>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE. A SEPTEMBER 11th,
2024 MEETING OF THE PARKS,
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE WILL ME IS
I'M JORY HOLLINGSWORTH, CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE. CHAIR, WOULD
YOU PLEASE CALL THE WORLD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
PRESENT.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. AND
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE AGENDA,
I RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS 9/11. I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO
VISIT THE WORLD TRADE MEMORIAL
CENTER. BACK IN MARCH. AND
THERE WAS ONE NAME THAT WAS
ETCHED INTO MY BRAIN FOR A LONG
TIME, YOU KNOW, 9/11 HAPPENED
WHEN I WAS A, A SENIOR IN HIGH
SCHOOL, AND THERE'S A, ALL
THE, ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE
ETCHED THERE, BUT ONE THAT
STANDS OUT THE MOST TO ME, THAT
REMAINS IN MY HEART, IS A
FIREMAN NAMED STEPHEN SILLER,
AND HE BELONGS TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF BROOKLYN 1. AND
THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW HIS NAME IS BECAUSE
WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT, HE HAD
JUST GOTTEN OFF, AND WHEN HE
HAD HEARD ABOUT THE TOWERS, AND
THE FIRST COUPLE, THE FIRST
PLANE THAT HIT, HE WENT BACK TO
HIS FIRE STATION AFTER HE HAD
GOTTEN OFF HIS, HIS SHIFT. WENT
BACK TO THE FIRE STATION. THEY
HAD CLOSED THE BATTERY TUNNEL.
HE PUT ON 60 POUNDS OF GEAR AND
RAN A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE
BROOKLYN FIRE STATION, NUMBER
1, ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER'S, UP INTO THE
TOWER, WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO
SAVE PEOPLE. AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIED. AND
THERE IS A MEMORIAL FOR HIM,
WHICH IS CALLED TUNNEL TO
TOWER, AND THEY RAISE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FOR A FALLEN
FIREFIGHTERS, AND FOR PEOPLE TO
BE ABLE TO PURCHASE HOMES, AND
FOR THEIR FAMILY. AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO RECOGNIZE 9/11 AS
BEING SIGNIFICANT IN OUR, IN
OUR COUNTRY, AND RECOGNIZING
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED OUR
COUNTRY, AND LIKE TO PASS IT
OFF TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IF
YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, AND, YES, 9/11,
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, THE VISION FROM THAT
DAY 22 YEARS AGO, AND THE DAYS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
AFTERWARDS, THE, THE IDEA OF
THE EMPTY SKY. AND ON THAT DAY
AND THE DAYS AFTERWARD, WE WOKE
UP TO AN EMPTY SKY. ON THAT
9/11, I WAS BACK IN OUR
COUNTRY, IN VIRGINIA, BRIEFING
THE THEATER ROOSEVELT BATTLE
GROUP AS THEY WERE PREPARING TO
DEPLOY. AND, AND AT THAT TIME,
I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SIXTH
FLEET, WHICH WAS EMBARKED ON
USS LaSALLE AND GUIDED TO
ITALY. OF COURSE, WE HAD BEEN
IN THE COUNTERTERRORISM FIGHT
11 MONTHS ALMOST TO THE DAY,
WAS THE COLE BOMBING. AND I
NEEDED TO GET BACK. I DROVE
NORTH, AND MY FLIGHT OUT OF
NASHVILLE WAS CANCELED, AND THE
AIRPORT WAS CLOSED. AND SO I
CONTINUED ON TO PHILADELPHIA.
AND WHAT I'LL NEVER FORGET ARE
THE FLAGS. BRIDGE AFTER BRIDGE
ACROSS I-95 HAD A FLAG DRAPED
DOWN ACROSS THE SITE, AND EACH
FLAG ADDED TO THE SENSE OF
ENORMITY OF THE TAX, BUT ALSO
THE ENORMITY OF OUR COUNTRY'S
UNIFIED RESPONSE. MY FLIGHT TO
ROME WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
FLIGHTS TO FILL THE SKIES, AND
I THOUGHT ABOUT, AS WE FLEW
ACROSS THE OCEAN, 9/11, WHAT
LAID AHEAD. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY,
I WAS IN THIS, AND I KNEW WHAT
WAS IN FRONT OF ME, IN TERMS OF
THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. BUT
ALSO, WITH THE FLAGS, AND WHAT
THEY REPRESENTED. AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
REFLECT ON. AND AT THE TIME,
YOU KNOW, 23 YEARS AGO, I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT A FRIEND OF
MINE WAS KILLED IN THE
PENTAGON, AND EIGHT PEOPLE IN
THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
-- WAS KILLED TOO. IN ADDITION
TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN
THE PENTAGON, NEW YORK, AND
PENNSYLVANIA AND ELSEWHERE, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THIS. AND GIVEN THE
FACT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS
COUNTRY, THE POINT THAT I MADE
ABOUT THE ENORMITY, IN TERMS OF
OUR UNIFIED RESPONSE. AND I
THINK THIS IS A DAY THAT WE
SHOULD REFLECT UPON THAT AND
THINK ABOUT IT, AND SAY TO
OURSELVES, LET'S TAKE A
MOMENT, AND GIVEN ALL THE
DIVISION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
COUNTRY AND IN OUR CITY, WE
SHOULD AND EXEMPT OURSELVES ON
THIS DAY. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK
FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. WE WILL GIVE 30 SECONDS
OF SILENCE TO HONOR THE FALLEN,
OUR FALLEN VICTIMS OF 9/11 AND
ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS
WELL.
>> [ SILENCE ]
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> CHAIR, CAN I --
>> COUNSEL, COUNCILMEMBER?
>> I REALLY, AS A NEW YORKER, I
MOVED HERE EARLY 2001,
ACTUALLY. AND I KNEW FOLKS THAT
WERE AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
THAT DAY, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. AND IT WAS A VERY DARK
DAY FOR NEW YORKERS, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT REACHED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO SEATTLE AND
IMPACTED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY,
THOUGH IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR'S -- CHAIRS TAKING THE
TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND
THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, BECAUSE
MANY OF US DID KNOW FOLKS THAT
WERE THERE THAT DAY. AND ALSO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
FIREFIGHTERS, AND MANY OF WHICH
CAME FROM OTHER STUDIES TO HELP
OUT IN THOSE DAYS AFTER
SEPTEMBER 11th WHEN THEY WERE
STILL PULLING FOLKS OUT OF THE
RUBBLE THERE. SO I, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
TO, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHERS. AND
SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIR FOR, FOR THE, FOR, FOR
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TODAY,
BECAUSE SO OFTEN, WE'RE SO
BUSY IN OUR LIVES, AND WE
DON'T ALWAYS TAKE THE TIME TO
THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND
SO REALLY MUCH APPRECIATE, AS A
NEW YORKER, YOU BRINGING THIS
UP TODAY. AND I CAN'T THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR
YOUR EXPERIENCE. I'M SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS IS THAT DAY, FOR ALL
OUR LOSSES, AND, YOU KNOW,
THANK YOU FOR, LIKE I SAID,
THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND
THANK YOU TO ALL THE
FIREFIGHTERS WHO, THEIR
FAMILIES OF THE FIREFIGHTERS
WHO PERISHED THAT DAY. SO THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW
IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO
TRANSITION, BUT I'M GOING TO
DO THE BEST I CAN, LIKE AL
ROKER DOES. THEY ALWAYS COME
ON, ON THE MORNING TODAY SHOW,
THEY ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE
SOMETHING, AND THEY TRANSITION
TO HIM TO TALK SOMETHING
GOOD. SO WE HAVE 11 ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA TODAY. 1 THROUGH 5,
WE HAVE REAPPOINTMENTS AND TWO
REAPPOINTMENTS TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL. THE SECOND, OR
NUMBER 6, WE HAVE ONE
APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARDS OF
PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS. FOLLOWING THAT,
WE WILL CONSIDER SPU'S
ACQUISITION OF TWO PARCELS OF
LAND FOR SALMON HABITAT
PROTECTION. AT THAT, WE WILL
ALSO CONSIDER SPU'S
ACQUISITION TO LAND SURROUNDING
PIPER'S CREEK. SPU IS BUSY
BUYING LAND. AND THEN, NEXT, WE
WILL LOOK TO VOTE ON THE
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. WE WILL
ALSO LOOK TO AUTHORIZE A LEASE
FOR THE SEATTLE CENTER. AND
THEN, FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE A
BRIEF INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION
FROM OUR SEATTLE CENTER ON
MEMORIAL STADIUM PROJECT. WE
WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
AMAZING. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WITH
THAT, LET'S JUMP INTO HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD BE RELATED TO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND
BE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE
COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP,
AND THERE WERE NO REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> AWESOME. EACH PERSON WILL
GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. I WILL CALL
ON SPEAKERS BY NAME IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED.
ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET AVAILABLE
HERE IN COUNSEL'S CHAMBER.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE WILL START
WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. IF YOU
HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK,
BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN
UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE END OF
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. JUST
GO TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE,
OR BY SIGNING UP ON THE SIGN-UP
SHEET NEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT
MICROPHONE. THE ONLINE LINK IS
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WHEN
SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING. SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A CHIME WENT TO
SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME. IF SPEAKERS DO
NOT AND THEIR COMMENTS AT THE
END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
PROVIDED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
PERSON. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH ALEX MARITZA ,
FOLLOWED BY KAYLA PETERSON.
>> -- AND CRIMINAL. MY NAME
ALEX TSIMERMAN . IT'S VERY
GOOD SO YOU REMEMBER 9/11.
IT'S A BIG TERRORIST ACT. YOU
KNOW -- WHAT IS WE HAVE IN
AMERICA. YUP. SO I WANT TO
EXPLAIN TO YOU, WHEN WE TALKING
ABOUT 9/11, SO THIS IS EXACTLY
MY EXPRESSION. WE'LL COME
RIGHT NOW. AND I GIVE YOU
DETAIL WHY THIS HAPPENED. LIKE
HOW SEATTLE, SEATTLE -- WHY?
BECAUSE 9/11 IS A TERRORIST, A
MUSLIM TERRORIST, AND DESTROY
AMERICA AND KILL PEOPLE. AFTER
20 YEARS, 22 YEARS, WE SEE THE
SAME MUSLIM IN STREET FOR ONE
YEAR HAVE DEMONSTRATION. HOW IS
THIS POSSIBLE? SEATTLE HAVE
VERY SHORT MEMORY -- OR REAL
FASCIST? SO WHAT DOES MEAN
FASCIST? WE DON'T HAVE
AMERICA. YOU SUPPORT
TERRORISTS. YOU SUPPORT -- THIS
DEMONSTRATION, WHAT HAS COME IN
STREET FOR LAST YEAR, IS A
NIGHTMARE. AND GOVERNMENT
APPROVES IT. HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE? WE HAVE LONG HISTORY
WITH MUSLIM PROBLEM. IT
TERRORIST WHAT HAS COME FROM
IRAN, FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. AND YOU
GIVE THESE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATION
FOR ONE YEAR. THOUSAND PEOPLE
COME. THIS EXACTLY WHAT IS I
TOLD ABOUT THIS. WE NEED
CHANGE. SEATTLE -- BACK TO
AMERICA. -- YEAR. BUT FOR US,
20 YEARS, YOU KNOW, 10 YEAR,
YOU ACTING LIKE A PURE -- LIKE
-- LIKE . IS EXACTLY WHAT AM I
SEEING, TALKING EVERYDAY. STAND
UP, AMERICA. BRING AMERICA
BACK!
>> OUR NEXT AND FINAL SPEAKER
IS KAYLA PETERSON.
>> HI. I DIDN'T NOTE THE TWO
MINUTE RULE BEFORE I CAME HERE,
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK
AS QUICKLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
I WANTED TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING TO MY STATEMENT.
I'M GOING TO READ OFF MY
PAPER, BECAUSE , HONESTLY, I'M
NOT REALLY A FAN OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING NORMALLY, ESPECIALLY
IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING, AND
I'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE, SO I'M
A BIT NERVOUS. I'M KAYLA
PETERSON, AND I'M A PROUD
MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I LIVE
IN THE GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
AND BOUGHT A HOME THERE BECAUSE
I IT HAS A THRIVING COMMUNITY
FABRIC, AND I WANTED TO LIVE IN
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT
EACH OTHER. ONE OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO REPRESENTS
ME IS ACTUALLY ON THE
COMMITTEE, SARAH NELSON, SO
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S FUNNY THAT
THIS IS THE COMMITTEE FOR
PARKS, UTILITIES, AND
TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE I HAVE
PRESSING MATTERS I WOULD LIKE
TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON
EACH OF THESE TOPICS. WITH
REGARDS TO PARKS, I THINK --
PARKING GREENWOOD IS A VIBRANT
CENTER OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING
JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. IT
IS A PLACE WHERE MY NEIGHBORS
GO TO HAVE THEIR KIDS PLAY,
SPORTS PRACTICES ARE HOSTED,
AND I'VE USED IT TO READ AND
UNSUCCESSFULLY -- TRYING TO
FIND MY KITE ON A DAY THAT
WASN'T WHEN YOU ENOUGH. IT IS
A PLACE THAT IS VERY ACTIVELY
USED AND CHARGED BY THE
COMMUNITY. A FEW MONTHS AGO I
NOTICED THAT A NEW OWNER HAD,
OH MAN, MAYBE I SHOULD SKIP
PAST THIS PART.
>> YOU'RE FINE, CAN YOU PAUSE
THE TIME?
>> YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE FINE.
AND WE CAN ALSO TAKE YOUR
COMMENTS AS WELL. SO JUST TAKE
YOUR TIME. YOU'RE FINE. IF WE
CAN ADD TWO MORE MINUTES FOR,
IT'S KAYLA, RIGHT?
>> KIA.
>> KIA, I'M SO SORRY. TWO MORE
MINUTES FOR KIA. GO AHEAD, TO
SLOW DOWN. YOU'RE DOING
FABULOUS, OKAY?
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> OKAY. A FEW MONTHS AGO I
NOTICED THAT A NEW OWNER HAD
MOVED INTO ONE OF THE HOUSES ON
THE PERIMETER OF THE PARK AND
PUT A RED NO PARKING SIGNS FOR
HOME DEPOT IN FRONT OF THEIR
HOUSE. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE
STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES
PUBLIC PARKING, SO THEY
SHOULDN'T REALLY BE ASKING
PEOPLE NOT TO PARK THERE. I
WALK PAST THE HOUSE ALL THE
TIME ON THE WAY TO THE GROCERY
STORE, SAYING, WHO DO THOSE
PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE? AND
WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD DO.
IGNORE IT? STEAL THEIR SIGNS
AND THROW THEM IN THE TRASH?
THEN, TWO WEEKS AGO, I DECIDED
TO WRITE HIM A NOTE. IN THAT
NOTE I TOLD HIM THAT SANDEL
PARK IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THE GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, AND
PUBLIC PARKING IS PART OF
ACCESSING THAT. SO IF THEY NEED
TO RESERVE PARKING SPOT FOR AN
OFFICIAL REASON, SUCH AS A
DESIGNATED HANDICAP SPOT, THEY
CAN CONTACT THE CITY TO HAVE
OFFICIAL SIGNAGE INSTALLED. BUT
IF IT'S JUST A PERSONAL
PREFERENCE, I'D LIKE THEM TO
RECONSIDER THEIR ACTIONS,
BECAUSE THEY FEEL HOSTILE TO
THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE'S
ABILITY TO USE THE PUBLIC
PARKING TO ACCESS THE PARK. I
ALSO TOLD THEM THAT EVEN WHEN
PEOPLE WERE SAYING ANYTHING,
THEY WERE NOTICING THEIR
ACTIONS AND FORMING OPINIONS ON
THEN. ALSO, BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I'M
CALLING MYSELF MOTHER TERESA
OVER HERE, AND I WANT TO BE UP
FRONT AND HONEST, I ALSO SAID
THAT I THOUGHT THEIR SIGNS WERE
TACKY, DOSE, AND SELFISH, AND
THAT IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HOUSE
THAT'S ACTUALLY A PART OF
COMMUNITY, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL
FORTRESS. TO MY SURPRISE, THEY
TOOK DOWN THE SIGNS BY THE NEXT
TIME I WALKED BY. FEELING VERY
SMUG AS I WALKED PAST, I
REALIZED WITH HORROR THAT THE
WHOLE REASON THAT THEY HAD PUT
UP THOSE SIGNS WAS BECAUSE
PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED THAT THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT AROUND,
THAT THE PARKING AROUND THE
PERIMETER OF THAT PARK ISN'T
GETTING ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72
HOUR RULE, WHERE YOU CAN ONLY
SIT IN THE SAME, SECURE CAR IN
THE SAME SPOT ON THE STREET FOR
72 HOURS BEFORE IT MUST BE
MOVED, AND IT HAS CREATED A
SNOWBALL EFFECT OF PEOPLE USING
IT TO CAMPOUT THEIR VEHICLES.
MY SMUGNESS EVAPORATED WHEN I
REALIZED I WAS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE A REALLY TO GET ENTER IF I
WROTE THAT NOTE ABOUT THEIR
TACKY SIGNS AND LOVING
COMMUNITY, AND THEN THEY GOT AN
RV -- BASICALLY I, I WAS GOING
TO ASK IF PARKING COULD BE
ENFORCED AROUND THE PARK TO, TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE
PARK.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ALSO
LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS IN THERE,
AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU TO ADDRESS THAT. TAKE
YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND
SPEAKING. YOU DID GREAT, OKAY?
SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.
>> I SHOULD GET BACK TO OUR
MEETING --
>> NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. IF
THERE IS NO, ARE THERE ANY MORE
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS?
>> THERE ARE NO MORE ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS.
>> AWESOME. WE'LL NOW PROCEED
TO THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS BIT WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS
TO SPU CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
OH. EXCUSE ME. WILL YOU READ
THE AGENDA INTO THE, THE ITEM
INTO THE AGENDA , CLARK? MY
APOLOGIES.
>> YES, NO PROBLEM. AGENDA
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5 ARE THE
APPOINTMENTS NUMBERS 03012
THROUGH 03016, WHICH ARE THE
APPOINTMENTS OF MANAV GOEL ,
ALLISON METTLER, NAFISO SAMATAR
AS MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL, FOR A TERM OF
JULY 31st, 2027. AND THE
REAPPOINTED OF GRETCHEN GLAUB
AND MIKI SODOS AS MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY
COMMISSION, ALSO FOR A TERM TO
JULY 31st, 2027. THIS IS FOR
BREATHING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE, AND SPEAKING
TODAY IS ANDREW LEE, GENERAL
MANAGER AND CEO OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
LEE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER
ALL THESE APPOINTMENT AT ONE
TIME. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD, AND WE'LL JUST
PASS IT OFF TO YOU.
>> ANDREW LEE, GENERAL MANAGER
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> MY NAME IS MIKI SODOS. I'M
A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
>> AWESOME. AND IT'S OFF TO
YOU. PASSING THE BALL TO YOU
FOR THE DUNK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTEND TODAY AND INTRODUCE YOU
TO THE NEW COHORT FOR THE
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL. AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING
WITH SP YOU, OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERED UTILITY DIVISION. THE
NOMINEES FOR THIS CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL REALLY EXPAND OUR
CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE BLACK,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOW
INCOME, UNHOUSED, IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES , AND ALSO
INCREASED OUR MEMBER
REPRESENTATION AND INCLUDE
REPRESENTATION FROM SMALL
BUSINESSES , LIKE MIKI, AND THE
TECH INDUSTRY. WE ARE, THEY'RE
EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO THEIR
WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE REALLY
HONORED AT THE UTILITY -- TO
MAKE SPU AND SEATTLE A GREAT
PLACE FOR EVERYONE. I'D LIKE
TO TAKE THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS TO
INTRODUCE THE NEW MEMBERS AND
THE REAPPOINTED MEMBERS, AND
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.
SO I'LL START OFF WITH NAFISO
SAMATAR. NAFISO, WHO I BELIEVE
MAY BE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOMALI
BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AND FOR THE
PAST 20 YEARS, SHE HAS FOCUSED
ON HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES,
ESPECIALLY IN MINORITY,
IMMIGRANT, AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES, BY HELPING THEM
NAVIGATE CITY SERVICES. SHE'S
A STRONG INTEREST IN EDUCATION
OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES ON
THE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO
REDUCE THE UTILITY COST. THE
SECOND NEW MEMBER WE HAVE IS
MANAV GOEL. MANAV WORKS IN
SOUTH LAKE UNION AS A TECHNICAL
LEAD IN SOCIAL IMPACT THAT
META-. HE IS A CURRENT BOARD
MEMBER AT SOUND GENERATIONS,
AND HE HAS STRONG INTERESTS IN
UPGRADING UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENCE, CIRCULAR ECONOMY
INNOVATIONS, AND USING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES TO
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IN OUR LAST NEW MEMBER IS
ALLISON METTLER. ALLISON IS A
RESIDENT OF THE LAWTON PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD , AND VOLUNTEERS
WITH FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY PARK.
SHE WORKED, ACTUALLY, AS AN
INTERN FOR SPU'S WATER
EFFICIENCY TEAM EARLIER THIS
YEAR, AND SHE HAS A STRONG
INTEREST IN IMPROVING WATER
QUALITY THROUGH STORMWATER
RUNOFF MANAGEMENT, REMOVING
BARRIERS TO ELECTRONIC WASTE
COLLECTION, AND COMMUNICATING
SPU PRIORITIES TO OUR
COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO
THESE THREE NEW MEMBERS, WE
ALSO HAVE TWO REAPPOINTED
MEMBERS, INCLUDING MIKI, WHO IS
HERE, AND THEN GRETCHEN GLAUB,
WHO I BELIEVE IS ALSO ATTENDING
VIRTUALLY. JUST A SHORT QUICK
SUMMARY ON MIKI. SHE'S A 30
YEAR VETERAN OF THE FOOD
SERVICE INDUSTRY, AND CURRENTLY
CO-OWNS BANG BANG KITCHEN IN
RAINIER VALLEY AND BANG BANG
CAFE IN BELLTOWN. SHE IS A
VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR SMALL
BUSINESS ISSUES AND AN ACTIVE
PARTICIPANT IN MULTIPLE SOCIAL
AND SMALL-BUSINESS CAUSES. SHE
HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN
PROVIDING EQUAL EQUALITY
SERVICES TO ALL OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND INCREASING
EDUCATION ABOUT CLEAN WATER
ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND
LIKE I MENTIONED, GRETCHEN
GLAUB, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE
VIRTUALLY, SHE'S A SALMON
RECOVERY COORDINATOR FOR THOMAS
COUNTY. SHE'S INTERESTED IN
PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PUGET
SOUND, WITH A FOCUS ON
ENDANGERED SPECIES AND SALMON
RECOVERY, SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESSING WATER QUALITY ISSUES
AND CONTAMINANTS. SO ALL FIVE
OF THESE MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO
OUR EXISTING CUSTOMER REVIEW
PANEL MEMBERS REALLY BUILD ON
OUR GOAL TO EXPAND DIVERSITY OF
THE PANEL, BRINGING A WIDE
RANGE OF EXPERIENCE,
BACKGROUND, AND GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATIONS AND DIVERSITY TO OUR
PANEL. SO AT THIS POINT, I'D
ACTUALLY LIKE TO INVITE OUR
NOMINEES IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK
BRIEFLY AND INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES TO THE COMMITTEE,
STARTING WITH MIKI, AND THEN
WE'LL GO TO NAFISO, AND THEN
GRETCHEN.
>> MY NAME IS MIKI SODOS. LIKE
I SAID, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER. I HAVE BANG BANG KITCHEN
AND BANG BANG CAFE. I'VE BEEN
A BUSINESS OWNER FOR ABOUT 15
YEARS. AND DURING PANDEMIC, I
HAD A BUSINESS CALLED CAFE
PATTY ROSE ON CAPITOL HILL. WE
WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THE
PROTEST AREA, AND I WENT TO A
FIRE, LIKE, A SPU MEETING, WE
WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO GET PORT-A-POTTIES AND
WHATNOT, MAKE SURE THE AREA WAS
GETTING CLEANED UP, AND I MET
THE, THE PERSON BEFORE ANDREW,
RONNIE, AND SHE, WE WERE
TALKING, AND IT WAS REALLY,
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, AND
I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I
REALLY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED
IN SOME CIVIL ISSUES AND
WHATNOT, AND START KINDA
DEDICATING TO SOME OR PUBLIC
SERVICE, SO I GOT NOMINATED FOR
THIS. AND IT'S BEEN VERY
INTERESTING, AS SOMEBODY IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, LEARNING ABOUT
HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, ABOUT HOW
SOME OF THESE THINGS WORK, AND
HOW WE CAN EDUCATE OUR
COMMUNITY. AND A LOT OF THE
THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER FOR
15 YEARS, AND I HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS.
SO I'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE THEM TO MY
NEIGHBORHOOD. BELLTOWN -- SOUTH
SEATTLE IS NOT, AND MY
COMMUNITY NUMBERS, A LOT OF
THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT
SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY
CAN ACCESS WITH SPU. SO IT'S
BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR MYSELF AND
MY COMMUNITY, TO BE PART OF IT,
AND THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW I
WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKI. AND
THEN, NAFISO, ARE YOU IN
ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY?
>> HI! HI, EVERYONE! THIS IS
NAFISO SAMATAR. CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
>> YEAH, HI, IT'S NAFISO! I --
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SO NICE
TO SEE YOU ALL. THIS IS, THIS
IS NAFISO SAMATAR, SOMALI
ALLIANCE -- ALSO, I MAY
FOUNDER. MY GOAL IS TO SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY AND LIVE IN
HEALTH, WELL-BEING. I'M A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, NAFISO.
AND THEN, GRETCHEN, IF YOU ARE
ONLINE AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
GRETCHEN HERE TODAY.
>> OKAY, OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD
BOTH MIKI AND NAFISO HAD A
CHANCE TO ATTEND, AND YOU CAN
SEE, JUST, AGAIN, WE, WE'RE
REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS NEW COHORT, AND JUST
APPRECIATE THEIR DEDICATION.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERS TO
DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'M SO
AMAZED AT THEIR DEDICATION, AND
IT'S JUST SO COMMENDABLE. SO
REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE
THEM ON BOARD.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
LEE, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR
PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY THIS, FOR
YOUR SERVICE. ESPECIALLY AS A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, TO DONATE
YOUR TIME, WHATEVER TIME YOU
HAVE LEFT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE CAFE. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP,
BECAUSE I'M VEGAN, AND I'VE
HAD YOUR MAC & CHEESE, THE AND
IS FIRE. I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH,
I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. SO
IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, A
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, AND, AND
THANK YOU. NAC COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAS A COMMENT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WERE A VEGAN. JUST KIDDING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING WILLING TO SERVE. I
WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL,
NAFISO, DESCRIBED HERSELF, AND,
AND WAS DESCRIBED AS A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. I HAVE, I
HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT SHE IS A
FORCE OF NATURE, AND HER
INFLUENCE AND HER CONNECTIONS
AND THE WAY THAT SHE CAN
TRANSLATE SPU'S MISSION TO THE
COMMUNITY ALL OVER THE CITY,
AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE INPUT TO
HOW, HOW THE UTILITY CAN BEST
SERVE THE COMMUNITY, IS REALLY
GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE. SO
GOOD CHOICE. AND I WANTED TO
SAY TO YOU, MIKI, THAT AS A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A LOT OF
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, IF THEY
DON'T WORK IN GOVERNMENT,
DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
INCENTIVES FOR CONSERVATION
THAT UTILITY OFFERS GOOD AND,
AND I'M JUST REALLY GLAD THAT
SOMEBODY WITH THAT MIND-SET IS
GOING TO BE SERVING, HOPEFULLY.
BECAUSE YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO
SHARE THAT IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE.
AND HELP UTILITY UNDERSTAND
HOW, HOW TO BEST RESPOND TO
SMALL BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE BODY OF WORK IS
LARGELY AROUND RATES, BUT I'M
JUST INTERESTED IN, AND GOT
HAVING THE VOICES THAT ARE
GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL. TO
SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT
ALL? AWESOME. WELL, EASY MONEY.
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE,
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
THINGS. I USE BASKETBALL TERMS
AND WHATEVER TERMS. OKAY, WELL,
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 03012 TO 03016 TO
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THESE FIVE
APPOINTMENTS. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? CNN,
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE., YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AWESOME. THE MOTION CARRIES,
AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE, AND THE
REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE SPU
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL, BE
CONFIRMED AND BE SENT TO
SEPTEMBER 17th, 2024 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THERE'S NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE
ON TO ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 6.
THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 6. THANK
YOU BOTH. APPRECIATE YOU FOR
BEING HERE. CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEMS 6 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6 IS THE
APPOINTMENT OF ELISE CHISHOLM
CLARE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS FOR A TERM TO
MARCH 31st, 127. THIS IS FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE. AND SPEAKING
TODAY IS CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS
OF SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,
WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S
GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING US
TO HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO
APPOINT A NEW PARK BOARD CHAIR.
IS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSIVE
VOLUNTEER BOARD OPPORTUNITIES,
AND WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN
SOMEONE EXPRESS INTEREST IN
JOINING THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSIONERS. I
BELIEVE WE'VE GOT ELISE ON THE
CALL. I'LL MAKE A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION, AND THEN TURN IT
OVER TO HER. ELISE IS A
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
STRATEGIST BASED IN THE RAVENNA
NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE IS EAGER TO
CONTRIBUTE HER EXPERIENCE AND
PERSPECTIVE TO CITY PARKS AND
RECREATION INITIATIVES. AS A
COFOUNDER OF THE FRIENDS OF
PREVENTIVE CALLA GREEN SPACE
GROUP, ELISE CHISHOLM HAS
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH A
VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS. IN
HER OWN WORDS, BEYOND RAVENNA
COWAN AND OTHER BELOVED PARKS
IN MY BACKYARD, I'M PASSIONATE
ABOUT PRESERVING THE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT AND CREATING SAFE,
INVITING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY. MY HUSBAND
AND I ARE REGULAR BIKE
COMMUTERS , AND OUR FAMILY
FREQUENTLY VISITS PLAYGROUNDS,
TRAILS, GAME FIELDS, SWIMMING
POOLS ACROSS SEVEN DISTRICTS. I
WANT TO ENSURE THEY CONTINUE TO
BE VIBRANT, ACCESSIBLE, AND
WELCOMING DESTINATIONS FOR ALL
SEATTLEITES AND VISITORS TO
ENJOY. AS AN EXPERIENCED
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
LEADER WITH A FOCUS ON
INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY, SHE WILL BRING
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO THE
WORK OF THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSIONERS. ELISE
IS A BIKE COMMUTER AND A MOTHER
OF TWO YOUNG KIDS, WHO
FREQUENTLY VISIT CITY
PLAYGROUNDS. GIVING HER A KEEN
APPRECIATION FOR THE IMPORTANCE
OF ASSESSABLE, WELL-MAINTAINED
PARKS FOR SWIMMING POOLS,
COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SHE WANTS
TO ENSURE THEY CONTINUE TO BE
VIBRANT, WELCOMING DESTINATIONS
FOR ALL SEATTLEITES TO ENJOY.
SO THAT IS A BIG VISION, AND A
GREAT INTRODUCTION FOR ELISE.
AND, ELISE, I WILL DEFER TO YOU
TO ADD A FEW OF YOUR OWN WORDS
TO THAT INTRODUCTION.
>> HI, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR THE INTRO. I APPRECIATE
THIS APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD.
I AM, AS YOU HEARD, REALLY
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY'S
PARKS. I WANT TO HELP MAKE SURE
THEY ARE SAFE AND UPLIFTING
SPACES FOR ALL SEATTLEITES AND
VISITORS, AND I'M REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO
WORK WITH MY FELLOW BOARD
MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ELISE. THANK YOU,
CHRISTOPHER. WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING YOU. WE KNOW
THAT, AGAIN, IT'S VOLUNTEER
WORK, AND IT'S TOUGH WORK, BUT
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR SOMEONE
PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PARKS AND
OUR OUTDOOR SPACES, AND I KNOW
THAT THIS IS FROM DISTRICT 4,
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THE
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA FROM DISTRICT 4 TO SAY A
FEW WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK
YOU, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, FOR
INTRODUCING ELISE. AND ALSO,
ELISE, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, I
DON'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU BY
SAYING WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS
TO THIS. BUT ALL KIDDING ASIDE,
I'M REALLY PROUD AND VERY
APPRECIATIVE THAT ELISE IS
WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS WORK AS
A VOLUNTEER. WE'VE SAID THIS
MANY TIMES AS WE'VE APPOINTED
FOLKS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS HERE AT THE CITY
THAT FOLKS DO THIS BECAUSE THEY
CARE ABOUT THE CITY. IT'S,
THESE ARE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS,
UNPAID, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL
FOR EVERYBODY'S SERVICE. TRENT
X, I'M SO HAPPY IN PARTICULAR
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SITTING ON THE PARKS BOARD. I
WILL SAY, ELISE COMES VERY WELL
RECOMMENDED FROM THE COMMUNITY
CONSTITUENTS IN THE DISTRICT,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTED SHE IS
REALLY COMMITTED. SHE IS VERY
ACTIVE. SHE REALLY CARES. SHE
REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT WELL,
AND SHE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, AND WHEREAS OTHER
FOLKS MIGHT SIT BY AND WATCH
OTHER PEOPLE DO THE WORK,
SHE'S, I ALWAYS SAY SHE IS,
SHE RAISES HER HAND. AYE, I
WILL DO IT. ELISE SAID, I WILL
DO IT. AND SO I'M VERY
APPRECIATE FOR HER EFFORTS
CURRENTLY, BECAUSE SHE VERY
MUCH CURRENTLY IS ACTIVE, AND
THEN NOW I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR
HER WILLINGNESS TO SIT ON THIS
BOARD AND REPRESENT THE
DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU, ELISE,
AND THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMS. ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. DO ANY
OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? WELL,
SEEING THAT, ELISE, THANK YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING
ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU,
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, FOR ALL
YOUR HELP AND WORK. I NOW MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
03002 TO THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSIONERS. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, DISTRICT 4. AND, CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> EMPHATIC AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> EASY MONEY. MOTION CARRIES,
AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE
APPOINTMENT CONFIRM WILL BE
SENT TO SEPTEMBER 17th, 2024
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CLERK,
PLEASE READ ITEM AGENDA NUMBER
7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7 HIS COUNSEL
BILL 120854 . AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE
ACQUISITION BY NEGOTIATION OF
TWO PARCELS OF LAND IDENTIFIED
AS KING COUNTY PARCEL NUMBERS
275-220-0050 AND 275-220-0091
LOCATED AT 21226 221st AVENUE
SOUTHEAST IN KING COUNTY FOR
SALMON HABITAT PROTECTION AND
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, AND
GRANTING A LIFE ESTATE TO HELEN
R. SHERRY. THIS IS FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE, AND PRESENTING
TODAY IS BRENT LACKEY FROM
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. I KNOW
WE'RE PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS
WITH SPU AND SEATTLE PARKS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING BACK.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR
THE RECORD, AND WE CAN JUST
JUMP RIGHT IN.
>> ANDREW LEE, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> BRENT LACKEY WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> TERRY CARUSO WITH THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> AND FRANK AND, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> QUICK TECH QUESTION. SHOULD
WE BE PRESENTING FROM THIS
COMPUTER, OR DO YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION ALREADY?
>> I CAN BRING IT UP ON THE
COMPUTER FOR YOU.
>> AND I'LL LEAD OFF WITH JUST
A FEW WORDS. FIRST OFF, JUST
THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, AGAIN. WE HAVE
BEFORE YOU THE FIRST OF TWO
ORDINANCES TODAY TO AUTHORIZE
SPU TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY, AND
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, AND
IT'S TO SUPPORT SALMON HABITAT
PROTECTION IN THE CEDAR RIVER.
AS CONTEXT, SPU IS NOW IN YEAR
25, WHICH IS HALFWAY THROUGH
THE 50 YEAR CEDAR RIVER HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLAN. WE REFER TO
THIS AS THE HCP, WHICH IS ALL
ABOUT PROTECTING ENDANGERED
SPECIES IN OUR CEDAR WATER
SUPPLY. AND, JUST AS A
REMINDER, CEDAR RIVER WATER
SUPPLY PROVIDES ABOUT TWO
THIRDS OF THE REGION'S
DRINKING WATER FOR 1.6 MILLION
PEOPLE IN GREATER KING COUNTY.
ONE PIECE OF THAT HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLAN IS THE
DOWNSTREAM HABITAT PROTECTION
PROGRAM. OUR DOWNSTREAM HABITAT
PROGRAM THAT PROTECTS AND
RESTORES SALMON HABITAT BETWEEN
LAKE WASHINGTON AND THE CEDAR
RIVER WATER SUPPLY. TO DATE,
THIS PROGRAM HAS ACQUIRED ABOUT
70 ACRES OF CRITICAL HABITAT,
AND THIS ACQUISITION, THIS
PARTICULAR ACQUISITION THAT WE
HEAR ABOUT TODAY, WHICH IS
ENTIRELY GRANT FUNDED, BY THE
WAY, WILL ADD ANOTHER 20 ACRES
OF HIGH-PRIORITY RIVER HABITAT.
SO WITH ME TODAY IS BRENT
LACKEY , WHO MANAGES THE SPU
DOWNSTREAM HABITAT PROGRAM AND
IS UNDERTAKING THIS WORK. BRENT
WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE
PRODUCT OVERVIEW AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE PRIOR TO
YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR
HAVING ME. APPRECIATE IT.
REALLY EXCITED TO BRING YOU
THIS SUPER EXCITING
ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM,
THE DOWNSTREAM HABITAT PROGRAM,
WHICH IS A SPECIFIC PART OF THE
HCP THAT FOCUSES ON THE CEDAR
RIVER BETWEEN OUR WATERSHED AND
LAKE WASHINGTON. WHAT I'M
BRINGING YOU TODAY IS A, AN
ORDINANCE TO ALLOW US TO
ACQUIRE A 20 ACRE PIECE OF LAND
THAT'S OUT ON THE CEDAR RIVER
NEAR MAPLE VALLEY JUST NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 169 AND HIGHWAY 18
CROSSING A PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT'S BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR
THE SALMON RECOVERY PLAN IN THE
REGION FOR A LONG TIME, AND,
AND THE OWNER OF WHICH I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A LONG
TIME TRYING TO GET TO THIS
MOMENT OF ACQUISITION. IT'S A
PIECE RIGHT ON THE, ON THE
CEDAR RIVER ADJACENT TO A PIECE
OF -- CALLED SALMON HABITAT
RESTORATION WORK WE DID JUST
THIS PAST YEAR. IT ALSO
INCLUDES A LIFE ESTATE
AGREEMENT WITH HELEN SHERRY,
THE 93-YEAR-OLD PROPERTY OWNER
WHO LIVES THERE, AND HAS A LOT
SO WE WORKED OUT A SITUATION
WHERE SHE CAN DO THAT AND WE
CAN CONTINUE TO TRY AND MAKE
STRIDES FOR THE SALMON THAT
ANNUALLY SPAWN RIGHT ON HER
PROPERTY. SO HERE'S WHERE IT
IS. THANKS ALSO TO SHERRY FOR
BEING HERE TO REPRESENT THE
REAL PROPERTY FOLKS. YOU CAN
SEE ON THE MAP IT'S JUST THEIR
NORTH MAPLE VALLEY RIGHT ON THE
CEDAR RIVER. LOOKING A LITTLE
CLOSER, HERE'S A ZOOM OF THE
ACTUAL 20 ACRE PARCEL. THE AREA
IN LIGHT BLUE, TEAL THERE IS
THE WHOLE PROPERTY, AND YOU CAN
SEE THE RIVER RUNNING ALONG ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE
PHOTOGRAPH, AND THEN THE
HIGHLIGHTED AREA IN THE BLUE
POLYGON THERE IS THE AREA OF,
OF LIFE ESTATE WHERE SHE'S
GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY,
ABOUT A THREE ACRE AREA, SO
THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH TRYING TO DESIGN
AND DO RESTORATION ON THE
REMAINING -- AQUATIC PORTION OF
THE PARCEL. THIS IS WHERE IT IS
ON THE RIGHT SIDE MAP, KIND OF
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE
REACH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON FOR A WHILE NOW. ALL THE
GREEN PARCELS THERE ARE ALREADY
OWNED BY A CITY OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND HER
PARCEL IS THE ONE HIGHLIGHTED
AS TARGET IN YELLOW THERE. THE
GREEN AREA THERE HIGHLIGHTED IN
PURPLE DASHED LINES IS THE AREA
OF ABOUT 20 ACRES THAT WAS
RESTORED FOR HABITAT LAST YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
ON THE LEFT HOW THAT
RESTORATION LOOKS, JUST AS OF
THIS YEAR, AND HOW IT'S
CONTIGUOUS WITH THE PARCEL IN
THE YELLOW BOUNDED AREA THERE
THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO
ACQUIRE WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY
OF THE REGIONAL SALMON RECOVERY
PLAN. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY IN FEE
WITH THE LIFE ESTATE THAT I
MENTIONED, AND AGREEMENT .
HAPPILY, AS ANDREW MENTIONED,
WE ARE ALREADY IN A POSITION OF
HAVING ACQUIRED ABOUT $4
MILLION IN GRANTS TO DO THIS
WORK. WE THINK THE TOTAL COST
IS ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT $3
MILLION ALL IN, INCLUDING ALL
THE WORK TO DO THE WORK. SO IT
DOESN'T END UP COSTING OUR
RATEPAYERS ANYTHING, WHICH IS
TERRIFIC, AND WE'VE ALREADY
AUTHORIZE THE FUNDING FOR
SPENDING ON THIS PROJECT IN
PAST BUDGET ORDINANCE. THAT'S
REALLY THE ESSENCE OF IT. GREAT
OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. I'M
REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE
BRINGING IT TO YOU. AND I'LL
JUST MENTION THAT PHOTOGRAPH
HERE IS A COUPLE OF SOCKEYE
THAT WERE SPAWNING IN CHANNELS,
CHANNEL HABITAT THAT WE BUILT
JUST THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS A
WEEK AFTER WE OPENED IT TO THE
RIVER. FISH CAME RIGHT IN AND
STARTED SPAWNING.
>> THAT'S SO COOL. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. BRENT, IS THERE
ANYTHING FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
BRIAN GOOD NIGHT?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'LL JUST
NOTE THAT SPU IS REQUESTING FOR
THIS ITEM IN THE NEXT ITEM A
VOTE TODAY, WHICH IS A LITTLE
BIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
SOMETIMES WE, THE COMMITTEE'S
TOUCH THE BILLS TWICE, BUT
SINCE WILL BE MOVING INTO
BUDGET AND THERE WILL BE NO
MORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THEY
JUST ASKED FOR A VOTE TODAY, IF
POSSIBLE.
>> JUST WANTED TO ADD MY
GRATITUDE TO THAT. HELEN IS IN
GREAT SHAPE, BUT SHE IS 93, SO
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
EXPEDIENT TO GO AHEAD AND GET
THIS HAPPENING WHILE WE COULD.
>> THANK YOU. MY GRANDMOTHER
LIVED TO BE 101, SO I'M SURE,
YOU KNOW, AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT
TO A TALL GLASS OF VODKA AND A
SPLASH OF ORANGE JUICE FOR
COLOR, IS WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
KEPT THE DAY GOING. DO ANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? REGARDING THIS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. WE ALL DON'T
HAVE HOLLINGSWORTH GENES. SOME
OF US HAVE LEVI'S, STRAUSS.
SORRY. BRENT, I'M NOT GOING TO
LET YOU OFF THAT EASY, BECAUSE
YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS
THAT YOU, YOU KIND OF GLOSSED
OVER THERE AND YOU'RE SAVING
RATEPAYER FEES. YOU'RE HELPING
ESTABLISH THE LEGACY OF HELEN.
YOU ARE PROTECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND YOU'RE DOING
IT ALL IN ONE HAND. SO I, CAN
WE DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT
MORE? SO, MAYBE, CAN YOU SHARE
THE STORY OF, OF HELEN SHERRY?
SHE OWNS WHAT I BELIEVE IS 25
ACRE PARCEL, AND YOU'VE
NOTCHED OFF FIVE. SHE HASN'T
BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN
SELLING. BUT CAN YOU TELL US
HOW WE GOT TO TODAY?
>> SURE. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER. HELEN IS, IS A
REAL REMARKABLE LADY. WHEN I
FIRST MET HER ABOUT FIVE OR SIX
YEARS AGO, I WAS STARTING TO
TALK ABOUT TRYING TO ACQUIRE
HER PARCEL AS PART OF THIS
PROGRAM. SHE HAD THE UPPER HAND
ON NEGOTIATION ALL ME, BECAUSE
SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON TOP OF A 20
FOOT EXTENSION LADDER PAINTING
HER BARN. AND THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN, I GUESS, AND ABOUT HER
80th YEAR OF LIFE. SO SHE IS A
REAL ROBUST PERSON. SHE HAS A
LOT OF LOVE FOR THE PLACE. I'VE
BEEN LUCKY TO WORK WITH A
PROGRAM THAT HAS A LOT OF
SUPPORT FROM THE FOLKS OF KING
COUNTY AND IN THE -- ON
RECOVERY COUNSEL, AND IT'S
JUST GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED
AND PRIORITIZED THERE. IT'S,
IT REMAINS A GREAT THING THAT
WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO RESTORE
FISH HABITAT THROUGHOUT PUGET
SOUND, THAT THERE IS A PRETTY
GOOD AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY,
BOTH LOCAL AND STATE MONEY AND
FEDERAL MONEY NOW AND AGAIN
AVAILABLE, AND WE'VE BEEN
HAPPY TO BE QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN
ACQUIRING A BUNCH OF IT. THE
PROJECT OUT IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO WHAT WE ARE
REQUIRING HERE THAT I SHOWED
YOU WAS A GREAT SUCCESS OF THIS
PROGRAM, AND JUST WANT TO OUT
LOUD INVITE EVERYBODY HERE TO
COME OUT AND VISIT ANYTIME YOU
WANT TO SEE IT. I'LL SHOW IT
TO YOU, BECAUSE IT'S A REAL
SUPER PLACE.
>> AND JUST WHILE WE'RE ON
THIS PRESENTATION, IF WE CAN GO
BACK TO SLIDE FIVE. JUST TO
HELP SHOW WHAT THE, THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS, THE
CROSSHATCH IN RED, IT LOOKS
LIKE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IS
RIVER. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S
NOT LAND?
>> THE STUFF IN RIVER, OR THE
RED HATCHING IS PARCELS THAT
WERE STILL SORT OF WORKING ON
TRYING TO ACQUIRE. AND THE
EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS ONE,
THE TARGET PARCEL THAT YOU SEE
THERE, IS ONE OF THE TWO, ONLY
TWO, SORT OF 20 ACRE PARCELS
OUT IN THIS PART OF THE VALLEY
IN THE RIVER. SO IT GETS A LOT
OF POTENTIAL HABITAT ACQUIRED
IN ONE SWOOP, AND BASICALLY
PUTS US AT A POINT WHERE I'M
HOPING TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS
WHO RUN THE CEDAR RIVER MASONS
CLUB PARK THAT'S RIGHT THERE,
THE ROYAL ARCH MASONS CLUB PARK
THAT'S NORTH OF THIS ONE.
PLEASE IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING
SORT OF TARGET PARCEL IN THIS
TWO MILE RATE. SO WE'RE SLOWLY
CHUNKING AWAY AT WHAT COULD BE
A REAL SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF
SALMON RECOVERY THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE WATERSHED.
>> AND IF I COULD JUST GUESS,
FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM
YOU, IS THAT YOU MET HER WHEN
SHE WAS ON A 20 FOOT EXTENSION
LADDER REPAINTING HER HOUSE IN
HER LATE 80s. SHE PROBABLY WAS
NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING.
>> SHE HAS BEEN HOLDING OUT FOR
A WHILE, YEAH. WE, I THINK IT
JUST EVIDENCED THAT IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP A
RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS ON THE
GROUND, MAKE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT
TRYING TO HUSTLE THEM, AND
STILL REALLY KIND OF HELP
CONVEY WHAT YOU'RE AFTER. I
THINK IT HELPED US A LOT THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE SAID
WE WERE GOING TO DO NEXT DOOR
TO HER ON THE RESTORATION SIDE,
AND, AND AT SOME POINT, PEOPLE
USUALLY START TO SEE THE
OPPORTUNITY. I THINK SHE WAS
AFRAID TO LEAVE, AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT
THAT BASICALLY HAS ME SORT OF
BECOME PART OF HER FAMILY WHILE
SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND OUT
THERE.
>> BECAUSE WHAT I'M READING
HERE IS THAT WE'VE CARVED OFF
ABOUT FIVE ACRES FOR HER TO
REMAIN IN PERPETUITY, OR CAN
YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND --
>> SURE. A LIFE ESTATE
ARRANGEMENT. THE WHOLE PARCEL
IS 20 ACRES, AND IS A THREE
ACRE SQUARE THERE IN THE UPLAND
PIECE OF THE PARCEL THAT SHE'S
GOING TO STAY ON. BASICALLY ALL
OUR BUILDINGS EXCEPT FOR ONE
SORT OF OUTBUILDING. IT, A LIFE
ESTATE IS A GREAT THING BECAUSE
IT BASICALLY GIVES HER A CHANCE
TO SELL HER PROPERTY AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HER
ESTATE. SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
DIRECT ERRORS. SO SHE WANTS TO
SORT OF, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL,
TAKE IT WITH HER A LITTLE BIT
BY MAKING A DEAL NOW, BUT NOT
HAVING TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY,
BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T KNOW
WHERE TO GO. AND IT ALSO
AFFORDS HER SOME OF THE FINANCE
SHE'LL NEED TO FINISH OUT WHAT
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL BUT DWINDLING LADY
HEALTHY YEARS WHERE SHE
DOESN'T GET TO ALWAYS BE
PAINTING HER BARN, OR SHE DOES
NOT, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS,
MOW THE ENTIRE 20 ACRE TURF
FIELD TWICE A WEEK.
>> I'LL WRAP UP. I KNOW WE GOT
A PACKED AGENDA. BUT, LIKE,
YOU'RE NOT UNLOCKING 20 ACRES.
YOU'RE CREATING WHAT I BELIEVE
IS 40 ACRES. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH, THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT
PARCEL IS ALMOST 20 ACRES. NOT
QUITE 19 ACRES THAT'S THERE IN
THAT SORT OF TRIANGULAR SHAPED
PIECE THAT'S RIGHT UPSTREAM.
SO ALTOGETHER, THAT PEACE
BECOMES ABOUT 40 ACRES. AND
THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SORT OF
18, 12, 15 ACRES DOWNSTREAM
THERE AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
THAT YOU SEE. SO ONCE WE GET TO
THE WHOLE REACH, IT'LL REALLY
TURN INTO A BIG SIGNIFICANT
SORT OF SIZE CONTRIBUTOR. BUT
EVEN AS IT WERE, WE'VE CREATED
ABOUT 5000 FEET OF NEW SIDE
CHANNEL HABITAT FOR JUVENILE
SALMON ON THE , ON THE PARCEL
WE RESTORED LAST YEAR, AND
WE'RE LOOKING TO BASICALLY
JUST PLUG IN AND DO MORE OF THE
SAME RIGHT ON HER PARCEL. AND
THANKFULLY, SHE LIVES IN THAT
UPLAND PORTION, SO IT'LL STILL
JUST SORT OF MAKE IT LIKE A
PARK FOR HER. IT WON'T IMPACT
HER.
>> AND I'D SAY THAT ONE OF THE
BEST PARTS OF THE STORY, THE
LEGACY, BEYOND JUST HAVING
GRANT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THIS
RATEPAYERS IN THE GENERAL FUND
IMPACTED, NOW IT CREATES THE
NEXT TARGET PARCEL AS THE REAL
LEVERAGE. HELEN'S LEGACY IS
THAT SHE'S CONTINUED TO
SUPPORT AND PRESERVE SALMON
HABITAT -- HER OWN LIFE FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.. AND IT
REALLY PUTS THE PRESSURE ON
THAT LAST LITTLE BIT, AND I
KNOW, RIGHT, YOU'RE VERY GOOD
AT GOING AFTER GRANT FUNDING AS
THE BUDGET CHAIR I APPRECIATE
THAT. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR
THAT WORK. QUESTION HERE IS HOW
ELSE CAN WE HONOR HER LEGACY?
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE AS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE CAN DO IT
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN
ANSWER NOW, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK.
>> CERTAINLY CAN GIVE YOU PART
OF AN ANSWER. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I SORT OF TRIED TO SWEETEN
THE AGREEMENT WITH WITH HER,
KNOWING HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THE
PLACE AND THAT SHE'S BEEN
LIVING OUT THERE FOR MANY, MANY
DECADES IS THAT WE'RE PLANNING
TO BASICALLY DO WHAT IS
REQUIRED BY GRANTS, BUT THEN DO
IT AND ENHANCE IT, WHICH HAS
PUT A SIGN OUT THERE, AND NAMED
THE PLACE FOR HER. SO WE'RE
GOING TO MAKE THIS THE HELEN
SHERRY NATURAL AREA, AND THEN
WE'LL PUT IT SORT OF STATE
PARK IS KIND OF SIGN
DESIGNATING THAT, THAT'LL
ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF SOME OF
THE GRANTS, THE GRANTS WILL PAY
FOR IT, BUT IT'LL ALSO SORT OF
GIVE HER A NAMED LEGACY THERE.
SHE WOULDN'T REALLY SPEAK. SHE
IS A VERY MODEST PERSON. SHE
WOULDN'T SPEAK TO HER
ENTHUSIASM ABOUT IT, BUT I
COULD TELL THAT ASSORTED VERY
MUCH PLEASED HER THAT SHE WOULD
HAVE THAT. SO MAYBE WHEN WE GET
TO THAT POINT AND WE'RE
ANOINTING IT, I'LL INVITE YOU
BACK.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WORK,
BRENT. JERRY, WE COULDN'T HAVE
DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU, BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE
DEPARTMENT. WE CAN DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT YOU. AND THE LAST POINT
HERE. BRENT, LOVE THE FISH
BUTTON.
>> I DON'T HAVE EYES THAT
WELL. I DIDN'T SEE THOSE WERE
LITTLE FISHES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT A FISHES
WITHOUT EYES? FISH.
>> YES. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE
DAD JOKES. AND THERE WAS ONLY A
COUPLE LAUGHS -- IT WAS A GOOD
--
>> THERE WAS MORE THAN USUAL.
BUT THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AND IF
YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE FAMILY,
DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN'T
RETIRE FROM SPU UNTIL, YOU KNOW
-- BUT I'M GOING TO BE HERE A
WHILE. I'M SENDING MY SON TO
COLLEGE NEXT MONDAY. I'LL BE
HERE A WHILE.
>> I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS
MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE
CHANCERY HOLLINGSWORTH GENES
KIND OF SCENARIO.
>> KEEP BUILDING THE LEGACY OUT
HERE FOR SURE FOR YEARS TO
COME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. BRENT,
THANK YOU FOR THE WORKING SPU
IN GENERAL FOR THE WORK ON
THIS. THIS IS AMAZING . YOU
KNOW, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE IN
TERMS OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, IF
THEY HAVE A PARCEL OF LAND THAT
THEY WANT TO DONATE TO THE CITY
FOR THIS, OR A PARK, WE
CERTAINLY WELCOME IN, AND WE'RE
SO APPRECIATIVE. PEOPLE CARE SO
MUCH ABOUT THE CITY AND ABOUT
SALMON RECOVERY, AND I SIT ON,
I HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE AND
LUCK TO SIT ON THE WIRE OF
EIGHT SEVEN RECOVERY COUNSEL,
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
REALLY CARE ABOUT AND SOMETHING
THAT'S REALLY GREAT FOR SALMON
CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION.
FOR OUR CITY AND OUR STATE. AND
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, AND
I WANTED TO CALL OUT WHY RATE,
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I
KNOW THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. SO THANK
YOU FOR THE WORK THERE. AND
THANK YOU TO, TO HELEN FOR THIS
WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
STATE, NOT JUST OUR CITY. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU,
HELEN, AND THANK YOU, BRENT,
FOR DEVELOPING THE
RELATIONSHIP. -- FIVE YEARS,
AND JUST DEVELOPING THAT
RELATIONSHIP IS PHENOMENAL. AND
THEN HOW SPU, HOW WE'RE GOING
TO DO IT IN A VERY INTENTIONAL
WAY AND JUST HONOR THAT LEGACY.
AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO HELP
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAIN OUR
ENVIRONMENT. I JUST THINK IT'S,
IT'S THE BEST WAY. SO THANK
YOU. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING MORE OF THE FISH SHIRTS
SOON, POSSIBLY. OKAY. AWESOME.
LOVE FISH SHIRTS. OKAY, GOOD.
IF THERE IS, IF THERE'S NOT
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING
TO MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF A
COUNSEL BILL 120854. DO WE HAVE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. AND TO RECOMMEND THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL. ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT
THIS? SEEING NONE, CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES. COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED. IT WILL BE SENT TO
SEPTEMBER 17th, 2024 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL MOVE TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8. AND I
SAID IT THAT RIGHT THAT TIME,
AGENDA ITEM. CLERK, PLEASE READ
THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8 INTO
THE ROLE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 120855. AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER/CEO OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES OR
DESIGNEE TO ACQUIRE BY
NEGOTIATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN
TWO SEPARATE PARCELS OF LAND IN
SEATTLE FOR UTILITY PURPOSES
IDENTIFIED AS KING COUNTY
PARCEL NUMBER 270560-0010
LOCATED AT 9740 EIGHTH AVENUE
NORTHWEST AND KING COUNTY
PARCEL NUMBER 270560-0007
LOCATED AT 711 NORTHWEST 100
STREET , AND TO EXECUTE,
ACCEPT, AND RECORD DEEDS,
CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS, AND
AGREEMENTS DEEMED BY THE
GENERAL MANAGER CEO TO BE
NECESSARY TO THIS TRANSACTION
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
>> AWESOME. I KNOW THAT WAS A
MOUTHFUL. THANK YOU, CLERK.
THANK YOU ALL. JUST PLEASE
REINTRODUCE YOURSELF REAL QUICK
FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU CAN
JUMP RIGHT INTO THE
PRESENTATION AND LET ME KNOW IF
YOU NEED HELP WITH LOADING IT
UP OR WHATEVER IS NEEDED.
>> ANDREW LEE, GENERAL MANAGER
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> GERRY CARUSO, REAL PROPERTY
MANAGER FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> -- WASTEWATER LINE OF
BUSINESS FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> BRIAN GOOD NIGHT, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AGAIN. AND WE ARE
GOING TO STICK TO THE THEME OF
FISSION PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
THIS TIME, THOUGH, IT'S THE
SECOND ACQUISITION ORDINANCE WE
HAVE TO ACQUIRE TWO PROPERTIES
ON PIPER'S CREEK AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE NEAR CORKY PARK.
WITH THIS ACQUISITION, SPU CAN
MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO
FISH PASSAGE, WHICH IS REQUIRED
BY THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE. JUST AS WAY OF
BACKGROUND, AS DEVELOPMENT AND
URBANIZATION OCCURRED OVER THE
LAST CENTURY, STREAMS WERE
OFTEN ROUTED INTO CULVERTS,
WHICH ARE PIPES THAT GO
UNDERNEATH ROADS OR PROPERTIES,
BUT THOSE CULVERTS CAN BE
BARRIERS TO FISH TRYING TO
REACH UPSTREAM HABITAT. YOU
MIGHT HAVE READ RECENTLY IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT STATEWIDE
REGULATIONS REQUIRED WSDOT'S
TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS, AND
STATEWIDE REGULATIONS ARE
INCREASINGLY REQUIRING COLBERT
OWNERS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO
RESTORE FISH PASSAGE. IN
INSTANCES LIKE THIS ONE WHERE
SPU OWNS A STREAM CULVERTS ARE
LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY,
CURRENT AND FUTURE PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT MAY BE IMPEDED, MAY
IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO MEET
STATE REQUIREMENTS AND REPLACE
THE CULVERTS WITH FISH PASSABLE
STRUCTURES. SO THE LEGISLATION
BEFORE YOU ENABLES SPU TO GET
AHEAD OF ONE SUCH CASE ON THIS
ISSUE. WITH ME TODAY IS GERRY
CARUSO, SP'S REAL PROPERTY
MANAGER, WHO IS GOING TO
PRESENT ON THIS ACQUISITION AND
CAN ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
IN ADVANCE OF YOUR APPROVAL FOR
THIS ACQUISITION. AND AT THIS
POINT, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO
GERRY.
>> ANCHOR, THANK YOU. AND
WELCOME, COMMITTEE CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THE PUBLIC. I'M GERRY CARUSO.
I'M THE REAL PROPERTY MANAGER
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN
ORDINANCE ON THE PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN THE NORTH AREA OF
SEATTLE. THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS
ORDINANCE WILL AUTHORIZE SPU TO
ACQUIRE TWO PARCELS THAT WILL
ENABLE US TO COMPLY WITH THE
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE'S CULVERT
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR
REPAIRING CULVERTS. IT WILL, IT
WILL ALLOW US TO MEET THE FISH
PASSAGE REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE DO
HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR
THIS COLBERT IN THE FUTURE. THE
PARCELS ARE LOCATED IN THE
NORTHWEST SEATTLE JUST OFF
HOLMAN ROAD NEAR THE QFC. AND,
LET'S SEE. PARCEL 1 IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, AND IS A
VACANT PARCEL ON NORTHWEST 100
STREET. AND PARCEL 2 IS , IS
LOCATED ON EIGHTH AVENUE, AND
IS COMPRISED OF THREE EXISTING
BUILDINGS WITH A SINGLE
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANT. AND THE
BLUE LINE ON THE MAP DEPICTS
PIPER'S CREEK AS IT CROSSES
THROUGH BOTH LOTS. YOU CAN SEE
ON THE TOP IT'S GOING THROUGH
A VACANT LOT ON THE PARCEL
NUMBER 2, IT DOES CUT RIGHT
THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF
THE PROPERTY. AND HERE'S
ANOTHER VIEW SHOWING BOTH
PARCELS WITH, WITH PIPER'S
CREEK RUNNING THROUGH IT. THE
SHAPE OF WATER PROGRAM IS A
BROAD PLANNING PROGRAM FOR THE
UTILITY AND FOR THE DRAINAGE
LINE OF BUSINESS. IT INVOLVES
PLANNING FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE
DRAINAGE NEEDS AND THE NEEDS
FOR IDENTIFYING INVESTMENTS TO
IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND
EFFICIENCY. PIPER'S CREEK IS
AN OPEN CREEK FOR MOST OF ITS
RUN. YOU HAVE A PORTION OF THE
PIPE HAS BEEN PLACED, A PORTION
OF THE CREEK HAS BEEN PLACED IN
A PIPE, AND IT'S PIPE
UNDERNEATH BOTH THESE PARCELS.
THE PIPE IS 67 YEARS OLD, AND
WILL NEED MAINTENANCE IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. FISH AND WILDLIFE
HAS STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT
ISSUE A PERMIT TO REPAIR THE
CREEK UNLESS IT IS MADE FISH
PASSABLE, WHICH REQUIRES A
WIDER FOOTPRINT TO DAYLIGHT.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BOTH
INITIATED SOME PERMITS AND HAD
PLANS TO DEVELOP THESE SITES,
WHICH WOULD IMPACT SPU'S
ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE FISH
AND WILDLIFE REQUIREMENTS. WE
APPROACH THE PROPERTY OWNERS
AND INFORM THEM ABOUT OUR
SITUATION, AND WE BEEN IN
POSITIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THEM. ACQUIRING THESE PARCELS
WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR
FUTURE ACQUISITION CROSS BY
BUYING THEM BEFORE THE OWNERS
MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS INTO THE LAND. IN
ADDITION, THESE LOTS WILL ALSO
SERVE, POTENTIALLY SERVE AS A
SITE FOR STORMWATER CONTROL
FACILITIES AND WATER TREATMENT
FACILITIES FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
DRAINAGE. AND IN ADDITION, THE
PARCELS, ALTHOUGH, WE DO NOT
HAVE A DESIGN PLAN FOR THEM
YET, AS THAT'S A FUTURE PLAN,
THEY WILL ADD SOME OPEN SPACE
TO THE CITY WHEN WE DO ACQUIRE
THEM AND MAINTAIN THE CULVERTS.
THE TOTAL ACQUISITIONS WILL
AMOUNT TO ABOUT 9.1 MILLION,
AND THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY
AUTHORIZED IN THE '24 ADAPTIVE
BUDGET BY SPU. AND WE WILL BE
ACQUIRING THESE PARCELS IN FEE
TITLE. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I
HAVE FROM THE PRESENTATION, AND
OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
>> UNDERSTANDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HEADS
UP AND I'D LIKE TO PASS IT TO
MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A UNIQUE
PARCEL. USED TO BE IN DISTRICT
6 UNTIL IT WAS GERRYMANDERED .
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE
MAGNOLIA IN MY DISTRICT , BUT
IT WAS A LOSS TO LOSE CROWN
HILL . AS YOUR STORY YOU SHARED
A LONG TIME AGO THERE WERE
CULVERTS AND STREAMS IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE I'VE DRIVEN
NORTHBOUND AND THERE IS A SIGN
THAT SAYS CROSSING PIPER'S
CREEK AND I REMEMBER BEING
CONFUSED AS HOW THERE WAS A
CREEK UNDER THE CONCRETE. THIS
IS A VERY PRUDENT DECISION WE
ARE MAKING TODAY. THESE ARE TWO
OF THE LARGEST PARCELS IN THE
AREA AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY
ARE LOWRISE . IF YOU COULD GO
BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES, YOU
CAN SEE -- RIGHT THERE. THOSE
TOWNHOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO
THESE PARCELS , IF WE DON'T
MAKE THIS PURCHASE NOW CUT THIS
ENTIRE AREA -- AND THERE'S NO
PROBLEM WITH DENSITY. IT'S
WITH MULTIPLE OWNERS ESCALATING
THE COST OF RETURNING OUR
NATIONAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO
BETTER STANDARDS. IN THE SAME
WAY THAT I GO TO NORTHGATE MALL
AND IT'S IN BETTER CONDITION
THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN IT. THERE
WAS A PARKING LOT TO THE SOUTH
OF THE MALL AND I WAS TOLD THAT
IS WHERE THORNTON CREEK WAS.
AND I WOULD LOOK OUT ONTO AN
ASPHALT PARKING LOT TO SAY HOW
IS THERE A CREEK THERE. A
DECADE AGO WE DID THE THORNTON
CREEK DAYLIGHTING PROJECT THAT
HAS THE CINEMAS AND HOUSING
THAT HAS IMPROVED HABITAT FOR
THE SALMON. BUT IF WE HAD NOT
MADE THAT DECISION AND WE
WOULD'VE LOST THE MOMENT
BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY ESCALATES
IN VALUE AND WORTH. AND OUT OF
NO , CHRIS, IF YOU HAVE MORE
THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE. THE
NEXT ONE TO THE SOUTH IS ALSO
QUITE LARGE SINGLE OWNER. I
WATCHED THIS TRANSFER HANDS AND
I'M RELIEVED WE ARE TAKING IT
ON.
>> THE PROJECT TO THE SOUTH WE
DO HAVE AN EASEMENT AND
THERE'S MORE OPEN SPACE TO
THAT PARCEL.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> I WILL MAKE ONE LAST POINT
THAT WHAT IS HARD TO SEE IS IN
THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER CUT
THAT BIT OF GREENBELT CUT THAT
IS THE CREEK AND IT FLOWS
DIRECTLY INTO A PARK WHERE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE
BEEN DOING -- THEY RAISED
SALMON
>> I WAS THE SALMON IN SCHOOLS
MOM. A GOOD EDUCATIONAL TOOL.
>> SO SALMON IN SCHOOLS AND SHE
WAS WORKING ON THIS A LITTLE
BIT LOWER. WHEN I LOOK AT THE
MAP , AND YOU CAN ALMOST SEE
IT. IT SAYS PIPER'S CREEK
RIGHT THERE AS IT CROSSES THE
RED BOUNDARY. THE MAP SHOWS IT
GOES DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE
BUILDING TO THE FAR LEFT AND
THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING
TO MAKE. WE ARE NOT ONLY
HELPING CREATE A BETTER
ENVIRONMENT AND TAKING ACTION
AT A PRUDENT MOMENT , WE ARE
HELPING STUDENTS LEARN AND
SALMON MOMS EVERYWHERE. I WANT
TO THANK YOU CHRIS AND JERRY .
GREAT WORK.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE FURTHER
QUESTIONS? BUT I DO HAVE A
QUESTION. I'M ASSUMING THERE
ARE PARCELS ALL OVER THE CITY
WHERE IT WOULD BE A CONTAGIOUS
TO DO THIS KIND OF AN
IMPROVEMENT . DO YOU HAVE A
LIST OF PRIORITIES ALL OVER
TOWN ?
>> IT'S TO IDENTIFY THOSE
LOCATIONS. THE SHAPE OUR WATER
PROJECT IS A VERY BROAD
PLANNING PROJECT FOR THE
UTILITY . WE ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER AND IDENTIFYING AND
EVALUATING AND ASSESSING THE
PRIORITIES OF VARIOUS SITES
THAT WE KNOW WILL BE ISSUES IN
THE FUTURE.
>> IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE. AND
THE MORE THE REGULATIONS HAVE
TIGHTENED, IT PUTS US IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO
ACQUIRE SOME OF THESE. LIKELY
WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE FUTURE
IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THIS
ONE.
>> THEY PASSED THAT TO US WITH
THE REGULATION.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT SALMON
MOM.
>> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY
COMMENTS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
PRESENTATION. LIKE I SAID , I
HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM
YOU ABOUT MORE ACQUISITIONS
THAT COULD BE COMING OUR WAY
AND ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT PIECES THAT ARE THE
COMPONENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT, AND THANK YOU. IF MY
COLLEAGUES DO NOT HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF 120855 . DO I HAVE A
SECOND? THANK YOU. AND ARE
THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I
SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
SMILING. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND
TAKE THE ROLE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THIS
WILL BE SENT TO SEPTEMBER 17th
COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL MOVE
ON TO NUMBER NINE.
>> JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE. I THINK PIPER'S
CREEK MOVES INTO THE PUGET
SOUND . WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 9.
>> CB 120843 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO KING COUNTY
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY
PROCEEDS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
OR DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO
AMENDMENTS 2, 3, AND 4 TO THE
CONSERVATION FUTURES INTERLOCAL
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR OPEN SPACE
ACQUISITION PROJECTS; AND THIS
IS FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE. SPEAKING IS
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS ANDLISE
WARD, SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION
>> I KNOW WE ARE DOING OUR
TECHNICAL THING. I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THIS.
I GUESS I CAN TELL A DAD JOKE.
WHAT OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN SAY
TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN? NOTHING.
IT JUST WAVED. THAT WAS THE
BEST ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SEATTLE PARKS AND WE HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF. WE WILL JUMP
RIGHT IN.
>> THANK YOU. I AM CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMS.
>> SO WE ARE AT THE END OF WHAT
IS BEEN 18 MONTH PROCESS TO
APPLY FOR THE GRANT TO
NEGOTIATE A DEAL ON THE
PROPERTY AND TODAY WE ARE HERE
BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE GRANT
AWARD AND NEED AUTHORIZATION TO
ACCEPT THE GRANT. THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THESE AMENDMENTS TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH KING
COUNTY THAT GOVERNS THE
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY
REFERRED TO AS -- WE'VE GIVEN
YOU A MEMO THAT IS ATTACHED TO
TODAY'S AGENDA. WE'VE ALSO
PROVIDED STAFF LEVEL BRIEFINGS
TO SOME OF YOUR OFFICES. THIS
IS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR MORE
THAN 30 YEARS LEADING TO THE
ACQUISITION OF MORE THAN 150
ACRES OF LAND IN 2000 SITES ALL
OVER SEATTLE. IN TODAY'S
LEGISLATION YOU WILL SEE SOME
SITES IN THE SOUTH END AND THE
CFT IS HELPING THE CITY
PURCHASE LAND IN QUEEN ANNE AND
OTHER AREAS. TODAY'S
LEGISLATION IS THE FINAL STAGE
OF AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT
BEGAN 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE
LOOKED AT OUR GAP ANALYSIS ,
WHICH URBAN VILLAGES ARE
LACKING IN NEARBY PARKS OR OPEN
SPACES . WE ARE ASKING YOU FOR
THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GRANTS
THAT BEEN APPROVED BY THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL. WHILE THE
LEGISLATION SEEMS WONKY , WITH
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO RECENT
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS
ADOPTED TO CODIFY A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CITY, THE CITY -- HAS
HAD THIS AGREEMENT FOR MORE
THAN 30 YEARS. PASSING THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY ALLOWS US TO
ACCEPT MONEY FROM KING COUNTY ,
WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED
THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE
BROUGHT ALONG ARE CAPABLE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON
PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
>> FIRST , A BRIEF PRIMER ON
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY. THE
KING COUNTY LEVY IS A
COUNTYWIDE TAX LEVY EVERY
PARCEL IN KING COUNTY THAT IS
TAXED FOR PROPERTY TAXES HAS
THE LITTLE THING ON THE BOTTOM
OF THE INVOICES FOR ASSESSMENTS
AND SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT
AND CONSERVATION. SO THE
CONSERVATION IS THE
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY TAX ,
AND EVEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
FOR OTHERS HAVE TO PAY THIS
ASSESSMENT. SO THERE EXEMPT
FROM PROPERTY TAXES BUT
EVERYBODY PAYS THE ASSESSMENT.
THE COUNTY MANAGES THE FUNDS
AND THERE IS AN ANNUAL GRANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY
FOR CONSERVATION FUNDS FOR
ACQUISITION UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF THIS LEVY. THE INTENT OF
CONSERVATION FUTURES IS TO
PRESERVE NATURAL AREAS AND
PRESERVE PASSIVE PARK
ACTIVITIES AS SUCH THE FUNDING
CANNOT BE USED FOR ACQUISITION
OF LAND THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY
BEEN DEVELOPED WITH BALLFIELDS
, OFF LEASH DOG AREAS, AND ONE
OF THE GRANT CONDITIONS IS THAT
SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT LIMIT --
SURFACE TO 15%. THE INTENT IS
TO KEEP THE GREEN . THE CITIES
USE THIS FUNDING SOURCE FOR
LAND ACQUISITION TO LEVERAGE
VARIOUS LEVIES AND BOND ISSUES
SINCE 1990 , AND WE RECEIVED
OVER $112 MILLION IN GRANTS ,
SUPPORTED OVER 200 ACQUISITIONS
AND THE RESULT WAS OVER 150
ACRES ADDED TO THE PARK SYSTEM
NOW A PRIMER ON THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT. FOR YEARS WE
OPERATED UNDER ONE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY
AND THE CITY AND EACH TIME A
GRANT WAS COMPLETED THERE WAS
AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AND THEY STARTED OUT
AND WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE
ALPHABET AND THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT TEMPLATE WAS RECENTLY
UPDATED , SO NOW AMENDMENTS ARE
NUMERICALLY NUMBERED. SO WE RAN
THE FIRST AMENDMENT THROUGH
LAST YEAR AND NOW WE ARE ON
TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. A TYPICAL
GRANT CYCLE IS OVER AR.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE EVERY
FEBRUARY. THIS LEGISLATION
CONCERNS THE FEBRUARY 2023
GRANT ROUND. I HOPE THEY WON'T
CONFUSE THIS WITH 2024. WE
SUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY CITIZENS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE
COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF WORK
OTHER SUBURBAN CITIES AND
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY ARE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS
MONEY AND AFTER THE
APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED ,
IT'S VOLUNTEER OPEN SPACE
CITIZENS COMMITTEE REVIEWS .
EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION SITS
THROUGH EVENING MEETINGS
WHEREBY EACH AGENCY PRESENTS
THE PROJECT AND GOES OUT TO
LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE PARCEL
NOMINATED FOR ACQUISITION. THEY
DO A LOT OF WORK IN THAT MARCH
AND APRIL TIME PERIOD ,
DELIBERATIONS , AND THEY DO
DELIBERATIONS IN SPRING AND
SUMMER AND AT THE END OF THE
SUMMER , TYPICALLY IN AUGUST,
THEY SUBMIT WRITTEN
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE
GRANTS RECEIVED AND HOW THEY
BEST MEET GRANT CRITERIA. KING
COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVES THE
GRANTS AND APPROPRIATES THE
FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY AND
GENERALLY DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS IN NOVEMBER, AND WHEN
THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL PS IS
THERE LEGISLATION, WE ARE FREE
TO PASS OUR LEGISLATION TO SEEK
APPROVAL FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
STANDING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. HOPEFULLY THAT
WAS NOT TOO MUCH DATA .
FAST-FORWARD TO THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION , WE ARE SEEKING
COUNCIL APPROVAL TO AMEND THE
AGREEMENT WITH AMENDMENT 2-4
AND THEY HAVE SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT PURPOSES. AMENDMENT
#2 REFLECTS THE FACT THAT
GRANTS ARE AWARDED BASED ON
ESTIMATES MANY TIMES . SOME
REAL ESTATE DEALS AND UP UNDER
BUDGET OR THE DO NOT HAPPEN
BECAUSE THE SELLER GOES AWAY.
THIS MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR
WILLING DEALS. SO UNUSED GRANT
MONIES GOING TO A COMMON POT
AND EVERY YEAR RIGHT ABOUT THE
TIME THAT THESE APPLICATIONS
ARE SUBMITTED, JURISDICTIONS
CAN APPLY FOR INCREMENTS OF
THIS MONEY THROWN INTO THE
ALLOCATION POP FOR EXISTING
PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED FOR GRANTS. MAYBE THE
APPRAISAL CAME IN HIGHER OR
MAYBE THE SCOPE WAS EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR
AND THE AGENCY NEEDS MORE MONEY
AND THEY MAKE A REQUEST.
INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT THAT
GOES TO THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE ARE ALSO
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
REALLOCATIONS OF THIS FUNDING.
AMENDMENT #3 , THEY ARE MAKING
SLIGHT TWEAKS TO THE EXISTING
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT . ALL OF
THEM FROM THE PARKS
PERSPECTIVE, ALL OF THEM ARE
GOOD. THEY ADDED A CATEGORY FOR
FUNDING CALLED SITE
STABILIZATION COSTS. SOMETIMES
WILL EXPAND GREEN BELTS, WE BY
PRIVATE HOLDINGS WITH A HOUSE
THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
GREENBELT , AND IN THE PAST
WEEK DEMOLISHED THESE HOUSES
AND RESTORE THE SITE AND
INCORPORATED IT INTO THE
OVERALL GREENBELT. THAT DID NOT
USED TO BE REIMBURSEMENT , SO
AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS THE
COUNTY HAS REALIZED THAT THE
SITE STABILIZATION COSTS ARE A
GOOD THING AND THEY ADDED IT TO
THE CATEGORIES OF ITEMS THAT
CAN BE REIMBURSED UNDER THE
GRANT. CASH MATCH USED TO BE
50%. SO THEY PRODUCED THE MATCH
TO 25%, WHICH IS A REAL HELP.
I'M A LITTLE MORE FUZZY ON THE
THIRD ITEM. OCCASIONALLY
AGENCIES , IT THROWS THE GRANT
AREA OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH
GRANT CONDITIONS AND IN THE
PAST A WAY TO CURE THAT WAS
EITHER REPLACE WITH LAND OR
REPLACE WITH CASH AND THEY
CHANGED THE LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE
AND/OR BOTH. SO THE COULD BE A
COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH .
THAT IS WHAT AMENDMENT #3 IS.
AMENDMENT #4 REPRESENTS THE
AWARDS OF THE GRANTS FOR WHICH
APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED IN
2023. FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
THAT TOTAL WAS $4,922,500 . THE
ILA BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND THE
CITY THERE ARE SIGNS THAT OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO APPLY
FOR THESE GRANTS AS WELL , AND
YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU
GET TO THE TABLE. THERE IS A
TABLE IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN
IS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IN
THIS PARTICULAR AROUND WE GOT A
LOT OF GRANTS IN DISTRICTS ONE
AND DISTRICT 2 AND CHANGES
YEAR-BY-YEAR. OVERALL THROUGH
THE EXTENT OF OUR INVOLVEMENT
WITH KING COUNTY ON THIS
PROGRAM , THE CITY HAS BEEN
WELL SERVED BY THIS MONEY AND
ALL DISTRICTS OF THE CITY. FOR
REALLOCATION , WHICH IS
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO , WE GOT
REALLOCATIONS FOR 2 PROJECTS.
THE LONGFELLOW CREEK PROJECT IS
AN ASSEMBLAGE OF FOUR HOUSES
ALONG A STRETCH OF LONGFELLOW
CREEK THAT IS RIPE FOR
RESTORATION , AND WE ARE BUYING
THESE HOUSES ONE AT A TIME ,
AND AS WE BY EACH HOUSE WE
REQUEST INCREMENTS OF MONEY TO
FUND THESE ACQUISITIONS. NORTH
RAINIER TOWNCENTER IS ACROSS
FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL NEAR
THE STATION OFF OF RAINIER
AVENUE SOUTH. IT'S A
MULTI-DEPARTMENT , MULTI-YEAR
PROJECT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY THE
TRANSIT STATION, AND THE
UNIVERSITY IS A PARTNER FOR
FUTURE CHILDCARE CENTERS AND
WE'VE BEEN KIND OF STANDING BY
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SECURE
DEVELOPER AND WE'VE BEEN
ASSEMBLING MONEY AND AS
PROPERTY VALUES HAVE RISEN ,
WE'VE GONE BACK OCCASIONALLY
TO KING COUNTY TO BUMP UP OUR
POOL OF MONEY FOR FUTURE
ACQUISITION . THE GRANT
APPLICATION LOOKS AT PROPERTIES
OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE
HOUSING SITE , BUT NOW THAT OH
HAS SECURED DEVELOPERS
POSSIBLE, THERE MIGHT BE A PARK
SOMEWHERE ON THE SITE. THAT
WILL MOVE FORWARD EVENTUALLY.
THE AMENDMENT #4 ALLOCATION FOR
THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED IS BROKEN BETWEEN
SEATTLE PARKS ACQUISITIONS AND
WE HAVE -- WE BOTH APPLIED FOR
GRANTS IN THE SAME YEAR. THE
FAMILY STILL OWNS PROPERTY
AROUND THE PARK AND WE WERE
APPROACHED BY THE FAMILY TO ADD
TO THE PARK. SO THEY ARE A
WILLING SELLER AND WE APPLIED
FOR A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT THAT PROCESS. THE SECOND
PROJECT IS THE RAINIER BEACH
RESIDENTIAL URBAN VILLAGE PARK
. WITHIN THE PARK AND OPEN
SPACE PLAN THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF GAP AREAS IDENTIFIED WITHIN
URBAN VILLAGES WHERE THERE'S
NO PARK WITHIN FIVE MINUTE
WALKING DISTANCES SUMMER TOM,
SO WE ARE TRYING TO FILL THAT
WITH GREEN AND WE STARTED AN
ACQUISITION PROJECT TO IDENTIFY
PARCELS TO FILL THAT ORANGE GAP
AND WE STARTED THAT WITH A ONE
MILLION-DOLLAR REQUEST , LIKELY
TO GO BACK FOR REALLOCATION
ONCE WE IDENTIFY A SITE AND GET
A FINAL APPRAISED VALUE. LASTLY
, THERE IS THE HELEN SHERRY
PROPERTY. AND THE DORTON
CONFLUENCE NATURAL AREA
EXPANSION I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT, BUT I KNOW IT'S NEAR
MEADOWBROOK POND . THIS IS THE
TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THE LEGISLATION IS IN GOOD
ORDER AND WE WOULD BE
REQUESTING A VOTE TODAY BECAUSE
WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE REST
OF THE YEAR AND THEY WANT TO
GET ON WITH THEIR WORK.
>> THANK YOU. I DEFTLY WANT TO
SEE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS AT ALL. KNOW?
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE .
>> THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION I
HAD , AND I WAS GOING TO ASK IT
LAST TIME WAS THE COORDINATION
THAT MAY EXIST OR NOT EXIST
BETWEEN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
AS IT TURNED OUT, TODAY I HAD A
MEETING WITH THE URBAN FOREST
TREE COMMISSION OFFICE AND
OBVIOUSLY -- I SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THIS MEETING ALONG
WITH PARKS AND YOU THINK ABOUT
CANOPY AND RELEASE OF THE
QUESTIONS. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT
ANY CROSS COORDINATION -- BASED
ON THE WATER WITH THE CREEK
THAT KIND OF DRIVES THAT, BUT
IS THE CROSS COORDINATION TO
COME TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE
BASED ON EACH DEPARTMENTS FOCUS
LIKE WATER MANAGEMENT -- THIS
OVERARCHING RESPONSIBILITY.
SINCE WE DON'T LIVE IN THE
EXECUTIVE AND BEING NEW TO CITY
GOVERNMENT , HOW THAT WAS
COMING TOGETHER.
>> I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE
CANOPY FOLKS , SO I FULLY
EXPECT A REQUEST TO COORDINATE
ON SOME OF THOSE FUTURE
PROTECTION OF THE TREE CANOPY
TYPES OF APPLICATIONS THAT MAY
OR MAY NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY
BE AN EXISTING GREENBELT , FOR
EXAMPLE. OUR MISSION IS TO FILL
THOSE ORANGE AREAS WITH GREEN
IN URBAN PARK SETTINGS AND
TEFILLIN PRIVATE GREENBELT SO
THEY DO LEND THEMSELVES TO
RESTORATION AND ON THE
LONGFELLOW CREEK PROJECT THAT I
JUST DESCRIBED, WE ARE
PURCHASING FOUR HOUSES AND WE
ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SPU
BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN
ASSEMBLING THE PROPERTY IN
ORDER TO PERFORM A RESTORATION.
THE RESTORATION WOULD MAKE IT A
LITTLE MORE WINDING , WHICH IS
MORE INDICATIVE OF A NATURAL
CREEK. SO THERE IS SOME
COORDINATION.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE A
LONG HISTORY WORKING WITH
PARTNERS AT SPU ON THE PROPERTY
ACQUISITION AND SHARED USES AND
YOU CAN GO ALL OF THE CITY LOOK
AT LOCATIONS . WE TAKE AN
OPPORTUNISTIC APPROACH AS A LOT
OF THE LAND ACQUISITION HAS TO
BE ACQUIRED -- THERE'S NO FREE
LAND , BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF
EXAMPLES WHERE -- IN LAKE CITY
IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PARKS
USING PARKLAND TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
LEGISLATION TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
>> SINCE SPU CAME TO THE TABLE
, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO
THAT?
>> WE HAVE A SHARED POSITION
THAT COORDINATES PROJECTS WHERE
WE TRY TO DANCE OUR INTERESTS
WHERE WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS
, SO WE DO -- TREE CANOPY IS
ONE PART WHERE IT'S BENEFICIAL
FOR US TO LOCATE UTILITIES [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> NOT A TON OF COORDINATION ON
THE PART OF THE PROGRAMMING
I'M DOING IN THE WATERSHED
IT'S MORE INTERJURISDICTIONAL
COORDINATION. BUT I HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY IN MAINTAINING
AND MANAGING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
LAND FOR THE TRANSMISSION FOR
THE SYSTEM. SO'S LAND FROM THE
WATERSHED TO TOWN AND WE DO A
LOT OF COORDINATION WITH OTHER
FOLKS IN SPU TO TALK ABOUT
CANOPY MANAGEMENT AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND
THINGS LIKE INVASIVE WEEDS AND
GARBAGE THAT APPEAR ON OUR
PIPELINE RIGHT AWAY. IT KIND OF
ACTS LIKE A PARK AND WE MANAGE
AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY PARKS FOR THE
RECREATIONAL USE OF ALL THAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY CORRIDOR .
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PACKED
AGENDA. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND
THE LOT OF PROPERTY
ACQUISITIONS, SO THANK YOU ,
SEATTLE PARKS, AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OUR
CENTRAL STAFF. I'M GOING TO
MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF 120843. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
MOVED AND SECONDED. IF THERE IS
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THE BILL PASSES AND IT WILL
BE SENT TO SEPTEMBER 17th
MEETING. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. I WANT TO THANK -- WE
WERE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10
INTO THE RECORD.
>> CB 120860 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE SEATTLE CENTER
DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE
SEATTLE CENTER DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE A THIRD AMENDMENT TO
THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TILDEN
INVESTMENTS LLC FOR CERTAIN
REAL PROPERTY ADJACENT TO
SEATTLE CENTER AT 621 SECOND
AVENUE NORTH, SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON. THIS IS FOR A BRIEF
AND DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE. PRESENTING TODAY ROSE ANN
LOPEZ AND ISRICHARD BENOIT,
SEATTLE CENTER
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST
AND WE WILL NEED SOME HELP WITH
THE PRESENTATION. AND THE
PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE
CENTER ABOUT MEMORIAL STADIUM
AS WELL.
>> JUST A POINT OF
CLARIFICATION . WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THE ITEM AND THEN
VOTE AND THEN MEMORIAL STADIUM?
>> THERE IS NO VOTE ON MEMORIAL
STADIUM. IT IS JUST A BRIEFING.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM VERY
PLEASED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF
OF SEATTLE CENTER WITH MY
COLLEAGUE HERE. I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES PLANNING
AND OPERATIONS AT SEATTLE
CENTER. WE ARE HERE TO PERCENT
AND REVIEW A LEASE RENEWAL
AMENDMENT FOR BUILDING CALLED
THE COLOR CRAFT BUILDING ON THE
NORTH SIDE. -- WITH THOUSANDS
OF EVENTS AND CULTURAL
PROGRAMS. THIS IS FOR CONTINUED
USE FOR SEATTLE CENTER OF THE
BUILDING AT 621 SECOND AVENUE
NORTH NORTH OF THE CAMPUS AND
WILL BE USED FOR WAREHOUSE
TRADES AND OFFICE SPACE FOR OUR
TEAM. IN ADDITION TO THE MARKET
RENT INCREASE NOTED IN THIS
LEASE AMENDMENT, AND ALLOWS FOR
SEATTLE CENTER TO HAVE TWO
ADDITIONAL LEASE RENEWAL
OPTIONS THAT ARE THREE YEARS
EACH AND THE SIGNIFICANT PART
OF THIS IS IN PARALLEL THERE'S
WORK FOR THE DESIGN AND OUR
GOAL WOULD BE TO RELOCATE OUR
TRADE STAFF INTO MEMORIAL
STADIUM UPON HIS COMPLETION.
WANT TO LOOK AT A MARKET
ANALYSIS -- THAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED? SEATTLE CENTER
HOSTS 30 RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS
AND THIS IS CRITICAL TO THE
OPERATIONS OF THE CAMPUS. FOR A
SUMMARY AT THE 30,000
INDUSTRIAL FLEXSPACE FOR MIXED
WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE SPACE.
IT'S OWNED BY THE LESSOR.
IT'S A TWO LEVEL SPACE IN THE
FIRST LEVEL HAS FABRICATION
SHOPS. THIS IS THE BUILDING AND
YOU WILL SEE IT IS NORTH ON THE
NORTH SIDE OUR CAMPUS. AS YOU
CAN SEE , THE INITIAL TERM
EXPIRED JULY 31st THREE MAC 35
NEAR EXTENSIONS WERE ADDED
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXTEND
THIS LEASE AND AS YOU CAN SEE
BY THE PREVIOUS PAGE -- THE
CURRENT RET IS $1.55 PER SQUARE
FOOT THAT ALIGNS WITH THE
ANALYSIS. AND THE RENT
INCREASES ARE BASED ON THE CPI
ANNUAL EVERY YEAR. SEATTLE
CENTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE THIRD
AMENDMENT WOULD ADD TWO
THREE-YEAR OPTIONS THROUGH JULY
31st , 2031 , AND THE
OPERATIONS COULD MOVE TO
PORTION OF MEMORIAL STADIUM
ONCE COMPLETED. THE FOLLOWING
PAGES ARE FEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF
WHERE WE SIT NORTH OF THE
CAMPUS. IN THE 50s OF THE
GARAGE SPACE THAT SERVED WHERE
WE STORE AND WHERE THE TRADES
SIT. THIS IS THE COLORCRAFT
SPACES WE LEASE OUT. THIS IS
STILL COLORCRAFT AS WELL IN THE
FINAL PAGE -- THIS IS OUR SPACE
WHERE WE HAVE COMPUTERS FOR
EMPLOYEES IN THE SPACE NEXT TO
THAT IS THE ELECTRICAL SPACE.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE.
QUESTIONS?
>> I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL PASS OFF
TO MY COLLEAGUES AND RECOGNIZE
IF THEY HAVE ANY. THANK YOU FOR
THE PRESENTATION. AND I WANTED
TO PAUSE TO SEE IF ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE I ASK WHAT ARE TWO OF
MINE. YES.
>> THANK YOU. SO WE SUBLEASE
PART OF THIS BUILDING ? HOW
MUCH OF THE BUILDING?
>> ABOUT 6500 SQUARE FEET OF
30,000.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE TERMS OF
THE ORIGINAL LEASE, BUT IT
LOOKS THAT THIS IS A 23%
INCREASE IN FOUR YEARS FOR THE
RENT . THAT SEEMS REALLY HIGH
TO ME. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
INITIAL LEASE AGREEMENT AND HOW
YOU CAME TO THE TERMS? AND IS
THERE NO SPACE AT SEATTLE
CENTER THAT WE OWN THAT WE CAN
USE? I ASSUME NOT . I WOULD
LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LEASE,
IT'S A LOT FOR THE CITY TO
TAKE ON, AND GIVEN THAT THE
CORNISH SPACE IS SO SMALL, WE
ARE ASSUMING THE BULK OF THAT
COST.
>> THE LEASE BEGAN TO IN 2000
AND THE COST WAS $18,500 PER
MONTH AND THE INCREASE IS BASED
ON CPI AND IT HAS A CAP OF 5%
PER YEAR. YOU KNOW, I ASSESSED
IT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AND
IT WENT UP TO EIGHT . ONE WENT
TO -.4. BUT THE CAMPUS 5%. WE
ALSO LOOKED AT CBRE . IT SHOWED
THAT WE ARE PAYING $1.55 PER
SQUARE FOOT IN THE ASSESSMENT
SAID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY
LEASE OUT AT $1.60. WE ARE
PAYING 3% LOWER THAN MARKET
RATE IN THAT AREA. IN ORDER TO
BE PRUDENT WE LOOKED EIGHT
PROPERTIES THAT HAS SIMILAR
ACTIVITY IN AND AROUND THE
AREA. ALL THE ACTIVITY IS RIGHT
THERE. AND SPECIALIZED USES OF
VENTILATION AND WE WANTED TO BE
PRUDENT AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF
SEATTLE CENTER AND WE DID NOT
HAVE SPACE ON CAMPUS. THAT 6500
SQUARE FEET IS MORE LIKE A SHOP
SPACE AND WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY
USING THE DOWNSTAIRS PORTION.
BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
SEATTLE CENTER AT OUR TECHNICAL
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT GROUP, WE
LOOKED AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING TO INVEST AND RETROFIT IT
AND WE HAVE INVESTED 700,000
OVER 15 YEARS. WE ARE VERY
EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IN
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMORIAL
STADIUM SO WE CAN BE BACK ON
CAMPUS AND HOUSE OUR STAFF ON
CAMPUS. AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF
THE FUNDS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY
HELPFUL AND PART OF OUR JOB TO
MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE
THESE THINGS ARE AND TO SHOW TO
THE PUBLIC OUR WORK AND BE
TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW WE ENTER
THESE AGREEMENTS AND WHAT IT
REALLY IS. AND IT'S GREAT TO
SEE YOU LOOKED AT OTHER
ALTERNATIVES AND WHAT MARKET
RATE IS AROUND. SO ALL THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO SHOW TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES AND
JUST TO CLARIFY , ONCE MEMORIAL
STADIUM IS COMPLETE, A LOT OF
THOSE OPERATIONS WILL BE MOVED
INTO MEMORIAL STADIUM?
>> WE LOOKED AT CITY PROPERTIES
THAT WE COULD UTILIZE AND WE
DID NOT IDENTIFY TO MAKE IT FIT
THE PURPOSE FOR THE NEEDS OF
OUR OPERATIONAL AND TRADE
STAFF. A LOT OF OUR STAFF
UTILIZES GOLF CARTS AND WE HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY
BECAUSE WE DO OPERATE A 24/7
FACILITY.
>> IS ALL IN-HOUSE. MY
CALCULATION WAS BASED ON 2024
THROUGH 2028. AND MY MATH WAS
CORRECT.
>> YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE
VENTS AND LOGISTICS AND I'M
GLAD YOU HAVE GOLF CARTS
BECAUSE I WAS NOT OFFERED ONE
WHEN I WAS DRAGGED AROUND
CAMPUS. ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES?
ALL RIGHT. I WILL MOVE THE
PASSAGE OF 120860 IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED. CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL .
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES . THIS
WILL BE SENT TO SEPTEMBER 17th
. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ITEM NUMBER 11 INTO THE RECORD.
>> MEMORIAL STADIUM
INTRODUCTION PRESENTERS:
MARSHALL FOSTER, DIRECTOR, AND
DAVID KUNSELMAN, SEATTLE
CENTER; ROB JOHNSON, ONE ROOF
E.
>> I KNOW DIRECTOR FOSTER. TO
SAY HER NAME CORRECTLY? AND I
SUBMITTED MY GRANDMOTHER TO BE
ON THE SMUCKERS THING FOR THE
TODAY SHOW. SHE DID NOT GET ON
BUT I MADE A NICE LITTLE THING
FOR HER. WOULD YOU PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE WILL
GET STARTED.
>>
>> ONE IF STADIUM PARTNERSHIP
--
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTATION. WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT MEMORIAL STADIUM.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU. WE KNOW WE ARE THE
LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA SO WE
WILL KEEP THIS CRISP. WE ARE
EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. AS
YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN MANY
YEARS DEVELOPING A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND EXTERNAL PARTNER
WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK . WE
HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES, WHICH WILL
ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECT. WHY
DOES THIS MATTER TO SEATTLE
CENTER. I WAS CHUCKLING BECAUSE
IT'S GREAT WE DID THESE
TOGETHER TODAY. THE OPERATIONS
SIDE OF THE CAMPUS VERY MUCH
NEEDS THAT CENTRALIZED
OPERATION TUCKED UNDER IN
MEMORIAL STADIUM. WHAT WE
DIDN'T REALIZE IS WE WOULD
FIND A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNER
THAT WOULD BRING FORWARD A
NONPROFIT APPROACH TO HOW TO
BUILD A COMMUNITY STADIUM AT
SEATTLE CENTER , AND THAT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
UNIQUE. THIS IS NOT A PROFIT
DRIVEN ENTERPRISE. IT'S ABOUT
CREATING A COMMUNITY STADIUM TO
SERVE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY
ON CAMPUS , SO WE ARE EXCITED
TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THAT
WILL LOOK TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR GOAL IS TO
INTRODUCE OUR PARTNER BUT ALSO
HIT THE HIGH POINTS AND SOME OF
KEY TERMS WE ARE WORKING ON IN
THE RELATIONSHIP. SO WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN.
HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS IS A
PARCEL WITHIN THE CAMPUS OWNED
BY SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT
WAS DEEDED BY THE CITY BACK IN
1946 AND THE DEED REQUIRES IT
REMAIN AS AN ATHLETIC STADIUM.
OVER THE 77 YEARS THAT THE
STRUCTURE HAS BEEN THERE , IT
GIVES US GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS POINT
AND AS MARSHALL SAID, WITH THIS
NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIP , WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE SOME GREAT
POSSIBILITIES. I WANTED TO LIST
SOME OF THE BACKGROUND. THIS IS
BACKGROUND IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS AS THEY
LOOK FOR SOLUTION AND WE LOOK
FOR A SOLUTION. JUST A LIST OF
SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS WE'VE
HAD WITH THEM AND ALSO SOME OF
THE TIMES WE BEEN BEFORE THIS
BODY AND THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
SUPPORTED MEMORIAL STADIUM. AND
WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL
TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT
WHAT WILL BE NEXT FOR US AND
WHEN WE WILL BE BACK TO SEE YOU
THE NEXT TIME. AGAIN , WE WENT
THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND IT
WAS QUITE A PROCESS BUT
IMPORTANT . ROB WILL TALK ABOUT
HIS ORGANIZATION. I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT AGAIN . WE WERE NOT
EXPECTING TO END UP WITH A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNER AND
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PROCESS
AND VERY TRANSPARENT BECAUSE OF
THAT. AND I THINK ALL PARTIES
WOULD AGREE THAT WE ARE ALL
ABLE TO GET A BETTER RESULT OUT
OF THAT. 'S I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT. MR. JOHNSON.
>> IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE
WORKING WITH THE CITY AND
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM THAT IS PERSISTED FOR
MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TRIED TO FIGURE OUT
A SOLUTION TO REVAMP MEMORIAL
STADIUM. WE RESPONDED WITH THE
INTENTION OF TRYING TO AUGMENT
THE EXISTING $110 MILLION IN
PUBLIC FUNDING WITH ADDITIONAL
PRIVATE FUNDING AND THE SUM
COULD BE GREATER THAN WHAT EACH
COULD TRY TO CONTRIBUTE ON
THEIR OWN. WE COME TO THIS WITH
REAL JOY AND VISION TO MAKE
THIS A HOME FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS AND BEYOND WHO
CAN SEE THIS AS A PLACE THEY
CAN ONLY THRIVE ON THE PLAYING
FIELD BUT IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST
OR MUSICIAN OR IF YOU ARE
INVOLVED IN OTHER
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN
SCHOOL WHETHER IT'S TECHNOLOGY
OR THE THEATER BUT THIS IS A
PLACE WHERE EVERY SINGLE
STUDENT IN THE REGION CAN CALL
HOME. OUR ORGANIZATION IS PROUD
TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE FINEST
ENTITIES IN SPORTS ARCHITECTURE
AND CONSTRUCTION SPACE. WE
WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS MOST
RECENTLY THE KRAKEN
ONE OF SEATTLE'S GREATEST
CONTRACTUAL CONTRACTING TEAMS
AND THEY NOT ONLY BUILT SOME OF
THE MOST ICONIC FACILITIES IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE , BUT THEY
TOUCHED JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE
FACILITY ON THE CAMPUS. THE
GOAL FOR US AS AN ENTITY IS TO
DELIVER A PROJECT THAT HAS NO
PRIVATE PROFIT ASSOCIATED WITH
THE. WE'VE BEEN IN HIDING ALL
THE RESOURCES INCLUDING THE
STAFF TIME AND IF THE AGREEMENT
LEADS TO AN OPERATING
AGREEMENT, WE WOULD OPERATE
THIS AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC
AND IF ANY REVENUES WERE TO
COME FROM THE OPERATION, IT
WOULD BE PUT RIGHT BACK INTO
FUNDING AND/OR RESERVE FUNDING
FOR THE STADIUM ITSELF.
>> BACK TO THE FACILITY ITSELF
AND THE BUILDING. I WANT TO
NOTE THE HISTORY OF THE STADIUM
AND IT IS NAMED AFTER THE
MEMORIAL WALL THAT HAS A VERY
PROMINENT LOCATION AT THE EAST
SIDE OF THE SITE AND IT'S NOT
A VERY PROMINENT CONDITION AT
THE MOMENT AND IT AFFORDS US
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT
BACK TO A POSITION OF
IMPORTANCE. IT'S ADJACENT TO A
SCHOOL DISTRICT PARKING LOT AND
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE, ALTHOUGH
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE
SURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
PARKING IN THE WALL DOES CHANGE
AND WE CAN GIVE IT THE PROPER
SPACE IT DESERVES FOR PEOPLE TO
VISIT . A NOTE THAT WE DID GO
THE PROCESS WITH THE PROCESS
WITH LANDMARKS AND IT'S THE
MEMORIAL WALL THAT WAS
LANDMARKED AS PART OF THAT AND
THAT HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
LANDMARKS ON THAT PARTICULAR
ELEMENT OF THE FACILITY. IT'S
A LITTLE ODD THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE DESIGN
COMMISSION , SO WE ARE WORKING
WITH BOTH BODIES. THE LANDMARK
BOARD HAS THE PURVIEW OF THE
WALL AND HALO OF ABOUT 20 FEET.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
THE DESIGN COMMISSION ON THE
LARGER PROJECT. THEY HAVE
PURVIEW OF THE SEATTLE CENTER
CAMPUS AND OF BEEN INVOLVED
WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND ARE
VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE
CONNECTIONS OF THIS FACILITY TO
THE CAMPUS WE'VE BEEN TO THE
COMMISSION AND RECEIVED
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT WAS DONE
IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR . LAST
WEEK WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE COME
TO THE CAMPUS. THREE
COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING
MORE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THIS
MEDIUM TO THE FOUNTAIN AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT DESIGN
WILL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE. THAT
WORK WILL LEAD INTO THE NEXT
MEETING WITH THAT BODY WHERE WE
WILL BRING SCHEMATIC SIGNS TO
THEM ON OCTOBER THE THIRD . I
WANTED TO HIT ON FUNDING . WE
HAVE AN ASSEMBLY OF FUNDS
STARTING WITH THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY PASSED A
LEVY THAT INCLUDES 66.5 MILLION
FOR THE PROJECT , AND THAT
MONEY ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED
TO DO WHAT THEY COULD WITH THE
RENOVATION OF THE FACILITY AND
THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT IS
NOTED ALLOWS US TO REPLACE THE
WHOLE FACILITY . WE WERE LUCKY
ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A $4 MILLION
GRANT FROM THE STATE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE , AND
THE CITY HAS COMMITTED IN
VARIOUS WAYS A TOTAL OF 40
MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.
>> I WOULD SAY THE FUNDRAISING
GOT STARTED WITH THE OWNERSHIP
GROUP MAKING A GIFT OF A $5
MILLION COMMITMENT AND THAT'S
COMING FROM A COMBINATION OF
THE TEAM AND ARENA WE ARE WELL
ON OUR WAY WHICH IS AN
ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION . AS WE
SIT HERE TODAY WE ARE JUST
ABOUT 23 MILLION IN PLEDGES OR
CASH ON HAND. SO WE ARE FEELING
VERY STRONG
>> IT'S MODELED AFTER APPROACH
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES
AND AND BRING STUDENTS INTO THE
CONVERSATION. WE TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR
ORGANIZATIONS IN BUT A VERY
RICH OPPORTUNITY TO GO PRETTY
DEEP AND HEAR PEOPLE'S
INTERESTS AND REACTIONS .
LISTED ARE THE TWO AGREEMENTS
THAT THE PARTIES ARE WORKING
HARD ON. THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT WHICH IS BETWEEN THE
CITY AND AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW THE
CITY WILL REPRESENT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO
TRANSMIT THESE AGREEMENTS TO
THE COUNCIL ONCE WE CONCLUDED
THESE NEGOTIATIONS. AND THE BIG
QUESTION EVERYONE IS ASKING IS
WHEN WE START , WE ARE
TARGETING DEMOLITION
CONSTRUCTION IN JULY OF NEXT
YEAR. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD
LIKE TO HOLD THEIR 2025
GRADUATIONS AND IT WOULD BE
TURNED OVER TO US AND WE HAVE A
GOLD THEN TO BE DONE BY THE END
2027. WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION
WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS. WE
DO HAVE A BOOKEND OF THIS BY
FINISHING BY THE END OF 2027.
WITH THAT , WE WILL SHARE AND
IMAGE AND TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE
EXCITING FEATURES OF THE DESIGN
AT THIS POINT. IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS SALMON COLOR THAT YOU
WOULD SEE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST
SIDE OF THE FACILITY, IF YOU
IMAGINE THE SITE AS YOU KNOW IT
WITH THE LARGE WALLS THAT
SURROUND THE STADIUM, THOSE
WALLS WILL COME DOWN AND IT
WILL BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT
AND INTEGRATE VISUALLY WITH THE
CAMPUS. BUT THE FENCE LINE FOR
THE FUTURE FACILITY ON THE
SOUTH AND WEST WILL MOVE
INWARD, WHICH WILL BASICALLY
FEEL LIKE AN ADDITIONAL ACRE OF
PUBLIC SPACE ON THE CAMPUS.
THAT WILL BE SPACE PROGRAMMED
TO SERVE EVENTS AT THE STADIUM
AND THOSE THAT HAPPENED AT
SEATTLE CENTER AND AVAILABLE
FOR PASSIVE SPACE FOR PEOPLE
USING SEATTLE CENTER ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY
EXCITED ABOUT MEMORIAL STADIUM.
THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS .
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF.
ALLOWED THE RECORD TO REFLECT
THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE
BROUGHT A FORMER MEMBER TO THE
TABLE. SEATTLE CENTER IS THE
HEART OF OUR CITY AND IT IS
DEMONSTRATED BY FORMER CIVIC
MINDED PEOPLE STILL BEING
ENGAGED. COULD WE GO BACK TO
SLIDE NUMBER FOUR ? I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT TIME LINE FUNDING
AND PASSING LEGISLATION. AND DO
THAT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THE
ONE WITH THE 2017 TIME LINE.
RIGHT THERE. NOVEMBER 17th IS
WHEN I WAS HIRED AT THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PROJECTS I WORKED ON ,
AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I
REMEMBER THERE WAS LIKE 6 TO 8
YEARS OF WORK BEFORE I GOT HERE
THAT WAS NOT HIGHLIGHTED ON
THIS AS WELL AS THERE WERE
THREE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT TOOK
PLACE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 17th AND
OCTOBER 2021. I HIGHLIGHT THAT
BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT
HAS GONE INTO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY IS MORE THAN IS
REPRESENTED. IT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL -- MAYBE NOT -- THERE
IS BEEN A DECADE OF WORK TO GET
US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WHERE WE
ARE TODAY CANNOT BE FIDDLED
WITH UNNECESSARILY IS THE POINT
I'M MAKING. IF WE COULD GO ON
TO THE FUNDING. THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS CONTRIBUTED FUNDS
TO THIS PROJECT AND YOU CAN SEE
I'M STILL YOUR STAFF MEMBER ON
THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I FELL IN
LOVE WITH THIS PROJECT. THE TBD
PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING, I'VE
HEARD GOOD PROJECTIONS.
>> 23 MILLION.
>> I MUST'VE GOTTEN WRAPPED UP
IN MY THOUGHTS. COLLEAGUES, WE
PROVIDED $21 MILLION IN CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT MONEY , AND WE
COMMITTED $19 MILLION. I WANT
EVERYONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THE PREVIOUS
CITY COUNCILS , NOT ANY SINGLE
ONE BUT MULTIPLE HAVE COMMITTED
TO THIS FUNDING AND IT'S
SOMETHING I'M COMMITTED TO. IF
YOU COULD GO TO NUMBER NINE,
AND THEN I WILL BE DONE. IT'S
A LITTLE HARD TO READ. THERE IS
MORE BEYOND THE AGREEMENT. WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH AND IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
PASS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
IN BOTH BODIES. I WORRY IF WE
DON'T DO SO CAREFULLY,
SOMETHING COULD UNRAVEL . MAYBE
I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THIS ON
THE RECORD, BUT IF YOU HAVE
CONCERNS OR CONDITIONS YOU WANT
TO ADD, I ASK THAT YOU WORK
WITH THE TEAM SOONER THAN LATER
-- THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THE GENTLEMAN
AT THE TABLE NO, I GUESS I'VE
BEEN ON THE INSIDE OF THIS IN A
LOT OF WAYS , AND I WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE A FEW THINGS. I GOT
INVOLVED IN THIS IS A COMMUNITY
MEMBER AND IS A VETERAN OF THE
VFW POST JUST BEFORE THE SCHOOL
LEVY , AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO
WAS ALSO SPECIFICALLY MINDED ,
WHO PLAYED THERE, WE TOOK A
TOUR OF IT OURSELVES AND THE
STADIUM WAS IN TERRIBLE
CONDITION . YOU CAN SEE ALL THE
DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. AND IT
WAS IN POOR SHAPE AND IT WILL
BE UNTIL IT'S DONE. AND WE
WALKED TO THE MEMORIAL WALL,
AND IT WAS SHOCKING HOW POOR
CONDITION THE WALL WAS. ON TOP
OF THAT THE TRASH AND
EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT WAS THE
START. I ENGAGED WITH YOUR
PREDECESSOR. AND WHEN I STARTED
THIS, LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD
BE SITTING HERE TODAY . BUT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY
THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. AND I
WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE
THEY UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF THE
TRASH AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING
ON THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE
DESIGN FLAWS AND HOW YOU GOT
WHERE IT IS. THEY CLEANED IT UP
AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR
WORK. AND THEY'VE BEEN
CONTINUING TO DO THAT. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT I ENGAGED WITH. AT
THIS POINT MORE WITH MY VFW HAT
AND SEATTLE CENTER. THEY'VE
BEEN FANTASTIC , AND I'VE SEEN
MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THIS
BRIEFING. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
IMPRESSED BY THE DESIGNS AND
THE IDEA OF OPENING IT UP AND
CONNECTING BACK INTO SEATTLE
CENTER AND JUST INTEGRATE IT
INTO THE COMMUNITY . I REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL THAT ENGAGEMENT
THAT I RECEIVED IN MY FORMER
LIFE FROM THE CITY. AND THEN I
WANT TO THANK ONE ROOF STADIUM
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED
THE ROB JOHNSON TOUR , YOU NEED
TO GET IT. AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO FUTURE ONES AS WELL. I'M
IMPRESSED WITH THE ONE ROOF
FOUNDATION AND THE EFFORT AND
COLLABORATION. AND THIS IS NOT
JUST INTERNAL TO CITY
GOVERNMENT . IT'S BROADER THAN
THAT AND I WANT TO THANK ALL
THREE ENTITIES FOR YOUR
INCLUSION OF THE VETERAN
COMMUNITY. IT IS VITAL TO HAVE
THE VETERAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE
OF THE MEMORIAL WALL AND WE
HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. I SPOKE
TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND
TESTIFIED LAST YEAR IN THE WALL
IS IT. I KNOW WANT TO
THE STADIUM -- THAT WANOT IN
KEEPING WITH WHAT THE VETERANS
WOULD WANT. SO I'M APPRECIATIVE
OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION IN
THEIR DECISION IN TERMS OF
LANDMARK FOR THE WALL. AND I
THINK ALL OF THIS SETS THE
STAGE TO PRESS FORWARD IN TERMS
OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS
OF FUNDRAISING IT SHOWS A
BROADER COMMITMENT AND TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WE NEED
TO PRESS THROUGH THE TAPE. WE
HAVE TO PRESS THROUGH AND IF
THERE'S ANY HESITATION OR
HICCUP, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE
TO LET MY CHAIR NO BUT INCLUDE
ME ON THAT BECAUSE I WILL BE
ENGAGED I'M THINKING IN TERMS
OF MY VFW HAT, BUT NOW AS A
REPRESENTATIVE, I DEFTLY WANT
TO ENGAGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS
BRIEFING , ESPECIALLY GOING
INTO BUDGET. LAST YEAR I THINK
THERE WAS 40 MILLION ALLOCATED
TO THIS PROJECT AND THEN THE
REFUNDING CAME IN FAR LOWER
THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD WHEN
THE PROJECTED BUDGET WAS MADE
AND IN ANY CASE I'M COMMITTED
TO SEEING THE FUTURE OF THIS
FORWARD AND WITH THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE WORKING WITH THE CITY
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT , IT --
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL
TIME LINE WAS , BUT I WILL SAY
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT
TRUST THAT TOOK MANY YEARS TO
FORGE IS GOING TO BE THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE SUCCESSFUL
PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A
LONG TIME THAT THE CITY HAS
TRIED TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. I WANT TO EXTEND A
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PARTIES
AND THE FACT THAT IT IS A
NONPROFIT WORKING ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE ENTITIES AT THE TABLE
GOES A LONG WAY. I APPRECIATE
EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER.
>> I WAS WRITING ALL THE GROUPS
THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS
PROJECT. I WILL BE SUPER BRIEF
IN MY COMMENTS. I'VE HAD THE
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY OF
INTERNING AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DOWN THERE. IT'S A
TRAILER AND A PARKING LOT AND
THAT IS WHEN I WAS INTERNING
FOR THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT
THE TIME. AND THAT'S WHERE I
DID MY INTERNSHIP AND FRIDAY
NIGHT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
HELPING THE TEAMS WAY BACK WHEN
WHEN I WAS GETTING MY MASTERS
FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I THOUGHT I
WANTED TO BE A BASKETBALL
COACH. YOU KNOW HOW PARENTS
ARE. THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS
THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ,
WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS FOR
US TO SHOW OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL ATHLETES HOW MUCH WE
CARE ABOUT THEM AND INVEST IN
THEM AND HOW THEY WILL HAVE
THIS FACILITY AND PLAY
WEATHERED SOCCER FOOTBALL AND
ALL THESE COOL THINGS AND HOW
MUCH IT WILL MEAN TO THEM.
USUALLY THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT
HOW COOL THE EASTSIDE SCHOOLS
WERE ARE EASTSIDE CATHOLIC ARE
ALL THESE OTHER PLACES. WE GET
TO HAVE THIS HOME . I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT PIECE. THANK
YOU ALL FOR THIS AND AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS AND
NOW WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THANK YOU
FOR COMING AND PRESENTING. THIS
WAS SUPER HELPFUL. WITH THAT ,
THANK YOU , EVERYONE. ARE THERE
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE
DISCUSSED TODAY? SEEING NONE,
THIS CONCLUDES THE SEPTEMBER
11th, 2024, MEETING . DUE TO
THE UPCOMING BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS , OUR NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING IS WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 11th AT 2 PM . IF
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.