>>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
THE JUNE 18, 2024 MEETING ON
THE SELECT COMMITTEE
TRANSPORTATION BECOMES ORDER
AND IT IS 9:30 2 AM AND HERE IS
THE SELECT COMMITTEE AND WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?'S. COUNCILMEMBER BOB
KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CATHY MOORE ?
>> PRESENT. COUNCTIL PRESIDENT
SARA NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MARITZA
RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR ?
>> HERE.
>> THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I DO WANT TO
THINK COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS
AND MORALE IS JOINING US
REMOTELY AND FINDING A WAY TO
JOIN US FOR THIS MEETING UP
AGAINST A VERY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION REPRESENTING US ON
BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITIES SO THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE AND IF THERE
ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED. AND HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. WELCOME , COLLEAGUES
AND THOSE OF US WHO CHOICE TO
JOIN IN PERSON AND THOSE
WATCHING REMOTELY INCLUDING A
FEW CONSTITUENTS OF MINE, RAY
THOMPSON AND OTHERS AND I
DON'T THINK AND I SAY IT EVERY
SINGLE TIME BUT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND I AM FIRED
UP AND READY TO GO AND
OPTIMISTIC AND I AM NOT JUST
GIVING LIP SERVICE AND BEING
PASSIONATE ABOUT MY BRAND OF
AUTHENTICITY ON A LOT OF
IMPORTANT TOPICS, BUT IT IS --
I AM ALSO NOT UNDERSTATING THAT
IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN
AT THIS LEVY CONVERSATION
CONSIDERING THIS IMPORTANT LEVY
FOR A WHILE NOW AND IT SEEMS
LIKE A VERY LONG TIME, IN FACT.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PROSPECTS
OF WHERE WE ARE HEADED
DIRECTIONALLY. WE ARE ALSO IN
THE HOME STRETCH, I THINK. IT
IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE AS WE
PUT TOGETHER ALL OF US TOGETHER
A TRANSPORTATION LEVY PACKAGE
PROPOSAL THAT WE CAN BE PROUD
OF. AND WE KNOW THAT THE
PUBLIC'S BROADEST INTERESTS
ARE BEING SERVED. IT HAS BEEN
VERY EXCITING AND THE PATH OF
WORK SO FAR AND OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE ROAD AHEAD TO
FINALIZE THIS IMPORTANT WORK
AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND
EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO DIVE DEEP INTO
THE WEEDS GIVEN THE MANY
DEMANDS OF THIS VERY BUSY
COUNCIL IN MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
VIEWING PUBLIC TO REITERATE A
FEW POINTS. MY PROPOSED CHAIRS
AMENDMENT FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO
REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF $100
MILLION OVER THE MAYOR'S FINAL
PROPOSAL JUST OVER $1.55
BILLION AND MY NEW INVESTMENTS
ARE CENTERED ON FOUR THEMES.
NUMBER ONE IS ROAD AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, NUMBER TWO
IS ACCELERATING ECONOMIC
GROWTH. THREE IS CLIMATE AND
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND
FORTH AND FINALLY GOOD OLD
FASHION GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY
AND THIS NEW INVESTMENT AND
PROPOSAL IS SHAPING UP TO BE
THE MOST ACCOUNTABLE AND
TRANSPARENT IN SEATTLE LEVY
HISTORY. A KEY TAKE AWAY IN MY
LAST NEWSLETTER FROM FRIDAY,
JUNE 7, WHICH, BY THE WAY,
INCLUDES A VERY DETAILED
EXPLANATION OF EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS LEVY
AND INCLUDES KIND OF A
TECHNICAL DEEP DIVE ON SOME OF
THE THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS
UNDERLINED IN THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE AND KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE
THIS LEVY IS CRITICAL AND NEVER
MORE CRITICAL DUE TO THE
DETERIORATING STATE OF OUR
ROADS AND BRIDGES AND NEVER
MORE CRITICAL TO ADDRESS THE
CITY'S GROWTH. NEVER MORE
CRITICAL TO BUILD AND FIX OUR
SIDEWALKS AND TO MAKE BETTER OR
URGENT PROGRESS ON OUR SAFETY
GOALS. I COULD GO ON AND ON.
THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION OR
HYPERBOLE. THIS CURRENT LEVY,
THE LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE FUNDS
APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE BUDGET
AND LEVERAGES MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND OTHER GRANTS AND
FUNDS AND IN 2023 THE EXPIRING
LEVY ACCOUNTED FOR ROUGHLY 12%
OF THE VITAL OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE BUDGET OF SDOT. THE
STEAK -- THE STAKES FOR THIS
SERVICE THAT PROVIDES VITAL
INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY ARE
HIGH. AND THAT IS WHY IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
GET THIS RIGHT. OUR ABILITY TO
DELIVER ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT
SERVICES IS DIRECTLY ON THE
LINE, COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE
CITY TO DELIVER THE BASICS IN A
TRANSFORMATIVE NEW WAY IS ON
THE LINE HERE, COLLEAGUES.
PEOPLE'S JOBS ARE ON THE LINE
. THAT IS WHY IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER
AND ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND
FINALIZE THESE LAST DETAILS AND
GET THIS RIGHT. MY NEWSLETTER
INCLUDED A DETAILED EXPLANATION
AGAIN OF MY PROPOSED CHAIRS
PACKAGE AND THE BASIC FEATURES
OF THIS LEVY PACKAGE ALONG WITH
HELPFUL FAQS AND I ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY TO GO TO MY COUNCILS
WEBPAGE AND VIEW IT BUT BETTER
YET SUBSCRIBE TO FUTURE
NEWSLETTERS AND YOU CAN VIEW IT
AND ARCHIVE A VERSION OF THE
NEWSLETTER OR SUBSCRIBE TO THE
LIST AT SEATTLE.GOV\COUNSEL
\S A.K.A. TODAY IT DOESN'T
ALLOW ME TO RESTATE ALL THE
IMPORTANT POINTS BUT IT IS OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF US ON OUR
RESPECTIVE PRIORITIES FOR THIS
LEVY AND IN OUR OWN WORDS AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
EACH OF YOU. AND A FEW OTHER
POINTS FIRST AND ONE TO NOTE IS
THAT THEY HAVEN'T UPDATED
SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE WHICH
CONTAINS ONLY ONE NEW ADDITION
WHICH IS THEIR RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT WHICH ISN'T FINISHED
WHEN THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS
PUBLISHED SO YOU WILL SEE THAT
ATTACH TO THE NEXT MEETING ON
JULY 2. AND ALSO TO MY
CONSTITUENTS, OR THOSE WHO MAY
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VISION
ZERO PLAN AND THE LEVY PACKAGE
AND SPECIFICALLY THE CHAIRS
PROPOSE PACKAGE, I REITERATE
AND EMPHASIZE THAT IN MY
PROPOSED CHAIRS PACKAGE, I
HAVEN'T MADE ANY RECOMMENDED
REDUCTIONS OR FUNDING FOR THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR VISION
ZERO INVESTMENTS AND HAVE
ACTUALLY INCREASED FUNDING FOR
KEY SUBCATEGORIES INCLUDING
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND
VISION ZERO REMAINS A TOP
PRIORITY OF MINE . WE MUST
CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY MOVE
THE NEEDLE TO REACH OUR GOAL OF
ZERO TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES
AND INJURIES AND AS WE MOVE
THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL
COUNCILMEMBERS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT AND AS CHAIR IT'S MY
JOB TO BRING FORTH A LEVY
PROPOSAL THAT ADDRESSES SEVERAL
IMPERATIVES. THIS IS A
CONSENSUS TYPE DOCUMENT, ONE
THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE AS MANY AS
THE ITEMS AS YOU HAVE ALL
RAISED BASED ON DISTRICT NEEDS
BUT ONE THAT COULD MEET THE
BROADEST PRIORITIES THAT VOTERS
COULD SUPPORT. THAT, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IS THE CITY IS
BEST POSITIONED TO DELIVER
UPON. THESE SAME PRINCIPLES
WILL GUIDE THE CREATION OF A
PROPOSED OMNIBUS PACKAGE FOR
THE JULY 2 MEETING WHEN WE
VOTE. SO WE ARE NOT VOTING ON
100 DIFFERENT FEATURES OF
DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS IN OUR
RESPECTIVE PROPOSALS. SO
TODAY'S PROCESS WILL BE TO
HEAR AND DISCUSS THE AMENDMENTS
AND I WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS
WITH EACH OF YOU THIS WEEK TO
SEE WHAT ITEMS MIGHT ALIGN WELL
TO INCORPORATE INTO A REVISED
CHAIRS PACKAGE OR OMNIBUS TYPE
PACKAGE AND OTHER AMENDMENTS
CAN BE REVISED INTO FINAL ONES
TO BE PRESENTED TO VOTING AGAIN
AT THE NEXT AND FINAL COMMITTEE
MEETING ON JULY 2. A FEW OTHER
QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO
NOTE, IF THERE ARE NEW ITEMS
ADDED INTO THE LEVY, AND NO
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ADDED INTO
THE CATEGORY, IT WILL BE
CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT OF A
UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT CAUSES A
CONCERN IS SDOT HAS ESTIMATED
COSTS AND THESE CANDIDATE
PROJECTS AND THE LISTS ARE WHAT
VOTERS VOTE UPON AND EXPECT
DELIVERY UPON. ALSO, YOU ALL DO
UNDERSTAND THAT UNEXPECTED
SITUATIONS MAY AND CAN AND
OFTEN DO ARISE DURING THE
CONTEXT OF AN EIGHT YEAR LEVY
OR TIMEFRAME. SO, GOD FOR BID,
WE HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR
ANOTHER CLOSURE OF A KEY
CRITICAL BRIDGE LIKE THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE. BUT WHILE
VOTERS EXPECT DELIVERY ON WHAT
THEY HAVE VOTED ON, AND INDEED
THERE ARE MANY SUCH CANDIDATE
PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN
A LARGER ASSET CATEGORY, THERE
ARE CERTAIN CATEGORIES WITHOUT
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED
PROJECTS. AS INTENDED AND SUCH
FLEXIBILITY WAS FOUND TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE PAST
LEVEES AND WAS SPECIFICALLY
RAISED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. SOME
PROPOSED PROJECTS CAN AND WILL
BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE
ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AS
COUNCIL APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE
ANNUAL BUDGET AND THERE CAN BE
ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN CATEGORIES
OF UP TO 10% WITH A THREE
QUARTERS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL
AND I HAVE STRENGTHENED THE
REPORTING OF SDOT'S
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND NOT
JUST DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET
PROCESS. FINALLY A FRIENDLY
REMINDER THAT THERE WILL BE NO
VOTING TODAY AND THE VOTING ON
ALL OF THE CHAIRS AMENDMENTS
AND OTHER AMENDMENTS WILL BE
DONE ON THE FINAL SELECT
COMMITTEE MEETING ON JULY 2.
SO, COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, TODAY,
PLEASE SHARE AND PRESENT ON
YOUR INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS THE
APPROPRIATE TIMES AND ALSO
PLEASE SHARE YOUR INITIAL
OBSERVATIONS AND REACTIONS
ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL
WITH A GOAL OF WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY TO FINALIZE AND
VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON A
COMPROMISE ON A LEVY PACKAGE TO
GO BEFORE VOTERS IN THE
NOVEMBER 2024 GENERAL ELECTION.
IT IS TIME TO ROLL UP OUR
SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK ON THIS
NEXT PHASE. I COULD NOT BE MORE
ENERGIZED AT THE PROSPECT WE
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
COLLABORATIVELY AND DO THIS
TOGETHER. LET'S GO AND LET'S
DO THIS. VICE CHAIR, ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> YOU WARNED ME THAT YOU WOULD
CALL ME AND THANK YOU AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU
HAVE DONE AND I KNOW YOU HAVE
DONE A LOT OF WORK IN BEING
ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT
DURING THE PROCESS AND ALLOWING
US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND
STAY ENGAGED AND I KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE
COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO
EVERYBODY SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING THE REST OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND WORKING THROUGH
THIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR.
THAT SAID, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
AND IT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE AND
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED
UP?
>> WE HAVE CURRENTLY 18 IN
PERSON SPEAKERS AND 18 REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. EACH SPEAKER HAS
ONE MINUTE AND WE START WITH
THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS?
>> THE PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED
IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN
SETS OF 10 IN PERSON IN 10
REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT OF
THEIR TIME AND THE MICROPHONES
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T
END THEM WITHIN THE ALLOTTED
TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL THE
NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST IN
PERSON SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE
FIRST SPEAKER IS COMING UP.
>> HELLO. I AM A HOMEOWNER FOR
35 YEARS NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS
OF DISTRICTS 4, 5, AT 6.
STEPHEN WELL THIS WAS A MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGIST WALKING ON THE
SIDEWALK ON AURORA ON HIS WAY
TO WORK WHEN A SPEEDING CAR
JUMPED THE CURB AND KILLED HIM.
A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN SIX PEOPLE
WERE KILLED ON SEATTLE STREETS.
FOR EVERY DEAF, THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF TRAFFIC INJURIES
RANGING FROM MINOR INJURIES
THROUGH LIFE-THREATENING
EVENTS. THESE ARE NOT ACCIDENTS
AND THEY COME AS A DIRECT
RESULT OF THE CITIES CHOICES
AND YOUR DECISIONS PRIOR TO
DRIVERS CONVENIENCE OVER ALL
OTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SIR, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU. IF YOU DO HAVE
WRITTEN COMMENTS, YOU COULD
SUBMIT THOSE FOR THE RECORD AND
WE SUBMIT THAT AND WE
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KIRK AND
THE FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE
PARKER DAWSON.
>> HELLO. PRESIDENT NELSON AND
MEMBERS OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE, AND CHAIR SAKA. I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR HARD WORK AND THOUGHTFUL
AMENDMENTS YOU HAVE ADDED TO
THIS LEVY PROPOSAL. WE HOPE YOU
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH THE EQUITY TEAM FROM SDOT
AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR WORK AND
WHAT IT'S MEANT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE SAFETY
PROGRAM. WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
THE AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES TO RESTORE FUNDING TO
THIS PROGRAM AND AS YOU KNOW
THIS IS AN EVOLUTION OF THE
POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET
FUND PROGRAM CRAFTED TO ENSURE
COMMUNITIES OF ALL KINDS HAVE
ACCESS TO THE PRAXIS AND --
PROCESS AND SUPPORT OF SDOT AND
WE INCREASE FUNDING FOR
SIDEWALKS, VISION ZERO,
SAFEHOUSES AND KEY EQUITY
PROGRAMS AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH YOU ON SHAPING THIS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PARKER
DAWSON AND FOLLOWED BY THAT IS
TYLER BLACKWELL.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING SO
MANY AMENDMENTS AND SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PACKAGE FOR
TRANSPORTATION. I AM BEHALF OF
THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
AND HERE TO IMPRESS I HOPE A
CORE VALUE TO HELP CARRY
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
PROCESS WHICH IS HELPING TO
INVEST BOLDLY IN THE BOLDING --
BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE AND
STRUCTURE LIKE SIDEWALKS AND
NOT BE INVESTIGATING NEW
OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES IN
THEIR PLACE AND IF CURRENT
POLICIES HOLD, CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW HOUSING WILL CONTINUE TO
BEAR AN OUTSIDE ROLE ON NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE SDOT WORKS
TO BUILD SPORADIC AND TEMPORARY
FIXES AND WHILE BUILDERS HAVE
PROUDLY IN THE PAST STEP UP TO
BUILD THIS NEED I HOPE YOU CAN
RECOGNIZE THE CLEAR NEXUS
BETWEEN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TYLER
BLACKWELL AND FOLLOWED BY THAT
IS BRITNEY .
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
TYLER BLACKWELL AND I'M THE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FOR THE
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND
HERE TO REITERATE OUR SUPPORT
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FREE
PROGRAM AND CURRENT WE THEY
ONLY HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES SERVING
IN THE DEPARTMENT AND ONE FOCUS
SOLELY ON RAIL AND THE OTHER
FOCUSED ON MAKING FREIGHT
IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY WHICH MEANS THERE ARE ONLY
TWO PEOPLE TO OVERSEE A COMPLEX
NETWORK THAT UNDERPINS OUR
ECONOMY AND OUR CITY OPERATIONS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE FREIGHT
ELEMENTS WHICH MEANS THERE ARE
ONLY TWO PEOPLE TO USHER IN THE
GOALS AND IMPLEMENT THEM. WE
ARE JUST HERE TO REITERATE OUR
SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IF YOU NEED IDEAS FOR WHAT
THOSE PROGRAMS COULD BE FUNDED
FOR WITHIN THAT ELEMENT, WE DO
HAVE MANY IDEAS. PLEASE COME
TALK TO US. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRITNEY
AND FOLLOWED BY THAT WILL BE
CHRIS.
>> I AM THE DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT
AND A NON-DRIVER AND I HATE
THAT TERM BECAUSE IT STILL
FOCUSES AROUND CARS AND I AM
CONSIDERED TO BE A PERMANENT
PEDESTRIAN. IN ORDER FOR THIS
LEVY TO WORK WE HAVE TO
PRIORITIZE WALKING, ROLLING,
BIKING AND TRANSIT WHICH IS THE
ONLY WAY WE WILL MEET VISION
ZERO AND TO KEEP FOCUSING THE
CITY AROUND CARS AND THE PEOPLE
IN CARS DRIVING CARS AND IT
WILL KEEP MAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUTSIDE OF CARS AT RISK. I DO
LIKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT PUT
FOCUSES ON SIDEWALKS AND REPAIR
FOCUSING ON TRANSIT AND BIKE
PLANES BUT SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS GETTING RID OF THE
GREENWAYS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS
THAT FOCUS ON PUTTING MORE
MONEY TOWARDS PAVING PROJECTS
WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE THINGS
AROUND THE PROJECTS LIKE THE
SIDEWALKS, THE BIKE LANES IN
THE TRANSIT IN THE AREA FEEL TO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T IN THE CARS IN THAT
AREA. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AS
YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
LEVY. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
CHRIS PULL AND I LIVE IN
CENTRAL SEATTLE AND DISTRICT 3
AND I AM A NURSE PRACTITIONER
WORKING IN PRIMARY CARE AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND I
REGULARLY COUNCIL MY PATIENTS
ON CHRONIC DISEASE TO BE MORE
ACTIVE WHICH MEANS BIKING TO
THE GROCERY STORE, WALKING TO
THE BUS STOP OR WALKING KIDS TO
SCHOOL. I ENCOURAGE MY PATIENTS
TO TREAT THEIR CHRONIC DISEASE
BY ENGAGING IN A HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE AND NOT JUST RELYING
ON MEDICATION ALONE BUT WHEN I
READ THAT EIGHT PEOPLE DIED IN
THE PAST MONTH IN OUR STREETS ,
I HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO
QUESTION IF MY RECOMMENDATION
TO WALK OR BIKE OR TAKE TRANSIT
IS DOING THE BEST FOR MY
PATIENTS. WE SEE FROM RESEARCH
THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 1.5
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN
ADEQUATE LEVELS OF PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY AND .75 LESS LIKELY TO
HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS RELATED
TO A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE. I
VOTE FOR A LEVY THAT INVEST
MORE IN SIDEWALK AND SAFETY AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
MAKING A SAFER CITY TO THRIVE
IN AND NOT JUST TO DRIVE IN.
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS NICHOLAS ATTALI FOLLOWED BY
BREE KIRKWOOD.
>> I AM A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT
AND I SUPPORT THE LEVY AND
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE MAJORITY
IN SEATTLE ALSO SUPPORT A MORE
LARGER LEVY WHICH MEANS WE ARE
LEAVING A LOT OF MONEY IN THE
TABLE THAT WE COULD BE USING
FOR ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS
FOR BIKING, WALKING AND ROLLING
AND THIS IS AT A TIME WHEN TWO
THIRDS OF OUR MISSIONS COME
FROM TRANSPORTATION AND WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO RADICALLY
TRANSFORM WE GET AROUND AND
MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND
ACHIEVE VISION ZERO GOALS BUT
THIS LEVY EVEN WITH THE
AMENDMENTS REPRESENTS A 13%
REDUCTION IN ANNUAL TRANSIT
SPENDING AND THE LAST ONE WE
WERE FOLLOWED UPGRADES AND
PROMISED RADICAL TRANSFORMATION
TO GET AROUND AND WE ARE
CUTTING THE TRANSIT BUDGET
WHICH IS BAD FOR CLIMATE GOALS
AND LIVABILITY GOALS AND BAD
FOR VISION ZERO. PLEASE VOTE
FOR AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR BLOCKING
-- WALKING, BIKING AND PLEASE
HELP US REACH THESE GOALS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BREE
KIRKWOOD AND THEN CECILIA
BLACK.
>> HELLO. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3
AND ONE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR INCLUDING A
LIST OF PROJECTS IN THE
AMENDMENT AND A FEW WEEKS AGO I
CAME UP HERE IN ASKED YOU ALL
THE TAX ME MORE AS A HOMEOWNER
AND AM DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU
ARE NOT DOING THAT AND THE
AMENDMENTS I HAVE SEEN, WHILE
THEY EMPHASIZE MANY OF THE
THINGS WE CARE ABOUT LIKE
VISION ZERO AND NEIGHBORHOOD
INSPIRED IMPROVEMENTS, SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THEY SEEM TO
BE PITTING THOSE REALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AGAINST EACH
OTHER. THE TRUTH IS WE SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE OR DO THAT
BETWEEN BUILDING OR REPAIRING
SIDEWALKS AND THERE IS NO
CEILING. THAT ISN'T A CEILING
ON THE LEVY AND WE KNOW THAT
THE VOTERS AND WE ASKED TO FUND
THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT TO
PICK AND CHOOSE AMONG THESE.
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS CECILIA BLACK AND FOLLOWING
THAT WILL BE CARLO
>> HELLO MY NAME IS CECILIA
BLACK AND YOU HAVE CALLED FOR A
ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT
AND WE ARE ON A TIMELINE. WE
NEED A BIGGER LEVY. AND WE KNOW
THAT OUR PROGRAM MEETS MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AND WE WORKED WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WE WERE
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE
MAJORITY OF THE $5 MILLION
WOULD ALSO BE ALLOCATED FOR
FULL-TIME STAFF FOR A
MUCH-NEEDED SIDEWALK PROGRAM
AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO
RESTORE IT TO THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
TO FOCUS ON BRIDGES AND
SIDEWALKS AND THE TASK COURSE
WASN'T INTENDED TO SOLVE THE
BUDGET AND THIS IS WHAT THE
LEVY PROCESS IS FOR. AND
REPURPOSE THING FOCUSING ON
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS DOESN'T --
WILL RE-CREATE THE PROCESS FOR
MANY PROJECTS ARE FIGHTING FOR
FUNDS AND BRIDGES WILL BE PUT
FROM THE BACK BURNER.
>> THE LAST IN SPARKING -- IN
PERSON SPEAKER.
>> HELLO PACK I AM A D5
RESIDENT AND VOLUNTEER WITH
THIS COALITION AND ASKING FOR A
BIGGER LEVY AND POLLING SHOWS
THAT SUPPORT WITH THE LEVY. AND
THE AD TO BUMP IT UP AND THIS
IS ONLY 44% OF THE LEVY
CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO FUND
THIS BIKING WALKING AND TAKING
TRANSIT WHICH IS STILL 56%
PRIORITIZING CARS AND IT IS A
REFLECTION BASICALLY TO
CONTINUE TO INVEST EQUITABLY IN
CAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND GETTING
AROUND BY CARS AND NOT WITH THE
SAFETY OF THOSE WHO ARE WALKING
OR ROLLING OR BIKING OR TAKING
PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND AT THE
MOMENT WE HAVE THESE
INVESTMENTS. WE NEED THOSE FOR
BICYCLES AS WELL AND SET OF
COPS ON BUSES AND MORE POLICE
POLICING ARE TRANSIT IN RAILS.
>> WE ARE MOVING TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS. SO THE FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER FOR THIS SET IS CHRIS
WOODWARD AND THEY ARE REMINDED
TO PLEASE PRESS THE * AND THE
NUMBER SIX MAX ONCE YOU HAVE
HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED. CHRIS WOODWARD?
>> GOOD MORNING. I REPRESENT
THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE
LOCATED IN DISTRICT 1. TODAY A
COMMENT AS IT RELATES TO
ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR $3
MILLION TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL
NEED OF STREET WHILE REPAIRS
WITHIN PIONEER SQUARE AND AS
YOU ALL MOVE TOWARD A FINAL
LEVY PROPOSAL THEY URGE YOU TO
CONSIDER INCREASING THE FUNDING
TO $10 MILLION TO ADEQUATELY
PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A LONG-TERM
REMEDIATION OF THE HISTORIC
STREET WALLS AND THE CITY'S
JURISDICTION AND THE CITY HAS
RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF A
SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS
THESE VULNERABILITIES FOR
DECADES BUT HAS NOT DESIGNATED
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO ENSURE
AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE. THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL TO
THE LIFE AND MUST BE ADDRESSED
AND IT REQUIRES A NUANCED
APPROACH AND AS YOU CONSIDER
AND WE CONSIDER YOU TO DO THIS.
>> THE NEXT SMOKE SPEAKER IS BJ
LASSEN FOLLOWED BY THAT WILL BE
AN HE -- THE SUN
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM A
HOMEOWNER AND I SUPPORT A
BIGGER LEVY OF 1.7 BILLION THAT
INVEST MORE IN SIDEWALK AND
SAFETY AND HONESTLY I DON'T
SUPPORT THIS CURRENT SMALL LEVY
THAT PRIORITIZES CAR FUNDING AS
THE MAJORITY OF IT. I AM A
NON-DRIVER LIKE MANY PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE AND INVESTING THIS MUCH
IN CAR INFRASTRUCTURE MAKES US
LESS SAFE AND CARS ARE LOOKING
AT FATALITY NUMBERS THAT ARE
HIGH. WE FOCUS ON SAFETY FOR
PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING AND
ROLLING AROUND THE CITY AND
ALSO SEEKING TRANSIT I WANT TO
ADDRESS TRANSIT SAFETY AND THE
ISSUE WITH THIS IS GETTING THE
BUS STOP AND CURRENTLY I HAVE
TO EITHER MAKE IT ACROSS A
FAIRLY BUSY STREET OR I HAVE TO
GO A HALF MILE OUT OF THE WAY
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE AND
SAFETY IS GETTING LIGHTING OR
CROSSINGS BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS
ARE ALSO IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT REMOTE
SPEAKER PLEASE.
>> YOU CAN TRY PRESSING * 6
AGAIN.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> SORRY. THANK YOU. I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3 MAC AND
CALLING TO EXPRESS FOR A LARGER
LEVY AND AS A VOTER $1.7
BILLION LEVY AND FREQUENTLY I
HEAR FROM OTHER FELLOW CITIZENS
OF SEATTLE FOR A BETTER MORE
RELIABLE IF BIKING WERE NOT AS
DANGEROUS AND MORE WELCOMING.
THESE SENTIMENTS AND I URGE THE
COUNCIL TO ENDORSE A LARGER
LEVY TO MEET THESE GOALS
ALIGNING WITH THE INTEREST OF
THE VOTERS. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
READ HAMPTON AND FOLLOWED BY
JULIA BUCK.
>> I AM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT
6 AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND HERE I SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT AND
IT IS A CAVEAT THAT IT
PRIORITIZES THIS AND
SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTING
IMPROVEMENTS AND TARGETS THIS
AND MY ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT
SHOULDN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE
OF OTHER LEVY PRIORITIES LIKE
SIDEWALKS AND I ENCOURAGE THIS
TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE
AN WITHOUT SACRIFICING OTHER
PRIORITIES BY INCREASING THE
SIZE OF THIS LEVY. AND THIS IS
FOR THAT LEVY. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR AMAZING WORK
>> THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
JULIA BUCK AND FOLLOWED BY THAT
>> GOOD MORNING AND I AM A
HOMEOWNER AND CONSISTENT VOTER
IN DISTRICT 6 AND VOTE TO UP
THE $1.7 BILLION LEVY FOR.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN SIDEWALK
IF 50% OF IT GOES TO NOT CARS.
AND THERE OTHER THINGS TO
CONSIDER AND I UNDERSTAND HE
DOESN'T WANT TO BRAND IT AS A
CUT BUT IT IS A REDUCTION FOR
THE 15.5 MILLION ON EQUITY
FOCUSED NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS
AND THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE
50% OF THIS ARE IN DISTRICT 2.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
HAVE TO CHOOSE FOR THIS FOR'S
KIDS AND SAFE ROUTES FOR THOSE
GOING PLACES OTHER THAN SCHOOLS
AND SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN
THE LAST WEEK OF MAY IN SEATTLE
WITH THREE OF THEM WALKING AND
PROBABLY NOT TO SCHOOL SINCE
WHERE THEY WERE OVERBUILT. THEY
SHOULDN'T ACCEPT PEDESTRIAN
DEATH. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
UP.
>> GOOD MORNING. I LIVE AND
WORK HERE AND WE HAVE WITNESSED
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS IN A TWO-WEEK PERIOD
AND THESE WEREN'T ACCIDENTS OR
OUTLIERS AND IT HAPPENED ON THE
ARTERIALS WE KNOW TO BE THE
MOST DANGEROUS FOR VULNERABLE
ROAD USERS AND I URGE THE
COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE FUNDING
AND INSURE 50% OF THE CURRENT
44% IS ALLOCATED IN MAKING
WALKING AND BIKING TRANSIT SAFE
AND A BUDGET IS A REFLECTION OF
THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND
VISION ZERO MUST BE REFLECTED
IN THE BUDGET AND ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO ENSURE MULTI MODAL
CROSSINGS OF THE SHIP CANAL ARE
DRESSED AND SPECIFICALLY THE
BALLARD BRIDGE HAS TO BE SAFER
PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING AND
IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED WITH
SAFE OPTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR
WORKING TO RE-SURE -- MAKE SURE
WE HAVE THIS.
>>
>> THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROBIN
A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6 MAC
AND I AM CALLING ON BEHALF OF A
GROUP OF MORE THAN 1000 LOCAL
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHO
SUPPORT SAVING THE KING COUNTY
METRO BUS LINE NUMBER 20 WHICH
IS CURRENTLY SLATED TO BE
DISCONTINUED LATER THIS YEAR
AND THIS GOES TO THE COMMENTS
EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT NOT
ERODING PUBLIC TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE AND DON'T ALLOW
METRO TO CREATE THIS SEPARATE
WHERE THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY
WORKING AND THIS IS RELEVANT
TODAY'S AGENDA BECAUSE IF IT
IS DISCONTINUED AND WE WILL
REQUEST FUNDING TO ADD IT BACK
IN AND IT DIRECTLY IS RELEVANT
TO THE TRANSIT CONCERNS. THIS
CONNECTS THE NORTH-SOUTH
CORRIDOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT STATION. THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING. WE DO
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS
TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND I AM
CALLING TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON TO BE DIRECTED TO THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT PROJECT
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND THIS
PROVIDES LEADERSHIP TO MANAGE
PROGRAMS, FUNDRAISING AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND
EXPERIENCE AND STEWARDSHIP OF
THE SPACE NOW AND FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME AND AFTER
15 YEARS IN THE MAKING
WATERFRONT PARK IS PREPARING
FOR ITS GRAND OPENING EARLY
NEXT YEAR THE PART OF THIS
PROJECT FOR ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE AND
REGIONAL VISITORS IS ITS CARE
TO BE PUT TO THE HIGHEST
STANDARD AND PLEASED TO BE
PARTNERING WITH THE SEATTLE
CENTER WITH MAINTENANCE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY AND IS PROVIDING
THE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS A POSITIVE PARK EXPERIENCE
BUT THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT
PARALLELED THIS SPACE MANAGED
AND WE BELIEVE IN SUPPORT
RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER BUT WE ALSO REALLY
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT OF
DOLLARS TO BE DIRECTED TO THE
WATERFRONT PROJECT TO MAKE SURE
--
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT REMOTE
SPEAKER IS SHARON IN THE FINAL
REMOTE SPEAKER FOR THIS SET IS
ETHAN CAMPBELL. SHARON?
>> GOOD DAY, CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I AM A COMMUNITY
MEMBER WITH PW AND WE SUPPORT
THE $41 MILLION INVESTMENT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE
MAYOR'S LEVY PROPOSAL AND IF
THERE COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS
WITH THE AMENDMENT I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER --
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO
REINSTATE THE ORIGINAL 41
MILLION AS WELL AS VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH TO MEET AND THE
MORE WE PARTNER THE MORE WE CAN
IMPROVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
WE WORK TO ENSURE
TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES AND
DECISIONS REFLECT A DIVERSE
NEED AND VALUES OF COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR AND AFTER EXPRESSING
OUR CONCERNS AT THE PREVIOUS
TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
THROUGH PUBLIC COMMITMENT AND
TWO LETTERS, WE ARE
DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF
COMMITMENT WITH THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE THAT
IS PART OF THE LOW INCOME WITH
IMMIGRANTS AND AGING
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE FINAL REMOTE
SPEAKER IS ETHAN CAMPBELL.
>> HELLO. PLEASE FULLY FUND
THIS BECAUSE COMMUNITIES NEED A
VOICE IN IMPROVING NEW
CROSSWALKS WHERE THEY ARE
NEEDED MOST AND THIS HAS LONG
BACKLOGS WITH PROJECTS THAT
WERE NEVER FUNDED AND THIS
WOULD USE A SAFETY AND A THE
LENS TO PRIORITIZE PROPOSALS
THAT WOULD BE WORTH EVERY PENNY
AND SECOND, PLEASE SUPPORT
AMENDMENTS TO FILL GAPS IN THE
NETWORK INCLUDING THESE FROM
MADISON TO THE BRIDGE BUT
ADDING THE $20 MILLION AND ALSO
URGENT AMENDMENT ADDING BIKE
LANES FROM BROADWAY TO ROANOKE
AND THESE ARE VITAL CONNECTIONS
AND LASTLY I HOPE YOU ADD
LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THERE IS
FUNDING TOWARD THE ENFORCEMENT
NOR GOES TO WASTE BY
DUPLICATING THESE PROGRAMS AND
IN SUMMARY WE DO SUPPORT
AMENDMENTS FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO INCREASE THE
LEVY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATIVE SAFETY PROJECTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> WE ARE SWITCHING BACK TO IN
PERSON SPEAKERS AND THE FIRST
IN S -- IN PERSON SPEAKER IS
STEVE AND THEN HOLDEN.
>> HELLO, AGAIN AND I REMIND
YOU THAT AURORA IS A STATE
HIGHWAY. AND CUTTING THE LANES
IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF THE
FOLKS AROUND AND YOU MAY HAVE
FEWER ACCIDENTS ON AURORA AND
YOU CAN SPREAD THEM AROUND. AND
WITH THE VISION OF THIS
SO-CALLED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM,
I THINK YOU MAY BE IN A LITTLE
TROUBLE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. I
AGAIN WAS ON MADISON SINCE I
WAS LAST WITH YOU AND I HAVE
SEEN RESULTS OF THE GREATNESS.
VISION ZERO, I DON'T THINK WAS
MISNAMED. WHAT IS VISION ZERO?
I THINK IT IS BLINDNESS. I DO
REMEMBER IN LOGIC CLASS THEY
TAUGHT US THAT IF YOU ACCEPT MY
GIVEN YOU ACCEPT MY CONCLUSIONS
AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS NOT
JUST A MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL AND
THIS IS A REDO SEATTLE IN AN
IMAGE I AM NOT --
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS HOLDEN AND FOLLOWED BY THAT
WILL BE --
>> I RECENTLY FINISHED WALKING
ACROSS AMERICA AND OVER THE
COURSE THE MOST DANGEROUS THING
I DEALT WITH WITH CARS AND ONCE
I HEARD ABOUT THIS AND ITS
PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING HERE I
HAD TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT IT.
I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO
SUPPORT THE LEVY THAT SUPPORTS
WALKING AND BIKING IN TRANSIT
ESPECIALLY WITH SAFETY AND ANY
TIME WAS DOING THAT ALWAYS A
PLACE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST
DANGEROUS. AND JUST LIKE
SEATTLE IT'S A SAFE PLACE AND
HIGHWAYS AS WELL. SO THE SUN
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS MADELEINE AND THEN KATIE.
>> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
DISTRICT 6 MAC AND CURRENTLY
LIVING IN DISTRICT 3 WORKING IN
DISTRICT 4. AND I DON'T OWN A
CAR AND I RELY ON TRANSIT AND
BIKING AND WALKING TO GET
AROUND. I AM A VOTER AND VOTE
FOR A LEVY THAT INVESTS MORE IN
SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY AND THIS
WILL HAVE HUGE IMPACTS ON MY
MOBILITY, SAFETY, AND QUALITY
OF LIFE AND THOSE CALLING FOR
50% OF LEVY FUNDING DEDICATED
TOWARD MULTIMODAL INVESTMENTS
RATHER THAN INVESTING FURTHER
AND I COMMEND THE CHAIRS
AMENDMENT OF ADDING FUNDING TO
THIS PACKAGE AND VOICE MY
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BIKE
LANES AND SUPPORT OTHER
AMENDMENTS THAT INCREASE
FUNDING AND WALKING WITH
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE
THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THAT IN ADDITION FOR THE
PRACTICAL NEEDS OF GETTING
AROUND THE CITY WITHOUT A CAR
TO BUILDING AND MAINTAINING
ROADS -- NEVERMIND. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE
AND FOLLOWED BY THAT IS CLARA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND COUNCIL CHAIR AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS KATIE
AND I LEAD MLK LABOR AND
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF
WORKERS AND UNIONS HERE IN THE
COUNTY AND HERE TO EXPRESS OUR
SUPPORT FOR A $1.7 BILLION LEVY
AND WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE MAYOR'S STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS AND VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WEIGH IN TO HIS PROPOSAL AND I
WANT TO ELEVATE HERE TODAY THAT
WE ARE PARTICULARLY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE AMENDMENT
BY CHAIR SAKA TO ADD $10
MILLION FOR EV INFRASTRUCTURE
AND BY 2035 THERE WILL BE A
MANDATE OF NO MORE GAS POWERED
VEHICLES. WE ARE WOEFULLY
UNPREPARED FOR THE TRANSITION
AND WE NEED TO BEGIN MAKING
THOSE UPGRADES NOW AND THE
MEMBER SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS TO
BRIDGES AND TRANSIT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND REPAVING THE
ROAD SO WE CAN GET TO WORK AND
DO OUR JOBS AND SERVE THIS
CITY. THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
AND FOLLOWED BY THAT IS LEE
LAMBERT.
>> HELLO. I AM IN ORGANIZE WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND A
MEMBER OF WHOSE STREETS ARE
STREETS AND THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO YOU TODAY SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ASK
YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE MOVING FUNDING FROM THE
POLICE ON TRANSIT TO VISION
ZERO AND AS A REGULAR TRANSIT
RIDER, BY FAR THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF ANY TRIP I AM
TAKING IS CROSSING THE STREET
TO GET TO THE BUS STOP. IT IS
EVERY SINGLE TIME. WE RELEASED
EXTENSIVE REPORTS LAST YEAR ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
OVERWHELMINGLY THE COMMUNITY
ISN'T INTERESTED IN REACTIVE
SOLUTIONS AND WE WANT PROACTIVE
SOLUTIONS SUCH AS VISION ZERO
AND STREET SAFETY. ALSO, WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE AUSTERITY BUDGETING
IN THIS PROPOSAL AND ASK YOU TO
MAKE YOUR AMENDMENTS ADDITIVE.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN EQUITY FOCUSED SAFETY
PROGRAMS AND SAFE ROUTES
WALKING TO SCHOOL OR BIKE
ROUTES OR KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE
WHEN BIKING OR PUBLIC SPACE. WE
COULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LEE
LAMBERT FOLLOWED BY GORDON.
>> GOOD MORNING. AND THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CASCADE
BICYCLE CLUB AND THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE AMENDMENTS AND THE PACKAGE.
THIS IS BIG BUT NOT FLASHY AND
PROVIDES BASIC FOR THEM TO GET
AROUND MORE EASY AND SAFER AND
AFFORDABLY. WE SPECIFICALLY
APPRECIATE THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENT TO
INCREASE FOR $20 MILLION TO
INCREASE THE PROGRAM IN SOUTH
SEATTLE SPECIFICALLY AND THE
AMENDMENT TO IMPROVE THIS AND
MARKET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND
THE $7 MILLION FOR SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL AND THE 12th AVENUE
BIKE LANE. WE DO UNDERSTAND YOU
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTMENTS
AND AFFECTED DISTRICTS AT THE
SAME TIME THAT WE CONNECT ALL
DISTRICTS IN SOME DISTRICTS --
THE LEVY MAKES IT EQUITABLE IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
BUILDING TRUST IN THESE
COMMUNITIES AND WE SUPPORT
THESE THAT INCREASE SAFETY --
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS GORDON FOLLOWED BY CAT.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TALKING
ABOUT THIS AT THE TOP AND IT IS
A GREAT QUOTE AND WE HAVE TO
MOVE TO GET VISION ZERO TRAFFIC
FATALITIES AND INJURIES DOWN IN
THE LAST FIVE DAYS THERE HAVE
BEEN FIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT
WE KNOW ABOUT AND THERE COULD
BE MORE IN THE DATA IS
PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT BUT
TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE
WALKING IN ONE OF THOSE PERSONS
WAS RIDING A MOTORCYCLE AND ONE
WAS RIDING A SCOOTER AND ONE
WAS DRIVING AND IN THE END IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MODE THEY
WERE TAKING AND WE HAVE A DUTY
TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS
HOME SAFELY TO THEIR LOVED ONES
AND APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
INITIAL AMENDMENTS ON SAFETY
AND OTHER COMMENTERS HAVE SAID
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE
ADDITIVE AMENDMENTS AND THERE
IS AN APPETITE FOR MOTORISTS TO
GO BIGGER AND THERE IS MORE
RISK TO BEING MEEK THAN BOLD AS
I EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT. AS YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS THINK ABOUT
BEING ADDITIVE AND GETTING
VISION ZERO BACK ON TRACK.
>> THE FINAL IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS KAT MUNSON.
>> HELLO. GREETINGS. I AM THE
POLICY AND CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATE
AT REAL CHANGE AND HERE IN
BEHALF OF ONE OF OUR VENDORS
AUSTIN ELLIS WHO COULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY. AUSTIN IS CURRENTLY
ON HOUSED WITH ALL OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT HE DEPENDS ON
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO I'LL
DO MY BEST TO TELL HIS STORY
THAT HE HAS SHARED WITH ME AND
WITH CECILIA. EARLIER THIS YEAR
HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO A BUS STOP
WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A BROKEN
SIDEWALK AND BROKE HIS FOOT AND
NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER IN A
DIFFERENT SPOT DOWNTOWN HE
TRIPPED ON THE DIFFERENT BROKEN
SIDEWALK AND BROKE THE SAME
FOOT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE, A BROKEN FOOT
IS DETRIMENTAL TO HIS LIFE AND
LIVELIHOOD AS SOMEBODY WHO IS
UNHOUSED. THIS STORY I THINK
VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATES HOW
CRITICAL IT IS TO PRIORITIZE
OUR CITIES BROKEN SIDEWALK
NETWORK. WE URGE YOU TO DO THAT
AND INCREASE THE LEVY TO 1.7
BILLION OVERALL. THANK YOU.
>> MOVING BACK TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS. THE FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS KEVIN TROUT AND
FOLLOWED BY THAT IS --. IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE KEVIN'S
ONLINE. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER?
FOLLOWED BY HER WILL BE THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO
EXPRESS THE OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR $5
MILLION FOR LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION. THEY ARE TWO OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS OF HIGHEST RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT IN SEATTLE AND
IT'S A LONG AWAITED LIGHT RAIL
STATION AND THESE INVESTMENTS
ARE NEEDED AND TO ADOPT AND
IMPROVE RIDERSHIP AND
CONNECTIVITY THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. COMMUNITIES NEED
TO BE AT THE HOME OF PLANNING
AND STRATEGIES TO PLAN FOR
EXPANSION TO MAKE SURE THEY
WON'T BE DISPLACED AS A RESULT
OF THIS AND THE AMENDMENT BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL MAKE
IT POSSIBLE. THEY HAVE BEGUN
THIS PROCESS AND HE HAS STARTED
TO DO THIS BUT THERE IS MORE TO
BE DONE. AND THEY HAVE
SOLUTIONS BUT THEY NEED
RESOURCES TO PURSUE IT AND WE
WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR A
LEVY THAT BUILDS AS MANY AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER
IS RAMIRO -- RAMIREZ. MARIA,
TRY PRESSING THE * AND THE
NUMBER SIX MAC AGAIN. WE CAN
HEAR YOU NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.
THIS IS MARIA RAMIREZ AND
DISTRICT 1 AND I WANTED TO STEP
BACK AND GIVE A BIG PICTURE
CONTEXT FOR SO MANY OF US ON
THE CALL WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THE CLIMATE GLOBAL DISASTER WE
ARE FACING AND TRANSPORTATION
CONTRIBUTING TO 60% OF THIS. WE
ARE NOT GETTING ON OUR BIKES
AND WALKING FOR THE HECK OF IT
AND WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE WE
KNOW THERE IS AN OPTION TO
GETTING IN OUR CAR AND WE HAVE
TO GET OUT OF THIS CULTURE
WHERE CAR IS KEY AND PEOPLE ARE
KEY. WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO
WALK OUR STREETS AND NOT WORRY
ABOUT GETTING ASTHMA OR COPD
FROM POLLUTANTS AND WE NEED TO
FIND A BETTER WAY FOR SEATTLE
TO SURVIVE CLIMATE CHANGE AND
SOME ROADS MAY NOT NEED FREIGHT
MOVING ON IT AND WE WOULD LIKE
YOU TO CONSIDER THAT AND WE
NEED TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE FOR
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
AND WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE
LEAVE THEM. THANK YOU. THE NEXT
--
>> THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
JONATHAN GONZALES FOLLOWED BY
PAGE STEEL.
>> HELLO. I AM A HOMEOWNER AND
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 MAC AND
I WANT TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY BUT
I BELIEVE WOULD ACCOMPLISH
THOSE THAT DIRECT FUNDS AS THEY
PREPARE FOR LARGER LEVY AND NOW
CONCERNING EVERYBODY NOT JUST
DRIVERS. I DO SUPPORT A LARGER
LEVY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE WORK
ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. THE FINAL REMOTE
SPEAKER, AND I BELIEVE FINAL
PUBLIC COMMENT OR IS PAGE
STEEL.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO
SAY THAT I WOULD VOTE FOR A
$1.7 BILLION LEVY THAT
PRIORITIZES SIDEWALKS AND
SAFETY AND I AM A RESIDENT IN
ONE OF THE 40% OF THOSE IN
SEATTLE WHO RELY ON TRANSIT AND
BICYCLES AND I AM LUCKY TO HAVE
AN EXTENSIVE SIDEWALK NETWORK
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY ARE
NOT AND WE NEED MORE
INVESTMENTS AND WITH EIGHT
TRAFFIC DEATHS IN THE LAST SIX
WEEKS WE FACE AN UNACKNOWLEDGED
STATE OF EMERGENCY AND WE NEED
MORE SIDEWALKS AND URGENT
SAFETY MEASURES ON THE MOST
DANGEROUS STREET. AND WE HAVE
TO SHIFT TO LONG-TERM PLANNING
THAT ALIGNS OUR CLIMATE GOALS
WITH THAT LEAST 50% OF THE LEVY
FUNDING WALKING, BIKING AND
TRANSIT INCLUDING $20 MILLION
FOR THE BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM.
THEY ARE CRITICAL AND PLEASE
SUPPORT A $1.7 BILLION LEVY.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS OUR FINAL PUBLIC
COMMENTOR.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
EVERYONE. THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE
OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MOVING
SPECIFICALLY TO THE FIRST ITEM
OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1,
COUNCIL BILL 120788 , AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION, FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU FOR PURPOSES OF
TODAY'S DISCUSSION. WE WILL
FIRST TAKE UP THE COUNCILMEMBER
AMENDMENTS BEGINNING WITH THE
CHAIRS AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
FOLLOWED BY THE VICE CHAIRS
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL
PROCEED TO INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBERS
AND DISTRICT NUMERICAL ORDER.
THE CENTRAL STAFF, CALVIN CHOW
HAS JOINED US AND WELCOME. HE
WILL WALK THROUGH EACH OF YOUR
DRAFT AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY
AND EACH COUNCILMEMBER WILL
THEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO IT. SO ALL OF THAT
SAID, I WOULD LIKE CALVIN TO
DESCRIBE THE COUNCILMEMBERS
PROPOSALS BEFORE HANDING THE
MICROPHONE OFF TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER TO
SPEAK TO THEIR OWN PROPOSALS IN
THEIR OWN WORDS. THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR JOINING US AT THE
TABLE. PLEASE SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ONE
AND ONCE READY TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES, LET'S GET STARTED.
>> GOOD MORNING. CALVIN CHOW
WITH CENTRAL STAFF. AS THE
CHAIR MENTIONED, I WILL GO
THROUGH THE COUNCILMEMBER
AMENDMENTS STARTING WITH THE
CHAIRS PACKAGE. I WILL BE
BRIEFLY SUMMARIZING THE EFFECT
OF THE PROPOSAL AND TURN IT
OVER TO THE SPONSOR TO SPEAK TO
THE AMENDMENT. THE CHAIRS
AMENDMENT IS LARGELY THE SAME
AS WAS PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE
TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THE
AMENDMENT WOULD INCREASE THE
SIZE OF THE LEVY BY $100
MILLION TO 1.55 BILLION. IT
ALSO MAKES A NUMBER SPENDING
BREAKDOWN REVISIONS INCLUDING
ADDING $7 MILLION FOR SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND 7 MILLION
FOR THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND
AND REDUCES 15.5 MILLION FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE
SAFETY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND
ADDING 6 MILLION FOR PASSENGER
SAFETY AND ADD 63 MILLION FOR
NEW SIDEWALKS. IT HAS 10
MILLION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING AND 20 MILLION FOR
FREIGHT. IT ALSO ADDS 1 MILLION
FOR AUDITING FOR THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES. IT ALSO ADDS 1.5
MILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. LASTLY,
IT MAKES SOME CLARIFICATIONS IN
TERMS OF HOW THE LEVY IS
STRUCTURED FOR SIDEWALK
SOLUTIONS AND DURABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS ONE
ITEM THAT IS NEW FROM LAST WEEK
IS ESTABLISHING AND A YEAR LEVY
APPROPRIATION FROM THE LEVY
PROCEEDS AND SIMILAR TO WHAT
SEATTLE DID AND THIS IS A NEW
PROPOSAL IN THIS VERSION OF THE
CHAIRS PACKAGE. THIS DOES
REESTABLISH THE CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AS A
MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND HAS THE
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR TWO
MEMBERS TO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND
IT CALLS OUT EVALUATION LEVY
PROGRAMS AND AUDITING AS THE
SCOPE OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. IT ALSO REQUIRES
DASHBOARD REPORTING OF LEVY
PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS
DONE FOR THE LEVY MOVED TO
SEATTLE AND ALSO HAS OTHERS AND
I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO THE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARITY,
PARTICULARLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING
ALONG WITH WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT. THIS IS THE UNDERLYING
LEVY LEGISLATION WHICH WILL BE
THE BASIS OF THE PACKAGE THAT
IS GOING TO GO BEFORE VOTERS
AND THERE IS A SEPARATE
GUIDANCE TYPE OF RESOLUTION AND
COMPANION RESOLUTION WHICH IS
ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE AGENDA
THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
SHORTLY. AND THE COMMITMENTS
AND DIRECTION CONTAINED IN THAT
INSTRUMENT AND LEGISLATIVE
INSTRUMENT WON'T GO BEFORE
VOTERS BUT WILL 100% GUIDE
IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT THIS
LEVY IS INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE
FROM THE COUNCILS PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE BUT
RELATED LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS
THAT COMPRISE COLLECTIVELY WHAT
IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE
CHAIRS PACKAGE. EACH AND EVERY
-- AGAIN, THE FIRST COMPONENT
OF WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE
BASIS OF WHAT THE PACKAGE THAT
WILL GO BEFORE VOTERS. RIGHT
NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING LEVY LEGISLATION IN
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR
INDIVIDUAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THAT IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE
INSTRUMENT. SO THE ONLY THING
THAT IS WORTH CALLING OUT AND
FLAGGING SPECIFICALLY HERE,
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES
MADE TO THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN
THE CHAIRS SUMMARY AND BEFORE
WE HAD WORDS COMMITTED TO PAPER
AND THE ACTUAL LEGISLATIVE
LANGUAGE AND TEXT WERE CALLED
DURING THE LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING. WHAT WE HAD AT THE
TIME WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE
AND THOUGHTFUL, THANK YOU,
CALVIN, SUMMARY MEMO THAT
CALLED OUT AND SUMMARIZED WHAT
IT IS INTENDED TO CAPTURE WITH
THE CHAIRS PACKAGE IS INTENDED
TO CAPTURE BUT BECAUSE OF ALL
THE COMPLEX AND NUANCED
FEATURES AND TERRIFIC IDEAS
CONTAINED IN THE CHAIRS
PROPOSED PACKAGE, WE NEEDED
SOME TIME TO FINALIZE THE WORDS
WHICH WE HAVE NOW AND AGAIN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW THE
UNDERLYING BASE LEGISLATION
THAT WILL GO BEFORE VOTERS THAT
THIS SORT OF KEY DELTA BETWEEN
WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE
SUMMARY MEMO VERSUS WHAT IS IN
THIS CASE THE UNDERLYING LEVY
LEGISLATION IS, AS CAL NOTED,
THE CHAIRS AMENDMENT NOW
SPENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL
11 CATEGORIES RATHER THAN JUST
THE FOUR CATEGORIES OR
SUBCATEGORIES THAT HAVE
REQUIRED SPENDING INCLUDED IN
THE ORIGINAL CHAIRS AMENDMENT
SUMMARY. THE RATIONALE FOR THIS
CHANGE IS IT NOW DIRECTLY MORE
COMPORTS WITH WHAT IS IN THE
LAST MOVE LEVY OR THE 2015
LEVY, I.E., SPENDING
REQUIREMENTS AND THAT LEVY FOR
THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT WERE
SET. THIS IS BASICALLY MATCHING
THAT. THIS APPROACH IS ALSO
STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IT ASSURES
THAT VOTERS WILL GET DELIVERED
WHAT THEY VOTED FOR AND AGAIN
THE KEY PURPOSE AND INTENT WITH
THIS TWEAK IS ACCOUNTABILITY TO
VOTERS. SO IT LEADS TO ANOTHER
POINT. A FEW OF OUR COLLEAGUES
LEAGUES DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY
ADD THEIR OWN CUSTOM BESPOKE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT WHICH
PERSONALLY AND SELFISHLY I
APPRECIATE TO HELP US MOVE
ALONG. BUT, REGARDLESS, THE
REASON WHY THERE IS BECAUSE
THEIR FEEDBACK WAS INCLUDED IN
THE BROADER CHAIRS AMENDMENT
AND PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
WOO PUSHED ME HARD AND FOUGHT
HARD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
STRONGER SUSTAINABILITY
INITIATIVES AND INVESTMENT IN
THE CHAIRS PACKAGE AND BETTER
MONEY AND MORE MONEY FOR
SIDEWALKS AND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE PUSHED HARD ON FREIGHT
AND CARGO INVESTMENTS. ALSO,
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED GOOD
GOVERNMENTS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD
ANYBODY TALK ABOUT GOOD
GOVERNMENTS MORE THAN MY
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF MAYBE THE
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT.
REGARDLESS, AND THEN OF COURSE
THROUGH SOME THOUGHTFUL
CONVERSATIONS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA , THAT IS
SOME OF THOSE OFF-LINE
CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU AND I
DIRECTLY HAD ARE THE REASON WHY
THAT I ADDED IT BECAUSE IT
ALLOWS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY
AND MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND YOU
ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT
VOTERS EXPECT THAT AND I
APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL
COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT SO
FAR AND WE DO HAVE SOME
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS AND THIS
IS THE CHAIRS PACKAGE AND I
THINK IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND
I CALLED OUT THE KEY
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS, THE
UNDERLYING TEXT REPRESENTING IN
THIS VERSUS WHAT WAS CALLED OUT
IN THE SUMMARY MEMO AND WE WILL
HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS TO SHARE
IN CONTEXT TO SHARE WITH
RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE
AGENDA THE COMPANION
RESOLUTION. BUT I DO GUESS FOR
NOW I WELCOME ANY COMMENTS FROM
QUESTIONS OF WHAT WAS IN THIS
CHAIRS PACKAGE FOR THE BASE
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO
MENTION BECAUSE I HAVEN'T
OFFERED ANY AMENDMENTS BUT I
APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION
AND I KNOW YOU INCLUDED THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE AND I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AS HE
SAID IN THE GOOD GOVERNMENTS --
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION IN INCLUDING THE
RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF YOUR
CHAIRS AMENDMENT AND IT IS VERY
MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU. AND YOU HELPED
CHAMPION SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ECHO
THE STATEMENTS OF COLLEAGUES
BECAUSE I HAVE REALLY
APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU SO
FAR AND FOUND IT TO BE
COLLABORATIVE AND TRANSPARENT.
AND ALSO VERY THOUGHTFUL. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. I DID HAVE ONE
QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION UNDER
SIDEWALKS WHICH IS HER FAVORITE
TOPIC AND IN LOOKING AT PAGE
43. YOU DO NOTE THAT YOU WANT
500 BLOCKS OF NEW SIDEWALKS ON
THE ALTERNATE WALKWAYS COMPLETE
OR IN CONSTRUCTION BY 2029. AND
I AM CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS
THE REQUEST AND I THINK IN MY
PROPOSAL AND IN SOME OF THE
OTHERS IT WAS 250 IN
CONSTRUCTION BY 2029.
>> GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU.
WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE
REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS AND IF I
RECALL CORRECTLY, BECAUSE WE
ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER
OR THE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS
AND WE MADE AN ADDED AT LEAST
AN X AMOUNT OF NEW SIDEWALKS
AND SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVES OR
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS OR
WHATEVER WE CALL IT. AND THAT
WAS INTENDED TO BE THE FLOOR
NOT THE CEILING BUT WE DID MAKE
SOME REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS ON
THE NUMBER AND DIDN'T TINKER
WITH THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSED
DATE OR GOAL WHICH WAS 2029 AS
YOU HAPPILY POINTED OUT.
>> IF I MAY, CHAIR, I THINK IT
IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS A BIT
OF A GUESSTIMATE AT THIS POINT
TO THE EXTENT THAT SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AND
RELOCATIONS HAVE DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS OF MONEY IT COSTS TO
DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. SO TO THE
EXTENT THERE ARE PROPOSALS THAT
IDENTIFY MORE SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE AN
IMPACT ON HOW FAR THE BUDGET
GOES. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING
WE WANT TO CHECK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AS WE GET TO THE
FINAL AMENDMENTS TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE ACTUAL PACKAGE THE
COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT WHAT THE
ACTUAL DELIVERABLES ARE THAT WE
GET FROM THAT BECAUSE IT WILL
BE DEPENDENT ON IF WE ARE MORE
PROGRAMMATIC OR MORE SPECIFIC.
>> THAT DOES MAKE SENSE.
WHATEVER THE INVESTMENT, THE
FINAL INVESTMENT AND AMOUNT AND
TOTAL FOR EACH OF THESE SORT OF
SUBCATEGORIES, WE WANT TO
PARTNER CLOSELY WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO FIGURE OUT A
REASONABLE NUMBER AND WE MADE
SOME REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME AND
EXPEDIENCY. BUT BECAUSE THIS
DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THE
ATTACHMENT A IS THE BASIS OF
THE COMMITMENTS WE ARE MAKING
TO VOTERS IF THEY APPROVE THIS
THING, WE WANT TO HAVE
REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE -- A
STRONGER BASIS FOR WHAT THOSE
INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE BASED OFF
OF THE FINAL INVESTMENT TOTAL.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, AND
YOUR COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
AND BY THE WAY, NOT JUST WITH
YOU BUT OTHER MEMBERS ON THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND VERY
IMPORTANT. AS THEY DID STATE
BEFORE, I DO DEFINITELY SUPPORT
THE SIDEWALKS PIECE AND I
SUPPORT THE VISION ZERO IN THE
VARIOUS PIECES TO THAT. I DO
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS YOU
MENTIONED MY SUPPORT FOR THE
FREIGHT PROGRAM AND IN GENERAL
FOR THESE ARTERIALS BECAUSE
THESE ARE USED FOR TRANSIT WITH
BUMPY POTHOLES AND ROADS AND
THEY WREAK HAVOC ON OUR METRO
BUSES AND I SEE THIS ALL THE
TIME AND IN ADDITION TO THE
FIRE ENGINES AND LADDER TRUCK
AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDER
VEHICLES. THIS DOES HAVE AN
IMPACT. IT ISN'T JUST IN
ISOLATION AND NOTHING IS JUST
IN ISOLATION. THESE DO REALLY
HELP PUBLIC TRANSIT AND IT ALSO
HELPS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
RESPONSES. IT IS KEY TO
WALKABLE CITIES AS WELL. IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR GOODS AND
SERVICES TO GET THERE AND WE
TALK ABOUT FOOD DESERTS AND
GROCERY STORES DISAPPEARING. IF
THEY ARE THERE BUT NOTHING ON
OUR SHELVES, YOU STILL HAVE A
FOOD DESERT SO WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT 15 MINUTE WALKABLE
CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT FREIGHT
AND GOODS AND SERVICES CAN MAKE
IT TO THE STORE SO PEOPLE CAN
WALK THERE AS OPPOSED TO
GETTING INTO THEIR VEHICLES AND
GETTING INTO A BIG BOX OR SOME
OTHER TYPE OF THING FURTHER
AWAY. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE
THIS OR PIECE WHERE THESE
PIECES NEED TO WORK TOGETHER
AND I THINK OUR FRIENDS
UNDERSTAND THAT. ALSO, I REALLY
APPRECIATE HER DISCUSSIONS ON
BRIDGES AND WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT A COMPLETE BRIDGE
APPROACH SO I LOOK TO THE
AMENDMENTS THAT DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE DOLLAR SIGNS
THAT SPEAK TO PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAYS ALONG BRIDGES AND
AGAIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT
IS A KEY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS
IF THE FIRST RESPONDERS CAN'T
RESPOND?'S IF THEY CAN'T GET
THERE, DOES IT COUNT AS A DEATH
IN ADDITION TO AN INDIVIDUAL
MAY BE STRUCK BY A VEHICLE? IF
SOMEBODY IS NEED -- MEETING AN
AMBULANCE IS THAT COUNTING? ALL
OF THESE THINGS PLAY TOGETHER.
ON THAT POINT, BY THE WAY WITH
THE DISTRICT FUNDING FOR ME, MY
PRIORITY WILL BE FOR PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT
CLEAR. LASTLY I DO APPRECIATE
YOUR POINTS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS
OVERSIGHT AND WORK WITH THIS
AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A WAY
THAT THE COMMITTEE IS
STRENGTHENED AND HAS THAT
ABILITY TO ENGAGE AND PROVIDE
THAT OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR
HELPING US DRAW THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN FREIGHT AND ARTERIALS
AND THE CITY AND WALKABLE CITY
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE LINKING
UP. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THE WALK
ABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO
MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE STRIVING
TOWARD IS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR
ALL OF US TO DO THAT. I
ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR
CALVIN. SO MUCH OF THE ENERGY
IS AROUND SIDEWALKS AND THERE
ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUCKETS
OF SIDEWALK OR THAT REFERS TO
SIDEWALKS. AM WONDERING IF YOU
CAN FOR US AND THE VIEWING
PUBLIC HELP US DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN NEW SIDEWALKS AND
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS OR THE
SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR LINE
ITEM AND THE SIDEWALK AND
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION LINE
ITEMS AND HOW ARE THOSE
DIFFERENT AND WHAT IS IT MEAN
TO BE MOVING MONEY BETWEEN
THOSE CATEGORIES RATHER THAN
CREATING LET'S SAY ONE
CATEGORY FOR THIS WORK?'S
>> THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS PROPOSAL
AND 126 MILLION IS FOR
FACILITIES WHERE THE MISSING
SIDEWALKS OR BLOCKS WHERE THEY
DON'T CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE
SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR LINE
ITEM FOR 19 MILLION IS THE LINE
ITEM TO REPAIR EXISTING
SIDEWALK DEFICIENCIES. THE $5
MILLION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN
THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL FOR AND
I AM SORRY I FORGET THE NAME
EXACTLY. BUT IT HAS BEEN
REVISED IN THE CHAIRS PACKAGE
TO BE DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
SOLUTIONS AND IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A PROGRAMMATIC SPENDING $5
MILLION INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE
WORK OF THE FINANCIAL TASK
FORCE TO LOOK AT FUTURE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIDEWALKS AND
BRIDGES AND IN THIS CASE
ADDITIONAL ROADS IN THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE AND ALSO FUND
PROGRAMMATIC SIDEWALK POLICY
ANALYSIS FOR SDOT POTENTIALLY
LEADING INTO OTHER WAYS OF
DEALING WITH ENFORCEMENT AND
OTHER ISSUES BUT NOT INTENDED
TO DELIVER CAPITAL PROJECTS
ITSELF.
>> CAN YOU THEN TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT AND I THINK WE HAVE
ALL HEARD A PROJECTION THAT IT
WOULD TAKE 400 YEARS OR
SOMETHING TO BUILD ALL THE
MISSING SIDEWALK IN THE CITY.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
THAT AIM TO AND I DON'T KNOW
IF IT IS TO COMPLETE THAT
PROCESS OR TO ACCELERATE THE
PACE OF PRODUCTION, BUT IT DOES
MAKE ME WONDER IF WE WILL
COMPLETE 500 BLOCKS IN THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS, HOW IS THAT
DIFFERENT FROM THE PACE WE DO
NOW. MY FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE NEED
FOR STAFFING AND RESOURCES IN
THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO
INCREASE THE PIECE OF
PRODUCTION BUT?
>> IT IS A HIGHER RATE OF THE
SIDEWALK DELIVERY THAN WE HAVE
DONE OVER THE LIFE OF THE
SEATTLE LEVY BUT THAT IS A LOW
BAR FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE
LOOKING TO COMPLETE 11,000
MISSING SIDEWALKS. I THINK THAT
IS PART OF THE REASON THERE IS
THIS IDEA OF HAVING A FINANCIAL
TASK FORCE TO LOOK FOR BICKEL
FINANCIAL -- BIGGER FINANCIAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO BEAR AND WHEN
IT COMES TO THE DELIVERY OF
SIDEWALKS, THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE FOCUS
WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO BID
OUT PUBLIC WORKS. WHEN THESE
GET LARGE ENOUGH, THESE
PROJECTS, WE GO TO THE
CONTRACTING COMMUNITY AND
HIGHER OUT THE WORK AS REQUIRED
BY STATE LAW AND DELIVERING
THIS AMOUNT OF SIDEWALKS
REQUIRES US TO IDENTIFY PROJECT
THAT CAN BE DELIVERED BY A
CONTRACTOR TO SCALE OR
OTHERWISE WE DON'T HAVE THE
STAFF TO DO THESE ONE-OFF OR
EFFICIENT TO DO THESE HERE AND
THEY ARE SO THERE HAS TO BE
SOME TYPE OF PRIORITIZATION AND
FOCUS IN CREATING BASICALLY A
PROJECT MANAGEMENT VIEW OF THIS
OF HOW WE DELIVER THIS THROUGH
OUR PROJECT DELIVERY.
>> I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS
ON FUTURE AMENDMENTS. BUT THIS
IS HELPFUL.
>> I WILL COMMENT. THAT FOR MY
OWN PERSPECTIVE DIRECTLY FROM
THE HORSES MOUTH SO TO SPEAK AT
LEAST ADDRESS PART OF YOUR
QUESTION THERE. WE
INTENTIONALLY MOVED THE TASK
FORCE OVER TO A NEW STAND-ALONE
CATEGORY BUT IT IS CURRENTLY
CALLED GOOD GOVERNANCE AND IT
COULD BE CALLED GOOD GOVERNANCE
OR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS OR --
IT IS A BRANDING LIKE EVERY
LAST ONE OF THESE CATEGORY
NAMES IS A BRANDING AND FRAMING
INTENDED TO ENCAPSULATE BUT
IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY A BRANDING
THING. THE IDEA IS WE NEED A
NEW PATHS OR TO CHART A NEW
PATH FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE
ONE. IN THIS TASK FORCE IS
IMPORTANT AND NOT THE ONLY BODY
OF WORK WITH DELIVERABLES AND
THEIR BODY OF WORK WHICH ISN'T
THE ONLY BUT AN IMPORTANT PIECE
IN HELPING US IDENTIFY A MORE
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO FUND
VERY URGENT AND IMPORTANT NEEDS
TO AVOID A SCENARIO WHERE IN
PART TO AVOID A SCENARIO WHERE
IF VOTERS PASS THIS ONE AND IT
EXPIRES AND IT IS UP TO RENEWAL
WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
$10 BILLION OR $15 BILLION LEVY
TO MEET THE NEEDS SO TO PUT US
AGAIN ON A MORE SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING PATH. WITH A VARIETY OF
DIVERSE FUNDING OPTIONS AND NOT
JUST LEVEES TO HELP MEET THE
VERY URGENT NEED. ALL RIGHT.
>> I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
RELATED TO THE SIDEWALKS
DELIVERY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE HE UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY
THAT PART OF THE SIDEWALK ISSUE
IS THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY BUILD THEM AND IF WE
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY UP THE
DEPARTMENT WE CONTRACT OUT WITH
PRIVATE AND ALL OF THAT SAID, I
THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT
THERE IS DIFFICULTY IN ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY BUILDING THOSE
SIDEWALKS IN THE TIMEFRAME
WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THEM
BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF
ACTUALLY HIRING FOLKS LIKE THE
NUMBER OF WORKERS WE HAVE
ACTUALLY WHETHER IT IS PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE TO DO THE WORK,
CORRECT?
>> THERE ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT
ISSUES BUT THEY ARE RELATED. IF
WE LOOK AT HOW WE DELIVERED
SIDEWALKS AND THE ABILITY TO
USE CREWS TO DO SMALL
IMPROVEMENTS AND IF THAT IS THE
APPROACH WE TOOK, WE DON'T
HAVE THE STAFF OR RESOURCES AND
IT WOULD BE INEFFICIENT BECAUSE
WE WOULD BE DOING IT HERE IN
THERE. WHEN A PROJECT GETS OVER
A CERTAIN SIZE WE ARE REQUIRED
TO DO THAT AND WE TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE CONTRACTOR
COMMUNITY AND I DON'T KNOW THE
STATE OF OUR -- WHO IS
AVAILABLE TO DO THE WORK AND WE
WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHO WOULD
RESPOND BUT IF WE COULD MAKE
THAT AN ATTRACTIVE WORK FOR THE
CONTRACTING COMMUNITY AND
PACKAGE THOSE SO IT MAKES SENSE
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT A
CONTRACTOR CAN DELIVER, IT'S
PROBABLY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
WE HAVE TO DELIVER ON THIS
SCALE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. I
WANT TO SAY IN GENERAL WHILE WE
ARE ON THIS SUBJECT, THEY DO
SUPPORT SIDEWALKS ESPECIALLY IN
WEDGEWOOD AND THERE IS A LACK
OF NEW SIDEWALKS AND ALSO
SIDEWALK REPAIR, I KNOW WE HAVE
HEARD FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE COME
FROM PUBLIC COMMENT AND
DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON I
KNOW HAS COME OUT TO TALK ABOUT
SIDEWALK REPAIR AND I KNOW THAT
WHEN I WENT OUT THE KIDS AT THE
ELEMENTARY WE WALKED BY AND SAW
THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALKS
IN OUR CITY DEFINITELY IN NEED
OF REPAIR ACROSS THE CITY SO I
APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS AND
ORGANIZATION THAT CAME OUT TO
TALK ABOUT NEW SIDEWALKS AND
SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND GIVE
FEEDBACK ON THE LEVY AND I WANT
TO SAY FULL TRANSPARENCY THAT
MY SPOUSE IS A VOLUNTEER AND A
BOARD MEMBER WITH
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION OUT HERE GIVING
TESTIMONY AS WELL BUT IT IS NO
SECRET AND I HAVE SAID MY
FAMILY IS SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC
TRANSMIT -- TRANSIT AND OPTIONS
AND ALSO IF YOU WILL INDULGE
ANOTHER QUESTION NOT RELATED TO
SIDEWALKS BUT JUST IN THE
PACKAGE RELATED TO UNENCUMBERED
AND FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER
AND I WANT CLARITY ON THE
LANGUAGE AND UNENCUMBERED
FUNDS. DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DESIGNATE HOW
THOSE FUNDS GET REDIRECTED OR
DOES THE COUNCIL DO THAT? IS IT
A THREE-QUARTER VOTE IN THE
SAME WAY IN BETWEEN PROJECTS IN
GENERAL GET ALLOCATED? I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING
THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT SOUNDED
DIFFERENT FROM THE LANGUAGE
THAT CHAIR INCLUDED ON THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.
>> A REMINDER THAT THE
LEGISLATION THAT IS BEING PUT
FORTH TODAY OR THAT WE WILL BE
TAKING ACTION ON IS ABOUT WHAT
WE ARE ASKING THE VOTER TO DO.
THIS IS ASKING FOR PERMISSION
FOR THE CITY IN GENERAL TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.
BEYOND THAT, THE CHAIR IS
PROPOSING TO HAVE A AIR
APPROPRIATION LIMITS THAT
SPECIFY THAT VOTERS GET WHAT
THEY GET AND IF THERE IS A
CHANGE WE WILL BRING IT TO
COUNCIL FOR A CHANGE. EVERY
YEAR THEY HAVE TO GET THE
BUDGET APPROVED AND THEY CAN'T
SPEND MONEY THAT THEY HAVEN'T
APPROPRIATED. THAT IS BEDROCK
AND HOW WE DO OUR BUDGETING. IN
THIS CASE THIS IS TALKING TO
THE VOTERS AND SAYING WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO IT AND THAT
IS LARGELY THE APPROVAL OF
WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE MOVED.
>> SO THIS LANGUAGE REQUIRES
THEM TO GET APPROVAL FROM
UNENCUMBERED AND FUNDING FROM
COUNCIL DIRECTLY?
>> THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGES TO THE
VOTERS THAT THE CITY IN GENERAL
CAN MOVE THIS AROUND IN
PRACTICE WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE
TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
ONLY ONES THAT CAN APPROVE THE
BUDGET.
>> UNENCUMBERED ONES OR
BASICALLY CARRY FORWARD? IS
THAT WHAT THAT MEANS?'S
>> THERE ARE CAPITAL FUNDS THAT
CAN AUTOMATICALLY CARRY FORWARD
IF THEY ARE UNENCUMBERED AND
OPERATION FUNDING HAS AN
ORDINANCE THAT WE DO BUT IT IS
THROUGH A REGULAR BUDGET
PROCESS AND SDOT IS GOOD ABOUT
BEING TRANSPARENT WITH US ABOUT
WHAT THOSE ARE .
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS IT FOR
NOW .
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
THE CALLOUT ON SIDEWALKS AND
THE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF SIDEWALKS FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE. AND WE WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF
SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED AND REGARDLESS OF
WHERE WE LAND IN THE FINAL VOTE
AND WHERE WE LAND, IF YOU LIKE
AND APPRECIATE AND VALUE
SIDEWALKS IN SEATTLE, AGAIN
WHEREVER WE LAND WITH THE FINAL
VOTE AND HOWEVER YOU SLICE IT
IT'S THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE
INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS WHETHER
IT IS NEW SIDEWALKS OR EXISTING
REPAIR OR WHATEVER IT IS IN THE
HISTORY OF SEATTLE. SO MORE TO
COME. BUT GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I ASK THAT PEOPLE PUT A PIN
IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE
IT'S RELEVANT TO ONE OF MY
AMENDMENTS.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE
MOVE ON TO, I GUESS, THE
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
AMENDMENTS STARTING WITH ME.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS AND I WANTED TO
REITERATE SOMETHING FROM THE
CHAIR'S COMMENTS THAT I THINK
THE INTENT IS TO IDENTIFY IF
THERE ARE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT
HAVE BROAD SUPPORT AND WOULD
CONSIDER THAT PART OF A REVISED
CHAIR PACKAGE. I THINK HEARING
WHAT COUNCILMEMBERS THINK WOULD
BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE TYPES OF
DELIBERATIONS AND AS ALWAYS
I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR
WHATEVER OTHER ELEMENTS HE
WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PROPOSE AS
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS WE GET TO
THAT. THE FIRST ONE WE WILL
TALK ABOUT IS THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS OF CHAIR SAKA AND
THERE ARE TWO CHANGES BOTH
REVISING THE PROJECT LIST
SHOWING THE ATTACHMENT AND HE
WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE THIS
REACH AND I FORGET WHICH ONE
THIS IS THE HOLDEN STREET FROM
ALASKA TO MORGAN AS OPPOSED TO
-- SORRY. HOLD ON. I REALIZE I
HADN'T QUITE DRAFTED THIS
CORRECTLY. IT IS 35th AVENUE.
>> TEST SOME OF THESE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS WITH THE GOAL THAT
OF COURSE, PLENTY MORE TO DO IN
THE TWO WEEKS AHEAD. THE GOAL
IS TO CREATE AN OMNIBUS TYPE
PACKAGE TO THE CONSENSUS ITEMS.
NOT THE ITEMS WE LOVE AND OF US
WARM FUZZY'S AND FEEL GOOD
ABOUT. IN FACT, WE MIGHT NOT
LOVE EVERY INDIVIDUAL FEATURE
CONTAINED IN THE BROADER
OMNIBUS PACKAGE. WE CAN
CONSOLIDATE AND VOTE IN A
SINGULAR VOTE AND TAKE UP
INDIVIDUALLY SOME THINGS OR
ITEMS THAT RECEIVED LESS
CONSENSUS OR BROADER SUPPORT.
THAT IS WHY SHARING OUT YOUR
INITIAL REACTION AND CONTINUING
TO COLLABORATE OFF-LINE AS WELL
IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT. ON MY PROPOSED
DISTRICT ONE AMENDMENT I AM
RESTORING THE CANDIDATE
PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT ONE
ARTERIAL ROADWAY MAINTENANCE
PACKAGE IN THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL
APRIL 2024 DRAFT PROPOSAL. FROM
35th AVENUE SOUTHWEST -- THAT
ARTERIAL GOING FROM SOUTHWEST
MORGAN STREET OR WENT FROM
SOUTHWEST MORGAN TO SOUTHWEST
HOLDEN SO WE ARE RESTORING IT
BACK TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO
MORGAN AND ALSO RESTORING A
VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT RELATED
TO FAUNTLEROY AND THE JUNCTION
THERE. IT'S TO KEEP THE
ROADWAY FUNCTIONAL DURING LIGHT
RAIL STATION CONSTRUCTION AND
BECAUSE MY PROPOSAL , MY
SPECIFIC AMENDMENT IS
SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO BE
BUDGET NEUTRAL, I DON'T INTEND
TO ADD AN UNFUNDED MANDATE SO
IT'S INTENDED TO BE BUDGET
NEUTRAL I MADE THE DIFFICULT
DECISION OF DELETING A SPECIFIC
PORTION OF THE BROADER EAST
MARGINAL WAY PROJECT FUNDED IN
THIS SO CORSON AVENUE SOUTH
WHICH WAS A MAJOR ROAD
REHABILITATION PROJECT GOING
AND DIGGING DOWN TO THE DARK ,
TO THE BOTTOM UP. ON A NARROW
PORTION OF THAT BROADER EAST
PORTION OH WAY PROJECT BY
ADDING THE FOLLOWING PROJECT
NOT INTENDED TO BE A SORT OF
MAJOR REHABILITATION PROJECT.
IT'S ALSO NOT INTENDED TO BE A
SPOT REPAIR TYPE PROJECT. MAYBE
A GOOD WAY TO FRAME THAT ONE IS
SORT OF LIKE A MILL AND OVERLAY
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TO ENSURE
THAT STRETCH OF THE ROADWAY IS
SERVICEABLE AND THE CONDITION
LOOKS GOOD AND IS READY DURING
THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT RAIL
STATION. THE SPECIFIC GOAL AND
INTENT I HAD WITH MY DISTRICT
ONE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT IS
INTENDED TO BE BUDGET NEUTRAL.
THAT'S WHY WE REALLOCATED SOME
PROJECTS AND MY GOAL IS TO LOOK
TO THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY ON A
GOING FORWARD BASIS TO FIND
WAYS TO FUND CORSON . TO FULLY
ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS. YEAH. I
WILL PAUSE THERE. DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS ME NOT
LOWERING MY HAND.
>> OKAY. COOL. ANYONE ELSE? ALL
RIGHT. HEARING NONE , I'M
GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE HERE
IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST A
MOMENT. I'M GOING TO ALLOW OUR
COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
TO PRESENT HIS PORTION NEXT
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND HE HAS A
HARD STOP TO ACCOMMODATE TWO
SPECIFIC AWC COMMITMENT , SO
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS
ABLE TO SPEAK PERSONALLY ON HIS
OWN RATHER THAN HAVING KAL
SPEAK TO IT WE WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOLLOWED
BY PFISTER HOLLINGSWORTH IN THE
DISTRICT NUMERICAL ORDER IF
THAT WORKS.
>> DO YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THEM
DIRECTLY?
>> GO FOR IT.
>> HE HAS A NUMBER OF
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THEY'RE
MAKING THE FOLLOWING VISIONS TO
THE SPENDING BREAKDOWN. IT ADDS
A NEW $20 MILLION FOR THE TRAIL
EXTENSION FROM THE ROADWAY
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. IT ADDS
THE 14th AVENUE NORTHWEST
MARKET TO SHIP CANAL. IT ADDS
SIX AVENUE NORTHWEST 58th TO
CARKEEK PARK TO THE LIST OF
INVESTMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS. IT EXPANDS ON THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE BALLOT
BRIDGE TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AS PART
OF THE SCOPE . IT EXPANDS THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE ITEM FOR REPLACEMENT TO
SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR
IMPROVING EMERGENCY ACCESS TO
MAGNOLIA. IT CREATES A NEW
CATEGORY OF FUNDING FOR THE
LEARY WAY INDUSTRIAL ZONE
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDS
$10 MILLION FOR THIS FROM THE
FREIGHT PROGRAM. IT ADDS ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUND TRANSIT
AS PART OF THE TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENT AND ACCESS TO LIGHT
RAIL PROGRAM. IT MERGES THE NEW
SIDEWALKS AND ALTERNATIVE
WALKWAYS WITH THE SIDEWALK
SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM INTO A
SINGLE CATEGORY. IT CREATES A
NEW CATEGORY FOR CURB LIST
STREETS . IT ADDS $10 MILLION
TAKING THAT FROM 5 MILLION FROM
THE NEW SIDEWALKS CATEGORY AND
5 MILLION FROM THE CLAIMANT
ELECTRIFICATION CATEGORY. IT
CREATES A NEW CATEGORY FOR
DEVELOPING A PRIVATE FUNDING
STRATEGY FOR I-FIVE AND IT USES
PROTECTED BIKE STREETS INTENDED
FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY FOR THAT
PURPOSE AND THAT IS THE LIST OF
HIS PROPOSALS. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS HAS THE
SAME COMMITMENT AS I DO. I WILL
TRY TO BE BRIEF . I USUALLY
HAVE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TO
SAY AND I KNOW I HAVE A LONG
LIST. I WANT TO SHARE BROADLY
TO BALANCE MY AMENDMENTS I
LOOKED BEYOND THE BROAD FUNDING
CATEGORIES. I LOOKED INTO THE
LINE ITEM OF EACH OF THESE
CATEGORIES. FOR EACH AMENDMENT
I WILL SHARE WHERE I LOOKED AT
THE FUNDING CATEGORY. I WOULD
LOVE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT AND
I'M OPEN TO CHANGING
AMENDMENTS. I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO RAISE UP WHAT WAS
TESTIFIED ABOUT TODAY AND
BUILDING OFF OF WHAT WAS SHARED
YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE
PRESENTATION. OUR PORT IS WHAT
IS OUR ECONOMY. OUR MOST RECENT
ECONOMIC FORECAST SHOWED OUR
ECONOMY ARE UNDERPERFORMING
INCLUDING OUR MARITIME ECONOMY.
HAVING PEOPLE AT SDOT MOVE
FREIGHT PROGRAMS FORWARD IS NOT
ENOUGH. WITHOUT THE PERFORMANCE
OF OUR MANUFACTURING MARITIME
PORT WE WOULD HAVE A LARGER
BUDGET HOLE . I LIKE TO MAKE
THE MEETING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
BEYOND THAT YOU WILL HEAR ME
DISCUSS THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME
THEME THROUGHOUT IN PART
BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE THAT IS
PROVIDED FOR ECONOMY IN
ADDITION TO THE UPCOMING
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAST YEAR.
WE UPDATED IT ACROSS OUR CITY.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAD STRICT
INDUSTRIAL AND A BUFFER. WE NOW
HAVE MULTIPLE INDUSTRIAL WITH
MORE FLEXIBILITY OF USE ADDING
HOUSING OR OFFICE SPACE AND
ONE'S OWN THAT INCREASES
PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS LIKE CLOSING
LOOPHOLES ALONG WITH INCREASING
WHAT IS ALLOWED. BACK TO MY
AMENDMENT. THE FIRST ONE IS
ABOUT THE MISSING LINK ALONG
MARKET AND LEARY. THIS AND THE
NEXT AMENDMENT UTILIZE THE
GRANT PROJECT READINESS LINE
WITHIN THE ARTERIAL ROADWAY
MAINTENANCE. THIS FUNDING DOES
NOT HELP ANY PROJECT . WHAT
THIS DOES IT COMPLETES --
PERSONALLY MY FIRST MEETING WAS
IN 1994. HERE WE ARE IN 2024.
30 YEARS AGO , OVER THESE THREE
DECADES I HAVE WITNESSED
INEXTRICABLE CONFLICT. IN MY
TIME IN OFFICE I PROPOSED A NEW
WAY THAT HAS BROUGHT SUPPORT --
APPARENTLY SOME COMMERCIAL
BUSINESSES STILL HAD SOME
CONCERN AND SDOT IS WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH TENANTS AND
PROPERTY OWNERS TO MEET THEIR
NEEDS. LAST YEAR'S MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL ZONING WE ADDED
FLEXIBILITY TO LEARY WAY AND
INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR
MARITIME ACTIVITY . MY
AMENDMENT HERE WAS A MORE
EXPENSIVE OPTION BECAUSE IT IS
AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE STRIP OF
ASPHALT THROUGH A BUSY
INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR. THIS IS
WHERE PEOPLE LIVE WORK AND PLAY
WHICH DOES REQUIRE MORE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAN SHOEHORNING
THROUGH ONE OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS BUSIEST BLOCK IN
MARITIME ACTIVITY . THIS GIVES
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PUT A
FREE DECADE TO REST. YOU WANT
ME TO PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS?
>> IS PROBABLY BEST IF YOU
FRAME THIS CONVERSATION HOWEVER
YOU WANT AND THEN WE WILL JUMP
IN THE QUESTIONS AND I SHOULD
ALSO NOTE UNLESS VICE CHAIR OR
ANY OBJECT I AM OPEN TO
ALLOWING MORALE IS TO GO NEXT
BECAUSE SHE'S UNDER THE SAME
CONSTRAINT. WHY DON'T YOU
FINISH UP?
>> LET'S KEEP ROLLING. MY NEXT
AMENDMENT ADDING 14th AVENUE
FROM NORTHWEST MARKET STREET TO
THE LIST OF INVESTMENTS. THIS
IS ACTUALLY USING THAT THING
GRANT MATCH LINE ITEM WITHIN
THE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE. THIS
IS ANOTHER STREET THAT IN
CREASED FLEXIBILITY WITHIN AS
WELL AS FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
STATION I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I
WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE PHOTO
BEFORE WE STARTED THIS MEETING.
IT HAS BEEN REMOVED SINCE THAT
PHOTO IN 1936 YET THERE ARE
STILL TRAIN TRACKS RUNNING
ALONG THE DRIVING LANES AND
CRISSCROSSING AREAS. THEY'RE
FILLED WITH POTHOLES THE SIZE
OF LARGE ROCKS. THE MEDIAN
CREATES EIGHT POINTS OF
CONFLICT IN EACH INTERSECTION.
MY PROPOSAL REMOVED THE
HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD RAILROADS ,
BUT THE TRAVELING DOWN THE
CENTER OF THE RIGHT AWAY LIKE
MOST STANDARD INTERSECTIONS AND
REMOVING PARKING OFF THE MEDIAN
AFFECTING PARKING ALONG THE
EDGES OF THE STREET. MY
PROPOSAL REMOVED POINTS OF
CONFLICT FOR PEOPLE WALKING,
BIKING AND DRIVING UP THE
ROADWAY SO WE DON'T HAVE
100-YEAR-OLD TRACKS AND PREPARE
THOSE FOR THE INCOMING LIGHT
RAIL STATION. I WILL MOVE ON TO
MY NEXT AMENDMENT. ADDING
GREENWAY FROM NORTHWEST CARKEEK
PARK IN THE LIFT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. SIX
AVENUE GREENWAY HAS BEEN A
LONGTIME COMMUNITY GENERATED
PROPOSAL. IS CURRENTLY FUNDED
TO 58th STREET WHICH IS ALSO
GREENWAY. THIS PROPOSAL
COMPLETES THE GREENWAY FROM THE
TRAIL TO CARKEEK PARK AND IN MY
HEART OF HEARTS I AM A GEEK. I
CAN TELL YOU SIX AVENUE IS A
RARE AND INTERESTING STREET
BECAUSE IT IS THE LOWEST
NORTH-SOUTH GRADE INCREASE
DECREASE WEST OF . THIS IS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE
WORK FOR A STREET READY TO
RECEIVE THESE UPDATES. IT MAKES
IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MY
NEXT AMENDMENT. EXPANDING THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE BALLARD
BRIDGE TO INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN .
THIS ADDS IT TO THE FUNDING
CONVERSATION. IT FEELS UNSAFE ,
I PASS SOMEBODY WALKING IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE TO LEAN. PEOPLE
RIDING BIKES -- WHEN I RIDE MY
BIKE IT FEELS LIKE MY
HANDLEBARS WILL GET CAUGHT IN
THE GUARDRAIL. IF WE WONDER WHY
THE TRAIL IS UNDERUTILIZED IS
THERE IS NOT A NORTHERN
CONNECTION BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE
TO WALK THEIR BIKE ACROSS . THE
SOLUTION IS SIMPLE , YET
EXPENSIVE. LESS EXPENSIVE THAN
REPLACING THE BRIDGE. REPLACE
THE CAUSEWAYS TO WIDEN IT FOR
CARS, BUSES, BIKES AND PEOPLE
OR ADDING TO THE EXISTING
CAUSEWAY ONE PORTION WIDE.
RATHER THAN WALKING THE 1.1
MILE TO BALLARD FIELD IT STOPS
BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS NOT SAFER
WALKING OR BIKING. THIS
AMENDMENT ADDS THIS TO THE
CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE OR
RESTRICT ANYTHING. I WILL MOVE
ON TO THE EXPANDING DESCRIPTION
FOR THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE PROJECT
READINESS SIMILAR . I REALIZE I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER KENDALL AND
I MIGHT HAVE COSPONSORED THIS.
I KNOW WE WORKED ON IT
TOGETHER. WE WERE PARTNERS ON
THIS PROJECT. IT SIMPLY ADDS
THE FUNDING TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE
TO HELP MOVE THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE ALONG. IT IS A FEELING
BRIDGE. THIS IS JUST A
DEFINITION. I WILL MOVE ON TO
MY NEXT AMENDMENT, CREATING A
NEW CATEGORY FOR LEARY WAY
INDUSTRIAL ZONE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS . WE MIGHT BE
CHANGING WHICH CATEGORY IT GOES
INTO. USING THE $10 MILLION
FROM THE FREIGHT PROGRAM
INCREASE I WANT TO STATE THIS
IS A FREIGHT PROGRAM. I
APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT IN
THE FREIGHT CORRIDORS. I SHARE
THIS IS MORE OF AN EARMARK THAN
IT IS A REDUCTION OR MOVEMENT .
LEARY WAY IS ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL
ZONE THAT RECEIVED INCREASED
FLEXIBILITY FOR HOUSING . IT IS
A STREET THAT HAS INTERSECTIONS
THAT ARE NOT SQUARED UP. IT IS
A STREET THAT FEELS DEAD, DARK
AND UNDERUTILIZED. THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD SQUARE OF THE
INTERSECTIONS AND ENSURE THE
FREIGHT IS ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA AS THESE ZONING
CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE
WE CHANGE THE ZONING AND
EVERYTHING GETS BUILT UP OVER
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. IT REALLY IS
TO MODERNIZE OUR INDUSTRIAL
ZONE IN THE LEARY AREA OPPOSED
TO THE ZONING CHANGES. I'M
GOING TO MOVE ON TO MY NEXT
AMENDMENT , SORRY I HAVE SO
MANY. I THINK ABOUT IT IN MY
SLEEP. ADDING ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUND TRANSIT
THREE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS. THIS
IS JUST CHANGING DEFINITIONS TO
INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO STUDY
PAST ST3. CURRENTLY ALL OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON
ST3 BUT WE NEED TO BE READY TO
START GOING PAST ST3. THIS
DOESN'T REQUIRE OR RESTRICT
FUNDS TO BE USED IN ANY CERTAIN
WAYS. IT SIMPLY BROADENS THE
DEFINITION SO IF WE ARE, AS WE
SHOULD BE, GETTING READY TO
PASS FOR ST FOR THAT WE ARE
READY AND ABLE TO DO SO.
MERGING THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND
WALKWAYS CATEGORY . I LOVE THAT
YOU ARE ADDING MORE SIDEWALKS
TO THIS PACKAGE. WHAT STANDS
OUT TO ME IS THIS IS SIMPLY A
GOOD GOVERNANCE AMENDMENT
BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE STATE IT
IS HARD FOR US TO KNOW WILL WE
GET THESE CONTRACTORS, AFTER I
THANK THEM FOR FOUR YEARS TO
START USING MORE ALTERNATIVES
OR DO WE NEED TO FIX SOME
SIDEWALKS? MY AMENDMENT PUTS
ALL THE FUNDING INTO ONE
CATEGORY SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
BE NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD. TWO MORE
AMENDMENTS AND THEN I'M DONE.
CREATE A NEW CATEGORY FOR
BALLARD AVENUE AND PUBLIC
SPACE. I DID USE $5 MILLION
FROM THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND $5
MILLION FROM EV CHARGING TO
FUND THIS. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS
IS CREATING A CAFE STREET.
SINCE THE BEGINNING , THERE'S
BEEN A DESIRE TO HAVE THE CAFE
STRUCTURES UP AGAINST THE
BUILDINGS OF BALLARD AVENUE
RATHER THAN IN THE STREET. IT
WILL CREATE A MUCH MORE
WELCOMING -- IT CREATES A
FABRIC BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A
SIDEWALK GOING THROUGH YOUR
CAFE IT FEELS DIFFERENT THAN IF
YOU IMAGINED A PARISIAN CAFE UP
AGAINST THE BUILDING WHERE
PEOPLE ARE WALKING THE STREET.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT
REMOVING CARS FROM BALLARD
AVENUE . CARS AND FREIGHT
DELIVERY ALWAYS HAVE A SPACE ON
THE STREET. THE REASON WE NEED
TO MAKE THIS A CURB LIST STREET
IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS A CURB
YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CAFE
AGAINST THE BUILDING BECAUSE
THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO GO OFF THE
SIDEWALK AND BACK ON THE
SIDEWALK WHICH CREATES -- WE
HAVE TO PUT IN ALL THESE LIPS
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. THE
PROPOSAL HERE IS TO CREATE A
CURB LIST STREET . I WILL BE A
LITTLE SILLY TO SAY WHILE WE
HAVE TWO SIDEWALKS THERE ,
EASING THE SIDEWALK FUNDING
ADDS ONE BIG SIDEWALK. IT
ALLOWS THESE CAFES TO BE UP
AGAINST THE BUILDING. LASTLY,
FINALLY, CREATING A NEW
CATEGORY OF FUNDING FOR LEADING
I FIVE. GOING BACK TO MY TIME
WITH COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON WE
WERE LOCKED AT THE HIP ABOUT
THE NEED TO EXPAND 45th STREET
BECAUSE IT IS TOO NARROW AND
LIMITS WRITING AND PEOPLE
ACCESS TO SOUND TRANSIT. SDOT
HAS TOLD US NO. THEY'VE
INSTEAD SAID WE SHOULD DO A
BIKE BRIDGE ACROSS 47th. I
THINK WE NEED TO BE BIGGER
ABOUT THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT
WASHINGTON, D.C. , CAPITAL
CROSSINGS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS
PRIVATELY FUNDED. 395 IN
DOWNTOWN D.C. NO PUBLIC
DOLLARS. IT RE-STITCHED THE
NETWORK OF STREETS AND I WOULD
LIKE US TO STUDY DOING
SOMETHING SIMILAR BETWEEN 45th
AND 65th RATHER THAN JUST
HAVING ONE NARROW BIKE PAD
BRIDGE. THAT WAS A LOT AND I
TOOK A LOT OF TIME, I
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
>> WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS STARTING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER CATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS LONG COMMITMENT
STARTING IN THE THIRD GRADE NO
DOUBT HE WAS A KINDERGARTNER
ORGANIZING HIS CLASS ON THE
ISSUES FACING BALLARD. I
APPRECIATE HIS CONTINUED
EFFORTS EVEN TO TODAY IN 2024.
THOSE EFFORTS INCLUDE WORKING
BRIDGES. I SUPPORT THE EMPHASIS
ON BRIDGES . AS I'VE NOTED IN
OTHER INSTANCES IT'S
ESSENTIALLY A PENINSULA SO
THESE ARE IMPORTANT FOR
CONNECTIONS. THE I-5 BRIDGES ,
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT
CONNECTIONS SO I APPRECIATE
THAT AND PARTICULARLY THE
POINTS REGARDING THE
PEDESTRIANS ON BALLARD AND THE
NEED TO FINALLY ONCE AND FOR
ALL FIGURE OUT MAGNOLIA BRIDGE.
I UNDERSTAND HIS POINT ON THE
FREIGHT PROGRAM. WE NEED TO
TAKE A BIG LOOK AT THAT IN
TERMS OF HOW IT COMPARES TO
OTHER FREIGHT PROJECTS. JUST
SAYING WE SHOULD LOOK IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL FREIGHT
ISSUE. I SUPPORT THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL PIECES. THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> BUILDING OFF OF THAT I NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE TRADE-OFFS
BETWEEN -- I'M PUTTING ON MY
CITYWIDE HAT. MOVING THAT MUCH
FREIGHT TO LEARY WAY . LEARY
WAY IS THE NORTH ENDS MOST
FUNCTIONAL FREIGHT CORRIDOR SO
I'M ALL FOR MAKING SURE IT
WORKS WELL. AT THE SAME TIME,
THERE IS WORK TO REVISE THAT
LIEN USAGE THERE. I WILL BE
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
THE TRADE-OFFS, WHAT DOESN'T
GET FUNDED, YOU INVOKED
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND THE
FREIGHT PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH,
I'M WONDERING ABOUT POSSIBLE
IMPACTS TO THAT AND ALSO WHAT
WILL DECREASING THE ARTERIAL
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DO FOR THE
SOTO AREA? I WANTED TO ASK, I
WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO PERHAPS
ABOUT LUMPING NEW SIDEWALKS AND
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAY CATEGORY
WITH SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR. TO
ME THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
BODIES OF WORK WHICH IS WHY --
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY INVOKED MY
AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO
BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE VERY
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH IN NEW SIDEWALKS AND
ALSO THE IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE
OUR EXISTING SIDEWALKS ARE
USABLE FOR EVERYBODY AS WE HAVE
HEARD AND PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL
THE ABILITY TO TRACK THAT WORK
BE COMPROMISED AND WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT HOW THE DURABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE BODY OF WORK
WHICH IS TO THINK ABOUT NEW
SIDEWALKS GOING FORWARD AND
ALSO REPAIR, HOW WILL THOSE
PARALLEL MISSIONS, NEW VERSUS
FIXING EXISTING BE IMPACTED BY
LUMPING THESE BODIES OF WORK
TOGETHER? I'M THINKING ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SO OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN TRACK
OUR PROGRESS IN BOTH.
>> I WILL SAY WITHIN THE MAJOR
RE-PAVEMENT IS THE GRANT
READINESS FUND SO IT DOESN'T
CUT ANY. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME I WILL ASK ABOUT TWO
AMENDMENTS. THE FIRST IS ABOUT
THE TRAIL. AS YOU NOTED, IT'S
BEEN LOCKED UP IN LAWSUITS FOR
30 YEARS. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE
BEEN PROPOSING A NEW ROUTE
THROUGH THERE. MY QUESTION IS
REALLY ABOUT IF WE ALLOCATE
FUNDING TO THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT IS THERE EVIDENCE IT
WILL BE MOVING FORWARD? CAN YOU
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? MY
SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE
BALLARD AVENUE CURB LIST
STREET. I APPRECIATE WE SEEM TO
BE MOVING FORWARD ON PEOPLE
STREETS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR ONE
PEDESTRIAN STREET IN ALL OF OUR
COMMERCIAL NODES I THINK WOULD
BE A SMART PATH FOR THE CITY TO
TAKE. I DON'T THINK CREATING A
SACRED CATEGORY IS APPROPRIATE
, BUT I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT
INCLUDING IT IN THE LIST OF
PEOPLE'S STREETS WE WANT TO
CREATE . I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THAT ONLINE . MY
QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT THE
TRAIL.
>> THANK YOU. I FEEL CONFIDENT
ABOUT THIS COMPROMISE MOVING
FORWARD. SDOT IS BREAKING THE
MODE OF WHAT MULTIMODAL TRAILS
CAN AND SHOULD BE. IT IS
RUNNING THROUGH THE HEART OF
BALLARD WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT
SO EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO
RIPPING UP TRAIN TRACKS AND
THROWING DOWN ASPHALT . THAT'S
WHAT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE STOPS. IT
DOES BREAK THE MOLD OF WHAT
THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE IN OUR
CITY. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AND
I CAN SHARE MORE WHEN I SEE IT
AT THIS NEXT MEETING IN A
COUPLE MINUTES.
>> A FEW COMMENTS AND
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CHIEF
SEATS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE , ON
YOUR VERY THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS
I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE 15,
20 -- HOW MANY ?
>> I THINK I GOT NINE.
>> I WILL REMEMBER THAT.
REGARDLESS, I APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO
YOUR AMENDMENTS AND I AM
ALREADY SEEING SOME LOW HANGING
FRUIT HERE . PREVIOUSLY BEFORE
I SAW THE WORDS ON FRIDAY OF
YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS YOU
AND I HAD TALKED MOSTLY AT THE
PRINCIPAL LEVEL OFF-LINE KIND
OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED
AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
NOW THAT THE WORDS ARE HERE
BEFORE US I SEE SOME ITEMS THAT
ARE RIGHT FOR CONSOLIDATION
ASSUMING IT MAKES SENSE FROM
OUR COLLEAGUE PERSPECTIVES AS
WELL IN TERMS OF CRAFTING AN
OMNIBUS TYPE PACKAGE INCLUDING
THE EMPHASIS ON BRIDGES .
GREENWAYS, THEY ARE CURRENTLY
ON THE TABLE. YOU DO ADD AND
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT A
PROJECT. WE WERE ABLE TO
HARMONIZE THAT. THAT SEEMS RIPE
FOR INCLUSION. I WILL EXPRESS
MY HESITATION ON ONE ITEM IN
YOUR PROPOSED PACKAGE HERE.
THAT IS THE REALLOCATION OF
FREIGHT INVESTMENTS TO A NEW
PURPORTEDLY UNRELATED CATEGORY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS I ASKED OUR CENTRAL
STAFF WHEN WE DEBRIEFED AND HAD
A CONVERSATION . WHAT DO THESE
AMENDMENTS DO? CAN WE
REASONABLY CONCLUDE THAT LEARY
AVENUE REVISIONS WOULD BE A
FREIGHT PROJECT? IF SO I AM
OPEN TO THAT. BECAUSE IT'S MOVE
OUTSIDE OF THAT FREIGHT
INVESTMENT AND IF YOU WERE
TRANSFORMING UNRESTRICTED LEVEL
OF FUNDING AND ADDING A
SPECIFIC PROJECT I THINK THAT
WOULD BE ONE CONVERSATION.
WHERE I'M GOING IS FRAMING AND
BRANDING AND ORGANIZATION KIND
OF MATTERS HERE IN THIS
CONTEXT. I SHARE SOME
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT IS THAT
INVESTMENT AMOUNT FOR THAT
PROJECT THE BEST? IT MIGHT BE.
IT WARRANTS FURTHER
CONVERSATION. YOU HAVE YOUR
HAND UP IN RESPONSE. WE WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S
SO MUCH WORK IN SUCH A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME. I WILL BE
HONEST, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO
TO THAT CATEGORY. LET'S WORK
IT OUT. CAL, YOU ARE DOING A
GREAT JOB. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL
STATEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. UNLESS THERE ARE
NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS LET'S
PAVE IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THEY PROVIDED A WALK ON
AMENDMENT THIS MORNING SO I
WILL SPEAK TO THAT. IT IS
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON THE
AGENDA BUT I WILL SPEAK TO THE
DIFFERENCES. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS PROPOSING FIVE
ITEMS. SHE IS ADDING 5 MILLION
FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED
PLANNING IMPROVEMENTS AROUND
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AND USING 5
MILLION FROM THE FREIGHT
PROGRAM. THIS WAS SHOWN ON
VERSION 1 OF THE AGENDA AS 50
MILLION SO TO DECREASE FROM THE
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL. IT WOULD ADD
20 MILLION FOR PROTECTED BIKE
LANES FOCUSING ON SOUTH SEATTLE
REDUCING 20 MILLION FROM THE
ROADWAY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. IT
WOULD RESTORE THE PROGRAM TO 41
MILLION BY ADDING 15.5 MILLION
BACK. THIS WOULD BE COMING FROM
THE DISTRICT LOGIC FUND AND THE
NEW SIDEWALKS BY 1.5 MILLION.
PREVIOUSLY INSTEAD OF 14
MILLION USED 7 MILLION . IT
ADDS RAYNOR AVENUE TO THE
INVESTMENTS LIST ZERO PROGRAM
AND ADDS LANGUAGE ON THE
ESTIMATED INVESTMENTS FOR
TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY TO
FOCUS ON COORDINATION WITH THE
TRANSIT AGENCIES. I WILL TURN
IT OVER.
>> OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR
UPDATING THE AMENDMENT. I WANT
TO RESPOND TO WHAT WE HEARD IN
PUBLIC COMMENT. I TAKE
EXCEPTION TO THE NOTION THAT
VISIONS EURO IS SOMEHOW
MISGUIDED. AS WE HAVE HEARD
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AS I'VE
EXPERIENCED THE LAST 4 1/2
YEARS PEOPLE ARE DYING ARE
HOSPITALIZED IN OUR CITY FOR
TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET OR
WALK TO SCHOOL OR BIKE TO WORK.
THERE WAS ANOTHER WHO SAID
THESE COLLISIONS ARE THE DIRECT
RESULT OF PREVIOUS CHOICES THAT
WE AND PREVIOUS CITY LEADERS
HAVE MADE TO PRIORITIZE DRIVER
CONVENIENCE OVER ANY OTHER NEED
IN THE CITY. I KNOW THIS IS
SERIOUS WORK AND I APPRECIATE
MY COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING HARD
TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE EVEN
WHEN THERE ARE SOME DISMISSING
THESE EFFORTS. AS MENTIONED I
MADE A FEW CHANGES TO MY
AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT WOULD
ADD 5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY BASED PLANNING . THE
GRAHAM STREET LIGHT RAIL
STATION WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED
IN THE PLAN . IT WAS TAKEN OUT
FOR BUDGETARY REASONS 15, 20
YEARS AGO. IT IS BACK ON THE
PLAN TO ADD THAT STATION BACK
IN AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
PLANNING THE NEIGHBORS AROUND
THERE ARE TRYING TO DO.
THERE'S A COMMUNITY ACTION
TEAM AND OTHER FOLKS WORKING TO
DESIGN WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE WHEN THAT STATION GOES BACK
IN. THEY ARE ALSO CLOSELY
TRACKING AND ADVOCATING FOR
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES
AROUND NEW STATION LOCATIONS.
THIS IS REQUESTING 5 MILLION
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY TO
GO TOWARDS THAT TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
BASED PLANNING AROUND GRAHAM
STREET STATION AND AROUND THE
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS GOING IN
THE CID. I SUPPORT SOUND
TRANSIT'S EFFORTS IN EXPANDING
ACCESS IN MY DISTRICT BUT I
WANT TO AVOID MAKING THE SAME
MISTAKE WE MADE IN THE PAST.
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO BE
DISPLACED DURING THE PROCESS.
IT SHOULDN'T COME AT THE COST
OF LOSING OUR RESIDENTS OR
BUSINESSES WHO CALL THOSE AREAS
HOME BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN
AN AFFORDABILITY THAT MIGHT
COME WITH LIVING NEAR A TRANSIT
HUB. WE KNOW THE CID HAS BEEN A
COMMUNITY AT HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT. THEY'VE
EXPERIENCED GENTRIFICATION. THE
IMPOSITION OF MASSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THROUGH
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEW
LIGHT RAIL STATION WILL PRESENT
AN OPPORTUNITY TO STABILIZE
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LED
PLANNING, IDENTIFY KEY
DEVELOPMENT . AS MENTIONED THE
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL HAD $15
MILLION FOR THIS WORK.
ADVOCATES ARE INTERESTED IN
ACQUISITION OF LAND,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE LIGHT
RAIL STATIONS. AFTER WORKING
WITH STAFF AND OUR LAW
DEPARTMENT WE REALIZE IT MAKES
MORE SENSE TO USE THIS FUNDING
FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED
PLANNING AND LOOK FOR OTHER
SOURCES FOR SITE ACQUISITION.
THAT'S WHY WE MADE THAT
CHANGE. IN TERMS OF THE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES WE ARE
HOPING TO COMPLETE OUR BICYCLE
NETWORK. IT IS A MAJOR
PRIORITY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BIKE FROM SOUTH SEATTLE
TO SEATTLE WITH LITTLE TO NO
DISRUPTION. THIS IS REALLY
ABOUT SAFETY. WHEN I RIDE MY
BIKE TO WORK I COUNTED LAST
YEAR IT TAKES ME 34 TURNS TO
GET FROM MY HOUSE TO CITY HALL
BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIRECT PATH
THAT IS SAFE. IF I WANT TO
AVOID TRAFFIC OR TRY TO STAY ON
A GREEN WAY OR PROTECTED AREA I
REALLY HAVE TO NAVIGATE . THIS
IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO INCREASE
THE AVAILABILITY OF SAFE ACCESS
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE BIKING. WE
KNOW WHEN WE INVEST IN OUR
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE WE MAKE
CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS FEEL
SAFER. PROTECTED BIKE LANES
CREATE LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR
VISION. THE NEXT AMENDMENT IS
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
I'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF
ADVOCATES ABOUT THE NEED TO
PROTECT THIS PROGRAM. THIS
ALLOWS OUR NEIGHBORS TO WORK
DIRECTLY ON SOLVING ISSUES IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE
UPDATED THE AMENDMENT TO TAKE
FUNDS RATHER THAN SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IS
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS
CAN GET AROUND. I KNOW AS
COUNCILMEMBERS WE KNOW OUR
DISTRICTS BEST BUT THE TRUTH IS
WE CAN'T KNOW EVERY CORNER OF
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE
DON'T LIVE ON EVERY NORM OR --
THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW
RESIDENTS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH
SDOT TO IMPLEMENT
TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS THAT
DIRECTLY AFFECT THEM . I'M
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT
AS WELL.
>> RAYNOR AVENUE IS ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN MY
DISTRICT TO THE LIST OF VISION
ZERO SAFETY ANALYSIS IS
IMPORTANT . FINALLY, WE HAVE
ADDING SOME LANGUAGE TO ENSURE
THAT AGENCY PARTNERS AND SOUND
TRANSIT ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY AS WE
ARE AND ASKING TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS GOOD COORDINATION
BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS. I
AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
AMENDMENT. I AGREE ON MOST
EVERYTHING. I HAVE A QUESTION
REGARDING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT
FOR THE 5 MILLION TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY BASED PLANNING
IMPROVEMENTS ESPECIALLY WITH
THE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS. THE
COMMUNITY IS SO DIVIDED. HOW --
I'M WONDERING WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS ARE REGARDING HOW THIS
MONEY IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE
ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES OF A
VERY DIVIDED SITE DISCUSSION?
>> GREAT QUESTION. I KNOW THAT
SOME TRANSIT IS ALREADY ENGAGED
WITH NEIGHBORS AND I DON'T
HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER BUT I
THINK THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
CAN HELP WITH ADDITIONAL
MEETINGS WITH TRANSLATIONS OF
MATERIALS, WITH INSURING PEOPLE
ARE ENGAGED AND AWARE OF THE
DECISIONS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE
DONE FOR THOSE TWO STATIONS
IDENTIFIED AS THE CURRENT
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES. THERE
WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION AS MORE
ANALYSIS IS DONE. MAKING SURE
THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE
SO COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE IN
AUTHENTIC WAY WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MONEY IS
GOING TOWARDS SDOT, NOT
NECESSARILY DIRECTLY TO THESE
GROUPS.
>> THERE'S THE TWO AGENCIES
COORDINATING WELL TOGETHER AND
THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY BE
IMPACTED. ONE IS IMPACTED BY
THE OTHER. THERE IS A
COORDINATED EFFORT NEEDED.
SOUND TRANSIT WILL HAVE THEIR
RESOURCES AVAILABLE SO I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THE CITY
CONTRIBUTE TO THAT ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. A COUPLE
QUESTIONS . FIRST AND FOREMOST,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY
THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT HERE. I
GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR. I WASN'T
AWARE OF THE WALK ON BEFORE
JUST NOW. I HAVE REVIEWED YOUR
ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE
KEY DELTA ? WHAT IS THE DELTA
BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT
, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE
ORIGINAL VERSUS THE WALK ON
THIS MORNING?
>> THE TWO CHANGES I PUT ON
WHAT IS ATTACHED ON THE SCREEN.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS $15 MILLION
TO SUPPORT PLANNING ACTIVITIES
AND THAT HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED
TO 5 MILLION. IN THE
RESTORATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM IT ORIGINALLY HAD USED
$7 MILLION . INSTEAD IT HAS
INCREASED THE CONTRIBUTION FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT FOR
GRANT FUND TO 14 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL WANT TO
LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT SOME
SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS AND HOW
THEY STACK UP AND HOW THEY
COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL. AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT
MAKES SENSE. FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE THE ALLOCATIONS ON
ADDING NEW TRANSIT INVESTMENTS
HIGH-LEVEL -- FIRST OFF, SAME
OPPORTUNITY AS COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS IN TERMS OF I ALREADY
SEE SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT HERE
THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE
POTENTIALLY FOR ALIGNMENT INTO
A BROADER OMNIBUS TIGHT PACKAGE
WHICH IS GREAT. WITH RESPECT TO
SOME SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS WE
WILL WANT TO DO A DEEPER DIVE.
ADDING NEW TRANSIT INVESTMENTS
AND SPECIFICALLY REALLOCATING
FROM ROADS AND FREIGHT AS WELL
. NONE OF THESE MODES EXIST IN
SORT OF A SILO . THEY ARE ALL
INTERDEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST STRAINS ON
OUR ROAD OUR BUSES . WE WILL
INITIATE AN UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATION. WHEN WE
REALLOCATE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS
IN THOSE KEY AREAS IT IMPACTS
THE WHOLE SYSTEM. I THINK WE DO
NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A
SYSTEMWIDE VIEW AND
PERSPECTIVE. SOME WOULD ARGUE I
THINK THE PACKAGE REPRESENTS A
STRONG BACK TO BASICS APPROACH
WHETHER IN THE FINAL PROPOSAL
FOR THE PROPOSED CHAIRS PACKAGE
. I'M GLAD IS EXACTLY THAT.
BECAUSE ALL THESE SYSTEMS ARE
SO INTERDEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER
I AM AWARE THAT SOME HAVE
ARGUED THE OVERALL STATE OF OUR
ROADS IS EITHER JUST AS BAD OR
MARGINALLY WORSE SOMEWHAT ARGUE
THAN THE OVERALL STATE OF OUR
BRIDGES. WE KNOW THE
OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE. WHEN
WE REALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THOSE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS THAT BUSES BENEFIT
FROM AN CARGO FREIGHT MOBILITY
BENEFITS FROM I DO THINK WE
NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A
SYSTEMWIDE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. TO THAT
POINT AND TO THE PINE -- TO THE
POINT THAT LOTS OF OUR
COMMENTERS MADE I HAD
CONTEMPLATED BRINGING IN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD IN FACT
RAISE THE TOTAL REVENUE OF 1.7
AND DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. I
AM STARTING TO THINK IF THERE
IS STILL ROOM TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION GIVEN THERE ARE SO
MANY PRIORITIES FOR SAFETY, FOR
WALK ABILITY, FOR FREIGHT
MOBILITY, FOR BASIC
INFRASTRUCTURE, REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE NEEDED THAT I WOULD
CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN
HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH
COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHETHER IT
DOES MAKE SENSE TO BOOST WHAT
WE ARE DOING HERE SO WE CANNOT
PIT PROJECTS OR DISTRICTS
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER OR
PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS
ABLE TO BE SAFE WHEN NAVIGATING
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE OUR ECONOMY IS
ABLE TO CONTINUE REBOUNDING.
ALL THAT TO SAY I'M HAPPY TO
CONTINUE HAVING THE
CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE
INSIGHT ON THE ISSUES IMPACTING
SOUTH SEATTLE FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PERSPECTIVE
AND ALSO FOR YOUR INSIGHT IN
BRINGING THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE
IN THERE. MY POINT , THE
ARTERIALS AND FREIGHT ARE STILL
SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
MANY WOULD SAY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
STREETS ARE IN DIRE SHAPE. I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT.
THE COMMENTS STILL REMAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I'M ACTUALLY NOT
GOING TO BE MAKING COMMENTS. I
HAVE A 12:00 APPOINTMENT I
CANNOT MISS. I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. WE
WENT OUT OF ORDER. I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE I HAD HEARD THE
MESSAGES FROM THE COMMENTERS
AND ALSO FROM COLLEAGUES ABOUT
EXPANDING THAT AND MAKING IT SO
WE ARE NOT COMPETING AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER. I SHARE THAT
PERSPECTIVE. MY PIECE ABOUT
GREENWAYS WAS TO PUT ALL THAT
MONEY AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES,
MAINTENANCE AND FINISHING THE
NETWORK IN THAT THERE IS OTHER
BIKE MONEY AND OTHER BUCKETS.
NONE OF THIS IS SET IN STONE.
AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO ENGAGE
IN ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. I
HAVE A LOT TO SAY HERE. I WILL
BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES, BUT FOR THE MOST
PART I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH
WHAT I'M HEARING AND I THINK
THERE CAN BE ALIGNMENT WITH
WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THOSE
SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU. I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS
BEFORE I LEAVE.
>> THANK YOU. VERY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING
HERE. PROBABLY ONE OF THE
LONGER ONES WE WILL HAVE GIVEN
WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. YEAH.
LET US CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ON COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE'S AMENDMENTS OFF-LINE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS
ON COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ALICE ?
NO? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
PROPOSED TWO AMENDMENTS. ONE
WOULD ADD 12 AVENUE FROM
MADISON TO THE LIST OF
INVESTMENTS FOR PROTECTED BIKE
LANES AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
WOULD SHIFT 50 MILLION FROM THE
WALKWAYS PROGRAM TO THE
SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR
ESSENTIALLY FOCUSING ON THE
EXISTING SIDEWALK DEFICIENCIES.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF
BECAUSE I KNOW TIMING IS OF THE
ESSENCE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
HELP. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON
HAD BROUGHT THIS UP AND I THINK
COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS ABOUT
THE SIDEWALKS AND THAT
CONVERSATION. I WAS TRYING TO
REINTRODUCE SOMETHING THAT
WOULD MAINTAIN THE BALANCE
BETWEEN NEW SIDEWALKS AND ALSO
THE REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS. WE
HAVE A TON OF REPAIRS THAT NEED
TO HAPPEN SO I WANTED TO
RESTORE THAT BALANCE OF WHAT
THE EXECUTIVE HAD INITIALLY
SENT DOWN. I'M WILLING TO OPEN
TALK WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES OF
WHAT THAT POTENTIALLY LOOKS
LIKE AS WELL JUST UNDERSTANDING
THAT OUR SIDEWALK IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY
PARTICULARLY IN EVERYONE'S
DISTRICT. THE SECOND ONE THAT I
THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT, THE 12
AVENUE BIKE IMPROVEMENTS FROM
THE DOCTOR WHO IS A RESULT
BRIDGE ALL THE WAY TO MADISON.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN OUR
DISTRICT SPRING 2025 IS OPENING
UP JUST NORTH OF I 90 FROM
RAINIER WE HAVE 300 UNITS
COMING ON BOARD. WE HAVE
ANOTHER THOUSAND UNITS JUST SO
OF THAT OF MARKET RATE UNITS
FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. WE
ALSO HAVE THE URBAN LEAGUE THAT
PURCHASED WITH THEIR FUNDING
WHERE THE BURGER KING THAT
BURNED DOWN NEXT TO THE OLD
BASKIN-ROBBINS IS GOING TO BE
THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS WHERE WE
WILL HAVE A TON OF FAMILY
HOUSING. THERE'S A BUNCH
PATHWAY OF PEOPLE GOING FROM
THAT AREA AND ALSO HEADING DOWN
12 WHICH CONNECTS SEATTLE
ACADEMY. THERE IS A TON OF
APARTMENTS AND UNITS ON THEIR
SO I WANTED THAT TO BE A SAFE
CONNECTOR, PARTICULARLY TO
CAPITOL HILL. YOU'RE ABLE TO
GO THROUGH PIKE PINE AND THOSE
INVESTMENTS OF PROTECTED BIKE
PATHS THAT FEED INTO DOWNTOWN.
THAT PIECE, THAT'S MY SECOND
AMENDMENT. MY THIRD ONE, IT IS
A PROFIT RESOLUTION. I'VE
ADDED IT IN SECTION E AND I
WILL BE UPDATING A DRAFT WITH
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TEXT AND
LANGUAGE. THIS TO DO
RETROSPECTIVES ON THEIR LARGER
--
>> YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT
AMENDMENT YOU ADDED. THAT WAS
FOR COMPANION RESOLUTION WHICH
IS ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE
AGENDA. IF I MAY ASK YOU TO
KINDLY HOLD YOUR FIRE THERE OR
COMMENTS ON THAT, REALLY
IMPORTANT AND THOUGHTFUL
AMENDMENTS UNTIL THAT NEXT ITEM
OF BUSINESS.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THAT. I WILL SAVE THAT FOR THE
NEXT ITEM. I DIDN'T REALIZE
THERE WAS ANOTHER ON THERE.
THOSE ARE MY TWO AMENDMENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS
AND I WILL KEEP IT MOVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF YOUR
SECOND AMENDMENT, THE 15
MILLION FOR NEW SIDEWALKS TO
SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR. MY
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REDUCE THE
NEW SIDEWALKS BY 20 AND PUT IT
IN THE SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR
IS THE SAME THING. WHAT I AM
MOTIVATED BY IS THE REALITY
CHECK ON WHETHER OR NOT THE
CITY CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK
DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF
SIDEWALKS THE MAYOR PUT IN. DO
WE HAVE ENOUGH DESIGNERS AND
PLANNERS OF WHERE THE SIDEWALK
GOES AND WHAT KINDS OF
MATERIALS? THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT WORK AND HAVING UNDER
SPENDS IN THE CATEGORY DOESN'T
DO US ANY GOOD. AT THE SAME
TIME WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. I AM
FINE SUPPORTING YOUR AMENDMENT
OR MY AMENDMENT BUT I THINK WE
ARE TRYING TO GET AT THE SAME
THING THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ALL
OVER THE CITY. WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN FACILITATE PEOPLE
GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO
GO ESPECIALLY IF THE SIDEWALK
DAMAGE IS IMPEDING THEIR
ABILITY TO DO THAT. I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE MY SUPPORT. I
WOULD SAY SUPPORT MINE FOR FIVE
MORE OR WHATEVER BUT THE POINT
IS IF WE CANNOT DO THE WORK TO
BUILD THAT MUCH NEW SIDEWALK IN
THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THEN
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAKING
SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY FIX
EXISTING.
>> MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU. WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT
CALCULATORS. ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU. ANOTHER ITEM FOR
FINAL DELIBERATIONS. REGARDLESS
OF HOW YOU SLICE IT. THERE IS A
LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT
FOR SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO WHOEVER'S
NEXT.
>> PERHAPS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
AND THEN AT THE END I CAN VERY
BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS
OFFERING FOR AMENDMENTS. IT
WOULD REDUCE 7 MILLION FOR THE
DISTRICT PROJECT FUND AND ADD 7
MILLION TO BRING BACK THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
PROGRAM. IT REDUCED 700,000 FOR
THE DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE LINE
ITEM AND ADDS 700,000 TO
SUPPORT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
FOR THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
PROJECT. IT WILL REDUCE 20
MILLION FOR THE NEW SIDEWALKS
AND ADD 20 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK
SAFETY REPAIR AND IT WOULD
REDUCE 1 MILLION FROM THE
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH
WOULD REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
LEVY BY 1 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS I BELIEVE
THE FIRST TRANSPORTATION LEVY
RENEWAL SINCE DISTRICT
ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE
TENSION BETWEEN THE DESIRE TO
FUND PROJECTS IN ONE'S OWN
DISTRICT AND THE IMPERATIVE TO
CONSIDER THE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN
THEM. I BRING MY ROLE AND WHAT
I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS ACROSS
THE CITY 'S CONCERN OF
INCREASING HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY AND INCREASING
PROPERTY TAXES BUT ALSO A
DEMAND THAT WE REALLY THINK
ABOUT THE POLICY TRADE-OFFS AND
DELIVER RESULTS FOR THE MONEY
WE ARE SPENDING. THAT IS WHAT I
AM BRINGING FORWARD NOW. WHEN I
TALK ABOUT WE ARE DELIVERING
WHAT THEY ARE DEMANDING THEY
WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THEIR
DAILY LIVES. I LISTENED TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WAS
CONCERN THAT LET'S SEE. THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS
WORKING VERY WELL. I AM PUTTING
THIS FORWARD AS A WAY TO BRING
THAT BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE
PROGRAM WILL DO VERSUS BY WHAT
THE OLD PROGRAM DID. THAT WAS
SOMETHING WORKING WELL SO
LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT. WHAT I
AM DOING BY TAKING IT FROM THE
DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS THE
SAME THING. IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD
DRIVEN AND THAT IS A WAY TO
PRESERVE A PROGRAM THAT WORKS.
REGARDING THE 700 FROM THE
DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE , THE $5
MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THE TASK
FORCE WHICH IS NOW CALLED
DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT IS
PLANNING FOR ANOTHER
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SOURCE.
UNTIL THAT FUNDING IS NOT
REALLY WELL-DEFINED WHAT IT
WILL GO FOR WE UNDERSTAND IT IS
TO PAY FOR OUTREACH AND
CONSULTANTS AND SOME ANALYSIS
BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE DO HAVE
A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION PER
THE TERMS FOR THE WATERFRONT WE
HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ALONG
THE NARROW STRIP AND CONTINUING
TO SOME THAT COME OFF THE
WATERFRONT. WE RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE ASKING FOR A SOURCE
OF FUNDING TO ENSURE WE CAN DO
OUR PART TO MAINTAIN THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT IS WHAT
THE 700,000 WOULD FUND AND
WHERE IT COMES FROM I'M NOT
SUPER WENT TO. I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNDED. I
HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THIS
CHAIRS PACKAGE DOES TAKE A BOLD
STEP IN DOUBLING THE MAYOR'S
FOR NEW SIDEWALKS. LIKE I SAID,
IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT
MONEY YEAR-TO-YEAR AND AT THE
SAME TIME WE KNOW WE HAVE A
WHOLE CITY FULL OF SIDEWALKS
THAT NEED REPAIR. WE INCUR $46
MILLION A YEAR IN SETTLEMENTS
FROM CLAIMS OF PEOPLE GETTING
HURT ON OUR SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN .
YOU'LL NOTICE NOW THE LEVY IS
REDUCED BY 1 MILLION. IN
PRINCIPLE, I'M UNEASY ABOUT
RAISING TAXES TO DO OUTREACH TO
MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF RAISING
TAXES. THAT 1.5 MILLION IS A
LOT OF MONEY FOR AN ONGOING
CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL HAVE
DIMINISHING RETURNS BECAUSE
PRESUMABLY OVER TIME PEOPLE
WILL BE AWARE ALREADY. IT'S
IMPORTANT WE GET PEOPLE TO KNOW
THEY CAN HAVE SOME PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. AT
THE SAME TIME I'VE BEEN TOLD
THE BARRIER TO THAT PROGRAM AND
STAFFING CAPACITY . I THINK A
BETTER USE WOULD BE WITH THE
COUNTY TO FUND STAFF POSITIONS
SO WE CAN MOVE THOSE
APPLICATIONS THROUGH OR SIMPLY
REALLOCATE THE MONEY OR
DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE LEVY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT 1.5
WOULD BE SPENT. $1 MILLION --
THAT IS ABOUT 77,000 AD
PLACEMENTS ON CABLE TV.
ACCORDING TO A CONSULTANT. I
DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MONEY
WOULD BE SPENT. I THINK WE
WOULD NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH
ASKING FOR MONEY AND SPENDING
IT WISELY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE
CITYWIDE LOOK. WE HAVE TO HAVE
THAT BALANCE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. THAT PLAYS INTO GOOD
GOVERNANCE . THANK YOU FOR
THAT. YOUR SECOND ONE REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE AS A COUNSEL
OF WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
TO ENSURE THE WATERFRONT IS
DONE RIGHT , IT'S BEEN SO
FANTASTIC BUT WE HAVE TO PRESS
THROUGH THE TAPE. WOULD SEATTLE
CENTER COMING INTO IT WE NEED
TO WORK WITH THE SEATTLE CENTER
RELATIONSHIP AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS GOOD REGARDING
THE WATERFRONT TO ENSURE SO
MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THE
MAINTENANCE PIECES, WHETHER
LANDSCAPING BUT ALSO THE
CONNECTING PIECES THAT COME
INTO THE WATERFRONT ARE SQUARED
AWAY AND THEY ARE ALSO BEING
KEPT FREE FROM LITTER AND OTHER
THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE I SAID,
IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WE HAVE TO
HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN SDOT AND SEATTLE CENTER
MOVING FORWARD ON THE
WATERFRONT. I SUPPORT THE
SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR. AS I'VE
NOTED, FOR NINE MONTHS I WAS
DRIVING MY WIFE WHEN SHE WAS
PREGNANT AND AVOIDING POTHOLES
AND WHEN I BECAME A
STAY-AT-HOME DAD WHEN OUR
DAUGHTER WAS BORN I HAD TO GET
A BOB STROLLER TO NAVIGATE THE
REALLY POOR SIDEWALKS. WE
DEFINITELY HAVE TO HIT THE
SIDEWALK REPAIR PIECE. WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO USE A BOB
STROLLER'S TO NAVIGATE
SIDEWALKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AMENDMENTS TO SUPPORT SIDEWALKS
AND SIDEWALK REPAIR FOR ALL THE
REASONS I MENTIONED EARLIER. I
KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS IN
WHEELCHAIRS THAT HAVE A HARD
TIME NAVIGATING SIDEWALKS THAT
NEED REPAIRS ON THEM. I ALSO
WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND WHAT I
ALSO SAID PREVIOUSLY IS WE WANT
TO MAKE THIS AS ROBUST AS
POSSIBLE AND ALSO ENSURE THAT
MONEY IS NOT SPENT AS WE DON'T
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DELIVER ON
IT. IT IS NOT JUST AN ON PAPER
INVESTMENT. WHENEVER INVESTMENT
WE MAKE WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO
DELIVER ON IT. LOOKING FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION
BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY
CRITICAL. IT GOES TO
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THOSE TO
MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO
DELIVER ON THE SERVICES AND NOT
JUST TALK BUT DO. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT IS A PART OF
THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL. IF
WE SUPPORT IT BUT WE ARE NOT
ABLE TO DELIVER IT PEOPLE
CAN'T BENEFIT FROM IT WHICH IS
WHAT WE REALLY NEED ACROSS THE
CITY. MY COMMENTS IN THIS
AMENDMENT COULD BE FRAMED AS A
LACK OF SUPPORT FOR NEW
SIDEWALKS. THAT IS NOT THE
CASE. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL HAS
A STRONG SIDEWALK INVESTMENT .
YOURS DOES AS WELL. EVEN THAT
ISN'T GOING TO GET US THERE.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
PROMISE MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN
DELIVER BECAUSE THAT GENERATES
CYNICISM IN THE MINDS OF OUR
VOTERS THAT WE CANNOT ACTUALLY
PRODUCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE
ARE SAYING THEY ARE PAYING FOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING?
WHILE NEW SIDEWALKS FOR OUR
KIDS AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS ARE
ALSO SAFETY AND SIDEWALK
REPAIRS ALSO FOR OUR OLDER
INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS IN
TOWN WHO THESE ARE TRIP HAZARDS
AND SAFETY HAZARDS FOR OUR
OLDER FOLKS I JUST REALLY
WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AS
WELL.
>> A NEW SIDEWALK IN THE
EXPIRING LEVY IS NOW, PERHAPS A
SIDEWALK IN NEED OF REPAIR.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN,
EMPHASIZING AND COALESCING
AROUND SIDEWALKS . WE NEED TO
FINALIZE SOME DECISIONS AND HOW
WE SLICE THAT EXACTLY. ALREADY
SEEING SOME AREAS FOR ALIGNMENT
AND COMMONALITY HERE IN YOUR
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
WE ALL HAVE SOMEWHAT COMPETING
VISIONS FOR WHAT CERTAIN
PROJECTS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY WHO SHOULD
DECIDE. WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
NOW IS YOU CALL IT NEIGHBORHOOD
STREETS, INITIATED SAFETY ,
THAT IS FUNCTIONALLY THE SAME
THING. YOU CAN CALL IT DISTRICT
PROJECT FUNDS IN WHICH CASE THE
SEVEN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD DECIDE. THAT HIGH-LEVEL
IS INTENDED FOR SMALLER SCALE
CAPITAL PROJECTS. YOU'VE GOT
TO DOUBLE CHECK THE ALLOCATIONS
BUT NOT ONE PERSON HERE
PROPOSED CUTTING IN ANY WAY
FUNDING FOR SMALLER SCALE
CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE HAVE
COMPETING VISIONS RIGHT NOW
CURRENTLY FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE AND WHO SPECIFICALLY
DECIDES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED SAFETY STREET FUND I
WILL NOTE THAT MEMBERS OF THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
OTHER FOLKS HAVE ASKED FOR MORE
LEGISLATIVE CLARITY AROUND THE
CRITERIA AND PROJECT SELECTION
AND PRIORITIZATION PROJECTS
BECAUSE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN
TAXED AMONG OTHER THINGS WITH
THE SIDING WHICH OF THESE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
PROJECTS WERE GOING TO BE
FUNDED AND SELECTED SO THEY'VE
ASKED FOR MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
THAT IS WHY IN THE COMPANION
RESOLUTION WE CALL OUT A NEED
FOR MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
HIGH-LEVEL WE ALL AGREE SMALLER
SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS OR NON-
LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS SO SMALLER SCALE STUFF
NEEDS INVESTMENTS. THE OTHER
THING I WILL NOTE HERE IS THE
PROPOSAL FOR THE WATERFRONT .
IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS A
CITY COMMITMENT WE NEED TO FUND
THAT. AS A CITY OBLIGATION
ALONG THE SAME LINES THAT IS
GOING TO SURVIVE A LEVY OR NOT
I DON'T KNOW IF THE LEVY IS
THE BEST BASIS FOR THAT. IT
MIGHT BE IT MIGHT NOT. IF IT IS
AN EXISTING CITY FUNDING
OBLIGATION WHICH I THINK IT IS
I WOULD AGREE ON THAT VISIBLE
WE WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT AMOUNT
AND SOURCE OF THAT. IN ANY
EVENT , ALL GOODNESS HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER CATTLE. IS THAT A
STALE HAND? OKAY. ALL GOOD.
GREAT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> PLEASE DON'T TAKE OFFENSE
AT ANYTHING I TOOK MONEY AWAY
FROM. I WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE
COST THE SAME INSTEAD OF
ADDING.
>> NO OFFENSE TAKEN. I
APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT AND
COLLABORATION THAT PEOPLE
DON'T SEE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
OFF-LINE AND THE THOUGHT YOU
PUT INTO ALL OF THIS
PARTNERSHIP . YOU WERE THE ONLY
ONE OF US TO PROPOSE LOWERING
THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE LEVY BY
$1 MILLION AND THAT EQUATES TO
.000 SIX SOMETHING. I DON'T
KNOW. KUDOS TO YOU. IN QUEUE.
ALL RIGHT. LEAVING ON .
>> TO MAKE SURE WE SPEAK TO THE
RECORD COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAS
OFFERED A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS.
SHE IS PROPOSING TO RENAME THE
NEW SIDEWALKS AND ALTERNATIVE
WALKWAYS . INTENDS TO ADD
EXPECTATION THAT A MINIMUM OF
36% OF THE NEW SIDEWALKS ARE
DELIVERED IN DISTRICT FIVE. 70%
IN DISTRICT TWO . AS THE
EXPECTATION THAT SIDEWALKS AND
SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVES WILL BE
FOCUSED AROUND THE ONE MILE
WALK SHED OF SCHOOLS AND LOCAL
TRANSIT STOPS AS THE ORGANIZING
PRINCIPLE. IT IDENTIFIES A
NUMBER OF SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
FOR SIDEWALKS TO BE IMPLEMENTED
AS WELL AS A LOCATION FOR THE
IMPROVEMENTS CATEGORY AND IT
REQUIRES OR ADDS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIDEWALK
MASTER PLAN AS PART OF THE
DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
SOLUTIONS. THIS IS INTENDED TO
DEVELOP FOR COMPLETING THE
SIDEWALK NETWORK BY 2044 TO
COORDINATE A WORKPLAN BETWEEN
SDOT AND PUBLIC UTILITIES,
TERRY CREATE A PLAN FOR IMPACT
FEES AND HAVE THAT WORK
COMPLETED BY JANUARY 2026. THE
PROPOSAL ALSO REDUCES 25.5
MILLION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM , ADDS 21
MILLION TO THE DISTRICT PROJECT
FUND, REDUCES 9 MILLION FOR
TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY
ELIMINATING THAT LEVY PROGRAM
AND 17.5 TO ZERO. IT REDUCES 20
MILLION FOR GREENWAYS
ELIMINATING THAT LEVY PROGRAM
AND ADDING 10 MILLION FOR
PROTECTED BIKE LANES , 5
MILLION FOR BIKE LANES AND SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN IT
REVISES THE DEFINITIONS FOR THE
AURORA AVENUE NORTH SAFETY
PROJECT TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION
OF SIDEWALKS AND STREET TREES.
IT WOULD ADD THREE RECITALS TO
THE REGISTRATION.
>> THANK YOU. A COUPLE COMMENTS
?
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT STAIRWAYS ARE
SIDEWALKS THAT GO UP AND DOWN.
I REALIZE THEY TRIP ON A BROKEN
SIDEWALK BUT TUMBLING
DOWNSTAIRS IS A WHOLE LOT
WORSE. I NOTE THE LINE ITEM
REGARDING STAIRWAYS AND I
WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT VERY
CLEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I
SUPPORT THE SIDEWALKS. I
RECOGNIZE THE NEED AND
PRIORITIZATION. STAIRWAYS ARE
IMPORTANT . WE NEED TO ENSURE
OUR UP-AND-DOWN SIDEWALKS ARE
COVERED.
>> THANK YOU. THERE ARE
STAIRWAYS ALSO BEFORE D4 AND D5
THERE IS A STAIRWELL I HEARD
FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT AS A
NEED OF SERIOUS REPAIRS SO
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
>> I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING A
COUPLE ITEMS. MAYBE CALVIN YOU
MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER. DO YOU
KNOW THE MINIMUM SIDEWALK
PERCENTAGE FOR EACH DISTRICT?
DO YOU KNOW HOW SHE CAME TO
THAT NUMBER?
>> I BELIEVE WHERE THE
SIDEWALKS ARE SO IT IS
PROPORTIONAL TO WHAT THE
ESTIMATED NEED IS.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT RATIONALE
IS FOR REDUCING THE TRANSIT
PASSENGER SAFETY ITEM? OR
ELIMINATING THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN
SPEAK FOR HER INTENTION. JUST
SHE'S PROPOSING TO SHIFT THAT
MONEY.
>> AND ONE OF OUR FIRST
DISCUSSIONS I HAD OBSERVED WE
DON'T WANT TO LET OUR TRANSIT
AGENCY PARTNERS OFF THE HOOK
FOR DOING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
TO TRY TO KEEP PASSENGERS SAFE
ON PUBLIC TRANSIT BECAUSE WE
HEAR THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY
SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO
THE OFFICE BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
IF THIS WAS A SIGNAL THAT I CAN
ASK LATER THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT
THOSE INDIVIDUALS PAID FOR BY
CITY MONEY ON THOSE. I'LL GET
BACK TO HER.
>> YEAH. I GUESS ON THAT , I
HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE BUT I WANT TO
REVISIT BRIEFLY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE IS PROPOSED FOR
FURCATION ON TOP OF THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE
TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY
INVESTMENTS. I FULLY SUPPORT
HER LANGUAGE . IT'S BASICALLY
REQUIRING US TO COLLABORATE
WITH TRANSIT OPERATORS AND
WHOEVER WHICH I THINK WE WOULD
DO ANYWAY OR AT LEAST THAT
WOULD BE MY HOPE. IT IS
DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH WHAT I
WAS THINKING. I DEFINITELY
SUPPORT THAT. GOOD POINT ABOUT
THE TRANSIT, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
THINKING OF COUNCILMEMBER MORE
ON THAT. TWO COUNCILMEMBER WU
QUESTION ABOUT THE 36% OF NEW
SIDEWALKS GOING , ESSENTIALLY
JUST ALLOCATING MINIMUM
INVESTMENT AMOUNTS TO THREE OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE AND
GLARINGLY OBVIOUS IN TERMS OF
DISTRICTS IS THE IDEA THERE
FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING --
THOSE ARE LIKE THE MINIMUM
AMOUNTS OR ANY OTHER AMOUNT
OUTSIDE OF THAT COULD BE MADE
PURSUANT TO THE PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK AND CRITERIA BE
APPROVED RECENTLY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH
INCLUDES EQUITY AND SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL IN ANY NUMBER OF
OTHER THINGS?
>> IT IS AN EXPECTATION , IT IS
REFLECTING THE PROPORTIONAL
NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK
THE STP IDENTIFIES A HIERARCHY
OF HOW SIDEWALKS ARE EVALUATED.
THERE'S A TEAR LISTING THAT
INFLUENCES THAT. SDOT WOULD OUT
AND TAKE THAT FIRST TIER LIST.
THEY WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WILL
DELIVER. THAT IS A BIG PART OF
THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. HOW
ARE THEY GOING TO GET THIS WORK
AT THE DOOR AND UNDER
CONSTRUCTION? IT PROVIDES MORE
DIRECTION TO LOOK FOR
PROPORTIONALITY ACROSS THESE
DISTRICTS. I WOULD SAY IT'S AN
EXPECTATION SO IT'S MORE OF A
DIRECTION SETTING THEN THE
REQUIREMENT BUT BEYOND THAT I
DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK
MORE THAN THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I SEE MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS. GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. RELATED TO THE
TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY AND WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE WAS CONTEMPLATING BUT I
KNOW THERE'S TWO TYPES OF
SAFETY. SAFETY ON THE LIGHT
RAIL BUSES WE HAVE ALL TALKED
ABOUT MAKING IT SAFER FOR FOLKS
SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY TAKE
PUBLIC TRANSIT BUT THEN
THERE'S SAFETY RELATED TO
RIGHT-OF-WAY THINGS AT THE BUS
STOP SO IS THERE CLARITY AROUND
, IT SAYS PERSONAL SERVICES.
WAS THIS MONEY ORIGINALLY
INCLUDED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
SAFETY ON LIGHT RAIL AND ON THE
BUSES OR WAS IT RELATED TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT
COULD HAPPEN AT THE BUS STOPS
AND -- THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LET ME
SAY. I KNOW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS
ARE SOUND TRANSIT RATES . THE
METRO OPERATES THE BUSES.
THERE'S RIGHT-OF-WAY THINGS
THAT SDOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. I
DO KNOW THAT. WOULD YOU MIND
CLARIFYING WHEN THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED?
>> I THINK THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL WAS DELIBERATELY
GIVING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE WITH THIS
BUCKET OF MONEY IN THE CHAIR
HAS PROPOSED ADDING MORE MONEY
TO THAT FUND. I WILL SAY IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS INCLUDED
$1 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT
METROS TRANSIT AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM THAT DEALS WITH THESE
ISSUES AND PUTS PEOPLE OUT ON
THE FIELD. IT IS BOTH EYES ON
THE SURFACE AND ALSO CUSTOMER
SERVICE TO HELP TRANSIT RIDERS.
THAT WAS $1 MILLION IN SUPPORT
OF A MUCH LARGER KING COUNTY
PROGRAM. ONE WAY YOU COULD LOOK
AT THIS IS 9 MILLION OVER EIGHT
YEARS COULD BE AN EXTENSION OF
THAT PROGRAM AND THAT MIGHT BE
ONE WAY THE FUNDS ARE USED OR
PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHER
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT
MIGHT BE CONTEMPLATED. I WANT
TO SUGGEST SOMETHING IN MIND.
THERE IS SORT OF FLEXIBILITY TO
CONSIDER ALL THOSE THINGS THAT
SUPPORT TRAFFIC AS TRANSIT AND
PASSENGER SAFETY.
>> I WILL SAY TO COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S POINT AND MAYBE
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WAS
THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I
KNOW SHE IS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF
THESE THINGS. JUST WITH OUR
PARTNERS THERE'S A LOT OF TALK
ABOUT NOT LETTING OUR PARTNERS
OFF THE HOOK. I KNOW THE CITY
WORKS WITH THE PARTNERS SO THAT
IS ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD
HAVE. WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
BY THE PARTNERS AND THERE WAS A
COLLABORATION . WE NEED TO BE
CLEAR THE PARTNERS NEED THAT
TYPE OF SUPPORT TO SUPPORT OUR
RESIDENTS. I THINK MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS WOULD BE
WELCOMED AT LEAST FROM MY PART.
MAYBE SOME OF MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. YOU
CAN BACK ME UP LAST NIGHT AT
THE HEALTHY STREETS FOR ALL WE
DID HAVE THE CHIEF OF SAFETY
FROM METRO ON THE PANEL SAYING
HE'S MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
ASSAULTS ON DRIVERS AND
PASSENGERS ON BUSES. AND ALSO
THE UNION REPRESENTING METRO
DRIVERS TWO YEARS AGO MADE THIS
MAJOR DEMAND THAT THE AGENCIES
OPERATING THE METRO AT LEAST
REALLY FOCUS ON DRIVER SAFETY.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT. I AGREE. I CAN'T
SPEAK TO COUNCILMEMBERS
MOORE'S INTENT FOR THE
EXECUTIVES INTENT WITH ADDING
IT ORIGINALLY BUT FROM A
LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE I THINK
THE INTENT IS IT'S NOT
INTENDED TO REPLACE AS YOU ALL
MIGHT APTLY PUT IT. LET ANYONE
OFF THE HOOK FOR THE
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TO
PROVIDE A SAFE AND SECURE
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL ON TRANSIT.
INSTEAD IT'S INTENDED TO BE
ADDITIVE OF THOSE AND
SUPPLEMENT THOSE EFFORTS AND
AUDIENCE , AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
WHATEVER IT'S CALLED , I
DON'T KNOW THE EXACT
NOMENCLATURE BUT SECURITY
PERSONNEL SERVICES LOOKS LIKE,
IT IS A BROAD RANGE OF OPTIONS.
CHECK OUT THE KING COUNTY METRO
TRANSIT REGIONAL COMMITTEE. WE
HAD A MONTH OR TWO AGO WHERE WE
GOT A GREAT BRIEFING ON THIS
EXACT TOPIC AND IT INCLUDES
GUARDIANS AND AMBASSADORS. IT
INCLUDES KING COUNTY METRO
POLICE , IT INCLUDES A NEW
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS
INTERVENTION SPECIALIST. IT
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF OPTIONS.
THESE ARE CHALLENGES WE ARE
EXPERIENCING ON TRANSIT AND WE
NEED A PEOPLE CENTERED APPROACH
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS
INTENDED TO REFLECT, NOT LET
ANYONE OFF THE HOOK. A VARIETY
OF OPTIONS . A DIVERSE ARRAY OF
OPTIONS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING
AMBASSADORS. THAT IS JUST FOR
METRO. SOUND TRANSIT HAS
COMPARABLE OR EQUIVALENT
PHYSICIANS TO ACCOMMODATE AND
FULFILL SIMILAR ROLES. IN ANY
EVENT, GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
WOO.
>> WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF
OF CREATING A MASTER PLAN AND A
PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT
FEES? I FEEL LIKE I NEED A
BRIEFING ON WHERE WE ARE WHEN
IT COMES TO IMPACT FEES AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A
MASTER PLAN BY 2026. HOW WOULD
WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO
SOMETHING THAT COULD GO INTO
THE LEVY?
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SHOULD
SPEAK TO HER PROPOSAL. THE
MASTER PLAN DOES GET INTO THE
WORK OF THE TASK FORCE . THE
FUNDING SOLUTIONS . I THINK IT
IS A QUESTION OF WHICH HAS TO
COME FIRST? THERE MAY BE A
CHICKEN AND EGG DECISION HERE
BUT I THINK THIS IS BRINGING
INFORMATION INTO THAT WORK .
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE SHOULD
SPEAK TO HER AMENDMENT.
>> I WANTED TO ASK IF SHE HAD
DONE ANY STAKEHOLDER AND MOVING
FUNDS AROUND IN THE BICYCLE
SAFETY SPHERE WHERE THAT WHOLE
CATEGORY . I WILL HAVE SOME
DISCUSSIONS WITH HER OFF-LINE.
>> QUESTION ON IMPACT FEES.
THEY ARE VERY LIMITED AND
NARROW IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS AND
IMPROVEMENTS. BECAUSE THE
PROPOSAL DOES COLLECT IMPACT
FEES AS AN OPTION TO HELP CLOSE
THE GAP IN THIS CASE OVER 20
YEARS , IS THAT A VIABLE PATH
TO RELY SOLELY OR SUBSTANTIALLY
ON IMPACT FEES FROM YOUR
ASSESSMENT?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
COSTS ESTIMATES . I HAVE
SOMETHING IN SOME RECENT
CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF WHAT IT
MIGHT GENERATE. THAT'S NOT A
LOT OF MONEY FOR THE SKILL OF
SIDEWALK INVESTMENT IT MAY BE
ADDITIVE IN SUPPORT , IT'S
UNLIKELY TO BE A SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING SOURCE TO DEAL WITH THE
BACKLOG.
>> COULD THOSE FEES BE USED
TOWARDS NEW SIDEWALKS?
>> THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH
EXISTING DEFICIENCIES OR
MAINTENANCE NEW SIDEWALKS WOULD
SEEM TO FIT THAT . THERE MAY BE
OTHER TECHNICAL RELATIONSHIPS
OF HOW THAT WORKS ON THE FACE
IT IS NEW CAPACITY.
>> ONE LAST POINT ABOUT THE
TRANSIT PIECE. I DO SUPPORT
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
METRO AND SOUND TRANSIT BECAUSE
WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY PIECES AT
THE CITY AND AT THE END OF THE
DAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
RESIDENTS ARE WRITING SAFELY .
SUPPORT WORKING WITH EVERYONE
ON THAT PIECE AND THIS ALMOST
SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT
WE DO WITH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREAS WHERE WE DO SUPPORT
AMBASSADORS FOR SAFETY REASONS
SO IT IS MEANT TO SUPPLEMENT,
NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR
OFFICERS BUT WE DO PROVIDE
AMBASSADORS. WE HELP SUPPORT
THAT PROGRAM, SO THIS SOUNDS
LIKE PERHAPS IT IS ANOTHER
ITERATION OF THAT TYPE OF
INVESTMENT. WE JUST NEED MORE
INFORMATION, THANK YOU.
>> SOME OF IT WE CAN DEFINE
HERE. SOME OF IT WE CAN
INTENTIONALLY NOT DEFINED HERE
BECAUSE ONCE WE ADD THE
REQUIREMENT I DO SEE VALUE IN
HAVING SOME LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY ON THAT POINT .
I'M OPEN TO WHAT THAT KIND OF
LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW IT
SHOWS UP. A COUPLE FINAL
COMMENTS. I LOVE AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S
AMENDMENT HERE . LIKE WITH
EVERYONE I SEE A LOT OF
ATTRACTIVE FEATURES AND THINGS
I THINK WE CAN ALL COLLECTIVELY
RALLY AROUND AND OTHERS IT
WARRANTS FURTHER CONVERSATION
IN THIS CASE OFF-LINE. ONE
THING I DO LOVE IS SHE CALLS
OUT ON THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
THAT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON NEW
SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES WITHIN ONE MILE OF
ANY SCHOOL K-12 AND LOCAL
TRANSIT STOPS THAT RUNS EVERY
HALF HOUR. ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S
A GREAT WAY TO HELP PRIORITIZE
AND MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I
THINK THIS IS A FORM OVER
SUBSTANCE DISTINCTION ARGUABLY
BUT SHE CALLS OUT SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES AS OPPOSED TO
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS. IT MIGHT
BE A SLIGHTLY MORE TECHNICAL
TERM I DIRECTLY PULLED FROM
SOME DOCUMENTATION FROM SDOT
AND HOW THEY DESCRIBE SIMILAR
THINGS IN THE PAST. WE ARE
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS, SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES , I LOVE THAT. THE
ONLY THING I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR ON DOES IT TAKES AN ? I
WANT TO SET THE TASK FORCE UP
FOR SUCCESS AND I WANT TO SET
FUTURE POLICYMAKERS UP FOR
SUCCESS AS WELL. I WANT TO SET
VOTERS UP FOR SUCCESS KNOWING
THEY WILL HAVE THE COMFORT AND
KNOWING WE ARE PREPARED TO
DELIVER ON WHAT COMMITMENTS WE
MAKE IN THIS DOCUMENT. I DON'T
KNOW IF TODAY I'M CONVINCED
THAT A COMMITMENT TO BUILD OUT
AND CLOSE OUT OUR 27% MISSING
SIDE WHAT GAP IN THE CITY BY
2024 -- 2044 , I'M NOT SURE
THAT'S DOABLE. I WOULD BE
CURIOUS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WHAT
IS THE BASIS ? WHAT IS THE
RATIONALE THAT WENT INTO THAT?
OUR GOAL SHOULD BE RELEVANT AND
TIME BOUND. THAT GOAL HITS ALL
OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS . I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACHIEVABLE.
WE HEARD AND WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES A TOTAL
INVESTMENT IN NEW SIDEWALKS,
HOW MUCH MORE DOES IT HELP OF
US AND ALLOW US TO MAKE ON
BUILDING OUT NEW SIDEWALKS IN
THE CITY? UNDER THE CURRENT
PACE OF CONSTRUCTION IT WOULD
TAKE 500+ YEARS WHICH IS
UNACCEPTABLE AND I THINK THERE
ARE SHARED ALIGNMENTS IN THIS
BODY WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE
POLICY DECISIONS THAT HELP
QUICKLY ACCELERATE AND HASTEN
THE PACE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION .
I DON'T KNOW IF MAKING A
COMMITMENT TO DO IT IN 20 YEARS
ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE CONTEXT
OF ROADS AND BRIDGES , I DON'T
KNOW IF WE SET THEM UP FOR
SUCCESS. I DON'T WANT TO CUT
AND RUN AND CREATE A FLASHY
GOAL THAT MY SUCCESSORS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO TRY AND SOLVE
AND NOT BE WELL SET UP FOR
SUCCESS. WITH THAT, WE WILL
WANT TO CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT
WHAT THE BEST GOLFER THAT MIGHT
MEAN AND ALSO IF WE ARE CALLING
OUT SIDEWALKS , SOME WOULD
ARGUE THE STATE OF OUR ROADS
ARE IN A HORRIBLE STATE OF
DISREPAIR , EQUAL OR WORSE THAN
OUR BRIDGES. IF WE ARE GOING TO
CALL IT A SPECIFIC GOAL FOR
SIDEWALKS MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE
SPECIFIC GOALS TO ADDRESS THE
STATE OF OUR HORRIBLE ROAD
CONDITION AND MAYBE WE DO THAT
THROUGH ASSETS SUSTAINABILITY
RATIO, MAYBE WE DO THAT THROUGH
CALLING OUT COMPOSITE PCI
SCORES OR AT LEAST SCORES ON
ARTERIALS WHICH -- I DON'T
KNOW. WHAT IS THE BEST AND MOST
APPROPRIATE WAY TO APPROACH
THAT? IN ANY EVENT MOVING ON.
>> I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE
ON TO THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM
AND DO A SUMMARY OF THE
COMPANION RESOLUTION IF WE CAN
GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
>> I WILL FORMALLY SEE IT OFF
AND MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM
OF BUSINESS. WITH THE CLICK
PLEASE READ THE ITEM ?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO , DRAFT LEVY
COMPANION RESOLUTION FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER
JOIN US. WELCOME. PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> HELLO , YOLANDA . I WILL DO
A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE
COMPANION RESOLUTION KNOWING
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EDITS I
HAVE HEARD FROM. IT SOUNDS LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND
MORALE IS FOR THE CHAIR AS A
SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU
IS ORGANIZED AND DESCRIBED IN
THE JUNE 4th MEMO SO HE AT A
HIGH LEVEL DESCRIBED THE CHAIRS
PRIORITIES AND IT IS ORGANIZED
INTO THREE BUCKETS. THE FIRST
IS ESTABLISHING COUNSEL
DIRECTION ON HOW THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS
APPROPRIATE IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FUNDED
BY THE LEVY. THE SECOND IS TO
ESTABLISH COUNSEL DIRECTION FOR
LEVY OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING.
THE THIRD IS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES
FOR FUTURE COUNSEL
CONSIDERATION. WE DRAFTED THE
INITIAL VERSION OF THE
RESOLUTION AND REQUEST FROM
OTHER COUNSEL OFFICES . WE WERE
ALL APPROVED BY THE CHAIR AND
CAN BE SEEN IN THE DRAFT BEFORE
YOU. THE PLAN IS THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING THIS WILL
REQUIRE AN INTRODUCTION I WILL
-- THE MEETING HAS RUN QUITE
LONG. JUST YOUR PREFERENCE.
>> I THINK THIS ONE IS A FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. THERE ARE NO
MATERIAL CHANGES TO WHAT IS
CONTAINED IN THIS PACKAGE. WITH
A FEW MINOR EXCEPTIONS STARTS
TO COMMENT ON HERS. I'M GIVING
THE OPPORTUNITY THERE. JUST SO
WE KNOW , THIS IS TRULY
INTENDED FOR A COMPANION
RESOLUTION IS TO REFLECT MY
IDEAS SHAPED BY ALL OF YOUR
IDEAS BUT ALSO YOUR INDIVIDUAL
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS SO IT
IS A CONSOLIDATED DOCUMENT. I
REVIEWED AND APPROVED
EVERYTHING TO BE ALL OF YOUR
EDITS TO THIS INSTRUMENT AND I
IMPROVED ALL OF IT INCLUDING
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROPOSAL TO
THE EFFECT OF THIS IS
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIVE
SECURITY AND SAFETY MEASURES
AND ANY NUMBER OF THINGS . VICE
CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH .
>> I WILL BE BRIEF. IT IS
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I
WANT TO THANK YOLANDA AND
CALVIN AND BRIAN FOR THEIR HELP
IN CRAFTING THIS. I KNOW THAT
WILL COME WITH IMPROVEMENTS FOR
UPDATED LANGUAGE. THIS
BASICALLY ASKS TO DO
RETROSPECTIVES ON THE LARGER
PROJECTS AFTER COMPLETION TO
EVALUATE HOW IT HAS IMPACTED
RESIDENCE, TO BUSINESSES AND
HOW THEY FEEL AFTER THE PROJECT
IS COMPLETED. WE HAVE HAD A
NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN OUR
DISTRICT. WE HAVE OUR EXTENSIVE
WORK CORD OR WHERE WE HAVE
CHANGED DIRECTIONS OF EAST WEST
OF TRAFFIC FLOWS. WE ALSO HAVE
RG LINE THAT HAS BEEN THREE
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND WE
ARE GEARING UP FOR J LINE. WE
WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
RESIDENCE AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE
ALONG THOSE COURT ORDERS TO
FIND HOW IT'S FLOWING, ARE
THERE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO
BE MADE AND WHAT CAN WE DO
BETTER AS WE ARE LEARNING FROM
THE CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS
WE ARE GOING ALONG WITH THE
DISTRICT AND HOW THEY IMPACT
PEOPLE AND WANT THEM TO BE AS
SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE? JUST
WANTING FOLLOW-UP WITH FOLKS
ALONG THE CORE DOORS THAT LIVE
IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER A YEAR.
MINIMUM. I THINK THAT CODIFIES
A GROWTH MIND-SET AND WHAT I
THINK ALL SHOULD BE STRIVING
FOR IS INCORPORATE LEARNINGS
AND BEST PRACTICES AS WE MAKE
SIMILAR DECISIONS GOING
FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THE
THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT.
>> MAY I SPEAK TO THAT? 100%.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO MY
OFFICES HAD TO MAKE UP FOR THE
LOSS OF REVENUE DURING MAJOR
ROADWORK IF CUSTOMERS AND
SOMETIMES STAFF OR BUSINESS
OWNERS CAN ACCESS THE BUSINESS
ITSELF. WASHINGTON IS ONE OF
EIGHT STATES. WE LACK THE TOOL
THAT OTHER STATES HAVE WHICH IS
PROHIBITED THE USE OF PUBLIC
FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USES. WE HAVE
NO WAY OF HELPING OUT DISTRICTS
WHEN MAJOR WORK IS HAPPENING.
THERE IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER FOR
IT IN THIS CONTEXT BUT I DO
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IT OUT,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS
REQUESTED A FEW CHANGES TO HER
LANGUAGE REGARDING I-5 SO I
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW
SHE WAS INTERESTED IN A
REFERENCE TO RESOLUTION 32100
THAT WAS PASSED REGARDING NEXT
STEPS SHARED WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON SOME OF THAT WORK.
THEY HAD REQUESTED SOME
ADDITIONS TO THAT SO I'M
LETTING EVERYONE KNOW. IF YOU
CAN GET THAT LANGUAGE TO ME IF
YOU HAD REVISIONS UNDERSTAND BY
NOON ON THURSDAY I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE ARE
TRYING TO RUSH THIS FOR
INTRODUCTION NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD REMINDER ON
AMENDMENTS AND WALK ON
AMENDMENTS FROM HERE ON OUT
THEY ARE STRONGLY FROWNED UPON
IN TERMS OF WALK ON AMENDMENTS.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE
VOTING ON THE FINAL PACKAGE.
THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO ALIGN AND CONSOLIDATE
ON CONSENSUS ITEMS AND A LOT OF
WORK ON CENTRAL STAFF TO BE
HONEST. THIS IS COMPLEX. IN LAW
SCHOOL I TOOK THE LSAT AND THIS
IS A PROBLEM YOU HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WORKS HERE. WE HAVE
BEEN AT THIS FOR A WHILE, I
FEEL GREAT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
AT AND THE PROGRESS AND PATH TO
FINALIZING A LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE FOR LEVY TO PUT BEFORE
VOTERS. PLEASE LET US AVOID
WALK-ON'S DURING THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING, PLEASE. NO
WALK-ON'S. LET'S SEE. ALL
RIGHT. WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT
OF COUNCILMEMBER MORE HERE .
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAD TO LEAVE
FOR A MEETING RIGHT WHEN WE GOT
TO HER AMENDMENT WHICH I
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND BUT NOW WE
HAVE THE BENEFIT. I DON'T WANT
TO BOMBARD HER WITH ANY
QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A
HARD STOP BY 1:00 BUT I DO WANT
TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK DIRECTLY FROM HER OWN
PERSPECTIVE TO HER AMENDMENTS
ON ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, FOR YOUR
BENEFIT , SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT
YOUR THINKING AND RATIONALE ON
THE TRANSIT SECURITY REDUCTIONS
. THE GOALS OF 2040 BY
COMPLETING THE SIDEWALK
NETWORK, HOW YOU APPROACH THE
HIGH-LEVEL ALLOCATION OF 34%
AND THOSE THREE TARGETED
DISTRICTS. WE GOT CLARITY ON
THAT. I GUESS ANYTHING THAT YOU
WANTED TO SPEAK ON IN THE NEXT
FEW MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES , I
HAD A MEETING I CANNOT
RESCHEDULE. THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY. I WILL NOT BE LONG
BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY IS
TIRED. I WILL ANSWER A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS I THINK WERE
ASKED.
>> SORRY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
I'M GETTING ON THE FLIGHT
ROBERTS RULES AND GUIDANCE
DIRECTLY FROM THE EXPERTS AND
MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT. IF
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I WOULD
LIKE US TO GO BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA TO
ALLOW OUR COLLEAGUE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. HEARING
NONE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. WANT TO MAKE SURE
I'M NOT OUT OF ORDER. HOW DID
I COME TO THE PERCENTAGES? I
THINK CALVIN ANSWERED THOSE. I
DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
CALVIN. I KNOW WE HAD BACK AND
FORTH AND I APPRECIATE WORKING
WELL WITH ME ON THIS. IT WAS A
LONG SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
PATIENCE. THAT WAS BASED ON THE
PERCENTAGES OF NEED AND MISSING
SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY SDOT. THAT IS WHY
THERE'S 36%. THAT'S HOW WE
CAME WITH THE PERCENTAGE. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HAS BEEN
THE DE FACTO AS THE SEATTLE
LEVY. JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE
FOCUS ON WHERE THE EQUITABLE
NEED IS AND SETTING FORTH THOSE
BASELINE FIGURES. I THINK
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED
WAS WHY DID I TAKE MONEY FROM
TRANSIT SECURITY AND THERE WAS
ANOTHER PLACE I PULLED HONEY
FROM. MY THINKING IS NOT WE
NEED LESS ON TRANSIT WHAT I DO
BELIEVE THAT IS A ROLE FOR
METRO. WE SHOULD BE PUTTING
PRESSURE ON METRO TO OUR
CONTRACTS WITH THEM TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF PROVIDING TRANSIT
SECURITY AND I DO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS AND
OTHER VIEWS THAT VISION ZERO IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THAT
SEEMED AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO
TRANSFER MONEY FROM SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD REALLY BE A
DIFFERENT JURISDICTION'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO VISION ZERO
WHICH I THINK IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY. THERE WAS
SOMETHING ELSE. I CAN'T
REMEMBER WHAT IT IS NOW. TO
BUMP UP THAT VISION ZERO. TO
THE ISSUE OF WHY CREATING A
STANDARD CRITERIA TO BUILD NEW
SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES WITHIN THE
ONE-MILE LOCK CHECK NETWORK OF
ANY SCHOOL AND OR LOCAL TRANSIT
STOP BASICALLY ANY ELEMENTARY
OR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT
DOESN'T GET ACCESS TO SCHOOL
TRANSPORT IF THEY ARE WITHIN A
MILE OF THE SCHOOL. THE DATA
OUT THERE ALSO SHOWS PEOPLE ARE
HEALTHIEST WHEN THEY WALK A
MILE. THE SURVEY THAT I DID IN
MY DISTRICT SHOULD TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT FOR LOCATING SIDEWALKS
AROUND SCHOOLS AND REALLY
CREATING A WALK SHED NETWORK
THAT MAKES IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE
TO GET THERE FROM A DISTANCE
PARTICULARLY WHEN NOT PROVIDED
TRANSPORT BY THE DISTRICT.
MINDFUL OF THE FACT THERE IS
POTENTIALLY 20 ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS CLOSED I EXPANDED IT
FOR K-12 AND I ALSO ADDED AND
OR TRANSIT BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT PEOPLE BE ABLE TO
WALK TO TRANSIT AND IF WE WANT
TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RIDE THE
BUS OR LIGHT RAIL THEY NEED TO
BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY WALK THERE
SAFELY SO I DO SUPPORT THE
INCREASED MONEY AND SIDEWALK
REPAIR. I SUPPORT KEEPING THAT
AS A SEPARATE CATEGORY BECAUSE
IT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
THAT I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE
MONEY DESIGNATED TO THAT AND TO
THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO KEEP
TRACK OF WHERE IT IS AND HAVE
THE OVERSIGHT PIECE OF THAT I
THINK IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS
REALLY THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH
I'VE LISTED THE VARIOUS
PROJECTS FURTHER AND ALSO THE
FRAMEWORK THAT THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD DIRECT SDOT TO LOOK AT
WHEN THEY ARE DECIDING WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IN
SIDEWALKS. THAT IS A PRETTY
STANDARD CRITERIA USED IN
DISCUSSING SIDEWALK
IMPLEMENTATION. THAT'S HOW I
GOT TO THAT. I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY
HELPFUL. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND
COMMENTING BRIEFLY THE BASIS
FOR THE MASTER PLAN GOAL OF
COMPLETING THE SIDEWALK NETWORK
BY 2044. YOU ARE THINKING IN
THE BASIS TO CREATE THAT GOAL.
>> SO, SDOT IS IN THE PROCESS
AND THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE
OF LOOKING AT SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES AND THE
SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY SIDEWALKS
WERE BUILT AND PUT INTO PLACE
THAT WERE ALTERNATIVE WALKWAYS.
WE HAD BOTH TRADITIONAL
SIDEWALKS AND ALTERNATIVE
WALKWAYS. AT THE RATE WE ARE
GOING WE ARE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT EVEN WITH 500
SIDEWALKS I THINK IT WILL BE
100 88 YEARS BEFORE WE GET TO
THE 11,000 THAT ARE MISSING.
THIS IS MORE OF AN ASPIRATION
THAT THE GOAL IS TO GET
SIDEWALKS OR ALTERNATIVE
WALKWAYS. HOW DO WE DO OUR
THINKING, OUR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIM
E THINKING OF BRINGING
EVERYBODY TOGETHER , EVERYBODY
INTERESTED IN THIS AND THINKING
WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES BUT
WE DO HAVE AND WE HAVE THIS ONE
WAY OF APPROACHING AND THEN WE
HAVE ALTERNATIVE WAYS WHICH WE
HAVE THE RECORD THEY ARE VERY
EFFECTIVE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING
AND ARE AT LEAST HALF AS
EXPENSIVE IF NOT LESS. JUST
USING IT AS A MOONSHOT TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GET 125 BETWEEN NOW
AND 2044 BUT WE CAN BE
AMBITIOUS AND I THINK WE OUGHT
TO AT LEAST HAVE A PLAN IN
PLACE THAT SETS THOSE STEPS
FORWARD. IN TERMS OF OUR IMPACT
FEES FOR MOST OF THE PLACES
WITH LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICTS. IT IS PART OF OUR
PROPERTY TAX. IT INCREASES THE
BURDEN ON THOSE COMMUNITIES. D5
DOES NOT HAVE MONEY AND ITS
POCKETS AND IMPACT FEES ARE
SOMETHING THAT MANY OTHER
JURISDICTIONS USE. I'M NOT
SAYING WE SHOULD ADOPT IT BUT
IT IS CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT
FUNDING MECHANISM THAT SHOULD
BE AT LEAST CONSIDERED GIVEN
DUE IN SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
AND I BELIEVE THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ITSELF ALSO
RECOMMENDS LOOKING AT
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES. NOT
TYING OUR HANDS BUT REQUIRING
THEM TO COME FORWARD WITH A
VIABLE PLAN AS ANOTHER FUNDING
SOURCE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THOSE
CLARIFICATIONS. I WILL BE
HONEST, WHEN I FIRST READ YOUR
PROPOSAL THAT IS THE COMMENT
THAT CAME TO MY MIND. THIS IS
WHAT I THINK THE MAYOR IS
TALKING ABOUT. VERY AMBITIOUS.
I WILL WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO
MAKE SURE IT IS AMBITIOUS BUT
ACHIEVABLE AND DOABLE AND
IMPLEMENTABLE. WE ARE SETTING
FUTURE FOLKS DOING THE WORK ON
A TASK FORCE UP FOR SUCCESS.
ALSO SETTING OUR FUTURE
SUCCESSORS UP AS WELL. NOT TO
MENTION AT SDOT AS WELL. IN ANY
EVENT, THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL.
ALONG MEETING. ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW
OFF-LINE IF YOU HAVE ADDED THE
AMOUNT OF NEW FUNDING IF ALL OF
THESE NEW PROPOSALS .
>> I HAVE NOT. THEY ALL MOVE
EXISTING MONEY AROUND.
>> FINAL COMMENT, I HEARD IT SO
MANY TIMES. I HEAR A CONCERN.
OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS . I HEAR THAT CONCERN.
THE CHAIRS PACKETS PROPOSAL IS
CALLING AROUND AND PROPOSING
SDOT TO COME UP WITH AN INITIAL
READINESS ASSESSOR TO KIND OF
LAYOUT BEFORE VOTERS EVEN VOTE
ON THIS THING. BASED ON WHAT
YOU KNOW NOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN
TO GET CONTRACTING SYSTEMS IN
PLACE TO START TO DELIVER
EFFECTIVELY ON THIS LEVY? THERE
IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT THERE
. OBVIOUSLY THE EXPECTATION IS
MORE DETAILED, MORE GRANULAR
LEVEL PLANS AND CONCRETE STEPS
THEY ARE TAKING AND HAVE TAKEN
TO DELIVER ON THIS. WE ARE ALL
MINDFUL OF THOSE CONCERNS AND I
WELCOME TO ADD THE UNDERLYING
CONCERN THERE. THAT SAID, WE
REACH THE END OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL
BE WHERE WE VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENTS AND THE UNDERLYING
LEVY LEGISLATION IS ON TUESDAY,
JULY 2nd AT 9:30 A.M. ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE
ADJOURN? HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS , WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT
IS 12:56 P.M.