.
>>> I AM NOT SEEING IN MY INBOX
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SIGN UP
SHEET.
>> STAND BY.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>>> HEY THERE THIS IS COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS COMING IN BY
PHONE.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE
SIGN UP SHEET BEING SENT OVER
TO ME AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING.
.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
.
>> DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THAT?
>> I SEE IT. .
>>> GOOD MORNING THE SEPTEMBER
23, 2020 MEETING OF LAND USE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:33:00 A.M.
I'M DAN STRAUSS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> JUAREZ.
MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER.
>> PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN
ALTERNATE?
OR DID YOU CALL COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND I JUST MISSED IT?
>> YES.
>> AH, MY APOLOGIZE.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
ACKNOWLEDGING WE'RE ON THE
TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
SAILOR'S PEOPLE PAST AND
PRESENT AND HONOR WITH
GRATITUDE THE LAND ITSELF AND
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
FOR MILLENIUM.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY A PUBLIC HEARING
AND VOTE ON 877 WHICH EXTENDS
ALLOWING FOR VIRTUAL DESIGN AND
LANDMARK MEETINGS DURING THE
COVID-19 EMERGENCY, A
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON 838 THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
AMENDMENT AND DISCUSSION AND
VOTE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
DOCKET SETTING RESOLUTION.
COUNCIL RULES THE LAND AND USE
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEE WILL
NOT BE MEETING AS THE COUNCIL
CONSIDERS THE 2021 BUDGET.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE IS ON
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9 STARTING
AT 9:30 A.M.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
BEFORE WE BEGIN I ASK THAT YOU
BE PATIENT AS WE LEARN TO
OPERATE THIS NEW SYSTEM REAL-
TIME.
DEB BARKER, MEGAN CRUZ, CHRIS
LEE MAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET
YESTERDAY AND I APOLOGIZE WE
HAD TO TAKE UP A VOTE AND SO WE
WILL BE--I'LL BE REACHING OUT
TO MEET WITH YOU AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND NOAH HAS ALREADY
COMMUNICATED WITH ME MUCH OF
WHAT HE HAD TO SHARE SO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WE
NAVIGATE THESE TRYING TIMES.
WHILE IT REMAINS OUR STRONG
INTENT TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGULARLY INCLUDED ON MEETING
AGENDAS THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATE AT KNIFEPOINT IF WE
DEEM THE SYSTEM IS UNSUITABLE
FOR ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY IN A
MANNER WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO
CONDUCT OUR NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
MEETING IS UP TO TEN MINUTES
AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BEGIN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY ARE EREGISTERRED ON
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
IN YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME
THE STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MIKE AND YOU WILL
UNMUTE TO BE THE SPEAKER'S CUE.
PLEASE BY SAYING YOUR NAME AND
WHICH ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME TEN
SECONDS BEFORE THE ALLOTTED
TIME ENDS.
ONCE THE SPEAKER AIRS THE CHIME
YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO WRAP UP
YOUR COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS BY THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AFTER TEN SECONDS TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING PLEASE
DO SO BY THE OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
PLEASE REMEMBER THERE IS A
SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
AGENDA FOR ITEM ONE.
CB119877 WHICH EXTENDS IF YOUR
COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THAT I ASK
YOU PLEASE HOLD THEM FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE
NAMES ON THE LIST.
I SEE DEB BARKER.
STEVE I DON'T SEE THAT YOU ARE
PRESENT.
SUSAN SWAB, JIM STREET, SUSAN
GRANT.
AMY WOLF I DON'T SEE THAT YOU
ARE PRESENT.
BRIAN I DON'T SEE THAT YOU ARE
PRESENT.
CHRIS LEEMAN AND THEN AMY
THOROUGH I DON'T SEE THAT YOU
ARE PRESENT.
SO DEB BARKER, WELCOME.
AND SPEAKER AS YOU ARE UNMUTED
YOU ALSO HAVE TO PRESS STAR 6
SO SPEAKERS PRESS STAR 6 AND
HELLO THIS IS SUSAN GRANT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HI GOOD MORNING.
I'M CALLING--HELLO DAN.
I'M CALLING REGARDING
RESOLUTION 31970.
I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN HEAR ME
JUST FINE IS THAT TRUE?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> OKAY.
I'M ESPECIALLY COMMENTING ON
NUMBER C LETTER C TREES OF
COURSE YOU KNOW I'M A TREE GAL
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
AMENDMENT I WILL HOPE YOU WILL
AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
BETTER SUPPORT I WAS AT TWO
THAT WILL BE CUT DOWN BY THE
HOMEOWNER AND ONE IS 25-INCHES
IF THAT TREE ORDINANCE HAS
ALREADY BEEN PASSED THAT
WESTERN RED CEDAR WOULD BE
CLASSIFIED AS EXCEPTIONAL AND
MIGHT BE SAVED.
SO IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
YOU REALLY NEED TO ADD THE
PROVISION STATING NO NET LOSS
OF TREE CANOPIES SO VERY
IMPORTANT AND YOU ALL KNOW ALL
OF THE REASONS WHY I DON'T NEED
TO TELL YOU.
LET'S FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.
ALL RIGHT?
LET'S BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
YOU NEED TO ADD PROVISIONS ALSO
FOR MAXIMIZING THE RETENTION OF
EXISTING TREES.
DURING DEVELOPMENT AS IN LAND
USE CODES AT MC23.
I HOPE YOU WILL STEP UP THE 30%
TREE CANOPY GOAL THAT WE'VE
BEEN HOPING TO HAVE AND THAT
OTHER CITIES ARE AHEAD OF US OF
THE EMERALD CITY IS BEHIND IN
CASE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ANYWAY
FROM 2037 YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED IT
NEEDS TO BE 2030.
IT'S COMING.
WE HAVE TO HELP MEET RACIAL AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE GOALS AND THE
CLIMATE CRISIS IMPACTS.
AND ALSO IF YOU WERE STUCK
INSIDE DURING THE COVID AND YOU
NEED TO GO WALKING OUTSIDE YOU
KNOW TREES ARE GOING TO HELP
YOU AND BE MUCH BETTER FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
SINCE THEY'RE THE ONLY
ORGANIZATION IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE WE CAN DEPEND UPON TO
KEEP TRACK OF AND PROTECT OUR
TREES.
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
MUST BE GIVEN AN EQUAL ROLE IN
THE TREE STUDY AMENDMENT.
THEY HAVE TO BE PARTNERING
ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE--OH, AM
I DONE?
OUT OF TIME?
>> YOU'VE GOT TEN MORE SECONDS.
YOU CAN KEEP GOING.
>> OH OKAY.
I JUST WANT THEM TO BE AN EQUAL
PARTNER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF MY COMPLENTS
WILL BE WELL CONSIDERED AND
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
BUT THEY WERE NOT IN A PUNK
ROCK SONG TODAY.
MAYBE NEXT TIME THOUGH.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THERE TO
THROW ONE ZAHNER RIGHT BACK AT
ME BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO
CHATTING WITH YOU IN THE NEW
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AMY WOLF.
BRIAN AND THEN CHRIS.
AMY?
>> HI.
THIS IS AMY WOLF, GOOD MORNING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PUNK
ROCK COMMENT.
ANYWAY SHE'S ADDRESSED THE
CANOPY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE A CONCERN AS A LONG TIME
SEATTLE RESIDENT THAT I CAN'T
GET ANYONE TO LOOK AT ALL ALONG
THE ROADWAYS LIKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD WEST LAKE SMALLER
PARKS AND TREES LOSING
THOUSANDS OF TREES AND IT'S
BEING ADDRESSED IN PLACES LIKE
LINCOLN PARK AND IT'S NOT BEING
ADDRESSED ON OUR ROADWAYS AND I
THINK WE'RE GOING TO TURN
AROUND AND GO WHERE DO ALL OF
THOSE TREES GO AND I DON'T KNOW
IF I THINK THERE ARE MANY
PLACES THAT NOBODY COULD BE
BOTHERED TO NOTICE THAT THERE'S
INVASIVE IVY JUST KILLING THEM
AND I'M GOING TO SEND ALL OF
YOU GUYS SOME PICTURES IN CASE
YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED AND
HONESTLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION LIKE THE WOMAN WHO
JUST SPOKE I CAN'T GET THEM TO
NOTICE THAT OR TALK ABOUT IT
AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE DEALING
WITH DEVELOPMENT BUT SOMEBODY
NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THE TREES
WE'RE USED TO SEEING EVERY DAY
THAT WON'T BE THERE AND ARE
FALLING ALL ALONG ROADS ALL
OVER SEATTLE SO THAT'S ALL I
HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
UCHE NEXT IS BRIAN THEN CHRIS
THEN ANNIE WE STILL SEE THAT WE
WILL GO BACK TO DEB BARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER STREET, BRIAN,
GOOD MORNING.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HI. MY NAME IS BRIAN.
SORRY JUST POINT OF
CLASSIFICATION DID I HEAR THE
COMMENT ON THE ADR AND VIER
ACTUAL DRV THIS ISN'T THE VENUE
FOR RIGHT NOW?
IS THAT LATER?
>> THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO JUST WAIT
AND CIRCLE BACK IN A COUPLE
MINUTES.
>> YUP.
I CAN WAIT.
THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
.
>> I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
FLEXIBILITY.
UP NEXT IS CHRIS LEE MAN
FOLLOWED BY DEB BARKER JIM
>> YES HELLO. N STEVE.
>> HI, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
RESOLUTION 31970 FOR DOCKETING
TWO I HAVE SUBMITTED SEVEN
AMENDMENTS AND OF COURSE I WANT
THEM ALL DOCKETED BUT TWO IN
PARTICULAR I THINK ARE URGENT
AND ARE NEGLIGENTFULLY ANALYZED
BY THE CENTRAL STAFF IN BOTH
CASES TO BECOME AVAILABLE.
IN THE CASE OF THE OPEN
GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT IT IS NOT
EVEN ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN
THIS RESOLUTION.
PLEASE DON'T ACT ON THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY ESPECIALLY
UNDER CORONAVIRUS.
YOU NEED TO GIVE MORE TIME
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO
FOLLOW THIS AND WHAT THIS CALLS
FOR IS FOR A PLAN PLAN FOR OPEN
GOVERNMENT AND THE CORONAVIRUS
PRICES SHOWS WHY WE NEED THAT
AND THERE'S INCONSISTENCY
ACROSS DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND
THERE'S NO ADVANCE PLANNING ONE
OF YOUR OTHER AND THAT'S DURING
SOME ONE OFF PLANNING ACTION
WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNED
AND COORDINATED WITH OTHER WAYS
OF DOING IT ACROSS THE CITY SO
PLEASE SENDING YOU E-MAIL AND
THE OTHER COUNCIL SENDING YOU
MEMBERS YESTERDAY.
SECOND THE EXTRA HEAVY ARE
DAMAGING THE ROADS AND USE.
AND WHAT IS NEW HERE IS THAT
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE HAS
BEEN FOUND AND S DOT HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EXTRA HEAVY
TRANSIT CLASSES CONTRIBUTED TO
THAT TO SAY DESPERATELY NEEDS
TO REALIZE ONE IS IN THE HOLE
AND THE FIRST STEP IS JUST STOP
DIGGING IN THAT WHOLE.
THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE
THAT STEP BECAUSE CITY VEHICLES
AND FIRE ENGINES ARE DAMAGING
ROADS AND BRIDGES AND MUCH MORE
DAMAGES CAUSED BY METRO GRANTED
WITHOUT ANY ACTION.
CITY TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE METRO
TO HAVE BUSES THAT DON'T DO
DAMAGE FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES SO
BOTH OF THESE ARE INTO THE
SUBSEQUENTLY ANALYZED BY THE
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE CITY
COUNCIL NEEDS TO INCLUDE THEM
FOR THE DOCKETED STUDY SO THERE
IS REASONABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHAT TO DO.
IT'S JUST TWO IN ONE CASE AND
THE OTHER HAVE TO BE.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THEY WANTED TO DO THAT.
>> I'M SORRY YOUR TIME HAS
EXPIRED AND I KNOW WE WILL BE
MEETING AGAIN SOON.
IT AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS
PROVIDED IN THE--THAT I
PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS SENATORS PASS SECONDS
AFTER HAS EXPIRED TO CONTINUE
MOVING ON.
CHRIS I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONNECTING SOON.
UP NEXT WE DON'T SEE THAT YOU
ARE PRESENT WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE NEXT TO DEB BARKER GOOD
MORNING DEB AND YOU'LL NEED TO
PRESS STAR 6. THERE WE ARE.
>> HELLO I THINK I'M HERE.
>> YOU ARE INDEED.
GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER
TO PAUSE BEFORE YOUR
FRANTICALLY HIT STAR SIX A
SECOND THIRD AND FOURTH TIME.
MY NAME IS DEB BARKER SPEAKING
TODAY COUNCIL BILL.
I SUPPORT DESIGN REVIEW.
I WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR FOUR
YEARS SOUTH WEST DESIGN REVIEW
BOARD AND CONTINUE TO ATTEND
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS IN
PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO IN PERSON
DESIGN REVIEW THAT IS CRITICAL
AND IT IS--IT SHOULD BE LOOKED
AT--I LOOK AT IT AS A POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE FOR THE PROJECT AND
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S WHEN PEOPLE GO IN AND THEY
HAVE CONCERNS AND THEY CAN
ACTUALLY TALK TO SOMEBODY SO I
HAVE SUPPORTED DESIGN REVIEW IN
PERSON AND INCLUDING DESIGN
REVIEW FOR LOW INCOME PROJECTS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS
YOU GET COMMUNITY SUPPORT BY
HAVING FACE-TO-FACE
CONVERSATIONS.
I JUST WANT TO SIGHT A BUSINESS
PERSON IN MY COMMUNITY WHO
ATTENDED A VIRTUAL DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD MEETING AND SPENT
THE MAJORITY OF HER TIME
LISTENING AND THEN TRYING TO
COMMENT AND BY THE TIME IN
RAISING OUR HANDS WHICH IS
ALWAYS A FUN TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT AND BY THE TIME SHE HAD
FIGURED OUT HOW TO RAISE YOUR
HAND AND UNMUTE SHE WAS CUTOFF
AND DID NOT MAKE HER COMMENTS
WHICH WERE INCREDIBLY
APPLICABLE TO THIS PROJECT SO
VIRTUAL IS GREAT.
IT'S WHAT WE DO NOW BUT WHEN WE
ARE DONE WITH VIRTUAL EVERYBODY
DESERVES DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
MEETINGS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I CAN'T
GET BACK TO SUPPORT IT I DO
SUPPORT THE BRIDGE AMENDMENT
FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENCE
INCLUSION SO THANK YOU.
>> THANKS DEB.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
WELL RECEIVED.
.
>> UP NEXT WEEK I STILL DO NOT
SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STREET OR
ANNIE THOUGH.
GOOD MORNING.
PRESS STAR SIX THERE YOU ARE.
GOOD MORNING STEVE.
>> HI.
THIS IS--HELLO, STEVE.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M SPEAKING AS CHAIR
SUPPORTIVE RESOLUTION 31970
SUPPORTING AMENDING SEATTLE'S
2535 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITY BETTER
SUPPORT THE URBAN TREE CANOPY.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THE PROVISION
TO CONSIDER IMPACT THE
AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC OWNED
PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND
RECREATION FACILITIES AND
SCHOOL FACILITIES LONG OVERDUE.
A COUPLE ROUGESES ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
WE ASK THAT THE PROVISION OF NO
NET LOSS OF TREE CANOPY WHICH
IS THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN WE ADDED THAT TO THE
CURRENT PLAN SEATTLE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION IN 2018
URGED THAT THIS BE ADDED BACK
AS PART OF SEATTLE'S KEY
REGULATIONS.
OTHER PROVISIONS TO CONSIDER
ADDING IS MAXIMIZING THE
RETENTION OF EXISTING TREES
DURING DEVELOPMENT AND SMC23
THIS WOULD HELP TO STOP
UNNECESSARY CLEAR CUTTING OF
LOSS AND SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GOALS AND
CLIMATE CRISIS IMPACT AND HELP
IMPLEMENT THE GREEN NEW DEAL WE
URGE THAT YOU STEP UP THE 30%
TREE CANOPY GOAL AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2037 TO
2030 WAITING ANOTHER 17 YEARS
TO GET THAT EXTRA CANADY OF TOO
LONG WITH THE KURT CRISIS OUT
THERE.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU MAKE THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION PART
OF THE PROCESS BY ADDING THAT O
P CD SUBMIT TO THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION ANY DRAFT
LANGUAGE THEY PROPOSED ON TREE
CANOPY OPPORTUNITIES AND ASK
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
TO COMMENTS AND THESE COMMENTS
CALL TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE
OF THE EXPERTS THAT ARE SERVING
VOLUNTEERLY ON THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION TO ASSIST
YOU IN DEALING WITH THE TREE
PAN CHASM.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU STEVE.
APPRECIATE YOU HEARING YOUR
COMMENTS.
JIM STREET, ANNIE THOUGH.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE
LISTEN LINE YOU NEED TO CALL
BACK INTO THE THE INSTRUCTIONS
THAT WERE SENT TO YOU AFTER
SIGNING UP JIM I DID SEE YOU
PRESENT BEFORE IT, CAN YOU
CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
HERE.
>> NEITHER USERS ARE ON THE
LINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO
REACH OUT TO US IN THE FUTURE.
.
>> SINCE WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS REMOTELY PRESENT WE'LL
MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
TODAY IS A PUBLIC HEARING
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON WHICH
WOULD EXTEND THE ALLOWANCE FOR
VIRTUAL DESIGN REVIEW AND
LANDMARK PRESERVATION MEETINGS.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ABBREVIATED TITLE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, COUNCIL
119877 AN ORDINANCE TO REVIEW
DECISION AND MEETING PROCEDURES
TEMPORARILY MODIFYING SUSPENDED
PROCEDURES OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE CHAPTERS
OF THE.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US A PREFIRE
FRESHER ON THE LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OP CD.
>> REALLY FANTASTIC FOLKS FROM
OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ANY ANYONE
ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US
A BRIEF REFRESHER ON
AMENDMENTS.
>> SURE.
SO WEDNESDAY THE NINTH THE
COMMITTEE HAD AN INITIAL
BRIEFING OF DISCUSSION OF
119877.
THAT EXTENDED TEMPORARY
MODIFICATIONS TO LAND USE AND
THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
126072 WHICH THE COUNCIL ACTED
ON IN THE SPRING.
THAT ORDINANCE AMONG OTHER
THINGS AUTHORIZED SDCI AND
ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEW SEX
COMPLICATIONS FOR LAND USE OF
MODIFICATIONS TO STRUCTURES
THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE IN
PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OF
COURSE THE PURPOSE FOR THE
CHANGE THOUGH 126072 WAS THE I
AM POSSIBILITY OF DUE TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ALSO
EXEMPT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS FROM DESIGN REVIEW.
THE TEMPORARY PROVISIONS OF
THAT THOUGH EXPIRE ON OCTOBER
25.
SO WE HAVE THIS BILL TO EXTEND
SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS
INCLUDING EXTENDING THE OPTION
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN
REVIEW THROUGH THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
IN YOUR PACKAGE YOU HAVE A MEMO
FROM ME THAT PROVIDES MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION
AND SAFETY REVIEW OF SOME OF
THE DESIGN PROJECTS AND PUT
TOGETHER A MAP BASED ON
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
I CAN DESCRIBE THOSE NOW IF YOU
WOULD LIKE OR WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS IN
YOUR PACT.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A
NEW SESSION MAKING FINDINGS
RELATED TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC TO SUPPORT PROCEDURAL
EMERGENCY FROM THE ACT REVIEW
AND THAT EXEMPTION IS SPECIFIC
TO THE ON GOING EXEMPTION FROM
DESIGN REVIEW FOR ACCORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS.
PRIOR TO ORDINANCE 126072 BEING
PASSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW
UNDER THE PROPOSED COUNCIL AND
ORDINANCE 126072 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS ARE EXEMPT
FROM DESIGNING.
THAT AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO ADD.
AND THEN ANOTHER AMENDMENT
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS WHICH WOULD SHORTEN THE
PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH
COUNCIL BILL 119-8767 IF IT
PASSES WOULD BE IN EFFECT.
SO MOST OF OF THE PROVISIONS
EXPIRE ON AN IDENTIFIABLE DATE
BUT AN UNCERTAIN DATE AS 180
DAYS SINCE THE COVID-19 CIVIL
EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'
AMENDMENT WOULD SHORTEN THAT
TIME PERIOD FROM 180 DAYS TO 60
DAYS.
.
>> AND MY STANDING WAS CO-
SPONSORING I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON
THE LINE.
IS IS THAT STILL.
>> YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO AS A CO-SPONSOR
TO THAT AMENDMENT.
>> GREAT.
I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO
REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS WAS IN THAT.
>> OKAY, YES.
YOU GUYS HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT
TO ME AND UNFORTUNATELY I DID
NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
IT ALL WORKED OUT.
I DO HEREBY FIX MY NAME AND
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND
IT'S GREAT TO WORK WITH YOUR
OFFICE ON GETTING THAT
AMENDMENT TOGETHER AND THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
.
>> DOES ANYONE WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING?
OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE CONTENT OF THE BILL PUT
BOTH THE CURRENT AND ORDINANCE
THAT PASSED BACK LAST SPRING.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BUT DOES ANYONE WANT TO PROVIDE
A BRIEF OVER VIEW FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> THIS IS MIKE FROM SDCI.
I THINK CHEAT O'S SUMMARY WELL
DONE AND WE'RE READY TO HEAR
COMMENTS AT THE HEARING.
>> GREAT, THANKS.
.
>> THIS IS SARAH AND SAME
COMMENT NOTHING TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR
AMAZING WORK ON THIS BILL.
BEFORE WE OPEN THE REMOTE
PUBLIC HEARING I WOULD AGAIN
ASK EVERYONE TO BE PATIENT AS
WE CONTINUE TO LEARN AND
OPERATE THIS NEW SYSTEM AND
NAVIGATE AND LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO FINE TUNE THIS PROCESS TO
ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPATION IN OUR COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
I'LL MODERATE EACH SPEAKER WILL
BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK
AND CALL ON ONE SPEAKER AT A
TIME IN THE ORDER ON THE
COUNCIL WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE NOT
YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT YOU
CAN SIGN UP BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE LINK IS ALSO ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND
ADDIC PROPELLANT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S COULD YOU THAT IT IS
THEIR TURN TO SPEAK.
SPEAKERS NEED TO PRESS STAR 6
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
BEGIN BY SPEAKING BY STATING
YOUR NAME IN THE ITEM AS A
REMINDER 119877 IF YOU HAVE
COMMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT WITHIN THE PUBLISHING
HEARING YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE
WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAILING
THE OFFICE.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME TEN
SECONDS BEFORE THE ALLOTTED
TIME HAS ENDED.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME PLEASE
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOLTE END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDING
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TEN SECONDS AFTER THE
ALLOTTED TIME IS OVER TO ALLOW
US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING PLEASE
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
FOR THE LISTENING OPTIONS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
AGAIN, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
DEB BARKER HAS ALREADY
PRESENTED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK.
PLEASE DO SO.
I SEE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT.
I SEE JACQUELYN GRUBER, JUSTIN
ALLEG ROE, PATRICK FOLEY,
ALICIA AND BRIAN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISS
PRONOUNCING YOUR NAMES.
ANNIE THOUGH, JACQUELYN I SEE
YOU ARE HERE.
TAKE IT AWAY.
GOOD MORNING.
.
>> YES, HI, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JACQUELYN GRUBER AND
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO COUNCIL
MEMBER 119-9877.
I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD AS
WELL AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL APPROACH
FOR PERMITTING DURING THIS
CHALLENGING TIME AND FOR
FOLLOWING THE THE VIRTUAL
MEETING.
WE KNOW THAT CITY WIDE THERE'S
NEARLY $15 BILLION OF
DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY DEER
REVIEW BY THE CITY AND
INVESTMENT TO THE LOCAL AND
STATE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE
POTENTIAL TO SUSTAIN TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DIRECT JOBS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND CITY
TAX REVENUE DURING THIS
DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIME AND
EFFICIENT PERMITTING SYSTEM IS
IMPORTANT TO DELIVER ON THE
AFFORDABLE MARKET HOUSING AND
DOWNTOWN THERE ARE 35,000
RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN PLANNING
OR DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE
COMPLETING THIS YEAR.
WE SUPPORT VIRTUAL BOARD
MEETINGS AS A WAY TO KEEP
PROJECTS MOVING AND ENOUGH
THROUGH PROJECT DELIVERY.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
UP NEXT WE HAVE JUSTIN ALLEGGA,
PATRICK FOLEY, ALICIA RUIZ AND
BRIAN BELL SEEM O. JUSTIN,
GOOD MORNING.
I SEE YOU ARE HERE.
IF YOU ARE READY, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> OH SORRY, THANKS.
I WAS ON MUTE.
HI THERE.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN ALLEGRA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> GREAT.
I AM THE RESIDENT IN QUEEN ANN.
I'M CALLING ON MY OWN BEHALF
BUT I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND LAND
REVIEW COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THIS
ORDINANCE 119187 AND
CONTINUATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
BASED OFF THE IMPORTANCE AND I
ALSO THINK IT'S AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITHOUT ANY DELAY AND I
STUNT HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ON A
REAL WAY AND A DEBILITATING
2012 AND 2017 WHERE NEW UNITS
LACKED DEMAND POST RECESSION
RESULTING IN AN ECONOMIC
DISPLAIMTION AND I THINK THAT
IT HELPS ASSURE THE VIRUS
RELATED BARRIERS TO HOUSING
APPROVAL IN THE SHORT TERM
WON'T LEAD US TO REPEATING OUR
RECENT HISTORY WHEN WE BOUNCE
BACK AND FORWARD FROM THIS
ECONOMIC RECESSION AND I THINK
THROUGH SLICITATION IS STILL A
STRONG OPTION DURING THIS
MOMENT IN TIME.
GENERALLY I JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT I THINK I'M FRUSTRATED BY
DESIGN REVIEW GENERALLY THAT WE
PLACED A DESIGN REVIEW BURDEN
ON MULTI FAMILY HOUSING THAT'S
BORN THE BURDEN OF OUR CITY
GROWTH WHILE DOZENS OF MY
NEIGHBORS HAVE TORN DOWN THEIR
DETACHED HOMES AND REBUILT THEM
WITHOUT ANY DESIGN
CONSIDERATION AND I THINK WE UP
HOLD OUR HISTORY OF CLASS
OPPRESSION BY ADDING THESE
EXTRA BARRIERS TO MULTI FAMILY
HOUSING AND ASK OF OUR HOUSING
AND SINGLE FAMILY TO TRUST OUR
CITY STAFF.
I SUPPORT THE STRAUSS LEWIS
AMENDMENT TO SHORTEN THIS
PROVISION AND THANK YOU ALL AND
PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS OVER RIDE YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU JUSTIN.
UP NEXT WE HAVE PATRICK.
.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YEAH GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY CO-
FOUNDER MUCH MY COMPANY LIKE
UNION PARTNERS AND I'M ALSO A
BOARD MEMBER AND JUST AS A
REMINDER WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION ONE OF
THE 900 MEMBERS AND WE ARE FOR
THE MOST PART WHAT WE DO IS WE
CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR
CITY AND COUNTY AND STATE AND
AS A BOARD MEMBER AND A LOCAL
DEVELOPER HERE IN SEATTLE I'M
HERE TO TESTIFY IN FULL SUPPORT
OF ORDINANCE 12602 DESIGN
REVIEW.
WORKING CLOSELY WITH SDCI AND
MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN LAST SPRING.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON
FINDING A SOLUTION THAT HELPS
KEEP COMMUNITIES INFORMED ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH NEW
PROJECTS AND KEEP PROJECTS
MOVING THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT
PROCESS IN A REASONABLY
EFFICIENT MANNER.
MOVING TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS
ALLOWS IN MANY DEVICES GREATER
FLEXIBILITY FOR PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.
AS NEIGHBORS CONTEND FROM THEIR
HOMES INSTEAD OF COMING TO AN
EVENING MEETING I KNOW THAT'S
VERY DIFFICULT FOR MANY SO I
THINK IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY VERY
HELPFUL.
THE PROCESS ALSO I THINK WHAT
IT STREAM LINES WHAT HAS BECOME
A CUSTOM NUMBER SOME
PRESENTATION PROCESS AND I
THINK IT SHOULD HELP DESIGN
MORE BETTER REVIEW AND COMMENT
ON EACH PACKAGE.
ADDITIONALLY THE CHANGES TO THE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS BY THE STAFF IS
ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE USE OF
THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES.
SO AGAIN WE SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AND THANKS SO MUCH
FOR ALLOWING ME TO COMMENT
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> UP NEXT IS ALICIA RUIZ
FOLLOWED BY BRIAN AND I
RECOGNIZE MEGAN CRUZ THAT MY
SCROLLING ON THE CHART WAS
INCORRECT SO WE WILL THEN HEAR
FROM YOU.
MY APOLOGIES MEGAN.
UP NEXT IS ALICIA.
.
>> GOOD MORNING CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ.
I'M THE SEATTLE OF GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE MASTER
BUILDERS ASSOCIATION FOR KING
AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY SO I'M
SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR
NEARLY 3,000 MEMBERS IN SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL BILL 119877.
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DID
AN AMAZING JOB INITIATING THE
ORIGINAL CHANGE QUICKLY IN
RESPONSE TO COVID.
UNFORTUNATELY COVID IS STILL A
THREAT TO OUR COLLECTIVE HEALTH
IN OUR COMMITTEE.
THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MAKES
SENSE THEN AND EXTENDING IT
MAKES SENSE NOW.
IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN
MORE HOUSING IN AREAS WHERE WE
PLANNED IT WE NEED TO EXTEND
THE ADR ORDINANCE TODAY AND SO
I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON THAT
IT'S IMPAIRTIVE THAT WE KEEP
THESE PROJECTS GOING OBVIOUSLY
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
HOUSING CRISIS AND YOU KNOW
CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THE FEW
INDUSTRIES THAT IS ABLE TO
CONTINUE FORWARD AND KEEP
PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND REALLY BEEN
THE BACK BONE OF OUR ECONOMY
LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR
SUPPORT AND I YIELD THE REST OF
MY TIME.
.
>> THANK YOU.
UP NEXT BRIAN FOLLOWED BY MEGAN
CRUZ, DEB BARKER AND ANNIE IF
YOU ARE ON THE LISTEN LINE
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
TO CALL INTO THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
BRIAN, GOOD MORNING.
THAFNG YOU FOR RESETTING TO
THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD MORNING.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS BRIAN.
THE LOCAL ARCHITECT AND
DEVELOPER IN SEATTLE.
I'M IN DISTRICT 7 ON QUEEN ANN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
NAVIGATING UNCERTAIN TIMES FOR
US IN THE INDUSTRY AND ALSO
CONSIDERING THE EXTENSION OF
THESE PROTOCOLS I THINK THE
FRONT OF THE VIRTUAL MEETING
FOR PUBLIC OUT REACH VERY MUCH
ALLOWS A MORE BROAD GROUP TO
PARTICIPATE AND BE INFORMED IN
THE PROJECTS.
SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
EXTENSION OF THAT EVEN BEYOND
THE COVID TIMES.
I WILL ECHO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS
COMMENTS THAT OUR GROUP IN
PARTICULAR IS FRUSTRATED WITH
THE PROCESS AND I THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF VARIATION FROM DRV TO
DRV.
SOME ARE GREAT AND WILLING TO
WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THAT ARE
TRYING TO CREATE HOUSING IN THE
CITY AND OTHERS ARE VERY
DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH AND SEEM
TO TAKE ON THEIR OWN AGENDAS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS
IT NOW TAKES LONGER TO ENTITLE
A PROJECT THAN IT DOES TO BUILD
IT AND THAT REALLY IS
COMPOUNDING OUR HOUSING CRISIS.
ON THE FRONT OF THE DRV PROCESS
BEING CONTINUED FOR PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT NOT FOR AFFORDABLE
I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO
REALLY CONSIDER ALL OF THE
PROJECTS NOW ARE OFTEN
INCLUDING MHA ARE PAYING A FEE
AND ARE INCENTIVE ZONING SO IN
A WAY ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE
CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
ALSO WITH BENEFIT FROM A BREAK
IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD SPEED
UP THAT TIME THAT IS NOW
APPROACHING TWO YEARS TO
ENTITLE.
I DO SUPPORT THE VIRTUAL DRV.
HOWEVER WE DID HAVE A PROJECT
GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
TRULY ALLOWED US TO STREAM LINE
IT.
WORKING WITH THE STAFF I THINK
THE RESULT OF THE DESIGN IS
JUST AS GOOD AS SOMETHING THAT
WENT THROUGH DRV AND RECEIVED.
>> THANK YOU BRIAN.
MY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS
PRONOUNCING THE LAST NAME I NOW
HAD IT DOWN.
MY APOLOGIES.
PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO SEND US
WRITTEN COMMENTS WE CAN REFLECT
IN THE RECORD.
ANNIE I STILL DON'T SEE YOU'RE
PRESENT.
MICHAEL I SAW YOU SIGN UP AND
YOU HAVE SINCE DISAPPEARED.
UP NEXT IS MEGAN CRUZ AND DEB
BARKER.
AND AGAIN MEGAN MY APOLOGIES
FOR MISSING YOU AT THE OUT SET.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M LIKE THE OTHERS CALLING TO
SUPPORT VIRTUAL DESIGN REVIEW
AND ASK THAT THE COUNCIL UP
HOLD THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION
THAT THE MARKET RATE PROJECTS
RETURN FROM ADR TO THE NEW
PUBLIC FORMAT.
HOWEVER CB119877 INSERTS TWO SO-
CALLED MINOR CHANGES TO NEGATE
THE ORDINANCE AND ALLOW MARKET
RATE PROJECTS TO REMAIN IN
INTERNAL REVIEW ACT OF PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION ORIGINALLY FRAMED
THAT WOULD EXPEDITE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND DID THAT PROMPTING
70 NEW MARKET RATE PERMITS AND
11 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS
SO CONTINUE THE MARKET RATE
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR THE
ADR FOR MARKET RATE.
YESTERDAY COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS' OFFICE SUGGESTED THAT
IF PROJECTS DON'T CONTINUE IN
THE TRACK IT WILL WIPE OUT
GAINS AND THEY COULD EVEN HAVE
TO RESTART THE PROCESS.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT NOTHING
OF THIS KIND WAS INDICATED IN
THE ORIGINAL BILL OR THE RECENT
REPORTS BY STAFF.
EACH NOTICE FOR THE PROJECT
STATES IT IS TEMPORARY FOLLOWED
BY THE STATEMENT I UNDERSTAND
THIS PROJECT WILL REVIEW BOARD.
IT COULDN'T BE CLEARER.
ONE PROPOSED EXEMPTION IS BASED
ON WHETHER THEY COULD PROVIDE A
VIRTUAL MEETING SUGGESTING THE
CALENDAR WAS FULL AND
YESTERDAY'S REVIEW CALENDAR
SHOWED NOW THROUGH OCTOBER AND
THE END OF THE YEAR IF PROJECTS
ARE READY TO GO WHY AREN'T
THESE TAKEN.
THREE PROJECTS ARE LISTED AS
CONTINUING THE ADR ONLY FILING
THEIR NOTICE IN AUGUST AND
SEPTEMBER AFTER VIRTUAL DESIGN
REVIEWS IN PLACE.
FOR PROJECTS THAT STILL NEED A
DESIGN REVIEW MEETING THERE'S
NO GOOD REASON TO CHANGE THE
GAME NOW AND CONTINUE
SUSPENDING INPUT F█ROM A DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD AND PROJECT
NEIGHBORS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEASE HOLD
YOUR PLEDGE, AMEND THIS BILL IN
TERMS OF THE NOTICE SENT TO THE
PUBLIC.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MEGAN.
.
>> UP NEXT DEB BARKER AND ANNIE
WE DON'T SEE YOU ARE PRESENT
STILL.
>> HELLO AGAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DEB BARKER.
I AM SPEAKING ABOUT 119877 AND
SIBS I ALREADY HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU MY
EXPERIENCE DESIGN REVIEW ALL
I'M GOING TO DO IS SAY LISTEN
AGAIN TO WHAT MEGAN CRUZ SAID
BECAUSE I COMPLETELY 100% AGREE
WITH HER COMMENTS.
STAND YOUR GROUND HOLD YOUR
LINE AND KEEP PROMOTIONS.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THAIVES DEB.
ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING
WITH YOU AS WELL.
ANNIE THOUGH ARE YOU PRESENT?
IT, CAN YOU CON FIRM.
>> AFFIRMATIVE, NOT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER
REMOTELY PRESENT TO SPEAK AT
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING ON CP119877 IS
NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO
PROVIDED COMMENT TODAY.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO
DISCUSS AMENDMENT 1. YOU GAVE
US A LITTLE BRIEFING AND WE
WILL.
>> SURE.
SO TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY THIS
IS A PROCEDURAL AMENDMENT IN
PART THAT CLARIFIES THE
AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH OF THE
CONTINUING EXEMPTION WOULD BE
ENACTED PART OF THE AUTHORITY
FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES THE
AMENDMENT ADDS A NEW SECTION
THAT MAKES FINDINGS OF FACT
RELATED TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC AND FINDINGS OF FACTS
SUPPORT A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT PROCEDURAL EXEMPTION
SO AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION FOR
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
EXEMPTION FROM DESIGN REVIEW
AND ALSO INCLUDES A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE SO THIS IS
AN AMENDMENT SPECIFIC TO THE
PORTIONS OF THE BILL THAT
EXEMPT PORTABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU AND THIS AMENDMENT
ADDS A NEW FINDING TO THE BILL
DOES NOT CHANGE POLICY IMPACTS
AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
BACKGROUND FOR WHY THIS BILL IS
NECESSARY.
IS THAT A CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1? WONDERFUL.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION I WILL NOW MOVE
AMENDMENT ONE TO CB119877 AS
SHOWN IN AMENDMENT ONE ON THE
AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
AS REFLECTED IN AMENDMENT ONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND I
REALIZE I WAS REMISSED I NEED
TO MOVE ALSO THE SECOND
AMENDMENT FOR DISCUSSION SO I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 2
AS SHOWN ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS HAPPY TO WORK WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS ON THIS
AMENDMENT SHORTENING THE SUNSET
DATE OF THE LEGISLATION FROM
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE END OF
COVID EMERGENCY DOWN TO TWO
MONTHS AFTER THE COVID
EMERGENCY I HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS WOULD BE
MORE APPROPRIATE WITH THE
LEGISLATION AND I AGREE THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT INCLUDES COULD
END AT ANY TIME STATE EMERGENCY
THAT IS WHICH IS A LEGAL
PROCEDURE AND FOR US TO BE ABLE
TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL
TAKE AND FOR IT TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO
MONTHS WHICH IS QUHSM DOWN TO
TWO MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS AN APPLICABLE AMOUNT
OF TIME DEPENDING ON THE
DIFFERENT VARIABLES IN THE
ENVIRONMENT AT THE END OF THE
COVID EMERGENCY.
IN TWO MONTHS REALLY IS THE
MINIMUM.
SO SO COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS DO
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> YES.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND AGAIN
IT WAS GOOD TO WORK WITH YOUR
OFFICE ON PREPARING THIS
AMENDMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO BROUGHT THIS IDEA FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO REMEMBER THIS IS EMERGENCY
TEMPORARY LEGISLATION THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
WHO WANT TO ENGAGE IN A BROADER
LITIGATION OF DESIGN REVIEW
THAT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AND I'M
NOT COMMENTING AT ALL ON THE
MERITS OF THAO DEBATE.
I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY WORTHY
TO HAVE DESIGN REVIEW AND SOME
OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED AND
ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE POLICY
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF STREAM
LINING DESIGN REVIEW OR
POTENTIALLY ELIMINATING
ENTIRELY AND WE CAN HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION BUT I THINK FOR THIS
BILL I'D RATHER KEEP IT
CENTERED TO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
DOING WHICH IS EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION TO RESPOND TO THE
UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF COVID AND
ADAPT FOR THIS WINDOW OUR
DESIGN REVIEW PRACTICES IN THAT
SPIRIT I THINK THIS AMENDMENT
THAT WE WORKED ON IS REALLY
GOOD AT MAKING SURE THAT WE
SNAP BACK TO THE OLD IN PERSON
DESIGN REVIEW MEETINGS AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ONCE THE
COVID MATTER IS OVER.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE
A LONG BUFFER PEEFERRED IN WHAT
IS IN THE CURRENT BILL TO
STRING OUT HOW LONG THE NEW
REMOTE PROCESS WOULD RUN.
YOU KNOW IF THE MAYOR HAS
DECLARED AN END TO THE COVID
STATE OF EMERGENCY PRESUMABLY
WE ARE GOOD FOR A BROADER
REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY
POTENTIALLY IF THE SITUATION IS
DIFFERENT WE COULD REVISIT THIS
BUT I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW IT IS
MY PREFERENCE THAT WE PLAN ON
SNAPPING BACK TO THE WAY THAT
THIS HAS BEEN WORKING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T THINK A SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE VIRTUAL
MEETING WOULD BE DESIRABLE SO
DEFINITELY VOTING FOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.
CHAIR.
THANK YOU AS WELL COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR THAT
EXPLANATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO
THIS AMENDMENT BUT I DO WANT TO
RAISE A FEW CONCERNS FOR THE
RECORD.
AS WE KNOW COVID IS CONTINUING
TO EXPOSE NEW TRADES AND NEW
CONSEQUENCES AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SURVIVED COVID HAVE ON GOING
CRISIS AND CONTINUE TO GET
REINFECTED AGAIN WE ARE
LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT
THIS DISEASE AS TIME GOES ON SO
MY MAIN CONCERN IS JUST THE ON
GOING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE
DISEASE IN GENERAL THE CIVIL
EMERGENCY YES IF IT WAS LIFTED
I THINK THE QUESTION IS IS THE
CRISIS REALLY OVER WOULD IT BE
TOTALLY GONE?
PROBABLY NOT AND I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS NOT
GOING TO BE A SNAPPING BACK TO
NORMAL AS WE HEARD FROM THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAST
WEEK THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A
RETURNING TO NORMAL SO REALLY
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S
BEHAVIOR CHANGES IN THE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHETHER OR
NOT PEOPLE TAKE THIS EXPERIENCE
AND ACTUALLY CHANGE THEIR
BEHAVIORS TO LIMIT TRANSMISSION
OF ANY DISEASES OR ANY TYPE OF
OTHERS THAT COME INTO THE
FUTURE BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO
SAY THAT TECHNICALLY A DECLARED
STATE OF EMERGENCY MIGHT NOT
ACTUALLY BE OVER EVEN IF THE
EMERGENCY IS LIFTED.
I THINK THE IMPLICATIONS COULD
BE TWO FOLD FOR THE COMMUNITY
IF IT IS HARDER FOR US TO GET
VOLUNTEERS TO BACK IN PERSON I
WORRY THAT PEOPLE MIGHT SELF
SELECT THOSE WHO HAVE UNDER
LYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, THOSE
WHO MIGHT BE ELDERLY.
ARE THEY GOING TO LIMIT THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER
BOARD ROOMS THAT ARE OFTEN
ENCLOSED AND I DON'T WANT US TO
SCREEN OUT BOARD MEMBERS WHO
MIGHT NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME TO
SUCH A VENUE BECAUSE THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SELF SCREENING
THEMSELVES OUT IF THEIR HEALTH
IS A PROBLEM.
AND THEN SECOND I WORRY ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S TROUBLE
FILLING THE BOARD THEMSELVES IF
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO SIT OUT OF
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE
ON THESE VOLUNTEER BOARDS WOULD
SDCI I HAVE A PROBLEM FILLING
THE SPOTS AND WHAT HAPPENS IF
THERE'S VACANCIES ALL AT ONCE
PILING UP, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE
PROJECTS WAITING?
I RAISE THESE CONCERNS BECAUSE
I JUST DON'T WAFNT US TO BE IN
A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE
UNINTENTIONALLY WEEDED OUT
CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE OF
THE RISK EVALUATION THAT
THEY'RE DOING AND WANTED TO PUT
THAT OUT THERE.
I KNOW WE EVALUATE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL
WORKING IN REAL-TIME TO ADDRESS
THIS CRISIS.
NONE OF THESE CONCERNS MEAN I
WON'T BE VERSUS A SHORTER
TIMEFRAME AND WANTED TO PUT ON
THE RECORD AS WE CONTINUE TO
LOOK FOR HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THIS
IMPORTANT WORK BUT ALSO WANTED
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND
ESPECIALLY NOT LIMIT WHO IS
PARTICIPATING IN THESE BOARDS
IN THE FUTURE SO SUPPORTING THE
AMENDMENT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE RAISE THESE AND FOLLOW
UP WITH SDCI.
LOOKING LIKE THE EMERGENCY
CIVIL EMERGENCY IS GOING TO BE
LIFTED.
>> THANK YOU.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY WELL
RECEIVED AND WHAT I DISCUSSED
WITH SDCI.
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN OR AT
LEAST FOR THAT MATTER THERE IS
AEIGHT GREATEST BENEFIT OF
VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T PHYSICALLY ATTEND AND
ALSO THE BENEFIT OF IN PERSON
MEETINGS SO PEOPLE CAN ATTEND
IN PERSON.
ONE OF THE DESIGN REVIEWS IS
IT'S DONE IN AN AREA THE
MEETINGS ARE COMPLETED IN AREAS
NEAR THE PROJECT AND SO SOME OF
THE ROOMS THAT ARE
TRADITIONALLY USED FOR DESIGN
REVIEW MAY NOT BE SET-UP FOR
THE NEEDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO
DO VIRTUAL DESIGN REVIEWS SO
THERE ARE I HATE THE TERM NEW
NORMAL BUT AS WE TRANSITION OUT
OF THIS COVID EMERGENCY THERE
WILL BE CHANGES ON HOW BEING
ABLE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY VIRTUALLY AND IN
PERSON IS A POLICY GOAL THAT I
HOLD.
>> COULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT
WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE
WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE MAKING
LARGER CHANGES LIKE IN PERSON
AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS JUST FROM
A BASELINE POLICY STANDPOINT
WHAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE
IN THOSE 60 DAYS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION
AND A POINT OF CLARKS THE
OPTION TO ELECT ADMINISTRATIVE
DESIGN REVIEW OR THE CONTINUING
TO BE PROCESSED ENDS ACTUALLY
AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE EXTENSION BEYOND THE END OF
THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY FOR 180
DAYS OR 60 DAYS AMENDMENT
PASSES LIKES TO OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE BILL SO ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
MODIFICATIONS FOR EXAMPLE
EXTEND 180 DAYS OR 60 DAYS AND
ALSO IMPORTANTLY THE DESIGN
REVIEW EXEMPTION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING EXTENDS PAST THE END OF
THE CIVIL EMERGENCY HOWEVER THE
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW
OPTION DESIRES SOONER THAN THAT
ON DECEMBER 31.
YOUR QUESTION--SO I THINK YOU-
-MAYBE I'M NOT SURE ARE YOU
ASKING SORT OF WHAT WOULD NEED
TO HAPPEN FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER MORE PERMANENT
MODIFICATIONS TO THE DESIGN
REVIEW WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME
FOR ENACTING THAT.
>> YES AND/OR EXTENDING THIS
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE A
TEMPORARY BILL THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY TIED TO THE COVID
CIVIL EMERGENCY BECAUSE.
>> YEAH.
SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY.
BUT THE CURRENT BILL AND A
CHARTER EMERGENCY NOR IS IT
BEING THE AUTHORITY THAT THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT PROVIDES
FOR INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS THOSE AUTHORITIES
ORDINANCE 126072 ARE NOT BEING
INVOKED HERE.
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY ASPECT TO
THIS BILL THAT HAS TO DO WITH
THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMUNITY
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A
PROCEDURAL EMERGENCY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF REVIEW ONE
PARTICULAR COMPONENT OF THIS
BILL.
THIS BILL IS BEING ENACTED
UNDER THE NORMAL PROCEDURES FOR
MAKING ANY KIND OF MODIFICATION
TO T LAND USE CODE UNDER REVIEW
HAS TO HAPPEN AND THE BILL
CURRENTLY IS PROCEDURAL CHANGES
THE BILL THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU
IS NECESSARILY REQUIRED FOR
THOSE.
PROFESSIONAL DETERMINATION HAS
TO BE PUBLISHED AND A PUBLIC
HEARING HAS TO BE AND ALL OF
THAT IS WHAT GOES ALONG WITH
ANY CHANGE TO LAND USE CODE AND
THOSE ARE THE PROCEDURES FOR
THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE IN THE
CODE.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO
CONSIDER MORE PERMANENT CHANGES
PROCEDURES OR DESIGN REVIEW
PROCEDURES IT WOULD FOLLOW THE
SAME PROCESS THERE WOULD NEED
TO BE A THRESHOLD DETERMINATION
ONCE AFTER THE BILL IS
INTRODUCED THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING IN 30 DAYS NOTICE IN
ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GENERALLY TWO MONTHS IS TIGHT
BUT IS POSSIBLE IF IT'S
REQUIRED HAS BEEN DONE AND THE
LEGISLATION IS GOOD TO GO AT
THAT FUTURE DATE WHEN THE MAYOR
THAT'S A TIMEFRAME USUALLY FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF ANY
LAND USE BILL TWO TO THREE
MONTHS.
>> JUST GOING BACK ON THE
PARTICULAR AUTHORITY ENACTING
THIS ORDINANCE JUST CLAIRVETION
IS IT BECAUSE BACK IN THE
SPRING WE HAD FEWER TOOLS AS
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER I DON'T
WANT FOLKS TO GET THE
IMPRESSION WE ARE NOT
RESPONDING TO UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE HAVE MORE
TOOLS NOW BECAUSE OF THE
BROADER GOVERNOR ORDER FROM THE
SPRING WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING
IT THIS WAY I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY THAT'S THE CASE.
>> YES BUT THERE ARE MORE TOOLS
THERE WERE PRESCRIPTIONS ON
WHAT ACTIONS COULD EVEN BE
CONSIDERED BY A LEGISLATIVE
BODY UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S
ORDERS BACK IN THE SPRING BUT
ALSO I THINK A CHANGED
CIRCUMSTANCE HERE IS THAT THERE-
-AS WE KNOW MORE I GUESS ABOUT
THE COVID-19 PAN DEMONSTRATION
IC THE INTERIM PROVISIONS THE
AUTHORED THAT WOULD BE THE
COUNCIL CANNOT DO THAT
INDEFINITELY AND ONLY FOR SIX
MONTHS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE
COVID-19 CIVIL EMERGENCY IS
GOING TO LAST AND SO THE CHOICE
TO USE THIS TOOL AND I THINK I
CAN LET SDCI OR SPEAK TO THE
CHOICE REFLECTS THE UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT WHEN WE MAY BE OUT OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CAN
RETURN TO NORMAL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR PUTTING FORWARD THIS
AMENDMENT TO SHORTEN THE
TIMEFRAME I WANTED TO--I CAN
JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS I DO HAVE
A QUESTION SO I'LL BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT BUT I
DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL
AS A WHOLE SINCE I VOTED
AGAINST THE VERSION THAT WE HAD
ORIGINALLY BACK IN APRIL SO IT
WOULD BE INCONSISTENT FOR ME TO
VOTE THIS ONE BUT I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
IN YOUR MEMO TO US YOU HAD
WRITTEN THAT AT THE INITIAL
BRIEFING THE COMMITTEE ASKS FOR
MORE DALE ON THE NUMBER OF
PROJECTS AND THEN YOU HAD PUT
TOGETHER A MAP MORE DETAILS OF
THE PROJECTS AND HAVE THOSE
BEEN ANSWERED?
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO REFRESH MY
MEMORY OR I CAN GO BACK AND
LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THE EXTENSION AND MAYBE I
CAN SHARE MY SCREEN SO WE CAN
TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP HERE
THAT MIGHT HELP.
>> THE NEIGHBORHOODS TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND I THOUGHT THAT USE
THIS TIME PERIOD THE EXECUTIVE
WAS GOING TO USE THIS TIME
PERIOD TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY
COULD POTENTIALLY DO THIS
VIRTUALLY THE VOLUME OF
DOCUMENTS BUT THEY WERE GOING
TO USE THIS TIME TO ACTUALLY
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT AND NOW
I JUST WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND ARE THEY GOING TO
FIGURE THAT OUT TO DO IT
VIRTUALLY OR ARE THEY JUSTICE
WAITING FOR THE COVID PANDEMIC
TO END WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE
EXECUTIVE HERE THE SCREEN ON
THE MAP.
>> SURE AND MAYBE PIVOT TO THAT
QUICKLY BEFORE SHOWING YOU THE
MAP.
I THINK WE HEARD FROM THAT THEY
ARE DOING IT VIRTUALLY.
THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW TO
HAVE VIRTUAL DESIGN BOARD
MEMBERS CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
THERE ARE SOME LODGIST CAPITAL
CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
LET ME SHARE THE SCREEN HERE SO
THIS IS A MAP THANKS AGAIN TO
ARE YOU ALL SEEING THAT?
>> IT'S A MAP THAT'S HARD TO
READ.
I CAN ZOOM IN ON PARTS OF IT.
I CAN SHOW WHERE THE PROJECTS
ARE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN
REVIEW AND WHERE THEY ARE IN
THE PHASE OF IN THE DESIGN
REVIEW PROGRAM SO IF THERE IS A
WHITE DOT NOT WITHOUT A DOT IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT THAT'S A
PROJECT THAT'S IN EARLY DESIGN
GUIDANCE IF THERE IS A DOT IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT THAT'S A
PROJECT THAT HAS HAD AN INITIAL
EARLY DESIGN GUIDANCE MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR A SECOND EARLY
DESIGN GUIDANCE MEETING.
IF IT'S A.
>> CAN YOU ZOOM IN?
>> YEAH SURE.
.
>> SORRY.
WE DID HAVE THIS ON OUR INBOX.
>> YEAH.
THIS ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY MOST
OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR AND
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SO IF IT'S
A PROJECT THAT HAS SHOWN IN
REDDISH ORANGE THAT'S A PROJECT
THAT IS IN THE RECOMMENDATION
PHASE.
AND IF THERE'S A REDDISH ORANGE
WITH THE DOT IN IT THAT MEANS
ONE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION
úMEETING AND HAVE A SECOND
RECOMMENDATION MEETING
SCHEDULED SO IF I'M MISS
CHARACTERIZING ANY OF THIS LISA
SOMETHING I'M GETTING WRONG
PLEASE DO CHIME IN.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE MOST OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE THESE ARE PROJECTS
THAT ARE PRIMARILY IN THE
DOWNTOWN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
DISTRICT AND QUEEN ANN DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD DISTRICT BECAUSE
THAT COVERS THE CAPITOL HILL
FIRST HILL REVIEW DISTRICT
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AND THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SO ABOUT 67
PROJECTS TOTAL BUT HAVE OPTED
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN
REVIEW DOES THAT HELP ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> AND LISA AND MIKE I DON'T
KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO SAY ABOUT KIND OF
VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND HOW THAT
PROCESS IS ROLLING OUT AND
WHETHER THERE ARE ANY CAPACITY
CONSTRAINTS AND IF THOSE CAN BE
ADDRESSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS LISA AND I MANAGE THE
DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS.
AS ET O SAID THEY'RE THROUGH
THE COURSE OF THE EMERGENCY
ELECTION THERE WERE 67 PROJECTS
THAT OPTED INTO ADMINISTRATIVE
DESIGN REVIEW.
OF THOSE 20 OF THEM WERE IN THE
EARLY DESIGN GUIDANCE PHASE AND
OF THOSE 15 COMPLETED THEIR
EARLY DESIGN GUIDANCE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS SHH THAT
THOSE 15 PROJECTS WOULD BE
ALLOWED TO STAY WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW
TRACK WITH THE LEGISLATION
THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR.
ALL OF THE OJ PROTDS NEED TO
REVERT BACK TO BOARD REVIEW.
WE HAVE STARTED CONDUCTING
VIRTUAL BOARD MEETINGS THAT
BEGAN ON AUGUST 1 FOR EARLY
DESIGN GUIDANCE PROJECTS AND
STARTING OCTOBER 1 WE'RE
INCLUDING ALL PROJECTS IN THE
RECOMMENDATION PHASE SO WE ARE
FULLY EQUIPPED AND RUNNING
VIRTUAL MEETINGS SO FROM THIS
POINT ON THERE'S REALLY NO
REASON WE WOULD NEED TO USE THE
VIRTUAL MEETING--I'M SORRY, TO
USE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN
REVIEW OPT IN UNLESS FOR SOME
REASON THE TECHNOLOGY FAILS AND
WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO DO
VIRTUAL MEETINGS BUT I DON'T
ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING.
>> THANK YOU LISA.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS
ALREADY PROVIDED.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE 15
PROJECTS THAT ARE BENEFITING-
-THAT WOULD BE BENEFITING FROM
THIS LEGISLATION?
>> I PROVIDED THAT DATA TO ET O
LAST WEEK AND IT'S I'M SURE
IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE DATA THAT
INFORMED THAT MAP.
>> IT IS.
I'M HAPPY TO E-MAIL IT AND I
CAN RIGHT NOW JUST SO IT'S
AVAILABLE TO YOU BURT IT'S
REFLECTED IN THE MAP.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> ONE THING I HEARD IN OUR
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT THREE
MONTHS IS MOST OPTIMAL FOR THE
PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL
EMERGENCY LEGAL STATUS OF THE
CIVIL EMERGENCY IS ENDS AND SO
TWO MONTHS IS CUTTING IT TIGHT
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE
RECORD REFLECT I WOULD LIKE TO
WORK WITH YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE
END OF THE STATED CIVIL
EMERGENCY TO HAVE THE NECESSARY
ITEMS IN PLACE SO THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY IF AND
WHEN THAT STATED CIVIL
EMERGENCY ENDS.
>> SURE.
THAT'S DULY NOTED SO TEEING UP
A CONVERSATION THAT WILL HAPPEN
THIS FALL I THINK THAT IS WHAT
THAT IMPLIES IS A DIFFERENT
POLICY APPROACH TO SOME OF THE
PROCESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN
PERSON MEETINGS NOW.
AND SO THAT IS A WORK PROGRAM
POTENTIALLY FOR SDCI AND DOM
AND YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
HOW YOU SECURE RESOURCES FOR
THE PROGRAM GOING INTO BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS THIS FALL.
I THINK ONE REASON WHY SIX
MONTHS WAS PROPOSED BY SDCI IS
IT PROVIDED MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
FOR RESOLVING REVIEWS OF
PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE
PIPELINE.
THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD WINDOW.
SO AGAINST THE DESIRE BY
SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL TO
SHORTEN THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
DULY NOTED.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT 2?
HEARING NONE I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL 119 ON THE AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND DULY
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
119877 AS REFLECTED IN
AMENDMENT TWO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE
UNDER LYING BILL IS THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE UNDER
LYING BILL?
>> SORRY.
>> I'M GOING TO GO WITH VICE
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND THEN WE'LL
HEAR FROM YOU.
>> JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE
WRAP THIS BILL UP A BIG AMOUNT-
-BIG NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR
YOU MR. CHAIR.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD AND FOR THE
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THANK
YOU VERY MUCH LEWIS AND STRAUSS
FOR YOUR EXPLANATION OF THAT AS
WELL.
I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE HERE ON THIS BILL
REALLY MAKES IT EXPLICIT.
THE ROLE IN THE NEED FOR THIS
FOR COVID RESPONSE ESPECIALLY
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE MR. CHAIR
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS MAKE IT
MORE POSSIBLE FOR US TO BRING
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OIL AS
QUICK AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES.
YOU GOT TO HAVE A HOME, STAY
HEALTHY AND THIS HELPS I THINK
MAKE SURE THAT MORE HOUSING
GETS BROUGHT ONLINE QUICKER.
THOSE WHO ARE SURVIVING IN THE
STREETS ARE VULNERABLE.
WE KNOW THAT AND DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CREATE
SAFE HOMES AND HOUSING FOR
FOLKS AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS
TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT
COVID IS COMPOUNDING WE ALREADY
KNOW WE HAD AN UNSTABLE HOUSING
SITUATION SO THIS HELPS SURE UP
OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENCE
DURING THIS TIME AND IT REALLY
HINGES ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND PROJECTS AND OVERALL
BUILDING ACROSS THE CITY FOR
MIXED INCOME PROJECTS AS WELL
TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ON GOING
WORK ESPECIALLY THE EXCEPTION
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVIEW TO
ENSURE OUR CITY'S OWN PROCESSES
AREN'T INADVERTENTLY SELLING
OUT DURING THIS CRITICAL PERIOD
TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND HOUSING CRISIS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE
HERE AND I'M AN ENTHUSIASTIC
YES.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.
I ALSO SEE.
>> BECAUSE I VOTED AGAINST SO
I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS BILL
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
THE LIST TO SEE WHO BENEFITS
THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> PERHAPS I'M GETTING AHEAD OF
MYSELF BUT JUST TO REMIND THE
COMMITTEE THE COUNCIL RULES
REQUIRES THAT YOU VOTE TO
SUSPEND THE RULE ON THE SAME
DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> IS THAT A CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME?
>> DEPUTY CLERK.
>> IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A
FEW MINUTES AND I'LL CONTACT
THANK YOU.
>> YES NOT A PROBLEM AND ALSO
SEEING FROM CLERK THAT THAT IS
CORRECT SO I'M GOING TO WHILE
DEPUTY CLERK COMES TO THE
MEETING I WILL MAKE A COUPLE
FINAL REMARKS SAYING THIS IS A
SECOND STEP IN A PROCESS THAT
WILL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER BILL
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC.
AGAIN LEGISLATION IS A PROCESS
AND IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO UPDATE AND CHANGE THE
LAWS AS THE ENVIRONMENT IN
WHICH THE CHANGES ESPECIALLY
WANT TO THANK MIKE AND LISA AND
ON FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AGAIN ALSO THANKING FOLKS SUCH
AS MEGAN CRUZ AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WHO YOU'RE ABLE TO
GIVE US COMMENTS THAT WE ARE
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AND I HAVE
BY SHORTENING THIS DURATION
THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHT
FORWARD.
>> VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IF YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TO FILIBUSTER I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO ERIN HOUSE AS WELL.
SHE'S BEEN REALLY IN THE WEEDS
OF THIS WORKING WITH YOUR
OFFICE SO QUICK SHOUT OUT TO
ERIN HOUSE.
WE DON'T GET TO SEE EACH OTHER
OFTEN SO JUST WANT TO SEND HER
A QUICK NOTE SAYING THANK YOU
FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
>> GREAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
>> YEAH.
SIMILARLY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK PARKER DAWSON IN MY
OFFICE FOR WORKING CLOSELY ON
THE AMENDMENT WE PUT FORWARD
TODAY THAT WAS ULTIMATELY
ADOPTED SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
CHALLENGING TIMES OF WORKING
REMOTELY AND ALL OF THE OTHER
THINGS WE'RE JUGGLING AS
COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF
AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
CRITICAL WORK THAT THEY'RE
DOING.
SO JUST WANTED TO EXTEND THAT
AND I WOULD BE TOTALLY LOST
WITHOUT MY STAFF SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE AND
CONTRIBUTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND I HAVE RECEIVED
COMMUNICATION FROM SENIOR
DEPUTY CLERK SANCHEZ THANK YOU
DEPUTY CLERK BARRING AND SWIM.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION I MOVE
TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
THE IMPHEE TO VOTE ON THE SAME
DAY AVES THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
THIS ITEM.
>> NO OBJECTION.
SORRY.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION WE WILL
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
ROLE CALL VOTE.
>> .
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED.
>> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE
IS A BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE NEED
TO HAVE THIS LEGISLATION SO
THERE MAY BE A BRIEF DELAY
BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL.
ITEM TWO OUR NEXT ITEM OF
BUSINESS TODAY IS DISCUSSION
AND VOTE ON CB119838 THE ANNUAL
ROUND OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS AND PLEASE READ THE
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2 COUNCIL VOTE
119838 THE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
INCORPORATE CHANGES PART OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANNUAL
AMENDMENT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE NOW JOINED BY ERIC AND
MITCH OF COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US A BRIEF
REFRESHER ON THIS BILL AND THE
NEW AMENDMENT BEFORE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M THE STAFF AND I'LL JUMP
RIGHT IN MAKING TWO CHANGES TO
SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
AS YOU KNOW THE CORE OF
DOCUMENT FOR SEATTLE LOOKING TO
LAY OUT HOW THE CITY WILL
DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
THE STATE LAW ALLOWS THE CITY
TO IN GENERAL MAKE CHANGES ONCE
PER YEAR TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW THE
CITY HAS LAID OUT A PROCESS OF
DOCKETING POSSIBLE
UPLEANEDMENTS ALTOGETHER THE
BEGINNING OF AN ANNUAL CYCLE
HAVING THIS GO THROUGH
CONSIDERATION AND ROUGESES OF
COUNCIL THAT HAS HAPPENED AND
AFTER THOSE COME BACK IN
THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM
YOUR STAFF LIKE ME, THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALSO OP
CD AND THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING
ON SEPTEMBER 9 AS YOU KNOW
BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE YOU HELD
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS
BILL.
THERE WERE TWO FOLKS AS I
RECALL THAT COMMENTED BOTH IN
FAVOR OF THE CHANGES AND NO ONE
OPPOSING.
THE BILL ITSELF WOULD DO THESE
THINGS AMENDING THE BOUNDARY OF
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION
HOBBISH AND VILLAGE TO INCLUDE
THE PROVIDENCE MOUNT PROPERTY
AND WOULD UPDATE THE DEL RIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN GOALS AND
POLICIES SO IT'S A QUICK RUN
DOWN AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
IT IS A REMINDER THERE'S ONE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR YOU ALL
TO CONSIDER BEFORE TAKING
ACTION OF THE BILL IF YOU
CHOOSE TO AMEND IT.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GET INTO AMENDMENTS
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ERIC FROM COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME AND
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE
LEGISLATION WE'LL CONSIDER
AMENDMENT DESCRIBED JUST A
MOMENT AGO WHICH UPDATES THE
MAP TO REFLECT THE CORRECT
BOUNDARIES FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION OF URBAN VILLAGE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS
AMENDMENT BEFORE WE VOTE?
SEEING NONE I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119838 AS
REFLECTED IN AMENDMENT ONE ON
THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL AS
REFLECTED IN AMENDMENT ONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
DO WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION
IS ON IT AT THIS TIME?
VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.
CHAIR.
I'M HOPING TO GET A FEW ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS WE ASKED AT THE
MEETING LAST WEEK THE LAST
MEETING WE HAD.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT AT THIS
COMMITTEE COUNCIL LAST WEEK
THAT THERE BE THE INCLUSION OF
THE RENAMING OF SINGLE FAMILY
ZONES AND THIS YEAR'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A MINOR
UPDATE.
I KNOW THAT THIS DISCUSSION WAS
SHARED BY MEMBERS OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION WHO ALSO
JOINED AND HOUSING ADVOCATES
AND MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
HAD WRITTEN IN GIVEN THE NAME
SINGLE FAMILY IS ANT EQUATED
AND ACCURATE AND COUNCIL MEMBER
WEISS ACCURATELY POINTED OUT IN
OUR LAST COMMITTEE DOES NOT
REFLECT THE DIVERSE MULTI
GENERATIONAL HOUSING THAT
EXISTS IN OUR CITY.
IT'S PASTIME TO UPDATE THIS
LANGUAGE AND INCLUDE A MORE
ACCURATE NAME SUCH AVES
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AS HAS
BEEN SUGGESTED.
MY DESIRE WAS TO INCLUDE THAT
CHANGE IN THIS LEGISLATION.
WE'VE REQUESTED OP CD TO STUDY
THE NAME CHANGE IN 2018 IN THE
MH AOF COURSE COMPANION
RESOLUTION AND AGAIN DURING THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANNUAL
DOCUMENTING PROCESS IN 2019 AND
WE KNOW THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AS I MENTIONED.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS CHANGE HAS
NOT BEEN STUDIED BY THE
EXECUTIVE AND THEREFORE WE ARE
NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS
YEAR'S UPDATE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NAME CHANGE
IS AGAIN DOCKETED FOR A THIRD
TIME AND THE NEXT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FOR CONSIDERATION
AS AN AMENDND NEXT YEAR'S PLAN
UPDATE AGAIN THIS IS A MINOR
CHANGE THAT WOULD GO FAR IN
UPDATING HOW WE TALK ABOUT
HOUSING IN SEATTLE TO BE MORE
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE AND I
THINK THAT THIS CHANGE SQUARELY
FITS INTO THE MINOR UPDATES AND
SHOULD OT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT
MAJOR COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE
WHICH WOULD NOT BE UNTIL 2024.
SO I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT
WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH
THIS CHANGE THIS YEAR BUT I
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT
STUDIED SO WE CAN FINALLY MAKE
PROGRESS ON SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE HAD DISPOSITION TO
DO LAST YEAR.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS BUT I
JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ON
THE RECORD.
WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS THIS YEAR?
>> WHY?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT?
>> CENTRAL STAFF BASICALLY
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS NOT
BEEN DONE ON THAT CHANGE.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY
WHETHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS
REQUIRED BUT THE NECESSARY
ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC NOTICE
HASN'T BEEN PROVIDED.
>> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION
ABOUT THAT AND IT'S DANGEROUS
TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
NOT ASKED CENTRAL STAFF IN
ADVANCE SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT
WE NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
ASSESSMENT TO CHANGE THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE USE AND NOT
CHANGE THE ACTUAL ZONING
REQUIREMENTS THAT ACCOMPANY
THAT.
WE KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST
CENTURY SINGLE FAMILY ZONING
HAS EXPANDED OUT, OUT, OUT.
SO MANY APARTMENTS MULTI FAMILY
STRUCTURES ARE INCLUDED IN
SINGLE FAMILY ZONES THAT ARE
JUST MISLABELED OR I WOULD SAY
NOW PROHIBITED IN THOSE ZONES.
WE'VE SEEN THOSE MAPS OVER AND
OVER WHERE THE SIZE OF THE
SINGLE FAMILY HOME ZONING HAS
BEEN BROADENED OUT AND
EFFECTIVELY REDUCING THE AREAS
IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE MULTI
FAMILY STRUCTURES.
WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT MORE
ADEQUATELY OR MORE ACCURATELY
RENAMING A ZONE THAT IS NOT
ACTUALLY REFLECTING THE CURRENT
FABRIC OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
SO THAT REQUIRES AN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
>> SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T
ACTUALLY HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR
WHAT EXPESK CHANGES WOULD BE
REQUIRED ONCE WE HAVE THAT
PROPOSAL THEN WE WOULD ANALYZE
WHETHER OR NOT ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW WAS REQUIRED.
THE WORLD OF LAND USE IS FULL
OF PROCESS AND ANALYSIS AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT
AND SO IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS
CHANGE COULD REQUIRE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BUT WE
DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL TO
ACTUALLY MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION AT THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND I'M
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
úAFTERWARDS MR. CHAIR AND WITH
OUR TEAM FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE WHAT I
THINK I HEARD THAT IN ORDER FOR
A ZONE THAT HAS VERY MINOR
IMPACT I WOULD SAY RENAMING
FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL FOR
EXAMPLE FIRST WOULD REQUIRE A
PROPOSAL THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE
AN ANALYSIS OF WHETHER OR NOT
WE NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
ANALYSIS THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE
AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND
THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK
FOR US IN THAT POTENTIALLY
CONSIDER AN ACT.
>> RIGHT INCLUDING PUBLIC
HEARING.
>> SURE.
>> YEAH.
>> AND JUST ONE LAST POINT OF
CLARKS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF
DO WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE PUT
FORWARD ANY PROPOSAL THAT MEETS
THAT REQUIRED FIRST STEP?
>> SO THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY
SORT OF MARKED UP THE PLAN TO
IDENTIFY WHAT CHANGES WOULD BE
REQUIRED OR THE NECESSARY CODE
AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD FLOW FROM
ANY CHANGES TO THE COMPLEX.
SO WE HAVE A CONCEPT RIGHT NOW
THAT CERTAINLY MERRITTS STUDY
BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE
NEXT STEP OF ACTUALLY
DEVELOPING A PROPOSAL THAT CAN
BE ANALYZED.
>> MR. CHAIR MAY I ASK ONE MORE
QUESTION?
>> SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
HI PUPPY.
IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THEN
THAT IT IS MORE COMPLICATED
THAN LITERALLY STRIKING THE
WORD SINGLE FAMILY AND ADDING
THE WORDS NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL?
>> I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT
THIS PROPOSAL HAS ASKED FOR BUT
WE'VE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR
ATTORNEYS THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO SEE WHAT THE CHANGES ARE
BEFORE WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER
OR NOT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS
REQUIRED.
>> OKAY.
VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT TTDZ
THAT CUSTOM NUMBER SOME I THINK
TO MAKE WHAT IS BY ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES FROM THE COMMON
SENSE PERSPECTIVE A MINOR
CHANGE TO THE WORDING IN THE
WAY IN WHICH OUR TERMINOLOGY
AND THE ALPHABET SOUP THAT
EXCLUDES FOLKS THAT IS
EXCLUDING PEOPLE SO LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT
THE BARRIERS AND AS YOU CAN
TELL A CALL FOR US TO ACT WITH
URGENCY AS WE KNOW THAT THIS
HAS BEEN STUDIED AND DEMANDED
FOR A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR AND IT
IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
SUCH A NAME CHANGE WOULD NOT
HAVE A POLICY LOCATION RATHER
THAN JUST SIMPLY CALLING A
NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT IT TRULY IS
WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL.
PRINE YOU RAISING THIS AND
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AT ANY TIME
REGARDING THIS ITEM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
UNDER LYING BILL?
SCOOB ARE SEEING NONE I MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 119838 AS AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THANK YOU ALL.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE BACK
BEFORE COUNCIL ON TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 29.
WE ARE NOT HAVING A MEETING ON
MONDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF YOM
KIPPUR.
ITEM NUMBER THREE OUR FINAL
ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS A
úBRIEFING OF PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE 2020, 2021 COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN DOCKET RESOLUTION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE,
RESOLUTION 31970.
A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING A
PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
POSSIBLE ADOPTION IN 2021 IN
REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE SEATTLE
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW
ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU AND LISCH AND ERIC
ARE BACK WITH UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THIS ITEM.
LAST TIME WE TOOK THIS ITEM UP
THE RESOLUTION WAS NOT YET
INTRODUCED.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE
RESOLUTION AND THE MEMO THAT
YOU HAVE PROVIDED?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
RESOLUTION 31970 SETS THE
DOCKET FOR AMENDMENTS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE
CONSIDERED IN 2021.
THE COUNCIL PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO
SUBMIT IDEAS FOR CHANGES TO THE
PLAN AND THE COUNCIL RECEIVED
11 PROPOSALS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
IN ADDITION THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF AMENDMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS DOCKETED IN RIBBERT YEARS
INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY
NAME CHANGE THAT WE JUST
DISCUSSED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
RESOLVED.
AMENDMENTS DORFF DOCKETS HAVE
ALSO BEEN PROPOSED FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS RELATED TO THE
EXECUTIVE RELATED TO NORTH AND
THE STATION AROUND 130TH AND I-
5 AND INDUSTRIAL MARITIME
POLICIES.
EACH OF THESE RECOMMENDED AMEND
MANEDS IS REVIEWED AGAINST
CRITERIA THAT THE ADOPTED HAS
RESOLUTION 31807 TO DETERMINE
WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO
MOVE FORWARD FOR MORE DETAILED
STUDY.
RESOLUTION 31970 THE AMENDMENT
INTO FOUR CATEGORIES THE FIRST
ARE AMENDMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL
ASKED OP CD AND THE PLANNING
COMMISSION TO STUDY FOR
CONSIDERATION 2021.
THESE ARE CHANGES TO THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE UNIVERSITY
URBAN CENTER AND ANALYSIS OF
IMPACTS OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE CLOSURE ON THE PLAN.
REVIEW OF POLICIES RELATED TO
TREES.
REVIEW OF THE NAME OF SINGLE
FAMILY AREAS.
PRELIMINARY CHANGES AROUND THE
FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION AT
NORTH 30TH STREET AND I-5 AND
PRELIMINARY CHANGES RELATED TO
THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIMESTRAIT
YAY JEASM THAT THE MAYOR IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
THE SECOND SECTION IS NEW TO
THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTION.
IT'S A SET OF AMENDMENTS THAT
THE COUNCIL ASKED TO REVIEW BUT
MAY TAKE MORE TIME THAN
COMPLETION IN 2021.
THESE INCLUDE REVIEW OF THE
STATS OF THE SOUTH PARK URBAN
VILLAGE FINAL RECOMMENDATION
RELATED TO THE AREA AROUND
130TH AND I-5. FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME
STRATEGY AND POLICIES RELATED
TO FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION AND
STORAGE IN THEIR IMPACTS ON
PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE THIRD SECTION IS ALSO NEW
TO THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTION.
IT'S A SET OF AMENDMENTS THE
COUNCIL ITSELF IS TAKING THE
LEAD ON ANALYZING AND THIS YEAR
THAT IS SET-UP IN AMENDMENTS
THAT COULD LAY THE GROUND WORK
FOR IMPLEMENTING IMPACT FEES.
THE FOUR SECTIONS ARE THE
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED BY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THAT WILL NOT BE STUDIED
FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS I'LL
START JUST WITH ONE THEN I'LL
OPEN IT UP TO THE COLLEAGUES.
DOES THE DOCKET AS DESCRIEND IN
THIS RESOLUTION DIFFER FROM OP
CD WHERE THE PLANNING
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> YES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS
RECOMMENDED THE SINGLE FAMILY
AREAS ISSUE MAY TAKE MORE TIME
THAN ADOPTING IT NEXT YEAR.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OP
CD BOTH RECOMMEND IF GETS THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES I DO HAVE A FEW
OTHER QUESTIONS AND DO WANT TO
OPEN IT UP TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
>> VICE CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL SAY ONE MORE TIME FOR
THE RECORD MY SINCERE INTEREST
IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE
CONVERSATION AROUND RENAMING
SINGLE FAMILY ZONES PER THE
COMMENTS I JUST MADE A SECOND
AGO RELATED TO THIS YEAR'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MINOR UPDATE
LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO AGAIN THANK COUNCIL
CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR INCLUDING THE
SINGLE FAMILY NAME CHANGE IN
THIS RESOLUTION REQUESTING TO
STUDY THIS CHANGE FOR NEXT
YEAR'S ADOPTION.
I HOPE IT'S THE THIRD TIME WILL
BE THE CHARM AND WE WILL
FINALLY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T LET YET ANOTHER YEAR GO
BY WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE NAME
CHANGE THAT WOULD EXIST WITHIN
OUR OWN PLANNING DOCUMENT
EAVES.
THE DETERMINE SINGLE FAMILY IS
ROOTED IN EXCLUSION AND DOES
NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
DIVERSE ARRAY OF HOUSING
ARRANGEMENTS TO INDUCIVE GROUP
HOUSING TO THE APARTMENTS LIKE
IN QUEEN ANN THAT WAS LOCATED
IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE AND
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE
LANGUAGE THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND
RFLECTIVE IN THE DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT LIVE TOGETHER AND SO
LET'S GET THIS DONE AND SEE IF
WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THIS
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STUDY OR
NOT AND THEN LET'S MOVE FORWARD
TO MAKE IT A MORE INCLUSIVE
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR AND
YOUR COMMENTS REFLECTED
SOMETHING I SPOKE TO A LANDLORD
FROM BALLARD ABOUT WHERE THEY
OWNED A DUPLEX WHICH IS NOW IN
A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE BECAUSE
MUCH OF BEFORE SINGLE FAMILY
ZONING WAS MADE MORE
RESTRICTIVE THERE ARE MANY
DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES
THROUGHOUT BALLARD AND
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE THAT ARE NOW
IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONES AND SO
THIS LANDLORD WAS LOOKING TO
MAKE MODEST IMPROVEMENTS TO
THEIR BUILDING HOWEVER THEY
WERE UNABLE TO HAVE THE
PERMITTING DONE COMPLETED
BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING WAS
OUT OF COMPLINES WITH THE
ZONING.
THAT IS SEPARATE FROM JUST
SPEAKING TO THE NAME OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND I
DO THINK THAT BOTH NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED.
SO THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, DOVE
TAILS, IS MAYBE LISCH ARE THERE
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TO
REMIND US WHY WE ARE
CONSTRAINED FROM CONSIDERING
THAT CHANGE THIS YNOA ANYTHING
ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE WITH US?
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE
PROCESS THAT WILL OCCUR AFTER
WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND
BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN LIGHT OF
THE PROCESS.
>> SURE.
SO OP CD WILL ANALYZE THE AMEND
MANTLES MAYBE PERFORMING ON
EACH OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND
WILL DEVELOP A PACKAGE THAT
WILL GO FORWARD FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THERE WILL BE A DETERMINATION
OF WHETHER THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT IN
TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO
CHALLENGE THAT FERMENT IT IS
DETERMINED TO BE NON
SIGNIFICANT THEN THE EXECUTIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROPOSED TO
BE SENT--REQUESTED TO BE SENT
BACK TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF
MARCH AT WHICH POINT THE
COMMISSION IS GIVEN A COUPLE OF
MONTHS TO REVIEW AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PACKAGE
THAT THE EXECUTIVE TESTIFIED TO
.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
LEWIS THEN PEDERSEN.
>> WHAT ARE THE NATURE OF SOME
OF THE OBJECTIONS THAT YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER RELATED TO
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE RELATED
MATTERS?
YOU SAID O P CD WAS OPPOSED.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT
REAL QUICK.
I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS.
>> THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PUT
FORWARD WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON
LAND USE ISSUES IN WEST SEATTLE
AND THE IMPACTS OF THE BRIDGE
CLOSURE ON LAND USE IN WEST
SEATTLE WITH VIEW TOWARDS
DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM ON
DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER CHANGES.
AND DEVELOPMENT IN WEST SEATTLE
BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE AS
DRAFTED.
THE RESOLUTION INSTEAD IS MORE
FOCUSED ON LOOKING AT THE
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND THE
MAPS IN THE TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR
EXAMPLE BUS ROUTES AND FREIGHT
ROUTES IN THAT ELEMENT ARE
APPROPRIATE AND THAT REFLECT
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH HOW
BUS AND FREIGHT ARE MOVING
THROUGH AND TO AND FROM THE
WEST SEATTLE PENINSULA WITH THE
BRIDGE DOWN.
AND I THINK OP CD IS MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT APPROACH
AND LOOK THAN WITH THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL.
>> SO SORRY, NOW I'M CONFUSED A
LITTLE.
SO ARE THERE IN FAVOR RFER
TBENS THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL
THEN.
>> I THINK THEY ARE MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE RESOLUTION
THAN THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY SITED.
>> OKAY.
APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDIGREE
SENATORS PASS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS I
WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ADDITION IN THE RESOLUTION
REGARDING TREES.
WE DID HEAR COMMENTS TODAY FROM
STEVE AND REREADING WHAT'S IN
THE RESOLUTION I FEEL LIKE THAT
COULD INCORPORATE WHAT HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT OVER THE
SPECIFICS BUT I JUST WANTED TO
THANK YOU FOR BEING MINDFUL OF
TREES IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE
OF LEGISLATION.
ALSO I HEARD CHRIS TALKING
ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION
CONCERNS THE VEHICLES ON THE
ROADS AND DAMAGE TO THE ROADS
AND WE'LL BE EEP TO LOOKING
INTO THAT FURTHER IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THROUGH
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION BUT JUST WANT TO
LET THEM KNOW THAT I HEAR HIS
CONCERNS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND I WILL BE
REACHING OUT TO YOU ABOUT SOME
OF THOSE CHANGES TO THE
AMENDMENT.
ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS JUST
GOING DOWN THE LAND USE THE
HISTORY OF LAND UGHS THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES HAS
A WONDERFUL PAGE DEDICATED TO
THE ANNEXATION OF WEST SEATTLE
WHICH OCCURRED IN 1907 MAY 25
THAT YEAR BOTH BALLARD AND
BRYANT WERE ALSO ANNEXED INTO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THAT'S
WHEN THE FIRST FLURRY OF
DEVELOPMENT REALLY EXPANDED
BEYOND WHAT THE ORIGINAL
SETTLERS THERE HAD BUILT.
SO RELEVANT INFORMATION.
CHECK IT OUT ON THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL ARCHIVE SITE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
HEARING NONE I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION 31970.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE BACK
BEFORE COUNCIL ON TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 29 FOR A FINAL VOTE.
IS THERE ANY GOOD BUSINESS
DORFF THE GOOD OF THE ORDER OF
THIS COMMITTEE?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THIS-
IT. E CHAIR MOSQUEDA, GO FOR
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT OUR
COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
IS ALSO NOT HERE TODAY SENDING
HER A NOTE OF APPRECIATION OF
SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT I
UNDERSTAND THERE WERE FOLKS
OUTSIDE HER HOUSE AGAIN LAST
NIGHT I KNOW THAT OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS INCLUDING PEDERSEN AND
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY MR.
CHAIR HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED
SIMILAR TYPES OF PROTESTS.
I'VE ALSO HAD MEME COME TO MY
DOOR.
WHAT HAPPENED AT COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ'S HOUSE AS I UNDERSTAND
IT USING PROFANITY SCREAMING
NAMES AT HER THAT ARE VIOLENT
AND SEXUAL NATURE.
AFNED AS REPRESENTATIVE ACASTRO
CORTEZ SAID IN HER COMMENTS IN
D.C. WE CANNOT LET PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO USE THOSE TERMS
AGAINST ANY WOMAN, ANY PERSON
AND WE CANNOT ALSO MAKE A
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHETHER OR
NOT IT'S PEOPLE WE AGREE WITH
OR DISAGREE WITH SO MY HEART TO
THE WORLD PLEASE STOP THAT TYPE
OF HARASSING BEHAVIOR
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE CALLING
OUT THAT TYPE OF INTIMIDATION
THAT'S BEING USED AND SEXUALLY
VIOLENT LANGUAGE.
IT IS NOT OKAY.
WHILE SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY I
JUST WANTED TO SEND HER THAT
NOTE OF APPRECIATION BECAUSE
I'M SURE SHE IS WATCHING ONLINE
AND FOLLOWING CLOSELY BUT IT
HAS TO STOP.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
CIVIL DIALOGUE INCLUDING PEOPLE
WE DISAGREE WITH ESPECIALLY IN
THESE TOUGH TIMES WHEN WE DON'T
GET TO SEE PEOPLE.
WAFNTED TO EXTEND MY OF THAT
TYPE OF LANGUAGE NO MATTER WHO
IT'S COMING FROM AND SEND A
NOTE OF APPRECIATION TO ALL OF
YOU MANY OF US HAVE HAD
VISITORS THAT ARE HOME AND
POTENTIALLY A NEW WAY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ELECTIVES WE
DO ALL HAVE OFFICE HOURS AND
PHONE NUMBERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ZOOM ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO
USE THOSE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS
AND TO REALLY BE CAREFUL OF
THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USIN
IS ABSOLUTELY AND HAS TO BE
CALLED OUT.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YEAH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER AND WANTING TO SIMILARLY
EXPRESS MY EXTREME
DISAPPOINTMENT IN SOME OF THE
TACTICS BEING USED TO
COMMUNICATE DISAGREEMENT WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
I WAS RECENTLY VISITED BY A
NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATORS WE
TALKED AND HAD A RESPECTFUL
EXCHANGE AND DISCUSSION THAT
WAS CERTAINLY POWERFUL AND WAS
VERY FORCEFUL AND ULTIMATELY
RESPECTFUL.
I WAS NEVER INASSAULTED OR
ATTACKED AND I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE
GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ'S HOME BUT I WANT TO
ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
CONCERNS AND GIVE SOME ADVICE
TO THE GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO
THE ENGAGING IN THE TACTICS IT
THE NOT GOING TO HELP YOU MAKE
YOUR CASE OR BE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY.
IT'S GOING TO UNDER MINE A LOT
OF MOVEMENTS DEMANDING CHANGE
AND I WOULD SAME LEVEL MUCH
RESPECTABILITY THAT GOT
EXTENDED TO ME WHEN I WAS
VISITED SHOULD GET EXTENDED TO
EVERYBODY ELSE AND THESE
INTIMIDATING TACTICS SHOULD NOT
BE TOLERATED AND YOU KNOW I
WANT TO SAY TOO IN THE PAST
IT'S HAPPENED AT COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN WHO IS ON THIS CALL
TOO THE SCRIBBLING ON HIS HOUSE
AND THREATS MADE UNACCEPTABLE
AND HAVE TO BE STRONGLY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND VICE CHAIR WHILE I AM
NOT HERE TO TELL ANYONE HOW TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR PROTEST I
CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ACTIONS
HAVE CROSSED THE LINE FOR ME
PERSONALLY AND THAT THESE
ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN, JUAREZ, LEWIS
AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
ME HAVE CROSSED THE LINE AND
HAVE MOVED TO BE IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN WHICH
THEY ARE INTENDING TO.
SO THAT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO
WITH THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.
IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH THE
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER ITEMS FOR THE GOOD
OF THE ORDER.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS CONCLUDES THE WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 MEETING OF
THE LAND USE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE DECEMBER 9
AT 9:30 A.M.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.