>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
IT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 12th, AND
THE GOVERNANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 2:03 P.M. AND I'M SARA
NELSON, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR NELSON.
>>
PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE NOTE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON IS
EXCUSED TODAY.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR
JOINING US AFTER THAT LONG
MORNING
MEETING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA
TODAY,
BUT IT IS A BIG TOPIC.
WE HAVE THE ONE ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA IS AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE INTERACTIVE
MEDIA
KIOSKS IN DOWNTOWN IN
SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> WE HAVE TWO IN PERSON
AND THREE ONLINE.
>> LET'S START WITH THE TWO IN
PERSON AND GIVE EVERYBODY TWO
MINUTES.
>> I'LL READ THE RULES FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK STARTING WITH IN PERSON
COMMENTERS.
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES. WHEN YOU HEAR THE
CHIME,
YOU'LL HAVE TEN SECONDS LEFT.
IF YOU EXCEED THAT TIME, YOUR
MICROPHONE MAY BE CUT OFF SO WE
CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER. IF YOU'RE OFFERING
REMOTE
COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE SURE
TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
SO, FOR IN PERSON COMMENTS,
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ALEX
TSIMERMAN.
>> THAT IS MY FACE.
OH, IT'S ME.
ALEX TSIMERMAN.
I'M ALEX TSIMERMAN, FIRM
SUPPORTER.
I HAVE 6,000 DAY OF TRESPASS AND
FIVE TIMES YOU PROSECUTE ME.
I HAPPY TODAY.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS
WORKING FOR, FOR 30 YEARS, EVERY
DAY.
NOBODY CARE.
750,000 PEOPLE, STOP ACTING
LIKE AN IDIOT.
THIS WILL BE CHANGED IN THIS
ELECTION.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS CHAMBER
TOTALLY FROM THIS THAT MAKE OUR
LIFE MISERABLE, SPEND
A BILLION AND BILLION DOLLARS
FOR NOTHING.
FOR 30 YEAR, EVERY DAY,
EVERYWHERE, I'M VERY HAPPY.
FIRST DAY IN WHAT IS I
FEEL PEOPLE START WAKE UP.
SEATTLE START WAKE UP.
SEATTLE START THINKING
ABOUT SOMETHING WHAT IS REAL
HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
FIRST WHAT IS WE NEED
TOTALLY CHANGE THIS
CHAMBER. THIS ALL NINE WITHOUT
EXCEPTION.
SO RIGHT NOW I SPEAK
BECAUSE TRUMP LAST CHANCE, VIVA
TRUMP, VIVA NEW AMERICA
REVOLUTION, STAND UP, AMERICA.
STAND UP, SEATTLE.
MAKE REAL CHANGES.
BRING US TO REAL DEMOCRACY, REAL
CONSTITUTION, REAL FREEDOM
OF SPEECH AND OPEN GOVERNMENT
CITY HALL SO EVERYBODY CAN GO
AND SPEAK FOR THREE OR FIVE
MINUTES, ONE DAY PER WEEK.
THIS MY PROPOSITION.
VIVA TRUMP.
VIVA NEW AMERICA AND THE
REVOLUTION.
>> OKAY, IN CASE THE PUBLIC IS
WONDERING, LET THE RECORD SHOW
THAT THAT LANGUAGE DOES VERGE ON
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE AND LET
THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE VALUE
FREE
SPEECH.
>> OUR NEXT IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTER IS MICHAEL
WOODY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
MICHAEL WOODY AND I'M
HERE ON BEHALF OF VISIT
SEATTLE TO VOICE OUR STRONG
SUPPORT FOR
COUNCIL BILL 0992.
IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY WELCOMED 40 MILLION
VISITORS, SPENT $8. 8 BILLION IN
OUR
REGION, GENERATING NEARLY $840
MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL
TAXES.
THESE KIOSKS ARE A STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINING
THAT GROWTH AND IMPACTING
HEALTHY VISITOR -- HEALTHY
VISITOR EXPERIENCES TO NAVIGATE
THE
CITY, DISCOVER LOCAL
BUSINESSES AND ENGAGE WITH
SEATTLE'S VIBRANT CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE.
MANY TRAVELERS
ARRIVE HERE WITHOUT A FIXED
ITINERARY.
AND COULD USE REALTIME TOOLS
DEDICATED TO GO -- WHERE TO
GO AND WHAT TO DO.
THESE MULTILINGUAL KIOSKS WILL
SERVE AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR
VISITOR CENTERS, PUBLIC
ALERTS AND LOCAL RECOMMENDATION
IN
A FORMAT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE
24/7.
THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE
THIS INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY
AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME
GLOBAL AUDIENCES DURING THE 2026
FIFA
WORLD CUP, EXPECTED TO BE OVER
750,000 PEOPLE FOR THAT EVENT.
WE ARE DUE TO APPROVE
THIS MEASURE AND HELP TO DELIVER
A
MORE CONNECTED, INCLUSIVE
AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE FOR
EVERY
VISITOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU, MICHAEL. OUR NEXT IN PERSON
SPEAKER IS
JOHN SCHULZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
JOHN SCHULZ DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION.
I WANT TO MAKE THREE BRIEF
POINTS.
ONE, THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TO
AUTHORIZE THE DIGITAL
KIOSK PROGRAM HAS VERY BROAD
SUPPORT AMONG ARTS AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAM,
AND A
FIFTH, AMONG
TRANSIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
COMMUTE SEATTLE AND
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION
AMONG
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS
THROUGHOUT
OUR CITY LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP,
SOTO, BALLARD AND WEST SEATTLE.
SECOND POINT, THIS HAS BEEN
UNDER REVIEW FOR ABOUT TWO
YEARS.
AND THE TRAFFIC
STUDY, THE AESTHETIC STUDY,
SDOT'S
REVIEW, THE DESIGN MEETINGS ALL
INFORMED
THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU.
I THINK THE DETAILS YOU SEE
IN THE ORDINANCE
AND THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DSA AND
THE CITY ARE RESPONSIVE TO A
LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE HEARD AND
SOME
OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL
AS YOU REVIEW THE RESOLUTION.
AND THEN A THIRD POINT,
SEATTLE IS OFTEN FIRST AT MANY
THINGS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE IN
THIS
CASE, WE'RE NOT FIRST WITH
THESE
KIOSKS. THESE ARE IN THE GROUND
IN
23 OTHER MARKETS WHICH AFFORDS
US
A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
THE PROGRAMS PERFORMED, HOW
THE VENDOR HAS PERFORMED AND HOW
THE PUBLIC HAS RESPONDED TO
THEM.
AND THERE IS GOOD NEWS ON ALL
FRONTS AND I URGE YOUR --
URGE YOUR SUPPORT AND PASSAGE OF
THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS OUR LAST IN PERSON
SPEAKER.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE SAME RULES APPLY.
AS A REMINDER TO OUR
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, PRESS
STAR
6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF WHEN YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT.
OUR FIRST VIRTUAL
PUBLIC COMMENTER IS CYNTHIA
SPICE.
>> HI.
I'M CYNTHIA.
THE KIOSKS ARE
EXCEPTIONALLY TINY FINANCIAL
BENEFIT IN
UTILITIES, EITHER
BILLBOARDS VAST MAJORITY OF THE
TIME,
CREATING AN EYESORE
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE WHICH
VISITORS
DON'T COME HERE TO SEE.
IF THEY WANTED TO SEE GARISH
ADS, THEY WOULD GO TO VEGAS.
IT IS A RIDICULOUS EXCUSE TO
SAY THEY'RE FOR THE WORLD CUP.
PEOPLE CAN PAY THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN INTERNATIONAL
AIRFARE AND FOOD WOULD ALREADY
OWN
SMARTPHONES.
IF YOU BELIEVE IT IS FILLING A
NEED, YOU'RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH
REALITY.
THIS ISN'T THE LATE '80s.
THESE WILL NOT BE USED
PRODUCTIVELY.
IF YOU VOTE FOR THESE,
YOU'RE VOTING FOR ADDING
BILLBOARDS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT IS SHAMEFUL MANY
COUNCILMEMBERS DON'T PROPOSE
THE AMENDMENTS THAT
PROVIDE PRACTICAL PROTECTIONS
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY
AND COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE LARGELY
IGNORED THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
I URGE YOU TO DISALLOW
ANY CAMERAS FROM BEING
INCLUDED ON THESE.
THE BOOTHS ARE ACCESSED BY A
CODE WHICH ARE INHERENTLY
MEANING THE SELFIES ING
USING
THE BILLBOARDS ARE NECESSARY
BECAUSE THE PHONE IN THEIR
HAND ALREADY HAS A CAMERA.
THERE SHOULD BE
EXCLUSIVE LANGUAGE DISALLOWING
THE TRACKING OR PROFILING OF
DEVICES
BASED ON PEOPLE'S
INTERNET HISTORY FROM USING THE
WI-FI.
PEOPLE'S PRIVACY SHOULD NOT
HINGE ON THE WHIMS OF WHAT A
WRIST BUSINESS CHOOSES TO
HAVE IN THEIR PRIVACY POLICY,
THIS
IS IMPORTANT SINCE PEOPLE
WI- T THINK THIS IS THE
FIUSING THE
BUT IT IS NOT.
NONE OF THE REVENUE SHOULD
BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY,
LOCAL ARTS ARE UNDERFUNDED WHERE
AS POLICING IS GIVEN BOUNTIFUL
POCKETBOOKS.
PLEASE READ THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION'S REPORT,
THE DETERIORATION OF THE
LANDSCAPE AND SEATTLE EXPERIENCE
THAT
YOU'RE POSING, THE LEAST
YOU COULD DO IS READ THE WELL
THOUGHT OUT REPORT WHICH HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS THAN WHAT
SDOT INCLUDED IN THEIR
REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.
OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER
IS ALBERTO ALVAREZ, FOLLOWED BY
DAVID HAINES.
ALBERTO, GO AHEAD AND PRESS
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>>
>> THANK YOU.
MASS SURVEILLANCE TOOLS ARE
EASY FOR ANY VOLATILE GOVERNMENT
TO
WEAPONIZE AGAINST SEATTLE
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
NO AMOUNT OF PROMISE
OR GUARANTEE CAN THAT.
ABORTION CARE AND TRANS CARE
PATIENTS WILL FALL VICTIM
TO BOUNTY HUNTER LAWS FROM THE
RED
STATES.
WHEN IT IS FACT THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION IS MOVING
AGAINST THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
AND THE
RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ+.
TELL OUR GUESTS THAT PART OF OUR
CITY WILL BE OFF LIMITS TO THEM
IS INHUMANE AND DISCRIMINATORY.
THIS COUNCIL, WHO IS HAPPY
TO SAY A LOT, AND DO NOTHING,
TO HELP COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
IN CRISIS AS OF THIS VERY
MOMENT.
DENY THIS PERMIT, STOP
SERVING UP OUR CITY TO A FASCIST
TAKEOVER.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU, ALBERTO.
OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAINES.
DAVID, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6
TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> THOSE KIOSKS, STREAMING A
LIVE FEED TO THE CCTV TO ASSIST
COPS IN GETTING IT RIGHT WITHOUT
CIVILIAN DISPATCH AND
LIBERAL FOOLS GETTING IN THE WAY
OF PROPER CRIME FIGHTING.
THERE IS A REAL PUBLIC
SAFETY CRISIS IN EVERY SINGLE
MONITOR THAT EVER HAS BEEN PUT
IN
DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN SMASHED
OR HAS BEEN BROKEN TO THETHE
WHERE METRO
DOESN'T EVEN PUT THE REST OF
THEM UP, LEAVING PEOPLE
WONDERING WHEN THE NEXT BUS IS
COMING BY OR WHEN
THEY'RE GOING TO RETURN THE BUS
STOP THAT
IS NEVER GOING TO BE RETURNED
BECAUSE THE MAYOR AND
THE COUNCIL HAVE -- AND THE
CHIEF
HAVE FAILED AT PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUT YOU ALL WANT TO TRY
AND TRICK PEOPLE
WHO COME HERE FOR SIX DAYS IN
2026 FOR FIFA
TO MAKE THEM THINK THAT SEATTLE
IS SUCH A SOPHISTICATED,
ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGICAL CITY.
YET YOU CANNOT EVEN
CONSIDER STOPPING TO LOOK AT A
KIOSK WITHOUT WORRYING
THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SNEAK
UP BEHIND
YOU AND HIT YOU AND SURROUND YOU
AND SHAKE YOU DOWN AND SPIT
DISEASES ON YOU.
COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO
MAKE WHOLE HEARTED
EFFORTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
MOTION, AND APPEASING
RACIST PERVERTED VOTING BLOCS
WHILE CITY COUNCIL
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
REFUSES TO
IMPROVE THE INTEGRITY OF
ETHICS BY MAKING A LAW REQUIRING
CITY HALL TO ADMIT WHEN THERE IS
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
THAT THEY HAVE TO ADMIT TO
BEFORE EACH
AND EVERY COUNCIL MEETING SO WE
KNOW WHAT TYPE OF REPRESENTATIVE
WE
HAVE, WHETHER IT IS IN
GOOD FAITH OR BAD FAITH, WHICH
WE ONLY SEE BAD FAITH PERMEATING
COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES
TO LANDLORD ISSUES, HOUSING
ISSUES, HOMELESS ISSUES, PUBLIC
SAFETY
ISSUES, SABOTAGING
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
AND CAPITULATING TO THE
RACIST TAINTED ONE SEATTLE PLAN
THAT
MAKES IT UNSAFE TO LIVE,
WORK AND PLAY IN SEATTLE.
YOU ALL NEED TO LET THAT
KIOSK ASSIST CCTV BECAUSE YOU
ALL
HAVE SAT -- A LOT OF PEOPLE
AGAINST IT ARE THE SAME ONES
WHO CAPITULATE TO THE
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND TO THE
EVIL
BULLY AND ALL THESE RACIST
UNTRUSTWORTHY CRIMINALS WHO
ARE CONDUCTING CIVIL WAR.
YOU PUT THE
KIOSKS UP AND VERIFY WHO THE
HELL --
>> THAT IS THE LAST
PUBLIC COMMENTER WE HAVE SIGNED
UP.
? OKAY.
ASSUMING THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
PEOPLE WHEN SIGNED UP ONLINE
OR IN PERSON, WE WILL NOW
CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS
OF
BUSINESS. CLERK, WOULD YOU
PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, CB
120992, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
PERMISSION
TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN,
AND OPERATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA
KIOSKS
IN PUBLIC PLACES LOCATED IN THE
METROPOLITAN
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND IN
OTHER PARTICIPATING
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS FOR A
16
1/2 YEAR TERM RENEWABLE FOR ONE
SUCCESSIVE 13 1/2 YEAR
TERM, SPECIFYING THE CONDITIONS
UNDER WHICH THE PERMIT IS
GRANTED.
FOR A BRIEFING, DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
JUST I'LL NOTE THAT LAST
TUESDAY WE PASSED THE CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK FOR THE -- THIS KIOSK
PROGRAM OUT OF FULL COUNCIL
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO
THE
NITTY- GRITTY OF THE PROGRAM
ITSELF.
COUNCIL BILL 120992 PROVIDES
FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION'S
DIGITAL KIOSK PROGRAM,
AUTHORIZING BOTH
THE SDOT TERM PERMIT AND THE
CITY/DSA MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING.
AND SO THE TERM PERMIT ITSELF,
I WILL JUST NOTE, THAT'S -- IT
IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COUNCIL
BILL, IT IS 27 PAGES.
IT GRANTS DSA THE LEGAL RIGHT TO
PLACE KIOSKS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT
OF WAY, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE
BE PROHIBITED,
SETS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
KIOSK
DESIGN, SIGHTING, SAFETY,
PRIVACY AND
OPERATIONS, ESTABLISHES
SDOT'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO
INSPECT, ENFORCE, COMPLIANCE AND
REMOVE
KIOSKS, MANDATES TRASH
REMOVAL, PUBLIC REALM
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR EACH INSTALLATION
AND
ESTABLISHES THE REQUIRED ANNUAL
FEES PAID TO THE CITY.
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
IS 12 PAGES AND DEFINES
THE PARTNERSHIP TERM BETWEEN THE
CITY AND DSA,
ESTABLISHES REVENUE SHARING
FORMULAS AND
HOW DSA SPENDS ITS
PORTION, CLARIFIES THAT DSA
MANAGES
VENDORS, BEARS ALL COSTS
AND HANDLES DAY TO DAY
OPERATIONS, DETAILS HOW THE
PUBLIC
CONTENT IS PROGRAMMED, AND
DISPLAYED
AND THEN FINALLY SPECIFIES
WHAT FINANCIAL AND
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION DSA MUST
PROVIDE
TO THE CITY.
AND THE MOU IS ATTACHMENT A TO
THIS LEGISLATION.
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
SPECIFIESSPECIFIES IF THERE ARE
CONFLICTS
BETWEEN THE TWO DOCUMENTS,
THE TERM PERMIT PREVAILS,
MEANING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
TRUMP
BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS.
SO, WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED THE
SUPPORTING CONCEPTUAL RESOLUTION
OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND FULL
COUNCIL, AS I NOTED.
WE ALSO HAD A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON THIS ORDINANCE
IN COUNCIL BILL IN OUR LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 29th.
SO, HERE WE HAVE IT BEFORE US
AND FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE AND WE
GOT SDOT HERE AT THE TABLE AGAIN
TODAY AS WELL AS THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, YES, TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ALSO OUR CENTRAL
STAFF ANALYST KEVIN CHOW TO
SUMMARIZE THE ORDINANCE AND
PROVIDE ANSWERS TO YOUR
QUESTIONS
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.
AND FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES
AND GO AHEAD AND BEGIN?
>> HELLO, HAPPY TO BE HERE
AGAIN, I'M ALYSE NELSON,
THE STREET USE DIVISION DIRECTOR
FOR
SDOT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
ANDREW MYERBERG FROM THE
MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> CALVIN CHOW WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> SO, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO
OFFER A COUPLE REMARKS BEFORE I
TURN IT OVER TO ALYSE AND THE
SDOT
PRESENTATION.
FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL
FOR CONSIDERING THE
RESOLUTION, PASSING THE
RESOLUTION
AND INVITING US TO SPEAK TO THE
ORDINANCE TODAY AT COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO THANK ALYSE, AMY GRAY
AND SDOT TEAM, CARA VALLIER FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DSA
ELECT
TEAMS FOR GETTING US TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK.
THIS KIOSK PROPOSAL IS A
RESULT OF NEARLY TWO YEARS OF
PLANNING
AND DELIBERATION.
AT THE OUTSET WE WORKED
CLOSELY WITH DSA TO BUILD A
PROPOSAL THAT BROUGHT INNOVATION
TO THE
DOWNTOWN CORE AND
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFITS TO
OUR
COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST THROUGH THE
MYRIAD SERVICES THAT THE KIOSKS
WILL
PROVIDE, BUT ALSO IN
THE ENHANCED CLEANING AND
AMBASSADOR SERVICES IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORE,
INCREASED SUPPORT FOR OUR
BIA AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR
THE CITY IN CHALLENGING ECONOMIC
TIMES.
AS PART OF OUR WORK, WE
ENGAGED IN A THOROUGH ANALYSIS
WHICH
RESULTED IN A DETERMINATION OF
NONSIGNIFICANCE.
THIS INCLUDED COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENTS OF AND MITIGATIONS
OF POTENTIAL DRIVERS AND
AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS.
WE FURTHER ENGAGED IN MULTIPLE
DESIGN COMMISSION MEETINGS
AND RECEIVED HELPFUL FEEDBACK,
THE MAJORITY OF WHICH
WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE
YOU HERE TODAY.
LASTLY, WE GREATLY
APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSIONS OF
--
BY COUNCILMEMBERS OF THE LAST
TWO MEETS ON THIS ISSUE.
AS WELL AS THE ANALYSIS BY
CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THAT.
AND VIRTUALLY ALL
THE ISSUES THAT WERE FLAGGED BY
COUNCIL AND
IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE
ADDRESSED EITHER IN THE TERM
PERMIT
ORDINANCE, THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE TODAY, OR IN THE MOU.
SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER
TO ALYSE AND SDOT, I WANT
TO THANK YOU AGAIN, PARTICULARLY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR
HAVING US
HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> I'LL GET THE PRESENTATION
UP REALLY QUICK HERE.
LET'S TRY AGAIN.
>> FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS
LISTENING, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, EVERYONE.
WE ARE GOING TO SHARE IT IN THE
MODE IT WANTS TO BE SHARED IN.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> I'M GOING TO HIT THE SCREEN
TWO FOR A SECOND AND SEE WHAT IT
DOES.
THAT WAY DOESN'T LET ME --
THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
SORRY, USUALLY I DON'T
HAVE SO MANY TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
I SAW A SCREEN THAT LOOKED
HOPEFUL, BUT IT
IS NOT GOING TO WORK, SO -- CAL,
I SHOULD HAVE
LET YOU DO THIS, THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN THE SMART MOVE.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL USE THIS
SCREEN AND GO THROUGH.
AGAIN, IT IS NICE TO BE BACK
TODAY.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES
NOW, SO THIS IS NOT NEW
INFORMATION, BUT IT IS GOOD
TO KIND OF BE AT THIS STEP
AND REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO
DIVE INTO THE DETAILS MORE WITH
YOU ALL TODAY.
AGAIN, I'M ALYSE NELSON
WITH SDOT AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION'S
DIGITAL KIOSK PROGRAM AND
TODAY WE'LL BE DIGGING INTO THE
ORDINANCE.
SO, TODAY I'M GOING TO KIND OF
RECAP WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT.
AND DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF
THE TERM PERMIT, WHICH WE TALKED
A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIRST
TIME WE CAME TO COUNCIL, BUT
IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS, SO IT
IS
GOOD TO RECAP AND DISCUSS AGAIN.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
SDOT'S RECOMMENDATION AND NEXT
STEPS, WHICH INCLUDE A POSSIBLE
VOTE
TODAY.
KIOSKS ARE A NEAR TERM
ACTION LISTED IN THE CITY'S
DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION PLAN.
AND THIS IS A WAY TO HELP MAKE
DOWNTOWN A TOP DESTINATION
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND VISIT
HERE.
THE DELIVERY MECHANISM THAT
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR THE
KIOSKS
IS A PROGRAMMATIC TERM PERMIT
AND THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION
THAT PROGRAMMATIC
TERM PERMIT WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THEIR VENDOR THAT THEY
IDENTIFIED, IKE SMART CITY.
THE TERM PERMIT WOULD
AUTHORIZE UP TO 80 KIOSKS IN TWO
PHASES.
AND THE KIOSKS WOULD
BRING REVENUES THAT WOULD BE
REINVESTED BACK INTO
DOWNTOWN AND OTHER COMMERCIAL
AREAS.
THERE IS ALSO NO COST TO
THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE.
IN FIRST PHASE, WHICH OCCURS
FULLY DOWNTOWN WITHIN THE
METROPOLITAN AND PERMIT
DISTRICT BOUNDARY, THE DSA WOULD
RECEIVE THE FIRST 1. 1 MILLION
IN
REVENUE AND ANYTHING ADDITIONAL
WOULD
GO TO THE CITY.
AND THE SECOND PHASE
REVENUE WOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
--
WITHIN THE -- WOULD BE
DIRECTED WITHIN THE CITY AND THE
OTHER
BIAs, THE REVENUE WOULD
BE DIRECTED BACK TO THEIR
DISTRICTS.
THE TERM PERMIT
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES CITY
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE
USES
THAT DO NOT OTHERWISE
CONFORM WITH THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND FINALLY, LIKE YOU
NOTED,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON, YOU
RECENTLY CONSIDERED AND
APPROVED A CONCEPTUAL RESOLUTION
FOR THE
PROGRAM, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON
JUNE 3rd WITH ONE
AMENDMENT RELATED TO FUNDING AND
IT
BEING HOW IT IS DIRECTED TO THE
CITY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS AND
DETAILS OF THE KIOSKS, SO YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR HEIGHT
AND WIDTH AND DEPTH.
THE KIOSKS ARE DESIGNED FOR AN
URBAN ENVIRONMENT, SO
THEY'RE SHATTER PROOF AND VERY
ROBUST AND INTENDED FOR THIS
KIND OF
ENVIRONMENT.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF
FEATURES THAT THEY BRING, WHICH
INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY
INFORMATION,
SUCH AS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS
AND ALERTS ABOUT UNPLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS, EMERGENCY CALL
BUTTON, INTERACTIVE WAY FINDING
THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH
SDOT SEAMLESS SALT PROGRAM,
A CURATED PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND
PREPUBLIC WI-FI.
AND, AGAIN, THE DSA AND
THE VENDOR IKE SMART CITY WILL
BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIRS.
THE KIOSKS OPERATE IN TWO MODES.
PASSIVE MODE AND ENGAGED MODE.
SO, ENGAGED MODE IS WHERE
A PERSON IS INTERACTING
DIRECTLY WITH A KIOSK AND THEY
CAN
FIND INFORMATION ON LOCAL RAL
INFORMATION, DIRECTIONS AND WAY
FINDING,
THEY CAN FIND REALTIME TRANSIT
INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO
APPS SUCH AS FIND IT, FIX IT OR
OTHER
THINGS. THE DEFAULT IS PASSIVE
-- THE
PASSIVE MODE, WHICH WILL HAVE A
LOOP OF CONTENT THAT INCLUDES
CITY, COMMERCIAL, AND
COMMUNITY MESSAGING AS WELL AS
THE PUBLIC
ART.
AGAIN, TO GO OVER THE PHASING
PLANS, PHASE ONE WOULD INCLUDE
30 KIOSKS WITHIN
THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT, AND PHASE TWO
WOULD ADD A POTENTIAL 50
ADDITIONAL
KIOSKS, 30 WITHIN
THE METROPOLITAN
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THEN 20
MORE IN
PARTICIPATING BIAs, BALLARD, U
DISTRICT, SOTO AND WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION.
PHASE TWO WILL
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE
APPROVAL
BEFORE IT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
HERE IS OUR TIMELINE SLIDE
AGAIN.
THE BLUE ARROW HAS MOVED TO
THE ORDINANCE AND THIS IS MEANT
TO
KIND OF IDENTIFY THE --
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROCESS
TO
DATE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
AND INCLUDED A ROBUST AMOUNT OF
INTERNAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS.
NOW WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU AND
WHAT COMES NEXT IF THIS
MOVES FORWARD IS SITE
SPECIFIC INSTALLATION
PERMITTING, ADDITIONAL THRESHOLD
REVIEW AND
THE HOPE IS TO INSTALL
THESE BEFORE FIFA WORLD CUP NEXT
YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE TERM PERMIT
PROCESS.
STEP ONE IS COMPLETE WITH
THE RESOLUTION HAVING BEEN
APPROVED.
WE'RE IN STEP TWO, WHERE
WE'RE CONSIDERING THE
ORDINANCE.
AND SETTING THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PERMIT.
AND THEN STEP THREE FOR
THIS WILL INCLUDE SDOT PERMITS
TO INSTALL AT EACH LOCATION THEY
WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL
AND INDIVIDUAL SIPA LEVEL
REVIEW.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN INTO
THE
NITTY- GRITTY, THE WEEDS, SO TO
SPEAK, OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY
DISCUSSED THIS A FEW TIMES, BUT
I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
REFRESHER.
SO, THE TERM PERMIT ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHES TERMS AND
CONDITIONS FOR THE DSA AND THEIR
VENDOR, THE TERM IS ESTABLISHED
THE TIME
OF THE TERM IS ESTABLISHED TO
BE 16. 5 YEARS
FOR FIRST TERM AND 13. 5 YEARS
FOR THE SECOND
TERM FOR A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS.
THERE ARE MANY PROTECTIONS THAT
ARE INHERENT IN OUR TERM
PERMIT PROCESS INCLUDING
PROTECTION
FOR EXISTING UTILITIES,
REQUIREMENTS TO REMOVE AND
RESTORE
KIOSKS WHERE -- REMOVE KIOSKS
AND
RESTORE THE RIGHT OF WAY
WHERE WE REQUIRE THEM TO BE
REMOVED, REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP
THE KIOSKS IN GOOD WORKING
CONDITION, BONDING AND
INDEMNIFICATION AND
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO WORKED REALLY CLOSELY
WITH I.T. AND HAVE
PROHIBITIONS SET IN THE TERM
PERMIT RELATED TO DATA
COLLECTION AND
RETENTION.
THE DSA OR IKE WILL NOT BE
COLLECTING ANY PERSONAL
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
RELATED TO WHERE KIOSKS WILL BE
NOT LOCATED, THEY WON'T
BE LOCATED IN HISTORIC LANDMARK
OR SPECIAL REVIEW STRICTS.
NOR WILL THEY BE IN DISTRICTS
OF THE WATERFRONT OR RESIDENTIAL
ZONES.
WE ALSO WILL NOT ALLOW THEM
IN THE SEATTLE CENTER OVERLAY OR
PARKS BOULEVARD.
AND WHERE THEY WILL BE
SITED IS -- THIS IS JUST
KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY.
THERE IS A LOT OF
SITING DETAILS IN THE ORDINANCE,
THEY MUST BE
PLACED ON LOW SPEED STREETS
IN THE FURNITURE ZONE, WHICH
THIS IMAGE SHOWS.
AND THEY HAVE TO BE AWAY
FROM INTERSECTIONS AND
CROSSWALKS.
WE ALSO HAVE CONSIDERED CURB
USES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE
NEXT
TO, SUCH
AS BUS ZONES AND COMMERCIAL
LOADING ZONES.
WE DO NOT ALLOW STREET TREES TO
BE REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE A
KIOSK.
WE ALSO LIMIT THE NUMBER
OF KIOSKS PER BLOCK.
THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES
CLEARANCES FROM THE SEAMLESS
SEATTLE WAY FINDING
PROGRAM, SOMETHING DISCUSSED
DURING
THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION'S PROCESS AND REVIEW
OF THE
PROGRAM.
THER NOTIFICATION AND
OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL
BE
REQUIRED OF THE PERMITTEE
WHEN THEY COME IN FOR
THE INSTALLATION PERMITTING THAT
IS
MIMICKING STREET USE
PERMITS WE HAVE FOR OTHER USES.
THERE WILL BE A COMMENT PROCESS
ONCE THOSE INSTALLATION PERMITS
COME IN THE DOOR TO MAKE SURE
WE KNOW WHAT FOLKS ARE
THINKING ABOUT THEM.
AND THAT THERE IS SOME WORK WITH
NEARBY BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY
OWNERS.
WE ALSO HAVE WORKED OUT
SOME DETAILS ON THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT YOU'LL SEE
IN THE
ORDINANCE.
AND THIS WAS
DEVELOPED TO INCLUDE FEEDBACK
WITH --
FROM THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION'S
RECOMMENDATION, SO, IN
ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO REMOVE
BROKEN REDUNDANT OR OUTDATED
STREET
FURNITURE, THE DSA AND
VENDOR WILL LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES
TO INSTALL NEW AMENITIES, A FEW
EXAMPLES MIGHT BE FLOWER BASKETS
OR BIKE RACKS THAT COULD
BE LOCATED NEAR KIOSKS AND ALSO
A CLEANING BUFFER AROUND THE
KIOSK THAT THEY'LL MAINTAIN.
FINALLY, THERE IS REALLY
DETAILED REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCE
WHICH
ARE STANDARD FOR TERM PERMITS,
BUT WE WORKED TO MAKE EVEN
MORE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAN
USUAL, WHICH ALSO IS A WAY
TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE
CONCERNS THAT THE SEATTLE
DESIGN COMMISSION HAD AND KEEP
TRACK OF
HOW THE PROGRAM IS WORKING.
AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES
TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER
WITH IN A COLLABORATIVE NATURE
WITH THE DSA AND IKE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, FOR WHAT WE HAVE HEARD,
WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW
TIMES, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU BROUGHT TO US.
SO THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE
A COMPREHENSIVE LIST, BUT
JUST SOME OF, LIKE, THE THEMES
AROUND
WHAT WE HEARD.
SO, PRIVACY AND
SECURITY CONCERNS ARE ONE, AND
NOTING THAT IN SECTION 25 OF THE
ORDINANCE, WE PROHIBIT
COLLECTING AND RETAINING ANY
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION, EXCEPT WHEN
THE USER PROVIDES CONSENT TO
CONNECT WITH THE FREE WI- FI OR
RETRIEVE THEIR SELFIE.
ANOTHER ITEM IS RELATED TO
VIDEO MOTION AND DRIVER
DISTRACTION.
IN THE ORDINANCE, IN SECTION
9, WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE
BASED ON SOME EXTENSIVE
TECHNICAL
REVIEW AND ANALYSIS THAT WE
COMPLETED, WORKING CLOSELY
WITH BOTH THE APPLICANTS AND
SDOT
TECHNICAL STAFF TO REVIEW
AND ANALYZE POTENTIAL IMPACTS
AS PART OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS
DONE.
WE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
BRIGHTNESS, AND THE KIOSKS
WILL NOT EXCEED BRIGHTNESS
LIMITS
INCLUDED IN THE SEATTLE SIGN
CODE, WHICH IS REFERENCED
IN SECTION 10 OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE DSA AND IKE
SMART CITY TO BEGIN
INSTALLING KIOSKS AFTER SITE
SPECIFIC PERMIT REVIEW
AND ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW CONCLUDES.
SO TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING
TO YOU AND YOU ARE POTENTIALLY
VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE.
IF THERE IS A VOTE TO MOVE
FORWARD, IT COULD GO TO THE
FULL COUNCIL NEXT, AND THEN
AGAIN STARTING SOMETIME
LATER THIS SUMMER WE WOULD
EXPECT THOSE
APPLICATIONS TO START COMING
IN FOR THE SITE SPECIFIC REVIEW.
AND HERE'S MY FINAL
SLIDE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
WE HOPE THIS HAS PROVIDED
YOU ADEQUATE INFORMATION.
BUT WE'RE HERE AND HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY FOLLOW- UP
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH
FOR THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN
AT THIS FOR A WHILE.
I THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN --
THIS IS THE THIRD COMMITTEE
MEETING, SO IT HAS BEEN SIX
WEEKS SO
FAR HERE ON THE COUNCIL'S SIDE,
TWO YEARS IN SDOT, EVEN BEFORE
THAT
DISCUSSED BETWEEN DSA AND
THE CITY IN VARIOUS WAYS.
SO, WITH THAT, DO
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
AND
I KNOW -- WE'LL GET TO YOUR
PART IN A SEC.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST REALLY THRILLED
TO HEAR WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
GETTING
RID OF ANY TREES AS PART OF THIS
EFFORT. I KNOW THAT THE U
DISTRICT BIA
IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND
MY DISTRICT OF THIS, NOT THAT.
MY DISTRICT IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE
OF NOT GETTING RID OF THE TREES.
BUT THE BIA, THE U DISTRICT,
IS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
SO, THANK YOU FOR
THE
PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS VERY
HELPFUL.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. THERE WILL BE TIME
FOR
COMMENTS ABOUT THE EFFORT
OVERALL IN A
BIT.
I DO WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF
DETAIL, NOT TO BE CRASS
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY.
BECAUSE THE AD REVENUE THE
KIOSKS WILL GENERATE FOR DSA
IS A BIG DRIVER OF LIFE SUPPORT
PERSONALLY.
I'VE SAID THAT ON THE RECORD
BEFORE, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IT
NOW.
BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE
DOWNTOWN WITHOUT THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION.
AND EVERYTHING THAT IT
DOES, NOTABLY AS THE OPERATOR OF
THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT, WHICH IS
PERSONIFIED BY THE CHARTREUSE
VEST CLAD
AMBASSADORS ALL OVER
DOWNTOWN BUT SO MUCH MORE
INCLUDING HOLIDAY LIGHTS, THE
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, ET
CETERA.
AND SO QUESTIONS HAVE
BEEN RAISED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
DSA
OR THE CITY COULD HAVE GOTTEN
A BETTER DEAL WITH ANOTHER
VENDOR, ET CETERA, OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE AD REVENUE OR SHOULD
THE
CITY HAVE CONTRACTED DIRECTLY
WITH THE VENDOR?
AND SO I JUST -- JUST LET ME
SAY A COUPLE OF POINTS ON SOME
OF THOSE THEMES.
THE IKE PROGRAM IN SEATTLE
IS ONE OF THE MOST FAVORABLE
TERMS EVER PROVIDED TO A CITY
WHEN
COMPARED TO AGREEMENT THEY
HAVE ESTABLISHES ELSEWHERE IN
THE
COUNTRY.
AS AN EXAMPLE, COMPARED TO SAN
DIEGO, WHERE IT IS 50% NET
REVENUE SHARING, OUR
ARRANGEMENT OF 32. 5% GROSS
REVENUE
SHARE WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT
IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE REVENUE
TO THE BIAs AND THE CITY, WHEN I
SAY BIAs, I'M INCLUDING THE
MID, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT
THE BENEFITS TO THE BIAs ALL
OVER THE CITY.
THE BEAUTY OF A GROSS DEAL
IS THAT DSA AND THE CITY
AREN'T INVOLVED IN IKE'S
ACCOUNTING
AND THE COSTS ARE TRULY
BORN EXCLUSIVELY BY IKE.
DSA AND THE DSAs IN THE CITY
ARE GETTING ONE THIRD OF THE
MONEY WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING.
AND THOSE ARE
EXTREMELY FAVORABLE TERMS.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS
ARRANGEMENTS, I WOULD
SAY, ENTERED INTO BY IKE.
AND, AGAIN, SDOT WAS
INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING DIGITAL
WAY FINDING
KIOSKS AS PART OF
ITS SEAMLESS SEATTLE PROGRAM AND
ALSO DECIDED
AGAINST PURSUING THAT BECAUSE
THE ACQUISITION AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS WERE JUST TOO
HIGH.
AND ALSO THE -- THE TIME
AND EFFORT IT WOULD TAKE
TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM,
DESPITE THE CLEAR BENEFITS THAT
THEY WOULD GENERATE FOR THE
PUBLIC.
SO, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
THE CITY BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE
AND PARTNER WITH THE DSA AND
ITS VENDOR TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY
ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC BENEFITS AT
NO
COST, BUT ALSO TO
POTENTIALLY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT
ADDITIONAL NET REVENUES IF
TRIGGER -- IF --
THAT ARE TRIGGERED IN PHASE TWO.
SO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN
TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS
HERE.
SO, WITH ALL OF THAT, I
JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT
DETAIL, BECAUSE THIS HAS
BEEN LABORIOUSLY NEGOTIATED,
LET'S JUST SAY.
SO, WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE
OF
COUNCIL BILL
IS THERE A SECOND?
>>
SECOND.
>> THANK
YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>>
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 20992 AS
PRESENTED, AMENDMENT ONE, THANK
YOU.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE.
WILL CENTRAL STAFF
PLEASE PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLING
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU CAN SPEAK
TO IT AS
WELL.
>> WHEN THE COUNCIL PASSED
THE RESOLUTION WITH THE
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FOR THIS
PROGRAM, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH OFFERED AN
AMENDMENT ADOPTED
BY THE COUNCIL THAT
ESTABLISHED THAT THE REVENUES
THAT GO TO
THE CITY SHOULD BE USED FOR
CITYWIDE
BUSINESS ACTIVATION AND
BUSINESS DISTRICT CITYWIDE.
SO, THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT WOULD MAKE THAT SAME
LANGUAGE IN
THE TERM PERMIT, AND ALSO IN
THE MOU THAT THE MAYOR IS
AUTHORIZED TO SIGN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU,
CALVIN, FOR
YOUR HELP ON ALL THIS.
COLLEAGUES, WE PASSED
A RESOLUTION WHERE I OFFERED
THIS AMENDMENT WITHIN THE
RESOLUTION, AND BASICALLY IT
JUST SHOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT
BUSINESS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
I ALWAYS AM GOING TO WAVE A
FLAG FOR DISTRICT 3 OBVIOUSLY
AND
THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREAS AND WITHOUT
THE PIKE PINE
CORRIDOR, PARTICULARLY ON
CAPITOL HILL, SEATTLE WOULD NOT
HAVE A NIGHT LIFE.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN
ECONOMIC ENGINE IN OUR CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AND ALL THE GREAT
SMALL
BUSINESS DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE EXTENDING SOME OF THAT LOVE
TO ALL THE DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I VOTED FOR THIS AMENDMENT
DURING THE RESOLUTION
PROCESS, AND I'LL SAY THAT I
SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, RESOLUTIONS
ARE STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, THIS WILL BECOME
LAW AND -- BUT THE SPIRIT OF
THIS
IS WHAT IS KEY.
I THINK IT IS
ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF
THIS PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE CITYWIDE BENEFITS TO
OUR STREET SCAPE IN ADDITION TO
THE
KEY ACTIVATION WORK THIS
WILL FIND -- THIS WILL FUND FOR
DSA AND OUR OTHER BIAs.
EXCESS REVENUES PROVIDED
BY THESE KIOSKS WILL GO TO
THE GENERAL FUND AND THIS
AMENDMENT STIPULATES
WE OUGHT TO USE THAT TO SUPPORT
ALL OF
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SMALL
BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
PARTICULARLY PIKE PINE
CORRIDOR, I'M JUST MAKING THIS
UP,
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS
TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
CITY.
ALSO LEADS STRAIGHT DOWN TO OUR
WATERFRONT, PASSING OUR NEW
CONVENTION CENTER, SO, I'M IN
WHOLE HEARTED SUPPORT OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT ONE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
AYE.
>> CHAIR
NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> GREAT, THE MOTION CARRIES
AND AMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER
FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET
INTO THE -- INTO THE NITTY-
GRITTY
DETAILS, IT -- WE HAVE
WAXED POETIC OF THIS KIOSK
PROGRAM AND
THIS INITIATIVE ALREADY, BUT I
WILL SIMPLY SAY THAT,
AGAIN, THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES
THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR DSA'S
DIGITAL KIOSK PROGRAM,
AUTHORIZING
BOTH SDOT AND THE TERM --
AUTHORIZING BOTH THE SDOT TERM
PERMIT
AND THE MOU.
INTERACTIVE KIOSKS ARE
A COMPONENT OF MAYOR HARRELL'S
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN AND DSA
MAKES DOWNTOWN BETTER.
SO, WE -- I AM FOR ANYTHING
THAT HELPS DSA IMPROVE OUR CITY
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
WE DON'T NEED DSA TO FEND FOR
ITSELF AND SUPPORT IN MY
OPINION OF THIS LEGISLATION IS A
SIGNAL OF SUPPORT PARTICULARLY
IN
PHASE ONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT
THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION DOES TO MAKE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
THE BEST IT CAN POSSIBLY BE
AND IT IS ALSO OPTIMISTIC THAT
THESE
WILL BE EXTREMELY -- THAT
THEY WILL BE POPULARLY RECEIVED
AND
ALSO WELL POSITIONED IN
OUR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW
THINGS. ONE, I'D LIKE TO THANK
DSA, MR.
EXTOL SCOLES WHO IS HERE TODAY.
I WILL NOT TRY TO MATCH
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S LOVE OF
THE
DSA, BUT
I AM -- I DON'T THINK IT IS
POSSIBLE.
BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE AND
PARTICULARLY WITH THE WORK
OF THE MID PROGRAM, WHICH GOES
TO ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS IS PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND ON THE BACK END IS THE BIAs.
I RECOGNIZE THE AMENDMENT JUST
PASSED, TALKED ABOUT GOING
TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY,
HOPEFULLY THIS COULD BE A
MOTIVATOR FOR DIFFERENT AREAS OF
OF THE CITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN
BIAs.
I THINK THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
BIAs AS PART
OF THEIR DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE
BUSINESS AND THE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HAS AN
UNDERLYING REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AS
WELL.
AND, AGAIN, THIS IS THE
FRONT END AND BACK END FOR THIS
IS
ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ME.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK
VISIT SEATTLE FOR COMING OUT
TODAY, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE.
IKE, THE TEAM THERE, THE
MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND, OF COURSE, SDOT
AND MR. CHOW FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
WE DO NEED TO WORK THESE
ISSUES, WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE
OUR
DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE
THING, AND I THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT, I KNOW VISIT
SEATTLE, I KNOW THE DSA IS ON
POINT ON
THIS.
IS THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT
THIRD PIKE AND PINE.
LAST WEEK I WAS OUT THERE
6:30 AT NIGHT, THIRD PIKE AND
PINE.
I SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
FACE THERE.
I WAS AT THE CONVENTION
CENTER, AND THEN CAME BACK
DOWNTOWN,
QUITE NICE.
I'VE BEEN TO PIKE PLACE
MARKET, A WALK DOWNTOWN, AND
THEN ALASKAN WAY, THE
WATERFRONT.
WE HAVE THIS CHALLENGE.
AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT NOTHING HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
MICROSOFT SAYS WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO THE
CONVENTION
CENTER.
SO WHEN WE KEEP TALKING
ABOUT THESE THINGS, WE NEED TO
TAKE
THAT NEXT
STEP. AND I'M ASKING QUESTIONS
OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET AWAY
FROM THE CIRCLE THAT WE'RE IN
WHEN IT
RELATES TO PIKE AND PINE AND
DOWNTOWN.
THE 50-YARD LINE, ALL THIS.
TO BE FRANK, I'M TIRED.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN -- I WAS
OUT TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES, IT IS PAINFUL.
I SPOKE TO THIS AT PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE IN CHAIR
COMMENT ON
TUESDAY.
AND SO I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, NO
MORE. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE
NEXT
YEAR, YEAR AFTER, SAYING,
OH, THIRD PIKE AND PINE, THIRD
PIKE AND PINE.
I'M ALREADY TIRED OF IT.
WE'RE PRESSING ON THE --
ON OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN,
IN TERMS OF IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY POSTURE, CREATING A
SAFE BASE IN OUR CITY.
WE PASSED 17 BILLS ALREADY.
WE GOT TWO MORE IN THE
PIPELINE TO GO TO COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION AND THE
LIKE. BUT WE CAN'T BE GO LIKE
THIS AS IT RELATES TO THIRD PIKE
AND
PINE.
I HAVE IN IDEA SOME IDEAS, AS
USUAL,
AS YOU KNOW.
I DO A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERING AND
THE LIKE, TALKING TO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT TO
SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT MAKING SURE
Ts
ARE CROSSED AND Is ARE DOTTED.
BUT WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP
CONTINUING THIS WAY.
SO, THAT IS MY PUBLIC SAFETY
THIRD PIKE AND PINE. I DO SEE
THE KIOSKS AS BEING
A WAY TO DO THAT, THE 911
OPTION, WHICH WE WILL HAVE.
AND THESE OTHER PIECES.
AND I THINK IT IS POSITIVE AND
PARTICULARLY WITH SUPPORTING
OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY,
PREFERABLY
WITH THE BIAs BECAUSE OF THAT
FUNCTION THAT THEY HAVE, THAT
ORGANIZATION, THAT
STRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT
OPPORTUNITY, SO THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT PARTICULARLY OUTSIDE
OF GOVERNMENT THE WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE BY VISIT SEATTLE
BY THE DSA.
AND THEN IN THIS CASE, EVEN WITH
IKE.
BUT LASTLY, YES, I CAN
NEVER MATCH YOUR LOVE FOR DSA
BECAUSE IT IS THE BENCHMARK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE GET
ASKED FREQUENTLY TO DO THINGS TO
HELP
DOWNTOWN. OUR CONSISTENTS ASK
FOR, YOU
KNOW, ASSISTANCE IN MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT
DOWNTOWN THAT THEY CAN COME DOWN
TO
VISIT, AND FEEL SAFE.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP TO
GO
TOWARD THAT END, TO MAKE
DOWNTOWN SAFER,
MORE VIBRANT, AND IN A WAY THAT,
YOU KNOW,
THE REVENUE FOR IS THIS GOING TO
GO RIGHT BACK TO KEEPING THE
AREA
CLEAN AND SAFE AND ALL THE
THINGS.
AND THE THING IS, YOU KNOW,
WE TRY THIS AND IF
IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE'LL
HAVE TO PIVOT TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE DO
AREN'T ALWAYS SET IN STONE.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
AND WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO
DO THINGS AND THEN THINGS LIKE
THIS
ARE PROPOSED, AND THEN WE
DON'T TRY IT, IT REALLY -- IT
MAKES
IT DIFFICULT TO US FOR US TO
KNOW WHAT CAN WE DO?
SO THIS IS -- THIS IS, TO ME,
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
IT IS FOLKS ARE ASKING AND WE
NEED TO MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE
VIBRANT AND SAFER.
WE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES.
AND CHAIR KETTLE, PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAIR KETTLE, YOU HAVE DONE
SO MUCH LEADING US INTO PASSING
ALL
THESE PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS,
AND WE NEED MORE.
SO, THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, IT
IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE
PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIP, IF IT WORKS, GREAT.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THIS.
IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE CAN
BE RIGHT BACK HERE AND WE WILL
MAKE TWEAKS TO
IT. AND SO, TO ME, IT IS WORTH
TRYING.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I DON'T
WANT TO BE SITTING HERE, FOLKS
ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING AND
WE'RE
NOT DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE IT
MIGHT
BE TOO DIFFICULT OR
THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS ON
THE BACK
END THAT MIGHT NOT WORK EXACTLY
HOW
WE WOULD LIKE.
THEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING ON
THE BACK END TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE
TRYING AND
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
TODAY, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING
IT MOVE FORWARD AND THEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A
CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE
TO SEE HOW THINGS ÷÷ARE GOING.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, I FEEL LIKE
I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING
BECAUSE
YOU BOTH SAID IT BOTH IN
SO LUCID AND THOUGHTFUL.
I WILL SIMPLY NOTE THAT WE
HAVE IN YOUR INBOX MANY EMAILS
OF
SUPPORT.
I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE AESTHETICS, BUT
HERE'S WHAT
I WOULD SAY, THESE ARE THE
FIRST NEW THINGS TO GO IN
DOWNTOWN
IN A REALLY LONG TIME.
THEY REPRESENT, TO ME THEY ARE
A REFLECTION OF THE INNOVATION
OF
THE CITY, AND OF
TECHNOLOGY, MANY OF OUR -- MUCH
OF OUR
GROWTH HAS DEPENDED ON
THAT SECTOR AS WELL.
BUT MORE TO THE POINT, THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE
KEY. AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT
LONG LIST AND I WON'T READ THEM
ALL
OFF, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF
THEM, I WILL.
WHICH IS THE SECOND PERHAPS OR
EQUALLY IMPORTANT REASON WHY
I'M SO SUPPORTIVE IS THAT OUR
SMALL LOCAL INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES WILL BENEFIT FROM
THESE
KIOSKS, PROVIDING MULTILINGUAL
INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO
WILL BE TRAVELING TO OUR CITY
FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE
WORLD
CUP,
AND ALSO PROVIDE FOR FREE WI-
FI, ET CETERA, EMERGENCY
RESPONSE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT
THAT THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS,
BUT IT IS PUTTING A STAKE IN THE
GROUND.
IT IS WHERE THE SILICON
MEETS THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO,
YOU
KNOW, IMPROVING DOWNTOWN AND
MOVING FORWARD IN MY MIND.
ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE AMENDED BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR
NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE BILL PASSES.
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT,
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE
THING BEFORE WE LEAVE.
I WANT TO -- I WANT TO EXTEND A
DEEP THANK YOU TO MY AIDE IN THE
COMMITTEE CLERK, HE'S OUT
SICK, BUT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON
THIS
PROJECT SINCE THE GET- GO, SINCE
PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY,
2022 WHEN I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT
THIS.
AND IT IS A BUMMER HE CAN'T
BE HERE TO SHARE IN THIS
MOMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK
YOU, ALSO, TO ERIC FOR PITCHING
IN TODAY AND THE WHOLE TEAM OUT
THERE, DSA, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
CENTRAL STAFF, CALVIN CHOW.
ANYWAY, THERE WILL BE MORE
TIME ON TUESDAY, NOT THIS COMING
TUESDAY, BUT
THE FOLLOWING, WHEN WE TAKE THIS
TO FULL COUNCIL
FOR A VOTE.
SO, IF THERE IS NO MORE BUSINESS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE -- IT IS
2:54 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.