>>> GOOD MORNING, THE APRIL
19th SUSTAINABILITY,
SATELLITE, ARTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL NOW COME
TO ORDER, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> CHAIR , THERE ARE FIVE
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AS WE KNOW,
TOMORROW IS EARTH DAY, THE
FIRST EARTH DAY OBSERVED IN
SEATTLE TOOK PLACE IN 1970,
BEFORE CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, THERE WERE VERY FEW
LEGAL OR REGULATORY MECHANISMS
TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE
CITY OF SEATTLE ADOPTED THE
PLAN IN 2013, AND HAS
RECOGNIZED THE COMMITMENT TO
MEET CLIMATE GOALS AND UPHOLDS
THE OBLIGATION. CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT US
ALL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
CENTERING ON THE COMMUNITIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE. WITH THAT, WE
WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE
SIGNED UP ?
>> CURRENTLY, ONE IN PERSON
SPEAKER AND ONE REMOTE.
>> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST BEFORE
GOING TO VIRTUAL. THE PERIOD
IS UP TO 20 MINUTES. I DON'T
THINK WE WILL HAVE ANY PROBLEM
WITH THAT. THE SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT, THE SPEAKER
WILL HEAR A CHIME. AND THEN
THE MICS WILL BE MUTED. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST FOR
IN-PERSON.
>> THE FIRST IN-PERSON IS
DAVID.
>> GOOD MORNING , MY NAME IS
DAVE AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5.
AS WE APPROACH EARTH DAY, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
TREES. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE
ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT TREES
PROVIDE , FROM CLEANING THE
AIR, TO HOLDING THE SOIL, FLOOD
PREVENTION, AND MITIGATING THE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
TREES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
SEATTLE. I BELIEVE IT IS GOOD
TO HONOR THE MATURE TREES IN
OUR CITY. I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH
GREEN SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP.
EVERY TIME I WORK IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, I APPRECIATE
SEATTLE'S SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROGRAM. EACH WEEK WE REMOVE
INVASIVE PLANTS AND ADD NEW
NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES TO MAKE
OUR PARKS MORE RESILIENT. IT
WILL TAKE DECADES FOR THESE
NEWLY-PLANTED TREES TO PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT CANOPY. IN THE
PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE
SHORTENED -- SHOWN SHORTLY, WE
WILL GO THROUGH THE PLAN TO
INCREASE OUR CANOPY. THE WORK
IS VERY COMMENDABLE HOWEVER IT
IS STATED THAT WE ARE SLOWLY
LOSING OUR CANOPY AND THE CITY
IS NOT ON THE PATH TO MEET THE
30% TREE CANOPY COVERAGE, AS
STATED IN THE COMPETENCE OF
PLANTED WHAT IS MISSING FROM
THE PRESENTATION TODAY'S
INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
SEATTLE'S TREE PROTECTION
ORDINANCE THAT WAS ENACTED IN
2023. THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE
DEVELOPER TO REMOVE VIRTUALLY
ANY TREE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. I
CANNOT THINK OF ANY BETTER WAY
TO HONOR THE MATURE TREES OF
SEATTLE, OTHER THAN TO PROTECT
THESE TREES, AS WE BUILD OUR
OWN, INCREASE OUR HOUSING
DENSITY, AND ADD MORE HOUSING.
SO I DO URGE YOU TO HONOR OUR
TREES BY PROTECTING THEM EVEN
FURTHER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS SANDY SCHEFFLER .
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN
YOU HEAR THE PROMPT AND YOU
WOULD BE UNMUTED.
SANDY? ARE YOU THERE? WE WILL
COME BACK TO SANDY. WE HAVE
ANOTHER SPEAKER, LOIS MARTIN,
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT AND YOU WILL
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
LOIS MARTIN. I AM A
REPRESENTATIVE . THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER TANYA WOO FOR
RECOGNIZING EARTH DAY , AS
WELL AS THE LOSS OF OUR URBAN
FOREST. AT MY LEARNING CENTER,
THE CHILDREN REMAIN BUSY. THEY
ARE LISTENING TO STORIES, THEY
ARE WAITING BOOKS ABOUT EARTH
DAY AND CREATING PROJECTS. I AM
JUST SO GLAD THE WEATHER IS SO
LOVELY TODAY, BEING OUTSIDE
AND SPENDING TIME IN NATURE. A
REPORT BY CONNECT SEATTLE WAS
SHARED WITH EACH OF YOUR
OFFICES. PLEASE REVIEW IT AS IT
DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF
DETECTING MATURE TREES ON
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AS
WELL AS HOW THINGS WILL
NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE URBAN
FORESTRY GOALS IF WE DON'T. IF
THE CITY ONLY FOCUSES ON PUBLIC
LANDS, IT WILL BE ADVISABLE TO
HAVE THE TYPES OF HEALTH
BENEFITS SHARED . I URGE THIS
COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
PRESERVE OUR URBAN TREES AND
ALL SPACES FOR THE GOOD OF
THIS, AND FUTURE, GENERATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER REMOTE
SPEAKER, TOBY FOWLER, PLEASE
PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU ARE
READY. TOBY? ARE YOU THERE?
YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX.
PLEASE, PRESS STAR SIX.
WE WILL CHECK IN ON OUR FIRST
REMOTE SPEAKER, SANDY
SCHEFFLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX, WHEN YOU ARE READY. GO
AHEAD, SANDY . SANDY, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO PRESS STAR SIX
AND WEIGHT A COUPLE MINUTES.
IT TAKES A COUPLE SECONDS.
>> SHE IS TRYING TO UNMUTE,
BUT SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING.
>> WE SAW YOU UNMUTE, JUST
MOMENTARILY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
ARE UNMUTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I PRESSED STAR SIX ABOUT 40
TIMES. [ LAUGHTER ] THIS IS
SANDY SCHEFFLER WITH THE TREE
ACTION. THANK YOU COMMITTEE
MEMBERS , FOR TALKING ABOUT
TREES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
TODAY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE
WORK THAT WENT INTO THE
PRESENTATION, FOCUSING ON THE
NEED TO SPEND SCARCE PUBLIC
FUNDS TO PLANT TREES ON PUBLIC
LAND. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
PEOPLE GET THE MOST HELP
BENEFITS FROM TREES BY THEIR
HOMES, USUALLY PRIVATE
PROPERTY. ON THE CITY LEVEL,
IT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE TO
RETAIN TREES AND LEAVE SPACE
TO PLANT NEW ONES ON LOTS THAT
DO NOT HAVE THEM. I ALSO WANT
TO NOTE THAT OUR APPROACH TO
PLANTING TREES IN FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES IS MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT. COMPANIES LIKE
PLANET GEO PROVIDE
INEXPENSIVE CANOPY MAPPING
WHICH CAN BE OVERLAID WITH
LAND-USE TYPES, AND
SOCIOECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA. FOR A FEW THOUSAND
DOLLARS, WE COULD HAVE A MAP
OF EVERY FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY
TREEPLANTING SITE ON PUBLIC
LAND, WITHOUT SUCH A LONG
PROCESS TO GET THERE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK,
EVERYONE. I AM EXCITED TO LEARN
MORE. THANKS AGAIN.
>> IT APPEARS THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS
AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO
EITHER SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENTS ON THE SIGN-UP CARDS
OR EMAIL THE COUNCIL AT
COUCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. IF THERE
ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS NOW ENDED.
AND YOU WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST
ITEM INTO RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT , BUILDING
EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
OVERVIEW FOR DISCUSSION AND
BRIEFING.
>> WILL BE COORDINATOR'S COME
TO THE TABLE? WHEN READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES ,
WE ARE EXCITED TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE BUILDING AND MISSION
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
>> OKAY, GOOD MORNING, THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. IT IS REALLY
NICE TO BE HERE FOR HAPPY
ALMOST-EARTH DAY, HAPPY EARTH
MONTH. WE ARE HERE TO DO TWO
PRESENTATIONS. WHY DON'T WE
CLICK AHEAD TO THE CORE
SERVICES, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
DOES IS WORK ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY TO D CARBON EYES
TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING
WASTE, AS WE ARE FIGHTING THE
CLIMATE PROCESS SO TODAY WE
ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
THIS. SO, TODAY, YOU CAN SEE
THE GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REDUCTION AND WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT A REALLY EXCITING
POLICY THAT PASSED AT THE END
OF LAST YEAR AND WE WILL ALSO
BE ADDRESSING TREES AND THE
URBAN CANOPY, I WILL START BY
GIVING A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO
THE BUILDING PERFORMANCE
EMISSIONS STANDARD, THEN WE
WILL MOVE IN THE TREES AND WE
WILL ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR THE PRESENTATION. BEFORE
WE JUMP INTO BUILDING A MISSION
-- EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS, AND YOU CAN GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT A BIG STEP
FORWARD THIS POLICY IS, IN THE
FIGHT TO BE CARBON EYES, AND
IT THAT WILL RESULT IN A 10%
EMISSIONS REDUCTION BY 2050.
AND THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
FROM MAYOR HARRELL, AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS, AND
MANY OTHER ADVOCATES, EXPERT
STAFF, AND THE INGREDIENT OF
TRUST, TO DO REALLY HARD
THINGS. I THINK THAT IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT. AND
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW
WE GOT THERE AND WHAT THIS,
WHAT THIS POLICY WILL DO. AND
THE REASON IT IS RELEVANT, IT
IS NOT JUST SOMETHING TO
CELEBRATE BUT WE ARE GOING TO
GO INTO RULEMAKING OVER THE
SUMMER AND THAT WILL REQUIRE
REALLY DEEP AND MAJOR IN --
ENGAGEMENT YOU MAY BE HEARING
ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THE
SUMMER. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO NICOLE BALLINGER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSYN
FARRELL. I AM THE BUILDING
EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
MANAGER FOR OSE. YEAH, SORRY,
WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS INTO
FULLSCREEN. THERE IT GOES.
OKAY, THAT WAS NICER. THANK YOU
SO MUCH TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT , ABOUT
OUR POLICY. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
THINK OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT
THIS , THIS MORNING. I WILL BE
WORKING THROUGH SOME CONTEXT
FOR THE POLICY AND TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT
WHAT IS NEXT FOR
IMPLEMENTATION. LET'S TALK
ABOUT BY THIS POLICY WAS
NEEDED. AS WE ALL KNOW, WE ARE
IN A CLIMATE CRISIS, WHAT WE
DO IN THE NEAR TERM WILL IMPACT
ALL OF OUR FUTURES AND WE
RECOGNIZE THAT TRANSFORMING
BUILDINGS TO CLEAN ENERGY
REQUIRES SUSTAINED EFFORT AND
RESOURCES. AND BUILDINGS ARE
ONE OF SEATTLE'S LARGEST
SOURCES OF CLIMATE POLLUTION,
CONTRIBUTING 33% OF OUR CORE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. IN
SEATTLE, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE EXTREMELY LOW EMISSION
ELECTRICITY, SUPPLIED BY
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. OVER 90% OF
OUR BUILDING -RELATED EMISSIONS
COMES FROM THE BURNING OF
FOSSIL FUELS. THAT IS GAS AND
OIL BURNING FURNACES, WATER
HEATERS, STOVES, AS WELL AS IN
BOILERS THAT GENERATE STEAM
FOR SYSTEMS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH ADVICE COME NOT JUST
FROM BURNING THESE FUELS, BUT
FROM EXTRACTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES ARE THE CLOSEST AND
MOST EXPOSED TO THIS AND MOST
IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
BOLD ACTION IS NEEDED TO
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE
CLIMATE EMISSIONS FROM
BUILDINGS, AND FOR ALL OF THE
GREAT SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS AND
THE VOLUNTARY EFFORTS, AND THE
BUILDING OWNERS, BOTH PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE, WE ARE FALLING
WELL SHORT OF THE TRAJECTORY
NEEDED TO MEET OUR CLIMATE
ACTION GOALS, WITH ALL
BUILDINGS NEEDING TO REACH NET
ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050. BUT WE
HAVE BEEN MAKING GOOD PROGRESS,
HELPING OWNERS GET READY FOR
CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH
INNOVATIVE POLICIES. IN 2011,
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES TO REQUIRE
ENERGY BENCHMARKING FOR
BUILDINGS GREATER THAN 25,000
SQUARE FEET. UNDER THIS POLICY,
BUILDING OWNERS REPORT ENERGY
USE TO THE CITY EVERY YEAR. IT
PROVIDES OWNERS AND THE CITY
WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
EMOTION PERFORMANCE --
EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
BUILDINGS. THIS REQUIRES LARGER
COMMERCIAL OWNERS TO ENACT
SOME ACTIONS TO IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN
MAKING OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND LESS
CLIMATE POLLUTING. WE NO LONGER
USE FOSSIL FUELS IN THE NEW
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE
REDUCED BOTH ENERGY AND
EMISSIONS ROUGHLY 25% . AND WE
ARE FINALIZING A STRATEGY TO
MAKE THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO FREE
OF FOSSIL FUELS. IN ADDITION,
THE LATEST IN ENERGY CODE
LIMITS FOSSIL FUEL REPLACEMENT
IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR
RENOVATIONS, AND MOST EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENTS. IN 2019,
WASHINGTON STATE PASSED ITS
CLEAN BUILDING STANDARDS,
FOCUSING ON LARGE COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
TARGETS BUILDING -- BEGINNING
IN 2026. ALL OF THIS WORK WAS
AND IS VERY FOUNDATIONAL, BUT
IT IS NOT GETTING THE EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS NEEDED. SO, THIS IS
MY SEATTLE PROPOSED THE
BUILDING EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE
STANDARD AND WE DEVELOPED IT
OVER TWO YEARS OF STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT, BRIEFLY TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO BEPs
POLICIES, YOU NEED TO MEET
ENERGY PERFORMANCE TARGETS BY
SPECIFIC DEADLINES OVER TIME.
SOMETIMES YOU WILL HEAR WORDS
LIKE DECARBONIZATION. SEATTLE
IS NOT ALONE IN THIS EFFORT.
THE MAP YOU SEE ARE CITIES
THAT HAVE ALREADY PASSED A
POLICY ALREADY HAVE ONE UNDER
CONSIDERATION. MANY OF OUR
PEERS CITIES HAVE POLICIES
LIKE BOSTON, NEW YORK,
WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR EXAMPLE.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS BRAND-NEW
CONSENSUS-BASED POLICY WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE MAYOR IN
DECEMBER AFTER UNANIMOUS
COUNCIL PASSAGE. THE MAYOR WAS
FLANKED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
CONTORTION AND MANY OTHERS.
AND IT WAS EACH -- WE HEARD
DOZENS OF MOVING STATEMENTS,
FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE
EXPRESSING HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
WITH SEATTLE TAKING THIS BOLD
ACTION AND FROM ELDERS WHO SAW
THE SAME THING FOR THEIR
GRANDKIDS. AND ALSO FROM LABOR
WORKFORCE REPRESENTATIVES WHO
KNEW THIS WOULD CATEGORIZE GOOD
PAYING JOBS. SO, BEPs IS ONE
OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE CLIMATE
ACTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING, IT
IS PROJECTED TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY
2050. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IS A
27% DECREASE IN BUILDING
EMISSIONS FROM THE 2008
BASELINE. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK
AT THAT DIFFERENTLY, IT IS LIKE
TAKING ABOUT 72,000
GAS-POWERED CARS OFF THE ROAD
FOR A YEAR. THE POLICY
ADDRESSES MULTIPLE PRIORITIES.
OF COURSE, IT IS AN EFFORT TO
MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND
REDUCE POLLUTION BUT IT ALSO
CONSIDERS MULTIPLE PRIORITIES
FACED BY THE COMMUNITY, BY
BUILDING OWNERS, THE TENANTS,
AND THE LABOR FORCE, SUCH AS
THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, AND ADJUSTING
TRANSITIONS FOR WORKERS AND
KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
SEATTLE'S BEPs WILL CREATE
HIGH-QUALITY LOCAL JOBS THAT
CANNOT BE OUTSOURCED. AND OSE
WILL CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH
LABOR AND ON CITY WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO
BRING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND
TO HELP EASE THE TRANSITION FOR
GAS WORKERS. SO, OSE CONDUCTED
A PROCESS TO INFORM BEPs, THIS
PROCESS WAS IDENTIFIED EARLY ON
IN THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
ANALYSIS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE
AND EQUITABLE POLICIES. THIS
WORK INCLUDED MORE THAN 125
MEETINGS WITH HUNDREDS OF
STAKEHOLDERS AND SEVERAL LARGE
WORKSHOPS. WE INCLUDED
BUILDING OWNERS, LABOR, AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
WE ALSO HAD A TECHNICAL
ADVISORY GROUP THAT REPRESENTED
THOSE INTERESTS. IT ALSO, THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM,
IT HAD ITS OWN TASK FORCE. AND
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD WAS
CONSISTENT PARTNER, PROVIDING
AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE ALONG
THE WAY. SO, NOW THAT YOU HAVE
AT THAT CONTEXT, LET'S GET
INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT
BEPs REQUIRES. FIRST, BEPs
COVERS ABOUT 4000 OF SEATTLE'S
LARGER MULTIFAMILY AND
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THESE
ARE BUILDINGS OVER 25,000
SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND THEY
ARE THE SAME ONES ALREADY
COMPLYING WITH THE ENERGY
BENCHMARKING POLICY, LIKE
LARGER MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS
FOR EXAMPLE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW THAT THE POLICY DOES NOT
COVER INDUSTRIAL AND
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, IT
DOES NOT COVER SMALL BUILDINGS
LESS THAN 20,000 SQUARE FEET
OR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, NOR
DOES IT COVER NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDE THAT OWNERS, EVERY
FIVE YEARS, VERIFY ENERGY AND
EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE, THEN
COMPLETE A SHORT REPORT, A
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORT. IT IS
DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE
BUILDING'S BASELINE
CONDITIONS, SUCH AS THE TYPE OF
HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT.
AND ALSO IDENTIFY ACTIONS TO
ACHIEVE THE UPCOMING TARGETS.
AND THEN, MEETING THOSE
DECREASING TARGETS EVERY FIVE
YEARS, UNTIL FINALLY ACHIEVING
NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050.
BEPs WILL SUPERSEDE THE
BUILDING TUNEUPS MANDATE, WE
WILL SUNSET THAT AFTER 2026, IT
OVERLAPS WITH STATE
REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCES
BURDENS FOR OWNERS. SO, SLI IS
BASED ON THE IDEA THAT
BUILDINGS NEED CLEAR TARGETS
ALONG A VERY SPECIFIC
TIMELINE, WE HEARD EXTENSIVE
INPUT THAT THEY NEEDED
FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS UNIQUE
BUILDINGS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, SO
WE OFFER THREE PATHWAYS TO
COMPLIANCE, UNDERPASS A, IT IS
KIND OF THE STANDARD PATH, THE
MEET THE TARGETS BY A SPECIFIC
DATE, UNDERPASS B, YOU CAN GET
MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE
TIMELINE, AND EXTENSIONS, IF
THEY ARE AVAILABLE. PATH C
OFFERS A COMPLIANCE PLAN, THAT
IS IF THE BUILDING MEETS THESE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. FOR
EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS A
CONFLICT WITH THE HISTORIC
STATUS OF THE BUILDING, OR
PERHAPS A SITE UPGRADE IS
HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY IN THE
BUILDING. ALSO, IMPORTANT TO
NOTE , CAMPUSES THAT MIGHT HAVE
THEIR OWN DISTRICT ENERGY TYPES
OF SYSTEMS MAY ALSO USE PATH C.
THERE IS A LOT OF TEXT ON THIS
SLIDE AND I PROMISE I WILL NOT
READ IT ALL BUT THIS IS TO TALK
ABOUT HOW FLEXIBILITY WAS
INCORPORATED TO PRIORITIZE
FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES. I WILL
FOCUS IN THE TEXT IN BLUE ABOUT
COOKING. WE HEARD THAT GAS
COOKING WOULD BE QUITE
DIFFICULT AND COSTLY TO
REPLACE, ESPECIALLY IN SMALL
RESTAURANTS. IT WOULD BE TOUGH
TO MANAGE AN APARTMENT UNITS
WHERE IT COULD DISRUPT TENANTS
AND ALSO IN CONDO UNITS. THERE
ARE SOME REALLY GOOD ELECTRIC
AND INDUCTION PRODUCTS ON THE
MARKET, THEY ARE PRETTY COSTLY
AND THE ELECTRIC UPGRADES
WOULD HAVE ADDED COST IMPACT,
OUR RESPONSE WAS TO ALLOW
OWNERS TO DEDUCT COOKING
EMISSIONS FROM THE BUILDING 'S
OVERALL EMISSIONS THROUGH 2040.
WHAT THIS DOES, IT PROVIDES
MORE TIME FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO
MATURE AND FOR COSTS TO COME
DOWN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT FUMES FROM GAS
COOKING ARE STILL HEALTH
CONCERN. WE WILL WORK ON
VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS FOR GAS
COOKING REPLACEMENTS,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-INCOME
HOUSING. THIS IS JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW ARE MANY
FLEXIBLE OPTIONS ARE DESIGNED
TO HELP MINIMIZE THE BURDENS
OF THIS POLICY. SO, FINALLY,
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR
COMPLIANCE? SO, THE FIRST
COMPLIANCE INTERVALS ARE COMING
UP 2027 TO 2030, THAT IS WHEN
OWNERS WILL NEED TO DO THE
EMISSIONS AND ENERGY
VERIFICATION AND SUBMIT THAT
PLANNING GREENHOUSE GAS
REPORT. THIS HELPS ENSURE THAT
THE OWNERS ARE AWARE OF THE
TARGETS AND CAN PLAN TO MEET
THEM AS PART OF THEIR
LONGER-TERM ASSET MANAGEMENT
PLAN. THEN THE FIRST TARGETS
MUST BE MET BY 2031, FOR THE
LARGEST BUILDINGS, THROUGH 2035
FOR THE SMALLEST. THEN, YOU
CAN SEE THAT THE NONRESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS HAVE THREE COMPLIANCE
INTERVALS TO GET TO NET ZERO
WHEREAS THE MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
A LONGER TIMEFRAME, THEY GET
OVER FOUR INTERVALS TO REACH
NET ZERO EMISSIONS, FROM 2046
TO 2050. BUILDINGS WITH HUMAN
SERVICES ARE GIVEN THE OPTION
TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO
PREPARE TO MEET THE TARGETS IN
2036. THIS IS ANOTHER
FLEXIBILITY PROVISION THAT
REALLY ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS
OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING
PROVIDERS. THEY HAVE LONG
TIMELINES FOR THE CAPITAL NEEDS
PLANTINGS AND PUBLIC FUNDING
CYCLES, SO THIS GIVES THEM
GREATER TIME TO WORK THOSE IN,
AS WELL AS TO SEEK OUT THE
FUNDING FOR THE CITY, AND FOR
THE CITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
AS AVAILABLE. SO, ROUNDING OUT
THE PRESENTATION, I WILL FINISH
WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND
WHAT IS COMING NEXT. SO, AS
WAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE
RULEMAKING ON THE HORIZON. PER
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE
NEED TO DO THIS TO CLARIFY THE
ORDINANCE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS
WHEN OWNERS MAY APPLY FOR
EXEMPTIONS AND EXTENSIONS AND
WHAT DOCUMENTS THE CITY WILL
REQUIRE. A PROCESS IS AS
FOLLOWS, WE EXPECT TO KICKOFF
THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
LATER THIS YEAR, AROUND Q3.
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET KEY
ELEMENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE
IMPORTANT TO STAKEHOLDERS. IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
GET THE DETAILED FEEDBACK,
BECAUSE WE FEEL IT WILL LEAD TO
POLICY RECOMMENDATION. WE WILL
SHARE WITH THE WIDER PUBLIC
FURTHER COMMENT THROUGH THE
WEBINAR, THEN WE WILL DO THE
FINAL DRAFT ANY FORMAL FINAL
COMMENT PERIOD AND WE WILL
ADOPT THE FINAL RULING,
HOPEFULLY BY ORDER -- CORNER
-- 22 OF NEXT YEAR. THIS WILL
INVOLVE CONDUCTING ANALYSIS OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STUDIES.
THIS WILL HELP THE PATH TO
COMPLIANCE. WE ARE ALSO
LEVERAGING SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL
AND STATE FUNDS TO BUILD THE
PROGRAM AND OWNERS. WE ARE IN
FACT SUPPORTING A REALLY BIG
PROPOSAL FOR A DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AWARD NEXT WEEK. WE ARE
WORKING HARD ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING
REPORTING TOOLS AND LEARNING
WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE LEARNING
FOR REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY, WE ARE
ALREADY COACHING OWNERS TO
COMPLY. SO WE HAVE A SEATTLE
CLEAN BUILDINGS EXCELERATOR, WE
LAUNCHED THIS IN 2022 TO
SUPPORT COMMERCIAL BUILDING
OWNERS TO MEET THE WASHINGTON
ENERGY STANDARDS. WE HAVE HAD
40 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE TO
DATE, LIKE THE MUSEUM, SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PLACE
MARKET. MORE THAN HALF
REPRESENT FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES, NONPROFITS, OR
UNDER RESOURCED BUILDINGS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING ON IT
EXPANDING THE ACCELERATOR TO
INCLUDE CURRICULA ON EMISSIONS
TARGETS AND INTEGRATING BEPs
AND EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO
SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY AND SMALLER
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. I JUST
WANT TO SHARE SOME GREAT
FEEDBACK WE HAVE HAD FROM
PARTICIPANTS. THIS IS FROM THE
FACILITY MANAGER, SHE SAID THAT
THE ACCELERATOR MADE IT EASIER
TO COMPLETE TASKS UNDER THE
WASHINGTON STATE? BUILDING
STANDARDS, HELPING TO TEACH
AND EXPLAINED TO LEADERSHIP AND
PARTICIPANTS AND STAFF WHAT WE
ARE DOING, HOW WE ARE DOING IT,
AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT. HER
STATEMENT, I BELIEVE, IN MANY
WAYS ECHOES WHAT WE CONSIDER AT
OSE TO BE AN APPROACH TO TAKE
EDUCATION AND EQUITY FIRST AS
THE APPROACH TO BEPs, AS WE
SUPPORT OWNERS WITH
COMPLIANCE. WITH THAT, I WANT
TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT THE
BEPs POLICY AND BE VERY HAPPY
TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
NOW.
>> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
>> I HAVE A REQUEST, CHAIR.
>> PLEASE.
>> SORRY, LET ME GET THIS
CLOSER. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE
SLIDE ON THE RULEMAKING
SCHEDULE. AND JUST , YEAH, WALK
US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THIS MEANS TO HAVE A
DIRECTOR'S RULE THAT HELPS
US IDENTIFY PROCESSES AND
GUIDELINES, RATHER THAN
INCORPORATING THAT KIND OF
INFORMATION INTO THE
LEGISLATION ITSELF?
>> CERTAINLY. I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO. SO, I WILL START BY
MENTIONING THAT OUR LEGISLATION
ACTUALLY IS QUITE A LOT MORE
DETAILED THAN THE OTHER
LEGISLATION FROM THE OTHER BEPs
POLICIES, IN A WAY THAT IS A
VERY GOOD THING, BECAUSE OWNERS
CAN LOOK AT IT AND HAVE A
REALLY GOOD SENSE OF THE
DIRECTION THAT THEY NEED TO GO
TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE,
HOWEVER, THERE ARE THINGS
WITHIN IT, SUCH AS DETAILS
ABOUT IF AN OWNER WERE TO ASK
FOR AN EXTENSION, DUE TO HAVING
A CERTAIN HARDSHIP, THAT WE DO
NOT SPELL OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE
DOCUMENTATION IS, IN THE
ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD
FIRST MAKE IT VERY LONG, AND
THAT ALSO MAKES IT VERY HARD TO
CHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CITY
POLICY CHANGES, THAT CHANGES
DOCUMENTATION, THEN WE CAN
UPDATE THE RULE MORE QUICKLY TO
PROVIDE THAT DETAIL. SO THE
RULE IS REALLY FLUSHING OUT
THAT , KIND OF, EXTRA
INFORMATION. THERE ARE ALSO
SOME THINGS IN THE POLICY,
BECAUSE IT IS A LONG-TERM
TRAJECTORY. SAY, FOR EXAMPLE,
ABOUT EMISSIONS FACTORS OF THE
UTILITIES THAT WILL CHANGE OVER
TIME. THE RULEMAKING PROCESS
ALLOWS US TO CONFIRM THOSE NOW
AND PERIODICALLY UPDATE THOSE
AS THE FACTORS CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND
THANK YOU FOR THIS RATHER
INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION. WE
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS
IMPORTANT WORK TO HELP US
ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
OVERVIEW, KIND OF HOW WE ARE
APPROACHING THE BEPs PROCESS,
INCLUDING THE RULEMAKING
PROCESS. IMPORTANTLY,
MINIMIZING ANY IMPACT, ADVERSE
IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDERS. THAT IS
HARD WORK. THAT IS HARD WORK
FOR POLICYMAKERS AT THIS DIET
IS THAT IT IS HARD WORK FOR THE
EXECUTIVE , IN OVERSEEING
IMPLEMENTATION. AND IT IS HARD
WORK FOR YOU ALL ON THE FRONT
LINES AND AT THE LEADERSHIP
LEVELS, TO FAITHFULLY ADOPT AND
INCORPORATE THIS POLICY. WE
NEED TO AVOID THE POLICYMAKING
WHERE WE JUST CREATE A POLICY
THAT ACHIEVES A SPECIFIC END
GOAL WITHOUT MEANINGFUL
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. AND ,
IMPLEMENTATION. SO , LOOKING
AT THIS, LOOKING AT THIS
SPECIFIC SLIDE, COINCIDENTALLY,
I SEE THAT STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS IS
GOING ON NOW. AND IT IS UP
FRONT. AND CONTINUOUSLY
UNDERSTANDING, MONITORING,
REVIEWING, AND ADAPTING AS
NEEDED. AND THAT IS HARD WORK.
THAT IS HARD WORK. BUT I AM
COMMITTED TO THAT TOIL AND I
THANK YOU ALL FOR DEMONSTRATING
YOUR WILLINGNESS, VIA
POWERPOINT SLIDES, TO DO THE
SAME. JUST CURIOUS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE , ON THAT CHART
RIGHT THERE, ON THE SLIDE,
RIGHT THERE, IT SHOWS THE THREE
COMPLIANCE PATHWAYS, OF THOSE
THREE LISTED, WHAT IS
CURRENTLY THE HIGHEST UTILIZED
PATHWAY TO COMPLIANCE ? HOW
DOES THAT IMPACT OUR GOALS?
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. WITH
BEPs BEING BRAND-NEW, WE ARE AT
THE POINT WHERE WE ARE REALLY
TALKING WITH OWNERS ABOUT WHAT
PATHWAYS THEY MIGHT CHOOSE. NO
ONE HAS SELECTED THEIRS YET.
OUR EXPECTATION IS PATH A,
MOST PEOPLE WILL USE THAT
BECAUSE IT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEY HAVE A KNOWN TARGET AND
THEY CAN PLAN TO ACHIEVE THAT.
HOWEVER, AS YOU WILL SEE , I
THINK OUR EDUCATION IS
CERTAINLY FOCUSED, FIRST AND
FOREMOST ON MAKING SURE THAT
BUILDING OWNERS WILL BE AWARE
OF THOSE TARGETS AND
UNDERSTAND HOW TO MEET THEM.
CERTAINLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF
OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THE
INTEREST IN PATH C . SO, IT IS
A LITTLE BIT TO BE DETERMINED,
EXACTLY WHICH PATH THEY WILL
CHOOSE. BUT WE WILL BE WORKING
TO HELP THEM, REALLY, WITH ALL
OF THEM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT
FIRST STEP IS REALLY
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TARGETS
ARE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY
WILL HAVE FOR THE BEST PATH IN
MIND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND
I DID WANT TO CONGRATULATE
EVERYBODY WHO WORKED SO HARD TO
GET THIS PASSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ?
>> SORRY. I WANTED TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY
WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GET THIS
PASSED, SO KUDOS TO THE
COLLEAGUES AND ALL OF YOU WHO
ARE HERE TODAY. AND TO THE
MAYOR. AND TO COUNCILMEMBER .
THEY ARE INVESTING IN THE
CAREER PATHWAY TRAINING. CAN
YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
THAT? AND ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON. [ INDISCERNIBLE -
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION
THAT I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE WORKFORCE
INVESTMENTS. AND THEN I CAN
SPEAK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON. ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PIECES AND ONE OF THE
CO-BENEFITS OF THIS POLICY IS
THAT IT CREATES BASELEVEL
CERTAINTY AROUND THE NEEDS OF
THE CLEAN ENERGY WORKFORCE. AND
OF COURSE, WE REALLY NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL
SCHOOL PARTNERS, OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOL PARTNERS, TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE OVER
THIS LONG LEADTIME THROUGH
2050. AND, SO, WE MAKE
INVESTMENTS. WE ARE INVESTING
ONE -- $1 MILLION THIS YEAR IN
PARTNERSHIPS WITH SPEARS SOLAR,
SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE, WHICH
HAS A LONG-STANDING
PARTNERSHIP WITH OSE,
PARTICULARLY AROUND BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION. WE PROVIDE
INTERNSHIP AND FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE SPECIFIC WAYS THAT WE
WERE, BUT WE ALSO WORK TO DO
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP SUPPORTS
SOMETIMES . AND PEOPLE MAY NEED
HELP WITH CHILDCARE TO BE ABLE
TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. SO, WE
PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO
DO THAT. AND WE WILL ACTUALLY
BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT VERY
SOON ABOUT THE RECIPIENTS OF
THIS YEAR'S AWARDS. WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF
THAT INFORMATION.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK
ABOUT UW. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A
NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
THROUGH THEIR LAB. THEY HAVE
DONE SOME WORK ON SOME CASE
STUDIES AROUND DECARBONIZATION
AND RETROFIT PLANNING. BUT THE
CURRENT ONE MENTIONED ON THE
SLIDE, THEY RECEIVED FUNDING
FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LOT TO SET UP A
BUILDING, TRAINING, AND AN
ASSESSMENT CENTER, AT UW, AND
WHAT IT WILL DO IS PROVIDE
HANDS-ON JOB TRAINING FOR
CLEAN ENERGY CAREERS, AND THEY
ARE WORKING, THEIR INITIAL
GRANT IS TO ALIGN IT WITH THE
STATE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE ARE,
YOU KNOW, A PARTNER IN THAT AND
WE WILL HELP TO ALIGN THAT
WITH THE BEPs REQUIREMENTS. WE
HAVE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS
WITH THEM IN THE PAST. AND
THEIR OTHER PARTNER, THEY HAVE
SEATTLE COLLEGE AND THE
NORTHWEST INDIAN TRAINING
CENTER I BELIEVE. I THINK IT IS
A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO BE INVOLVED IN.
>> AND BU HAVE TO BE
MATRICULATED AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON? OR IS IT A
SEPARATE STANDALONE PROGRAM?
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS A NEW
PROGRAM. BUT I CAN FIND OUT AND
GET BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU
HAVE ONGOING AND PUBLIC COMMENT
FEEDBACK. SO, WE WILL NOW MOVE
ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF
BUSINESS.
>> CHAIR? SORRY, I DID NOT
RAISE MY HAND. I HAVE SOME
FINAL COMMENTS FOR DIRECTOR
JESSYN FARRELL AND THE TEAM. I
WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON
WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID. THIS
POLICY ALMOST DIED ON THE VINE
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF ATTEMPTS TO BRING IT
FORWARD. THERE WERE DIFFERENT
REASONS THAT STALLED IT,
WITHOUT DIRECTOR FRANCISCA
STEFAN, AND WITHOUT MAYOR
HARRELL, AND WITHOUT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WE
WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION TODAY. I WANT TO
THANK THEM FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE SECOND ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
TREE CANOPY OVERVIEW, FOR
BRIDGING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WE ARE READY FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT. I WILL TAKE A FEW
MOMENTS TO SET SOME CONTEXT
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
LAUREN URGENSON TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. OF
COURSE, WE FOCUSED A MOMENT AGO
ON OUR WORK TO REDUCE CLIMATE
EMISSIONS, THAT IS A KEY PART
OF ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE
CRISIS. TREES PROVIDE A HOST OF
BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY AS WE
ARE WRESTLING WITH HOW TO BUILD
RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES,
TREES PROVIDE HEAT AND COOLING
BENEFITS AND A VARIETY OF
BENEFITS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND
RESILIENCE WORK THAT WE DO WITH
COMMUNITIES. SO, TODAY, WE ARE
GOING TO BE DOING OUR
GROUNDING IN THE DATA. WE DO A
CANOPY ASSESSMENT EVERY FIVE
YEARS, AND AS A FOUNDATION, WE
ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT
DATA, SEVERAL COMMENTATORS TALK
ABOUT REGULATIONS THERE ONLY
TO LEVERS THAT THE CITY HAS IN
TERMS OF GROWING THE CANOPY,
ONE IS THAT REGULATION, AND
THERE WILL BE FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT
THAT. TODAY, WE ARE REALLY
GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT OTHER
LEVER, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC
INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND THE
INVESTMENT AND MAINTENANCE THAT
IS REQUIRED. THAT IS A PRETTY
BIG BODY OF WORK. SO, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW IMPORTANT THE
REGULATORY PIECE IS. TODAY WE
ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE OTHER
LEVER THAT WE USE, WHICH IS
INVESTMENTS. WE WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE
REGULATORY SIDE. WITH THAT, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO LAUREN
URGENSON.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? THAT IS
BETTER. I AM LAUREN URGENSON,
THE URBAN FORESTRY SENIOR
ADVISER AT OSE. TODAY, I WILL
GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF SEATTLE'S
URBAN FORESTS AND INTRODUCE THE
CITYWIDE REVISION AND
FRAMEWORK AND PROVIDE SOME
MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS. AND I
WILL INTRODUCE TWO EXCITING
NEW CANOPY EQUITY INITIATIVES
THAT ARE UPCOMING THIS YEAR.
SO, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SEATTLE'S URBAN FOREST, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TREES
WITHIN OUR CITY BOUNDARY. THOSE
ARE THE TREES ON THE PUBLIC
LAND, IN OUR PARKS, THE TREES
IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY, THOSE ARE
THE TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
THAT THIS IS WHAT CONSTITUTES
OUR URBAN FOREST. AND WE HAVE A
VISION FOR MANAGING OUR URBAN
FOREST. THAT IS A VISION, A
SEATTLE, WHERE EVERYONE HARMED
BY IN EQUITIES WILL HAVE ACCESS
TO TREES AND THE BENEFITS THEY
PROVIDE AND WHERE WE KEEP OUR
TREES AND FORESTS HEALTHY AND
THRIVING IN THE FACE OF A
CHANGING CLIMATE, THAT INCLUDES
MEETING OUR CANOPY PUBLIC GOAL
OF MEETING THE CANOPY COVER OF
30% BY 2027. SEVERAL PEOPLE
TODAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF URBAN
TREES. TREES ARE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A HEALTHY
GROWTH ENVIRONMENT. AND THEY
ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE. TREES MATTER.
TREES ARE PART OF OUR IDENTITY
IN SEATTLE AND OUR SENSE OF
PLACE. TREES PROVIDE REAL
BENEFITS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE
OF SEATTLE'S RESIDENTS. TREES
ARE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.
THEY MANAGE OUR STORMWATER, AND
THEY CLEAN OUR AIR. IN ADDITION
TO A NUMBER OF OTHER BENEFITS
FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING. URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
CAN BE CHALLENGING PLACES FOR
TREES. THE HEAT, THE DROUGHT
DURING OUR SUMMER TIMES, IT IS
EXACERBATED BY PRIVATE CHANGE.
URBAN TREES ARE PARTICULARLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO PESTS AND
DISEASE. AND URBAN AREAS OFTEN
HAVE MORE PESTS AND DISEASE
THEN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS. IT IS
CRITICAL FOR TREE HEALTH AND
SURVIVAL SHIP , AND THAT CAN
ONLY BE FOUND IN CITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, TREES ARE
COMPUTED BY -- CHALLENGED BY
COMPETING MANDATES AND
COMPETITION FOR SPACE. THE COST
OF TREAT MAINTENANCE AND
ESTABLISHMENT IS ALSO A
CHALLENGE. IN CITIES, YOU CAN
PLAN TREES, BUT IN MANY OF OUR
ENVIRONMENTS, YOU HAVE TO
COMPARE -- CARE FOR THOSE
TREES. SO, WE HAVE OUR SEATTLE
MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO URBAN
FOREST THE -- FOREST RETURN
OUR POLICIES ARE DRIVEN BY DATA
AND RESEARCH. WE FOCUS ON
REALIZING PUBLIC BENEFITS OF
TREES AND CREATING CLIMATE I
CAN ADAPT AND URBAN FOREST, AND
ON REACHING EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF TREES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
BALANCING PRIORITIES AND REALLY
IDENTIFYING THOSE LOCATIONS
WHEN WE CAN CRAFT AND CARE FOR
TREES TO GROW THE CANOPY,
INCLUDING UNPLANNED FOR EVENTS.
URBAN FORESTRY IS INHERENTLY
RELATED TO A NUMBER OF OUR CITY
SERVICES AND THE WORK THAT OUR
DEPARTMENTS DO. TREES INTERACT
WITH OUR ABOVEGROUND UTILITY
STRUCTURE, WITH OUR ELECTRIC
POLES, THEY INTERACT WITH THE
BELOW GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE
LIKE OUR ELECTRICAL BOXES, AND
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR WATER
RESOURCE CONSERVATION,
STORMWATER MITIGATION, AND THAT
IS WHY OUR UTILITIES , SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT, AND SPU, ARE
CRITICAL PARTNERS AND TREES
INTERACT WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY
ARE PROMINENT IN THE CITY
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. WE
HAVE SDOT, AND WE HAVE OTHER
CRITICAL PARTNERS IN MANAGING
OUR URBAN FORESTS. OF COURSE,
TREES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR
PROGRAMS. THE ROLE OF OSE IS
TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE
DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER , TO
ACHIEVE AN OVERALL VISION AND
STRATEGY TO MANAGE URBAN
ARTISTS. AND WE DO HAVE AN
URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, A
CITYWIDE PLAN AND FRAMEWORK FOR
SETTING THE GOALS. OUR PRIMARY
GOALS UNDERSCORE THE WAY WE
MANAGE TREES IN DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTS. AND WE HAVE ENDED
ACTION AGENDA THAT DRIVES
NEAR-TERM STRATEGY AND
MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. ONE OF THE ACTIONS CALLED
FOR IN OUR PLAN IS THAT EVERY
FIVE YEARS, WE DO A CANOPY
ASSESSMENT. OUR MOST RECENT
CANOPY ASSESSMENT WAS IN 2021.
AND WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, IN
TERMS OF CANOPY COVER, AND WE
LOOK AT WHERE THE CANOPY IS
LOCATED, AND WHERE IT IS
DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE CITY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021,
WE HAVE USED THE SAME METHOD
AS IN 2016, 2021, WE CAN REALLY
TRACK CHANGES IN THE CANOPY
OVERTIME AND THAT PICTURE ON
THE RIGHT GIVES YOU SOME SENSE
OF HOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT
INFORMATION, IT IS BASED ON
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND WE CAN
REALLY SEE WHERE THAT HAS BEEN
NO CHANGE IN OUR CANOPIES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SOME KEY
FINDINGS OF OUR CANOPY
ASSESSMENT FROM 2021 IS THAT WE
ARE SLOWLY LOSING GROUND. OUR
CANOPY COVER IN 2021 IS 28.1%,
WHICH WAS JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER
THAN IT WAS IN 2016, AND BELOW
OUR 30% CANOPY BOWL. OUR
PUBLIC SECTOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR
MANAGING OUR TREES. AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PARKS
AND RIGHT-OF-WAY HOUSE THE
MAJORITY OF THE CANOPY. AND
THAT CANOPY IS NOT CORRECTLY
DISTRIBUTED IN SEATTLE.
NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY
RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE STARTED
IT WITH LESS CANOPY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE ASSESSMENT
PERIOD, AND THEY LOST MORE
CANOPY OVER THIS TIME. THE
PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE
RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY
PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS,
OUTLINED IN THAT DARK COLOR.
AND THEN, THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
THE GROUPS THAT ARE IN YELLOW,
THOSE ARE LOW-CANOPY
NEIGHBORHOODS, LESS THAN 20%
CANOPY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE
IS A GREATER PROPORTION OF
LOW-CANOPY NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THAT, AND SO THAT IS OUR
EQUITY PRIORITIZATION. AS WE
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, WE ARE
DATA DRIVEN IN URBAN FOREST
MANAGEMENT. AND I WILL PROVIDE
SOME MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS,
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON OUR
PUBLIC LAND, AND THEN INTRODUCE
SOME NEW AND EXCITING CANOPY
EQUITY INITIATIVES DIRECTED BY
OSE. FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT
NATURAL AREAS AND SEATTLE
PARKS, THESE ARE CRITICAL
SPACES FOR THE TREE CANOPY.
THEY ARE A RELATIVELY SMALL
PORTION OF OUR OVERALL
LANDSCAPE, THEY PROVIDE 19% OF
THE CANOPY COVER. OUR
ASSESSMENT ALSO SHOWED THAT
THE NATURAL AREAS AND PARKS ARE
LOSING MORE CANOPY THAN SOME OF
THE OTHER MANAGED AREAS. THERE
ARE IMPORTANT REASONS. THERE
ARE CLIMATE IMPACTS THAT
AFFECT US DURING THE SUMMER.
THERE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
AN AGING URBAN FOREST AND IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
CONIFERS GROWING TO FILL IN
THOSE CANOPY GAPS. AND WE HAVE
A MANAGEMENT APPROACH THAT HAS
A LONG-TERM TIME HORIZON. AS WE
HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE MANAGEMENT
APPROACH IS TO REMOVE INVASIVE
SHRUBS AND TREES, IN SOME
CASES, CONTRIBUTE TO THE
CANOPY. OUR APPROACH, OUTSIDE
OF THE PARKS APPROACH, TO THE
NATURAL AREAS, IT IS FOUNDED ON
A 20-YEAR PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN
A GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM THAT
HAS BEEN REPLICATED ACROSS THE
STATE AND HAS BEEN USED AS A
MODEL NATIONALLY. NOVEL -- A
MODEL FOR HOW YOU STEWARD YOUR
NATURAL SPACES WITH COMMUNITY.
WE EXPANDED CONTRACTS THROUGH
14 COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS, MANY OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THEY
ARE LED BY BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITIES TO DO THE
OTHER WORK THAT THEY PLANTED
OVER 9000 TREES IN OUR PARKS
AND NATURAL AREAS. AND THAT WAS
OVER 13 ACRES ADDED TO
RESTORATION. ADDITIONALLY,
PLANTING AND TREE CARE AND
DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG FOCUS , IN
OUR EXPANDED PROGRAM FOR TREE
PLANTING AND CARE. PARKS AND
PARK DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE
PLANTING 300 NEW TREES PER YEAR
AND THEY ARE WORKING TO BETTER
MEET THOSE LONG MAINTENANCE
NEEDS. THEY ARE RESPONDING TO
CLIMATE CHANGE BY EXTENDING THE
CARE OF NEWLY-PLANTED TREES TO
A FIVE-YEAR ESTABLISHMENT
PERIOD. THAT IS FOR WATERING
AND MULCHING, SO THAT TREES
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
THE ROOT SYSTEM AND TO SURVIVE
DROUGHTS OVER THE SUMMER TIME.
AND THEY EXPAND THE INVENTORY
TO MONITOR SURVIVORSHIP AND
BRING THAT INFORMATION INTO THE
FUTURE MANAGEMENT. NOW, THERE
IS THE SEATTLE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS ANOTHER KEY
ASSET TO THE CANOPY. IT
PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SHADE, HEALTH, AND ENJOYMENT
FOR WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK.
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS 27% OF
THE CITY'S LAND AREA, AND 23%
OF OUR CANOPY COVER. AND THERE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD
TO DO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS AN AREA WHERE
WE WOULD HAVE COMPETITION FOR
SPACE AND MULTIPLE MANDATES AND
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PRIORITIZING TREES WITHIN THAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE NEED TO MEET
THE CANOPY GOALS. SO, I WILL GO
A LITTLE BIT INTO THE SDOT
STREET TREE MANAGEMENT. SDOT
IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF A
NINE-YOUR OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE PROBLEM --
PROJECT. THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN
FOCUSING ON EQUITABLE
TREEPLANTING AND MAINTENANCE,
GROUNDED IN AN EXCEPTIONAL TREE
INVENTORY. I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF
THAT INVENTORY DATA, DOWN IN
THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE
THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
SDOT MAP SHOWS EVERY STREET
TREE, COLOR-CODED BY WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CARING FOR THAT
TREE, WHETHER IT IS PRIVATE,
WHETHER IT IS SDOT, OR OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS. EACH SPECIE
AND THE HEALTH OF EACH TREE IS
NOTED IN REALTIME AND AVAILABLE
TO THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE.
SO, SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM
SDOT , OVER 500 TREES WERE
PLANTED . 69% WERE IN
PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
50% OF THOSE TREES WERE PLANTED
IN AREAS THAT HAVE LOW CANOPY
OR LESS THAN 25% CANOPY COVER .
EACH YEAR, SDOT SUPPORTS TREE
HEALTH . ADDITIONALLY, THERE
HAS BEEN A REAL LEANING IN , TO
PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. THE SLIDE ON THE
RIGHT SHOWS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
THAT. THIS IS TARGETING THE
RACIAL AND SOCIALLY EQUITABLE
PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN REACH OUT TO
SDOT AND REQUEST THAT A TREE
BE PLANTED. WHEN SDOT PLANTS
THE TREE, THEY CARE FOR THAT
TREE OVERTIME, WHICH IS
CRITICAL TO REDUCE THE HEALTH
AND FINANCIAL TREE CARE BURDEN,
ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS. THESE FLYERS AND
WEBSITES ARE TRANSLATED INTO
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. SO, NEXT, I
WILL MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE
WORK THAT TAMMY MORALES -- OSE
IS WORKING, ONE IS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CITYWIDE
, CITY OF SEATTLE CANOPY,
EQUITY AND RESILIENCE PLAN. THE
NEXT IS A $12 MILLION FEDERAL
GRANT. UNDER THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT, THAT WAS
RECEIVED THROUGH THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE, UNDER AN
HISTORIC FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN
URBAN FORESTRY. WE ARE REALLY
HONORED TO HAVE RECEIVED THOSE
FUNDS. AND SO, FIRST, LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE CANOPY EQUITY
RESILIENCE PLAN. SO, THIS WILL
BE A FRAMEWORK AND A STRATEGY
TO GROW OUR CANOPY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEEDED THE
MOST. AND RACIAL AND SOCIAL
EQUITY PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREME
HEAT AND HAVE LOW CANOPY. WE
WILL BRING TOGETHER THE BEST
AVAILABLE URBAN FORESTRY
INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE
HAVE FOR ASSESSING THE PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES. AND WE ARE GOING
TO BRING THAT INFORMATION TO
COMMUNITIES AND CODEVELOP SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRATEGIES
AND INVESTMENTS, TO GROW THE
CANOPY. NEXT , AGAIN, THE NEW
FEDERAL GRANT INITIATIVE, WHICH
IS A FIVE-YEAR, $12 MILLION
INITIATIVE. IT IS FOCUSED ON
TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN
PARTICULAR, BEACON HILL AND
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, AND THE WORK IS
FOCUSED ON THREE INTERRELATED
PRIORITIES. ONE IS ADVANCING
GREEN CAREERS THROUGH A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YOUTH
GREEN CORE, THE NEXT IS TO BE
WORKING WITH RESIDENTS IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM LEAD
THE URBAN FOREST PLANNING AND
ACTION IN BEACON HILL, AND THE
THIRD IS WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO EXPAND THE MODEL OF
PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY-LED
STEWARDSHIP. THIS INCLUDES THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
PROPERTIES AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS PROPERTIES. IT
PROVIDES A REALLY EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY TO GROW
PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE CITY
AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WITH COMMUNITIES
AND MANY MORE. THAT IS WHAT I
HAVE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE EARTH
DAY AND EARTH MOTHER. I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> I WILL GO FIRST. [ LAUGHTER
] I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I
WANT TO THANK YOU. THIS IS
EXCITING TO SEE THE
OPPORTUNITIES AND I DID NOT
KNOW THAT WE HAD A GRANT FOR
$12 MILLION. THAT IS VERY
EXCITING. I AM THRILLED TO
KNOW THAT BEACON HILL AND THE
CID WILL BE PARTNERING. I WANT
TO FOLLOW-UP TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES,
SO THAT I CAN HELP SHARE THE
INFORMATION WITH FOLKS IN THE
DISTRICT ABOUT THAT OVER THE
NEXT STEPS RELATED TO THAT. SO,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
ANOTHER INSIGHTFUL
PRESENTATION. I LEARN A LOT
EVERY DAY. AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT WORK, IMPORTANT WORK,
AND SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR
SHARING OUT THIS INFORMATION,
AND FOR DOING THE WORK, OF
COURSE, AS WELL. SO, IT WAS
INTERESTING TO LEARN. AND GOOD
TO LEARN, THE VITAL IMPORTANCE
THAT TREES PLAY ACROSS OUR
CITY, INCLUDING IN OUR RIGHT OF
WAYS. AND THAT EXCUSE ME, 23%
OF THE CITY'S CANOPY IS IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT ,
THAT COMPRISES 27% OF THE
CITY'S TOTAL LAND AREAS. IT IS
VITAL REAL ESTATE.
>> IT IS.
>> I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND , AND I SIT ON THE
CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, AND I WORK VERY
CLOSELY WITH SDOT. BUT, JUST ,
I AM CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND HOW
ALBERT STREET TREE MANAGEMENT
APPROACH, HIGH LEVEL, HOW DOES
THAT COMPARE TO THE OTHER MAJOR
CITIES , AND WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, PIERCE CITIES LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO, FOR EXAMPLE?
PORTLAND, MAYBE. OTHER MAJOR
CITIES.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A REALLY
GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW THAT
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
FOCUSED ON FOR OUR
RIGHT-OF-WAY, THIS IS A
CHALLENGE THAT IS MET BY
CITIES, NATIONALLY. YOU
MENTIONED IT BEING VITAL REAL
ESTATE. AND THERE IS A REAL
NEED, THERE ARE MULTIPLE
MANDATES FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
RIGHT? SEATTLE, IN SOME WAYS,
I WAS JUST TALKING ON TREE
EQUITY WITH NATIONAL PARTNERS.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
LARGER CITIES FIGURING OUT HOW
TO PRIORITIZE TREES AND RIGHTS
OF WAY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE
MANDATES, AND WITHOUT
COORDINATOR PLANNING, WE RUN
THE RISK OF NOT MEETING OUR
GOALS OF HAVING UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. AND NOT BEING
ABLE TO ACTUALIZE
OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THESE
MULTIPLE MANDATES, SO YOU NEED
TO KNOW THAT CITIES ELSEWHERE
ARE REALLY WORKING ON REALLY
HOW YOU PLAN. LIKE, IF THIS IS
REALLY THE NEXT PHASE IN URBAN
FOREST MANAGEMENT , HOW WE USE
THAT SPACE EFFECTIVELY FOR
TREES AND FOR ALL OF THESE
OTHER USES.
>> I WILL JUST ADD, IN SOME
WAYS, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS STORY.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE
NOT YET REALLY CRACKED THE NUT
ON HOW TO REALLY ADEQUATELY
MANAGE THE COMPETING NEEDS,
WHETHER TRANSPORTATION , PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WE WANT TO
BUILD. BIKE PARKING,
SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, SO THIS
IS VERY MUCH A WORK IN
PROGRESS.
>> SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THERE IS CONTENTION, A LITTLE
BIT, BETWEEN THE IMPERATIVE TO
CONTINUE TO GROW OUR TREE
CANOPY NUMBERS AND VOLUMES,
INCLUDING OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY,
THERE IS CONTENTION WITH THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, BETWEEN
PRESERVING FLEXIBILITY FOR ,
DOWN THE ROAD, FOR DESIGN
CHANGES. WHEN YOU PLANT A TREE,
MAYBE THE NEEDS, THE LOCAL
NEEDS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA
MAY CHANGE. AND, OBVIOUSLY IT
LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO
EVENTUALLY ADD AN EV CHARGING
STATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HOW ARE WE CURRENTLY THINKING
ABOUT , YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING
THOSE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL
TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS ,
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE THAT PATH BUT ALSO
PRESERVE FLEXIBILITY.
>> I WILL SET THE FRAME AND
THEN LAUREN CAN CHARGE IN. I
WANT TO START WITH THE DATA AND
HAVE A BROAD-BASED STRATEGY
ACROSS THE MANY MANAGEMENT
AREAS IN THE PARKS AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY, THE
PRIVATELY-OWNED TREES , TO
UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THOSE
PIECES ARE GOING TO FIT
TOGETHER, IN ADVANCING TO MEET
OUR GOALS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE
REALLY STARTING TODAY WITH THAT
DATA PIECE, BECAUSE YOU REALLY
CANNOT MAKE POLICY DECISIONS
AROUND HOW YOU ALLOCATE THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPACTS THE
OVERALL GOALS AND WHAT THE
POLICY DECISIONS ARE AROUND
THAT, THAT IS THE FOUNDATION.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IT IS AN
EMERGENT PIECE OF WORK TO
REALLY KIND OF HASH OUT WHAT
IS GOING TO BE -- AND THIS IS
WHERE LORNA CAN SPEAK A LITTLE
MORE SPECIFICALLY -- REALLY
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN
TERMS OF NAVIGATING THE POLICY
AROUND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>> YEAH. I MENTION THE UPCOMING
CANOPY EQUITY AND RESILIENCE
PLAN, BASICALLY PHASE ONE OF
THAT PLANNING EFFORT IS THE
FOCUS ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
TO UNDERSTAND THE MULTIPLE
MANDATES, TO UNDERSTAND THE
SPACE NEEDS , TO MAP AND
QUANTIFY AND REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PLENTIFUL SPACE IS IN
THAT AREA. SO, THAT IS WHERE I
AM STARTING WITH THIS NEW
CANOPY EQUITY PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES
THEN, THE ONES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS JUST
RAISING . I AM LOOKING AT MY
STICKY NOTES HERE. YOU KNOW,
AND YOUR SLIDE WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT URBAN TREES FACING
CHALLENGES. AND ONE OF THE
COMPETING MANDATES, YOU LIST
URBAN DESIGN CHALLENGES. BUT I
WONDER IF YOU COULD BE A LITTLE
BIT MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT
YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY URBAN
DESIGN CHALLENGE?
>> YEAH. AND SO, WE BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN MEET MULTIPLE
GOALS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND FOR OUR TREES. AND IT IS
REALLY A SPACE ISSUE, RIGHT?
AND A DESIGN ISSUE. AND I
THINK THAT CREATIVELY, WE CAN
SEE HOW WE USE OUR LIMITED
SPACES TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE
MULTIPLE GOALS. THAT IS REALLY
WHAT I AM TAKING ABOUT WHEN I
PUT IN THAT BULLET POINT. DOES
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> CAN YOU PLEASE BE A LITTLE
MORE SPECIFIC. THERE IS CLEARLY
TENSION. THE LINE IS, WE CANNOT
HAVE MORE TREES, BECAUSE WE
NEED MORE HOUSING. AND THEN THE
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT TREES ARE
SAYING THAT WE CAN HAVE BOTH.
AND PERSONALLY, IN THE CURRENT
DRAFT COMP PLAN, I DO NOT SEE A
LOT OF PROTECTION FOR TREES.
ENTRIES ARE CRITICAL. AS YOU
IDENTIFIED, TREES ARE A
CRITICAL RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE
SOUTH END. THERE IS EVEN LESS
TREE CANOPY. CAN'T WE HAVE A
REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
TENSION BETWEEN TREES AND
DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE ACTUALLY
MANAGE TO HAVE BOTH?
>> I WILL JUST SAY, BECAUSE
THE ANSWER IS KIND OF SAME
WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS IT IS
IN TERMS OF OUR PRIVATELY-OWNED
TREES, WHICH IS REALLY TO SAY,
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS A
POLICY PRIORITIZATION PROCESS,
WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE
VALUES CHOICES, RIGHT? THAT IS
AROUND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
ARE COMPETING, WHETHER IT IS
ELECTRIFICATION, WHICH WE LOVE,
BIKES , PARKING, WHICH WE LOVE.
ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH WE LOVE.
WE ARE ALSO MANDATED TO DO
THAT, RIGHT? THERE ARE ALSO
COMPETING PRIORITIES. AND
REALLY SEE, THE POLICYMAKER
ROLES ARE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW,
THAT KIND OF DIRECTION AROUND
HOW THE PRIORITIZATION IS
WORKING. ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
AND THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW,
AS WE DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, AND
INTENSIFY, THERE ARE A LOT OF
COMPETING THINGS, THAT WE PUT
IN A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT,
AND HOW WE NAVIGATE THAT
BALANCE, OF THE HOUSING
FOOTPRINT, TREES, BIKE PARKING,
WALKWAYS , THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE
NEEDING TO DO ON A GIVEN PIECE
OF PROPERTY, AND ON A GIVEN
RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND SO THAT IS
WHERE THE POLICYMAKING HAPPENS.
AND THAT IS REALLY, AGAIN
WHERE ALIGNING MULTIPLE GOALS
AND BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT THOSE ARE, IT THEN HELPS
TO DRIVE THE POLICYMAKING, IN
KEEPING WITH THE CITY'S
VALUES.
>> THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I DO
THINK WE NEED TO BE HONEST,
THAT STICKING IN A FEW NEW
TREES WILL NOT DO THE JOB. AND
I DID WANT TO ASK, THE CANOPY,
IF IT IS EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED
IN NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTED BY
ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, THEY HAVE
NOW LOST MORE. SO, TO WHAT DO
YOU ATTRIBUTE THE ACCELERATED
LOSS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS?
>> PROBABLY MULTIPLE FACTORS,
RIGHT? FUNDAMENTALLY,
SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND
FOR ME, IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
MORE IMPERVIOUS SERVICES AND
LESS GREEN SPACE, YOU ARE
CREATING A MORE STRESSFUL PLACE
FOR TREES TO SURVIVE. IT
BECOMES LIKE FEEDBACK, YOU NEED
TO CREATE HEALTHIER
ENVIRONMENTS FOR TREES. WHEN WE
HAVE LOW CANOPY COVER, THAT
MAKES IT HARDER TO MAINTAIN
THOSE TREES, SO THERE IS THIS
FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE , IN
GETTING TREES TO SURVIVE WELL
IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS. THAT
UNDERLAY'S A LOT OF THE OTHER
CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT. I WOULD SAY, IN ADDITION
TO THE POLICY, VERY FOCUSED ON
DATA. WE ARE FOCUSED ON
UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT MORE
TREES, CARE FOR OUR TREES,
SUSTAIN OUR TRAYS. HAVING THOSE
VALUES, THAT DATA, THAT
INFORMATION, IT IS FOUNDATIONAL
FOR MAKING GOOD POLICY
DECISIONS.
>> AND I WILL ADD, THE OTHER
PIECE, YOU MENTIONED PLANTING
NEW TREES IS ONLY PART OF THE
PICTURE. WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF OUR EXISTING CANOPY.
AND MAINTENANCE IS NOT THE MOST
EXCITING TOPIC, BUT THAT REALLY
IS PARTICULARLY WITH OUR PUBLIC
SECTOR TREES, A REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE
STRATEGY. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN
AND GROW OUR FOREST.
>> WE NEED MUCH MORE
AGGRESSIVE, ROBUST MAINTENANCE
OF THE TREES THAT WE HAVE, AND
THE TREES THAT WE ARE BLENDING,
IS THE TAKE AWAY? OKAY. AND I
GUESS, ALSO THAT WOULD LEAD
INTO THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX.
IS MONEY FROM THAT, FROM THE
JUMPSTART , BEING USED FOR
PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE? WHERE
DOES THAT FALL IN, TO
SUPPORTING THE TREES?
>> OVERALL, THE BIG CAPITAL
DEPARTMENTS, SDOT, THEY HAVE A
TREE MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT IS
REALLY NOT AFFECTED. THE TREE
EQUITY PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE
ARE DOING IS FUNDED WITH THAT.
BUT, THE BIG INVESTMENT THAT
WE ARE OVERSEEING THROUGH THE
FOREST SERVICE IS ACTUALLY
FEDERALLY FUNDED FOR $12
MILLION. AND, SO, I CANNOT
SPEAK WITH ANY REAL SPECIFICS
TO OTHER DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.
BUT I WILL SAY, OVERALL, OUR
MAINTENANCE BUDGETS TEND TO
COME FROM, YOU KNOW, THE
FUNDING SOURCES THAT FUND LARGE
CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS IN
GENERAL, AND THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH
MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THAT.
>> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, FOR THAT PARTICULAR
LINE OF QUESTIONING. WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOUSING
VERSUS TREES. WE KNOW THAT WE
NEED BOTH. I CAN TELL YOU, THAT
IS TRUE. AND WE NEED A LOT
MORE HOUSING, PARTICULARLY,
AFFORDABLE TO WORKERS , FAMILY
-SIZED UNITS, YOU KNOW? IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THERE
ARE LOTS OF FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN , WHO NEED TO BE ABLE
TO FIND AFFORDABLE PLACES TO
LIVE, MULTIGENERATIONAL, MULCH
-- MUCH OF THAT IS TRUE. IT IS
ALSO TRUE WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF
TREE CANOPY. AS YOU SAID, WE
HAVE HEAT ISLANDS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE STRESS OF
THESE TREES. MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE
IS ALSO THAT, IN THE EXISTING
TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED,
THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY NATIVE
TREES. SO, THEY ARE AT THE END
OF THEIR LIFESPAN, AND WHAT WE
REALLY NEED TO BE DOING IS
TRANSFERRING OVER TO PLANTING
MORE NATIVE TREES. SO, CAN YOU
PLEASE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT MEANS
FOR WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN
THE FUTURE? BECAUSE , FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, IN SOUTH SEATTLE,
WE ALREADY LACK TREES, SO WE DO
NEED TO BE PLANTING MORE, AND
WE PLANT WHERE WE OWN PROPERTY,
WHICH IS PARKS, AND RIGHTS OF
WAY. SO, YEAH, SO, CAN YOU
TALK ABOUT IT, UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE HAVE THIS HOLE IN OUR
TREE CANOPY, AND WE NEED TO
PLANT MORE, WE NEED A PLAN
TREES THAT WILL SURVIVE WELL,
INCLUDING THOSE WITH EXTENDED
MAINTENANCE, WHAT IS THAT MEAN
FOR HOW WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY?
>> YEAH, NATIVE TREES, NATIVE
CONIFERS, IN PARTICULAR, ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT. I WILL ALSO
SAY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
PLANNING CLIMATE RESILIENCE
TREES. WE REALLY NEED TO BE
CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE
FOCUSING ON THE NATIVE SPECIES,
THAT WE PLANT SPECIES THAT CAN
SURVIVE WELL. WE ARE REALLY
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
PLANTING SPECIES THAT ARE
CLIMATE RESILIENT, AS WELL.
ALSO, A KEY FACTOR TO CONSIDER
IS PLANTING THE DIVERSITY OF
TREES. I MENTIONED THE PESTS
AND DISEASE ISSUE. THAT IS
REALLY CRITICAL FOR URBAN TREE
SURVIVORSHIP, WHEN WE HAVE A
DIVERSITY OF SPECIES, WE BECOME
NATURALLY MORE RESILIENT TO
PASTS, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE
SAME TREE SPECIES PLANTED
EVERYWHERE, YOU AND UP LOSING
LARGE SWATHS . NATIVE TREES ARE
IMPORTANT, CLIMATE -RESILIENCE
SPECIES ARE IMPORTANT, AND
CLIMATE DIVERSITY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. I RELY ON YOUR
WORK, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT AND
PROTECT PLANTS, AND WE NEED
MORE TREES TO GROW THE URBAN
CANOPY. I WILL KIND OF WRAP UP
HERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE
WORKING ON THE TREE ORDINANCE,
AN ARBORIST SAID TO ME,
SEATTLE HAS THE LARGEST
BOTANICAL GARDEN IN THE STATE,
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY
NON-NATIVE SPECIES. THROUGH
YOUR TREE ASSESSMENTS, I HAVE
NOTICED THAT WE ARE AT A POINT
WHERE, THROUGH CLIMATE CRISIS,
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE
CLIMATE-RESILIENT TREES. WHEN I
WAS IN AMERICORPS, I WORKED IN
THE FORESTS, YOU KNOW, WORKING
TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE
LIVING FORESTS AND TO PREPARE
AND RESPOND TO PASTS THAT HAD
WIPED OUT A LARGE SECTION OF
OUR FORESTS. THIS IS ALSO TRUE,
IN THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
IN THIS TRANSITION, HAVING
THESE SDOT REPLACEMENTS.
HAVING THE NEW TREE ORDINANCE
REGULATIONS. HAVING ALL OF THE
TREES FOR SEATTLE, I BELIEVE
IT IS CALLED THE SPU PROGRAM,
EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL
POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND
PROJECTS ARE THAT NETWORK, AND
THAT MESH THAT WILL HELP US
GET TO THE FUTURE. AND THERE IS
MORE TO DO, RIGHT? BECAUSE
WHEN USING THE TREE ASSESSMENT
FROM LAST YEAR, WE FOUND THE
LARGEST LOSSES OF TREES WERE
HAPPENING IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPMENT
AND ON OUR STREETS. WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO CREATE STOPGAPS
FOR THESE PLACES, BUT THERE IS
STILL MORE WORK TO DO, ALREADY
WORKING ON MORE SDOT PROJECTS,
AND SEEING THE 3 FOR 1
REPLACEMENTS, AND WE ARE SEEING
MORE TREES HAVING TO BE
PLANTED THEN THE SECTION THAT
WAS BILLED FROM THE LOCKS IN A
HIGHER RATE, AND WHAT WE KNOW
IS, WHEN THAT PROJECT WAS
REDEVELOPED, WE HAVE CONCRETE,
A LOT OF CONCRETE THAT DOES NOT
HAVE A LOT OF SHADE, WHICH
CREATES HOTTER TEMPERATURES,
AND TREES ARE HOW WE MITIGATE
THIS. EXCUSE ME, ONE OF MY
CONSTITUENCIES UP IN DISTRICT
6 PLANTED , FROM SEEDS, HIS
ENTIRE PROPERTY 30 YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK HE HAS ONE OF THE
HERITAGE TREES NOW THAT HE
PLANTED FROM SEED. THIS CAN
HAPPEN QUICKLY, I AM LUCKY
ENOUGH TO GET MAGNOLIA IN
DISTRICT 6, I GOT IT BACK. I
WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN THE
TREES WERE PLANTED IN THE NORTH
PARKING LOT, LOOKING AT THE
GOOGLE STREET VIEW, I CAN SEE
THEY WERE NOT THERE IN 2012.
THAT WAS 16 YEARS AGO, AND
TODAY, THOSE TREES CREATE AN
ENORMOUS CANOPY, THEY ARE
DECIDUOUS, IN THE SUMMERTIME,
THERE IS A LOT OF COOLING
EFFECT, IN THE WINTER, IT STILL
ALLOWS FOR LIGHT TO PASS
THROUGH, SO IT INCREASES
SAFETY, RIGHT ? SOMETIMES, WHEN
YOU CANNOT SEE, IT IS LESS
SAFE, I DO WANT TO SAY, AS WE
ARE TRANSITIONING IN THIS
MOMENT FROM NON-NATIVE SPECIES
TO A DESIRE TO HAVE NATIVE
SPECIES, AT A TIME WHEN THE
TREES THAT WERE PLANTED ARE NO
LONGER RESILIENT TO THE CLIMATE
CHANGE, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
MORE CLIMATE CHANGE PROTECTION
AND THAT WE NEED TO GROW OUR
CANOPY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE
DOING IS CRITICAL, AND WE DO
NEED TO DO MORE. I AM COMMITTED
TO DOING THAT. I WANTED TO
THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. I
WANTED TO THANK YOU, BECAUSE
YOUR TREE ASSESSMENT HELPS ME
TO DO MY JOB BETTER.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO MORE
QUESTIONS. SO, SOME PEOPLE,
WHEN THEY DO REQUEST A TREE,
WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK
LIKE? AND DO YOU KNOW HOW THESE
PROCESSES ARE FULFILLED?
>> AND SO, YOU KNOW? I DON'T
WORK IN SDOT. THAT IS REALLY
SDOT'S PROGRAM, THEY WOULD
HAVE A BETTER AND MORE NUANCED
ANSWER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THE REQUESTS ARE
FULFILLED. THAT CRITICAL PIECE,
IT IS THAT SDOT PLANTS THE
TREES. IF TREES ARE PLANTED BY
THE RESIDENT, THE RESIDENT THEN
IS RESPECTABLE -- RESPONSIBLE
FOR DOING THE PRUNING WORK AND
ALL THE OTHER WORK. IF SDOT
PLANTS THE TREE AND MOVES IT
INTO ITS OWN MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM, THAT IS REALLY A KEY
PIECE HERE AND WHY SOME OF
THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT,
UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT KNOW ALL
OF THOSE NUANCED DETAILS
BECAUSE I DO NOT RUN THAT
PROGRAM. I CAN ASK MY
COLLEAGUES AND GET BACK TO YOU,
I KNOW THAT THAT DISTINCTION
BETWEEN HAVING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR RESIDENTS TO REACH OUT TO
SDOT, AND THEN HAVE SDOT MEET
SOME OF THOSE CANOPY BENEFITS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT WE WILL
MEET THE GOAL OF 30% TREE
CANOPY?
>> WE ARE AT 28.1% NOW,
ACCORDING TO THE LAST CANOPY
ASSESSMENT. AND THAT IS WHERE
THIS DATA AND THE CANOPY
EQUITY PLAN REALLY COMES IN.
LIKE, WE REALLY NEED TO MAP
THIS OUT, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS BETTER AND WE DO HAVE A
DETAILED PLAN. THAT IS WHAT WE
ARE HOPING TO DO WITH THIS NEXT
BODY OF WORK.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE
OPPORTUNISTIC ABOUT THE
FUNDING, IN THIS MOMENT WHERE
THERE IS FEDERAL AND STATE
FUNDING, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT
LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED. WE
ARE DOING BOTH, THE PLANNING,
BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, REALLY
HUSTLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I GREW UP
IN BEACON HILL AND I SPENT A
LOT OF TIME IN THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. YOU
KNOW, WE NEED THAT FLIGHT
CLASS -- FLIGHTPATH. THEY
TALK ABOUT THE HIGHER RATES OF
HEALTH ISSUES. I KNOW THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT THE
GRANT AND HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
FOR IT FOR YEARS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT
YOU DO. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? WE WILL NOW MOVE
ON TO OUR LAST ITEM OF
BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ OUR THIRD ITEM INTO RECORD
?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, AND
RESOLUTION 32134, A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT, ACKNOWLEDGING AND
APPROVING THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION OF A
BIENNIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION
TARGET FOR 2024-25, AND 10-YEAR
CONSERVATION POTENTIAL. THIS IS
PUBLIC HEARING, BREATHING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> AS PRESENTING OFFICER, I
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
RESOLUTION 32134, ACKNOWLEDGING
AND APPROVING THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION OF A
BIENNIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION
TARGET FOR 2044 -- 2024-2025
AND 10-YEAR CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL. HOW MANY SPEAKERS
ARE SIGNED UP ?
>> THERE ARE NO REMOTE SPEAKERS
AND KNOW IN-PERSON SPEAKER
SIGNED UP TODAY.
>> SEEING AS THERE IS NOT A
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, THIS
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU. WILL THE DEPARTMENT
COORDINATORS, WHO ARE PRESENT
AT THE TABLE, GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. AND WE
WILL LEARN ABOUT THE TARGET
FOR 2024 AND 2025 AND THE
10-YEAR CONSERVATION POTENTIAL.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR WOO . I
AM DAWN LINDELL , AND I AM THE
INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> MAURA BRUEGER, DIRECTOR FOR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> JENNIFER FINNIGAN, I AM IN
CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS .
>> JOE FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF
ENERGY SOLUTIONS, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
>> TODAY, WE WILL BE PRESENTING
OUR TWO-YEAR AND 10-YOUR
STRATEGIES, AROUND ENERGY
CONSERVATION TARGETS, AND WE
ARE ALSO GOING TO REPORT ON HOW
WE PERFORMED, OVER OUR LAST
TWO-YEAR TARGETS THAT WERE
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2010 AND
TWO. WE FACE CHALLENGES IN THE
SHORT-TERM, BUT WE ARE PLEASED
THAT OUR ENERGY CONSERVATION
SAVINGS CONTINUE TO RISE, OVER
THE 10 YEARS, AS WE ADD NEW
CONSERVATION MEASURES,
INCLUDING TIME OF USE RATES AND
DEMAND RESPONSE MEASURES. THIS
ACTION IS PART OF A STATE
REGULATORY REQUIREMENT THAT WAS
ADOPTED BY WASHINGTON VOTERS IN
2006. HOWEVER, LONG BEFORE THE
STATE REQUIREMENT , CITY LIGHT
BEGAN TREATING ENERGY
CONSERVATION AS A RESOURCE THAT
WE WOULD INVEST IN, ALONG WITH
OUR CUSTOMERS, TO DELAY HAVING
TO ACQUIRE HAVING NEW
GENERATION RESOURCES. JENNIFER
WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAD TO REBOOT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> I WILL NEED TO LEAVE IN
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES,
UNFORTUNATELY. I HAD A REALLY
GREAT BREATHING WITH THE CITY
LIGHT TEAM AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU
SPENT WITH ME. AND I AM NOT
COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS, BUT
I WILL ALSO NOT BE HERE. SO , I
KNOW THAT CEO DAWN LINDELL
WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ME ON THE
QUESTIONS I HAVE OUTSTANDING. I
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT
YOU ARE DOING YOU ARE DOING
REALLY GREAT WORK. AND THAT'S
ALL, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD, WHEN THE
PRESENTATION IS READY.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO RUN IT FROM
OVER THERE. BECAUSE WE CANNOT
GET BACK INTO ZOOM ANYMORE.
>> IT IS FREEZING UP ON HER.
>> [ WHISPERING ]
>> I HAVE TO LOGIN AGAIN.
>> [ WHISPERING ]
>> ARE YOU GOING TO RUN IT?
OKAY.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM NOT HERE
TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE
CITY LIGHT CONSERVATION
TARGETS. THIS IS TO FILL A
STATE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT
SET BY LEGISLATION 97.
INITIATIVE 937 IS KNOWN AS THE
WASHINGTON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
ACT , APPROVED BY WASHINGTON
VOTERS IN 2006, DIRECTING
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND A LOT OF
OTHER UTILITIES TO IDENTIFY
AND PURSUE ALL AVAILABLE
CONSERVATION THAT IS
COST-EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, AND
FEASIBLE. WE DO THIS, WE
IDENTIFY ALL AVAILABLE
CONSERVATION, BY COMPLETING A
CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT. THE OUTPUT OF THE
ASSESSMENT ARE THE TWO-YEAR
AND 10-YOUR TARGETS THAT WE ARE
ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL UP
TODAY. THE STATE SETS THE
FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE DO THIS.
AND WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS.
WE PRESENT THE CONSERVATION
TARGETS TO YOU AND TO CITY
COUNCIL, FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND
WE GET YOUR APPROVAL. THIS IS
THE EIGHTH TIME WE HAVE DONE
THIS. WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR AT
LEAST 16 YEARS. A FEW
DEFINITIONS, BEFORE I GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION AND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY. WE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THEM
INTERCHANGEABLY. CONSERVATION
MEANS ANY REDUCTION IN ENERGY
CONSUMPTION, RESULTING FROM
INCREASES IN ENERGY USE,
PRODUCTION, OR DISTRIBUTION. IT
COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS. IT
COMES IN THE FORM OF REBATES
AND INCENTIVES FOR THINGS LIKE
EFFICIENT WATER HEATERS, IT
COMES FROM DIRECT INSTALL,
MEANING THAT WE BY THE WATER
HEATER FOR LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS
AND WE INSTALL IT. AND IT
COMES IN THE FORM OF MIDSTREAM
ACTIVITIES LIKE PROVIDING
NUDGES TO RETAILERS,
DISTRIBUTORS, TO STOCK MORE
EFFICIENT LANDS. NEXT SLIDE.
THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS TO
THIS PRESENTATION AND THE FIRST
IS AN INTRODUCTION TO
CONSERVATION. CONSERVATION
101, IF YOU WILL, THE SECOND
SECTION IS FOCUSED ON THE
CONSERVATION TARGETS, THE
TWO-YEAR AND 10-YEAR TARGETS ,
FOR WHICH WE ARE ASKING YOUR
APPROVAL. WE WILL EXPLAIN HOW
WE CAME UP WITH THEM AND WHY WE
CAME UP WITH THEM AND THE THIRD
TALKS ABOUT WHAT THOSE TARGETS
MEAN FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE. CONSERVATION IS A
TOP RESOURCE CHOICE FOR THE
UTILITY. THIS MEANS THAT
CONSERVATION IS JUST LIKE
HYDROPOWER, SOLAR POWER, OR
WIND POWER. WE VALUE IT JUST
AS HIGHLY BY MOTIVATING
CUSTOMERS TO SAVE ENERGY, WE DO
NOT HAVE THE GENERATE OR BY
SOLAR, WIND, OR HYDRO. NOT AS
MUCH. CITY LIGHT VALUES
CONSERVATION FOR SEVERAL
REASONS. LOW-COST, IT IS LESS
EXPENSIVE THAN THOSE OTHER
FORMS OF ENERGY. IT HAS LOW
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS,
INCLUDING NO GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS, AND KEEPS ENERGY
INVESTMENTS LOCAL. IT IS A FORM
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE
SPENT MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN
CONSERVATION LAST YEAR , IN
INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY, RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT HAS A
LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO
CONSERVATION IT IS A FOUNDATION
OF HOW WE RUN THE UTILITY. WE
HAVE A LONG, STRONG, PROUD
HISTORY OF CONSERVATION AT CITY
LIGHT. WE STARTED RUNNING
PROGRAMS IN 1977. THIS MAKES US
ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING
UTILITY PROGRAMS IN THE
COUNTRY. NEXT SLIDE. HERE, I
HAVE A PIE CHART. THIS PIE
CHART SHOWS WHERE CONSERVATION
COMES FROM. IT COMES FROM
LIGHTING, THE YELLOW AREA.
REPRESENTING 37% OF THE
CONSERVATION THAT WE COLLECTED
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT COMES
FROM NON-LIGHTING, THAT IS THE
BLUE AREA. THIS INCLUDES
THINGS LIKE HEATING,
VENTILATION, AND AIR
CONDITIONING, INSULATION, AND
SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO BUILDINGS.
IT COMES FROM REGIONAL SAVINGS,
THE RED AREA. REPRESENTED BY
THE NORTHWEST ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ALLIANCE. WE WORK TOGETHER
WITH MORE THAN 100 OTHER
UTILITIES IN OREGON,
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, TO
CHANGE THE MARKET, WE DO THIS
WITH CODES , STANDARDS, WORKING
WITH MANUFACTURERS AND
DISTRIBUTORS AND WITH RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
TECHNOLOGIES. THE HARD TRUTH IS
THAT ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT WANT
TO WORK WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT. THEY WANT TO WORK WITH
THE NORTHWEST WHEN WE ARE ALL
COORDINATOR TOGETHER. LASTLY,
THE ORANGE AREA. I LIKE TO
CALL IT ORANGE SLICE . IT MAKES
ME THINK OF CANDY. THIS IS
WHERE WE INFLUENCE THE
OPERATIONS OF A BUILDING
WITHOUT CHANGING ANY OF THE
EQUIPMENT. WE CONVINCE
CUSTOMERS TO JUST TURN THINGS
OFF WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN USE.
AND USE THINGS MORE
EFFICIENTLY. NEXT SLIDE. SO,
BEFORE I SHOW YOU THE FUTURE
CONSERVATION TARGETS, WHICH IS
WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO
APPROVE TODAY, LET ME FIRST
GROUND YOU IN THE HISTORY OF
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. THIS IS A
COMPLICATED GRAPHIC. BEAR WITH
ME, LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT IS
GOING ON. THIS IS A 20-PLUS
HISTORIC VIEW OF HOW MUCH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS HAVE
SAVED EACH YEAR, THIS IS A
DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE
PIE CHART ON THE LAST SLIDE.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT AXIS. ON
THE HORIZONTAL IS TIME. WE
HAVE BEEN RUNNING PROGRAMS
SINCE THE 1970s. AND I STARTED
THIS GRAPH ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO
TO EASE THE EYESTRAIN. ON THE
VERTICAL IS ENERGY SAVINGS AND
AVERAGE MEGAWATTS. ONE AVERAGE
MEGAWATT IS THE EQUIVALENT
ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY 1200
RESIDENTIAL SEATTLE HOMES IN
ONE YEAR. THE COLORFUL PART
SHOWS THE ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS
FROM CONSERVATION. IF YOU LOOK
AT 2023, ON THE RIGHT, YOU WILL
SEE A REFLECTION ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT SHOWS THAT
IT COMES FROM LIGHTING.
REGIONAL SAVINGS, AND BEHAVIOR.
THE BLACK LINE IS NEW. THIS
LINE SHOWS PAST CONSERVATION
SAVINGS TARGETS, SET BY THE
AMOUNT OF COST THE SAVINGS --
COST-EFFECTIVE SAVINGS, WHICH
I WILL DESCRIBE IN THE NEXT
SLIDE OR TWO. WHEN YOU TAKE
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION
TOGETHER, YOU WILL SEE THAT
CITY LIGHT HAS ACHIEVED OR
EXCEEDED THIS TARGET. EVERY
BIENNIUM, THEY HAVE ACHIEVED
THAT, THE BLACK LINE, UP UNTIL
NOW. I WILL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT
THAT IN A MINUTE. FIRST, OUR
OFFERINGS, IN THE AMOUNT OF
COST EFFECTIVE SAVINGS CHANGES
OVER TIME. THEY CHANGE WITH
THE MARKET, WITH CODES AND
STANDARDS, THE AVAILABLE
TECHNOLOGIES, AND WITH
CUSTOMERS. IF YOU LOOK TO THE
LEFT OF THE GRAPH, YOU WILL
SEE THAT, IN THE PAST, WE WERE
DOMINATED BY YELLOW, LIGHTING.
LIGHTING WAS LOW-HANGING FRUIT.
PLENTIFUL, INEXPENSIVE, AND
QUICK TO INSTALL, BUT THAT
LOW-HANGING FRUIT HAS GONE
AWAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFORM THE
MARKET, IF YOU THINK BACK 10,
15 YEARS AGO, WALKING DOWN THE
AISLES OF HOME DEPOT, IT USED
TO BE INCANDESCENT LIGHTS AND
THOSE CFL LIGHTS. NOW THEY ARE
L.E.D. AND MUCH MORE EFFICIENT
TECHNOLOGY. THE MARKETPLACE
HAS CHANGED. MORE RECENTLY, IF
YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU WILL
SEE MORE SAVINGS DOMINATED BY
NON-LIGHTING. BY THE HEATING,
VENTILATION, AND AIR
CONDITIONING. I DO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE RED AREA, THE
REGIONAL SAVINGS, IF YOU LOOK
AT THOSE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
THAT THEY DO GO UP AND DOWN,
THEY ARE CYCLICAL, EVERY FIVE
YEARS, THE BASELINE CHANGES ON
THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS DONE
IN THE NORTHWEST WITH THE
NORTHWEST POWER PLANT. I AM
TALKING ABOUT THAT ORANGE
SLICE, WE TEMPORARILY EXITED
OUT OF THE BEHAVIORAL SAVINGS,
BUT WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW
PROGRAMS NOW, TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD THAT BACK UP AGAIN. IN
2009, THERE WAS A BUMP , AND
THAT WAS FROM THE AMERICAN
RECOVERY ACT. THAT WAS THE
EFFORT TO BOOST THE ECONOMY AND
CREATE GREEN JOBS. WE DID A
LOT OF LIGHTING PROJECTS ALONG
THE WAY. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE AREA BENEATH
THE BLACK LINE. IT SHOWS THERE
WAS A SAVINGS SHORTFALL IN
2022, AND 2023, DURING COVID,
WE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT
DROP OFF, DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, HIGH VACANCY, AND
DECREASING COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE, ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH
DOWNTOWN KNOWS THAT THERE ARE
A LOT OF VACANT FLOORS AROUND
HERE, AND WE CAN SEE THIS
TREND, BUT WE ARE EXCITED
BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING BACK
AND WE ARE WELL-POSITIONED TO
COME ROARING BACK IN THE
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET
GOING FORWARD. WE ARE
FINALIZING THE 2023 NUMBERS NOW
AND WE SHOULD REMAIN IN GOOD
STANDINGS , BECAUSE WE
OVERACHIEVED, THE AREA ABOVE
THE BLACK LINE IN THE PAST, WE
WERE ABLE TO CLAIM THESE PAST
SAVINGS IN OUR REGULATORY
FINDINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE RAINY DAY FUND. LET
ME PAUSE THERE, THIS IS A LOT
OF INFORMATION, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT IT?
>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE
GO BACK TO THE GAP? BECAUSE
THE WAY I SEE AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU HAVE SAID, THAT IS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO VACANCIES AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, BUT WOULD
THAT STILL BE A SAVINGS IF
THERE WAS NO LIGHT OR ENERGY
BEING USED?
>> I CAN SEE YOUR THINKING, WE
COUNT SAVINGS WHEN THINGS ARE
INSTALLED. AND WHEN THERE IS
EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT INSTALLED,
WHEN EFFICIENT LIGHTS ARE
INSTALLED, SO, RIGHT NOW,
PEOPLE ARE NOT INVESTING IN
THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW, BUT LONG
TERM, WE WILL.
>> IT IS THE INSTALLATION OF
NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD LEAD
TO SAVINGS .
>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, I NAILED THE GRAPH.
OKAY. NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THE
PRESENTATION IS TO GAIN YOUR
APPROVAL OF THE CONSERVATION
TARGETS. LET ME EXPLAIN YOU HOW
WE CAME UP WITH THOSE TARGETS.
THE TARGETS ARE CALCULATED WITH
THE CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT. THIS IS AN
18-MONTH STUDY THAT IDENTIFIES
ALL OF THE AMOUNT, TIMING , AND
COST OF EVERYTHING THAT COULD
POSSIBLY SAVE ENERGY IN OUR
TERRITORY, WHICH IS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES AND
INSTALLATIONS AND WIDGETS. WE
GATHER THAT ALTOGETHER , AND WE
COME UP WITH THESE ESTIMATES
OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE
STUDY IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AT CITY
LIGHT, MANY WILL COME BEFORE
YOU WITH FUTURE PRESENTATIONS
ABOUT THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLANS, WHICH IS THE BIG PLAN
THAT BALANCES SUPPLY AND DEMAND
OVER 20 YEARS AND THE LOW
FORECAST. THE STUDIES ARE USED
TO SET THE TWO -YEAR TARGET
AND 10-YEAR TARGET IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON SETS THE
METHODOLOGY FOR HOW WE IDENTIFY
WHAT IS COST-EFFECTIVE. THE
REASON WHY WE DO THE STUDY IS
BECAUSE THIS CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT IS AN
IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR A LOT
OF UTILITY PLANNING EXERCISES
THAT WE DO. IT PROVIDES KEY
INPUTS INTO THE INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN AND THE LOAD
FORECAST AND IT PROVIDES
DIRECTION FOR WHERE WE INVEST
IN CUSTOMER PROGRAMS GOING
FORWARD. DO WE INVEST MORE IN
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS OR IN
COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS? THIS STUDY
HELPS US TO SEE THAT. WE ALSO
DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS A
REGULATORY REQUIREMENT AS I
SHOT ON THE FIRST SLIDE. THIS
IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE
WASHINGTON INDEPENDENCE --
ENERGY INDEPENDENT ACT. AND
THE TRANSFORMATION ACT WAS
PASSED IN 2019, COMMITTING
WASHINGTON TO AN ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY FREE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BY 2045 ALONG THE
WAY, THEY SAID, SET TARGETS
OVER THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD, TOO.
TWO-YEAR, FOUR-YEAR, 10-YEAR
CONSERVATION TARGETS, WE DO IT.
SO, THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE. THIS
TABLE SHOWS THE TWO-YEAR AND
10-YEAR TARGETS FOR
CONSERVATION. BUT ANOTHER WAY
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF
COST-EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION IN
OUR TERRITORY, THE TWO-YEAR
TARGET IS 18 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS. THAT IS SHOWN IN
GREEN AT THE BOTTOM. WE ARE
REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO
SET THE TARGETS IN AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS. THE AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS IS THE EQUIVALENT
ANNUAL ENERGY USE OF ABOUT
1200 SEATTLE RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
18 AVERAGE MEGAWATTS IS THE
EQUIVALENT ENERGY USE OF 22,000
SEATTLE HOMES. THAT IS A LOT
OF ENERGY. THE 10-YEAR TARGET
OF 79 AVERAGE MEGAWATTS, THE
EQUIVALENT ANNUAL ENERGY USAGE
OF ABOUT 95,000 SEATTLE HOMES,
MOST OF THE COST-EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATION COMES FROM THE
COMMERCIAL SECTOR. AND THIS
ALIGNS WITH CITY LIGHT'S RETAIL
SALES. NEXT, I AM GOING TO SHOW
YOU HOW THIS COMPARES WITH THE
LAST POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT, THE
LAST TIME THAT WE CAN BEFORE
YOU. THE BLUE AREA ON THE
RIGHT IS WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU
ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT
SHOWS YOU THAT THE TWO-YEAR
TARGET IS 18 AVERAGE MEGAWATTS,
ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THE GRAY
AREA THAT SHOWS THE RESULTS OF
THE PREVIOUS STUDY, SHOWING THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF COST EFFECTIVE
SAVINGS IS 19 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS, REPRESENTING WHAT IS
A 4% DECREASE. HOWEVER, I WANT
TO SHOW YOU NEXT , WHAT THE
TARGET IS, OVER 10 YEARS,
BECAUSE IT GOES UP. THIS SLIDE
IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE
ONLY OVER THE PREVIOUS TIME
PERIOD, THE BLUE AREA IS THE
CURRENT TARGET, THE GRAY AREA
ON THE LEFT IS THE PREVIOUS
TARGET OF 77 AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS, SO THE NEW TARGET IS
2% HIGHER OVER THE 10-YEAR
PERIOD. THE OTHER THING THAT I
REALLY WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO IS THAT THE
10-YEAR POTENTIAL FOR
RESIDENTIAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER. IT DOUBLED FROM 11
AVERAGE MEGAWATTS TO 22 HUNDRED
-- 22 AVERAGE MEGAWATTS. HE
RECEIVED THESE RESULTS, WHEN WE
WERE GOING THROUGH ALL OF
THESE NUMBERS, OUR EYEBROWS
RAISED. WE WERE LIKE, WHAT IS
GOING ON? DOUBLING OF
RESIDENTIAL, THAT IS PRETTY
EXCITING. IT IS PRETTY EXCITING
TO THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED WITH REVIEWING
THE PROCESS, AS WE HAVE BEEN
PREPARING THE STUDY. THE MODELS
THAT WE RAN, THEY WERE THE
LOAD SHAPE, THE TIMING OF
WEATHERIZATION MEASURES, LIKE
INSULATION AND HEATING. WHEN
ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE THE
HIGHEST IS AT TIMES IN THE
WINTER, LIKE DURING MLK WEEKEND
, WHEN IT WAS REALLY COLD, AND
WEATHERIZATION AND HEATING
PROVIDED SAVINGS AT EXACTLY
THAT RIGHT TIME, AND SO, THE
PUNCHLINE IS , THE RESULTS OF
THE STUDY ARE SAYING THAT WE
SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE IN
RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION. WHAT
IS DRIVING THE DISTANCE --
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAST
STUDY IN THIS ONE ? THERE ARE
FOUR THINGS, THE FIRST IS THE
RED ARROW GOING DOWN. NEXT
SLIDE. UTILITIES NATIONWIDE
HAVE STRUGGLED TO DEAL WITH
THE IMPACT OF SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, HIGH VACANCY, AND
REDUCED INVESTMENT IN
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE,
ESPECIALLY IN SEATTLE WHERE SO
MUCH OF OUR EFFICIENCY
POTENTIAL, 30%, LIES WITH THE
OFFICE SECTOR, THIS HAS BROUGHT
DOWN COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL IN
THE NEAR-TERM. THE NEXT SHIFT
THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
THE GREEN ARROW THAT IS GOING
UP. OVERALL, WE HAVE HIGHER
LOADS BEING FORECASTED DUE TO
ELECTRIFICATION. I HAVE SEEN,
AND I IMAGINE YOU HAVE SEEN,
LOTS OF TESLAS DRIVING AROUND.
I IMAGINE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS
ARE LIKE MY NEIGHBORS,
EXCEEDINGLY -- EXCITEDLY
TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEW HEAT
PUMPS. AND JOE, WHO HAS NOT
SPOKEN YET, BUT, MY BOSS , HE
LIKES TO EXPLAIN THIS WITH A
GREAT TERM. HIGHER
ELECTRIFICATION IS
COUNTERBALANCED BY
CONSERVATION. WHEN THERE IS
HIGHER ELECTRIFICATION, HIGHER
LOADS, WE NEED MORE
CONSERVATION, THAT IS WHY THE
GREEN ARROW IS GOING UP. THE
SECOND GREEN ARROW GOING UP AS
TO DO WITH THE SHIFT THAT
RESULTS FROM RESIDENTIAL
CONSERVATION. AS I TALKED ABOUT
IN THE LAST SLIDE, WHAT WE SAW
IS, IN THE BITTERLY COLD
WINTER TEMPERATURES, WHEN
ELECTRIC PRICES ARE HIGH, THE
WEATHERIZATION AND HEATING
PROVIDE SAVINGS AT EXACTLY THE
RIGHT TIME. SO, WE WANT TO BE
INVESTING MORE IN THOSE KINDS
OF INCENTIVES. AND WE ARE ABLE
TO PAY A LOT MORE, TO BE ABLE
TO INVEST IN THOSE INCENTIVES.
LASTLY, THE TWO ARROWS GOING
SIDEWAYS. I DO WISH I HAD A
GRAPHIC THAT WENT UP AND DOWN.
THESE ARE THE POLICIES AT THE
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
LEVELS THAT ARE DRIVING A
HIGHER ELECTRIFICATION, HIGHER
CONSERVATION, AND HIGHER
TRANSMISSION UNCERTAINTIES. THE
FEDERAL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
PROVIDES CUSTOMERS INCENTIVES
TO INCREASE CONSERVATION AND
ELECTRIFICATION. CONSERVATION
MEANS -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- THEY
ARE COUNTERING THE ARROWS, IN
THIS CASE. THE CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSFORMATION ACT AND THE
CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACT ALSO
ADD UP AND DOWN ARROWS, IN THIS
PERSPECTIVE. LAST, BUT NOT
LEAST, WHAT YOU HEARD ABOUT
EARLIER TODAY, THE BUILDING
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS INCREASE
EFFICIENCY AND
ELECTRIFICATION ADOPTION. THE
PUNCHLINE IS THAT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT
INFLUENCE THE NEEDS FOR
CONSERVATION, PARTICULARLY
RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION OVER
THE 10-YEAR HORIZON. NEXT
SLIDE. WITH THIS PRESENTATION,
CITY LIGHT IS SEEKING YOUR
APPROVAL OF A TWO-YEAR
CONSERVATION TARGET OF 18
MEGAWATTS AND A 10-YEAR
AVERAGE OF 79 MEGAWATTS,
BETWEEN NOW AND TWO YEARS FROM
NOW WHEN WE ARE BACK, SHOWING
YOU THE LATEST CONSERVATION
TARGETS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER
INNOVATIVE OBSERVATION PROGRAMS
FOR ALL CUSTOMER TYPES. YOU
WILL SEE THAT WE WILL BE
SCALING UP OUR OFFERINGS FOR
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. AND, IN
DOING SO, WE WILL BE LEVERAGING
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
FUNDING AND PROMOTE BUILDING
ELECTRIFICATION. OVER THE NEXT
TWO YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE
ARE CENTERING OUR PROGRAM
DESIGNED AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PROGRAMS AROUND EQUITY. WE
DEVELOP RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSES
AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DESIGN
PROCESSES. IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT ALL CUSTOMERS
CAN ACCESS OUR PROGRAMS. IN
CLOSING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR APPROVAL OF THE
CONSERVATION TARGETS. WE ARE
EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR LONG,
STRONG, PROUD HISTORY OF
CONSERVATION AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION. YOU ALWAYS HERE, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE IN A DROUGHT RIGHT
NOW. THERE MAY BE AN
ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE. HOW DOES
THAT PLAY INTO CONSERVATION
TARGETS, AND DOES THAT AFFECT
OUR GOALS AND PROJECTIONS FOR
THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
>> YEAH. PART OF THE STUDY,
THAT WE DO, INVOLVES A LOT OF
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. WE LOOK AT
A SCENARIO HAVING TO DO WITH
HIGHER ELECTRIFICATION. WE LOOK
AT A SCENARIO HAVING TO DO WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE. AND WE LOOK FOR
A SCENARIO HAVING TO DO WITH
HIGH ELECTRIFICATION AND HIGH
CLIMATE CHANGE, ALL AT ONCE.
CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS THOSE
DROUGHTS THAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, AND IT INCREASES THE
VARIABILITY OF WHEN WE NEED
ENERGY. AND IT IMPACTS HOW
PEOPLE -- HOW PEOPLE AND
THEIR DESIRE FOR
AIR-CONDITIONING , AND WHEN
THEY USE HEATING. AND SO, OUR
STUDY SHOWED THAT, WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE, THERE IS
SLIGHTLY LESS NEED FOR HEATING,
OVERTIME. AND THERE IS A
GREATER NEED FOR AIR
CONDITIONING OVERTIME. WHICH
MEANS THAT THAT EXACERBATES THE
NEED FOR CONSERVATION,
PARTICULARLY IN SUMMER. DOES
ANYBODY WANT TO JUMP IN?
>> DOES IT AFFECT , WITH THE
DROUGHT, AFFECTING THE DAMS,
THE AVAILABILITY OF
CONSERVATION, DUE TO THE
RUNNING OF THE , I GUESS, THE
HEAT PUMPS? DO WE FOCUS ON
MARKETING, EDUCATION ? THOSE
ASPECTS ? CAN YOU TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT IS
EASY TO JUST PUT ON THE HAT OF
SAYING WE ARE LOOKING AT
PLANNING OVER THE LONG-TERM ,
WHEN TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE
MEGAWATTS. WHAT IS MISSING FROM
THIS ARE THE PEOPLE, AND HOW
WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS. AND WE ARE
DOING THAT WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT METHODS AND
CHANNELS. IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON
WEIGHT
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. OUR NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY IN 2024 IS ENSURING
THAT OUR PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS
ARE ALIGNED TO THAT . GETTING
THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE OUT OF
OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO. AND BY
COMMUNICATION, OUTRAGE,
ENGAGEMENT, AND FILLING IN THE
GAPS WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO, TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST
PORTFOLIO OF CUSTOMER ENERGY
PROGRAMS THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS
ACROSS DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT
PORTFOLIOS, LIKE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLES, AND
DEMAND RESPONSE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHY IS
THE TWO-YEAR TARGET DIFFERENT
THAN THE 10 -YEAR INTERVAL?
>> YEAH. THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION. SO, LET ME PUT IT
HERE. THE TWO-YEAR TARGET
REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF
AVAILABLE COST-EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATION IN OUR TERRITORY.
AND WE ARE FOLLOWING
METHODOLOGY SET BY STATE LAW.
IN THE NEAR TERM, THERE IS JUST
LOWER INVESTMENT IN COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE. AND THAT IS
IMPACTING OUR NEAR-TERM ABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT SAVINGS
IN THAT AREA.
>> SO, ARE WE BASING OUR
TARGETS ON STUDIES ON WHAT IS
ACHIEVABLE, VERSUS WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE?
>> YEAH. ARE CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT FIRST
DEFINES ALL POTENTIAL TECHNICAL
CONSERVATION AVAILABLE. AND
THEN IT LOOKS AT THE ECONOMIC
POTENTIAL, WHAT IS COST
EFFECTIVE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS,
BASED ON THE COST OF UPGRADES
AND THE BENEFITS THEY WILL
RECEIVE. THE LAST SLICE IS WHAT
IS ACHIEVABLE WHICH TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION MARKET BARRIERS
AND THINGS LIKE THE REDUCED
INTEREST IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE SECTOR. THAT BOTTOM
NUMBER OF WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE IS
WHAT SETS TARGET -- THE TARGET
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THIS IS
A PLANNING CYCLE THAT WE HAVE
FOR THE LOAD FORECAST, THE
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN, THE
DEMAND-SIDE POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT. WE FULLY EXPECT
THAT, WHEN WE TAKE ANOTHER LAP
AROUND THE TRACK, RIGHT? AS
OUR CUSTOMERS CONTINUE TO
ELECTRIFY, IT INCREASES THE
VALUE OF EFFICIENCY. THAT IS
WHY YOU SEE THE 10-YEAR
HORIZON, THE GOAL INCREASING A
LITTLE BIT THERE. AND WHEN WE
DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, I
EXPECT THE TWO-YOUR TARGET TO
INCREASE AGAIN.
>> SO YOU ARE GOING TO COME
BACK IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS ?
>> YES, IN TWO YEARS.
>> AND THAT IS TO IMPROVE THE
PLAN FOR THAT NEXT 10-YEAR
CYCLE?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ?
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION BUT I WOULD LIKE
TO DOUBLE-CLICK ON THE CONCEPT
OF ELECTRIFICATION,
SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION
, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALL OF
THESE GREAT CONSERVATIONS --
CONVERSATIONS GOING ON IN
VARIOUS SECTORS ON HOW WE CAN
BETTER ELECTRIFY, USING CLEAN
ENERGY, AND THAT IS WHERE YOU
ALL COME IN, IN PART, AT THE
PORT LEVEL, ELECTRIFICATION OF
THE PORTS, EVs, TRANSIT, METRO
HAS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL TO FULLY
ELECTRIFY THEIR BUS FLEET AND
I FORGOT THE DATE OFFHAND.
BUT, NO DOUBT, YOU ALL KNOW OF
ALL OF THIS. FIRST OF ALL, AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL, THERE IS A
BIG EFFORT GOING ON NATIONALLY,
AT THE STATE LEVEL, TO
INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO CONVERT
FROM FOSSIL FUEL-BURNING
VEHICLES TO EVs. AND THE TWO
BIGGEST BLOCKERS RIGHT NOT TO
ADOPTION, AS YOU KNOW, YOU
KNOW? THE COST OF THE EV
ITSELF. AND ALSO, ACCESS TO ,
LIKE, INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
THE EVs. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN
GOING INTO A GAS STATION,
FILLING UP IN FIVE MINUTES, AND
BEING ON YOUR WAY. AND SOME
CONFUSION AND BACKED, IN THE
MARKETPLACE, A MONK AND
DIFFUSERS -- CONSUMERS.
REGARDLESS, IT IS STILL
IMPORTANT WORK AND WITH ALL OF
THESE PARALLEL CONVERSATIONS
GOING ON, THERE WILL BE A LOT
OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO EXPAND
AND SUPPORT THAT STRATEGY AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE-LEVEL,
AND AT THE CITY LEVEL, AT
LEAST IN THE TRANSPORTATION
CONTEXT. WE ARE GOING TO BE
LEVERAGING A LOT OF THOSE
RESOURCES. BUT THAT DOES NOT
ABSOLVE US OF OUR OWN
RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE OUR OWN
CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS, RIGHT?
BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW,
THAT PUTS A HUGE STRAIN ON THE
-- WELL, IT RAPIDLY INCREASES
DEMAND. AND THESE CONCEPTS ARE
RELATED. HOW -- HOW DO THESE
PROPOSED CONSERVATION TARGETS
CONTEMPLATE THE INCREASED ,
EXPECTED EV INCREASE
ADOPTION? PARTICULARLY, THE
TARGETS FOR THE 10-YEAR
TARGETS,
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I CAN
TAKE THIS QUESTION. WE HAVE
PARTNERED TO CONDUCT AN
ELECTRIFICATION SCHEDULE, THAT
WILL MANDATE THE
ELECTRIFICATION WITHIN OUR
SERVICE TERRITORY, THAT
INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION, AND BUILDING
ELECTRIFICATION, SO IT TAKES
EVERYTHING WE KNOW ON THE
ANTICIPATED LEVEL OF ADOPTION
AND IT TAKES EVERYTHING WE
KNOW ABOUT POLICY, LIKE THE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
PRESENTED ON. THAT INFORMS OUR
LOAD FORECASTS. WHETHER WE
THINK THE LOAD WILL DO THAT,
BASED ON ALL OF THE CUSTOMER
DEMAND. THE NEXT STEP IS THE
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN, WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOAD IS,
WE HAVE TO STACK UP AND
OPTIMIZE THE SUPPLY SIDE AND
THE DEMAND SIDE RESOURCES, IN
AN ENVIRONMENTALLY-RESPONSIBLE
MANNER. THE PROGRAMS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THAT IS ALL THE
DEMAND-SIDE PART OF THE
EQUATION MAY RECALL THAT
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE
EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
RESOURCES, CUSTOMER RESOURCES,
RENEWABLES, ALL OF THOSE COME
INTO PLAY TO HELP US
COST-EFFECTIVELY AND
AFFORDABLY AND RELIABLY BALANCE
DEMAND AND SUPPLY. SO, THIS
LAST STEP HERE, ON THE
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT, THE
POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT, OR WHAT
WE USED TO CALL THE
CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT, THAT IDENTIFIES,
BASED ON ALL OF THAT, THAT WE
KNOW, BASED ON ALL OF THOSE
OTHER MODELS, HOW MUCH COST
EFFECTIVENESS POTENTIAL EXISTS
WITHIN OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.
ONCE WE KNOW THAT, THAT IS WHAT
WE GO OUT AND GET WITH OUR
PROGRAMMATIC PORTFOLIO.
>> THANK YOU. 1 AND 3 VEHICLES
TODAY IN SEATTLE, BASED ON MY
RECOLLECTION OF THE
PRESENTATION I GOT FROM CITY
LIGHT, OSE, AND SDOT, ABOUT A
MONTH BACK, AND I JUST LOOKED
AT IT AGAIN THE OTHER NIGHT, 1
IN 3, I RECALL, PURCHASED IN
SEATTLE ARE EVs AND I HAVE
SEEN PROJECTIONS, THE
PROJECTIONS THAT I HAVE SEEN
FROM YOU ALL, YOU KNOW? YOU
EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO BE
RAPIDLY GROWING OVER TIME. AND
THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
BETTER SUPPORT THAT , BOTH ON
THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND SIDE.
BUT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE
QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
WOO HAD, ABOUT CONSERVATION
TARGETS AND HOW THEY ARE SET.
MY BASIC QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE
KNOW THAT THE TARGETS ARE BEING
APPROPRIATELY SET ? I AM
CURIOUS ABOUT THE TRENDS, HOW
THEY ARE SET, AND HOW THEY
COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES IN THE
STATE, IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE
FACING THE SAME SITUATIONS?
>> ALL OF THE OTHER UTILITIES
HAVE THE DO THIS, TOO, WE ALL
WORK ON THESE INDEPENDENTLY,
THEN WE FINISHED, WE POPPED OUR
HEADS UP, AND WE SAY, WHAT DID
YOU GET? THE PUNCHLINE IS THAT
THE RESULTS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR
TO OTHER UTILITIES. I CAN GO
INTO DETAILS, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> THE CONSERVATION POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT IS DECREASING LONG
TERM, AND TACOMA POWER IS
INCREASING BY JUST 1.3% , IF
YOU RECALL, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 2% , AND SNOHOMISH
BEAUTY IS INCREASING
MODERATELY . IT LOOKS LIKE 5%
OVER THE LONG-TERM. IT LOOKS
LIKE WE ARE RIGHT IN THE
SYSTEM.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL, THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ADD, THAT IS ANOTHER
BENEFIT OF DOING THIS EXERCISE
EVERY TWO YEARS. WE SHOULD NOT
EXPECT A MAJOR SHOCK IN THE
SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS
USING THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA
THAT WE COME BACK TO EVERY TWO
YEARS TO GET THE PART TARGET --
TARGET APPROVED.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. I WOULD LOVE TO DIG
DEEPER INTO THIS. WE SHOULD
CONSIDER MOVING THIS TO THE
NEXT MEETING DATE, IF POSSIBLE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE
YOU HOLDING OFF FROM THE VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND COMING IN. AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER
DISCUSSION. WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF THE MEETING AGENDA
TODAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN WE
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS ,
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.