAL TRAFFIC MID MITIGATION
AND TO STABILIZE THE HIGH
BRIDGE BECAUSE WE NEED TO
STABILIZE THE HIGH BRIDGE
WHETHER WE REPAIR OR REPLACE
IT.
THE MAYOR THIS MORNING
ENCOLONELLED ENCOURAGED US TO
PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL INPUT.
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE IS A
CRITICAL PIECE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE NOT ONLY FOR THE
100,000 RESIDENTS OF WEST
SEATTLE BUT FOR OUR REGION AND
NATION CONSIDERING THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE PORT OF
SEATTLE.
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND I
HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE
MEETINGS OF A COMMUNITY TASK
FORCE.
A DIVERSE 30 MEMBER TASK FORCE
DEDICATED TO PROVIDING INPUT ON
THIS PROJECT.
THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN OVER A DOZEN
MEETINGS AND SPENT NUMEROUS
HOURS REVIEWING MATERIAL AND I
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANK THOSE VOLUNTEERS FOR
THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS
PROJECT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND REGION.
IS A WANT TO THANK CALVIN CHOW
WHO HAS HAD TO TRACK THIS ISSUE
AND KEEP US INFORMED ALL THE
WHILE DOING OTHER PROJECTS AND
THE CITY BUDGET AS WELL.
SO IN ADDITION COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING
TO MONITOR AND ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROGRESS.
AS WE AWAIT A DECISION FROM THE
MAYOR ON REPAIR OR REPLACE, THE
PRESENTATION TODAY WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING EVERYBODY
UP TO SPEED ON WHAT ACTIONS
SDOT HAS TAKEN TO DATE TO
STABILIZE THE BRIDGE, PREPARE
FOR THE REPAIR OR REPLACE
DECISION.
WE'RE EXCITED COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ ACKNOWLEDGED THIS TOO
ABOUT VOTERS RENEWING THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT EVEN THOUGH BUS
RIDERSHIP IS DOWN SHARPLY, THE
NEEDS HAVE INCREASED AROUND
WEST SEATTLE WITH THE HIGH
BRIDGE LOADED.
THE NEW FUNDING RECOGNIZED THE
NEEDS OF WEST SEATTLE DURING
THIS CRISIS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE
AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS
OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MANY HE
TO HAVE THESE OPENING REMARKS.
GOING TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN FOR THESE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
WANT TO PROVIDE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO
SHARE SOME WORDS WITH US.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL KEEP IT REAL SHORT.
CHAIR PEDERSEN DID A GREAT JOB
OF PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND
CONTEXT.
I WANT TO ALSO ECHO THE THANKS
THAT CHAIR PEDERSEN GAVE TO
SDOT FOR THEIR MANAGING OF THIS
CRISIS BOTH AS IT RELATES TO
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO
MANAGING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
PANEL TO DEVELOPING THE WEST
SEATTLE, THE RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE PLAN WORKING REALLY
DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS THE
SEVERE NEEDS FOR COMMUNITIES
LIVING IN THE DETOUR ROUTES AND
ADDRESSING THE TRAFFIC AND
CONGESTION AND SAFETY,
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND DRIVER
SAFETY NEEDS IN THOSE AREAS.
THEIR DEDICATION AND FOCUS HAS
BEEN REALLY APPRECIATED.
AS WELL AS ALSO MANAGING THE
PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN
DETERMINING WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS
ARE.
SINCE THE CLOSURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE ON MARCH 23rd,
THE IMPACT HAS BEEN FELT VERY
STRONGLY IN DISTRICT 1 AS THE
COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING
DISTRICT 1 I HEAR EVERY SOMEDAY
FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
THAT ARE HURTING.
ONCE SOCIAL DISTANCING ENDS OR
DECREASES TRAFFIC AND ACCESS
ISSUES WILL ONLY INCREASE AND
LIKELY VERY DRAMATICALLY.
THE SOONER WE RESTORE THE
BRIDGE THE BETTER.
THAT IS THE PREMIUM VALUE FOR
ME.
THE BRIDGE IS A CRITICAL
REGIONAL ACCENT.
INTEGRALLY LINKED TO OUR
MARITIME ECONOMY AND THE PORT
OF SEATTLE WITH LINKS THAT GO
INLAND THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND
BEYOND.
LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN I
HOPE THAT THE FEDERAL ELECTION
MAY ASSIST WITH FEDERAL FUNDING
AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY
THE ATTENTION FROM
CONGRESSWOMAN AND OUR SENATORS
WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF THE CITY DESSERTS.
I'VE MET WITH SDOT REGULARLY.
PARTICIPATED AS A MEMBER OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE TASK FORCE.
WHICH HAS MET 12 TIMES,
INCLUDING DURING THE LAST FOUR
WEEKS AS WELL.
IN LATE NOVEMBER THE MEMBERS OF
THE TASK FORCE PROVIDED THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR ON
WHETHER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AND THE
DECISION IS IN HER HANDS.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SO COUNCIL
MEMBERS UNDERSTAND HAVE NOT, IS
NOT A CONSENSUS OPINION FROM
THE TASK FORCE.
THERE IS I THINK A WIDE
SPECTRUM OF PERSPECTIVES.
SO INDIVIDUALLY WE HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING OUR FEEDBACK TO THE
TASK FORCE WHICH WILL THEN BE
COMPILED AND PRESENTED TO THE
MAYOR.
OPPORTUNITY FOR US THIS MORNING
IS FOR COUNCIL TO GET UP TO
SPEED, ASK QUESTIONS AND AGAIN,
AS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DEPUTY
MAYOR THIS MORNING THE MAYOR IS
INTERESTED IN COUNCIL FEEDBACK
AS WELL.
WITH THAT I HAVE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
OUR FRIENDS AT SDOT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS
AS WELL.
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET A IN DEPTH
BRIEFING ONCE AGAIN.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD MAYBE
THE FOURTH TIME SDOT HAS BEEN
WITH US IN COUNCIL BRIEFING.
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DIG INTO THE WORK THAT YOU
ALL HAVE DONE THUS FAR.
DO SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE
OFFER FROM THE MAYOR TO GET A
BROADER SET OF INPUT AND
GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL ON
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING UP TO SPEED HERE.
SAM, DO YOU WANT TO KICK US
OFF?
THEN I CAN SHARE THE
PRESENTATION.
>> SURE.
SO I'M SAM ZIMBABWE.
DIRECTOR OF SDOT.
WITH ME TODAY IS HEATHER MARX
WHO HAS BEEN LEADING UP THE
WHOLE PROGRAM OF EFFORTS THAT
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS MORNING
AND SHE'S GOING TO DO THE BULK
OF THE TALKING AND THEN SHAWNA
LARSON IS HERE LEADING THE
CHARGE ON SHARING THE
POWERPOINT TODAY, BUT ALSO
LYASING WITH COUNCIL ON THIS
AND ANY OTHER ISSUES YOU ALL
HAVE WITH SDOT.
SO WHY DON'T YOU BRING UP THE
PRESENTATION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER AND I
KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE QUESTIONS AS
WE GO IF THERE ARE
CLARIFICATIONS OR THINGS MAYBE
WE CAN HOLD THOSE TILL THE END.
I DEFER ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO
HANDLE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE
WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE FULL
COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE.
AS WE GET STARTED, I'LL GIVE A
LITTLE BIT OF INTRODUCTION.
HEATHER'S GOING TO TAKE US
THROUGH THE BULK OF IT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WEST
SEATTLE HIGH BRIDGE PROGRAM AS
A WHOLE, IT'S BOTH OUR EFFORTS
ON THE BRIDGE AND IN THE
COMMUNITY TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACT OF THIS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEDERSEN AND HERBOLD FOR THEIR
TIRELESS SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT
IN THIS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH ALL OF
THE WORK THAT'S HERE.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR
FOCUS NOT JUST ON THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE BUT ALL OF OUR
BRIDGES AND OUR MAINTENANCE
NEEDS AS A CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS BEEN
ENGAGED WITH THE WEST SEATTLE
COMMUNITY AND SOUTH PARK
COMMUNITY, THE WHOLE VALLEY
THAT IS FEELING THE IMPACT.
I THINK THEIR ENGAGEMENT HAS
MADE OUR WORK BETTER AS A
WHOLE.
I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THE
THANKS FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE.
THAT IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN GIVING LOTS OF TIME
IN THE MIDST OF A VERY
STRESSFUL TIME TO REALLY HELP
US CHANNEL THE VIEWPOINTS OF
THE COMMUNITY HERE, FEEDBACK,
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE
QUESTIONS, BOTH ABOUT THE
MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT ARE
UNDERWAY AND ABOUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS THAT
ARE BEFORE US.
I'LL SAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS
HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY STRESSFUL
TIME THAT THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE HAS ONLY ADDED TO THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND WE ARE
WORKING WITH SPEED AND URGENCY
TO RESTORE TRAVEL ACROSS THE
DUWAMISH.
WESTBOUND AND ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
LOCAL BUSINESSES.
CITY SERVICES.
MARITIME COMMUNITY
MANUFACTURING, WE'VE ALL FELT
THESE IMPACTS.
I KNOW THOSE ARE BEING FELT
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY MANY
FOLKS WHO I DIDN'T MENTION
THERE AND REALLY THIS WOULD
ONLY HAPPEN ONCE.
THIS WOULD ONLY BE SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS THIS ONE TIME.
WE HAVE NOT PASSED UP A SINGLE
MOMENT IN ADVANCING OUR OPTIONS
EVEN WHEN FOLKS HEAR ABOUT A
DECISION BEFORE US, WE'RE NOT
LOSING ANY TIME OR SPEED IN THE
EFFORT TO MOVE FORWARD ON
REPAIR OR REPLACE AND BE ABLE
TO RESTORE THIS TRANSPORTATION
CONNECTION AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND EQUITY HAVE
BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT
WE HAVE PRIORITIZED AS A
DEPARTMENT.
WHEN WE TOOK THIS DIFFICULT
DECISION TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE
BACK IN MARTHA WAS BECAUSE OF
THE RAPIDLY ACCELERATING CRACK
GROWTH.
WE ARE NOW AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THIS MORNING COMING TO THE END
OF THE FIRST STABILIZATION
EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO
PLACE.
THOSE WERE NOT THE RESULT OF A
LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT
WE'VE HAD TO FROM A MAINTENANCE
PERSPECTIVE AND THAT HAS MEANT
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE OPTIONS
STILL IN FRONT OF US.
IT'S ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU'LL
SEE AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT WAS
NOT POSSIBLE WHEN THE BRIDGE
WAS OPEN.
AS WE HAD TO RESPOND TO THIS
NEED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT
WAS PLANNED OR UNPLANNED THE
BRIDGE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CLOSE
TO PUT INTO PLACE THE
STABILIZATION EFFECTIVES THAT
ARE BEFORE US NOW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL.
I'M GOING TO STOP THERE.
I'LL INTERJECT MAYBE IF THERE'S
ANYTHING TO ADD BUT HEATHER HAS
BEEN GIVING THIS PRESENTATION
AND THINGS LIKE IT ALL ACROSS
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY COMMUNITIES
FOR MONTHS ON END AND HAS ALL
OF THE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE
AN UPDATE FOR THE COUNCIL.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO HEATHER.
I'LL JUST SAY, ACTUALLY, BEFORE
I DO, WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE LATE
APRIL, THESE BULLETS LIST THAT
OUT BUT WE'VE DECLARED THE
BRIDGE AN EMERGENCY THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE KNOW OF THAT A
PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAS
BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
WE'VE DONE A WHOLE RANGE OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE DONE ALMOST 200 SPECIFIC
TRAFFIC AND DETOUR ROUTE
IMPROVEMENTS.
WORKED TO ADVANCE FUNDING AND
GET A HANDLE ON WHAT FUNDING
WILL BE NECESSARY.
WE'VE COMPLETED A COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS WHICH TRIES TO LOOK
EQUALLY AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS
ON THE TABLE WHILE WE CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD ON BOTH REPAIR
AND REPLACE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE LOW
BRIDGE ACCESS AND THE CRITICAL
CONNECTION THAT THAT STILL
PROVIDES TO AND FROM WEST
SEATTLE.
MOVING FORWARD WITH PHOTO
ENFORCEMENT LATER THIS YEAR AS
WELL AS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE
RIGHT BALANCE OF ACCESS NEEDS
TO MAKE SURE THAT REMAIN AS
CRITICAL FREIGHT TRANSIT AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CORRIDOR.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO HEATHER AND LET HER TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE
HEATHER BEGINS HER PORTION OF
THE PRESENTATION, COLLEAGUES
DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS
I MENTIONED THIS MORNING,
CALVIN CHOW IS ON THE CALL WITH
US AND CALVIN, DID YOU WANT TO
MAKE SOME COMMENTS NOW OR DID
YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL LATER?
>> I'M HERE MOSTLY TO SUPPORT
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOLLOW
UP ON ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE AND I'LL INTERJECT IF IT
MAKES SENSE TO.
>> GREAT.
PERFECT.
CALVIN IS AVAILABLE TO US ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU'D LIKE TO DIRECT TO CALVIN
AS OPPOSED TO THE DEPARTMENT HE
IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I KNOW WE ALL NOW KNOW
HOW TO USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND
FEATURE IN ZOOM BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN USING IT DILIGENTLY AND
EXPERTLY IN OUR BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETINGS SO IF YOU DO
HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND USING THE RAISE YOUR HAND
FEATURE ON ZOOM AND I WILL BE
MONITORING THAT SCREEN,
PARTICIPANT SCREEN AND WILL
CALL ON FOLKS IN THE ORDER THAT
I SEE HANDS RAISED.
THAT'LL JUST MAKE MY JOB A
LITTLE EASIER SINCE IN THE
PRESENTATION VIEW IT'S
DIFFICULT TO SEE EVERYBODY'S
TILES AT THE SAME TIME.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE THE
RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE ON ZOOM
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
AND I AM HAPPY TO FACILITATE
THAT Q&A PROCESS.
HEATHER, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INVITING US
HERE TO BRIEF.
AS SAM MENTIONED I HAVE GIVEN
THIS PRESENTATION A NUMBER OF
TIMES AND SO IF I SKATE OVER
SOMETHING TOO QUICKLY PLEADS
DON'T HESITATE TO ASK AND I'M
HAPPY TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF
THESE ITEMS.
JUST TO TAKE US BACK TO MARCH
23rd, THAT WAS THE DAY THAT WE
CLOSED THE BRIDGE TO TRAFFIC
DUE TO RAPID GROWTH IN CRACKING
ALONG THE CENTER SECTION OF THE
BRIDGE.
EVEN AFTER WE TOOK THAT LIVE
LOAD OFF THE BRIDGE WE NOTICED
THAT THE CRACKS CONTINUED TO
GROW AND SO THAT CONFIRMED FOR
US THAT REMOVING TRAFFIC WAS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THE MAYOR DECLARED THE CLOSURE
A CITY EMERGENCY IN JULY.
AND AS EVER PUBLIC SAFETY IS
OUR TOP PRIORITY AS WE WORK TO
STABILIZE THE BRIDGE AND
DETERMINE A PATH GOING FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS A FUN 3D KIND OF IMAGE
THAT DEMONSTRATES WHAT WE ARE
DOING TO STABLE SIZE THE
BRIDGE.
WHEN I SAY STABILIZE THE BRIDGE
I MEAN DO THINGS TO MAKE SURE
IT DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
JUST TO BRING IT OUT OF THE
ENGINEERING WORLD AND INTO REAL
PEOPLE SPEAK.
WE HAVE ADDED NEW POST
TENSIONING TO THE CENTER
SECTION OF THE BRIDGE WHICH IS
WHAT YOU SEE HERE AS WELL AS
RELEASE THE RESTRAINT ON THE
LATERAL BEARING AT PIER 18.
THE STABILIZATION WON'T RESTORE
TRAFFIC BUT IT DOES IMPROVE THE
SAFETY OF THE STANDING BRIDGE
AND PRESERVES THE STRUCTURE
FROM FURTHER IMPACTS FROM THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PICTURE
THAT CAN SHOW THE SCALE OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING INSIDE THE BRIDGE.
I BELIEVE THAT SHAWNA SENT OUT
A BROAD INVITATION FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO COME AND SEE INSIDE
THE BRIDGE SO YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE THIS FOR YOURSELF.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE INSIDE OF
ONE OF THE BOX GIRDERS
UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SIZE OF
THE PEOPLE AND THE SIZE OF THE
EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE
BRACKETS THAT FASTEN.
THE POST TENSIONING TENDONS, AS
WELL AS THE DEVIATOR BLOCKS
THAT THIS IS REALLY BIG.
THESE ARE BIG THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING INSIDE.
THIS STABILIZATION PUTS US ON
THE RIGHT PATH IF WE REPAIR THE
BRIDGE AND IT'S ALSO NECESSARY
FOR SAFE DEMOLITION IF WE
DECIDE TO MOVE TO REPLACE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> CAN I JUST ACTUALLY.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE FINER
POINT ON THIS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BRACKETS IS
CONNECTED THROUGH THE DECK,
THROUGH THE STRUCTURE OF THE
BRIDGE DOWN BELOW THE BRIDGE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE WEIGHS OVER A
TON.
EACH OF THOSE POST TENSIONING
STRANDS IS ABOUT 300 FEET LONG
AND IS BEING RATCHETED UP TO
280,000 POUNDS OF TENSION.
EACH ONE OF THOSE DOZEN STRANDS
THAT ARE SHOWN THERE, THIS IS
BEING DONE IN THIS AND THEN
THERE'S A PARALLEL, THERE'S TWO
OF THESE BOX GIRDERS UNDERNEATH
THE DECK OF THE BRIDGE.
THIS IS BEING DONE TWO TIMES.
ONE IN EACH OF THOSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN
NECESSARY TO STABILIZE THE
BRIDGE.
WHEN WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT
THE REPAIR PATHWAY, THAT WOULD
BE -- THERE WOULD BE THE SAME
TYPE OF THING BUT MORE OF THE
SAME TYPE OF THING IN IT A
REPAIR SCENARIO.
THAT'S JUST A SENSE OF SCALE OF
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT STABILIZATION AND
THEN AS WE MOVE INTO TALKING
ABOUT REPAIR.
>> RIGHT.
AND JUST, SORRY.
JUST TO ALSO GIVE YOU A SENSE
OF SCALE.
EACH OF THOSE STRANDS HOLDS
40,000 POUNDS.
AND SO THAT'S 280,000 POUNDS
PER TENDON, THAT'S THE BIG
THICK PIECE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THIS STEEL
ROPE, IF YOU WILL, IS
PERFORMING FOR US.
JUST IN TERMS OF KEEPING FOLKS
INFORMED WE ARE SENDING OUT
UPDATES TO MORE THAN 8000
PEOPLE EVERY WEEK.
THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE
SIGNED UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
DO ON OUR WEB PAGE.
WE'VE POSTED 51 BLOG POSTINGS
WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TWICE AS MANY BLOG
USERS THIS YEAR AS WE DID LAST
YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT.
WE'VE DONE A HUGE AMOUNT OF
INTERVIEWS IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA
REQUESTS.
WE'VE MET WITH MORE THAN 100
STAKE HOLDER GROUPS WHICH IS
WHY I'M SO GOOD AT DELIVERING
THIS PRESENTATION.
AND WE'VE CREATED FOUR ADVISORY
GROUPS TO INFORM AND GUIDE THE
CITY'S RESPONSE.
YOU'VE HEARD BOTH COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD MENTION THE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE.
WE'VE EMPLOYED A TECHNICAL
ADVISORY PANEL MADE UP OF
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS TO HELP
US.
WE BROUGHT TOGETHER A RESOURCE
GROUP WHICH CONSISTS OF SOME OF
THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE
CITY AS WELL AS MARITIME AND
INDUSTRIAL TOWN HALL.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE CREATED AN E-MAIL BOX TO
COLLECT ALL THE RESPONSES WE'VE
HAD.
THIS PIE CHART SHOWS YOU WHAT
KIND OF TOPICS WE'RE SEEING.
I ALWAYS FIND IT INTERESTING TO
SEE THAT LOW BRIDGE ACCESS GETS
MORE PLAY THAN THE REPAIR OR
REPLACE DECISION.
WE'VE LAUNCHED RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE TO BUILD TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT BASED ON COMMUNITY
INPUT AND WE HAVE STOOD UP AND
ARE WORKING WITH A LOW BRIDGE
SUBCOMMITTEE TO MANAGE ACCESS
ACROSS THE LOWER SPOKANE STREET
BRIDGE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADVENT OF
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WE MAINTAIN EMERGENCY
VEHICLE ACCESS AS THE TOP
PRIORITY FOR THE LOW BRIDGE.
THIS IS THE LITTLE BRIDGE THAT
COULD.
IT CAN CARRY ABOUT 20,000
PEOPLE A DAY.
20,000 VEHICLE AS DAY.
AS SUCH IT IS NOT A GOOD
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HIGH BRIDGE,
BUT IT IS A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR
EMERGENCY VEHICLES AS WELL AS
FREIGHT AND TRANSIT.
WE HAVE OPENED UP ACCESS FOR
OTHER USERS, INCLUDING EVERYONE
BETWEEN 9:00 P.M.
AND 5:00 A.M.
AND IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE VOLUME ON THE BRIDGE IT
JUST SPIKES RIGHT AFTER 9:00
P.M.
SO I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE MAKING
GOOD USE OF THAT.
SCHOOL BUSES AND EMPLOYER
SHUTTLES WILL BE ABLE TO USE
THE LOW BRIDGE WHEN THEY
OPERATE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 15 VAN POOLS
WORTH OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS
MOSTLY WORKING AT HOSPITALS IN
THE REGION.
WE HAVE OPENED UP ACCESS FOR
CERTAIN MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL
USERS INCLUDING ILWU.
THEY NEED ACCESS NOT FOR
COMMUTE PURPOSES BUT IN ORDER
TO GET TO AND FROM ASPECTS OF
THEIR JOB DURING THE DAY.
WE'VE ALSO HANDED OVER ABOUT 13
PLACARD FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SO THAT
SMALL BUSINESSES CAN GET TO
COSTCO OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO
GO TO RESUPPLY THEIR
BUSINESSES.
YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE
THAT AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS WILL BE INSTALLED IN
NOVEMBER.
WE'LL BE TESTING THOSE IN
DECEMBER AND MONETARY PENALTIES
WILL BEGIN IN EARLY JANUARY.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS
PHOTOGRAPH THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
INSTALLED THE SIGNAGE THAT IS
REQUIRED THERE.
THE ACCESS POLICY WILL BE
DYNAMIC WITH ON GOING
MONITORING AND ADJUSTMENT AS WE
LEARN HOW WE CAN PROVIDE MORE
ACCESS WHILE MAINTAINING THAT
PRIORITY FOR EMERGENCY
VEHICLES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE IS A
PROGRAM TO ALLOW SIMILAR LEVELS
OF TRAVEL ACROSS THE DUWAMISH
RIVER TO THOSE THAT WERE SEEN
BEFORE THE CLOSURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE HIGH BRIDGE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO
REDUCE THE IMPACT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY.
SO WE'VE DONE A GREAT DEAL OF
WORK, LOTS OF PUBLIC INPUT
SINCE JULY.
WE HAD A SURVEY WHERE WE
RECEIVED 15,000 RESPONSES, MORE
THAN 17 -- WE HAVE 22 PROJECTS
UNDERWAY.
THAT'S INCLUDING THE OTHER
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
THAT WE'VE DONE JUST AS A WAY
TO MAINTAIN FLOW.
WE HAVE ABOUT 33 PROJECTS BEING
DESIGNED RIGHT NOW AND PLANNED
FOR DELIVERY IN 2021.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THE WINTERTIME
WHEN IT'S COLD AND RAINY IS NOT
A GREAT TIME FOR PAVING AND
INSTALLING LANE LINES.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS ON A MOBILITY ACTION
PLAN TO INCREASE THE
AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT BOTH
RUBBER TIRE TRANSIT AS WELL AS
WATER BORNE TRANSIT AND WE'RE
GOING TO BE DELIVERING MOST OF
THAT IN 2021.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE ARE ENGAGING HEAVILY WITH
THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF
GEORGETOWN, SOUTH PARK AND
HIGHLAND PARK.
THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS
THROUGH WHICH ALMOST ALL OF THE
DETOURED TRAFFIC NEEDS TO GO.
AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SEEN A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
TRAFFIC.
THIS DOES A COUPLE OF THING.
NOT ONLY DOES IT CREATE A
SITUATION WHERE UNFAMILIAR AND
FRUSTRATED DRIVERS ARE MAKING
CHOICES THEY MAYBE WOULDN'T
MAKE IN TERMS OF SPEED AND
DIVERSION IN THEIR OWN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT IT'S ALSO INCREASING THE
LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM TO
ENGAGE AND ELEVATE INPUT FROM
BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY
IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
REGULAR UPDATES AND ENGAGEMENT
VIA THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS IN
SEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
WE'VE HOSTED SOCIALLY DISTANCED
AS YOU CAN SEE WALKING TOURS,
BRIEFINGS OVER ZOOM AND
MEETINGS TO UNDERSTAND
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PRIORITIES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS SAM MENTIONED WE'RE MOVING
AHEAD TO RESTORE TRAFFIC.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU FROM A VERY
CHILLY NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST
SEATTLE AND SAM ALSO LIVES IN
WEST SEATTLE.
THIS IS NOT JUST A JOB IT'S
PERSONAL FOR US.
SINCE THE BRIDGE CLOSED WE'VE
BEEN ADVANCING BOTH REPAIR AND
REPLACEMENT PATHWAYS AND I'LL
TELL YOU THAT ALL OF OUR
ENGINEER FRIENDS THAT WE WORK
WITH WOULD REALLY PREFER THAT
WE DO THIS IN SEQUENCE BUT
WE'RE DOING IT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THERE IS NOT A DIVERGENCE ON
THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS.
WE CAN STILL GO EITHER WAY AND
HAVEN'T LOST ANY TIME.
ALL THE WORK TO DATE INFORMS
DECISIONS AND PROVIDES AN
IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE
RISKS INVOLVED WITH BOTH
OPTIONS.
RISK TOLERANCE IS ULTIMATELY
THE BIGGEST CONSIDERATION FOR
ANYBODY WHO IS EVALUATING THESE
CHOICES.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS
AND PERSPECTIVES TO CONSIDER.
NOT JUST THE PERSPECTIVES OF
OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN WEST
SEATTLE AND THROUGHOUT THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY, BUT ALSO JUST
THE SOLID ENGINEERING THAT HAS
TO GO INTO EITHER OF THESE
CHOICES.
THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS SUCH FOR YOU AND CERTAINLY
FOR THE MAYOR WHOSE DECISION
ULTIMATELY IT IS, THERE ARE SO
MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO
THIS.
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS
ONE PIECE.
THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY INPUT IS
ANOTHER.
THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS
CRITICAL.
ALL OF US HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
EXTERNAL FACTORS IN THE CITY,
STATE AND NATION.
SDOT AS THE OWNER OF THE ASSET
HAS SOME ASSET MANAGEMENT INPUT
TO GIVE.
WE HAVE TO BE THINKING
CAREFULLY ABOUT TIMING AND
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN
JUST THE UNCERTAINTIES AND
RISKS THAT FOLLOW ALONG WITH
ANY DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
SO JUST A REAL QUICK PRIMER ON
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS,
WHICH I THINK WE HAVE SENT TO
ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF
YOU'RE FEELING LIKE 85 PAGES IS
YOUR JAM.
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
PROVIDES ANALYSIS FOR FIVE
DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES WE
STARTED WITHOUT SIX BUT
ALTERNATIVE THREE WAS REMOVED
DUE TO COST AND FEASIBILITY
ISSUES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE LOOKED AT SHORING, FULL
REPAIR, SUPER STRUCTURE
REPLACEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU TAKE THE TOP
PART OFF.
FULL REPLACEMENT WHICH IS BOTH
THE TOP PART AS WELL AS THE
PIERS AND THEN AN IMMERSED TUBE
TUNNEL OPTION WHICH INSTEAD OF
BEING ON ALIGNMENT NEEDED TO BE
OFF ALIGNMENT.
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS A
CONSERVATIVE EVALUATION
REFLECTING ZERO PERCENT DESIGN.
THE COSTS THAT WE'RE JUST ABOUT
TO TALK ABOUT ARE NOT
ESTIMATES.
JUST ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
CONCEPTUAL COST DATA.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DOESN'T YIELD A DECISION.
IT JUST HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND
COMPARE PERFORMANCE, COSTS AND
RISKS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE SYNOPSIS IS PROBABLY
WHAT YOU WOULD GUESS EVEN IF
YOU HADN'T READ IT.
REPAIR HAS A BETTER COST TO
PERFORMANCE RATIO.
HAS A LOT LOWER UP FRONT
CAPITAL COST.
ULTIMATELY THOUGH A HIGHER LIFE
CYCLE MAINTENANCE COST.
THERE'S A QUICKER RETURN TO
TRAFFIC BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
INCLUDING ANOTHER UNPLANNED
CLOSURE IN THE FUTURE.
THE REPLACEMENT OPTIONS FOUR,
FIVE AND SIX PERFORM BETTER
OVERALL BUT THEY HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER UP FRONT
CAPITAL COSTS.
LOWER LIFE CYCLE MAINTENANCE.
AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIME TO
RETURN TO TRAFFIC BUT THE
SUCCESS DOESN'T DEPEND ON THE
BRIDGE REACTIONS TO
STABILIZATION.
AND THERE'S A LOWER RISK THAT
IT WOULDN'T ACHIEVE ITS 75 YEAR
SERVICE LIFE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME TO
US THROUGH OUR REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS PROCESS AS WE WERE
LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DESIGN
THE NEW BRIDGE IS THIS WHAT
WE'RE CALLING THE RAPID
REPLACEMENT OPTION.
IT WAS A CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY
HNTB.
THIS IS SDOT'S REPLACEMENT
DESIGN CONSULTANT.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THIS ISN'T A
NOVEL CONCEPT OR SOMETHING
THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.
BUT IT IS NEW FOR US.
THE STEEL BRIDGE LIGHTENS THE
LOAD ON THE EXISTING SHORTENED
PIERS SO IT IMPROVES SOME
PERFORMANCE.
THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT HNTB
DELIVERED QUICKLY AND
INEXPENSIVELY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXAMINE THAT
IF YOU LIKE.
NEEDS FURTHER EXAMINATION BUT
STREAMLINES PERMITTING AND
CONSTRUCTION.
HERE IS A NICE COMPARISON OF
ALL THE ALTERNATIVES.
THIS IS ALL DATA THAT IS COMING
OUT OF THE COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
RAPID REPLACEMENT.
THAT IDEA CAME TO US AT A TIME
WHEN WE WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY
WITH THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
SO THESE ARE, YOU'LL SEE THAT
THESE HAVE RANGES INSTEAD OF
SPECIFIC ROUGH ORDER OF
MAGNITUDE COSTS.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE CBA
REQUIRED US TO HAVE JUST ONE
NUMBER.
THESE LOOK VERY, VERY SPECIFIC
LIKE VERY SPECIFIC NUMBERS BUT
THEY SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED
THAT WAY FOREVER.
THIS TABLE SHOWS YOU THE
ALTERNATIVES WITH THEIR
ESTIMATED UP FRONT CONSTRUCTION
COSTS, TOTAL OWNERSHIP COSTS,
THE YEARISH THAT THEY WOULD
RESTORE TRAFFIC AND THE LIFE
SPAN WE COULD EXPECT OUT OF THE
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE CIP,
THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
UNDERSTANDING THE CRITICALITY
OF GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF
MONEY FLOWING SO THAT WE COULD
KEEP THE WORK GOING.
OUR PROJECT IS STILL IN
PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND SO THE
COSTS PRESENTED ARE ROUGH ORDER
OF MAGNITUDE RANGE ESTIMATES.
THERE'S ABOUT $190 MILLION
ADDED IN THE NEW CIP TO YEAR.
100MILLION IN EXISTING BOND
AUTHORITY AND UP TO 150 MILLION
ANTICIPATED WITH ADDITIONAL
SOURCES TBD.
WE'VE SECURED $8.4 MILLION IN
FEDERAL GRANTS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO OBVIOUSLY A PROJECT SUCH AS
THIS WHETHER IT IS REPAIR OR
REPLACEMENT IS GOING TO REQUIRE
A FUNDING STRATEGY NOT JUST THE
CITY COUNCIL WRITING A CHECK.
WE'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE THAT
INITIAL INVESTMENT AND THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
IT REALLY DOES DEMONSTRATE THE
VALUE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE
CITY PUT ON THIS BRIDGE.
WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $20 MILLION
TO DATE ON STABILIZATION AND
EMERGENCY REPAIRS BUT ALSO ON
THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION EFFORTS.
AND PLANNING.
OUR INTENTION IS TO PARTNER
WITH WASHINGTON STATE, THE PORT
OF SEATTLE, THE PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL AND OTHER STAKE
HOLDERS.
EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THE LOCAL,
REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ECONOMIC
AND MOBILITY SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE BRIDGE.
THAT HASN'T BEEN DIFFICULT TO
EXPLAIN.
WE ALSO ANTICIPATE SEEKING
FEDERAL FUNDING BOTH
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND
FORMULA FUNDS.
WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY
PARTICULARLY WITH SENATOR
MURRAY TO SUPPORT NEW
INVESTMENT FOR BRIDGES IN THE
NEXT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORIZATION AND WE INTEND TO
USE USDOT PROGRAMS INCLUDING
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.
WE'RE PURSUING ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR BRIDGES IN THE
FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS
AND ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE.
I FOR ONE AM CROSSING MY
FINGERS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
EVERYBODY LOVES INFRASTRUCTURE;
RIGHT?
THAT IS THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
CALVIN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
ADD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
CONSIDER BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP
FOR QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK THE ONLY THING I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THERE
ISN'T ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A BUDGET
IMPACT THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING
IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER YOU DID
TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE $70
MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $30
MILLION PROPOSED IN THE 2021
BUDGET AND THE EXECUTIVE
SIGNALED INTENT TO REQUEST AN
ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION IN 2022.
NO ACTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY EXCEPT FOR THE BUDGET-
RELATED ACTIONS.
>> OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES
THAT THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT
DECISION ULTIMATELY BELONGS TO
MAYOR DURKAN.
ONE, I LIKE TO GET CONFIRMATION
OF THAT FROM YOU, CALVIN.
AND THEN TWO, IF YOU CAN
DESCRIBE SORT OF WHAT COUNCIL'S
ACTIONS LEGISLATIVELY WOULD BE
LIMITED TO, YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT
DECISION IS MADE, THAT I THINK
WOULD BE HELPFUL CONTEXT.
>> SURE.
SO CERTAINLY THE MAYOR GETS TO
DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT ON HOW
SHE WANTS TO PROCEED WITH
PROJECTS AND PURSUE REPLACEMENT
OR REPAIR.
IT IS AT 0% DESIGN RIGHT NOW,
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T
KNOW AND WE COULD LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE COSTS OR RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
I TEND TO THINK OF IT MORE
ABOUT SORT OF IDENTIFYING A
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT IS TO
COME.
IT COULD BE THAT WE HAVE TO
CHANGE COURSE AND SO IT MAY BE
PRUDENT TO THINK ABOUT WHATEVER
OPTION WE DON'T PICK HOW DO WE
MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY
LOST IF WE DID HAVE TO CHANGE
TRACK.
I THINK THE NEXT OBVIOUS
OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE THE BUDGET
PROCESS GOING FORWARD TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATUS OF
THE FUNDING REQUESTS ARE.
CERTAINLY IF THERE'S GRANT
FUNDING.
MAY BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCIL TO GET INVOLVED.
COUNCIL DOES CONTROL THE
PURSESTRINGS.
THERE IS THAT BACK CHECK ON IT.
IT IS CERTAINLY THE EXECUTIVE'S
PREROGATIVE TO DECIDE THE FIRST
STEPS ON WHICH WE WE GO.
>> THANKS FOR THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IN TERMS OF WHO
IS MAKING DECISIONS WHERE AND
HOW.
AND IN ASKING THAT QUESTION I
DON'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT WE ARE
NOT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
WITH THE EXECUTIVE ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
WE HAVE BEEN, IN FACT AND
REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THE
TRANSPARENCY AND THE SHARING OF
SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS
GOING TO BE RELEVANT TO WORKING
ON THIS ISSUE COLLECTIVELY AND
TOGETHER.
SO DO APPRECIATE MAKING SURE
THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
RESPECTIVE OFFICIAL ROLES ARE
IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT.
WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE
GENERAL PUBLIC HAS AN
UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN REALLY
STRONG COLLABORATION AND
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
EXECUTIVE AND THE CITY COUNCIL
ON THIS PARTICULAR CAPITAL
PROJECT.
SO APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN
THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU FOR USING THE RAISE
YOUR HAND FEATURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CALVIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE
WEEKEND THE MEMO FROM OUR
INDEPENDENT COUNCIL CONSULTANT
RHC.
I'M JUST WONDERING IS THIS THE
APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK THAT
YOU PRESENT THOSE SORT OF
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS FROM
IT OUR RHC OR IS THERE ANOTHER
WAY WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT?
>> THAT'S FINE.
I CAN DO THAT NOW.
EARLIER THIS YEAR COUNCIL DID
HIRE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
CONSULTANT TO BRING SOME
EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT YOUR
CONSIDERATION IN THIS PROJECT.
I DID SEND OUT A MEMO AT THE
END OF LAST WEEK JUST
DOCUMENTING THEIR REVIEW OF THE
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
THEY REALLY HAD THREE KIND OF
MAIN POINTS.
AS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THEY
FEEL THAT YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL
DESIGN DRAWINGS AND YOU HAVE
THE STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE
EVALUATED AND SO IT IS POSSIBLE
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REPAIR
OPTION AND COMPARE IT AT A
DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN THIS SORT
OF MORE CONCEPTUAL REPLACE
OPTION.
AND THAT MAY HELP BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE COST, BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE RISKS.
I THINK IT'S SORT OF A, I THINK
THE EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN CLEAR
THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO
KIND OF PUT THE OPTIONS AT A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN THE CBA
AND I THINK OUR CONSULTANT'S
PERSPECTIVE IS BUT YOU COULD
LEARN MORE IF YOU WANTED TO TO
TRY TO IDENTIFY THE COSTS
FURTHER.
ANOTHER ISSUE THEY RAISED IS
RELATED TO THE LIFE CYCLE COSTS
AND JUST SORT OF QUESTIONING
HOW THAT IS A LIKE FOR LIKE
COMPARISON AND THEN THE LAST
ISSUE THAT THEY RAISED WAS SORT
OF SUPPORT TO BRING THE RAPID
REPLACEMENT OPTION UP TO THE
SAME SORT OF LEVEL OF ANALYSIS.
THEY LISTED SOME TECHNICAL
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TYPES OF
RISKS THAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT IN PARTICULAR
SORT OF THE OBSERVATIONS AROUND
THE WAY THE COMPARISONS WERE
MADE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WERE SORT OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE
LIFE CYCLE COSTS.
IF YOU COULD SORT OF TEASE THAT
OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO FOLKS
IN THE VIEWING AUDIENCE
UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THE CONSULTANT'S
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT AREA.
>> SURE.
I MAY GET THIS WRONG BECAUSE
I'M DRAWING IT FROM MEMORY.
SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE WHEN THE
CBA SHOWS SOMETHING LIKE 15 TO
40 YEAR CONSIDERATION OF USE OF
THE STRUCTURE HOW ARE WE
CONSIDERING THE FUTURE PHASE
THAT SORT OF THE BACK END OF
THE REPAIR PHASE AND COMPARING
THAT IN AN APPLES TO APPLES
WAY.
I THINK SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS
WERE ALSO AROUND IF YOU DID
FIND OUT, IF YOU DID MORE
ENGINEERING ON THE STRUCTURE,
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND YOU
WERE ABLE TO REDUCE KNOW MORE
FOR CERTAIN ABOUT THE COSTS AND
WHAT'S INVOLVED MAYBE YOU DO
REDUCE THE RISKS THAT ARE
FACTORING INTO THE CBA AND IN
THEIR CONSIDERATION THEY WERE,
YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD EXPECT THE
REPAIR OPTIONS TO SHOW A LITTLE
BETTER THAN THEY DO.
I DO THINK IT'S DRIVEN A LOT BY
THE FACT THAT WITH THE EXISTING
DESIGN AND WITH THE STRUCTURE
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE
ANALYZED AND MODELS THERE'S
MORE TOOLS TO EXPLORE THAT
OPTION THAN WE HAVE FOR SOME OF
THESE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS THAT ARE
STILL RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND ARE
AT ZERO PERCENT DESIGN.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
TRACKING THIS CONVERSATION
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN
IMPORTANT ONE.
SO COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO MAY HAVE MISSED CALVIN'S E-
MAIL, THAT WENT OUT ON FRIDAY.
AND IT'S TIME STAMPED 12:40
P.M.
IF YOU'RE DIGGING THROUGH YOUR
INBOX CURRENTLY.
IT'S A TWO PAGE MEMORANDUM FROM
RHC ENGINEERING.
JANE LEE AND JIMMY CHEN.
THE MEMO IS DATED NOVEMBER 6th
AND DOES GO THROUGH AN ANALYSIS
OF THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE.
I THINK WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING
FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT
THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE AT RHC
ENGINEERING ARE FLAGGING THAT
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
PRESENTED TO US BY SDOT REALLY
TO ALTERNATIVE 2 WHICH IS
REPAIR VERSUS A SUPER STRUCTURE
REPLACEMENT, MAY NOT BE
COMPLETELY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT
THE TRUE COSTS WOULD BE IN
TERMS OF PERFORM AS WELL.
IS THAT?
AM I UNDERSTANDING SORT OF
GENERALLY?
>> MY INTERPRETATION OF THE
MEMO IS THAT THEY ARE REALLY
HIGHLIGHTING IF YOU'LL REMEMBER
IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY THE
SDOT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT
THE CBA IS TRYING TO COMPARE
OPTIONS.
MY TAKE AWAY IS THAT OUR
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
PROFESSIONALS THINK YOU COULD
LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE
REPAIR OPTION AND SORTS OF
RATCHET DOWN YOUR KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THAT THAT MIGHT BENEFIT
INFORM THE DECISION.
I THINK IN GENERAL THEY LIKE TO
WORK ON REPAIR OPTIONS BECAUSE
IT'S WHAT THEY KNOW.
IT'S THEIR PROFESSIONAL JOB.
BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF HOW
THE DECISION HAS BEEN
STRUCTURED IN THE CBA AT LEAST
IS TO TRY TO STAY AT A HIGH
LEVEL.
I THINK WHAT OUR CONSULTANT IS
SAYING IS BUT YOU HAVE OTHER
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU,
HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN TO THE
DECISION.
>> GOT IT.
OKAY.
THAT'S HELPFUL.
I APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR FLAGGING THE MEMO.
I DID MISS IT SO I WILL MAKE
SURE I GET A CHANCE TO LOOK
THROUGH THAT.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS SO IF
IT'S OKAY MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK
THEM ALL AND THEN WE CAN GO
FROM THERE.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT
SLIDE FIVE AND THE POST TENSION
WORK THAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT.
I AM NOT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
NOT ANY KIND OF ENGINEER.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD
OFFER SORT OF A LAYMAN'S
EXPLANATION OF WHAT'S IN THAT
BOX AND WHAT THOSE, HOW THAT IS
HELPING HOLD UP THE BRIDGE.
I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT A RAPID
REPLACEMENT AND MAYBE THAT
CONVERSATION WILL CHANGE AFTER
WE DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THIS MEMO THAT WE'VE
RCEIVED RECENTLY.
BUT IN THAT VEIN I'M ALSO
INTERESTED, NOT THAT I'M
ADVOCATING FOR ANY IN
PARTICULAR YET, BUT JUST OUT OF
CURIOSITY ARE THERE ANY
ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED?
I KNOW THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE
CONVERSATIONS.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'M
HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS AND
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE
NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS WHAT ARE
THE, HOW WILL THE CLIMATE
IMPACTS OR THE CARBON EMISSIONS
IT ABOUT EITHER OF THESE
OPTIONS, ANY OF THESE OPTIONS
BE ASSESSED.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS
REALLY WHEN WHEN YOU WERE ON
SLIDE 18 AND TALKING ABOUT THE
COSTS OF WHETHER IT'S REPAIR OR
REPLACE AND THE DIFFERENT
FUNDING SOURCES WE MIGHT HAVE
AVAILABLE TO THIS, I'D BE
INTERESTED TO KNOW TO DATE HOW,
GET INFORMATION ON ANY
CONTRACTORS WE ARE USING FOR
THIS WORK AND WHAT PLANS ARE IN
THE FUTURE FOR MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE ALSO USING WOMEN AND
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
CONTRACTING WITH THEM FOR THIS
VERY SUBSTANTIAL WORK THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY.
>> LET ME JUMP IN AND SEE IF I
CAN RESPOND TO THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION AS WELL AS SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS.
I'M ALSO NOT A STRUCTURAL
ENGINEER SO I'LL PREFACE MY
COMMENTS THAT WAY AS WELL.
THE WAY THE BRIDGE IS
CONSTRUCTED WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IN SLIDE FIVE, THIS IS THE
STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE.
IT'S CALLED A BOX GIRDER.
WHAT THE FLOOR OF THIS IS IS
THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE.
THE TOP OF WHAT YOU SEE IS THE
CEILING OR THE, WHAT'S
UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY
STRUCTURE.
WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE DECK OF
THE STRUCTURE AND SO THIS IS
THE HOLLOW AREA WITHIN THE
BRIDGE THAT IS, THAT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN THERE.
THAT'S THERE.
THE, WHAT THIS IS DOING IS SORT
OF CINCHING EVERYTHING TOGETHER
BECAUSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AS
THE CRACKS STARTED.
THE PATTERN OF THE CRACKS
STARTED TO SHOW MADE IT SEEM
LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE BRIDGE
WAS TRANSFERRED INCORRECTLY FOR
HOW IT WAS DESIGNED AND WAS
LEADING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF
THE BRIDGE COLLAPSING.
AND SO PUTTING THESE POST
TENSIONING STRANDS HOLDS IT ALL
TOGETHER, CINCHES IT BACK
TOGETHER IN TENSION THAT WILL
TRANSFER THE, BE THE FIRST PART
OF TRANSFERRING THE LOADS BACK
TO WHERE THE BRIDGE WAS
ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO CARRY.
ONE OF THE WALLS OF THE GIRDER
TO SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE
THAT AREA.
THE REST OF THE REPAIR WORK
THAT WOULD BE NEEDED WOULD BE
TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF THING
BUT GOING FROM ONE PIER TO THE
NEXT PIER TO TIE THE WALLS BACK
TOGETHER TO THE PIER STRUCTURE.
I THINK IN RESPONSE, WE GOT THE
SAME MEMO FROM THE COUNCIL
CONSULTANT AND I THINK AS WE'VE
TRIED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND
SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE
WHOLE PUBLIC WE'VE GOTTEN LOTS
OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM AN
ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THAT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CBA IS
NOT A DECISION MAKING TOOL.
IT'S NOT A DECISION MAKING
THING.
IT DOESN'T MAKE THE DECISION
FOR US.
IT IS A TOOL AND A PART OF THE
INPUTS INTO THIS LARGE
DECISION.
THE CBA TRIES TO TAKE THE SAME
LEVEL OF INFORMATION FOR ALL OF
THE ALTERNATIVES AND THE
ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS AND GIVE
US AN APPLES TO APPLES
COMPARISON.
AS WE DO EACH STEP OF THE WAY
REPAIR WORK THE STABILIZATION,
THE INSTALLATION OF REALTIME
MONITORING EQUIPMENT THAT WE
DID EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS,
WHAT'S CALLED NONDESTRUCTIVE
EVALUATION.
LOOKING WITHIN THE CONCRETE TO
UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF THE
STEEL THAT'S LEFT IN THE BRIDGE
WHICH HAS BEEN, WE FOUND A LOT
OF STRENGTH LEFT IN THAT STEEL.
THAT HAS INFORMED OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF A REPAIR
PATHWAY AND AS WE DO THIS RIGHT
NOW WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF
THE BRIDGE BASED ON HOW IT
RESPONDS AND WHETHER IT
RESPONDS AS WE ANTICIPATE IT
WILL FROM A STRUCTURING
PERSPECTIVE AND THE MONITORING
EQUIPMENT WE HAVE THERE.
THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
THE CBA WAS A POINT IN TIME.
THE CBA DOESN'T NECESSARILY
NEED TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE TO
INFORM THE DECISION.
IT GAVE A GOOD POINT IN TIME
UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WE
CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE SO IT IS
PART OF THE INFORMATION OVERALL
THAT WE GET.
SO WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW
THE STABILIZATION WORK WORKS
UNTIL IT'S DONE.
AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, IN THE
INTEREST OF NOT LOSING TIME AND
SORT OF MAKING SURE WEAR
ADVANCING ALL OPTIONS AT THE
SAME PACE WE CONTINUE TO DO
WORK BOTH ON DESIGN OF A
REPLACEMENT AND ON REPAIR THAT
HELPS GIVE US THE BEST POSSIBLE
INFORMATION GOING FORWARD.
THE RAPID, I GUESS TO ANSWER
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES SOME OF
YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THE
RAPID REPLACEMENT I THINK
HEATHER TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS A NEW IDEA THAT CAME TO
US FROM THE DESIGN FIRM WE'VE
BROUGHT ON TO LEAD A
REPLACEMENT.
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A
VERY SIMILAR PROJECT IN
CONNECTING NEW YORK AND VERMONT
ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
IT'S A NEW IDEA.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY BRIDGES BUILT
LIKE THIS IN THE CITY BUT IT IS
NOT UNHEARD OF.
IT'S BEEN TESTED AND DONE THIS
WAY OF DOING A RAPID
REPLACEMENT WITH THIS STYLE OF
BRIDGE BY THE TEAM THAT WE'VE
GOT ON BOARD TO HELP US, HELP
LEAD US THROUGH AN EVENTUALLY
REPLACEMENT.
IN TERMS OF CLIMATE IMPACT.
WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THE
CLIMATE EMERGENCY WE ARE IN.
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WAS
CRITICAL TO MOVING THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF WEST
SEATTLEITES BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE DUWAMISH IN BUS
LANES ON THE BRIDGE.
THAT, THE LOSS OF THAT
TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY HAS
MEANT THOSE, THERE'S BEEN AN
AIR QUALITY SHIFT.
AIR QUALITY IMPACTS HAVE MOVED
TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY THAT ARE
ALREADY STRESSED FROM AN AIR
QUALITY PERSPECTIVE AND HAVE
JUST FOR HEALTH IMPACTS IN
TERMS OF ASTHMA RATES AND
OTHERS THAT THE LOSS OF
CAPACITY AT THE WEST SEATTLE
HIGH BRIDGE HAS SHIFTED THOSE
BURDENS.
TO PLACES THAT ARE ALREADY
FEELING THOSE BURDENS.
THEN IN TERMS OF CONTRACTING.
A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE HAS
BEEN DONE UNDER SORT OF
EMERGENCY BASIS.
AS WE'VE GOTTEN MORE REGULAR
DONE REGULAR SORT OF
CONTRACTING PROCEDURES WE CAN
ALSO REPORT AND PROVIDE DETAIL
ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO
CONTRACTORS PRIME AND SUB
CONTRACTORS.
AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE CAPITAL
WORK THAT WILL BE NECESSARY ON
EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACE
STANDPOINT DEPENDING ON THE
FUNDING STREAMS WE END UP USING
I THINK WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW
THE BENEFITS BOTH FROM A
CONTRACTING AND FROM A HIRING
PERSPECTIVE CAN BE BROADLY FELT
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CAN I LEVEL SET REALLY QUICK
ON ONE THING?
WE HAVE JUST THE STABILIZATION
CONTRACT WAS DONE ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
THE DESIGN CONTRACT, THE
TRAFFIC AND REVENUE STUDY
CONTRACT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS
CONTRACT WERE DONE WITH A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND SET UP
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FEDERAL
FUNDS AND SO THAT MEANS THAT
THERE'S A SET THRESHOLD FOR
CONTRACTORS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT IS
OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD.
I RECOGNIZE THE IRONY IN WHAT
I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS A WOMAN-
OWNED BUSINESS.
THANKS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS AND THOSE ANSWERS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN WHAT
THE DATE IS THAT A DECISION IS
GOING TO BE MADE HERE.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SET
DATE.
WE HAVEN'T LOST ANY TIME ON
EITHER PATHWAY THAT WE'LL START
TO GET TO THAT POINT FAIRLY
SOON BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT
POINT YET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
DIRECTOR.
ANY GENERAL TIME FRAME THEN?
CAN WE ANTICIPATE THIS IN THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS?
TWO MONTHS?
TWO DAYS?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE TWO
DAYS.
AND I DON'T, WE.
DON'T WANT TO -- I THINK PART
OF WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT WE
HAVEN'T LOST ANY TIME IS WE
DON'T WANT TO PUT ART IF
OFFICIAL TIMELINES ON THE DATE
THAT A REPAIR AND REPLACE
DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT THE
DIVERGENT POINT AS I THINK
CALVIN VERY ACCURATELY SAID.
THERE'S STILL WORK THAT CAN BE
DONE ON MOVING FORWARD.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION ON BOTH PATHWAYS TO
PERHAPS TAKE A DEFINITIVE HARD
TURN.
WE WILL START TO LOSE SOME TIME
AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
DEFINITIVELY WHILE MAKING SURE
THAT WE MANAGE FOR THE
UNEXPECTED AND THE RISKS THAT
ARE STILL OUT THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO TWO QUICK COMMENTS THEN.
ONE IS I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM
THOSE WHO WOULD BE ENGAGED IN
THE STRATEGIES FOR MAKING THIS
A SAFE AND VIABLE
TRANSPORTATION OPTION.
I KNOW THAT THE MEMBERS OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
REBUILD OPTIONS IF NUMBER FOUR
CAN BE DONE QUICKLY AND SAFELY
AND WE THINK THAT IS A
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY.
I THINK THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
OTHERWISE A COMPLETE REBUILD IS
SOMETHING I KNOW THAT PEOPLE
ARE CONTINUING TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE
FOLKS ON THE FRONT LINE THERE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, I WAS
VISITED AT HOME BY SOME FOLKS
WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN
MAKING SURE THAT THIS LOWER
BRIDGE OPTION, THE OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN WEST
SEATTLE IS ABLE TO ACCESS THE
AMENITIES DOWNTOWN AND IN THE
GREATER CITY.
WALKING ACROSS THE LOWER BRIDGE
TO GET TO DOWNTOWN.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE ALONG THE PORT DOWNTOWN
BECAUSE HAVING BIKED THERE
PRETTY RECENTLY I KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE PUT IN ADDITIONAL POSTS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
ADVOCATING FOR A TRUE
PROTECTIVE BIKE LANE.
IT IS A MORE VIABLE OPTION FOR
FOLKS TRYING TO WALK AND BIKE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE NEIGHBORS
HAVE SUGGESTED IS SAFE
LIGHTING, PARKING LOT, LIKE
ACCESSIBILITY AREA SO PEOPLE
COULD DRIVE TO THE LOWER BRING
AND THEN GO ACROSS WITH THEIR
STROLLER OR THEIR BIKE.
AND THOSE WHO ARE RUNNERS HAVE
MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEINGS ABLE TO ACCESS THE CITY
BY WALKING OR RUNNING.
ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE WAYS IN
WHICH YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE
THAT AREA MAYBE MORE ACCESSIBLE
FOR FOLKS WHO WOULD WANT TO USE
IT AS A SAFE PARK AND WALK OR
STROLL OR BIKE AREA?
OR A PARK AND RIDE AREA.
>> YEAH.
THE WORK WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
YOU'VE NOTICED SOME YELLOW
LINES AND SOME BETTER
DEFINITION OF THE BIKE LANE ARE
THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO QUICKLY.
THERE'S A WHOLE ADDITIONAL SET
OF MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT WILL
TAKE US INTO 2021 THAT ARE SOME
OF THOSE POTENTIALLY SOME OF
THOSE LARGER ITEMS.
I DON'T KNOW HEATHER IF YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY
SPECIFICS OF THOSE.
BUT WE GENERATED ALL OF THOSE
IDEAS THROUGH LARGE COMMUNITY-
BASED PROCESS.
WE HEARD FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE
AND HAVE TRIED TO MATCH THOSE
EXPECTATIONS.
WE CAN MAKE SURE WE COMMIT AND
DELIVER ON.
>> OH HEATHER, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN ONCE A
DAY; RIGHT?
>> MONDAY MORNINGS.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE
ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO SHARE WITH
YOU.
I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING A
LITTLE MORE, MAYBE NOT NOW
MAYBE AT A SEPARATE TIME ABOUT
SOME OF THE IDEAS YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT.
WE ARE REALLY PRIORITIZING
WALKING AND BIKING ESPECIALLY
OVER THAT LOW BRIDGE.
THAT'S A REALLY LOW IMPACT ON
THE REST OF THE SYSTEM WAY TO
GET ACROSS.
THERE IS, IT'S NOT A GREAT ONE,
I'LL CONFESS, BUT THERE IS A
PARK AND RIDE THAT'S UNDERNEATH
THE EXPRESSWAY.
SO IT DOESN'T FEEL SO GRIM.
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> WE'LL TALK OFF LINE AND
CONNECT WITH FOLKS TOO.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I RAISED
EARLIER WAS JUST THE, THE SHEER
SHOCK WHEN WE SEE A BRIDGE THAT
HAS ONLY MET ITS HALF-LIFE AND
WHAT KIND OF REMEDIES WE HAVE
FOR THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR.
I THINK IT IS 35 YEARS IS A
VERY SHORT TIME FRAME FOR A
BRIDGE AND IF IT I'M NOT
MISTAKEN THAT'S HALF THE
EXPECTED LIFE OF THIS BRIDGE SO
IT FEELS LIKE THEY FELL
WOEFULLY SHORT OF THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES IN
CONSTRUCTING THIS BRIDGE FOR US
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT THE REMEDIES ON THAT
THEN.
>> I THINK IF IT THAT IS OF
INTEREST TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE
THE CITY ATTORNEY WEIGH IN ON
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DID WANT TO PUT OUT THERE FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDERATION
THAT PERHAPS SDOT COULD TALK
ABOUT WHAT THEY, THE TIMELINE
FOR LEARNING ABOUT HOW THE
STABILIZATION WORK IS GOING.
THAT'S SORT OF THE NEXT
OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE
BRIDGE IS REACTING AND SORT OF
THAT NEXT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE
THAT WE MIGHT GET FROM THE
PROJECT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS A
QUESTION.
SO LET'S DIG IN TO THE SUBJECT
AREA INTRODUCED BY CALVIN THEN
WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> E THE PROBLEM WITH NOT
SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT
THE TABLE IS WE CAN'T ELBOW
EACH OTHER AND DECIDE WHO IS
GOING TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTION.
LET ME TAKE A SHOT.
HEATHER MIGHT HAVE THE SAME OR
DIFFERENT THOUGHTS WHICH IS ALL
GOOD.
AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO DATE WE'VE BEEN
EVALUATING WHETHER OUR MODEL OF
BRIDGE PERFORMANCE MATCHES UP
WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS
OF THE INSTRUMENTATION ON THE
BRIDGE.
THAT STARTED AS SOON AS WE WERE
LIFTING THOSE WORK PLATFORMS
INTO PLACE.
SO FAR EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN TO
DATE MATCHES WITH WHAT OUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE OF THE MODEL.
THE TWO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT
ARE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW
WERE THE RELEASE OF PIER 18,
THE STUCK BEARING ON PIER 18
WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER.
WHICH MOST OF THAT WORK WAS
COMPLETED LAST WEEK TO RELEASE
THAT BEARING.
THE SECOND MAJOR PIECE IS
TAKING THOSE POST TENSIONING
STRANDS UP TO THE FULL TENSION
THAT THEY WILL CARRY.
AND THAT'S ALSO LARGELY
COMPLETE AT THIS POINT.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE BRIDGE
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE
MODEL WE HAD DEVELOPED.
THAT LED TO US UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THE CRITICAL SITUATION
WITH THE CRACKING WAS TO BEGIN
WITH.
SO ALL OF THAT IS VERY POSITIVE
INFORMATION.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND WON'T
FOR SOME TIME.
IT'S VERY CHILLY THIS MORNING
BUT WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE
FULL THERMAL CYCLE OF THE
BRIDGE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
GET DOWN BELOW FREEZING IS IS
IS WHEN WE CAN START TO SEE THE
CONCRETE PERFORM IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
SO UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN.
IF WE'RE AT THE POINT IN A
REPAIRED BRIDGE WHEN WE DO
RESTORE LIVE LOAD POST, NOT FOR
THE STABILIZATION BUT FROM THE
ADDITIONAL REPAIR WORK WE WOULD
STILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE BRIDGE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP UP THAT
MONITORING AND UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THE PERFORMS OFF INTO THE
FUTURE.
WE CAN'T SAY HOW THE BRIDGE
WILL PERFORM OFF INTO THE
FUTURE UNTIL WE GO THROUGH,
IT'LL HAVE TO BE AN ON GOING
CONTINUOUS MONITORING EFFORT ON
A REPAIRED BRIDGE IN TERMS OF
HOW IT'S PERFORMING AND THE
COUNTY OF ALL OF THIS NEW STUFF
AND THE EXISTING BRIDGE IN
TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE ARE
STILL PROVIDING A SAFE
CONNECTION FROM A
TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE.
>> CAN I JUST ADD THAT WE ARE
ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP
EVERYTHING GOING ON AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE WE'RE STARTING WITH
OUR FIRST TYPE SIZE AND
LOCATION WORKSHOP TODAY SO
THAT'LL START THE DESIGN
PROCESS FOR A REPLACEMENT
BRIDGE AND WE'RE ALSO
CONTINUING THE PROCESS TO
DESIGN THE REPAIR.
WHEN SAM TALKS ABOUT WE'RE NOT
LOSING ANY TIME, HE'S TALKING
ABOUT THE FOR THE BRIDGE EITHER
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
WE WON'T START LOSING TIME
UNTIL PROBABLY MAY OR JUNE
WHERE WE DO START LOSING TIME
THOUGH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY
QUICKLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THOSE, THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER WE REPAIR OR REPLACE
ISN'T URGENT UNTIL JUNE BUT FOR
ASSEMBLING FUNDING FOR REPAIR
OR REPLACEMENT WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY
THAN THAT.
>> OKAY.
THANKS FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HEATHER JUST
ANSWERED PART OF MY QUESTION.
BUT I JUST HAVE A COUPLE
COMMENTS FIRST BEFORE I GET TO,
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
JUST WANT TO STEP BACK ABOUT
THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
OPTION 2 AND THE REPLACEMENT
OPTION.
OPTION 2 IS $47 MILLION COST
AND 2022 RESTORATION OF
TRAFFIC.
THE REPAIR OPTION THERE IS A
NEW REPAIR OPTION BUT THE
REPAIR OPTION THAT WAS
EVALUATED IN THE CBA IS A
REPAIR OPTION OF SIX YEARS AND
ABOUT $$400 MILLION AT 0%
DESIGN.
SO, YOU KNOW, BIG PICTURE, BIG
DIFFERENCE IN COST AND
TIMELINESS OF RESTORATION OF
TRAFFIC.
THE EXECUTIVE RIGHTFULLY IS
FOCUSED ON ISSUE OF CERTAINTY
AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO TO
BE AN ASSET MANAGER OF ALL OF
THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
PANEL HAS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT
A REPAIR WILL LAST FOR 40 YEARS
AND THE COUNCIL'S INDEPENDENT
CONSULTANT IS IN CONCURRENCE
WITH THAT CONFIDENCE.
AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING A SECTION
FROM THE CBA, THE, IT STATES
BASED ON THE WORK DONE TO DATE
IN THE CORRELATION OF
ANALYTICAL MONITORING MEASURED
BEHAVIOR, THUS LIMITING THE
SERVICE LIFE LIKELY HAS A LOW
PROBABILITY LESS THAN 5% OF
OCCURRING.
THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT THE
REPAIR ALTERNATIVE 2 HAS THE
HIGHEST VALUE INDEX, THE VALUE
INDEX IS THE RATIO OF
PERFORMANCE TO COST AND ALSO
HAS AT HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR AN
INCREASE IN THE VALUE INDEX AS
COMPARED TO THE OTHER
ALTERNATIVES.
AS WE KNOW EQUITY IS ALSO A
HIGHLY RATED ATTRIBUTE IN THE
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT EQUITY
MEANS TO ME IS WE ARE MAKING AN
INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO MINIMIZE
DISPARATE IMPACTS TO PARTICULAR
COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S A GREAT MAP INCLUDED IN
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT
ILLUSTRATES THE LOCATION OF
DISPARATE IMPACTS ALONG THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
PENINSULA AND THE DUWAMISH
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
BY CENSUS TRACK.
SO FOR ME MAKING A DECISION
WITH EQUITY REALLY AS A BIG
FOCUS OF THE DECISION MEANS WE
ARE INTENTIONALLY MINIMIZING
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN THOSE
PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT
THE IMPACTS TO BUSINESS AND
WORK FORCE, THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR WEST SEATTLE
SPECIFICALLY SMALL BUSINESSES.
BUT ALSO FOR THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY.
SO THAT GETS TO, I REALLY
APPRECIATE DIRECTOR ZIMBABWE'S
RECURRING STATEMENT THAT WE
ARE, THE DECISION BEFORE US IS
MORE LIKE A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE.
CALVIN HAS REINFORCED THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IF THERE'S A
PREFERENCE FOR ONE OPTION IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T, IF
WE FIND MORE INFORMATION SWITCH
TO ANOTHER OPTION.
AND SLIDE 11 STATES 245 WE'RE
NOT AT THE DIVERGENCE OF
DIFFERENT PATHWAYS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS IF IT
THERE IS A DECISION TO PURSUE
FOR INSTANCE REPLACEMENT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO STILL WORK AT
EVALUATING REPAIR AND TAKING
STEPS TOWARDS REPAIR.
SO THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS
WHEN DO THOSE PATHWAYS DIVERGE
AND MAYBE THAT IS WHAT HEATHER
WAS REFERRING TO WHEN SHE
REFERENCED MAY AND JUNE.
THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS I'VE
HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THE
CONSIDERATION OF A RAPID
REPLACEMENT COULD RESULT IN
DELAY OF A REPAIR PATHWAY.
I'M JUST INTERESTED TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> SURE.
LET ME TAKE A SHOT AT THOSE.
BECAUSE I THINK LIKE HEATHER
SAID WE DON'T REALLY HIT A
DIVERGENCE UNTIL NEXT SPRING
BUT I DO, TECHNICAL ON A
CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE
PERSPECTIVE.
I DO THINK THAT THE, THAT A
RAPID REPLACEMENT IDEA DEPENDS
ON CLEARING SOME OF THE
NONTECHNICAL BUT MORE
PROCEDURAL HURDLES WE'D HAVE TO
GO THROUGH ON AN EXPEDITED
BASIS.
ON A TIMELINE THAT WOULD
REQUIRE VERY CLOSE COORDINATION
AT ALL LEVELS OF BENEFIT,
INCLUDING UP TO THE U.S. COAST
GUARD WHICH IS THE PERMITTING
AGENCY FOR MAJOR PERMITTING
AGENCY FOR OUR BRIDGE.
SO I THINK THOSE TIMELINES
START TO GET MORE IMPORTANT
FROM A, THAN THE TECHNICAL
TIMELINES ON, FROM A
CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD SEE
LIKE IN THE SPRING REALLY
STARTING TO LOSE TIME.
BUT HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION
GOING INTO THAT TIME PERIOD
THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON
EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
PATH.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE $47
MILLION IN THE COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS IS ALSO AT ZERO
PERCENT DESIGN OF WHAT A REPAIR
LOOKS LIKE.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO
IMPLEMENT A FULL REPAIR THAT
RESTORES TRAFFIC.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ETCH
THOUGH IT'S MORE CLEAR.
THEN THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS,
FROM AN ASSET OWNER PERSPECTIVE
IS ALSO HOW THE ON GOING
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
COSTS WILL FACTOR INTO THAT AND
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FULL
LIFE CYCLE OF THE BRIDGE.
AS I SAID, THERE'S A LOT MORE
WE ARE ADDING INTO THE BRIDGE
RIGHT NOW AND WOULD HAVE TO ADD
STILL MORE AS PART OF A REPAIR
THAT HAS TO BE SORT OF FACTORED
INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THE ON GOING RESPONSIBILITIES
ARE THAT MAKE IT A CONTINUOUSLY
USEFUL TRANSPORTATION ASSET.
EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO
TO TAKE CARE OF THE BRIDGE AND
TO GET INTO THAT BOX JUST SO
THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE
ABOUT THIS, RIGHT NOW TO GET
INTO THE BOX GIRDER AND DO THE
WORK WE'VE DONE, WE'VE HAD TO
TAKE OUT PART OF THE DECK.
WE'VE HAD TO REMOVE PART OF THE
DECK TO GET THE EQUIPMENT AND
PEOPLE DOWN INTO THE BRING.
USUALLY THERE'S JUST A MANHOLE,
THAT'S IN A TRAFFIC LANE ON THE
BRIDGE.
TO DO THE WORK TO GET DOWN INTO
THE BRIDGE AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS OPERATING WE'LL
STILL HAVE AN ON GOING IMPACT
ON TRAFFIC.
WE WON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE DECK
UP EVERY TIME WE GO DOWN INTO
THE BRIDGE, BUT IT'S GOING TO
TAKE SOME ON GOING WORK THAT
WILL BE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN
THE BRIDGE GOING FORWARD AS
WELL.
SO IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF
FACTORS.
WHERE HEATHER.
BEFORE WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS
THAT REALLY TAKE US ON THAT
DIVERGENT DIRECTIONS.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE ABOUT 10 MINUTES OVER,
CLOSE TO 15 MINUTES OVER ON OUR
TIME A LOTTED FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF
CONVERSATION SO IF THERE ARE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HAPPY TO
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO POSE THOSE QUESTIONS.
OF COURSE THIS WON'T BE THE
LAST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS OVER AT
SDOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLOSING
COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION?
OKAY.
ONCE AGAIN THE EXECUTIVE HAS
OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM EACH COUNCIL
MEMBER ABOUT THESE ALTERNATIVES
PRESENTED TO US HERE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUITY TO WEIGH
IN WITH THE MAYOR WITH YOUR
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONNECT WITH
CALVIN AND WITH THE FOLKS OVER
AT SDOT AND HAVE ANY UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS.
SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE
YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE MAYOR IF
YOU WISH TO DO SO.
MY OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH CALVIN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEDERSEN AND HERBOLD ON
PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO HAVE SDOT PRESENT TO US.
I DO APPRECIATE CALVIN MAKING
EXTRA TIME TO MANAGE US THROUGH
THIS PROCESS DURING THE BUDGET
AND REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
CREATING SOME SPACE HERE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
IT IS A TIMELY ISSUE THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
HAS AN OPPORTUNITY KNOWING
THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR EACH OF US TO ENGAGE WITH
THE MAYOR ABOUT A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE HERE.
I THINK THAT IS ALL WE'VE GOT
FROM THIS GROUP.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE
RAISING THEIR HAND OR OFFERING
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS SO
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THANKS
TO THE FOLKS OVER AT SDOT SAM,
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO
SAY?
>> I WOULD SAY QUICKLY THANK
YOU FOR HAVING US, TAKING THE
TIME AND THESE ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
GOING FORWARD LIKE YOU SAID AND
WE HAVE EXTENDED AN INVITATION
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE A TOUR ON THE
BRIDGE.
WE'LL DO IT SAFELY.
IT'S SAFE TO BE UP THERE RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THIS IS BIG INFRASTRUCTURE WE
CAN ONLY SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES
AND IT'S HARD TO GET A SENSE OF
THE SCALE WITHOUT BEING THERE.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO MEETINGS
BEFORE OR AFTER ANY TOUR WE'RE
ABLE TO TAKE YOU ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
I THINK THAT E-MAIL CAME FROM
SHAWNA IF IT I RECALL
CORRECTLY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING AT
YOUR INBOX FOR THAT INVITATION.
AN OFFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
ESPECIALLY IT IS LIMITED TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS ONLY?
>> AT THIS POINT IT IS.
WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL DO
SOCIAL DISTANCE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, ALL THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND OTHER THINGS IN
PLACE.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO DISCONNECT
FROM IT THE MEETING AT THIS
POINT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO
PREVIEW OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS.
THE ROLL CALL FOR THIS WEEK
WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ, LEWIS, MORALES,
MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
STRAUSS, HERBOLD AND I WILL
CONCLUDE THIS AGENDA
DISCUSSION.
LET'S GET STARTED.
FIRST UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> GREAT.
LET ME START WITH PUBLIC ASSETS
AND NATIVE COMMUNITES
COMMITTEE.
THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL AGENDA
THAT'S 31979.
THIS RESCHEDULES THE DECEMBER
1st AND JANUARY 5th HEARING
DATES TO MARCH AND APRIL
RESPECTIVELY.
OUR WORK WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THE HEARING EXAMINER PLANS AN
DOP DATED REPORT PENDING 17
PROPERTIES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE LID.
THE HEARING EXAMINER IS STILL
COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION SO
LAW AND CENTRAL STAFF ARE
ADVISED TO KEEP THE SCHEDULING
STREAMLINED.
WE ARE SIMPLY SHIFTING THE
SCHEDULING OF THE DECEMBER AND
JANUARY HEARING DATES
PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TO SPRING
OF 2021.
WE'LL HEAR ALL APPEALS TOGETHER
AND I'LL SPEAK MORE ON THIS
THIS AFTERNOON.
OFFICE OF THE WATER FRONT PIER
58 UPDATE.
THE OFFICE OF THE WATER FRONT
CONTINUED TO REMOVE THE
CONCRETE WALKWAY ON THE EASTERN
EDGE OF PIER 58.
NEXT WEEK THE REMAINING
CONCRETE ELEMENTS NORTH OF THE
SOUTHERN TERRACE WILL BE
REMOVED.
NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING THAT WILL
INCLUDE REMOVING TIMBER DECK
AND PILES IN THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER ADJACENT TO PIER 57.
WEEK AHEAD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
12th I HAVE PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION
POLICY BOARD MEETING AND MOVING
FORWARD ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
SHARED WITH US ON SOME ELECTION
COMMENTS THIS ELECTION SEASON
WILL MARK 2021 WITH THE MOST
NATIVE AMERICANS EVER TO SERVE
IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
SIX NATIVE CANT DAD WILL THE
REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITIES
NEXT YEAR.
NATIVE WOMEN BROKE RECORDS TOO
ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR
AMERICAN WOMEN IN POLITICS, 18
INDIGENOUS WOMEN WERE RUNNING
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS FOR
THEIR CONGRESSIONAL SEATS THIS
YEAR.
AND AS YOU KNOW, JUSTICE RAQUEL
LEWIS RETAINED HER SEAT.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL I
HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ FOR THAT REPORT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THAT REPORT.
MUCH TO CELEBRATE.
>> THAT SPACE.
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS IS UP NEXT
AND THEN AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I SIMILARLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF ITEMS THIS MORNING.
THERE'S NO AGENDA ITEMS FROM
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
AGENDA.
I HELD A TOWN HALL ON FRIDAY TO
DISCUSS SORT OF OUR MIDPOINT ON
THE BUDGET AND HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THE FORM B'S THAT
HAVE BEEN PROFFERED BY MY
OFFICE, AS WELL AS A BROADER
PRESENTATION ON THE POTENTIAL
IMPLICATIONS OF HOMELESSNESS
ADS, SERVICE ADS IN THIS
BUDGET.
IT WAS A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE
JOINED BY COLLEEN, JESSE,
SHARON AND OF COURSE COLLEEN TO
TALK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL SHELTER
INCREASES.
IN A NUMBER OF BUDGET PROPOSALS
FROM FOR MYSELF AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE AND THE
IMPLICATIONS THAT COULD HAVE ON
OUR ON GOING STATE OF EMERGENCY
ON HOMELESSNESS.
WE ALSO ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FROM
CONSTITUENTS ON A NUMBER OF
ISSUES RELATED TO PARKS, PUBLIC
SAFETY AND OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON IN OUR
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
I SIMILARLY WANT TO OFFER MY
CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-
ELECT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT-
ELECT HARRIS.
IT IS A GREAT VINDICATION OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE HAD
A RESOUNDING AND CLEAR RESULT
TO THIS ELECTION CHARTING A NEW
PATH FORWARD.
AND ONE THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR
PARTNERSHIP NOT JUST WITH
SEATTLE BUT OTHER AMERICAN
CITIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO RENEWED
FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE
CHANGE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHICH AS OUR BRIEFING THIS
MORNING CLEARLY INDICATES IS AN
ESSENTIAL PARTNERSHIP NOT ONLY
FOR US BUT FOR OTHER MAJOR
AMERICAN CITIES AS WELL.
AND A SENSE OF URGENCY TO DEAL
WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY COVID-19.
AND FOR SO MANY OTHER REASONS
IT'S JUST A GREAT DAY TO
CELEBRATE ON SATURDAY WHEN IT
WAS OFFICIALLY CALLED AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR
COLLABORATION WITH THE INCOMING
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
OTHERWISE I LOOK FORWARD THIS
WEEK TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
RELEASING HER BUDGET AND OUR
FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
AND WITH THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE DOWN THE LINE.
WE'LL HEAR NOW FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES AND THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
I TOO WANT TO ECHO THE
CELEBRATION AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT.
TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLACK WOMEN IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALL KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK TO DO STILL TO ADDRESS THE
RACIAL EQUITY, THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND IN OUR COUNTRY BUT AS TASHA
MARIANNES STATED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA OVER THE WEEKEND, BLACK
WOMEN DESERVE TO CELEBRATE THE
JOY IN THIS MOMENT.
WE WILL GET TO WORK FOR
EVERYBODY SOON BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND GIVE BLACK
WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY A MOMENT
TO BREATHE AND CELEBRATE AND
ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED A WALK
HOSTED BY SEATTLE GREENWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK MY CONSTITUENTS
FOR ORGANIZING THE EVENT AND DO
WANT TO THANK DIRECTORS FOR
COMING OUT.
WE DISCUSSED SOME IMPROVEMENTS
THAT NEED TO BE MADE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF RAINIER AND
HENDERSON.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
IMPROVEMENTS MADE THERE.
WE DO HAVE 300 NEW UNITS OF
HOUSING PLANNED IN THE
SURROUNDING AREA WITHIN SEVERAL
BLOCKS AND THERE ARE FOUR
SCHOOLS ALSO ALONG HENDERSON.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PLANNING FOR FUTURE PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
ALSO JOINED REACH AND LEHIGH
WORKERS AT AN ENCAMPMENT IN THE
NEW HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR
WORK.
WE WERE ABLE TO FIND NINE TINY
HOMES FOR OUR UNHOUSE THE
NEIGHBORS WHO HAD BEEN LIVING
IN THE PARK.
THERE ARE STILL A FEW FOLKS
THERE AND WORKERS ARE TRYING TO
FIND MORE STABLE LIVING
SITUATIONS FOR THEM.
I WILL SAY ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN
I SPOKE TO WAS AN ELDERLY MAN
WHO HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM
THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING
FROM PNEUMONIA.
HE HAD BEEN ON A WAITING LIST
FOR HOUSING AND HE THOUGHT HE
HAD HAD HOUSING AND TURNED OUT
HE WAS JUST PLACED ON A WAITING
LIST.
HE WAS RETURNING TO THE PARK
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE
ELSE TO GO.
SO ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE'RE
MOVING INTO THE WET AND COLD
SEASON IT'S REALLY CLEAR HOW
DIRE THE NEED IS FOR SAFE,
WARM, SHELTER IN OUR CITY.
MY HOPE IS THAT OUR OUTREACH
WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND A
PLACE FOR HIM VERY SOON.
WE HELD OUR FIRST FRONT YARD
FORUM THIS WEEKEND.
WHICH AS I'VE SAID ARE
PHYSICALLY DISTANT BLOCK
MEETINGS.
WE MET WITH NEIGHBORS WHO
WANTED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY
AND ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING
AND REALLY THESE ARE WAYS
YOU'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING BETTER HOW OUR
CONSTITUENTS CAN INTERFACE WITH
CITY HALL AROUND THINGS LIKE
PERMITTING, SIDEWALK REPAIR.
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THE
NEIGHBORS ON THIS PARTICULAR
BLOCK ALL KNOW ONE ANOTHER VERY
WELL AND WORK TOGETHER WHICH
THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY ISSUE.
AS PART OF THE BENEFIT OF
HAVING HYPER LOCAL ADVOCATES
AND COMMUNITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE HAVING FRONT
YARD FORUMS.
WE HAVE ONE THIS THURSDAY.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HOLDING
ONE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY
DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR
COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS VIRTUAL
HOURS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS YOU
CAN REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT FOR
THAT THROUGH OUR COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT COMES UP
NO MATTER WHO I'M TALKING TO IS
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SAFE AND
FOLKS ARE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING AS
THEY DID AT THE FRONT YARD
FORUM THAT THE BEST WAY TO KEEP
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE AND TO
KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE IS TO
INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE DON'T INCREASE THAT SAFETY
NECESSARILY BY INVESTING IN
POLICE.
PARTICULARLY NOT AT TWICE THE
RATE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
I WANT TO SAY THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN WE SEE A
REMEETED DISREGARD FOR OUR
SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORS
EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING NOW FOR
SIX MONTHS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN
SEATTLE AND IN THE STREETS
DEMONSTRATING THEIR DEEP
FRUSTRATION ABOUT RACIAL
INEQUALITY IN OUR SOCIETY.
MORE SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT
MANIFESTS IN POLICE BRUTALITY.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING
FOR SIX MONTHS ABOUT ADDRESSING
THESE ISSUES BY DIVESTING FROM
THE POLICE AND INVESTING IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE SEE
REPEATED ESCALATION OF POLICE
FORCE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE
DEMONSTRATING THEIR RIGHTS OF
FREE SPEECH, RIGHTS TO
ASSEMBLE, DESPITE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EVERY
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER THEY
STAND DOWN THAT THEY REDUCE
CONTACT WITH PUBLIC,
PARTICULARLY DURING THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
FOR ME IT BEGS SEVERAL
QUESTIONS.
WHY ARE THE INTERIM CHIEF AND
THE MAYOR DISREGARDING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS?
WHY ARE PROTESTERS STILL BEING
MET WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR?
WHY HAS A NEW UNIT BEEN CREATED
WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE SEEMS TO BE
TO CLASH WITH THOSE WHO ARE
EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO
PROTEST POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SIGN OF
ATTEMPTS TO DEESCALATE IN ANY
OF THESE SITUATIONS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS ORDERING
THIS BEHAVIOR THAT INCLUDES
SMASHING THE CAR WINDOWS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS, INTERFERING WITH THE
PRESS AND HAS EVEN LED TO
PEOPLE BEING HOSPITALIZED.
WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO
INVEST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN AN AGENCY THAT HAS
SO LITTLE REGARD FOR THE SAFETY
AND THE PROTECTED FREE SPEECH
RIGHTS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND A
COMMUNITY REMEMBER I CAN'T
CONDONE THIS BEHAVIOR AND I'M
TIRED FRANKLY OF ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS AND GETTING NO
RESPONSE.
EVERY TIME I ASK THESE
QUESTIONS I GET HEDGING AND
HAND WRINGING.
SO AS WE ENTER THE FINAL STAGES
OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'LL BE
DISCUSSING HOW TO REALLOCATE
RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS
WITH OUR STATED GOALS OF
RESTRUCTURING SPD.
THAT MEANS REDUCING THE SIZE OF
THE FORCE.
REDUCING OVERTIME.
REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON A
POLICE-CENTERED APPROACH TO
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
MY OFFICE SUPPORTS THESE BUD%ET
ACTIONS AND IS EXPLORING
ADDITIONAL ONES AND I HAVE TO
BE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH
MY CONSTITUENTS.
WE WILL NOT REACH OUR SHARED
GOAL OF 50% REDUCTION IN IT ONE
BUDGET CYCLE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING
FOR JUST A SINGLE YEAR RIGHT
NOW.
SO I WILL ALSO SAY I AM
COMMITTED TO BRINGING OUR
PARTNERS ALONG ON THE PATHWAY
OF REACHING THAT SHARED GOAL.
PART OF THAT IS RECOGNIZING
THAT THERE ARE ROAD BLOCKS THAT
ARE IN OUR WAY.
I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING ON
THESE STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS SO
WE CAN REACH OUR GOAL.
WHETHER THAT IS THE CONTRACT OR
STATE LEGISLATION THAT NEEDS TO
CHANGE TO HELP ACHIEVE THE
GOALS WE HAVE.
WE KNOW THIS SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
TO FIX IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN
JUST CITY COUNCIL'S ACTIONS.
TOMORROW WILL BE THE NEXT STEP
IN THE COUNCIL ACTION THAT WE
CAN TAKE.
IT WON'T BE THE LAST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
STRIVE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY
THAT PROTECTS ALL OF OUR
NEIGHBORS TO WORK WITH THIS
COUNCIL TO DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE WE'RE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND HEAR NOW FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND THEN AFTER
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
I HELD MY COMMENTS BECAUSE I
KNEW I WAS NEXT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES FOR THE
COMMENTS YOU JUST MADE.
YOU HAVE STATED ALL OF THE
THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY.
I ECHO YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I ECHO YOUR CONCERN AND
CONDEMNATION OF ON GOING USE OF
FORCE IN THE STREET.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE MOUNTING
NUMBERS OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND WE ALSO
HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
HOSPITALIZED.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU RAISING
THOSE ISSUES SO WE CAN CONTINUE
TO DO THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
WE NEED TO DO TO SCALE UP
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND
CREATE ALTERNATIVES BOTH TO
GENERAL POLICING BUT ALSO
REIGNING IN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TO MOSTLY
FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES.
THAT IS I THINK VERY WELL
STATED BY YOU SO I APPRECIATE
YOU SAYING THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THE CELEBRATIONS
WE SAW OVER THE NEW FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION IN ADDITION TO
THE ON GOING RACIAL RECKONING
WE SEE IN OUR COUNTRY ACROSS
EVERY CITY WE ALSO ARE SEEING
INCREASED NUMBERS OF COVID
CASES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A
QUICK SECOND IN REMINDING FOLKS
TO PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR
MASKS ON.
PLEASE PRACTICE GOOD PUBLIC
HEALTH PRACTICES TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF COVID.
WE ARE REMINDED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ON GOING
PANDEMIC AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
WHEN WE SEE THE SPIKING COVID
CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE DAILY AVERAGE ACCORDING TO
A NEW TIMES REPORT OVER THE
WEEKEND IS THAT WE ARE REACHING
106,972 DAILY CASES.
OVER 106,000 DAILY CASES ON
AVERAGE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTER WHO IS LOCALLY BASED
HERE, THAT MEANS 1 OUT OF EVERY
438 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE.
I KNOW THAT I SAW POSTS FROM MY
FRIENDS WHO ARE LOCAL HERE IN
THE SEATTLE REGION WHO HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID AND ARE
QUARANTINING NOW.
WE ALL KNOW MORE THAN 438
PEOPLE.
ONE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN T LEAST
AFFECTED BY COVID.
SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO REMAIN
VIGILANT.
THE CHARTS WE ARE SEEING ARE
QUITE LITERALLY OFF THE PAGE
WHEN WE SEE THE DIRECTION WE'RE
HEADED AND WE ALTOGETHER MUST
WORK TO BRING THAT NUMBER BACK
DOWN.
AS FAR AS THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE THERE ARE NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA.
I WOULD LOVE TO ADD TO THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR THIS AFTERNOON.
WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
PREVIEW OF THAT AND WITH THE
APPROVAL FOR THE MOTIONS NEEDED
THIS AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL AGENDA
I WILL BE SEEKING TO MOVE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
AS YOU KNOW THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET WOULD AUTHORIZE A $25
MILLION INTERFUND LOAN TO
SUPPORT SDOT'S ON GOING
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING NEEDS.
THE ORIGINAL BILL WOULD HAVE
USED TWO SOURCES FOR THE LOAN.
THAT INCLUDES ABOUT $20 MILLION
FROM THE IET FUND AND THE OTHER
$5 MILLION COMING FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN THANK
YOU VERY MUCH AS CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND I
HAVE DISCUSSED OUR CONCERNS
ABOUT USING THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT MIGHT
IMPEDE ON THE STBD FUNDS AND
THE CASH FLOW AND THE ABILITY
TO SUPPORT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN THOUGH
THERE IS A QUESTION MARK THERE
JUST TO TAKE THAT QUESTION MARK
HOPEFULLY WE ARE INTRODUCING IN
THIS LEGISLATION FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THAT WOULD BE ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR THAT WOULD GO ALONG
WITH THE BUDGET ACTIVITIES TO
REPLACE THAT STRATEGY.
THE REPLACEMENT BILL WOULD
CHANGE THE SOURCE OF THE
INTERFUND LOAN SUCH AS THE
ENTIRE 25 MILLION INTERFUND
LOAN WOULD BE FROM THE IT FUND.
THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE
RELIANCE ON AN INTERFUND LOAN.
THE CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE HAS
CONFIRMED THAT THE I.T.
FUND HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES
IN ITS COFFERS FOR THE NEXT FEW
YEARS TO SERVE AS THE SINGLE
SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE
ENTIRE $25 MILLION LOAN FOR
CRITICAL SDOT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE
FROM ME.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
KNOW WHAT THE BACKGROUND IS
THERE AND IT DOES REQUIRE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
AS FAR AS THE BUDGET FOLKS HAVE
MENTIONED WE ARE GOING TO
RELEASE OUR COUNCIL'S DRAFT
BUDGET TOMORROW AS 10:00 A.M.,
9:30 A.M.
BEGINS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WALK THROUGH THE PROPOSE
COUNCIL'S BUDGET BALANCING
BACKAGE.
EVERY ONE OF YOU PROVIDED
AMENDMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE TO A CERTAIN
DEGREE.
TRULY ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS WE
ARE DISCUSSING FOR TOMORROW'S
PROPOSED BUDGET HAVE COME FROM
THE ROBUST PUBLIC DISCUSSION WE
HAD.
ALL OF YOU HAVE PROVIDED
AMENDMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO
INVEST IN KEY PRIORITIES IN THE
CITY, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS,
MAKING SURE WE'RE CREATING A
STRONG AND EQUITABLE ECONOMY
FOR ALL, INVESTING IN HOUSING
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS AND WE ARE DOING
ALL OF THIS WHILE GETTING BACK
TO BASICS BY SUPPORTING CORE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND
PROTECTING AGAINST BUDGETARY
LAYOFFS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
I CONTINUE TO CALL THIS THE
DRAFT COUNCIL BUDGET BECAUSE I
HOPE IT REFLECTS VARIOUS
PRIORITIES FROM EVERY SINGLE
COUNCIL MEMBER AND THERE'S
OBVIOUSLY WORK TO BE DONE.
AS A REMINDER IF YOU SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL CHANGES YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THOSE FORMS THOSE
ARE DUE ON THURSDAY.
WE ARE ASKING FOR FORM C'S TO
BE SUBMITTED BY 10:00 A.M.
ON THURSDAY, NO 12th.
THIS WOULD PROPOSE ANY CHANGES
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FOR
APPROPRIATIONS AND POLICY
INVESTMENTS AS A REMINDER THESE
FORMS ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO
BE SELF-BALANCING.
THESE COULD BE SELF-BALANCING
EITHER TOWARD REDUCTIONS AND
APPROPRIATIONS BY SHIFTING
APPROPRIATIONS OR ADDITIONAL
REVENUE AND PLEASE NOTE THAT IF
PROPOSED REVENUE INCREASES OR
REQUIRE ANY LEGISLATION THAT
THAT LEGISLATION WILL ALSO NEED
TO BE INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.
THE COMMITTEE VOTE ON THE
PROPOSED COUNCIL'S DRAFT %
PACKAGE AND AMENDMENTS WILL
OCCUR ON NOVEMBER 18th AND 19th
AND IF ANY MEMBER WISHES TO
MOVE ANY COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
OR STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT'S NOT ON THE
PUBLISHED AGENDA THE AGENDAS
MUST BE AMENDED BY A MAJORITY
OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SUBMIT THE
LATE BUDGET FORM.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS
YOU ALL USED FOR FORM B'S AND
FOR ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS SO
IT'S REALLY TRANSPARENT TO ALL
COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE BROADER
PUBLIC.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND ALL
OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER
THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS ON THIS
BUDGET AND A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT
TO MY OFFICE AND CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR LEADING ON THESE EFFORTS.
ALSO THE CENTRAL STAFF WHO HAVE
BEEN INCREDIBLE AND WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK.
WE WANT TO HONOR THEIR WORK.
APPRECIATE HOW THEY HAVE HELPED
TO BRING VARIOUS BUDGET
PRIORITIES TOGETHER TO PROVIDE
A WELL ROUNDED DRAFT BUDGET FOR
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THAT REPORT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY YOU
SAID THAT FORM C'S ARE DUE AT
10:00 THURSDAY MORNING?
OKAY.
I HAVE 5:00 THURSDAY ON MY
CALENDAR SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> DITTO ON MY CALENDAR I THINK
THERE WAS A CALENDAR INVITATION
THAT WENT OUT TO ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT SETS THE DEADLINE
AT 5:00 P.M.
SO WE MAY WANT TO ASK PATTY IF
THEY CAN UPDATE THAT REMINDER
TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
TIMELINE.
>> I WILL DO THAT.
IT ALSO SAYS 5:00 P.M.
ON MY CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME.
WE MAY HAVE TRIED TO SLIP THAT
IN.
THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND
IF INDEED THE TIME IS 10:00
A.M.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS
REFLECTED.
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY
THERE AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT'S
COMING THE DAY AFTER A HOLIDAY.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN
WRITING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
HAS THAT AND THAT WILL BE
INCLUDED IN OUR MONDAY COUNCIL
MEMO THAT WILL BE SENT OUT
SHORTLY.
WE'LL GET YOU CLARIFICATION FOR
SURE.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
>> THE AMENDMENT YOU'RE MAKING
INTO THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR TODAY.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M
CLEAR THAT IT'S, THERE'LL BE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR FOR THIS
COUNCIL BILL THAT YOU JUST
DISCUSSED THIS MORNING AND THE
INTENT WILL BE TO REFER IT TO
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE?
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND THEN JUST REALLY QUICKLY
WANTED TO BEFORE WE GO ON,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS YOU
MADE AROUND COVID AND THE ON
GOING SPREAD OF THAT INFECTION.
OUR NUMBERS ARE WORSE NOW THAN
THEY WERE IN AUGUST CERTAINLY
AND I THINK I SAW A NUMBER
SOMEWHERE THAT SAID WE'RE ABOUT
50% ABOVE WHERE WE WERE AT THE
PEAK OF THE INFECTION.
AS FOLKS CONTINUE TO GO OUT
INTO COMMUNITY I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT A MASK DOESN'T MAKE
YOU INVINCIBLE TO INFECTION AND
THAT WHILE WEARING A MASK IS
REALLY IMPORTANT, EQUALLY
IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT
TO THAT IS SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND THAT IS HARD TO DO WHEN
YOU'RE OUT IN THE STREETS
CELEBRATING WITH THOUSANDS OF
OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR STREETS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
THAT WEARING A MASK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BUT I DON'T WANT
FOLKS TO WALK AWAY WITH THE
IMPRESSION THAT THAT IS GOING
TO PROTECT YOU 100% OF THE
TIME.
OBVIOUSLY THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
WITH THE MASKS ARE WHAT IS
REALLY GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE HERE AND BRING OUR
NUMBERS DOWN SO JUST WANTED TO
REMIND FOLKS OF THOSE TWO
STRATEGIES THAT ARE CRITICAL
FOR CONTINUING TO CONTAIN AND
GET THE COVID-19 INFECTION BACK
UNDER CONTROL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
YES, I THINK I ONLY EMPHASIZED
THE MASK WEARING.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING UP THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT POINT
AS PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS HAVE
BEEN SAYING SO MANY FAMILIES
AND FRIEND GATHERINGS HAVE NOW
MOVED FROM OUTSIDE TO INDOORS
BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.
IT IS PART OF THE REASON WE'RE
SEEING IT INCREASE IN CASES.
SO DO NOT DO THAT.
IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO PREVENT
YOU TO SIT ACROSS THE ROOM FROM
EACH OTHER WHEN COVID REMAINS
ALIVE IN THE AIR.
AN AIR BORNE DISEASE MUST
REQUIRE BOTH A MASK AND TRUE
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND LET'S NOT FORGET, HIGHER
NUMBERS OF BLACK AND BROWN
FOLKS ARE NOT ONLY CONTRACTING
THIS DISEASE BUT ARE DYING FROM
IT FROM A RACIAL EQUITY
PERSPECTIVE LET'S DO OUR PART.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT THE
MODELING IS TELLING US THE
OCCASIONS AND INSTANCES IS
DURING FAMILY GATHERINGS WHERE
PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING MASKS
AND NOT PHYSICALLY DISTANCING
SO WE ARE COMING UP ON
HOLIDAYS.
THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR ALL OF
US.
IT'S HARD TO BE AWAY FROM OUR
FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY BUT
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET
BACK TO BUSINESS AS IT RELATES
TO COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PUBLIC
HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE
CAN SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS AND
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THAT
REALLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT DURING
THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY ARE
DYING BECAUSE OF THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
THAT CONVERSATION WITH US.
I'M SURE ALL OF US ARE GOING TO
BE PUSHING OUT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSE ON GOING RESPONSE TO
COVID-19 AND HOW TO CONTINUE TO
PROTECT OURSELVES.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN AND
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
LEADERSHIP ON THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES ME WILL RESUME
MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
2ND DIRECTLY AFTER THE FALL
BUDGET SEASON.
IN DISTRICT 4 I WANT TO THANK
CONSTITUENTS WHO SIGNED UP FOR
MY VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS AND WHO
TALKED WITH ME THIS PAST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
KEY TOPICS THIS WEEK WERE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRASH
ACCUMULATION WHICH HAS BECOME A
MAJOR PROBLEM.
PLEASE SIGN UP THROUGH MY
WEBSITE FOR OFFICE HOURS AND
WE'LL TALK BY PHONE OR ZOOM.
I KNOW MANY OF US ARE BREATHING
A SIGH OF RELIEF THAT DONALD
TRUMP LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AND WE HAVE HIGH HOPES
FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION OF
BIDEN AND HARRIS.
WHILE THIS POSITIVE CHANGE MAY
REDUCE THE POLITICAL
TEMPERATURE I KNOW IT MUST NOT
REDUCE OUR RESOLVE TO REVAMP
PUBLIC SAFETY AND INCREASE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WE MUST
ONCE AGAIN HAVE A JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORTS
FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF LOCAL
POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS WE HAD
UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
WITH THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE
AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL
WE MUST ENCOURAGE OUR LEADERS
TO ENACT A HIGHER STANDARD FOR
POLICE REFORM SO WE NO LONGER
NEED TO NEGOTIATE JUSTICE WITH
EACH NEW POLICE UNION CONTRACT.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL I'M
CONFIDENT WE ARE RECOMMITTING
OURSELVES TO REVAMPING THE
POLICE UNION CONTRACT HERE TO
ROOT OUT INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
TO SUPPORT THE GOOD WORK OF
FIRST RESPONDERS AND TO
REINVEST RESOURCES IN A WAY
THAT TRULY INCREASES THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF ALL COMMUNITIES.
WHILE WE WILL DISAGREE AND
DEBATE HOW TO GET THERE, I
REMAIN CONFIDENTTHAT TOGETHER
WE WILL GET THERE.
I KNOW WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT
THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
THE MEASURE WAS WELL CRAFTED.
IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT.
WON OVER 80% OF THE VOTE IN
SEATTLE.
AND WHILE BUS RIDERSHIP IS AT
HISTORIC LOWS TODAY OUR BUS
SYSTEM REMAINS VITAL FOR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE INCREASED
TRANSIT NEEDS WHILE THE HIGH
BRIDGE IS CLOSE.
THE MEASURE APPROVED BY OVER
80% OF VOTERS AUTHORIZE UP TO
$9 MILLION FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN 2021.
TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAXIMIZE
EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
IMPLEMENTING THAT WITH SDOT AND
WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS.
I WANT TO THANK THE PROGRESSIVE
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLES
BUDGET MOVEMENT AND THOSE
SUPPORTING THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET FOR REALLY PUSHING ON
CONCRETE GAINS FOR RENTERS
LIGHTS, TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH HAVE
BEEN STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY OUR
SOCIALIST COUNCIL OFFICE AND
THE FOREIGN B'S WE BROUGHT
FORWARD BEEN WE WILL CONTINUE
TO ADVOCATE FOR AN INCREASE IN
THE AMAZON TAX TO STOP THE
DRACONIAN OVER $200 MILLION OF
CUTS TO HOUSING SERVICES THAT
EXIST IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY CELEBRATED
THE DEFEAT OF DONALD TRUMP IN
THIS UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION.
IN FACT WORKING PEOPLE AND
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD WHO ARE WATCHING
ANXIOUSLY THESE LAST FEW DAYS
HOPING FOR DONALD TRUMP'S
DEPETE ARE HEAVING A COLLECTIVE
SIGH OF RELIEF.
AS A SOCIALIST AND UNION MEMBER
AND WORKING CLASS ELECTIVE
REPRESENTATIVE I JOIN IN THE
CELEBRATION OF THE DOWN FALL OF
THIS DEEPLY ANTIWORKER, RACIST,
SECTIONIST, ANTIIMMIGRANT
PRESIDENT.
NOT ONLY HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
POLICIES BEEN A DISASTER BUT
HIS ELECTION AND PRESIDENCY
HAVE ACTIVELY EMBOLDENED RIGHT
WING POP YOUISM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE LEFT
PROGRESSIVES AND SOCIALISTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO WERE
ELECTED OR REELECTED LAST WEEK,
INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF CORY
BUSH AND JAMAL BOWMAN AND THE
REELECTION OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-
CORTEZ.
TRUMP HAS BEEN A HISTORICALLY
ABYSMAL, DEEPLY UNPOPULAR
PRESIDENT WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN
EASY TO DEFEAT, ESPECIALLY IN
THE CONTEXT OF HIS CRIMINAL
MISHANDLING OF THE RESPONSE TO
THE PANDEMIC TOP QUOTE THE
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER QUOTE, TRUMP
SHOULD HAVE LOST IN A LANDSLIDE
BUT NO BLUE WAVE MATERIALIZED
MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE VOTED FOR
TRUMP THAN IN 2016 AND IT
BECAME DISTURBINGLY CLEAR THAT
EVEN IF TRUMP HIMSELF IS BOOTED
FROM OFFICE TRUMPISM IS ALIVE
AND WELL.
UNQUOTE.
AND TRUMP ALMOST CERTAINLY
COULD HAVE BEEN HANDILY
DEFEATED HAD THE DEMOCRATS NOT
GONE ALL OUT TO CRUSH BERNIE
SANDERS AND VICIOUSLY REJECT
THE MOST POPULAR PARTS OF HIS
PLATFORM LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL,
TAXING THE RICH INSTEAD OF
WORKING PEOPLE AND EXPOSING
TRUMP FOR SELLING OUT HIS
WORKING PEOPLE FOR HISTORIC TAX
CUTS.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PLATFORM
THAT COULD HAVE UNITED TENS OF
MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE AND
YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS RACE AND
OTHER DIVISIONS AND WIPED TRUMP
OFF THE MAP BUT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY REJECTED IT OFF HAND IN
FAVOR OF DEFENDING THE STATUS
QUO.
EXIT POLLS SHOW BETWEEN 58% AND
75% OF VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR
BIDEN REPORT THAT THEIR VOTE
WAS PRIMARILY A VOTE AGAINST
TRUMP, NOT FOR BIDEN.
IN REALITY TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICANS OF COURSE REPRESENT
AN AGENDA EXTREMELY HOSTILE TO
ORDINARY PEOPLE AND RACISM AND
BIGOTRY BUT THE TRAGIC REALITY
IS THERE IS NO STRATEGY INCLUDE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO FIGHT
THESE IDEAS AND WE NEED A PARTY
THAT REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS
OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AND A PARTY THAT WILL HELP
BUILD MASS MOVEMENTS.
NONE OF WHICH THE DEMOCRATIC
ESTABLISHMENT HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO DO.
TWO VERY SOBERING STATISTICS.
ABOUT 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A
UNION MEMBER WENT FOR TRUMP.
THIS IS THE BEST MARGIN FOR A
REPUBLICAN SINCE 1984 WHICH WAS
THE ELECTION THAT GAVE RONALD
REAGAN HIS SECOND TERM AND
ANOTHER FACT, TRUMP GOT THE
HIGHEST SUPPORT FROM VOTERS OF
COLOR OF ANY REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IN 60 YEARS.
IT IS CLEAR THAT IT'S AN
EXTREMELY RISKY STRATEGY FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO REFUSE
TO TAKE UP PROGRESSIVE ISSUES
THAT WILL PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
RIGHT WING DRAWING IN WORKING
PEOPLE WHO ARE ANGRY AT
CORPORATE POLITICS AND END UP
VOTING REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY
FEEL THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT
SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS
WHOSE CAMPAIGNS REFUSED TO
STAND FOR ANY PROGRESSIVE ISSUE
EITHER LOST THEIR SEATS OR VERY
NARROWLY WON.
ALL THROUGH THE PRIMARY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CLAIMED THAT
REJECTING BERNIE SANDERS AND
HIS CAMPAIGN PLATFORM WOULD
HELP THEM IN THESE SO-CALLED
DOWN BALLOT RACES AND
SHOCKINGLY NOW THOSE SAME
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS ARE
BLAMING THEIR LOSSES ON OR
THEIR NEAR LOSSES ON
PROGRESSIVES, ON SOCIALISTS AND
ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT FOR THEIR OWN
FAILURES.
IN CONTRAST, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY
SINGLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WHO
COSPONSORED MEDICARE FOR ALL IN
A SWING DISTRICT KEPT THEIR
SEAT.
WHICH AGAIN IS NO SURPRISE
GIVEN THAT POLLS HAVE
CONSISTENTLY SHOWN A MAJORITY
OF THE U.S. ELECTORATE IS
CONSIDERABLY TO THE LEFT OF
BOTH PARTY LEADERSHIPS ON ISSUE
AFTER ISSUE, ENVIRONMENT,
ELECTORAL REFORM, MEDICARE FOR
ALL.
AN EXIT POLL DONE ON NOVEMBER
3rd BY FOX NEWS SHOWED 72% OF
VOTERS WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
EVEN IN STATES THAT WENT TO
TRUMP, PROGRESSIVE BALLOT
INITIATIVES WON BY WIDE
MARGINS.
IN FLORIDA A $15 MINIMUM WAGE
BALLOT MEASURE WAS APPROVED BY
VOTERS BY MORE THAN 61%.
IN EVERY STATE THAT HAD
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION MEASURE
EVERY STATE WON THAT KIND OF
MEASURE AND MANY OF THOSE ARE
DEEP RED STATES THAT WENT FOR
TRUMP.
THE NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES
CONGRESSMAN OCASIO-CORTEZ
EXPRESSING HER FRUSTRATION WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENTS
ATTACKS AND THEIR VIEW OF
LOOKING AT PROGRESSIVE ISSUES
AS THE ENEMY.
QUOTE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I
WANT TO BE IN POLITICS.
IT'S THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM
YOUR OWN PARTY, IT'S YOUR OWN
PARTY THINKING YOU'RE THE
ENEMY.
YOU MEANING SHE'S REFERENCING
PROGRESSIVES.
SO TRUMPISM WILL NOT END WITH
TRUMP UNLESS WORKING PEOPLE
BUILD INDEPENDENT FIGHTING MASS
MOVEMENTS AND BEGIN TO BUILD
OUR OWN PARTY FOR THE WORKING
CLASS AND UNLESS WE DO THAT
RIGHT WING POPULISM AND FAR
RIGHT FORCES ARE LIKELY TO GROW
UNDER THE CORPORATE
ADMINISTRATION OF JOE BIDEN AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE NEED TO BUILD MOVEMENTS TO
FIGHT AGAINST AUSTERITY AND THE
BUDGET CUTS THAT WILL LOOM FROM
ALL ACROSS STATES AND CITIES
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL, FOR
MEDICARE FOR ALL AND TO HOLD
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND USE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMUNITY ON TODAY'S CALENDAR
AND THERE ARE SIX ITEMS FROM
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL.
ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION
COUNCIL AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PRESERVATION AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL.
THIS LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO
JOIN THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL
WORK GROUP WHICH HAD SEVERAL
REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND
AGAIN I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE A UNIQUE COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE WITH OUR MARITIME
INDUSTRY AS WE HAVE THE CLOSEST
FRESH WATER PORT TO THE GULF OF
ALASKA.
THIS COMING WEEK I'LL BE
JOINING THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
FOR THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6 I CONTINUE
TO HOST DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT
MEETINGS EVERY WEEK.
DURING MY RESIDENT MEETINGS
LAST WEEK WE CONTINUED TO
DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY,
HOMELESSNESS, TRANSPORTATION,
STAY TOGETHER BLOCKS AND I
SPOKE TO RESIDENTS IN BALLARD,
WEST WOODLAND, WOODLAND PARK,
CROWN HILL, LOYAL HEIGHTS AND
THE GREENWOOD, PHINNEY IS SUCH
A UNIQUE RIDGE.
MET WITH A LOT OF FOLKS LAST
WEEK.
AND I CONTINUE TO MEET WITH
RESIDENTS EVERY WEEK IF YOU'D
LIKE TO JOIN ME PLEASE SIGN UP
ON THE FORM ON MY WEBSITE.
WE'RE SCHEDULING ABOUT TWO
WEEKS OUT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND THANK
YOU TO ALL THE BLACK WOMEN IN
THE UNITED STATES THAT MADE
THIS LAST ELECTION GETTING JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
ELECTED.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
>> HEARING NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND HEAR NOW FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AND THEN I WILL
CONCLUDE WITH MY REPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA
TODAY ON THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA IS ONE BILL FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE THAT IS
COUNCIL BILL 119945.
THIS IS RELATED TO CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSIONS.
THE INTENT OF THE, THE EFFECT
OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO ADDRESS
THE, HOW PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE
ELECTED.
ONE OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION IS ELECTED BY
RELEVANT EMPLOYEES,
SPECIFICALLY POLICE AND FIRE.
THINGS ARE SLIGHTLY DELAYED BY
COVID-19 SO THIS ALLOWS THE
CITY CLERK TO HOLD THE ELECTION
IN DECEMBER RATHER THAN
NOVEMBER AND ALLOWS FOR
ELECTRONIC BALLOTS RATHER THAN
PHYSICAL BALLOTS.
THIS IS ONLY FOR 2020 AND IT IS
INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, NOT
CAPTURED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO EXPRESS THE TEMPORARY NATURE
OF THE CHANGE.
IT ALSO ELIMINATES OUTDATED
LANGUAGE IN THE CODE REGARDING
THE ELECTION PROCESS AND ALLOWS
THE CITY CLERK TO MODERNIZE THE
ELECTION PROCESS BY RULE.
THAT'S ALL THAT IS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM MY
COMMITTEE.
JUST AS I DO EVERY WEEK I GIVE
MY PROPS OUT TO SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR COVID-19
TEST ADMINISTRATION.
AT FOUR SITES THROUGHOUT THE
NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF TESTS
BEING DELIVERED BY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT UP THROUGH NOVEMBER
7th STARTING JUNE 1st IS
331,000 TESTS ADMINISTERED BY
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ECHOING SOME OF THE COMMENTS BY
MY COLLEAGUES TODAY AS IT
RELATES TO COVID-19
TRANSMISSION, THERE WAS A
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH STATEWIDE SITUATION
REPORT LAST WEEK WHICH SHOWS AS
WE HAVE NOTED THAT CORONAVIRUS
TRANSMISSION IS INCREASING
THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON.
THE CASE COUNTS IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN INCREASING
IN ALL AGE GROUPS SINCE MID
SEPTEMBER.
AND THIS SUGGESTS THAT NO
SINGLE TRANSMISSION ROUTE IS
DRIVING TRENDS AND COVID-19 IS
WELL DISPERSED ACROSS THE
POPULATION.
GROWTH IN CASES IS PARTICULARLY
PRONOUNCED IN THE 25 TO 39 AND
40 TO 59 AGE GROUPS.
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING PLANS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS LIKE I KNOW WE
ALL ARE, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND
THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOUR
FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES, WEAR MASKS AROUND
PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T LIVE
WITH.
EVEN IF THOSE FOLKS ARE CLOSE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
LIMIT THE NUMBER IN SIZE AND
FREQUENCY OF GATHERINGS.
WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY.
STAY HOME IF YOU'RE SICK AND IF
YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED
CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR VISIT
KINGCOUNTY.GOV/COVID/TESTING
FOR FREE TESTING APPOINTMENTS.
ANOTHER REMINDER THAT
ENROLLMENT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
IS NOVEMBER 1st THROUGH JANUARY
15th.
KING COUNTY HEALTH INSURANCE
NAVIGATORS ARE OFFERING
PERSONAL HELP WITH THE
ENROLLMENT PROCESS AT
KINGCOUNTY.GOV/COVERAGE.
YOU CAN ALL FOR HEALTH ACCESS
AND INSURANCE QUESTIONS.
187565437.
THIS GENERAL TOPIC BRINGS ME TO
SOME OF MY ELECTION
REFLECTIONS.
REALLY APPRECIATED COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ'S COMMENTS
ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AS IT
RELATES TO CELEBRATIONS DESPITE
HOW OVERJOYED I WAS WITH THE
ELECTION RESULTS ANOTHER ONE OF
MY STRONG REACTIONS WAS CONCERN
ABOUT COVID TRANSMISSION DURING
CELEBRATIONS.
AND MORE ON ELECTION
REFLECTIONS I'M SO ENCOURAGED
THAT THIS WEEK HAS STARTED OFF
MONDAY MORNING WITH A PRESS
CONFERENCE FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT
BIDEN TURNING HIS PRIMARY FOCUS
ON THE CREATION OF A FEDERAL
COVID-19 RESPONSE AND HIS
INSISTENCE THAT MASK WEARING
NOT BE A POLITICAL STATEMENT
MOVING FORWARD.
WITH THIS OUTCOME OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION I'M SO
HOPEFUL THAT CITIES AND STATES
ARE NO LONGER ON THEIR OWN TO
TO ADDRESS OUR GREATEST PUBLIC
HEALTH CHALLENGE IN A CENTURY.
AS FAR AS ACTIVITIES FOR ME, I
HAVE THE WATER SHED RESOURCE
INVENTORY AREA 9 MEETING THIS
WEEK.
AND JUST REFLECTING OVER LAST
WEEK, LETTING FOLKS KNOW HERE
THAT I PRESENTED AT THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION IN
RESPONSE TO THEIR REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL TO INFORM THEM ON THE
COUNCIL'S BUDGET ACTIONS
REGARDING POLICING IN SEATTLE.
HAD REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH
THE MEMBERS OF THE CPC ABOUT
THAT.
LAST WEEK I ALSO RECEIVED A
BRIEFING FROM CHIEF DIAZ ON
POLICY CHANGES RELATED TO CROWD
CONTROL THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK.
THIS GOT SOME ATTENTION IN THE
MEDIA THE POLICY CHANGES THAT
THEY ANNOUNCED FALL INTO FIVE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE BEING RECOGNIZING THE
VISIBILITY PRESENCE AND
APPEARANCE OF OFFICERS AT A
DEMONSTRATION CAN IMPACT
INTERACTIONS WITH THE CROWD.
AND REDUCING THE DEPARTMENT'S
PRESENT WHEN SAFE AND FEASIBLE.
TWO, THEY ARE INTENDING TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PROVIDE
MEDIA LEGAL OBSERVES AND SAFE
AVENUES TO CARRY OUT THEIR
IMPORTANT ROLES.
THREE, THEY'RE WORKING TO
DEESCALATE WHENEVER IT'S SAFE
AND FEASIBLE.
THEY'RE IMPROVING MEANS OF
CONVEYING PUBLIC SAFETY
MESSAGES TO LARGE CROWDS.
THEY ARE WORKING ON NEW
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
INDIVIDUALS TAKING UNLAWFUL
ACTIONS AND OTHERWISE LAWFUL
CROWDS.
I HAD THIS BRIEFING WITH CHIEF
DIAZ AND CAPTAIN LESLIE COURTER
IN LAST WEEK.
IT WAS AFTER THE PROTESTS THAT
I THINK MANY OF US SAW LAST
WEEK WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS
HURT DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION
COMMISSION OF AN ARREST AND ONE
OF THE THINGS I REALLY
STRUGGLED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
FROM MY BRIEFING ON THESE
CHANGES IS HOW CHANGES IN
WRITTEN POLICY ARE RESULTING IN
CHANGES IN DECISION MAKING IN
REALTIME.
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY ARE
USING A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE THAT IS
CLEAR AND APPARENT.
FOR THINGS LIKE REDUCING THE
VISIBLE PRESENCE AND APPEARANCE
AT OFFICERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
IN THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING THAT
LARGE NUMBERS OF POLICE CAN
HAVE IMPACTS ON INTERACTIONS
WITH CROWDS.
I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THE
OUTCOME OF THAT POLICY CHANGE
ON THE GROUND.
WE SAW MANY DOZENS OF POLICE
OFFICERS RESPONDING TO WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A PROTEST OF
APPROXIMATELY LOOKED LIKE 20
PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
HOW POLICY CHANGES ARE
IMPLEMENTED AND HOW THEY
ACTUALLY RESULT IN DIFFERENT
RESPONSES BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO
MANAGING CROWDS OF FOLKS WHO
ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR RIGHTS OF
FREE SPEECH AND YOU KNOW SOME
OF THE POLICY CHANGES I
UNDERSTAND ALSO ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSENT
DECREE PROCESS.
BUT SOME OF THESE POLICY
CHANGES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS SAYING THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING
NOW.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO IMPLEMENT THESE NEW
POLICIES AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN
NEW POLICIES HAVE SUPPOSEDLY
BEEN IMPLEMENTED BUT THAT WE'RE
NOT SEEING THE CHANGES WE
EXPECT FROM THOSE NEW POLICIES.
LASTLY I JUST WANT TO MENTION
THAT THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY I'M
GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING
VIRTUALLY IN A DISTRICT 1 TOWN
HALL ORGANIZED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA AND THAT TOWN HALL IS
FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, HAD
A QUESTION ABOUT THE COUNCIL
BILL 11945 JUST SO I UNDERSTAND
IT BETTER.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU WORKED
VERY HARD ON THE LANDMARK
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
IN 2017.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
BILL DOES PROVIDE AN OPENING TO
FLEXIBILITY IN CASE THAT PART
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
CAN BE IMPLEMENTED LATER.
HAVING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE
COMMISSION.
>> THIS PARTICULAR BILL IS
FOCUSED ON ALLOWING THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
TO CONSTITUTE ITSELF UNDER THE
CURRENT REQUIREMENTS.
IT DOES NOT CREATE ANY LONG
TERM CONFLICTS AROUND OUR
EFFORTS TO REFORM THE APPEALS
PROCESS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING AT AS CONTEMPLATED
UNDER THE 2017 ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING TO BRING TO LIGHT SOME OF
THE NOT ONLY POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS BUT THE I THINK
DISPARITY BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE
HEARING AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I TOO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF DIAZ
AS WE HAVE A FEW TIMES DURING
THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT I
CAN GIVE A HEADS UP ON SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING
AS PROBLEMATIC TO LET FOLKS
KNOW WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD ON
VARIOUS PIECES THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE PROPOSED.
IN MY DISCUSSION I BELIEVE IT
WAS LAST FRIDAY AS WELL I HAD
HEARD THAT THERE WAS A
DIFFERENCE IN THE APPROACH THAT
POLICE WERE TAKING.
BUT I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF
THIS WAS POLICY IN WRITING AND
CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME?
IS THERE CHANGES THAT WERE
DIRECTED IN WRITING OR IS THIS
SOMETHING THEY'RE THINKING OF
AS A PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA,
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT'S THE PART AT WHICH I WAS
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
FROM SPD IN MY BRIEFING.
THERE WASN'T A REPORT.
THERE WAS A BLOTTER POST THAT
THE MEDIA HAS REPORTED ON AND
IN THAT BLOTTER POST IT
IDENTIFIED THESE FIVE CHANGES.
AND I'VE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE POLICY CHANGES IN IT
WRITING AND THERE ARE GOING TO
BE POLICY CHANGES IN WRITING.
THOSE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE CONSENT DECREE PROCESS
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE REVIEWED BY
THE MONITOR AND THE DOJ AND
BROUGHT TO THE JUDGE AND
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
WEIGH IN ON THOSE WRITTEN
CHANGES AND POLICIES.
IN MY BRIEFING THERE WAS
DISCUSSION THAT SOME THINGS
WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
CONSENT DECREE PROCESS AND SOME
THINGS WON'T.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT DON'T
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSENT
DECREE PROCESS THEY'RE
IMPLEMENTING NOW.
EVEN IF THEY'RE, IT JUST SEEMS
TO ME THAT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
500 PAGE ODD POLICY MANUAL.
MANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT, THAT
GO INTO THE POLICY MANUAL ARE
THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE, YOU
KNOW, FLESHED OUT BEYOND FIVE
BULLETS.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
THERE IS A CHANGE THAT IS GOING
TO BE REFLECTED IN THE POLICY
MANUAL THAT WE CAN SEE NOW.
IF THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE
IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE
CHANGES NOW I WOULD LIKE TO
REVIEW THEM IN A WAY THAT IS
MORE EXPANSIVE THAN A FIVE
BULLET BLOTTER POST.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IS WHICH THINGS ARE
GOING TO BE GOING OVER HERE AND
WHICH THINGS ARE THEY DOING
NOW?
>> WELL, VERY BRIEFLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING THAT
LINE OF QUESTION TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS INFORMATION IN WRITING
THAT IS NOT ONLY TRANSPARENT TO
US BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
AND PRESS AS WELL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE TO
DO WITH THE SAFETY OF THE
POLICE INTERACTIONS WITH
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, LEGAL
OBSERVERS AND MEDICS.
HOWEVER, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS
AS I MENTIONED TO THE CHIEF
I'VE HEARD A FEW REPORTS OF
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
SPECIFICALLY BEING MOVED OUT OF
THE WAY TO VERY FAR DISTANCES
AND IT IS NOT THE GOAL TO
PREVENT THE PRESS FROM BEING
ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHAT'S
ACTUALLY HAPPENING SO I THINK
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT
STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
ENSURE THAT YES MEMBERS OF THE
PRESS, LEGAL OBSERVERS AND
MEDICS ARE NOT HARMED BY
ACTIVITIES OF OUR POLICE FORCE
BUT ALSO THAT THEY ARE STILL
ABLE TO BOTH DOCUMENT THE
SITUATION AND BE CLOSE TO THE
ACTION SO THAT REPORTING CAN
OCCUR OR THE LEGAL OBSERVING
AND MEDICAL SERVICES CAN ALSO
OCCUR.
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
YOU AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE JUST REMINDED ME OF
ANOTHER ISSUE RELATED TO THE
RIGHT OF NOT JUST THE MEDIA BUT
THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO
OBSERVE.
WE HAVE AN OBSERVERS BILL OF
RIGHTS THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED
SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT IS ALL
ABOUT THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE
AND DOCUMENT POLICE INTERACTION
WITH THE PUBLIC AND IN MY
VIEWING OF SOME OF THE
ACTIVITIES LAST WEEK IT
APPEARED THAT THE DISTANCING OF
THE PUBLIC FROM THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
RELATION TO THE INJURED
INDIVIDUAL MIGHT NOT BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF
THE OBSERVERS BILL OF RIGHTS
WHICH DOES ESTABLISH THAT
POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN REQUIRE A
SAFE DISTANCE FROM SORT OF
WHERE THE ACTION IS BUT THE
SEPARATION OF FOLKS IN THIS
PARTICULAR INSTANCE SEEMED TO
BE MUCH BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED A SAFE DISTANCE AND
THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF
POLICE FLASHLIGHTS AND LIGHTS
WITH THE EFFORTS TO TAKE, TO
CREATE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
THE SHINING OF THE LIGHTS ON
PROTESTERS WHO WERE TRYING TO
CAPTURE THE WHAT WAS HAPPENING
MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME
CASES TO DO SO.
WE NEED TO PRESERVE THESE
PRECIOUS RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE.
THE RIGHTS OF FOLKS TO ENGAGE
IN FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY
WHILE OBSERVING THE LAW AND NOT
DOING DAMAGE TO OUR CITY.
OR DOING DAMAGE TO PEOPLE.
BUT OBSERVING THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF PROTESTS AS
WELL AS THE PRESS' ABILITY TO
DOCUMENT AND THE ABILITY OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDICS TO ASSIST
FOLKS IN HARMS WAY.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
I WANT TO ECHO MY THANKS TO YOU
FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION WE NEED AS OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR AND
APPRECIATE THE ON GOING WORK
HERE AND ALSO JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENTS THAT
WERE ALSO MADE BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
I TOO ALSO ECHO THOSE REMARKS
AND FRUSTRATIONS I THINK ARE
SHARED AMONGST ALL OF US IN
TERM THE OF OUR ON GOING DESIRE
TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST
PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS ON THE STREET
WHETHER IT'S MEDIA OR
PROTESTERS.
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE
INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES
AVAILABLE FROM IT YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
APPRECIATE THAT.
COLLEAGUES IN TERMS OF MY
REPORT I ALREADY REPORTED WHAT
I NEEDED TO DURING MY
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
THERE'S NO GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE SCHEDULED
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND I
HAVE NOTHING ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA RELATED TO
GOVERNORS AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
SO I AM HAPPY TO SORT OF CLOSE
OUT THIS PART.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
PLEASE.
>> JUST A QUICK REMINDER WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE AN ALL DAY SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
TOMORROW STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST THE FIRST
HOUR FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND
FOR FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PLEASE
NOTE THE LIVE LINK WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT 7:30 A.M.
SO YOU HAVE TWO HOURS PLUS THE
DURATION OF OUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TO SIGN UP.
BUT AGAIN THANKS IN ADVANCE TO
ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WALK
THROUGH OF THE DRAFT BUDGET AND
WE WILL BE POSTING THAT TODAY
ALONG WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A
ROBUST DISCUSSION.
THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE
SO FAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING ALL OF YOU TOMORROW.
>> THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
ALL RIGHT.
FOLKS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR
AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING SO
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AND
I'LL SEE YOU ALL AT 2:00.