>>> THE FEBRUARY 21st 2023
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE
PRESENTATION COMMITTEE WILL COM
TO ORDER. MY NAME IS ALEX
PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> RESIDENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT IS EXCUSED . IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S PROPOSED
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARIN
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED . CHAIRS REPORTS. GOOD
MORNING AGAIN. WELCOME TO THE
FEBRUARY 21st MEETING OF OUR
COMMITTEE, TRENT ROTATION AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. OUR
AGENDA TODAY HAS JUST TWO ITEMS
FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS
RESOLUTION 323082, WHICH WOULD
APPROVE AN UP DATE TO THE
CITY'S SOLID WASTE PLAN. THE
PLAN IS A LENGTHY DOCUMENT, SO
IT IS IN COMMITTEE TODAY JUST
FOR A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION,
SO THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL
HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO OUR
COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION ON MARCH 7th. NEXT O
OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON
OUTREACH AND WORK. OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HA
BEEN DOING DURING ITS PHASE TWO
OF CRAFTING THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE HEARD A
UPDATE FROM THIS TEAM BACK IN
SEPTEMBER ON PHASE ONE. I KNOW
WE ARE ALL EAGER TO HAVE A
PUBLIC THING AND DISCUSSION ON
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S ACTION PLAN
AND REVIEW, TO SAVE LIVES AND
REDUCE INJURIES BY IMPROVING IT
VISION ZERO TRAFFIC SAFETY
PROGRAM. WE HAVE MADE ROOM ON
OUR COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS AGO AND
TODAY BUT THE EXECUTIVE ASKED T
COME TO OUR MARCH 7th MEETING,
SO WE'LL MAKE ROOM FOR THEM
MARCH 7th. WE'LL GIVE THEM
PLENTY OF TIME SO WE CAN DISCUS
THAT. FORTUNATELY THE EXECUTIVE
PLANS TO ANNOUNCED THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS SOON, WITHIN THE
NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND HOPEFULLY
HIGH LEVEL PREVIEW AT TODAY'S
STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
RATHER THAN JUST POINTING OUT
PROBLEMS THAT NEED FIXING, THE
HERALD ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO
ADD SOLUTIONS AND DETAILS TO HO
THEY WILL LEVERAGE THE NEW $25
MILLION FEDERAL GRANT THEY
RECEIVED EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE
ARE KEEPING OUR MEETING
RELATIVELY BRIEF TODAY BECAUSE
KNOW MANY WILL WANT TO ATTEND
THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS AT NOON TODAY AT FISHER
PAVILION IN SEATTLE CENTER.
WHICH CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ONLIN
AT THE AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT
SECTION OF THE AGENDA. AT THIS
TIME WE'LL OPEN THE GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE, AS
USUAL, FOR OUR HYBRID MEETING W
HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO GIVE
PUBLIC COMMENT BOTH ONLINE AND
IN PERSON. AND I'M SEEING THAT
ONLINE WE HAVE ABOUT 14 SPEAKER
ONLINE, BUT ABOUT HALF OF THEM
ARE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO
DISCUSS AN ITEM FOR 2:00 TODAY
AT THE FULL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
HERE TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMEMBER
SALONS PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON
CASTE DISCRIMINATION. THAT IS A
2:00 TODAY. IT'S NOT FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WHICH
IS HAPPENING NOW, AS WE KNOW
FROM SECTION 11 C-3, COUNCIL
COMMITTEES ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMEN
ON ITEMS RELATING TO THEIR
COMMITTEE ONLY. SO IF YOU HAVE
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN
ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO
ACTUALLY BE AT OUR FULL COUNCIL
MEETING TODAY INSTEAD, YOU WANT
TO RE-SIGN UP AT NOON TODAY OR
COME ON HERE TO SIGN UP IN
PERSON AFTER 12:00 NOON. SO I
WILL BE CALLING ON THOSE WHO AR
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. I'LL GO AHEAD
AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO
20 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL
GET 20 TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. O
ON THE SIGN IN SHEET IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL. IF
YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO YO
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY
GOING TO THE WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE./COUNSEL OR BY SIGNING
IN NEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT
MICROPHONE TOWARD THE FRONT OF
THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. HERE AT
CITY HALL . FOR REMOTE SPEAKERS
ONCE WE CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT IS THAT IT IS
A SPEAKER'S Q TO SPEAK AND A
SPEAKER MUST REST OUR SIX TO
BEGIN SPEAKING. PRESS STAR SIX
WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN. FOR ALL
PUBLIC COMMENTERS, PLEASE BEGIN
SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR NAME
AND THE ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA OR TO
OUR COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES. SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS
LEFT OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. ONCE
YOU HEAR THAT CHIME WE ASK THAT
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT. IF SPEAKERS DO
NOT END THERE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME,
THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL B
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON TH
NECK SPEAKER. IF YOU ARE
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT
REMOTELY, ONCE YOU PROVIDED YOU
COMMENT WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE, AND I
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING, PLEASE DO SO BY
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTENIN
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS MEETING IS OPEN
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST. ARE YOU
READY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS? COM
ON UP AND PULL THAT MICROPHONE
REALLY CLOSE TO YOURSELF
THERE. PATRICIA HARRIS, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M PAT
HARRIS AND I LIVE HERE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, AND I'M HERE
TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF THE
SIGNS ON THE GARBAGE TRUCKS. YO
KNOW THOSE SIGNS. BREEZE CLEAN
SEATTLE, POWERED BY RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS. FIRST I WANT TO SA
THAT THE SUGGESTION THAT
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE BREATHING
CLEAN AROUND WASTE MANAGEMENT
METHANE GAS POWERED VEHICLES
ISN'T ACCURATE, AND SEATTLE
RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T BE
ENCOURAGED TO BREATHE NEAR
THEM. METHANE GAS POWERED TRUCK
STILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION THAT AR
LINKED TO ILLNESSES, AND
BREATHING NEAR TRUCKS IS NOT
BREATHING CLEAN, AS THEY SAY. A
SECOND POINT IS THAT EVIDENCE
IS NEEDED THAT THE TRUCKS ARE
IN FACT RUNNING ON RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS, BETTER KNOWN
SOMETIMES AS BIOGAS, AND NOT O
CONVENTIONAL METHANE GAS THAT
MOSTLY COMES THROUGH OUR
PIPELINES OR OTHER METHODS OF
FRACKING. RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
IS THE GAS INDUSTRY'S NEW
FAVORITE MARKETING SCHEME, A
WAY TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SELLIN
A CLEANER PRODUCT THEN METHANE
GAS FROM FRACKING. A GROUP
CALLED BETA LINKS UNCOVERED
SOME INFORMATION, AND IT
SUGGESTS THAT IT'S HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THE TRUCKS ARE RUNNING
ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN
CONVENTIONAL METHANE GAS OR
CONVENTIONAL GAS WITH A VERY
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BIOGAS. B
ALLOWING THE ADS, SEATTLE IS
PROVIDING WHAT AMOUNTS TO FREE
PUBLICITY FROM CONCEPT OF
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, WHICH IS
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ACTIVELY
USING TO COVER USING GASES THA
ARE IN FACT --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
WE'LL GO TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS
FIRST UP WE'VE GOT MEGAN CREWS
FOLLOWED BY CALEB HERRING. GO
AHEAD, MEGAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M MEGAN
CREWS COMMENTING TODAY ON THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. S
DOT IS DOING A GREAT JOB
ELEVATING THE ISSUES RELATED TO
THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, BUT
THERE'S STILL LITTLE PUBLIC
FACING INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MOVEMENT OF GOODS AS IT'S
PLANNED AND THE IMPACT OF URBA
FREIGHT ON SEATTLEITES. THE
ISSUES GO BEYOND TRAFFIC IMPACT
TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC
SAFETY AS WELL AS EQUITY.
COMPARED TO CARS, TRUCKS ACCOUN
FOR THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE
MILES TRAVELED ON CITY STREETS
AND 80% OF TRANSPORTATION
RELATED EMISSIONS. AMONG U.S.
CITIES, SEATTLE RANKS 11th IN
EXCESS CO2 FROM TRUCKS AND 15th
IN BOTH ANNUAL TRUCK DELAYS AND
CONGESTION COSTS. IT RANKS AMON
THE 52 CITIES CITED FOR A WIDE
DISCREPANCY IN EXPOSURE TO
POLLUTION FROM FREIGHT TRAFFIC
IN BIPOC COMMUNITIES COMPARED T
AFFLUENT WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS. W
KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE
SINCE 2018 THE CITY HAS
COLLECTED DATA AND ATTEMPTED TO
INSTITUTE POLICIES AND CODES TO
MITIGATE FREIGHT IMPACTS. BUT
EACH TIME IT BACKS OFF WHEN THE
FIND RESISTANCE. JUST LAST
DECEMBER COUNCIL DECLINED TO
ADOPT A AN AMENDMENT
RECOMMENDED BY THE SEATTLE
PLANNING COMMISSION THAT SIMPLY
REQUIRES THE CITY TO CREATE AN
URBAN STRATEGY FOR FREIGHT. IT'
TIME TO ELEVATE PUBLIC AWARENES
OF THIS PROGRAM AND START
HOSTING PUBLIC FORUMS . S DOT
NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL TO DO THIS. WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION WE NEED ABOUT THIS
ISSUE. NOW WE JUST NEED THE
POLITICAL WILL TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. PLEASE HELP. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'VE GOT
CALEB HERRING GOT FOLLOWED BY
CLERIC AND TOUR. GO AHEAD,
CALEB.
>> HELLO. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HI, THANKS, MY NAME IS CALEB
HERRING AND I'M SEATTLE RESIDEN
AND CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR OF GAS
LEAKS, A CAMPAIGN AIMED AT
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
RISK OF SO-CALLED NATURAL GAS.
WASTE MANAGEMENT PROVIDES
GARBAGE SERVICE IN THE NORTHWES
AND SOUTH ENDS OF SEATTLE AND I
REQUIRED UNDER THE TERMS OF
THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO
POWER THEIR TRUCKS WITH 100%
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. ALSO
KNOWN AS BIOGAS, RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS IS METHANE CAPTURED
FROM LANDFILLS, SEWAGE TREATMEN
PLANTS, AND LARGE DAIRIES. WAST
MANAGEMENT TOUTS ITS USE OF
BIOGAS ON THE SIZE OF ITS
TRUCKS, WHICH ALL READ, BREEZE
CLEAN SEATTLE, POWERED BY
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. BUT
ANALYSIS OF DATA RAISES SOME
SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHE
THE TRUCKS ARE ACTUALLY USING
BIOGAS OR RUNNING ON
CONVENTIONAL METHANE GAS WHICH
PRIMARILY COMES FROM FRACKING I
CANADA. WASTE MANAGEMENT'S
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SHOWS THA
THEY MAY NOT CAPTURE ANY METHAN
AT THE NEARBY LANDFILLS AND
STATE RECORDS SHOW THAT THE
MAJORITY OF BIOGAS PROJECTS IN
THE STATE ARE ALREADY DEDICATED
TO OTHER USES OF POWERING
GARBAGE TRUCKS. GAS LEAKS, THE
SIERRA CLUB, 360 SEATTLE IN TH
CITY COLLECTIVE ARE ASKING THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
TO DEMAND THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNT FOR WHERE IT'S SOURCING
IT'S BIOGAS. THE COMPANY'S ADS
ON THE SIDE OF THEIR TRUCKS
CLEARLY LEAD A PERSON TO BELIEV
THOSE TRUCKS ARE RUNNING ON
BIOGAS, AND IF THAT'S NOT TRUE,
THEN THE ADS ARE MISLEADING AND
THE CITY SHOULD NOT ALLOW THEM.
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY GIANTS LIK
CHEVRON ARE HEAVILY ADVERTISING
THEIR USE OF TRIVIALLY AMOUNTS
OF BIOGAS IN ORDER TO APPEAR
LIKE THEY ARE CLEANING UP THE
PRODUCT THEY SELL. BUT THIS
PROVIDES COVER FOR THE CONTINUE
BUILDOUT IN THE METHANE GAS
PIPELINE SYSTEM WHICH IS
PUTTING OUR CLIMATE GOALS OUT O
REACH. SEATTLE SHOULDN'T BE
LETTING GARBAGE TRUCKS PROVIDE
FREE ADVERTISING FOR FALSE
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS LIKE BIOGAS,
ESPECIALLY IF TRUCKS AREN'T
ACTUALLY USING IT. THANK YOU FO
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'VE GOT
CLERIC ANSWER FOLLOWED BY JESS
WOLLACK. GO AHEAD, CLAIRE.
>> HELLO, DO YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HI, THIS IS CLERIC ANSWER,
I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN 13 PEOPLE KILLED BY
TRAFFIC VIOLENCE ON OUR STREETS
SINCE THE NEW S DOT DIRECTOR
ANNOUNCED HIS 90 DAY REVIEW OF
VISION ZERO, WHICH IS OUR
COLLECTIVE GOAL TO HAVE ZERO
TRAFFIC DEATHS OR SERIOUS
INJURIES BY 2030. THAT NUMBER
INCLUDES 12 OF THOSE 13 PEOPLE
WERE WALKING, STROLLING IN A
WHEELCHAIR, OR BIKING. FIVE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN DISTRICT
2, WHICH REPRESENTS JUST ONE
SEVENTH OF OUR POPULATION. FOUR
OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON
LENORE AVENUE ALONE AND TWO OF
THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY
GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, ONE BY SPD
AND ONE BY A METRO BUS. THOSE
ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY
MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, AND THEIR
DEATHS ON OUR STREETS ARE A
DIRECT RESULT OF POLICY
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN CITY
HALL TO DELAY SAFETY PROJECTS,
TO PRIORITIZE VEHICLES OVER
LIVES, AND UNDERINVEST IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT MOST
I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT THE
VISION ZERO VIEW WILL FINALLY B
RELEASED ON MARCH 7th AND I'M
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S IN IT. I'
HERE TO ASK THIS COMMITTEE TO
REVIEW IT METICULOUSLY AND TO
PUSH S DOT TO ACT WITH URGENCY
TO SAVE LIVES, TO RESTART
IMPORTANT SAFETY PROJECTS THAT
HAVE BEEN DELAYED AND THEN PUT
ON HOLD, LIKE THE GEORGETOWN
PARK TRAIL WITH MARGINAL WAY,
BEACON AVENUE, AND THE SORT OF
TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT YOU'LL
HEAR ABOUT THIS MORNING ACTUALL
PRIORITIZES SAFETY IN ACTION AN
IN DETAIL, AND NOT JUST AS A
GOAL ON THE FRONT PAGE AND THE
VERY END, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT
INCLUDES CONCRETE PLANS TO
ADDRESS THE MOST DANGEROUS
STREETS IN OUR CITY, LIKE AUROR
AVENUE, MLK WAY, THE WHOLE OF
SOTO, AND TO REALLY TREAT THIS
LIKE THE URGENT CRISIS THAT IT
IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JES
WOLLACK FOLLOWED BY DYLAN
PLUMMER. GO AHEAD, JESS.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GREAT. MY NAME IS JESS
WOLLACK. I'M A CAMPAIGN
CODIRECTOR WITH [ INAUDIBLE ]
SEATTLE. I JUST LIKE TO
UNDERSCORE WHAT SARAH CLARA JUS
SHARED WITH MY ROOMMATES WHO
USED BICYCLES TO GET AROUND
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CARS .
EVERYTHING THAT CLARA SHARED,
THAT GRIEF IS REAL, THAT PAIN
IS REAL AND THE NEED FOR THIS
COMMUNITY TO TAKE TRAFFIC
VIOLENCE SERIOUSLY IS REAL.
THANK YOU, CLARA, FOR BRINGING
THAT. AND ALSO CALLING IN THIS
MORNING ABOUT THE MISLEADING AD
ON THE SIDES OF SEATTLE GARBAGE
TRUCKS. HERE AT 350 SEATTLE WE
ARE CERTAINLY NOT BREATHING
CLEAN OR EASY ABOUT THOSE ADS.
THE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER THEY ARE EVEN RUNNING
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS OR IF IT'
GAS WHICH IS EXTRACT IT FROM
CANADA, WE ARE EXTREMELY
CONCERNED. CLIMATE JUSTICE TO
ME STOPS THE BUILDUP OF FRACKED
INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL FORMS SO
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS MAKES THE
INDUSTRY APPEAR LIKE THEY ARE
CLEANING UP THEIR ACT WHILE
CONTINUING TO DRILL AND FRACK
SOME MORE GAS. WE BELIEVE THAT
SEATTLE RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAV
TO BE BOMBARDED WITH MISLEADING
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRACKED
GAS INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM EVER
TIME THEY GET THEIR GARBAGE
PICKED UP. ESPECIALLY WHEN
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS JUST A
TOXIC AS OTHERS. WHETHER OR NO
THE TRUCKS ARE BURNING RENEWABL
NATURAL GAS OR CONVENTIONAL
FRACKED GAS, THESE METHANE GAS
POWERED VEHICLES STILL CREATE
HUGE LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION,
JUST AS BAD OR WORSE IN SOME
SITUATIONS. SEATTLE CONTINUES
TO TRANSITION FROM POLLUTING
FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEAN, RENEWABL
ELECTRICITY. WE HAVE TO HOLD
THE LINE ON CORPORATE
BRAINWASHING AND FALSE
SOLUTIONS. IT WOULD BE LIKE
SEATTLE ALLOWING TRAINS TO COME
THROUGH ADVERTISING FOR CLEAN
COAL. WE ALL KNOW THAT CLEAN
COAL IS FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PR
TO KEEP POLLUTING. SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY ARE ALREADY TAKING
CRITICAL STEPS TO ALLOW FOSSIL
FUEL ADS ON THE SIDES OF BUSES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
NEXT WE'VE GOT DYLAN PLUMMER,
AND THAT MAY BE OUR LAST SPEAKE
HERE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION OR
UTILITIES. GO AHEAD, DYLAN.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS. MY NAME IS DYLAN
PLUMMER AND I'M SENIOR CAMPAIGN
REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE SIERRA
CLUB. THE SIERRA CLUB IS A
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFI
ORGANIZATION. IN WASHINGTON
STATE ALONE WE HAVE OVER 27,000
MEMBERS AND OVER 67,000
SUPPORTERS WORKING FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE JUSTICE.
I'M TESTIFYING TODAY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE CONCERNS IN THE
LETTER FROM THE SIERRA CLUB
ALONG WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO TH
CITY COUNCIL INVOLVING THE
COMPANY WASTE MANAGEMENT'S
CLAIMS ABOUT, QUOTE, RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS OR BIOGAS. WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROVIDES GARBAGE
SERVICE TO SEATTLE USING
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS OR BIOGAS
IN ITS TRUCKS WHICH ALL READ
SEATTLE POWERED BY RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS. WHILE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF FALSENESS IS TO WAST
MANAGEMENT CLAIMS, AS YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD FROM MY
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO FOCUS ON
THE FACT THAT EVEN IF THOSE
TRUCKS WERE POWERED BY 100%
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, WHICH
THEY ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT,
THE IMPACT OF BURNING BIO
METHANE ON THE AIR QUALITY IN
TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ARE
IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF BURNING
CONVENTIONAL METHANE. STUDIES
HAVE SHOWN THAT METHANE GAS
POWERED ENGINES CAN PRODUCE 5 T
50 TIMES MORE ULTRAFINE
PARTICLES, WHICH ARE LINKED TO
ASTHMA, CANCER, AND ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE AS GREAT AS DIESEL. A
STUDY FOUND THAT HEAVY GAS
POWERED VEHICLES ADMITTED ASTHM
CAUSING NITROGEN AT HIGHER
LEVELS THAN THEY WERE ORIGINALL
CERTIFIED FOR AND THAT EMISSION
INCREASE AS THE VEHICLES AGE.
SOMETIMES THE LEVEL IS HIGHER
THAN THEIR DIESEL COUNTERPARTS.
THIS IS NOT TO MENTION THAT
ACCORDING TO REPORTS BY
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE AGRICULTURAL
NETWORK, A GREATER MARKET FOR
MANURE BASTE OUR ANGIE WOULD
LIKELY INCREASE LOCALIZED
POLLUTION FOR VULNERABLE RURAL
COMMUNITIES BY REINFORCING THE
HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL
LIVESTOCK FARMING PRACTICES. SO
THE COMPANY SIGN ON THE SIDE O
EVERY GARBAGE TRUCK THAT THEY
ROLL PAST RESIDENTS THAT THEY
CAN BREATHE CLEAN DUE TO THE
FACT THESE TRUCKS ARE POWERED
BY BIO METHANE, WHICH AGAIN THE
ARE LIKELY NOT, IS MISLEADING
AND I ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO
TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. THAN
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS OUR LAS
PUBLIC SPEAKER HERE THAT WAS
PRESENT , AND SO WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE FIRST
LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
WHICH IS JUST A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION. AGENDA ITEM 1, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, RESOLUTION
32082, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
SEATTLE'S 2022 SOLID WASTE PLAN
UPDATES, MOVING UPSTREAM TO ZER
WASTE, FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. YES, COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS JUST FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ONLY TODAY. WE HAVE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HERE T
TELL US MORE ABOUT THEIR
PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE SOLID
WASTE PLAN. BRIAN GOOD NIGHT
FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, IF
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN
THIS RESOLUTION COMES BACK TO
COMMITTEE ON MARCH 7th FOR A
VOTE . CENTRAL STAFF I BELIEVE
WILL BE PREPARING A MEMO BEFORE
MARCH 7th THAT WILL ANALYZE TH
PROPOSED SOLID WASTE PLAN,
UPDATE, AND CAN INCLUDE ANSWERS
TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE
TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER HOLD
ROLLED.
>> I WAS JUST TAKEN BY THE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AND I KNOW
THERE WAS AN EMAIL NOTIFICATIO
TO ALL OF US LAST WEEK ABOUT A
NEW CAMPAIGN AROUND THE SIGNING
OF OUR TRUCKS, PERHAPS IN
CONFLICT WITH THE CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATIONS WITH WASTE
MANAGEMENT . AND I'M JUST
WONDERING, DO WE KNOW IF ANYBOD
WITH THE SPU TEAM HERE WITH US
TODAY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER
SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT? IT IS
RELATED TO SOLID WASTE, PERHAPS
TANGENTIALLY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
IT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL TO BE
ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR HER
OLDER. LET'S ASK. I DID SEND AN
EMAIL TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES ASKING TO LOOK INTO
THAT MATTER, WHAT WASTE
MANAGEMENT , WHAT ONE OF OUR
CONTRACTORS IS ALLEGEDLY DOING
ON THEIR TRUCKS, AND WE CAN ALS
ASK TODAY DURING THIS UPDATE,
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO HAVE OUR
PRESENTERS HEAR FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES WHO WILL BE
GOING THROUGH A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION FOR US, AND IF YOU
LOOK ON THE AGENDA, THIS
RESOLUTION HAS SOME SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS, BUT MAINLY THE VERY
LENGTHY SOLID WASTE PLANT UP
DATE IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT
A. AND CENTRAL STAFFING WILL B
DOING A MEMO TO ASSIST AND
ANALYZE THIS . WELCOME SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, GO AHEAD AND
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JEF
FOWLER. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ARE OF SOLID WEST. WITH ME IS
SUSAN FARRIS, DIRECTOR OF SOLID
WASTE PLANNING AND PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT, AND STEPHANIE
SCHREINER, THE PROJECT MANAGER
OF THE 2022 SOLID WASTE PLAN UP
DATES. I'LL BE PROVIDING A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE
2022 SOLID WASTE PLAN UP DATE
IS, WHAT'S NEW, AND HOW SEATTLE
IS SHIFTING FOCUS TO MOVE
UPSTREAM TO PREVENT WASTE. I
WILL THEN GO OVER WHAT THE NEXT
STEPS ARE AND WHAT WE ARE ASKIN
OF YOU TODAY. BUT FIRST WE WANT
TO BE CLEAR WHY WE ARE SHIFTING
FOCUS UPSTREAM TO PREVENT WASTE
AND HOW THIS RELATES TO THE
CITY'S 70% RECYCLING GOAL. WE
DID NOT MEET THE CITY'S
ASPIRATIONAL RECYCLING GOAL TO
RECYCLE 70% OF MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE BY 2022, FOR REASONS WE
WILL MENTION LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION. SPU WILL CONTINUE
INVESTING IN RECYCLING, BUT IN
KEEPING WITH BEST PRACTICE AND
WHERE THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY
IS HEADED, WE ARE GOING TO FOCU
ON DIVERSION AND WASTE
PREVENTION, WHICH CAN OFFER
BETTER BENEFITS IN THE LONG
TERM, IT IS BETTER ALIGNED WITH
SEATTLE'S GOAL OF ADVANCING ZER
WASTE. WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE WH
HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT SEATTL
IS MOVING AWAY FROM RECYCLING.
WE NEED THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE
TO RECYCLE AND COMPOST. A SHIFT
TO MORE HOLISTIC GOALS IS TO
GUIDE OUR WORK IN THE MOST
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER
TO REDUCE WASTE OVERALL. WE ARE
HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE
2022 SOLID WASTE PLAN TITLED
MOVING UPSTREAM TO ZERO WASTE,
THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SOLID WASTE
SO THAT YOU CONSIDER IT FOR
POSSIBLE VOTE AT YOUR NEXT
MEETING ON MARCH 2nd. THE DRAFT
2022 PLAN UP DATE HAS ALREADY
UNDERGONE PRELIMINARY REVIEW B
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, WHIC
PROVIDED US WITH COMPLEMENTARY
FEEDBACK AND FOUND IT TO COMPLY
WITH SOLID WASTE PLANNING
REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL BRING THE
PLAN UPDATE BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIO
AND A POSSIBLE VOTE ON MARCH
7th, FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERATION
BY THE FULL COUNCIL ON MARCH
14th. YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE
IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS. IN
ADDITION TO REVIEW BY ECOLOGY ,
THE PLAN UPDATE HAS UNDERGONE
BOTH SEP A AND AN OPTIONAL
PUBLIC COMMENT REVIEW IN STEPS
THREE AND FOUR. WE WORKED
EXTENSIVELY WITH OUR SOLID WAST
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP
AND REVIEW THE 2022 PLAN UPDATE
IN ADDITION TO EXTENSIVE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT. FOLLOWING CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE 2022 PLAN
UPDATE WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO
ECOLOGY FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICAN
ASPECTS OF THE 2022 SOLID WASTE
PLAN UPDATE. IT'S REQUIRED BY
THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY AND DOCUMENTS HOW WE
PLAN TO MANAGE SOLID WASTE IN
SEATTLE FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS
WITH AN OUTLOOK TO THE NEXT 20
YEARS. THE PLAN UPDATE DOCUMENT
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND
PROJECTS, IDENTIFIES ACTIONS TO
CONTINUE OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE
SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY AND
SUGGESTS CREATING NEW METRICS
THAT TARGET WORK AND MEASURE
SUCCESS. SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS O
THE 2022 PLAN UPDATES INCLUDE
INCORPORATION OF THE CITY
PRINCIPLES FOR STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN, ESPECIALLY EQUIT
AND OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE.
ALIGNING OUR WORK WITH OTHER KE
POLICY DOCUMENTS, TAKING A MOR
HOLISTIC LIFECYCLE APPROACH TO
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, TO
ELIMINATE OR REDUCE WASTE
UPSTREAM FOR THE GREATEST
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. WORKING
TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
METRICS TO MEASURE SUCCESS.
THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES WHAT W
MEAN BY HAVING HOLISTIC
LIFECYCLE APPROACH TO MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT, FROM EXTRACTING RAW
MATERIALS, TO MAKING PRODUCTS,
TO END OF PRODUCT LIFE. THE
SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY HAS
HISTORICALLY FOCUSED ON MANAGIN
MATERIALS AT THE END OF LIFE, O
WHEN WE ARE DONE USING THEM.
THIS INCLUDES RECYCLING AND
LANDFILL DISPOSAL. FOCUSING ON
THE WHOLE LIFECYCLE, INCLUDING
PREVENTING WASTE IN THE FIRST
PLACE, ALLOWS US TO FIND NEW
OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENGAGE
WITH COMMUNITY, CONSERVE
RESOURCES, AND REDUCE COSTS MUC
MORE THAN JUST MANAGING
MATERIALS AT THE END OF LIFE.
SO HOW IS SEATTLE MOVING
UPSTREAM? WE'LL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT RECYCLING, COMPOSTING,
AND DIVERSION EFFORTS WHILE
INCREASING FOCUS ON WASTE
PREVENTION STRATEGIES. A FEW OF
THESE STRATEGIES INCLUDE
ENCOURAGING FOOD WASTE
PREVENTION, DEVELOPING AND
SUPPORTING RULES AND REGULATION
TO REDUCE THE USE OF
NONRECYCLABLE SINGLE USE ITEMS
BUILDING PUBLIC/PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS AROUND REUSE,
INVESTING IN A COMMUNITY LED,
WASTE PREVENTION WORK AND A
CIRCULAR ECONOMY THROUGH OUR
GRANT PROGRAM, AND DEVELOPING A
COMPREHENSIVE WASTE PREVENTION
STRATEGIC PLAN. MOVING UPSTREA
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STOPPING
WASTE AT THE SOURCE REQUIRES
RETHINK TRADITIONAL RECYCLING
RATE GOALS. WE'VE HAD GREAT
SUCCESS WITH RECYCLING,
DOUBLING THE RECYCLING RATE OVE
THE PAST 30 YEARS, PRIMARILY
THROUGH INCENTIVES , PROGRAMS,
POLICY, AND REGULATIONS. WE PLA
TO CONTINUE OUR NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP IN WASTE REDUCTION,
BUT TO DO THIS WE MUST TARGET
OPPORTUNITIES TO STOP WASTE FRO
THE START. THE FOCUS KEEPS WAST
OUT OF THE CYCLE OR DECREASES I
AND IN TURN DECREASES THE
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT
APPROXIMATELY 53% RECYCLING RAT
WITH A PEAK RATE OF 59% IN 2016
WHICH IS SIGNIFCANTLY HIGHER
THAN THE U.S. AVERAGE . THERE
ARE MANY GOOD REASONS TO EXPAND
BEYOND THE RECYCLING RATE AND
DEVELOP GOALS THAT ARE ALIGNED
WITH UPSTREAM WORK. THERE ARE
110 RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 2011
SOLID WASTE PLANNER, THAT IF
IMPLEMENTED WE BELIEVE SEATTLE
COULD ACHIEVE 70% RECYCLING.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS TURNED OUT TO B
FEASIBLE OR COST EFFECTIVE.
CHANGES TO MATERIAL TYPES AND
DESIGNS USED IN PACKAGING HAVE
DRAMATICALLY ALTERED THE
COMPOSITION AND VALUES IN THE
WASTE STREAM. CLEAR EXAMPLES AR
LAMINATION OF PHONEBOOKS AND A
REDUCTION OF NEWSPAPERS. THE
RECYCLING GOAL DOESN'T MEASURE
OR COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE O
WASTE PREVENTION, NOR DOES IT
ACCOUNT FOR THE BENEFITS OF
PREVENTING OR REDUCING CERTAIN
SPECIFIC TYPES OF WASTE LIKE
FOOD. IT ISN'T EVEN THE BEST
MEASURE OF THE CITY'S RECYCLIN
PROGRAMS WHICH WILL BE BETTER
MEASURED THROUGH CAPTURE RATES.
IN ADDITION, THE INDUSTRY IS
MOVING AWAY FROM OUR RECYCLING
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
STOPPED USING THE RECYCLING RAT
AS IT'S KEEN METRIC IN THEIR
PLANNING EFFORTS IN 2016.
SEATTLE IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF
REDUCING WASTE GENERATION AND
LANDFILL DISPOSAL , WITH BOTH O
A DOWNWARD TREND OVER THE PAST
20-PLUS YEARS. BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC WE ACHIEVED THE LOWES
RESIDENTIAL WASTE GENERATION IN
OUR HISTORY OF 2.1 POUNDS PER
PERSON, PER DAY, SINCE 2019.
>> WE HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTIO
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> JUST PUTTING THE
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF 70% ASIDE,
I'M NOT ASKING WHY WE DID NOT
MEET THAT GOAL , BUT I AM
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHY WE'VE
LOST, APPARENTLY, GROUND SINCE
2016 , AND MAYBE THAT IS , AS
YOU MENTIONED, BECAUSE THERE
ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE
WASTE STREAM ANYMORE THAT
AFFECT THE PERCENTAGES, BUT JUS
WONDERING IF YOU COULD GET A
LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR IN THE
WHY WE'VE DROPPED FROM 58.8%
IN 2016 TO 52% IN 2021.
>> SUSAN, CAN I ASK YOU TO
ANSWER THAT ONE?
>> YEAH, HI. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, AND
IT'S A NATURAL ONE, GIVEN THE
SLIDE THERE. SO THE HONEST
ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATA
TO TELL US WHY, BUT WHAT WE
BELIEVE HAS TO DO WITH IT IS TH
COMPETITION OF THE MATERIALS HA
CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE
LAST DECADE. INCREASE IN
MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT
RECYCLABLE AND DECREASING THE
MATERIALS THAT ARE EASILY
RECYCLABLE. SO EXAMPLES OF THAT
, THE MIXED MATERIALS PACKAGING
UNLIKE YOUR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING,
THINK ABOUT THE DOG FOOD BAG OR
THE CAT FOOD BAG, OR THE SERIAL
BAG THAT YOU GET TODAY, USED T
COME IN A CARDBOARD BOX THAT WA
EASILY RECYCLABLE AND THAT
MATERIAL IS NOT RECYCLABLE. ALS
EASILY RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THA
USED TO BE COMMONPLACE, EVEN A
DECADE AGO, WAS YOUR NEWSPAPER
YOUR DAILY PAPER, YOUR
PHONEBOOKS. THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS, ALL VERY HEAVY MATERIAL
THEY HAVE DECREASED IN THE WAST
STREAM SIGNIFICANTLY SO THE
CHANGE IN THE WASTE STREAM
ITSELF HAS, WE THINK, IMPACTED.
ANOTHER THING SPECIFIC TO
SEATTLE IS THAT THE NORTH
TRANSFER STATION OPENED IN
2016, AT THE END OF 2016, REALL
WENT LIVE IN 2017. SO MATERIAL
THAT WAS GOING NORTH TO GARBAGE
THAT WAS GOING NORTH TO THE
KING COUNTY SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT
BACK INTO THE SEATTLE SYSTEM,
WHICH WE BELIEVE IMPACTED US.
AND THEN ALSO YOU SEE THE BOOM
IN CONSTRUCTION, AND WE ALSO
THINK THE BOOM IN CONSTRUCTION
HAS IMPACTED BECAUSE WE HAVE
MORE MATERIAL THAT IS TRULY
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
DEBRIS THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH
OUR TRANSFER STATIONS. BUT IT'S
BEEN CAPTURED AS MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE, AND THOSE ARE
DIFFERENT WASTE STREAMS, SO WE
THINK THAT HEAVY MATERIAL HAS
ALSO IMPACTED. BUT STILL WE
STILL HAVE A VERY HIGH RECYCLIN
RATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
COMPARE US TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN
THE COUNTRY. I HOPE THAT HELPS
YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, BU
AGAIN, I GO BACK TO WE DON'T
SPECIFICALLY KNOW ALL THE
REASONS .
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ALICE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. A COUPLE SLIDES
AGO THERE WAS A LOT OF PICTURE
ABOUT THE FOOD STREAM, AND I
KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE OUR FOOD
-RELATED WASTE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT -- I THINK
EFFECTIVELY WHAT YOU ARE TALKIN
ABOUT IS DECREASING CONSUMPTION
OF THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING
TO USE AND END UP JUST THROWING
AWAY. SO MUCH OF OUR FOOD
PACKAGING , CERTAINLY SOME OF I
IS STILL A LOT OF PLASTIC , BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER -- IT'S
HARD TO BUY ANYTHING THAT ISN'T
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC, SO I'M
WONDERING , YOU'VE TALK A LITTL
BIT ABOUT THAT ISSUE, IT SOUNDS
LIKE THERE'S -- MATERIALS ARE
DIFFERENT, SOME THINGS ARE
HARDER TO RECYCLE. I'M
INTERESTED IN THE ROLE WE MAY
BE ABLE TO PLAY IN CHANGING
REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW THINGS GET
PACKAGED. I KNOW THAT'S A MUCH
BIGGER MARKET ISSUE. I'M ALSO
INTERESTED IN THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER THERE IS A MARKET FOR
RECYCLED GOODS, IS I FEEL LIKE
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HEARD
THAT THE MARKET IS DECREASING
AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH
OUR RECYCLED MATERIAL -- THE
WINDOW IS SHUTTING ON WHAT WE
ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT. SO CA
YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES A
LITTLE BIT, PLEASE?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT?
>> THAT'S FINE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. I'LL TAKE A TWO PART
QUESTION. FIRST PART, WHAT CAN
YOU DO TO CHANGE THE PACKAGING?
WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A
NUMBER OF EFFORTS. SEATTLE IS O
THE FOREFRONT, SOMETIMES I SAY
WE ARE LEADING FROM BEHIND BUT
OFTEN WE ARE IN THE FOREFRONT.
WE WORK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WIT
THE U.S. PLASTICS PAC, WHICH I
A NATIONAL GROUP THAT EVOLVED
OUT OF THE MacARTHUR FOUNDATION
AND IS ONE OF MANY PAC LABS
AROUND THE WORLD THAT IS WORKIN
UPSTREAM WITH PACKAGE PRODUCERS
TO HELP ELIMINATE MATERIALS
FROM PACKAGING THAT CAN'T BE
RECYCLABLE, TRYING TO
STANDARDIZE PACKAGING SO IT'S
MORE EASILY CAPTURED. THAT'S
WHAT WE MEAN BY CAPTURE RATE,
BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE
THE MATERIAL FOR RECYCLING. SO
WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THAT
. THEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE
ARE ALSO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN TH
PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY BILL
THAT'S KNOWN AS THE RAP ACT, AN
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MIGHT HAVE SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF
THAT . AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING O
THAT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW
WITH OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE
STATE, BOTH MUNICIPALITIES ,
JURISDICTIONS, AND THEN PRIVATE
INDUSTRY TO TRY TO CRAFT A BIL
THAT WILL WORK FOR ALL. THAT'S
ANOTHER ASPECT OF TRYING TO GET
PRODUCERS TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEY'RE
PUTTING INTO THE WASTE STREAM
AND MAKING THEM TAKE THE
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ENSURING THAT IT'S RECYCLED. SO
WE ARE VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT . I
KNOW I'M VERY INVOLVED. I'M ON
THE BOARD THROUGH THE U.S.
PLASTICS PAC AND I KNOW THAT I
WE HAVE A 2025 GOAL OF
ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY TYPES O
PLASTIC , BUT WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE GET
PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT THINGS
ARE BEING ABLE TO BE
MANUFACTURED, THAT WAY WE CAN
CAPTURE. THAT SAID, THE SECOND
PART OF YOUR QUESTION, ARE
THINGS ACTUALLY BEING RECYCLED,
AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THEY
ARE ACTUALLY BEING RECYCLED. WE
HAVE -- WE WORK WITH OUR
RECYCLER, REPUBLIC SERVICES,
CLOSELY, TO ENSURE THAT THE
MATERIAL IS COMING THROUGH
THERE, AND WE HAVE A VERY LOW
RESIDUAL RATE, WHICH IS THE
ACTUAL GARBAGE GOING OUT THE
BACK DOOR. IT'S AROUND 10%. THE
ACTUAL 90% THAT'S BEEN SORTED
AND BUNDLED AND SOLD AS A
COMMODITY ARE ACTUALLY BEING
SOLD INTO MARKETS WHERE IT'S
BEING USED TO REMAKE INTO NEW
PRODUCTS. SO WE TRACKED THAT .
WE WORKED CLOSELY TO THAT UNDER
OUR CONTRACT. SO WE CAN GIVE YO
MORE DETAILS BUT YES, IT'S BEEN
RECYCLED. DO NOT BELIEVE ALL TH
RUMORS YOU HEAR OUT THERE.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE
WITH THE PRESENTATION. THANK
YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. WE CAN
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'VE
ALREADY MADE PROGRESS IN
DEVELOPING SOME KEY METRICS THA
WILL MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT TH
INDUSTRY FOCUS ON MOVING
UPSTREAM TO PREVENT WASTE. FOR
EXAMPLE, WEAVE A DAY DID THE
RESIDENTIAL PER CAPITA WASTE
GENERATION AND DISPOSAL TARGETS
IF DEVELOPED A CONSUMPTION-BAS
D GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY FOR
SOLID WASTE EMISSIONS WITH OUR
REGIONAL PARTNERS. WE HAVE TEAM
WORKING ON NEW TARGETS AROUND
WASTE GENERATION AND LANDFILL
DISPOSAL, METRICS THAT COULD
HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
MATERIALS IN THE WASTE STREAM,
AND FOOD WASTE PREVENTION. WE
ARE DEVELOPING A WASTE
PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN, WHIC
INCLUDES WORKING TO DEVELOP
OTHER MEASURES OF SUCCESS, SUCH
AS ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF AVOIDED
WASTE, COST SAVINGS AND JOB
CREATION THROUGH WASTE
PREVENTION AND OTHER POTENTIAL
METRICS. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLE
OF METRICS TARGETS WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT. REDUCTIONS AND
LANDFILL TONS, WHICH ADDRESSES
DIVERSION AS WELL AS PREVENTION
A CEILING ON GENERATED TONS,
AND DAILY WASTE GENERATION PER
HOUSEHOLD OR BUSINESS OR
EMPLOYEE. WE HAVE A PROJECT TEA
DIGGING INTO DATA TO ESTABLISH
WHICH OF THE TONNAGE BASED
METRICS AND TARGETS TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH, AND THE WASTE
PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN EFFOR
WILL INVESTIGATE MEASURING
ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND
EQUITY IMPACTS. TO SUMMARIZE,
THESE ARE THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS
ABOUT THE 2022 SOLID WASTE
PLAN. SEATTLE CONTINUES TO BE A
LEADER, ALIGNING WITH THE
UPSTREAM MOVEMENT AND SOLID
WASTE INDUSTRY TO PREVENT WASTE
AT THE SOURCE. WE ARE THINKING
METRICS AND TARGETS TO ALIGN
WITH PREVENTING AND REDUCING
WASTE. WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELO
NEW WAYS OF MEASURING IMPACTS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE GET
CLOSER TO ZERO WASTE BY
PRODUCING AND USING LESS, NOT
RECYCLING MORE. HERE IS A QUICK
VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE
PLANNING PROCESS. NOW THAT WE'V
BRIEFED YOU ON THE 2022 SOLID
WASTE PLAN, MOVING UPSTREAM TO
ZERO WASTE, WE'D LIKE TO ASK YO
TO CONSIDER IT FOR A POSSIBLE
VOTE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON
MARCH 7, FOLLOWED BY
CONSIDERATION OF THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MARCH 14th. ONCE THE
2022 PLAN UPDATE IS ADOPTED BY
SEATTLE, WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY FOR FINAL
APPROVAL. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN
US IN CHAMPIONING WASTE
PREVENTION AND MOVING SEATTLE
UPSTREAM TOWARDS A ZERO WASTE
FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE
EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION YOU
MENTIONED THAT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY HAS
REVIEWED THE DRAFT PLAN, AND
YOU'VE ALREADY INCORPORATED OR
ADDRESSED, I SHOULD SAY, THERE
COMMENTS. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. YES
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A VERY
TANGENTIAL QUESTION, BUT WE
HAVE AN ISSUE IN ONE OF OUR
BUSINESS PLAZAS WHERE A
PROPERTY OWNER WITH LOTS OF
RESTAURANTS, LOTS OF RESTAURANT
IN THIS BUSINESS PLAZA, A
PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T PROVIDING
SUFFICIENT WASTE RECEPTACLES
FOR THESE FOOD RELATED
BUSINESSES, AND IT'S CREATING A
LOT OF TRASH AND RODENTS, AS
YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. SO CAN YOU
TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE OBLIGATION OF PROPERTY
OWNERS ARE TO PROVIDE
RECEPTACLES FOR THEIR SMALL
BUSINESSES, FOR THEIR TENANTS?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. IT'S A
LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED
QUESTION, NOT KNOWING WHICH
PROPERTY EXACTLY. BUT IN
GENERAL, THE COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS WORK DIRECTLY WITH OU
HAULERS. THEY CONTRACT WITH
OUR TWO MAIN HAULERS IN THE
CITY FOR GARBAGE, AND THEN
THEY ARE ABLE TO GO OUT MORE
OPEN MARKET FOR RECYCLING AND
COMPOSTING SERVICES. THOSE ARE
THEIR OPTIONS THEY HAVE TO DO.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD INSPECTION
AND COMPLIANCE TEAM THAT WORKS
MOSTLY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS, BUT ALSO WORKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY, TALKING WITH
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS ABOUT
THEIR WASTE, ABOUT THEIR WASTE
NEEDS, WHETHER THEY ARE RIGHT
SIZE, NOT RIGHT SIZE. SO HAVING
SAID ALL OF THAT, WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT PROPERT
SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S REALLY KIN
OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DEAL WITH
THE ONE OFF ISSUES, IS WE HAVE
A TEAM THAT WILL GO OUT AND WOR
WITH THEM DIRECTLY TO MAKE SUR
THEY HAVE THE PROPER SIZING, AN
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET
THE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING
SERVICES THAT ARE -- THAT WOUL
BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I
THINK MY TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING
WITH YOUR TEAM, SO I APPRECIATE
THAT. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING TO
HEAR OUR BUSINESS NEIGHBORS
COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR
INABILITY TO GET THEIR WASTE
PICK IT UP WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY
THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO ISN'T
WORKING TO GET THE RECEPTACLES
THAT THEY NEED.
>> AND WE DO HAVE SOME ABILITY
TO DO ENFORCEMENT, SO -- BUT
IT'S A STEP PROCESS. BUT WE AR
CERTAINLY HAPPY TO LOOK INTO
THAT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
>> I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU.
>> START WITH HELPING THEM AND
THEN IF WE HAVE TWO .
>> I KNOW THAT APPLIES TO A LOT
OF OUR DISTRICTS. APPRECIATE YO
ASKING THAT. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, ANOTHER TANGENTIA
QUESTION, AS MENTIONED AT THE
TOP OF THE BRIEFING, AND I
UNDERSTAND WE MAY NOT HAVE THE
RIGHT FOLKS HERE FROM SPU TO
ADDRESS THIS QUESTION, BUT SINC
WE DID HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, I
WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION FOR TH
PUBLIC RECORD. APPRECIATE THE
THING CHAIR PEDERSEN HAS ASKED
SOME QUESTIONS SEPARATE FROM
THIS MEETING, BUT JUST WANTED T
PUT THEM ON THE PUBLIC RECORD
HERE BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT WE HEARD. AND THIS
REGARDS THE ONE -- THE
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION OF WASTE
MANAGEMENT TO -- UNDER OUR
CONTRACT WITH THEM, TO POWER
THEIR TRUCKS WITH 100% RENEWABL
NATURAL GAS. THE FACT THAT THEY
ADVERTISED ON THEIR TRUCKS THA
THEY'RE USING RENEWABLE NATURAL
GAS AND THE CLAIM THAT THROUG
ANALYSIS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABL
INFORMATION, THAT IN FACT THE
TRUCKS MAY BE USING
CONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS ,
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING ,
CONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS
PRIMARILY COMES FROM FRACKING
IN CANADA, WHEREAS RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS IS CAPTURED FROM
METHANE, CAPTURED FROM LANDFILL
, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS, AND
LARGE DAIRIES. SO TWO ISSUES
HERE, ONE IS THE ADVERTISING ON
THE TRUCKS CORRECT, AND IF NOT,
WASTE MANAGEMENT SHOULD EITHER
PAINT OVER THEM OR CORRECT THE
FUEL SOURCE FOR THE TRUCKS INT
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS COMPLIANCE ISSUE WITH
THE CONTRACTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. WE
ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION
THAT COME OUT RECENTLY, AND WE
ARE LOOKING INTO IT MORE DEEPLY
TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT
EVERYTHING CORRECT. WE DO HAVE
REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CONTRACT, O
USING NATURAL GAS , AND WE DO
HAVE COMPLIANCE REPORTS THAT AR
REQUIRED FROM THE CONTRACTORS T
BE SENT TO US. BUT I DON'T WANT
TO MISSPEAK. I DON'T KNOW IF
ANYONE ELSE ON MY TEAM HAS
ANYMORE UPDATED INFORMATION, BU
I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT
AS WE SPEAK.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDED.
>> IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH THE
ANSWER AFTER YOUR RESEARCH,
WE'D APPRECIATE IT. WE CAN
RESPOND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS
FOR BEING HERE AND RAISING THIS
BOTH ONLINE AND VIA EMAIL. OKAY
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. ANYMORE
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AGAIN,
CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE DOING A
MEMO FOR US, ANALYZING THIS,
AND YOU CAN GET ANY QUESTIONS
THAT COME UP TO BRIAN GOOD NIGH
ON OUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM. THANK YOU TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. NEXT UP WE'LL
HEAR FROM SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND HAVE OUR COMMITTEE CLERK
READ THE FULL TITLE OF THE
SECOND AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, UPDATE ON THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, PHASE TWO, FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE
LAST HEARD FROM THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BACK IN DECEMBER ON UPDATES FRO
PHASE ONE OF THEIR CRAFTING OF
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
. S DOT IS BACK TODAY. THEY GIV
US AN UPDATE ON PHASE TWO AND
WHAT'S NEXT, AND COLLEAGUES, IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS MATTER, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY
REACH OUT TO CALVIN CHOW ON OUR
CENTRAL STAFF. WELCOME, S DOT.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
FRANCIS STEFAN. I'M S DOT
DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL PROJECT
DELIVERY AND I JUST WANTED TO
KICK US OFF THIS MORNING WITH A
QUICK THANK YOU FOR INVITING U
TO BE HERE TODAY. WE ARE REALLY
GLAD THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
THIS TOPIC . WE ARE REALLY
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND EXCITED
TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU
TODAY. WANTED TO JUST TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
REALLY OUR LONG-RANGE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE
WHOLE CITY. IT'S AN EXCITING
MOMENT WHERE WE GET TO OUTLINE
VISION FOR THE KIND OF
EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, SAFE AN
INVITING MULTIMODAL CITY THAT W
ASPIRE TO BE , AND THAT VISION
FOR THE FUTURE INCLUDES IDEAS,
A WIDE RANGE OF POLICIES, OF
PROGRAMS , OF DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES, HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE
THAT VISION FOR THE FUTURE. IT'
VERY MUCH LIKE THE ONE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S A
LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT IT'S PART
OF. IT'S SORT OF BOTH/AND. IT
WILL BE BOTH S.'S GUIDING VISIO
FOR THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS A
COMPONENT OF THE ONE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS BEIN
PREPARED BY OPC D. I'M REALLY
HAPPY TO SAY STAFF IS REALLY
PROACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT
WE HAVE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE
THAT SYNCHRONIZES HOUSING AND
LAND USE AS WELL AS OUR
OUTREACH EFFORTS AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT WILL GO
INTO ADOPTING BOTH. SO I'M
REALLY HAPPY. COORDINATION THER
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PRIORITIES. REALLY EXCITED ABOU
IT. AGENCY COMPLETELY BEHIND
THIS. AND ONE OF OUR TOP THINGS
THAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR,
ALONG WITH THE VISION ZERO
FOCUS, THE TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR VERY
IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK AND THE COMMITMENTS O
THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
REDUCING TRANSPORTATION
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. IT IS
ONE OF OUR GUIDING LIGHTS ALONG
WITH THOSE OTHER IMPORTANT PART
OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. IT IS
AS WELL COORDINATED -- AS MUCH
AS IT'S COORDINATED WITH THE ON
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'
ALSO COORDINATED WITH OUR
FUNDING PACKAGE THAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING. IT'S NOT THE SAME
BUT IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF.
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
THE FOUNDATION OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FUNDING
PACKAGE. IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE
WHAT WE DID AS A CITY IN THE
MID-OUGHTS WITH THE MOVE
SEATTLE DOCUMENT. THE MOVE
SEATTLE VISION FRAMED UP THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY, AND WE ARE DOING VERY MUC
THE SAME THING HERE. SO WHILE
TODAY, WHILE WE ARE HERE TO TAL
TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF OUR REALLY
GREAT OUTREACH ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE ARE ALS
LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING YO
IN THE FUTURE MORE INFORMATION
ON THE FUNDING PACKAGE EFFORT A
IT IS DEVELOPED, USING THE GOOD
INFORMATION AND THE STRONG
FOUNDATION HERE FROM THE SEATTL
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND ONE -
I WANT TO HAND IT OFF TO MY
GREAT STAFF IN S.YOU ARE WORKIN
ON THIS PROJECT. I WANT TO GIVE
THEM JUST A MINUTE OF KUDOS TO
SAY THAT THE OUTREACH THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST
BETTER PART OF A YEAR IS SOME O
THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. IT IS
GOING TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE
IT IS ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIE
OF THEIR TERMS AND THEIR
LANGUAGES. IT IS COMPENSATING
PEOPLE FOR THE IMPORTANT TIME
THAT THEY GIVE US TO SHARE WITH
US THEIR INSIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE
AND IT IS THOUGHTFUL AND
COMPREHENSIVE, AND I JUST WANTE
TO GIVE THEM KUDOS AND SAY IT
REALLY IS FANTASTIC WORK. I
THINK IT CREATES A STRONG
FOUNDATION FOR BOTH OUR
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS WELL AS
OUR FUNDING PACKAGE, AND I'M
EXCITED FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING
TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, AND
WHAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU GOING
FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. WITH
THAT, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO
JOHNATHAN LEWIS.
>> THANKS, FRANCISCA, AND THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING US
TODAY. APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP, FRANCISCA, ALONG
WITH DIRECT HER SCOTT'S SUPPORT
FOR THIS EFFORT. SO AN UPDATE
ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY, ON WHER
THE PROJECT IS, WE'LL TALK ABOU
THE TIMELINE, OVERVIEW OF THE
PLAN THAT CANBE SEEING A LOT OF
THIS, FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME,
AND THEN DIG INTO AN UPDATE
WHERE I WILL HAND IT OFF TO MY
COLLEAGUE, LACEY WALL. SHE WILL
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE HEARING
AND NEXT STEPS. SO WE ARE IN
PHASE TWO, AS WAS MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY. WE WERE WITH YOU AL
DURING PHASE ONE OF THE PLANNIN
PROCESS, WHERE WE WERE
INVESTIGATING THE VISION AND
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THIS
PLAN. THIS WILL BE A 20 YEAR
PLAN, SO WE ARE -- IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE, TO TAKE
A STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF OUR STREETS, AND HOW
THOSE STREETS SUPPORT THE CITY
AS A WHOLE. IN PHASES. SO PHASE
ONE, PHASE TWO, DIGGING INTO
SOME OF THE DETAILS, WITH WHAT
WE'VE CALLED A MENU OF ACTIONS
UP ON THE WEBSITE WHERE FOLKS
CAN TAKE A LOOK AT KIND OF THE
KEY STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR TH
DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DECADES. AND THEN THE SECON
HALF OF THE SECOND PHASE IS TO
BE, AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR
NETWORK MAPS, DOING A LOT OF TH
TECHNICAL WORK THAT'S BEHIND TH
SCENES, WHERE WE ARE LAYERING
THOSE NETWORK MAPS ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER AND THINKING ABOUT
SOME OF THE TRADE-OFFS AND THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. WHILE THAT'S BEEN
UNDERGIRDED WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT.
COMING UP WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT
PLAN OUT IN THE MID 2023 PERIOD
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEX
SLIDE. SO THIS PLAN HAS FOUR
KEY OBJECTIVES HERE. ONE IS
AGAIN TO REIMAGINE OUR
TRANSPORTATION VISION. THIS IS
THE CHANCE TO STEP BACK FROM TH
DAY TO DAY GRIND THAT WE LIVE
IN, AND THINK LONG TERM ABOUT
HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR GOALS ON
YOUR STREETS AND IN YOUR CITY.
THINKING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM FROM
A PEOPLE FIRST PERSPECTIVE AND
REALLY GROUNDING THAT WORK IN
OUR VALUES. AND LEAVING THE
MOMENT OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS
WITH SOME EXCITING AND INCLUSIV
ENGAGEMENT. THE NEXT SIDE WILL
TAKE A LOOK AT WHY NOW, WHY ARE
WE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW? FIRST
WE'VE GOT SOME KEY CHALLENGES ,
URGENT AND EMERGING CHALLENGES.
WE HEARD FROM A FEW FOLKS ABOUT
THE VISION ZERO TOP TO BOTTOM
REVIEW THAT'S PRESENTLY
UNDERWAY. THAT'S DEFINITELY TOP
OF MIND AND ONE OF THE KEY
CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING IN THIS PLANNING
PROCESS. ANOTHER IS AROUND
CLIMATE ACTION AND THE NEED TO
REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FURTHER
AND HARDER ON OUR EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS. AND AND THE OTHER I
COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. WE
RELEASING BIG CHANGES IN HOW
PEOPLE GET AROUND AND HOW DOES
OUR STREETS AND OUR
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, HOW THEY
CHANGED, HOW THEY CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE AND HOW DO WE RESPOND AN
SUPPORT FOLKS? SECOND ONE IS
AROUND WHAT FRANCISCA MENTIONED
AROUND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
THIS WORK AND OUR FUNDING IN TH
FUTURE. AND WORKING REALLY
CLOSELY WITH OUR FUNDING TEAM
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HANDIN
OFF A GREAT PLAN THAT CAN
UNDERGIRD THAT WORK. THE THIRD
IS AROUND OUR WORK WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE'VE THEN
REALLY FORTUNATE AND EXCITED TO
HAVE THESE TWO PLANS HAPPENING
AT THE SAME TIME, AND DOING
SOME COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT
THAT LUCILLE MENTIONED AS WELL
AS BIG CHANGES UNDERWAY ON THE
COMM PLAN SIDE IN TERMS OF
HOUSING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND
WHERE IN OUR GROWTH STRATEGY,
WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY TO
THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. IT'S
ALSO A BIG UPDATE TO THE
MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TO
THINK ABOUT FREIGHT AND URBAN
GOODS MOVEMENT IN THE CITY
ALONGSIDE THAT WORK. LAST I
MENTIONED THIS, BUT ON THE
TECHNICAL SIDE WE'VE BEEN THING
ABOUT THE TRADE-OFFS AND THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. ONE OF THOSE IS
AROUND A VEHICLE MILE TRAVEL
REDUCTION TARGET THAT COUNCIL
HAS INCLUDED IN OUR COMP PLAN
THAT CASCADES DIRECTLY INTO THI
WORK , AND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW
WE ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, AS WELL.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR
VALUES AND OUR ANCHORING THERE
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DEPARTMENT'S
VALUES UP TOP, SAFETY, EQUITY,
SUSTAINABILITY CONNECT TO SOME
OF THE THINGS I'VE MENTIONED. O
THE LIVABILITY SIDE WE ARE
REALLY FOCUSING ON PEOPLE,
STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES
DIMENSION OF THIS PLAN. THAT'S
KIND OF A NEW BODY OF WORK THAT
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. COMES
FROM A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE
COMMUNITY SIDE SEEING REALLY
LIKE THE STREETS, LIKE
OCCIDENTAL, THEY LIKE TO SEE
MORE OF THESE TYPES OF SPACES
ACROSS THE CITY, TO HELP SUPPOR
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
AREAS AND SO FORTH. EXCITED
ABOUT THAT WORK. THAT FEEDS
STRAIGHT INTO OUR GOALS. I
MENTIONED CLIMATE ACTION AND
SAFETY. STEWARDSHIP CONNECTS TO
OUR WORK AROUND ASSET
MANAGEMENT, MAINTAINING OUR
STREETS AND BRIDGES AND
STAIRCASES, AND THEN EQUITY. HA
A REALLY STRONG BODY OF WORK T
BUILD ON, THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK WAS RELEASED
LAST SUMMER AFTER MANY YEARS OF
EFFORT, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED
ABOUT 80 OF THOSE STRATEGIES
THAT WERE ABLE TO HELP ADVANCE
AND CULTIVATE IN THIS WORK. I'L
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
ELEMENTS IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT
JUST AS A REMINDER HERE THAT
THE TWO BIG STREAMS THAT KIND O
CASCADE DOWN THAT DIAGRAM ARE
THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE TECHNICA
WORK. OKAY. SO NOW THE SLIDE
ABOUT THE COMM PLAN. I MENTIONE
THAT THE COMM PLAN TEAM IS
REALLY FOCUSED ON HOUSING AND
THE GROWTH STRATEGY, AND THEY'R
CONSIDERING SOME CHANGES TO
WHERE WE GROW AS A CITY AND HOW
WE HELP GROW. AND ON TOP OF
THAT, THEY ARE PLANNING FOR A
CITY 20 YEARS OUT THAT HAS
ALMOST 1 MILLION RESIDENTS. IT'
A PRETTY BIG JUMP IN POPULATION
, EQUALLY LARGE EMPLOYMENT
GROWTH AS WELL. THAT MEANS LOTS
OF NEW TRIPS AND LOTS OF NEW
WAYS , LOTS OF NEW KIND OF
PATTERNS WILL BE EMERGING. SO
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY
WITH THEM ON THE MODELING SIDE,
ON THE ENGAGEMENT SIDE, ON OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS, AND ALSO
WORKING TO HAVE A JOINT RELEASE
OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS IN THE
COMING MONTHS. SO I'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN
ULTIMATELY AN IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY THAT'S REALLY
SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH EFFORTS WIT
THE HOUSING AND THE
TRANSPORTATION SIDE. ALL RIGHT
ONTO THE ELEMENTS. THE KEY,
LIKE WHAT WILL BE IN THE PLAN
IN THE KIND OF NUTS AND BOLTS O
THE PLAN ? ON THE PUBLICIZE SID
WE ARE DOING A LOT OF POLICY
ALIGNMENT AND MODERNIZATION. WE
HAVE THE CORNERSTONE STAT RIGH
NOW IS WHAT WE CALL THE FOUR
MODAL MASTER PLANS, THIS ONE FO
WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT AND
FREIGHT, ALL DEVELOPED AT
DIFFERENT TIMES . MOSTLY
POINTING THE SAME DIRECTION BUT
A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY ALIGNMEN
THERE AND CONSOLIDATION. AGAIN
BUILDING ON THAT TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT I
MENTIONED, AND THEN REALLY JUST
UPDATING THESE THINGS TO REFLEC
ON THE CURRENT AND URGENT
CHALLENGES THAT I WOULD CHANGE,
PERFORMANCE MEASURES, CONTINUE
TO SEE VIGOROUS FOCUS ON
ACHIEVING VISION ZERO, CARBON
REDUCTIONS AND CREATING A MORE
EQUITABLE CITY AS WELL AS OUR
ASSET MANAGEMNT AND STEWARDSHIP
MEASURES. THE INVESTMENT
NETWORKS , IN ADDITION TO
PRIORITY NETWORKS FOR WALKING,
BIKING, TRANSIT AND FREIGHT ,
WILL HAVE A NEW NETWORK FOR
PEOPLE, STREETS, AND PUBLIC
SPACES. AND AGAIN, DOING THE
WORK --
>> EXCUSE ME, JONATHAN. WE'VE
GOT A COMMENT OR QUESTION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I THINK MAYBE JONATHAN WAS
ABOUT TO GET INTO THE QUESTION
HAD, WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT HOW
THE MAPS FOR THE MODAL PLANS
WILL BE INTEGRATED IN THE STP .
WILL THERE STILL BE SEPARATE
MAPS FOR THE SEPARATE MODES OR
LIKE HOW -- THIS IS A BIG
CONCERN THAT FOLKS HAD WHEN WE
WERE MOVING TO THIS MODEL, AND
JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND A LITTL
BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE MODAL
PLANS ARE GOING TO BE REFLECTED
HERE, AND I HEAR YOU ON ONE
HAND SAY INTEGRATING, SO TO ME
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ONE BIG MAP ,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT
NETWORK, SO MAYBE IN MAPS , BOT
PLURAL, THEY ARE STILL GOING TO
BE DEALT WITH SEPARATELY, AND
THE CONFLICTS IDENTIFIED. JUST
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THAT. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER. IT'S BOTH AND I
TERMS OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE
FINAL PLANS AND IN THE DRAFT
DOCUMENTS COMING OUT IN
MID-2023. SO I'LL HAVE SOME MAP
THAT SHOW HOW THINGS INTERACT
WITH EACH OTHER AND LATER ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCRETE
PRIORITY NETWORKS FOR WALKING,
BIKING, TRANSIT, FREIGHT, AND
THEN PEOPLE, STREETS, AND PUBLI
SPACES, AS KEY TOOLS FOR HOW WE
PLANNED FOR AND BUILT OUT THOSE
DISCRETE NETWORKS. AND THEN IN
ADDITION, LAYERING THEM ON TOP
OF EACH OTHER AND THINKING ABOU
HOW COMPLETE CORRIDORS AND
COMPLETE STREETS ARE BUILT UP.
SO THE FINAL PLAN WILL INCLUDE
BOTH. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTAN
POINT , THANK YOU.
>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT,
EACH OF THE MODAL PLANS ALSO HA
-- IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECT
THAT -- WHERE PEOPLE WERE
INTERESTED IN HAVING DONE OVER
CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, THERE'
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR EACH O
THE DIFFERENT MODES AND SO
THOSE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS I
THINK TALKED ABOUT SORT OF A
CADENCE OF IMPLEMENTATION AND
PRIORITIZATION, AND FUNDING. SO
HOW WILL THAT WORK FOR THE
DIFFERENT MODAL PLANS ?
>> THAT'S ALSO A GREAT
QUESTION. WHAT WE'LL SEE IN THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WILL BE A CONSOLIDATED
IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER , AND
THEN WHAT WE SEE IN THE ANNUAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PROCESS
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT ARE THOS
DISCRETE PROGRAMS, THE BICYCLE
PROGRAM, THE FREIGHT PROGRAM,
THE PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM, ET
CETERA, DEVELOPING PROGRAMMATIC
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. SO I WOULD
EXPECT THAT THOSE TYPES OF
PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS WILL STILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR. I THINK THE
KIND OF KEY QUESTION IS LIKE
COUNCIL HAS A ROLE IN THIS,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT HOW THOSE
PROGRAMS ARE SHAPED IN RESPONS
TO THE PLAN OR THE FUNDING
PACKAGE AND WHAT TYPES OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING IS
NEEDED BEYOND -- INTO THE NEXT
LEVY OR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE.
>> WILL THERE STILL BE SEPARATE
GOALS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT
MODES AS FAR AS HISTORICALLY
THERE HAS BEEN EITHER DOLLAR
AMOUNTS THAT WERE THE GOALS FOR
EACH YEAR , SOMETIMES
PERCENTAGES, OR I JUST DON'T
WANT TO MISS THE TREES FOR THE
FOREST, AND IF WE ARE KIND OF
PUTTING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE
UMBRELLA, IN THE INTEREST OF
EQUITY, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
SEPARATE NEEDS AND PROGRESS
THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO BE
MADE FOR EACH OF THESE
DIFFERENT MODES, AND HAVE A WA
FOR US TO HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR EITHER MAKING
THAT PROGRESS OR NOT.
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK
YOU. THAT'S ALSO A GREAT
QUESTION. I THINK A LOT OF THIS
IS GOING TO BE A LOT CLEARER
THIS SUMMER WHEN WE SHARE OUT A
DRAFT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE KIND
OF PARENT DOCUMENT WHERE THING
ARE COMING TOGETHER. YOU'LL SEE
A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER FROM
WALKING, BIKING AND TRANSIT
PERSPECTIVE TO MEET COMMUNITY
NEEDS. WE'LL ALSO SEE THE
ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN AND THESE
BUILD ON AND ADVANCE THE WORK O
THE MODAL MASTER PLANS THAT
WE'VE WORKED ON AND CHERISHED
FOR MANY YEARS . SO THERE WILL
BE EIGHT OF THOSE, ONE FOR
BICYCLE, TRANSIT, FREIGHT,
WALKING , ALSO ONE FOR
VEHICULAR, CURBSIDE, NEW AND
EMERGING MOBILITY, AND PEOPLE,
STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES. THOS
EIGHT KIND OF SUB PLANS OR
CHAPTERS WILL REALLY FOCUS ON
THE NEEDS OF THAT ELEMENT OF TH
RIGHT OF WAY, ANCHORED OF COURS
TO HOW WE DELIVER COMPLETE
STREETS AND ACHIEVE OUR GOALS ,
AND INSIDE THOSE YOU'LL SEE KIN
OF A WEDDING CAKE OF PERFORMANC
TARGETS. AT THE VERY TOP YOU'L
SEE OUR CORNERSTONE MEASURES
AROUND SUCH AS VISION ZERO AND
CLIMATE ACTION, AND IN EACH
ELEMENT WILL BE SOME NETWORK
RELATED TARGETS, SO WE ARE NOT
LOSING THAT, THE RICHNESS AND
INTEGRITY OF THOSE MODAL PLANS,
BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW THE
BUILD ON WHAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITY AND THE TECHNICA
SIDE TO ACHIEVE THAT BIGGER
PICTURE VISION, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIAT
IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LAST TWO THINGS I'LL NOTE
HERE ARE AROUND THE WORK THAT
WE'LL BE DOING TO HAND THIS WOR
OFF TO OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PACKAGE
TEAM, THINKING ABOUT PROJECT
AND PROGRAM NEEDS TO DELIVER O
THE GOALS OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN ALONG WITH
HOW WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS
CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES, AND
THEN THAT FUNDING STRATEGY. SO
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE
ALONG THE 20 YEAR HORIZON AND
THAT FUNDING PACKAGE TEAM WILL
BE LOOKING MORE AT THE NEAR-TER
NEEDS. OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL
-- I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO HAND
IT OFF TO LUCY NOW TO TALK ABOU
PHASE TWO OF ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANKS, JONATHAN AND
FRANCISCA, AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS. WE ARE EXCITED
TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON ENGAGEMEN
THROUGH THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE POSTED
AN ONLINE ENGAGEMENT WEBSITE AN
HAVE BEEN OUT IN COMMUNITIES
TALKING WITH FOLKS OVER THE LAS
NINE MONTHS. WE'VE HAD MORE THA
28,000 VISITS TO THE ONLINE
ENGAGEMENT HUB WITH FOLKS
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING AND
PROVIDING A LOT OF THE BACK.
WE'VE HAD OVER 61,000 TOTAL
DATA POINTS COLLECTED SO FAR.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN PRIORITIZING
GOING TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY GATHERED IN COMMUNITY,
AND FRANCISCA TOUCHED ON THIS A
LITTLE BIT. WE'VE PARTICIPATED
IN 68 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND 45
MEETINGS AND BRIEFINGS AS WELL
AS ADDITIONAL POP-UPS AT GROCER
STORES, FARMERS MARKETS, AND
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS. W
ATTENDED A LOT OF FESTIVALS OVE
THE SUMMER, INCLUDING THE
DUWAMISH RIVER FESTIVAL, BIG DA
OF PLAY, A FELLOW INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL, SEAFARER AND DAZE
POWWOW, AND HAD MORE INTENTIONA
MEETINGS AND BRIEFINGS OVER THE
WINTER MONTHS WITH SPECIFIC
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY
ADVOCACY GROUPS. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THER
ARE SO MANY AMAZING
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE SERVING COMMUNITIES AL
OVER SEATTLE, AND WE'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH
SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THI
PLANNING PROCESS, INCLUDING THE
ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR
ALLIANCE, CENTRAL AREA
COLLABORATIVE, DUWAMISH VALLEY
SUSTAINABILITY ASSOCIATION, AS
THE LEADER'S LIBRARY, THE,
COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE KING
COUNTY, LEGACY OF THE QUALITY
LEADERSHIP ORGANIZING AND
SMASHED THE BOX. I ALSO WANTED
TO KNOW THAT FOUR OF THESE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE ONE
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
DATE, SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE
TO HAVE BROADER COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY
VISIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION,
LAND-USE AND HOUSING ALL
TOGETHER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
EACH OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS CREATED THEIR OWN
ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND HAVE BEEN
HOSTING EVENTS AND WORKING WITH
THEIR COMMUNITIES TO INFORM US
ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY'S
TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN DOING A TON OF
WORK ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN ADDITION
TO THEIR USUAL COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS, SO WE ARE SUPER
THANKFUL TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
HERE ARE A FEW -- JUST A FEW
EXAMPLES HERE. THE, I COMMUNIT
OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY HAS BEEN
HOSTING EVENTS AND FIELD TRIPS
WITH ELDERS AND YOUTH TO EXPLOR
MORE OF SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS. THEY'VE RELAYED TO ME
THAT THIS WORK HAS BEEN
TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR BREAKING
DOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN GOVERNMEN
AND COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
ENGAGED IN PROCESSES LIKE THESE
BEFORE. THE SUSTAINABILITY
ASSOCIATION HAS HELD WORK SHIPS
WITH YOUTH ADVOCATES IN SOUTH
PARK AND DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY
WALK FOR US TO EXPERIENCE AND
REFLECT ON TRANSPORTATION IN
THE VALLEY. SMASHED THE BOX HAS
BEEN ACTIVE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS
AND IS USING CREATIVE ENGAGEMEN
AND WORKING WITH OTHER
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS T
GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AS
TOLEDO'S LIBRARY HELD EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND
CREATED AN IMPACT REPORT THAT
INCLUDES THOUGHTFUL TAKEAWAYS
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND
LAND-USE. THIS IS REALLY JUST
SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WORK THES
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD T
FEATURING COMMUNITY REPORTS AND
FINDINGS ON OUR WEBSITE THIS
SPRING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. S
RIGHT NOW WE ARE NEARING THE EN
OF OUR SECOND PHASE OF
ENGAGEMENT, BUT HERE IS WHAT
WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOLKS TO
ENGAGE WITH ONLINE. WE'VE HAD A
SET OF INTERACT AND DRAFT
TRANSPORTATION MAPS FOR FOLKS T
COMMENT ON, AND WE ALSO WANTED
TO CHECK BACK IN TO SEE IF OUR
DRAFT VISION GOALS AND OBJECT I
FELT RIGHT AFTER HEARING A LOT
ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE
TOGETHER DURING OUR FIRST PHASE
OF ENGAGEMENT. WE ALSO ASK
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
TRANSPORTATION FOLKS WANT TO
SEE, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE
ARE TRADE-OFFS WITH ALL OF THE
FUTURES PRESENTED TO THEM, AND
WE ALSO ASKED WHAT ACTIOS WE
SHOULD TAKE TO ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS. MANY OF THESE ACTIONS
CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE FIRST
PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE
, PLEASE. SO WE PUT OUT A
SUMMARY OF THE FIRST PHASE OF
ENGAGEMENT, SEPTEMBER, AND OUR
SUMMARY OF PHASE TWO WILL COME
OUT THIS SPRING. HERE ARE A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES AND OPTIONS , ASKS TO
SPECIFICALLY INVEST IN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SEEN LESS
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS BUT WOULD HIGHLY BENEFI
FROM INCREASED CHOICE AND
TRANSPORTATION. SAFETY IS A
MAJOR CONCERN, AS WE ALSO HEAR
TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, AN
IS A BARRIER TO ACHIEVING AN
EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM REBALANCE
TO PROVIDE MORE MOBILITY
OPTIONS AND USES OF OUR STREETS
MAINTENANCE IS KEY TO A GOOD
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND
PEOPLE WANT MORE ACCESS TO
RELIABLE TRANSIT, AND WANT TO
FEEL SAFE WHILE THEY WAIT. AND
OUR BIPOC COMMUNITIES HAVE
SPECIFICALLY CONTINUED TO
HIGHLIGHT SAFETY AND ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS. JONATHAN SHARED WHERE
WE'VE BEEN SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR
US? WE WILL BE WORKING ON A
DRAFT TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT
WE WILL BE SHARING PUBLICLY IN
MID-2023. WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE T
ENGAGE WITH FOLKS THROUGH PHASE
THREE AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD T
HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
PRIORITIZE ASIAN THROUGH THIS
NEXT PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT. WE
HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. A
MULTILINGUAL PHONE LINE AND
THERE'S NO LINK AS WELL AS A QR
CODE TO GET TO THE ENGAGEMENT
HUB FOR THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND NEXT
SLIDE , JUST ANOTHER PLUG THAT
WE ARE PARTNERING CLOSELY WITH
THE ONE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN OF DATE, SO FEEL FREE TO
CHECK OUT THERE ENGAGEMENT
WEBSITE, AS WELL. THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE
QUESTION. GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS,
CHAIR PEDERSEN, SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. SO I FIRST WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE DOES
SEEM TO BE KIND OF A SHIFT IN
CULTURE HAPPENING AT THE
DEPARTMENT, WHICH I REALLY
APPRECIATE. I WAS LISTENING TO
DIRECT THEIR SCOTT ON THE
URBANIST CONVERSATION THAT HE
HAD. HE TALKS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE SILO IN THE
DEPARTMENTS, THE DIVISIONS
THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THE
CONCRETE PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO
THE TREE PEOPLE NOW AND MAKING
SURE THAT THERE'S A REAL
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORK
THAT'S HAPPENING. I WOULD ALSO
SAY THAT THE SLIDES STILL GIV
ME PAUSE WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT SAFETY. ONE OF THE SLIDE
MENTIONED , SEE WHICH ONE IT
IS, WILL I DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS. WHY DOES SEATTLE NEED
THIS PLAN RIGHT NOW? THERE'S
STILL A DESCRIPTION OF NEEDING
TO BALANCE, QUOTE, STOP LIMITED
ROAD SPACE . I THINK WE HAVE
TO REMEMBER THAT THERE'S ALMOST
4000 MILES OF ROAD IN OUR CITY,
WHICH IS ABOUT THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN HERE AND NEW YORK . SO
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
COMPLETE STREETS, WHEN WE ARE
PLANNING FOR SAFETY, I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S DATA, WE ONLY HAVE
ABOUT 4% OF THAT ROAD SPACE
THAT'S DEDICATED TO ON STREET
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, OR NOT
EVEN PROTECTED. JUST BIKE LANES
INCLUDING SHARON ROSE. SO AS WE
ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION,
AND I AGREE THAT WITH SOME OF
THE COMMENTERS I HOPE THAT WE
HAVE A CHANCE TO DO A REALLY
DETAILED OVERVIEW OR REVIEW OF
THE VISION ZERO REPORT WHEN IT'
AVAILABLE. I'M INTERESTED IN T
WHAT EXTENT THE DEPARTMENT IS
REALLY CONSIDERING REMOVING
PUBLIC STORAGE SPACE OF PRIVAT
VEHICLES, OF PRIVATE PROPERTY,
IN EXCHANGE FOR MORE PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY. LOOKING AT THE
S.GIS DATA, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
THE SIDEWALK MAPS, THERE'S
LARGE PORTIONS OF OUR CITY, AS
YOU ALL KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE ON
STREET PARKING BUT NO
SIDEWALKS. SO CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
INTENTIONALITY YOU ARE BRINGING
TO MAKING SOME OF THAT SHIFT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. TH
QUESTION IS ABOUT THE STORAGE
OF VEHICLES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY,
OR OFFSTREET?
>> ESPECIALLY THERE WERE FOLKS
WHO CAN'T DRIVE, THERE ARE FOLK
WHO ARE EFFECTIVELY KIND OF
SUBSIDIZING STORAGE OF CARS ON
PUBLIC LAND, IN A SPACE WHERE
THEY THEMSELVES CANNOT ACCESS.
SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW
WE PROMOTE A MORE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO OUR PUBLIC ROAD SPACE
>> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. RIGH
NOW OUR CURRENT POLICY FOR WORK
DOES PRIORITIZE OUR PRIORITY
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITY MODE
AS OUR TOP PRIORITY FOR THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND LONG-TERM
STORAGE OF VEHICLES IS OUR
CURRENT LOWEST PRIORITY IN MOS
STREET CONTEXT TYPES . THAT
POLICY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
ABOUT A DECADE AND IT'S BEEN
VERY CONTROVERSIAL TO IMPLEMENT
AS I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE. I
THINK WE HAVE WORK TO BUILD ON
THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK TO TRY TO
PROVIDE MORE CLARITY AND MORE
CLEAR GUIDANCE, BOTH TO STAFF
AND DECISION-MAKERS AROUND TH
ROLE THAT THESE PRIORITY
INVESTMENT NETWORKS MEET IN
TERMS OF ACHIEVING OUR GOALS,
AND THERE ARE -- WHAT'S
NORMALLY THE CASE IN THE STREE
IS THAT WE ARE WEIGHING
PRIORITY MODES AGAINST PRIORITY
MODES WHEN I THINK WHAT WE'VE
HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM THE
COMMUNITY IS THAT PRIORITY MODE
SHOULDN'T BE PITTED AGAINST EAC
OTHER. WE SHOULD REALLY BE THE
PRIORITIZING STORAGE OR IN SOME
CASES GENERAL-PURPOSE TRAFFIC
MOVEMENT. SO WE HAVE --
STARTING WITH COUNCIL'S
DIRECTIVE TO CREATE A VEHICLE
MILE TRAVEL REDUCTION TARGET FO
THE CITY, THAT'S A NEW POLICY
FRAME . THAT CREATES A NEW LENS
THROUGH WHICH WE CAN VIEW SOME
OF THESE TRADE-OFFS AND WE ARE
TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME CLEAR
GUIDANCE FOR OUR TEAMS AND FOR
EVERYONE THAT HELPS STRENGTHEN
OUR IMPLEMENTATION POSTURE.
>> THANK YOU. CAN I ASK ANOTHE
QUESTION, CHAIR?
>> PLEASE KEEP GOING.
>> MAYBE WHAT WILL BE HELPFUL I
IF YOU COULD SORT OF EXPLAIN
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S DEFINITIO
OF ESSENTIAL TRAVEL IS, AND I
THINK OF ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AS
BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY
STORE, BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE
DOCTOR, MY KIDS GETTING TO
SCHOOL SAFELY, AND SO I THINK
UNDERSTANDING YOUR LAST POINT,
WHICH IS THAT DIFFERENT MODES
DON'T NEED TO BE PITTED AGAINST
EACH OTHER, DIFFERENT NEEDS
DON'T NEED TO BE PITTED AGAINS
EACH OTHER, AND I AGREE WITH
THAT COMPLETELY. AND WHEN WE AR
TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING
ABLE TO NAVIGATE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT IS
ESSENTIAL, AND IT'S JUST NOT
CLEAR HOW THAT PHRASING IS USED
SO MAYBE YOU COULD TALK A LITTL
BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
THE EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>> THAT'S A REALLY BIG
QUESTION. I THINK THAT MAYBE
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS
TO VIEW ESSENTIAL, AND THERE IS
AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEFINITIO
THAT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE
REFERRING TO, AND THAT REVOLVES
AROUND LIKE AFTER THE CASCADIA
QUAKE OR AFTER A MAJOR
DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, HOW W
WOULD GET AROUND, WHAT WOULD BE
ESSENTIAL. I THINK MORE FROM A
DAY TO DAY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S
A REALLY CLEAR FOCUS IN WHAT W
ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY
IS THAT THEY WANT SAFE,
AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE TRAVEL
OPTIONS. AND STARTING WITH
WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT, AND
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE
ARE CERTAIN TRIP TYPES AT
CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY THAT
REALLY, DRIVING IS A KEY THING
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SOMEONE
GETS -- OR NEEDS TO BE AT WORK
AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, FOR
EXAMPLE. SOMEONE GOING TO A
SOCCER GAME WITH A CARLOAD OF
KIDS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT TRIP
TO DO ON TRANSIT. SO WE HAVE
WORKED TO KIND OF BALANCE THE
DIFFERENT KIND OF TRIP
PROFILES, WHILE TAKING THAT
INTO CONSIDERATION, WHILE
FOCUSING OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY
ALLOCATION AND OUR
PRIORITIZATION OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY ON MOVING PEOPLE
AND KEEPING PEOPLE -- AND
CREATING SAFER STREETS. SO THAT
MEANS CREATING SPEEDS WHERE CAR
ARE GOING SLOWER, AND
PRIORITIZING OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY
ALLEGATION. IT'S WHAT WE
MENTIONED EARLY ON, THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY ALLOCATION TODAY
DOES NOT LINE UP WITH OUR GOALS
FOR TRAVEL. HONESTLY WAY LESS,
WAY MORE TOWARDS THE STORAGE OF
CARS AND WEIGH LESS FOR TRANSIT
AND PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND
TRYING TO REPRIORITIZE HOW WE
CAN MOVE INTO THE NEXT COUPLE
DECADES OF EFFORT HERE.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. I
APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT I
PART OF THE CHALLENGE, WHETHER
IT IS POLICY OR NOT RIGHT NOW,
AND I HOPE IT'S NOT, IT DOES
FEEL LIKE WE ARE PRIORITIZING
CAR PARKING OVER SAFE SIDEWALKS
AND SAFE WAYS FOR FOLKS TO GET
AROUND WHO CAN'T BE IN A CAR. S
I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE ARE MOVING
THAT DIRECTION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
TO GET US THERE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
THANK YOU CHAIR PEDERSEN.
JONATHAN, FRANCESCA, LIZZIE,
WHAT A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
TODAY. THIS PRESENTATION IN
PARTICULAR REALLY DEMONSTRATES
TO ME THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 15
CORRIDORS IN SEATTLE THAT
EVERYONE WANTS TO USE AND
EVERYONE NEEDS TO USE THESE
CORRIDORS. AND THE QUESTION
COMES TO ME IS HOW DO WE
RECONCILE THESE DIFFERENT
PRIORITIES, AND I KNOW THAT YOU
ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THIS,
AND I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THI
PLAN FOR US TODAY, REALLY FRONT
AND CENTER, IS TO IDENTIFY THE
CONFLICTS THAT WE CAN RESOLVE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THIS
PLAN RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN EAC
CORE DOOR AND ON THE STREET . I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M
UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRESENTATION
CORRECTLY. THIS OVERALL SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION MAP MASTER PLAN
THAT COMBINES ALL OF THESE
MASTER PLANS INTO ONE ISN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE THE SILVER
SOLUTION THAT SOLVES FOR
EVERYTHING. RATHER, IT IS
GIVING US THE MAP THAT IS NEEDE
TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE PINCH
POINTS AND CONFLICTS ARE FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO BETTER PRIORITIZ
STREET SPACE. DID I GET THAT
CORRECT? I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE
CHECK.
>> I THINK IT'S TRUE AND THERE
ARE SOME CORRIDORS WHERE WE
THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE T
MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN TERMS
OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, SO
THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF A FIGHT
DOWNSTREAM. BUT THEN WE WILL
ALSO , TO YOUR POINTS, LAYOUT
POLICY GUIDANCE AND SOME
PRIORITIZATION IN THE PLAN THAT
HELPS OUR IMPLEMENTATION FOLKS
MAKE DECISIONS.
>> SO IT'S BOTH.
>> THAT'S GREAT, I APPRECIATE
THAT. BECAUSE I WAS IN THE
INTERBAY JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND
WHICH I BELIEVE IS A TRANSIT
ROAD. IT'S ALSO A FREIGHT ROAD
IT'S THE THIRD MOST USED
NORTH/SOUTH CORRIDOR IN OUR CIT
BETWEEN HIGHWAY 99 AND I-5,
INTERSTATE 5. WHAT REALLY STOOD
OUT TO ME IS , IS THAT A STREET
THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR BIKE
LANES? EVEN THOUGH WE NEED BIKE
CONNECTIONS THROUGH THERE, I'M
GOING TO ANSWER MY ANECDOTAL
QUESTION FOR YOU, WHICH IS NO,
DON'T THINK THAT 15th AVENUE
WEST IS A GREAT PLACE FOR BIKE
LANES, AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT
THE CORRIDOR THAT IS BETWEEN
MYRTLE EDWARDS PARK AND
FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL NEEDS TO B
GREATLY IMPROVED. THE BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT IN
THERE WAS PUT IN IN THE 1980S,
WHEN WE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO SAFELY
SEPARATE ICICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I JOKED WITH SOMEONE THIS
WEEKEND, THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED
TO RIDE MY BIKE, BECAUSE IT WAS
A CAGED FACILITY, AND THE
REALITY IS THAT TODAY THAT BIK
TRAIL THROUGH INTERBAY IS STILL
A CAGED FACILITY, AND WE KNOW
TODAY THAT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE
WAY TO BUILD BIKE TRAILS. SO I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION, ALLOWING ME TO
SHARE MY REFLECTIONS FROM THIS
LAST WEEKEND. I WILL --
JONATHAN, AS YOU KNOW, I PASSED
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT LAST YEAR TO LOOK AT OUR
LIGHT RAIL NETWORK, SPECIFICALL
BEYOND SOUND TRANSIT THREE.
SOUND TRANSIT THREE IS ALREADY
DONE. THE PLAN IS ALREADY DONE.
IT'S ALREADY BAKED. I CAN'T GET
THEM TO GO TO CROWNE HILL
DESPITE MY BEST TRY, MY BEST
ATTEMPTS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE TO CHECK MY ASSUMPTIONS.
WILL THE REQUEST BE INCLUDED IN
THESE MAPS AS FAR AS WHAT IS OU
TRANSIT PLAN, SPECIFICALLY LIGH
RAIL PLANNING BEYOND ST3 , AND
IF SO, HOW WILL THIS SPECIFIC
ASPECT OF OUTREACH BE
ACCOMPLISHED?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I
GUESS WE HAVE TWO PROVISOS THA
WE ARE WORKING UNDER FOR THIS
PLAN, AND ABSOLUTELY
CONSIDERING LIGHT RAIL OR SOUND
TRANSIT PROGRAM EXPANSIONS
BEYOND ST3 IS PART OF OUR WORK
AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN
THE TRANSIT ELEMENT THAT I
MENTIONED . AND WE ARE ENGAGIN
WITH SOUND TRANSIT ON NETWORK
AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. I THINK
THAT'S IMPORTANT AND ALSO I
THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
SINCE ST FOUR AND BEYOND ARE NO
NECESSARILY PLANNED, IS TO BE
ABLE TO SAY TO SOUND TRANSIT,
THESE ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT CROWNE
HILL AND RECONNECTING BACK TO
NORTHGATE AND BEYOND IS A GREAT
WAY FOR THE BALLARD EXTENSION.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED A LOT
MORE EAST/WEST CONNECTIONS AND
ALSO I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO
CONNECT WITH METRO TO PROVIDE
HEADER CONNECTIONS TO LIGHT RAI
STATIONS. I GUESS THERE'S NOT
QUESTION IN THERE FOR YOU TO
RESPOND BUT BACK TO THE
QUESTION, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO
-- ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO
BROADER OUTREACH BEYOND SOUND
TRANSIT OR IS SOUND TRANSIT KIN
OF YOUR LANE PARTNER THERE?
>> I'LL START, ALSO A GREAT
QUESTION. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING
AND DISCUSSING WITH FOLKS THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN TRANSIT ,
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD ON THE
SEATTLE SUBWAY HAS GIVEN US SOM
EARLY INPUT INTO THAT MAP AND
THEN WE'LL BE -- ONCE IT'S
SHARED OUT WITH THE PUBLIC THI
SUMMER AS PART OF THAT DRAFT
PLAN, WE'LL ALSO BE EXCITED TO
GET ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
>> REALLY WELL DONE, THANKS
JONATHAN, LIZZIE, FRANCESCA.
>> THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE
QUESTION AND I THINK A COMMENT,
SO IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU'RE
ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC, I
REALLY APPRECIATE IN YOUR SLIDE
WHERE YOU SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU
ARE HEARING SO FAR, THE
QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING. I --
WHEN YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE HOW
THEY WOULD PREFER TO GET AROUND
AND I HEAR A LOT ABOUT WANTING
MORE AFFORDABLE TRAVEL OPTIONS
MY MIND IS GOING TO TRANSIT IN
TERMS OF MOVING THE MOST PEOPLE
THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY WAY. ALSO HOW ARE YOU
ACCOMMODATING THEM, THE NEEDS
OF FREIGHT TO MOVE GOODS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY? OBVIOUSLY
WE'RE A PORT CITY AND THE WHOLE
STATE RELIES ON US TO MOVE
GOODS. WE NEED TO GET FOOD TO
THE GROCERY STORES, ET CETERA,
SO HOW ARE YOU ALL ACCOMMODATIN
THE NEEDS OF FREIGHT? THERE ALS
WAS A COMMENT, A PUBLIC COMMENT
ABOUT NOT JUST MY QUESTION IS
REALLY ABOUT ACCOMMODATING
FREIGHT IN THIS -- AS YOU ARE
SURVEYING THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO,
HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND
SAFE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
LET'S SEE. THERE'S SEVERAL
DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS TO OUR WOR
RELATED TO FREIGHT AND URBAN
GOODS MOVEMENT. I THINK THAT OU
FREIGHT MASTER PLAN IS SORT OF
ONE OF OUR MOST RECENTLY
PREPARED PLANS AND IS STILL
VERY CURRENT AND PRESCIENT IN
TERMS OF ITS NETWORK. WE DO NOT
SEE ANY CHANGES TO THAT PLANNED
FREIGHT NETWORK. WE -- THERE'S
LITTLE BIT OF EMBROIDERY WE AR
DOING, FOR EXAMPLE THE STATE
ROUTE 99 VIADUCT DOESN'T EXIST
ANYMORE. BUT BEYOND THAT , WE
ARE DEVELOPING A PILOT PROJEC
TO COMBINE A FREIGHT AND TRANSI
LANE AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED
FOR THAT WORK AND LOOK FORWARD
TO THAT RESULT, THOSE RESULTS.
WE ARE LAYING SOME GROUNDWORK I
THIS PLAN WHERE IF THAT'S
SUCCESSFUL, WE COULD SEE IT
ADDITIONAL FREIGHT AND BUS LANE
AROUND THE CITY TO HELP MAINTAI
FREIGHT OF GOODS RELIABILITY
AND TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY
AROUND TOWN . I THINK WE DON'T
GET A LOT OF NECESSARILY
COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE FREIGHT
NETWORK , BUT WE KNOW THAT TO
SUPPORT THE CITY AND TO SUPPOR
ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR JOBS IN
OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS, A QUARTER
OF THE CITY'S JOBS ARE LOCATED
IN THOSE INDUSTRIAL AREAS. WE
REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON FREIGHT
AND GOODS RELIABILITY AND
MOVEMENT. THE LAST THING I'LL
ADD IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A HUGE
EXPLOSION OF SMALL PACKAGE
DELIVERY, WHICH IS A TYPE OF
GOOD MOVEMENT THAT'S LARGELY
KIND OF OUTSIDE THE REALM OF
THE PLANNED NETWORKS . SO WE'VE
BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ,
THINKING ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S URBA
FREIGHT LAB AND THEY'RE HELPIN
US KIND OF HONE IN ON THE NEEDS
OF THE CITY OVER THE NEXT COUPL
DECADES AS WE ADAPT TO THAT
CHANGE IN HOW PACKAGES GET
AROUND TOWN, AND A KEY PIECE O
THAT IS THOSE CRITICAL ACCESS
FUNCTIONS OF THE CURVE. WE ARE
JUST WAY -- ONE OF OUR EARLIER
PEOPLE THAT SPOKE TALKED ABOUT
THE GOODS MOVEMENT ALLIE
OVERLOADING ISSUES AND SEE SOM
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH STC
ON UPDATING OUR OFFSTREET
LOADING OPPORTUNITIES AND
ADDRESSING ALLIE CONGESTION. S
SEVERAL KEY WEDGES THERE
AROUND HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOU
THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT AND GOODS
MOVEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. LASTLY YOU HAD
MENTIONED EVENTUALLY THIS WILL
LEAD TOWARD POTENTIAL FUNDING
PACKAGE. WE KNOW THAT THE MOVE
SEATTLE PROPERTY TAX IS EXPIRIN
NEXT YEAR, AND YOU KNOW WE
SUPPORT KING COUNTY METRO
THROUGH A SALES TAX, THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT. UNFORTUNATELY THAT
SALES TAX IS REGRESSIVE. I KNOW
I HEAR A LOT FROM CONSTITUENTS
ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES. WE ARE
GOING TO PROPERTY TAXES TO
SUPPORT OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
IN SEATTLE, SO BY THE TIME WE
GET TO THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FUNDING, I
THINK WE'LL WANT TO TRY TO
DIVERSIFY OUR FUNDING SOURCES,
AND NOT JUST ASSUME IT'S GOING
TO BE THE SAME PROPERTY TAX,
BECAUSE BY THEN, PEOPLE -- OUR
CONSTITUENTS WILL BE FEELING A
CHALLENGE OF PAYING THOSE
PROPERTY TAXES. SO I KNOW THAT
WE ARE -- CITIES AROUND
WASHINGTON STATE, AROUND THE
NATION, THEY USE IMPACT FEES TO
SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION AND
OTHER PRIORITIES, SO JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL
LOOKING AT A DIVERSIFIED SOURCE
OF FUNDING AS YOU THINK ABOUT
HOW TO PAY FOR ALL THESE GREAT
THINGS WE WANT TO DO.
>> I COULD JUMP IN, YEAH, WE AR
DEFINITELY LOOK GOING AT ALL TH
DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SOURCES.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE RELIED ON A
LEVY IN THE PAST. IT'S NOT THE
ONLY THING WE'RE LOOKING AT . W
ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE COMPLETE
PACKAGE OF DIFFERENT FUNDING
STRATEGIES THAT SDOT COULD
PURSUE AND THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
>> I KNOW WE ARE EAGER TO ALL
RUN OVER TO SEATTLE CENTER AND
HEAR THE MAYORS FOR HIS STATE O
THE CITY ADDRESS. I REALLY WAN
TO THANK SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THEIR
PARTNERS FOR THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE'LL HAV
YOU BACK IN THE COMMITTEE. WE
KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THE
PLAN IN A FEW MONTHS FOR US TO
GO OVER, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. ALL
RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. WITH THAT, I
IS -- THE TIME IS 11:06 AND
THIS CONCLUDES OUR FEBRUARY 21s
2023 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE. THE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE.