.
>>> THANK YOU THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER.
I AM DAN STRAUSS.
WILL THE CHAIR PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
ALEX PEDERSEN HAS ASKED TO BE
EXCUSED FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THE LAND USE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BEGINS OUR COMMITTEE
WITH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGE.
THIS IS FOR REFLECTION.
IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE
PASSPORT TO AFTER WE SAY THESE
WORDS TO CONTINUE TO DO
WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO.
THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO
REFLECT ON WHERE WE ARE, WHO
HAS COME BEFORE US, AND WHO
WILL COME AFTER US AS OUR TIME
HERE ON EARTH IS SHORT.
SO WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING
HONORING THE LAND.
RECOGNIZING WE ARE GUESTS ON
THIS LAND AND MUST STEWARD OUR
LAND AS SUCH.
WE ARE HERE AT THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE BECAUSE THIS IS THE
LAND USE COMMITTEE.
WE MAKE THE POLICY DECISIONS
FOR HOW WE USE OUR LAND IN OUR
CITY.
AS WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHO HAS
COME BEFORE US.
THANK YOU.
WITH OUR MOMENT OF REFLECTION
CONCLUDED, WE WILL CARRY IT
WITH US AS WE ENDEAVOR INTO
THESE AGENDA ITEMS.
WE HAVE FIVE AGENDA ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, ALL FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AS PART
OF MY POLICY OF HAVING ITEMS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TWICE
BEFORE GOING BEFORE FULL
COUNCIL.
SO, THESE ARE ALL JUST
BRIEFINGS.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON THESE AT
THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL
MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SO THE DRAFT OF THE CROWN HILL
ACTION PLAN, COUNCIL BILL
120215, KIM BILL 120239,
COUNCIL BILL 120206, AND
COUNCIL BILL 120214.
DECEMBER 8 IS THE NEXT LAND USE
AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
MEETING.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I ASK
EVERYONE, PLEASE BE PATIENT AS
WE LEARN TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM
IN REAL TIME.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
IS LIMITED TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE 11 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN A
MINUTE TO SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE IS ALSO
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE, AND
WHEN YOU HEAR THE SPEAKER'S
CUE, IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
THERE ARE ONLY TEN SECONDS
REMAINING OF YOUR A LOTTED
TIME.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME PLEASE
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU DO NOT, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAK.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU TO
DISCONNECT THE LINE OR IF YOU
WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE
MEETING WE ASK TO YOU CONTINUE
ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
NOW WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER.
IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND ARE LISTED
AS NOT PRESENT, PLEASE MAKE
SURE TO CALL THE NUMBER YOU
RECEIVED IN THE EMAIL RESPONSE
IN SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE
NOT ON THE LISTEN LINE.
SO, WHERE THAT, CHRIS AND ROBIN
AND MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING,
CHRIS.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE ARCHITECT WITH
SUSTAINABILITY, HERE WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS IN
SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE BILL GOES A LONG WAY IN
SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS TO
REDUCE COMMISSION BUT
EXCEPTIONS LIKE THIS ONE NEEDS
TO BE UPDATED TO INSURE THE
CITY WILL MEET THE TARGET ON
TIME.
SECOND, THE HOT WATER
TECHNOLOGY EXISTS IN THE
MARKETPLACE.
THERE IS ALSO A MOVE TO IMPROVE
HEALTH.
WE KNOW FOSSIL FUEL-BASED
EMISSIONS ARE HARMFUL TO ALL
OFUS AND REDUCING EMISSIONS
NOW SAVES LIVES.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT TO KEEP UP WITH
WATER HEATERS IN COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
AND WE ARE DOING ONE MINUTE FOR
SPEAKERS TODAY GET THROUGH
EVERYONE ON THE LIST.
MICHAEL BRIGGS, YOU ARE UP
LEFT.
FOLLOWED BY ROBIN.
GOOD MORNING, ROBIN.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ROBIN BRIGGS,
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
ENERGY REQUIRING ALL COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS TO HAVE HOT WATER
HEATERS IN PLACE OF FOSSIL
FUELS.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAVE
SHARPLY INCREASED IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
WE NEED A NEW BUILDING, BUT WE
NEED THEM TO USE ALL CLEAN
ENERGY.
DEVELOPERS HAVE PUT IN FOSSIL
FUELS BUT THE HEATERS ARE NOT
DOING THE BUILDING OWNERS ANY
FAVORS BECAUSE THE COST OF RUNS
IT WILL BE MORE.
>> I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT, I
KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
I KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD ACT NOW.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
CONSIDERATION ABOUT WAITING ON
THIS, JUST TALK TO PEOPLE UP IN
LYNDON.
THEY WILL TELL YOU WE CAN'T
WAIT.
PLEASE PASS THIS TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
UP NEXT IS IRIS, HOLLY TOWNS,
JAMES DICK, DIANNE COOK ARE NOT
PRESENT.
FOLLOWED BY LINDA McCRAY.
IRIS, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
IRIS AND I AM COMMENTING IN
SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
ENERGY CODE.
BEING THAT BUILDS ARE THE
SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE
CITY, AND THAT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS IS UPON US, BODILY HARM
BY CAUSED BY USING FOSSIL FUEL
FOR SAFE HEATING, WATER HEATING
AND COOKING, IT IS IMPERATIVE
THAT YOU TAKE THE NEEDED STEPS
TO END THE FOSSIL GAS FUEL AND
SWITCH TO ELECTRICITY.
THE CONTINUOUS BURNING OF
FOSSIL FUELS NOT ONLY ADD TO
THE EARLY WHATTING OF THE
CLIMATE BUT CONTRIBUTE TO AIR
POLLUTION INSIDE ANDOUS THE
BUILDINGS.
PLEASE PASS ORDINANCES THAT
REQUIRE ENERGY THAT COME FROM
CLEAN ELECTRICITY.
THE RULES APPLY TO HOTELS AND
BUILDINGS AND SHOULD BE
EXTENDED TO ALL COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS EQUALLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, IRIS.
>> UP NEXT IS HOLLY.
I SEE YOU SIGNED IN AGAIN.
YOU ARE STILL NOT PRESENT.
YOU TILLED OUT A FORM BUT HAVE
NOT CALLED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK,
FOLLOW THE PROMPT IN THE EMAIL
YOU JUST RECEIVED.
HOLLY TOWN, GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE HOLLY.
I SEE YOU ARE THERE.
PRESS STAR 6, NOT POUND 6. TO
COME OFF OF MUTE.
ONE MORE TIME, HOLLY.
PRESS STAR OF . THERE YOU ARE.
GOOD MORNING.
NOW YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE ON
YOUR OWN PHONE.
WE CANNOT HEAR YOU YET.
THERE YOU ARE, GOOD MORNING.
YOU JUST WENT BACK ON MUTE.
TRY PRESSING STAR 6 WIN MORE
TIME
>> HELLO?
>> GOOD MORNING, WE HEAR YOU.
>> HI.
THIS IS HOLLY.
I AM A MECHANIC ENGINEER AND
WORK IN BUILDINGS WITH
EFFICIENCY FOR THE LAST 50
YEARS.
I AM A CLIMATE ADVOCATE BECAUSE
OF MY CHILDREN AND ALL THOSE
THAT WILL FACE THE EXISTENTIAL
THREAT TO OUR PLANET.
I URGE YOU TO PASS THE ENERGY
CODE AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE
ELECTRIC WATER HEATING IN ALL
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
BUILDINGS REPRESENT 37% OF THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE
CITY WITH 75% OF THIS COMING
FROM GAS SPACE AND WATER
HEATING.
THEY ALSO REPORT THAT THE CITY
NEEDS TO ACCELERATE BY 17% PER
YEAR ITS EFFORTS TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GASES IN BUILDINGS
TO MEET ITS CURRENT CLIMATE
GOALS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
HOLLY.
JAMES DICK AND DAN COOK, WE ARE
NOT SEEING YOU.
GOOD MORNING LINDA.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT PRESSING
POUND 6. LINDA, I SEE YOU ARE
OFF MUTE.
THERE YOU ARE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU DAP AND EARP ON
YOUR COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, I AM CALLING ABOUT
THE LAND USE OVERLAY.
I DID SEND AND EXTENSIVE EMAIL
TO EVERYWHERE ON THE COMMITTEE
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
I JUST HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE
ACTUAL PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
OF COURSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS A LONG TIME.
I AM ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
WILL I NET CHASE WHO COULD NOT
BE HERE DUE TO HEALTH REASONS.
SO SHE SAID I AM NOT JUST IN
FAVOR BUT STRONGLY IN FAVOR.
I AM IN FAVOR, TOO, BUT I DO
HAVE CONCERNS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WORDS CAN BE
REVISED AND STILL GET THIS
MOVING ALONG AS NEEDED.
I GUESS I WOULD REQUEST THAT
YOU TUNE INTO THE EMAIL I SEND
TO LOOK INTO THE SPECIFICS.
>> OKAY.
LINDA, WE HAVE SEEN YOUR EMAIL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ED MARQUEZ, I SEE YOU HAVE
AGAIN SIGNED UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE NOT
GETTING THE RIGHT EMAIL BACK.
YOU ARE STILL NOT PRESENT.
WHEN YOU SIGN IN YOU SHOULD GET
AN AUTOMATED EMAIL GENERATED
RESPONSE.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REMAINING
PRESENT.
DAVID HAPS, JAMES DICK, DIANE
COOK, YOU ARE ALSO NOT PRESENT.
DAVID HAINES, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU,
LAND USE OR ABUSE.
SEATTLE HAS A LOT OF MODERN
THIRD WORLD SLUMS THAT ARE
POPPING UP.
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO WANT TO KEEP
US IN RUNDOWN REAL ESTATE WHERE
WATERING DOWN THE BUILDING
CODES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF
WHAT INSTITUTES RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL ZONED AREAS IS
RESULTING IN FURTHER OPPRESSION
OF THE PEOPLE AND WORKERS.
PRESENTLY ENFORCED TO LIVE AND
WORK CLOSE TO THE ROAD,
SOMETIMES ON THE CORNER OF THE
LOW LEVEL TO THE STREET NOISE
AND INDUSTRIAL GENTRIFIED
AREAS.
COUNCIL ACT LIKE THEY ARE
HELPING WE STRICTED ZONING AND
LAND USE ONLY THE BACK STAB A
HIGHER LEVEL OF BUILDING AND
HOMES AWAY FROM THE MENTAL
HEALTH CAUSING CORNER HATS OF
STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THAT SEEM
TO HAVE WAREHOUSE ECHO QUALITY
THROUGH THE HOMES AND
BUSINESSES, RUINING THE QUALITY
OF LIFE.
NO OFFENSE BUT THE COUNCIL IS
LYING, CLAIMING THEY CLOSE
HOWARD AVENUE BUT THEY HAVE
NOT.
BALL HARD AVENUE DRUNK DRIVING
AND DELIVERY TRUCKS ARE WITHIN
INSPECT OF DINERS, FORCING TO
DINE IN THE GUTTER THE STREET
NEXT TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING PAST,
WAITERS CARRYING YOUR FOOD
ACROSS THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK INTO
THE DIRTY INDUSTRY.
IT IS OBVIOUS DEMOCRATS ARE BIG
BANG --
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAINES.
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN THIS
MORNING.
ED MARQUEZ, YOU HAVE BECOME
PRESENT.
WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE.
I SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
PLEASE TAGUE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> YES, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME.
MY NAME IS ED MARQUEZ.
I LIVE IN SOUTH PARK.
HE WANT TO STATE MY SUPPORT.
I AM REZONED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
RESTRICTIONS, INSTEAD OF
BUILDING A SMALL HOUSE I THINK
THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS
AND DEVELOPERS, I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE LESS RESTRICTIONS ON
DEVELOP RENEW DEVELOPERS AND
HOMEOWNERS, ALSO THE COTTAGES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU,D AND THANK YOU FOR
STICKING WITH US AND GETTING
THROUGH ON THE RIGHT NUMBER.
JAMES DICK, DIANE COOK, I DO
NOT SEE YOU PRESENT.
CLERKS, CAN YOU CONFIRM WE HAVE
NO SPEAKERS PRESENT AT THIS
TIME.
>> THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU.
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM ONE, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM
IS A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF
THE CROWN HILL YOU ARE JUAN
VILLAGE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.
>> READING THE ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> WONDERFUL.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I AM QUITE EXCITED THIS IS
FINALLY BEFORE COMMITTEE.
WE WILL START WITH A
PRESENTATION FROM THE OPCD
STAFF ON THE DRAFT TO THE
ACTION PLAN BEFORE TURNING TO
THE CROWN HILL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT CAN SHARE MORE
ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT.
KATY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS KATY HAIMA.
SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE AND
SUPER EXCITED THAT WE HAVE
KARIN AND PHILLIPA HERE FROM
THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
ARE WE GO.
GOOD.
CAN YOU SEE THIS?
ALL RIGHT, SO TODAY I AM HERE
TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
CROWN HILL PLANNING PROCESS.
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
INCLUDED, THE WORK UNDER WAY
AND A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FUTURE COORDINATION.
THE VILLAGE IS LOCATED IN
NORTHWEST SEATTLE.
I AM SHOWING THIS ON THE
WATERLINES PROBLEM MAP.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE
SEATTLE REGION FROM
PREINDIGENOUS SETTLEMENTS IN
THE MID-19th CENTURY.
AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
CROWN HILL URBAN VILLAGE ACTION
PLAN PROVIDING GROWTH FOR
CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS,
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE ON
THE UNSEEDED LIST OF PEOPLES.
THIS NAP COMMITS BORING
TOGETHER AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK
TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE.
THE URBAN VILLAGE IS CENTERED
AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF
NORTHWEST 85th STREET.
THE URBAN HILLS IS BETWEEN
LOYAL HEIGHTS, SO I WANT TO
POINT THAT OUT.
THIS IS NOT JUST CROWN HILL BUT
BRINGING IT TO A COUPLE OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ARE HOME TO 2,500 RESIDENT,
MANY BUSINESS, SERVICES AND
FACILITIES THAT BRING PEOPLE
NOT JUST FROM THIS AREA BUT
SURROUNDING NAKEDS.
THE REZONES IN 2019 AS PART OF
THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY EXTENDED THE
URBAN VILLAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DOTTED LINE
THAT WAS THE URBAN VILLAGE
BEFORE.
IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
THERE WERE REZONES FROM SINGLE
FAMILY TO RESIDENTIAL SMALL LOT
AND OTHER INCREASES, SO IT
ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY.
ALL RIGHT, SUPER QUICK HIGH
LEVEL OF REVIEW, NOW MORE ON
THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, NHA HAD
STARTED ALREADY IN.
THE FALL OF 2018OPCD IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT, SP AND
PON MAINLY INITIATED A FOCUSED
COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS TO
EXPLORE STANDARDS FOR
MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
AS THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT
ACCOMMODATES MORE PEOPLE.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WE
ALREADY HAD IT IN THE WORKS AND
THE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOR
SMART GROWTH HAD ALREADY DONE A
TON OF ORGANIZING IN BRINGING
THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO
DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FUTURE
ZONING CHANGES.
CITY STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET A
REALLY SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF
THE MAIM CONCERNS AND COMMUNITY
DESIRES EARLY ON IN THIS
PROCESS THANKS TO THE HARD WORK
OF THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY.
BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS NOT
UNDER ZONING
CHANGES, WE STARTED THE PROCESS
IN THE FALL OF 2018.
WE BUILT IT AROUND A SERIES OF
FOUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING
TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THINGS
THEY LOVE THROUGHOUT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD, TALK ABOUT THING
THESE WANT TO IMPROVE AND START
TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS AND REFINE
AND PRIORITIZE THE IDEAS.
EACH ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS IS
BUILT ON A PREVIOUS ONE AND WE
CONTINUE TO REFINE AND
PRIORITIZE THOSE OVER THE
COMING SESSIONS.
WE TALKED TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH, AT THE
TIME, THE NEWLY FORMED CROWN
HILL VILLAGE ASSOCIATION IN AN
EFFORT TO BUILD A WORKING
RELATIONSHIP AND SUPPORT THE
WORK THEY WERE ALREADY DOING
AND THEIR CAPACITY FOR
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.
SO, LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT
THE PLAN.
WE HAD THE LAST WORKSHOP IN
DECEMBER OF 2019 AND IN MARCH
OF 2020 EVERYWHERE WENT ON
LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
SO WE HAD TO PUT THE PROJECT OP
HOLD AS THE CITY SHIFTED OUR
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE URGENT
AND IMMEDIATE ISSUES, BUT IN
THE FALL OF THIS YEAR CITY
ADVOCATES FROM THE CROWN HILL
VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WORKED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO GET
THE BALL ROLLING AGAIN AND GET
THE PLAN WRAPPED UP SO THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY DOING.
A PRIORITY BEING CONNECTED TO
COMMUNITIES, FOSTERING AND
BRINGING TOGETHER MULTIPLE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SUPPORT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND LOCAL
BUSINESSES AND CONTINUES TO
BUILD THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN
LEAD INITIATIVES AND REALLY
CONTINUE TO BRING OUR TEAM
TOGETHER.
THE PLAN INCLUDES URBAN DESIGN
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON
COMMUNITY INPUT TO HELP INSPIRE
A VISION FOR THE CHARACTER AND
QUALITY OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, I AM NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH ALL 27 ACTIONS.
I WILL COVER A FEW TO GIVE AN
IDEA OF THE FLAVOR THE PLAN
IMPROVE, THE COMMUNITY HAS
BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE COUPLE
YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THIS
PROCESS.
SO, WE ARE HAVING THE DESIRE TO
GROW NEW SOCIAL AND RETAIL IN
THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE COMMUNITY HAS DUBBED THIS
IDEA HOME AND GROW.
AS A RESULT WE WERE ABLE TO
WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
DURING THE MHA PROCESS TO ADD
AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
DESIGNATE ONE BLOCK OF MARY
AVENUE AND 190th AS PEDESTRIAN
STREETS.
SO, DOING SO, THAT ESSENTIALLY
SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY'S
DESIRE TO GROW THE COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT.
IT REQUIRES CERTAIN DESIGN OF
NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.
THE CITY HOSTED STREET
FESTIVALS IN DECEMBER OF 2019
WITH FOOD TRUCK, GAMES, BUBBLE,
SUPER FUN, REALLY SUCCESSFUL
AND BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY OUT.
AS PART OF THE SERIES, THEY
PLANNED AND CAME TOGETHER TO
PAINT A STREET MURAL ON 90th,
THE TOP PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE.
THEY ALSO WORKED
TO ADD A CURVE BALL WITH
COLORFUL PLANTERS AND A PORTION
OF RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH THE ODD-
ANGLED STREET RIGHT THERE TO
PLANT A COMMUNITY GARDEN, SO
REALLY AMAZING THINGS TOWARD
WORKING TOWARD BEING A CAT LIST
TO CREATE A SOCIAL HEART TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, THE PLAN ALSO DOES IDENTIFY
OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD PEDESTRIAN
BIKE CROSSINGS SHOWN HERE ON
THE VERY BOTTOM IS SLATED TO
BE INSTALLED I THINK AT 15th
AND 83rd.
SO A LOT OF ACTIONS FOCUSED ON
LEVERAGING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
TO HELP SHAPE THE PEDESTRIAN
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THE LONG AND LARGE
COMMERCIAL LOTS ALONG THE MAIN
CORRIDORS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT LOCATING ANY ON
SITE OPEN SPACE TO HAVE MORE OF
A POSITIVE IMPACT, NOT JUST ON
DEVELOPMENT BUT THE PUBLIC
REALM TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SPACES,
GREEN SPACE, SUCH AS A PLAZA,
AND ACTUALLY THERE IS ALREADY A
NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SORT OF
IN THE WORK THAT IS THE
THINKING ABOUT ADDING A CORNER
PLAZA.
THAT WAS SORT OF AN OUTCOME OF
WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THIS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEN MANY OF THE ACTIONS ARE
BEING MADE TO IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN COMFORT AND TRANSIT
SERVICES AT THAT INTERSECTION.
JUST A COUPLE MORE WE WILL GO
THROUGH.
AS I MENTIONED, THE WALKWAYS
WOULD BE MADE ALONG THE WATER
STRUCTURE TO REDUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING.
TO THAT END SCU IS PLANNING TO
EXPLORE SOME TSI, MOST LIKELY
AROUND THE 17th AVENUE
GREENWAY.
AND IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT --
I AM SORRY, CURRENTLY
UNDERTAKING THE SYSTEMS PLAN
AND GSI OPTIONS ANALYSIS,
CREATING FOCUSED AREA FOR THAT,
LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN PARTNER
TO DELIVER THIS.
>> KATY, ON THIS SLIDE,
ACTUALLY, THE LAST SLIDE, AND
KARIN, I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN A
LOT ABOUT HOW WE GET MORE OF
THE PROSPECT OF WALKWAYS AND
ARE EXTREMELY MORE SUCCESSFUL
IN GETTING MORE SIDEWALKS IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
DURING MY DISTRICT 6 OFFICE
HOURS YESTERDAY I HAD A D6
RESIDENT FROM 13th AVENUE IN
THE AREA THAT IS ORANGE ON YOUR
MAP WHO IS INTERESTED IN
GETTING INVOLVED TO GET MORE OF
THESE WALKWAYS INSTALLED.
KATY, CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A
RUN DOWN OF WHAT IS REQUIRED --
HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THESE
COST-EFFECTIVE WALKWAYS?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
MORE OF A QUESTION FOR SDOT
THAN FOR ME, BUT, YEAH, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS, THOUGH, THE
HOME ZONE PROGRAM HAS DONE SOME
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE MAP HERE AT THE BOTTOM,
STARTED DOING SOME DRAFT IDEAS
OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN
CROWN HILL.
SO I THINK PER THEM IT WAS A
MATTER OF SECURING THE FUNDING
TO DO IT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL.
ADVOCACY IS GREAT, BUT I THINK
IT IS A GREAT FIRST STEP TO
HAVE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND
WORK DONE.
WE DID SOME SURVEYS AND THE
PLAN IDENTIFIED WHICH STREETS
PEOPLE THOUGHT WERE THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONES FOR WALKABILITY,
TO MAKE IT TRUE THEIR OWN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT,
YEAH, I WOULD TAKE THAT
QUESTION MORE TO SDOT.
>> WILL DO.
>> IN NOVEMBER PUBLIC COMMENTS
WERE MADE ALONG WITH A SURVEY.
SO, AS MOST OF THE OUTREACH FOR
THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED, THE
PLAN WAS DEVELOPED PRE-
PANDEMIC, THE SURVEY IS REALLY
AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING IF AND
HOW ANY PRIORITIES HAVE SHIFTED
OR IF NEW ISSUES HAVE ARISEN
THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS
PLAN.
SO THE COMMENT PERIOD TODAY --
CLOSES TODAY AT 5:00 P.M.
SO WE WILL BE "MAKING A
MURDERER" UPDATES TO THE PLAN
BASED ON FEEDBACK WE GET BEFORE
-- WILL BE MAKING UPDATES TO
THE PLAN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK
WE GET BEFORE FINALIZING IT AND
WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN
IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN IN 2022.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE.
QUESTION, COMMENT, CONCERNS?
WHAT WORK NEEDED TO BE
COMPLETED TO UPDATE THE PLAN
SINCE IT WAS PUT ON PAUSE?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
A LOT OF THE ACTIONS IN THE
PLAN ARE NOT NECESSARILY TIED
TO SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR SO
ACTION, HOWEVER THE PLAN DID
SAY TO ACHIEVE THIS THING, LOOK
AT THESE EXISTING PROGRAMS OR
POLICIES WE HAVE.
WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS
LOOK AT THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE COME OUT, THE POLICIES
THAT HAVE COME OUT.
AGAIN, SORT OF TIE SOME OF
THOSE TOGETHER.
FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE WILL LOOK AT IS, SO, I THINK
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS WE HAVE
GOT UP ARE ABOUT INDOOR
CENTERS.
SUPER GREAT IDEA.
WE ARE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE
THAT INTO THE PLAN, ONE OF THE
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO LOOK AT
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR
INCENTIVES WE DO WITH NEW
DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WHILE ALL OF THAT IS VERY MUCH
A CITY-WIDE ISSUE AND HARD TO
ADDRESS ONE SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN LOOK TO
THINGS LIKE THE INSTITUTION FOR
HOUSING BONUS.
HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE DETAILED
ACTION, HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM
MORE HEAL.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE
THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE
PAST TWO YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE WEREN'T AS RELEVANT A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR
EXTENDING THE COMMENT PERIOD.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE UNTIL
THE END OF TODAY, THE BUSINESS
DAY TODAY, TO SUBMIT ANY
COMMENTS TO THE PLAN.
THANK YOU, KATY.
I WANT TO NOW INTRODUCE -- WE
ARE JOINED BY FOUR RESIDENTS OF
CROWN HILL INVOLVED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROWN HILL
COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.
CAN EACH OF YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND SHOW A LITTLE
BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW YOU WERE
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND ANY
INFORMATION YOU THINK WE NEED
TO KNOW BEFORE WE START WRITING
THIS RESOLUTION?
I WILL START.
GOOD MORNING, KARIN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE ACTUALLY THREE TODAY,
NOT FOUR.
MY NAME IS KARIN LABELLE, AND I
AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CROWN HILL VILLAGE
ASSOCIATION.
I AM A RESIDENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS.
I VOLUNTEER WITH THE CROWN HILL
COMMUNITY GARDEN AND THE GARDEN
TRANSFORMS UNDERUSED RIGHT OF
WAY INTO AN EDIBLE LANDSCAPE.
FOOD IS GROWN FOR PASSERS BY
AND DONATE TO THE FOOD BANK.
THIS YEAR WE DONATED ALMOST
3,000-POUNDS TO THE FOOD BANK.
I AM ALSO AN URBAN BEE-KEEPER.
SO THE PLAN'S INCLUSION OF
GREEN SPACE IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARING A
LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT NEIGHBORS
WERE FRUSTRATED.
THEY ATTENDED THESE WORKSHOPS
AND THEN NOTHING CAME OF IT.
UP, WORKING WITH OCPD AND
ESPECIALLY OUR LEAD, IT FELT
LIKE A AMAZING COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED
THAT THIS INVESTMENT OF TIME
AND ENERGY AND CITY RESOURCES
WOULD BE COMPLETELY LOST AND
FORGOTTEN.
SO IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE
THIS PROCESS PUSHED OVER THE
FINISH LINE AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD'S FEEDBACK
INCORPORATED INTO A ROAD MAP
THAT WILL GUIDE THE GROWTH IN
OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> WELL SAID, KARIN.
THANK YOU.
>> SHOULD I GO NEXT?
>> SURE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM SORRY WE NEVER MET
PERSONALLY ON THE WALKS YOU
HAVE HAD WHEN YOU HAVE COME TO
CROWN HILL.
MY NAME IS PHILLIPA DUGAW, THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CROWN
HILL VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.
I AM A RESIDENT OF CROWN HILL
AND ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I HAVE
BEEN VERY INVOLVED AS THE PTA
PRESIDENT OF THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I AM REALLY BIG ON COMMUNITY,
FINDING COMMUNITY AND PULLING
COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHY I
LOVE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS --
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
THANK KATY.
SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING.
SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB WORKING
WITH HER TWO YEARS AGO.
I KIND OF MISS YOU, KATY.
WE HAD SO MANY MEETINGS
TOGETHER.
BUT THE PASSION FOR COMMUNITY
AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE PULLED
TOGETHER AND HAD EVENTS WAS
JUST PHENOMENAL.
WE COULD SEE SOMETHING THAT OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MISSING.
OUR FAMILIES WERE MISSING IT,
ELDERLY WERE MISSING IT,
EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A SPACE
TO DO THAT IN.
SO, I AM EXCITED BECAUSE I FEEL
LIKE IF WE CAN KEEP GOING AND
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING TOWARD FAMILY
GROWTH THAT, IS SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN CERTAINLY MIKE A
PRIORITY TO BRING CULTURES
TOGETHER, BECAUSE I KNOW WE
HAVE SO MANY CULTURES
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE
DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE ARE THERE.
BUT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SPACE
FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND
FEEL SAFE IN.
OUR HOPE IS THAT SOME POINT WE
CAN HAVE A SPACE THAT IS ALSO
INDOOR.
A SPACE WHERE WE CAN EVENTUALLY
HAVE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, AND
AS I SAID, CULTURAL EVENTS AND
IS A SPACE FOR US TO GATHER AND
COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO HANG
OUT.
SO, I REALLY AM EXCITE FOR THE
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
I REALLY DO ENCOURAGE US TO
CONTINUE WITH IT AND TO FIND
WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY
WE CAN REALLY EMBODY THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN THE CROWN HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
GOOD MORNING, ANN.
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU ALL?
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE
PROJECT.
KATY AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
OPCD, DAN AND ALL OF CITY
COUNCIL AND ALL THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
MY NAME IS ANN SELZNICK.
I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN ALL
THIS WAY BACK IN 2015 WHEN I
LEARNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED
REZONES AND CONSIDERING I SPENT
MOST OF MY YOUNG ADULT LIFE IN
THE NEW YORK CITY AREA, I
THOUGHT I KNEW A GOOD BIT ABOUT
URBAN DENSITY AND I VOLUNTEERED
TO BE ON THE HALO FOCUSED
GROUPS THAT MET ALL THROUGHOUT
2016.
I DO FEEL IT HITS THE NAIL ON
THE HEAD WITH THE THINGS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
WE NEED, AS KATY WAS POINTING
OUT, WE NEED A CENTRAL MEETING
SPACE.
CROWN HILL FOR THE MOST PART --
OR THE URBAN VILLAGE AREA WAS
JUST A DRIVE-THRU SPACE WITH A
LOT OF BIG BOX STORES AND
PARKING LOTS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A
LOCATION LIKE HOME AND GROW
WHERE WE CAN ALL MEET, AND
POTENTIALLY AN INDOOR SPACE TO
MEET.
WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY
CENTER IN CROWN HILL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY IN
CROWN HILL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHTRAIL
STATION LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER
URBAN VILLAGES HAVE, OR WE DO
HAVE A BUS STOP WHICH IS
FREQUENT TRANSIT, BUT IT IS NOT
RAPID TRANSIT.
SO THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
THAT THE ACTION PLAN CAN GUIDE
IN OUR FUTURE GROWTH.
THE OTHER PIECE IS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE WHICH
KATY HIT UPON BRIEFLY ONE OF
THE CHANGES THAT MIGHT NEED TO
BE ADDED TO THE ACTION PLAN IS
A FOCUS POTENTIALLY ON WHERE WE
CAN FIND MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS DENSITY AND GROWTH IS
COMING, WE ARE SEEING OUR
NATURALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
QUICKLY GOING AWAY AND WE ARE
NOT GETTING THE ON SITE MHA
HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A WAY WE
CAN BRING MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO CROWN HILL FOR THE
NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE MAYBE BEEN
DISPLACED.
AND THANKS AGAIN, TO EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU, ANN.
YOU TOUCHED ON SOMETHING THAT
WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP IN MY
DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS YESTERDAY
WITH THE ARE NOT ON 13.
SHARING THAT WITH THE INCREASED
DENSE THE I IN THIS AREA
WITHOUT THE AMENITIES THAT MANY
OTHER PLACES THAT RECEIVE
DENSITY, IT IS CREATING A
CONFLICT WHERE YOU HAVE MANY
NEW TOWN HOMES WHERE THERE IS
ONLY ONE RESIDENT PREVIOUS.
SO YOU HAVE TENSE AND HUNDREDS
OF NEW REPRESENTS WITHOUT MORE
SIDEWALKS AND WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP THERE WERE A LOT OF
OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN DOWNTOWN
BALLARD.
WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY ANYMORE.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF OLDER
ADULTS LIVING IN CROWN HILL.
SO, THE CONFLICT WITHOUT
SIDEWALKS OF MORE PEOPLE,
PEOPLE DRIVING, YOUNG PEOPLE
DRIVING, OLDER PEOPLE DRIVING,
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONFLICTS
OCCURRING HERE.
CAN YOU -- AND ANYONE CAN SPEAK
TO THIS -- HOW DOES THIS
PROCESS EFFECT THE ATTITUDES
IN CROWN HILL TOWARD THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN HOUSING THAT HAS
BEEN ADDED IN RECENT YEARS?
I KNOW, KAREN, YOU SPOKE TO A
LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION THIS YEAR
BECAUSE THE PLAN GOT PUT ON
HOLD.
LUCKILY WE ARE GOING AGAIN AND
MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TENSION
WE ARE FEELING ALL ACROSS THE
CITY WITHOUT AMENITIES AND
INCREASED DENSITY, WE ARE NOT
MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR
RESIDENTS.
CAN YOU SHARE HOW THE ACTION
PLAN A HAS INFLUENCED THAT
CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE CONCERN
ABOUT DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING
WITHOUT A PLAN FOR PARKING, AND
ALSO WITHOUT THE DEDICATED
RESOURCES SUCH AS EVENT
RELIABLE BUS SERVICE IS ONE OF
THE TOP PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT
I HEAR.
I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT
IN THE PLAN THAT THERE WAS TALK
ABOUT IMPROVING THE RIDER
EXPERIENCE.
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AS TIME MOVES FORWARD SOME
BUSINESSES COME AND GO
>> WHEN THE -- CLOSED, LOOKING
AROUND, THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
TOWNHOMES AND APARTMENTS BEING
BUILT AMID THE PANDEMIC THAT
REALLY PUT A CRIMP ON THE DANE,
BUT IT IS NOT JUST AN
INTERSECTION BUT A WALKABLE
INTERSECTION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN
ALL THE NEW RESIDENTS ARE ABLE
THE WALK TO THE NEW
ESTABLISHMENT THERE.
YEAH.
PHILLIPA, K ACTIONER CAN A RUN,
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
>> I -- CAN A RUN.
>> I FEMALE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
HAPPENED.
THAT WE CAN PUT
BUSINESSES IN THERE.
WE NEED TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT
WE HAVE A VERY VIBRANT NEW
POPULATION IN THIS AREA, AND
JUST FINDING WAYS SO THAT THESE
KID CANS WALK ABOUT AND HAVE
EASIER WAYS TO GET AROUND AND
THINGS TO GET TO THAT FEEL SAFE
AND SECURE FOR THEM.
I THINK IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE US MUSIC
FORWARD WITH THIS.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE US HAVE A
COMMUNITY THAT FEELS VIBRANT
WHEN YOU WALK OUT THERE AND
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART
OF IT.
AND I WANTED TO JUST ECHO WHAT
KAREN SAID ABOUT THE NEW
TOWNHOMES GOING UP.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE -- YOU KNOW,
IT IS NOT IDEAL FOR SOME
CANADIANS, BUT WE ARE GETTING
AROUND SOME NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT
WE ARE GETTING AROUND IT.
WE KNOW INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
COME AROUND, SO THANK YOU
AGAIN.
>> WELL SAID.
TO PUT A FINER POINT ON IT, WE
ARE NOT DONE YET.
WE NEED TO BRING THE ACTUAL
DESIGN GUIDELINES BEFORE
COUNCIL.
NOT EVEN WHAT IS BEFORE US
TODAY BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
UNTIL 5:00 P.M..
ANY QUESTIONS?
KATY, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
PHILLIPA, ANN AND KARIN.
IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND
FOCUSES ON HOW WE CAN BE THE
BEST VERSION WE CAN BE.
IT WITH US GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
KARIN, CAN I PUT THE RESIDENT I
SPOKE WITH IN CONTACT WITH YOU?
I THINK THEY ARE INTERESTED IN
GETTING INVOLVED.
>> YES, AS I WAS LISTENING TO
YOU I WAS THINKING I WONDER WHO
THAT IS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY NEED TO BE
LOOPED IN WITH US SO THANK YOU.
I THINK WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
SO WE CAN MOVE INTO THE NEXT
STEPS AT 22:00.
AFTER THE COMMENT PERIOD ENDS
AT 55:00 PEOPLE I WILL BRING IT
TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
RECOGNIZE AND ENDORSE THE FINAL
VERSION OF THIS PLAN.
THANK YOU KARIN AND PHILLIPA,
KATY, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE
YOU TODAY.
UP NEXT, ITEM TWO OF 5. COUNCIL
BILL 120215.
[ THE ABBREVIATED TITLE READ
INTO THE RECORD ]
EACH OF OUR PANELS TODAY HAVE
INCREDIBLE GUESTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING AFTER
THE BUDGET CYCLE, SO WE HAVE
THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
BEFORE US.
I AM EXCITED TO BE JOINS BY THE
DIRECTOR KAMURON GUROL, BRUCE
KESSLER, SHARMAN HERRIN, KING
COUNCIL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
DIVISION AND KETIL FREEMAN.
WILL EACH OF YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL PASS IT OFF TO BRUCE
HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I AM BRUCE KESSLER, THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE WATERWATER
TREATMENT DIVISION AND I WILL
PASS IT TO SHARMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
I AM SHARMAN HERRIN AND WORK IN
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IN THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT DIVISION.
>> I BELIEVE THAT KAMURON HAD
TO STEP OUT FOR A WHILE BUT HE
SHOULD BE JOINING US.
>> I AM WITH THE POLICY AND
TECHNICAL LEAD IN OUR
INTERPRETATION UNIT.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MR. FREEMAN, ARE YOU RUNNING
THE PRESENTATION?
>> I THINK BRUCE MAY BE RUNNING
THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS TO SET
THE TABLE HERE THEN TURN THINGS
OVER TO BRUCE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN
INITIAL BRIEFING OF COUNCIL
BILL 120215, MODIFYING THE
OTHERWISE APPLICABLE LAPPED USE
PROCEDURES TO CREATE A LIMITED
EXCEPTION FOR AN EXPANSION OF
KING
COUNTY'S WESTPOINT TREATMENT
PLANT.
MR. KESSLER WILL SET THE
CONTEXT FOR THE PROBLEM WHICH
THIS BILL SEEKS TO SOLVE, I
WILL DESCRIBE WHAT THE BILL
DOES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE
COMMITTEE WILL TALK ABOUT NEXT
STEPS HERE.
SO I WILL TURN IT ONEVER TO
BRUCE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO, I AM HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THE POWER WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT OF THE PLANT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF THE
PROJECT.
I WILL START OUT WITH A LITTLE
BACKGROUND TO PUT THIS
PRESENTATION IN CONTEXT.
WE RECEIVED POWER AT THE
TREATMENT PLANT FROM TWO
DIFFERENT POWER FEEDS.
ONE IS OUR PRIMARY FEED.
WE HAD DAILY OPERATION ON THE
FEED, 24/7, 365 DAY AS YEAR,
EXCEPT WHEN THE LINE IS DOWN.
WE HAVE AT THE PLANT BYPASSES
OCCASIONALLY.
AND A LOT OF THOSE BPASSES
ARE CAUSED BY POWER QUALITY WE
RECEIVE FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
THAT.
QUALITY COMES IN IN FORM OF
VOLTAGE SAGS.
THESE AREN'T POWER OUTAGE,
BLIPS IN THE POWER WHERE IT
CUTS OFF AND CUTS BACK ON.
THIS IS WHERE THE VOLTAGE
STRAYS BELOW WHAT OUR EQUIPMENT
IS RATED TO OPERATE AT.
IN THE LAST 21 YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN
WITH BLAME AWARE OF THIS
BECAUSE WHENEVER WE HAVE A
BYPASS WE HAVE TO CALL OUT THE
CAUSE.
EARLY THIS YEAR, WE ISSUED AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER THAT SAYS
WE NEED THE CORRECT THIS POWER
QUALITY PROBLEM AND TOP THESE
POWER QUALITY CAUSE BYPASSES.
ON THE HEELS OF THAT, ON
FEBRUARY 25 OF THIS YEAR THE
KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE ISSUED A
DECLARATION, AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION THAT SAYS THAT THE
WASTE WATER TREATMENT DIVISION
WOULD NEED TO CORRECT THE POWER
QUALITY PROBLEM TO PROTECT OUR
EMPLOYEES AND ALSO TO PROTECT
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE
DISCHARGES, YOU KNOW, THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN CONTACT
WITH DISCHARGE.
SO IT PUTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AT RISK AND ALSO THERE IS
ENVIRONMENT HARM THAT CAN OCCUR
FROM THAT.
A BIG TOOL IN THIS DECLARATION
IS THAT WE ARE WAIVED ON THE
PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS SO WE
CAN HIRE DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND
CONTRACTORS WITHOUT DOING -- AS
PART OF PROCESS, AND WE HAVE
ALREADY GOT BOTH OF THOSE FIRMS
ON BOARD AND WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT.
REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE
ARE SAYING WE WILL ACCEPT THE
POWER OF QUALITY WE RECEIVE
FROM THE SEATTLE CITY OF LIGHT
BUT WE WILL MAKE IT BETTER
BEFORE WE DISTRIBUTED IT
THROUGHOUT THE PLANT.
WITH THE FINAL ALTERNATIVES WE
SETTLED ON THE BEST
ALTERNATIVE, A BATTERY ENERGY
STORAGE TYPE OF SOLUTION.
IT IS CALLED AN UNDISRUPTABLE
POWER SUPPLY, AND IT IS ON THE
CONDITION THAT POWER BEFORE WE
SEND IT TO A CRITICAL PUMP
MOTORS, MAINTAIN OUR PUMPING
OPERATIONS DURING THESE VOLTAGE
SAGS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE IN MITIGATING THE
SAGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT
OF THIS, THE EQUIPMENT IS VERY
LARGE.
IT IS ALSO VERY HEAVY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONG
FOUNDATION AND A FAIRLY BIG
BUILDING TO HOUSE IT.
ON THIS SLIDE HERE YOU CAN SEE
AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT WE
INTENDED TO REPURPOSE FOR THIS
PROJECT.
IT IS A ONE STORY BUILDING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A VERY STRONG
FOUNDATION, SO WE ARE GOING TO
KNOCK THIS BUILDING DOWN AN
REPLACE IT WITH A BUILDING THAT
HAS A SLIGHTLY LARGER FRONT AND
TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT.
>> THIS IS ALSO HELPFUL IN
ILLUSTRATING THE DIFFERENT
ELEVATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE PLANT AS COMPARED TO, I
GUESS IT MIGHT BE THE SOUTH.
HARD TO TELL THERE ON THE
POINT.
THE LAND BASE SIDE OF THE SITE
IS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.
YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THERE BY
THE SHADOWING.
SO, BEFORE WE ARE MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT
THE COMPARABLE FROM THIS
BUILDING COMPARED TO WHAT IS
ALREADY ON YOUR SITE?
>> THIS PLANT WHEN IT WAS
BUILT, IT WAS BUILT IN A SCREEN
FROM THE PUBLIC.
IT IS HARD TO GO IN THE PARK
AND FIND A VIEW OF THE PLANT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES YOU
CAN GET A VIEW OF THE PLANT AND
THIS BUILDING COULD BE VISIBLE
THERE, BUT OTHERWISE WHERE YOU
CAN'T SEE THE PLANT NOW, YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS
BUILDING.
IT IS NOT GOING TO STICK UP
ABOVE OR STAND OUT TO MAKE THAT
PART OF THE PLANT VISIBLE.
WE MAINTAIN THAT
INCONSPICUOUSNESS, IF YOU
WOULD.
>> ALL RIGHT, I WILL CONTINUE
ON THEN.
SO THIS BUILDING WILL BE JUST
UNDER 50 FEET IN HEIGHT,
EXCLUDING A STAIR TOWER YOU CAN
SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER
OF THAT ROOF.
THAT WILL BE JUST UNDER 56 FEET
IN HEIGHT.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES
SAFE.
THERE IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE
THAT IS STREAMLINING OUR
PERMITTING PROCESS AND HELP US
STAY ON SCHEDULE.
IT WILL REDUCE DELAYS IN OTHER
PROJECTS WE ARE DOING.
WE ARE PUTTING A LOT INTO THIS
PROJECT.
WE DELAYED OTHER PROJECTS.
THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE PLANT, THERE IS VERY
LIMITED SPACE AT THIS POINT.
IT IS A VERY LARGE CAPACITY
PLANT PUT INTO A VERY SMALL
FOOTPRINT AND WHEN WE HAVE
MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS ON SIGHT,
THEY GET IN EACH OTHER'S WAY.
WHEN THIS ONE IS DONE WE WILL
PICK UP ON THE OTHER PROJECTS,
SO THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP US
EXPEDITE THAT SCHEDULE.
AND IT ALSO HELP US COMPLY WITH
OUR ECOLOGY ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY
OUTREACH FOR WEST POINT.
OP GOING OUTREACH, SO THAT HAS
BEEN GOINGEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS WITH
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE AN
INTEREST IN THIS PLANT.
THIS SPRINT WE STARTED SHARING
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECTS
BY EMAIL, WEB PAGE, SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE ARE REALLY STRESSING WHAT
THE SCHEDULE IS.
WHAT THE CHOSEN SOLUTION IS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SIZE,
LOCATION AND SHAPE OF THIS
BUILDING.
AND WE INCLUDE RENDERING SO
THAT THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS ARE AWARE OF WHAT
WE ARE DOING HERE.
ALSO, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
THIS BUILDING IS REALLY JUST A
HOUSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND IT IS
ELECTRICAL.
THERE ARE NO ODORS OR NOISE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING.
IT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC FLOW
THROUGH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH PARK
TO GET TO THIS SITE.
ALSO THE MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY AND
OVER BY FISHERMAN'S WHARF.
WE WILL NOT INCREASE TRAFFIC IN
THESE AREAS.
WE OFFERED BRIEFINGS TO THE
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WE
CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE
BRIEFINGS.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN UP ON
ANY YET, SO WE ARE AVENTING
THAT TO WE ARE DOING A GOOD
OUTREACH BY THESE OTHER
MEETINGS.
>> AND BRUCE, HAVE YOU HEARD
ANY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FROM
THE COMMUNITY?
>> WE HAVE NOT.
THE COMMUNITIES HAVE STRESSED
THEIR CONCERNS FOR YEARS ABOUT
THE BYPASSES.
SO, IT MIGHT BE -- AND I AM
SPECULATING HERE, THAT A
REDUCTION IN THE BYPASS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT
MIGHT BE WHY THEY ARE
[INAUDIBLE]
THE PROJECT.
I CANNOT FELL YOU.
>> I SHARE THE ASSUMPTION
BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS
STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT THE
BUILD WILLING NOT BE NOTICEABLE
AND OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY'S
URGENT CONCERN OF REDUCING THE
BYPASSES THAT OCCUR, I COULD
SEE THAT THAT WOULD SITUATE US
IN A PLACE OF LOW LEVELS OF
CONCERN.
I SEE YOUR NEXT SLIDE -- YOU
ARE MOVING ON BEFORE I -- I
GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU, WE
HAD A REALLY GREAT
CONVERSATION.
I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF
THIS.
IN A VERY DETAILED MANNER.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE YOU WILLCY
OF GETTING THIS WORK DONE?
>> YES.
I AM TRYING TO STOP SHARING
HERE.
THE BIG URGECY IS THAT THAT THE
BYPASSES TO THE COUNTY ARE
UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE HAVE AND
WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING TO REDUCE
THEM.
LIKE I SAID, EVERY TIME WE HAVE
A BYPASS WE ARE PUTTING THE
SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT
RISK.
WE FLOODED THE PLANT BEFORE,
LUCKILY NOBODY WAS IN IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERGROUND
TUNNELS THAT HOUSE EQUIPMENT,
SO IF THIS PLANT FLOODS AND
SOMEBODY IS IN THOSE TUNNEL, IT
TRAPS PEOPLE.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE DON'T
HAVE BYPASSES.
PROVIDEED THAT THE WAIVER IS
THE LEAST NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE
THE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
WE HAVE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION
IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY.
AND THEY HAVE A STRUCTURE
ENVELOPE AND IT IS LIKELY THE
LEAST NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
IT REQUIRE AS CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT PLAN TO MAKE ANY
POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS.
THE SITE IS IN A PARK ADJACENT
TO PARK FACILITIES.
IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT MOST OF
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND
STAGING, ETC., CAN HAPPEN ON
SITE.
TO THE EXTENT IT CAN'T, THERE
WILL BE A PLAN TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACT FOR THAT AND A STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL PO'ALCY ACT BOTH
FOR THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
ALSO FOR PROJECT LEVEL REVIEW
BY STCI.
I BELIEVE, AND BRUCE CAN
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE,
KING COUNTY ALSO DECLARED A
EMERGENCY IN KING COUNTY WOULD
BE ACTING AS LEAD AGENCY FOR
THE PURPOSES SEEN HERE.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE ARCING
OF THE LAND USE MODIFICATIONS
THAT WILL FACILITATE THE BACK
UP POWER FACILITY COMING ON
POWER SOMEWHAT SOONER THAN
OTHERWISE ABLE TO UNDER
APPLICABLE LAND USE PEERS.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE BILL THAT WILL HAPPEN ON
DECEMBER 8, SO NEXT WEDNESDAY,
A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY CHANGE TO
THE LAND USE CODE.
THE EARLIEST THE COUNCIL COULD
CONSIDER ACTION ON THE BILL
WOULD BE ON THE 13th.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT THE
PARAMETERS OR GUARDRAIL ON THIS
LEGISLATION SO THAT THERE ARE
NOT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?
>> YES.
I THINK THERE ARE A FEW
GUARDRAILS HERE.
ONE IS WHO CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS
LIMITED EXCEPTION?
THERE HAS TO BE A DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY ORDER AND THE EXPANSION
CAN'T BE A LARGE EXPANSION.
IF KING COUNTY TRIED
TO INVOKE THIS FOR SOME LARGER
COMPONENT OF IMPROVEMENTS AT
WEST POINT, THEY MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO FIT WITHIN THE
PARAMETER.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
SIZE OF THE AREA OF EXPANSION.
THERE IS A THERE IS A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN A MINOR AND
MAJOR EXPANSION IN THE LAND USE
CODE.
USE REVIEW WHICH IS THE LENGTHY
REVIEW THAT THIS BILL WOULD
ALLOW KING COUNTY TO AVOID AND
THERE ARE SOME THRESHOLDS THAT
INSTITUTE MINOR EXPANSION OF
750 SQUARE FEET OR 10% OF THE
SITE AREA, WHICHEVER IS GREATER
HERE.
HERE THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE
SITE AND COUNTY KING COUNTY
WILL FOLLOW THROUGH THE
PARAMETERS.
THE GUARDRAIL MANAGEMENT PLAN,
KING COUNTY IS SOMEWHAT FAR
ALONG, BUT YET TO APPLY FOR A
PERMIT.
SO, PERHAPS SOME OF THE
CONSTRUCTION STAGING IS NOT
KNOWN AT THIS POINT TO THE
EXTENT THAT ANY OF THAT
CONSTRUCTION STAGES,
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, WOULD
HAVE IMPACTS ON THE PARK.
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
PLAN WOULD BE A VEHICLE FOR
INVESTMENT.
>> VERY HELPFUL
>> COLLEAGUE, I HAD A VERY LONG
CONVERSATION WITH BRUCE KESSLER
AND SHARMAN HERRIN, I DON'T
HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS FOR THE
RECORD.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE
WILL BE BRINGING THIS FOR A
VOTE AND PUBLIC HEARING ON
DECEMBER 8. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
I THINK, BRUCE, TO OUR EARLIER
POINT, WE ALL GET IT.
WE NEED THIS BUILDING BUILT SO
WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
OUTFLOWS AND WE ARE HERE TO BE
YOUR PARTNER.
GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> SO, WITH NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL FOR THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE BACK
FOR THE COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 8 FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>>> UP NEXT OUR ITEM NUMBER 3
ON OUR AGENDA OF THREE OUT OF
FIVE.
COUNCIL BILL 120239 WHICH
UPDATES THE ENERGY CODE BASED
ON UNRESOLVED ISSUES FROM
ENERGY CODE UPDATE AT THE START
OF THIS YEAR.
[ READING THE ABBREVIATED TITLE
INTO THE RECORD ]
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY BEFORE
YOLANDA GOES INTO DETAILS BUT I
WANT SET THE STAGE TO WHERE WE
ARE AS PART OF A BROADER
CONVERSATION THAT WE LAST HAD
IN THE EARLY SPRING WHEN WE DID
SOME BROADER UPDATES TO THE
ENERGY CODE.
AT THE TIME THERE WAS MORE
WORKER'S COMPENSATION THAT HAD
TO BE DONE FOR THE FEASIBILITY
OF A CODE CHANGE.
AS A RESULT WE HELD OFF ON THAT
AMENDMENT, ALTHOUGH WE DID
PROMISE AT THAT TIME WE WOULD
VISIT THIS ONCE THE STAKEHOLDER
WORK AND THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT WAS FINISHED.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOLANDA FOR DETAILS AND I
MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THE
PRESENTATION SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> WONDERFUL AND THANK YOU FOR
THE SPONSORSHIP DURING THIS
PROCESS.
YOLANDA, GOOD MORNING.
>> YOLANDA COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
LET ME LOAD UP MY POWER POINT
HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
I WILL BE TODAY PROVIDING THE
BACKGROUND ON COUNCIL BILL
120239.
THAT WOULD AMEND THE 2018
ENERGY CODE DESCRIBE THE
LEGISLATION AND POTENTIAL
IMPACTS AS THE CHAIR NOTED,
STAFF FROM THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS ARE ON THE LINE TO
HELP ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTION,
AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION CODES ADVISORY
BOARD.
SO JUST A QUICK RECAP.
IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED AN 2018 ENERGY
CODE VIA ORDINANCE 126279.
THIS UPDATE CONTINUED THE
CITY'S PRACTICE OF ADOPTING THE
AMENDED VERSION OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE ENERGY CODE,
BUILDINGS TALLER THAN THREE
STORIES AND ALL NEW COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS TO CONFORM TO HIGHER
STANDARDS THAN THOSE REQUIRED
BY THE STATE AND THE REGULATION
APPLY TO ALTERATIONS AND/OR
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING
BUILDING COMPONENTS.
THIS WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH
15 OF THIS YEAR.
SO, NOTABLE CHANGES FROM THAT
UPDATE WAS THE ADDITION TO THE
CODE'S INTENTS SECTION, BUT
THERE WAS A GOAL OF REDUCING
CARBON EMISSIONS TO THE
EXISTING GOAL OF INCREASING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND TO THIS END THERE WERE TWO
KEY PROVISIONS IN THE 2018
ENERGY CODE ADDED.
THESE WERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE
USE OF FOSSIL FUEL AND ELECTRIC
RESISTANCE FOR SPACE HEATING
THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON JUNE 1
OF THIS YEAR AND RESTRICTION ON
THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS AND
ELECTRIC RESISTANCE FOR WATER
HEATING IN MULTIFAMILY AND
HOTEL USES THAT WILL GO INTO
EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 OF NEXT
YEAR.
AS FOR NOW, LIMITING THE WATER
RESTRICTION TO THESE USES AT
THAT TIME WERE DUE TO THEIR
MORE PREDICTABLE WATER DEMANDS.
DURING THE COMMITTEE'S
DELIBERATION ON ADOPTION OF THE
2018 ENERGY CODE AS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MENTIONED,
HE ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAD PROPOSED AN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD EXTEND THE
WATER HEATING RESTRICTION TO
ALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
GIVEN THAT THIS AMENDMENT HAD
NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF
THE LARGER SUITE OF SEATTLE-
SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO THE
ENERGY CODE, THEY WERE NOT
INCLUDED DURING THE CITY'S
MONTHS LONG OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND NOT
EVALUATEDED BY THE CONSTRUCTION
CODE ADVISORY BOARD, THE CITY'S
ADVISORY BODY TASKED WITH
CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO
SEATTLE'S BUILDING CODE,
ADJUSTING CHANGES AND VOTING ON
RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THESE
PROPOSALS.
ADDITIONALLY THE AMENDMENT MAY
HAVE REQUIRED SOME MORE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.
SO, VARIOUS COMPLICATING
FACTORS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN
THE DELAY OF THE ADOPTION OF
THE 2018 ENERGY CODE WHICH HAD
ALREADY BEEN DELAYED DUE TO A
VARIETY OF OTHER FACTORS
INCLUDING THE PANDEMIC.
SO ASS REQUESTED THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED OUTREACH
REGARDING THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION
CODE'S ADVISORY BOARD MET
DISCUSSED IT MULTIPLE TIMES
ULTIMATELY VOTING TO RECOMMEND
ADOPTION OF THE CHANGE WITH
SOME EXCEPTIONS INCLUDED
TO MAKE THE NEW RESTRICTION
LESS BURDENSOME.
ALSO THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION STAFF
COMPLETED THE REQUIRED
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WHICH IS
AN ADDENDUM TO THE ORIGINAL
DETERMINATION OF NON-
SIGNIFICANCE WHICH IS ALSO
KNOWN AS A, IPA FILE ATTACHED
TO THE LEGISLATION.
SO, ON TO WHAT THE COUNCIL BILL
120239 DOES, IT WOULD REQUIRE
THAT ALL COMMERCIAL PLANS USE
ELECTRIC HEAT WATER HEATERS
WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, MOST
NOTABLY IT DOES NOT APPLY TO
UPGRADES OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS, INCLUDING ALSO SOME
TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING
AMENDMENTS SUFFICIENT AS THE
ADDITIONAL OPTION OF BROWN
SOURCE HEAT PUMP WATER HEATING
SYSTEM AND SPECIFIES A METHOD
OF MEASURING UP FOR AIR
TEMPERATURE FOR HEAT PUMPS.
DECREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND HELPING TO
ADVANCE THE CITY'S GOAL OF
REACHING NET ZERO EMISSION,
ALSO A CLIMATE JUSTICE
PRIORITY.
THERE WILL BE MORE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS FOR THOSE WHO WORK ON
WATER HEATING SYSTEMS THAT USE
FOSSIL FUELS SUCH AS PIPE
FITTERS AND PLUMBERS, BECAUSE
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE
DEMAND FOR THESE SERVICES OVER
TIME AS MORE BUILDINGS
TRANSITION TO FULLY ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM AND APPLIANCES.
ALSO I WOULD NOTE THE CITY DOES
HAVE A COMMITMENT TO INSURING A
JUST TRANSMISSION FOR WORKERS
VIA RESOLUTION 31895.
I THINK IS THE ANTICIPATED TO
DIMINISH OVER TIME AS THE
REQUIREMENT BECOMES
THE ACCEPTED STANDARD AND THE
MARKET BEGINS TO OFFER EVEN
GREATER OPTIONS FOR HEAT PUMP
WATER HEAT SYSTEMS.
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS,
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF THIS
COUNCIL BILL AND POSSIBLY VOTE
ON THE DECEMBER 8 MEETING NEXT
WEEK AND THEN GO TO FULL VOTE
OF THE COUNCIL DECEMBER 13.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF
DWAYNE OR MIKA WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE THEIR ANALYSIS AND
PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS JOEL
AND ERIC FROM THE STRUCTURAL
CODE ADVISORY BOARD.
EITHER DWAYNE OR MIKA, OR JOEL
ORE ERIC.
I SEE DWAYNE COMING ON CAMERA.
>> I THINK YOLANDA DID A GREAT
JOB OF SUMMARIZING WHAT WE HAVE
DONE HERE.
I WANT TO MENTION ONE OF THE
BIG THINGS THAT THE [INAUDIBLE]
REVIEW DID WAS TO ESSENTIALLY
REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS
TO IMPACT REPLACEMENT OF
EXISTING FOSSIL FUEL WATER
HEATING SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS.
JUST DUE TO THEIR FEEL THAT
THERE WAS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY
AT THAT POINT SO AN ISSUE WE
CAN TACK AS WE GET MORE USED
TO THIS.
JOEL OR ERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SHARE ANYTHING NOW?
OTHERWISE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THERE IS ERIC.
THIS PROPOSAL BECAME BEFORE A
CODE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND YOU WERE CONSOLED ON THIS. I
UNDERSTAND NOT EVERYONE LIKES
THESE RULES. OTHER PEOPLE
REALLY LIKE THEM.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH HOW WE GOT
THROUGH TODAY?
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
I ALSO EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO
THIS.A LOT OF CONCERNS WE HAD
EARLIER IN PRESENTATIONS WE'VE
HAD, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS AND
COFFEE SHOPS GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS, SO THESE ARE WAITING
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE OVER
THAT NEW SHOP, EXISTING SHOP,
I'M SORRY, BY MAKING THESE TEAR
OUT THE WATER AND GAS HEATING
SYSTEMS, AND PUTTING IN A MUCH
MORE EXPENSIVE WATER HEATING WAS
A CONCERN TO ALL OF US.
>> THANKS, THAT IS HELPFUL.
ERIC?
I MIGHT EXPAND ON SOME OF
JOEL'S POINTS RIGHT THERE.
ERIC, IF YOU ARE STILL WITH US
PLEASE JOIN US, JOEL?
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST
TOUCHED ON IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE
ARE RENOVATING THE BUILDING,
OFTEN TENANT IMPROVEMENTS,
OFTEN IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS, WHERE
TENANT IMPROVEMENTS BREAK THE
THRESHOLD, AND HAVE TO MEET NEW
CODE, AND SO WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THAT WHEN
WE ARE MAKING THESE MAJOR
IMPROVEMENTS, THERE, AND THIS
IS PART OF THE COMPROMISE,
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT
INCLUDED WITH IT, WITHIN THIS,
I GUESS, WITHIN THIS COAT
AMENDMENT.
>> EXISTING.>> THERE WE GO.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS WHY I AM NOT A SUBJECT
EXPERT.
ARE OTHER PLACES ENCODE WITH
THIS LARGE OF AN EXCEPTION?
>> ACTUALLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION
STATES IS THAT IF YOU ARE JUST
NEEDING TO TAKE OUT AN EXISTING
GAS WATER HEATER AND ARE
PERMITTED TO REPLACE IT IN
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, IF YOU'RE
DOING WHAT WE CALL SUBSTANTIAL
ALTERATION, THEN IT WOULD NEED
TO FOLLOW THAT CODE.
BUT ONCE YOU ARE INTO
SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION, IT'S A
SERIOUS INDICATOR THAT YOU'RE
PROBABLY DOING A FULL-GUTTED
REHAB OF THE BUILDING.
IN THOSE CASES, THE DEPARTMENT
TREATS IT MUCH LIKE A NEW
BUILDING, WITH CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS.
>> AND SO WITH THAT LEVEL OF
CHANGE, IT WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE
TO MEET EXISTING CODE.
TODAY WE ARE SAYING IT DOES
NOT.
>> THAT, AND A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS INCLUDING SEISMIC
SAFETY, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
BUT I THINK THE CONCERN I'M
SEEKING OUT WAS MUCH MORE ABOUT
YOUR -- YOUR MEAT AND POTATOES
SORT-OF THE REPLACEMENT KIND OF
SYSTEM THING, THAT THERE WOULD
BE ENOUGH SPACE, ELECTRICAL
POWER, TO HANDLE.
FOR THIS CODE CYCLE, WE ARE
SAYING WE WILL ALLOW THIS OR
PLACEMENTS TO GO AHEAD.DID I
GET THAT RIGHT, JOE?
>> I AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT.
>> AND I KNOW THAT AS WE MAKE
THESE TRANSITIONS, AND YOLANDA
SPOKE ABOUT THE TRUST
TRANSITION.
HOW WE BUILD OUR BUILDINGS AND
TRANSITION TO A MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
MANNER, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
THAT WE ALSO PROTECT OUR
BORDERS AND HAVE A WAY TO
TRANSITION PEOPLE OUT OF THE
JOBS THAT ARE NO LONGER MEETING
THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIMATES, AND
MAKING SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS
ARE MET SO THEY CAN HAVE A WAY
TO SERVE THEIR FAMILY AND BE
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
I AM NOT SEEING ERIC JOINING US
BACK.
I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD
HAVE -- JOEL?
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OUT
HERE, TODAY.
I GUESS WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT THE BACK GROUND, HOW THE
COMPROMISE IS OCCURRING.
I GUESS DUANE, OR JOEL, OR
YOLANDA, IS THERE OTHER ASPECTS
OF THIS BILL HE WOULD LIKE US
TO CONSIDER OR KNOW, BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD?
>> IN YOLANDA'S PRESENTATION,
SHE WAS TALKING I REPRESENT ALL
OF THIS PEOPLE ARE IN MY GROUP,
AND WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT WITH
FAMILY JOBS IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO US, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THESE
SERVICES AND PUSH THE ECONOMY
AND CITY FORWARD.
AND I'M VERY ENGAGED IN THE
CITY.
I AM A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY
HERE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.
>> I CAN EASILY SAY THAT WE
WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN
WATER OR USE THE BATHROOM
WITHOUT YOUR ABILITIES, JOEL.
I DO SEE ERIC HAS COME ON-
CAMERA.
ERIC X WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, TALKED
ABOUT THE COMPROMISE THAT HAS
GOTTEN US TO TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, OR
ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION YOU
WANT US TO KNOW BEFORE WE MOVE
FORWARD?
>> ALL RIGHT, I HAD TO STEP
AWAY FOR A MINUTE, FOR SOME
THINGS, SO I MISSED PART OF THE
PRESENTATION, THERE.
UM -- KNOW THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE
COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCIES. I THINK
THE CODE LANGUAGE IS ENFORCEABLE
. AND ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT
THE SAME IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR
MARSHALL?
I MISSED THAT PART, IF DUANE --
>> YEAH IF YOU WANT TO DO A
QUICK SUMMARY.
SORRY FOR THE FOLKS WAITING.
>> IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
SLIGHTLY, SO IT WOULD BE 30,
WELL, IT'S KIND OF STANDARD
LEGISLATION.
IT WOULD BE SOME TIME IN MID TO
LATE JANUARY, I WOULD SAY,
BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S OPTION
FOR THEIR SIGNATURE, AND ALL
THAT.
SO, THE HOTEL AND MULTI-FAMILY
WILL GO INTO EFFECT, GENERALLY
FIRST, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY
IN THE EXISTING CODE, UM --
AND THIS ONE WILL GO INTO
EFFECT, SLIGHTLY LATER.
>> SO THE ONE I DO HAVE, WE ARE
SEEING A VERY LONG LEAF TIME
FOR THIS EQUIPMENT, UP TO 46
WEEKS FOR SOME PROJECTS.
SO PROJECTS DEFINITELY NEED, WE
HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR, ON THE
RESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE ARE SEEING
A LOT OF NEW PRODUCT THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR THE U.S. MARKET
NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT SEATTLE IS
DOING, AND WHAT WASHINGTON IS
DOING HERE.
SO THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING
FROM AN ENERGY OF FISHING
EFFICIENT FOR ENERGY FOLKS IN
THE CITY.BUT, SO, BUT, YEAH,
THERE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS,
GEARING UP TO DELIVER THIS
STUFF.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOW COMING
IN.
BUT THERE ARE VERY LONG LEAD
TIMES RIGHT NOW BASED ON COVID
AND OTHER THINGS.
TWO ERIC, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CAN I SET THE TABLE FOR BY THE
TIME 46 WEEKS IS ALMOST A YEAR,
52 WEEKS WITH THESE, AND MAYBE
LET ME CHECK MY ASSUMPTION
HERE, THE BUILDINGS THAT THIS
WILL APPLY TO OUR BUILDINGS THE
RECEIPT THEIR PERMIT AFTER THE
IMPLEMENTATION X DUANE?
I'M GOING TO STOP BACK, I AM
NOT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THIS WOULD APPLY TO PROJECTS
THAT HAVE THEIR APPLICATION FOR
THE PERMIT ACCEPTED AFTER THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE.
SO, SO THERE IS AN AMPLE
MENTATION DATE.
THERE IS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
MONTHS TO GET PERMITTED, BY THE
TIME WE ARE IN 23 OR 24,
>> THIS IS APPLYING TO NEW
CONSTRUCTION OR MERRILY.
I THINK IT IS STILL FEASIBLE.
BUT PROJECTS ARE GOING TO PLAN
AHEAD, AND TO PLAN THEIR PROJECT
AROUND, WE HOPE THEY IMPROVE.
>> WITH THAT SAID THOUGH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD IT
BE POSSIBLE TO, TO, AT THIS LATE
DATE, SET AN IMPLEMENTATION
DATE IN PARTICULAR RATHER THAN
JUST THE 30-DAY, SAY APRIL 1st
OR SOMETHING, SO PROJECTS
ALREADY VERY FAR DOWN THE
PIPELINE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE
ON THROUGH?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT
UM -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LUIS IS THE
PRIME SPONSOR ON THIS ONE.
AND WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU, ANGELA, AND ERIC,
AFTER THIS MEETING WITH THIS
COMMITTEE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I HAVE
ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE MY
COMMITTEE TWICE BEFORE I PASS
THEM BEFORE COUNSEL, SO WE DO
NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A RUSH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
ANY DATE?
>> NO OBJECTION TO SAY SET A
DATE.
>> LET'S WORK BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
DATE, WHAT WORKS BEST FOR
EVERYONE.
I JUST WANT TO PULL OUT SOME
THINGS I HEARD FROM ERIC, AND
FROM DUANE, THAT WITH EVEN WITH
SOME OF THESE SUPPLY-CHAIN
DELAYS, AND EVEN WITH ALL OF
THE WORK THAT I AM DOING TO TRY
TO SPEED OF THE PERMANENT
PROCESS, THE PERMIT PROCESS IS
ALSO STILL OFTEN TIMES EIGHT
YEAR LONG.
WELL WE HAVE A DELAY IN THESE
PIECES OF MACHINERY, WE HAVE A
PROCESS THAT IS LONG DELAYED.
I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY FROM
PASSING LEGISLATION EARLIER
THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY SEEING
NEW TYPES OF EQUIPMENT BEING
AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS EQUIPMENT THAT ALREADY
EXISTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
WORLD THAT IS NOW COMING TO THE
UNITED STATES.
>> YES.
AND, YEAH.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THE
FIRST INSTALLATION OF SOME OF
THESE PRODUCTS IN SEATTLE.
I KNOW MR. BC MITSUBISHI
INSTALLED ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE OF
THE U.S. WE ARE USING THIS
TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE BEEN USING
IT AS A CODE COMPLIANT STRATEGY
FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
NOW IT IS JUST BEING MORE
MANDATED FOR ALL BUILDINGS, SO
THAT OBVIOUSLY INCREASES HOW
MANY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE
USING.
THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS
CENTERED AROUND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
PLANNING FOR THIS AS MUCH.
IT HAS NOT BEEN IN THE CODE.
SO I'M GOOD WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR MULTI-
FAMILIES, GENUINE 1, JANUARY 1.
FEW MONTHS OUT TO GIVE FOLKS
NOTICE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
GOOD THING.
>> I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT AND
WORK WITH YOU ALL OFF-LINE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING.
MICAH?
I SEE YOU ARE OFF-CAMERA.
FEEL FREE TO SHARE.
IF NOT, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NOT MUCH, JUST ABOUT TIMING,
THE INFLAMMATION IMPLEMENTATION
DATE PUSHED A FEW DAYS WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
THAT WAY FOLKS DOWN THE ROAD
WHEN THEY COME BACK IN TO
REPLACE THOSE SYSTEMS UM --
WHEN THEY DO THAT RESEARCH WELL
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE, OR WHAT THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE, BASED ON THE
CODE.
AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
ADOPTING THIS JUST SO COUNSEL
IS AWARE, WE WILL BE COMING
BACK WITH THE 2021 SEATTLE
CODES WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR
SO UM -- BECAUSE THOSE SHOULD
BE IMPLEMENT IT AND READY TO GO
EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL IN
JULY, 2023.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON
THE 2021 CODES IN THE NATIONAL
LEVEL 2024 CODES OVER THE PITS
OF GETTING THIS STUFF IN
ADVANCE REALLY HELPS.
SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, MICAH.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE FROM YOU AND
DUANE.
WE'LL NEVER MET KNOW AS MUCH AS
YOU.
I BELIEVE DUANE IS A GRADUATE
OF NATHAN HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
>> GO, RAIDERS.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR THIS PANEL?
IF NOT WE WILL HAVE OFF-LINE
CONVERSATIONS, AND WE WILL SEE
YOU, NEXT WEEK, DECEMBER 8th.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR
FOURTH AGNDA ITEM IS COUNSEL
BILL 120206, WHICH WOULD YOU
PLEASE READ UNDER THE
ENTITLEMENT.
>> ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAND
USE AMENDING THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDING A
MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY
DISTRICT.
>> THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME COMING.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE IT
HERE.
COUNCILMAN DEBORA JUAREZ HAS
BEEN LEADING THIS EFFORT FOR A
VERY LONG TIME.
I STARTED WORKING ON THIS AS A
STAFF MEMBER. I'M EXCITED AND
HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
THIS WORK AS AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL MYSELF.
THIS CONVERSATION BEGAN AT THE
START OF 2019 WHEN COUNSEL
FIRST ADOPTED THE TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM ON THE REDEVELOPMENT
OF THE MANUFACTURER PARK TO
PROVIDE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO
BE DEVELOPED.
SINCE THEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH
TWO CHAIRS AND MORATORIUM
EXTENSIONS.
TODAY, WE ARE FINALLY
CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD ADOPT LONG-TERM
PROTECTIONS FOR MANUFACTURING
HOME PARKS IN SEATTLE.
I AM NOW THE THIRD LAND-USE
CHAIR TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS BEEN
LEADING FROM DAY ONE FROM HER
D5 RESIDENCE.
AS THE PRIME LEADER ON THIS,
ANYTHING TO SHARE?
>> I WILL BE BRIEF, BECAUSE
KETIL FREEMAN, AS THEY SAY,
HAS BEEN RIDING THE RANGE WITH
ME.
IN 2018, IT CAME TO FRUITION IN
2019.
AND THIS IS ONGOING TO SAY,
BECAUSE KETIL HAS A GREAT
POWERPOINT.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR, FOR SHEPHERDING THIS.
THANK YOU TO KNOW WHERE THE
GREAT, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH MIKE DISTRICT
DIRECTOR.
AND YOU HEARD FROM OUR REALLY
GOOD FRIEND, LINDA McCOY, AND
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OF I
NORMALLY DON'T GO ON ABOUT
THANK YOU'S. BUT, THIS HAS IN A
REALLY BIG PROJECT IN OUR
OFFICE, WORKING WITH NOAH.
THIS IS REALLY WHERE IT COMES
TO BEAR, WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD
LEGISLATIVE POLICY STAFF,
WORKING ON THE GROUND, NOT ONLY
WITH PEOPLE LIKE KETIL, THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND
YOURSELF, BUT THE DEVELOPER,
THE OWNER, AND THE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU WHO BROUGHT THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION AS WELL, AND WITH
THE FOLKS UP NORTH AS WELL.
I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS, THAT WE WILL HAVE
THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT, THAT
EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY, AND
THAT THERE IS MORE TO COME.
WE WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD TO
SAVE BUCKETS, BECAUSE WE NEED
THESE TYPE OF SPOTS SO PEOPLE
CAN AGE IN PLACE, STAY IN
PLACE, GROW IN PLACE, AND I
WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I WILL LET KETIL TAKE OVER.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
TAKE IT AWAY, KETIL.
>> THERE IS A PRESENTATION, I
WILL SHARE MY SCREEN HERE AND
PULL UP THE VERSION I HAVE HERE
AT HOME.
DOES EVERYBODY SEE THAT ? OKAY.
YOU ALL HAVE RECITED A LOT OF
THE HISTORY HERE.
I WILL WALK THROUGH IN MORE
DETAIL.
THIS PRESENTATION IS IN SOME
WAYS A REFRESH OF THE
PRESENTATION YOU ALL SAW IN
APRIL THIS YEAR, RECITING THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, TALKING
ABOUT CHANGES CONCERNING BILL
120206.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRASSMAN
COUNSEL NUMBER STRESS MENTIONED
REDEVELOPMENT HOME PARKS.
THAT MORATORIUM WAS INTENDED TO
REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE
REMAINING MOBILE PARTS.
AT THE TIME, THE MOBILE PARK
WAS UP FOR SALE AND HAS SINCE
BEEN PURCHASED BY A MOBILE HOME
PARK OPERATOR. THE COUNCIL
UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE THAT
WAS ON MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS LED TO
MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS OF THAT.
IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED WITH THE
MOST RECENT HAPPENING IN JULY.
AT THE END OF THIS I WILL TALK
ABOUT ANOTHER EXTENSION THE
HOUSE WILL BE CONSIDERING THIS
COMING MONDAY.
SO, IN MAY, COUNCILMEMBER
INTRODUCED WOULD HAVE CREATED A
MOBILE PARK HOME DISTRICT THAT
IS STILL THE PRIMARY VEHICLE.
THE SEPA THRESHOLD WAS APPEALED
BY THE HONOR OF DEVELOPING.
IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR WE
REACHED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
AND INTRODUCED A BILL, COUNSEL
BILL 120206 THAT REFLECTS THAT.
>> SO THERE ARE TWO REMAINING
MOBILE HOME PARKS IN SEATTLE,
AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE ADJACENT
TO EACH OTHER.
BOTH ARE LOCATED IN BITTER LAKE
URBAN RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE.
IT IS ABOUT 3.8 ACRES.
7.6 ACRES.
THE SIDES ARE COMMERCIAL WITH A
55 LIMIT, AND THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THIS
DESIGNATION. BUT IN TOTAL ON
BOTH SIDES, ABOUT 11 ACRES IN
SIZE, AND LOCATED IN AN AREA FOR
PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY
JURISDICTION DEALING WITH
PRESSURE ON MOBILE HOME PARKS.
SO URBANIZING MORE AND MORE
MOBILE HOME PARKS WOULD BE
CONVERTED TO OTHER USES.
AND ALSO COMPOUNDING THE
PROBLEM IS THE FACT THAT SIDE
SQUARE MOBILE HOMES COULD BE
USED AT THE MOBILE PARK
HOMESITES.
BUT THE REGION ARE BECOMING
FEWER AND FEWER.
CREATED A MOBILE HOME PARK ZONE
THAT APPLIES TO SIX OF 10
MOBILE HOME PARKS.
THAT ZONING DESIGNATION WAS
SUBJECT TO AN UP HEAL THAT
ULTIMATELY WAS AFFIRMED BY THE
NINTH CIRCUIT. SINCE 1996,
OVERLAY TO PROMOTE PROTECTION OF
MOBILE HOME RENTAL PARKS,
RECENTLY IN 2019, KENMORE
INTRODUCED A RESUME THAT MOBILE
HOME PARK ZONING AFTER 10 YEARS
BY PROVIDING A COUPLE LONG-TERM
--
>> I AM SEEING MR. FREEMAN --
COULD YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE
TIME?
>> JUST NOTING A COUPLE
RESTRICTIONS NEARBY THAT HAVE
REGULATIONS FROM MOBILE HOME
PARKS.MOORE IS HAPS THE MOST
RECENT QUIT WHICH INTRODUCED A
PHASED ZONING APPROACH WITH A
PHASING OUT PROTECTIONS FOR
MOBILE HOME PARKS FOR 10 YEARS,
EXCEPT FOR A FEW THAT HAVE
LOWER TERM PREDICTIONS.
I THINK SUBJECT TO.>> THANK
YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER WAR IS?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THE ONLY THING I WANT TO POINT
OUT, AND KETIL, BECAUSE WE READ
BOTH THESE CASES, THE ONLY ONE
THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF LITIGATION
OR ALL THREE OF THEM CHALLENGED
AND PRODUCT HELD UP LITIGATION?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WATERS WAS CHALLENGED AND ENDED
IN FEDERAL COURT.
SO AT EIGHT CAUSE I JUDICIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD AT THE
STATE LEVEL, I DON'T ACTUALLY
KNOW.
IT MAY BE THE CASE THAT MAY HAVE
ENDED UP IN KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT AS WELL.
I'M JUST NOT SURE.
>> MY ONLY POINT IN BRINGING
THAT UP, AND WE HAVE ALL LOOKED
AT THOSE CASES, BECAUSE WE USE
IT AS KIND OF A TEMPLATE, KUDOS
TO YOU, MR. CHAIR, KETIL, AND
THE CITY'S OFFICE.
WE DID NOT WANT THIS TO END IN
A COURTROOM WITH DEDICATION,
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS GET
WHAT THEY WANT WHEN THEY GO TO
A COURT.
WE WANT TO THE COMMUNITY TO
LISTEN AND GET IT RIGHT.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE
COMMUNITIES, TO GET THE ROOTS
OF HOW THIS HAPPENED, IF YOU
WILL.
SO I AM HAPPY, I'M ACTUALLY
REALLY HAPPY THAT WE DID NOT
HAVE TO FIND OURSELVES IN
SUPERIOR COURT OR THE NINTH
CIRCUIT, ADDRESSING SOME OF
THESE HOUSING ISSUES.
SO THAT IS A CREDIT TO KETIL
AND OUR CITY'S ATTORNEYS
OFFICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, MR.
CHAIR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN
WATERS.
WILL PUT AS A FORMER JUDGE
YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A
PLACE YOU WANT TO HANG UP.
AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT WE
CONTINUE IN THIS LAST EXTENSION
OF THE MORATORIUM, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO ENGAGE IN, WE WERE
GOING TO PASS THIS BILL
SERIOUSLY, TO AVOID THE
COURTROOM, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
THIS ADDITIONAL MORATORIUM AND
THIS NEW COUNSEL BILL.
SO GOOD WORK TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, KETIL
FREEMAN, AND THEIR CITY
ATTORNEYS.>> MOVING ON TO THE
OVERLY DISTRICT, MAYBE
DEMYSTIFY SOME ZONING WORKING.
AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IS REALLY A
SET OF REGULATIONS THAT SIT
OVER AN UNDERLYING ZONE
REGULATION.
THE UNDERLYING ZONE COMMERCIAL
LINE WITH A 55-FOOT HEIGHT
LIMIT.
THERE IS AN OVERLAY THAT IS
MORE RESTRICTIVE THAT SITS OVER
THAT SEE 155 ZONE.
IS WHERE THE REGULATIONS ARE
MORE RESTRICTIVE, THOSE
APPLIED.
A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF OVERLAY
DISTRICTS THE CITY, ALL OF OUR
SHORELINES, OUR SHORELINE
DISTRICT, OUR SHORELINE MASTER
PROGRAM, AND UNIVERSITIES AND
HOSPITALS ARE WITHIN MAJOR
INSTITUTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS,
WHICH IS HOW WE PROVIDE
EXPANSIONS OF THOSE MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS.
SO WHAT WITH THE PROPOSED
OVERLAY DISTRICT DO?
IT WOULD LIMIT RESIDENTIAL USES
TO MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND LOW INCOME HOUSING ON
SITES OWNED BY A GOVERNMENT
NONPROFIT OR RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT LETTER PART, OWNED BY A
GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, OR
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION IS
SOMETHING THAT FLOWS FROM THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
VERY SALYER TORI CHANGE.
IT WOULD REQUIRE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE, WRITER FIRST OFFER.
DEVELOPED ON THE SITE, IT WOULD
ALLOW SOME COMMERCIAL USES BUT
LIMIT THE SIZE OF THOSE USES.
IT WOULD REMOVE SOME OF THE
SETBACK AND AMENITY AREA
REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE
PRIOR PROPOSAL, HOSPITAL
120079.
AND INSTEAD THE CURRENT
REGULATIONS THAT EXIST IN CODE
WOULD BE APPLICABLE.
AND THERE IS A SET OF
REGULATIONS AND USABLE CODE 290
FOCAL THAT WOULD APPLY.
AND IT WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH THE
CITY'S INTEND TO PERIODICALLY
REVISIT THE OVERLAY DESIGNATION
TO SEE THAT DETERMINE WHETHER
IT IS ACCOMPLISHING ITS PURPOSE
OF PRESERVING MOBILE HOME PARKS.
THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT
. FINALLY IT WOULD PROVIDE BY
JANUARY 1st, 2051.
SO FUTURE COUNSEL ACTION BEFORE
JANUARY 1st, 2051, THE OVERLAY
DISTRICT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY
EXPIRE, THE MOMENT COULD OCCUR
ON THE UNDERLINED ZONING.
NEXT UP, THERE IS A PUBLIC
HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF
ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE
MORATORIUM.
THAT WOULD HAPPEN, THIS COMING
MONDAY.
COUNSEL BILL 12013 WILL BE THE
SUBJECT OF A FULL COUNCIL
HEARING, THIS COMING MONDAY.
THAT WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT
MORATORIUM TO THE EARLIER
EFFECTIVE DATE, 120206, WHICH
IS THE BILL THAT IS IN
COMMITTEE TODAY.
OR WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.
IF COUNSEL BILL 120206 PASSES
POSSIBLY, DECEMBER 13th, AS
SOON AS THAT BILL BECOMES
EFFECTIVE, THE MORATORIUM WOULD
GO AWAY AND THAT IS BECAUSE
THERE IS A SORT OF SLIP.
THE CURRENT MORATORIUM WILL
EXPIRE IN JANUARY, JANUARY
10th, I BELIEVE.
SO THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF A
FEW DAYS WHEN THE MORATORIUM
WOULD APPLY, AND SOMEBODY COULD
POTENTIALLY APPLY FOR IT.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND
POSSIBLE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION ON 120206 THAT
WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 8. WHICH MEANS A
POSSIBLE FULL COUNCIL VOTE
COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS
DECEMBER 13th.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS OUR
BIG LEADER.
NO MORE THANK YOUSE, COMMENTS?
I WILL JUST SAY, AND MAYBE THE
FINER POINT HAS NOT BEEN MADE
THIS TIME AROUND.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO
MANY TIMES.
THIS IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND OWN MOBILE
HOME OR MANUFACTURED HOMES,
THINK MANUFACTURED IS PROBABLY
THE MOST DESCRIPTIVE WORD,
BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT MOBILE,
THESE ARE SET IN PLACE HOMES
THAT FUNCTION AS A HOME LIKE
ANYONE ELSE LIVES OUT HERE.
THE ISSUE IS THAT WHILE FOLKS
OWN THEIR HOMES, THEY DO NOT
OWN THE LAND UNDERNEATH THEM.
AND WITHOUT THIS LEGISLATION,
FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR HOME
PURCHASED COULD BE FORCED TO
MOVE.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO MOVE A
MANUFACTURED HOME, ESPECIALLY
IF IT'S OLDER, IT IS MOST
LIKELY GOING TO BE DESTROYED.
AND THAT IS WHY IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
ALLOW PEOPLE TO AGE IN PLACE,
AND TO CONTINUE BEING ABLE TO
LIVE IN MANUFACTURED HOMES IN
THESE LOCATIONS.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL
EXPENSE, MY GRANDMOTHER AND
GRANDFATHER LIVED IN A
MANUFACTURED HOME, IN A PARK
NOT SO DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
AND IT IS A PLACE THAT CREATES
COMMUNITY AND AN AFFORDABLE
OPTION TO LIVE INSIDE.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES,
AS KETIL SAID, I WANT TO REMIND
YOU, THIS MONDAY AT FULL
COUNCIL, WE WILL TAKE UP THE
EXTENSION ON THE MORATORIUM.
THIS EXTENSION WILL ENSURE THE
MORATORIUM REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL THIS LONG-TERM
LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT.
THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE US
TODAY, WILL BE BACK BEFORE
PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE, ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. IF IT
PASSES, IT WILL GO TO FULL
COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 13th.,
COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FINAL ITEM
OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE RIGHT ON
TIME.
THE FINAL AGENDA OF THE DAY IS
COUNSEL BILL 120214, WHICH
RENAMES SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES,
AS DESCRIBED.
TWO COUNSEL BILL 120214, AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAND USE
AND ZONING, RENAMING SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONES TO NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL ZONES, AND AMENDING
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> WE ARE JOINED IN THIS
DISCUSSION, BY MR. LISH WHITSON.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN FOR MY
PRESENTATION.
JUST A SECOND.
>> THERE WE ARE.
>>, THIS BILL FOLLOWS UP ON
LEGISLATION ORDINANCE 126456,
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED, IN
OCTOBER.
THAT BILL AMENDED THE STATE'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO, SORRY,
CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION?
>> YES SIR, WE CAN.
>> OKAY.
THAT BILL AND MUD AMID THIS
BILL IMPLEMENTS THAT PREVIOUS
BILL BY AMENDING THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE SIMILAR
CHANGES, CHANGING THE NAMES OF
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES TO
RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
AND, THE BILL WOULD CHANGE
SINGLE-FAMILY 9600 ZONES, THE
LEAST DENSE SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
TO RESIDENTIAL ONE.
RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE CHANGED TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL THREE.
AND THE RESIDENTIAL SMALL LOT
ZONE WOULD BE RENAMED
NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL LOT BUT KEEP
THE SAME ABBREVIATION.
>> IF YOU'RE MOVING YOUR
POWERPOINT FORWARD, IT IS NOT
REFLECTING ON THE SCREEN.
WE ARE STILL ON THE TITLE SLIDE.
>> OH.
LET ME -- IS THAT WORKING?
>> IT IS.
GREAT.
>> IS A SINGLE-FAMILY,
RESIDENTIAL SMALL BECOMES
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL SMALL,
OR WITH OURSELVES, THE SAME
ABBREVIATION.
MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE CODE,
THE OFFICIAL CODE, SHORT-TERM
RENTAL CODE, SHORT
ADMINISTRATION CODE, BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION, AND
ENVIRONMENT OF REGULATIONS THE
ONE SECTION OF CODE THAT IS NOT
CHANGED UNDER THIS RULE ARE THE
SHORELINE REGULATIONS.
THERE ARE EXTENSIVE OUT REACH
AND ENGAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
ANNE STATE APPROVAL REQUIRED
FOR CHANGES TO THE SHORELINE
CODE AND IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE STATE.
IT WAS DETERMINED, AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTIONS HAS DETERMINED IT
WOULD BE BETTER FOR SDCI TO
WRAP UP THESE ALONGSIDE OTHER
SHORELINE CODE AMENDMENTS, THE
NEXT TIME THEY DO UPDATE THAT
CODE.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE UM -- EXTENT
OF OUR CURRENT SINGLE-FAMILY
AND FUTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL ZONES,
APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE CITY
IS ZONED WITH SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONING TODAY.
INCLUDING MOST OF THE CITY'S
PARKLAND, SCHOOLS, AND
RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
>> ON THAT POINT, SINCE YOU
BROUGHT PARK LANE, BRINGING US
TO ONE OF OUR EARLIER POINTS
TODAY ABOUT WEST POINT. THE
REASON THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE
THEM AN EXCEPTION IS BECAUSE,
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, THE
WEST POINT FACILITY IS IN THE
RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND WE HAVE TO
PROVIDE THEM AN EXCEPTION
BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT MEET
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE
ZONING OF THIS AREA.
>> THANKS.
>> THE, BECAUSE THE REFERENCES
TO SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES ARE SO
EXTENSIVE, BOTH ON MAP, IN THE
CODE, AND UM -- IN MANY SDCI
DOCUMENTS, THE BILL PROVIDES
180-DAY EFFECTIVE, WITH MORE
THAN SUFFICIENT TIME TO UPDATE
ALL THEIR MATERIALS.
UM -- AND BEFORE I GET INTO
QUESTIONS, JUST WANT TO THANK
BRANDON, AND BUZZ ANDERSON, WHO
PROVIDED EXTENSIVE HELP ON
CRAFTING THIS 218-PAGE ORDINANCE
THAT BASICALLY JUST CHANGES
NAMES.
>> THANK YOU, LISH WHITSON.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SHARE A
SCREEN UNLESS COLLINGS HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO START WITH, I
KNOW I ASK THIS QUESTION EVERY
TIME, CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS
LEGISLATION DOES NOT CHANGE ANY
POLICIES AROUND WHAT IS ALLOWED
IN THESE ZONES, IT ONLY CHANGES
THE NAME?
>> CORRECT.
THE ONLY EFFECT IS TO CHANGE
THE NAMES OF THOSE ZONES FROM
SINGLE-FAMILY, TO RESIDENTIAL.
>> THANK YOU.
AS DESCRIBED WITH EARLIER
LEGISLATION, WRITING EXCEPTION
FOR THE WEST POINT TREATMENT
FACILITY, WHICH IS BASICALLY A
RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
CAN YOU CLEAR ONE MORE TIME,
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
WE ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER AND
THIS LEGISLATION WHICH WILL GO
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE?
WHY ARE BOTH NECESSARY?
>> A 20-YOUR POLICY DOCUMENT
THAT PROVIDES THE VISION AND
POLICIES TO GUIDE HOW THE CITY
DEVELOPS OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD.
THE MUNICIPAL CODE, IN
PARTICULAR, THE LAND USE CODE
IMPLEMENTS THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, PROVIDES SPECIFIC
REGULATIONS THAT TRANSLATE THAT
POLICY GUIDANCE INTO SPECIFIC
STANDARDS THAT DEVELOPMENT AND
OUR ZONES NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S VERY
HELPFUL.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SET
OURSELVES UP TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
THE CODE CHANGE.
AND THIS CODE CHANGE IS
ESSENTIALLY A TECHNICAL BILL.
JUST SWAPPING THE NAMES UP.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE?
IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY LONG
DOCUMENT, JUST CHANGING NAMES.
>> YEAH, IN TERMS OF MENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION IS TO PROVIDE
SDCI WITH ADDITIONAL TIME TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
REQUESTED.
BECAUSE. THERE WAS NOT AN
URGENCY UNDER A NORMAL
TIMEFRAME.
AND REFERENCES TO SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE
MUNICIPAL CODE, NOT JUST THE
LAND USE CODE, BUT ALSO CODES
RELATED TO THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL HOUSING. SOME OF OUR
TRAFFIC AND STREET USE
REGULATIONS REFERENCE THE
UNDERLYING ZONING.
>> VERY HELPFUL.
I CAN TELL YOU AS BEING LAND-
USE, I WAS ON THE SDCI WEBSITE
THE OTHER NIGHT LOOKING UP
ZONING IN OUR CITY AND NOTICED
MANY REFERENCES THAT SHOULD BE
CORRECTED.
WITH SUCH A LONG DOCUMENT THIS
CHANGE, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO
ME.
AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WAS WORKING ON THIS.
WE KNEW SHE WOULD HAVE TO STEP
AWAY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE HER AND HER GREAT
EFFORTS IN THIS REALM.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MR. LISH WHITSON.
I KNOW THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN
BEFORE US A NUMBER OF TIMES.
NOT SEEING ANY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, LISH
WHITSON.
WE WILL BE BACK, DECEMBER 8,
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND WROTE.
THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
THIS CONCLUDES THE FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 3rd, 2020 MEETING 2021
MEETING.
SPEAKING ON MANY OF THE TOPICS
THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY, I
FORESEE WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE
THROUGH THOSE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED
MORE RAPIDLY.
WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.