>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CATTLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER TANYA WOO. VICE
CHAIR JOY HOLLINGSWORTH. CHAIR
ROB SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER,
CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, TODAY, WE HAVE
TWO NON-COMMITTEE
COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO JOINING OUR
COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. I WOULD
LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY SPECIAL
WELCOME TO COUNCILMEMBERS MOORE
AND MORALES. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY. IF THERE ARE
NO OBJECTIONS, THE REJECTION --
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDAS ADOPTED. FIRST OFF,
WELCOME , MEMBERS AND GUESTS TO
THIS YEAR'S FIFTH
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WE
HAVE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
THIRD ITEM OF THE AGENDA
REGARDING THE PETITION TO
VACATE AN ALLEY, THERE WILL BE
INITIAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
THAN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
SPECIFIC HEARING ITSELF, THE
THIRD ITEM WILL BE TOWARD THE
END OF THE MEETING. MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE SIGNED UP IN THE
RIGHT SPOT TO MAKE YOUR
COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL
NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, PUBLIC COMMENTS
RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA OR WITHIN THE BROADER
PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE . HOW
MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON
SPEAKERS AND SIX REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60 SECONDS
OR ONE MINUTE. WE WILL START
WITH THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS
FIRST , CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
INSTRUCTIONS?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED TO THE
FOLLOWING MANNER, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20
MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY
ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE
LEFT OF THEIR TIME, SPEAKERS
MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO
NOT END THERE COMMENTS WITHIN
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALM THE NEXT SPEAKER THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
MARY BACARELLA . GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY, GOOD MORNING, I AM
MARY BACARELLA. THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET PDA, I'M HERE TO ASK
THAT YOU REMOVE PROJECT 65
PIKE PLACE EVENT STREET FROM
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN. THE MARKET IS IN A PARK,
IT'S A WORKING MARKET THAT
FACILITATES A WIDE VARIETY OF
COMMERCIAL AND CUSTOMER
INTERACTIONS. IT'S THE
OPERATIONAL SPINE OF THE
MARKET, THE ESSENTIAL ARTERY
FOR DELIVERIES, EMERGENCIES AND
CUSTOMER ACCESS. IT IS NOT LIKE
ANY OTHER STREET IN SEATTLE. I
ASKED THE CITY TO ALLOW THE PDA
TO HANDLE THIS, THE FATE OF
OVER 500 OF OUR BUSINESS IS ,
SMALL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS,
CRAFTSPEOPLE, FARMERS, BUSKERS,
480 RESIDENTS AND FIVE SOCIAL
SERVICES INVITED TO THE CITY
REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF THOSE
WHO UNDERSTAND THAT VAST . THE
PDA AND MARKET IMPUNITY, OVER
50 YEARS AGO, THE CITIZENS OF
KOREA -- SEATTLE CREATED THIS
TO OPERATE THE MARKET SO PLEASE
LET US DO ALL THAT, I ASK YOU
TO REMOVE TO 65 PIKE PLACE
EVENT STREET FROM THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> JIM MARGARD.
>> GOOD MORNING, ON AUGUST
10th, THE SEATTLE TIMES
EDITORIAL BOARD PUBLISHED
HERE'S A BIT OF ADVICE FOR THE
MAYOR AND SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE FIRST
AVENUE, SCRAP ANY NOTIONS OF
HAVING ORDERS IN 2024,
CONCLUDING IF THEY DO, VOTERS
SHOULD CONSIDER REASON ENOUGH
TO REJECT IMMEDIATE PAST --
PROPERTY TAXES FOR VIABLE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS,
PROJECT COSTS HAVE ESCALATED
BY $160 MILLION. VIRTUALLY ALL
MERCHANTS, EATERIES, HOTELS
HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE
ROUTE OPPOSING THE PROJECT
SAYING THAT WOULD DO MAJOR
DAMAGES TO BUSINESSES AND
IRREPARABLY IN SOME CASES.
SEVERELY INHIBIT RECOVERY, THE
THIRD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY AND TRAFFIC SIMULATION
IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- HAVE BEEN
MADE AS A SIGNATORY TO THE
FIRST AVENUE TRANSIT ALLIANCE.
PLEASE AMEND THE STP , THANK
YOU.
>> MIKE STEWART.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ROB
SAKA AND MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR REPRESENTING HUNDREDS
OF BUSINESSES AND THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY OF
BALLARD . TODAY I'M HERE TO
URGE THE COMMITTEE AND THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE AN
ACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING THE
COMMUNITIES OF BALLARD,
FREMONT, AND WESTLAKE FOR
PROPOSED ROUTE 40 CHANGES. WE
ALL SUPPORT A VAST MAJORITY OF
THE PROJECT PROPOSALS INCLUDING
THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND
TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY USAGE,
THE PROPOSED 24 SEVEN BUS ONLY
LANES PRESENT UNIQUE CHALLENGES
FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS, WE HAVE GROWN
FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF
PROJECT -- PROCESS AT A STOP
TO WORK IN EARNEST IN HERE
COMMUNITIES FOR A SOLUTION.
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
RENEWAL AROUND THE CORNER. NOW
IS THE TIME -- FOR ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT FROM SDOT. THEY ARE
COMMITTED ON WORKING ON THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THE
PROPOSAL SELECTS FOR BUSINESS,
AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> ELIZABETH WHILE THERE. --
>> I AM ELIZABETH WILDER AND I
REPRESENT 57 FAMILIES IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WHO SIGNED THIS
PETITION WHICH ASKS SDOT TO
MEET WITH US IN PERSON TO
ADDRESS ONE-WAY TRAFFIC . WE
LIMIT THE SECOND BUSIEST
INTERSECTION IN THE CITY OVER
16,000 CARS PER YEAR, ACCORDING
TO SDOT , 2400 PEDESTRIANS, THE
THIRD-HIGHEST BIKE USAGE AND
SIX PEOPLE WERE IN A SERIOUS OR
FATAL PEDESTRIAN COLLISION ON
EASTERN BLOCKS OF 2020
ACCORDING TO SDOT. WE HAVE BEEN
TRYING FOR SEVEN YEARS TO GET A
MEETING AND THEY WILL NOT MEET
WITH US, THEY TELL US THAT DO
NOT REPLY EMAILS THAT TELL US
WE LIVE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE
WORLD, THIS PLACE IS POORLY
SIGNPOSTED, PEOPLE ARE
FRUSTRATED AND TRYING TO GET TO
520, THERE IS NO SIGN. WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANNOT
HAVE A HIGH VISIBILITY, RED --
AT OUR STREET LIKE THEY HAVE
HERE AT GREEN LAKE WHICH IS A
MUCH LESS BUSY LOCATION.
AGAIN, SIX PEOPLE DEAD, SECOND
HIGHEST TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO GIVE
YOU MAPS AND I'M HAPPY TO GIVE
YOU COPIES OF THE PETITION. I
WILL BE DROPPING THEM OFF WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JOY HOLLINGSWORTH
WHO HAS SO KINDLY WORKED WITH
ME ON THIS. I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MA'AM.
>> MIKE STRICKLAND .
>> GOOD MORNING ALL, I'M THE
CANAL STATION HOA PRESIDENT
AND THE PROPOSED BEST. --
SDOT ROUTE 40 ELIMINATES OUR
LOADING ZONE AND WILL HUNDRED
AND 69 RESIDENTS FROM THREE
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE NO WAY TO
SAFELY OFFLOAD AND LOAD ALONG
WITH FEDEX, UBER, EVERYONE WHO
HAS THESE PRACTICES, AMAZON IS
THE BIGGEST ONE. WE NEED THAT
RECONSIDERED AND BECAUSE WE
HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS OR AXIS
TO OUR ELEVATOR TO GET TO THE
RESIDENCE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT AND -- WE WILL LEAD TO
MORE IN-DEPTH BY THE DESIGN
TEAM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HOWARD ANDERSON.
>> GOOD MORNING. THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT COALITION ALLIANCE IS
OPPOSED TO THE STREETCAR,
OBVIOUSLY. THE REASON BEING IS
THAT WE HAVE THE MOST VIABLE
STREET AT FIRST AVENUE AND THE
MOST ACTIVE STREET IN TOWN, IT
CONNECTS FIVE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE 2 MILE
CORRIDOR AND IT'S THE GATEWAY
TO PIKE PLACE MARKET IF THE
STREETCAR WERE TO GO IN, FOUR
BLOCKS WOULD BE ENDED AND WOULD
HAVE STARTING THAT -- WOULD BE
CLOSED AND FIRST AVENUE
BECOMES A DEAD END . WE ARE
PROPOSING A STREET TRANSIT
PLAN FOR THAT STREET, FIRST
AVENUE BRINGING BACK THE BUSES
THAT WERE REMOVED AT THIRD
AVENUE. WE ARE ESTABLISHING A
REAL CONNECTOR ON FIRST AVENUE
SERVING THE LOCAL -- REASON
FOR REJECTING THIS 440 MILLION
REASONS TO REJECT THIS AND YOU
KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES
FROM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TOM MALONE .
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME
ISSUES AND REGARDING ROUTE 40,
I WANT TO ENDORSE THE COMMENTS
OF MY COLLEAGUE, MIKE STEWART .
I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB OF
DOING A GENERAL OUTLINE, WHAT
I'M HERE TO SAY SPECIFICALLY
IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL
ARTERIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US PART OF THIS
ROUTE, ROUTE 40 IS IMPORTANT
AND GOES ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH
KING TO SOUTH SEATTLE BUT CUT
THROUGH SEVERAL STREET, ONE OF
THEM WAS MARKET STREET. MARKET
STREET IS NOT JUST A STREET
FOR US, IT IS THE EAST-WEST
ARTERY. FOR ALL OF BALLARD, I
AM A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL
NORDIC MUSEUM AND WE ARE
DEPENDENT ON THAT STREET WE
ARE ONLY ASKING FOR THE SDOT
TO -- PUT THIS INTO
CONSIDERATION SO WE CAN MAKE
THIS A BETTER PLAN THAN IT IS
RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DEVON McCOMB?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ROB
SAKA, MY NAME IS DEVON McCOMB,
I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS
THE GENERAL CHAIR OF THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET PDA, I'M HERE TO
ASK YOU TO PLEASE , LET'S KEEP
THE MARKET MEANING WE DON'T
WANT YOU TO TAKE AWAY THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT -- PDA AND
THE MHC AMERICA COMMUNITY HAS
FOR GOVERNANCE, WE WANT TO
MAINTAIN OUR CONTROL AND
MANAGEMENT . IT'S NOT AN EVENT
STREET OR CAFE STREET, IT'S A
MARKET STREET AND HAS BEEN
SINCE THE MARKET WAS FOUNDED IN
THAT STREET IN 1907. WHAT WE
ASK YOU TO DO IS ALLOW US TO
OUR MASTER PLAN PROCESS IF YOU
COMPLETED AND ADOPTED LAST
THURSDAY, TO DEVELOP A PLAN
FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION OF THE STREET THAT
SERVES THE MARKET COMMUNITY AND
IS INFORMED BY THE MARKET
COMMUNITY. THE CITY CREATED --
THE MARKET. WE ASK IS -- WE
ASKED YOU LET US DO THAT. THANK
YOU.
>> ERIC HILL ?
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
ERIC PEAL, I WORK FOR THE
NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM. I HAVE
SOME ISSUES WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ROUTE
40, THERE IS AN ABSENCE OF GOOD
, MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AROUND
TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AND
THAT IS EVIDENCED BY SDOT'S
ENGAGEMENT WITH ROUTE 40
DRIVEN BY SPECIAL INTEREST AND
BOX CHECKING, THERE'S A GROUP
OF MORE THAN 50 COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM
THE NORTH END WHO HAVE REACHED
OUT TO SDOT A COUPLE TIMES TO
TALK ABOUT ISSUES WITH ROUTE 40
THAT HAVE LARGELY GONE
UNANSWERED, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
TAKE MORE TIME WITH REVIEWING
THE MASTER PLAN TO ENSURE THAT
THERE IS MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT,
THAT IS NOT A TOP-DOWN
APPROACH BUT A MEANINGFUL TWO
WAY DIALOGUE, YOU ENCOURAGE
SDOT TO REVIEW ROUTE 40 PLAN
WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PAUL AZINGER?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, MY
NAME IS PAUL OSNER, I OWN
RACHEL'S BAGELS ON MIRIAM
AVENUE AND I'M HERE TO SHARE
MY CONCERNS ABOUT ROB SAKA'S
-- SDOT'S LANE THROUGH
BALLARD. THE ADDITION OF A 24
SEVEN NORTHBOUND BUS LANE ON
LEARY AVENUE BY A SUBSTANTIAL
ACCESS AND IMPACT ON MY
BUSINESS AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS
THERE. IT'S A HIGHLY
TRAFFICKED ENTRY OVER DOWNTOWN
BALLARD, WE WORKED REALLY HARD
TO INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC AS
WELL. S DOTS PROPOSED PLAN
WILL SHUT THAT OFF BY REROUTING
TRAFFIC AND DISPLACING MUCH OF
THE MUCH-NEEDED PARKING ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, WHAT
IS SO STRIKING FOR EVERYONE
AFFECTED BY THE PLAN IS HOW IT
FEELS EXCESSIVE, LIKE USING A
SLEDGEHAMMER TO CRACK A NUT.
TO PUT A 24 SEVEN BUS LANE
WHERE TRAFFIC PATTERNS JUST
SIMPLY ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN
BUSES FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR OR
TWO A DAY IS JUST A LOT. [
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>> WERE EASY ACCESS AND PARKING
TICKETS , PLEASE LISTEN TO --
EVERY DAY, WE WANT -- THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HEATHER PEAL?
>> HEATHER PEELE, FRIENDS OF
THE MARKET. PARK PLACE IS NOT
-- PIKE PLACE IS NOT AN EVENT
STREET, IT'S A LIFELINE STREET
IN THE MARKET HISTORICAL
DISTRICT THAT'S THE ONLY
LOADING DOCK FOR THE MOST
HISTORIC PART OF THE MARKET AS
IT HAS SINCE 1907, PIKE PLACE
MARKET IS A WORKING MARKET AND
IS ALSO A COMMUNITY INCLUDING
LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, A SENIOR
CENTER, FOOD BANK, CHILDCARE,
AND A MEDICAL CLINIC . IT IS
NOT A PLACE TO HANG OUT. FOR
THESE REASONS, THE HANDS-ON
OPERATOR OF THE MARKET, THE PDA
NEEDS TO MANAGE THE STREET,
THE MARKET HAD TO BE SAVED FROM
CITIES PLANS AND DOES NOW TOO,
I SUPPORT AMENDMENT THREE,
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. KEEP PIKE PLACE OUT OF
THE PLAN AND LEVY, TRUST THE
PDA TO MANAGE THE STREET.
PLEASE ALSO BRING AN AMENDMENT
TO DELETE THE STREETCAR FROM
THE PLAN AND CONNECT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG FIRST
AVENUE BY BUS INSTEAD. THE
STREETCAR WOULD CHOKE THE
MARKETS -- BECAUSE IT SEVERELY
LIMITS ACCESS TO PIKE PLACE AND
LOADING AND UNLOADING FOR THE
MARKET. THANK YOU.
>> KRISTI McDONALD ?
>> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
BALLARD BUSINESS CONCERNS ABOUT
THE ROUTE 40 REVISION, THE
STATE ACCORDING TO SDOT ARE TO
REDUCE TRANSIT TIME, INCREASE
RELIABILITY. ALL THIS IS FOR
THE BEST, CALM TRAFFIC, AND
SAFETY. THESE ARE NOT THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP
FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN
BALLARD. I DON'T QUITE KNOW
HOW THE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM
THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED
WITH THE COMMUNITY'S
INVOLVEMENT HAS ARRIVED BUT
FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
BUSINESSES ON MARKET STREET AND
ELSEWHERE IN BALLARD, GETTING
DELIVERIES MATTERS , GETTING
CUSTOMERS TO AND FROM OUR
BUSINESS MATTERS ENORMOUSLY ON
THE MOST FREQUENT THING WE HEAR
IS STILL PARKING. I WANT TO SAY
I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S
CONCERN -- APPROACH TO PARKING
HAVING A TURNOVER, THERE IS
PARKING AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS
MOST OF THE TIME, THIS JUST
DOES NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S A
CONVERSATION. IT FEELS LIKE IT
IS -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KRISTI KHSB ?
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
ALL OF YOU. MY NAME IS KRISTI
KISBY, MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A
BUSINESS AND HAVE OWNED A
BUSINESS ON MARKET STREET FOR
23 YEARS. WE ARE HERE TO VOICE
OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACTS
THAT THE PROPOSED ROUTE 40 BUS
ONLY LANES THROUGH BALLARD WILL
HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY . WE ARE
BY NO MEANS ANTI-PUBLIC TRANSIT
, THE PROPOSED 24 SEVEN BUS
ONLY LANES EAST AND WEST ALONG
MARKET STREET AND ALREADY BUSY
CORRIDOR WILL ELIMINATE TWO
TRAVEL LANES IN ADDITION, IT
WILL REMOVE THE SCARCE PERSON
-- PARKING SPACES AND LOADING
ZONES ON HER STREET, BOTH OF
WHICH REALLY ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR
BUSINESSES LIKE OURS, WE HAVE
CUSTOMERS WHO COME TO ANNIE'S
FROM ALL OVER THE CITY,
ACTUALLY ALL OVER THE AREA AND
THEY COME TO US EXPECTING TO
BE ABLE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD
PROJECTS FOR FRAMING, WE HAVE A
FRAME SHOP SO WE KINDLY ASK
THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS
SUSAN LAPEL, I OWN PALLING 10
PROPERTIES ON WESTLAKE AVENUE
NORTH AND HAVE SEVEN SMALL
BUSINESS TENANTS, I WANT TO
MAKE THREE POINTS. ONE IS THAT
WE NEED TO ALLOW FREIGHT
DELIVERY WHENEVER THE TENANTS
NEED IT WHILE SDOT HAS
PROPOSED A SPECIAL FREIGHT AND
BUS LANE, IT'S REALLY JUST
TRYING TO AMELIORATE THE
PROBLEM OF A BUS ONLY LANE.
THAT'S THE WORST PART OF
THIS, THE SECOND IS AROUND
CONGESTION. THE ONLY TIME WE
HAVE CONGESTION IS WHEN THE
FREMONT BRIDGE GOES UP, THAT'S
CONGESTION GOING NORTH WITH A
BUS ONLY LANE, THE CONGESTION
WILL BE WORSE. THE THIRD IS MY
COLLEAGUE, MIKE STEWART SAID WE
WOULD LIKE YOU TO HELP US --
GET SDOT TO WORK WITH US TO
MAKE THIS PLAN WORK FOR
EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. EVA OTTO?
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS EVA
OTTO AND I'M A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER IN FREMONT. I'M HERE TO
TALK ABOUT ROUTE 40. I'M ALSO
A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL, WE'VE MET WITH ROUTE
40 , SDOT AND TALK TO THEM. I
DID NOT FEEL LIKE THEY WERE
LISTENING. WE HAVE PROBABLY
OVER 100 BUSINESSES ALONG 36 IN
FREMONT THAT WILL BE IMPACTED
BY ROUTE 40, THEY ARE SUPER
SMALL AND ALL ONE-STORY
BUSINESSES, MOM-AND-POP SHOPS
THAT DEPEND ON PARKING TO GET A
QUICK RUN IN , PICK UP THAT SET
OF FLOWERS. WHETHER IT IS PICK
SOMETHING UP FOR YOUR PET, SO I
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I
TOTALLY SUPPORT ROUTE 40 AND
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT COME TO
OUR COMMUNITY, JUST TO NOT TAKE
AWAY ALL THE PARKING FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES. PLEASE HELP US
FIND A COMPROMISE AND
COMMUNICATE WITH SDOT THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> MARGIE FREEMAN .
>> GOOD MORNING, MARGIE FREEMAN
HERE. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. A
COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS ABOUT
ROUTE 40 PARKING, EXPRESS BUSES
, MATH, FREIGHT LANES. 70
MINUTES IS WHAT IT TAKES FROM
GOING TO SOUTH SEATTLE UP TO
NORTHGATE, WE WILL SAY FIVE
MINUTES FOR THESE DEDICATED
LANES, IT DOES NOT WORK. THE
IMPACT OF THE TRAVEL TIME FOR
THE GENERAL TRANSPORTATION
LANES IS HUGE. THERE WILL BE
FRUSTRATION, AND THERE WILL BE
ACCIDENT. THE FREIGHT LANES
THEY HAVE. FOR SHARING THE BUS
LINE, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THEY ONLY DO IT FOR A YEAR,
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT?
FREIGHT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE INTO OUR
SMALL BUSINESSES, PARKING IS
TOO. WE WISH SDOT WOULD WORK
WITH US, THANK YOU.
>> JANICE STAMM ?
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TO YOU
THIS MORNING. I'M HERE TO TALK
ABOUT LEARY AVENUE AND THE BUS
ONLY ROUTE. I LIVE ON LEARY
AVENUE IN THE SAME ERA
COMMUNITY AT BALLARD LANDMARK
AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM US
IS GOING TO BE A NORTHBOUND ,
BUS ONLY LANE WHICH MEANS THERE
WILL BE NO PARKING ON THE
EASTERN SIDE OF LEARY . THAT
MEANS THAT DELIVERY TRUCKS,
MOVING TRUCKS, AND OTHER
VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
STOP OR PARK ON THE EAST SIDE .
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT MOVING
TRUCK HAVING TO MOVE FURNITURE
ACROSS LITERALLY THROUGH THE
CANAL STATION FOR EXAMPLE?
THERE IS MUCH CONGESTION ON THE
ROAD , ON LEARY AVENUE RIGHT
NOW. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO
THAT. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL
RECONSIDER -- AND HELP US WORK
WITH SDOT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEIL EDWARDS.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK . I AM
NEIL EDWARDS, THE DIRECTOR OF
BALLARD LANDMARK , WE ARE AN
ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY .
I'M HERE TO SHARE MY
OPPOSITION TO THE START
PROPOSAL TO HAVE THE BUS ONLY
LANES OBVIOUSLY, SPECIFICALLY
THROUGH BALLARD AND LEARY
AVENUE. A COUPLE OF REASONS, IT
IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE PROJECT
IS GOING TO INTERACT OR
INTERFACE WITH ANOTHER
POTENTIAL , FUTURE PROJECT,
THAT BEING THE MISSING LINK
BIKE TRAIL. A COMBINATION OF
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE A BIG
CONCERN FOR A NUMBER OF OTHERS
HERE TODAY, ONE THING THAT IS
CLEAR TO HIGHLIGHT, THE
ELIMINATION OF PARKING ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF OUR STREET,
LEARY WILL FORCE EVERYTHING IN
FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT
POSES A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY
RISK FOR RESIDENTS SUCH AS
JANICE AND ABOUT 160 OTHER
SENIOR CITIZENS THAT -- [
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>> THANK YOU.
>> EUGENE WASSERMAN ?
>> I AM EUGENE WASSERMAN,
PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH SEATTLE
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME PARTS
COALITION ORGANIZATION, ONLY
IN BALLARD OR FREMONT CAN YOU
HAVE INDUSTRIAL COMING
ALONGSIDE RETAIL BUSINESSES
AND STUFF, WE TRY TO WORK WITH
SDOT FOR THREE YEARS ON THIS
PROJECT, WE HIRE OUR OWN
TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT TO
WORK WITH SDOT, THEY HAVE
REFUSED TO WORK WITH THOSE,
THEY HAVE INFORMATION, WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HOW THEY BASE THEIR
INFORMATION, THEY REFUSE TO
GIVE IT TO US, THEY PROMISE IT
AND NEVER DELIVER IT, THEY ALSO
LIKE TO US ABOUT HOW -- ALL
THESE BUSINESSES THAT THEY TOLD
US THEY TALK TO. THEY PUT THIS
PROJECT TOGETHER, IT TURNS OUT
THEY WEREN'T. THIS IS NOT HOW
AS A NEW COUNSEL, I WAS ONE OF
THE LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE
GET ANYTHING DONE, WHICH YOU
ALL NICELY SUPPORTED IS WE GO
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OR
THE MAYOR. WE DO NOT GET THAT
HELP FROM SDOT. [
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>> THANK YOU.
>> P TANNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL, MY
NAME IS PETE HANNING, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE
ARE HERE TODAY NOT TO VOICE
OPPOSITION BUT TO ENSURE THIS
PROJECT IS VOTED ON BY THE
PEOPLE MAKES THE BEST USE OF
ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS
WHO LIVE ALONG THIS VITAL
CORRIDOR. THIS NETWORK OF
ROADS GOES THROUGH CRITICAL
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME ZONE LANDS,
THREE VIBRANT AND DISTINCT
DISTRICTS COMPROMISING HUNDREDS
OF SMALL BUSINESSES, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND IS
A DESIGNATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR,
BY IMPLEMENTING BUS ONLY LANES
24 SEVEN, SDOT EXPECTS
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO
TRAVEL TIME, WE HAVE ADVOCATED
FOR BUS ONLY LANES MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AT PEAK TIMES
ONLY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT, IT
IF IT -- IMPLEMENTED, THAT IS
APPROVED HOWEVER, THEY
ANTICIPATE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
SUCH AS -- VEHICULAR CAPACITY
CONSTRICTION OF LOADING ZONES
AND LOSS OF SHORT-TERM PARKING
AND SEVERE BACKUPS IN
CONGESTION WILL OCCUR, OUR
LARGE COALITION KINDLY ASKED
THIS COMMITTEE REQUESTS SDOT
TO RE-ENGAGE WITH OUR COALITION
TO ENSURE THE BEST OUTCOME
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CLARA CANTOR?
>> SORRY. THIS ONE? GO AHEAD.
>> IS THAT BETTER? HI, MY NAME
IS CLARA CANTOR, A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER WITH SEATTLE
GREENWAYS, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
AMENDMENTS WITH THE DRAMATIC
NEED TO FUND THE SIDEWALKS IN
OUR CITY, SEATTLE IS MISSING
829 MILES OF SIDEWALK AND
BUILDING THEM AT A RATE OF ONE
.7 MILES PER YEAR IS LAUGHABLY
INADEQUATE AND PUT THIS ON A
TIMELINE OF 500 YEARS BEFORE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN
ACCESS MOST CITIES. I AM ALSO
HERE TO ASK YOU TO OPPOSE
COUNCILMEMBER CADDELL'S
AMENDMENT EXCLUDING PIKE PLACE
MARKET FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF
FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
STREETS IN PARTS OF THE MARKET.
MAKING PIKE PLACE MARKET
ESTRIN FRIENDLY IS SUPPORTED BY
OVER 80% OF VOTERS IN SEATTLE
AND A MAJORITY OF MARKET
VENDORS, EVEN THE PIKE PLACE
PDA LONG-TERM PLAN POINTS
TOWARDS A DIFFERENT WAY TO
MANAGE THE STREET IN FRONT OF
THE MARKET. THERE ARE MANY WAYS
TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW
DELIVERIES AND FREIGHT AXIS
WHILE WE MAKE THE STREETS SAFER
AND MORE JOYFUL , BETTER ACCESS
TO THE MARKET FOR EVERYBODY.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROHIBIT
US FROM EVEN HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. I'M ALSO
STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
ROUTE 40 MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
REMOTE SPEAKERS . THE FIRST ONE
THAT WE HAVE IS SCOTT BUT YOU
CAN -- SCOTT, YOU NEED TO
PRESS STAR SIX.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS, MY NAME IS SCOTT
BEJUKIAN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT
TWO REPRESENTING A COALITION
OF ADVOCATES ASKING FOR HIGHER
MITIGATION WORK INTO THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE
INCLUDE I-5, THE PARTNERSHIP,
AND THE COALITION. WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THESE PROJECTS
ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE DRAFT PLAN
TO SEE BETTER COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS 321 FROM LAST YEAR,
OUR PROJECTS ARE REAL AND
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, WE HAVE
HAD MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER
HOURS, AND ACROSS ALL COUNCIL
DISTRICTS, WE HAVE SECURED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING
FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, WE
OFFER CITYWIDE VISION FOR SAFER
AND WILL MAINTAIN ROAD NETWORK
INCLUDING BETTER PLACES FOR
PEOPLE, AND EVERYONE AS ONE
SEATTLE, WE HAVE A COMMENT
LETTER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS,
OUR FIRST IS TO ADD PROJECTS
THROUGH THE LARGE PROJECT LIST
UNDER THE IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY, SECOND, TO INTEGRATE
MORE HIGH MITIGATION WORK --
INTO CHAPTER 3. THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES TO OUR CITY, AND
COALITION TO WORK WITH YOU ON
THIS.
>> OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MEGAN
CRUZ.
>> MEGAN, YOU NEED TO PRESS
STAR SIX PLEASE .
MEGAN, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT PERSON, WE WILL GET
YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> SORRY, I HIT IT THREE TIMES.
SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> OKAY, SUPER. I AM MEGAN
CRUZ SPEAKING ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE
BLUEPRINT TO ENSURE SEATTLE'S
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO WORK WITH
BUILDINGS WITH OVER 120,000 NEW
RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT 20
YEARS HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT
HAVE A PLAN FOR FREIGHT, THE
AVERAGE U.S. HOUSEHOLD RECEIVES
162 PACKAGES A YEAR AND THIS IS
CONSISTENT WITH PACKAGES TO
DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL --
e-COMMERCE DELIVERIES ARE
GROWING BY DOUBLE DIGITS
ANNUALLY IN THE NEW PLAN CALLS
FOR BIGGER URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHEN THEY CANNOT FIND PARKING,
WE KNOW THE PROBLEM STILL
SPILLS INTO THE STREET CAUSING
A CHAIN REACTION WITH CHEMISTRY
-- COLLISION AND PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY. THE STATES WITHOUT FREE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THERE MAY
NOT BE ENOUGH FLOATING DOCKS
MAKING THE MORE DEPENDENT ON --
AVOID THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE
SEEN DOWNTOWN, WE NEED THE
FREIGHT POLICY BACKED BY THE
RESIDENTIAL VOTING
RECOMMENDATION. I HOPE THAT THE
COMMITTEE CAN HELP INITIATE
THIS -- THANKS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS MAGGIE HAYNES.
MAGGIE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
MAGGIE, ARE YOU THERE?
>> HELLO, THIS IS MAGGIE
HAYNES, A MEMBER -- FRIENDS OF
THE MARKET, I WANT TO SUPPORT
ROBERT KETTLE'S AMENDMENT
THREE TO THE RESOLUTION, WE
SUPPORT EXCLUDING THE PIKE
PLACE EVENT STREET NUMBER ONE
BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EVENT
STREET, IT'S A PLACE WHERE
LOCAL PRODUCERS, THEY
SOMETIMES SELL, WERE PART --
CARS OR PEDESTRIANS MOVE VERY
WELL, SOMETIMES I CALL IT A
SLOW DANCE . THERE IS ALREADY
PRIORITY GIVEN TO PEDESTRIANS.
IT IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE BOTH
THE WORD EVENT STREET AND
REMOVING PIKE PLACE FROM THE
FUTURE -- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOHN TURNBULL? GO FOR IT,
JOHN. JOHN, YOU ARE UNMUTED.
>> I AM?
>> YES.
>> GO AHEAD, JOHN.
>> JOHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
START YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE?
>> JOHN, WE WILL COME BACK TO
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEEN MACK
CLEAR, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS COLLEEN
MacLEAR. THE PROCESS BEHIND
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
RESOLUTION HAS NOBLE
INTENTIONS. THAT OFFER
PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR
ANALYSIS TO MAKE CHANGES IN
POLICY FOR PLANS IN THE FUTURE,
DATA IS MISSING ABOUT
EFFECTIVENESS IN THE PROJECT WE
HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST 10
YEARS, THE CITY'S WORK PATTERN
CHANGING TO TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND
CONGESTION IN THE TIMES,
THAT'S ABOUT HOW WELL THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMED WITH
THE GROWTH OF YOUR URBAN
VILLAGES AND BOTTLENECKS THEY
HAVE CREATED. DATA IS MISSING
ABOUT TRIP GENERATION AND
TRAVEL TIMES FOR MORE
DELIVERIES, AND ROAD
CONDITIONS, SIDEWALK CONDITIONS
FOR MILES. THE DATA IS MISSING
ABOUT BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, AND
DATA IS MISSING ABOUT THE
SAFETY ISSUES REPORTED TO
TRANSIT USERS AS WELL AS THE
TRAFFIC DELAYS CREATED BY --
AND THE EFFECT ON SMALL
BUSINESSES WHICH GO TO TODAY,
WE ASK YOU GET MORE DATA AND
ANSWERS FROM GET A VERY NARROW
SCOPE WHICH THEY PUT THIS PLAN
TOGETHER, USE WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED TO MAKE IT A BETTER
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE FOR
MOBILITY AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
-- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DAVID HAYNES?
>> HI, DAVID HAYNES, SDOT CAN
AND WON'T EVEN FIX ALL THE
POTHOLES ON THE ROUTE 40
BETWEEN BALLARD AND SOUTH LAKE
UNION, IT BREAKS APART THE BUS
AND INJURES YOUR SPINE PLUS
THEY REFUSE TO COORDINATE WITH
KING COUNTY METRO AND THE
SEATTLE POLICE TO DEAL WITH ALL
OF THESE EVIL, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
LOW-LEVEL DRUG PUSHERS AND
DRUGGIE METH HEADS WHO TAKE
OVER THE BUS STOP'S THAT MADE
LIFE A LIVING -- NOT EVEN
TAKING THE TRANSPORTATION EVER
AGAIN, BUYING A CAR OR RELYING
ON YOUR BIKE, SO MAYBE KEEP
THEM A LITTLE MORE HONEST
BEFORE THEY START TEARING UP
MORE ROADS AND QUITE FRANKLY, I
THINK WE STILL NEED TO STOP
DRIVING THROUGH PIKE PLACE
MARKET BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING
HELL LIKE A MODERN THIRD WORLD
INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU NEED TO
TAKE THAT CONNECTOR AND PUT IT
ON THE WATERFRONT SO IT IS MORE
ENJOYABLE . IT WOULD BE A LOT
CHEAPER. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE
-- NEVE ACHANTA.
>> HELLO. JUST CONFIRMING THAT
YOU HEAR ME. I AM NEVE
ACHANTA, I AM PART OF THE
FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IT'S
BEEN GREAT SEEING PEOPLE ON THE
PHONE, I THINK IT IS ME TO CALL
PEOPLE NAMES BUT THE REASON
I'M HERE IS TO SUPPORT ROUTE
40, I TAKE THE BUS AND TO HAVE
A CAR, WHEN CONGESTION GOES UP,
I'M MORE LIKELY TO RIDE THE
BUS AND I THINK THAT ROUTE 40
NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED AND I
THINK SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
AWESOME, LOVE THEM AND DIE AS A
FREMONT RESIDENT ONLY GET TWO
SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE BUS ON
MY BICYCLE, I'M STRONGLY IN
FAVOR OF BETTER BUS ONLY LANES
AND I DON'T WANT THE CONCERN
OF DELIVERIES TO BE MIXED UP
WITH PARKING SPACES, THOSE ARE
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AS
SOMEONE THAT USES TRANSIT WAY
MORE THAN PARKING, I WANTED TO
JUST SAY THAT I'M HIGHLY IN
SUPPORT OF BETTER BUS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND I ALSO LOVE
THE EMPHASIS ON SDOT WORKING
WITH COMMUNITIES BETTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, CARTER PORTWOOD.
>> CARTER, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL
RIGHT. I AM CARTER PORTWOOD. I
LIVE A FEW BLOCKS FROM
DISTRICT SIX AND REGULARLY TAKE
ROUTE 40 AS WELL AS DRIVE,
WALK, AND BIKE ALONG THE CORE
DOOR. I'M PERSONALLY EXCITED
FOR THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE BUS AND FREIGHT LANES
THAT WILL IMPROVE RELIABILITY
AND SPEED. I USE ROUTE 40 TO
PATRONIZE BUSINESSES IN BALLARD
AND FREMONT, I EXPECT MANY
OTHERS DO. SDOT HAS DONE
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON
ROUTE 40 AND COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE IN
SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT IN SPITE
OF WHAT A SMALL -- MEISEI.
THESE BUS AND FREIGHT LANES
IMPROVE TRANSIT FOR OVER 700
WRITERS A DAY, REMOVING THEM IN
FAVOR OF EMPTY PARKING SPACES
WOULD BE INCREDIBLY
SHORTSIGHTED THAT COSTS AN
INCREASE IN DENSITY, SEATTLE'S
EFFICIENCY -- THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> YONAH GONZALEZ?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI, MY
NAME IS YONAH GONZALEZ. I'M
CALLING AND SUPPORT FOR ROUTE
40, I LIVE IN BALLARD, AND
ROUTE 40 IS HOW I GET AROUND
INTO FREMONT, IT IS DOWNTOWN.
MY HUSBAND TAKES THIS TO GO TO
AND FROM WORK SOMETIMES AND HE
MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES HOW HE
CAN'T EVEN -- DURING PEAK
HOURS. I JUST WANT TO THANK
SDOT FOR LISTENING TO THE
COMMUNITY AND -- HOW THE
FREIGHTS CAN POTENTIALLY WORK,
GETTING BOTH BUSES AND --
MAKE A PLAN FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU. KEVIN TROUT?
>> HELLO, TESTING IN MY COMING
THROUGH? EXCELLENT. HI THERE,
MY NAME IS KEVIN TROUT, I LIVE
IN BALLARD AND WORK IN FREMONT
, I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
THE ROUTE 40 PROJECT AND REALLY
JUST UPPING OUR TRANSPORTATION
GAME IN GENERAL IS ANYONE THAT
HAS WALKED AROUND, BEEN AROUND
OR IN THE CITY , WE ARE
EXPANDING TREMENDOUSLY, LOTS OF
PLACES ARE GOING FROM
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING AND
MULTIFAMILY UNITS , THAT KIND
OF DENSITY IS LOVELY AND
CREATES A VIBRANT CITY, AND A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE,
IT ALSO MEANS WE ARE IN A SPOT
WHERE WE CAN'T FEASIBLY HAVE
EVERYONE HAVE A CAR, WHAT THAT
MEANS IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
BE PRIORITIZING HOW WE ARE
LETTING PEOPLE GET AROUND THE
CITY, RIGHT, THE FREEDOM TO
CHOOSE HOW TO GET AROUND. WHEN
WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
INCENTIVIZE THAT AS PEOPLE
RESPOND TO -- IT IS GOING
THROUGH THINGS LIKE HAVING BUS
ONLY LANES, I'M HERE CALLING
SUPPORT. I THINK IT IS A
REALLY LOVELY IDEA AND --
>> OKAY, JOHN TURNBULL, CAN YOU
TRY AGAIN TO PRESS STAR SIX?
>> OKAY, LET'S TRY THIS.
>> WE HEAR YOU.
>> DOES THAT WORK, GREAT. I AM
JOHN TURNBULL SPEAKING WITH 40
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING
AND OPERATING PIKE PLACE
MARKET, AND AREAS OF FIRST
AVENUE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT
OUT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,
THERE IS A SECTION CALLED
CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT WHICH
THRUSTS PHYSICAL ACCESS NEEDS,
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT IN
BALLARD THAT APPLIES TO THE
LENGTH OF FIRST AVENUE WHERE
THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES,
HOTELS, LOW INCOME HOUSING AND
OTHER DESTINATIONS AS WELL AS
THE MARKET, THAT'S THE ONLY
PLACE ALONG THE CURBSIDE WHERE
YOU TAKE DELIVERIES, EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS, FIRST RESPONDERS.
DROP-OFFS, PICKUPS, IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO MAKING THESE
FUNCTIONAL STREETS AND SIDEWALK
AREAS. THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
FOR IT SELF, WHEN WE GET TO
TRANSIT BECAUSE THEY TALK
ABOUT LIVING -- ALL THE
CURBSIDE PARKING MOVING AT THE
DELIVERIES AND DIVIDE PLACE, IT
IS TOTALLY INCONSISTENT, THE
MARKET NEEDS TO BE MANAGED
BETTER AND --
>> OKAY. IT THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
FOR CLARK FILE 314512,
ELIZABETH WILDER , JIM ARGO,
MEGAN DEUTSCH, BRIAN REAGAN,
MIKE PECK YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO
THAT MATTER AND NOT TO OKAY IT.
WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THAT DARK FILE FOR
YOU TO SPEAK.
>> ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA?
>> THESE TWO ARE HERE FOR
ROUTE 40.
>> OKAY. WE ALREADY HEARD FROM
JIM AND HEARD FROM ELIZABETH I
THINK, ELIZABETH WILDER?
OKAY, MEGAN DEUTSCH .
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY, MY NAME IS
MEGAN DEUTSCH AND I'M
REPRESENTING THE LANDMARK ALONG
-- WITH OTHER -- JANICE THE
VIBRANT, INDEPENDENT ASSISTED
LIVING COMMUNITY, 170 RESIDENTS
IN BALLARD LOCATED AT 4533
BERRY AVENUE, BALLARD AVENUE.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY
OPPOSITION ABOUT S. PROPOSED
ROUTE 40 BUS ONLY LANE TO
FREMONT IN BALLARD AND CONTRARY
TO OTHER COLORS, I HAVE YET TO
MEET ANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS,
THE ADDITION OF THE 24 SEVEN
NORTHBOUND ONLY BUS ONLY LANE
ON THE AVENUE NORTHWEST
BETWEEN 20th AVENUE NORTHWEST
AND NORTH WEST MARKET STREET
WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL ACCESS
AND IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES
AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL
COMMUTES, RETIREMENT
COMMUNITIES -- ALONG THE CORN
OR -- QUARTER. IT'S A HIGHLY
TRAFFICKED TURNPIKE CONNECTION
TO RESIDENTS, WORKERS, AND
VISITORS TO BALLARD.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR ELDERLY
RESIDENTS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT -- THREE
TO FIVE TIMES WEEKLY ON LEARY
AVENUE TO ASK FOR THE FACILITY,
DUE TO THE TERRIBLE -- IT
REQUIRES EMS SERVING --
ESSENTIALLY USING IT AS A FIRE
LANE NOT ONLY TO SPOT A
LANDMARK BUT ALSO OTHER
BUSINESSES --
>> THANK YOU MA'AM, YOUR TIME
IS UP.
>> BRIAN REAGAN?
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME PERIOD I AM A PEDESTRIAN
IN SOME OF THE LEARY ROUTE 40.
>> WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR
PUBLIC TRANSIT FLEET AND KEEP
ROUTES THAT ARE EFFICIENT THAT
SERVE THE HIGH DEMAND THERE IS
AS WELL AS THOSE LESS
ACCESSIBLE HOWEVER, THE PLAN TO
TURN ROUTE 40 INTO A BUS
FREEWAY IS BOTH A WASTE OF
MONEY AND EXTREMELY INVASIVE TO
THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LITTLE
TO SHOW FOR IT. WALKING ON OUR
SIDEWALKS NEXT TO PARKING
LANES FEELS MUCH SAFER TO ME
THAN NEXT TO TRANSIT ONLY
LANES LIKE YOU HAVE ON THIRD
AVENUE DOWNTOWN . THE IDEA THAT
WE CAN OR SHOULD BECOME A CAR
FREE CITY HAS NO MERIT . THE
PROPOSED BUS ONLY LANES WOULD
SQUEEZE ALL THE CARS INTO
TRAFFIC JAMS SPEWING MORE
CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE AIR
THAN THEY DO NOW, BICYCLISTS
WOULD HAVE TO FEND FOR
THEMSELVES.
>> THANK YOU. MIKE PECK?
>> HELLO, iMAC PECK AND HOLD
BUSINESSES, BEEN A
BUSINESSPERSON FOR 40 YEARS,
I'M REPRESENTING SMALL
BUSINESSES AND OUR BUILDING
THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED
DIRECTLY BY A BUS CURB -- BUS
THAT WILL BE STOPPING TRAFFIC
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY
INTERSECTION. THESE BUSINESSES
ARE FOUR WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED AS LONG AS 35
YEARS, THIS BUS CONFIGURATION
IS GOING TO DROP THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE BUS RIGHT INTO THE
LINGERIE STORE THAT HAPPENS TO
BE ADJACENT TO IT, THERE IS
ALSO ANOTHER BUSINESS NEXT DOOR
UTILIZING SOME OF THE SIDEWALK
AND THE EATING AREA FOR PUBLIC
-- IT'S BEING IMPACTED BY THIS
AS WELL. THAT IS MOVE THE BUS
STOP A HALF OF BLOCK NORTH TO
THE STATUE AND WE HAVE ALL THE
-- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU,
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS AND WE WILL NOW
PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON
TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION
32132. A RESOLUTION PROVIDING
AN HONORARY DESIGNATION OF 8th
AVENUE
>> WILL OUR PRESENTER JOIN US
ON THE TABLE? SURE YOUR
PRESENTATION ONCE READY, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> I'M CALVIN WITH COUNSEL
CENTRAL STUFF, ITEM ONE IS
32132, IT WOULD ESTABLISH AN
HONORARY NAME DESIGNATION FOR
EIGHTH AVENUE BETWEEN SENECA
AND SPRING AS -- HARMON WAY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WOULD
OFFER THEM TO SPEAK TO HER
RESOLUTION.
>> YES, THANK YOU, CALVIN.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS,
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME
ON THIS AND THANK YOU, CHAIR.
WE ARE HARMON, FOR THOSE I DO
NOT KNOW WAS THE EXECUTIVE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FOR 17 YEARS
AND REALLY TURNED IT INTO A
FOCAL POINT FOR CIVIC LIFE,
ARTS, AND CULTURE, POLITICAL
DISCUSSION, MUSIC, IN 2015,
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE
NAMED HIM ONE OF 15 PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD REALLY RUN SEATTLE AND I
THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS
FOCUS ON COMMUNITY AND MAKING
SURE WE ALL REMEMBER TO STAY
ENGAGED WITH ONE ANOTHER, HE
WAS A MUSICIAN, SCHOLAR, A HUGE
MARINERS FAN , AND A LOVING
HUSBAND AND FATHER . OUR KIDS
WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOGETHER AND
TO MANY MARINERS GAMES TOGETHER
SO I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION ON HIS
BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HIS
FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE TOWN HALL
SEATTLE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO ANY
OF MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AS WELL?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON BRINGING THIS TO
LIFE AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH
COMMUNITY TO HONOR, WE ARE
HARMON IN THIS WAY. THIS IS
TERRIFIC. I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADOPTION
OF RESOLUTION 32132, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION, ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
32132.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>>'S YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER TANYA WOO?
VICE CHAIR JOY HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR ROB SAKA?
>> AYE. THERE ARE FIVE VOTES
IN FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION
THAT COUNSEL ADOPT RESOLUTION
32132 WILL BE SENT TO THE
APRIL 9th, 2024 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. NOW, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AGAIN FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE NOW MOVE ON
TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF IS AND IS
, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION
-- RES 32131 A RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
SUPERSEDING THE BIKE , FREIGHT,
AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANS.
>> THANK YOU, WE PROCEED WITH
THE DISCUSSION OF THE
AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED THE
MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED , WILL CENTRAL STAFF
MEMBERS PLEASE JOIN US AT THE
TABLE, ALREADY THERE. SO, NOW
COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO HERE IS WE ARE JUST GOING
TO GO AROUND -- ROUND ROBIN AND
SHARE OUR THOUGHTS ON EACH OF
THE AMENDMENTS , GOING TO GIVE
EACH MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ON YOUR OWN AMENDMENT,
HERE ANY -- AND ENTERTAIN ANY
QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. FOR MANY
OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE, WE WILL
START WITH VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH AND GO WITH THE
OTHER MEMBERS I HAD AMENDMENTS
AND WE WILL ALLOW OUR
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
AS WELL TO SPEAK ON HER
AMENDMENT . GO AHEAD, MADAM
VICE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, CHAIR
ROB SAKA, I APPRECIATE YOUR
HELP AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS , I KNOW IT IS A BIG
UNDERTAKING FOR OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THEN
ALSO YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR
PLATE . THANK YOU, SIR. I WANT
TO THANK CALVIN AS WELL FOR
HELPING . I KNOW I WAS
LAST-MINUTE ON SOME STUFF,
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN THE
WORK IN HELPING US SO THE
AMENDMENTS THAT I'M PROPOSING
THAT I'M GOING TO BE
SUBMITTING TO CHAIR ROB SAKA
AFTER THIS MEETING , THEY ARE
BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM
SOME CONSTITUENTS IN THE
DISTRICT THREE, NOT A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST BUT IT'S A
FEW PROJECTS EMPHASIZING THE
IMPACT OF THE DISTRICT AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THE
FIRST ONE WE HAVE HEARD LOUD
AND CLEAR, THE LATE EIGHT,
METRO EIGHT IS ONE OF THE EIGHT
BUSIEST WEEKDAY ROUTES IN THE
SYSTEM WHILE HAVING FOURTH
WORST ON-TIME PERFORMANCE. I
KNOW WE ARE NOT METRO, WE DO
DEAL WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
HELPS METRO PROVIDE SOME
SERVICES . I KNOW THAT WRITERS
ARE LOSING THOUSANDS OF HOURS
A DAY WAITING FOR THE BUS.
IT'S ALSO A LINE I USE AS WELL
GOING HOME. THAT'S PROJECT 35
OF THE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT
LIST THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE
IN THE LEVEE, I'M ALSO ASKING
SDOT TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD CORRIDOR,
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ROADS, MLK
AND 23rd WE HAVE IMPROVE THE
SAFETY ON THAT HAVE PUSHED
PEOPLE TO USE THE LAKE
WASHINGTON CORRIDOR AS THEY ARE
TRAVELING NORTH AND SOUTH OR
FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT ON
TWO SOUTH SEATTLE . WE ARE
ASKING SDOT TO LOOK AT SOME OF
THOSE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
SAFETY ON THAT 25 MPH, WE HAVE
SEEN STOP -- TOP SPEEDS OF 70
MPH AND THERE'S A LOT OF
RESIDENCE ALONG THE ROAD THAT
WOULD LIKE SAFETY EFFORTS TO BE
IMPROVED AS THAT, THE FIRST --
13 I'M ASKING IS FOR SDOT TO
UNDERSTAND THE ROLE IN PUBLIC
SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE
HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
WITH GUN VIOLENCE LAST YEAR AT
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT HIGH
SCHOOLS. WE HAD A DRIVE BY
SHOOTING AT GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS WE HEARD FROM PARENTS
AND FROM KIDS IS THAT TRAFFIC
CALMING AROUND SCHOOLS IS SUPER
HELPFUL AND IT HELPS CREATE
THE SAME MEASURES WHETHER IT'S
CROSSWALKS, WHETHER IT'S
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS TO
CREATE TRAFFIC CALMING AROUND
SCHOOLS WHICH IS HUGE. IF WE
CAN MAKE IT HARDER FOR DRIVE-BY
NEIGHBORHOODS, HARDER TO DRIVE
INTO NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMMIT
DIFFERENT CRIMES AND THEN SPEED
AWAY. WE CAN PREVENT SOME
TRAGEDIES GOING ON IN OUR CITY
AS WELL. ALSO, WE HAVE HEARD
FROM A TON OF PEOPLE , THE CITY
IS SUPER DARK SECRETING SAFETY
RELATED ITEMS AND PEDESTRIAN
LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE
EXTREMELY HOT WILL AS WELL.
LIGHTING INCREASES BOTH SAFETY
AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, HELPS
PREVENT CRIME AND EASES THE
STRAIN ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AS WELL AND HELPS WITH THEIR
EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME AND
ACTIVATION IN THOSE AREAS AS
WELL. ALSO, LAST BIT -- LAST
BUT NOT LEAST. WE ALSO HAVE
SIDEWALKS , I KNOW THERE'S SOME
AMENDMENTS ON SIDEWALKS,
SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL BUT WE
KNOW HOW EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
THEY ARE TO OUR WALK ABILITY OF
THE CITY. THOSE ARE A FEW
AMENDMENTS I'M PASSING ON TO
YOU, CHAIR ROB SAKA AND I WILL
PASS ON THE MIC TO WHOEVER IS
NEXT ABOUT THEIRS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.
I WILL ACTUALLY GO TO MY LEFT
AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS . DO YOU
WANT TO SPEAK ON YOUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND AGAIN,
MY APOLOGIES FOR BRINGING MY
NEW -- I KNEW WE HAD SOMEONE
SMART TELL ME THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE ABOUT GOOD VIBES,
EVERYONE GETTING SOMETHING OR
WE ARE NOT DOING
PRIORITIZATION, NOT TALKING
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND
UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . I THINK
THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT HERE
LAST YEAR, WE CHANGED THE
ZONING IN THIS AREA. IT FROM
BEING INDUSTRIAL TO A NEW TYPE
OF INDUSTRIAL ESSENTIALLY,
ADDING GREATER PROTECTIONS FOR
THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE IN AND
AROUND 14th AVENUE, 14th AVENUE
IS THE LOCAL ACCESS STREET AS
COMPARED TO 15th AVENUE WHICH
IS THE ARTERIAL FOR FREIGHT,
LOOKS LIKE SDOT LEFT FREIGHT
OFF OF THE MAP FOR 14th SO
I'M ASKING TO PUT IT ON. IT'S
ALSO A GREATER LARGER COMMUNITY
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE
CREATE A STRONGER BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IN THIS
AREA? WE ARE GETTING -- WE
HAVE A CROSSWALK ON 15th AND
53rd, WE ARE GETTING ONE AT
51st AND ADDING IN RIGHT NOW
THE GREENWAY ON SIXTH, WHAT
ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE IF YOU
LOOK AT A MAP AND YOU DREW A
BOX , SIXTH ON THE EAST, 17th
ON THE WEST, 51st ON NORTH AND
53rd ON THE NORTH AND 51st ON
THE SOUTH. WITHIN THE ZONE
AROUND 14th ADDING PEDESTRIAN
AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
ALONG NINTH AND 11th CONNECTS
THE PUBLIC SPACE AT THE
TRIANGLE TO GILMAN PARK WHICH
IS ANOTHER OPEN AND PUBLIC
SPACE. THAT IS MY AMENDMENT,
CHAIR, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, LET'S SEE,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR ROB SAKA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU
FOR MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS
AND CHAIR FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS
AS WELL. I AM SUPPORTIVE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HIGHLIGHTING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE WHICH IS
THE ELEMENT, IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
IN ADDITION TO THE PLAN, A BIG
PIECE OF THAT WHICH GOES TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE
AMENDMENT IS FREIGHT, I OFTEN
TALK ABOUT LOADING DOCKS BUT
ANOTHER GOOD WORD IS FREIGHT ,
WE SHOULD SOLVE TOMORROW'S
PROBLEMS TODAY AND ADDRESS
FREIGHT IS SO KEY, ALSO FOR
BALLARD AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY, I'M ALSO IF YOU HAVE NOT
HEARD YET, I'M SUPPORTING MY
COLLEAGUE TO MY LAST,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND HER
FOCUS ON SIDEWALKS, MY
AMENDMENT TODAY IS RELATED TO
PIKE LACE MARKET. THE AMENDMENT
IS TO REMOVE THE NUMBER 65
FROM THE PLAN. I SHOULD STATE
FIRST , I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
DECREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXPAND THE USE OF CITY STREETS
. WE SHOULD LOOK TO HELP
PEDESTRIAN ICING A SEGMENT AND
CREATE COMMUNITY, IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT . I SHOULD SAY NOT
FORGET SIDEWALKS, I KNOW THAT
IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MEMBERS
HERE AND THE CHAMBER. I'M ALSO
SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL TO
DO THE SAME UP THE STREET THAT
WOULD BASICALLY -- ALONG THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
CENTER, AND THE POOL CREATING
BASICALLY A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT,
I'M IN SUPPORT OF
OPPORTUNITIES. PEDESTRIAN EYES
THEM, I UNDERSTAND GOOD
GOVERNANCE REQUIRES US TO LOOK
AT EACH PROJECT PROPOSAL AND
CHECK IN WITH NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND OBJECTIVE DECISION BASED
ON UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOT
THE SIDING WITH MORE OF THE
COOKIE-CUTTER APPROACH. TO THIS
POINT, THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
AND SPECIFICALLY PIKE PLACES
UNIQUE, IT'S BEEN ARE GOING
-- SINCE 1907 IN THE CITY WHERE
IT FALLS -- IS NOT WILLIAM
PENN'S PHILADELPHIA WHERE YOU
HAVE SQUARES GOING EVERYWHERE,
THAT'S RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF
FALLING INTO THE SEA, REMEMBER
OUR GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY,
THERE IS NO STREETS ON THESE
OTHER SITES IN NO FIRST AVENUE
FURTHER WEST. BASICALLY WE HAVE
ELLIOTT BED. THERE ARE NO
SERVICE ALLEYS, THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. THERE ARE NO LOADING
DOCKS ON PIKE PLACE MARKET,
PIKE PLACE ITSELF. I'M
RECEIVING DELIVERIES. IT IS A
BUSINESS. PIKE PLACE MARKET
IT'S A FARMERS MARKET AND YOU
HAVE MANY FARMS ACROSS THE
REGION. SOME ARE KNOWN FOR
SELLING COFFEE. THE CITY
ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC,
SOME WOULD SAY IT'S OKAY. AS
WE KNOW FROM TODAY'S PAPER
STORIES, WE HAVE MAJOR -- WE
CANNOT BE SUBSIDIZING
BUSINESSES IN A SYSTEM THAT IS
WORKING. TO THE POINT ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC . WHEN OUR CITY WAS
DOWN, PIKE PLACE MARKET UNDER
THE PDA COMMISSION PLUS THE
FOUNDATION OF FRIENDS IN THE
MARKETS STOOD OUT. THE MARKET
ORGANIZATION HAS DONE GREAT
SERVICE TO OUR CITY FOR OVER 50
YEARS BUT AS I SAID BEFORE,
ADVERSITY REVEALS AND THE
PANDEMIC WAS IN ADVERSITY AND
REVEALED WHAT HM PIKE PLACE
MARKET IS TO OUR CITY AND WHAT
SERVICE IT PROVIDES TO OUR CITY
. ONE THING I NOTE OFTENTIMES
IS THE FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL,
IF I HAVE VISITORS AND TAKE
THEM DOWN THE FISHERS TERMINAL
AND SAY HEY, THIS IS A FISHING
FLEET, THIS IS A REAL. THESE
FISHING VESSELS GO UP TO ALASKA
AND NORTH PACIFIC, WHEREVER IT
MAY BE. THIS IS REAL, THIS IS
NOT THE FISHERMAN'S WHARF
WHERE WE HAVE A FISHING VESSEL.
IN THAT SAME CONCEPT, IT
APPLIES TO THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET. IT IS NOT SOME DISNEY
PROJECT OR HOLLYWOOD, IT IS
REAL. IT IS THE MARKET, IT IS A
BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. SPEAKING OF MOVE
FORWARD, AGAIN, BACK TO GOOD
GOVERNANCE. IT REQUIRES
ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS AND IMPORTANTLY
LISTENS TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
THE OLD COUNCIL PRESENTED A
SOLUTION THAT DID NOT REALLY
HAVE ANY COLLABORATION, CLEARLY
AS YOU SAW FROM TESTIMONY THERE
IS NOT MUCH COLLABORATION
RELATED TO THE EVENT STREET
EVENT, NUMBER 65 THAT WE ARE A
NEW COUNSEL AND A NEW
TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY. WE
SHOULD REMOVE PIKE PLACE EVENT
STREET NUMBER 65 FROM THE SDP
AND I PROPOSE AND WILL TAKE
THIS ON, WE LOOK AT PIKE PLACE
AGAIN WITH FRESH EYES
ENGAGING, AND LISTENING TO ALL
STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE SDOT,
PIKE PLACE MARKET AND ALL THE
ELEMENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS ,
DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL, CITYWIDE GROUPS TO
INCLUDE SEATTLE GREENWAYS, I
INVITE GORDON AND CLARA, AND
EVERYBODY ELSE TO JOIN IN THIS
NEW LOOK AT PIKE PLACE MARKET,
ALSO THE DSA AND CHAMBER,
THAT'S MY PROPOSAL IS TO
REMOVE NUMBER 65 FROM THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. I
WILL ASSIST AND WORK WITH ALL
OF THE STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE
SEATTLE GREENWAYS, TO LOOK AT
THE MARKET AGAIN WITH PIKE
PLACE MARKET SO WE CAN LOOK AT
ALL THE ISSUES AND GET A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR
EVERYBODY. THAT IS MY
AMENDMENT, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, MOVING ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER TANYA WOO, I
KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK
BEHIND THE SCENES, ME AND YOU
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR FEEDBACK
WAS REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENT
, THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT I PUT
FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ANY
AMENDMENTS? FOR MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES?
>> I HAVE SOME REALLY QUICK
COMMENTS, I WANT TO THANK ALL
THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BRINGING
FORWARD THESE AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE VERY SET -- IMPORTANT, I
LEAN ON YOU TO BRING FORTH WHAT
IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR DISTRICTS,
I SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, THE
SIDEWALKS, MAKING SURE WE
PRESERVE OR BRING BACK OUR
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME ZONES ,
LOOKING AT WHAT IS WORKING,
WHAT IS NOT WORKING, BEING ABLE
TO PIVOT IF SOMETHING IS NOT
WORKING, THANK YOU, I SUPPORT
THESE AMENDMENTS AND I HAVE --
HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT
IMPLEMENTATION, THAT WE REALLY
INCORPORATE OUR PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
TANYA WOO. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
? PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK
ON YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, CHAIR FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND
BEING INVITED TO THE COMMITTEE,
ALSO THANK YOU TO CALVIN FOR
YOUR HELP WITH DRAFTING THIS
AMENDMENT. I KNOW THERE IS A
FAIR AMOUNT OF BACK AND FORTH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE.
JUST TO BEGIN, AS WE KNOW, THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WILL BE THE FOUNDATIONAL
DOCUMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING IN SEATTLE FOR AT
LEAST A DECADE THAT DOES THE
COMBINE PLACES AS PREVIOUSLY
SEPARATED PLAN SUCH AS THE
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, THERE
ARE OVER 11,000 MISSING
SIDEWALKS IN SEATTLE IN
DISTRICT FIVE ESPECIALLY, THERE
IS A DEFICIT OF SIDEWALKS, A
MAP PROVIDED BY SDOT SHOWS
THREE -- 6% OF THE MISSING
SIDEWALKS INTO DISTRICT FIVE
WHICH IS THE NORTH END, 85th
TO 145th TO LAKE WASHINGTON,
THAT'S QUITE THE GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRICT, THIS ISSUE DATES
BACK TO 1954 ANNEXATION. THIS
IS THE FIRST TRANSPORTATION
PLAN TO BE PROPOSED SINCE THE
ARRIVAL IN THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL SYSTEM , BEING ADOPTED
BY VOTERS IN 2013, I THINK THE
SORT OF HYPER FOCUS THAT WE ARE
REFLECTING MANY OF THE
AMENDMENTS HERE, WHICH IS
APPROPRIATE HERE FOR NEW
SIDEWALKS, WE DEFINITELY NEED
TO CLEARLY DELINEATE
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND
ESTABLISH BASELINE, ALSO
CLEARLY ARTICULATE GOALS. THE
2017 PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN
INCLUDED SUCH PERFORMANCE
MEASURES, GOALS AND A CLEAR
BASELINE FOR NEW SIDEWALKS . WE
NEED THAT IN OUR PLAN AS WELL,
THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING FORTH
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE . IT IS A
LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL BUT I WILL
TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PART
OF THE AMENDMENT AS A RECITAL
TO RULE RESOLUTION AND"
DIRECTLY FROM THE PEDESTRIAN
AMENDMENT OF THE DRAFT
TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH SAYS
QUOTE A QUALITY BUT HISTORY AND
NETWORK IS AT THE CORE OF
INEQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,
SIDEWALKS ARE THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF AN EFFECT OF
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK. MY
AMENDMENT WOULD INCORPORATE
THAT. ADDITIONALLY, AS TO THE
RESOLUTION THREE SECTIONS.
THIS WOULD AMEND THE PLAN
ITSELF, THE FIRST IS TO ADD A
NEW PERFORMANCE MEASURE WITH
THE PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT . WITH
THE DESIRED OUTCOME OF GROWING
THE PEDESTRIAN NUMBER THROUGH
ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS AND
ALTERNATIVE SIDEWALKS AS WE SAW
THE OTHER DAY ON OUR TOUR. A
PERFORMANCE MEASURE FOR THE
PERCENTAGE OF AREAS THAT HAVE
SIDEWALKS IN TIERS ONE THROUGH
FIVE. A BASELINE OF MISSING
SIDEWALKS BEGINNING IN THIS
YEAR IN THE COLD TO COMPLETE
THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IN TIERS
ONE THROUGH 3 X 20 44.
SECONDLY, SETTING A CLEAR
BASELINE THAT HAD A CITYWIDE
MAP THAT SHOWS MISSING
SIDEWALKS. THIS IS THE MAP THAT
YOU DO, CHAIR ROB SAKA
REQUESTED FOR SIDEWALKS ARE
MISSING AS WELL . THERE'S
MISSING SIDEWALKS BY TEARE,
HERE WE ARE FOR MAKING THAT
REQUEST FROM SDOT. IT ALSO
INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT TO THE
KEY MOVE ACTION WHICH IS
PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT OF THE PLAN
TO CONSTRUCT NEW SIDEWALKS OR
ALTERNATIVE SIDEWALKS ON ALL
WALKS THAT DO NOT HAVE
SIDEWALKS. I'M JUST
REITERATING THE LANGUAGE OF THE
AMENDMENT. I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE I SHARED THAT AMENDMENT
WITH SDOT AND THEY ARE
SUPPORTIVE . THEY FELT IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL OVER THE NEXT 20
YEARS TO HAVE COUNSEL PUT DOWN
A MARKER BOTH FOR THE UPCOMING
RENEWAL, DELIBERATIONS, ALSO
FOR FUTURE FUNDING DECISIONS
BEYOND THAT. IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE COUNSEL MAKE A
STRONG STATEMENT WHEN IT COMES
TO HOW WE APPROACH GRANT AND
OTHER LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES
GOING FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK
SDOT YOU FURTHER COLLABORATION
ON THIS AND TO THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT
AMENDMENT AND PRESENTED TO --
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE . YEAH, SO SIDEWALKS ARE
CLEARLY -- ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS
SPECIFICALLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME PERSONALLY AS CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I
VIEW IT AS ONE OF OUR KEY,
URGENT RESPONSIBILITIES TO
ADDRESS. THERE'S A LOT OF
POLITICAL ELECTED LEADERS IN
THE PAST WHO HAVE MADE SOME
PROGRESS. SADLY, 400,
POTENTIALLY 500 YEARS WE HEARD
THE CLIP OF CONSTRUCTION IS
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE . I AM
HERE TO DO BETTER, I THINK THIS
COUNSEL IS HERE FROM ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HEARD, BE
ON THE SCENES. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH SIDEWALK
PORTIONS TO MY PROPOSED
AMENDMENT. THIS IS HOW WE
WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU AND
YOUR AMENDMENT, BUT DID
NOTHING THERE WAS ANYONE
PASSIONATE ABOUT ADDING NEW
SIDEWALKS. IF IT WAS, IT WAS
PROBABLY YOU OR COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. IN MY VIEW, THAT THE
RACE TO THE TOP BY THE WAY. FOR
THOSE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO
THE PERCEPTIONS OF NEW
SIDEWALKS AMONGST OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE, THERE'S A
BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR ADDING
NEW SIDEWALKS. THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. I WILL BRIEFLY TALK
ABOUT MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT,
VERY HIGH-LEVEL THAT JUST
INCLUDES AND CALLS OUT THOSE
PACIFIC THINGS I MENTIONED AT
OUR VERY LAST TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE MEETING. SPECIFICALLY
IT CALLS OUT THE ADDING NEW
SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES AND SETS FORTH THE
COUNSEL FOR HIGH-LEVEL
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
LEVY RENEWAL PROPOSAL. VERY
HIGH-LEVEL PRIORITIZING BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE, MONETIZATION, AND
PRESERVATION EFFORTS. THE CORE,
NITTY-GRITTY THINGS. WOULD LOVE
TO MAKE BRIDGES AND ROADS
GLAMOROUS AGAIN IF YOU WILL.
IT DOES THAT, SAFETY. IT CALLS
OUT SAFE AND MOBILE EXPERIENCES
FOR ALL INCLUDING A ONCE IN A
GENERATION INVESTMENT IN NEW
SIDEWALKS . CALLS OUT TO THE
IMPERATIVE RATHER FOR CLIMATE
ACTION. A CREW FOR ELECTRICAL
VEHICLE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, ADDING NEW EV
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AMONGST
OTHER THINGS. IT'S ALSO
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING THAT
THE VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS
ARE TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THIS
PLAN OBVIOUSLY SUBSUMES THE
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN. FREIGHT
MASTER PLAN, BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN ET CETERA INTO ONE
DOCUMENT AND MORE. THE BREATH
OF THIS DOCUMENT, THE
AMENDMENT THAT I PUT FORTH, IT
ALSO DESCRIBES COUNCILS
EXPECTATIONS FOR SEP
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. EXPLORING
PROGRESS IN MONITORING OUR
PROGRESS FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT.
PLANNING EFFORTS ALL UP,
INCLUDING CALLING OUT THE
BRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE POLICY BENCHMARKING
COMPONENT WHICH I THINK
MEMORIALIZES WHAT MANY OF OUR
DEPARTMENTS DO ANYWAY. OF
COURSE, I THINK IN MY MIND THIS
IS INTENDED TO MAKE THIS TO
ENABLE THEM BEING MORE
INTENTIONAL. THAT'S THE
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF POLICY
PLANNING AND DESIGN EFFORTS,
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON
IN JURISDICTIONS AND HOW THAT
MAY OR NOT -- MAY OR MAY NOT
IMPACT THAT. GIVING CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES MADE A
FEW PROPOSED CHANGES TO MY
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT DAD A FEW
OF THEM WERE MORE MINOR
TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND ONE OF
THEM I WILL CALL OUT IS MORE
SUBSTANTIVE, IT'S A MORE
TERRIFIC IDEA. I DO WANT TO
GIVE APPROPRIATE ATTRIBUTION
OR CREDIT IS DUE. SHE ADDED THE
IDEA OF BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTING
THE IMPORTANCE FOR THE NEW
LEVY RENEWAL HIGHLIGHTING
PROJECTS THAT PRIORITIZE
PRIORITIZES OUR VISION. REALLY
URGENT AND IMPORTANT, I THINK
IT IS A TERRIFIC IDEA. THAT
WAS SOMETHING I WAS PERSONALLY
GOING TO ADD ANYWAY . WE ARE
THINKING OF HAPPENING ANYWAY
CREATING THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT, WE DO NEED TO MAKE
MORE URGENT PROGRESS ON VISION
ZERO AND I'M GLAD THE
CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENT DOES
CALL -- CAUSE ALL THAT. I
APPRECIATE HOW YOUR AMENDMENT
CALLS OUT SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS
AND GOALS AND METRICS RELATED
TO NEW SIDEWALKS. IT WE CALLED
OUT TOWARDS THE LAST
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, IT
DID NOT TREAT THE -- IT DID
NOT HAVE AS ROBUST PERFORMANCE
METRICS FOR SIDEWALKS, NEW
SIDEWALKS SPECIFICALLY AS OTHER
MODAL ELEMENTS. THANK YOU
AGAIN, THIS IS THE RACE TO THE
TOP. COLLEAGUES, OF COURSE,
ONE OF THE -- THERE ARE ALL OF
THESE AMENDMENT THAT ARE
IMPORTANT, MOORE --
PROCEDURAL, SLIGHTLY LESS
SENSITIVE IS AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE OR SIX, WAS AT THE -- HOW
DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
>> STEVE ARATA. IDENTIFIED
SMALL TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT
THE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED.
THOSE WERE SERVICED TO ME AND
I AUTHORIZE THEM BEING
INCLUDED. THE STANDALONE
AMENDMENT LAST FRIDAY. I'M
LEARNING , BUT YEAH, WE TWEAK
TO MAKE THINGS MORE IN LINE FOR
WORDING, PHRASING,
NOMENCLATURE, THE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMONGST
OTHER THINGS. THOSE ARE THE
AMENDMENTS , COLLEAGUES ARE
LEARNING, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. 2.1, REGARDING
SIDEWALKS AND WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE SAID, THE
DISTRICT IS REPRESENTING THE
DISTRICT AND -- TEST ON THAT
POINT, RELATIVE TO ONE, TWO,
FIVE, OR FIVE, ONE, AND TWO. WE
DO HAVE THE SAME SIDEWALK
REQUIREMENT, WE DO HAVE SOME
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT FROM
EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, FOR
SIDEWALKS, I SAY THAT AS THE
DISTRICT REP, NORTH QUEEN
ANNE, PARTS OF MAGNOLIA NEED
SOME SIDEWALKS BUT LOOKING BIG
PICTURE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
THE EQUITY PIECES, THE
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS AND
PUBLIC SAFETY PIECES AS WELL.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE DISTRICT, WE
RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THE
SIDEWALKS ON THIS POINT, ONE
THING ABOUT GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS FROM A DISTRICT
PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON BRIDGES
, THE SDOT MANAGEMENT PLAN,
ALL THESE PIECES. IN THE
REALITY, THE DISTRICT OWNS THE
PENINSULA, WE HAVE THREE
BRIDGES PLUS -- WE HAVE
BALLARD, FREMONT AND THE AURORA
BRIDGES. WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER
AND TWO OVER WOLF CREEK
LIVING, WE HAVE I-5 RIDGES IF
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY ARE
DIVIDING BETWEEN WATER
BOUNDARIES AND I-5 AND OF TEENS
AND RAILYARD, WE ARE
ESSENTIALLY A PENINSULA AND
RELY ON THESE BRIDGES TO GET TO
-- THANK YOU FOR MAKING --
KEEPING US FOCUSED ON BRIDGES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE . ANDY OTHER -- ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT TOPIC? WE WILL NOW MOVE
ON TO OUR THIRD ITEM OF
BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM THREE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, CF 314512
. PETITION OF DENNY & EASTLAKE
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND DENNY &
STEWART LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
FOR THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY
LYING WITHIN BLOCK 24, PONTIUS
FOURTH ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, EXTENDING FROM THE
NORTH MARGIN OF DENNY WAY AND
THE EASTERLY MARGIN OF STEWART
STREET.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CLERK ,
AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M
OPENING PUBLIC HEARING ON CLERK
FILE 314512. HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THIS
PUBLIC HEARING?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER SDOT -- ROB
SAKA, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS FOR
THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
>> NO SPEAKERS NOTED . ALL
RIGHT. CLERK, I WILL HAND THIS
OVER TO YOU . PARDON ME. ALL
RIGHT, BEING THAT THERE IS NOT
A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT
FOR THIS HEARING ON CLERK FILE
314512. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS
NOW CLOSED. LET'S SEE, OKAY.
WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE
JOIN US AT THE TABLE AND SHARE
YOUR PRESENTATION? ONCE READY,
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES AND
JOIN THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, WITH COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF. JACKSON COOK,
S.-- SDOT STREET USE. MICHAEL
JENKINS OF SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION. BEVERLY BARNETT,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT ASPORTATION.
>> LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT --
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, TODAY, YOU
WOULD BE CONSIDERING A PETITION
FOR A VACATION IN THE DENNY
TRIANGLE SOUTH LAKE UNION
NEIGHBORHOOD. IT YOU WILL
RECEIVE A PRESENTATION NUMBER
PROPOSAL FROM OUR FRIENDS.
SDOT AND THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION HAVE REVIEWED THE
PETITION AND ARE RECOMMENDING
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. ATTACHED
TO MY MAMBO FOR THIS ITEM --
MEMO ARE CONDITIONS THAT THE
SDOT DIRECTOR IS RECOMMENDED
AND -- WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS AFTER THE
PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YEAH,
SENIOR RECOMMENDATIONS. I
APPRECIATE THOSE. ALL RIGHT
COLLEAGUES, THIS VOTE -- WE'VE
GOT A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
IT'S ABOUT 10 MINUTES LONG.
IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT
WITH LIMITED BACKGROUND,
KNOWING THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST
VACATION, JUST TO CARRY YOU A
BIT THROUGH THE PROCESS. GOING
TO SHARE IT ON SCREEN. OR DO I
-- HOW DO Y -- AM SORRY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
THIS MORNING, THERE ALWAYS IS
AN UNEXPECTED GLITCH . WHILE
THEY ARE FIGURING THAT OUT, I
WILL SAY WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS
A TIME CONSTRAINT TODAY SO WE
ARE SORRY FOR THE DELAY, WE
THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO
UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT IS TO DO
THE VISUAL AND SO, MARK'S
PRESENTATION SHOWS THE SIDE OF
THE PROJECT, THE LARGER CONTEXT
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, VACATION
AND NO VACATION ALTERNATIVES
AND THOSE I THINK ARE SO MUCH
MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL THIS
KIND OF TALKING THROUGH . AS
MARK GOES THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE THE
WAY THE STREET VACATION
POLICIES ARE ORDERED AND THE
ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT AND
HOW WE ARRIVE AT THEIR
CONCLUSION TO RECOMMEND THE
VACATION AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS BECAUSE I AM
SURE THIS PRESENTATION WILL GET
FIXED REALLY QUICK, SO WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN
COMMISSION PROCESS , JACKSON
WORKED ON ALL THE STREET
ENVIRONMENT WHICH CREATES A
COOL PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, WE
CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE
PETITION -- VACATION PROCESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE ARE
READY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>> WHILE WE ARE WAITING, I'M
ASKING BEVERLY, MAYBE WE CAN DO
IS GIVE A VERY QUICK CLIMBER
ABOUT THE TWO ELEMENTS OF ANY
VACATION THAT WE WANT TO
EVALUATE THE DESIGN COMMISSION
EVALUATING, SDOT EMBEDS IN THE
RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS PUBLIC
TRUST AND BENEFIT . PUBLIC
TRUST LOOKS AT WHEN YOU REMOVE
-- THE STREET , HOW DO THE
REMAINING FUNCTIONS
SURROUNDING THE SITE WORK IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE
REMOVAL WAS REALLY NOT
CONNECTED TO THE LARGER STREET
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, REMOVING
THE ALLEY AND MOVING ACCESS TO
THE SITE FOR BOTH VEHICLES AND
TRUCKS FROM POTENTIALLY GOING
OUT ONTO STEWART AND EAST LAKE
WAS A MUCH BETTER MOVE FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY . WHAT I THINK
WE ALL AGREE IS MOVING TRAFFIC
IN AND OUT OF STEWART STREET
NEAR DENNY AND I-5 IS VERY
PROBLEMATIC BY MOVING IT TO
EAST LAKE, AND GETTING IT AWAY
FROM HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, IT
WAS AN IMPORTANT MOVE FOR THIS
PROJECT AND ALLOWED THE PROJECT
TO FREE UP CREATING ONE
BUILDING WITH SIGNIFICANT
SERIES OF OPEN SPACES THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE
ABSENT THAT VACATION MORE
IMPORTANTLY WITH THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT YOU WILL
SEE, REALLY LOOKING AT
ELEVATING PUBLIC SAFETY. BY
VACATING THE ALLEY AND HAVING
THIS APPLICANT DEVELOP A SERIES
OF PUBLIC AND IF IT STRATEGIES
TO ENHANCE THE REMAINING RIGHT
AWAY , THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AT TWO
OF THE MOST PROBLEMATIC
INTERSECTIONS IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE, THE STEWART DENNY
MINOR INTERSECTION IN THE
STEWART EAST LAKE INTERSECTION
AT A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT WITH
IMPROVED AND ENHANCED SIDEWALKS
THAT ELEVATE THE PEDESTRIAN
EXPERIENCE AND TAKE --
HOPEFULLY REMOVE SIGNIFICANTLY
-- PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS, YOU
WILL SEE AN INVESTMENT FOR
PROTECTED BY GLEEKS -- BIKE
LANES IF IT DID NOT GO
THROUGH, THOSE INVESTMENTS
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE
REALIZED . WHEN WE WERE LOOKING
AT THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION LOOKING AT THE
PROPOSAL, IT BECAME CLEAR THE
APPLICANTS LEND FAVOR CREATIVE
OR PUBLIC BENEFITS ELEVATED THE
NOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
PEDESTRIANS FOR AUTOMOBILES AND
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
SEE THAT.
>> CLERK, I HAVE SHARED MY
SCREEN. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
AS A MEMBER OF I.T.?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO THE
RESCUE. LET'S GO WITH THAT.
MAGIC BUTTON. OKAY, THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, APOLOGIES SO
THANK YOU, MICHAEL AND BEVERLY
FOR GIVING US BACKGROUND . I
WILL ROLL THROUGH THE SLIDES
EFFICIENTLY. LET ME FIND MY
MOUSE, JUST TELL ME WHEN YOU
NEED THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> ARE YOU CONTROLLING?
>> ON CONTROLLING YOUR SCREEN,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THE SITE IS LOCATED AT A
REAL GATEWAY TO OUR SCENERY,
NOT ONLY AS YOU ENTER OFF OF
I-5 THROUGH NORTH BUT ALSO FROM
CAPITOL HILL, THE SITE IS
BOUNDED BY -- STEWART, EAST
LAKE, AND DENNY. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THE SITE HAS A
COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS FRAMED
IN THE RED BOX , THE PERIMETER
IS THE COLLECTION OF PARCELS .
THAT REALLY SERVES ONLY THESE
PARCELS TO THE DEVELOPER , THEY
HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS
PROJECT. THERE IS ONE OUTLYING
PARCEL NOT A PART OF THIS
PROJECT THE VERY TIP . NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SITE DOES A
GOOD JOB OF SHOWING YOU THE
AMOUNT OF DRIVES NOTED IN RED
AS WE TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY, IT'S IMPORTANT PART OF
THE CONVERSATION, I APPRECIATE
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
SIDEWALKS, THIS IS ABOUT
IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC GROUND AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, NEXT SLIDE,
WE HAD A ROBUST COMMUNITY
OUTREACH PROCESS FROM START TO
FINISH AND IT INCLUDED AND
HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL IMPORTANT
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT BECAME
OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS, IT WAS IMPORTANT AS WE
TALK ABOUT PUBLIC AND THE
ROOTS. YOUTH CARE, EMMANUEL
LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THE CASCADE
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. NEXT
SLIDE. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE
PETITION OF THE CITY TO VACATE
THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT IS
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP WE GO
THROUGH PUBLIC TRUST ANALYSIS.
I PULLED OUT ONE SLIDE, WE
COLLECT OUR NINE BLOCK
ANALYSIS, URBAN DESIGN ANALYSIS
LOOKING BEYOND HER BORDER TO
LOOK AT THINGS THAT RELATE TO
LIGHT, AIR, OPEN-SPACE
CIRCULATION, PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVITY, OPEN SPACES IMPORTANT
IN THIS CASE, THE LINEAR CORE
DOORS TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE,
I WILL GO THROUGH BIKE
CONNECTION WE ARE MAKING THE
CONNECTS TO KING COUNTY BIKE
LANES BUT ALSO TO THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN WHICH NOTES
CONNECTION BY THE CITY CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS PART OF
PUBLIC TRUST, WE THEN COMPARE
VACATION NO VACATION. THIS
SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE NO
VACATION SCHEME ON THE LEFT
WHERE WE MAINTAIN THE ALLEY.
WE GET TWO PARCELS OF
DEVELOPMENT ON THE RIGHT IS THE
VACATION SCHEME WHERE WE ARE
ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND GET A
MORE EFFICIENT FLOOR PLATE ,
REALLY WORK ON THAT URBAN
DESIGN, THE MASS OF THE
BUILDING IN RESPECT TO THE
PUBLIC CROWD. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THIS SHOWS IT IN THREE
DIMENSIONS AND SHOWS YOU THE
ALLEY ON THE LEFT, WE GET A
SMALL PARCEL OF LOWER DENNY
BELOW DENNY WAY, THE BRIDGE.
GENEROUS OPEN SPACE IN THE DEEP
SETBACK WE GET ON THE NO
VACATION SCHEME TO THE RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT
RELATES TO SAFETY. WE MAINTAIN
THE ALLEY, WE NEED TO USE IT
AND ARE REQUIRED TO USE IT FOR
LOADING AND ACCESS, IT ALSO
EXITS OUT ONTO AN ARTERIAL AND
AWKWARD FASHION OF STEWART
WHICH IS A ONE WAY INTO THE
CITY TO THE WEST , ENTER, THEN
THEY HAVE TO ENTER FROM THE
LOWER DENNY CREATING THAT
AWKWARD TURN OFF OF STEWART
ONTO LOWER DENNY, THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF COMPLEX WITH STRANDS.
ON THE RIGHT IS CONSOLIDATION,
THIS IS A BIG ONE, WE POINTED
OUT ALL THOSE DRIVE CUTS, WE
ARE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND
REALLY CLEAN UP OUR CITY
SIDEWALKS AND INCREASE SAFETY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS ON THE LEFT,
NO VACATION SCHEME WHERE WE GET
NO IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTINUE TO
HAVE CONFLICTS AT TWO KEY
INTERSECTIONS AND ALSO STEWART,
AND EAST LAKE , AS WE CLEAN IT
UP, WE CREATE THESE PEDESTRIAN
REFUGES ON EITHER TRIANGLE, I
WILL SHOW YOU THOSE IN A MOMENT
. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OPEN SPACE,
A KIND OF SPEAKS TO ITSELF WHEN
WE DO THIS DEEP SETBACK WHERE
WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE PRIVATE SPACE, AS
WELL AS THE CONTRIBUTION TO
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND A MOMENT
YOU SEE THE BIG, GREEN SWATH
SOUTH OF THE NO VACATION SCHEME
AND TURNING THAT STREET INTO A
PEDESTRIAN STREET TAKING CARS
OFF OF IT FOR THE MOST PART.
NEXT SLIDE IS OUR PROPOSAL AND
WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS IN
DETAIL, I WANT TO POINT OUT
THREE THINGS GOING ON, THE DEEP
SETBACK I MENTIONED. IT CREATES
LIGHT AIR INFUSED INTO THE
CITY AS YOU APPROACH STEWART
STREET AS AN ENTRANCE. THE
TRANSITION, THE PEDESTRIAN IS
ASIAN OF LOWER DENNY INTO
PEOPLE SPACE RATHER THAN USING
IT FOR CARS AND VEHICLES, THEN
EAST LAKE. A WIDE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, 80 FEET WIDE IN
TRANSITION THAT FROM A MAIN
ARTERIAL INTO A SHARED SPACE
WITH BIKES. NEXT SLIDE? TVS
ARE A BENEFIT, THERE IS A
COLLECTION OF SEVEN BENEFITS.
THE TOP PORTION IS REALLY
FOCUSING ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,
THE CROSSINGS AND SIDEWALK
SPACE, EAST LAKE AVENUE AND THE
BIKE CONNECTION, THEN WE GET A
IS
ASIAN -- THE FIRST CROSSING IS
AT DENNY AND STUART, IT IS NOT
A -- A RATHER DANGEROUS A VERY
POPULAR ONE, WE HAVE POPULAR
VEHICLES, A REALLY SMALL
PEDESTRIAN REFUGE AREA. THAT
DOES NOT SERVE PEDESTRIANS
WELL. WE ARE ABLE TO RELOCATE
THE LOWER DENNY AND CREATE
SPACE AND AMENITIES TO GO ALONG
WITH THAT, THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER
PHOTO, THE NEXT SLIDE IS
BEFORE LOOKING TO THE EAST, THE
DENNY BRIDGE DECK IS ON THE
RIGHT, STEWART STREET TO THE
LEFT AND HERE'S THE
IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE ABLE TO
CLOSE THAT STREET TO NORMAL
TRAFFIC AND CREATE A GENEROUS
PEDESTRIAN SPACE , SAFE
CROSSING, AND ALL THE AMENITIES
TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, SAME
THING WITH CROSSING TO THE
NORTH, ON USE RIGHT AWAY USED
TO BE A TWO-WAY, NOW IT'S ONE
WAY GOING NORTH THAT'S LEFT
OVER RIGHT-OF-WAY ALMOST HALF
OF IT. IT'S A GENEROUS AREA TO
WORK AND A NEW CROSSING
BEFORE-AND-AFTER PHOTOS .
BEFORE LOOKING NORTH AND THEN
CLEANED UP, WE WERE ABLE TO
RELOCATE A CROSSWALK AS WELL TO
MAKE IT PERPENDICULAR WHICH IS
WHAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO AS
PEDESTRIANS CLEAN THAT BUSY
INTERSECTION UP.
>> ON TO THE NEXT BENEFIT,
EAST LAKE IS AGAIN SIGNIFICANT
OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP A RIGHT
AWAY AND 80 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY
THAT'S REALLY ONLY PARTIALLY
UTILIZED BY TWO TRAFFIC LANES
GOING NORTH , WE ARE ABLE TO
TAKE THAT AND TURN IT INTO A
BIKE CONNECTION AND REALLY
FEED INTO THE KING COUNTY BIKE
LANES OR HILLS ON NORTH EAST
LAKE DEFEATED TWO THOMAS
STREET, ALL THE WAY TO L.A.
THEY THEN EVENTUALLY ON THE
SOUTH, WHICH IS THE RIGHT OF
THE SCREEN INTO HOW THE NETWORK
IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE
CITY. THEN AFTER , NECK SHOT
PLEASE, IMAGE. THIS IS LOOKING
NORTH ON EASTLAKE AVENUE, THE
PROJECT ON THE LEFT, EAST LAKE
AVENUE ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE
THE BIKE PATH, JOE -- GENEROUS
SIDEWALK AND A GENEROUS LAY OF
CONIFER TREES. NEXT IS A
CONTRIBUTION TO WAYFINDING, A
PROGRAM THAT IS ONGOING AND
CURRENTLY UNDER IMPLEMENTATION
WITH SDOT URBAN DESIGN, NO
LONGER DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT THIS AND MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS , THEY ACTUALLY
MANAGE IT. THEN WE END ON
LOWER DENNY , THIS IS A VERY
EXCITING ONE, WE ARE ABLE TO
CHANGE THIS , REALLY TRANSFORM
THIS. MICHAEL MENTIONED THIS
INTO A PEDESTRIAN STREET, WE
HAVE CLOSED OFF THE ADVICE AND
GUIDANCE OF SDOT WITH BALLARD,
IT IS ACCESSIBLE VIA EMERGENCY
VEHICLES AND MAINTENANCE
VEHICLES FOR THE BUILDING AND
BRIDGE DECK , OTHERWISE FOR
PEDESTRIANS. WHAT WE ARE DOING
TO SERVE THAT NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE IS A MONETIZING IT
BEYOND THE RED DOTS ON EITHER
END, WE HAVE VENTURES AND
PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING, WE
HAVE AMENITIES, POWER, WATER, A
STORAGE ROOM THAT ALL SERVE
COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE WILL GET
TO THAT IN THE MOMENT, WE HAVE
BIKE FIXING STATIONS HERE,
SOMETHING ALONG OUR BIKE PATH
THAT HAS UTILITY, THE FIRST
SHOT AS BEFORE, NEXT SLIDE ,
LOOKING EAST UP INTO CAPITOL
HILL , DENNY WAY ON THE RIGHT,
YOU CAN SEE THE SURFACE CAR
PARKED IN KIND OF AN ALLEY .
NEXT LIGHT IS THE
TRANSFORMATION. CLOSING IT
DOWN AND CREATING A PEDESTRIAN
ENVIRONMENT, A VERY GENEROUS
LANDSCAPE COMMUNITY TO SERVE AS
STORM WATER SINKS, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE, THIS IS THE AMENITIES
ON WHERE WE HAVE POWER, WATER,
AND FIX-IT STATION. WE HAVE
CONDITIONS IN RETAIL, IT'S
MUCH ACTIVE USE FACING THAT AS
WELL. INCREASING THE SAFETY.
SENSITIVE SECURITY. LET -- NEXT
LIGHT IS LOOKING WEST, THE NEXT
SLIDE SHOWS THE TRANSFORMATION
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE BIKE LANE
AROUND THERE. I WILL END ON THE
LAST ONE WHICH IS A MURAL,
PUBLIC ARTWORK. SHOUT OUT TO
URBAN ARTWORKS WHO LET US
THROUGH THIS PROCESS A GREAT
ORGANIZATION. BASICALLY,
SIGNED UP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND FOLKS I MENTIONED IN THE
BEGINNING, YOUTH CARE CASCADE
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, EMMANUEL
LUTHERAN CHURCH. HIS DESIGN
TEAM TO SELECT AN ARTIST WE ARE
VERY HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE NEXT SLIDE, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE AN
IMAGE. BALLARD, WE HAVE
SELECTED JEN DECKERS AS OUR
ARTIST . WE ARE EXCITED TO GET
HER GOING, THE INITIAL CONCEPT
IS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
THERE. THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL
NOT GET INTO IT THIS BECOMES
PART OF THE ORDINANCE AND WE GO
TO THE NEXT LIGHT PLEASE, THEY
DO ITEMIZE IN DETAIL ,
IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE MAKING IN
ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS
AN ESTIMATED COST TO THE
DEVELOPER IN ADDITION TO THE
MARKET VALUE THEY PAY FOR THE
ALLEY ITSELF, THESE ARE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE NOT
REQUIRED BY MITIGATION BUT TO
DO THE DEVELOPER. THAT IS THE
END OF THE SHOW, I WILL TAKE
ANY COMMENTS, THANK YOU. SORRY
ABOUT THE DEBACLE AT THE
BEGINNING. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
THE BEST.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, CHAIR, OF OUR BUDGET
COMMITTEE, FINANCE COMMITTEE,
ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR MEMBERS
OF OUR COUNSEL, AND AMONGST
OTHER THINGS, EXPERT SLIDE
CLICKER.
>> I WILL SHOW THE WORDS THAT
DEBRA WARREN IS USED TO SHARE
WITH ME, SHE WOULD SAY TO ME
I'M NOT SMARTER THAN YOU, I'VE
JUST BEEN HERE LONGER.
>>. IS. -- THERE IT IS. THANK
YOU ALL, COLLEAGUES, ANY
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR -- FOR
JIK REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON
THIS MATTER?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. SINCE WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LOADING
A BUNCH THIS MEETING, I SAW
THAT LOADING DOCK WAS THERE,
THAT'S WHERE GARBAGE PICKUP IS
AS WELL? WITH THE GARBAGE
TRUCKS BE ENTERING INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT DOCK AND BACK OUT?
OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO STEP ON
THE STREETS?
>> YOU ARE RIGHT, THE FIRST
STATEMENT, EVERYTHING GOES
INSIDE THE BUILDING. TRASH,
RECYCLE, LOADING, PARKING,
EVERYTHING ON ONE CONSOLIDATED
DRIVE CUT OFF THE STREET.
>> THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL
SPACES, LOADING --
>> CORRECT, EVERYTHING. MOVING
IT OUT. THE NEXT QUESTION IS AM
VERY CURIOUS, I LOVE THE
IMPROVEMENTS MADE, WONDERING
AT THE LOSS OF PARKING SPACES,
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY?
>> ON STREET PARKING, I SHOULD
HAVE MENTIONED THAT
COUNCILMEMBER TANYA WOO IF YOU
COULD GO TO THE -- KEEP
SCROLLING DOWN IF YOU WILL TO
THE SITE PLAN. WE HAVE
PRESERVED PARKING ALONG EAST
LAKE THAT IS THE ONE PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN LOAD, PARK,
SHORT TERM PARKING. WHERE
ELIMINATING A HAZARD A GUESS
THAT MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT
STALLS YOU CANNOT PARK ON
STEWART . THERE WAS BACK IN
ANGLE PARKING ALONG, WE ARE
REPLACING THAT WITH PARALLEL
PARKING SO WE ARE LOSING SPACES
THERE AS WELL, I WILL SAY
THERE IS AN EXPENSIVE DRIVE CUT
AT THE END AS WELL. I WOULD SAY
IT'S NOT REALLY REGULATED
PARKING SO MUCH, IT IS JUST
THIS LEFTOVER, UNUSED
RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WE ARE
ELIMINATING AND TURNING INTO
PEDESTRIAN SPACE.
>> ALL THE BICYCLE
IMPROVEMENTS, IS THAT PART OF A
LARGER PLAN FOR THE AREA?
>> IT FEEDS INTO WHAT'S BEING
CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW, NORTH OF
JONATHAN STEWART , THAT AXIS
ONTO THE FREEWAY, KING COUNTY
IS BUILDING BIKE LANES I FEED
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE
NORTHEAST BUT ALSO INTO THOMAS
STREAK WHICH IS IMPORTANT ,
IT'S THE CITY DEVELOPING THE
NETWORK INTO THE CITY VIA HOW
-- YOU TURN THE CORNER INTO THE
CITY, THAT WILL BE A VIABLE
CONNECTION, THIS IS --
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR ROB SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, CAN
YOU SCROLL UP TO THE BEGINNING
OF THOSE PHOTOS? PLEASURE TO
WORK WITH YOU TODAY, THANK YOU.
STOP RIGHT THERE. BEFORE
TALKING ABOUT IT, HAD TO STOP
ON THIS PHOTO, I THANK YOU SO
MUCH BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE
POINT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT D7
BEING THE PENINSULA, WE HAVE A
WATER BOUNDARY TO THE WEST AND
NORTH, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOUNDARY
THAT WE NEED BRIDGING OVER
CALLED I-5, THAT SHOWS THE
POINT SO WELL, THANK YOU FOR
INCLUDING THAT PHOTO, I NEED TO
GET A COPY OF IT. I ALSO WANT
TO THANK THE PROVISIONS, THE
POINTS OF THE PLAN RELATED TO
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT . WE HAVE
TO BE MINDFUL OF THESE THINGS
AND SO, THANK YOU FOR
INCORPORATING THOSE ELEMENTS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT .
LEADING PUBLIC SAFETY INTO
TRANSPORTATION, THANK YOU FOR
THAT. ALSO FOR THE CANOPY
PIECE AS I'VE STATED BEFORE,
EVERGREEN HAS PUT ME IN A HAPPY
PLACE SO I APPRECIATE THE
CONIFER TREES PARTICULARLY ON
EAST LAKE, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
PIECE BECAUSE WE NEED TO
INCREASE OUR TREE CANOPY AND I
LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
REALLY PUSHING THAT SIDE OF THE
PLAN AS WELL, SO THANK YOU. AS
YOUR DISTRICT SEVEN
REPRESENTATIVE, I SUPPORT ALONG
WITH CENTRAL STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PLAN
OVERALL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE . THANK YOU FOR JIK .
I'M GLAD I CAN COUNT ON
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO FIND
THE NEXUS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY
AND ANYTHING. AS CHAIR OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, I
WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS AND I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE LIKE
EVERYTHING WE DO DOES NOT EXIST
IN A SILO, AND DOES NOT EXIST
IN A VACUUM, THERE IS
DEPENDENCIES AND CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE THING WE
DO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US
AND HELPING US BE MORE
INTENTIONAL. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, I WILL END
WITH APPRECIATION, I LOVE
STREET VACATIONS AND THE
PERMANENCE, THIS IS WHERE I
REALLY ENJOY ALL OF MY WORK,
COLLEAGUES, I WORKED ON A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS
FROM THOMAS STREET TO STREET
VACATIONS, THE BALLARD AVENUE.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST
PLAN I'VE SEEN COME OUT OF
YOUR SHOP SO FAR. REALLY THANK
YOU, KUDOS . CONTINUE BREAKING
THE MODE AND SDOT, -- ROB
SAKA. WE SWITCHED, SO IN THE
HOW YOU CALL IT, THE CLOSET.
THERE IS A WHITEBOARD THAT SAYS
TRANSPARENCY CREATES ROBUST
CONVERSATION, THAT WAS A QUOTE
. JUST BRINGING IT OUT FULL
CIRCLE.
>> LOVE IT, IT IS STILL THERE
BY THE WAY. I DON'T USE THAT
WHITEBOARD MUCH BUT I SUPPORT
THE PRINCIPAL. THAT'S WHY
IT'S STILL THERE. IN ANY
EVENT, ALL RIGHT, COOL, THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES, AND EVERYONE
FOR THIS INSIGHTFUL
PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE LAST
MILE HERE WHERE WE ARE AT AND
THIS STAGE. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO -- THIS VOTE WILL
PROCEED IN TWO PARTS. FIRST, WE
WILL VOTE TO HAVE SDOT'S
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS THEN IF
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE
VOTE ON GRANTING THE CLERK
FILE AS CONDITION, THIS MATTER
AS YOU KNOW HAS BEEN BEFORE
PREVIOUS COUNCILS MULTIPLE
TIMES SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR ,
THIS IS REALLY THE FINAL STAGES
OF APPROVING THIS SPECIFIC
ALLEY VACATION, THE LAST MILE,
NOT EVEN, THE LAST HUNDRED
YARDS OF A MARATHON REALLY. AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS APTLY
NOTED, THIS IS THE SORT OF
NUTS AND BOLTS AND SPINACH OF
THE WORK THAT WE DO. THESE
ALLEY, STREET, PERMITS ,
VACATIONS, SO IN ANY EVENT,
THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. SOME OF
THESE THINGS ARE LITTLE MORE
GLAMOROUS OR SEXY LIKE THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,
LEVY RENEWAL BUT THIS RIGHT
HERE, THIS THIRD ITEM IS AGAIN
THE NUTS AND BOLTS, THE
BREAD-AND-BUTTER OF WHAT WE DO.
ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS ON
ALWAYS COME BEFORE US, THIS
TYPE OF STUFF GENERALLY DOES.
IN ANY EVENT, ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FOR MANY
OF OUR MEMBERS HERE? NOPE.
OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE AMEND CLERK FILE
314-5122 ADDED SDOT'S
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AS SHOWN
IN ATTACHMENT ONE TO COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF'S MEMO, IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADD CONDITIONS
TO THE CLERK FILE 31 4512 .
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON AMENDING THE CLERK FILE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SDOT? VICE
CHAIR JOY HOLLINGSWORTH? CHAIR
ROB SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN
FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. NOW IF THERE
ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE COUNCIL
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON
THE CLERK FILE ON THE SAME DAY
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD .
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNSEL RULE IS SUSPENDED AND
THE COMMITTEE WILL PROCEED WITH
VOTING ON THE CLERK FILE, I
MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CITY COUNCIL -- I MOVE THIS
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND CITY
COUNCIL GRANT AND IS
CONDITIONED , CLERK FILE
314512. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO GRANT AS CONDITION
CLERK FILE 314512, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE GRANTING OF THE CLERK FILE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES. TOWNSELL MEMBER TANYA
WOO?
>>
>> VICE CHAIR JOY
HOLLINGSWORTH, CHAIR ROB SAKA.
>> AYE. THERE ARE FIVE VOTES
IN FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN
THAT COUNSEL GRANT AS
CONDITION, 314512 WILL BE SENT
TO THE APRIL MAY, 2024 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
GREAT MEETING TODAY, THEY ARE
ALL GREAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE
GREAT VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
MEETING AGENDA, IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE
ADJOURN? WE HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED, IT
IS 1124 A.M.