>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THE DECEMBER 2ND REGULAR MEETING
OF THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS NOW 9:32 A.M..
I'M ALEX PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> GREAT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S PROPOSED AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, TO THE
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
IT IS REFRESHING TO BE BACK TO A
MORE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE TO
TACKLE SOME NONBUDGET
LEGISLATION OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE 12 ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, INCLUDING TWO PUBLIC
HEARINGS, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS.
I GENERALLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE
ITEMS ON TODAY'S COMMITTEE
AGENDA.
ITEM FIVE, REGARDING WATER
REGULATIONS HAS A LOT OF DETAIL
IN IT AND SO TODAY WE'LL HEAR
ITEM 5, ASK OUR QUESTIONS, AND
BRING THAT ITEM BACK FOR THE
DECEMBER 16TH COMMITTEE MEETING
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IS
ALREADY AWARE OF THIS.
ANY ITEMS VOTED ON TODAY WILL
ADVANCE TO THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING ON EITHER DECEMBER 7TH
OR DECEMBER 14TH.
ITEMS VOTED ON OUR NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING,
DECEMBER 16TH, WOULD BE VOTED ON
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
JANUARY 4TH, THE FIRST ONE OF
THE NEW YEAR.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN
THE REMOTE GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS
RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
THERE APPEAR TO BE NO SPEAKERS.
WE'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER MINUTE
HERE.
EVERYBODY CAN RELAX FOR A MINUTE
TO SEE IF ANYBODY SIGNS UP.
>> IF I MAY INTERRUPT THE CLERK
úHERE.
I SAW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
PRESENT SO WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE.
>> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
IT APPEARS NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP
YET FOR THE GENERAL COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND GO ON
TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM ONE IS COUNCIL BILL
119955.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, RELATING TO
CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN THE CITY
OF RENTON AT THE INTERSECTION OF
INTERSTATE 405 AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES CEDAR RIVER
PIPELINES RIGHT OF WAY.
>> OKAY.
AND THIS IS FOR A BRIEF
DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OPENING
REMARKS.
JUST TO CLARIFY WITH OUR
INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY TEAM,
THE SPREAD SHEET THAT I'M
LOOKING AT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
NOT A SEPARATE SPREAD SHEET FOR
THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IF THERE IS, THEN I WOULD NEED
TO SEE THAT, TOO.
>> THERE IS JUST ONE SHEET,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> OKAY.
SO THAT INDICATES THAT WE DON'T
HAVE A -- WE DON'T HAVE SPEAKERS
FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
CONFUSION.
THIS IS MAMI HARA FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> YES.
>> AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS
AVAILABLE.
>> OH, I MEAN PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
>> SORRY!
>> THAT IS OKAY.
WE PLAN TO HEAR FROM YOU.
DEFINITELY GOING TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
REGARDING THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC
HEARING, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, SO WE WILL
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 119955 AND WE WILL
NOW HEAR THE ITEM.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND -- CENTRAL
STAFF IS AVAILABLE HERE IF THEY
WANT TO GIVE ANY OPENING REMARKS
AND WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO
GENERAL MANAGER MAMI HARA.
ANYBODY FROM CENTRAL COUNCIL,
CENTRAL STAFF WANT TO MAKE ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
OKAY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST GO
STRAIGHT TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER
THEN, MAMI HARA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US
AND YOUR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU AND APOLOGIES FOR
THE INTERRUPTION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A VERY
LONG AGENDA THIS MORNING, SO WE
HOPE TO MOVE THROUGH OUR SIX
PUBLIC UTILITIES ORDINANCES
FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SIX PIECES OF LEGISLATION WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS
MORNING, WE HOPE ARE
NONCONTROVERSIAL BUT VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE BUSINESS
OPERATIONS.
WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT
YOU'RE MAKING AVAILABLE SO WE
CAN HAVE THEM CONSIDERED BEFORE
THE END OF THE YEAR.
EUGENE MANTCHEV, OUR PROGRAM
MANAGER WITH THE WATER LINE OF
BUSINESS WILL WALK YOU THROUGH
THE LEGISLATION FOR THE FIRST
ORDINANCE WHICH CLEANS UP
PROPERTY RIGHTS FOLLOWING THE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S PROJECT TO
STRAIGHTEN THE RENTON S CURVES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN RENTON IN THE
EARLY 1990'S.
SPO HAS THREE LARGE DIAMETER
WATER PIPELINES IN THE AREA THAT
PREDATE INTERSTATE 405.
EUGENE?
>> THANK YOU, MAMI.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN
NOW.
IS MY POWERPOINT UP?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND PRESENT
TO YOU A PROPERTY RIGHTS
EXCHANGE BETWEEN SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A
LONG TIME.
THE AREA OF INTEREST IS THE
INTERSECTION OF THE PIPELINES
RIGHT OF WAY AND INTERSTATE 405
JUST SOUTH OF THE CEDAR RIVER
AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN RENTON.
IN THIS RIGHT OF WAY, THERE ARE
TWO 66-INCH AND ONE 54-INCH
WATER TRANSMISSION PIPELINES.
WHAT TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR THE
CHANGE?
IN 1989 WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
INITIATED A PROJECT TRO
STRAIGHTEN INTERSTATE 405 IN
RENTON AT THE SO CALLED RENTON S
CURVES.
PIPELINES RIGHT AWAY CROSSES 405
DIAGONALLY NEAR THE CURVES AND
WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE FREEWAY
PROJECT.
STRAIGHTENING THE S CURVES
REQUIRE CUTTING INTO THE
HILLSIDE, THEREBY AFFECTING THE
THREE LARGE PIPELINES WHICH USED
TO FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL TERRAIN.
HERE IS A BEFORE AND AFTER.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE
HOW 405 -- WHAT 405 LOOKED LIKE
BEFORE THE CURVE STRAIGHTENING.
IN THIS AREA IT IS SIMILAR TO
I-90 ON THE WEST SIDE OF BEACON
HILL WITH THE PIPELINES CROSSING
UNDERNEATH IT.
HERE IS HOW IT LOOKS NOW.
THE FREEWAY IS A CUT INTO THE
HILLSIDE WITH LARGE RETAINIG
WALLS ON THE EASTSIDE OF THE
FREEWAY.
SO THIS ALL STARTED IN 1989.
ACTUALLY, '88, BUT IN '89, AN
AGREEMENT WAS PENNED BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SEATTLE OWNED AND STILL OWNS THE
PIPELINE RIGHT AWAY AND
THEREFORE WASH DOT AGREED TO
REDO THE PIPELINES AS PART OF
THE FREEWAY WIDENING PROJECT.
SEATTLE AGREED TO TRANSFER THE
OWNERSHIP ALONG THE ORIGINAL
PIPELINE LOCATION AND WASH-DOT
AGREED TO GRANT SPU STRONG
PROTECTIVE EASEMENTS ALONG THE
NEW PIPELINE LOCATION.
THIS IS IMPORTANT IN THE SENSE
THAT THE EASEMENTS WOULD PROVIDE
FOR RELOCATION AGAIN AT
WASH-DOT'S COST SHOULD THAT
BECOME NECESSARY FOR A FUTURE
FREEWAY WIDENING OR RELOCATION
PROJECT WASH-DOT AGREED TO
TRANSFER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
LAND THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO SPU
AND THE OVERALL PROPERTY RIGHTS
EXCHANGE WOULD BE AT NO COST TO
BOTH PARTIES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR PROPERTY
RIGHTS AT PRESENT.
THE RED SHADED POLYGONS ARE
AREAS WHERE SEATTLE OWNS THE FEE
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACROSS
THE FREEWAY.
IN GREEN DASHED LINES SHOW THE
ORIGINAL LOCATIONS OF THE
PIPELINES AND IN SOLID BLUE
LINES, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT
LOCATION OF THE PIPELINES.
IN 1992, THE RELOCATED PIPELINES
CAME ONLINE AND WORK ON THE REAL
PROPERTY EXCHANGES STARTED.
THE EXCHANGE IS RATHER COMPLEX
AND INVOLVES SEVERAL PIECES.
AT THE TIME WAS A VISION TO
INVOLVE THE CITY OF RENTON.
HOWEVER, WORK STALLED AFTER THE
PROJECT WAS BUILT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE WAY
WASH-DOT DOES PROJECTS.
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN UNTIL THE
FREEWAY PROJECT IS ACTUALLY
BUILT.
SECONDLY, THE WASH-DOT PROJECT
TEAM IS USUALLY DISSOLVED
SHORTLY AFTER A PROJECT IS BUILT
AND MEMBERS MOVE ON TO OTHER
PROJECTS, AND THAT IS KIND OF
WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
LARGELY DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE TRANSACTIONS AND THE TIME IT
TAKES TO GET THEM THROUGH.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET WORK STARTED
IN 2006 AND IN 2007 WHEN WASHDOT
NEEDED TO ACQUIRE OTHER PROPERTY
RIGHTS FROM SPU, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T
COMPLETED EVEN THEN.
AS A RESULT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE MAP ON THE LEFT, SPU NOW
OWNS LAND UNDER THE FREEWAY, BUT
IT HAS NO RIGHTS ALONG THE
RELOCATED PIPELINES.
THE PROPERTY RIGHTS EXCHANGE FOR
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL IS
SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
THE RED, SHADED AREAS ARE TO BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE CITY TO
STATE.
THE YELLOW AREAS ARE TO BE
TRANSFERRED FROM STATE TO CITY.
THAT IS THE OWNERSHIP.
THE BLUE AND GREEN SHADED AREAS
ARE AREAS WHERE THE STATE WILL
GIVE THE PROTECTIVE EASEMENTS TO
THE CITY.
THE BROWN AREA, FINALLY, IS
UNDERGROUND, TIE BACK EASEMENT,
THAT THE STATE ACQUIRED FROM
PRIVATE PARTIES AND WILL NOW
TRANSFER TO SPU SINCE THE TIE
BACKS ACTUALLY AREN'T NEEDED FOR
SPU FACILITIES.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
SPU?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS
RIGHT NOW, SO --
>> VICE CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BECAUSE THEY WERE ANSWERED IN MY
BRIEFING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
HEARING WHICH I APPRECIATED TO
DIVE DEEP.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK EUGENE.
THIS WAS A STRAIGHT FORWARD
PRESENTATION, TECHNICAL IN
NATURE, AND I APPRECIATE THE
WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FROM COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
SO COLLEAGUES, WE PLAN TO VOTE
ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL BILL
119955 AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE ON
DECEMBER 16TH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM.
NOW WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM TWO,
ALSO A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TIME OF ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM TWO IS COUNCIL BILL
119958.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED,
AUTHORIZING TWO YEARS OF
ECOLOGICAL THINNING IN
ACCORDIONS WITH THE CEDAR RIVER
WATERSHED HABITAT CONSERVATION
PLAN FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL
BILL 119958.
AGAIN, I'M NOTING THERE IS NO --
THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS
PUBLIC HEARING.
JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, I'M GOING
TO ASK STAFF FROM THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEAM.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU ALSO DO
NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC
HEARING?
>> THERE ARE NO SIGN UPS,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S TURN IT OVER TO GENERAL
MANAGER MAMI HARA, IF YOU WANT
TO SAY A FEW INTRODUCTIONRY
REMARKS.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
FOR THIS NEXT PROPOSED BILL, WE
ARE SEEKING AN EXTENSION OF OUR
AUTHORITY TO PERFORM ECO LOGICAL
THINNING OF THE FOREST IN THE
CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED BECAUSE
THE COVID-19 CRISIS PREVENTED US
FROM COMPLETING THE WORK
AUTHORIZED BY AN EARLIER
ORDINANCE THAT TOOK US TO THE
END OF 2020.
ROLF GERSONDE AND AMY LaBARGE
WILL WALK US THROUGH THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU AND I SHOULD JUST
SAY THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS,
I'M STILL LOOKING, THERE ARE NO
PUBLIC SPEAKERS SO WE'LL CLOSE
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS.
PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS ROLF GERSONDE.
I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION,
MAMI.
MY NAME IS ROLF GERSONDE.
I'M A FOREST ECOLOGIST.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND ON
OUR REQUEST ON ECOLOGICAL
THINNING IN THE WATER SHED.
IT IS PART OF THE SEATTLE'S
SOURCE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
THE CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED
TOGETHER WITH THE WATERSHED
PROVIDES MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION
CUSTOMERS WITH MUNICIPAL WATER
IN SEATTLE AND THE SURROUNDING
URBAN AREAS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT
BOTH WATERSHEDS ARE OWNED AND
MANAGED BY THE CITY.
THE CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED IS
MANAGED PRIMARILY FOR MUNICIPAL
WATER SUPPLY AND CEDAR RIVER
CONSERVATION PLAN AND SECONDARY
USE POLICIES.
THE HCP WAS APPROVED IN THE YEAR
OF 2000 UNDER THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
MANAGE THE CEDAR RIVER AS A
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND TO
WITHDRAW WATER FROM THE CEDAR
RIVER THAT THREATENED CHINOOK
SALMON.
THEY PROVIDE REGULATORY
CERTAINTY FOR THE SEATTLE'S
WATER SUPPLY AND COMMITS THE
CITY TO A RANGE OF MITIGATION
MEASURES, INCLUDING RESTORING
AQUATIC HABITATS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
PART OF THAT PLAN IS A LONG-TERM
FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM THAT
AIMS TO RESTORE HABITATS AND
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND
PREVIOUSLY HARVESTED SECOND
GROWTH FORESTS.
THAT PROGRAM PROTECTS EXISTING
FOREST AND MATURE FORESTS FROM
LOGGING.
IT USES THINNING OF YOUNGER
SECOND GROWTH FORESTS TO PROMOTE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST
HABITATS, AND IT USES PLANTING
TO INCREASE SPECIES DIVERSITY.
THE BENEFIT FROM THINNING SECOND
GROWTH FORESTS INCLUDE A MORE
DIVERSE PRODUCTIVE WILDLIFE
HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIES.
IT INCREASES -- INCLUDES GREATER
ECOLOGICAL.
IT MEETS REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
UNDER AND THE SALE OF THE LOGS
CAN OFFSET THE COST OF PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HCP.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
THINNING PROGRAM COSTS
APPROXIMATELY $80,000 ANNUALLY,
WHICH ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE
WATER FUND.
THE ESTIMATED REVENUE FROM THE
SALE OF SURPLUS LOGS FROM TWO
PROPOSED PROJECTS IN 2021 AND
2022 IS ESTIMATED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY $100,000 IN TOTAL.
THE MAP HERE ON THE SLIDE SHOWS
THE CEDAR OWNERSHIP IN THE
WATERSHED AND THE TWO PROPOSED
PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE SEEK
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS
COMPLETED UNDER THE EXISTING
ORDINANCE WHICH ENDS THIS YEAR
IN 2020.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION A
FEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS
PROGRAM PROVIDES SUCH AS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH
THE INDIAN TRIBE ON A PROJECT
DESIGN, THE TRIBE HAS A STRONG
INTEREST IN PROVIDING WILDLIFE
HABITAT AND INCREASING
BIODIVERSITY AND THE TRIBE HAS
SENT A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO
COUNCIL, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE
RECEIVED.
THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPORTS OUR
LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMY BY
EMPLOYING LOCAL LOGGING
CONTRACTORS AND SHIPPING FOREST
STEWARDSHIP CERTIFIED TIMBER TO
REGIONAL MILLS.
FINALLY, WE ENGAGE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY AND OTHER LOCAL STAKE
HOLDER GROUPS, NEIGHBORING LAND
OWNERS AND SCIENTISTS, WHO ARE
ALL INTERESTED IN OUR LAND
STEWARDSHIP AND FOREST
RESTORATION PROGRAM.
GENERALLY, THIS PROGRAM FINDS
BROAD SUPPORT AMONG THE STAKE
HOLDERS.
THEY HAVE SENT A LETTER OF
SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM, FOR THE
PROJECTS WHICH WOULD BE
AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE.
SO TO CONCLUDE, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES REQUESTS TO EXTEND THE
PREVIOUSLY GRANTED ORDINANCE
AUTHORITY FOR ECOLOGICAL
THINNING AND SALE OF SURPLUS
LOGS BY AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS.
THE AUTHORITY WOULD ALLOW SPU TO
SELL UP TO 3,000 BOARDS OF
SURPLUS LOGS FROM ECOLOGICAL
THINNING PROJECTS IN THE
WATERSHED.
THEY'RE PRODUCED DURING THINNING
WITH ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES AND
SECOND GROWTH FORESTS.
THE REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF
SURPLUS LOGS WILL BE DEPOSITED
IN THE WATER FUND TO OFFSET THE
COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLAN IN THE
PROGRAMS AND WE SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
TODAY AND FOR CONSIDERING OUR
REQUEST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROLF.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM,
NUMBER TWO?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN AND
THANK YOU TO ROLF FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND FOR THE WORK ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I AM INTERESTED IN -- THIS ISN'T
A QUESTION, BUT I'M HOPING THAT
THE CHAIR WILL BE WILLING TO ADD
TO THE RECORD, PARTICULARLY AS
IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC
HEARING, THE LETTERS REFERENCED
BY ROLF THAT INDICATE THEIR
POSITION OF SUPPORT FOR THE
PARTICULAR ORDINANCE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE
HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT STAKE
HOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THE
LETTERS ARE A PRODUCT OF THAT
WORK.
SO IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO,
AND CENTRAL STAFF CAN LET US
KNOW IF THERE IS, TO MAKE THAT
PART OF THE RECORD, THAT WOULD
COME BEFORE THE FULL CITY WHEN
WE TAKE FINAL ACTION, I WOULD
REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER
DOING SO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YES, WE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER
AND WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO
IS ATTACH IT ALSO TO THE AGENDA
AS A SUPPORT ITEM, SO WE'LL MAKE
SURE THAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS TODAY.
WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE
HEARD THE ITEM.
IT WILL COME BACK TO COMMITTEE
ON DECEMBER 16TH.
MAYBE WE CAN GET IT ON THE
AGENDA FOR THE COMMITTEE AS
WELL.
BUT THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROLF, FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA AND SO I DON'T WANT TO
DERAIL US TOO MUCH.
AS SOMEBODY WHO IS NEW TO
STANDING HOW SOME OF THESE
PROCESSES WORK, I'M WONDERING IF
YOU CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT HOW
THOSE TWO PURPLE AREAS WERE
CHOSEN AS THE PLACES WHERE THE
THINNING WOULD OCCUR.
>> CERTAINLY.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE HABITAT.
IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THEM IS
CHOSEN TO CREATE CONNECTIVITY
BETWEEN EXISTING PATCHES OF WELL
FUNCTIONING HABITAT.
OTHERS ARE CHOSEN TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO MIGRATION OF
WILDLIFE, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE
CAN IMPROVE HABITAT FOR THAT.
TYPICALLY IN FORESTS THAT DO NOT
SHOW VERY QUICK DEVELOPMENT OF
THOSE HABITAT FEATURES THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR, SO THERE IS A
LANDSCAPE SCALE PLANNING GOING
ON INTO THE PROCESS AS WELL AS A
LOCAL FOREST AND SCALE PLANNING
PROCESS GOING ON.
DOES THAT HELP?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> A SCALE ON THE NUMBER OF
BOARD FEET THAT IS BEING
REPORTED AS BEING SOLD AS 3
MILLION LARGE AMOUNT.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO
PREVIOUS YEARS?
>> IT COMPARES RELATIVELY WELL
ON A PROJECT ON A PROJECT SCALE,
DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE
HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON.
WE SELL, PER PROJECT, ROUGHLY
AROUND A MILLION BOARD FEET OF
LOGS.
PROJECTS ARE LOCATED IN VERY
DIFFERENT FOREST CONDITIONS, SO
THAT THE VOLUME AMOUNT CHANGES
DRAMATICALLY WITH FOREST
CONDITIONS.
THEY COMPARE WITH THE PREVIOUS
PROJECTS THAT I HAVE SHOWN ON
THE MAP IN GREEN AND THE
PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT IN THE PAST
SINCE 2003 I BELIEVE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM, ITEM 2?
OKAY.
WELL, WE PLAN TO VOTE ON THE
ITEM AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING ON DECEMBER 16TH.
>> I RAISED MY HAND A COUPLE OF
TIMES THERE.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST WANTED TO THANK ROLF.
THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
THE CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED IS AN
AMAZING ASSET TO THE CITY.
IT IS REALLY GREAT THAT WE GET
TO HAVE GOOD, CLEAN DRINKING
WATER WITHOUT HAVING TO DAM A
CANYON LIKE SAN FRANCISCO DOES.
WE KNOW THEY DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE
TO THE WATER QUALITY THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING HERE IN THE CITY.
DURING MY TIME IN THE MERICORPS
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE
IN FOREST MANAGEMENT.
THIS BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE DAYS
OF WORKING IN THE FOREST.
IT IS IMPRESSIVE TO ME TO SEE US
ENGAGE IN THE TYPE, COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT THINGS, NUMBER ONE,
RETURNING US TO A NATURAL CYCLE
IN THE FOREST.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN OLD GROWTH
FORESTS ARE CUT DOWN AND SECOND
AND THIRD GROWTH FORESTS COME
BACK UP, WE START WITH A VERY
WIDE GROUND UNDER CANOPY AND
THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK IT IS
SO MUCH MORE DENSE.
THIS THINNING GETS US BACK TO
THE NATURAL CYCLE SOONER, AS
WELL AS BEFORE FIRE SUPPRESSION
OF THE 1940s AND '30s OCCURRED,
THE FIRE CYCLE THROUGH THE
FORESTS KEPT OUR FOREST.
THE UNDER CANOPY MUCH MORE
CLEAR.
IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE US AS
THE CITY LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
IT CLEARLY PROVED THE CANOPY, I
JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SEE -- MAKE SURE THAT,
CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS AREA WAS
PREVIOUSLY LOGGED.
I HEARD YOU SAY IT WAS SECOND
GROWTH ALREADY.
>> YES, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE
PROGRAM ONLY EXISTS IN
PREVIOUSLY HARVESTED, SECOND
GROWTH FORESTS.
>> EXCELLENT AND NO OLD GROWTH
TREES WILL BE LOGGED.
>> NO.
WE HAVE -- WE DON'T MANAGE IN
THE EXISTING FORESTS.
AFTER THE EXCHANGE WITH THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE, AND THERE IS NO
MANAGEMENT GOING ON IN THOSE
FORESTS, EXCEPT THAT WE PROTECT
THEM FROM DISTURBANCE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
>> THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE.
ONE THING THAT I LEARNED, THAT
WASN'T NECESSARILY CLEAR TO ME
FROM THE OUTSET WHEN I WAS
WORKING IN FOREST MANAGEMENT IS
IN OLD GROWTH FORESTS YOU HAVE
THE UPPER CANOPY HERE AND THEN
THE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE
CANOPY ACTUALLY PROMOTE AND
CONTAIN THAT UNDER CANOPY AND
PROTECT IT.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THE UNDER CANOPY
OF THE OLD GROWTH FORESTS ALSO
WILL NOT BE UNDER CUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OUR PROJECTS DO SOMETIMES WORK
IN THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE
FORESTS, BUT WE DO TRY AS MUCH
AS WE CAN TO PROTECT THE
INTEGRITY OF THE OLD GROWTH
FORESTS BECAUSE WE KNOW THE
PROCESSES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO
HABITAT DEVELOPMENT.
AS MUCH AS WE CAN, PROTECTION IS
IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO
WORK ONLY IN THE ADJACENT SECOND
GROWTH FOREST TO PROMOTE THE
CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN EXISTING
HABITAT PATCHES AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
LAST QUESTION IS CAN YOU SPEAK
TO HOW THIS CHANGES OUR FIRE
PROTECTION FOR OUR ASSETS THERE?
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROLF,
I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> IN TERMS OF FIRE PROTECTION
FOR THE ASSETS, WE HAVE LIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRE
PROTECTION BECAUSE OF THE FIRE
REGIME WE EXPERIENCE ON THE WEST
SLOPE OF THE CASCADES.
WE PROPOSE TO DO VERY LIMITED
ASSET PROTECTION BY CREATING
DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND SAFE EGRESS
FOR FIREFIGHTERS BUT WE DO NOT
ON THE LANDSCAPE CREATE CHANGE
FUEL CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
IS THAT THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES AS
COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN
WASHINGTON LIKE THE EASTSIDE OF
THE CASCADES.
IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUE BUT WE
HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING ON THE
ISSUES AND DEVELOPING AN
ASSESSMENT OF WILDFIRE RISK
MANAGEMENT.
THANKS FOR THE INTEREST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROLF.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'LL
MOVE ONTO THE NEXT NINE ITEMS.
ITEM THREE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM 3 IS COUNCIL BILL
119956.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER/CEO OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
KING COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT 40 FOR FIRE PROTECTION
AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FOR CERTAIN CITY OF SEATTLE
WATER SYSTEM PROPERTIES IN KING
COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
GENERAL MANAGER HARA, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO KICK US OFF?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR
STEWARDSHIP AND CARE OF
WATERSHEDS, YOUR PROTECTION OF
THE WATERSHEDS IS INVALUABLE.
AS IT WAS JUST READ, THE NEXT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION ALSO
INVOLVES THE WATERSHED AND
AUTHORIZES SPU TO PAY KING
COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
40 FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR
BUILDINGS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICE TO EMPLOYEES AT THE
FACILITY BETWEEN RENTON AND
MAPLE VALLEY.
WYLIE HARPER AND JUDITH CROSS
ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE
AGREEMENT FOR WHICH WE'RE
SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M WYLIE HARPER, I'LL GO AHEAD
AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
AS MAMI INTRODUCED, THIS IS
REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION OF AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
I SHOULD POINT OUT UP FRONT THAT
THIS IS A PRE-EXISTING AGREEMENT
THAT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN
2004 PROVIDING AN ANNUAL PAYMENT
FOR FIRE AND SAFETY AT LAKE
YOUNGS AND CONTROL WORKS
FACILITIES TO FIRE DISTRICT,
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 40.
FOR A BIT OF CONTEXT AND
BACKGROUND SETTING.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
LOCATION, I HAVE A MAP PULLED UP
ON THE SCREEN HERE SHOWING
LOCATION OF LAKE YOUNGS
SOUTHEAST OF RENTON.
NOTABLY, AS DESCRIBED ON THE
SLIDE, IT IS THE HOME BASE FOR
SPU CREWS WHO SUPPORT WATER
SUPPLY BETWEEN THE CEDAR RIVER
AND WATER SHED IN THE CITY.
IT IS ALSO THE LOCATION OF OUR
TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE CEDAR
SUPPLY.
THAT TREATMENT FACILITY INCLUDES
A HOST OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS
BUT IMPORTANTLY, CHLORINE GAS
OZONE THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY WE WOULD BE RELIANT ON
FIRE DISTRICT 40 FOR SUPPORT.
IRONICALLY OR NOT, WE ACTUALLY
HAD SUPPORT COME OUT LAST NIGHT
FOR AN ISSUE WITH AN OZONE TANK
THERE.
THESE EVENTS DON'T OCCUR
FREQUENTLY, BUT CERTAINLY WHEN
THEY DO, WE NEED THEIR HELP.
I MAY ALSO POINT OUT, FOR FOLKS
WHO AREN'T AWARE, GOING BACK TO
MAYBE A SLIDE IN AN EARLIER
PRESENTATION, CEDAR SUPPLY
DELIVERS WATER TO ABOUT TWO
THIRDS OF THE CUSTOMERS, BOTH IN
SEATTLE AND WHOLESALE, SO THAT
IS ROUGHLY A MILLION CUSTOMERS
RECEIVING WATER THAT FLOWS FROM
THIS LOCATION.
ZOOMING IN A BIT ON THE AREA,
FIRE DISTRICT 40 IS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF LAKE YOUNGS AS DEPICTED
ON THE MAP.
THE FIRST INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO,
FIRE DISTRICT 40 APPROACHED US
AND SAID, GOSH, IT HAS BEEN
AWHILE.
WE SHOULD RELOOK AT UPDATING
THIS AGREEMENT.
THAT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF
2019 AND WAS NEGOTIATED BETWEEN
THEN AND NOW.
I DO EXPECT THAT PART OF THE
MOTIVATION WAS AN EXPECTATION
THAT THE ANNUAL COST WOULD
INCREASE AND AS IT TURNS OUT,
THE ANNUAL COST IS LESS THAN
WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004.
THE BASIS FOR THAT IS REALLY THE
METHODOLOGY OF COST CALCULATION
BEING BASED ON ASSESSED TAX
VALUE.
AT THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE 2004
AGREEMENT, THE ASSESSED VALUE
WAS CONTINGENT ON OUR TREATMENT
FACILITY, WHICH WAS JUST NEARING
COMPLETION.
THE RENEWED ASSESSED VALUE IS
MUCH LOWER CURRENTLY THAN IT WAS
16 YEARS AGO.
BOTTOM LINE, NET SAVINGS FOR THE
CITY WILL BE ABOUT $16,000
COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS RATE.
THIS IS FAIRLY SHORT AND SWEET,
BUT THAT IS THE QUICK
BACKGROUND.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE
INVOLVED IF IT WAS A NEW
AGREEMENT, BUT REALLY, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR A RENEWAL OF
SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL TO
SUPPORT PROTECTION OF OUR ASSETS
AND OUR PERSONNEL AT THIS
LOCATION.
I'LL CLOSE OUT JUST BY SAYING
WE'RE REQUESTING RENEWAL OF THIS
AUTHORIZATION AND GLAD TO FIELD
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
VICE CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> THANKS, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
GREAT PRESENTATION.
GREAT WORK.
MY ONE QUESTION IS LAKE YOUNGS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR IS IT A
SECURED FACILITY?
>> IT IS A SECURED FACILITY.
WE DO GIVE SOME TOURS BY
PERMISSION FOR FOLKS IF THEY'RE
INTERESTED IN HOW THE TREATMENT
PROCESS WORKS BUT NO IT IS A
FENCED AREA, AND ACTUALLY IS
CONSIDERED A WATERSHED IN ITS
OWN RIGHT, SMALL AS IT IS.
THE DRAINAGE AROUND LAKE YOUNGS
AND THE AREA AT THAT LOCATION IS
PROTECTED, OWNED AND PROTECTED
BY THE CITY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ITEM 3?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 119956, ITEM 3 ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> AY.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE AYES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT ONTO
THE DECEMBER 7TH FULL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTERS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
4 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 4 IS COUNCIL BILL
119961.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AUTHORIZING THE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO
ACQUIRE, ACCEPT, AND RECORD ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
BOTH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS FROM OWNERS OF
PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE PLANNED
COMBINED SEWAGE CONVEYANCE AND
STORAGE TUNNEL FOR THE WATER
QUALITY PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS FOR A BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE
TODAY.
GENERAL MANAGER HARA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES.
JUST NEED TO GET ORGANIZED.
THIS LAST ORDINANCE WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE UTILITY TO ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WASH DOT
TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN STORM
WATER FACILITIES IN SOUTH
SEATTLE AND TRANSFER EASEMENT
RIGHTS TO WASH DOT.
THIS IS INCORRECT.
I'M SORRY.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> YEAH, WE'RE ON THE SHIP CANAL
PROJECT.
ITEM FOUR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.
MY NOTES ARE INCORRECT.
I AM JUST GOING TO PASS THIS TO
THE TEAM TO DISCUSS WITH YOU AND
APOLOGIES AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS MAMI.
THIS IS KEITH WARD.
I'M THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR
THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
RICHARD FERNANDEZ WILL DO THE
BRIEFING.
I WANT TO SET CONTEXT FOR THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT IS A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY TO REDUCE OVER 75 MILLION
GALLONS OF POLLUTED STORM WATER
AND SEWAGE WHICH ANNUALLY FLOW
INTO THE SHIP CANAL FROM LAKE
UNION, GAS WORKS PARK THROUGH TO
THE BALLARD LOCKS.
WE'RE ACTIVELY IN CONSTRUCTION
ON THE STORAGE TUNNEL PROJECT.
FIVE YEARS AGO WE CAME TO THE
COUNCIL TO SEEK ORDINANCE
APPROVAL FOR SOME PROPERTY
NEEDED FOR THE STORAGE TUNNEL.
THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS AS PART
OF THE LARGER PROGRAM.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE MORE -- ARE
FURTHER IN DESIGN AND HAVE MORE
DEFINITION WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
BACK HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOME PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR
THIS PROJECT.
WE REALIZE THAT SOME OF YOU MAY
NOT BE AS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROJECT.
IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE
HAD PROJECT OVER VIEW AND UPDATE
FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE TALKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABOUT POSSIBLY BRINGING
THIS, AN OVER VIEW OF THE
PROJECT AND UPDATE ON THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT WATER QUALITY
PROJECT EARLY IN 2021.
I DID WANT TO OFFER THAT UP FOR
YOU.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TODAY,
FEEL FREE TO ASK THOSE.
I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO RICHARD
FERNANDEZ, WHO IS THE PROJECT
MANAGER ON THE BALLARD PROJECT
AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
RICHARD?
>> THANKS, KEITH.
AND YEAH, OUR TEAM IS AWESOME ON
THIS PROJECT.
LIKE KEITH MENTIONED, WE WOULD
BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND
PROVIDE AN UPDATE SINCE IT HAS
BEEN AWHILE.
THIS BRIEFING IS REALLY ABOUT
THIS ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
PROPERTY RIGHTS.
TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG.
SO KEITH JUST PROVIDED
BACKGROUND.
THIS PRESENTATION BASICALLY
INCLUDES -- BECAUSE IT IS AN
ARRAY OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY
RIGHTS, SO I HAVE ORGANIZED
THESE INTO THREE BUCKETS.
FIRST BEING TEMPORARY
INSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT ARE
RELATED TO FUTURE WORK IN
BALLARD.
THE SECOND BUCKET IS REALLY JUST
ONE SINGLE EASEMENT AND THAT IS
FOR SOME CITY LIGHT
INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED AT THE
FREMONT SITE.
THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO SITE A
PERMANENT ELECTRICAL VAULT IN
THAT LOCATION.
AND THEN THE THIRD BUCKET IS
ESSENTIALLY KIND OF OTHER --
THESE ARE PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED
PROJECT RELATED EASEMENTS OR
OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN THE BILL TO ACCEPT.
AND THEN THERE IS ONE EXISTING
EASEMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO
RELINQUISH.
SOME THAT KEITH JUST MENTIONED,
THE RED STARS ON THIS MAP JUST
SHOW KIND OF WHERE THESE
PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE INCLUDED IN
THE BILL, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED
ALONG THE PROJECT ALIGNMENT.
IT IS KIND OF ALL OVER, A
SMATTERING FROM BALLARD TO
FREMONT.
THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE TEMPORARY
AND PERMANENT PROPERTY RIGHTS
RELATED TO THE PROJECT.
ZOOMING INTO THAT BALLARD AREA,
I GUESS ON THE LEFT, THERE ARE
THE KIND OF RED AREAS THAT ARE
THE ACTUAL EASEMENT LOCATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE, AGAIN, IS
TEMPORARY AND IS REQUIRED
úBECAUSE OUR PROJECT NEEDS TO
REPLACE A SIDE SEWER.
THERE IS A PROPERTY THERE KIND
OF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 56th
STREET AND 20th AVENUE NORTHWEST
THAT WILL NEED TO GET EITHER AN
EASEMENT AND OTHER PROPERTY
AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO
CONSTRUCT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY,
JUST IN THAT DRIVEWAY AREA.
THE SECOND LOCATION IN BALLARD
IS A SMALL PARKING LOT THAT IS
TRIANGULAR SHAPE NEAR SHILSHOLE
AND IDENTIFIED AS LEERY AVENUE
THERE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS SHILSHOLE AND
24th.
IT IS A SMALL PORTION OF THAT
PARKING LOT NEEDED TO BUILD A
PERMANENT MAINTENANCE HOLE IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WILL BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY
PERMANENTLY.
THERE IS A TEMPORARY PROPERTY TO
BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THAT
MAINTENANCE HOLE SAFELY AS KIND
OF NEAR THE EDGE OF THAT RIGHT
OF WAY.
SO, AGAIN, ZOOMING IN AGAIN ON
THE LEFT, THE RED AREA SHOWS THE
DRIVEWAY LOCATION WHERE THAT
SIDE SEWER WILL BE IMPACTED BY
THE PROJECT.
WE'LL BE BUILDING A LOT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE
INTERSECTION, SO THAT CLUSTER OF
PARCELS AROUND THE RED BOX ARE
ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ARE
IMPACTED BY THE ONE SIDE SEWER.
IT IS THE TOWN HOME COMPLEX.
THERE ARE 11 PROPERTIED
IMPACTED.
ON THE RIGHT THERE IS A SMALL
SHIP OF PROPERTY OWNED BY
PACIFIC FISHERMEN WE NEED TO
BUILD A LARGE SHAFT AT THE
LOCATION WHERE THE CARS ARE NEXT
TO THE BOX.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CLOSE.
ONTO THE SECOND.
WE NEED TO BUILD CITY LIGHT
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES AN
ELECTRICAL VAULT AND BECAUSE
THIS AREA IS SO CONGESTED WITH
UTILITIES, THERE IS NOWHERE
WITHIN THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO
SITE THIS LARGE VAULT.
THEY WILL CONSTRUCT IT ON THE
UPPER RIGHT.
IT SHOWS THE TWO PARCELS
INCLUDED IN BILL.
ACTUAL VAULT WILL BE LOCATED ON
THE LARGER PARCEL.
THIS IS ENCUMBERED BY THIS
LARGER PARCEL.
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE EASEMENT.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT ACTUALLY
BEING IMPACTED BUT THE PARKING
AGREEMENT OR EASEMENT IS.
THE LAST BUCKET, THE OTHER
BUCKET IS PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED, I
GUESS, ONE THROUGH FOUR OR ALL
PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED.
THERE IS AN ARMY CORPS EASEMENT
FOR PIPELINE UNDER THE SHIP
CANAL.
THAT IS CONNECTING THE QUEEN
ANNE.
THE QUEEN ANNE TO THE FREMONT
SITE AND NUMBER TWO ON THE MAP
SHOWS A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED PERMIT
FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE 24th
ANNUAL NORTHWEST PIER.
IN FREMONT, THE SAME LARGER
PROPERTY WE'RE PROPOSING A
TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
WE'LL HAVE SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN
THE WAY.
I'LL SHOW YOU IN A GRAPHIC WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE IN A SECOND.
AND THEN THAT NUMBER FOUR IS
ANOTHER SMALL TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT THAT IS
NEEDED AT THE EAST BALLARD SITE.
NUMBER FIVE IS KIND OF THE OTHER
OF THE OTHERS IN THAT IT IS AN
EXISTING EASEMENT LOCATED ON THE
BALLARD SITE FOR THE TERMINAL
RAILWAY COMPANY.
IT IS A WAY TO UNENCUMBER.
THIS IS A ZOOMED IN AERIAL FOR
ALL OF THOSE I MENTIONED.
ON THE TOP LEFT IS THE EASEMENT
ISSUED BY THE ARMY CORPS.
NUMBER 2 IS THE 24TH AVENUE
PIER.
NUMBER 3, THE TEMPORARY ACCESS
EASEMENT THAT IS NEEDED DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
SO IS THIS IN FREMONT JUST ALONG
LEERY IN BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND AVENUE NORTHWEST.
THIS IS KIND OF THE DRIVE-THRU
TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT
BECAUSE WE'LL BE CLOSING DOWN
FIRST AVENUE AND THIS WILL BE
THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY
FACILITATE DELIVERIES AND PICK
UP IN THE AREA THROUGH THE
DRIVEWAY TO GET OUT OF THIS
WITHOUT GETTING BOXED IN.
NUMBER FOUR IS A SMALL PROPERTY
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT
ON THE CORNER OF 11th AND 45th
NEEDED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN
NUMBER IVE IS THE EXISTING
EASEMENT THAT GOES THROUGH THE
CITY OWNED PROPERTY FROM
SHILSHOLE AVENUE TO THE WATER'S
EDGE THERE THAT IS NO LONGER
BEING USED.
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BILL TO
RELINQUISH PROPERTY RIGHTS.
THAT'S IT.
FOR ANYBODY LISTENING, I HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE, PROJECT WEBSITE.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE
PROJECT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO
BRIEF YOU ON ALL OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE YOU COME
BACK AT ANOTHER COMMITTEE
MEETING AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS
OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
S-DOT ALL ON ONE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THE MEGA PROJECTS DO
INVOLVE COLLABORATION WITH
S-DOT, WITH CITY LIGHT.
PLEASE DO LET US KNOW IF YOU
EVER NEED US TO HELP WITH THAT
COORDINATION BECAUSE WE KNOW
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE
WITH THE IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL
PROJECT.
>> SORRY, KEITH, DID YOU WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING?
>> RICHARD, CAN YOU FOR A SECOND
TALK ABOUT ENGAGEMENT WITH FOLKS
REAL QUICK ON THESE?
I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE
FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KNOW ABOUT
THE ENGAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION
WITH PEOPLE.
>> GREAT.
FOR THE ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO
THE ITEMS ON THIS BILL, WE HAVE
BRIEFED THE TOWN HOME OWNERS.
IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE GETTING A
HOLD OF PEOPLE WHEN WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE AN E-MAIL FOR THEM,
FOR EXAMPLE.
WE SENT OUT A COUPLE OF
CERTIFIED LETTERS AND REACHED
OUT, ASKING FOLKS TO REACH OUT
TO US.
WHEN WE GOT CONTACT INFORMATION,
WE PROVIDED BRIEFINGS SO I
BELIEVE SEVEN OUT OF THE 11 TOWN
HOME OWNERS, TWO OF THEM DO NOT
LIVE IN THE COMPLEX.
IN GENERAL, THEY'RE ALL
SUPPORTIVE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED, THE
INTENT OF THE BRIEFING WAS TO
REALLY TELL THEM THE WHY.
THEN WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH
PACIFIC FISHERMEN, THE OWNER OF
THE TRIANGLE PROPERTY NEAR 24th
AND SHILSHOLE AND SIMILARLY, HE
DOESN'T SEE IT AS A MAJOR IMPACT
TO HIS OPERATIONS, SO I THINK
THERE IS SUPPORT THERE AND THEN
AT THE OTHER PROPERTIES LOCATED
ALONG THE ALIGNMENT, SOME OF THE
RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN BUILT
OVER MULTIPLE YEARS SO
AT FREMONT, ESPECIALLY.
AT EAST 45th, THERE HAS BEEN
DIRECT COORDINATION AND
COMMUNICATION GOING ON WITH THE
PROPERTY OWNER THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR
INDULGING ME IN ALL OF MY
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE
TEAM, KEITH AND RICHARD, BECAUSE
THIS -- THE MAJORITY OF THE
PROJECT IS IN MY DISTRICT.
I AM CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY
ASKING LONG LISTS OF KWAEZ AND
YOUR TEAM, KEITH, YOU AND
RICHARD ARE ASKING THEM WITH
INCREDIBLE DEPTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ROBUST
BRIEFINGS.
THE LAST COMMENT THAT YOU
PROMPTED KEITH, YOU MENTIONED
WHAT THIS PRESENTATION SHOWS IS
THAT THIS IS A TECHNICAL,
POLITICAL, AND OUTREACH
INTENSIVE PROJECT, AS WELL AS
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SPU
PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE
LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I
ASKED THE TEAM IN MY BRIEFING
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL
OF COLLEAGUE'S TEAM.
JUST TO SAY IT WAS A GREAT
BRIEFING AND THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
ITEM?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THE
ISSUE RELATED TO THE BUDGET FOR
THIS PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THE
CONFIDENCE RATING.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED
IT WAS AT 65% CONFIDENCE FOR THE
$570 MILLION BUDGET.
WE ARE STILL AT THAT LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
HAVE SUCH A MEMORY.
YES.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE
OVER READ, BUT YES.
MEGA PROJECT COSTS ARE ALWAYS
CHALLENGES.
WE HAVE DONE REALLY GOOD WORK TO
KEEP OUR CONFIDENCE AT THE LEAST
65% ON OUR $570 MILLION PROJECT.
WE'RE HOLDING STEADY.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE HIGHER AND
WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP WORKING
ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU, KEITH.
.
>> THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS ON OUR
WATCH LIST AS WELL, THE CAPITAL
PROJECT WATCH LIST.
THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS
WATCH LIST WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES
BEFORE I GOT HERE.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WILL NOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THIS COUNCILMEMBER
119961, ITEM 4 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT TO
THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
ALL RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM 5.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 5 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 5 IS COUNCIL BILL
119963.
IT IS AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
UPDATING WATER REGULATIONS TO
CONFORM TO CURRENT STANDARDS
MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, A
MENDING NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING,
THIS ITEM 5 REGARDING THE WATER
REGULATIONS HAS A LOT OF DETAIL
IN IT, SO WE'LL HEAR THE ITEM
TODAY, ASK QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL
HAVE THE ITEM COME BACK FOR A
VOTE ON DECEMBER 16TH.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IS
ALREADY AWARE OF THAT.
SO WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO GENERAL
MANAGER HARA AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT PARTS
OF THE CITY'S WATER CODE WERE
ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 1893 AND
1935, SO THIS BILL WOULD REVISE
OUT DATED AND INCONSISTENT
TERMINOLOGY AND PRACTICES AND
PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY FOR OUR
PUBLIC AND SPU STAFF.
THESE REVISIONS DON'T IMPACT
SPU'S BUDGET.
I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE MICHELLE
LANGE FROM SPU'S DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES OFFICE AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR KERI BURCHARD-JUAREZ TO
BRIEF YOU ON THE LEGISLATION.
>> I'M KERI BURCHARD-JUAREZ.
THIS ITEM, AS MAMI SAID IS
SEEKING TO UPDATE HOW CUSTOMERS
CONNECT TO THE WATER
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY HIGH
LEVEL LANGUAGE.
THE DETAILED LANGUAGE THAT
DICTATES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
CONNECTING TO THE WATER SYSTEM
ARE INCLUDED IN THE DIRECTOR'S
ROLE, WHICH ARE CALLED WATER
440.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE
SEEKING THESE UPDATES, WE ARE
UPDATING WATER 440 AS WELL.
IT OUTLINES THE MORE SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TYPE OF
DEVELOPMENT.
THESE UPDATES ARE PRIMARILY
CLEAN UP UPDATES, GETTING RID OF
OUT DATED LANGUAGE.
THERE IS ONE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE
THAT ADDRESSES UNIT LOT
SUBDIVISIONS ON CORNER LOTS.
THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF
DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE CLARIFYING WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS ARE WHEN A
DEVELOPER PICKS A CORNER LOT AND
SUB DIVIDES IT INTO UNIT LOTS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE
LANGE AND SHE WILL GO OVER THE
DETAILS OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYBODY.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.
THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL IN THIS
CODE UPDATES.
I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE
THOUGHT WERE THE MAJOR ONES THAT
WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND
RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
COMMENTS DURING THIS PROCESS, SO
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
ONE THING WE DID, AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
WE ADDED A NEW SECTION.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE EXISTING
GAPS BETWEEN OUR REGULATIONS,
KING COUNTY, AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY.
FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN
DIG A DRINKING WATER WELL
INSTEAD OF CONNECTING TO OUR
SYSTEM.
LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE
PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE
AN AMAZING WATER SUPPLY HERE AND
NO REASON THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE
GETTING THEIR WATER FROM
DRINKING WATER.
THIS WILL CLOSE THE GAP.
IT DOESN'T COME UP OFTEN BUT I
HAVE SEEN IT ONCE IN TEN YEARS.
THE NEXT ONE, NUMBER TWO, IS
WHAT KERI WAS PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONING.
WHAT THE CODE ACTUALLY DOES IS,
IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY TALK
ABOUT UNIT LOTS AND CORNERS BUT
IT GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO SPU
TO, UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S ROLE
THAT KERI MENTIONED, TO MAKE THE
DETERMINATION.
SO THESE ARE PRETTY DETAILED AND
TECHNICAL.
SOME THINGS, WE JUST HAVE OLD
LANGUAGE.
IT SAYS YOU CAN CONNECT ONE
SERVICE PER HOUSE.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE
PRACTICE.
IT IS ONE WATER SERVICE PER
PARCEL.
WE WANT TO BILL THE PARCEL OWNER
AND NOT EACH PERSONAL HOUSE.
WE CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF AN
INACTIVE WATER SERVICE, IF IT IS
MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD, WE DEEM
IT INACTIVE.
INSTEAD, WE WOULD RATHER BASE IT
ON THE TYPE OF MATERIAL.
THERE IS SOME MATERIAL THAT
LASTS LONGER THAN 15 YEARS AND
BE VIABLE.
SOME WILL LAST LESS THAN
15 YEARS AND NOT BE VIABLE.
WE'RE MAKING THAT DISTINCTION
HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A GAP RIGHT NOW
WHERE WE LET CUSTOMERS DECIDE IF
THEY WANT A METER REMOVAL OR A
WATER RETIREMENT.
SOME PEOPLE JUST REMOVE A WATER
METER, THE EXISTING WATER
SERVICE IS STILL THERE.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS WE HAVE SEEN
WATER THEFT, WHICH IS AMAZING TO
ME WHEN I LEARN THAT PEOPLE
STEAL WATER, BUT THEY DO, AND
ALSO IT DEGRAGATES THE WATER
LINE AND LEAVES US WITH BLIND
SERVICES.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THE SERVICE.
IT MAKES IT OUR DECISION.
IF YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR SIX
MONTHS AND WANT TO REMOVE YOUR
METER, IN THOSE CASES, WE WON'T
ALLOW THAT AND WE DON'T ANYWAY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME REALLY OLD
REGULATIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY'S RIGHT TO SHUT OFF
WATER.
RIGHT NOW ANY TIME WITHOUT
NOTICE, THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY
OUR PROCEDURE UNLESS THERE IS AN
EMERGENCY.
WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY WILL
SHUT OFF THE WATER WHEN THAT
HAPPENS.
USE OF FIRE HYDRANTS.
RIGHT NOW WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO
TEMPORARILY USE FIRE HYDRANTS
FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW,
CONSTRUCTION, WHERE THEY MIGHT
NEED TO WET DOWN THE SITE FOR
DUST CONTROL AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
WHAT WE DID IS WE REMOVED SOME
OF THE OUT DATING PROCESS FROM
THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE A
DIRECTOR'S RULE THAT SPEAKS
DIRECTLY TO IT.
THAT IS FOR THE INSPECTION SIDE.
WE UPDATED THIS VIOLATION
PENALTY WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1935.
CURRENTLY THE VIOLATION -- THE
PENALTY OF VIOLATING ANYTHING IN
THE WATER CODE IS $100 WHICH IS
NOT MUCH OF A DETERRENT.
WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE'RE CHANGING
THAT FOR A GROSS MISDEMEANOR.
OUR INTENT IS NOT TO EVER USE
THIS, BUT JUST FOR IT TO BE A
LITTLE MORE OF A DETERRENT FOR
PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T DECIDE THEY
JUST WANT TO GO BLAKE A TAP IN
THE STREET WITHOUT CALLING US
FIRST.
LASTLY, RIGHT NOW THE CODE SAYS
WE WILL NOTIFY PEOPLE AGAIN OF
WATER SHUT OFF THROUGH A
NEWSPAPER, THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER
AND INSTEAD WHAT WE DO IS DOOR
TAGS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE
WE'LL DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN
THAT SUCH AS OUTAGE MAPS.
THAT I IS JUST THEM UPDATING THE
LANGUAGE, AGAIN, NOT
CONTROVERSIAL.
THAT IS THE END OF THE MAJOR
UPDATES IF ANYBODY HAS ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THAT WAS
VERY CLEAR WITH THE TABLE.
IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE WATER
REGULATION CHANGES?
>> I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION
FOR TEAM AT SPU.
WHEN YOU'RE UPDATING WATER
REGULATIONS THAT IMPACT
ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION, DO YOU TYPICALLY
RUN THAT BY -- DO YOU RUN THE
CHANGES BY THE FIRE MARSHAL OR
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST TO GET
THEM TO SIGN OFF ON ANYTHING
REGARDING FIRE SUPPRESSION NEEDS
THAT THEY MAY HAVE?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER
THAT, KERI?
>> YES, PLEASE, MICHELLE.
>> YES, WE WORK IN CLOSE
COLLABORATION WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALL OF THE
TIME, BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST
SEATTLE.
IT IS THE OTHER ONES, SHORELINE
AND BURIEN.
FOR THIS WE DIDN'T EXPLICITLY
TALK WITH THEM BECAUSE THERE IS
NOTHING IN HERE THAT IMPACTS
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHEN
THEY'RE DOING THEIR FIRE
REGULATIONS FOR NEW
CONSTRUCTION.
IN OUR MEETINGS WITH THEM, WHAT
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT
BUILDINGS CAN BE PROPERLY
SPRINKLED.
THAT REQUIRES A BIGGER WATER
SERVICE OR AN UPGRADE TO A MAIN
WE'LL ENSURE THAT HAPPENS.
WE WON'T LET SOMEBODY HAVE
SUBSTANDARD WATER TO THEIR
PROPERTY.
IN SOME REGARDS, YOU KNOW, FOR
THEM, SPRINKLING IS THE FIRST
LINE OF DEFENSE.
FOR US, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
HYDRANT SPACING.
THAT IS THE SECOND FAVORITE
THING.
IT SAVES BUILDINGS BUT NOT
NECESSARILY LIVES.
NONE OF THESE CHANGES WILL
IMPACT THAT.
>> IN GENERAL, WE ENFORCE THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE WATER SYSTEM AND WE HAVE
A CLOS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS
THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND WE
MAKE SURE THAT WE REQUIRE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS ITEM?
ITEM 5.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, JUST TO SAY,
MICHELLE, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE BRIEFING YOU GAVE ME.
WE SPENT HALF HOUR ASKING, GOING
BACK AND FORTH, UNDERSTANDING
ALL OF THESE, WHAT CAN SEEM TO
BE IMMENSE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING.
IN REALITY, THEY'RE, FROM OUR
BRIEFING, I UNDERSTAND THAT
THESE ARE CLEARLY TECHNICAL IN
NATURE AND MOSTLY JUST UPDATING
OUR CODES IN AN IMPORTANT
FASHION TO ENSURE YOU'RE ABLE TO
DO YOUR WORK WITHOUT BEING
ENCUMBERED BY OUT DATING
POLICIES THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
BRIEFING AND HALF HOUR OF
QUESTIONS I PEPPERED YOU WITH
AND THE GREAT ANSWERS YOU GAVE
ME.
I WON'T TAKE MY COLLEAGUE'S TIME
NOW.
JUST TO SAY I WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW THE CHAIR'S
LEAD.
>> I KNEW THE SUN WOULD HIT ME
AT MY TURN, SORRY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
SO COLLEAGUES, THIS ITEM WILL
COME BACK FOR A VOTE IN TWO
WEEKS AND WE'LL GET IT MOVING
FROM THERE, SO I APPRECIATE SPU
COMING AND GIVING US THIS
INITIAL PRESENTATION.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 6 ON OUR
AGENDA.
GO AHEAD, CLERK, PLEASE READ
ITEM 6 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 6 IS COUNCIL BILL
119962.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ENTER INTO A
STORMWATER FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR A
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER
HARA, YOU'RE THE STAR OF THE
SHOW TODAY.
PLEASE.
>> FINALLY THE STORMWATER
ORDINANCE.
THIS WOULD, AS WAS READ,
AUTHORIZE US TO ENTER AN
AGREEMENT WITH WASH DOT TO
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A
STORMWATER FACILITY AND TRANSFER
EASEMENT RIGHTS TO WASH DOT.
SAHBA MOHANDESSI IS OUR STORM
WATER PROGRAM MANAGER OR A
STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGER WITH
THE LINE OF BUSINESS AND WILL
BRIEF YOU ON THE LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU,
MAMI, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
I'M GOING TO SHARE THE
PRESENTATION HERE.
AGAIN.
I'M SAHBA MOHANDESSI WITH THE
STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGER LINE
OF BUSINESS AT THE SPU.
AS MAMI POINTED OUT, SPU IS
SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER
INTO AN OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH WASH
DOT AND TO GIVE WASH DOT
EASEMENT RIGHTS FOR WASH DOT TO
BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR
EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON THE
SPU PROPERTY.
TO GET US ORIENTED, THE SLIDE
SHOW IS NORTH OF THE SOUTH CITY
LIMIT ON THE SCREEN.
THE NORTHEAST TO THE RIGHT.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY,
THERE ARE TWO WATER QUALITY
FACILITIES LABELLED WASH DOT
POND AND SPU POND.
IN 1993, SPU PURCHASED PROPERTY
ALONG I-5 FOR SPU AND WASH DOT
DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
BOTH AGENCIES BUILT DRAINAGE
FACILITIES ON THE SPU PROPERTY.
THE AGENCIES AGREED TO ENTER
INTO AN OPERATION MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT FOR THE DRAINAGE
FACILITIES.
THEY ALSO AGREED THAT SPU WOULD
GRANT WASH DOT PROPERTY RIGHTS
FOR WASH DOT TO BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN ITS SYSTEM ON THE SPU
PROPERTY.
THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT
INCLUDES THE PROPERTY RIGHT
TRANSFER TO WASH DOT FOR A ONE
TIME FEE OF $6,100, PAYABLE TO
THE CITY.
SPU REQUESTS THE CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZE THE NEW INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS --
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS ITEM?
ITEM 6?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> I MEAN, I ASKED ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS IN THE BRIEFING.
THIS IS JUST SUCH A STRAIGHT
FORWARD TRANSFER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS HERE OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE ITEM?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
SORRY, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN
COVERED.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE FISCAL
NOTE.
I DON'T SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE
STATE IS PAYING SPU FOR THE
EASEMENT.
IF SO, HOW MUCH?
>> SPU IS -- THE CITY IS
RECEIVING $6,100 FROM THE STATE
FOR THE EXCHANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> USUALLY IN THE ORDINANCES IT
INDICATES WHERE ANY SORT OF
REVENUE IS GOING IN TERMS OF A
FUND, A SPECIAL DEDICATED FUND
IS THAT THE CASE HERE?
IF SO, WHERE WILL THE FUNDS THAT
YOU HAVE JUST DESCRIBED BE
PARKED?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT
GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUT
I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN OF THAT.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DIG INTO IT
AND RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.
JUDITH, IF YOU'RE HERE, MAYBE
YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> YES, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE,
I'M STILL ON THE LINE.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVE FUNDS FROM
OUR COUNTERPARTS WE DEVELOPED
AGREEMENTS FOR.
THE DRAINAGE AND WASTE WATER
FUND IS THE FUND THAT WOULD
RECEIVE THE PAYMENT, SO IT IS
ACTUALLY CONSIDERED GENERAL FUND
AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED,
BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A REVENUE
ACCOUNT IN THE DRAINAGE AND
WASTE WATER FUND.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM
6?
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS, I
MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 119962,
ITEM 6 ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
AND RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDAION THAT THIS BILL
PASS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES, NO NOS.
>> THANK YOU.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE
DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
7 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 7 IS COUNCIL BILL
119953.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT ACCEPTING
VARIOUS EASEMENTS FOR OVERHEAD
AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL
RIGHTS IN KING COUNTY, PLACING
SAID EASEMENTS UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE GENERAL MANAGER SMITH
WITH US?
>> INDEED, WE DO.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING.
WE HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS, BUT
ONE POWER POINT.
THESE ARE HOUSE KEEPING ITEMS,
SO MY TEAM THAT IS WITH US TODAY
IS TOM DeBOER OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
OFFICER FOR CITY LIGHT.
REAL ESTATE IS PART OF THE REAL
PROPERTY BUSINESS UNIT.
BILL DEVELOP DEVEREAUX IS PART
OF THE
GROUP IN TOM'S ORGANIZATION AND
GREG SANCEWICH, WHO I JUST LOVE.
I LOVE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT HIM.
HE COMES FROM SOUND TRANSIT.
HE WORKED THERE.
I HAVE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER
TWO YEARS.
HE JOINED CITY LIGHT I THINK
SHORTLY AFTER ME.
THEN HE LEFT BECAUSE SOUND
TRANSIT CREATED THE PERFECT JOB
FOR HIM.
AND THEN HE CAME BACK TO US.
WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HIM
AND HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
DOING OUR PRESENTING TODAY.
WE HAVE TWO ROUTINE BUNDLED
EASEMENT ORDINANCES THAT WE'LL
BE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF.
ONE IS ON DISTRIBUTION
EASEMENTS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GREG AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, DEBRA.
>> WE ALSO HAVE LAURA BRUGER
HERE.
>> LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN REAL
QUICK.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR PEDERSEN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
THE FIRST ITEM NUMBER 7, COUNCIL
BIG 119953 ARE LOOKING FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION OF OUR ELECTRICAL
SERVICES.
THESE ARE NEEDED ANY TIME CITY
LIGHTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROCESSES
OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY BY WAY OF
EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
PRESENTATION, THE LOWER LEFT
HAND CORNER, THERE IS AN ARROW
POINTING TO WHAT WOULD BE A
POWER LINE SERVING A PROPERTY.
WHERE THE POWER LINE DOESN'T,
WHERE THE POWER LINE CROSSES AN
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IT IS NOT
SERVING.
THAT IS WHERE THE EASEMENT WOULD
BE REQUIRED.
THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN
NATURE.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY DRIVEN BY
ALTERED OR NEW SERVICE WITHIN
THE SERVICE AREA AND COVER OUR
NINE FRANCHISE SERVICE AREAS.
THEY CAN BE OVERHEAD OR
UNDERGROUND OR A COMBINATION OF
BOTH, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF
SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING.
THE SECOND ITEM WE HAVE ARE FOR
WHAT WE CALL PLAID EASEMENTS.
THEY CAPTURE THE EASEMENTS ANY
TIME IT IS SUB DIVIDED INTO
DIFFERENT LOTS.
THIS ALLOWS US ACCESS TO SERVE
THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE
SUBDIVISION AND ALSO ENSURES
THAT PROPER ELECTRICAL SERVICES
PROVIDED TO THE HOMES OR
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WHATEVER
THE SITUATION MAY BE.
THESE ORDINANCES FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION EASEMENTS PACKAGE,
WE HAVE 60 EASEMENTS CAPTURED.
FOR OUR PLAID EASEMENTS THERE
ARE 561.
WITH THAT, WE SEEK YOUR
ACCEPTANCE.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
I KNOW SINCE WE SWITCHED OVER TO
CITY LIGHT FROM SPU, ERIC FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, IF YOU HAD ANY
COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
GIVE US THOSE NOW AND I'LL ASK
COLLEAGUES FROM QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN, THIS IS DAN
WITH CENTRAL STAFF, OUT OF MAYBE
UNNECESSARY ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION, I'M STAFFING THIS ISSUE
INSTEAD OF ERIC.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT HE OWNS
PROPERTY THAT IS RELATED TO ONE
OF THE SEVERAL HUNDRED EASEMENTS
THAT THIS BILL AFFECTS, SO I
HAVE AUTHORED A MEMO THAT ERIC
DISTRIBUTED ON MY BEHALF TO YOU
SUMMARIZING BASICALLY STATING
THAT CENTRAL STAFF HASN'T
IDENTIFIED ANY POLICY ISSUES
RELATED WITH THIS.
WE'RE AVAILABLE TO TRACK ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER
AND BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT
AND DOING THE WORK ON THAT, TOO.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM 7?
THIS POWER POINT ALSO, I
BELIEVE, COVERS ITEM 8.
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS ON ITEM 7
AND THEN VOTE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM 7.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TO A VOTE.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 119953.
ITEM 7 ON OUR AGENDA IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AND RECOMMENDATION THAT
THIS BILL PASS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOL?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION CARRIES
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT
TO THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM EIGHT
INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 8 IS COUNCIL BILL
119954, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ACCEPTING VARIOUS EASEMENTS FOR
OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND
ELECTRICAL RIGHTS IN KING
COUNTY, PLACING SAID EASEMENTS
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND
PRIOR ACTS FOR BRIEFING, CERTAIN
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
GENERAL MANAGER SMITH, ANY
COMMENTS?
I THINK YOU REFERENCED THIS
ALREADY, BUT PLEASE.
>> NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>> OKAY.
DIRECTOR, ANYTHING ON THIS?
PROBABLY NOT?
>> JUST CHECKING.
SO COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM 8?
OKAY.
SO COUNCILMEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM 8,
COUNCIL BILL 119954.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL A
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS PASS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES.
>> GREAT.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT TO
THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE ON ITEM 9.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
9 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 9 IS RESOLUTION 31980.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BELOW GRADE
PRIVATE UTILITY LINES UNDER AND
ACROSS ROY, WEST OF 8th NORTH,
DEXTER AVENUE NORTH, NORTH OF
MERCER, ROY STREET, WEST OF
DEXTER, AND THE ALLEY NORTH OF
MERCER, AS PROPOSED BY McKINSTRY
COMPANY LLC FOR A BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE HAVE CENTRAL STAFF LISH
WHITSON HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE OPENING
REMARKS AS THE CENTRAL STAFF?
>> SURE.
VERY BRIEFLY, I THINK THE TITLE
OF THE RESOLUTION TELLS YOU WHAT
IT IS ABOUT, BUT THE CODE STATES
THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER
WHETHER THIS RESOLUTION IS IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND WHETHER
THERE IS NO REASONABLE ALTERNATE
IN CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO
APPROVE IT.
I THINK I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
S-DOT TO DESCRIBE IT, THE
PROPOSAL IN MORE DETAIL.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY
NAME IS AMY GRAY AND I WORK FOR
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY ON
THIS BUSY AGENDA TO BRING THIS
PROJECT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO AS THE RESOLUTION TITLE AND
LISH EXPLAINED, THEY'RE SEEKING
A NEW PERMIT FOR THE LINES AND
MAP SHOWS IN THE PURPLE LINES
WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED ON THIS
BLOCK.
THESE UTILITY LINES, THEY WILL
EXTRACT WASTE HEAT FROM KING
COUNTY WASTE WATER WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED VIA THE UTILITY
LINES BETWEEN THE THREE
BUILDINGS, LOCATED AT 601 DEXTER
AVENUE NORTH.
701 DEXTER AVENUE NORTH AND 800
MERCER STREET.
S DOT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
FOR THIS TERM PERMIT RESOLUTION.
THEY'RE FOR SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY
AND LONG-TERM ENCROACHMENTS.
THEY REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION
BECAUSE THEY'RE FOR TYPICALLY
THREE YEARS.
THE FIRST STEP IS WHERE WE'RE AT
TODAY, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION.
IT BRINGS TO YOU THE CONCEPT FOR
YOU TO APPROVE OR DENY IF YOU
CHOOSE, THE PRIVATE USE OF THE
RIGHT OF WAY AND ESTABLISH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS BROUGHT
FORTH TO YOU IN THE ORDINANCE.
STEP TWO IS THE ORDINANCE, WHICH
IS THE ACTUAL PERMIT, AND IT HAS
ALL OF THE TECHNICAL
INFORMATION, INSPECTION REPORTS,
FEES, INSURANCE, INDEMNIFICATION
IF IT IS NEEDED FOR
TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRAD FROM
McKINSTRY FOR THE NEXT TWO
SLIDES.
>> THANK YOU, AMY AND GOOD
MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND
ANYBODY ELSE LISTENING IN.
JUST TO MAYBE PROVIDE MORE
DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING TO DO HERE, WE ARE
PROPOSING TO TAP, ACTUALLY,
THERE IS A VERY LARGE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER MAIN THAT
RUNS UNDER DEXTER AVENUE.
IT IS A VERY LARGE LINE, AN
EIGHT FOOT DIAMETER LINE, SO
WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS
TAPPING THAT LINE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
COUNTY ON THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE
SOUGHT TO DO FOR MANY YEARS AND
HAVE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY
PASSED AN ORDINANCE ENABLING
THIS.
THEY'RE DOING THREE PILOTS RIGHT
NOW.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS
TAPPING THAT MAIN AND THEN
COLLECTING THE WET WELL.
IT IS BASICALLY A VAULT.
THERE IT IS PROCESSED AND WILL
BE RUN THROUGH A SET OF HEAT
EXCHANGERS.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
IT IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY WARM.
DURING THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, IT
IS STILL IN THE 60-DEGREE RANGE
LIKE ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, FOR
EXAMPLE, PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
SHOWERS, ALL OF THAT STUFF, AND
THAT IS BASICALLY WASTE HEAT
THAT IS FLUSHED OUT INTO THE
PUIGENT SOUND AT WEST POINT
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS
COLLECTING THAT AND THEN IT WILL
GO THROUGH THE HEAT EXCHANGER.
THEN THERE WILL BE ACTUALLY A
WATER BASED CIRCULATION.
THAT IS WHAT THE SUBJECT OF THE
TERM PERMIT IS ACTUALLY IS.
THE CIRCULATION LOOP WILL BE
PROVIDING THAT PREWARMED WATER.
IT WILL BE IN THE 60-DEGREE
RANGE PLUS OR MINUS, AND THEN
THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS WILL
USE HEAT PROMPTS TO LIFT THE
TEMPERAURE UP TO THE DESIRED
TEMPERATURE IN THE 120,
130-DEGREE RANGE.
THAT IS BASICALLY THE TECHNOLOGY
IN A NUT SHELL.
THERE IS MORE DETAIL THAN THAT
BUT THAT IS A SUMMARY.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
AMY, I WILL ADD THAT THIS IS, IT
IS A TESTED TECHNOLOGY BUT IT IS
NOT WELL KNOWN IN NORTH AMERICA.
IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS
PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, MAYBE 60
TO 70 OF THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS
WORLDWIDE, MOST OF THEM ARE IN
EUROPE.
THERE IS A VERY LARGE SYSTEM
SIMILAR TO THIS ONE IN VANCOUVER
B. C. BUILT AS PART THE OLYMPIC
VILLAGE.
THIS WILL BE A LARGE ONE.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP TWO OR
THREE IN THE WORLD, SIZE WISE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BENEFITS HERE.
I WON'T READ THEM TO YOU.
WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING IS
TAKING WASTE HEAT THAT OTHERWISE
WOULD BE DUMPED INTO THE PUGET
SOUND AND TRYING TO TURN IT INTO
SOMETHING BENEFICIAL.
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO AMY AND
HAPPY TO ANSWER IN I QUESTIONS
AT THE END.
THANK YOU.
>> SO THIS JUST SHOWS A LARGER
MAP OF THE AREA IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION.
ON THE FINAL SLIDE, WE'RE
SEEKING COUNCIL ADOPTION FOR
THIS RESOLUTION.
AGAIN IT PROVIDES CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL TO THE DEVELOPER SO
THEY HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE GOING
FORWARD WITH THE TECHNICAL
DRAWINGS THAT COUNCIL GENERALLY
SUPPORTS THE PROJECT.
IF THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED BY
COUNCIL, I WILL AND S-DOT WILL
PROVIDE THE ORDINANCE LATER IN
20 21 TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
THAT ORDINANCE IS THE PERMIT AND
GIVES THE FINAL APPROVAL.
FROM THEN ON THE ORDINANCE, THE
FIRST TERM WILL BE IN PLACE
UNTIL 2036 WITH ONE MORE
RENEWABLE 15-YEAR TERM.
I CAN'T DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD.
SORRY.
2051 I GUESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CENTRAL STAFF,
S-DOT OR FOR THE APPLICANT?
>> WE APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION
OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
IT SOUNDS VERY -- IT IS GOOD TO
HAVE THIS COMING HERE SO THAT WE
CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT IT
IS WORKING ELSEWHERE AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING THIS TO
US.
LISH, ANY FINAL COMMENTS TO ADD
TO YOUR MEMO?
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
AND SO COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, THIS
IS JUST THE RESOLUTION TO GET
THIS STARTED AND THEN WE'LL
STILL HAVE ANOTHER SHOT TO
DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT THE
ORDINANCE STAGE.
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION, ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU TO AMY AND BRAD AND
LISH.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS, I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
31980, ITEM 9 ON THE AGENDA IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES VOTES.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE
DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO
PRESENTED.
>>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 10 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 10 IS COUNCIL BILL
11959.
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A REVENUE
MEASURE OF .15% SALES AND USE
TAX FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES
AS AUTHORIZED BY SEATTLE VOTERS
AT THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020,
ELECTION AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS
FOR A BRIEFING, DISCUSS, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, THIS IS COUNCIL BILL
119959.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM
S-DOT.
OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED THAT
VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED
THIS AND THIS IS PART OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
WE'LL HEAR FROM BILL LaBORDE
FROM S-DOT AND HIS TEAM.
JUST WANTED TO SEE IF CENTRAL
STAFF WANTS TO HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,
I DON'T HAVE ANY INTRODUCTION
COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
S-DOT, PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS BILL LaBORDE.
I'M WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT AND A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT HOUSE KEEPING BILLS
THAT ARE RELATED TO BOTH THE
CLOSE OUT OF THE CURRENT FTBD
AND START UP OF THE NEW ONE
APPROVED BY VOTERS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE FIRST BILL THAT I'LL TALK
ABOUT, AND I THINK IT IS THE
SECOND ONE YOU'LL VOTE ON IS A
BILL AUTHORIZING SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT WITH METRO TO DELIVER
BUS SERVICE.
WE JUST NEED A SHORT EXTENSION
OF THAT MOA OR AUTHORITY TO
EXTEND THE MOA SO WE CAN JUST
FINISH PAYING FOR THE CURRENT
SERVICE CHANGE PERIOD THAT
STARTED IN SEPTEMBER AND ENDS IN
MARCH.
THEN THE BILL THAT IS UP BEFORE
YOU RIGHT NOW WOULD IMPLEMENT
THE SALES TAX MEASURE THAT WAS
JUST PASSED BY VOTERS ON
NOVEMBER 3RD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
SO JUST A QUICK TIMELINE OF THE
STBD CLOSE OUT AND START UP OF
THE NEW MEASURE, AS YOU KNOW,
THE VOTERS APPROVED THE MEASURE
ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
YOU AUTHORIZED SPENDING
AUTHORITY FOR THE NEW MEASURE
WITH THE 21 BUDGET AND KING
COUNTY CERTIFIED THE ELECTION
RESULTS LAST TUESDAY, I BELIEVE.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE TWO BILLS IN
FRONT OF YOU.
THE CURRENT SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
MEASURE THAT WAS APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2014
EXPIRES DECEMBER 31st, SO THE
$60 VLF WILL GO AWAY AND
ACTUALLY, THE .1 SALES TAX
CURRENTLY COLLECTED WILL GO AWAY
AS WELL.
WE'LL START UP THE NEW MEASURE
WITH THE SPRING SERVICE CHANGE
THAT METRO BRINGS IN ON
MARCH 20TH AND APRIL 1ST
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL START
COLLECTING THE SALES TAX.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION OF
THE CURRENT MOA WITH METRO, WE
ESTABLISH THIS TO EXPIRE WHEN
YOU APPROVED IT IN FEBRUARY OF
2015.
EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR
AT THE SAME TIME THE CURRENT
SPBD DOES.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE
SERVICE CHANGE PERIOD WORKS WITH
THE CHANGE AT METRO AND MARCH
AND SEPTEMBER, WE JUST NEED A
SHORT EXTENSION OF THIS
AGREEMENT SO WE CAN CLOSE THAT
OUT AND CONTINUE PAYING FOR
CURRENT SERVICE FOR THE FIRST
THREE MONTHS OF 2021 AND BY
TAKING THE AGREEMENT TO JUNE.
IT JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME TO DO THE HOUSE
KEEPING AND RECONCILIATION AND
COMPLETELY CLOSE OUT THAT
AGREEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN THE SALES TAX
IMPLEMENTATION, THIS IS A
FORMALITY AS WELL AS IT WAS
APPROVED BY VOTERS.
ONCE YOU PASS THIS MEASURE
IMPLEMENTING THE SALES TAX, THE
CITY SENDS, I BELIEVE NOTICE TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND
THEN THEY GO AND START
COLLECTING THE SALES TAX AS OF
APRIL 1ST.
THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR
THE TWO MEASURES.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, BILL, AND THANKS
FOR COMBINING THOSE IN YOUR
POWER POINT.
WE'LL VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY
TODAY, JUST SO WE CAN SEE THAT
COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE HERE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON
ITEM 10 WHICH IS THE
IMPLEMENTING THE 0.15% THAT THE
VOTERS APPROVED?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF
THE RECITALS.
I THINK IT IS INTENDED TO BE
CLEAR IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT I
WANT TO JUST UP LIFT THE
LANGUAGE IN THE MEASURE THAT
COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLIER THIS
YEAR AS IT RELATES TO THE
SERVICE HOURS.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD LIMITED
SERVICE HOURS ON KING COUNTY
METRO LINES THAT HAVE MORE THAN
65% OF STOCKS WITHIN SEATTLE.
THE COUNCIL ALSO ADDED KING
COUNTY METRO OPERATED ROUTES
SERVING HISTORICALLY LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE AND I
KNOW, ON THE BORDERS, THE
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN BORDERS,
THERE ARE SEVERAL LINES NOTABLY
FOR DISTRICT ONE, BOTH IN SOUTH
PARK AND IN WEST SEATTLE, AND
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS
THE UNDERSTANDING MOVING
FORWARD.
THE RECITAL INCLUDES LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE NOT LIMITING IT TO ROUTES
WITH MORE THAN 65% OF STOPS
WITHIN SEATTLE.
>> NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT, AND WE'LL BE
BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE PROBABLY
AROUND FEBRUARY TO ONE OF YOUR
FEBRUARY MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT
THE NEW SERVICE PLAN AND SPEND
PLAN FOR THE NEW MEASURE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT
WITH METRO TO BRING BEFORE YOU.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT -- WE'LL
BE DOING RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT
TO LOOK AT WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE
BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THAT WILL GUIDE WHERE THE
INVESTMENTS ARE.
WE DEFINITELY PLAN ON INVESTING
BOTH ON ROUTES THAT NEED THAT
65% THRESHOLD AND ONES THAT
DON'T.
AREAS LIKE SOUTH PARK AND
GEORGETOWN NOW MORE THAN EVER.
>> MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS ITEM 10?
ABOUT THE SALES TAX?
OKAY.
OKAY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 119959, ITEM 10
ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS BILL
PASS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT TO
THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK, EVEN
THOUGH BILL ADDRESSED A LOT OF
THIS ALREADY.
WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ ITEM
11 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 11 IS COUNCIL BILL
119960.
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE
TRANSIT SERVICE FUNDING
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY,
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
EXTENDING THE TERM TO JUNE 30,
2021, AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, AND COLLEAGUES,
JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THERE IS A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT I WILL MOVE
AFTER WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
THE TECHNICAL AMENDMENT WAS
PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA AND I
KNOW AS SOON AS WE SAY IT IS
TECHNICAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS
TECHNICAL.
IT IS.
IT IS CHANGING YEARS 2020 TO THE
YEARS 2021.
IT IS UPDATING THE SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF
KING COUNTY METRO TO TERRY
WHITE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OR THINGS
YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT THIS
ITEM REGARDING THE SIX MONTH
EXTENSION?
>> NO.
THEY ARE NOTHING BAD.
>> OKAY.
AND BILL FROM S-DOT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO
ADD TO THE PRESENTATION YOU
ALREADY DID?
>> YES.
I JUST THINK THE ONE THING I'LL
ADD IS THAT KING COUNTY COUNCIL
JUST AUTHORIZED THE EXTENSION OF
THE CONTRACT THEMSELVES RIGHT
BEFORE THEY WENT INTO BUDGET AND
WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU RIGHT
AS WE'RE COMING OUT OF BUDGET.
>> GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY METRO?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I'M PROBABLY JUST ASKING THE
OBVIOUS.
I ASSUME THERE WILL BE A
SEPARATE AGREEMENT NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT THE LEVY ADOPTED BY
THE VOTER THAT'S WILL COVER THE
PERIOD OF TIME AFTER JUNE 20TH,
2021?
>> CORRECT.
YEAH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
WE'LL BRING THE AGREEMENT TO YOU
IN FEBRUARY.
THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT BY
THAT MARCH SERVICE CHANGE DATE.
>> GOT IT.
BY THE MARCH SERVICE CHANGE
DATE.
>> CORRECT, YEAH.
THERE ARE ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF
OVERLAP TO ALLOW US TO HANDLE
ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS AND CLOSING
OUT THIS ONE.
>> GOT IT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MM-HMM.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF MOTIONS
TO GET THE AMENDMENT IN THERE?
>> I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 11960, ITEM 11 ON OUR
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
I WOULD LIKE -- ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE THE
AMENDMENT 1?
OKAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
A MEND, I MOVE WE A MEND COUNCIL
BILL 119960 AS SHOWN ON
AMENDMENT ONE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
AND AS I MENTIONED THIS
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS TO FIX A
COUPLE OF DATES AND ALSO TO PUT
IN TERRY WHITE, THE NEW KING
COUNTY METRO DIRECTOR.
OKAY.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMENDMENT COUNCIL BILL
119960.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE ON
THE AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE VOTES YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COUNCIL BILL IS AMENDED.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE COUNCIL BILL
AS AMENDED?
OKAY.
JUST TO BE SURE, I'LL MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 119960 AS
AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANKS.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
AMENDED BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL
BILL BE PASSED AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES VOTES.
>> MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE
SENT TO THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 12 IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA.
COLLEAGUES, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 12 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM 12 IS RESOLUTION 31981.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR TO ACT AS THE
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AGENT
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND TO LEGALLY BIND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE CITY
SEEKS GRANT FUNDING ASSISTANCE
MANAGED THROUGH THE RECREATION
AND CONSERVATION OFFICE.
FOR A BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER S-DOT ITEM.
CALVIN FROM CENTRAL STAFF, IF
YOU HAVE ANY INTRODUCTORY
COMMENTS, PLEASE.
>> I THINK BILL HAS A
PRESENTATION THAT WILL GO OVER A
LOT OF THE DETAIL.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND, WELL, I
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS
A GRANT SOURCE THAT S-DOT IS
KIND OF INFREQUENTLY USES.
IT IS MORE FOCUSED ON
RECREATIONAL TYPES OF USES.
IT IS MUCH MORE OF A GROUND
SOURCE THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
HAS USED TRADITIONALLY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE TYPES OF
REQUESTS COME THROUGH SOME OF
THE OTHER COMMITTEES.
IT IS FAIRLY INFREQUENT FOR
S-DOT.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO S-DOT.
MR. LaBORDE.
>> AGAIN, BILL LaBORDE FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AS CAL MENTIONED, THIS IS A KIND
OF RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE USED
TO SEEING FROM PRIMARILY PARKS.
I THINK IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN AT
LEAST FIVE YEARS, IF NOT LONGER
SINCE S-DOT BROUGHT ONE OF THE
RESOLUTIONS TO YOU.
THE RECREATION AND CONSERVATION
OFFICE HAS REQUIRE A COUNCIL
RESOLUTION BE PASSED TO FINALIZE
A GRANT OBLIGATION.
THE PRIMARY REASON THEY DO THAT
AND SEE THIS AND THE ATTACHMENT
THAT INCLUDES A SAMPLE AGREEMENT
IS I THINK A LOT OF SMALLER
JURISDICTIONS ESPECIALLY ARE NOT
USED TO THE IDEA THAT WHEN THEY
GET
ON
THE DESIGN AND SCHEDULE FOR
CONSTRUCTION NEXT SPRING AND
NEXT SUMMER.
SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIMELINE.
2023 IS THE SCHEDULE DATE FOR
DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FIVE YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT
THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED WILL
BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 7TH CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
COLLEAGUES, THIS CONCLUDES THE
DECEMBER 2ND, 2020, MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN ON
DECEMBER 16TH, INCLUDING SOME OF
THE ITEMS THAT WE HEARD TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.