>> SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 OF THE
LAND ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
MEETING.
IT IS 2:00 P.M., I AM DAN
STRAUSS, THE CHAIR.
PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> COUNCIL MAILER .
>> ALL PRESENT.
THE LAND-USE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE
BEGIN THE COMMITTEE MEETING IS
ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE ON
THE TRADITIONAL AND ANCESTRAL
LANDS OF THE FIRST PEOPLE OF
THIS REGION, PAST AND PRESENT.
REPRESENTED IN NUMBER OF TRIBES
AND URBAN NATIVES AND WE HONOR
WITH GRATITUDE THE LAND ITSELF
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND.
WE START WITH THE LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT EACH
COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT
WE ARE GUESTS ON THIS LAND AND
SHOULD TREAT THE LAND AND
PROCESS AS SUCH AS GUESTS.
THIS IS NOT A CHECKLIST OR ROPE
BEHAVIOR, DOES NOT GIVE US
PASSPORT TO PROCEED AS WE
DESIRE.
WE MUST TAKE THE MOMENT TO
REFLECT THAT WE MUST DO OUR
WORK AS GUESTS AS OUR TIME ON
EARTH IS SHORT.
THANK YOU.
AT TODAY'S COMMITTEE, THIS IS A
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAND USE
AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
BECAUSE WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING FROM
EARLIER THIS MONTH TO OBSERVE
ROSH HASHANAH.
SIX ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA,
MAJORITY OR ITEMS DISCUSSED
THIS PAST WEDNESDAYS COMMITTEE
AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM
WHICH IS THE TREE REPORT WHICH
WILL GET TO.
OF THE SIX ITEMS TODAY, WE HAVE
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON COUNCIL
BILL THAT HAS DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS PROGRAM WITH PIERCE AND
SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT ON 1055
THAT EMMONS THE CONFERENCE OF
PLAN TO CHANGE THE NAME OF
SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
DISCUSSION AND FOR
UNCOMFORTABLE 21054 WHICH MAKES
SEVERAL OTHER ANNUAL AMENDMENTS
TO THE COMPETENCE OF PLAN.
FOLLOWING THAT, WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON COUNCIL
BILL 120149 WHICH INCREASES THE
MAXIMUM SIZE FOR SPORTS AND
RECREATIONAL USES AND
INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TWO ZONES
AND BRIEFING ON PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAJOR UPDATE
AND LASTLY, BRIEFING ON THE
ORDERLY TREE REPORT FROM SDCI
AND OSD.
THIS IS A LONG AGENDA SO I'M
HOPEFUL WE CAN MOVE THROUGH
SOME ITEMS QUICKLY AS WE
DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE
TWO DAYS AGO.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE IS
AFTER COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS ON
DECEMBER 8, 2021 BEGINNING 9:30
A.M.
WE MAY NEED TO SCHEDULE SPECIAL
MEETINGS DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS TO CONSIDER CONTRACT
REZONE AND THE STATE REQUIRED
TIMELINE.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE OPEN REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE WILL BE PROVIDING, THERE ARE
14, 12 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, TO KEEP US
WITHIN THE 20 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WILL PROVIDE ONE
MINUTE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TO
SPEAK, ESPECIALLY IN CASE
OTHERS SIGN AS WE ARE IN PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
ROOM PUBLIC, PERIOD FOR ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA. BEFORE WE
BEGIN, ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE
BE PATIENT AS WE LEARN TO
OPERATE THIS NEW SYSTEM IN REAL
TIME.
WHAT IS OUR STRONG INTENT TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDA,
CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO END THE PUBLIC,.
ANY POINT IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM
IS ABUSED OR UNSUITABLE FOR
LUNG MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY.
AND THE MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE
ABLE TO CONDUCT NECESSARY
BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, THE PUBLIC,
PERIOD FOR THIS MEETING IS UP
TO, LET'S EXTENDED TO 14 MINUTES
AT THE OUTSET IN EACH SPEAKER
WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE TO
SPEAK. I WILL: EACH SPEAKER
BINDING AND IN THE ORDER THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK AND WOULD LIKE TO,
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL ON THE NAMES, STAFF
WILL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE AND
PROMPT YOUR UNMUTED WILL BE THE
CUE YOUR UNMUTED.
SPEAK BY STATING ANY AND THE
ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HERE'S A
CHIME, PLEASE BEGIN TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AS PEOPLE
DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE END OF A LOT OF TIME
PROVIDED, THE SPEAKER
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED AFTER
10 SECONDS TO ALLOW US TO CALL
IN THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU COMPLETE PUBLIC
COMMENTS, PLEASE DISCONNECT
FROM THE AND IF YOU PLAN TO
FOLLOW THE MEETING, DO IT VIA
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO
NOTE COUNCILMEMBER VICE
CHAIRMAN ESQUEDA HAS JOINED THE
MEETING.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW SO
EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE ON THE
LIST THEY ARE LOCATED.
BRING THIS UP NOW, WE HAVE RAY
FOLLOWED BY STEVE, MARTHA,
REBECCA, MICHAEL, ERICA, RICHARD
, DAVID, SUZANNE, WOODY, AND A
COUPLE DUPLICATES.
DOES NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME
ARE MARTHA AND ERICA.
MARTHA, ERICA, ANNA, YOU
RECEIVED AN EMAIL AFTER YOU
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
THAT GIVES YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS
TO CALL IN, IF YOU'RE ON THE
LISTEN LINE, YOU'RE IN THE
WRONG PLACE.
PLEASE REFER TO THE EMAIL IN
WHICH YOU RECEIVED.
FIRST UP, RAY FOLLOWED BY STEVE.
RAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I CAN SEE YOU, PRESS STAR 6, NOT
POUND 6. THERE YOU ARE.
>> THANK YOU.
120149.
I GET TO ADVOCATE AND WRITE
ABOUT INDUSTRIAL AND INTERBAY.
TWO CONCERNS OF THE PROPOSED
BILL, SPOT ZONING AND CHANGING
INDUSTRIAL USES.
I ASK THE COMMITTEE TO
SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS THE ROLES
OF CHANGING DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS.
WEDNESDAYS MEETING CONCLUDED A
LOT ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS
NOT SPOT ZONING.
TELL THE CITY MORE ABOUT WHAT
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, WHEN IT
IS A PRETTY TO CHANGE THE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND
WHERE HAS THE CITY DONE IT
BEFORE?
SECOND, THE CONCERN ABOUT HOW
THE CITY FITS INTO INDUSTRIAL
INTERBAY IS VERY REAL.
THIS WAS 50,000 SQUARE-FOOT
L.A.
FITNESS, WE WOULD ALL AGREE IT
DOES NOT FIT.
SOME OF THE CONFLICT IN THE
CONTRADICT RESTATEMENTS OF THE
LAST MEETING.
IS THIS A GENERAL RULE OR
ACTIVATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
BROADEST PICTURE, I WANT THE
STORM TO HAVE WORLD-CLASS
PRACTICE FACILITY THAT
ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT
LITIGATION AND DELAYS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY INDUSTRIAL
LANDS.
>> THANK YOU.
ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UP NEXT, STEVE AND THEN MARTHA.
MARTHA IS NOT PRESENT.
REBECCA FOLLOWS MARTHA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, STEVE.
>> STEVE REPRESENTING TREE
PACK.
I WANT TO NOTE IN THE TREE
REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT
DEVELOPING INITIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDENTIFYING
POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION
UPDATES, ET CETERA. WHAT IS NOT
THERE AT ALL IS A TREE
ORDINANCE DRAFT THAT LOOKS AS
DECEMBER TARGETING TO ISSUE
DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
KNOWN AS DETERMINATION OF
NONSIGNIFICANT'S.
YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT
BEING BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
PROCESS OF AMENDING THE PUBLIC
FROM BEING INVOLVED IN THE
DRAFT.
ALSO SET UP TO THE COUNCIL A
POLLING RESULT FROM TREE PACK
WITH NORTHWEST PROGRESSIVE
INSTITUTE THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK
AT THAT SHOWS 70 TO 80% OF
SUPPORT FOR PROVISIONS YOU
OUTLINED IN THE COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS WITH THE TREE
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MARTHA IS PRESENT.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
YOUR UP NEXT, PRESS STAR 6.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YES, REGARDING THE PROPOSED
CHANGES TO SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW HOW CHANGING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL WILL
ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND PRESERVATION TO MAKE A TREE
CANOPY OF THE LAST DECADE, DOZEN
SIGNIFICANT THE DOUBLED
SEATTLE'S OWN CAPACITY SINCE
2015, THE CITY ADDED NEARLY
53,000 U.S. RESIDENTIAL UNITS,
NEARLY ALL EXPENSES AND
COMPLETELY OUT OF REACH
FOREFRONT COMMUNITIES, FOOD
WORKERS AND EDUCATORS AND
DEFINITELY OUT OF REACH FOR THE
AND HOUSED.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE THE
PATTERN?
IN 2019, WHEN ACCESSORY DRILLING
UNITS WERE APPROVED,
REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVING
MINIMUM OF 2 INCHES OF TREE
DIAMETER FOR EACH WHERE LOT WAS
EMITTED.
WILL THE ZONING RESTORE THE
REQUIREMENT OR IS IT THE CITY
BE THOSE WHO LIVE IN A DO YOU
WOULD PREFER TO LIVE IN A
SETTING WITHOUT CANOPY.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF
TREE LOSS IN THE CITY?
SOME DATA SHOWS A SMALL AMOUNT
OF TREE LOSS BUT ANYONE LIVING
IN SEATTLE KNOWS --
>> THANK YOU, IF THERE IS MORE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL TO US
ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE
EMAIL ADDRESS OR EMAIL ME
DIRECTLY.
REBECCA, YOU'RE OFF MUTE,
WELCOME.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS REBECCA AND I'M
CALLING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE CITY
REGIONAL TDR PROGRAM AS
DRAFTED.
KEY PARTNERS WITH KING COUNTY
AND THE CITY.
THE ORIGINAL TDR PROGRAM
SEATTLE HAS USED SINCE 2013.
THE PROGRAM EXCEEDED
EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF
CONSERVATION OUTCOMES IN THE
COUNTY AND IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH
NEW REVENUE IT IS GENERATING
FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR
SUPPORT GROWTH AND THE URBAN
COURT.
THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATING TO
SUCH TDR CREDITS FROM PIERCE,
KING, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
ONLY ACCEPTING CREDIT FROM KING
COUNTY, SEATTLE IS OUT OF
COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTE.
ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A
SIMPLE UPDATE THAT REMEDIES
ISSUE AND WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO
TDR CREDITS FROM ALL THREE
COUNTIES.
DEMAND FOR REGIONAL TDR MEANS
ROBUST AS NEW HIGH-RISE
DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
WE NEED TO BUY TDR CREDITS TO
THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
ORDINANCE DRAFTED TO COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
UP NEXT, ANNA.
YOU'RE NOT PRESENT.
ERICA IS ALSO NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE
EMAIL SENT TO YOU, IF YOU'RE ON
THE LISTEN LINE, THAT IS NOT
THE RIGHT PLACE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO MICHAEL
FOLLOWED BY RICHARD AND DAVE IF
ANNA AND ERICA TO CALL, WILL
GET YOU BACK IN THE QUEUE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MICHAEL.
PRESS STAR 6 AND TAKE IT AWAY.
NOT POUND 6 IF YOU WOULD.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO
RICHARD, WE WILL COME BACK TO
MICHAEL AT THE END.
MICHAEL, REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
6 NEXT TIME.
WE WILL COME BACK.
RICHARD, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU.
THE CHANGES FROM THE SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONING TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LABEL AND ALSO THE
FACT THERE IS NO TREE ORDINANCE
YET, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO
CHANGE THE ZONING AND NOT HAVE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THIS IDEA
OF A LANGUAGE CHANGE AND HAS NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IS ABSURD.
WE KNOW IT WILL GO FROM SINGLE-
FAMILY TO CREATING MULTI-TYPE
HOMES IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONED
AREAS CURRENTLY.
THIS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL
TREMENDOUS IMPACT TO THE CANOPY
AS THE MAJORITY OF THE CANOPY
IN SEATTLE IS SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONING.
THAT WILL BE LARGE ZONING CHANGE
IN THIS CAPACITY.
NEEDS TO BE SERIOUS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
YOU CANNOT HAVE IN PLACE AS NOT
A TREE ORDINANCE, A WAY TO
EVALUATE, IF THERE IS A PLAN TO
BE ONE, IT IS REQUIRED YOU
CANNOT GIVE DNS TO ANYTHING ON
THE ZONING CHANGE WITHOUT
HAVING DONE SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
>> THANK YOU, RICHARD.
IF YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY, PLEASE
SEND IT TO ME OR COUNCIL@
SEATTLE.GOV.
WE WILL COME BACK TO MICHAEL
AND ANNA AND ANNA AND ERICA ARE
NOT PRESENT.
I CAN SEE YOUR OFF MUTE, TAKE
IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
MY NAME IS DAVID, I WOULD LIKE
THE COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT TO GO
TO THE REPORT, SLIDES 9 AND 10
WHERE WE HAVE THE STRATEGIES
PRESENTED.
NOTICE HOW MANY STRATEGIES SEEM
TO BE MISSING RECOMMENDATIONS
MADE FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AS IT COMES TO EFFECTS AND
URBAN FORCES ARE THE ONLY WAY
TO COMBAT THAT ALL OVER THE
CITY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2016, 20%
TREE COVERAGE AS YOU KNOW.
I'M ANTICIPATING LIKE ANY OTHER
CITY, DROP 25 OR 26%.
RELYING ON THIS TO HAPPEN BY
CHANCE TO GROW THE CANOPY WHILE
WE GROW DENSITY IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
REALLY NEED STRONGER STRATEGIES
PRESENTED, WE NEED TO KNOW THE
TREES, WHERE TO PLANT THE TREES
AND EVERY SITE AND RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES WILL CONTRIBUTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU TESTIFYING TODAY.
UP NEXT, SUZANNE FOLLOWED BY
WOODY AND FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL
AND ANNA AND ERICA STILL NOT
PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, SUZANNE.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M
COMMENTING ABOUT THE TREE
ORDINANCE REPORT.
I WANT TO THANK FOR TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY AROUND THE TREE
ISSUE.
I HOPE YOU READ HIS
NEWSLETTERS, HE IS THE ONLY ONE
ON THE COMMITTEE THAT EITHER
CARES, YOU'RE EITHER MUTE ON
THE ISSUE OR TALK WEEKLY AROUND
IT.
DOES SDCI CONTROL IT OR DOES
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAVE
POWER TO SAVE THE EXCEPTIONAL
TREES WE HAVE LEFT?
WHERE IS THE TREE ORDINANCE
DRAFT?
ANOTHER DELAY UNTIL DECEMBER
2020 IN THE SDCI "PROGRESS"
LISTEN TO SDCI RECOMMENDATIONS.
MANY OF US CARE ABOUT THE
TREES AND HOW THEY HELP.
COMMENT AND WORK CONTINUALLY
WORKING FOR WAYS TO STOP THE
CLEARCUTTING OF SEATTLE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A LOT THE
MUTED OF ITS TREES INCLUDING
THE EXCEPTIONAL ONCE, TAKE A
GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND
WONDER IF YOU COULD HAVE
ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING TO SAVE
THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UP NEXT IS WOODY, I CAN SEE
YOUR OFF MUTE.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE TREE
ORDINANCE ALSO.
SEATTLE LIKES TO THINK OF
ITSELF AS A PROGRESSIVE GREEN
FORWARD THINKING CITY BUT WE ARE
RESTING ON OUR LAURELS.
OTHER CITIES ARE FAR MORE
PROGRESSIVE THAN SEATTLE IN
TERMS OF TREE PRODUCTION, THOSE
CITIES UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF TREE CANOPY TO
THE HEALTH OF ALL OF THE
RESIDENCE, ESPECIALLY THE BIPOC
AND LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES
THAT LIVE IN URBAN HEAT ISLANDS.
THEY CANNOT TURN OFF AIR
CONDITIONING. WE ARE TRYING TO
REACH 30% TREE CANOPY IN
SEATTLE AND ARE LIKELY
BACKSLIDING AS DAVID MENTIONED
EARLIER.
MEANWHILE, FOUR MAJOR CITIES
THAT HAVE SURPASSED OUR TREE
CANOPY GOAL INCLUDING NEW YORK
CITY, 39%, ATLANTA 36%, TAMPA
36%, AND PORTLAND 32%, A RECENT
POLL SHOWS WHOPPING 80% OF
SEATTLEITES SUPPORT STRONGER
TREE PROTECTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, CITY COUNCIL AND
AMIR ARE WAY BEHIND
CONSTITUENTS WHEN IT COMES TO
TREE PROTECTION.
IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP TO THE
80%.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MICHAEL, I CAN SEE YOU ARE BACK
AND YOU ARE OFF MUTE, WELCOME.
TAKE IT AWAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING.
THIS IS MICHAEL CALLING, I
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER
25.11.090 IS A SEATTLE LAW
REQUIRING REPLANTING OF
EXCEPTIONAL TREES WITH
SPECIMENS THAT WILL GROW AS
LARGE AS THE EXCEPTIONAL TREE
BEING REMOVED.
THIS LAW WAS PASSED I CITY
COUNCIL AS A WAY TO PREVENT
ATTRITION OF THE URBAN FOREST.
THE POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOWS
CURRENT STRATEGY, HOWEVER, DOES
NOT MENTION THE LOFT OR THIS
CONCEPT OF TREE REPLACEMENT AS
A WAY TO KEEP SEATTLE HEALTHY.
THE METHOD USED BY SMC 2511.090
WAS DURING THE CANOPY
REPLACEMENT AND IS TO REQUIRE
ENOUGH SOIL SPACE FOR THE NEWLY
REPLANTED TREE TO ALLOW ITS
ROOTS TO MATURE.
THIS USES DESIGNED TO DESCRIBE
AND MANDATE THE SAPLING AND THE
SITE WHERE IT WILL LIVE FOR THE
FOLLOWING FEW DECADES.
THE POWERPOINT APPLIED SHOWS WE
WILL SEEK TO IDENTIFY --
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
FEEL FREE TO SEND ADDITIONAL
WRITTEN COMMENTS.
ANNA, ERICA, I'M SEEING YOU'RE
NOT LISTED AS PRESENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOUR
COMMENTS TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV
OR MYSELF, I AM GLAD WE PUT
YOUR COMMENTS ON THE RECORD,
I.T., CAN YOU CONFIRM NO
FURTHER REGISTRANTS FOR PUBLIC,
AT THIS TIME?
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC,
REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU.
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS PRESENT, WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER 1, FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS TODAY IS COUNCIL BUILT
120181 THAT ADOPTS REGIONAL
TRANSFERABLE RIGHTS PROGRAM.
PLEASE READ THE ABBREVIATED
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
FACILITATE THE TRANSFER AND
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY KETIL
FREEMAN AS WELL AS
REPRESENTATIVES FROM KING
COUNTY AND SNOHOMISH TO SHARE
HOW THE LEGISLATION COULD
IMPACT THE REGION AROUND US.
WILL YOU EACH INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> I WILL START AND MAYBE TURN
TO HIM MICHAEL.
KETIL FREEMAN, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF .
>> THANK YOU.
MICHAEL MURPHY, I TRANSFERRED
TO ALLOTMENT RIGHTS IN KING
COUNTY.
>> STEVE, SENIOR PLANNER WITH
SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND PDR
COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT, SAME TO
YOU, MICHAEL.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
I KNOW WE HAD THIS BRIEFING IN
COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY, COULD
YOU PROVIDE US A BRIEF REMINDER
OF WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES?
>> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF, ONCE I
WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY I WON'T DO
THAT AGAIN, I WILL REMIND
COMMITTEE THIS ITERATION OF THE
CITY REGIONAL TDR PROGRAM DATES
BACK TO 2013, MULTIPLE
ORDINANCES TO IMPLEMENT
COLLECTIVELY ALL OF THOSE
ORDINANCES ESTABLISHED TDR
PROGRAM WITH KANE COUNTY. THE
CITY WAS UTILIZING AUTHORITY
THAT CAME FROM THE STATE
THROUGH ADVOCACY OF FOR TARA IN
2007.
WHAT DOES COUNCIL BILL 12108 DO
, ALLOWS LAND ADOPT BY
REFERENCE CHAPTER OF THE
WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
365 198, ADOPTION BY REFERENCE
OBVIATES THE NEED FOR THE CITY
TO ENTER INTO LOCAL AGREEMENTS
WITH PIERCE SOURCE GNOMISH
COUNTY FOR TDR PROGRAM. I THINK
I MENTIONED THIS ON WEDNESDAY,
THE CITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
FOR TDR, WE HAVE EXCHANGE RATE
FOR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT
COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO
SNOHOMISH COUNTY'S.
365 198 ESTABLISHES
REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIES AND
TOWNS, AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
FOR COUNTIES WHERE THE SENDING
SITES ARE AND JOINT
REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIES AND
COUNTIES WHEN IT COMES TO
REPORTING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
ONE THING THAT I MENTIONED ON
WEDNESDAY IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME
THIS IS SELF EXECUTING, THERE
MAY NEED TO BE REGULATORY
CHANGES MADE.
IN ADDITION TO SNOHOMISH
COUNTY, SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT IN A NUTSHELL IS WHAT
COUNCIL BILL 120181 DOES.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN.
MICHAEL, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR
FROM YOU DURING THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON WEDNESDAY.
COULD YOU SHARE A BIT OF THE
KING COUNTY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
LEGISLATION AND THE TDR PROGRAM
?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
YES, KING COUNTY HAS BEEN THE
BENEFICIARY OF THE AGREEMENT
WITH SEATTLE SINCE 2013 AND IT
IS A MAJOR DEMAND FOR THE
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
FROM KING COUNTY IS A MAJOR
DRIVER FOR CONSERVATION IN YING
COUNTY.
WE HAVE USED THIS TOOL TO GREAT
EFFECT.
I BELIEVE PERSONALLY AND WE AS
A COUNTY BELIEVE CONSERVATION
IS ORIGINAL ENDEAVOR.
CHAIR STRAUSS SPOKE ABOUT IT ON
WEDNESDAY DRIVING TO MOUNT
RAINIER, DRIVING THROUGH PIERCE
COUNTY OR GOING UP LOOKING AT
THE FOOTHILLS AND LOOKING UP
NORTH.
REALLY, THE CONSERVATION
REGIONALLY BENEFITS ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS IN THE REGION AND WITH
SEATTLE'S GROWTH, WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS MECHANISM TO
SPREAD THE BENEFIT TO THE
REGION.
THERE IS ONE OTHER ELEMENT I
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AND
THAT IS FOR FARMING IN
PARTICULAR.
THE AGREEMENT KING COUNTY AND
SEATTLE HAVE HAD SINCE 2013 HAS
DONE A LOT TO PROTECT FARMS IN
KING COUNTY, SINCE 2013, 2000
ACRES AT 36 DIFFERENT FARMS
HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY DETECTED
FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
FARMING WORKS BEST WHEN THERE
ARE OTHER FARMERS WHO CONFIRMED
THEIR LAND TOO.
IF WE HAVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
THAT SPANS THREE COUNTIES, THAT
IS BETTER FOR THE FARMERS THEN
JUST PROTECTED FARMS IN KING
COUNTY.
THERE REALLY ARE BENEFITS TO
PERMANENTLY CONSERVING FOREST
LAND, FARMLAND, RIVER
CORRIDORS, OTHER NATURAL LANDS
BROUGHT THE REGION ON A
REGIONAL SCALE, NOT JUST ONE
COUNTY ALONE AND THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD OPEN THE DOOR
TO PIERCE AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY
TO SHARE IN SOME OF THE
CONSERVATION BENEFITS KING
COUNTY HAS ENJOYED FOR THIS
PARTNERSHIP TO MR. QUESTIONS,
THAT WAS THE POINT I WANTED TO
MAKE IN ADDITION TO WHAT I SAID
AT THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
LEGISLATION OF KING COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
BFORE WE HEAR FROM STEVE, I
UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE A MAP
TO VISUALLY DESCRIBE WHAT YOU
SAID.
>> SURE. I WILL SHOW A PROPERTY
MAP THAT IS ON THE KANE COUNTY
WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GET THERE
BY GOING TO KANE COUNTY.GOV/TDR
LOOKING FOR THE PROPERTY MAP.
WHAT IS SHOWING ON MY SCREEN
RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU SAYING?
>> YES.
>> VERY GOOD.
THE GREEN DOTS ARE THE SIGHTS
THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY
PERMANENTLY PROTECTED.
EACH REPRESENTS A PROPERTY,
SOME OF WHICH ARE MANY PARCELS
AND SOME ARE SINGLE PARCEL.
THIS SHADE OF GREEN ARE THE
POLYGONS REPRESENTING THE LAND
PERMANENTLY PROTECTED SO YOU
CAN SEE MAJOR FOREST BLOCKS.
IS OF THE SNOQUALMIE FOREST, IF
I HAD MY SHADES DRAWN UP RIGHT
NOW I COULD SEE OUT MY WINDOW
AND LOOK AT THIS.
THESE ARE THE HEADWATERS OF THE
GREEN RIVER DOWN HERE.
WHEN YOU SCROLL IN TO THE
FAMILY IN THE SNOQUALMIE
VALLEY, YOU CAN SEE INDIVIDUAL
FARMS WE HAVE PERMANENTLY
PROTECTED MANY OF THE DEALS OF
THE CONSERVATION ACQUISITIONS
SHOWN ON THE MAP ARE DRIVEN BY
DEMAND FOR TRANSFERABLE
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM SEATTLE
DEVELOPERS.
THE ORANGE DOTS ON THE MAP ARE
WHERE THE TRANSFERABLE
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS HAVE LANDED,
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN USED.
YOU CAN SEE A CLUSTER IN
DOWNTOWN AT SOUTH LAKE UNION
WHICH IS THE AREAS OF SEATTLE
WHERE KING COUNTY TRANSFERABLE
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS CAN BE USED.
AND A SMATTERING OF SITES IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND
UNINCORPORATED URBAN KING
COUNTY AREAS.
THIS MAP IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY
TO SEE IT IS INTERACTIVE, CLICK
ON ANY DOT AND LEARN MORE
ATTRIBUTES.
THE POINT IS, THIS IS A VERY
POWERFUL TOOL FOR CONSERVATION
IN THE REGION.
AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THIS.
IT CAN ACCRUE TO PIERCE AND
SNOHOMISH COUNTY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS MAP REALLY DOES
DEMONSTRATE HOW DIFFERENT
EASTERN KING COUNTY'S AND
TRACKS WITH SNOHOMISH COUNTY AS
OPPOSED TO WESTERN COUNTY.
AS I SAID ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN WE
LOOKED OUT AT THE MOUNTAINS
FROM SEATTLE OR DRIVE UP TO
INDEX OR MT. RAINIER , IF WE
WANT TO CONTINUE DRIVING
THROUGH FOREST AND FARMLAND
RATHER THAN LOOKING AT
CONTINUED EXPANSION OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT DENSE,
WE NEED TO USE THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL STOP SHARING NOW IF
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
VERY GOOD.
>> STEVE, PLEASE, WE ARE QUITE
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. EARLIER
THIS YEAR, I MET WITH COUNTY
EXECUTIVE DAVE SUMMERS TO
DISCUSS THE NEED FOR REGIONAL
TDR PROGRAM.
CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW SNOHOMISH COUNTY
COULD BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGE?
>> THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION
BACK IN 2013.
WE HAD WORKED OVER THE YEARS IN
TERMS TRYING TO DRAFT
LEGISLATION, BOTH POLICY AND
IMPLEMENTING CODE SO WE HAD
THIS PROGRAM THAT IS SORTED IN
ITS INFANCY COMPARED TO KING
COUNTY, KING COUNTY HAD
SUCCESSFUL TDR PROGRAM FOR MANY
DECADES.
WE HOPE TO CATCH UP SOMEWHAT TO
WHAT KANE COUNTY SUCCESS HAS
BEEN. WE HAVE ONLY CURRENTLY
COUPLE HUNDRED ACRES OR SO OF
LAND SET ASIDE THROUGH
CONSERVATION AND TDR PROGRAM.
WHAT WE HAVE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY
, WE DON'T HAVE TDR RECEIVING
AREA ENGINE LIGHT LIKE THERE IS
DOWN HERE WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
A FEW CITIES IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY HAVE ADOPTED THE TYPE OF
TDR LEGISLATION AND WE WORK
WITH THEM BUT THERE HAS NOT
BEEN REAL DEMAND I DEVELOPERS
TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE TR
CREDITS FROM OUR LAND AREAS IN
COASTA THOMAS COUNTY.
THE COUNTY DOES HAVE, RECEIVING
AREAS AND URBAN UNINCORPORATED
SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
THOSE AREAS ARE LIMITED AND WE
HAD A LITTLE SUCCESS THERE.
THE COUNTY IS REALLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THE PASSING OF THIS
LEGISLATION HERE SO WE CAN
ENTER INTO TRANSFERRING THOSE
CREDITS TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
I SHOULD MENTION AS PART OF THE
AUTHORIZED LEGISLATION BACK IN
2013, THE COUNTY DID ADOPT BY
REFERENCE THAT SECTION OF
WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TO ALLOW FOR, TRANSFER THOSE
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WITH HOW
HAVING TO ENTER HEAVY LOCAL
AGREEMENTS.
WE ARE SET UP ON OUR END FOR
SENDING THOSE TDR CREDITS ONCE
DEMAND BECOMES AVAILABLE AND IS
SEATTLE.
I SHOULD MENTION OUR TDR
SENDING AREAS, DESIGNATED FARMS
AND FOREST LANDS ON OUR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAPS, WE
HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FOREST
LAND BUT VERY FINITE AMOUNT OF
DESIGNATED FARMLAND, ABOUT
56,000 ACRES CURRENTLY.
THAT AGRICULTURAL LAND GENERATES
, THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO,
$139 MILLION TOWARD THE COUNTY
ECONOMY.
NOT ONLY WILL THIS LEGISLATION
HELP SERVE AND RENTERS THE
CONVERSION OF FARMLAND IN OUR
COUNTY FOR OBVIOUSLY THERE IS
OPEN SPACE ATTRIBUTES BUT IT
REALLY IS A KEY PART OF OUR
ECONOMY FROM THE COUNTY THERE.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THAT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
ENHANCED AND GROW AND HOPEFULLY
PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND REGIONAL TDR PROGRAM
WILL HELP US WITH THAT.
>> VERY WELL SAID, STEVE.
I THINK THAT ALSO DEMONSTRATES
THAT NETWORK THAT MICHAEL WAS
TALKING ABOUT ABOUT ACROSS THE
TRI-COUNTY AREA, AS I WAS JUST
SAYING, EASTERN COUNTY VERSUS
WESTERN COUNTY HAS TWO DISTINCT
ENVIRONMENTS TO IT AND MAKING
SURE THERE IS GOOD NORTH/SOUTH
CONNECTIVITY FROM SNOHOMISH
DOWN TO KING COUNTY IS CRITICAL
FOR THAT ECONOMY TO THRIVE.
>> YEAH, IN FACT WE HAVE FISCAL
CONNECTIONS, THE SAMISH VALLEY
AS YOU DRIVE UP I-5, PORTION OF
THAT VALLEY, THE SNOQUALMIE
RIVER VALLEY, WE HAVE A PORTION
OF THAT IN OUR COUNTY.
THAT CERTAINLY EXTENDS OUT TO
KING COUNTY.
YOU CAN EASILY SEE WHAT
PRESERVATION OF FARMLAND CAN DO
TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OVERALL,
PROVIDING PRESERVATION OF OPEN
SPACE WHICH IS CRITICAL IN OUR
REGION.
>> VERY WELL SAID, STEPHEN.
PIERCE COUNTY UNABLE TO SEND IT
REPRESENTATIVE DUE TO SCHEDULING
CONSTRAINTS, MY STUFF OPENED
THEIR TDR STAFF AND IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING PIERCE COUNTY IS
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CHANGE AND
WORKING TO IMPLEMENT REGIONAL
TDR THEMSELVES.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, I
WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THERE
ARE QUESTIONS FOR STEVE,
MICHAEL, OR KETIL FREEMAN.
I KNOW WE JUST HAVE THIS
BEFORE US, 48 HOURS, TWO DAYS
AGO SO I'M SEEING NO QUESTIONS.
GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB EXPLAINING THE
CONCEPT TO US AND THE IMPORTANCE
BOTH COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
WHICH WE ENJOYED THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION.
, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE, I
GUESS WE WILL MOVE ON TO VOTING.
THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION
BEFORE WE VOTE ON LEGISLATION,
I WILL MOVE TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120181.
IS THEIR SECOND ?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED FOR
COUNCIL BILL 120181.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THIS WILL BE BACK FOR FINAL
VOTE.
UP NEXT IS COUNCIL BILL 120155
WHICH WILL AMEND THE CONFERENCE
A PLAN TO CHANGE SINGLE-FAMILY
AREAS TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
PLEASE READ THE ABBREVIATED
TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 120155, ORDINANCE
RELATED TO LAND USE AND ZONING
WITH CONFERENCE A PLAN TO
CHANGE THE NAME OF SINGLE-
FAMILY AREAS OF NEIGHBORHOODS
OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE THIRD COMMITTEE
MEETING AT WHICH WE HAVE
DISCUSSED THE CHANGE FOLLOWING
INITIAL PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY
28 AND SECOND PUBLIC ON
WEDNESDAY, THIS LAST WEDNESDAY.
IT APPEARED ON THE COUNCIL
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
DOCKET EVERY YEAR SINCE 2019.
AS I HAVE SHARED SERIOUSLY,
PROPOSING RESIDENTIAL NAME
CHANGE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT MOST
ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE REALITY
OF TODAY, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE
CALL SINGLE-FAMILY INCLUDE MUCH
MORE THAN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
INCLUDE HOUSEHOLD OF MULTIPLE
FAMILIES AND LEGACY DUPLEXES,
BACKER COTTAGES, AND WHY UNITS
AND APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT
FOR THE CURRENT ZONING RULES
APPLY.
WILL BE HAPPY TO COSPONSOR
THE LEGISLATION WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WORKING
ON THIS SINCE 2019.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL SAY
MORE IN THE BILL WHEN IT COMES
TO FULL COUNCIL BUT FEEL FREE
TO INTERRUPT ME SHOULD YOU
DESIRE.
I KNOW WE JUST HAD THIS BEFORE
COMMITTEE TWO DAYS AGO AND
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IS HERE,
, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME?
>> I THINK YOU DESCRIBED THE
BILL PRETTY WELL.
CHANGES THE TERM SINGLE-FAMILY
TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
THROUGHOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LISH WHITSON.
I KNOW I ASKED THE QUESTION
EVERY TIME IT COMES UP BECAUSE
THE CHIEF CONCERN I'VE HEARD IS
A CONCERN THAT DOES MORE THAN A
SIMPLE NAME CHANGE.
I KNOW, I HAVE ASKED THIS
BEFORE, CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS
AMENDMENT ONLY CHANGES THE NAME
OF SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS AND DOES
NOT CHANGE WHAT IS ALLOWED TO
BE DO IN THESE AREAS?
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU AS THE
CHAIR TO GIVE US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THESE BILLS
MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE VOTING ON
THEM, IT IS VERY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A
DIFFERENT AUDIENCE LISTENING
TODAY, JUST QUICKLY REITERATE
MY COMMENTS FROM WEDNESDAY,
ORIGINALLY I WAS STRUGGLING
WITH THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE I
DID HEAR FROM CONCERNED
COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MY
DISTRICT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT MEAN
ORLY TO BUT AS YOU HAD
MENTIONED AND CENTRAL STAFF
REINFORCED THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTANTIVE IMPACT OF THE NAME
CAME AND DOES REFLECT THE
REALITY OF HOUSING UNITS IN
THESE AREAS.
I WILL BE VOTING YESTERDAY.
WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS WHAT
MIGHT COME NEXT.
I WANT TO REITERATE I GENERALLY
DON'T SUPPORT BLANKET ZONES
ATMOSPHERE CLEAR AND COMPELLING
IMMEDIATE PUBLIC IN EFFECT SUCH
AS THE CREATION OF ON-SITE VERY
LOW INCOME HOUSING.
IDEALLY, THE ADDITIONAL DENSITY
LOCATED NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT,
AMONG SIGNIFICANT AND FOR
STRUCTURE LIKE SCHOOL TEST
CAPACITY.
WE PUT IN PLACE MEDICATION TO
PREVENT THE MILITIA OF EXISTING
NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND PREFER THE LOSS OF
MATURE TREE CANOPY BEFORE THOSE
CHANGES, MITIGATIONS BE PLACED
BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT SUCH ZONING
CHANGES.
I'M FINE WITH THE NAME CHANGE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST
AND FACT-BASED DISCUSSION OF
THE CURRENT ZONES IN THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION, WE DO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO CONSIDER TODAY,
TECHNICAL IN NATURE, AND AT THE
REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
ARE COSPONSORING THE AMENDMENT.
BEFORE I BRING THAT UP, I WILL
MOVE THE BILL FOR
CONSIDERATION.
AT THIS TIME, I MOVED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120155.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WITH THE SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
ARE COSPONSORING A DECISION AS
REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THAT CORRECTS LANGUAGE
IN TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT
RESULT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL NAME CHANGE,
SPECIFICALLY THE MORGAN
COMMUNITY PLANT AND NORTHGATE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
LISH, PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE
MORE .
>> BOTH MORGAN JUNCTION AND
NORTHGATE REFER CURRENTLY TO
SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.
CHANGING THE PHRASE, SINGLE-
FAMILY, TO NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL WOULD RESULT IN THE
PHRASE, NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND
THE CHANGE AND THE AMENDMENT
WOULD CHANGE THOSE TWO
INSTANCES FROM RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL AREA.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL SAID, LISH.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT?
VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON
THIS LEGISLATION AND HELP
COSPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION LONG
WITH THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
NUMBER HERBOLD.
I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE LANGUAGE
ALONG, I GET REALLY HELPS TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW WE'RE
REALLY CONSIDERING REMOVING
REDUNDANCY IN THE LANDING IN
TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS
RESULTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL.
I THINK THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
THAT RECOMMENDED CONSISTENCY
ACROSS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND
HOW WE APPROACH THE NAME CHANGE
AND MAKING SURE ALL
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANES RECEIVES
THE SAME CONSIDERATION IN ORDER
TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
LEGISLATION. WE ARE EQUITABLE
IN OUR APPROACH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND CENTRAL
STAFF ARE HELPING IDENTIFY ALL
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT
HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NUANCES
IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND THESE ARE
THE ONLY TWO INCLUDED IN THIS
AMENDMENT.
MORGAN JUNCTION AND NORTHGATE
SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
CHANGE, I THINK IT HELPS COMPLY
WITH OUR DESIRE FOR MORE
CONSISTENCY AND MINOR TWEAK
THAT HELPS MAINTAIN THE
INTEGRITY OF THE LEGISLATION.
HAPPY TO HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD
TO A COUPLE IS OUR GOAL OF A
SINGLE MAIN WHICH IS UNIVERSAL
IN ITS APPROACH, NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, I WILL MOVE TO VOTE
ON THIS AMENDMENT.
SEEN NONE, I VOTE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120155 AS SHOWN ON
THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED . MOVED
AND SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 120155.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
CHAIR STRAUSS.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
WE WILL MOVE TO VOTE ON THE
AMENDED BILL, DOUBLE CHECKING,
IS THERE FOR THE DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEN NONE AT THIS TIME, I MOVED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120155 AS AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVED AND SECONDED.
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120155.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL .
>> NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
THIS WILL BE BACK BEFORE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4.
WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY BECAUSE
SO MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND
MANY WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE DAYS
AGO, MOVING ON AND OF COURSE
BECAUSE IT IS FRIDAY AND
BEAUTIFUL, ONE OF THE FIRST
DAYS OF AUTUMN AND WE HAVE
GREAT WEATHER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT
TOOK THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
IS COUNCIL BILL 120154 THAT
MAKES MORE ANNUAL AMENDMENTS TO
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MR. NOAH AN, THE THE
ABBREVIATED AGENDA ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3 120154
RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING
AMENDING THE SEATTLE COVER THE
PLAN TO INCORPORATE IN THE'S
PROPOSED AS PART OF 22 ONE
CONFERENCE A PLANT AND WILL
AMENDMENT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'RE JOINED AGAIN BY LISH
WHITSON OF CENTRAL STAFF.
PLEASE PROVIDE A REMINDER OF
THE AMENDMENTS CONTAINED IN
THIS LEGISLATION AND AMENDMENT
FOR US.
>> THERE ARE TWO SETS OF
AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE IN THE
BILL AFTER YOU CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU.
LET ME TRY TO BE LESS CONFUSING
ABOUT HOW MANY AMENDMENTS YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IN THE BILL, CURRENTLY THERE ARE
THREE SETS OF AMENDMENTS.
ONE IS RELATED TO THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, IT WOULD
ADD A HALF BLACK -- LOCK TO THE
URBAN CENTER.
THAT HAVE LOCK ON THE WEST SIDE
OF 15th AVENUE NORTHEAST JUST
SOUTH OF BOULEVARD. THE SECOND
AMENDMENT IS AT 130th AND I-
FIVE MAC MILLER THE FUTURE
LIGHT RAIL STATION AND WOULD
AMEND THE FUTURE MAP TO CHANGE
A BLOCK AND BETWEEN THE FUTURE
LIGHT RAIL STATION AND
JEFFERSON PARK GOLF COURSE TO A
MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND
MULTIFAMILY AREAS FROM SINGLE-
FAMILY.
ALSO IN THE BILL ARE A COUPLE
OF AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL STUDY,
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS STILL
CONTINUING FOR THOSE AMENDMENT
SO YOU HAVE AMENDMENT IN FRONT
OF YOU TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE
BILL PENDING FURTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THAT IS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU.
TO LIFT UP WHAT YOU JUST SAID,
WE HAVE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL
TO REMOVE THE ASPECTS FROM THE
MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LANDS
PROCESS AS THEY ARE NOW MEETING
MOVED TO THE EIS PROCESS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME OR DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
JUST IN CASE WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT AUDIENCE VIEWING
TODAY, THERE IS AN AMENDMENT IN
MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 4,
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT URBAN
CENTER BOUNDARY. I WANT TO THANK
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR
REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE EARLY
TO ALERT US TO THIS PROPOSAL.
SOME NEARBY RESIDENTS,
COMMUNITY LEADERS HAD RAISED
CONCERNS. I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY
I SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR UP
ZONE, THE AREA JUST 25% OF THE
ENTIRE BLOCK.
ALREADY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
ATTACHED TO EXISTING BOUNDARY
OF THE URBAN CENTER BOUNDARY,
NOT ACROSS THE STREET.
AT THE INTERSECTION OF
ARTERIALS, NEAR FREQUENT
TRANSIT AND OTHER NECESSARY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITY HALL
WILL HAVE ANOTHER CRACK AT
RENEWING WHAT HAPPENS ON THE
SPARKS IF IT WERE TO CHANGE.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL NEITHER
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, I WILL SAY WE
SHOULD RING THE AMENDMENT TO
THE BILL.
AND TO DO THAT I NEED TO MOVE
THE LEGISLATION SO AT THIS TIME
I RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120154.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND PEDERSON.
THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
WE ARE TAKING UP AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE AS DESCRIBED BY
LISH, IT MOVES INDUSTRIAL LANDS
AMENDMENT FROM THE
LEGISLATION, THEY WERE INCLUDED
IN THE LEGISLATION WHEN IT WAS
TRANSMITTED UNDER THE
ASSUMPTION WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
ACT ON THEM THIS YEAR.
DUE TO THE OUTSTANDING SEPA
ISSUES, THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED
UNTIL NEXT YEAR AT THE EARLIEST.
LISH, ANYTHING TO ADD,
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS OR COMMENTS?
>> NOTHING TO ADD FROM ME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, IS
THAT A NEW HAND OR RESIDUAL ?
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> A NEW HAND.
I APPRECIATE THE FX STATEMENT
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
ORIGINALLY, WHEN I READ IT, IT
WAS SHOWING DELETIONS OF WHAT
COULD BE SOME IDEAS BUT THAT
WAS SOMETHING ADDED TAKEN OUT SO
AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE FX
STATEMENT, NO CHANGES
INDUSTRIAL LAND POLICIES WOULD
BE AFFECTED AT THE APPROVAL OF
THIS AMENDMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT, LISH ?
>> CORRECT.
WITH THIS AMENDMENT, THERE WILL
BE NO CHANGES TO MARITIME OR
INDUSTRIAL CLAUSES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION. LET'S VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT.
AT THIS TIME, I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120154 AS SHOWN ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON THE
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120154.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SPECTATOR SPORTS FACILITY,
THESE ARE PLACES LIKE GYMS,
BOWLING ALLEYS, SPORTS CLUBS,
AND OTHER FACILITIES WHERE ANY
SPECTATOR SHOULD IS INCIDENTAL
TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
OCCURRING.
>> THE AREA CURRENTLY IN
INDUSTRIAL ZONES, INDOOR SPORTS
AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
LIMITED TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET
THAT PROPOSE LEGISLATION WOULD
EXPAND THAT LIMITATION TO
50,000 SQUARE FEET.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER
, NEAR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
AND SEATTLE MIX ZONES AND PARTS
WITH ACTIVE RECREATION USES,
AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE WOULD
LIMIT SPORTS FACILITIES GREATER
THAN 25,000 SQUARE FEET SO THERE
CAN'T BE TWO WITHIN A MILE OF
EACH OTHER.
IT ALSO COMMENDS THE PARKING
REGULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WHITSON.
WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS
THE LEGISLATION, I WILL
HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS
MOTIVATING MY STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THIS BILL, LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE LONG SUPPORTED
SPORTS FRANCHISES FOR YOURS
WHETHER IT IS THE SEAHAWKS,
MARINERS, SOUNDERS, IT IS
IMPORTANT WE SHOW THE SAME
SUPPORT FOR THE MOST WINNINGEST
TEAM, THE SEATTLE STORM, WHO
HAVE MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN
ANY OF THOSE TEAMS I JUST LISTED
COMBINED.
I BELIEVE MY COMMENTS THERE IS
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR LISH, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT GENERAL
COMMENTS.
>> PERFECT TIME.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
LISH, THIS BILL IN FRONT OF US
CHANGES UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES HOW EXISTING USES
CAN BE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THIS ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF
US IS NOT A ZONING ORDINANCE
BECAUSE IT IS NOT PERMITTING
NEW USES, THESE ARE USES
ALREADY ALLOWED, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
VITAMINS THE ZONING BUT IT DOES
NOT CHANGE THE ZONING FOR
PARTICULAR PROPERTIES, IT
CHANGES THE PROVISION OF THE
LAND USE CODE.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I
HAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
YOU HAD RIGHT WORDS AS THE
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
45 PARCELS THAT COULD BE
UTILIZED UNDER THIS LAW, THEY
ALL RESIDE IN DISTRICT 6 AND 7,
BOTH OF US ARE GREAT SUPPORTERS
OF THE STORM AND THIS
LEGISLATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE
YOU HAVE COME UP WITH MEET.
NOPE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I'M GOOD.
>> YES MA'AM.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
DURING THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, I
WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH ON THIS LEGISLATION
WHICH INCLUDED CONFERRING WITH
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
COMPLETING OTHER DUE DILIGENCE.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE TYPE OF
LAND USE PROPOSED AND THE MAYOR
LEGISLATION ALLOWED IN THIS
GEOGRAPHIC AREA, LEGISLATION
WILL NOT ENDANGER THE GOOD
PAYING JOBS CREATED BY SEATTLE
MARITIME INDUSTRY WE NEED TO
PROTECT AND IF THE SEATTLE STORM
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM
USES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD A TRAINING FACILITY, I
BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
DEVELOPMENT, POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE WOMEN'S
TEAM PROVIDES GREAT BENEFITS TO
OUR CITY.
MOREOVER, OUR DISTRICT BAY CITY
COUNCIL SYSTEM, VIEW OF
DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
REPRESENT THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME ON
ISSUES LIKE THIS.
I UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION.
BASED IN LARGE PART ON THESE
VARIOUS FACTORS, I WILL BE
VOTING YESTERDAY FOR THE
COMMITTEE.
IF THERE IS NEW INFORMATION
THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT I HAVE
USED TO MAKE MY DECISION THUS
FAR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REVISIT
DURING THE FULL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
I'M YES TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU HAVE
YOUR HAND RAISED AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
I SHOULD REITERATE HERE
PUBLICLY GIVEN COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON'S COMMENTS, I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON'S WORDS
ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE VIEW AT
THE DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER
CONSIDERING LEGISLATION LIKE
THIS.
I DID ALSO, I TOUCHED ON THIS
WITH MY BACK AND FORTH WITH
LISH JUST NOW, I DO THINK
SINCE WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC
COMMENTOR TODAY TALKING ABOUT
THE SPOT ZONE THINK AND IT WAS
AN ITEM OF CONDITION CONTENTION
IN THE SEATTLE TIMES PIECE JUST
WRITTEN.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
WEEDS ON IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY AS A THRESHOLD MATTER, YOU
CANNOT HAVE A SPOT ZONE ON THE
USE ALREADY ALLOWED IN AN AREA.
LIKE A SPOT ZONE WOULD BE IF WE
TOOK SOME PARCEL IN THE MIDDLE
OF A SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND LET THEM BUILD A FERTILIZER
FACTORY THERE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS.
WE ARE ALLOWING SOMETHING TO BE
BIGGER THAN IT CURRENTLY IS
ALREADY PERMITTED IN THE ZONE
THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY USE.
I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE
SINCE IT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AS
AN ISSUE,, IT HAS GOTTEN A
LITTLE TRACTION WITH MORE
PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD.
JUST TO PUT IT TO BED,
CATEGORICALLY DOES NOT EVEN
MEET THE THRESHOLD TO THE
CONSIDERED OF SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT IS A BRIEF
COMMENT.
I AGREE WITH JUDGE JUAREZ, HER
ASSESSMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ALWAYS GOOD TO DEFER TO OUR
DELEGATES.
I DID WANT TO PUT THAT POINT IN
OPEN SESSION, IT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION I DID
NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
OF WHY IT WASN'T A SPOT ZONE
LAST TIME.
PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
ACTUALLY CHANGING THE ZONING.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I CAN SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
WE DO DEFER AND I'M GLAD THAT
IS WHY WE WENT TO A DISTRICT
SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN AND
SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS
IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I NOTE YOU
PAY ATTENTION LIKE I DO ON THE
GROUND WITH WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOP, PUBLIC
ASSETS, BRICK AND MORTAR
BUILDING, HOW THIS ENHANCES.
AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND
THE ISSUES, THAT IS WHY YOU ARE
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT, I HOPE WE HAVE OUR
COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
BRIEFLY COMMENTING ON COUNCIL
MEMBER LOUIS' COMMENTS, I KNOW
THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION THIS
LEGISLATION COULD BE A SPOT
ZONE CONSULTING WITH THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MY
COLLEAGUES, I'M CONFIDENT IT IS
NOT A SPOT REASON.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW USES OR
ADJUSTMENTS, IT ADJUSTS MAXIMUM
I'M SIZES OF SPORTS IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITIES, USES ALLOWED IN
INDUSTRIAL 2 ZONES.
BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWED IN THESE
ZONES, IT CANNOT BE
INCONSISTENT WITH THE
SURROUNDING USES.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
OTHERWISE, I WILL WRAP US UP,
SUE BIRD PROVIDED TESTIMONY AT
THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS WEEK.
AS SUE BIRD SHARED, TEAMS CAN
LOSE STAR PLAYERS WHEN THEY DO
NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT THEIR PLAYERS.
WE HAVE SEEN BEAUTIFUL NEW
HOCKEY FACILITY OPEN IN
NORTHGATE THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO
INAUGURATE THE CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA IN A FEW WEEKS.
THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS AND
OTHER SPORTS WITH LIDDY TO BE
BUILT IN GENERAL, SOMETHING
THAT SUPPORTS TEAMS AND CREATES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF
OUR CITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE SEATTLE
STORM'S BACK, WE NEED TO HAVE
THE PLAYERS' BACK IN THIS
MOMENT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THEY HAVE SUPPORT, WE NEED
THEIR MINDS FOCUSED ON THE GAME
SO THEY FOCUS SIMPLY ON THE
COURT SO THEY CAN WIN OUR NEXT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
FOR ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING
FROM THE STORM, WE ARE VERY
EXCITED AND HONORED TO HAVE YOU
AS REPRESENTATIVES OUR CITY AND
GOOD LOOK ON SUNDAY.
WE ARE HERE WITH YOU.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE TO
BRING THIS TO A VOTE.
SEEN NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M
DRECKMAN PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120149 . IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AND
LEWIS.
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120149 . WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL ROLL.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MISSION CARRIES,
LEGISLATION WILL BE BACK BEFORE
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER
4. LET'S GO, STORM!
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE AN HOUR INTO THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE MEETING AND ON THE
ITEM FIVE OF SIX TOGETHER ITEMS
HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE,
SO WE MAKE TAKE A LITTLE BIT
SLOWER.
I ENDEAVOR TO GET US OUT IN A
REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS
BRIEFING FROM OPCD ON PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT REPORT ON THE
CONFERENCE OF LAND NATURE OF
THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT.
MR. NOAH AN, READ INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM 5, CONFERENCE A PLAN
MAJOR UPDATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS REPORT REQUIRED TO LIFT
PROVISO ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
BUDGET FOR THE CONFERENCE A
PLAN MAJOR UPDATE, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO DEEPLY ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES ACROSS SEATTLE AS
WE WORK TOWARDS THE MAJOR
UPDATE IN 2024 WHICH WILL SHAPE
THE FUTURE OF GROWTH IN
SEATTLE.
WE ARE JOINED BY INTERIM
DIRECTOR RICO QUIRINDONGO AND
MICHAEL HUBNER OF OPCD.
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR
AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
I SHOULD CHECK TO SEE WHETHER
MIGHT DIRECTOR HAS JOINED US.
>> WE ARE MOVING TOO QUICKLY.
>> YEAH, HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE
YOU WOULD BE SO SPEEDY THIS
AFTERNOON BUT HE EMPOWERED ME
TO PLOW AHEAD, WITH THE SUN
SHINING, HE MAY JOIN US DURING
THE PRESENTATION.
HE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY AND
ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN AND
HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE.
>> ARE WE GOOD TO GO, CAN YOU
SEE THAT?
>> YES, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
AS I KNOW THE COMMITTEE WELL
KNOWS, WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH
OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
THIS PLAN IS 20 YEAR GUIDE FOR
HOW OUR CITY GROWS TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS FOUR EQUITABLE AND
RESILIENT FEATURE.
IT IS INFORMED BY OUR VALUES AS
WELL, EVERY TIME WE UPDATE THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAKE THIS
EFFORT IS FUNDAMENTALLY SHAPED
BY BROAD AND DEEP COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
THE NEXT UPDATE IN 2024 AND WE
ARE EAGER TO ROLL UP OUR
SLEEVES AND BEGIN WORKING WITH
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY ON
THE UPDATE AND WHAT WE'RE
HOPING TO DO TODAY IS SHARE
WITH YOU ARE THINKING, GAME PLAN
FOR ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY
OVER THE NEXT 2 1/2 YEARS OR
MORE AS WE WORK FOR JUNE 2024
WHEN YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING
THE PLAN UPDATE FOR ADOPTION.
AS MR. CHAIR NOTED, THIS
INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO
SATISFY THE PROVISO FOR $100,000
AS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF
BUDGET THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO
DO ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PLAN GOING FORWARD.
WE ARE EAGER TO START THAT WORK
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF
THIS YEAR.
THIS PLAN STARTS WITH
ARTICULATING WHAT OUR GOALS ARE
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE
HIGH EXPECTATIONS COMMUNITY HAS
FOR MEANINGFUL AND DEEP AND
BROAD AND EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT
RELATED TO THIS PLANT AND WE
KNOW WE BOTH HAVE A CITYWIDE
SCOPE AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL TO REACH PEOPLE IN
MEANINGFUL AND INTERACTIVE
WAYS.
WE ARE CENTERING OUR EFFORT
AROUND RACE AND EQUITY, OR
TASING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
BOTH IN TERMS OF HEARING FROM
THEM, ENGAGING WITH THEM ON
THIS BILL AND HAVING CAPACITY
FOR ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LONG-
TERM.
WE ARE EMPHASIZING EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION THAT IS
MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT.
ALWAYS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE
WITH EFFORT LIKE CONFERENCE OF
PLANNING AND LONG-TERM COVERING
MANY DIFFERENT POLICY TOPICS
THAT WE ARE AIMING TO RISE TO
THE CHALLENGE TO MAKE THIS
MEANINGFUL RELATABLE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF THE CITY, USING PLAIN TALK
AND GRAPHICS, MULTIPLE CHANNELS
OF COMMUNICATION AND INPUT ON
THE PLANT AND MAKING THIS
EFFORT ACCESSIBLE AND
MULTILINGUAL.
THIS MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT IS
NOT ONLY ABOUT PROVIDING
INFORMATION TO COMMUNITIES AND
THE PUBLIC BUT REALLY IT IS
ABOUT INTERACTION, DIALOGUE AND
A PLAN THAT MEETS OUR GOALS AND
GUYS GOING FOR AND TO BE TRULY
TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIVE TO
THE OUTSIDE.
GUIDED BY THESE GOALS, ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS WE ARE DOING
AS WELL IS THINKING ABOUT WHO
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH AND HOW
WE ARE PRIORITIZING RESOURCES.
FIRST AND FOREMOST CENTERING
RACE AND EQUITY IN THE EFFORT,
WE ARE PRIORITIZING LIMITED
RESOURCES TO ENGAGE WITH
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD
ACCESS AND THE ABILITY AND
INFLUENCE OVER CITYWIDE
POLICYMAKING IN THE PAST
RESULTING IN HISTORICAL AND
ONGOING HARMS, SPECIFICALLY
BIPOC COMMUNITIES, LIMITED
ENGLISH COMMUNITIES, REFUGEES,
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES, AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A DUTY TO
REACH THE ENTIRE CITY, GENERAL
PUBLIC, FULL RANGE OF PEOPLE,
RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES,
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS EFFORT WILL ENDEAVOR TO DO
BOTH WELL KEEP AT THE NORTH
STAR MAKING THIS EQUITABLE AND
INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO
USING OUR RESOURCES, AND I KNOW
IS A BUDGET PROVISO, I'M SURE
YOU'RE INTERESTED HEARING FROM
US HOW WE INTEND TO USE THE
MONIES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE
HAVE A TOTAL EXPECTED AT THIS
POINT BUDGET OF $150,000 FOR
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
SPECIFICALLY OVER THE THREE
YEARS, SUPPLEMENTED BY THE OPCD
STAFFING WE HAVE WITH LONG-
RANGE PLANNING AND
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. WHAT WE
INTEND TO DO IS USE $150,000
NEARLY EXCLUSIVELY TO ENABLE
EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT AND
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS TO BE PART OF THIS
PLANNING EFFORT, SPECIFICALLY
AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, TO INFORM THE
PLANNING EFFORT, AND TO REACH
THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE
THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SERVE OR WORK WITH ARE EMBEDDED
IN PARTICULAR THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, BIPOC AND OTHERS
THAT WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED
WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO BRING ON A
COHORT IF YOU WILL, A SMALL
GROUP OF COMMUNITY LIAISONS WHO
WOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM
DIRECTLY TO ORIENT THEM, TRAIN
THEM, REPRESENT THE PLAN
PROCESS BUT ALSO REACH THE
COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT AND
CONNECT WITH.
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY
LIAISONS, WE ENDEAVOR TO FILL
IN THE GAPS TO BE COGNIZANT OF
REACHING FULL RANGE OF
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE CITY AND WE ARE HOPEFUL WE
WILL HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
DOING IT IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY
AND LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES
NOT MEETING THAT OBJECTIVE
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
IS ANOTHER AREA WE WOULD BE
PUTTING RESOURCES FROM OUR
BUDGET, NOT ONLY WRITTEN FORM
BUT NEW AND EMERGING FORMAT FOR
REACHING COPPERHEADS OF PLAN
UPDATE.
REALLY BEING NIMBLE TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WORK
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,
ESPECIALLY THE PLANNING WORK
THAT GETS DEEPER AND MORE
COMPLICATED AND HEAR BACK FROM
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS AND
WHAT IS NOT WORKING.
STAFF AT OPCD WITH TAKING ON
MATERIALS, GRAPHICS,
ENGAGEMENT, SETTING UP WEBSITE
AND PLATFORMS FOR INTERACTIVE
VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENTS.
CITYWIDE OUTREACH, MEETINGS AND
EVENTS, MEDIA AND ANALYZING AND
PROCESSING COMMENTS. THAT IS
WORK WE WOULD HANDLE IN-HOUSE.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, QUICK QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO FLAG $150,000
FOR THREE YEAR ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS FOR SOMETHING THIS
IMPORTANT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL
BUDGET.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THAT
PLANS TO PASS BUDGETS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT OFFHAND?
>> NO, AT LEAST I HAVE A ROUGH
ESTIMATE.
IT IS A BIT CHALLENGING LOOKING
BACKWARD TO GET A PRECISE
NUMBER FROM THE LAST CONFERENCE
OF PLAN UPDATE, IT WAS
TTENUATED PROCESS OVER SEVERAL
YEARS.
THIS IS A SMALLER BUDGET THAN
THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING THE
LAST UPDATE WHICH WAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $225,000-
$250,000.
I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT, WE
UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS OF
COMMUNITY FOR THE KIND OF
ENGAGEMENT WE WOULD BE DOING,
KIND OF CAPACITY BUILDING FOR
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
SETTING A HIGHER BAR GOING INTO
THIS UPDATE THAT ARGUABLY
EXPERIENCED THE LAST TIME WHEN
SEATTLE WAS BEING DEVELOPED,
LESS RESOURCES AND THE NEEDS
ARE GREATER SO THIS WILL BE A
CHALLENGE.
>> OKAY.
I WILL KEEP MY EYES ON THIS
WHICH LEADS ME TO GENERAL
QUESTION, MAYBE I CAN SAVE IT
FOR THE END, THINKING ABOUT IT
NOW, HOW CAN WE AS
COUNCILMEMBERS HELP YOU?
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
WILL BE DOING THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS IS BEING IN
COMMUNICATION WITH YOU ABOUT
HOW IT IS GOING AND HOW
EFFECTIVE WE ARE, THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRIEFING AT
KEY JUNCTURES AND THE PROCESS.
I'M ABOUT TO GO ONTO A TIMELINE
SLIDE WHICH WILL GIVE YOU SOME
IDEAS TO WIN THOSE MAJOR
MILESTONES ARE.
AS YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED, THE
RESOURCE QUESTION WILL BE
IMPORTANT AND WE MAY NEED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO RISE TO
BOTH IMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND
WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO ACHIEVE
MAKING THIS EFFORT.
>> I WILL SAVE MY OTHER
QUESTIONS, I SEE WE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY DIRECTOR.
MY APOLOGIES, OUR COMMITTEE
CLERK IS SO GOOD AND MY
COLLEAGUES ARE SO
STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH QUESTIONS
WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE, DIRECTOR.
>> NO PROBLEM COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
YOU RUN A TIGHT MEETING WHICH I
SUPER APPRECIATE SO THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THE
FIRST PART OF MICHAEL'S
PRESENTATION.
BUT I KNOW IT WELL, OBVIOUSLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION THOUGH,
AND I GUESS I WOULD SAY WHAT WE
KNOW IS THAT WHEN THIS BUDGET
WAS PUT TOGETHER, 150,000, IT
DID NOT CONTEMPLATE AMONGST
OTHER THINGS COMPENSATION OF
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE
AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WE NOW KNOW THAT WE NEED IN
THIS SEASON OF CHANGE AND
RECONCILIATION I BELIEVE WE ARE
IN NOW.
IT IS SOMETHING I THINK BEARS
FURTHER CONVERSATION AS WE DIVE
INTO THE WORK IN 2022.
>> IMPORTANT FLAG AND ALERT.
I WILL SAVE MY OTHER QUESTIONS
AND MAYBE MICHAEL WILL ANSWER
THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS
WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS LEVERAGING
PARTNERSHIPS IN COURT NATION
WITH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
CITY.
BRIEFLY HERE, I WANT TO FOCUS
ON THE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS
AND ORDINATION PIECES WE ARE
TAKING ON.
I MENTIONED WORKING EXTERNALLY
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT IS KEY, ONE
OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS WE
PRESENTED OVER THE SUMMER FROM
POLICY, THAT ROLE OF EXTERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS REACHING BIPOC
AND OTHER MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
INTERNALLY COORDINATION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE
BLESSED, IF YOU WILL, OF THEIR
BEING OTHER SIMILAR EFFORTS IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
MOST PROMINENTLY, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TAKING ON, WHAT
EXPECT BROAD CITYWIDE
TRANSPORTATION EFFORT.
MUCH THE SAME TIMELINE AS A
COMPREHENSIVE AND SEEKING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOINING
ENGAGEMENT, JOINT PARTNERSHIPS
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, MESSAGING,
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND
UNIFIED CONVERSATION AROUND THE
FUTURE OF THE CITY THAT COVERS
TRANSPORTATION AND VARIETY OF
ISSUES WITH THE CONFERENCE OF
PLAN.
THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL, THEY
SHARE OUR WATER PROJECT,
UTILITIES AND OTHERS.
AS WELL AS LEVERAGING WORK OPCD
ALREADY DOING AROUND STATIONARY
PLANNING, EDI PROGRAM,
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY.
WE ARE DOING ENGAGEMENT IN
THESE OTHER AREAS AND THEY ALL
PLAN AND WE TRY TO LEVERAGE THAT
. THIS APPROACH WILL BE FLEXIBLE
AND RESPONSIVE TO THE
CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND
ENGAGEMENT HYBRID WEIGHT IN
PERSON AND ONLINE AND TRY TO BE
NIMBLE THROUGH THAT AS WE GO
FORWARD.
AS WELL AS CONTINUOUS LEARNING
AND IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE
VARIOUS PHASES OF OUTREACH.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS VERY
SIMPLIFIED TIMELINE FOR THE
PROJECT INCLUDING MAJOR
MILESTONES LAUNCHED THIS FALL,
SCOPING FOR CIBA ANALYSIS
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR,
DRAFT EIS AND DRAFT PLAN EARLY
2023 AND WHAT IS ANTICIPATED TO
BE FINAL PLANT TRANSMITTED TECH
COUNCIL AND FINAL EIS AT THE
END OF 2023 IN ADOPTION OF JUNE
2024.
ROUGHLY COINCIDES WITH FOUR
PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
ON THE SLIDE, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT A FEW IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS OF THIS INTENDED TO
SUMMARIZE OBJECTIVES AND
ACTIVITIES IN EACH OF THESE
FOUR PHASES.
YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN WHAT
WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
THE FIRST PHASE, WHAT WE CALL
LEARN AND LISTEN ROUGHLY
BETWEEN NOW AND THE BEGINNING
OF SPRING NEXT YEAR, WE WILL
RAISE AWARENESS BEGINNING WITH
CITYWIDE DISCUSSION ESTABLISHING
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BISHOPS,
REFINING THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PLAN THE INFORMATION
WE ARE GIVING TODAY WILL BE
FURTHER REFINED WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY LIAISONS, CEOs,
COMMISSIONS, FOR MORE PUBLIC
PHASING, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PLAN AVAILABLE AROUND THE END
OF THE YEAR AND INITIATING
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT.
SPECIFICALLY, LAUNCHING OUR
WEBSITE WITH BRANDING AND
PUBLIC MATERIALS, ENDEAVORING
TO GO TRULY LIVE WITH THAT
EFFORT AROUND THE END OF THIS
YEAR AND DOING THE WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS IN COORDINATION
WITH SDOT AND OTHERS TO MAKE
THIS MORE ROBUST EFFORT GOING
INTO 2022 WITH COMMISSIONS,
GETTING THE COMMUNITY LIAISON
AND CBO CONTRACTS IN PLACE
EARLY THIS FALL SO WE ARE
HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING
GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
DURING THE SHAPING THE PLAN
PHASE IN THE NEXT YEAR, THIS IS
WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH GENERAL
PUBLIC AS WELL AS EMPHASIZING
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AROUND
THE GROWTH STRATEGY, THAT IS
WHERE AND HOW WE PLAN FOR
HOUSING AND JOBS OVER THE NEXT
20 TO 25 YEARS AS WELL AS THE
GAPS AND NEEDS IN OUR PLANNED
ELEMENTS, WHERE THE POLICIES
RESIDE WITHIN THE PLAN, BANDING
UP INTERACTIVE WEB PLATFORM FOR
GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY ABOUT
VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN,
COMMUNICATING WHAT THE PLAN
ALTERNATIVES WE WILL STUDY IN
EIS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEY MEAN
IN A WAY RELATABLE ON A
NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TO DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES USING TOOLS SUCH AS
FOCUS GROUPS, WORKSHOPS,
COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE
MORE INTERACTIVE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND THESE TOPICS AND
CONTINUING PARTNERSHIPS AROUND
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT WHICH
I WILL COVER IN THE NEXT SLIDE
TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER BETTER
PICTURE OF THAT.
BRIEFLY, INTO 2023, THAT IS
WHEN WE HAVE THE IES DRAFT
PLAN, IT REALLY ABOUT GETTING
THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND
HEARING PEOPLE SUSTAIN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
THROUGH THE LATTER STAGES OF
THE WORK.
ALWAYS EASIER TO GET PEOPLE
EXCITED AND ENGAGED AT THE
BEGINNING OF A LENGTHY PLANNING
PROCESS.
OUR CHALLENGE HERE WILL BE
KEEPING THOSE COMMUNITIES
ENGAGED FOR WHEN SOME OF THE
BIG DECISIONS ARE MADE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD OF PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR FUTURE GROWTH
AND THE FINAL PLAN THAT COMES
BACK TO YOU IN 2024.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO CHECK IN
ABOUT THESE KEY, ARE WE ABLE TO
MOVE BACK ONE OR STUCK FORWARD?
THERE WE ARE.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO COME BACK
TO COMMITTEE AT THESE KEY
MILESTONES YOU LAID OUT SO YOU
CAN REPORT OUT TO LET US KNOW
WHAT YOUR ALREADY HEARING?
>> YES.
I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
IDEA.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE ALREADY
CONTEMPLATING WITH REGARD TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS TOWARD
THE END OF EACH OF THESE
PHASES, TO INTENTIONALLY ASK
THE QUESTION OF COMMUNITY AND
OURSELVES, HOW ARE WE DOING?
ARE WE EFFECTIVELY REACHING
PEOPLE, WHAT ARE WE HEARING?
THOSE WOULD BE EXCELLENT
JUNCTURES TO COME BACK TO
COUNCIL AND ALSO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO COMMUNICATE
WITH YOU THEIR GOALS AND WHAT
THEY WERE HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY?
NEED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH ME,
I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP OFF-
LINE.
>> I THINK THAT IS A LENGTHY,
CLEARLY THESE KINDS OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TO
COUNCIL CERTAINLY GOING INTO,
THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHAT
YOUR GOALS ARE FOR THE PROCESS
THROUGH RESOLUTION OR OTHER
FORMATS GOING AS WE ARE
LAUNCHING THIS EFFORT IN THE
NEXT YEAR, CERTAINLY OTHER WAYS
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS TO SHARE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE GOING
ALONG, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT
THESE PHASES AND WHERE YOU ARE.
>> GREAT.
LET'S DEFINITELY CREATE CLEAR
PARAMETERS AND CHANNELS BECAUSE
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
START SENDING RESOLUTIONS EVERY
WEEK OR DOING KIND OF
PIECEMEAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY
COLLEAGUES A VERY CLEAR CHANNEL
OF ENGAGEMENT SO WE CAN FOCUS
THAT.
>> WE ARE CERTAINLY AVAILABLE
TO ENGAGE WITH COUNCIL IN A
VARIETY OF MODES.
WE WILL TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT
THAT FOR SURE.
DIRECTOR STRAUSS.
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK AS WE LAY OUT IN 2022
WHAT OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN IS FOR
REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS AND
CEOs, IDENTIFYING THE MILESTONES
WE ARE COMING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL TO REPORT OUT AND ALSO
HEAR WHAT YOU ARE HEARING, I
THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
I ALSO THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY
GOOD IDEA OF PEOPLE AND
ORGANIZATIONS YOU KNOW WE NEED
TO BE TALKING WITH SO WE REALLY
WANT THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL.
, TO INFORM THE PLAN.
>> EXACTLY.
THANK YOU.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME.
>> THIS IS MY LAST SUBSTANTIVE
SLIDE.
IT SUMMARIZES WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE IN TERMS OF THE
PROCESS, MAPS UNDER THIS
PLANNING EFFORT.
IT IS BASED ON THE STEPS
DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS A NUMBER OF YEARS
AGO FOR RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKITS
BUT IT IS TAILORED TO THE KIND
OF QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND
FRAMEWORK YOU WOULD BE USING TO
DEVELOP REALLY ROBUST PROCESS,
ESSENTIALLY STARTING NOW,
MEANINGFULLY STARTED WITH
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS WE
DEVELOPED AND BROUGHT TO THIS
COMMITTEE THIS PAST SUMMER.
IT IS GROUNDED IN INVOLVEMENT
WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHICH REALLY
THREADS THROUGHOUT THE OTHER
STEPS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE EDI
ADVISORY BOARD FOR OVERSIGHT
AND AS A WORKING GROUP FOR KEY
JUNCTURES IN THE PROCESS AND
PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUITY
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THE FOCUS ON MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES THROUGH GENERAL
OUTREACH, WHAT WE ARE DOING
WITH EDI ADVISORY BOARD AND
STAFF AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IS TO
DEVELOP A SET OF QUESTIONS AND
TOPICS, THE KIND OF DIALOGUE
WITH COMMUNITY THAT RELATE TO
EACH OF THE STEPS THAT YOU SEE
HERE.
THE PROCESS BECOMES HARDER WITH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT IS
INFORMED BY DATA. WE HAVE A
WEALTH OF DATA SUMMARIZED IN
THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS
REPORT AND EQUITABLE MONITORING
REPORT WHICH IS ONGOING BODY OF
WORK, WE HAVE A SET OF
DASHBOARDS AND OTHER DATA ON
THE WEBSITE.
IT IS A GREAT STARTING POINT
FOR CONSIDERING SOME OF THE
CORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE
UPDATING THE RISK AND
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING WHICH WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LAST
PLANNING, PLANNING UPDATE
EFFORT AS WELL AS BACKGROUND
REPORT WHICH ESTABLISHES A STORY
WEAVING IN DATA AND MESSAGING
AROUND WHAT IS AN ISSUE IN THE
PLAN, VERY MUCH GROUNDED IN
RACE AND EQUITY AND DIALOGUE
GOING FORWARD.
WE HOPE IT IS AN EXCELLENT
RESOURCE FOR THIS EFFORT, WE
EXPECT THE BACKGROUND REPORT TO
BE AVAILABLE AROUND THE END OF
THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THIS PROCESS WILL DEFINE
OUTCOMES FOR THE UPDATE THAT
ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT
ARE EVIDENT IN THE DATA WE ARE
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY.
THE OUTCOMES WILL BE DOCUMENTED
EARLY IN THE PROCESS SO WHEN WE
GET TO THE END OF THE PROCESS
WITH THE FINAL PLAN GOING TO
COUNCIL, WE CAN ANSWER THE
QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE HAVE
ADDRESSED THOSE OUTCOMES AND
ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
THE OUTCOMES WILL ENDEAVOR TO
MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS FOR BIPOC
AND OTHER MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCE
OPPORTUNITIES AND MINIMIZE HARM
. WE SEE THIS AS BEING VERY
ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION AROUND
HOW WE ARE ADVANCING GROWTH
STRATEGY NOT ONLY HOUSING BUT
JOBS AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING
GAPS IN OUR POLICY ELEMENTS.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE EDI
ADVISORY BOARD VERY CLOSELY TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT MATERIAL GOING
FORWARD AND PRODUCING A REPORT
THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT GOES
TO COUNCIL LATER IN THE PROCESS
AS WELL AS INTEGRATING EQUITY
ANALYSIS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY.
THAT IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL
SUMMARY OF THE RED PROCESS.
HAPPY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL
AND TALK IN MORE DETAILS AS WE
GO THROUGH EACH PHASE OF WORK .
IT IS UNLIKE THE LAST UPDATE WE
ARE STARTING VERY INTENTIONALLY
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS
AND CARRYING IT THROUGH UNTIL
THE END.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
>> WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS? WE HOPE YOU AGREE
THIS HAS GIVEN YOU A GOOD
PICTURE OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO,
HOW WE PLAN TO USE THE BUDGET
RESOURCES THAT CAN SATISFY THE
PROVISO AND WE CAN GET TO WORK.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
ON THE QUESTION THAT HAS COME
UP SINCE IT DURING THE
PRESENTATION, AT THIS TIME,
MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOW
THINK ABOUT GEOGRAPHY OF THE
CITY IN TERMS OF CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICTS.
HAVE YOU ALREADY ANTICIPATED
THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
CITYWIDE LEVEL OUTREACH AND THE
COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHICH ARE I
GUESS IN SOME WAYS INTERMEDIATE
LEVEL OF GEOGRAPHY?
>> WE HAD NOT WORKED THE COUNCIL
DISTRICT GEOGRAPHY EXPLICIT WE
PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY WE KNOW WE
NEED TO REACH ALL AREAS OF THE
CITY.
ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE DISTRICTS
IN VERY MEANINGFUL WAY AND
SOMETHING TO BE COGNIZANT OF
GOING FORWARD AND FEEDBACK
FROM, CERTAINLY A PIECE OF
FEEDBACK FROM COUNCILMEMBERS,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
REACHING THE PEOPLE THAT RESIDE
IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
IF WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WELL,
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
>> MAYBE THAT IS, WHEN YOU
PROVIDE THE PARAMETERS OF HOW
WE BEST FUNNEL FEEDBACK TO YOU,
THAT INTERMEDIATE GEOGRAPHY
LEVEL.
I CAN SEE DIRECTOR RICO
QUIRINDONGO.
THE LAST QUESTION OF THE DAY,
DESIRE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL OUTREACH
LOOKS LIKE.
>> I THINK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL OUTREACH IS A PLAN WE
STILL NEED TO PUT IN PLACE.
WHEN I SAY THAT, HAVING COME
FROM A COMMUNITY BASE
BACKGROUND MYSELF, WE NEED TO
PUT TOGETHER A PLAN WHICH
OUTLINES, WHAT IS OUR VISION,
MISSION, AND GOALS FOR THE
OUTREACH PROCESS?
A VERY LITERAL ABOUT WHO IT IS
WE ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE, WHAT
ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH
STAKEHOLDERS, WHAT GROUPS, WHAT
IS THE PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO
ENGAGE TO DO THAT AND WHAT ARE
THE INTENDED OUTCOMES IN THE
SENSE AS WE GOT TO THE COMMUNITY
, PEOPLE HAVE A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF GIVEN YOUR
INPUT, HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE
INTO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE
PLANT AND HOW WAS THAT
IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY AND BY
COMMUNITY AFTER A PLAN HAS BEEN
COMPLETED?
THAT IS ACTUALLY A LOT OF WORK
WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL JUMP INTO
TO BEGIN TO START TO OUTLINE
THAT ONCE WE HAVE PROVISO LEFT
AND STARTED DOWN THAT ROAD WITH
CONSULTANT AND WORK INTERNAL TO
THE OFFICE.
I THINK TO YOUR EARLIER POINT
ABOUT DISTRICTS, I THINK THE
VERY INTENTIONAL WORK WE WANT
TO DO WITH COUNCILMEMBERS HIS
IDENTIFICATION OF BOTH ISSUES
IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
YOU KNOW NEED TO BE TIED INTO
THE CONVERSATION AS A PROCESS.
I THINK DIFFERENT FROM MATT,
THE LINES DRAWN IN THE PLAN ARE
LINES LIKE THE AREA PLANS WE
ALSO KNOW WE NEED TO DO,
PLANNING EFFORT BEFORE, THAT IS
A DIFFERENT EFFORT NOT
EXPLICITLY OUTLINED IN THE
INITIAL SCOPING OF THE PROCESS
THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE
REGIONAL COUNCIL IN 2018 SO
THAT HIS WORK WE NEED TO JUMP
INTO IN 22 NEED TO AS WELL.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS I
THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IN
THE PROCESS WE ARE BOTH LOOKING
AT OUTCOMES RELATED TO EACH OF
YOUR DISTRICTS AND OUTCOMES
RELATED TO ANY OF A NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO OUTCOMES
RELATED TO THE AREA PLANS WE
NEED TO START TO PROCESS FOR AS
WELL.
I HOPE THAT HELPS.
>> WELL SAID.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU
ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
LIGHT GLAZE.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS
AT THIS TIME?
I'M SEEING NONE.
I WENT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
CLOSELY AS WE GET READY TO
SHAPE THE MAJOR UPDATE IN 2024.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS PROVISO
LIFTED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
>> HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOVING AHEAD, WE ARE ON THE
LAST ITEM OF THE AGENDA TODAY,
FINAL AGENDA ITEM IS THE
QUARTERLY TREE REPORT FROM SDCI
AND OSC.
MR. NOAH AN, READ THE TITLE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAJOR
UPDATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT
. SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
AND OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT QUARTERLY TREE
PROTECTION REPORT.
>> COUNCIL PASSED ALMOST TWO
YEARS AGO WHICH I HELPED AUTHOR.
WE ARE JOINED BY PRESENTERS
FROM SDCI AND OSC.
WILL YOU ALL INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND TAKE AWAY THE
PRESENTATION.
WE ARE LED TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TODAY, PATRICIA BAKKER AND
CHANDA EMERY.
>> THANK YOU, I WILL SHARE MY
SCREEN SO YOU CAN SEE THE
PRESENTATION.
HOPEFULLY, ALL OF YOU CAN SEE
THIS.
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
SDCI AND OSC ARE HAPPY TO BE
HERE WITH YOU FOR THE THIRD
COURTLY BRIEFING OF 2021 ON
PROGRESS MADE IN OUR TO UPDATE
TREE PROTECTIONS.
I'M PATRICIA BAKKER, POLICY
ADVISOR IN OSC, I WILL COVER
INFORMATION ON THE URBAN FOREST
MANAGEMENT PLAN WE ARE PLEASED
TO SAY IS FINALIZED AND
AVAILABLE ONLINE.
AND RICO QUIRINDONGO SIX WILL
PROVIDE UPDATES. FOR THE
MANAGEMENT PLAN, TODAY WE ARE
PROUD TO SHARE THIS WORK THAT
IS CULMINATION OF SEVERAL YEARS
OF EFFORT, THE CITY URBAN
FOREST IS INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT ASSET.
WE'VE SEEN PARTICULARLY THIS
YEAR THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF
EXTREME HEAT ON OUR COMMUNITIES
AND HOW CRITICAL THE
INFORMATION IS, ESPECIALLY
ENVIRONMENTAL OF DISPARAGED
COMMUNITIES.
ENVIRONMENT HELPS WITH HEAT
EVANS AS THEY FACE REDUCED
TEMPERATURES IN AND AROUND
HOMES.
THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW
CRITICAL THE URBAN FOREST IS
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT WE HAVE EFFECTIVE
PLAN ENSURING IT IS CARED FOR
ADEQUATELY.
TO HELP PROVIDE THAT CARE AND
PROTECT THIS IMPORTANT
RESOURCE, WE HAVE PLANNING
DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES THE
FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY AND ACTION
THAT GUIDES CITY GOVERNMENT
DECISION-MAKING TO HELP SEATTLE
MAINTAIN, PRESERVE, ENHANCE,
AND RESTORE ITS URBAN FOREST.
SEATTLE URBAN FORESTRY
FUNCTIONS ARE ORGANIZED IN
INTEGRATED APPROACH WHERE THE
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE WORK
ARE HOUSED IN NINE DEPARTMENTS
THAT CONDUCT THE WORK AND THE
DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO
DEVELOP TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT OF THE CITYWIDE
RESOURCE ACROSS THIS.
THE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED
IN 2007 AND WE STRIVE TO UPDATE
EVERY FIVE YEARS.
DIFFERS UPDATE TOOK PLACE IN
2013 AND THIS IS THE SECOND
UPDATE BEGINNING IN 2018.
COMPLETE IN 2020.
WE WORKED THIS YEAR TO FINALIZE
THE DOCUMENTS, THE PLANT ITSELF
AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. AS OF
SEPTEMBER 14, THERE LIVE AND
ONLINE.
THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE PLAN
WAS LED BY THE TEAM MADE UP OF
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVEN OF
THE NINE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN
URBAN FORESTRY SPONSOR
ABILITIES WHICH ARE SHOWN HERE
IN THIS GRAPHIC IN THE TOP
RIGHT, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
ARE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED
IN MORE AD HOC MANNER.
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE THE
ACTIVE MEMBERS AND WORK
TOGETHER DEVELOPING THE PLAN.
BEGAN BY ESTABLISHING THE
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, UPDATES
FOR THE UPDATED PLAN TO PROVIDE
THAT FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY AND
ACTION TO GUIDE CITY GOVERNMENT
MAINTAIN FURTHER AND ENHANCE
AND RESTORE THE FOREST.
SET OF GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND
ACTIONS AND INDICATORS BUT DIED
DEPARTMENT STAFF SUPPORTING
HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN
FOREST ACROSS SEATTLE PUBLICLY
AND PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS.
14 MEMBERS WORKED WITH
DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS
THROUGHOUT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS AND IMPORTANT TO HEAR
FROM COMMUNITY PREPARING THIS
UPDATE, CREATED ENGAGEMENT PLAN
TO REACH OUT TO UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES.
WE CARRIED OUT PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT IN TWO PHASES WITH
INITIAL OUTREACH FOCUSING ON
BIPOC IMMUNITIES AS WELL AS
OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN 2018
AND 2019 PRIOR TO PUTTING PEN
TO PAPER AND WITH THE INITIAL
INPUT RECEIVED CREATED FIRST
DRAFT OF THE PLAN.
THE SECOND PHASE INCLUDED
ENGAGEMENT WITH AND FEEDBACK
FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION AS WELL AS SHARING
THE DRAFT PLAN WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND OTHER KEY
STAKEHOLDERS.
WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO SESSION
PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTED
BIPOC ENGAGEMENT IN PHASE ONE
TO MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATED
INPUT INTO THE GOALS,
STRATEGIES, AND ACTIONS.
ONCE ALL OF THIS INPUT WAS
SUMMARIZED AND CONSIDERED AND
CHANGES INCORPORATED INTO THE
PLAN, THE TEAM INTRODUCED A
SIMPLE CHECKLIST AS IS
CUSTOMARY WITH PLANS SUCH AS
THIS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SDCI ISSUE DETERMINATION WHICH
WAS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN
MARCH AND APRIL 2020 AND THERE
IS NO APPEAL TO THAT FINDING.
ONCE THE SECRET PROCESS WAS
FINALIZED WE GAIN MAYORAL
APPROVAL TO HAVE THE ELECTION
AND RELEASE IT AND TODAY IT IS
OUR PLEASURE TO RETURN THE PLAN.
THE PLAN IS POSTED ONLINE ON
THE TREES FOR SEATTLE WEBSITE.
WE WILL COVER SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF IT HERE.
THE PLAN OVERALL COVERS THE
CURRENT STATUS OF THE URBAN
FOREST AND DETAILS ON THE
EXISTING MANAGEMENT APPROACH
AND IT INCLUDES DETAILS THAT
FRAME AND GUIDE OUR FOREST
MANAGEMENT.
TO START WITH, THE PLAN COVERS
SEATTLE URBAN RESOURCE. IT
DESCRIBES MANAGEMENT UNITS AS
ORGANIZING RENTABLE OF THE PLAN
CANOPY COVER GOALS.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE DIFFERENT
TYPE OF TREES BASED ON LAND
OWNERSHIP, PRIVATE, PUBLIC,
RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH HAS THE
TREES.
PUBLIC LAND HAS FULL
RESPONSIBILITY RENTING AND
MAINTAINING TREES.
ON PRIVATE LAND, OUR ROLE IS
LIMITED AND IS FOCUSED, INSTEAD
OF SUPPORTING TREEPLANTING AND
ENFORCING RELATIONS GOVERNING
TREES.
THE PLAN ALSO COVERS HOW THE
2016 CANOPY COVER ASSESSMENT
INFORMS WHAT WE KNOW OF THE
URBAN FOREST STATUS AS WELL AS
OTHER ASSESSMENTS AND INVENTORY
EFFORTS SUCH AS EFFORTS TO
COMPLETE INVENTORY OF ALL
STREET TREES IN THE CITY.
BUT ALSO LIST THE CHALLENGES TO
THE URBAN TREES THAT IMPACT HOW
WE CAN BEST MANAGE THEM
INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT AND
MAINTENANCE COST, USES, URBAN
DESIGN, SOILS. I MENTIONED THE
MANAGEMENT UNITS ARE THE
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF THE
PLANT CANOPY COVER GOALS.
I WANT TO SPEND A MINUTE ON
THOSE, THIS IS A SIMILAR
FRAMEWORK TO THE 2013 PLAN
UPDATE.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES PROPERTIES ARE
VERY DIFFERENT ACROSS THE CITY
AND THE URBAN FOREST CANNOT BE
VIEWED AS A SINGLE UNIT FOR
MANAGEMENT PURPOSES.
THE PLAN DEFINES THESE NINE
UNITS CORRESPONDING WITH THE
TYPES AND LAYERS TO BE
COORDINATED. THESE UNIT TYPES
INCLUDE EIGHT AREAS BASED ON
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY RUNS
THROUGHOUT THE OTHER EIGHT.
THE PLAN IS ON THE MAT THAT
ILLUSTRATES THE GRAPHIC
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I WILL GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES
OF HOW WE MANAGE TREES
DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT
MANAEMENT UNITS TO ILLUSTRATE
HOW THESE UNITS CONTRIBUTE TO
ORGANIZING URBAN FORESTRY WORK.
IN NATURAL AREAS, WE FOCUS ON
BASIC PLANS AND INSTALLATION OF
PLANTS TO ENSURE UNDERSTORY.
THESE ARE MANAGEMENT AREAS WHERE
WATER AND CARBON REDUCTION ARE
THE GREATEST GIVEN THE SIZE OF
THESE FOREST PATCHES WHEREAS IN
RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE FOCUS ON
REPLANTING TREES THAT INCREASE
SHADE AND FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTS
THAT RECEIVE POLLUTANTS AND HAS
LIMITED SOIL AND SPACE.
THESE AREAS, TREE MANAGEMENT IS
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SDOT AND
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WERE
SDOT YOU WITH ALL STREET TREES,
PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR
LANDOWNERS REGARDING
APPROPRIATE TREE TYPES AND TREE
CARE AND MAINTAINS 16% OF TREES
WELL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING
TREES.
THE PLAN ALSO COVERS OUR CITY
GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY MANAGES
THIS RESOURCES, IT SUMMARIZES
THE ROLES IN DEPARTMENTS THAT
SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN URBAN
FOREST.
IT DESCRIBES EXISTING PLANS,
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE
INTERSECTIONS WITH AND HELP
INFORM THE CITY URBAN FORESTRY
NETWORK LIKE THE RECENT SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE WHAT HELPS
GUIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR MORE
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES, THE ACTION
PLAN THAT HELPS OUTLINE URBAN
FORESTRY FITS INTO THE MAIN OF
COMMUNITIES.
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY, TREES FIRST
REALITY FOR SEATTLE AND THE
SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
DESCRIBES THE CITY MANAGEMENT OF
STREET AND PUBLIC TREES AND
LIST REGULATIONS GOVERNING TREES
ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FIGHT
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE 2511
THAT RELATES TREE REMOVAL
OUTSIDE THE LIMITS AND DURING
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS WELL AS
LISTING INCENTIVES FOR PLANTING
IN PRESERVATION OF TREES SUCH AS
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS,
DEPARTURES, OR APPLICANTS MAY
APPLY FOR FOR PURCHASE FROM
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO
PRESERVE EXISTING TREE DURING
DEVELOPMENT.
THE PLAN DIVES INTO THE
OUTCOMES AND STRATEGIES TO BE
USED GUIDING CITY URBAN
FORESTRY WORK IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS.
THE TEAM DEVELOPED A SET OF
DIVERSE COMPREHENSIVE GOALS OR
OUTCOMES TO GUIDE OUR URBAN
FORESTRY WORK.
THOSE ARE SEEN ON THE LEFT.
THESE ARE WHAT WE AIM TO
ACCOMPLISH MANAGING THIS ASSET
AND REFLECT UPDATE TO URBAN
FOREST MANAGEMENT. INCLUDING
INCREASED EMPHASIS ON RACIAL
AND SOCIAL EQUITY.
AND THEN IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
THE OUTCOMES, THE TEAM CONFIRMED
SEVEN DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT
REPRESENT COMPETENCE OF APPROACH
TO MOBILIZING EFFECTIVE ACTION.
SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE
CONSISTENT AND CARRIED OVER
FROM THE 2013 PLAN UPDATE AND
TWO NEW STRATEGIES ADDED TO
FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 40
COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE NEED
FOR IMPACT LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE.
THESE STRATEGIES WERE USED TO
DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT
FORMED THE ACTION AGENDA
THROUGH WHICH THE PLAN WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED IN URBAN FOREST
MANAGED.
THIS ACTION AGENDA OUTLINES THE
STEPS THE CITY AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WILL TAKE TO IMPLEMENT
THE PLAN AND THROUGH WHICH WE
AIM TO ENSURE URBAN FOREST IS
EFFECTIVELY MANAGED.
THIS IS A MORE CONCISE ACTION
AGENDA THAN PREVIOUS PLANS IN
ORDER TO BE TARGETED AND
EFFECTIVE IN PLANNING. THE PLAN
DOES NOT INCLUDE DETAILS FOR
IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS.
THOSE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN
DEPARTMENT WORK PLANS.
DOES NOT INCLUDE WORK PERFORMED
ONGOING BY CITY DEPARTMENTS
SUCH AS PLANTING TREES AND
COMPLYING WITH THE CHEAPER
ONES, TREE REPLACEMENT POLICY
AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTIES.
THAT WORK IS ALREADY ONGOING AND
THE ACTION AGENDA AIMS TO FOCUS
ON ACTIONS THAT ADVANCE WORK
BEYOND THOSE ONGOING ACTIONS.
THERE ARE 19 ACTIONS AND THEY
ARE ORGANIZED WITHIN THE
STRATEGIES AND WITHIN THE LIST,
THE TEAM IDENTIFIED ACTIONS
THAT ARE PRIORITIES DUE TO
THEIR IMPORTANCE MANAGING THE
URBAN FOREST AND SUPPORTING AND
RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY
CONCERNS.
THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BOLDED ARE
THOSE PRIORITY ACTIONS.
THIS PRIORITIZATION REFLECTS
INPUT PROVIDED BY BIPOC
IMMUNITIES, KEY STAKEHOLDERS,
AND PUBLIC, PROCESS WITH THE
PUBLIC AT LARGE, THIS SLIDE
SHOWS ACTION TO THE FIRST FOUR
STRATEGIES, THIS PLAN UPDATE
INCLUDES FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF
BIPOC COMMUNITIES WITH THE
ORDER OF THE STRATEGIES AND
CONCENTRATION OF PRIORITY
ACTIONS IN THE STRATEGIES
FOCUSED ON BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
HERE ARE THE REMAINING THREE
STRATEGIES AND ASSOCIATED
ACTIONS.
NOTICED THAT UPDATING THE TREE
PROTECTION REGULATIONS IS
ANOTHER PRIORITY ACTION.
CHANDA EMERY WILL PROVIDE
UPDATES ON WHAT IS ONGOING WITH
THAT ACTION.
BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO CHANDA
TO GO INTO THE UPDATES ON TREE
PROTECTION REGULATIONS, I WILL
PAUSE FR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
PLANT AND ITS PROCESS AND
CONTENT BEFORE WE GO TO TREE
PROTECTION UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU, PATTY.
GREAT PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK I
HAVE ONE QUESTION, COLLEAGUES,
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS
WOULD BE THE TIME.
MY QUESTION FOR THIS SLIDE AND
PREVIOUS SLIDE, OR THESE
STRATEGIES, FOR INSTANCE,
CITYWIDE CANOPY COVER
ASSESSMENT AND URBAN FORESTRY
JOBS PROGRAM, ARE THESE
PROGRAMS ALREADY FUNDED OR DO
THEY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN
THE CITY BUDGET FOR FUNDING AT
THIS TIME?
>> THESE WERE ITEMS THAT HAVE
EXISTING FUNDING WITHIN PROGRAM
DEPARTMENTS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, FOR THE URBAN
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, ARE
THERE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
I'M SEEING NO QUESTIONS.
IS A MEMBER PEDERSON , THERE
YOU ARE.
TAKEN AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
DIRECTOR FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE
ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED THE MANY
DEPARTMENTS THAT OVERSEE THE
TREE REGULATIONS, IS THERE ANY
MENTION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT
PLAN ABOUT CONSOLIDATING THAT
UNDER ONE AGENCY? I CAN SEE
COORDINATING COMMUNICATION BUT
--
>> THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN THIS
MANAGEMENT PLAN.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH.
BECAUSE THE ACTION AGENDA
INCLUDES ITEMS THAT ARE NEAR-
TERM, WORK THAT IS AGREED UPON
THE URBAN FORESTRY TEAMS, NEEDS
TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE IS A STRATEGY HERE FOR
COORDINATING COMMUNICATION AND
WE ALWAYS AIM TO CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE THE COORDINATION OF THE
FORESTRY WORK ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
INTEGRATED APPROACH WHERE THE
FUNCTIONS LIVE WITHIN THOSE
NINE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND AS WE CONTINUE THAT WORK TO
INCREASE THAT COORDINATION, THE
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THOSE
OF HOW THAT IS DISTRIBUTED
COULD EVOLVE.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ADOPTED BY
THE COUNCIL LAST FALL THAT
ASKED FOR LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
MODELS FOR HOW TO MANAGE TREE
PROTECTIONS AND WE DID RECEIVE
A RESPONSE TO THAT BUT IT WAS A
LITTLE BIT LACKING BECAUSE IT
SAID WE MIGHT NEED TO HIRE A
CONSULTANT INTO LOOKING INTO
WHAT TO DO.
BUT I THINK LOOKING, THERE ARE
OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IT UNDER
ONE DEPARTMENT OR HAVE IT CHIEF
ARBORIST THAT HELPS TO MAKE THE
TOUGHER DECISIONS ON WHETHER TO
TAKE DOWN EXCEPTIONAL TREES.
SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN
DOING MORE RESEARCH ON, BIG
BODY.
>> IT IS A BIG BODY OF WORK,
FOCUS OUR EFFORTS TO EVALUATE
THAT.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? PATTY,
AMAZING JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, I WILL BE HERE IF
QUESTIONS, ON THE MANAGEMENT
PLAN.
CHANDA WILL GO INTO DETAILS ON
THE TREE PROTECTION.
>> WELCOME, CHANDA TAKE IT
AWAY.
SPENT ON HAPPY TO PROVIDE
UPDATE ON TREE PROTECTIONS.
FOR A TALK ABOUT THE SLIDE, I
WANT TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW
AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, ACTIONS
THIS QUARTER ARE ON TRACK AND
UNDER WAY.
OUR TEAM IS CONCLUDING THE
OUTREACH AND IS ON TARGET TO
ISSUE THE DECISION BY THE END
OF THE YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO COVER THE
TIMELINE IN MORE DETAIL AT THE
END OF THE PRESENTATION SO I'M
GOING TO START HERE WITH OUR
NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS OUTREACH.
AS YOU RECALL FROM THE LAST
BRIEFING, JULY 14, PUBLIC
AVERAGE INCLUDED TWO PARALLEL
OUTREACH PROCESSES TO HEAR FROM
COMMUNITY ON TREE PROTECTION
UPDATES.
ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES WAS TO
HEAR FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS SO
OUR TEAM FACILITATED A NUMBER
OF LISTENING SESSIONS THROUGH
THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST
AND PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED
HOMEOWNERS, BUILDERS,
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, TREE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, AND THAT WOULD BE
LIKE LANDSCAPE COMPANIES AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
PARTICIPATION WAS THOUGHTFUL
AND CONSTRUCTIVE WITH
APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 9
PARTICIPANTS IN EACH GROUP.
THESE STRUCTURED CONVERSATIONS
ALLOWED FOR FOCUSED FEEDBACK
AND GROUP CONVERSATION.
THIS APPROACH A FOR PARTICIPANTS
TO SHARE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES
AS WELL AS ENGAGE IN
CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER AND
FEEDBACK LOOP.
NOW OUR TEAM CURRENTLY IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING THAT
FEEDBACK TO IDENTIFY KEY THEMES,
KEY TOPICS WE HEARD ACROSS ALL
GROUPS AND AFTER THAT, WE WILL
PREPARE A SUMMARY REPORT TO BE
POSTED ON THE SDCI WEBSITE TO
BE POSTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE
WEEKS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE OTHER OUTREACH PROCESS IS
HEARING FROM BIPOC COMMUNITIES
AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES.
OUTING WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO
THIS.
SINCE WE LAST REPORTED, SDCI AND
OSE THANKED THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO DO THE
WORK AND WE CONDUCTED AND
COMPLETED ORIENTATIONS WHICH
WAS NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR
THEM FOR THE NEXT STEPS.
PART OF IT INCLUDED PREPARING
AND TRANSLATING OUTREACH
MATERIALS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
LIKE SOMALIS, CHINESE, SPANISH.
WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE
SURE EVERY STEP THROUGHOUT THE
WAY OF THE OUTREACH PROCESS WE
ARE CENTERING BIPOC VOICES AND
REALLY BEING FULLY AWARE OF
ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO TAILOR
ENGAGEMENT TO COMMUNITIES WE
ARE SERVING BECAUSE IT IS OF
THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT WE
HEAR FROM EVERYONE.
RIGHT NOW, OUR TEAM OF
COMMUNITY LIAISONS ARE ACTIVE
AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES
COLLECTING INFORMATION IN
LANGUAGE AND USING CULTURALLY
IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGIES
TAILORED FOR THE POPULATIONS
THEY ARE SERVING.
WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A LOT OF
REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK WE
WILL TIE TOGETHER WITH THE
FEEDBACK WE ALREADY RECEIVED
FROM THE ONLINE LISTENING
SESSIONS.
ONE NOTE TO THE WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY LIAISONS IS THAT WE
ARE WORKING WITH THE SAME CL'S
WE REACHED OUT TO FOR THAT
COMMUNITY URBAN ENFORCEMENT
PLAN UPDATE WHICH HELPS INCREASE
EFFICIENCY AND NOT ONLY
STARTING FROM SCRATCH BUT ALSO
ORIENTING THESE FOLKS BUT ALSO
CONTRIBUTES TO THE REQUEST FROM
THESE COMMUNITIES OVER THE
YEARS TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED
IN THE CITY TREE WORK.
WE ARE ON TRACK TO RECEIVE THE
SUMMARY REPORTS FROM THE
COMMUNITY LIAISONS AS EARLY AS
OCTOBER AND ONCE WE RECEIVE
THOSE REPORTS, OUR TEAM WILL
POST ALL OF THAT INFORMATION
ONLINE AS SOON AS WE GET IT
OCTOBER OR THE FIRST WEEK OF
NOVEMBER AT THE LATEST.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE FOUR
TOPIC AREAS WE ARE COVERING IN
THE OUTREACH PROCESS.
WE WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON
PROTECTING EXCEPTIONAL TREES,
EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF
EXCEPTIONAL TREES, CREATING A
NEW DEFINITION FOR SIGNIFICANT
TREES, ESTABLISHING A TREE
REMOVAL PERMIT SYSTEM,
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING
VOLUNTARY PAYMENT IN LIEU
ALTERNATIVES, AND EXPLORING
TREE SERVICE PROVIDER
REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THE
ARBORIST QUALIFICATIONS AND
REGISTRATIONS, THIS IS A BILL
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT PROPOSAL
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON , A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF, QUITE FRANKLY I
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA, I WILL
BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE THE
OUTCOME OF THIS PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
AND HOPEFULLY, THAT CAN HELP US
INFORM THE BILL, YOU KNOW, KIND
OF SPEAK PLAINLY, IF WE ARE
ABLE TO RECEIVE THE TREE
ORDINANCE AS YOU MENTIONED IN
THE SLIDE JUST A MINUTE AGO, TO
HAVE THAT SEPA BEGINNING BY
THE END OF THE YEAR, I WILL
SAVE MY COMMENTARY ABOUT THAT
FOR JUST A MINUTE.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO TRANSMIT THE
SPELL, I THINK HOPEFULLY WILL
BE ABLE TO WRAP UP
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON'S
PROCESS AND ABOUT.
I GUESS I'M SPEAKING A LOT FOR
YOU, DO YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING?
I WANT TO SAY I'M SUPPORTING
YOUR CONCEPT.
MAYBE I WILL PUT IT THAT WAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
YES.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE WHICH
WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER HERE,
I'M GLAD TO KNOW THERE IS
COMMON GROUND ON THE NEED TO
QUALIFY ARBORISTS AND REGISTER
THEM TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
OF COURSE, THAT IS A MODEST BUT
NECESSARY STEP FORWARD AND WITH
SO MANY OTHER THINGS HERE LIKE
ON THIS SLIDE ABOUT PROTECTING
EXCEPTIONAL TREES.
THANK YOU FOR INDICATING YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT, I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS SLIDE KIND OF COVERS THE
ADDITIONAL STAFF SDCI HIRED
EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ALLOWED
OUR ANALYSTS TO MAKE ENTERING
TREE RELATED DATA INTO THE
SYSTEM.
THIS WORK SUPPORTING STAFF TO
MONITOR CANOPY COVERAGE AND
ALSO SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN
DECISIONS. FOR CODE COMPLAINT,
WE CONTINUE TO LEVY PENALTIES
RANGING FROM 10,000 TO 99,000
UNDER TRIPLE PENALTY FOR
ILLEGAL TREE REMOVAL.
IT IS LANGUAGE THAT SDCI ADDED
WITH THE DIRECTOR ROLE TO
CLARIFY WILLFUL AND MALICIOUS
CUTTING WARRANTS MALICIOUS
CUTTING.
I WANT TO CALL OUT THIS SLIDE
IS A LITTLE OUT OF DATE.
WE SUBMITTED SLIDES FOR
APPROVAL BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, WE RECEIVED A
LARGE PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF
20,572 FOR DAMAGE TO
EXCEPTIONAL EACH TREE.
THE CORRECTION ON THE SITE
SHOULD BE 66,696 OR
APPROXIMATELY 70,000 RATHER THAN
38,124 TO DATE FOR THAT
PROVISION.
>> THAT IS REALLY EXCELLENT.
THANKS.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS FAR AS TIMING, SDCI AND OSE
ARE CONCLUDING OUTREACH AND
COMPLETING RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ANALYSIS AND RELATED
ANALYSIS AND IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING INITIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS. CONCURRENTLY,
TAKING STEPS IDENTIFY AND
DOCUMENT POTENTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
NEEDS AS WE FURTHER DEVELOP
PROPOSAL.
WE ARE ON TARGET TO ISSUE, LIKE
I SAID THE SEPA DECISION BEFORE
THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> I GUESS THIS IS THE TIME FOR
MY COMMENTARY, I KNOW THE
OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING YOU
WERE ENGAGED IN IS A PRODUCT OF
THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 31902
WHICH I HELP AUTHOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO.
OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU
PRESENTED, I WAS VERY CLEAR AND
WITH MIKE PODOWSKI , I'M NEED
TO SEE THE SEPA WORK COMPLETED
BY SEPTEMBER, I UNDERSTAND IN
LANGUAGE THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE
MORE TIME AND IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO DO THAT,
NEVERTHELESS, WHEN WE CREATED
THAT RESOLUTION TO YEARS AGO,
WE DID NOT FORESEE THE PANDEMIC
COMING. SO MY DESIRE WOULD HAVE
BEEN WE COULD BE AT THIS PLACE
SOONER, UNDERSTANDING ALL OF
THOSE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE WILL
HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND A NUMBER
OF MONTHS, IT IS CRITICAL TO ME
, THE TARGET TO ISSUE SEPA
DECISION BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FOR
THE LISTENING PUBLIC, WHEN THAT
OCCURS IT MEANS THERE'S A DRAFT
BILL OUT FOR PUBLIC
CONSUMPTION.
MY PREFERENCE IS FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO TRANSMIT
SOMETHING TO US BY THE END OF
THE YEAR, THAT IS WHY I WANTED
SEPA BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER.
IT DOES NOT SEEM THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO TRANSMIT US THE BILL,
UNDERSTANDING SEPA MAY NOT BE
COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN THAT
SEPA PROCESS BEGINS, THAT MEANS
THERE WILL BE DRAFT BILL FOR
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AND EVEN IF
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CANNOT
TRANSMIT IT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
TAKE A COPY FROM THE PUBLIC
RECORD TO CONTINUE DOING THIS
WORK GOING FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I REQUEST TO SDCI
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS TO
COMPLETE SEPA BY NOVEMBER, BY
THANKSGIVING SO WE ARE ABLE TO
WORK TOGETHER IN THE LAST MONTH
THAT
>> NOTED
>>>, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE
TABLE WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS
AND OF COURSE, YOUR LEADERSHIP
ON 31902 ADOPTED IN I THINK
SEPTEMBER 2019, SO TO SHARE THE
CONCERNS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A
TRUE PROJECTED ORDINANCE DRAFT
AT THIS TIME.
WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT IN
2020 AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS
WE GET I'M GLAD THEY REQUIRED
THESE REPORTS LIKE THE ONE WE
ARE GETTING HERE TODAY.
WHEN I COMPARE THE MARCH TO THE
JULY TO THE SEPTEMBER QUARTERLY
REPORTS THE GOALPOST SEEMS TO
BE MOVING FURTHER AWAY EACH
TIME.
THERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES TO
EACH ONE, BUT THE NET RESULT IS
THAT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE
ORDNANCE FROM THE DURKIN
ADMINISTRATION.
SO, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON
THE COMMENTS I HEARD DURING THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS
I GUESS TO DO THE ANALYSIS, THE
STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ANALYSIS WOULD HELP TO HAVE A
DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE US, SO
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT
DELIVERING THE ORDNANCE,
DELIVERING IT TO THE COUNCIL TO
ACT UPON, BUT THERE IS A DRAFT
DOCUMENTTHAT IS AVAILABLE TO
INFORM AND EVEN TO INFORM THIS
OUTREACH THAT YOU ARE DOING
WOULD SEEM I GUESS THE QUESTION
FOR THE EXECUTIVE IS WILL YOU,
COULD YOU CLARIFY WHEN A DRAFT,
A DRAFT ORDINANCE WOULD BE
AVAILABLE EITHER FOR THE -- TO
HELP YOU WITH OUTREACH OR TO
HELP WITH THE ANALYSIS?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
THAT.
SO, THE ORDNANCE GOES TOGETHER
AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON
GETTING THAT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
>> SO, YOU ARE SAYING TO HAVE A
DECISION BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR BUT WHEN, I GUESS WHAT A
DRAFT BILL BE AVAILABLE TO
REVIEW ?
>> THE DRAFT BILL WILL GO WITH
IT SO WE ARE WORKING ON FORMING
THE INITIAL CONCEPTS SO LIKE I
POINTED OUT EARLIER, THE TREE
SERVICE DIVIDER REGISTRATION IS
ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WAS
CALLED OUT IN 31902 AND IT IS
ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE DOING
THE DRAFT DIRECTORS RULE TO THE
TREE DIRECTORS ROLE SO A LOT OF
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
IT IS A MATTER OF ASSEMBLING IT
INTO A SEPA CHECKLIST AND
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE
DIRECTORS ROLE.
I BELIEVE YOU HAD ISSUED A
DIRECTORS ROLE LAST YEAR TO
PROTECT EXCEPTIONAL TREES.
TANK YOU FOR THAT DRAFT.
WHEN WILL THAT BE FINALIZED?
>> THE DRAFT DIRECTORS ROLE?
I AM SORRY.
>> YES.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT
RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT THE DIRECT
ORDNANCE WILL COME OUT AT THE
SAME TIME THAT SEPA DOES, SO I
THINK THAT IS THE MOST
EFFICIENT, FASTEST MANNER WE
CAN DO THIS.
>> MAYBE I CAN PUT THIS IN A
DIFFERENT WAY, WHICH IS THE
DIRECTORS ROLE THAT SDCI
TRANSFERRED TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO INCREASE PROTECTIONS
NEEDS TO HAVE A SEPA CHECKLIST
OR IF , AND IF IT IS DETERMINED
THAT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT THEN,
YOU KNOW, THAT -- THAT IS A
DECISION, OR THAN IT WOULD HAVE
AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT, SO TO ACTUATE THE
WORK THAT SDCI COMPLETED A
YEAR AGO THAT HAS BEEN WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, THEY NEED TO DO
SEPA ON THAT WORK AND THAT IS
WHAT THE SEPA DECISION WILL
NTAIL AS WELL AS THE
ORDINANCE ITSELF.
WHEN THAT TERMINATION OF NON-
SIGNIFICANCE OR IF IT IS
DETERMINED TO BE SIGNIFICANT,
THEY HAVE TO START THE IIS
PROCESS, THAT INFORMATION WILL
THEN BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO
US, SO WE CAN THEN REVIEW AND
REFER TO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE
THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE
NOT SIGNIFICANT OR THAT IS THEN
DETERMINED TO BE SIGNIFICANT,
SO IF WE WERE -- AND, NOW MAYBE
I AM BACK ON A LIMB, SO ANYBODY
OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO REAL ME
BACK IN FOR WHAT I THINK IS
GOING ON HERE.
HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE WERE TO
RECEIVE A DETERMINATION OF NON-
SIGNIFICANCE, THAT BILL WOULD
BE PUBLISHED.
AT THAT TIME THERE COULD BE
APPEALS AND THAT COULD EXTEND
THE SEPA PROCESS.
IF THERE IS NOT AN APPEAL WE
COULD THEORETICALLY TAKE THIS
BILL UP BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE THAT SEPA
CHECKLIST IN THE DETERMINATION
OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE BY
THANKSGIVING.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE ROLE WOULD BE REVIEWED WITH
THE ORDNANCE AND IT WOULD NEED
SEPA REVIEW TO CLARIFY THAT.
YES, THAT IS CORRECT ,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ONCE THAT DETERMINATION OF
SIGNIFICANCE IS REACHED THAT
DIRECTORS ROLE WILL BE PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE FOR US SO WE CAN HAVE
A COPY OF IT IF THE BILL IS
UNABLE TO BE TRANSMITTED BY
THIS MAYOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT YOU
KNOW, EVERYONE WOULD SEE THIS
AT THE SAME TIME FOR FAIRNESS.
WHEN WE ISSUE IT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE SEES WHAT IS
ISSUED.
SO, THAT IS YOUR STANDARD --
>> WHICH IS WHY I AM SO
CRITICALLY SERIOUS ABOUT
RECEIVING THAT STARTING SEPA
PROCESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
HOPEFULLY TO BE COMPLETED
BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
WE WOULD BE MY STRONGEST
DESIRE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, YOU
HAVE MORE ? NO?
COUNCILMEMBER WAR IS, I SEE YOU
THERE.
ALL GOOD?
NO QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ANY
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS?
>> NO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>> CHANDA EMERY, PATTY I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE
US.
I UNDERSTAND THE ACCOUNTABILITY
OF THAT RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PROGRESSING ARE THESE
REPORTS AND WHILE I ALSO HAD
MADE THE REQUEST TO HAVE THAT
SEPA BEGUN OR AT LEAST BEGUN
HOPEFULLY COMPLETED BY NOW, I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE STILL
ON TRACK TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND YOU
WILL HEAR ME SAY THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY
THANKSGIVING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> -- HOLIDAY.
SORRY.
>> NO, IT IS NOT.
>> SORRY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ANYHOW, COLLEAGUES, IF I AM
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS REPORT, I THINK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK, PATTY, I THINK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH YOU AS WE MOVE AHEAD.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON FOR STARTING THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
REGISTRATION.
WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY ANY ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
WE STARTED EXACTLY AT 2 PM AND
HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AND SIX
ITEMS AND WE ARE CONCLUDING
THAT 4:04.
THIS CONCLUDES THE SEPTEMBER 24
COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 8 STARTING AT 9:30
A.M.
IT IS NOW 4:05 P.M.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, WE ARE
ADJOURNED.