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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022. THIS MEETIG
OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:01 P.M.
I'M ANDREW LEWIS, CHAIR OF THE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ?
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBER.
>> THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ DID INFORM ME
SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND
THE MEETING TODAY, AND SHE IS
EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. APPRL
THE MEETING. APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
OBJECTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. CHAIR'S
REPORT. WE HAVE A FAIRLY SHORT
AGENDA TODAY, SO I'M JUST GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE US ALONG
TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE
CONSIDERING RESOLUTION 32067,
WHICH WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED
TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THAT IS OUR
ONLY AGENDA ITEM. SO WE'LL MOVE
ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE
CLERK WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. MR. CLERK, HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT VIRTUALLY AND IN
PERSON?
>> WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UPR
UP FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
ONE IS LISTED AS PRESENT. AND
WE HAVE TWO IN-PERSON PUBLIC C.
>> OKAY, WE WILL START WITH THEE
THE ENTIRE IN-PERSON LIST. WE
WILL SET SPEAKING TIME FOR TWO
MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE
ENTIRE ONLINE LIST. SO AS
NOTICED TO THOSE SIGNED IN ONL,
IN ONLINE, IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP,
BUT NOT PRESENT, YOU'RE ON DECE
DECK BECAUSE WE'LL GO WITH THE N
THE IN-PERSON FOLKS FIRST. SO M.
CLERK, YOU MAY PROCEED WITH THEC
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
>> OUR FIRST IN-PERSON PUBLIC CT
PUBLIC COMMENT COMMENTER IS
MARGARET RASHARD FOLD BY ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> YES, MY NAME IS MARK REET RA.
AND I USUALLY TALK ABOUT ANYTHIG
ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I WANT TO S.
SO YEAH, I'M CONCERNED AS THIS S
THIS IS THE COMMITTEE FOR HOMELS
AND PUBLIC ASSETS. YOU ALSO --
BLESS YOU. THERE'S SOMETHING
HAD ON THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT
IMPROVING THIRD AVENUE. SO I
WALK UP AND DOWN THIRD AVENUE.D
DOWN THIRD AVENUE. AND I DON'T
LIKE WHAT I'VE SEEN BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOMETHING
THAT WAS HAPPENING. WHEN JENNY
DURKAN WAS LEADING, IT WAS
CALLED CHOP CHAZ AND THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD. I'M SEEING IT
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL
TEAR UP THE CITY AGAIN BECAUSE
THAT SAME TYPE OF FORMALITY IS
STILL GOING ON. RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION. MY FRIEND WAS
KILLED BECAUSE OF IT. HONORABLE
MICHAEL BEFORE, YOU SAW HIM A .
SO DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE SCRT
THE SCRIPT TO FIT YOUR NEED OR ?
BECAUSE WE'RE PEOPLE TOO. WE'REN
TOO. AND I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND. NONE OF YOU HAVE
STEPPED TO THE PLATE TO TELL ME
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT, SO THAT
WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING TO KILL OFF PEOPLE. AND
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I CE
I CONTINUE TO LIVE AND FULFILL
MY MISSION ON THIS EARTH. I
DON'T COME DOWN HERE FOR NO FUY
NO FUNNY BUSINESS. I WAS HERE
YESTERDAY. I HEARD PEOPLE FROM
CHINATOWN. THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
MY UNCLE HAD A RECORD STORE ON
JACKSON STREET BEFORE IT WAS
EVEN THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. ARE THEY PEOPLE TOO?I
TOO? I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THIS
HAD SUFFERING IS COMING FROM. T
LIKE IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I
TOLD RICHARD COLIN? IF YOU
DON'T WANT TO DO RIGHT, YOU CAK
YOU CAN WALK YOUR DOG AND WORK N
AND WORK ON YOUR GARDEN. BECAUSE
THIS BUSINESS IS PEOPLE BUSINES
PEOPLE BUSINESS AND SAVING
LIVES. YEAH, TIME EXPIRED.
>> OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER ISX
ZIMMERMAN. [ INAUDIBLE ] A GOODW
FOR THEM. MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMME.
NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN. HAVING
YOU FIX IT, IT IS VERY GOOD. WN
VERY GOOD. WHEN YOU FIX FIFTH
AVENUE, MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE CE
TO THIRD AVENUE. IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE NEED FIXED AT FIFTH
AVENUE. SPENDING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR THIRD AVENUE, SO
THE HOMELESS CAN COME AND BE H.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A BIG MEETIG
BIG MEETING FROM CHINA. AND WE
HAVE A BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW
WITH HOMELESS. [ INAUDIBLE ]
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
CANNOT FIX THE HOMELESS PROBLE.
FOR HOW MANY YEARS? I HAVE LIVED
HERE FOR 25 YEARS. YOU CANNOT
FIX IT. THE NEW COUNCIL COMES,
SAME GARBAGE RATS. ANOTHER
COUNCIL COMES, ANOTHER GARBAGE
RATS. FIXING THE HOMELESSNESS
IS VERY SIMPLE. WE CAN FIX IT
VERY EASILY. YOU IS HAVE 25,000
EMPTY APARTMENTS IN THE CITY
EVERY YEAR ONE BY ONE, ONE BY
ONE, YOU DON'T DO NOTHING. YOU
GUYS ARE VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLEY
DANGEROUS PEOPLE. BY DEFINITION
WHEN YOU CHANGE IT NEXT YEAR --
YOU'RE THE REAL KILLER. THAT IS
EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE. YOU CANNOT
FIX IT TO END ONE PROBLEM, ONE
PROBLEM, ONE PROBLEM FOR SO
MANY YEARS. WHO ARE YOU? YOU AE
ABSOLUTELY SICK PSYCHOPATH, NAZI
--
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. [ INAE
]
>> I AM GOOD.
>> OUR FIRST ONLINE PUBLIC COMMR
PUBLIC COMMENTER IS ALICIA RUIZ,
RUIZ. ALICIA, I DON'T SEE YOU
LISTED AS PRESENT. PLEASE CALL
IN IF YOU'RE LISTENING. OUR
NEXT ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTER IS
JOHN GRANT. JOHN, I'M GOING TO
UNMUTE YOU, AND YOU CAN BEGIN G
IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE PRESS STAR .
PRESS STAR SIX.
YOU. YOU MAY NEED TO HIT STAR S.
TO HIT STAR SIX.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR LEWIS AND MES
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. ME
IS JOHN GRANT, AND I'M THE CHIEF
STRATEGY OFFICER FOR THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. I AMG
AM TESTIFYING TODAY IN FAITHFUL
OF COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS'
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF DOWNTN
OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE STATION
THIRD AVENUE PLAN. THIS PLAN
AND MORE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED
TO ADDRESS ONGOING PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THIS AREA
OF DOWNTOWN. TRAGICALLY ON
AUGUST 2, A MAN WAS BRUTALLY
BEATEN TO DEATH. [ INAUDIBLE ]
HE WAS A RESIDENT ON THIRD HAD
AVENUE. HE WAS RODNEY PETERMAN,
A SENIOR CITIZEN, WHO ONLY
RECENTLY MOVED IN. WE HAVE 35
RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE GLEN
HOTEL WHO LIVE IN FEAR EVERY
DAY WITH THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING
IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME. IF
CONDITIONS ON THIRD AVENUE ARE
INTOLERABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS,
MANY PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS,
FRAIL, AND LIVING WITH DISABIL.
THIRD AVENUE IS NOT SAFE FOR OU,
OUR RESIDENTS, DINNER BY
BUSINESSES, AND THE STAFF AND
THE PATRONS OVER THE IMMEDIATE
IMPROVEMENT OF THE GENDER. AND
MOST RECENTLY THE STEAK AND SH.
RODNEY PETERMAN COULD HAVE BEEN.
PETERMAN COULD HAVE BEEN PREVEN.
WE HOPE TO QUICKLY TRANSFORM TD
AVENUE. OFFERING TO HOST THE
PUBLIC SAFETY SPACE AT OUR
HOTEL, USING THE MAINTENANCE
STORE FRONT, CREATING A STREET
LEVEL PRECINCT FOR COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS. FOR THESE
REASONS AND MORE, WE SUPPORT
THE THIRD AVENUE PLAN AND CALL
ON THE CITY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MR. CHAIR, I STILL SEE ALICIA
RUIZ IS NOT PRESENT. WE HAVE NO
PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> THANK YOU. AND ALICIA, SORRY
YOU COULDN'T JOIN US THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT DO PLEASE SEND
WRITTEN COMMENT. SORRY WE WERET
ABLE TO CONNECT. OKAY. WE WILL
THEN PROCEED TO TODAY'S AGENDA
AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT P.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER 1 ON THE AGENDA INO
THE RECORD?
>> ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION 32067, N
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE GOALF
GOALS OF THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AS
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION'S THIRD
AVENUE VISION, AND STATING THE
INTENT OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION, KING COUNTY METRO,
AND SOUND TRANSIT TO PURSUE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THIRD AVENUE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE
FIRST HEARD THIS RESOLUTION AT
THE SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING OF THIS
COMMITTEE, AND HELD OFF ON A
VOTE ON THAT DAY TO GIVE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNY
THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE
RULES AND WHAT WE HAD. SO WE
WILL DO ALL THE AMENDMENTS TOD.
THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT -- [ IE
] AND THE WORK PRODUCT FROM A S.
AND TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE COMMIS
THOSE COMMITMENTS MORE CLEAR PAY
CLEAR PARTICULARLY TO ANALYZE
TRANSIT VOLUME PROJECTIONS FOR
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE COMING OUT OF
THE PANDEMIC, AND CONDUCT
RETAIL AND RETURN TO OFFICE
STUDIES FOR DOWNTOWN AND
EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SOME OF THAT WORK. AND THE
SECOND AMENDMENT IS BEING BROUT
IS BEING BROUGHT BY MY COLLEAGUL
COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD. SO WE WILL CONSIDER
THOSE IN TURN. BUT FIRST I WANT
TO GET THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT
OF US, SO WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON
IT. I WILL MOVER RESOLUTION
32067.
>> SECOND.
>> AND THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND .
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. SO
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THESE
RESOLUTIONS. SO I MOVE TO AMEND
OR AMEND THE RESOLUTION. FIRST
I'LL PUT THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION
IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
REFLECTS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
REFINEMENT OF THE THINGS WE
WERE REQUESTING FROM THE
EXECUTIVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO. I CONSIDER IT TO BE
LARGELY TECHNICAL IN NATURE. AD
NATURE. AND SO I'LL MOVE TO
AMEND RESOLUTION 32067 BY
SUBSTITUTING VERSION 2A FOR
VERSION 1B. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. SO
WILL THE CLERK -- WELL FIRST IM
FIRST I'M GOING TO MAKE AN
OPENING HERE IF ANY COLLEAGUES
WANT TO COMMENT ON THE MOTION
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
TO PASS THE AMENDMENT. HEARING
AND SEEING NO COMMENT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE
BILL RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR, NONE OP.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION TO
AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE THE
PASSED AND IS CARRIED. ARE
THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS --
WELL FIRST WE'LL HAVE TO
CONSIDER OTHER AMENDMENTS FROM
THE FLOOR, BUT THAT'S A PART OF
ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION. ARE
THERE ANY COLLEAGUES SEEKING TO
BE RECOGNIZED? COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO R
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AMENDMENT O
2 TO THE RESOLUTION. IT
ADDRESSES SOME OF THE ISSUES TT
ISSUES THAT I RAISED DURING THE
FIRST COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF
THE RESOLUTION. I WANTED TO ADD
SOME DETAIL ABOUT THE INTERESTN
INTEREST IN ENSURING AS WE GO
FORWARD PLANNING THAT WE'RE
MAINTAINING TRANSIT CAPACITY
AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
THAT MEANS. THIS AMENDMENT DOE.
MEANS. THIS AMENDMENT DOES SO.
AND MENTIONS MEETING RIDERSHIP
AND TRAVEL TIME DEMANDS. I
ASKED THE DSA WHAT THEY THOUGHT
OF THE DRAFT VERSION. THEY
SUGGESTED SOME ADDITIONS, WHICH
ARE INCLUDED. I THANK THEM FOR
WORKING WITH MY OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU. AS THOSE COMMENTS
DO INDICATE, THIS IS A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION
THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING TODA,
BE SUPPORTING TODAY, AND
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE COMMIT HAD
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
IT. AND AS IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT 2?
>> MR. CHAIR?
>> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU. MAYBE THIS IS A
PROCESS QUESTION. I DO SEE MR.T
MR. HELMBRECHT IS HERE. ARE YOU
ANTICIPATING HAVING HIM SPEAK
TO THIS OR ANSWER QUESTIONS? OR
ARE YOU JUST MOVING THROUGH?
>> I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET THE FL
THE FINAL RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF
US, AND THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS
SINCE THESE ARE FAIRLY NON-CONL
FAIRLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL
AMENDMENTS, SO WE CAN HAVE A
DISCUSSION. I GUESS I SHOULD
HAVE ACTUALLY -- WE SHOULD HAVE
DONE THAT AT THE FRONT OF THE
ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE
FAIRLY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, SO WILL THE CLERK PLEAE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AT
ON AMENDMENT 2?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND WITH THAT AMENDMENT 2 IS
INCORPORATED INTO THE UNDERLYIG
RESOLUTION. WITH THAT WHY DON'TE
DON'T WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FRM
A PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL CENL
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE
RESOLUTION THAT HAS NOW BEEN
AMENDED AND SUBSTITUTED BEFORE
WE DELIBERATE ON RECOMMENDING
FINAL PASSAGE TO FULL COUNCIL.O
WE HAVE WITH US FROM THE SEATTLE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ELLIOTT HELMBRET
ALONG WITH LISH WHITSON AND CALN
AND CALVIN CHOW FROM OUR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. HOW WOULD YOU
GUYS LIKE TO ORGANIZE THE
DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION BEFORE US? SHOULD WE
START WITH ELLIOTT OR SHOULD WE
START WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF?
>> I'M HAPPY TO KICK THINGS OFFD
OFF AND SPEAK TO THE SUBSTITUTEN
SUBSTITUTE VERSION IF THAT'S
OKAY?
>> THANK YOU, ELLIOTT, YEP.
>> SO FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW ,
DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS
ELLIOTT HELMBRECHT. MY PRONOUNS
ARE HE/HIM, AND I WORK AS THE
TRANSPORTATION ADVISER IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME TO YOUR COMMITTEE
TODAY. YOU ALL HAD A PRETTY
ROBUST DISCUSSION A FEW WEEKS
AGO ABOUT THE RESOLUTION IN
FRONT OF YOU, SO I WILL SORT OF
SKIP TO MY COMMENTS RELATED TOE
SUBSTITUTE VERSION. OUR OFFICES
ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE INTENT
BOTH IN THE DSA'S DIVISION REPT
DIVISION REPORT AND THE
RESOLUTION AS IT WAS PERENTIED
TWO WEEKS AGO. WE KNOW THERE
ARE A LOT OF REASONS FOR THE
CONDITIONS ON THIRD THAT WE SEE
TODAY, SO THE SUBSTITUTE
VERSION IN FRONT OF YOU
CLARIFIES THAT THERE ARE MULTIE
ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS SIMILAR TO
THE REPORT ITSELF CREATING THES
OUT THERE. AND THEN LIKE COUNCIR
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS MENTIONED,T
MENTIONED, IT GETS A LITTLE
TECHNICAL ABOUT WHAT THE
PROPOSED NEXT STEPS WOULD BE. O
WOULD BE. SO AS PROPOSED NEXT
STEPS, WE MADE SOME EDITS
REALLY ALONG THE LINES OF DOING
SOME ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK BEFORE
WE WOULD ADVANCE THIS PROJECT
TO GOING DOWN THE DESIGN PATHW.
GOING DOWN THE DESIGN PATHWAY.
AND SO GOING BACK TO YOUR
COMMITTEE, YOU ALL RAISE SIMILR
RAISE SIMILAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE SORT OF THE FUTURE
OF WORK, THE FUTURE OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND WHO IS
PASSING THROUGH TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE. SO BEFORE WE ADVANCE
DOWN THE DESIGN PATHWAY, THIS
RESOLUTION, THE SUBSTITUTE
VERSION IN FRONT OF YOU
RECOMMENDS SOME ADDITIONAL
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AS THE FIRST
NEXT STEP. GOING BACK TO 2019 N
2019 WHEN THE VISION REPORT WAS
PUT TOGETHER, WE WERE ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE GOING DOWN A
SIMILAR PATH OF DOING SOME
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND
LOOKING AT UPDATED TRENDS, E
COVID UNFORTUNATELY PUT THAT
ALL ON HOLD, BUT IT'S A SIGN OF
PROGRESS THAT WE'RE PICKING IT
BACK UP. BUT WE NEED TO GO BACK
TO THE CHALK BOARD AND DO SOMEL
SOME ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK HERE. E
HERE. WE ALSO WOULD WANT TO VET
THE ANALYSIS BY THE SCENARIO IN
THE VISION REPORT ITSELF. TO DO
THE UPDATED ANALYSIS TO MAKE
SENSE FROM THE VISION OF 2019,
OR DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER MORE
OPTIONS? WE ALSO WANT TO WORK
WITH THE RETURN TO WORK TRENDS
AND WHAT THE FUTURE WORK FORCE
NEEDS IN DOWNTOWN AND
INCORPORATE THAT INTO WHAT
WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A
DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE THIRD AE
CORRIDOR. AND THEN IN SORT OF IN
ESSENCE IN HONOR OF ONE OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY STRATEGIS
EQUITY STRATEGIES TOO, WE WOULDE
GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITT
COMMUNITY WITH THAT UPDATED
ANALYSIS HOW THAT COMPARES TO E
TO THE SCENARIOS AND THE VISION
REPORT AND VETTING AND TALKING
TO THEM ABOUT THOSE UPDATES AS
WELL. SO AGAIN SORT OF LARGELYL
LARGELY TECHNICAL IN NATURE. THE
NATURE. THESE AMENDMENTS SUPPORT
THE INTENT AND THE SPIRIT THATL
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS PUT
FORWARD IN FRONT OF YOU, AND
JUST GETS MORE DETAILS THAN
WHAT THOSE PROPOSED NEXT STEPS
WOULD BE. I THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS AND ALL OF YOU FOR
REENGAGING IN THIS
CONVERSATION, AND SPARKING IT
AGAIN. I THINK IT REALLY HAS A
SIGN OF PROGRESS LOOKING
FORWARD, WHICH I KNOW WE WOULD
WANT TO DO FOR A FEW YEARS NOWO
NOW. SO WITH THAT, I MIGHT NEEDO
OPEN IT UP TO LISH OR CAL OR FO.
OR CAL OR FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ELLIOTT, THANK YOU. THE ONLY
THING I'LL TAKE ISSUE WITH, I
HIGHLY DOUBT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
HAS A CHALK BOARD. BUT IF YOU
GUYS DO, THAT'S GREAT. MAYBE
THAT'S A BUDGET ITEM, A FLAG
FOR COUNCIL BUDGET CHAIR MOSQU,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, WHO IS IN THE C.
WHO IS IN THE COMMITTEE. WHY
DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON
TO LISH AND CAL.
>> YEP, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ,
TO A, BUT ADD, BUT WE'RE
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. DO THE
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR THE PANEL? COUNCIL MEMBER ?
>> THANK YOU. I FIRST WANT TO
THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR HELPING
ME THINK THROUGH THIS AND
ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ELLIOTT,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DO
STILL HAVE -- I THINK JUST SOME
SORT OF BASIC QUESTIONS THAT
I'M HOPING YOU CAN ANSWER. CLEY
ANSWER. CLEARLY WE KNOW MOBILITY
AND TRAVEL KIND OF TO AND
THROUGH DOWNTOWN IS VERY
DIFFERENT NOW POST COVID. I
SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT SORT OF
LACK OF JOY IN THE PUBLIC REALM
RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A LOT OF
REASONS WHY DOWNTOWN IS LOOKING
THE WAY IT DOES. WE CERTAINLY
NEED TO CREATE SPACE THAT
EVERYONE CAN ENJOY AND
ESPECIALLY THE SPACE THAT'S SAE
THAT'S SAFE FOR FOLKS WALKING OR
BIKING OR TAKING TRANSIT
DOWNTOWN. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR ME TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
PRINCIPLES THAT ARE GUIDING
THIS. AND I WOULD SAY THERE ARE
TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THAT I HA.
ONE IS COST. SEVERAL
ALTERNATIVES ARE PROPOSED, YOU,
YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE THE EXISTIG
CONDITIONS WITH THE SIZE OF THE,
THE SIDEWALKS, SEVERAL DIFFERENS
DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT
CONSIDER EXPANSION OF THOSE. BT
THOSE. BUT ALSO THINGS THAT
WOULD REQUIRE CHANGES, SIGNAL
TIMING, INTERSECTIONS, AND
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN OR HOW
THE REQUEST MIGHT BE COMING GIN
COMING GIVEN THE DEFICIT WE'RE
FACING. THE HARD DECISIONS
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
MAKING NOT JUST IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE, BUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS. I AM A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND
FRANKLY ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBOS
HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
CITY THAT LACK BASIC AMENITIES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT OR WHAT PRINCIPS
WHAT PRINCIPLES WE SHOULD BE
USING TO GUIDE DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW TO INVEST IN THAT KIND OF
ONE AREA OF QUESTION. THE OTHER
QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT
INCLUSION. IN READING THROUGH E
THROUGH THE LONGER REPORT AND
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE TASK
FORCE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMARY AND
THE RESOLUTIONS, AS HUNDREDS OF
STAKEHOLDERS WERE INVOLVED. BUT
GIVEN THE LONG HISTORY IN THIS
AREA AS A HUB FOR POOR PEOPLE
TO GATHER, I'M SURPRISED I
DON'T SEE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AE
THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE SOCIAE
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. GIVEN
THIS IS A MAJOR TRANSIT CORRID.
I'M SURPRISED I DON'T SEE THE OS
THE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING E
TRANSIT RIDERS. SO I'M JUST -- I
WANT TO KNOW AS WE'RE
CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS,
WHICH I DO THINK ARE IMPORTANT,
YOU KNOW, HOW DOWNTOWN ADAPTS
GIVEN THE FUTURE OF WORK. WE'RE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW DOWN
HOW DOWNTOWN COULD BE MORE INCL,
MORE INCLUSIVE, HOW IT COULD BE.
AND ALSO HOW IT COULD PROMOTE PY
PROMOTE PROSPERITY FOR EVERYBODY
NOT JUST FOR DOWNTOWN PROPERTY.
NOT JUST FOR DOWNTOWN PROPERTY .
NOT JU
AND SO THE LAST THING I GUESS
I'LL SAY IS I'M ALSO INTERESTED
TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATS
OF CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING
AS IT RELATES TO THE PLAN FOR D
A SECOND TUNNEL THROUGH DOWNTOWS
DOWNTOWN AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ST3O
ST3. SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS
AND CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE MOVED
MOVE FORWARD IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE
EXCELLENT QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
SOME ANSWERS TO, BUT I WANT TO
TURN IT FIRST OVER TO ELLIOTT,
AND THEN MAYBE THERE COULD BE L
BE TECHNICAL ANSWERS TOO FROM
LISH AND CALVIN IN TERMS OF THE
TIMING OF POTENTIAL REPORT BAC.
BUT I THINK ELLIOTT KIND OF HOLS
THE KEY TO MANY OF THOSE QUESTIS
THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY
WOULD GO TO EXECUTIVE
IMPLEMENTATION. WHY DON'T YOU
GO FIRST?
>> YES, HAPPY TO AND THOSE ARE T
ARE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. I
WANTED TO RESTATE SORT OF THE
-- THIRD AVENUE IS REALLY THE
BACKBONE OF THE TRANSIT NETWOR.
WHILE WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT IMPS
NEED TO BE MADE TO A GUIDING
PRINCIPLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE
AND WHY WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD TOO,
MAINTAINING THE TRANSIT
CAPACITY IN THAT CORRIDOR. YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU FACTOR
IN COST AND DESIGN CHANGES LIKE
CURB CHANGES. THOSE ARE ALL
QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS THAT WOULD
COME OUT OF FURTHER DESIGN
PROCESS AND YOU WOULD TALK
ABOUT THAT WITH COMMUNITY. AT S
WITH COMMUNITY. AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO
GO BACK TO DO THE TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS AND FIGURE OUT GIVEN
UPDATES TO SOUND TRANSIT, AND
GIVEN OUR OWN PROJECTS IN THE
CORRIDOR, THE FUTURE EXPANSIONW
EXPANSION. HOW MANY RIDERS NEED
TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM
BECAUSE THAT REALLY WILL IMPACT
WHAT THE DESIGN LOOKS LIKE AND
WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. AT THAT
POINT THEN YOU CAN KIND OF TALK
TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT TRADE-OS
ABOUT TRADE-OFFS AROUND COST,
WHAT'S AVAILABLE, AND WHAT WE
CAN DO IN THAT SPACE. I THINK
HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIRD AVENUE WHILE THE CITY IS
ALSO TALKING TO THE COMMUNITIET
THE COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE
UPDATED SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND THE FUTURE FUNDING
SOURCES, BOTH FEDERAL AND LOCAL
AND STATE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE
THE UPDATED INFORMATION AND
FOLD IT INTO THE LARGER CITY
CONVERSATIONS. WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE? WITT
RESOURCES AVAILABLE? WITHOUT
THAT LEVEL OF INFORMATION, THE
SENSE OF WHERE THEY ARE AT, NOT
JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BUSINESS
HERE, BUT REALLY THE TRANSIT
RIDERS THEMSELVES. BUT THAT'S
INCLUSIVE OUTREACH. WITHOUT THE
INFORMATION AROUND AND THE
PREFERRED CONCEPT FOR THE CORR,
THE CORRIDOR, IT WOULD BE HARD O
HARD TO HAVE THE CITY WIDE CONV,
WIDE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS WHY
WE SUPPORT ADVANCING THE CONVEN
THE CONVERSATION AND THE WORK BD
IT. SO I THINK THAT KIND OF
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS TOO
ABOUT THE SECOND TUNNEL. WE
WOULD WANT TO BE LOOKING AT NOT
JUST IS PLANNED OR CHANGED, BUT
ALSO WHAT'S COMING ONLINE IN IG
IN INCORPORATING THAT INTO THISK
THIS WORK AS WELL.
>> SHOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ,
TO ADD, CALVIN?
>> I WOULD ADD THERE IS A LITTLT
LITTLE BIT OF A TIMING DEADLINE
TO THINK ABOUT THE LEVY
RENEWAL. THANS WHEN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WILL BE
CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
MIGHT GO BACK TOWARDS THE END
OF 2024. THAT DOES PUT ON AN
OUTER TIME LIMIT OF WHEN THIS
WILL NEED TO GET DONE TO INFORM
THAT DISCUSSION.
>> YEAH, A COUPLE MORE THINGS ID
I WOULD SAY AND OF COURSE, I
WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FOLLOW UP ON HER LINES OF
QUESTIONING, WHICH IS GREAT
QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU DID A GT
JOB OF COVERING SORT OF THE COST
AND THE TIMELINES AROUND THE
COST INVESTMENTS. I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE POINT COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES MAKES THAT I'M
CERTAINLY REMINDED OF EVERY
TIME. I'M ON THIRD AVENUE. THID
AVENUE. THIRD AVENUE HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN A LARGE
REGIONAL GATHERING PLACE AND IN
A LOT OF CASES FOR A LOT OF OUR
NEIGHBORS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
THE PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES OR
MAYBE IN AND OUT OF A STATE OFS
OR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. AND THE
PLANNING THAT WE'RE MAKING HAS
TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. IT
ALSO HAS TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THE CORE OF THIRD AVENE
THIRD AVENUE DO LIVE IN HOUSING
THAT'S OWNED BY THE PUBLIC
COMMENTER AND FROM JOHN GRANT.
THAT IS SUPPORTING THE
RESOLUTION, THE RESIDENT OF
THEIR BUILDING THAT IS ON THIRD
AVENUE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH IN
EARLY AUGUST DUE TO THE CONDITS
THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PG
BEEN PERSISTING THERE. I HAVE
APPRECIATED LEHIGH'S PARTNERSHP
TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION IN
MAKING THIS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
FOR THEIR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE
THERE MOST OF WHOM HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN THAT HOUSING AFTER
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I'M ALSO
REMINDED A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER I
TOOK OFFICE IN 2020, THERE WAS
A SHOOTING ON THIRD AVENUE
WHERE THE VICTIM WHO DIED WAS A
RESIDENT OF THE BUILDING THAT'S
LOCATED ON THIRD AVENUE, NEAR E
MCDONALD'S THAT'S THERE. AND SO
IT IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF
AS WE'RE MAKING THESE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO ACTUALLY LIVE ON THIRD
AVENUE, YOU KNOW, AND LEHIGH
AND OTHER HOUSING THAT IS
AVAILABLE THERE IN MANY CASES
ARE SOME OF THE MOST -- THAT
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WEE
WHO WERE NOT GIVEN SPACES THAT
ARE ADEQUATELY INVESTED IN AND.
ARE ADEQUATELY INVESTED IN AND .
ARE ADEQUATELY INVESTED
AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF
THIRD AVENUE. THAT WE INVOLVE
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITU.
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUT.
THE LOW
TO MAKE SURE IT IS A LIVABLE E.
I DON'T THINK HISTORICALLY THE Y
THE CITY HAS MADE INVESTMENTS
WITH HOW WE USE THAT SPACE, AND
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING THAT BY
USING IT AS A REGULAR TRANSIT ,
TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WE SORT OF IGD
OF IGNORED THE OTHER THINGS
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE KIND
OF AMENITIES THAT OTHER
NEIGHBORS HAVE. SO GIVEN THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS, I THINK
CERTAINLY AS WE GO FORWARD,
WHAT I HOPED AND MAYBE ELLIOTT
COULD COMMENT ON THIS TOO. BUT
A PART OF THE REASON WHY THE
MANIFEST OF THE RESOLUTION HAS
BEEN A LOT OF THIS WORK PRODUCT
IS SOMETHING WE NEED EXECUTIVE
HELP AND SUPPORT TO ASSEMBLE
AND BUILD TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S
NOT SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY SET
UP FOR AS A COUNCIL. I'M SURE
CALVIN AND LISH WOULD AGREE,
BUT A LOT OF THIS HEAVY LIFTING
COULD PUT A LARGE NEW BURDEN ON
CENTRAL STAFF IF NOT SUPPORTED
BY THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. I
WOULD HOPE AND MAYBE ELLIOTT, U
MAYBE ELLIOTT, YOU COULD CONFIRM
THIS THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE
COULD BE IN AROUND THIS COULD
BE INCLUSIVE WITH A LOT OF
THOSE VOICES WHO MAY NOT HAVE
BEEN AS EXTENSIVELY IN THE
THIRD INITIAL AVENUE. BUT
CERTAIN ISLY IT BECOMES A PUBLC
A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WE ARE RU.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE ARE INTIY
ARE INTIMATELY ENGAGED IN THIS
AND THE MULTI-FACET IMPLICATIOT
IMPLICATION DOESN'T HAVE
COMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATI,
BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE USS
THE USES AND THE AMENITIES, BUT
MAYBE ELLIOTT, I COULD TURN IT
OVER TO YOU TO CONFIRM THAT IN
YOUR PROCESS THAT WILL BE A
PART OF BEING INCLUSIVE TO MAKE
SURE THOSE VOICES ARE INVOLVEDS
INVOLVED. THAT'S MY EXPECTATION.
EXPECTATION.
>> DEFINITELY, THAT'S THE COMMIT
THE COMMITMENT WE HAVE FOR ALL
THE PROJECTS AND THE PROCESS OT
OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE ACROSS THE BOARD. COMMS
BOARD. COMMITMENTS TO INCLUSIVEH
INCLUSIVE OUTREACH IS INHERENT
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOIN.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'R
WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER, AND I
WOULD LOOK FOR YOU TO INFORM US
ON ANY PARTICULAR GROUPS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVITED
THAT MAYBE AREN'T ON THE LIST.O
LIST. SO A PARTNERSHIP IN MOVIND
MOVING FORWARD ON THAT, BUT A CT
FOR SURE.
>> AND THEN A PART OF THE ACCOUY
THE ACCOUNTABILITY THERE IS, YO,
YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE IS COMMITTE
REPORT BACKS, I'M SURE THE EXECE
SURE THE EXECUTIVE ARE WELL
AWARE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUSHEN
THAT. AND IF IT IS NOT LIVING UP
TO THE COMMITMENT. BUT I THINKT
WILL. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE
THOSE ANSWERS. COUNCIL MEMBER ?
THOSE ANSWERS. COUNCIL MEMBER M?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANKS
FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THIS. O
WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FOR THE
PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE WRITE UP
ABOUT THE LONG HISTORY THAT WE
HAVE WITH WANTING TO ACTIVATE
THE SPACE ALONG THIRD AVENUE
AND REALLY TURN IT INTO A BIKE,
PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT COMMUTER
FRIEND LIQUOR KOR. THAT WAS A D
PIECE FOR ORIENTATION. AND MR.
CHAIR, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS
IF YOU DON'T MIND. CAN I TAKE
THEM ON ONE AT A TIME?
>> OF COURSE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. SO THE FIRST
QUESTION BUILDS ON WHAT COUNCIR
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WAS NOTIG
WAS NOTING AS VICE CHAIR
REGARDING THE COST. WE HAVE
TAKEN THE ACTION TO SUBSTITUTE
THE LEGISLATION. BUT IS THERE A
FISCAL NOTE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SUBSTITUTE BILL? I HEAR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE BEING SUPPORTIVE
OF THE SUBSTITUTE. DOES THAT
MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE THE
FUNDING BAKED INTO YOUR BASE BT
BASE BUDGET AS BEING PROPOSED IN
THE UPCOMING BUDGET TO ABSORB
THE COST AND THE IMPACTS OF THE
THE SUBSTITUTE BILL?
>> ELLIOTT, DO YOU WANT TO STARN
START ON THAT?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY WE ARE ACTIY
ARE ACTIVELY FINALIZING THE
BUDGET. THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT
TO COUNCIL VERY SHORTLY HERE
TOO. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS
TO SUPPORT THIS WORK MOVING FO.
>> DO YOU HAVE A COST ASSESSMENF
ASSESSMENT OF HOW MUCH HIGHER
THE IMPACT WOULD BE UNDER THIS
SUBSTITUTE, SINCE I DON'T SEE A
FISCAL AMOUNT?
>> I WOULD SAY THERE ISN'T -- AE
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- I LOOKET
LOOKED AT WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING
IN THIS SUBSTITUTE FOR THE COST
OF THAT WORK. I DIDN'T COMPARET
COMPARE IT TO THE ESTIMATED COST
OF THE ORIGINAL.
>> DOES CENTRAL STAFF HAVE ANY S
ON THAT?
>> SO MY READ ON THE SUBSTITUTES
SUBSTITUTE IS IT'S REALLY BEING
MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE SPECIFC
ACTIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE TAN
BE TAKEN TO MOVE THE PROJECT FO.
THAT IT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THL
THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE RESOLS
THE RESOLUTIONS SAID. MORE
DETAIL AND MORE SPECIFIC COMMIS
SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS FROM THE
EXECUTIVES TO ACTUALLY MOVE THS
WORK FORWARD. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE
AN ESTIMATE OF COSTS AT THIS
POINT.
>> LISH, COULD I MAYBE PUT A LIE
A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT IN HERE? K
HERE? I THINK WE'RE BEING UNFAIR
TO POOR ELLIOTT IN THE SENSE
WE'RE KIND OF ASKING HIM TO TIP
THE HANDS ON THE BUDGET BEFORES
ANNOUNCING IT IN THE NEXT COUPLF
DAYS. WHAT I WOULD SAY -- AND
THIS IS JUST ME SPECULATING,
AND ELLIOTT DOESN'T HAVE TO
RESPOND TO THIS. BUT I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT THE AMENDMENTS MY
OFFICE WORKED ON WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE PROBABLY REFLECT
THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS
GOING TO BE PROPOSED IN THE MAS
BUDGET. I MIGHT ASK SINCE THE
FINAL VOTE ON THIS WOULD BE NET
TUESDAY, WE WOULD BE -- WE WILL
PROBABLY HAVE THE INFORMATION
BY THEN TO RECONCILE COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S QUESTIONS. BT
MOSQUEDA'S QUESTIONS. BUT I
WOULD IMAGINE THE CONTEXT OF
THE OUTREACH OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ON WANTING TO SEE CERTAIN TECHL
CERTAIN TECHNICAL CHANGES AND AS
AND ADJUSTMENTS IS PROBABLY
RELATED TO TRYING TO SINK THIS
POLICY WITH THEIR BUDGET
IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
US. THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST
PLACE TO LEAVE IT FOR NOW UNTIL
NEXT TUESDAY WHEN ALL THAT INFN
THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLIC
GIVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING
ON THE BUDGET.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, DID U
HERBOLD, DID YOU HAVE A POINT ON
THAT TOO?
>> YEAH, I THINK IN MY MIND, NOG
YOUR ARTICULATION AT ALL. BUT
JUST TRYING TO CUT THE CHASE
HERE. I THINK ELLIOTT, WHAT WE
NEED IS JUST SIMPLY AN UPDATED
FISCAL NOTE FOR TUESDAY'S VOTES
THAT POSSIBLE?
>> I SEE CAL PUT HIS HANDS UP. I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU
ON PUTTING ROUGH ESTIMATES TOG,
ESTIMATES TOGETHER, FIGURING OUT
IF IT LOOKS LIKE A FISCAL NOTE
OR IF THAT IS UPDATED COST
ESTIMATES. HAPPEN HAD BY TO
KEEP WORKING WITH YOU.
>> AND WE WITH THE NEW FISCAL NE
FISCAL NOTE THAT WILL REFLECT
THE COST TO DO THE PROCESS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
RESOLUTION. JUST TO REPLACE
WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS BASED
ON THE OLD VERSION.
>> CAL, DO YOU HAVE A BIT MORE T
MORE CONTEXT TO COUNCIL MEMBER S
MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S FIRST
QUESTION?
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE SUBE
THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION, YOU
KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE
DESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF THE
WORK PRODUCT. THE EXECUTIVE
HOUSING HAS A MUCH BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COSTS
ACTUALLY ARE. I THINK AT THE
INITIAL SUBMISSION OF THE BILL
WAS MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE
PRINCIPLE OUT THERE AND ASKING
THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THIS PIECE. SO NOW WE WILL HAVE
A MORE DEFINED SERIES OF STEPSG
STEPS INCLUDING SOME VERY
SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WEREN'T D
WEREN'T CONTEMPLATED BEFORE SUCH
AS, YOU KNOW, THE ASSESSMENT OF
COMMUTER CHANGE BEHAVIOR. SO I
THINK WE COULD WORK ON GETTING
SORT OF A BETTER COST ESTIMATE
FOR YOU OF WHAT THESE SORT OF
PLANNING COSTS ARE. AGAIN JUST
REITERATE THAT. THAT IT DOESN'T
COVER ANY SORT OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT COME
OUT OF THIS EFFORT, WHICH WE
WILL CONSIDER IT ONCE WE KNOW T
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'REG
WE'RE GETTING INTO THE HABIT OF
HAVING THE UPDATED FISCAL NOTE
WITH THE SUBSTITUTE LEGISLATIOE
THE FINAL PASSAGE. AND MR.
CHAIR, MY SECOND QUESTION I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I FRAME THIS
IN HOW MUCH SUPPORT I'VE HEARD
ACROSS THE BOARD. NOT DIRECTLY
FROM DSA ON THE CONCEPT
NECESSARILY, BUT FROM TRANSIT
ACTIVIST, FROM FOLKS WHO ARE
ALSO AS LEHIGH NOTED TODAY, LOG
TODAY, LOOKING FOR GREATER
SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THEIR
MEMBERS AS WELL, WHO MIGHT BE
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. SO THERE
IS BROAD SUPPORT AS THERE HAS
BEEN FOR A LONG TIME IN
ACTIVATING THIRD AVENUE AND REY
AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT A PEDN
A PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS COMMUTE, T
COMMUTE, TRANSIT COMMUTER FRIEND
LIQUOR KOR. SO I'M EXCITED TO
SEE US DO THAT HERE. BUT ALSO D
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CONCEPT
CONTINUE TO BE EVOLVED OVER OR
EXPANDED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. I
DO HAVE TO ASK A FEW SPECIFIC ,
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR. S
MR. CHAIR. PERHAPS THE
DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, BUT I'M GOING TO
GO BACK TO THE VISION PDF THAT
WAS SHARED ALONGSIDE OF THE
DOCUMENT HERE THAT GOT US GOING
CALLED A ROAD OF POSSIBILITIESN
POSSIBILITIES. ON PAGE 24 OF THE
STRATEGIES IT SAYS STRATEGIES
FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND
RETAIL. STARTING ON PAGE 25 IT
SAYS LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE
BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE LIFE. PUBLIC LIFE
DOES NOT STOP AT A PROPERTY LI.
FLEX THE LINE BETWEEN THE PUBLID
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE WERE POE
TO SNOW LIFE OUT OF THE BUILDINS
THE BUILDINGS INTO THE STREETS
TO RECONSIDER THE PUBLICLY
OWNED SPACES AND EXPLORE THE PP
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR IMPROVED
DESIGN AND ACTIVATION. ON PAGE
37, IT SAYS THE STREET ENVIRONT
STREET ENVIRONMENT WON'T CHANGE.
OCCURRING AT KEY NODES ALONG TH,
THE STREET, AND PARTNERING WITHC
WITH CIVIC PROJECTS. THIS SOUNDS
LIKE IT COULD BE A REFERENCE TO
OUR STREET CAFES, WHICH ARE
BELOVED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK THE
CONCERN TO ME WOULD BE IF WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT ENSURING WE
ARE MAINTAINING PUBLIC SPACE. F
SPACE. IF WE ARE MAINTAINING THE
PUBLIC OR OUR PLACES LIKE OUR
SIDEWALKS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BD
TO BE PRIORITIZED OR SOLD TO THE
THE PRIVATE MARKET AND OF MAINTG
OF MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC AND PC
AND PUBLIC SPACES. I JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT STARTING
TO CREEP INTO AN AREA WHERE
THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR ARRESTS OR CITATIONS FOR
TRESPASSING IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT BLURRING THE LINES. CAN
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MAYBE FRM
MAYBE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR
FROM CENTRAL STAFF, ABOUT HOW
WE MAINTAIN SIDEWALKS. HOW DO
WE ENSURE THOSE ARE BEING MAIND
BEING MAINTAINED IN PUBLIC
HANDS, AND HOW WE WOULD BE MORE
PROTECTING AGAINST ANY SORT OF
BLURRING OF THE LINES ALSO
BEING USED FOR JUSTIFICATION
FOR ARRESTING OR TRESPASSING OR
ISSUING TRESPASSING CITATIONS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MULT.
SO I WILL START WITH THIS WORK D
WORK WOULD BE HAPPENING IN CLOSP
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
OFFICE AND PLANNING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. ONCE YOU REALLY
START GETTING INTO THAT, THAT
REALM BETWEEN THE STREET RIGHT
OF WAY AND THE PRIVATE SPACE, I
THINK IT'S LOOKING AT HOW WE
DESIGN. ESPECIALLY AS WE THINKT
THINK ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS,
HOW ARE THEY DESIGNED WITH
PUBLIC BENEFITS? MIND? THEIR
PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE IMPERATIVE
IN THIS WORK. AND I THINK KIND
OF THE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE
DOES PUBLIC SAFETY FALL INTO IT
AS WELL? IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE
NEXT LEVEL ONCE YOU GET TO
DESIGN, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE
THEY'RE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR
EVERYBODY? THOSE ARE GOOD
QUESTIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT
COMMUNITIES AND RESOLVE AS WE
WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS
ITSELF. AND SO I THINK HAD
UNTIL YOU WOULD HAVE KIND OF A
PROPOSAL TO PUT OUT THERE AND
SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
CONSIDERING. THIS IS HOW WE
WOULD CREATE THAT SPACE BETWEEN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND HERE IS
HOW THEY WOULD LOOK AND FEEL. T
FEEL. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND OR
AT THIS POINT IN TIME ANY WAY,
BUT THEY'RE GOOD QUESTIONS TO
BE ASKING.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, E
KNOW, THERE IS A FOCUS ON
ACTIVATION OF PUBLIC SPACE AND
SORT OF BLURRING THE LINES IN
TERMS OF WHAT ACCESSES THERE
ARE. BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IT WILLE
WILL BE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY
THAT WILL BE IMAGINED BY SDOT.T
SDOT. SDOT WILL HAVE PERMANENT Y
PERMANENT AUTHORITY THAT WE ARE
TALKING IN TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE ABOUT STREET CAFES.
IT IS REVOCABLE, IT'S NOT
PERMANENT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO,
YOU KNOW, VACATE THE STREETS. M
STREETS. FROM THE PURELY
LEGALIZED STANDPOINT, IT WOULD
REMAIN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAYY
WAY. POTENTIALLY PERMITTED FOR
OTHER USES. THESE WILL BE THE
MOST VALUABLE, YOU KNOW, AMONG
THE MOST CROWDED USABLE PUBLIC
SPACE DOWNTOWN. IT'S A PART OF
THE REASON FOR THE WHOLE
INITIATIVE. AND I HAVE EVERY
EXPECTATION THAT SDOT WOULD
TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS
ANY OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECT
PROPOSALS CAME FORWARD FOR
PERMITTED ACTIVITY IN THE RIGHT
OF WAY. BUT IT WOULD BE THE
RIGHT OF WAY. IT WOULD NOT BE
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
>> I'LL ADD TO THAT, I THINK.
THE EXPANSION THOUGH, IF THE ST
THE STREET IS REDESIGNED AND RED
AND RECONFIGURED IN A DIFFERENT
WAY, BUT STILL ALL THE
BUILDINGS BACKED FACE THIRD
AVENUE, YOU'RE STILL -- YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE MADE ONE IMPROV,
MADE ONE IMPROVEMENT, BUT YOU
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE.
THAT'S MY POINT IN INVOLVING SOE
INVOLVING SOME OF OUR OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN THIS WORK THAT
IT WILL BE TRANSPORTATION
FOCUSED AND LED, BUT IT'S A
LARGER CONVERSATION. LIKE I
SAID, GOOD QUESTIONS TO BE
ASKING AND THINGS THAT WOULD GT
WOULD GET RESOLVED OVER THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS AND YEARS.
>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
DIDN'T SORT OF POINT TO THE
DSA'S SPEAKING POINTS ABOUT
WHERE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOW THE PRIVATE REALM INTERSECT
WITH THIS TOO. ON THE CITY
SIDE, WE DO THINK ABOUT THE CIS
THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. BUT
WHAT DOES THAT INTERFACE LOOK
LIKE, AND HOW DO YOU KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THAT INTERN
THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAYS AS WELL.
>> YEAH, JUST AS A LAST PIECE O.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD QUESTION FR
QUESTION FOR US TO GRAPPLE WITHI
WITH. I DON'T THINK THAT THE DSA
WAS PHRASING THOSE CONCEPTS IN
A WAY TO INDICATE A PRIVATE ENT
PRIVATE ENCROACHMENT ON
ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP. I
THINK IT IS MORE TO LINE UP THN
ABOUT HOW TO [ SINGING IN NON-E]
TO [ SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH] TO.
ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE
STOREFRONT USES IN THE DOWNTOW.
THAT'S BEEN RESTRICTED ALMOST EY
ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TO RETAIL. AD
RETAIL. AND DIVERSIFYING THE
STORE FRONT USE WHERE THERE ISN
WITH ACTIVATION LIKE THE ART GAS
ART GALLERIES OR LIKE GYMS,
PILAT ES STUDIOS. THINGS YOU
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT AT
STREET LEVELS. SEVERAL DECADES
AGO THAT ASSUMED YOU WOULD ONLY
GO DOWNTOWN FOR OFFICE OR
RETAIL. OF COURSE, WE KNOW
THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S A
DYNAMIC NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS
A STRONG DIVERSITY OF USES TO .
DIVERSITY OF USES TO THRIVE. SO
IT'S A GOOD LINE OF QUESTIONING
THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE
INTO OUR PLANNING AND AS
ELLIOTT SAID, SPEAKS TO THE
NEED TO INCLUDE OCPD THAT REALY
LOOKS INTO THIS.
>> I MEAN COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUE,
MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I BELIEVE YOU
HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, SO YOU
STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANKS, MR. CHAIR. THANKS FOR
THAT ANSWER AND CLARIFICATION.T
AND CLARIFICATION. IT IS VERY H.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STATINGR
STATING FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
OUR INTEREST IN DOING THIS COL.
THAT'S REALLY A TRUE PUBLIC BENT
PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR ALL. IT'S
HELPFUL TO LIFT UP AS ONE OF
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES AS COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES WAS ASKING ABOUG
INTO THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT'S A PART OF PUBC
OF PUBLIC RECORD AND HOW WE
THINK SPACE IS ACTIVATED IN TH.
MY LAST QUESTION HAS MERGED INTA
INTO A COMMENT OR STATEMENT. INE
STATEMENT. IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES' QUESTI,
MORALES' QUESTION, YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE GROUP THAT WOULD BE
BROUGHT TOGETHER. FOLKS WHO
MIGHT PRESENT THE DISABILITY
COMMUNITY OR FOLKS ADVOCATING
WITH THOSE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED
AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO ACTIVAE
TO ACTIVATE STORE FRONTS ALONG H
PARTNERS AT DSA AND THE CITY. ST
CITY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE
WILL BE A BROADER
IMPLEMENTATION TO REALIZE THE
RESOLUTION HERE. I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW,
THERE'S A LINE THAT WILL TALK
ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE SHORT-TEM
THE SHORT-TERM CHANGES THAT
COULD INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN ET
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT ALONG
THIRD AVENUE. EVERYBODY I THINK
HAS THAT SHARED GOAL. WE ALSO T
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S T
IT'S NOT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT OR
TOO VAGUE TO ALLOW SOME TO
CONSTRUE TO ME MEANING ANYTHING
IN THE WAY INCLUDING BENCHES,
BUS STOPS, TO WHAT THE
ESSENTIAL GOAL WAS FOR MORE
PEOPLE TO USE TRANSIT. I WANT O
TO USE TRANSIT. I WANT TO MAKE
SURE IT'S NOT BEING USED TO REE
TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS WHO REALLY
OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO
SHELTERS AND HAVE AN AFFORDABLE
PLACE AND HEALTHY PLACE TO CAL.
HEALTHY PLACE TO CALL HOME. IS
THE CONCEPT TO HAVE A BROAD
COALITION REALLY MAKE SURE WE
HAVE SHARED PRINCIPLES ABOUT WT
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ACTIVATE
THE SPACE AND IMPROVE THE
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT ALONG
THIRD AVENUE, SO THAT THERE'S
NOT NEIGHBOR A MISUNDERSTANDING
OR AN APPLICATION THAT WILL BE
COUNTER IN TERMS OF PROPOETING
WANTING TO BE SEEN AS PROBLEMAC
AS PROBLEMATIC ON THAT STREET, N
STREET, WHEN REALLY ALL WE WANT
TO DO IS GET MORE FOLKS INTO
SHELTERS AND HOUSING.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD FROM THE TRN
THE TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE
AND WHY THAT LINE IS SO
IMPORTANT IN THERE IS A LOT OF
THE CONCEPT IDEAS INVOLVE
POTENTIAL LANE REDUCTIONS. SO S
LANE REDUCTIONS. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO STUDY WHAT
THAT MIGHT BE. AND SO WE'RE
PILOTING A FEW AREAS ON THIRD
AVENUE TO SEE IF YOU CAN
MAINTAIN CAPACITY WHILE REDUCIG
WHILE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
LANES. SO SOME OF THOSE ARE
ALSO TO INFORM WHAT COULD WORK
ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. WHIE
CORRIDOR. WHILE WE HAVE A LARGEN
ABOUT THE CORRIDOR AND WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE, THAT COULD HELP
INFORM IT IS WHAT IT IS MEANT
TO INCLUDE.
>> THE OTHER PIECE OF CONTEXT ID
I WOULD ADD TO THAT TOO, LIKE
MORE BROADLY TO SOME OF THE
SYSTEMIC CONCERNS. COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA RAISED, WHICH I
REALLY THINK UNDER -- UNDERLINE
THE POINTS OF ME BRINGING THISN
FORWARD. ACTIVATING SPACES
REQUIRES PERFECT PLANNING. IT
REQUIRES COLLABORATION, AND STE
AND STAKE HOLDERRING TO PLACE ME
AREAS PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN, WANO
SPEND THEIR TIME IN AND WANTS TO
LIVE IN THAT ARE DESIRABLE. THE
COURSE OF DESTROYING PUBLIC
AMENITIES OR INSTALLING HOSTILE
ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE WE FAILED
A PLAN, FAILED TO GRAPPLE WITH
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ON
OUR CITY ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE
REACTIVE DECISIONS AND A SUDDEG
SUDDEN UNTHINKING AND FRIGHTENEY
BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE CONFE
THE CONFIDENCE AS A CITY THAT WE
CAN BUILD AND MAINTAIN LIVABLED
DESIRABLE PLACES. IT IS WHAT WE
NEED TO AVOID, AND YOU CAN ONLY
AVOID THAT WITH PLANNING. IT IS
THE STEADY DESTRUCTION OF THE S
FEAR. AND BECAUSE OF A BROAD BAE
A BROAD BASE SKEPTICISM. AND THE
CYNICISM THAT COULD EVEN PREVAE
COULD EVEN PREVADE THE
GOVERNMENT ITSELF IN SAYING, YU
IN SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS
PROBLEM COULD NEVER BE FIXED. O
FIXED. SO THE PUBLIC JUST
SHOULDN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. IF
YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THEN
WE WON'T CREATE A GOOD LIVING
AREA. BY PUTTING IN PRINCIPLES
LIKE THIS, WE CAN AVOID
SITUATIONS WHERE LOOKING AT THE
PUBLIC'S FEAR IN TRYING TO MAKE
IT SAFER IS A SITUATION WHERE
YOU TRY TO MAKE THINGS
UNCOMFORTABLE OR YOU TRY TO REE
TO REMOVE PUBLIC AMENITIES ENTI.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD EXAMPLEY
EXAMPLES RECENTLY IN SEATTLE OF
THAT BEING A WAY PREVIOUS ADMIS
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS DECIDED
TO REACT TO THE ISSUES INSTEAD
OF CHALLENGING US TO BE BETTER,
AND PLANNING AND INVESTING IN A
WAY THAT MAKES THE CITY WE ALL
WANT TO LIVE IN. SO SETTING UP
PLANNING LIKE THIS AROUND AREAS
THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN
PROBLEMATIC TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE MAKE THEM THRIVE, AND HOW WE
LET EVERYONE THERE SUCCEED, AND
HOW WE LET LIKE I SAID EARLIER,
THE HOUSING FOR THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING STUDENT OPERATRS ON
THIS LOCATION, MAKING SURE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE
LOCATIONS HAVE THE SAME
AMENISCIS THAT HISTORICAL NEIGS
THAT HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVE ALWAYS HAD IS THE WAY WE
SHOULD BE APPROACHING THIS WORK
INSTEAD OF IT BEING REACTIONARY
IN DECIDING, YOU KNOW, THEY
CAN'T DESTROY A PARK IF WE PUT
A FENCE AROUND IT. AND IT IS SG
IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE
TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS. THAT'S
WHY CUEING UP THINGS LIKE THIS,
A WORK PRODUCT LIKE THIS, IT
HELPS US MOVE ALONG. SO I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL
BECAUSE I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S QUESTION IS EXACTLY
ON POINT. WE WANT TO CREATE URN
LIVABLE ACTIVATED SPACES. AND I
HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILLE
WILL BE A PLACE TO DO THAT.
>> WELL SAID COUNCIL MEMBER LEW,
MEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU MR. CHA.
AND THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF MY Q.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION T.
I APPRECIAT
AND THE ISSUE IS BEING
RESURFACED AGAIN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, YOUR MIC IS .
MEMBER, YOUR MIC IS MUTED.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S ONLY BEEN
THREE YEARS ON ZOOM. I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR,
AS THE ONLY PLANNER ON COUNCILI
ON COUNCIL. I COULD SAY YOUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THESE
PRINCIPLES ARE REALLY IMPORTAN.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. WE HAVE
TO APPROACH PROJECTS LIKE THIS
WITHOUT CYNICISM OR SKEPTICISM
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD. IT'S COMPLETELY
POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN A
WAY THAT BRINGS PROSPERITY TO
THE URBAN LANDSCAPE, THAT
BRINGS MORE JOY TO DOWNTOWN,
AND THAT IS STILL IN LINE IN
KEEPING WITH OUR PRINCIPLES
AROUND EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION WITH THOSE GOALS N
GOALS IN MIND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MO.
I COULD GIVE SHORTER SPEECHES, T
SHORTER SPEECHES, BUT SOMETIMES
I GET TOO LAZY TO STOP. SO WIT,
WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY ADDIL
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONT
OR COMMENTARY FROM ANYONE ON TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CAL
AND CALL TO QUESTION ON THIS. IM
THIS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THAT WE PASS THE AMENDED N
AMENDED RESOLUTION BEFORE US,
WHICH IS A RESOLUTION 32067. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY, MOVED AND SECONDED. WIL
SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR VOTES N
VOTES IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. GIVEN
THE VOTE, THIS WILL GO TO THE
FULL COUNCIL MEETING. THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL DETERMIE
WILL DETERMINE IT TO BE CONSIDED
HOPEFULLY NEXT TUESDAY. AND I
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION THATE
HAD THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS THE
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THERES
AGENDA. THERE'S NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE CO.
IT IS 2:57 P.M. AND I AM GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WE ARE ADJ.
THANK YOU.