>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE MAY 12, 2021 MEETING OF THE
LAND WAS A NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:32 AND I AM DAN STRAUSS,
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> THE LAND WAS THE
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE STARTS WITH THE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WE ARE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND
THIS IS NOT A CHECKLIST NOR
SHOULD IT BE A BEHAVIOR AND
DOES NOT GIVE US PASSPORT OR
PERMISSION TO PROCEED.
WE DESIRE THAT THIS IS A
REMINDER THAT WE MUST STEWARD
OUR WORK IN THIS COMMITTEE AS
GUESTS.
OUR TIME HERE ON THE COMMITTEE,
AND THE GOVERNMENT, AND LIFE IS
SHORT.
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BEGINS BY ACKNOWLEDGING
WE ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL LAND
AND ANCESTRAL LAND OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE OF THIS REGION, PAST AND
PRESENT, REPRESENTED IN A
NUMBER OF TRIBES AND AS URBAN
NATIVES.
HONOR WITH GRATITUDE, THE LAND
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND.
WE START WITH THIS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT WE ARE GUESTS AND
SHOULD STEWARD OUR LAND AS
SUCH, AS GIFTS.
>> WE ARE ON INDIGENOUS LAND
AND WE WANT IT BACK.
I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD THAT.
>> A WELCOME ADDITION AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
A GRIEVING DISCUSSION ON THE
EXTENSION OF THE STREET CAFC
AND SIDEWALK CAFC PERMITS AS
CURRENTLY ARE PERMITTED AND A
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF
PROPOSED LAND USE TO PRESERVE
MOBILE HOME PARKS, BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON CONSTABLE
120067, A GRAND FOR DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS OUTREACH AND
DEBRIEFING A DISCUSSION ON
PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE
TECHNICAL CODES.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LAND
USE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 AND
9:30 AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL
OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I ASK THAT
EVERYONE PLEASE BE PATIENT AS
WE LEARN TO OPTIMIZE THE SYSTEM
IN REAL TIME.
REMAINS ARE STRONG INTENT TO A
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED BUT THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
LIMIT THESE COMMON PERIODS AT
ANY POINT IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM
IS ABUSED OR IS UNSUITABLE FOR
ALLOWING THE MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND IN A
MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO
CONDUCT NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE TIME IS 10 MINUTES AND EACH
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK AND I WILL
CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY NAME
AND IN THE ORDER THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, SIGN
UP BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
THE LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON THE
AGENDA AND WHEN I CALL ON THE
SPEAKER, STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND IT
WILL BE THEIR TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT POINT, THE SPEAKER MUST
PRESS STAR SIX, NOT POUND SIX,
STAR SIX.
BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME AND
THE ITEM IN WHICH YOU ARE
ADDRESSING AND THE SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT.
WHEN THEY HEAR THE CHIME,
PLEASE BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF SPEAKERS DO
NOT END AT THE ALLOTTED TIME,
THE MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
AFTER 10 SECONDS TO ALLOW US TO
PROCEED TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WHEN YOU COMPLETE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE AND IF YOU PLAN TO FOLLOW
THE MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA
THIS SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER.
WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
ALL ARE PRESENT.
GOOD MORNING, RAY, YOU ARE UP
FIRST.
HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX AND JUST
A MOMENT, RAY.
YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> FANTASTIC.
I'M A RENTER IN BALLARD AND
SPEAKING ON HIS CB 120068 AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS A
PART OF THE LEGISLATION.
I'VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE OPEN
STREETS FOR A YEAR,
PARTICULARLY AROUND SEATTLE,
THAT LET PEOPLE SOCIAL
DISTANCED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
FEW HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS
THE BALLARD AVENUE OPEN STREET,
DUE TO COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
CITY, BALLARD ALLIANCE AND
BUSINESSES ON THE STREET.
CB 120068 OPENS THE PATHWAY TO
MAKE THE SUCCESS PERMANENT AND I
ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
ONE QUICK NOTE, THE STAFF
FISCAL NOTE STAND THERE IS ONLY
ONE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND THAT IS
FOR SDOT FORGOING PERMIT FEES
ASSOCIATED WITH GIVING OF
PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF
BUSINESSES. I
HOPE THAT AS THE LEGISLATION
MOVES FORWARD, WITH SDOT AND
THE CITY, THEY WILL LOOK AT HOW
MUCH MONEY THE CITY WILL MAKE
FROM SALES TAX AND SALARIES AND
OTHER THINGS FROM PEOPLE BEING
ABLE TO EAT AND ENJOY
RESTAURANTS ON BALLARD AVENUE
IN THE NEW PERGOLAS AND THINGS
OUTSIDE.
WITH THAT NOTE, I LOOK FORWARD
TO MAKING BALLARD AVENUES
PERGOLA-SAFE STREETS PERMANENT
AND HOPEFULLY, FINDING OTHER
PLACES AROUND THE CITY TO DO THE
SAME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, GABE GILMORE, FOLLOWED BY
JESSE CLAWSON.
>> I'M THE COFOUNDER OF
OPTIMISM GROWING COMPANY,
SEATTLE'S LARGEST TAPROOM ON
SEATTLE'S CAPITOL HILL AND I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
STREET OUTREACH CONTINUATION.
COVID HIT OUR BUSINESS HARD AND
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE
TEMPORARY STREET PERMITTING.
WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CLOSE
WITHOUT THIS BUT THE EFFECT
GOES BEYOND THE SURVIVAL.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE ACTIVATION
FOR THE CITY WITH IT BEING SO
POWERFUL.
WHEN YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE
COMMUNITY WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS,
THINGS CHANGE.
I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
EXTENSION BEYOND OCTOBER TO
MAKE THIS A PERMANENT FEATURE.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PARKING SPACE TABLES YOU SEE.
THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS YOU
MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT.
FIRST, MORE LIBERAL ROLE FOOD
TRUCK PERMITTING.
WE DO NOT SERVE FOOD OURSELVES.
BY MOVING THE FOOD TRUCK OFF
OUR OWN PROPERTY TO EXTEND OUR
SEATING ONTO TEMPORARY ON-
STREET PARKING, THIS WAS
CRUCIAL FOR THE TRUCK'S
SURVIVAL DURING COVID AND
EXPANDED THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WAS
A GREAT BENEFIT TO ACTIVATION
FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES, LIKE
MANY BUSINESSES, OURS DOES NOT
HAVE ADJACENT PARKING TO USE FOR
SEATING.
WE DO HAVE A SMALL SIDE STREET
THAT WE COULD CLOSE DOWN IN THE
EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS WHEN WE
WOULD NEED IT.
TREATING ALL OF THESE OPTIONS TO
COORDINATION OF SDOT, POLICE
AND FIRE AND AS WELL, WITH OUR
NEIGHBORS, AT A TIME WHEN
NOBODY HAD MONEY FOR THESE
THINGS.
THERE WERE CAMPING TENTS JUST
TO MAKE IT WORK BUT THE DESIGN
WILL GET BETTER AND THE RULES
FOR PERMITTING WILL EVOLVE AND
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM AMPLE TIME
TO DO THE WORK RIGHT, RATHER
THAN LOSE THIS INCREDIBLE
COMMUNITY FEELING.
SEATTLE, WE CAN FAVOR PEOPLE
AND BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY THEM
AND NOURISH THEM OVER THE CARS
WE NORMALLY HAVE IN THE
STREETS.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY WELL SAID.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN THE
ACTIVATION YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO
CAPITOL HILL.
LAST, WE HAVE JESSE CLAWSON.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN.
GREAT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
>> HELLO.
JESSE CLAWSON, SEVEN OH ONE-
FIFTH AVENUE AND I REPRESENT
THE OWNERS OF THE MOBILE HOME
PARKS IMPACTED BY THE
LEGISLATION YOU ARE DISCUSSING
TODAY.
I SENT A COMMENT LETTER ON
FRIDAY OUTLINING OUR CONCERNS
WITH THE CHECKLIST AND
DETERMINATION PREPARED BY
STAFF.
THE CEPA CHECKLIST IS RIDDLED
WITH ERRORS AND DOESN'T FULLY
ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF THE
LEGISLATION, THAT COULD LEAD TO
PUT THESE MOBILE HOME PARKS OUT
OF BUSINESS, EXACTLY WHAT THE
COUNCIL IS TRYING TO AVOID.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS THE
COUNCIL NEEDING TO GET IT RIGHT
AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ASSIST THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT
THE MOBILE HOME PARKS RATHER
THAN THROWING THEM OUT OF THE
SYSTEMS.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IS WHAT
THIS LEGISLATION WILL DO.
I NOTE THAT IT APPEARS AS IF
I'M THE ONLY PERSON COMMENTING
PUBLICLY TODAY AND THAT LEADS
TO PARTICIPATION CONCERNS.
DURING COVID-19, I WONDER ABOUT
THE OUTREACH TO THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO LIVE IN THE MOBILE HOME
PARKS.
AND, TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY
THINK THIS COULD DO FOR THE
PARKS.
IN TERMS OF SEPA, WE REQUEST IT
BE LIMITED TO 30 DAYS SO IT
GIVES TIME FOR STAFF TO ANALYZE
THE SEPA IMPACT AND FOR COUNCIL
TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN
FRONT OF THEM BEFORE THEY
CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, JESSE.
I.T., CAN YOU CONFIRM THERE ARE
NO FURTHER SPEAKERS?
>> NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS, WE WILL MOVE TO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A
BREAKING DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 120068, EXTENDING
THE STREET CAFC AND CAFC STREET
PERMITS.
PLEASE READ THE ABBREVIATED
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> CONSTABLE 120068, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREET AND
SIDEWALK USE, AMENDING
ORDINANCE 125706 AND THE STREET
USE PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE AND THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE JOINED BY ALYSE NELSON.
THEY HAVE MOVED MOUNTAINS TO
PROVE THE STREET CAFC AND
SIDEWALK CAFC AND CURB SPACE
PERMITS.
THE TEAM HAS STRETCHED AS FAR AS
THEY CAN GO AND THAT'S WHY I
OFTENTIMES REFERRED TO THEIR
WORK, WIZARDRY WORK.
THEY CAN CREATE NEW -- THE
ABILITY TO USE OUR STRETS IN
SO MANY NEW WAYS.
WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS THAT MANY BUSINESSES
HAVE BEEN SAVED DURING THIS
PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE ALLOWED
THEM TO OPERATE IN THE STREETS.
I WANT TO THANK ALYSE NELSON
AND CALVIN CHOW AND THE TEAM UP
FRONT TO MAKE TODAY POSSIBLE.
WE WILL HEAR FROM ALYSE NELSON
AND CALVIN CHOW AND I HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO ADD TO THE
LEGISLATION.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE MOVE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE
BUSINESSES THE CERTAINTY THAT
THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR
THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S WHY I
HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS NOT
IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT.
ALYSE NELSON AND CALVIN CHOW,
WELCOME AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND TAKE US AWAY.
>> I'M CALVIN CHOW WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AND WILL DO THE
PRESENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND ALYSE NELSON IS
HERE TO HELP WITH QUESTIONS
WITH THE PROGRAM.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M ALYSE NELSON AND I'M THE
ACTING PUBLIC SPACE MANAGER FOR
STREET USES AND PUBLIC SPACE
MANAGEMENT GROUP AND I'M HAPPY
TO BE HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> GREAT.
I'M TRYING TO SHARE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS, AT YOUR
DIRECTION, I DRAFTED SOME
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE CAFC
STREETS PERMIT. IF YOU WILL
REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, SDOT
STARTED NEW PROGRAMS TO ALLOW
TEMPORARY BUSINESSES TO USE
SIDEWALKS AND CURBS CASE
VENDING, DISPLAYS AND CAFC USES
IN THAT PROGRAM WAS AUTHORIZED
FOR OCTOBER 31, 2021.
BASICALLY, THROUGH THE STREET
USE FEE SCHEDULE.
THE EXISTING PROGRAM IS
ADMINISTERED UNDER THE SDOT
ADMINISTRATION RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
THE COUNCIL HAS THE FOCUS ON
ESTABLISHING THE FEE SCHEDULE
AND THAT CAN CHANGE IN THE
FUTURE, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE
PROGRAM GOES.
THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
EACH DAY AT A MEN'S THAT IT TO
ALLOW THE PERMIT THROUGH MAY
31, 2022.
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND LITERALLY
CHAMPIONS THE TEMPORARY
BUSINESS USES AND EXTENDS THAT
UNTIL MAY 31 OF NEXT YEAR.
YOU ALSO ASKED TO HAVE A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, NUMBER ONE
AND THAT DOES TWO THINGS.
IT ADDS A SECTION THAT ALLOWS
US TO WEIGH PERMIT FEES FOR
EXISTING LONG-TERM PERMIT
HOLDERS.
THOSE FOLKS WHO USE IT IN A
SIMILAR WAY UNDER THE LONG-TERM
PERMITS WOULD HAVE THE SAME FEE
WAIVER THROUGH MAY 31 AS
TEMPORARY USERS AND YOU ADDED A
NEW SECTION OR PROPOSED A NEW
SECTION TO DIRECT SDOT TO
DEVELOP A LONG-TERM PROGRAM
WITH A DRAFT PROPOSAL DUE ON
DECEMBER 15 AND THE LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL DUE ON MAY 31.
AND, ALYSE NELSON, ANY COMMENTS
OR THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY
AT THIS POINT?
>> I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT HERE.
WE ARE WORKING TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT THE PERMANENT PROGRAM
SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THIS SEEMS
TOTALLY WITHIN REACH FOR US, AS
FAR AS THE TIME FRAME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW
THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR THINGS
WOULD LIKE US TO GET INTO
FURTHER, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN AND
COLLEAGUES.
YOU KNOW FROM MY PAST PRACTICE
THAT I LIKE TO HAVE BILLS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FOR TWO
MEETINGS BEFORE PASSING THEM, SO
AS NOT TO RUSH ANYTHING AND TO
ENSURE EVERYONE HAS TIME TO
COMMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS AND
HAVE A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.
BECAUSE THIS BILL HAS BEEN
BEFORE US BEFORE AND BECAUSE
THIS BILL IS SIMPLY CHANGING
THE DATE FOR THE EXTENSION OF
THE FREE PERMITS AND BECAUSE
THIS BILL IS SETTING FORWARD A
WORK PLAN FOR THE PATHWAY TO
PERMANENCY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE THIS OUT OF THE
COMMITTEE TODAY.
I WANT TO FRAME OUR
CONVERSATION TODAY THAT WE
STARTED OFF WITH A PILOT
PROGRAM, A PATHWAY TO
PERMANENCY AND BETWEEN HAVING
THE PILOT REGULATIONS, WE NEED
THIS INTERIM MOMENT TO GIVE
SDOT TIME TO COMPLETE THE FINAL
OUTREACH TO ENSURE THAT THE FEE
SCHEDULE IS CORRECT AND WE ARE
CREATING SPACES THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES AND THAT THE
LEGISLATION WILL GIVE
BUSINESSES AN ADDITIONAL YEAR
OF FREE PERMITS FOR THEM TO
RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC.
I DO WANT TO CALL OUT ALYSE
NELSON'S TEAM, AGAIN.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
RESEARCH IN THE LAST YEAR TO
CREATE A PATHWAY TO PERMANENCY
RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE USING THEIR
TIME TO ENSURE THAT THEY GOT AS
MANY PERMITS OUT THE DOOR AS
POSSIBLE.
AGAIN, I CONGRATULATE AND THANK
THE TEAM FOR SPENDING THEIR TIME
IN THAT WAY.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE AS
MANY CURB SPACE CAFC PERMITS OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
REALLY GOOD JOB.
I SEE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU CHAIRS STRAUSS AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD.
I SUPPORT EXTENDING THIS AS WE
ARE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC AND
BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING AND
SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE THOSE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TO SET
THINGS UP. I DO WANT TO LEARN
MORE. I WILL HAVE QUESTIONS
WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO ANYTHING
BEING PERMANENT. I
WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.
SDOT IS BEING ASKED TO COME
BACK IN DECEMBER WITH A PLAN
AND THEN LEGISLATION IN MARCH.
WHAT IS BEING MADE PERMANENT,
THE FACT THAT BUSINESSES --
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR FREE TO GET PERMITS TO
OCCUPY THIS SPACE, OR THAT THE
EXISTING PERMITS WOULD BE MADE
PERMANENT?
>> GREAT QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER.
THIS IS A PATHWAY TO PERMANENCY
AND ALYSE NELSON HAS BEEN GREAT
IN EDUCATING ME.
THESE PERMITS ALREADY EXIST
WITHIN THE SDOT'S PURVIEW?
SO, BUSINESSES COULD, IN THE
PAST, HAVE APPLIED FOR THESE
PERMITS.
WHAT HAS BEEN PROHIBITIVE AS A
COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PERMITS.
IN SOME WAYS AND SOMETIMES,
THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE
PARKING SPACE WOULD GENERATE
REVENUE AND WE HEARD FROM
PUBLIC COMMENTERS THAT IT MIGHT
NOT BE THE RIGHT FEE TO
ASSOCIATE WITH THE PERMIT
BECAUSE IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE
FOR THE BUSINESS AND WE ARE NOT
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SALES TAX
REVENUE GENERATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
LOOK AT AND I BROUGHT UP THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THESE
SPACES ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES AND THERE
ARE SOME SMALL TWEAKS THAT NEED
TO BE MADE TO THE PROGRAM AND
WHAT NEEDS TO BE LEGISLATED IS
REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT OF
SDOT TO CHARGE A FEE.
I WANT TO PROVIDE BUSINESSES
THAT ADDITIONAL YEAR TO RECOVER
WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR THESE
WHILE WE FINALIZE THESE
REGULATIONS OF THE CURRENTLY
EXISTING PROGRAM.
ALYSE NELSON, DID I GET THAT
RIGHT?
>> WHO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB
SUMMARIZING BUT I WOULD ADD THAT
WE PARTLY SEE THIS AS AN
EXTENSION TO GIVE US MORE TIME
TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF WHAT
WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT IS
WORKING WELL AND WHAT MAY BE
COULD BE CHANGED.
AND, TO LISTEN TO BUSINESSES
AND RESIDENTS TO HEAR WHAT THEIR
PERSPECTIVES ARE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH TIME TO
DO THAT OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO HEARING FROM
PERMIT HOLDERS AND
UNDERSTANDING THEIR EXPERIENCE,
WE WANT TO REACH OUT AND LISTEN
TO BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND
RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS.
WE CAN REFINE THE STRATEGY
MOVING FORWARD WITH A PERMANENT
PROPOSAL, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS SAID.
WE HAVE EXISTING TOOLS IN THE
TOOLBOX AND THAT PART IS THERE
FOR US BUT THERE MIGHT BE
REFINEMENTS IN ADDITION TO
THINKING ABOUT THE FEES AND
WHAT IS APPROPRIATE MOVING
FORWARD.
>> TO ADD ON TO THAT, I LIKE TO
BE UP FRONT AND PUBLIC ABOUT
HOW WE WILL DO OUTREACH SO IT
GIVES EVERYONE THE MOST
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND
THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO INCLUDE
IT IN THE LEGISLATION TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS WILL MAKE PERMANENT THAT IT
WOULD BE A FREE COST AND THERE
WOULD BE NO COST TO THE
BUSINESS, BUT IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY GIVING SOMEBODY A
PERMIT IN PERPETUITY TO OCCUPY
THAT CITY SPACE?
>> CORRECT.
THE PERMITS ALWAYS HAVE A
LIFETIME, AND THEY THEN HAVE TO
BE RENEWED.
EVEN IN THE LAST YEAR, THE
EXISTING PERMITS EXPIRED AND
ALYSE'S TEAM HAD TO REVIEW ALL
THE PERMITS.
ON BALLARD AVENUE, 35 OF 36
BUSINESSES SURVEYED WERE
SUPPORTIVE.
NO MATTER WHEN A PERMIT -- YOU
KNOW -- SDOT CAN HAVE A
PERMANENT PATHWAY BUT PERMITS
ALWAYS HAVE EXPIRATIONS AND
HAVE TO BE RENEWED.
THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT MAKE
THESE PERMITS FREE IN
PERPETUITY.
THE FREE ASPECT IS ONLY FOR ONE
YEAR AND THIS LEGISLATION
OUTLINES WHAT THE ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH NEEDS TO OCCUR BEFORE
WE MAKE ANY PERMANENT CHANGES.
>> IF I MAY ADD, OUR PERMITS
ARE TEMPORARY AND REVOCABLE.
WE CAN'T GUARANTEE A LONG-TERM
USE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH
A PERMIT.
BUT, WE ARE NOT IN THE GAME OF
GOING OUT AND REVOKING,
UNNECESSARILY.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEES FOR LONG-
TERM USE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, ANY
OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> NO.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT IN
DECEMBER AND I CAN ASK
QUESTIONS, OR LEADING UP TO
DECEMBER, SO THAT THINGS ARE
INCORPORATED IN WHATEVER THEY
PROVIDE IN DECEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I
CERTAINLY AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS LEGISLATION AND I
APPRECIATE THE PHASING OF THIS
APPROACH. I
ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK SOMETHING
RELATED TO THE END OF THE
DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, JUST NOW.
WHICH IS, I KNOW A LOT OF
BUSINESS OWNERS CERTAINLY HAVE
PLANS.
JUST FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE DECIDED
TO TAKE ON THESE STREET
EATERIES, THEY HAVE MORE
AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR THE NATURE
OF THE STREET EATERY, PUTTING
IN SEMIPERMANENT PLATFORMS
INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THEM ON
THE ASPHALT ON THE PAVEMENT AND
PUTTING IN OTHER KIND OF
FEATURES.
FOR EXAMPLE, PUTTING IT ON A
PLATFORM WITH THE RAMP THAT
COULD MAKE IT MORE ADA
COMPLIANT.
ALSO, AN IMPACT IN PUTTING DOWN
A MORE PERMANENT FOOTPRINT ON
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
TO PUT MY CARDS ON THE TABLE,
I'M ALL FOR THAT AND I SEE IT
AS BASICALLY BEING USED AS A
STREETERY OR FOR VEHICLE
PARKING.
WITH THOSE COMPETING INTERESTS,
I WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAVE
THESE STREETERIES AND IT SEEMS
TO BE THE OVERWHELMING
CONSENSUS OF MOST OF THE
BUSINESSES, BUT NOT ALL AND
THAT IS ANECDOTAL BECAUSE I
HAVEN'T DONE A SCIENTIFIC
SURVEY.
THE FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO
HAVE NOTICED A REAL UPTICK IN
BUSINESS.
SIMILARLY, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I'VE SPENT A DECENT
AMOUNT OF TIME ON BALLARD
AVENUE WHERE THE STREATERY
PROGRAM IS CREDITED WITH GIVING
A SHOT IN THE ARM TO THOSE
BUSINESSES DURING THE MOST
BLEAK TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC AND
INCREASING FOOT TRAFFIC AND
CREATING ALMOST A FESTIVAL-LIKE
ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE MIXING AROUND.
IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO
KEEP THAT LIGHTNING AND A
BOTTLE AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY
AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND IT
AND I LIKE BUSINESSES TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT TO
HAVE A QUASI PERMANENT AND MORE
SOPHISTICATED STREATERY THAT
DOES HAVE SOME OF THOSE
ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS, INSTEAD OF,
BASICALLY, A PLYWOOD FRAME OVER
THE STREET.
THAT WOULD SEEM TO IMPLICATE
GIVING MORE TIME AND MORE
GUIDANCE AND A RIGHT OF RENEWAL
IF THERE IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE
PERMITTING BECAUSE I COULD SEE
AN ISSUE IF WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO
ANNUALLY REAPPLY THE COMPETITIVE
PROCESS AND IF IT IS SORT OF AN
ARBITRARY DECISION, PEOPLE
MAKING BIG INVESTMENTS IN THE
SOPHISTICATED STREATERIES AND
THEN THE CITY SAYING WE WANT
MORE PARKING HERE.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF
DEFERENCE THAT IF A BUSINESS
OWNER MAKES THIS INVESTMENT AND
IF THEY ARE CURRENT ON
EVERYTHING AND HAVE BEEN
COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF
THEIR PERMIT, THEY CAN ROLL IT
OVER UNLESS THERE IS URGENT
NEED WHERE THE CITY HAS TO COME
IN.
THEY MAY HAVE TO REPLACE A GAS
MAIN OR SOMETHING AND IT WOULD
REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE
STREATERY.
BARRING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I
WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
RELY ON THE INVESTMENT THEY
HAVE MADE AS A BUSINESS TO KEEP
IT THERE AND IN PLACE. I
WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE
BECAUSE I GUESS THAT IS
FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE AS WE
DEVELOP AS A CENTRAL STAFF AND A
DEPARTMENT, WHAT THAT FINAL
LEGISLATION IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE DOWN THE ROAD, MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY
IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT
PRIORITY SO PEOPLE CAN INVEST
IN THESE MORE SOUPED-UP AND
SOPHISTICATED STREATERIES THAT
ARE REALLY GREAT ADDITIONS TO
OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THERE IS A PARTICULARLY GREAT
ONE AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S DISTRICT, AT BIG
TIME ON THE ANN AVENUE, MUCH
MORE SOPHISTICATED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
NECESSARILY A QUESTION OR IF IT
IS MORE GUIDANCE FOR THE
CONVERSATION, BUT I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT
THIS AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC THAT WE WILL LEAN INTO
AND MAKE IT A BIGGER PART OF
WHAT WE DO, IN RECLAIMING
STREET SPACE FOR SOCIAL AND
BUSINESS USES, INSTEAD OF JUST
A SINGLE VEHICLE PARKING.
>> REALLY WELL SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. I
KNOW THAT ALYSE HAS EDUCATED ME
MANY TIMES OVER ABOUT THE NEED
TO POSSIBLY ADDRESS UTILITY
PROBLEMS UNDERNEATH THE STREET
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
TAPE OPERATION THAT WILL HOP
TERM PERMITS BY SDOT AND EVEN
FOR STRUCTURALLY SOUND
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, SINCE THE
ONE ON WESTLAKE IN YOUR
DISTRICT, THEY ARE ALSO ON TERM
PERMITS.
THEY HAVE THE SAME LEGAL
LANGUAGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN
THESE.
THEY ARE TEMPORARY AND REBUKE A
BULL DESPITE -- AND FOR LEGAL
REASONS -- DESPITE THE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES BEING VERY
PERMANENT.
ALYSE, ANY THOUGHTS TO SHARE?
>> YES.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE HAD A
PERMANENT STREATERY AND PARKLET
PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I
THINK IT STARTED IN 2015.
SO, WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE AND
BUSINESSES MAKING INVESTMENTS
IN MORE PERMANENT TYPE
STREATERY STRUCTURES.
WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, PART OF OUR
PERMANENT REVIEW PROCESS IS
REALLY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PERMITTING SOMETHING THAT WE
THINK THERE IS CERTAINTY THAT
IT CAN STAY FOR THAT BUSINESS
INVESTMENT REASON.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORK
WITH SOMEBODY TO REMOVE
SOMETHING IN A SHORTER
DURATION.
SO, WE ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS
THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE PLANS
AND IF IT WILL STAY FOR PARKING
OR PLANNED FOR SOMETHING
DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT FUTURE
CONSTRUCTION AND UTILITY
IMPACTS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
PEOPLE INVEST IN A CURB SCAPE,
DESPITE THE FACT WE CAN'T
GUARANTEE IT, WE WILL ELIMINATE
THAT FUTURE STATE FROM
OCCURRING.
PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT AND
LONG TERM PERMITS, THEY DO HAVE
AN ANNUAL RENEWING CYCLE BUT WE
DON'T REREVIEW OR MAKE A YEARLY
DECISION.
WE DO THE WORK TO INSPECT AND
INVOICE, IF APPROPRIATE BUT WE
DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE A CHANGE
TO THEIR APPROVAL AT THAT TIME.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD, SINCE
WE HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH OF THE
USE OF THESE TYPES OF USES ON
OUR STREETS, IT REALLY IS TIME
FOR BROADER CONVERSATIONS FOR
THE FOLKS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THAT AND IMPACTED BY IT TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THIS PROGRAM.
THAT COULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGES DONE ON THE SDOT SIDE
THAT COULD REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES OR WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE
A GREAT CHANGE.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A FEE PERMIT,
BUT HOW DOES THE COST CENTER
SHIFT THE COST TO MAKE THAT
WORK LONG TERM?
THIS IS TO BUY US SOME TIME TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND
THEN THERE WILL BE TIME FOR
COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS UP NEXT
YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN AND THANK
YOU, ALYSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT VICE-CHAIR
MOSQUEDA ASK QUESTIONS AND I
WILL WAIT TO SEE IF OTHERS
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIR AND THANKS FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY AND THANK
YOU MR. CHAIR FOR BRINGING
FORWARD THIS PLEASANT GELATION.
AS WE CHATTED YESTERDAY, I
MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT I WAS TRYING
TO EKE OUT OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS
TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WAY FOR
U TO CONTINUE OR PUT A MARK
DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
TYPES OF SUPPORTS FOR OUR
SMALLEST RESTAURANTS AND FOLKS,
TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
GET OUTPOST VACCINE AND ENJOY
OUR LOCAL EATERIES.
YOUR LEGISLATION IS VERY TIMELY
AND PROBABLY A MORE APPROPRIATE
VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
PROGRAM CONTINUES AND THAT WE DO
THINGS NECESSARY.
YOUR LEGISLATION IS PROBABLY
THE BEST VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE
IT CONTINUES AND THANKS FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
ONE OF MY LOCAL BREWERS,
OPTIMISM, WHO TESTIFIED TODAY
HAD GREAT EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS
HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET FOR
ALLOWING THEM TO STAY AFLOAT
DURING THIS TIME AND AS PATRONS
AROUND THE CITY HAVE NOTED,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO WANT TO
GET BACK OUT, ESPECIALLY SINCE
WE WANT TO ENJOY NICE DAYS AND
WHEN THERE IS COVER, HIDE FROM
THE RAIN.
THERE IS A CONCERN AROUND
TIMING.
ARE THERE THINGS WOULD LIKE TO
FLY FOR US WITH STAKEHOLDER
DISCUSSIONS THAT MAY BE THE TOP
TWO OR THREE ISSUES YOU HOPE TO
ADDRESS AS YOU HAVE STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT?
WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS TO GET
THE UNDERSTANDING WITH POLICY
SOLUTIONS?
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
ONE THING WE WANT TO DO IS HEAR
FROM ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES, NOT
JUST PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE
PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, MORE BROADLY, THE
BUSINESS DISTRICTS TO
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT NEEDS
AND WANTS OF THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT COMES UP
IS AROUND PARKING AND THE LOSS
OF PARKING AND THE IMPACT THAT
BUSINESSES FEEL ABOUT THAT LOSS
AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
THINK ABOUT THAT.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE REALLY
SAW A NEED TO WORK AND ACTIVATE
AS MUCH OUTDOOR SPACE AS WE
COULD SO THAT BUSINESSES HAVE
AN AVAILABLE SPOT TO SERVE
CUSTOMERS.
WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE CURBSCAPES
MANAGEMENT GROUP.
THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BALANCES
WE NEED TO STRIKE IS BETWEEN
THE PARKING AND THE ACTIVATION
USE AND CONSIDERING WHAT THE
TEMPERATURE IS AMONG THE
COMMUNITY FOR THAT.
THAT IS ONE MAIN THING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BUSINESSES
THAT HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING OR
WANT TO WILL BE INTERESTED IN
THE FEES PART OF IT AND WHAT WE
WANT TO HAVE WITH THE FEE
FRAMEWORK, MOVING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS
THAT WE ARE CURIOUS IF WE
SHOULD ADD MORE TOOLS TO OUR
TOOLBOX, OR PERMITTING TOOLKIT,
SO TO SPEAK.
WE'VE SEEN TEMPORARY CURB SPACE
CAFCS POP UP AND WE HAVE A
PERMANENT PROGRAM FOR
STREATERIES AND PARKLETS BUT WE
HAVE A DOZEN OR SO PERMANENT
PARKLETS WHERE WE HAVE THE CURB
SPACE CAFCS.
HOW MIGHT THAT FRAME NEW
OPTIONS FOR TEMPORARY USES OVER
THE SUMMER AND ADDING MORE
DESIGN AND PERMANENCE.
WE MAY NEED MORE OPTIONS FOR
TEMPORARY USE AND AM CURIOUS TO
EXPLORE THAT CONCEPT WITH THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>> VERY WELL SAID, ALYSE AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT ADDITIONAL TOOLS IN OUR
TOOLBELT TO HELP BUSINESSES IN
OUR CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, I STILL
SEE YOUR HAND.
IS THAT AN OLD HAND?
>> IT IS AN OLD HAND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS,
ALYSE AND VIC-CHAIR MOSQUEDA
GOT TO SOME OF IT.
I'VE HEARD FROM MANY
BUSINESSES, THAT THIS SAVED
THEM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THE FLEXIBILITY TO
USE THEIR OUTSIDE SPACES
SERVING CUSTOMERS DURING THE
CHANGING REALITIES OF THE COVID-
19 PANDEMIC HAS PROVIDED THEM
THAT LIFELINE BECAUSE THE
PUBLIC HEALTH IS CHANGING AND
THEY CAN STILL USE THE OUTDOOR
SPACES.
COULD YOU SHARE FEEDBACK THAT
YOU'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING WELL AND
WHAT IS NOT GOING WELL?
>> YES.
I'VE HEARD SIMILAR INPUT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS FAR
AS BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
BENEFITED FROM USING THE
OUTDOOR SPACE.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINKING THAT THEY ARE REALLY
CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE
BUSINESS.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T RECEIVED A
LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. WHEN
WE HAVE, IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE
LOSS OF PARKING AND JUST THE
PRIORITIZATION OF ACTIVATION
AND STREATERY USE OVER PARKING
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR
PATH FOR LOADING.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT LOADING
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ACTIVATING
THE CURB.
IN GENERAL, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED
A LOT OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS, TO
DATE BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WE WANT THE ROBUST
OUTREACH PROCESS.
WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE
REALLY HAPPY OR THOSE WHO DON'T
HAVE PERMITS AND MAY WANT THEM
AND WHAT THEIR BARRIERS ARE AND
WHY THEY ARE NOT APPLYING AND
BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT SEE A
NEED FOR THIS AND WILL HAVE
CONCERNS AND WORK THROUGH THAT.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
EXTENSION BECAUSE WE COULD
BUSINESSES WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE
APPLIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
USE OF THIS OVER THE SUMMER
MONTHS AND INTO NEXT YEAR
BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE CONCERNS
IF THEY KNOW IT EXPIRES IN
OCTOBER.
DO THEY WANT TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS THIS SUMMER?
I'M EXCITED TO WORK THROUGHOUT
THE SPRING AND SUMMER TO GET
MORE INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM WE
HAVE NOW, THE PILOT PROGRAM, SO
TO SPEAK AND IT WILL ALSO HELP
INFORM THE PERMANENT PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENT.
BACK THANK YOU AND WELL SAID.
VICE-CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> THAT PROMPTED ANOTHER
COMMENT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
MAKE, MR. CHAIR.
THANKS FOR THE QUESTION AND
THANKS FOR THE ANSWER, ALYSE. I
ECHO THE OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT
THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO SEE
DECREASED PARKING SLOTS, OVERALL
AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
HOW TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE AND
POTENTIALLY CREATE ADDITIONAL
REVENUE BY GENERATING MORE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR THESE
SMALLEST BUSINESSES, WHICH WILL
HELP THE CITY, ET CETERA.
AS WE THINK ABOUT WAYS TO
ADDRESS THE LOSS OF PARKING
SPACES, MAKING IT SAFER TO WALK
AND BIKE IS CRITICAL IN MAKING
IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO GET ON
TRANSIT IS IMPORTANT.
I HOPE THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH
INVOLVES A MORE ROBUST AND
HOLISTIC DISCUSSION ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES TO THOSE PARKING
SPACES.
I FELT LIKE THAT NEEDED TO BE
SAID BECAUSE PARKING AND THE
CONSEQUENCE OF LOSING THAT
SPACE HAS COME UP A FEW TIMES
BUT I WANT TO LIFT UP WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REPLACE THOSE
PARKING SPACES.
AS I SAY THAT, SOMETHING CAME
UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, PRE-
COVID, BUT IMPORTANT WITH A
POST-COVID RECOVERY AND THAT IS
CREATING SPACES FOR OUR
MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS TO HAVE A
SPACE TO UNLOAD OR PARK THEIR
VEHICLES.
PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN OUT
AND PAY THE METER MIDWAY
THROUGH THEIR GIG AND RECOGNIZE
THAT IN MANY CASES, ARTISTS ARE
NOT EARNING LARGE INCOMES AND
HAVING TO PAY A CERTAIN PORTION,
WHETHER $15 OR $30 ON PARKING
REALLY EATS INTO POTENTIAL
REVENUE FOR THOSE ARTISTS AND
MUSICIANS AND ONE THING THAT
HAS COME UP FROM THAT COMMUNITY
IS HAVING THE SPACE IN FRONT OF
CERTAIN BUSINESS AREAS OR
DISTRICTS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
HAVE FREE PARKING.
THAT IS POTENTIALLY SOMETHING
TO ADD TO YOUR LIST OF
STAKEHOLDER STRATEGIES OR
DISCUSSIONS, MORE PLACES FOR
MUSICIANS TO UNLOAD HEAVY
EQUIPMENT, LIKE DRUMS AND MAKE
SURE THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT
WHERE THEY HOPEFULLY CAN PLAY
MUSIC VERY SOON AND PATRONS CAN
ENJOY IT.
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO NOT HAVE TO
PAY THEIR INCOME BACK TO THE
CITY IN THE FORM OF PARKING
FEES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY THOSE TWO
CONCEPTS TODAY.
>> WILL SAID, VICE-CHAIR.
IN ADDITION THAT ARTISTS ARE
NOT PAID ENOUGH MONEY TO PERFORM
FOR THE ROOM AND THEN TO HAVE
TO SPLIT THAT LITTLE BIT OF
MONEY AMONG HOWEVER MANY ARE IN
THE BAND.
THEN, TO HAVE TO PAY PARKING,
WELL SAID.
CALVIN,
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT YOU ARE RAISING IS
THE ISSU OF THRESHOLDS.
IT'S ONE THING WHEN ONE
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS WANTS TO
PURSUE A PERMIT AND THAT IS
GENERALLY HOW WE HAVE TENDED TO
WORK WITH THESE THINGS BUT NOW,
WE HAVE LARGER DISTRICT IMPACTS
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE
BROADER CONTEXT?
THAT'S WHAT THIS NEW PROPOSAL
IS MEANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND,
IS HOW DO WE APPROACH THE TYPE
OF REQUEST AND DESIRE?
I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION OF
THRESHOLD AND HOW IT MATTERS TO
OVERLAP WITH PARKING AND WITH
CURB USE.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW FAR
THIS WILL GO AND THERE'S A LOT
OF THINGS YOU COULD APPROACH
AND WE HAVE TO GET SOMETHING
THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT AND IT
MAY BE INCREMENTAL BECAUSE IT
IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THIS.
>> WELL SAID, CALVIN AND VICE-
CHAIR MOSQUEDA BROUGHT UP URBAN
DOLLARS AS AN AVENUE TO MAKE
THIS A PERMANENT FEATURE AND I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS
A NEED FOR FEDERAL RELIEF TO
THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE PUBLIC
SPACE MANAGEMENT IS A FEE-BASED
OPERATION OF THE FEES IT
GENERATES.
FOR ELISE AND HER TEAM TO
CONTINUE OPERATING, THEY HAVE
BEEN OPERATING AT A DEFICIT
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN
CHARGING BUSINESSES FOR THESE
PERMITS.
IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OF MINE TO
HAVE THEM RECEIVE THESE
DOLLARS.
GREAT T TALK TO ABOUT THAT
YESTERDAY.
ALYSE, TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE BEEN HEARING MUCH FROM ME
FROM JANUARY AND THE STEP WE
ARE TAKING TODAY IS THE RIGHT
NEXT STEP.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE
REASONS WHY THE INTERMEDIATE
STEP IS BEFORE IT AND THE
PERMIT PROGRAM AND WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS?
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, LIKE I
MENTIONED, EXPANDING IT IS THE
RIGHT DECISION AT THIS POINT IN
TIME BECAUSE WE ALREADY IN MAY
AND THESE PERMITS ARE EXPIRING
IN OCTOBER AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD
IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAINTY
IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND
WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT.
WHILE THIS DOESN'T GIVE THEM
PERMANENT LONG-TERM CERTAINTY,
IT DOES GIVE THEM THE
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF TIME AND
THEY KNOW THEY WILL HAVE THAT
INVESTMENT AND IT WILL BE THERE
FOR THEM.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US MORE TIME TO
DO EQUITABLE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT AND AS WELL, ANOTHER
BENEFIT IS TO DO MORE PROMOTION
OF EXISTING PROGRAMS NOW, AHEAD
OF THE SUNNY WEATHER.
IF WE WERE TRYING TO DO IT ALL
BEFORE OCTOBER, I THINK WE
WOULD END UP DOING A LOT MORE
OUTREACH ON WHAT IS NEXT, AS
OPPOSED TO HAVING THE TIME TO
TALK TO BUSINESSES AND TO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO REPLY AND
REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT,
IN.
SO, I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHY
I SUPPORT THE EXTENSION.
I HAVE SPOKEN A BIT TO SOME OF
THE THINGS WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT AND FOR ONE, I WANT TO
HEAR, LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PULSE OF BUSINESS
COMMUNITIES ARE AND WHAT
DIFFERENT ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE
THINKING ABOUT THIS, THE
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS BESIDES
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY AS
WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S MORE
POWERFUL WHEN YOU HEAR FROM
OTHER PEOPLE AND AREN'T WORKING
TOO QUICKLY.
AGAIN, THE EXTENSION ALLOWS US
TO DO A MORE ROBUST AND
THOROUGH JOB REACHING OUT TO
COMMUNITIES WE MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE HEAR FROM IF WE
AREN'T DOING A THOROUGH JOB.
THAT WILL HELP INFORM SOME OF
THE CHARACTERISTICS OR QUESTIONS
WE NEED TO ENGAGE JOHN TO THINK
ABOUT THAT PERMANENT PROGRAM.
FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZING
ACTIVATION, PARKING AND
UNLOADING AND CONSIDERING THE
CURBSPACE ALLOCATION QUESTION.
IT'S ABOUT DESIGN AND IF WE
WANT MORE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS WE EXPECT
AND THEN THE PERMITTING TOOLBOX
OF OPTIONS.
WE WANT TO ADD TO THE TOOLKIT
OF OPTIONS WITH MORE OPTIONS
FOR TEMPORARY USES IN THAT KIND
OF THING IN THE FEES WOULD BE
THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY.
THOSE ARE THE BIG BUCKETS AND
HOPEFULLY, I'M NOT FORGETTING
SOMETHING BUT THAT'S WHAT I
EXPECT WE WOULD GET TO.
>> EXCELLENT AND THANK YOU.
I SEND MY APPRECIATION FOR
CONTINUING TO REVIEW PERMITS,
RATHER THAN DOING THE OUTREACH.
THAT HAS ENABLED MORE
BUSINESSES TO UTILIZE THESE
PERMITS.
THE CERTAINTY THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING IN THIS LEGISLATION
WILL GIVE BUSINESSES THE GREEN
LIGHT TO INVEST IN OUTDOOR
SPACES AND GIVE THEM A LONGER
RUNWAY TO RECOVER. BUSINESSES
USING OUTDOOR SPACE IMPACTS A
LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST WAS
USING IT.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO ENSURE
ALL PERSPECTIVES ARE
CONSIDERED, AS YOU MENTIONED
WITH THE OUTREACH PROGRAM, AS
WE MAKE PERMANENT CHANGES.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR
ESTABLISHING THE PERMANENT
PROGRAM? I KNOW WHAT IT IS, I'M
ASKING RHETORICALLY AND WHAT
STAKEHOLDER VOICES DO WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE ARE HEARD?
>> WELL, I WANT TO WORK WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE A ROBUST LIST OF
BUSINESSES AND DISTRICTS AND
OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS TO
REPRESENT NOT JUST FOOD SERVICE
BUT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES.
I ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH THEM
TO HELP HERE FROM DIFFERENT
GEOGRAPHIES AND BUSINESSES THAT
MIGHT HAVE LESS OFFICIAL BIAS
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING
THE WORD OUT THAT WE
POTENTIALLY ARE TRANSLATING
OUTREACH MATERIALS AND WORKING
TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT HITS
EVERYONE WITH A BUSINESS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THAT'S ONE BUCKET AND THEN I
REALLY THINK DISABILITY RIGHTS
ADVOCATES ARE IMPORTANT TO TALK
TO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN SEEING.
WE HAVE WORKED TO CREATE A VIDEO
THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF MAKING SURE YOU KEEP THE
SIDEWALK CLEAR FOR PEOPLE USING
WHEELCHAIRS OR CANES AND WE
WILL WORK WITH THEM ON
PERMANENT PROGRAMS IN THE
STAKEHOLDER BUCKET.
THOSE COME TO MIND. THERE
PROBABLY ARE MORE BUT I'M
INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC WITH PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT NOT BE A BUSINESS OWNER
BUT WHAT THEY ARE ENJOYING
ABOUT THESE SPACES, AND HEARING
FROM THAT.
WE WILL WORK TO SHARE THE WORD
MORE BROADLY AND TO UNDERSTAND
IF THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THEY
WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE REACH
WITH OUR OUTREACH.
AND I WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU
ALL, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS
FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE TO TALK
TO.
>> OF COURSE, THERE IS A STRONG
EQUITY TEAM, INTERNALLY, A VERY
GOOD RESOURCE FOR THESE
LOCATIONS THAT I KNOW PEOPLE
WANT INVESTIGATED OR LOOKED
INTO.
>> IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE
GIVEN THIS MUCH THOUGHT AND
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
MY AMENDMENT 1, WHICH DOES ADD
A NEW SECTION TO ALLOW EXISTING
PERMIT HOLDERS, EXISTING LONG
TERM PERMIT HOLDERS THROUGH MAY
31 TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
FREE PERMIT PROGRAM AND AS
WELL, OUTLINING THE DATES IN
WHICH WE WILL RECEIVE A DRAFT
PROPOSAL BY DECEMBER 15 TO MAKE
SURE NO ONE HAS TO WORK OVER THE
HOLIDAY BREAK, TO MAKE SURE
THAT GETS IN AND THEN A
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL DUE MARCH
31, 2022 TO GIVE US TIME TO
PASS THE PERMANENT CHANGES THAT
NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE THIS
LEGISLATION BEFORE US EXPIRES
MEMORIAL DAY 2022.
THE CURRENT LEGISLATION EXPIRES
SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND THIS
GIVES US ABOUT 54 WEEKS OF TIME
BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATION
WOULD EXPIRE.
WITH THAT, I MOVE AMENDMENT 1
TO SEE COUNCILMAN HARRELL
120068.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECOND TO AMEND THE COUNCIL
BILL AND IF THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SEEING
NONE, WILL THE CLERK CALLED THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS, YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE OCEAN CARRIES.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THE UNDERLYING
BILL AS AMENDED?
SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, THE
GREAT WORK OF ALYSE NELSON AND
THE PUBLIC SPACE WIZARDS MAKING
THIS POSSIBLE.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THESE PERMITS AVAILABLE
LAST SUMMER AND THIS WILL BE
THE FIRST SUMMER THAT WE SEE
THIS PROGRAM FULLY UTILIZED
THEM EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
LEGISLATION BEFORE US NEXT
MONDAY ON THE 17th OF MAY.
THE NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY
AND IN BALLARD, WE HAVE THE
LARGEST PARADE OUTSIDE NORWAY
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT THE
LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF COVID
AND THIS WILL BE A REALLY
EXCITING WAY TO CELEBRATE.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I
MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF CB 120068 AS
AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND THE
PASSAGE.
IF NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WILL
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, CALVIN AND ALYSE AND
THE PUBLIC SPACE WIZARDS.
THIS WILL BE FULL COUNCIL
AVAILABLE NEXT MONDAY.
>> ARE NEXT ITEM IS A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL
LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A
MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY
DISTRICT.
PLEASE READ THIS ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> THE ITEM 2, PROPOSE MOBILE
HOME PARK OVERLAY DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD USE THE
LAND USE CLOUD TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SENIORS
AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AND
I'M GLAD TO HAVE WORKED ON THIS
AND WILL BE INTRODUCING
LEGISLATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER
WARS, WORKING FOR YEARS,
WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS
AND THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO
THE CITY COUNCIL ATTENTION IN
2019 AND AFTER MORE THAN TWO
YEARS OF MORATORIUMS AND
DISCUSSIONS, COUNCILMEMBER WARS
AND I PROPOSE A LONG-TERM
SOLUTION TO BRING RESOLUTION TO
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE ARE JOINED BY KETIL FREEMAN,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
MR. FREEMAN?
COUNCILMEMBER WARS?
ANYTHING OFF THE TOP?
>> NOPE.
>> MR. FREEMAN, PLEASE TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> HELLO, COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A LAWNMOWER GOING
OUTSIDE AND I APOLOGIZE THAT FOR
IN ADVANCE.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS HEARING ME,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THERE IS AN INITIAL BRIEFING TO
ESTABLISH A MOBILE HOME PARK
OVERLAY DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE A
MEMO FROM ME INCLUDING A DRAFT
OF THE BILL AND THERE IS ALSO A
PRESENTATION THAT I WILL WALK
THROUGH THAT DESCRIBES THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, BACKGROUND
AND CONTEXT AND THE PROPOSED
OVERLAY DISTRICT AND NEXT
STEPS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I
WILL LAUNCH INTO THE
PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WERE WORKING ON A
PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE ONGOING
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON
REDEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE HOME
PARKS. THE MORATORIUM WAS
INITIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 2019
THROUGH ORDINANCE 125764 WITH
THE INSTANT CAUSE OF THAT
MORATORIUM THAT REDUCED PRESSURE
ON THE CITY'S TWO REMAINING
MOBILE HOME PARKS AT THE TIME
IT WAS UP FOR SALE AND POTENTIAL
PURCHASERS WERE LOOKING AT
REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR
THAT MOBILE HOME PARK.
THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM HAS
BEEN EXTENDED FOR THREE
ADDITIONAL SIX MONTH PERIODS
THROUGH 126006, 12609 OH AND
126241.
THE CURRENT MORATORIUM WILL
EXPIRE IN JULY.
THE CPO THRESHOLD DETERMINATION
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PROPOSE
MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY
DISTRICT AND WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CPO COMMENTS
/PERIOD FOR DEVELOPING
COMMENTS.
THE BACKGROUND AND REGULATORY
CONTEXT, THE CITY'S TWO, BOTH
LOCATED IN THE BITTER LAKE
RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE.
THEY ARE IN THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF THE URBAN VILLAGE AND
ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND THERE
IS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT
THE ACTUAL ZONING IS BECAUSE
OFFICIAL CITY MAPS DON'T
REFLECT THE CORRECT ZONING.
THE COUNCIL INTENDED TO KEEP
THE ZONING AND SEE LETTER 140
AND MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION
THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT
REFLECTED IN THE FINAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION ACTED ON BY COUNCIL
AND THE ZONING IS SE 155 M,
INFORMING THE OVERLAY CONCEPT
AS A REGULATORY APPROACH.
THE SITES ARE LOCATED, FOR
THOSE TO ORIENT EVERYBODY, TO
THE EAST OF AURORA AVENUE
NORTH.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE TO
THE RIGHT, THE GOLF COURSE AND
ABOVE IT IT.
BOTH OF THOSE SITES ARE
CURRENTLY BEING REDEVELOPED OR
THE SUBJECT OF PURPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT, APPROXIMATELY
240 UNITS PROPOSED FOR THOSE
SITES.
IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, I SHOULD MENTION
THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW,
RESIDENTIAL URBAN VILLAGES HAVE
GROWTH ESTIMATES, NOT TARGETS,
BUT ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH
GROWTH MAY OCCUR IN THE URBAN
VILLAGE OVER THE 20-YEAR
PLANNING PERIOD AND BITTER LAKE
IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO ACHIEVE
THE GROWTH TARGET, ABOUT 30% OF
THE GROWTH TARGET ACHIEVED IN
THE SIX YEARS OF THE 20-YEAR
PLANNING PERIOD.
SO, HOW DO OTHER JURISDICTIONS
PRESERVE MOBILE HOME PARKS?
IS NOT UNIQUE TO SEATTLE.
A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS, AS PART
OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
STRATEGIES HAVE PUT IN PLACE
PRESERVATION AND REGULATORY
SCHEMES TO PRESERVE MOBILE HOME
PARKS, A SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
TUMWATER, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,
HAS A MOBILE HOME PARK CREATED
IN 2008 THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF
A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT WITH
THE ZONING IN TUMWATER.
BOTHELL HAS HAD A MOBILE HOME
PARK OVERLAY SINCE 1996 TO
PROMOTE RETENTION OF PARKS WITH
RENTAL LOTS AND CAN MORE, MOST
RECENTLY, ADOPTED AN APPROACH
TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING MOBILE
HOME PARKS IN KENMORE WITH
PHASED ZONING WITH A 10-YEAR
HORIZON FOR CERTAIN MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND LONGER-TERM
PROTECTION FOR TWO MOBILE HOME
PARKS.
THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A
GROWTH BOARD APPEAL.
THE PROPOSED OVERLAY, WHAT
WOULD IT DO?
IT WOULD ESTABLISH, FOR THE
INTEREST OF DEMYSTIFYING SOME
JARGON, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT
IS AN OVERLAY OR FOLKS MIGHT
WONDER WHAT IS AN OVERLAY.
IT'S SUPPLEMENTAL AND A MORE
RESTRICTIVE SET OF STANDARDS ON
TOP OF THE UNDERLYING ZONING.
THEY OVERLIE THE UNDERLYING
ZONING.
SEATTLE HAS MANY OVERLAY
DISTRICTS AND THE ONE MOST
FAMILIAR IS THE SHORELINE
OVERLAY DISTRICT, A SET OF MORE
RESTRICTIVE STANDARDS IN PLACE
IN THE SHORELINE TO PRESERVE IT
FOR WATER DEPENDENT ON WATER
RELATED USES AND THAT OVERLAY
IMPLEMENTS THE SHORELINE AS AN
OVERLAY THAT THE CITY
OPERATIONALIZES ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE AND EVERY
JURISDICTION IN WASHINGTON HAS
THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION
NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE END?
>> I WANT TO MAKE A
CLARIFICATION, KETIL FREEMAN.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, IT
ISN'T JUST A MOBILE HOME PARK,
THESE ARE MANUFACTURED MOBILE
HOME PARKS IN WHICH THEY ARE
ACTUALLY HOMES THAT ARE
CEMENTED DOWN WITH A PAD IN
WHICH PEOPLE TOOK OUT LOANS TO
BUY THEIR HOMES AND THEY LEASE
IT.
WHAT WE WERE HEARING IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, ALL THE HEARINGS WE'VE
HAD A ON THE RESIDENTS COMING
DOWN FROM BELLA-BEE AND
HALCION, THEY MADE IT CLEAR
THAT THE VISITS WE HAVE
PHYSICALLY MADE, THEY ARE NOT
TRAILER COURTS, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED HOMES AND
THAT IS A BIG DISTINCTION AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR
ON THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND YOU ARE
CORRECT.
OF COURSE, THE ASSOCIATED
DIFFICULTY WITH RELOCATING
THOSE MOBILE HOMES IS IF THEY
ARE OLD, THE MANUFACTURED HOME
IS OLD, RELOCATION IS NOT
REALLY AN OPTION AND WOULD
ULTIMATELY RESULT IN THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE MOBILE HOME.
>> CORRECT.
THERE JUST LIKE A HOME.
IF THEY DON'T MAKE PAYMENTS ON
THEIR MORTGAGE, THEY WOULD NOT
ACTUALLY BE MOVING AROUND.
THEY ARE CEMENTED DOWN AS
HOMES.
IT WOULD LIMIT RESIDENTIAL USES
TO MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND THAT WOULD BE THE
ONLY KIND OF RESIDENTIAL USE
ALLOWED IN THE OVERLAY ZONE.
IT WOULD ESTABLISH A MINIMUM
AND MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE
OVERLAY AND WOULD ALLOW SOME
COMMERCIAL USES.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND IT
WOULD LIMIT THE SIZE.
THERE WOULD BE SETBACK
LIMITATIONS TO MAKE THAT
CONSISTENT WITH ONGOING MOBILE
HOME PARK RESIDENTIAL USE AND
THE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS IF IT WAS REDEVELOPED,
SPECIFICALLY IF SOMEONE
REDEVELOPED A PORTION OF THE
PARK ABOVE A 25% THRESHOLD,
THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING
AMENITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE MOBILE HOME PARK WOULD BE
TEMPORARY.
THE OVERLAY WOULD BE TEMPORARY
AND WOULDN'T LAST FOREVER.
THE CPO ANALYSIS CONTEMPLATED A
PERIOD OF UP TO 50 YEARS WITH
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED THIS
COMING WEEK TO HAVE A PERIOD OF
LESS THAN THAT.
THERE'S ONE OTHER PIECE WITH A
NON-CODIFIED SECTION OF THE
BILL, IT REQUESTS THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAD THIS
PARTICULAR CENSUS TRACT THAT
WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING AND RIGHT
TO RETURN POLICIES, ELECTED
POLICIES WITH APPLICANTS TO THE
CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FUNDS THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO
PARTICIPATE IN.
BITTER LAKE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
DESIGNATION FOR THOSE POLICIES
BECAUSE IT IS AN AREA
IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AS BEING AT HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
NEXT, THE CPO PERIOD WILL END ON
MAY 17 WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THE
COMMITTEE ON MAY 26th.
I MENTIONED THAT THE CURRENT
MORATORIUM EXPIRES JULY 10th AND
CONSEQUENTLY, IF THE COUNCIL
WANTED TO ENACT SOMETHING TO BE
AFFECTED BEFORE THAT
EXPIRATION, A FULL COUNCIL VOTE
SHOULD HAPPEN NO LATER THAN
JUNE 2nd.
THAT'S THE PRESENTATION AND I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IS THAT A
NEW HAND?
>> THAT IS MY INDIAN NAME, NEW
HAND.
HEY, KETIL, WHEN WE LOOKED AT
THE MEMOS YOU HAD WRITTEN,
COULD WE CLARIFY SOMETHING?
WAS IT THE TUMWATER OR THE
BOTHELL CASE.
WITH THE OVERLAY, THERE ARE
PARTICULAR USES THAT CAN BE IN
ADDITION TO, CORRECT?
>> YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
THE JURISDICTIONS, TUMWATER,
THEY ALLOW USES IN ADDITION TO
MOBILE HOMES AND THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT FOR MANY OF THOSE
MOBILE HOME PARKS.
I BELIEVE MANY OF THEM ARE IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS OPPOSED TO
THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
THE TYPES OF USES THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE BE ALLOWED IN THOSE,
IN TUMWATER AND BOTHELL AND
KENMORE, THEY ARE THE USES YOU
WOULD GENERALLY FIND IN A
RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS,
DAYCARES, CHILDCARE, IN-HOME
SENIOR CARE OR SENIOR LIVING
HOMES ARE ALL USES THAT ARE
ALLOWED UNDER THE REGULATORY
REGIMES IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS.
>> THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD FROM
PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
IF COMPLEMENTARY USES UNDER THE
LAW AND IT'S NOT JUST
MANUFACTURED MOBILE HOMES, BUT
USES THE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY
USE?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S SUCCESSOR USES THAT WOULD
BE ALLOWED, AS WELL.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MOBILE HOME
PARK OPERATOR WANTED TO EXPAND
A LAUNDRY OR RECREATIONAL
FACILITY WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME
PARK, THERE WOULD BE NO
LIMITATION ON THAT ACTIVITY.
>> WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
TUMWATER, WAS THAT THE LOWER
PART CASE?
>> YES, I BELIEVE SO.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
HOPING TO CLARIFY SOME OF WHAT
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ POINTED
OUT, THAT THESE ARE FOR
MANUFACTURED HOMES.
IN EFFECT, YOU CAN GET A
MORTGAGE.
YOU OWN THAT HOME, IT IS
CEMENTED TO A FOUNDATION AND
WHEN THEY ARE OLD, IF THEY ARE
MOVED, THEY COULD BE DESTROYED.
WHILE YOU OWN THE MANUFACTURED
HOME, YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY
OWN THE AND UNDERNEATH YOU AND
YOU COULD BE PAYING A MORTGAGE
ON THE HOME AND YOU DON'T OWN
THE LAND AND IF YOU HAD TO MOVE
THAT MANUFACTURED HOME, IT
WOULD BE DESTROYED.
THAT IS THE CRUX OF WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
COLLEAGUES, AND ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ON THIS BRIEFING?
LEGISLATION HAS NOT BEEN
INTRODUCED.
THERE IS A DRAFT FOR REVIEW ON
THE COUNCIL WEBSITE.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I
THANK KETIL FOR YOUR WORK AND
FOR KEEPING THIS WELL DEFINED
AND REFINED.
I THINK EVERYONE FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING.
WHEN THIS LEGISLATION -- IT
WILL BE FORMALLY INTRODUCED
ATER THE CPO COMMENT PERIOD
HAS ENDED NEXT WEEK AND WE WILL
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON MAY 26,
STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
>> MR. CHAIR, I HAD ONE OTHER
COMMENT.
AS WE HEARD FROM THE ATTORNEY
IN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE
LETTER WE RECEIVED, I WILL PUT
THIS OUT THERE TO BE CANDID.
WE HAD MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
MANY TRIPS.
IN FACT, TWO BUSES OF THE
ELDERS AND PEOPLE CAME FROM
BELLA-BEE AND HALSEY ON TO CITY
HALL TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
WE HAVE HAD TWO YEARS OF PUBLIC
COMMENT IN-PERSON AND IN WRITING
AND NUMEROUS VISITS BY MY
OFFICE AND I THINK, YOUR OFFICE
AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
OFFICE TO BELLA-BEE AND TO
HALSEY ON TO HEAR THEIR ISSUES
AND CONCERNS.
IT'S BEEN WELL VETTED AND I
WELCOME MORE BUT I WANT TO
DISABUSE ANYBODY OF THE NOTION
THAT NOBODY HAS SPOKEN TO THE
INDIVIDUALS AND THE FAMILIES
THAT ACTUALLY LIVE THERE.
>> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
WE HAVE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING
EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR THE LAST
TWO YEARS ON THIS TOPIC.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND THANK YOU,
KETIL AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THE NEXT IS BILL 120067.
PLEASE READ THE ABBREVIATED
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>>.
>> ITEM THREE, CONSTABLE
120067, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE 2021 BUDGET AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACCEPT A GRANT
TO EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
JOINING US FOR THIS ITEM IS ELSA
BATRES-BONI FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
ELSA, YOU JOIN DUST AT THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING AND IT'S
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION LAST
TIME.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS ELSA BATRES-BONI.
IT'S PHONETIC.
I AM A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ADVISER
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HERE TO
PRESENT INFORMATION FOR THIS
GRANT THAT WE GOT FOR SOME POST-
CENSUS ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
WE GOT THE GRANT THROUGH THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND
IT IS A GRAND THAT IS MEANT TO
SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE DID
FOR THE CENSUS AND WE WILL KEEP
HEARING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT
IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S IN
SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL TREND
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE
CONNECTIONS THAT WE BUILD
THROUGHOUT OUR SENSES, A VERY
SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH EFFORT TO
MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES ARE
ENGAGED WITH DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS.
THE BASIC GRANT WAS TO SUPPORT
THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS ON THIS
AND IT'S A SMALL GRANT OF
$20,000 AND WILL GO TO FUND,
DIRECTLY, A VERY GOOD STRATEGY
THAT WORKED REALLY WELL IN THE
CENSUS, EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SOME
KIND OF COMPENSATION.
I PRESENTED LAST WEEK OR SO.
WE HAVE THIS NEW VERSION OF THE
PEOPLE'S ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, NOW A DIGITAL
VERSION AND A SHORTER VERSION
THAT WE ARE DOING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THE CENSUS,
MOSTLY BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE WIH THE
INFORMATION.
THE PROGRAM IS GOING GREAT AND
WE ARE USING THE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT THAT.
WE HAVE TO GET THE FUNDS OUT BY
JULY 31 AND THAT'S WHY THE NEED
TO DO IT TODAY AND WE ARE
HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAMS
FOR THE YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU, ELSA. I
HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IF YOU
HAVE OTHERS, COLLEAGUES, FEEL
FREE TO JUMP IN.
I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED A
TIMING ISSUE AND THAT IS WHY WE
ARE CONSIDERING THIS GRANT
THROUGH SEPARATE LEGISLATION,
RATHER THAN THE USUAL GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TIMELINE
YOU EXPECT THIS PROGRAM TO BE
UP AND RUNNING?
>> YES.
THEY'RE BASING IT ON THE FUNDS
-- IT WAS NOT LEFT OVER, BUT
THE INITIATIVE TO KEEP FUNDING
EFFORTS FROM THE CENSUS WORK.
WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY
BEFORE JULY 31.
WE NEED TO GET THIS GRANT OUT
TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
HAVE PARTNERED WITH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION.
>> IT DOES AND ACR FINANCE
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA HAS
HER HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOT NECESSARILY TO THAT COMMENT
BUT I WANT TO THANK ELSA AND
HER TEAM FOR THEIR WORK.
WHEN WE DELIBERATED THE BUDGET
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE ONGOING FUNDING AND
WHAT IT WOULD GO TO WHEN THE
CENSUS WAS OVER.
ELSA HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EDUCATE ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC
ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.
ELSA, THIS IS THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG WITH THE TYPE OF WORK
YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND I
JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE
TO FEATURE SOME OF THE POST-
CENSUS WORK AND YOU'VE MENTIONED
KEEPING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND
RELATIONSHIPS AND REBUILDING
TRUST WITH GOVERNMENT IN THE
WAKE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF
THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AND EDUCATING US ON THOSE
NETWORKS AND THE VALUE FOR GOOD
PUBLIC SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> YES.
ELSA, WE HAD THE SAME THINGS TO
SAY.
WELL SAID AND THANK YOU, ELSA,
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD
AND BECAUSE YOU WERE IN OUR
LAST COMMITTEE PRESENTING ABOUT
THE PACE PROGRAM AND ALL OF
YOUR CENSUS WORK, I GUESS IT'S
NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE YOU DID
A GREAT JOB SHARING WITH US ALL
THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE WITH CENSUS NUMBERS COMING
IN AND HIGHER RATES AND THE
PEOPLE YOU TAPPED TO WORK WITH
YOU.
COLLEAGUES, I'M NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
UNLESS THERE IS FURTHER
DISCUSSION, WE CAN VOTE ON THIS
BILL AND I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF CONSTABLE
120067.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND VICE
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECOND MINUTE.
DO YOU RECOMMEND PASSAGE?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> GIN04?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THANK YOU ELSA AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
YOUR AMAZING WORK ON THIS WILL
BE BACK FOR VOTE NEXT MONDAY.
THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM IS A
BRIEFING OF NEW TECHNICAL CODES
FROM STC I. MR. AN, WILL YOU
READ IT INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM FOUR, PROPOSED UPDATES
TO THE SEATTLE GRADING CODE,
STEAM ENGINE RN BOILER OPERATOR
LICENSE CODE AND SEATTLE
CONSTRUCTION CODES ERRATA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. AN.
THIS IS TIMELY BECAUSE MAY IS
BUILDING SAFETY MONTH TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY
AND THE CRITICAL NATURE OF GOOD
TECHNICAL BUILDING CODES.
HAPPY BUILDING SAFETY MONTH,
EVERYONE AND WE ARE JOINED BY
PRESENTERS FROM STC I. PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M MICAH CHAPPELL, TECHNICAL
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS AND I'M JOINED BY
OUR SITE REVIEW MANAGER AND THE
CHIEF BOILER INSPECTOR.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH A SHORT
PRESENTATION AND STEVE WILL
SHARE IT FOR US AND WE
APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IN MOVING
OUR SLIDES, SINCE MY BANDWIDTH
IS HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE THIS
MORNING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL COVER
SOME CHANGES TO THE GRADING
CODE AND THE BOILER OPERATOR
LICENSE AND SOME SEATTLE
CONSTRUCTION CODE A RAT UP.
IT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY STC I
AND OUR PURPOSE IS HELPING
PEOPLE BUILD A SAFE, LIVABLE AND
INCLUSIVE SEATTLE.
WE DO THAT BY USING AND
INCORPORATING EQUITY, RESPECT,
QUALITY, INTEGRITY AND SERVICE
AND ALL THAT WE DO AND WE WILL
COVER A QUICK FEW SLIDES ON THE
RATING CODE, STEAM ENGINEER AND
BOILER OPERATORS LICENSE LAW
AND THE CONSTRUCTION CODES
ERRATA.
THE PRIMARY INTENT OF THE
GRADING CODE, THE UPDATE ALIGNS
WITH THE STORMWATER CODE AND
PREVIOUSLY, THE GRADING CODE
AND STORMWATER CODE WERE A
SINGLE CODE BUT THEY WERE
DIVIDED FOR EASE OF USE AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM
ALIVE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD WITH CHANGES TO
THAT CODE.
SDCI DID PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
OUTREACH TO VARIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS IN 2021 AND WE
DID INCORPORATE SUGGESTED
CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MADE.
NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OF THOSE WILL BE THRESHOLD
REVISIONS, DEFINITION
CLARIFICATIONS AND EXEMPTION
CHANGES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE THRESHOL CHANGES THAT YOU
WILL SEE IN THIS SMALL GRAPH
ARE GOING TO INCLUDE THOSE
CHANGES TO LAND DISTURBING
ACTIVITIES, WHERE WE LOWER THAT
THRESHOLD FROM ONE ACRE TO 5000
SQUARE FEET AND WE ARE ALSO
CHANGING THE SURFACE OR THE
REPLACEMENT OF HARD SERVICE
FROM 3000 TO 570 SQUARE FEET.
WHEN THE THRESHOLDS ARE LOWERED,
YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN A
PERMIT EARLIER WHEN YOU DO
THESE ACTIVITIES.
AS WELL, WE ARE ADDING AREAS
WHERE YOU EXTRACT GROUNDWATER,
DEWATER THE WELLS FOR
REMEDIATION WORK.
THE DEFINITIONS THAT WERE
CHANGED OR CHANGING IMPERVIOUS
SURFACE TO HARD SURFACE AND
THAT IS AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE WITH
THE STORMWATER CODE AND WE ARE
INDICATING THAT THE POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDE ANY
STATE OR FEDERALLY LISTD
DATABASE AREAS INCLUDING
POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE EXEMPTION CHANGES I
MENTIONED INCLUDE UTILITY
EXCEPTIONS AND THE CHANGE TO
THAT WILL BE NEW INSTALLATIONS
WILL NO LONGER BE EXEMPTED FROM
THESE REVIEW AND PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, FOR NEWS
STORMWATER SYSTEMS FOR SHORT
CLASSES OR DIVISIONS.
WE ARE REMOVING AN EXEMPTION
FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE WATER
TANK REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
FOR THE STEAM AND BOILER
OPERATOR UPDATES, THIS
ORDINANCE, THIS LAW IS FAIRLY
OUTDATED WITH DEFICIENCIES.
THERE WERE AREAS WHERE YOU HAD
TO TAKE A STEP BACK IN LICENSING
TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN
LICENSING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE
AND WE WANTED TO CORRECT THAT.
WE ALSO ARE MOVING TO THE
PLATFORM FOR APPLICATION WITH
THE ISSUANCE PROCESS FOR
PERMITS AND THAT NECESSITATED
REWRITING SOME OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE AND THEN WE ARE CHANGING
AREAS TO A GENDER-NEUTRAL
LANGUAGE, PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE
STEAM AND BOILER FIREMEN
OPERATOR LICENSE LAW AND WE ARE
NOT CALLING AT THAT.
IT'S THE FIREMEN LICENSE LAW
CHANGED TO THE STEAM AND BOILER
OPERATOR LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT
THIS CODE.
ALL THESE CHANGES WERE REVIEWED
AND RECOMMENDED BY THE STEAM
LICENSE ADVISORY BOARD.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE STEAM LICENSE AND BOILER
OPERATOR BOARD IS COMPRISED OF
PUBLIC STAKEHOLDERS APPOINTED
BY THE DIRECTOR OF SDCI AND THE
LIST IS INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE.
LASTLY, THERE IS A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION COVERING SOME
CONSTRUCTION CODE ARANDA.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAD THE
2018 SEATTLE CODES WITH SOME
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
WE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCIES
WITH SOME WASHINGTON STATE
REGULATIONS AND WE ARE
PROVIDING ARANDA TO FIX THAT.
THE PRIMARY ONES, THERE IS A
CORRECTION TO THE PLUMBING
FIXTURE TABLE AND IT IDENTIFIES
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDING
PLUMBING FIXTURES AND THERE WAS
A COLUMN THAT WAS MISSING THAT
WE WANTED TO GET IN AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
OTHER CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO
LANGUAGE.
WE HAD MINOR ERRORS LIKE WE HAD
AND AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
WAR OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT
AND THEN OTHER OMISSIONS.
WE VERIFIED SOME CODE
REFERENCES IN VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF THE CODE REFERENCED SECTIONS
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CORRECTED AND
WE HAD LANGUAGE WITH STATE
CHANGES WE ADOPTED THAT WAS NOT
IDENTICAL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE GOT THAT CORRECTED AND
THAT IS WHAT THIS ARANDA
LEGISLATION DOES.
THAT'S THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION FOR THAT AND WE
ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS, STEVE, EDIE AND
MYSELF.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS A HIGH
LEVEL.
THE LAST TIME WE SAW YOU WAS
WHEN YOU HAD THE CONSTRUCTION
AND ENERGY CODES BEFORE US.
CAN YOU REMIND US THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE CODE
CHANGES AND THE CONSTRUCTION
AND ENERGY CODES?
>> THESE CODE CHANGES, IT
DOESN'T STAND BY ITSELF AND
THERE IS THE GRADING CODE THAT
IS PART OF THE TITLE 22 --
EXCUSE ME -- THERE ARE SO MANY
OF THEM -- I HAVE TO KEEP THEM
STRAIGHT.
THE BOILER LICENSE LAWS ARE
SEPARATE.
THE GRADING CODE IS PART OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 22
IN THE CONSTRUCTION CODE ERRATA
ARE VARIOUS ERRATA TO ENERGY
AND THERE IS ONE WHERE IT WAS A
MINOR OMISSION AND HAVE SOME
FROM THE BUILDING CODE, AS
WELL.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
>> SHOULD WE EXPECT ANY OTHER
CODE UPDATES THIS YEAR?
>> I DON'T ANTICIPATE CODE
UPDATES BUT IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THAT SHOULD COME
FORWARD, IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL
ERRATA BUT I'M HOPING WE
CAPTURED THE MAJORITY OF THOSE.
I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT BEFORE
THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> HAVING A MEETING TO DIVE
DEEPER INTO THIS WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
OFF-TOPIC QUESTION, WHERE IS
YOUR BACKGROUND?
>> IT IS A LAKE IN NORTH IDAHO,
ACTUALLY.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
WHICH LAKE?
>> I WANT TO SAY LAKE PEND
OREILLE.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
>> IT'S FRENCH.
>> SORRY.
>> WE WANT THAT BACKGROUND.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I LOVE IT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THIS PRESENTATION?
WE ARE NOT PUTTING THIS UP FOR A
VOTE TODAY BUT IT WILL BE
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AGAIN ON
MAY 26 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
LAST QUESTION, MICAH CHAPPELL.
IS THERE A TIME REQUIREMENT TO
PASS THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE ON
THE 26th?
>> THERE IS.
ON THE STORMWATER CHANGES ON
AFFECT ON JULY 1 OF THIS YEAR,
WE WOULD LIKE TO ALIGN WITH
THAT AND IF IT PASSES OUT OF
COMMITTEE ON THE 26th, WE
SHOULD BE CLOSE TO MEETING THAT
ADOPTION DATE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE, NO ITEMS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER -- TYPICALLY,
THIS COMMITTEE HAS RUN PAST
NOON AND TODAY, WE ARE ON
OPPOSITE SCHEDULES FOR THIS
CONCLUDES THE MAY 12th 2020
MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND THE
NEXT COMMITTEE WILL BE ON MAY
26th STARTING AT 9:30.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU.