>>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING TO
THE MARCH 5th, 2024 MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
WE WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS
9:32 A.M. I AM ROB SALA, CHAIR
OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE
CLERK CALL ROLL .
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR SALA.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR, THERE OUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED . HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. SO, TODAY WE WILL
HAVE OUR INITIAL BRIEFING ON
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A
BRIEFING FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF
ON THE 19TH LATER THIS MONTH.
WE WILL TAKE THIS MATTER UP FOR
A VOTE ON APRIL 2nd. A POSSIBLE
VOTE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SDOT
ON A MATTER NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART PERSONALLY. THE STATE OF
OUR BRIDGES. AND I KNOW A LOT
OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SECOND
FLOOR AS WELL. I KNOW THERE
ARE MANY ON THIS COMMITTEE AND
OUTSIDE OF IT WITH STRONG
FEELINGS ON BRIDGES , BRIDGE
SAFETY AND BASIC FUNCTIONALITY
OF BRIDGES AND OTHER CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTING SDOT.
AND FINALLY, SDOT WILL PRESENT
ON AN ART PROJECT ON THE
COLUMNS UNDERNEATH THE
EXPRESSWAY. COLLEAGUES, I
ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO ASK ALL
THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED, BUT FOR
CRYSTAL CLARITY, COLLEAGUES AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE WILL
NOT BE VOTING ON THAT MATTER
TODAY. WE WILL NOT BE VOTING
ON THAT MATTER TODAY . AND I
FINALLY WILL NOTE THAT I AM
WORKING, ME AND MY STAFF ARE
WORKING FEVERISHLY WITH SDOT
RIGHT NOW TO HOPEFULLY LINE UP
BY THE END OF THE MEETING AND
SHARE A DATE FOR ME TO ACTUALLY
TOUR SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND
SEE FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE
IMPACT. THE GOAL IS TO SHARE
WHEN THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR.
SO I THINK MY STAFF, BILL AND
THE SDOT TEAM FOR HELPING TO
ARRANGE THAT. WITH THAT SAID,
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE WHICH ITSELF IS
FAIRLY BROAD. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> REPORTER: COUNSEL, WE HAVE
FIVE REMOTE SPEAKERS AND 13 IN
PERSON SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL START
WITH IN CHAMBERS SPEAKERS
FIRST. TODAY, EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE
TO COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. CLERK, PLEASE
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER
BY NAME AND IN THE ORDER OF
WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL WEBSITE OR ON THE
SIGN-UP SHEET AVAILABLE IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IF YOU HAVE
NOT YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THE COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING TO
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE OR
SIGNING UP NEAR THE PUBLIC
COMMENT MICROPHONE ON THE
SIGN-UP SHEET. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINK IS ALSO LISTED IN
TODAY'S AGENDA. WHEN I CALL A
REMOTE SPEAKER'S NAME, I WILL
UNMUTE THE APPROPRIATE
MICROPHONE AND THE SPEAKER MUST
PRESSED STAR SIX TO BEGIN.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING. AS A REMINDER,
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE
TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHARM
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. WHEN YOU
HEAR THE TIME, WE ASK THAT YOU
WRAP UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SPEAKERS DO NOT END THE, THAT
THE END OF THE TIME ALLOTTED,
THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL
BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT WEEK OR. WHEN YOU HAVE
COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT,
FOR REMOTE SPEAKERS, WE ASK
THAT YOU PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW IN THE MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR THE LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED
ON THE AGENDA. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> AS IS THE COUNCIL'S
PRACTICE, WE WILL START WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS FIRST. THE
FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS
CHAIR HANSEN.
>> HELLO. I'M NOT CHAIR
HANSEN. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA
PETERSON. I WORK AT THE DO
AMISH CULTURAL CENTER AND I'M
HERE ON BEHALF OF CHAIR CECILE
HANSEN WHO COULD NOT JOIN US
TODAY. SHE ASKED THAT EVEN
THOUGH YOU ARE NOT VOTING, THAT
YOU HEAR HER WORDS TODAY ON THE
FAUNTLEROY ART PROJECT. SHE
ASKED THAT THE PROJECT NOT MOVE
FORWARD WITHOUT EQUAL
REPRESENTATION FOR THE PRESENT
DAY DO AMISH TRIBE. AS A CHAIR
OF THE TRIBE, I'M EXTERNALLY
DISAPPOINTED TO BE ERASED AGAIN
FROM THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE
CITY NAMED AFTER OUR CHIEF.
THERE IS SOMETHING
FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH NOT
SHARING THE WHOLE TRUTH OF THE
CITY. THE TRUTH IS THAT WE
ARE STILL HERE. THE PRESENT DAY
HAVE STILL SURVIVED TODAY. WE
DO THAT WITH A SIGN AT THE --
PUTTING UP MURALS UNDER THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WITHOUT
DUWAMISH INVOLVEMENT WITHIN
WALKING DISTANCE AND CULTURAL
PLACES WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN
POOR TASTE. SEATTLE CAN DO
BETTER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMAN PAUL NELSON.
>> THANK YOU. HELLO MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS PAUL NELSON AND I
SERVE AS A DUWAMISH TRIBAL
COUNCIL MEMBER AND A BOARD
MEMBER ON THE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION. I SPEAK NOT JUST
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE BUT A VOICE FOR
THE ENDURING HERITAGE AND
PRESENCE AS A DUWAMISH TRIBAL
MEMBER. I STAND BEFORE YOU
TODAY TO VOICE A CONCERN THAT
STRIKES THE VERY HEART OF OUR
COMMUNITY'S SPIRIT. THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE WHOSE AND SISTER
PRESENCE PREDATES THE FOUNDING
OF OUR CITY NAMED AFTER OUR
ESTEEMED CHIEF OF SEATTLE AND
WE ARE STILL HERE AND YET OUR
VOICES REMAIN UNHEARD IN THE
VERY LAND WE HAVE STEWARDED
SINCE TIME. WE HAVE BEFORE US
A PROPOSAL FOR COUNSEL BILL
120-2076. WHICH WAS CRAFTED
WITH INPUT FROM THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THE OFFICE
OF ARTS AND CULTURE. HOWEVER,
THIS OVERLOOKS A CRUCIAL
PARTICIPANT IN THE DUWAMISH
TRIBE. THEREFORE I ASK
SOMETHING VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
TO ADVANCE THE PROPOSAL, NOT
ADVANCE THE PROPOSAL UNTIL THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE HAS BEEN
PROPERLY CONSULTED. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> COUNCILMAN KEN WORKMAN.
>> I AM A WORKMAN OF THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE. A
GREAT-GRANDSON OF THE CHIEF OF
SEATTLE. I STAND BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND OPPOSITION TO THE
PROJECTS WHICH PAYING THE
COLUMNS UNDER THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE THAT THERE ARE TRIBES
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED THAT HAVE
BEEN CONTACTED AND WHO HAVE
CHOSEN TO PUT THEIR ART IN THIS
PROXIMITY, CLOSE PROXIMITY, OF
A NONFEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE
CALLED THE DUWAMISH. BECAUSE OF
OUR LACK OF FEDERAL
RECOGNITION, WE ARE BEING
EXCLUDED FROM MANY OF THESE
KINDS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMUNICATIONS. AND SO I WOULD
ASK THIS PANEL TO SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH
THIS PROPOSAL WITHOUT OUR
CONSIDERATION, THE DUWAMISH
TRIBE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
TO REMOTE SPEAKERS NOW.
>> AND COVID DAY, I SAW A
FORMAL -- FORMER COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IN THE REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> HE IS NOT PRESENT. THANK YOU
THOUGH.
>> LET'S START WITH ROBIN
BRIGGS .
>> CAN YOU HEAR MAY?
>> YES GREAT. GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
ROBIN BRIGGS. I LIVE ON
CAPITOL HILL AND I'M HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN. I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM
A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE
THE CLIMATE IS GETTING WORSE AT
AN ALARMING RATE AND LIKE MANY
OF MY NEIGHBORS, I'M VERY
CONCERNED. THE SEATTLE GOAL IS
TO REDUCE OVERALL EMISSIONS BY
58% BY 2030 AND FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, 81% BY
2030. THE PLAN IS THAT NINE OUT
OF 10 PERSONAL TRIPS WILL BE
CARBON FREE BY 2020. -- 2030.
HOW WILL WE ACHIEVE THIS? PLAN
HAS A LOT OF CONSIDERATION FOR
CLIMATE WHICH I WELCOME BUT IT
SHOULD BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE A
REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT
TAKES TO REACH OUR CLIMATE
GOALS. GOALS THAT YOU WOULD
SUPPORT WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING
FOR OFFICE. PROBABLY THERE ARE
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET
THERE BUT FOR SURE, BUSINESS AS
USUAL IS NOT ONE OF THEM. WE
NEED A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES AND OUTCOMES. IN
2024, WITH JUST FIVE AND HALF
YEARS TO GO, WE NEED MORE THAN
THIS. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE LUCAS O'BRIEN
.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR MAY?
>> YES .
>> HELLO EVERYBODY. I AM A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 1. I AM
JUST HERE TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE DUWAMISH
FOLKS AND ECHO THEIR CALL FOR
NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
PLANS FOR THE FAUNTLEROY ART
PROJECT UNTIL THERE IS
EQUITABLE INCLUSION OF THE DO
AMISH -- DUWAMISH IN NETWORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE
YOU CONSIDER.
>> NEXT WE HAVE CECELIA BLACK .
>> MY NAME IS CECELIA BLACK AND
I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR
(INDISCERNIBLE) WASHINGTON. I
AM URGING YOU TO AMEND THE
CURRENT SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN IN ORDER TO SET CLEAR SOME
SPECIFIC MEASURES. THIS WAS A
TWO-YEAR EFFORT AND A
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR EFFORT TO
LAY OUT THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND
IT OFFERS NO SERIOUS ROADMAP OR
METRICS TO GET US TO ACCOMPLISH
OUR GOALS. WE NEED SPECIFIC
TIER 2 METRICS. AND INCREASING
THE PERCENTAGE OF WALKING TRIPS
BY 7% AND ZERO GOALS FOR
INCREASING POTENTIAL SIDEWALKS
IN GOOD CONDITION. A MEASURE
THAT SDOT HAS COMPLETE CONTROL
OVER. SECONDLY, WE MUST SET
INTERMEDIARY GOALS AS WE HAVE
SEEN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION
SIDEWALK. THERE IS NO WILL IN
SDOT FOR COSTLY AND IMPORTANT
PROJECTS CONTINUALLY BEING PUT
OFF FOR FUTURE DECADES.
>> NEXT WE HAVE SHARON SOBERS
OUTLAW .
>> HELLO.
>> ARE YOU THERE? SHARON?
>> HELLO.
>> STAR SIX.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> GREAT. GOOD MORNING. I AM
SHARON OUTLAW, CONSULT WITH A
WIDER VARIETY OF HORIZONS AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. I'M
ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK
GROUP FOR SDOT. I'M HERE IS
THE COCHAIR FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY WORK GROUP TO PRESS
SUPPORT FOR THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE
APPRECIATE THE ST PUBLIC A
PROCESS OF INCLUDING VARIOUS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THIS
PLAN. WE ARE SUPPORTIVE THAT
THE STP IS MAKING EQUITY
PARAMOUNT. WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF
(INDISCERNIBLE) AND PRO
APPROACHES THAT REDUCE HARM.
WITH THE VALUES AND TACTICS
REPRESENTED IN THE STP, WE
SUPPORT CONTINUING TO USE THE
FRAMEWORK AS FURTHER POLICIES
AND PRACTICES ARE CONTINUED. WE
WANT TO UPLIFT SPACES TO THE
VARIOUS COMMUNITIES WHEN
THINKING ABOUT SAFETY AND WE DO
ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE THE
TASK WITH SAFETY --
>> THANK YOU, SHARON. NOW WE
WILL CONTINUE WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN THE CHAMBERS. NEXT IS
NANCY SACKMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS
NANCY SACKMAN FROM THE SACKMAN
FAMILY AND A DIRECT DESCENDENT
OF CHIEF SEATTLE. I'M A
DUWAMISH TRIBAL MEMBER AND THE
CULTURAL PRESERVATION OFFICER
FOR THE DUWAMISH TRIBE. I'M
HERE TO COMMENT ON THE COUNSEL
BILL 120-7026. THE FAUNTLEROY
ART PROJECT. THIS IS AN AREA
THAT IS CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO
THE DUWAMISH TRIBE AND WITHIN
AT LEAST A MILE OF SIX
ANCESTRAL AND HISTORIC DUWAMISH
PLACE NAMES INCLUDING THE
DUWAMISH RIVER AND THE FORMER
WIND THE ESTUARY. WE ASK THAT
THE DUWAMISH BE CONSULTED. AT
THE DUWAMISH TRIBE IS STILL
HERE. OUR MODERN LONGHOUSE
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN 2009
AND NEWS WITHIN A MILE OF THE
PROJECT. WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ACTIVE WITH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH
ENCOMPASS SEATTLE, TUKWILA,
ROLL, THE EASTSIDE, SHORELINE
AND ALL OF KING COUNTY
ANCESTRAL LANDS. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS JAKE TONES.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JAKE. I
LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 AND WORK IN
DISTRICT 1 OF THE TRENDY THREE
LONGHOUSE AND CULTURAL CENTER
AND EMERGING THE COMMUNITY TO
REJECT CB17726 AS IT IS AND
AMEND THE BILL PACKAGE TO BE
INCLUSIVE OF THE TRINITY CHURCH
TRIBE IS AN EQUAL TRIBAL
PARTNER IN THE FAUNTLEROY ART
PROJECT. THIS ARTWORK WILL BE
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE
LONGHOUSE OF THE ANCESTRAL
HOMELANDS OF THE DUWAMISH TRIBE
AND YET WIND THREE SERVICES
CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED IN
PARTICIPATING IN THIS
LONG-STANDING PROJECT. THIS
TYPE OF SYSTEMIC ERASER IS
CALLED CULTURAL GENOCIDE. IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS RESIDENTS
TO REFUSE TO PERPETUATE THIS
INJUSTICE. MONEY DOES NOT
MAKE RIGHT. YOUR CONSTITUENTS
KNOW THIS AND WE ARE WATCHING.
STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING
FOR THE DUWAMISH TRIBE AND HAVE
AN EQUAL PLACE IN THIS ART
PROJECT WITH AT LEAST ONE THIRD
OF THE BUDGET TO REPRESENT
THEIR OWN UNIQUE HISTORY,
HERITAGE AND CULTURE. ONE
SEATTLE INCLUDES ACTIVELY
MAKING SPACE FOR THE --
>> NEXT IS TYLER VASQUEZ.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS TYLER VASQUEZ. I AM
THE POLICY MANAGER AT CASCADE
BISON CLUB. WE ADVOCATE FOR
PEOPLE WHO BIKE OR WANT TO. WE
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN. I'M GLAD
TO SEE THE COUNCIL IS DIGGING
INTO THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN. IT IS A HUGE DOCUMENT
AND UNDERTAKING. I WANT TO
REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE FIRST
AND ONLY MASTER PLAN WAS
ADOPTED IN 2014 AND IS A HUGE
DOCUMENT FOR THE NETWORK TODAY
IN CONCERT WITH THE SUN SETTING
MOVES SEATTLE LEVY. THANKS TO
THE MASTER PLAN AND THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY, WE HAVE MADE
PROGRESS ON THE NETWORK,
ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN AND IN
NORTH SEATTLE. I WANT TO ASK
YOU ALL TO BUILD ON THAT BIKE
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
MADE AND MAKE SURE THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS
LIKABLE FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS
OF AGE, ABILITY, RACE. .
>> NEXT UP IS TYLER BLACKWELL.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
TYLER BLACKWELL AND I'M THE
TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT AREA OF SO DUCK
ALASKA. WE HAVE 1100 BUSINESSES
AND 600 PROPERTIES IN THE
SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. WE WANT TO
THANK THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR
ENGAGEMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO
SEE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY WAS
INCLUDED AS A GOAL. WITH TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF LIVING WAGE
JOBS AND FACILITIES CRITICAL TO
THE OPERATIONS OF OUR CITY,
STATE AND COUNTY. THE COVID
SEVEN TRANSPORTATION AND
RESTRUCTURE PLAYS A CRUCIAL
ROLE IN OUR REGION'S HEALTH.
THE BRIDGES AND FIRST AND LAST
MILE FREIGHT CONNECTIONS AND
TRANSIT SERVICE ALL NEED
EXTENSIVE INVESTMENT TO KEEP
SODO AND BY EXTENSION, THE
REGION, FUNCTIONING SAFELY AND
SMOOTHLY. BUILDING AND
MAINTAINING A SAFE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN SODO
IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND
WE ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO LISTEN TO OUR
COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OUR
SAFETY FOCUS AND PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE RICHARD ORTEGA
FOLLOWED BY CLAIRE CANTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
RICARDO ORTEGA AND I'M A
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE QUALITY,
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING AND
PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY
MAINLY WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
THE FARAWAY NEIGHBORHOODS.
SOUTH PARK AND RAINIER BEACH.
WE KNOCK ON DOORS AND TALK TO
PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF
HOW THE TRANSPORTATION CAN WORK
BETTER FOR THEM. THEY BELIEVE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NOT A
COMMODITY BUT A RIGHT FOR
EVERYBODY TO HAVE ACCESS, TO
MOVE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. WE
WILL HAVE THIS POLLUTION IF WE
HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION. WE
NEED AREAS IN THE CITY WITH
MORE SIDEWALKS AND MORE LIGHTS.
AND ALSO, PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION THEY SAY IS
IMPORTANT. BECAUSE WE CAN
PRESERVE FOR EVERYBODY AND WE
SUPPORT THE DUWAMISH TRIBE TO
HAVE A VOICE IN THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE CLAIRE CANTOR AND
THEN MATTHEW SUTHERLAND.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. MY
NAME IS CLAIRE CANTOR AND I'M
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
I AM ALSO A PARENT OF TWO
YOUNG KIDS IN DISTRICT 2 WHO
GET AROUND BY BIKING AND
TRANSIT. I'M HERE TO COMMENT
ON THE STP. SEATTLE HAS A LOT
OF GOALS AND A LOT OF PLANS AND
A LOT OF COMMITMENTS THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY MADE. WE HAVE
COMMITTED TO ZERO DEBTS AND
LIFE ALTERING INDUSTRIES ON OUR
STREETS BY 2030 AND COMMITTED
TO MEET THE FRAMEWORK
COMMITMENTS BY 2028 AND
COMMITTED TO REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
TRANSPORTATION BY 82% BY 2030.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DOUBLING
THE NUMBER OF TRIPS PEOPLE
CHOOSE TO TAKE MY BIKE TO
INCREASE TRANSIT RELIABILITY
AND MAKE OUR CITY ACCESSIBLE TO
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. ALL
OF THOSE GOALS LIE WITHIN THE
FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE PLAN.
AND I'M HERE TO ASK EACH OF
YOU INDIVIDUALLY HOW WE AS A
CITY AND HOW YOU AS A MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE GOING
TO HOLD SEATTLE ACCOUNTABLE TO
THOSE GOALS. HOW ARE WE GOING
TO FUND THEM? HOW DO WE MAKE
THE HARD DECISIONS TO BUILD
THEM A QUICK SEATTLE HOW TO
ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. WE JUST
HAVE TO DECIDE TO DO IT.
>> NEXT WE HAVE MATTHEW
SUTHERLAND WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JAMIE CROSTHWAITE JOINING US
REMOTELY.
>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR SALA,
VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS MATTHEW SUTHERLAND. I
AM THE ADVOCACY DIRECTORATE
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION. WE ARE NONPROFIT
THAT SUPPORTS SAFE, SUSTAINABLE
AND EQUITABLE TRANSPIRATION
OPTIONS FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON.
FIRST I WANT TO EXTEND A THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE, AND ALSO THE STAFF AT
SDOT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
EVERYONE FOR WORKING ON THIS
STP PLAN AND RECEIVING THOROUGH
AND PUT. THE GOAL OF STP
ESPECIALLY THOSE AROUND SAFETY,
EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE
IN LINE WITH OUR VALUES AND
STRONG CENTRAL THEME. WE
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY
TO AFFIRM A COMMITMENT TO
WALKING, ROLLING AND BIKING
BEING THE SAFEST. TO GET TO
WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. WE
APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE TO
FEEDBACK INCLUDING ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR,
THANK YOU FOR THE ADDICTION --
ADDITION OF METRICS AND
ADDRESSING SAFETY AND EQUITY
AND APPLYING PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK. AND EQUITABLE
PRICING MECHANISMS. AND
FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK
YOU TO WORK ON IMPROVING
ACCESSIBILITY AND EXPLOITING --
>> THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT, WE HAVE JAMIE
CROSTHWAITE JOINING US REMOTELY
.
>> .
>>> MY NAME IS JAMIE
CROSTHWAITE. I'M A COMMUNITY
MEMBER AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK
UP FOR THE REFUGEES HOUSING. IT
IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
DENYING CONTINUED HOUSING IS
DENYING THE COMMUNITY AND I
WANT EVERY PERSON TO KNOW THAT
YOU ARE VALUED AND YOU ARE
WELCOME HERE AND WE KNOW THAT
EMBRACING IMMIGRANTS WOULD
DECREASE OUR CRIMINALITY RATE
OVERALL BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS
LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIMES.
WHEREAS WE HAVE STP WHO STAYS
COMMITTING CRIMES LIKE KILLING
PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLY CROSSING
A CROSSWALK AND HIT BY AN
OFFICER GOING 74 MILES AND A
24-MILE AN UP -- 25-MILE AN
HOUR ZONE. SO THE COMMUNITY IS
CONTAINING TO URGE YOU TO HOUSE
THESE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
COLD WEATHER. NOBODY DESERVES
TO LIVE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
HAZARD. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
AND A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT
YOU ARE VALUED. YOU ARE WORTHY
.
>>> NEXT WE HAVE DEB BARKER .
>> GOOD EVENING. I WISH IT WERE
EVENING. MY NAME IS DEB
BARKER. I AM A PROUD WEST
SEATTLE RESIDENT. MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AND I
ATTENDED ZOOM MEETINGS FOR OVER
TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND I AM
SPEAKING TODAY ON COUNSEL BILL
12736. I'M PERSONALLY IRRITATED
BY THE FACT THAT SDOT BEGAN
COORDINATING THE BRIDGE
PAINTING THE TRIBAL COLUMN
PAINTING WHILE THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE WAS STILL CLOSED. THERE
WERE INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN DIFFERENT CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND BETWEEN
DIFFERENT COUNSEL PEOPLE BUT
NOBODY BOTHERED TO TELL THE
WEST SEATTLE PUBLIC, THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE OR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE COMMUNITY TASK
FORCE ABOUT THIS. TO ME, THE
OMISSION TAINTS ANY GOODWILL
THAT THE PROJECT HOPED FOR.
AND DIVIDES THE 12 COLUMNS --
>> DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH
ROBERTS.
>> GOOD MORNING. FIRST I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M HUMBLED
AND HONORED TO BE HERE DURING
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WITH
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE SO
INTENTIONAL AND CARE SO DEEPLY
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
>> NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
AGAIN THAT MY NAME IS ELIZABETH
ROBERTS. MY HUSBAND JONATHAN
AND I OWN A HOME NEXT TO A
SHORELINE STREET END CALLED
EAST HAIRLINE SHORELINE STREET
END. OUR ADDRESS IS NUMBER 39TH
AVENUE EAST. WE ARE LONGTIME
RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND COMMITTED TO BEING GOOD
NEIGHBORS. TO SHARE THE
SHORELINE STREET END WITH ONE
AND ALL. OUR INTEREST IS
CONNECTED AND I JUST REALIZED I
DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. WE
ARE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE ABOUT THE ISSUES WE ARE
EXPERIENCING. I UNDERSTAND THE
SHORELINE STREET END'S ARE NOT
ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY BUT I
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF SO THAT YOU
HAVE A FACE TO THE NAME. I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION WITH YOU SOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE MARIA RAMIREZ
.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM MARIA RAMIREZ AND I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 1. GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBER SALA. I AM HERE
FIRST AND FOREMOST TO SAY THAT
I STAND WITH THE DUWAMISH AND I
ASKED THAT THEY BE INCLUDED IN
ANY PLANS INCLUDING THE
FAUNTLEROY PROJECT. THE OTHER
REQUEST AND MAKING IS THAT THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN INCLUDE THE
INNOVATIVE PROJECT CALLED
"RECONNECT SOUTH PARK." SOON
WE WILL BE CONTACTING ALL THE
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO BRIEF
THEM ON THE PROJECT AND I ASKED
THAT THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT CAN
HELP US DEAL WITH CLIMATE
CATASTROPHE THAT IS COMING IN
WITH THE HIGH RATES OF
DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH
DISPARITIES IN THE SOUTH PARK
AREA. FOLKS THERE LIVE 11 YEARS
LESS THAN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
NORTH END. AND THEY ALSO HAVE
HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA, COPD
AND MANY OTHER DISEASES. THIS
IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. I
ASKED THAT YOU LOOK FORWARD TO
20-30 YEARS AHEAD AND CONSIDER
WHAT KIND OF WORLD WE WANT FOR
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF
PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT SPEAKERS CAN
ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR E-MAIL
COMMENTS TO COUNSEL
@SEATTLE.GOV.
>> THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC FOR PROVIDING YOUR
THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS TODAY AND
PLEASE DO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS AND WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS
AS WELL. BEFORE THE NEXT ITEM
OF BUSINESS, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE MY ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US TODAY. WE HAVE IMPORTANT
TOPICS WE ARE COVERING.
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT A VOTING
MEMBER, YOU ARE A MEMBER AND
FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS. I DON'T
THINK WE WILL BE VOTING ON
ANYTHING TODAY. SO LESS
RELEVANT. MOVING ON TO ITEM
ONE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION PRESENTATION ON
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.
>> WILL THE PRESENTERS JOIN US
AT THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION. WHEN READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY. I'M JOINED
BY THE COUNCIL LIAISON, JOANNA
VALENCIA AND JONATHAN LEWIS WHO
ARE THE COMANAGERS OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
PROJECT IN MY SENIOR DEPUTY WHO
IS THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR
SEATTLE. IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS AND EXPLORE HOW THE
PHYSICAL CITY WILL EVOLVE AND
GROW . THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS OUR
FIRST HOLISTIC PLAN SETTING
FORTH A UNIFIED VISION FOR ALL
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD KNOWN FOR
PLANS. A BIKE PLAN, PEDESTRIAN
PLAN, TRANSIT PLAN AND A
FREIGHT PLAN AND THEY WERE
PRODUCED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY
A VARIETY OF STAFF. THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN BEFORE YOU
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL
MODES HAVE BEEN COMBINED
TOGETHER AND IT ENABLES US TO
ADDITIONALLY FOCUS ON ECONOMIC
VITALITY AND THE ACTIVATION OF
OUR BOOK SPACES. THE STP IS
THE RESULT OF AN INNOVATIVE AND
EXCLUDES -- INCLUSIVE OUTREACH
STRATEGY THAT BROUGHT THE
DISCUSSION TABLE TO PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
OUR OUTREACH WAS GUIDED BY
SDOT'S TRANSPORTATION
FRAMEWORK AND WAS CLOSELY
COORDINATED WITH OUTREACH ABOUT
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
THE WIND FIVE IS INTENDED TO
GUIDE INVESTMENTS IN
TRANSPORTATION OVER THE NEXT 20
YEARS. THE STP IS AN
ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT FOR HOW
SEATTLE CAN EVOLVE. FUTURE
DECISIONS ON FUNDING SPECIFIC
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WILL BE
COMING TO THE COMMITTEE SOON
INCLUDING CONSIDERATION OF A
TRANSPORTATION LEVY RENEWAL
PACKAGE. THE STP IN THE FUTURE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY RENEWAL
PACKAGE WILL BE INFORMED IN
PART BY OUR TRANSPORTATION
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH
PROVIDES AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK
FOR INVESTING AND MAINTAINING
THE ASSETS WE ALREADY HAVE. THE
SECOND ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TEAM
ADVANCING THE BRIDGE STRATEGIC
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH
BRINGS A CONTEMPORARY LIFECYCLE
APPROACH TO MAINTAINING OUR
NETWORK OF BRIDGES. IN
REVIEWING THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE
UPCOMING ONE SEATTLE PLAN,
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS AND THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY RENEWAL
PACKAGE, THIS COUNSEL HAS THE
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
IN THE PHYSICAL CITY FOR MANY
YEARS TO COME. WITH THAT, I
WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO THE
COMANAGER OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECT,
JOANNA VALENCIA.
>> THANK YOU, GREG. THANK YOU
COMMITTEE CHAIR SAKA AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE ARE
EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU THIS
MORNING TO SHARE THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND REALLY
QUICKLY THIS MORNING, WE WILL
GO OVER QUICK BACKGROUND OF THE
PROJECT AND SHARE THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS. AND GIVE A PLAN
OVERVIEW AND LEAVE TIME FOR
DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. THIS
MORNING, QUICKLY, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT BY STARTING ON HOW
THE COPPERHEADS OF PLAN RELATES
TO THE STP. TOGETHER, THESE
TWO DOCUMENTS WILL BE THE KEY
TOOLS FOR SDOT FOR THE NEXT 20
YEARS TO GUIDE TRANSPORTATION
FOR THE CITY. WITH THE PLAN
LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATING ALMOST
1 MILLION PEOPLE, I JUST WANTED
TO NOTE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT
THAT THE PLAN RECENTLY WAS
RELEASED THIS MORNING FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW. THE PLAN
CONTAINS THE TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENTS AS WELL AS TOUCH
POINTS WITH ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND CONTAINER
PORT. THESE CHAPTERS CONTINUE
THE VISION AND POLICIES FOR THE
NEXT 20 YEARS. MEANWHILE, THE
STP IS THE POLICY AND
LIMITATION AND STRATEGY
DOCUMENT CONTAINING GOALS, KEY
MOVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IN REGARDS TO WHY THE SEATTLE
NEEDS A PLAN NOW, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF KEY
THINGS IN THIS SLIDE BEFORE
YOU. AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT
CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE
AND AFFECT THE ROADS. THE WAY
OUR GOODS MOVE AND HOW THE
COMMUNITY TRAVELS CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE AND CHANGE THROUGH THE
SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, AS
SEATTLE CONTINUES TO INCREASE
IN GROWTH, THIS IS RESULTING IN
TRAFFIC AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING A
NEED FOR HOUSING NEAR PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION. AS I NOTED, THE
TOUCH POINTS WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REALLY
THE KEY THINGS I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT AROUND US IS THE
UNIQUE CONVERSATION WE ARE IN
WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO INTEGRATE LAND USE AND
TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE OPDC TEAM TO ENSURE THAT
THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WE
HAVE ENVISIONED FOR THE NEXT 20
YEARS SERVES THE GROWTH
STRATEGY. ADDITIONALLY, WITH
SOME OF THE LIMITED GROWTH,
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
AS WE GROW, OUR SPACE WITHIN
OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT
GROWING. AS GREG MENTIONED, WE
HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
PLANS IN PLACE THAT WERE
DEVELOPED AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF
THE YEAR WITH DIFFERENT GOALS
WORK AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE TOGETHER
IN FULL CONVERSATION TO ENSURE
THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FITS WITHIN THE LIMITED SPACE
THAT WE HAVE. AND QUICKLY, I
WILL CONCLUDE. OUR LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE EXPIRES IN 2024. AND
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE WIND FIVE TO SERVE AS
AN INPUT OF A COMMUNITY
INSPIRED PLAN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT,
AS GREG MENTIONED, THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS ROOTED
IN EXISTING POLICIES THAT ARE
WITHIN THE FOUR MASTER PLANS
HIGHLIGHTED ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE IN THE BLUE. THOSE ARE
LISTED THERE AND ALSO I JUST
WANT TO ELEVATE THAT INCLUDED
IN THAT ARE PLANS AROUND
SAFETY, EQUITY AND CLIMATE.
ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED,
THERE CONTINUES TO BE NEW WAYS
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS
EXPERIENCING THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE IN THE GREEN, YOU WILL SEE
SOME CONCEPTS SUCH AS PEOPLE,
STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES. SO
NOT ONLY HOW THE COMMUNITY
MOVES THROUGH THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BUT HOW
THEY EXPERIENCE THE SPACE,
WHETHER IT BE TRANSIT STOPS,
COMMUNITY HUBS OR PAUSING
WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ADDITIONALLY, I WENT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS IS THE FIRST
PLAN THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL
ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT WITH THE ROLE OF VEHICLES
AND THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO
CREATE THE PLAN AND REALLY WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PLAN
BEFORE YOU AND THE INGREDIENTS
BEFORE YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN
INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY THIS
MORNING. AND TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF THIS, SOME OF THE EFFORT HAS
INCLUDED BOTH CITYWIDE AND IN
PERSON OUTREACH AS WELL AS
VIRTUAL WITH A ROBUST COMMUNITY
HUB AND REALLY WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE OVER
78,000 TOTAL DATA POINTS WE
COLLECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND OVER 9000 FOLKS WHO WERE
ABLE TO ENGAGE AS THE COMMUNITY
WAS COMING BACK TO IN PERSON
ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE
CITYWIDE ACTIVITIES, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE WHAT GREG SHARED THIS
MORNING OF OUR FOCUS TO ELEVATE
THE VOICES NOT TRADITIONALLY
HEARD FROM BEFORE AND TO
QUICKLY TOUCH ON THAT. I
REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR
PARTNERSHIPS ON THE NEXT SLIDE
WITH SEVEN KEY COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS
PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY
DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMUNITY LIAISONS.
>> SO NOW, THE FUN PART. JUST
GETTING TO WHAT WE HEARD. WE
WERE ABLE TO RELEASE THE DRAFT
TRANSPORTATION PLAN THIS LAST
AUGUST AND HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY
THIS PAST FALL AND WINTER. AND
REVIEWING THE DRAFT PLAN THAT
IS BEFORE YOU. SO SOME OF THE
THINGS WE HEARD AROUND THE PLAN
COMPONENTS, WE RECEIVED OVER
13,000 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
AND THIS INCLUDED LARGELY THE
COMMUNITY FEELS THAT STP IS
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THERE STILL CONTINUES TO BE A
DESIRE FOR US TO BE BOLD AND
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ELEVATION
OF SAFETY, EQUITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY. AS YOU HEARD
THIS MORNING, WE HAD A LOT OF
COMMENTS AROUND THE CONTINUED
CONCERNS AND CONTINUED ELEVATE
FREIGHT AND ECONOMIC VITALITY
AS PART OF THE PLAN AND ALSO WE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE
WANT TO KNOW THE DETAILS. WE
NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THE
PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED,
INCLUDING HOW THE PERFORMANCE
METRICS WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE RELEASED
AND SHARED LARGE CAPITAL
PROJECT CONCEPTS WITH THE
PUBLIC. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR THE STATION ACCESS
AREA AND IN THREE OF THE
HIGHEST RATED PROJECTS BEING
LISTED HERE BEFORE YOU THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY, AS ARE
A LOT OF THE SDOT WORK
PROGRAMS, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE
COMMUNITY LOVES INCLUDING
VISION ZERO SAFE RIDES TO
SCHOOL. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR
MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS
MODERNIZATION AND MAINTENANCE
PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND DIGESTING THE
MANY COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IN
THE PLAN BEFORE YOU REFLECTS
SOME OF THE THINGS LISTED HERE
IN REGARDS TO HOW WE HAVE
RESPONDED. THIS INCLUDES THE
FULL FLUSHING OUT OF CHAPTER
FIVE, THE LIMITATION CHAPTER
WHICH INCLUDES THE
PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK AS
WELL AS THE PROJECT LIST. SOME
NEW KEY MOVES TO ADDRESS THE
KEY THINGS WE HEARD AROUND
SAFETY, EQUITY AND CLIMATE, AS
WELL AS WHAT WE MENTIONED
EARLIER, THE ADDITION OF
ECONOMIC VITALITY AS A GOAL FOR
THE PLAN AND CONTINUED ON TOUCH
POINTS WITH THE GROWTH
STRATEGY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO JONATHAN LEWIS
TO GO OVER THE PLAN .
>> THANK YOU, JOANNA. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME,
COUNCILMEMBERS. WE ARE EXCITED
TO BE HERE TO SHARE THE PLAN
WITH YOU ALL. I WILL DO A
QUICK WALK-THROUGH ON THE PLAN.
IT IS ORGANIZED IN TWO
DOCUMENTS. PART 1 IS THE MORE
PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT. IT IS
A LITTLE MORE APPROACHABLE IN
ITS LANGUAGE. ABOUT 125 PAGES.
IT INCLUDES A VISION, THE GOALS
AND WHAT WE CALL THE KEY MOVES
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY. THE PART 2 DOCUMENT
IS THE MORE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT.
A LITTLE MORE STUFF FACING
WHICH INCLUDES THE EIGHT
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS IN ALL OF
THOSE BRIGHTER IT INVESTMENT
NUMBER MAPS. THIS IS THE
30,000-FOOT KIND OF VISION PLAN
FOR THE SDOT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. IT INCLUDES A VISION
STATEMENT. SO THIS IS THE
STATEMENT ON WHICH THE PLAN IS
ORGANIZED. WE DID A LOT OF WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE
STATEMENT REFLECTS MANY OF OUR
GOALS. AND THE NEED TO SERVE
THOSE WHO BOTH LIVE AND WORK IN
THE CITY. THE NEXT SLIDE ARE
THE SIX GOALS FOR THE PLAN. WE
TOOK A STEP BACK FROM EACH OF
THESE GOALS AND TRY TO THINK
ABOUT HOW THAT APARTMENT IS IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE PLANS
MENTIONED. ARE WE DOING
EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO
ACHIEVE THESE GOALS? SO ONE BY
ONE, THROUGH THESE, WE TOOK A
FRESH LOOK AT POLICY GAPS IN
POLICY ALIGNMENT TO START
STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES. I
WILL TAKE A QUICK PEEK INTO
EACH. FIRST IT IS THE RETURN
KEY MOVES. MUCH OF THE PLAN IS
ORGANIZED AROUND THESE KEY
MOVES AND THIS IS A TERM THAT
REPRESENTS STRATEGIC DIRECTION
OR STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE
DEPARTMENT. AS WE PIVOT FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES,
SOMETHING WE NEED TO DOUBLE
DOWN ON AND SOME UNDERTAKINGS
ARE NEW. IS ARE OFTEN -- THEY
ARE OFTEN REFERENCED IN MODAL
PLANS AND WE TRY TO ROLL THEM
UP INTO CONCEPTS. HERE WE GO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
FIRST, UNDER SAFETY. OF COURSE,
WE HAVE A GOAL TO ACHIEVE ZERO
SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATAL
CRASHES BY 2030. A CORNERSTONE
GOAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF RECENT WORK
WITH THE TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW
AND WE HAVE BUILT ON THAT
THROUGH THIS PLAN. THIS IS
REALLY POPULAR AND WELL
SUPPORTED BY THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC. WE HAVE DOUBLE DOWN ON
OUR SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT SAFE
TRAVEL SPEEDS AND INVEST IN A
CRASH PRONE AND FOCUS ON THE
MOST VULNERABLE USERS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. WE ALSO
HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THREE NEW
PROBLEMATIC ACTIVITIES,
CONTINUING SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOLS AND ALSO RECOMMENDED
FOCUS ON SAFE ROUTES TO TRANSIT
INTO PARKS. LASTLY -- SORRY.
THAT IS IT. SO NOW WE WILL
HEAD ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON
EQUITY. HERE WE BUILT ON THE
WORK OF THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS
RELEASED PUBLICLY ABOUT A YEAR
AGO. THIS BUILDS ON MANY YEARS
OF REALLY IN-DEPTH ENGAGEMENT
WITH A GROUP OF BY POK
COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE CITY.
WE HAD GREAT SHOULDERS TO
STAND ON AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT
HOW TO FULLY INTEGRATE THAT
INTO THIS PLAN AND INTO THE
STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DECADES. THIS FOCUS IS ON
HOW WE WORK AS A DEPARTMENT,
WHERE WE INVEST AS A DEPARTMENT
AND AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS. THIS IS IN PART TO
SUPPORT A COMP PLAN TO FOCUS ON
AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE.
LASTLY, WE ADDED A NEW KEY MOVE
ON SUPPORTING MORE EQUITABLE
APPROACHES TO ENFORCEMENT, BOTH
EDUCATION, NONPUNITIVE
STRATEGIES THAT WE CONSIDER AS
WE WORK WITH WIND FIVE ON THE
ENFORCEMENT APPROACH TO THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A LOT OF EQUITY
WORK IS CLIMATE WORK AND IN THE
CLIMATE APPROACH, WE HAVE A
NEAR-TERM GOAL IN 2030 THAT WAS
REFERENCED. WE ALSO HAVE A
2050 GOAL TO ACHIEVE A
COMPLETELY CARBON NEUTRAL
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. PER
CAPITA EMISSIONS IN THE CITY
HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN. WE HAVE
BEEN GROWING SO FAST, THE TOTAL
EMISSIONS ARE RELATIVELY FLAT.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO. THE BASIC APPROACH IN THE
DEPARTMENT IS TO FOCUS ON MODE
SHIFT WHERE SDOT HAS A LOT OF
INFLUENCE AND THEN FOCUS ON
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS
LIKE CITY LIGHT. SO THIS
ESSENTIALLY MEANS TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES TO TAKE TRANSIT
AND ALSO SUPPORT THE
ELECTRIFICATION, PEOPLE HAVING
PRIVATE ELECTRIC CARS AND SO
ON. THERE IS NOT AS MUCH MODE
SHIFT OPPORTUNITIES. LOOKING
AT CLEANER FUEL AND
ELECTRIFICATION IN THE SECTOR.
>> THE NEXT GOAL IS ON
MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
>> IN MANY WAYS, IT IS THE
LIFEBLOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND
SINCE THE AUGUST DRAFT AND
THROUGH A LOT OF COMMUNITY
INPUT, WE STRENGTHENED EMPHASIS
ON SUPPORTING RELIABLE FREIGHT
TRAVEL. THE FREIGHT AND
MARITIME SECTORS AND EMPLOYMENT
CENTERS. IN MANY WAYS, IS A
POLICY CONTINUITY APPROACH OF
FOCUSING ON OUR MOST RELIABLE ,
PORTABLE AND EFFICIENT
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. WE
REALLY LOOKED AT HOW THOSE CAN
ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A
BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THE NEXT SLIDE ON LIVABILITY,
THIS IS MENTIONED IS A NEW
FOCUS FOR THE PLAN. FOCUSING ON
STREETS AS PUBLIC SPACES AND
THE VITALITY OF THE STREET AND
FEELING SAFE IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS INCLUDED A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT CREATING
WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND
MOBILITY HUBS. SO THESE ARE
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE TRANSFER TO
LIGHT RAIL OR TO BUS AND A LOT
OF TIMES, THESE ARE AT THE
HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL AREAS. WE ALSO
LOOKED AT A NEW PROGRAM AROUND
DESTINATION STREETS FOCUSING ON
SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AREAS.
PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA AVENUE
AND MARKET STREET IN BALLARD.
AND THEN LASTLY , JUST A
GENERAL FOCUS ON CREATING
WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACES. THE
LAST SLIDE IS THE GOALS OF, ONE
OF THE SIMPLEST IDEAS THAT
MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST IDEA IN
THE PLAN AND THAT IS TO REALLY
FOCUS ON MODERNIZATION WHEN WE
ARE MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM. SO
WHEN WE ARE OUT DOING MAJOR
RESURFACING, IT IS A CHANCE TO
RETHINK THIS STREET AND MAKE
THE PUBLIC REALM AND
IMPROVEMENTS WHILE WE ARE
ALREADY ON THE GROUND. SO IN
ADDITION TO THE SECTIONS ON THE
KEY MOVES, YOU WILL SEE IN
CHAPTER THREE, THE NEW CHAPTER
FIVE FOCUSES ON THE EXPANDED
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THAT
JOANNA MENTIONED. THIS INCLUDES
FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS. THE
PROGRAM AND PROJECT
IDENTIFICATION PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK AND POTENTIAL FUNDING
AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SO
THAT IS ALL THE SECTION GREATLY
EXPANDED AND YOU WILL SEE THAT
IN CHAPTER FIVE. A REMINDER
THAT THIS HAS BEEN NOTED BUT A
LOT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK
IS THROUGH PROGRAMS WHICH
INCLUDE BOTH SERVICE AND
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. IN
ADDITION, WE CONCLUDE A LARGE
CAPITAL PROJECT LIST OF 81
TIERED LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ON THE PROGRAM SIDE, SDOT DOES
THINGS LIKE DELIVER ORTHO CARDS
TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND
FREIGHT AND TRANSMIT SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS. SO BOTH CAPITAL
AND SERVICES. AND THEN LARGE
CAPITAL PROJECTS USUALLY ARE
CORRIDORS AND OFTEN TIMES
REQUIRE PARTNERSHIP. WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT THE IMPLANTATION OF
THE SYSTEM, WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT BOTH THE LEVY AND THE
TRINITY IMPLANTATION PLAN BOTH
ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SITE AND
THE PROJECT SIDE. LASTLY, TO
TOUCH ON THE PART 2 DOCUMENT,
THIS INCLUDES EIGHT FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AND REALLY TAKES THOSE KEY
MOVES, THOSE STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS I MENTIONED, AND
GETS INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE UPDATED
ALL OF OUR PRIORITY INVESTMENT
NETWORK MAPS, THE MAPS FROM THE
FOUR MODAL MASTER PLANS LIKE
GREG MENTIONED AND LAYER THOSE
ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND
COMPARE THOSE TO THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND REALLY TRIED
TO UPDATE AND THINK ABOUT HOW
THOSE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
CREATE A BETTER TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM. BUILD THE NETWORKS FROM
THE GROUND UP. AND FOCUSED ON
THE CROSSCUTTING ACTIONS AND
SPELL THOSE OUT IN MORE DETAIL.
>> LAST SLIDE HERE IS ON NEXT
STEPS. OBVIOUSLY WE WERE
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AS YOU
CONSIDER THE PLAN. WE ARE ALSO
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LEVY
TEAM AS THIS IS THE 30,000-FOOT
PLAN AND THE LEVY PLAN IS MORE
LIKE THE 5-10,000-FOOT LEVEL.
SO IT GETS MORE DETAIL. AND SO
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
LEVY TEAM. WE WILL BE
PREPARING AND IMPLANTATION PLAN
FOR THE STP IN 2025. AND THAT
WILL GET UPDATED EVERY FOUR
YEARS. AND THEN WE WILL PURSUE
MAJOR UPDATES TO THE WIND FIVE
EVERY 8-10 YEARS IN SYNC WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND
OTHER MAJOR UPDATES. THAT
CONCLUDES THE REMARKS. WE WILL
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR SPOTTS
AND THANK YOU SDOT FOR THE VERY
INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION. THIS
IS WHAT A PRINTED COPY OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
LOOKS LIKE. AND WE TRY TO
PRINT ON -- THIS IS ACTUALLY
DOUBLE-SIDED. AND TWO PAGES
PER SHEET. IT IS 600 PLUS
PAGES. SO A LOT OF THOUGHT AND
DELIBERATION BY SDOT, BY THE
MAYOR, BY THE COMMUNITY, WENT
INTO THIS RIGHT HERE. SO I WANT
TO APPLAUD THAT WORK. AND I
ACTUALLY SPENT -- BY THE WAY,
I SPENT THIS LAST WEEKEND, I'M
A DAD OF THREE YOUNG KIDS AND I
SPENT THE LAST WEEKEND ON
COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL
BASEBALL. I ALSO BROUGHT THIS
BEAST HOME . I REALLY ENJOY
PERSONALLY DIVING DEEP INTO THE
OPERATIONAL DETAILS HERE AND
KIND OF EKING OUT. THERE IS
SOME COOL STUFF IN THERE. SO
AGAIN, KUDOS ON COMPLETING THIS
BIG PROCESS. NOW IT IS BEFORE
US. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AS
WELL. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT,
AS WE THINK ABOUT, FOR THIS
PLAN AND ON A GOING FORWARD
BASIS, HOW WE PRIORITIZE
PROJECTS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE PRIORITIZE MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION AND THERE MIGHT
BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MORE
EXPLICITLY CALL THAT OUT. I
ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE AND YOU KIND OF
TALKED ON EARLIER, THE OUTSET
OF THIS CONVERSATION. BUT THE
CONCEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
POLICY PLANNING AND LAND USE
PLANNING, THOSE ARE VERY
TIGHTLY WOVEN AND INTEGRATED
CONSTRUCTS. AND SO IT MAKES
SENSE THAT LAST WEEK, THE
SEATTLE -- THE PROPOSED
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS
TRANSMITTED FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THEN EARLIER THIS
MORNING, THE RECOMMENDED COMP
PLAN OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
ALSO TRANSMITTED TO COUNSEL AND
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE CHAIRED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALISTS WILL
BE LEADING THAT WORK AT THE
COUNCIL'S WORK ON THE EFFORT.
THESE ARE CONSTRUCTS THAT ARE
TIGHTLY WOVEN AND INTEGRATED
TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THEM
HOLISTICALLY. AND ANOTHER
COMMENT. ECONOMIC VITALITY. I
WANT TO CALL OUT THAT
SPECIFICALLY. THAT IT IS
INCLUDED AS A GOAL. IT IS A
WORTHY GOAL, A VALID GOAL AMONG
THE OTHER GOALS AS WELL AS PART
OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS IS A VISIONARY 20 YEAR
DOCUMENT. AND IT IS GOING TO
SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE
THINK AND APPROACH AND
EVENTUALLY INVEST IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM GOING
FORWARD. THAT IS WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT. WE HAVE CLIMATE .
AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND I
WANT TO THANK SDOT AND I WANT
TO THANK A LOT OF THE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND MEMBERS
FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
SAKA -- SODO BIA WHO WERE
ADVOCATING FOR THAT CONSTRUCT
TO BE INCLUDED AS A STANDALONE
GOAL FOR A WHILE. AND THEN I
TOOK OFFICE AND THEN I LOOKED
AT THE ISSUE AND WAS ABLE TO
SHARE MY FEEDBACK AND
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THAT ALSO
BE INCLUDED. AND LOW AND
BEHOLD, HERE IT IS. SO GLAD TO
SEE THAT. THAT LITTLE FEATURE
IS MINOR BUT IMPORTANT
REFLECTED IN THIS RESOURCE.
AND THIS DOCUMENT IS GOING TO
SHAPE AND INFLUENCE HOW PROJECT
PRIORITIZATION DECISIONS ARE
MADE OVER TIME. I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS. THIS IS THE
FOUR PAGE PRINT OUT HERE. IT
IS CALLED THE FEATURE OF
TRANSPORTATION IN SEATTLE. A
SUMMARY DOCUMENT. I LOVE THE
COMMENTS, THE SELECT COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK. ONE THAT I REALLY HAD
A CORD STRUCK WITH ME
PERSONALLY WAS HIS COMMENT HERE
TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE
PARAGRAPH. IT SAYS MAINTENANCE
IS THE UNGLAMOROUS BUT
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT JOB THAT
MAKES OUR CITY TICK. AND I
COULDN'T AGREE MORE. WITH THAT
SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND -- AND WE TALKED
ABOUT IN THE BRIEFING. WE
WOULD LIKE TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND. CAN YOU TALK MORE
ABOUT HOW THESE INITIAL PROJECT
PRIORITIZATION DECISIONS WERE
MADE? AND THE PLAN , IT TENDS
TO BREAK OUT INTO THREE
SEPARATE TIERS, AS YOU KNOW, OF
VARIOUS HIGHER NEED PROJECTS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT
PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE AND HOW
THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE?
>> SURE THING. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOUR
QUESTION. SO THE PROJECT LIST
WAS DEVELOPED BASED IN PART ON
MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND PARTLY ON
SAFETY PRIORITIES, HIGH CRASH
PRONE LOCATIONS . LINK
EXPANSION. THE PLACES WHERE WE
SEE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS
COMING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
INVESTMENTS TO CONNECT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO THESE
STATIONS. PLANS IN THE METRO
BUS LONG-RANGE PLAN. AS WELL
AS COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE
PRIORITY INVESTMENT NETWORKS IN
PART 2 OF STP. THOSE WERE KIND
OF THE KEY INPUTS. FROM THERE,
WE PUT TOGETHER THIS LIST OF 81
PROJECTS. AND CONSIDERED THEM
ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK THAT IS IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. SO
THAT WE PROJECTS AGAINST
VARIOUS GOALS OF THE PLAN. AND
AS WELL AS CERTAIN EXTERNAL
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS. FOR
EXAMPLE, A PROJECT THAT MIGHT
SERVE THE BALLARD STATION WHICH
IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN 2039,
THAT WOULD INSTANTLY GO INTO
THE THIRD TIER FOR A TIMING
PERSPECTIVE. SO IN TERMS OF HOW
WE PRIORITIZE THE QUESTIONS,
BOTH ON THOSE GOALS AS WELL AS
THOSE EXTERNAL TIMING FACTORS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK
YOU SDOT. I KNOW VISION ZERO IS
KIND OF A HOT TOPIC. AND
TRAFFIC FATALITIES FOR
PEDESTRIANS HAVE INCREASED IN
THE LAST 10 YEARS. IS THERE
GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH IN STP TOWARD VISION
ZERO TO BRING THOSE FATALITIES
DOWN FOR PEDESTRIANS?
>> GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS. SO TO CUT TO
THE CHASE ON THE ANSWER, THERE
IS AN APPROACH TO VISION ZERO
EMBEDDED IN THE STP THAT
ORIGINATED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO
WHEN THE DIRECTOR STARTED AND
INITIATED A TOP TO BOTTOM
REVIEW OF THE REVISION ZERO
PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WERE AWARE
AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THE NUMBERS ARE HEADING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION. AS PART OF
THE REVIEW, WE REALIZED WE
NEEDED INTERNAL ALIGNMENT AND
WE NEEDED A PIVOT IN THE WAY WE
WANTED TO IMPLEMENT VISION ZERO
PROJECTS. WE CAN CERTAINLY
HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BROUGHT TO YOU ON THIS. BUT IN
SHORT, WE HAVE PIVOTED FROM A
LARGE SINGULAR PROJECT
APPROACH, PUTTING FORWARD
PROJECTS THAT TAKE MANY YEARS
TO COME TO FRUITION AND
INSTEAD, EMPHASIZE THE KNOWN
AND DOCUMENTED COUNTERMEASURES
THAT WE KNOW WORK ON THE
STREETS AND SCALING THOSE AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SO YOU MIGHT
HAVE SEEN THAT IN AN EXPANSION
OF THE NO TURN ON RED SCIENCE.
THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW SDOT
HAS PIVOTED IN THE LAST YEAR TO
BRING REAL AND TANGIBLE VISION
ZERO STRATEGIES TO OUR STREETS
IMMEDIATELY. WE ALSO EXPANDED
THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN
INTERVALS TO 100 ADDITIONAL
LOCATIONS. THESE ARE EXAMPLES
AND THE WAY THAT WE PIVOTED TO
MORE PROACTIVELY SCALE UP KNOWN
STRATEGIES. WE WILL STILL BE
PURSUING MANY OTHER PROJECTS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE LOST
SIGHT OF THE NEED TO CHANNEL
AND RE- ENVISION THE STREETS
WHERE WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT,
SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISION.
HOWEVER, WE REALIZED THAT THOSE
TAKE TIME AND THE NEED IS NOW.
SO WE HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT
STRATEGY.
>> THANK YOU. I LOVE THE NO
TURN ON RED. I KNOW THAT IS
INCREASINGLY POPULAR. IN THE
PIPELINE CORRIDOR, THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE IN THE STOP SIGNS AND THE
NO TURN ON RED, I KNOW ARE VERY
HELPFUL FOR PEDESTRIANS. I WANT
TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. THANK
YOU.
>> ARE YOU DONE?
>> I WILL THROW MY HAND DOWN ON
ZOOM.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> CHAIR SAKA, THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR SPOTTS AND THE TEAM,
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR
YOUR BRIEFING AND RELEASING THE
STP. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
DISCUSSIONS AND IT IS GREAT TO
HAVE THIS NOW SO WE CAN REALLY
DIG IN AND MOVE FORWARD. AT THE
START, I WANTED TO INVITE YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF
OUTREACH WORK WE WILL HAVE THE
FIRST SIX. SEVEN OUTREACH
COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH.
BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WILL PUT A
PROMPT OUT IN TERMS OF THE
COMMUNITY COUNCILS IN DISTRICT
7. THE PROMPT IS, WHAT ARE YOUR
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES?
EXTEND A WELCOME TO ONE OR ALL
OF YOUR TEAM TO JOIN IN ON
THAT. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SDOT
THERE TO HEAR FROM THIS GROUP,
THIS DISTRICT 7 GROUPING. SO,
INVITATION. SECOND, ENJOYING
DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT.
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT STRUCK
ME. I LIKE THE POINT ABOUT
STREETS THAT WORK. I TALK ABOUT
THE NUTS AND BOLTS. OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS TALK ABOUT
BASICS OR FUNDAMENTALS. THIS
IS A COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL THAT
IS ALL ABOUT STREETS AT WORK
AND THAT WILL BE A BIG FOCUS I
BELIEVE FROM US. AND A BIG
PART OF THAT IS UNDERSTANDING
WHERE WE ARE. AND ON SLIDE
FIVE, COMING AROUND THE LEFT
SIDE OF THE LISTING, THERE WAS
NO ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN LISTED
ON THEIR. AND I WAS WONDERING
WHERE WE WERE WITH THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE OVERALL
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HOW
THAT IS GUIDING THE DECISIONS
MOVING FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF THE STP.
>> SURE. SOMETHING THAT IS
EXCITING ABOUT THIS TIME IS
THAT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN
IS COMING TO FRUITION RIGHT AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND BOTH
ARE INPUTS TOWARD THE LEVY
PACKAGE WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR
DEVELOPING. SO THE INVESTMENTS
THAT THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
RENEWAL WOULD FUND COULD BOTH
BE INFORMED BY WHERE WE MOST
NEED TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE
TO OBTAIN A SURFACE LIFE OF A
GIVEN ASSET AND TO THE STP CAN
HELP US FIGURE OUT, WHILE WE
ARE DOING THAT, ARE THEIR
SAFETY AND MOBILITY INVESTMENTS
WE SHOULD BE MAKING IN THAT
SAME PLACE ? AND SO I THINK
THAT THE NEXT LEVY PACKAGE WILL
HAVE A MUCH STRONGER ANALYTIC
FOUNDATION ON WHERE TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS THEN WE HAVE EVER
HAD IN THE PAST.
>> DID YOU GIVE A TIMELINE ON
THAT ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN?
>> YES. IT IS NEARING
COMPLETION AND THE BRIDGE
COMPONENT OF THAT WILL BE
DISCUSSED IN THE NEXT ITEM.
>> SECOND PIECE I FOUND VERY
INTERESTING FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS -- AND I APPRECIATE THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN
ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL THE
COMMENTS. I NOTED THAT OUR
SODO REPRESENTATIVE HERE,
TALKING ABOUT THE COURT. THAT
IS A BIG PIECE AND
UNDERSTANDING THE LOGISTICS OF
THE PORT, RAILROAD AND THE
LIKE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FREIGHT
MASTER PLAN. AND AS CHAIR SAKA
NOTED, THE LAND-USE PIECES WILL
BE HUGE WITH THIS AND FOR THE
LAND-USE TEAM, I WOULD SAY TWO
WORDS. LOADING DOCKS. WE HAVE
TO HAVE THE LOGISTICS SORTED SO
IT DOES NOT GET SPILLED ON TO
THE STREETS. THAT WILL BE A
BIG ISSUE MOVING FORWARD. IF
WE DON'T GET THE LAND-USE PART
RIGHT AND LOGISTICS IS PUSHED
ON TO THE STREET INSTEAD OF
LOADING DOCKS OR A SMART PLAN
FOR THE PORT AND THE LIKE, THAT
WILL BE TROUBLE. SO THANK YOU
FOR INCLUDING THAT AND TIED TO
THAT, FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY, IS THE BRIEFING CALLED
THE MANAGE CURB SPACE. I
SUSPECT THAT WILL BE AN AREA OF
FRICTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE WE HAVE COMPETING
DEMANDS ON CURB SPACE. AND I
THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER ON.
IS THAT SOMETHING OF CONCERN
OR IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, HOW
HAS THAT BEEN PLAYING OUT IN
TERMS OF MANAGING CURB SPACE AS
IT TIES INTO ECONOMIC VITALITY
AND THE LIKE?
>> IT IS DEFINITELY EXCITING
AND INVOLVING IN THE INDUSTRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
DOING IS, WE HAVE SOME GRANT
FUNDED PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY
DIGITIZE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
CURB SPACE SO THAT POTENTIALLY,
WE COULD MAKE CURB SPACE
AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS
AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES OR
DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK.
FRANCISCO, IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT THAT?
>> I WILL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT, YES, CURB SPACE IS SUPER
VALUABLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT SDOT IS FULLY COGNIZANT OF
IS THAT WE CAN PLAY A HELPFUL
ROLE IN HELPING TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THIS DIFFERS BY THE TIME
OF DAY AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK.
WE HAVE A CURB SPACE
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND A CURB
SPACE TEAM THAT IS VERY
INVOLVED WITH BUSINESSES OR
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS USING THE
CURB AND ACTIVELY MANAGING WITH
SIGNAGE AS WELL AS REGULATIONS
AND PAID PARKING. IT IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE A TEAM THAT
WORKS WITH BUSINESSES ON AND
SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE
USING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
TRIED-AND-TRUE METHODS.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WILL
DEFINITELY BE AN AREA OF
FOLLOW-UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO, SOME GENERAL PIECES. I
WAS WONDERING, IN TERMS OF THE
APPROACH, THE IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC, AT ONE POINT,
EVERYBODY SAYS, WE ARE ALL
GOING TO WORK REMOTE AND THAT
IS JUST GOING TO BE THE FUTURE.
I BELIEVE IN THE IDEA OF A
PENDULUM THEORY. THE PENDULUM
SWINGS OUT AND PEOPLE CAN MAKE
THOSE STATEMENTS BUT THE
PENDULUM COMES BACK IN, FROM A
REMOTE WORK TO WORKING HERE IN
CITY HALL HOPEFULLY MORE AND
MORE. HOW DOES THAT PLAY IN,
IN TERMS OF, WHERE DOES THE
PENDULUM COME BACK TO AND HOW
DOES THAT IMPACT THE PLANNING
ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE STP?
>> THAT IS KIND OF THE PART
THAT HAS US ALL VERY EXCITED
AND KEEPS US UP AT NIGHT.
TRANSPORTATION USE PATTERNS
USED TO CHANGED BY A FEW
PERCENTAGE POINTS A YEAR. AND
THEN THEY CHANGED RADICALLY AND
THEY ARE CHANGING AGAIN. AND
THEN I THINK THAT THE SIMPLEST
WAY TO PUT IT IS THAT WE HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRANSIT
CORRIDOR IS THAT GET PEOPLE TO
THE MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO INVEST MORE
DEEPLY IN GETTING PEOPLE AROUND
THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME
OF OUR CITIZENS MAY BE DOING
BOTH OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK.
THEY MIGHT BE WORKING HYBRID
AND ON SOME DAYS, THEY WANT TO
WALK OR BIKE TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND HAVE
LUNCH THERE OR MEET A FRIEND
THERE ON A WORKDAY. OTHER DAYS,
THEY ARE TAKING THE BUS OR THE
LIGHT RAIL TO THE OFFICE
BUILDING. AND SO IT IS A REALLY
INTRIGUING TIME TO BE IN THIS
INDUSTRY, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING
TO PROJECT THE CULTURAL SHIFTS,
SOME OF WHICH MAY BE DURABLE
AND SOME OF WHICH MAY REVERT
BACK TO THE OTHER. I THINK
THERE IS A BELIEF THAT IT WILL
BE SOME KIND OF HYBRID AND
THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS
IN BOTH THE STP AND THE FUTURE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY RENEWAL
THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
FURTHER INVEST AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
>> USING THAT AS A TRANSITION
TO MY LAST QUESTION AND SORRY
FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS, AS CHAIR
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE TWO
COMMITTEES WORKING TOGETHER ON
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
SO I ECHOED THE COMMENTS OF
VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH ON
THAT. I ALSO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO A QUICK SHOUT
OUT BECAUSE NOT TOO MANY OTHER
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS STREET
ENDS. SO I APPRECIATE THE
SHORELINE STREET ENDS. WE HAVE
OUR VERSION OF QUEEN ANN
BECAUSE DISTRICT 7 IS BETWEEN
THE WATER BORDERS AND
INTERSTATE FIVE IS A BARRIER.
WE HAVE THESE WATER AREAS WHERE
WE HAVE THESE STREET ENDS WHICH
IN SOME WAYS ARE POTENTIAL
MICRO- PARKS. SO WE LIKE TO DO
THAT. SPEAKING OF PARKS, AGAIN
I WILL HIGHLIGHT THESE SOON TO
BE PORTAL PARK. LOOKING FOR
YOUR SUPPORT WORKING WITH CITY
LIGHT WHICH ALSO WOULD AID
ELECTRIFICATION WHICH GOES TO
THE CLIMATE AND OTHER PIECES OF
YOUR PLAN. SO I THOUGHT I
WOULD THROW THAT IN REALLY
QUICKLY AT THE END. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WHO HAD A
HAND IN IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME ATTEND AND ASK QUESTIONS,
EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I DON'T SIT
ON THIS COMMITTEE. EVERYONE
ACROSS THE CITY CARES ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING IN THE
D4. I WANT TO SAY THAT I VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE LEAD WITH
SAFETY GOAL HERE. IT IS TIED TO
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH SAID ABOUT VISION
ZERO AND ALL THE ACTIONS THAT
SDOT IS TAKING TOWARD THAT
GOAL, INCLUDING PROVIDING SAFER
ROADS TO SCHOOLS, PARKS AND
TRANSIT COMMUNITY GATHERING
SPACES, ET CETERA. THE QUESTION
I HAD ABOUT THAT IS, HOW DOES
SDOT GO ABOUT COMMUNICATING
THESE TO THE PUBLIC? I HEAR A
LOT IN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT
THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE WHEN
THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE
AND THEN THE CHANGES ARE MADE
AND IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF
CHAOS SOMETIMES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. I WOULD BE VERY
INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW YOU ALL
GO ABOUT COMMUNICATING THE
CHANGES. ALONG WITH THAT AS
WELL IS THIS PIECE ABOUT --
THAT IS ONE PIECE. THE OTHER
PIECE I HAVE IS, THE GOAL ON
STREETS FOR PEOPLE, PLACES WE
LOVE AND CO- CREATING AND
ENHANCING PUBLIC SPACES FOR
PLAYING AND GATHERING TO
IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. AND
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT. IT IS INTERESTING TO HAVE
THIS IDEA OF PLAY SPACES AT THE
SAME TIME WHERE SDOT IS THE
MAIN DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR
MOBILITY AND GETTING FOLKS
ACROSS THE CITY. SO THE IDEA
THAT THE IDEA THAT THESE PLAY
SPACES ARE PLAYING INTO THIS
SPACE IS ALSO SOMETHING I WOULD
WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE
CONCERN AROUND FATALITIES AND
INJURIES, ACCIDENTS, ET CETERA.
SO THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE
PIECES. IF YOU CAN ADDRESS
THEM TODAY, GREAT. IF NOT, I'M
HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
LATER.
>> I THINK WE CAN DO BOTH.
YOUR TWO SOMATIC COMMENTS ARE
ACTUALLY RELATED TO CHANGES IN
OUR INDUSTRY THAT ARE
HAPPENING. AND I WANT TO BE A
CHANGEMAKER IN BOTH OF THESE
REGARDS. TRADITIONALLY,
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, DREW
LINES ON THE MAP AND TOLD THE
COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WERE GOING
TO GET. AND THAT HAS CAUSED A
LOT OF INEQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND
PLACED TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
AND SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTED
ME TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT WITH
THE NEWLY DEVELOPED
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
WHICH IS A SET OF 200 TACTICS
ON HOW TO CO- CREATE PROJECTS
WITH COMMUNITY AND BRING PEOPLE
INTO THE PROCESS WHO PREVIOUSLY
WEREN'T CONNECTED WITH
GOVERNMENT OR EVEN JUST TRUSTED
GOVERNMENT. SO THE DAY-TO-DAY
OUTREACH ABOUT PROJECTS IS
GUIDED BY THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND I THINK
THAT IS A GREAT ASSET THAT SDOT
HAS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, TO
HELP US EVOLVE BEYOND WHERE THE
INDUSTRY PREVIOUSLY WAS.
SIMILARLY, IN THE PAST, CITY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WERE LARGELY CONCERNED WITH
MOVING CARS AND TRYING TO
MITIGATE INCREASED TRAFFIC,
FOCUSED ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
OF TRAFFIC. AND IT TURNS OUT
THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS MORE THAN
THAT. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO BE
ABLE TO GET AROUND ON FOOT, ON
BIKE, BY TRANSIT. AND TO HAVE
OUR STREETS BE PLACES YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY LIKE TO SPEND TIME AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR
NEIGHBOR OR SIT DOWN ON A BENCH
AND HAVE COFFEE TOGETHER. AND
WE HAVE PEOPLE'S STREETS AND
PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION GROUP
WITHIN SDOT AND WE ARE HOPING
BOTH THE STP AND THE FUTURE
LEVY RENEWAL PACKAGE WILL ALLOW
US TO INVEST MORE DEEPLY IN
MAKING GREAT SPACES IN SOME OF
THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
LOCATIONS WHERE IT IS DESIRED,
RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSING ON
THE TRADITIONAL GOALS OF MOVING
TRAFFIC.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SPOTTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MORE
IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC
ON THE CHANGES. WE APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. JUST NEED
MORE INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
RECOGNIZE CALVIN FROM OUR
CENTRAL STAFF WITH A COMMENT.
>> HERE WE GO. CALVIN SHAW
WITH CENTRAL STAFF. I WANTED TO
ADD ON THE PUBLIC SPACE
ELEMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THE
COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE
PANDEMIC AND THE CLOSURE OF THE
INTERIOR SPACES. THAT HAS
BECOME A BIG FOCUS IN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS. THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE FOCUSED ON PLAY
STREETS, ACTIVATION AND HAVE
IMPROVED LEGISLATION THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE IS A BIT
OF A HISTORY, RECENT HISTORY,
ON THIS. I THINK THAT WHAT THE
PLAN IS DOING IS ELEVATING IT
TO THE SAME LEVEL OF DIALOGUE
ACROSS WHAT HAD BEEN OUR MOTL
PLAN PREVIOUSLY. SO, HAPPY TO
GIVE YOU MORE BACKGROUND IF YOU
LIKE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANK
YOU. I KNOW WE ARE POST
PANDEMIC NOW AND TO
COUNCILMEMBER BOB KETTLE'S
POINT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION USE
IS CHANGING. I KNOW THAT THE
STREETS WERE DONE DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC,
FOLKS ARE COMING BACK TO WORK
IN OFFICES DOWNTOWN AND ALSO
ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW DO
WE ADDRESS WHAT WE DID DURING
THE PANDEMIC NOW, POST
PANDEMIC, WHEN WE ARE SEEING
OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, IF YOU
WILL, AND USES. THANK YOU,
CALVIN.
>> RUNNING OUT OF TIME FOR
THIS PORTION. I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE -- AND
I COULD TOUCH BASE WITH YOU
LATER. WHAT JUMPED OUT AT ME
IS I KNOW THIS IS SUPER HIGH
LEVEL. BUT I'M MOST
INTERESTED IN IMPLANTATION AND
PERFORMANCE METRICS. AND SO
I'M STILL READING THROUGH THE
PLAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE
PLAN OR IF THAT IS PART OF THE
LEVY. AND I WAS WONDERING, IS
THERE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PREVIOUS LEVY IN TERMS OF
PERFORMANCE MATRIX AND HOW WE
LEARN FROM THAT AND HOW WE
APPLY IT TO THE NEW LEVY? MY
SECOND QUESTION IS, WONDERING
WHERE DOES THE EQUITY TOOLKIT
PLAY IN AND I'M INTERESTED IN
HOW THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE
CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY
SPECIFIC. AND I SAW THAT THEY
HAD REPORTS IN THE PLAN. I WAS
CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT
PROCESS LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF
CHOOSING THESE GROUPS. I COULD
DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU LATER.
>> IF I MAY, ON THE FIRST
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER WOO, IT
IS AN EXCELLENT ONE. BY VIRTUE
OF THE FACT THAT AS CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I
ALSO SIT AS A DE FACTO MEMBER
OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, A TEAM OF VOLUNTEER
EXPERTS IN TRANSPORTATION
POLICY LEADERS WHO ARE
COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE WE
FULLY LIVE UP TO OUR
COMMITMENTS IN THE LEVY. AND
JUST HIGH-LEVEL CLOSELY
TRACKING AND MONITORING
PERFORMANCE. AND IT IS DESIGNED
TO BUILD A BETTER AND MORE
ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM FOR THE
LEVY. I INVITED AND HAVE MY
NEXT MEETING ON THAT LATER
TONIGHT. I INVITED THE CHAIRS
OF THAT TO COME IN AND GIVE OUR
COMMITTEE A BRIEFING. I THINK
THEY WILL BE HERE LATER THIS
MONTH AND IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING. WE WILL
LEARN MORE ON THAT. OF COURSE,
WHEN WE ASK THE DEPARTMENTS, OF
COURSE, EVERYTHING IS GREAT.
BUT WE NEED TO TRUST BUT
VERIFY. AND THAT IS ONE WAY
THAT I INTEND TO DO IT. SO GO
AHEAD. I WILL YOU COMMENT.
>> REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE
METRICS, WE HAVE TO RIDE AN
INTERESTING LINE WITH THE 20
YEAR PLAN LIKE THIS. BECAUSE
IT WILL BE FUTURE FUNDING AND
PROJECT DECISIONS THAT WILL
DRIVE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
THIS PLAN GUIDES THOSE
DECISIONS. AND SO THE COMMUNITY
ASKED US FOR MORE DETAIL ON
PERFORMANCE METRICS, WHICH WE
TRIED TO PROVIDE. AT THE SAME
TIME, IT IS REALLY WHEN THE
RESOURCES COME, THAT YOU CAN
FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF EACH
THING YOU WILL BE DOING. AND SO
IN SOME WAYS, THE FUNDING PLAN
MAY HAVE MORE SPECIFIC
TIME-BASED GOALS BECAUSE THEN
YOU KNOW YOU WILL APPLY THIS
MUCH FUNDING OVER THIS PERIOD
OF TIME. AND THE STP IS
DESIGNED TO GUIDE INVESTMENTS
OVER 20 YEARS. SO I THINK THERE
WILL BE A VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO EVEN FURTHER
REFINE POINT IN TIME GOALS FOR
CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT WE END UP
FUNDING.
>> CHAIR?
>> I KNOW WE ARE A BIT OVER
TIME BUT I HAVE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
SLIDES ON YOUR DECK. BEFORE
WE DO, COULD YOU PICK UP YOUR
NOTEBOOK AGAIN. IT IS A VERY
GOOD VISUAL.
>> IT DOESN'T EVEN DO IT
JUSTICE.
>> DOUBLE-SIDED, TWO PAGES
PER SITE ON RECYCLED PAPER.
AND YOU ARE ASKING US TO VOTE
ON THIS IN 28 DAYS. MY FIRST
BRIEFING WAS YESTERDAY.
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT -- THAT
IS THE REQUEST. WE ARE OUR OWN
INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT BODY AND
WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AND BE
THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE ABOUT
HOW WE APPROACH THIS AND WHAT
WE VOTE ON AND WHAT WE ADAPT.
THAT IS MY COMMITMENT TO YOU.
IT IS MY COMMITMENT TO THE
PUBLIC. AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR
THE VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES
INCLUDING ON TIMING. I WELCOME
YOUR INPUT NOW AND OFF-LINE AS
WELL.
>> I SHARE THAT BECAUSE WITH MY
FRIENDS AT SDOT COME YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH OF AN AMATEUR DESIGNER
AND GEEK WITH ALL THIS WORK, SO
FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO
THAT FOR THESE DUTIES ASSIGNED
TO ME AS A COUNCILMEMBER IS A
PRETTY BIG. I SHARE THAT WITH
GRACE. WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT
THE PLAN IS I HAVE LONG SAID
THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAY IN
THEIR LANE, WHETHER YOU ARE A
BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, FREIGHT,
TRANSIT OR SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO
STAY IN THEIR LANE. BUT TO DO
THAT, EVERYBODY NEEDS THEIR OWN
LANE AND SPACE IN THE
COMMUNITY. AND I WILL TAKE US
BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE HERE.
I THINK WHEN WE WERE GETTING
GOING, WE MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED
OVER SOME OF THE FIRST SETS. SO
I APOLOGIZE IF I'M TAKING US
TO SLIDES NOT YET COVERED. WHEN
I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER
NINE, I'M WONDERING, WE HAVE
TAKEN FOUR DIFFERENT PLANS AND
MERGE THEM INTO ONE SMART.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO MODES
HAVE THE SAME LINE ON THE MAP,
ON THE SAME STREET? HOW IS
THIS MANAGED? I WILL GIVE YOU
THREE EXAMPLES TO WALK ME
THROUGH. BIKE AND PED HAVE THE
SAME LINE ON THE SAME STREET.
SECOND IS FREIGHT AND TRANSIT.
HOW DOES THAT MANAGE ON THE
SAME STREET? THOSE OF THE LOW
HANGING EASY QUESTIONS. HOW
DOES IT WORK WHEN WE HAVE
FREIGHT AND BIKES ON THE SAME
STREET?
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE
HAVE CORRIDOR PROJECTS THAT
HAVE MADE THOSE KINDS OF
ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE PAST AND
SOME OF THEM ARE HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE ABOUT TO
BREAK GROUND ON THE EAST
MARGINAL WAY PROJECT WHICH
OPTIMIZES THE CORRIDOR FOR BOTH
BIKES AND FREIGHT WITH FULLY
SEPARATED FACILITIES FOR EACH.
THERE IS A LOT OF POLICY
GUIDANCE IN THE STP ABOUT HOW
YOU WOULD GO ABOUT MAKING MODAL
TRADE-OFFS. BUT ULTIMATELY,
THAT REQUIRES DEEP CONVERSATION
WITH COMMUNITY AND THOUGHTFUL
WORK BY OUR STAFF. WE HAVE A
PROJECT IN THE DISTRICT, THE
PAVING OF 15TH AVENUE
NORTHWEST. AND WE ADDED SAFETY
COMPONENTS TO THAT PAVING
PROJECT. TO MAINTAIN AND
MODERNIZE RATHER THAN JUST
REPAVE IT AND LOCK IT INTO ITS
ORIGINAL CONDITION. AND ONE OF
THOSE THAT YOU HELP US IDENTIFY
WAS ADDING A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL
TO LINK THE EMERGING BREWERY
DISTRICT ON THE EAST SIDE WITH
THE CENTRAL PART OF BALLARD ON
THE WEST SIDE OF 15TH. I'M
CONFIDENT THAT SDOT HAS A
STRONG HISTORY IN NAVIGATING
THOSE TYPES OF CHALLENGES OF
DIFFERENT MODES COMING
TOGETHER. IT CAN BE CONTENTIOUS
AT TIMES AND NOT EVERYBODY
ALWAYS AGREES. BUT I THINK IT
IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION TO HAVE POLICY
GUIDANCE IN THE STP THAT
IDENTIFIES WHERE WE WANT TO
ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE MODES.
FRANCISCO, IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED IT WELL.
WE LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE
CONTEXT WHEN WE ARE MOVING INTO
AN IMPLEMENTATION . THIS
DOCUMENT DEFINITELY HAS DONE
SOME HIGH-LEVEL POLICY LEVEL%
REVIEWS OF NETWORKS AND WHERE
WE WANT TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND
CALLS THOSE OUT. THE HARD WORK
BEGINS WHEN YOU START TO PEEL
AWAY AND HOW THE DESIGN CAN
WORK. WE KNOW THEY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER. AND THEY ARE SAFER
WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
DEDICATED SPACE AND WE AGREE.
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN FIT THAT
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T. WE
ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO FIGURE
OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN USE
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE
THE ROUTE 40 PROJECT WHICH IS
PILOTING A FREIGHT AND BUS LANE
WHERE THEY CAN SHARE AND IT IS
A PILOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK
AND SEE, HOW DOES IT WORK FOR
FREE? HOW DOES IT WORK FOR
BUSES AND THE PEOPLE ON THEM?
AND SO DEFINITELY, WE SEEK TO
HAVE GUIDING POLICY BUT ALSO BE
VERY THOUGHTFUL ON CONTEXT
DRIVEN BECAUSE THESE ARE REAL
PLACES AND REAL PEOPLE USING
THEM.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT
HIGH-LEVEL. I'M ABOUT TO ASK
YOU A QUESTION IN A SECOND. I
APPRECIATE THE HIGH-LEVEL
OVERVIEW. I CAN ASSUME THAT WE
DON'T HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TODAY BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
KNOW IF WE PASSED THE LEVY OR
NOT, TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS
HE CAN DO. IS THAT A GENERALLY
ACCURATE STATEMENT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE STP IS
DESIGNED TO GUIDE THE NEXT 20
YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS. WE THINK THAT THE
LEVY RENEWAL PACKAGE MIGHT BE A
WAY TO PARTIALLY FUND SOMETHING
LIKE EIGHT YEARS OF
INVESTMENTS. SO THE STP IS
MEANT TO BE DURABLE AND
FLEXIBLE SO THAT FUTURE ELECTED
OFFICIALS MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE
DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND STILL
WORK WITHIN A FRAMEWORK SO
THESE LIKE, PEDESTRIAN, FREIGHT
AND VEHICLE NETWORKS , TRANSIT
NETWORKS, ALL WORK TOGETHER
SUCCESSFULLY. SO THEY ARE
LAYERS AND LAYERS OF DECISIONS
COMING BEYOND JUST ADOPTING
THIS.
>> FANTASTIC. AND I HAVE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO HEAR FROM CALVIN, THE
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST ON YOUR
TAKE ON THIS PLAN AND IT MIGHT
ANSWER MY OTHER FOUR QUESTIONS.
I HAD 10 QUESTIONS SO I HAVE
ALREADY NARROWED THEM DOWN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I WANT TO SAY
ONE THING ABOUT INTEGRATION OF
MODES. THE ONE BIG DIFFERENCE I
THINK WITH THIS PLAN IS,
PREVIOUSLY WITH SEPARATE MODAL
PLANS, WE HAD A PROJECT LIST.
WE GOT LATE INTO THE DESIGN
BEFORE WE REALIZE THERE MIGHT
BE CONFLICTS. AND THE ONE
THING YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PLAN
IS A HAVE IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE
MODES BY THE SAME AREA. IT
DOESN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUES BUT
IT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE SCOPE
OF THE PROJECT AND THAT IS A
DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS MODAL
PLANS. THAT IS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST INTEGRATION PIECE. THE
DECISIONS ON HOW IT GETS
IMPLEMENT IT WILL BE FUNDED AND
HOW THEY GET STOKED ON THE
PROJECT WORK THAT IMPLEMENTS
IT. THIS IS A VERY LARGE BODY
OF WORK. A HUGE DOCUMENT. IT
IS BASED ON A LOT OF
PRE-EXISTING WORK AND IT IS
ABOUT RAISING ALL OF THAT UP
INTO ONE PLACE, GIVING IT
VISIBILITY, TRUTH CHECKING IT
AGAIN WITH THE PUBLIC AND
RESTATING IT ESSENTIALLY AND
TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
LEVY IN THE PLAN TO GET
VISIBILITY ON IT AND MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING
WHERE WE ARE GOING. I DON'T
THINK YOU WILL FIND ANYTHING IN
HERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN
PREVIOUSLY IN A PREVIOUS PLAN.
YOU MIGHT SEE SOME VARIATION OR
THINGS HIGHLIGHTED. PUBLIC
SPACE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT
ARE ONGOING ACTIVITIES BUT HAVE
NOT BEEN HIGHLIGHTED AT A PLAN
LEVEL PREVIOUSLY. I THINK WITH
THAT IN MIND, IT IS A LOT BUT
IT IS ALSO, SEE IT FOR WHAT IT
IS. A RESTATEMENT OF EXISTING
POLICY IN LARGE PART.
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE ONE OF
THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO
KNOWS MY LEVEL OF GEEK WHEN IT
COMES TO TRANSPORTATION SO THAT
IS QUITE REASSURING TO HEAR.
SLIDE NUMBER 11 . I WILL BRING
THIS UP. I THINK WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING OR WHEN WE BRIEFED ON
THIS, I WANTED TO LIFT UP THE
INDUSTRIAL ZONE CHANGES WE MADE
LAST YEAR WHERE, VERY SIMILAR
TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE
CHANGED -- OR GOING TO BE
CHANGING ZONING ALLOWANCES AND
EVENTUALLY ZONING DESIGNATIONS
AND THAT NEEDS TO TIE INTO THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND HOW
WE ARE PLANNING. LAST YEAR, WE
CREATED STRONGER PROTECTIONS
FOR THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONES AND THEN ON THE BUFFER
AREA, WE LOOSENED RESTRICTIONS
SO THAT IT COULD BE MORE
URBAN, INDUSTRIAL, CONDUCTIVITY
CAN BE BETTER. WE HAD A
TRANSPORTATION RESOLUTION THAT
WENT ALONG WITH IT AND CHAIR,
FOR CONTEXT, I THINK THAT TOOK
US FOUR MONTHS JUST FOR THE
RESOLUTION. AND THE POINT I'M
MAKING HERE IS THAT IF WE
DON'T TAKE FREIGHT SERIOUSLY,
IF WE DON'T TAKE THE MOVEMENT
OF OUR GOODS AND PEOPLE
SERIOUSLY, WE COULD NEVER GET
TO THAT 15 MINUTE CITY. IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I HOPE WE
CAN REACH A LEVEL WHERE
EVERYONE IN OUR CITY --
DOESN'T HAVE TROUBLE MORE THAN
15 MINUTES TO HAVE ALL THE
NEEDS MET. AND TO DO THAT, WE
MUST ENSURE THAT WBE67 CAN GET
INTO THE GROCERY STORE IN THAT
LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I LOOK AT
BALLARD BECAUSE IT WAS THE
SECOND LARGEST COUNTY OR CITY
IN KING COUNTY. AND THERE WAS
EVERYTHING WITHIN 15 MINUTES
BECAUSE IT WAS ITS OWN CITY.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET A WB67
TO QFC ON 24TH, THE NOBODY IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COULD WALK
TOGETHER GOODS. THAT IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF FREIGHT, FOR ME,
AND THIS PLAN. BECAUSE I WANT
EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO
EVERYWHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN
AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO GET THEN THE GOODS. I
KNOW, DIRECTOR, YOU TOLD ME
MANY TIMES OVER THAT WE WOULD
CHANGE HOW WE ARE DOING FREIGHT
AND WE MIGHT GET SMALLER
TRUCKS. ABSOLUTELY. I HOPE WE
GET THERE. I HOPE EVERYONE IS
DELIVERING WITH ELECTRIC TRUCKS
AS WELL AND THERE IS THAT
TRANSITION POINT, WHICH I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE
LAST QUESTION. WE NEED TO BE
DURABLE AND FLEXIBLE. I'M
GOING TO HOLD MY OTHER
QUESTIONS, CHAIR, JUST BECAUSE
I'VE GOT -- I WILL JUST MAKE
THE POINT OF THE EXAMPLE I WAS
JUST GIVING. WE HAD A MEETING
LAST WEEK. I SEE SOME FOLKS IN
THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE.
THERE WAS A REAL QUESTION ABOUT
HOW YOU GET THE WB67 FROM 24TH
AND MARKET STREET OVER TO
INTERSTATE FIVE. IT WASN'T A
POLITICAL QUESTION. IT WASN'T
A TRY TO GET YOU QUESTION. IT
WAS JUST AN HONEST, HOW DO WE
DO THIS? AND I KNOW THAT THAT
APARTMENT HAS AGREED TO FOLLOW
UP WITH IT AND I'M SO
INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE. LET ME
SHARE THAT. I'M APPRECIATIVE
THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW
UP, BUT THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING ABLE TO GET GOODS
AROUND. BECAUSE IF A TRUCK
DRIVER WHO IS NOT FROM SEATTLE
IS NEW TO AN AREA MAKING A
DELIVERY, IT NEEDS TO BE
INTUITIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE
TO GET TO AND FROM INTERSTATE
FIVE, 15TH AND SR99. THE LAST
QUESTION I WILL LEAVE WITH YOU
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER
IT HERE, BUT WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SAFE
STREET AND GREENWAY?
>> THAT IS A RHETORICAL
QUESTION. IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, I'M GOING TO MOVE US
ALONG . AND JUST FOR CLARITY,
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. JUST SO WE
ARE ALIGNED. THIS IS THE FIRST
OF A COUPLE. I BELIEVE THAT
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, WE
WILL BE HAVING OUR OWN CENTRAL
STAFF EXPERTS INCLUDING CALVIN
COME AND GIVE US AN OVERVIEW
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT'S
PERSPECTIVE ON THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THERE WILL
BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES ON A
GOING FORWARD BASIS TO ASK ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO
EMPHASIZE, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, A POINT YOU MADE ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF FREIGHT AND
CARGO MOBILITY AND I THINK IT
IS A REALLY CRITICAL
CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION
BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION POLICY
PLANNING AND LAND USE AND AS WE
GROW AND ADD POPULATION AND
EVEN DENSITY, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE TRUCKS HAULING
THE GOODS AND SERVICES AROUND
AND DELIVERIES AROUND,
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE GOOD ROADS
AND GOOD INGRESS AND EGRESS
ROUTES. BUT AS WE GROW AND
EXPAND IN POPULATION, WE ALSO
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, TO
TRULY BRING TO LIFE THIS WHOLE
NOTION OF 15 MINUTE
NEIGHBORHOODS OR WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE NEED TO HAVE
APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE IN
PLACE FOR THESE TRUCKS AND
DELIVERY PLACES TO GO TO. THAT
MEANS MORE GROCERY STORES AND
MINI MARTS AND RESTAURANTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. I LIVE IN A
FOOD DESERT IN DELRIDGE. AND I
REPRESENT ANOTHER FOOD DESERT
IN SOUTH PARK. AS WE THINK
ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MORE BROADLY, THAT IS ONE OF MY
GOALS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE END
THE FOOD DESERT STATUS IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES , PARTICULARLY
GIVING SOUND TRANSIT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, USE IT
ON THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD. IF
MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY,
ONE OF THE LATEST PLANS FOR THE
SOUND TRANSIT LINK LIGHT RAIL
PROJECT IN WEST SEATTLE, IT
WOULD TAKE OUT, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, JEFFERSON SQUARE.
JEFFERSON SQUARE, THERE IS A
GROCERY STORE THERE. A SAFEWAY.
WE WOULD POTENTIALLY REMOVE
THE GROCERY STORE AND STILL
HAVE OTHER FOOD DESERTS. WE
NEED TO CREATE LAND USE, ZONING
AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE
APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO
SUPPORT POPULATION, AND GROWTH
HOLISTICALLY. AND THEN
FINALLY, I WOULD MENTION THE
IMPORTANCE OF VISION YEAR --
VISION ZERO. VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF VISION ZERO.
COLLEAGUES, WE WILL BE GETTING
A BRIEFING TO FOCUS SOLELY ON
VISION ZERO. GIVEN, IT IS
IMPORTANT. AND I HAD A PREP
BRIEFING LAST WEEK WHERE HE
LEARNED SADLY THAT MY DISTRICT,
DISTRICT ONE, GIVEN THAT IT HAS
PICKED UP SODO, IT IS NOW THE
HIGHEST IN TERMS OF DEATH,
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND
FATALITIES. REGARDLESS OF WHERE
THE DISTRICTS ARE STACKING ON
THE LIST, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A
SHARED GOAL AND A SHARED
OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO
ADDRESS THAT ON A GOING FORWARD
BASIS, INCLUDING BY ADDING SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND
ANNOUNCING -- ENHANCING THE
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM
WHICH SPECIFICALLY WAS CALLED
ON IN THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMONG OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS AND PUTTING
POTENTIALLY BRINGING TO LIFE A
WANTS IN A GENERATION
INVESTMENT, NEW SIDEWALKS
ACROSS THE CITY. A REMINDER
THAT WHEN I WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL, I KNOCKED ON A TON OF
DOORS AND I SAW THE CRITICAL
NEED IN MY OWN DISTRICT
FIRSTHAND FOR ADDING NEW
SIDEWALKS WITH RESPECT TO THE
SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM
WHICH, ADDING SIDEWALKS IS A
KEY COMPONENT OF THE. AND
CERTAIN SCHOOLS LIKE ARBOR
HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, HIGHLAND
PARK ELEMENTARY, HUGE NEEDS
AROUND THOSE COMMUNITIES FOR
THAT. SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS
IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT,
SUBSTANTIVE TOPIC AND I AM GLAD
WE ARE ALL ENGAGING ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND THE
PUBLIC AND COLLEAGUES, WE WILL
BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS. THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
LESS TIME SENSITIVE AND URGENT
THAN SOME OTHER MATTERS. I
THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MORE
IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPEDITE AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT STILL BE
DELIBERATIVE ABOUT THE PENDING
AND FORTHCOMING PROPOSED LEVY
RENEWAL PACKAGE. SO MY HOPE IS
THAT THIS WOULD BE TRANSMITTED
DOWNSTAIRS WITH GREAT
EXPEDIENCE AND SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER AND HOPEFULLY, IT
MATCHES AND ALLIANCE WITH SOME
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
ACTUALLY GET ON THE BALLOT. NOW
, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO
THE RECORD.
>> NEXT IS THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
STATE OF THE BRIDGES
PRESENTATION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A
TRANSITION HERE. THANK YOU TO
THE PRESENTERS. PLEASE JOIN US
AT THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION AND WHEN READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU COMMITTEE CHAIR
SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY
NAME IS ELIZABETH SHELDON AND
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT
SDOT THAT OVERSEES THE BROADWAY
STRUCTURE DIVISIONS AND I HAVE
WITH ME --
>> I'M ANGEL GARCIA, THE ROAD
RESTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGER.
>> WE HEARD IN THE INITIAL
PRESENTATION , I HEARD FROM A
FEW OF YOU AND ARE INTERESTED
IN HEARING MORE ABOUT BRIDGES.
SO TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
DIVE A LEVEL DEEPER FROM THE
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. AND TODAY,
HOPING TO TALK ABOUT THE
ROADWAY STRUCTURES DIVISION.
WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE ARE
CHARGED WITH MANAGING AND TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- WE HAD A
PREVIOUS AUDIT OF THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE. SO A STATUS
UPDATE WITH WHERE WE ARE ON
THAT. AND FINALLY, LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE BRIDGE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN AS YOU HEARD IN
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. AND
I APOLOGIZE. I GOT THE SPEEDED
UP SIGNAL SO I MIGHT BE GOING
TOO FAST. LET ME KNOW IF YOU
NEED ME TO SLOW DOWN A BIT.
>> KEY TAKEAWAYS, KIND OF WHAT
THE OVERALL DIVISION RESPONSE
ABILITIES ARE. STATUS UPDATE
OF THE AUDIT RESPONSE AND THE
BRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM.
>>> DIVING DEEPER, ROADWAY
STRUCTURES. WE DO MORE THAN
BRIDGES. WE HAVE MORE THAN
BRIDGES IN THE INVENTORY. WHAT
WE LOOK AT IS, WE HAVE 135
BRIDGES THAT WE OWN AND
MAINTAIN. 682 RETAINING
WALLS. AND 493 STAIRWAYS AND WE
HAVE JOINT RESPONSIBILITY.
MOSTLY PRIVATE BUT THERE IS
JOINT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
AREA WAYS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN. IN
ADDITION, WE HAVE SOME
INTERESTING ODDBALL THINGS LIKE
FEW HISTORIC BUS SHELTERS. ONE
IN FREMONT AND I BELIEVE THERE
IS ANOTHER ONE IN MADISON. WE
HAVE AN AIR RAID SIREN AT
PHINNEY RIDGE THAT WE CONTINUE
TO MAINTAIN AS WELL AS THE SEA
WALL.
>> YOU WILL SEE SOMETIMES A
LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT
COUNTING AND PARTICULARLY THE
BRIDGES BECAUSE DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE COUNT THEM IN THE
INVENTORY SYSTEM. LIKE THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE THAT YOU
MIGHT THINK OF AS ONE BRIDGE,
IS FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT
BRIDGES. SO YOU WILL SEE
SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF
DISCONTINUING AND WHAT THAT
NUMBER IS. BUT ONE OUT OF 35 IS
WHERE WE ARE NOW. THE GROUP IS
BROKEN DOWN INTO THE DIVISION,
THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS . THE
FIRST IS THE BRIDGE OPERATOR
GROUP STARTING AT THE TOP OF
THE POWERPOINT WHICH HAS 24/7
OPERATIONS FOR BRIDGE OPENINGS.
WE HAVE -- WE OWN AND OPERATE
THE UNIVERSITY FREMONT AND
BALLARD BRIDGES AS WELL AS THE
SPOKANE STREET SWING BRIDGE.
AND WE ALSO OPERATE THE SOUTH
PARK BRIDGE FOR KING COUNTY.
IN ADDITION, THE TWO OTHER
BRIDGES OWNED AND OPERATED BY
STRAUSS, THE FIRST AVENUE
BRIDGE IN THE MONTLAKE BRIDGE.
THE BRIDGE OPERATORS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR 24/7 OPERATIONS
AND THEY ARE OPERATING OVER THE
NAVIGABLE WATERS UNDER THE
COAST GUARD JURISDICTION. SO WE
HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO OPEN
THOSE BRIDGES. NEXT UP.
>> DO YOU WANT QUESTIONS ALONG
THE WAY OR DO YOU WANT TO HOLD?
>> THIS IS THE STRUCTURAL
MAINTENANCE GROUP, THE CREWS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING
MAINTENANCE FOR BOTH OF THE
BRIDGES AS WELL AS RETAINING
WALLS AND STAIRWAYS. EMERGENCY
RESPONSE. THEY DO MAJOR
REHABILITATION AND MAINLY
RESPONSE TO CRITICAL NEEDS AND
ALSO DO SOME CAPITAL
REPLACEMENT OF SMALLER
STRUCTURES AND STAIRWAYS. AND
THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE THE
ENGINEERING GROUP THAT HAS --
HOUSES THE CERTIFIED BRIDGE
INSPECTORS. WE INSPECT BRIDGES
PER THE GUIDELINES. GENERALLY
EVERY TWO YEARS MAXIMUM
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME BRIDGES
THAT WE HAVE UNDER A MORE
CRITICAL WATCH. WE JUST
FINISHED THE LAST ONE YEAR
INSPECTION OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE. WE ARE MOVING BACK AND
EVERYTHING IS OPERATING AS IT
SHOULD BE. SO MOVING BACK TO A
TWO YEAR CYCLE. WE ALSO LOOK AT
DOING REPAIR DESIGN SO MOST OF
THE WORK -- MOST OF THE WORK
IMPLEMENTED BY THE CREWS, THE
ENGINEERING GROUP WILL DO
SCIENCE FOR THAT WORK. AND THEN
WE ONBOARD AND REVIEW NEW
ASSETS AS THEY COME INTO THE
INVENTORY. FINALLY, WE ACT AS
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR BOTH
ROADWAY STRUCTURES AND OTHER
WORK THAT IS HAPPENING
THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. .
>> I CAN CONTINUE OR I CAN
PAUSE. WE ARE KIND OF SWITCHING
GEARS FOR QUESTIONS.
>> LET'S PRESS ON.
>> SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE
BIT TO THE CITY AUDITOR, HOW TO
REPORT -- WE HAD A REPORT THAT
CAME OUT AND IT WAS REQUESTED
BY FORMER COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON AS PART OF THE CLOSURE
OF THE WEST SEATTLE HIGHBRIDGE.
HE ASKED FOR AN IN-DEPTH AUDIT
FOR THE ROADWAY STRUCTURES.
THE FINDINGS GENERALLY THAT WE
NEEDED TO MAKE MORE OF AN
INVESTMENT IN BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE UNDER THE PLANS
WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND
LOOK TO UPDATING AND
MODERNIZING OUR BRIDGE ASSET
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. NEXT PAGE.
SO THEY HAD 10 SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ARE
MOVING THROUGH THOSE. WE ARE
MOSTLY COMPLETED WITH ALL OF
THEM. SOME MARK INCOORDINATION
WITH THE STP AND THE FUNDING
PLAN. SO THEY ARE KIND OF IN A
NARRATIVE PROCESS THAT WE HOPE
TO COMPLETE WITH THESE ITEMS.
WE WILL RUN THROUGH THESE
QUICKLY. FIRST TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FH
WA REVIEW. WE WORKED -- THERE
WERE A LOT OF TIMES SPENT
MONITORING SYSTEM AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAD THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT REPOSITORY TO HOUSE
ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE
HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE MADE A BIG EFFORT TO GET
IT ALL IN ONE PLACE AND SCAN IT
AND IT IS NOW DIGITIZED AND
EASY TO ACCESS. LOOKED AT WHAT
THE CREWS WERE DOING SPENDING
THEIR TIME AND THEY WERE ABOUT
80% WORKING ON ROADWAY
STRUCTURES AND 20% WORKING ON
OTHER PROJECTS. SO DOING
REIMBURSABLE WORK. AND MAKING
SURE THE BRIDGE WORK IS SOLELY
STRUCTURED ON THE MAINTENANCE.
THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
FINALLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES IN THE
CITY THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED
AND MAINTAINED. THINK OF THE
SKY BRIDGES OUT THERE AND WE
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DOING
INSPECTIONS OURSELVES FOR A LOT
OF THOSE AND LOOKING TO
TRANSITION TO ENSURE THAT
THERE ARE SPECIAL INSPECTORS
THAT ARE PROVIDING REPORTS THAT
WE CAN REVIEW. SO WE WOULD
STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THOSE BUT STILL HAVE A LITTLE
BIT -- FREE UP SOME STAFF
TIME TO CONTINUE OVERSIGHT,
WITH MORE INTENSE OVERSIGHT ON
OUR BRIDGES. NUMBER FIVE IS
LOOKING AT THE STAFFING
ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT STAFFING
BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
PACKAGE AND BRIDGE FUNDING. SO
WE HAVE A BASIS AND HOLDING FOR
WHEN WE GET KIND OF A FINAL
IDEA WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH
THAT. FINALLY, NUMBER SEVEN,
LOOKING AT COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY
UPGRADES. WE HAD HISTORICALLY
BEEN ON A PAPER-BASED SYSTEM.
AND SO WE AS WE LOOK TO
TRANSITION TO MORE OF AN
ELECTRONIC DATABASE AN
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WHERE WE
COULD GET THE MOST BENEFIT FOR
TRANSITIONING SOME OF THE
SYSTEMS. AND THEN EIGHT AND
NINE, THIS WAS THE FUN PART.
DIVING INTO LIFECYCLE COST
ANALYSIS. SO LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE MOST
EFFICIENT WITH OUR FUNDS. I
WILL DIVE INTO THAT LATER. AND
THEN THE BUILDUP. SO BUILDING
INTO THE STRATEGIC ASSET PLAN.
AND THAT WILL BE PENDING UNTIL
WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES PUT
TOGETHER. SO SHIFTING, IT WAS
GREAT THAT THE AUDIT REALLY
HELPED US FORMULATE WHAT THE
PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WE
WERE ABLE TO WORK TO SHAPE THAT
INTO A MODERN BRIDGE STRATEGIC
ASSET PLAN THAT HAS MORE THAN
JUST INVENTORY. SO WE ARE
LOOKING AT BRIDGE PERFORMANCE
OVER TIME AND WE CAN LOOK AT
LIFECYCLE PLANS AND STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD TO
REALLY BE THE BEST STEWARDS OF
OUR ASSETS AS POSSIBLE. THIS
ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF
ORDER. THE FIRST PART IS WE
NEED TO HAVE THE ASSET AND
CONDITIONING INFORMATION. WE
HAVE A ROBUST INSPECTION AND
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT LOOKS
AT THE BRIDGES. IT IS A
REGULATORY REQUIREMENT TO HAVE
THE BRIDGES INSPECTED EVERY TWO
YEARS. AND THE BRIDGES, THE
AVERAGE BRIDGE IS 68 YEARS OLD
AND TYPICALLY THE LIFESPANS ARE
75-100 YEARS. SO WE'RE AT THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE
WE ARE INSPECTING AND
MAINTAINING AS APPROPRIATE.
WITH THOSE INSPECTIONS, WE ARE
ABLE TO ADEQUATELY, OR
APPROPRIATELY PRESCRIBED
CONDITIONS TO OUR BRIDGES.
GENERALLY, WE LOOK AT THREE
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF BRIDGES
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS.
THE DECK, THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
ON THE SUBSTRUCTURE. AND THE
LOWEST OF ALL OF THOSE BECOMES
THE OVERALL BRIDGE RATING. SO
YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS CHART OVER
TIME. YOU WILL SEE IN 2023, WE
ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
MORE BRIDGES INTO THE GOOD. I
THINK THAT IS -- THAT IS
MOSTLY FROM THE NEW BRIDGES
COMING ONLINE. SO WE HAD THE
LANDER PROJECT AND THE
NORTHGATE PED BRIDGE AND BEING
ABLE TO BRING THOSE BRIDGES
INTO NEW CONDITIONS. ABOUT
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
CURRENT SNAPSHOT. A LITTLE MORE
BROKEN DOWN BY THE DECK AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL
CONDITION OF THE BRIDGES BY THE
DECK AREA. AND YOU WILL SEE A
FEW OF THOSE IN HASHED
CONDITION. THESE ARE THE ONES
THAT WE HAVE LOAD OR OTHER
RESTRICTIONS ON . FINALLY,
LOOKING AT SHIFTING WHEN WE
HAVE THE CONDITION, WE HAVE THE
CONDITION AND WE KNOW HOW THEY
ARE RATED. AND WE CAN LOOK AT
OVERALL LIFECYCLE COST
ANALYSIS. THIS IS FOCUSING ON
MAKING SURE WE ARE MAINTAINING
ASSETS AND THOSE THAT ARE IN
GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION WITH
PRESERVATION AND THE
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT CAN
PRESERVE BRIDGES AND EXTEND
THEIR LIFE AT A FRACTION OF THE
COST OF THE OVERALL MAJOR REHAB
OR REPLACEMENT. SO LOOKING AT
THE CONDITION OF THE BRIDGES
AND APPLYING THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME, WE
ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP LIFECYCLE
COST ANALYSIS FOR THE NEXT. SO
TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WILL LOOK
LIKE IF WE PROVIDE SPECIFIC
INVESTMENTS INTO THE BRIDGE
NETWORK AND WHAT THAT IMPACT
WOULD BE ON THE OVERALL
CONDITION. AND SO WE STARTED
THIS REALLY LOOKING AT TWO
BOOKENDS. ONE IS THE FURTHEST
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IF WE
HAD UNCONSTRAINED FUNDING, WE
DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
CONTRACTOR CAPACITY. WE DID
NOT TO WORRY IF WE CLOSED ALL
THE BRIDGES AT THE SAME TIME
LIKE TO REPLACE THEM OR WHAT
IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS
ADD TO NOT WANTING TO DO THAT.
BUT WE WANTED TO GET AN IDEA
OF WHAT THE IDEAL CONDITIONS
WOULD BE. AND THAT BASICALLY
WOULD BE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
OVER 30 YEARS TO BRING ALL OF
OUR BRIDGES INTO EITHER GOOD OR
FAIR CONDITION. ON THE
FLIPSIDE, ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE,
WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF WE HAD JUST OUR EXISTING
FUNDING WITHOUT LEVY AND WITH
MINIMAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS. AND
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DIFFERS
GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT FROM A
STATE WHERE MANY OF THE BRIDGES
ARE IN POOR CONDITION AND THEY
WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF
THOSE OUT OF SERVICE. ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ALTHOUGH
BRIDGES THAT ARE IN FAIR
CONDITION. THAT IS THE RED,
YELLOW AND GREEN SIDE. AND THEN
WE SEE WITH THE SUBSEQUENT
INVESTMENTS ARE FOR THOSE
CONDITIONS. LOOKING AT THE
BLUE, THAT IS A PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE AND THAT STAYS
PRETTY STEADY DEPENDING ON --
REGARDLESS OF THE SCENARIO.
AND SO THAT KIND OF KEEPS
EVERYTHING IN A STATE OF GOOD
REPAIR. AND THEN YOU ARE
LOOKING AT ADDING ADDITIONAL
CAPITAL FUNDING THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO TAKE KIND OF THE
BRIDGES THAT ARE ALREADY
EXISTING AND IN POOR CONDITION
AND RAISE THEM UP.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT
HOW THE PRESENTED --
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
WORKS. IT IS A FAIRLY
CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF FUNDING
THAT WILL SLOW DETERIORATION OF
BRIDGES AND KEEP THEM IN A
STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. RIGHT
NOW, WE HAVE THE BRIDGE
PAINTING PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES
KIND OF ONE ELEMENT OF
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BUT
THERE ARE OTHERS WE COULD ADD
THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY
HELPFUL. ONE IS LOOKING AT
BRIDGE CLEANING AND SPOT REPAIR
. THE OTHER ONE IS LOOKING AT
JOINT REPLACEMENT. AND FINALLY,
DECK REPLACEMENT AND OVERLAY.
SO OVERLAYING THE DECK AND
MAKING SURE IT IS SEALED.
LOOKING AT THE JOINTS AND
MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN GOOD
CONDITION. THEN CLEANING AND
SPOT REPAIR REALLY HELPS TO
ADDRESS THE CORROSION AND KEEPS
BRIDGES SEALED. I THINK THAT
IS THAT. FINALLY, JUST
SUMMARIZING. LOOKING AT THE
OVERALL DIVISION GOALS IS
REALLY TO INVEST AND MAXIMIZE
INVESTMENTS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
REALLY SHIFTING TO PRESERVING
EXISTING FACILITIES AND
MANAGING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
AND MANAGING THE ASSETS SO THAT
THEY REMAIN RELIABLE FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
FINALLY, LOOKING AT PROACTIVELY
PLANNING INVESTMENTS FOR THE
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGAIN,
REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM AND ABILITY TO KEEP
THOSE ASSETS THAT ARE IN GOOD
AND FAIR CONDITION THERE. WITH
THAT, I'M HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I LOVE THIS
PRESENTATION. THIS IS A TOPIC
THAT HARRY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME
PERSONALLY. BRIDGES AND HAVING
THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN WEST
SEATTLE AND CALLING AT HOME AND
RAISING A FAMILY THERE AND
BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND WE
LEARN THAT IN PART, THROUGH THE
DESIGN FAILURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE. IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
INVEST IN OUR BRIDGES AND
MAINTAIN THEM. SO I LOVE IT. I
LOVED EKING OUT ABOUT THIS KIND
OF STUFF AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU ALL,
COLLEAGUES AS WELL, TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE CAN BEST EXTEND THE
NITTY-GRITTY, SIMPLE THINGS
LIKE EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN IN
BRIDGES AND INVESTING IN
PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE FOR
STRONGER BRIDGES AND OTHER
THINGS OF COURSE. LOVE THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .
>> THANK YOU CHAIR SAKA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS
IMPORTANT TOPIC PARTICULARLY
FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. WE HAVE
SIX AT THE INNER BAY. YOU HAVE
BALLARD AND FREMONT AND AURORA.
AND I KNOW AURORA IS NOT PART
OF THE PLAN BUT IT IS PART OF
THE PLAN IN A SENSE BECAUSE IT
IS SO IMPORTANT AND THE RAVINE
AT QUEEN AND, EASTLAKE AND THE
INTERSTATE FIVE BRIDGES.
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE IN
DISTRICT 7, YOU ARE ON AN
ISLAND . IT DOES FEEL THAT WAY.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT YOUR
CONVERSATION AND PRESENTATION
AND TO GO BACK TO THE EARLIER
PRESENTATION IS IF WE PUT
CERTAIN MONEY INCOME WE CAN
ATTRACT A LOT OF FEDERAL
DOLLARS. IT IS A BRIGHT AND
SHINY NEW TOY. BUT THE
LONG-TERM IS EOM. AND THESE
BRIDGES HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT WE ARE
DOING TODAY IN TERMS OF NEW
PROJECTS AND BE MINDFUL, USING
THE BRIDGE EXAMPLE LIKE, DOWN
THE LINE IS ONM. AND AS CHAIR
SAKA WAS TALKING, LIKE I WAS IN
MY OLD NAVY HAT, SERVICE LIFE
EXTENSION PROGRAMS, WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO TO EXTEND THE LIFE
OF A SHIP IS VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO EXTEND
THE LIFE OF A BRIDGE AND THESE
ARE THE KINDS OF MINDSETS WE
NEED TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO KEY TO THIS TOO BY THE
WAY, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING
IT IS THE POINT, BUT THE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT AND I ASKED --
BECAUSE REALLY, WE CAN'T REALLY
VOTE IN NOVEMBER IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU VOTE ON
SOMETHING WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING FULLY OF WHERE
WE ARE. AND SO, AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
EXACT TIME MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE
BUT THERE IS A TIMELINE YOU ARE
LOOKING AT AN TERMS OF THE
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN,
SPECIFICALLY FOR BRIDGES. I
RECOGNIZE THE BIGGER ONE MIGHT
BE HARDER. BUT FOR BRIDGES, IF
YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
>> WE HAVE MOST OF THE KEY
COMPONENTS AVAILABLE FOR THE
BRIDGE STRATEGIC ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND I'M HAPPY
TO PROVIDE A DEEPER DIVE. THE
PLAN REALLY IS -- A LOT OF IT
IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT. WE
ARE WORKING OFF OF A SHAREPOINT
AND SOME OTHER INTERNAL
STRUCTURES THAT ARE -- THEY
ARE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP US DO
THAT WORK. AND SO WE NEED TO
LOOK AT HOW TO CREATE A SUMMARY
DOCUMENT FOR A MORE EXTERNAL
VIEW. AND I THINK WE ARE CLOSE
TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT. I
THINK PROBABLY NEXT MONTH OR
SO, WE WOULD HAVE THAT
AVAILABLE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I WON'T ASK ANY
MORE QUESTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE
HIGHLIGHT, I FOUND IT
INTERESTING YOU BROUGHT UP SKY
BRIDGES. MY COLLEAGUE, VICE
CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, WE HAVE A
D3, D7 SKY BRIDGE PROPOSAL OUT
AT FIRST TILL AND SO THAT IS AN
AREA OF CONSIDERATION. BUT WE
WON'T GO ANY FURTHER ON THAT
TODAY. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE
D3, D 71st HILL CONNECTION
THERE. THANK YOU.
>> [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING
]
AND MAINTENANCE IS OCCURRING
PROACTIVELY. IT IS A
STRUCTURAL ERROR, NOT A STAFF
ERROR OR DEPARTMENT ERROR OR
CITY ERROR DUE TO THE
STRUCTURAL ERROR THAT USED TO
BE FIXED. I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH
TO SAY. I WILL TAKE THE
LOW-HANGING FRUIT. WE HAVE
BALLARD BRIDGE THAT NEEDS
REPLACEMENT . MAGNOLIA BRIDGE
. ALL OF THE BRIDGES KNOWN AS
FAIR, THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
WAS NOTED AS FAIR AND A WEEK
LATER IT WAS POOR. THAT
TRANSITION CAN HAPPEN RAPIDLY.
WHILE WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF
BRIDGES LISTED AS POOR RIGHT
NOW , FAIR IS THE WATCHLIST.
THAT IS WHAT I MEAN BY WHEN HE
TO HAVE DEDICATED REVENUE
STREAM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
WHAT LOOKS OKAY ON THE AUDIT
REPORT, BUT IS ACTUALLY VERY
DANGEROUS . THE LOW-HANGING
FRUIT IS I NOTICE YOU SAID
BRIDGE OPERATORS ARE OPERATING
24 SEVEN . IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT AFTER 10:00
WE HAVE ONE OPERATOR THAT
BOUNCES BETWEEN THE BRIDGES ,
WHICH I THINK MAKES SENSE. THE
CAR CAN TRAVEL FASTER THAN
EIGHT NOT IN THE SHIP CANAL .
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE WE
PLANNING TO HAVE AUXILIARY
OPERATORS FOR THE FOURTH OF
JULY WHEN EVERY SINGLE BRIDGE
NEEDS TO BE OPEN AT THE SAME
TIME?
>> YES, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE
MORE OPERATORS.
>> EXCELLENT, I WILL FOLLOW UP
CLOSER TO THE FOURTH OF JULY.
IT FEELS LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY.
I WITNESSED MARITIME BACKUP ,
WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT
NIGHT . WITH ONE OPERATOR FOR
MONTLAKE , UNIVERSITY, FREEWAY
AND BALLARD BRIDGE IT GETS A
LITTLE COMPRESSED. THANK YOU
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS . ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS? GOOD TO GO.
FINAL COMMENT ON BRIDGES FOR
NOW . I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND
HIGHLIGHT A COMMENTS THAT ONE
OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MENTIONED
IN MY FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED
LAST MONTH. LISA-IS A MEMBER
OF SEATTLE BILLING. SHE SAID,
LET'S TRY TO AVOID ADDING OR
CHANGING NEW FEATURES ON TO
BRIDGES THAT ARE FUNDAMENTALLY
BROKEN. AT THE TIME, THAT
COMMENT STRUCK ME AND I FOUND
IT PARTICULARLY PROFOUND AND
INSIGHTFUL. THAT KIND OF
PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACH IS
GOING TO BE REALLY INSTRUCTIVE
AND WILL HELP GUIDE OUR
APPROACH MORE HOLISTICALLY AND
HOW WE ADDRESS THE VARIOUS,
HIGHLY URGENT ASPORTATION
NEEDS ACROSS OUR CITY. THANK
YOU , WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
PRESENTATION. AND THE
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION . THE FINAL
THING - I GUESS FIRST OFF, WE
ARE, AS OUR COLLEAGUE APTLY
POINTED OUT, WE ARE APPROACHING
TIME FOR THIS MEETING. GIVEN
THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE
ON THE THIRD ITEM, I AM GOING
TO TABLE THE ITEM FOR NOW. AND
MAY BE BROUGHT UP AT A FUTURE
MEETING, BUT I WILL NOT GET
THE INITIAL BRIEFING ON IT
TODAY, GIVEN THE TIME
CONSTRAINT. THAT SAID, I WANT
TO ANNOUNCE - SPACE I LOVE
DOING SITE VISITS WE FIXED
SOME POTHOLES AND VISITED THE
FRONT LINE MAINTENANCE CREWS A
FEW WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE OUR NEXT
ONE LINED UP WHERE WE GET TO
TOUR A BRIDGE FIRSTHAND
ALONGSIDE 60. THANK YOU BILL,
SDOT AND LEILA AND MY STAFFERS
FOR WORKING THIS LIVE DURING
THE CONTEXT OF THIS MEETING . I
WILL BE DOING A BRIDGE SITE
VISIT AND IS SCHEDULED FOR WEST
SEATTLE SWING BRIDGE FOR MARCH
29 -- 29th AT 10:00 A.M.
LOOKING FOR TO PUTTING
OPERATIONAL LEVEL DETAILS AND
SEEN FROM THE FRONT LINE WORKER
PERSPECTIVE, THE NEED AND
OPPORTUNITY. TO HELP BRING
SOME OF THE POWERPOINT DECKS
AND PRESENTATIONS TO LIFE FOR
ME. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT. THAT SAID --
>> CHAIR, IF I COULD SAY ONE
THING I KNOW WE ARE AT TIMES. I
WANT TO THANK THE TRIBE
COMING TODAY. YOU BEING THE
ORIGINAL CARETAKERS OF THIS
LAND, WHEN YOU SPEAK, WE NEED
TO LISTEN. WE WILL BE REACHING
OUT. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA WILL HELP EDUCATE US ON
THIS ISSUE I WANTED TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
EXPRESSING WHAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THINGS WE
NEED TO LISTEN TO. THANK YOU.
>> PLUS 1, EMPHASIZE THAT.
THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE -TRIBE
FOR BEING HERE PERSONALLY. I
HAVE A MEETING ALREADY
SCHEDULED AND I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO VISITING YOU ALL AT
THE LONGHOUSE LATER THIS MONTH
AS WELL. THE FIRST OF MANY
ENGAGEMENTS . A PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION. I AM GOING TO
DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT YOUR
VOICE AND YOUR INTERESTS AND
LEARN FROM YOU. THAT DOES NOT
ALWAYS MEAN THE SAME THING FOR
EVERY COMMUNITY. LIKE
ADOPTING- SPACE I WILL ALWAYS
MAKE SURE I HAVE AN INFORMED
VIEW OF FOR TWO MEETING LATER
THIS MONTH IN ANY EVENT,
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE MEETING BEFORE
WE ADJOURN? THE FINAL CHANCE.
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE
ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS 11:37 A.M.
THANK YOU.