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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S PROPOSED AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
TODAY WE WILL HEAR LEGISLATION
CLOARNS COX JUNIOR WAY.
THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE
PRESENTED AGAIN.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT REVIEW PAM WHICH IS
SUPPORTING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN
WHICH WE'LL VOTE ON TODAY, A
LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE GEORGIA
STEAM PLANT PROPERTY AND A
REVISION TO THE TRAFFIC CODE TO
ALLOW THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO RAISE PARKING
RATES.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE BE
PATIENT AS WE OPERATE THIS
ONLINE SYSTEM.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE TUNE THIS PROCESS
OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL THAT PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY
THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT
ANY POINT IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM
IS BEING ABUSED OR NOT ALLOWING
OUR MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY OR IN A WAY THAT
DOESN'T ALLOW US TO CONDUCT OUR
CITY BUSINESS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS JOINED US, SO WE
ARE ALL HERE.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MATTER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
MEETING IS 20 MINUTES.
I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS TWO AT A
TIME AND THE ORDER IN WHICH
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY
GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE
AT SEATTLE.GOV,/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S QUEUE THAT IT'S THEIR
TURN TO SPEAK, AND THE SPEAKER
MUST PRESS STAR 6 TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING -- EXCUSE
ME, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS.
SPEARS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME WHICH IS TWO
MINUTES, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU CONCLUDE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE, AND
IF YOU PLAN ON FOLLOWING THE
MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR USING THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
AGENDA, SHOW ON THE AGENDA.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS NOW OPEN, AND WE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
BEFORE SPEAKING.
FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL RUBY,
FOLLOWED BY MORGAN LITTLEFIELD.
PLEASE, GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL.
>> THIS IS MIKE RUBY, AND I AM
SPEAKING ON THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN.
MY COMMENT IS THAT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT HAS PRESENTED YOU WITH A
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT FAILS TO
ADDRESS ADEQUATELY THE NEEDS OF
THE CITY TO RESPOND TO ITS
ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE
ARE ALL UNFORTUNATELY
EXPERIENCING: I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT WHEN THE 2018IRP,
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN WAS
PRENTDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, THE FIRST
TWO BULLET POINTS AND IN THE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ITS REPORT
FOCUSED ON CONSERVATION AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INVESTMENTS AND THE BUILDING
STOCK OF OUR CITY AND HOW THAT
WOULD CREATE THE EQUIVALENT OF
A NEW POWER GENERATION PLANT.
IN FACT, IN THE SECOND ITEM
THAT THEY SAY THERE,
CONSERVATION INVESTMENT REMAINS
THE FIRST AND BEST RESOURCE
CHOICE AS THE MOST
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY
TO MEET THE WASHINGTON ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE ACT NEEDS AND
ENABLE CITY LIGHTS AND
BONNEVILLE POWER AUTHORITY
HIGHER GENERATION TO DISPLACE
FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION IMPACTS
BY OTHERS IN THE REGION.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
TURN TO PAGE EIGHT OF THE
FINANCIAL FORECAST APPENDIX
THEY HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH AND
IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA:
THIS DOES NOT PROJECT ANY
INCREASE IN SPENDING FOR
CONSERVATION OVER THE FOUR-YEAR
PERIOD.
RATHER, BY HAVING A FLAT AMOUNT
WHICH INCREASES BY LESS THAN 1%
EACH YEAR IT IS ESSENTIALLY
DECREASING BECAUSE CITY LIGHT
ITSELF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS
TRYING TO BUILD INTO THIS PLAN
A 3% PER YEAR INFLATION RATE.
THE CITY LIGHTS STRATEGIC PLAN
IN OTHER PLACES IN THE DOCUMENT
FORECAST AN EVEN HIGHER
INFLATION RATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. RUBY.
AND WE DO HAVE THE EMAIL THAT
YOU SENT TO COUNCILMEMBERS AS
WELL.
NEXT IS MORGAN LITTLEFIELD,
FOLLOWED BY CINDY LAWS.
GO AHEAD, MORGAN.
>> I'M MORGAN LITTLEFIELD WITH
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR
PARKING RATES FOR EVENTS.
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA STRONGLY
SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE EVENT RATES TO $12
HIGHER AND TO EXPAND THE RPZ IN
UPTOWN.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THIS RATE
ADJUSTMENT EXTENDING TO SUNDAYS
AND HOLIDAYS.
THE PROPOSED PLAN BALANCES OUT
SOME CRITICAL PUBLIC POLICY
OBJECTIVES.
BY EXPANDING RESERVED PARKING
FOR RESIDENTS IN UPTOWN, THOSE
WHO NEED TO HAVE AVAILABLE ON-
STREET PARKING WILL BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THAT PARKING MORE
EASILY.
INCREASING ON-STREET PARKING
RATES WILL HELP REDUCE
CONGESTION BY REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL
DRIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
HUNT FOR ON-STREET PARKING.
IN ADDITION, MAKING STREET
PARKING RATES COMPARABLE TO
GARAGE RATES WILL ENCOURAGE
THOSE WHO DRIVE TO USE CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA'S PARKING
RESERVATION SYSTEM TO SECURE A
SPOT BEFORE THEY ARRIVE.
AT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, WE'RE
STRIVING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR,
NOT JUST TO OUR FELLOW SEATTLE
RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO
TO OUR SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS IN QUEEN ANNE,
UPTOWN AND OTHERS.
THAT'S WHY SUPPORTING THIS
LEGISLATION, WE'RE WORKING TO
MAKE SURE MORE ARENA ATTENDEES
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, BIKE SWATH
AND USE OTHER OPTIONS OTHER
THAN DRIVING TO GET TO OUR
ARENA EVENTS.
WE ATTENDED SEVERAL COMMUNITY
OUTREACH MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC
AND THINK THE CITY DID A GOOD
JOB OF REACHING OUT TO BOTH
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ABOUT
THE IMPACTS OF THESE PARKING
CHANGES.
LIKE UPTOWN ALLIANCE BELIEVES
THE COUNCIL SHOULD ADOPT THE
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE CINDY LAWS
FOLLOWED BY DAVID STRAUSS.
GO AHEAD, CINDY.
JUST A REMINDER TO PRESS STAR 6
TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
CINDY LAWS CINDY, IF YOU CAN
HEAR US, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
WE'LL COME BACK TO CINDY LAWS.
NEXT LET'S HEAR FROM DAVID
STRAUSS, FOLLOWED BY ROSEO
MEDINA.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS DAVID STRAUSS.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT CB120-103
REGARDING THE GEORGETOWN STEAM
PLAN, STARTING OFF WITH THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT, IT'S A NATIONAL
LANDMARK, IT'S A SEATTLE
LANDMARK BASED ON THE FACT OF
ITS INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION,
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH AN
IMPORTANT FIGURE, FRANK
GILBREATH.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF
SEATTLE'S HISTORY AND REALLY AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE URBAN
CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY IN
GEORGETOWN.
LANDMARKS ARE MOST INSTRUCTIVE
WHEN THEY'RE IN USE, AND THE
USE PROPOSED BY THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS IDEAL.
MONTHLY TOURS, IN ADDITION TO
OCCASIONAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN
EFFECTIVE IN TEACHING
TECHNOLOGY HISTORY, BUT TO ONLY
A FEW PEOPLE.
SO THE CBA IS PROPOSING
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH
INSTRUCTION.
SO THE PROJECT IS GOING TO OPEN
THE STEAM PLANT TO A MUCH
GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING YOUNGER MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY AS A PLACE FOR
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH
EDUCATION.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO OPEN UP TO
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF EVENTS,
SO REALLY EXPOSING THE STEAM
PLANT TO DO A GREATER PUBLIC.
THE LEASE WILL FACILITATE
OPENING THE BUILDING TO A
BROADER PUBLIC, AND IN THE
PROCESS IMPROVE THE SOUNDNESS
AND SAFETY OF THE BUILDING.
SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
BYE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE JUST HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS,
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO
CINDY.
FOR NOW LET'S GO TO ROSIO
MEDINA.
GO AHEAD, ROSIO.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ROSEO
MEDINA.
I'M A GEORGETOWN RESIDENT, AND
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO EVERYTHING
THAT DAVID STRAUSS JUST SAID.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
LONG-TERM LEASE AND OPERATING
AGREEMENT FOR THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT WHICH WOULD
INCORPORATE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORICALLY
THE GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HAS
NOT HAD MUCH ACCESS OR
COMMUNITY CONNECTION TO THE
HISTORIC SITE WITH THIS NEW
VISION OF INCORPORATING
SCIENCE, OPENING THE DOORS,
HAVING EVENTS WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY
AND FOR THE BROADER PEOPLE WHO
ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE
HISTORY OF GEORGETOWN AND THE
PEOPLE AND THIS AMAZING
LANDMARK.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT, AND
THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH TO
LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY AND
THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO CONTINUE
SHARING THAT AND HAVING A ROLE.
SO THIS BRINGS VERY MANY
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE
GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HAS NOT
HAD IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM DEBRA
FRAWSTONE, FOLLOWED BY CINDY
LAWS.
GO AHEAD, DEBRA.
>> HELLO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DEBRA FROSTO,
I HAVE LIVED IN UPTOWN OVER 15
YEARS AND SERVED UPTOWN
ALLIANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR ON
ARENA ISSUES.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
RECOMMENDATIONS IN CHANGES TO
THE PARKING RATE STRUCTURE.
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING HAVE
BEEN AT THE CORE OF SO MANY
COUNTLESS GUESTS OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS AS WE GET READY FOR
THE NEW PLANET PLEDGE ARENA.
WE WANT TO THANK SDOT [
INAUDIBLE ] ENGAGING WITH US
AND MORE BROADLY IN OUR
COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING THIS
PARKING LEGISLATION.
SO TODAY, AS YOU CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD LIKE
YOU TO KNOW THAT UPTOWN
ALLIANCE PROMOTES A PROGRESSIVE
RATE STRUCTURE, EVEN AS HIGH AS
$12 AN HOUR.
WE ALSO SUPPORT EXTENDING EVENT
RATES TO INCLUDE HOLIDAYS AND
SUNDAYS, DAYS WHEN THERE WILL
CERTAINLY BE MANY EVENTS GOING
ON AT THE ARENA.
PROGRESSIVE RATES CAN BE
CONFUSING.
IT'S EASY TO BE CONCERNED IF
YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE WHO PAYS
FOR TWO HOURS FOR A 6:30 DINNER
RESERVATION MIGHT PAY $16 OR
$24 IN PARKING WHEN IN FACT
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
THAT PERSON WOULD PAY CLOSER TO
$6.
INSTEAD, WE BELIEVE THE CONCERN
SHOULD BE THAT IF WE DO NOT
HAVE HIGHER EVENT RATES, THEN
THE PARKING ON THE STREET WILL
BE SO ATTRACTIVE TO ARENA EVENT
GOERS THAT THEY WILL CHOOSE TO
LOOK FOR CURBSIDE PARKING
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT ONE OF
THE GARAGES, LEAVING NO SWATHS
OPEN FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO
GO OUT, GRAB A COFFEE, GO TO A
RESTAURANT OR SHOP AT THE
MARKET.
UPTOWN ALLIANCE BELIEVES IS
THAT WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS A
BALANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS, SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF EVENT GOERS AND
DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DEBRA.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CINDY LAWS.
WE TRIED HER EARLIER.
LET'S SEE IF SHE IS HERE.
CINDY, IF YOU CAN HEAR US,
PRESS STAR 6 AND GO AHEAD.
CINDY, IF YOU DON'T MIND
SENDING US -- IF YOU'RE NOT
ABLE TO PRESS STAR 6 AND SPEAK
NOW PLEASE DO SEND US AN EMAIL
TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
IT'LL REACH ALL NINE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
CINDY?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> YES.
I THINK I PUSHED STAR 6 ABOUT
12 TIMES.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
CALL, AND I AM CALLING ABOUT AN
URGENT MATTER THAT'S NOT ON THE
AGENDA THAT I HOPE YOU CAN
INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION.
AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, TWO MORE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THE LIGHT
RAIL TRAIN IN THE RANIER VALLEY
ON FRIDAY.
úTHAT BRINGS TO NUMBER 10 PEOPL
THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED,
PEDESTRIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
LIGHT RAIL SINCE 2019.
AT THE APRIL MEETING OF -- THE
APRIL 22nd MEETING OF SOUND
TRANSIT'S BOARD, THERE WAS A
PRESENTATION ON THE SAFETY
DATE, SAFETY STUFF RELATING TO
COLLISIONS.
THERE'S BEEN 140 COLLISIONS
WITH VEHICLES IN THAT TIME
FRAME.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT
EVEN THOUGH THAT ONLY ONE OF
YOU ARE ON THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD, I DO HOPE THAT YOU CAN
PUSH HARD.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT CAN
BE DONE.
AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN THE CITY
ADOPTED VISION ZERO A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, IT WAS TO HAVE ZERO
PEDESTRIAN DEATHS, AND WE --
AGAIN, WE'VE HAD 10 JUST FROM
LIGHT RAIL SINCE THAT TIME.
THE THREE THINGS THAT CAN BE
DONE IS TO INSIST THAT SOUND
TRANSIT INSTALL RAILROAD
CROSSING ARMS AT EVERY CROSSING
IN THE RANIER VALLEY.
THOSE ARE INSTALLED IN SOTO.
AND THOSE CAN HELP THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO
TRY TO OUTSMART OR OUTWALK OR
WHATEVER, THEY'RE NOT PAYING
ATTENTION, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
WE NEED TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR
THAT THERE IS A TRAIN COMING,
AND THAT WOULD HELP A LOT, THE
FLASHING LIGHTS, THE RINGING
BELLS AND DEFINITELY THE
CROSSING ARMS CAN HELP.
YOU THINK TWO THINGS THAT SDOT
CAN DO IS TO EXTEND PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING TIMES BECAUSE IN THIS
CASE PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING
WITH THE LIGHT.
SO THE THIRD THING WOULD BE TO
INSTALL AN ISLAND MID-
INTERSECTION SO PEOPLE CANNOT
MAKE IT ACROSS MLK, CAN AT
LEAST WAIT IN THE MIDDLE UNTIL
THEY CAN SAFELY CROSS.
THANK YO VERY MUCH.
I HOPE YOU GET A RESOLUTION AND
GET THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD
SO WE HAVE GREATER SAFETY IN
THIS HORRIBLY DANGEROUS
CORRIDOR.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, THAT CONCLUDES OUR
SPEAKERS FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE ON TO
THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, A RESOLUTION
PROVIDING AN HONORARY
DESIGNATION OF SOUTH HILL
STREET BETWEEN 21st AND 22nd
AVENUES SOUTH AS CLEARANCE A.
COX, JR. WAY FOR BRIEF
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND MORALES ARE
COSPONSORING THIS, I BELIEVE,
AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WE
ALSO HAVE RICH WHITSON HERE
FROM COUNCIL STAFF.
BUT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS FIRST?
>> SURE.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY -- GOOD
MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN FOR
HOSTING THIS RESOLUTION.
YES.
SO THIS IS PROVIDING AN
HONORARY DESIGNATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T
KNOW, SINCE 1971, CLEARANCE A.
COX, JR. HAVE HELPED DEVELOP
THE TALENTS OF HUNDREDS OF
YOUNG SEATTLE MUSICIANS AS
DIRECTOR OF THE GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED
JAZZ ENSEMBLE.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF ALL
PROGRAMS AT GARFIELD, AND MORE
RECENTLY IS THE FOUNDING
EDUCATOR OF SEATTLE'S JAZZ ED
PROGRAM.
SORRY.
MY PHONE IS RINGING.
UNDER MR. THE DIRECTION, THE
GARFIELD JAZZ ENSEMBLE TOOK
FIRST PLACE IN 2003, 2004, 2009
AND 2010 AT NEW YORK'S
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON NATIONAL
JAZZ BAND COMPETITION AND
FESTIVAL AT THE NEW YORK CITY
LINCOLN CENTER.
THEY SWEPT EVERY MAJOR
COMPETITION ON THE WEST COAST,
INCLUDING THE LIONEL HAMPTON
JAZZ FESTIVAL IN IDAHO AND
OREGON'S MOUNT HOOD JAZZ
FESTIVAL.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION, AND
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MR.
ACOX IS HOPING TO BE AVAILABLE
AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING TO
ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION, AND WE
ARE VERY EXCITED FOR ITS
PASSAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS.
BACK IN 2019, I WAS CONTACTED
BY LORI DECOACH OF JAZZ ED
ABOUT THIS VISION THAT THEY HAD
FOR THE HONOREE DESIGNATION OF
SOUTH HILL STREET, AND IN MY
CAPACITY AS THE THEN CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE COVERING ARTS IN
2019, WE BEGAN SOME WORK ON
THIS EFFORT AND STRONG SUPPORT
AND WORK RESUMED ON THE EFFORT
EARLIER THIS YEAR POST-COVID.
WE JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
CONTINUING THE WORK, NOT ONLY
AS THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO NOW
HAS [ INAUDIBLE ] ISSUES BUT
ALSO DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMEMBER.
AND JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT
THIS IS COMING FORWARD AND
PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR ALL
OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MR.
ACOX, INCLUDING HIS
CONTRIBUTION AS A FOUNDING
EDUCATOR OF SEATTLE'S JAZZ ED
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
HERBOLD.
WE HAVE LITCH WHITSON FROM OUR
CENTRAL STAFF HERE.
YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE
RESOLUTION OR DESCRIBE IT?
>> SURE.
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE RESOLUTION.
IT ALLOWS FOR THE HONORARY
DESIGNATION OF ONE BLOCK OF
SOUTH HILL STREET BETWEEN 21st
AND 22nd AS CLEARANCE ACOX, JR.
WAY AND ALLOWS FOR THE PRINTING
OR MANUFACTURING OF SIGNS TO
RECOGNIZE THAT HONORARY
DESIGNATION.
AND THE BLOCK IS LOCATED NORTH
BEACON HILL, NORTH RANIER AREA
A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH OF I-90.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THE SPONSORS OR
FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF?
AND DID WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM
THE COMMUNITY AT THIS MEETING
THAT -- I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ANYBODY AS A PANELIST TODAY,
BUT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING THEM AT THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
IF THIS PASSES TODAY, I'M
ASSUMING THAT WOULD GO TO
MONDAY, JULY 12th, FULL COUNCIL
MEETING, DOES THAT WORK FOR THE
SPONSORS?
OKAY.
GREAT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION 23009, ITEM ONE ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
OH, AND I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S RESOLUTION 32009.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
RESOLUTION.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT RESOLUTION
32009 BE APPROVED FOR
FORWARDING TO THE FULL COUNCIL?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT THE RESOLUTION BE SENT FOR
APPROVAL TO THE JULY 12 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION
32007, A RESOLUTION RELATED TO
THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ADOPTING A 2022-2026 STRATEGIC
PLAN FOR THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT AND ENDORSING THE
ASSOCIATED FIVE-YEAR RATE PATH
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
ON JUNE 26th, EXCUSE ME, JUNE
16th OUR COMMITTEE HAD A
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
CONCERNING THE STRATEGIC PLAN
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES, IT'S A
MULTI-YEAR PLAN FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE MISSION OF
THIS $1 BILLION CITY-OWNED
UTILITY ENTERPRISE WHICH
PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
ELECTRICITY TO OVER 900,000
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AND THE
SURROUNDING AREAS.
AS I NOTED AT OUR PREVIOUS
MEETING, I'M PLEASED THAT
DESPITE SEVERAL COST PRESSURES
SUCH AS COVID AND [ INAUDIBLE
] SEATTLE CITY LICE HAS
SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS IN
KEEPING THEIR CURRENT RATING
INCREASES UNDER CONTROL.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT SUCCEEDED IN
NOT INCREASING THE BILLS OF
ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS THIS
YEAR.
WE PROVED -- APPROVED AN
ORDINANCE IN MARCH.
MOREOVER, PROPOSED CITY LIGHT'S
RATE PATH WILL LOWER THE RATE
INCREASES IN THE FUTURE WHEN
COMPARED TO THEIR PREVIOUS
STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THE RATES ARE GOING UP AT A
MUCH LOWER RATE.
THE NET RESULT IS A SIX-YEAR
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE WILL BE
LESS THAN 3.5% INSTEAD OF THE
ORIGINAL 4.5% AVERAGE ANNUAL
INCREASE.
SO TODAY WE'LL HEAR FROM CITY
LIGHT'S CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL
ABOUT WHY THEY ENDORSE THE PLAN
AND SUPPORT IT, ADOPTION BY THE
COUNCIL.
THERE IS ALSO A LETTER THAT
THEY WROTE WHICH IS PART OF THE
AGENDA MATERIALS: AFTER THE
PRESENTATION WE CAN DISCUSS
THIS FURTHER, AND I HOPE TO
VOTE THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE
TODAY.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGER, DEBRA
SMITH, AND SHE CAN TURN IT OVER
TO THE REST OF THE FOLKS.
WE ALSO HAVE ERIC McCONHUGH
FROM CENTRAL CITY STAFF.
ERIC, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND SAY ANYTHING FIRST?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME.
JUST NOTE THAT THE TYPICAL PATH
FOR CITY LIGHT TO BRING RATES
AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO
COUNCIL AND THEN THE RATE
ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE
CONTINGENTS AND THE
DIFFICULTIES OF COVID, THERE
WAS A PAUSE AND KIND OF A
REWORDING OF THOSE EVENTS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, YOU
SAW ON JUNE 16th IS A STRATEGIC
PLAN THAT COMPORTS WITH THE
RATE ORDINANCE THAT YOU PASSED
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
EVERYTHING IS LINING UP.
AND THAT WAS THE KIND OF THING
THAT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO
MAKE SURE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF DOUBT
THAT IT WOULD.
BUT THAT WAS SORT OF THE GUT
CHECK, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN NEXT TIME WE LOOK AT
IT WE'LL BE WITH THE BUDGET,
COUNCIL WILL BE TURNING TO THE
BUDGET IN FALL, AND THAT'S
ANOTHER TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT
CITY LIGHT'S PLANNING, LONG-
TERM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN,
AND THAT'S ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT
AND USEFUL EXERCISE.
AND THEN ALSO IMPORTANTLY
THERE'LL BE A BIG RESET NEXT
YEAR INTO THE REGULAR STRATEGIC
PLAN AND THEN RATE PATH
PATTERNS.
SO THE COUNCIL WILL GET ANOTHER
CHANCE TO LOOK AT CITY LIGHT'S
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN 2022.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I
WANTED TO COVER.
AND THANKS FOR THE MOMENT TO
SAY THEM.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC.
>> YEAH.
>> GOOD MORNING, DEBRA SMITH,
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF CITY
LIGHT AND HER TEAM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
PEDERSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE: HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
ERIC.
WE HAVE NO POWER POINT FOR THIS
ITEM, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO SPEND ALL DAY
LOOKING AT POWERPOINTS.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR
OUR SECOND CONVERSATION.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
THIS WAS MY FIRST STRATEGIC
PLAN.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT
PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH
A WONDERFUL REVIEW PANEL, AND
WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO ENGAGE
THEM AND USE THE STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THEM IN
AND TRAIN THEM ON MORE THINGS
AND ON THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING,
ACADEMY WE PLAN TO CONTINUE
THAT CADENCE AND THAT PRACTICE.
SO AS ERIC MENTIONED, THIS IS
KIND OF OUR IN BETWEEN PLAN.
I WAS THINKING IT'S KIND OF
LIKE THE OLYMPICS.
WE'LL ALL GET BACK ON THE SAME
SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD, BUT FOR
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLAYING
CATCHUP.
AND SO THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR
PLAN, ALTHOUGH WE CUSTOMARILY
AND IN THE FUTURE WILL PRESENT
FOR YOU A SIX-YEAR PLAN.
MIKE HANSON WHO IS ALSO ONE OF
OUR -- HE IS OUR MAJOR CUSTOMER
REPRESENTATIVE ON THE REVIEW
PANEL.
HE RUNS SAVEY IN TUKWILA, AND
HE HAS BEEN JUST A DELIGHT TO
WORK WITH.
HE PROBABLY KNEW A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT CITY LIGHT THAN SOME
REVIEW PANEL MEMBERS AS THEY
JOINED BECAUSE HE'S A MAJOR
CUSTOMER AND HAS BEEN AN
INVOLVED MAJOR CUSTOMER IN THE
ACTIVITIES THAT CITY LIGHTS PUT
ON.
BUT HE'S REALLY HAD A GREAT --
WELL, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND
REALLY ENCOURAGING US TO MOVE
IN THE DIRECTION THAT HONORS
THE FUTURE.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ANY
MORE TIME OTHER THAN TO REALLY
QUICKLY INTRODUCE YOU TO WHO'S
HERE FROM CITY LIGHT IN CASE
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
OUR CFO KRISTY GRAIRNG IS WITH
US.
MAURA BRUGGER IS HERE AND
RUNNING THE POWERPOINT.
LEE BARAKA WHO'S IN CHARGE OF
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WHO
WORKS CLOSELY AND CLOSEST WITH
THE REVIEW PANEL IS ALSO HERE.
SO BOTH KRISTY, LEE, MYSELF ARE
ALL HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO TURN
THINGS OVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DEBRA, GOOD
MORNING.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN AND MEMBERS
OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE, I THINK
FIRST OFF I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
CURRENT MEMBERS OF OUR PANEL
FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
SARAH PATTON, SHE REPRESENTS
THE NONPROFIT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ADVOCATE POSITION, SCOTT
HASKINS IS OUR FINANCIAL
ANALYSIS REPRESENTATIVE AND THE
CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE AND
JOHN IS THE AT-LARGE
REPRESENTATIVE CUSTOMER AND TIM
SKILL WHO'S THE ECONOMIC
ADVISER, HIS APPOINTMENT IS
PENDING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE
VACANCIES CURRENTLY ON THE
PANEL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
I'VE KIND OF MARVELED AT IS
EVEN WITH -- BY THE NATURE OF
THIS GROUP, THERE'S SOME
ATTRITION AND INS AND OUTS,
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE
SARAH AND THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHTS STAFF HAVE DONE SUCH A
GOOD JOB OF ENSURING THAT WE
CAN HAVE CONTINUITY WITH THE
CHANGES.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF
THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
PROVIDED -- OR CONTRIBUTED TO
OUR WORK PRODUCT AND THE PEOPLE
THAT CAME BEFORE US.
SO EVERYBODY GETS CREDIT FOR
THAT.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST GIVE
A SYNOPSIS OF OUR LETTER THAT I
HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THAT HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE WERE REALLY
FOCUSED ON DURING THE STRATEGIC
PLAN: AS DEBRA SAID, I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT ON A PRETTY ROBUST LEVEL
FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AT ALL
LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
AND NOW BEING ON THIS PANEL FOR
THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT,
FRANKLY, HAS BEEN VERY
REFRESHING TO ME TO SEE HOW IT
ALL WORKS KIND OF FROM AN
INSIDE VIEW.
WE'VE HAD JUST SOME TREMENDOUS
PEOPLE WE'VE WORKED WITH FROM
THE UTILITY AND THE REVIEW
PANEL, AND THEY'VE ALL MENTORED
US AND HELPED US LEARN THE
ROPES.
SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
THE A-HA MOMENT I GUESS REALLY
FOR ME IS THE DEPTH AND BREADTH
OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES,
THEY'RE JUST SO INCREDIBLY VAST
AND COMPLEX, AND, YOU KNOW,
DEBRA WHEN SHE BRIEFS US, IT
JUST MAKES MY MIND KIND OF SPIN
AND HURT ALL THE THINGS THAT
THE TEAM IS INVOLVED WITH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG
OPERATION, AND I GUESS I'D LIKE
TO TELL THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
AT THIS MEETING AND FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT FROM MY
STANDPOINT, DEBRA SMITH HAS
BEEN -- HAS JUST DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB OF ASSEMBLING
HER TEAM AND IT'S A TEAM OF
LEADERS, AND HER STYLE -- IT'S
OBVIOUS THAT SHE'S THE LEADER,
BUT SHE LETS EVERYBODY, YOU
KNOW, REALLY CONTRIBUTE, AND
SHE FEELS LIKE THERE'S JUST
REAL BUY-IN TO THE DIRECTION
THAT SHE'S TAKING THE GROUP.
AND THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE IN A
VERY SYNERGISTIC WAY.
AND THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE
PATIENCE FOR SOME OF US REALLY
HAS HELPED US TO BE ABLE TO
PERFORM OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE POWER, THAT'S THE MISSION,
AND IT IS A THING.
THEY ALL LIVE IT, AND IT COMES
ACROSS THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S REALLY AN AMAZING --
YOU KNOW, FROM WATCHING
DIFFERENT OPERATIONS, I HAVE A
LOT OF ADMIRATION FOR HOW THAT
IS ALL CLICKING.
IT'S A BIG OPERATION, AND THESE
THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK KAREN
REED, LEE BARAK AND ROY KRUEGER
FOR THEIR COUNTLESS HOURS TO
SUPPORT AND DRIVE OUR PANEL.
WE HAVE LONG MEETINGS AND
FREQUENTLY AND THEY'RE WORK
MEETINGS, THEY'RE PRODUCTIVE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP
AND OVERSIGHT OF THAT.
NOW, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS AN
INCREDIBLE GREEN REGIONAL ASSET
THAT WE ALL WANT TO PROTECT AND
IMPROVE THROUGH OUR MEASURED
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
AND OUR LIST -- OUR LETTER
SUMMARIZED A LIST OF THE
SUCCESSES AND SOME OF THE KEY
STRATEGIES THAT WE WERE FOCUSED
ON AS A GROUP.
AND I'LL JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OF
THEM BECAUSE I FELT
PARTICULARLY STRONG ABOUT THE
-- YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, AND
CHAIR PEDERSEN TOUCHED ON IT,
BUT THIS FINANCIAL POSITION
WITH THE DOUBLE-A BOND RATING,
YOU KNOW, IN THE TIMES THAT
WE'VE GONE THROUGH, IT'S
AMAZING HOW LEVEL THIS SHIP
CONTINUED.
WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE
PARTICIPATION IN THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY WAS FOCUSED ON THAT.
THE PILOT PROGRAMS, THEY TOOK A
LITTLE TIME TO REALLY GET
LAUNCHED DUE TO SOME OF THE
CONSTRAINTS WE WERE ALL FACED
WITH RECENTLY, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON TESTING NEW
RATE DESIGNS, IMPROVING ENERGY
EQUITY TO HELP AND IMPROVE
INEFFICIENT ENERGY USE, THE
DEMAND RESPONSE RATES AND THE
TIME OF DAY USE, YOU KNOW, ALL
LEADING EDGE KIND OF RESPONSES
TO WHAT TODAY'S CUSTOMERS WANT.
IMPROVE LOAD FORECASTING.
YOU KNOW, NOW FROM THE
VIEWPOINT OF JOINING THE
WESTERN ENERGY AND BALANCE
MARKET AND ADDING $8 BILLION
TALKS ABOUT THIS BEING A LONG
ENERGY -- OR LONG UTILITY
BECAUSE WE HAVE EXCESS
CAPACITY, BUT BEING ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFULLY MARKET
THAT AT THE HIGHEST RETURN IS
REALLY KEY TO WHAT'S HAPPENED
OVER THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
SO ON THE STRATEGY SIDE WHAT I
GLEANED FROM THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT TEAM IS REALLY THE
IMPROVEMENT OF THE CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE.
HOW DO WE VIEW WHAT WE DO AT
CITY LIGHT FROM A CUSTOMER'S
FOCUS.
AND WITH THAT LENS, YOU GET ALL
KINDS OF INSIGHTS INTO WHAT
TODAY'S CUSTOMERS WANT, AND WE
WILL REMAIN FOCUSED IN
EVERYBODY WE DO ON RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REAL DRIVERS
OF THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT
IS PART OF OUR PLAN.
CREATING OUR ENERGY FUTURE, THE
TEAM TALKS ABOUT THE GRID
MODERNIZATION.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE
DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR ARMS
AROUND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS
ON A TACTICAL LEVEL.
BUT DEBRA USED A METAPHOR AT
THE JUNE 16th MEETING THAT
RESONATED WITH ME.
IT'S THE MOTOROLA OF FLIP
PHONES.
YOU KNOW, THE FLIP PHONE WORKS
JUST FINE FOR PHONE CALLS, BUT
YOU CAN'T DO ALL THE MAPS AND
APPS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS,
YOU KNOW, THAT A SMART PHONE
DOES.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GRID
MODERNIZATION, HOW DO WE MORE
SMARTLY USE, YOU KNOW, THE
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT WE
HAVE TODAY, AND THAT'S REALLY
KEY TO OUR FUTURE.
WORK FORCE AGILITY, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
CULTURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
AGILITY, AND AGILITY, YOU KNOW,
BILLION DOLLAR OPERATION PEOPLE
TOUGH THINGS THAT LAY ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER, BUT THAT'S
CERTAINLY THE GOAL IS TO HAVE
THAT AGILITY AND REALLY DO
WHAT'S BEST FOR THE
ORGANIZATION AS IT RELATES TO
LABOR, RELATIONSHIPS AND THE
VALUES THAT THE LABOR FOLKS
BRING AND, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF,
THE TEAM, I MEAN, HOW DO WE
MESH ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER?
SO THERE'S A REAL FOCUS ON
THAT.
AND THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE,
AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT ON THE
MONEY IS IF WE DON'T HAVE AN
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WE CAN HAVE
ALL THE INITIATIVES THAT WE
WANT, BUT WE GOTTA BE ABLE TO
MEASURE THEM, AND WE GOTTA BE
ABLE TO TRACK THEM AND KNOW
THAT WE'RE SUCCEEDING ON THOSE
THINGS.
SO THAT WILL ALL BE PART OF
THAT AGILITY.
UNDER FINANCIAL HEALTH AND
AFFORDABILITY, KEEPING RATES
MANAGEABLE, CHAIR PEDERSEN
TALKED ABOUT THE 3 1/2% OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THAT CERTAINLY IS FAR BETTER
THAN WHAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN
PREVIOUS PLANS, AND WE'RE VERY
PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
PREDICTABILITY, YOU KNOW, AS A
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER
REPRESENTATIVE AND AS A
RESIDENT, IF YOU HAVE
PREDICTABILITY, IT REALLY EASES
ANY CONCERNS AND PLANNING OF
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO GOING
FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD A GROWTH IN
RECEIVABLES THAT WE'RE WELL
AWARE OF, BOTH ON THE
RESIDENTIAL SIDE AND THE
COMMERCIAL SIDE, AND THOSE ARE
THINGS WE HAVE OUR EYE ON.
AND AS A PANEL, WE CERTAINLY
ASK ABOUT IT AT EACH MEETING,
ND WE'RE CERTAIN THAT THE
STAFF IS FOCUSED ON HOW TO, YOU
KNOW, MANAGE THAT GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO DO
THAT.
RIGHT SIZING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE PANEL
FEELS VERY STRONG ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, HOW WILL THAT BE FUNDED,
WILL IT BE FROM OPERATIONS,
WILL IT BE BORROWED FUNDS?
AND THOSE ARE BIG DECISIONS,
AND THE PANEL REALLY HAS A
GREAT INTEREST IN HOW THOSE
THINGS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED.
YOU KNOW, GROWING CLEAN DEMAND,
ELECTRIFICATION IS WHAT WE'VE
ALL TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
WITH PORT AND METRO, AND WHAT
OTHER THINGS CAN WE DO TO, YOU
KNOW, IMPROVE OUR REVENUE
STREAM?
IT'S REALLY TAKEN A BIG HIT
WITH THE OFFICE BUILDINGS
REDUCING ALL THE THINGS, ALL
THEIR OCCUPANCIES.
AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF
THINGS GOING THERE, BUT REVENUE
DECLINE IS SOMETHING WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP
OUR EYE ON.
AND WE'VE MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS
ON THE ELECTRIFICATION, AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK
THOSE FREQUENTLY BECAUSE
THEY'RE AMBITIOUS, AND WE HAVE
PARTNERS AND THERE'S LOTS THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE FINAL PART OF THE FINANCIAL
HEALTH IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE
RESERVE FUND AND THE RATE
STABILIZATION ACCOUNT.
HOW DO WE GET THAT RIGHT SIZED?
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SAVE FOR THE
RAINY MONDAYS, AND NOW WE HAVE
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
$100 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY
OF KEEPING THAT FUND, AND, YOU
KNOW, WHAT IS THE RIGHT SIZE
FOR THAT?
WHERE SHOULD WE BE?
AND THAT'LL BE A BIG PART OF
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING
FORWARD.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ONE
THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION.
IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO OUR
LETTER FOR NO PARTICULAR
REASON, BUT THE CYBERSECURITY
ISSUE THAT'S, YOU KNOW,
INTERNATIONAL IS SO IMPORTANT
TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE --
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A FAIR
BIT AT OUR MEETINGS, MAKE SURE
THAT THIS GROUP AND THE
COMMITTEE IS AWARE OF HOW
IMPORTANT WE THINK THAT IS TO
PROTECT OUR SYSTEMS.
AND WHILE WE ALL -- WE'RE ALL
GOING THROUGH THAT AS
INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES, SO
REALLY JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT
IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
AND THE FINAL COMMENT I'D LIKE
TO MAKE TODAY IS THE PANEL
WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSES THIS
PLAN.
WE FEEL LIKE WE REALLY HAD A
BIG HAND IN WORKING THROUGH IT.
AND NOW IT'S THE FLUSHOUT, THE
MEASURABLE TARGETS AND
BENCHMARKS.
WE ALL WANT TO HOLD EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE AND ACHIEVE THIS
IMPRESSIVE PLAN, AND WE'LL NEED
TO DO THAT WITH SOME METRICS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HAD TO
SAY TODAY, AND I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
I CAN ANSWER, I'D BE HAPPY TO
DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HANSON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
ON THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL
AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL I WANT
TO THANK THEM FOR THE COUNTLESS
HOURS THEY SPEND HELPING US TO
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE
UTILITYAND ALL THAT THEY DO,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON
TRYING TO KEEP RATES AS
AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE SINCE
THESE -- SINCE UTILITY BILLS
ARE ESSENTIALLY REGRESSIVE WITH
LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS PAYING
A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR
HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING
ON THE AFFORDABILITY AND ALSO
EMERGING ISSUES SUCH AS
CYBERTECHNOLOGY WHICH WE'RE
READING A LOT ABOUT WITH OTHER
LARGE ENTERPRISES HAVING TO
DEAL WITH THAT.
AND SO WE KNOW OUR CITY IS
VIGILANT ON THAT.
BUT APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
OVERSIGHT FROM THE REVIEW PANEL
ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR CITY LIGHT OR FOR MR.
HANSON ON THE REVIEW PANEL, THE
LETTER, THE FOUR-PAGE LETTER
FROM THE REVIEW PANEL WAS VERY
DENSE IN ITS CONTENT.
BUT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA AS
WELL.
AND JUST FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, YES, GENERAL MANAGER,
SMITH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT IF I COULD TO
RESPOND A BIT TO MR. RUBY'S
COMMENT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
OUR COMMITMENT TO ENERGY
EFFICIENCY HAS NOT IN ANY WAY
WAINED.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE TRADITIONALLY --
ENERGY EFFICIENCY MONEY GETS
SPENT IN LUMPY WAYS, THAT'S ONE
WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT,
ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE INCREASED
OUR FOCUS ON LARGE COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL ENERGY
EFFICIENCY WHICH IS QUITE
FRANKLY -- MS. RUBY IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING STOCK IS IN VERY GOOD
SHAPE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
INVESTING IN IT FOR SUCH A LONG
TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE OUT
THERE IN LIGHTING, IN
REFRIGERATION AND OTHER THINGS
THAT TEND TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON
LARGER CUSTOMERS.
AND SO IT COMES TO US IN LUMPY
WAYS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S BASED
ON WHEN THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY
FINISHED.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE BUDGET AN
AMOUNT EACH YEAR, AND IN THIS
CASE RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT $30
MILLION A YEAR, SO IT'S REAL
MONEY.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE
ADJUST OUR ACTUAL SPENDING, AND
WE MAKE ROOM FOR DIFFERENT POTS
OF MONEY BASED ON THE PROJECTS
THAT COME OUR WAY.
THERE'S LOTS OF MECHANISMS EVEN
THAT BONNEVILLE OFFERS THAT
ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO MOVE MONEY
BETWEEN YEARS BECAUSE SOME OF
OUR MONEY DOES COME BACK TO US
FROM BONNEVILLE, AND SO THERE
ARE TOOLS BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND THE LUMPINESS OF
ACQUIRING ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL
SECTOR.
SO WE HAVE AND ARE COMPLETING
OUR NEW CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT.
WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL
THIS FALL.
SO YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK AT OUR PROJECTED
INVESTMENTS BASED ON THE MOST
RECENT DATA, AND WE USE THE
SAME COMPANY THAT DOES THE CPA
FOR BONNEVILLE, SO WE'RE
ALIGNED WITH THE REGION WHICH
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT
THEN.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S
IMPORTANT IS THAT EVEN WITH THE
$30 MILLION THAT WE
TRADITIONALLY BUDGET, WE
TYPICALLY DON'T SPEND IT ALL.
AND WE ARE RECALIBRATING RIGHT
NOW BASED ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY DOES REQUIRE
AN INVESTMENT ON THE PART OF
OUR LARGE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY
MAKE ARE COMPETING WITH THEIR
OTHER CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, AND
WE RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW COMING
THROUGH COVID THAT TIMES ARE A
LITTLE -- WE'RE LESS CERTAIN,
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
DID A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO ALL THAT IS TO SAY -- AND I
HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN THE DRAFT
CPA YET.
BUT ALL THAT IS TO SAY THAT OUR
COMMITMENT TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AS THE LEAST COST RESOURCE HAS
IN NO WAY DIMINISHED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE
COUNCIL OF THAT AND YOU OF
THAT, PERSONALLY,
COUNCILMEMBERS, SO THAT YOU
WOULD UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE
AT.
AND SO WE'LL BE, AND WE'LL BE
IN A POSITION TO ANSWER ANY AND
ALL QUESTIONS WHEN WE COME BACK
WITH THE CPA THIS FALL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT IS THE GRANDFATHER OF
EFFICIENCY OUT IN THE REGION
BECAUSE WE'RE SO OLD, BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SO
LONG.
WE'VE BEEN DOING ENERGY
EFFICIENCY BEFORE IT WAS COOL
TO DO -- WHAT WAS THAT SONG, I
WAS COUNTRY WHEN COUNTRY WASN'T
COOL?
WE WERE ENERGY EFFICIENCY WHEN
ENERGY EFFICIENCY WASN'T COOL.
SO WE'RE THERE AND WE WILL
CONTINUE.
ALSO, JUST ONE LAST THING, AND
THIS IS KIND OF JUST A QUICK
EDUCATIONAL MOMENT, THERE IS
SOME MOVEMENT AND SOME OF THE
PILOTS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING, WE THINK OF ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IN A FAIRLY
TRADITIONAL WAY.
BUT THE LANGUAGE THAT GETS USED
MORE AND MORE IS DISTRIBUTED
ENERGY RESOURCES OR DERS.
AND IT'S MORE THAN STICKING A
GENERATION OTHER THAN SOMEWHERE
INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
AND PUMPING IT OUT TO
CUSTOMERS.
SO ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS A FORM
OF DERS, AS IS DEMAND RESPONSE,
AS IS A WHOLE LOT OF NEW TOOLS
THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY.
SO WE ARE MINDFUL AS WE THINK
ABOUT HOW WE WILL SPEND THOSE
DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THE
DIRECTION THAT THE INDUSTRY IS
GOING, WHERE BONNEVILLE IS
MONEYS BECAUSE THAT'S DOES
CHANGE OVER TIME, AND WE ARE
INTENTIONALLY CARVING OUT MONEY
TO BE ABLE TO ROBUSTLY FUND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVES
PER THE TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT PLAN.
I SAID IT!
SO THE THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THERE IS I KNOW -- [ INAUDIBLE
] NOTED THE PLAN DID NOT SEEM
AS ROBUST.
THAT WAS THE VERY HIGH PLAN
THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR CEDA
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AS WE POINTED OUT IN THE
STRATEGIC PLAN IN ONE OF THE
PIAs, ONE OF OUR GOALS -- AND
MIKE MENTIONED THAT IN HIS
INTRO, IS TO COORDINATE OR TO
BRING ALL OF OUR PLANNING
PROCESSES TOGETHER SO THAT THEY
ARE ALIGNED.
SO THAT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING,
RESOURCE PLANNING, FINANCIAL
PLANNING, CEDO PLANNING.
ANYWAY, HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO
THAT, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED,
AND WE'RE ALL IN.
>> THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER,
SMITH.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT OR FOR
THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION FOR THE STRATEGIC
PLAN AND PASS IT ALONG TO THE
FULL COUNCIL?
OKAY.
AND FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, WE
HAD A THOROUGH REVIEW AND
DISCUSSION OF THIS LAST MONTH
AS WELL.
THIS IS OUR SECOND HEARING OF
THIS.
SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
OKAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
THIS RESOLUTION WHICH IS
RESOLUTION 32007.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
RESOLUTION.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT RESOLUTION
32007 BE APPROVED FOR
FORWARDING TO THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL ?L
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES, AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT THE RESOLUTION BE SENT FOR
APPROVAL TO THE JULY 12th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU.
I THINK CITY LIGHT WILL BE
STAYING -- SOME OF YOU WILL BE
STAYING WITH US FOR THIS NEXT
ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL
BILLION 21003, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
LONG-TERM LEASE AND OPERATING
AGREEMENT WITH THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE
USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE CITY'S
GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT
PROPERTY, A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PROUDLY OWNS
UNIQUE CENTURY-OLD ELECTRICITY
PLANT THAT USED TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY IN THE GEORGETOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED THE
GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT.
OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, CITY
LIGHT HAS ENSURED THAT THE
HISTORIC NATURE OF THE PLANT
HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED UNDER
FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND THAT
GRANTS WERE OBTAINED TO START
THE CONSERVATION.
THE UTILITY HAS NEGOTIATED WITH
THE NONPROFIT TO TAKE OVER
OPERATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE
WITH A LONG-TERM LEASE FROM
CITY LIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF HAS
REVIEWED THE COUNCIL BILL AND
ALL THE ATTACHMENTS, AND WE'VE
CONCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE HAS
NEGOTIATED A SUITABLE LEASE
THAT SHOULD PROTECT THE CITY'S
INTERESTS, INCLUDING AN
ASSUMPTION BY THE LESSEE OF
LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
COVERAGE.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FROM CITY
LIGHT FOR BEING HERE.
I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FIRST,
THOUGH, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
ERIC McCONAGHY, IF YOU HAVE ANY
OPENING REMARKS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW
THINGS AND LET CITY LIGHT TAKE
IT FROM THERE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR
PEDERSEN, IT'S A LONG-TERM
LEASE, A 30-YEAR TERM LEASE.
THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR TWO 15-
YEAR RENEWALS THAT WOULD BE IN
THIS LEASE.
THOSE RENEWALS WOULD BE BY THE
MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF BOTH
PARTIES BY THE LEASE THAT,
WOULD BE THE CITY AND THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
UNDER THE LEASE, CITY LIGHT
WOULDN'T SORT OF TRADITIONALLY
COLLECT RENT FOR THE LEASE BUT
WOULD LOOK TO THE CDA TO
PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE LEASE AS TO OPERATE THE
BUILDING AS A HISTORIC BUILDING
WITH A MUSEUM WITH PUBLIC
TOURS, HISTORICAL
INTERPRETATION, MAINTENANCE,
JANITORIAL AND OTHER PUBLIC
SERVICES.
AND SO THAT'S THE NATURE OF
THIS SORT OF RENT OR
COMPENSATION, AS WELL THERE'S
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE
LEASE THAT WOULD SAY AFTER THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE LEASE, THE
CDA WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY
CITY LIGHT 10% OF THE -- FOR
COMMERCIAL USE OF THE FACILITY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE
ASPECTS BECAUSE THOSE MAY BE
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER KINDS OF
LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT COME TO
COUNCIL OR THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR
WITH IN OTHER CONTEBSES.
OVERALL THE LEASE WOULD REQUIRE
THAT THE CITY MAINTAIN AND
REPAIR THE GEORGETOWN STEAM
PLANT AS IT EXISTS AT THE TIME
OF SIGNING THE LEASE.
YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS BEING
THE ROOF, THE EXTERIOR, THE
SUPPORTING STRUCTURES, THE
FLOOR, THE BEAM, MAJOR
MAINTENANCE RELATED TO THINGS
LIKE THE ELECTRICAL AND HEATING
SYSTEMS, THE FENCING OF THE
GATES.
I THINK OF THEM AS BEING THE
SORT OF MAINSTAY OR SORT OF,
LIKE, SKELETON, THE BUILDING AS
IT STANDS, ANY OF THE NEW
THINGS, IMPROVEMENTS,
MODIFICATIONS WOULD BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF CDA.
BOTH PARTIES WOULD AGREE TO
PARTICIPATE TOGETHER TO SEEK
THIRD-PARTY GRANTS, AND THAT
MAKES SENSE, GOING FORWARD, OF
COURSE, FOR ASPECTS OF
MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE
STEAM PLANT.
AND THEN OTHER PIECES I THINK
WILL BE HANDLED WELL.
ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR CITY
COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS I
WANTED TO POINT OUT.
THE DECISION TO KEEP THE
BUILDING IN THE POSSESSION OF
CITY LIGHT AND TO FIND A
NONPROFIT PARTNER WAS INFORMED
BY OVER A GROUP THAT WAS PUT
TOGETHER BY -- EXCUSE ME, BY
CITY LIGHT AND THAT GROUP WAS
THE -- SO MANY LONG NAMES FOR
THIS.
FORGIVE ME.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS
RIGHT, THE GEORGETOWN STEAM
PLANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS FORMED IN 2016, AND
THEY DID WORK THROUGH THAT
YEAR, AND BEGINNING OF 2017
PRESENTED THEIR REPRESENTATION
TO CITY LIGHT.
AMONG THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO
PREFER KEEPING THE BUILDING IN
THE POSSESSION OF THE CITY AND
FINDING A NONPROFIT PARTNER.
CITY LIGHT FOLLOWED THAT
RECOMMENDATION AND THERE A
REQUEST OF PROPOSALS CONNECTED
WITH EQUINOX WHICH FORMED THE
CDA THAT IS THE NONPROFIT THAT
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE LEASE.
THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH OF ME
TALKING.
BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT HITTING
THOSE MAIN POINTS IN MY -- FROM
MY POINT OF VIEW.
AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THOSE
SORTS OF THINGS, I'LL TURN IT
OVER FROM HERE.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC.
AND GENERAL MANAGER SMITH, DID
YOU WANT TO LEAVE THAT OFF FROM
CITY LIGHT?
>> YES, THANKS SO MUCH.
IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING THING FOR
SEATTLE, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
FOR CITY LIGHT.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE NEVER
MET SAM.
SO HI, SAM, NICE TO MEET YOU IN
PERSON.
I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.
SO WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS, AND MY TEAM JULIANNA
ROSS, SHE'S GOING TO BE
PRESENTING.
SHE IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF
THE GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT.
AND IF I WAS THERE WITH YOU,
I'D SAY WE WOULD SHOW HANDS TO
WHO VISITED THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT BECAUSE IT'S VERY,
VERY COOL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'M GOING TO DO
A PLUG FOR IT.
AND IF YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY
FORTUNATE, JULIANNA WOULD
PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE TOUR
HERSELF.
IT'S VERY WORTH IT.
WE'D LOVE TO SCHEDULE FOR YOU
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
THE TEAM IN ADDITION TO
JULIANNA IS TIM COO LL, AND
MURA IS RUNNING THE POWERPOINT.
SAM, I'M SUPER THANKFUL.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
STAFF NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GREAT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, MAURA.
SO ERIC JUST RAN US THROUGH
WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR
AUTHORIZATION FOR.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING US HERE TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
115 YEARS OF HISTORY IN LESS
THAN FIVE MINUTES.
SO HERE WE GO.
THE GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT WAS
BUILT BY THE SEATTLE ELECTRIC
COMPANY OVER THE COURSE OF A
YEAR IN 1906 TO 1907.
IT WAS BUILT TO FILL SEATTLE'S
GROWING ELECTRIC STREETCAR
SYSTEM.
IT WAS LOCATED ON THE BANK OF
THE DUWAMISH RIVER AND USED FOR
COOLING.
LATER WHEN THE RIVER WAS
STRAIGHTENED FOR THE INDUSTRY,
A FLUM WAS BUILT FROM THE
PLANT TO THE INDUSTRY WHICH WAS
ONE MILE AWAY.
THE PLUME HAS NOW BEEN
DECOMMISSIONED AND THE PUMP
HOUSE ON THE RIVER RELATED TO
THE GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT IS
LANDMARKED AND OWNED BY THE
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE BUILDING IS LANDMARKED AND
SO IS ALL THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE.
IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE A
BUILDING LIKE THIS LEFT INTACT,
AND, IN FACT, THE STEAM PLANT
HAS ONLY TWO OF THE VERTICAL
STEAM TURBINES LEFT IN PLACE IN
THE WORLD.
THESE TURBINES WERE THE HEIGHT
OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AT
THE TIME, HAVING A CONSIDERABLY
SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN THEIR
PREDECESSORS.
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS TWO
OTHER TURBINES WERE ADDED TO
GENERATE PROGRESSIVELY MORE
ENERGY.
THE BUILDING HAS MANY
INTERESTING FEATURES.
IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST
REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
ON THE WEST COAST, AND IT WAS
ALSO DESIGNED TO USE GRAVITY IN
ITS PROCESSES AND RUN ON EITHER
COAL OR OIL, WHICHEVER WAS MOST
ECONOMICAL AT THE TIME.
HAVING ACCESS TO SEE AND LEARN
FROM THIS HISTORICAL EQUIPMENT
AND ENGINEERING IS INVALUABLE
TO VISITORS OF THE STEAM PLANT.
OPERATOR CLASSES COME THROUGH
FOR THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THIS KIND OF EQUIPMENT OUT IN
THE OPEN AND NOT ENCLOSED
BEHIND CASINGS AS WITH MODERN
EQUIPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PURCHASED
THE STEAM PLANT IN 1951 AND
KEPT IT OPERATIONAL FOR STANDBY
PURPOSES UNTIL ABOUT 1974,
FULLY DECOMMISSIONING IT IN
1977.
SEVERAL ACTIONS BY PEOPLE
ENLIGHTENED TO THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT'S HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANCE RESULTED IN A
STRING OF IMPORTANT HISTORIC
AND OTHER DESIGNATIONS.
THESE DESIGNATIONS HELP PROTECT
THE PLANT, IMPOSE CONTROLS AND
INCENTIVES ON ANY CHANGES AND
ALSO MAKE THE BUILDING ELIGIBLE
FOR SPECIAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION FUNDING.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN LATE 2014, STAFF FROM CITY
LIGHT BEGAN VOLUNTEERING TO
OPEN THE STEAM PLANT TO THE PUN
FOR FOUR HOURS THE SECOND
SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
IN PRE-COVID TIMES, THESE OPEN
HOUSES WOULD ATTRACT AN AVERAGE
OF 100 VISITORS WHO LOVED TO
EXPLORE, TAKE PICTURES AND
ENJOY ONE OF THE TWO GUIDED
TOURS OFFERED EACH OPEN HOUSE.
PRIVATE TOURS ARE ALSO PROVIDED
AT THE REQUEST OF COMMUNITY
GROUPS AND SCHOOLS.
NEXT SLIDE.
A SPECIAL QUALITY OF THE STEAM
PLANT IS THE DIVERSITY OF
INTEREST IT APPEALS TO,
INCLUDING THE ARTS.
OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS OR SO,
WE'VE BEEN PLEASED TO HOST
SEVERAL ART PRESENTATIONS,
INCLUDING A SITE-SPECIFIC PLAY,
A SITE-SPECIFIC DANCE
PERFORMANCE, AN 11-HOUR
MULTIMEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL AND
MANY OTHER UNIQUE PERFORMANCES
AND EVENTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
TO OPTIMIZE PUBLIC USE AND
ACCESS AND CONTINUE NEEDED
RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE,
CITY LIGHT ORGANIZED THE
GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF EXPERTS
FROM RELEVANT FIELDS TO ADVISE
ON THE BEST WAYS TO SUSTAINABLY
PROGRAM, FUND AND MANAGE THIS
HISTORIC BUILDING.
THE LOGOS HERE INDICATE JUST A
FEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
LENT US THEIR EXPERTISE OVER
THE COURSE OF ABOUT A YEAR AND
A HALF.
THEIR PUBLISHED RECOMMENDATIONS
WHICH WERE ACCEPTED BY CITY
LIGHT WERE FOR CITY LIGHT TO
MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE
BUILDING AND SEEK AN
APPROPRIATE NONPROFIT PFER TO
ASSUME REGULAR OPERATIONS AND
PROGRAMMING OF THE PLANT TO
BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.
IN 2018, WE ISSUED AND
PUBLICIZED AN RFP, AND IN 2019,
WE ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL OF A
NEWLY FORMED NONPROFIT, THE
GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING
OUT THE DETAILS OF THIS
PARTNERSHIP, AND WE ARE
CONFIDENT THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WILL
DHEAV AN EXCITING AND
ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE
FEATURE FOR THE GEORGETOWN
STEAM PLANT.
NEXT SLIDE.
OUT OF THE GATE, THE MOST
PRESSING WORK FOR THE NEW
PARTNER INCLUDES BRINGING THE
BUILDING UP TO CODE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE DESIRED LEVEL
OF PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.
TO THAT END, THE CDA HAS BUILT
A TEAM OF DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS AND
HAS ALREADY MADE PROGRESS
THROUGH THE DISCOVERY PHASE,
INCLUDING CONSULTING WITH SDCI,
ASSEMBLING PREDESIGNED WORK AND
A TIER 3 SEISMIC ANALYSIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN TANDEM WITH RESTORATION WORK
AND FUNDRAISING, THE CDA WILL
COMMENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
BOTH TO BUILD OUT THEIR BOARD
OF DIRECTORS IN AN EQUITABLE
MATTER AND ALSO SOLICIT
COMMUNITY INPUT TO ENSURE
FUTURE PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE
INPUT OF A COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD.
AS REQUIRED BY THE LEASE, THE
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS
COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING A
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REFLECTIVE
OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES RESIDING
AND WORKING IN THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY AND IS PARTNERING WITH
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE
BOARDS AND STAFF REPRESENT THE
SAME.
NOW WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE TIM CROLL TO GIVE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE LEASE ITSELF.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LEASE,
LEASE A LONG-TERM ONE, AS ERIC
MENTIONED, 30 YEARS PLUS
POSSIBLY TWO 15-YEAR
EXTENSIONS.
THIS ALLOWS THE CDA THE
CERTAINTY THEY NEED TO SUPPORT
LARGE-SCALE FUNDRAISING THAT
WAS INDICATED IN JULIANNA'S
SLIDE TO UPGRADE THE USE OF THE
PLANT.
THE CDA'S USE IS LIMITED TO
INTERPRETING AND PROTECTING THE
PLANT, PROMOTING ARTS CULTURE,
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING AND MATH AND OTHER
EDUCATION, AND ENABLING
COMMUNITY USE AND OTHER EVENTS.
THE PARAMOUNT PURPOSE IS THE
PRESERVATION AND THE
RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC
GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT
BUILDING.
SO ANY ALTERATIONS TO THE
FACILITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CITY
LIGHT APPROVAL AND ALSO TO
SEATTLE LANDMARK BOARD'S
APPROVAL.
CITY LIGHT MAINTAINS, AS ERIC
POINTED OUT, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAINTAINING THE GENERAL
LARGE SYSTEMS IN THE WALLS AND
THE ROOF.
AND TO THE LEVEL THEY'RE AT
RIGHT NOW, AND WITHIN OUR
APPROVED BUDGET.
THE CDA IS -- THEIR GOAL IS TO
WORK ON FUNDRAISING TO BRING
THE BUILDING UP TO CODE, TO
EXPAND THE USE AND TO ADD
AMENITIES TO PROMOTE THE
VARIOUS PURPOSES AND EDUCATION
AND EVENTS.
THE LEASE ALSO ALLOWS FOR
FURTHER ADDITIONS IN OUR
PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ADJACENT PROPERTY WHICH
WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE FUTURE
UNDER THE PREMISES OF THE
LEASE, AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF NEGOTIATING BETTER ACCESS
WITH KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
AND WHEN WE ACHIEVE THAT, THEN
WE WOULD MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO
THE CDA.
THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
LEASE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE GEORGETOWN STEAM
PLANT PROJECT OR THE PROPOSED
LEASE BEFORE US?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IF YOU
WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
THE PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, CDA IMPORTANT
FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR ADVANCING
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, AND THIS
IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY
CAN WORK.
THE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD
REALLY EAGER FOR MORE COMMUNITY
AMENITIES AND MORE WAYS TO
CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE AN EDUCATION AND
SCIENCE AND ARTS CENTER AND TO
DO IT IN A WAY THAT REALLY
HONORS COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND
SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP I
THINK IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO I'M THANKFUL TO THIS TEAM,
I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO SAM FOR
HIS SEEMINGLY ENDLESS
CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO
ADVANCING PROJECTS LIKE THIS
AND REALLY EXCITED FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE,
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS PROPOSED LONG-TERM
LEASE WITH THE NONPROFIT?
OKAY.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE
THIS FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE APPROVE BILL OF
120-ITEM 3 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BILL
120123.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE JULY
12 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
BYE BYE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COLLEAGUES, WE'VE GOT THE
FOURTH AND FINAL ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE
AMENDING SECTIONS 11.14.277,
11.16.121 AND 11.76.015 OF AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 11.14.276
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO ESTABLISH ON-STREET PAID
PARKING RATES FOR LARGE EVENTS
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO DRAW AT
LEAST 10,000 ATTENDEES.
FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN ANTICIPATION OF LARGE
CROWDS GATHERING AT SEATTLE
CENTER FOR UPCOMING EVENTS,
INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
AFTER THE OPENING OF CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS
KEY ARENA, HAS DEVELOPED A PLAN
TO INCREASE ON-STREET PARKING
RATES IN THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW THAT TODAY WILL ALSO
WANT TO CLARIFY HOW THIS
LEGISLATION MIGHT IMPACT OTHER
AREAS IN THE CITY, AND THERE'S
ALSO AN AMENDMENT THAT'S BEEN
CIRCULATED, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, FOR
SENDING THAT AROUND AND WOULD
COME FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF CAN ADDRESS THAT
AMENDMENT AND TRY TO PUT IT UP
ON THE SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC
HERE.
SO LET'S START WITH LISH
WHITSON FROM CENTRAL STAFF JUST
ABOUT THE UNDERLYING BILL, IF
THERE ARE ANY OPENING COMMENTS
THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE THE
PRESENTATION FROM SDOT.
>> JUST A TINY BIT OF CONTEXT.
THIS BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE
INCREASES OF PARKING RATES
RELATED TO LARGE EVENTS.
THE CODE DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO
SDOT TO SET ON-STREET PARKING
RATES AND CURRENTLY HAS A CAP
OF $5 AN HOUR FOR ON-STREET
PARKING, AND THIS WOULD
INCREASE THE AUTHORITY FOR
PARKING RATES RELATED TO LARGE
EVENTS UP TO $12 AN HOUR.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW SDOT WORKS HARD TO USE
THIS AND SET THOSE RATES
FREQUENTLY TO ENABLE ON-STREET
PARKING.
SO WANT TO JUST SET THAT
CONTEXT THAT SDOT WORKS REALLY
HARD ON THESE RATES.
THIS IS GOING -- THIS BILL
WOULD GO BEYOND THE CURRENT
AUTHORITY.
SO GO AHEAD, SDOT, IF YOU LIKE.
WELCOME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
FU.
I WILL START, MY NAME IS MARK,
I AM THE MANAGER OF CURBSIDE
MANAGEMENT AT FDOT.
AND AS THE PRESENTATION COMES
UP, I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE
THINGS AT THE OUTSET IN
RESPONSE TO RECENT MEDIA.
WE'LL COVER THESE MORE INTO
DETAIL INTO THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S A SHORT ONE, BUT JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE A COUPLE
POINTS AT THE TOP.
FIRST, THIS PLAN AND THIS
LEGISLATION IS REALLY THE
OUTGROWTH OF A COUPLE YEARS OF
WORK, A LOT OF WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY, WITH THE UPTOWN
ALLIANCE.
WANTED TO SAY FOR THEIR
SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS AS WELL AS
THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
WE HAVE MAILED PLANNED
DOCUMENTS TO OVER 10,000 PEOPLE
ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
WE'VE LEFT 800 DOOR HANGERS AND
A LOT OF OTHER INDIVIDUAL
BRIEFINGS.
SO THIS REALLY IS AN OUTGROWTH
OF A LOT OF WORK FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS BY A WHOLE LOT OF
PEOPLE, A LOT OF REALLY INTENSE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
A SECOND POINT I JUST WANT TO
MAKE AT THE TOP, THERE ARE A
LOT OF NUMBERS FLYING AROUND
AND MATH FLYING AROUND IN THE
MEDIA A LITTLE BIT.
THE LEGISLATION DOES CHANGE THE
CAP FOR EVENT RATE ON-STREET
PAID PARKING HOURLY RATES.
RIGHT NOW THE CAP IS $5 AN HOUR
FOR US TO CHARGE FOR ON-STREET
PAID PARKING.
THIS WOULD LIFT THE CAP FOR
EVENTS TO $12 AN HOUR.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE VERY
CLEAR THAT OUR INTENT IN
OCTOBER WHEN THE ARENA OPENS IS
NOT TO CHARGE $12 AN HOUR.
OUR PLAN IS TO START WITH A
PROGRESSIVE RATE STRUCTURE,
AND AGAIN, WE'LL GO INTO THAT
IN MORE DETAIL IN A FEW SLIDES,
BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE JUST
STAYING IN THE UPTOWN AREA FOR
A COUPLE HOURS, THEY WOULD ONLY
PAY $3 AN HOUR.
IT'S FOR THOSE FINAL THREE
HOURS IF YOU RISK TO STAY FOR
THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE HOURS,
WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHARGE $8 AN
HOUR FOR THOSE LAST THREE
HOURS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
CLEAR.
AND WE CAN DO A LITTLE MATH
FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION
ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
SOMEONE WHO IS STAYING FOR
SOMETHING LIKE FOUR HOURS FOR
AN ARENA EVENT.
BUT OUTSIDE OF EVENT DAYS, OUR
REGULAR ON-STREET PAID PARKING
RATES WILL APPLY.
IN UPDATE RIGHT NOW THAT'S 50
CENTS AN HOUR.
THE NEXT POINT I WANT TO MAKE
IS WE OBVIOUSLY WANT FOLKS TO
TAKE TRANSIT WHERE THEY CAN, TO
BIKE, TO WALK TO EVENTS AT THE
ARENA.
BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE
WILL DRIVE TO OTHER ARENA
EVENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING OPTIONS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THOSE ARE PRIVATE
FACILITIES.
THE SEATTLE CENTER OPERATES A
NUMBER OF FACILITIES.
SOME OF THOSE WILL BE
RESERVABLE, WHETHER PRIVATE OR
SEATTLE CENTER.
I WAS JUST LOOKING TODAY AND
REALIZED I COULD ACTUALLY
RESERVE MY OFF-STREET PARKING
FOR CONCERTS IN MARCH OF 2022
TODAY.
THERE ARE ALSO OFF-STREET
PARKING OPTIONS DOWNTOWN RIGHT
NEAR WHERE THE MONORAIL ENDS AT
WEST LAKE.
AND THAT'S JUST A 90-SECOND
RIDE FROM WEST LAKE TO SEATTLE
CENTER.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
OPTIONS BESIDES FOLKS TRYING TO
DRIVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
CIRCLE AROUND FOR THAT CHEAP ON-
STREET PARKING WHICH IS WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT.
THE FINAL POINT I WANT TO MAKE,
AND I THINK THIS WILL BE
COVERED IN THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT IS THAT THIS REALLY
IS SPECIFIC TO THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA AND OUR WORK OVER
THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENT
ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO
EVENT PAID PARKING RATES AT
AREAS AROUND THE STADIUMS AND
THE SOTO AND PIONEER SQUARE AND
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT THERE.
IF WE WERE TO DO THAT AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD
OBVIOUSLY ENGAGE IN A SUPER
ROBUST OUTREACH EFFORT WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES,
REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS.
SO I KNOW THAT WOULD BE COVERED
AGAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON,
BUT WANTED TO REINFORCE THIS UP
TOP THAT THIS REALLY IS
SPECIFIC TO THE UPTOWN AREA.
WITH THAT, I WILL LET RUTH
HARPER ON OUR TEAM GO AHEAD
WITH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AND
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT
FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE
TODAY.
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS RUTH HARPER, AND
GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY, AND
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THAT GREAT
INTRODUCTION.
SO THIS SLIDE REALLY HIGHLIGHTS
THE CENTER OF THIS EFFORT WHICH
IS A REMODELED ARENA THAT IS
OPENING IN OCTOBER.
AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO SUPPORT
ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES AND VISITORS.
THERE ARE NEW TRANSIT AND BIKE
LANES BEING INSTALLED RIGHT
NOW.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ARENA
AND SEATTLE CENTER STAFF TO
CREATE A PLAN TO MANAGE RIDE
HAILING SERVICES SUCH AS LYFT
AND UBER, AND ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PLAN ALSO
INCLUDES MITIGATING TRAFFIC
WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS AT THE
ARENA WITH OVER 10,000
ATTENDEES.
AND OF COURSE IT'S REALLY VITAL
THAT ALL OF THIS IS IN PLACE
BEFORE THE ARENA OPENS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO ON MAY 24th WE RELEASED A
CURB SPACE PLAN WITH EXPANDED
RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE THAT'S
FOR RESIDENTS, PERMIT PARKING
AND EXPANDED PAID PARKING TO
SUPPORT THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING
WITH BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR LOADING NEEDS ARE MET, AS
WELL AS ADDING DISABLED
PARKING.
AS MIKE SAID, WE'RE HERE TODAY
TO DISCUSS LEGISLATION
REGARDING EVENT RATES FOR ARENA
EVENTS WITH OVER 10,000
ANTICIPATED ATTENDEES.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A
QUICK SUMMARY OF THE REST OF
THE CURB SPACE PLAN WHICH WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG
TIME.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO HERE'S A MAP BECAUSE
MAPS ARE HELPFUL.
THIS IS THE UPTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I JUST WANT
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SLIDE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
SLIDE, YOU SEE LOTS OF THINGS,
BUT PRIMARILY BLUE AND ORANGE.
AND SO WHERE YOU SEE A SOLID
ORANGE LINE, THAT'S WHERE WE
HAVE RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE
PARKING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ZONE
13 FOR RESIDENTS, AND THAT HAS
BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHERE YOU SEE SOLID BLUE
LINES, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE
PAID PARKING IN EXISTENCE
TODAY, AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN
IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS.
SO WHERE YOU SEE THE SHADED
ORANGE, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO BE EXPANDING THE
RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE FOR
RESIDENTS.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT, YOU CAN
GET A PERMIT TO PARK, AND YOU
CAN PARK THERE FOR LONGER THAN
A TWO-HOUR TIME LIMIT BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M.
AND 6:00 P.M.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND THAT YOU
NEED A PERMIT TO PARK BETWEEN
6:00 P.M.
AND MIDNIGHT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO YOU CANNOT PARK WITHOUT A
PERMIT ON THE ORANGE BLOCKS AND
IN THOSE SHADED ORANGE AREAS
WHERE WE'RE EXPANDING THE RPZ.
AND THE PAID PARKING, AGAIN, IS
ON THE BLUE SOLID BLOCKS.
AND WE ARE EXPANDING THAT INTO
THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN BLUE,
AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY
COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL LOCATIONS
WHERE THERE'S CERTAINLY
COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL AT THE
GROUND LEVEL AND OFFICE
BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT
THE EVENT RATES WOULD TAKE
PLACE OR WOULD BE CHARGED ON
THOSE BLOCKS WITH PAID PARKING,
AGAIN, ONLY WHEN THERE ARE
EVENTS AT THE ARENA WITH
GREATER THAN 10,000 ANTICIPATED
ATTENDEES.
AND THEN THIS MAP ALSO SHOWS
THE BIKE LANES AND TRANSIT
LANES AND BUS ROUTES, AND I
KNOW IT'S A LOT ON ONE MAP.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS AGAIN REALLY JUST
HIGHLIGHTS THE SUPPORT THAT
WE'VE HAD AND SOME OF THE
OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE DONE OUTREACH, AS MIKE
SAID, FOR YEARS, WORKING WITH
THE UPTOWN ALLIANCE IN
PARTICULAR SINCE 2017.
WE'VE DONE TARGETED OUTREACH
STARTING WITH AN INITIAL
SURVEY, IN SEPTEMBER A DRAFT
PROPOSAL, IN DECEMBER
RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE HEARING
IN MARCH AND THEN A FINAL PLAN
MAILER IN MAY.
SO THAT'S FOUR MAILERS THAT
WE'VE DONE, IN ADDITION TO A
LOT OF PRESENTATIONS WE'VE MADE
AT MEETINGS, WE DISTRIBUTED
DOOR HANGERS THROUGHOUT THE
BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND WE
ALWAYS DO OUTREACH WITH
STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE ANY
PROPOSED CHANGES TO GARNER
FEEDBACK AND ALSO GET SUPPORT.
AND SO WE HAVE REALLY HIGH
SUPPORT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR
GOALS HERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SECOND
GOAL IS TO DISCOURAGE ARENA
EVENT GOERS FROM USING AREA ON-
STREET PARKING.
ABLE TO ACCESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR OTHER THINGS.
WE DON'T WANT THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE JUST
COMPLETELY FULL WITH NO WAY FOR
ANYONE TO PARK ANYWHERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IF THEY'RE DOING
SOMETHING BESIDES AN EVENT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE
71% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE
ODD STREET E-EVENT PARKING
RATES WOULD REALLY HELP LIMIT
EVENT GOER PARKING AND PRESERVE
ACCESS FOR LOCAL BUSINESS
CUSTOMERS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO SEND THIS
BACK OVER TO MIKE.
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS LATER.
I'VE BEEN IMMERSED IN THIS
EFFORT NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANKS, RUTH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS OUR LAST, I
BELIEVE, SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE.
WE HAVE A SCHEDULED SLIDE AFTER
THIS.
SO THIS IS THE GIST OF THE
LEGISLATION.
AS REFERENCED BEFORE, AGAIN, WE
CURRENTLY HAVE AUTHORITY IN THE
SMC TO CHARGE BETWEEN 50 CENTS
AN HOUR AND $5 AN HOUR.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AND TALKING
WITH FEW GROUP, ARENA FOLKS,
LOOKING AT RATES AROUND THE
REST OF THE AREA TO SEE WHAT
SORT OF COMPARABLE OFF-STREET
RATES MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
OUR JOB IS TO BE COMPLETELY
COMPETITIVE BUT TO PRICE IN THE
ON-STREET PARKING IN THE UPTOWN
AREA, AGAIN, TO TRY TO PREVENT
EVENT GOERS FOR CIRCLING FOR
CHEAP ON-STREET PARKING AND
REALLY CAUSING A LOT OF
CONGESTION AND PARKING DURING
EXCUSE ME.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A
PROGRESSIVE RATE STRUCTURE AS I
KIND OF MENTIONED AT THE TOP.
SO, AGAIN, THE IDEA IS WE WANT
FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NOT GOING TO
EVENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
BUSINESSES.
SO FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS, THE
RATE WOULD BE IN OCTOBER WHEN
WE START $3 AN HOUR.
FOR THE HOURS THREE, FOUR AND
FIVE, THE RATE WOULD BE $8 AN
HOUR.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT SOMEONE GETTING DINNER
AND THEY'RE PARKING FOR TWO
HOURS, THAT'S GOING TO BE $6
FOR AN ON-STREET PAID PARKING
RATE.
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS AT THE ARENA
FOR FOUR HOURS, THEIR CHARGE IS
GOING TO BE $22.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST TWO HOURS,
$3 AN HOUR, THE SECOND TWO
HOURS OF THEIR STAY AT $8 AN
HOUR.
AND THEN WE WILL DO WHAT WE
ALWAYS DO WITH THE REST OF OUR
PAID PARKING.
SO SINCE 2010, WE'VE HAD A DATA-
DRIVEN SYSTEM WHERE WE COLLECT
DATA AND ADJUST RATES
ACCORDINGLY.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A INDUSTRY
SWEET SPOT FOR 80% OCCUPANCY.
WE WILL TAKE THIS APPROACH IN
THE UPTOWN AREA ONCE WE START
WITH EVENT RATES HERE AND WE'LL
LOOK AT TRANSACTIONS, WE'LL
LOOK AT PARKING OCCUPANCY, AND
WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST 10
YEARS AS WE'VE ACTUALLY
ADJUSTED RATES DOWN ALMOST AS
MUCH AS WE HAD ADJUSTED RATES
UP, AND WE REALLY DO JUST
FOLLOW THE DATA.
SO, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR HERE IS AUTHORITY TO RAISE
THE RATE CAP TO $12 AN HOUR.
BUT, AGAIN, WE WILL START AT $8
AN HOUR AS OUR HIGHEST RATE,
MUCH LIKE OUR EXISTING ON-
STREET PAID PARKING RATE RIGHT
NOW COMING OUT OF COVID, AS YOU
MAY KNOW, WE REDUCED ALL RATES
TO 50 CENTS AN HOUR, BEEN
FOLLOWING THE DATA SINCE TO
ADJUST RATES INCREMENTALLY
SINCE, NOT KNOWING HOW FOLKS
WOULD RECOVER AND BUSINESS
DISTRICTS WOULD RECOVER.
OUR HIGHEST CURRENT ON-STREET
HOURLY RATE IS $2.50 AN HOUR.
IT'S THE SAME THEORY.
WE HAVE A RATE CAP, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE CHARGING
THE HIGHEST RATE AUTHORIZED BY
COUNCIL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE,
JUST ON SCHEDULE.
SO MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE.
IT'S THE TWO YEARS THAT LED UP
TO OUR RELEASING THE PLAN IN
MAY.
WE ARE HERE IN JULY OBVIOUSLY
CONSIDERING LEGISLATION.
OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO NOTIFY
RESIDENTS THAT HOW THEY CAN GO
ABOUT OBTAINING RESTRICTED
PARKING ZONE PERMITS IN THOSE
AREAS WHERE WE'RE EXTENDING
ESPECIALLY.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE
EFFORTS TO INSTALL SOME OF
THOSE RPZ SIGNS, ON-STREET PAID
PARKING AREAS.
THAT'S A LOT OF FIELD WORK AND
INSTALLATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR.
THESE CHANGES IN PLACE BY THE
TIME THE ARENA OPENS IN EARLY
OCTOBER.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A
GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN
DONE BY SDOT IN THE UPTOWN
AREA, THE BILL AS ITS WRITTEN
TECHNICALLY WOULD APPLY TO
OTHER LARGE EVENTS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH SDOT
WOULD DO ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT,
THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IS
FOR THE CITY, SO I THINK THIS
AMENDMENT WILL ADDRESS THAT.
ALSO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS DOES
SUPPORT THE BILL FOR UPTOWN.
SO I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO A
LOT OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT
DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU
KNOW, WHERE THEY STAND ON IT SO
HE IS SUPPORTIVE, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT, LISH, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
GOING THROUGH YOUR AMENDMENT,
UNLESS YOU COULD SHOW IT ON
YOUR SCREEN, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES COULD ADDRESS, HOWEVER
YOU WANT TO PANEL IT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU FOR INTRODUCING THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> SURE.
SHOULD I SHARE MY SCREEN?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU SEE THAT?
GREAT.
SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THIS
REALLY BRIEFLY.
THE IDEA IS TO FOCUS THE BILL
ON SEATTLE CENTER AND EVENTS
HAPPENING AT SEATTLE CENTER,
NOT JUST AT THE ARENA, BUT
OTHER LARGE EVENTS THAT OCCUR
AT THE CENTER.
SO AT FIRST TAKES UP THE LAST
RECITAL WHICH TALKS ABOUT OTHER
LARGE STADIUMS OR ARENAS.
IT AMENDS THE DEFINITION OF
LARGE EVENT TO BE A LARGE
SEATTLE CENTER EVENT AND
EXPECTED TO DRAW AT LEAST
10,000 PEOPLE TO SEATTLE
CENTER.
LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, I
WOULD SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT TO
THE TITLE OF THIS SECTION TO BE
LARGE-SCALE CENTER EVENT AS
WELL, SOMETHING WE MISSED IN
DRAFTING.
THE NEXT SECTION IS -- ALLOWS
FOR THE RATES TO INCREASE TO
$12 AN HOUR AND IT CLARIFIES
THAT IT'S FOR LARGE-SCALE
CENTER EVENTS AND ALLOWS FOR
THE PARKING CHANGES TO BE
IMPLEMENTED WITHIN A MILE OF
SEATTLE CENTER.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT EXTENDS
NORTH TO MCGRAW AT THE TOP OF
QUEEN ANNE HILL.
IT EXTENDS UP TO CAPITOL HILL
AND SOUTH TO UNIVERSITY STREET
IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
SO IT CAPTURES MOST AREAS WHERE
PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING FROM
STREET PARKING, ON-STREET
PARKING SPACES TO SEATTLE
CENTER EVENTS.
AND THEN THE OTHER SECTION IS
JUST AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE
WORD SEATTLE CENTER IN BETWEEN
LARGE AND EVENTS.
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CIRCULATED EARLIER THIS
MORNING, OF COURSE JUST WALK ON
AMENDMENTS AT THE COMMITTEE
STAGE, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
IT DRAFTED AND CIRCULATED, AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IF YOU'D
LIKE TO SPEAK.
>> SURE.
THANKS.
THANK YOU, LISH.
APPRECIATE IT.
SO AS CHAIR PEDERSEN MENTIONED,
THE LANGUAGE AS DRAFTED NOW, IT
DOES INCLUDE THAT -- YOU KNOW,
THIS APPLICATION COULD BE
APPLIED TO OTHER VENUE
LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE SOTO
SPORTS STADIUM, AND WE -- MY
OFFICE HAS HEARD CONCERNS FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CID ON
THE LEGISLATION, ITS POTENTIAL
IMPACTS ON PEOPLE LIVING AND
WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I DID ASK LISH TO DRAFT
THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT
BEFORE IMPLEMENTING ANYTHING
BEYOND THE ORIGINAL UPTOWN
PROPOSAL, SDOT REALLY DOES NEED
TO DO THE EXTENSIVE -- A
SIMILAR KIND OF EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH FOLKS
LIVING AND WORKING IN THE CID
AND PIONEER SQUARE.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I AM
FULLY COMMITTED TO MOVING OUR
CITY AWAY FROM A DEPENDENCE ON
DRIVING, SUPPORTING MORE ROBUST
MULTI-MODAL NETWORKS AND
PRIORITIZING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND -- [
INAUDIBLE ] BUT I FIRMLY
BELIEVE THAT FOLKS IN THE CID
HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT TO SET THE
TERMS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
RATES AS THE FOLKS IN LOWER
QUEEN ANNE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN
THAT PID HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN
LEFT OUT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD, DEVELOPMENT OF
THE KING DOME, THE T-MOBILE
PARK, LEUMIN FIELD, THE
STREETCAR.
THESE COULD ALL BE CONSIDERED
COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
FOLKS IN THE CID FEEL LIKE
THEIR VOICES WEREN'T HEARD WHEN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE
HAPPENING.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I DID ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO DRAFT THIS
AMENDMENT, THIS PARTICULAR
LEGISLATION AND WOULD ASK MY
COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
IT.
AND I DO WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT
I MAY BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
PARKING CHANGES AROUND STADIUMS
IN THE CID, IN THE PIONEER
SQUARE AREA, BUT ONLY AFTER
FOLKS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ENGAGED BY THE CITY AS
EXTENSIVELY AS THE FOLKS IN
LOWER QUEEN ANNE WERE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN,
AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, FOR THAT FRAMING OF
THE INTENT BEHIND THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE FOLKS
FROM SDOT WHICH IS REALLY
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS
LEGISLATION WAS TRANSMITTED IN
ITS ORIGINAL FORM IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
IN OTHER WORDS, DID THE
EXECUTIVE TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE POINTS THAT
WERE JUST MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES OR NOT, I JUST -- I'M
TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF HOW
THIS PARTICULAR -- THE BASE
BILL CAME INTO BEING FOR -- YOU
KNOW, FOR DISCUSSION THIS
MORNING.
>> EXCUSE ME.
SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
I THINK OUR INTENT IN DRAFTING
THE LEGISLATION WAS ALIGNED
WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
JUST DESCRIBED.
WE REALLY, AGAIN -- THIS CAME
OUT OF A COUPLE YEAR'S
DISCUSSION WITH FOLKS
ASSOCIATED WITH SEATTLE CENTER
AND CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IN TERMS OF WHEN WE
WERE DRAFTING THE BILL, IT
PROBABLY HAD MORE TO DO WITH
OUR THINKING WHETHER WE SHOULD
BE DRAFTING LANGUAGE THAT WAS
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC OR
BROADER IF IT WAS IN THE SMC.
I THINK THE AMENDMENTS
DESCRIBED HERE ARE TOTALLY IN
KEEPING WITH AND CONSISTENT
WITH WHERE WE WANT TO BE AS A
DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF OUR
NEEDING TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS WELL IN ADVANCE
OF ANY KIND OF CONSIDERATION OF
SOMETHING SIMILAR THERE.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CID AND
PIONEER SQUARE LAST WEEK AS
WELL IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF
THEIR CONCERNS.
THEY BOTH HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
OF OUR CURB SPACE ACCESS.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
HAVE THOSE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AND I
THINK -- AGAIN, THESE
AMENDMENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO
THEIR CONCERNS AND WHERE WE
WANT TO BE AND OUR INTENT GOING
FORWARD.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS
ANYTHING INTENTIONAL.
IT WAS MORE PROBABLY
PHILOSOPHICALLY JUST DRAFTING
SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE
BROADER MORE THAN
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC, BUT I
THINK THESE AMENDMENTS MAKE A
LOT OF SENSE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, LET'S HANDLE SOME
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE HERE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE BILL
TO GET IT ON THE TABLE
OFFICIALLY.
WE'LL SECOND THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THIS AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
SO COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
APPROVAL OF BILL 120115, ITEM
FOUR ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED AMENDMENT 1
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IT WAS CIRCULATED TO COMMITTEE
AND PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN
HERE WITH THE ONE CHANGE THAT
LISH FROM CENTRAL STAFF
MENTIONED JUST ADDING THE WORD
SEATTLE CENTER INTO THE TITLE.
IT'S THROUGHOUT THE AMENDMENT
THAT THIS IS REFERRING TO LARGE
SEATTLE CENTER EVENTS ONLY FOR
THIS BILL AND THAT AMENDMENT.
SO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> I
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT
REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE BILL
TITLE, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS
AMENDMENT DOES NOT IMPACT THE
BILL TITLE.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT
NEEDING ANOTHER PROCEDURAL STEP
AROUND THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
IS THAT CORRECT, LISH?
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING,
THEY CAN BE OVERINCLUSIVE, BUT
NOT UNDERINCLUSIVE, SO THIS IS
WITHIN THE SCOPE.
>> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR THE
RECORD SINCE WE'RE GOING FROM A
CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE TO A
SMALLER GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT ON
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL WITH
AMENDMENT ONE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER 1025, SO ANY
FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL
ITSELF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
ONE?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
IN TERMS OF FINAL COMMENTS ON
THIS AMENDMENT BILL, I SUGGEST
THAT WE WILL VOTE ON IT TODAY
AND IT WILL APPEAR ON THE
AGENDA ON JULY 26 AND THE
REASON IS, THE MEDIA COVERAGE.
WE DID TALK TO SOME SMALL
BUSINESSES IN THE UPTOWN AREA.
THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE
CHANGE, SO IT WILL ENABLE A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THE
AMENDMENT BILL TO BE AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS IT
APPROACHES THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
THE JULY 26 FULL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING IS FINE IN TERMS OF THE
TIMING.
10 DAYS FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN.
STILL WELL BEFORE THE OCTOBER
TARGET DATES.
WE WILL LET IT STAY OUT A
LITTLE BIT LONGER.
JULY 26, FULL COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
I DID HAVE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE
CHANGES.
I DON'T MEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF
OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND
PRIOR TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING.
I AM MORE ASKING HOW PEOPLE
SEEKING TO PARK IN THIS AREA
WILL KNOW ABOUT THE PARKING
RATES?
SO WHEN THEY PULL UP THEIR CAR
TO PARK IN THIS DESIGNATED AREA,
WHERE THE RATES ARE HIGHER,
AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, HOW
WILL THEY KNOW BEFORE LEAVING
THEIR VEHICLE THAT THERE IS
THIS INCREASED RATE?
>> I AM HAPPY TO START THAT AND
IF YOU WANT TO FILL IN AFTER
THAT, FEEL FREE.
A FEW THINGS.
ONE IS ALL OF THE MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATION THAT WILL HAPPEN
WITH THE UPTICK TO ATTEND
EVENTS.
I KNOW THE FOLKS AT CLIMATE
CHANGE ARENA ARE VERY IN TUNED
WITH WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
TRANSIT, OTHER WAYS TO ACCESS
THE ARENA.
THEY ARE DEVELOPING
PARTNERSHIPS TO FACILITATE USE
OF THE MONORAIL, SO I THINK A
PRETTY HEAVY MARKETING EFFORT
WITH FOLKS ATTENDING EVENTS AS
PART OF THAT.
THE OTHER THING ON OUR SIDE
THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON
IS HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH
THE PERSON?
IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF THINGS.
MESSAGING WITH THE STATIONS
THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE DIGITAL KIOSKS AND
WILL HAVE INFORMATION THEY CAN
GIVE THE FOLKS.
PAY BY PHONE IS ANOTHER OPTION
FOR PARKING ON THE STREET AND
MESSAGING WITH THAT.
WE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME
WORKING ON UPDATED SIGN DESIGN,
TRYING TO ESTABLISH ESSENTIALLY
WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNALS WE CAN
GIVE THEM WITH THE REAL ESTATE
WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THE SIGN
TO LET THEM KNOW IF THIS IS AN
EVENT DAY, THE RATE MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT.
WE WON'T POST THE RATES ON THE
SIGNS, BUT THE SIGNS WILL BE
UPDATED IN A WAY THAT LOOKS
DIFFERENT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT SAYS ON EVENT DAYS, YOU
NEED TO REALIZE THERE ARE EVENT
RATES IN PLACE.
THAT WILL MOVE THEM TO LOOK AT
PAY BY PHONE OR THE PAY STATION
FOR THOSE RATES.
>> I AM JUST THINKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU USE THE PAY STATIONS
AND YOU HIT THAT PLUS SIGN, I
AM IMAGINING IT IS $.50 PER
HOUR AS YOU ARE HITTING IT AND
ONCE YOU GO OVER THE NUMBER OF
HOURS WHERE IT IS $.50 AND THEN
YOU HIT IT THAT ONE TIME AND
THEN, BANG.
YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE PAY STATIONS AND PAY BY
PHONE ARE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY
THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE ABILITY
WITH PAY BY PHONE TO CHOOSE.
YOU CAN CHANGE FROM MINUTES TO
HOURS.
YOU CAN DO THAT ON THE PAY BY
PHONE APP.
ON THE PAY STATION, WE HAVE
WORKED WITH OUR VENDOR.
WE ARE UNABLE TO HAVE THE PUSH
BE MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TOO
HIGH.
YOU'LL GET ALMOST MORE TIRED OF
PUSHING.
YOU COULD PUSH TO MAX TIME AND
THAT WOULD JUMP YOU ALL THE WAY
UP AND THEN YOU WOULD PUSH
BACKWARDS.
SO, TO JUMP AND SEE THAT.
THE OTHER THING I THINK IS
IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS
HIT CANCEL WITH YOUR PAY BY
PHONE.
YOU CAN'T CANCEL WHEN YOU ARE
PUTTING IN COINS, BUT THERE
WOULD BE REALLY NO WAY TO PAY
FOR FOUR HOURS WITH COINS.
I GUESS ONE MORE THING I WANTED
TO ADD THIS WE ARE ALSO
DEVELOPING A WEBSITE THAT WILL
BE ON THAT SIGN.
I'M NOT SAYING EVERYONE WANTS
TO GO TO A WEBSITE, BUT THE
WEBSITE WILL BE PROMOTED AND IT
WILL HAVE, TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY, ALL OF THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA EVENTS ON IT.
PARKING SIGNS, HOURS, DIFFERENT
WAYS.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO THINK
ABOUT THAT.
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAD QUESTIONS IN THE SAME
VEIN AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THE SCENARIOS THAT WERE JUST
DISCUSSED ARE SORT OF BASED IN
HYPOTHETICALS, WHERE THE PERSON
HAS ALREADY ARRIVED ON THE
SCENE AND IS NOW ABOUT TO PAY
FOR IT.
I LIKE TO GO FURTHER UPSTREAM
FROM THAT AND GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO
EDUCATE FOLKS BEFORE THEY MAKE
THAT DECISION TO GET IN THEIR
CAR AND DRIVE TO UPTOWN IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND IN PARTICULAR I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ROLE
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IS PLAYING
IN ALSO DOING EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
OF PATRONS AND VISITORS TO
THEIR ARENA ON GAME DAYS AND
ADVANCE OF GAME DAYS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS
WELL HISTORICALLY IN THE
STADIUM DISTRICT, AS POINTED
OUT BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
EARLIER.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE
ARENA IS COMMITTED TO DO.
HOW WE ARE HOLDING THE ARENA
ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE COMMITMENTS
AND HOW WE, AS A CITY, ARE
FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATION TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING THE
DECISION IN THE FIRST PLACE TO
DRIVE AND TRY TO PARK IN
UPTOWN, WHICH WILL STILL CREATE
CONGESTION AND THE POTENTIAL OF
LACK OF ACCESS FOR LOCAL
ECONOMY FOR BUSINESS.
>> AGAIN, I WILL PROBABLY LEAD
THE GROUP A LITTLE BIT.
SDOT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
FOLKS AT THE ARENA ON AN ARENA
ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
A LOT OF THAT IS ABOUT HOW WE
PROMOTE AND GET PEOPLE TO USE
MODES OTHER THAN DRIVING TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A PARKING DISCUSSION,
BUT IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE
PEOPLE TO DRIVE AND CIRCLE AND
PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHERE RUTH CAN PROBABLY
DO BETTER THAN I, BUT THE
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA FOLKS ARE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO
PROMOTING ALTERNATE WAYS OF
GETTING TO THE ARENA AS PART OF
THEIR COMMITMENT I THINK IN
THEIR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
PLAN TO MANAGE CONGESTION AND
TRAFFIC TO THE AREA.
WE COULD PROBABLY FOLLOW UP
WITH THEM IF THERE IS
ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON WHAT THE
INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF THAT
PLAN LOOK LIKE.
I AM ALSO CONFIDENT THAT SDOT
WILL BE WORKING WITH THE
OPENING OF THE ARENA AND THE
FIRST GAME OF THE KRAKEN ON AN
EXTENSIVE MARKETING EFFORT.
OUR FIRST JOB IS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE WHO CAN GET THERE BY
TRANSIT AND OTHER MODES BESIDES
DRIVING DO SO AND THEY
UNDERSTAND THOSE OPTIONS AND
AFTER THAT, THOSE WHO DRIVE
BETWEEN CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
AND SDOT, WE NEED TO BE AS
CLEAR AND COMMUNICATIVE AS
POSSIBLE AND EARLY ENOUGH FOR
THE UNDERSTAND OPTIONS, SO THEY
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING BEFORE
THEY LEAVE THE HOME AND COME TO
THE UPTOWN AREA.
THIS IS SORT OF A FIRST TIME
THING.
IN OCTOBER WE WILL PROBABLY BE
WORKING OUT THE KINKS A LITTLE
BIT.
WE HAVE NOT HAD EVENT RATES
BEFORE, SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON
US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
GET IT AS RIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
RUTH, IF THERE IS MORE ABOUT
YOUR CONVERSATION SPECIFIC TO
THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU
BUY YOUR TICKET, YOU ARE GOING
TO GET AN EMAIL BASICALLY
OFFERING YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
WANT TO DRIVE, HERE ARE THE
OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND IT
WILL EVEN HAVE A DROP-DOWN MENU
WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.
THIS WOULD BE THE BEST GARAGE
FOR YOU TO CHOOSE.
AND THEN PRICE POINTS.
IF YOU'RE CLOSER, IT WILL COST
MORE, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO
WESTLAKE AND TAKE THE FREE
MONORAIL, THEN IT WOULD BE A
LESS EXPENSIVE OPTION FOR
PARKING.
SO THE WHOLE PARKING
RESERVATION SYSTEM IS ALSO TIED
INTO HOW YOU WOULD ACCESS THAT,
SO THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS
TRAFFIC.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT BOTH OF
THOSE THINGS.
YOU WILL GET A PACKAGE WHEN YOU
BUY YOUR TICKET AND I KNOW FOR
THE SUBSCRIBERS, A LOT OF THEM
ALREADY RESERVED THEIR PARKING
AT THE PREMIUM GARAGE THAT CAME
WITH THEIR PACKAGES.
SO IT IS A BIG, BIG PART OF THE
EFFORT, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
ARENA IS DOING AND HOW WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE ARENA TO
MINIMIZE TRAFFIC, BUT I DON'T
THINK I AM ANSWERING YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> NO, I THINK YOU ARE, I JUST
DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER.
I THINK WE ARE STILL MAKING IT
REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET
IN THEIR CARS, PARTICULARLY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE WEALTHY, TO GET
IN THEIR CARS AND CAN JUST OUR
STREETS AND THAT HAS BEEN A
PRIMARY CONCERN OF MINE AS IT
RELATES TO THIS DEAL FROM THE
GET-GO.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET
A SENSE OF IS WHAT ARE WE DOING
TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE?
INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO NOT GET
IN THEIR CARS AND PAY
EXORBITANT PARKING RATES IN THE
FIRST PLACE, RIGHT?
MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE THE RATES
ARE TOO LOW AND IF THAT IS THE
CASE I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE ARE
GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I KNOW WE HAVE SAID WE WILL
FOLLOW THE DATA TO SEE THAT WE
ARE PRODUCING OUTCOME THAT WE
WANT AND THE OUTCOME WE WANT IS
NOT RESERVE YOUR PARKING SPOT
IN ADVANCE.
IT IS DON'T DRIVE TO UPTOWN AND
CONGESTED NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITIES AND THE UPTOWN
COMMUNITY WITH VEHICLE PARKING.
SORT OF ENCUMBERING NATURALLY
OCCURRING ACCESS TO THAT
BUSINESS DISTRICT BY RESIDENTS
AND USUAL PATRONS WHO ARE NOT
PARTAKING IN THE EVENTS.
SO I AM JUST SORT OF STRUGGLING
WITH HOW WE ARE MEETING THAT
GOAL, IF THE ARENA IS GOING TO
BE FOCUSED ON MAKING IT AS EASY
AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE
IN.
>> I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IS
PART OF THE ARENA ACCESS
MANAGEMENT PLAN THERE IS A MODE
SHARE REQUIREMENT IN THE PLAN
AND THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN
REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK STARTING OFF IT IS NO
MORE THAN 55% OF ATTENDEES ARE
USING A PRIVATE VEHICLE TO GET
THERE.
AND THOSE GET STRONGER AND
STRONGER, OR YOU KNOW, THE
SHARE CHANGES AS THE YEARS GO
BY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN
THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND A BIG PART OF OUR WORK
AND THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
FOLKS HAVE TO MEET THAT.
IT IS CERTAINLY A BIG PART OF
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I WAS ANSWERING THAT IN TERMS
OF PARKING, THINKING RESERVING
VERSUS ON STREET, BUT IT IS A
HUGE PART OF THE EFFORT, TO HAVE
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BRAND-NEW TRANSIT LANES
THAT ARE 24/7 TRANSIT,
SPECIFICALLY AS PART OF THE
ARENA THAT SDOT SAID TO THE
ARENA, YOU HAVE TO PUT THESE IN
AND FUND THEM.
SO THE ARENA IS REALLY FOCUSED
ON THAT.
SO I HOPE THAT HELPS SOME.
>> YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO
IMPLEMENT MANY OF THE PRIOR
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS WE HAVE
TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE REALITIES
OF TRAFFICKED IMPACT AND TO
MITIGATE AGAINST THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AS A RESULT
OF HAVING THIS MAJOR EVENT
CENTER IN A RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GUESS WHAT I WAS WANTING TO
GET A SENSE OF AND MAYBE I WILL
BE MORE LASER FOCUSED IN MY
QUESTION, WAS HOW DOES THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION ADVANCE
THE COLLECTIVE GOAL TO REDUCE
AND MITIGATE IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC
CONGESTION?
IN OTHER WORDS, I KNOW THAT THE
RATES ARE SET.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE RATES
ARE.
AND THE QUESTION TO ME IS, HOW
IS THE DEPARTMENT PLANNING TO
EVALUATE, ONCE IT IS
IMPLEMENTED, WHETHER THE RATES
ARE HAVING THE INTENDED EFFECT?
>> MIKE?
>> RIGHT, SO IF WE DID NOT HAVE
THIS LEGISLATION IN EFFECT,
THEN THE CURRENT STATUS OF
UPTOWN PAID PARKING IS THAT THE
EXISTING ON STREET RATE IS
$0.50 PER HOUR.
I BELIEVE, 8:00 P.M.
THAT INCENTIVIZES FOLKS TO COME
IN AND DRIVE AND FIND EVERY
LAST FREE PARKING SPOT THEY CAN
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO TO A
GAME.
THE LEGISLATION ALLOWS US TO
MORE EFFECTIVELY PRICE AND DO
SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE,
WHICH IS GO HIGHER THAN THE
CURRENT CAP ON EVENT DAYS TO
DISINCENTIVIZE PEOPLE FROM
DRIVING.
THE CURRENT TIME IS FOUR HOURS
FOR A LOT OF REASONS, INCLUDING
THE SEATTLE CENTER IS THERE AND
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
ENJOY TIME AT THE SEATTLE CENTER
ON NONEVENT DAYS, AS WELL.
BUT WE TRIED TO PRICE THE
PARKING SO THAT FOLKS WHO COME
IN TO THE DISTRICT FOR A SHORT
STAY, WE ARE TRYING TO
DISINCENTIVIZE LONGER STAYS
THROUGH THE HIGHER ON STREET
RATE IN THOSE HOURS AND THE WAY
WE MEASURE IS THE WAY WE HAVE
COME A COMBINATION OF LOOKING
AT TRANSACTIONS.
BOTH NUMBERS AND DURATION OF
TRANSACTIONS TO SEE, PEOPLE ARE
PARKING FOR SHORTER DURATIONS,
THAT IS PROBABLY GOOD.
IF STREETS ARE FULL AND PEOPLE
ARE PARKING FOR FIVE HOURS,
THAT IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT WE
WANT TO SEE, SO WE ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY.
THAT COULD LEAD TO A
COMBINATION OF CHANGING THE
PARKING RATE, WHICH IS
STRAIGHTFORWARD, OR IT COULD BE
REVISITING TIME LIMITS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND SAYING IT
IS A COMBINATION OF EVENT AND
NONEVENT IF TIME LIMITS ARE
APPROPRIATE.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE
TOOLS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
>> OKAY, AND FOR THE MICRO
ADJUSTMENTS YOU DESCRIBED,
CHANGING THE TIME LIMIT OR
INCREASING THE RATE, ARE THOSE
THINGS DONE UNILATERALLY BY THE
EXECUTIVE ONCE WE PASS THIS
ORDINANCE OR ARE THOSE ITEMS
THAT THE EXECUTIVE WOULD NEED
TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL
TO RECEIVE AUTHORIZATION TO
ACHIEVE?
>> WE HAVE EXISTING AUTHORITY
TO ADJUST RATES.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PAID
PARKING CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, WE ADJUST THE RATES
BETWEEN $.50 AND FIVE DOLLARS
PER HOUR, BASED ON THE DATA.
WE GO THROUGH A NOTIFICATION
AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THE
SIGNING BOARD AND FOR BUSINESS
DISTRICTS, GETTING RATE
ADJUSTMENTS, WE ENGAGE WITH
THEM, BUT WE OTHERWISE TO HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE SAME WITH TIME LIMITS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST
TIME LIMITS FOR PARKING
úTHROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE IT
MAKES SENSE.
>> AND DO YOU ALL, IN YOUR
THINKING AROUND IMPLEMENTATION
HERE, I AM ASSUMING YOU HAVE AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR
EVALUATION PLAN THAT IS GUIDING
THE WORK.
IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION THAT
YOU ARE DESCRIBING, OF, YOU
KNOW, IS EVERYBODY STILL SORT
OF PARKING HERE OR NOT?
IS THAT WORK GOING TO HAPPEN
WITHIN A TYPICAL TIMEFRAME AND
HOW DO WE, AS COUNCILMEMBERS,
GET A REPORT BACK OR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE OTHER
EVALUATION IS TELLING YOU OR
WHAT TRENDS ARE IDENTIFIED AS
RESULT OF THIS LEGISLATION?
>> RIGHT, SO INFORMALLY I AM
SURE WE WILL START LOOKING AT
THE NUMBERS AFTER GAME NIGHT
ONE.
WE HAVE MOVED THROUGHOUT THE
REST OF THE SYSTEM FROM AN
ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
TO A QUARTERLY COLLECTION AND
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, POST
PANDEMIC.
I ASSUME RIGHT NOW WE WOULD
FOLLOW A SIMILAR MODEL, WHERE I
THINK WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE
TO BE MORE NIMBLE IF WE NEEDED
TO BE.
SO, LOOKING AT THE FIRST COUPLE
OF MONTHS OF DATA, OCTOBER AND
NOVEMBER, IT WOULD BE NICE TO
KNOW BY THE END OF THE YEAR,
HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
THEN WE CAN REPORT TO YOU ALL,
TO THE EXECUTIVE, TO THE
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND
SAY THIS IS WORKING WELL, THIS
IS NOT WORKING WELL.
HERE IS WHAT THE DATA SAYS AND
THEN POTENTIALLY MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON THE
NUMBERS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN, FOR
LETTING ME EXPLORE THIS ISSUE
IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK THIS
SHOWS THE WISDOM OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
AMENDMENT TO LIMIT IT TO THIS
GEOGRAPHIC AREA TODAY, SO SDOT
WILL HAVE TO COME BACK WHEN
TALKING ABOUT OTHER AREAS.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SDOT
CAN BE NIMBLE, UP TO THE AMOUNT
WE ARE APPROVING TODAY IN THAT
AREA.
WHEN PURCHASING TICKETS, THERE
IS INTEGRATION OF
TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY
OPTIONS AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
ALL OF THE FANS TO TAKE LIGHT
RAIL AND GET ON THE MONORAIL.
BECAUSE THAT SYSTEM, SOUND
TRANSIT IS WORKING REALLY HARD
TO OPEN THOSE EXTRA LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS, TO TIME WITH THE
OPENING OF CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA.
SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
OTHERS WILL LOOK CLOSELY AT
THIS AFTER THAT FIRST BIG GAME
NIGHT.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY AT SDOT FOR
THE PRESENTATIONS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND ASK IF THERE
ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDED BILL THAT IS IN FRONT
OF US AND AGAIN, WE WILL SEND
IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON JULY
26.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO
APPROVE COUNCIL BILL 120115 AS
AMENDED AND SEND IT TO THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 26?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NO OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
BILL PASSED AS AMENDED WILL GO
TO THE JULY 26 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
COLLEAGUES, UNLESS THERE ARE
OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF
THE TRANSPORTATION ORDER, THIS
CONCLUDES THE MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN
JULY 21.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR
PARTICIPATING AND THE MEETING
IS ADJOURNED.