>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
IT IS FEBRUARY 19, 2020 MEETING
OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL COME
TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:34 A.M.
I AM ALEX PETERSON CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE I AM JOINED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS STRAUSS ,
HERBOLD, AND MORALES.
BEFORE WE BEGIN WE WILL APPROVE
THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION IT IS
ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR
UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE, TRANSPORTATION
TECHNOLOGIES.
WE WILL HAVE UP TO 20 MINUTES
úFOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL READ THE NAMES.
COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE WE
HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, JAN GRAY
LORD AND MEGAN CRUZ.
>>MY NAME IS JAN GRAY LONG I
LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
A YEAR AGO IF I WANTED TO GET
DOWNTOWN, IF I WANTED TO
CONNECT UP WITH THE RAIN YEAR
BEACH STATION IT WOULD TAKE
NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF
WALKING, WAITING FOR THE 107 TO
GET TO RAIN YEAR BEACH.
TODAY IT TAKES ME 20-30 MINUTES
TO CALL A VAN, TO RIDE VIA TO
LIGHT RAIL.
THAT SERVICE IS SUPPOSED TO
END, IT IS A DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT APRIL 30.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAY 1 I GO BACK
TO AN HOUR AND A HALF OR NOT,
VIA, IN A SIMPLE SENTENCE IS
UBER TO LIGHT RAIL AT A
REASONABLE COST.
IT IS IN FOUR SOUTH SEATTLE
STATIONS AND IN TUKWILA.
THE VIA RIDERS NEED AND WANT
VIA.
IT IS FAST, FLEXIBLE,
EFFICIENT, SAFE, COMFORTABLE.
IT CONNECTS US TO JOBS,
EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE,
COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT.
WE UNDERSTAND THINGS HAVE TO
BALANCE OUT, IT IS A VITAL
SERVICE FOR SOUTH SEATTLE.
ANY MORE INFO EMAIL KEEP
6A@YAHOO.COM AND SUBJECT INFO.
THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU.
>>MEGAN CRUZ.
>>GOOD MORNING.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT SEATTLE
TRAFFIC, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
THERE IS SOME GOOD.
THE FIRST PART IS TRANSIT
RIDERSHIP IS UP AND SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLES ARE DOWN IN
THE CITY CENTER.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS
TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION IS STILL
GROWING.
WHY IS THAT?
THE REASON IS WE ARE NOT
ACCOUNTING FOR ALL FORMS OF
TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY THE FASTEST
GROWING, THAT WOULD BE TRUCKS
AND TMC'S WHICH ARE THE RIGHT
HAILING SERVICES, UBER AND
LYFT.
CONSIDER THESE FACTS I GOT FROM
THE CITY WITH REGARD TO TMC'S
IN ZIP CODE 98104 AND 98101 WE
GET 17,500 RIDERS A DAY. THAT
IS A LOT OF CARS.
THESE CARS ARE NOT PARKING
ANYWHERE, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
CIRCLING.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE MORE
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED THAN A
SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE.
2.8 FOUR TNC.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THESE.
THESE ARE NOT IN THE COMP PLAN.
LIKEWISE, TRUCKS ARE GROWING
20% ANNUALLY DOWNTOWN BECAUSE
OF THE RISE OF e-COMMERCE.
THE UW DID A CORNETS STUDY THAT
SHOWS 40s 40,000 TRUCKS COMING
INTO THE CITY CENTER EVERY DAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL
GROWTH THAT WILL BE
OVERWHELMING IN A SHORT WHILE.
AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE TAKING
AWAY CURB LANES AND PUTTING AN
END TO BIKE AND BUS LANES,
WHICH IS GOOD, BUT THE NEW
BUILDINGS DO NOT COME EQUIPPED
WITH WORKABLE LOADING BIRTHS.
THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT
NEW TOWERS THAT ARE GOING TO
HOLD 1000 PEOPLE EACH DON'T
REQUIRE A LOADING BIRTHS.
YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYBODY
GETTING THEIR GOODS AND
SERVICES FROM e-COMMERCE, IT IS
GOING TO QUICKLY BECOME A
PROBLEM IF WE DO NOT TAKE
CHARGE OF THIS.
I WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO
DO TWO THINGS.
LAST MAY I SUBMITTED AN
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL TO THE PLAN
ASKING THAT TRUCKS AND TNC BE
ADDED TO THE MODE SHARE SO WE
CAN COUNT THEM . I DO NOT KNOW
WHERE THAT HAS GONE IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE THIS
LAST YEAR.
--
>> THANK YOU MS. CRUZ.
GIVE YOUR COMMENTS TO OUR CLERK
AND WE CAN READ THOSE LATER.
IS ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK?
OKAY.
SEEING WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED AND WE
WILL MOVE TO THE FIRST ITEM ON
THE AGENDA.
WE WILL HAVE OUR CLERK, JUST AN
OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S COMMITTEE
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST ITEM
NOW IF THE CLERK WILL READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD FOR US.
>> RESOLUTION 31932.>>> A
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT; ACKNOWLEDGING
AND APPROVING CITY LIGHT'S
ADOPTION OF A BIENNIAL ENERGY
CONSERVATION TARGET FOR 2020-
2021 AND TEN-YEAR CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL.
>>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE HEARING THIS ITEM
TWICE.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT
WILL BE REQUIRED.
WE WILL BE BACK FOR THAT
OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO, DEBRA
SMITH, WHO IS JOINING US.
SHE HAS OFFERED TO GIVE A BRIEF
UPDATE ABOUT WHAT WE READ ABOUT
IN THE SEATTLE TIMES AND OTHER
MEDIA OUTLETS ABOUT THE COPPER
WIRE THEFT.
WHY DON'T WE DO INTRODUCTIONS
AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU.
>>I AM DEBRA SMITH THE GENERAL
MANAGER OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>>I AM CRAIG SMITH DIRECTOR OF
CUSTOMER CARE AND SOLUTIONS AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>>I AM JENNIFER FINNIGAN AT
CUSTOMER CARE AND SOLUTIONS AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>>I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST
TIME I HAVE HEARD THAT.
AS A QUICK ASIDE, I THINK THIS
IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. IN MY YEAR AND A
HALF WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME
REORGANIZATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
DONE IS TAKEN THE CUSTOMER CARE
GROUP, IT IS NOT OPERATIONAL
CUSTOMER SERVICE, IT IS NOT THE
BILLING AND COLLECTIONS.
THOSE ARE IN THE OPERATION
GROUP UNDER MIKE HAYNES
LEADERSHIP, HE IS OUR COO AND
HE IS RIGHT THERE.
CRAIG IS REPORTING DIRECTLY TO
ME AND HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR CUSTOMER ENERGY SOLUTIONS
WHICH IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
MOST OF OUR VALUE ADD PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES.
WE BROUGHT THOSE TOGETHER AND
IT IS REALLY -- WE ARE
DISCOVERING IT IS A GREAT
MARRIAGE.
THERE IS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES.
THESE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE BEING IN OUR
CUSTOMERS HOMES AND WORKING
WITH THEM DIRECTLY.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT IT
TAKES TO MANAGE AND SUSTAIN
LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS IS
REALLY DEEP.
TAKING CUSTOMER CARE WHICH
INCLUDES THE PROGRAM AND KEY
ACCOUNTS AND BRINGING THOSE
FOLKS TOGETHER IS GREAT.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
HEARD ANYONE USE THE NAME OF
THE NEW DIVISION, IT KIND OF
ROLLED OFF YOUR TONGUES.
YOU DID AWESOME.
I WILL TAKE A QUICK MINUTE,
FIRST OF ALL, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE ARTICLE IN THE
TIMES, THE REPORTER DID A GREAT
JOB AND WE WORKED WITH HIM FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE INFORMATION WAS
PRESENTED AND WE APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
BRINGING THIS UP AND A LOT OF
WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THEN.
ACTUALLY STAFF COMPLETED A
GREAT REPORT ON STREET LIGHT
COPPER WIRE THEFT ANALYSIS
REPORT THAT I GOT A COPY OF
YESTERDAY IT WAS FINALIZED AT
THE END OF JANUARY.
IT IS A GREAT REVIEW OF THE
PROBLEM, WHAT OTHER UTILITIES
ARE DOING, HOW IT IS IMPACTING
SEATTLE AND BEST PRACTICES.
I WANTED TO SHARE A BIT OF
INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE
IS PROVIDE A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THESE ARE ON
THE GROUND STAFF LEVEL AND NOT
CONSULTANTS.
THESE ARE FOLKS DEALING WITH
THIS ON A DAILY BASIS.
NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS HUGE, IS
DEVELOP AND LAUNCH A PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO
SPOT A THEFT IN PROGRESS AND
HOW TO REPORT.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE TIMES DID A GREAT JOB
OF TALKING ABOUT, THE LENGTHS
TO WHICH FOLKS ARE GOING IN
SOME CASES TO DO THE WORK
DURING THE DAY AND THEN PULL
THE WIRE AT NIGHT.
A PART OF THAT IS TO DEVELOP
EXPECTATIONS FOR CONTRACTORS
WHO ARE PERFORMING WORK IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OR IN THE
STREETS SO THAT FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY CAN IDENTIFY THESE
ARE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING WORK
WHO ARE EITHER CITY LIGHT
EMPLOYEES OR ARE DOING WORK ON
OUR BEHALF.
THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC
CAMPAIGN AND THEN WORKING WITH
THOSE FOLKS.
UNDERTAKING A COST-BENEFIT
ANALYSIS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF
COPPER WIRE WITH ALUMINUM.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT WILL
TURN OUT.
WE DO KNOW THE MARKET IS VERY
DIFFERENT FOR THOSE AND WE WILL
BE LOOKING AT, AS WE ARE DOING
A BETTER JOB, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER FOR CAPTURING THE
COST.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE WORK ORDER
IS COSTING US. STAND WHAT THIS
THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE STORY
LOOKING AT WELDING HANDHOLDS.
THAT IS A PRETTY PRACTICAL
SOLUTION, ONE THAT WE ARE
STARTING TO DO.
THE DOWNSIDE AGAIN WAS
DISCUSSED, WHEN THERE IS A
LEGITIMATE OUTAGE IT DOES TAKE
A LONGER DURATION.
BUT IN THE LONG RUN IT IS THE
RIGHT WAY TO GO.
IF THAT IS WHAT WE DO WE WILL
HAVE TO DEVELOP A CONSTRUCTION
STANDARD SO WE HAVE THAT AND
THEN IT WILL TAKE TIME TO WORK
THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT STAFFING AND
LANGUAGE TO MANAGE COPPER WIRE
THEFT RELATED ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS DATA ENTRY INTO OUR SYSTEM
WHERE WE KEEP TRACK OF THINGS.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE WAS
SUPPORT IN GENERAL AS WE LEARN
MORE AND GET OUR PROGRAM
TOGETHER.
IF THERE ARE BUDGET IMPACTS WE
WILL BE TALKING TO YOU.
WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THERE IS A
LOT THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE
EXISTING RESOURCES AND MAKE
THAT WORK.
LASTLY, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY
COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF EMERGING
SOLUTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT I
REFER TO AS BEST PRACTICE, WE
ARE EXPLORING OTHER SOLUTIONS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
AN UPDATE TO THE MAYOR THIS
WEEK AND I MENTIONED
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AS SOON
AS WE HAVE THAT COMPLETE WE
WILL GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL SO
THAT WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION
CURRENT FROM THE DATE OF THE
ARTICLE.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE
PUBLIC'S HELP AND INVOLVEMENT
IS WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WILL PUT THEM IN
HARMS WAY, WE WILL BE EDUCATING
FOLKS ON HOW TO RESPOND IF THEY
SEE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY THINK
ARE SUSPICIOUS.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM
THAT IS HUGE.
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS WHEN
COPPER THEFT IS HAPPENING, THE
REPAIRS ARE GENERALLY NOT
SIMPLE BECAUSE IT IS A
DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
AND THE EXPENDITURES, IT IS NOT
THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT OF
COPPER, IT IS THE LABOR AND THE
EXTENSIVE WORK THAT IS HAVING
TO BE DONE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
>> NOT SO MUCH QUESTIONS, A
COUPLE OF STATEMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR REFERENCING THE
WORK THAT THE COUNCIL DID
DURING THE PROCESS.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF IT NOT
JUST AS A CITY LIGHT ISSUE BUT
A CITY WIDE ISSUE.
THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THEFT OF
SCRAP METAL.
THAT IS WHY THE FIRST OF THE
TWO BUDGET ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL
APPROVED WAS ASKING THE CITY TO
DEVELOP A CITY WIDE ASSET LOSS
PROGRAM.
WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF THESE
THEFTS WERE NOT BEING REPORTED
TO SPD FROM DEPARTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, REALLY, A
CALL OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND A
THANKS FOR NOTIFYING ME OF
OUTAGES OF LIGHTING IN MY
DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY
WHAT ALLOWED ME TO REALIZE THAT
THIS WAS NOT A ONE OFF PROBLEM,
IT WAS HAPPENING IN MULTIPLE
PLACES AND IT WAS SOMETIMES
HAPPENING AND OCCURRING AT THE
SAME PLACES AFTER THE
INFRASTRUCTURE HAD BEEN
REPLACED.
THE FIRST BUDGET ACTION WAS TO
ASK THE EXECUTIVE TO DEVELOP A
CITYWIDE LOSS PROGRAM WITH
EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS FOR WHAT TO DO WHEN
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE
TYPES OF THEFTS.
THE SECOND PIECE REALLY IS
FOCUSED ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO
HOLD THE SCRAP METAL COLLECTORS
AND RECYCLERS RESPONSIBLE FOR
FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATION
UNDER STATE LAW.
I HAVE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH,
I APPRECIATE CITY LIGHTS
PARTICIPATION IN THAT MEETING
AS WELL, WITH THE TRADE
ASSOCIATION, THE FOLKS I MET
WITH ARE EAGER TO HELP THE
CITY, BUT THEY NEED HELP FROM
THE CITY AS WELL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT CITY LIGHT IS NOW
PARTICIPATING IN THE THEFT
ALERT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON
MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ARE PARTICIPATING
AS WELL.
PERHAPS FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN
SAY WHERE FOLKS CAN REPORT
OUTAGES.
AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE
CONTACT ME AND YOU PREFER IF
THEY WOULD CONTACT YOU
DIRECTLY, GETTING THAT
INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC
ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN REPORT.
>> WE PREFER FOLKS REPORT IT SO
WE CAN FIX IT.
WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW PROCESSES
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK TO
THOSE AND WE HAVE A DATABASE
THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING ON IT
YESTERDAY.
WE WILL PULL THE INFORMATION,
CORRECT?
YES.
AND WE WILL BE TRACKING THEM IN
THE DATABASE AND IT WILL ALLOW
FOR, IF SHE HEARS FROM ALEX
BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS QUITE
OFTEN.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO ACCESS THE
FILE AND LOOK AND SEE WHERE
THIS IS AT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID
NOT MENTION WHEN I WAS TALKING
ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS IS WE ARE
GOING TO DEVELOP SOME CRITERIA
THAT WE CAN USE FOR
PRIORITIZATION ACROSS THE
UTILITY.
IT IS REALLY TOUGH, WE WANT TO
PRIORITIZE REPLACEMENT, WE HAVE
LIMITED PROOFS.
EVEN AS WE LOOK IF IT MAKES
SENSE TO ADD CREWS FOR THIS WE
WANT TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE ALSO WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMERS WHO
CONTACT US DIRECTLY THROUGH
FIND IT, FIX IT, OR THROUGH ONE
OF YOUR OFFICES THAT THEY CAN
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HEARD
AND THEY ARE IN THE QUEUE AND
THEY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHEN TO EXPECT REPLACEMENT.
BALANCING ALL OF THAT IS
CHALLENGING, BUT THAT IS THE
WAY TO GO.
>>ON THAT PRIORITIZATION, MY
RECOLLECTION IS THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SEEING
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH, CORRECT?
>> I DON'T KNOW -- THERE ARE
SOME BIG SPANS THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD ABOUT IN YOUR AREA THAT
IS THE CASE, MLK BOULEVARD AND
THE BRIDGE.
WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING IT
FAIRLY EQUALLY IN A LOT OF
DARKER AREAS.
>>LIGHTING IS AN IMPORTANT
PUBLIC SAFETY PREVENTION TOOL,
OR A WAY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
SAFETY THREATS.
I WOULD HATE TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE ARE
PRIORITIZING IN SUCH A WAY THAT
DOES NOT CONSIDER THAT
IMPORTANT UTILITY OF LIGHTING.
RATHER THAN D PRIORITIZING YOUR
WORK AND MAKING SURE YOU ARE
FIXING EVERY OUTAGE, I WOULD
RATHER FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO
THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
>>IT IS NOT FINANCIALLY
SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM.
WE KNOW THAT.
I AGREE.
>> IT IS NOT YOUR GOAL AS A
UTILITY TO NOT FIX LIGHTS.
>>WE ARE TRYING RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES, IN A LOT OF CASES WE
ARE GOING OVERHEAD TO GET THE
LIGHTS BACK ON AND THEN WE ARE
COMING BACK AND DOING LONGER-
TERM FIXES.
AS WE ARE DOING THE LONGER-TERM
FIXES, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SOME
OF THESE CHANGES IN PROCESS AND
STANDARD THAT WILL PREVENT THE
REOCCURRENCE WHICH IS WHAT WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN WORK THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS LEADING
BECAUSE LIGHTING IS AN
IMPORTANT DETERRENT AND IT IS
SO CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FEELING SAFE AND BEING
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S JUMP INTO THE
PRESENTATION ON CONSERVATION.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE 2020 THROUGH 2021
CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT AND THE
TARGET.
>> THIS IS PART OF A TRADITION
THAT WE DO.
WE DO A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS
EVERY TWO YEARS TO YOU.
THIS IS OUR SIXTH TIME THAT WE
HAVE COME BEFORE THIS BODY.
I HAVE ABOUT 12 SLIDES AND I AM
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AS YOU
THINK OF THEM.
THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS TO MY
PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST IS AN INTRODUCTION TO
CONSERVATION AT CITY LIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS
CONSERVATION 101.
THE SECOND IS THE MEAT OF THE
PRESENTATION AND IT HAS TO DO
WITH THE CONSERVATION TARGET
FROM 2020 THROUGH 2021, THAT'S
WHY WE ARE HERE.
THE FINAL SECTION HAS TO DO
WITH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HOW WILL IT IMPACT CONSERVATION
HERE AT CITY LIGHT.
WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DOING
CONSERVATION AT CITY LIGHTS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR MORE
THAN 40 YEARS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LONGEST
RUNNING UTILITY PROGRAMS AND
CONSERVATION IN THE COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OF OUR LEGACY AND
CURRENT PROGRAMS, CITY LIGHT
ANNUAL LOAD WAS REDUCED BY 157
AVERAGE MEGAWATTS THROUGH 2018
AND IN EVERYDAY ENGLISH THAT IS
THE EQUIVALENT OF 190,000
AVERAGE SEATTLE HOMES.
THAT IS A SMALL CITY.
SHIFTING TO 2018, WE SAVED THE
ANNUAL ELECTRICITY USE OF
17,000 AVERAGE SEATTLE HOMES.
WE DID THAT THROUGH $26 MILLION
IN INCENTIVES AND WE DID THAT
WITH A PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS
THAT WERE OFFERED TO ALL TYPES
OF CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LOW
INCOME.
FOR THE REST OF MY PRESENTATION
I WILL TALK ABOUT CONSERVATION
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH
EQUIVALENT.
SOMETIMES I WILL SAY ENERGY
EFFICIENCY BUT IT ALSO MEANS
CONSERVATION.
WHAT IS CONSERVATION?
AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CITY
LIGHT?
MOST IMPORTANTLY CONSERVATION
IS A CLEAN RESOURCE.
WHAT IS A RESOURCE?
A RESOURCE IS A WAY OF SAYING
WHERE DO WE GET OUR ELECTRICITY
AT CITY LIGHT?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART IT
LOOKS LIKE PAC-MAN.
YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 75% OF OUR
ELECTRICITY COMES FROM HYDRO
SOURCES.
THE SECOND LARGEST PORTION OF
WHERE OUR RESOURCES COME FROM
IS CONSERVATION.
CONSERVATION, THE DEFINITION, I
AM GOING TO READ TO MAKE SURE I
GET IT RIGHT.
CONSERVATION IS ANY METHOD OF
REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY
USING LESS ENERGY TO OBTAIN THE
SAME AMOUNT OF USEFUL OUTPUT.
THE CLASSIC DEFINITION OR THE
CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS THINK OF A
LIGHTBULB YOU HAD AS A KID
GROWING UP THAT WAS
INCANDESCENT AND THEN THINK
ABOUT THE LIGHTBULBS THAT YOU
SEE ON THE SHELVES AT HOME
DEPOT RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE
LEDS.
LED USES 75% ENERGY THAN THOSE
CONDITIONS THAT WE GREW UP WITH
AND YET IT ADMITS THE SAME
AMOUNT OF LIGHT.
THAT IS THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF
CONSERVATION.
IF YOU WERE TO PULL TOGETHER
ALL THE WIDGETS AND SYSTEMS IN
THE CITY LIGHT TERRITORY THAT
WE HAVE INCENTIVIZED, THAT IS A
LOT OF CONSERVED ENERGY.
THAT CONSERVED ENERGY IS CLEAN,
LOW-COST, AND LOCAL.
CONSERVATION IS A BIG DEAL AT
CITY LIGHT.
IT IS THE FOUNDATION TO HOW WE
RUN THE UTILITY.
IT HELPS US TO ACHIEVE
GREENHOUSE GAS GOALS, IT HELPS
US LIVE TO THAT MARKER ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE THE
NATION'S GREENEST UTILITY.
IT IS OUR FIRST CHOICE FOR LOAD
GROWTH IN A GROWING DYNAMIC
CITY.
MOREOVER CONSERVATION PROVIDES
HIGH VALUE TO OUR CUSTOMER
OWNERS HIGH-PAYING CUSTOMERS TO
BUY MORE EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT
WITH INCENTIVES.
CUSTOMERS USE LESS ENERGY, OUR
DOLLARS STAY LOCAL AND WE SELL
MORE CLEAN ENERGY TO THE
MARKET.
LET'S DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT
GREEN AREA, WHERE DO WE GET
THIS CONSERVATION?
CONSERVATION IS DOMINATED BY
LIGHTING.
LIGHTING AND USES ARE MORE THAN
40%.
LIGHTING IS THE FOUNDATION UPON
WHICH ALL LEGACY ENERGY
EFFICIENT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
BUILT.
IT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE
SOURCE AND IT IS THE EASIEST TO
DO AND QUICK.
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO
CHANGE A LIGHT ALL.
ú>> THE NEXT BIGGEST PART IS NO-
LIGHTING BY 28%.
BY MONT NON-LIGHTING I MEAN
HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR
CONDITIONING, CHILLERS,
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
AND LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION.
WE PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR ALL
OF THOSE THINGS.
BEHAVIOR.
THAT IS A DIFFERENT ONE.
BEHAVIOR IS A TYPE OF PROGRAM
THAT WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING FOR
10 YEARS.
WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST
UTILITIES TO DO SO.
THE IDEA IS, IF I TELL YOU OR
SOMEONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT YOU USE MORE ENERGY THAN
YOUR NEIGHBORS DO, YOU ARE MOST
LIKELY TO TAKE SOME VOLUNTARY
STEPS TO CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR,
ABOUT 3%.
IF YOU AVERAGE THAT'S OVER
HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS
OF HOUSEHOLDS, THAT ADDS UP.
THE FINAL PIECE OF THE PIE IS
REGIONAL SAVINGS.
WE WORK TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN
140 NORTHWEST UTILITIES TO MOVE
THE REGIONAL MARKET BY
INFLUENCING RETAILERS TO STOCK
DIFFERENT THINGS ON THEIR CELLS
AND BY ENSURING THAT THERE IS A
PIPELINE OF EFFICIENT
TECHNOLOGY COMING DOWN THE
LINE.
ALL TOLD, ALTOGETHER, IN ONE
YEAR WE SAVE ABOUT 14 MEGAWATTS
OF ENERGY EQUIVALENT TO 17,000
HOMES.
>> THAT IS COMPARED TO THE
PREVIOUS YEAR?
>> THAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVED TO THAT, HOW
DO YOU MEASURE THAT?
I SEE THE NUMBER 20%, HOW DO
YOU MEASURE THE IMPACT THE
BEHAVIOR ON CONSERVATION?
>>WE HAVE A SPECIALIZED PART OF
OUR INDUSTRY THAT DOES THAT.
WE DO THAT WITH MEASUREMENT AND
VERIFICATION AND EVALUATION.
WE DO THAT THROUGH STUDIES AND
WE LEVERAGE THOSE STUDIES
REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY.
IN OTHER WORDS WE KNOW WE CAN
LEVERAGE STUDIES FROM WHAT IS
DONE IN NEW YORK OR WHAT IS
DONE IN CALIFORNIA, OR WHAT IS
DONE HERE.
>>ON THE BEHAVIOR PROGRAM WE
DID USE A CONTROL GROUP.
WE HAD FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE
AND WE COMPARE THAT TO A
CONTROL GROUP.
>>THANK YOU.
>> HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE
PREVIOUS YEAR?
THIS SLIDE IS A 20 YEAR
HISTORIC VIEW OF CONSERVATION
ACHIEVEMENT OR HOW MUCH ENERGY
SAVINGS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
HAVE DELIVERED.
IT IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
CONSERVATION TARGET OR THE
REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
ON THE HORIZONTAL AXIS IS TIME.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN DOING
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR THE
LAST 40 YEARS, I MADE IT
SHORTER SO IT IS EASIER TO
READ.
THE VERTICAL AXIS IS AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS, THAT IS ENERGY
SAVINGS AND ONE MEGAWATT IS
EQUIVALENT TO 1200 RESIDENTIAL
HOMES.
THE GREEN PART IS THE ENERGY
SAVINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT 2018 YOU WILL
SEE A FAMILIAR NUMBER, YOU WILL
SEE WE ACHIEVED 14 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH
LIGHTING.
WE HAVE PREDOMINANTLY BEEN
GETTING OUR SAVINGS THROUGH
LIGHTING OVER TIME.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DRAW
YOUR ATTENTION TO, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THIS ACHIEVEMENT OVER
TIME, YOU SEE OUR OPPORTUNITIES
SHIFT GRADER AND LOWER.
YOU SEE OUR ACHIEVEMENT SHIFTS
GREATER AND LOWER.
YOU SEE THE PORTFOLIO OF
PROGRAMS CHANGES OVER TIME.
YOU ALSO SEE THAT THE
CONSERVATION TARGET WILL CHANGE
OVER TIME.
IF I REALLY DIG DOWN, BECAUSE I
LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT WONKY,
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE
TECHNICALLY OVERACHIEVE.
MEANING THAT WE GET MORE
SAVINGS, WE GET MORE SAVINGS
ABOVE THE CONSERVATION TARGET.
THIS MEANS WE CAPTURE MORE
SAVINGS EARLIER THAN WE HAD TO.
>> BACK TO MY QUESTION.
THE 14 AVERAGE MEGAWATT, WHAT
IS THE BASELINE?
IS THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR?
>> THE ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION.
WE THINK OF ACQUIRING.
WE THINK OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AS A RESOURCE AND WE THINK OF
ACQUIRING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE
SAVINGS OF ABOUT 157 MEGAWATTS.
THAT IS ADDING THOSE YEARS.
FOR INSTANCE, THE TARGET OF 14
IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE
ALREADY EXPERIENCING, THE
CUMULATIVE OF THE YEAR BEFORE
IT IS INCREMENTAL.
>> GOING BACK TO WHEN?
>> 1977.
>>> THINGS DO ROLL OFF OVER
TIME.
A MAJOR HAS A LIFE ASSOCIATED
WITH IT.
>> ANOTHER WAY OF ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTION IF I UNDERSTAND
IT CORRECTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT
2017 YOU CAN SEE WE ACHIEVED
ABOUT 16 AVERAGE MEGAWATTS AND
WHAT WE ACHIEVED LAST YEAR WAS
ABOUT 14.
>> WHERE DOES THAT SPIKE -- CAN
YOU HELP THE FLESH THIS OUT A
LITTLE MORE?
HOW DOES THAT SPIKE IN 2017
OCCUR AS COMPARED TO 2018?
>> I AM GETTING AHEAD, THERE IS
A DOWNWARD TREND IN OPPORTUNITY
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
CONSERVATION.
THE REASON FOR THAT I WILL GET
TO IN FUTURE SLIDES.
THE PUNCHLINE IS THAT WE HAVE
TRANSFORMED THE MARKET.
WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THE
BUILDING STOCK AND ON THE
ENERGY CODES THAT ARE HERE.
>> IN 2017 WE HAD LARGER
OPPORTUNITY IS THAT A
REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES.
ú>>IN 2018 WE HAD LESS OF AN
OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S HOW WE
GOT THIS NUMBER.
>> YES.
THERE IS A SLIDE I WILL LINGER
ON A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE WAY.
>>IF YOU THINK ABOUT LIGHTING,
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL REMEMBER.
WE WENT FROM THE OLD LIGHT
BULBS THAT WE USED TO LIKE AND
THEN THE COMPACT FLUORESCENT
LIGHT BULBS.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
PEAKS, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF
THE PEAK OF CFL'S.
THAT IS WHEN EVERYONE WAS
CONVERTING THEIR OLD
INCANDESCENCE TO CFL.
LIGHTING WAS A HUGE ISSUE AND
THEN IT COMES DOWN.
NEW TECHNOLOGY EMERGES IN THE
FORM OF LED WHICH IS GIVING YOU
ADDITIONAL SAVINGS.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THE MARKET
TRANSFORMS UNTIL NEW TECHNOLOGY
COMES THAT PROVIDES A NEW
OPPORTUNITY AND YOU WILL SEE
THOSE PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
>>ALONG THE WAY WE ARE
PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO
CUSTOMERS AND OTHER MARKET
ACTORS TO ACCELERATE THAT
ADOPTION AND WHEN IT REACHES A
CERTAIN POINT WE WILL LOCK IN
THE SAVINGS WITH HIGHER AND
HIGHER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THEN
HERE IN SEATTLE WE HAVE OUR OWN
COMMERCIAL CODE FOR COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS AND WE RATCHET THAT
UP.
>>> MAYBE YOU WILL TALK ABOUT
THIS, ONE OF THE BIG STORIES IS
TELEVISIONS.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU COULD
BUY AN ENERGY EFFICIENT
TELEVISION ESSENTIALLY THAT
MARKET WAS TRANSFORMED.
NOW YOU CAN'T BUY A NON-ENERGY
EFFICIENT TELEVISION.
YOU ARE NOT INCENTIVIZING THOSE
ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE IS NO
BASIS.
BONNEVILLE WHO HELPS TO FUND
PROGRAMS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS
DOES THE SAME THING.
KIND OF LIKE WITH ELECTRIC
VEHICLES, TESLA WAS PROVIDING
ALL THESE INCENTIVES AND WHEN
THEY GOT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER IT
DROPPED.
IT IS A SIMILAR APPROACH.
>> THIS SLIDE IS THE END OF
CONSERVATION 101.
WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THE NEXT
SLIDE IS TALK ABOUT THAT
BLACKLINE, THE CONSERVATION
TARGET AND HOW WE ARRIVE AT IT.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO CALCULATE
THAT BLACKLINE, CONSERVATION
TARGET, PARTLY BECAUSE WE ARE
REQUIRED TO DO SO BY INITIATIVE
937.
I'M GOING TO START AT THE UPPER
LEFT AND THEN GO DOWN.
937 WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS, IT
APPLIES TO ALL LARGE UTILITIES
OR THOSE WITH MORE THAN 25,000
CUSTOMERS AND IT REQUIRES
UTILITIES TO IDENTIFY AND
PURSUE ALL COST-EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATION.
COST-EFFECTIVE IS AN IMPORTANT
WORD BUT WE WILL COME BACK TO
IN A BIT.
GOING TO THE UPPER RIGHT WE
CALCULATE THAT ALL COST-
EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION USING
METHODOLOGY THAT ARE SET BY THE
NORTHWEST POWER IS AN ENTITY
BASED IN PORTLAND THAT OVERSEES
REGIONAL ENERGY PLANNING FOR
OREGON, WASHINGTON IDAHO AND
MONTANA.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO SET THESE
CONSERVATION TARGETS EVERY TWO
YEARS.
THAT IS WHY WE COME BEFORE YOU
EVERY TWO YEARS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THE
SAVINGS AND TARGETS TO THE
STATE.
WE SET CONSERVATION TARGET WITH
CONSERVATION POTENTIAL ESTIMATE
THAT WAS CREATED BY THE
NORTHWEST POWER CONSERVATION
COUNCIL.
THIS ASSESSMENT IS 150 PAGE
REPORT, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU GOT
A COPY OF.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF A YEAR-
LONG STUDY THAT WE DID WITH OUR
CONSULTANT AND WITH MANY
COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE UTILITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS
TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH
CONSERVATION CITY LIGHT CAN GET
IN TWO YEARS, 10 YEARS AND 20
YEARS AND THE INPUT CHANGE, THE
ASSUMPTIONS CHANGE WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TWO
YEARS.
>> THIS REPORT IS SPECIFIC TO
OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.
WHAT IS REALLY FASCINATING IS
IN SOME WAYS YOU WOULD THINK
THAT WE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO
THE, POWER OR VERY SIMILAR TO,
BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER
BASES.
TACOMA HAS INDUSTRIAL
CUSTOMERS, CHENAULT'S PD HAS
HIGH RISES.
THAT CHANGES THE AMOUNT AND
TIMING OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
HAVE.
THOUGH WE ARE REQUIRED BY I-937
TO DO THIS ASSESSMENT AND SET
THE TARGET, WE USE THE OUTPUTS
OF THE CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT IN A LOT OF WAYS
HERE AT THE UTILITY.
IT IS A FOUNDATION TO OUR
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN.
IT IS A FOUNDATION TO LOAD
FORECASTING AND IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING.
>> NOW THAT I HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THE CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT, THE CONSERVATION
TARGET.
LET'S GET TO THE PUNCHLINE.
WHAT IS IT?
THE CONSERVTION TARGET FOR
2020 THROUGH 2021, I AM LOOKING
AT THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS 21.3
AVERAGE MEGAWATTS.
THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF
26,000 HOMES, THAT IS OVER TWO
YEARS.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE
CONSERVATION TARGET OVER 10
YEARS, THAT IS THE RIGHT
COLUMN.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS 82.7 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS OR 100,000 HOMES.
YOU WILL SEE IF YOU LOOK IN
THERE THAT THE GREATEST
OPPORTUNITY IS WITHIN THE
COMMERCIAL SECTOR THERE.
THE REASON WHY IS A, WE HAVE
DONE A LOT OF PROGRAM
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL
SECTOR AND COMMERCIAL SECTOR
HAS OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS LESS
EXPENSIVE.
HOW ABOUT SOME CONTEXT?
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE?
THIS GETS TO THE QUESTION.
THE CONSERVATION TARGET THAT
WAS SET TWO YEARS AGO IS ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS 24.6 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS OR THE EQUIVALENT OF
ABOUT 30,000 HOMES. YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE CURRENT TARGET, THE
ONE THAT I AM PRESENTING TODAY
IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS 21.3
MEGAWATTS.
THAT IS ABOUT 13% LOWER.
ONE THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
IS IN THE 2018 THROUGH 2019
STUDY WE INCLUDED STREETLIGHTING
WHICH IS A TOPIC THAT CAME UP
EARLIER TODAY.
THE REASON WHY IT IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE 2020 STUDY IS
BECAUSE WE CONVERTED THE
MARKET.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THAT.
>> YES.
IT ALSO SAYS THAT.
I DO REMEMBER.
>> WHAT CHANGED, WHAT CAUSED
THAT 13%?
THIS IS YOUR SLIDE.
THERE ARE THREE REASONS.
FIRST, RENEWABLE ENERGY COST
HAVE DECREASED BY 27% SINCE THE
LAST TIME THAT WE SET THE
CONSERVATION TARGET.
I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE NEED
TO GO AFTER ALL COST-EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATION AND A KEY INPUT
INTO WHAT IS COST-EFFECTIVE IS
TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE THING
THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE.
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY
THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE IF WE
DID NOT DO ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
WE WOULD PURCHASE MORE
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
FROM READING THE HEADLINES IN
THE ENERGY SECTOR YOU KNOW THE
COST OF RENEWABLES HAS COME
DOWN SPECIFICALLY SOLAR AND
WIND.
THAT IS A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON.
THE SECOND REASON WHY THE
TARGET HAS GONE DOWN IS BECAUSE
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS FLAT.
WE UPDATE THE LOAD FORECAST
EVERY SO OFTEN AND WE DID IT
MORE RECENTLY.
THE RESULT OF THE LOAD FORECAST
SHOW EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A
GROWING AND DYNAMIC CITY FILLED
WITH CRANES, I SAW A LOT THIS
MORNING ON MY WAY IN,
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS FLAT.
THAT IS PARTLY DUE TO THE 40
YEARS OF CONSERVATION HISTORY
THAT WE HAVE.
LASTLY, THIS GETS AT THE MARKET
TRANSFORMATION THAT DEBRA AND
CRAIG TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW ENERGY
CODES.
THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AT
THE STATE INTRODUCED AND PASSED
A BUNCH OF NEW ENERGY CODES AND
STANDARDS AND THAT IS GREAT FOR
ALL WASHINGTONIANS THAT MEANS
THAT EVERYONE GETS EQUIPMENT.
BUT IT MAKES IT MORE
CHALLENGING FOR US AS A YOU'LL
TILT UTILITY BECAUSE WE OFFER
PROGRAMS.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> ONCE A CUSTOMER IS REQUIRED
TO DO SOMETHING THERE IS NO
LONGER A REASON TO PROVIDE AN
INCENTIVE.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY,
THIS GOES TO THE FIRST POINT,
EARLIER YOU PROVIDED A GREAT
DEFINITION OF CONSERVATION AND
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS
CONSERVATION IS ONE TYPE OF
WHAT WE CALL DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
RESOURCE.
THIS PUTS IT INTO CONTEXT.
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
ARE ANYTHING OTHER THAN CENTRAL
JEN.
HYDRO POWER IS CENTRALIZED
GENERALIZATION.
WHAT TRUE IS CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO
INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN
OTHER FORMS OF DISTRIBUTED
ENERGY RESOURCES BECAUSE AS
THOSE PRICE POINTS HAVE COME
DOWN IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
MORE PEOPLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THIS IS ALL VERY INTERESTING
AND RAISES A FEW QUESTIONS FOR
ME THAT I THINK ARE CONNECTED.
I WILL JUST ASK THEM AND YOU
CAN ANSWER AS YOU THINK IS
APPROPRIATE.
WE KNOW THAT THE TARGETS HAVE
GONE DOWN A LITTLE AND YOU
EXPLAINED WHY, MY QUESTION IS,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT BASICALLY THE
LOW HANGING FRUIT WE HAVE TAKEN
AND NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR FUTURE
TARGETS AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION
MEASURES, AND WHAT DOES THIS
ELECTRICITY -- HOW DOES
ELECTRICITY DEMAND CHANGE IF WE
START MOVING TOWARD BUILDING
MORE ELECTRIFICATION.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS.
>>MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE
BUILDING 2/3 OF OUR BUILDINGS
ARE ALL ELECTRIC.
IF WE TRY TO MOVE TOWARD
REQUIRING 100% OR MOVING IN
THAT DIRECTION, HOW DOES THAT
CHANGE?
>> I AM GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT
YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE BRING ME
BACK IF I DON'T ADDRESS ALL OF
THEM.
WE DO THE CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT AND WE SET
THIS TARGET BASED ON
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AT THE
TIME.
THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION
THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME SAID
THAT OUR LOAD FORECAST IS FLAT.
WHAT WE SEE COMING DOWN THE
PIKE IS POTENTIALLY A FUTURE
WITH MORE ELECTRIFICATION
THROUGH VEHICLES AND
POTENTIALLY DUE TO CARBON
LEGISLATION.
IF THOSE COME TO PASS OR AS
THOSE COME TO PASS THAT WILL
IMPACT THE LOAD FORECAST AND IT
WILL IMPACT GREATLY OUR
OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSERVATION
GOING FORWARD.
BASED OFF THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE CURRENTLY IT IS A DOWNWARD
TREND.
IF YOU ASK ME WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, I
WOULD SAY BASED ON INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE NOW IT IS DOWNWARD
TRENDING.
SUBJECT TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH
LEGISLATION AND HOW MUCH
ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION TAKES
OFF WE COULD BE SEEING A
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> WE ARE GETTING READY TO DO A
COUPLE OF STUDIES RIGHT NOW TO
LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS
OF MASS ELECTRIC ATION ARE FOR
THE FREE UTILITY SYSTEM FOR
BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE ARE KICKING OFF A PIECE OF
WORK WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER
RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND WE WILL
LOOK AT A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS,
ONE WILL BE OVER THE PLANNING
FOR THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN WHICH IS A 20 YEAR
PLANNING AND BASED ON A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THOSE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE
THOSE IMPACTS LIKELY TO BE IF
WE WERE TO HAVE ACCELERATED
ADOPTION BY 2030.
>> RIGHT NOW IN THE LOAD
FORECAST, I'M GOING OFF OF
MEMORY.
I BELIEVE WE CONTINUE TO SHOW
LOADS DECLINING FOR AT LEAST
ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
THAT IS WITH THE CURRENT
FORECAST FROM METRO AND FERRIES
AND OTHERS.
WE ARE HAVE HEARD THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN ACCELERATING
THEIR DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTRIC.
THAT CERTAINLY WILL ACCELERATE
THAT.
IT IS A DECLINE FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
BY THE WAY, JUST BECAUSE IT IS
ALWAYS WORTH PUTTING THIS IN,
THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY
CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WHICH
IS HOW TO CONTINUE TO DO THE
RIGHT THING, DO WHAT OUR
CUSTOMERS WANT AND PRIORITIZE
RESPONSIBLE USE OF THIS
CRITICAL RESOURCE WHILE WE
MANAGE THE AFFORDABILITY
IMPACTS OF CONTINUOUSLY
DECREASING LOAD.
>>I HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER
QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THE
COMMITTEE HAS QUITE A BIT TO
GET TO.
MAYBE IF WE COULD FOLLOW UP
WITH A MEETING AND IF WE NEED
TO PUT QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD
I WILL FOLLOW-UP AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
>>I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT WORKS IT MEANS THAT
CONSERVATION REMAINS A GOOD
VALUE FOR THE UTILITY AND WE
WILL CONTINUE OUR STRONG
INVESTMENT IN CONSERVATION.
CONSERVATION IS A CORNERSTONE
OF HOW WE RUN THE UTILITY AND
WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A
PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS FOR
RESIDENTIAL, LOW INCOME,
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
CUSTOMERS.
THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
THINGS ARE CHANGING AND OUR
WORLD IS CHANGING AND WE HAVE
TO CHANGE TO.
OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE EVOLVING
SPECIFICALLY IN THE FUTURE WE
WILL BE OFFERING MORE HOPE
BUILDING PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS
THAN LESS OF THINGS LIKE
LIGHTING WHICH IS CHEAP AND
EASY TO DO.
IT MEANS THAT IN THE FUTURE WE
WILL BE OFFERING MORE SOCIAL
EQUITY PROGRAMS EVEN THOUGH OUR
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN REALLY
SUCCESSFUL OVER TIME THERE ARE
POCKETS THAT WE HAVE MISSED AND
WE NEED TO TARGET OUR
INVESTMENTS THERE.
THIRD, WE WILL CONSIDER
LOCATION AND TIME VALUE OF
CONSERVATION.
CONSERVATION WHEN TARGETED CAN
REALLY HELP WITH AREAS OF THE
GRID THAT ARE STRETCHED.
IF WE FOCUS WHERE WE OFFER
CONSERVATION IN THOSE AREAS
THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT
BENEFITS FINANCIALLY THAT WE
CAN BRING TO THE UTILITY AND TO
OUR CUSTOMER OWNERS.
LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS,
WITH THE FUTURE AS WE MARCH
TOWARDS ELECTRIFICATION WITH
VEHICLES AND POTENTIALLY WITH
CARBON LEGISLATION, THERE IS AN
INCREASED NEED FOR CONSERVATION
OVER TIME.
OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE CHANGING,
OUR COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION
REMAINS STRONG.
THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU.
>> JUST TWO QUICK NOTES.
I THINK YESTERDAY WE
TRANSMITTED A MEMO ON TWO OF
OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE KIND OF
NEW AND THEY DO KIND OF WHOLE
BUILDING AND IT IS PERFORMANCE-
BASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A SERVICE.
YOU WILL GET INFORMATION ABOUT
THAT.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO
NEWEST PROGRAMS THAT CRAIG AND
HIS TEAM HAVE LAUNCHED ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AS A SERVICE IN
PARTICULAR WE ARE A LEADER IN
RELEASING THAT PROGRAM.
>> ONE OF A KIND IN THE
INDUSTRY.
NOT JUST IN THE U. S. BUT
GLOBALLY.
I HAVE BEEN AT THIS, DEBORAH
MENTIONED THE YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, I HAVE BEEN AT THIS
FOR 42 YEARS AND I HAVE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A CLEAN
ENERGY JOB MY ENTIRE CAREER.
AT NO POINT HAVE I SEEN THIS
MUCH CHANGE AND EXCITING CHANGE
AS WHAT IS GOING ON NOW.
WE AT CITY LIGHTS ARE IN A GOOD
DECISION TO INNOVATE AND LEAD
THE INDUSTRY IN THE FUTURE.
>> TRULY THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AS A SERVICE IT WAS A HARD
LIFT.
THESE GUYS WERE SUPER
SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY WERE
ABLE TO BRING EVERYBODY ALONG.
NOT EVERYBODY GOT WHAT THEY
WANTED BUT EVERYONE MOVED ALONG
AND I THINK EVERYONE IS HAPPY
WITH THE PRODUCT.
IT WAS NOT EASY.
THE OTHER THING, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES I SAW YOU CIRCLE
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CALL
OUT, WE DO HAVE A PILOT
UNDERPLAY RIGHT NOW CALL THE
ENERGY EQUITY PROGRAM.
THAT IS A PILOT THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY BEING OFFERED FOR
SOME OF OUR LOWEST INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT
JESSICA IS TALKING ABOUT
BECAUSE IT HAS WRAPAROUND
SERVICES.
CUSTOMERS GET A REDUCED RATE
AND THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT THEY
WERE VERY INVOLVED IN DOING.
THEY GET A FLAT AS OPPOSED TO A
TWO-YEAR RATE WITHOUT A FIXED
COST BUT THEY GET A LOT OF
SERVICES WRAPPED AROUND THEM.
WE HOPE CUSTOMERS WITH SHORT-
TERM AFFORDABILITY, WE HELP THE
CUSTOMER BY UPGRADING THE
BUILDING STOCK SO THAT THEY
HAVE LOWER ONGOING COST.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT PLAY
INTO THOSE DIFFERENT MARKETS.
>> ANOTHER ONE, IF I CAN TAKE A
MINUTE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK WE
ARE DOING WITH THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM TO LOOK
AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE LONG-
TERM COST FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITH A COMBINATION OF
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE
MENTIONED THIS AT THE START,
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
THE MEMO SAID THAT THERE IS A
PUBLIC HEARING.
>> WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC
HEARING AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING.
WE WANTED TO HAVE THE INITIAL
PRESENTATION AND HAVE
QUESTIONS.
IT WILL COME BACK FOR THE
FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING PART AND
THEN WE WILL ADVANCE FROM
THERE.
>> I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL.
>> WE WILL WORK ON SCHEDULING
THAT WITH YOUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU.
>>> THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS
CONCERNS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
SOUND TRANSIT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR THE NORTHGATE
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119741>>> AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL
TRANSIT AUTHORITY ("SOUND
TRANSIT"); AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF A FUNDING AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR
NORTHGATE STATION AREA ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN SOUND
TRANSIT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS.
WE WILL GET YOU SET UP ON THE
POWERPOINT.
>> LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS, ERIC STRAUCH
PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND
>> BILL LABORDE FROM THE CELL
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> I WILL KICK IT OFF.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VISION AND
MISSION BEFORE AND NOTING THAT
ARE SIX CORE VALUES FOR THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ARE EQUITY,
SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY,
LIVABILITY AND EXCELLENCE.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A
PROJECT THAT TOUCHES ON ALL SIX
BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THE
DEPARTMENT'S PERSISTENCE
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THIS FOR
QUITE A WHILE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GET THE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SET UP.
>> WE WILL HAVE THIS SET UP IN
A MOMENT.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
PATIENCE.
>>I CAN START.
WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
SLIDE TO COME BACK UP I WILL
TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
THIS PROJECT, THE PED BRIDGE
AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT GO BACK TO
CONVERSATIONS THAT BEGAN IN
2010 INVOLVING METRO, KING
COUNTY METRO, SOUND TRANSIT AND
THE CITY.
AT THE TIME COUNCILMEMBER
RICHARD: WAS THE MEMBER OF
SOUND TRANSIT AND HE
REPRESENTED THE CITY.
WE HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT
FROM THE MAPLE LEAF COMMUNITY.
I THINK EVERYONE'S INTEREST WAS
IN SEEING THE NORTHGATE STATION
AREA WOULD NOT JUST TURN INTO A
PARK AND RIDE THAT IT WOULD BE
THE CORE OF THE TRINITY BUILT
AROUND THE LIGHT RAIL STATION.
BY 2012 THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAD
MOVED INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE THREE PARTIES THAT KING
COUNTY METRO WOULD TAKE THE
LEAD ON TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT AND
THAT THE CITY AND SOUND TRANSIT
WOULD PARTNER IN FUNDING IF
POSSIBLE A PED BRIDGE ACROSS I-
FIVE TWO NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
AND A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT
ERIC WILL TALK IN MORE DETAIL
ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> BILL, YOU ARE TRYING TO
MULTITASK.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT KING COUNTY
METRO IS TAKING THE LEAD, CAN
YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU MET MEANT?
>> THAT IS THE LAST PART THAT
NEEDS TO FALL INTO PLACE.
THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND
THEY OF COURSE HAVE COMPLETED A
COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
THAT ONE WAS SENIOR HOUSING
FOCUSED AND THE OTHER IS MARKET
FOCUSED AND HOW RETAIL, THEY
HAVE COMPLETED THOSE PROJECTS
BEFORE THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE
GOTTEN GOING.
THEY DO HAVE SOME EXPENSE WITH
DEVELOPMENT ON TRANSFER SITES
AROUND THE COUNTY.
THEY OFFERED TO CONTINUE TO
TAKE THE LEAD AS THE PROPERTY
OWNER.
>> TAKING THE LEAD IS BY MERIT
OF THEM OWNING THE PROPERTY.
AS THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY
THEY WILL MANAGE THE PROCESS
FOR IDENTIFYING A DEVELOPER,
DOING RP'S.
>>> CORRECT.
KING COUNTY METRO AS THE
PROPERTY OWNER, IS THE LEAD.
BY 2012 THERE WERE AGREEMENTS
IN PLACE.
THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME PASSED
A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING OR
ARTICULATING THOSE AGREEMENTS.
THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD ALSO
PASSED A MOTION WITH A WRITTEN
AGREEMENT, MO WAY WAS NEVER PUT
INTO PLACE.
THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS
WAS 2015 THE LEVEES THAT
SEATTLE PAST AND ALSO THE STATE
PASSED A TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
CONNECTING WASHINGTON THAT
INCLUDED $10 MILLION FOR THE
PED BRIDGE PROJECT.
>>THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION IN
THIS OVERVIEW.
IS THERE A CURRENT COST BREAK
OUT OF WHO IS PAYING WHAT?
I REMEMBER AT THE TIME
CONNECTING WASHINGTON AND MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY WERE PASSED, $10
MILLION WERE PUT IN FOR EACH
ENTITY BECAUSE THE APPROXIMATE
COST WAS ABOUT, I THINK IT HAD
RISEN TO 35 MILLION.
I UNDERSTAND TODAY WE ARE AT 52
MILLION.
I WANT TO JUST, FOR THE RECORD
TO REFLECT, THESE ARE NORMAL
ESCALATION COST.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT AS THE COST ESCALATE, HOW
ARE WE ABLE TO DIVIDE THE COST
SHARING?
>>SUB TRANSIT COMMITMENT WAS
$10 MILLION AND 5 MILLION FOR
THE PED BRIDGE AND 5 MILLION
FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS.
EVEN IF WE COULD NOT HAVE MOVE
FORWARD ON THE HEAD BRIDGE THEY
WERE COMMITTED TO 5 MILLION FOR
THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
FOR THE FIRST AVENUE NORTHEAST.
ALSO SIDEWALK ACCESS PROJECTS.
THE STATE COMMITTED 10 MILLION
AND WE HAD ANOTHER, I THINK 15
MILLION AND THE LEVY, AT LEAST
10 MILLION IN THE LEVY, THE
ESCALATION IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
COMPLICATED STORY BECAUSE THE
FIRST COST ESTIMATES THAT WERE
FLOATED WERE ACTUALLY FLOATED
BEFORE 2012 WHEN THIS WAS A
PROJECT PROPOSED BY KING COUNTY
METRO AND THE CITY AND THEY
NEVER HAD DONE ANY ENGINEERING
ON THE PROJECT.
IT WAS JUST A COST ESTIMATE.
WHEN WE STARTED DOING
ENGINEERING WE STARTED TO SEE
HIGHER COST AND ALTERED THE
DESIGN TO GET IT WITHIN THE
BUDGET THAT THE CITY COULD
AFFORD WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STATE AND SOUND TRANSIT.
>>THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A BRIDGE ACROSS THE
FREEWAY AND A BRIDGE THAT
CONNECTS THE COMMUNITIES THAT
NEED TO BE CONNECTED.
>> I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION
COST ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH
SOME OF THE EARLIER COST
ESTIMATES THAT WERE FLOATED IN
2012, THERE ARE OTHER SOFT
COSTS ON TOP OF THAT AND
ESCALATION.
>>AND EIGHT YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE A COST BREAK
OUT TODAY WE CAN FOLLOW UP
AFTER COMMITTEE.
>> THERE IS ONE IN THE
AGREEMENT.
I WILL LET ERIC TAKE OVER FROM
HERE.
>>PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH
SOUND TRANSIT INVOLVES
NONMOTORIZED ACCESS PROJECTS.
THANK YOU.
I DO NOT PLAN ON GOING OVER
THESE INDIVIDUALLY BUT WE DO
HAVE SEVERAL SHOWING.
WE HAVE 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS
THAT WERE DONE BETWEEN BICYCLE,
PEDESTRIAN LANES, GREENWAYS,
THOSE KINDS OF NONMOTORIZED
IMPROVEMENTS.
HERE WE HAVE A RENDERING OF
WHAT THE PROJECT WILL LOOK
LIKE.
I WILL START WITH NUMBER ONE
WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SOUND
COLLEGE SIDE.
AS YOU MOVE EAST WE HAVE
OVERLOOKED AREA THAT WE HAVE
DONE TO LOOK AT THE WETLAND
AREA.
THREE AND FOUR IS WHERE WE SPAN
OVER I-5. THERE IS ANOTHER
RESTING AREA AT THE CORNER OF
NUMBER FOUR AND THE STRUCTURE
HEADS TO THE NORTH WHERE IT
CONNECTS TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
STATION AND THE PEDESTRIANS
ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING
DOWN THE STRUCTURE TO FIRST AND
100th AVENUE.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS
ON WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE ON
THE BRIDGE.
AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WE ARE
CONNECTING TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
LIGHT RAIL STATION WHICH YOU
CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
RENDERING.
>> I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THE
AGREEMENT INCLUDES SEVERAL
PROVISIONS INCLUDING AFFIRMING
THE CITY AND SOUND TRANSIT
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL OF THE
ACCESS PROJECTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERWAY
ALREADY.
THE BRIDGE JUST BROKE GROUND.
IT ALSO AFFIRMS THAT IN THE
END, WHEN THE PROJECT IS
COMPLETED, WHO OWNS WHAT, SOUND
TRANSIT, THE STATION AND THE
CITY WILL OWN THE OTHER ASSETS
INCLUDING THE HEAD BIKE BRIDGE.
>> AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WE
HAVE EXHIBIT B THAT SHOWS THE
PROJECT LIST WHICH ARE THE
NONMOTORIZED PROJECTS AND ALSO
THE BRIDGE ITSELF AS THE LEAD
AGENCY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW, SOUND TRANSIT HAS THE
DOCUMENTS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
COORDINATING WITH THEM AS WE
WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN
PROCESS.
GRANT INSTRUCTION FOR ACCESS TO
THE PED BRIDGE.
BOTH PROJECTS WILL COORDINATOR
WE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BY
ILLEGALLY BIWEEKLY MEETINGS TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE STAYING IN
SYNC WITH EACH OTHER.
THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO
ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
WS ADOPT AN ARMY CORPS PERMITS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN IN CONTACT WITH
WADOT.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS BEEN WORKING
ON THE STATION FOR QUITE A
WHILE BUT WE ARE CATCHING UP.
>> ARE WE NAMED NAMING THIS
BRIDGE?
>> THE BRIDGE HAS NOT BEEN
NAMED.
THERE IS WORK GOING ON WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO WORK ON
THE NAMING OF THE BRIDGE.
>> WE WILL LET THE COUNCIL WAY
IN AND THE PUBLIC.
>> SO IT WILL NOT BE THE
McCRAKEN.
>>THAT IS A NAME WE ARE NOT
SUPPORTING.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS.
THERE IS A LOT OF STANDARD
BOILERPLATE IN THE AGREEMENT
INCLUDING INDEMNIFICATION WHICH
IS ALWAYS A TRICKY ISSUE
BETWEEN THE CITY AND OTHER
PUBLIC AGENCIES.
WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH AGREEMENTS
WITH SOUND TRANSIT THAT WE HAVE
THAT DOWN AND THE
INDEMNIFICATION IS WHAT
EVERYONE WOULD EXPECT IS THAT
EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR WORK, THEIR WORKERS,
THEIR CONTRACTORS TO THE EXTENT
THAT THEY ARE A JOINT LIABILITY
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WILL
INDEMNIFY EACH OTHER.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE EXHIBIT D WHICH IS
HELPFUL TO SHOW THE COST TO
DATE.
HOWEVER, I THINK WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR, WE ARE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE
ARE LOOKING FOR A BASIC SOURCES
OF FUNDS AND THE USES AND THE
CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE TOTAL
PROJECT, TO ADD THAT AS AN
ITEM.
>>WE CAN PROVIDE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT COST
AND I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, THE
STATE HAS CAPPED A $10 MILLION
CONTRIBUTION WHICH IS IN THE
PROCESS OF BEING PAID TO THE
CITY AND IT SHOULD NOT BE
AFFECTED BY 976.
AND THE SOUND TRANSIT
CONTRIBUTION IS IN THIS
AGREEMENT AND WILL BE CHARGING
AGAINST THAT $10 MILLION
CONTRIBUTION.
>>IT IS JUST USEFUL TO SEE BOTH
SOURCES AND USES TOGETHER IN
ONE DOCUMENT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS IN
THE NEW IMPROVED FISCAL NOTE IS
TO HAVE THAT UNIFORM
DESCRIPTION OF HERE IS WHERE
THE MONEY IS COMING FROM, HERE
IS WHERE IT IS GOING SO WE DO
NOT HAVE TO PIECE IT TOGETHER.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE REST
OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT
IS COMING FROM THE CITY BEYOND
THOSE TWO CONTRIBUTIONS.
>>THANK YOU.
>> THE SCHEDULE, WE HAVE
STARTED CONSTRUCTION.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON PATH TO
HAVE THE BRIDGE OPEN IN THE
FALL OF 2021, WHICH LINES UP
WITH WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
SOUND TRANSIT ON WHEN THEY PLAN
ON OPENING THAT STATION.
YOU WILL NOT GET A HARD DATE
FROM SOUND TRANSIT AT THIS
TIME, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK
TOGETHER FOR WHEN WE BOTH OPEN.
>> GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> CHAIR, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING
IN MY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, I
DID NOT RECEIVE A BRIEFING
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE HEARING,
COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THIS
SCOPE SCHEDULE AND AGREEMENT.
I TYPICALLY WOULD NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE VOTING ON AN
AGREEMENT WITHOUT HAVING A
BRIEFING BEFOREHAND.
I AM ALLOWING THE RECORD TO
REFLECT AND LETTING ALL STAFF
NO MOVING FORWARD I WILL NOT
TAKE A VOTE ON AGREEMENTS
WITHOUT BEING BRIEFED.
COMMITTEE PRESENTATION IS
HELPFUL ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT
ALLOW THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ME
TO GO INTO THE DEPTH OF
QUESTIONS THAT I REQUIRE TO
HAVE ANSWERED TO FILL CONTROL
VOTING ON AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND ANOTHER ENTITY.
BECAUSE OF MY HISTORY WITH THIS
PROJECT IN PARTICULAR I AM ABLE
TO READ THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT
AND FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I AM JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW
THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME
THAT I VOTE ON SOMETHING
WITHOUT HAVING A BRIEFING
BEFOREHAND.
>>DEFINITELY NOTED.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES?
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BUILD BILL 119741 TO PASS ON TO
THE FULL COUNCIL.
WE GOT A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSING
COUNSEL BILL 119741 PLEASE
NDICATE BY VOTING AYE.
RICHARD PAN.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
ANY EXTENSIONS?
THE MOTION CARRIES.
IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
FULL COUNCIL.
>> THE THIRD ITEM TODAY
CONCERNS AUTHORIZING THE CITY
TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDING FOR
SPECIFIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS.
WE WILL READ THAT ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>>COUNSEL BILL 119743>>> AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO GRANT
FUNDS FROM NON-CITY SOURCES;
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT
SPECIFIED GRANTS AND EXECUTE
RELATED AGREEMENTS FOR AND ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY; AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126000, WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2020 BUDGET, INCLUDING THE
2020-2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM (CIP); CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION;
REVISING ALLOCATIONS AND
SPENDING PLANS FOR CERTAIN
PROJECTS IN THE 2020-2025 CIP;
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> LET'S HAVE INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM DEVON.
>> I AM CHLOE WILKES.
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
>>AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT A
STANDALONE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE.
TYPICALLY YOU SEE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF THE
QUARTERLY SUPPLEMENTAL
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION THAT IS
BROUGHT TO YOU.
BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE
GRANTS THAT WE OFTEN RECEIVE
AND DUE TO NEEDING TO GET
STARTING ON THE WORK FDOT
TYPICALLY BRINGS THIS AROUND
THIS TIME EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE DOING THAT TODAY.
>> I HOPE THIS DOES NOT MEAN
THAT WE WILL NOT BE SEEING
SUBMITTALS BECAUSE I HAVE
NOTICED A BIT OF A DIVERGENCE
IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THE
SUPPLEMENTALS LAST YEAR.
I JUST WOULD HATE TO SEE
DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT
BEGINNING NEW PRACTICES AND US
NOT HAVING THAT HISTORICAL
OPPORTUNITY THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS.
>> THAT IS NOTED.
REGARDLESS OF TIMING AND THE
FIRST QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL WE
HAVE HAD TO COME ABOUT THIS
TIME OF YEAR WITH A REQUEST FOR
GRANT APPROVAL JUST BECAUSE OF
THE WAY THAT SOME OF OUR GRANT
CYCLES WORK.
THIS IS NO INDICATION IF THE
WAY OF TIMING.
>> IN THIS CASE THE GRANT
FUNDED PROJECTS HAVE
CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES THAT ARE
DRIVEN BY SOUND TRANSIT
SCHEDULE.
WE ARE HOPING TO BEGIN DESIGN
THIS SPRING.
THAT IS WHY WE BRING THOSE TO
YOU OUTSIDE OF THAT QUARTERLY
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS.
>> THE BILL DIDN'T READ -- GO
BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE
GRANT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
ACCEPTING WILL APPLY TO THE
MOBILITY AND SAFETY VALUES.
THE ORDINANCE YOU'RE
CONSIDERING ACCEPTS AND UP
OPERATE TIME SENSITIVE GRANT.
ONE OF WHICH WILL FUND SEVERAL
ACCESS PROJECTS NEAR THE
JUDKINS PARK LINK LIGHT RAIL
STATION AND ONE THAT WILL FUND
AS THEIR WAY CONNECTION TO THE
STAIRWAY BEACH LINK LIGHT RAIL
STATION, I WILL NOT SAY THAT
AGAIN.
BOTH ARE COMING FROM A FUNDING
SOURCE COME THE SOUND TRANSIT
AXIS FUND IT WAS A $100 MILLION
POT OF MONEY MADE AVAILABLE AS
PART OF THE 2016 BALLOT
MEASURE.
IN THIS COMPETITION $50 MILLION
WAS MADE AVAILABLE BUT ONLY $10
MILLION PER SUB AREA.
WE WERE COMPETING FOR $10
MILLION AND WE PUT IN
APPLICATIONS AND RECEIVED 33%
OF THOSE FUNDS.
AS FAR AS I'M AWARE NO SUB AREA
RECEIVE THE FULL $10 MILLION SO
WE CAN EXPECT IN THE NEXT ROUND
OF COMPETITION MAYBE HIGHER.
WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO DAVID.
>> WE SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATION
PACKAGES AS PART OF THIS ROUND
OF AWARDS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THE JENKINS
PARK STATION ACCESS.
THAT INCLUDED THREE PROJECTS, A
TRAIL LIGHTING PROJECT, THE
TRAIL THAT CONNECTS A LOT OF
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE AND THE PARK
AREA WITH THE FUTURE STATION.
HIAWATHA PLACE STAIRWAY
CONNECTION WHICH IS A DIRECT
CONNECTION TO THAT PROJECT
FEEDING INTO HIAWATHA PLACE
IT'S SELF AND SOME ADA AND
WALKWAY GRADES SOUTH OF THE
STATION.
THE OTHER PACKAGE WAS A PACKAGE
OF HIGH-PRIORITY SIDEWALK AND
WALKWAY PROJECTS IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE.
AMONG THESE PACKAGES SOUND
TRANSIT ONLY SELECTED SEVERAL
PROJECTS FROM EACH OF THOSE TO
FUND.
I HAVE A LIST OF THE TRAIL
LIGHTING, WALKWAYS AND STAIRWAY
CONNECTION PROJECTS AS PART OF
THE PARK PROJECT.
THE ONLY OTHER ONE THEY CHOSE
TO FUND WAS A NEW STAIRWAY
CONNECTION ON SOUTH HENDERSON
STREET.
FOR THE JUDKINS PARK PACKAGE
THE TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT WAS $2.4
MILLION.
900,000 FOR THE SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE PACKAGE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT --
>>DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF OTHER
PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUESTED
AND WHAT DID NOT GET FUNDED
>>WE CAN PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT,
WE ALSO KIND OF WENT THROUGH A
SELECTION PROCESS OF WHAT WE
WERE GOING TO APPLY FOR BASED
ON A LARGE STATION ACCESS STUDY
AROUND THE JUDKINS PARK
STATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
AND THAT INFORMED WHAT WE WERE
REQUESTING TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE
PRIORITIES AROUND THE JUDKINS
PARK STATION AND WHERE DO THEY
FEEL LIKE IMPROVEMENTS ARE
NEEDED AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN
TIME FOR THE STATION TO OPEN.
WITH THAT SIDEWALK PACKAGE IT
WAS BASED ON OTHER KENNEDY
REQUEST IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL
AS A PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN
PROCESS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
PROJECTS AROUND THE JUDKINS
PARK STATION AREA.
THE TRAIL LIGHTING PROJECT
WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT
SIDE HERE, THROUGH THIS PROJECT
IT WAS ONE OF THE TOP COMMUNITY
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE
STUDY.
THE TRAIL WEST OF 23rd ITSELF
ARE UNLIT AND THAT CREATES A
RECEIVED SAFETY ISSUE AROUND
THE STATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF REQUEST
TO UPGRADE THAT LIGHTING.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME TRAIL
ACCESS POINTS RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A CAUTION SIGNAGE THAT
SAYS USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
GOING THROUGH AT NIGHT.
A PART OF THAT WILL BE
EVALUATED WITH PARTS THAT DO
NEED LIGHTING AND ADDING
LIGHTING WHERE WE KNOW THERE
ARE COMPLETELY UNLIT SECTIONS.
ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT IS THE
BLUE LINE NEAR HIAWATHA PLACE
SOUTH.
WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A NEW
STAIRCASE CONNECTION SO THERE
IS CURRENTLY A MAINTAINED DIRT
PATH THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRAVELING TO MAKE A QUICKER
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRAIL
AND HIAWATHA PLACE SOUTH.
FORMALIZING THAT CONNECTION
WITH A STAIRCASE.
AND SOUTH OF THE STATION WE
HAVE TWO SEGMENTS OF NEW
WALKWAYS THAT WE WILL BE
CONSTRUCTING.
ONE ON SOUTH PLUM STREET
BETWEEN 25th AND AM OKAY JUNIOR
WAY.
PROVIDING A CONNECTION BETWEEN
OUR EXISTING SIDEWALK NETWORK
AND THAT FACILITY WHICH WILL
ALSO CONNECT UP TO JUDKINS PARK
STATION WITH THE EXISTING
NETWORK IN THE AREA AND THEN ON
22nd AVENUE SOUTH, LEVERAGING
SOME PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
HAPPENING IN THAT AREA TO
ACCESS A NEW SCHOOL THAT IS
DOWN THERE AS WELL AS
CONNECTING TO THE SIDEWALK
NETWORK, AND SOME OF THE
ARTERIALS IN THAT AREA.
BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
PLANNED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN
2022 BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE
LIGHT RAIL STATION.
THE SOUTH HENDERSON STAIRWAY
PROJECT WHICH WAS THE ONLY
OTHER PROJECT FUNDED FROM THE
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE SIDEWALKS AND
WALKWAYS PROJECT, THIS WAS A
CONNECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN
MASTER PLAN PROCESS AND A LONG-
STANDING REQUEST OF SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
THIS WILL CREATE A FORMALIZED
CONNECTION WHERE WE HAVE
UNIMPROVED RIGHT AWAY ALONG
SOUTH HENDERSON STREET THAT
WOUL CONNECT THE STOCK BEACON
HILL DIRECTLY TO REGNIER BEACH
LIGHT RAIL STATION.
IT IS A STEEP OVERGROWN AREA.
THE EXISTING STREET NETWORK
CONNECTION USING EXISTING
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN SOME
CASES WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT HALF
MILE WALK AROUND USING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] IT REALLY OPENS
UP THE STATION AND MAKES
TRANSIT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A
LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS.
>>IS THIS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A
CONNECTION THAT IS BEING
INFORMALLY USED?
>> THERE IS KIND OF A DIRT PATH
BUT IT IS STEEP AND IT GETS
MUDDY.
>> THIS PROJECT IS PLANNED FOR
CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
A LITTLE FARTHER ADVANCED IN
DESIGN.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES?
>> I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'S REQUEST FOR A FULL
LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WERE
REQUESTED THAT ENDED UP NOT
BEING FUNDED IN REGARDS TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S REQUEST
HAVING WORKED FOR THE FINANCE
CHAIR AND STAFF AND
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A
HISTORICAL USE COMING TO THIS
COMMITTEE FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDING
GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PUTTING IT
INTO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND
ALIGNING IT WITH OUR CORE IS A
BEST PRACTICE IS SOMETHING THAT
I REQUEST WE ALL LOOK INTO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THIS
OR RECOMMEND THAT WE ADOPT THIS
COUNSEL BILL 119743.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE
BY SAYING AYE AND RAISING YOUR
HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
THIS ITEM CARRIES ON TO THE
FULL COUNCIL COUNSEL BILL
119743.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S READ THE FOURTH ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119744.>>> AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM;
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACQUIRE, ACCEPT, AND RECORD ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
11 CATCHMENT WALL EASEMENTS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING
THE ADJACENT ROADWAY OF
SUPERFICIAL EROSION OF ADJACENT
SLOPES ALONG A PORTION OF
REGNIER AVENUE SOUTH PLACING
THE REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER
THE JURISDICTION OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>>
>> MY NAME IS KATE LOU.
>>GRETCHEN HEIDEL.
>> WE ARE COMING TO YOU TODAY
TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF
ACCEPTING 11 EASEMENTS FOR THE
REGNIER AVENUE SOUTH MITIGATON
PROJECT.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE
BACKGROUND AREA EXISTING
EXISTENCE PROPOSAL COST
DURATION AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE
ON THE PROJECT DURING THIS
PRESENTATION.
HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY LANDSLIDES RECORDED ALONG
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH BETWEEN
SOUTH CARVER STREET AND THE
SOUTH CITY LIMITS RESULTING IN
DEBRIS BLOCKING THE PUBLIC
RIGHT AWAY.
IN 2000 FDOT [INDISCERNIBLE]
FDOT COMMISSIONED THE
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY ALONG THE
CORRIDOR AND DETERMINED IT TO
BE AT A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK
LANDSLIDE HAZARD.
>>GIVEN THIS ASSESSMENT AND
VARIOUS HISTORY OF LANDSLIDES,
INCIDENCES.
THE CITY BELIEVES THERE IS A
HIGH PROBABILITY OF RECURRENCE.
THESE LANDSLIDES BLOCK
SIDEWALKS AND CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR ALL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION.
IN ADDITION THE CITY HAS AT
TIMES HAD TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF
THE SIDEWALK.
AND STREETS IN RESPONSE TO
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ALONG
THE IMPACTED SEGMENTS OF
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH.
CREWS HAVE HAD TO CONDUCT
CLEANUP EFFORTS TO REMOVE
DEBRIS AND RECOVER SIDEWALKS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN
RESPONSE TO THESE CHALLENGES.
IN EARLY 2016, A 60 FOOT
SEGMENT OF RETAINING WALL WAS
CONSTRUCTED TO DETECT A PORTION
OF RAINIER SOUTH NEAR SOUTH
PERRY STREET AS A RESPONSE TO
TWO SIGNIFICANT LANDSLIDES
OCCURRING FROM THE SAME SLOPE
WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF EACH OTHER.
FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE TO
CONSTRUCT.
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MITIGATE
RIGHT AWAY DUE TO APPROACHING
DEBRIS FROM THE ADJACENT
STREET.
THIS VICINITY MAP OUTLINES THE
AREAS ALONG RAINIER AVENUE
SOUTH THAT THE PROJECT TEAM HAS
IDENTIFIED FOR REPLACEMENT OF
A GRAVITY WHILE DEPENDING UPON
THE SLOPE CHARACTERISTIC TO
PROTECT THE ADJACENT SEGMENT OF
THE STREET CORRIDOR.
THIS LEGISLATION ACCEPTS 11
CATCHMENT WALL EASEMENTS
OBTAINED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY
OWNERS TO CONSTRUCT AND
MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND PLACES
PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER SDOT
JURISDICTION.
CONSIDERATION FOR THESE RIGHTS
WERE A MUTUAL BENEFIT.
THESE PICTURES DEMONSTRATE
EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG
PORTIONS OF THIS CORRIDOR WHICH
SHOWED DEBRIS FROM THE ADJACENT
SLOPE COVERING THE SIDEWALK AS
WELL AS SLOPE AREAS.
TWO TYPES OF WALLS WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS PROJECT.
ONE TYPE IS A SOLDIER WHILE
CATCH WALL.
THE BENEFITS OF THE WALL ARE
THAT THEY RETAIN LARGER VOLUMES
OF DEBRIS AND ARE SUITABLE FOR
A STEEPLE SLOPE STEEPER SLOPE
AREA.
THE WALL CATCHMENT WALL IS THE
MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE OTHER TYPE OF WALL IS THE
GRAVITY WALL.
THE BENEFITS OF THESE WALLS ARE
THAT THEY ARE MORE COST-
EFFECTIVE THAN THE SOLDIER PILE
CATCHMENT WALL, THEY ARE MODULE
AND SIMPLER TO CONSTRUCT.
THIS CONSTRUCTION WORK IS
PROVIDED UNDER SDOT CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS
THE HOW DID THIS MITIGATION
PROGRAM LANDSLIDE MITIGATION
PLAN.
TOTAL COST, TOTAL BUDGET FOR
THE PROJECT IS 3.5 MILLION AND
FUNDING SOURCES CONSIST OF THE
CAPITAL FUND STREET USE COST
CENTER AND GAS TAX.
IN PREPARATION OF PROJECT
CONSTRUCTION, CITY CREWS HAVE
CLEARED MUCH OF THE SIDEWALKS
WITHIN THE AREA AND EXTENDED
EXISTING SOLDIER PILE WALL THAT
WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2016 AND
LOCATED IN PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
THE GRAVITY WALLS ARE
ANTICIPATED TO TAKE FIVE WEEKS
TO CONSTRUCT, THE SOLDIER PILE
CATCH IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE 15
WEEKS TO CONSTRUCT.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS
PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT
SUMMER 2020.
THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESENTATION.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
LOOKING INTO THIS.
THIS IS A REALLY STEEP AREA.
IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
WHENEVER WE HAVE HEAVY RAINS,
NEIGHBORS GET REALLY WORRIED
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL
HAPPEN AGAIN.
THE SOLDIER PILE CATCHMENT WALL
IS, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT PORTION
OR HOW MANY OF THE AREAS THAT
YOU ARE TARGETING WOULD GET
THAT VERSUS THE SMALLER WALL?
>> THERE ARE FOUR SITES
IDENTIFIED PRIMARILY DICTATED
BY JUST THE HEIGHT OF THE
SLOPES THEMSELVES.
FOR THE SOLDIER PILE WALLS
THERE ARE FOUR SITES IDENTIFIED
THE HEIGHT OF THOSE SLOPES ARE
HIGHER.
>>WHAT IS THE DEGREE OF SLOPE
THAT WOULD DICTATE ONE OVER THE
OTHER?
>> A LOT OF IT IS THE HEIGHT,
HOW FAR IT IS SET BACK FROM THE
RIGHT AWAY AND HOW MUCH DEBRIS
HAS BASICALLY FLOWED IN THAT
AREA IN THE PAST AND ALSO
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A GEOTECH
ENGINEER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> IN 2017 I TOOK A LITTLE BIT
OF A DIVE INTO THE SDOT
APPROACH TO LANDSLIDE
MITIGATION AND I LEARNED THAT,
AS YOU WERE REFERENCING IN
2000, THERE WAS A CITYWIDE
STUDY DONE WITH AN EFFORT TO
FOCUS ON LANDSLIDE MITIGATION
IN LOCATIONS THAT WOULD LIKELY
HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BECAUSE
THEY ARE ADJACENT TO HILLS.
THERE IS AN ASSESSMENT USING
EIGHT DESIGN FACTORS AT THE
TIME TO DETERMINE THE PRIORITY
OF 73 KNOWN POTENTIAL LANDSLIDE
LOCATIONS.
OF THE 73 LOCATIONS THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED, 24 WERE RATED VIA
HIGH PRIORITY.
SINCE 2000, SDOT HAD
BUDGETED, THIS WAS AS OF 2017,
HAD ONLY BUDGETED $500,000 A
YEAR FOR HIS LANDSLIDE
MITIGATION.
THAT $500,000 A YEAR WAS
INTENDED TO ADDRESS THESE 24
HIGH-PRIORITY LOCATIONS.
I LEARNED THAT THE MAJORITY OF
THOSE FUNDS HAD NOT BEEN USED
TO MITIGATE IN ADVANCE HIGH-
PRIORITY LOCATIONS, IT WAS USED
MORE IN A WAY TO RESPOND TO
LANDSLIDE ACTIVITIES.
OF THE 24 HIGH RATED LOCATIONS,
AS OF 2017, IN 17 YEARS, ONLY
SEVEN OF THE 24 HIGH-PRIORITY
LOCATION HAD PROACTIVE
MITIGATION WORK DONE.
IN 2017 I WORKED THE BUDGET
OFFICE AND SDOT TO USE THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS TO
PRIORITIZE AND ADDITIONAL $1.3
MILLION TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THOSE HIGH-PRIORITY LOCATIONS.
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB OF
DOING THIS WORK ON A NUMBER OF
LOCATIONS.
SOME OF THEM IN DISTRICT 1.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY
CONSTITUENTS.
THE COMMITMENT WAS MADE AT THAT
TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEGIN TO
ADDRESS THIS BACKLOG AND MAKE
SURE WE WERE NOT BUDGETING ONLY
SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO ADDRESS
LANDSLIDE ACTIVITIES RATHER
THAN MITIGATING THE LIKELIHOOD
OF LANDSLIDES.
I AM JUST WONDERING, I HAVE NOT
CHECKED IN ON THIS ISSUE
RECENTLY, I WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO LEARN HOW WE ARE GOING TO
GET TO THOSE HIGH-PRIORITY
LOCATIONS.
I AM GUESSING THAT 2000 STUDY
WAS DONE 20 YEARS AGO, THERE
MIGHT BE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES
NOW AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT
FOR THE PROGRAM.
I DO NOT MANAGE THAT PIECE OF
THE PROGRAM, THAT IS SOMETHING
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH IN TERMS
OF HOW TO REASSESS PRIORITIES
FROM THAT LIST FROM 2000.
>> HOW WE ARE ASSESSING THE
PARTIES AND ALSO ENSURING THAT
WE ARE IDENTIFYING SUFFICIENT
BUDGET SO THAT IT IS ACTUALLY
MITIGATION PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A
RESPONSE PROGRAM.
>>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WE CAN ASKED THAT THEY BRING
THAT RIGHT INTO COMMITTEE TO
DISCUSS AND THE BUDGETARY
IMPLICATIONS WE HOPE TO SEE IN
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN THE
FUTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I DO
NOT NEED THE ANSWER TODAY, IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL AND FOLLOW-UP.
THERE IS INHERENT VALUE THAT IS
PROVIDED TO THE ADJACENT LAND
OWNERS AND WHO WE ARE
PURCHASING THESE EASEMENTS FROM
AS WE ARE INCREASING STABILITY
OF THE LOT THAT THEY OWN.
IS THAT FACTORED INTO THE COST
THAT WE ARE PROVIDED WHEN
PURCHASING THIS LAND?
>> TO SOME EXTENT IT IS.
WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WHAT WE
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS REALLY
PROTECT THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY
ACCESS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE
OWNERS.
THERE ARE STILL SUPERFICIAL
SLIDES THAT WOULD OCCUR AND
THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER
RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE
CITY.
ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO
ADDRESS IS NOT USE PUBLIC MONEY
FOR A PRIVATE BENEFIT.
ALL OF THE WALLS WERE DESIGNED
AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS A
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>>EITHER WAY WHETHER THE INTENT
IS EITHER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
RIGHT AWAY, THERE IS INHERENT
BENEFIT.
>> YES.
>> ARE WE ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO
THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT?
>>WE TRY.
A LOT OF THESE HAVE REAL
PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS
OF COMPENSATING FOR MINISTRY OF
COST TO GET THE EASEMENTS.
THAT IS A DISCUSS AND THAT WE
TYPICALLY HAVE WITH THE PRIVATE
OWNERS IN TERMS OF THE BENEFIT
THEY WOULD GET FROM THE WALL.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE
GETTING THE EASEMENTS IN
EXCHANGE FOR THE BENEFIT TO THE
PROPERTY.
WE ARE NOT PAYING CASH FOR THE
EASEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
MOVING ON THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
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THAT ITEM CARRIES FORWARD.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
UNLESS THERE ARE FURTHER
COMMENTS.
>> IS MY FINAL COMMENT, CHAIR.
I THINK YOU FOR BEING PREPARED
AND READY TO START AT 9:30.
IT WAS MY FAULT BUT I WAS NOT
HERE ON TIME.
KUDOS TO THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT
QUESTIONS AND THE CONSTANT
OVERSIGHT OF THESE LARGE
DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
FEBRUARY 19, 2020 MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANK YOU.