>>> GOOD MORNING. THE MARCH 5th,
2025 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. IT
IS 9:31 A.M. AND I'M DAN
STRAUSS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL? [ ROLL CALL ] FIVE
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE OF 2025.
SO AGAIN, TAKING TIME TO SET
EXPECTATIONS OF WHEN WE SUPPORT
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEARING
HERE, WAVE OUR HANDS. AND WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH
PUBLIC COMMENT AND DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC
COMMENT THIS MORNING.
>> WE HAVE TWO ROW MOTE.
>> GET INTO THAT IN JUST A
MINUTE. WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE
THIS HAS THE FIRST BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR,
DISCUSSING WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN
JUNE AND JULY. WITH JUNE WE WILL
COME BACK TOGETHER REGARDING THE
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES WE
INCLUDED LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET
AND THE SLIDES AND OUR BUDGET
REFORM BOTH IN CONTENT AND IN
PROCEDURE. SO THAT WILL BE JUNE
AND IN JULY, WE ARE ARE
EXPECTING TO SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
IN OUR FIRST FINANCE AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMUNITY, WE
DISCUSSED THE DEFERENCE OF
RETURNING TO PAST PRACTICE OF
HAVING A SUPPLEMENTAL IN JUST
FINANCE COMMITTEE OR RETAINING
THE NEWLY STARTED PRACTICE WHICH
I STARTED WHICH IS TO BRING IT
TO A SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
COLLEAGUES, I JUST BUTT THAT IN
YOUR MINDS AND PLANT THAT SEED
AS THIS WILL BE A -- EXCUSE ME,
A CONVERSATION WE WILL CONTINUE.
FOR TODAY, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE THE
FIRST MEETING WITH -- FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF KIERSTEN GROVE AS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, THE BACKBONE OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. THIS WILL BE AN
INFORMATIONAL ITEM TODAY. TO
INTRODUCE THE APPOINTMENT. NOT
AN EXTENSIVE OR FULL Q&A. WE
HAVE TEN TOTAL MINUTES RESERVED
FOR THIS ABRENDA ITEM. BECAUSE
TODAY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
TODAY IS WHEN QUESTIONS ARE DUE
FOR HER OFFICIAL PACKET OR HER
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT PACKET. SO
IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS,
THAT YOU CAN GET TO TODAY, THERE
IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT THOSE
QUESTIONS TO THE OFFICIAL
PACKET. WE WILL THEN BE --
HEARING AND VOTING ON COUNCIL
BILL 120946 LIFTING THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY BUDGET
PROVISO. BEFORE WE BEGIN IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA, WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
THEY SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
AGENDA TODAY WITHIN THE PURVIEW
OF THE COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW
MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED
UP IN-PERSON AND REMOTELY?
>> WE HAVE TWO REMOTE AND ONE
IN-PERSON.
>> GREAT. WE'LL START WITH
IN-PERSON FIRST AND WE'RE GOING
TO USE TWO MINUTES PER PERSON.
SO EACH PERSON WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES AND WE'LL START WITH
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST AND
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE MODERATED
IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. UP
TOTOWN AND SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY WERE REGISTERED AND
ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS UNTIL
IT'S ENDED. WITH THAT CLARA,
GREAT TO SEE YOU. WELCOME,
WHENEVER YOU START WE'LL START
THE TIMER.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> A LITTLE MUFFLED.
>> MY NAME IS CLARA CANTOR AND
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WHICH TRANSPORTATION CHAIR SAKA
WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF. AND WE
WROTE A LETTER TO COUNCIL AT THE
END OF LAST YEAR OPPOSING THIS
PROVE SOW. I WANT TO CALL OUT
THREE IMPORTANT POINTS FROM THAT
LETTER. THE FIRST IS COMMUNITY
ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PASSED WITH
67% SUPPORT FROM OVER 260,000
SEATTLE VOTERS. THAT
OVERWHELMING VOTER APPROVAL WAS
FOR A PROPOSAL BASED ON THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHICH COUNCIL DELIBERATED AND
AMENDED APPROVED LAST YEAR AS
WELL. THE S TP WAS DEVELOPED
LEADING TO STRONG EQUITY AND
MOBILITY FILTERS. IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND
FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WE
RESPECT THAT. SECOND FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT. PROJECTS SDOT
PLANS TO DEVELOP IN 2025 ARE
ALREADY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MONEY
SPENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEM
AND THE MORE THAT THE SPEND PLAN
IS AMENDED, THE MORE OF SDOT'S
TIME AND ENERGY WILL BE WASTED
AND THE MORE LEVY DOLLARS WILL
BE SPENT ON INTERNAL PROCESSES
AND PLANNING RATHER THAN ON
DELIVERING PROJECTS THAT ARE
VERY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THE THIRD POINT IS SAFETY
AND EQUITY. THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE CALL THE POTENTIAL FOR
THE PROVISO TO BE USED TO HOLD
PROJECTS HOSTAGE. RATHER THAN ON
THOSE PRIORITIZED BY SDOT SAFETY
EQUITY AND THE MOBILITY FILTERS.
I'M ASKING YOU HERE TODAY
PLEASE DO NOT HINDER TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF LEVY PROJECTS
OR SHIFT SPENDING PRIORITIES
AWAY FROM VOTERS' PRIORITIES.
AND COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE
ENGAGED WITH SDOT ON A PROJECT
MANAGEMENT LEVEL. SO I URGE YOU
TODAY TO APPROVE THIS SPEND PLAN
WITH MINIMAL INTERFERENCE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU CLARA. WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO OUR ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS AND WE HAVE DAN
ROUNDS AND THEN CECILIA BLACK.
DAN, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR
FIRST TIME USING ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENT. YOU CAN NOW PRESS STAR
6. THERE YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
WHENEVER YOU START WE'LL START
YOUR TWO MINUTE TIMER. WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M DAN ROUNDS FROM BEACON
HILL. MY PRIORITY FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY -- SIDEWALK
AND STREETS. THERE ARE
SIDEWALKLESS STREETSTHROUGHOUT
THE CITY WHICH OUR WORKING
RESIDENTS AND NOW THOSE RELY ON
DAILY TO GET TO BUSES AND
LIGHTRAIL. PLEASE WORK WITH THE
METRO BUS DRIVERS SENIOR CENTER
COMMUNITY DOWN IDENTIFY THE
GREATEST NEED FOR SIDEWALKLESS
STREETS THAT FEED TO BUS STOPS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. ROUNDS AND IT
WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU YESTERDAY AS
WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT HERE. WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO CECILIA
BLACK. I SEE YOU THERE AND STAR
6 TO UNMUTE, CECILIA.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
CECILIA BLACK AND I'M A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN
WASHINGTON. I AM VERY PROUD TO
SAY THAT I WORK WITH MANY OF YOU
AND A LARGE GROUP OF ADVOCATES
TO GET THIS LEVY PASSED AND I'M
URGING YOU TO PASS THE STOP
SPENDING PLAN AS IS. THIS
REPRESENTS THE WILL OF VOTE
HORSE APPROVED THE LEVY THIS
FALL OVERMELWELL MINGLY. THIS
PLAN FITS INTO A LONGER TERM
STRATEGIC PLAN AND WAS
CALCULATED WITH AN EQUITY AND
SAFETY LENS AND BASED ON THE
COMPLICATED PORTFOLIO OF
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NUMEROUS
STAGES WITH DIFFERENT TIMELINES
SO I'M URGING YOU TO TRUST ALL
OF THE WORK THAT SDOT DOES AND
PASS THIS LEVY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CECILIA. AS I SEE
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
COMMENTERS IN-PERSON OR
VIRTUALLY. THIS NOW CLOSES THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE'LL
MOVE ON TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
ON -- OUR AGENDA. WHICH IS A
BRIEFING DISCUSSION ON THE
APPOINTMENT OF KIERSTEN GROVE AS
DIRECTOR OF FAS. CLERK, PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE APPOINTMENT
KIERSTEN GROVE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU AMELIA. WE ARE
JOINED TODAY BY KIERSTEN GROVE
HERSELF AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
AND MARCO LOWE. CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER IN MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL'S OFFICE. I HAVE ONE
TOUGH QUESTION FOR YOU TODAY AND
THEN -- WE'LL TAKE A SHORT
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES AND AGAIN REMIND TEAR
QUESTIONS ARE DOUBY 5:00 P.M.
AND THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR TEN
MINUTES.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS MARCO LOWE IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE KIERSTEN
GROVE A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT
AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADER TO BE
NOMINATED FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. BEFORE ARRIVING IN
SEATTLE KIERSTEN ATTENDED
UNDERSTOOD GRAD AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND WENT
TO GRAD SCHOOL IS THE NYU. I
ONLY MENTION THOSE INSTITUTIONS
TO SHOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL
STILL GIVE A SHOCK TO SOMEONE
WHO COULD NOT GET INTO UDUB ON
TWO OCCASIONS. PRIOR TO ARRIVING
AT F AS SHE SERVED WITH THE
MIDWESTERN CITY AND WE HAVE NOT
HEARD OF IT, CHICAGO? THEY CALL
IT. I DON'T KNOW. SHE ALSO HAS
EXPERIENCE IN KEY CITY
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THAT LAST
ROLE COULD MAKE A CASE TO
PRECLUDE HER FROM ANY FURTHER
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY.
KIERSTEN BRINGS WITH HER
IMPRESSIVE TENURE OVER FIVE
YEARS IN FAS LEADERSHIP FIRST
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND THEN
STEPPING UP AS ACTING DIRECTOR
IN 2023. UNDER HER GUIDANCE FAS
PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN
DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER
SERVICE TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
RESIDENTS ALIKE. SHE IS NOT ONLY
ATTRACTIVE BUT RETAINS ONE OF
MOST STRONGEST TEAMS IN ANY
DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. SOME OF
LARGEST PROJECTS INCLUDE THE
NEXT LIFE FOR OUR ANIMAL SHELTER
THE ELECTRIFY CASE OF OUR CITY
VEHICLES AND REBUILDING A NEW
FIRE STATION 31 AT NORTH GATE.
COLLEAGUES AND STAKEHOLDERS
CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBE KIERSTEN
AS A THOUGHTFUL, RESULTS
DRIVENLEADER WHO PRIORITIZES
TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY AND
SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF
SEATTLE. MY GREATEST PRAISE AND
CRITICISM IS THAT SHE TELLS ME
WHAT I NEED TO HEAR, NOT WHAT I
WANT TO HEAR. HER PROVEN TRACK
RECORD IN MANAGING OPERATIONS
CHAMPION CITY-WIDE INITIATIVES
AND FOSTERING STRONG
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
MAKE US VERY PROUD AND BELIEVE
HER TO BE AN OUTSTANDING CHOICE
TO LEAD FAS INTO THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU MARCO. I APPRECIATE
IT. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME.
>> A LITTLE CLOSER.
>> IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. THANK
YOU. I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK
YOU CHAIR STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING ME
TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL BE HERE AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS
TO ANSWER MORE DETAILED
QUESTIONS. BUT I WANTED TODAY
TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF FAS TO CITY
OPERATIONS. AND HOW MEANINGFUL
THIS GNOME NATION IS FOR ME.
THROUGHOUT 13 YEARS I HAVE KNOWN
FAS PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN ALMOST
EVERY ASPECT OF CITY SERVICES.
WHEN I JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN
2019, AS THE DEPARTMENT'S
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IT WAS AN
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
JOIN THAT TEAM. FAS HAS A WIDE
RANGING PORTFOLIO OF
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING
BUILDING AND MAINTAINING CITY
FACILITIES LIKE FIRE AND POLICE
STATIONS, SUPPORTING SEATTLE
RESIDENTS IN ALL OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE
CENTERS, AND ADMINISTERING THE
CITY'S REGULATORY PROGRAMS AND
PROCURING MAINTAINING AND
FIELDING THE CITY'S FLEET
VEHICLES AND RUNNING THE SEATTLE
ANIMAL SHELTER. DURING THE TWO
YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ACTING
DIRECTOR, OUR TEAM OF ALMOST 500
EMPLOYEES HAS PROVIDED EXCELLENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC
AND OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS. SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT I AM MOST
PROUD OF INCLUDE THE MINORITY
AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
PROGRAM. FAS AND THE CITY HAVE
SET AND MET AMBITIOUS SPENDING
GOAL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND
INCREASED OUTREACH EFFORTS TO
SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES AND LAUNCHED THE
SECOND WOMEN AND MINORITY
BUSINESS COUNCIL. ADDITIONALLY,
FAS HAS STARTED THE FIRST EVER
FREE PET VACCINATION CLINICS
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IN 2014 WE
SERVED OVER 1500 ANIMALS
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. AND LAST
YEAR, FAS WORKED TO UPDATE THE
CITY'S PRIORITY HIGHER
LEGISLATION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO
APPRENTICESHIPS ACROSS BROADER
REGION. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE
NEW LEGISLATION HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CREATE UP TO 14,000
CONSTRUCTION CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE OF
COLOR. WOMEN, VETERANS AND
RESIDENTS LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND
FINALLY, IN 2024, FAS PUT THE
CITY'S 500th ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INTO OPERATION AND IN THE LAST
DECADE WE'VE REDUCED FUEL
CONSUMPTION BY OVER 500,000
GALLONS. WE HAVE AMBITIOUS GOALS
IN 2025 INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING
NEW CONSUMER PROTECTION AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS, COMPLETING
THE SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER'S TWO
YEAR ROAD MAP, UPDATING THE
CITY'S GREEN FLEET ACTION PLAN,
AND IMPROVING CITY WORK SPACES
AND THINGS LIKE UPDATING THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER
ELEVATORS AND IMPROVING PARKING
GARAGE OPERATIONS. I WANT TO
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME
TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. ONE FINAL
THING BEFORE I CONCLUDE. I WANT
TO MENTION THAT TODAY, WE WERE
HOSTING KITTY HALL. IT'S A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO -- SEE THE
WORK OF THE SEATTLE ANIMAL
SHELTER POTENTIALLY ADOPT A
KITTEN AND/OR JUST HAVE SOME
FUN. IT WILL BE THERE FROM 11:30
UNTIL 1:30. THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU KIERSTEN AND I WANT
TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND RINCK
JOINED US BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD STARTED. APOLOGIZE FOR
NOT SAYING IT SOONER. YOU ARE
OUR LANDLORD, YOU MANAGE OUR
FLEETS, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS
ACTUALLY IN THE -- IN FAS
ALTHOUGH A SEPARATE ENTITY. AND
THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT'S BEEN
MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, I AM
LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ADOPTED A
DOG FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I'LL SHARE MY BRIEF EXPERIENCE
AS HAVING A DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT
OFFICE AND I HAD A CUSTOMER
SERVICE CENTER IN BALLARD THAT
HAS THREE WALLS OF GLASS AND ONE
OF -- NONTRANSPARENT MATERIAL
THAT I GET TO SEE EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS. THE
CASHIERS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT
TREAT PEOPLE WITH IMMENSE
RESPECT AND OFTENTIMES ARE ON
THE RECEIVING END OF PEOPLE'S
BAD DAYS. AND IF FOLKS DON'T
KNOW THEY'RE PROCESSING
PASSPORTS SO IT'S BEEN REALLY
INTERESTING TO SEE THE CHANGING
DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE MAKING
SURE THEY HAVE THE CORRECT
DOCUMENTS YOU SERVE US IN REALLY
CRITICAL WAYS. I SEE WE'VE GOT
A COUPLE OF HANDS. MY ONLY
QUESTION COMES TO YOU STRAIGHT
FROM JOHN STREETER FROM OUR CITY
GRIND CAFE. QUESTION IS, EXCITED
TODAY HAVE KITTY HALL TODAY. CAN
WE BRING BACK PUPPY HALL? THAT
WAS A PAST PRACTICE PREVIOUS TO
2014.
>> WE WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER
OR NOT 2024 -- OR 2025 OR '26
IS POSSIBLE FOR PUPPY HALL AND
DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSIDERATIONS
BECAUSE PUPPIES ARE --
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACTIVE THAN
KITTENS. BUT DEFINITELY WE CAN
CONSIDER IT. THANK YOU.
>> WELL SAID. AND WE'VE GOT
ABOUT THREE TO FIVE MORE MINUTES
ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. I SEE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT VICE CHAIR
RIVERA AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANK YOU FOR KITTY HALL. YOU
MENTIONED CONTRACTING FOR WOMEN
OWNED BUSINESSES. CAN YOU PLEASE
TELL ME MORE ABOUT -- A BRIEF
RUNDOWN ON HOW YOU HELP
BUSINESSES GAIN CONTRACTS TO THE
CITY OR JUST THE BROAD OUTLINES
OF WHAT FAS DOES TO ASSIST
PARTICULARLY WITH BLACK OWNED
BUSINESSES?
>> WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THEY BOAR 100.
WE ACTUALLY OPERATE OFFICE HOURS
IN THEIR SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, WE
HOLD MEET AND GREETS WITH OUR
SISTER CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT
WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND
WHAT UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
THERE ARE FOR CITY CONTRACTS.
BOTH TO SERVE AS PRIME
CONSULTANTS BUT ALSO SUB
CONSULTANTS.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE
ANOTHER QUESTION. I JUST WANTED
TO -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT. FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS ON
BUDGET, COUNCIL REDUCED BY 50%
THE RESOURCES THAT MAYOR HARRELL
PUT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU -- FOCUS
THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
VICE CHAIR RIVERA?
>> I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND
HONOR OF WORKING WITH KIERSTEN
GROVE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WHERE FAS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE
PORTFOLIO THAT SHE HELPED WITH
IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. SO I
HAVE KNOWN KIERSTEN FOR SOME
TIME NOW. AND I AM SO EXCITED
THAT SHE IS AT FAS. SHE IS A
PROFESSIONAL. AND SHE HAS THE
EXPERIENCE AND I JUST -- I THINK
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE REALLY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE KIERSTEN IN
THIS ROLE AND WANTING TO STAY IN
THIS ROLE. SO I JUST REALLY
WANTED TO SHARE THAT COLLEAGUES,
BECAUSE I DO HAVE PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE
WITH KIERSTEN AND I KNOW HER TO
BE A DILIGENT, HIGHLY CAPABLE
EXCUSE ME, AND JUST DEDICATED
PUBLIC SERVANT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
WELCOME MISS GROVE AND ALSO MR.
LOWE. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
TO MR. LOWE YOU KNOW,
HIGHLIGHTING THE SCHOOLING. I
TOO DIDN'T HAVE THE UDUB SO
THIS IS MY CHANCE TO PROMOTE. I
WENT UNDERGRAD AND GRAD SCHOOL
AT DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THIS IS
MY CHANCE TO PROMOTE THE EMPA
PROGRAM AT THE EVANS SCHOOL. IF
YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME IN YOUR
SCHEDULE I RECOMMEND THAT YOU
YOU KNOW, APPLYING AND GOING TO
THE EVANS SCHOOL. I DON'T -- I
DON'T HAVE -- I HAVE TWO
QUESTIONS. NO NEED TO ANSWER. SO
LEAVE THE ANSWERS FOR LATER.
BASICALLY AREAS OF INTEREST. ONE
IS BEN ROYAL HALL AND
PARTICULARLY GARDEN REMEMBRANCE.
YOU KNOW, THE SYMPHONY. THEY'RE
DOING SOME WORK THERE BUT I
REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
CITY'S PIECE IN LIKE BEN ROYAL
HALL. AND ALSO ON THE GARDEN
REMEMBRANCE. WE HAVE A BUDGET
ACTION TO CHECK WITH THE
MEMBRANE BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND
THE GARDEN ITSELF. THE MEMORIAL.
SO THAT IS A -- VERY STRONG AREA
OF INTEREST FOR MYSELF BUT ALSO
FOR MY FELLOW VETERANS HERE ON
THE DAIS. AND THROUGHOUT THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY. AND THE OTHER
AREA TOO IS, YOU KNOW,.
SECURITY. IN TERMS OF OUR CITY
BUILDINGS AND JUST ENSURING
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE
ONLY THINGS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EMPA PROGRAM
AT EVANS SCHOOL, I'M HERE FOR
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> OH. GOOD MORNING. I JUST
WANTED TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
CHAIR STRAUSS ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS. I TOO
HAVE MY OFFICE HOURS AT THE LAKE
CITY COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER
AND THEY JUST DO A FANTASTIC
JOB. IT IS A DIFFICULT, YOU
KNOW, BEING IN -- DEALING WITH
THE PUBLIC AND DAY IN AND DAY
OUT CAN BE CHALLENGING. AND THEY
ARE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS
ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL AND HAVE
BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO ME
AND MY STAFF. SO JUST WANTED TO
SHOUT-OUT SOME KUDOS THERE. AND
TO THANK YOU FOR OVERSEEING THAT
AND EXCITED FOR YOU TO CONTINUE
IN THIS POSITION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. AND TO -- PLAY WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
COMMENTS, NOT ALL OF US WERE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ADMITTED TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
SOME OF US WERE WAIT LISTED AS
THEY WOULD SAY SO WE CHOSE
BETTER SCHOOLS. OVER TO -- WITH
THAT, I WILL ALLOW YOU ALL TO
MAKE SOME CLOSING STATEMENTS. WE
ARE AT ABOUT TEN MINUTES RIGHT
NOW. SO I KNOW THAT COLLEAGUES
WE'VE GOT THE COMMENTS OR THE
QUESTIONS DEADLINE BY 5:00 P.M.
TONIGHT. AND WE'LL BE BACK.
>> CAN WE GET SOME -- [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION
FOR JOHN BASED ON A BUSINESS
MODEL -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
QUESTION CAN WE EXTEND CITY
GRIND TO 2:00 P. M . I WOULD SAY
THAT THAT REQUIRES MORE PEOPLE
TO BE DRINKING COFFEE AFTER
NOON. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
FUELS THAT FUEL THIS BUILDING,
WE HAVE CITY LIGHT WITH THE
ELECTRICITY AND I'M SURE THAT
WE HAVE SOME HEATING AND COOLING
AND WE ALSO HAVE COFFEE AT CITY
GRIND. WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU FOR CLOSING COMMENTS
AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. JUST
QUICKLY WANTED TO SAY INTERIM
DIRECTOR GROVE, I LOOK FORWARD
TO OUR ONE-ON-ONE INTRO SYNC
COMING UP SOON. AND GETTING TO
KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
THAT BASIS. AND THEN ALSO
GETTING TO KNOW YOU JUST
THROUGHOUT THIS CONFIRMATION
PROCESS. I -- TOO WANT TO LEND
MY VOICE OF SUPPORT AND
APPRECIATION REALLY FOR THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER THAT
MODEL, I ALSO HAVE ONE THAT I
USE IN MY DISTRICT. RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM CHIEF SOUTH HIGH
SCHOOL. THE WORKERS THERE ARE
THE BEST. SOME OF THE BEST
WORKERS IN THE CITY. IN MY VIEW.
THEY ARE CONSUMMATE
PROFESSIONALS AND THEY HAVE
ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ME AND MY
STAFF AS WE ENGAGE IN A BUSY
OFFICE HOURS, YOU KNOW,
SESSIONS. AND THEN ALSO
PERSONALLY, WE GOT OUR PASSPORTS
RENEWED THERE RECENTLY AS WELL
AND THEY -- THEY DID A TERRIFIC
JOB OF HELPING WITH THAT. I
PERSONALLY VISITED COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, CHAIR STRAUSS AND HIS
COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER. AND
WITH THE FISH BOWL SET UP WHERE
HE CAN VIEW EVERYONE AND
EVERYONE CAN VIEW HIM. I HAVE A
LITTLE ENVY. LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEARNING ABOUT POTENTIAL
EXPANSION PLANS IN DISTRICT 1. I
DON'T KNOW.
>> MY DISTRICT OFFICE PROVIDES
FULL GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY.
NOW -- OVER TO YOU, KIERSTEN
GROVE AND MARCO LOWE.
>> I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU
AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING AGAIN IN TWO
WEEKS AND EXPLORING SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALSO THANK YOU AND THE
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WITH THAT,
QUESTIONS ARE DOUBY 5:00 P.M.
AND KIERSTEN GROVE WILL BE BACK
AT THE MARCH 19th MEETING. THE
SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY
IS THE -- REGARDING A 2024
BUDGET DISCUSSION. WHICH WAS THE
MEGAPROVISO. CLERK, READ THE
SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
FOR LIFTING PROVISO FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED
TODAY BY BILL LA BOARD AND
MEGHAN SHEPHERD AND MEGHAN HOYT
AND CALVIN CHOW OF CENTRAL
STAFF. BEFORE WE BEGIN
DISCUSSION HERE, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HIS
PARTNERSHIP REGARDING AND REALLY
IN YOUR FIRST SIX MONTHS
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU
ORGANIZED OUR COUNCIL INTO
PASSING THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
OUT OF THIS BODY TO BE SENT TO
THE VOTERS. YOU THEN WORKED WITH
ME AND VERY COLLABORATIVE
FASHION DURING THE 2024 BUDGET
DISCUSSION WHERE THE CURRENT LAW
BUDGET WAS PROPOSED MEANING THAT
OUR CITY BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
THE FUNDING ACTIONS IF AS IF THE
LEVY HAD PASSED AND GLAD THAT IT
DID PASS. SO TODAY WE ARE TAKING
UP -- THIS IS TRANSPORTATION
WEEK AT THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAD
THIS ITEM IN COMMITTEE A FEW
WEEKS AGO. WE HAD ALSO THE STATE
OF THE CITY THAT DAY. SO WE HAD
THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY
ROBUST CONVERSATION, WE'RE BACK
HERE TODAY SO THIS SERVES AS THE
SECOND PART OF -- I HAVE AN
INFORMAL RULE THAT ITEMS MUST BE
BRIEFED TWICE IN MY COMMITTEE
BEFORE WE'RE VOTED ON BECAUSE
OF THE INTENSE PARTNERSHIP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. WE'VE
ACHIEVED THAT BY HAVING THE
MEETING YESTERDAY. BEING ABLE TO
VOTE IT OUT TODAY. AND THIS
MEGAPROVISO WAS REALLY IN ORDER
TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL WAS
EXERCISING ITS BUDGET OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE REQUIRED
SDOT TO WORK WITH US TO COME UP
WITH THAT PLAN BEFORE WE RELEASE
THE FULL 2025 FUNDING. I'M
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SINCE THEN,
SDOT HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
COUNCIL TO DO JUST THAT. WE NOW
HAVE A SOLID PLAN. YESTERDAY IT
WAS SAID IT WAS A DETAILED PLAN.
I AGREE WITH THAT. TO BRING
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION
IMPROVEMENTS TO EVERY PART OF
OUR CITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HIS
PARTNERSHIP IN ADVANCING
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORKING
EXPEDITIOUSLY TO HAVE THE REPORT
IN HIS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN
ACT SWIFTLY IN THIS COMMITTEE.
HE DID MENTION AND I AGREE WITH
HIM, THAT THIS IS A -- OUT OF
NORMAL SEQUENCE TO HAVE A BUDGET
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET PROVISO IN
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE AND
ALSO OUT OF NORMAL SEQUENCE TO
HAVE A SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
JUST ON ONE PROVISO. THE REASON
THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT IS
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE
PROVISO. IF IT IS A LINE LITEM
IT WOULD USUALLY GO TO THE
COMMITTEE OF ITS JURISDICTION.
SO AS HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW,
THIS -- REALLY ACHIEVES BOTH THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISION THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THE LEVY AND IN
THE BUDGET. SORRY, I LOST MY
SPOT HERE. WHICH IS JUST -- I
ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING. AND
LAST BIT HERE'S THANK YOU TO
SDOT FOR IN THAT TIME SINCE THE
LEVY PASSED, AND THE WORK
BETWEEN CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
CBO DURING BUDGET WHICH WAS ALSO
OUT OF YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OUT OF
NORM, THE CLOSE -- HOW CLOSE THE
TEAMS PARTNERED, SO I JUST WANT
TO THANK SDOT FOR MEETING WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS. IT IMPORTANT
THAT WE USED THIS TOOL OF
MEGAPROVISO TO ENSURE THE
PROCESS WASN'T AVOIDED BY THE
BUDGET ORIGINALLY PASSED AND
ONCE THE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK IS
COMPLETE WE ENSURE NO DELAYS.
TODAY WE WILL DIVE DEEPER INTO
THE PLAN AND WE'LL QUICKLY TICK
THROUGH THE PLAN -- THE
POWERPOINT THAT WAS PRESENTED
YESTERDAY. WE ALREADY HAD ROBUST
CONVERSATION COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA YOUR QUESTIONS WERE
EXCELLENT YESTERDAY. AND TODAY
WE'LL DIG DEEP INTO APPENDIX A.
WHICH OUTLINES THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PROJECTS
ANTICIPATED IN 2025. AGAIN, I'LL
GIVE THE CAVEAT THAT I GAVE
YESTERDAY. THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL
IS MORE THAN IN THE PAST. AND I
THINK ONE OF THE -- REASONS THAT
IT WAS NOT THIS DETAILED IN THE
PAST IS THE DIFFICULTY IN
MANAGING EXPECTATIONS. IF
SOMEBODY SEES A PROJECT ON THIS
LIST, THINKING THAT ABSOLUTELY
IT WILL GO FORWARD. THE PROJECTS
LISTED IN THIS LIST TODAY ARE
MOSTLY IN THE PLANNING STAGES SO
MOST OF THESE PROJECTS WILL NOT
BE DELIVERED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. AS
PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED THAT WE
CAN'T DELAY THE PLANNING OF
THESE BECAUSE IT THEN JUST
STARTS TO CASCADE. SO TODAY
WE'LL DIVE INTO APPENDIX A.
WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THINGS DO
CHANGE. THAT BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, DO YOU HAVE
ANY OPENING REMARKS?
>> NO. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
COULDN'T AGREE MORE. PLUS ONE
AND JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO YOU AND YOUR
OFFICE FOR WORKING SO
COLLABORATIVELY WITH ME AND MINE
TO DO THIS. AND RESOLVE THIS --
THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. SO AND
THANK YOU SDOT FOR WORKING WITH
US THROUGH THIS COMPLEX WORK
ALLOCATION LEGISLATIVE WORK
ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE ARRANGED
HERE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND I'LL FIRST
PASS IT OVER TO CALVIN CHOW
COUNCIL CENTRAL THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS,
CALVIN CHOW WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
JUST PROVIDE A FEW SHORT SLIDES.
THIS WAS COVERED IN THE
INTRODUCTION CHAIR AND THEN
TRANSFER IT OVER TO SDOT FOR
THEIR PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO JUST TO SORT OF
REMIND US HOW WE GOT HERE. THE
LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND. THE
COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER THE LEVY
PROPOSAL BACK IN JULY OF '24
AND INCLUDED A COMPANION
RESOLUTION WHICH CALLED FOR AN
ANNUAL LEVY -- DELIVERY PLAN BY
EACH YEAR JANUARY 31st. AND
SUBSEQUENTLY THE VOTERS DID
APPROVE IT IN NOVEMBER AND IT
WAS DURING YOUR COUNCIL
DELIBERATIONS ON THE BUDGET AND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SPENDING
PROPOSALS SO THAT WAS DEVELOPED
IN COMMITTEE. AS PART OF THAT
WORK YOU IMPOSED A SPENDING
PROVISO ON THE 2025 BUDGET THAT
NO MORE THAN $89 MILLION OF THE
LEVY FUND IN 2025 COULD BE SPENT
UNTIL AUTHORIZED BY FUTURE
COUNCIL ACTION AND $89 MILLION
IS ABOUT HALF OF THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 2025
BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
COUPLE OF OTHER REMINDERS. THE
AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION DOES
ESTABLISH EIGHT YEAR TOTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 11
CATEGORIES THAT ARE IN THE LEVY
AND ARE ESTABLISHED. NEXT SLIDE.
AND THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS
FOR CHANGING THE -- THE TOTAL
APPROPRIATIONS BY UP TO 10% BY
ORDINANCE AFTER THE LABOR
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
GIVEN THE COUNT TO COMMENT. OR
IF BY MORE THAN 10% IT WOULD
REQUIRE THREE-FOURTHS VOTE OF
COUNCIL. IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT,
THERE'S THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE WHICH IS -- THE
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN
CLOSED THIS WEEK. SO THAT SHOULD
BE GETTING SET UP SOON.
MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES A
TRANSPORTATION CHAIR AND THE
BUDGET DIRECTOR. A NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARDS
AND TO GET ENGAGED YOUTH MEMBER
AND THEN THERE WILL BE SEVEN
DISTRICT MEMBERS ATE POINTED BY
COUNCIL AND FIVE RESIDENTS
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. COUPLE
OF OTHER ITEMS JUST TO COVER IN
THE -- IN THE FRAME OF REPORTING
AND TRANSPARENCY. THE LEVY DOES
REQUIRE AN ANNUAL PROGRESS
REPORT. AND ALSO REQUIRES SDOT
TO CONTINUE THEIR ON LINE
DASHBOARDING SIMILAR TO WHAT
THEY DID FOR THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY. AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THEN LASTLY I WANTED TO JUST
HIGHLIGHT THERE'S ANOTHER BODY
OF WORK THE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING TASK FORCE THAT WAS ALSO
CALLED OUT IN THE LEVY
DISCUSSION AND WAS -- THERE WAS
A SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION BY
COUNCIL THAT APPROVED THIS BODY
OF WORK MOVING FORWARD. IT --
SUPPOSED TO DO A NUMBER OF
REVIEWS OF SDOT'S ASSET
MANAGEMENT AND ASSET CONDITIONS
AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS AND
LOOK AT THE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES TO
SUPPORT THAT FOR THE LONG-TERM
OF SDOT'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
THE WORK IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN ON
JUNE 1st, '25 AND THE FINAL
REPORT IS DUE AT THE END OF '27.
WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
SDOT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND
CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AM I
TURNING OVER TO FRANCISCA? OVER
TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL MOVE REALLY QUICKLY
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SINCE
MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING SORT OF
THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS IN THE
2025 LEVY DELIVERY PLAN
ACKNOWLEDGING IT AS A REALLY
GREAT DETAILED DOCUMENT THAT WE
WERE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS ON IN
ITS DEVELOPMENT. FIRST OFF, WE
ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
DOCUMENT AS WELL AS THE PROVISO.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT AS A KEY PART OF MOVING
FORWARD AND CONFIDENT THAT WE
ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. SO TODAY'S FOCUS.
THE -- DELIVERY PLAN CERTAINLY
REFLECTIONS THE LOT OF DETAIL.
400 PLUS PROJECTS THAT ARE
REFLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY INPUT
THAT OUR -- WE WERE ABLE TO
GENERATE AS QUICKLY AS WE DID
BECAUSE WE LEANED HEAVILY INTO
COMMUNITY INPUT FROM OTHER PLANS
AND OTHER EFFORTS THAT HAD BEEN
UNDERWAY. SO WE HAD THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
WE'RECOMING RIGHT ON HEELS OF
THAT FOR YEAR AND A HALF OF
DETAILED PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE'VE
GOT IS COMING UP -- OTHER
EFFORTS LIKE THE CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PLAN AND MANY OTHERS THAT
ENABLED US TO SORT OF CULL AND
PUT THIS DETAILED LIST TOGETHER.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF LARGE AND
SMALL PROJECTS. WE DO HAVE A
RANGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A BIT
MORE YESTERDAY. BUT WE WANTED TO
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THIS
LIFE OF THIS LEVY, WE STARTED
COLLECTION JANUARY 1st OF THIS
YEAR. WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU
EACH YEAR WITH THE ANNUAL WORK
PLAN. THIS YEAR'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENT IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE
THE SEATED LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE YET. WE LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING THEM SEATED AND
WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH
THEM NEXT YEAR. AND WE DID
ACTUALLY START DELIVERING ON THE
LEVY ON DAY ONE. BECAUSE THERE
ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE LEVY
THAT ARE MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS AND THEY STARTED
RIGHT AWAY. WE WILL ALSO BE
LIFTING UP LARGE PROJECTS AND
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE
LARGE PROJECTS, WE PROBABLY WILL
SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT PASS 2032.
THAT'S NORMAL. THAT'S WHAT'S
MAPPING RIGHT NOW WITH THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY. AND THE COMPLETION
OF SOME OF OUR REALLY BIG
PROJECTS LIKE RAPID RIDE J AND
OTHER LARGE PARTNERSHIPS. BUT
THAT'S NORMAL FOR A LEVY. THE
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 2025 DELIVERY
PLAN SYNC UP WITH MANY OF THE
THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU,
COUNCIL. AND FROM THE COMMUNITY
INCLUDING EXPANDING OUR VISION
ZERO NETWORK WITH A RANGE OF
PROACTIVE RESPONSIVE AND
CORRIDOR PROJECTS. REALLY DIVING
INTO NEW SIDEWALKS, WE'VE GOT A
QUICK TIME FRAME FOR DELIVERING
THOSE SIDEWALKS SO GETTING GOING
REALLY QUICKLY ON THAT WALK
INCLUDING THE WALKS THAT HAVE
ALREADY STARTED TO HAPPEN.
ESTABLISHING DESIGN CONTRACTS
FOR SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND
STRUCTURES THAT -- THAT
INFORMATION MOVING AND ALSO
READY IF IT NEEDS TO BE FED INTO
THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE DISCUSSION. AND GETTING
GOING AND DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
OF SOME CORRIDOR PROJECTS THAT
WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY I'M SURE
AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE
MEN'S WORLD CUP COMING TO
SEATTLE TO BUILD SOME ENDURING
LEGACY PROJECTS THAT WILL BE OF
VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR A
LONG TIME. COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
VISION ZERO. LOTS OF PROJECTS
THAT I'M SURE WE CAN TALK MORE
ABOUT TODAY. GETTING GOING ON
SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND
STRUCTURES DESIGN WORK EVEN
THINGS YOU WON'T SEE RIGHT AWAY
BUT JUST KNOW THEY'RE UNDER WAY
LIKE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
DESIGN EFFORTS. AND WE'LL BE
DOING A LOT OF ASSET CLEANING
AND INSPECTION IN THIS COMING
YEAR. LOTS OF WORK ON TRANSIT
CORRIDORS TO KEEP OUR BUSES
MOVING. NEXT. STREET MAINTENANCE
AND MODERNIZATION AND FILLING
POTHOLES AGAIN THE THINGS THAT
STARTED ON DAY ONE. FILLING
POTHOLES AND MAKING THE STREETS
WORK BETTER. SEEING MAINTENANCE
-- MAINTENANCE OF OUR BIKE LANES
AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN
WORK. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE
THIS AS REALLY A STRUCTURE BY
WHICH YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE
REPORTING ON THE LEVY GOING
FORWARD AND WAYS IN WHICH WE
WILL STRUCTURE THE INFORMATION
FOR THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. LOOKING AT THESE 11
CATEGORIES WHICH WILL ALSO GO
THROUGH TODAY. FEW MOMENTS ON
PROJECT SELECTION. IT'S --
IT'S A -- VERY -- IT'S AN
ORGANIZED PROCESS THAT SDOT
LEANS HEAVILY INTO THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN SOME OF
OUR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA TO
DO. WE'RE HEAVILY INFORMED BY
THOSE COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS AS
WELL AS MAXIMIZING THE BENEFIT
OF AN INVESTMENT MAKING SURE TO
BE INVESTING WITH AN EYE TOWARDS
EQUITY AND DISTRIBUTION AT THE
SAME TIME AS WELL AS OPTIMAL
LEVERAGING AND BEING ABLE TO
WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND
LEVERAGING WITH OUR PARTNER
CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY'RE
WORKING IN THE STREET. NEXT.
AGAIN, TO JUST SPEAK TO SOME OF
OUR LARGER PROJECTS, WE ARE --
WE ARE EMBARKING ON SOME OF THE
BIG ONES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE
THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR OR TWO
TO GET GOING INTO -- INTO
CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S
BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A
DILIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND
WE WANT TO BE COLLECTING THE
NECESSARY INFORMATION TO HAVE
GOOD SOLID DESIGNS, AND WE WANT
TO BE DOING THAT IN A THOUGHTFUL
WAY SO WE WILL BE MOVING THESE
PROJECTS THROUGH DESIGN AND
PLANNING AND PREPARING THEM FOR
PETTIVE BID PROCESS SO THAT WE
CAN START BUILDING INTO '26 AND
'27. NEXT. SO -- WITH THAT,
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT. OF THE
DOCUMENT ITSELF. AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU MORE
ABOUT THE ATTACHMENT.
>> THANK YOU FRANCISCA. JUST
NOTING THAT THAT LAST PROJECT
WAS THE SIDEWALK PROJECT IN
DISTRICT 5. ON GREENWOOD AVENUE.
SHOUT-OUT TO D-5. COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
POWERPOINT? THIS WAS THE SAME
PRESENTATION YESTERDAY'S
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND
WE'LL DIG INTO ATTACHMENT A. IF
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME. SEEING NONE, BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE TABLE. SDOT IF YOU
WANT THE -- AND WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THIS ANNUAL DELIVERY PLAN
IS I -- IT WAS DURING OFFICE
HOURS WITH SOMEBODY I WAS TRYING
TO SEARCH THE DOCUMENT, THE
ATTACHMENT A.. THE DOCUMENT FROM
THE SUMMER. SO I GOOGLED, THIS
WAS THE FIRST GOOGLE RESULT. AND
WE WALKED THROUGH -- THE PLAN
WITH THE RESIDENT IN REALTIME
AND SO JUST HAPPY THAT THIS IS
THE TOP GOOGLE RESULT. AND BACK
OVER TO YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT. WE WILL STEP
THROUGH -- ATTACHMENT A. AND
WE'VE JUST IN THE PRIOR
CONVERSATION TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE ANNUAL
DELIVERY PLAN. GOT SOME INTRO
LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT
PROJECT SELECTION AND IT'S GOT
THE -- SPREAD SHEET THAT WE
SHOWED LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT
ALLOCATIONS. AND SPEAKS A LITTLE
BIT TO THE PROCESS AND PURPOSE
OF THE DOCUMENT. BUT THE WAY
THAT WE ARE -- WILL BE
PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY WE'LL
START JUST AT THE TOP WITH THE
VISION ZERO SECTION. AND WORK
SECTION BY SECTION. SO IN VISION
ZERO, CERTAINLY SECTIONS 1.1
THROUGH 1.4 AND I WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE YOU GUYS HAD A LONG
CONVERSATION MANY OF YOU ALOS
ANGELES CONVERSATION YESTERDAY
ABOUT VISION ZERO. I MIGHT LEAN
INTO LANGUAGE THAT HE USED
BECAUSE SECTIONS 1.1 THROUGH 1.4
REALLY REFLECT WHAT HE PRESENTED
IN TERMS OF -- PROACTIVE AND
RESPONSIVE AND CORRIDOR BASED
WORK THAT HE WAS DISCUSSING. WE
HAVE IN THE SAFETY REDESIGN
PROJECTS, WE HAVE -- CORRIDOR
PROJECTS THAT TYPICALLY ARE ON
OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK. AND
THEY TYPICALLY TEND TO BE
ARTERIALS. THIS IS A SEGMENT
BASED APPROACH TO THE ARTERIALS
THAT LOOKS A T A SEGMENT OF THE
ARTERIAL THAT POPS UP IN THE
HIGHER INJURY NETWORK AND
LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN DEAFEN
LANES AND TURN MOVEMENTS AND DO
SPEED REGULATION THROUGH
PHYSICAL CUES AND INCREASING
VISIBILITY IN CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S EIGHT
CORRIDORS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING
TO ADVANCE INTO -- IN 2025. AND
IT'S RANGE OF CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN AND PLANNING. AND THEY'RE
LISTED THERE. 130th, HENDERSON,
RAINIERING RENTON AND FEW
OTHERS.
>> AND SORRY TO INTERRUPT HERE.
BILL, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE SECTION OF THIS
DOCUMENT THAT FRANCISCA IS
DISCUSSING, I'M HAVING TROUBLE
-- ARE YOU -- RIGHT NOW,
DISCUSSING 1.2 OR THE STARTING
OF PLANNING? WHICH -- ITEM ARE
YOU SPEAKING OF HERE? A-HA. AT
THE TOP THAT WAS OUT OF VIEW.
THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.
>> SO AT THE TOP OF THE SPREAD
SHEET ON THE FAR LEFT, ON THE
LEFT SECOND COLUMN FROM THE
LEFT. I SORT OF SPEAKING TO THE
GROUPING OF 1.1 AND 1.2 AND IN
THAT THEY -- THERE'S A LOT OF
PROJECTS LISTED HERE. SO I WAS
-- TREATING THEM AS A CLUSTER OF
PROJECTS. SO IT'S THAT
COMBINATION OF THE HIGH INJURY
NETWORKS CORRIDORS AND I HAVE
NOT SPOKEN TO THE 1.2. HIGH
COLLISION SAFETY PROJECTS. THOSE
ARE MORE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS.
THOSE ARE LOOKING AT
INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE WOULD
TYPICALLY FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE
TURN AND CROSSING MOVEMENTS AND
PROTECTING OPERATIONS AND TURN
MOVEMENTS SO THAT WE'RE
REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE MOVING
THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND 1.2
WE'VE IDENTIFIED 17 PROJECTS
FOR 2025. I'LL JUST FINISH OUT
THREE AND FOUR. AND 1.3. THIS IS
THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS
AND YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM
INCREASING AROUND TOWN. WE ARE
CONTINUING TO PUT THEM IN ALL OF
THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE
FEASIBLE WITH 100 LOCATIONS
ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOR THE
PIPELINE TO MOVE INTO 2025. AND
THEN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CALMING.
THESE ARE -- OFTEN SORT OF
LIGHTER TOUCH AT FIRST TO
INFLUENCE DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND
CREATE SAFETY OVERALL. STRIPING
REVISIONS LIKE OUTSIDE LANE
LINES AND SPEED HUMPS AND
FEEDBACK SIGNS AND VISIBILITY
CHANGES. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED
TEN PROJECTS TO MOVE INTO
CONSTRUCTION IN 2025. AND 1.4.
SO I'LL PAUSE HAVING -- TALKED
THROUGH 1.1 THROUGH 1.4.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
LET'S KEEP -- TICKING THROUGH
THE DETAILS.
>> GREAT. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
THESE ARE FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP
PROJECTS WE DO WITH SCHOOLS
THROUGH THE CITY. YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER THAT THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY MADE A COMMITMENT TO
WORKING WITH EVERY SCHOOL IN THE
CITY. AND WE ACTUALLY MET AND
EXCEEDED THAT. WE DO LOTS OF
CO-CREATION WITH THE PARENTS,
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR
TRANSPORTATION LIAISON AT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DEVELOP
THESE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 30 WOUL
CONSTRUCTION IN 2025. IT'S A
WIDE RANGE OF THINGS THAT
HAPPENS. SOMETIMES SMALL AND
SOMETIMES SLIGHTLY LARGER. IT'S
REALLY RESPONSIVE TO NEIGHBORS
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS
OF CONDITIONS AT THE PERIMETERS
TO HAVE SCHOOLS. S OF DEFINITELY
IF YOU ARE GOT A SCHOOL ON THE
ARTERIAL VERSUS A SCHOOL TUCKED
INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
WHAT KIND OF INTERVENTIONS MAKE
SENSE. AND THIS CATEGORY DOES
LEVERAGE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING
FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET.
>> I WOULD JUST KEEP --
>> JUST KEEP GOING.
>> KEEP TICKING, WE'RE ON PAGE
EIGHT OF TEN OF 35. I KNOW THAT
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MATERIAL TO
GET THROUGH.
>> GREAT. OKAY. AURORA.
>> SORRY, I'M SEEING
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA NOW.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MR.
CHAIR, FOR CLARITY, WOULD YOU
LIKE QUESTIONS ON -- LIKE AS WE
GO OR AT THE END? WHAT IS YOUR
PREFERENCE HERE?
>> I'D SAY LET'S -- AS WE GO
RECOGNIZING WE DO HAVE A HARD
STOP IN ONE HOUR 15 MINUTES.
>> ALL GOOD.
>> IF WE START GETTING -- RIGHT
NOW WE'RE AHEAD IF WE START
GETTING BEHIND I'LL DO THE SAME
THING DURING BUDGET WHICH WAS
MOVE US ALONG.
>> ALL GOOD.
>> SO THANK YOU -- SDOT FOR
BEING HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS INITIAL PRESENTATION AND
THANK YOU ALSO FOR WORKING SO
COLLABORATIVELY WITH ME AND MY
OFFICE, AND OFFERING -- AVAILING
YOURSELVES TO OTHER COUNCIL
OFFICES AS WELL. AS PART OF THE
PROCESS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY
OF MINE. KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE.
AND MY COMMITTEE, WE'VE HAD
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE,
WE'VE HAD MEMBERS OF SDOT,
TALKING ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL. SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS
NEEDED. BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE
THAT WORK BROUGHT TO LIFE A
LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE CONTEXT
OF SOME OF THE SCHOOLS LISTED ON
THIS LIST HERE. AND I UNDERSTAND
ALL THE SPECIFIC SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL INVESTMENT AND
IMPROVEMENTS AND PROJECTS ARE
VERY LOCATION SPECIFIC AND
THEY'RE VERY LIKE GRANULAR. AND
DEPENDENT ON THE SITUATION. BUT
CAN YOU CALL OUT LIKE JUST --
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE ONE OR TWO TYPE OF
IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY OF THE
SCHOOLS ON THAT LIST THAT YOU
ALL HAVE PLANNED?
>> YEAH. I MEAN I'LL SPEAK MORE
TO KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DELIVERING WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES IT'S A MATTER OF
NEEDING A MARKED CROSSWALK NEAR
A SCHOOL. AN AREA WHERE PARENTS
ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
THAT EXTRA VISIBILITY FOR THE
STUDENTS AS THEY'RE GETTING TO
CLASS. SOMETIMES IT'S -- ASKING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION WHETHER A
STOP SIGN WARRANT, WHETHER IT
MEETS THE CRITERIA TO HAVE A
STOP SIGN INSTALLED. OTHER ONES
INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN
NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALKS. THOSE
ARE THE -- SORT OF MORE
ALTERNATIVE SIDEWALK THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN SOME DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES. WE'LL FIND THAT
DUE TO THE HILLSIDE, WE'LL DO
A, YOU KNOW, A LARGER CAPITAL
PROJECT THROUGH A CONTRACTOR.
REALLY DOES RANGE A LOT IN TERMS
OF WHETHER IT'S CREATING, YOU
KNOW, SPACE OR CREATING
VISIBILITY OR CHANGING
OPERATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FANTASTIC. BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. AURORA AVENUE.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
PROJECT. THE LEVY REALLY PUT IN
FUNDING TO LEVERAGE AND TRY AND
HELP ADVANCE THE PACKAGING OF
THIS PROJECT IN THE LONG RUN. WE
DO CURRENTLY HAVE SOME OTHER
GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE FUNDING A
LOT OF THE AURORA WORK. BUT THE
2024 LEVY FUNDS WILL HELP US
WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS
AND OUTREACH THAT WE'RE
STARTING AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER,
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN A
VISIONING PROCESS WITH
COMMUNITY. WE'RE WRAPPING UP
PHASE ONE. AND MOVING INTO PHASE
TWO THIS YEAR. INCLUDING SOME
STRUCTURED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LOCAL
STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS PROJECT.
>> I SEE A HAND. VICE CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
SDOT FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. ONE
THING I'D LOVE TO SEE
FRANCISCA, IS A LIST OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU ARE
WORKING WITH IN THE CITY. SO WE
KNOW WHO OF OUR CONSTITUENTS
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS
PROCESS WITH YOU ALL.
>> SURE. YEAH. HAPPY -- AND IN
THE IMMEDIATE CAN ALSO PROVIDE
SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION TOO.
WE'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING OUR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO IT'S
PRETTY -- THERE'S SOME
RESOURCES WE CAN PROVIDE
IMMEDIATELY ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? LIVE
FROM D-5.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. YEAH,
THIS IS WONDERFUL. THIS PROJECT.
AND I JUST -- KNEW THIS WAS
SPECIFIC FUNDING THAT I WAS ABLE
TO GET INTO THE LEVY. SO I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. JUST
WONDERING IF WE CAN SET UP SOME
REGULAR -- CHECK-IN OR UPDATE
REALLY MORE ON HOW THIS WORK IS
GOING. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY
INTERESTED AND NOW WITH THE
MAYOR TALKING ABOUT SOME
NORTHERN LIGHTS PROGRAM, JUST
WOULD BE I THINK INTERESTING AND
HELPFUL TO GET REGULAR UPDATES
ON THIS PLANNING AND THE
VISIONING.
>> ANY RESPONSE OVER THERE?
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO
PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES. I KNOW
THAT YOUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR
COUNCIL MOORE HAS BEEN STAYING
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PROJECT. AND
ATTENDING ALL THE EVENTS. BUT
WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE REGULAR,
YOU KNOW, REGULAR CYCLE OF
UPDATES ON PROJECT PROGRESS. AND
TO ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND
MAYBE TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. BACK TO YOU, FRANCISCA.
>> ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO 1.7. WE
DID DISCUSS THIS BRIEFLY
YESTERDAY. THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM. THIS IS AN EXCITING NEW
PROGRAM IN THE LEVY TO COCREATE
PROJECTS WITH COMMUNITY. WE --
FOR 2025, WE'RE FOCUSED ON
LAUNCHING THIS NEW PROGRAM.
WORKING INTERNALLY TO ALIGN THIS
WORK WITH REALLY STRONG PAST
PROGRAMS LIKE HOME ZONES AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND. TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAYS TO
STEP INTO THIS SPACE USING THE
LEARNINGS AND BEST PRACTICES
FROM THOSE EFFORTS. WE'RE ALSO
ASSESSING HOW WE CAN USE AND
LEVERAGE EXISTING TOOLS WITHIN
SDOT TO HELP THE WAYS IN WHICH
WE ARE CAPTURING COMMUNITY
WISDOM AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND
HELPING ADVANCE OUR ENGAGEMENT
WITH COMMUNITY. SO -- FUTURE
YEARS WILL FOCUS MORE ON
SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES AS WE GET
THIS SET UP THIS YEAR. OKAY.
1.8. NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TRAFFIC
SAFETY PROGRAMS. MUCH OF WHAT
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR IN
THIS CATEGORY HAVE BEEN ARTERIAL
FOCUSED. THIS IS REALLY A SPACE
THAT TENDS TO CREATE A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF -- ABILITY TO
RESPOND TO NONARTERIAL ISSUES.
IT'S NOT A HARD LINE. BUT THIS
TENDS TO BE WHERE THAT WORK IS
DONE. WORKING WITH COMMUNITY IN
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS SO YOU CAN
SEE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OF AREAS
TO DELIVER THINGS LIKE SPEED
HUMPS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
CURB BULBS AND OTHER CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS AND LOOKING AT IT
AS WE CAN SO PEOPLE ARE SEEING
NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE
DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE FIVE AREAS
IDENTIFIED HERE FOR WORK IN
2025. AND SOME TO TEE UP FOR
ADDITIONAL PLANNING FOR FUTURE
YEAR INSTALLATION.
>> THANK YOU. FRANCISCA, ON THIS
ONE, YOU HAVE SOME PROJECTS
STARTING CONSTRUCTION AND SOME
IN PLANNING. CAN YOU SPEAK TO
WHERE THE ONES IN CONSTRUCTION
ALREADY IN PLANNING? OR -- HOW
DO WE MOVE QUICKLY? MY QUESTION
YESTERDAY WAS HOW DO WE DELIVER
CROSSWALKS MORE QUICKLY?
>> YEAH, SO -- THIS LIST REALLY
-- THE LIST OF THE FIVE THAT ARE
MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION REALLY
ARE -- THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF
SOME THINGS THAT WERE IN MOTION
AND CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE IN
MOTION OR CONVERSATIONS THAT
WERE OFFSHOOTS FROM OTHER
PROJECTS. RIGHT? OFTEN BEING
COMMUNITY WITHIN COMMUNITY
TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT AND THAT
WILL FLAG SOMETHING NEARBY. OR
ADJACENT OR RELATED. AND SO WHAT
YOU SEE THERE IS A LOT OF THAT
TYPE OF WORK WHERE WE WERE IN
CONVERSATION AND PEOPLE SAID
HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM
OVER THERE. COULD YOU LOOK AT
IT?
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. WE ARE TAG TEAMING THIS
MORNING. SO I'M GOING TO PAST
OFF STREET MAINTENANCE AND MAD
EARNIZATION TO MEGAN HOYT.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNT MEMBERS,
MY NAME IS MEGHAN HOYT AND I'M
SDOT'S MAJOR PROJECTS MANAGER
HOUSED WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO.
BASICALLY HELPING THE PROJECTS
AND PEOPLE WORKING ON THE
PROJECTS WORK THROUGH THEM AND
TALK TO YOU ABOUT ITEM TWO. OUR
STREET MAINTENANCE AND
MODERNIZATION CORRIDORS. KIND OF
OPPOSITE AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE BIG ARTICLE TIER
STREETS. AND VERY PARTICULARLY,
FOR 2.1. ARTERIAL ROADWAY
MAINTENANCE. THESE ARE OUR BIG
PROJECTS. AVID FROM THE BRIDGES
THESE ARE THE BIGGEST PROJECTS.
YOU WILL REALLY SEE COMING OUT
OF THE LEVY. A BIG REASON IS
THAT THEY ARE DRIVEN BY
PAVEMENT. AND AT THIS POINT A
LOT OF THE ROADS A MILL AND
OVERLAY PROJECT ISN'T QUITE
ENOUGH. WE NEED TO RECONSTRUCT
THE ROADWAY. THE PROJECTS WE
PICKED WERE VERY IMPORTANT FROM
A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. BUT
ALSO REALLY REFLECTED A LOT OF
THE KEY PROJECTS IN THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AS A RESULT
THE PROJECTS YOU ARE GOING SEE
IN 2.1 WITH ONE BIG EXCEPTION OF
FAUNTLEROY. YOU ARE GOING SEE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT MODES COMING
TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. AND THE
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN DESIGN
IN 2025, THREE OUT OF THE FOUR
ACTUALLY -- FOUR OUT OF THE
FOUR, HAVE GRANT FUNDS ATTACHED
TO THEM. EITHER FOR DESIGN OR
FOR CONSTRUCTION SO THOSE WERE
ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST OUT OF THE
GATE. BUT THE PROJECTS AND
PLANNING AS SHE MENTIONED IT CAN
TAKE SOME YEARS FOR THE REALLY
BIG PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE ALREADY
STARTED THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR
BEACON AVENUE, THAT COMBINES
WORKING WITH METRO AS WELL AS
BUILDING A CONTINUATION OF A
BICYCLE FACILITIES ON BEACON
HILL. ELLIOT AND WESTERN
DOWNTOWN WILL BE A MILL AND
OVERLAY PROJECT. AND THEN EARLY
WORK ON ONE SECTION OF RAINIER
AVENUE SOUTH. ANY QUESTIONS ON
2.1? OKAY.
>> WE DO. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PORTION
OF THE PRESENTATION. JUST
CURIOUS ABOUT -- YOU MENTIONED
THERE'S SOME DEPENDENCIES AND
GRANT FUNDING HERE. FOR SERVE OF
-- CERTAIN OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO -- HAD GREAT PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATION YESTERDAY OR THE
DAY BEFORE SORRY ALL THE DAYS
GET BUNCHED UP TOGETHER ABOUT
THIS TOPIC AT A HIGH LEVEL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. WE TALKED
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL
FUNDS ON CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS. BUT NOW THERE'S --
IT'S NO SECRET, OUR PRESIDENT
AND HIS INFINITE WISDOM HAS
DECIDED TO INITIATE A TRADE WAR
WITH SOME OF OUR BIGGEST TRADING
PARTNERS. NO DOUBT THE COST OF
GOODS GOING TO RISE AND
INCREASE. SO PARTICULARLY WITH
RESPECT TO PAVEMENT, ESPECIALLY
SOME OF THESE MAJOR ROAD
REHABILITATION PROJECTS, WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF
THESE MATERIALS ARE GOING TO BE
PRODUCED DOMESTICALLY, WHAT
IMPACT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE
LOOMING TRADE WAR AND RISING
COST OF GOODS TO HAVE ON THE
FUNDING AND THE PRICE OF
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS?
>> YEAH. I'LL TAKE A FIRST TRY
AT THIS AND THEN OTHERS CAN ADD
ON. WHERE I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN
THIS THE MOST IS ON CERTAIN
ELEMENTS YOU KNOW, THAT GET
TARIFFS APPLIED TO IT. A LOT OF
THAT IS OUR SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.
IT'S THE STEEL POLES AND BIGGER
THINGS AND NOT TYPICALLY THE
PRICE OF CONCRETE OR LIKE THE
WORK AND DESIGNING AND MOVING
FORWARD. SO I THINK THOSE WILL
APPLY THE MOST AS WE SEE WITH
THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE AND AS
THE PROJECTS GO THROUGH PLANNING
DESIGN TO KIND OF HAVE OPTIONS
ON WHAT THE SCOPE ELEMENTS ARE.
HERE'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
DO. HERE'S WHAT WE COULD ALSO
GET BY GOING IF THAT GETS TOO
EXPENSIVE. HAVING OPTIONS SO IF
WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE
MIDSTREAM, T NOT A DRAMATIC
CHANGE. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN
READY FOR WHAT THAT WOULD BE
KNOWING WHICH ITEMS GET DINGED
THE MOST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN I GIST ADD? I THINK IT --
REALLY SPEAKS TO RISK MANAGEMENT
OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HOW
THEY PLAN AND ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
AT SOME POINT, IF WE DO SEE
MAJOR COST IMPLICATIONS IT WILL
AFFECT THE SCOPE OF THE
PROJECTSWE'LL BE AGE TO
DELIVER. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND
THAT. IT'S A RISK AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO
MONITOR AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE
ACCOMMODATE BUT IT COULD HAVE
ACTUAL -- IMPACTSEN -- ON OUR
COMMITMENTS.
>> WHAT I'M HEARING NOW SDOT,
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS
THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE
SIGNIFICANT OR SUBSTANTIAL
IMPACTS CURRENTLY. SUBJECT TO
CHANGE OF COURSE.
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE -- ALL THE MAJORITY
OF THE MATERIALS WITH THE FEW
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW KEY
COMPONENT PARTS, ARE PRODUCED
AND OBVIOUSLY -- THE DESIGN
COMPONENT IN-HOUSE,
DOMESTICALLY.
>> I THINK -- I THINK IT'S FAIR
TO SAY WE WILL SEE SOME CHANGES
IN PROJECT COSTS. WE DON'T KNOW
THE SCALE OF THEM YET. IT WILL
COME DOWN TO I THINK MEGHAN IS
CORRECT. THAT -- THE COST
CHANGES VARY A LOT BASED ON WHAT
COMPONENT OF THE PROGENT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT. SOME CAN BE VERY
SIGNIFICANT AND SOME CAN BE
MINIMAL OR DE MINIMIS. WE KEEP A
ROLLING LOG OF AVERAGE BID UNIT
PRICES. SO WE ARE ABLE TO SEE
PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN THINGS ARE
CHANGING OR WE'RE SEEING
CONSISTENT MARKET FLUCTUATIONS
SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF DO A
LITTLE BIT OF COURSE CORRECTION
AS WE SEE THAT STUFF ROLL IN.
BUT IT WILL COME DOWN TO HOW
QUICKLY THAT STARTS TO CHANGE
AND HOW VASTLY AND THAT WE
CAN'T TOTALLY PREDICT. I THINK
WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE SOME
CHANGES AND WE PROBABLY WILL
HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHOICES ABOUT
SCOPING AND/OR TIMING OF
PROJECTS. AND/OR, YOU KNOW, HOW
WE WANT TO PACKAGE FUTURE BUDGET
DECISIONS. SO -- IT WILL CHANGE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.
>> DYNAMIC SITUATION DEFINITELY
SOUND LIKE WHICH MAKES SENSE.
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING A
STRONGER POINT OF VIEW ON THAT?
PARTICULAR POINT. IN TERMS OF,
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MIGHT
POTENTIALLY NEED TO REVISIT
SCOPING AND TIMELINES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT?
>> I THINK --
>> ARE WE TALKING LIKE LATER
THIS YEAR? MID YEAR? END OF
YEAR, NEXT YEAR?
>> WE THINK THE -- GOOD AND BAD
THING IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN
THE DESIGN PROCESS NOW, WE WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
ARE EXPERIENCING OUT IN THE
MARKET. RIGHT? OTHER PROJECTS IN
THE CITY THAT ARE GOING OUT TO
BID. YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE
INFORMATION ACROSS THE CAPITAL
DEPARTMENTS. AND SEE WHAT
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AND IN
TERMS OF THE PRICE OF STEEL OR
OTHER THINGS. AND SINCE SDOT HAS
A LITTLE BIT OF RUNWAY, WE
PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE
SOME DECISIONS I WOULD SAY AS WE
SEE NEAR END OF YEAR BEGINNING
OF NEXT YEAR WHAT OTHER -- HOW
BIDS ARE COMING IN AND HOW
PRICES ARE FLUCTUATING AND THEN
HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST ADD THAT THIS MIGHT BE
A TOPIC FOR THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE'S CONTINUAL SORT
RECEIVE RESUE THIS YEAR. THAT
CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE BRING
BACK IN BUDGET AS WELL IF THERE
ARE ANY IMPACTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU
CALLER AND I WAS ABLE TO SAY
THAT WE -- I KNOW I WOULD
APPRECIATE AND I ASSUME I'M NOT
THE ONLY ONE. SOME CHECKPOINT
WHERE WE GET AN UPDATE ON HOW
THE PROJECTS ARE GOING AND IF
TRANSFERABLE ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES. YOU KNOW, ON THE
ONGOING BASIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK
THAT'S -- THAT'S THE INTENT OF
THE REPORTING. THE DASHBOARD,
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
I THINK SDOT WOULD BE HAPPY TO
MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE
COMMITTEES OR INDIVIDUAL
COUNCILMEMBERS AS NECESSARY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYBE CAL
YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE IN
TERM OF WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERM
OF ONGOING GETTING UPDATES.
>> HAPPY TO DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, BACK TO YOU MEGHAN
HOYT.
>> LET ME JUST ADD ONE LITTLE
EXPLANATION OF WHAT GOES ON WITH
SOME OF REALLY BIG PROJECTS TOO
THAT'S KIND OF HINTED AT.
INITIAL PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE
FOLLOWING. BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES
GET REAL PRIZES WHEN WE START
DESIGN OF THE REALLY BIG
PROJECTS. WE KNOW IN GENERAL
WHAT THE PAVEMENT CONDITION IS.
WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO INTO DESIGN
WE GET IN MORE DETAIL AND
SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WE COULD
JUST SCRAPE IT OFF MIGHT TURN
OUT TO BE RECONSTRUCTION.
PROBABLY SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
LIMITS DEPENDING ON WHAT WE
FIND. WE'RE ALREADY TAKING A
SPU. WE ALSO TAKE OPPORTUNITY
LAKE THAT AND WE MAY INSTEAD OF
JUST A MILL AND OVERLAY ON THAT
PROJECT, MAYBE DO LITTLE
RECONSTRUCTION BECAUSE SPU'S
ALREADY TAKING UP HALF THE
STREET. SO WE REALLY DESIGN
THESE TO SAY HERE'S WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE STARTING WITH. AND
THEN AS WE LEARN MORE, LIKE THEY
MAY ADJUST. BOTH FOR -- GIANT
NATIONWIDE REASONS AND ALSO FOR
VERY, VERY SPECIFIC REASONS.
>> OKAY. OKAY. ITEM 2.2. GOING
DOWN IN SCALE A BIT IS OUR
PAVING SPOT IMPROVEMENTS. AND
THESE ARE A FEW PROGRAMS THAT
WORK ON REPAIRING OUR ROADWAYS,
BUT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. SO
THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
BIGGER THAN A POTHOLE. BECAUSE
POLL HOTS ARE INCLUDED IN HERE
TOO. THEN UP FROM A POTHOLE IS
MAYBE A BLOCK OR TWO OF A
LOCATION THAT DOESN'T NEED TO
BE A BIG MAJOR CORRIDOR BUT IT
IS MORE THAN JUST -- JUST A
SPOT. IT MIGHT BE A PANEL
REPLACEMENT, IN FACT AND ALSO TO
-- GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS
LIST IS SO NONCONCLUSIVE. I KNOW
THAT A FEW PANELS ALREADY GOT
DONE THIS YEAR UNDER THE LEVY.
AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THE
START CONSTRUCTION LIST. SO
THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND
THERE WAS A WEATHER WINDOW THAT
WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TO DO SOME
BLOCKS. BOTH CONCRETE PAVEMENT
AND IN ASPHALT RECONSTRUCTION.
AND LAST 2.4 IS OUR MARKINGS.
THAT'S A -- NOT JUST AFTER
REPAVING BUT ALSO JUST GOING
THROUGH AND REFRESHING OUR
CROSSWALK AND OUR LANE LINES.
LIKE THE CENTER DIVIDING LINES.
VERY LARGE AMOUNT HAPPEN EVERY
YEAR IN THE SUMMER. GREAT. ALL
RIGHT. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO
MEGHAN SHEPHERD.
>> THANKS MEGHAN HOYT. BRIDGES.
STRUCTURES. SORRY. BECAUSE THEY
MAKE ME WANT TO SING RIGHT? I
KNOW YOU WANT TO SING A LITTLE
BIT TOO AND CHEER. I -- I THINK
THAT THE INVESTMENT IN BRIDGES
AND STRUCTURES IN THE LEVY IS
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS
THE LEVY IS ALLOWING US TO DO
AND IT REPRESENTS A REAL LIKE
SORT OF CONTINUATION OF, YOU
KNOW, THE -- THE PLACE WE WERE
IN BACK IN 2020 WHEN THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE CLOSED. YOU KNOW
COUNCIL ORDERED THE AUDIT OF
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE. THERE WERE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT ACTED ON THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND IN DOING SO,
WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT WITH YOU A
RECOMMENDATION FOR PREVENTIVE
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY 3.3 BUT IT IS
-- AT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE LEVY. WHICH IS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SYSTEMATICALLY PROACTIVELY
EXTEND THE LIFE OF OUR
STRUCTURES. THERE ARE SOME VERY
SPECIFIC REPAIRS THAT -- AND
UPGRADES THAT ARE IN 3.1 AND
THESE ARE ALL IN MOTION. THEY
ARE SOME OF OUR EARLIEST
PRIORITIES. THEY ARE PROCUREMENT
PROCESSES TO BRING ON BOARD THE
DESIGN TEAMS. WHO CAN DO THE
SPECIALIZED WORK OF HELPING US
UPGRADE THE MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN OUR THREE
MOVABLE SHIP CANAL BRIDGES AS
WELL AS MAKE SOME STRUCTURAL
INVESTMENTS INTO BALLARD AND
MAGNOLIA BRIDGES. SO THOSE
PROCUREMENT PROCESSES ARE
UNDERWAY AND THEY WILL BE OUR
FOCUS THERE IN 2025. WE'LL ALSO
SEE AS WE GO BACK TO BRIDGE
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, THE
TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT YOU WILL
BE SEEING HERE WILL BE -- WELL,
ONE IS CLEANING BECAUSE CLEANING
OUR STEEL BRIDGES IS REALLY
CRITICAL TO EXTENDING THEIR LIFE
AND THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE US.
WE'LL -- WE COULD BE DOING
SEISMIC RETROFITS AND WE COULD
BE DOING DECK REPLACEMENTS AND
JOINT REPLACEMENTS. AND IN OTHER
NEEDED MAINTENANCE WHICH MANY
SOME CASES COULD INCLUDE
DECOMMISSIONING STRUCTURES THAT
ARE NO LONGER SAFE OR USED. SO
THERE'S 12 PROJECTS HERE THAT
WILL BE DESIGNING. AGAIN, THIS
IS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS
TYPICALLY TO BRING ON LIKE THE
RIGHT TEAM TO HELP SCOPE THE
NEED. SO THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT
WILL BE GOING ON BOW HIND THE
SCENES ON BRIDGES THIS YEAR.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PROJECT
READINESS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE ACTUAL BRIDGE PROJECTS?
OKAY. IN 3.4, WE CALLED THIS
PROJECT READINESS. AND THE
COMMITMENT WE MADE IN THE LEVY
WAS TO, YOU KNOW, YES, INVESTING
IN PRESERVATION IS REALLY
CRITICAL. WE NEED THE BRIDGES TO
LAST AS LONG AS THEY CAN. AND WE
THAT WE DO HAVE BRIDGE
REPLACEMENTS COMING UP IN OUR
FUTURE IN THE CITY. SO WE NEED
GOOD INFORMATION. WE NEED SOME
PLANS AND WE NEED SOME COST
ESTIMATES SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT
HOW TO PAY FOR IT. AND THEN PUT
TOGETHER FUNDING PACKAGES AND
SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH OUR
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE. WHICH WE WILL COME TO IN
PROGRAM NUMBER 11 TODAY. WE GET
THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST
THERE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS
BRINGING ON BOARD THE TEAMS. AND
GETTING THE PROGRAM PUT IN
PLACE. AND THEN THE FINAL
PROGRAM IN OUR BRIDGES AND
STRUCTURES CATEGORY IS RELATED
TO AREA WAYS. AREA WAYS ARE THE
UNDERGROUND AREAS BENEATH
SIDEWALKS. WHERE THE SIDEWALK OR
THE STREET HAS BEEN ELEVATED AND
THESE ARE COMMONLY FOUND IN
PIONEER SQUARE, OR THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. OR OTHER
OLDER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN. WE
DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ALL OF
THEM. SO THIS FIRST TIME EVER
LEVY FUNDING IN AREA WAYS REALLY
HELPS US SET THE TABLE FOR
GATHERING THE INFORMATION WE
NEED AND THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN 2025. IS
THE INSPECTIONS AND IDENTIFYING
WHO OWNS THEM. WHICH IS OFTEN
NOT CLEAR AS WE TYPICALLY REPAIR
THESE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. SO
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT
ALL SET UP IN 2025. AND I SEE A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, REAL QUICK ON THAT
AREA WAYS ARE SO CRITICAL TO BE
AWARE OF. IT'S NOT JUST
DOWNTOWN. IT'S ALSO IN FREEMONT
WHICH WAS ANNEXED TO THE CITY IN
1891. AND SOME BUILDINGS IN
BALLARD AND ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT WE ENCOUNTIERED THIS LAST
YEAR WAS THAT -- SDOT ITSELF
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AN AREA WAY
IN BALLARD CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO A BUILDING DURING
CONSTRUCTION. AND BEYOND THAT,
IF YOU GO TO FREEMONT, YOU MIGHT
SEE DUSTY STRINGS IS A -- GREAT,
GREAT BUSINESS. AND IT'S IN --
IT USED TO BE AT STREET LEVEL
AND IT'S NOW IN THE BASEMENT.
YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE
ALLEYWAY THERE IS THAT JUST DEAD
END INTO A STAIRWAY THAT IS
REALLY SHOWING HOW WHEN
BUILDINGS WERE INITIALLY BUILT
AS COMPARED TO ONCE THE LAKE
LEVEL ROSE, AND MORE SAWDUST WAS
PUT IN OUR STREETS THAT FRONT
DOOR BECAME THE SECOND FLOOR. SO
-- EXCITED THAT THIS IS
UNDERWAY.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN
IT BACK TO --
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND
THANK YOU FOR THIS MEGHAN. YOU
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT
BE OPPORTUNITIES TO DECOMMISSION
CERTAIN BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THIS LEVY PROVIDES AMONG
OTHER THINGS, A GENERATIONAL
INVESTMENT -- BIGGEST SINGULAR
LARGEST INVESTMENT IN ADDING NEW
SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY'S
HISTORY. THERE'S A LOT OF
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE A LOT OF
EXCITING THINGS AND WE'RE ADDING
ASSETS LIKE CRAZY ACROSS THE
CITY. INCLUDING BECAUSE OF THE
GENEROUS VOTERS WHO ARE FUNDING
MANY NEW -- NEW TRANSFORMATIVE I
THINK, NEEDED, TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS. THAT SAID, WE ALSO
HAVE OVER 130 BRIDGE ASSETS IN
OUR CITY'S INVENTORY THAT WE'RE
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
REGULARLY PROVIDING ONGOING
MAINTENANCE FOR. SO WE'RE
ADDING ASSETS AND WE HAVE A LOT
OF ASSETS CURRENTLY AND SO I
WOULD JUST -- ALL THAT IS TO SAY
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO LOOK AT
AND REVISIT WHAT BRIDGES WE
MIGHT NO LONGER NEED. AND
DECOMMISSION THOSE. IF IT WERE
SOLELY UP TO ME I THINK A
CANDIDATE PROJECT IN MY OWN
DISTRICT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS BRIDGE IN
DELRIDGE. SERVES ONE AND ONLY
MODE. MY -- MANY OF MY
CONSTITUENTS IN THE AREA HAVE
CALLED THAT BRIDGE THE BRIDGE TO
NOWHERE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE
THAT LIVED IN THE AREA, FOR
DECADES, IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
30, 40 PLUS YEARS AGO, WHEN THE
YOUNG SOUND CULTURAL SOUND WAS
AN ACTUAL SCHOOL. IT'S NO
LONGER A SCHOOL. MANY KIDS USED
TO REGULARLY USE THAT OVERPASS
BRIDGE TO WALK THERE. WALK TO
SCHOOL. IT'S NO LONGER A
SCHOOL. NOT -- REALLY USED. I
HAPPEN TO LIVE IN DELRIDGE. WALK
BY IT AND BUS BY IT AND DRIVE BY
IT DAILY. AND TEN YEARS I HAVE
SEEN TWO PEOPLE USE THAT BRIDGE.
BY THE WAY, MY KIDS -- AND I
HAVE COACHED KIDS AT THE PLAY
FIELD THERE ON THEIR REGULARLY
AND OFTEN IN THE AREA AND
VICINITY. LAST YEAR, THE
DEPARTMENT SPENT $5.6 MILLION TO
RENOVATE THAT BRIDGE AND PROVIDE
STRUCK CHILL -- NEEDED
STRUCTURAL UPGRADES BECAUSE OF
SEISMIC UPGRADES. BUT IF I WAS
IN CHARGE I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE
THAT DECISION. I WOULD HAVE
DECOMMISSIONED THAT BRIDGE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF
BRIDGES IN OUR INVENTORY.
LIMITED RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE'RE ADDING TONS OF NEW
EXCITING TRANSFORMATIVE ASSETS
ALL OF WHICH ARE GOING TO NEED
TO BE MAINTAINED ON A CONTINUED
AND ONGOING BASIS. SO ALL THAT
IS SO SAY, I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO
LOOK AT OUR BRIDGES AND
STRUCTURES AND THINK ABOUT WHICH
ONES COULD POTENTIALLY BE
DECOMMISSIONED. BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO NEED THAT NOW MORE THAN
EVER. AND THEN JUST A PLUG AND A
SHOUT-OUT TO AREA BAYS AS WELL.
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
MAINTAIN THOSE AS WELL. HAD THE
PLEASURE OF TAKING A WALKING
TOUR FOR ONE OF OUR AREA WAYS IN
PIONEER SQUARE RECENTLY. AND
THERE'S -- THERE'S DEFINITELY
AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO IN ANY
EVENT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS?
SEEING NONE, BACK TO YOU, MEGHAN
SHEPHERD. OR FRANCISCA. SORRY.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT SECTION.
TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND
CONNECTIONS. REALLY EXCITING
SECTION OF THIS INVESTMENT
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO TRANSIT
HUBS, NEW AND FUTURE. INCLUDING
FUTURE LINK LIGHTRAIL STATIONS
LIKE THE 130th. SO A RANGE OF
INVESTMENTS HERE. STARTING WITH
4.1 TRANSIT SPOT IMPROVEMENTS. A
REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP
WITH LARGELY KING COUNTY METRO
WHERE WE WORK BASICALLY ALL
YEAR-ROUND TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT
AREAS WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE
IMPROVEMENTS PAR PASSENGER
SAFETY AND COMFORT AND ADA
ACCESS. WILL THES OF THINGS
EITHER AT THE BUS STOP ITSELF OR
DIRECTLY ADJACENT AND OR LEADING
DIRECTLY TO. SO A RANGE OF
PROJECTS HERE INCLUDING BUS
BENCHES AND -- IMPROVEMENTS TO
CERTAIN ROUTES. AND A NOTE HERE
ALSO ABOUT THE INTENT TO EXPAND
THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE
AURORA BUS LANES IN ADVANCE OF
ANY FUTURE WORK ON REVIVE I-5.
ALSO HAVE SOME EXCITING DESIGN
EFFORTS UNDERWAY HERE INCLUDING
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VISION
ZERO AND THE TRANSIT GROUP ON
JACKSON STREET. LOOKING BETWEEN
ALASKA AND RAINIER FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY
FOR PEOPLE ON AND NEARBY THAT
STREET. THAT'S 4.1. WOULD YOU
LIKE ANY MORE ON THAT?
>> JUST -- FRANCISCA, YOU
MENTIONED THERE, IF -- REVIVE
I-5 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN TRACKING
REVIVE I-5. IT IS A PLAN TO
CLOSE I-5 ESSENTIALLY FROM
DOWNTOWN TO NORTH GATE. IT IS
ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT
HAS BEEN PUT ON PAUSE. DO YOU
HAVE ANY -- I KNOW THIS IS NOT
PART OF THE PRESENTATION. BUT DO
YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US
THERE?
>> NO. WE -- WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION THAT YOU DO THAT
WSDOT HAS PUT A PAUSE FOR THE
INSTALLATION OR FOR THE WORK
THIS YEAR DO INTEND TO PICK UP
THE WORK IN 2026 AND IT WOULD BE
A LANE REDUCTION IN EITHER WAY.
>> WHICH FEELS WORSE THAN IT AND
THE REASONS THAT SO CRITICAL IS
EVEN -- ROADS LIKE RAINIER
AVENUE AND D 2 ARE GOING TO SEE
THE INCREASED USE OF CUT THROUGH
TRAFFIC. AURORA WILL SEE
INCREASED USE. 15th AVENUE AND
HOLEMAN ROAD NORTHWEST WHICH
ALREADY THE THIRD MOST USED
NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR ONLY BEHIND
I-5. LIKE -- LAKE CITY WAY,
15th. ROOSEVELT. ALL OF THE CITY
STREETS ARE GOING TO BE
EXPERIENCING A HIGHER LEVEL AND
LIKELY WORSE BEHAVIOR AMONGST
PEOPLE ON THE ROADWAY. THANK YOU
FOR GETTING READY FOR THAT.
>> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY,
TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY 4.2.
WITH KING COUNTY METRO ATU,
SOUND TRANSIT, REALLY -- GREAT
CONVERSATION RECENTLY. THIS IS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH KING COUNTY
METRO INVESTING IN TRANSIT
SAFETY OFFICERS AND WE ARE
FINALIZING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT
FOR THEM NOW. PROBABLY WORK IT
AS A REIMBURSEMENT BUT
NONETHELESS THEY WILL BE DOING
TO WORK. 4.3. TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCESS TO
LIGHTRAIL. THIS IS WHERE WE
START TO SEE OUR BIGGER LONGER
TERM PROJECTS. INCLUDING
STARTING PLANNING FOR ULTIMATELY
RAPID RIDE INVESTMENT ON
RAINIER. ALSO WORKING ON --
UPGRADE TO BEACON AVENUE THAT
HAS SOME ROUTE 36 AND OTHER
REALLY IMPORTANT ACCESS
PROVIDING TRANSIT LINKS IN THE
CITY. STARTING TO WORK ON HOW WE
CAN UPGRADE THE TRANSIT
EXPERIENCE AND RELIABILITY
THERE. WE ALSO AS MENTIONED, ARE
ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE NEED TO
RECONFIGURE AND RE-- AND
REINFORCE SOME OF THE STREETS
LEADING TO LINK LIGHTRAIL. WE
KNOW THAT BUSES ARE HEAVY AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY --
FREQUENT ON 130th IF PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO GET TO THE STATION. AND
WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE ARE -- ABLE TO WITHSTAND
THAT ADDITIONAL WEIGHT AND THAT
WE'RE PROVIDING ALSO THE
COMPLEMENTARY SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
ACCESSING THOSE TRANSIT STOPS
AND/OR WALKING ALONG THE
STREETS. SO EXCITING WORK THERE
COMING IN ADVANCE OF THE
LIGHTRAILS. ALSO, KEY PROJECTS
AND SORT OF SMALLER ACCESS WORK
HAPPENING. I DON'T WANT TO FAIL
TO SPEAK TO YOU. SOME OF THE
PLANNING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING
AROUND THE GRAHAM STREET STATION
AND SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING IN ADVANCE OF THE
BALLARD LINK EXTENSION LIKING AT
EAST WEST CONNECTION THROUGH
SOUTH LAKE UNION. SO THOSE OF
COURSE HAVE DIFFERENT TIMELINES.
BUT ARE NONETHELESS WORK THAT IS
ON THE RADAR FOR -- FOR SDOT.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT.
>> OKAY. SECTION 5. PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY. THIS IS A PRETTY ROBUST
PART OF THE LEVY AND I THINK IN
THIS SECTION, IN PARTICULAR, WE
ORIGINALLY MADE A CALL TO
PROGRAM OWNERS ABOUT WHAT ARE
LIKE THE PROJECTS WE CAN PUT IN
THE LEVY DELIVERY PLAN AND THEY
WERE THINKING ONLY THINGS WE CAN
ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT ARE
GETTING CONSTRUCTED IN 2025. AND
WE GOT A PRETTY SMALL LIST. THEN
WE SAID NO, NO, WE WANT
EVERYTHING YOU ARE PLANNING AND
DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING AND
NOW WILL SEE THIS SECTION TAKES
UP AWFUL LOT OF PAGES THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH, YOU
KNOW, LINE BY LINE BECAUSE
THERE'S LOT OF STUFF IN HERE.
BUT IT ALSO SHOWS HOW MANY
THINGS YOU KNOW, COME UP AND
WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT AND
WE -- YOU KNOW, THEN START
DESIGN AND WE START TALKING TO
THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE THERE.
AND SOMETIMES CHANGES HAPPEN. SO
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON HERE
THAT WILL BE -- WILL BE LEARNING
A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR. 5.1
IS OUR NEW SIDEWALKS AND
SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVE AND THIS IS
A PRETTY EXCITING ONE FOR US AND
I THINK MANY OF YOU. THE LEVY
SUPPORTS 350 BLOCKS OF NEW
SIDEWALK WITH 250 OF THOSE
BLOCKS IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS.
AND THE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY
COME TOGETHER TO DO REALLY
ACTIVE PLANNING. THERE'S A LOT
OF EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY. THE
WALKS WERE REALLY ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS OUT THE DOOR AS SHE
MENTIONED IN 2025. PICKING THE
AREAS AND WORKING WITH THE --
NEIGHBORS THERE DOING WALKS TO
SELECT THE PROJECTS, THOSE WOULD
NOT BE FOR DELIVERY THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, EVEN -- EVEN GOING
REALLY FAST. WE WOULDN'T DELIVER
THEM THIS YEAR BUT THAT WILL BE
SETTING UP THE WORK PLAN FOR THE
-- YEARS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF
THAT ACCELERATED SIDEWALK
PROGRAM BUT WE HAVE SOME
SIDEWALKS YOU ARE GOING SEE THIS
YEAR. AND THEY MOSTLY ENCAMPMENT
FROM PAST WORK WE'VE DONE WITH
COMMUNITIES. IT COULD COME
THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE HOME
ZONE PROGRAM, OR SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL PROGRAM. OR JUST WHAT THE
SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT FOLKS HAVE
HEARD OVER THE YEARS. SO YOU
WILL SEE A LOT OF THINGS UNDER
-- GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
THERE AND LOT OF PLACES AROUND
THE CITY. EVERYTHING FROM, YOU
KNOW, GILMAN AVENUE WEST WHERE
THERE'S ALSO POTENTIALLY SOME
BIKE LANE HARDENING, TO LOT OF
SOUTH SEATTLE STREETS. AS WELL
AS STARTING DESIGN ON A NUMBER
OF PROJECTS, 1st AVENUE
NORTHEAST IS A REALLY LARGE ONE
THAT IS ALREADY IN DESIGN AND
WILL BE CONTINUING. THAT'S A
PARTNERSHIP WITH SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL. AND OUR GREENWOOD AVENUE
PROJECT THAT WAS PAUSED AROUND
60% DESOUP. THIS GIVES IT THE
FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD. A LOT
WE CAN SAY ON SIDEWALKS AND ANY
QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION? NO?
OKAY. GREAT. 5.3 IS OUR SIDEWALK
SAFETY REPAIR. AND THIS IS A
REALLY ROBUST BUT PRETTY
FLEXIBLE PROGRAM THAT TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AS
WELL AS PLANS OUT THEIR OWN WORK
PLAN. SO VERY OFTEN WHEN WE'RE
GOING TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD,
SIDEWALK REPAIR FOLKS PARTNER TO
EXPAND THE SCOPE OF A PROJECT
ALREADY. TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER
AND DO MORE SIDEWALK REPAIR. AS
WELL AS HAVING THEIR OWN
PRIORITY LIST AND THEY CAN BE
DOING SHIMS, THEY CAN BE LIKE
REPAIRING THE CURB OR ACTUALLY
BE TAKING UP AND REPAIRING THE
WHOLE SIDEWALK. VERY OFTEN THAT
ALSO INVOLVES TRIMMING TREE
ROOTS THAT CAUSE THE SIDEWALK TO
HEAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO
THAT'S A PATTERN THERE. 5.4 IS
OUR ADA PROGRAM. SO THESE ARE
CURB RAMPS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
THIS IS ONE SECTION WHERE WE'RE
REALLY A LOT OF THESE ARE --
JUST PLAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE
REQUESTS. PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING
ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE FORM OF CURB RAMPS. THAT
GENERATES A LIST. AND THESE ARE
REALLY JUST THE RAMPS THAT THE
ADA PROGRAM ALONE WOULD BE
DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING. OUR
MAJOR CORRIDOR RESTORATIONS, OUR
NEW SIDEWALKS, A LOT OF THE BIG
PROJECTS THAT DO ANYTHING AND GO
THROUGH A CROSSWALK, THEY'RE
ALSO REPLACING RAMPS AND SO
THESE ARE -- IN ADDITION TO
THOSE. STAIRWAYS. 5.5.
>> MEGHAN, THANK YOU IN YOUR
WORK. WE ALL UP HERE REPRESENT
THE ENTIRE CITY OF SEATTLE EVEN
THOUGH WE'RE ELECTED BY CERTAIN
SEGMENTS OF THE CITY. YOUR WORK
ON GREENWOOD AVENUE HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. WHEN I
SAY THAT WE LIVE -- WE
EXPERIENCE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
AND WHAT SDOT DOES IS WE LIVE
OUR LIVES IN THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CREATE. IT
IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A
MAJOR ARTERIAL WITHOUT A
SIDEWALK. AND BEFORE -- BEFORE
THE STREET WAS RIPPED UP I'LL
TELL YOU I DIDN'T -- I
COULDN'T REALLY IMAGINE WHAT IT
WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THIS
SIDEWALK. AND TO SEE IT THERE IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. BACK IN MY
DAY, I CAUGHT THE METRO BUS BACK
FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SIDE OF
A STATE ROUTE. WITH NO SIDEWALK,
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
SEPARATING ME FROM CARS
TRAVELING AT 35 TO 45 MILES PER
HOUR WAS A WHITE STRIPE OF
PAINT. AND TODAY, THAT SAME BUS
STOP, THERE'S A SIDEWALK.
THERE'S A CURB THAT PROTECTS
AND THERE'S MORE SEPARATION
BETWEEN -- AND CARS ARE
ONLYLEGALLY SUPPOSED TO BE GOING
25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS CHANGE
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS HA REALLY
INCREASED PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF
LIFE AS THEY EXPERIENCE THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT. ONE OF THE
THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS
SIDEWALK REPAIR. AND WITHOUT
SIDEWALKS ACCESSIBILITY AND THE
ABILITY TO MOVE THROUGH A SPACE
IS DIFFICULT. AS IS TRYING TO
MOVE THROUGH A SIDEWALK THAT IS
IN COMPLETE DISREPAIR. EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK, IT
AND CAN BE THE BARRIER IF NOT
PROPERLY MAINTAINED. JUST RAISE
THAT TO -- YES AND YOUR
COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK. SO THAT KIDS COMING BACK
FROM HIGH SCHOOL USING METRO
BUSES DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE
SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I DID.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW
SIDEWALKS CAN BE SO
TRANSFORMATIVE AND ACTUALLY MAKE
A PLUG FOR TREES ALONG THERE. I
KNOW SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT
TREES LATER AND THERE'S A
PROGRAM THAT PUTS IN TREES. BUT
WOW. SO DO OUR NEW SIDEWALK AND
OUR CORRIDOR PROGRAMS. BECAUSE
WHEN WE GET THAT SPACE AND CAN
FINALLY PUT UP A CURB BETWEEN
THE TRAFFIC AND THE -- SIDEWALK,
WE GET ROOM FOR TREES AND THEN
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. THAT
CHANGES THE WHOLE FEEL FOR THE
STREET. CAN REALLY CHANGE DRIVER
BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS MAKE IT
REALLY NICE FOR WALKING. GREAT.
>> OKAY. 5.5 IS STAIRWAYS. AND
STAIRWAYS ARE -- I MEAN, IT'S A
SMALL PROGRAM COMPARED TO OTHER
THINGS IN THE LEVY. BUT THE
STAIRWAY CONNECTIONS USUALLY
WHERE THESE ARE COMING ARE LIKE
THAT LITTLE PIECE OF THE
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK THERE'S NOT
ANOTHER GOOD WAY AROUND. USUALLY
SUPER STEEP SLOPE AND LOT OF
DEAD END STREETS ALONG THERE.
ACTUALLY HAVING A PROGRAM TO
EITHER EXPAND OR REPAIR OUR
EXISTING SIDEWALKS IS SMALL BUT
IMPORTANT. YOU WILL SEE LOT OF
THINGS STARTING DESIGN EVEN
THOUGH THE ATTACHMENT AMOUNT
ULTIMATELY ONLY CALLS FOR UP TO
NINE SIDEWALKS STAIRWAY REPAIRS.
YOU ALREADY SEE FIVE SHOWN YOU
KNOW, STARTING DESIGN. THAT'S
BECAUSE IT'S -- THIS IS A PLACE
WHERE IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO DO
THAT INITIAL SCOPING OF LIKE HOW
BIG A PROJECT IS THIS GOING TO
BE. SO THAT YOU CAN BUDGET AND
SCHEDULE CORRECTLY.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
HAVE BEEN WRITING NOTES TO
MYSELF AND I WAS GOING TO WAIT
FOR THE VERY END BUT I COULDN'T
HELP MYSELF. YES, STAIRWAYS AND
CAN YOU ADD UNDER THERE, QUOTE,
UP AND DOWN SIDEWALKS? VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT. AND I'LL TALK
TO THIS LATER, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO
IMPORTANT FOR TRANSIT ACCESS. I
CAN GIVE YOU TOUR OF QUEEN ANNE,
THE QUEEN ANNE STAIRS YOU KNOW
COMING DOWN TO AURORA. MASSIVELY
IMPORTANT. AND AGAIN I CAN SPEAK
TO THIS LATER BUT I WANTED TO
NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT
STAIRWAYS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS
ILIKE TO CALL THEM UP AND DOWN
SIDEWALKS JUST TO ENSURE
THERE'S SOME PRIORITY ON THOSE
ISSUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. BACK TO YOU, MEGHAN
HOYT.
>> OKAY. ALSO VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT IS 5.6 AND THAT'S OUR
CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, THIS IS
THERE WHERE THE LIST EXPLODED
ALONG HERE OF THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE MAY BE ABLE TO BUILD
THIS YEAR. A LOT OF THESE,
THERE'S REALLY WIDE RANGE THAT
CAN FALL INTO PEDESTRIAN
CROSSINGS YOU KNOW WITH VERY
MOST EXPENSIVE SCALE THAT IS A
NEW SIGNAL WHICH CAN BE VERY,
VERY EXPENSIVE. IT COULD BE
RECTANGULAR AND RAPID FLASH
BEACONS AND AT AN EXISTING
MARKED CROSSWALK AND IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING REALLY SMALL LIKE
DAYLIGHTING THE INTERSECTION AND
PUTTING SOME PARKING
RESTRICTIONS IN AND EVEN JUST
DOING A PAINT AND POST BULB TO
MAKE SURE THAT MOTOR VEHICLES
CAN'T BE PARKED RIGHT AT THE --
INTERSECTION STOPPING
VISIBILITY. AND SOME MIGHT BE
JUST FINAL GRIDING IN AN
ESTABLISHED MARKED CROSSWALK YOU
MOE WHERE THERE'S A LEGAL
CROSSING. THERE'S A REALLY WIDE
VARIETY OF THINGS THAT CAN BE
DONE AT CROSSINGS. AND SO A LOT
OF THESE WERE PRIORITIZED FOR
2025. AND ARE IN THE COURSE OF
DESIGN RIGHT NOW TO REALLY
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT
SCOPE WOULD LOCK LIKE YOU KNOW.
IS THE MARKED CROSSWALK ALONE
ENOUGH? IS THERE SOMETHING MORE
WE HAVE TO DO TO IT.
>> BUT IT'S A VERY ROBUST LIST.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WE CAN
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SEGMENT.
SIGNALS AND SOP RATION AND I
WILL NOTE FOR THE COMMITTEE WE
HAVE 34 MINUTES LEFT. I'M SURE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN TAKING
NOTES AND WILL WANT TO SPEAK AT
THE END SO I'M -- GIVING -- ASK
FOR EVERYONE TO HOLD THEIR
COMMENTS NOW UNTIL THE END AND
Y'ALL HAVE ABOUT 14 MINUTES
MAX.
>> OKAY. SIGNALS AND OPERATIONS.
I WILL BE QUICK. THIS IS AN AREA
WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
LEVERAGE FUNDS AND WE HAVE
OPERATIONS FUNDS ELSEWHERE IN
SDOT'S BUDGET SO THIS IS --
THIS IS COMPLEMENTARY WORK. WE
DO CORRIDOR SIGNAL TIMING TO
KEEP PEOPLE AND GOODS MOVING
THROUGH THE CITY. IT IS
SOMETHING WE DO ON A ROTATING
BASIS. BECAUSE THE WAY PEOPLE
MOVE AND WHERE THEY MOVE CHANGES
BASED ON LAND USE AND ACTIVITY
PATTERNS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT
FOUR CORRIDORS FOR 2025. WE HAVE
TWO LARGER ITS PROJECTS UNDERWAY
FOR '25 ON 85th AND 80th. ALSO
PARTIALLY GRANT FUNDED. AND SOME
PHASED WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN JUST
TO UPGRADE SOME PRETTY OUT OF
DATE INTERNAL WIRING AND
COMMUNICATIONS THAT'S WITHIN
THOSE CABINETS THAT KEEP US FROM
BEING ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE
BEST IN CLASS OPERATIONAL THINGS
THAT WE WANT TO DO. INCLUDING
SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE
CAN'T PUT IN BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THEY'RE WIRED AND BUILT. MOVING
ON TO 6.3. NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THESE ARE OFTEN WOVEN INTO OTHER
LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THEY'RE
REALLY -- FAIRLY EXPENSIVE WHICH
AND WHOA THEY TEND TO LEAN INTO
THE -- SOFT COSTS AND OTHER
MOMENTUM OF OTHER PROJECTS.
THERE ARE ALSO A FEW THOUGH LIKE
THAT JUST REALLY NEED BOURN AND
COLUMBIA A GOOD EXAMPLE OF I
THINK OF ONE JUST THAT -- WE
NEED A SIGNAL THERE FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO CROSS SUCH A BUSY
FAST STREET STAYLY. THERE IS
INVESTMENTS WHERE WE BIT IN A
SIGNAL BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
FOR PEOPLE OF ALL MODES TO USE
THAT AREA. SIGNAL MAJOR
MAINTENANCE. AGAIN SORT OF WHEN
WE REALLY WANT TO GET IN THERE
AND SCRUB AND CLEAN AND MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING IS GETTING ITS
REGULAR REPLACEMENT. THIS IS
RELATED TO OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY ON SIGNALS. WE HAVE GOT
FIVE LOCATIONS THERE. FOR
ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS,
WE HAVE EIGHT LOCATIONS
IDENTIFIED EXCITED TO CONTINUE
TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM THROUGH
THE LEVY. THIS WAS AN EXCITING
ADDITION TO DEDICATE SOME FUNDS
TO APS. SO WE CAN -- GET THAT
MOVING A LITTLE FASTER
CITY-WIDE. AND LAST BUT NOT
LEAST, SIGNAL MAINTENANCE. WE DO
ROTATING CYCLE THERE AS WELL.
WHERE WE GO AND JUST CHECK IN ON
ALL OF OUR SIGNALS EVERY OTHER
YEAR. THIS IS HELPING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TO
MINIMIZE OUTAGES THAT WE HAVE
DUE TO JUST EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
SIGN MAINTENANCE KIND OF SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF. [ LAUGHTER ] HAPPY
TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT IT
DOES SPEAK FOR ITSELF. AS WELL
AS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OTHERS,
6.8 AND .9 REALLY THAT --
TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS CENTER
IS A SUPERVALUABLE WAY THAT WE
KEEP PEOPLE MOVING THAT WE
RESPOND TO CRAZY THINGS THAT
HAPPEN WHETHER THEY'RE ON WSDOT
RIGHT OF WAYS OR OURS RIGHT?
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
COUNCILMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS ON
THE MAJOR ARTERIALS IN THE MAJOR
HIGHWAYS AFFECTS OUR SURFACE
STREETS AS WELL. SO THE TOC IS
REALLY KEY IN MAKING SURE THAT
WHEN THINGS HAPPEN ANYTIME OF
DAY, WE'RE ABLE TO BE BACK UP
AND RUNNING. [ CAPTIONERS
TRANSITIONING ]
>>> SECTION SEVEN HAS A LOT OF
THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT OUR BICYCLE NETWORK AND
CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE. 7.1
IS THE SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR THE
MISSING LINK WHICH IS UNDER
DESIGNED. HAVING A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ON THAT. 7.2, OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY PROGRAMS.
THE 2025 PROJECT IS LOOKING AT
EXISTING AND HEALTHY STREETS AND
DECIDING HOW CAN THEY BE MADE
PERMANENT AND WHAT CAN BE A
FUTURE STEP FOR THIS. BUT THEN
STARTING THE OUTREACH DESIGN AND
PLANNING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS IS A
PRETTY ROBUST LOOK AT THAT
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. BIKE LANE
MAINTENANCE. THIS WILL BE
SWEEPERS. WE HAVE SWEEPERS
STAFFING UP TO HIT A REALLY
REGULAR CADENCE OF SWEEPING OUR
BIKE LANES TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND
CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE AND USEFUL.
BUT ALSO, REPLACING THE TOUGH
POSTS AS THEY GET SOMETIMES
KNOCKED OUT. THIS GOES HAND IN
HAND WITH THE UPGRADED BIKE
LANES THAT 7.5. WHERE WE TRY TO
START REPLACING SOME OF THOSE
POSTS WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE
BIT MORE ESTABLISHED. USUALLY
CONCRETE BARRIERS. SOMETHING
THAT GIVES A BIT MORE
PROTECTION. WE ARE WORKING HAND
IN HAND TO KEEP GOING WITH WHAT
WE HAVE NOW AND WORK TO MAKE
WHAT WE ARE PROTECTED BY CLAIMS
EVEN MORE DURABLE. 7.4 IS A BIG
ONE. A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS
PARTNER WITH THE BIG MULTIMODAL
CORRIDORS. SO SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU SEE, 130th, HENDERSON,
BEACON. THESE WILL BE ULTIMATELY
PAVING PROJECTS. THAT'S A GREAT
WAY WE CAN GET PROTECTED BIKE
LANES AND THERE IS A LOT OF
OVERLAP OFTEN WITH OTHER MODES
SO AS WE MAKE VISION ZERO
IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN, FUN THINGS.
WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE PBLs
BESIDES THE ONE GETTING
CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR AND GOING
INTO DESIGN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
PROJECTS THAT ARE STARTING
PLANNING AND THAT AGAIN IS TO
REALLY START THE CONVERSATION
WITH COMMUNITIES, REALLY FIGURE
OUT THE POTENTIAL SCOPE FOR THIS
AND FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING AND
WHAT LIMITS AND TIMING AND
SEQUENCING WE CAN TAKE. 7.6 IS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BIKE SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS ARE KIND OF SMALLER
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BIKE
LANES, TRAILS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS. PRETTY OFTEN THEY ARE
SMALL. WE HAVE SOME MISSING GAPS
IN THERE. SOMETIMES, IT IS JUST
SOME SPECIFIC TRAIL HELP THAT IS
NEEDED OR SOME CHANGES AT
INTERSECTIONS TO GET PEOPLE
THROUGH. SO THOSE ARE SMALLER
BUT ALSO, IT GOES WHERE
STAIRWAYS GO. SOMETIMES THE GAPS
ARE SUPER IMPORTANT AND CAN STOP
PEOPLE FROM USING THE NETWORK.
ANY QUESTIONS ON BICYCLES? OKAY.
>> PUBLIC SPACES, IF BRIDGE
MUSIC IS LIKE CLASSICAL
WAGNERIAN, THE PUBLIC STREETS
ARE DANCE MUSIC. IN THE VISION
SEATTLE STREETS BECOME MUCH MORE
INVITING PLACES TO GATHER,
LINGER AND PLAY. SO THE LEVY
FUNDING, THIS NEW PROGRAM COMES
OUT OF A PLAN COCREATED WITH
COMMUNITY, INVESTING IN THE, IN
PLAZAS, PARKLETS. LITTLE AREAS,
YOU KNOW, PICKLE BALL COURTS
EVEN. BUT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE
COME INTO OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND
WANT TO STAY THERE IS AMAZING SO
THIS WILL, THIS YEAR, IT IS A
NEW PROGRAM. WE HAVE DONE A LOT
OF PILOTS IN THE PAST. BUT THIS
IS A NEW PROGRAM SO WE ARE
LAUNCHING IT AND THAT MEANS
BRINGING ON THE NEW STAFF TO BE
DEDICATED AND PUTTING IN THE
WORK TO HAVE A WORK PLAN. BUT WE
DO HAVE PROJECTS IN THE HOPPER,
THAT THE LEVY FUNDING MAKES
AVAILABLE TO ENHANCE THEIR
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. ONE OF
THE MOST EXCITING ONES, TURNING
THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA INTO AND THIS
REALLY WAS CREATED WITH THE
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, WITH STAKE
HOLDERS TO TRANSFORM THIS SPACE.
WE ARE DOING THE WORK NOW IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
PARKS FOUNDATION AND OCCIDENTAL
PROMENADE. I WON'T SPEND MUCH
ON DOWNTOWN, THE SPARK BLOCK HAS
BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WE ARE
TAKING THE LIGHTING AND ART
TREATMENT AND DOING THE WORK TO
EXPAND THEM TO THE SYMPHONY
BLOCK AND OTHER LOCATIONS ON
THIRD. THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION
FUNDS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN
OUR PREFIFA WORK TO PLAN FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME HERE
IN 2026 AS PART OF THE MEN'S
WORLD CUP. ANOTHER EXCITING NOTE
IS THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
PARTNERSHIP ALREADY GOT A GRANT
FOR THEM TO LEAD THE STUDY OF
WHAT LEADING I-5 CAN LOOK LIKE
AND THE LEVY FUNDS WILL ALLOW US
TO PARTNER AND SUPPORT THAT
WORK. I WILL STOP THERE. AND
WE'LL JUST KEEP ROLLING. BACK
TO YOU FRANCISCA.
>> CLIMATE RESILIENCY. STARTING
WITH ELECTTRIFICATION. WE WILL
BE WORKING WITH SCL AND OTHER
AGENCIES. WE WILL BE TEEING OFF
THAT WORK YOU RECENTLY LOOKED AT
WITH OTHER AGENCIES WHO OWN THE
ASSETS TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES
TO PUT CHARGING STATIONS IN
LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
PARKS. YOU MAY RECALL WE ALSO
HAVE RECENTLY DONE A PILOT ON
CURB SIDE CHARGING INSTALLATION
AND A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ARE
EVALUATING THAT, LOOKING AT
UTILIZATION. VANDALISM.
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND OTHER
THINGS TO INFORM NEXT STEPS AND
HOW MUCH MORE CURB SIDE CHARGING
WE WOULD KEEP DOING. MOVING ONTO
LOW POLLUTION NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS AN EXCITING EFFORT THAT
WAS REALLY SPARKED BY
COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OSE AND
SDOT. WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
MOVING FORWARD TO DO THE
PLANNING EFFORT WITH THE DESIRE
TO CREATE A TOOL KIT AND ENGAGE
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT TOOL KIT
CREATION SO WE CAN WORK WITH
COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO
REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION.
WHETHER IT IS DUE TO CHOICES IN
THEIR MODE SPLITS. WHICH IT IS
CHOICES IN THE WAY THEY ARE
GETTING THEIR GOODS DELIVERED
AND THE CHOICES IN HOW THEY HEAT
THEIR HOMES. FINDING A RANGE OF
WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
AND HEALTH. AND URBAN FORESTRY,
THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS COMING
FROM OTHER PLACES IN THE BUDGET.
THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE
REPLACING, LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT TREES IN
WHERE THEY MAY BE MISSING AND
COULD BE ACCOMMODATED AND THAT
IS FOLDED INTO THE COST OF OTHER
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUT THIS
INVESTMENT LOOKS AT WAYS WE CAN
EXPAND OUR TREE SPECIES MAKING
SURE WE HAVE GOOD
DIVERSIFICIATION. WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF LANDSCAPE
ELEMENTS AT THE CENTRAL
WATERFRONT PROJECT.
>> FREIGHT AND GOOD MOVEMENTS.
SO, BEFORE WE JUST KIND OF HAVE
THE FREIGHT SPOT. IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS IS A BIG EXPANSION WITH
THIS LEVY AND TO FIVE DISTINCT
PROGRAMS. A LOT OF THEM WILL
SPEND THIS FIRST YEAR STAFFING
UP AND PLANNING FOR THE SPECIFIC
PROJECTS. FREIGHT SPOT BECAUSE
IT IS A CONTINUATION ALREADY
HAVE SOME THING INS THE HOPPER
AND THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR
INDUSTRIAL ROADWAYS. A BIG
FEATURE IS DEFUNCT RAILROAD
TRACKS SO WE ARE DOING LITTLE
SPOT REPAIRS IN FREIGHT SPOTS
WHEN THERE ARE TRACKS NO LONGER
USED. REPAIRING PAVEMENT AND
LOOKING AT THINGS COMING UP IN
PLANNING AS THE POTENTIAL SIGNAL
AT 4th AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH
FOREST STREETS SO FREIGHT SPOT
CAN BE QUITE A VARIETY OF THINGS
TO SUPPORT TRUCKS AND FREIGHT
DELIVERY. ONE CATEGORY, THIS IS
BUILDING OFF OF WORK HAPPENING
ON EAST MARGINAL WAY TO SUPPORT
OPERATIONS AROUND THE PORT AND
HARBOR ISLAND. AND THEN THE
FREIGHT PROGRAM, PORT CONNECTION
TO I-90 AND I-5 AND THE
INDUSTRIAL ZONE SAFETY
IMMATERIAL WILL BE GETTING
UNDERWAY.
>> PROGRAM 11 SO FAST. I KNOW
YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT YESTERDAY AT
SOME LENGTH. THIS IS OUR GOOD
GOVERNANCE AND EQUITABLE
IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVE. THERE
ARE THREE PROGRAM INITIATIVES.
THOSE FUNDS ARE THERE FOR THEIR
DISCRETION. WE WILL BE IN TERMS
OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION WILL BE IMPROVING
THE QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY OF
THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC THIS YEAR. OUR BIG FOCUS
IS THE LAUNCH OF THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE. THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS
IS UNDERWAY TO BRING ABOARD A
CONSULTANT PARTNER TO HELP US
DESIGN A SMART APPROACH AND OUR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
WILL ALSO BE UNDERWAY VERY SOON
WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF
RETURNING TO THE COUNCIL WITH
THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE
MAKEUP AND THE COMPOSITION OF
THE TASK FORCE.
>> THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE
THE LAST PAGE SAYING IF YOU NEED
ASSISTANCE OR TRANSLATION OF THE
MATERIAL, HOW TO CONTACT. WITH
THAT, CALVIN, I WILL PASS IT
BACK TO YOU FOR ANY FINAL
COMMENTS. THAT WAS ACTUALLY
PERFECTLY ON TIME. I GAVE YOU 14
MINUTES AND YOU NAILED IT IN 14
MINUTES.
>> SO NO FINAL COMMENTS FROM ME
OTHER THAN THE LEGISLATION FOR
YOU IS TO LIFT THE PROVISO FROM
THE 2025 BUDGET. NOTHING ELSE TO
ADD.
>> THANK YOU CAL. COLLEAGUES, I
WILL TAKE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
WE HAVE 19 MINUTES UNTIL AT
LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE HAS TO LEAVE. AND SO,
I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE
END. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU AGAIN TO SDOT FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. TODAY, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THE WORK THAT WENT
INTO PREPARING THIS VERY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AGAIN, THIS
IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT PROVIDES
UP FRONT TRANSPARENCY, DRIVES
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SO MUCH MORE.
SO THANK YOU. I WILL SAY THAT I
GOT WARM FUZZIES WHEN I HEARD
THE TERM POTHOLE FILLING A FEW
TIMES THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION TODAY. SO
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES
INTO THAT AND SO MUCH MORE. AND
ALSO, JUST WANT TO FINISH MY
TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON MY COMMENT
EARLIER PER PAINING TO BRIDGES
AND STRUCTURES WHEN I ENCOURAGE
THE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT
OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND BRIDGES OR
STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE
DECOMMISSIONED. I CHALLENGE YOU
TO DO THAT OVER TIME. ONE THING
I HAVE LEARNED SINCE BEING AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OFFICE, IT
IS EASY TO SAY THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA IN ABSTRACT WITHOUT THE
BROADER VIEW OF ALL THE COMPLEX
CONSIDERATIONS AT HAND BUT AS AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL NOW I'M
DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR
EVERYTHING AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS
SOMETHING I DON'T RUN FROM. I
RUN TOWARD. THAT'S HOW I LEAD.
BUT IT IS ALSO CHALLENGING AS
WELL. LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES THAT
COULD BE DECOMMISSIONED. THERE
ARE COMPLEX FACTORS INVOLVED. I
MENTIONED ONE CANDIDATE HAD I
BEEN THE DECISION MAKER IN THAT
DECISION, I WOULD HAVE DECLINED
TO RETRO FIT THE DALE RIDGE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. BUT THERE ARE
100 AS WE KNOW THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. THAT IS ONE AREA I HAPPEN
TO KNOW PERSONALLY LIKE THE BACK
OF MY HAND. I LIVE THERE. MY
KIDS HAVE TAKEN THEIR FIRST
SWING SET AT THE PARK THERE. HAD
PRACTICES THERE AT THE YOUNG
TOWN CULTURAL CENTER. MEETING
WITH COMMUNITY. VARIOUS EVENTS.
LITERALLY HAVE TO GO BY IT
DAILY. SO I JUST LAP TO KNOW
THAT AND KNOW THE HISTORY. I
KNOW IT LIKE THE BACK OF MY
HAND. BUT AS YOU THINK OF
DECOMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES,
AGAIN, MANY VALID REASONS TO
PRESERVE SOMETHING. I WOULD
OFFER AND SUBMIT THAT IF THE
SOLE OR PRIMARY REASON OFFERED
TO PRESERVE SOMETHING IS BECAUSE
OF NOSTALGIA, NOT A VALID REASON
TO USE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO
PRESERVE A BRIDGE OR ASSET. IN
ANY I VENT, I THINK PART OF THE
OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE TO MAKE
SURE THE DEPARTMENT AND ONE OF
THE LEARNINGS FROM THE EXPIRED
NOW EXPIRED SEATTLE LEVY IS
MAKING SURE THE DEPARTMENT IS
ADEQUATELY STAFFED. WE AUTHORIZE
THE HIRING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
I THINK 77 NEW ROLES. MAKING
SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING ALL
THE WONDERFUL PROJECTS LISTED IN
HERE IN THIS DOCUMENT. ALL THE
DOCUMENTATION, WE CAN BRING
BETTER PROGRESS AND BRING THEM
TO LIFE WILL REQUIRE CAPACITY AT
OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
YESTERDAY. WE LEARNED THAT AT
LEAST WITH RESPECT TO SMALL
NEIGHBORHOOD SKILL PROJECTS.
$100,000 OR LESS, RESOURCING IS
NOT AN ISSUE. OR LESS OF AN
ISSUE. THE BIGGER CHALLENGE TO
IMPLEMENTATION. FOR BANDWIDTH
AND STAFFING. FOR THE CITY TO
DELIVER UPON THE GREAT PROJECTS
AND MORE IS GOING TO HINGE UPON
OUR ABILITY TO STAFF UP. WHERE
ARE WE ALL AT WITH THE HIRING OF
THE ROLES TODAY AND WHAT IS THE
PLAN TO FINISH UP THERE?
>> SDOT IS IN THE PROCESS OF
FILLING VACANCIES THAT HAD BEEN
HELD VACANT AS A CONSERVATIVE
RISK MITIGATION MEASURE IN LATE
2024. THOSE HAVE EXISTING JOB
CLASSIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF WORK. WE ARE HIRING FOR THOSE
RIGHT NOW. AND, AS IT RELATE TO
NEW POSITIONS, THEY GO THROUGH A
PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE TO DEFINE
THE CLASSIFICATION TYPE AND GO
WORK WITH SDHR AND WHERE WE HAVE
MADE PROGRESS BASED ON AN
EXPANDED EXISTING BODY OF WORK.
A LOT OF OUR CREWS, THOSE EXIST
AND THOSE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH
THE PROCESS MORE EASILY AS WE
ARE DEFINING NEW BODIES OF WORK
AND NEW PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE
LONGER CONVERSATIONS GOING
THROUGH WITH CENTRALIZED HR TO
GET THAT DIALED IN.
>> FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN
LISTENING AS MUCH AS WATCHING
THIS PRESENTATION AND THE THREE
OF YOU, THE BACK AND FORTH, IT
IS ALMOST LIKE LISTENING TO AN
NPR SHOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
VISION ZERO. DIDN'T NOTE THIS.
BUT, WE ARE THIRD PLACE AFTER D1
AND D2. AND I NOTE THAT THERE IS
A RED MASS IN THE CENTER OF THAT
MAP. AND YOU KNOW, WORKING THOSE
VISION ZERO PIECES IN THE MORE
URBAN AND DENSE DOWNTOWN, BELL
TOWN, SOUTH LAKE UNION. UPTOWN.
REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN OF
COURSE, 15th AND AURORA. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T
GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. I
DON'T THINK IT IS. COMPLETE
STREETS IMPACTS AND ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S CALLED GOOD GOVERNANCE.
THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT THINGS CAN
CHANGE BASED ON WHAT YOU FIND
WHEN YOU START DIGGING. THERE IS
NO NEED TO 100% AGREE WITH THAT
KIND OF APPROACH. AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT. BRIDGES, YES,
CLASSICAL MUSIC IS PLAYING AGAIN
GOING BACK TO NPR. PLAYING RIGHT
NOW. VERY EXCITING. SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE ON THAT.
BASICALLY THE WARRANTY ON THAT
BRIDGE EXPIRED DECEMBER 31st,
2024. WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. IN
TWO WAYS. ONE IN TERMS OF WHAT
WE CAN DO FOR THE BRIDGE AND THE
REPLACEMENT PLAN AND I WANT TO
KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE.
BUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
CAPABILITY IF THE BRIDGE GOES
DOWN, THE IDEA OF HAVING, ON
WARD TO 32nd. JUMPING INTO D6 AS
I STARTED TALKING ABOUT. HAVING
THAT, THAT IS JUST GOOD
GOVERNANCE. IF SOMETHING
HAPPENS, FIRE AND POLICE NEEDS
TO GET SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA. HAVING
SOME FORETHOUGHT AND PUTTING
THAT IN PLACE. COULD BE A
LIFESAVER IN MY BOOK. THE
BRIDGES ARE SO IMPORTANT. I CARE
ABOUT THE EMERSON JUST FOR THE
RECORD. SIDEWALK REPAIR. THEY
GIVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT. SO
SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN. I ALSO
THANK YOU, NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS TOPIC. I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FIRST WEST
BETWEEN WEST CROCKET AND WEST
HAL. BETWEEN ANNE POOL.
ESSENTIALLY CREATING A CAMPUS
STREET. RIGHT THERE. AND THAT'S
A TOPIC THAT HAS COME UP AGAIN
AND AGAIN. IT IS WORST
INVESTIGATING PARTICULARLY WHEN
THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY CENTER
WILL BE WORKED ON, THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY, GOING BACK TO
COMPLETE STREETS YOU KNOW.
COMPLETE ACTIONS. WHETHER IT IS
SPU OR ANYBODY ELSE. OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, PARKS, ANYTHING
THAT YOU CAN GET THAT SYNERGY
WITH IS SO IMPORTANT AND GOOD
GOVERNANCE THERE. PROTECTED BIKE
LANES. APPRECIATE THAT POINT AS
I NOTED YESTERDAY. THE
WATERFRONT LANES LOOK GREAT.
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED YESTERDAY.
THE CORNERS. PEOPLE STREETS. I
SUPPORT THAT. BUT, I ALSO WANTED
TO ASK THE IDEA OF HAVING
SEASONAL PEOPLE STREETS. THAT
MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER THAT WE
COULD DO. BECAUSE SOMETIMES
GOING DOWN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR IS
PROBLEMATIC BUT SEASONALLY FOR
THE SUMMER CAN MAKE MORE SENSE
AND WE CAN HAVE MORE. REMINDS ME
OF MY PLANS WITH OPCD. I AM NOW
CALLING NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES.
SO STAY TUNED. NEIGHBORHOOD
VILLAGES IN TERMS OF
POSSIBILITIES THERE. IT IS THE
SAME IDEA. SEASONAL MAY ALLOW
FOR MORE TO BE AVAILABLE.
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION. I LOVE THAT
POINT ABOUT THAT THIRD AVENUE.
WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR THIRD
AVENUE. I LOVE THE KEYBOARD
SIDEWALK CROSSING. IT IS TOO BAD
THE LIGHT RAIL COULDN'T JUST
KEEP GOING STRAIT DOWN THIRD
AVENUE TO SEATTLE CENTER BUT
THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.
LAST, URBAN FORESTRY. SO
IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO PROMOTE
THAT. MY ONLY POINT ON THAT IS
WE NEED TO KEEP THE SEATTLE
LOOK, THE EVERGREEN TREES. THERE
IS A TREND MOVING AWAY FROM
EVERGREENS. I KNOW THEY ARE NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR EVERY PLACE. BUT
TRYING TO MAX OUT EVERGREEN
TREES BECAUSE THE EVERGREEN
TREES ARE NATIVE COMMUNITY
PIECES THAT SETS SEATTLE APART
FROM OTHER CITIES WHICH MAKES
SEATTLE UNIQUE AND COOL. A PLACE
TO COME BACK TO. A MASSIVE
SHOUT-OUT FOR FREIGHT. WE NEED
TO PROMOTE AND PUSH THAT. AND
GOOD GOVERNANCE, SO IMPORTANT. I
APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE ON
THAT. SO KEY. AND TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, FROM A GOOD GOVERNANCE
POINT OF VIEW, I'M NOT GOING TO
BE TALKING TO SOME PROGRAM
MANAGERS. BUT, THERE WILL BE
CONSTITUENT INQUIRIES THAT COME
IN. WE WILL COME IN AND ENGAGE.
I DO RESPECT THE EXPERTISE SO WE
JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GOOD THERE. SO THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
KETTLE? COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. SEE
YOU HAVE THE NEXT HAND BUT I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS A
HARD STOP AT 11:30. IS IT ALL
RIGHT IF WE START WITH HER?
>> YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHAIR
AND THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW I
ASKED MY MEATIER QUESTIONS
YESTERDAY SO I WILL KEEP IT
SHORT AND SWEET. LET'S GET
PROJECTS GOING. I'M REALLY
EXCITED JUST TO GET THIS WORK
GOING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH WORK YOU
HAVE PRESENTED TO US TODAY. IT
GIVES ME A FAIR AMOUNT OF
CLARITY. I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT TARIFFS
AND HOW THIS WILL IMPACT ALL OF
OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE
BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO
UPDATES ON HOW THE PROJECTS ARE
MOVING. HOW IT MAY BE SHAPING UP
AGAIN SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. FURTHER I
JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT
THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING THAT
CONNECTION TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH
EACH OF THESE PROJECTS SO HOPING
THAT WE CAN BE PARTNERED AND
REACHES ACROSS OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY MAKING SURE WE ARE
DOING SO EQUITABLY AND CREATING
JUST THE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.
THAT IS A TASK FOR A NUMBER OF
OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE FINAL
PIECE, I KNOW I ASKED SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACTING
PROCESS. WOULD LOVE TO FIND WAY
TO MAKE SURE THE JOB
OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED HERE, WE
CAN BRING IN SOME OF OUR UNION
PARTNERS. I KNOW A NUMBER OF
UNIONS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
LEVY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES
PRESENTED FOR A NUMBER OF FOLKS
ACROSS THE REGION. SO CERTAINLY
WANT TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THAT
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
YOU ALL. EXCITED TO GET THIS
WORK STARTED. CERTAINLY VERY
EXCITED TO LIFT THE PROVISO AND
GET TO WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY
GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
FOR SPONSORING THIS BUDGET
ACTION. I THINK THAT IT RESULTED
IN A REALLY FABULOUS END PRODUCT
THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. THIS
LEVEL OF DETAIL AND TRANSPARENCY
FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS VERY
REASSURING AND EXCITING. AND I
THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW WHETHER A PROJECT
IS IN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN OR
PLANNING SO I APPRECIATE THAT
LEVEL OF INFORMATION. I WANT A
SHOUT-OUT TO SDOT FOR THE
COLLABORATION WITH MY OFFICE.
THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN
DISTRIBUTE 5. I HAVE FOUND SDOT
TO BE VERY. THE SUGGESTS FROM ME
AND MY CONSTITUENTS AND I KNOWS
REALLY DO TE THE EFFORT
THAT HAS COME INTO THIS AND THE
FOCUS THAT NORTH END OFTEN FEELS
LEFT BEHIND. I THINK THIS LEVY
AND THE WORK THAT SDOT HAS DONE
IS REALLY SHOWING THAT WE ARE
TAKING CARE OF OUR NORTH END
NEIGHBORS AND GOING TO MAKE IT
VERY TRANSIT FRIENDLY. VERY
PEDESTRIAN SAFE. WE STILL HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO. BUT WE ARE
REALLY MAKING PROGRESS IN THE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PIECE. AND
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
AURORA PROJECT AS WELL. SO MUCH
POTENTIAL THERE. SO REALLY JUST
WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR DOING AN
AMAZING JOB SHEPHERDS US THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. VERY EXCITING END
PRODUCT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR RIVERA,
WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT, YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD ALL MY
QUESTIONS ANSWERED YESTERDAY AND
I WAS ABLE TO ASK ALL THE
QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. I JUST WANT
TO PIGGY BACK ON SOME OF THE
THINGS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID
ABOUT GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH
THIS LEVY PROCESS. AND ALSO, IN
PARTICULAR, FOR HIS EYE ON
ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOR HIS
PARTNERSHIP ON THOSE
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES BECAUSE
ULTIMATELY, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SHOW WE
ARE USING THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS
RESPONSIBLY AND THE INVESTMENTS
GOING INTO THE COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE CITY AND WANT TO ECHO
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MOORE SAID
ABOUT THE NORTH END FEELING LEFT
OUT OF THESE INVESTMENTS SO
APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE NORTH END IS
REPRESENTED IN THIS LEVY AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
SDOT TO MAKE SURE OUR
CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND
THE NORTH END ARE ENGAGED IN
THIS PROCESS SO THEY UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE INVESTMENTS ARE. TO
YOUR POINT ABOUT WHAT STAGE IN
THE PROCESS THESE INVESTMENTS
ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU
SDOT AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL TRUNCATE
ALL OF MY CLOSING COMMENTS
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO MINUTES
LEFT. JUST TO SAY AGAIN, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE USED THIS TOOL
OF A MEGAPROVISO TO ASSURE THE
FALL BUDGET PROCESS WAS NOT
AVOIDED AND AS THIS
ACCOUNTABILITY WORK IS COMPLETE,
WE MUST MOVE SWIFTLY TO RELEASE
THE PROVISO. THIS PROCESS HAS
BEGUN BUILDING TRUST WITH SDOT
AND I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF
COLLABORATION. NOT JUST BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS OR LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT OR BETWEEN STAKE
HOLDERS AND DEPARTMENTS. IT IS
BETWEEN ALL OF US. WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER. WE STILL HAVE A
LOT TO DO. THAT KEEPS OUR
ECONOMY COMING. THANK YOU TO
SDOT FOR NOT MISSING A BEAT. NOW
IT IS TIME FOR COUNCIL ACTION.
THIS LEGISLATION IS TO RELEASE
THE FULL FUNDING FOR THOSE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PROJECTS TO
ENSURE SDOT HAS EVERYTHING IT
NEEDS TO GET THE WORK DONE. SO
LET'S GET THE LEVY DELIVERED.
WITH THAT, I MOVE COUNCIL BILL
120946. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO MOVE
THE BILL. CLERK WILLY CALL THE
ROLL? SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
DO YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> OH. YEAH. JUST, A COMMENT
THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR
EXERCISE OF OUR SOLEMN
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY. BUT I DO
APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT'S
EFFORTS TO WORK SO CLOSELY AND
COLLABORATIVELY. IT'S HARD, BUT
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU ALL
HAVE. AND IT HAS BEEN RECIPROCAL
TOO. WE WORKED WITH YOU ALL AND
YOU WORKED WITH US. THIS
OFFICIAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS
OFFICIALLY COUNCIL GENERATED. A
WEEK BEFORE THIS, WE ARE WEEKS
AWAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE
PROPOSING ITS OWN LEGISLATION TO
LIFT A LEVY. ONE THING I LEARNED
IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR WORKING
WITH THIS MAYOR AND
ADMINISTRATION IS THAT THEY ARE
EXCELLENT. THEY DON'T HESITATE
AT SELF-ADVOCATE SING I WOULD
HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE WAITING A
FEW WEEKS ON WHEN EVER THAT WAS
OFFICIALLY PROPOSED. BUT I DO
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD FROM A LEGISLATIVE
PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING IT
SPECIALLY COUNCIL GENERATED
BECAUSE WHERE I'M AT TODAY, I
AM FULLY CONFIDENT IN OUR
ABILITY TO EXECUTE UPON THIS
LEVY. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST
FEW ITEMS NOT IN A POSITION TO
SPEND UNTIL ANOTHER COUPLE OF
WEEKS BUT AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE
THIS AND BE ABLE TO CLEAR OUR
PLATE. SO THANK YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND TO MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
EXECUTED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON? COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> IT WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH
11th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WITH
THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
NOW ON THE 64th DAY OF THE YEAR.
WE PASS THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE TO
HAVE THIS PROVISO LIFTED. THIS
CONCLUDES OR SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE. I HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD WITH THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
ON SOME OF THE REFORM ASSETS WE
HAVE DISCUSSED. WILL BRIEF BILLS
VOTED ON IN UPCOMING COMMITTEES.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. AND IF
YOUR SCHEDULE DOES NOT ALLOW, I
ASK ALWAYS TO RECEIVE THE
BRIEFING AHEAD OF TIME. THE NEXT
MEETING IS THE 19th WHERE WE
WILL HAVE KIERSTEN GROVE
APPOINTMENT. QUESTIONS ARE DUE
BY 5:00 P.M. TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE ADJOURNED.