>>> Will the clerk please
call rule roll.
>> Councilmember Nelson.
>> Present.
>> Councilmember Pedersen.
>> Present.
>> Vice chair Morales.
>> Here .
>> Chair Strauss.
>> Present.
>> Four present.
>> Thank you. We have five
items on the agenda today. We
are transitioning out of the
tree ordinance conversations an
we are transitioning straight
into the maritime industrial
zoning changes. This will run a
similar schedule where we will
have meetings dedicated to this
topic in an amendment next week
We have these five items on
today's agenda and we will
concur on many agendas. Counsel
Bill one to 0567 briefing a
discussion on creating a chapte
23.50A counsel Bill 12568 a
discussion on annual
comprehensive plan amendments.
Counsel Bill 569, brief
discussion on creating a new
zoning map with three industria
zones. Counsel Bill 12570 a
brief discussion on amending
Chapter 23-point 45. Counsel
Bill 1257, a brief discussion o
modifying exterior sound limits
within (indiscernible) Vicks.
Clerk as we proceed through, yo
don't have to read those long
titles. We just went over them.
It will save my remarks about
this package for just a moment.
Before we begin, if there is no
objection, the agenda will be
adopted. Hearing that that wa
not an objection, the agendas
adopted. At this time, we will
open the hybrid public comment
period for items on today's
agenda. Clerk, if you can play
the video.
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>> Great. We are actually
going to do remote public
comment first. This is not
typical. It is because we have
court commissioner Fred Fellman
on the line. So it wll be
Fred. Alex Zimmerman and then
Steve (indiscernible) Clerk,
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At your convenience.
>> Thank you so much for this
opportunity. Council chair
Strauss and members of the
community, thank you for the
opportunity to provide public
comment in support of the
industrial proposal for the
office of planning and communit
development. I apologize for th
background noise. I'm actually
in an alliance meeting . I'm
the Port of Seattle commissione
Fred Fellman and I have been
serving in this capacity since
2016. I'm also Ballard resident
and deeply committed to finding
ways to do maritime and
manufacturing industry to
coexist in our community in
order to sustain a living wage
job and quality of life. The
Port of Seattle enthusiasticall
urges your support for the
industrial proposal as
transmitted by Mayor Bruce
Harrell. The board is greatly
appreciative of the mayor's
recognition of the importance o
maritime and industrial
(indiscernible) in the ecosyste
needed for our gateway to remai
a major international trading
hub. We also very much
appreciate your leadership,
chair Strauss and the office of
the planning and community
development and the time they
put in in soliciting public
input in the development of the
zoning package that protects
historic, industrial land vital
to the region's economy. In
2016, the Port of Seattle
adopted guiding principles to
protect and enhance maritime an
manufacturing land. Among thes
principles are no net loss of
industrial land to support
diversified job growth. The
Seattle industrial zoned land
makes up approximately 12% of
the city's total land area that
generates 30% of the space. The
dual mission Ballard industrial
centers support over 70,000 job
in vital industries like
maritime logistics, shipbuildin
and repair, metal fabricating,
aerospace and commercial
fishing. These jobs depend on -
is that it -- as he consider
the packet, the manufacturing
and industrial centers remain
under intense pressure to
upsell. I urge your support an
welcome the opportunity to
discuss the plan further with
every Council member on the
committee. Thank you so much fo
your consideration.
>> Thank you Commissioner.
>> I will note for the recor
that councilmember Mosqueda has
been present with us since we
did roll call.
>> Next is Alex Zimmerman.
Mr. Zimmerman, you are not in
complaint yesterday with Counci
rules. I am going to give you
awareness right now that if --
you must comment on items on
today's agenda. If you do not
remain in compliance with
Council rules that prohibit
abusive and harassig behavior,
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if you continue, I will ask you
to leave.
>> I do everything legally.
>> Okay.
>> Mr . Zimmerman, this is
your first warning that that is
abusive and harassing language
and it is not welcome in this
chamber.
>> Who told you that? The
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Constitution.
>> Mr . Zimmerman, you have
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>> What is this harassing
behavior?
>> Secure staff, if you can
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of the room.
>> Next, Steve Castella,
great to see you, friend.
>> Hang on really quick. I want
to make sure the microphone is
on for you.
>> The community has not yet
digested fully their ability to
remove treaties unlike the rest
of us. Now we are moving toward
industrial and maritime. These
are areas with the highest and
best use. We must protect.
Because when they are gone, the
are gone. The city has not
always done a great job of that
because what you have is
multiple use. When you put a us
that pays over $1000 a square
foot, besides something that
pays may be $500 a square foot,
generally speaking, $1000 or
more can prevail. And what
happens is we see the erosion o
the industrial and maritime
areas as you allow other uses,
primarily residential, nearby.
And that has been a big proble
in the city because one guy can
make a few extra bucks. And of
course, that is a good thing fo
them. But it may not be a good
thing for the city of Seattle.
With highest and best use, you
are also raising the taxes on
the industrial when you put
other uses on the table that ca
be done in that same area. And
for us, that is a means to a
loss. We have a lot of union an
even some family wage jobs at
risk. But the development
community who doesn't want you
to count in the city doesn't
want to count the units they
destroy that are cheaper and th
new stuff is built for the
people who make 30,000 or more
year. If you lessen the city
who don't.
>> Thank you. Would you like
to speak today? You are alway
welcome to. Seeing as we have
no further public comment,
remotely or physically present,
we will move on to the next
agenda item. Clerk, will you
please read the next -- the
short titles of all bills into
the record and then we will
break them up one by one.
>> Items -- counsel Bill
12567. Item two, counsel Bill
12568. 12569. 12570. And
12571. The industrial and
maritime package for briefing
and discussion.
>> Thank you. Security, if
you can open the back doors,
that would be great. Thank you.
I will give us a brief overvie
of this legislation and the
legislative history here and
then we will dive into
hesitations. I will also share
with you the schedule for this
work. We did just wrap up the
tree legislation in the
committee which is set to go to
full Council May 23rd. Today, w
have , in committee, Tim Burges
from the mayor's office, former
Council President and former
interim mayor, Tim Burgess. We
have Jim wetland and Jim Holmes
And we have Lish Whitson, the
central staff leader on this
work. As a reminder, there is
time to provide written public
comment as the process
continues. And if you like to
meet with me, you can reach out
to me, my clerk, to have a
meeting. I want to give a
brief history of this
legislation. The last time
industrial lands were modified,
I believe it was 2007. And so w
have got about 16 years of no
changes having been made. The
proposal you see before you
today has been in the works
since at least 2019. And so, at
this point, we have had three
mayors, four if you count one o
the interim mayor's. And we
have had two land use, three
land-use chairs and this time a
well. This has traditionally
been a very contentious topic
because you have stakeholders
that are ultimately opposed in
substantial ways. For these
reasons, as the conversation wa
continuing (indiscernible) was
hired to facilitate a
conversation that lasted betwee
2019 and last year. I
participated in these
conversations beginning in 2020
as soon as I became elected.
While there were votes taken in
those facilitated meetings, I
did not note. My purpose of
being there was to understand
the legislative history for the
moment that we got to today,
which is coming to my committee
When VDS planning was doing
their facilitation, we did reac
I believe 87% agreement between
stakeholders that are usually i
disagreement. This was, I think
a surprise to everyone really,
quite frankly. And the only way
we were able to get to where we
are today. I also want to than
Chase kitchen who was in the
last mayor's office who
facilitated the work on the cit
side. From the point of
finishing the facilitated
workshops, the office of
planning and community
developmen created and put
forward the EIS that allowed us
to bring forward the bills that
we have today. The EIS was
completed this last year. And i
has generated these bills. Ther
is another component to this,
which is ensuring that the
changes we are making are withi
the guides of the compromise
that was reached. I will tell
you that this, at this time it
is a tenuous compromise. This
is a good compromise. We have
good and important changes that
are not taking the bill under
serious consideration, it does
have the chance to unravel. So
just want to be really open wit
all of my colleagues. And I
know that usually, we bring a
bill before committee and that
is where the stakeholder and
work occurs. And I share this
history because that stakeholde
work has occurred over the last
five years. And while you
weren't in the meetings, I was
the representing. So I just wan
to share that with you. Within
those, I'm very aware that the
conversation of housing is what
has come up many times. I will
just give you a little bit of
the take that I have coming int
this conversation, which is tha
this is a delicate compromise
and housing is central in that
compromise. The fact that the
EIS had housing analyzed in the
Stadium District is true and
with the amount of changes that
are occurring at terminal 46,
at the Wasco site and the
potential Coast Guard site of
their facility in and around
Stadium District, there is a lo
of unknowns. And at this time,
housing the Stadium District, I
believe would unravel this
entire package. I'm just
starting there. The other
element that I have come to
understand is the agreements
within SODO are more tenuous
than in the other parts of the
industrial zones. And so I'm
going to be very careful with
any changes that we are making
in SODO. Looking through the
lens of ensuring that we don't
unravel the overall compromise
that we have because there are
so many amazing aspects to this
package. And we cannot delay
while the final changes are mad
in and around the Stadium
District. We cannot delay this
work while the Coast Guard and
T46 and those plans are
finalized for we cannot delay o
the really amazing parts of thi
bill. So as we look at Ballard
and Georgetown and South Park,
think there is more of an
openness to consider tweaks
around the edges. I share with
colleagues from the get go,
changes in SoDo are going to
need to be vetted by all
stakeholders and housing within
the Stadium District could
unravel this entire package.
With that, I'm going to go into
some scheduling procedures.
This is the first of four
land-use committee hearings. We
will discuss the maritime and
industrial package. You might
notice and all written forms,
and industrial comes before
maritime. Because I'm from
Ballard, we call it maritime. I
put the schedule on the land-us
committee website and attached
it to future meetings. There
was one change. We needed to
change the June 7th meeting, to
June 8th, because of a
conflicting committee in the
chambers. This package was
transmitted to counsel on April
12, 2023 . I had briefed all
colleagues on this numerous
times that counsel briefing. I
invited all colleagues to
land-use committee meetings,
even if they don't sit on the
land-use committee. I have
invited all colleagues to submi
amendments, should they desire
to, because amendments at full
counsel will be unwelcome. Here
we are today , May 10th. We wil
have an initial briefing from
the office of planning and
community development. On
Monday, May 15th, we will have
briefing from counsel central
staff and the planning
commission on their
recommendations. On May 17th,
it is the amendment deadline du
to central staff. That is in on
week from today. The amendment
will be due. You do not need to
have your amendment fully
flushed out. You just need to
have an idea so that Lish
Whitson has the time to do his
analysis and to do his writing
and to have it reviewed by law
and we need to have that
understanding of what the whole
realm of amendments will look
like. On May 24th, we will have
a public hearing in this
committee. We will be hearing
other bills that day most
likely. We will not have a
presentation on this bill. On
June 8th, we will have a
committee meeting in the
morning. And we will vote on
amendments and vote the bill ou
of committee as amended. Notin
that this had been previously
published as June 7th. On June
13th, it will be final passage
from full counsel. We have
reserved June 14th in committee
in case we need additional time
to hear the bill. Is colleagues
all know, the land-use committe
is quite full. And if this doe
occur, it is going to create an
additional cascading impact on
the land-use schedule. And thi
is why we have amendments due
next week. We have e-mailed all
colleagues this last Friday and
again on this last Monday
regarding this and requesting
that you receive a briefing fro
Lish Whitson, Jim Holmes and
Geoffrey Wentlandt. And I kno
that director Rico
(indiscernible) will join us if
able. He has been very helpful
in this process. And so, with
that, colleagues, any questions
on my opening remarks and
overall schedule? I think it i
a very similar schedule that we
used for the tree ordinance and
this is even more refined. Wit
that, we have , today, Geoffrey
Wentlandt. Jim Holmes from the
office of planning and
development and Lish Whitson
from counsel central staff and
Tim Burgess, who has been
leading this package since
Mayor Harrell came in the
office. And again, I will just
leave us with, this has been
years in the making. This has
some really important and
amazing changes before us. And
we can't punt. We need to do
this now. So with that, do yo
want to take it away? And again
I know we have five bills. And
of the presentation has a
clearly outlined but let's just
do one bill at a time and I wil
ask colleagues for questions.
Colleagues, we will get there
all the information in each bil
and I will open up for question
and we can go back to previous
slides. Gentlemen.
>> Okay, great. Thank you,
chair Strauss. My name is
Geoffrey Wentlandt and I'm the
land-use policy manager in the
office of planning and
development. Jim Holmes and I
will give you an overview of th
full suite of the proposed
legislation. I want to
emphasize that our director,
Rico (indiscernible) had an
unavoidable scheduling conflict
and would love to be here. He
might try to drop in but I just
wanted to pass it along. And I
will go ahead and share some
slides. There is a lot here.
So this will probably take 20
plus minutes. I will try to
move through it as quickly as w
can and have plenty of time to
answer questions at the end.
First, just a word on the title
This is called the industrial
maritime strategy because it an
you -- it includes many
components beyond just land-use
There is transportation support
workforce development that the
city is actively advancing as
well and today we will be
focused on land-use, the
conference of plan and zoning.
So, the key features of this
proposal that we will talk abou
are here on the slide. The
first is to strengthen land-use
protections for core industrial
areas. That is 85% plus of all
the city's industrial lands tha
would be put into a more
protective, maritime
manufacturing and logistics
zone. The proposal would also
limit future removals of land
from industrial zoned areas and
it would close zoning loopholes
that have allowed nonindustria
developments such as box stores
and mini storage warehouses on
industrial lands. The second ke
feature is , we are also
proposing to up zone several
areas for transit or developmen
near light rail. There will be
five new or expanded light rail
stations on industrial land.
This concept, we are excited
about. Allowing dense
development and new light rail
stations where people can walk
to their job the next key
feature is adding capacity for
about 3000 new units of housing
focused on workforce and middle
income. Many of the housing
units would be located outside
of industrial land or places
that would no longer be
industrial. The last key
feature is addressing livabilit
and environmental justice in
edge neighborhoods. So
neighborhoods like Georgetown
and South Park with better
requirements for landscaping,
trees, streetscape improvements
et cetera. So the purpose of th
policy intense, the big picture
here is to protect and grow the
95,000 plus workforce jobs on
industrial land. These are goo
jobs. Two thirds are accessibl
without a traditional four-year
degree. Many remain unionized
with high quality benefits. Eve
starting salaries are good in
key fields. These jobs also
maintain stable economic sector
in the economy that kind of
withstand the ups and downs
during the COVID pandemic.
People still were essential
workers on industrial lands and
were coming to work every day.
The proposal also has a
regional and statewide
significance and preserving
infrastructure of a regional an
stable statewide importance,
exporters and importers , that
support the state's overall
economy. This legislation also
tries to address emerging
opportunities. So looking to th
future. This is a long-term
plan. And it sets a renewed
vision for industrial areas. An
importantly, this builds on the
2021 consensus that chair
Strauss described that was a 60
plus member stakeholder counsel
that arrived at the consensus
and what you have before you
today here is very close to tha
consensus as chair Strauss
mentioned. I'm not going to g
to the details here but this
just shows that seven of the
advisory Council's 11 consensus
recommendations would be
directly implemented by this
legislation. We wanted to
emphasize a word on workforce
equity partnerships because, I
discussed the policy rationale
of protecting good quality jobs
on industrial land but we also
need to ask, jobs for who, who
is benefiting and the office to
do a racial equity toolkit
analysis on the proposal. And
these are some of the outcomes.
The office of economic
development is investing
directly in support for IPOC
used to access jobs and maritim
sectors. We looked at the
pipelines to jobs there our are
and colleges. And you can see
Seattle area colleges that hous
the vocational and technical
education programs have a good,
inclusive demographic
composition. And I also just
want to note that Seattle has
more participating employers in
the state 's advanced
Manufacturing apprenticeship
program than any other city in
Washington state. Sometimes
people don't always think of
Seattle as continuing to have
robust manufacturing.
>> Can you pull the
microphone a little closer?
>> Yes.
>> Can we pause for a moment
>> Yes.
>> Is that slide in the
presentation that is linked on
the agenda? Are we missing a
slide or was it updated
recently?
>> It was updated recently so
the version you have may or may
have not had the slide.
>> Thank you.
>> We will send it around an
it will be updated on the
website.
>> Gray.
>> So this is the geography
of the Seattle industrial land.
There are two regionally
designated manufacturing
industrial centers. Ballard, an
her Bay North end and the
greater Duwamish. There are
several neighborhood areas that
are in or at the edges of
Seattle's industrial land that
are listed here. This package
shows New Mexico back before we
jump into this, I want to check
with colleagues to see if there
any questions. To be have
questions on the overview?
>> Seeing then, keep going.
>> Okay. This is a list of
the five ordinances that are
before you today. And we will
walk through each of these. Th
first is a conference of plan
amendments. That his counsel
Bill ending in 568 in your
pocket. This includes text
amendments to land-use policies
and the comprehensive plan and
map amendments to the future us
map. The second piece are land
use code text amendments. That
is counsel Bill ending in 567.
This would create a new chapter
2350A, in the land use code tha
establishes new, industrial
zones essentially. The third on
this list is , procedural only.
It relocates the existing
industrial commercial zone text
So that is a zone that would be
retained under this proposed
legislation. But moved into the
new zoning chapter. So that
number three ordinance in your
packet is counsel Bill ending i
570. That does all that does i
move the existing zone into the
new zone chapter. Number four o
the list are zoning map changes
. So this is counsel Bill
ending in 569 in your packet. I
is a series of maps that apply
to the new industrial zones to
specific locations on the map.
The last ordinance in the
package is addressing the noise
ordinance ended amends the nois
ordinance to support shoreline
industrial uses and the Ballard
in her Bay North end area and
that is counsel Bill ending in
571 in your packet.
>> Before I go into the
different pieces, I want to
emphasize that this is the
package that works together as
whole.
>> The first one will addres
to the conference of plan text
amendments. Again, this is
counsel Bill 568. So this
includes two new land-use
statements for industrial land.
That guy the overall approach t
industrial land. One of the new
goal statements is for transit
oriented areas. And one concern
better transitions at the edge
of our industrial areas. There
are also six new land-use polic
statements in these policy
statements, basically establish
and lay out parameters for the
new will, industrial zones. The
guide where the zones should be
located and what the zone's
intention should be. There is a
new standalone policy statement
calling for stronger protection
of industrial land. What this
would do is remove the ability
for property owners to propose
reclassification of industrial
land to a nonindustrial categor
in the comprehensive plan. And
except as part of the city
initiated study, or part of a
major comprehensive plan update
The key change here is that
today, anyone can petition for
removal of land from an
industrial area and we receive
those regularly. That would
change. So that could only be
done wants on an 8-10 year cycl
, effectively. Lastly, there i
new policy statement calling fo
site-specific master planning a
two key sites. The WOSCA site
which is near the stadium area
in SoDo and the inner Bay Armor
site. Both of these are under
control or owned by the state o
Washington. This policy signals
the city's intention to do a
detailed site-specific master
plan process before the key
large properties are reused in
significant way.
>> Those were the text
changes. I'm now going to
describe for you the map
changes. These are changes to
the comprehensive plan's future
land use map and they are
proposed for three areas .
Georgetown, a part of
Georgetown, a part of South Par
and a part of Judkins Park. And
I will look for the maps for
each of those starting with
South Park. On the map, the
area shaded light blue is the
South Park urban village and th
two areas that have the red
hatch are proposed for being
removed from the manufacturer
industrial center and added to
the South Park urban village.
These changes would better
connect the South Park
neighborhood to the Duwamish
River, as you can see. And they
are both near open spaces.
Directly adjacent to a park so
this is a request or a concept
that the South Park community
like come to better connect the
urban village to the waterfront
>> The next map is for the
Georgetown area. And almost map
the triangular area and hatche
red lines, would be removed fro
the manufacturing industrial
center and put into a mixed-use
zoning category. This is the
area that a lot of people think
of as something at the center
of Georgetown. It has a lot of
restaurants and some bars, et
cetera. And it kind of is
between the two residential
areas of Georgetown. The
Georgetown community generally
supported the concept to build
more complete neighborhood and
connect the existing residentia
pockets in Georgetown. And so
this change would allow for
mixed-use development including
housing in the center of
Georgetown. And the third futur
land use map change would be fo
the COVID 66 Park area. You see
the curve of Interstate 90
there. This is very close to
the Judkins Park light rail
station. And this is not within
the manufacturing industrial
center. But it would change it
from an industrial zone to a
mixed-use zone. And I'm going
to pause because we are at the
end of the comp plan section.
And our director has been able
to drop in. so I just wonder if
Rico would like to say a few
framing comments.
>> Welcome, director. We ar
excited to see you. Thank you
for being able to join us. We
finished the first bill. We
will go through the rest of it.
If you have anything to share,
the floor is yours.
>> Nothing substantive to
add. I apologize. I was at a
briefing at the mayor's office
on the seventh floor and I get
down here as quickly as I could
As you know, we have been
working on this legislation and
the preparation for this
legislation for almost three
years now. And so it is a huge
milestone to be at this point.
And I'm just excited for the
conversation today and any
questions that you have.
>> Thank you, director and
thank you for your leadership o
this. If you want to continue
sharing the screen, I will paus
now. Colleagues, are there
questions at this time about th
text or map adjustments that
will be in the annual
comprehensive plan ?
Councilmember Pedersen.
>> Thank you chair Strauss.
Some opening remarks. We really
appreciate this presentation
today on the five counsel bills
and on zoning changes proposed
by the Harrell administration.
Taking a step back a moment for
the benefit of my constituents,
I believe there is unity about
the benefit of having a
diversified local economy and
jobs that pay a living wage,
even for those who don't have a
college degree. And jobs within
the maritime industrial zones
provide those opportunities
that benefit our entire economy
And I appreciate hearing that
this proposal is supported by
the core commission. That is an
important and promising
indicator for me. I have been
involved in this only for the
last few weeks, even though som
of you have been working on thi
for years. But I'm glad we are
listening to the court which is
such an important economic
engine for our city and the
entire state. At first glance,
I agree that it seems you have
found a reasonable balance with
your proposed changes . The
first -- I have got about thre
questions about what we have
just gone through already,
including these maps. The first
slide says, 85% of industrial
maritime land would be
protected. Does that mean does
or could you provide some
context around that? Does that
mean 15% of existing industrial
maritime zoning land would be
removed from that designation?
>> No. The 85% figure is the
percentage that would be zoned
in the most protective maritime
manufacturing logistics zone.
There are two other industrial
zones . They are industrial.
They do allow for a little more
mixing and flexibility. And we
will go through that. To answer
your question, the 85% is the
percentage that goes into the
most protective and more
protective zone designation tha
we currently have.
>> For the zones that are
loosening up and becoming some
other zone , is it generally
true that those aren't actively
being used?
>> Councilmember Pedersen,
can I hold that question until
the next bill because we will
get into exactly your question
there.
>> Sure. I will go ahead an
ask my map questions then. We
have been talking about Stadium
District and SoDo and Duwamish
River. There was also a change
in Wallingford which is in
Council District four. I'm
hoping we will get to describe
that proposed change for my
constituents. I don't know if i
is part of the presentation. Bu
that is obviously important to
the Wallingford area and some o
the businesses and landowners
there.
>> Councilmember?
>> Yes. Right now, this bil
before us that we are discussin
is just the comprehensive plan
amendment. We will get into the
zoning map changes a little bit
later in this presentation.
>> Got it. Thank you.
>> So, your questions are spot
on because what we're looking
at an these three maps are
simply the changes that need to
be made in the comprehensive
plan because they are associate
with the manufacturing
industrial corridors. Is that
correct correct?
>> That is correct.
>> These map changes have to
occur in the annual
comprehensive plan change. The
other map changes that we will
be discussing in just a minute
or what we can do by ordinance.
>> Understood. Thank you.
>> Good questions.
>> Other colleagues?
>> I think we will get into
answering councilmember
Pedersen's second question. Wha
are the changed zones we are
looking at. To your point,
councilmember Pedersen, we are
not removing very much zoning
from industrial zones. We are,
number one, adding protections
to the majority of the
industrial and maritime zones.
And we are adding flexibility i
two different ways to some of
the area within currently
existed, industrial or
industrial buffer zones. With
that, Jeff.
>> Exactly. What you see on
this slide are the three new
proposed zone designations.
These make up the new chapter
2350A. Again, that is counsel
Bill ending in 567 in your
packet. We will do an overvie
of these three. The first is th
maritime manufacturing logistic
zone. That is the 85% of the
land that councilmember Pederse
asked about. It would strengthe
established economic clusters,
strengthen our protections for
industrial land. The second is
the industry and innovation
zone. This is focused on
transit oriented development fo
industrial areas and we will
talk about that. The third is
the urban industrial zone and
this is intended too. vibrant
districts and support local
manufacturing and
entrepreneurship. This is for
the edges of industrial land
near neighborhoods. And I want
to emphasize, essentially they
would replace the existing
industrial zones. So to the
extent that there are changes i
Wallingford, as the
councilmember mentioned, it is
not so much a change but an
update to these categories.
There are a few structural
changes in the zones that cut
across all of them. The first i
a new industrial and
nonindustrial use
identification. This clarifies
which uses are industrial and
which are not. That is not
something the code does today.
We are adding clarity on that.
The second is to prohibit many
storage warehouses in all the
industrial zones. Many storage
warehouses have been common an
have taken up a lot of the
industrial land base without
providing many jobs, if any.
And this action would prohibit
those across the industrial
zones. And lastly, there would
be robust nonconforming use
provisions. As the city, if yo
choose to make this update, if
it changes the zones, existing
operators and businesses, they
would not have to worry about
the change affecting operation.
They could keep doing what they
are doing what they want and
even expand that so it wouldn't
be affected. At the time of a
new development and new rules.
And this is an overview of the
three new zone designations.
First is a maritime logistics o
MML zone. This would be locate
in areas only within the
manufacturing and industrial
centers. Areas that have
proximity to heavy rail or
freight infrastructure, areas
that are close to the shoreline
and deepwater ports. In areas
around clusters of industrial
and maritime suppliers and
services. And areas that are
generally flat. These would
cover 76% of the Ballard inner
Bay North end and 90% of the
greater Duwamish. These are jus
a few images.
>> I thank goodness section, we
will call on questions as we ar
going. Councilmember Nelson.
>> Is there any new adjacent
land that was added? 73 and 93
or something like that of
existing industrial land. Was
anything else added?
>> Added?
>> Is there anything that was
rendered more industrial, is
what I'm trying to say ?
>> I think I got it. Let me
ask the question. Are you
asking, in the zones, are we
adding protections to industria
maritime ?
>> Yes.
>> Yes. The answer is yes.
These are strong -- it would b
stronger protections and
limitations so would only be
industrial in these areas .
>> So some of the issues tha
the zone addresses are the
speculative pressure on
industrial land, closing some o
the zoning loopholes that allow
nonindustrial development and
they generally replace the
existing industrial general one
and two zones. I want to
summarize a couple of key
development standards for
councilmembers and the audience
I will focus on the middle of
the page. There would be new
floor area ratio limitation of
0.4 on nonindustrial uses. And
maximum size of use limit that
is smaller on nonindustrial use
like office and retail sales. S
the effect of this is that come
recently, the city has seen
some box retail stores or
grocery stores on industrial
land. This would close the
loophole by having a smaller
maximum size of use limit on
those. So we wouldn't continue
to see that type of development
occur here. And I'm just goin
to keep moving through and
hitting some highlights.
>> I have a question. I
apologize. I'm actually looking
at the directors report. But
under the discussion around
nonconforming use provisions, i
says, the new zoning framework
includes stricter maximum size
of use limits -- my
microphone sounds really loud.
Some existing businesses may no
fully conform to the new
standards and there will be an
incentive for nonindustrial
development. Can you talk a
little bit about the
effectiveness? Like what is the
goal you are trying to achieve
with that and can you give an
example of what a nonindustrial
development use would be in
these zones?
>> I think you are asking abou
an existing nonindustrial use i
is in one of the zoned areas.
The office building. So and
office use is not and would not
be considered an industrial use
If there was a development, th
size of the office use would be
capped at a certain number of
square feet.
>> If there are existing
businesses there, how are they
affected by the changing?
>> That is where the
nonconforming use provisions
would help them.
>> So they are sort of
grandfathered in.
>> Exactly.
>> And we have added an
ability for a grandfathered in
use to expand to some degree.
>> Thank you.
>> While you are on that
topic, I have read that part of
the directors report. Does that
grandfather use stay with the
property or with the owner. Wha
if the property is sold. Cannot
be redeveloped?
>> To the existing use by
different owner.
>> It would be fine as long a
the use can be used. So a new
owner could buy that or the
company owner could change, so
long as the use itself
continues.
>> So you are telling me tha
the Sephora in the industrial
District gets to stay?
>> Sure.
>> Thank you. Any other
questions right now?
>> Fantastic . Keep going.
>> So let's talk about the next
news zone category. This is th
industry and innovation zone. O
we are really excited about thi
concept. This would be a new
transit oriented development
concept for industrial areas.
And the intent would be to have
a mix of light industrial space
With other dense employment
uses. Such as technology. It
could be office. And this
would be limited and focused on
areas within a half-mile of
walking distance of a light rai
station. So it is intended for
areas again within the
manufacturing industrial center
but only within a half mile
distance of light rail. And
areas with a high potential to
attract new investment in
buildings and infrastructure.
And so, one of the problems we
see with the Seattle industrial
land is infrastructure is very
outdated. It can cost a lot to
invest in a new structure. One
of the things the zone does is
it tries to encourage that
investment in brand-new, high
quality, state-of-the-art space
by allowing for quite a bit mor
development capacity than what
exists today. So the developer,
in order to build the upper
stories in this graphic, would
have to include the gray on thi
graphic as bona fide lighting
does for space and it can do
that in a number of ways but it
is an incentive to build a
high-quality new industrial
space. These are just some
images to give you a sense of
the intended character . Some
of the issues and opportunities
addressed here are that current
zoning in these areas would not
really create enough density
near light rail to support
transit oriented development. S
we are trying to change that to
envision density of jobs in
these areas. Redevelop my costs
can be very expensive here . S
we want to incentivize
investments. And I also want t
note the third point that the
closest zone on the books today
the industrial commercial zone
really hasn't had any true
industrial space and it. It ha
mostly been developed as only
office. So this shift would
allow for the higher value
office technology uses but only
if the developer includes bona
fide industrial space mixed in
with the development.
>> Can you elaborate on that
a little more. I think this is
actually the crux of this zone
because we are at the same time
preserving light manufacturing
and industrial space while
incentivizing more people being
in this area because of the
proximity to transit. Can you
talk about the requirements tha
are in place to be able to
accept those incentives of
office space?
>> Yeah. Thank you. So it
would be an incentive-based
system. Where, in order to
access the bonus development,
the developer would have to
include a certain quantity of
bona fide industrial space and
will talk about that. And so,
by the ratio, the way would wor
is any development participatin
in the bonus structure, for
every square foot of true
industrial space that they
build, they would be able to
access five additional square
feet of unlimited use space. So
that is how the incentive would
work. This zone would also have
information in computer
technology use definition that
would be new to the code. That
is a use category that would be
encouraged here and industry
today is not the same as it was
50, or 100 years ago. And a lo
of the technology uses we are
seeing, they use computers and
software a lot better,
industrial type business
companies making products
renovating. So that would be
allowed to occupy the industria
space.
>> I think that is a really
important point. And a
question which is to say
industrial zones of the past
have been the places where we
pollute and make a lot of noise
Steel fabrication still
occurring in Delridge, the
former steel plant in Ballard i
now a Fred Meyer. These are the
changes that we are seeing. And
there are even space companies
that are occupying warehouse
space that was formally
manufacturing space and our
city. We have seen a lot of our
more traditional, industrial
uses moved to the Renton Valley
and we still have a lot of
industrial space and our city.
On so these changes allow for u
to be a little more flexible an
dynamic with both information
technology and to have the spac
industry in Seattle is an
amazing thing, to have
telescopes and lenses produced
here. And I just want to circle
in and focus in on the office
bonuses. And I just want to
maybe, if you can confirm my
understanding is correct, that
for a developer to get the
office bonus, they have to
create a space where
information technology can occu
on the first floor. And what I
mean by this is, we are
upgrading the current facilitie
from something that is a
remnant of the past and may be
falling down or in need of grea
improvement, severe updating
facilities and in addition, whe
only when there is light
manufacturing or space for that
type of work on the first floor
the developers are able to get
the office bonus. Did I get
that right?
>> You certainly did. Thank
you for elaborating. These are
the actual criteria for what th
bona fide industrial space woul
have to be. So I'm just going t
touch on these. That is based
-- in my.
>> When you are done with
this, I see that vice chair had
a question.
>> The space would have to have
loadbearing floors, 250 pounds
per square foot for ground leve
and 125 per square foot for
other stores. High floor to
sealing clearance of at least 1
feet. Would have to be built to
building code occupancy group
for industrial use and be
serviced directly by a loading
dock or bay or a freight
elevator. So the city would
have assurances that the spaces
built to a really high standard
that is truly an industrial
space.
>> Thank you. Councilmember
Morales.
>> Can you go back a slide to
the computer technology and tal
about -- I will be asking for
lot of examples. Because I don'
know what this means and when
you just say information
commuter technology, I wonder,
is this like manufacturing of
hardware or are you talking
about making computers ? Making
keyboards? Are you talking abou
call center? Is this like
industrial design? I'm just
trying to get an understanding
of what it means. I appreciate
that the goal here is to
encourage dense employment.
And, I fear something like
warehouse distribution that is
not creating high road labor
practices with warehouse worker
for example. But it is all very
much computer-based. And so I'
just trying to get a little bit
of a better understanding of
what that means.
>> It is a great question.
think it might be worth me just
reading the definition. Is not
long definition. I will just go
ahead and read that. It is
information computer technology
means a use for merely focused
on computing and computer codin
or digital information
technology leading to the
development of new products,
knowledge creation and
innovation. This use may
include computer hardware or
software development and it
includes research and
prototyping and engineering
activities that results in
technology and computer product
for applications. The use
shall be considered a succinct
use category and industrial
zones of this chapter. And
shall be considered part of the
office use category and another
zones .
>> That is helpful. Thank
you.
>> I think another key point
here is that this is focused o
the industry and innovation zon
area and would not be an
industrial use that would be
allowed in the other industrial
zones. So you would not see thi
in large measure in the
protective maritime
manufacturing logistics zone. W
are only talking about focusing
this near light rail in the
industry innovation zone.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. Some images. A
picture always helps. This imag
is one that some property owner
in the SoDo land or stationary
prepared. And it is just a
character image. It is meant to
depict the ground floors of the
structure would be bona fide
industrial space with multiple
stories of employment use above
that. In the image, you are
seeing the SoDo Trail improved
trick that would be a future of
the zone. And it would come wit
very high standards for
streetscape improvements,
pedestrian safety, landscaping
and trees. And improvements to
the SoDo trail. Images on the
right are showing you a couple
of the sketches where the purpl
color is meant to depict the
light industrial space and the
pink would be other uses that
are bonus. So you can see that
it would be stacked with uses
on upper floors or maybe a
builder would do two separate
buildings with a light
industrial building and a
separate building on site.
>> Councilmember Nelson.
>> The building on the right
has 12 floors. But I have
information that it could have
accommodated 16 in the area. Is
that true?
>> There are two height
limits . That the zone would
have but one would be a 125-foo
height limit one would be a
160-foot height limit. So
depends on the area. But yes.
>> Can you speak into the
microphone.
>> And taking but industrial
innovation. When you say depend
on the area, I'm talking about
this area here.
>> I'm sorry.
>> When you said it depends
on the area, I am referring to
the industry and innovation two
zone area.
>> So there are different
height limits applied in the
industrial innovation zone in
different parts of the city. So
and Ballard, there will be
different height limits in
around the Landor station.
>> Different heights of thes
buildings.
>> Thank you .
>> Thank you. I will move o
to the next proposed news zone
if that sounds good.
>> That sounds great. The
third news zone would be
entitled the urban industrial
zone. This is intended for
areas at the transition between
core industrial areas and
nonindustrial zone areas or
villages. So places at the edge
of neighborhoods. This would
generally be in locations
within the manufacturing and
industrial center. But some
community members have suggeste
that they would also like to se
this zone potentially in the
future at other locations. And
it would be for areas that have
smaller parcel sizes and a
variety of existing smaller
businesses. Again, just some
images to give you a sense of
the character. And the issues
are opportunities addressed are
the need to improve livability
and environmental health and
areas near residential
neighborhoods and an opportunit
to recognize the changing natur
of industry where more so in th
past, visitors from a nearby
neighborhood enjoyed businesses
and uses in the industrial area
near where they live or work.
Soul more walkable and healthie
and so forth. This zone would
generally replace the industria
buffer zone .
>> Great. Councilmember
Pedersen.
>> Thank you. This gets back
to my question on the change
proposing. This is a change
going from an industrial buffer
to the new zone, urban
industrial. I have some
questions about that. This
PowerPoint presentation, will i
be attached to the agenda later
It is helpful to have it to
follow along.
>> Yes, it will be.
>> So just to dig into this new
zoning designation a little bit
does it allow live work ?
>> There is a limited housin
allowance and I wanted to get
into that and describe that in
the next several slides.
>> If you want to move on to
answer counsel Pedersen's
question.
>> Keep moving?
>> I think you will answer
his questions.
>> Councilmember Pedersen,
you were always so on point. I
love it.
>> A couple of key
development standards. This
would have an allowance for
ancillary uses. One of the way
that the zone would try to
encourage vibrant small
businesses is to say that the
size of use would be low for
things like office and retail.
But if you have an industrial,
or making use like a brewery o
a company making a product, you
can have a larger showroom or a
tasting room, et cetera. It
really incentivizes companies
that have a connection to an
industrial use over standalone
large retail or just the
standalone restaurants that
don't have a connection to an
industrial use.
>> And I want to note that
this zone has much higher
landscaping requirements than
existing, then the existing zon
. The end is -- existing
industrial buffer zone. It
would apply a green factor
landscaping requirement for the
first time to an industrial zon
and it would require street
trees and pedestrian scale
lighting with new development.
>> This dense slide addresse
the housing question. This
urban industrial zone would hav
a limited housing allowance. I
is focused on workforce housing
So the intent here in the
legislation before you is to
allow for workforce housing, a
a conditional use. The intent
is not to generate significant
amounts of new housing but to
provide some housing that might
be affordable to local workers
in these industrial areas. So
the conditions to add housing
would be the list that is
there. So it would have a
maximum density of 50 dwelling
units per acre. It could not b
located within 200 feet of
shoreline. He could not be
located within 200 feet of a
major truck straight. The
housing would have to have soun
insulating windows. It would
have to be carefully located,
not to conflict with adjacent
businesses. The owners would
have to sign and -- sign the
acknowledgment of it being in
an industrial neighborhood. It
could not exceed 50% of the
floor area of a mixed-use
project. And the residential us
would have to be one of two
things. Either A, it could be a
live work unit, or a caretaker'
quarters. For someone who work
on site. Or B, it would have t
be workforce affordable housing
affordable to households at 60%
AMI, 60% or 90% AMI according
to the unit. In a nutshell,
limited housing focus on
workforce.
>> Councilmember Pedersen, d
you want to follow up with any
questions?
>> Thank you. Yes. You
mentioned that it would be
permitted via conditional use i
these other items are met .
That conditional use is an
administrative type one. So
SDCI could just make it happen
if they reviewed the proposal
and admit these criteria. Is
that right?
>> It is the type two decision
But yes, that is right. It is
appealable to the hearing
examiner. But yes, it is
administratively approved by
SDCI. So what if you wanted to
do something different? Then it
would be a type three or type
four approval?
>> Yes. It wouldn't conform to
the zoning. So you have to have
it rezoned to do more housing
than this.
>> Eventually, -- and we
can do this separately from
today's meeting. I know there i
a lot going on here and there i
a lot of geography covered. I d
want to do a deeper dive and
that strip along Wallingford.
It is also a little confusing
because there is the shoreline
right there. So I'm just trying
to understand, because it says
here, within 200 feet of
shoreline. A lot of that is
within 200 feet of shoreline. T
you happen to know why you are
proposing to change the section
of Wallingford from industrial
buffer to industrial?
>> Councilman Pedersen, I think
we will hold the Wallingford me
session questions until you get
to the mall. The question your
posing I will provide is the
example needed to really dive
into understanding this UI zone
Is it okay to hold the
Wallingford question until we
get to the map?
>> Of course. And I didn't
have this presentation in
advance. So I don't know what i
coming next. That is why these
questions are coming out as the
are. And I don't want to miss m
opportunity. So good to know w
can get to it.
>> Yes. It is coming up.
>> Okay. It is important to
note that land within the
stadium areas would be zoned
urban industrial. However, this
proposal would not include the
allowance for limited workforce
housing in the stadium overlay.
So this map shows you the
existing boundary of the stadiu
area overlay District. That is
something that exists in the
code today. It would be retaine
and the overlay zone provisions
would continue and expand
flexibility for some stadium
support abuses such as hotels
and flexibility for larger scal
retail and restaurants then
would be in other areas that ar
zoned urban industrial. So som
stadium area supported features
however it would not allow the
housing in this location.
>> I want to bring up what I
said at the start of the
meeting. Again, this is a grea
slide to illustrate what I was
talking about. The EIS studied
housing. So if a future counsel
decided to take action on
housing, the work has already
been completed. And what is a
central focus to me is this
picture describes three very
large initiatives that are
underway right now that have no
had their final decisions made.
T46 is right there coming in
just above CenturyLink. And
below T46 is the WOSCA site. T
the left, it is a little hard t
read that it says U.S. Coast
Guard base Seattle. We will
have an expansion of our Coast
Guard facilities here in the
city. And without understanding
the finalized plan for these
three sites , I believe the
housing conversation in this
area will become very
controversial. But has the
potential to unravel this entir
package and there are so many
great things in this package
that we can't punt this to when
the final decisions have been
made to pass the package. Those
are comments another question
for you, just. I'm sorry. Can
we go back to slide 27? I did
have some questions. I guess I
got a little distracted by
councilmember Pedersen's great
questions here. You can you
describe the purpose behind
choosing 50 dwelling units per
acre for the maximum density?
>> Yeah. The purpose really is
to have a limited quantity. So
that it's -- it's not a full o
market housing development. It
would have to be combined with
other allowable uses in a
mixed-use development. So the
sense is that if the city were
to allow full market rate
housing development in an
industrial area, that would -
it would take off and displays
a lot of the industrial uses
and the industrial land. It is
metered in a way to test this
concept of allowing workforce
housing while having it be
predominantly industrial
development .
>> Wonderful. Thank you. Ca
you explain how the workforce
housing requirement will ensure
these units are affordable for
industrial workers?
>> It would be monitored and
enforced in the same way that
the office of housing does for
other programs. So there would
be an annual monitoring process
where the resident would have t
meet the maximum income
threshold and the rent would
have to be capped at a certain
level.
>> Is that why MHA is not
required with us housing or can
you speak to why MHA is not
required to this housing?
>> Corrects. The proposal
doesn't call for NHA here
because it does have a workforc
income restriction pathway. Als
because it's not full market
rate housing as I noted .
Applying an additional MHA
requirement would not be -- it
would probably not support
development of any housing.
>> Thank you. Those are my
questions on the slide.
>> We are getting close to th
end. Thank you for your
patience. I know this is a lot
of material.
>> Just some overall effects
I want to quantify the
estimations of the overall
impact of the package. So this
is the estimated total quantity
of housing. Overall, we believe
that this proposal would create
about 2935 or around 3000 total
units of housing and generate
about $20 million of MHA funds
for the areas outside of
industrial. So the breakdown
here is that the top portion of
the table are the additional
housing units and in new
mixed-use areas. They are
broken out for Ballard, Judkin
Park, Georgetown and South Park
totaling about 2000 units. The
bottom of the table is the
amount for the new urban
industrial zones that limited
workforce allowance, we estimat
would produce about 880 units.
Together, that totals up to
about roughly 3000 units
overall.
>> And the overall impact on
jobs, we estimate that over 20
plus year time horizon, there
would be an additional 35,000
jobs overall here. That is abou
12,000 more then we believe
would otherwise occur. Some of
that is because in the industry
and innovation zone, we are
getting industrial development
that you would otherwise get,
plus new employment on top of
that. And important to note tha
both of the mix would remain
over 50% industrial employment.
That is the threshold in the
Puget Sound regional Council's
requirement for designated
manufacturing industrial
centers, to have more than half
of employment as industrial. So
no -- .
>>>
>> For the purpose of
understanding the bills that ar
before us today, we have now
gone through counsel Bill 12567
, the municipal code changes.
Is that correct?
>> Yes .
>> We have gone through the
comp plan changes. What we were
just discussing was changing
chapter 23.50A and then the
discussion . How about if you
lead me through which bills we
talked about and which ones we
are about to talk about.
>> We talked about the comp
plan which is the counsel Bill
ending in 568. I just complete
the overview of the land use
zoning code changes, which is
counsel Bill 567. And we are
just shifting now to the rezone
maps, which would be counsel
Bill ending in 569.
>> Wonderful. Thank you.
>> Should be go ahead and do
a quick walk-through of the
maps?
>> Yes. Councilmember Nelson.
>> I had one last question
about urban industrial. I'm
looking here. It basically
generally replaces industrial
existing buffer zones. You have
pictures of breweries here. I
think of Ballard when I look at
this. You can already put
breweries in Ballard. So are
there significant changes in us
that are allowed in the new UI
zone that is not allowed in I
IB?
>> The zone very much
encourages and supports
breweries, for one thing. The
cluster, we know there is a
cluster of breweries in Ballard
And so --
>> There are no changes that
restrict that any further.
>> It sounds like there is n
change from industrial buffer t
UI and from what you can do now
to what you could do and this
was implemented.
>> There is more of a limit
on nonindustrial uses. There is
a lower maximum size use limit
for standalone retail and offic
compared to today.
>> You can also have a much
larger proportion using the
brewery example. Larger taproo
then you ordinarily would be if
he didn't have a brewery. There
are top rooms that have been
established independent of the
breweries. They would have to
live with the size of use limit
The natural brewery would have
to have larger taproom and even
could be within 1500 feet of th
brewery. It is a way to
encourage that kind of activity
It is not just breweries but
real use with public facing
uses. That have active retail
showrooms and that sort of
activity.
>> I will use the example.
We had a meeting where Jim and
Jeff were able to come to the
brewery District and present to
industrial stakeholders and
brewery stakeholders. One
example I will use, because I
know vice chair likes examples
and real images, is in Ballard,
in the brewery District, on 52n
Street, it used to be the nest
crane yards. Nests cranes merge
with Campbell so you now see
Ness Campbell cranes throughout
the city. My cousins are Ness.
I grew up hanging out at the
nest crane yard. It was an
industrial space. It has been
transformed into (indiscernible
and the red powered bike offic
building. And so, the changes
before us, what they would allo
is for the office buildings to
be built. If there is a space
on the ground floor that is --
we are talking about the light
rail ? Or did we switch? Are a
>> We switch. We are talkin
about the urban industrial zone
But I think your example still
makes sense.
>> It applies to where the
brewery District is.
>> So in the brewery District,
would us and as such this
example. You create that big
space on the first floor for th
brewery were for the powered
bike manufacturing and that is
what allows -- I'm sorry
councilmember Nelson. You were
talking about urban industrial
and I got a little confused
because we started talking abou
the brewery District.
>> I just want to know, what is
different? What is allowed ther
differently in the new plan
from currently? If we are
trying to preserve industrial
land, it sounds like what you
are saying is that there is a
little bit of a difference
because you can already have
retil. You can already have a
tasting room. So do you see
what I'm getting at? What is th
significant difference that
would please someone who is
wanting to make sure that the
industries can continue to
operate?
>> All industrial uses would
continue to be allowed and
encouraged in the urban
industrial zone. The change
that matters the most is that
there would be a lower maximum
size of use limit on
nonindustrial uses. So
standalone retail store or a
standalone office. There would
be a slightly lower limit on
those.
>> Thank you.
>> Councilmember Pedersen .
>> Just to follow up on this
about the difference between
industrial buffer and urban
industrial. Under existing
industrial buffer, can you buil
workforce housing?
>> No.
>> That is a key difference,
isn't it?
>> It is. I'm doing my best
to summarize. That is a key
difference.
>> I think that is important
One of the main themes here is
are we preserving industrial
Maritimes or are we going to
residential? I would like to
highlight that urban industrial
would be introduced, this new
concept of workforce housing an
those zones. And that gets back
to what is being proposed in
Wallingford there. So hopefully
wheel get to talk more about
that too.
>> I think we are in that
section. Doing the maps. So
councilmember Pedersen, I know
we are weighted with baited
breath. We are getting into the
maps.
>> I will do a quick overvie
of this citywide view and then
we will zoom in and look at
several maps including the
Wallingford map. So the dark
blue is the maritime
manufacturing and logistics .
That is the one that covers the
86% stronger protections. The
places that you see the purple,
the industry and innovation
zone, are near existing or
future light rail stations. So
south of CID, Smith Cove and
inner Bay and the future
Ballard station. The urban
industrial, you see that at the
edge of neighborhoods as a
transition cc that in Northeast
Ballard. We will talk about th
portion along lake Union near
the stadiums and at the edges o
Georgetown Southpark.
>> [ Captioning
>> TWO PLACES ADJACENT TO SOUTH
PARK.
>> A SMALL SLIVER I DON'T THIN
I'VE TALKED ABOUT . LET'S NOW
WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THE MAPS
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. JUST GIVE
ME A MINUTE. AND I'M GOING TO
TRY TO DO THIS USING THE
INTERACTIVE MAP ONLINE. ANYONE
WATCHING CAN FIND US ON THE
CITY'S WEBSITE AND ZOOM IN IF
THEY WOULD LIKE. SO WE WILL
START HERE IN BALLARD . JUST
QUICKLY SUMMARIZING THE DARK
BLUE. THE MARITIME LOGISTICS.
YOU SEE THAT ALL ALONG SALMON
BAY WATERFRONT. IT INCLUDES ALL
OF THE SHIPYARDS, FISHERMAN'S
TERMINAL, ET CETERA. STRONGER
PROTECTIONS. THE CHANGE TO A
MIXED-USE ZONE IS HERE ON THE
NORTH EDGE OF MARKET STREET .
THIS LETTER BLUE COLOR IS THE
EXISTING INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL
ZONE. IT WOULD NOT BE PROPOSED
TO CHANGE. THIS IS THE EXISTIN
INDUSTRIAL ZONE THAT WOULD BE
RETAINED AND MOVED OVER INTO TH
NEW CHAPTER. THE PURPLE, THE
INDUSTRY INNOVATION ZONE OR
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
NEAR LIGHT RAIL, IS POSITIONED
ALONG 14th AVENUE NORTHWEST. TH
LIGHT RAIL STATION WOULD BE KIN
OF CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION
WITH 15th HERE. AND THE URBAN
INDUSTRIAL WOULD BE APPLIED IN
BLOCKS NORTH OF LEARY WAY .
THERE ARE SOME BREWERIES
PROPOSED IN THE URBAN INDUSTRIA
AREA THAT ARE ALSO IN THE
INDUSTRY OF INNOVATION.
>> THIS IS WHERE I GOT CONFUSED
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BECAUSE AS
YOU CAN SEE THE URBAN
INDUSTRIAL IS OFF TO THE RIGHT
HAND SIDE. BUT WHERE THAT
CLUSTER OF BREWERIES -- THE
AFFINITY OF THE BREWERY
DISTRICT . I KNOW THERE ARE
OTHER ONES OUTSIDE OF THAT
DISTRICT. MOSTLY IN THE PURPLE.
>> THE PURPLE IS SIZED TO BE
ROUGHLY THAT HALF-MILE WALK.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO ZOOM OVER
TOWARD FREMONT AND LONGFORD. I
DO WANT TO JUST NOTE ONE THING.
I JUST TOGGLED THERE. A LOT O
THE ZONING IN THIS AREA IS NOT
CHANGING. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON TH
MAP RIGHT NOW IS INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT WOULD
HAVE NO CHANGE. THIS IS ALL
AREA OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED
MANUFACTURABLE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
PROPOSED ZONING WHERE THERE
WOULD BE A CHANGE, I DO WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT IN FREMONT THE
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ZONE WOUL
BE EXTENDED TO MORE AREA . AND
FOR COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ,
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP THE 200
FOOT SHORELINE BUFFER . SEE THE
DOUBLE LINE THERE? ONE LINE IS
THE SHORELINE AND ONE LINE IS
THE 200-FOOT BUFFER. YOU COULD
NOT HAVE THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE
WITHIN THE 200-FOOT BUFFER. THI
EFFECTIVELY RULES OUT ALL OF TH
URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONED AREA FOR
HOUSING THAT IS ON THE NORTH
SHORE OF LAKE UNION . I ALSO
WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SHORELINE
MASTER PROGRAM RULES APPLY AND
LARGELY CONTROL HERE. SO THERE
IS NO CHANGE PROPOSED TO THE
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM RULES.
JUST TO SUMMARIZE HERE, THERE
WOULD NOT BE HOUSING ALLOWED
ANYWHERE WITHIN THIS URBAN
INDUSTRIAL THAT YOU SEE ON THE
MAP HERE OF NORTH SHORE AND
LAKE UNION.
>> GO FOR IT , COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. THIS IS YOUR TIME, MY
FRIEND.
>> THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD JUS
ZOOM BACK ON THAT, THAT WAS
REALLY HELPFUL TO EXPLAIN. THE
WORKFORCE HOUSING ELEMENT YOU
HAVE, I THINK, IS GREAT.
BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABILITY
ELEMENT YOU BUILT INTO IT. AND
REALLY COMMEND THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR DOING THAT.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
MORE OF THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING
ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. FOR ME I
IS REALLY JUST TAKING ALL OF
THIS DENSE MATERIAL AND TRYING
TO BOIL IT DOWN TO WHAT EXACTL
IS GOING ON HERE BECAUSE THERE
IS A NEW ZONE YOU ARE CREATING
CALLED URBAN INDUSTRIAL. WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN. LOOKING AT THE
DEFINITIONS. TRYING TO PARSE
THROUGH WHAT COULD ACTUALLY
HAPPEN HERE. AND LAYERING ON TO
OF THAT THE SHORELINE
RESTRICTIONS. SO YOU'RE JUST
GOING THROUGH THAT. IT WAS
REALLY HELPFUL TO SHOW WHAT IS
POSSIBLE HERE AND WHAT IS NOT.
JUST WANTED TO -- TWO THINGS O
THE MAP. GAS WORKS PARK IS IN
THE MAP AND NOW SAYS IT IS URBA
INDUSTRIAL. BUT I AM ASSUMING
THE PARK USE WOULD SUPERSEDE
THAT .
>> YES. THERE WOULD BE NO CHANG
FOR THE PARK . IT IS OWNED BY
SEATTLE PARKS.
>> AND THAT LITTLE ORANGE
RECTANGLE TOWARD THE LEFT A
LITTLE BIT ON 35th STREET. IS
THAT JUST THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TRANSFER STATION?
>> YES. I BELIEVE THAT IS
CORRECT.
>> OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE SORT O
GENERAL PHILOSOPHY FOR WHY --
BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE FOCUS
HERE IS SOTO AND THE STADIUM
DISTRICT AND AREAS NEAR THE
COURT AND RIVER. AND BALLARD.
WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY FOR
MOVING INTO THIS AREA? WHAT IS
THE GOAL YOU ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH BY CHANGING THIS FRO
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER TO URBAN
INDUSTRIAL?
>> I THINK A GOOD WAY TO THINK
OF IT IS AN UPDATE. IT IS
SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER ZONE, BUT IT
IS AN UPDATED ZONE THAT HAS SOM
IMPROVEMENTS , SUCH AS BETTER
LANDSCAPING AND STREETS GAPING
REQUIREMENTS. AND MORE
ENCOURAGEMENT OF SMALLER
BUSINESS SPACES AS OPPOSED TO
LARGE , STANDALONE RETAIL OR
OFFICE SPACES. SO IT'S GOT A
NEW NAME , BUT REALLY IN THIS
CASE IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF
MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND
INCREMENTAL MODIFICATIONS AND
UPDATES TO THE ZONE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY
APPRECIATE DRILLING DOWN INTO
THAT. THANKS.
>> OKAY. WE WILL KEEP MOVING
THROUGH THE MAPS HERE. SO IN
INTERBAY THERE IS SOME
INDUSTRIAL PROPOSED WHERE THER
WOULD BE A LIGHT RAIL STATION.
AS WE MOVE SOUTH TO SMITH CO. ,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE THE
CURSOR IS -- IF YOU CAN SEE IT
-- THE INTERBAY ARMORY SITE IS
PLACED IN THE PROTECTED MARITIM
MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS ZON
UNTIL THAT DETAILED MASTER PLA
COULD BE COMPLETED. SO IF THERE
IS A DETAILED MASTER PLAN
CREATED, THERE COULD BE A
DIFFERENT FUTURE. BUT FOR NOW I
IS PLACED IN THE MOST
UNPROTECTED INDUSTRIAL ZONE. TH
ELLIOTT AVENUE CORRIDOR IS
PLACED INTO THE INDUSTRY AND
INNOVATION ZONE. THAT WRAPS UP
. LET'S MOVE SOUTH TO THE
DUWAMISH . YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
ALL OF THE AREAS --.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE, HOW MUCH
HOUSING COULD BE ACCOMMODATED
AROUND THAT FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
ZONE IN THE INTERBAY AREA? I
KNOW IT IS 50 PER ACRE, BUT HOW
BIG IS THAT PARCEL?
>> THE QUESTION IS ABOUT -- I'
SORRY. WAS IT ABOUT THE ARMORY
SITE ?
>> WHATEVER WAS AROUND THE
FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION.
>> LET ME GO BACK. I JUST NEED
TO GO BACK TO THE QUANTITIES O
THE SLIDE HERE.
>> AND I WILL GIVE US ALL
AWARENESS WE HAVE ABOUT 20
MINUTES LEFT IN COMMITTEE. SO I
YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ON HAND, I
MIGHT ASK YOU TO FOLLOW UP WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
QUANTITY ON HAND SO I WILL HAVE
TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
>> I'M GOING TO NEED TO RE-SHAR
. OKAY. SO, IN THE DUWAMISH
MICK , ALL OF THE LANDS ALONG
THE WATERWAYS IS THE MARITIME
MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS ZONE.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE URBAN
INDUSTRIAL ZONE AROUND THE
STADIUM AREA. WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT. YOU SEE THE PROPOSED
INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION ZONE IN
TWO LACES THAT WILL HAVE LIGHT
RAIL. ONE IS AROUND THE SOTO
LAND STREET STATION. YOU CAN
SEE THE EXISTING STATION THAT
WILL BE EXPANDED WHEN THE
NEWLINE IS BUILT. THIS IS
GENERALLY PURPLE WITHIN A
HALF-MILE WALK OF THAT STATION.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT
INDUSTRY INNOVATION WOULD APPLY
NEAR THE SOUTH CID STATION AREA
I WANT TO JUST ZOOM OVER HERE
AND REMIND YOU THAT THE AREA
NEAR THE PARK WOULD BE REMOVED
FROM THE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL
ZONE AND PUT INTO A MIXED-USE
ZONE , SPECIFICALLY A
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE
THAT WOULD ALLOW HOUSING THERE.
AND LET'S JUST TAKE A QUICK
LOOK AT GEORGETOWN. WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING NOT SHADED ON THIS
MAP -- THAT LIGHT GRAY COLOR.
THESE ARE THE EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL AREA
OF GEORGETOWN. SO THE RED ON TH
MAP IS THE PLACE THAT IS
PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND
PLACED IN A MIXED-USE ZONE.
SPECIFICALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL. AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT
KIND OF CONNECTING THE DIFFEREN
RESIDENTIAL PARTS OF
GEORGETOWN. A CHANGE IN
GEORGETOWN WOULD ALSO BE AN
EXTENSION OF THE URBAN
INDUSTRIAL ZONE OVER TOWARD
FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH . SO YOU
WOULD HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SOME OF THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING
THERE AS WELL AS ALONG THE EDGE
OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
LASTLY , SOUTH PARK. YOU SEE
THE EDGE OF SOUTH PARK BETWEEN
THE URBAN VILLAGE AND THE CORE
INDUSTRIAL AREA WOULD BE IN THE
URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND YOU
SEE THE TWO LOCATIONS I
MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY WOULD B
REMOVED FROM MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER AND PLACED
INTO A NEW MIXED-USE ZONE.
SPECIFICALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL ZONE . SO THAT WAS A
VERY QUICK OVERVIEW. MAP CHANGE
ARE CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE
AND IN COUNCIL BILL 569. I
THINK I'M JUST GOING TO PAUSE
THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> I'M SORRY, I WILL ADMIT I
STARTED MULTITASKING BECAUSE TH
MAP THAT YOU'RE USING RIGHT NOW
IS ON YOUR WEBSITE. SO THIS IS
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
I HAD PULLED UP THE MAP AND
STARTED POKING AROUND MYSELF.
DID YOU FOCUS IN ON THE SOTO
LIGHT RAIL STATION?
>> I WENT THROUGH IT PRETTY
QUICKLY.
>> OKAY. I WILL TAKE OTHER
PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS. I KNOW I
HAVE GONE IN DEPTH. I SEE WE
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> IS THERE ANY AFFORDABILITY
CONDITION IN THE NEW MIXED-USE
AREA SINCE YOU'RE PUTTING THEM
-- ?
>> THOSE AREAS WOULD HAVE THE
CITY'S MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM . SO THAT
WOULD BE APPLIED THERE AS IT IS
IN OTHERS.
>> BUT NO WORKFORCE
AFFORDABILITY?
>> YEAH. IT WOULD BE THE
PROGRAM, WHICH REQUIRES 60% AM
OR BELOW IN LIEU OF
CONTRIBUTION.
>> THE OTHER ONE IS -- MUSIC
VENUES IN THE SOUTH. THERE WER
HOPEFULLY BE SOME MORE -- SOME
GROWTH IN OUR CREATIVE CLUSTER.
I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS
ANYWHERE IN THE ZONES WERE
SOMETHING LIKE A RECORDING
STUDIO OR PERFORMANCE SPACE
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMMON
DOUBLE. WOULD THAT FIT INTO MA
BE COMPUTER?
>> ENTERTAINMENT USE IS
PERMITTED IN ALL OF THE ZONES.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SIZE OF USE
LIMITS. MARITIME MANUFACTURING
LOGISTICS ZONE. THEY ARE
LIMITED TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET I
SIZE. BUT IN THE URBAN
INDUSTRIAL, 25,000. SO THERE IS
A RANGE OF SIZES THEY PERMIT A
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO
PUT THIS OUT THERE. I HOPE IT
DOESN'T LEAD TO A DEBATE. I'M
SURE WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT
ANOTHER TIME. I FEEL COMPELLED
TO SAY IN RESPONSE -- BELOW 30%
AMI IS ALSO WORKFORCE HOUSING.
IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT
IN ANOTHER PLACE, HAPPY TO DO
SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS
WHO WORK AND STILL ARE BELOW 30
AMI. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEE
WORKHOUSE BEING AT A SEPARATE
LEVEL. IF YOU COULD SCROLL BAC
TO THE AREAS AROUND NORTH
DELRIDGE AND OVER BY THE PARK.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOME YELLOW
AREAS. DO YOU MIND JUST
REITERATING WHAT SOME OF THOSE
CHANGES ARE, ESPECIALLY IN THE
CORRIDOR ON THE WEST SIDE ? I
THINK THAT IS PIGEON POINT RIGH
THERE. IF YOU WANT TO GO A
LITTLE FURTHER WEST AND OUT
THERE BY THE WATERFRONT AS WELL
>> THE FURTHEST ONE UP . THE
OWNER OF THAT SITE APPROACHES.
GIVEN THE LIMITED USE OF THE
SHORELINE THAT THAT IS
APPROPRIATE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
GENERAL ZONE. WE ARE NOT
REMOVING IT FROM THE M.I.C.. A
INDUSTRIAL ZONE WOULD HELP THEM
GET A BETTER USE OF THAT
PROPERTY. THERE ARE OTHER
CHANGES YOU SEE. CURRENTLY ZONE
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER. ONCE ALL O
THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED, WE
WOULD EXPECT THAT THE
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER ZONE WILL
CEASE TO EXIST. WE WILL COME
BACK TO CHAPTER 2350.
>> KIND OF AN OVERSIMPLIFIED -
IT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE SIMPLE.
ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS
THAT WE ARE REMOVING THE
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER AND REPLACING
IT WITH AN URBAN INDUSTRIAL.
>> AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT DIP
RIGHT THERE. IS THAT NUCOR OR I
IT ACROSS THE STREET FROM NUCOR
OVER THERE BY THE STREAM.
>> MARITIME MANUFACTURING
LOGISTICS. THERE IS A SMALL ARE
OF URBAN INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUT
.
>> OKAY. THANKS.
>> RETENTION OF AN ARTS SPACE O
INCLUSION OF AN ART SPACE IN A
STRUCTURE. IT WOULD INCLUDE
INCENTIVE FOR PRESERVATION OF
THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. I
FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER THAT
THERE WERE SOME UNIQUE
PROVISIONS IN THE GEORGE TOWN
AREA.
>> I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT IT
FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS IS ONE ARE
THAT IS BEING CHANGED OUT OF.
WHITE PURPLE. IT IS NOW A
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPACE. NORDIC
MUSEUM AND OTHERS. ACROSS THE
STREET IN THE RED ZONE .
INDUSTRIAL BUFFER ZONE. SO
THESE ARE PARCELS, INCLUDING
VETERANS OF BALLARD POSTS. WE
HAVE TACO TIME. WE HAVE A DOG
BOARDING FACILITY. AND WE HAVE
THE TAVERN. I JUST WANT TO NOT
FOR THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS
THAT THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE
CHANGED IN THE ZONING. THIS MA
IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE
CONNECTIVITY TO THE CURRENT
ZONING . WHAT IS IN RED IS
ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT. JUST IN
THAT AREA IT IS THE SAME ZONIN
AS THAT RED CHANGE. SO WHILE IT
MIGHT SEEM ABRUPT HERE , IT'S
ONLY BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF
CONTEXT WITH THE CURRENT ZONING
SURROUNDING IT. IT IS ALSO ON
THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE HILL.
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE ON THE
LOWER RIGHT ZONE NORTH OF IT, I
WILL BE OFFSET.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
MAP SECTION BEFORE WE MOVED TO
THE LAST COUNCIL BILL ? LUCKIL
PROBABLY THE EASIEST TO
UNDERSTAND OF ALL FIVE BILLS IN
THIS PACKAGE WITH 10 MINUTES
LEFT.
>> WE ARE JUST PREPARING TO
CHANGE . DO YOU NEED TO SHARE
YOUR SCREEN?
>> I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THE
LAST ORDINANCE. I WILL JUST
QUICKLY SUMMARIZE IT.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEND
US A SLIDE DECK SO WE CAN POST
IT TO THE AGENDA AND FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC. THIS SLIDE DECK
WILL BE POSTED TO THE LEDGER
STAR AS SOON AS THIS IS OVER.
APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING THAT
AHEAD OF TIME. IT WILL BE FUTUR
PRACTICE THAT ALL PRESENTATIONS
WILL BE ATTACHED BEFORE THE
MEETING. SO, SINCE YOU DON'T
HAVE A PRESENTATION, IT IS ALL
YOU. JUST TALKING.
>> I WOULD JUST QUICKLY
SUMMARIZE WHAT THE LAST BILL IN
THIS PACKAGE DOES. IT IS THE ON
THAT ENDS IN COUNCIL BILL NUMBE
571. IT AMENDS THE CITY'S NOIS
ORDINANCE. THIS CHANGE WOULD
ONLY APPLY IN THE NORTH AND
MANUFACTURABLE. WHAT IT DOES
IS IT ALLOWS INDUSTRIAL USES
WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE
SHORELINE. SHORELINE INDUSTRIAL
USES TO OPERATE . UNDER THE
NOISE ORDINANCE HAVE THE
INDUSTRIAL LEVEL OF NOISE --
HAVE THAT THRESHOLD APPLY TO
ANY ADJACENT USE AREA
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT IS
COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL . THE
SHORELINE INDUSTRIAL USER WOULD
BE ABLE TO OPERATE UNDER THE
INDUSTRIAL LEVEL OF NOISE
STANDARDS. THE WAY IT WORKS
WITH THE NOISE STANDARD IS YOU
HAVE A ZONE WHERE IT ORIGINATES
AND WHERE THE NOISE IS RECEIVED
THIS JUST SAYS THAT FOR
SHORELINE INDUSTRIAL USES , EVE
IF THERE IS A COMMERCIAL USE
WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THAT
INDUSTRIAL USE, THAT INDUSTRIAL
USER CAN OPERATE UP TO THE
INDUSTRIAL LEVEL NOISE
STANDARD. THE REASON FOR THIS
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD LOUD
AND CLEAR FROM SHORELINE
INDUSTRIAL USERS . THERE HAS
BEEN ENCROACHMENT OVER THE
YEARS. THEY HAVE TO CHANGE WHA
THEY ARE DOING . THE PROXIMITY
HAS IMPACTED THEM. SO THIS
ALLOWS SOME ASSURANCES THEY CAN
CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS.
>> JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE HAVE
TRADITIONALLY USED THEM AS
PLACES THAT CAN MAKE A LETTER
NOISE. I'M GOING TO USE AN
EXAMPLE FROM BALLARD WHERE
TUGBOATS ARE BUILT. LITERALLY
BUILT. ON THE SHORE. BUILDING
TUGBOAT IS NOT A QUIET
ACTIVITY. THERE IS WELDING.
THERE IS HAMMERING. AS WE ARE
GOING AND ALLOWING HOUSING TO
BE CLOSER TO INDUSTRIAL USES,
WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING,
WE ALSO MUST PROTECT AT THE EN
OF THE DAY THE EXISTING USE .
FOR THE FACT THIS IS AN
EMPLOYMENT BILL. IF WE DO NOT
HAVE A PLACE IN BALLARD THAT
ALLOWS FOR A TUGBOAT TO BE
BUILT, THAT MEANS THE DIRECT TU
AND BARGE WESTERN TOW BOAT
PULL THE BARGES UP TO ALASKA AN
SERVICE COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT
HAVE ROAD ACCESS. LITERALLY
THERE ARE COMMUNITIES IN ALASKA
WHOSE ONLY ACCESS OUT OF THEIR
COMMUNITY IS WESTERN THROUGH
BALLARD. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO PROTECT WESTERN TOW BOAT'S
ABILITY TO MAKE NOISE. AS AN
EXAMPLE. NOT THEM SPECIFICALLY,
BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, THEIR ABILIT
TO MAKE NOISE PAID THEN FAMILY
WAGE JOBS WHILE AT THE SAME TIM
ALLOWING HOUSING TO BE A LITTL
BIT CLOSER. THIS NOISE ORDINANC
UPDATE WOULD HELP THAT . JUST
CONFIRM FOR ME, JEFF. FOUR
BUILDINGS OR RESIDENTIAL UNITS
BUILT IN URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONES
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE
THICKENING NOISE BUFFERING
WINDOWS . IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE NOISE
ORDINANCE? I WOULD LOVE JUST TO
HAVE THIS SLIDE DECK SUMMARIZED
FOR MOST PEOPLE READING
ORDINANCES. IS PRETTY
CONFUSING. JUST TO PUT IT IN
LAYPERSON'S TERMS, FOR MYSELF
INCLUDED.
>> WILL DO.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS
ORDINANCE OR AT THIS POINT ON
ANY OF THE FIVE ORDINANCES THAT
WE HAVE REVIEWED TODAY? SEEING
NONE , MY COMPUTER HAS GLITCHE
OUT ON ME. SO I'M GOING TO BRIN
BACK MY SCRIPT TO CLOSE US OUT
ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT THE
CHANGES WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW
ARE TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO
HAVE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS FOR
FAMILY WAGE JOBS IN OUR CITY.
THIS ALLOWS GREATER FLEXIBILITY
IT CLEANS UP A LOT OF TEXT . AN
IT ENSURES THAT OUR INDUSTRIAL
ZONES ARE NOT HAVING LOOPHOLES
USED . SO WE ARE GOING TO CREAT
MORE JOBS IN OUR CITY.
INDUSTRIAL ZONES AS OUR OVERALL
ECONOMY FLUCTUATES AS IT GOES
UP AND GOES DOWN. INDUSTRIAL
ZONES TYPICALLYSTAY EVEN KEEL.
AND THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE
YOU MIGHT NOT NOTICE INDUSTRIAL
ZONES IN THE GOOD TIMES. YOU
WILL ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS NOTICE
THEM IN THE BAD TIMES BECAUSE
THEY ARE STAYING STRONG AND
STEADY. WHEN WE LOOK AT
FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL, EACH OF
THE FISHING VESSELS IS A SMALL
BUSINESS EMPLOYING 5 TO 10
PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY.
FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL. ALL OF
THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES TOGETHER
ARE PULLING HUNDREDS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. AND THE ANCILLARY
BUSINESSES ON LAND ARE EMPLOYIN
THOUSANDS OF FAMILY WAGE JOBS I
OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE
IMPACT. THIS IS WHY BALLARD HAS
ALWAYS HAD A STRONG ECONOMY.
EVEN BEFORE PEOPLE WHO LIVED
OUTSIDE OF BALLARD WANTED TO
COME TO BALLARD. THIS BILL
UPDATES OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONES TO
BE MORE FLEXIBLE. AND WHERE
APPROPRIATE ALLOW HOUSING.
THANK YOU , GEOFF. THANK YOU ,
JIM. THANK YOU FORMER INTERIM
MAYOR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT TI
BURGESS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY ANYTHING NOW, PLEASE FEEL
FREE. YOU CAN ALWAYS JOIN FOR
THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. BUT I HAVE -- TH
TEAM DID A GREAT JOB. YOU GUYS
ARE ALL TRACKING, SO THAT'S
GREAT.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. NEXT
STEPS HERE. WE WILL HAVE LISH
WHITSON, OUR LEAD, WALK US
THROUGH A BRIEFING ON MONDAY. W
WILL THEN HAVE AMENDMENTS DUE
NEXT WEDNESDAY . MAY 17th. IF
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
--
>> WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET TO --
YOU SAID BEFORE THAT THE 12th I
IMPORTANT.
>> SORRY. I WAS WRONG WHEN I
SAID THE 12th. YOU'VE GOT UNTIL
THE 17th. I KNOW IT IS
NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY AND
WE SHOULD NOT SCHEDULE THINGS O
NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY, BUT
HERE WE ARE. AMENDMENTS ARE DUE
ON MAY 17th. WITH NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, THIS CONCLUDES THE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10th, 2023 LAND
USE COMMITTEE. THE NEXT MEETING
IS A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY,
MAY 15th, 2023, AT 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE
ADJOURNED.