>>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
THE MAY 7, 2024 MEETING OF THE
2024 SELECT COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION LEVY WILL COME
TO ORDER. IT IS 10:33 A.M. I AM
ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
LEVY. WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> SORRY, PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE, PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS AN
EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR TODAY'S
MEETING. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. ALL
RIGHT. WELL WELCOME,
COLLEAGUES. WELCOME EVERYONE
ATTENDING. WELCOME MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WATCHING. WELCOME TO
OUR VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE FOR THE 2024
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THIS IS
TRULY A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR THIS
COUNCIL. THE WORK WE DO HERE IN
THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE SOME OF
THE MOST IMPACTFUL WORK THAT
ANY OF US DO DURING OUR ENTIRE
TIME ON THE COUNCIL. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES JUST
ONCE EVERY DECADE, TO BUILD A
BETTER FUTURE FOR SEATTLE. I
WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR THEIR INITIAL PROPOSED
LEVY. THIS PROPOSAL WAS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. IT
WILL SERVE NO DOUBT AS A STRONG
FOUNDATION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO
BUILD UPON AND IN THE WEEKS
AHEAD. I ALSO HAVE TO SAY WHAT
I'M MOST EXCITED BY THIS
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW IS TO WATCH THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS PLAY OUT.
LIVE RIGHT HERE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOWCASE OUR TRANSPARENT
PROCESS, PASSIONATE, AND
COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
THIS LEVY RIGHT HERE. AGAIN
OPEN AND IN PLAIN SIGHT IN THIS
CHAMBER. WE ARE GOING TO PUT
OUR OWN DEMOCRACY TO WORK OVER
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO TO THAT
END BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 2, WE
WILL HAVE FIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND
HUNDREDS OF US
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE'S
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE ARE NO SMOKY BACK ROOMS,
JUST THESE CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT
HERE. HAPPENING AGAIN RIGHT
HERE IN PLAIN SIGHT IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY
IS INVITED. I THANK SOME FOLKS
WHO ARE SHOWING UP, ATTENDING
IN PERSON TODAY AND WATCHING ON
TELEVISION AS WELL. THE WORK OF
BUILDING TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE MAY SEEM LIKE
THE BORING DULL, DRY WORK OF
GOVERNMENT, BUT TO THE
CONTRARY, THERE'S VERY FEW
THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY
THAT IMPACT OUR CITY AND OUR
COMMUNITY MORE. THIS
TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS ABOUT
BUILDING AND MAINTAINING
SIDEWALKS. TOO MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE
SIDEWALKS AT ALL. 27% MISSING
SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY TO BE
EXACT. AND MANY OTHERS THAT DO
HAVE SIDEWALKS ARE IN DESPERATE
NEED OF REPAIRS. WE KNOW THAT
THE BURDEN SADLY HAS FELT
DISPROPORTIONATELY IN DISTRICT
TWO AND SOUTH SEATTLE DISTRICT
FIVE IN NORTH SEATTLE. BUT THIS
TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS ALSO
ABOUT SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE
OF OUR BRIDGES. AS THE COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE WHOSE DISTRICT
INCLUDES WEST SEATTLE, MY
COMMUNITY LEARNED FIRSTHAND
JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR BRIDGE
INFRASTRUCTURE TRULY IS TO OUR
CITIES, TO OUR COMMUNITIES, TO
OUR ECONOMY. BUT WE'RE NOT
ALONE. OUR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
STUDY IN 2020 REVEALED BRIDGES
ACROSS THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE IN DISTRICT SIX
AND THE UNIVERSITY BRIDGE IN
DISTRICT FOUR ARE ALSO IN
CRITICAL NEEDS OF REPAIRS. NOT
STOPPING THERE. THIS
TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS ABOUT
MAKING OUR ROADS SAFE FOR EVEN
AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BETTER
CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NO
MATTER WHETHER PEOPLE ARE
WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING,
DRIVING, OR USING TRANSIT.
CHOICES TO DO ALL THESE THINGS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN
DISTRICT THREE CALLED OUT IN
THE SEATTLE DISTRICT PLAN THAT
WAS PASSED AND ADOPTED A FEW
SHORT WEEKS AGO. BUT NOW IS THE
TIME TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
THIS TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS
ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY. BY ACTIVATING OUR
STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES. THIS
IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR DISTRICT
SEVEN. WE HAVE AN AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO ENVISION A NEW
FUTURE FOR A DOWNTOWN AND ITS
RELATED CORRIDORS AND CREATE
TRULY PEOPLE CENTERED SPACES
AND EXPERIENCES THERE. MOST OF
ALL THIS TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS
ABOUT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY
SAFE. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE
COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE RECEIVED A VISION
ZERO UPDATE FROM FDOT.
UNFORTUNATELY IT SHOWED THAT
22% OF FATAL CRASHES AND
SERIOUS INJURIES HAPPEN IN MY
OWN DISTRICT ONE. CLOSELY
FOLLOWED BY DISTRICT TWO. AND
EVERY INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT HAS
SOME ALARMING STATS.
COLLEAGUES, THAT'S UNACCEPT
ISABLE. IT PUTS INTO CONTEXT
EXACTLY HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK
WE DO HERE IS. WE OBVIOUSLY
KNOW IT'S WELL UNDERSTOOD AT
THIS POINT THAT TRANSPORTATION
AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND LAND
USE POLICIES ARE INTERWOVEN.
THEY GO HAND IN HAND. BUT
TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY IS ALSO
A BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE, RIGHT
NOW TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES
LITERALLY, ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES
AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR
SEATTLE. BUILDING AND
MAINTAINING OUR BRIDGES AND
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND BIKE
LANES AND BUSES MAY SEEM LIKE
THE BORING NITTY-GRITTY IT WORK
OF GOVERNMENT. BUT AGAIN, FEW
THINGS, FEW THINGS TRULY SHAPE
THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH OUR
CITY AND CONNECT WITH EACH
OTHER MORE. WE HAVE A
TREMENDOUS NOT JUST
OPPORTUNITY, BUT RESPONSIBILITY
TO GET THIS RIGHT AND TO
DELIVER THE EVERYDAY BASICS IN
AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY. BOLD
BASICS IF YOU WILL. I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO A
TRANSPARENT, OPEN DIALOGUE
WHERE VOICES ARE HEARD. YOU
KNOW, ABOUT WHAT THIS PLAN
IDEALLY SHOULD INCLUDE. AGAIN,
ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES,
VOICES ARE HEARD AS A PART OF
THE PROCESS. BEFORE WE VOTE ON
A PLAN IN THIS BODY AND THIS
CHAMBER. ALL RIGHT. THAT SAID,
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WITHIN
THE PER VIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE UP TO AN HOUR IF
NEEDED. WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS
TO GET THROUGH TODAY AND
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON AND SIX
REMOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE.
WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INFORMATIONS?
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER THEY WERE REGISTERED.
ALTERNATING BETWEEN IN-PERSON
AND REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT
END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. OUR
FIRST TWO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS
WILL BE RITA FOLLOWED BY STEVE
RUBSTELLO.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
RITA, AND I'M A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. I'M HERE
TODAY TO UNDIR
BIKE SAFETY AND VISION ZERO. MY
HUSBAND, STEVE HOLSMAN WAS AN
AVID AND EXPERIENCED BICYCLIST
WHO WAS RIDING HIS BIKE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD LAST DECEMBER 21,
WHEN A DRIVER TURNED LEFT
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE TRAFFIC
LANE MY HUSBAND WAS TRAVELING
IN. IN THE RESULT OF THE
COLLISION, MY HUSBAND SUFFERED
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES AND DID
NOT SURVIVE. SO FOUR DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS, STEVE BECAME
A SEATTLE TRAFFIC FATALITY
STATISTIC, BUT HE WAS SO MUCH
MORE THAN A STATISTIC TO ME. HE
WAS A LOVING DAD TO OUR THREE
KIDS AND GRANDPA TO OUR YOUNG
GRANDSON. HE WAS ALSO A MUCH
LOVED BROTHER, UNCLE, FRIEND,
AND MY HUSBAND OF OVER 40
YEARS. WE WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED
OUR 42nd ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW.
PLEASE DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN
TO ANYONE ELSE. PLEASE FUND
VISION ZERO AND SAFETY WELL.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS STEVE FOLLOWED BY CECILIA
BLACK.
>> I THOUGHT ALEX WAS HARD TO
FOLLOW. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS MAJOR PROPOSAL, AND I HOPE
THAT YOU GET A GOOD SUMMARY OF
WHAT WAS DONE THE LAST TIME
AROUND. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES EVERY
TIME ONE OF THESE THINGS COME
UP. I ALSO KNOW ABOUT
REALLOCATION, SO I CERTAINLY
HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEGREGATE
THE FUNDS THERE. BECAUSE THIS
SEEMS TO BE A CURRENT EVERY
TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE THAT
YOU WILL SELL ON ONE BASIS AND
YOU SPEND ON ANOTHER. AND SO
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HELP PROTECT
THE CITY FROM THIS DESIRE TO DO
THAT WITH THE SPECIAL PROJECTS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'M VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE
FATALITIES AND PEOPLE GETTING
HURT. I THINK IT'S TIME TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP
MOBILITY. STOP TAKING AWAY ALL
THE LANES AND TURNING OUR
ROADS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CECILIA BLACK. FOLLOWING
CECILIA WILL BE ALICE LOCKHART.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIN
MUSSER, INSTEAD OF CECILIA. I
AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I
WAS SO EXCITED. I AM
REPRESENTING THE DISABILITY
MOBILITY INITIATIVE. AND I WAS
SO EXCITED WHEN THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PASSED
UNTIL I LEARNED THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART TO ME, THE
SIDEWALKS WAS KIND OF PUSHED
DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. IT WAS
IGNORED COMPLETELY. I REALLY
HOPE THAT THAT WILL NOT BE DONE
AGAIN. BECAUSE WHEN I TAKE MY
RIGHT TO GO TAKE MY LIGHT RAIL
AND DO THINGS I NEED TO DO. IF
I GO OVER A BIG BUMP, IT COULD
HURT ME AND MY LEGS ARE REALLY
TIGHT WITH MS, AND I CAN'T GET
THEM BACK BY MYSELF AND THAT
TAKES AWAY THE INDEPENDENCE
THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALICE. FOLLOWING ALICE WILL
BE KATIE WILSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I'M
ALICE LOCKHART. POLLING HAS
SHOWN THERE'S VOTER APPETITE
FOR A BIGGER, BOULDER, MORE
MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION LEVY
THAT BUILDS MORE SIDEWALKS AND
HELPS PEOPLE WITHOUT CARS GET
WHERE THEY ARE GOING. CLIMATE
JUSTICE REQUIRES EXACTLY THE
SAME THING. COUNCIL, SEATTLE IS
NOT MAKING OUR TRANSPORTATION
CLIMATE GOALS. THE ONLY WAY TO
DECREASE THE CLOSE TO
TWO-THIRDS OF CLIMATE POLLUTION
FROM TRANSPORTATION IS TO GET
US OUT OF OUR CARS. BY MAKING
AND WHEELS, BUT THE KIND OF
WHEELS THAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN
HERE. BY MAKING IT SAFER AND
MORE CONVENIENT TO TRANSIT
THESE MODES. THE LEVY ISN'T
GOING TO BUY ME ANY V, BUT IT
IS BOTH AFFORDABLE AND
NECESSARY. WE WOULD LOOK TO YOU
TO INCREASE MULTI-MODAL FUNDING
TO ENSURE THE LEVY SAT LEAST AS
GOOD FOR TRANSIT AS THEY WERE
AND MUCH BETTER FOR SIDEWALKS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KATIE WILSON. FOLLOWING
KATIE WILL BE CLARA CANTOUR.
>> MY NAME IS KATIENTINGWRITERS
JOSEPHINE. THE LITTLEST TRANSIT
RIDER. SEATTLE HAS SET
AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR 2030
INCLUDING DOUBLING THE
ADVANTAGE OF ALL TRIPS FROM 11%
TO 24%. THIS SHIFT IS NECESSARY
NOT ONLY TO REDUCE CARBON
EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO TO KEEP THE
WHOLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUNCTIONAL AS SEATTLE'S
POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THIS MODE
SHIFT WITHOUT STEPPING UP
INVESTMENT IN THE PUBLIC
TRANSIT SYSTEM. THE CURRENT
LEVY PROPOSAL WITH A GOOD
STARTING POINT WOULD BE
COMPARED TO THE EXPIRING LEVY.
NOT THE INCREASE. WE KNOW THEY
HAD SUPPORT A LARGER LEVY. WE
HOPE THAT YOU WILL INEUREKAS
THE SIZE OF THIS LEVY PROPOSAL
IN PART TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR
SEATTLE RESIDENTS TO GET TO
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO QUICKLY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CLARA. FOLLOWING CLARA IS
MERLIN.
>> HI, I'M CLARA, I'M A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT TWO. I GET
AROUND MOSTLY BY BIKING AND ON
TRANSIT OFTEN WITH MY TWO YOUNG
KIDS. AND I'M HERE TO JUST SAY
THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS A BIGGER
LEVY THAT INVESTS IN SIDEWALKS
AND SAFETY. THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL THAT YOU'LL HEAR
ABOUT TODAY, IT DRAMATICALLY
INCREASES FUNDED FOR BRIDGES
AND REPAVING, BUT A DECREASE IN
THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT IN
SIDEWALKS AND IN TRANSIT IN
PARTICULAR. I KNOW THAT
SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY ARE BIG
PRIORITIES FOR THIS COUNCIL AND
IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT
YOU ALL WORKED SO HARD TO PASS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH
COUNCIL TO IMPROVE THE PACKAGE
THAT WE COULD MAKE TO SET
SEATTLE UP FOR THE GROWTH OF
OUR POPULATION OR THE ECONOMY.
AND MAKE OUR CITY ACCESSIBLE
FOR THE 40% OF SEATTLITES WHO
ARE NON-DRIVERS INCLUDING THOSE
WITH DISABILITIES AND FAMILIES
LIKE MINE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS MERLIN. THEN FOLLOWING WILL
BE ROBERT BRIGGS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME
MERLIN. A COUPLE DAYS AGO I
TURNED 78. I GET AROUND THE
CITY BY BICYCLE PRIMARILY. I
STILL RIDE AN ACOUSTIC BIKE.
EVEN THOUGH THE HILLS KEEP
GETTING STEEPER EVERY YEAR,
SEATTLE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE
ME IN THE LONG RUN. IT'S A LOT
CHEAPER TO SUPPORT THOSE OF US
WHO WALK, BIKE, AND USE
TRANSIT. WE DON'T -- I PUT THE
SAME WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR
STREETS AS CARS DO. WE DON'T
EMIT CLIMATE DESTROYING GASES.
SO I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE
UPFRONT INVESTMENT THAT'S
NECESSARY TO CHANGE OUR
PRIORITY FROM SUPPORTING
AUTOMOBILES TO SUPPORTING
PEOPLE LIKE ME. I HOPE YOU WILL
ALSO BE WITH ME WHEN YOU'RE 78
YEARS OLD.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ROBIN BRIGGS. THEN LEE
LAMBERT.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
ROBIN BRIGGS. I LIVE ON CAPITOL
HILL. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK
FOR A BOULDER VISION OF
SEATTLE'S TRANSPORTATION LEVY,
WHERE CARS AND OTHER FORMS OF
TRANSPORTATION SHARE A 50-50
SPLIT OF THE FUNDING, WHERE
THERE IS SIDEWALKS FOR WALKING,
PROTECTED LANES FOR WALKING,
DEDICATED LANES FOR BUSES, AS
WELL AS SPACE FOR CARS. WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE TO MIX IT UP,
GET INJURED, OR ANGRY AT EACH
OTHER. I BELIEVE THIS WILL GET
ALL OF US WHERE WE ARE GOING
FASTER AND MORE SAFELY. BUT THE
TRUTH IS EVEN IF IT DOESN'T,
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS ANY
WAY. RESPONSIBLE FOR 61% OF OUR
TOTAL EMISSIONS. THAT WON'T
CHANGE UNLESS WE MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS TO
CHOOSE WAYS OF GETTING AROUND.
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE READY FOR
THIS CHANGE. WE ARE ASKING YOU
FOR IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS LEE LAMBERT. THEN THE LAST
SPEAKER FOR THIS SECTION IS
WILL BE FOLLOWING LEE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD MORNING
COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M THE MEMBER
OF THE BICYCLE CLUB. WE
REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO RIDE BIKES
OUT OF NECESSITY FOR RECREATION
AND TRANSPORTATION. AND I'M
HERE TO SAY WE SUPPORT AND
APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S LEVY
PROPOSAL THAT WILL MAKE
CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN AREAS
THAT WILL BUILD ON PRIOR
INVESTMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST SEATTLE
AND THE MOST DANGEROUS
CORRIDORS. PEOPLE'S BIKE RIDES
ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART, AND THESE
INVESTMENTS WILL MAKE THE CITY
MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BIKES FOR
THE FINANCIALLY IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ED, AND
THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIKE
WORKS, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1996.
WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
MAYOR'S TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PROPOSAL. AT BIKE WORKS, WE GET
IN THE HANDS OF 3,000 PEOPLE,
BIKES, EVERY YEAR, AND 75% OF
THOSE PEOPLE ARE BLACK AND
BROWN YOUTH AND ADULTS. ABOUT
1,200 OF THOSE ARE YOUTH. WE
LOOK AT THOSE AS NOT JUST 3,000
BICYCLES, BUT LIVES. SO WE
WOULD LIKE THE PROPOSAL THAT
WILL PRIORITIZE THE
TRANSPORTATION IN CRITICAL
AREAS IN SOUTH SEATTLE WHERE
THEY HAVE THE MOST DANGEROUS
STREETS AND THE MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER WILL BE KATIE.
FOLLOWING KATIE WILL BE SCOTT.
AND REMOTE SPEAKERS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR SIX WHEN
YOU HEAR THE MESSTHAT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. STAR SIX.
I SEE YOU, KATIE. DID YOU PRESS
STAR SIX? GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YEP.
>> HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME
IS KATIE. I'M A COMMITTEE
MEMBER. AND THE CURRENT LEVY
PROPOSAL ALLOCATES $114 MILLION
TO BICYCLE SAFETY PROJECTS
INCLUDING A STUDY OF A BICYCLE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT NORTHEAST
47th STREET. THIS IS A GOOD
STARTING POINT. IMPROVEMENTS
ARE GREATLY NEEDED. HOWEVER,
THE CITY AND COUNCIL SHOULD
TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK BIGGER.
THE RECENT INCREASE IN DENSITY
IN THE U DISTRICT AND
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS CALLS
FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION
AROUND OPEN SPACE AND HOUSING.
THERE ARE AT LEAST SEVEN ACRES
OF DEVELOPMENT LAND AVAILABLE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY
WHERE THIS BRIDGE IS COMPOSED
WITH HOUSING, OPEN SPACE, AND
SAFE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ROUTE.
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO RAISE
AWARENESS AT THE SITE WHERE THE
CITY SHOULD ALIGN WITH THESE
COMMUNITY LED EFFORTS INCLUDING
EXPANDING THE SCOPE AS WELL AS
CONSIDERING THE $40 MILLION
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY
MITIGATION PROJECTS NOT JUST
HERE, BUT ALSO IN THE REST OF
SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT
FOLLOWED BY AKISHA.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS SCOTT. I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF A COALITION ADVOCATES
APPROVING MITIGATION WORK ON
THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY.
CALLING A LARGER TRANSPORTATION
ALLIANCE THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED
$40 MILLION FOR THIS CATEGORY.
SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THE LEVY.
BUT YET THE PROPOSED PROJECT
MEETS ALL THE GOALS FOR HELPING
PEOPLE GET TO WHERE THEY NEED
TO GO QUICKLY AND AFFORDABLY
WHILE IMPROVING OUR
ENVIRONMENT. THESE PROJECTS ARE
IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GROWING
POPULATION, ALL FOR EQUITY
INVESTMENT. PROJECT INCLUDES
DISTRICT THREE AND SEVEN
DOWNTOWN, AND THE U DISTRICT
BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND
DISTRICT FOUR IN GEORGETOWN,
THE I-5 UNDERPASSES IN DISTRICT
TWO, RECONNECTING SOUTH PARK
AROUND DISTRICT 1 AND TO
DISTRICT FIVE AND SIX. WE WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
DISCUSSION. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ASISHA FOLLOWED BY
KATHERINE. GO AHEAD, AKISHA.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
AKISHA. I'M A CAMPAIGN
DIRECTOR WITH 350 SEATTLE. I'M
HERE TO ASK FOR A BIGGER AND
BOLDER TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT
WILL DEDICATE AT LEAST 50% OF
FUNDING TO INCREASE WALKING,
ROLLING, BIKING, TRANSIT. AS WE
HEARD TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS
FOR OVER 60% OF THE CARBON
POLLUTION. THIS POLLUTION HAS
BEEN CONCENTRATED ALONG THE
HIGHWAYS AND THE OTHERS ON THE
DROP OFF AND THROUGH THE LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND SEATTLE WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG
THESE CORRIDORS. TO MEET THEIR
CLIMATE GOAL AND ACHIEVE
CLIMATE JUSTICE, WE NEED A MORE
ROBUST TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT
WILL INCREASE THE BIKE,
PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT NETWORKS,
AND DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDING.
THEY WILL MAKE OUR STREETS
SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TOO.
OUR STREETS ARE ORIENTED AROUND
PEOPLE AND PRIORITIES. THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO USHER IN A
WELL-CONNECTED CITY THAT WILL
TAKE CARE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES,
AND WE HOPE YOU WILL MOVE
TOWARDS THAT FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KATHERINE, AND FOLLOWING
KATHERINE WILL BE DAVID HAINES.
>> KATHERINE, YOU MAY NEED TO
PRESS STAR SIX. OKAY, WE WILL
MOVE ON TO DAVID HAINES AND
COME BACK AND TRY KATHERINE
FOLLOWING DAVID HAINES. GO
AHEAD, DAVID.
>> THANK YOU. DAVID HAINES. WE
NEED TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN,
CYCLIST, AND RESIDENT
NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ROAD RAGE
DRIVING THROUGH EVERY BLOCK.
STOP THE TRANSPORTATION
ACCOMMODATION TO THE LAZINESS
OF THE MODERN VEHICLE BOTHERING
BICYCLES AND BICYCLE LISTS. AND
THE EXHAUST OF THE PIPES OF
CARS SPEW THEIR SOT IN STREET
DUST AND HEADLIGHTS, RIGHT
WHERE THEY THINK PEOPLE SHOULD
WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE
SIDEWALK OF THE ROAD OR THE
ENTIRE PATH IS OVERWHELMED WITH
POISONOUS AIR, GETTING THE HAIR
CLOTHES. WONDERING WHY THE
QUALITY OF LIVING ISN'T THERE.
MAYBE WE NEED TO WALK OFF THE
STREETS TO GIVE THEM A REPRIEVE
OF INCONSIDERATE DRUNK DRIVERS,
BEING MISTREATED BY
INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCOMMODATING
THE LAZINESS OF IMPRESSIONABLE
VEHICLES. WE NEED INVESTMENT
AROUND TRANSIT ORIENTED HOUSING
DUE TO LIGHT RAIL TRAIN AND
KING COUNTY METRO THAT WILL NOT
DO ANYTHING AT THE BUS STOP.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. THE NEXT
SPEAKER IS KATHERINE.
KATHERINE, YOU MAY NEED TO
PRESS STAR SIX. OKAY. SHE'S
NOT COMING THROUGH, SO WE WILL
MOVE ON TO CARLO ALCANTARA. AND
HE IS NOT PRESENT. WE'LL MOVE
BACK TO MORE IN-PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW. OUR NEXT PUBLIC
COMMENTER WILL BE LILY HAYWARD.
FOLLOWING LILY WILL BE NICOLE
GRANT. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I'M LILY HAYWARD.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THE MORE THAN 2,500 MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE METROPOLITAN
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. THE
CHAMBER CAME TO THE TABLE WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SDOT
DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
LEVY RENEWAL BECAUSE OF
EQUITABLE INCLUSIVE ECONOMY,
WHICH IS OUR MISSION,
PREDICATED ON THE SAFE,
RELIABLE, AND EFFICIENT
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE SDOT,
AND CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING
FORWARD A LEVY PROPOSAL. TO THE
CHAMBER AND OUR MEMBERS, THAT
MEANS FIVE THINGS. ONE, FIXING
ROADS AND BRIDGE. TWO, INVEST
IN SAFETY, THREE, MAKING OUR
BUSIEST TRANSIT AND FREIGHT
ROUTES MORE RELIABLE AND MAKING
IT EASIER TO GET TO LIGHT RAIL.
FOUR, PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE, FIVE, DOING THE WORK
EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY. THIS
LEVY IS IMPORTANT, AND WE
BELIEVE THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS
ARE REFLECTED IN IT AS WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO
CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER
IS NICOLE GRANT. FOLLOWING
NICOLE IS GORDON.
>> HELLO, NICOLE GRANT WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 46.
AND MY PHONE IS RINGING.
THAT'S MY WALK-UP MUSIC. WE
SAW THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. IT
HAS $22 MILLION FOR ELECTRICAL
VEHICLE FUNDING IN IT. AND
WE'RE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR
MAYOR HARRELL'S LEADERSHIP. IN
2035 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
BUY A NEW FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLE.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS LEVY
RIGHT NOW, THE MAIN AND ONLY
LEVY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS
GOING TO DETERMINE WHO CAN
DRIVE IN SEATTLE. WE NEED TO
HAVE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE
HAVE TO INVEST ANOTHER $25
MILLION IN EV INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS GORDON FOLLOWED BY RICH.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GORDON.
I'M THE SEATTLE DIRECTOR OF
GREENWAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO
TALK ABOUT VISION HERO. TO MAKE
SURE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAFE,
GETTING THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED
TO GO AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THIS PROPOSAL IS A GREAT BASE
TO DO GET OFF ON OUR STREETS.
IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
WHEN WE HAVE THOSE FENDER
BENDERS, NO ONE GETS SERIOUSLY
INJURED. AND NO ONE DIES ON OUR
STREETS. THESE ARE NOT
STATISTICS. WHEN WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT REACHING VISION
ZERO, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
KEEPING EACH OTHER SAFE. TO ME
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING WHETHER YOU'RE ELECTED,
CITIZENS, WORK IN GOVERNMENT. I
ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU. FOLLOWING RICH
WILL BE JONATHAN GONZALEZ.
>> OVER 70% OF U.S. CLIMATE
EMISSIONS COME FROM CITIES. IT
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLIMATE
GOAL TO REDUCE THE EMISSIONS
58% BY 2030. EVERY DECISION,
EVERY DAY YOU, THE COUNCIL,
MAKE GOING FORWARD, MUST BE
VIEWED AS EITHER ACTING TO
DECREASE EMISSIONS OR
PREVENTING MORE EMISSIONS.
THERE IS NO TIME TO MAKE A
WRONG DECISION AND THEN LATER
REVERSE IT WITHOUT LOSING
GROUND ON CLIMATE MITIGATION.
THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS A
LONG-TERM DECISION THAT CAN
DECREASE EMISSIONS IF THERE IS
A 50-50 SPLIT OF FUNDING FOR
CARS AND OUR ALTERNATIVE TO
CARS, INCLUDING TRANSIT, BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SIDEWALKS.
TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF NINE
TRIPS OUT OF TEN. SPENDING MORE
THAN 50% IS WRONG.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN
GONZALEZ. FOLLOWING JONATHAN IS
KATE WELLS.
>> HELLO, I'M JONATHAN
GONZALEZ. AND I'M HERE TO LET
YOU KNOW I SUPPORT THE $1.7
BILLION TRANSPORTATION LEVY,
ONE THAT DEDICATES 50% OF THE
FUNDING TO INCREASE WALKING,
BIKING, TRANSIT IN THE CITY. I
LIVE IN BALLARD. AS I TRY TO
WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
I'M MET WITH SPEEDING CARS
WITH LITTLE REGARDS TO MY
SAFETY. MY HUSBAND WORKS
DOWNTOWN NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.
HE BIKES TO WORK SEVERAL DAYS A
WEEK. HE'S HAD SEVERAL
INCIDENTS WITH CARS THAT IS
REALLY SCARY FOR US. HE'S NOT
SURE IF HE WANTS TO CONTINUE
BIKING IN THE CITY BECAUSE
HE'S SCARED OF GETTING INJURED
IN A WAY THAT WE CANNOT RECOVER
FROM. SO I'M HAVING YOU TO
MAKE THE CITY A SAFE PLACE FOR
EVERYONE TO GET AROUND IN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KATE WELLS. FOLLOWING KATE
WILL BE AMARO.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS KATE WELLS. I'M A
DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT AND A
LEADER OF THE BIKE COMMISSION.
I TRY TO BIKE EVERYWHERE I CAN,
BUT MOST PEOPLE I KNOW ARE TOO
AFRAID TO RIDE IF THEY HAVE TO
RIDE WITH CARS. IT DOESN'T
MAKE DIFFERENCE TO THEM WHETHER
THE ROUTE IS ZERO. IT'S NOT
SAFE ENOUGH. THE LAST TWO
LEVIES DO A GREAT JOB, BUT A
LOT OF IT WAS FRANKLY LOW
HANGING FRUIT. THIS LEVY NEEDS
TO DO THE HARD WORK OF
FINISHING, CONNECTING BIKE
ROUTES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE
THESE POTENTIAL RIDERS TO
EXPERIENCE THE FUN, HEALTHY,
CLIMATE FRIENDLY WAY OF GETTING
AROUND BY BIKE. POLLING HAS
SHOWN THEY WILL SUPPORT A LEVY
LIKE THIS. SO PLEASE CRACK A
BIGGER AND BOLDER LEVY TO GET
US THROUGH THE NEXT EIGHT
YEARS. THANKS.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMARA,
FOLLOWING AMARA, BACK TO
KATHERINE IN THE REMOTE AND
TAKE KATHERINE AND CARLO IN THE
REMOTE CALLERS.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS AM ARA,
AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN NORTH
SEATTLE. IN ORDER TO REPORT
THIS, I'M ASKING FOR THE LEVY
OF $1.9 BILLION TO BE ADDED TO
VISION ZERO PROJECTS AND AT
LEAST $380 MILLION TO SUPPORT
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN'S GOAL OF COMPLETING ALL
MISSING SIDEWALKS BY 2044. AS A
LOW VISION PEDESTRIAN WITH THE
CONDITION CALLED STAGNUS, THAT
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE,
SO I'VE BEEN TAKING PUBLIC
TRANSIT AROUND SEATTLE FOR THE
PAST TEN YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT
BY INVESTING IN VISION ZERO AND
A COMPLETE SIDEWALKS, WE CAN
ENSURE THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR
ALL DRIVING BECAUSE EVERYBODY
WILL HAVE THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE
TO GET AROUND. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
WILL BE OUR REMOTE SPEAKER.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX JUST
ONCE.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO CARL O ALCANTARA. GO AHEAD,
PLEASE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CARLO,
I'M A D5 RESIDENT. I VOLUNTEER
WITH SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AS WELL AS THE AURORA
REIMAGINED COALITION. I'M ALSO
A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES IN THE
CITY. I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR THE LEVY AND ASK
THE COUNCIL DO MORE. I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
SPECIFICALLY FOR TAKING ON THE
CHARGE OF MORE SIDEWALKS. WHILE
THE INITIAL 250 SIDEWALKS IS
PROPOSED IS A GOOD START, IT
FAILS SIGNIFICANTLY THE
THOUSAND WE'RE LACKING. AND
THE ACCESS AND TRANSIT AS WELL.
AT PRESENT FILTERING THE
E-LINE, WHICH SOMEONE OF OUR
BUSIEST AND MOST FREQUENT
HIGHER RIDERSHIP LINE ACCOUNTS
FOR MISRIDERSHIP DUE TO
OVERLOADING PRESENT. KING
COUNTY REPORTS AN AVERAGE OF 40
MISSED WHEELCHAIR PICKUPS DUE
TO THE SIDEWALK OVERLOAD. SO
PLEASE ADD MORE AND DO MORE FOR
SIDEWALKS IN THE LEVY. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS ETHAN
CAMPBELL. FOLLOWING ETHAN WILL
BE KIRK HAVENCOTTER.
>> MY NAME IS ETHAN CAMPBELL, I
LIVE IN D3. THIS LEVY WOULD
MAKE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS IN A SAFER, MORE
CLIMATE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM. I WANT TO SHARE TWO
WAYS IT CAN BE EVEN BETTER. TO
GET AROUND THE CITY, I BIKE,
WALK, USE TRANSIT. BIKING IS A
SOURCE OF JOY AND MOBILITY FOR
ME AND MANY OTHERS. IT'S ALSO
A SOURCE OF STRESS BECAUSE I
FEAR BEING HIT AND KILLED BY A
DRIVER. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY
WILL INVEST IN BIKE SAFETY. BUT
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BRIEFING
FROM SDOT TODAY, OUR CITY'S
BIKE NETWORK WOULD REMAIN
FRAGMENTED UNDER THE LEVY.
SAFETY DESERVES MORE ROBUST
FUNDING. THE INVESTMENTS ARE
ALSO A GOOD START, BUT THEY
REPRESENT THE 16% DECREASE
AFTER INFLATION. THAT WILL NOT
HELP US REACH THE CLIMATE
OF DOUBLING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
2030. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
URGE YOU TO NOT CUT FUNDING FOR
TRANSIT PROJECTS IN THIS LEVY.
WE NEED TO INVEST TO MAKING
SURE THAT BUSES ARE NOT STUCK
IN TRAFFIC, SO THAT THEY ARE
FAST AND RELIABLE ALTERNATIVES
TO DRIVING FOR MORE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KIRK FOLLOWED BY KYLIE.
>> HI, I'M KIRK. I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION. WHERE WASHINGTON'S
NON-PROFIT ADVOCATE FOR SAFE,
SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION. WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S
TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT'S
BEFORE YOU TODAY. SEATTLE
RESIDENTS ARE HUNGRY FOR
TRANSIT. PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE LIGHT RAIL AN EVERYDAY
PART OF THEIR LIVES WHERE THEY
WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND
WITHOUT BEING INDEPENDENT. WE
BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE YOU WILL ANSWER THOSE
CALLS. WE ARE THRILLED TO
INVEST IN ADDITIONAL TRANSIT
PRIORITY TO SPEED UP BUSES AND
MAKE OUR TRIPS MORE RELIABLE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE TRIPS
WILL START AT EVERYONE'S FRONT
DOOR, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
EXCITED THAT THE PROPOSAL WILL
INVEST IN SIDEWALK GAPS, MAKING
IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO
ACCESSIBLY WALK TO LIGHT RAIL
AND BUSY BUS STOPS. SEATTLE
VOTERS WANT A LEVY THAT IS
AMBITIOUS ABOUT THE BASICS. IN
THE 21st CENTURY, THE BASICS
ARE MORE BUS LANES THAT SPEED
UP BUSES, SAFE WALKS, ACTIVE
PUBLIC SPACES, AND DIRECTED
BIKE LANES. WE KNOW THEY WILL
MAKE SEATTLE SAFER AND POPULAR.
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU ON THE FINISHING
TOUCHES AS WELL AS TO PROMPTLY
SEND YOU TO VOTERS. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CHI LEE, FOLLOWING SYLIE, MS
SANCHEZ?
>> I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR
ADVOCACY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AT DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
SITUATION. LONG BEEN CHAMPIONS
OF SOLUTIONS TO MOVE PEOPLE
SAFELY, RELIABLELY, FOR A
HEALTHY THRIVING SEATTLE. OVER
THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE
APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH SDOT
AND MAYOR HARRELL'S TEAM TO
FOCUS ON THE SHARED PRIORITIES
OF SAFETY, ASSET PRESERVATION,
MAINTENANCE, AND FREIGHT AND
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS MADE
EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY. WE
ARE ESPECIALLY THRILLED TO SEE
$15 MILLION FOR PLACE MAKING AS
WE CONTINUE TO REVITALIZE
DOWNTOWN AND PLAN FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION OF THIRD AVENUE
IN THE LONG TERM. WE ALSO
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED
PEOPLE STREETS PROGRAM, WHICH
WILL PARTNER WITH BIAs TO
IMPROVE THE PUBLIC REALM. AND
WE SUPPORT INCREASED
INVESTMENTS IN TRANSIT ABILITY
AS MORE PEOPLE WILL ENTER INTO
OFFICE AS WELL AS URGE YOU TO
MAKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
GET GOODS TO BUSINESSES.
ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPORTATION
LEVY WILL INCREASE THE
CONFIDENCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU FOR
THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF
THE IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION
LEVY PROPOSAL OVER THE COMING
MONTHS. THANK YOU S.
>> THANK YOU. THE LAST TWO
SPEAKERS, SANCHEZ FOLLOWED BY
BREE GINSELD.
>> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT THREE. AND I HAVE BEEN
WORKING IN BIKE ADVOCACY,
PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY, AND
TRANSIT ADVOCACY MY ENTIRE
ADULT LIFE. MY MOTHER WAS NOT
ABLE TO DRIVE, SO I GREW UP
FROM GETTING INTO THE CITY ON
THE SEVEN BACK WHEN IT USED TO
GO ALL THE WAY TO THE U
DISTRICT. SO I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION
OVER MY LIFE. I KNOW WHEN WE
INVEST IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
MODELS, WE WILL INPROVE OUR
CITY. I HOPE THE COUNCIL IS
ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WHO ARE PUSHING THESE ISSUES
FOR THE LAST 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
WE MISSED A CHANCE WITH THE
MOVE FORWARD LEVY. I DON'T
THINK WE SHOULD MISS THE NEXT
20, 30 YEARS BY INCREASING THE
TRANSPORTATION MONEY. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER
OF THE DAY IS BREE.
>> CLOSE ENOUGH. HI. I'M BREE.
I LIVE IN, AS YOU CONSIDER HOW
TO SHAPE THIS LEVY OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, I ASK YOU
TO THINK ABOUT THE MOMENT IN
TIME. THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL
MOMENT IN TIME. WITHIN THE SPAN
OF THE LEVY IS 2030. WE HEAR
2030 A LOT. 2030 IS THE GOAL
DATE FOR VISION ZERO. THE DATE
BY WHICH WE WANT TO HAVE NO
FATAL OR SERIOUS INJURIES IN
OUR TRAFFIC SYSTEM. IT'S ALSO
THE DATE WE HEAR AS A CRITICAL
DAY FOR CLIMATE EMISSIONS. AND
THE THE TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
AND HOW WE FUND TRANSPORTATION
PLAY INTO BOTH OF THOSE GOALS,
AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY. IF
WE WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LEVY TO
MAKE CHANGES, THEN WE'VE GOTTEN
PAST OUR DEADLINE. THE CITY SET
THOSE DEADLINES FOR A REASON. I
URGE YOU TO EMBRACE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FUND A LEVY THAT
WILL GET US TO THOSE PLACES.
I'M A HOME OPENER, AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO TEXT ME MORE. A
LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO PAY AND
GET RESULTS. WE'VE GOT POLLING
THAT SHOWS THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE ONE
MR. SPEAKER, DIVINITY?
>> YES.
>> HEY, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
DIVINITY. MY PUBLIC NAME IS
SIMON. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
FUNDING AND INCREASE IN FUNDING
FOR SIDEWALKS. AS OF NOW WHEN I
TRAVEL THROUGH THE STREETS,
I'VE SEEN DIFFICULT I HAVE TO
GO OUT INTO THE STREETS, I FEEL
UNSAFE. I FEEL IF I'M DEALING
WITH THIS, THEN THERE ARE MANY,
MANY PEOPLE DEALING WITH THIS
WITH DISABILITIES. I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE
IN FUNDING FOR THE BUS SYSTEM,
EVEN GETTING IN AND ON THE BUS
WITH MY WHEELCHAIR. I AM
FEELING REALLY CRAMMED. I GET
STUCK. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I
COULD GET ON OR OFF THE BUS AS
ACCESSIBLY AS I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO. AND I REALLY SUPPORT THE
INCREASE OF FUNDING. PLEASE
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE WILL
NOW PROCEED OF BUSINESS. WILL T
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE
JOIN US AT THE TABLE AND SHARE
YOUR PRESENTATION. ONCE READY,
PLEASE BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M GERI
POOR. WITH US TODAY IS LISA
BOGARDUS IN THE CHAMBER, THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT CHAIR AND KEVIN
WERNER, ALSO A CO-CHAIR. WE
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THIS
SHRIEKED LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. AND SINCE THAT TIME,
WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS LETTER ON APRIL
15, AND WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU
AN OVERVIEW. I'LL MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE SLIDES
AND TURN IT OVER TO LISA THANK
YOU. WE WILL START. ON THE NEXT
SLIDE, OUR BOTTOM LINE UPFRONT
IS THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
DOES RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL
SUBMIT A NEW LEVY AFTER THE
CURRENT LEVY PROPOSAL TO THE
CURRENT ONE THAT EXPIRED NEXT
YEAR. WE SENT THEM ON THE NEXT
ORDINANCE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
CURRENTLY WHO ARE APPOINTED
BOTH BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL OR
THE MODAL BOARDS, EACH SEND ONE
MEMBER, BIKE, TRANSIT,
PEDESTRIAN, MODAL BOARDS. OVER
TIME THERE HAVE BEEN, IN
ADDITION, WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA ON OUR COMMITTEE I'LL
FURTHER NOTE OVER THE PAST NINE
YEARS OF THE LEVY, THERE HAVE
BEEN 49 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE
COMMITTEE AT ONE POINT OR
ANOTHER. AND ONE OF OUR MEMBER
HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE ALL
THE WAY THROUGH. WE CAN GO ONTO
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THE LEVY, AND IT IS AN
ADVISORY ; ADVISING THE COUNCIL
ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRODUCES
ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE
ORDINANCE. AND ALSO OUTLINED IN
THE ORDINANCE IS OUR CURRENT
ACTIVITY. ONE TIME HERE AT THE
END OF THE CURRENT LEVY, WE ARE
ASKED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION
ON THE ADVISABILITY OF ANOTHER
LETTER. JUST TO REPEAT WHAT I
SAW OVER TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL
15. AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO LISA.
>> AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY,
I'M LISA BOGARDUS, VICE CHAIR
OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AND ALSO ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OF
SECRETARY FOR THE SEATTLE
BUILDING TRADES LABOR COUNCIL.
I WAS APPOINTED TO THIS
COMMITTEE BY MAYOR DURKIN, SO I
HAVE BEEN ON FOR A LITTLE
WHILE. NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT
SDOT'S FUNDING SOURCES. I'M
SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE
MOVE SEATTLE FUND COMPRISES
ABOUT 30% OF SDOT'S TOTAL
REVENUE. AS YOU KNOW FROM THE
LETTER WE SUBMITTED TO IN
APRIL, WE ARE ENCOURAGING AND
SUPPORTIVE OF A NEW LEVY GOING
FORWARD AND THAT THE
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS WILL BE
FUNDED AND OTHER SOURCES AS
WELL AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
HAD BOTH LEVIES IN THE PAST AND
THE CONDITION OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS
CONTINUING TO DETERIORATE EVEN
AS THEY WERE MET UNDER THE
LEVIES. SO ENSURING THAT THEY
WILL MOVE FORWARD AND THEN ALSO
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND
THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER
SOURCES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR
LETTER THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE
OF THAT AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. IT
WAS A FAIRLY LENGTHY PROCESS
THAT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
TOOK OUR ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY
THROUGHOUT THE NINE YEARS, BUT
ESPECIALLY IN REVIEWING THE
PROGRESS UNDER THE CURRENT
LEVY, THE SUCCESS, AND ALSO
CHALLENGES, AND THEN ALSO HOW
TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO
IT WAS A TWO-YEAR PERIOD THAT
WE WOULD HAVE THE
IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW FROM
SPRING THROUGH SUMMER OF 2023,
AND SDOT PROVIDED THE OVERVIEW
TO THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AS WE REVIEWED THE REVENUE
SOURCES AND ALSO THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED SOME OTHER
SOURCES CONTAINED IN THAT
LETTER PROVIDED. WE WOULD
REVIEW THE UNDERLINING NEED FOR
A FUTURE LEVY AND HOW WE CAN
COLLABORATE WITH SDOT IN
LINKING THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WITH FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES,
AGAIN TRYING TO LOOK OUTSIDE
THE BOX TO ENSURE THE
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS COULD BE
MET GOING FORWARD. ALSO THE
REFLECTION ON THE OVERSIGHT
FUNCTIONS AND DEVELOPED ON OUR
OVERSIGHT FUNCTION OF THE
COMMITTEE, DEVELOPING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THAT
COULD BE IMPROVED. I THINK THAT
WE WOULD AGREE THEY WORK WELL
AND THAT WE DID FIND SOME AREAS
IN OUR LETTER AND WE
RECOMMENDED WAYS THAT IT COULD
BE IMPROVED. FINALLY AS JERRY
MENTIONED, IT WAS A TWO-YEAR
PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE. THE
PROGRAMS PRESENTATIONS THAT WE
WOULD RECEIVE INCLUDED ALL THE
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND TO
REPAIR FOR BRIDGES AND ROADS,
AND RELIEF AND THE ONLY ONE
THAT WE DID NOT
REVIEW OF WAS THE GRAM LIGHT
RAIL STATION RELATED TO THE
LIGHT RAIL STATION AND THE
CONNECTIONS, JUST BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD DUE
TO SCHEDULING AND FUNDING
THROUGH SOUND TRANSIT. NEXT
SLIDE. THE OVERVIEW INCLUDED
THE 30 PROGRAMS AND JUST TO
KIND OF LOOK BACK TO HOW DID WE
DO? AND THAT THEY ARE MEETING
OR EXCEEDING 27 OF THOSE 30
GOALS FROM THE 2015 LEVY. AS
FOLKS ARE AWARE. THE BICYCLE
SAFETY PROGRAM WILL MEET THE
2015 GOALS AND EXCEED THE 2018
AMENDED GOALS AS THEY KNOW
THERE IS A RESET IN 2018 WHERE
WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT
WAS PROMISED AND WHAT IS
OBTAINABLE DUE TO A VARIETY OF
ISSUES AROUND THAT TOWN AND
THEY HAD TO RESET THE GOALS IN
THE ORIGINAL LEVY. THE SAFETY
PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXCEEDING
THOSE, WHICH IS GREAT AND WILL
COME CLOSE TO 2015 AND OUTLINED
IN THAT LEVY WILL NOT BE
COMPLETED THAT WE EXPECT 110
MILES TO BE COMPLETED WHERE
THEY WILL NOT BE MET DUE TO
PROJECT SCHEDULED CHANGES AS WE
NOTED IN OUR LETTER. THEY ARE
COMPLICATED PROJECT WITH
SCHEDULING, WE EXPECT THAT
THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD, BUT WON'T BE
COMPLETED. THE CONNECTION IS
POSTPONED, AND THEN AS YOU'VE
HEARD TODAY AND THAT WE ARE
AWARE OF THE SAFETY CORRIDOR
PROJECTS ARE MEETING THEIR
GOALS. THE CITY IS NO CLOSER TO
ELIMINATING THE TRAFFIC RELATED
DEATHS THAN IN 2015. AGAIN OUR
FOCUS IS THE NUTS AND THE
BOLTS. THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
SEATTLE. I THINK YOU'LL SEE
THAT THROUGHOUT OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS. LASTLY WHILE
THE NUMBER OF BRIDGES ARE
RECEIVING THE UPGRADES, THEY
ARE MEETING THE GOALS. THE
SPECIFIC BRIDGES ARE DIFFERENT
THAN THOSE LISTED, THE BALLARD
AND FREMONT BRIDGES REMOVED
FROM THE LIST AND THAT IS DUE
TO COSTS THAT ARE FAR EXCEEDING
WHAT'S ESTIMATED FOR THE
SEISMIC PROGRAM AND FIVE OF THE
BRIDGES WERE PULLED OUT, MAJOR
BRIDGES AND SMALLER BRIDGES
WERE PUT IN. SO THE NUMBERS ARE
THERE, BUT THE SCOPE OF THE
PROGRAM HAD TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY
SCALED BANG IN THE CURRENT
LEVY. SUCCESS. THERE WERE A LOT
OF SUCCESSES AND I WILL MENTION
A FEW RIGHT NOW THAT WE ALSO
REFERENCED IN OUR LETTER AND
RECOMMENDATIONS. THE NORTHGATE
BRIDGE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN
2021 IS ESSENTIAL BRIDGE AND
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE LANE. AND
IT ALSO PLANTED 465 TREES. SO
TREE COVER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
EVEN IN SEATTLE. THE STREET
BRIDGE WAS ALSO A SUCCESS AND
APPROVED THE MOBILITY AND LOCAL
ACCESS, WHICH SAUCE A NICE
THING TO SEE AS WELL. AND THE
BRIDGE, THIS IS ALSO A SEISMIC
UPGRADE, REPLACEMENT OF THE
DECAYING BRIDGE AND THE BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD
HAVE SMALLER FLEXIBLE PROGRAMS
THAT WILL PROVE TO BE VERY
SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL, EXCEEDING THE GOALS
EVERY YEAR WITH THE LEVY AND
INCREASED SAFETY FOR WALKING,
BIKING TO SCHOOLS AND THE FOCUS
FOR THAT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
STREET FUND IS IN HISTORICALLY
UNDERFUNDED AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO VERY POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN
INCREASING SAFETY FOR CHILDREN
LIVING IN THOSE AREAS. THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND, 25
PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED ALSO
EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE GOALS OF
THE LEVY AND ALSO WE WILL FOCUS
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET
FUNDS ON AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
UNDERFUNDED. THEN THE SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS, THE PROGRAM, THIS
WAS MOSTLY IN THE AREA OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURING INDUSTRIAL
CENTER. AND PRIORITIZED
IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFER LANE
CHANNELIZATION, TRUCK PARKING,
AND RAIL TRACK REMOVAL. AGAIN,
SOMETIMES NOT THE THINGS THAT
WILL MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE
PAPER, BUT ALL VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM
IN THE CITY, SO WE HAVE A
FUNCTIONING SYSTEM. TREE
PLANTING, SDOT EXCEEDED THE
NUMBER OF TREES IT ANTICIPATED
PLANTING AND ALSO REPLACED
EVERY TREE REMOVED DUE TO
SAFETY OR DISEASE WITH NEW
TREES AS OUTLINED IN THE
ORIGINAL GOALS. THE PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
AS DEFINED IN THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY GOALS, TWO SPECIFIC
PROJECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND
WERE IN THE GOALS. THE SOUTH
PARK AND BROADVIEW PROJECTS, TO
REDUCE FLOODING. ALSO
RECONSTRUCT THE STREETS WITH
THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND TREES. WE
CAN FIND THE EFFICIENCIES, COST
SAVINGS, AND ALSO GET A BETTER
OVERALL SYSTEM WHEN WE WOULD
HAVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE
AGENCIES, SO THAT WAS A GREAT
SUCCESS. WITH THAT I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO KEVIN WHO IS
VIRTUAL.
>> GREAT, THANKS, LISA, AND
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA, OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. IT'S
GOOD TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS
KEVIN WERNER. I'M THE CO-CHAIR
TOGETHER WITH GERI OF THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN
ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2020.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT
EXPERIENCE TO PULL TOGETHER
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I JUST
WANTED TO START WITH A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS. AS BOTH GERI AND
LISA SAID, THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN ASKED FROM YOU ALL. IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IT, LOOK DEEP DIVES NOT JUST ON
THE LEVY, BUT THE TOTAL ASSETS
OF THE CITY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING
THAT PRETTY DEEPLY AND PRETTY
STRONGLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE ARE 16
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT
GERI SHARED. BY DESIGN, I THINK
APPROPRIATELY SETTLED A VERY
DIVERSE COMMITTEE. THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS, EVERYONE
SIGNED ON. SO I THINK THEY
CARRIED THAT WEIGHT BECAUSE OF
THE CONSENSUS PROJECT THAT WE
USED. SO I WANTED TO START WITH
THAT. THERE ARE EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS. I ALSO OFFER,
AND I THINK GERI MENTIONED THIS
THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE FULL
LETTER, THE 14-PAGE LETTER AND
THE 10 PAGES OF APPENDIXES.
THEY WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL
THAN WHAT WE WILL DO HERE, BUT
WE BOILED IT DOWN TO EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IT HERE THIS MORNING.
THESE ARE IN NO ORDER EXCEPT
THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS OUR
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT
PACKAGE TO BE BOLD, BIGGER. WE
WILL CLARIFY THAT AND THERE IS
CONSENSUS ON THE COMMITTEE
THINKING THAT WE NEED
AFFORDABILITY, APPENDIX A IN
OUR LETTER GOES THROUGH EACH
ONE OF THOSE DIMENSIONS, THE
RATIONAL AND MOTIVATION FOR WHY
WE THINK WE NEED A BIGGER LEVY
GOING FORWARD. I WOULD SAY
THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT EQUITY. AND ALL FIVE
OF THESE AREAS ARE IMPORTANT
FOR THE COMMITTEE. AND
HOPEFULLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL
SASS WELL. WE WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT REVENUE SOURCES. AS GERI
SHOWED IN THIS SLIDE DECK, THE
CITY DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IS, YOU
KNOW, DISPROPORTIONATELY COMING
FROM THE CURRENT LEVY. THAT WAS
NOT LOST ON US, SO WE SPENT
SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE
NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER REVENUE
SOURCES. WE SPENT SOME TIME ON
IN RESPECT TO ROADWAYS AND
BRIDGES WHERE WE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME TALKING ABOUT BRIDGES AND
THE COST TO BRING OUR BRIDGES
UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS AND
HAVE THEM LAST INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE
REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND
ENCOURAGE, THAT WE ARE MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ON THE
NEXT LEVY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND TO
LOOK AT THOSE OTHER SOURCES,
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ROADWAYS
AND BRIDGES. AND ALONG WITH
THAT IS OUR THIRD
RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD
LIST OUT AND WE DID AN
EXPLORATORY EXERCISE THAT COULD
BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO
LOOK AT THE SUPPORT OF THE
PROGRAMS. HOW DO YOU SORT OF
ASSIGN THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND ARE THERE FUNDING TOOLS
THAT THEY COULD SPELL OUT FOR
THOSE TOOLS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN THE
LIGHT AND IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT
WAS AN EXPLORATORY EXERCISE BY
OUR COMMITTEE. AND THE FOURTH
RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY A BIG TICKET LEVY AND
THE CURRENT LEVY AND THE ONE
THAT IS APPROACHED FOR THE
FUTURE. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
SDOT TO BE PREPARED TO EXECUTE
ON THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE AS LISA TALKED ABOUT, WE
DID HAVE THE RESET IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CURRENT LEVY AND
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED THERE AS
WE WOULD LOOK TO THE NEXT LEVY.
THEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
WAS NOT CALLED OUT IN THE
CURRENT ORDINANCE, BUT ONE THAT
WE WOULD UPGRADE AND THEY HAVE
BEEN IMPRESSED WITH SDOT'S WORK
AROUND EQUITY AND HOW THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT EQUITY AND
IMPLEMENTING IT AND EXECUTING
IT AND THEY ARE PLANNING ACROSS
MANY AND WITH ALL THEIR CURRENT
PROGRAMS. WE THINK THIS IS AN
AREA THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT AND
THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO
INCLUDE THIS IN CONSTRUCTION OF
THE NEXT LEVY. AND THIS ONE IS
ABOUT THE NOTION OF
OVERPROMISING, BUT ALSO
FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT? THEY HAVE A
NUMBER OF FLEXIBILITIES THAT
ARE BUILT INTO IT AND THOSE
FLEXIBILITIES, THEY WERE
EXERCISED TO SOME EXTENT, BUT
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN EXERCISED
PERHAPS MORE. SO WE WANT TO
ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE
TO INCLUDE FLEXIBILITY IN THE
LEVY CONSTRUCTION, SO IT CAN BE
ADOPTED AS THE EIGHT YEARS OF
THE NEXT LEVY WILL GO BY AND WE
CAN ADJUST ACCORDING TO
EXPERIENCES THAT WE WOULD HAVE
WITH THE CURRENT LEVY. WE ALSO
ARE STILL ON NUMBER SIX. WE
WANT TO ENCOURAGE SDOT TO DO
WHAT THEY CAN IN TERMS OF
MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF THE
COST ESTIMATES. THIS IS AN
ISSUE AS I SAID BEFORE AND THE
BEST AVAILABLE COST ESTIMATES
THAT WILL MAKE THIS MORE
EFFECTIVE FOR EVERYBODY AS WE
GO THROUGH IT. NUMBER SEVEN,
THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE ARE
SORT OF UNIQUELY OFFERING THE
OPPOSITION GIVEN OUR EXPERIENCE
OVERSIGHT WITH THE CURRENT
LEVY. WE HAVE AS I THINK LISA
SAID, WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE NOW WITH
THE 16 MEMBERS LIKE YOU SAID
BEFORE, ARE SORT OF
INTENTIONALLY CHOSEN FOR
DIVERSITY AND THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR AND THE DIFFERENT
ADVISORY BOARDS THAT ARE
LOOKING TO REPRESENT THE OTHER
ELEMENTS OF DIVERSITY ACROSS
THE CITY, WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. ONE AREA THOUGH THAT
WE FELT WE WERE A BIT HAM
STRUNG, MORE THAN A BIT HAM
STRUNG, IT IS THE RESOURCING
FOR THE OVERSIGHT FUNCTION. THE
16 MEMBERS, 14 OF US ARE
VOLUNTEERS. ONE OF US OBVIOUSLY
CHAIR SABIKA, GETTING PAID FOR
HIS ROLE AS THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S
INSUFFICIENT OF THE TASK, GIVEN
THE CURRENT LEVY THAT'S ON THE
TABLE AND FOR THE FUTURE. THERE
SHOULD BE SOME RESOURCE GOING
INTO THE OVERSIGHT FUNCTION. IN
PARTICULAR WE WOULD LIKE FOR
THE AUDIT FUNCTION THAT COULD
CONTROL TO LOOK INTO DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF THE LEVY AND THAT
WILL SHOW THE EFFICIENCY AND
THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE WILL
DRAW TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THAT
WE ARE POSITIONED TO OFFER THE
RECOMMENDATION ON. AND THE LAST
ONE IS SORT OF BACK TO THE
FUNDING PORTFOLIO THAT YOU'LL
NOTICE BACK IN THEIR EARLY
TRANSPORTATION WHEN HE WAS
GIVEN THE BREAK DOWN OF THE
CURRENT RESOURCING AND THE
LARGE AMOUNTS THAT ARE COMING
FROM THE CURRENT LEVY THAT WE
WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE GENERAL
FUND THAT SHOULD NOT BE PLANTED
BY THE LEVY, RIGHT? THAT WE
SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THE GENERAL FUNDS AS WE KNOW
YOU HAVE FIDUCIARY CITIES TO DO
IT. LAST SLIDE TO WRAP IT UP,
AND I THINK WE HAVE BRIDGE AND
CONTROL ISSUES HERE, SO
APOLOGIES FOR THAT. AND THE
LETTER WAS ACTUALLY TRANSMITTED
ON APRIL 15, SO YOU ALL HAVE
THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO MEET MONTHLY AND FOR THE
CURRENT LEVY UNTIL THAT LEVY IS
DONE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE THE OVERSIGHT AND THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE CURRENT
LEVY. WE ALSO WANTED TO OFFER
THAT WE HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE
AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CURRENT
LEVY. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU
IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS AS YOU
WOULD THINK ABOUT HOW TO
COMPOSE THE LEVY FOR THE
VOTERS. WE ARE HERE TO ADVISE
AND SUPPORT YOU ALL. WITH THAT,
THAT IS ALL WE'VE GOT, AND
WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS. I'LL PASS IT BACK
TO LISA TO SORT OF FIELD THOSE
OR TOSS IT BACK TO GERI WITH
ISSUES IN THE ROOM. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT. I GUESS FIRST AND
FOREMOST, CHAIR WERNER, MEMBERS
OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
CURRENT AND FORMER, SOUNDS LIKE
THEY'RE 40 SOMETHING PLUS OVER
THE COURSE OF THIS 2015 MOVE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. I
WANT YOU TO ALL KNOW THAT I
ACKNOWLEDGE, RESPECT, TRULY
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT
YOU ALL DO EVERY MONTH, EVERY
YEAR, WHATEVER THE TERM OF YOUR
COMMITMENT HAS BEEN THUS FAR TO
MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. THIS IS
100% VOLUNTEER POWERED
OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE. THAT MEANS
YOU ALL CARE ABOUT YOUR CITY.
TO BE HONEST, OUR CITY
COULDN'T FUNGOSA FUNCTION WITH
THE SPENDING AND WITHOUT THE
WORK OF YOU ALL AND PEOPLE LIKE
YOU ALL. SO JUST WANT TO SAY
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,
THANK YOU. I KNOW OUR CITY IS
BETTER SERVED BECAUSE OF YOU
ALL AND PEOPLE THAT DO THE
IMPORTANT CRITICAL WORK EVERY
DAY. QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I
TURN IT OVER TO MY FELLOW
COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHO IS THE ONE
PERSON THAT HAS SERVED FOR ALL
NINE YEARS NOW? TOTALLY FINE.
>> I BELIEVE IT'S RACHEL.
>> RACHEL.
>> OH, OKAY. REALLY APPRECIATE
RACHEL. HAT TIPPED TO HER. ALL
RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER WOO IS
FIRST.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
WORK AND FOR THE LETTER THAT
YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER. IF SOME
OF US WANTED TO DELVE DEEPER
INTO THE STAFF'S ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT PROJECT SECTION. IT
SAYS HERE THE LISTS MAY NOT
INCLUDE NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT
MAY BE COMPLETED WITH THE
REMAINDER LEVY FUNDS. WE WANTED
TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT WAS AMENDED, WHAT WAS
ADJUSTED IN TERMS OF THE
PREVIOUS LEVY? WHERE WOULD YOU
SUGGEST WE GO OR DO YOU HAVE
THAT INFORMATION?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
2018 RESET? OR ARE YOU -- I'M
NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE RESET
OR ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
>> IT SAYS THE PROGRAMS ARE ON
TRACK, MEET COMPETED GOALS.
IDENTIFIED IN 2015 TO THOSE
PROGRAMS AND NOT MEET GOALS IF
WE WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED OR ANY
AMENDMENTED GOALS. DO YOU HAVE
THAT DATA?
>> WE CAN GET IT TO YOU AND
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT REVIEW
IN 2018 THAT SDOT AND THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PERFORMED,
AND THEN THERE WAS
RECOMMENDATION FOR ADJUSTED
GOALS. SO WE CAN GET YOU THOSE
DOCUMENTS FROM BACK THEN AND
YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT,
WE CAN WORK WITH YOU AFTER
TODAY'S MEETING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I ALSO
HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
RECOMMENDED ANOTHER LEVY AND IS
THAT THE LEVY YOU WOULD
RECOMMEND? IS THAT STILL IN THE
WORKS OF YOU REVIEWING?
>> I THINK WE ARE STILL
REVIEWING. KEVIN HAS HIS HAND
UP, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE
WANTED TO RESPOND TO THIS ONE.
>> PROPS TO SDOT FOR THE
CURRENT LEVY THAT THEY HAVE ON
THE OVERSIGHT AND THEIR WEB
PAGE THAT THEY HAVE A DASH
BOARD AND YOU CAN SEE WHICH
PROGRAM IS ON TRACK AND HOW
MUCH MONEY THEY'RE SPENDING
AND WE DID A DEEPER DIVE INTO
THE PROGRAMS. I WOULD ALSO
POINT TO WHAT WE SAW LAST MONTH
AND THAT WE WILL GO INTO MORE
DEPTH WITH YOU AND ALSO THE
RESOURCES TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AS WELL. IS THIS THE
LEVY? WE SPELL OUT AS I HAVE
TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR FUTURE
LEVY. THE ANSWER IS THE EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD
WALK THROUGH TOGETHER WITH THE
CURRENT LEVY. YOU KNOW, WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO MORE OF
THAT EXERCISE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AND IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT
FUNCTION TO A PART OF OUR ROLE
HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL
PARTICULARLY WITH
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. BUT
ASKING THOSE HARD QUESTIONS
FROM SDOT AND THE TEAM OVERALL
IS VERY. I WOULD LOOK TO INVITE
THE COMMISSION OR THE ELEMENT
TO IT TO A FUTURE DISTRICT
SEVEN COUNCIL, I THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE THIS IS THE VISION ZERO
PIECE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. I NOTED THAT
SINCE YOU'RE HERE, THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
COULD RARELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND I THINK OF SECOND AVENUE
AND THE BIKE LANES AND HOW MUCH
MORE ROBUST THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
WITH NOT JUST TURN IS REALLY
SIGNIFICANT. LISTENING TO YOU
EARLIER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT. I WAS THINKING
ABOUT SHARA KONG WHO 10 YEARS
AGO, WAS AN ATTORNEY THAT
WORKED FOR MY WIFE. ON THE
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL CASE. A
KEY MEMBER OF THAT TEAM AND
THAT SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. IN
AUGUST OF '14 AT SECOND AND
UNIVERSITY, SHE WAS KILLED WHEN
A BIG TRUCK TOOK THAT LEFT AND
TOOK HER OUT. AND I THINK THIS
IS WHY THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING TODAY, I DON'T THINK SHE
WOULD BE KILLED. THE OVERSIGHT
PIECE OF THIS IS IMPORTANT AND
TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF MINE,
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
ATTENDING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, I HAD THE
PLEASURE AS YOU MENTIONED
KNOWING CHER. SHE WAS A
PERSONAL FRIEND AND MENTOR OF
MINE AND WE WORKED IN THE SAME
LAW FIRM AT PERKINS AND WENT TO
THE SAME LAW SCHOOL AT
HASTINGS. WHEN I MOVED BACK TO
THE CITY IN SAN FRANCISCO, THAT
WAS THE FIRST SORT OF RIDE THAT
I WENT ON. AND SO YEAH, SHE'S
MISSED AND SHE LEFT BEHIND A
NEW WIFE AND NEW BABY. SO I'M
GLAD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS CAME,
UNFORTUNATELY THAT CAME TOO
LATE. AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO MORE
AND TO DO BETTER WITH OUR
VISION ZERO GOALS, JUST MORE
BROADLY. SO I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL. I GUESS
STARTING WITH IN YOUR
PRESENTATION. THERE IS A NUMBER
OF SUCCESSES THAT WERE LISTED
AND ALSO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND I READ THE REPORT FROM THAT
AND WHAT IS THE SINGULAR OR
LARGEST SORT OF LEARNING IF YOU
WILL AS IT RELATES TO
PERFORMANCE OF THIS MOVE LEVY?
WAS IT SOMETHING THAT IS TIED
TO THE RESET? WHAT'S THE
BIGGEST LEARNING?
>> I'LL START AND IF OTHER
FOLKS WANT TO CHIME IN AND I
WOULD SAY ONE BEING PREPARED
WHEN THAT PATH IS READY TO GO
AND THAT IS A LESSON LEARNED
THAT GETTING PROJECTS READY,
KIND OF KNOWING THAT IF THE
LEVY PASSES, YOU COULD GET
STARTED AND THERE IS NOT SUCH A
LONG PERIOD OF TRYING TO RAMP
UP. BUT I ALSO STARTED IN '19,
RIGHT WHEN THE RESET HAPPENED,
SO I KIND OF GOT THE TAIL END.
BUT MAKING SURE, AND I THINK
KEVIN TOUCHED ON THIS THAT IT
IS, ABOUT THE PROJECTS OF
PROJECTS AND THAT IS
CHALLENGING AND ALL THESE
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AS A
PART OF THE CHALLENGE AS WELL.
NOT ESTIMATING THE COST
ESPECIALLY LIKE IN THE SEISMIC
PROGRAM. SO I THINK JUST MAKING
SURE THOSE THINGS, KEVIN OR
GERI, DO YOU HAVE OTHER
THOUGHTS ON KIND OF A CHIEF
LESSONS LEARNED?
>> I WAS CHUCKLING A LITTLE BIT
AT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU WILL
GET 16 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. I
LIKE LISA'S ANSWER A LOT. I
ALSO JUST GIVEN THE MOMENT IN
TIME THAT WE ARE IN THAT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
LEVY ITSELF IN THE VERY
BEGINNING CAN NOT BE
OVERESTIMATED AND IN TERMS OF
THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL REAPPLY
THAT FUNCTION AND HOW THEY
WOULD SHARE WITH US AND IT WAS
CREATED BACK WHEN THE NEW LEVY
WAS PUT TOGETHER. SO IT IS THE
AWESOMENESS OF THE MOMENT THAT
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RIGHT
NOW. SO GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AT
NOW IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
OFFER.
>> I'LL CHIME IN QUICKLY,
REINFORCING WHAT BOTH OF THEM
SAID WITH THE NEED OF
FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY,
WHICH IS THE CHALLENGE TO FILL
A LEVY AS WHAT WILL BE COMING
UP NEXT WITH THE STRIKES.
>> WELL THANK YOU. MY NEXT
QUESTION RELATES TO THE
GOVERNING BODY. THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME REALLY
CONSEQUENTIAL AND IMPACTFUL
RESOURCEFUL ALLOCATION SYSTEM,
SHAPING WHAT TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR
THE CITY IN THE NEXT EIGHT
YEARS TO COME. AND TABLE SIX,
THAT IS EXCITING WORK, OF
COURSE. BUT I THINK IN MY VIEW,H
MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT
NECESSARILY ANY SPECIFIC
FUNDING TIED TO IT. IT IS SORT
OF A GOOD THEME THAT I THINK IS
COMMON AMONGST ALL OF US,
SHARED PRIORITIES AMONGST ALL
OF US. CHAIR WERNER, YOU
MENTIONED THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY
CALLED OUT THE ABILITY TO OR
THE DESIRE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY
TO HAVE AUDITING OF SOME SORT
AND YOU MENTIONED IN THAT
REPORT. WHAT OTHER KIND OF GOOD
GOVERNANCE DESIGNED FEATURES OR
LIKE PROGRAMS, WHATEVER IT IS
IN YOUR VIEW IN THIS
COMMITTEE'S VIEW? WOULD YOU
LIKE US TO CONSIDER
IMPLEMENTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE NEXT LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IS EVEN MORE PREPARED
AND EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY ABLE
TO CARRY IT OUT THEIR OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NEXT
LEVY?
>> I CAN JUMP IN UNLESS YOU
WANT, LISA.
>> YES, THANK YOU. HE MENTIONED
YOU.
>> YEAH, THANKS, CHAIR SAKA AND
FOR NOTING THE FUNCTION. I DID
REFERENCE THAT IN MY PREPARED
REMARKS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
RESOURCE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS
AND THE FUTURE COMMITTEE HAS A
QUESTION AS THEY ARE ABLE TO
RESOURCE PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE
EXPERTISE AND THEY ARE BEING
PAID TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT
COULD BE USED TO MAKE THE LEVY
EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT AS I SAID BEFORE. I
THINK THAT'S A BIG ONE.
ANOTHER COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THAT
I WOULD HAVE. ONE, I WOULDN'T
START THE WHOLE CURRENT
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE
ITSELF IS PRETTY SOLID IN TERMS
OF LIKE GETTING THE DIVERSITY
OF VOICES AROUND THE ROOM FROM
ALL OVER THE CITY, FROM PEOPLE
THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR
AND THE COUNCIL. NOW THAT'S
ONE AREA. ANOTHER AREA THAT WE
WOULD TALK ABOUT AS THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT YOU'LL
SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A REFERENCE
TO THIS IS THE EXPERTISE
THAT'S REPRESENTED ON THE
COMMITTEE. SO THE CURRENT LEVY
DOES REQUIRE ONE OF THE 16
MEMBERS TO BE A LICENSED
ENGINEER, SO WE HAVE A LICENSED
ENGINEER ON THE COMMITTEE. THAT
IS THE ONLY EXPERTISE OTHER
THAN THE CITY COUNCIL THAT'S
CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE
CURRENT ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO WE
HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND
THE OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE OR
MORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE THAT WE
WANT TO CALL OUT. OF COURSE,
THE TENSION THERE WHERE YOU
WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
REPRESENTING THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, BUT THEY
HAVE THAT IMPORTANT VOICES AS
WELL. I WOULD SAY THAT'S AN
AREA THAT THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT
A LOT AND AS YOU SAID A LITTLE
BIT OF THE WORDS IN THE LETTER
ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF
WE LANDED TOO STRONGLY IN ONE
WAY ON THE LAST QUESTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.
>> I WOULD ECHO WHAT KEVIN
SAID. I FEEL THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE, WE COULD HAVE HAD A
DEEPER BENCH ON THAT I THINK
OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANY
VOLUNTEERS AND FOLKS WILL DO
THE BEST THEY COULD AND WE DO
VERY WELL. BUT I THINK IF WE
WOULD HAVE HAD FOLKS THAT HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT
EXPERTISE THAT IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN HELPFUL.
>> IS THERE LIKE AN AREA OF
EXPERTISE THAT SORT OF
IMMEDIATELY JUMPS OUT IN TERMS
OF GLARING OBVIOUS NEEDS?
>> MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON
WHO KNEW THE BRIDGES, THAT'S
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. I'M
NOT SURE IF THERE ARE SOME
OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. I'M
NOT SURE. I WOULD HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT THAT. KEVIN OR GERI, DO
EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS?
>> THE DISCUSSION I HAVE
INCLUDE FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
ALSO, WHICH THE CBO BRINGS TO
THE TABLE. BUT HAVING A MEMBER
OF THE PUBLIC ALSO WITH FINANCE
OR --
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I
WANT TO ECHO THE THOUGHTFUL
REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LEVY AS I
SAID IN THE PAST, IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVIEW THE
LEVY IN THE CONTEXT OF
PROPOSING THE RENEWALS TO
ENSURE WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS
SET FORWARD BY THE CURRENT
LEVIES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY,
WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE
WOULD ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONING
THE NEXT IT RATION OF THE LEVY.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL REVIEW.
IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT A LOT
OF WORK WENT INTO THIS LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND TO THE
POINT, MOST OF YOU ARE
VOLUNTEERS, SO WE APPRECIATE
YOUR ENGAGING IN THIS FASHION
BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS ALL OF
US. IT HELPS, I KNOW IT HELPS
US AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL
AND WILL HELP THE PUBLIC. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN
THE LAST THING I'LL MAKE IS
THAT SOME OF US DIDN'T GET THE
GREAT SLIDE DECK THAT YOU JUST
PRESENTED. IF YOU COULD SHARE
THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. WE APPRECIATE THIS
PRESENTATION AGAIN. I'M REALLY
STRUCK BY A COUPLE OF THINGS I
HEARD TODAY OR EMPHASIZED TODAY
INCLUDED IN THE REPORT,
INCLUDING DON'T OVERPROMISE.
YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
ONE THING I'LL BE THINKING
ABOUT FOR THE NEXT LEVY IS
MAKING SURE WE DON'T
OVERPROMISE. AND IF ANYTHING,
WE UNDERPROMISE AND
UNDERDELIVER AND SET OURSELVES
UP, TO WHICH WE HAVE LIMITED OR
NO CONTROL. YOU KNOW, NOT
RESTRICT OUR FREEDOM TO
OPERATE, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE
ROAD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE,
AS A CITY, AND I GUESS MORE
SPECIFICALLY, SDOT WILL HAVE
THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE AND
FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENT THE
PRIORITY THAT ARE SET BY THIS
COUNCIL AND THIS BODY AND
SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATE
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT, OF
COURSE. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY
WON'T OVERPROMISE AND IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THAT THEY
MAY OR MAYSHOW UP
THROUGHOUT SOME OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS, BUT IN AN EVENT,
THANK YOU ALL. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> THIS WILL BE QUICK. THANK
YOU. I WILL ECHO EVERYONE'S
THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE
BUILDING COUNCIL REPRESENTED
AMONGST THE LEADERSHIPS. SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SITTING
AT THE TABLE AND FIELDING THESE
QUESTIONS AND I KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT BRIDGE MAINTENANCE IS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN GENERAL TO
BUILDING COUNCIL AND NOT ONLY
BECAUSE THOSE JOBS PROVIDE
JOBS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THOSE
STRUCTURES, THEY WILL CONVEY
THE WORKERS TO THE JOB SITES
ANY WAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT
PAGE FOUR OF YOUR LETTER. AND
IT SAYS THAT UNDER THE
MULTI-MODAL SEISMIC
IMPROVEMENTS, IT SAYS AFTER
UPDATING THE COST ESTIMATES,
THE BRIDGE SEISMIC IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM WILL NOT MEET THE
ORIGINAL GOAL OF THE 2015 LEVY
TO REINFORCE THE BRIDGES. AND
IN 2020, SDOT ADVISED THE
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT BETWEEN,
YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM AND THEN
ESTIMATED COSTS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. THE COSTS FOR THE
SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS WAS --
THEY WERE NOT CORRECT. THEN
BASICALLY IT GOES ON TO SAY
THAT THE LOC CONCURRED WITH THE
MEMO AND IT DOESN'T GO ON TO
SAY WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT TO DO
ABOUT THE NEXT LEVY TO ADDRESS
THE POTENTIAL -- THE POTENTIAL
NEED THAT THERE ARE REQUIRED OR
THE RECOMMENDED AUDITOR SEISMIC
UPGRADES. SO MY QUESTION IS WAS
THERE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
SWITCHING OUT OF SOME BRIDGES
TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBER OF
BRIDGES THAT WERE GIVEN SEISMIC
IMPROVEMENTS WAS THE SAME, BUT
PERHAPS NOT THE SAME PRECISE
BRIDGES? WHAT WAS THAT
CONVERSATION? AND I DON'T SEE
ANY MENTION IN YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THIS
NEW LEVY SHOULD ADDRESS THE
BALLARD AND FREMONT BRIDGES.
KEVIN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
THAT?
>> I CAN TAKE A STAB AND YOU
CAN JUMP IN. BUT THAT MAKES FOR
THE VERY ASTUTE QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON. YES,
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN
YOUR OBSERVATION THAT THERE WAS
A LOT OF -- IN RESPONSE TO YOUR
OPPOSITION, THERE WAS QUITE A
LOT OF DIALOGUE WITHIN THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND BETWEEN
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AND SDOT AROUND BRIDGES. I
WOULD SAY THERE IS A SENSE OF
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WAS SHARED
BROADLY ACROSS THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AROUND THE
INABILITY TO OBTAIN THE GOALS
THAT WERE SET OUT IN THE 2015
LEVY. AS YOU OBSERVED, THE COST
ESTIMATION FUNCTION WAS A BIG
PART OF THAT. THE SORT OF, I
WOULD SAY GOING BACK TO 2015,
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T AROUND ON
THE COMMITTEE THEN, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE LEVEL
OF MATURITY OF THE PROJECT
ESTIMATE, THE PROJECT PLANNING
THAT WAS GOING INTO THOSE
BRIDGE PROPOSALS WAS PRETTY
IMMATURE TO GET THOSE MORE
ACCURATE. THAT'S AN AREA WE
WOULD CALL OUT, AND THAT YOU
OBSERVED IT IN OUR LETTER. WE
ALSO HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION
FRANKLY AROUND THE POTENTIAL OF
SEISMIC UPGRADE BRIDGES TO
THOSE COSTS TO SORT OF, YOU
KNOW, GOBBLE UP ALL THE OXYGEN
IN THE AIR SORT TO SPEAK
BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH AN
EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION,
ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE
MAJOR BRIDGES IN THE CITY.
THAT'S AN OBSERVATION THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO SHARE BACK WITH
YOU ALL AND THAT I THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT WILL REFLECT IN
OUR LETTER TO SOME EXTENT. HOW
WE DEAL WITH THAT GOING
FORWARD, THAT'S HARD, RIGHT?
THIS IS THE TOP WORK THAT WE
DIDN'T REALLY GET TO SPECIFIC
CONSENSUS WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE
AND AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE LEVY
MIGHT LOOK LIKE THERE THAT WE
HAVE BATTERED AROUND IDEAS AND
MAYBE THERE IS MAYBE A SEISMIC
UPGRADE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR
THAT WITH ONE FUNDING MECHANISM
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT
IT WILL WORK IN SOMETHING ELSE,
YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T GET
THE CONSENSUS ON THAT. SO WE
BATTED AROUND A LOT OF IDEAS.
AND I KNOW THAT SDOT HAS IDEAS.
THE ONE THING IS THAT WE WOULD
ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE MORE
ADVANCED WITH THE PLANNING AND
THE COST ESTIMATION AS YOU
WOULD GO INTO THE FUTURE LEVY.
SO IF YOU ARE MATCHING
WHAT COULD ACTUALLY GET YOU THE
OVERPROMISING COMMENT IN OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS. LISA, HOW DID
I DO?
>> I THINK YOU DID GREAT. I
WOULD ALSO, THAT WE DID HAVE AS
YOU SAID, VERY SIGNIFICANT
DISCUSSION. AND IT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED EARLY ON IN OUR
LETTER THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT
LOOKING. I MEAN WHEN WE WOULD
LOOK AT THE SEISMIC PROGRAM
THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY, I THINK
IN ORDER TO REACH THE GOALS IN
THE LEVY THAT THE COST WOULD
HAVE EXCEEDED THE CURRENT LEVY.
AND IF WE DID NO OTHER PROGRAMS
AND WE ONLY DID THE SEISMIC
PROGRAM, THAT IT WOULD BE CLOSE
TO IT. BUT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE
OKAY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SWAP
OUT THE OTHER BRIDGES, SO WE
SAID I THINK THE TRANSPARENCY
PIECE WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE WANTED TO BE CLEAR AND THAT
THE FOLKS WILL KNOW WHO ARE
LOOKING BACK AT THE LEVY,
LOOKING FORWARD, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. AND THAT YES, WE MET
THE GOAL, BUT NOT THE EXACT
GOAL AND THAT THERE IS A REAL
CONCERN ABOUT THE SEISMIC
UPGRADES GOING FORWARD. SO DO
WE LOOK FOR AS A CITY, THE
OTHER BONDING OR THE OTHER
SOURCES THAT WOULD FOCUS
SPECIFICALLY ON THE BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. I DON'T THINK
THAT YOU COULD OVERSTATE THAT
AND THAT COUNCIL IS MEMBER
NELSON. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
BRIDGES TO OUR COMMUNITY, I
MEAN EVERYTHING THAT IF THE
BRIDGES GO DOWN, PEOPLE CAN'T
WALK OR GET GOODS AND SERVICES
MOVED AROUND THE CITY. SO YEAH,
I THINK IT'S ON PAGE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE REPORT, BUT IT IS
A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT. SO
THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT OUT.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. FINALLY I
THINK WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS
GIVEN COMMENTS A MOMENT AGO
FROM OUR COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK
YOU. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE, AND I WILL SPECIFICALLY
ASK THIS OF THE CHAIRS OF THE
COMMITTEE. COULD YOU PLEASE BE
SURE TO SEND ALL THE MATERIALS
SHARED TODAY, PRESENTED TODAY
TO COUNCILMEMBERS AFTER THIS? I
SEE SOME HEAD NODS THERE.
GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU AGAIN. REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS VERY INSIGHTFUL
PRESENTATION AND OVERVIEW. AND
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY.
AND WHILE YOUR SACRIFICE AND
YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. I
KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING. ALL
RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, EXECUTIVE
PRESENTATION ON THE 2024
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PROPOSAL.
>> ALL RIGHT. WILL OUR
PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN US AT
THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION. ONCE READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
WELCOME. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. YES, SO PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. WHEN
YOU'RE READY, BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATIONS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
ADIAM EMERY. I'M ONE OF THE
DEPUTY MAYORS THAT HELPED PULL
TOGETHER ALL THE LEVIES WITH MY
PARTNERS WITH SDOT AND KEY
STAKEHOLDERS. SOME OF THEM ARE
IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO
START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO DISCUSS
SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE TO MY
HEART AND CRITICAL TO OUR CITY,
NETWORK. THIS IS THE THIRD
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PROPOSED
DURING MY PUBLIC SERVICE, SO
I'M SUPER PROUD AND IT MEANS A
LOT TO ME AS WE BUILD THIS
THIRD LEVY. I WANT TO START BY
SAYING THIS IS NOT JUST POLICY
FOR ME, IT IS PERSONAL. 21
YEARS AGO MY SISTER, MY OLDER
SISTER'S LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY
CUT SHORT BY A HIT AND RUN.
THIS LOSS DRIVES MY COMMITMENT.
IT IS MY NORTH STAR TO ENSURE
OUR STREETS ARE SAFE FOR EVEN.
MY CAREER AS A TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEER HAS BEEN MORE THAN
JUST A JOB. I'VE SEEN MY WORK
AND OUR PROFESSIONS HERE HAVE
ALSO LED THIS WITH A MISSION TO
SAVE LIVES. I INTRODUCE OUR
FIRST LEADING INTERVAL. FOR
THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW
WHAT AN LPI IS, IT'S THE FEW
SECONDS THAT THEY WILL GET TO
SIGNALIZE THE INTERSECTION TO
CROSS THE STREET. IT IS SAYING
SIGNIFICANT PRIORITIZATION FOR
THE MOST VULNERABLE AS THEY ARE
CROSSING THE STREET. THAT'S
WHAT IT MEANT TO ME. AS I
INTRODUCED IT IN 1998, THE
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AT THAT
TIME COULDN'T ADDRESS THIS.
AND TEN YEARS AFTER THAT, WE
MADE IT. I SIGNED A POLICY TO
MAKE IT A CITY WIDE INITIATIVE.
AND IN 1998, IT WAS FOCUSED
AROUND SENIOR LIVING FACILITY
THAT THEY HAD A HARD TIME
CROSSING THE STREET. THAT WAS
JUST THE LONG START FOR THE
LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE AMONG US. OUR
CITY'S PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS
DESERVE OUR UPMOST PROTECTION
BY ENHANCING, LIGHTING,
IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WOULD TAKE SIGNIFICANT STEPS
TOWARDS SAFEGUARDING OUR
COMMUNITY. THROUGH POLICY
INITIATIVES LIKE WHAT I TALKED
ABOUT WITH THE LPI POLICY IN
REDUCING THE VEHICLE SPEED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK
75% OF OUR MATERIALS ARE
REDUCED SPEED LIMIT. THAT WE
HAVE MADE TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THIS
EFFORT WILL REFLECT THE BROADER
SHIFT TOWARDS PRIORITIZING THE
WELL BEING OF THE VEHICLE FLOW
AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE PROJECT
LIKE THE MERCER STREET ADAPTIVE
THAT IS ALSO THE FIRST THING I
INTRODUCED INITIALLY THAT WAS
VERY MUCH GEARED TOWARDS THE
FLOW OF VEHICLES. BUT WITH
ADVOCATES THAT ARE HERE THAT WE
WOULD WORK TOWARDS PIVOTING THE
PRIORITIZATION TO BEING MORE
FOCUSED TO THE VULNERABLE USER,
WHICH IS THE PEDESTRIANS. THE
PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE
MAKING OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS
WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND
LEVIES IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
TO BUILD ON OUR SUCCESSES AND
TO PROTECT EVEN MORE LIVES, WE
MUST ADOPT A NEW FUNDING
STRATEGY STARTING WITH THE
THIRD TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT
WE PRESENTED THE CITY COUNCIL
WITH TODAY. THIS IS NOT JUST AN
INVESTMENT, AN ASPHALT OR
SIGNALS. IT IS A COMMITMENT IN
OUR RESIDENT SAFETY AND WELL
BEING IN A BETTER FUTURE FOR
SEATTLE. SO TODAY I COME BEFORE
YOU NOT JUST AS A DEPUTY MAYOR
AND A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT
SOMEONE WHO HAS FELT THE PAIN
OF LOSS FROM THE STREETS
FIRSTHAND. AND I URGE AND ASK
THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
MAYOR HARRELL AND THIS NEW
FUNDING STRATEGY. TOGETHER, WE
WILL HAVE THE POWER AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT
FURTHER TRAGEDY AND BUILD A
SAFER AND MORE INCLUSIVE CITY
FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME, AND I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO THE SPOTS TO WALK US
THROUGH THE OVERVIEW OF THE
LEVY.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DEPUTY MAYOR EMERY.
EVERYONE AT SDOT APPRECIATES
YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR
DEPARTMENT, AND IN YOUR CURRENT
ROLE, YOUR PARTNERSHIP,
LEADERSHIP, AND COLLABORATION,
AND SUPPORT. I'M GREG SPOTTS,
SDOT'S DIRECTOR. I'M HERE
WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES,
BILL IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON.
NEXT TO HIM IS OUR DYNAMIC DUO
OF LEVY LEADERS, FRANCISCA
STEFAN IS MY SENIOR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AND THE EXECUTIVE
SPONSOR OF THE LEVY
DEVELOPMENT. AND NEXT TO HER,
MEGHAN SHEPARD, IS THE TEAM
LEADER FOR DEVELOPING THE LEVY
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU BOTH SO
MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON
THE TEAM, THERE IS ABOUT 10
PEOPLE ON THE CORE TEAM AND
THEN MORE THAN 100 SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS THAT SDOT HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS PROPOSAL. OKAY, BILL.
>> SO FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS,
SEATTLE VOTERS HAVE SUPPORTED
TRANSPORTATION LEVIES THAT HAVE
MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES,
TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE, WHICH EXPIRES AT
THE END OF 2024 REPRESENTS
ABOUT 30% OF SDOT'S BUDGET FOR
CORE SERVICES AND NEW PROJECTS.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
MAYOR'S TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PROPOSAL OF $1.45 BILLION OF
INVESTMENTS OVER EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S A BALANCED AND PRACTICAL
SET OF INVESTMENTS FOR A SAFE,
BETTER CONNECTED, AND MORE
RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
WHEN THE MAYOR PUT OUT HIS
DRAFT LEVY PACKAGE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT IN EARLY APRIL, WE HAD
A FULL MONTH OF ROBUST OUTREACH
INCLUDING ROUND TABLES THAT THE
MAYOR SHARED AND CONFERENCES
WITH ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS AND MANY MEETINGS
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
SMALL GROUPS. AND TO SUMMARIZE
WHAT WE HEARD, IT WAS YES AND.
PEOPLE TOLD US IT WAS A GREAT
START AND THEY POINTED OUT SOME
VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THEY
THOUGHT COULD BE ENHANCED.
THAT'S HOW THE PROPOSAL GREW
FROM $1.35 BILLION TO $1.45
BILLION. OKAY, BILL. YOU KNOW,
AT THIS TIME, SDOT AS AN AGENCY
AND CITY HAVE A VARIETY OF
PLANS AND CAPABILITIES AND
ADVANCED EXPERTISE THAT WE DID
NOT HAVE IN 2015 WHEN THE LAST
LEVY WAS DEVELOPED. THANKS TO
ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD AN
ALL MODAL PLAN, WHICH IS A
20-YEAR POLICY ENVISION. BEFORE
I GOT HERE, THERE IS A CITY
AUDIT OF THE BRIDGE NETWORK AND
THAT I'M PLEASED TO SAY SINCE
THEN, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL
NINE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
THAT BRIDGE AUDIT THAT WE HAVE
STRENGTHENED OUR ASSET
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR BRIDGES
AND ROADWAYS AND OTHER COMPLEX
ASSETS. ALSO STARTING IN 2018,
WE STARTED BUILDING UP A
STRUCTURED PRACTICE TO HAVE
EQUITY INFORM EVERYTHING THAT
WE DID, WHICH LED TO THE LAUNCH
OF THE EQUITY WORK GROUP AND
THOSE CITIZENS THAT WILL ADVISE
US WITH SPECIALIZED STAFF
WORKING ON EQUITY AND THAT WE
HAVE A CODIFIED EQUITY
INVESTMENTS. WHEN I STARTED THE
JOB, I COMMISSIONED THE TOP TO
BOTTOM VIEW OF THE SAFETY ZERO
PROGRAM, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN
FEBRUARY OF 2023 AND IT WILL
RESULT IN MY APPOINTING OUR
FIRST CHIEF TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY OFFICER, AND NOW THAT HE
HAS BEEN IN THE JOB FOR A YEAR,
HE IS GETTING READY TO PUBLISH
OUR ACTION PLAN, WHICH I WILL
BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING WITH YOU HERE LATER
THIS MONTH. IT IS GUIDED BY THE
VALUES THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF
SAFETY, EQUITABLE,
SUSTAINABILITY, MOBILITY, AND
VITALITY AND MAINTENANCE AND
WHAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
WITH THE INVESTMENTS ARE BASED
ON THE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD
BASE PROJECTS RATHER THAN THE
CORRIDOR BASED PROJECT AND THIS
PACKAGE WILL BRING IN FUNDING
TO THE VERY EXCITING PEOPLE
STREETS AND ACTIVATION CHAPTER
OF THE SEATTLE PLAN, WHICH IS
THE FIRST TIME WE WOULD HAVE
THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WILL
MAKE THEIR DISTRICTS MORE
VIBRANT. AND THAT OVERARCHING
THEME IN THIS PACKAGE IS TO
MAINTAIN AND MODERNIZE OUR
SYSTEM, MEANING WHEN WE GO AND
REPAVE THAT STREET OR BRIDGE,
THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY. IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT
WALKABLE AND FRIENDLY, BETTER
LIT. SO THROUGHOUT THIS
PACKAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE IDEA
THAT WE CAN RENEW AS WE WOULD
TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND THEY
ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF IT. SAFETY
IS AT VERY CORE OF THE SET OF
INVESTMENTS WITH THE CHUNK OF
THE MONEY THAT IS DEDICATED FOR
SAFETY INVESTMENTS WHERE IT IS
THE CORE OBJECTIVE. AND THAT WE
WOULD SHOW YOU ALL THE
INVESTMENTS AND THAT WE'RE
BRINGING IN THAT SAFETY LENS
FOR ONE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.
WE ARE REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE
THE LEADER AND REALLY THE
LEADER NATIONALLY IN THE EQUITY
PRACTICE THAT IS INFORMED BY
THE CITIZEN AND THAT WORK GROUP
AND THE TACTICS AND MEMBERS AND
THAT WE WOULD HAVE CODIFIED ALL
THAT AND IT IS INCREDIBLE FOR
US EVERY DAY AND THEY ARE
EMBEDDED IN THE PROPOSAL. IN
THE NEXT SLIDE IF I COULD SUM
UP WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN
THIS EIGHT YEAR PACKAGE OF
INVESTMENTS. WE AIM TO
DISTRIBUTE THEM EQUITABLY
INFORMED BY SEATTLE'S RACIAL
AND SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX. AND
SDOT'S TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
FRAMEWORK AS WE WOULD LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR COLLABORATION
AND PARTNERSHIP IN DOING MUCH
BETTER THAN PREVIOUS
GENERATIONS HAVE DONE IN MAKING
SURE THAT THEY WILL BENEFIT
EVERYONE. PERHAPS THE MOST
IMPORTANT ADDITION THAT HAS
OPINION MADE IN THE MAYOR'S
PACKAGE IS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
WITH SIDEWALKS AND THE CURRENT
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE FUNDED THE
CONSTRUCTION OF 250 CITY BLOCKS
OF NEW SIDEWALKS OVER NINE
YEARS. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE HAS
PUT FORTH FUNDING ANOTHER 250
BLOCKS OF NEW SIDEWALKS OVER
EIGHT YEARS. AND ALL BLOCKS IN
THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THAT
WOULD BE A DOUBLING OF THE RATE
OF NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
AND THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO
CREATE A TASK FORCE TO LOOK
INTO METHODOLOGIES, SO WE COULD
CONTINUE A BOLD PROGRAM OF
SIDEWALKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION
IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE LEVY.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN
IT OVER TO FRANCISCA STEFAN WHO
WILL START TALKING YOU THROUGH
HOW THE INVESTMENTS ARE COMING
ACROSS DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. I SPEAK
FOR MEGHAN AND I WHEN I SAY WE
ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH
YOU TODAY AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY MONTHS
AND AS DIRECTOR SPOTTS
MENTIONED, ENGAGED DEEPLY WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ENGAGED
DEEPLY WITH STAFF AND CALLING
THE BEST KNOWLEDGE. WE BROUGHT
YOU SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL
REPRESENTS THE GOOD WORK YOU
CAN BE PROUD OF TO SET YOU UP.
I'M EXCITED TO JUMP IN. THIS
IS A BALANCED AND RESPONSIVE
PROPOSAL MEETING IN THE NEED OF
TODAY IN ANTICIPATING OUR NEEDS
TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THE FUTURE
AND SHAPED BY MANY VOICES AS
KEN ELUDED TO IN THE DISCUSSION
OF THE LLC AND WHAT TO DO WITH
THE ROADS AND HOW TO APPROACH
IT IN THE CITY. SO WE DID OUR
BEST TO BRING MANY OF THESE
VOICES TOGETHER AND FIND
CONSENSUS AND DELIVER TO YOU
SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS A
BALANCE. SO STARTING IN THE
UPPER 1:00 POSITION IN OUR
CIRCLE HERE. $162 MILLION FOR
VISION ZERO. IT REPRESENTS 150%
INCREASE FOR FUNDING FOR VISION
ZERO TO SCALE UP COUNTER
MEASURES CITY WIDE. IT ALSO
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
SCHOOLS, TACKLING CORRIDORS
LIKE AURORA AS WELL. FOR 50% OF
THE FUNDS IN THIS OVERALL
PROPOSAL FOR THE LEVY GO
TOWARDS VULNERABLE USERS. YOU
HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS
THEY WANT TO SEE THIS AND THIS
FUNDING ALLOCATES 50% OR MORE
TO VULNERABLE USERS. SO I'M
GOING TO JUMP ACROSS THE CIRCLE
TO THE MAROON AND GOLD AND TALK
A LITTLE BIT. OUR PEDESTRIAN
BIKE SAFETY PROGRAMS ARE KEY
PROGRAMS THAT COMPLIMENT VISION
ZERO AND WOULD RECEIVE $135
MILLION AND $114 MILLION
RESPECTFULLY. THIS MONEY
ENABLES THE SURGE ON NEW
SIDEWALKS SINCE THE WELL AS STR
GREG SPOKE TO. THE HARDENED
BARRIERS, REGULAR SWEEPING AND
MAINTENANCE, AND IT CLOSES KEY
AND CRUCIAL GAPS IN THE NETWORK
AS MANY OF YOUR NETWORKS SAID
EARLIER. THE PATH IS ONLY AS
GOOD AS THE WEAKEST LINK AND WE
ARE LOOKING TO CLOSE ON THE
HIGH HANGING FRUIT OF GAPS IN
OUR NETWORK. AND SO BACK TO OUR
LARGEST INVESTMENT IN ORANGE,
$423 MILLION FOR MODERNIZATION.
THIS IS STREET PAVING THAT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE
FOUNDATION OF ALL MODES THAT
WILL TRAVEL IN THE CITY. THE
SINGLE LARGEST ASSET AND IT
WILL HELP MOVE EVERYTHING. WE
IDENTIFIED 15 CORRIDORS THAT
ROSE TO THE TOP BASED ON THE
MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING FACTORS.
THE FREIGHT AND BUS SERVICE,
PAVEMENT CONDITION, AND THE
ABILITY TO MOVE MULTIPLE
ROUTES. AS GREG MENTIONED, WE
WILL MODERNIZE THESE. WE
PROPOSED $250 MILLION TOWARDS
BRIDGES, ENABLING THE FIRST
BRIDGE INVESTMENT ON THE 134
BRIDGES WILL COMBINE THE BRIDGE
REPAIR AND THE BRIDGE SEISMIC
AND MANY OTHER DIVERSE
OPPONENTS INTO THE APPROACH. IT
ALSO COVERS THE SPECIAL
STANDALONE MECHANICAL AND OTHER
BRIDGE WORK THAT MEGHAN WILL
DISCUSS IN DETAIL. 135 MILLION
FOR TRANSITION AS WELL AND WE
SHARE A REAL ESTIMATE. THIS
TIME DONE DIFFERENTLY THAN LAST
TIME, WORKING WITH KING COUNTY
METRO TO CREATE THE CORRIDORS,
WHICH IS SO KEY TO OUR CITY.
WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS THE
UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT IN
LIGHT RAIL AND WE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THE
PROCESS THAT THEY ARE EXCITED
ABOUT LIGHT RAIL AND THEY ARE
VERY EXCITED TO GET ON IT,
ABOUT THE EXPANSION. SO WHAT
THIS PROPOSAL DOES, IT WILL
BUILD THE CONNECTIONS AND THE
CORRIDORS TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO
AND FROM LIGHT RAIL AND IT WILL
ALSO CONTINUE INVESTMENTS,
REMOVING SOME OF THE PINCH
POINTS, INVESTING IN THE
CONTINUING MOVEMENT OF BUSES
THROUGHOUT OUR NETWORK. JUMPING
ACROSS OUR MAROON AND GOLD,
WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY.
WE HAVE $150 MILLION FOR
SIGNALS AND OPERATIONS TO KEEP
THEM WORKING, MODERNIZING THEIR
COMMUNICATION AND KEEPING THEM
WORKING 24/7. IT'S A NEW AND
COMMUNITY DRIVEN ELEMENT FROM
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
THAT WAS SUPPORTED STRONGLY BY
THE BUSINESSES ALIKE. THIS WORK
WILL INABILITY THE PROACTIVE
WORK TO IMPROVE AND HUMANIZE
OUR STREETS. FOCUSING ON THE
ACTIVITY HUB AND THE EQUITY
AREA AND THE COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS. I'LL NOTE AND
MEGHAN WILL TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS THERE IS $16 MILLION HERE
DEDICATED TO DOWNTOWN
REVITALIZATION AND LOOKING AT
THE CORRIDOR AND THE OTHER
AREAS DOWNTOWN. THERE ARE ALSO
TWO PROGRAM AREAS, CLIMATE
RESILIENCY AND PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSAL. BUT
THEY DO HAVE SOME OF THEIR OWN
PROBLEMATIC ADDITIONS. IN
ADDITION TO THE MODE SHIFT AND
THE SAFETY WORK, WHICH WILL
HELP REDUCE THE ESCIENCE
MISSIONS, THESE DEDICATED FUNDS
WILL HELP ADVANCE THE LOW
POLLUTION NEIGHBORHOODS,
WORKING WITH BUSINESSES TO
EXPAND ELECTRIFICATION WITH
CITY LIGHTS. THESE ARE
INVESTMENTS ARE KEY AS WE KNOW
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO
HELP THIS EFFORT. FREIGHT
FREIGHT AND GOOD MOVEMENT IS
ALSO THROUGHOUT ON PAVING
BRIDGES AND OPERATIONS WORK.
THE KEY CORRIDORS THAT MOVE OUR
GOODS. THESE DEDICATED FUNDS
HERE IN THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP
ADDRESS PROBLEM LOCATIONS AND
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
PORT. LEVIES DO HELP US BRING
IN A LOT OF OTHER FUNDS. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE ARE OUR
INVESTMENTS. WE SEEK TO
LEVERAGE THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE
AND A PART OF HAVING THIS
RESOURCE IS ENABLING US TO GO
OUT TO BRING MORE TO HELP
SEATTLE PROSPER AND BE A GREAT
CITY. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, WHAT
DOES IT COST. AFFORDABILITY IS
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
PROPERTY OWNERS ALREADY PAY A
BASELINE OF $23 FOR THE
EXPIRING MOVE SEATTLE LEVY. SO
WE LOOK CAREFULLY AT ANY
INCREASE. BASED ON THE NEWEST
2024 DATA OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN
VALUE, THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE
PROPOSED $1.45 MILLION LEVY
WOULD BE $16 AND CHANGE FOR THE
MEDIAN HOMEOWNER. THE HOMEOWNER
OF A MEDIAN VALUED HOME. [
LAUGHTER ] I WILL NOTE THE KING
COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR RELEASED
DATA. THIS IS FROM PRINTED
DOCUMENTS IN PRIOR DOCUMENTS
THERE WAS A $17 A MONTH CHANGE.
THIS IS WITH THE CHANGE IN
VALUE, IT'S DOWN TO $16. OKAY,
HOW DID WE GET HERE? COMING,
AND THE ASSET MANAGEMENT WORKED
AND MANY OTHER THINGS. A WIDE
RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND
PRIORITIES, WE TALKED TO PEOPLE
WHO WANT A MUCH LARGER LEVY AND
A MUCH SMALLER LEVY. WE TALKED
TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED DIFFERENT
THINGS TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER
WITH THE ONE SEATTLE SENTIMENT
AND ENERGY. WE BROUGHT THESE
WHOLE SPECTRUM OF INTEREST INTO
ONE PLAN THAT WE THINK BALANCES
OUT THOSE INTERESTS. THEN WE
WENT OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S PLAN
IN EARLY APRIL, AND WE'RE HERE
TO PRESENT WITH YOU WITH THE
FINAL. WHO DO WE TALK TO AND
WHAT? NEXT SLIDE. WE DID A VERY
INTENSE -- BUILDING ON THE
SHOULDERS REALLY OR STANDING ON
THE SHOULDER. DOING TABLING
EVENTS, ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE
ONLINE THROUGH A QUESTIONNAIRE,
AND ALSO ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATIONS, THE WELL
ATTENDED ROUND TABLES, WHERE
THEY MET WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE CITY AND MANY, TO BRING AND
FOLDED. YOUR INPUT HAS BEEN
KEY. WE HEARD YOU AND, THINGS
YOU BROUGHT UP AND PRIORITIES
THAT YOU SHARED WITH US. THANK
YOU FOR SHARING THOSE
PRIORITIES TO FOLD THEM IN.
NEXT. AND SO A QUICK RUN DOWN
THAT WE ADDED $26 MILLION TO
HELP SUPPORT THE SURGE ON
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. WE ADDED
FUNDS FOR TRANSIT, $23 MILLION
INCLUDING $3 MILLION SECURITY
EFFORTS. AND WE ADDED TO HELP
EXPAND THE BIKE NETWORK AND
WITH THAT EMPHASIS TO SCHOOLS
IN SOUTH SEATTLE. WE ADDED $14
MILLION SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY
CENTERED INITIATIVE. AND WE
HAVE AN EXCITING PROPOSAL THAT
MEGHAN WILL TALK MORE ABOUT.
FOREOVER, I WANTED
TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
FLEXIBILITY. AND I APPRECIATE
SHARE SAKA, YOU SPOKE TO THIS
EARLIER AS WELL. WE REALLY
TRIED TO FIND A BALANCE FOR
THESE PROGRAM AREAS. AS WE
SHIFT INTO TALKING THROUGH EACH
OF THE TEN, WE WANT TO NOTE WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED OVERALL PROGRAM
BUDGETS, SUB PROGRAM BUDGETS,
PROJECT COMMITMENTS, AS WELL AS
CANDIDATE PROJECTS. BRING YOU
THINGS THAT ARE WELL ESTIMATED
WITH THE BEST CURRENT
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND
ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS COST. YET
LEAVE THE SPACE FOR THE CHANGES
THAT WE KNOW YOU'LL WANT TO
MAKE GOING FORWARD. WE HAVEN'T
WANTED TO LOCK THE CITY IN
EIGHT YEARS WITH SPENDING THAT
WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE
MAYOR, THE COUNCIL TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE EVER CHANGING
CITY AND POPULATION. AND ON THE
RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WENT
INTO THE MAJOR SELECTIONS AND
EFFECTIVENESS AND OPPORTUNITIES
TO LEVERAGE AND CO-CREATE WITH
OTHERS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER
ADIEU, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO
MEGHAN SHEPARD.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR US HAVING THE
CHANCE TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THE LEVY PROPOSAL. I WANT
TO THANK THIS HALF OF THE ROOM
THAT IS FULL OF SMART
TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS WHO
BROUGHT THEM OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS. I WANT TO THANK THAT
HALF OF THE ROOM AS WELL FOR
COMING IN HERE AND SHARING
THEIR LOVE AND THEIR
RECOGNITION OF HOW CRITICAL
TRANSPORTATION IS EVERY SINGLE
DAY AND IN EVERYBODY'S LIVES.
SO IT IS AN HONOR AND AN
EXCITING THING RIGHT NOW TO BE
IN THIS MOMENT WITH YOU TO WALK
YOU THROUGH THE LEVY. NOW, I
WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PLAN THAT
HAS A LOT OF DETAIL AND I'M NOT
GOING TO READ EVERYTHING TO YOU
TODAY. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
SITTING HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE EACH MOMENT
ON THE SLIDES TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT RESONATE
WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
THAT MAY RESONATE WITH YOU AND
ELEVATED AS HIGH PRIORITIES AND
CONCERNS. AND BACK ONE SLIDE,
PLEASE, BILL. SO OUR GOAL IS TO
MAKE TARGETED AND COMMUNITY
REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS AND TO
ELIMINATE THE SEVERE INJURIES
AND OUR GOAL TO DO THAT IS BY
2030 AND 28 FATALITIES IN A
YEAR AND THAT THEY WERE
SERIOUSLY INJURED. OF THOSE
VULNERABLE TRAVELERS WILL
ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 53% OF THE
PEOPLE KILLED AND SO THAT THEY
ARE WALKING, ROLLING, BIKING.
AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS
INVESTMENT WILL INCLUDE AS WE
HAVE SAID AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO SAY MORE THAN DOUBLING THE
INVESTMENT IN THE PROGRAM TO
SUPPORT THE ACTION PLAN AND
THROUGH THIS WE WILL BE
ADDRESSING THE HIGH COLLISION
AREAS AND WHERE WE WANT TO
ADVANCE THAT AVENUE NORTH
CORRIDOR SAFETY PROJECT AND
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LEVERAGED
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE
$50 MILLION WORTH OF THOSE
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ADVANCE THE
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
NEEDED CHANGES TO MAKE THIS
CORRIDOR SAFER, TO BENEFIT THE
FREIGHT AND THE BUSES AND THE
PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING WHO
WILL RELY ON IT. AND WE ALSO
HAVE DEFICIENT SIDEWALKS ON
AURORA AND THAT PROGRAM THAT
MADE AN IMPROVEMENT DURING THE
PAST LEVY. AND PROPOSING TO
MAKE 70 MORE IMPROVEMENTS,
MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN
DOING THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE FAMILIES.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT SAFETY
PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PROPOSING
OF THE STREET FUND, THE POPULAR
PROGRAM WHERE THEY COULD BUILD
THE PROJECT THEY NEED AND IT
COULD BE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO EXTEND
THE REACH OF THE PROGRAM FOR
THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW OR HOW
TO ACCESS IT AND TO TAKE SOME
OF THE NEWER THINGS THAT WE
LEARNED IN THAT PROJECT WHERE
WE WOULD WORK WITH MORE TIME.
THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
PROPOSING IS THE DISTRICT
PROJECT FUND AND IN PARTICULAR
IS REFLECTING THE FACT THAT WE
DID NOT HAVE WHEN THAT SEATTLE
LEVY WAS PUT TOGETHER AND THAT
YOU HAVE AND WILL EVERY SINGLE
DAY GET A LOT OF REQUESTS THAT
IS A PARTICULAR PROGRAM LIKE
THIS SCHOOL CROSSING, GIVING
OUT FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE
EMERGING ASK. WE'VE IDENTIFIED
THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL
OUTLINED IN THAT PLAN AND HEY,
IT WILL SHOW US THE EQUITABLE
PRIORITY AREAS AND THE THESE
ARE THE PLACE WHERE ARE SEEING
THE MOST COLLISIONS. AND WE
HEARD THAT THE FIVE STREETS
THAT ARE CITED AS BEING THE
MOST DANGEROUS IN OUR CITY,
INCLUDING LAKE CITY NORTHEAST,
FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD AND
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH. AND
BEYOND THAT LIST. THROUGHOUT
THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL SEE THAT
THEY ARE ALL INCLUDED HERE FOR
OUR CONVERSATION AS WELL AS
OTHER COLORS. AND STREET
MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION
IS ABOUT 30% OF THIS LEVY
PROPOSAL. AND IT IS
FOUNDATIONAL TO THE MOVEMENT OF
FREIGHT AND PEOPLE AND BIKE
LANES THAT ARE SMOOTHER AND
BETTER AND THAT IT WILL GIVE US
THE OPPORTUNITY AS THEY
MENTIONED AND THAT IS WHEN WE
COULD DO THE COMPLETE ANALYSIS
AND SEE WHAT IS RECOMMENDED AND
WORK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH TO DESIGN THOSE
PROJECTS. THE PROPOSAL FOR
MODERNIZATION IS TO REPAY THE
STREETS THAT WILL IMPROVE
INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WALK AND
BIKING AND TAKE TRANSIT WHILE
THEY'RE DOING IT. IN ADDITION
TO THE $350 MILLION PROPOSED
FOR THE MAJOR MAY ROADS. AND
THAT IS SDOT'S CREW, YOU KNOW,
PAVEMENT WHERE THERE IS A NEED
FOR A SMALLER REPAIR, BUT WE
WON'T UNDERTAKE THE WHOLE
CORRIDOR AS WE WOULD INCREASE
THE AMOUNT TO THAT AS WELL AS
ADDRESS THE POTHOLES AND THEN
CONTINUE TO REFRESH THE
PAVEMENT MARKINGS. WE HAVE
REPAVED THEM THROUGHOUT CITY.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE
OF QUICK EXAMPLES OF HOW WE
SELECTED THOSE PROJECTS. ONE
EXAMPLE IS NORTH 130th STREET.
THIS PAVING PROJECT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN PLACE
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WALKING
TO A NEW LIGHT RAIN STATION.
AND THE STATION. THIS CARRIES
ABOUT 25,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
THE PAVEMENT IS IN VERY POOR
CONDITION. SO THAT IS DATA
DRIVEN INFORMATION THAT'S
COMING THROUGH OUR ASSET
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. DURING THE
DESIGN, WE WILL CONSIDER THE
ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE
STREETS OF THE OFFICIAL
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. IT AND
MISSING TIER THREE SIDEWALKS
AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PLACE
MAKING PROJEC IDENTIFIED
THROUGH PEOPLES, STREETS,
PUBLIC SPACES. I WILL JUST GIVE
YOU ONE MORE EXAMPLE. AND
THAT'S SECOND AVENUE TO
SOUTHWEST CLOVER DALE. THIS
SEGMENT IS A TIER TWO CORRIDOR
ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO
SAFETY IS DRIVING THE CHOICE.
PAVEMENT AGAIN IS IN VERY POOR
CONDITION. THIS IS A STREET
THAT CARRIES OVER 35,000
VEHICLES A DAY. WHEN WE USED TO
LOOK AT THE NETWORK, WHERE IT
IS A MAJOR TRUCK STREET.
RECOMMENDING THE FRICTION
TREATMENTS ON THE BIG HILL
THERE. IT'S A CANDIDATE FOR
THE BIKE PLUS ARTERIAL PROJECT
WHERE THEY HAVE TIER ONE
MISSING AND THE DEFICIENT
SIDEWALKS WITH PLACES THAT HAVE
WITHOUT A SIDEWALK ON EITHER
SIDE. AND PER LEGISLATION
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
END OF LAST YEAR. WE ARE
REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THAT ON BIG
PROJECTS WHEN YOU HAVE NO
SIDEWALK AT ALL. SO WE HAVE SET
ASIDE FUNDS TO ADDRESS THOSE
MISSING SIDEWALKS. BRIDGES AND
STRUCTURES. IT'S SOMETHING YOU
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
EXPRESSED YOUR CONCERN ABOUT
THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHERE
THEY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED, AS
ARE WE. I PERSONALLY WAS A
MEMBER OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE TEAM. I KNOW THERE IS A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE
WHOSE LIVES WERE REALLY
IMPACTED DURING THE TWO AND A
HALF YEAR CLOSURE. SO FOR
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES, WE ARE
PROPOSING $221 MILLION TO KEEP
THEM IN RELIABLE WORKING
CONDITION AS WELL AS PREPARE
FOR FUTURE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
PROJECTS. THE SIGNATURE ITEM
HERE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT A
LITTLE BIT IS THE CREATION OF
THE NEW BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM. TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF
THE BRIDGES THAT WE OWN. SO
THAT IS THE RIGHT TREATMENT.
CLEANING IT, PAINTING IT,
HUGELY CRITICAL TO THE LIKES OF
A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR THAT IS,
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO
REPLACE THEM. THAT'S THE SOUND
INVESTMENT AND THE SAFE
INVESTMENT. THESE PROJECTS WILL
BE DRIVEN BY DATA DRIVEN
PROCESS THAT HAS LOOKED AT LIFE
CYCLE CONDITION OF EVERY SINGLE
BRIDGE. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE IN
ADDITION TO THAT PREVENTIVE
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO
WE PROPOSED FOR YOU, I WOULD
SAY IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
2026 WORK PLAN TO GET A SENSE
OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE
UNDERTAKING. BUT THERE IS ALSO
SEVERAL BRIDGE CAPITAL
PROJECTS. STRUCTURAL REPAIRS ON
THE BRIDGE AND ON THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE. UPGRADES TO THE
ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
OF ALL THREE SHIP CANAL
BRIDGES, SO THEY COULD CONTINUE
TO OPEN AND CLOSE RELIABLY, YOU
KNOW, THE INSIDE OF SOME OF
THESE BRIDGES LOOKS LIKE THE
SPACE ODYSSEY 2001. WE JUST DID
THIS UPGRADE ON THE LOWER
SPOKANE STREET SWING BRIDGE. SO
IF WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENT IN THE END OF THIS,
ALL FOUR OF THE REMOVALLABLE
BRIDGES WOULD BE MODERN,
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INSIDE OF
THEM. BUT WE DO KNOW -- WE NEED
TO BE PREPARING ACTIVELY FOR
FUTURE BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS.
SOME OF OUR STRUCTURALS WILL BE
COMING TO THE END OF THE USEFUL
LIFE SOON. WE PROPOSED SIX
STRUCTURES IN THE PROJECT
READINESS GROUPING, ABOUT A $20
MILLION INVESTMENT TO ADVANCE
THE DESIGN IN THE PREPARATION
TO PURSUE GRANTS OR AS WE
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE IF THAT GROUP WERE TO BE
CREATED AND TO LOOK AT SOME OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS TO
BE CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF OUR
BRIDGES AS WELL. SO THE
CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
ON THE LIST ARE ONES
RECOMMENDED BY OUR STRUCTURAL
BRIDGE ENGINEERS. AND SEVERAL
OF THEM HAVE SOME CRITICAL
FREIGHT IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THEM. THE THIRD AND FOURTH
AVENUE SOUTH BRIDGES OVER THE
ARGO RAIL YARD AS WELL AS WEST
JARVIS STREET OVER MAGNOLIA
HAVE CRITICAL FREIGHT
CONNECTIVITY BENEFITS TO THEM.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE PREPARING
FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE SEA
WALL REPLACEMENT. WE ARE
PROPOSING TO UPDATE THE
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE ANALYSIS, THE
COST ESTIMATES THERE TO
CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS
A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE TO
REPLACE THAT STRUCTURE. FOR
TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND
CONNECTIONS, WE ARE PROPOSING
$145 MILLION TO CONNECT PEOPLE
SAFELY TO TRANSIT HUBS
INCLUDING LINK LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS, BUS STOPS, DELAYS ON
STOPS. SO THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
INVEST ABOUT $27 MILLION IN OUR
TRANSIT SPOT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM. WE WOULD PROPOSE TO
MAKE ABOUT $160 TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT
EIGHT YEARS. THIS COULD BE A
TRANSIT ONLY RED LANE. THIS
COULD BE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO
HELP PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO
TRANSIT. WE WOULD BE REALLY
FOCUSING ON THE PINCH POINTS,
PLACES, WHERE THERE IS A PLACE
ON THE NETWORK PARTICULARLY
WHERE IT IS AFFECTING MULTIPLE
ROUTES. THERE'S $3 MILLION
HERE TOWARDS TRANSIT REQUIRE
FOR TRAVEL OR WE HEARD
THROUGHOUT, WHEN THEY ARE
WAITING FOR THEIR BUS AND
RIDING ON THEIR BUS. KING
COUNTY METRO HAS A TRANSIT
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND WE
WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH METRO
AND SOUND TRANSIT TO EXPLORE
STRATEGIES THAT WOULD ALLOW US
TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S SAFETY IN
THOSE PLACES. BUT MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY HERE IS THE $115
MILLION PROPOSED TRANSIT
PROJECT WHERE THESE ARE BOTH
FOR PLACES WHERE WE WANT TO
BENEFIT BUSES AND WITH THE
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS THAT WILL
BE OPENING SOON, AS WELL AS
PLANNING TO ADVANCE A NUMBER OF
LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS WHOSE
SCHEDULE COULD BE CONTROLLED BY
THE PARTNERS. WE WILL HAVE A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE
THE WORK THAT SOUND TRANSIT
WILL BE DOING. THE SIGNATURE
PROJECT HERE IS THE RAINIER
RAPID RIDE R. IN OUR LAST LEVY,
THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY WITH KING
COUNTY METRO, WE WOULD HAVE A
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR
MULTIPLE RAPID LINES. THE LINE
OF DELRIDGE AND THE LINE OF
MADISON WILL BE OPENING AT THE
END OF THE SUMMER AND IT IS
JUST ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND. I
WOULD USE THEIR INITIALS, BUT
THEY KNOW THAT I COULD NEVER
QUITE REMEMBER THAT IT IS THE G
AND THE J.
>> GOT IT.
>> AND SO THE LEVY WILL
CONTINUE TO FUND AND BRING
ONLINE THESE REALLY SIGNIFICANT
PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS. THEY HAVE
ONE RAPID RIDE PROJECT PROPOSED
IN THE NEXT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM. IT'S IT THE RAPID
LINE AND OUR LINE IN THE
RAINIER PARTNERSHIPS. SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS; CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS, PAIRING THEM WITH
IMPROVED TRANSIT RELIABILITY ON
THIS CRITICAL CORRIDOR THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE RELY ON. ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF A HIGH RIDERSHIP BUS
PROJECT WOULD BE IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION. THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS PROJECT.
ONE IS LOOKING NEAR TERM ABOUT
DENNY AND OLIVE, WHERE WE KNOW
THE LATE CONCERNS HAVE A LOT
OVERWHELMING SOLUTIONS IN THE
HEAVILY TRAVELED CORRIDORS. AND
THE EAST-WEST TRANSIT CORRIDOR
IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. WITH NEW
LIGHT RAIL STATION COMING
THERE, WE WANT TO ADVANCE OUR
PLANS FOR THE PROJECT TO GET
MORE PEOPLE THERE ON TRANSIT.
FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WE KNOW
IT'S A PRIORITY FOR YOU AND A
PRIORITY FOR YOU AND THERE HAS
BEEN SOME CREATIVE THINKING
HERE. THE CHALLENGE OF THE
MISSING BLOCKS OF SIDEWALKS IS
REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND BEYOND
THE ABILITY OF ONE LEVY TO
ADDRESS. TO LOOK LONGER TERM
AND AT OUR PLANS IN THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
EVALUATE THAT IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING
STRATEGIES, SO WE COULD SEE HOW
TO MOVE THE NEEDLE THERE. AND
THE OVERALL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
PROPOSAL IS $135 MILLION TO
BUILD AND REPAIR SIDEWALKS,
CROSSINGS, ADD CROSSINGS AND
IMPROVE CROSSINGS AND BRING
THEM UP TO ADA ACCESSIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS. SO PEOPLE WALKING
AND ROLLING COULD GET TO WHERE
THEY NEED TO GO. I'LL BREAK IT
DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THAT
NEW BLOCKS OF SIDEWALKS AND A
MIX OF TRADITIONAL AND
ALTERNATIVES OVER THE LEVY. 250
OF THOSE WOULD BE SURGED IN THE
FIRST FOUR YEARS. WE WOULD BE
REPAIRING OVER BUCKLED, CRACKED
SIDEWALK. AND THE LEVY PLAN
WILL SHOW SOME INITIAL
LOCATIONS FOR THE SIDEWALK
SURGE AND EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW
THAT GREATEST CONCENTRATION ARE
ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
ENDS, THERE ARE PLACES
THROUGHOUT AS YOU WELL KNOW IN
YOUR DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT HAVE
THEM OR HAVE THE INADEQUATE
SIDEWALKS. SO ALONG NORTHEAST
BOULEVARD AND FIRST EVER
NORTHEAST ON 120th STREET ARE
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHERE
WE COULD GET STARTED ON THIS AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE PEDESTRIAN
TEAM. OKAY, BICYCLE SAFETY. AND
$114 MILLION TO EXPAND THE
NETWORK WILL CONNECT SCHOOLS TO
THE BUS LANES AND GREEN LANDS
AND TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING
BIKE LANES. SO $68 MILLION IS
TO BUILD THEM WITH THE FOCUS OF
CLOSING GAPS IN THE ALL AGES
AND THEIR ABILITY NETWORK TO
SEE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS FROM
THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN GO
THERE. AS WELL AS FIVE NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS ON THE
RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT WE'LL
WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE SCHOOLS.
A PART OF THIS IS THAT WE BUILT
THE BIKE NETWORK AND WE WANT TO
IMPROVE IT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE
IT SAFER IN TWO OF THOSE THINGS
TO ADD SWEEPING OF THE BIKE
LANES THAT WE WOULD HAVE AND AN
EXAMPLE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
IS THE MAINTENANCE PROJECT. AND
SO THIS IS THE LONG PURPLE LINE
THAT YOU COULD SEE UP THERE AND
THAT PROPOSED PAVING PROJECT
AND WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED THE
EXTENT OF THAT YET AND IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ROUTE AND
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND
THE BEACON AVENUE SOUTH BIKE
LANE SOUTH OF JEFFERSON PARK TO
SOUTH BEACON HILL. SO SIGNALS
AND OPERATIONS AND THAT
INVESTMENT TO INSTALL AND
MAINTAIN EXISTING SIDEWALKS
THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR SAFE
RELIABLE MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE
THE SIGNALS THAT THE
PEDESTRIANS AND WHAT THEY RELY
UPON. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND
WITH LOW VISION AND TO SUPPORT
TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DURING LARGE
EVENTS AND FOR TRIPS IN AND OUT
OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE. SIGNALS
ARE REALLY AT THE TRAFFIC
OPERATIONS, THAT IS REALLY AT
THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO. AND
ALL TRAVELERS, THEY WILL RELY
UPON OUR ABILITY TO BE DYNAMIC,
TO CHANGE SIGNALS IN REAL TIME
WHEN WE CAN, SO MORE SIGNALS
COULD OFFER THE PEDESTRIAN
SIGNALS AND THE LEADING
PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS THAT THEY
MENTIONED EARLIER. WE WOULD
PROPOSE TO DO $280 LEADING
PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS THROUGHOUT
THIS LEVY, WHICH IS ALL OF THE
SIGNALS THAT COULD OFFER THAT.
WE WOULD FINISH THEM UP AND
THEY WOULD ALL HAVE THEM BY THE
END OF THE LEVY. ONE OF THE
OTHER THINGS IN HERE IS
OPERATING OUR TRANSPORTATION
OPERATION CENTER. THIS IS
PEOPLE, 24/7 WHO HAVE AN EYE ON
THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WITH
THAT IS ADJUST THE SIGNALS IN
REAL TIME AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
THEY ARE ON POINT IN THE EVENT
OF THE INCIDENT OR A BIG EVENT
TO HELP COORDINATE WITH FIRST
RESPONDERS AND OTHER AGENCIES,
SO THEY COULD HELP RESPOND
QUICKLY WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
FREIGHT AND GOODS MOVEMENT IS A
PROPOSED $28 MILLION DIRECT
INVESTMENT HERE TO SUPPORT
TRUCKS DELIVERING GOODS AND
PROVIDING SERVICES. YOU KNOW,
VEHICLES HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.
TO SUPPORT THE FREIGHT NETWORK,
WHICH CAN BE LIKE INTERSECTION
UPGRADES AND ADDITIONAL TRUCK
PARKING FOR THE FREIGHT AND
GOOD MOVEMENT TO EXTEND BEYOND
THIS $25 MILLION DIRECT
INVESTMENT. THE MAINTENANCE AND
MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THAT WE
PROPOSED WOULD REPRESENT 20% OF
THE MAJOR STRUCK STREET WHO WAS
IN POOR AND VERY POOR
CONDITION. AND ALSO AN
ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION HERE TO
PARTNER WITH THE PORT OF
SEATTLE ON ADDITIONAL PAVING
FOR STREETS ON OUR HEAVY
NETWORK. THIS MAP HERE IS A
SNAPSHOT AS WE HAVE AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT. WE ARE
UPDATING THE CITY AND WE WILL
WORK TOGETHER ON THE PAVING
PROJECTS, WHICH TO CO-INVEST IN
2025. CLIMATE AND RESILIENCY
ABOUT 60% OF OUR EMISSIONS. ONE
OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID EARLIER
FROM TRANSPORTATION AND THE
NUMBER BUN OF THE AMBITIOUS
GOALS IS TO REDUCE THE EMISSION
BY 82% OFF THE BASELINE BY
2030. THE CITY SET AN AMBITIOUS
TARGET, SO BY 2030, 90% OF ALL
PERSONAL TRIPS AND 30% OF ALL
FREIGHT TRIPS WOULD BE ZERO
EMISSIONS. SO THERE ARE
INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE LEVY PROPOSAL THAT WILL
SUPPORT THAT. BECAUSE WHEN WE
INVEST IN PEOPLE WALKING,
BIKING, TAKING TRANSITION,
GETTING ACCESS TO LIGHT RAIL,
YOU KNOW, RIDING THE BUS. WE
ARE INVESTING IN THE CLIMATE
RESILIENCY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL
DIRECT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
HERE AND A PROPOSAL FOR $59
MILLION TO REDUCE THE AIR
POLLUTION AND TO MAKE
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION MORE
AVAILABLE. SO FUNDING IN THIS
PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE THE LOW
POLLUTION NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
OUTCOME OF THE MAYOR'S ONE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION AND
CLIMATE JUSTICE EXECUTIVE ORDER
TO HAVE PILOT PROJECTS IN
COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY
AIR QUALITY. PLANNING IS GOING
ON FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2025. SO WE
WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. AND
TREE PLANTING AND THE TREE CARE
WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY
AS I WANT TO THANK THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR
HACKNOLOGYING THEM AS A SUCCESS
THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
THE TREE SPECIES AND THE
DIVERSIFICATION AND TREAT CARE
AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO MEET THE
MAYOR'S REQUIREMENT THAT WHEN
WE TAKE OUT ONE, YOU KNOW,
TREE, WE WOULD REPLACE IT WITH
THREE MORE. IN THE CLIMATE
PROGRAM, THIS IS A PROPOSED $22
MILLION INVESTMENT AS WE WOULD
HEAR FROM NICOLE GRANT EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN
INCREASING NEED TO HAVE ACCESS
TO TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION. SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT HAS A PILOT PROGRAM RIGHT
NOW AND THAT WE REALLY WANT TO
UP OUR GAME IN BEING MORE OF A
SUPPORTING PARTNER AND TO HAVE
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO EXPAND THE
NUMBER OF CHARGERS WITH THE
FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY CENTERS,
LIBRARIES, PARKS, OTHER PUBLIC
FACILITIES, AS WELL AS DO MORE
WORK ON OUR END TO SUPPORT
ELECTRIFICATION, WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH INCENTIVE PROGRAMS,
LOOKING FOR GRANTS, THERE IS A
LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE
LEVEL TO HELP INVEST IN
ELECTRIFICATIONS. WORKING WITH
THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS ON THE
LOW EMISSION STRATEGIES FOR THE
GOODS THAT THEY WOULD GET. SO
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT WE
ARE EXCITED BY THAT. THIS WILL
BRING US TO THE LAST AND MAYBE
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AREAS
OF THE LEVY PROPOSAL, WHICH IS
PEOPLE, STREETS, PUBLIC SPACES,
AS GEL MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS
IS AN AREA, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING
LANDSCAPING, DECLUTTERING,
WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS
DISTRICTS TO PUT OUT STREET
FURNITURE AND HELPING PEOPLE
ACTIVATE, YOU KNOW, THEIR
STREETS OR THEIR SIDEWALKS.
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE
BEEN DOING THIS AS PILOT
PROJECTS FOR A WHILE AND THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
THE FIRST POLICY BASIS THAT WE
WOULD HAVE FOR A BROADER
PROGRAM. AND SO THE LEVY
PROPOSES TO INVEST $66 MILLION
TO ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACES AND
TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING. IN
DIRECT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD ENJOY THE UNIQUE AND
VIBRANT SPACES AND FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY ARE OUT
IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO
THE MAP HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE
IS DIRECTLY FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND IT WILL
SHOW THE TYPES OF THE
RECOMMENDED PROJECTS WITHIN THE
LEVY THAT WE PROPOSED THE
COMMITMENT TO SIX INITIAL
PROJECTS AND MAINTAIN THE
FLEXIBILITY TO CO-CREATE THE
OTHER PROJECTS OVER THE EIGHT
YEARS OF THE LEVY. HERE ARE A
FEW EXAMPLES. THERE IS A
PROPOSAL TO INVEST $15 MILLION
IN DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION WITH A
NEAR-TERM FOCUS ON MAINTENANCE
AND PLACE MAKING ACTIVITIES,
PROJECTS, AND WORK TOWARDS THE
LONGER-TERM VISION ON THIRD
AVENUE. ANOTHER PROJECT
COMMITMENT IS THE NORTHEAST
42nd STREET GREEN STREET
IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD ACTIVATE
THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN
CAMPUS AND THE U DISTRICT,
ADDING ATTRACTIVE SPACES FOR
OUTDOOR DINING AND CREATE MORE
OPEN SPACE. THERE ARE OTHER
PROJECTS LIKE THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, EAST UNION STREET
REVIVAL CORRIDOR, THE
OCCIDENTAL PROMENADE PROJECT
NEAR THE STADIUMS. AND
TRANSFORMATION AND ACTIVATION
IN THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. THESE ARE PROJECTS
WE'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
THESE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF
ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT TO
WORK WITH US, BUT THEY NEED
SDOT TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN
CONTINUING TO STAY ENGAGE WITH
THEM. AND ANOTHER PART OF THE
PROPOSAL IS $10 MILLION. AND
THAT IT WILL BE AGAIN, GIVEN
WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE
ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO BE SAFER
AND TO FEEL MORE SECURE, ON
THEIR WAY TO THE BUS STOP. THIS
IS A PROPOSED INVESTMENT TO
RESPOND TO THAT DIRECT
RESPONSE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL
TURN IT BACK TO YOU, GREG, AS
WE GET TO THE END. THANK YOU.
TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD
DELIVER SUCH A LEVY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEGHAN.
THANK YOU, FRANCISCA. A VERY
WISE PERSON ONCE TOLD ME ABOUT
PUBLIC SPEAKING. BE VERY
CAUTIOUS ABOUT STANDING BETWEEN
YOUR AUDIENCE AND LUNCH. SO I
THINK WE ARE GOING TO WRAP IT
UP HERE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE
ONE MORE COMMENT. IT'S
ABSOLUTELY LEGITIMATE TO ASK,
CAN YOU DELIVER THIS $1.45
BILLION OF INCREDIBLE
INVESTMENT PROJECTS. AND THE
ANSWER IS YES, WE CAN. WE'VE
DEVELOPED A DELIVERY MACHINE
THAT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY
IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS, BUT PARTICULARLY, YOU
KNOW, IN THE TWO YEARS THAT I
HAVE BEEN HERE. MY TWO
PRIORITIES AS DIRECTOR HAS BEEN
TO CENTER SAFETY IN EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO; AND BUILD AN
INTERNAL SYSTEM TO SPEED UP THE
TEMPO OF DELIVERY AND HAVE REAL
ACCOUNTABILITIES ON DEADLINES.
WE BUILT A VARIETY OF INTERNAL
SYSTEMS, SO THAT ALL OF US AT
THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL ARE MADE
AWARE WHEN WE'RE AT RISK OF
NOT MEETING A DEADLINE. AND I
THINK WE ARE MORE SPEEDIER AND
MORE CONFIDENT SDOT IN
DELIVERING OUR PROJECTS THAN
WE'VE EVER BEEN. WHEN THE
REMAINDER OF THE SLIDE THAT WE
HAVE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE
ONES YOU SAW FROM THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. SO I THINK
WE WILL STOP THERE AND THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PATIENCE IN ALL THE LENGTHY
INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED
TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR SPOTTS. SDOT TEAM
HERE. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR
EMERY FOR JOINING US EARLIER.
APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROPOSAL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOUGHTFULLY
CONSIDERING IT AND ENGAGING IN
PARTNERING IN IMPLEMENTATION.
HOPEFULLY AS WELL. [ CAPTIONERS
TRANSITIONING ]
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY OF THIS PLAN AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE KNOW
IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL
AND THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING.
THINGS THAT I LOVE. THE SCHOOL
SAFETY PIECE. THE TRANSIT
CONNECTIVITY. I THINK IS
CRUCIAL. ESPECIALLY OUR
DISTRICT. 50% OF OUR DISTRICT
USE TRANSIT AND DON'T HAVE A
CAR. SIDEWALKS. AS WELL. AND,
ALSO WOULD ALSO WANT TO SHOUT
OUT MRS. HOLTZMAN, I WENT TO
SCHOOL WITH YOUR SON, RICH, AND
SAW ME THE OTHER DAY AND TOLD
ME ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND PICK HIM
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOUR FAMILY, CASCADE BY CLUB,
GREENWAYS, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
AND AT BEST THE RIGHT AMOUNT
FOR BICYCLE SAFETY. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. JUST WANTED TO
STATE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME VICE
CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER WOO?
>> I WANT TO ECHO THOSE
COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS TOGETHER AND FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION. QUICK
QUESTION. THERE WAS A MAP OF
SIDEWALKS.
>>> NEW SIDEWALKS. IS THERE AN
AREA WHERE THEY ARE LISTED BY
ADDRESS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
WERE PRIORITIZED AND PICKED?
>> THERE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PROPOSAL DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE
LIST OF INITIAL SIDEWALKS. THIS
IS NOT THE COMPLETE LIST OF NEW
SIDEWALKS THAT WOULD BE BUILT
BUT GIVES AN INDICATION OF
WHERE WE WOULD BEGIN THAT
EFFORT. THEY WERE RECOMMENDED
BY MANY , MANY OF THE SAME
CRITERIA AND FROM THE OF OUR
PROGRAMS. WE ARE LOOKING AT
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT'S BEEN
REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND
COMMUNITY INPUT . LOOKING AT
PLACES IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED
WITHIN OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND IN OUR
UNDERLYING DOCUMENT . LOOKING
AT OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER
WITH OTHER PROJECTS. LOOKING
FOR PLACES WITH THINK WE CAN
LEVERAGE OTHER PEOPLE'S
FUNDING OR GRANTS. ALSO LOOKING
AT ADJACENT LAND USE. ARE THERE
SCHOOLS OR COMMUNITY ABILITIES
NEARBY. TRANSIT IS A HUGE ,
IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SIDEWALK AS
WE LOOK TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE TO GET TO THE FREQUENT
TRANSIT NETWORK, WHICH ARE THE
STREETS IN THE CITY FOR THE
MOST BUSES ARE TRAVELING THE
MOST FREQUENTLY. EQUITY IS AN
UNDERLYING COMPONENT, AS WELL.
AND AS THE MAP WE SHOULD EARLY
OF THE EQUITY INDEX AREAS ARE
FUNDAMENTAL INPUT INTO A LOT OF
ABSTRACT CRITERIA. WE LOOK TO
ADDRESS PLACES IN THE CITY
WHERE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY
UNDER INVESTED.
>> IS THERE A LIST OF TIER 1,
TIER 2, OR TWO OR THREE WHO ARE
NOT ZOOMING INTO THIS MAP?
>> THERE IS A MORE DETAILED
MAPPING IN THE STP AND WE CAN
CERTAINLY WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE
IS TO SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES ARE HELPFUL.
>> IS THERE A LIST SOMEWHERE
THAT NAMES OF THE SIDEWALKS
THAT WERE PUT IN FROM THE
PREVIOUS LEVY?
>> WE DO AN ANNUAL SUMMARY OF
THE DELIVERABLES FOR THE
SEATTLE LEVY THAT INCLUDES THE
NEW SIDEWALKS SECTION. WE COULD
PULL THOSE TOGETHER SO YOU CAN
SEE WHAT WAS DELIVERED UNDER
THE NEW SEATTLE LEVY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, I FIRST WANT TO
NOTE THAT MS. SHEPPARD IS
PROBABLY OUR FAVORITE PREFER,
CROSS COMMITTEES, NOT JUST
TRANSPORTATION OR SELECT
TRANSPORTATION. JUST WANT TO%
THROW THAT OUT THERE.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR HER. [
APPLAUSE ]
>> I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, I
ESPECIALLY LIKE ALL THE PUBLIC
SAFETY POLICY ELEMENTS THAT ARE
IN THE PLAN . I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT POINT. I ALSO
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN . PARTICULARLY
RELATED TO BRIDGES. I AM
BRINGING IN FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PETERSON
BECAUSE AS HE NOTED THIS WAS SO
IMPORTANT AND I RECOGNIZE THIS
IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT EVERY
NOW AND AGAIN TAKING SNAPSHOTS
OF IT TO GET MOMENTS IN TIME
ARE SO IMPORTANT. AND SPEAKING
OF ALEX PEDERSEN, THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE TREEPLANTING. THE TREE
PIECE IN THE CANOPY PIECES SO
IMPORTANT. BACK TO THE BRIDGES.
THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE
TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD SPEND
THE WHOLE LAST LEVY DOING
SEISMIC RETROFITS. HAVING THAT
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN IS SO
IMPORTANT AND I'M REMINDED OF
A RECENT EVENT WITH THE SCOUTS.
TALKING ABOUT BE PREPARED. ANNA
TOLD THE YOUNG KIDS I SAID, BE
PRESENT FIRST. BE MINDFUL AND
BE PREPARED. AND THAT'S WHAT
THIS DOES BECAUSE WE NEVER
KNOW. THIS IS FOR THE LEVY
ITSELF, BUT I'M NOTED TO
MYSELF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY
AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF '09. I
WASN'T IN THE COUNTRY DURING
THE GREAT RECESSION BUT THAT
WAS HUGE AND RECENTLY THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT JOBS
ACT AND INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT. WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THERE
MAY BE SOME FEDERAL MONIES
COMING OUR WAY AND BEING
PREPARED, MINDFUL AND PRESENT
WILL ALLOW US TO FLEX COME EVEN
IF THE LEVY DOES NOT ANSWER ALL
THE PIECES ON THE BRIDGES,
WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
AS YOU KNOW AND I HAVE SAID
WITH SIX BRIDGES ACROSS
INTERBAY, BALLARD, FREMONT,
OPERA, TWO ON TOP OF QUEEN AND
COME EAST LAKE IN THE I-5
BRIDGES. D 7 IS A PENINSULA.
AND TO NOTE , THE CHAIR AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE BRIEF,
DEFINITELY A BRIDGE, IS IN D 7
BUT FORTUNATELY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND I ARE SHARING
MAGNOLIA AND IN ALL THINGS
WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S
DEFINITELY A D6 AND SEVEN
BRIDGE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO
MAKE THAT POINT REGARDING
BRIDGES.
>> THANK YOU . I WANT TO BUILD
UPON THAT. I REALLY DO THINK
THE BRIDGE COMPONENTS OF THIS
PLAN OFFER THE MAYOR AND
COUNSEL A CHANCE TO HAVE A
LEGACY CONTRIBUTION TO THE
CITY . THERE IS BEST PRACTICES
EMBEDDED IN IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD
A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE
THAT'S A LEGACY IMPROVEMENT.
THEN WE WOULD BE REHABBING
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OF A
THREE SHIP CANAL BRIDGES AND
WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE WORK
WE ARE ALREADY DOING ON THE
BRIDGE, WE WOULD HAVE
RETROFITTED THE MOVEMENT OF ALL
FOUR OF HER BRIDGES IN THE
COAST GUARD EXPECTS US TO BE
ABLE TO OPEN A BRIDGE WITHIN 15
MINUTES. AND THE THIRD PART IS
THE BRIDGE READINESS COMPONENT
WHERE WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS
COMPETING FOR BIG-TIME FEDERAL
GRANTS. I THINK THOSE THREE
THINGS TOGETHER REALLY OFFER A
MUCH GREATER DEGREE OF
SOPHISTICATION IN MANAGING THIS
COMPLEX SET OF ASSETS THAN WITH
THE PRIOR LEVIES HAVE DONE.
>> YOU HAVE NOTED THAT MAGNOLIA
AND THE BRIDGE IMPACTS BOTH OF
YOU AND BENEFITS BOTH OF YOU IN
A SAFE, OPERATIONAL, FUNCTIONAL
BRIDGE, RELY A BRIDGE WILL
BENEFIT BOTH YOU . BUT IT'S NOT
IN MY DISTRICT BUT IT DIRECTLY
BENEFITS ME TOO AND FRANKLY, I
THINK ALL OF US IN THE
TAXPAYING PUBLIC AND VISITORS
TO SEATTLE CAN GO THROUGH ALL
AND ACCESS RELIABLY ALL PARTS
OF THE CITY AND CAN EXPECT
GOODS AND SERVICES TO COME AND
THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE TO
COME THROUGH WITH THESE
CRITICAL INGRESS AND EGRESS
ROUTES INCLUDING THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE. WE ALL BENEFIT AND WIN.
GREAT POINT. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK
YOU SDOT FOR BEING HERE AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION ON THIS VERY
EXTENSIVE PLAN . I HAVE SIMILAR
QUESTIONS TO MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCILMEMBER WOO. BUT I WILL
SAY FOR DISTRICT FOUR, DIVISION
J RIVER SCHOOL AND SAFETY PIECE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I ALSO
THINK THESE PIECES GO TO SOME
OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THE
PUBLIC TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN
TERMS OF FATALITIES, ET CETERA.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO
KNOW AND THIS ECHOES MY
COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS , IS WHAT
HAS THE CURRENT LEVY DELIVERED
ON THE VISION ZERO SCHOOL AND
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY POINTS?
WHERE ARE , FOR INSTANCE, WHICH
SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SERVICED TO
DATE ? WHICH WILL BE ADDED IN
THE NEW LEVY? IN TERMS OF
TIMING , SIGNALED TIMING, WHICH
I KNOW HAS BEEN A CRITICAL
PIECE. I'VE SEEN IT AT WORK ,
ALLOWING A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS
BEFORE TRAFFIC THEN GETS THE
GREEN LIGHT IS REALLY CRITICAL
. WHERE HAS THAT GONE ACROSS
THE CITY AND WHERE IS IT
CONTEMPLATED? I THINK IT WILL
BE REALLY HELPFUL TO GET SOME
OF THAT DETAIL SO THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS WHAT ALREADY HAS
BEEN DONE ON THIS CURRENT LEVY
AND HOW VALUABLE IT'S BEEN .
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE
CONTEMPLATING FOR THE NEW LEVY
IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT -- IT'S
REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHERE THESE
THINGS ARE TAKING PLACE . AND
TO MAKE THE PUBLIC FEEL LIKE
THEY ARE BEING HEARD AND THAT
THEIR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE ALSO GETTING SOME OF THIS
INVESTMENT, I THINK, WILL BE
CRITICAL, PARTICULARLY ON THE
SCHOOL SAFETY AND THE VISION
ZERO PIECES. AMONGST MANY OTHER
THINGS, THERE IS SO MUCH HERE
AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE
TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
ENGAGING WITH SDOT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD TO GET MORE DETAILS ON
THIS PLAN . THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF
SEE AS WE HAVE COUNCIL STARTING
AT 50 MINUTES. I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE EVERYONE'S WORK AND
APPRECIATE IT AND NOTE THAT IT
IS RARE AND SPECIAL THAT WE
HAVE A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS A
DEPUTY MAYOR. HAVING THAT LEVEL
OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN
THE DESIGN OF THIS LEVY IS VERY
IMPORTANT. AND I WILL COME CHAT
WITH YOU AFTER THIS. MY
PRESENCE HERE ON THIS DAIS WAS
NOT GUARANTEED BECAUSE I ALMOST
HAD THE SAME FATE AS HER
HUSBAND AND WE HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THE
STATISTICS FROM INCREASING.
INTO S-TYPE, YOU HEAR ME GIVE
ME THIS CHARGE REGULARLY. IS
NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO ASK US FOR
DATA TO INCREASE SAFETY
STANDARDS AND INTERVENTIONS.
I'M OFTEN TIMES REBUT WANT TO
MAKE A REQUEST THE DATA
DOESN'T SUPPORT IT AND WE
DON'T WANT THE DATA TO SUPPORT
IT. WITH THAT. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A
COUPLE COOL FEATURES AND
PROGRAMS THAT I'M EXCITED AND
ENERGIZED ABOUT THAT WERE
PRESENTED AS A BASE STARTING
POINT FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS
AND DISCUSSION IN THIS BODY.
AND I WANT TO APPLAUD AND THINK
THE MAYOR FOR INCLUDING HERE .
DEFINITELY LOVE THIS DAVE ROUTE
TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. ECHOING THE
SENTIMENT. NOT JUST SOCIALLY
BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS,
YOUNGER KIDS, BUT MY DISTRICT
HAPPENS TO BE NUMBER TWO OUT OF
ALL OUR DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF
THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF YOUTH
UNDER 18 AND, SO, REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR MY DISTRICT AS
WELL. AND BECAUSE WE, I THINK,
ALL STRIVE OR ENDEAVOR TO
PROTECT VULNERABLE USERS OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK -- EVEN
OVER DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE A
HIGH NUMBER OF KIDS, WE ALL
BENEFIT WHEN KIDS ARE SAFE. AND
ALSO LOVE THE DISTRICT PROJECT
FUND , AS WAS APTLY NOTED. THE
2015 LEVY PREDATES AND DID NOT
AT ALL CONTEMPLATE THE KNOW
DISTRICT SYSTEM WE HAVE IN
PLACE. LOVE THAT IN A PATIENT
REFLECTED IN THAT NEW PROGRAM .
I'M SURE YOU ALL, AND I DO,
GET A FAIR AMOUNT , ESPECIALLY
FOR SDOT, DESIGN AND FEATURE
SUGGESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE
COMMUNITY. SOME ALREADY WORKING
WITH SDOT ON THESE IDEAS AND
THEY WANT TO ELEVATE AND SOME
ARE NET NEW SURFACE PICK WE GET
THESE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A
GENTLEMAN FROM ADMIRAL WHO
PROPOSED A REALLY THOUGHTFUL
DESIGN AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENT
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADMIRAL
JUNCTION. WE PRESENTED THOSE TO
SDOT AND I MET SEPARATELY WITH
FOLKS FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK
IMPROVEMENT CLUB. ABOUT A MONTH
AGO , WHO ALSO HAD VERY
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS . LAST WEEK
DURING OFFICE HOURS MET WITH A
DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT FROM
HIGHLAND PARK WHO, LIKE THE
GENTLEMAN FROM THE ADMIRAL
DISTRICT , PRESENTED A
THOUGHTFUL AND DETAILED PLAN .
WE WOULD LOVE -- THIS IS A
HIGH-TRAFFIC, HIGH-SPEED AREA
AND WE WOULD LIKE A SPEED BUMP
HERE AND WE LOVE ELEVATED
PEDESTRIAN SPACE HERE. MORE
CROSSWALK YEAR. ET CETERA.
WHATEVER THE NEED IS WE ALL GET
THOSE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME AND
I CAN'T PERSONALLY COMMIT TO
CLOSELY REVIEWING AND
MONITORING AND SEEING SUE ALL
THOSE THINGS BUT I HAVE TO
OPTIMIZE FOR IMPACT AND THE
GREATEST GOOD IN MY DISTRICT IN
THE CITY. I DO APPRECIATE
SAYING THOSE THINGS AND I THINK
THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO
HELP CONTEMPLATE THESE UNIQUE
FEATURES OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM
AT THE COUNSEL LEAVITT WE HAVE
IN PLACE HERE, WHICH IS
AWESOME. AND A SHOUT OUT TO THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE . THE NEED FROM A
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT PERSPECTIVE IS GREAT.
IT'S MASSIVE. IT'S HUGE. I AM
AWARE OF A LETTER FROM
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES
EARLIER THIS YEAR. READ THAT
HERE: FOR AMONGST OTHER THINGS
A THREE BILLION-DOLLAR LEVY .
EVEN IF WE HAD A THREE
BILLION-DOLLAR LEVY, THMEET THE
NOT GOING TO MEET , WE ARE
UNLIKELY TO MEET THE TOTAL NEED
HERE, EVEN WHATEVER SIZE
WHETHER WE KEEP IT AT ITS
CURRENT RATE, INCREASE OR
DECREASE IT, WHATEVER. WE STILL
UNLIKELY TO MEET THE NEED. WHAT
WE DO NEED IS A PLAN AND A
STRATEGY TO MEET THE NEED. AND
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT RELIES ON THE
CITIZENS AND, IDEALLY, IT
DEPOLITICIZE IS SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT IN MY VIEW GOD AS
TO THE CURRENT STATE OF WHERE
WE ARE AT WITH RESPECT TO THE
STATE OF OUR BROADER ASSETS. SO
THAT IS A REALLY COOL PROGRAM.
GLAD IT'S THERE. AND NOT JUST
LOOKING AT SIDEWALKS, BUT ALL
OF OUR ASSETS BRIDGES AND
ROADS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE SUPPORTED . AND NOT
JUST CREATING A TASK FORCE OR A
GROUP, BUT FUNDING THEM TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE SET FOR SUCCESS
AND WE CAN VALIDATE AND THAT
THEIR IDEAS THROUGH CONSULTANTS
AND EXISTING CITY STAFF. PAUL
-- COOL PROGRAM. SHADOW TO THE
BRIDGE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM. LOVE THAT. AND I WANT
TO CALL OUT A REALLY GRANULAR ,
SPECIFIC FEATURE OR PROJECT
IDEA REFLECTED IN HERE AND THAT
IS THE SIDEWALK ALONG SOUTHWEST
BRANDON. AND IN MY DISTRICT
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT --
THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET
CURRENTLY AND THAT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT AREA . IT CHECKS ALL
THE BOXES FOR WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE GO AFTER
AND BUILD OUR NEW SIDEWALKS.
FROM A SOUND -- SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE. SAFE ROUTES
TO PARKS ON EITHER SIDE IS A
CITY PARK. THE GOLF COURSE .
AND THAT ALSO CONNECTS WITH
BRANDON, THE NEW PROPOSED
BRANDON DISTRICT OR AS PART OF
THE NEW COMP PLANNING PROCESS.
A NEW MICRO BUSINESS HUB THERE.
TRANSIT TO DELRIDGE. BUT IN
THAT AREA AND IN DISTRICT 1
THAT IMPACTED AREA IS SNAKE
HILL, WHICH CONNECTS NORTH
DELRIDGE TO HIGH POINT. THAT
AREA, AND I HAVE LOOKED, IT'S
BEEN A PERENNIAL CANDIDATE BUT
NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN FUNDED .
UNFORTUNATELY EXPANDING AT
LEAST FOUR TICKETS BACK TO THE
'90s. AND A FEW WEEKS AGO A
CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO MY
OFFICE AND ARE ALREADY WORKING
WITH YOUR OFFICE AT SDOT AND
ESCALATED THEIR CONCERNS WITH
MY OFFICE ABOUT THE LACK OF
SIDEWALKS THERE . AND I IN TURN
ESCALATED AND ADDED YOU,
DIRECTOR, DEPUTY MAYOR AND
MAYOR, TO THE CONVERSATION. WHY
AM I TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT
THAT MAY BE $1 MILLION, MAYBE
NOT OUT OF THE CONTEXT OF THE
1.45 BILLION-DOLLAR LEVY? WELL,
THESE PROJECTS MATTER . AND
THEY MATTER TO THE PEOPLE OF
SNAKE HILL , IN THIS CASE NORTH
DELRIDGE AND HIGH POINT , ALL
OF WEST SEATTLE. SO I
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I DO NOT
ASK YOU TO PUT IT IN THERE. I
WAS GOING TO WORK ON FUNDING
FOR THE NORMAL BUDGET AS PART
OF THIS BUT THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING TO SOME OF THOSE
SPECIFIC CONCERNS . AND SOME OF
THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN SHARING
AND MAKING SURE HIGHER-LEVEL
SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES ARE
REFLECTED IN THIS PROPOSAL,
INCLUDING THE NEED AND
IMPERATIVE TO BUILD MORE
SIDEWALKS AND PRIORITIZING
ROADS AND BRIDGES . AGAIN,
IT'S A TERRIFIC STARTING POINT
BASE AND FOLKS THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN ADDING MORE
SIDEWALKS , YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY PARTNER TOGETHER. IN
THAT EVENT. YEAH. THAT
CONCLUDES WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? NOPE. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, EVERYONE. WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING
AGENDA. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN ?
HEARING NONE. HEARING A FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT
IS 1:19 P.M.