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>>> MY APOLOGIES. WE ARE LIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE
JANUARY 29, 2025 MEETING OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE OF
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS 2:07. MY NAME IS
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, THE CHAIR
SELECT COMMITTEE, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE.
>>
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> AWESOME. THE WHOLE TEAM. WE
WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED AS
ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO
OPEN THE HYBRID SECTION OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE. I WANT TO
THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU
FOR COMING OUT TODAY. FOR YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, I KNOW HOW
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THIS IS TO
YOU AND YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF TO
COME DOWN HERE. I JUST WANT TO
MAKE YOU ALL , THANK YOU ALL
PERSONALLY AND FROM THE COUNCIL
AS WELL. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE
HAVE SPEAKING TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 31 IN PERSON. 20
REMOTE.
>> 31. THAT IS A TOTAL OF 51
SPEAKERS. OKAY. WE WILL GIVE
EVERYONE 90 SECONDS TO SPEAK
TODAY. PUBLIC 90 SECONDS, AND I
KNOW WE RECEIVED EMAILS
REGARDING FOLKS SAYING THEY
WANTED MORE TIME . AT PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO
EXTEND IT, IT IS 20 MINUTES. WE
CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT BECAUSE WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE
BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE
ARE DOING A PUBLIC HEARING ON
FEBRUARY 5, FEBRUARY 5 AT 5:00
P.M. EVERYONE WILL GET TWO
MINUTES AND WE WILL BE HERE FOR
AS LONG AS IT TAKES. IF WE ARE
HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WE WILL BE
HERE. IT IS 1:00 A.M., WE WILL
BE HERE. AS LONG AS YOU NEED US,
WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE
TIME. SO THAT IS FEBRUARY 5 AT
5:00 P.M. WE WILL BE HERE THE
FULL NIGHT TO LISTEN TO
EVERYONE'S COMMENT . WE HAVE A
TOTAL OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
I KNOW ALSO, TOO, PEOPLE HAVE
SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH THEIR
COUNCILMEMBERS. I KNOW I AM
MEETING WITH A BUNCH OF FOLKS IN
OUR DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
CONTINUING THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH
YOUR COUNCILMEMBER IN THE
DISTRICTS, WHICH I THINK IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE, IF
YOU WANT TO MEETING WITH US,
REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE. WE WILL
HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU ALL AND
TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING. THANK
YOU. SPEAKER, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ THE RULES FOR TODAY.
>> I WILL CALL SPEAKERS IN THE
NAME AND ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTER BOTH ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE AND WE WILL START WITH
ENDS -- IMPRESSION SPEAKERS
FIRST. YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED
BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN
UP. WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN
BY SAYING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU WISH TO ADDRESS . YOU WILL
HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE
LEFT OF THE ENTIRE TIME. THE
SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AND WE WILL:THE NEXT
PERSON. THE FIRST THREE
SPEAKERS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
SIGN UP TO ANYONE THESE TWO SETS
OF PODIUMS. WE WILL START.
>> PLEASE, AS SHE CALLS YOUR
NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE
MICROPHONE. WE HAVE THREE
MICROPHONES. OTHERWISE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.
>> AWESOME.
>> I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE
CONFERENCE PLAN. MY NAME IS BOB
MORGAN. MY HOME IS NEXT TO THE
PROPOSED CENTER. I PROPOSE YOU
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
PROPOSED ONE SEATTLE PLAN IN
EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. IT
SHOULD INCLUDE THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE. IT SHOULD BE HELD
DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. IT
SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO SPEAKERS
WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY COMMENTED
IN ONE OF THE OTHER HEARINGS.
THE SPEAKER LENGTH OF THE
HEARING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE PLAN IS
GOING TO HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS
ON THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS IN 30
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY. A SURPRISING NUMBER
ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO BE REZONED FOR FOUR
AND FIVE STORY APARTMENT AND
THEY WILL SOON BE ADJACENT TO
SUCH ZONING. THERE ARE ELDERLY
AND DISABLED TO OWN HOMES. THE
CURRENT PLAN TO HOLD A MARATHON
HEARING ON A DARK WINTER NIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN IS GUARANTEED TO
RESULT IN AN UNREPRESENTED
HEARING. IF YOU FEEL THERE IS
NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO SCHEDULE
AND HOLD THESE HEARINGS, PRIOR
TO STATE MANDATED DEADLINES HB
1110, I SUGGEST ACTING INITIALLY
ON ONLY THOSE ASPECTS OF THE
PLAN THAT ARE MANDATED BY STATE
LAW AND HAVING MORE TIME TO DEAL
AND HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC
INFORMATION. I HAVE 10 SECONDS?
IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION, MAYBE ON MY CAM
ABOUT THE TWO SUBSEQUENT
HEARINGS AND WHAT THEY ARE AIMED
AT AND WHAT STAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE ERIC AND THEN DOUG
AND THEN BLAIR.
>> YES, HELLO. I AM ERIC, FROM
DISTRICT 3. STATE PROPERTY TAXES
ARE ASSESSED AT THE 100% USE.
THAT MEANS PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE
PROPERTIES ARE REZONED TO THE
NEW ONE COULD BE REVISED FOR
REBUILDING INSTEAD OF A SINGLE
HOME. NONE OF THESE AREAS
QUALIFY FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS OR
REFERRALS. IT IS GOING TO HAVE
HUGE FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS FOR
HOMEOWNERS. FROM YOUR
DISCUSSIONS IN PLANNING I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WITH THE COUNCIL IS
PROPOSING. THANK YOU.
>> DOUG?
>> HI. MY NAME IS DOUG LAND, I
AM A HOMEOWNER . I AM MY
NEIGHBORS NEVER RECEIVED ANY
DIRECT NOTIFICATION BY MAIL FROM
THE CITY ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR
REZONING . WHY WAS NO GENERAL
MAILING ABOUT THIS SENT TO THE
AFFECTED RESIDENTS AT ANY TIME?
WELL, I AM NOW AWARE BUT
OUTREACH EFFORTS SINCE LAST
OCTOBER, I THINK THEY WERE
WOEFULLY INADEQUATE, IT ONLY
REACHED A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS. BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF GENERAL NOTICE
REQUIREMENT, IT IS INTENDED TO
DRASTICALLY RESTRUCTURE AND I AM
CAUTIOUS WITH THE MORE
CONCERNING CITY GENERATED PARTS,
WHILE COMPLYING WITH THE URGENT
STATE DEADLINE FOR EACH. I ASK
YOU DO THIS BOTH OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC FAIRNESS AND RESPECT
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS
AND THEIR SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT
REQUIRE FURTHER ATTENTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW, BLAIR . FOLLOWING BLAIR
WILL BE MAGGIE LEWIS.
>> I AM HERE FROM MADRONA. I WAS
ACTUALLY, I ORIGINALLY CAME FOR
THE PRESENTATION OF TWO OF MY
NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE PHYSICAL AND
OTHER LIMITATIONS WITH THERE IN
PERSON OR PHONE TESTIMONY. I DO
HAVE VIDEOS WHICH I HAVE TO
SHARE, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND WHY
THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL
ADVERSELY AFFECT . ONE PERSON'S
NAME, HER NAME IS CARLA, HER
FAMILY HAS LIVED THERE FOR FIVE
GENERATIONS, SINCE 1965 WHEN IT
WAS INTEGRATED, AS I DISCUSSED
IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY SELL
FROM FAMILY MEMBER TO FAMILY
MEMBER OVER GENERATIONS. CARLA
IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER
ABILITY TO REMAIN IN HER HOME
TODAY BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL
CLASSIFICATIONS WE ARE HEARING
ABOUT AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT
HER FAMILY'S PROPERTIES. THEY
CURRENTLY OWN THREE HOMES THAT
ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE
ZONING PROPOSALS. AND, YOU KNOW,
SHE MENTIONED TO ME, SHE HOPES
TO DIE IN HER HOME, BUT SHE
REALLY FEELS THIS WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER. ESPECIALLY
IF THESE CHANGES GO THROUGH. IN
HER WORDS, THE TAX INCREASES,
THIS IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN. HER
GRANDSON ALSO SPOKE WITH ME. HE
TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT THE LEGACY OF
HIS FAMILY. HE WAS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT LIVING ANYPLACE
ELSE. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THREE
HOMES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MAGGIE, FOLLOWING MAGGIE WILL
BE ROBERT AND THEN BOB.
>> MY NAME IS MAGGIE LEWIS. I AM
IN DISTRICT 1. THE DEVIL IS IN
THE DETAILS WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT A
LARGE, COMPLICATED PLAN AND I
WILL PRESENT THOSE DETAILS I
THINK PROBABLY WILL TALK ABOUT
THEM. I WOULD LIKE THE MORGAN
JUNCTION URBAN CENTER BOUNDARY
ON THE WEST AS IT RUNS DOWN WEST
OF FONT LEROY TO BE DELETED.
THAT BOUNDARY SHOULD STAY WHERE
IT IS AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE
NEW BOUNDARY, THE PROPOSED
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE RAVINE WHERE
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO STRING,
EVEN THOUGH THE MAP THE CITY
GIVES A SHOWS A STREAK, THERE IS
NO STREET THERE. IT REMAINS THE
SOURCE OF SLIDES IN THE PAST AND
AN ENTIRE GARAGE SLID DOWN INTO
THE RAVINE. AT THE WEST END OF
THE RAVINE, IT ONCE EXPERIENCED
GUSHING WATERS UP AND DOWN
CROSSING FAUNTLEROY AND TAKING
OUT THE TERRITORY AND VEGETATION
BELOW, A HOUSE THAT IS THERE.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR
REHOUSING. THE PROPERTY IS NOT
SAFE. IN ADDITION, THE CITY JUST
SPENT GOOD MONEY DAYLIGHTING
THAT CREEK AND THE NEWLY
RENOVATED LAKE, LONG BEACH,
PARDON ME. THIS HOLDS TRUE FOR
THE EDDY STREET WERE BEING
CLOSED DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. IT
HAS THE SAME ISSUES. THESE TWO
RAVINE SHOULD NOT UNDERGO
RECONSTRUCTION AT THEIR
HEADWATERS OR ANYWHERE THAT
FLOWS INTO IT. THE DEVIL IS IN
THE DETAILS. THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE, HAVE TWO MICROPHONES.
YOU STEP UP TO EITHER ONE, I
KNOW WE HAVE THE NEXT THREE
SPEAKERS.
>> WE HAVE ROBERT READ AND THEN
BOB AND THE MARY.
>> IS IT WORKING?
>> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
REZONED AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK. MY NAME IS ROBERT, I AM A
RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I'VE
GOT OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES. I AM
POSITIVE THAT SEATTLE NEEDS MORE
HOMES AND PEOPLE NEED MORE
OPPORTUNITIES. MOSTLY POSITIVE,
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN VIEWS
SEATTLE AS A CITY. WITH A FEW
SIMPLE CHANGES, WE COULD MAKE
THE PLAN WORKABLE BUT THE
DRIVING FORCE TO MAKE SEATTLE A
MAGNET FOR TALENT AND A
VERITABLE UTOPIA . I BELIEVE
THAT MAKING OUR CITY THE FIRST
CHOICE FOR PEOPLE STARTING
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE STARTING
BUSINESSES IS THE BEST WAY TO
ENSURE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR OUR
CITY. I HAVE SUBMITTED A ONE
PAGE SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES I
BELIEVE HOW SEATTLE CAN MAKE THE
MOST OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
POSITIVE GROWTH. COUNCILMEMBERS,
PLEASE CHANGE THIS PLANT. PLEASE
PUT THE NEEDS OF FUTURE
GENERATIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE.
THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, MY MOUSE IS STUCK.
>> I WOULD JUST ARE. MY NAME IS
BOB. I LIVE WEST OF FAUNTLEROY.
IT IS IN EXTENDED MORGAN
JUNCTION VALLEY. IT IS A LOW
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA WITH A
COUPLE OF COMMON
CHARACTERISTICS. SMALL STREETS,
AND INADEQUATE SIDEWALKS. I HAVE
A PICTURE OF MY STREET. THERE IS
A GARBAGE TRUCK COMING DOWN IT.
THREE TO 16 FEET WIDE. THE
SIDEWALK IS THREE FEET WIDE AND
ONLY ON ONE SIDE. SO, AS IT
EXISTS RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING
PLAN , THE SIDE BY THE GARBAGE
TRUCK WOULD BE L3 CONSTRUCTION
AND THE SIDE BY THE BIG TRUCK
WOULD BE L2 CONSTRUCTION. I FEEL
LIKE THIS IS AN INADEQUATE USE
OF ZONING. YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT KEEPING THE AREA WEST OF
FAUNTLEROY STREET, LEAVING IT AS
IS OR ELSE, CONSIDER SOME OTHER
WAY OF MODIFYING ZONING TO HAVE
THE KIND THE STREETS IN THAT
AREA. YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN
DOWN THIS STREET. WHEN I WENT
AROUND , TALKING TO NEIGHBORS
AROUND THIS PROCESS, THEY KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE WENT DOOR
BILLING THERE. THANK YOU FOR
COMING. COME BACK. THANK YOU.
>> MARY FLANAGAN. AND THEN
DEREK. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR
COMMENTS IN THAT BOX AND WE WILL
DISTRIBUTE AFTER THE MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM FROM MAPLE LEAF. MAPLE
LEAF CURRENTLY HAS PETITIONS TO
HAVE REMOVED THE DESIGNATION OF
MAPLE LEAF AS AN URBAN CENTER.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 1005
SIGNATURES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING
ON A TREE SURVEY RIGHT NOW. WE
WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU ON
FEBRUARY 5 ABOUT THE RESULTS OF
THAT. BUT I AM ONE OF THE
SURVEYORS. WHAT I WANTED TO TELL
YOU IS THAT WHEN I WALK AROUND
AND I DO THE SURVEYS, THE LARGE
TREES ARE ALMOST ALL ON THE
PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. IF
YOU CAN BOTH SAVE TREES AND
INCREASE DENSITY IF WE PROTECT
THE TREES ON THE PERIMETER. THE
TREES ARE REALLY VALUABLE. THE
BENEFITS OF TREES , AS I AM SURE
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DONE TESTIMONY, ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BENEFITS
OF TREES. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE
PEOPLE WHO REALIZE THAT. THAT IS
IMPORTANT. THERE IS NO REASON
WHY WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH. THIS IS
NOT AN EXCLUSIVE ONE OR THE
OTHER. THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE DEREK NEXT . AND THEN
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEN JOSH.
>> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ON MY NAME IS DEREK. I
AM HERE TO COMMENT ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT COALITION. I WORK AT
A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION . THE
CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FALL
SHORT OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
IT CAN BE IMPROVED AND HELP
FIGHT DISPLACEMENT IN
COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. ONE THING WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IS MORE INTENTIONAL
FORMAL HOUSING PLANNING. ALL I
SEE COMING UNDER THIS PLAN IS
INVESTMENT . WE NEED TO ASSIST
COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOT SERVED BY
CURRENT HOUSING. AND OUR EFFORTS
TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
WE SEE CITY POLICIES AND
PLANNING EFFORTS AT TIMES, OUR
EFFORTS ARE DIVERSE AND SOME ARE
LOW-INCOME SENIORS, SOME ARE
LOW-INCOME WORKERS, SOME ARE
FAMILIES AND THEY ALL NEED
HOUSING. WE ALSO NEED TO DO MORE
ON DISPLACEMENT. THIS PLAN CAN
DO A MORE ROBUST JOB AT
PROMOTING COMMUNITY-BASED AND
COMMUNITY LED DEVELOPMENTS AND
ALSO, WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB
OF DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND
POLICIES. WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND
WE INVITE YOU TO BE A PARTNER
WITH US FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT , [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEN
JOSH.
>>,. THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR
GOING ON . SEATTLE , WITH
GROWTH, COMES A LOT OF FEAR. WE
NEED A HOUSE 200,000 PEOPLE IN
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT MEET
THAT. WE ARE GOING TO PUT ALL
THAT IN A PLACE THAT POVERTY HAS
DENSITY. YOU NEED TO DO THE
BRAVE THING. OPEN UP MORE LAND
ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING, PUT
MORE MULTIGENERATIONAL, MORE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ON THERE.
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS.
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL
MEET OUR NEEDS. BECAUSE THAT
200,000, THAT IS A LOW ESTIMATE.
AS WE SEE, WITH THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, IT WILL BRING MORE
REFUGEES TO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. WE NEED TO MEET THAT
NEED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JOSH?
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
JOSH FREEMAN. I AM AN ATTORNEY
SUPPORTING THE COMPLETE
IMMUNITIES COALITION. IN
TODAY'S MEETING THE COUNCIL
WILL REVIEW SEVERAL
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION,
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION.
THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO KEEP THEIR
EYES ON WHAT MAY BE THE MOST
CRITICAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
MEASURE OF ALL, ALLOWING
HOMEOWNERS TO ACTUALLY BUILD
ONTO THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTIES
WITH REASONABLE ADDITIONAL
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY SO THAT
THESE HOMEOWNERS CAN PROVIDE
SPACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO
START FAMILIES, SPACE FOR THEIR
PARENTS TO AGE IN PLACE OR EVEN
SPACE TO RENT ACCESSORY OR
ADDITIONAL UNITS TO NEW
NEIGHBORS AS AN ADDITIONAL
SOURCE OF INCOME DURING
EXPENSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE
TIMES. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS
ARGUED THAT ALL NEW HOUSING
UNITS A LOT BY THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO LOW
INCOME PEOPLE IN ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT HELPING NEW
HOUSING TO ACTUALLY GET BUILT
FOR MORE SITES AND IN MORE
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HELP OUR
NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR
CITY TO ALLEVIATE AND REACT TO
THE PRESSURES OF SUPPLY AND
DEMAND ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
WE CAN'T IGNORE THE ECONOMIC
FLAWS AND HOPE THEY WILL GO
AWAY. THEY DO, WE ARE ACCEPTING
DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS THESE
ECONOMIC FORCES OF ARTIE HAD AND
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON OUR
CITY. I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRAVE AND
PROACTIVE IN ITS REVIEW AND WORK
ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING
MAPS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THANK YOU. SPENT THANK YOU,
JOSH. IT'S JOSH NEXT. DON,
NANCY AND AND CINDY. DON, HELLO.
>> THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. I
LIVE IN NORTH CANYON HELP. IT IS
NOW ZONED LR THREE. OVER 500
NEIGHBORS DISAGREE WITH THE
ZONING, NOT BECAUSE WE OPPOSE
IT, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE LEFT OUT
OF THE CONVERSATION AND IN
ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT QUEEN
ANNE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC
PARKWAY. ON SATURDAY, I RECEIVED
A MAILER FROM MAYOR HARRELL
REGARDING THE UPCOMING LEVY,
WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE, BUT WHY
WASN'T A NOTICE LIKE THIS SENT
TO HOMEOWNERS INFORMING THEM OF
THE MASSIVE OF ZONING? THIS
GRAND BARGAIN IS NOT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND DEVELOPERS, IT IMPACTS
EVERYONE. EVERY HOMEOWNER SHOULD
BE INVOLVED IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD OF ZONING. TO QUOTE
OUR NEW COUNSELING, SOLOMON, WE
ARE ONE SEATTLE. WHEN THE CITY
FAILS TO ENGAGE WITH HOMEOWNERS
AND FAILS TO BRING US TO THE
TABLE, IT CREATES DIVISION, NOT
COLLABORATION. ALL IT IS DOING
IS CREATING THIS WITH NO TREES.
FROM THIS, AND THIS IS THE ISSUE
THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED
TOGETHER BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
PLEASE ENGAGE US. THINK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NANCY
AND THEN BRITNEY.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
NANCY. I AM PART OF A GROUP OF
ABOUT 500 RESINS BACK WHO LIVE
ON OR NEAR 10th AVENUE WEST.
ALMOST EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS
SIX BLOCK AREA AND SURROUNDING
STREETS MET WITH THE
COUNCILMEMBER IN DECEMBER 2024.
WE COPIED ALL THE CITY LEADERS.
WE SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE
HOUSING IN SEATTLE. WE HAVE
IDEAS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE
CREATED. OF THE 500 NEIGHBORS
WHO SIGNED THIS LETTER, I
PERSONALLY TALKED TO OVER 150 OF
THEM. ONLY TWO WERE AWARE OF THE
STATUS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN. ONCE THE ZONING PLAN WAS
PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2024, MANY
WERE STUNNED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF
CHANGE BEING PROPOSED IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. SOME SAY THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. I ACCEPT MY
RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP ABREAST
OF PUBLIC ISSUES BUT HOWEVER,
UNTIL OCTOBER 2024, THERE WERE
FEW SPECIFICS AVAILABLE AND
CERTAINLY NO ZONING. NEIGHBORS
HAD UNTIL DECEMBER 20th, LESS
THAN TWO MONTHS OVER BUSY
HOLIDAY SEASON TO OFFER THE BACK
ON THE CONFUSING ELECTRONIC
INTERFACE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOW. PLEASE
REACH OUT TO US FOR SUPPORT AND
COLLABORATION. WE KNOW OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND UNDERSTAND THE
NEED FOR MORE HOUSING. WE WOULD
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
BRITNEY. AFTER BRITNEY WE HAVE
PARKER. D COLLEEN
>> AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. MY NAME
IS BRITTANY. I'M A RESIDENT
THERE OF DISTRICT 7. I WILL GIVE
AN UNPOPULAR OPINION ON THIS
ROOM, YOU NEED TO HELP US BUILD
HOUSING UP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THIS ROOM OR COWORKERS. THEY ARE
HOMEOWNERS. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE
TO OWN A HOME IN THE CITY. THAT
IS A REALITY. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW BUT AS A RENTER, I
FEAR MY NOTICE EVERY YEAR HOW
MUCH IS BRENT GOING TO GO UP?
HOW WILL I LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE?
AS SOMEONE WHO IS LEGALLY BLIND,
I CAN'T JUST MAGICALLY GO ON A
WEBSITE AND GO, A GOOD PLACE TO
LIVE. HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MY
NEW LANDLORD TO MAKE SURE THE
PLACES ACCESSIBLE FOR MY NEEDS.
IT IS TOUGH. I AM LUCKY I HAVE A
LANDLORD RIGHT NOW THAT IS
WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND HAS
BEEN ABLE TO KEEP ME IN PLACE
FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. THEY
ASSURED ME I WILL BE ABLE TO
STAY THERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T
SELL OUT. HERE IS THE THING.
BEING A DISABLED PERSON, WHETHER
YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE IT OR
NOT, MAKES LIVING IN THE CITY
EVEN TOUGHER. AN AGING IN PLACE
SITUATION, FOR BY THESE PEOPLE,
WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR TODAY,
YOU WILL FIND IT TOUGH TO LIVE
WHERE YOU ARE. YOU HAVE STAIRS,
HILLS, BUILDINGS CLOSE TO
TRANSIT, PLACES THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE ARE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY IN THIS CITY. I WILL
CALL YOU OUT, MS. MOORE. YOU
SAID WHAT IF RENTERS DON'T
ENGAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS?
RENTERS AND PEOPLE LIKE US DO
ENGAGE AT COUNCIL. I FOUND THAT
COMMENT VERY DISTURBING. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DONNA AND
THEN COLLEEN AND THEN PARKER.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM
A CIVIL ENGINEER. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, THE LAST MEETING YOU
ASKED DEVELOPERS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL BUILDING HOUSING. ONE
RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN FRONTAGE
IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS FOR FOR
PLEXUS, DUPLEXES , SMALL
HOUSING. WE ARE SHOWING AN EIGHT
UNIT PROJECT OUTSIDE OF URBAN
VILLAGE THAT IS EXEMPT FROM
SIDEWALK AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, IF A PROJECT IS INSIDE
THE VILLAGE, IT REQUIRES
SIDEWALK, CURB AND PLANTER
STRIPS FOR A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM
IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. THAT IS
SECTION 2353.006, SECTION
2353.051. MY SUGGESTION IS TO
CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
ACROSS THE CITY AND PROVIDE THE
SIDEWALK EXEMPTION FOR ALL
PROJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, KING
COUNTY ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO PAY
A FEE IN LIEU OF FRONTAGE
REQUIREMENTS. THIS ALLOWS
SMALLER PROJECTS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS IN LIEU OF
THE FEES COLLECTED. THAT CAN BE
COMBINED IN NUMEROUS AREAS AT
THE HIGHEST AND GREATEST NEED
FOR SIDEWALKS AND SAFE WALKING
PATHS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COLLEEN,
PARKER AND THEN RYAN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW
AND EXPANDED URBAN CENTERS IN
SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I
AM HERE AT THE CAPACITY OF ONE
SEATTLE HOMEOWNER, REALTOR,
URBAN MASTER PLANNING STUDENT
BUT MOST OF ALL, MIDDLE HOUSING
ENTHUSIAST. THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN OFFERS AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO TAKE
BOLD STEPS TOWARD A MORE
EQUITABLE FUTURE IN LIGHT OF OUR
NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS. AND IN
THE MIDST OF A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY
ACTIVELY ROLLING BACK FOR
MARGINALIZED COMMITTEES.
PRACTICES HAVE CREATED HOUSING
AND EQUITY SCARCITIES. TOGETHER
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE
THESE INHERENTLY RACIST
STRUCTURES TO OPEN MORE OF
SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MORE PEOPLE OF
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. MORE
HOUSING EQUALS MORE OPTIONS.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE
CHOICE OF MOVING TO AMENITY RICH
AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ARE STAYING
IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TIES
WITHOUT BEING PRICED OUT.
DENSER, STRATEGICALLY PLANNED,
NEW DEVELOPMENT IS DESPERATELY
NEEDED AND THE BURDEN OF GROWTH
AT URBAN A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO FALL
PREDOMINANTLY ON HISTORICALLY
REDLINE AREAS THAT ARE OFTEN NOT
REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC
COMMENTERS. THAT IS WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW
NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDERS TO
DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION IN
FAVOR PRESERVER SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONING. THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE PARKER AND THEN RYAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
WELCOME, COUNCILMEMBER. MY NAME
IS PARKER DAWSON. I AM HERE WITH
THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
MY BUILDERS COLLEAGUES, AT THIS
TIME, WE ARE T█HE BUILDERS OF M
ASSOCIATION BUILD MIDDLE
HOUSING, PRIMARILY AND MARKET
RATE HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND THAT
TODAY YOU ARE TO BE HEARING A
LOT ABOUT THE FANTASTIC AND WELL
NEEDED PROGRAMS THAT SEATTLE
OFFERS TO ASSIST IN SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND
AFFORDABLE RENTING. I DO HOPE
YOU WILL LISTEN TO EXPERTS, LIKE
RYAN DONAHUE, WHO WILL BE
SPEAKING AFTER ME. THEY DO THE
WORK EVERYDAY AND REPRESENT THE
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE
WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WE
GET THAT HOUSING BUILT. IN TERMS
OF MARKET RATE MIDDLE HOUSING,
WHICH IS ALSO SEVERELY NEEDED
AND FIELDS AFFORDABILITY EVERY
SINGLE DAY, WE HOPE YOU WILL
KEEP IN MIND TWO THINGS THAT CAN
BE OF ASSISTANCE HERE. FIRST,
UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE LARGER
SCALE, MFT E WORKS, THE
MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION. I
KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT
REMODELING AND RESCALING THAT
NETWORK AND I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE
SURE WE ARE MAKING , INCLUDING
TWO AND THREE UNITS OR TWO AND
THREE BEDROOM UNITS EASIER
THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE
SURE WE GET THE OUTCOMES WE ARE
LOOKING FOR. THE SECOND IS LOT
SPLITTING. YOON ALLOTS ARE A
FANTASTIC TOOL FOR PEOPLE WHO
OWN THEIR HOMES OR ARE LOOKING
TO FIND A PARCEL TO LIVE ON AND
TO STAY ON AND TO LIVE IN
DIGNITY . PLEASE MAKE SURE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IT IS AS
SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> RYAN, LET ME CALL THE NEXT
THREE FOLKS. SUSAN, SCOTT AND
JESSE. YOU ARE UP. THANK YOU,
RYAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER. AS PARKER
MENTIONED, MY NAME IS RYAN
DONAHUE. I AM THE CHIEF ADVOCACY
OFFICE IN TWO COUNTIES. MAYBE
YOU HAVE SEEN ME OR [ INAUDIBLE
], MY MANAGER IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DENSITY,
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLANNING
PARTICULAR. I REALLY KIND OF
WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SEND
HER THAT. RIGHT? WE ARE TAUGHT
AS A PART OF THE COMPLETE
COMMUNITIES COALITION, WE SENT
YOU A LETTER THAT HAS COMMENTS
FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE THING I
REALLY WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO
EMPHASIZE IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW IS
INCREASED DENSITY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP. IF WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO HELP AND BATTLE
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO HELP GIVE COMMUNITIES
AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN IT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM PART OF
THIS AMAZING CITY AS THEIR OWN.
WE NEED TO MAKE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES, NOT LESS, BUT
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. THAT
IS WHAT THIS PLAN REPRESENTS.
THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. WE
HAVE INCLUDED THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LETTER,
BUT THE THING I WANT TO REALLY
EMPHASIZE IS THE DENSITY THAT
THIS PLAN OFFERS UP IS WHAT
MAKES AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP A
POSSIBILITY. IT ISN'T WHAT
MAKES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY A
POSSIBILITY. I REALLY WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT. I WANT YOU TO
KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU
CONTINUE ON TODAY AND THROUGH
THE WEEKS AND PROBABLY MONTHS
AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
SUSAN, SCOTT AND JESSE.
>> HI, SUSAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
SUSAN WARD. I AM IN DISTRICT 11.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PLAN. WHERE IS THE PLANNING FOR
THE INFRASTRUCTURE? ALL THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE ON A MASSIVE
SCALE , SHOULDN'T THAT BE PART
OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? WHERE
IS THE AFFORDABILITY BUILT IN?
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNITS FOR
ONLY MEDIAN INCOME WORKERS THAT
CAN AFFORD. WHAT PROVISIONS ARE
THERE PROVIDING FOR PROTECTING
TREE CODES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT IS IN THE WAY OF A
DEVELOPER'S PLAN. THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT TO DESIGN AROUND IT.
EVEN WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE
ACCOMMODATED. NEW SETBACKS AND
OPEN SPACE WILL REDUCE IT. IT
MUST INCREASE THE REQUIRED
MINIMUM OF GREEN SPACE. THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF
INCOMES TO LIVE HERE. IT MUST
NOT RESULT IN THE CLEAR-CUT CITY
OF BOXES AND CONCRETE. MOST OF
US DON'T WANT SEATTLE TO BE AN
EAST COAST CLONE. WE WENT A
LITTLE CITY PROTECTED. IT WILL
TAKE DECADES TO REPLACE THEM.
SOME ARE COOLING, CLEANER AIR
AND BETTER MENTAL HEALTH. THANK
YOU.
>> SCOTT AND THEN JESSE SIMPSON.
>> MY NAME IS SCOTT BERKLEY. I
AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF [
INAUDIBLE ] HOUSING. TODAY THE
COUNCIL WILL BE REVIEWING VITAL
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, SUCH
AS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION AND THE
RIGHT TO COUNSEL DURING
EVICTIONS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT AND FUND THESE PROGRAMS,
AS WELL AS ADEQUATELY FUND THE
SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING
DEVELOPER. HOWEVER, THE SINGLE
MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
MEASURE IS FREE, ALLOWING
HOMEOWNERS TO VOLUNTARILY
REDEVELOP THEIR LAND FROM ONE
HOME TO SIX, EIGHT, 12 OR MORE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IS CORRECT
THAT SUCH UNITS MAY NOT
THEMSELVES BE IMMEDIATELY
AFFORDABLE BUT THEIR EXISTENCE
WILL ALLEVIATE PRESSURE TO TEAR
DOWN OR REMODEL HOMES OCCUPIED
BY LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS, THUS
HELPING REDUCE DISPLACEMENT.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THE DISRUPTIONS
OF GROWTH ARE SHOULDERED BY
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE MOST
OPTIONS , NOT THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE THE LEAST. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JESSE, BEFORE YOU
GO, THANK YOU. ALAYNA, JOHN
THANK YOU. MY BAD. AND THEN AL.
GO AHEAD, JESSE.
>> I AM JESSE SIMPSON,
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY
FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONSORTIUM, A
MEMBER-BASED ASSOCIATION OF THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
ALSO COCHAIR OF THE COMMUNITIES
COALITION. I AM HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE CRITICAL
IMPORTANCE OF ALLOWING MORE
HOMES IN LOW DISPLACEMENT RISK
AREAS TO ADDRESS SEATTLE'S
ONGOING HOUSING AND DISPLACEMENT
CRISIS. PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED
FROM SEATTLE EVERY DAY BECAUSE
OF HOW EXPENSIVE HOMES IN THE
CITY ARE. FOR DECADES, OUR
ZONING HAS POTENTIALLY
RESTRICTED HOUSING ACROSS THE
STUDY. IT HAS ALSO CONCENTRATED
LIMITED GROWTH THAT IS ALLOWED
INTO THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY
COMMERCIAL AREAS. PUSHING
DISPLACEMENT RISKS HIGHER.
FORCING INEQUITIES WHICH HAS
PUSHED LOW INCOME AND FAMILIES
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT OF
SEATTLE. THE PROPOSED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TAKES
IMPORTANT STEPS TO REMEDY THE
PROBLEMS. IT ALLOWS FOR MORE
HOMES AND SINGLE-FAMILY ZONED
AREAS. THE COUNCIL SHOULD WORK
TO STRENGTHEN THIS PLAN FURTHER,
NOT WATER IT DOWN BY ALLOWING
EVEN MORE HOMES ARE MORE
DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS AND TO
EXPAND THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND CRITICAL
DEVELOPMENT. TO THAT END, I URGE
YOU TO RETAIN ALL OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND CREATE
A NEW HOUSING DENSITY BONUS AND
ADD NEW URBAN CENTERS LIKE AT
NORTH BROADWAY . THIS COMP PLAN
IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
HOUSING FIRST. I ASK YOU TO
CONSIDER EVERY DECISION OF THIS
PROCESS BY ASKING HOW YOU WILL
ACQUIRE THAT HOUSING? THANKS.
SPENT NEXT, WE HAVE ALAYNA, JOHN
. ALAYNA, JOHN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBER. HAPPY LUNAR NEW
YEAR. MY NAME IS ALAYNA. I AM
HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF
LITTLE SAIGON. WE ARE LOCAL
COMMUNITY BASED ON PROFIT AND WE
ARE LOOKING TO UPLIFT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT IN LITTLE SAIGON. I
AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO STRENGTHEN
AND THE POLICIES CURRENTLY DO
NOT DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF
PROTECTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING [ INAUDIBLE ] IS IN
THE HIGH RISK AREA. SPECIFICALLY
WE URGE YOU TO SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, PROVEN
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM. IT IS
NO SECRET THAT LITTLE SAIGON HAS
FACED MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE
OF HARDSHIPS IN RECENT YEARS.
MANY OF SEATTLE'S ISSUES HAVE
CONCENTRATED IN LITTLE SAIGON,
PLACING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON A
NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY WITH LITTLE
RESOURCES. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD, WE
ARE SO EXCITED TO BREAK GROUND
ON THE LANDMARK PROJECT, WHICH
WILL FEATURE AFFORDABLE FAMILY
HOUSING, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL
SPACES AND A VIETNAMESE CULTURE
ECONOMIC CENTER. THE LANDMARK
PROJECT HAS RECEIVED CITY
FUNDING THROUGH ADI, WHICH HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING
THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. WE
ASKED THE COUNCIL TO INVEST IN
THIS PROVEN INVESTMENT PROGRAM
AND INCREASE THE FUNDING. THE
CURRENT VERSION OF THE
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM
MENTIONS THE SUCCESS BUT DOES
NOT CREATE PLANS TO INCREASE
FUNDING. WE ENVISION A FUTURE
WHERE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES ARE
NOT DISPLACED BY FORCES AND
GREED. INCREASING FUNDING WILL
HELP STABILIZE HIGH DISPLACEMENT
RISK COMMUNITIES IN LITTLE
SAIGON AND ALLOW RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES TO STAY IN PLACE.
>>> NEXT WE HAVE JOHN.
>> JOHN WILL WORK ON HIS
PENMANSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE LAKE UNION RIVER BOARD
ASSOCIATION. DON'T BE FOOLED BY
OUR NAME. WE HAVE THE
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN ALMOST
EVERY DISTRICT. THEY ARE IN LAKE
WASHINGTON, AND WE ARE CONCERNED
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE IN THIS PLAN
IS THAT WE ARE TOTALLY UNSEEN.
THE MAPS THEMSELVES EVEN CUT OUT
THE WATER AND DON'T INCLUDE
THAT WITHIN THE PLANNING. HOW
CAN YOU PLAN FOR OUR
DISPLACEMENT WHEN YOU DON'T
EVEN SEE OR KNOW US? HOW MANY OF
US A LOW INCOME? HOW MANY OF US
NEED SOME KIND OF UTILITY
EXTENSION IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR
RESIDENCES? WE ARE TRADITIONALLY
LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS IN THE
CITY. NOW WE ARE BEING DISPLACED
IN MANY WAYS. IF YOU READ THE
SEATTLE TIMES ON SUNDAY, A NICE
ARTICLE ABOUT HOW IT IS SO
DIFFICULT. I GUESS MY ONLY
STATEMENT IS, PLEASE, PLEASE,
SEE US. AND BY SEEING US, HELP
US WORK WITH YOU TO PLAN FOR US.
OTHERWISE, WE ARE JUST GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE DISPLACED AND
LOST AS A PART OF THE SORT OF
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. WE HAVE AL
IN THE NEXT THREE WILL BE
DENNIS, GARY AND MARTY. FOLLOWED
BY RON CHAMBERS.
>> HELLO. I LIVE IN LAKE CITY .
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
TODAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OF
ZONING FOR URBAN CENTERS IN OUR
CITY. THIS PLAN REPRESENTS WHAT
COULD HAPPEN TO MAKE THE CITY
MORE VIBRANT AND A BETTER PLACE
TO LIVE. I AM SPEAKING FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES
IN ONE OF THE LIMITED AREAS OF
SEATTLE THAT ALLOWS BUILDINGS TO
THE TRANSIT ARTERIALS. THESE ARE
AREAS THAT ARE POLLUTED AND
DANGEROUS DUE TO MASS CAR
TRAFFIC AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO
CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY OUR HOMES,
WE LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS
WHERE MERE BLOCK AWAY WHERE
THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED
ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND THEY
ENJOY SAFE STREETS. I URGE THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTORS
WHO HAVE LIMITED CHOICES ON
CONDITIONS WHERE WE LIVE, WE
NEED MORE DENSE HOUSING AND
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BUILT FOR
PEOPLE, NOT FOR CARS. THIS
ZONING PLAN IS ESSENTIAL FOR
ALLEVIATING THE SANITATION OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATING AREAS
WHERE WE CAN SHARE THE RICHES OF
OUR CITY AND BUILD ANEMONES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE DENNIS, GARY
AND MARTY. DENNIS, DID YOU GO TO
ARIZONA?
>> MY PARENTS LIVE DOWN THERE.
MY NAME IS DENNIS. I WORK FOR
PLYMOUTH HOUSING. I AM HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE COMPLETE
COMMUNITIES LETTER AND THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES.
MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION HAS
BEEN ABOUT CREATING NEW HOUSING
OPTIONS FOR ZONING CAN LEAD TO
DISPLACEMENT. TODAY I WANT TO
DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AS
DISPLACEMENT. PEOPLE DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES, OFTEN FOR
ECONOMIC REASONS AND DUE TO NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN, PLYMOUTH AND
OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS DISRUPT DISPLACEMENT
BY CREATING HOMES FOR PEOPLE TO
REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I
MET RESIDENTS WHO WERE FORCED
OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND ARE NOW
LIVING IN KING COUNTY BUT NOW
THEY CAN RETURN HOME TO THEIR
DIGNIFIED HOUSING UNIT. THE BEST
WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST
DISPLACEMENT IS TO CREATE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AFFORDABILITY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND
PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS. MORE
HOUSING CREATES HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE TO MOVE IF THEY WERE JUST
PLACE BEFORE. PLEASE RETAIN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE
SEATTLE PLAN AND ADD NEW
COMMUNITY CENTERS IN KEY AREAS
OF OUR CITY TO PREVENT THAT
DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> HI, I AM GARY LEE AND I AM
FROM CID. I WAS BEFORE YOU A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I SIGNED UP
HERE TO REMIND YOU WHEN YOU SEE
MY EMAIL, THIS LITTLE THING IS
ON THERE. MR. SOLOMON, I SENT
THIS TO YOU TODAY. THIS POLICY ,
IT IS A GREAT POLICY. IT SAYS,
SEEK TO AVOID OVER CONCENTRATION
OF HUMAN SERVICE USES IN ANY
AREA OF DOWNTOWN, ENCOURAGE THE
LOCATION OF NEEDED OF SOME OF
THESE AREAS LACKING SUCH
FACILITIES. IT IS PROPOSED TO BE
DELETED WITH THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN. HOW IS THIS POLICY GREAT ?
IT TRIES TO GUIDE THE
OVERREACHING VISION OF DOWNTOWN,
WHICH IS TO CREATE A GROUP OF
SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT
AND LIVABLE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS STILL AN
OVERARCHING VISION OF THE ONE
SEATTLE PLAN. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY
IS OVER CONCENTRATION OCCURRING
ANYWAYS? WELL, OH PCD, THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THAT TIME GOT TO
ADOPT ZONING REGULATIONS AND
STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT THE
POLICY. WHY? THEY DID NOT DO
THAT WITH THE ADOPTED POLICY AND
THEY OPTED NOT TO FOLLOW UP .
THEY INTENTIONALLY DECIDED NOT
TO DO THAT. DON'T BE THAT CITY
COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
MARTY AND THEN RON CHAMBERS.
>> I-. I AM FROM THE WEST WING
LAKE AREA. I HAVE TWO REQUESTS.
I REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT OF THE
ADOPTION OF THE SEATTLE ONE
PLANT. INSTEAD, I PROPOSE
FULFILLING THE STATE REQUIREMENT
TO SUBMIT AN UPDATED LAND-USE
PLAN BY THE END OF JUNE, ONE
THAT WILL SATISFY THE STATE
REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENT HB
1110 AND NOT GO FURTHER AT THIS
TIME. TWO, I REQUEST THAT LIVE
PUBLIC HEARINGS BE HELD WITHIN
EACH DISTRICT TO GIVE AMPLE
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT , ASK
QUESTIONS, RECEIVE ANSWERS AND
COMMENT AT A LOCATION THAT IS
CONVENIENT FOR RESIDENTS AND AT
TIMES THAT ARE POSSIBLE FOR
WORKING PEOPLE. AS YOU ALL KNOW,
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN GOES WAY
BEYOND THE STATE'S HB 1110,
WHICH ALREADY MANDATES FOUR TO
SIX UNITS ON EVERY RESIDENTIAL
LOTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING, OF
COURSE, SEATTLE. THE VASTLY MORE
EXPANSIVE ONE SEATTLE PLAN
LEAVES MANY PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
UNANSWERED. THE ACTUAL
REALIZATION OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, COORDINATION WITH
TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE,
PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD,
CHARACTER AND MORE. GIVEN THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE PLAN, WE NEED
TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE PURPOSE
OF THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOLLOWING,
I APOLOGIZE. RON CHAMBERS, WE
HAVE RUTH WILLIAMS.
>> ALONE. MY NAME IS RON
CHAMBERS. I AM IN THE WEST GREEN
LAKE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
LAST TIME I WAS COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE LACK OF OUTREACH.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE PAM FLITTED
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU ARE
STARTING TO SEE FEEDBACK FROM
THEM, IT IS GOOD. SOME OF THIS
STUFF IS POSITIVE FOR THE MAN'S
PLAN. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY
SEEN OUR PAMPHLET. THEY'RE NOT
LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING. WE
ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT. YOU LOOK AT SOME OF
THE MAPS, YOU WILL SEE YOU ARE
BRINGING IN THE ENTIRE NORTH END
WITH SIX TO SEVEN STORY
BUILDINGS. OKAY, FIVE OR SIX.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THEN THEY WILL GO EVEN
HIGHER. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT
WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
THINK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK
SO. YES, WE WILL HAVE HIGHER
DENSITY, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE A
COMMERCIAL CENTER. WE WILL
CERTAINLY NOT HAVE ANY EAST-WEST
TRAFFIC. WE HAVE A CLIFF. IT IS
TO THE WEST. IF ANYONE THINKS
THEY CAN JUST GO ACROSS THAT IN
INCLEMENT WEATHER TO GET
GROCERIES AND THINGS THEY NEED,
IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. A PERSON IS
ISOLATED THERE. THERE IS A GREAT
BUS STOP AND YOU SAY IT IS A
MAJOR BUS STOP. TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK AT IT. THERE AREN'T A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO USE IT. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE RUTH.
>> MY NAME IS RUTH WILLIAMS. I
AM SPEAKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO. I REPRESENT AN ALL
VOLUNTEER GROUP. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE
MICROPHONE?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WHEN I REVIEW THE SLIDE DECK
FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WAS
DISAPPOINTED. THERE WAS NO
REPORT OF ANYONE EXPRESSING
CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS HAVE COMMUNICATED TO
THE PRESCRIBED PROCESS. DESPITE
THE FACT THERE ARE MANY
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE AND I WILL NOTIFY THOSE
I AM IN CONTACT WITH AND ADVISE
THEM OF THE SITUATION. CLIMATE
CHANGE ADVOCATES ARE MENTIONING
IT. NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR HABITAT AND
WILDLIFE WE HAVE AND SUPPORTS
HUMAN WELFARE, AS WELL AS LIFE
IN PUGET SOUND. I AM HERE TO
MAKE THESE POINTS. THE ALLIANCE
STRONGLY SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. THE SAME
TIME, WE NEED TO PROTECT
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS.
UNDER LAND-USE DOES NOT MEAN WE
WILL SEE CHANGES. TODAY WE SEE
HOUSING BUILT IN WETLANDS WHERE
BUYERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN
LIABILITY WAIVERS WITH THE CITY.
CITY POLICY WILL NOT HELP
DEVELOPERS RESTORE PROJECTS WITH
THESE COMPANIES.
>> THANK YOU, RUTH. WE WILL NOW
SWITCH TO ONLINE. I KNOW THERE
MIGHT BE MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
WE WILL SWITCH YOU ONLINE.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE EXTENDED
PUBLIC COMMENTS TWICE NOW. WE
ARE ALMOST AN HOUR IN. WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE READ, I HAVE THE
NAMES IN FRONT OF ME. I KNOW
THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ONLINE.
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT AND THE SPEAKER
WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE.
>> FIRST UP, WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE
]. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6:YOU ARE
READY TO GO.
>> I AM THE WASHINGTON LOCAL
POLICY MANAGER , A LOCAL
NONPROFIT WORKING TO ACCELERATE
FOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
PLACEMENT IS AN ISSUE,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE BOTH
MORE VULNERABLE AND UNFAIRLY
AFFECTED BY THE CITY. THEY'RE
MORE LIKELY TO BE PART OF THIS.
IT WILL INCREASE HER
TRANSPORTATION COSTS. WE SUPPORT
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION AND
STRONGLY SUPPORT INCREASE IN
DENSITY, TRANSITORY DEVELOPMENT
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH
REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, AS
WELL AS ADDING NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS IN CERTAIN AREAS. I ALSO
WANT TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO
PRIORITIZE OTHER MEASURES, SUCH
AS --
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE
ROBIN AND THEN JIM. PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6.
>> WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING A WEENIE WAYS TO KEEP
PEOPLE , PARTICULARLY RENTERS.
THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THIS HOUSING CRISIS. THANK YOU.
>> MY APOLOGIES. I THOUGHT SHE
WAS FINISHED. NEXT, WE HAVE
ROBIN BRIGGS AND THEN JIM
BUCHANAN. ROBIN, PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6. WE HAVE ABOUT 14 ONLINE
SPEAKERS.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS ROBIN BREAKS. I AM A
HOMEOWNER ON CAPITOL HILL. I
WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND
SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
FORMAT, LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER,
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEEDS TO
INCLUDE A BLUEPRINT FOR REDUCING
EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING
RESILIENCE. BY WELCOMING MORE
NEIGHBORS WE WILL BE INCREASING
EMISSIONS AND ALSO BE BUILDING A
MORE DIVERSE AND RESILIENT
COMMUNITY THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO
ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES WE
ALREADY SEE COMING. THE PAST 40
YEARS HAVE SET US ON A PATH OF A
MUCH HIGHER COST OF LIVING AND
MUCH MORE DIVERSITY. SEATTLE IS
BECOMING EVER MORE EXCLUSIVE AND
THAT IS FRAGILE. IN THE YEARS TO
COME, WE HAVE TO EXPECT WE WILL
SEE OUR SHARE OF FLOODS,
WILDFIRES AND MORE. WE WILL NEED
A STRONG COMMUNITY THAT CAN PULL
TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER.
WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, SMALL
BUSINESSES WILL BE BETTER BY
BEING CLOSER TO WHERE MORE
PEOPLE LIVE. WE ALLOW TALLER
BUILDINGS AND ALLOW MORE OPEN
SPACE FOR TREES, WE COULD HAVE
FLATS AND FAMILY SIZED
APARTMENTS. WE CAN HAVE QUIETER
STREETS WITH BETTER BUSES, BIKES
AND CONNECTIONS. A LOW COLLUSION
NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE MAYOR HAS
CALLED FOR COULD INCLUDE MORE
FREQUENT TRANSIT, MORE
PEDESTRIAN CENTERS, GATHERING
SPACES, OR PLACES FOR TREES AND
REDUCED ENERGY AND HOUSING
COSTS. WE WON'T GET THERE BY
DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW.
CHANGES COMING. OUR JOB IS TO
MANAGE IT AND BUILD A COMMUNITY
THAT WILL MANAGE IT ALL. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. MR. BUCHANAN,
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. THEN WE
HAVE LEWIS MARTIN AND THEN TOM
DONNELLY. PRESS STAR SIX, MR.
BUCHANAN.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON WHO ON YOUR NEW
APPOINTMENT. I'M HERE TO BLACK,
SEATTLE PUT MEASURES IN THE PLAN
FOR DECADES TO WEED AND SEED THE
BLACK DOE HOMEOWNERS. WHY DO WE
AS BLACK DESCENDANTS OF THE
ENSLAVED COMMUNITY HAVE TO SHOW
UP ON EVERY ISSUE TO TRY TO GET
EQUALITY? WHY AREN'T OUR
ELECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT LOVE TO FLAUNT THE WORD
BLACK BRINGING EQUALITY TO THE
PREDATORY POLICIES THAT THEIR
PREDECESSORS PUT TO DESTROY THE
BLACK ODOE COMMUNITY? WE ASK THE
COUNCIL TO DIG IN AND DO THE
RIGHT THING TO COLLECTIVELY
DEVELOP THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES
FOR THE BLACK DESCENDANTS OF THE
ENSALAVED COMMUNITY TO ALLOW
PLACEMENT BACK IN TO THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THE DOE STAKE
HOLDERNS BUILT OVER DECADES.
IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT
CHANGE. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LET'BE
DOERS, NOT JUST TALKERS. PLEASE
DO THE RIGHT THING, THE TIME IS
NOW TO MAKE SEATTLE TRULY A ONE
SEATTLE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN
FOLLOWED BY TOM DONNELLY. PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6.
>> LOIS YOU MAY BE MUTED ON YOUR
PHONE.
>> MY APOLOGIES. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A HOME AND BUSINESS OWNER.
MY PARENTS PURCHASED THEIR HOME
IN THE 50s WHETHER LIVING IN A
RED LINE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THEIR
ONLY PATH TO HOMEOWNER SHIP.
WHEN I REFLECT OF THIS -- I SEE
SUPPORT FROM THE CITY THAT IS
BASED ON A PERSON'S ROOTS AND
NOT THEIR INCOME. SUPPORT THAT
ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE TYPE OF
HOUSING THEY DESIRE WITHOUT FEAR
OF BEING PRICED OUT. SUPPORT
THAT PRIORITIZES LIVING WHERE
RESIDENT ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE
THREAT OF HEAT ISLANDS. I HAVE
SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS THAT I WILL
EMAIL BUT HERE ARE MY TOP THREE.
SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF HIGH
-- PROPERTY TAXES, ALLOW LEGACY
RESIDENT THE OPTION TO APPLY FOR
EPPS EPPSS. USE THE ANTI
DISPLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
WRITE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
SHARED BY DISTRICT 2 CANDIDATE
WE DESIRE -- A RESPONSE TO ANTI
DISPLACE HELICOPTER AND WE
DON'T NEED DEVELOPER LOBBYISTS
OR OTHERS WHO STAND TO PROFIT
SPEAKING FOR US. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT TOM DONNELLY AND THEN
RUBY HOLLAND.
>> HI. TOM DONNELLY HERE. THANK
YOU FOR THE TIME TO COMMENT.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE PROPOSED
WEST GREEN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER AND A MEMBER OF THE GROUP
STUDYING THE IMPACT AND
FEASIBILITY OF THIS AND PROPOSED
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. AS I SAID
BEFORE RESIDENTS BASICALLY HAVE
NO IDEA ABOUT HB1110 AND THE
PLAN AND HOW IT'LL AFFECT THEIR
HOMES AND PROPERTY. THE TWO
NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS,
WEST GREEN LAKE AND FINNEY
DON'T MEET THINGS LIKE ACCESS
TO AFFORDABLE MARKETS, STORE WAS
IN A SHORT WALK OR AN ACCESS TO
TRANSIT TO DOWNTOWN WITH IN THE
STATED DISTANCE ARE SOME ISSUES.
ALSO INCLUDING GRAPHIC ISSUES
LIKE STEEP HILLS THAT ARE
IMPASSABLE AND -- INDICATE THE
PLANNERS HAVE NOT WALKED THE
AREA. WE NEED SOME ON SITE
VISION FROM THE PLANNERS. THE
CURRENT DIS -- SEEMS TO BE BASED
ON ABOUT 300% FEWER HOUSING
UNITS THAN STATED IN THE CITY'S
PLAN BRINGS QUESTION THE
SUFFICIENTY -- TO THE NEW
DENSITY FORECAST. THAT FORECAST
POPULATION CHANGE ARE ALSO IN
QUESTION. IT IS UNFAIR TO
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE AS WELL AS
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE STATIONS
BASED ON OUT DATED DATA BEFORE
ON GROUND OBSERVATIONS. I
SUGGEST POSTPONING THE DECISION
AND -- AND IMPACTING AREAS
BEFORE THE COMP PLAN. THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE RUBY HOLLAND AND
THEN AIDAN. PRESIDENT PRESS STAR
6.
>> THE MAYOR COMMITMENT TO MAKE
SEATTLE A -- CITY TO FILL THE
LATE PAUL ALLEN'S VISION CUTS
THE ABSENCE OF LAND IN WHICH TO
BUILD HOMES FOR THESE NEW
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES IS
WHAT'S DRIVING HUGE HUGER
DISPLACEMENT IN THE CD AND URBAN
VILLAGES. THE MHA AND UP ZONING
IS THE TOOL BEING USED TO
DISPLACE THE HOMEOWNERS ALLOWING
THE MASTER BUILDERS TO BUILD
MILLION DOLLAR ADU'S IN
EVERYBODY'S BACKYARD WILL PRICE
US OUT OF OUR OWN YARDS THAT --
THAT -- IS WHAT THEY ARE
TEACHING AT THEIR ADU ACADEMY
WITH THE LOTS THEY BUILD. THIS
PLAN LACKS A STRONG ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PLAN THAT WILL KEEP
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME AS MANDATED
BY THE GOVERNOR SO MUST BE
REJECTED. IN 2023 COURT PAPERS
FORCED MAYORS -- DURKIN AND
HAROLD TO SUBMIT THAT MHA COULD
ONLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE
LUXURY CLIENTS, THUS WORKING
CLASS RENTERS CAN'T ABE EXPECT
RELIEF FROM HIGH RENT. HMA WAS A
BAIT AND SWITCH. INCREASE UP
ZONING WITH MHA LEADS TO
INCREASED DISPLACEMENT SO WE
EMBRACE THE STATE MANDATED
HB110. INCREASING HEIGHT DENSITY
-- A PLAN DOES -- PART OF
DISPLACED HOMEOWNER WHO WILL BE
TAXED FOR HIGHEST ADVANCED USE
TO ENCOURAGE TURNOVER. THERE IS
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE AIDEN
AND THEN SUSAN. PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI. I'M COMMENTING TODAY IN
IMPORTANT OF THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT
ALL NEWHOUSEING IMPROVES
AFFORDABILITY. EACH PERSON THAT
MOVES IN MEANS THEY AREN'T
BIDDING UP HOUSING ELSEWHERE. IN
A CITY WHERE MAJORITY OF
RESIDENTS RENTERS THIS MEANS
THAT ALL NEWHOUSEING DIRECTLY
IMPROVES AFFORDABILITY FOR
MAJORITY OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
MANY STUDIES HAVE FOUND THIS. A
STUDY FROM THIS YEAR FOUND A
SMALL 1% INCREASE LOWERS AVERAGE
RENTS BY .2%. IT ALSO FOUND THAT
THE EFFECTIVELY REDUCES THE RENT
OF LOWER RENTAL UNITS AND
INCREASES THE NUMBER OF
SECONDHAND UNITS AVAILABLE FOR
RENT. I HAVE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND
WHEN NEW HIGH-RISES HAVE OPENED
UP AND I HAVE HAD FRIEND FRIENDS
THAT OPTED TO LEAVE THEIR
EXISTING UNIT AND MOVE IN THIS
THEIRS OPENING UP THEIR UNIT FOR
SOMETHING ELSE. WE HAVE SEEN IN
CITY THAT BUILD MORE MARKET RATE
HOUSING HAVE A PLUMMET IN RENT
LIKE AUSTIN. WE MUST TAKE THIS
INTO CONSIDERATION. KILLING BACK
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS MEANS
INSTEAD OF EXPANDING HUESING
OPTIONS WE WILL SEE WORSENING
AFFORDABILITY. PLEASE KEEP ALL
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN
CAMPBELL FOLLOWED BY TOM
DONNELLY. NOPE. NOT. THAT WAS A
DUPLICATE. SUSAN CAMPBELL, PRESS
STAR 6 AND THEN DEB LESTER.
>> THIS IS SUSAN. YOU CAN HEAR
ME?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> OKAY. PERFECT. MY NAME IS
SUSAN. I'M FROM D7 AND I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE CITY. THERE ARE
MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNAWARE OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN
PROPOSED ZONING. DUE TO THIS
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE FELT IT
NECESSARY TO FORM GROUPS AND TRY
TO SHARE INFORMATION AND THE
BACKLASH TO THIS HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT. THERE IS NAME
CALLING. ALL OF THIS IS AGEIST.
IT'S UNCALLED FOR AND EXTREMELY
NEGATIVE. HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE -- TO REPRESENT THEM.
BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE
SENDING LAWYERS TO LOBBY, ALL
WHILE NEIGHBORHOODS CONCERNED
ARE BEING SHOUTED DOWN. FLYERS
HAVE BEEN POSTED THAT ARE BEING
RIPPED DOWN WHEN WE ARE -- WHEN
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RAISE
AWARENESS. ARGUMENTS AND
ALTERCATIONS ARE HAPPENING ON
THE STREET. THERE WAS AN
INCIDENT WHERE AN ANGRY PRO
GROWTH ADVOCATE RIPPED DOWN A
FLYER, USED THREATENING BODY
LANGUAGE AND CALLED THE PERSON
POSTING THE FLYER A NIMBY AND
TRASH. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I'M HERE TO ASK CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND I MEAN
THAT FOR EVERYBODY. URBANISTS,
MODERATES, ENVIRONMENT LIFTS.
WORK ON A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC
GROWTH PLAN W HE WILL GET
FURTHER IF WE ARE COLLABORATING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DEB
LESTER AND COLLEEN MCALLER.
>> MY NAME IS DEB LESTER AND I
LIVE IN THE PROPOSED MAPLE LEAF
CENTER. WE REALIZE THE CITY
NEEDS MORE HOUSING ESPECIALLY
AFFORDABLE AND FAMILY FRIENDLY
HOUSING WHICH WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT. WE WANT A WELL THOUGHT
OUT REZONING PLAN THAT SUPPORTS
A MULTIGENERATIONAL AND LIVEABLE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROTECT AND
ENHANCE OUR TREE CANOPY. NO
OVERALL PLAN ORRIN PUT FROM
RESIDENTS RESULTS IN A HAPHAZARD
APPROACH -- TO DO WHAT THEY WANT
WHERE THEY WANT IT. WE WANT A
WELL THOUGHT OUT PROGRAM THIS
HAS A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF
TRANSIT NEEDS THIS AND THIS IS
LACKING A DEIS. WE WANT A PLAN
WITH A CHANCE OF SUCCESS OF
MEETING GOALS OF AFFORDABILITY.
THERE IS NO ACTIVE OUTREACH TO
ENGAGE MAPLE LEAF RESIDENTS
ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
PROPOSED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS THE CITY WORKED WITH US TO
DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT I DON'T
THINK I WOULD BE HERE TODAY WITH
A PETITION SIGNED BY OVER A
THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE IT.
WE ARE TRACK CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
CLOSELY BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE
NEIGHBOR WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS
PLAN PRIOR TO THE SPRING OF 2024
OPEN HOUSE. MOST DIDN'T HEAR
ABOUT IT UNTIL LATE THIS FALL. I
ATTEND THE BUILD MEETINGS AND AM
VERY FRUSTRATED STAFF COULDN'T
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND REFERRED
ME TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO REFERRED
ME TO SOMEONE ELSE THIS IS A
POOR WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ACT
THE PLAN AND DIDN'T CREATE
CONFIDENCE THAT IT WAS WELL
THOUGHT OUT AND WOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE ARE
COLLEEN AND THEN JOANNA. PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
COLLEEN. REPRESENTING NORTHEAST
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF OVER 2500
PEOPLE. WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON
DISPLACEMENT. NUMBER ONE, RETAIN
AFFORDABLE UNITS ON SITE. IN
PLAN SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE
PROCESS AS IT DID LAST TIME AND
THAT -- DISPLACED VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY
WAS THE SAFETY -- MORTGAGE
PRICES MORE PREDICTABLE AND
ALLOWS SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE.
NUMBER TWO, BAR PREDATOR SALE
SOLICITATION TO HOMEOWNERS AND
REQUIRE THAT ALL BUILDINGS ON
SITE MUST BE REQUIRED THAT
AFFORDABLE HUESING UNITS BE
THERE FOR 20 YEARS. THE LAST
PLAN FAILED TO PROTUESDAY THOSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR A
LONG TERM POLL AND I IT WAS
NEVER AUDITED. PRODUCE YOUR --
NATURAL -- THE ONE SEATTLE
POLICY ENCOURAGES TEAR DAWNS BUT
THERE'S AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO
PRESERVING THEM. THEY CAN HOUSE
STARVING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE
ATTIC, OVER THE GARAGE, PROVIDE
A HOME FOR OLDERS, PROVIDE AN
INHOME OFFICE OR HAVE AN ADU
PROPERTY TO DEFRAY TAXES. NUMBER
FOUR, KING COUNTY BUS ROUTES
SHOULDN'T BE USED TO INSERT
FOUR TO SIX STORY MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS AND THAT WAS NOT THE
INTENT OF HB1110 WRITE ALLOWS UP
ZONING MANY WITH IN A 4th OF A
MILE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE FIXED
AND RAIL, NOTA LOCK CITY
STREETS. AND LASTLY EASTBOUND
COURAGE A TAX LIT FOR SENIORS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
JOANNA AND THEN ALBE RT O. STAR
6.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF RED LINE
AREA. THE CURRENT ONE SEATTLE
ZONING PROPOSAL WOULD PUT THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT ON A PATH TO
BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR CUT.
CLEAR CUTTING BOTH -- THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL ECO SYSTEMS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN EQUITY, FAIRNESS,
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE YOU WILL NOT KEEP MORIN
JUSTICE ONTO THIS AREA. REJECT
FURTHER UP ZONING OR ADDING MORE
HEIGHT AND DENSITY TO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT. REJECT
EXPANDING THE URBAN VILLAGE
CENTER BOUNDARIES IN TO
NEIGHBORHOOD -- REJECT -- OF
CAPITOL HILL OR FIRST HILL. TO
MAINTAIN A SENSE OF PLACE THESE
DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS MUST BE
KEPT INTACT. ELIMINATE SET BACK
-- FOR BOTH STREETS AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY TREES. THE CENTRAL AREA
AND CAPITOL HILL ARE THE
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS EACH
WITH THEIR OWN DESIGN REVIEW
GUIDELINES AND ARTS AND CULTURAL
DISTRICT. I ALSO WANT TO ADD
THAT PITTING RENTERS AGAINST
HOMEOWNER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ALBE
RT O ALVAREZ FOLLOWED BY HOWARD
GREENWITCH.
>> HELLO. THIS IS A CITY WIDE
PUBLIC COUNCIL, NOT A PRIVATE
HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. THE
COMP PLAN IS DESIGNED TO ADD
DENSITY TO A CITY IN AN EVER
GROWING STATE. SUPPLY IS THE
INTENT OF THE COMP PLAN. SUPPLY
TO MEET THE DEMAND IS THE MOST
BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ANY MARKET.
DISTRICT 2 HAS SUFFERED THE MOST
FROM RED LINING AND DIVESTMENT
FROM THE CITY. D2 CANNOT PEAR
THE BRUNT OF INCREASING HOUSING
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. COUNSEL
ANNE, GREEN LAKE AND YES, EVEN
MAPLE LEAF MUST PROVIDE A FAIR
SHARE TO COMBAT THE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. SHELTER
FOR THE POOR AND THOSE WITH
SUBSTANCE RECOVERY. RENTALS FOR
THE BARISTA, GROCER AND LINE
COOK. HOME FOR THE YOUNG FAMILY
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE
INTO ONE TO TWO HOURS OF RETURN
TO OFFICE GRIDLOCK. KEEP DENSITY
FAIR AND DO NOT LET THE WEALTHY
COMMUNITIES CONTROL THE NEEDS TO
HOUSE WORKING PEOPLE. THANK YOU
AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> HOWARD GREENWICH FOLLOWED BY
JAMIE IMAN.
>>
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT -- EXISTING ANTI
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND TO
STRENGTHEN THOSE KIND OF
POLICIES IN THE UPCOMING UPDATE.
IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO FOCUS ON
THE NEED TO PRESERVE --
COMMUNITIES LIKE CHINA TOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, CENTRAL
DISTRICT. DELL RIDGE AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS PG&E FORCED TO
RELOCATE BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS
BEING RENOVATED OR RENT IS TO
HIGH. WE HAVE TO PRESERVE WHOLE
COMMUNITY THAT DEPEND ON --
HAVING GROWN IN PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOODS, POSSIBLY BECAUSE
THEY ARE RED LINED, LOSING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES HAVE THE
CLEAR AND MEASURABLE HARM. WE
NEED TO GET A THIRD OF THE LAND
PERMANENTLY INTO PUBLIC -- OF
HUMAN OWNERSHIP. THE WIDE
VARIETY INCLUDING CITY FUNDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PDA'S, LAND
TRUST AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE
APARTMENT LIVING THERE ON THE
MARKET. THIS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
STRATEGIC LAND USE POLICIES
STARTING A COMP PLAN THAT IS
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
INVESTMENT. WE ASK YOU TO READ
THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS PAGE
AND DOZENS OF ORGANIZATIONS WITH
DURING COMMUNITY
AND MAKE IT -- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JAMIE
AND THEN MARIANNE. PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6, JAMIE.
ALL RIGHT WE WILL SKIP TO THE
NEXT AND WE WILL COME BACK TO
YOU. MARINNE. WE -- HAVE YOU OFF
MUTE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
AFY NAME IS
MARINNE WILDING. THIS IS IN
RESPONSE TO THE GREEN LAKE
CENTER PLAN. I SUPPORT THE NEED
FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE BUT WOULD LIKE -- CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YEP. YOU ARE STILL ON.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME.
>> CONTINUE PLEASE.
>> SORRY. YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO
HEAD.
>> I SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE
BUT WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON WHY
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS NO
PARKING PLANS FOR THE THOUSANDS
OF NEW RESIDENTS IN THE SAME
HOUSING AREA AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS FOR NONRESIDENTS TOKO
MUTE TO. IN ADDITION I WOULD
LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU PLAN
TO ADDRESS THE REDUCTION IN
PROPERTY VALUE FOR CURRENT
PROPERTY OWNERNS CAUSED BY THE
TRAFFIC CONGESTION, NOISE AND
SHADOW LINE THAT WILL BE IMPOSED
ON NEIGHBORS BY FIVE TO SIX
STORY PROPERTY LINES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE
ONLINE SPEAKERS LEFT AND TWO IN
PERSON. IT IS 3:20. WE HAVE
EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT FOUR
TIMES. THIS WILL BE THE 5th
TIME. ZACH, PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ZACH.
I'M A RENTER IN THE WEST GROAN
LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE JUST
OUTSIDE THE -- THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF THE COMP PLAN ONE
SEATTLE PLAN. I'M SUPER EXCITED
TO SEE THE CHANGES. I THINK WE
NEED MORE WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED MORE
AFFORDABILITY AS A RENTER IN
NORTH SEATTLE. IT'S EXPENSIVE
AND MY LEASE IS COMING UP I'M
LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE
AND IT'S A TERRIFYING
PROPOSITION TO LOOK FOR A NEW
PLACE TO LIVE AND I WOULD LOVE
TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE
ARE ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT AND ONE OF THE BEST
METHODS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT
IS IN AREAS WHERE IT HAPPENS
MOST IS TO ALLOW FOR DENSITY AND
AFFORDABILITY IN AREAS WHERE IT
HAPPENS WHICH IS NORTH SEATTLE
SO I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO
OPCD'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY
ARE THE EXPERTS ON PLANNING IN
THE CITY AND I THINK THEY CAME
UP WITH A GREAT PLAN THAT WE
SHOULD MAINTAIN IMPACT AS IT IS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DAVID AND THEN
JUNE.
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI. LEAVE NO DOUBT -- ABOUT
TO GIVE TRUE DEMOCRACY A SHOUT
FOR A 21st CENTURY GREAT
AMERICAN HOUSING -- WITHOUT A
BUNCH OF SELL OUTS THAT THINK
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO SAY NO. YOU
AREN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE INTO MY
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SAME PEOPLE
WORKED TO CHEAT THE FUTURE X AND
OPPRESS YOUNGER GENERATION WHO
NEED TO CHECK THEIR PRIVILEGE.
WE NEED A GREAT AMERICAN HOUSING
WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS OF LOW
QUALITY NONPROFIT BUILT HOUSING
TO PISS OFF EVERYBODY WASTING
TAX DOLLARS CREATING WAREHOUSE
SLUMS. WE NEED REAL DEVELOPERNS
TO GET INCENTIVES TO EMBRACE THE
OFF SET OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SQUEEZE THAT ALL OF THESE GREEDY
SELL OUTS ENJOY TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF CAUSING A DESPERATE HOUSING
MARKET WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR --
AND YOU DON'T WANT YOUNGER
GENERATIONS TO HAVE THEIRS
UNLESS THEY WANT TO BUY YOUR
HOME AT TRIPLE MORTGAGE RATES
AND INFLATE YOUR PERCEPTION OF
-- THAT DEVALUE THE WORKING
CLASS VALUES OF YOUNGER
GENERATIONS. HOMEOWNER DEAR SIR
TAKE THEIR RED LINE AND WRAP IT
AROUND THEIR PROPERTY, NOT THE
WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. SPARE US
YOUR SHAMELESS WEAPONIZING OF
TREE ORDINANCE TO PREVENT OTHER
PEOPLE FROM MOVING IN. GLOAD IN.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JUNE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 FOLLOWED BY
JAMIE. WE SEE HER NEW PRESENT.
OUR LAST TWO ONLINE SPEAKERS.
JUNE, STAR 6 FOLLOWED BY JAMIE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS JUNE. I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 2. I WANT TO REPEAT
WHAT I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS
TO REVISE ITS TREE ORDINANCE SO
TREES ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTED
DURING DEVELOPMENT AND YET A
ROBUST ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN. I
WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF HILLMAN CITY
WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
IT WASN'T AS A NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER IN THE FIRST PART OF THE
PLAN BUT NOW IT IS. ITS GONE
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL TO
UP TO LR3 IN MOST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS CLOSE TO
TRANSIT AND IT'S CLOSE TO WHAT
WILL BE THE GRAHAM STREET
LIGHT-RAIL STATION. IT IS ALSO A
ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOTS OF
HOUSING AND -- REALLY V IB RANT
DISTRICT. IF IT'S UP ZONED TO
LR3 IT'LL TURN INTO I MASS OF
APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR
YEARS WILL BE UP ZONES WOULD
COMPLETELY ALTER ITS CHARACTER.
AND ALSO AS MANY HAVE SAID THE
BURDEN OF UP ZONING TO DATE HAS
FALLEN ON THE CENTRAL AREA OF
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE. AREAS THAT
WERE ALREADY HARMED BY PAST
DISCRIMINATION HOUSING PRACTICES
AND THAT HOUSED A HIGHER AMOUNT
OF.
>> THANK YOU AND THEN THE TWO IN
PERSON SPEAKERS BEFORE WE GO TO
THE LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER. MAKE
YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND JAMIE
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> AM I COMING THROUGH?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD.
>> HI. I'M A TRANSGENDER
STUDENT AND RENTER IN CAPITOL
HILL NEIGHBORHOOD IN D3. I'M
SPEAKING INTO ADDRESS THE
CURRENT PROPOSED -- PLAN IN
IT'S CURRENT STATE IT DOES NOT
MEET THE MOMENT OF OUR CURRENT
HOUSING CRISIS. INITIALLY ITS
DRAFTERS PROPOSED OVER 50
LOCATIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS BUT IT WAS REDUCED TO
LESS THAN 30 ABOUT NO INPUT BY
THE PUBLIC. MOSTLY CUTTING OUT
THOSE AFFECTING THE WEALTHIEST.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
OF WHERE THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE
HEADED. IF WE ARE GOING TO USE
THE FRAMEWORK WE NEED MORE OF
THEM, NOT FEWER. IF THE CITY
STAYED ON A CURRENT POPULATION
PATH THE PLAN -- WOULD FALL
SHORT OF SEATTLE'S FUTURE
HOUSING NEEDS BY OVER 200,000
RESIDENTS MAKING THE CRISIS A
PERMANENT FIXTURE. MY FRIENDS
WILL BE CONTINUED TO GIVE UP ON
OWNERSHIP. MANY ALREADY HAVE AND
EVE YEAR FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO
BURY THEIR UNHOUSED LOVED ONES
WHO DIED OF EXPOSURE AND THAT'S
IF THE POPULATION REMAINS STABLE
WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS NOT THE
CASE. IF THE HOUSING CRISIS WILL
ONLY GET WORSE AS DISASTERS
BECOME MORE COMMON AND AS
REFUGEES HAVE TO FLEE THE PNW
FOR A FAIRER CLIMATE. IF WE
AREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT THOSE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MOVE HERE
WITH REMAINING SAVINGS -- ON
CURRENT RESIDENTS IN
MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES.
THERE THOSE NOT AS FORTUNATE
WILL FACE AN IMPOSSIBLE ROAD.
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND
THERE'S STILL TO CHANGE COURSE
ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO
THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS. KYLE AND
THEN ESMERALDA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. MY NAME
IS KYLE. I'M ACTUALLY A PASTOR
IN NORTHERN PART OF SEATTLE NEAR
DISTRICT 5. I JUST STARTED OVER
THERE A REFUGEE CHURCH. I'M
ACTUALLY HERE JUST TO SEE WHAT I
CAN DO AS A PASTOR AND -- US AS
A COLOR CHURCH TO HELP. I WAS
THINKING TO -- I WAS LIKE WHY
NOT SIT ON A COUNCIL MEETING. I
HAVE MY NUMBER AND EMAIL BUT I
WANTED TO SEE HOW BE COULD HELP
THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MEMBERS AT OUR CHURCH
THAT CAN HELP WITH DIFFERENT
AREAS AND THINGS. I JUST THOUGHT
I WOULD COME AND INTRODUCE
MYSELF AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO
HELP YOU AND HELP MAKE OUR CITY
BETTER. I'M HERE TO DO THAT SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU KYLE. YOU CAN START
BY PRAYING. WE NEED A LOT OF
PRAYER. NO JOKES. ALL RIGHT.
ESMERALDA.
>> HI. I'M INTERN WITH FUTURE
WAYS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7.
OKAY. THE CITY IS GROWING
THERE'S SERIOUS CHANGES THAT
NEED TO HAPPEN ACROSS SEATTLE
AND IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
RATHER -- DISPLACEMENT WILL
ACCELERATE FURTHER AS THE
COMMUNITY IS PUSHED OUT. I LIVE
IN WEST SEE THE EXAMPLE MY
DAUGHTER IS IN THE HIGH LINE WE
NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
THE CITY TO KEEP THIS FROM
HAPPENING. THE COST OF HOUSING
AND THE COST OF LIVING IS A HUGE
ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH
FAMILIES, THAT WANT TO SETTLE
DOWN. THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DO
SOMETHING BOLD AS OUR NEIGHBORS
CONTINUE TO GET PRICED OUT AND
OUR KIDS LOOSE CLASSMATES. WE
NEED TO OPEN THE DOORS TO A
HOUSING SUPPLY THAT CAN KEEP
PACE WITH THE GROWTH WE WILL SEE
-- WE WILL BE SEEING OVER THE
NEXT 20 YEARS AND WHILE SUPPLY
DOESN'T STOP DISPLACEMENT WE
WILL NEED TO FIGHT IT WITHOUT
CHANGING OUR RESTRICTIVE ZONING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU TO TAKE
ACTION AND APPRECIATE WHY YOUR
TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND
PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS NOW
CLOSED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO
OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> REPORT THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> AND OUR PRESENTERS WILL MAKE
THEIR WAY TO THE TAKE. I WANTED
TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK
COMMENTS SO WE CAN JUMP IN TO
THE PRESENTATION IS THAT -- YOU
KNOW WHEN I'M LISTENING TO
PEOPLE AND GETTING EMAILS AND
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND I -- THIS
IS NOT ABOUT RENTERS VERSES
HOMEOWNERS, YOUNG VERSES OLD, US
VERSES THEM, CAR OWNER VERSES
NON, OWNERS VERSES, BUSINESS
VERSES NON, DENSITY VERSES
NONTHIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US AND
COMPROMISE AND FOR US TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS AND OUTREACH AND
PLANNING AND TALKING ABOUT
THINGS AND I KNOW TENSION ALSO
BE HIGH ON FOLKS AND PEOPLE WANT
US VERSES THEM BUT THAT'S NOT
THE SEATTLE THAT I KNOW AND GREW
UP WITH AND SO LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING ABOUT OUR ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PLAN. I KNOW A LOT
OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ASKED
ABOUT THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO
GROW AND INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO
JOIN US AS SEATTLE WHERE THEY
ARE TRYING TO -- GROW THEIR
FAMILY, YOUNG FAMILIES. WE HAVE
TO ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PLAN IS ON POINT
AND IS IMPACTFUL. I WANT TO ANK
PERFORMANCE AND OPCD AND
EVERYBODY FOR THIS PRESENTATION
TODAY. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD AND LET'S JUMP INTO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> HI. CHRISTA VALLES.
>>ANNOUNCER: NICOLE STAFFORD.
>> LEAH TIVOLI.
>> RICO QUIR IND ONGO.
>> PLEASE MOVE YOUR MICROPHONES
SO THEY ARE MORE TOWARD YOU AND
COLLEAGUES PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION
AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS
THROUGHOUT. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO KICK
IT OFF TODAY. I HAVE KEITH FROM
OUR INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE
TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK TO
DEVELOP A DISPLACEMENT PLAN. SO
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS
ABOUT DISPLACEMENT IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE MAJOR UPDATE TO
THE PLAN WITHIN CREASES IN
ZONING DENSITY COMES -- WITHIN
CREASES IN ZONING DENSITY COMES
MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TYPES
OF HOUSING TO BE BUILT ACROSS
THE CITY. THERE IS BROAD
CONSENSUS AMONG RESEARCHERS AND
ECONOMISTS THAT RIGHT SIZING
SUPPLY WITH DEMAND IS ONE OF THE
MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. WE ALSO
KNOW THAT MARKET RATE HOUSING
ALONE CAN'T ADDRESS THE HOUSING
CRISIS AND SEATTLE VOTERS
RECOGNIZE THIS AS WELL AS THEY
HAVE VOTED TO TAX THEMSELVES IN
SUPPORT OF A DEDICATED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. THEY
APPROVED A NEARLY BILLION
DOLLARS HOUSING LEVY AND
TOGETHER WITH OTHER REVENUES OH
HAS ALMOST 350 MILLION IN LOCAL
DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR ALONE TO
HELP SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS. PRODUCTION IS
DEFINITELY PART OF THE PICTURE
WHEN IT COMES TO DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGY BOTH ON THE MARKET AND
HOUSING SIDE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
GREATER DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT
IS NOT WITHOUT IT IS OWN
CHALLENGES AND CAN IN A SHORT
TERM -- IN THE SHORT TERM
POTENTIALLY MAKE WORSE
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES. THIS
BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION
TODAY. IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
WANTED TO APPROACH THIS WE
WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE
CITY IS DOING TO MITIGATE
DISPLACEMENT. WE ARE NOT
STARTING FROM SKETCH. THE CITY
ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF
DISPLACEMENT POLICIES IN PLACE.
WE WANTED TO AVOID RECREATING
THE WHEEL OR COMING UP WITH
SOMETHING NEW AND SHINY JUST FOR
THE SAKE OF DOING SO. WE FIRST
WANTED TO GET A LANDL ON WHAT
ARE ALL THE PRODETECTS --
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT THE
CITY IS DOING AND JUST AS
IMPORTANT IS TO UNDERSTAND
WHETHER THE POLL SUSPICION
PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE. WE ASKED IP
TO ALSO LOOK THE WHAT DOES THE
RESEARCH SAY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING WITH REGARDS TO
DISPLACEMENT AND IS IT
EFFECTIVE? THEN WE WANTED TO
KNOW ASSUMING THAT INTERVENTIONS
ARE EVIDENCE BASED WORTHWHILE
WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THEM
AND FINALLY WE ASKED THEM TO
IDENTITY WHAT GAPS DID THEY SEE
AS THEY WERE DOING THEIR WORK?
SO WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT
OVER TO IP TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEY FOUND. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE
THAT IP REALLY WENT ABOVE AND
BEYOND IN THIS WORK. THEY NOT
ONLY DID THE RESEARCH AND
TRACKED DOWN ALL THE PROGRAMS
AND INTERVIEWED CITY STAFF BUT
THEY GOT THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND
PROVIDED DIRECT ASSISTANCE ON A
DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER IN
THIS CONVERSATION. SO MIDPROJECT
THEY ACTUALLY -- THEY ARE -- I
THINK OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE,
STEVE, REALLY HELPED BOOTSTRAP A
DASHBOARD THAT HAD BEEN SITTING
AND NOT BEING USED WE ARE REALLY
PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THAT TO YOU
TODAY AND TALK ABOUT THAT. AND
SO, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN TERMS
OF NEXT STEPS FROM US IS A
DESIRE TO CONTINUE IN THIS SPACE
ON THE PROGRAMMING AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE GETTING IT RIGHT,
THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE AND THAT IT
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP US
MOVE THE NEEDL ON PREVENTING
DISPLACEMENT. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO ANY
FURTHER I WANTED TO FIND EXACTLY
WHAT WE MEAN BY DISPLACEMENT.
YOU CAN READ THE DEFINITION UP
ON THE SCREEN BUT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT DISPLACEMENT
WHICH IS INVOLUNTARY IN NATURE
IS DIFFERENT FROM REGULAR
RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY. WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT MITIGATING
DISPOLICEMEN WHICH YOU WILL HEAR
THAT TERM A LOT IN THIS
PRESENTATION I'M TALKING ABOUT
PREVENTING CURRENT RESIDENTS
BEING DISPLACED PROTECTING AND
SUPPORTING THOSE WHO MAY BE
ACTIVELY GOING THROUGH AND
DISPLACEMENT. I ALSO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THERE ARE FOUR TYPES
OF DISPLACEMENT THAT IS
RECOGNIZED IN THE LITERATURE.
WHILE MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES FALL INTO THAT PHYSICAL
AND ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
CATEGORIES ONE OF THE LARGEST IS
THE EQUAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
THAT ADDRESSES CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT. WE HAVE DIRECTOR
RICO HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT EDI
LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO
TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS
AND TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF
SEATTLE'S ANTI DISPLACEMENT
APPROACH SO FAR WE CONDUCTED A
REVIEW, CATALOGED ALL EXISTING
PROGRAMS AT THE CITY BASED ON
THEIR POTENTIAL, COLLECTED DATA
AND INTERVIEWED PROGRAM
MANAGERS. BASED ON ALL OF THIS
RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT SEATTLE
HAS A PRETTY STRONG FOUNDATION I
WOULD CALL IT OF ANTI
DISPLACEMENT INTERVENTIONS BUT
DID FIND FOUR AREAS OF
OPPORTUNITY. THE FIRST ONE IS
AROUND IMPROVING OUR USE OF DATA
TO MONITOR DISPLACEMENT AND
INCREASE COORDINATION ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS TO DO THIS WORK. THE
SECOND ONE IS AROUND INCREASING
ACCESS TO ALREADY EXISTING
PROGRAMS THROUGH TARGETED
OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. THE THIRD ONE IS
ALSO RELATED TO IMPROVING ACCESS
BUT THROUGH BETTER SERVICE
DESIGN. THE 4th ONE IS AROUND
CREATING A MORE ROBUSS STRATEGY
OF PRESERVING WHAT'S CALLED
NATURALLY HAPPENING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WHICH IS HOUSING THAT IS
A FORDABLE TO LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. AND NOW I WILL TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE INSIGHTS WE
CATALOGED IN LOOKING AT ALL OF
ENT EFFORTS
OF THE CITY. WE IDENTIFIED 20
EXISTING PROGRAMS OR POLICIES
WITH POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE
DISPLACEMENT. THIS IS A MIX OF
LONGSTANDING PROGRAM THAT WERE
MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY CREATED TO
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT BUT MAY
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO SO. NEW
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT. SOME PILOT
PROGRAMS AND NEW POLICIES UNDER
DEVELOPMENT. WE COLLECTED BUDGET
DATA WHERE WE COULD AND FOUND
THE CITY HAD BUDGETED
APPROXIMATELY $424. DOESN'T
INCLUDE THE UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM OR OTHER BILL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AS 2024 ESTIMATES FOR
THOSE SERVICES STILL BEING
WORKED OUT. WE DO KNOW ESTIMATES
FROM 2023 AND THOSE TOTALED $54
MILLION. YOU WILL SEE SOME OF
THE LARGEST PROGRAMS BY THAT
2024 BUDGET ON THE LOWER LEFT
HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE. YOU WILL
SEE EDI IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM
OF COURSE EXCLUDING THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND OTHER BILL
ASSISTANCE I JUST MENTIONED. OUR
TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE AT
$.5 MILLION OF BUDGET IN 2024
BUT I WANT TO NOTE THIS IS
PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE CITY AND
BY PROPERTY OWNERS. THEN EDRA IS
A $.2 MILLION FOR 2024 AND IS
OUR ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
RELOCATION ORDINANCE OR
ASSISTANCE AND I WANT TO NOTE
THAT IS LARGELY FUNDED BY
PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS MAY ALSO
BE A GOOD TIME TO CALL OUT THAT
IN THE SLIDE THERE IS A BRIEF
EXPLANATION ON ALL OF THESE
PROGRAMS IF YOU ARE CURIOUS
ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT AN
INDIVIDUAL ONE. ALL OF THESE
NUMBERS ARE FROM 2024 BECAUSE AT
TIME OF OUR REVIEW THE NUMBER
BUDGET HADN'T BEEN ADOPTED. I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2025
BUDGETS HAVE INCREASED IN
SEVERAL OF THESE PROGRAMS. EDI
IS INCREASING BY ALMOST 1.9
MILLION. HOME WEATHER BY 3.3 AND
RENTAL ASSISTANCE BY 4.4
MILLION. OF THESE 20 AND -- I
WANT TO SHIFT YOUR ATTENTION TO
THAT PIE CHART ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE SLIDE. OF THESE 20
INTERVENTIONS, WE FOUND 60% HAD
WHAT WE HAD A HIGH TO MODERATE
EVIDENCE BASE. WE DID NOT CREATE
THE CLASS ON OUR OWN OR IN A
SILO. WE RELIED ON TWO RECENTLY
PUBLISHED REVIEWS. ONE BY A UC
BERKELEY AND UCLA PARTNERSHIP
AND ANOTHER BY A RESEARCH FIRM
CALLED ROOT POLICY RESEARCH.
THEY TOOK ALL OF THE LATEST
RESEARCH IN THE SPACE AND
CREATED A CLASS OF ANTI
DISPLACEMENT INTERVENTIONS BASED
ON TWO DIMENSIONS. THE FIRST
DIMENSION ASKS HOW LIKELY WILL
THIS PROGRAM OR POLICY REDUCE
DISPLACEMENT DIRECTLY? THE
SECOND DIMENSION TERMED HOW MUCH
EVIDENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION?
>> THEY CLASSIFIED INTERVENTIONS
AS HIGH, MEDIUM OR MODERATOR LOW
AND WHERE THE INTERVIEWS
CLASSIFIED IT AS HIGH WE DID SO.
WHERE THEY CALLED IT MODERATE SO
DID WE. SOMETIMES A PROGRAM WAS
NOT MENTIONED IN EITHER OF THESE
TWO LARGER REVIEWS BUT WE KEPT
COMING ACROSS THEM IN OUR
BROADER RESEARCH. WE WOULD SEE
THEM IN CASE STUDIES, STRATEGIES
OR TOOL KITS. SO WE INCLUDED
THEM AS MODERATE IF THEY WERE IN
AT LEAST FIVE OF THESE DIFFERENT
SOURCES. 35% OF THE 20
INTERVENTIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO
NEW OR NOVEL TO HAVE A
SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF EVIDENCE BUT
SHOWED SOME PROMISE BY BEING
INCLUDED IN AT LEAST ONE SOURCE
LIKE A CASE STUDY STRATEGY OR
TOOL KIT. FINALLY WE CLASSIFIED
5% AS LOW. NOW LOW DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT
EFFECTIVE. JUST LESS EFFECTIVE
AT SPECIFICALLY MITIGATING
DISPLACEMENT THAN THE OTHERS.
NOW THAT WAS A LOT OF
INFORMATION BUT NOW I WILL SHOW
YOU A FEW DIFFERENT SLICES OF
THE 20 PROGRAMS AND POLL
SESSIONS I KEEP TALKING ABOUT.
THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST SLICE
IS BY EVIDENCE BASED. YOU WILL
SEE EXACTLY WHICH PROGRAMS OR
POLICIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIGH,
MODERATE, LOW, AND NOVEL. YOU
WILL NOTICE IN THAT HIGH
CATEGORY ARE PROGRAM THAT ARE A
LITTLE MORE DIRECT AND GET TO
THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF SOMEONE
THAT MAY BE ACTIVELY BOEING
ADVERTISE BEING DISPLACED. THEN
THE THINGS IN THE MODERATE
CATEGORY I WOULD CONSIDER MORE
OF THE INDIRECT AND POINT TO
MAKING HOUSING COSTS MORE
AFFORDABLE. YOU WILL SEE THINGS
LIKE TAX EXEMPTION OR UTILITY
ASSISTANCE. WE ONLY HAD ONE
PROGRAM THAT WAS SET AS LOW.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THIS PROGRAM
IS NOT EFFECTIVE. IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR A LOT OF OTHER REASONS. JUST
LESS SO THAN THE OTHERS IN THE
HIGH AND MODERATE CATEGORY. THEN
FINALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT 35% OF
THAT IN THE NOVEL CATEGORY. THE
NEXT SLICE I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS
THE SAME 20 PROGRAMS BUT WANTED
TO SHOW YOU HOW WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT THE CATEGORIES. HE WE USE
AID POPULAR FRAMEWORK WE FOUND
IN THE LITERATURE CALLED THE
4P'S TO BUILD CATEGORIES AND TO
IDENTITY WHERE THE CITY MAY HAVE
GAPS. PLAN, CAPTURES
INTERVENTION THAT HELP THE CITY
PLAN AHEAD BY ANTICIPATING
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AND
RESPONDING WITH APPROPRIATE
PROGRAMS AND POLICIES. PROTECT
INCLUDES INTERVENTIONS THAT
PROTECT RESIDENTS DISPLACEMENT
PRESSURES BY GIVING THEM MORE
FREEDOM AND TIME TO MAKE THEIR
CHOICE TO STAY OR MOVE AND THEN
PRESERVE CAPTURES INTERVENTIONS
THAT PRESERVE EXISTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDUCE THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT LEAVES THE
AFFORDABILITY HOUSING STOCK. YOU
CAN SEE WE HAVE THE LEAST NUMBER
OF INTERVENTIONS IN THAT PLAN
CATEGORY BUT THE FIRST
RECOMMENDATION OR RECOMMENDED
ACTION HELPS ADDRESS THIS GAP. I
HAVE ALSO NOTED ON THE SLIDE
WHERE DEPARTMENTS -- THAT OWN
EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS OR
POLICIES AND YOU WILL NOTE THIS
DOES STRETCH ACROSS ABOUT SIX
DEPARTMENTS. NOW YOU MAY NOTICE
THAT 1P IS MISSING THE SLIDE.
THAT IS CALLED PRODUCTION OR
PRODUCE AND IT'S ABOUT
INCREASING THE HOUSING ACROSS
ALL INCOME LEVELS AND IT'S A
VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A
HOLISTIC STRATEGY OFGIVEN
THAT YOU ARE ALL IN ACTIVE
DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC WITH
THE PLAN AND WITH HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS MENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. FINALLY THE THIRD SLICE
AS I PROMISED IS BY HOUSEHOLD
TENURE WHICH MEANS WHETHER OR
NOT A PROGRAM TARGETS RENTERS,
OR HOMEOWNERS. YOU WILL SEE WE
HAVE A LOT IN THE RENTER'S
CATEGORY. WE HAVE SOME IN THE
HOMEOWNERS AND SOME THAT CROSSES
BOTH. AND NOW MY NEXT SLIDE I'M
GOING TO MORE INTO EDI. APPLY
TEAM DIDN'T TO AN INDEPENDENT
REVIEW OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE IT
WAS JUST COMPLETED BY AN EXTERM
PARTY JUST THIS LAST FALL.
BECAUSE OF -- THIS IS ONE OF THE
CITY'S LARGEST INVESTMENTS WE
FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO I
HIGHLIGHT HERE. WITH THAT I WILL
PASS IT OFF TO RICO TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE INSIGHTS THIS
EVALUATION AND PLANNED
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EDI PROGRAM.
>
>> THANK YOU. SO, ALL OF YOU ARE
AWARE OF THE REPORT THAT WE HAVE
PUBLISHED ON OUR INITIATIVE
WEBSITE FROM SEPTEMBER WHICH IS
THE TECHNICAL EVALUATION
ANALYSIS AND THEN IN ADDITION TO
THAT IN JANUARY WE JUST ADDED A
-- SUPPLE MENTAL WHICH PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH IS
WHAT ABOUT THE NARRATIVE WORK
AND CULTURAL WORK THAT'S BEING
DONE IN COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN
SEE THE PROGRESS OF THOSE
PROGRAMS AND -- INITIATIVES.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED
FOR AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO PULL
OUT OF THE REPORT.
ONE OF THE THINGS, DATA
REPORTING AND COLLECTION AS NOT
CONSISTENT.
THE THIRD WAS AROUND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT AND THAT -- WE HAVE
SILOS INSTEAD OF A CENTRAL
SYSTEM AND THEN THE LAST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH DON'T HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING IN
THE PROGRAM.
THEY ARE NOT EXPERTS AS IT
RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT AND SO
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING
TO DO IS LEAN INTO THE ISSUE OF
HOW DO WE PROVIDE THEM THE
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO GET
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE RELATED
TO THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND THINGS THAT WE HAD ALREADY
BUILT INTO OUR WORK PROGRAM IN
2025 WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN
HERE IS THING THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT RELATED TO
IMPROVEMENTS IN 2025 AND 2026.
SO, WE WILL BE BEGINNING A
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BOTH
WITH STAFF AND OUR ADVISORY
BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SHARING WITH YOU WHAT THAT
PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. WE WILL
BE EXPANDING OUR TRANSIT
ORIENTED WORK SO WE HAVE AN
EXITING WORK GROUP AT OPCD
THAT'S LOOKING AT AS -- WHICH
BRING ONLINE TRANSIT FOCUSED
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH
ST3 SOUND TRANSIT 3, HOW DO WE
ENSURE THAT'S COMMUNITY IS NOT
ONLY SERVED BUT IS A PART OF
THOSE DEVELOPMENTS? WE HAVE AN
FTA GRANT THAT IS HELPING TO
FUND SOME OF THAT RESEARCH AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS
THE COLLABORATION WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND SDOT. THE THIRD ONE
ANNUAL DATA AND PROJECT UPDATE
REPORTING. IT IS OUR INTENT TO
-- IT AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN IN
DEPTH TECHNICAL REPORT LAST
SEPTEMBER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS WE CAN
REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT'S THE
PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING YEAR OVER
YEAR AND HAVE THAT REPORTING BE
CONSISTENT AND AT THE SAME TIME
ENSURE WE SET UP A CLEAR TO DO
IT REPORTING TO US.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE -- WE ARE JUST --
JUST COMPLETING IT -- A DRAFT
FOR AN RFP NOW TO BRING ON A
CONSULT FANTASTIC TO HELP US TO
BUILD A MORE FORMAL TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OUR
PARTNERS TO HELP THEM SPEED UP
THEIR WORK.
WE ARE ALREADY IN CONVERSATION.
FOR EXAMPLE I SAID ON THE NOFA
WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING AND WE
TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS
THAT EDI IS FUNDING, WHAT ARE
THE ONES THAT OH IS FUNDING,
WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE
AFRICA TOWN ON 23rd WHERE WE ARE
FUNDING THE GROUND FLOOR AND
THEY ARE FUNDING UNITS UPSTAIRS.
WE KNOW WE JUST NEED TO -- DO
MORE OF THAT. WE -- COLLABORATE
WITH OED, WE COLLABORATE WITH
THE OTHER CAPITOL DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S A LARGE -- BY OUR PROJECT
MANAGER AND BY OUR EDI PARTNERS.
WE ARE ULLOA BE ALL LOOKING AT
THE SAME SET OF INFORMATION AND
THEN FINALLY CONTINUED FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY SPACES, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND REDUCING
DISPLACEMENT COR, VALUES OF THE
PROGRAM. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOW GOING TO
TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE
RESEARCH INSIGHTS THAT LED TO
OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
THE OF PROACTIVE PLANNING,
MONITORING, AND EVALUATION HAS
LED TO FRAGMENTED DELIVERY AND
LIMITED STRATEGIC FORESIGHT.
PROGRAMS ARE SPREAD ACROSS SIX
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE
ONLY TOOL TRACKING DISPLACEMENT
ACROSS THE CITY WAS LAST UPDATED
FIVE YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS NO
EFFORT TO MONITOR IT AND RESPOND
ACCORDINGLY. WHILE THERE ARE
MANY PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP
MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT SEVERAL
UNDER SUBSCRIBED PROGRAMS COULD
BENEFIT FROM GREATER OUTREACH AS
SOME PROGRAM MANAGERS IDENTIFIED
A LACK AVENUE WARENESS AS A KEY
BARRIER TO INCREASING
ENROLLMENT. ANOTHER BARRIER FOR
RESIDENTS ACCESSING THESE
ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS IS THE
APPLICATION PROCESS. RESEARCH
INDICATES THE PROGRAMS COULD BE
COMPROMISED BY A LONG PROCESS TO
CONFIRM ELIGIBILITY AND
THINGS LIKE INCOME VERIFYING WHY
THE CITY DOES HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO
SELL POLICY. THIS HELPS TELL THE
CITY AND IT'S PARTNERS OF THE
SALE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE. IT HAS NOT AND IS NOT
DRIVING PRESERVATION ACTIVITY TO
DATE. PROGRAM MANAGER INTERVIEWS
INDICATE SOME REASONS MAYBE BE
THE LACK OF FAST MONEY OR A
NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS
EQUIPPED TO QUICKLY MOVE ON
THESE NOTICES. WITH THAT I'M
NOW GOING TO DIG INTO EACH OF
OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT
HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
INSIGHTS. OUR FIRST RECOMMENDED
ACTION IS TO CREATE A MONITORING
TOOL TO TRACK DISPLACEMENT DATA
AND TO CREATE A WORK GROUP TO
ACT ON INSIGHTS THAT DATA. THE
WORK GROUP WILL INCLUDE
DEPARTMENT STAFF, RESPONSIBLE
FOR MANAGING THE 20 ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OCPD THEY HAVE
CREATED A NEW DISPLACEMENT RISK
DASHBOARD THAT'S IN BETA MODE.
IN CONTRAST WITH WHAT THE CITY
PREVIOUSLY HAD THEY WANT TO
UPDATE THE TOOL IN AS REALTIME
AS POSSIBLE T INCLUDES
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL MET RICKS AND
ORGANIZES DATA IN A WAY THAT
HELPS MAKES DECISIONS. THE GOAL
IS MAKE THE DASHBOARD A LIVING
TOOL THAT CONTINUES TO BE WORKED
ON AND HELP US INVEST. THE DEAL
-- I CREATED ON THE SIDE IS TO
HAVE THE DATA UPDATED REGULARLY.
THE WORK GROUP CONVENES TO
DISCUSS INSIGHTS FROM THAT DATA
AND THEN THE GROUP MAKES PROGRAM
ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. AN
ADJUSTMENT COULD BE NEEDED
ACROSS PROGRAMS TO TARGET
OUTREACH IN A SPECIFIC PROGRAM T
WOULD ALIGN ON A STANDARD
EVALUATION APPROACH TO MEASURING
HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY
IMPACTING DISPLACEMENT AND
PROVIDE A REPORT OR READ OUT OF
THESE INSIGHTS AND ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. NOW TO
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT KIND OF
DATAA IS BEING TRACKED IN THIS
NEW RISK DASHBOARD YOU CAN SEE
IT COVERS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
FACTORS. ONE CATEGORY IS
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES. THAT'S
THINGS LIKE INCREASING HOME SALE
PRICES, RENT PRICES, INCREASED
PERMIT ACTIVITY, THE NEXT BUCKET
IS AROUND DISPLACEMENT ISSUES SO
THIS IS ABOUT THOSE IN SEATTLE
THAT HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCES TO
PUSH BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT
PRESSURES AND THEN WE HAVE A
THIRD ONE THAT WE ARE CALLING
ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM MET
RICKS AND WE ARE STARTING TO
PULL THAT INTO THE DASHBOARD TO
SEE WHERE THERE IS UP TAKE OF
THESE PROGRAMS. NOW I WILL GIVE
YOU A FEW SCREEN SHOTS FROM THE
BETA VERSION OF THIS -- OF THIS
DASHBOARD. THIS IS JUST ONE
SCREEN SHOT AND I WILL NOT GO
INTO A TON OF DETAIL BUT I THINK
IT'S A HELPFUL VIEW TO SEE. YOU
CAN SEE THE DATA AVAILABLE ON
ONE SINGLE MAP AND WITH IN A
SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CAN LOOK
ACROSS MULTIPLE THINGS SIDE BY
SIDE AND OUR HOPE IS THIS GIVES
US SOME SORT OF EARLY WARNING
SYSTEM TO POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT
ACTIVITY. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW
FROM THE BETA VERSION OF THE
DASHBOARD BUT HIGHLIGHTS FOR
EACH OF THE PIN PUTS I JUST
LISTED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY THERE
IS A DEEP DIVE SLIDE OR -- VIEW
HERE. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY
ON THE TENANT RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE THAT TRACKS
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WITH DISPLACED
THROUGH TEAR DOWNS OR CHANGES IN
THE USE OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN
ALSO SEE TRENDS OVERTIME AND YOU
CAN SEE HOT SPOTS OUTLINED ON
THE MAP WHERE THE ACTIVITY IS
HEATING UP. THIS IS THE BETA
VERSION OF THE TOOL. STILL NEEDS
TO BE FULLY TESTED BY OUR WORK
GROUP. NOW I WILL GIVE YOU AN
OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDED ACTION
NUMBER TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
ACTION NUMBER 2 IS AROUND
INCREASING AWARENESS AND
PARTICIPATION IN ALREADY
EXISTING ANTI DISPLACEMENT
PROGRAMS. THE CITY HAS WHAT I
CALLED THE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OR EDRA
FOR SHORT. ACCORDING TO A SMALL
RECENT SURVEY ONLY 20% OF
RESIDENTS THAT HAD THEIR RENT
INCREASED BY 10% OR MORE
REPORTED RECEIVING AN EDRA
NOTICE FROM THE LANDLORD.
BUT THERE ARE STILL AROUND A
DOZEN COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT MANAGE
APPLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTE
THESE FUNDS. OUR TEAM DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO DO A FULL
EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE BUT HAVING MULTIPLE
PARTNERS DOES HELP ENSURE
LIMITED FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN NEED
BUT THE CITY SHOULD ENSURE A
MORE CONSISTENT AND ACCESSIBLE
APPLICATION PROCESS AND
EXPERIENCE.
WHICH AGAIN REFERS TO HOUSING
THAT IS -- AFFORDABLE TO LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT ANY
PUBLIC SUBSIDES. MOST LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON THIS TYPE OF
HOUSING. ACCORDING TO THE
LITERATURE A HOLISTIC STRATEGY
WOULD OR COULD INCLUDE A
DEDICATED FUND WHICH WOULD
ADDRESS THAT FAST MONEY. A
CENTRAL EYES -- AND A NETWORK OF
PRESERVATION PARTNERS. ONE
EXAMPLE IS THAT NOTICE OF INTENT
TO SELL POLICY. SINCE THE
ADOPTION ZERO PROPERTIES HAVE
BEEN ACQUIRED AND FOR CONTEXT
THE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT 25
NOTICES LAST YEAR. THIS
RECOMMENDED ACTION AIMS TO
REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO I
CAN MANNING POLICY MEANINGFUL. I
WILL COVER A FEW IMPORTANT NEXT
STEPS REGARDING THIS WORK. THE
WORK REALLY STARTS WITH THE
CREATION OF THE ANTI
DISPLACEMENT WORK GROUP. KICKOFF
WILL HAPPEN THIS QUARTER WHERE
THE GROUP WILL START TESTING AND
DEVELOP THE PLAN WHICH WILL BE
DUE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT
THE END OF THE YEAR. AFTER THAT
THE GROUP WOULD SHIFT TO A
MORMON FORKING PHASE WITH
REGULAR TOUCH POINTS TO ANALYZE
NEW DATA AS IT COMES INTO THE
TOOL AND GLEAN INSIGHTS THAT.
THAT'S THE WORK GROUP TIMELINE.
WHILE THE WORK GROUP DOES
CONSIST OF STAFF FROM DEPARTMENT
THAT MANAGE THESE ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, SOME
MILESTONES ARE PROGRAM SPECIFIC
LIKE FAS DRAFTING LEGISLATION ON
PREDATORY HOME BUYING, EDI
CREATING AN END OF YEAR REPORT,
OH CREATING A PLAN FOR
PRESERVING NATURALLY HAPPENING
AFFORDABILITY HOUSING A ANNUAL
HOUSING REPORT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN
UNTIL THE YEAR AFTER THE PLAN IS
A PROVED. AND THAT WAS A TON OF
INFORMATION BUT THIS IS THE LAST
SLIDE WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY SO I
DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR
CLOSING COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION
THERE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE APPRECIATES
THE WORK THAT THE TEAM CONDUCTED
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND
DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THROUGH. THE
MARIN TENDS TO ISSUE THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REQUIRE
DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW UP ON
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE A LOT
OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS,
ESPECIALLY IDENTIFYING SOME OF
THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE AS A CITY, SOME
IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT
THEY ARE HAVING. I'M A DATA
NERD AND I DON'T THINK DATA
LIES. JUST HAVING THAT
INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
COUNCILMEMBER THAT HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS SO I WILL GO HEAD.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WERE YOU
FIRST AND THEN SAKA AND THEN
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR EVERYBODY WHO GAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PIECE AND I
SAID THIS THAT WE DO LISTEN AND
SO I TAKE IN, YOU KNOW THE POINT
REGARDING ZONING CHANGES AND TAX
LIABILITY WHICH GOES TO LATER ON
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT FOR
EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW IS THERE
ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINE THAT
COULD BE OF INTEREST. NOT IN MY
DISTRICT BUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING
ABOUT RAVINES. THE IMPACT OF THE
SLOPES ON MAPS IN TERMS OF NOT
REALLY BEING UNDERSTOOD AS YOU
LOOK ON A CHART OR MAP. WHEN YOU
ARE ON THE GROUND SLEEPS, RAVNES
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I'M WELL
AWARE OF HOUSE VOTES AND WE
SHOULD NOT LEAVE HOUSE BOATS
BEHIND. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
IN LAKE UNION. WE NEED TO BE
INCORPORATING THAT AND I
APPRECIATE OUR D7 COMMENTS HERE.
BOOTH WITH THE NEED TONY CREASE
THE DENSITY AND BE AWARE OF
LOCAL SPECIFIC KIND OF
CONSIDERATIONS AND D7 WE HAVE
THREE REGIONAL CENTERS, TWO
URBAN CENTERS, IF I CAN TAKE A
BIT OF EASTLAKE BECAUSE EASTLAKE
IS PARTLY IN MY DISTRICT SO I
WILL COUNT IT AND THEN ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND AS I
TOLD MR.-- PACKER BACK THERE
THAT D7 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
DOESN'T HAVE ANY STRONG --
WHICH -- YOU KNOW -- HAPPENING
IN ANOTHER DISTRICT OPPOSITION
AND THIS COUNCILMEMBER IS IN
FAVOR OF IT. D7 NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER WE ARE GOING TO BE GOOD
TO GO. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT. REGARDING THE
BRIEFING THE COMMENTS, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I WAS LISTENING
TO YOUR COMMENTS IS JUST REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS. YOU MENTIONED THE
DIFFERENT PIECES AND THE PIECES
ARE THERE. YOU KNOW AND IT JUST
REINFORCES AND I WILL LOOK OVER
AT COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, BECAUSE
THIS IS A REASON WHY WE ARE
PUSHING AND PUT IT IN TO THE
BUDGET AND IT'S IN THE
LEGISLATION RELATED TO HAVING A
SEATTLE HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN.
PUTTING THROUGH THE SAME PACE
THAT SDOT HAS TO DO WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHERE THEY
BROUGHT ALL THESE PIECES
TOGETHER AND I THINK BY DOING
THAT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THAT
AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TRADEOFFS
AND THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK
THAT WOULD HELP US SO MUCH IN
THE HOUSING FRONT THE WAY THAT
WORK SDTT HAS DONE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND I KNOW I
BROUGHT THIS UP BUT I DONTA VOID
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT AGAIN AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT AND I ALSO KNOW IN
TERMS OF THE ONE -- GRAPHIC THAT
-- THE IDEA OF LIKE -- A LOT OF
OH STUFF, HSD STUFF IS AN SDCI
WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION AND CODES
BUT A LOT OF THAT RENTERS
PIECES. THIS HIM TOO NEXT YEAR
THE GRAPHIC PROBABLY SHOWED SOME
OF THAT -- SHOULD SHOW SOME OF
THAT SHIFTING OVER IT IS
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS PER THE
PROCESSES WE WENT THROUGH
BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT
DISPLACEMENT PIECES AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN
SEEING IN MY OUTREACH LEFT,
RIGHT AND CENTER. IT'S NOT JUST
SOME OF THE THESE THINGS, THAT
SOME OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS BUT
IF YOU HAVE A HOME AND YOU WANT
TO GET A NEW ROOF OR YOU NEED
THE HOUSE PAINTED, IT'S
EXPENSIVE SO THE ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT IS HUMAN. IT IS NOT
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
SEEING HERE BUT IT'S THESE
OTHER PIECE THAT ARE REALLY
IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF SOMEONE'S
ACT TO BE THERE AND SO THIS IS
WHERE IN TERMS OF ANTI
DISPLACEMENT I DO BELIEVE IN THE
PROCESS PARTICULARLY WITH -- RE
SPOKE TO A LOT OF BUSINESS
PEOPLE IN D7 AND THEY ARE
CONSERBED BECAUSE THEY MAY BE IN
AN OLDER BUILDING AND SOME WANT
TO BUY A BUILDING TO HAVE THAT
KIND OF LONG TERM STABILITY BUT
THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT IF A NEW
BUILDING COMES IN THEY WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO BUY THAT, YOU
KNOW BUY A BUILDING WHICH THEY
CAN HAVE THEIR BUSINESS IN. THAT
WILL BE SOMETHING LONG GONE. I
BRING THIS UP BECAUSE ONE THING
I LEARNED IS IT'S THE LOCAL MOM
AND POP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
SUPPORT THE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.
THE SOCCER TEAM. ANY BUSINESS
THAT SAYS I HAVE TO GO TO
CORPORATE NEVER SUPPORTS THE
LOCAL EFFORTS LIKE THAT. IT'S
ALWAYS THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
DO IT THAT WE HAVE -- AND -- YOU
KNOW IN TERMS OF -- WHAT WE
DON'T WANT TO DO IS DISPLACE
THEM AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF
THE -- YOU GO TO THE CULTURAL
DISPLACEMENT. IT IS LIKE A 1, 2,
PUNCH AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE AS
WE STEP THROUGH THESE THINGS.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
THINGS I HAVE SEEN AND REGARDING
THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY
OUTREACH THE PORTALS AND THIS --
I'M HEARING PORTALS AND ONLINE
THIS AND THAT, WHATEVER AND I'M
THINKING ABOUT ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS VERY HAD WITH
PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY RESIDE
ONLINE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE
LIKE WHAT? THEY DON'T
NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT THAT AND
THIS KIND OF GOES TO SOME OF THE
COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT
LIKE, I ALSO GOT THAT FLYER
REGARDING INITIATIVE 137. I ALSO
GET MY KING COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR
LITTLE CARD AND THE OUTREACH
CAN'T BE MY NEWS LETTER. IT
NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING BROADER
THAN THAT. I JUST -- WE NEED TO
WILD ON IT AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT BUT THESE ARE JUST
SOME OF THE ENTER VACATIONS
RELATED TO THE BRIEF AND I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS
USUAL WITH COUNCILMEMBERS, NOT
-- USUALLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS
BUT SOME COMMENTS AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT
TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL
OF YOU AND DIRECTOR QUINN AND --
THE MEMBERS FROM -- YOUR OFFICE
AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY AND SHARING THESE INCITES
ON A VERY IMPORTANT IMPACTFUL
PROGRAM THAT NO DOUBT WILL GUIDE
OUR WORK. CERTAINLY WILL GUIDE
MY WORK. I WILL SPEAK MORE
MYSELF. REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF
US TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE
ELEMENTS OF THINGS WE LEARNED
TODAY. BEFORE WE GET THERE TO MY
QUESTION, JUST -- CURIOUS,
DIRECTOR, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE
-- WHAT IS THE -- HOW DO YOU
PROPERLY PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST
NAME? > LIKE I'M ONLY KIDDING.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
FOR OVER A YEAR AND MY --
ENGLISH DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE.
I ALMOST WANT TO CALL YOU
DIRECTOR RICO BUT -- IF I EVER
FORGET HOW TO PROPERLY PRONOUNCE
YOUR NAME I WILL JUST REVERT TO
DIRECTOR. THAT'S ALWAYS PROPER.
>> I'M FINE WITH ANY OF THE
ABOVE.
>> LET ME ASK, LOVE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT
PROGRAMS TO BETTER ENSURE PEOPLE
CAN AGE IN PLACE SO THERE IS --
ANY NUMBER OF AT LEAST 20 THAT
WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE DEPENDING ON THE
POPULATION GROUP. THE POLICY
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES. YOU ARE
TRYING TO CREATE. THERE'S
SPECIFIC THINGS. I SEE YOU HAVE
THEM HERE AMONG OTHER CLASSES AS
PROTECT SO MAYBE SOME OF THOSE
MAY FALL IN THAT CATEGORY. WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR SOME SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT
BETTER HELP PEOPLE AGE IN PLACE.
>> YEAH. I CAN ALWAYS START OF
WITH THAT ONE. THE TWO THAT
IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND IS THE
KING COUNTY PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION PROGRAM AND IT'S
SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD
SENIORS, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES
AND WE DID FIND THAT
SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SEATTLE
RESIDENTS WE ONLY -- WE
ESTIMATED ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE
WERE ELIGIBLE JUST FROM THAT
SENIOR POPULATION AND ONLY ABOUT
OF THOUSAND WERE CURRENTLY USING
AND REGISTERED WITH THAT
PROGRAM. THAT SPEAKS TO US A BIG
AWARENESS ISSUE, SOME ISSUE WITH
GETTING THEM APPLIED AND MAYBE
IT'S THE REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS
SOMETHING THERE THAT WE ARE
REALLY PUSHING INCREASE THAT
ENROLLMENT AND THE DATA TO
BUBBLE UP SOME OF THE INSIGHTS
ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS AND THEN
SECOND IS THE HOME REPAIR
ASSISTANCE. I KNOW FOR THOSE
THAT ARE AGING IN PLACE ONE OF
THE BIG RESTRICTIONS MAY BE THEY
LIVE WITH A STAIRCASE IN THEIR
HOME OR THEY MAY NEED CHANGES TO
THEIR -- THE PHYSICAL -- THE
PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THEIR
BUILDING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
AGE IN PLACE AND SO THAT HOME
REPAIR PROGRAM I THINK IS HELP.
IF THEY HAVE AN OLDER BUILDING
OR MAY NEED ASSISTANCE IN THAT.
THOSE ARE THE TWO OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD. LY ALSO SEE IF ANY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
SAY.
>>
THAT WE ARE PROVIDE THEM THAT
ASSISTANCE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME
WHICH -- MAKING THE OBVIOUS
STATEMENT IS A PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
AGE IN PLACE.
YOU WILL SEE A REFERENCE TO
LEGACY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE. WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING A NUMBER OF
CONVERSATIONS IN COMMUNITY
AROUND WHAT -- WAS THE
DEFINITION OF A LEG REHOMEOWNER,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE'S --
A COUPLE OF GROUPS THAT HAVE
COME TOGETHER AROUND AN INTEREST
IN GROWING GENERATIONAL WEALTH,
AGING IN PLACE, HAVING MULTIPLE
GENERATIONS ON THE SAME PLOT SO
-- INITIATIVE, BLACK HOMEOWNERS
INITIATIVE IS ONE OF THE GROUPS
WE ARE WORKING WITH. WE ALSO
HAVE A PRO HOUSING GRANT WE ARE
WORKING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
OPPOSITE HOUSING LOOKING AT HOW
WE CAN ADDRESS HOMEOWNER SHIP
OPPORTUNITY ISSUES, HOME
RETENTION AND THEN AGING IN
PLACE. SO, THERE'S SOME THINGS
WE ARE WORKING ON.
>> GREAT. ALL THAT MAKES SENSE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
CLARITY THERE. YOU ACTUALLY
MENTIONED THE KING COUNTY
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM AND
SO DOING ACTUALLY PREEMPTED A
COMMENT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
I THINK THERE ARE -- THERE'S A
NEXUS TO AN OPPORTUNITY
POTENTIAL GAP AT LEAST ON A
GOING FORWARD BASIS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. COLLEAGUES YOU WILL
RECALL THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF KIND OF HELPING US SHEPHERD
THE LEVY, $1.55 BILLION
TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT VOTERS
APPROVED THIS PAST NOVEMBER. WE
CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF THINGS
AND THAT WAS THE LARGEST LEVY IN
SEATTLE HISTORY AT THE TIME AND
THEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID
HOLD MY DRINK AND THERE IS --
OTHER STUFF ON THE BALLOT
AT HUGE AMOUNT AND A
HUGE INVESTMENT THAT WE REALLY
DO NEED. VOTERS MADE CLEAR FOR
THAT PARTICULAR LEVY THAT WE
REALLY DO NEED IT. IT IS AN
URGENT NEED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE BILLION DOLLAR PLUS LEVIES
IN THE CITY OF SEE THE EXAMPLE
OTHER JURISDICTIONS NO DOUBT AS
WELL BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW,
ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO NOW. THE
STATE ENSHRINED INTO LAW A
PROHIBITION AGAINST AREAS TO --
THAT RESTRICTED OUR ACT TO RAISE
PROPERTY TAXES ABOVE 1% A YEAR,
MORE THAN 1% A YEAR. 1% CAP A
YEAR WITH A COST OF LIVING,
INFLATION, THAT DOESN'T KEEP UP
AND SO, WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW,
AREAS INCLUDING SEATTLE ARE
INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON VOTER
APPROVED LEVIES TO MEET THE NEED
AND DEMAND THAT -- YOU KNOW --
USED TO BE COVERED. AND YES
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
EVERY GOVERNMENT IN SEATTLE
INCLUDING TO -- BE MORE
EFFICIENT WITH ITS SPENDING
DRIVE BETTER EFFICIENCY AND
ALIGN TO CURRENT PRIORITIES, ET
CETERA BUT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE VERY HIGH
BILLION DOLLAR PLUS PROPERTY
TAXES UNLESS AND UNTIL THERE'S
A CHANGE IN STATE LAW BECAUSE
TODAY UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM
AREAS INCLUDING SEATTLE ARE
PROHIBITED FROM RAISING RATES
MORE THAN 1% -- MORE A YEAR
WHICH DOESN'T KEEP ONE THE COST
OF LIVING, INFLATION, AND SO,
THAT -- OBVIOUSLY IMPOSES THOSE
BILLION DOLLAR -- PLUS LEVEES
CONTINUE TO IMPOSE NONTRIVIAL
IMPACTS ON SOME OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE, ESPECIALLY AND
INCLUDING SENIORS, DISABLED
VETS, INJURED, PEOPLE ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE
KING COUNTY, CURRENT KING COUNTY
PROGRAM WHICH IS -- A STATE LAW.
LOCALLY -- PURSUANT TO A STATE.
WE MORE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF BECAUSE UNLESS AND UNTIL
THERE IS A -- A CHANGE IN --
CHANGE IN -- LOCAL ABILITY TO AT
LEAST KEEP PACE WITH THE
INFLATION WE WILL HAVE THESE
LARGE LEVIES AND CONTINUE TO
IMPOSE BURDENS AND STRAINS ON
SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE. ONE
THING I DID CONSIDER AND LOOK
INTO, THE LEGALITY AND THE
POLICY FEASIBILITY OF -- FROM A
CITY PERSPECTIVE IS A DON'TING A
-- DURING THE LEVY CONVERSATIONS
LAST SUMMER WAS STANDING UP AND
LAUNCHING A SEATTLE SPECIFIC
VERSION OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
AND EDUCATION OR -- PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF SO, THE IDEA IS STAND UP,
CITY OF SEATTLE STAND UP --
IT'S OWN CREW NECK PROGRAM,
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM THAT
RUNS IN PARALLEL TO OTHER
PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE KING
COUNTY PROPERTY TAX PROGRAM.
WHERE I LANDED LAST YEAR WAS
THAT IT IS VERY OPERATIONAL -- A
BURDEN, DIFFICULT AND UNDER A
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IT COSTS
WAY MORE TO -- TO STAND UP SUCH
A PROGRAM THAN ANY POTENTIAL
BENEFIT THAT COULD BE REALIZED
ACHIEVED AS A RESULT. WHAT WE
DID IS A COMPROMISE. I'M NOT
SURE IF IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD A LITTLE
NOTICED ADMONISH NOT AT ALL
REPORTED LINE ITEM IN CATEGORY
IN OUR LEVY LEGISLATION CALLED
THE GOOD GOVERNANCE --
INITIATIVE. WHAT DID THAT DO?
WELL IT APPEASED CERTAIN OF MY
COLLEAGUES WHO LOVE GOOD
GOVERNANCE BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED
FUNDING, IMPORTANT FUNDING
BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE
DETERMINED THE SEATTLE PROGRAM
DOESN'T CURRENTLY MAKE SENSE
BUT WHY NOT ALLOW US TO AMPLIFY
THE EXISTING PROGRAM THAT ARE
OUT THERE NAMELY THE KING COUNTY
PROGRAMS, PROVIDE A CERTAIN POT
OF MONEY FOR MORE TARGETED
OUTREACH BECAUSE THESE ARE
NONTRIVIAL IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND AGAIN UNLESS IS THERE
A CHANGE -- IT'S ONLY LIKELY TO
GET WORSE. IN ANY EVENT OVER --
OVERTIME IT'S ONLY LIKELY TO
GET WORSE. SO, ALL THAT IS TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING OUT,
YOU KNOW, THESE -- THESE
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND
STRATEGIES. THERE'S CLEARLY
MORE WORK FOR -- ALL OF US TO DO
AHEAD. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND THEN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. DID YOU
HAVE YOUR HAND UP COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE? YOU TOOK IT DOWN. OKAY
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RANK. RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY I WAS HAVING
TROUBLE UNMUTING. WANT TO THANK
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND
PERFORMANCE AND THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR BEING HERE AND
GIVING THIS PRESENTATION. IT IS
A VERY -- THERE'S A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
ONE QUESTION I HAD IS UNDER THE
PROGRAM AND POLICY INSIGHT --
INVESTMENTS FOR ANTI
DISPLACEMENT I NOTICED YOU
DON'T HAVE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING INVESTMENT HERE. I KNOW
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FUNDS
NONPROFITS THAT BUILD LOW INCOME
HOUSING. I SEE ALL THROUGHOUT
THE CITY IN FACT AND SO I SEE
THAT AS A FORM OF ANTI
DISPLACEMENT ON THE HOUSING
SIDE. I'M WONDERING WHY THAT
WAS NOT INCLUDED HERE. THAT IS
IN ADDITION TO THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT
I KNOW THAT THE CITY INVESTS IN
WITH THE CREATION OF THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING I THINK IS ALSO
MEANT TO BE AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT
TOOL SO WONDERING WHY THAT WAS
NOT HERE. ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU
INCLUDED OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE
EDI WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY
HOUSING ANTI DISPLACEMENT IT'S
MORE OF A CULTURAL ANTI
DISPLACEMENT SO I'M WONDERING
CAN YOU SAY WHY YOU DIDN'T
INCLUDE THOSE OH PROGRAMS HERE?
>> I MENTIONED THE OH
INVESTMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THOSE
FALL ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE OF
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND WE
VERY MUCH -- AGREE THAT
INVESTMENTS IN LOW INCOME
HOUSING IS AN EFFECTIVE
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND WANTED
TO NOTE THAT BUT HERE WE WERE
HIGHLIGHTING PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE
ALREADY HOUSED IN THE CITY STAY
HOUSED SO YES, IT'S PART OF THE
STRATEGY, BOTH MARKET BASED IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR PREVENTING
DISPLACEMENT.
>> AND THANK YOU. I JUST THINK
EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO
TALK ABOUT IT IT'S -- JUST --
THIS INVESTMENT PIECE BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T SHOW THE TOTALITY OF
WHAT WE FUND AND I GET THAT YOU
ARE SAYING THIS IS TO KEEP
PEOPLE HOUSED. THE OTHERS TO
HOUSE PEOPLE BUT I THINK THAT IT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK
THAT IT'S ANOTHER PLACE, YOU
KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE
GETTING DISPLACED I KNOW THAT
ONE AREA WE CAN LOOK AT TO THE
HOUSING UNITS THAT WE ARE
BUILDING IN THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING PLACES WHERE WE CAN PUT
PEOPLE. SO I KNOW WE DO IT, YOU
KNOW, WE DO RAPID REHOUSING
THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I
THINK THAT -- I GET WHY YOU --
YOU KNOW ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
IT IN TERMS OF THE -- THESE --
PLANNED PROTECTIVE PRESERVE,
ALTHOUGH I WOULD ARGUE IT'S ON
THE PLAN SIDE BUT I STILL THINK
THAT IT CHANGES THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY WE ARE ARE SPENDING ON ALL
THESE STRATEGIES NOT TO INCLUDE
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
INVESTMENTS IN THE ACTUAL
PRODUCTION SIDE.
>> YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU AND LIKE I
SAID I HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS BUT RATHER THAN TAKE
UP THE TIME HERE I REQUESTED A
MEETING SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
TOUCHING BASE THEN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AS VICE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE I'M JUST --
FACILITATING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
RU NEXT FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON AND
THEN RANK. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT TWO BUCKETS OF YOUR
PRESENTATION. THE FIRST ONE IS
FOLLOWING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
I'M LOOKING AT THE -- THE
REVIEW OF THE -- OF EXPENSES AND
PROGRAM AND YOU MENTIONED THAT
THERE WAS A REVIEW CONTINUE OR
REPORT AND ANALYSIS THAT WAS
AVAILABLE IN -- IN -- SEPTEMBER
AND SO I READ A BIT OF THAT
ANALYSIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS
IT SAID IS THAT -- OVER 50% OF
THE SURVEY RESPONDERS HAVE
EXPRESSED THE NEED TO -- THE
THREE MOST COMMON BARRIERS TO
GETTING THE PROJECTS DONE.
ACCESS TO CONSULTANTS AND
RESOURCES, LACK OF TECHNICAL
KNOWLEDGE AND INTERNAL
ORGANIZATIONAL STAFFING
CAPACITY. SOME HURDLES INCLUDE
THOSE RELATED TO THE PERMITTING
-- AFFECTS FEWER GRANTEES BUT
CAN STOP A PROJECT IF NOT
ADDRESSED. I MENTIONED THIS
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MIDTERM
SUPPLE MENTAL EVI ITEM IN IT WAS
-- AND -- WAS A DESIRE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE --
THAT ARE APPLYING FOR AND
RECEIVE THESE AWARDS HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO REALLY -- FINISH THE
PROJECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
STAFFING OF OPCD. HAS THERE BEEN
ANY THOUGHT ON OR HAVE YOU
INCREASED CAPACITY FOR HELPING
-- HELPING AWARDEES. I
MAYBE A INTEREST A FUNDING
CONSULT ABOUT THAT COULD HELP
AWARDEES? AT VARIOUS STEPS IN
THEIR PROJECT.
>> THE SHORT ANSWER WOULD BE
QUESTION. WE HAVE -- WE
SPECIFICALLY HAVE DESIGNED A
$75,000 AWARD WHICH CAN BE A
YEARLY AWARD TO EDI PARTNERS
WHICH IS TO HELP THEM BUILD
CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY ON THE
FRONT END THAT HAVE PROJECTS BUT
-- THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR
STAFFING CAPACITY OR CONSULTANT
CAPACITY. THE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT I HAD
MENTIONED WITH WE WERE -- I
THINK THAT WAS LIKE 13. WE ARE
LOOKING TO TRY TO DEVELOP SOME
OTHER TOOLS TO HELP SUPPORT
CAPACITY FOR PARTNERS. GOSH
THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I
WANTED TO ADD THERE. I DON'T
THINK -- I'M NOT SURE IDENTIFY
ANSWERED ALL ALL OF YOUR
QUESTION.
>> JUST KIDDING. YOU DID ANSWER
MY QUESTION AND I WOULD JUST --
HOW YOU WERE -- OFF LINE WE CAN
-- YOU CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW WE ARE HELPING THOSE
PROJECTS GET OUT OF -- GET OUT
THE DOOR. HOW WE ARE HELPING THE
PARTNERS, EXCUSE ME. I DON'T
MEAN TO CATCH YOU ON THE SPOT.
>> NO AND NOT A PROBLEM. THAT
REMINDED ME OF WHAT I WANTED TO
SAY F THE 42 AWARD WAS JUDGIST
AWARDED IN JANUARY THEY WERE
FOCUSED ON JUST EXISTING
PROJECTS, GETTING THOSE EXISTING
ONES DONE AND SO WE ARE -- WE
ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT.
>> GREAT. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
IS DIFFERENT, HAS DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES. MY SECOND -- MY
SECOND QUESTION WAS PROMPTED BY
PAGE I THINK IT IS 20 WHERE RU
TALKING ABOUT NATURALLY
OCCURRING, SUPPORTING -- DEVELOP
A HOLISTIC STRATEGY -- WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT RENTALS BUT RENT
AM THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET
FOR A WHILE. OF YOUR, YOU KNOW
AND YOU HAVE IA CHECKLIST HERE.
I'M WONDERING DID ANY OF THE
SOURCES OF YOUR LITERATURE
REVIEW FOCUS ON SEATTLE'S
NATURALLY -- WELL -- FOCUS ON
SEATTLE'S RENTAL MARKET OR
HOUSING MARKET IN THE STOCK AND
ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
LIKE -- RENTALS, CONDOS, HOUSES,
PRIVATE SHALL PUBLIC, OWNED ET
CETERA?
>> I DIDN'T LOOK SPECIFICALLY
AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENTAL
IN SEATTLE BUT WAS LOOKING MORE
AT LIKE WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE
IN PLACE TO EVEN DECIDE HOW TO
USE STAFF TIME OR BUDGETS TO
PRIORITIZE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY
AND THE ONLY THING I COULD FIND
WAS THAT NOTICE OF INTENT TO
SELL POLICY WHICH DID BRING
PARTNERS TOGETHER AND PROVIDED
SOME SORT OF MECHANISM FOR
PEOPLE TO BE AWARE. I BELIEVE IT
WAS JUST -- I COULD LOOK IN THE
APPENDIX. IT IS AFFORDABLE FOR
80% -- I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE
CHECK THAT. IF ANY UNIT IN THE
CITY BECOMES -- AVAILABLE FOR
SALE A NOTICE IS SENT OUT TO THE
CITY AND IT'S PARTNERS. IT'S
JUST HAVING THE FROM CONSTRUCT
IN INFRASTRUCTURE WAS MISSING
BUT THAT OTHER CITIES TRYING OUT
WITH BUILDING A LITTLE MORE OF
THAT LIKE HOLISTIC STRATEGY TO
MAKE SURE ALL THE PIECES IN
PLACE SO WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY
ARISES WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING
THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE --
I DON'T THINK I ASKED MY
QUESTION VERY WELL BUT I LIKED
YOUR ANSWER. I'M JUST WONDER
FIGURE YOU USED DATA SOURCES
THAT SHOWED FOR EXAMPLE, A -- A
GOOD ONE I CAN THINK OF WOULD BE
THE REAL REGISTRATION DATA WHICH
TELLS YOU PER THIS -- PER THIS
SLIDE NUMBER 4. HOW MANY
REGISTRATIONS ARE GOING -- HOW
MANY REGISTRATIONS -- WHAT IS
THE DECREASE RATE OF
REGISTRATIONS FROM 2020 TO 2021
IT'S -- I THINK THAT IT -- THE
-- THE DATA SHOWED -- I THINK
THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME
THERE WAS A REPORT. 21% I
BELIEVE OF THE -- IT WAS A 21%
DECREASE.
>> MY POINT IS THAT MORE
ATTENTION, AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE
FOCUSING IT ON HOMEOWNER
ASSISTANCE, FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER
ASSISTANCE AND FORECLOSURE
PREVENTION.
>> I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE
CLARITY ON THE FORECLOSURE
PREVENTION. I DO KNOW THAT THERE
WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THE CITY HAD
STARTED BACK IN 2016 BUT THEN
WHEN THE EPIDEMIC HIT, FEDERAL
FUNDS WERE RELEASED FOR
PREVENTION AND THAT LARGELY TOOK
OVER I THINK IT HAD A LITTLE BIT
BETTER TERMS, SO THAT IS WHAT
THE CITY WAS USING BUT THAT
PROGRAM IS SUNSETTING THIS YEAR
SO THE CITY IS RESTARTING ITS
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PROGRAM
WHICH IS WHY YOU WOULD NOT SEE
IT ON THE 2024 NUMBERS BUT IT IS
PLANNED TO START THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL PRESIDENT
AND STRAUSS FOR STEPPING IN FOR
ME.
>>YOU NT TO
THANK THE COMMENTERS IN OUR
AUDIENCE BECAUSE I HAD NOT
THOUGHT ABOUT THE LIVERMORE
COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME A WAKE-UP CALL. A
COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE
MENTIONED REGARDING THE --
PUSHING INFORMATION OUT. IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE THESE
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW
ABOUT THEM OR HOW TO ACCESS THEM
IN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
LOOKING AT IS YOU KNOW, AS WE
ARE DOING COMMUNITY EDUCATION
ABOUT THE COMP PLAN OVERALL, HOW
CAN WE DO COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM
SO THAT THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR
HOMES . I'M ALREADY THINKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS I WANT TO WORK WITH TO
HAVE PUBLIC MEETING, TO HAVE
INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE SO THAT
EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR
THEM, WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED ON ONE SLIDE
-- TO THAT END, I WOULD HOPE
THAT I COULD CALL UPON YOU AND
SAY --
>> HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
>> YEAH, GIVE ME A SME THAT CAN
TALK TO THE STUFF BECAUSE THAT
AIN'T ME. THE OTHER THING I
HEARD YOU MENTION WAS COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS AND YOU MENTIONED
BLACK, AND IT IS. ARE WE ALSO
PART -- PARTNERING WITH THE [
INAUDIBLE ] INITIATIVE AS WELL?
>> YES, WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN
RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
NOW ENSURES ANY FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATION CAN DO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON THEIR SITES. WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE ON PROJECTS
AS THEY TRY TO MOVE FROM CONCEPT
INTO PERMITTING AND ACTUAL
DEVELOPMENT .
>> OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU. THAT
IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER RINCK FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND ASK
THE TOP I WANT TO STATE HOW
LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN A CITY
WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO
COME AND LIVE HERE, TOO. WE ARE
SO LUCKY THAT FOLKS WANT TO COME
LIVE IN THIS VIBRANT, GREEN CITY
THAT STRIVES TO BE WELCOMING FOR
ALL. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, OR
POPULATION GREW BY 21%. WE HAVE
ADDED 189 RESIDENCE AND --
PARDON ME, I HUNDRED AND 89,000
RESIDENCE AND WE HAVE ADDED
105,000 UNITS OF HOUSING BUT
THAT IS 84,000 PEOPLE COMPETING
FOR THE SAME MIDDLE HOUSING.
RENTS HAVE RISEN. HOUSING PRICES
HAVE SKYROCKETED AND THOSE WITH
THE LEAST ABILITY TO PAY ARE
THOSE WHO END UP WITHOUT A PLACE
TO LIVE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE
RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY IN
LOCAL DATA RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT
THOSE WHO ARE MOST
RENT-BURDENED. ADDRESSING OUR
SUPPLIES CHALLENGE WILL BE A
HUGE PART OF ALLEVIATING ALL OF
THIS, AND THIS PLAN REPRESENTS
AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO DO
JUST THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE BUILDING MORE HOUSING SO
FOLKS ARE ABLE TO LIVE NEARBY
WHERE THEY WORK AND WHERE THEIR
KIDS GO TO SCHOOL AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IS A
WAY THAT WE CAN DO OUR PART TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND
SUPPORT WORKING FOLKS ACROSS THE
CITY. TO THAT END, WE NEEDED A
MEANINGFUL AND TO DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGY WHICH IS WHY I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND WHEN I EXPRESS
MY GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK ON
DATA RELATED TO THIS
ANTIDISPLACEMENT, THIS IS
FANTASTIC WORK AND THEY WANT TO
VOICE ALSO THE NEED FOR
INCREASING OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS , DOING ALL
OF THESE IN TANDEM TOGETHER WILL
HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE
DISPARITIES WE CONTINUE TO SEE
ACROSS THE CITY AND PAST
INJUSTICES. THIS BRINGS ME TO MY
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR THE UPDATE RELATED TO JUST
THE EDI IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL. I
KNOW THEY MAPPED WITH MY
EXPERIENCES WHEN DOCUMENTING
WITH EDI EXPERIENCES AND TALKING
TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEIR
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH THE
PROGRAM. OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO
YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUEST THAT WE
HAVE GOTTEN AND MAYBE THE PAST
FUNDING CYCLE COMPARED TO HOW
MUCH WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD?
>> I CAN GIVE YOU ANECDOTAL
NUMBERS NOW AND WE CAN DIVE INTO
GREATER DETAIL OFF-LINE BUT
TYPICALLY , ANYTIME WE PUT OUT
AN RFP WE END UP GETTING
REQUESTS IN TOTAL FOR AROUND
$550 MILLION PER CYCLE AND
GENERALLY , IT CHANGES FROM YEAR
TO YEAR. SOMETIMES WE DO TWO
RFPs IN THE YEAR , ONE THAT IS
FOCUSED ON ACQUISITION AND THE
SECOND ONE FOCUSED ON
PRODUCTION. REGARDLESS OF THE
SIZE OF THE RFP -- SOMETIMES
THEY ARE $10 MILLION. THE MOST
RECENT ONE WAS $20 MILLION THAT
THE ASKED TENDS TO BE
CONSISTENTLY AROUND 550. WE HAVE
THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR LIST OF
APPLICANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF ,
SO WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU. CERTAINLY TRYING
TO GET A SENSE OF THE NEED WHEN
WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS
THAT ARE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN THERE ARE ONES WE JUST
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
FULLY ADDRESS AND BRING TO FLIRT
-- FRUITION. CURIOUS ALSO ,
RELATED TO SOME OF THE
PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES ANOTHER ARE
ATTENTIVE MEASURES WE DISCUSSED
IN PRESENTATION AND I'M
THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE IF YOU ARE
TAKING A LOOK AT COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE I NOW THERE WAS A
HOMEOWNERS INITIATIVE ON SOME OF
THE MEASURES AND WAYS WE CAN
IMPROVE ON THAT BUT WOULD
CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR MORE ON
THINGS FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE.
>> I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEXT AROUND COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE. IT IS ON OUR LIST OF
CATALOGUED PROGRAMS. AROUND
DISPLACEMENT REMEDIATION
POLICIES, COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
AND MARKETING ARE BOTH [
INAUDIBLE ] PROGRAMS AND THERE
WERE ABOUT FOUR COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
BY OH SO WE DID KNOW IN OUR
70-PAGE PLAN THAT ACCOMPANIES
THIS PRESENTATION, A
RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK INTO WAYS
TO IMPROVE AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING
AND COMMUNITY PREFERENCE BECAUSE
FOUR APPLICATION SEEMS QUITE LOW
BUT WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND
AT THIS POINT WHY THAT IS THE
CASE SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR
REPORT TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> MY LAST QUESTION KIND OF
RELATES TO RENTERS AND I KNOW A
NUMBER OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE
SPECIFIC FOR I KNOW ONE OF THE
SLIDES KIND OF DISCUSSES YOU
KNOW, WHICH ONES ARE SPECIFIC TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RENTERS AND
YOU KNOW , YOU HAD TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
UNDERUTILIZATION OF THESE
PROGRAMS AND I SUPPOSE I'M JUST
CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE
IMMEDIATE WAYS YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT
THESE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT, AND
I SAY THIS IS A RENTER AND I
KNOW EVERY TIME I'VE GONE INTO
A NEW RENTAL AGREEMENT MY
LANDLORD HAS GIVEN AND PROVIDED
A RENTER'S HANDBOOK WHICH I
KNOW IS LEGALLY REQUIRED OF
LANDLORDS AND EDRA IS ONE OF THE
PROGRAMS MENTIONED IN THAT. I'M
WONDERING IF THERE ARE WAYS HER
DISCUSSION OF WAYS WE CAN
BOLSTER THAT INFORMATION WITHIN
THE EXISTING HANDBOOK THAT IS
REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN OUT AND
ADDITIONALLY, HOW ARE WE
ENGAGING WITH A RENTER'S
COMMISSION ON OUR IDEAS ABOUT
HOW TO BETTER REACH RENTERS
ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
SUGGESTIONS. I THINK THOSE ARE
GREAT SUGGESTIONS. WHERE WE
ENDED IN THE REPORT WAS THERE
WAS A NEED TO BRING ALL THESE
ANTIDISPLACEMENT PROGRAM
MANAGERS TOGETHER BECAUSE I
HEARD ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT
WAYS. WE ARE SENDING OUT A
MAILER, WE ARE SENDING THIS OUT,
WE'VE GOT 15 COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT DEFENSE BUT JUST DID
NOT SEE THE COORDINATION,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
MAYBE WITHIN A DEPARTMENT THERE
IS PRETTY STRONG COORDINATION
LIKE HOME REPAIR AND HOME
WEATHERIZATION ARE PRETTY
CLOSELY LOCKED-IN BUT AS SOON AS
IT CROSSES A DEPARTMENT MIND
THAT'S WHERE THEY GO I DON'T
KNOW. MAYBE SOMEBODY IS DOING
SOMETHING OVER THERE SO WHAT WE
WANT OUT OF THE GOOD WORKGROUP
IS TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE ON
CAMPAIGNS OR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT CALENDARS TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE IS
OVERLAP BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SIMILAR
PROGRAMS SO THAT'S KIND OF AT A
HIGH LEVEL.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE
DIALOGUE ON THIS AND I THINK
WHAT IS CLEAR IN THIS ESPECIALLY
RELATED TO SOME OF THE IMPACTS
THESE MEASURES CAN HAVE, THESE
WILL REQUIRE INVESTMENT AND
WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT INVESTING
MORE IN THESE CRITICAL PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE HAD MEANINGFUL IMPACT
ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK. I SKIPPED OVER VICE-CHAIR
STRAUSS . WHO IS NEXT. VICE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, I WILL SAVE MOST OF MY
QUESTIONS FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH
CONVERSATION OFF-LINE. I JUST
WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. O.H. AND EDI
HAD FAR LESS FUNDING IN 2019
THAT IT DOES TODAY AND THE
REASON I BRING THAT UP IS
BECAUSE WHEN MHA WAS IMPOSED
THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH
ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES
INCLUDED IN MHA. THAT IS AN
OPINION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
A FACT BUT THAT IS A STRONG
OPINION FROM DAN , AND THERE WAS
NOT THE CORRECT EDI FUNDING OR
ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK. I WANT TO
TAKE ANOTHER STEP BACK TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE. THIS IS A VERY HARD
TOPIC TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT
WILL WORK FOR MANY DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS IN OUR CITY TO KEEP
PEOPLE IN PLACE AND NOT FORCE
THEM OUT. ONE THING I WILL DIG
INTO A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU IS
THE CATEGORIZATION OF VOLUNTARY
OR INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT.
AND, THE USE OF DATA.
COLLEAGUES, YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN
ME AWKWARDLY STRETCHING IN THE
BACK WERE STANDING DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT AND THAT IS BECAUSE
TODAY, I AM DEALING WITH SOME
CHRONIC PAIN THAT STEMS FROM
BEING HIT BY A CAR NEARLY 20
YEARS AGO. ON SDOT'S VISION
ZERO MAPS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
INCLUDED MY.EVEN IF IT WAS IN
THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND NONE OF
THAT IS RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS
NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. SORRY, THAT
IS A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE BUT JUST
TO SAY, I HAVE FRIENDS WHOSE
PARENTS , AFTER MHA, BEFORE
TODAY , YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS ARE
ADULTS BUT THE PARENTS GOT
DIVORCED AND WHEN THEY SOLD THE
HOUSE, SO THIS WOULD BE A
VOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT
TECHNICALLY IN THE DATA SET, AND
I CAN TELL YOU, BOTH PARENTS DID
NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BOTH PARENTS
COULD NOT STAY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BY SPLITTING THE
COST OF THE SALE OF THE HOUSE.
HANDS, SO THAT IS WHERE I'M
GOING TO DIG IN WITH YOU A
LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY TO
UNDERSTAND DEFINITIONS AND DATA
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE
DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE
INFORMATION YOU HAVE GOT AND SO
THIS IS NOT A CRITIQUE OF YOU.
IT IS AN EXPANSION OF THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE
FACED WITH. FOR INSTANCE, I
LIVED IN AN APARTMENT THAT WAS
BUILT IN 1962. A TWO-BEDROOM
APARTMENT IN 2009 WAS $950. THE
ONE BEDROOM AND 2017 WAS 1750.
AND NOTHING -- THIS IS NOT NEW
CONSTRUCTION. I WAS WORKING HERE
AS STAFF IN CITY HALL AND
SPENDING OVER HALF MY PAYCHECK
ON RENT. I GUESS THERE IS NO
QUESTION. THAT IS A STATEMENT.
THAT IS A PROBLEM. I THINK IT
REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT WE ARE
FACED WITH HERE BECAUSE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN
GOT TORN DOWN . IT WAS A VIBRANT
PLACE IN A WAY AND I CAN NEVER
GO HOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I
GREW UP IN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO WANTED TO STAY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCIALLY
COULDN'T. I JUST GAVE YOU A
QUALITATIVE EXAMPLE OF A
FRIEND'S PARENTS AND JUST TO
SAY BOTH WITH UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION, THERE IS A REAL
PROBLEM HERE WITH THE CLIFF. IF
SOMEBODY MAKES A DOLLAR ROLE --
MORE, THEY CAN'T ENROLL. SO I
HEARD 6000 AND ROB, 10,000
ELIGIBLE, THERE ARE SOME AUTO
ENROLL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY FOR
SENIORS. WITH THAT CLIFF, IT
MAKES IT INACCESSIBLE FOR MANY
PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE
ACCESS THAT PROGRAM AND SO MUCH
LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE SAID,
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OF HERE
JUST STATEMENTS AND I WILL SAVE
MORE QUESTIONS FOR A TIME WHEN
WE ARE NOT OVERTIME IN
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR
STRAUSS. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
PRESENTATION AND FOR THIS WORK
THAT IS HELPFUL TO SEE THIS ALL
LAID OUT. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT , IN LOOKING AT THE
PROGRAMS , AND THE ONES THAT
SHOW TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND
IMPORTANT, WE HAVE EMERGENCY
RENTAL EXISTENCE -- ASSIST , AND
I JUST WANT TO TOOT THE COUNCIL
HEARD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET
ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN
2025 AND WE NOW HAVE $10 MILLION
IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN ONE OF
THE OTHER THINGS WE ALSO DID WAS
TO PUT A SLIDE TO SAY WE ARE
GOING TO PUT ALL THE MONEY IN
HSD THEN BRING HSD AND SDCI AND
O.H. TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW
DO WE RATIONALIZE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SO WE CAN GET ABOUT
IT QUICKLY AND HOW ARE WE
UTILIZING RENTAL ASSISTANCE NOT
JUST FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS IN AN
EVICTION PROCEEDING, BUT HOW CAN
WE BE MORE PROACTIVE SO ONE OF
THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT
WITH THAT IS LOOKING AT THE
HOUSING CONNECTOR IS A REALLY
EFFECTIVE MODEL, AND HOW CAN WE
USE OUR OWN RENTAL REGISTRATION
INVENTORY TO CONNECT LANDLORDS
WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE
OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO CREATING
SORT OF A PROACTIVE DUTY ON
LANDLORDS BEFORE THEY ENGAGE IN
EVICTION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE , AND
MAKING IT EASY AND HOPEFULLY WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN GET INTO
THIS PORTAL AT SOME TIME. WE CAN
GO TO THE PORTAL AND TALK ABOUT
THE NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS PUTTING ALL
OF THIS TOGETHER. I FEEL THAT WE
ARE WORKING VERY MUCH IN
PARTNERSHIP AND HAVING
IDENTIFIED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS
BEING AN ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN TWO
DISPARATE INTO MANY SILOS SO
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
HERE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT WHILE WE HAVE INTRO AND
WHILE WE HAVE TRAILERS THOSE ARE
BASICALLY SHORTSTOP MEASURES.
BASICALLY WHAT EDRA DOES IS GIVE
YOU THE MONEY TO MOVE BUT WHERE
DO YOU MOVE TO ? SO I WANT TO
GET BACK TO THE ISSUE OF SUPPLY.
YOUR BEEN MOVED OUT SO SOMEONE
CAN BUILD SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE
IN THEIR BACKYARD OR RENOVATE
THEIR PARTICULAR STRUCTURE SO
AGAIN WE WIND UP BACK TO THE
SUPPLY ISSUE , AND THE THING
I'M GOING TO KEEP HARPING ON
HERE IS THAT I THINK THAT WE
NEED TO BE LOOKING MORE
EFFECTIVELY. I THINK IT IS
SPLITTING HAIRS TO SAY THIS IS
ABOUT PRODUCTION AND THIS IS
ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED.
WHEN YOU DEFINE DISPLACEMENT AS
BEING UNABLE TO MOVE --
PREVENTED FROM MOVING INTO A
NEIGHBOR BECAUSE OF HIGH RENTS
OR HOME PRICES, TO ME, THAT IS A
SUPPLY ISSUE AND AND ABSOLUTELY
WE DO NEED MORE SUPPLY BUT WE
NEED MORE AFFORDABLE SUPPLY AND
SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE
ARE MHA AND MFTE . ONE THING I
WOULD SAY IS WE DON'T KNOW
ENOUGH ABOUT OUR MFTE VACANCIES,
SO I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS
PART OF THIS DATA-GATHERING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING
THE INFORMATION FROM OUR
PROVIDERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF VACANCIES IN
OUR SUBSIDIZED UNITS. WE ALSO
KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
SUBSIDIZED UNITS ARE NOT ABLE TO
AFFORD EVEN THE SUBSIDIZED RENT,
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT AND FOR MHA, I NOTE THAT
IN THE ONE SEATTLE PROPOSAL,
THERE WAS NO DECISION MADE NOT
TO LOOK AT APPLYING MHA IN
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, AND I
THINK THAT IS A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HB
1110, IT MANDATES THAT WE ZONE
AT LEAST FOUR UNITS IF NOT SIX,
IF TWO ARE AFFORDABLE. BUT 1110
SAYS THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE
ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR OWN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLS AND
LAWS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO EXPLORE THE
IDEA OF IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
FOUR UNITS ON EVERY LOT, WHY
CAN'T WE MAKE TWO OF THOSE
AFFORDABLE? WHY CAN'T WE MAKE
TWO OF THOSE 60% AMA OR EVEN 80
TO 120 PERCENT . WE HEAR A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE -- WE CLEARLY
NEED WORKFORCE HOUSING, THERE IS
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT WE ALSO
HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG AND NOT SO
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS STRUGGLING
TO GET INTO THE STARTER HOME AND
THEY ARE AT A HIGHER AMI. THAT
IS PART OF WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT
THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER WHO
ALSO GOES UP 220% AMI SO I THINK
THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
HERE TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF MHA
AND TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF MHA
AS AN ON-SITE PERFORMANCE TOOL
RATHER THAN AN IN LIEU TOOL SO I
REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A
POWERFUL DISPLACEMENT TOOL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION
WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE TO TALK
ABOUT UTILIZING THESE MEETINGS
FOR AN MHA PRESENTATION . DID I
SAY THAT RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO
THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS.
NEVERMIND.
>> IT'S FINE IF PEOPLE WANT
ONE. I THINK WE PRESENTED OUR
PROPOSAL TO COUNCILMEMBERS AT
THE LAST COMMITTEE AND I THINK
IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO MAKE TO
THAT PROPOSAL OF COURSE THAT IS
WITHIN YOUR -- THAT IS YOUR
PREROGATIVE. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
MORE DISCUSSION OR EXPLANATION
AS TO WHY WE MADE THE DECISION
THAT WE DID, WE ARE HAPPY TO
COME BACK.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T
MEAN TO SAY THROW YOU UNDER THE
BUS. I'M DRIVING THE BUS. SO, I
SEE YOUR TIME, I SEE YOUR HAND ,
SO I DON'T WANT TO NOT
RECOGNIZE YOU BUT I JUST WANT TO
DO A TIME CHECK. WE HAVE JUST
FINISHED THIS PRESENTATION. WE
HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO DO.
WE ARE ALMOST THREE HOURS IN. I
WANT TO CHECK WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA, IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR
QUESTION TO THE NEXT, IF THAT'S
OKAY. THANK YOU. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO CHECK
TO SEE IF YOU NEED A FIVE MINUTE
RECESS AND I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR
FOR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, I MIGHT
SUGGEST WE MOVE THIS NEXT
PRESENTATION TO THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING SEEN AS WE ARE
EIGHT MINUTES OUT FROM 5:00 P.M.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE AND
HALF HOURS. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE
A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE WE ARE -- I ONLY SAY
THAT BECAUSE NO SHADE BUT I
DON'T KNOW THAT THE FA I HAS
BEEN PUBLISHED YET. TOMORROW,
RIGHT? SO I SEE FINGERS CROSSED.
IF IT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND THE
CLOCK WAS TICKING, I WOULD HAVE
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. I APPRECIATE
THAT, VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS. WE
HAVE A CONSENSUS ON A
FIVE-MINUTE RECESS? AND DO I
JUST A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS? IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE WILL
MOVE TO A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS
WHILE WE DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND
WE ARE IN RECESS SO WE WILL BE
BACK. 4:57, WE WILL BE BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> [ THE EVENT IS ON A RECESS.
THE SESSION WILL RECONVENE AT
4:57. CAPTIONER ON STANDBY. ]
>> THANK YOU ALL. WE HAVE
RETURNED FROM RECESS. THIS IS
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO SINCE WE
ARE OVER THREE HOURS INTO THE
MEETING SO IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE ON AND PUNT AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE READY
TO GET OUT OF HERE, SO THANK YOU
FOR COMING. INNOVATION AND
PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR, THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION TODAY. A COUPLE OF
HOUSECLEANING ITEMS BEFORE WE
LEAVE THAT I WANT US TO ALL BE
AWARE OF. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL
BE FEBRUARY 5th AT 11:00 A.M.
11:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 5th AND YOU
ARE ON HERE NEXT. I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING
FLEXIBLE AND THANK VICE-CHAIR
STRAUSS FOR ALLOWING US SOME OF
YOUR MEETING TIME THAT MORNING
AND FOR BEING FLEXIBLE, VICE
CHAIR.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE REALIZES
11:00 A.M. AND NOT TO:00 P.M.
>> ABSOLUTELY. 11:00 A.M.
FEBRUARY 5th. ALSO THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY AND SCHEDULE.
BECAUSE OUR MEETING IS LOADED,
WE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:00
A.M. ON FEBRUARY 5th AND THAT IS
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
THAT SAME DAY ON THE FIFTH AT
5:00 P.M. WHERE WE WILL BE HERE
FOR THE ENTIRE TIME SO I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF
YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES AT BOTH
MEETINGS IF YOU WANT TO COME.
WRITE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN.
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BUT ON
FEBRUARY 5th AT 5:00 P.M. WE
WILL BE HERE. EVERYONE WILL GET
TWO MINUTES AND WE WILL BE HERE
FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. I ALSO
WANT TO SAY THAT OUR IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DAY, AND WE
HAVE SENT OUT AN ADVISORY. WE
ARE GOING TO SEND OUT A NEWS
ADVISORY AND WE ARE PUTTING IT
ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL, IS FROM
5:00 TO 7:30 IN PERSON. THAT IS
BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING CHILDCARE
AND IT CAN ONLY BE FOR A CERTAIN
TIME THAN IF YOU ARE DOING
ONLINE, START SIGNING UP AT 7:00
P.M. AND WE WILL START
RECOGNIZING OUR ONLINE COLORS AT
7:30. WE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH
BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FOR OUR
IN PERSON SPEAKERS AS MUCH IS
POSSIBLE THAT DAY SO WE CAN GET
THROUGH FOLKS SO PEOPLE ARE NOT
HERE TILL MIDNIGHT AND 1:00 A.M.
IN THE BUSES AND ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW
THAT OUT THERE. 5:00 TO 7:30. IN
PERSON COMMENTERS ONLY THEN WE
WILL TURN IT INTO A HYBRID
MEETING AT 7:30. REMEMBER, WE
ARE ONLY ACCEPTING WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:00 A.M. FOR
OUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5th. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I
WANT YOU ALL TO READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO , THAT IS A FULL
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COMMENTS,
THE FEEDBACK, AND HOW OPCD DID
THEIR PLAN AND INTEGRATED THOSE
INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO
WE CAN ALL HAVE A PLACE SETTING
FOR WHEN WE RETURN AND WE CAN BE
ABLE TO ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT. SO, I'M NOT TELLING
YOU TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK. I'M
NOT YOUR TEACHER, BUT DO YOUR
HOMEWORK, OKAY? THANK YOU. DOES
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OKAY,
SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR
JANUARY 29 MEETING OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT
IS 5:05