>>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD MORNING. THE APRIL
16th, 2024 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:35 A.M.,
I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? CHAIR,
THERE ARE FIVE MEASURES
PRESENT.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE HAVE A
LOT OF EXCITING THINGS ON THE
AGENDA. FIRST OFF, WE WILL NOW
OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD
RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF
THIS COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CHAIR SAKA, WE HAVE 13
SPEAKERS IN CHAMBERS AND 15
CALLING IN.
>> ALL RIGHT EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE.
WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTION?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20
MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL
CALL UPON SPEAKERS IN THE
CHAMBER FIRST . SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS
ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME, AND
THEIR MICS WILL BE ENDED IF
THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS
WITHIN THE PROPER AMOUNT OF
TIME. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE
LIST, DONNA, FOLLOWED BY ALEX.
>> THIS IS FINE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD
MORNING, MY NAME IS DONNA AND
I AM A BELLTOWN RESIDENT FOR
THE PAST DECADE AND I LOVE MY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I REALLY WANT
TO HELP IT BECOME AN EVEN
BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AS THE
CITY GROWS, THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET IS ONE OF THE PLACES I
LOVE YOU AND I GO THERE
REGULARLY. BUT IT HAS NEVER
MADE SENSE TO ME HAVING CARS
DRIVING AMONGST THE THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WANDERING BACK AND
FORTH TO SHOP, AND TO BUY
PASTRIES OR FLOWERS. MOST OF
THE CARS DRIVING ARE JUST
GAWKING AT THE MARKET SCENE,
TAKING PHOTOS , AND CLOGGING
THE STREETS. THEY ARE CERTAINLY
NOT BUYING ANYTHING. I WANT TO
SAY ABSOLUTELY MARKET VENDORS
NEED TO HAVE GOODS RESUPPLIED.
THE PDA MUST BE INVOLVED IN
DISCUSSIONS TO IMPROVE THE
MARKET. BUT I DO HAVE A
FEELING I AM NOT ALONE ON THIS
ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT IS
ESSENTIAL FOR YOU ALL ON THE
COUNCIL TO APPOINT VOICES TO
SPEAK FOR THE MANY THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS LIKE ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, ALEX ZIMMERMAN,
FOLLOWED BY DEZ McDONALD.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ] FOR 10 YEARS ,
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAN ONLY PAY
10 BUCKS. WHY 300% WITH
$3600? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME?
APPROXIMATELY 100,000 OR
LOWER? FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS
I SPOKE ABOUT THIS. YOU DO NOT
LISTEN TO ME. THE SITUATION
ENDURED. MAKE $10 FOR
EVERYBODY. WHEN YOU MAKE $10
FOR EVERYBODY [ INDISCERNIBLE
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, WORKING FOR FIVE BUCKS. YOU
UNDERSTAND? LIKE AN IDIOT THEY
ARE WORKING.
>> NEXT UP, DOUG McDONALD,
FOLLOWED BY MEGAN CRUZ.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME
]
>> THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. IT
IS ALL BAD NEWS. I CALL THIS
TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT
GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING ME THE REPORT THAT I
SUBMITTED TO SDOT THAT DETAILS
THE 28 ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE FATAL COLLISIONS IN
SEATTLE, ALL OF WHICH I
DEVELOPED THROUGH PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE SO, THIS HAS BEEN
PROVIDED TO SDOT. I HAVE
SUBMITTED IT TO BE COUNCIL. IT
IS POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DIED. WHEN YOU SEE
THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ] IS THE
VISION ZERO PROGRAM SOLVING
THE PROBLEM OF FATALITIES AND
SERIOUS COLLISIONS?
>> NEXT UP, MEGAN CRUZ,
FOLLOWED BY TERRY HOLMES .
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM MEGAN
CRUZ OF DISTRICT 7. FIRST, I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT THREE AND
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. PIKE
PLACE MARKET IS A BUSY WEB OF
RESIDENTS AND THE PDA HAS
BALANCED THINGS FOR DECADES,
THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE TO DO SO, SECONDLY, I
WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT A KEY
MISSION WITH STP. GOALS AND
PRIORITIES ARE MISSING. IN
FACT, IN THE NEW TRANSPORTATION
LEVEE, JUST 2% OF THE TOTAL
FUNDS ARE DEDICATED TO TRUCKS
AND DELIVERIES, THAT INCLUDES
20% OF THE TRUCK STREETS THAT
ARE IN POOR REPAIR. THIS IS A
LOOK. IT SUPPLIES FOOD AND
GOODS TO BUSINESSES. WITHOUT
ACTION [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ] DOWNTOWN WE
DO NOT NEED BUSINESS AS USUAL.
ADOPT THE AMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT
SEATTLE'S GROWTH. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, TERRY HOME
>> MY NAME IS TERRY. THANK YOU
FOR HEARING MY TESTIMONY. I AM
WITH SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AND THE RAINIER
VALLEYS THAT SMACKED VALLEY
SAFE STREETS. THIS IS IN
REGARDS TO COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH 'S , THE
PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC
AT LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.
I WALK THE BOULEVARD FROM
SEWARD PARK . IT HAS BECOME
UNSAFE DUE TO INCREASING
SPEEDS AND TRAFFIC VOLUME. IT
WAS DEVELOPED FOR PLEASURE
DRIVES IN THE AGE OF THE MODEL
T. MULTIPLE CARS HAVE DRIVEN
INTO LAKE WASHINGTON AND TREES
ALONG THE BOULEVARD ARE
SUBJECT TO MAJOR INJURY OR
OBLITERATION. I KNOW RUNNERS,
WALKERS, ROLLERS, ICICLE
WRITERS AND DRIVERS THAT AVOID
THE BOULEVARD [ INDISCERNIBLE
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LOST THEIR PART. PLEASE PASS
THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER JOY
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR PROMOTING
THIS. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW --
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.
>> NEXT UP, CHRISTINE,
FOLLOWED BY LILY.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME
] OF THE COUNCIL, AND A
PASTOR AT THE HISTORICAL
COMMISSION. THE PDA HAS BEEN
GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE FINANCIAL HEALTH AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE MARKET. THE
PDA IS ON SITE TO SEE THE
CHANGING CONDITIONS OF THE
MARKET, THE MARKET I AM SEEING
IN FEBRUARY IS NOT THE SAME
MARKET AS ON A SATURDAY IN
JULY. IF SOMEONE MAKES A
DECISION ABOUT THE USAGE OF
THESE STREET , AND THERE ARE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
IMPACTING THE HELP OF THE SMALL
BUSINESSES , WHO IS GOING TO
MAKE THEM WHOLE? HOW LONG WILL
IT TAKE SOMEONE, WHO IS
OFF-SITE, TO NOTICE THAT THINGS
HAVE GONE AWRY? AND WHO WILL
BE WILLING TO MAKE UP THE
SHORTFALL? IDEALLY, THE PDA,
THE ONE WITH THE FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE GIVEN
FULL AUTHORITY OVER THE
MANAGEMENT [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ]
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 'S
AMENDMENT RECOGNIZES THE PDA'S
MANAGEMENT IMPORTANCE TO THE
MARKET. I URGE YOU TO ADOPT
THAT AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, LILY, FOLLOWED BY
HEATHER.
>> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS ON PIKE PLACE MARKET.
I HAVE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE
LIFE. I FIND IT PRETTY
DIFFICULT TO SHOP IN THE MARKET
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE. I SPRAINED MY ANKLE
LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NOWHERE
FOR ME TO WALK, I WAS TRYING TO
WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS . THEY
WERE FILLED WITH VENDOR LINES.
IT WAS SO BUSY, I WAS
CONSTANTLY GETTING KNOCKED OFF
BALANCE. IF I AM WALKING THE
STREET, I HAVE LIMITED
MOBILITY. HAVING CARS AROUND
WAS ALSO SCARY, BECAUSE I
CANNOT GET OUT OF THE WAY THAT
EVEN AFTER MY ANKLE HEALED,
CARS WILL HONK AGGRESSIVELY,
TELLING ME TO GET OUT OF THE
WAY. YOU KNOW, THAT IS QUITE
CONCERNING WITH A NUMBER OF
PEDESTRIANS, I WONDER IF YOU
HAVE CONSIDERED THE DOMESTIC
TERRORIST ACTS HAPPENING. [
INDISCERNIBLE - BACKGROUND
NOISE ] PEOPLE ARE LIKE
WEAPONS. THEY CAN MOW DOWN
PEDESTRIANS WHICH IS QUITE
CONCERNING. THAT IS ALL I HAVE
THE SAY.
>> HEATHER , FOLLOWED BY
HOWARD.
>> SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER KRAKEN'S
AMENDMENT , I WANT TO TELL YOU
A STORY I HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYWHERE IN THE STP. PIKE PLACE
IS A SIGNIFICANT FEATURE. IT IS
THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT THAT
WAS CREATED BY VOTERS
INITIATIVE IN 1971. THAT IS NOT
TRUE OF ANY OTHER HISTORIC
DISTRICT IN SEATTLE AND IT IS
VERY DIFFERENT FROM ALL OF THE
OTHER HISTORIC DISTRICTS, IN
THAT THE MARKET HISTORICAL
COMMISSION WAS CREATED BY THE
SAME INITIATIVE. THEY HAVE ,
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH MAKING
DECISION OVERUSAGE AND DESIGN
CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT , SO
USE IS REGULATED, IN ADDITION
TO DESIGN, IT WAS NOT JUST A
GOOD IDEA TO PROTECT THE
MARKET BACK THEN. IT IS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT NOW. THE
MARKET MAY BE THE MOST
AUTHENTIC PLACE LEFT IN
SEATTLE, BECAUSE OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE LOST SO
MUCH OF THEIR CHARACTER, THE
REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT IS
NOT SOMETHING WE USUALLY SEE --
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>> HOWARD ANDERSON , FOLLOWED
BY NICK.
>> I AM HERE, IN SUPPORT OF
AMENDMENT THREE, THAT
COUNCILMEMBER KRAKEN HAD
PROPOSED. THE PIKE PLACE IS
AT THE CENTER, PIKE PLACE
STREET IS AT THE CENTER OF THE
MARKET, 24 HOURS. IT IS OPEN.
IT NEEDS TO BE OPEN WITH EASY
ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK
AND LIVE DOWN THERE AND IT IS
REALLY ESSENTIAL. THE PDA IS
THE OVERSEER AND THE MANAGER OF
THIS UNIQUE COMPLEX, THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE IT, IT IS A
COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR CITY, THE
PDA SHOULD LEAVE THE PIKE PLACE
ACCESS WITH YOU, AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. I MUST ENCOURAGE YOU
TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORIC
DISTRICT, AND HOW WE HAVE
RESOLVED IT IN 1971 . IT NEEDS
TO BE CONTINUED WITHIN THE
BALANCE THAT IT HAS NOW. THANK
YOU.
>> NICK, FOLLOWED BY GORDON.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR HIS AMENDMENT
REGARDING PIE PLACE -- PIKE
PLACE MARKET, AND URGED THE
REMEDY TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT
TO THE MARKET PRESERVATION
AUTHORITY WAS CREATED IN 1973
TO OPERATE IN THE SAME FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MARKET,
AS SEATTLE. THEY HAVE RECENTLY
ADOPTED A LONG-TERM MASTER
PLAN, WITH AN EYE TOWARD
ATTRACTING A LOCAL AUDIENCE,
WE HAVE SEEN HOW STRONGLY MANY
LOCALS FEEL ABOUT HOW PIKE
PLACE, THE STREET, IS USED. AND
THE MARKET COMMUNITY IS ASKING
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF
DETERMINE ITS OWN FUTURE, TO
STUDY THE IMPLICATIONS OF
ALTERING STREET USE, AND
WHATEVER SOLUTION THAT
ULTIMATELY PREVAILS SHOULD BE
ONE THAT PROTECTS THE
COMMUNITY OF 500 BUSINESS
OWNERS AND 400 RESIDENTS WHO
CALL THAT PLACE HOME. THEY
ALSO HAVE VISITORS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ] MARKET, AND
I VOLUNTEER IN THE MARKET. AND
I HAVE LEARNED [ INDISCERNIBLE
- BACKGROUND NOISE ] IF IT
REQUIRES A DILIGENT PROCESS.
THAT IS WHAT THIS OUTLINES.
THANK YOU, PLEASE DO IT, DO IT,
DO THE THING. THANK YOU.
>> GORDON, FOLLOWED BY MARY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
GORDON. I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. I HAVE
THREE QUICK POINTS, ON THE PIKE
PLACE AMENDMENT, WE THINK IT IS
NOT NEEDED AS AN AMENDMENT
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO PUBLIC SPACE PROCESS.
WE WOULD CODESIGN IT WITH THE
COMMUNITY. AT THE END OF THE
PROCESS, THEY DO NOT WANT TO
MANAGE THESE. THEY WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE PD
MANAGED PIKE PLACE STREET, I
DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARILY
ANY CONCERN. AND I DO NOT
BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT IS
NEEDED. NUMBER TWO, ON
SIDEWALKS, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
THE COUNCIL TO PLACE EMPHASIS
ON PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY AND
SAFETY. AS THE LEVY MOVES
FORWARD I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND
MORE OF THAT, LASTLY, ON VISION
ZERO, WE ARE HEARING A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT TODAY
[ INDISCERNIBLE - BACKGROUND
NOISE ] COME BACK TO YOU WITH
CLEAR NEEDS FOR THE LEVY, SO
THAT WE CAN FIND VISION ZERO.
THAT WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED
BEFORE THE LEVY ENDS. THANK
YOU.
>> MARY, FOLLOWED BY KEVIN.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET PDA. I AM HERE TO
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER KRAKEN
'S AMENDMENT TO ADD THE
PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TO THIS LIST . I
WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PART OF
IT , BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW IF
WE WERE BEFORE. WE HEAR IT ALL
THE TIME. THERE ARE LOCALS THAT
CARE ABOUT THE STREET. WE KNOW
IT. WE PUT TOGETHER A MASTER
PLAN. AT 15 MONTHS TO STUDY THE
ENTIRE MARKET, THAT WAS PART OF
IT, WE KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY
FEELS, WE DID A SURVEY DURING
THE MASTER PLAN ABOUT HOW THEY
FEEL. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF
IDEAS ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO
START STUDYING IT. IF WE DO
NOT STUDY IT AND WE MAKE RASH
DECISIONS THAT HURT SMALL
BUSINESSES, WHICH HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED HERE, WHO WILL TAKE
CARE OF THEM IF THEY HEARD THE
SMALL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN
MAKING MONEY AND THEN THEY WILL
LOSE MONEY? THIS AMENDMENT [
INDISCERNIBLE - BACKGROUND
NOISE ] AND ALL THE DECISIONS
CAN BE MADE WITH CRITICAL
PARTIES. I HAVE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> KEVIN TROUT?
>> THERE ARE SO MANY
MICROPHONES! HELLO? BEAUTIFUL.
HI THERE, MY NAME IS KEVIN
TROUT, I LIVE IN BALLARD, AND
I COME DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT
AND PIKE PLACE MARKET QUITE A
BIT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL, IT IS
LOVELY. WHEN I GET TO PIKE
PLACE, IT IS PRETTY ROUGH , I
MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST. IF WE
DRIVE DOWN THERE ON A BEAUTIFUL
WEEKEND DAY, IT WOULD BE
PRETTY BAD, I AM ALL ABOUT
FLEXIBILITY, LET'S DO THE
THING THAT WORKS VERY WELL.
THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THE FEAR
COMES IN, WHAT IF WE DO SOME OF
THE WORK WHERE IT DOES NOT SEEM
TO PIVOT VERY QUICKLY IN THE
CITY? I HAVE KIND OF A COMMENT
ABOUT INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO
BE FLEXIBLE IN THESE PROCESSES,
BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL MAKE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE. I WOULD LOVE
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, SO
THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER [
INDISCERNIBLE - BACKGROUND
NOISE ] RATHER THAN COMING UP
WITH THINGS VERY SIDEWAYS ,
RATHER THAN TALKING ABOUT ONE
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. LET'S
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT AND THEN DEAL
WITH THAT.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE REED
HAMPTON. REED , I AM GOING TO
UNMUTE YOU, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> HELLO, FOLKS , MY NAME IS
REED HAMPTON. I AM TALKING
ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR
PROJECT AND I WOULD LIKE TO
EXPRESS MY WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT
THAT REPRESENTS A PRUDENT
INVESTMENT , THESE PROJECTS
INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL
HELP US DELIVER ON THE VISION
ZERO COMMITMENT. YOU HAVE
RECEIVED MORE THAN 100 EMAILS
IN SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS . FROM BOTH THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THE CITY
PERSPECTIVE, THIS PROJECT WILL
SAVE OVER 7500 DAILY RIDERS
MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES EVERY
DAY, THAT IS 625 HOURS EVERY
24 HOURS, REDUCING THE DAMAGE
AND THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES TO
OUR ROADWAYS. I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THIS PROJECT COMPLETED
AND THE MANY BENEFITS THAT THIS
PROJECT [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ] THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ETHAN? NEXT UP.
>> HELLO? MY NAME IS ETHAN , I
AM A RESIDENT IN BELLTOWN. I
AM IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
KRAKEN'S AMENDMENT DID I READ
THE MEMO AND JUSTIFICATION. I
FEEL DISRESPECTED. THE
ORIGINAL TEXT ALREADY GAVE
ROOM FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN
THERE. I DO NOT LIKE CARS
HONKING AT ME , EITHER. 15,660
LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOUR
OFFICE IN OPPOSITION. NO DIRECT
REPRESENTATION WAS GIVEN. THE
MAJORITY OF PIKE PLACE MARKET
MEMBERS ARE OPEN TO
REPRESENTATION, THERE SHOULD
BE 3300 PEOPLE. BECAUSE HAVING
A MARKET WITH THE COMMUNITY IS
COMFORTABLE, NOW, [
INDISCERNIBLE - BACKGROUND
NOISE ] IN THE PDA, NOT THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT . PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> GOOD MORNING. I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 7. I WOULD LIKE TO
GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I
ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO,
WATERING DOWN THE STP WORDING
TO NOT CLARIFY PEOPLE WALKING
OR ROLLING IS A STEP BACKWARDS.
THERE IS EMERGENCY ACCESS
NEEDED AS PIKE PLACE IS THE
MOST PEDESTRIAN-DENSE PLACE IN
SEATTLE, AND WE ARE MOVED AWAY
FROM PRIORITIZING PEOPLE
WALKING AND ROLLING THROUGH
PIKE PLACE. I ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO VOTE NO . THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS DUSTIN.
>> THIS HAS LOTS OF POTENTIAL
. MY NAME IS DUSTIN AND I LIVE
IN BALLARD. MY QUESTION
CONCERNS THE AMENDMENT
CONCERNING PIKE PLACE MARKET.
IT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF
THE GREAT AMERICAN PUBLIC
SPACES BUT IT IS NOT LIVING UP
TO THAT POTENTIAL. THE REASON
IS CARS. THE SAFETY OF A PUBLIC
STREET IS NOT SOMETHING THE
PDA SHOULD DETERMINE , THAT IS
AN SDOT ISSUE. CARS MAKE THE
EXPERIENCE HOSTILE AND
DISAPPOINTING. VERY FEW DRIVERS
ARE THERE FOR THE BUSINESSES.
MEANWHILE, THERE'S A SEA OF
PEDESTRIANS DODGING CARS
TRYING TO SAVE THE SPACE.
PLEASE LET PIKE PLACE MEAT
THAT POTENTIAL, BY VOTING NO.
THANK YOU.
>> JENNA?
>> HI, MY NAME IS JENNA. I
LIVE IN BALLARD. THERE ARE
CARS IN PARK PLATE THAT MET
PIKE PLACE . THE DRIVERS TURN
INTO PIKE PLACE ON ACCIDENT.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO PARK AND THEY ARE STUCK
GOING 2 MILES PER HOUR , AND
INTERFERE WITH PEDESTRIANS
TRYING TO ENJOY THE MARKET. IT
IS A GOOD MARKET. WE ARE AT
WHERE IT IS. AND STILL , IT
IS A MARKET THAT WILL NEVER
BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IF PEOPLE
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STROLL
LEISURELY. THIS WOULD NEVER
HAPPEN [ INDISCERNIBLE -
BACKGROUND NOISE ] MARKET?
THOUSANDS OF MARKETS ARE
AROUND THE WORLD WITH VENDORS
. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> DEVON ?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM SO
GRATEFUL FOR THIS TIME WITH
YOU. AND I ONLY WISH THAT I
COULD BE THERE IN PERSON TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AND IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE 'S AMENDMENT. I WANT
TO THANK THEM FOR GIVEN THAT
NOT GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THEIR JOB. I AM THE
CREDIT CHAIR OF THE PDA
COUNCIL. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU
HOW REPRESENTATIVE THE COUNCIL
IS OF THE MARKET COMMUNITY. WE
HAVE MEMBERS WHO ARE SELECTED
FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND FROM
THE CONSTITUENCY, COMPRISING
THE SORT OF CITIZENS GROUP
AND WE HAVE MEMBERS APPOINTED
BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AS A
BODY, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO ADOPT
A MASTER PLAN THAT FOCUSES THE
MARKET ON LOCALS. ONE OF THE
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO
EMPHASIZE WE ARE NOT SAYING
THAT WE SHOULD CLOSE THE STREET
OR OPEN THE STREET. WE ARE
SAYING, PLEASE LET THE PDA, THE
HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND THE
COMMUNITY LEAD THIS PROCESS.
WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK
YOU.
>> I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL. I
SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSAL
FOR OUR PDA. I AM NOT HEARING
IDEAS OF WHY THEY NEED TO HAVE
THESE STREETS OPEN. THE
MAJORITY OF THAT TRAFFIC, 90%
OF IT IS LOST. IT IS A
LOSE-LOSE FOR PEDESTRIANS LIKE
ME AND FOR TOURISTS WHO JUST
TOOK THE WRONG TURN. I THINK
VENDORS CAN OPERATE OUTSIDE OF
THIS IS OURS. I CHALLENGE THE
PDA TO PROVIDE A REASON WHY
THAT IS A POLICY THEY DO NOT
WANT TO ADOPT. I DO NOT SEE ANY
REASON FOR IT. WE NEED TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ENJOYABLE PLACE, THE
WAY THAT WE START WITH THAT, IS
MAKING PIKE PLACE MARKET A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK,
FREELY. SO, I AM SPEAKING
TODAY IN FULL SUPPORT OF
OPENING UP THOSE WALKWAYS AND
MAKING THIS A WALKABLE PLACE.
THANK YOU.
>> JONATHAN GONZALEZ?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JONATHAN
GONZALEZ , I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 6. I AM CALLING UPON
THE CITY AS A CITIZEN. I HAVE
EXPERIENCE AS A CITY GUIDE.
AND PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED ON.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] MAKING THE
MISTAKE OF DRIVING THROUGH
PIKE PLACE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
PLEASE REJECT AMENDMENT THREE
, THANK YOU.
>> SHANE?
>> MY NAME IS SHANE. I AM A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6. I
OPPOSE AMENDMENT THREE AND I
THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
WAY TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN , WITH
ANOTHER PUBLIC SPACE FOR PEOPLE
FIRST, NOT DOWNTOWN. DEMAND IS
VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE IN THE
CITY WANT MORE PEDESTRIAN-FIRST
PLACES WHERE THEY CAN MOVE
AROUND UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.
IF MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
HAVE ACHIEVED THIS WITHOUT
DETRIMENT TO THEIR BUSINESS, I
WANT TO KNOW WHY WE CANNOT DO
THAT AS WELL? PIKE PLACE HAS
POTENTIAL AND WE SQUANDERED IT
WITH NONESSENTIAL VEHICLES
COMING THROUGH IT. YOU CAN
STAND ON THE CORNER OF PIKE
PLACE ANY DAY, MOST VEHICLES
JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE MARKET.
I AM NOT TRYING TO SAY NOT TO
ALLOW ANY TRAFFIC BUT WE NEED
TO REASSESS PRIORITIES AND PUT
PEOPLE FIRST. SO, I APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU.
>> PATRICE?
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY
NAME IS PATRICE AND I AM VICE
CHAIR OF THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
PDA COUNCIL. I AM SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT THREE FOUR
ALLOWING PIKE PLACE USE TO BE
EVALUATED BY THE PDA. WE HAVE
WORKED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND MANY ISSUES
IN THE PAST, INCLUDING URGING
A TRANSPORTATION STUDY ON FIRST
AVENUE, WHERE THE STUDY SHOWS
THE FUNCTION OF CARS PICKING UP
AND DROPPING OFF VISITORS .
WE NEED TO EVALUATE AND STUDY
THIS FURTHER. I APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME, AGAIN, I SUPPORT
AMENDMENT THREE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> SKIP?
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I HAVE HAD A
LIFELONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE
PIKE PLACE MARKET. AT WHAT TIME
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF PART OF THE
PDA COUNCIL. I HAVE HEARD A LOT
OF COMMENTS, WHICH COME UNDER
THE BOGEYMAN SCENARIO OF CARS
. ONCE IN A WHILE THERE IS AN
ISSUE WITH SOME GUY WHO IS
OUT OF LINE. THIS IS A NATURAL
THING THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN
PEOPLE ENTER PIKE PLACE, THEY
SLOW DOWN AND THEY RECOGNIZE
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKED. THE
MARKET IS LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM,
LIKE THE BIGGEST PLANT IN THE
WORLD THAT YOU CANNOT SEE
GROWING IN THE GROUND. WHAT
ARE THE CONSEQUENCES ? BY THAT
TIME, IT IS TOO LATE TO FIX
THINGS, WE MOVE SLOW --
>> MY NAME IS CECILIA BLACK. HI
, MY NAME IS CECILIA BLACK , I
AM A WHEELCHAIR USER IN LAKE
WASHINGTON, I WANT TO FIRST
THANK THE COUNCIL . I
ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK AND
URGE SUPPORT FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , AND THE
METRICS REQUIRING THE SIDEWALK
ALTERNATIVES BY 2024, THIS
WILL TRANSFORM THE CITY. IT IS
SUCH A MASSIVE STEP IN
ADDRESSING THE STATUS QUO. I
ALSO WANT TO URGE YOU TO
REJECT AMENDMENT THREE. AS A
WHEELCHAIR USER, I WANT TO SAY
THAT PIKE PLACE MARKET IS NOT A
FRIENDLY PLACE FOR USING A
WHEELCHAIR, IT HAS NEVER BEEN
MORE ACCESSIBLE, NOW THAT
THERE IS NUMEROUS A.D.A.
PARKING.
>> NEXT UP, MAX BAKER.
>> HI THERE . MY NAME IS MAX
BAKER. I AM THE FATHER OF TWO
SMALL CHILDREN IN SEATTLE. WE
ARE MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
AQUARIUM AND WE ARE WEEKLY
VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN AND I
WORKED DOWNTOWN FOR MANY YEARS.
IN REGARDS TO AMENDMENT THREE,
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS
THAT OBJECTIVELY USING
ADDITIVES AND PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES. ON OUR WEEKLY
VISITS , WE DECIDED TO STOP
GOING TO PIKE PLACE. WE ARE
NOT SAFE WALKING THROUGH THERE
WITH TWO CHILDREN. ESPECIALLY
THE INCIDENT THAT INVOLVED
THREE DRIVERS GETTING INTO A
ROAD RAGE INCIDENT AS THEY
ENTERED PIKE PLACE, RESULTING
IN ONE WOMAN BEING SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL. IT IS NOT AN
ENVIRONMENT WE FEEL SAFE
TAKING OUR CHILDREN TWO. WE
HAVE FAMILY COMING FROM OUT OF
TOWN, WE HAVE TAKEN OUR NIECES
THERE. THEY HAVE SAID THEY'D
NEVER WANT TO RETURN BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE. WE
REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING
ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE PIKE
PLACE ITSELF SAFER FOR FAMILIES
ALL AROUND.
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE WILL
NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL
MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, RESOLUTION
32131, A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
AND SUPERSEDING THE TRANSIT,
BICYCLE, FREIGHT, AND
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANS.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS IS
PROCEDURALLY, WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
TO DO, IT IS ROBERTS RULES,
INTERMEDIATE TO EXPERT LEVEL,
THIS IS NOT THE STANDARD TYPE
OF PROCEDURE THAT WE ARE
NORMALLY ACCUSTOMED TO AT THIS
POINT, I KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
PROBABLY A SEASONED EXPERT ON
ALL PROCEDURES. BEAR WITH ME,
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE
MINOR THING THAT IS GOING ON,
SO, YEAH, BEAR WITH ME. I MOVED
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32131 , IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION
AND A SECOND THAT WE WILL NOW
PROCEED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS
OF THE AMENDMENTS. WILL OUR
CENTRAL STAFF MEMBER JOIN US?
FIRST UP, AMENDMENT NUMBER
SEVEN, PROPOSED BY ME, THE
COMMITTEE CHAIR, WHICH IS AN
OMNIBUS , INCLUDING INPUT FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NUMBER
INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF
PRIORITIES AND CORRECTIONS TO
THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS . I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE AN ORAL
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 12
REPLACE THE WORD DIRECTED TO
THE WORD CORRECTED. --
REQUESTED . ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ME,
THE PROPOSER?
>> TYPICALLY I WOULD DO THIS
BEFOREHAND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
CONFIRM THAT THIS STILL
REQUIRES SDOT TO MAKE THESE
CHANGES, BEFORE THE CLERK
STAMPS FOR APPROVAL , IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THERE IS NO MATERIAL EFFECT
TO THIS. IT IS A QUESTION OF
FORUM.
>> FANTASTIC, JOB WELL DONE.
>> IT IS EXCELLENT. TO MY MIND,
THIS WAS FORM OVER SUBSTANCE,
THE DISTINCTION . IF THE NET
EFFECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE
SAME, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT WILL
BE, IN TERMS OF SDOT , GOING
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD,
MAKING THESE MINOR AMENDMENTS
TO THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, IN LIGHT OF THE
RESOLUTION WE ADOPT TODAY,
THEN, THAT IS GREAT. BUT,
EXCELLENT QUESTION. I ALSO
WANT TO WELCOME OUR ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, WE
HAVE THAT OPEN , ARE THERE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ON
AMENDMENT SEVEN? ALL RIGHT,
HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE ADOPT
AMENDMENT 72 RESOLUTION 32131,
INCLUSIVE OF THE ORAL
AMENDMENT, REPLACING THE WORD
DIRECTED WITH REQUESTED . IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE MOVEMENT
-- AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
ANY COMMENTS?
>> JUST ONE, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS, FOR
VERIFYING THAT AND GIVING THE
SECOND FOR THAT AS WELL. I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK
CHAIR SAKA, FOR WORKING WITH ME
TO INCORPORATE THE POSITIONS
RELATING TO ADDITIONAL
SIDEWALKS, AND JUST TO SAY
THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE
AND THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE COMPETITION -- COOPERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THE
SIDEWALKS OF REALITY.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE
THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US. ALL
RIGHT , SO, HEARING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE ADOPT AMENDMENT SEVEN
TO RESOLUTION 32131, PARDON
ME, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT
SEVEN . ANY OTHER FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL
RIGHT, HEARING NONE , WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
COUNCILMEMBER WOO? CHAIR
SAKA? THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN
FAVOR.
>> NEXT, VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS OFFERED
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT ?
>> YES, I WOULD. THANK YOU,
CHAIR SAKA. I WANT TO THANK
THE CHAIR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF,
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORK VERY
HARD BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS
AMENDMENT, SPECIFICALLY, IS
SOMETHING WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT
CARS THAT HAVE SPED DOWN LIKE
WASHINGTON HAVE SPED UP TO 70
MILES PER HOUR, EVEN THOUGH IT
IS 25 MILES PER HOUR FOR THAT
STREET. I HAVE TALKED TO
BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT ARE RIGHT ON
LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD THAT
OFTEN, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE IT
IS A SPEEDWAY CUTTING RIGHT
DOWN THROUGH THEIR SMALL
BUSINESSES . IT IS HARD FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THE
STREET, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A
CROSSWALK THERE, IT IS
DIFFICULT, AS DRIVERS ARE
GOING EXTREMELY FAST, THIS
AMENDMENT IS FOR US TO TAKE A
LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT
DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN
MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE
FOR THOSE ON WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT AND
I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> CHAIR SAKA ? I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, RECOGNIZING THE
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WOULD LIKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. AS CHAIR
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
WE ARE WORKING A NUMBER OF
THINGS, TO THE POINTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER WAS JUST SPEAKING
TO AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK. WE ARE WORKING THE
ISSUES AND BUILDING ON THE
ISSUE IN BELLTOWN WHICH IS
CITYWIDE. WE ARE WORKING ON
OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
GENERALLY, WITH TRAFFIC AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THE ISSUE IS
VISION ZERO, WE WILL WORK ON
THE LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
SAFETY ISSUES TO THOSE POINTS
THAT I MENTIONED. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
44.
>> CHAIR SAKA, THANK YOU SO
MUCH , I AGREE THAT IT IS A
LITTLE BIT OF A STICKY POINT,
TRYING TO WALK ACROSS THE
STREET AND SHOP IN THAT AREA.
WHEN YOU SAY SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ,
LIKE, SPECIFICALLY?
>> VISIBILITY. REPAVING SOME
OF THE SIDEWALKS, THERE ARE
STICKER BUSHES ON THE WEST
SIDE, GREEN SCAPES ALONG THE
BOULEVARD, ENSURING THAT THERE
ARE NO PARKING SPOTS BETTER,
IT CREATES A NARROW PATHWAY.
THERE ARE SOME TRAFFIC CALMING
WAYS, SPEED BUMPS, YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN
CREATE SAFER TRAFFIC PATTERNS
FOR CARS, SO IT IS THOSE SAFETY
ISSUES, LET ME CLARIFY AS
WELL, THIS IS ANYTHING NORTH OF
I-90, IT IS PARTICULARLY IN
DISTRICT THREE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE ADOPT AMENDMENT
8 TO RESOLUTION 32131, IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECONDED
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 8,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
COUNCILMEMBER WOO ? VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> OF COURSE, YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR, WE HAVE FIVE
AFFIRMATIVE'S.
>> AMENDMENT 3 , COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT ?
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, I SUBMITTED
AN AMENDMENT FOR THE PIKE
PLACE AMENDMENT , AS PART OF A
TWO-STEP PROSPECT THAT
PROJECT . NOT EVERYONE WATCHES
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, NOT
EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE FULL
REMARKS. IN THOSE REMARKS, I
NOTED THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
GREATER USES OF STREETS. EACH
LOCATION NEEDS TO BE CITED
UNDER THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE LOCATION. AND PIKE PLACE
HAS VERY MANY UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES, RELATING TO THE
FEATURES OF THE TOPOGRAPHY,
VIDEOGRAPHY, THE HISTORICAL
IMPACTS, THERE ARE MANY UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES. EACH LOCATION,
TO INCLUDE BALLARD AVENUE
NORTHWEST, AS WE HEARD FROM
SPEAKERS, OR LAKE BOULEVARD, AS
WE SPOKE ABOUT, EACH LOCATION
NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL
STAKEHOLDERS. IN THE CASE OF
PIKE PLACE, THAT INCLUDES THE
MANY PIECES OF THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET, THE ORGANIZATION. I DO
RECOGNIZE THOUGH, IT IS BETTER
NOT TO HAVE A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
WITH THE SECOND PART OUTSIDE OF
THE STP, AS I WAS INITIALLY
THINKING, INSTEAD, THE
AMENDMENT NOW MATCHES MY
REMARKS. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN VETTED
WITH SDOT. THEY HAD TO
SUGGESTIONS. WE ACCEPTED BOTH
AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE
NEW LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT.
AND I ALSO SPOKE, AS WELL, ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, WITH
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE
HAVE IN THE NOTES, THE
EMERGENCY ACCESS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY. THIS IS IMPORTANT,
LITTLE THINGS, NOTING THAT FIRE
ENGINES AND LADDER TRUCKS
CANNOT BACK UP HILLS, YOU KNOW,
LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE
PART OF THE PROCESS AND WE
REALLY NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS,
SPECIFICALLY THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IN THE END THOUGH, THIS IS
ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE, AS IT
NEEDS , YOU KNOW, TO HAVE
BUSINESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND
THE NEED TO EMBODY EACH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS. AND THIS IS IN
REGARDS TO THE PIKE PLACE
ORGANIZATION, IN REGARDS TO MY
POINT ABOUT SDOT AND FIRE, IF
YOU GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WEBSITE, THEY
SPEAK TO THE HISTORICAL
DISTRICT, I THINK FROM A GOOD
GOVERNANCE POINT OF VIEW, IT
IS IMPORTANT TO BRING THE PDA
IN, IF WE DO NOT, IT IS GOING
TO GO TO THE HEARING
EXAMINATION AND IF YOU READ THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
HISTORICAL THING, IT IS MUCH
BETTER TO DO THE GOOD
GOVERNANCE PIECE UPFRONT AND
WITH THAT, I REALLY WANT TO
ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEW
MASTER PLAN. SO, WE REALLY NEED
TO ENGAGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND
INCLUDE THE DISTRICT 7
ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE SOME
THAT WERE PART OF THIS
MORNING'S PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND
THE SEATTLE GREENWAYS, I
REQUEST THAT SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS IS
INCLUDED, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE. THE
BALLARD GROUP, I DID NOT QUITE
HEAR THE NAME, BUT I
SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE THEM AS PART OF THIS
REVIEW OF PIKE PLACE. I AM NOT
SURE, DEFINITELY BRING THEM
INTO THE DISCUSSION. AND I
HAVE MET WITH CECELIA BLACK ON
ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
ISSUES. I DEFINITELY WANT TO
REQUEST THAT DISABILITY RIGHTS
OF AMERICANS BE INVOLVED,
ESPECIALLY THE PDA, DUE TO
UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES, WE
WILL GET A BETTER ANSWER THAT
WILL BE GOOD FOR SEATTLE,
MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU,
EVERYONE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
THIS. I RECOGNIZE AND I HAVE
HEARD THE VOICES, BUT IF WE
HAVE THE INCLUSIVE GOOD
GOVERNESS -- GOVERNANCE PIECE,
FROM THE COMMENTS BOTH IN
PERSON AND ONLINE, WE WILL GET
TO A BETTER PLACE, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, CHAIR SAKA. I TURN
IT BACK TO YOU, OR THE OTHER
COMMENTERS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT, THIS
IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE USED
FOR BALLARD AVENUE, IT HAS
BEEN WRITTEN DOWN AND PUT INTO
LEGISLATION, IT IS NOT
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD,
BUT WE NEED TO INCLUDE SO THAT
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. APRIL
16th, SO, YOU HAVE ALREADY MET
WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND
IT REALLY DEMONSTRATES HOW
COMMITTED YOU ARE TO WORKING
WITH MANY DIFFERENT VOICES
ACROSS OUR CITY. I WANT TO
APPRECIATE YOU.
>> CHAIR?
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AND
EVERYONE WHO ESTIMATE IN
LETTERS OR PHONE CALLS. I
THINK THE DEVOLUTION OF THIS
AMENDMENT KIND OF HAS BEEN
MOVING AROUND. AND I THINK IT
IS A PLACE WHERE IT IS BRINGING
EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE. YOU
KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT
WHAT MAKES PIKE PLACE MARKET
PIKE PLACE MARKET, AND WE HAVE
HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE,
AMONG FARMERS, THEY WOULD
LOVE TO SEE WHAT WILL COME OUT
OF THIS, EVERYBODY AT THE
TABLE, WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE
TO SAY, BEFORE WE START MOVING
FORWARD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MAY I SAY SOMETHING?
>> MADAM VICE CHAIR, PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND
>> I DON'T WANT TO ECHO
EVERYTHING, BUT I DO WANT TO
DEFINITELY THANK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU
DID BEHIND THE SCENES. AND
GETTING A VIEWPOINT THAT I DO
THINK IS MUCH NEEDED ,
ESPECIALLY FOR PIKE PLACE, I
JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT AMENDMENT
TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THE SAME ISSUE , JERMAINE TO
THE FIRST ISSUE , IT IS
APPLICABLE, GIVEN THE
STRUCTURE, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT
KIND OF PLAYS OUT IN A MOMENT,
BUT ARE THERE ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE
PROPOSER ? HEARING NO FURTHER
OBJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE AN ORAL AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 1 OF COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S AMENDMENT 3 TO
CHANGE THE WORD DIRECTED TO
THE WORD REQUESTED. I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE ADOPT AMENDMENT
THREE, TWO RESOLUTION 32131,
WITH THAT CHANGE THAT I JUST
STATED. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 3.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE PLEASE
-- CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER WOO? VICE CHAIR
SAKA TO ?
>> NO.
>> CHAIR SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> THERE ARE FOUR AYES AND ONE
OPPOSED.
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT
32131, AS AMENDED, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. OTHER
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> I APOLOGIZE, I MEANT TO SAY
YES FOR THE AMENDMENT I WAS
CONFUSED. MY APOLOGIES. I KNOW
THAT THREE YOU OFF AND I
APOLOGIZE.
>> TO?
>> I WAS VOTING YES FOR YOUR
AMENDMENT TO THIS AMENDMENT.
THE LANGUAGE , THE LANGUAGE
CHANGE. THAT IS MY APOLOGY.
>> OKAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT
IN ROBERTS RULES. BUT I
APOLOGIZE BUT
>> NO WORRIES. SO, WE HAVE ON
THE FLOOR, WE HAVE AN
AMENDMENT WHERE WE ADOPTED ALL
OF THE AMENDED AMENDMENTS ,
JUST NOW, TO THE UNDERLYING
RESOLUTION, TO THE BASE
RESOLUTION. AND IT HAS ,
AMENDMENT 3 HAS BEEN DULY
VOTED ON, SO IT IS OFF THE
TABLE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE
AMENDED AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE
AMENDMENTS , TO CALL IT
CONFUSING. YOU WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AGAIN.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> AS A MEMBER OF THE
PREVAILING SIDE OF THE VOTE, I
COULD REQUEST A RECALL OF THAT
VOTE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REDO
THAT?
>> NO. LET'S KEEP MOVING.
>> WE WILL KEEP IT MOVING.
ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK --
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
32131?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER WOO ? VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH? CHAIR SAKA?
THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR.
>> THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32131 AS
AMENDED WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 2023-24 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, CONGRATS, COLLEAGUES,
AND GETTING THAT ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE. I LEARNED A LOT.
IT IS THE SAUSAGE MAKING
PROCESS, THE NITTY-GRITTY
DETAILS THAT INVOLVE BEING A
LEGISLATOR. A LOT OF CLOSE
COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES
AND WITH YOU ALL, YOUR STAFF,
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE
CENTRAL STAFF EFFORTS. AND I
APPRECIATE CALVIN CHOW AND OUR
TRANSPORTATION CENTRAL STAFF ,
SDOT, AND THE COLLABORATION TO
KEEP THIS MOVING. MOVING ALONG.
SO, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE
SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, STATE OF THE
SDOT ASSETS BRIEFING .
>> WILL OUR PRESENTERS SHARE
YOUR PRESENTATION. WHEN READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM AT GREG
SPOTTS, DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, I AM JOINED BY
OUR COUNCIL LIAISON, AND
ELIZABETH SHELDON, AND ALSO
OUR PAVEMENT ENGINEERING
MANAGER. AND WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU
BACKGROUND ON OUR EFFORTS TO
MANAGE THE PARTICULAR ASSET
OF THE ROADWAY IN THE CITY AND
HOW THAT RELATES TO OUR MORE
BROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY. ARE WE GOING TO BE
STARTING? SO, PREVIOUSLY, WE
HAVE PRESENTED ON TWO OF OUR
SEVEN MAJOR ASSET CLASSES. WE
PRESENTED ON OUR BRIDGE ASSET
PROGRAM, AND SIDEWALKS. TODAY,
WE ARE PRESENTING ON ARTERIAL
ROADWAYS AND OUR NON-ARTERIAL
ROADWAYS. THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF
THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF
HOW ASSET MANAGEMENT WORKS.
OFTEN, IN CITIES, THE FIRST
ASSET THAT GETS A SORT OF
LIFECYCLE ASSET MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY IS THE ROAD SURFACE.
AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTED
REQUIRING LOCALITIES TO PURSUE
THOSE STRATEGIES, IN ORDER TO
COMPETE FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR
REPAVING. YOU KNOW, I WORKED
ON THIS TOPIC QUITE A BIT AT
THE BUREAU OF STREET SERVICES,
AND WHEN I JOINED SDOT, I WAS
VERY PLEASED TO FIND A PAYMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PLACE,
AND SOME TERRIFIC EXPERTS, LIKE
THE TWO THAT I HAVE WITH ME
TODAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE OUR -- ARE OUR MISSION
VALUES THAT WE BEGIN EACH
PRESENTATION WITH, WE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT ASSET MANAGEMENT,
AND IT IT INFORMS OUR
PRINCIPLES. WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE
STREET NETWORK IN SEATTLE,
INCLUDING THE VARIOUS PAYMENT
TYPES AND WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF
THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PAVEMENT
THAT WE HAVE IN ARTERIALS AND
NON-ARTERIALS AND THE
PRESERVATION STRATEGIES THAT
WE ARE EMPLOYING AND WE WILL
ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING OUR PAYMENT
PRESENTATION ACTIVITIES , SOME
OF WHICH ARE DELIVERED BY
CONTRACTORS AND SOME BY OUR OWN
CITY CREWS. NEXT SLIDE. ZOOMING
OUT, ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
IDENTIFIES SEVEN KEY
HIGH-VALUE ASSETS, ARTERIAL
PAVEMENT, NON-ARTERIAL
PAVEMENT, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES ,
RETAINING WALLS, AREA WAYS,
THOSE ARE THOSE HOLLOW AIRWAYS
UNDER THE SIDEWALK OR STREET
IN SOME PLACES LIKE PIONEER
SQUARE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
GREEN COLORS, THEY ARE THE
TYPES OF PAYMENT, AND NEARLY
50% OF THE ASSET VALUE OF THE
PUBLIC ASSETS THAT SDOT
MANAGES OUR EMBEDDED WITHIN
THE ROAD SERVICE. WITH THAT, I
AM GOING TO HAND IT TO OUR
CHIEF ENGINEER, ELIZABETH
SHELDON.
>> I WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF
MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND.
>> MAY WE GO BACK? THANK YOU.
NOTICING, ON THE SLIDE, THAT
THIS IS DONE IN LANE MILES.
THE QUESTION IS, 24th AVENUE
NORTHWEST WAS REDUCED IN EACH
DIRECTION TO ONE EACH
DIRECTION, WITH THE CENTER TURN
LANE, DOES THIS REDUCE THAT
NUMBER? IN MY MIND, THAT DOES
NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE
ON THE STREET.
>> LANE MILES, THAT IS A
MEASUREMENT OF THE ROADWAY
AREAS BETWEEN THE CURBS.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO
ASK FOR THESE TWO
PRESENTATIONS, THAT WE TABLE
ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS UNTIL THE VERY END.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I DID NOT MAKE THAT VERY
CLEAR UPFRONT, BUT THERE IT IS.
>> WHAT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS DOES, IF YOU INPUT ALL
OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT A
STREET, FROM THE
CLASSIFICATION, THE PAVEMENT
TYPE, AT THE AREA, AND THEN,
YOU INPUT ALSO THE IDEAL
TREATMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SEE OVER TIME. AND THEN YOU
CAN DO A CONDITIONAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE STREET , FOR
A STANDARD VISUAL INSTRUCTION.
AND WITH ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION, WHAT THE PAYMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOES, IT
SHOWS HOW PAVEMENT
DETERIORATES AND WE ARE ABLE TO
PROTECT BOTH THE NETWORK
CONDITION, AND ALSO AT A
NETWORK LEVEL. IT BASICALLY
CREATES A POOL OF IDEAL
CANDIDATES FOR YOU TO USE, TO
DETERMINE WHICH STREETS YOU
WOULD LIKE TO RESURFACE OR
PAVE. SEATTLE AND SDOT
IMPLEMENTED STREET PAVERS
AROUND 2000, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE THAT, AND HAS BEEN
CONTINUING INSPECTIONS ON
ARTERIAL STREETS OVER THAT
TIME. SO, WE HAVE A GOOD
HISTORY OF HOW THE STREETS
BEHAVE AND HOW THE TREATMENTS
ARE IMPACTING THEM. LESS
FREQUENTLY, WE HAVE DONE
MONETARY INSPECTIONS, TO GET A
GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE STATE OF
THE STREETS ARE, ONCE WE HAVE
THE IDEAL CANDIDATES, WE HAVE
KIND OF A LARGE POOL OF
CANDIDATES TO DRAW FROM FOR
THE PAVING PROGRAM, SO, THEN,
WE LOOK TO OTHER CITY POLICIES
FOR HOW TO BEST PULL THE
SPECIFIC STREETS THAT WE WANT
TO TREAT, FROM THAT LARGER
GROUP OF CANDIDATES. SO WE LOOK
AT ANY CHANGES, OR SERVING THE
MOST PEOPLE, WITH THE HEAVIEST
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, OR THE
FREIGHT CORRIDORS , THAT WOULD
BENEFIT FROM THE ADDITIONAL
PAVING. TO LOOK AT THE PAYMENT
TYPES, THIS IS IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE DIFFERENT PAYMENT TYPES
REQUIRE DIFFERENT TREATMENT.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW MANY
STREETS ARE ASPHALT VERSUS
CONCRETE, THERE ARE SOME
PICTURES IN THE NEXT SLIDES ,
VERSUS CHIP SALE, STONE
BLOCK, OR COBBLESTONE STREETS.
WE HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
GRAVEL OR DIRT ROADS, ALSO
LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY
ARTERIAL OR NON-ARTERIAL ROADS
ARE TREATED. LOOKING REALLY
QUICKLY . WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
ASPHALT STREETS, WHAT DO WE
MEAN? IT IS USUALLY KIND OF
DARKER COLORING , VERSUS A PCC
STREET WITH INDIVIDUAL
CONCRETE PANELS, LOOKING AT
THOSE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT
OVER TIME AND DIFFERENT COSTS
TO IMPLEMENT, THEY WANT TO BE
COGNIZANT OF THE DIFFERENT
TYPES. THE CONCRETE ARE
GENERALLY THE ONES WHERE WE CAN
INSTALL AND THE MAINTENANCE
TREATMENT IS PRETTY MINIMAL
OVER TIME. WHEREAS IF WE LOOK
AT SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL
AREAS, FOR GRAVEL, THOSE
REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT GRADING AND
WORK EVERY YEAR, JUST TO BE
FUNCTIONAL. SWITCHING FROM
PAVEMENT TYPES TO PAVEMENT
CONDITION , ONE OF THE THINGS
WE DO, EVERY THREE YEARS, WE DO
A FULL ENTER BACKTRACK
INVENTORY OF OUR CITY STREETS
TO GET A PAYMENT INDEX THAT
WILL FALL INTO DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES. THIS GIVES YOU AN
IDEA, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
STREET IN GOOD CONDITION
VERSUS A STREET IN SERIOUS
CONDITION. THEY ARE FUNCTIONAL,
BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IMPACTS
AND DIFFERENT TREATMENT
PROVIDED. NOW, LOOKING AT
SEATTLE'S PAYMENT CONDITION ON
THE MAP, ONE OF THE THINGS I
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, SOME OF THE
STREETS IN THE NORTH AND THAT
WERE ANNEXED, OR DOWN IN THE
SOUTH, THEY ARE IN REALLY GOOD
CONDITION AND THAT IS BECAUSE
WE HAD A LONG, ONGOING
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM FOR THOSE STREETS. AND
THEY GET PRETTY LIGHT TRAFFIC
OVERALL, SO THEY ARE STRAITS
THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN IN FAIRLY
GOOD CONDITION, AT MINIMAL
COSTS. AGAIN, LOOKING AT IT,
IN A DIFFERENT WAY, LOOKING AT
THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF THE
PAYMENT NETWORK, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT,
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK, BASED ON
THE OVERALL AREA, WE HAVE OVER
50%, ALMOST 60% OF OUR PAVING
NETWORK, IN THE GOOD,
SATISFACTORY, THERE IS A LOT
IN GOOD CONDITION. NEXT ONE.
SWITCHING, SO NOW, WE HAVE KIND
OF THE PAVEMENT TYPE, THE
PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX , SO WE
WILL LOOK AT KIND OF THE
DIFFERENT TREATMENTS THAT WE
CAN APPLY, SO, LOOKING AT THE
STRAITS THAT ARE IN GOOD
CONDITION, GENERALLY I THINK
THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE ONCE YOU
GET INTO THE SATISFACTORY
CONDITION, AGAIN, FOR CONCRETE,
STILL, DO NOTHING, BUT FOR
ASPHALT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
START TREATING THEM EITHER WITH
A SLURRY SALE OR A CRACK SALE,
TO PREVENT WEATHER FROM
GETTING IN, THE SUN, OR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. WHEN WE
GET DOWN INTO THE FAIR AND POOR
CONDITIONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT
DOING MORE SERIOUS TREATMENTS,
THEN ONCE YOU GET INTO THE
VARIOUS AREAS, THEY LOOK AT
RECONSTRUCTING THE STREETS. A
LITTLE BIT ON THE PRESERVATION
STRATEGIES, ONE OF THE THINGS
TO NOTE, OVER TIME, IF YOU
WERE TO CONTINUE WITH
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, YOU
CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE
STREET AT A FRACTION OF THE
COST OF THE OVERALL TREATMENT.
OVER OUR LAST COST
ASSESSMENTS , IT WAS PUTTING A
SLURRY SALE , IF YOU ARE
LOOKING OVERALL, IT IS AROUND
$275 PER SQUARE YARD. AND
REBUILDING IS UPWARDS OF, IT
IS AROUND $700 PER SQUARE
YARD, ALMOST $800, SO, YOU ARE
LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
IF YOU ARE NOT WORKING WITH
THE STRAITS THAT ARE IN GOOD
CONDITION. SO, WE WILL SWITCH
UP A LITTLE BIT AND WORK WITH A
COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THAT THOSE
TYPES OF TREATMENTS ARE. AND I
WILL JUST GO THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF SLIDES.
>> OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES,
WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR SOME
PROJECT EXAMPLES THAT SHOWCASE
THE VARIETY OF PAYMENT AFFAIRS
-- REPAIRS THAT WE USE FOR
EXAMPLE, PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE, AS SHOWN IN THE
SLIDE, IT IS A SLURRY SEAL
APPLICATION. THINK OF IT AS
SUNSCREEN FOR STREETS, THIS
ENCOMPASSES ISOLATED
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, AND THEN
YOU SEAL IT. TAKE THE WATER
OUT, AND ULTIMATELY PRESERVE
IT. WE MAKE OUR WAY ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS. WE HAVE AN
EXAMPLE OF MINOR
REHABILITATION, THIS IS WHERE
YOU TYPICALLY FIND THAT THE
APPROPRIATE REPAIRS TO GRIND
DOWN THE EXISTING FAIR TO POOR
ASPHALT IS THEN REPAVED WITH
NEW ASPHALT, ULTIMATELY
RESTORING THE SURFACE
CONDITION. A GOOD EXAMPLE TO
THAT WOULD BE AVALON WAY OR
SORT OF IN THE NORTHEAST. AND
SOME STRUCTURAL REPAIRS ARE
COMPLETED WITH THIS APPROACH,
WE WILL TYPICALLY SEE A LIFE
EXTENSION OF FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND, LET'S SEE, WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT ASPHALT REPAIRS,
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CONCRETE
REPAIRS FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE,
THIS IS WHERE SEVERAL PANELS
NEED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED OR
REHABILITATED. THIS REPAIR
METHOD IS APPLICABLE TO PANELS
THAT NEED TO BE RESTORED THAT
ARE SORT OF IN CLUSTERS FOR
MULTIPLE PANELS. AND, YOU CAN
THINK OF IT, LIKE SANDPOINT
WAY, WE HAVE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY
AT REPAIRING SEVERAL CLUSTERS
OF PANELS THROUGHOUT THE
CORRIDOR. OR IT COULD BE AN
INDIVIDUAL, ISOLATED PANEL. AND
WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT LIKE, A
CONCRETE REPAIR. LET'S SEE,
NOW WE MOVE INTO THE MAJOR
REHABILITATION AND
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THIS
IS A PROJECT WHERE THE STREETS
ARE IN NEED OF FULL
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE
UNSUITABLE SUBGRADES NEED TO BE
RESTORED. SINCE THIS IS A
BRAND-NEW ROAD, WE HAVE FULL
FLEXIBILITY TO ENVISION ITS
USE. THESE ARE TYPICALLY
STREETS THAT ARE IN POOR OR
SERIOUS CONDITIONS. THE KEY TO
MAKING THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFUL
AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE IS
PARTNERING WITH UTILITY
STAKEHOLDERS TO OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THE
UTILITY DURING CONSTRUCTIONS.
THIS TYPE OF PROJECT RESTORES
THE ASSET CYCLE, BACK TO ITS
ORIGINAL VALUE OF 30 TO 50
YEARS. SOME OTHER STOPGAP
MEASURES WE USE ARE POTHOLE
REPAIRS. THESE ARE FOR STREETS
IN POOR OR SERIOUS EDITION,
LAST YEAR, WE FILLED 25,000
BOTTLES 80% WERE, WITHIN 72
HOURS, OUR TYPICAL BALL WITHIN
THE TIME OF RECEIVING THE
REQUEST. MY FINAL EXAMPLE,
BEFORE HANDING IT BACK OVER TO
LIZ, THE SERVICE OVERLAY
PROJECT, SURFACE OVERLAYS
AUTOMATIC ONE OR THE AMBULANCE
TO REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS, THEY
HAVE ISOLATED DEFECTS, THE SPOT
REPAIRS ARE TYPICALLY REPAIRED
BY THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE
CREWS. THEY ARE TYPICALLY
LARGER THAN IT POTHOLE REPAIR,
LARGER THAN A POTHOLE. THE
REPAIRS COULD BE 10' BY 22'
SECTIONS OF ROAD, UP TO A FEW
BLOCKS LONG. THEY TYPICALLY DO
NOT MAKE REPAIRS TO THE
SUBGRADE. LIZ, I WILL HAVE THIS
BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT OF A
CUT OF THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT
OPTIONS. AND WE WANTED TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAMS
THAT DELIVER ON THOSE, STARTING
WITH, KIND OF THE EMERGENCY AND
STOPGAP MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE
OUR CREWS THAT ARE
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED. SO, THEY
ARE THE FIRST ONES WHO RESPOND
TO POTHOLE REPAIR, OR IF THERE
IS A CALL THAT COMES IN THAT
NEEDS URGENT SERVICE, THEY
WILL COME IN AND MAKE IT SAFE,
IT COULD BE A LARGER SURFACE
REPAIRED, IT COULD BE SOMETHING
ADDING WARNING SIGNS TO MAKE
THE CONDITIONS SAFER. THE
SECOND GROUP IS THE MARKINGS
DIVISION, THIS IS ALSO THE
CREW RESPONSE, PROJECT-BASED,
RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, THERE IS A
SECOND RESPONSE, THEY LOOK AT
REPAIRING THINGS ON A
LONGER-TERM BASIS, BUT IT CAN
BE PRETTY FLEXIBLE . THE FINAL
, THEY ARE THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS, DELIVERING THE LARGER
OVERLAY PROJECTS THAT ARE BIG
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. IT IS
PROJECT -BASED AND LONG-TERM,
FROM THE INITIAL IDEA TO
CONSTRUCTION, AND IT COULD BE
MULTIPLE YEARS BOTH IN THE
MAKING OF AND THE DELIVERY.
WITH THAT, A LITTLE BIT OF
SUMMARY ABOUT WHAT WE DELIVER,
SO , IN ADDITION , WE HAVE
KIND OF A COMBINATION
PROJECT, WHERE WE WILL HAVE
CEILING 30 TO 40 LANE MILES,
ANNUALLY. AND OUR FOUNDRY
PROGRAM DEVELOPS THE LARGE
RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH CAPITAL
PROJECTS. LET'S GO TO THE
LAST SLIDE, A LITTLE BIT OF
HISTORY ON OUR PAVING DOLLARS
AND LANE MILES. THIS INCLUDES
TOTAL INVESTMENT. THIS IS
INCLUSIVE OF PREVIOUS LEVIES
AND GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER
LOCAL FUNDING THAT COMES IN. IT
IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
YOU MIGHT SEE WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT LEVIES
SPECIFICALLY, LOOKING AT LANE
MILES, WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER
UNDER 300, BRIDGING THE GAP,
FROM 2016 UNTIL NOW. AND SO,
YOU WILL SEE, DEFINITELY CALL
OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN LANE
MILES, WHEN YOU GET DIFFERENT
OPTIONS. YOU ARE DELIVERING
LESS MILES BUT IF YOU ARE
LOOKING AT MORE ASPHALT
OVERLAYS, YOU CAN DELIVER MORE
MILEAGE. AND WITH THAT, I
THINK THAT WE CAN OPEN IT UP
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU ALL, VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO?
SORRY, I AM LOOKING STRAIGHT
AT PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE HANDS
RAISED ON THE VIRTUAL SCREEN
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. IN
TERMS OF THE PRESERVATION
STRATEGY SLIDES, I BELIEVE IT
WAS SLIDE 11 . HOW MUCH IS
THERE COORDINATION WITH SPU ,
THE REASON THAT I ASK, FOR
EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ISSUES IN
QUEEN AND , WHERE THERE IS
SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE WATCHING ,
AND THEY MAY CALL IN,
REGARDING A WATER LEAK THAT
NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, AND IT
CONTRIBUTES TO THE STATE OF THE
ROAD IN THAT AREA, SO WHAT IS
THE COORDINATION? YOU CAN FIX
THE TOP, BUT BECAUSE IT HAS
NOT BEEN FIXED UNDERNEATH, IT
WILL NEED TO BE FIXED AGAIN. I
AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE
COORDINATION WITH SPU.
>> THE QUICK ANSWER, THERE IS A
LOT OF ORDINATION AT DIFFERENT
STAGES. STARTING AT THE VERY
BEGINNING, WHEN WE JUST HAVE AN
IDEA OF WHAT PAYMENT WE MIGHT
WANT TO LOOK AT, AS FAR AS THE
BIG IDEAL CANDIDATE POOL, ONE
OF THE BIG QUESTIONS WE HAVE IS
WITH SPU, CITY LIGHT, AND THE
OTHER UTILITIES UNDERGROUND,
LOOKING AT BOARD MEETING, IF
THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE A PROJECT
THAT IS KIND OF ON THE IDEAL
CATEGORY LIST THAT WILL MAKE IT
RISE UP A LITTLE BIT, IN THE
PRIORITIZATION, AND THEN WE
ALSO START COORDINATING REALLY
AT EARLY STAGES, WHILE WE ARE
HAVING A DESIGN AND LOOKING AT
WHAT TREATMENTS WE MIGHT WANT
TO PUT FOR THAT STREET AND
WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES MORE
SENSE FOR UTILITIES TO COME IN.
WE WANT TO PAVE, STRIVE, PAVE,
SECOND TO LAST , AND THEN WORK
OUR WAY UP.
>> HOW ABOUT WHEN THE ROAD
LOOKS GOOD, BUT ISN'T? I AM
SPEAKING FROM THE CITY HALL
PERSPECTIVE, CHERRY STREET,
BETWEEN FORTH AND 5th, IT LOOKS
GOOD. SOMETHING GOT SPILLED
PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTHERN
SIDE, WHEN THERE IS RAIN, LIKE
YESTERDAY, AND PEOPLE ARE
COMING UP, YOU KNOW, THAT IS
SOMETHING I WANTED TO POINT OUT
AN EXAMPLE, IT LOOKS GOOD TO
THE EYE, SOMETHING GOT SPILLED
ON THAT STREET, AND I JUST
WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE,
REGARDING MAJOR REHAB, TWO
QUESTIONS , AND YOU PROBABLY
ANSWER THEM IN TERMS OF THE
COORDINATION, I REALLY LIKE
THE EAST MARGINAL WAY PEACE, IN
TERMS OF STRENGTHENING IT, AND
I WAS CURIOUS, BECAUSE I HAVE
BEEN PROMOTING THE PORT, AND I
KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE
VIABLE ON ITS 200 ANNIVERSARY.
HAVE YOU HEARD, IN TERMS OF
WHAT AREAS NEED THAT KIND OF
TREATMENT? IF IT IS IN TERMS OF
SERVICING THE PORT, THE HEAVY
LOADS, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING
FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE
REGARDING THAT POINT?
>> YES, WE HAVE, THERE IS A
HEAVY HAUL QUARTER OR --
CORRIDOR MAP, AND WE MAKE SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT SPECIAL
SUBSET OF ARTERIALS.
>> ONE LAST COORDINATION, KING
COUNTY METRO , I BRING THIS UP,
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES
WHERE THEY NEED CONCRETE PADS,
AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES,
SOMETIMES THE BUS ROUTES, YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE COMING UP TO A
STOP SIGN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. IT IS A
WILD RIDE. GOING DOWN THE
RAPIDS. BECAUSE THE ROAD HAS
BEEN SO DEFORMED FROM THE
WEIGHT OF THE BUSES. IS THAT A
COORDINATION PIECE YOU HEAR ,
FROM THE DRIVER SAYING, I
ALMOST BROKE MY BACK?
>> WE DO. WE HAVE A SEPARATE
PROGRAM CALLED TRANSIT SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS, THEY COULD BE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAYMENT,
THE CURB, THE SIDEWALKS,
ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP
SUPPORT TRANSIT TO RUN A
LITTLE BIT MORE SMOOTHLY.
>> GOOD. I WILL TALK TO THE
DRIVERS, THE NEXT TIME I SEE
THEM. I DO.
>> COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ? YES,
YOU MAY, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> IF WE ARE HOLDING QUESTIONS
TO THE END, PLEASE DO NOT DROP
THE POWERPOINT, YOU KNOW ME, I
ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE
SLIDES, IT WAS THE GOOD VERSUS
BAD SLIDE , I AM TRYING TO FIND
IT ON MY OWN SCREEN, I BELIEVE
IT IS SLIDE EIGHT, THANK YOU
FOR LABELING YOUR SLIDES. AND
THIS WAS, I JUST REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THIS, BECAUSE THIS
IS A VERY CLEAR EXAMPLE,
RATHER THAN TRYING TO USE WORDS
TO SHARE WHAT YOU MEAN BETWEEN
GOOD AND SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POOR
AND SERIOUS. I CAN TELL YOU
THERE IS A ROAD AND I WILL NOT
IN THE ROAD, BUT THERE IS A
ROAD IN MY DISTRICT THAT I
THOUGHT WAS POOR AND AFTER
SEEING THIS SLIDE, I WOULD
DETERMINE THAT IT IS SERIOUS.
I HAVE HAD CONSTITUENTS REACH
OUT TO ME ABOUT IT. SO I HAVE
SUBMITTED THE POTHOLE , THE
POTHOLE RUNS FROM ONE BLOCK TO
TWO BLOCKS DOWN , IT IS THAT
TRENCHING , IT IS WORSE
ACTUALLY THAN WHAT IS ON THE
SCREEN. I HAVE INSTRUCTED
RESIDENTS TO FILL OUT REQUESTS
TO FIX IT. MAYBE A YEAR-PLUS
AFTER I DID, THE ROAD REMAINS
IN THAT CONDITION. I WILL
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU AFTER
COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC
LOCATION SO THAT YOU CAN KIND
OF GIVE ME MORE FEEDBACK. I AM
NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT BUT IN THESE SITUATIONS ,
WHERE WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO TELL
RESIDENTS TO FIX IT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THE KING
OF FILLING POTHOLES, IT HAS
BEEN REPORTED TO HIM THAT MOST
BOTTLES ARE FILLED VERY QUICKLY
BUT HERE I HAVE A ROAD IN VERY
SERIOUS CONDITION FOR TWO YEARS
PLUS, WHAT DO WE DO, HOW CAN I
HELP YOU, HOW CAN YOU HELP ME,
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S
EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR?
>> I THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OF
THINGS, LOOKING AT THAT STREET,
IN SERIOUS CONDITION, THERE ARE
SOME STRAITS WHERE IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO FILL A POPOTHOL
THERE ARE OTHER STREETS WHERE
IT IS EITHER TOO BIG, OR NOT
THE RIGHT TYPE OF DEFECT. SO,
THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE
NEED TO DO MORE OF THE SURFACE
TREATMENT, THAT IS A LITTLE
MORE INTENSIVE AND
UNFORTUNATELY THAT TAKES MORE
TIME TO DELIVER. IT WOULD BE
GOOD TO LOOK AT WHAT THE
SPECIFIC STREET IS, AND HOW WE
CAN TREAT IT SO THAT WE CAN
FIND OUT HOW IT WILL HOLD.
>> IT IS 24th AVENUE
SOUTHWEST, THE SECOND TIME IN
COMMITTEE THAT I HAVE MENTIONED
THIS, THE TRENCHING, IN THE
SERIOUS SLIDE, THE BOTTOM
PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE
IS TRENCHING CLOSE TO THE
MIDDLE LINE, AND I WILL TELL
YOU, ON 24th IT IS WORSE AND
SO, WHEN MY RESIDENTS HAVE
FILLED OUT THE FIND -IT /FIX-IT
, I HAVE REQUESTED A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
ATTEMPTS , REQUESTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO WE
BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH
SEATTLEITES, BECAUSE FOR THEM
TO GET IT FIXED, WE HERE AT
COMMITTEE THAT ALL OF THE
POTHOLES ARE BEING FILLED VERY
QUICKLY, YET HERE IS A
TWO-BLOCK -LONG TRENCH. HOW DO
WE SHARE INFORMATION ? IF THE
WHOLE ROAD NEEDS TO BE RIPPED
UP, THAT IS A VALID ANSWER BUT
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS BEING
COMMUNICATED .
>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN
THIS TYPE OF WORK, THE SMALL
ASPHALT REPAIRS OUR REQUEST
DRIVEN. THE LARGER PROJECTS
ARE NOT DRIVEN BY THE PAVEMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SOMETIMES ,
YOU KNOW, CONSTITUENTS GET
FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY KEEP
REQUESTING THAT A SMALL STREET
GETS MAJOR REPAIRS, BUT THE
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MAY
NOT IDENTIFY THAT AS THE MOST
COST-EFFECTIVE SOURCE OF
RESOURCES AND THOSE ARE THE
MOST COMPLICATED TYPES OF
CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE WITH THE
PUBLIC.
>> SURE. AND YES. BUT TWO
YEARS AGO, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO
HAVE THEM FILL OUT A REPORT.
TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IT IS
ACTUALLY WORSE, WE DO NOT NEED
TO GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT
WHAT I NEED TO SHOW YOU IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING
WITH RESIDENTS TO SET CLEAR
EXPECTATIONS SO THAT THE
RESIDENTS DO NOT FEEL LIKE
THERE IS A POTHOLE PROBLEM AND
THEN YOU COME TO THE COMMITTEE
AND YOU TELL US THERE IS NO
POTHOLE PROBLEM, WHEN WE JUST
WENT AROUND THIS. I WILL LEAVE
IT THERE. I THINK YOU ALL DO
GREAT WORK AND THAT IS WHERE I
WILL LEAVE IT TODAY.
>> HAPPY TO TALK TO ANY
CONSTITUENTS WITH WHOM YOU
FEEL NEED CLOSE COMMUNICATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. AND I WILL BE HONEST,
WHEN THE CONVERSATION AROUND
POTHOLES CAME UP, I WAS LOOKING
AT SOME OF MY OTHER NOTES AND
OTHER AREAS OF THE
PRESENTATION. MY INTEREST SORT
OF PERKED UP WHEN YOU SAID
POTHOLES. I GET , YEAH, REALLY
INTERESTED. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU CALLED ME THE
KING OF POTHOLES.
>> OF REPAIRS.
>> THE KING OF POTHOLE REPAIRS.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE,
BUT I DO ASPIRE TO BE THE KING
OF POTHOLE PREVENTION. YOU CAN
DO PREVENTION THROUGH THINGS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE STRUCTURAL
, THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE, THE
MINOR REHABILITATION . ALSO
MAJOR REHABILITATION , EXCUSE
ME. AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
THE SURFACE STREETS. LET US
ALL BE KINGS AND QUEENS AND
ROYALTY OF POTHOLE REPAIR. AND
ALSO OF POTHOLE PREVENTION,
BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE DO IT.
AND TO BE HONEST, WITH ALL OF
THESE COOL TITLES, THE MADE-UP
ROYALTY , THE KING AND QUEEN OF
POTHOLES, IT IS COOL, IT IS
KIND OF FUNNY. BUT, TO BE
HONEST, SOMETIMES,
COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS, YOU
WILL NEED TO BE THE KING OF
POTHOLES. VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH WILL SOMETIMES
NEED TO BE THE QUEEN OF
POTHOLE PREVENTION. AND I AM
GOING TO BE RELEGATED TO BEING
THE EARL OR SOMETHING. BUT WE
ARE ALL POTHOLE ROYALTY ,
HAVING SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE
FRONT-LINE CREWS WHO DO THIS
WORK EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY
SCHOOL DAY. FOR OUR CITY,
ADDING VALUE, AND HAVING TRUE
IMPACT FOR OUR CITY AND WHO
SHOW THE TAXPAYERS GREAT BANG
FOR THEIR BUCK. THEY ARE THE
TRUE KINGS AND QUEENS OF
POTHOLES AND WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
ALL BARONS AND VERY MESSES, TO
THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THANK
YOU, DIRECTOR GREG SPOTTS, FOR
THIS, UNDERSTANDABLY, THE FOCUS
OF THIS PRESENTATION ON THE
STATE OF ASSETS, IT WAS ON THE
STATE OF OUR ROADS, AND
PAYMENT, BUT I WOULD BE JUST
CURIOUS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND. I
KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING IN
THE WORKS, BUT ON OUR BRIDGES,
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE
BRIDGE STRATEGIC ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WHEN IS
THAT EXPECTED, ROUGHLY?
>> SO, ALL OF THESE ASSET
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE
GOING. THERE IS NOT ACTUALLY
LIKE, SORT OF A PDF DOCUMENT
WHERE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PROCESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
CONTINUALLY UPDATE CONDITION
INFORMATION, AND RUN THE
ANALYSES, AND OBTAIN FUNDING TO
MAKE INTERVENTIONS, WE HAVE
COMPLETED ALL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BRIDGE
AUDIT THAT WE HAD. AND WE HAVE
NOW ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
GOT A LIFECYCLE EXPECTATION
FOR EACH OF THE BRIDGES AND THE
ANALYSIS DERIVED FROM THAT IS
A SIGNIFICANT INPUT INTO WHAT
IS IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
LEVY. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT
THERE IS A MUCH MORE RICH
ASSET MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
THAT HAS INFORMED THE LEVY
PROPOSAL, AND AS WE START TO
GET INTO IT, IN FUTURE
HEARINGS, WE WILL BRING FORTH
DATA THAT SUPPORTS IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. GLAD TO
KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE INPUTS
HAVE INFORMED THE DRAFT LEVY
PROPOSAL AND I DO NOT THINK
THAT IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
CREATING AND ADOPTING THE
FORMALIZED , OFFICIAL PLAN ON
RECORD, FOR, YOU KNOW, A
BRIDGE STRATEGIC ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN. I AM
DEFINITELY KEEN TO SEE THAT.
AND MY SENSE IS THAT THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE. WE WILL
DEFINITELY INVITE YOU BACK
LATER THIS YEAR TO GET A MORE
ROBUST UPDATE SOLELY ON THAT,
REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT
THANK YOU, I LOOK BACK, WE
HAVE OUR STATE OF THE BRIDGES
PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A
CURSORY MENTION ABOUT THE
STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT
PLAN. SO, WE WILL INVITE YOU
BACK LATER THIS YEAR. AND WE
WILL HAVE A MORE FOCUSED
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND WE
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
ALSO, JUST CURIOUS , AS WE ARE
ON THE ISSUE OF ROADS, PAYMENT,
IS THERE A SIMILAR EFFORT
UNDERWAY, TO LOOK AT STRATEGIC
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR,
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ROADS AND
THE PAYMENT , SIMILAR TO
BRIDGES? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE,
UNDER THIS CHART, IT DOES LOOK
LIKE, THERE IS A DOUBLE-DIGIT,
IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IN
ROADS, BETWEEN ARTERIAL
PAYMENT, NON-ARTERIAL PAYMENT,
OVER 4000 LANE MILES OF
ARTERIAL AND NON-ARTERIAL
STREETS. ONCE A MORE FORMALIZED
PLAN HAS BEEN DONE, WITH THE
VOLUME AND THE SCOPE OF THE
ASSET CLASS, IS THERE A
SIMILAR PLAN IN THE WORKS TO
CREATE AND DOCUMENT
SPECIFICALLY FOR AN ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLAN, FOR ROADS AND
PAYMENT?
>> I WOULD SAY, THAT THE SDOT
ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR PAYMENT IS
THE MOST MATURE AND
LONG-STANDING. I AM NOT SURE
THERE IS ANY NEED TO DEVELOP A
PLAN, BECAUSE THESE ACTIVITIES
HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR 20
YEARS. WHEN WE START TO TALK
ABOUT THE PAVING PARTS OF THE
LEVY, WE WILL BRING FORWARD
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS , TO SHOW
YOU HOW WE GOT TO THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY SUGGESTED. THIS IS
SHORT OF OBTAINING FEDERAL
ANCILLARY MONEY.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTOR
GREG SPOTTS. EVERYONE, WE
APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE THIRD
ITEM. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM 3?
>> ITEM 3, SDOT VISION ZERO
BRIEFING.
>> ALL RIGHT, WILL OUR
PRESENTERS PLEASE PLAY MUSICAL
CHAIRS, SWAP SEATS, JOIN US AT
THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION? ONCE READY,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
HONORABLE CHAIR ROB SAKA, VICE
CHAIR JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, AND
ESTEEMED COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS VENU NEMANI , I AM
THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT, AND I AM HERE TO
PRESENT AND GIVE YOU ALL A
BRIEFING ON THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU . SO , YEAH . LET
ME START BY REAFFIRMING OUR
MISSION VALUES AND GOALS, THE
PRIMARY FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON THE
SAFETY. BUT WE HAVE CORE
VALUES OF EQUITY, MOBILITY,
SUSTAINABILITY, LIVABILITY ,
AND EXCELLENCE. FOR THIS
PRESENTATION I AM GOING TO GIVE
YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR
VISION ZERO ORIGINS OF
MOVEMENT, TOUCH UP ON THE TOP
TO BOTTOM REVIEW, AND GIVE YOU
KIND OF A PROGRESS UPDATE ON
OUR MOMENTUM BUILDING ACTIONS,
INTRODUCE YOU TO THE SAFE
SYSTEM APPROACHING, AND
HIGHLIGHT SOME PAST PROJECTS
AND SYSTEMIC INVESTMENTS. AND
GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS
COMING NEXT FOR VISION ZERO.
OKAY? BEFORE WE MOVE ON, LET
US ALL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF
SILENCE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ON OUR
STREETS.
>> [ SILENCE ]
>> THANK YOU. THESE ARE JUST
NOT NUMBERS PRETTY -- BECAUSE
BEHIND EACH ONE THERE IS A
NEIGHBOR, A LOVED ONE, A
SUPPORTIVE FRIEND. THIS IS KIND
OF LIKE OUR COLLECTIVE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE IMPACT
OF PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN
THE STREETS. LET US HUMANIZE
THESE LOSSES. NEXT SLIDE.
VISION ZERO IS OUR SAFETY
INITIATIVE TO END DEATHS AND
SERIOUS INJURIES ON CITY
STREETS BY 2030 TRAFFIC DEBTS
AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE
UNACCEPTABLE . HUMANS MAKE
MISTAKES AND ARE VULNERABLE AND
FRAGILE. SUCCESS HINGES MORE
ON DESIGN OF A SAFE SYSTEM THAN
ON INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR.
RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED.
SAFETY IS PROACTIVE. REDUNDANCY
IS CRUCIAL. NEXT SLIDE. AS A
MOVEMENT, VISION ZERO HAS
ORIGINS IN SWEDEN BACK IN 1997.
IT SPREAD AGAINST EUROPE AND
NORTH AMERICA, AND THE FIRST
ADOPTION WAS IN 2014. WE HAVE
MORE THAT HAVE SIGNED ON TO THE
POLICIES AND INITIATIVES . WE
LAUNCHED A PROGRAM IN 2015. IN
SPITE OF THESE VISION ZERO
INITIATIVES, IN SPITE OF THESE,
EVIDENTLY, WE HAVE FALLEN
BEHIND THE PEERS TODAY.
TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A NATIONAL
ISSUE. DESPITE THE
CHALLENGES, SEATTLE, AS A CITY,
IS DOING SLIGHTLY BETTER
COMPARED TO OUR PEER CITIES ,
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NEXT
SLIDE. HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF
OUR FATAL COLLISIONS. THEY
HAVE PEAKED IN 2021. AND WE
HAVE SEEN A MODEST DROP IN THE
OVERALL WILL -- NUMBERS OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE HAVE
SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
WALKING , INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC
ISSUES ON OUR STREETS. BUT THE
STORY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT .
ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES , OUR
CITY STREET COLLISIONS ARE
GOING DOWN. THIS WILL INDICATE
THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK
AHEAD OF US. AHEAD OF US. AS
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, NOT ALL
COMMUNITIES SHARED SUCH AN
EQUAL BURDEN. NEIGHBORHOODS IN
SOUTH SEATTLE ARE SEEING
THESE CRASHES AND SERIOUS
INDUSTRIES , DOWNTOWN, AND
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE
FALLING, SINCE THE
REDISTRICTING IN 2024, WE ARE
SEEING THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF VACANCIES
SHIFT FROM DISTRICT 1. THAT IS
BECAUSE THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT
OCCUR WITHIN THE STREETS OF
SOTO. WITH TRAINING MOVING IN
THE UP LATE DIRECTION, BETTER
RESPONSE, AND UPON EMPLOYMENT
, OF THE REVIEW, SEPTEMBER
2022, THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW
WERE PUBLISHED LAST YEAR ,
LAST SPRING, AFTER PUBLIC
FEEDBACK, THEY HAVE BEEN
FINALIZED DURING THE SUMMER OF
LAST YEAR. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN
IN-DEPTH LOOK AT HOW WE ARE
APPROACHING SAFETY AND HOW WE
CAN BETTER ALIGN FOR SAFER
OUTCOMES, THE FORTHCOMING
VISION ZERO PLAN, WHICH IS THE
LAST TASK FROM THE TOP TO
BOTTOM, WILL BE ANOTHER STEP
TOWARD OPERATIONALIZING THE
GREATEST ACCOMMODATIONS FROM
THE TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW. NEXT
SLIDE. THE TOP TO BOTTOM
REVIEW HAS ESTABLISHED BROAD
RECOMMENDATIONS AND 100
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO ALIGN
VISION ZERO WORK WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THESE ARE BROADLY CENTERED ON
ADOPTING THE CITIZENS '
APPROACH, INCORPORATING VISION
ZERO INTO EVERY PROGRAM,
STRENGTHENING THE INTERNAL
PROCESSES AND CULTURE, AND
REDUCING INJURY, AND
ENHANCING SAFETY. THIS TOP TO
BOTTOM REVIEW WAS NOT JUST A
REPORT AND INTERNAL REVIEW. WE
ALSO LAUNCHED ACTIONS . GIVEN
THE IMMEDIATE ACTION THAT IS
NEEDED AROUND SAFETY, WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED A NEW POLICY
AROUND RESTRICTING AROUND
INTERACTIONS, AND BRINGING
THIS TO 20% COVERAGE ACROSS THE
CITY. WE HAVE ALSO INSTALLED
WHAT WE CALLED LEADING
PEDESTRIAN PATROL, THAT IS A
PEDESTRIAN HEADSTOCK SIGNAL,
THAT BRINGS THE COVERAGE TO
70%, AND WE HAVE EMBARKED ON
SEVERAL PROJECT SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS , ALONG THE MLK
QUARTER AND WE ARE PLANNING TO
DO SO EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE
PARTNERED WITH BIPOC
COMMUNITIES , COMMUNITY
-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS, TO
COMBAT ENGAGEMENT AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPOND TO A
STATEMENT OF INTENT, ON
EXPANDING ACROSS THE SCHOOL
ZONES. AND WE HAVE TAKEN ON
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS
THE CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER TO
ALIGN THE RESPONSIBILITY,
AUTHORITY, WITH RESPECT TO ALL
SAFETY POSITIONS, WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT. AFTER INTRODUCING
THE IDEA OF ADOPTING THE
CITIZENS APPROACHING THE TOP TO
BOTTOM REVIEW, I THINK THAT I
WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPAND ON
WHAT ARE SYSTEM APPROACHES.
THIS IS AN HISTORICAL MOVE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT THE
SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, IT IS AN
APPARENT SHIFT IN HOW WE
APPROACH SAFETY. THE
PRINCIPLES ARE SIMILAR TO THAT
OF VISION ZERO WITH FIVE
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN HOW THE
SAFETY EFFORTS ARE REGARDED,
SAFER STREETS , SAFER SPEEDS
ARE TWO KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE
HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE
OVER WITH HOW WE SHAPE OUR
SPEEDS AND SHAPE THE SAFETY
OUTCOMES, IN THE COMING TIMES.
NEXT SLIDE. THE PROVEN , THE
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION,
IN ADOPTING THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH HAS ALSO PUBLISHED A
NUMBER OF COUNTERMEASURES,
THIS IS BASICALLY A DATABASE OF
HOW TO , OR WHAT
COUNTERMEASURES WORK BEST TO
IMPROVE SAFETY, AND THAT IS
BACKED BY NATIONAL RESEARCHERS
. WE HAVE, IN EFFECT, TAKING
THOSE COUNTERMEASURES AND WE
ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE
THOSE MORE INTO OUR DAILY
PRACTICES, THINKING ABOUT ALSO
HOW TO EMPLOY THEM -- DEPLOY
THEM AT THE CITY SCALE ,
CITYWIDE. SO WE BASICALLY
TAKE A VERY SPECIFIC APPROACH
TO PRIORITIZATION. OUR DATA
ELEMENTS , THE GREEN, THE
HIGH-INJURY NETWORKS, SAFETY
PROBLEMS SUCH AS WHAT WE SEE ON
THE STREET. OVER TIME, WE HAVE
DEVELOPED OUR BICYCLE SAFETY
AND PEDESTRIAN ANALYSIS,
EXPANDING THAT CRITICAL
ELEMENT, INCORPORATING THE
VARIOUS GEOMETRIC FACTORS,
AND LAND-USE FACTORS , TO GIVE
US A MORE PRODUCTIVE WAY OF
IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL
AREAS WERE SAFETY IS MUCH
NEEDED. WE HAVE COMBINED IT
ALREADY WITH OUR EQUITY
CONSIDERATIONS, OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, AND WHAT OPTIONS
EXIST WITHIN VARIOUS CAPITAL
PROJECTS TO IDENTIFY OUR
VISION ZERO INVESTMENTS, MOVING
FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE? LET ME
TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF OUR PAST PROJECTS AND SAFETY
OUTCOMES, PHASE ONE , RAINIER
AVENUE, STRETCHING FROM SOUTH
ALASKA AND SOUTH KENNY STREET.
ON THIS PARTICULAR, WE
IMPLEMENTED A ROAD
CONFIGURATION, REDUCED THE
SPEED LIMITS , AND WE IMPROVED
SIGNAL ENHANCEMENTS. THE
RESULTS WERE VERY CLEAR, IN
TERMS OF SAFETY OUTCOMES, WE
WERE ABLE TO REDUCE ALL
CRASHES BY 15%, INJURY CLASSES
BY 30% -- CRASHES BY 30%. AND
REDUCING IN SPEEDING 28-52%.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT CORRIDOR
FOR US IN THE SOUTH END. HERE
IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, WHICH I
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THIS
IS NORTHEAST 65th STREET,
BETWEEN THE WEST SEGMENT,
RAVENNA BOULEVARD AND 20th
AVENUE NORTHEAST. WE HAVE A
NEW CENTER TURN LANE , A
PROTECTED BIKE LANE, REDUCED
LANE WIDTH AND BETTER SHARED
BUS STOPS. THE TOOL HAS
SIMILAR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS,
THE RE-CONNECTIVITY MADE IT
CLEAR, THAT THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
CRASHES, ABOUT 60% AND WE WERE
ABLE TO ALSO REDUCE SPEEDING.
WHEN YOU EMPLOY THAT KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS TRUE
WHAT THEY SAY, IF YOU BUILD
IT, THEN THEY COME. AND THEY
DID COME HERE, PEDESTRIAN
VOLUMES INCREASED , THAT IS
JUST KIND OF A GOOD SAFETY
INCOME FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
NEXT SLIDE. AND WE INVEST IN
NEW PROJECTS AND WE IDENTIFY
LOCATIONS WHERE WE SHOULD MAKE
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE WAY WE
ALSO THINK ABOUT THE SYSTEMS
ARE HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY
SPECIFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
AND SCALE THEM ACROSS THE CITY,
ONE THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT WE
CALL LEADING PEDESTRIAN TOOLS.
BASICALLY, THESE GIVE
PEDESTRIANS A HEAD START,
BEFORE TURNING TRAFFIC GETS
THE GREEN , THEREBY MAKING
PEDESTRIANS MORE VISIBLE AND
REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR
CRASHES. WE DO NOT HAVE THESE
FOR ALL, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING
TO SPREAD THIS . THE RESULTS ,
AT A LOCAL LEVEL, THEY ARE
JUST AS GOOD AS THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, WE HAVE SEEN A
REDUCTION IN TURNING CRASHES,
AND A REDUCTION IN FATAL
CRASHES . NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER
SYSTEMIC TREATMENT WE HAVE,
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE
REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMITS. ON
THE TOP RIGHT , THAT VERY
CLEARLY CONNECTS THE
SURVIVABILITY OF THE
VULNERABLE USER IN A COLLISION.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE
REDUCED SPEED LIMITS, THROUGH
A POLICY. TO 25 MILES PER HOUR
AND AN EVALUATION DONE BY AN
INFINITE , THE -- INSTITUTE
OF HIGHWAY SAFETY SUGGESTED
THAT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS
RESULT THAT MAY RESULT IN A
REDUCTION OF 11 TO 20% IN
INJURY CRASHES. SPEEDS
CONTINUED TO BE AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT WITHIN THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH, SPEEDING REDUCTION
IS PART OF THAT , TO TACKLE
SPEEDING ON THE ROADWAYS. WE
CONTINUE TO PURSUE A LOT MORE
TRAFFIC -CALMING PRODUCTS.
REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF ANY
COLLISIONS ON OUR STREETS. OKAY
? SO, WHAT IS NEXT, WE ARE
WORKING VERY DIGITAL --
DILIGENTLY , TO COMPLETE THE
TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW, AND
IMPLEMENT THE VISION ZERO
ACTION PLAN, IT WILL BE A
THREE-YEAR ACTION PLAN BUILDING
ON THE FOUNDATIONS IN THE TOP
TO BOTTOM REVIEW AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ESTABLISHES
A STRATEGY AND MEASURABLE
ACTIONS , NOT JUST FOR THE
VISION ZERO PROGRAM BUT FOR THE
ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. VISION ZERO,
AS A MOVEMENT , NOT JUST ONE
PROGRAM OR DIVISION , IT IS A
DEPARTMENT-WIDE EFFORT. ONE
OF THE CREWS , THAT INCLUDES
SIGHTLINES THAT PRODUCE SAFER
OUTLINES, WHEN THE SIGNAL
ENGINEERS HELP PEDESTRIANS
CROSS MORE SAFELY. THESE ARE
ALL VISION ZERO EFFORTS.
THIS ACTION PLAN , FINDING VERY
SPECIFIC ACTIONS WITHIN THE
VISION ZERO PROGRAM, PULLS
TOGETHER ALL OF THE ACTIONS
THAT ARE, THEY ARE BEING
ELEVATED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT PUTS TOGETHER, VISION
ZERO, AS ONE PROGRAM ENDORSED
BY THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THE SAFETY CULTURE THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO BUILD WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT, THAT IS
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE
CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER, THAT IS
YOUR TITLE, RIGHT?
>> YES, SIR.
>> AWESOME. COLLEAGUES ? VICE
CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN I HAVE
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHY DO
WE THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE , I
SAW 20%, AS AN ALARMING
PERCENTAGE, IN THE ONE, OF
PEOPLE BEING HIT WHY DO WE
THINK THAT IS? I WILL BE LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WANTING
TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDES. 20%,
20%, IS THAT ABOUT NOT HAVING
SIDEWALKS, IS THAT RAINIER, IS
THAT MLK?
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES
IN THIS ONE. THERE IS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
PHILOSOPHY BEHIND DEVELOPING AN
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PAST IT
GIVES US MORE FOR ONE WAY. WE
ARE TAKING THE SAFER, SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH. WE HAVE A
LOT OF CHALLENGES AND WE ARE
LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
EXPERIENCE FOR USERS IN SODO
AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES,
WHERE SOME OF THESE ARTERIAL
STREETS WERE DESIGNED WITH THE
PHILOSOPHY THAT COMES FROM A
DIFFERENT TIME.
>> UNDERSTOOD, GOT IT. THANK
YOU. MY LAST QUESTION, THIS
MIGHT SOUND KIND OF STUPID. I
AM SURE PEOPLE OF ASKED YOU
THIS BEFORE. BUT I HAVE SEEN A
TON OF STREETS WHERE THE PAIN
IS JUST PEELING, AND YOU MIGHT
PAINT SOMETHING ONE YEAR, THE
FOLLOWING YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT HAS NOT BEEN PAINTED IN
YEARS. IS THERE A CERTAIN TYPE
OF PAIN OR BETTER PAIN, WHERE
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS LESS
PEELING COMING UP? JUST SO THAT
THE INTERSECTION CONTINUES TO
LOOK FRESH AND THE SIDEWALKS?
>> YES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF WHAT YOU CALL PAINT.
ONE OF WHICH IS ACTUAL PAINT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS REALLY QUICK. BUT
CROSSWALKS, THEY ARE USING
THERMOPLASTIC , WHICH IS MUCH
MORE DURABLE, WE HAVE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF THE PAVEMENT
MARKINGS WITH A PRODUCT CALLED
MMA, IN STARS FOR METALLIC
LIFT. AND WE TRY TO CHOOSE A
PRODUCT THAT GIVES US THE BEST
SERVICE LIFE FOR OUR STREETS.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH,
EXCELLENT QUESTION. I HAD THE
SAME ONES WHEN I KIND OF BEGAN
MY JOURNEY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
VISION ZERO. THE FEDERAL SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH AND ITS IMPACT
ON OUR CITY RIGHT HERE. AND ,
SO, WHY CERTAIN DISTRICTS ARE
MORE IMPACTED BY OTHERS. AND
ONE THING THAT I LEARNED, YOU
KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
IS, SODO, WHICH USED TO BE IN
DISTRICT 2, SO OUR COLIC,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS'
DISTRICT, UP UNTIL
REDISTRICTING , HAD THE HIGHEST
INCIDENT OF TRAFFIC
FATALITIES. SO, MY THEORY WAS
THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T, WITH
SODO, THAT WOULD MEAN , MY
DISTRICT WOULD BE IN IT NOW.
AND I WAS RIGHT. BUT IT, IT IS
, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW?
I THINK, REGARDLESS , AND I AM
GLAD THIS VISUAL DEPICTION IS
THERE AND I AM GLAD YOU ALL
INCLUDED THAT. BUT I DO THINK
IT IS CLEAR, AT LEAST FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, THAT THIS IS A
SHARED CHALLENGE, I DON'T CARE
IF DISTRICTS ARE 10%, ONE
DEATH IS TOO MANY. I THINK WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A
COUNCIL TO BETTER MAKE
PROGRESS. BETTER PROGRESS ON
ACHIEVING OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS. SO, THAT IS WHY I WOULD
BE VERY CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND
THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT
ACTION PLAN. AND TALK ABOUT IT.
AS THE NAME IMPLIES,
2024-2026, PRESUMABLY IT WILL
BE RELEASED SOMETIME LATER THIS
YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SORT
OF UNDERSTAND, NUMBER ONE,
WHERE YOU ARE AT IN SORT OF THE
DRAFTING OF THAT AND ROUGHLY,
WHEN APPROXIMATELY WE CAN
EXPECT TO SEE THAT BE RELEASED?
>> SO, OUR ACTION PLAN IS
CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL STAGES,
WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR REVIEW
RIGHT NOW. AND SO, I EXPECTED
, IN ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW,
BECAUSE WE WILL BE PUBLISHING
IT.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES ,
BEFORE I GET TO YOU, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, WHO HAD HIS HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA,
THANK YOU, CHIEF SAFETY OFFER,
ALONG WITH FRANCISCA STEFAN, I
APPRECIATE THIS, AND CLEARLY,
VISION ZERO IS A PRIORITY FOR
THIS COUNCIL. IT IS A PRIORITY
FOR US. FOR MYSELF, COMING FROM
THE QUEEN AND COMMUNITY,
WORKING WITH THESE ISSUES, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
YOU ARE DOING, AND, AS I, AS,
AS I MAKE MY WAY AROUND
DISTRICT SEVEN, I HAVE BEEN
NOTING THE CHANGES, YOUR POINT
ABOUT THE TIME DELAY ON THE
WALK SIGNAL VERSUS THE QUEEN --
TURN SIGNAL, THE NO-TURN ON
RED DESIGNS, THOSE ALL MAKE A
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AND I HAVE
NOTED WHERE THEY ARE BEING
PLACE AND IT MAKE SENSE AND
ARE PROBABLY MORE AREAS WHERE
HE CAN BE DONE AS WELL, SO I DO
APPRECIATE THOSE THINGS, AND
YOU KNOW, NOT MENTIONED HERE,
TOO. AND I AM GOING TO SORT OF
PUT MY COMMITTEE CHAIR HAT ON.
I HAVE BEEN NOTICING, FOR
WHATEVER REASON, ON QUEEN
ANNES BOULEVARD, THERE WILL BE
SOMEONE IN PLACE, NO DOUBT,
BECAUSE THEY ARE SPEEDING WHEN
THEY COME AROUND ONE BEND .
THIS IS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE
LOSS OF OFFICERS, WE DO NOT
HAVE TRAFFIC REINFORCEMENT
DIVISIONS AND SO, THE
BYPRODUCT OF OUR EFFORTS, ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, WILL
HOPEFULLY HELP ON THE VESTRY
AND TRAFFIC SAFETY SIDE ONCE WE
GET OUR STAFFING NUMBERS UP,
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO OUR
PIECE, TOO. GOING TO, TO , THE
BRIEFING, I NOTICED VERY
INTERESTING, LIKE BIKES TEND
TO BE TRENDING VERY POSITIVE,
WE TALK ABOUT SECOND AVENUE, WE
TALK ABOUT SIGNALS. I SEE
THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SAME
LANE AND THE EAST-WEST
CONNECTORS AND EVERYTHING, I
CANNOT SPEAK TO THE OTHER
CHANGES, BUT WITHIN DISTRICT 7,
DEAR -- THERE ARE BICYCLES,
MOPEDS, SCOOTERS. HOW ARE THE
SCOOTERS CLASSED ? ARE THEY
CONSIDERED A MOPED OR IS THAT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
>> SO IT IS CALLED THE
ELECTRONIC MOBILITY DEVICES.
AND IN THE CURRENT REPORT ,
THEY DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL
PLACE TO IDENTIFY THAT KIND
OF THING INVOLVED IN A
COLLISION. BUT WE ARE DOING
SOME SCRUTINY, AND TRYING TO
DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND
HOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO
INCREASE MORE SAFER BEHAVIORS
ON VIDEOS.
>> THAT IS GOOD. WE SHOULD, YOU
KNOW, BE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW
OUR CITY'S LEAD. WHEN THEY
ARE GOING DOWN SECOND AVENUE,
JUST LIKE THE BIKES, EVERYBODY
'S BEHAVIOR IS NOT THE SAME,
THAT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR THE
PEDESTRIANS, PARTICULARLY IN
DOWNTOWN, BELLTOWN, I SEE IT
MORE THERE THAN OTHER PARTS OF
DISTRICT 7 AND AGAIN, I CANNOT
SPEAK TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY. BUT I DID NOTE , AND YOU
KIND OF ANSWERED IT ALREADY.
BUT IT WAS KIND OF STARK, YOU
KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
V-3, ON THE TERMS OF THE SAME
SIDE, 17, THAT IS QUITE A JUMP
UP, WHEN THE NORTHERN PART OF D
-7, DISTRICT 6, DOWNTOWN, HAS
SOME SHARED WITH DISTRICT 3,
BUT THEN THERE IS A START, YOU
KNOW, DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN, YOU
KNOW, THE 10% AREAS OVER TO THE
SOUTH. AND IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT YOU COULD SPEAK TO, IN
TERMS OF DISTRICT 7, DICKIE
LILY IN CONTRAST TO DISTRICTS
THREE AND SIX?
>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING, OUR HIGH
PRIVATE NETWORK AND
HIGH-CONNECTIONS ARE WORKING.
EVEN THOUGH, KIND OF LIKE, WE
HAVE KIND OF LIKE OTHER
DISTRICTS , THAT DOES NOT MEAN
THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES WITHIN THOSE
AREAS. WE ARE TRYING TO
PRIORITIZE AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THE ENTIRE CITY, AS HOLE, AND
USE A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH AND
THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS ,
ALIGNED WITH DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE NOT
SEEN THOSE CRASHES, IN THOSE
COLLISIONS. AND MORE IMPACT
AMONG THE PEOPLE , WITHIN THE
COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE PEOPLE
AND STRATEGIES . SO, YES,
SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE
FEWER COLLISIONS , BUT OUR
FOCUS IS CITYWIDE, TRYING TO
PROVE -- PRIORITIZE SAFETY.
>> I WANT TO THANK GREG SPOTTS
FOR HIS POINT REGARDING THE
FIND IT, FIX IT PIECE , AND
THEN THIS ALL PLAYS IN TO
VISION ZERO, WE CAN ENGAGE IN A
TWO-STEP PROCESS, ONE ON THE
LOWER LEVEL, IN TERMS OF
UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT LINE
IS, THEN WE CAN ENGAGE WITH
SDOT ON THE BIGGER ISSUES. SO,
THANK YOU TO GREG SPOTTS FOR
WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS ?
>> SEEING AS WE ARE THREE
MINUTES OVER, I WILL BE QUICK,
IF WE CAN GO TO 20, I WILL
SHARE THAT IS, CATCH IT WITH
GOOD NEWS, SHARE GOOD NEWS AT
THE END AND I WAS HIT BY A
DRIVER DRIVING 35 MILES PER
HOUR AND ACCELERATING. AND SO
I HAD A 3 OF 10 CHANCE FOR
SURVIVAL. IF WE COULD GO UP ,
TO -- AND I HAVE GONE ON AT
LENGTH ABOUT THIS AND PREVIOUS
COUNCIL MEETINGS, I WILL NOT
BORE YOU ALL, EVEN IF YOU HAVE
NOT HEARD THE STORY, MOVING UP
TO SLIDE NUMBER 12? DIRECTOR
GREG SPOTTS , HE LEFT. HE DOES
NOT GET TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS.
BUT ELEVATING YOUR POSITION TO
CHIEF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
OFFICER HAS MADE AN INCREDIBLE
IMPACT. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN
YOUR WORK AT PLAY. IT IS
CRITICAL. IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS
MUCH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND JUST
PEOPLE SAFETY , I FEEL LIKE
OVER THE LAST DECADE, THAT HAS
BEEN DONE SINCE YOU WERE
ELEVATED. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT
OF THAT WAS IN THE WORKS. BUT
JUST ELEVATING THAT, THAT IS
REALLY AN INCREDIBLE
IMPROVEMENT, I WILL NOT GO DOWN
MY TWO PAGES WHERE PEOPLE WANT
CROSSWALKS AND ROUNDABOUTS IN
THE DIVISION. YOU KNOW THAT IT
IS TWO PAGES, BECAUSE I HAVE
TOLD YOU BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR
ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING. MY
URGENCY TO YOU, IT IS --
ACTUALLY, LET'S GO TO SLIDE
NINE. I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE CHARGE, LET'S DO MORE,
LET'S GO FASTER. SOMETHING
SIMILAR TO SODO , IT DOES NOT
HAVE GOOD CROSSWALKS, STOP
SIGNS IN DISTRICT 6. AND I WILL
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AFTER
COMMITTEE, THAT IS A REAL
PROBLEM, IF WE CAN GO UP TO
SLIDE EIGHT, THIS IS MY FINAL
POINT, YOUR DATA GOES BACK TO
2015. I WAS HIT IN 2004, I
STILL HAVE CHRONIC PAIN. I HAVE
NO CARDS ON THE DAIS TO
WRITE NOTES, BUT I HAVE A
LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I
CAN WRITE, BECAUSE OF THE PAIN
THAT I HAVE LEFT OVER FROM
BEING HIT. SERIOUS INJURIES ARE
NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN SLIDE NINE,
YOU ARE ONLY LOOKING AT
FATALITIES. THE CHARGE THAT I
AM GIVING YOU TODAY, IS THAT
THERE ARE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE
AS YOUR DATA SHOWS THAT ARE
LIVING WITH SERIOUS AND CHRONIC
PAIN, FROM BEING HIT ON OUR
ROADWAYS. AND , WE CANNOT WAIT
FOR LIVES TO BE LOST. WE CANNOT
EVEN WAIT FOR SERIOUS INJURIES.
I HAD A ROLLOVER COLLISION IN
THE DISTRICT, AT AN
INTERSECTION, IT HAS BEEN ON
THIS TWO-PAGE LIST OF REQUESTED
ROUNDABOUTS. THE NEIGHBORS HAVE
BEEN REQUESTING THIS FOR OVER
TWO YEARS AND THERE WAS A
ROLLOVER AND THAT DATA IS NOT
ON YOUR SHEET. THAT IS MY
POINT. LET'S GO HARDER.
LET'S GO FASTER. I DO NOT WANT
TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LIFE TO
BE LOST OR FOR A SERIOUS INJURY
TO TWO OCCUR FOR AN
INTERVENTION. AS THE CHAIR
SAYS, WE NEED PREVENTION.
>> TECH YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT FROM
ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND
THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND
WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR MML
HERE, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY
WITHIN THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT,
NOT JUST THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO
SEE BETTER AND BETTER OUTCOMES
THROUGHOUT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS, I
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
BE VULNERABLE FOR A LITTLE BIT
AND SHARE YOUR UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT IMPACTS
ALL OF US AND THE WHOLE CITY
AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
VERY PROFOUND. YEAH, SO, THIS,
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY
IMPORTANT, URGENT ISSUE AS
EVIDENCE THAT MATT EVIDENCED
BY THIS BODY, THIS BOARD,
ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, AS
AMENDED , PRIORITIZING BETTER,
FASTER, MORE URGENT PROGRESS
ON THE VISION ZERO GOALS AS
PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, WE DO EXPECT TO BE ABLE
TO FUND SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS
AND HAVE PROJECTS THAT DO
EXACTLY THAT. I AM GLAD TO HEAR
THAT THE VISION ZERO ACTION
PLAN IS NEARLY FINALIZED. AND
CAN BE RELEASED IN ABOUT A
MONTH AND I AM SURE THAT IS
ALREADY INFORMING THE MAYOR'S
PENDING, FINAL PROPOSAL TO BE
RELEASED, LIKELY IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS. BECAUSE I DO
KNOW THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY
INFORM THE FINAL PROPOSAL, IT
WILL DEFINITELY INFORM OUR OWN
DELIBERATIONS AT THE COUNCIL
LEVEL, WE SEE STRONG ALIGNMENT
BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE BODY
AND THE COUNTY ON THIS ISSUE.
WE HAVE AN URGENT OPPORTUNITY
TO DO MORE. AND WE CAN SHARE
COMMITMENTS DOING THAT. I DO
HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK
QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS, MYSELF. SO, THERE IS
A NOTION OF SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY, FROM YOUR
PRESENTATION, NUMBER ONE, IN
THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH,
UPPER-LEVEL, AND THE BOTTOM
LINE, A FEW THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
WHAT VISION ZERO IS , CAN YOU
EXPOUND ON WHAT IS MEAN --
MEANT BY SHARED RESPONSIBILITY,
OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
SHARING?
>> WITH THE SAME SYSTEMS
APPROACH, WE HAVE SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU LOOK AT
OUR COLLISIONS, OUR FATAL
COLLISIONS, 20% OF THEM , THEY
ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE, OR
DRIVING WITH SOME KIND OF
ALCOHOL OR WITH DRUGS IN THE
SYSTEM, 20% OF THE OVERALL
NUMBER OF COLLISIONS ON OUR
STREETS. AND THAT IS WHAT I
MEAN, BY SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
YES, THEY SAY THAT
RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED. AND
THAT WE, WE HAVE A HUGE
INFLUENCE ON HOW WE DEFINE OUR
SYSTEM, AND HOW WE OPERATE OUR
SYSTEM. BUT, THAT
RESPONSIBILITY CANNOT BE
COMPLETELY ON ONE DEPARTMENT,
OR ON THE CITY GOVERNMENT .
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF,
THERE IS RESPONSIBILITY ON
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR, TOO. WE
ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER. AND
WE ARE DOING MORE AND MORE
EVERY DAY TO HELP MAKE OUR
STREETS SAFER AND USE THE SAFE
CITIZENS PRINCIPLES. BUT THAT
RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED, AND
I WANT TO TAKE A QUESTION FROM
THE DIVISION IN SEATTLE, IT
WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE CITY OF
SEATTLE, AND SDOT HAS TALKED
ABOUT PLAYING A VERY PRIMARY
ROLE. IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL
OF US TO GET THERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS I
UNDERSTAND, THIS NOTION OF
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS
NOT JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE POLICYMAKERS OR PLANNERS,
LIKE YOURSELVES ? YES , IT IS
THAT, AND, THE IT -- BUT IT
GOES DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL MODES
AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT
EXPLANATION. AND ALSO GREAT TO
SEE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES ,
RELATIVE TO OTHER MAJOR THAT
HAVE GOALS AS WELL. IT IS GOOD
TO SEE, BUT IT IS ALSO MUCH
MORE PROGRESS THAT NEEDS TO BE
MADE. THIS ONE, WHO KNOWS WHERE
WE STAND, RELATIVE TO SERIOUS
INJURIES . YEAH, MUCH MORE
PROGRESS TO BE MADE. SO, AND
THEN, I WILL SAY, WHAT SPECIFIC
TYPES OF POLICY ITEMS, AND
DESIGN FEATURES ARE AVAILABLE
TO ADVANCE , IN THE CASE OF THE
SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH, THE
BROAD INDIVIDUAL SAFE SYSTEM
CATEGORIES, SAY, FOR PEOPLE,
ROADS, ET CETERA, WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE POLICY OPTIONS AND
LEVERS THAT WE CAN PULL ? MORE
SPECIFICALLY, DESIGN LEVEL,
GRANULAR FEATURES THAT WE CAN
IMPLEMENT?
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW
EXAMPLES. BECAUSE WE KIND OF
COLLABORATE, IN OUR VISION
ZERO ACTION PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE,
ON THE SAFER ROADS, WHEN WE
HAVE OUR REDESIGN, OUR
NETWORK, AND WE TRY TO
ACCOMMODATE ALL ROAD USERS, AND
WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE, WHAT
THEY CHOOSE TO GET FROM POINT A
TO POINT B, THEY GET THOSE
SAFER OUTCOMES. AND THAT MEANS
REDESIGNING, AND GIVING
THAT, AND GIVING THOSE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE POINT
OF ORIGIN AND THE POINT OF
DESTINATION. AND THAT IS THE
COMPLETE POLICY, THE COMPLETE
STREETS POLICY, IT APPLIES TO
ALL OF THOSE AT A POLICY LEVEL,
AND SO, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFER
STREETS , WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED
A POLICY TO REDUCE THIS , AND
WE HAVE SEEN SOME SAFER , WE
HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND
WE WANT TO RECONFIGURE, AND
BRING THE DESIGN, SO THAT THE
DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY ITSELF
IS ENFORCED AND WE TACKLE
SPEEDING IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
WHEN IT COMES TO , SAY, FOR
EXAMPLE, SAFE VEHICLES , AND
THE POLICY, THIS IS WHERE WE DO
NOT HAVE DIRECT INFLUENCE, OR
THOSE SAFETY ELEMENTS. BUT,
PURSUING OR ADVOCATING FOR
SAFETY FEATURES, WITHIN OUR
VEHICLES, THE TRUCK SIDE
GUARDS FOR EXAMPLE, AND TRYING
TO INCORPORATE THEM, THAT IS
RESULTING IN A SAFER OUTCOME,
AND SO, AT A POLICY LEVEL, THAT
ARE THE TASKS THAT EACH OF
THEM, THE SAFER, THE SAFE
SYSTEMS ELEMENTS, THOSE ARE
WHAT WE CAN PURSUE, AS AN
ORGANIZATION AND AS A CITY TO
ACHIEVE SAFER OUTCOMES.
>> THANK YOU, SAFETY OFFICER
VENU NEMANI. I WOULD BE KEEN TO
UNDERSTAND THOSE POLICY LEVERS
AND THAT FORTHCOMING VISION
ZERO ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT THAT
WE CAN CONSIDER. FOR PURPOSES
OF THIS LEVY, AND BASIS FOR
THE ANNUAL FUNDING OF THE
DEPARTMENT. SO, MORE TO COME
ON THAT, AS WELL. WHAT IS, IN
YOUR VIEW, WHAT IS THE SINGLE
-- SO YOU MENTION PRUDENT
SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES. AND YOU
ALSO MENTIONED THAT SDOT IS
TRYING TO DEPLOY THESE AT
SCALE, CITYWIDE. SO, WHETHER IT
IS IMPLEMENTING THOSE, OR
IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL
SYSTEMS APPROACH MORE BROADLY ,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPLEMENTATION
THAT YOU ARE SAYING AND THE
BIGGEST BARRIERS AND BLOCKERS
TO THE SAFE, FAST
IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH?
>> I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY
CONSIDER IT AN IMPEDIMENT.
WHAT I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION
TO IS THAT WE HAVE A MASSIVE
SYSTEM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
, ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES , THAT
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, IS
GOING ABOUT, IS TO LOOK AT
THESE PROVEN SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES . AND TO THINK
ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM
CITYWIDE, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE
KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE
BATTLING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE SEEN WHERE WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THOSE KIND OF
SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENTS, AS WE
SAW WITH THE REDUCTION IN SPEED
LIMITS. AND WE HAVE SEEN SAFER
OUTCOMES. AND SO, WE ARE
DEVELOPING THAT STRATEGY ON HOW
TO DEPLOY THESE PROVEN SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES , MORE AT
SCALE. AND HOW TO CONNECT
THEM, THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT
WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. WE WILL
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, THAT IS REALLY
HELPFUL. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES,
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? NO? ALL RIGHT, WE
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