1 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,092 >> ALL RIGHT, WE 2 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,361 ARE LIVE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME 3 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:29,095 ON MY 4 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:29,863 MICROPHONE? BECAUSE WE ARE 5 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:30,130 STARTING 6 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:30,830 THE MEETING NOW. 7 00:00:30,897 --> 00:00:32,632 SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE 8 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:33,333 TO SETTLE DOWN. 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,668 I DON'T WANT TO SLAP THE 10 00:00:35,735 --> 00:00:37,203 GAVEL, BUT I WILL IF I HAVE TO, 11 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:39,139 AND I HAVE A JUDGE TO MY LEFT 12 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:46,212 WHO'S REALLY GOOD AT IT. 13 00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:47,080 COUNSEL MB COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, 14 00:00:47,147 --> 00:00:47,347 WOULD YOU 15 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:48,281 LIKE TO SLAP IT. 16 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:50,683 NO NEED. 17 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:52,752 WELCOME. THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF 18 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:56,122 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES TO 19 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:56,456 ORDER. 20 00:00:56,523 --> 00:01:01,461 THE TIME RIGHT NOW 4:00 P.M. 21 00:01:01,528 --> 00:01:05,098 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 22 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:05,298 ROLL? 23 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:06,966 >> COUNCILMEMBER 24 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:08,368 STRAUSS. 25 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:09,068 >> HERE. 26 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:21,981 >> COUNSEL EMBER SOLOMON. 27 00:01:22,048 --> 00:01:22,916 >> HERE. 28 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:24,384 >> THANK YOU TO THE BEST 29 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:27,520 CLERK IN THE UNITED STATES. 30 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:28,254 APPRECIATE YOU. 31 00:01:28,321 --> 00:01:29,989 THE WORLD, WE COULD DO UNIVERSE. 32 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:32,025 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL 33 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:33,526 FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR 34 00:01:33,593 --> 00:01:35,128 ATTENDANCE 35 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:35,762 HERE TODAY ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 36 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:37,163 JUST A COUPLE OF 37 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:37,831 HOUSECLEANING THINGS BEFORE WE 38 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:39,098 JUMP INTO 39 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:41,201 THE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS 40 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:41,468 OBVIOUSLY 41 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:42,836 WHY EVERYONE IS HERE WHICH 42 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:43,670 IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 43 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:45,138 I'M GOING TO READ THINGS 44 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:46,406 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 45 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:47,640 WEATHER, KIND OF HOW WE'RE 46 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:47,941 GOING TO 47 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:49,209 GO THROUGH TONIGHT TO HEAR 48 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:50,210 EVERYONE'S COMMENTS AND KIND 49 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:51,811 OF JUST SET THE TABLE. 50 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:53,213 IS THAT OKAY? 51 00:01:53,279 --> 00:01:54,981 NO, IT'S NOT OKAY? 52 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:57,784 OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE 53 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:58,718 SURE. 54 00:01:58,785 --> 00:01:59,185 ALL RIGHT. 55 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:00,653 AWESOME. SO EVER SINCE THIS 56 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,956 WEEKEND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 57 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:04,057 TEAM ISSUED 58 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:04,891 INCLEMENT WEATHER 59 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,960 WARNINGS OVER THE WEEKEND, SO 60 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:07,126 OUR 61 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:08,661 OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 62 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:09,062 THE 63 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:10,997 MAYOR'S OFFICE, SPU, AND OUR 64 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:12,565 CLERKS TO UNDERSTAND OPTIONS FOR 65 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:16,769 A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC HEARING 66 00:02:16,836 --> 00:02:18,071 AND SAFETY -- A MEANINGFUL 67 00:02:18,137 --> 00:02:19,272 MEETING TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE 68 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:21,274 THAT OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE 69 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:23,343 IS SAFE. WE RECEIVED ALSO A SNOW 70 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:23,510 AND 71 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:25,211 COLD BRIEFING AS WELL, SO I'M 72 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:26,746 GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR P█ATIENCE 73 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:27,714 AND UNDERSTANDING TONIGHT AS 74 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:28,748 WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. 75 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:29,782 EVERY HOUR ON TOP OF THE 76 00:02:29,849 --> 00:02:32,018 HOUR WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING 77 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:33,253 UPDATED WITH WHAT THE 78 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:35,221 WEATHER IS GOING ON, SO JUST 79 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:35,421 KNOW 80 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:37,056 THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE 81 00:02:37,123 --> 00:02:37,323 CONSTANT, 82 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:38,424 AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE 83 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:38,625 THIS 84 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:39,025 AS 85 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,994 THIS IS. OUR INTENTIONS IS TO 86 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:41,494 LISTEN 87 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:43,196 TO EVERYONE TONIGHT WHETHER 88 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:43,429 IT'S 89 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:44,697 IN PERSON OR ONLINE. 90 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:46,199 SOMETIMES THE WEATHER CHANGES 91 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:47,600 THINGS, BUT JUST KNOW WE 92 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:48,601 DON'T HAVE A SET TIME. 93 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:50,203 WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD 94 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:50,370 AND 95 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:52,872 GO WITH THE FLOW UNTIL WE'RE 96 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:54,340 JUST GOING TO NAVIGATE 97 00:02:54,407 --> 00:02:55,108 THE WEATHER PIECE. 98 00:02:55,174 --> 00:02:56,609 JUST KNOW YOU RETURNING HOME IS 99 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:57,977 A PRIORITY OF MINE, OUR 100 00:02:58,044 --> 00:03:03,650 STAFF, AND MY COLLEAGUES AS 101 00:03:03,716 --> 00:03:03,950 WELL, OKAY? 102 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,585 ALSO, TODAY'S MEETING IS 103 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:08,087 INTENDED TO PROVIDE 104 00:03:08,154 --> 00:03:08,454 COUNCILCOUNCIL 105 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:09,489 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM 106 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:10,823 YOU AT AN EARLY STAGE IN THE 107 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:11,057 ROSS. 108 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,592 THE MAYOR RELEASED HIS 109 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:14,394 PLAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND WE 110 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:14,627 ARE 111 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:16,029 HOLDING CURRENTLY A NUMBER 112 00:03:16,095 --> 00:03:18,031 OF BRIEFINGS TO UNDERSTAND THE 113 00:03:18,097 --> 00:03:21,100 PLAN. WE WILL BE CONSIDERING 114 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:21,935 YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AS WE 115 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:23,136 ARE NAVIGATING THE 116 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:24,837 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND 117 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:25,772 UNDERSTANDING ALL 118 00:03:25,838 --> 00:03:30,410 PROPOSED LAYERS. HOWEVER, THE 119 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:32,946 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED BY 120 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:33,413 LEGISLATION -- THAT 121 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:35,114 WILL BE ADOPTED BY 122 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,082 LEGISLATION, WE'RE STILL 123 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:39,419 WAITING ON 124 00:03:39,485 --> 00:03:44,557 THE EXECUTIVE TO SEND A LOT OF 125 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,125 WANTED TO NOTE AS 126 00:03:46,192 --> 00:03:47,360 WELL IS THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING 127 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:48,461 OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ONE THING 128 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:51,097 WE'RE GOING TO ASK SUPER SIMPLE 129 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:51,331 IT'S 130 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:53,099 WHAT THEY TEACH EVERYONE 131 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,667 IN KINDERGARTEN TO BE RESPECTFUL 132 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:55,201 OF 133 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:56,235 EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. NO MATTER 134 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:56,769 WHERE 135 00:03:56,836 --> 00:03:59,105 SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT, WHICH 136 00:03:59,172 --> 00:03:59,706 SIDE OF THE IS, 137 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:02,008 WE'RE ASKING FOR EVERYONE TO 138 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:13,720 BE YOU WANT A PLANT BASED 139 00:04:13,786 --> 00:04:14,754 MILK, I'VE GOT YOU. 140 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,756 THAT WAS A JOKE AND I 141 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:17,724 DIDN'T THINK SOMEONE WOULD 142 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:17,957 LAUGH. 143 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,692 I LOVE HEARING PEOPLE CLAP 144 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,427 AND CHEER AND ALL THOSE THINGS, 145 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:23,162 BUT IT DOES SLOW DOWN THE TIME 146 00:04:23,229 --> 00:04:25,098 A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE GOING TO 147 00:04:25,164 --> 00:04:30,970 ASK PEOPLE TO USE THE FAVORITE 148 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:32,105 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SPIRIT 149 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:33,673 HANDS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 150 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:34,440 COULD 151 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:35,341 YOU DEMONSTRATE WHAT SPIRIT 152 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:39,345 HANDS ARE RIGHT NOW? 153 00:04:39,412 --> 00:04:40,313 OH, JAZZ HANDS. I THOUGHT THEY 154 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:40,747 WERE SPIRIT 155 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:41,314 HANDS. 156 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:43,683 THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE CHILD 157 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:44,917 CARE 158 00:04:44,984 --> 00:04:46,619 DOWNSTAIRS AS WELL, SO 159 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:49,122 YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME IF YOU 160 00:04:49,188 --> 00:04:49,789 HAVE -- 161 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:53,059 I LIED. TELLING A LIE. 162 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,327 IT'S NOT DOWNSTAIRS. 163 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:56,763 IT'S IN THE COUNCIL RECEPTION 164 00:04:56,829 --> 00:04:58,765 AREA, MY APOLOGIES, WHICH IS 165 00:04:58,831 --> 00:04:59,799 ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 166 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:01,367 IF YOU GO DOWN THIS HALLWAY 167 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,070 AND TAKE A RIGHT ALL THE 168 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,071 WAY DOWN, THAT'S WHERE OUR 169 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:05,505 CHILD CARE IS 170 00:05:05,571 --> 00:05:06,005 BEING HELD TONIGHT. 171 00:05:06,072 --> 00:05:07,573 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 172 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,808 PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO 173 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:09,509 OUR SECURITY GUARDS. 174 00:05:09,575 --> 00:05:12,412 OUR SECURITY GUARDS THEY WORK 175 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:13,212 VERY, VERY HARD. I KNOW WE HAVE 176 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:13,846 A COUPLE OF 177 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:14,681 THEM IN OUR ROOM. 178 00:05:14,747 --> 00:05:15,982 SOMETIMES THEY'LL ASK YOU FOR 179 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:19,118 CERTAIN THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, 180 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:21,821 JUST TRY TO KEEP THE CROWD CALM. 181 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:22,722 PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL 182 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:23,256 OF OUR SECURITY GUARDS. 183 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:24,724 THEY WORK REALLY, 184 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:26,492 REALLY HARD. I ALSO WANT TO KNOW 185 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:28,361 SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE OUR 186 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:29,896 COLLEAGUES SOMETIMES STAND, 187 00:05:29,962 --> 00:05:30,329 SOMETIMES WE'LL 188 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:31,397 BE STRETCHING. 189 00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:32,565 WE ARE STILL LISTENING. 190 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:33,833 JUST KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING 191 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,702 TO 192 00:05:35,768 --> 00:05:36,235 RUN OR ANYTHING, WE'RE 193 00:05:36,302 --> 00:05:37,970 STRETCHING 194 00:05:38,037 --> 00:05:38,604 AND STANDING. WE'LL STILL BE 195 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:40,006 LISTENING. SOME OF US DO RUN, 196 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:40,773 BUT WE'RE 197 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:41,074 LISTENING. 198 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:42,975 WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING 199 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:44,110 IN- PERSON SPEAKERS 200 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:45,912 STARTING RIGHT NOW, 5:00, ALL 201 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:46,512 THE WAY 202 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:47,714 TO UP 7:30. 203 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,582 SO IT'S IN- PERSON 204 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:51,217 SPEAKER ONLY. AT 7:30, WE'RE 205 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:51,651 GOING 206 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:53,119 TO TRANSITION FOR HYBRID PUBLIC 207 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,554 COMMENT. THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING 208 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:54,721 TO 209 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:56,089 GO BACK AND FORTH, SO WE'RE 210 00:05:56,155 --> 00:05:57,757 GOING TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN 211 00:05:57,824 --> 00:05:59,425 CHAMBERS, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING 212 00:05:59,492 --> 00:05:59,592 TO 213 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:01,360 RECOGNIZE PEOPLE THAT ARE 214 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,128 ONLINE AS WELL. 215 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:06,365 WE'LL ALSO BE CALLING PEOPLE 216 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:06,899 UP BY FIVE FOLKS. 217 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:08,901 SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST CALL 218 00:06:08,968 --> 00:06:11,237 UP NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 5 AND 219 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,206 THEN OBVIOUSLY 6 THROUGH 10, AND 220 00:06:13,272 --> 00:06:14,073 WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE 221 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:15,441 NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. 222 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:23,116 OTHER THAN 223 00:06:23,182 --> 00:06:23,549 THAT, LET'S -- MY 224 00:06:23,616 --> 00:06:24,150 APOLOGIES. I LOST MY THING. 225 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,619 OTHER THAN THAT, SPEAKER, 226 00:06:26,686 --> 00:06:29,622 WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 227 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:29,922 AGENDA INTO 228 00:06:29,989 --> 00:06:30,223 THE RECORD? 229 00:06:30,289 --> 00:06:33,326 >> AGENDA ITEM 1 PUBLIC HEARING 230 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:37,296 ON THE ONE SEATTLE 231 00:06:37,363 --> 00:06:37,630 COMPREHENSIVE 232 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:38,331 PLAN. 233 00:06:38,397 --> 00:06:38,798 >> AWESOME. 234 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:40,266 AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE 235 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:41,667 HAVE SIGNED UP 236 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:42,602 TONIGHT? 237 00:06:42,668 --> 00:06:46,105 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE 120 238 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:48,241 AND CONTINUING REGISTER DOWN 239 00:06:48,307 --> 00:06:51,210 STAIRS IN BKL, AND THEN REMOTE 240 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:51,944 SPEAKERS WE 241 00:06:52,011 --> 00:06:52,545 HAVE 69. 242 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:55,948 >> GOT IT, AWESOME. 243 00:06:56,015 --> 00:06:59,085 >> 120 IN PERSON SO FAR. 244 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:00,353 BKL STILL ACCEPTING 245 00:07:00,419 --> 00:07:02,555 PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN INS AS WE 246 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:05,191 SPEAK, AND THAT'S 69 247 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:05,958 REMOTE. 248 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:06,359 >> PERFECT. 249 00:07:06,425 --> 00:07:08,361 A LITTLE HOUSE KEEPING HERE 250 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:08,628 AS WELL. 251 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:11,164 WE'RE ASKING AFTER YOU DO 252 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:11,864 PUBLIC 253 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:12,365 SPEAK HERE, THAT IF YOU 254 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:14,100 DON'T MIND GIVING UP YOUR SEAT. 255 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:14,634 YOU CAN GO. 256 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:17,036 WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM 257 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:18,671 DOWNSTAIRS, SO YOU CAN GO 258 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,173 DOWNSTAIRS SO THOSE PEOPLE 259 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:22,341 WHO HAVE NOT SPOKE, CAN COME UP 260 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:22,542 HERE 261 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:24,010 AND BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE WE 262 00:07:24,076 --> 00:07:26,412 ARE AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY, AND WE 263 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:28,447 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WITHIN 264 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:29,482 FIRE CODE AS WELL. 265 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:30,616 WE'RE ALL GOOD TO GO? 266 00:07:30,683 --> 00:07:32,485 HAPPY TO BE HERE? 267 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:33,119 THANK YOU. 268 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:37,356 I'M HAPPY TO SEE Y'ALL. FROM 269 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:37,623 Y'ALL. 270 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:38,057 YES? 271 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,926 >> PERSONAL PRIVILEGE CHAIR. 272 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:43,129 AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE 273 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:44,030 WHAT I THINK I SEE ARE GIRL 274 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:44,263 SCOUTS 275 00:07:44,330 --> 00:07:46,866 IN THE FRONT ROW AND OTHER YOUNG 276 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:47,166 PEOPLE. 277 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,968 JAZZ HANDS FOR THE YOUNG 278 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:51,103 PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO GIVE 279 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:51,504 PUBLIC COMMENT. 280 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:52,872 I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM 281 00:07:52,939 --> 00:07:55,408 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR 282 00:07:55,474 --> 00:07:55,842 FUTURE LEADERS. 283 00:07:55,908 --> 00:07:57,777 SO SHOUT OUT TO YOUNG 284 00:07:57,844 --> 00:07:58,010 PEOPLE. 285 00:07:58,077 --> 00:08:00,746 >> GO AHEAD, WE CAN CLAP FOR OUR 286 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:03,549 YOUNG FOLKS. 287 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:04,050 [ APPLAUSE ] 288 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:04,951 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 289 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:06,252 >> Y'ALL GET ALL THE LOVE. 290 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,987 IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR 291 00:08:08,054 --> 00:08:09,856 YOUNG PEOPLE. WE GOT TO FOCUS ON 292 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:11,023 OUR YOUNG 293 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:11,357 FOLKS. 294 00:08:11,424 --> 00:08:12,124 REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL 295 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:13,893 COMING AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE 296 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:14,627 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR WHAT'S 297 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:15,161 IMPORTANT 298 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:18,130 TO YOU ALL. 299 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:19,098 YOU ALL ARE OUR FUTURE, SO THANK 300 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:20,199 YOU. 301 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:21,601 ALL RIGHT, SO EVERYONE'S 302 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,002 GOING TO GET 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK 303 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:24,036 TONIGHT, AND I THINK WE 304 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:25,171 ARE READY TO GO. 305 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:27,139 IF Y'ALL ARE READY TO GO, I'M 306 00:08:27,206 --> 00:08:28,174 READY TO GO. 307 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:29,575 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY 308 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:31,911 QUESTIONS, MY COLLEAGUES 309 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:32,311 AT ALL? AWESOME. 310 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:33,412 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP 311 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:35,915 RIGHT IN. SO WE'RE GOING TO 312 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:36,482 START -- 313 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:38,918 OH, AND OUR CLERK'S GOING TO 314 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:39,118 READ 315 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:39,886 THE INSTRUCTIONS. 316 00:08:39,952 --> 00:08:44,257 I WAS SO HAPPY TO READ 1 THROUGH 317 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:44,524 GO AHEAD. 318 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,057 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 319 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:46,225 THERE THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL 320 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:46,425 BEGIN 321 00:08:46,492 --> 00:08:49,829 AND BE MODERATED IN 322 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:50,897 THE FOLLOWING MANNER. 323 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:52,665 IT'LL BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M. AND 324 00:08:52,732 --> 00:08:53,933 IN THE ORDER REGISTERED. 325 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,270 FOR REMEET SPEAKERS WITH 326 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:58,871 APPROXIMATE NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 327 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:00,373 50 PLEASE CALL INTO THE MEETING 328 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:00,806 BY 7:00 P.M. 329 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:02,275 IF YOU'VE NOT REGISTERED 330 00:09:02,341 --> 00:09:04,810 TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU 331 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:05,378 CAN 332 00:09:05,444 --> 00:09:07,647 STILL SIGN UP DURING THE 333 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:08,447 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 334 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:09,782 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 335 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:11,017 BEGINS WITH IN 336 00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:11,918 PERSON SPEAKERS. SPEAKER NUMBERS 337 00:09:11,984 --> 00:09:12,184 WILL 338 00:09:12,251 --> 00:09:14,353 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 339 00:09:14,420 --> 00:09:14,754 THEY REGISTERED. 340 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:16,322 NUMBERS WILL BE CALLED IN GROUPS 341 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:17,890 OF FIVE AT 342 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:20,059 ONE TIME. PLEASE LINE UP IN 343 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:20,559 NUMERICAL 344 00:09:20,626 --> 00:09:20,826 ORDER. 345 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,361 THERE ARE TWO 346 00:09:22,428 --> 00:09:22,828 MICROPHONE PODIUMS. 347 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:28,567 PLEASE ADJUST THE MICS WHEN 348 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:29,769 YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. 349 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:31,137 IF SPEAKERS DO NOT 350 00:09:31,203 --> 00:09:32,471 END THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END OF 351 00:09:32,538 --> 00:09:34,040 THE ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD, THE 352 00:09:34,106 --> 00:09:35,708 SPEAKER'S MICROPHONES WILL 353 00:09:35,775 --> 00:09:37,243 BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON 354 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:38,110 THE NEXT 355 00:09:38,177 --> 00:09:39,879 SPEAKER. 356 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:40,579 >> AWESOME, OKAY. SO WE'RE 357 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:43,816 GOING TO FIRST CALL 358 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:45,251 SPEAKERS 1 THROUGH 5. 359 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:46,319 PLEASE START COMING UP. 360 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:49,789 AND THEN SPEAKERS 6 THROUGH 361 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:51,824 10, IF I CAN COUNT CORRECTLY, 362 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,193 6 THROUGH 10 BE ON DECK AND 363 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:54,360 GET 364 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,462 READY. 1 THROUGH 5. 365 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:59,598 YOU CAN USE BOTH MICS. 366 00:09:59,665 --> 00:10:02,902 WE ASK YOU LINE UP AT BOTH MICS 367 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:04,737 AND WE'LL GET STARTED. 368 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:07,373 HELLO, MS. BLACK. 369 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:07,740 WELCOME. 370 00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:08,074 >> THANK YOU. 371 00:10:08,140 --> 00:10:09,809 MY NAME IS CECILIA BLACK. 372 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,277 I AM A WHEELCHAIR 373 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:12,645 USER AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER 374 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:15,348 FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS 375 00:10:15,414 --> 00:10:15,648 WASHINGTON. 376 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:18,851 THE HOUSING THAT IS 377 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:21,053 MOST SUCCESSFUL FOUR, FIVE, 378 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,021 AND SIX- STORIED BUILDINGS 379 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:23,489 IS PROHIBITED IN A MAJORITY OF 380 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:23,789 THE 381 00:10:23,856 --> 00:10:26,158 CITY, WHICH MEANS THAT I AM NOT 382 00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:26,892 IN SO MANY 383 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:27,326 NEIGHBORHOODS. 384 00:10:27,393 --> 00:10:28,127 WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING 385 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:29,495 THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE 386 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:32,398 A DIFFERENT CITY, NEIGHBORED 387 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,600 CENTERS, MORE 388 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,002 HOUSING, AND MORE RETAIL FOR 389 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:36,802 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 390 00:10:36,869 --> 00:10:38,004 CREATE COMMUNITIES AND CHANGE 391 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:39,672 LIVES. I KNOW I'VE GONE INTO 392 00:10:39,739 --> 00:10:41,107 LIVE IN 393 00:10:41,173 --> 00:10:43,209 ROOSEVELT, ONE OF SEATTLE'S 394 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,410 MOST RECENT 395 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:45,311 REZONED NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS 396 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:45,945 CHANGED MY LIFE. 397 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:48,014 I CAN EASILY GRAB A COFFEE 398 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,249 OR HOP ON A BUS OR LIGHT RAIL 399 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:50,416 AND 400 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:51,884 NOT CONSUME MY ENERGY OR 401 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:52,718 MY ENTIRE DAY. 402 00:10:52,785 --> 00:10:55,087 AS ROOSEVELT 403 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:55,688 HAS GROWN, I HAVE WATCHED IT 404 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:56,455 BECOME 405 00:10:56,522 --> 00:10:56,856 MORE ACCESSIBLE. 406 00:10:56,922 --> 00:10:58,157 LIVING IN A WORLD THAT IS NOT 407 00:10:58,224 --> 00:10:59,658 BUILT FOR YOU IS EXHAUSTING, 408 00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,560 AND I CAN'T FULLY EXPLAIN THE 409 00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:04,563 RELIEF WHEN LEAVING YOUR 410 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:04,897 HOUSE IS JUST 411 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:06,098 EASY. SEATTLE IS A GROWING CITY 412 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:07,600 AND WHAT GETS BUILT IN THE 413 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:08,768 LAST DECADE WILL LAST 414 00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:10,336 GENERATIONS, AND I'M URGING YOU 415 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:10,636 TO 416 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:12,738 ENSURE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH 417 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:13,239 DISABILITIES. 418 00:11:13,305 --> 00:11:14,073 THIS MEANS KEEPING 419 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:15,741 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT 420 00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:19,445 WILL ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY 421 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:20,679 HOUSING THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE. 422 00:11:20,746 --> 00:11:23,516 IT MEANS EASING RESTRICTIONS 423 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:27,019 ON FLATS WHICH WILL BE THE 424 00:11:27,086 --> 00:11:28,354 ONLY OPTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL 425 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:28,554 ZONES 426 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:29,922 AND EASING RESTRICTIONS ON 427 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:31,590 CORNER STORES AND MAKING SURE 428 00:11:31,657 --> 00:11:31,924 ALL 429 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:32,792 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING HAS THE 430 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:34,326 POTENTIAL FOR RETAIL SO WE 431 00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:36,095 CAN CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE 432 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:39,598 AND WALKABLE 433 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:39,832 CITY. 434 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:42,601 >> THANK 435 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:43,302 YOU. 436 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:43,569 >> HELLO. 437 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:44,837 MY NAME IS ANNA. 438 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:46,338 I ALSO WORK FOR 439 00:11:46,405 --> 00:11:46,972 DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON, 440 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,340 AND I WANT 441 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:49,975 TO ECHO WHAT CECILIA JUST SAID. 442 00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:51,410 I ALSO WANT TO SHARE 443 00:11:51,477 --> 00:11:53,746 MY PERSPECTIVE AS A HOMEOWNER IN 444 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:54,013 A 445 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,014 NEIGHBORHOOD IN HILLMAN 446 00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:56,682 CITY THAT IS GETTING UP ZONED AS 447 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:58,317 PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 448 00:11:58,384 --> 00:11:58,884 FROM A 449 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:00,319 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL TO 450 00:12:00,386 --> 00:12:03,022 A LOW RISE TWO, WHICH MEANS 451 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:04,090 FOUR- STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS. 452 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:05,157 AND I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS 453 00:12:05,224 --> 00:12:06,692 AND I KNOW PEOPLE, EVERYONE IS 454 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:09,728 A LITTLE SCARED ABOUT CHANGE, 455 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:11,797 BUT OUR BLOCK, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 456 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:13,566 IS 457 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:14,733 CHANGING ANYWAY. ALREADY TWO OF 458 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,134 MY NEIGHBORS HAVE 459 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:16,068 BEEN PLACED OUT. 460 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:17,403 MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THEY 461 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,939 HAD TO MOVE TO FEDERAL WAY 462 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:20,172 BECAUSE 463 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:21,740 THEY COULDN'T AFFORD HOUSING 464 00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:22,108 IN 465 00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:23,242 SEATTLE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT 466 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:23,576 THIS CHANGE. 467 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:25,511 I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME 468 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:26,812 MORE PEOPLE TO OUR 469 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:27,446 NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT WILL 470 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:27,980 MEAN 471 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:30,015 MORE AMENITIES CLOSE TO US, MORE 472 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:32,084 STORES, MORE COFFEE SHOPS, MORE 473 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:33,085 ACTIVITIES, MORE FRIENDS FOR 474 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:33,352 MY KID. 475 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,788 AND SO I HOPE WE CAN MAKE 476 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:36,956 OUR CITY ACCESSIBLE FOR 477 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:37,223 EVERYONE. 478 00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:39,892 THANK 479 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:40,092 YOU. 480 00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:42,428 >> THANK 481 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:42,928 YOU. 482 00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:44,997 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS CALLY 483 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,599 NICHOLS, AND I'M A TEACHER AND 484 00:12:46,665 --> 00:12:47,766 A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3. 485 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:50,970 I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF 486 00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:54,039 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL AND THE 487 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:54,740 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. 488 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:55,941 CURRENTLY I'M STUDENT 489 00:12:56,008 --> 00:12:57,009 TEACHING AT LOWELL ELEMENTARY 490 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:57,209 WHERE 491 00:12:57,276 --> 00:12:59,678 ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS 492 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:00,146 ARE 493 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:02,314 IN-HOUSED. 494 00:13:02,381 --> 00:13:03,182 I'M DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS 495 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:04,550 CITY AND BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE 496 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:05,818 A PLACE WHERE YOUNG ADULTS, 497 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,586 SERVICE WORKERS, TEACHERS, 498 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:08,988 AND GROWING FAMILIES CAN AFFORD 499 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:10,422 TO LIVE AND THRIVE. 500 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:12,258 HOWEVER, SEATTLE'S 501 00:13:12,324 --> 00:13:13,826 RESTRICTIVE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING 502 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:14,026 LAWS 503 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:15,661 LIMIT HOUSING OPTIONS AND DRIVE 504 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:17,863 UP THE COST OF LIVING, MAKING IT 505 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:18,430 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR 506 00:13:18,497 --> 00:13:20,833 MANY OF US TO AFFORD TO LIVE 507 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:21,033 HERE. 508 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:22,535 PLEASE STRENGTHEN THE 509 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,436 ONE SEATTLE PLAN TO CREATE 510 00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:26,739 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ACROSS 511 00:13:26,805 --> 00:13:29,074 THE CITY IN BOTH WEALTHY AND 512 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:29,508 LOWER INCOME AREAS. 513 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:31,877 THIS WOULD NOT ONLY EXPAND THE 514 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:33,779 HOUSING SUPPLY BUT ALSO PREVENT 515 00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:35,047 DISPLACEMENT IN 516 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:35,814 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, WHICH 517 00:13:35,881 --> 00:13:36,382 MANY OF 518 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:38,551 MY STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED. 519 00:13:38,617 --> 00:13:40,986 BY PROMOTING GROWTH AND 520 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:42,388 INCLUSIVITY WE CAN ENSURE THAT 521 00:13:42,454 --> 00:13:43,656 SEATTLE IS A PLACE 522 00:13:43,722 --> 00:13:45,591 WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF 523 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,693 LIFE CAN LIVE, 524 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,128 WORK, AND THRIVE INCLUDING 525 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:50,829 ME AND MY STUDENTS. 526 00:13:50,896 --> 00:13:52,531 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 527 00:13:52,598 --> 00:13:54,400 AND CONSIDERATION IN MAKING THIS 528 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,402 VISION A 529 00:13:56,468 --> 00:13:56,669 REALITY. 530 00:13:56,735 --> 00:13:58,404 >> 531 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,372 THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY YOU 532 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:00,940 WERE 533 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:01,140 CALLY 534 00:14:01,207 --> 00:14:02,074 NICHOLS. GOT IT. 535 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:06,612 SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR 536 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:06,879 JENNIFER. 537 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:10,616 >> HEY, MY NAME IS JENNIFER 538 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:11,016 COLOR. 539 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:14,720 MY PARTNER AND I OWN A HOUSE IN 540 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,288 MOTLAKE, AND WE MOVED IN 541 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:17,790 AS RENTERS AND WE WERE ABLE 542 00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:19,758 TO ULTIMATELY BUY IN, AND WE 543 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:20,492 LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 544 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:21,760 IT'S A HISTORIC 545 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:23,095 NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ITS PARKS AND 546 00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:23,462 LUSH TREES. 547 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,930 AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE 548 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:26,432 INCREDIBLE NEED IN SEATTLE 549 00:14:26,498 --> 00:14:27,199 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 550 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:28,801 AND WE DO SUPPORT DENSITY 551 00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:32,071 WHERE IT MAKES SENSE SUCH AS 552 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:34,974 ADUs, TINY HOMES AND EXPANDING 553 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,208 RESIDENTIAL SPACE WHERE WE 554 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:37,376 HAVE MIXED USE. 555 00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:39,311 HOWEVER, THE SUPPORT 556 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:40,746 DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE ENTIRE 557 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:41,513 CONCEPT OF A 558 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:43,015 NEIGHBORHOOD OVERNIGHT WHERE 559 00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:45,150 PEOPLE HAVEN'T 560 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:45,818 HAD A CHANCE AND SUFFICIENT TIME 561 00:14:45,884 --> 00:14:46,318 TO GIVE 562 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:47,253 FEEDBACK AND PROPOSE 563 00:14:47,319 --> 00:14:47,586 ALTERNATIVES. 564 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:48,587 I ALSO WANT TO RAISE A 565 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:50,422 POINT THAT REALLY ALIGNS WITH 566 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:53,759 SOME OF 567 00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:55,728 WHAT THE SPEAKERS JUST SAID AND 568 00:14:55,794 --> 00:14:56,262 THAT'S A DANGER TO THE 569 00:14:56,328 --> 00:14:57,129 PROPOSAL AND SUCCESSABILITY OF 570 00:14:57,196 --> 00:14:57,363 PEOPLE 571 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:58,731 WITH DISABILITIES AND 572 00:14:58,797 --> 00:15:00,266 IMPAIRMENTS. I'M ALSO WITH A 573 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:01,033 NON- PROFIT 574 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:01,467 WITH DISABILITIES. 575 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:04,069 WE HELP PEOPLE TRAIN THEIR OWN 576 00:15:04,136 --> 00:15:06,672 DOGS AND SERVICE DOGS TO 577 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:15,047 INCREASE ACCESS. 578 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:16,915 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALKS 579 00:15:16,982 --> 00:15:21,887 ARE DANGEROUS TO WALK ON AND 580 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:22,087 MANY 581 00:15:22,154 --> 00:15:24,790 ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO 582 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:28,193 NAVIGATE. IT'S CHALLENGING TO 583 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,362 DRIVE DOWN NARROW STREETS, OR AS 584 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:30,963 A BIKE 585 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,898 RIDER IT'S TERRIFYING TO GO 586 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:33,098 DOWN 587 00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:33,999 OUR STREETS. 588 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:35,834 THE FACT PUBLIC TRANSIT IN 589 00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:37,102 A HALF MILE IS SUFFICIENT TO 590 00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:37,303 SERVE 591 00:15:37,369 --> 00:15:38,404 AS ACCESS IS ABSURD. 592 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:40,673 THAT WE DON'T NEED 593 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:42,174 INCREASED PARKING WHEN THERE 594 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:42,808 ALREADY 595 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:43,776 ISN'T PARKING, THAT PRESUMES 596 00:15:43,842 --> 00:15:45,611 SOMEONE HAS THE ABILITY TO 597 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:45,844 TRAVEL 598 00:15:45,911 --> 00:15:48,314 OVER HALF A MILE ON IRREGULAR 599 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,181 HILLY ROADS AND 600 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:49,948 WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THEY 601 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:50,949 NEED TO GET ACCESS TO 602 00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:51,884 SOMETHING, WHEN THEY NEED 603 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:54,286 TO LEAVE 604 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:54,620 THEIR HOMES. 605 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:55,220 SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT AN 606 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:55,788 OPTION FOR MANY PEOPLE, 607 00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:57,589 SEWE NEED THE CITY TO ADDRESS 608 00:15:57,656 --> 00:15:59,124 THE PRESENT LACK OF PARKING 609 00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:01,427 AND DANGER EVEN BEING IN 610 00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:03,829 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT 611 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,564 NOW BEFORE CONSIDERING 612 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:05,864 EXPANDING. 613 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:07,466 IT'S ALREADY NOT SAFE AND THE 614 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,268 PLAN DISREGARDS THAT, SO WE 615 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:10,636 ASK YOU PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND 616 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:11,670 LOOK 617 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:13,539 AT THE LACK OF EQUITY IN 618 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:16,008 THE PROPOSAL RIGHT 619 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:16,208 NOW. 620 00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:19,111 >> THANK YOU. 621 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:20,813 SPEAKER NUMBER 5 AND 622 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:22,648 THEN SPEAKER 6 THROUGH 10, 623 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:26,585 PLEASE, YOU'RE ON DECK. 624 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,921 CALLY WAS FIVE? 625 00:16:28,987 --> 00:16:30,589 BUT THAT WAS ONLY FOUR SPEAKERS. 626 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,057 >> I'M SPEAKER 627 00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:32,391 NUMBER FOUR. 628 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:36,495 >> I'M SORRY, SPEAKER NUMBER 629 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:36,895 FOUR. 630 00:16:36,962 --> 00:16:37,696 >> THANK YOU. 631 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:38,897 GOOD AFTERNOON. 632 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:40,432 I AM PATIENCE, AND I HAVE THE 633 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:44,169 INCREDIBLE HONOR OF LEADING THE 634 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:45,671 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 635 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,506 CONSORTIUM, AND I'M HERE TODAY 636 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:47,806 BECAUSE 637 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:50,542 I KNOW ALL OF YOU BELIEVE IN A 638 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:54,146 FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE NO MATTER 639 00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:56,749 THEIR INCOME, NO MATTER THEIR 640 00:16:56,815 --> 00:16:58,751 RACE, NO MATTER THEIR 641 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:00,152 BACKGROUND, CAN FIND A 642 00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:01,620 PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME 643 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:02,588 IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF 644 00:17:02,654 --> 00:17:02,921 SEATTLE. 645 00:17:02,988 --> 00:17:09,495 AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A DEEP 646 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:12,364 HOUSING CRISIS, ONE THAT DEMANDS 647 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:12,965 BOLD ACTION. 648 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:14,566 AND THE ONLY WAY WE GET OUT 649 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:17,736 OF THIS CRISIS IS IF WE BUILD 650 00:17:17,803 --> 00:17:17,936 MORE 651 00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:19,571 HOUSING. AND WE ARE ASKING YOU 652 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:20,205 TO BE 653 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:22,374 BOLD WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE 654 00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:22,574 PLAN. 655 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:25,411 I WANT TO BE VERY 656 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:27,913 CLEAR. THE STATUS QUO IS NOT 657 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,681 WORKING FOR FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE 658 00:17:29,748 --> 00:17:30,482 IN THIS 659 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:32,718 CITY RIGHT NOW. 660 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,520 RENTS ARE TOO HIGH. 661 00:17:34,586 --> 00:17:37,423 HOME PRICES ARE OUT OF 662 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:39,725 REACH, AND FAR MANY PEOPLE ARE 663 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,093 BEING PUSHED OUT OF THIS 664 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,662 COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE CALLED 665 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:44,797 FOR 666 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,598 DECADES. 667 00:17:46,665 --> 00:17:49,334 AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO TAKE 668 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:50,869 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT 669 00:17:50,936 --> 00:17:52,805 SIZE THE RESTRICTIVE ZONING THAT 670 00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:54,673 HAS LOCKED SO MANY PEOPLE OUT OF 671 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:57,476 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TOO LONG. 672 00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:58,911 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN THAT 673 00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:02,448 THE MAYOR HAS PUT FORWARD 674 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:04,283 IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SOLID, 675 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:04,616 STRONG START. 676 00:18:04,683 --> 00:18:07,085 IT'S MOVING US IN THE RIGHT 677 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:07,386 DIRECTION. 678 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:10,189 AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO 679 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:12,458 IS EXPAND ON THE STRENGTH 680 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:16,762 OF THIS PLAN AND NOT WHITTLE IT 681 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:17,329 DOWN. 682 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:19,431 WE ARE ASKING YOU NOT TO WATER 683 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,732 PLAN IN THE NAME 684 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:22,968 OF PROCESS, IN THE NAME OF 685 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:23,235 OUTREACH 686 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:25,704 BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW OUTREACH 687 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,273 IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT 688 00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:29,274 WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS WE 689 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:29,475 GROW 690 00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:30,175 AS A CITY. 691 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:33,345 SO I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO 692 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:35,714 TAKE ON THIS ONCE IN A 693 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:36,014 GENERATION 694 00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:39,418 OPPORTUNITY, TO MOVE FORWARD 695 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:40,886 A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT MEET 696 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,888 THE MOMENT, THAT MEET THE SCALE 697 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:43,655 OF THE CRISIS. 698 00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:45,657 WE ARE COUNTING ON YOUR 699 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:48,327 LEADERSHIP IN THIS 700 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:49,561 VERY MOMENT TO LEAD US TOWARDS A 701 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:49,895 PATH AND 702 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:56,502 A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE CAN FIND 703 00:18:56,568 --> 00:18:57,636 A -- 704 00:18:57,703 --> 00:18:58,737 >> THANK YOU. 705 00:18:58,804 --> 00:18:59,972 SPEAKERS 6 THROUGH 10 706 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:01,473 PLEASE COME FORWARD. 707 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:08,580 STEPHANIE, PHYLLIS, SUSAN. 708 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:11,283 >> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE AND MY 709 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:12,384 HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED 710 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:14,820 AND WORKED IN SEATTLE SINCE 711 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:16,355 2011. 712 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:18,924 WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 713 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:21,193 BEING PARENTS OF TWO CHILDREN. 714 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:23,128 WE ARE ABLE TO WALK TO DAY 715 00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:24,096 CARE, GROCERY STORE, AND 716 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:25,030 FRIENDS HOUSES AND APARTMENTS 717 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:25,297 FOR 718 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:25,631 PLAY DATES. 719 00:19:25,697 --> 00:19:27,633 WE WALK TO THE FARMERS 720 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:28,567 MARKET MOST SUNDAYS. 721 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:30,369 WE RIDE THE "G" TO CHECK 722 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:32,070 OUT BOOKS AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY 723 00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:34,006 OR COME DOWN HERE, THE 724 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:36,575 STREETCAR TO LIVE AND SHOP IN 725 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:38,143 THE ID, AND THE 726 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,979 LIGHT RAIL TO DOCTOR 727 00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:41,313 APPOINTMENTS. 728 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:42,948 WE RECOGNIZE MANY 729 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:43,982 FAMILIES WILL NEVER AFFORD TO 730 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:44,349 LIVE IN 731 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:45,851 A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE OURS. 732 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:47,252 OUR LIFESTYLE SHOULDN'T BE 733 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:48,921 AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE OR A 734 00:19:48,987 --> 00:19:49,154 LUXURY. 735 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:50,989 FAMILIES OF ALL INCOMES 736 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:52,758 AND SIZES SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE 737 00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:54,893 IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE 738 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:55,460 EVERYTHING THEY NEED IS IN 739 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:55,727 WALKING, 740 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:58,497 ROLLING, OR BIKING 741 00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:01,600 DISTANCE. WE NEED TOALLOW MORE 742 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:01,900 AFFORDABLE 743 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,101 OPTIONS THROUGHOUT 744 00:20:03,168 --> 00:20:05,971 THE CITY. THE MAYOR'S PLAN 745 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:06,338 PLANS FOR 746 00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:07,839 SEATTLE'S FUTURE HOUSING 747 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:09,374 NEEDS, AND WE URGE YOU TO GO 748 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:09,908 FURTHER 749 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:11,743 BY IMPLEMENTING FURTHER CHANGES. 750 00:20:11,810 --> 00:20:14,980 ONE, MID- RISE HOUSING SHOULD BE 751 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,883 ALLOWED IN AREAS WITHIN A 5- 752 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:18,216 MILE WALK. 753 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:20,185 AND THE CREATION OF 754 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:22,487 SMALL, AFFORDABLE 755 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:23,055 COMMERCIAL SPACES SHOULD BE 756 00:20:23,121 --> 00:20:23,455 ENCOURAGED AND 757 00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:24,389 INCENTIVIZED. 758 00:20:24,456 --> 00:20:25,724 THE NUMBER OF 759 00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:26,858 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS SHOULD BE 760 00:20:26,925 --> 00:20:27,125 INCREASED 761 00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:30,696 AND THEIR BOUNDARIES EXPANDED TO 762 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:31,430 ENCOMPASS AT LEAST A 5- MINUTE 763 00:20:31,496 --> 00:20:36,268 WALK SHED, AND 764 00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:36,635 FINALLY PARKING 765 00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:37,235 MINIMUMS SHOULD BE ELIMINATED 766 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:37,703 EVERYWHERE TO REDUCE 767 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:39,738 HOUSING COSTS AND INCREASE 768 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:40,038 SUSTAINABLE 769 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:40,305 OPTIONS. 770 00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:41,273 WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR 771 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,475 THE NEXT GENERATIONS, NOT 772 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:44,443 PLAYING DEFENSE AGAINST THE 773 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:45,010 FEARS 774 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:45,310 OF CHANGE. 775 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:46,244 CHANGE IS 776 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:47,746 ALREADY HERE. THIS COMPREHENSIVE 777 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:47,980 PLAN IS 778 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:49,615 OUR CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE 779 00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:52,017 OLD MODEL OF PLANNING FOR GROWTH 780 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,352 AND MOVE BOLDLY TOWARD AN 781 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,953 APPROACH THAT WILL HOUSE MORE 782 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:55,253 NEIGHBORS, 783 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,022 HELP US ACHIEVE CLIMATE GOALS, 784 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:59,625 AND MOVE SEATTLE INTO A 785 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:01,293 CITY WHERE EVERY FAMILY 786 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:01,560 THRIVES. 787 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:02,227 >> THANK YOU. 788 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:04,196 BALANCING A BABY IN 789 00:21:04,262 --> 00:21:09,301 PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT WAS SUPER 790 00:21:09,368 --> 00:21:09,901 IMPRESSIVE. 791 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:11,570 >> THANK YOU. 792 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:15,507 I'VE LIVED IN -- SINCE 1987 793 00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:17,643 AND I'VE WORKED IN PUBLIC 794 00:21:17,709 --> 00:21:20,479 ISSUES LONGER THAN THAT. 795 00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:26,118 I REMOVED THE PETITION -- 796 00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:30,789 WHY? TO GIVE VOICES TO THE 797 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:31,623 MEMBERS OF 798 00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:34,393 WHO HAD NO ENGAGEMENT WHATSOEVER 799 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,394 IN INFORMING THE 800 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,896 PROPOSAL, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR 801 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:38,130 WAYS TO 802 00:21:38,196 --> 00:21:39,131 SHARE THEIR SIGNIFICANT 803 00:21:39,197 --> 00:21:39,831 CONCERNS. 804 00:21:39,898 --> 00:21:44,236 IN THIS SMALL 805 00:21:44,302 --> 00:21:46,138 EIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY 1,060 806 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:46,538 PEOPLE 807 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:47,839 HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION IN A 808 00:21:47,906 --> 00:21:48,073 LITTLE 809 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:48,440 OVER A MONTH. 810 00:21:48,507 --> 00:21:50,876 THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU 811 00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:52,911 SOMETHING. I CALL IT A PROJECT 812 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:53,278 FUNDED BY 813 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:56,615 THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHERE 814 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:57,949 I FACILITATED WORKSHOPS ON WHAT 815 00:21:58,016 --> 00:21:59,418 IS WORKING WELL AND NOT 816 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,886 WORKING WELL REGARDING 817 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:01,787 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GROWTH 818 00:22:01,853 --> 00:22:02,087 MANAGEMENT. 819 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,455 I PUT ON WORKSHOPS IN 820 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:04,523 EVERY COUNTY IN THIS STATE. 821 00:22:04,589 --> 00:22:06,158 I'M ALSO LEADING A THREE- YEAR 822 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:07,959 PROJECT FUNDED BY AND TO 823 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:10,228 INFORM THE STATE LEGISLATURE ON 824 00:22:10,295 --> 00:22:13,999 HOUSING POLICY. 825 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,634 THE SIGNERS OF THE PETITION ARE 826 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:16,334 ECHOING WHAT I STRONGLY HEARD 827 00:22:16,401 --> 00:22:16,835 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 828 00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:17,135 ONE, PLACE 829 00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:19,337 MATTERS. IT IS CRITICAL TO TAKE 830 00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:20,472 INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIFIC 831 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:21,373 CONDITIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 832 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,108 THIS DESIGNATION DOES NOT 833 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:28,947 FIT THIS LOCALE IN MAKE BELIEVE. 834 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,248 TWO, PLANNING NEEDS TO 835 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:32,317 SHIFT FROM CONCEPT OF LAND USE 836 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:32,517 TO 837 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,186 THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE LAND 838 00:22:34,252 --> 00:22:34,419 MEANING 839 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:37,055 THE TREES AND THE MENTAL HEALTH 840 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:37,856 SERVICES THEY PROVIDE 841 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:39,091 ARE ESSENTIAL TO PRESERVE. 842 00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:40,726 THREE, WE CAN'T BUILD OUR 843 00:22:40,792 --> 00:22:41,993 WAY OUT OF THE COMPLEXITY OF 844 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,028 ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING. 845 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:46,932 AND FOUR, LASTLY, WE NEED TO 846 00:22:46,998 --> 00:22:48,734 STOP OBJECTIFYING PEOPLE 847 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,370 AND THEIR CONCERNS AND INTERESTS 848 00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:53,004 AND 849 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:53,772 LABELING THEM. 850 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:55,640 THIS IS A CONTROL MECHANISM 851 00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:57,409 THAT STOPS REAL CONVERSATIONS 852 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:57,609 AND 853 00:22:57,676 --> 00:22:58,944 THE ABILITY TO COLLABORATE 854 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:00,378 ON SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES 855 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:01,012 WE COLLECTIVELY HAVE. 856 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:03,949 THANK 857 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:04,149 YOU. 858 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:07,185 >> THANK 859 00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:08,086 YOU. 860 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:11,623 >> SPEAKING OF CRISES, 861 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,658 CLIMATE, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, 862 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:16,328 FROM 2005 TO 2017 FEMA SPENT $37 863 00:23:16,394 --> 00:23:19,965 BILLION ON NATURAL 864 00:23:20,031 --> 00:23:22,234 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND 865 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:23,201 MITIGATION AND 866 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:25,137 $81 BILLION ON RELIEF. 867 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:27,973 IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EVERY $1 868 00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:31,376 SPENT ON PREVENTION, FEMA SPENT 869 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:34,579 $2.19 ON 870 00:23:34,646 --> 00:23:34,813 RELIEF. 871 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,348 FACTS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY 872 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:36,681 GOOD 873 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:41,787 WAY TO MAKE A LESS AFFORDABLE 874 00:23:41,853 --> 00:23:42,020 WORLD. 875 00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,589 NYU RECENTLY SETUP PROJECT HEAT 876 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:48,660 WAVE, AN INITIATIVE THAT TREATS 877 00:23:48,727 --> 00:23:50,228 EXTREME HEAT AS A 878 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,496 PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE 879 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:52,764 THE 880 00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:52,964 SAME 881 00:23:53,031 --> 00:23:56,535 FEATURES. ON PREDICTABILITY, 882 00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:58,170 INEQUALITY, AND HOW THEY TREAT 883 00:23:58,236 --> 00:23:58,904 COMMUNITIES, 884 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:00,705 AND MORTALITY. WE HAVE A RARE 885 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:01,206 OPPORTUNITY 886 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,841 HERE IN SEATTLE TO FOCUS 887 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:05,177 ON PREVENTION BY PROTECTING 888 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:09,247 MATURE TREE CANOPY, BUT WE SEEM 889 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:10,615 HELL BENT ON PASSING THE COST 890 00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:12,818 OF CLIMATE CHANGE ONTO 891 00:24:12,884 --> 00:24:13,285 FUTURE GENERATIONS. 892 00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:15,220 THAT IS WHAT 90% CONCRETE 893 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,421 COVERAGE OF RESIDENTIAL 894 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:18,323 LOTS WILL DO. 895 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:21,827 AS AN ROI- FOCUSED 896 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:23,428 CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY INVESTOR, A 897 00:24:23,495 --> 00:24:23,728 PARENT OF 898 00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:27,332 YOUNG CHILDREN, 899 00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:29,234 AND A PERSON WHOSE OWN AGE MEANS 900 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:29,467 THAT I 901 00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:30,969 AM GOING TO BE LIVING THROUGH 902 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:31,837 THE WORSENING EFFECTS 903 00:24:31,903 --> 00:24:34,072 OF CLIMATE CHANGE 904 00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:34,739 MYSELF, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER 905 00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:36,474 THE LONG- 906 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,410 TERM COLLECTIVE RETURNS AND YOUR 907 00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:38,577 OWN 908 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:43,048 LEGACY TO YOUR KIDS OVER 909 00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:43,849 SHORT- TERM PROFITS 910 00:24:43,915 --> 00:24:45,650 FOR DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE CO-OPTED 911 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:47,018 THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HOUSING 912 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:47,252 MARKET 913 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,956 AND 914 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:51,556 PEOPLE'S DESPERATION OVER 915 00:24:51,623 --> 00:24:53,725 PRIVATE EQUITY DRIVEN RENTS AND 916 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:54,826 MORTGAGES IN ORDER TO 917 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:56,494 LITERALLY PAVE THEIR WAY TO AN 918 00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:56,695 EVEN 919 00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:59,531 EASIER WAY TO DO THEIR OWN 920 00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:00,131 BUSINESS. 921 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:02,367 THE ONLY 922 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:03,201 WAY WE'LL SURVIVE THE NOW BAKED 923 00:25:03,268 --> 00:25:05,403 IN CHANGES THAT ARE 924 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:05,937 COMING OUR WAY IS TO WORK 925 00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:07,906 WITH URBAN FORESTS, NOT FURTHER 926 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:09,608 BIFURCATE INTO HUMANS 927 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:09,975 VERSUS NATURE. 928 00:25:10,041 --> 00:25:14,446 PLEASE AMEND THIS PLAN 929 00:25:14,512 --> 00:25:14,846 NOW. 930 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:15,981 >> 931 00:25:16,047 --> 00:25:16,514 THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 932 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:22,187 >> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE 933 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,889 SPIRIT HANDS -- I DON'T WANT TO 934 00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:24,222 HAVE TO 935 00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:26,658 SAY THIS OVER AGAIN. 936 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:27,959 YEAH, SPIRIT HANDS. 937 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,094 NO, JAZZ HANDS. 938 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,295 WHERE'D I GET SPIRIT? 939 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,664 JAZZ HANDS, 940 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:33,498 JAZZ HANDS. GO AHEAD. 941 00:25:33,565 --> 00:25:35,100 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 942 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:36,201 I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 943 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:37,736 THE TREES SINCE I WAS 944 00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:37,903 IN 945 00:25:37,969 --> 00:25:39,137 KINDERGARTEN. I SPOKE TO THE 946 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:39,537 CITY 947 00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:40,939 COUNCIL ABOUT THE LAST TREE 948 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:43,408 ORDINANCE AND I WAS SO 949 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:44,309 DISAPPOINTED AND SHOCKED AT THE 950 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:44,643 ADULTS THAT I 951 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:46,144 TRUSTED AND RELIED ON DID NOT DO 952 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:47,579 WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. 953 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,748 I CARE ABOUT THIS SO MUCH 954 00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:52,217 EVEN THOUGH MY GRANDMA HAS 955 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:52,550 CANCER AND 956 00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:54,386 IS IN HER LAST DAYS, I CAME 957 00:25:54,452 --> 00:25:57,589 HERE TO PROTECT OUR TREES. 958 00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:59,391 I WANTED YOU 959 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:00,692 TO KNOW SEATTLE IS CALLED THE 960 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:01,059 EMERALD CITY 961 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:02,794 BECAUSE OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY 962 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,062 AND TOWERING MOUNTAINS. 963 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:05,964 JUST THIS PAST YEAR SEATTLE 964 00:26:06,031 --> 00:26:09,167 HAS LOST 1,800 TREES, WHICH IS 965 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:09,467 TOO MANY. 966 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:12,504 I HAVE ASTHMA, AND 967 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:14,506 I USUALLY START COUGHING REALLY 968 00:26:14,572 --> 00:26:15,340 BAD WHEN I 969 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,775 ENTER DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 970 00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:17,642 BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH 971 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:17,943 TREES TO 972 00:26:18,009 --> 00:26:18,643 KEEP THE AIR CLEAN. 973 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:21,279 THAT IS WHY WE NEED MORE TREES 974 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:22,080 IN THIS SATE. 975 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:23,481 WHEN I GO UP TO THE EAST 976 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:25,417 AND NORTH OF CEMENT I SEE WAY 977 00:26:25,483 --> 00:26:25,617 MORE 978 00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:27,619 TREES, 979 00:26:27,686 --> 00:26:28,086 BIG, HUGE, BEAUTIFUL 980 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,087 TREES. WE NEED MORE OF THAT 981 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:29,287 HERE. 982 00:26:29,354 --> 00:26:31,189 SO THAT'S WHY I'M BEGGING YOU, 983 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:32,757 SEATTLE, MAKE OUR FUTURE BETTER 984 00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:33,858 FOR MORE PEOPLE TO 985 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:35,060 COME. MOTHER NATURE DID NOT PUT 986 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:35,226 US 987 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:36,261 ON THIS EARTH TO DESTROY IT. 988 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:39,864 SHE PUT US ON THIS EARTH TO 989 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:41,833 HELP IT BECAUSE SHE 990 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:42,667 BELIEVED SHE COULD TRUST HUMAN 991 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:44,602 BEINGS, 992 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:45,036 BUT WE HAVE PROVEN 993 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:45,870 HER WRONG. SO THAT'S WHY WE 994 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:47,238 NEED TO DO 995 00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:48,373 BETTER, SEATTLE. 996 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,977 LET'S GO GREEN TOGETHER. 997 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:52,811 THANK YOU. 998 00:26:52,877 --> 00:26:56,247 >> PLEASE STEP UP, CAN WE HIT 999 00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:59,617 SPEAKERS 11, 12, 13, 1000 00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:01,553 14, 15. PLEASE STAND UP AND COME 1001 00:27:01,619 --> 00:27:03,121 TO BOTH 1002 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,090 MICS. 1003 00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:06,324 THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. 1004 00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:06,958 >> HI. 1005 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:09,194 MY NAME IS DELIEP LEILA. 1006 00:27:09,260 --> 00:27:12,297 I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO 1007 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:20,872 PRIORITIZE HOWING -- 1008 00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:21,373 HOUSING AFFORDABILY. 1009 00:27:21,439 --> 00:27:23,675 WHY DO DECISION MAKERS 1010 00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:26,578 OFTEN MAKE THE ASSUMPTION PEOPLE 1011 00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:32,017 WITH LOWER INCOMES WANT TO LIVE 1012 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:32,183 NO 1013 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,485 ACCESS. WALKABILITY IS TALKED 1014 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:33,718 ABOUT 1015 00:27:33,785 --> 00:27:35,353 BUT I DON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING 1016 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:35,587 AT 1017 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:36,821 NIGHT. YOU'RE WANTING ME TO 1018 00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:38,723 TAKE MOSTLY 1019 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:40,892 TRANSIT, BUT I DON'T FEEL 1020 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:42,727 SAFE RIDING THE TRANSIT OR BUSES 1021 00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:43,228 AT NIGHT. 1022 00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:44,696 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN WOMEN DO 1023 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:46,297 MORE OF THE FOOD SHOPPING, 1024 00:27:46,364 --> 00:27:47,565 DROPPING OFF KIDS, CARING FOR 1025 00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:47,899 ELDERS. 1026 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,367 THEY NEED TO USE CARS. 1027 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:51,636 YET YOU'RE CONSIDERING 1028 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:54,072 PERMITTING APARTMENTS WITH NO 1029 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:56,474 PARKING IN MABELIEVE 1030 00:27:56,541 --> 00:28:02,680 ASSUMING WE'RE ABLE TO WALK. 1031 00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:05,483 FOR EXAMPLE, THE 1032 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:07,318 CONTRIBUTION TREES MAKE THROUGH 1033 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:07,585 DRAINAGE, 1034 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:08,853 WILDLIFE, POLLINATORS, 1035 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,721 AND MENTAL HEALTH. 1036 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,090 AND WE WILL NEED TO MAXIMIZE THE 1037 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:13,158 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR. 1038 00:28:13,224 --> 00:28:15,693 RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE ANY OF 1039 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,262 THE 1040 00:28:17,328 --> 00:28:23,635 NEW BUILDINGS. 1041 00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:24,636 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT 1042 00:28:24,702 --> 00:28:26,471 WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING ON THE 1043 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:26,905 GROUND. 1044 00:28:26,971 --> 00:28:28,506 ARE THERE REALLY 1045 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:31,076 COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT MORE 1046 00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:31,309 DENSITY 1047 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:36,648 THAN WHAT IS BEING BUILT? 1048 00:28:36,714 --> 00:28:43,788 CONSTRAINED TRANSPORTATION. 1049 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:46,458 I'M AGAINST THE DESIGNATION 1050 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:48,426 AS MAPLE LEAF AS A NEIGHBORHOOD 1051 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:48,860 CENTER. 1052 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:52,831 >> NEXT 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15. 1053 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:56,367 PLEASE STEP FORWARD 11 1054 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:58,670 THROUGH 15. 1055 00:28:58,736 --> 00:28:59,104 TANISHA? 1056 00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,106 >> YES. 1057 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:01,372 THANK 1058 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:03,508 YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND 1059 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,310 THANK YOU FOR HOLDING 1060 00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:05,643 THIS SPACE. 1061 00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:16,955 MY NAME IS TANISHA SEPULVEDA, 1062 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:19,457 AND A LOT OF ISSUES I'VE 1063 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:20,425 HEARD TONIGHT RESONATE AS FAR AS 1064 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:21,993 NEEDING BETTER TRANSIT, 1065 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,228 NEEDING OUR SIDEWALKS FIXED AND 1066 00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:23,461 NEEDING 1067 00:29:23,528 --> 00:29:25,630 A HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL TREE 1068 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:27,932 CANOPY, BUT THE NECESSITY 1069 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:30,568 FOR ALL OF THAT ISN'T GOING TO 1070 00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:31,202 STOP THE MOVING TRAIN THAT IS 1071 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:32,470 THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COMING 1072 00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:32,670 INTO 1073 00:29:32,737 --> 00:29:33,671 OUR CITY AND NEEDING 1074 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:35,106 HOUSING, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE 1075 00:29:35,173 --> 00:29:35,273 WHO 1076 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,608 ARE ALREADY HERE AND NEED 1077 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:36,875 HOUSING. 1078 00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:39,244 PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE 1079 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:40,345 WITH DISABILITIES WHERE WE'RE 1080 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:44,149 ALREADY SO LIMITED IN OUR ACCESS 1081 00:29:44,215 --> 00:29:45,583 TO HOUSING AND RESOURCES 1082 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:47,685 THAT WITHOUT MORE IMPROVEMENT ON 1083 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:48,920 ZONING, WITHOUT MORE ABILITY 1084 00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:51,089 TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING, 1085 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:52,056 AND OFTENTIMES WE DON'T FIND 1086 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:52,423 THAT 1087 00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:54,492 IN SINGLE OR FAMILY HOMES AND 1088 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,161 LOTS, AND THESE NEW HOMES THAT 1089 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:56,895 ARE BEING BUILT. 1090 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:59,130 WE FIND THAT IN MULTIFAMILY 1091 00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:00,598 HOUSING, IN CONDOS, IN 1092 00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:02,233 APARTMENTS, IN PLACES THAT 1093 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,369 HAVE ELEVATORS AND THAT OFTEN 1094 00:30:04,435 --> 00:30:06,771 HAVE CLOSER RESOURCES TO 1095 00:30:06,838 --> 00:30:07,071 PHARMACIES, 1096 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:08,173 GROCERY MARTS, PLAZAS. 1097 00:30:08,239 --> 00:30:09,908 AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO 1098 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:11,543 BRING THESE SERVICES MORE INTO 1099 00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:12,977 OUR TOWNS AND NOT JUST 1100 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:13,578 THE 1101 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:16,648 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. WE NEED TO 1102 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:18,550 EXPAND PAST 1103 00:30:18,616 --> 00:30:19,918 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND ALLOW 1104 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:21,352 ACCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE 1105 00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:23,288 IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THE 1106 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:24,489 ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH LIMITED 1107 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:24,756 MOBILITY, 1108 00:30:24,822 --> 00:30:26,224 PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN WHO 1109 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:27,992 MAYBE CAN'T GET THAT FAR, HAVE 1110 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:29,060 LIMITED TIME, WHO WANT TO BE 1111 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:29,360 ABLE 1112 00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:31,329 TO ENJOY THE PERKS OF LIVING IN 1113 00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:31,496 A 1114 00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:33,531 CITY WHILE REMAINING IN A 1115 00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:35,099 NEIGHBORHOOD. LIVING IN HIGHLAND 1116 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:35,733 PARK 1117 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,502 I'VE SEEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD GROW. 1118 00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:40,705 I'VE SEEN UNAFFORDABLE, 1119 00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,141 INACCESSIBLE, 1120 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:44,242 EXPENSIVE TOWNHOMES BEING BUILT. 1121 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:45,944 AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT 1122 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,812 SOMETHING THAT I 1123 00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:48,846 CAN GROW OR MOVE INTO, AND I 1124 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:49,681 WOULD LOVE 1125 00:30:49,747 --> 00:30:51,115 TO STAY IN THIS CITY. 1126 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,918 BUT WITHOUT IMPLEMENTING A 1127 00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:56,588 STRONGER CHANGE THAT IS THE 1128 00:30:56,654 --> 00:30:57,555 SEATTLE ONE PLAN, WE'RE 1129 00:30:57,622 --> 00:30:58,890 NOT GOING TO GET THERE. 1130 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:01,092 SO I PLEASE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 1131 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:02,527 THIS PLAN. 1132 00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:04,128 THANK 1133 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:04,462 YOU. 1134 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:10,568 >> THANK YOU. 1135 00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:10,802 SARAH? 1136 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:12,370 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 1137 00:31:12,437 --> 00:31:13,471 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, MEMBERS OF 1138 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:13,838 THE COMMITTEE. 1139 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:16,174 MY NAME IS SARAH CLARK, AND I 1140 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:19,944 AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 1141 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:22,180 2,500 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE 1142 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:24,515 METRO CHAMBER IN STRONG SUPPORT 1143 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:27,852 OF MAYOR HARRELL'S PROPOSED ONE 1144 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:29,387 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1145 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:30,555 WHICH IS NOW BEFORE YOU. 1146 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:31,823 WE HAVE A HOUSING SUPPLY 1147 00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:33,625 CRISIS IN SEATTLE, AND THIS PLAN 1148 00:31:33,691 --> 00:31:36,661 IS ESSENTIAL TO FOSTERING A 1149 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:38,162 VIBRANT, EQUITABLE, 1150 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:40,265 AND SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE THAT 1151 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:41,966 BENEFITS RESIDENTS, WORKERS, AND 1152 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:44,335 BUSINESSES ALIKE. 1153 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:46,638 SEATTLE'S GROWTH DEMANDS 1154 00:31:46,704 --> 00:31:47,071 BOLD ACTION. 1155 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:49,774 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN PROMOTES 1156 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:52,343 MIXED USE, INCLUSIVE 1157 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,012 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE CAN 1158 00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:57,348 LIVE, WORK, AND 1159 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:59,050 THRIVE, CRITICAL FOR ATTRACTING 1160 00:31:59,117 --> 00:31:59,751 TALENT, SUPPORTING LOCAL 1161 00:31:59,817 --> 00:32:00,285 NEIGHBORHOOD 1162 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:03,554 ECONOMIES, AND ENSURING BUSINESS 1163 00:32:03,621 --> 00:32:03,821 SUCCESS. 1164 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:05,156 EXPANDING DIVERSE 1165 00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:07,125 HOUSING OPTIONS INCLUDING 1166 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:08,593 AFFORDABLE AND 1167 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,428 MULTI- FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, 1168 00:32:10,495 --> 00:32:12,930 KEEPS WORKERS CLOSE TO JOBS, 1169 00:32:12,997 --> 00:32:13,765 REDUCES 1170 00:32:13,831 --> 00:32:15,867 COMMUTES, AND STRENGTHENS OUR 1171 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:16,200 WORKFORCE. 1172 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:17,935 ECONOMIC VITALITY AND 1173 00:32:18,002 --> 00:32:19,270 COMMUNITY WELL- BEING GO HAND IN 1174 00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:20,104 HAND. 1175 00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:22,740 THE PLANNED STRATEGIC LAND USE 1176 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:24,509 SUPPORTS NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 1177 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:26,477 DISTRICTS, INNOVATION HUBS, AND 1178 00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:28,913 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, DRIVING 1179 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,815 INVESTMENT, 1180 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:31,683 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC 1181 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:31,983 DIVERSITY. 1182 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:34,018 WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT MAYOR 1183 00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:36,554 HARRELL'S POLICIES INCLUDING 1184 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:39,023 THE 1185 00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:40,792 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS VITAL TO 1186 00:32:40,858 --> 00:32:41,225 CREATING EQUITABLE, 1187 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:41,693 WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. 1188 00:32:41,759 --> 00:32:42,994 THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 1189 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:44,329 STANDS READY TO COLLABORATE IN 1190 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:48,299 MAKING THIS VISION A 1191 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:49,267 REALITY. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A 1192 00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:51,169 MORE RESILIENT, AFFORDABLE 1193 00:32:51,235 --> 00:32:51,436 SEATTLE. 1194 00:32:51,502 --> 00:32:54,272 THANK 1195 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:54,472 YOU. 1196 00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:58,910 >> THANK 1197 00:32:58,976 --> 00:33:01,512 YOU. 1198 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:02,046 >> HI. 1199 00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:03,314 I'M 20 YEARS OLD AND I 1200 00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:05,850 HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR MOST 1201 00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:09,087 OF 1202 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:09,454 MY LIFE. 1203 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,689 THE CURRENT STATUS QUO OF OUR 1204 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:12,957 CITY IS UNACCEPTABLE THE 1205 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:15,226 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 1206 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:17,195 UNHOUSED 1207 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:18,129 OR VERY CLOSE TO IT IS FAR, FAR 1208 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:18,563 TOO MANY. 1209 00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:20,365 AND THE IDEA THAT BUILDING 1210 00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:22,266 MORE HOUSING WILL NOT HELP 1211 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,969 ALLEVIATE THIS CRISIS IS PLAINLY 1212 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:25,269 RIDICULOUS. 1213 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:29,607 I FULLY AGREE IT'S NOTNOT THE 1214 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:30,708 SOLUTION, BUT IT IS A 1215 00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:31,843 MASSIVE PART OF IT. 1216 00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:32,977 I AM IN SUPPORT OF 1217 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:35,680 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I 1218 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,715 AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO 1219 00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:38,015 STRENGTHEN 1220 00:33:38,082 --> 00:33:38,983 IT, BUILD MORE DENSITY. 1221 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:42,720 I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 1222 00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:44,989 NATURE AND ABOUT TREES AND ABOUT 1223 00:33:45,056 --> 00:33:45,256 CLIMATE. 1224 00:33:45,323 --> 00:33:47,558 AND THE MASSIVE SUBURBAN SPRAWL 1225 00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:49,360 THAT IS CURRENTLY BUILT, AND 1226 00:33:49,427 --> 00:33:51,195 WE ARE HAVING TO BUILD THE LIGHT 1227 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:54,966 RAIL AROUND IS COSTING US FAR 1228 00:33:55,032 --> 00:33:58,202 MORE THAN THE DENSITY WOULD. 1229 00:33:58,269 --> 00:34:02,206 AND WE CAN BUILD WITH TREES AND 1230 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:07,512 HOMES. THANK 1231 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:07,812 YOU. 1232 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:10,148 >> BRANDON THEN TRACY. 1233 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:12,316 >> HI, I'M BRANDON. 1234 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:14,485 I AM 17, AND I ORIGINALLY 1235 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,188 COME FROM CARNATION, BUT I HAVE 1236 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:18,456 RECENTLY MOVED TO SEATTLE. 1237 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:20,391 AND THERE ARE SO MANY NEW 1238 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:23,628 HOMES GOING UP IN CARNATION AND 1239 00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:24,228 ALL THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY AND 1240 00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:25,563 EVERYWHERE, AND THEY'RE VERY 1241 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:26,431 EXPENSIVE, AND THEY'RE 1242 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:27,298 DISPLACING THE PEOPLE AND 1243 00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:27,865 NATURE THAT 1244 00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:29,467 ARE THERE. AND I BELIEVE THAT 1245 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:29,700 HAVING 1246 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,536 MORE DENSE HOUSING IN SEATTLE 1247 00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:31,736 WOULD 1248 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:32,603 BE WONDERFUL. 1249 00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:35,306 I ALSO -- I LOVE LIVING IN 1250 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:35,573 SEATTLE. 1251 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,542 IT IS SO NICE, AND 1252 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:38,409 ACCESSIBILITY IS LACKING. 1253 00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:40,745 BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE BUS IS 1254 00:34:40,812 --> 00:34:41,946 AMAZING, AND NOT 1255 00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:43,948 HAVING CURB CUTS ON THE STREETS 1256 00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:44,449 MAKES IT 1257 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:45,750 SO THAT I HAVE TO NAVIGATE 1258 00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:46,017 AROUND 1259 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:49,454 THAT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S 1260 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:49,687 OKAY. 1261 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:50,288 THANK 1262 00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:50,621 YOU. 1263 00:34:50,688 --> 00:34:51,255 >> THANK YOU. 1264 00:34:51,322 --> 00:34:53,324 TRACY, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, CAN 1265 00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:56,227 WE GET SPEAKERS 16 THROUGH 2020 1266 00:34:56,294 --> 00:34:57,695 STEP UP, PLEASE? 1267 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,731 WE HAVE TWO PODIUMS. 1268 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:01,098 16 THROUGH 20. 1269 00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:02,567 THANK YOU BRANDEN, AND 1270 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:03,401 THANK YOU, TRACY. 1271 00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:05,970 >> HI, I'M 1272 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:07,939 HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO ALLOW 1273 00:35:08,005 --> 00:35:10,274 THE NEW ZONE IN THE 1274 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:11,075 HOLLER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD TO 1275 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:14,111 MOVE FORWARD AS PLANNED. 1276 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:14,645 I LIVE ON HOLLER LAKE AND 1277 00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:15,780 HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT COMMUNITY 1278 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:16,714 FOR 24 YEARS. 1279 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,816 THROUGHOUT MY 24 YEARS I'VE 1280 00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:20,184 APPRECIATED THE CONVENIENCE, 1281 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:22,687 THE CONNECTION, AND BEAUTY OF 1282 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:23,187 THIS 1283 00:35:23,254 --> 00:35:26,557 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HOLLER LAKE 1284 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:26,924 NEIGHBORHOOD IS 1285 00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:29,327 A TREASURE THAT SHOULD BE 1286 00:35:29,393 --> 00:35:31,229 OPENOPEN TO MORE RESIDENTS OF 1287 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:32,296 SEATTLE. 1288 00:35:32,363 --> 00:35:35,333 IT'S A PERFECT LOCATION BECAUSE 1289 00:35:35,399 --> 00:35:36,701 THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER 1290 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,569 WITHIN A 1- MILE RADIUS. 1291 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:42,273 WE HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO I- 5 1292 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:42,573 AND AURORA. 1293 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,076 WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY 1294 00:35:45,142 --> 00:35:47,044 SCHOOL THAT'S VERY LARGE. 1295 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:52,116 WE HAVE K- 8 AND INGRAM 1296 00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:53,284 HIGH SCHOOL ALL WITHIN 1297 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:53,718 WALKING DISTANCE. 1298 00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:56,187 WE HAVE NORTH WEST HOSPITAL. 1299 00:35:56,254 --> 00:35:57,421 WE HAVE NORTH ACRES PARK, 1300 00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:59,590 GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, 1301 00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:03,060 CLUBS, CHURCHES, AND ALL 1302 00:36:03,127 --> 00:36:05,129 KINDS OF EXERCISE FACILITIES 1303 00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:07,031 ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE 1304 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:07,965 WITHIN A 1305 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:09,700 1- MILE RADIUS. 1306 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:12,537 THE MOST UNIQUE PART ABOUT 1307 00:36:12,603 --> 00:36:14,705 HOLLER LAKE IS HOLLER LAKE. 1308 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:15,907 IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 1309 00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:18,676 COME TO PLAY AND SWIM IN THE 1310 00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:20,077 LAKE. 1311 00:36:20,144 --> 00:36:22,013 THEY FLOAT, THEY FISH, 1312 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:23,247 THEY ENJOY THE NATURE AND THE 1313 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:23,548 BEAUTY. 1314 00:36:23,614 --> 00:36:25,416 I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AN 1315 00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:27,385 INCREDIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS 1316 00:36:27,451 --> 00:36:29,720 IS, AND 1317 00:36:29,787 --> 00:36:30,221 I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH MY 1318 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:31,422 NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T WANT 1319 00:36:31,489 --> 00:36:33,291 CHANGE FOR THIS VERY 1320 00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:35,293 SPECIAL COMMUNITY. OUR CITY 1321 00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:37,128 NEEDS TO MAKE ROOM 1322 00:36:37,194 --> 00:36:38,195 FOR MORE RESIDENTS. 1323 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:40,531 HOLLER LAKE IS THE PERFECT 1324 00:36:40,598 --> 00:36:43,501 LOCATION TO WELCOME MORE 1325 00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,203 RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN ENJOY THIS 1326 00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:48,739 TREASURED COMMUNITY. PLEASE 1327 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:51,042 ALLOW THE LR3 ZONE 1328 00:36:51,108 --> 00:36:54,512 IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOLLER LAKE. 1329 00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:55,179 THANK YOU. 1330 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:59,317 >> WE HAVE TWO MICS. 1331 00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:00,851 YOU CAN BE BACK AND FORTH. 1332 00:37:00,918 --> 00:37:01,185 GO 1333 00:37:01,252 --> 00:37:02,386 AHEAD. 1334 00:37:02,453 --> 00:37:06,424 >> MY NAME IS DON M cFAR LN. 1335 00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:08,826 MAPLE LEAF WAS NAMED MAPLE 1336 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,895 LEAF FOR A REASON. 1337 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:12,763 A GOOGLE MAP SEARCH 1338 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:13,464 DEMONSTRATES HOW MANY TREES 1339 00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:15,633 THERE ARE, 1340 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:16,233 BUT WE WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE 1341 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:16,434 THAT 1342 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:19,003 WITH SOME NUMBERS. 1343 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:21,706 WE HAD TEN CITIZEN 1344 00:37:21,772 --> 00:37:22,773 SURVEYORSSURVEYORS MAPLE LEAF 1345 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,908 WITH A 40- 1346 00:37:23,975 --> 00:37:26,877 YEAR VETERAN OF THE ARBORETUM 1347 00:37:26,944 --> 00:37:27,612 LEADING 1348 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:29,080 THE SURVEY. WE COUNTED TREES ON 1349 00:37:29,146 --> 00:37:30,281 THE PROPERTY 1350 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:32,383 GREATER THAN 6 INCHES 1351 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,118 IN DIAMETER AND NOTED THE 1352 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:36,220 TREES THAT ARE 1353 00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:40,992 TIER 2. WE COUNTED 784 TREES, 96 1354 00:37:41,058 --> 00:37:41,158 OF 1355 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:41,959 WHICH ARE TIER 1356 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:44,195 2. IT WILL BE DECADES BEFORE 1357 00:37:44,261 --> 00:37:45,963 REPLACEMENT TREES OFFER THE 1358 00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:47,798 SAME BENEFITS AS THESE TIER 2 1359 00:37:47,865 --> 00:37:48,032 TREES. 1360 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,935 THESE LARGE TREES ARE USUALLY 1361 00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:53,371 INAPPROPRIATE STREET TREES. 1362 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:54,839 OF THE LOTS WITH NEW 1363 00:37:54,905 --> 00:37:56,173 CONSTRUCTION, 17 HAVE NO TREES. 1364 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,142 THREE HAVE PRESERVED AT 1365 00:37:58,209 --> 00:37:59,710 LEAST ONE TREE. 1366 00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:01,379 WE USE THE SEATTLE STREET 1367 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:03,014 TREE MAP TO LOOK AT PLACES 1368 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,649 TREES COULD BE REPLACED ON 1369 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:05,182 PUBLIC LAND. 1370 00:38:05,249 --> 00:38:07,685 ONLY 2 OF 9 STREETS IN THE 1371 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:08,586 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 1372 00:38:08,653 --> 00:38:10,621 HAVE 1373 00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:11,188 PLANTING STRIPS WHERE THOSE 1374 00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:12,289 PLANTING STRIPS ARE ALMOST FULL. 1375 00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:15,059 THE MAPLE LEAF PARK HAS A 1376 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:15,359 RESERVOIR. 1377 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:16,727 TREE PLANTING THERE IS LIMITED, 1378 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,529 AND THE SURVIVAL RATE OF 1379 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:20,498 PLANTED TREES HAS BEEN POOR. 1380 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:21,999 WE OBSERVED THAT MANY TALL 1381 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:27,471 TREES WERE ON THE PERIMETER OF 1382 00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:27,772 PROPERTIES. 1383 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:28,773 WITH 1384 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:29,507 SPACE DURING CONSTRUCTION TALL 1385 00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:30,741 TREES ON THE PERIMETER CAN 1386 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:33,277 BE SAVED WHILE ALSO INCREASING 1387 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:33,544 DENSITY. 1388 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:36,914 THE VALUE OF TREES, CLIMATE 1389 00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:39,183 CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY, 1390 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,818 HUMAN HEALTH BOTH PHYSICAL AND 1391 00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:42,219 MENTAL ARE ALL WELL-DOCUMENTED. 1392 00:38:42,286 --> 00:38:44,889 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH 1393 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:46,057 INCREASE DENSITY AND 1394 00:38:46,123 --> 00:38:48,893 PRESERVE TREES WITH PROPER CARE. 1395 00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:49,460 DON'T WASTE 1396 00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:51,996 THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE WON'T GET 1397 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:55,966 THIS CHANCE AGAIN. 1398 00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:57,702 THANK YOU. 1399 00:38:57,768 --> 00:39:03,507 >> YOU STILL HAVE TIME. 1400 00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:03,841 OKAY. 1401 00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:05,042 ROBIN, 1402 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:05,342 BOB. 1403 00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:08,045 >> I'M FROM MAPLE LEAF AND I'M 1404 00:39:08,112 --> 00:39:09,680 SPEAKING FOR MY NEIGHBOR, 1405 00:39:09,747 --> 00:39:09,980 ROBIN KING. 1406 00:39:10,047 --> 00:39:11,515 I KNOW A LOT OF CONCERN 1407 00:39:11,582 --> 00:39:13,584 ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN VOICED FROM 1408 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:13,751 THE 1409 00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:15,619 MORE SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR 1410 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:16,954 COMMUNITY, AND I WANTED TO ADD A 1411 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,389 VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE OF 1412 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,324 SOMEONE WHO HAS GRADE SCHOOL 1413 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:23,961 AGED CHILDREN AT OUR 1414 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,931 NEIGHBORHOOD 1415 00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:29,200 SCHOOL, A SCHOOL SHORT 1416 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:30,234 LISTED FOR CLOSURE RECENTLY. 1417 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:31,469 WE WERE RALLYING AND MADE 1418 00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:32,670 OUR VOICES HEARD FROM OUR SMALL 1419 00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:34,271 AND MIGHTY COMMUNITY, AND IT 1420 00:39:34,338 --> 00:39:34,538 MADE 1421 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:34,972 A DIFFERENCE. 1422 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,074 AND SO WE REALIZED WE NEED TO 1423 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:39,810 DO THAT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS 1424 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:42,046 WELL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, 1425 00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:42,446 HOUSING 1426 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:43,647 IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR 1427 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:44,381 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY. 1428 00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:46,951 THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M OBJECTING 1429 00:39:47,017 --> 00:39:47,151 TO. 1430 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,552 INSTEAD I DREAM OF BUILDING 1431 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:51,122 A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FUTURE 1432 00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:51,555 THAT 1433 00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:52,490 REFLECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 1434 00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:54,024 AND THE PEOPLE IN IT AND THOSE 1435 00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:54,191 WHO 1436 00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:55,926 WANT TO WELCOME, RETAIN, 1437 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:56,460 AND 1438 00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:58,863 GROW IT. TEARING DOWN TREES AND 1439 00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:00,397 BUILDING 1440 00:40:00,464 --> 00:40:01,699 EXPENSIVE, GIANT POX 1441 00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:02,566 HOUSING DOES NOT SERVE PEOPLE 1442 00:40:02,633 --> 00:40:05,102 IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING 1443 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:05,703 TEACHERS, 1444 00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:08,806 LIBRARIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, 1445 00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:09,807 FIREFIGHTERS, NOT TO MENTION 1446 00:40:09,874 --> 00:40:11,575 ANYONE ON A LIMITED INCOME. 1447 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:13,711 IN TALKING WITH OTHER PARENTS 1448 00:40:13,778 --> 00:40:15,146 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND 1449 00:40:15,212 --> 00:40:17,381 SCHOOL, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS 1450 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:19,517 VOICED WITH THE CURRENT PLAN. 1451 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,051 TRANSIT IS NOT ADEQUATE. 1452 00:40:21,118 --> 00:40:24,255 THERE'S CONCERNS 1453 00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:26,824 FOR DISTANCE TO LINK LIGHT RAIL, 1454 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:27,191 LACK OF BUSES, 1455 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:28,826 BUS CANCELLATION, 1456 00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:31,228 AND PARKING. GREEN SPACE AND 1457 00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:33,898 TREE CANOPY. UP TO 800 TREES IN 1458 00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:34,698 CURRENT PROPOSED AREA. 1459 00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:36,200 EVEN IF NEW TREES ARE 1460 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:37,802 PLANTED, IT WILL BE DECADES 1461 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:41,539 BEFORE THEY CAN REPLACE THE 1462 00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:41,839 VALUE LOST. 1463 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:45,810 ACTUAL AFFORDABLE 1464 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:47,678 HOUSING, THE BULK OF MY NEW 1465 00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:48,212 NEIGHBORS HAVE 1466 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:50,815 PRIMARILY BEEN DOCTORS AND TECH 1467 00:40:50,881 --> 00:40:52,149 WORKERS. MINDFULNESS FOR FUTURE 1468 00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:52,316 OF 1469 00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:53,717 NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY, 1470 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:56,187 BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE, 1471 00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:56,520 ARCHITECTURE 1472 00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:59,056 GREEN SPACES, COMMUNITY PLANNING 1473 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:00,257 AND ENGAGEMENT. 1474 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:00,958 I AM 1475 00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:03,994 ROBIN KING. I'M A MAPLE LEAF 1476 00:41:04,061 --> 00:41:04,261 NEIGHBOR, 1477 00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:05,963 PARENT OF TWO 1478 00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:09,900 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND MEMBER 1479 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:10,935 OF THE 1480 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:11,468 ELEMENTARY PARENT -- 1481 00:41:11,535 --> 00:41:12,169 >> THANK YOU. 1482 00:41:12,236 --> 00:41:14,638 NEXT WE HAVE BOB. 1483 00:41:14,705 --> 00:41:17,408 AND WE HAVE TWO MICS AS WELL. 1484 00:41:17,474 --> 00:41:19,410 BOTH MICS GET THE SAME AMOUNT 1485 00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:20,177 OF 1486 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:21,645 CAMERA TIME. GO AHEAD. 1487 00:41:21,712 --> 00:41:23,180 >> MY NAME IS BOB MORGAN. 1488 00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:24,515 I'M ONE OF FOUR 1489 00:41:24,582 --> 00:41:26,050 SPEAKERS REPRESENTING THE WEST 1490 00:41:26,116 --> 00:41:27,785 GREEN LAKE 1491 00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:28,786 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER GROUP. FOR 1492 00:41:28,853 --> 00:41:30,521 US THE PROPOSED CHANGES 1493 00:41:30,588 --> 00:41:31,789 WOULD BE DEVASTATING. 1494 00:41:31,856 --> 00:41:33,624 WE KNOW THERE'S A HOUSING 1495 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:35,826 CRISIS TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT WE 1496 00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:37,361 FEEL WE'RE BEING THROWN UNDER 1497 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:37,528 THE 1498 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,730 BUS FOR NOTHING BUT 1499 00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:41,632 THE ENRICHMENT OF DEVELOPERS AND 1500 00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:41,932 INVESTORS. 1501 00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:44,602 BECAUSE MASSIVE HOUSING WILL NOT 1502 00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:46,637 MAKE MARKET RATES AFFORDABLE 1503 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:46,837 IN 1504 00:41:46,904 --> 00:41:49,440 SEATTLE. HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ARE 1505 00:41:49,506 --> 00:41:49,607 TOO 1506 00:41:49,673 --> 00:41:51,508 HIGHHIGH NEAR GREEN LAKE. 1507 00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:54,478 STICK WITH HP 1110 AND EXISTING 1508 00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:55,379 MULTIFAMILY REDWELT. 1509 00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:57,181 THAT WILL ADDRESS THE VARIETY 1510 00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:58,782 OF HOUSING TYPES NEEDED. 1511 00:41:58,849 --> 00:41:59,917 REJECT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD 1512 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:01,118 CENTERS, AND SPECIFICALLY WE ASK 1513 00:42:01,185 --> 00:42:01,719 YOU TO 1514 00:42:01,785 --> 00:42:02,586 REJECT WEST GREEN LAKE. 1515 00:42:02,653 --> 00:42:05,756 IT DOES NOT MEET THE 1516 00:42:05,823 --> 00:42:06,523 CRITERIA FOR NEIGHBORHOOD 1517 00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:06,957 CENTERS 1518 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:07,224 AS 1519 00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:09,526 FOLLOWS. THERE'S NO PROPOSED 1520 00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:09,827 COMMERCIAL 1521 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,195 CORRIDOR AT THIS LOCATION. 1522 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:13,097 IT'S DIVIDED BY A NOISY STATE 1523 00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:15,833 HIGHWAY, THE NUMBER ONE 1524 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:18,335 ALTERNATIVE TO I- 5 1525 00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:19,503 WITH SIGNIFICANT BUFFERS FOR 1526 00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:21,639 PEDESTRIANS, AND YOU SHOULD SEE 1527 00:42:21,705 --> 00:42:24,074 IT DURING THE PEAK HOUR. 1528 00:42:24,141 --> 00:42:25,709 IT'S NORTHBOUND ONLY. 1529 00:42:25,776 --> 00:42:27,511 A WALK EXCEEDING 800 FEET 1530 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:28,879 IS REQUIRED TO GET TO A BUS 1531 00:42:28,946 --> 00:42:29,880 FROM DOWNTOWN FOR MOST OF 1532 00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:32,316 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 1533 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:34,184 EAST- WEST TRAFFIC ALONG 1534 00:42:34,251 --> 00:42:39,556 WYNONNA AND WEST GREEN LAKE 1535 00:42:39,623 --> 00:42:44,995 DRIVE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY 1536 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:45,329 CONSTRAINED. 1537 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,832 AS PROMISED DURING THE MAYOR'S 1538 00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:50,334 REVIEW LAST SPRING. 1539 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:51,735 SURROUNDING GREEN LAKE WITH 1540 00:42:51,802 --> 00:42:53,103 FIVE- STORY APARTMENTS WITH NO 1541 00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:59,143 PARKING REQUIRED WILL 1542 00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:01,078 ADVERSELY AFFECT A REGIONAL 1543 00:43:01,145 --> 00:43:01,345 TREASURE. 1544 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,680 SEATTLE HAS CENTURY OLD 1545 00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:03,914 WATER SYSTEMS UNLIKELY TO BE 1546 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:04,815 SUFFICIENT FOR PLANNED 1547 00:43:04,882 --> 00:43:05,149 DEVELOPMENT. 1548 00:43:05,215 --> 00:43:06,216 AND OF COURSE THE 1549 00:43:06,283 --> 00:43:08,152 PROPOSED UP ZONE WILL BE A TREE 1550 00:43:08,218 --> 00:43:08,552 CANOPY DISASTER. 1551 00:43:08,619 --> 00:43:09,954 IF A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS 1552 00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:13,157 RETAINED, WHICH WE DO NOT 1553 00:43:13,223 --> 00:43:14,525 SUPPORT, AT LEAST PROVIDE 1554 00:43:14,591 --> 00:43:16,927 SCALE TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE 1555 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:17,227 CENTER'S 1556 00:43:17,294 --> 00:43:18,963 BOUNDARIES AND MOVE BOUNDARIES 1557 00:43:19,029 --> 00:43:21,165 WITHIN AN 800 FOOT WALK FROM 1558 00:43:21,231 --> 00:43:23,801 THE TRANSIT STOP OF 76th AND 1559 00:43:23,867 --> 00:43:24,101 AURORA. 1560 00:43:24,168 --> 00:43:26,737 AND I WOULD SUGGEST CONSIDERING 1561 00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:28,739 THE MANNED SIDE OF THIS 1562 00:43:28,806 --> 00:43:33,010 ISSUE, DO WE NEED MORE -- BOB, 1563 00:43:33,077 --> 00:43:33,577 THANK YOU. 1564 00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:41,018 THANK YOU, BOB. 1565 00:43:41,085 --> 00:43:43,921 >> GO RIGHT 1566 00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:44,154 AHEAD. 1567 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:45,556 >> MY NAME 1568 00:43:45,622 --> 00:43:47,257 IS MARIE. I'M HERE TODAY WITH 1569 00:43:47,324 --> 00:43:47,458 OTHER 1570 00:43:47,524 --> 00:43:48,692 WEST GREEN LAKE NEIGHBORS TO 1571 00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:51,161 VOICE OUR URGENT REQUEST TO SLOW 1572 00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:56,600 DOWN AND FULFILL HB 1110 AND 1573 00:43:56,667 --> 00:43:56,867 POSTPONE 1574 00:43:56,934 --> 00:43:58,168 THE COMP PLAN UNTIL 1575 00:43:58,235 --> 00:44:00,504 MORE ACCURATE STUDIES CAN BE 1576 00:44:00,571 --> 00:44:00,804 COMPLETED. 1577 00:44:00,871 --> 00:44:03,240 MY FOCUS TODAY IS TO RAISE GRAVE 1578 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:05,943 CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLANNED 1579 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:09,747 EXTINCTION OF SEATTLE'S 1580 00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:11,582 CHARMING, OLD MULTIGENERATIONAL 1581 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:16,220 FAMILY HOMES BY 1582 00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:16,954 NONDESCRIPT FIVE-STORY APARTMENT 1583 00:44:17,021 --> 00:44:17,221 BUILDINGS 1584 00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:21,425 THAT ALL LOOK LIKE AND 1585 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:21,859 BREED ISOLATION. 1586 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:23,394 LIKE MANY HOME OWNERS IN 1587 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,862 SEATTLE HAVE LIVED IN THEIR 1588 00:44:24,928 --> 00:44:25,229 HOMES 40 1589 00:44:25,295 --> 00:44:26,230 TO 50 YEARS AND CONTRIBUTED 1590 00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:27,464 AND PROVIDED STABILITY TO 1591 00:44:27,531 --> 00:44:27,865 THEIR COMMUNITY. 1592 00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:29,133 THESE RESIDENTS EXPECTED TO 1593 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:30,734 AGE IN PLACE AND PERHAPS 1594 00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:33,270 BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THEIR FINAL 1595 00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:33,837 DAYS 1596 00:44:33,904 --> 00:44:34,805 BY FAMILY IN THEIR FAMILIAR 1597 00:44:34,872 --> 00:44:35,005 HOME. 1598 00:44:35,072 --> 00:44:38,008 IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THE 1599 00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:38,675 MULTIGENERATIONAL 1600 00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:41,345 NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE THE 1601 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:41,645 ESSENTIAL 1602 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:42,312 INGREDIENT OF CONNECTION THAT 1603 00:44:42,379 --> 00:44:44,314 CONTRIBUTES TO A SENSE OF WELL- 1604 00:44:44,381 --> 00:44:44,615 BEING 1605 00:44:44,681 --> 00:44:46,517 AND MUTUAL SUPPORT TO ALL. 1606 00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:50,587 HOWEVER, IF WE RING OUR 1607 00:44:50,654 --> 00:44:52,823 CITY WITH FIVE- STORY APARTMENT 1608 00:44:52,890 --> 00:44:54,091 BUILDINGS, WE ARE DEVELOPING 1609 00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:55,592 AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SEATTLE. 1610 00:44:55,659 --> 00:44:57,594 SINCE APARTMENTS OFTEN CATER TO 1611 00:44:57,661 --> 00:44:59,096 STRATIFIED AGE GROUPS, THERE'S 1612 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:00,631 OFTEN A LACK OF SOCIAL 1613 00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:02,433 COHESION AND COMMITMENT BY 1614 00:45:02,499 --> 00:45:02,666 RENTERS 1615 00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:03,133 TO 1616 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:04,268 THEIR COMMUNITY. SO GIVEN THAT 1617 00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:05,469 WE HAVE A 1618 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:07,604 STATE MANDATE TO DEVELOP HB 1619 00:45:07,671 --> 00:45:10,507 1110, LET'S TAKE A PAUSE AND 1620 00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:11,341 SEE 1621 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:13,143 HOW BUILDING 46 UNITS ON A 1622 00:45:13,210 --> 00:45:14,011 LOT IMPACTS THE CURRENT 1623 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:14,278 LIFESTYLE 1624 00:45:14,344 --> 00:45:15,112 OF OUR RESIDENTS. 1625 00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:16,713 AND LET'S KEEP WORKING WITH 1626 00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:16,914 CITY 1627 00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:19,249 OFFICIALS TO PLAN FOR A 1628 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:20,651 MULTIGENERATIONAL AND 1629 00:45:20,717 --> 00:45:21,618 ELDERLY AS WELL AS MORE HOUSING 1630 00:45:21,685 --> 00:45:23,654 WITH CHARACTER IN OUR CITY. 1631 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:26,690 WHY NOT SCRAP THE FIVE- STORY 1632 00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:29,526 L3 APARTMENTS NEAR CURRENT 1633 00:45:29,593 --> 00:45:29,760 FAMILY 1634 00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,695 HOMES AND TRANSITION THE HEIGHT 1635 00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:35,332 FROM NR TO A LOWER L1 AND 1636 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,467 L2 TO STAY CLOSER TO THE 1637 00:45:36,533 --> 00:45:37,234 CHARACTER 1638 00:45:37,301 --> 00:45:38,001 OF 1639 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:39,069 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? COMPROMISE BY 1640 00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:39,970 EVERYONE IS 1641 00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:40,537 THE BEST SOLUTION. 1642 00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:43,941 THANK YOU FOR 1643 00:45:44,007 --> 00:45:44,341 LISTENING. 1644 00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:47,511 >> THANK YOU. 1645 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,179 BEFORE YOU START, WELCOME. 1646 00:45:49,246 --> 00:45:50,047 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 1647 00:45:50,114 --> 00:45:51,315 WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR 1648 00:45:51,381 --> 00:45:55,252 COMMENTSCH CAN I HAVE SPEAKERS 1649 00:45:55,319 --> 00:45:57,955 21 THROUGH 25 STEP UP. 1650 00:45:58,021 --> 00:46:01,024 COME TO BOTH 1651 00:46:01,091 --> 00:46:04,128 MICS, PLEASE. 21 TO 25. 1652 00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:05,329 EZEKIEL, YOU GOT THIS. 1653 00:46:05,395 --> 00:46:08,398 AND MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK INTO THE 1654 00:46:08,465 --> 00:46:10,200 MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR 1655 00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:10,567 YOU. 1656 00:46:10,634 --> 00:46:11,001 >> HI. 1657 00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:11,702 I AM 8 YEARS OLD. 1658 00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:12,836 I LOVE 1659 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:16,473 THIS CITY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6. 1660 00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:17,908 DAN STRAUSS YOU 1661 00:46:17,975 --> 00:46:20,511 DON'T JUST REPRESENT THE 1662 00:46:20,577 --> 00:46:20,777 GROWNUPS 1663 00:46:20,844 --> 00:46:20,944 IN 1664 00:46:21,011 --> 00:46:22,679 DISTRICT 6. YOU REPRESENT THE 1665 00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:25,215 KIDS, TOO. ALL OF THE KIDS IN 1666 00:46:25,282 --> 00:46:25,549 THIS ROOM WHO 1667 00:46:25,616 --> 00:46:26,950 GREW UP IN SEATTLE GREW UP 1668 00:46:27,017 --> 00:46:27,951 WITH TREES ALL AROUND THEM. 1669 00:46:28,018 --> 00:46:29,219 WHY DON'T I GET ANY? 1670 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:31,822 I DESERVE TO GROW UP WITH TREES, 1671 00:46:31,889 --> 00:46:32,956 TOO. MY LITTLE BROTHER DESERVES 1672 00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:34,491 TO GROW UP WITH TREES, TOO. 1673 00:46:34,558 --> 00:46:36,059 MY FRIENDS DESERVE TO GROW 1674 00:46:36,126 --> 00:46:37,361 UP WITH TREES, TOO. 1675 00:46:37,427 --> 00:46:39,396 PLEASE CHANGE THIS PLAN 1676 00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:41,832 TO PROTECT WHAT WE LOVE AND WHAT 1677 00:46:41,899 --> 00:46:45,435 MAKES THIS CITY SO BEAUTIFUL. 1678 00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,738 PLEASE PROTECT THE 1679 00:46:47,804 --> 00:46:48,038 TREES. 1680 00:46:48,105 --> 00:46:52,342 >> THANK YOU, EZEKIEL. 1681 00:46:52,409 --> 00:46:54,478 SO 21 THROUGH 25 PLEASE STEP UP. 1682 00:46:54,545 --> 00:46:56,246 AND WE HAVE TWO MICS. 1683 00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:58,415 YOU CAN STAY THERE, BUT 1684 00:46:58,482 --> 00:47:00,317 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND YOU THERE 1685 00:47:00,384 --> 00:47:01,385 IN THE 1686 00:47:01,451 --> 00:47:03,487 QUEUE, WE HAVE TWO MICS. 1687 00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:05,389 PLEASE HELP 1688 00:47:05,455 --> 00:47:08,125 US OUT. GO AHEAD. 1689 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:08,425 UNDERSTOOD. 1690 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:09,960 >> MY NAME IS JENNY GRANT, 1691 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:14,531 AND I HAVE LIVED IN MADRONA FOR 1692 00:47:14,598 --> 00:47:14,731 OVER 1693 00:47:14,798 --> 00:47:17,634 20 YEARS, AND I WORKED THERE AS 1694 00:47:17,701 --> 00:47:18,936 A REAL ESTATE AGENT FOR 10 1695 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:19,603 YEARS. 1696 00:47:19,670 --> 00:47:21,705 OVER 600 MADRONA RESIDENTS 1697 00:47:21,772 --> 00:47:23,340 AND COUNTING HAVE SIGNED THE 1698 00:47:23,407 --> 00:47:25,642 FRIENDS OF MADRONA PETITION THAT 1699 00:47:25,709 --> 00:47:25,842 ASKS 1700 00:47:25,909 --> 00:47:27,978 THE CITY COUNCIL TO DOWN 1701 00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:29,446 SCALE THE PROPOSED ONE SEATTLE 1702 00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:29,646 PLAN 1703 00:47:29,713 --> 00:47:30,881 FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 1704 00:47:30,948 --> 00:47:32,149 WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE 1705 00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:33,550 OF INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1706 00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:35,052 AND DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE 1707 00:47:35,118 --> 00:47:36,420 CITY INCLUDING MADRONA. 1708 00:47:36,486 --> 00:47:38,021 THAT'S WHY WE STRONGLY 1709 00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:39,990 SUPPORT WASHINGTON STATEHOUSE 1710 00:47:40,057 --> 00:47:40,190 BILL 1711 00:47:40,257 --> 00:47:43,560 1110 THAT REZONES SINGLE FAMILY 1712 00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:47,231 HOUSING FOR NR 3 ACROSS 1713 00:47:47,297 --> 00:47:47,531 THE CITY. 1714 00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:48,899 HOWEVER, WE ARE ASKING THE CITY 1715 00:47:48,966 --> 00:47:51,134 COUNCIL TO SLOW DOWN THE 1716 00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:52,369 PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL REZONING 1717 00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:54,871 AND OTHER MEASURES THAT GO ABOVE 1718 00:47:54,938 --> 00:47:55,105 AND 1719 00:47:55,172 --> 00:47:57,874 BEYOND HB 1720 00:47:57,941 --> 00:48:01,144 1110. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO 1721 00:48:01,211 --> 00:48:01,445 COLLABORATE 1722 00:48:01,511 --> 00:48:03,447 WITH MADRONA AND ENGAGE WITH US 1723 00:48:03,513 --> 00:48:04,514 TO UNDERSTAND OUR SPECIFIC 1724 00:48:04,581 --> 00:48:07,718 CONCERNS AND ISSUES, 1725 00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:10,287 WHICH INCLUDE CONCERNS ABOUT 1726 00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:10,821 STEEP 1727 00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:13,690 SLOPES AND THE 1728 00:48:13,757 --> 00:48:15,859 SLIDE-PRONE AREAS, THE LACK OF 1729 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:16,560 AFFORDABLE OF 1730 00:48:16,627 --> 00:48:18,729 LR3 BUILDINGS ON OUR STEEP 1731 00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:19,863 SLOPES, LACK OF 1732 00:48:19,930 --> 00:48:21,131 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE IMPACT 1733 00:48:21,198 --> 00:48:21,765 OF NEW LOT 1734 00:48:21,832 --> 00:48:23,000 COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, 1735 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:26,203 AND SETBACK RULES ON OUR TREE 1736 00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:27,471 CANOPY. YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR 1737 00:48:27,537 --> 00:48:27,671 MORE 1738 00:48:27,738 --> 00:48:30,974 ABOUT THESE ISSUES FROM OTHER 1739 00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:31,208 MADRONA 1740 00:48:31,275 --> 00:48:32,909 NEIGHBORS. WE WOULD HAVE A LARGE 1741 00:48:32,976 --> 00:48:33,377 GROUP 1742 00:48:33,443 --> 00:48:36,046 HERE TO STAND WITH US TODAY, BUT 1743 00:48:36,113 --> 00:48:37,648 DUE TO THE WEATHER FORECAST, WE 1744 00:48:37,714 --> 00:48:38,715 HAVE ASKED THEM TO STAY HOME. 1745 00:48:38,782 --> 00:48:41,084 WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH 1746 00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:42,486 THE COUNCIL SO IT HAS 1747 00:48:42,552 --> 00:48:44,221 THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS TO MAKE 1748 00:48:44,288 --> 00:48:46,990 AN INFORMED AND NON- RUSHED 1749 00:48:47,057 --> 00:48:47,257 DECISION 1750 00:48:47,324 --> 00:48:49,059 ON REZONING FOR OUR 1751 00:48:49,126 --> 00:48:51,795 NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK 1752 00:48:51,862 --> 00:48:52,129 YOU. 1753 00:48:52,195 --> 00:48:52,729 >> THANK YOU. 1754 00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:58,835 NEXT WE HAVE MS. YOUNG. 1755 00:48:58,902 --> 00:49:02,139 >> MAY NAME IS LANY YOUNG, 1756 00:49:02,205 --> 00:49:03,540 AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I'M 1757 00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:05,242 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 1758 00:49:05,309 --> 00:49:05,509 PROPOSALS 1759 00:49:05,575 --> 00:49:06,943 TO UP ZONE THE STEEP SLOPE AND 1760 00:49:07,010 --> 00:49:08,812 SLIDE AREAS OF MADRONA. 1761 00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:10,013 EVERY SPRING I VENTURE DOWN 1762 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:11,515 THE SLOPE OF MY YARD TO SEE HOW 1763 00:49:11,581 --> 00:49:13,083 THINGS SURVIVED THE 1764 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:13,450 SEATTLE WINTER. 1765 00:49:13,517 --> 00:49:15,952 I SEE THE CHRONIC OOZE AS WET 1766 00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:17,688 CLAY SOIL SEEKS TO MAKE ITS WAY 1767 00:49:17,754 --> 00:49:18,989 DOWN THE HILL. 1768 00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:21,258 WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE 1769 00:49:21,325 --> 00:49:23,026 SPENT THOUSANDS IN AN EFFORT 1770 00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:24,628 TO PREVENT THEIR YARDS FROM 1771 00:49:24,695 --> 00:49:24,861 SLIDING 1772 00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:26,830 ONTO THE STREET BELOW, 1773 00:49:26,897 --> 00:49:28,799 NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFULLY. 1774 00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:30,133 FRIENDS ON GRAND AVENUE 1775 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:34,404 HAD THEIR UPHILL NEIGHBOR'S 1776 00:49:34,471 --> 00:49:34,705 YARD 1777 00:49:34,771 --> 00:49:36,573 WIND UP IN THEIR KITCHEN ONE 1778 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:37,708 WET AND SNOWY WINTER. 1779 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:39,643 AND DESPITE ITS NAME 1780 00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:41,345 GRAND AVENUE IS ACTUALLY A ONE- 1781 00:49:41,411 --> 00:49:41,545 LANE 1782 00:49:41,611 --> 00:49:43,347 STREET, AND IT IS A FOUR- 1783 00:49:43,413 --> 00:49:44,481 STORY CLIMB TO THEIR FRONT DOOR. 1784 00:49:44,548 --> 00:49:46,983 THIS IS THE REALITY OF 1785 00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:47,951 THE GEOLOGY OF MADRONA. 1786 00:49:48,018 --> 00:49:49,920 THE FACT IS SOME AREAS OF 1787 00:49:49,986 --> 00:49:51,421 MADRONA DESIGNATED FOR 1788 00:49:51,488 --> 00:49:53,990 HIGH DENSITY SIT ON SOME OF THE 1789 00:49:54,057 --> 00:49:54,191 MOST 1790 00:49:54,257 --> 00:49:55,359 UNSTABLE LAND IN 1791 00:49:55,425 --> 00:49:57,327 THE CITY. THE CITY IS WELL AWARE 1792 00:49:57,394 --> 00:49:57,494 OF 1793 00:49:57,561 --> 00:49:59,796 THIS AND HAS DESIGNATED THESE 1794 00:49:59,863 --> 00:50:01,031 FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL 1795 00:50:01,098 --> 00:50:02,733 AREAS, WHICH CURRENTLY MAKE 1796 00:50:02,799 --> 00:50:03,633 IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO 1797 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:03,934 REPLACE 1798 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,269 EVEN A CRACKED RETAINING WALL. 1799 00:50:06,336 --> 00:50:08,405 PORTLAND HAS BANNED 1800 00:50:08,472 --> 00:50:09,639 HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING FROM 1801 00:50:09,706 --> 00:50:10,607 THEIR ECAs. 1802 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:12,576 AS THE WILDFIRES IN L.A. 1803 00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:14,778 REMIND US IT IS A MISTAKE TO 1804 00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:15,045 BUILD IN 1805 00:50:15,112 --> 00:50:16,079 PLACES WE CAN'T 1806 00:50:16,146 --> 00:50:17,280 PROTECT, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME 1807 00:50:17,347 --> 00:50:19,249 HUMILITY ABOUT THE WISDOM OF 1808 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:19,516 ALLOWING 1809 00:50:19,583 --> 00:50:20,851 FIVE- STORY BUILDINGS AND 1810 00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:22,319 HARD SCAPE TO COVER OUR 1811 00:50:22,386 --> 00:50:24,087 FRAGILE SLOPES AND NARROW DEAD 1812 00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:25,689 END STREETS THAT RESCUE VEHICLES 1813 00:50:25,756 --> 00:50:26,289 CAN BARELY NEGOTIATE. 1814 00:50:26,356 --> 00:50:28,592 I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO 1815 00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:31,695 REMOVE ALL LR ZONING 1816 00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:32,629 DESIGNATIONS FROM 1817 00:50:32,696 --> 00:50:34,097 MADRONA'S STEEP SLOPE AND 1818 00:50:34,164 --> 00:50:36,299 SLIDE AREAS AND FIND OTHER 1819 00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:36,533 PLACES, 1820 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:37,801 FLATTER GROUND IN MADRONA. 1821 00:50:37,868 --> 00:50:38,435 THANK YOU. 1822 00:50:38,502 --> 00:50:40,170 >> THANK YOU. 1823 00:50:40,237 --> 00:50:43,073 AND BEFORE WE HEAR FROM YOU, 1824 00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:43,807 JUST A REMINDER THAT 1825 00:50:43,874 --> 00:50:46,943 WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE AFTER YOU 1826 00:50:47,010 --> 00:50:48,412 SPEAK TO GO DOWN STAIRS BECAUSE 1827 00:50:48,478 --> 00:50:49,679 WE'RE SENDING PEOPLE UP FROM 1828 00:50:49,746 --> 00:50:50,046 THE 1829 00:50:50,113 --> 00:50:51,882 OVERFLOW ROOM SO THEY CAN 1830 00:50:51,948 --> 00:50:53,250 SPEAK AS WE'RE SWITCHING OUT, 1831 00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:53,483 SO 1832 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:55,652 WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU ALL TO 1833 00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:56,953 WORK WITH 1834 00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:57,154 US. 1835 00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:57,954 GO RIGHT 1836 00:50:58,021 --> 00:50:59,189 AHEAD. 1837 00:50:59,256 --> 00:51:00,757 >> MY NAME IS LEELAND 1838 00:51:00,824 --> 00:51:02,793 SHIELDS AND I'M A 1839 00:51:02,859 --> 00:51:03,460 MADRONA RESIDENT. THE QUESTION 1840 00:51:03,527 --> 00:51:04,761 BEFORE THE COUNCIL 1841 00:51:04,828 --> 00:51:05,629 IS THIS. 1842 00:51:05,695 --> 00:51:06,963 IF MORE HOUSING IS 1843 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:08,465 BUILT GENERALLY BUT IT DOES NOT 1844 00:51:08,532 --> 00:51:10,233 LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT 1845 00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:12,836 IN- HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WILL 1846 00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:13,470 YOU STILL SUPPORT THE 1847 00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:14,971 CURRENT PLAN AS IT IS? 1848 00:51:15,038 --> 00:51:18,675 THIS WAS A QUESTION I 1849 00:51:18,742 --> 00:51:19,910 ASKED IN A JANUARY 30th LETTER I 1850 00:51:19,976 --> 00:51:20,444 E- 1851 00:51:20,510 --> 00:51:23,380 MAILED TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, 1852 00:51:23,447 --> 00:51:24,481 AND IT WAS HAND-DELIVERED TO 1853 00:51:24,548 --> 00:51:24,748 EACH 1854 00:51:24,815 --> 00:51:25,182 OF YOU. 1855 00:51:25,248 --> 00:51:26,650 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 1856 00:51:26,716 --> 00:51:28,118 WHILE COMMENDABLE IN ITS GOAL OF 1857 00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:29,686 INCREASING HOUSING 1858 00:51:29,753 --> 00:51:30,420 SUPPLY, INADEQUATELY ADDRESSES 1859 00:51:30,487 --> 00:51:33,223 THE ROOT 1860 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:34,558 CAUSES OF AFFORDABILITY. 1861 00:51:34,624 --> 00:51:35,926 DETAILED RESEARCH IN THE 1862 00:51:35,992 --> 00:51:38,295 LETTER SHOWS THAT PLAN 1863 00:51:38,361 --> 00:51:40,263 WILL NOT MEET THE GOAL OF 1864 00:51:40,330 --> 00:51:41,364 AFFORDABLE 1865 00:51:41,431 --> 00:51:43,433 HOUSING. I ASK YOU TO READ IT TO 1866 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:45,368 SEE WHY. KNOW IT'S INTUITIVE TO 1867 00:51:45,435 --> 00:51:46,703 THINK INCREASED HOUSING SUPPLY 1868 00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:48,138 WILL BRING DOWN PRICE, 1869 00:51:48,205 --> 00:51:49,573 AND OF COURSE IT'S TRUE IN SOME 1870 00:51:49,639 --> 00:51:49,940 WAYS, BUT 1871 00:51:50,006 --> 00:51:53,276 THIS PLAN FOR SEATTLE WILL 1872 00:51:53,343 --> 00:51:54,544 NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE 1873 00:51:54,611 --> 00:51:54,778 SUPPLY 1874 00:51:54,845 --> 00:51:56,213 IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 1875 00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:58,381 PRICE RANGES IN WHICH IT IS 1876 00:51:58,448 --> 00:51:58,615 MOST 1877 00:51:58,682 --> 00:52:00,584 NEEDED. WHAT THE PLAN WILL DO 1878 00:52:00,650 --> 00:52:02,085 IS RADICALLY CHANGE 1879 00:52:02,152 --> 00:52:04,321 THE SUSTAINABILITY, THE 1880 00:52:04,387 --> 00:52:05,155 LIVEABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS 1881 00:52:05,222 --> 00:52:06,590 THROUGHOUT 1882 00:52:06,656 --> 00:52:06,990 THE CITY. 1883 00:52:07,057 --> 00:52:09,893 TO TRULY ADDRESS 1884 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:10,927 SEATTLE'S AFFORDABILITY 1885 00:52:10,994 --> 00:52:12,262 CHALLENGES, THERE ARE OTHER 1886 00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:12,562 SOLUTIONS. 1887 00:52:12,629 --> 00:52:15,332 IN MY MADRONA NEIGHBORHOOD LAND 1888 00:52:15,398 --> 00:52:17,200 PRICES ARE HIGH, LOTS 1889 00:52:17,267 --> 00:52:18,235 ARE DESIGNATED AS POTENTIAL 1890 00:52:18,301 --> 00:52:18,435 SLIDE 1891 00:52:18,502 --> 00:52:22,606 AREAS, AND STEEP SLOPES REQUIRE 1892 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,875 EXPENSIVE GEOENGINEERING 1893 00:52:24,941 --> 00:52:26,076 AND FOUNDATIONS WITH PILINGS 1894 00:52:26,142 --> 00:52:27,244 AS I HAVE IN MY HOUSE. 1895 00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:28,745 WITH THOSE COSTS TO GET 1896 00:52:28,812 --> 00:52:35,285 RETURN ON THEIR 1897 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:35,886 INVEST MENT, DEVELOPERS WILL 1898 00:52:35,952 --> 00:52:38,889 ONLY BUILD EXPENSIVE 1899 00:52:38,955 --> 00:52:41,458 HOUSING. PLEASE ELIMINATE AS IT 1900 00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:41,658 WILL 1901 00:52:41,725 --> 00:52:42,692 LIKELY ONLY RESULT IN 1902 00:52:42,759 --> 00:52:45,328 MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING AND WILL 1903 00:52:45,395 --> 00:52:46,596 FOREVER ALTER THE 1904 00:52:46,663 --> 00:52:47,998 LIVEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 1905 00:52:48,064 --> 00:52:48,598 OF THE 1906 00:52:48,665 --> 00:52:48,932 NEIGHBORHOOD. 1907 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:51,468 THANK YOU VERY 1908 00:52:51,535 --> 00:52:51,735 MUCH. 1909 00:52:51,801 --> 00:52:52,102 >> 1910 00:52:52,168 --> 00:52:55,906 THANK YOU. NEXT CATHERINE AND 1911 00:52:55,972 --> 00:52:56,239 THEN 1912 00:52:56,306 --> 00:52:56,540 RON. 1913 00:52:56,606 --> 00:52:59,643 >> GOOD EVENING, 1914 00:52:59,709 --> 00:53:02,145 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1915 00:53:02,212 --> 00:53:02,712 CATHERINE 1916 00:53:02,779 --> 00:53:04,614 PARKER. I LIVE IN MADRONA WITH 1917 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:04,981 MY 1918 00:53:05,048 --> 00:53:05,315 TWO SONS. 1919 00:53:05,382 --> 00:53:08,184 I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT FOR MY 1920 00:53:08,251 --> 00:53:09,052 NEIGHBOR ANDREA WHO WASN'T 1921 00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:10,320 ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE SHE HAD 1922 00:53:10,387 --> 00:53:10,921 TO 1923 00:53:10,987 --> 00:53:12,155 WORK LATE. THE COUNCIL SHOULD 1924 00:53:12,222 --> 00:53:12,556 REJECT 1925 00:53:12,622 --> 00:53:14,024 PARTS OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 1926 00:53:14,090 --> 00:53:15,559 THAT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT 1927 00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:19,129 TREE CANOPY INCLUDING THE 1928 00:53:19,195 --> 00:53:19,729 REVISED LOT 1929 00:53:19,796 --> 00:53:21,565 COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE AND SETBACK 1930 00:53:21,631 --> 00:53:24,668 RULES. TREES AND URBAN FORESTS 1931 00:53:24,734 --> 00:53:24,901 PROVIDE 1932 00:53:24,968 --> 00:53:26,036 CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND 1933 00:53:26,102 --> 00:53:26,970 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. 1934 00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:29,072 SADLY WE'VE BEEN LOSING 1935 00:53:29,139 --> 00:53:30,640 TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY FOR 1936 00:53:30,707 --> 00:53:30,874 YEARS. 1937 00:53:30,941 --> 00:53:32,609 THE 2023 TREE ORDINANCE AND 1938 00:53:32,676 --> 00:53:35,712 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN WILL 1939 00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:36,613 ONLY EXACERBATE THIS PROBLEM. 1940 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:38,648 UNDER THE 2023 ORDINANCE 1941 00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:41,151 EVEN GIANT TREES CAN BE REMOVED 1942 00:53:41,217 --> 00:53:41,418 FOR 1943 00:53:41,484 --> 00:53:44,087 DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ONE SEATTLE 1944 00:53:44,154 --> 00:53:46,590 PLAN'S REDUCE SETBACKS AND 1945 00:53:46,656 --> 00:53:49,826 HARD SCAPE ALLOWANCES LEAVE 1946 00:53:49,893 --> 00:53:50,760 LITTLE ROOM 1947 00:53:50,827 --> 00:53:51,728 FOR TREES. RESIDENTIAL AREAS 1948 00:53:51,795 --> 00:53:52,562 WITH 1949 00:53:52,629 --> 00:53:53,897 MANY TREES LIKE MADRONA 1950 00:53:53,964 --> 00:53:55,665 HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S 1951 00:53:55,732 --> 00:53:56,299 GOAL OF 1952 00:53:56,366 --> 00:53:56,700 30% 1953 00:53:56,766 --> 00:53:58,735 TREE CANOPY. MY NEIGHBORS AND I 1954 00:53:58,802 --> 00:54:02,472 STRONGLY SUPPORT INCREASED 1955 00:54:02,539 --> 00:54:04,474 DENSITY, STRONGLY IN SUPPORT 1956 00:54:04,541 --> 00:54:06,042 INCREASED DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE 1957 00:54:06,109 --> 00:54:07,444 HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT 1958 00:54:07,510 --> 00:54:07,777 WE 1959 00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:09,613 CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER TO 1960 00:54:09,679 --> 00:54:11,448 ENSURE THAT THESE PLANS ARE 1961 00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:11,681 GREEN, 1962 00:54:11,748 --> 00:54:13,049 LIVABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE. 1963 00:54:13,116 --> 00:54:15,151 AGAIN, PLEASE REJECT THE OF 1964 00:54:15,218 --> 00:54:16,720 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN THAT WOULD 1965 00:54:16,786 --> 00:54:18,121 REDUCE OUR TREE CANOPY. 1966 00:54:18,188 --> 00:54:19,155 THANK 1967 00:54:19,222 --> 00:54:19,456 YOU. 1968 00:54:19,522 --> 00:54:19,823 >> THANK YOU. 1969 00:54:19,889 --> 00:54:21,291 NEXT WE HAVE RON CHAMBERS. 1970 00:54:21,358 --> 00:54:23,026 AND RON, BEFORE YOU START, 1971 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:25,462 CAN WE HAVE SPEAKERS 26 THROUGH 1972 00:54:25,528 --> 00:54:27,764 30 PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC 1973 00:54:27,831 --> 00:54:30,133 AND GET READY JUST SO YOU ALL 1974 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:30,333 KNOW 1975 00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:31,701 HOW WE'RE MOVING. 1976 00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:33,637 RON IS NUMBER 25, AND WE'RE 1977 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:34,337 AN HOUR IN. 1978 00:54:34,404 --> 00:54:36,773 WE HAVE OVER 270 SPEAKERS 1979 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:37,140 SIGNED UP. 1980 00:54:37,207 --> 00:54:40,110 SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED WE JUST 1981 00:54:40,176 --> 00:54:42,278 BE ABLE TO GET QUEUED UP FIRST 1982 00:54:42,345 --> 00:54:44,080 SO WE'RE READY 1983 00:54:44,147 --> 00:54:46,983 TO GO. MR. CHAMBERS, YOU 1984 00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:47,283 ARE READY, 1985 00:54:47,350 --> 00:54:48,018 SIR. 1986 00:54:48,084 --> 00:54:49,185 >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. 1987 00:54:49,252 --> 00:54:51,254 AND MY NAME IS RON CHAMBERS, 1988 00:54:51,321 --> 00:54:53,523 AND I AM IN THE -- I GUESS TO BE 1989 00:54:53,590 --> 00:54:53,690 THE 1990 00:54:53,757 --> 00:55:00,897 WEST GREEN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD 1991 00:55:00,964 --> 00:55:02,165 CENTER. MAYBE. 1992 00:55:02,232 --> 00:55:04,234 WHAT WE DON'T -- WE HAVEN'T 1993 00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:05,135 HAD A NEW CENTER BEFORE. 1994 00:55:05,201 --> 00:55:06,236 IT'S A NEW THING. 1995 00:55:06,302 --> 00:55:07,637 SO MAYBE WE SHOULD SCALE 1996 00:55:07,704 --> 00:55:09,406 BACK FROM 30 AND DO TWO OR THREE 1997 00:55:09,472 --> 00:55:09,572 AND 1998 00:55:09,639 --> 00:55:10,373 SEE HOW THEY WORK. 1999 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:11,274 WE HAVE A THOUGHT OF 2000 00:55:11,341 --> 00:55:12,142 WHAT THEY'RE GOING 2001 00:55:12,208 --> 00:55:13,710 TO DO. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE 2002 00:55:13,777 --> 00:55:15,211 DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DO WHAT 2003 00:55:15,278 --> 00:55:17,914 THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND 2004 00:55:17,981 --> 00:55:18,248 THAT'S IT. 2005 00:55:18,314 --> 00:55:21,284 SO LET'S SCALE IT BACK. 2006 00:55:21,351 --> 00:55:21,785 ANOTHER THOUGHT. 2007 00:55:21,851 --> 00:55:27,557 BACK IN 2014 THE SEATTLE COUNCIL 2008 00:55:27,624 --> 00:55:32,162 HERE WAS VOTING ON A PROPOSAL TO 2009 00:55:32,228 --> 00:55:35,465 UPZONE THE BAKER STATION 2010 00:55:35,532 --> 00:55:38,134 AREA, AND THERE WAS ONE 2011 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:39,402 DISSENTER, 2012 00:55:39,469 --> 00:55:41,938 AND THAT MAN WAS BRUCE HARRELL 2013 00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:42,105 WAS 2014 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:44,207 THE DISSENTER. 2015 00:55:44,274 --> 00:55:47,711 HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO DO UP 2016 00:55:47,777 --> 00:55:49,579 LOADS OR UPZONES, AND HIS 2017 00:55:49,646 --> 00:55:52,382 QUOTE WAS HE REPEATED HIS POLICY 2018 00:55:52,449 --> 00:55:52,549 OF 2019 00:55:52,615 --> 00:55:55,151 ERRING ON THE SIDE OF 2020 00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:55,518 CAUTIOUSNESS. 2021 00:55:55,585 --> 00:56:00,123 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE 2022 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:00,423 MAYOR. 2023 00:56:00,490 --> 00:56:07,430 AND REMEMBER, CAUTIOUSNESS. 2024 00:56:07,497 --> 00:56:07,831 THANK YOU. 2025 00:56:07,897 --> 00:56:11,868 >> NEXT, 2026 00:56:11,935 --> 00:56:12,135 MARTI. 2027 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:13,002 >> YES, HI. 2028 00:56:13,069 --> 00:56:15,238 AS RON 2029 00:56:15,305 --> 00:56:17,507 CHAMBERS JUST POINTED OUT IN 2030 00:56:17,574 --> 00:56:19,075 2014 THEN 2031 00:56:19,142 --> 00:56:19,876 COUNCIL BRUCE HARRELL DISSENTED 2032 00:56:19,943 --> 00:56:20,510 ON A 2033 00:56:20,577 --> 00:56:22,078 PROPOSAL TO UPZONE THE BAKER 2034 00:56:22,145 --> 00:56:22,278 AREA. 2035 00:56:22,345 --> 00:56:24,013 IN HIS WISDOM HE SAID, 2036 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:25,415 QUOTE, HAVING TALKED TO MEMBERS 2037 00:56:25,482 --> 00:56:25,882 OF 2038 00:56:25,949 --> 00:56:28,418 THE COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT A 2039 00:56:28,485 --> 00:56:29,819 ZONING POLICY÷÷POLICY BE VERY 2040 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:30,453 TIGHTLY 2041 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,689 INTERWOVEN WITH AN 2042 00:56:32,756 --> 00:56:35,125 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, AN 2043 00:56:35,191 --> 00:56:35,391 EDUCATION 2044 00:56:35,458 --> 00:56:37,360 POLICY, AND A PUBLIC 2045 00:56:37,427 --> 00:56:37,594 SAFETY 2046 00:56:37,660 --> 00:56:39,629 POLICY. AT THAT MEETING HE ALSO 2047 00:56:39,696 --> 00:56:42,265 REPEATED HIS POLICY OF ERRING ON 2048 00:56:42,332 --> 00:56:44,000 THE SIDE 2049 00:56:44,067 --> 00:56:47,637 OF CAUTIOUSNESS. 2050 00:56:47,704 --> 00:56:48,304 AND JUST YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED 2051 00:56:48,371 --> 00:56:49,973 A MAILING FROM THE MAYOR 2052 00:56:50,039 --> 00:56:53,476 SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 2053 00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:55,145 1B CITING THE IMPORTANCE OF 2054 00:56:55,211 --> 00:56:55,478 TRANSPARENCY 2055 00:56:55,545 --> 00:56:57,046 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 2056 00:56:57,113 --> 00:56:58,314 AGAIN, WISE MAN. 2057 00:56:58,381 --> 00:56:59,549 THE CURRENT STATE MANDATE 2058 00:56:59,616 --> 00:57:01,718 TO INCREASE HOUSING TO 4 TO 6 2059 00:57:01,785 --> 00:57:01,918 UNITS 2060 00:57:01,985 --> 00:57:04,821 THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON EVERY 2061 00:57:04,888 --> 00:57:08,324 RESIDENTIAL LOT AND IN EVERY 2062 00:57:08,391 --> 00:57:12,028 NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS HB 2063 00:57:12,095 --> 00:57:13,530 1110, IS A GIVEN. 2064 00:57:13,596 --> 00:57:16,666 WE CAN FULFILL THE 2065 00:57:16,733 --> 00:57:18,501 STATE'S REQUIREMENTS ON HB 1110 2066 00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:20,603 BY 2067 00:57:20,670 --> 00:57:21,204 THEIR DEADLINE AND MOVE 2068 00:57:21,271 --> 00:57:22,872 CAUTIOUSLESSLY ON THE DRAMATIC 2069 00:57:22,939 --> 00:57:23,439 SWEEPING 2070 00:57:23,506 --> 00:57:24,407 RESKRIGZ OF THE 2071 00:57:24,474 --> 00:57:25,341 SEATTLE LANDSCAPE THAT IS THE 2072 00:57:25,408 --> 00:57:26,009 ONE SEATTLE PLAN. 2073 00:57:26,075 --> 00:57:27,510 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN IS 2074 00:57:27,577 --> 00:57:29,212 NOT SUFFICIENTLY INTEGRATED WITH 2075 00:57:29,279 --> 00:57:30,613 EXISTING CITY SYSTEMS. 2076 00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:32,982 NOR HAS IT 2077 00:57:33,049 --> 00:57:33,750 SATISFIED MANY IMPORTANT 2078 00:57:33,817 --> 00:57:34,184 QUESTIONS AND 2079 00:57:34,250 --> 00:57:37,420 CONCERNS THAT CITIZENS HAVE, 2080 00:57:37,487 --> 00:57:39,856 MANY WHICH YOU ARE HEARING HERE. 2081 00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:41,457 AFTER CITYWIDE LOCALIZED 2082 00:57:41,524 --> 00:57:43,092 PUBLIC HEARINGS MAKING ALL 2083 00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:43,326 SEATTLE 2084 00:57:43,393 --> 00:57:44,861 CITIZENS WHO ARE YOUR 2085 00:57:44,928 --> 00:57:46,462 CONSTITUENTS AWARE OF THE 2086 00:57:46,529 --> 00:57:48,131 PLAN AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS, NOT 2087 00:57:48,198 --> 00:57:49,532 JUST HEARING THEIR CONCERNS 2088 00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:52,402 BUT ANSWERING THEM IN REALTIME. 2089 00:57:52,468 --> 00:57:55,905 AND AFTER PROTOTYPE LOCATIONS 2090 00:57:55,972 --> 00:57:56,539 TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR 2091 00:57:56,606 --> 00:57:58,241 NOT THERE ARE THE INTENDED 2092 00:57:58,308 --> 00:57:58,575 RESULTS FROM 2093 00:57:58,641 --> 00:58:03,313 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN, WE COULD 2094 00:58:03,379 --> 00:58:04,948 CONSIDER CITYWIDE LIMITATION. 2095 00:58:05,014 --> 00:58:07,817 WE REQUEST A MINIMAL 2096 00:58:07,884 --> 00:58:09,986 COMPREHENSIVE 2097 00:58:10,053 --> 00:58:12,488 LAND USE PLAN AND ZONING TO 2098 00:58:12,555 --> 00:58:15,859 REACH THE -- 2099 00:58:15,925 --> 00:58:16,759 >> THANK YOU. 2100 00:58:16,826 --> 00:58:17,760 TIME HAS EXPIRED. 2101 00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:18,928 THANK YOU, MARTI. 2102 00:58:18,995 --> 00:58:24,367 NEXT WE HAVE RUTH, RENEE, RYAN, 2103 00:58:24,434 --> 00:58:24,701 AND REBECCA. 2104 00:58:24,767 --> 00:58:29,005 DID I SAY THAT, RIGHT? 2105 00:58:29,072 --> 00:58:33,042 SPEAKER NUMBER 27. 2106 00:58:33,109 --> 00:58:38,548 AWESOME, THANK 2107 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:38,815 YOU. 2108 00:58:38,882 --> 00:58:40,049 >> -- WAS THE PREFERRED AND 2109 00:58:40,116 --> 00:58:44,888 HIGHEST GROWTH ALTERNATIVE 2110 00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:47,156 AT 125 HOUSING UNITS, 2 2111 00:58:47,223 --> 00:58:47,490 1/2 2112 00:58:47,557 --> 00:58:49,025 FORECAST GROWTH. THE MAYOR'S 2113 00:58:49,092 --> 00:58:49,692 PLAN ADDED 40,000 2114 00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:53,263 UNITS FOR A CAPACITY THREE 2115 00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:53,997 TIMES FORECAST GROWTH. 2116 00:58:54,063 --> 00:58:55,431 40,000 IS A BIG NUMBER. 2117 00:58:55,498 --> 00:58:57,400 THAT'S ABOUT 7,000 UNITS 2118 00:58:57,467 --> 00:58:57,567 PER 2119 00:58:57,634 --> 00:58:59,402 DISTRICT. WHY WAS SO MUCH ADDED 2120 00:58:59,469 --> 00:58:59,602 OVER 2121 00:58:59,669 --> 00:59:02,205 AND ABOVE THE CHOSEN ALTERNATIVE 2122 00:59:02,272 --> 00:59:02,705 FIVE? 2123 00:59:02,772 --> 00:59:09,412 I ASKED THIS AT A PACKED MEETING 2124 00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:11,347 AND STAFF'S REPLY WAS I'LL 2125 00:59:11,414 --> 00:59:11,547 HAVE 2126 00:59:11,614 --> 00:59:12,215 TO GET BACK 2127 00:59:12,282 --> 00:59:12,982 TO YOU. I'M 2128 00:59:13,049 --> 00:59:14,450 STILL WAITING. THE CITY MUST 2129 00:59:14,517 --> 00:59:16,152 JUSTIFY THIS 2130 00:59:16,219 --> 00:59:17,020 NUMBER AND THE UPZONING 2131 00:59:17,086 --> 00:59:17,320 IT ALLOWS. 2132 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:19,188 NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THE SWEET 2133 00:59:19,255 --> 00:59:21,557 SPOT IS. NOBODY. 2134 00:59:21,624 --> 00:59:25,128 STUDIES SAY UPZONING IMPROVES 2135 00:59:25,194 --> 00:59:25,495 HOUSING 2136 00:59:25,561 --> 00:59:26,763 AFFORDABILITY. OTHERS FIND PRICE 2137 00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:27,563 SHIFTS 2138 00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:27,764 ARE 2139 00:59:27,830 --> 00:59:31,868 MINOR. SOME EVEN FIND UPZONING 2140 00:59:31,935 --> 00:59:32,535 MAKES 2141 00:59:32,602 --> 00:59:33,336 AFFORDABILITY WORSE. BEFORE 2142 00:59:33,403 --> 00:59:35,371 PROCEEDING WITH A PLAN 2143 00:59:35,438 --> 00:59:37,440 BASED ON A POPULAR BUT POSSIBLY 2144 00:59:37,507 --> 00:59:39,409 DEBATABLE 2145 00:59:39,475 --> 00:59:40,043 THEORY THAT COULD CHANGE WHAT WE 2146 00:59:40,109 --> 00:59:40,476 LOVE ABOUT OUR 2147 00:59:40,543 --> 00:59:42,245 CITY, A DEGREE OF CAUTION 2148 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:43,413 IS WARRANTED. 2149 00:59:43,479 --> 00:59:44,847 THAT'S WHY WE'RE FORMING 2150 00:59:44,914 --> 00:59:47,116 A COALITION 2151 00:59:47,183 --> 00:59:47,684 OF NEIGHBORHOODS ASKING TO 2152 00:59:47,750 --> 00:59:49,118 RETURN TO THE 2153 00:59:49,185 --> 00:59:54,123 HOUSING TARGET OUTLINED IN 2154 00:59:54,190 --> 00:59:54,424 ALTERNATIVE 2155 00:59:54,490 --> 00:59:55,858 5, 120,000 UNITS. 2156 00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:57,827 THIS WILL MEAN CITYWIDE 2157 00:59:57,894 --> 00:59:58,361 REZONING REVISIONS. 2158 00:59:58,428 --> 00:59:59,729 THIS IS A 2159 00:59:59,796 --> 01:00:00,630 REASONABLE, JUSTIFIABLE POSITION 2160 01:00:00,697 --> 01:00:01,464 THAT 2161 01:00:01,531 --> 01:00:04,834 DOES NOT ALTER THE POSSIBILITY 2162 01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:05,001 FOR 2163 01:00:05,068 --> 01:00:07,270 EXPANDED HOUSING OPTIONS 2164 01:00:07,337 --> 01:00:11,207 AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2165 01:00:11,274 --> 01:00:11,541 CHOICES. 2166 01:00:11,607 --> 01:00:16,012 YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT 2167 01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:16,879 NIMBYES. NOBODY IN MY 2168 01:00:16,946 --> 01:00:17,780 NEIGHBORHOOD IS A 2169 01:00:17,847 --> 01:00:19,315 NIMBY. WE'RE REALLY GIMBYES. 2170 01:00:19,382 --> 01:00:23,586 WE HAVE CHILDREN, WE 2171 01:00:23,653 --> 01:00:24,253 HAVE NEPHEWS, WE KNOW ALL KINDS 2172 01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:24,420 OF 2173 01:00:24,487 --> 01:00:25,555 PEOPLE WE WANT TO SEE 2174 01:00:25,621 --> 01:00:26,422 HAVE 2175 01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:27,190 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BREAK MY 2176 01:00:27,256 --> 01:00:28,257 HEART TO SEE 2177 01:00:28,324 --> 01:00:29,292 HOUSING ASSESSMENT GO UP. 2178 01:00:29,359 --> 01:00:31,194 SO 2179 01:00:31,260 --> 01:00:32,395 OUR DIFFERENCES ARE A MATTER OF 2180 01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:33,796 DEGREE. 2181 01:00:33,863 --> 01:00:34,163 THANK 2182 01:00:34,230 --> 01:00:34,597 YOU. 2183 01:00:34,664 --> 01:00:41,270 >> RENEE, RYAN, AND 2184 01:00:41,337 --> 01:00:41,537 REBECCA. 2185 01:00:41,604 --> 01:00:43,706 >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, 2186 01:00:43,773 --> 01:00:43,906 CHAIR 2187 01:00:43,973 --> 01:00:46,075 HOLLINGSWORTH AND 2188 01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:47,110 COUNCILMEMBERS. I LIVE IN 2189 01:00:47,176 --> 01:00:48,311 DISTRICT 5, AND 2190 01:00:48,378 --> 01:00:49,779 I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY 2191 01:00:49,846 --> 01:00:51,781 OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 2192 01:00:51,848 --> 01:00:52,882 ONE SEATTLE ZONING CHANGES 2193 01:00:52,949 --> 01:00:53,983 AND TO COMMENT IN SUPPORT 2194 01:00:54,050 --> 01:00:55,818 OF TWO SPECIFIC REZONING 2195 01:00:55,885 --> 01:00:56,119 PROPOSALS. 2196 01:00:56,185 --> 01:00:57,387 NUMBER ONE, I COMPLETELY 2197 01:00:57,453 --> 01:01:01,858 SUPPORT THE PROPOSED REZONE FOR 2198 01:01:01,924 --> 01:01:02,892 THE 2199 01:01:02,959 --> 01:01:03,659 PINEHURST 2200 01:01:03,726 --> 01:01:05,461 STATION AREA. I LIVE IN THE 2201 01:01:05,528 --> 01:01:06,329 STATION AREA AND 2202 01:01:06,396 --> 01:01:08,498 MY HOME IS PLANNED TO BE 2203 01:01:08,564 --> 01:01:11,000 REZONED TO SINGLE RESIDENTIAL 2204 01:01:11,067 --> 01:01:11,200 LR3. 2205 01:01:11,267 --> 01:01:13,836 I'VE LIVED AND OWNED MY HOME 2206 01:01:13,903 --> 01:01:14,003 FOR 2207 01:01:14,070 --> 01:01:15,638 26 YEARS. I'VE RAISED MY FAMILY 2208 01:01:15,705 --> 01:01:15,872 THERE, 2209 01:01:15,938 --> 01:01:18,608 AND MY CHILDREN ARE 2210 01:01:18,674 --> 01:01:19,275 ADULTS AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO 2211 01:01:19,342 --> 01:01:19,542 RENT AND 2212 01:01:19,609 --> 01:01:22,745 BUY THEIR OWN HOMES IN D5. 2213 01:01:22,812 --> 01:01:24,447 I SUPPORT THE PLAN SO 2214 01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:26,649 MY CHILDRENS CAN HAVE THEIR 2215 01:01:26,716 --> 01:01:26,816 OWN 2216 01:01:26,883 --> 01:01:31,287 HOMES. NUMBER 2217 01:01:31,354 --> 01:01:31,888 TWO, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE 2218 01:01:31,954 --> 01:01:32,355 REZONE IN MAPLE LEAF 2219 01:01:32,422 --> 01:01:32,955 AND AROUND MAPLE LEAF PARK. 2220 01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:34,624 I WALK AT MAPLE LEAF AND 2221 01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:37,226 SPEND TIME AT SHOPS AND 2222 01:01:37,293 --> 01:01:37,527 RESTAURANTS 2223 01:01:37,593 --> 01:01:38,294 IN MAPLE LEAF REGULARLY. 2224 01:01:38,361 --> 01:01:40,863 MY CHILDREN ATTENDED ST. 2225 01:01:40,930 --> 01:01:41,664 CATHERINE'S CHURCH 2226 01:01:41,731 --> 01:01:42,632 AND SCHOOL FOR 13 YEARS. 2227 01:01:42,698 --> 01:01:45,068 AND I WAS ON THE COUNCIL 2228 01:01:45,134 --> 01:01:46,602 FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME. 2229 01:01:46,669 --> 01:01:48,304 THE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE 2230 01:01:48,371 --> 01:01:50,706 INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO 2231 01:01:50,773 --> 01:01:53,209 CREATE MAPLE LEAF PARK AND BUILD 2232 01:01:53,276 --> 01:01:54,977 THE 2233 01:01:55,044 --> 01:01:55,578 LIGHTENING RAIL STATION 2234 01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:57,513 WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE 2235 01:01:57,580 --> 01:01:58,414 REZONE. AREAS THAT HAVE 2236 01:01:58,481 --> 01:01:58,714 BENEFITTED 2237 01:01:58,781 --> 01:02:00,016 FROM MAJOR INVESTMENTS SHOULD 2238 01:02:00,083 --> 01:02:03,119 BE FIRST TO WELCOME NEW 2239 01:02:03,186 --> 01:02:04,287 NEIGHBORS. 2240 01:02:04,353 --> 01:02:05,822 PINEHURST AND MAPLE LEAF 2241 01:02:05,888 --> 01:02:07,757 SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR NEW 2242 01:02:07,824 --> 01:02:07,990 DENSITY 2243 01:02:08,057 --> 01:02:09,992 BEFORE OTHER D5 COMMUNITIES 2244 01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:11,928 LIKE BITTER 2245 01:02:11,994 --> 01:02:13,296 LAKE AND LAKE CITY, WHICH HAVE 2246 01:02:13,362 --> 01:02:14,330 ALREADY TAKEN ON MAJOR 2247 01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:15,431 DENSITY BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED 2248 01:02:15,498 --> 01:02:17,300 THE SAME LEVEL OF INVESTMENT. 2249 01:02:17,366 --> 01:02:17,867 THANK YOU VERY 2250 01:02:17,934 --> 01:02:18,201 MUCH. 2251 01:02:18,267 --> 01:02:20,236 >> THANK YOU, RENEE. 2252 01:02:20,303 --> 01:02:21,871 AND, EYEREN, BEFORE YOU 2253 01:02:21,938 --> 01:02:26,476 START CAN WE HAVE SPEAKERS 31 2254 01:02:26,542 --> 01:02:28,478 THROUGH 2255 01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:32,048 35? AND SPEAKER 35 I CAN'T 2256 01:02:32,115 --> 01:02:32,348 READ. 2257 01:02:32,415 --> 01:02:33,549 DEREK I THINK IT 2258 01:02:33,616 --> 01:02:33,950 IS. 2259 01:02:34,016 --> 01:02:36,352 >> AS YOU KNOW MY NAME IS RYAN 2260 01:02:36,419 --> 01:02:37,487 DONOHUE AND I'M THE 2261 01:02:37,553 --> 01:02:40,623 CHIEF OFFICER FOR HABITAT FOR 2262 01:02:40,690 --> 01:02:40,890 HUMANITY. 2263 01:02:40,957 --> 01:02:43,192 WE'VE BEEN BUILDING AFFORDABLE 2264 01:02:43,259 --> 01:02:44,694 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2265 01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:46,195 FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR 2266 01:02:46,262 --> 01:02:47,897 ROUGHLY 39 YEARS NOW, SO WE KNOW 2267 01:02:47,964 --> 01:02:48,865 A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT 2268 01:02:48,931 --> 01:02:50,233 IT TAKES TO BUILD A PLACE 2269 01:02:50,299 --> 01:02:51,601 WHERE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE, 2270 01:02:51,667 --> 01:02:52,668 DECENT, 2271 01:02:52,735 --> 01:02:53,603 AND AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL 2272 01:02:53,669 --> 01:02:53,803 HOME. 2273 01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:54,904 THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY 2274 01:02:54,971 --> 01:02:56,806 TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE AT 2275 01:02:56,873 --> 01:02:57,607 AN INFLECTION POINT. 2276 01:02:57,673 --> 01:02:58,474 WE CAN CONTINUE DOWN THE 2277 01:02:58,541 --> 01:03:00,042 PATH THAT WE HAVE BEEN, 2278 01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:00,910 BUILDING HOUSING ENOUGH BUT NOT 2279 01:03:00,977 --> 01:03:01,277 ENOUGH 2280 01:03:01,344 --> 01:03:03,946 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY -- BE ABLE 2281 01:03:04,013 --> 01:03:04,113 TO 2282 01:03:04,180 --> 01:03:05,481 ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SUPPLY 2283 01:03:05,548 --> 01:03:07,116 WE ACTUALLY NEED AT ALL INCOME 2284 01:03:07,183 --> 01:03:07,383 LEVELS. 2285 01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:08,684 WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE 2286 01:03:08,751 --> 01:03:10,253 OUR WALLED OFF- GUARDENS, 2287 01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:11,287 PRESERVING CERTAIN WELL- OFF 2288 01:03:11,354 --> 01:03:11,587 COMMUNITIES 2289 01:03:11,654 --> 01:03:12,889 RICH IN AMENITY 2290 01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:13,689 AND OPPORTUNITIES WHILE 2291 01:03:13,756 --> 01:03:15,158 FORCING EVERYONE ELSE TO LIVE IN 2292 01:03:15,224 --> 01:03:16,859 MORE HEAVILY POLLUTED AREAS. 2293 01:03:16,926 --> 01:03:18,728 WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 2294 01:03:18,794 --> 01:03:19,896 RESTRICTING HOUSING TYPES 2295 01:03:19,962 --> 01:03:22,398 IN FAVOR OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE, 2296 01:03:22,465 --> 01:03:23,933 OUTDATED, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY 2297 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,434 UNFRIENDLY TYPES LIKE 2298 01:03:25,501 --> 01:03:26,836 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE 2299 01:03:26,903 --> 01:03:28,538 EXCLUSION OF 2300 01:03:28,604 --> 01:03:29,038 ALL ELSE AND LEAVING A 2301 01:03:29,105 --> 01:03:31,240 MAJORITY OF THIS CITY'S 2302 01:03:31,307 --> 01:03:31,507 RESIDENTS 2303 01:03:31,574 --> 01:03:32,975 LOCKED OUT FROM EVEN BEING ABLE 2304 01:03:33,042 --> 01:03:34,010 TO DREAM ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY 2305 01:03:34,076 --> 01:03:36,579 TO OWN THEIR OWN HOME. 2306 01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:38,381 OR WE CAN TAKE THE OTHER 2307 01:03:38,447 --> 01:03:40,149 PATH, THE PATH OF HOUSING 2308 01:03:40,216 --> 01:03:43,519 ABUNDANCE, THAT USING THE ZONING 2309 01:03:43,586 --> 01:03:44,153 RULES 2310 01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:46,189 YOU ARE ALL LOOKING AT TODAY AND 2311 01:03:46,255 --> 01:03:46,355 THE 2312 01:03:46,422 --> 01:03:47,790 FUNDING RULES YOU'LL LOOK 2313 01:03:47,857 --> 01:03:51,360 AT COME BUDGET TIME. 2314 01:03:51,427 --> 01:03:52,695 WE CAN OPEN UP OUR WALLED 2315 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:54,497 GARDENS ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO 2316 01:03:54,564 --> 01:03:55,932 HAVE AM OPPORTUNITIES THAT 2317 01:03:55,998 --> 01:03:57,633 COME WITH LIVING IN SOME OF THE 2318 01:03:57,700 --> 01:03:57,833 MOST 2319 01:03:57,900 --> 01:03:59,101 BEAUTIFUL, MOST BRIGHTEST 2320 01:03:59,168 --> 01:04:00,469 JEWELS THIS CITY HAS TO OFFER. 2321 01:04:00,536 --> 01:04:01,904 WE CAN BUILD MORE TYPES OF 2322 01:04:01,971 --> 01:04:02,772 MORE HOUSING 2323 01:04:02,838 --> 01:04:03,906 CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2324 01:04:03,973 --> 01:04:05,208 EVERYONE IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE 2325 01:04:05,274 --> 01:04:05,875 TO HAVE 2326 01:04:05,942 --> 01:04:07,243 A PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL THEIR 2327 01:04:07,310 --> 01:04:09,011 OWN, THAT THEY OWN. 2328 01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:10,913 YOU'VE HEARD ME AND MY TEAM 2329 01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:11,113 COME 2330 01:04:11,180 --> 01:04:12,815 UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT 2331 01:04:12,882 --> 01:04:15,318 THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2332 01:04:15,384 --> 01:04:16,485 BEFORE, AND AS YOU 2333 01:04:16,552 --> 01:04:17,853 KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAINLY AREAS 2334 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:18,020 FOR 2335 01:04:18,087 --> 01:04:18,354 IMPROVEMENT. 2336 01:04:18,421 --> 01:04:19,789 BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE 2337 01:04:19,855 --> 01:04:20,656 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 2338 01:04:20,723 --> 01:04:21,791 THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A BIG 2339 01:04:21,857 --> 01:04:23,092 STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 2340 01:04:23,159 --> 01:04:23,793 PLEASE KEEP IN MIND 2341 01:04:23,859 --> 01:04:25,294 THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE WILL HAVE 2342 01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:26,596 LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON 2343 01:04:26,662 --> 01:04:27,897 THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. 2344 01:04:27,964 --> 01:04:29,632 YOU CAN TRY TO PRESERVE THE 2345 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,867 CITY IN AMBER BUT THAT WILL 2346 01:04:31,934 --> 01:04:33,202 ONLY CRACK UNDER THE PRESSURE OF 2347 01:04:33,269 --> 01:04:33,402 MORE 2348 01:04:33,469 --> 01:04:35,972 AND MORE PEOPLE 2349 01:04:36,038 --> 01:04:36,872 MOVING HERE FOR JOBS AND 2350 01:04:36,939 --> 01:04:37,206 OPPORTUNITY. 2351 01:04:37,273 --> 01:04:37,974 >> THANK YOU, RYAN. 2352 01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:39,775 YOUR TIME IS UP. 2353 01:04:39,842 --> 01:04:41,177 BUT YOU CAN SEND US 2354 01:04:41,244 --> 01:04:42,778 YOUR COMMENTS IN AS WELL. 2355 01:04:42,845 --> 01:04:43,746 REBECCA, YOU'RE UP 2356 01:04:43,813 --> 01:04:47,483 NEXT, AND WE'LL KICK IT OVER TO 2357 01:04:47,550 --> 01:04:49,685 MR. 2358 01:04:49,752 --> 01:04:49,919 HINES. 2359 01:04:49,986 --> 01:04:51,954 >> THANK 2360 01:04:52,021 --> 01:04:55,591 YOU, COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2361 01:04:55,658 --> 01:04:56,692 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 2362 01:04:56,759 --> 01:04:58,628 TO SUPPORTING A PLAN THAT WORKS 2363 01:04:58,694 --> 01:04:58,794 FOR 2364 01:04:58,861 --> 01:05:00,229 ALL SEATTLEITES. 2365 01:05:00,296 --> 01:05:01,197 I'M A MOM. 2366 01:05:01,264 --> 01:05:04,800 I'VE LIVED IN MAPLE LEAF ON 2367 01:05:04,867 --> 01:05:06,335 D5 FOR 22 YEARS AND MY HOME IS 2368 01:05:06,402 --> 01:05:08,971 ONE OF THE BLOCKS IN THE 2369 01:05:09,038 --> 01:05:09,238 PROPOSED 2370 01:05:09,305 --> 01:05:09,805 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 2371 01:05:09,872 --> 01:05:11,307 I WANT TO SAY OUR 2372 01:05:11,374 --> 01:05:12,908 LOCATION DOESN'T HAVE THE 2373 01:05:12,975 --> 01:05:15,511 PROXIMITY TO THE SERVICES AND 2374 01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:16,112 TRANSIT THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 2375 01:05:16,178 --> 01:05:16,846 CALLS FOR TO 2376 01:05:16,912 --> 01:05:17,780 SUPPORT A DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD 2377 01:05:17,847 --> 01:05:18,014 CENTER. 2378 01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:18,948 AND IN ADDITION ASSUMING 2379 01:05:19,015 --> 01:05:20,516 THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN 2380 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:22,551 THAT CENTER COULD WALK OR BUS 2381 01:05:22,618 --> 01:05:25,121 TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES 2382 01:05:25,187 --> 01:05:25,421 ELSEWHERE 2383 01:05:25,488 --> 01:05:28,324 IGNORES THE NEEDS OF SENIORS 2384 01:05:28,391 --> 01:05:30,126 AND 2385 01:05:30,192 --> 01:05:30,760 THOSE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY. AND 2386 01:05:30,826 --> 01:05:31,093 THIS IS WHY. 2387 01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:32,428 MAPLE LEAF IS THE THIRD HIGHEST 2388 01:05:32,495 --> 01:05:33,663 CENTER IN THE CITY. 2389 01:05:33,729 --> 01:05:35,097 RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK, THE 2390 01:05:35,164 --> 01:05:36,799 ONLY SERVICES WE HAVE ARE A 2391 01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:37,099 COUPLE 2392 01:05:37,166 --> 01:05:38,801 OF COFFEE SHOPS, A HARDWARE 2393 01:05:38,868 --> 01:05:40,603 STORE, A RESTAURANT, AND TOY 2394 01:05:40,670 --> 01:05:40,903 STORE. 2395 01:05:40,970 --> 01:05:42,738 AND THAT DENSITY HASN'T 2396 01:05:42,805 --> 01:05:44,640 CHANGED IN THE 22 YEARS I'VE 2397 01:05:44,707 --> 01:05:45,174 LIVED THERE. 2398 01:05:45,241 --> 01:05:49,445 AS DENSITY HAS 2399 01:05:49,512 --> 01:05:50,980 GROWN, WE HAVEN'T HAD MORE 2400 01:05:51,047 --> 01:05:52,214 SERVICES COME IN 2401 01:05:52,281 --> 01:05:57,653 THERE. IT'S DOWNHILL TO 2402 01:05:57,720 --> 01:05:59,055 GET TO 2403 01:05:59,121 --> 01:06:01,057 PHARMACY, TWO BUSES TO GET 2404 01:06:01,123 --> 01:06:01,991 TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. 2405 01:06:02,058 --> 01:06:03,693 ASK ME HOW I KNOW, HIGH 2406 01:06:03,759 --> 01:06:04,126 SCHOOL PARENT. 2407 01:06:04,193 --> 01:06:05,394 IT'S A STEEP CLIMB BACK HOME. 2408 01:06:05,461 --> 01:06:09,198 OATS NOT AN AUGZ TO OPTION TO 2409 01:06:09,265 --> 01:06:09,465 WALK THAT 2410 01:06:09,532 --> 01:06:12,468 HILL ON A REGULAR BASIS 2411 01:06:12,535 --> 01:06:14,470 AS I SAID TEACHERS, PARENTS, 2412 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:16,372 AND THOSE 2413 01:06:16,439 --> 01:06:16,972 WITH MOBILITY ISSUES. WE ONLY 2414 01:06:17,039 --> 01:06:17,440 HAVE ONE BUS. 2415 01:06:17,506 --> 01:06:20,543 WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE BUSES 2416 01:06:20,609 --> 01:06:21,844 INCLUDING AN EXPRESS DOWNTOWN. 2417 01:06:21,911 --> 01:06:23,112 SINCE THEY WERE CUT IT 2418 01:06:23,179 --> 01:06:24,680 TAKES ABOUT TWICE AS LONG TO 2419 01:06:24,747 --> 01:06:27,183 USE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO TAKE 2420 01:06:27,249 --> 01:06:28,584 DOWNTOWN AS IT USED TO, AND 2421 01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:29,218 PEOPLE THAT 2422 01:06:29,285 --> 01:06:34,490 USED TO BUS END UP DRIVING. 2423 01:06:34,557 --> 01:06:39,962 A BURDEN THAT PULLS 2424 01:06:40,029 --> 01:06:41,163 DISPROPORTIONATELY ON MOMS. 2425 01:06:41,230 --> 01:06:46,035 AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU 2426 01:06:46,102 --> 01:06:48,170 TO PROPOSE MOVING THE LOCATION 2427 01:06:48,237 --> 01:06:48,337 ON 2428 01:06:48,404 --> 01:06:50,172 D5 WHICH ISN'T AT THE TOP OF 2429 01:06:50,239 --> 01:06:53,142 THE HILL AND WHERE 2430 01:06:53,209 --> 01:06:53,509 INFRASTRUCTURE, 2431 01:06:53,576 --> 01:06:54,377 TRANSIT SERVICES CAN 2432 01:06:54,443 --> 01:06:54,877 BETTER SUPPORT IT. 2433 01:06:54,944 --> 01:06:55,144 THANK 2434 01:06:55,211 --> 01:06:55,344 YOU. 2435 01:06:55,411 --> 01:06:57,246 >> JUST A REMINDER AFTER YOU ALL 2436 01:06:57,313 --> 01:06:58,414 FINISH SPEAKING, IF YOU 2437 01:06:58,481 --> 01:07:00,583 COULD CLEAR THE ROOM BECAUSE WE 2438 01:07:00,649 --> 01:07:00,750 ARE 2439 01:07:00,816 --> 01:07:01,851 CONSTANTLY SENDING PEOPLE 2440 01:07:01,917 --> 01:07:02,051 BACK 2441 01:07:02,118 --> 01:07:04,453 UP. I CALLED YOU HINES. 2442 01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:06,322 I MEANT HANES. 2443 01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:07,390 GO AHEAD, DAVID. 2444 01:07:07,456 --> 01:07:10,826 >> WE CAN GO SIX STORIES 2445 01:07:10,893 --> 01:07:12,795 AND CREATE A BUNCH OF TREES BUT 2446 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:15,398 COUNCIL WANTS TO SABOTAGE THIS 2447 01:07:15,464 --> 01:07:16,565 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PLAY 2448 01:07:16,632 --> 01:07:17,933 A RACE CARD AND BACK STAB A 2449 01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:19,301 MULTITUDE OF 2450 01:07:19,368 --> 01:07:19,535 YOUNGER 2451 01:07:19,602 --> 01:07:20,269 GENERATIONS. LEAVE NO DOUBT 2452 01:07:20,336 --> 01:07:22,371 THERE'S A 2453 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:24,573 REVOLUTIONARY BOUT TO GIVE TRUE 2454 01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:26,208 DEMOCRACY A SHELL FOR 2455 01:07:26,275 --> 01:07:27,510 GREAT AMERICAN HOUSING BUILD OUT 2456 01:07:27,576 --> 01:07:29,879 FOR A IN HOME AND 2457 01:07:29,945 --> 01:07:31,280 REAL EQUITY FOR A MULTITUDE 2458 01:07:31,347 --> 01:07:33,482 OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS, NOT 2459 01:07:33,549 --> 01:07:36,152 SOME RACIST WOKE TAINTED IN 2460 01:07:36,218 --> 01:07:36,752 SKIN COLOR PRIORITY THAT'S 2461 01:07:36,819 --> 01:07:37,520 BUILT BY 2462 01:07:37,586 --> 01:07:38,521 UNQUALIFIED NONPROFITS WHO 2463 01:07:38,587 --> 01:07:42,858 ARE POLITICALLY CONNECTED TO THE 2464 01:07:42,925 --> 01:07:43,426 DEMOCRAT'S, MONOPOLIZED 2465 01:07:43,492 --> 01:07:43,926 RE- ELECTION APPARATUS 2466 01:07:43,993 --> 01:07:45,694 THAT SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY ON 2467 01:07:45,761 --> 01:07:47,830 BAD POLICIES FROM THE BOTTOM OF 2468 01:07:47,897 --> 01:07:47,997 THE 2469 01:07:48,063 --> 01:07:49,532 BARREL PROGRESSIVES ALL 2470 01:07:49,598 --> 01:07:51,333 WHILE THESE HOUSING PRIVILEGED 2471 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:56,038 HOME OWNERS SHOW UP HERE PISSED 2472 01:07:56,105 --> 01:07:56,205 OFF 2473 01:07:56,272 --> 01:07:57,072 ABOUT HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THEY'VE 2474 01:07:57,139 --> 01:07:57,706 GOT TO SIT IN, AND 2475 01:07:57,773 --> 01:07:58,707 THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT ANYONE 2476 01:07:58,774 --> 01:07:58,941 ELSE 2477 01:07:59,008 --> 01:07:59,809 MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 2478 01:07:59,875 --> 01:08:00,042 BECAUSE 2479 01:08:00,109 --> 01:08:04,046 WE HAVE ANTIQUATED, OUT 2480 01:08:04,113 --> 01:08:05,581 DATED -- OR LACK OF 21st 2481 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:06,048 CENTURY STREETLIGHTS. 2482 01:08:06,115 --> 01:08:07,049 ANYWAY, THE SAME PEOPLE 2483 01:08:07,116 --> 01:08:10,186 CONSPIRE TO OPPRESS THE FUTURE 2484 01:08:10,252 --> 01:08:12,688 AND THE MULTITUDE OF 2485 01:08:12,755 --> 01:08:13,489 YOUNGER GENERATIONS. 2486 01:08:13,556 --> 01:08:15,224 WE NEED A GREATER HOUSING 2487 01:08:15,291 --> 01:08:18,294 BUILD OUT WITHOUT LOW LEVEL, 2488 01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:18,461 LOW 2489 01:08:18,527 --> 01:08:19,094 QUALITY RESTRICTIONS THAT SOME 2490 01:08:19,161 --> 01:08:19,962 PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH AS LONG AS 2491 01:08:20,029 --> 01:08:22,665 YOU BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S 2492 01:08:22,731 --> 01:08:23,799 CRAPPY, THEY DON'T WANT TO 2493 01:08:23,866 --> 01:08:26,168 LIVE IN, 2494 01:08:26,235 --> 01:08:26,869 THEY'RE FINE WITH THAT AS LONG 2495 01:08:26,936 --> 01:08:28,103 AS IT'S TAINTED WITH 2496 01:08:28,170 --> 01:08:30,306 RACISM. TO MOVE INTO THEIR 2497 01:08:30,372 --> 01:08:31,440 NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T WANT 2498 01:08:31,507 --> 01:08:31,841 THE SUPPLY 2499 01:08:31,907 --> 01:08:34,510 AND DEMAND SQUEEZE COMPETITION 2500 01:08:34,577 --> 01:08:34,710 OF 2501 01:08:34,777 --> 01:08:35,277 OTHER PEOPLE OFFSETTING THE 2502 01:08:35,344 --> 01:08:37,079 SUPPLY AND DEMAND SQUEEZE 2503 01:08:37,146 --> 01:08:39,048 SO THAT THESE BABY BOOMER SELL 2504 01:08:39,114 --> 01:08:39,248 OUTS 2505 01:08:39,315 --> 01:08:41,350 CAN SELLOUT THEIR MULTITUDES OF 2506 01:08:41,417 --> 01:08:44,153 REMORTGAGED, DESPERATE HOUSING 2507 01:08:44,220 --> 01:08:45,221 SPECULATIONS AT THE EXPENSE 2508 01:08:45,287 --> 01:08:47,756 OF FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS 2509 01:08:47,823 --> 01:08:49,091 AND MULTITUDE OF GENERATIONS 2510 01:08:49,158 --> 01:08:51,594 THAT PEOPLE SABOTAGE AND TREAD 2511 01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:51,760 ON 2512 01:08:51,827 --> 01:08:52,695 TALKING ABOUT WORKING 2513 01:08:52,761 --> 01:08:53,996 CLASS PEOPLE AND THE SMALL 2514 01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:55,264 BUSINESSES WHO ARE BEING 2515 01:08:55,331 --> 01:08:56,465 OPPRESSED BY 2516 01:08:56,532 --> 01:08:58,734 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANKS 2517 01:08:58,801 --> 01:09:01,270 THAT OWN THIS RUN- DOWN REAL 2518 01:09:01,337 --> 01:09:01,604 ESTATE 2519 01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:06,575 THAT NEED TO BE 2520 01:09:06,642 --> 01:09:06,942 REPLACED. 2521 01:09:07,009 --> 01:09:09,845 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. 2522 01:09:09,912 --> 01:09:17,653 OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE ARIA. 2523 01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:18,754 WELCOME TO WELCOME TO 2524 01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:20,389 PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. 2525 01:09:20,456 --> 01:09:23,859 WE HAVE ARIA, MAY. 2526 01:09:23,926 --> 01:09:24,827 AND YOU CAN PULL IT DOWN. 2527 01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:25,961 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 2528 01:09:26,028 --> 01:09:27,329 BREAK IT. DON'T WORRY. 2529 01:09:27,396 --> 01:09:30,199 WE HAVE 2530 01:09:30,266 --> 01:09:30,499 INSURANCE. 2531 01:09:30,566 --> 01:09:30,933 PERFECT. GO AHEAD. 2532 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,603 >> HELLO. I'M ARIA, AND I'M A 2533 01:09:34,670 --> 01:09:34,803 6th 2534 01:09:34,870 --> 01:09:36,205 GRADER AND I'M HERE WITH MY 2535 01:09:36,272 --> 01:09:36,705 GIRL 2536 01:09:36,772 --> 01:09:36,906 SCOUT 2537 01:09:36,972 --> 01:09:38,073 TROOP. I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE 2538 01:09:38,140 --> 01:09:39,775 ISSUE OF 2539 01:09:39,842 --> 01:09:40,442 SAVING OUR TREES ON A HOT 2540 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:42,278 AUGUST DAY IN 2023 WHEN WE 2541 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:44,213 WERE FIGHTING TO SAME A 2542 01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:44,480 100-YEAR- 2543 01:09:44,547 --> 01:09:45,648 OLD TREE IN NORTH EAST SEATTLE. 2544 01:09:45,714 --> 01:09:47,917 MY TROOP AND I TALKED IN ONE OF 2545 01:09:47,983 --> 01:09:48,984 OUR MEETINGS ABOUT THE 2546 01:09:49,051 --> 01:09:49,752 IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING 2547 01:09:49,818 --> 01:09:52,388 OUR TREE CANOPY. 2548 01:09:52,454 --> 01:09:53,022 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STILL HAS A LOT 2549 01:09:53,088 --> 01:09:53,355 OF TREES. 2550 01:09:53,422 --> 01:09:57,493 THEY'RE BEING CUT DOWN DUE 2551 01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:57,893 TO DEVELOPMENT. 2552 01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:00,996 IT MAKES ME REALLY SAD TO SEE 2553 01:10:01,063 --> 01:10:01,530 ALL THESE BIG TREES BEING 2554 01:10:01,597 --> 01:10:03,399 CUT DOWN WHEN THEY COULD HAVE 2555 01:10:03,465 --> 01:10:04,033 BEEN SAVED. 2556 01:10:04,099 --> 01:10:06,001 TREES ARE HOME TO MANY 2557 01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:07,136 WILDLIFE, AND WE WILL NEED THEM 2558 01:10:07,202 --> 01:10:07,303 TO 2559 01:10:07,369 --> 01:10:10,005 KEEP OUR WATER AND AIR CLEAN, 2560 01:10:10,072 --> 01:10:10,673 STOP EROSION AS WELL AS 2561 01:10:10,739 --> 01:10:11,407 STOPPING CLIENT CHANGE. 2562 01:10:11,473 --> 01:10:12,141 AND THINK ABOUT IT? 2563 01:10:12,207 --> 01:10:14,710 WOULD YOU RATHER BE BAKING IN 2564 01:10:14,777 --> 01:10:15,778 THE HOT SUMMER SUN OR SITTING 2565 01:10:15,844 --> 01:10:17,746 UNDER A TREE IN THE NICE, 2566 01:10:17,813 --> 01:10:17,947 COOL 2567 01:10:18,013 --> 01:10:18,981 SHADE. PERSONALLY, I'D RATHER 2568 01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:20,583 BE SITTING UNDER A TREE IN THE 2569 01:10:20,649 --> 01:10:21,717 NICE, COOL SHADE. 2570 01:10:21,784 --> 01:10:24,520 SO PLEASE SAVE SEATTLE'S 2571 01:10:24,587 --> 01:10:24,820 TREES. 2572 01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:28,290 >> THANK YOU, ARIA. 2573 01:10:28,357 --> 01:10:31,860 NEXT WE HAVE -- THANK YOU, ARIA. 2574 01:10:31,927 --> 01:10:32,628 NEXT WE HAVE 2575 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:33,228 MAY. 2576 01:10:33,295 --> 01:10:33,562 >> HELLO. 2577 01:10:33,629 --> 01:10:37,266 MY NAME IS MAY PRUE, AND 2578 01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:38,500 I'M ALSO A 6th GRADER. 2579 01:10:38,567 --> 01:10:42,771 IN 1999 MY FATHER HIKED THE PCP 2580 01:10:42,838 --> 01:10:44,740 AFTER I WAS BORN. 2581 01:10:44,807 --> 01:10:46,208 HE DISCOVERED WHAT I WOULD CALL 2582 01:10:46,275 --> 01:10:47,676 HIS INTENSE FASCINATION 2583 01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:47,843 IN 2584 01:10:47,910 --> 01:10:48,744 TREES. AFTER HE COMPLETED THE 2585 01:10:48,811 --> 01:10:48,944 TRAIL 2586 01:10:49,011 --> 01:10:51,046 HE DECIDED TO MOVE OUT AND START 2587 01:10:51,113 --> 01:10:52,081 A FAMILY IN WASHINGTON STATE. 2588 01:10:52,147 --> 01:10:54,049 OVER THE YEARS HE AND I 2589 01:10:54,116 --> 01:10:56,018 HAVE ENJOYED OUR WALKS IN 2590 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:58,454 THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON MY WAY 2591 01:10:58,520 --> 01:10:58,621 TO 2592 01:10:58,687 --> 01:10:59,455 SCHOOL. DURING THESE WALKS HE'D 2593 01:10:59,521 --> 01:10:59,655 TEACH 2594 01:10:59,722 --> 01:11:00,956 ME ABOUT THE UNIQUE ART 2595 01:11:01,023 --> 01:11:02,224 OF IDENTIFYING THESE TREES. 2596 01:11:02,291 --> 01:11:03,993 I CAN'T IMAGINE GROWING UP IN A 2597 01:11:04,059 --> 01:11:06,462 PLACE WHERE MY CHILDREN AND THE 2598 01:11:06,528 --> 01:11:08,097 GENERATIONS THAT COME AFTER 2599 01:11:08,163 --> 01:11:11,600 THAT CANNOT ENJOY THIS, WHERE I 2600 01:11:11,667 --> 01:11:13,969 CAN'T SEE, SMELL, AND 2601 01:11:14,036 --> 01:11:14,269 APPRECIATE 2602 01:11:14,336 --> 01:11:14,470 THESE 2603 01:11:14,536 --> 01:11:15,471 WONDERS. PEOPLE NEED HOUSES BUT 2604 01:11:15,537 --> 01:11:15,704 THEY 2605 01:11:15,771 --> 01:11:16,405 ALSO NEED TREES. 2606 01:11:16,472 --> 01:11:19,308 THANK 2607 01:11:19,375 --> 01:11:19,842 YOU. 2608 01:11:19,908 --> 01:11:22,478 >> THANK YOU. 2609 01:11:22,544 --> 01:11:23,979 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING 2610 01:11:24,046 --> 01:11:24,313 AND SPEAKING. 2611 01:11:24,380 --> 01:11:25,314 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 2612 01:11:25,381 --> 01:11:29,618 ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE 2613 01:11:29,685 --> 01:11:31,553 DAVID AND DEREK. 2614 01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:32,121 THANK YOU. 2615 01:11:32,187 --> 01:11:33,188 >> HELLO. 2616 01:11:33,255 --> 01:11:37,092 MY NAME IS DEREK. 2617 01:11:37,159 --> 01:11:38,594 I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT. 2618 01:11:38,661 --> 01:11:40,562 ON JANUARY 13th MAYOR HARRELL 2619 01:11:40,629 --> 01:11:44,700 MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS 2620 01:11:44,767 --> 01:11:44,967 ON KAOW. 2621 01:11:45,034 --> 01:11:46,835 AND I QUOTE, WE TOOK IT 2622 01:11:46,902 --> 01:11:48,470 UPON OURSELVES TO TALK ABOUT 2623 01:11:48,537 --> 01:11:48,671 TREE 2624 01:11:48,737 --> 01:11:50,305 CANOPY AND TREE GROWTH AND TREE 2625 01:11:50,372 --> 01:11:51,507 PRESERVATION AT A TIME 2626 01:11:51,573 --> 01:11:53,008 THESE ARE DIFFICULT 2627 01:11:53,075 --> 01:11:53,509 CONVERSATIONS, BUT TO 2628 01:11:53,575 --> 01:11:55,177 ME THESE GO TO THE 2629 01:11:55,244 --> 01:11:57,413 LIVEABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2630 01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:58,147 AND 2631 01:11:58,213 --> 01:12:00,149 SO WE HAVE A MAYOR 2632 01:12:00,215 --> 01:12:00,916 AND DEPARTMENT HEADS 2633 01:12:00,983 --> 01:12:02,718 THAT UNDERSTANDS THERE 2634 01:12:02,785 --> 01:12:05,387 IS A BAL BS. WE WANT SEATTLE TO 2635 01:12:05,454 --> 01:12:06,922 BE A 2636 01:12:06,989 --> 01:12:07,990 THRIVING CITY, UNQUOTE. 2637 01:12:08,057 --> 01:12:10,459 THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL WORDS 2638 01:12:10,526 --> 01:12:11,660 AND GREAT GOALS FOR A 2639 01:12:11,727 --> 01:12:11,960 SUSTAINABLE 2640 01:12:12,027 --> 01:12:14,063 SEATTLE, BUT MAYOR HARRELL'S 2641 01:12:14,129 --> 01:12:15,330 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DOESN'T 2642 01:12:15,397 --> 01:12:15,531 ALIGN 2643 01:12:15,597 --> 01:12:16,298 WITH HIS WORDS. 2644 01:12:16,365 --> 01:12:18,333 STARTING IN 2023, A 2645 01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:19,601 TREE PROTECTION ORDER CAME OUT 2646 01:12:19,668 --> 01:12:21,804 OF THE 2647 01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:25,407 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE 2648 01:12:25,474 --> 01:12:26,008 VIRTUALLY NO PROTECTION FOR 2649 01:12:26,075 --> 01:12:29,311 TREES. IN FACT, IN 2024 OVER 2650 01:12:29,378 --> 01:12:31,880 2,000 MATURE TREES WERE CUT DOWN 2651 01:12:31,947 --> 01:12:32,181 IN 2652 01:12:32,247 --> 01:12:32,581 SEATTLE. 2653 01:12:32,648 --> 01:12:34,216 AND I'D LIKE YOU TO 2654 01:12:34,283 --> 01:12:35,517 UNDERSTAND HOW LITTLE PROTECTION 2655 01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:35,884 THE 2656 01:12:35,951 --> 01:12:37,453 TREES RECEIVED FROM THE 2657 01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:37,886 AUDIENCE. 2658 01:12:37,953 --> 01:12:39,955 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS 2659 01:12:40,022 --> 01:12:41,623 COME OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2660 01:12:41,690 --> 01:12:41,824 LIKE 2661 01:12:41,890 --> 01:12:43,625 THE TREE ORDINANCE, ALLOWS 2662 01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:44,760 NO ROOM FOR TREES. 2663 01:12:44,827 --> 01:12:46,161 THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD 2664 01:12:46,228 --> 01:12:47,429 RESIDENTIAL ZONING WILL NOW BE 2665 01:12:47,496 --> 01:12:48,397 ZONED 2666 01:12:48,464 --> 01:12:49,865 LIKE SOUTH PARK'S SMALL 2667 01:12:49,932 --> 01:12:51,166 LOT RESIDENTIAL WHICH ALLOWS UP 2668 01:12:51,233 --> 01:12:54,670 TO SIX BUILDINGS ON THE 2669 01:12:54,737 --> 01:12:56,872 PROPERTY WITH NO ROOM FOR TREES, 2670 01:12:56,939 --> 01:12:57,039 NO 2671 01:12:57,106 --> 01:12:58,040 ROOM FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY AND NO 2672 01:12:58,107 --> 01:12:59,274 ROOM TO ENJOY YOUR YARD. 2673 01:12:59,341 --> 01:13:01,076 THIS WAS FEATURED IN A 2674 01:13:01,143 --> 01:13:02,411 SEATTLE TIMES EDITORIAL A COUPLE 2675 01:13:02,478 --> 01:13:03,345 OF WEEKS AGO. 2676 01:13:03,412 --> 01:13:05,981 THIS CAN HARDLY BE CALLED 2677 01:13:06,048 --> 01:13:08,450 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO BACK TO 2678 01:13:08,517 --> 01:13:09,151 MAYOR HARRELL'S 2679 01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:11,386 COMMENTS ABOUT 2680 01:13:11,453 --> 01:13:12,755 LIVEABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY IN 2681 01:13:12,821 --> 01:13:13,055 EMRED CITY. 2682 01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:15,057 THE 2683 01:13:15,124 --> 01:13:15,624 MAYOR'S ONE SEATTLE PLAN 2684 01:13:15,691 --> 01:13:17,292 DOESN'T LIVE UP TO 2685 01:13:17,359 --> 01:13:17,760 THOSE STANDARDS. 2686 01:13:17,826 --> 01:13:18,827 COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S CLEAR 2687 01:13:18,894 --> 01:13:20,162 IT'S UP TO YOU TO FOLLOW 2688 01:13:20,229 --> 01:13:20,496 THROUGH WITH 2689 01:13:20,562 --> 01:13:21,997 THESE IDEALS. 2690 01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:23,365 SEATTLE RESIDENTS DESERVE 2691 01:13:23,432 --> 01:13:25,000 THEM NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. 2692 01:13:25,067 --> 01:13:27,035 PLEASE 2693 01:13:27,102 --> 01:13:27,703 CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 2694 01:13:27,770 --> 01:13:28,137 ALL OF SEATTLE AND 2695 01:13:28,203 --> 01:13:29,571 NOT JUST THOSE THAT HELP THE 2696 01:13:29,638 --> 01:13:31,406 MAYOR WRITE LEGISLATION. 2697 01:13:31,473 --> 01:13:32,207 THANK YOU. 2698 01:13:32,274 --> 01:13:33,375 >> NEXT WE 2699 01:13:33,442 --> 01:13:35,410 HAVE DEREK. BEFORE YOU GO, 2700 01:13:35,477 --> 01:13:36,478 DEREK, CAN I GET 2701 01:13:36,545 --> 01:13:37,813 SPEAKERS 36 THROUGH 40 TO 2702 01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:39,681 START LINING UP RIGHT HERE IN 2703 01:13:39,748 --> 01:13:40,682 THE MIDDLE? 2704 01:13:40,749 --> 01:13:43,018 AGAIN, 36 THROUGH 40. 2705 01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:44,219 SPEAKERS 36 THROUGH 40 2706 01:13:44,286 --> 01:13:45,320 PLEASE STAND UP AND START 2707 01:13:45,387 --> 01:13:46,188 LINING UP 2708 01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:48,490 RIGHT HERE. AND DEREK, THE MIC 2709 01:13:48,557 --> 01:13:48,824 IS YOURS. 2710 01:13:48,891 --> 01:13:51,160 >> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE 2711 01:13:51,226 --> 01:13:51,527 CITY COUNCIL. 2712 01:13:51,593 --> 01:13:53,162 MY NAME IS DEREK. 2713 01:13:53,228 --> 01:13:56,431 I'M HERE ON THE 2714 01:13:56,498 --> 01:13:57,499 SEATTLE DEVELOPMENT COALITION. 2715 01:13:57,566 --> 01:13:59,134 I HAVE BEEN WITH MY NON- 2716 01:13:59,201 --> 01:14:00,769 PROFIT FOR OVER FOUR YEARS NOW, 2717 01:14:00,836 --> 01:14:00,936 AND 2718 01:14:01,003 --> 01:14:03,705 WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING COMMUNITY 2719 01:14:03,772 --> 01:14:05,674 CENTERS TO THE CITY FOR OVER 2720 01:14:05,741 --> 01:14:05,841 50 2721 01:14:05,908 --> 01:14:07,209 YEARS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2722 01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:07,409 NEEDS 2723 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:08,544 TO DO WHAT OTHERS HAVE NOT. 2724 01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:10,913 IT NEEDS TO PROMOTE 2725 01:14:10,979 --> 01:14:11,947 EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2726 01:14:12,014 --> 01:14:13,782 STRATEGIES THAT HELP, NOT HARM 2727 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:14,082 COMMUNITIES 2728 01:14:14,149 --> 01:14:17,386 LIKE CHINATOWN AND 2729 01:14:17,452 --> 01:14:17,820 NASHVILLE DISTRICT. 2730 01:14:17,886 --> 01:14:22,157 PAST COMPREHENSIVE PLANS 2731 01:14:22,224 --> 01:14:23,425 HAVE PRIVILEGED AND WE NEED YOU 2732 01:14:23,492 --> 01:14:25,994 TO IMPROVE 2733 01:14:26,061 --> 01:14:27,663 THIS PLAN FURTHER. WE NEED 2734 01:14:27,729 --> 01:14:29,498 INTENTIONAL PLANNING FOR 2735 01:14:29,565 --> 01:14:32,401 OUR HOUSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS 2736 01:14:32,467 --> 01:14:32,668 AND 2737 01:14:32,734 --> 01:14:33,302 TRANSIT DISTRICTS. TOO OFTEN 2738 01:14:33,368 --> 01:14:34,236 HOUSING IS 2739 01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:36,471 TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE 2740 01:14:36,538 --> 01:14:37,139 IN THESE COMMUNITIES OR DOES NOT 2741 01:14:37,206 --> 01:14:37,406 MEET THE 2742 01:14:37,472 --> 01:14:38,106 NEEDS 2743 01:14:38,173 --> 01:14:39,241 OF FAMILIES. THESE MUST BE 2744 01:14:39,308 --> 01:14:39,708 ADDRESSED IN 2745 01:14:39,775 --> 01:14:40,809 ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS 2746 01:14:40,876 --> 01:14:41,543 OF COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS. 2747 01:14:41,610 --> 01:14:44,012 WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 2748 01:14:44,079 --> 01:14:46,849 ANTI- DISPLACEMENT POLICIES AND 2749 01:14:46,915 --> 01:14:47,616 INVESTMENTS. OUR COMMUNITIES 2750 01:14:47,683 --> 01:14:47,816 FACE 2751 01:14:47,883 --> 01:14:49,051 MOUNTING PRESSURES FROM 2752 01:14:49,117 --> 01:14:49,852 DECISIONS OF 2753 01:14:49,918 --> 01:14:51,019 THE PAST AND PRESENT REALITIES 2754 01:14:51,086 --> 01:14:51,186 OF 2755 01:14:51,253 --> 01:14:51,687 THE MARKET. 2756 01:14:51,753 --> 01:14:54,690 THEY HAVE REMAINED RESILIENT AND 2757 01:14:54,756 --> 01:14:56,124 DEVELOPED 2758 01:14:56,191 --> 01:14:56,825 COMMUNITIES, ESTABLISHING 2759 01:14:56,892 --> 01:14:57,192 COMMUNITY BASED 2760 01:14:57,259 --> 01:15:00,495 PROJECTS LIKE THE LANDMARK 2761 01:15:00,562 --> 01:15:02,197 BOB'S PLACE, 2762 01:15:02,264 --> 01:15:03,398 AND THE ANNE 2763 01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:05,267 FAMILY HOME. WE NEED TO DO 2764 01:15:05,334 --> 01:15:05,601 EVERYTHING WE 2765 01:15:05,667 --> 01:15:06,735 CAN TO BRING PROJECTS LIKE THIS 2766 01:15:06,802 --> 01:15:08,003 TO SCALE AND ENSURE WE CAN MEET 2767 01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:08,170 THE 2768 01:15:08,237 --> 01:15:09,438 NEEDS OF OUR SMALL 2769 01:15:09,504 --> 01:15:10,339 BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS 2770 01:15:10,405 --> 01:15:11,106 ESPECIALLY 2771 01:15:11,173 --> 01:15:12,474 THOSE SUFFERING FROM 2772 01:15:12,541 --> 01:15:12,808 DISPLACEMENT. 2773 01:15:12,875 --> 01:15:14,943 FINALLY, WE NEED SUPPLY. OUR 2774 01:15:15,010 --> 01:15:15,377 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN 2775 01:15:15,444 --> 01:15:17,479 PUNISHED FOR 2776 01:15:17,546 --> 01:15:18,180 OTHER PEOPLE'S PRIORITIES MORE 2777 01:15:18,247 --> 01:15:18,947 TIMES THAN I 2778 01:15:19,014 --> 01:15:20,482 COULD COUNT. WE HOPE THAT 2779 01:15:20,549 --> 01:15:22,117 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN MAKE 2780 01:15:22,184 --> 01:15:23,218 A DIFFERENT CHOICE 2781 01:15:23,285 --> 01:15:24,586 BY CHANNELLING GROWTH 2782 01:15:24,653 --> 01:15:25,888 TOWARDS AREAS OF LOW 2783 01:15:25,954 --> 01:15:26,221 DISPLACEMENT. 2784 01:15:26,288 --> 01:15:27,756 WE SEE PROGRESS IN THE PLAN SO 2785 01:15:27,823 --> 01:15:29,358 FAR, BUT MORE CAN BE DONE. 2786 01:15:29,424 --> 01:15:30,392 THANK YOU FOR 2787 01:15:30,459 --> 01:15:31,994 YOUR TIME. OUR COALITION HAS 2788 01:15:32,060 --> 01:15:32,261 OUTLINED 2789 01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:33,662 OUR ASKS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE 2790 01:15:33,729 --> 01:15:36,098 PLAN TO CITY OFFICIALS IN 2791 01:15:36,164 --> 01:15:36,365 MULTIPLE 2792 01:15:36,431 --> 01:15:36,632 LETTERS. 2793 01:15:36,698 --> 01:15:38,967 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 2794 01:15:39,034 --> 01:15:40,335 WITH YOU TO IMPROVE THE PLAN. 2795 01:15:40,402 --> 01:15:43,272 THANK 2796 01:15:43,338 --> 01:15:43,472 YOU. 2797 01:15:43,538 --> 01:15:45,240 >> THANK YOU. 2798 01:15:45,307 --> 01:15:48,176 YOU'RE÷÷ GOOD. 2799 01:15:48,243 --> 01:15:49,711 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2800 01:15:49,778 --> 01:15:55,951 MY NAME IS EUNICE, AND I'M IN 2801 01:15:56,018 --> 01:15:56,985 DISTRICT 2. 2802 01:15:57,052 --> 01:15:59,955 WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS WHO 2803 01:16:00,022 --> 01:16:02,491 LIVE AND WORK AROUND THE CHINA 2804 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:04,860 TOWN 2805 01:16:04,927 --> 01:16:05,627 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I'M ALSO 2806 01:16:05,694 --> 01:16:06,695 WITH THE ASIAN 2807 01:16:06,762 --> 01:16:08,063 PACIFIC AMERICAN ALLIANCE. 2808 01:16:08,130 --> 01:16:11,934 WE BELONG TO THE 2809 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,669 CHINATOWN- INTERNATIONAL 2810 01:16:13,735 --> 01:16:14,903 DISTRICT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 2811 01:16:14,970 --> 01:16:15,971 COLEGS, AND WE HOPE YOU WILL 2812 01:16:16,038 --> 01:16:16,305 INCLUDE OUR 2813 01:16:16,371 --> 01:16:17,105 RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2814 01:16:17,172 --> 01:16:18,307 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2815 01:16:18,373 --> 01:16:19,441 INCLUDING REQUIRING THE 2816 01:16:19,508 --> 01:16:21,076 IMPLEMENTATION OF 2817 01:16:21,143 --> 01:16:22,611 INTENTIONAL AFFORDABLE 2818 01:16:22,678 --> 01:16:24,613 HOUSING IN AREAS OF HIGH 2819 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:27,282 DISPLACEMENT RISK AND TRANSIT 2820 01:16:27,349 --> 01:16:28,283 DISTRICTS, PRIORITIZING THE 2821 01:16:28,350 --> 01:16:29,151 BUILDING OF 2822 01:16:29,217 --> 01:16:31,119 FAMILY- SIZED HOUSING, THREE 2823 01:16:31,186 --> 01:16:32,054 TO FOUR BEDROOM UNITS. 2824 01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:33,155 MANY OF OUR MEMBERS AND 2825 01:16:33,221 --> 01:16:34,623 ESPECIALLY OUR MEMBERS OF 2826 01:16:34,690 --> 01:16:36,325 COLOR WORK IN THE CITY BUT 2827 01:16:36,391 --> 01:16:37,426 CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE 2828 01:16:37,492 --> 01:16:37,626 CITY. 2829 01:16:37,693 --> 01:16:39,328 WE EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT 2830 01:16:39,394 --> 01:16:41,229 DUE TO SKYROCKETING COSTS OF 2831 01:16:41,296 --> 01:16:43,665 LIVING AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE 2832 01:16:43,732 --> 01:16:43,932 HOUSING. 2833 01:16:43,999 --> 01:16:45,367 RENTS ARE RISING, 2834 01:16:45,434 --> 01:16:46,868 AND ALTHOUGH WE BARGAIN FOR 2835 01:16:46,935 --> 01:16:47,302 HIGHER 2836 01:16:47,369 --> 01:16:48,904 WAGES, IT'S OFTEN NOT ENOUGH TO 2837 01:16:48,971 --> 01:16:49,204 KEEP 2838 01:16:49,271 --> 01:16:51,406 UP. 2839 01:16:51,473 --> 01:16:52,007 WORKING FAMILIES DESERVE AN 2840 01:16:52,074 --> 01:16:52,641 IMPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2841 01:16:52,708 --> 01:16:55,077 TO MEET OUR NEEDS. 2842 01:16:55,143 --> 01:16:57,145 PLEASE ADD THE 2843 01:16:57,212 --> 01:16:58,347 AFOREMENTIONED POINTS OUTLINED 2844 01:16:58,413 --> 01:16:59,181 IN THE 2845 01:16:59,247 --> 01:17:01,917 LETTER DEREK SENT OVER IN YOUR 2846 01:17:01,984 --> 01:17:02,217 DOCUMENT. 2847 01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:04,753 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 2848 01:17:04,820 --> 01:17:04,953 GOOD 2849 01:17:05,020 --> 01:17:05,187 NIGHT. 2850 01:17:05,253 --> 01:17:11,360 >> I'M MARY BROWN. 2851 01:17:11,426 --> 01:17:13,795 I HEAR THE PLANNED ZONING 2852 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:15,564 AND WHAT'S 2853 01:17:15,630 --> 01:17:16,198 GOING TO HAPPEN TO IT. AND THE 2854 01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:16,932 MAYOR AND THE CITY 2855 01:17:16,999 --> 01:17:18,166 I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAN TO 2856 01:17:18,233 --> 01:17:18,333 DO 2857 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,268 THIS, BUT MAGNOLIA IS A 2858 01:17:20,335 --> 01:17:20,602 SMALL AREA. 2859 01:17:20,669 --> 01:17:22,237 IT'S A PLACE SENIORS CAN GO 2860 01:17:22,304 --> 01:17:22,437 DOWN 2861 01:17:22,504 --> 01:17:23,972 THE STREET AND THE KIDS CAN 2862 01:17:24,039 --> 01:17:25,307 GO TO THE PARKS ON THEIR 2863 01:17:25,374 --> 01:17:26,441 OWN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO 2864 01:17:26,508 --> 01:17:27,309 WORRY ABOUT THE HOMELESS AND 2865 01:17:27,376 --> 01:17:27,676 PEOPLE 2866 01:17:27,743 --> 01:17:28,877 WITH NEEDLES AND THINGS LIKE 2867 01:17:28,944 --> 01:17:29,077 THAT. 2868 01:17:29,144 --> 01:17:30,479 AND IT'S NOT A BIG 2869 01:17:30,545 --> 01:17:34,383 COMMUNITY LIKE BALLARD, SO IT 2870 01:17:34,449 --> 01:17:35,250 CAN'T TAKE THE OVERFLOW. 2871 01:17:35,317 --> 01:17:39,554 BUT TO SAY THAT THEY CAN COME IN 2872 01:17:39,621 --> 01:17:40,722 AND REASONABLE PERSON 2873 01:17:40,789 --> 01:17:42,257 MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAKE MY 2874 01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:44,126 HOUSE, I SPENT 30 YEARS THERE 2875 01:17:44,192 --> 01:17:44,593 AND 2876 01:17:44,659 --> 01:17:46,361 I'VE RECENTLY LOST MY HUSBAND, 2877 01:17:46,428 --> 01:17:47,329 AND THAT'S ALL I CAN AFFORD. 2878 01:17:47,396 --> 01:17:48,663 AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT 2879 01:17:48,730 --> 01:17:50,365 IN HERE PROPERTY TAX WILL 2880 01:17:50,432 --> 01:17:50,632 INCREASE. 2881 01:17:50,699 --> 01:17:51,733 WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS 2882 01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:53,201 WITH JUST AGNOLIA BRIDGE AND 2883 01:17:53,268 --> 01:17:55,170 TRYING TO GET THAT FIXED, BUT 2884 01:17:55,237 --> 01:17:55,370 THERE 2885 01:17:55,437 --> 01:17:56,405 IS NO REQUIREMENT HERE 2886 01:17:56,471 --> 01:17:59,674 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 2887 01:17:59,741 --> 01:18:00,342 AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT 2888 01:18:00,409 --> 01:18:00,609 IS THERE 2889 01:18:00,675 --> 01:18:04,780 IS ROUGHLY $750,000 FOR A SMALL 2890 01:18:04,846 --> 01:18:07,649 UNIT, $850, UP TO A MILLION. 2891 01:18:07,716 --> 01:18:08,583 AND NOW I HAVE 2892 01:18:08,650 --> 01:18:10,118 NEIGHBORS WHO WERE JUST ABLE TO 2893 01:18:10,185 --> 01:18:10,485 BUY INTO 2894 01:18:10,552 --> 01:18:11,887 THEIR HOMES A FEW YEARS AGO 2895 01:18:11,953 --> 01:18:13,755 AND THEY HAVE 2896 01:18:13,822 --> 01:18:14,322 YOUNG CHILDREN AND IT'S A 2897 01:18:14,389 --> 01:18:15,657 SAFE BLOCK. BUT TO KICK US ALL 2898 01:18:15,724 --> 01:18:15,924 OFF THAT 2899 01:18:15,991 --> 01:18:19,394 BLOCK AND NOT PUT US ANYWHERE 2900 01:18:19,461 --> 01:18:21,596 AND SAY JUST GET OUT, I 2901 01:18:21,663 --> 01:18:24,332 MEAN NOT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE 2902 01:18:24,399 --> 01:18:25,367 A HOME AND I UNDERSTAND IT A 2903 01:18:25,434 --> 01:18:25,801 PRIVATE HOME 2904 01:18:25,867 --> 01:18:28,103 OR SINGLE FAMILY HOME. 2905 01:18:28,170 --> 01:18:28,804 BUT FOR US WE PAID THE PRICE AND 2906 01:18:28,870 --> 01:18:31,907 PAID OUR TAXES AND WE 2907 01:18:31,973 --> 01:18:33,041 HAD A LITTLE PART OF THE 2908 01:18:33,108 --> 01:18:33,442 AMERICAN DREAM. 2909 01:18:33,508 --> 01:18:35,944 IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT BELONGS 2910 01:18:36,011 --> 01:18:36,178 TO ME. 2911 01:18:36,244 --> 01:18:37,145 AND I DIDN'T DO A DAMN THING 2912 01:18:37,212 --> 01:18:38,613 NOT TO DESERVE IT AND NOT TO 2913 01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:38,814 KEEP 2914 01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:40,682 IT. I WORKED HARD TO HAVE IT. 2915 01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:42,584 IT'S ALL I GOT. 2916 01:18:42,651 --> 01:18:43,852 AND TO HAVE THEM COME IN 2917 01:18:43,919 --> 01:18:46,221 AND TAKE IT WITH NOT EVEN -- 2918 01:18:46,288 --> 01:18:46,455 IT'S 2919 01:18:46,521 --> 01:18:49,324 JUST NOT RIGHT, AND I 2920 01:18:49,391 --> 01:18:51,159 DISAGREE WITH HARRELL AND THIS 2921 01:18:51,226 --> 01:18:51,359 WHOLE 2922 01:18:51,426 --> 01:18:54,096 THING. HE SAID HE WANTED 2923 01:18:54,162 --> 01:18:54,329 SAFE 2924 01:18:54,396 --> 01:18:54,796 COMMUNITIES AND SAFE 2925 01:18:54,863 --> 01:18:56,364 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND NOW 2926 01:18:56,431 --> 01:18:58,033 HE'S RENEGED ON EVERYTHING HE 2927 01:18:58,100 --> 01:18:58,333 RAN ON. 2928 01:18:58,400 --> 01:18:59,835 AND I THINK HE'S A DISGRACE. 2929 01:18:59,901 --> 01:19:03,705 AND ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10 HE'S 2930 01:19:03,772 --> 01:19:03,839 A 2931 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:04,106 0. 2932 01:19:04,172 --> 01:19:05,440 >> THANK YOU. 2933 01:19:05,507 --> 01:19:06,141 HOLD ON. 2934 01:19:06,208 --> 01:19:07,342 PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE. 2935 01:19:07,409 --> 01:19:08,944 I WANT THAT TO BE MY 2936 01:19:09,010 --> 01:19:11,246 FIRST AND LAST WARNING BECAUSE 2937 01:19:11,313 --> 01:19:11,580 THE MORE 2938 01:19:11,646 --> 01:19:12,981 THAT WE CLAP AND ALL THAT 2939 01:19:13,048 --> 01:19:14,015 STUFF, WE EXTEND TIME. 2940 01:19:14,082 --> 01:19:15,150 THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 2941 01:19:15,217 --> 01:19:16,118 PEOPLE WAITING DOWN STAIRS, AND 2942 01:19:16,184 --> 01:19:16,418 WE 2943 01:19:16,485 --> 01:19:17,686 ARE TRYING TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE 2944 01:19:17,752 --> 01:19:18,787 CAN, PLEASE. 2945 01:19:18,854 --> 01:19:19,988 AND THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE THAT 2946 01:19:20,055 --> 01:19:20,989 ARE ONLINE RIGHT NOW. 2947 01:19:21,056 --> 01:19:22,824 OVER 70 FOLKS PEOPLE 2948 01:19:22,891 --> 01:19:23,225 ONLINE, 2949 01:19:23,291 --> 01:19:25,627 OKAY? SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM 2950 01:19:25,694 --> 01:19:25,894 CLAPPING. 2951 01:19:25,961 --> 01:19:30,132 IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'LL ASK 2952 01:19:30,198 --> 01:19:30,332 FROM 2953 01:19:30,398 --> 01:19:30,599 CLAPPING. 2954 01:19:30,665 --> 01:19:32,067 THANK YOU. 2955 01:19:32,134 --> 01:19:35,103 JEFF, CAROLYN, AND RACHEL. 2956 01:19:35,170 --> 01:19:36,538 PLEASE, YOU ALL ARE NEXT. 2957 01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:37,772 JEFF, BEFORE YOU START, I 2958 01:19:37,839 --> 01:19:41,042 ALSO WANT TO CALL UP SPEAKERS 2959 01:19:41,109 --> 01:19:42,144 41 2960 01:19:42,210 --> 01:19:45,447 THROUGH 45. WILLIAM, ANDY, SANDY 2961 01:19:45,514 --> 01:19:45,814 -- 2962 01:19:45,881 --> 01:19:52,754 OH, WILLIAM, ANDY, SANDY, 2963 01:19:52,821 --> 01:19:53,121 CAMILLE, JUDY. 2964 01:19:53,188 --> 01:19:54,856 IT KIND OF RHYMES. 2965 01:19:54,923 --> 01:19:57,726 OH, IT DOES RHYME, ANDY AND 2966 01:19:57,792 --> 01:19:58,059 SANDY. 2967 01:19:58,126 --> 01:20:00,061 >> MY NAME IS JEFF BRIGS. 2968 01:20:00,128 --> 01:20:01,730 I AM PRO- HOUSING, PRO- 2969 01:20:01,796 --> 01:20:07,068 DENSITY AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE 2970 01:20:07,135 --> 01:20:08,637 SEATTLE 2971 01:20:08,703 --> 01:20:09,271 ALA. 2972 01:20:09,337 --> 01:20:10,839 DESPITE HAVING BEEN PART OF THE 2973 01:20:10,906 --> 01:20:13,141 CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY MY 2974 01:20:13,208 --> 01:20:15,477 ENTIRE ADULT LIFE I DID NOT 2975 01:20:15,544 --> 01:20:18,480 UNDERSTAND HOW DUPLICITOUS IS 2976 01:20:18,547 --> 01:20:18,747 OUR TREE 2977 01:20:18,813 --> 01:20:21,816 PROTECTIVE ORDINANCE. RESULTS IN 2978 01:20:21,883 --> 01:20:22,217 SCRAPING THE LOT 2979 01:20:22,284 --> 01:20:23,185 INCLUDING MAJESTIC MATURE 2980 01:20:23,251 --> 01:20:24,953 TREES THAT CAN EASILY BE SAVED 2981 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:25,353 ONLY 2982 01:20:25,420 --> 01:20:26,588 TO PRODUCE NEW UNITS MORE 2983 01:20:26,655 --> 01:20:28,256 EXPENSIVE THAN THE MODEST HOMES 2984 01:20:28,323 --> 01:20:29,157 THAT ARE 2985 01:20:29,224 --> 01:20:30,725 UNNECESSARILY BULLDOZED. 2986 01:20:30,792 --> 01:20:33,995 THIS LEADS ME TO EXAMINE 2987 01:20:34,062 --> 01:20:36,731 OTHER AREAS ALREADY UPZONED. 2988 01:20:36,798 --> 01:20:39,167 I FOUND EXPENSIVE COVERAGE 2989 01:20:39,234 --> 01:20:40,635 OR MASSIVE APARTMENT BLOCKS WITH 2990 01:20:40,702 --> 01:20:41,670 NO OPEN SPACE AT ALL. 2991 01:20:41,736 --> 01:20:44,039 THIS IS NO WAY TO PREPARE FOR 2992 01:20:44,105 --> 01:20:45,340 A HOTTER AND MORE CROWDED 2993 01:20:45,407 --> 01:20:45,640 FUTURE. 2994 01:20:45,707 --> 01:20:47,242 IT GOES DIRECTLY AGAINST 2995 01:20:47,309 --> 01:20:49,311 OUR GOALS FOR A SUSTAINABLE 2996 01:20:49,377 --> 01:20:49,911 AND 2997 01:20:49,978 --> 01:20:50,779 HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THIS DOES 2998 01:20:50,845 --> 01:20:51,613 NOT HAVE TO BE 2999 01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:51,913 THIS WAY. 3000 01:20:51,980 --> 01:20:53,348 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 3001 01:20:53,415 --> 01:20:54,916 TO CORRECT THOSE MISTAKES 3002 01:20:54,983 --> 01:20:56,484 AND INVEST IN TOMORROW AND 3003 01:20:56,551 --> 01:20:57,519 OUR FUTURE NEIGHBORS WHO WILL 3004 01:20:57,586 --> 01:20:59,788 LIVE AND WORK THERE. 3005 01:20:59,854 --> 01:21:00,355 THIS MEANS PROTECTING LARGE 3006 01:21:00,422 --> 01:21:02,524 AND MATURE TREES WHEREVER 3007 01:21:02,591 --> 01:21:04,993 POSSIBLE THE SAME WAY WE 3008 01:21:05,060 --> 01:21:05,227 PROTECT 3009 01:21:05,293 --> 01:21:06,561 WETLANDS. WE NEED TO PLANT TREES 3010 01:21:06,628 --> 01:21:06,761 ALL 3011 01:21:06,828 --> 01:21:10,065 ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT MEANS 3012 01:21:10,131 --> 01:21:11,466 INTERWEAVING OPEN SPACE AT 3013 01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:13,335 ALL LEVELS OF ZONING, REAL 3014 01:21:13,401 --> 01:21:15,570 SPACE THAT ALLOWS NATIVE TREES 3015 01:21:15,637 --> 01:21:15,737 TO 3016 01:21:15,804 --> 01:21:17,639 GROW TO MATURITY, TREES TO KEEP 3017 01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:22,143 OUR CITY COOLER, PROVIDE 3018 01:21:22,210 --> 01:21:29,451 HABITAT, AND KEEP OUR WATER. 3019 01:21:29,517 --> 01:21:32,721 THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS 3020 01:21:32,787 --> 01:21:48,737 REWRITE THE ORDINANCE. 3021 01:21:48,803 --> 01:21:50,405 DENSITY AND OPEN SPACE IS NOT A 3022 01:21:50,472 --> 01:21:51,539 BINARY CHOICE. 3023 01:21:51,606 --> 01:21:53,074 WE CAN AND MUST HAVE BOTH. 3024 01:21:53,141 --> 01:21:53,441 THANK 3025 01:21:53,508 --> 01:21:55,310 YOU. 3026 01:21:55,377 --> 01:21:55,977 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 3027 01:21:56,044 --> 01:21:56,578 CAROLINE 3028 01:21:56,645 --> 01:21:56,978 AND RACHEL. 3029 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:58,613 CAROLINE AND RACHEL, YOU ARE 3030 01:21:58,680 --> 01:21:59,047 UP NEXT. 3031 01:21:59,114 --> 01:22:01,950 AND THEN SPEAKERS 41 THROUGH 3032 01:22:02,017 --> 01:22:06,154 45 PLEASE BE READY ON DECK. 3033 01:22:06,221 --> 01:22:06,554 CAROLINE. 3034 01:22:06,621 --> 01:22:06,955 >> GOOD EVENING. 3035 01:22:07,022 --> 01:22:08,189 MY NAME IS CAROLINE. 3036 01:22:08,256 --> 01:22:09,991 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 3037 01:22:10,058 --> 01:22:11,159 HOLDING THIS 3038 01:22:11,226 --> 01:22:13,328 PUBLIC HEARING. I LIVE IN MAPLE 3039 01:22:13,395 --> 01:22:13,895 LEAF, IN THE 3040 01:22:13,962 --> 01:22:15,597 MAYOR'S PROPOSED CENTER 3041 01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:17,899 GNAT ALLOWS 5 AND 6 STORY 3042 01:22:17,966 --> 01:22:18,166 APARTMENT 3043 01:22:18,233 --> 01:22:19,334 BUILDING ON- SIDE STREETS. 3044 01:22:19,401 --> 01:22:20,902 OUR COMMUNITY STRONGLY 3045 01:22:20,969 --> 01:22:22,837 SUPPORTS THOUGHTFUL DENSITY THAT 3046 01:22:22,904 --> 01:22:25,140 ACTUALLY DOES PROVIDE AFFORDABLE 3047 01:22:25,206 --> 01:22:25,373 HOUSING 3048 01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:26,574 FOR PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME 3049 01:22:26,641 --> 01:22:28,943 LEVELS AND FAMILY SIZES. 3050 01:22:29,010 --> 01:22:30,178 AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE 3051 01:22:30,245 --> 01:22:31,713 TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, BUT 3052 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:36,618 SO FAR WE HAVE NOT BEEN. 3053 01:22:36,685 --> 01:22:37,319 I AM AMONG THE 1,000- 3054 01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:39,020 PLUS NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SIGNED 3055 01:22:39,087 --> 01:22:40,288 A PETITION OPPOSING 3056 01:22:40,355 --> 01:22:41,289 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 3057 01:22:41,356 --> 01:22:41,623 DESIGNATION. 3058 01:22:41,690 --> 01:22:42,791 YOU HAVE HEARD MANY REASONS FROM 3059 01:22:42,857 --> 01:22:44,559 MY NEIGHBORS TONIGHT WHY 3060 01:22:44,626 --> 01:22:47,195 MAPLE LEAF IS AN ILL- 3061 01:22:47,262 --> 01:22:47,729 CONCEIVEDCONCEIVED 3062 01:22:47,796 --> 01:22:48,930 SITE, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK 3063 01:22:48,997 --> 01:22:49,130 ABOUT 3064 01:22:49,197 --> 01:22:52,100 ONE OF THOSE REASONS, WHICH IS 3065 01:22:52,167 --> 01:22:52,801 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 3066 01:22:52,867 --> 01:22:55,370 SITE INCLUDES THE CITY'S 3067 01:22:55,437 --> 01:22:56,938 RECENTLY COMPLETED 12th AVENUE 3068 01:22:57,005 --> 01:22:58,740 NORTH EAST 3069 01:22:58,807 --> 01:22:59,441 GREEN WAY. 3070 01:22:59,507 --> 01:23:02,510 WHICH RUNS 15 BLOCKS NORTH OF 3071 01:23:02,577 --> 01:23:05,447 THE MAPLE LEAF PARK TO ABOUT 3072 01:23:05,513 --> 01:23:08,016 103rd. GREEN WAYS ARE DESIGNED 3073 01:23:08,083 --> 01:23:08,717 TO BE 3074 01:23:08,783 --> 01:23:10,251 SAFE, CALM STREETS 3075 01:23:10,318 --> 01:23:12,253 FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DOG WALKERS 3076 01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:14,055 AND PARENTS WITH STROLLERS AND 3077 01:23:14,122 --> 01:23:14,823 KIDS ON BIKES. 3078 01:23:14,889 --> 01:23:17,826 AND OURS IS HUGELY POPULAR. 3079 01:23:17,892 --> 01:23:19,294 WE LIVE ON 12th, A 3080 01:23:19,361 --> 01:23:20,995 BLOCK FROM THE PARK. 3081 01:23:21,062 --> 01:23:23,198 AND WE SEE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE 3082 01:23:23,264 --> 01:23:25,400 USING THE GREENWAY 3083 01:23:25,467 --> 01:23:28,803 EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVERY 3084 01:23:28,870 --> 01:23:29,070 MORNING. 3085 01:23:29,137 --> 01:23:32,173 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO TURN A 3086 01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:33,375 TREE- LINED COMMUNITY CORRIDOR 3087 01:23:33,441 --> 01:23:36,411 INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING 3088 01:23:36,478 --> 01:23:38,380 LINED CONCRETE CANYON AND ADD 3089 01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:42,984 DOZENS OF CARS TO A GREEN WAY 3090 01:23:43,051 --> 01:23:43,251 DESIGNED 3091 01:23:43,318 --> 01:23:44,986 FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS? 3092 01:23:45,053 --> 01:23:46,287 IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 3093 01:23:46,354 --> 01:23:49,257 SO PLEASE RELOCATE THE 3094 01:23:49,324 --> 01:23:51,593 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, SLOW 3095 01:23:51,659 --> 01:23:53,661 DOWN THE PROCESS, ADOPT THE 3096 01:23:53,728 --> 01:23:55,697 STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR HB 1110 3097 01:23:55,764 --> 01:23:58,666 AND THEN GIVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS 3098 01:23:58,733 --> 01:23:58,833 THE 3099 01:23:58,900 --> 01:23:59,667 OPPORTUNITY BE PART OF 3100 01:23:59,734 --> 01:24:00,668 THE SOLUTION TO 3101 01:24:00,735 --> 01:24:01,503 SUCCESSFULLY INCREASE DENSITY. 3102 01:24:01,569 --> 01:24:01,970 THANK YOU. 3103 01:24:02,036 --> 01:24:02,504 >> THANK YOU. 3104 01:24:02,570 --> 01:24:05,240 NEXT WE HAVE RACHEL FOLLOWED BY 3105 01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:08,309 WILLIAM, ANDY, SANDY, CAMILLE, 3106 01:24:08,376 --> 01:24:09,644 AND JUDY. RACHEL? 3107 01:24:09,711 --> 01:24:10,378 >> 3108 01:24:10,445 --> 01:24:11,379 THANK YOU. I'M RACHEL. 3109 01:24:11,446 --> 01:24:13,381 AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO 3110 01:24:13,448 --> 01:24:14,783 SAY THANK YOU, SEATTLE. 3111 01:24:14,849 --> 01:24:16,084 YOU HAVE SHOWN UP, AND I AM 3112 01:24:16,151 --> 01:24:18,253 REALLY IMPRESSED WITH OUR CITY. 3113 01:24:18,319 --> 01:24:19,454 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A 3114 01:24:19,521 --> 01:24:20,488 LIGHTENING ISSUE FOR ALL OF US 3115 01:24:20,555 --> 01:24:20,989 WHO LIVE IN 3116 01:24:21,055 --> 01:24:23,158 THE CITY, AND I BELIEVE 3117 01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:24,993 THERE'S A WAY TO BUILD MORE 3118 01:24:25,059 --> 01:24:26,694 HOUSING, DENSER HOUSING WITHOUT 3119 01:24:26,761 --> 01:24:28,396 ELIMINATING EVERY SINGLE TREE 3120 01:24:28,463 --> 01:24:31,533 TO DO SO, AS I'VE SEEN ON 3121 01:24:31,599 --> 01:24:31,833 MANY LOTS 3122 01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:32,500 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I URGE 3123 01:24:32,567 --> 01:24:33,368 YOU AS OUR 3124 01:24:33,435 --> 01:24:34,702 REPRESENTATIVES WHO WE VOTED 3125 01:24:34,769 --> 01:24:36,838 FOR, WHO ARE ASKING YOU 3126 01:24:36,905 --> 01:24:39,741 TO REPRESENT US, TO NOW USE THAT 3127 01:24:39,808 --> 01:24:42,110 POWER AND HOLD IT WISELY. 3128 01:24:42,177 --> 01:24:43,478 PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS 3129 01:24:43,545 --> 01:24:44,846 TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ASK 3130 01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:45,046 YOUR 3131 01:24:45,113 --> 01:24:48,316 STAFF TO GO BACK, FIND BETTER 3132 01:24:48,383 --> 01:24:50,185 SOLUTIONS, ONES THAT ALLOW 3133 01:24:50,251 --> 01:24:52,921 FOR MORE DENSITY WHILE SAVING 3134 01:24:52,987 --> 01:24:53,154 LEGACY 3135 01:24:53,221 --> 01:24:53,755 AND TIER 2 TREES. 3136 01:24:53,822 --> 01:24:55,323 THERE'S A WAY TO SUPPORT 3137 01:24:55,390 --> 01:24:58,259 THOSE FOLKS HERE WHO ARE -- WHO 3138 01:24:58,326 --> 01:25:00,695 SPEAK TO WANTING MORE DENSITY 3139 01:25:00,762 --> 01:25:02,197 AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT 3140 01:25:02,263 --> 01:25:02,430 THOSE 3141 01:25:02,497 --> 01:25:06,134 HERE WHO ARE ASKING FOR SOME 3142 01:25:06,201 --> 01:25:06,334 TREE 3143 01:25:06,401 --> 01:25:13,341 PROTECTION. I 3144 01:25:13,408 --> 01:25:16,077 I'M MOVED HERE TODAY FOR THE 3145 01:25:16,144 --> 01:25:17,612 PEOPLE ASKING FOR DENSER 3146 01:25:17,679 --> 01:25:19,247 HOUSING BUT WE WANT TO PROTECT 3147 01:25:19,314 --> 01:25:19,514 OUR GREEN 3148 01:25:19,581 --> 01:25:21,583 SPACE SO WE DON'T LIVE 3149 01:25:21,649 --> 01:25:22,383 IN CONCRETE JUNGLES. 3150 01:25:22,450 --> 01:25:23,952 SO FAR THIS PLAN HAS BEEN IN 3151 01:25:24,018 --> 01:25:24,853 THE HANDS OF YOUR STAFF. 3152 01:25:24,919 --> 01:25:27,455 AS IT COMES TO COUNCIL, 3153 01:25:27,522 --> 01:25:28,690 WE'RE URGING YOU TO ANSWER 3154 01:25:28,756 --> 01:25:29,657 QUESTIONS POSED IN THIS VERY 3155 01:25:29,724 --> 01:25:29,958 ROOM. 3156 01:25:30,024 --> 01:25:31,359 CAN WE HAVE DENSITY WHILE 3157 01:25:31,426 --> 01:25:33,194 PROTECTING OUR GREEN SPACE 3158 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:34,295 AND PROTECTING OUR 3159 01:25:34,362 --> 01:25:34,729 CLIMATE CONDITIONS? 3160 01:25:34,796 --> 01:25:39,100 IN 10 YEARS, IN 20 3161 01:25:39,167 --> 01:25:40,368 YEARS YOU WILL ALL BE OUT IN 3162 01:25:40,435 --> 01:25:40,602 SEATTLE 3163 01:25:40,668 --> 01:25:41,836 LOOKING AT THE OUTCOME OF 3164 01:25:41,903 --> 01:25:42,637 YOUR EFFORTS HERE TODAY. 3165 01:25:42,704 --> 01:25:44,105 WILL YOU BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU 3166 01:25:44,172 --> 01:25:44,272 DO? 3167 01:25:44,339 --> 01:25:45,306 THANK YOU VERY 3168 01:25:45,373 --> 01:25:45,740 MUCH. 3169 01:25:45,807 --> 01:25:47,742 >> NEXT WE HAVE WILLIAM, 3170 01:25:47,809 --> 01:25:51,980 ANDY, SANDY, CAMILLE, AND JUDY. 3171 01:25:52,046 --> 01:25:53,348 THANK YOU. 3172 01:25:53,414 --> 01:25:55,049 WILLIAM, GO 3173 01:25:55,116 --> 01:25:55,350 AHEAD. 3174 01:25:55,416 --> 01:25:59,454 >> HI, MY NAME IS BILL AND I 3175 01:25:59,521 --> 01:26:03,091 LIVE IN MAPLE LEAF AND PART 3176 01:26:03,157 --> 01:26:05,326 OF THE GROUP DON DESCRIBED 3177 01:26:05,393 --> 01:26:05,593 MEASURED 3178 01:26:05,660 --> 01:26:06,828 WITH TREES IN MAPLE LEAF. 3179 01:26:06,895 --> 01:26:10,732 CAME UP WITH 784 TIER 2 -- 3180 01:26:10,798 --> 01:26:14,469 >> PLEASE SPEAK IN THE MIC AS 3181 01:26:14,536 --> 01:26:14,802 WELL. 3182 01:26:14,869 --> 01:26:16,938 >> OKAY. WE DID A TREE SURVEY 3183 01:26:17,005 --> 01:26:24,145 AND CAME UP 3184 01:26:24,212 --> 01:26:33,354 174 TIER 2 LOTS WITHIN THE 3185 01:26:33,421 --> 01:26:33,588 ZONE. 3186 01:26:33,655 --> 01:26:34,222 IT WOULD ELIMINATE MANY OF THESE 3187 01:26:34,289 --> 01:26:34,756 MATURE TREES THAT PROVIDE 3188 01:26:34,822 --> 01:26:35,323 SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE 3189 01:26:35,390 --> 01:26:35,924 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ONE SEATTLE 3190 01:26:35,990 --> 01:26:36,124 PLAN 3191 01:26:36,190 --> 01:26:38,126 AND EXISTING FOREST 3192 01:26:38,192 --> 01:26:40,795 ORDINANCE PROMOTE REPLACEMENT 3193 01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:41,062 TREES FOR 3194 01:26:41,129 --> 01:26:42,697 TREE REMOVALS. 3195 01:26:42,764 --> 01:26:43,932 RESEARCH INDICATES 3196 01:26:43,998 --> 01:26:45,700 REPLACEMENT TREES IF THEY LIVE 3197 01:26:45,767 --> 01:26:46,200 WILL TAKE 3198 01:26:46,267 --> 01:26:48,803 20 TO 40 YEARS TO 3199 01:26:48,870 --> 01:26:53,141 PROVIDE THE SIMILAR ECOLOGICAL 3200 01:26:53,207 --> 01:26:53,441 AND 3201 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:54,809 SOCIAL VALUES OF THE MATURE 3202 01:26:54,876 --> 01:26:55,043 TREES. 3203 01:26:55,109 --> 01:26:56,778 IT APPEARS THE MAYOR'S 3204 01:26:56,844 --> 01:26:58,379 OFFICE DID NOT DELIVER THIS PLAN 3205 01:26:58,446 --> 01:26:58,713 TO 3206 01:26:58,780 --> 01:27:01,282 YOU WITH SUFFICIENT TIME TO 3207 01:27:01,349 --> 01:27:02,250 MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. 3208 01:27:02,317 --> 01:27:03,818 THIS LACK OF SUFFICIENT REVIEW 3209 01:27:03,885 --> 01:27:05,820 TIME SEEMS TO BE A 3210 01:27:05,887 --> 01:27:06,254 RECURRING PROBLEM. 3211 01:27:06,321 --> 01:27:08,089 IN 2023 THE VOLUNTEER URBAN 3212 01:27:08,156 --> 01:27:09,757 FORESTRY COMMISSION WAS 3213 01:27:09,824 --> 01:27:10,725 NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT TIME TO 3214 01:27:10,792 --> 01:27:16,631 REVIEW THE URBAN FOREST UPDATE 3215 01:27:16,698 --> 01:27:18,333 WHICH WAS OVER TEN YEARS DUE 3216 01:27:18,399 --> 01:27:19,033 AT 3217 01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:20,635 THAT TIME. I AGREE WITH PREVIOUS 3218 01:27:20,702 --> 01:27:21,836 PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT 3219 01:27:21,903 --> 01:27:23,571 SUGGESTS POSTPONING DESIGNATION 3220 01:27:23,638 --> 01:27:23,938 OF 3221 01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:25,673 SOME OR ALL NEIGHBORHOOD 3222 01:27:25,740 --> 01:27:28,176 CENTERS SUBJECT TO A MORE 3223 01:27:28,242 --> 01:27:28,443 THOROUGH, 3224 01:27:28,509 --> 01:27:30,244 DELIBERATE REVIEW PROCESS. 3225 01:27:30,311 --> 01:27:32,981 IN ADDITION I WOULD INCLUDE 3226 01:27:33,047 --> 01:27:35,283 STRENGTHENING THE URBAN 3227 01:27:35,350 --> 01:27:36,818 FORESTRY ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME. 3228 01:27:36,884 --> 01:27:38,219 AT THIS POINT ADOPT ONLY WHAT 3229 01:27:38,286 --> 01:27:40,755 IS NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH HOUSE 3230 01:27:40,822 --> 01:27:41,055 BILL 3231 01:27:41,122 --> 01:27:42,624 1110 AND REVISIT THE PROCESS 3232 01:27:42,690 --> 01:27:44,058 WITH NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT. 3233 01:27:44,125 --> 01:27:45,360 I WILL CLOSE WITH THE 3234 01:27:45,426 --> 01:27:46,828 FOLLOWING QUOTE FROM PAGE 128 OF 3235 01:27:46,894 --> 01:27:47,061 THE 3236 01:27:47,128 --> 01:27:47,862 ONE SEATTLE PLAN. 3237 01:27:47,929 --> 01:27:50,898 TREES AND VEGETATION BUFFER THE 3238 01:27:50,965 --> 01:27:55,970 IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT AND AIR 3239 01:27:56,037 --> 01:27:59,674 QUALITY. 3240 01:27:59,741 --> 01:28:01,643 CLIMATE CHANGE ALSO AFFECTS THE 3241 01:28:01,709 --> 01:28:02,243 HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF 3242 01:28:02,310 --> 01:28:02,644 THESE RESOURCES. 3243 01:28:02,710 --> 01:28:05,213 PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION ARE 3244 01:28:05,279 --> 01:28:06,147 NECESSARY FOR A HEALTHY -- 3245 01:28:06,214 --> 01:28:07,215 >> THANK YOU, BOB. 3246 01:28:07,281 --> 01:28:10,351 NEXT WE HAVE ANDY, SANDY, 3247 01:28:10,418 --> 01:28:10,685 AND CAMILLE. 3248 01:28:10,752 --> 01:28:11,519 THANK 3249 01:28:11,586 --> 01:28:12,787 YOU, BOB. BOB, WE HAVE OTHER 3250 01:28:12,854 --> 01:28:13,021 PEOPLE. 3251 01:28:13,087 --> 01:28:13,621 PLEASE, BOB. 3252 01:28:13,688 --> 01:28:18,026 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3253 01:28:18,092 --> 01:28:18,326 ANDY? 3254 01:28:18,393 --> 01:28:20,061 >> MY WIFE AND I WE'RE 3255 01:28:20,128 --> 01:28:21,529 PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE 3256 01:28:21,596 --> 01:28:22,030 WEDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. 3257 01:28:22,096 --> 01:28:24,265 WE MOVED THERE TO RAISE 3258 01:28:24,332 --> 01:28:24,599 OUR CHILDREN. 3259 01:28:24,666 --> 01:28:25,266 IT'S SAFE. 3260 01:28:25,333 --> 01:28:26,267 THERE'S 3261 01:28:26,334 --> 01:28:27,268 CLEAN AIR. THERE'S WILDLIFE. 3262 01:28:27,335 --> 01:28:28,436 THERE ARE SOME TREES. 3263 01:28:28,503 --> 01:28:29,804 SO I AM HERE JUST TO STRESS 3264 01:28:29,871 --> 01:28:32,073 IF THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT 3265 01:28:32,140 --> 01:28:32,206 A 3266 01:28:32,273 --> 01:28:35,777 SMALL NUMBER OF 3267 01:28:35,843 --> 01:28:38,713 ALREADY ADVANTAGED PEOPLE ARE 3268 01:28:38,780 --> 01:28:38,913 ABLE 3269 01:28:38,980 --> 01:28:42,950 TO PROFIT FROM UNCHECKED 3270 01:28:43,017 --> 01:28:48,122 DEVELOPMENT, THEN YOU'RE 3271 01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:48,389 KILLING 3272 01:28:48,456 --> 01:28:50,124 IT, 3273 01:28:50,191 --> 01:28:50,425 KEEP IT UP. 3274 01:28:50,491 --> 01:28:52,660 IT'S GREAT. BUT IF YOU CARE 3275 01:28:52,727 --> 01:28:53,127 ABOUT 3276 01:28:53,194 --> 01:28:55,663 LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS 3277 01:28:55,730 --> 01:28:55,863 CITY 3278 01:28:55,930 --> 01:28:57,432 LIKE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, 3279 01:28:57,498 --> 01:28:57,665 PUBLIC 3280 01:28:57,732 --> 01:28:58,533 HEALTH, OUR ENVIRONMENT, 3281 01:28:58,599 --> 01:29:00,101 THEN YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF 3282 01:29:00,168 --> 01:29:01,602 WORK TO DO. 3283 01:29:01,669 --> 01:29:03,104 SO I THINK YOU GUYS 3284 01:29:03,171 --> 01:29:03,971 KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. 3285 01:29:04,038 --> 01:29:05,973 YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A 3286 01:29:06,040 --> 01:29:07,675 WHILE, BUT MAYBE THE REST OF THE 3287 01:29:07,742 --> 01:29:09,077 ROOM DOESN'T KNOW HOW THIS 3288 01:29:09,143 --> 01:29:11,312 WORKS. WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, 3289 01:29:11,379 --> 01:29:11,746 HOMELESSNESS. 3290 01:29:11,813 --> 01:29:16,451 SO WHAT WE END UP WITH IS A 3291 01:29:16,517 --> 01:29:16,884 LOBBY THAT PROVIDES 3292 01:29:16,951 --> 01:29:17,785 THESE GUYS WITH THE 3293 01:29:17,852 --> 01:29:19,320 LANGUAGE THEY WANT TO SEE IN 3294 01:29:19,387 --> 01:29:19,721 THESE BILLS, 3295 01:29:19,787 --> 01:29:21,756 AND THEN THEY SAY JUST TELL THEM 3296 01:29:21,823 --> 01:29:23,691 THAT IT'S A HOUSING CRISIS, 3297 01:29:23,758 --> 01:29:25,326 WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 3298 01:29:25,393 --> 01:29:25,827 THIS WILL 3299 01:29:25,893 --> 01:29:26,928 SOLVE IT. AND WHAT THEY'RE 3300 01:29:26,994 --> 01:29:27,328 REALLY DOING IS 3301 01:29:27,395 --> 01:29:28,529 PASSING LAWS THAT PROTECT 3302 01:29:28,596 --> 01:29:31,733 THE ABILITY FOR THESE DEVELOPERS 3303 01:29:31,799 --> 01:29:34,469 TO BUILD CHEAP PLACES, EASILY 3304 01:29:34,535 --> 01:29:34,836 CUT 3305 01:29:34,902 --> 01:29:37,105 DOWN TREES TO MAKE IT, YOU 3306 01:29:37,171 --> 01:29:38,639 KNOW, A QUICKER JOB, CHEAPER FOR 3307 01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:39,207 THEM TO DO. 3308 01:29:39,273 --> 01:29:43,444 AND IN THE END THEY DON'T BUILD 3309 01:29:43,511 --> 01:29:45,880 AAFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU'VE LOST 3310 01:29:45,947 --> 01:29:46,214 2,000 TREES 3311 01:29:46,280 --> 01:29:47,648 IN SEATTLE IN THE LAST YEAR AND 3312 01:29:47,715 --> 01:29:48,883 THE HOUSING CRISIS IS GETTING 3313 01:29:48,950 --> 01:29:49,117 WORSE. 3314 01:29:49,183 --> 01:29:51,185 SO LOOK AT YOUR OWN NUMBERS? 3315 01:29:51,252 --> 01:29:59,327 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 3316 01:29:59,393 --> 01:30:01,562 >> HE'S ON OUR 3317 01:30:01,629 --> 01:30:01,829 TEAM NOW. 3318 01:30:01,896 --> 01:30:02,697 AND GUESS WHAT? WHEN EWE CALL 3319 01:30:02,764 --> 01:30:03,798 AND TRY TO 3320 01:30:03,865 --> 01:30:04,932 GET STUFF FROM PEOPLE ON 3321 01:30:04,999 --> 01:30:06,100 PERMITTING THIS IS THE GUY WE 3322 01:30:06,167 --> 01:30:07,268 ALL WORK 3323 01:30:07,335 --> 01:30:07,635 FOR, RIGHT? 3324 01:30:07,702 --> 01:30:10,338 WE HAVE TO PAY THIS GUY BECAUSE 3325 01:30:10,404 --> 01:30:13,674 IF THERE'S A TRIAL ON THE 3326 01:30:13,741 --> 01:30:13,975 PROPERTY -- 3327 01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:16,277 >> THIS IS THE CEO OF 3328 01:30:16,344 --> 01:30:17,578 LEGACY GROUP CAPITAL BRAGGING 3329 01:30:17,645 --> 01:30:17,779 ABOUT 3330 01:30:17,845 --> 01:30:18,813 CORRUPTION IN THIS CITY AND 3331 01:30:18,880 --> 01:30:25,186 HIS ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER HE 3332 01:30:25,253 --> 01:30:25,820 WANTS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 3333 01:30:25,887 --> 01:30:27,455 >> I'M LITERALLY -- WE CANNOT 3334 01:30:27,522 --> 01:30:28,890 HAVE OUTBURSTS LIKE THIS. 3335 01:30:28,956 --> 01:30:31,359 WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE 3336 01:30:31,425 --> 01:30:32,627 DOWN STAIRS AND WE HAVE TO 3337 01:30:32,693 --> 01:30:32,860 GET 3338 01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:34,462 THROUGH. AND THE MORE I STOP AND 3339 01:30:34,529 --> 01:30:37,698 TALK LIKE THIS, THE LONGER IT 3340 01:30:37,765 --> 01:30:37,932 TAKES. 3341 01:30:37,999 --> 01:30:38,566 WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH CHILD CARE. 3342 01:30:38,633 --> 01:30:39,433 I'M GOING TO GO ON MY 3343 01:30:39,500 --> 01:30:40,768 LITTLE RANT RIGHT NOW, OKAY, 3344 01:30:40,835 --> 01:30:41,002 BECAUSE 3345 01:30:41,068 --> 01:30:42,537 IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, WE 3346 01:30:42,603 --> 01:30:44,071 HAVE TO START REMOVING FOLKS IF 3347 01:30:44,138 --> 01:30:44,872 PEOPLE ARE OUTBURSTING. 3348 01:30:44,939 --> 01:30:46,240 WE HAVE CHILD CARE, A 3349 01:30:46,307 --> 01:30:47,909 GARAGE THAT CLOSES AT 10:00. 3350 01:30:47,975 --> 01:30:49,110 WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING 3351 01:30:49,177 --> 01:30:50,812 ONLINE AND WE HAVE 270 PEOPLE 3352 01:30:50,878 --> 01:30:51,345 THAT HAVE 3353 01:30:51,412 --> 01:30:53,080 SIGNED UP, HAVE TAKEN OFF 3354 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:54,582 WORK, HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO 3355 01:30:54,649 --> 01:30:54,782 COME 3356 01:30:54,849 --> 01:30:55,183 DOWN HERE. 3357 01:30:55,249 --> 01:30:56,984 SO THE MORE PEOPLE CLAP AND DO 3358 01:30:57,051 --> 01:30:58,553 THAT, THE MORE THE TIMES I 3359 01:30:58,619 --> 01:31:00,288 HAVE TO ADDRESS YOU FOR THIS, 3360 01:31:00,354 --> 01:31:00,454 AND 3361 01:31:00,521 --> 01:31:02,657 I'M THE NICEST PERSON IN THE 3362 01:31:02,723 --> 01:31:02,890 WORLD. 3363 01:31:02,957 --> 01:31:05,026 I PROMISE YOU THAT, MAYBE 3364 01:31:05,092 --> 01:31:07,428 THE NICEST PERSON ON COUNCIL, 3365 01:31:07,495 --> 01:31:07,628 OKAY? 3366 01:31:07,695 --> 01:31:10,665 SERIOUSLY, MY COLLEAGUES CAN 3367 01:31:10,731 --> 01:31:12,767 ASK. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT 3368 01:31:12,834 --> 01:31:13,167 AGAIN. 3369 01:31:13,234 --> 01:31:14,969 WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH 3370 01:31:15,036 --> 01:31:15,203 THIS, 3371 01:31:15,269 --> 01:31:17,038 OKAY? AND SNOW IS GOING TO COME, 3372 01:31:17,104 --> 01:31:17,205 AND 3373 01:31:17,271 --> 01:31:19,073 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET 3374 01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:20,308 THROUGH FOLKS SO WE CAN LISTEN. 3375 01:31:20,374 --> 01:31:22,410 THIS IS VERY SPICY SUBJECT, 3376 01:31:22,476 --> 01:31:24,111 AND YOU CAN GET PLANT BASED 3377 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:24,312 MILK. 3378 01:31:24,378 --> 01:31:26,380 AND ALSO I WANT TO REMIND 3379 01:31:26,447 --> 01:31:27,715 PEOPLE PROFANITY IS NOT 3380 01:31:27,782 --> 01:31:28,049 TOLERATED IN 3381 01:31:28,115 --> 01:31:31,252 HERE, SO DROPPING THE F- 3382 01:31:31,319 --> 01:31:33,120 BOMB, S- BOMB, CUSSING LIKE A 3383 01:31:33,187 --> 01:31:33,354 SAILOR. 3384 01:31:33,421 --> 01:31:35,323 TRUST ME, MY MOM TAUGHT ME 3385 01:31:35,389 --> 01:31:36,591 ALL THE CURSE WORDS IN THE BOOK. 3386 01:31:36,657 --> 01:31:38,326 IT'S NOT WELCOME HERE, 3387 01:31:38,392 --> 01:31:38,793 SO PLEASE. 3388 01:31:38,860 --> 01:31:40,695 SANDY, THANK YOU. 3389 01:31:40,761 --> 01:31:42,964 SANDY AND THEN CAMILLE AND 3390 01:31:43,030 --> 01:31:43,264 THEN JUDY. 3391 01:31:43,331 --> 01:31:45,800 GO AHEAD. 3392 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:48,236 >> THERE 3393 01:31:48,302 --> 01:31:49,270 WE GO, THANKS. YEAH, I'M SANDY 3394 01:31:49,337 --> 01:31:50,171 WITH TREE ACTION 3395 01:31:50,238 --> 01:31:50,438 SEATTLE. 3396 01:31:50,504 --> 01:31:52,340 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 3397 01:31:52,406 --> 01:31:57,445 THIS PLAN GUARANTEES THAT OVER # 3398 01:31:57,511 --> 01:31:59,046 90% OF EACH RESIDENTIAL 3399 01:31:59,113 --> 01:32:00,047 LOT CAN BE COVERED WITH 3400 01:32:00,114 --> 01:32:00,915 BUILDINGS 3401 01:32:00,982 --> 01:32:01,249 AND PAVEMENT. 3402 01:32:01,315 --> 01:32:03,384 IT EVEN ALLOWS A CONCRETE 3403 01:32:03,451 --> 01:32:04,785 PATIO TO COUNT AS OPEN SPACE. 3404 01:32:04,852 --> 01:32:06,888 SEATTLE IS RANKED FIVE IN 3405 01:32:06,954 --> 01:32:08,422 THE FASHION FOR URBAN HEAT 3406 01:32:08,489 --> 01:32:09,924 NOT BECAUSE WE'RE HOTTER 3407 01:32:09,991 --> 01:32:12,460 THAN CITIES IN TEXAS AND ARIZONA 3408 01:32:12,526 --> 01:32:12,760 BUT BECAUSE 3409 01:32:12,827 --> 01:32:15,196 WE'VE ADDED SO MUCH PAVEMENT. 3410 01:32:15,263 --> 01:32:18,799 200 PEOPLE DIED IN THE 2021 3411 01:32:18,866 --> 01:32:19,000 HEAT 3412 01:32:19,066 --> 01:32:20,935 DOME. BUT EVEN IF A HEAT DOME 3413 01:32:21,002 --> 01:32:23,337 DOESN'T KILL YOU, LIVING IN AN 3414 01:32:23,404 --> 01:32:25,640 URBAN HEAT ISLAND, DOES LASTING 3415 01:32:25,706 --> 01:32:26,007 HEALTH DAMAGE. 3416 01:32:26,073 --> 01:32:31,746 THE BODIES AND INFLAMMATORY 3417 01:32:31,812 --> 01:32:34,348 MARKERS SPIKE, BAD CLAUS RAUL 3418 01:32:34,415 --> 01:32:38,486 SPIKES, AND KIDNEYS DETERIORATE. 3419 01:32:38,552 --> 01:32:40,821 CHRONIC HEAT EXPOSURE IS 3420 01:32:40,888 --> 01:32:42,723 EVEN LINKED TO DECREASED 3421 01:32:42,790 --> 01:32:43,190 MENTAL HEALTH. 3422 01:32:43,257 --> 01:32:46,527 TREES ARE THE 3423 01:32:46,594 --> 01:32:47,695 ANSWER. YOU KNEW I WOULD 3424 01:32:47,762 --> 01:32:49,563 SAY THAT. OTHER CITIES LIKE 3425 01:32:49,630 --> 01:32:49,797 BOSTON 3426 01:32:49,864 --> 01:32:50,998 AND PARIS ARE DESPERATELY TRYING 3427 01:32:51,065 --> 01:32:54,402 TO ACHIEVE THE COOLING GREEN 3428 01:32:54,468 --> 01:32:56,103 CANOPY THAT WE ARE RIPPING OUT 3429 01:32:56,170 --> 01:32:57,271 EVEN THOUGH WE COULD BUILD THE 3430 01:32:57,338 --> 01:32:58,539 SAME AMOUNT OF HOUSING WITH 3431 01:32:58,606 --> 01:32:59,140 TREES. 3432 01:32:59,206 --> 01:33:00,708 SEATTLE'S NEW TREE ORDINANCE 3433 01:33:00,775 --> 01:33:02,944 IS FILLED WITH LOOPHOLES THAT 3434 01:33:03,010 --> 01:33:04,812 ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO REMOVE ALL 3435 01:33:04,879 --> 01:33:05,246 TREES, 3436 01:33:05,313 --> 01:33:07,782 EVEN HERITAGE TREES. 3437 01:33:07,848 --> 01:33:12,353 THIS COMP 3438 01:33:12,420 --> 01:33:14,989 PLAN LITERALLY CEMENTS IN 3439 01:33:15,056 --> 01:33:15,756 DEFORESTATION. IT WILL HIT FRONT 3440 01:33:15,823 --> 01:33:17,425 LINE COMMUNITIES FIRST AND 3441 01:33:17,491 --> 01:33:18,759 HARDEST BECAUSE MOST OF THEIR 3442 01:33:18,826 --> 01:33:18,993 TREES 3443 01:33:19,060 --> 01:33:20,094 ARE ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 3444 01:33:20,161 --> 01:33:23,064 THIS IS JUST NOT MAYORMAYOR 3445 01:33:23,130 --> 01:33:23,464 HARRELL'S PLAN. 3446 01:33:23,531 --> 01:33:23,898 IT 3447 01:33:23,965 --> 01:33:26,400 IS YOURS. THIS COUNCIL WILL BE 3448 01:33:26,467 --> 01:33:27,868 FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR 3449 01:33:27,935 --> 01:33:29,303 ACTION OR 3450 01:33:29,370 --> 01:33:29,637 INACTION. 3451 01:33:29,704 --> 01:33:32,139 PLEASE AMEND THIS PLAN TO 3452 01:33:32,206 --> 01:33:33,207 INCLUDE TREES AND GREEN 3453 01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:36,110 SPACE FOR EVERYONE. 3454 01:33:36,177 --> 01:33:37,411 THANK YOU. 3455 01:33:37,478 --> 01:33:39,580 >> CAMILLE THEN JUDY, AND I'M 3456 01:33:39,647 --> 01:33:40,648 ASK THE NEXT 3457 01:33:40,715 --> 01:33:41,983 SPEAKERS BETWEEN 46 AND 50 3458 01:33:42,049 --> 01:33:42,249 PLEASE 3459 01:33:42,316 --> 01:33:42,750 STEP UP. 3460 01:33:42,817 --> 01:33:45,553 46 AND 50 PLEASE STEP UP. 3461 01:33:45,619 --> 01:33:48,723 CAMILLE AND JUDY, YOU ARE 3462 01:33:48,789 --> 01:33:49,590 READY. 3463 01:33:49,657 --> 01:33:50,591 >> I AM CAMILLE. 3464 01:33:50,658 --> 01:33:52,093 I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AIN 3465 01:33:52,159 --> 01:33:54,028 FRONT OF YOU, AND WHEN I SPOKE 3466 01:33:54,095 --> 01:33:57,298 LAST TIME I LOOKED AT 3467 01:33:57,365 --> 01:33:57,932 YOU, AND YOU ALL HAD THE SAME 3468 01:33:57,999 --> 01:33:58,165 LOOK IN 3469 01:33:58,232 --> 01:33:58,432 YOUR EYE. 3470 01:33:58,499 --> 01:34:00,468 AND I WAS ASKING YOU TO SAVE 3471 01:34:00,534 --> 01:34:02,870 OUR TREES AND OUR URBAN 3472 01:34:02,937 --> 01:34:05,573 FORESTRY, AND THE LOOK YOU WERE 3473 01:34:05,639 --> 01:34:05,806 GIVING 3474 01:34:05,873 --> 01:34:07,775 ME YOU 3475 01:34:07,842 --> 01:34:08,342 UNDERSTOOD AND YOU FELT BAD 3476 01:34:08,409 --> 01:34:11,145 ABOUT IT, BUT ALMOST 3477 01:34:11,212 --> 01:34:11,412 LIKE YOU 3478 01:34:11,479 --> 01:34:12,079 COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 3479 01:34:12,146 --> 01:34:12,780 AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU 3480 01:34:12,847 --> 01:34:13,381 THAT YOU CAN. 3481 01:34:13,447 --> 01:34:14,815 IF YOU WORK TOGETHER, YOU 3482 01:34:14,882 --> 01:34:19,253 CAN DEFEAT THE DEVELOPER LOBBY, 3483 01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:21,022 SAVE SEATTLE'S FORESTRY, BUILD 3484 01:34:21,088 --> 01:34:21,322 NEW HOMES. 3485 01:34:21,389 --> 01:34:24,458 IF YOU DO IT TOGETHER, AND 3486 01:34:24,525 --> 01:34:26,394 I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. 3487 01:34:26,460 --> 01:34:32,466 I WENT BACK AND I REVIEWED YOUR 3488 01:34:32,533 --> 01:34:33,067 STUDY OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT FOR 3489 01:34:33,134 --> 01:34:33,801 HOUSING IN SEATTLE THAT WAS DONE 3490 01:34:33,868 --> 01:34:35,736 IN 2020 BEFORE YOU STARTED 3491 01:34:35,803 --> 01:34:36,370 WRITING THIS. 3492 01:34:36,437 --> 01:34:38,672 AND MOST PEOPLE WANT OPEN GREEN 3493 01:34:38,739 --> 01:34:40,841 SPACE. 3494 01:34:40,908 --> 01:34:42,676 THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- 3495 01:34:42,743 --> 01:34:43,944 IN THEIR YARD BUT THEY DIDN'T 3496 01:34:44,011 --> 01:34:45,312 THINK THE YARD WAS GOING TO GO 3497 01:34:45,379 --> 01:34:48,049 WITH THAT. 3498 01:34:48,115 --> 01:34:50,017 SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO 3499 01:34:50,084 --> 01:34:51,752 GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, YOU 3500 01:34:51,819 --> 01:34:53,821 NEED TO SAVE THE TREE 3501 01:34:53,888 --> 01:34:55,589 CANOPIES AND THE TREES AND 3502 01:34:55,656 --> 01:34:55,923 FORESTRY AND 3503 01:34:55,990 --> 01:34:56,457 DON'T PAVE SEATTLE. 3504 01:34:56,524 --> 01:35:00,928 AND SINCE I ACTED AND 3505 01:35:00,995 --> 01:35:03,464 WHATEVER ANDY SAID AND I'M 100% 3506 01:35:03,531 --> 01:35:03,697 BEHIND 3507 01:35:03,764 --> 01:35:05,566 HIM, AND I'M GOING TO SAY 3508 01:35:05,633 --> 01:35:06,167 THE SAME THING. 3509 01:35:06,233 --> 01:35:10,871 THIS IS YOUR VALENTINE'S LOBBY. 3510 01:35:10,938 --> 01:35:12,273 THIS IS THE SAME TO THEM. 3511 01:35:12,339 --> 01:35:13,340 DON'T GIVE IT TO 3512 01:35:13,407 --> 01:35:13,574 THEM. 3513 01:35:13,641 --> 01:35:14,542 >> NEXT WE HAVE 3514 01:35:14,608 --> 01:35:14,742 JUDY. 3515 01:35:14,809 --> 01:35:16,510 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 3516 01:35:16,577 --> 01:35:18,813 I HAVE A BAG OF APPLES IN MY 3517 01:35:18,879 --> 01:35:20,114 PURSE IF YOU NEED TO 3518 01:35:20,181 --> 01:35:20,748 RAISE YOUR 3519 01:35:20,815 --> 01:35:21,849 BLOOD SUGAR. I REALLY APPRECIATE 3520 01:35:21,916 --> 01:35:22,116 THIS. 3521 01:35:22,183 --> 01:35:24,085 THIS IS HARD FOR YOU. 3522 01:35:24,151 --> 01:35:25,820 I WANT TO POINT OUT 3523 01:35:25,886 --> 01:35:27,254 THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE 3524 01:35:27,321 --> 01:35:27,955 SAME PAGE, 3525 01:35:28,022 --> 01:35:31,859 THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE 3526 01:35:31,926 --> 01:35:32,059 NEED 3527 01:35:32,126 --> 01:35:32,326 HOUSING. 3528 01:35:32,393 --> 01:35:37,031 WHAT I HAVE SEEN FOR 20 YEARS 3529 01:35:37,098 --> 01:35:38,632 IS THERE IS -- THE DEVELOPERS 3530 01:35:38,699 --> 01:35:38,799 ARE 3531 01:35:38,866 --> 01:35:41,836 MAKING THE HOUSING 3532 01:35:41,902 --> 01:35:43,971 EXPENSIVE, AND WE HAVE A PLAN 3533 01:35:44,038 --> 01:35:44,405 HERE 3534 01:35:44,472 --> 01:35:46,173 THAT SOMEBODY MADE THAT 3535 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:47,842 IS ALLOWING ALL LOTS TO BE 3536 01:35:47,908 --> 01:35:52,713 COVERED WITH 90% 3537 01:35:52,780 --> 01:35:53,013 HARDSCAPE. 3538 01:35:53,080 --> 01:35:54,815 HOW MANY OF YOU COULD NOT 3539 01:35:54,882 --> 01:35:55,516 AFFORD DAY CARE? 3540 01:35:55,583 --> 01:35:56,050 RIGHT HERE. 3541 01:35:56,117 --> 01:35:57,918 RIGHT HERE. 3542 01:35:57,985 --> 01:36:02,389 SO I TRIED TO WORK FROM MY 3543 01:36:02,456 --> 01:36:03,190 COMPUTER AND I SENT MY KIDS 3544 01:36:03,257 --> 01:36:05,126 OUTSIDE AND A 98-YEAR- OLD MAN 3545 01:36:05,192 --> 01:36:07,027 ACROSS THE STREET WOULD 3546 01:36:07,094 --> 01:36:07,228 WATCH 3547 01:36:07,294 --> 01:36:08,062 THEM. THAT'S A COMMUNITY. 3548 01:36:08,129 --> 01:36:09,964 AND THEY PLAYED IN THE DIRT. 3549 01:36:10,030 --> 01:36:12,399 IF THAT WERE -- 3550 01:36:12,466 --> 01:36:13,534 IF I LIVED IN ONE OF THOSE 3551 01:36:13,601 --> 01:36:13,968 FLATS, WHERE WOULD 3552 01:36:14,034 --> 01:36:14,869 THE KIDS 3553 01:36:14,935 --> 01:36:17,138 BE PLAYING? AND I WANT TO BRING 3554 01:36:17,204 --> 01:36:18,606 YOU BACK TO 3555 01:36:18,672 --> 01:36:21,342 JANUARY 27, 2023. 3556 01:36:21,408 --> 01:36:24,845 DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT DAY? 3557 01:36:24,912 --> 01:36:26,847 IT WAS 106 DEGREES. 3558 01:36:26,914 --> 01:36:28,549 WE DIDN'T HAVE AIR- 3559 01:36:28,616 --> 01:36:30,451 CONDITIONING, AND A LOT OF 3560 01:36:30,518 --> 01:36:32,386 PEOPLE DO NOT 3561 01:36:32,453 --> 01:36:35,489 AIR-CONDITIONING. IT WILL KEEP 3562 01:36:35,556 --> 01:36:35,789 HAPPENING. 3563 01:36:35,856 --> 01:36:36,924 IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING IF WE 3564 01:36:36,991 --> 01:36:38,359 GO WITH THIS PLAN. 3565 01:36:38,425 --> 01:36:39,460 I AM PRO-HOUSING. 3566 01:36:39,527 --> 01:36:41,061 I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT 3567 01:36:41,128 --> 01:36:44,899 OTHER CITIES LIKE BOSTON, 3568 01:36:44,965 --> 01:36:45,466 CHICAGO, 3569 01:36:45,533 --> 01:36:46,767 AND PHILADELPHIA WHERE THERE 3570 01:36:46,834 --> 01:36:47,968 ARE SHARED WALLS AND THERE ARE 3571 01:36:48,035 --> 01:36:48,769 STACKED FLATS. 3572 01:36:48,836 --> 01:36:51,505 IN BOSTON THEY'RE 3573 01:36:51,572 --> 01:36:52,273 DOUBLE-DECKERS, TRIPLE DECKERS. 3574 01:36:52,339 --> 01:36:52,973 AND GUESS WHAT? 3575 01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:54,642 THERE'S A TREE IN THE 3576 01:36:54,708 --> 01:36:56,477 BACKYARD FOR KIDS TO PLAY WITH, 3577 01:36:56,544 --> 01:36:57,745 FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO COULD 3578 01:36:57,811 --> 01:36:59,613 NOT AFFORD DAY CARE, WORKING 3579 01:36:59,680 --> 01:37:01,248 FROM HOME SENT THE KIDS 3580 01:37:01,315 --> 01:37:02,483 OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE CAN'T 3581 01:37:02,550 --> 01:37:03,751 AFFORD EVERYTHING IN THIS CITY. 3582 01:37:03,817 --> 01:37:04,485 ONE MORE THING. 3583 01:37:04,552 --> 01:37:07,555 I AM ON THE SAME PAGE WITH 3584 01:37:07,621 --> 01:37:09,390 EZEKIEL, AND I WANT MY KIDS 3585 01:37:09,456 --> 01:37:14,762 TO HAVE TREES AND GET SDCI OUT 3586 01:37:14,828 --> 01:37:15,362 OF TREE PROTECTION. 3587 01:37:15,429 --> 01:37:16,330 GET THE DEVELOPERS 3588 01:37:16,397 --> 01:37:16,564 OUT. 3589 01:37:16,630 --> 01:37:17,298 >> THANK YOU. 3590 01:37:17,364 --> 01:37:20,167 NEXT WE HAVE 3591 01:37:20,234 --> 01:37:22,002 SARAH. SORRY IF I BUTCHERED 3592 01:37:22,069 --> 01:37:24,405 YOUR NAME. 3593 01:37:24,471 --> 01:37:24,738 I APOLOGIZE. 3594 01:37:24,805 --> 01:37:30,244 MARGARET. GO 3595 01:37:30,311 --> 01:37:31,145 AHEAD. 3596 01:37:31,212 --> 01:37:33,614 >> THE WORDS ALREADY CAME UP, SO 3597 01:37:33,681 --> 01:37:39,019 I JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER 3598 01:37:39,086 --> 01:37:39,220 THIS. 3599 01:37:39,286 --> 01:37:43,023 LEGACY DEVELOPER GROUP, 3600 01:37:43,090 --> 01:37:48,095 PLEASE REMEMBER THEM. 3601 01:37:48,162 --> 01:37:48,529 THEY'RE NOW IN 3602 01:37:48,596 --> 01:37:50,531 MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MONDAY THEY'RE 3603 01:37:50,598 --> 01:37:51,198 GOING TO 3604 01:37:51,265 --> 01:37:54,435 CUT DOWN -- MY NEIGHBORHOOD 3605 01:37:54,501 --> 01:37:55,236 ALREADY HAVE PARTS. 3606 01:37:55,302 --> 01:37:56,604 I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPER -- 3607 01:37:56,670 --> 01:37:58,806 SORRY, I'M NOT AGAINST DENSITY. 3608 01:37:58,872 --> 01:38:02,209 BUT THIS TREE IS MORE THAN 3609 01:38:02,276 --> 01:38:03,777 100 YEARS OLD AND RIGHT IN THE 3610 01:38:03,844 --> 01:38:06,513 CORNER AND THEY'RE GOING TO 3611 01:38:06,580 --> 01:38:07,147 CUT IT DOWN MONDAY. 3612 01:38:07,214 --> 01:38:09,016 PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME. 3613 01:38:09,083 --> 01:38:10,417 AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. 3614 01:38:10,484 --> 01:38:12,820 THEY ALREADY TALK ABOUT WHY 3615 01:38:12,886 --> 01:38:13,420 WE NEED TREE. 3616 01:38:13,487 --> 01:38:15,522 BUT FOR ME IT'S VERY URGENT. 3617 01:38:15,589 --> 01:38:20,694 IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN MONDAY. 3618 01:38:20,761 --> 01:38:29,236 PLEASE, YOU GUYS. 3619 01:38:29,303 --> 01:38:35,042 LET'S GATHER AND 3620 01:38:35,109 --> 01:38:36,744 CELEBRATE GRANDMA BROOKS. 3621 01:38:36,810 --> 01:38:39,179 THIS IS 3622 01:38:39,246 --> 01:38:39,480 IMPORTANT. 3623 01:38:39,546 --> 01:38:39,913 >> THANK YOU. 3624 01:38:39,980 --> 01:38:41,815 MARGARET? 3625 01:38:41,882 --> 01:38:44,985 >> HI MY NAME 3626 01:38:45,052 --> 01:38:46,220 IS MARGARET. I AGREE WITH SO 3627 01:38:46,287 --> 01:38:46,587 MANY OF YOU 3628 01:38:46,654 --> 01:38:49,023 HERE, AND SO I WANT BELABOR 3629 01:38:49,089 --> 01:38:50,324 THE POINT ABOUT WHY TREES ARE 3630 01:38:50,391 --> 01:38:53,394 IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS JUST A 3631 01:38:53,460 --> 01:38:54,161 CAUTIONARY TALE. 3632 01:38:54,228 --> 01:38:55,396 I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD 3633 01:38:55,462 --> 01:38:55,729 THEM BEFORE. 3634 01:38:55,796 --> 01:38:58,565 I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR IN 3635 01:38:58,632 --> 01:38:58,899 WEDGEWOOD. 3636 01:38:58,966 --> 01:39:00,934 AND IN 2014 WE DECIDED TO 3637 01:39:01,001 --> 01:39:04,305 DO SOME RENOVATIONS, AND WE HAD 3638 01:39:04,371 --> 01:39:05,406 ONE OF THOSE GRANDMOTHER TREES 3639 01:39:05,472 --> 01:39:08,142 ON THE PROPERTY OF THE SCHOOL. 3640 01:39:08,208 --> 01:39:10,978 AND WE WERE BUILDING A NEW GYM. 3641 01:39:11,045 --> 01:39:14,948 SO RIGHT NOW FAST FORWARD TO 3642 01:39:15,015 --> 01:39:18,085 11 YEARS LATER, THAT GRANDMA 3643 01:39:18,152 --> 01:39:18,285 TREE 3644 01:39:18,352 --> 01:39:18,652 WAS GONE. 3645 01:39:18,719 --> 01:39:20,487 WE PUT IN A RAIN GARDEN AND 3646 01:39:20,554 --> 01:39:24,625 GOT A REBATE FOR OUR BUILDING, 3647 01:39:24,692 --> 01:39:24,792 BUT 3648 01:39:24,858 --> 01:39:25,392 THAT TREE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED 3649 01:39:25,459 --> 01:39:28,329 SO MANY ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR 3650 01:39:28,395 --> 01:39:28,629 OUR 3651 01:39:28,696 --> 01:39:33,634 SCHOOL, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 3652 01:39:33,701 --> 01:39:34,935 AND IT'S DOWN AND IT'S GONE 3653 01:39:35,002 --> 01:39:36,070 AND IT CAN'T BE REPLACED. 3654 01:39:36,136 --> 01:39:37,571 SO NOW THE STUDENTS ON THAT 3655 01:39:37,638 --> 01:39:40,307 SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THEY 3656 01:39:40,374 --> 01:39:41,942 ARE SLUMPED OVER ON THEIR DESKS. 3657 01:39:42,009 --> 01:39:44,712 THEY ARE SO HOT BECAUSE THE TREE 3658 01:39:44,778 --> 01:39:46,880 IS GONE, AND NOW WE'RE 3659 01:39:46,947 --> 01:39:48,315 THINKING OF PUTTING IN 3660 01:39:48,382 --> 01:39:49,083 AIR-CONDITIONING. SO AIR- 3661 01:39:49,149 --> 01:39:49,583 CONDITIONING IS 3662 01:39:49,650 --> 01:39:52,686 EXPENSIVE FOR A SCHOOL, AND 3663 01:39:52,753 --> 01:39:53,587 WE'RE A 3664 01:39:53,654 --> 01:39:54,321 SMALL, PRIVATE SCHOOL. 3665 01:39:54,388 --> 01:39:55,556 AND I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, 3666 01:39:55,622 --> 01:39:56,790 THAT TREE WOULD HAVE SAVED US A 3667 01:39:56,857 --> 01:39:57,424 LOT 3668 01:39:57,491 --> 01:39:59,360 OF MONEY. SO I KNOW THAT WE TALK 3669 01:39:59,426 --> 01:40:00,794 ABOUT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AS 3670 01:40:00,861 --> 01:40:01,228 BEING 3671 01:40:01,295 --> 01:40:03,864 FREE SERVICES, AND SO WE SHOULD 3672 01:40:03,931 --> 01:40:05,332 KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF 3673 01:40:05,399 --> 01:40:07,134 OUR MIND. NOW, SARAH TALKED 3674 01:40:07,201 --> 01:40:07,568 ABOUT OUR TREE 3675 01:40:07,634 --> 01:40:08,469 THAT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 3676 01:40:08,535 --> 01:40:10,637 AND THAT'S THE ONLY TREE THAT I 3677 01:40:10,704 --> 01:40:13,574 CAN SEE AROUND THE APARTMENTS. 3678 01:40:13,640 --> 01:40:15,576 IT'S A GRANDMOTHER TREE, TOO. 3679 01:40:15,642 --> 01:40:18,946 AND LIKE SHE SAID, THEY'RE 3680 01:40:19,012 --> 01:40:19,913 GOING TO CUT IT DOWN, AND NOW 3681 01:40:19,980 --> 01:40:21,115 I'M FIGHTING FOR ONE 3682 01:40:21,181 --> 01:40:23,617 TREE AGAIN. AND I KNOW WHAT THE 3683 01:40:23,684 --> 01:40:23,951 IMPACT 3684 01:40:24,017 --> 01:40:26,420 WILL BE BECAUSE I'VE 3685 01:40:26,487 --> 01:40:27,554 SEEN IT, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE 3686 01:40:27,621 --> 01:40:27,988 YOU TO 3687 01:40:28,055 --> 01:40:30,524 THINK ABOUT JUST HOW ONE TREE 3688 01:40:30,591 --> 01:40:31,892 HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON A 3689 01:40:31,959 --> 01:40:32,226 COMMUNITY AND 3690 01:40:32,292 --> 01:40:34,895 HOW WE NEED TO SAVE IT, AND 3691 01:40:34,962 --> 01:40:35,095 THINK 3692 01:40:35,162 --> 01:40:35,929 ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 3693 01:40:35,996 --> 01:40:38,632 PUT A RED FLAG ON LEGACY AND 3694 01:40:38,699 --> 01:40:40,134 SAY DON'T HAND OUT A PERMIT TO 3695 01:40:40,200 --> 01:40:41,402 THIS GROUP IF THEY'RE GOING TO 3696 01:40:41,468 --> 01:40:43,504 CUT DOWN A TREE. 3697 01:40:43,570 --> 01:40:44,171 >> THANK YOU. 3698 01:40:44,238 --> 01:40:47,941 NEXT WE HAVE SPEAKER 48, 49, 50. 3699 01:40:48,008 --> 01:40:50,144 A REMINDER IF YOU'VE 3700 01:40:50,210 --> 01:40:53,113 ALREADY SPOKEN PLEASE SO WE CAN 3701 01:40:53,180 --> 01:40:53,347 REPLACE 3702 01:40:53,414 --> 01:40:55,115 YOU LIKE A VENDING MACHINE. 3703 01:40:55,182 --> 01:40:56,350 NOT LIKE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW 3704 01:40:56,417 --> 01:40:57,151 WHAT I MEAN. 3705 01:40:57,217 --> 01:40:59,319 SO Y'ALL CAN LEAVE THE ROOM 3706 01:40:59,386 --> 01:41:00,821 AND WE CAN INVITE MORE NEW 3707 01:41:00,888 --> 01:41:01,088 SPEAKERS 3708 01:41:01,155 --> 01:41:01,355 AS WELL. 3709 01:41:01,422 --> 01:41:01,555 THANK 3710 01:41:01,622 --> 01:41:02,356 YOU. 3711 01:41:02,423 --> 01:41:02,623 >> HELLO. 3712 01:41:02,689 --> 01:41:04,324 MY NAME IS SUSAN. 3713 01:41:04,391 --> 01:41:06,693 I'M A THIRD GENERATION 3714 01:41:06,760 --> 01:41:07,895 SEATTLEITE, AND I'M HERE TO 3715 01:41:07,961 --> 01:41:09,430 SPEAK FOR THE TREES LIKE 3716 01:41:09,496 --> 01:41:10,397 MOST EVERYONE ELSE HERE. 3717 01:41:10,464 --> 01:41:12,099 TREES ARE ESSENTIAL TO 3718 01:41:12,166 --> 01:41:14,601 HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND 3719 01:41:14,668 --> 01:41:15,068 CLIMATE 3720 01:41:15,135 --> 01:41:16,470 RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 3721 01:41:16,537 --> 01:41:18,505 I AM QUOTING MAYOR BRUCE 3722 01:41:18,572 --> 01:41:20,908 HARRELL WHO INDICATED THE TREE 3723 01:41:20,974 --> 01:41:22,643 ORDINANCE WOULD SAVE 100,000 3724 01:41:22,709 --> 01:41:22,843 TREES 3725 01:41:22,910 --> 01:41:24,311 AND MORE WOULD BE PLANTED IN 3726 01:41:24,378 --> 01:41:24,845 AREAS OF NEED. 3727 01:41:24,912 --> 01:41:26,580 ALMOST SOUNDED TOO GOOD TO BE 3728 01:41:26,647 --> 01:41:29,249 TRUE, BUT TURNS OUT IT 3729 01:41:29,316 --> 01:41:30,417 WASWAS BECAUSE LAST MONTH I 3730 01:41:30,484 --> 01:41:30,617 HEARD 3731 01:41:30,684 --> 01:41:33,687 TREES THAT WERE NEVER AT RISK OF 3732 01:41:33,754 --> 01:41:33,887 BEING 3733 01:41:33,954 --> 01:41:37,257 BULLDOZED BY DEVELOPERS WERE 3734 01:41:37,324 --> 01:41:39,993 BEING FALSELY BEING CALLED OUT 3735 01:41:40,060 --> 01:41:41,829 AS PROTECTED TREES. 3736 01:41:41,895 --> 01:41:43,363 IN THE PAST THREE YEARS I 3737 01:41:43,430 --> 01:41:45,165 HAVE WATCHED SEVEN MODEST 3738 01:41:45,232 --> 01:41:46,900 HOMES WITHIN A FOUR- BLOCK 3739 01:41:46,967 --> 01:41:47,734 RADIUS OF MY 3740 01:41:47,801 --> 01:41:49,336 HOME GET BULLDOZED. 3741 01:41:49,403 --> 01:41:51,705 IN THEIR PLACE ARE 3742 01:41:51,772 --> 01:41:52,306 MASSIVE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR 3743 01:41:52,372 --> 01:41:52,506 HOMES 3744 01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:53,874 THAT FILL THE 3745 01:41:53,941 --> 01:41:55,742 ENTIRE LOT. DIRECTLY ACROSS THE 3746 01:41:55,809 --> 01:41:55,976 STREET 3747 01:41:56,043 --> 01:41:58,445 FROM ME A $2. 5 MILLION PROPERTY 3748 01:41:58,512 --> 01:41:58,612 NOW 3749 01:41:58,679 --> 01:41:59,813 STANDS. ALL TREES WERE 3750 01:41:59,880 --> 01:42:00,113 COMPLETELY 3751 01:42:00,180 --> 01:42:00,447 RIPPED OUT. 3752 01:42:00,514 --> 01:42:04,551 AND THE ONLY REASON THE 3753 01:42:04,618 --> 01:42:05,452 $2.25 MILLION HOUSE RIGHT NEXT 3754 01:42:05,519 --> 01:42:09,690 DOOR TO ME SPARED A SMALL 3755 01:42:09,756 --> 01:42:10,424 SPRUCE WAS BECAUSE IT WAS 3756 01:42:10,491 --> 01:42:15,095 NEGOTIATED INTO THE SALE OF THE 3757 01:42:15,162 --> 01:42:15,295 HOME. 3758 01:42:15,362 --> 01:42:16,630 PRESERVING THE TREE CANOPY 3759 01:42:16,697 --> 01:42:18,966 THAT SO MANY OF US RELY ON FOR 3760 01:42:19,032 --> 01:42:20,801 HEALTH, QUALITY OF 3761 01:42:20,868 --> 01:42:21,969 LIFE, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. 3762 01:42:22,035 --> 01:42:23,403 THANK YOU INTEREST YOUR 3763 01:42:23,470 --> 01:42:23,770 TIME. 3764 01:42:23,837 --> 01:42:24,238 >> THANK YOU. 3765 01:42:24,304 --> 01:42:30,077 SPEAKER 49 AND SPEAKER 3766 01:42:30,143 --> 01:42:30,277 50. 3767 01:42:30,344 --> 01:42:36,450 >> HI, MY NAME IS 3768 01:42:36,517 --> 01:42:39,653 EVE. I LIVE IN LAKE 3769 01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:40,521 CITY, AND REAL TALK IT'S NOT 3770 01:42:40,587 --> 01:42:40,721 WHAT 3771 01:42:40,787 --> 01:42:42,923 REALTORS WOULD CALL A 3772 01:42:42,990 --> 01:42:43,423 DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. 3773 01:42:43,490 --> 01:42:45,259 MANY OF US EARN MODEST 3774 01:42:45,325 --> 01:42:47,127 INCOMES AND LIVE IN AGING 3775 01:42:47,194 --> 01:42:47,427 APARTMENTS. 3776 01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:48,295 PEOPLE SPEED THROUGH OUR STREETS 3777 01:42:48,362 --> 01:42:51,431 ON THEIR WAY TO SOMEWHERE 3778 01:42:51,498 --> 01:42:51,865 MORE INTERESTING. 3779 01:42:51,932 --> 01:42:54,601 BUT I'VE LIVED IN LAKE CITY 3780 01:42:54,668 --> 01:42:57,104 FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SO 3781 01:42:57,170 --> 01:42:58,138 SOMETHING'S WORKING FOR ME, AND 3782 01:42:58,205 --> 01:42:59,673 THAT SOMETHING IS OUR COMMUNITY. 3783 01:42:59,740 --> 01:43:01,108 RIGHT NOW WE ARE BATTLING 3784 01:43:01,174 --> 01:43:02,843 TO SAVE A FEW LARGE TREES 3785 01:43:02,910 --> 01:43:04,912 FROM REMOVAL BY A DEVELOPER. 3786 01:43:04,978 --> 01:43:06,480 THESE TREES PROVIDE THE 3787 01:43:06,547 --> 01:43:07,748 ONLY SHADE FOR ABOUT TWO 3788 01:43:07,814 --> 01:43:10,784 DOZEN APARTMENTS AND HOMES. 3789 01:43:10,851 --> 01:43:13,954 AND IMAGINE HOW HOT IT GETS IN 3790 01:43:14,021 --> 01:43:15,389 A FOURTH FLOOR APARTMENT IN 3791 01:43:15,455 --> 01:43:17,558 THE SUMMER WITH A WEST 3792 01:43:17,624 --> 01:43:19,927 FACING EXPOSURE AND NO 3793 01:43:19,993 --> 01:43:20,327 AIR-CONDITIONING. 3794 01:43:20,394 --> 01:43:21,562 WE SUPPORT BUILDING NEW 3795 01:43:21,628 --> 01:43:22,796 HOMES, BUT THIS DEVELOPER IS 3796 01:43:22,863 --> 01:43:23,030 WORRIED 3797 01:43:23,096 --> 01:43:25,132 THAT SAVING EVEN ONE TREE, 3798 01:43:25,198 --> 01:43:27,100 WHICH WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE, WILL 3799 01:43:27,167 --> 01:43:27,301 DENT 3800 01:43:27,367 --> 01:43:28,135 THEIR BOTTOM LINE. 3801 01:43:28,201 --> 01:43:31,004 THE PROPOSED UNITS WILL SELL FOR 3802 01:43:31,071 --> 01:43:33,807 $750,000÷÷ EACH. 3803 01:43:33,874 --> 01:43:40,447 DOES THIS PRICE POINT 3804 01:43:40,514 --> 01:43:43,050 REALLY MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP MORE 3805 01:43:43,116 --> 01:43:43,417 ACCESSIBLE. 3806 01:43:43,483 --> 01:43:45,018 THERE IS NO PROFIT SHARING 3807 01:43:45,085 --> 01:43:46,453 IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS 3808 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:46,853 BUSINESS MODEL. 3809 01:43:46,920 --> 01:43:48,055 THE DEVELOPERS MAKE ALL THE 3810 01:43:48,121 --> 01:43:49,656 MONEY, BUT WE ARE THE ONES WHO 3811 01:43:49,723 --> 01:43:50,624 PAY THE COST. 3812 01:43:50,691 --> 01:43:52,960 THE COMP PLAN AS IT STANDS MAKES 3813 01:43:53,026 --> 01:43:54,361 IT TOO EASY FOR DEVELOPERS 3814 01:43:54,428 --> 01:43:55,796 TO CUT DOWN OUR TREES. 3815 01:43:55,862 --> 01:43:58,065 PLEASE CONSIDER REVISIONS 3816 01:43:58,131 --> 01:44:00,067 TO PROTECT THEM. 3817 01:44:00,133 --> 01:44:00,467 THANK 3818 01:44:00,534 --> 01:44:01,435 YOU. 3819 01:44:01,501 --> 01:44:02,703 >> NEXT WE HAVE KAREN. 3820 01:44:02,769 --> 01:44:04,805 BEFORE YOU START, I'M GOING 3821 01:44:04,871 --> 01:44:06,974 TO INVITE SPEAKERS 51 THROUGH 60 3822 01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:08,342 TO STAND UP. 3823 01:44:08,408 --> 01:44:11,545 51 THROUGH 3824 01:44:11,612 --> 01:44:12,713 60. I'M CALLING ON YOU IN 3825 01:44:12,779 --> 01:44:13,046 GROUPS OF 3826 01:44:13,113 --> 01:44:14,181 TEN NOW. 3827 01:44:14,247 --> 01:44:16,483 51 THROUGH 60 STAND UP AND 3828 01:44:16,550 --> 01:44:16,650 GET 3829 01:44:16,717 --> 01:44:17,951 READY. KAREN, GO RIGHT 3830 01:44:18,018 --> 01:44:18,552 AHEAD. 3831 01:44:18,619 --> 01:44:20,921 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 3832 01:44:20,988 --> 01:44:22,823 I AM A HOMEOWNER AND BUSINESS 3833 01:44:22,889 --> 01:44:24,291 OWNER IN MADISON VALLEY. 3834 01:44:24,358 --> 01:44:26,226 I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE 3835 01:44:26,293 --> 01:44:28,562 ONE SEATTLE COMP PLAN, AND I 3836 01:44:28,629 --> 01:44:28,762 URGE 3837 01:44:28,829 --> 01:44:30,697 YOU TO APPROVE IT INCLUDING 3838 01:44:30,764 --> 01:44:31,999 ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 3839 01:44:32,065 --> 01:44:33,400 OVER THE PAST 21 YEARS 3840 01:44:33,467 --> 01:44:35,335 WHILE LIVING IN SEATTLE I HAVE 3841 01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:37,137 SEEN ZONING RESTRICTIONS LIMIT 3842 01:44:37,204 --> 01:44:38,639 GROWTH AND DRIVE UP 3843 01:44:38,705 --> 01:44:40,507 HOUSING COSTS. AS AN ARCHITECT I 3844 01:44:40,574 --> 01:44:41,074 HAVE WITNESSED 3845 01:44:41,141 --> 01:44:44,044 PREVIOUS MAYORS AND COUNCILS 3846 01:44:44,111 --> 01:44:45,646 WORSENING OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE. 3847 01:44:45,712 --> 01:44:47,280 THIS IS NOT JUST THE 3848 01:44:47,347 --> 01:44:48,782 MAYOR'S PLAN BUT ONE SHAPED BY 3849 01:44:48,849 --> 01:44:49,016 CITIZEN 3850 01:44:49,082 --> 01:44:50,517 INPUT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. 3851 01:44:50,584 --> 01:44:52,619 IT AIMS TO BUILD HOUSING NEAR 3852 01:44:52,686 --> 01:44:54,621 JOBS, TRANSIT, AND 3853 01:44:54,688 --> 01:44:56,790 SMALL BUSINESSES, PROMOTING 3854 01:44:56,857 --> 01:44:58,925 SUSTAINABLE AND 3855 01:44:58,992 --> 01:45:00,794 INCLUSIVE GROWTH. 3856 01:45:00,861 --> 01:45:02,095 I ALWAYS THINK SEATTLE'S SNOW 3857 01:45:02,162 --> 01:45:06,400 DAY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A 3858 01:45:06,466 --> 01:45:07,934 WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD -- OF 3859 01:45:08,001 --> 01:45:09,336 WHAT A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 3860 01:45:09,403 --> 01:45:11,138 LOOKS LIKE. 3861 01:45:11,204 --> 01:45:12,439 BUT IF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK 3862 01:45:12,506 --> 01:45:14,841 IN NEARBY CAVES AND COFFEE 3863 01:45:14,908 --> 01:45:18,311 SHOPS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE, WE 3864 01:45:18,378 --> 01:45:20,380 HAVE FAILED AS A CITY. 3865 01:45:20,447 --> 01:45:22,349 THIS PLAN AIMS TO EXPAND 3866 01:45:22,416 --> 01:45:23,583 THEM TO WELCOME 3867 01:45:23,650 --> 01:45:24,384 MORE RESIDENTS. DEVELOPMENT 3868 01:45:24,451 --> 01:45:25,686 TAKES TIME, AND THIS 3869 01:45:25,752 --> 01:45:27,521 PLAN SETS A FRAMEWORK 3870 01:45:27,587 --> 01:45:30,323 FOR GRADUAL GROWTH OVER 3871 01:45:30,390 --> 01:45:31,591 DECADES. WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP 3872 01:45:31,658 --> 01:45:31,825 WE 3873 01:45:31,892 --> 01:45:33,293 RISK HIGHER LAND AND HOUSING 3874 01:45:33,360 --> 01:45:33,527 PRICES, 3875 01:45:33,593 --> 01:45:34,995 CLOSING THE DOOR ON 3876 01:45:35,062 --> 01:45:36,329 FUTURE GENERATIONS OF 3877 01:45:36,396 --> 01:45:36,663 SEATTLEITES. 3878 01:45:36,730 --> 01:45:40,033 I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE ONE 3879 01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:43,036 AND ENSURE THAT 3880 01:45:43,103 --> 01:45:44,071 ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 3881 01:45:44,137 --> 01:45:44,404 REMAIN 3882 01:45:44,471 --> 01:45:45,872 A PART OF THAT PLAN. 3883 01:45:45,939 --> 01:45:47,974 PLEASE DON'T LET 3884 01:45:48,041 --> 01:45:48,875 THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS. 3885 01:45:48,942 --> 01:45:52,379 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 3886 01:45:52,446 --> 01:45:52,879 LEADERSHIP. 3887 01:45:52,946 --> 01:45:53,413 >> THANK YOU, KAREN. 3888 01:45:53,480 --> 01:45:57,350 NEXT WE HAVE SPEAKERS 51, 3889 01:45:57,417 --> 01:45:57,651 52, 53. 3890 01:45:57,718 --> 01:45:58,118 51, 3891 01:45:58,185 --> 01:45:58,485 AWESOME. 3892 01:45:58,552 --> 01:45:59,119 >> 3893 01:45:59,186 --> 01:46:01,688 HI, EVERYONE. THE COMPREHENSIVE 3894 01:46:01,755 --> 01:46:02,089 PLAN 3895 01:46:02,155 --> 01:46:05,392 AS WRITTEN SETS A DANGEROUS PATH 3896 01:46:05,459 --> 01:46:07,761 FORWARD FOR ERODING SEATTLE'S 3897 01:46:07,828 --> 01:46:09,296 CLIMATE RESILIENCE. 3898 01:46:09,362 --> 01:46:10,430 SEATTLE IS FIFTH IN THE 3899 01:46:10,497 --> 01:46:12,265 NATION FOR URBAN HEAT NATIONS. 3900 01:46:12,332 --> 01:46:13,900 DURING THE LAST MAJOR HEAT 3901 01:46:13,967 --> 01:46:16,503 WAVE OF 2021, 200 PEOPLE DIED. 3902 01:46:16,570 --> 01:46:18,271 YET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3903 01:46:18,338 --> 01:46:20,340 MAKES NO PLAN FOR HOW IT 3904 01:46:20,407 --> 01:46:21,975 WILL MEANINGFULLY ACHIEVE AN 3905 01:46:22,042 --> 01:46:24,544 URBAN FOREST THAT WILL SHADE OUR 3906 01:46:24,611 --> 01:46:24,945 FRONT 3907 01:46:25,011 --> 01:46:25,679 LINE COMMUNITIES WHO ALREADY 3908 01:46:25,746 --> 01:46:26,513 BEAR THE BRUNT OF OUR 3909 01:46:26,580 --> 01:46:28,849 FAILING 3910 01:46:28,915 --> 01:46:29,449 TREE CODE. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY 3911 01:46:29,516 --> 01:46:29,850 BUILD HOUSING 3912 01:46:29,916 --> 01:46:31,184 DENSELY AND KEEP OUR TREES, 3913 01:46:31,251 --> 01:46:33,620 BUT WE WON'T WITH THE COMP PLAN 3914 01:46:33,687 --> 01:46:33,954 AS WRITTEN. 3915 01:46:34,020 --> 01:46:35,288 HOUSING VERSUS TREES IS A FALSE 3916 01:46:35,355 --> 01:46:36,456 CHOICE, FULL STOP. 3917 01:46:36,523 --> 01:46:37,958 THE RECENT HURRICANE IN FLORIDA 3918 01:46:38,024 --> 01:46:40,360 AND WILDFIRES IN L.A. SHOULD 3919 01:46:40,427 --> 01:46:42,929 BE A WAKEUP CALL FOR CITY 3920 01:46:42,996 --> 01:46:44,998 LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED TO 3921 01:46:45,065 --> 01:46:46,800 BUILD OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS 3922 01:46:46,867 --> 01:46:46,933 A 3923 01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:48,502 CITY NOW TO BUFFER FOR OUR 3924 01:46:48,568 --> 01:46:49,936 EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE 3925 01:46:50,003 --> 01:46:50,470 SURE 3926 01:46:50,537 --> 01:46:50,637 TO 3927 01:46:50,704 --> 01:46:51,738 COME. PLEASE REWRITE THE COMP 3928 01:46:51,805 --> 01:46:52,539 PLAN 3929 01:46:52,606 --> 01:46:54,040 TO REDUCE HARD SCAPE 3930 01:46:54,107 --> 01:46:55,542 ALLOWANCES FROM 90% PAVEMENT AND 3931 01:46:55,609 --> 01:46:55,809 BUILDINGS 3932 01:46:55,876 --> 01:46:58,712 PER LOT, MANDATE SHARED WALLS 3933 01:46:58,779 --> 01:47:00,046 OR STACKED FLATS ON NEW 3934 01:47:00,113 --> 01:47:01,081 DEVELOPMENTS, AND REQUIRE 3935 01:47:01,148 --> 01:47:03,250 GREEN SPACE ON ALL NEW 3936 01:47:03,316 --> 01:47:03,583 CONSTRUCTION. 3937 01:47:03,650 --> 01:47:03,784 THANK 3938 01:47:03,850 --> 01:47:04,251 YOU. 3939 01:47:04,317 --> 01:47:12,526 >> NEXT WE HAVE KIPPY 3940 01:47:12,592 --> 01:47:13,326 AND DAVID. 3941 01:47:13,393 --> 01:47:13,593 >> HELLO. 3942 01:47:13,660 --> 01:47:16,830 MY NAME IS KIPPY. 3943 01:47:16,897 --> 01:47:18,732 I REPRESENT MEMBERS FOR 3944 01:47:18,799 --> 01:47:20,967 THE HOWARD LAKE COMMUNITY CLUB 3945 01:47:21,034 --> 01:47:22,202 WHICH HAS BEEN RUN BY VOLUNTEERS 3946 01:47:22,269 --> 01:47:22,369 FOR 3947 01:47:22,435 --> 01:47:22,803 103 YEARS. 3948 01:47:22,869 --> 01:47:24,271 WE ASK THE CITY 3949 01:47:24,337 --> 01:47:29,075 COUNCIL CONSIDER NOT ALLOWING 3950 01:47:29,142 --> 01:47:30,143 LR3 ZONING ON THE 3951 01:47:30,210 --> 01:47:31,778 HALER LAKE LOOP ROAD. 3952 01:47:31,845 --> 01:47:33,079 WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TRANSIT 3953 01:47:33,146 --> 01:47:35,182 ROUTE, BUT THIS IS ALSO A 3954 01:47:35,248 --> 01:47:36,883 SMALL ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR 3955 01:47:36,950 --> 01:47:37,250 COMMUNITY. 3956 01:47:37,317 --> 01:47:38,418 THERE IS GREAT CONCERN ABOUT 3957 01:47:38,485 --> 01:47:44,024 THE IMPACT OF THE HEALTH OF 3958 01:47:44,090 --> 01:47:45,358 OUR HALER LAKE, THE POTENTIAL 3959 01:47:45,425 --> 01:47:46,726 LOSS OF MANY MATURE TREES AND 3960 01:47:46,793 --> 01:47:48,195 THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE 3961 01:47:48,261 --> 01:47:50,330 CREATURES THAT DEPEND ON 3962 01:47:50,397 --> 01:47:52,432 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 3963 01:47:52,499 --> 01:47:52,799 SURROUNDING THE 3964 01:47:52,866 --> 01:47:54,167 AREA. THIS INCLUDES LONG- TERM 3965 01:47:54,234 --> 01:47:57,971 NESTING BALD EAGLE AND MANY 3966 01:47:58,038 --> 01:47:58,939 OTHER 3967 01:47:59,005 --> 01:47:59,306 LAND ANIMALS. 3968 01:47:59,372 --> 01:48:01,308 WE ASK YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE 3969 01:48:01,374 --> 01:48:03,143 HAVE SIGNIFICANT 3970 01:48:03,210 --> 01:48:03,777 UPZONING GROWTH COMING AROUND 3971 01:48:03,844 --> 01:48:04,711 OUR AREA. 3972 01:48:04,778 --> 01:48:06,112 WE WILL HAVE THE NORTH 3973 01:48:06,179 --> 01:48:08,949 WEST REGIONAL CENTER AT NORTH 3974 01:48:09,015 --> 01:48:09,149 WEST 3975 01:48:09,216 --> 01:48:10,650 ON OUR SOUTH SIDE, BITTER LAKE 3976 01:48:10,717 --> 01:48:13,520 URBAN CENTER ON OUR WEST SIDE, 3977 01:48:13,587 --> 01:48:17,190 LR3 ZONING ON NORTH 130th , 3978 01:48:17,257 --> 01:48:20,126 ON NORTH 145th, AND THE 3979 01:48:20,193 --> 01:48:21,061 PINEHURST HALER LAKE CENTER ON 3980 01:48:21,127 --> 01:48:22,095 THE 3981 01:48:22,162 --> 01:48:22,429 EAST SIDE. 3982 01:48:22,495 --> 01:48:25,198 THESE ARE ALL WITHIN A 2- MILE 3983 01:48:25,265 --> 01:48:25,498 -- 3984 01:48:25,565 --> 01:48:28,468 A 2 SQUARE MILE AREA. 3985 01:48:28,535 --> 01:48:31,371 THIS IS A LOT OF GROWTH FOR 3986 01:48:31,438 --> 01:48:32,973 OUR LITTLE AREA, AND WE ASK THAT 3987 01:48:33,039 --> 01:48:34,875 YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OUR 3988 01:48:34,941 --> 01:48:39,746 COMMUNITY AND OUR LAKE ARE 3989 01:48:39,813 --> 01:48:41,081 NOT DESTROYED BY OVERGROWTH. 3990 01:48:41,147 --> 01:48:43,717 PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THE LR3 ON 3991 01:48:43,783 --> 01:48:46,319 OUR HALER LAKE LOOP ROAD. 3992 01:48:46,386 --> 01:48:50,090 SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE CITY, 3993 01:48:50,156 --> 01:48:51,057 I GUESS I WANT TO SAY 3994 01:48:51,124 --> 01:48:52,726 GLOBAL WARMING IS HAPPENING NOW, 3995 01:48:52,792 --> 01:48:53,994 AND IT IS OUR JOB TO THINK ABOUT 3996 01:48:54,060 --> 01:48:54,160 THE 3997 01:48:54,227 --> 01:48:56,229 FUTURE, ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S 3998 01:48:56,296 --> 01:48:56,763 FUTURE. 3999 01:48:56,830 --> 01:49:00,100 AND TREES ARE OUR GLOBAL WARMING 4000 01:49:00,166 --> 01:49:00,934 HEROES, SO REMEMBER THEY ARE 4001 01:49:01,001 --> 01:49:02,302 SUCH AN ASSET AND VALUE. 4002 01:49:02,369 --> 01:49:06,072 PLEASE SAVE THE TREES. 4003 01:49:06,139 --> 01:49:09,476 THANK 4004 01:49:09,542 --> 01:49:09,776 YOU. 4005 01:49:09,843 --> 01:49:10,977 >> THANK YOU, KIPPY. 4006 01:49:11,044 --> 01:49:15,282 NEXT WE HAVE SHERRI, DAVID AND 4007 01:49:15,348 --> 01:49:18,084 SPEAKERS 53, 54, AND 4008 01:49:18,151 --> 01:49:18,318 55. 4009 01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:19,052 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS 4010 01:49:19,119 --> 01:49:19,386 OPPORTUNITY. 4011 01:49:19,452 --> 01:49:21,087 MY NAME IS SHERRI AND I 4012 01:49:21,154 --> 01:49:22,622 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PLAN 4013 01:49:22,689 --> 01:49:23,990 DEVELOPED WITH PUBLIC INPUT OVER 4014 01:49:24,057 --> 01:49:24,391 THE PAST 4015 01:49:24,457 --> 01:49:25,892 THREE YEARS AND SUPPORT ALL 4016 01:49:25,959 --> 01:49:27,160 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 4017 01:49:27,227 --> 01:49:28,895 I'M SPEAKING AS A 4018 01:49:28,962 --> 01:49:32,933 SEATTLE RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 30 4019 01:49:32,999 --> 01:49:33,133 YEARS 4020 01:49:33,199 --> 01:49:34,501 AND AS A PERSON 4021 01:49:34,567 --> 01:49:37,370 WHO'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A 4022 01:49:37,437 --> 01:49:37,804 GREENWOOD D5 4023 01:49:37,871 --> 01:49:39,039 HOMEOWNER FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. 4024 01:49:39,105 --> 01:49:40,674 I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS 4025 01:49:40,740 --> 01:49:42,175 OWNER AND 4026 01:49:42,242 --> 01:49:43,443 AN ARCHITECT. THE STATUS QUO 4027 01:49:43,510 --> 01:49:44,144 DOES NOT WORK. 4028 01:49:44,210 --> 01:49:46,112 WE NEED TO INCREASE THE 4029 01:49:46,179 --> 01:49:48,181 ABILITY TO ADD MORE TYPES OF 4030 01:49:48,248 --> 01:49:48,481 HOUSING 4031 01:49:48,548 --> 01:49:52,419 IN MORE PLACES ALL OVER SEATTLE, 4032 01:49:52,485 --> 01:49:55,789 ESPECIALLY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 4033 01:49:55,855 --> 01:49:56,856 CHANGE IS LIFE. 4034 01:49:56,923 --> 01:49:58,325 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED A 4035 01:49:58,391 --> 01:50:01,428 PLACE TO LIVE NOW, AND THERE ARE 4036 01:50:01,494 --> 01:50:03,897 MORE PEOPLE COMING WHO NEED ONE 4037 01:50:03,964 --> 01:50:04,197 ALSO. 4038 01:50:04,264 --> 01:50:05,765 THIS MEANS WE NEED TO MAKE 4039 01:50:05,832 --> 01:50:07,801 SPACE FOR THEM EVEN IF THERE ARE 4040 01:50:07,867 --> 01:50:11,171 SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE RESISTANT 4041 01:50:11,237 --> 01:50:11,338 TO 4042 01:50:11,404 --> 01:50:14,307 CHANGE. IT'S UP TO YOU, THE 4043 01:50:14,374 --> 01:50:15,308 CITY 4044 01:50:15,375 --> 01:50:17,510 COUNCIL, NOW. 4045 01:50:17,577 --> 01:50:19,045 LOOKING BACK THERE 4046 01:50:19,112 --> 01:50:20,647 WERE NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHORS IN 4047 01:50:20,714 --> 01:50:23,049 DRAFTS OF THE 1994 COMP PLAN 4048 01:50:23,116 --> 01:50:23,350 THAT WERE 4049 01:50:23,416 --> 01:50:24,884 NOT ADOPTED. 4050 01:50:24,951 --> 01:50:28,421 MANY OF THOSE ANCHORS ARE THE 4051 01:50:28,488 --> 01:50:31,124 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT ARE 4052 01:50:31,191 --> 01:50:31,825 PROPOSED TODAY. 4053 01:50:31,891 --> 01:50:34,194 THESE ARE PLACES THAT 4054 01:50:34,260 --> 01:50:35,996 ARE ALREADY SETUP FOR SUCCESS 4055 01:50:36,062 --> 01:50:39,132 TO MAKE SPACE FOR MORE 4056 01:50:39,199 --> 01:50:41,067 HOUSING. PLEASE ADOPT THE PLAN 4057 01:50:41,134 --> 01:50:41,267 WITH 4058 01:50:41,334 --> 01:50:43,737 ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 4059 01:50:43,803 --> 01:50:45,638 WE'VE BEEN WAITING 30 YEARS FOR 4060 01:50:45,705 --> 01:50:46,339 THEM. 4061 01:50:46,406 --> 01:50:46,973 THANK YOU. 4062 01:50:47,040 --> 01:50:47,807 >> THANK YOU. 4063 01:50:47,874 --> 01:50:52,846 SPEAKER 54 AND 55. 4064 01:50:52,912 --> 01:50:56,549 AND THEN WE'RE ON DECK 56 4065 01:50:56,616 --> 01:50:57,217 THROUGH 4066 01:50:57,283 --> 01:50:57,550 60. 4067 01:50:57,617 --> 01:50:57,817 >> HELLO. 4068 01:50:57,884 --> 01:51:02,555 THE DRAFT OF SEATTLE, 4069 01:51:02,622 --> 01:51:04,557 THE SEATTLE PLAN DOCUMENT 4070 01:51:04,624 --> 01:51:06,259 BOASTS THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION 4071 01:51:06,326 --> 01:51:06,760 OF THE 4072 01:51:06,826 --> 01:51:08,862 PLAN WOULD DOUBLE, IE, 4073 01:51:08,928 --> 01:51:11,865 INCREASE BY 100% THE CURRENT 4074 01:51:11,931 --> 01:51:12,565 CAPACITY OF 4075 01:51:12,632 --> 01:51:12,832 SEATTLE. 4076 01:51:12,899 --> 01:51:14,534 SUCH AN AMBITIOUS BOLD GOAL 4077 01:51:14,601 --> 01:51:16,569 IS NEITHER PRACTICAL, NECESSARY, 4078 01:51:16,636 --> 01:51:16,736 OR 4079 01:51:16,803 --> 01:51:16,936 WISE. 4080 01:51:17,003 --> 01:51:21,207 IT IS UNSUPPORTED AND 4081 01:51:21,274 --> 01:51:21,941 RECKLESS. CONSIDER THE 4082 01:51:22,008 --> 01:51:22,242 FOLLOWING. 4083 01:51:22,308 --> 01:51:23,710 THE RATE OF INCREASE OF THE U.S. 4084 01:51:23,777 --> 01:51:26,112 POPULATION INCLUDING SEATTLE 4085 01:51:26,179 --> 01:51:27,514 IS 4086 01:51:27,580 --> 01:51:28,782 SLOWING DOWN. THE U.S. CENSUS 4087 01:51:28,848 --> 01:51:29,015 BUREAU 4088 01:51:29,082 --> 01:51:31,584 ESTIMATES THAT THE RATE WILL BE 4089 01:51:31,651 --> 01:51:32,585 ZERO BY 4090 01:51:32,652 --> 01:51:33,853 2080 AFTER WHICH THE 4091 01:51:33,920 --> 01:51:36,856 POPULATION WILL START GOING 4092 01:51:36,923 --> 01:51:39,759 DOWN. THE BUREAU ESTIMATES THE 4093 01:51:39,826 --> 01:51:41,761 POPULATION WILL TOP OUT 4094 01:51:41,828 --> 01:51:44,497 LESS THAN 9% OF OUR CURRENT 4095 01:51:44,564 --> 01:51:46,332 NATIONAL POPULATION IS ABOUT 4096 01:51:46,399 --> 01:51:48,134 340 MILLION. AND ONCE THE 4097 01:51:48,201 --> 01:51:49,803 POPULATION STARTS 4098 01:51:49,869 --> 01:51:50,403 GOING DOWN, WE WILL HAVE 4099 01:51:50,470 --> 01:51:54,174 A SURPLUS OF ACTUAL HOUSING 4100 01:51:54,240 --> 01:51:54,374 UNITS 4101 01:51:54,441 --> 01:51:59,012 AND MUCH MORE ZONED CAPACITY 4102 01:51:59,079 --> 01:52:00,914 THAT WE WILL NEVER USE. 4103 01:52:00,980 --> 01:52:02,682 SO WHY ARE SEATTLE PLANNERS 4104 01:52:02,749 --> 01:52:03,783 SHOOTING FOR 4105 01:52:03,850 --> 01:52:06,853 HOUSING CAPABILITY ABOVE 4106 01:52:06,920 --> 01:52:09,322 INCREASES OF 100%, 4107 01:52:09,389 --> 01:52:11,858 11 TIMES THAN WHAT WOULD BE 4108 01:52:11,925 --> 01:52:12,992 NEEDED 4109 01:52:13,059 --> 01:52:14,227 NATIONALLY? I DON'T HAVE A GOOD 4110 01:52:14,294 --> 01:52:14,761 ANSWER TO 4111 01:52:14,828 --> 01:52:15,728 THIS QUESTION. IT'S MY 4112 01:52:15,795 --> 01:52:16,129 UNDERSTANDING 4113 01:52:16,196 --> 01:52:18,698 THAT RECENT STATE LAW MAKE 4114 01:52:18,765 --> 01:52:19,499 SINGLE 4115 01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:21,634 FAMILY ZONING EXTINCT, AND 4116 01:52:21,701 --> 01:52:23,103 ALL NEW PRIMARY PROPERTY 4117 01:52:23,169 --> 01:52:25,171 DEVELOPMENT MUST NOW ALLOW FOR 4118 01:52:25,238 --> 01:52:26,139 AT LEAST FOUR 4119 01:52:26,206 --> 01:52:29,008 DWELLING UNITS PER LOT, NOT 4120 01:52:29,075 --> 01:52:30,743 JUST IN SEATTLE BUT STATE-WIDE. 4121 01:52:30,810 --> 01:52:34,280 CONSIDER THAT SINGLE 4122 01:52:34,347 --> 01:52:35,882 FAMILY HOUSES ARE THE 4123 01:52:35,949 --> 01:52:36,783 DOMINANT RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN 4124 01:52:36,850 --> 01:52:37,050 SEATTLE, 4125 01:52:37,117 --> 01:52:37,984 WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY 4126 01:52:38,051 --> 01:52:39,552 TO SPREAD OUT FUTURE 4127 01:52:39,619 --> 01:52:42,055 RESIDENTIAL GROWTH WITHOUT 4128 01:52:42,122 --> 01:52:42,322 BUILDING 4129 01:52:42,388 --> 01:52:43,289 FIVE-STORY APARTMENT 4130 01:52:43,356 --> 01:52:47,927 BUILDINGS TO BE MY NEW NEIGHBORS 4131 01:52:47,994 --> 01:52:48,094 IN 4132 01:52:48,161 --> 01:52:49,963 WHAT USED TO BE A RELATIVELY 4133 01:52:50,029 --> 01:52:55,101 PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL, SAFE AND 4134 01:52:55,168 --> 01:52:56,202 DELICATE AREA ALONG THE 4135 01:52:56,269 --> 01:52:57,537 PERIMETER OF HALER LAKE. 4136 01:52:57,604 --> 01:52:59,272 THEY WOULD HAVE A HUGE 4137 01:52:59,339 --> 01:53:01,207 IMBACT THE EFFECT OF HOUSING AND 4138 01:53:01,274 --> 01:53:03,776 COSTS AND TINY HOUSES COULD 4139 01:53:03,843 --> 01:53:06,346 PROVIDE 4140 01:53:06,412 --> 01:53:07,714 ENOUGH ECONOMIC -- 4141 01:53:07,780 --> 01:53:09,115 >> TIMES UP. 4142 01:53:09,182 --> 01:53:11,451 THANK YOU SO 4143 01:53:11,518 --> 01:53:11,985 MUCH, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. 4144 01:53:12,051 --> 01:53:12,852 THANK YOU, DAVID. 4145 01:53:12,919 --> 01:53:14,120 SPEAKER 55. 4146 01:53:14,187 --> 01:53:16,990 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 4147 01:53:17,056 --> 01:53:17,790 STICKING THIS OUT. 4148 01:53:17,857 --> 01:53:19,359 THIS PLAN IS OVERKILL. 4149 01:53:19,425 --> 01:53:21,461 WHY CAUSE THREE TIMES AS MUCH 4150 01:53:21,528 --> 01:53:22,829 DISPLACEMENT AS WHAT'S 4151 01:53:22,896 --> 01:53:25,965 REQUIRED BY THE GROWTH 4152 01:53:26,032 --> 01:53:26,332 MANAGEMENT ACT? 4153 01:53:26,399 --> 01:53:30,603 WHY UPZONE FOR 333,000 NEW UNITS 4154 01:53:30,670 --> 01:53:36,709 WHEN WE'RE ONLY BEING ASKED FOR 4155 01:53:36,776 --> 01:53:37,210 112,000? WHY? 4156 01:53:37,277 --> 01:53:38,578 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE 4157 01:53:38,645 --> 01:53:41,047 BUILDERS AND THEIR MINIONS WANT 4158 01:53:41,114 --> 01:53:41,314 UNDER THE 4159 01:53:41,381 --> 01:53:44,617 GUISE MORE BUILDINGS 4160 01:53:44,684 --> 01:53:45,151 CREATES AFFORDABILITY. 4161 01:53:45,218 --> 01:53:46,319 BUT THAT'S A LIE, AND 4162 01:53:46,386 --> 01:53:48,788 LYING TO YOUR VOTERS IS REALLY 4163 01:53:48,855 --> 01:53:51,724 NOT A GOOD 4164 01:53:51,791 --> 01:53:52,058 LOOK. 4165 01:53:52,125 --> 01:53:54,761 AFFORDABILITY IS NOWHERE IN 4166 01:53:54,827 --> 01:53:56,229 THE PLAN, AND REALITY -- AND 4167 01:53:56,296 --> 01:53:57,764 CLEARLY HERE IN SEATTLE NEW TECH 4168 01:53:57,830 --> 01:53:59,966 JOBS AND OUR BUILDING BOOM 4169 01:54:00,033 --> 01:54:03,503 HAVE DOUBLED HOUSING COSTS. 4170 01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:04,637 THE MAYOR SAYS HE'S 4171 01:54:04,704 --> 01:54:06,506 COMPLIED WITH THE MISSING MIDDLE 4172 01:54:06,573 --> 01:54:06,739 HOUSING 4173 01:54:06,806 --> 01:54:11,444 BILL, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE IN 4174 01:54:11,511 --> 01:54:13,179 THIS PLAN IS THE DEFINITION OF 4175 01:54:13,246 --> 01:54:14,314 AFFORDABILITY, SO HOW CAN WE 4176 01:54:14,380 --> 01:54:15,415 POSSIBLY 4177 01:54:15,481 --> 01:54:16,816 MEASURE IT? THAT DEFINITION IS 4178 01:54:16,883 --> 01:54:17,617 LESS THAN 4179 01:54:17,684 --> 01:54:20,320 60% OF AMI FOR RENTERS AND LESS 4180 01:54:20,386 --> 01:54:23,223 THAN 80% OF AMI FOR OWNER 4181 01:54:23,289 --> 01:54:23,623 OCCUPIED UNITS. 4182 01:54:23,690 --> 01:54:24,958 WITHOUT THAT IN THE 4183 01:54:25,024 --> 01:54:27,026 PLAN, THERE'S NO 4184 01:54:27,093 --> 01:54:27,393 ACCOUNTABILITY, 4185 01:54:27,460 --> 01:54:29,796 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE 4186 01:54:29,862 --> 01:54:32,298 GOING 4187 01:54:32,365 --> 01:54:32,632 TO MANAGE. 4188 01:54:32,699 --> 01:54:34,000 TAXPAYERS HAVE INVESTED 4189 01:54:34,067 --> 01:54:35,535 BILLIONS IN RAPID TRANSIT. 4190 01:54:35,602 --> 01:54:37,103 NEARBY LAND HAS 4191 01:54:37,170 --> 01:54:38,571 GREATLY INCREASED IN VALUE. 4192 01:54:38,638 --> 01:54:41,741 THE MHA REQUIRES A GIVEBACK, 4193 01:54:41,808 --> 01:54:43,209 SO WE'VE RAISED UP THEIR HEIGHT 4194 01:54:43,276 --> 01:54:45,578 BY A FLOOR GIVING THEM 4195 01:54:45,645 --> 01:54:47,313 MORE PROPERTY TO PROFIT FROM. 4196 01:54:47,380 --> 01:54:49,616 AND YET IN THIS PLAN WHEN WE 4197 01:54:49,682 --> 01:54:52,218 UPZONE AROUND THE TRANSIT 4198 01:54:52,285 --> 01:54:55,288 CENTERS, THERE'S NO GIVEBACK. 4199 01:54:55,355 --> 01:54:57,590 WE'RE GIVING AWAY VALUE AND 4200 01:54:57,657 --> 01:54:58,691 ASKING FOR NOTHING FOR THE 4201 01:54:58,758 --> 01:55:00,593 COMMON GOOD. I REALLY ASK YOU TO 4202 01:55:00,660 --> 01:55:01,527 RECONSIDER THAT. 4203 01:55:01,594 --> 01:55:03,596 THE TRANSIT AND DEVELOPMENT 4204 01:55:03,663 --> 01:55:06,399 BILL, HOUSE BILL 1491 IS 4205 01:55:06,466 --> 01:55:07,100 COMING DOWN 4206 01:55:07,166 --> 01:55:08,534 THE PIKE. IT'S ONE OF THE TOP 4207 01:55:08,601 --> 01:55:09,168 PRIORITIES OF THIS SESSION. 4208 01:55:09,235 --> 01:55:14,374 WE WILL SEE IT, SO YOU MIGHT AS 4209 01:55:14,440 --> 01:55:15,108 WELL LOOK AT IT AND ACCOMMODATE 4210 01:55:15,174 --> 01:55:16,342 IT. IT SAYS THAT WE WILL 4211 01:55:16,409 --> 01:55:18,878 UPZONE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF 4212 01:55:18,945 --> 01:55:20,413 TRANSIT 4213 01:55:20,480 --> 01:55:20,847 CENTERS. 4214 01:55:20,913 --> 01:55:24,117 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4215 01:55:24,183 --> 01:55:26,552 SPEAKERS 56 THROUGH 60. 4216 01:55:26,619 --> 01:55:30,923 AND BEFORE YOU SPEAK, 4217 01:55:30,990 --> 01:55:32,191 JUST ASKING ONCE YOU SPEAK 4218 01:55:32,258 --> 01:55:33,359 PLEASE TRANSITION 4219 01:55:33,426 --> 01:55:35,928 DOWN STAIRS. WE'RE BRINGING 4220 01:55:35,995 --> 01:55:36,529 MORE FOLKS IN. 4221 01:55:36,596 --> 01:55:37,864 THERE'S SEATS IN THE THAT'S 4222 01:55:37,930 --> 01:55:38,531 ALL RIGHT HERE. 4223 01:55:38,598 --> 01:55:41,200 SO IF YOU'RE STANDING PLEASE 4224 01:55:41,267 --> 01:55:42,835 FEEL FREE TO WELCOME. 4225 01:55:42,902 --> 01:55:45,238 PLEASE DO 4226 01:55:45,305 --> 01:55:45,872 NOT BLOCK THE SEAT NEXT TO YOU 4227 01:55:45,938 --> 01:55:46,239 IF YOU ARE 4228 01:55:46,306 --> 01:55:46,706 BLOCKING THAT SEAT. 4229 01:55:46,773 --> 01:55:48,308 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING 4230 01:55:48,374 --> 01:55:50,009 THAT NEED A SEAT. 4231 01:55:50,076 --> 01:55:50,643 THANK YOU. 4232 01:55:50,710 --> 01:55:52,812 >> ALL RIGHT, AND THANK YOU. 4233 01:55:52,879 --> 01:55:53,913 AND GOOD EVENING, YES. 4234 01:55:53,980 --> 01:55:55,181 AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH 4235 01:55:55,248 --> 01:55:56,382 ALL OF US HERE. 4236 01:55:56,449 --> 01:56:00,253 MY NAME IS MARTHA BASKEN. 4237 01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:01,921 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC 4238 01:56:01,988 --> 01:56:03,756 HEALTH, CLIMATE RESILIENCE. 4239 01:56:03,823 --> 01:56:04,991 CAN WE HAVE IT ALL? 4240 01:56:05,058 --> 01:56:06,859 NOT IN THIS COMP PLAN, WHICH 4241 01:56:06,926 --> 01:56:09,896 LACKS ANY PROPOSAL OR 4242 01:56:09,962 --> 01:56:13,333 ANALYSIS FOR HOW THE CITY WILL 4243 01:56:13,399 --> 01:56:14,667 MEET THE HOUSING NEED FOR THOSE 4244 01:56:14,734 --> 01:56:14,901 WHO 4245 01:56:14,967 --> 01:56:17,770 ARE THE BACKBONES OF 4246 01:56:17,837 --> 01:56:18,171 OUR COMMUNITIES. 4247 01:56:18,237 --> 01:56:20,807 THE HOUSING GOALS OF THE GROWTH 4248 01:56:20,873 --> 01:56:21,874 MANAGEMENT ACT DIRECTED 4249 01:56:21,941 --> 01:56:24,010 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PLAN AND 4250 01:56:24,077 --> 01:56:28,514 ACCOMMODATE 4251 01:56:28,581 --> 01:56:29,549 FOR HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE 4252 01:56:29,615 --> 01:56:30,450 TO ALL ECONOMIC 4253 01:56:30,516 --> 01:56:33,353 SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION. 4254 01:56:33,419 --> 01:56:36,089 HB 1020 PASSED IN 2021 4255 01:56:36,155 --> 01:56:37,457 WENT FURTHER IDENTIFYING THE 4256 01:56:37,523 --> 01:56:37,657 CITY 4257 01:56:37,724 --> 01:56:39,092 MUST IDENTIFY HOUSING AT ANY 4258 01:56:39,158 --> 01:56:40,960 ECONOMIC LEVEL BELOW 30% 4259 01:56:41,027 --> 01:56:43,629 AREA MEDIAN INCOME, LESS THAN 4260 01:56:43,696 --> 01:56:43,930 60% 4261 01:56:43,996 --> 01:56:47,066 AMI FOR RENTERS, 80% FOR 4262 01:56:47,133 --> 01:56:48,601 OWNER OCCUPIED AND LOW INCOME 4263 01:56:48,668 --> 01:56:49,035 FAMILY. 4264 01:56:49,102 --> 01:56:51,104 THE COMP PLAN DOES NONE OF THAT. 4265 01:56:51,170 --> 01:56:52,138 WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD 4266 01:56:52,205 --> 01:56:54,907 THAT MARKET RATE HOUSING IS THE 4267 01:56:54,974 --> 01:56:56,809 ANSWER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 4268 01:56:56,876 --> 01:56:57,777 THAT TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS WILL 4269 01:56:57,844 --> 01:56:58,111 SAVE 4270 01:56:58,177 --> 01:56:58,411 THE DAY. 4271 01:56:58,478 --> 01:57:01,414 THIS WAS A THEORY FOR THE 4272 01:57:01,481 --> 01:57:03,249 MANDATORY HOUSING 4273 01:57:03,316 --> 01:57:04,484 AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM WHICH ALSO 4274 01:57:04,550 --> 01:57:05,451 RAMPED UP IN 4275 01:57:05,518 --> 01:57:05,718 2021. 4276 01:57:05,785 --> 01:57:09,088 WAS THERE A SURGE IN 4277 01:57:09,155 --> 01:57:09,555 AFFORDABLE HOUSING? 4278 01:57:09,622 --> 01:57:10,390 ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE 4279 01:57:10,456 --> 01:57:13,826 TIMES OF 282 MARKET RATE 4280 01:57:13,893 --> 01:57:15,795 PRODUCTS 4281 01:57:15,862 --> 01:57:17,697 SUBJECT TO MHA'S REQUIREMENTS, 4282 01:57:17,764 --> 01:57:19,298 DEVELOPERS CHOSE TO PAY FEES 4283 01:57:19,365 --> 01:57:21,734 269 TIMES WHILE 13 4284 01:57:21,801 --> 01:57:22,702 CHOSE TO INCLUDE ITEMS ON SITE. 4285 01:57:22,769 --> 01:57:24,604 IN ADDITION WE'RE TOLD 4286 01:57:24,670 --> 01:57:26,239 THAT TREES AND SPACE TO PLANT 4287 01:57:26,305 --> 01:57:27,874 MORE GET IN THE WAY OF ALL 4288 01:57:27,940 --> 01:57:28,141 HOUSING, 4289 01:57:28,207 --> 01:57:31,277 THAT DENSITY AND TREES CANNOT 4290 01:57:31,344 --> 01:57:33,212 COEXIST. AND WHEN DEVELOPERS 4291 01:57:33,279 --> 01:57:33,446 ENGAGE 4292 01:57:33,513 --> 01:57:35,448 IN DOUBLE SPEAK BY CLAIMING THEY 4293 01:57:35,515 --> 01:57:37,517 SUPPORT BOTH, THEY UNDERMINE 4294 01:57:37,583 --> 01:57:39,585 IT BY DEMANDING 90% HARD SCAPE 4295 01:57:39,652 --> 01:57:41,888 AT ALL PROPERTY AND CUTTING 4296 01:57:41,954 --> 01:57:43,689 SETBACK REQUIREMENTS BY OVER 4297 01:57:43,756 --> 01:57:45,625 HALF, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR A 4298 01:57:45,691 --> 01:57:46,259 MIGHTY 4299 01:57:46,325 --> 01:57:48,161 EVERGREEN OR OAK EVEN IT'S IN 4300 01:57:48,227 --> 01:57:50,463 THE CORNER OF A LOT. 4301 01:57:50,530 --> 01:57:51,864 I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF 4302 01:57:51,931 --> 01:57:54,400 US WANT TO LIVE IN THAT 4303 01:57:54,467 --> 01:57:54,934 ENVIRONMENT 4304 01:57:55,001 --> 01:57:56,569 ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE 4305 01:57:56,636 --> 01:57:57,003 EMERGENCY. 4306 01:57:57,069 --> 01:57:59,372 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4307 01:57:59,439 --> 01:58:00,706 IT'S 7:00 P.M. SO IT'S 4308 01:58:00,773 --> 01:58:03,209 A REMINDER TO OUR ONLINE 4309 01:58:03,276 --> 01:58:03,476 SPEAKERS 4310 01:58:03,543 --> 01:58:04,811 THAT YOU CAN NOW LOG IN, 4311 01:58:04,877 --> 01:58:06,412 AND WE WILL BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE 4312 01:58:06,479 --> 01:58:07,647 YOU AT 4313 01:58:07,713 --> 01:58:10,783 7:30 AND BOUNCE BACK FROM 4314 01:58:10,850 --> 01:58:14,987 HYBRID -- IN- PERSON TO 4315 01:58:15,054 --> 01:58:15,221 HYBRID. 4316 01:58:15,288 --> 01:58:15,788 GAYLE? 4317 01:58:15,855 --> 01:58:17,256 >> NO, I'M 58. 4318 01:58:17,323 --> 01:58:19,258 >> I APOLOGIZE. 4319 01:58:19,325 --> 01:58:21,527 57, 58, 59, 60. 4320 01:58:21,594 --> 01:58:22,795 YOU'RE UP, THANK YOU. 4321 01:58:22,862 --> 01:58:23,796 >> TWO DAYS 4322 01:58:23,863 --> 01:58:25,031 BEFORE CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR I 4323 01:58:25,097 --> 01:58:25,565 HEARD CHAIN 4324 01:58:25,631 --> 01:58:26,732 SAWS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND 4325 01:58:26,799 --> 01:58:26,933 LATER 4326 01:58:26,999 --> 01:58:29,101 IN THE DAY MUCH 4327 01:58:29,168 --> 01:58:31,170 TO MY HORROR I DISCOVERED THAT 4328 01:58:31,237 --> 01:58:32,038 THREE LARGE, 4329 01:58:32,104 --> 01:58:34,373 HEALTHY FIR TREES HAD BEEN CUT 4330 01:58:34,440 --> 01:58:35,007 DOWN. 4331 01:58:35,074 --> 01:58:37,944 ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS A 4332 01:58:38,010 --> 01:58:39,479 HUGE PILE OF ROOT BALLS AND 4333 01:58:39,545 --> 01:58:39,779 LIMBS. 4334 01:58:39,846 --> 01:58:42,548 THESE WERE ON THE EARLY SIDE 4335 01:58:42,615 --> 01:58:44,083 SO IT SEEMED THE GEPPERS COULD 4336 01:58:44,150 --> 01:58:45,585 HAVE PLANNED NEW HOUSING 4337 01:58:45,651 --> 01:58:46,085 WITHOUT REMOVING THEM. 4338 01:58:46,152 --> 01:58:47,253 MORE LOSS OF HOMES 4339 01:58:47,320 --> 01:58:48,654 FOR WILDLIFE AND SHADE FOR THE 4340 01:58:48,721 --> 01:58:48,988 NEIGHBORHOOD. 4341 01:58:49,055 --> 01:58:51,390 THERE'S LITTLE IF ANY 4342 01:58:51,457 --> 01:58:53,893 INCENTIVES 4343 01:58:53,960 --> 01:58:56,863 FOR DEVELOPERS AS THE CITY 4344 01:58:56,929 --> 01:58:58,464 MAKES THEM EASY TO CUT THEM 4345 01:58:58,531 --> 01:58:59,098 DOWN. 4346 01:58:59,165 --> 01:59:04,871 I HOPE YOU REMODIFY THE 4347 01:59:04,937 --> 01:59:06,172 COMPREHENSIVE PLANCHES AND MAKE 4348 01:59:06,239 --> 01:59:13,045 SAVING TREES A PRIORITY. 4349 01:59:13,112 --> 01:59:14,714 CITY LEADERS ALWAYS SAY 4350 01:59:14,780 --> 01:59:18,851 THEY WANT TO INCREASE THE TREE 4351 01:59:18,918 --> 01:59:21,854 CANOPY, YET THEIR WORDS 4352 01:59:21,921 --> 01:59:22,855 RING HOLLOW. 4353 01:59:22,922 --> 01:59:25,224 1,000 PLUS TREES OVER 6 4354 01:59:25,291 --> 01:59:27,860 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE REMOVED 4355 01:59:27,927 --> 01:59:28,127 FROM 4356 01:59:28,194 --> 01:59:31,330 PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN 2021. 4357 01:59:31,397 --> 01:59:33,466 AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING 4358 01:59:33,533 --> 01:59:35,401 MAYBE SEATTLE SHOULD BE RENAMED 4359 01:59:35,468 --> 01:59:37,436 THE HEAT CITY ISLAND INSTEAD OF 4360 01:59:37,503 --> 01:59:37,603 THE 4361 01:59:37,670 --> 01:59:39,138 EMERALD CITY. 4362 01:59:39,205 --> 01:59:39,472 THANK 4363 01:59:39,539 --> 01:59:41,874 YOU. 4364 01:59:41,941 --> 01:59:43,476 >> SUSAN, DON, AND NANCY. 4365 01:59:43,543 --> 01:59:45,311 BEFORE SUSAN, DON, AND 4366 01:59:45,378 --> 01:59:47,513 NANCY JUMP UP AND SPEAK, CAN WE 4367 01:59:47,580 --> 01:59:47,713 HAVE 4368 01:59:47,780 --> 01:59:50,750 SPEAKERS 61 THROUGH 70 THAT ARE 4369 01:59:50,816 --> 01:59:53,286 SIGNED UP? 4370 01:59:53,352 --> 01:59:55,288 61 THROUGH 70 PLEASE STAND 4371 01:59:55,354 --> 01:59:58,391 UP, AND YOU CAN LINE UP HERE 4372 01:59:58,457 --> 01:59:59,692 EITHER HERE WHICHEVER IS YOUR 4373 01:59:59,759 --> 02:00:02,395 GOOD SIDE, MIDDLE FACE OR LEFT 4374 02:00:02,461 --> 02:00:02,628 FACE. 4375 02:00:02,695 --> 02:00:02,929 SUSAN. 4376 02:00:02,995 --> 02:00:03,596 >> OKAY, HI. 4377 02:00:03,663 --> 02:00:05,331 MY NAME IS SUSAN CAMPBELL, 4378 02:00:05,398 --> 02:00:07,533 AND I'M A PART OF 500 PLUS 4379 02:00:07,600 --> 02:00:08,768 NEIGHBORS SUPPORTING THE 4380 02:00:08,834 --> 02:00:10,002 PRESERVATION OF 4381 02:00:10,069 --> 02:00:11,037 HISTORIC QUEEN ANNE 4382 02:00:11,103 --> 02:00:11,837 BOULEVARD HOMESTEAD PARKWAY. 4383 02:00:11,904 --> 02:00:13,639 I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR 4384 02:00:13,706 --> 02:00:16,642 THE COUNCIL AND THE GALLERY 4385 02:00:16,709 --> 02:00:18,444 THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION, 4386 02:00:18,511 --> 02:00:18,644 QUEEN 4387 02:00:18,711 --> 02:00:20,613 ANNE BOULEVARD IS NOT PART OF 4388 02:00:20,680 --> 02:00:20,780 THE 4389 02:00:20,846 --> 02:00:21,380 URBAN CENTER. 4390 02:00:21,447 --> 02:00:24,850 IT IS NOT QUEEN AVENUE. 4391 02:00:24,917 --> 02:00:26,118 QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD 4392 02:00:26,185 --> 02:00:28,588 HOMESTEAD PARKWAY IS A SEATTLE 4393 02:00:28,654 --> 02:00:28,854 HISTORIC 4394 02:00:28,921 --> 02:00:29,121 LANDMARK. 4395 02:00:29,188 --> 02:00:30,556 IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1907. 4396 02:00:30,623 --> 02:00:32,992 IT RUNS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF 4397 02:00:33,059 --> 02:00:36,228 QUEEN ANNE'S EAST, WEST, 4398 02:00:36,295 --> 02:00:37,563 AND NORTH SIDES AT THE CREST OF 4399 02:00:37,630 --> 02:00:37,730 THE 4400 02:00:37,797 --> 02:00:38,698 HILL. 4401 02:00:38,764 --> 02:00:42,935 THE BOULEVARD IS 3. 5 -- EXCUSE 4402 02:00:43,002 --> 02:00:48,808 ME, 3. 7 MILES OF VIEW, 4403 02:00:48,874 --> 02:00:50,509 VISTAS, BEAUTIFUL OLD GROWTH 4404 02:00:50,576 --> 02:00:50,810 TREES, 4405 02:00:50,876 --> 02:00:53,279 WILD, LEAFY CANOPY AND 4406 02:00:53,346 --> 02:00:55,114 QUIET, CALMING RESPITE FROM THE 4407 02:00:55,181 --> 02:00:55,815 HECTIC CITY. 4408 02:00:55,881 --> 02:00:57,717 KNOWN AS THE CROWN OF THE HILL 4409 02:00:57,783 --> 02:00:58,918 WALK, QUEEN ANNE BUFB 4410 02:00:58,985 --> 02:01:02,088 WAS ESTABLISHED AS A GIFT OF 4411 02:01:02,154 --> 02:01:02,922 LAND FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY 4412 02:01:02,989 --> 02:01:03,222 OWNERS FOR 4413 02:01:03,289 --> 02:01:04,457 THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF 4414 02:01:04,523 --> 02:01:08,127 THE SCENIC PARKWAY. 4415 02:01:08,194 --> 02:01:11,931 AND IT IS USED. THERE ARE 4416 02:01:11,998 --> 02:01:12,531 JOGGERS, DOG WALKERS, KIDS ON 4417 02:01:12,598 --> 02:01:13,232 BIKES AND SCOOTERS, 4418 02:01:13,299 --> 02:01:15,334 YOUNG FAMILIES WALKING 4419 02:01:15,401 --> 02:01:17,837 WITH STROLLERS, RETIRED 4420 02:01:17,903 --> 02:01:18,204 RESIDENTS 4421 02:01:18,270 --> 02:01:21,874 MAINTAINING THEIR FITNESS, YOUNG 4422 02:01:21,941 --> 02:01:25,845 PEOPLE ON WINE WALKS, 4423 02:01:25,911 --> 02:01:26,212 TEENAGE GROUPS. 4424 02:01:26,278 --> 02:01:27,847 BASED ON A POLL THAT WAS DONE 4425 02:01:27,913 --> 02:01:31,183 ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 49% OF 4426 02:01:31,250 --> 02:01:33,319 RESPONDENTS USE IT DAILY IN 4427 02:01:33,386 --> 02:01:33,753 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 4428 02:01:33,819 --> 02:01:37,523 INTERESTINGLY, IT IS ALSO A 4429 02:01:37,590 --> 02:01:40,459 PART OF -- OF THE 4430 02:01:40,526 --> 02:01:41,627 BUSINESS BECAUSE SEATTLE 4431 02:01:41,694 --> 02:01:42,094 HISTORIC TOURISTS 4432 02:01:42,161 --> 02:01:43,996 GO THROUGH AS WELL. 4433 02:01:44,063 --> 02:01:47,166 CURRENTLY IT IS SLATED TO BE 4434 02:01:47,233 --> 02:01:49,502 LR3. WE REALLY ASK THAT YOU 4435 02:01:49,568 --> 02:01:49,869 PRESERVE THIS. 4436 02:01:49,935 --> 02:01:53,372 WE WANT TO MAKE 4437 02:01:53,439 --> 02:01:54,273 SURE THAT THE HOUSING IS HERE 4438 02:01:54,340 --> 02:01:55,708 FOR THE 4439 02:01:55,775 --> 02:01:58,377 CITY, BUT ULTIMATELY WE ALSO 4440 02:01:58,444 --> 02:01:58,577 WANT 4441 02:01:58,644 --> 02:01:59,945 TOTO PRESERVE CITY AND 4442 02:02:00,012 --> 02:02:00,913 OUR HISTORICAL LANDMARKS. 4443 02:02:00,980 --> 02:02:01,247 THANK 4444 02:02:01,313 --> 02:02:01,514 YOU. 4445 02:02:01,580 --> 02:02:03,182 >> THANK YOU. 4446 02:02:03,249 --> 02:02:06,585 NEXT WE HAVE DAWN AND 4447 02:02:06,652 --> 02:02:07,953 NANCY. 4448 02:02:08,020 --> 02:02:08,287 >> OKAY. 4449 02:02:08,354 --> 02:02:09,555 I'M DAWN SILAR. 4450 02:02:09,622 --> 02:02:14,126 I LIVE ON NORTH QUEEN 4451 02:02:14,193 --> 02:02:15,127 ANNE HILL. SEATTLE REPORTS THAT 4452 02:02:15,194 --> 02:02:15,428 SEATTLE 4453 02:02:15,494 --> 02:02:17,963 HAS LOST MORE THAN 2,000 TREES 4454 02:02:18,030 --> 02:02:18,164 THIS 4455 02:02:18,230 --> 02:02:18,431 YEAR. 4456 02:02:18,497 --> 02:02:21,367 THE WORLD ECONOMIC 4457 02:02:21,434 --> 02:02:25,504 FORUM REPORT THAT 1 HECTARE, 2 4458 02:02:25,571 --> 02:02:26,238 1/2 ACRES 4459 02:02:26,305 --> 02:02:28,741 OF CANOPY WILL REDUCE POLLUTANTS 4460 02:02:28,808 --> 02:02:30,710 BY 4461 02:02:30,776 --> 02:02:32,244 400 TONS. 4462 02:02:32,311 --> 02:02:33,412 400 TONS. 4463 02:02:33,479 --> 02:02:35,848 THE TREE ORDINANCE PASSED IN 4464 02:02:35,915 --> 02:02:37,049 2023 THAT WAS SUPPOSED 4465 02:02:37,116 --> 02:02:40,019 TO PROTECT AND GROW SEATTLE'S 4466 02:02:40,086 --> 02:02:40,219 TREE 4467 02:02:40,286 --> 02:02:41,987 CANOPY, BUT THE ORDINANCE WAS 4468 02:02:42,054 --> 02:02:45,725 ACTUALLY CRAFTED BY THE MASTER 4469 02:02:45,791 --> 02:02:47,693 BUILDERS OF KING AND -- 4470 02:02:47,760 --> 02:02:50,329 COUNTY. IT'S A COPY OF THE 4471 02:02:50,396 --> 02:02:50,629 AMENDMENTS 4472 02:02:50,696 --> 02:02:53,199 WHO MADE 103 LOBBYING TRIPS 4473 02:02:53,265 --> 02:02:54,934 TO CITY HALL. 4474 02:02:55,000 --> 02:02:56,335 QUOTING INVESTIGATE WEST, 4475 02:02:56,402 --> 02:02:59,338 THE TREE ORDINANCE INCLUDES A 4476 02:02:59,405 --> 02:02:59,805 SWEEPING PROVISION TO 4477 02:02:59,872 --> 02:03:01,674 LET BUILDERS AND HOME OWNERS 4478 02:03:01,741 --> 02:03:03,943 REMOVE ANY TREE FOR ANY 4479 02:03:04,009 --> 02:03:04,944 REASON AS LONG AS THEY GET 4480 02:03:05,010 --> 02:03:06,812 PERMITS AND PAY THE 4481 02:03:06,879 --> 02:03:07,713 SDCI TREE FUND. 4482 02:03:07,780 --> 02:03:10,783 THE TREE ORDINANCE IS IN 4483 02:03:10,850 --> 02:03:13,652 SYNC WITH THE COMP PLAN, WHICH 4484 02:03:13,719 --> 02:03:15,721 ALLOWS SDCI DEVELOPERS TO HARD 4485 02:03:15,788 --> 02:03:16,388 SCAPE 4486 02:03:16,455 --> 02:03:18,190 85% OF THE PROPERTY. 4487 02:03:18,257 --> 02:03:19,859 AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 4488 02:03:19,925 --> 02:03:23,162 YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE 4489 02:03:23,229 --> 02:03:23,462 NEWSPAPER. 4490 02:03:23,529 --> 02:03:25,397 THERE IS NO COMPARATIVE 4491 02:03:25,464 --> 02:03:29,301 EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN REPLACING A 4492 02:03:29,368 --> 02:03:34,540 60-YEAR- OLD OAK TREE WITH A 4493 02:03:34,607 --> 02:03:39,011 TREE GROWING BETWEEN TWO FIVE- 4494 02:03:39,078 --> 02:03:40,780 STORY 4495 02:03:40,846 --> 02:03:41,180 BUILDINGS. 4496 02:03:41,247 --> 02:03:45,184 STATES IT WILL TAKE 25 YEARS, 4497 02:03:45,251 --> 02:03:47,286 THAT'S 2050 FOR NEW UPZONE 4498 02:03:47,353 --> 02:03:51,157 TREES TO REACH EVEN 19 TO 26% 4499 02:03:51,223 --> 02:03:51,390 CANOPY 4500 02:03:51,457 --> 02:03:53,359 COVERAGE, BUT THE 4501 02:03:53,425 --> 02:03:54,894 CANOPY COVERAGE WILL NEVER 4502 02:03:54,960 --> 02:03:57,029 RECOVER BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 4503 02:03:57,096 --> 02:03:57,997 PRODUCE CANOPIES ON HARD SCAPE. 4504 02:03:58,063 --> 02:03:59,365 ONCE YOU GET RID OF THE 4505 02:03:59,431 --> 02:04:02,067 DIRT, THE TREES ARE GONE 4506 02:04:02,134 --> 02:04:02,334 FOREVER. 4507 02:04:02,401 --> 02:04:04,503 PLEASE PAUSE AND WORK WITH 4508 02:04:04,570 --> 02:04:07,206 THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION TO 4509 02:04:07,273 --> 02:04:08,207 BRING COMMON SENSE DENSITY 4510 02:04:08,274 --> 02:04:09,441 TO THE EMERALD CITY. 4511 02:04:09,508 --> 02:04:09,775 THANK 4512 02:04:09,842 --> 02:04:10,042 YOU. 4513 02:04:10,109 --> 02:04:11,911 >> THANK YOU, DAWN. 4514 02:04:11,977 --> 02:04:14,146 NANCY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 4515 02:04:14,213 --> 02:04:14,680 >> GOOD EVENING. 4516 02:04:14,747 --> 02:04:15,948 MY NAME IS NANCY. 4517 02:04:16,015 --> 02:04:17,817 I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER 4518 02:04:17,883 --> 02:04:20,452 SENT ON BEHALF OF A NEIGHBOR OF 4519 02:04:20,519 --> 02:04:23,489 OURS WHOSE NAME IS ALEXANDRIA 4520 02:04:23,556 --> 02:04:23,823 STREAMER. 4521 02:04:23,889 --> 02:04:26,659 ALEXANDRIA LIVES 4522 02:04:26,725 --> 02:04:27,793 ON WASTE WAY STREET ON QUEEN 4523 02:04:27,860 --> 02:04:28,427 ANNE ON 4524 02:04:28,494 --> 02:04:28,961 6th AVENUE WEST. 4525 02:04:29,028 --> 02:04:30,963 SHE WRITES I'M A 4526 02:04:31,030 --> 02:04:32,164 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL WHO RENTED 4527 02:04:32,231 --> 02:04:32,498 FOR 4528 02:04:32,565 --> 02:04:32,731 MANY 4529 02:04:32,798 --> 02:04:34,834 YEARS. I KNOW I'M LUCKY TO BE 4530 02:04:34,900 --> 02:04:37,803 A HOMEOWNER AT 31 YEARS OLD. 4531 02:04:37,870 --> 02:04:40,539 I WORK AS A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 4532 02:04:40,606 --> 02:04:40,840 CONSULTANT. 4533 02:04:40,906 --> 02:04:45,711 IN 2024 I SIGNED A LETTER 4534 02:04:45,778 --> 02:04:48,314 TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 4535 02:04:48,380 --> 02:04:49,315 EXPRESSING 4536 02:04:49,381 --> 02:04:53,552 MY OPPOSITION TO 4537 02:04:53,619 --> 02:04:55,855 WEST AVENUE. BY EXTENDING LR3 4538 02:04:55,921 --> 02:04:56,455 ZONING THIS FAR 4539 02:04:56,522 --> 02:04:58,457 NORTH ON 10th AVENUE WEST IS A 4540 02:04:58,524 --> 02:05:00,392 BIG MISTAKE. 4541 02:05:00,459 --> 02:05:02,061 NORTH 10th AVENUE WEST IS 4542 02:05:02,127 --> 02:05:04,296 A HISTORIC 4543 02:05:04,363 --> 02:05:04,897 BOULEVARD, AND THERE'S NO 4544 02:05:04,964 --> 02:05:06,332 COMMERCIAL CENTER NORTH 4545 02:05:06,398 --> 02:05:08,267 OF WEST McGRAW STREET. 4546 02:05:08,334 --> 02:05:09,935 STREETS ALSO BECOME 4547 02:05:10,002 --> 02:05:11,370 NARROWER NORTH OF WEST McGRAW. 4548 02:05:11,437 --> 02:05:13,105 I SIGN THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF 4549 02:05:13,172 --> 02:05:14,874 MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE OF 4550 02:05:14,940 --> 02:05:16,508 BETTER ALTERNATIVE OF ADDING 4551 02:05:16,575 --> 02:05:16,876 DENSITY TO 4552 02:05:16,942 --> 02:05:19,044 QUEEN ANNE IS 6th AVENUE 4553 02:05:19,111 --> 02:05:20,412 WEST ADJACENT TO WHERE I LIVE. 4554 02:05:20,479 --> 02:05:22,915 THE NUMBER 2 METROBUS TRAVELS 4555 02:05:22,982 --> 02:05:24,950 DIRECTLY ON THIS STREET 4556 02:05:25,017 --> 02:05:26,719 TO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. 4557 02:05:26,785 --> 02:05:28,320 IT HAS A COMMERCIAL HUB 4558 02:05:28,387 --> 02:05:29,622 THAT INCLUDES A WALKABLE GROCERY 4559 02:05:29,688 --> 02:05:30,990 STORE AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES. 4560 02:05:31,056 --> 02:05:32,691 SEVERAL MULTIFAMILY HOMES, A 4561 02:05:32,758 --> 02:05:33,959 WELL REGARDED PUBLIC ELEMENTARY 4562 02:05:34,026 --> 02:05:34,927 SCHOOL AND IS THE 4563 02:05:34,994 --> 02:05:35,761 STRAIGHTEST STREET IN THE 4564 02:05:35,828 --> 02:05:36,595 PORTION OF 4565 02:05:36,662 --> 02:05:37,429 10th AVENUE WEST. 4566 02:05:37,496 --> 02:05:40,499 IT HAS NO CLAIM TO THE HISTORIC 4567 02:05:40,566 --> 02:05:41,033 QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD. 4568 02:05:41,100 --> 02:05:43,969 IF THE CITY HAD 4569 02:05:44,036 --> 02:05:45,638 TRULY ENGAGED HOME OWNERS IN 4570 02:05:45,704 --> 02:05:46,171 THIS 4571 02:05:46,238 --> 02:05:49,074 PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE ADDED 4572 02:05:49,141 --> 02:05:49,408 SUGGESTIONS. 4573 02:05:49,475 --> 02:05:52,011 BUT THE WAY OPCD HAS 4574 02:05:52,077 --> 02:05:53,846 SPECIFICALLY 4575 02:05:53,913 --> 02:05:54,880 LEFT HOME OWNERS OUT OF THIS 4576 02:05:54,947 --> 02:05:55,214 CONVERSATION 4577 02:05:55,281 --> 02:05:56,882 HAS MADE US FEEL LIKE WE'RE 4578 02:05:56,949 --> 02:05:57,750 PLAYING CATCH- UP TO PROVIDE 4579 02:05:57,816 --> 02:05:58,017 GUIDANCE 4580 02:05:58,083 --> 02:05:58,384 AND FEEL HEARD. 4581 02:05:58,450 --> 02:05:59,985 MY NEIGHBORS AND I 4582 02:06:00,052 --> 02:06:01,020 HAVE REPEATEDLY VOTED TO 4583 02:06:01,086 --> 02:06:01,854 INCREASE 4584 02:06:01,921 --> 02:06:04,123 OUR TAXES TO BENEFIT 4585 02:06:04,189 --> 02:06:06,725 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND 4586 02:06:06,792 --> 02:06:09,495 SCHOOL LEVIES. 4587 02:06:09,561 --> 02:06:15,734 WE'RE YOUR PARTNERS IN THE 4588 02:06:15,801 --> 02:06:17,803 CITY OF SEATTLE. 4589 02:06:17,870 --> 02:06:18,604 >> THANK YOU. 4590 02:06:18,671 --> 02:06:19,605 THANK YOU, NANCY. 4591 02:06:19,672 --> 02:06:23,342 NEXT WE HAVE SPEAKERS 61 THROUGH 4592 02:06:23,409 --> 02:06:30,449 STARTING WITH SPEAKER NUMBER 4593 02:06:30,516 --> 02:06:31,016 61. 4594 02:06:31,083 --> 02:06:31,817 CAROL, JUNE? 4595 02:06:31,884 --> 02:06:34,653 CAROL, ARE YOU HERE? 4596 02:06:34,720 --> 02:06:37,222 NO, I DON'T SEE HERE? 4597 02:06:37,289 --> 02:06:38,657 IS JUNE HERE? 4598 02:06:38,724 --> 02:06:41,593 YOU ARE THE LUCKY 4599 02:06:41,660 --> 02:06:41,961 WINNER. 4600 02:06:42,027 --> 02:06:42,328 GO RIGHT AHEAD. 4601 02:06:42,394 --> 02:06:43,562 >> HELLO, I'M JUNE. 4602 02:06:43,629 --> 02:06:48,033 I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTHEAST 4603 02:06:48,100 --> 02:06:48,667 SEATTLE AND A GRANDMOTHER WITH 4604 02:06:48,734 --> 02:06:49,501 A STRONG BACKGROUND IN 4605 02:06:49,568 --> 02:06:49,868 PUBLIC HEALTH. 4606 02:06:49,935 --> 02:06:52,871 I MAY NOT BE 4607 02:06:52,938 --> 02:06:53,238 AROUND 20 YEARS 4608 02:06:53,305 --> 02:06:54,573 FROM NOW. I'M SPEAKING TO 4609 02:06:54,640 --> 02:06:54,907 BENEFIT THOSE 4610 02:06:54,974 --> 02:06:55,941 WHO COME AFTER ME. 4611 02:06:56,008 --> 02:06:58,077 WE ALL WANT OUR CITY TO BE 4612 02:06:58,143 --> 02:06:59,912 HEALTHY, LIVABLE, AFFORDABLE 4613 02:06:59,979 --> 02:07:00,245 AND DIVERSE. 4614 02:07:00,312 --> 02:07:02,781 THE PROPOSED ONE SEATTLE PLAN 4615 02:07:02,848 --> 02:07:03,716 WILL NOT GET US THERE. 4616 02:07:03,782 --> 02:07:05,484 THE PLAN WOULD ALLOW CEMENT 4617 02:07:05,551 --> 02:07:06,518 AND BUILDINGS TO COVER LARGE 4618 02:07:06,585 --> 02:07:09,822 AREAS OF SEATTLE'S REMAINING 4619 02:07:09,888 --> 02:07:10,022 OPEN 4620 02:07:10,089 --> 02:07:12,391 LAND THAT WILL RESULT IN MORE 4621 02:07:12,458 --> 02:07:13,959 DISPLACEMENT, HEAT ISLANDS, 4622 02:07:14,026 --> 02:07:14,893 MORE ILLNESS AND DEATH FROM 4623 02:07:14,960 --> 02:07:17,129 HEAT WAVES AND CHRONIC 4624 02:07:17,196 --> 02:07:20,466 CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA AND 4625 02:07:20,532 --> 02:07:21,333 HEART DISEASE AND WORSE MENTAL 4626 02:07:21,400 --> 02:07:21,867 HEALTH, ALL 4627 02:07:21,934 --> 02:07:24,336 OF WHICH THAT 4628 02:07:24,403 --> 02:07:25,304 WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT 4629 02:07:25,371 --> 02:07:26,271 PEOPLE OF COLOR. 4630 02:07:26,338 --> 02:07:28,273 THE DATA ARE CLEAR THE 4631 02:07:28,340 --> 02:07:29,942 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE 4632 02:07:30,009 --> 02:07:30,142 POWER 4633 02:07:30,209 --> 02:07:33,712 TO CHANGE THIS TRAJECTORY AND 4634 02:07:33,779 --> 02:07:33,912 MUST 4635 02:07:33,979 --> 02:07:34,113 ACT. 4636 02:07:34,179 --> 02:07:35,881 PASS A TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE 4637 02:07:35,948 --> 02:07:37,149 THAT PROTECTS LOTS UNDER 4638 02:07:37,216 --> 02:07:37,649 NEW DEVELOPMENT. 4639 02:07:37,716 --> 02:07:40,819 THE 2023 ORDINANCE DOES NOT. 4640 02:07:40,886 --> 02:07:42,488 SDCI USES FALSE DATA TO 4641 02:07:42,554 --> 02:07:43,689 CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE. 4642 02:07:43,756 --> 02:07:45,657 THEIR DECEPTION WAS 4643 02:07:45,724 --> 02:07:46,925 RECENTLY EXPOSED IN 4644 02:07:46,992 --> 02:07:48,327 INVESTIGATE WEST. EACH 4645 02:07:48,394 --> 02:07:49,328 COUNCILMEMBER RECEIVED AN 4646 02:07:49,395 --> 02:07:51,463 E- MAIL FROM THE TREES 4647 02:07:51,530 --> 02:07:53,632 AND COALITION OUTLINING 4648 02:07:53,699 --> 02:07:55,067 BEGINNING TREE PROTECTION STEPS, 4649 02:07:55,134 --> 02:07:55,367 AN ACT 4650 02:07:55,434 --> 02:07:57,336 THAT ALLOWS EXPERTS 4651 02:07:57,403 --> 02:07:59,104 INCLUDING THE URBAN FORESTRY 4652 02:07:59,171 --> 02:08:00,572 COMMISSION TO BE INVOLVED IN 4653 02:08:00,639 --> 02:08:00,873 WRITING 4654 02:08:00,939 --> 02:08:02,441 LEGISLATION, NOT THE 4655 02:08:02,508 --> 02:08:03,242 MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, 4656 02:08:03,308 --> 02:08:03,509 WHICH 4657 02:08:03,575 --> 02:08:06,412 HAS A FLAGRANT CONFLICT OF 4658 02:08:06,478 --> 02:08:06,678 INTEREST. 4659 02:08:06,745 --> 02:08:12,384 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MAKE 4660 02:08:12,451 --> 02:08:16,255 OUR CITY STRONG, ENACT ETIVE 4661 02:08:16,321 --> 02:08:16,822 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES. 4662 02:08:16,889 --> 02:08:18,490 THE MAYOR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE 4663 02:08:18,557 --> 02:08:20,392 CITY'S PROGRAMS FALL SHORT, 4664 02:08:20,459 --> 02:08:22,461 AND HIS RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER 4665 02:08:22,528 --> 02:08:22,628 DO 4666 02:08:22,694 --> 02:08:24,563 NOT FILL THE GAPS. 4667 02:08:24,630 --> 02:08:25,831 NONE WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING IN 4668 02:08:25,898 --> 02:08:26,698 THE ONE 4669 02:08:26,765 --> 02:08:28,033 SEATTLE PLAN. IT CONTAINS NO 4670 02:08:28,100 --> 02:08:28,267 MENTION 4671 02:08:28,333 --> 02:08:29,268 OF COMMUNITY INPUT. 4672 02:08:29,334 --> 02:08:31,070 SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR 4673 02:08:31,136 --> 02:08:35,641 WITH THE CORE ANTI- DISPLACEMENT 4674 02:08:35,707 --> 02:08:39,011 AGENDA. IT CONTAINS DETAILED 4675 02:08:39,078 --> 02:08:42,981 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMUNITY 4676 02:08:43,048 --> 02:08:43,682 ORGANIZATIONS. 4677 02:08:43,749 --> 02:08:44,516 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT IS ABOUT 4678 02:08:44,583 --> 02:08:46,118 MORE THAN ADDING 4679 02:08:46,185 --> 02:08:46,385 HOUSING. 4680 02:08:46,452 --> 02:08:47,052 >> THANK YOU, JUNE. 4681 02:08:47,119 --> 02:08:48,954 WE HAVE KAREN NEXT, JASMINE, AND 4682 02:08:49,021 --> 02:08:52,124 THEN 4683 02:08:52,191 --> 02:08:52,624 VANESSA. 4684 02:08:52,691 --> 02:08:52,791 >> 4685 02:08:52,858 --> 02:08:54,860 HELLO. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 4686 02:08:54,927 --> 02:08:55,360 COMMENT. 4687 02:08:55,427 --> 02:08:59,164 MY NAME'S KAREN DAVIS. 4688 02:08:59,231 --> 02:08:59,798 I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE 4689 02:08:59,865 --> 02:09:00,933 NEED FOR MORE HOUSING. 4690 02:09:00,999 --> 02:09:02,668 I'M A REALTOR AND EVERY DAY I 4691 02:09:02,734 --> 02:09:04,403 EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT OF 4692 02:09:04,470 --> 02:09:05,504 OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 4693 02:09:05,571 --> 02:09:07,539 HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO FACING 4694 02:09:07,606 --> 02:09:08,874 A CLIMATE CRISIS, AND THAT 4695 02:09:08,941 --> 02:09:10,809 WILL ONLY WORSEN IF WE CONTINUE 4696 02:09:10,876 --> 02:09:10,976 TO 4697 02:09:11,043 --> 02:09:13,178 IGNORE OUR ENVIRONMENT. 4698 02:09:13,245 --> 02:09:14,313 GROWING OUR CITY AND 4699 02:09:14,379 --> 02:09:15,914 BEING STEWARDS OF OUR 4700 02:09:15,981 --> 02:09:16,215 ENVIRONMENT 4701 02:09:16,281 --> 02:09:17,783 MUST GO HAND IN HAND. 4702 02:09:17,850 --> 02:09:19,418 IT'S AN UNDISPUTED FACT 4703 02:09:19,485 --> 02:09:21,887 THAT LARGE TREES HELP COOL 4704 02:09:21,954 --> 02:09:22,187 OUR PLANET. 4705 02:09:22,254 --> 02:09:26,358 THEY SEQUESTER CARBON, PROVIDE 4706 02:09:26,425 --> 02:09:27,025 HABITATS, CLEAN THE AIR AND 4707 02:09:27,092 --> 02:09:28,360 ABSORB AND FILTER 4708 02:09:28,427 --> 02:09:30,028 RAINWATER PREVENTING FLOODING, 4709 02:09:30,095 --> 02:09:30,329 LANDSLIDES, 4710 02:09:30,395 --> 02:09:30,829 AND WATER POLLUTION. 4711 02:09:30,896 --> 02:09:32,598 THEY ALSO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH. 4712 02:09:32,664 --> 02:09:34,500 IT'S A FACT THAT PEOPLE 4713 02:09:34,566 --> 02:09:37,035 WHO LIVE AMONG TREES ARE 4714 02:09:37,102 --> 02:09:37,469 PHYSICALLY AND 4715 02:09:37,536 --> 02:09:38,270 MENTALLY HEALTHIER. 4716 02:09:38,337 --> 02:09:40,973 WE MUST MAKE OUR GREEN CANOPY A 4717 02:09:41,039 --> 02:09:42,441 PRIORITY. THIS PLAN GIVES LIP 4718 02:09:42,508 --> 02:09:42,708 SERVICE 4719 02:09:42,774 --> 02:09:44,343 TO THAT BUT FAILS TO 4720 02:09:44,409 --> 02:09:45,344 PROVIDE MEANINGFUL PROTECTION TO 4721 02:09:45,410 --> 02:09:46,979 OUR EXISTING LARGE TREES OR 4722 02:09:47,045 --> 02:09:48,080 MAKE ACCOMMODATION FOR GROWING 4723 02:09:48,147 --> 02:09:50,716 OR TREE CANOPY TO MEET THE 4724 02:09:50,782 --> 02:09:51,150 30% GOAL. 4725 02:09:51,216 --> 02:09:54,786 SEATTLE ACTUALLY LOST 255 4726 02:09:54,853 --> 02:09:57,256 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY BETWEEN 4727 02:09:57,322 --> 02:09:57,923 2016 AND 4728 02:09:57,990 --> 02:10:00,325 2021, AND THIS PLAN 4729 02:10:00,392 --> 02:10:02,261 WILL 4730 02:10:02,327 --> 02:10:03,162 CONTINUE THAT DECLINE. ALSO, LET 4731 02:10:03,228 --> 02:10:04,730 US NOT FORGET OUR 4732 02:10:04,796 --> 02:10:07,466 BELOVED SOUTHERN RESIDENT 4733 02:10:07,533 --> 02:10:08,734 ORCAS WHO ARE SLIDING TOWARDS 4734 02:10:08,800 --> 02:10:09,168 EXTINCTION. 4735 02:10:09,234 --> 02:10:10,869 THEY 4736 02:10:10,936 --> 02:10:11,670 ARE BEING PROFOUNDLY HARMED BY 4737 02:10:11,737 --> 02:10:12,671 THE TOXIC RUNOFF FROM 4738 02:10:12,738 --> 02:10:14,106 OUR CITY, AND THAT IS ONE OF 4739 02:10:14,173 --> 02:10:15,974 IT THREE MAIN THREATS TO 4740 02:10:16,041 --> 02:10:16,341 THEIR SURVIVAL. 4741 02:10:16,408 --> 02:10:20,445 CEMENT NEEDS TO FOLLOW 4742 02:10:20,512 --> 02:10:21,947 THE SOUTHERN WHALE RECOVERY 4743 02:10:22,014 --> 02:10:24,016 PROGRAM WHICH STATES AREAS OF 4744 02:10:24,082 --> 02:10:24,249 HIGHER 4745 02:10:24,316 --> 02:10:26,118 POPULATION MUST TAKE 4746 02:10:26,185 --> 02:10:27,753 GREATER MEASURES TO REDUCE TOXIC 4747 02:10:27,819 --> 02:10:28,020 RUNOFF. 4748 02:10:28,086 --> 02:10:30,389 THAT'S TREES. 4749 02:10:30,455 --> 02:10:31,924 WE HUMANS HAVE A TERRIBLE TRACK 4750 02:10:31,990 --> 02:10:33,058 RECORD OF CARING FOR 4751 02:10:33,125 --> 02:10:33,258 OUR 4752 02:10:33,325 --> 02:10:34,359 ENVIRONMENT. SINCE WE CLEARLY 4753 02:10:34,426 --> 02:10:34,693 DON'T HAVE 4754 02:10:34,760 --> 02:10:36,228 THE GOOD SENSE TO TAKE CARE OF 4755 02:10:36,295 --> 02:10:39,097 IT FOR OURSELVES, 4756 02:10:39,164 --> 02:10:39,865 THANK GOODNESS THERE ARE LAWS IN 4757 02:10:39,932 --> 02:10:40,065 PLACE 4758 02:10:40,132 --> 02:10:41,667 THAT MAKE US DO IT FOR THE 4759 02:10:41,733 --> 02:10:43,735 SPECIES 4760 02:10:43,802 --> 02:10:45,871 THAT WE HAVE DRICHBEN VEN TO THE 4761 02:10:45,938 --> 02:10:46,838 BRINK 4762 02:10:46,905 --> 02:10:47,739 OF EXTINCTION. MAYBE SOMEDAY WE 4763 02:10:47,806 --> 02:10:48,340 WILL 4764 02:10:48,407 --> 02:10:50,309 ALL REALIZE THAT WHAT HELPS 4765 02:10:50,375 --> 02:10:52,344 OUR ENVIRONMENT HELPS US, TOO. 4766 02:10:52,411 --> 02:10:52,611 THANK 4767 02:10:52,678 --> 02:10:53,545 YOU. 4768 02:10:53,612 --> 02:10:54,413 >> THANK YOU, KAREN. 4769 02:10:54,479 --> 02:10:57,849 NEXT WE HAVE 4770 02:10:57,916 --> 02:10:58,116 JASMINE. 4771 02:10:58,183 --> 02:10:58,483 >> THANK YOU. 4772 02:10:58,550 --> 02:11:01,119 MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH. 4773 02:11:01,186 --> 02:11:02,321 QUEEN ANNE RENTER. 4774 02:11:02,387 --> 02:11:04,256 AS WE HIT IN A HEAVY MOMENT 4775 02:11:04,323 --> 02:11:06,558 WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND A 4776 02:11:06,625 --> 02:11:12,130 LOT OF WORK 4777 02:11:12,197 --> 02:11:12,698 TO DO WE'RE BUILDING FOR 4778 02:11:12,764 --> 02:11:13,265 ANOTHER GENERATION TO COME 4779 02:11:13,332 --> 02:11:15,367 AND JUST LIKE THE DECISIONS OF 4780 02:11:15,434 --> 02:11:17,469 HOW THE 1923 ORDINANCES HAS 4781 02:11:17,536 --> 02:11:20,806 OUTLASTED DECISION MAKERS THE 4782 02:11:20,872 --> 02:11:22,274 ONES HERE WILL EITHER BE A 4783 02:11:22,341 --> 02:11:25,143 BIG STEP TO RECTIFY AND 4784 02:11:25,210 --> 02:11:26,645 COMMIT OURSELVES TO CLIMATE 4785 02:11:26,712 --> 02:11:26,878 ACTION 4786 02:11:26,945 --> 02:11:27,913 OR SET OURSELVES BACK. 4787 02:11:27,980 --> 02:11:30,048 IT'S NECESSARY TO 4788 02:11:30,115 --> 02:11:32,985 CLIMATE GOALS IN ENSURING WE 4789 02:11:33,051 --> 02:11:33,185 HAVE 4790 02:11:33,252 --> 02:11:37,356 VIBANT LIVABLE COMMUNITIES IS 4791 02:11:37,422 --> 02:11:37,990 KEY. 4792 02:11:38,056 --> 02:11:39,358 WHERE IT WITH A COST OF 4793 02:11:39,424 --> 02:11:40,058 DESTRUCTION AND 4794 02:11:40,125 --> 02:11:41,460 OVERDEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATURAL 4795 02:11:41,526 --> 02:11:41,760 RESOURCES. 4796 02:11:41,827 --> 02:11:44,329 LIKE WISE REDUCING VEHICLE MILES 4797 02:11:44,396 --> 02:11:45,731 TRAVELED THROUGH LAND USE IS 4798 02:11:45,797 --> 02:11:47,566 A CRITICAL PART OF PROTECTING 4799 02:11:47,633 --> 02:11:49,001 OUR WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS, 4800 02:11:49,067 --> 02:11:50,569 AND THEY GO HAND IN HAND WITH 4801 02:11:50,636 --> 02:11:52,371 PROTECTING OUR ORCAS AND SALMON. 4802 02:11:52,437 --> 02:11:56,208 FROM DISCOVERY PARK TO STEWART 4803 02:11:56,275 --> 02:11:58,110 PARK, LAKE CITY TO COLUMBIA 4804 02:11:58,176 --> 02:11:59,544 CITY, BY PROVIDING 4805 02:11:59,611 --> 02:12:00,979 THE FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIONS FOR 4806 02:12:01,046 --> 02:12:02,614 ALL 4807 02:12:02,681 --> 02:12:03,348 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE 4808 02:12:03,415 --> 02:12:04,383 THOSE VIBRANT, 4809 02:12:04,449 --> 02:12:05,517 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WITH ENOUGH 4810 02:12:05,584 --> 02:12:07,719 HOUSING FOR EVERYONE, WE CAN 4811 02:12:07,786 --> 02:12:08,420 BUILD 4812 02:12:08,487 --> 02:12:10,322 A CITY THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT 4813 02:12:10,389 --> 02:12:12,691 WE DESERVE AND GOES FOR WHAT 4814 02:12:12,758 --> 02:12:13,892 OUR NEXT GENERATIONS 4815 02:12:13,959 --> 02:12:14,159 DESERVE. 4816 02:12:14,226 --> 02:12:16,695 >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. 4817 02:12:16,762 --> 02:12:20,499 NEXT WE HAVE VANESSA. 4818 02:12:20,565 --> 02:12:21,366 >> HELLO. 4819 02:12:21,433 --> 02:12:22,768 MY NAME IS VANESSA. 4820 02:12:22,834 --> 02:12:25,137 I'M A RENTER IN THE GREENWOOD 4821 02:12:25,203 --> 02:12:26,071 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M HERE 4822 02:12:26,138 --> 02:12:29,608 TO EXPRESS MY UNCONDITIONAL 4823 02:12:29,675 --> 02:12:29,941 SUPPORT 4824 02:12:30,008 --> 02:12:30,542 FOR LEGALIZING MORE HOMES AND 4825 02:12:30,609 --> 02:12:31,243 MORE TYPES OF HOMES 4826 02:12:31,310 --> 02:12:33,945 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACROSS 4827 02:12:34,012 --> 02:12:35,180 ALL OF 4828 02:12:35,247 --> 02:12:36,048 SEATTLE. 4829 02:12:36,114 --> 02:12:37,582 I WAS A RENTER FOR MANY YEARS. 4830 02:12:37,649 --> 02:12:38,717 AND THE HIGH COST 4831 02:12:38,784 --> 02:12:40,986 OF HOUSING MADE ME GIVE UP MY 4832 02:12:41,053 --> 02:12:41,486 ACCEPTED CAREER. 4833 02:12:41,553 --> 02:12:43,822 I'M IN MY MID- 30s NOW AT A 4834 02:12:43,889 --> 02:12:46,425 TIME WHEN MANY START A FAMILY 4835 02:12:46,491 --> 02:12:47,125 BUT 4836 02:12:47,192 --> 02:12:47,859 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS STILL A DISTANT 4837 02:12:47,926 --> 02:12:48,093 DREAM. 4838 02:12:48,160 --> 02:12:48,960 MANY IN MY GENERATION 4839 02:12:49,027 --> 02:12:50,729 ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES CLOSE TO 4840 02:12:50,796 --> 02:12:51,029 AMENITIES. 4841 02:12:51,096 --> 02:12:52,431 WE'RE HAPPY TO TRADE CARS 4842 02:12:52,497 --> 02:12:54,433 FOR WALKING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT 4843 02:12:54,499 --> 02:12:57,102 AND PARKING FOR HOME IN OUR 4844 02:12:57,169 --> 02:12:57,402 COMMUNITY. 4845 02:12:57,469 --> 02:13:00,172 MOST IMPORTANTLY WE DON'T 4846 02:13:00,238 --> 02:13:00,772 DISAPPEAR IF NO HOUSING IS 4847 02:13:00,839 --> 02:13:01,773 BUILT FOR US. 4848 02:13:01,840 --> 02:13:03,342 INSTEAD WE'RE FORCED INTO 4849 02:13:03,408 --> 02:13:05,510 CAR DEVELOPMENT EX- URBAN 4850 02:13:05,577 --> 02:13:06,545 DEVELOPMENTS FAR 4851 02:13:06,611 --> 02:13:10,949 AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY 4852 02:13:11,016 --> 02:13:11,416 INCREASING 4853 02:13:11,483 --> 02:13:13,985 OUR CARBON IMPACT TEN 4854 02:13:14,052 --> 02:13:15,320 FOLD. WE ARE CARING MEMBERS OF 4855 02:13:15,387 --> 02:13:15,620 OUR 4856 02:13:15,687 --> 02:13:18,457 COMMUNITIES, AND WE ARE TIRED OF 4857 02:13:18,523 --> 02:13:21,159 BEING TOLD WE'RE NOT 4858 02:13:21,226 --> 02:13:22,661 WELCOME. THE INEVITABLE RESULT 4859 02:13:22,728 --> 02:13:23,328 OF 4860 02:13:23,395 --> 02:13:25,630 NOT PASSING THIS PLAN HOUSING 4861 02:13:25,697 --> 02:13:28,200 PRICES WILL KEEP RISING AND 4862 02:13:28,266 --> 02:13:28,500 TREES WILL 4863 02:13:28,567 --> 02:13:29,901 BE PLANTED ELSEWHERE. 4864 02:13:29,968 --> 02:13:31,303 THERE'S NO TIME FOR DELAY. 4865 02:13:31,370 --> 02:13:32,871 WE NEED MORE HOUSES NOW. 4866 02:13:32,938 --> 02:13:33,271 THANK YOU. 4867 02:13:33,338 --> 02:13:40,045 >> NEXT WE HAVE -- 4868 02:13:40,112 --> 02:13:40,412 I CAN'T READ 4869 02:13:40,479 --> 02:13:42,314 YOUR NAME. I APOLOGIZE NUMBER 68 4870 02:13:42,381 --> 02:13:44,649 FOLLOWED BY ABIGAIL AND 4871 02:13:44,716 --> 02:13:45,016 ANDREW. 4872 02:13:45,083 --> 02:13:45,250 >> HI. 4873 02:13:45,317 --> 02:13:47,886 I'M A LATE IN LIFE HOMEOWNER. 4874 02:13:47,953 --> 02:13:49,955 IT TOOK 25 YEARS TO SAVE UP THE 4875 02:13:50,021 --> 02:13:54,960 MONEY. ONE SEATTLE PLAN 4876 02:13:55,026 --> 02:13:55,327 WAS SOLD TO US 4877 02:13:55,394 --> 02:13:55,861 ON THE PREMISE OF MARKET 4878 02:13:55,927 --> 02:13:57,829 URBANISM, DENSITY EQUALS 4879 02:13:57,896 --> 02:13:58,196 AFFORDABILITY. 4880 02:13:58,263 --> 02:14:01,700 THE MOST RECENT 4881 02:14:01,767 --> 02:14:02,701 STUDY SHOWS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. 4882 02:14:02,768 --> 02:14:04,736 DENSITY LEADS TO 4883 02:14:04,803 --> 02:14:06,438 GENTRIFICATION, THE LOSS OF 4884 02:14:06,505 --> 02:14:06,738 AFFORDABLE 4885 02:14:06,805 --> 02:14:08,440 HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 4886 02:14:08,507 --> 02:14:12,310 IN JUST THE LAST 15 YEARS 4887 02:14:12,377 --> 02:14:17,082 IN SEATTLE WE'VE ADDED OVER 4888 02:14:17,149 --> 02:14:17,449 105,000 UNITS. 4889 02:14:17,516 --> 02:14:20,419 THE RESULT RENTS ARE UP 50%, 4890 02:14:20,485 --> 02:14:22,821 HOUSING PRICES AND 4891 02:14:22,888 --> 02:14:23,955 PROPERTY TAXES HAVE MORE THAN 4892 02:14:24,022 --> 02:14:24,189 DOUBLED 4893 02:14:24,256 --> 02:14:26,024 AND MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE 4894 02:14:26,091 --> 02:14:28,059 HAVE 4895 02:14:28,126 --> 02:14:28,693 BEEN PRICED OUT. ADDING DENSITY 4896 02:14:28,760 --> 02:14:29,027 IS CLEARLY 4897 02:14:29,094 --> 02:14:30,796 NOT WORKING TO BRING DOWN COSTS, 4898 02:14:30,862 --> 02:14:31,997 AND YET WE'RE TOLD THE CURE IS 4899 02:14:32,063 --> 02:14:32,230 MORE. 4900 02:14:32,297 --> 02:14:34,699 THE RESULT IS DIABOLICAL. 4901 02:14:34,766 --> 02:14:36,301 A ONE SEATTLE PLAN SOLD 4902 02:14:36,368 --> 02:14:39,104 AS EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4903 02:14:39,171 --> 02:14:39,905 WHICH 4904 02:14:39,971 --> 02:14:41,540 IS A PLAN FOR THE 4905 02:14:41,606 --> 02:14:43,542 1%. PRIVATE EQUITY FOR THE LAST 4906 02:14:43,608 --> 02:14:46,111 YEAR THEY BANKED BLUEPRINT AND 4907 02:14:46,178 --> 02:14:48,580 LEGACY CAPITAL, THEY HAVE BANKED 4908 02:14:48,647 --> 02:14:49,047 OVER 4909 02:14:49,114 --> 02:14:49,681 1,000 SINGLE FAMILY 4910 02:14:49,748 --> 02:14:50,081 HOME PROPERTIES. 4911 02:14:50,148 --> 02:14:50,982 THEY'RE GOING TO TEARDOWN 4912 02:14:51,049 --> 02:14:52,150 THE EXISTING HOMES, AND 4913 02:14:52,217 --> 02:14:53,251 THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD WHAT'S 4914 02:14:53,318 --> 02:14:54,252 HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, 4915 02:14:54,319 --> 02:14:54,486 HOMES 4916 02:14:54,553 --> 02:14:57,489 THAT ARE GOING FROM 1. 3 TO 2.2. 4917 02:14:57,556 --> 02:14:58,957 FROM MY BACK PORCH I CAN 4918 02:14:59,024 --> 02:15:00,125 SEE THREE RENTAL HOUSES. 4919 02:15:00,192 --> 02:15:02,461 THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE RENT 4920 02:15:02,527 --> 02:15:03,862 OF 3,500. 4921 02:15:03,929 --> 02:15:07,299 THEY HOUSE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 4922 02:15:07,365 --> 02:15:09,968 PEOPLE. IF YOU MAXIMIZE THE PLAN 4923 02:15:10,035 --> 02:15:10,502 AND 4924 02:15:10,569 --> 02:15:12,304 YOU ENLARGE 4925 02:15:12,370 --> 02:15:13,004 THE FOOTPRINT OF HOUSE, THOSE 4926 02:15:13,071 --> 02:15:14,539 WILL BE TORN DOWN IN SIX 4927 02:15:14,606 --> 02:15:16,775 MONTHS. ALL THAT RENTAL HOUSING 4928 02:15:16,842 --> 02:15:17,008 WILL 4929 02:15:17,075 --> 02:15:17,342 BE GONE. 4930 02:15:17,409 --> 02:15:19,678 THERE'S NO DISPLACEMENT PLAN 4931 02:15:19,744 --> 02:15:21,313 FOR RENTAL HOUSING. 4932 02:15:21,379 --> 02:15:24,449 YOU NEED TO DO THE LEAST HARM 4933 02:15:24,516 --> 02:15:27,452 AND CHOOSE OPTION 1 BECAUSE THE 4934 02:15:27,519 --> 02:15:29,721 REAL KEY TO AFFORDABILITY IS 4935 02:15:29,788 --> 02:15:30,822 NOT BUILDING MORE HOUSING RIGHT 4936 02:15:30,889 --> 02:15:31,022 NOW. 4937 02:15:31,089 --> 02:15:32,724 IT'S FIXING OUR PROPERTY 4938 02:15:32,791 --> 02:15:33,091 TAX SITUATION. 4939 02:15:33,158 --> 02:15:36,027 IT'S WORKING WITH THE STATE ON 4940 02:15:36,094 --> 02:15:36,795 CONDOMINIUM LAW. 4941 02:15:36,862 --> 02:15:38,930 WHY DO I, AN OLDER PERSON, GET 4942 02:15:38,997 --> 02:15:40,832 A TAX REBATE WHEN YOUNGER 4943 02:15:40,899 --> 02:15:42,701 PEOPLE SHOULD ALL GET TAX 4944 02:15:42,767 --> 02:15:43,001 DEFERMENTS 4945 02:15:43,068 --> 02:15:44,336 IF THEY WANT TO BUY 4946 02:15:44,402 --> 02:15:46,471 A HOUSE? 4947 02:15:46,538 --> 02:15:47,105 OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE TIME TO 4948 02:15:47,172 --> 02:15:47,372 DEVELOP. 4949 02:15:47,439 --> 02:15:49,674 SO BREATHE, SLOW DOWN, DO NO 4950 02:15:49,741 --> 02:15:50,141 HARM. 4951 02:15:50,208 --> 02:15:50,509 THANK 4952 02:15:50,575 --> 02:15:51,409 YOU. 4953 02:15:51,476 --> 02:15:56,815 >> NEXT WE HAVE JEANNIE. 4954 02:15:56,882 --> 02:15:58,683 >> MY NAME IS JEAN WARREN, 4955 02:15:58,750 --> 02:15:59,985 AND MY FAMILY MOVED 4956 02:16:00,051 --> 02:16:08,927 TO "CAFFEINE & OCTANE" ANNE -- 4957 02:16:08,994 --> 02:16:09,895 QUEEN ANNE IN 4958 02:16:09,961 --> 02:16:11,997 1929 AND I AM THE HOLD OUT. 4959 02:16:12,063 --> 02:16:12,931 HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD FIVE 4960 02:16:12,998 --> 02:16:14,332 TREES COME DOWN IN THE PARK IN 4961 02:16:14,399 --> 02:16:15,467 THE LAST TWO YEARS. 4962 02:16:15,534 --> 02:16:18,870 ONE WAS AN 85- FOOT 4963 02:16:18,937 --> 02:16:20,906 EVERGREEN THAT TOTALED A 4964 02:16:20,972 --> 02:16:21,339 NEIGHBOR'S CAR. 4965 02:16:21,406 --> 02:16:22,908 AND THESE ARE COMING -- 4966 02:16:22,974 --> 02:16:27,712 NOT COMING UP BY THE ROOT. 4967 02:16:27,779 --> 02:16:29,147 THERE WERE OVER 150 YEARS OLD 4968 02:16:29,214 --> 02:16:32,017 MOST OF THEM, AND IT'S 4969 02:16:32,083 --> 02:16:32,317 DANGEROUS. 4970 02:16:32,384 --> 02:16:34,953 ALSO I FOUND THIS ON THE 4971 02:16:35,020 --> 02:16:35,287 SIDEWALK. 4972 02:16:35,353 --> 02:16:38,757 I NEVER GOT ANYTHING 4973 02:16:38,823 --> 02:16:43,361 ABOUT IT AND NEERKT DID ANYBODY 4974 02:16:43,428 --> 02:16:43,528 IN 4975 02:16:43,595 --> 02:16:44,296 MY NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT TONIGHT. 4976 02:16:44,362 --> 02:16:45,764 AND I DO HAVE A PROBLEM 4977 02:16:45,830 --> 02:16:47,265 WITH HOUSING WHEN HE HAVE TAKEN 4978 02:16:47,332 --> 02:16:50,201 DOWN AND ARE BUILDING A FIVE- 4979 02:16:50,268 --> 02:16:53,805 STORY APARTMENT HOUSE WHERE THE 4980 02:16:53,872 --> 02:16:56,274 PARKING LOT IS OR WAS FOR A 4981 02:16:56,341 --> 02:16:58,476 RETIREMENT HOME, SO PEOPLE 4982 02:16:58,543 --> 02:16:59,778 COME TO VISIT PEOPLE THERE HAVE 4983 02:16:59,844 --> 02:17:04,883 TO PARK ON THE STREET. 4984 02:17:04,950 --> 02:17:06,851 SAFEWAY WENT IN WITH 4985 02:17:06,918 --> 02:17:08,219 300 APARTMENTS WITH 80 4986 02:17:08,286 --> 02:17:09,721 PARKING PLACES FOR THEM. 4987 02:17:09,788 --> 02:17:11,990 THEN THE DEVELOPER CRIED 4988 02:17:12,057 --> 02:17:17,862 AND MOANED AND NOW WE HAVE 4989 02:17:17,929 --> 02:17:18,229 400 APARTMENTS. 4990 02:17:18,296 --> 02:17:20,332 I WANT TO WALK WITH 4991 02:17:20,398 --> 02:17:21,266 THE DEVELOPERS AND FIND OUT 4992 02:17:21,333 --> 02:17:22,901 WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ALL 4993 02:17:22,968 --> 02:17:23,101 THIS 4994 02:17:23,168 --> 02:17:23,368 HOUSING. 4995 02:17:23,435 --> 02:17:25,103 I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HOUSING, 4996 02:17:25,170 --> 02:17:26,571 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE 4997 02:17:26,638 --> 02:17:28,306 GOING TO PUT IT. 4998 02:17:28,373 --> 02:17:31,142 I ONLY HAVE 3 FEET ON EACH 4999 02:17:31,209 --> 02:17:35,614 SIDE OF MY HOUSE, AND IT'S A 5000 02:17:35,680 --> 02:17:42,120 CRAFTSMAN AND IN THE BACK. 5001 02:17:42,187 --> 02:17:46,257 AND THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 5002 02:17:46,324 --> 02:17:48,126 1916, NEVER MOVED DURING 5003 02:17:48,193 --> 02:17:48,560 AN EARTHQUAKE. 5004 02:17:48,627 --> 02:17:51,196 SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 5005 02:17:51,262 --> 02:17:51,596 DO? 5006 02:17:51,663 --> 02:17:53,264 >> THANK YOU, MS. 5007 02:17:53,331 --> 02:17:53,531 JEAN. 5008 02:17:53,598 --> 02:17:53,999 >> 5009 02:17:54,065 --> 02:17:55,533 THANK YOU. 5010 02:17:55,600 --> 02:17:56,434 >> SPEAKER 68. 5011 02:17:56,501 --> 02:18:01,172 THEN ABIGAIL AND THEN 5012 02:18:01,239 --> 02:18:03,241 ANDREW. 5013 02:18:03,308 --> 02:18:03,475 >> HI. 5014 02:18:03,541 --> 02:18:06,011 I'M HILDI. 5015 02:18:06,077 --> 02:18:07,712 THANK YOU FOR CONVENING THIS 5016 02:18:07,779 --> 02:18:08,079 TODAY. 5017 02:18:08,146 --> 02:18:09,314 EVERYBODY'S LOOKING A LITTLE 5018 02:18:09,381 --> 02:18:10,815 TIRED UP THERE. 5019 02:18:10,882 --> 02:18:12,717 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S 5020 02:18:12,784 --> 02:18:13,752 SPOKEN SO FAR. 5021 02:18:13,818 --> 02:18:15,453 I'VE LIVED IN A 5022 02:18:15,520 --> 02:18:16,421 NATIONALLY HISTORIC HOME ON 5023 02:18:16,488 --> 02:18:18,123 QUEEN ANNE, 5024 02:18:18,189 --> 02:18:20,091 THE WILLKY FARMHOUSE 5025 02:18:20,158 --> 02:18:21,259 SINCE 1982. WHAT I'M CONCERNED 5026 02:18:21,326 --> 02:18:21,726 ABOUT IN 5027 02:18:21,793 --> 02:18:24,229 ALL OF WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING 5028 02:18:24,295 --> 02:18:25,397 IS THE 5029 02:18:25,463 --> 02:18:28,867 INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE HISTORIC 5030 02:18:28,933 --> 02:18:30,835 NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SETBACK 5031 02:18:30,902 --> 02:18:32,937 FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOWING 5032 02:18:33,004 --> 02:18:36,775 ANY TREE. I WENT OUT ON MY 5033 02:18:36,841 --> 02:18:37,142 PROPERTY TODAY. 5034 02:18:37,208 --> 02:18:39,744 I'M VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO 5035 02:18:39,811 --> 02:18:43,448 LIVE IN THIS HOME FOR SO LONG. 5036 02:18:43,515 --> 02:18:45,750 I IRK WITHED WORKED IN A NON- 5037 02:18:45,817 --> 02:18:46,084 PROFIT AND 5038 02:18:46,151 --> 02:18:47,852 WITH MY HUSBAND RAISED 5039 02:18:47,919 --> 02:18:48,219 THREE CHILDREN. 5040 02:18:48,286 --> 02:18:49,821 WE HAVE 28 TREES ON OUR 5041 02:18:49,888 --> 02:18:51,923 PROPERTY, A THIRD OF WHICH 5042 02:18:51,990 --> 02:18:52,257 ARE MATURE. 5043 02:18:52,323 --> 02:18:53,658 WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED OVER 5044 02:18:53,725 --> 02:18:54,959 AND OVER BY THE DEVELOPERS THAT 5045 02:18:55,026 --> 02:18:57,595 WANT TO COME AND TEARDOWN OUR 5046 02:18:57,662 --> 02:19:00,031 HOUSE, OUR HISTORIC HOUSE AND 5047 02:19:00,098 --> 02:19:01,866 PUT IN 5048 02:19:01,933 --> 02:19:03,168 MORE DENSITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT 5049 02:19:03,234 --> 02:19:03,468 THERE'S A 5050 02:19:03,535 --> 02:19:03,935 NEED FOR THAT. 5051 02:19:04,002 --> 02:19:08,206 I SEE IT EVERY DAY WHEN I AM IN 5052 02:19:08,273 --> 02:19:09,708 SEATTLE, AND I JUST THINK THAT 5053 02:19:09,774 --> 02:19:12,677 WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE 5054 02:19:12,744 --> 02:19:13,011 BIT. 5055 02:19:13,078 --> 02:19:16,214 WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS THE 5056 02:19:16,281 --> 02:19:21,586 AFFORDABILITY FACTOR 5057 02:19:21,653 --> 02:19:21,886 ISN'T IN 5058 02:19:21,953 --> 02:19:22,587 THERE. WHAT I'M SEEING ON QUEEN 5059 02:19:22,654 --> 02:19:22,787 ANNE, 5060 02:19:22,854 --> 02:19:23,888 WHICH IS A VERY 5061 02:19:23,955 --> 02:19:24,189 GENTRIFIED 5062 02:19:24,255 --> 02:19:25,023 NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M VERY FORCHT 5063 02:19:25,090 --> 02:19:25,757 TO HAVE LIVED 5064 02:19:25,824 --> 02:19:27,392 THERE FOR SO LONG BECAUSE I'M 5065 02:19:27,459 --> 02:19:28,159 NOT RICH. 5066 02:19:28,226 --> 02:19:31,563 I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU 5067 02:19:31,629 --> 02:19:34,165 DEFINE WHAT AFFORDABILITY IS, 5068 02:19:34,232 --> 02:19:38,737 AND THEN CRAFT A PLAN THAT 5069 02:19:38,803 --> 02:19:42,040 CAN REALLY HELP PEOPLE, HELP 5070 02:19:42,107 --> 02:19:42,407 THESE RENTERS. 5071 02:19:42,474 --> 02:19:44,476 MY DAUGHTER'S 5072 02:19:44,542 --> 02:19:45,076 HAD TO MOVE A NUMBER OF TIMES 5073 02:19:45,143 --> 02:19:45,310 BECAUSE 5074 02:19:45,376 --> 02:19:46,444 SHE CAN'T AFFORD THE RENT. 5075 02:19:46,511 --> 02:19:50,548 OUR SON MOVED OUT OF SEATTLE 5076 02:19:50,615 --> 02:19:51,382 BECAUSE HE COULDN'T AFFORD 5077 02:19:51,449 --> 02:19:51,649 THE RENT. 5078 02:19:51,716 --> 02:19:52,484 THIS IS A REAL -- THESE 5079 02:19:52,550 --> 02:19:53,284 ARE WORKING PEOPLE. 5080 02:19:53,351 --> 02:19:55,053 THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THEIR 30s. 5081 02:19:55,120 --> 02:19:56,488 I JUST WANT YOU TO SLOW DOWN 5082 02:19:56,554 --> 02:19:59,023 A LITTLE BIT, TAKE TIME 5083 02:19:59,090 --> 02:20:01,593 TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR 5084 02:20:01,659 --> 02:20:01,793 THE 5085 02:20:01,860 --> 02:20:04,129 CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, MAKE 5086 02:20:04,195 --> 02:20:06,197 IT SAFE FOR 5087 02:20:06,264 --> 02:20:06,531 US. 5088 02:20:06,598 --> 02:20:06,731 >> 5089 02:20:06,798 --> 02:20:08,700 THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ABIGAIL 5090 02:20:08,767 --> 02:20:12,670 AND THEN 5091 02:20:12,737 --> 02:20:13,538 ANDREW. 5092 02:20:13,605 --> 02:20:14,105 ABIGAIL? 5093 02:20:14,172 --> 02:20:16,207 >> HELLO, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 5094 02:20:16,274 --> 02:20:18,676 MY NAME IS ABIGAIL, AND I'M 5095 02:20:18,743 --> 02:20:20,311 HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE 5096 02:20:20,378 --> 02:20:21,713 ACTION ON TWO CRITICAL ISSUES -- 5097 02:20:21,780 --> 02:20:22,447 HOUSING 5098 02:20:22,514 --> 02:20:24,449 AND TREES. AND WE DESPERATELY 5099 02:20:24,516 --> 02:20:24,883 NEED 5100 02:20:24,949 --> 02:20:27,352 HOUSING, YES, BUT NOT BY 5101 02:20:27,418 --> 02:20:29,187 SACRIFICING 5102 02:20:29,254 --> 02:20:31,089 THE VERY LUNGS AND AIR- 5103 02:20:31,156 --> 02:20:31,422 CONDITIONING 5104 02:20:31,489 --> 02:20:32,857 OF OUR CITY. LAST YEAR WE LOST 5105 02:20:32,924 --> 02:20:33,091 NEARLY 5106 02:20:33,158 --> 02:20:34,459 2,000 TREES AND THAT'S ON TRACK 5107 02:20:34,526 --> 02:20:34,626 OF 5108 02:20:34,692 --> 02:20:37,061 20,000 TREES LOST BY 2035. 5109 02:20:37,128 --> 02:20:39,130 YOUR OWN WEBSITE CLAIMS A GOAL 5110 02:20:39,197 --> 02:20:43,601 OF A 30% TREE CANOPY BY 5111 02:20:43,668 --> 02:20:45,370 2037 YET YOU HAVE ADOPTED A 5112 02:20:45,436 --> 02:20:47,172 TREE ORDINANCE THAT 5113 02:20:47,238 --> 02:20:50,441 PRACTICALLY CELEBRATES 5114 02:20:50,508 --> 02:20:50,809 CLEAR-CUTTING. 5115 02:20:50,875 --> 02:20:56,281 ROBERT M cCUELLAR'S 5116 02:20:56,347 --> 02:20:57,315 REPORTING THEY FOUND THE ACTUAL 5117 02:20:57,382 --> 02:20:57,615 NUMBER WAS 5118 02:20:57,682 --> 02:20:59,184 3% OF THE STATED TOTAL. 5119 02:20:59,250 --> 02:21:01,886 THE TREE'S SDCI COUNTED WERE 5120 02:21:01,953 --> 02:21:04,322 NOT EVEN IN DANGER. 5121 02:21:04,389 --> 02:21:05,623 SDCI DID NOT APOLOGIZE. 5122 02:21:05,690 --> 02:21:07,425 THEY DID NOT SAY THEY MADE 5123 02:21:07,492 --> 02:21:07,725 A MISTAKE. 5124 02:21:07,792 --> 02:21:08,760 THEY FELL SILENT BECAUSE 5125 02:21:08,827 --> 02:21:09,761 IT'S NOT A MISTAKE. 5126 02:21:09,828 --> 02:21:10,595 IT'S A 5127 02:21:10,662 --> 02:21:12,096 COVER-UP. AND I BELIEVE LEGACY 5128 02:21:12,163 --> 02:21:13,364 CAPITAL AND OTHER ENTITIES OF 5129 02:21:13,431 --> 02:21:13,865 INFLUENCE ARE 5130 02:21:13,932 --> 02:21:15,033 IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 5131 02:21:15,099 --> 02:21:18,736 THEY'RE IN SDCI, AND THEY'RE 5132 02:21:18,803 --> 02:21:21,039 ALSO BULLYING YOU, CITY COUNCIL. 5133 02:21:21,105 --> 02:21:24,642 AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT 5134 02:21:24,709 --> 02:21:25,009 TAKING ACTION. 5135 02:21:25,076 --> 02:21:26,578 I ALSO HAVE ONE OTHER 5136 02:21:26,644 --> 02:21:28,446 TIDBIT THAT ALSO SUPPORTS MY 5137 02:21:28,513 --> 02:21:28,713 BELIEF IN 5138 02:21:28,780 --> 02:21:29,781 CORRUPTION, AND IT'S A 5139 02:21:29,848 --> 02:21:31,983 VIDEO FROM THE CEO OF LEGACY 5140 02:21:32,050 --> 02:21:35,153 CAPITAL WHO BRAGS, 5141 02:21:35,220 --> 02:21:36,054 QUOTE, WE HAVE ONE GUY HERE WHO 5142 02:21:36,120 --> 02:21:36,855 WAS THE TOP GUY AT 5143 02:21:36,921 --> 02:21:38,223 THE CITY WHO APPROVED ALL 5144 02:21:38,289 --> 02:21:39,991 THE PERMITS IN THE CITY OF 5145 02:21:40,058 --> 02:21:40,525 SEATTLE FOR YEARS. 5146 02:21:40,592 --> 02:21:42,594 HE WAS, LIKE, THE TOP GUY. 5147 02:21:42,660 --> 02:21:44,929 HE'S ON OUR TEAM NOW, AND GUESS 5148 02:21:44,996 --> 02:21:49,033 WHAT? WHEN WE CALL AND WE TRY TO 5149 02:21:49,100 --> 02:21:50,735 GET STUFF IN PURLTING ERMITTING 5150 02:21:50,802 --> 02:21:51,135 AND TALK 5151 02:21:51,202 --> 02:21:52,537 TO THE PEOPLE IN PERMITTING, 5152 02:21:52,604 --> 02:21:53,304 THIS IS THE GUY. 5153 02:21:53,371 --> 02:21:55,006 HE USED TO WORK 5154 02:21:55,073 --> 02:21:56,241 FOR ALL. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 5155 02:21:56,307 --> 02:21:58,309 NOW, WE HAD TO PAY THIS GUY. 5156 02:21:58,376 --> 02:21:59,711 IF THERE'S A TREE IN THE 5157 02:21:59,777 --> 02:22:01,246 MIDDLE OF A PROPERTY, HE KNOWS 5158 02:22:01,312 --> 02:22:02,881 THAT THAT TREE COULD COME DOWN 5159 02:22:02,947 --> 02:22:03,081 OR WE 5160 02:22:03,147 --> 02:22:03,748 COULD BUILD AROUND IT 5161 02:22:03,815 --> 02:22:04,082 OR WHATEVER. 5162 02:22:04,148 --> 02:22:06,017 THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS 5163 02:22:06,084 --> 02:22:07,752 NOBODY KNOWS. 5164 02:22:07,819 --> 02:22:08,887 COMMUNITY MINDED BUILDERS 5165 02:22:08,953 --> 02:22:10,054 WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT OUR 5166 02:22:10,121 --> 02:22:10,288 TREES 5167 02:22:10,355 --> 02:22:12,457 ARE BEING OVERSHADOWED BY THIS 5168 02:22:12,523 --> 02:22:16,861 POWERFUL, MAFIA- LIKE ENTITY. 5169 02:22:16,928 --> 02:22:18,963 MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU 5170 02:22:19,030 --> 02:22:20,865 STOP CARING ABOUT TREES AND FIX 5171 02:22:20,932 --> 02:22:21,032 THE 5172 02:22:21,099 --> 02:22:21,432 ORDINANCE. 5173 02:22:21,499 --> 02:22:23,468 >> ABIGAIL, THANK YOU. 5174 02:22:23,534 --> 02:22:29,007 ABIGAIL, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE. 5175 02:22:29,073 --> 02:22:30,909 ABIGAIL, 5176 02:22:30,975 --> 02:22:32,076 WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN HERE THAT 5177 02:22:32,143 --> 02:22:32,644 NEED 5178 02:22:32,710 --> 02:22:33,811 TO SPEAK. I REALLY APPRECIATE 5179 02:22:33,878 --> 02:22:34,045 YOU 5180 02:22:34,112 --> 02:22:35,213 COMING DOWN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 5181 02:22:35,280 --> 02:22:36,614 YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO 5182 02:22:36,681 --> 02:22:37,482 SEND US YOUR COMMENTS IN. 5183 02:22:37,548 --> 02:22:43,688 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5184 02:22:43,755 --> 02:22:43,922 ANDREW? 5185 02:22:43,988 --> 02:22:46,758 >> AS AN ARCHITECT AND 5186 02:22:46,824 --> 02:22:47,025 RESIDENT 5187 02:22:47,091 --> 02:22:47,692 ON CAPITOL HILL. WHEN I DECIDED 5188 02:22:47,759 --> 02:22:49,861 TO RUN FOR 5189 02:22:49,928 --> 02:22:51,829 MAYOR IN 2021 I WAS INSPIRED BY 5190 02:22:51,896 --> 02:22:53,765 THE CLIMATE CRISIS BUT ALSO THE 5191 02:22:53,831 --> 02:22:55,667 RECOGNITION 5192 02:22:55,733 --> 02:22:56,034 THOSE IN POWER 5193 02:22:56,100 --> 02:22:56,668 DURING THIS PROCESS WOULD HAVE 5194 02:22:56,734 --> 02:22:58,636 TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION 5195 02:22:58,703 --> 02:23:02,607 OF WHERE MORE HOUSING MUST BE 5196 02:23:02,674 --> 02:23:03,574 ALLOWED IN OUR CITY BECAUSE TO 5197 02:23:03,641 --> 02:23:04,976 BE CRYSTAL CLEAR REDUCING 5198 02:23:05,043 --> 02:23:07,011 THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL HOUSING 5199 02:23:07,078 --> 02:23:08,513 IN THE PLAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT 5200 02:23:08,579 --> 02:23:09,447 CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS 5201 02:23:09,514 --> 02:23:10,581 FROM CHANGING WILL NOT STOP 5202 02:23:10,648 --> 02:23:12,717 PEOPLE FROM MOVING HERE. 5203 02:23:12,784 --> 02:23:14,319 IT WILL NOT STOP PEEL LIKE 5204 02:23:14,385 --> 02:23:15,853 MYSELF WHO MOVED TO SEATTLE 5205 02:23:15,920 --> 02:23:18,022 FOR AN AMAZING JOB OPPORTUNITY. 5206 02:23:18,089 --> 02:23:20,925 IT WILL NOT STOP PEOPLE IN MY 5207 02:23:20,992 --> 02:23:23,494 COMMUNITIES, BLACK, LATINX, AND 5208 02:23:23,561 --> 02:23:27,231 YEAR, WHO MOVED TO SEATTLE TO 5209 02:23:27,298 --> 02:23:28,800 ESCAPE PERSECUTION FROM 5210 02:23:28,866 --> 02:23:33,771 PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AND WILL NOT 5211 02:23:33,838 --> 02:23:34,205 ACCEPT THEM. 5212 02:23:34,272 --> 02:23:36,441 I RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGE 5213 02:23:36,507 --> 02:23:38,376 IS SCARY BUT CITIES LIKE PEOPLE 5214 02:23:38,443 --> 02:23:39,143 MUST CHANGE AND GROW. 5215 02:23:39,210 --> 02:23:41,079 AND IN DOING SO THEY 5216 02:23:41,145 --> 02:23:42,013 BECOME THAT MUCH BETTER. 5217 02:23:42,080 --> 02:23:44,215 CHANGE IS 5218 02:23:44,282 --> 02:23:44,916 WHAT CREATED OUR WATERFRONT 5219 02:23:44,983 --> 02:23:46,351 PARK, AN AMAZING 5220 02:23:46,417 --> 02:23:48,219 NEW PLACE THAT DID EXIST IN 5221 02:23:48,286 --> 02:23:48,586 OLD SEATTLE. 5222 02:23:48,653 --> 02:23:50,355 AND THAT SAME OLD SEATTLE, THE 5223 02:23:50,421 --> 02:23:52,490 SEATTLE THAT YOU KNEW, NO 5224 02:23:52,557 --> 02:23:52,857 LONGER EXISTS. 5225 02:23:52,924 --> 02:23:56,461 THE SEATTLE THAT I KNEW FROM 5226 02:23:56,527 --> 02:24:02,700 WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE IN 5227 02:24:02,767 --> 02:24:03,668 2016 NO LONGER EXIST. 5228 02:24:03,735 --> 02:24:05,069 AND THAT'S OKAY. 5229 02:24:05,136 --> 02:24:07,138 NOSUBSTANTIALA IS NICE, BUT IT 5230 02:24:07,205 --> 02:24:09,107 IS A DELUSION AND A DISTRACTION 5231 02:24:09,173 --> 02:24:11,376 FROM OUR REALITY, THAT THE 5232 02:24:11,442 --> 02:24:12,877 ONLY WAY TO BE SURE THERE WILL 5233 02:24:12,944 --> 02:24:13,044 BE 5234 02:24:13,111 --> 02:24:14,612 SPACE FOR OLD AND 5235 02:24:14,679 --> 02:24:16,748 NEW SEATTLEITES IS BY ALLOWING 5236 02:24:16,814 --> 02:24:17,815 MORE HOUSING. 5237 02:24:17,882 --> 02:24:19,250 THE PLAN AS DELIVERED DOWN 5238 02:24:19,317 --> 02:24:20,618 TO YOU BY A CORRUPT MAYOR 5239 02:24:20,685 --> 02:24:23,955 IS ALREADY A SEATTLE COMPROMISE. 5240 02:24:24,022 --> 02:24:24,922 MY SIMPLE REQUEST IS THAT 5241 02:24:24,989 --> 02:24:26,057 SHOULD YOU MAKE AMENDMENTS TO 5242 02:24:26,124 --> 02:24:26,257 THIS 5243 02:24:26,324 --> 02:24:28,192 PLAN, THAT YOU DO NOT REDUCE THE 5244 02:24:28,259 --> 02:24:29,460 TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOUSING 5245 02:24:29,527 --> 02:24:29,727 PROPOSED. 5246 02:24:29,794 --> 02:24:31,996 PLEASE DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF 5247 02:24:32,063 --> 02:24:33,664 A LONG-TERM GOAL FOR A SHORT- 5248 02:24:33,731 --> 02:24:34,298 TERM POLITICAL WIN. 5249 02:24:34,365 --> 02:24:35,600 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO 5250 02:24:35,666 --> 02:24:36,701 EMBRACE CHANGE AND CREATE 5251 02:24:36,768 --> 02:24:38,302 THE NEXT SEATTLE, A FUTURE FOR 5252 02:24:38,369 --> 02:24:42,707 A CITY WHERE WE ALL WIN. 5253 02:24:42,774 --> 02:24:43,975 THANK YOU. 5254 02:24:44,042 --> 02:24:46,144 >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. 5255 02:24:46,210 --> 02:24:47,245 AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS 5256 02:24:47,311 --> 02:24:49,347 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE -- WE 5257 02:24:49,414 --> 02:24:51,582 HAVE TO DO A SWITCH OUT. 5258 02:24:51,649 --> 02:24:53,084 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS 5259 02:24:53,151 --> 02:24:54,585 THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 5260 02:24:54,652 --> 02:24:56,721 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE 5261 02:24:56,788 --> 02:24:57,922 IN RECESS UNTIL 7:33. 5262 02:24:57,989 --> 02:25:00,758 THAT GIVES US ABOUT 5263 02:25:00,825 --> 02:25:03,094 A 5-MINUTE BREAK FOR US TO 5264 02:25:03,161 --> 02:25:03,728 USE THE RESTROOM AND ALSO FOR US 5265 02:25:03,795 --> 02:25:04,062 TO MAKE 5266 02:25:04,128 --> 02:25:05,430 SOME STAFFING CHANGES AND THEN 5267 02:25:05,496 --> 02:25:07,965 ALSO TO CHECK THE 5268 02:25:08,032 --> 02:25:08,366 WEATHER UPDATES. 5269 02:25:08,433 --> 02:25:20,311 OKAY? THANK YOU. 5270 02:34:20,384 --> 02:34:24,655 >> WE ARE BACK IN ACTION. 5271 02:34:24,722 --> 02:34:27,291 I SEE MYSELF ON THE SCREEN 5272 02:34:27,358 --> 02:34:27,891 THERE. 5273 02:34:27,958 --> 02:34:29,893 AWESOME. OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD 5274 02:34:29,960 --> 02:34:30,194 AND START. 5275 02:34:30,260 --> 02:34:32,429 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO 5276 02:34:32,496 --> 02:34:33,664 BE RECOGNIZING HYBRID -- THEY'RE 5277 02:34:33,731 --> 02:34:38,102 NOT HYBRID. 5278 02:34:38,168 --> 02:34:39,036 THEY'RE ONLINE. OUR 5279 02:34:39,103 --> 02:34:40,404 ONLINE SPEAKERS. AND WE'RE 5280 02:34:40,471 --> 02:34:41,238 GOING TO GO BACK AND 5281 02:34:41,305 --> 02:34:42,773 FORTH BETWEEN 10 ONLINE AND 5282 02:34:42,840 --> 02:34:43,507 20 IN PERSON. 5283 02:34:43,574 --> 02:34:46,243 THAT'S BECAUSE THE GARAGE CLOSES 5284 02:34:46,310 --> 02:34:47,578 AT 10:00 P.M. , AND WE 5285 02:34:47,645 --> 02:34:48,712 KNOW THAT WE'RE FIGHTING 5286 02:34:48,779 --> 02:34:48,946 AGAINST 5287 02:34:49,013 --> 02:34:49,847 THE WEATHER THAT'S GOING ON 5288 02:34:49,913 --> 02:34:50,080 RIGHT 5289 02:34:50,147 --> 02:34:52,549 NOW, SO WE'LL 5290 02:34:52,616 --> 02:34:54,184 RECOGNIZE 10 PEOPLE ONLINE AND 5291 02:34:54,251 --> 02:34:54,551 WE'LL BOUNCE 5292 02:34:54,618 --> 02:34:55,653 BACK INTO 20 ON PERSON. 5293 02:34:55,719 --> 02:34:56,920 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO 5294 02:34:56,987 --> 02:35:03,394 BE RECOGNIZING OUR SPEAKERS 5295 02:35:03,460 --> 02:35:04,895 ONLINE. 5296 02:35:04,962 --> 02:35:09,700 >> ALBERTO ALVAREZ, PLEASE 5297 02:35:09,767 --> 02:35:11,535 PRESSPRESS STAR 6 5298 02:35:11,602 --> 02:35:17,341 TO SPEAK. FOLLOWING ALBERTO WILL 5299 02:35:17,408 --> 02:35:19,877 BE REID HAMPTON. 5300 02:35:19,943 --> 02:35:21,011 >> HELLO. 5301 02:35:21,078 --> 02:35:22,913 IS IT MY TURN? 5302 02:35:22,980 --> 02:35:25,282 >> GO RIGHT AHEAD. 5303 02:35:25,349 --> 02:35:27,985 >> IT'S COLD 5304 02:35:28,052 --> 02:35:28,686 AND IT'S FREEZING. THE HOUSING 5305 02:35:28,752 --> 02:35:29,586 CRISIS IS AN ICEBERG 5306 02:35:29,653 --> 02:35:30,554 DEAD AHEAD. 5307 02:35:30,621 --> 02:35:32,222 ON THE TITANIC THE 5308 02:35:32,289 --> 02:35:34,158 WORKING CLASS WAS DENIED A 5309 02:35:34,224 --> 02:35:35,092 CHANCE TO SURVIVE. 5310 02:35:35,159 --> 02:35:37,428 THE UPPER CLASS DIDN'T 5311 02:35:37,494 --> 02:35:39,263 WANT THEIR TOP DECK CLUTTERED 5312 02:35:39,329 --> 02:35:39,830 WITH LIFE BOATS. 5313 02:35:39,897 --> 02:35:42,766 THIS IS A CITYWIDE 5314 02:35:42,833 --> 02:35:45,369 PUBLIC COUNCIL NOT A PRIVATE 5315 02:35:45,436 --> 02:35:45,569 HOME 5316 02:35:45,636 --> 02:35:47,438 OWNERS ASSOCIATION. THE COMP 5317 02:35:47,504 --> 02:35:48,672 PLAN IS DESIGNED TO 5318 02:35:48,739 --> 02:35:55,212 ADD DENSITY TO A VIERANT BRANT 5319 02:35:55,279 --> 02:35:55,546 CITY IN 5320 02:35:55,612 --> 02:35:57,414 AN EVER GROWING STATE. 5321 02:35:57,481 --> 02:35:58,716 SUPPLY IS THE COMP PLAN. 5322 02:35:58,782 --> 02:36:00,350 SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND IS THE 5323 02:36:00,417 --> 02:36:02,419 MOST BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ANY 5324 02:36:02,486 --> 02:36:02,953 MARKET. 5325 02:36:03,020 --> 02:36:05,689 QUEEN ANNE, MADRONA, GREEN 5326 02:36:05,756 --> 02:36:09,026 LAKE, AND YES, EVEN MAPLE LEAF 5327 02:36:09,093 --> 02:36:09,226 MUST 5328 02:36:09,293 --> 02:36:11,061 PROVIDE A FAIR SHARE TO 5329 02:36:11,128 --> 02:36:13,097 COMBAT THE HOUSING CRISIS. 5330 02:36:13,163 --> 02:36:15,265 RENTALS FOR THE BARISTA, THE 5331 02:36:15,332 --> 02:36:17,735 GROCER, THE LINE COOK, 5332 02:36:17,801 --> 02:36:19,903 WAITRESS, THE BARTENDER, THE DOG 5333 02:36:19,970 --> 02:36:20,571 AND 5334 02:36:20,637 --> 02:36:22,106 CAT SITTER, ET CETERA, ET 5335 02:36:22,172 --> 02:36:22,339 CETERA. 5336 02:36:22,406 --> 02:36:25,442 HOMES IN THE CITY FOR A 5337 02:36:25,509 --> 02:36:29,513 YOUNG COUPLE LOOKING TO START A 5338 02:36:29,580 --> 02:36:31,682 FAMILY KEEP DENSITY FAIR ACROSS 5339 02:36:31,749 --> 02:36:31,949 ALL 5340 02:36:32,015 --> 02:36:34,618 NEIGHBORHOODS. DO NOT LET THE 5341 02:36:34,685 --> 02:36:35,586 WEALTHIEST COMMUNITIES CONTROL 5342 02:36:35,652 --> 02:36:36,587 THE NEEDS 5343 02:36:36,653 --> 02:36:37,187 OF WORKING PEOPLE. 5344 02:36:37,254 --> 02:36:41,191 THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD 5345 02:36:41,258 --> 02:36:43,160 DAY. 5346 02:36:43,227 --> 02:36:44,261 >> REID HAMPTON, PLEASE PRESS 5347 02:36:44,328 --> 02:36:47,431 STAR 6. 5348 02:36:47,498 --> 02:36:49,233 YOU'RE NEXT. 5349 02:36:49,299 --> 02:36:50,000 >> HI, COUNCIL. 5350 02:36:50,067 --> 02:36:52,836 MY NAME IS REID HAMPTON AND I'M 5351 02:36:52,903 --> 02:36:54,171 A RESIDENT AND RENTER 5352 02:36:54,238 --> 02:36:54,705 OF DISTRICT 6. 5353 02:36:54,772 --> 02:36:56,073 I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE 5354 02:36:56,140 --> 02:36:57,574 FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, SO THE 5355 02:36:57,641 --> 02:36:58,275 DURATION OF 5356 02:36:58,342 --> 02:36:59,109 MY RESIDENCY SHOULDN'T 5357 02:36:59,176 --> 02:36:59,476 REALLY MATTER. 5358 02:36:59,543 --> 02:37:01,512 AND IN THAT TIME I'VE VOTED 5359 02:37:01,578 --> 02:37:03,747 IN EVERY ELECTION, VOLUNTEERED 5360 02:37:03,814 --> 02:37:03,981 IN 5361 02:37:04,047 --> 02:37:05,349 LOCAL NONPROFITS AND 5362 02:37:05,415 --> 02:37:06,250 HELPED BUILD COMMUNITIES. 5363 02:37:06,316 --> 02:37:07,618 TODAY I AM HERE NOT TO ASK BUT 5364 02:37:07,684 --> 02:37:09,219 TO PLEAD WITH THIS COUNCIL 5365 02:37:09,286 --> 02:37:10,821 TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL 5366 02:37:10,888 --> 02:37:11,855 HOUSING OPTIONS PROVIDE BY 5367 02:37:11,922 --> 02:37:12,689 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 5368 02:37:12,756 --> 02:37:13,824 AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 5369 02:37:13,891 --> 02:37:14,858 OVER THESE FIVE YEARS MY 5370 02:37:14,925 --> 02:37:17,494 WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE 5371 02:37:17,561 --> 02:37:17,694 SAME 5372 02:37:17,761 --> 02:37:18,095 APARTMENT 5373 02:37:18,162 --> 02:37:19,963 IN BALLARD. THANE THAT TIME OUR 5374 02:37:20,030 --> 02:37:20,197 RENT 5375 02:37:20,264 --> 02:37:23,133 HAS GONE UP LESS THAN 5376 02:37:23,200 --> 02:37:23,467 10% OVER FIVE 5377 02:37:23,534 --> 02:37:23,767 YEARS. WHY? 5378 02:37:23,834 --> 02:37:24,868 BECAUSE EVERY OTHER YEAR A NEW 5379 02:37:24,935 --> 02:37:26,003 APARTMENT BUILDING HAS 5380 02:37:26,069 --> 02:37:26,904 OPENED ON OUR BLOCK. 5381 02:37:26,970 --> 02:37:30,007 IT HAS KEPT OUR RENT LOW 5382 02:37:30,073 --> 02:37:30,908 ALLOWING US TO START SAVING 5383 02:37:30,974 --> 02:37:32,075 FOR A HOME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 5384 02:37:32,142 --> 02:37:33,043 WE HAVE ONLY 5385 02:37:33,110 --> 02:37:33,911 HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF 5386 02:37:33,977 --> 02:37:34,478 THE 5387 02:37:34,545 --> 02:37:36,079 NUHOMES AND NEW 5388 02:37:36,146 --> 02:37:36,880 NEIGHBORS JOINING 5389 02:37:36,947 --> 02:37:38,649 OUR COMMUNITY. BY REMOVING 5390 02:37:38,715 --> 02:37:38,982 NEIGHBORHOOD 5391 02:37:39,049 --> 02:37:40,484 CENTERS FROM THIS COMPREHENSIVE 5392 02:37:40,551 --> 02:37:41,885 PLAN WE WOULD BE CONDEMNING 5393 02:37:41,952 --> 02:37:42,986 RENTERS TO 5394 02:37:43,053 --> 02:37:47,958 A WORLD OF INCREASING RENTS. 5395 02:37:48,025 --> 02:37:50,894 OUR NEW NEIGHBORS MAKE OUR CITY 5396 02:37:50,961 --> 02:37:52,696 STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT, AND 5397 02:37:52,763 --> 02:37:53,363 MORE FUN. 5398 02:37:53,430 --> 02:37:55,465 PRESERVING THESE CITY 5399 02:37:55,532 --> 02:37:57,601 CENTERS WITH MORE OF THEM 5400 02:37:57,668 --> 02:37:57,868 FURTHER 5401 02:37:57,935 --> 02:37:59,269 FROM DENSITY YOU WOULD 5402 02:37:59,336 --> 02:38:00,103 BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT 5403 02:38:00,170 --> 02:38:02,673 STRENGTH WHILE GIVING OVER 60% 5404 02:38:02,739 --> 02:38:04,274 OF 5405 02:38:04,341 --> 02:38:06,310 THE CITY WHO ARE RENTERS 5406 02:38:06,376 --> 02:38:08,312 THE BREATHING ROOM TO SAVE FOR A 5407 02:38:08,378 --> 02:38:09,479 HOME AND SO 5408 02:38:09,546 --> 02:38:11,081 MUCH MORE. I AGREE WITH MANY OF 5409 02:38:11,148 --> 02:38:11,815 THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT 5410 02:38:11,882 --> 02:38:12,749 REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE 5411 02:38:12,816 --> 02:38:14,952 OF GREENERY. THE SOLUTION IS TO 5412 02:38:15,018 --> 02:38:16,753 PRIORITIZE PARKS OVER CAR 5413 02:38:16,820 --> 02:38:17,154 PARKING, 5414 02:38:17,221 --> 02:38:19,890 BUILDING UP ON SMALL FOOTPRINT 5415 02:38:19,957 --> 02:38:20,190 LOTS 5416 02:38:20,257 --> 02:38:22,659 AND SPACE SUFFICIENT TRANSIT 5417 02:38:22,726 --> 02:38:23,594 OVER 5418 02:38:23,660 --> 02:38:24,962 ASPHALT PARKING LOTS. 5419 02:38:25,028 --> 02:38:26,363 THE SOLUTION IS NOT DENY 5420 02:38:26,430 --> 02:38:27,164 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE 5421 02:38:27,231 --> 02:38:27,798 OF US 5422 02:38:27,865 --> 02:38:30,234 WHO HAD THE 5423 02:38:30,300 --> 02:38:30,901 MISFORTUNE OF BEING BORN CLOSER 5424 02:38:30,968 --> 02:38:32,002 TO THE YEAR 2000. 5425 02:38:32,069 --> 02:38:33,303 PLEASE SUPPORT A 5426 02:38:33,370 --> 02:38:34,371 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH ADDS 5427 02:38:34,438 --> 02:38:35,906 MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, 5428 02:38:35,973 --> 02:38:36,139 CREATES 5429 02:38:36,206 --> 02:38:36,940 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING 5430 02:38:37,007 --> 02:38:38,942 GROWTH, AND ALLOWS 5431 02:38:39,009 --> 02:38:39,943 MORE SEATTLEITES TO CALL 5432 02:38:40,010 --> 02:38:40,878 OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY HOME. 5433 02:38:40,944 --> 02:38:44,248 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND 5434 02:38:44,314 --> 02:38:45,883 BEST OF LUCK TO 5435 02:38:45,949 --> 02:38:46,183 THE REST. 5436 02:38:46,250 --> 02:38:48,285 >> NEXT WE HAVE ALEX. 5437 02:38:48,352 --> 02:38:50,787 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 5438 02:38:50,854 --> 02:38:53,056 YOU ARE 5439 02:38:53,123 --> 02:38:54,024 RECOGNIZED. 5440 02:38:54,091 --> 02:38:55,125 >> GOOD EVENING. 5441 02:38:55,192 --> 02:38:56,927 WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME OVER 30 5442 02:38:56,994 --> 02:38:58,829 YEARS AGO WE WERE A 5443 02:38:58,896 --> 02:38:59,763 WORKING CLASS FAMILY. 5444 02:38:59,830 --> 02:39:03,901 THE MORTGAGE WAS AFFORDABLE 5445 02:39:03,967 --> 02:39:04,868 WITH ONE PERSON WORKING AND THE 5446 02:39:04,935 --> 02:39:08,505 OTHER CARING FOR 5447 02:39:08,572 --> 02:39:11,074 CHILDREN. I'M SURPRISED IT 5448 02:39:11,141 --> 02:39:11,341 PROVIDES 5449 02:39:11,408 --> 02:39:12,442 THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES 5450 02:39:12,509 --> 02:39:15,112 FOR THE SEATTLE DEVELOPER TO 5451 02:39:15,178 --> 02:39:15,579 BUILD -- WE 5452 02:39:15,646 --> 02:39:20,484 NEED BOTH IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. 5453 02:39:20,550 --> 02:39:21,218 ON PROP 1A WHICH FUNDS 5454 02:39:21,285 --> 02:39:24,288 WORK FORCE HOUSING WITHOUT 5455 02:39:24,354 --> 02:39:25,188 TAKING TAX DOLLARS AWAY FROM 5456 02:39:25,255 --> 02:39:26,723 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PASSES, THE 5457 02:39:26,790 --> 02:39:26,924 PROP 5458 02:39:26,990 --> 02:39:31,261 WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED 5459 02:39:31,328 --> 02:39:31,929 ACCORDINGLY. MY KIDS NOW WORKING 5460 02:39:31,995 --> 02:39:32,162 ADULTS 5461 02:39:32,229 --> 02:39:33,764 WON'T BE ABLE TO LIVE IN 5462 02:39:33,830 --> 02:39:33,997 SEATTLE 5463 02:39:34,064 --> 02:39:35,399 UNLESS POLICIES LIKE THE 5464 02:39:35,465 --> 02:39:45,676 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER AND 5465 02:39:45,742 --> 02:39:46,176 PROPS 5466 02:39:46,243 --> 02:39:49,513 LIKE PROP 4A BECOME AVAILABLE. 5467 02:39:49,579 --> 02:39:51,748 WE NEED MUCH 5468 02:39:51,815 --> 02:39:52,883 MORE LAND ZONED FOR THE FOUR' 5469 02:39:52,950 --> 02:39:53,717 PLUS STORY APARTMENTS 5470 02:39:53,784 --> 02:39:55,285 THAT ENABLE SOCIAL HOUSING. 5471 02:39:55,352 --> 02:39:56,954 ONLY THEN WILL OUR KIDS 5472 02:39:57,020 --> 02:39:58,322 BE ABLE TO RETURN TO OUR 5473 02:39:58,388 --> 02:39:59,356 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ONLY THEN 5474 02:39:59,423 --> 02:40:01,091 WILL WE BE ABLE TO 5475 02:40:01,158 --> 02:40:03,427 CURB THE PRESENT CLIMATE 5476 02:40:03,493 --> 02:40:04,394 DESTROYING URBAN SPRAWL THAT 5477 02:40:04,461 --> 02:40:08,365 DISPLACES YOUNG PEOPLE TO 5478 02:40:08,432 --> 02:40:10,600 SUBURBS SO THAT NEIGHBORHOODS 5479 02:40:10,667 --> 02:40:12,102 LIKE QUEEN ANNE CAN 5480 02:40:12,169 --> 02:40:12,836 BE PRESERVED IN SEATTLE. 5481 02:40:12,903 --> 02:40:14,705 WE NEED TO WELCOME OUR 5482 02:40:14,771 --> 02:40:15,105 KIDS BACK. 5483 02:40:15,172 --> 02:40:16,406 WE NEED BIG ENOUGH BUILDINGS 5484 02:40:16,473 --> 02:40:17,007 TO DO IT. 5485 02:40:17,074 --> 02:40:19,209 WE NEED THEM IN ALL 5486 02:40:19,276 --> 02:40:20,243 THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 5487 02:40:20,310 --> 02:40:22,779 WE NEED THE SOCIAL 5488 02:40:22,846 --> 02:40:24,047 HOUSING DEVELOPER TO BE 5489 02:40:24,114 --> 02:40:24,848 SUPPORTED IN 5490 02:40:24,915 --> 02:40:25,849 OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 5491 02:40:25,916 --> 02:40:26,350 THANK 5492 02:40:26,416 --> 02:40:26,583 YOU. 5493 02:40:26,650 --> 02:40:26,950 >> THANK YOU. 5494 02:40:27,017 --> 02:40:29,052 NEXT WE HAVE IRIS. 5495 02:40:29,119 --> 02:40:33,690 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AND HOWARD 5496 02:40:33,757 --> 02:40:33,991 GREENRICH. 5497 02:40:34,057 --> 02:40:36,660 YOU ARE UP NEXT ON 5498 02:40:36,727 --> 02:40:36,994 DECK. 5499 02:40:37,060 --> 02:40:37,227 >> HI. 5500 02:40:37,294 --> 02:40:39,129 THIS IS IRIS. 5501 02:40:39,196 --> 02:40:40,864 REGARDING THE COMP PLAN, I WANT 5502 02:40:40,931 --> 02:40:42,933 TO SEE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, CITY 5503 02:40:43,000 --> 02:40:46,103 PLANNERS, AND 5504 02:40:46,169 --> 02:40:46,670 ENVIRONMENTALISTS WORKING 5505 02:40:46,737 --> 02:40:47,371 TOGETHER TO INCORPORATE 5506 02:40:47,437 --> 02:40:48,872 INTO THE COMP PLAN 5507 02:40:48,939 --> 02:40:50,207 DENSER HOUSING AND MORE TREES. 5508 02:40:50,273 --> 02:40:54,511 THIS SHOULD NOT BE A BINARY 5509 02:40:54,578 --> 02:40:56,246 DECISION -- TREES OR HOUSING. 5510 02:40:56,313 --> 02:40:57,514 DEVELOPERS CAN DESIGN 5511 02:40:57,581 --> 02:41:00,250 USING SHARED WALLS, NO LOT 5512 02:41:00,317 --> 02:41:00,751 SPRAWLS 5513 02:41:00,817 --> 02:41:02,119 AND TALLER BUILDINGS TO 5514 02:41:02,185 --> 02:41:02,452 ACCOMMODATE 5515 02:41:02,519 --> 02:41:03,887 RETAINING TREES 5516 02:41:03,954 --> 02:41:05,288 ON SITE. IT SEEMS INULT ISSING 5517 02:41:05,355 --> 02:41:05,455 TO 5518 02:41:05,522 --> 02:41:06,723 ME AT THIS POINT TO HAVE TO 5519 02:41:06,790 --> 02:41:07,124 POINT 5520 02:41:07,190 --> 02:41:10,394 OUT TO ANYONE THE IMPORTANCE OF 5521 02:41:10,460 --> 02:41:11,828 CANOPY FOR HEALTH AND 5522 02:41:11,895 --> 02:41:12,062 CLIMATE 5523 02:41:12,129 --> 02:41:14,731 REASONS. WE ALL KNOW THE 5524 02:41:14,798 --> 02:41:15,198 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. 5525 02:41:15,265 --> 02:41:15,599 AND COMPARING THE 5526 02:41:15,665 --> 02:41:18,035 PLANTING OF NEW YOUNG TREES WITH 5527 02:41:18,101 --> 02:41:18,201 THE 5528 02:41:18,268 --> 02:41:19,503 RETENTION OF ALREADY 5529 02:41:19,569 --> 02:41:24,708 EXISTING OLDER MATURE TREES IS 5530 02:41:24,775 --> 02:41:25,175 LIKE 5531 02:41:25,242 --> 02:41:25,942 COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES. 5532 02:41:26,009 --> 02:41:27,978 WE ALSO KNOW THIS. 5533 02:41:28,045 --> 02:41:29,246 DESIGNERS, DEVELOPERS, 5534 02:41:29,312 --> 02:41:30,514 PLANNERS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO 5535 02:41:30,580 --> 02:41:32,315 FIGURE OUT 5536 02:41:32,382 --> 02:41:34,217 HOW TO HAVE MORE 5537 02:41:34,284 --> 02:41:34,851 AND DENSER HOUSING AND MAINTAIN 5538 02:41:34,918 --> 02:41:36,586 AND INCREASE OUR TREE CANOPY. 5539 02:41:36,653 --> 02:41:38,655 PLEASE CONSIDER THE COMMON GOOD 5540 02:41:38,722 --> 02:41:40,457 IN ORDER TO BUILD A HEALTHY, 5541 02:41:40,524 --> 02:41:42,225 SAFE, AND BEAUTIFUL CITY. 5542 02:41:42,292 --> 02:41:43,326 THANK YOU. 5543 02:41:43,393 --> 02:41:45,862 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 5544 02:41:45,929 --> 02:41:52,035 HOWARD FOLLOWED BY 5545 02:41:52,102 --> 02:41:52,302 DYLAN. 5546 02:41:52,369 --> 02:42:00,844 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 5547 02:42:00,911 --> 02:42:03,747 WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, HOWARD. 5548 02:42:03,814 --> 02:42:08,351 ARE YOU THERE JUST PLEASE PRESS 5549 02:42:08,418 --> 02:42:14,458 STAR 5550 02:42:14,524 --> 02:42:16,326 6. IS HOWARD PRESENT ONLINE? 5551 02:42:16,393 --> 02:42:17,060 HE IS, OKAY. 5552 02:42:17,127 --> 02:42:19,996 MAYBE HE STEPPED AIFROM 5553 02:42:20,063 --> 02:42:20,230 THE 5554 02:42:20,297 --> 02:42:20,464 PHONE. 5555 02:42:20,530 --> 02:42:21,131 WE'LL COME BACK TO HOWARD. NEXT 5556 02:42:21,198 --> 02:42:22,432 WE'LL HEAR FROM DYLAN. 5557 02:42:22,499 --> 02:42:24,134 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 5558 02:42:24,201 --> 02:42:27,337 YOU ARE 5559 02:42:27,404 --> 02:42:27,771 RECOGNIZED. 5560 02:42:27,838 --> 02:42:30,073 >> HI, YEAH, MY NAME IS DYLAN. 5561 02:42:30,140 --> 02:42:33,210 I'M AN URBAN DESIGNER 5562 02:42:33,276 --> 02:42:34,311 AND A 20-YEAR SEATTLE RESIDENT, 5563 02:42:34,377 --> 02:42:34,511 ALSO 5564 02:42:34,578 --> 02:42:36,947 THE FATHER OF AN 8-YEAR- OLD 5565 02:42:37,013 --> 02:42:37,147 THAT 5566 02:42:37,214 --> 02:42:38,181 BIKES AND DRIVES AND BUSES 5567 02:42:38,248 --> 02:42:40,050 ALL OVER 5568 02:42:40,117 --> 02:42:41,384 THE CITY WITH ME. AND I THINK 5569 02:42:41,451 --> 02:42:44,254 ABOUT HIM AND HIS 5570 02:42:44,321 --> 02:42:58,235 FUTURE AND OUR EXPERIENCE. 5571 02:42:58,301 --> 02:43:00,137 ACHIEVING THIS GOAL WOULD BE 5572 02:43:00,203 --> 02:43:01,738 A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS 5573 02:43:01,805 --> 02:43:01,972 CUTTING 5574 02:43:02,038 --> 02:43:03,607 LOCAL CARBON EMISSIONS AND 5575 02:43:03,673 --> 02:43:05,342 THE CO2 EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED 5576 02:43:05,408 --> 02:43:05,542 WITH 5577 02:43:05,609 --> 02:43:07,010 DRIVING. THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 5578 02:43:07,077 --> 02:43:07,377 MOVES 5579 02:43:07,444 --> 02:43:09,846 US TOWARDS THIS GOAL BY 5580 02:43:09,913 --> 02:43:11,148 REINTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF 5581 02:43:11,214 --> 02:43:11,715 A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 5582 02:43:11,781 --> 02:43:13,316 OUR REQUEST IS TO KEEP ALL 5583 02:43:13,383 --> 02:43:14,818 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS PROPOSED 5584 02:43:14,885 --> 02:43:16,052 IN THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN AND 5585 02:43:16,119 --> 02:43:19,489 PLANT THE SEEDS TO ADD MORE WITH 5586 02:43:19,556 --> 02:43:20,590 SEATTLE'S NEXT 5587 02:43:20,657 --> 02:43:22,125 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. 5588 02:43:22,192 --> 02:43:23,426 THESE PLANS WORK TOGETHER 5589 02:43:23,493 --> 02:43:25,162 AS PART OF A NETWORK 5590 02:43:25,228 --> 02:43:26,463 OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SYSTEMS, 5591 02:43:26,530 --> 02:43:29,733 AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT 5592 02:43:29,799 --> 02:43:33,803 SERVE BOTH NEARBY NEIGHBORS 5593 02:43:33,870 --> 02:43:42,679 AND NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CITY. 5594 02:43:42,746 --> 02:43:45,081 AT THE COMMERCIAL CORE OF OUR 5595 02:43:45,148 --> 02:43:46,016 NEIGHBORS, OUR 5596 02:43:46,082 --> 02:43:46,917 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE HEARTS 5597 02:43:46,983 --> 02:43:47,217 OF 5598 02:43:47,284 --> 02:43:49,819 OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE 5599 02:43:49,886 --> 02:43:50,086 RESIDENTS 5600 02:43:50,153 --> 02:43:52,656 WITH ACCESS OF EVERY DAY NEEDS 5601 02:43:52,722 --> 02:43:58,094 AND SERVICES. 5602 02:43:58,161 --> 02:43:58,862 RESIDENTS CLOSE TO 5603 02:43:58,929 --> 02:43:59,896 A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WERE 5604 02:43:59,963 --> 02:44:02,532 LUCKY ENOUGH TO WALK TO IT. 5605 02:44:02,599 --> 02:44:04,134 THIS IS HOW WE'VE LIVED IN 5606 02:44:04,201 --> 02:44:05,268 SEATTLE FOR 75 YEARS. 5607 02:44:05,335 --> 02:44:07,037 NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 5608 02:44:07,103 --> 02:44:08,338 REENGAGE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 5609 02:44:08,405 --> 02:44:12,108 CENTERS, TO CURATE, TO 5610 02:44:12,175 --> 02:44:12,642 ENHANCE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 5611 02:44:12,709 --> 02:44:13,343 CENTERS, THESE 5612 02:44:13,410 --> 02:44:14,377 SMALL, SCALE 5613 02:44:14,444 --> 02:44:15,178 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS OF OUR 5614 02:44:15,245 --> 02:44:15,478 COMMUNITY. 5615 02:44:15,545 --> 02:44:16,846 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN WILL 5616 02:44:16,913 --> 02:44:21,184 ALLOW MORE SEATTLE RESIDENTS 5617 02:44:21,251 --> 02:44:21,451 WALKABLE 5618 02:44:21,518 --> 02:44:22,953 ACCESS ENABLING MORE 5619 02:44:23,019 --> 02:44:24,487 RESIDENTS TO LIVE NEAR THESE 5620 02:44:24,554 --> 02:44:25,355 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 5621 02:44:25,422 --> 02:44:26,423 CORRIDORS BY 5622 02:44:26,489 --> 02:44:27,324 ADDING FIVE- STORY 5623 02:44:27,390 --> 02:44:28,925 MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS ON 5624 02:44:28,992 --> 02:44:29,226 ADJACENT 5625 02:44:29,292 --> 02:44:29,426 LOTS. 5626 02:44:29,492 --> 02:44:31,061 >> 5627 02:44:31,127 --> 02:44:31,928 THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 5628 02:44:31,995 --> 02:44:32,696 WILLIAM 5629 02:44:32,762 --> 02:44:40,036 SCOTT FOLLOWED BY DAVID 5630 02:44:40,103 --> 02:44:41,271 NEEMAN. WILLIAM, PLEASE PRESS 5631 02:44:41,338 --> 02:44:42,005 STAR 6 5632 02:44:42,072 --> 02:44:46,643 AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR 5633 02:44:46,710 --> 02:44:47,644 PUBLIC SPEAKING STARTS WHENEVER 5634 02:44:47,711 --> 02:44:49,212 YOU START SPEAKING. 5635 02:44:49,279 --> 02:44:49,846 WILLIAM, STAR 6. 5636 02:44:49,913 --> 02:44:54,184 IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 5637 02:44:54,251 --> 02:44:59,789 CAN WE GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE DAVID 5638 02:44:59,856 --> 02:45:01,057 NEEMAN. 5639 02:45:01,124 --> 02:45:01,224 >> 5640 02:45:01,291 --> 02:45:01,391 HI. 5641 02:45:01,458 --> 02:45:01,891 >> WE CAN 5642 02:45:01,958 --> 02:45:03,193 HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. 5643 02:45:03,260 --> 02:45:05,562 >> THIS IS WILLIAM SCOTT, RIGHT? 5644 02:45:05,629 --> 02:45:07,230 YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM ME? 5645 02:45:07,297 --> 02:45:12,469 OKAY, HERE'S THE THING. 5646 02:45:12,535 --> 02:45:15,472 WE'VE GOT ONE OF OUR BACKED 5647 02:45:15,538 --> 02:45:18,074 UP BY A PETITION ON SO FAR WE 5648 02:45:18,141 --> 02:45:18,742 HAVE 5649 02:45:18,808 --> 02:45:21,211 670 SIGNATURES AND PROBABLY 5650 02:45:21,278 --> 02:45:22,812 MORE IF IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE TO 5651 02:45:22,879 --> 02:45:24,114 KNOW ABOUT THIS SITUATION 5652 02:45:24,180 --> 02:45:24,447 FURTHER IN 5653 02:45:24,514 --> 02:45:27,817 ADVANCE, AND WE'RE ASKING 5654 02:45:27,884 --> 02:45:29,319 TO CORRECT A ERROR ON THE 5655 02:45:29,386 --> 02:45:31,488 ONE SEATTLE PLAN AND REMOVE A 5656 02:45:31,554 --> 02:45:38,295 SHORT SECTION OF NORTH EAST 5657 02:45:38,361 --> 02:45:38,495 45th 5658 02:45:38,561 --> 02:45:40,563 STREET. THIS IS A PLANNING ERROR 5659 02:45:40,630 --> 02:45:42,499 BECAUSE ZONING THIS SEGMENT LR3 5660 02:45:42,565 --> 02:45:43,566 CONFLICTS WITH BOTH THE 5661 02:45:43,633 --> 02:45:48,305 LETTER AND THE THE INTENT OF HB 5662 02:45:48,371 --> 02:45:48,805 1110. 5663 02:45:48,872 --> 02:45:51,641 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SEGMENT HAS NO 5664 02:45:51,708 --> 02:45:55,045 PRIORITY RAPID OR HIGH FREQUENCY 5665 02:45:55,111 --> 02:45:55,445 TRANSIT. 5666 02:45:55,512 --> 02:45:59,282 IT IS NOT TO QUOTE HB 1110 5667 02:45:59,349 --> 02:46:00,917 COMPATIBLE IN SCALE, FORM, 5668 02:46:00,984 --> 02:46:03,186 AND CHARACTER WITH SINGLE 5669 02:46:03,253 --> 02:46:04,821 FAMILY HOUSES. 5670 02:46:04,888 --> 02:46:07,624 UPGRADING THIS TO LR3 IS -- 5671 02:46:07,691 --> 02:46:09,592 BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DESIGNATED 5672 02:46:09,659 --> 02:46:12,862 NEIGHBORHOOD URBAN OR 5673 02:46:12,929 --> 02:46:14,564 REGIONAL CENTER OR NEAR MAJOR 5674 02:46:14,631 --> 02:46:15,532 TRANSIT. 5675 02:46:15,598 --> 02:46:16,766 AND OF COURSE TO COMPLEMENT 5676 02:46:16,833 --> 02:46:18,134 THE COMMENTS OF VARIOUS GOOD 5677 02:46:18,201 --> 02:46:20,603 PEOPLE ON THIS CALL, IT 5678 02:46:20,670 --> 02:46:21,004 CONFLICTS 5679 02:46:21,071 --> 02:46:23,540 WITH THE TREE CANOPY OBJECTIVES 5680 02:46:23,606 --> 02:46:24,741 OF HB 5681 02:46:24,808 --> 02:46:25,075 1110. 5682 02:46:25,141 --> 02:46:27,544 AND MOREOVER LR3 5683 02:46:27,610 --> 02:46:28,945 TYPE DEVELOPMENTS IN AREAS LIKE 5684 02:46:29,012 --> 02:46:29,946 THIS AND THERE ARE MANY OF 5685 02:46:30,013 --> 02:46:31,514 THEM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT QUEEN 5686 02:46:31,581 --> 02:46:31,715 ANNE 5687 02:46:31,781 --> 02:46:33,683 AND OTHERS HERE TONIGHT, 5688 02:46:33,750 --> 02:46:36,653 WILL PROVIDE LOW OR 5689 02:46:36,720 --> 02:46:37,220 EVEN MIDPRICED HOUSING TO 5690 02:46:37,287 --> 02:46:38,121 ADDRESS MANY OF 5691 02:46:38,188 --> 02:46:39,556 THE APPEALS AT THIS MEETING, 5692 02:46:39,622 --> 02:46:41,658 WHICH WE SUPPORT BECAUSE AND WE 5693 02:46:41,725 --> 02:46:43,193 ALL KNOW IS THAT THE DIRTY 5694 02:46:43,259 --> 02:46:45,795 LITTLE SECRET HERE IS THE 5695 02:46:45,862 --> 02:46:46,162 DEVELOPERS 5696 02:46:46,229 --> 02:46:49,699 WILL JUST PAY IN LIEU FEES 5697 02:46:49,766 --> 02:46:54,070 AND GET OUT FROM LOW INCOME 5698 02:46:54,137 --> 02:46:55,105 HOUSING AND MARKET PRICED 5699 02:46:55,171 --> 02:46:57,140 CONDOS. 5700 02:46:57,207 --> 02:47:02,078 ON THE OTHER HAND LOW DENSITY 5701 02:47:02,145 --> 02:47:02,946 ALTERNATIVES DO EXIST. 5702 02:47:03,012 --> 02:47:03,279 >> THANK YOU. 5703 02:47:03,346 --> 02:47:04,714 NEXT WE HAVE DAVID NEEMAN 5704 02:47:04,781 --> 02:47:06,883 FOLLOWED BY MEGHAN CRUZ. 5705 02:47:06,950 --> 02:47:09,285 DAVID, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 5706 02:47:09,352 --> 02:47:10,253 6 AND UNMUTE 5707 02:47:10,320 --> 02:47:10,553 YOURSELF. 5708 02:47:10,620 --> 02:47:12,756 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 5709 02:47:12,822 --> 02:47:15,759 I AM A PARTNER AT NEEMAN 5710 02:47:15,825 --> 02:47:16,159 FABER ARCHITECTS. 5711 02:47:16,226 --> 02:47:18,395 WE'RE A SMALL ARCHITECTURE FIRM 5712 02:47:18,461 --> 02:47:20,430 HERE IN SEATTLE THAT 5713 02:47:20,497 --> 02:47:21,765 SPECIALIZES IN URBAN HOUSING. 5714 02:47:21,831 --> 02:47:22,766 THE ISSUE I WANT TO TALK 5715 02:47:22,832 --> 02:47:24,834 ABOUT 5716 02:47:24,901 --> 02:47:25,435 TONIGHT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT 5717 02:47:25,502 --> 02:47:26,202 THAN MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. 5718 02:47:26,269 --> 02:47:27,570 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 5719 02:47:27,637 --> 02:47:29,038 NEW DESIGN STANDARDS THAT 5720 02:47:29,105 --> 02:47:30,774 ARE PROPOSED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD, 5721 02:47:30,840 --> 02:47:32,675 RESIDENTIAL, AND LOW 5722 02:47:32,742 --> 02:47:33,076 RISE ZONING. 5723 02:47:33,143 --> 02:47:34,277 THESE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS THEY 5724 02:47:34,344 --> 02:47:37,847 ARE OF REALLY WIDESPREAD CONCERN 5725 02:47:37,914 --> 02:47:38,681 FOR OUR DESIGNERS. 5726 02:47:38,748 --> 02:47:40,550 NONE OF MY COLLEAGUES 5727 02:47:40,617 --> 02:47:41,518 THINK THEY WILL MAKE OUR 5728 02:47:41,584 --> 02:47:42,018 PROJECTS ANY 5729 02:47:42,085 --> 02:47:43,653 BETTER, BUT IT'S CLEAR TO US 5730 02:47:43,720 --> 02:47:52,796 HOW THEIR RIGID AND 5731 02:47:52,862 --> 02:47:54,597 PRESCRIPTIVE WILL LIMIT US IN 5732 02:47:54,664 --> 02:47:54,931 VARIOUS WAYS. 5733 02:47:54,998 --> 02:47:57,033 IF THEY YOU STRING ENOUGH 5734 02:47:57,100 --> 02:48:02,505 OF THOSE RULES TOGETHER ONCE 5735 02:48:02,572 --> 02:48:02,705 THOU 5736 02:48:02,772 --> 02:48:06,876 SHALT NOT DO, IT ENDS UP BEING A 5737 02:48:06,943 --> 02:48:07,944 LEFTOVER AND THAT LEFTOVER 5738 02:48:08,011 --> 02:48:09,312 IS RARELY SOMETHING GOOD. 5739 02:48:09,379 --> 02:48:11,815 THE MORE RULES YOU CREATE, 5740 02:48:11,881 --> 02:48:13,116 THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS FOR US 5741 02:48:13,183 --> 02:48:15,819 TO DO 5742 02:48:15,885 --> 02:48:17,821 GOOD WORK. AS AN ALTERNATIVE I 5743 02:48:17,887 --> 02:48:18,221 SENT 5744 02:48:18,288 --> 02:48:20,323 THE COUNCIL FOR A PROPOSAL TO 5745 02:48:20,390 --> 02:48:21,257 REPLACE THE DESIGN STANDARD. 5746 02:48:21,324 --> 02:48:22,992 THE CONCEPT IS APPLICANTS 5747 02:48:23,059 --> 02:48:24,727 SCORE POINTS BY INCLUDING 5748 02:48:24,794 --> 02:48:25,595 BENEFICIAL FEATURES IN THEIR 5749 02:48:25,662 --> 02:48:25,929 DESIGN, AND 5750 02:48:25,995 --> 02:48:26,930 YOU HAVE TO SCORE A CERTAIN 5751 02:48:26,996 --> 02:48:28,298 NUMBER OF POINTS TO 5752 02:48:28,364 --> 02:48:28,465 GET 5753 02:48:28,531 --> 02:48:29,499 APPROVAL. THIS WILL ALLOW 5754 02:48:29,566 --> 02:48:29,766 DESIGNERS 5755 02:48:29,833 --> 02:48:31,267 TO SELECT FROM A WIDE VARIETY 5756 02:48:31,334 --> 02:48:34,704 OF OPTIONS THAT CAN 5757 02:48:34,771 --> 02:48:36,139 ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT HOUSING 5758 02:48:36,206 --> 02:48:37,340 TYPES AND SITE 5759 02:48:37,407 --> 02:48:39,709 CONFIGURATIONS AND 5760 02:48:39,776 --> 02:48:40,176 ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. 5761 02:48:40,243 --> 02:48:42,278 IT WILL ELIMINATE THE KIND OF 5762 02:48:42,345 --> 02:48:43,780 ONE-SIZE FITS ALL COOKIE 5763 02:48:43,847 --> 02:48:45,148 CUTTER SOLUTION THE PROPOSAL 5764 02:48:45,215 --> 02:48:46,449 WILL 5765 02:48:46,516 --> 02:48:48,051 IMPOSE, AND IT WILL IMPOSE 5766 02:48:48,117 --> 02:48:49,552 A HIGHER LEVEL OF DISCIP 5767 02:48:49,619 --> 02:48:50,787 QUALITY AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. 5768 02:48:50,854 --> 02:48:51,554 THERE ARE A LOT OF 5769 02:48:51,621 --> 02:48:53,656 PEOPLE TALKING 5770 02:48:53,723 --> 02:48:54,257 TODAY THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT 5771 02:48:54,324 --> 02:48:54,757 WHAT ALL THESE CHANGES 5772 02:48:54,824 --> 02:48:55,992 ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND 5773 02:48:56,059 --> 02:48:56,426 FEEL LIKE. 5774 02:48:56,493 --> 02:48:58,294 SO I IMPLORE YOU TO WORK WITH 5775 02:48:58,361 --> 02:48:59,596 SEATTLE'S ARCHITECTS TO 5776 02:48:59,662 --> 02:49:00,964 MAKE SURE WE HAVE RULES THAT 5777 02:49:01,030 --> 02:49:02,832 WILL ALLOW US TO DESIGN 5778 02:49:02,899 --> 02:49:04,100 BUILDINGS THAT ARE TAW 5779 02:49:04,167 --> 02:49:04,701 THOUGHTFUL AND 5780 02:49:04,767 --> 02:49:06,069 CONTEXTUAL AND WORTHY OF A CITY 5781 02:49:06,135 --> 02:49:08,438 WE ALL LOVE. 5782 02:49:08,505 --> 02:49:08,872 THANK YOU. 5783 02:49:08,938 --> 02:49:10,073 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. 5784 02:49:10,139 --> 02:49:12,208 NEXT, I WANT TO SEE IF HOWARD 5785 02:49:12,275 --> 02:49:16,613 GREENRICH IF YOU CAN DO STAR 6 5786 02:49:16,679 --> 02:49:20,416 AND WE'LL COME BACK TO 5787 02:49:20,483 --> 02:49:23,720 YOU. IF NOT, WE'LL COME 5788 02:49:23,786 --> 02:49:24,053 BACK TO YOU. 5789 02:49:24,120 --> 02:49:24,554 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 5790 02:49:24,621 --> 02:49:24,954 >> WE CAN. 5791 02:49:25,021 --> 02:49:26,789 >> FABULOUS. 5792 02:49:26,856 --> 02:49:28,291 I HAD ANOTHER SET OF 5793 02:49:28,358 --> 02:49:29,325 COMMENTS PREPARED, BUT I WANTED 5794 02:49:29,392 --> 02:49:32,095 TO CALL IN MY FELLOW RESIDENTS 5795 02:49:32,161 --> 02:49:32,395 WHO HAVE 5796 02:49:32,462 --> 02:49:35,732 COME TO OPPOSE ZONES IN 5797 02:49:35,798 --> 02:49:35,899 OUR 5798 02:49:35,965 --> 02:49:37,567 NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT MOST HAVE IN 5799 02:49:37,634 --> 02:49:39,202 COMMON WITH 5800 02:49:39,269 --> 02:49:40,003 ME WE OWN HOMES. 5801 02:49:40,069 --> 02:49:42,939 SOME HAVE OWNED 5802 02:49:43,006 --> 02:49:43,373 HOMES FOR DECADES. 5803 02:49:43,439 --> 02:49:45,441 I'VE OWNED MINE FOR 15 YEARS. 5804 02:49:45,508 --> 02:49:48,311 WE'VE SEEN HOMES DOUBLE 5805 02:49:48,378 --> 02:49:51,814 NOT BECAUSE OF IMPROVEMENTS 5806 02:49:51,881 --> 02:49:57,353 WE'VE MADE BUT IMMENSE DEMAND 5807 02:49:57,420 --> 02:49:57,587 DRIVEN 5808 02:49:57,654 --> 02:49:58,521 BY HI- 5809 02:49:58,588 --> 02:49:59,856 TECH GROWTH. WHAT ELSE WE HAVE 5810 02:49:59,923 --> 02:50:00,189 IN COMMON 5811 02:50:00,256 --> 02:50:01,724 WE'RE MOSTLY WHITE AND OLDER 5812 02:50:01,791 --> 02:50:03,593 AND WE THINK WE DESERVE TO 5813 02:50:03,660 --> 02:50:03,826 FREEZE 5814 02:50:03,893 --> 02:50:06,596 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN TIME SO 5815 02:50:06,663 --> 02:50:09,165 OUR FAMILIES CAN ENJOY THE 5816 02:50:09,232 --> 02:50:09,799 BENEFITS 5817 02:50:09,866 --> 02:50:10,900 FOREVER. I'M NOT SAYING WE 5818 02:50:10,967 --> 02:50:11,234 DON'T HAVE 5819 02:50:11,301 --> 02:50:12,835 PAIN AND TRIBULATIONS BUT THE 5820 02:50:12,902 --> 02:50:14,938 OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS 5821 02:50:15,004 --> 02:50:18,841 THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT LAND, 5822 02:50:18,908 --> 02:50:20,243 WITHOUT MONEY WHO CAN'T PASS 5823 02:50:20,310 --> 02:50:20,476 FOR 5824 02:50:20,543 --> 02:50:22,645 WHITE, HAVE HOUSING BARRIERS 5825 02:50:22,712 --> 02:50:24,314 FACE CONSTANT INSECURITY, 5826 02:50:24,380 --> 02:50:24,747 CONSTANT 5827 02:50:24,814 --> 02:50:27,016 CHANGE, CONSTANT RELOCATION, AND 5828 02:50:27,083 --> 02:50:28,351 CONSTANT DISCRIMINATION. LAND 5829 02:50:28,418 --> 02:50:29,719 USE IN THE U.S. HAS 5830 02:50:29,786 --> 02:50:32,322 ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT WEALTH, RACE, 5831 02:50:32,388 --> 02:50:33,156 AND 5832 02:50:33,222 --> 02:50:33,456 RIVOLOG. 5833 02:50:33,523 --> 02:50:34,457 SEGREGATION IS 5834 02:50:34,524 --> 02:50:35,458 THE SAME. THIS COMPREHENSIVE 5835 02:50:35,525 --> 02:50:40,930 PLAN IS NO 5836 02:50:40,997 --> 02:50:41,230 DIFFERENT. 5837 02:50:41,297 --> 02:50:43,299 IT RELIES ON OMISSION AND A 5838 02:50:43,366 --> 02:50:44,300 LACK OF REAL TRADEOFF. 5839 02:50:44,367 --> 02:50:46,469 I'M SURE MY FELLOW HOME 5840 02:50:46,536 --> 02:50:48,104 OWNERS BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY BUT 5841 02:50:48,171 --> 02:50:48,338 IT'S 5842 02:50:48,404 --> 02:50:49,572 WHAT THEY'RE OMITTING THAT 5843 02:50:49,639 --> 02:50:50,106 UPSETS ME. 5844 02:50:50,173 --> 02:50:52,508 IF WE DON'T ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD 5845 02:50:52,575 --> 02:50:53,476 CENTERS, THE UPZONES WILL 5846 02:50:53,543 --> 02:50:55,011 HAPPEN, BUT THEY WON'T HAPPEN 5847 02:50:55,078 --> 02:50:56,713 IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LESS 5848 02:50:56,779 --> 02:50:57,113 PRIVILEGE. 5849 02:50:57,180 --> 02:50:57,880 I HAVE ONE 5850 02:50:57,947 --> 02:50:59,916 PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE 5851 02:50:59,983 --> 02:51:00,183 TONIGHT. 5852 02:51:00,249 --> 02:51:02,418 IT'S TIME FOR LOW 5853 02:51:02,485 --> 02:51:03,353 DENSITY WELL- OFF NEIGHBORHOODS 5854 02:51:03,419 --> 02:51:03,519 TO 5855 02:51:03,586 --> 02:51:04,454 EXPERIENCE CHANGE AND TAKE 5856 02:51:04,520 --> 02:51:06,155 ON THEIR FAIR SHARE OF DENSITY. 5857 02:51:06,222 --> 02:51:07,290 AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED 5858 02:51:07,357 --> 02:51:09,125 TO HALT UPZONES IN HIGH 5859 02:51:09,192 --> 02:51:12,595 DISPLACEMENT AREAS WHERE WORKING 5860 02:51:12,662 --> 02:51:14,197 CLASS HOUSEHOLDS. 5861 02:51:14,263 --> 02:51:15,565 WE NEED TO GIVE THESE 5862 02:51:15,632 --> 02:51:17,533 NEIGHBORHOODS A BREAK FROM 5863 02:51:17,600 --> 02:51:18,568 UPZONES. 5864 02:51:18,635 --> 02:51:20,637 THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN THEIR 5865 02:51:20,703 --> 02:51:21,571 FAIR SHARE FOR 30 YEARS. 5866 02:51:21,638 --> 02:51:22,071 >> THANK YOU. 5867 02:51:22,138 --> 02:51:25,141 NEXT WE HAVE MEGAN CRUZ. 5868 02:51:25,208 --> 02:51:30,480 PLEASE PRESS STAR 5869 02:51:30,546 --> 02:51:30,680 6. 5870 02:51:30,747 --> 02:51:31,080 >> GOOD EVENING. 5871 02:51:31,147 --> 02:51:33,416 AS A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT, 5872 02:51:33,483 --> 02:51:35,184 OUR PROPOSED COMP PLAN CHANGES 5873 02:51:35,251 --> 02:51:36,319 ARE SCHEDULED FOR PHASE 3 AND 5874 02:51:36,386 --> 02:51:37,587 HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED. 5875 02:51:37,654 --> 02:51:39,589 INSTEAD I'D 5876 02:51:39,656 --> 02:51:40,323 LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS 5877 02:51:40,390 --> 02:51:40,657 NEIGHBORHOOD 5878 02:51:40,723 --> 02:51:41,758 NEEDS FROM THE COMP PLAN. 5879 02:51:41,824 --> 02:51:43,059 FIRST, EARLY ENGAGEMENT. 5880 02:51:43,126 --> 02:51:45,228 IN THE PAST YEAR, ZONING 5881 02:51:45,294 --> 02:51:48,231 CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN A 5882 02:51:48,297 --> 02:51:50,266 PIECEMEAL FASHION OFTEN TOP DOWN 5883 02:51:50,333 --> 02:51:51,267 WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR 5884 02:51:51,334 --> 02:51:51,534 COMMUNITY 5885 02:51:51,601 --> 02:51:52,435 INPUT UNTIL THEY COME BEFORE 5886 02:51:52,502 --> 02:51:53,770 THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. 5887 02:51:53,836 --> 02:51:55,772 WITH OVER 100,000 DOWNTOWN 5888 02:51:55,838 --> 02:51:58,241 RESIDENTS, WE 5889 02:51:58,307 --> 02:51:58,908 WANT EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE 5890 02:51:58,975 --> 02:52:00,009 LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH PLANS TO 5891 02:52:00,076 --> 02:52:00,176 ADD 5892 02:52:00,243 --> 02:52:01,944 13,000 NEW HOMES HERE. 5893 02:52:02,011 --> 02:52:03,279 THE COMP PLAN NEEDS AN ELEMENT 5894 02:52:03,346 --> 02:52:06,616 FOR PROACTIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 5895 02:52:06,683 --> 02:52:07,450 THAT CONSIDERS ALL VOICES, 5896 02:52:07,517 --> 02:52:09,185 NOT JUST SELECT GROUPS EARLY IN 5897 02:52:09,252 --> 02:52:09,352 THE 5898 02:52:09,419 --> 02:52:11,054 PROCESS. ANOTHER KEY ISSUE IS 5899 02:52:11,120 --> 02:52:12,321 ENCOURAGING ESSENTIAL RETAIL TO 5900 02:52:12,388 --> 02:52:14,157 RETURN DOWNTOWN SO IT CAN AGAIN 5901 02:52:14,223 --> 02:52:14,390 BECOME 5902 02:52:14,457 --> 02:52:16,492 A 15- MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD. 5903 02:52:16,559 --> 02:52:17,760 FINALLY, DOWNTOWN NEEDS 5904 02:52:17,827 --> 02:52:20,596 MORE DIVERSE HOUSING. 5905 02:52:20,663 --> 02:52:22,031 TEN YEARS SINCE THE CITY 5906 02:52:22,098 --> 02:52:23,433 DECLARED A HOUSING 5907 02:52:23,499 --> 02:52:25,001 CRISIS, THE LACK OF HOMES FOR 5908 02:52:25,068 --> 02:52:25,368 PEOPLE EARNING 5909 02:52:25,435 --> 02:52:28,504 30 TO 80% OF AMI CONTINUES 5910 02:52:28,571 --> 02:52:30,840 TO ERODE PUBLIC 5911 02:52:30,907 --> 02:52:31,874 HEALTH, SAFETY, EQUITY AND 5912 02:52:31,941 --> 02:52:33,209 RESILIENCE. TO REVITALIZE 5913 02:52:33,276 --> 02:52:33,576 DOWNTOWN WE 5914 02:52:33,643 --> 02:52:36,179 NEED TO MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE OF 5915 02:52:36,245 --> 02:52:36,345 ALL 5916 02:52:36,412 --> 02:52:36,612 INCOME. 5917 02:52:36,679 --> 02:52:38,281 RECENTLY THE BUSINESS 5918 02:52:38,347 --> 02:52:39,482 JOURNAL REPORTED THAT 5919 02:52:39,549 --> 02:52:39,782 PROJECTIONS 5920 02:52:39,849 --> 02:52:42,985 SHOW SEATTLE IS UNLIKELY TO 5921 02:52:43,052 --> 02:52:44,387 BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS IT NEEDS 5922 02:52:44,454 --> 02:52:44,620 WITHIN 5923 02:52:44,687 --> 02:52:46,756 THE NEXT 19 YEARS. 5924 02:52:46,823 --> 02:52:48,057 THE COMP PLAN CAN AND SHOULD 5925 02:52:48,124 --> 02:52:49,092 DO MORE TO FIX THIS. 5926 02:52:49,158 --> 02:52:50,326 THE CURRENT STRATEGY IS 5927 02:52:50,393 --> 02:52:51,527 THAT BUILDING MORE AND MORE 5928 02:52:51,594 --> 02:52:55,164 MARKET RATE HOMES WILL RESULT IN 5929 02:52:55,231 --> 02:52:57,834 NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE 5930 02:52:57,900 --> 02:52:58,067 HOMES. 5931 02:52:58,134 --> 02:53:00,136 IF SO, HOW LONG WILL THIS 5932 02:53:00,203 --> 02:53:02,071 TAKE? AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF 5933 02:53:02,138 --> 02:53:03,773 ZONING POLICY DOWNTOWN STILL 5934 02:53:03,840 --> 02:53:05,174 HASN'T SEEN MORE AFFORDABLE 5935 02:53:05,241 --> 02:53:05,441 HOUSING. 5936 02:53:05,508 --> 02:53:06,843 INSTEAD SPECULATION HAS 5937 02:53:06,909 --> 02:53:08,778 FUELED THE FLOOD OF SMALL LUXURY 5938 02:53:08,845 --> 02:53:10,580 UNITS AND INCREASED LAND PRICES 5939 02:53:10,646 --> 02:53:10,813 MAKING 5940 02:53:10,880 --> 02:53:13,416 IT HARDER TO BUILD AFFORDABLY 5941 02:53:13,483 --> 02:53:15,451 HERE. 5942 02:53:15,518 --> 02:53:17,954 DOWNTOWN'S UPZONES 5943 02:53:18,020 --> 02:53:18,755 BENEFIT TRANSPORTATION 5944 02:53:18,821 --> 02:53:19,122 INFRASTRUCTURE. 5945 02:53:19,188 --> 02:53:19,989 BUILDING HERE SHOULD COME 5946 02:53:20,056 --> 02:53:21,057 WITH PUBLIC BENEFITS. 5947 02:53:21,124 --> 02:53:24,627 IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER 5948 02:53:24,694 --> 02:53:26,062 INCLUSIONARY ZONING ALONG 5949 02:53:26,129 --> 02:53:28,264 WITH MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT. 5950 02:53:28,331 --> 02:53:28,898 THANK YOU. 5951 02:53:28,965 --> 02:53:29,599 >> THANK YOU. 5952 02:53:29,665 --> 02:53:31,267 AND BEFORE WE -- WE HAVE 5953 02:53:31,334 --> 02:53:33,469 ONE MORE SPEAKER ON THE LINE 5954 02:53:33,536 --> 02:53:36,339 BEFORE WE BOUNCE BACK INTO IN- 5955 02:53:36,405 --> 02:53:37,607 PERSON, WHICH WE'LL RECOGNIZE 5956 02:53:37,673 --> 02:53:39,041 SPEAKERS BETWEEN 71 AND 80. 5957 02:53:39,108 --> 02:53:43,045 SO PLEASE GET READY 71 AND 80. 5958 02:53:43,112 --> 02:53:45,548 ADAM ELNER, PLEASE PRESS STAR 5959 02:53:45,615 --> 02:53:50,353 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 5960 02:53:50,419 --> 02:53:53,089 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 5961 02:53:53,156 --> 02:53:56,159 MY NAME IS ADAM, A GARFIELD 5962 02:53:56,225 --> 02:53:57,460 GRAD COMMENTING TODAY ABOUT THE 5963 02:53:57,527 --> 02:53:58,261 PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 5964 02:53:58,327 --> 02:53:59,362 IN MAPLE LEAF BECAUSE IT 5965 02:53:59,428 --> 02:54:01,030 IS COMPLETELY MISALIGNED WITH 5966 02:54:01,097 --> 02:54:01,197 THE 5967 02:54:01,264 --> 02:54:02,398 FUNDAMENTAL PLANNING PRINCIPLES 5968 02:54:02,465 --> 02:54:04,634 OF SUSTAINABLE URBANISM THAT 5969 02:54:04,700 --> 02:54:07,470 I HOPE SEATTLE IS STRIVING FOR. 5970 02:54:07,537 --> 02:54:08,504 IT'S ALSO OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE 5971 02:54:08,571 --> 02:54:11,774 ON GROUND THE REALITIES OF MAPLE 5972 02:54:11,841 --> 02:54:11,974 LEAF. 5973 02:54:12,041 --> 02:54:13,876 I'M AN URBAN STUDIES GRADUATE, 5974 02:54:13,943 --> 02:54:15,344 A RENTER, A STRONG ADVOCATE 5975 02:54:15,411 --> 02:54:17,580 FOR SAFE 5976 02:54:17,647 --> 02:54:18,181 TRANSIT, AND I'VE LIVED IN 5977 02:54:18,247 --> 02:54:21,484 MAPLE LEAF FOR MUCH OF MY 5978 02:54:21,551 --> 02:54:22,285 29-YEAR-OLD LIFE AS BUS ROUTE 5979 02:54:22,351 --> 02:54:23,219 AFTER BUS ROUTE HAS BEEN CUT 5980 02:54:23,286 --> 02:54:24,387 FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 5981 02:54:24,453 --> 02:54:25,822 THE BUSES I ONCE TOOK TO GET 5982 02:54:25,888 --> 02:54:26,556 TO HIGH SCHOOL ARE GONE. 5983 02:54:26,622 --> 02:54:28,825 NOW THERE'S ONLY THE 67 WHICH 5984 02:54:28,891 --> 02:54:32,461 JUST SHUTTLES A COUPLE MILES 5985 02:54:32,528 --> 02:54:34,430 BETWEEN NORTH GATE AND UVILLAGE. 5986 02:54:34,497 --> 02:54:38,067 THAT IS NOT A LEVEL OF 5987 02:54:38,134 --> 02:54:41,070 CONNECTIVITY THAT CAN SUPPORT 5988 02:54:41,137 --> 02:54:41,404 DEVELOPMENT. 5989 02:54:41,470 --> 02:54:42,438 THIS TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT WILL 5990 02:54:42,505 --> 02:54:43,639 INCREASE CAR TRIPS AND JUST 5991 02:54:43,706 --> 02:54:45,374 WORK AGAINST THE CITY'S 5992 02:54:45,441 --> 02:54:45,741 CLIMATE GOALS. 5993 02:54:45,808 --> 02:54:47,543 THE REAL TRANSIT ALTERNATIVE 5994 02:54:47,610 --> 02:54:49,712 IS WALKING 1. 2 MILES FROM 5995 02:54:49,779 --> 02:54:51,581 NORTH GATE LIGHT RAIL TO THE 5996 02:54:51,647 --> 02:54:52,281 PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, 5997 02:54:52,348 --> 02:54:52,882 AND 5998 02:54:52,949 --> 02:55:01,357 THAT INVOLVES CLIMBING UP A 5999 02:55:01,424 --> 02:55:02,658 200-FOOT IHILL. 6000 02:55:02,725 --> 02:55:04,193 I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 6001 02:55:04,260 --> 02:55:05,461 THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 6002 02:55:05,528 --> 02:55:07,430 AT NORTH EAST 145th STREET, 6003 02:55:07,496 --> 02:55:08,931 WHICH WAS CUT FROM THE DRAFT 6004 02:55:08,998 --> 02:55:09,131 PLAN, 6005 02:55:09,198 --> 02:55:10,466 I BELIEVE, CONTAINS MANY 6006 02:55:10,533 --> 02:55:10,733 FEATURES 6007 02:55:10,800 --> 02:55:12,668 THAT MAKE IT A SMART PLACE FOR A 6008 02:55:12,735 --> 02:55:13,603 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 6009 02:55:13,669 --> 02:55:15,371 THE STREETS ARE WIDER THAN 6010 02:55:15,438 --> 02:55:17,573 IN MAPLE LEAF, SO THEY 6011 02:55:17,640 --> 02:55:20,710 CAN ACCOMMODATE BETTER 6012 02:55:20,776 --> 02:55:26,215 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 6013 02:55:26,282 --> 02:55:29,952 THERE'S A QFC, A GYM, 6014 02:55:30,019 --> 02:55:31,053 SCHOOLS, AND SEVERAL LARGE GREEN 6015 02:55:31,120 --> 02:55:32,722 SPACES WITHIN A QUARTER MILE. 6016 02:55:32,788 --> 02:55:34,490 MEANWHILE, AS TRANSIT HAS 6017 02:55:34,557 --> 02:55:35,992 BEEN REPEATEDLY CUT IN MAPLE 6018 02:55:36,058 --> 02:55:37,526 LEAF, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ADDED 6019 02:55:37,593 --> 02:55:37,793 A 6020 02:55:37,860 --> 02:55:39,362 LOT OF VARIED HOUSE OVER THE 6021 02:55:39,428 --> 02:55:41,097 YEARS, AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS 6022 02:55:41,163 --> 02:55:41,364 WELCOMED 6023 02:55:41,430 --> 02:55:44,000 MANY NEW 6024 02:55:44,066 --> 02:55:45,334 NEIGHBORS. AND THIS IS WHY I 6025 02:55:45,401 --> 02:55:45,801 WANT TO 6026 02:55:45,868 --> 02:55:48,170 UNDERSCORE A VERY IMPORTANT 6027 02:55:48,237 --> 02:55:49,772 POINT THAT LOOKING AT ME AND 6028 02:55:49,839 --> 02:55:51,207 MY NEIGHBORS IS SIMPLY FALLING 6029 02:55:51,274 --> 02:55:58,014 BACK ON THE FAILED 6030 02:55:58,047 --> 02:56:12,662 >> WE'RE GOING STAY IN ORDER. 7 6031 02:56:12,728 --> 02:56:17,333 >> HI. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND 6032 02:56:17,400 --> 02:56:19,435 I AM A NATIVE SEATTLEITE. AND AS 6033 02:56:19,502 --> 02:56:21,704 WE ARE CONSIDERING WHAT WE'RE 6034 02:56:21,771 --> 02:56:26,542 GOING TO DO I WANT US TO BE SURE 6035 02:56:26,609 --> 02:56:29,612 THAT WE CREATE A SURVIVABLE CITY 6036 02:56:29,679 --> 02:56:30,947 AND THAT -- AND PART OF THAT, WE 6037 02:56:31,013 --> 02:56:33,082 HAVE TO REALLY BE SERIOUS ABOUT 6038 02:56:33,149 --> 02:56:34,283 CLIMATE CHANGE. AND IF YOU 6039 02:56:34,350 --> 02:56:36,686 HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK, IT'S 6040 02:56:36,752 --> 02:56:39,155 IN THE SEATTLE LIBRARY, I REALLY 6041 02:56:39,221 --> 02:56:41,791 RECOMMEND IT. IF YOU'RE SHORT 6042 02:56:41,857 --> 02:56:44,060 ON TIME, THE PROLOGUE OF 20 6043 02:56:44,126 --> 02:56:47,430 PAGES SIMPLY COVERS ALL OF THE 6044 02:56:47,496 --> 02:56:51,867 IMPACTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 6045 02:56:51,934 --> 02:56:57,773 FROM OUR 2020, YOU KNOW, 2021 6046 02:56:57,840 --> 02:57:01,277 HEAT WAVE. AND IF YOU READ THE 6047 02:57:01,344 --> 02:57:02,778 CHAPTER ON PARIS, THAT IS 6048 02:57:02,845 --> 02:57:04,947 ANOTHER TEMPERATE ZONE CITY THAT 6049 02:57:05,014 --> 02:57:07,183 DID NOT BUILD WITH ANY 6050 02:57:07,249 --> 02:57:08,851 TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN MIND. 6051 02:57:08,918 --> 02:57:12,388 AND THEY HAD A HORRIFIC HEAT 6052 02:57:12,455 --> 02:57:16,058 WAVE WHERE THEY LOST SO MANY 6053 02:57:16,125 --> 02:57:17,960 PEOPLE. BUT THAT WAS IN THE 6054 02:57:18,027 --> 02:57:22,331 '90s. TO READ FROM THIS -- NOW 6055 02:57:22,398 --> 02:57:30,473 I'VE LOST MY PAGE -- WHAT THIS 6056 02:57:30,539 --> 02:57:36,379 MEANS -- HERE'S WHEN IT SAYS, A 6057 02:57:36,445 --> 02:57:38,147 PROFESSOR OF URBAN STUDIES AND 6058 02:57:38,214 --> 02:57:39,015 PLANNING IN PORTLAND STATE 6059 02:57:39,081 --> 02:57:40,816 UNIVERSITY DROVE AROUND IN HIS 6060 02:57:40,883 --> 02:57:42,651 PRIUS WITH HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON 6061 02:57:42,718 --> 02:57:45,521 MEASURING THE TEMPERATURES IN 6062 02:57:45,588 --> 02:57:48,124 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. IN 6063 02:57:48,190 --> 02:57:49,191 ONE OF PORTLAND'S POOREST 6064 02:57:49,258 --> 02:57:51,027 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE TREES ARE 6065 02:57:51,093 --> 02:57:52,461 FEW AND CONCRETE IS PLENTIFUL, 6066 02:57:52,528 --> 02:57:55,431 HE MEASURED AN AIR TEMPERATURE 6067 02:57:55,498 --> 02:57:56,665 OF 124 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST 6068 02:57:56,732 --> 02:58:00,536 TEMPERATURE HE HAD EVER RECORDED 6069 02:58:00,603 --> 02:58:02,605 IN 15 YEARS OF CHRONIC HEAT. 6070 02:58:02,671 --> 02:58:04,473 WHEN I STOPPED AND OPENED MY CAR 6071 02:58:04,540 --> 02:58:07,143 DOOR, THE FIRST THING I FELT WAS 6072 02:58:07,209 --> 02:58:08,711 MY EYES BURNING, HE RECALLED. MY 6073 02:58:08,778 --> 02:58:11,313 SKIN WAS ON FIRE. IT JUST FELT 6074 02:58:11,380 --> 02:58:14,083 LIKE YOU'RE MELTING. HE DROVE 6075 02:58:14,150 --> 02:58:16,352 TO WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS, A TREE 6076 02:58:16,419 --> 02:58:18,354 LINE SUBURBS, HE MEASURED THE -- 6077 02:58:18,421 --> 02:58:21,924 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 6078 02:58:21,991 --> 02:58:23,459 SPEAKER 72, 73, 74. AND YOU CAN 6079 02:58:23,526 --> 02:58:25,594 -- MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND US 6080 02:58:25,661 --> 02:58:30,066 COMMENTS TO OUR EMAIL AS WELL. 6081 02:58:30,132 --> 02:58:30,366 GO AHEAD. 6082 02:58:30,433 --> 02:58:33,135 >> 72. MY NAME IS BRITNEY NICOLE 6083 02:58:33,202 --> 02:58:34,870 COX, A SELF-EMPLOYED ARTIST AND 6084 02:58:34,937 --> 02:58:35,671 CONSERVATOR IN SEATTLE. I'VE 6085 02:58:35,738 --> 02:58:37,540 BEEN A RENTER IN DISTRICT THREE 6086 02:58:37,606 --> 02:58:39,041 FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. SO I 6087 02:58:39,108 --> 02:58:42,144 UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HAVING 6088 02:58:42,211 --> 02:58:42,812 DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 6089 02:58:42,878 --> 02:58:44,346 IT'S IMPACTED ME NEGATIVELY 6090 02:58:44,413 --> 02:58:45,381 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. BUT 6091 02:58:45,448 --> 02:58:47,016 I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A 6092 02:58:47,083 --> 02:58:48,084 CHOICE BETWEEN TREES AND 6093 02:58:48,150 --> 02:58:51,353 HOUSING. I THINK WE SHOULD AND 6094 02:58:51,420 --> 02:58:54,123 CAN HAVE BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY 6095 02:58:54,190 --> 02:58:56,859 TREES WERE OUR EARLIEST 6096 02:58:56,926 --> 02:58:57,493 CATHEDRALS AND CITY HALLS, YET 6097 02:58:57,560 --> 02:59:02,231 HERE WE ARE TO TALK ABOUT THE 6098 02:59:02,298 --> 02:59:06,602 FUTURE OF THESE LONG REVERED 6099 02:59:06,669 --> 02:59:10,106 COUNSELORS. AMERICAN FLAGS WERE 6100 02:59:10,172 --> 02:59:11,273 DECORATED NOT WITH -- 6101 02:59:11,340 --> 02:59:12,074 REPRESENTATION WERE EMBOSSED 6102 02:59:12,141 --> 02:59:13,876 WITH TREES BECAUSE WHAT BETTER 6103 02:59:13,943 --> 02:59:16,178 WAY WAS THERE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR 6104 02:59:16,245 --> 02:59:18,380 WEALTH AS A NATION. THESE TREES 6105 02:59:18,447 --> 02:59:21,083 ARE AN ASSET. IT TAKES A FEW 6106 02:59:21,150 --> 02:59:24,353 HOURS TO FELL A TREE. IT TOOK 6107 02:59:24,420 --> 02:59:25,988 1,000 YEARS TO GROW. NOT ONE 6108 02:59:26,055 --> 02:59:27,857 LIVING PERSON TODAY -- AND A 6109 02:59:27,923 --> 02:59:28,657 SEEDLING PLANTED IN ITS PLACE. 6110 02:59:28,724 --> 02:59:30,926 HOW CAN ONE NOT SENSE THE 6111 02:59:30,993 --> 02:59:31,961 IMBALANCE OF THAT EQUATION? 6112 02:59:32,027 --> 02:59:33,696 SEATTLE IS KNOWN AS THE EMERALD 6113 02:59:33,762 --> 02:59:36,532 CITY. OUR OWN STATED GOAL IS TO 6114 02:59:36,599 --> 02:59:42,304 ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A 30% 6115 02:59:42,371 --> 02:59:44,440 CANOPY COVER. IN KING COUNTY, 6116 02:59:44,507 --> 02:59:45,074 837,000 GALLONS OF POLLUTED 6117 02:59:45,141 --> 02:59:46,509 RUNOFF ENTER THE PUGET SOUND 6118 02:59:46,575 --> 02:59:49,211 FROM STORM DRAINS. WE NEED TREES 6119 02:59:49,278 --> 02:59:50,179 TO MITIGATE THIS. WHAT FUTURE 6120 02:59:50,246 --> 02:59:51,380 ARE WE BUILDING THAT DOESN'T 6121 02:59:51,447 --> 02:59:53,549 HAVE BIRD SONG, TREE CANOPY, OR 6122 02:59:53,616 --> 02:59:55,317 THE ICONS OF OUR SALISH SEA. NOT 6123 02:59:55,384 --> 02:59:58,087 ONLY ARE OUR TREES OUR HEALTH, 6124 02:59:58,154 --> 03:00:01,690 OUR HAPPINESS, OUR WATER, AND 6125 03:00:01,757 --> 03:00:09,265 AIR QUALITY AT STAKE, BUT SO ARE 6126 03:00:09,331 --> 03:00:11,000 OUR BIRDS, ORCA, AND SALMON. 6127 03:00:11,066 --> 03:00:12,801 THEY ARE ALL GONE NOW, THOSE 6128 03:00:12,868 --> 03:00:13,702 GIANTS. WE WILL ENDURE WITHOUT 6129 03:00:13,769 --> 03:00:16,705 THEM, BUT WE WILL NOT LONG 6130 03:00:16,772 --> 03:00:18,007 ENDURE THE PRACTICES AND 6131 03:00:18,073 --> 03:00:19,675 SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF THOSE THAT 6132 03:00:19,742 --> 03:00:21,110 ROBBED US OF THEM. HOPEFULLY 6133 03:00:21,177 --> 03:00:22,678 THIS WILL BE A REMINDER WE MUST 6134 03:00:22,745 --> 03:00:24,914 BE STEWARDS OF THE LAND THAT 6135 03:00:24,980 --> 03:00:32,788 PROVIDES FOR US. THANK YOU. 6136 03:00:32,855 --> 03:00:33,722 >> THANK YOU. SPEAKER 73. SORRY. 6137 03:00:33,789 --> 03:00:36,325 >> SO WE CAN ADD HOUSING WITHOUT 6138 03:00:36,392 --> 03:00:38,427 KILLING EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE 6139 03:00:38,494 --> 03:00:40,029 PROCESS, LIKE PORTLAND AND KING 6140 03:00:40,095 --> 03:00:43,699 COUNTY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 6141 03:00:43,766 --> 03:00:44,600 BEACON HILL DID. THESE GIANTS 6142 03:00:44,667 --> 03:00:46,402 ARE TELLING US THROUGH THEIR 6143 03:00:46,468 --> 03:00:53,576 DEATHS THAT THEY NEED 6144 03:00:53,642 --> 03:00:55,311 SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HELP, NOT 6145 03:00:55,377 --> 03:00:57,213 MORE RUNOFF. -- NOT ONLY 6146 03:00:57,279 --> 03:01:02,184 ADMITTED THE ORCAS FROM THE 6147 03:01:02,251 --> 03:01:06,255 DEIS, THEY'VE ADDED LANGUAGE -- 6148 03:01:06,322 --> 03:01:10,693 TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE -- IS NOT 6149 03:01:10,759 --> 03:01:12,161 FEASIBLE. NOAA 'S FEDERAL -- 6150 03:01:12,228 --> 03:01:13,262 STATES BECAUSE OF HUMAN 6151 03:01:13,329 --> 03:01:14,563 PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH IN 6152 03:01:14,630 --> 03:01:15,631 THE REGION IN COMING DECADES, 6153 03:01:15,698 --> 03:01:17,766 ESPECIALLY IN PUGET SOUND AND 6154 03:01:17,833 --> 03:01:18,968 THE GREATER GEORGIA BASIN, 6155 03:01:19,034 --> 03:01:20,269 GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE NEEDED 6156 03:01:20,336 --> 03:01:22,238 BY GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRY, AND 6157 03:01:22,304 --> 03:01:24,373 THE PUBLIC TO MINIMIZE 6158 03:01:24,440 --> 03:01:27,509 POLLUTION. WHY ISN'T SEATTLE 6159 03:01:27,576 --> 03:01:28,244 FOLLOWING FEDERAL GUIDELINES? 6160 03:01:28,310 --> 03:01:30,746 TREES ARE POWERFUL 6161 03:01:30,813 --> 03:01:33,582 BIOREMEDIATORS, REDUCING AND 6162 03:01:33,649 --> 03:01:35,551 FILTERING POLLUTED RUN OFF. I 6163 03:01:35,618 --> 03:01:37,319 AND OVER 750 PETITION SIGNERS 6164 03:01:37,386 --> 03:01:39,622 ASK SEATTLE TO FOLLOW THE 6165 03:01:39,688 --> 03:01:42,691 FEDERAL NOAA SRKW RECOVERY PLAN 6166 03:01:42,758 --> 03:01:44,994 GUIDELINES AND PRESERVE OUR 6167 03:01:45,060 --> 03:01:46,128 BIOREMEDIATORS, LARGE TREES. 6168 03:01:46,195 --> 03:01:48,998 OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTY 6169 03:01:49,064 --> 03:01:50,866 DENSEFIED WITHOUT KILLING ALL 6170 03:01:50,933 --> 03:01:52,067 BIG TREES. WE ARE LOSING OUR 6171 03:01:52,134 --> 03:01:57,740 IMPORTANT BREEDING AGE MALES AND 6172 03:01:57,806 --> 03:01:59,008 FEMALES. THE SOUTHERN RESIDENTS 6173 03:01:59,074 --> 03:02:00,242 CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE HAVE 6174 03:02:00,309 --> 03:02:02,044 TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND DO 6175 03:02:02,111 --> 03:02:02,778 SOMETHING MASSIVELY DIFFERENT, 6176 03:02:02,845 --> 03:02:09,718 EVEN IF ONLY FOR A TRIAL BASIS. 6177 03:02:09,785 --> 03:02:11,020 PORTLAND FOUND TREES OVER 20 6178 03:02:11,086 --> 03:02:12,788 INCHES IN DIAMETER CONTRIBUTED 6179 03:02:12,855 --> 03:02:14,356 OVER 59% OF THE ECOLOGICAL 6180 03:02:14,423 --> 03:02:17,059 BENEFIT AND IMPLEMENTED A LARGE 6181 03:02:17,126 --> 03:02:18,627 TREE AMENDMENT, SHARED WALLS, 6182 03:02:18,694 --> 03:02:19,461 AND ELIMINATED SETBACK 6183 03:02:19,528 --> 03:02:21,397 REDUCTIONS. MAYBE IT'S TIME TO 6184 03:02:21,463 --> 03:02:22,965 PAUSE ALL LARGE TREE REMOVALS. 6185 03:02:23,032 --> 03:02:24,300 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6186 03:02:24,366 --> 03:02:26,869 >> THANK YOU, JENNIFER. UP NEXT 6187 03:02:26,935 --> 03:02:30,072 IS NUMBER 74. ALEX BRENNAN, 6188 03:02:30,139 --> 03:02:31,273 FOLLOWED BY 75, ESMERALDA. TAKE 6189 03:02:31,340 --> 03:02:32,041 IT AWAY. 6190 03:02:32,107 --> 03:02:33,676 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 6191 03:02:33,742 --> 03:02:37,379 MY NAME'S ALEX BRENNAN. I'M 6192 03:02:37,446 --> 03:02:39,615 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT 6193 03:02:39,682 --> 03:02:41,317 FUTUREWISE, I'M ALSO A DISTRICT 6194 03:02:41,383 --> 03:02:43,052 THREE VOTER. I'M HERE TO URGE 6195 03:02:43,118 --> 03:02:45,654 YOU TO MOVE BEYOND THE STRATEGY 6196 03:02:45,721 --> 03:02:47,756 TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD 6197 03:02:47,823 --> 03:02:49,191 CENTERS, TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND 6198 03:02:49,258 --> 03:02:50,125 CHANGES TO SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING 6199 03:02:50,192 --> 03:02:51,627 AND TO BUILD ON THOSE CHANGES. 6200 03:02:51,694 --> 03:02:54,596 WE NEED TO DO MORE. I WAS 6201 03:02:54,663 --> 03:02:56,098 PLANNING TO SHARE A REALLY 6202 03:02:56,165 --> 03:02:57,433 COMPELLING PERSONAL STORY ABOUT 6203 03:02:57,499 --> 03:02:58,600 WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TONIGHT, 6204 03:02:58,667 --> 03:03:00,669 BUT INSTEAD I WANT TO USE MY 6205 03:03:00,736 --> 03:03:03,038 REMAINING TIME TO URGE THE 6206 03:03:03,105 --> 03:03:04,173 COUNCIL TO SWITCH TO ONE-MINUTE 6207 03:03:04,239 --> 03:03:08,777 COMMENT SO MORE PEOPLE CAN BE 6208 03:03:08,844 --> 03:03:09,878 HEARD TONIGHT. WITH OVER 200 6209 03:03:09,945 --> 03:03:10,779 PEOPLE, AT LEAST IN THEORY, 6210 03:03:10,846 --> 03:03:12,448 HAVING SIGNED UP TO COMMENT THAT 6211 03:03:12,514 --> 03:03:14,450 ARE STILL TO COME, IT WOULD TAKE 6212 03:03:14,516 --> 03:03:16,318 OVER EIGHT HOURS AND TWO MINUTES 6213 03:03:16,385 --> 03:03:18,053 FOR ALL OF THEM TO SPEAK. MANY 6214 03:03:18,120 --> 03:03:19,888 PEOPLE WILL END UP HAVING TO GO 6215 03:03:19,955 --> 03:03:22,558 HOME BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE 6216 03:03:22,624 --> 03:03:23,792 TO SPEAK, AND MANY ALREADY HAVE. 6217 03:03:23,859 --> 03:03:25,728 I WAS ABLE TO GET HERE AN HOUR 6218 03:03:25,794 --> 03:03:28,797 EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR COMMENT 6219 03:03:28,864 --> 03:03:32,634 BECAUSE THIS IS MY JOB. AND I'M 6220 03:03:32,701 --> 03:03:34,837 NUMBER 74. THE PEOPLE COMING 6221 03:03:34,903 --> 03:03:35,771 LATER DIDN'T HAVE THAT BENEFIT. 6222 03:03:35,838 --> 03:03:37,773 THEY'VE MADE THE TIME TO COME 6223 03:03:37,840 --> 03:03:39,475 HERE OUT OF THEIR BUSY LIVES. 6224 03:03:39,541 --> 03:03:41,210 PLEASE CONSIDER SWITCHING TO A 6225 03:03:41,276 --> 03:03:43,212 SHORTER AMOUNT OF COMMENT TIME. 6226 03:03:43,278 --> 03:03:44,213 >> THANK YOU, ALEX. I'LL REPEAT 6227 03:03:44,279 --> 03:03:47,850 THE COMMENTS AS SOON AS THE 6228 03:03:47,916 --> 03:03:50,252 CHAIR HAS RETURNED. ESMERALDA, 6229 03:03:50,319 --> 03:03:51,653 YOU'RE UP NEXT. AND ALSO, 6230 03:03:51,720 --> 03:03:52,721 EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ONLY 6231 03:03:52,788 --> 03:03:54,790 SPEAK FOR ONE MINUTE. 6232 03:03:54,857 --> 03:03:56,492 >> I SECOND THAT. ONE MINUTE, 6233 03:03:56,558 --> 03:03:56,959 PLEASE. OKAY, HELLO, 6234 03:03:57,025 --> 03:03:58,594 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU SO 6235 03:03:58,660 --> 03:03:59,995 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'M AN 6236 03:04:00,062 --> 03:04:02,264 INTERN WITH FUTUREWISE, AND I 6237 03:04:02,331 --> 03:04:04,566 LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE. THE CITY 6238 03:04:04,633 --> 03:04:05,701 IS GROWING, AND THERE'S SERVICE 6239 03:04:05,768 --> 03:04:07,503 CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN 6240 03:04:07,569 --> 03:04:09,872 ACROSS SEATTLE AND IN EVERY 6241 03:04:09,938 --> 03:04:10,773 NEIGHBORHOOD. WITHOUT A CHANGE, 6242 03:04:10,839 --> 03:04:12,007 DISPLACEMENT, COST OF LIVING, 6243 03:04:12,074 --> 03:04:13,242 AND RISING RENTS WILL ACCELERATE 6244 03:04:13,308 --> 03:04:15,944 EVEN FURTHER AS OUR COMMUNITY IS 6245 03:04:16,011 --> 03:04:17,513 PUSHED OUT. THE COST OF HOUSING 6246 03:04:17,579 --> 03:04:20,015 AND COST OF LIVING IS A HUGE 6247 03:04:20,082 --> 03:04:21,517 ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE 6248 03:04:21,583 --> 03:04:23,452 WITH FAMILIES THAT WANT TO 6249 03:04:23,519 --> 03:04:24,753 SETTLE DOWN. I HAVE LIVED IN 6250 03:04:24,820 --> 03:04:26,922 WEST SEATTLE FOR EIGHT YEARS, 6251 03:04:26,989 --> 03:04:30,959 AND OUR RENT HAS GONE UP 6252 03:04:31,026 --> 03:04:35,697 APPROXIMATELY 90% IN THE PAST 6253 03:04:35,764 --> 03:04:37,766 TWO YEARS. MY RENT FOR A 6254 03:04:37,833 --> 03:04:38,867 TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT IS ROUGHLY 6255 03:04:38,934 --> 03:04:42,037 $2,100 A MONTH FOR AN OLDER 6256 03:04:42,104 --> 03:04:45,841 STYLE APARTMENT. THE GROWING 6257 03:04:45,908 --> 03:04:46,742 COST OF RENT IS UNSUSTAINABLE, 6258 03:04:46,809 --> 03:04:48,444 AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DO 6259 03:04:48,510 --> 03:04:49,645 SOMETHING BOLD TO PREVENT MORE 6260 03:04:49,711 --> 03:04:52,281 OF THE NEIGHBORS FROM GETTING 6261 03:04:52,347 --> 03:04:54,516 PUSHED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I 6262 03:04:54,583 --> 03:04:56,718 SUPPORT MANY OF THE STRONG 6263 03:04:56,785 --> 03:04:58,687 PROPOSALS IN THE MAYOR'S ONE 6264 03:04:58,754 --> 03:05:00,689 SEATTLE PLAN, AND WE LOOK 6265 03:05:00,756 --> 03:05:02,124 FORWARD TO YOU TAKE ACTION, AND 6266 03:05:02,191 --> 03:05:04,827 I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND 6267 03:05:04,893 --> 03:05:05,828 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. 6268 03:05:05,894 --> 03:05:08,397 >> THANK YOU, ESMERALDA. UP NEXT 6269 03:05:08,464 --> 03:05:10,599 IS MICHAEL FOLLOWED BY KYLE 6270 03:05:10,666 --> 03:05:13,202 PARIS THEN MARSHA PETERSON. 6271 03:05:13,268 --> 03:05:14,603 MICHAEL, TAKE IT AWAY. 6272 03:05:14,670 --> 03:05:16,638 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 6273 03:05:16,705 --> 03:05:17,973 FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR 6274 03:05:18,040 --> 03:05:20,709 ENDURANCE TONIGHT. THIS IS MY 6275 03:05:20,776 --> 03:05:23,011 FIRST TIME TO COMMENT IN PERSON 6276 03:05:23,078 --> 03:05:25,013 BECAUSE I'M VERY PASSIONATE 6277 03:05:25,080 --> 03:05:27,549 ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'M A 6278 03:05:27,616 --> 03:05:29,418 DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT. I'M ALSO 6279 03:05:29,485 --> 03:05:32,020 A HOMEOWNER IN THE RELATIVELY 6280 03:05:32,087 --> 03:05:33,222 WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH 6281 03:05:33,288 --> 03:05:34,256 BEACH. AND NONETHELESS, I ASK 6282 03:05:34,323 --> 03:05:35,691 YOU TO UPZONE MY NEIGHBORHOOD 6283 03:05:35,757 --> 03:05:41,797 AND TO DO SO WELL BEYOND WHAT IS 6284 03:05:41,864 --> 03:05:43,499 REQUIRED IN SB 1110. WE SHOULD 6285 03:05:43,565 --> 03:05:45,834 BE WELCOMING A TRANSITION OF OUR 6286 03:05:45,901 --> 03:05:49,271 CITY TO A MORE WALKABLE, 6287 03:05:49,338 --> 03:05:51,807 DIVERSE, AND MIXED USE 6288 03:05:51,874 --> 03:05:53,208 NEIGHBORHOODS. PLEASE REJECT THE 6289 03:05:53,275 --> 03:05:54,409 PERPETUATION OF EXCLUSIONARY 6290 03:05:54,476 --> 03:05:56,645 ZONING AND THE UNREALISTIC CALLS 6291 03:05:56,712 --> 03:05:58,046 TO PRESERVE AN UNCHAINED 6292 03:05:58,113 --> 03:05:59,314 SEATTLE. LOOK AT THE LEADERSHIP 6293 03:05:59,381 --> 03:06:01,283 OF CITIES LIKE SPOKANE AND WHAT 6294 03:06:01,350 --> 03:06:02,551 THEY'RE DOING THERE AND 6295 03:06:02,618 --> 03:06:04,253 RECOGNIZE THAT VOTES TO UPZONE 6296 03:06:04,319 --> 03:06:08,590 AND EXPAND HOUSING CHOICE ACROSS 6297 03:06:08,657 --> 03:06:10,959 ALL OF THE CITY, INCLUDING AN 6298 03:06:11,026 --> 03:06:12,361 EXPANDED NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD 6299 03:06:12,427 --> 03:06:14,663 CENTERS, ARE VOTES TO HELP 6300 03:06:14,730 --> 03:06:16,198 REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE LONG 6301 03:06:16,265 --> 03:06:17,833 TERM, THEY'RE VOTES TO HELP 6302 03:06:17,900 --> 03:06:20,202 REDUCE INFLATION AND INEQUALITY 6303 03:06:20,269 --> 03:06:22,738 IN THE LONG TERM, AND I'VE ALSO 6304 03:06:22,804 --> 03:06:24,239 BEEN AN IPCC CLIMATE SCIENTIST 6305 03:06:24,306 --> 03:06:28,110 FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, MY ENTIRE 6306 03:06:28,176 --> 03:06:28,744 CAREER. AND I'M PRETTY 6307 03:06:28,810 --> 03:06:33,248 CONFIDENT IN TELLING YOU THAT 6308 03:06:33,315 --> 03:06:34,783 THE RESEARCH CONCLUDES THAT 6309 03:06:34,850 --> 03:06:38,620 VOTES TO UPZONE WILL REDUCE 6310 03:06:38,687 --> 03:06:45,160 GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN -- 6311 03:06:45,227 --> 03:06:46,728 CONSERVES FOREST AREAS AND 6312 03:06:46,795 --> 03:06:49,097 RESULTS IN MORE CLIMATE 6313 03:06:49,164 --> 03:06:50,399 RESILIENCE, NOT THE OPPOSITE. 6314 03:06:50,465 --> 03:06:52,234 PLEASE HELP MAKE SEATTLE A MORE 6315 03:06:52,301 --> 03:06:54,136 DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT CITY. THANK 6316 03:06:54,202 --> 03:06:54,336 YOU. 6317 03:06:54,403 --> 03:06:57,773 >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER 77, 78, 6318 03:06:57,839 --> 03:06:58,273 79, AND 80. 6319 03:06:58,340 --> 03:07:00,309 >> HI, I AGREE WITH ALEX ON THE 6320 03:07:00,375 --> 03:07:03,512 ONE MINUTE THING, BUT I WILL USE 6321 03:07:03,579 --> 03:07:04,813 MY TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS KYLER 6322 03:07:04,880 --> 03:07:06,982 PARIS, I'M A MEMBER OF THE 6323 03:07:07,049 --> 03:07:08,483 SEATTLE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD, 6324 03:07:08,550 --> 03:07:11,520 AND I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL AND 6325 03:07:11,587 --> 03:07:13,689 ENJOY MY SMALL, CHEAP APARTMENT 6326 03:07:13,755 --> 03:07:15,023 AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. MY LIFE 6327 03:07:15,090 --> 03:07:17,492 IS BETTER SINCE MOVING FROM THE 6328 03:07:17,559 --> 03:07:18,794 CAR-CENTRIC SUBURBS, AND I HOPE 6329 03:07:18,860 --> 03:07:21,229 THAT EVERYONE GETS THE CHANCE TO 6330 03:07:21,296 --> 03:07:22,397 LIVE NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT. 6331 03:07:22,464 --> 03:07:24,499 FRANKLY, SEATTLE IS WORKING WELL 6332 03:07:24,566 --> 03:07:27,436 FOR ME, MUCH LIKE IT IS FOR THE 6333 03:07:27,502 --> 03:07:28,103 MANY HOMEOWNERS YOU'VE HEARD 6334 03:07:28,170 --> 03:07:29,504 FROM TODAY. LIVING IN CAPITOL 6335 03:07:29,571 --> 03:07:32,307 HILL MEANS I LIVE ALONGSIDE MANY 6336 03:07:32,374 --> 03:07:33,542 HOMELESS NEIGHBORS. BEING 6337 03:07:33,609 --> 03:07:35,744 HOMELESS IN SEATTLE IS A BRUTAL 6338 03:07:35,811 --> 03:07:37,045 EXPERIENCE. EVERY TIME IT RAINS, 6339 03:07:37,112 --> 03:07:38,947 I SEE THE SOAKED CARDBOARD AND 6340 03:07:39,014 --> 03:07:40,949 PERSONAL BELONGINGS THAT HAD TO 6341 03:07:41,016 --> 03:07:43,852 BE LEFT BEHIND. I THINK ABOUT 6342 03:07:43,919 --> 03:07:45,954 HOW OUR ELDERLY HOMELESS 6343 03:07:46,021 --> 03:07:46,955 POPULATION CONTINUES TO 6344 03:07:47,022 --> 03:07:47,923 DRASTICALLY INCREASE. I WANT TO 6345 03:07:47,990 --> 03:07:49,591 DO RIGHT BY THEM AND DO WHATEVER 6346 03:07:49,658 --> 03:07:53,195 WE CAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS 6347 03:07:53,261 --> 03:07:56,698 A HOME. THE ANSWER IS BUILDING 6348 03:07:56,765 --> 03:08:00,168 MORE HOMES EVERYWHERE AS 6349 03:08:00,235 --> 03:08:01,603 EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WHICH 6350 03:08:01,670 --> 03:08:02,237 INCLUDES ALLOWING NEW NEIGHBORS 6351 03:08:02,304 --> 03:08:05,307 IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY FROM 6352 03:08:05,374 --> 03:08:06,541 MADRONA TO MAPLE LEAF BECAUSE 6353 03:08:06,608 --> 03:08:08,744 THE WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORS CAN DO 6354 03:08:08,810 --> 03:08:10,679 THEIR PART. WHEN THE MIXED USE 6355 03:08:10,746 --> 03:08:12,481 TRANSIT -- WIDEN THE MIXED USE 6356 03:08:12,547 --> 03:08:14,583 TRANSIT UPZONES SO MORE PEOPLE 6357 03:08:14,650 --> 03:08:18,787 CAN AFFORD TO LIVE NEAR OUR 6358 03:08:18,854 --> 03:08:19,788 PHENOMENAL BUS SYSTEM. APPROVE 6359 03:08:19,855 --> 03:08:22,057 ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS SO 6360 03:08:22,124 --> 03:08:24,026 SMALL BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE. AND 6361 03:08:24,092 --> 03:08:26,962 APPLY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 6362 03:08:27,029 --> 03:08:27,763 DENSITY BONUS TO EVERY 6363 03:08:27,829 --> 03:08:28,764 NEIGHBORHOOD CITYWIDE. THERE ARE 6364 03:08:28,830 --> 03:08:31,333 OTHER PIECES TO THE PUZZLE OF 6365 03:08:31,400 --> 03:08:32,901 SOLVING HOMELESSNESS, BUT UNLESS 6366 03:08:32,968 --> 03:08:35,437 WE CAN SOLVE RISING RENTS FROM 6367 03:08:35,504 --> 03:08:36,872 UNDERBUILDING HOUSING, WE WILL 6368 03:08:36,938 --> 03:08:42,711 CONTINUE TO SEE MORE AND MORE 6369 03:08:42,778 --> 03:08:44,279 PEOPLE LOSE HOMES. ONE NOTE ON 6370 03:08:44,346 --> 03:08:45,614 TREES, I USED TO LIVE IN 6371 03:08:45,681 --> 03:08:46,581 SNOHOMISH COUNTY WHERE WE 6372 03:08:46,648 --> 03:08:48,617 CONTINUE TO CLEAR CUT BECAUSE WE 6373 03:08:48,684 --> 03:08:49,518 UNDERPRODUCE HOUSING IN THE 6374 03:08:49,584 --> 03:08:51,253 CITY. WE LOSE OUR FORESTS WHEN 6375 03:08:51,319 --> 03:08:53,255 WE DON'T BUILD HOMES IN 6376 03:08:53,321 --> 03:08:55,957 SEATTLE. I URGE YOU TO NOT WATER 6377 03:08:56,024 --> 03:09:00,896 DOWN THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. THANK 6378 03:09:00,962 --> 03:09:01,096 YOU. 6379 03:09:01,163 --> 03:09:04,466 >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER 78, 79, 6380 03:09:04,533 --> 03:09:05,067 AND 80. 6381 03:09:05,133 --> 03:09:07,869 >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE 6382 03:09:07,936 --> 03:09:08,704 COUNCIL, MY NAME'S MARSHA 6383 03:09:08,770 --> 03:09:10,005 PETERSON. I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME 6384 03:09:10,072 --> 03:09:12,140 IN MAPLE LEAF FOR 30 YEARS, 6385 03:09:12,207 --> 03:09:13,241 RAISED MY FAMILY THERE, BUT FIVE 6386 03:09:13,308 --> 03:09:14,543 YEARS AGO WHEN MY DAUGHTER AND 6387 03:09:14,609 --> 03:09:17,479 HER HUSBAND WANTED TO BUY A HOME 6388 03:09:17,546 --> 03:09:20,215 HERE, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT. 6389 03:09:20,282 --> 03:09:21,650 THEY BOUGHT IN SHORELINE. AND MY 6390 03:09:21,717 --> 03:09:23,085 GRANDKIDS GO TO SCHOOL IN 6391 03:09:23,151 --> 03:09:24,653 SHORELINE, THEY DON'T GO TO 6392 03:09:24,720 --> 03:09:26,621 SEATTLE SCHOOLS. IS IT ANY 6393 03:09:26,688 --> 03:09:27,823 WONDER THAT WE'RE CLOSING 6394 03:09:27,889 --> 03:09:29,091 SEATTLE SCHOOLS? I'VE LIVED 6395 03:09:29,157 --> 03:09:31,460 HERE IN THE AREA SINCE 1962, AND 6396 03:09:31,526 --> 03:09:34,196 I'VE SEEN SEATTLE GO THROUGH 6397 03:09:34,262 --> 03:09:35,630 THE BOEING RECESSION WHEN THE 6398 03:09:35,697 --> 03:09:36,498 CITY BASICALLY EMPTIED OUT TO 6399 03:09:36,565 --> 03:09:37,999 THE TECH BOOM OF TODAY AND THE 6400 03:09:38,066 --> 03:09:39,801 GROWTH THAT HAS COME WITH IT. 6401 03:09:39,868 --> 03:09:42,738 BUT OUR HOUSING HAS NOT KEPT UP 6402 03:09:42,804 --> 03:09:43,572 WITH THE GROWTH. SEATTLE HAS 6403 03:09:43,638 --> 03:09:45,707 ALWAYS TAKEN PRIDE IN BEING A 6404 03:09:45,774 --> 03:09:47,743 CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND OF 6405 03:09:47,809 --> 03:09:50,946 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, BUT THAT 6406 03:09:51,012 --> 03:09:54,382 VERSION OF SEATTLE IS NOW PAST 6407 03:09:54,449 --> 03:10:00,188 ITS DATE. IT'S TIME FOR SEATTLE 6408 03:10:00,255 --> 03:10:01,556 2.0, BUT OUR RESTRICT IZONING 6409 03:10:01,623 --> 03:10:02,758 LAWS HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO 6410 03:10:02,824 --> 03:10:05,093 BUILD ANYTHING ELSE. WE ARE IN A 6411 03:10:05,160 --> 03:10:06,128 HOUSING CRISIS AND A CLIMATE 6412 03:10:06,194 --> 03:10:09,231 CRISIS AS SO MANY PEOPLE TONIGHT 6413 03:10:09,297 --> 03:10:10,365 HAVE SAID. WE CAN'T KEEP 6414 03:10:10,432 --> 03:10:11,466 FORCING PEOPLE TO FIND HOUSING 6415 03:10:11,533 --> 03:10:13,135 IN THE SUBURBS OF SNOHOMISH 6416 03:10:13,201 --> 03:10:15,137 COUNTY AND EAST KING COUNTY AND 6417 03:10:15,203 --> 03:10:17,372 PIERCE COUNTY AND ADDING TO OUR 6418 03:10:17,439 --> 03:10:19,341 TRAFFIC WOES AND POLLUTION. IF I 6419 03:10:19,407 --> 03:10:20,742 HAVE ONE MESSAGE TO THE CITY 6420 03:10:20,809 --> 03:10:23,345 COUNCIL, IT IS THIS, WE HAVE TO 6421 03:10:23,411 --> 03:10:24,913 START MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL 6422 03:10:24,980 --> 03:10:26,548 KINDS OF PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE. 6423 03:10:26,615 --> 03:10:29,518 AND WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW BY 6424 03:10:29,584 --> 03:10:30,819 APPROVING THE MAYOR'S ONE 6425 03:10:30,886 --> 03:10:32,754 SEATTLE PLAN AND ESPECIALLY BY 6426 03:10:32,821 --> 03:10:34,189 INCLUDING ALL OF THE 6427 03:10:34,256 --> 03:10:35,023 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. YOU CAN 6428 03:10:35,090 --> 03:10:37,259 STRENGTHEN IT BUT DO NOT WATER 6429 03:10:37,325 --> 03:10:38,760 IT DOWN. AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY 6430 03:10:38,827 --> 03:10:40,762 WE CAN JUST DO THE MINIMUM AND 6431 03:10:40,829 --> 03:10:42,597 THEN WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, 6432 03:10:42,664 --> 03:10:43,965 WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE 6433 03:10:44,032 --> 03:10:46,201 BEEN DOING, AND LOOK WHERE THAT 6434 03:10:46,268 --> 03:10:48,003 HAS GOTTEN US. WE DON'T HAVE 6435 03:10:48,069 --> 03:10:48,937 TIME FOR THAT. WE NEEDED THIS 6436 03:10:49,004 --> 03:10:50,972 KIND OF CHANGE 40 YEARS AGO. WE 6437 03:10:51,039 --> 03:10:55,677 CAN ENVISION A SEATTLE THAT HAS 6438 03:10:55,744 --> 03:10:56,945 MORE AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF 6439 03:10:57,012 --> 03:10:57,746 HOUSING IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, 6440 03:10:57,813 --> 03:11:00,582 AND WE CAN BUILD A SEATTLE 6441 03:11:00,649 --> 03:11:01,783 THAT'S MORE WALKABLE, MORE 6442 03:11:01,850 --> 03:11:03,618 DIVERSE, AND A LOT BETTER AND 6443 03:11:03,685 --> 03:11:07,956 FUN THAN IT IS TODAY. THANK YOU. 6444 03:11:08,023 --> 03:11:09,891 >> SPEAKER 79 AND THEN 80. 6445 03:11:09,958 --> 03:11:12,027 THANKS, 79, PLEASE -- THANK YOU. 6446 03:11:12,093 --> 03:11:13,595 AND THEN SPEAKER 80. 6447 03:11:13,662 --> 03:11:14,696 >> LET'S GO, SPEAKER 79. ALL 6448 03:11:14,763 --> 03:11:15,897 RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START IT 6449 03:11:15,964 --> 03:11:18,433 OFF WITH I GOT HERE AT 3:37 AND 6450 03:11:18,500 --> 03:11:21,503 I AM SPEAKER 79. SO I WANT US TO 6451 03:11:21,570 --> 03:11:22,137 BE MINDFUL AND CONSCIENTIOUS 6452 03:11:22,204 --> 03:11:24,706 ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE 6453 03:11:24,773 --> 03:11:27,075 IT TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS EARLY 6454 03:11:27,142 --> 03:11:28,710 ON. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 6455 03:11:28,777 --> 03:11:31,146 GUYS TAKING YOUR TIME, LETTING 6456 03:11:31,213 --> 03:11:32,347 US SPEAK, OPENING IT TO ONLINE 6457 03:11:32,414 --> 03:11:33,248 COMMENT AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT 6458 03:11:33,315 --> 03:11:34,549 OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T MAKE IT, 6459 03:11:34,616 --> 03:11:35,917 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 6460 03:11:35,984 --> 03:11:38,186 CAN'T MAKE IT REALLY BEFORE 6461 03:11:38,253 --> 03:11:40,622 4:00, RIGHT? SO WANT TO START 6462 03:11:40,689 --> 03:11:44,326 WITH THAT. LET'S SEE, I AM 6463 03:11:44,392 --> 03:11:45,427 KEVIN TROUT. I LIVE IN D6, AND 6464 03:11:45,493 --> 03:11:46,628 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 6465 03:11:46,695 --> 03:11:48,630 AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A 6466 03:11:48,697 --> 03:11:53,001 LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TACT 6467 03:11:53,068 --> 03:11:55,904 THAN SOME OTHER FOLKS. THERE ARE 6468 03:11:55,971 --> 03:11:57,172 TIMES WHEN LEADERSHIP IS DOING 6469 03:11:57,239 --> 03:12:00,809 THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN PEOPLE 6470 03:12:00,876 --> 03:12:04,246 ARE SCARED OF CHANGE. SEATTLE IS 6471 03:12:04,312 --> 03:12:06,815 IN A HOUSING CRISIS. YOU HAVE 6472 03:12:06,882 --> 03:12:12,187 THE LEVERS TO INCREASE DENSITY 6473 03:12:12,254 --> 03:12:13,889 WHILE PROTECTING GREEN SPACE. 6474 03:12:13,955 --> 03:12:15,457 THAT'S YOU. YOU CAN ELIMINATE 6475 03:12:15,523 --> 03:12:16,625 PARKING REQUIREMENTS, CHANGE THE 6476 03:12:16,691 --> 03:12:20,328 STACKED FLAT BONUS DOWN TO 5,000 6477 03:12:20,395 --> 03:12:27,168 FEET INSTEAD OF 6K, AND WE CAN 6478 03:12:27,235 --> 03:12:29,004 ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 6479 03:12:29,070 --> 03:12:31,273 THIS IS YOUR POWER. USE THESE 6480 03:12:31,339 --> 03:12:35,343 LEVERS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR 6481 03:12:35,410 --> 03:12:37,979 LEADERSHIP. I HOPE YOU STEP UP. 6482 03:12:38,046 --> 03:12:38,280 THANK YOU. 6483 03:12:38,346 --> 03:12:40,081 >> THANK YOU, LINDA. OH, AND 6484 03:12:40,148 --> 03:12:41,750 BEFORE YOU GO, LINDA, MY 6485 03:12:41,816 --> 03:12:43,184 APOLOGIES, WE HAVE SPEAKERS 81 6486 03:12:43,251 --> 03:12:45,754 THROUGH 90, YOU ALL ARE NEXT 6487 03:12:45,820 --> 03:12:53,028 BEFORE WE SWITCH BACK TO OUR 6488 03:12:53,094 --> 03:12:54,062 REMOTE. 81 THROUGH 90. IF YOU'RE 6489 03:12:54,129 --> 03:12:55,163 81 THROUGH 90 PLEASE STAND UP 6490 03:12:55,230 --> 03:12:59,334 AND START LINING UP AND WE'LL 6491 03:12:59,401 --> 03:13:01,069 GET READY. LINDA, YOU'RE NEXT. 6492 03:13:01,136 --> 03:13:03,972 >> MY NAME IS LYDIA HERD, I'M A 6493 03:13:04,039 --> 03:13:10,679 HOMEOWNER OF A 1914 HOUSE IN THE 6494 03:13:10,745 --> 03:13:11,279 FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ONE 6495 03:13:11,346 --> 03:13:12,314 SEATTLE PLAN IS FALLING SHORT IN 6496 03:13:12,380 --> 03:13:13,348 SOME WAYS, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU 6497 03:13:13,415 --> 03:13:16,851 TO TWEAK IT TO GET MORE OUT OF 6498 03:13:16,918 --> 03:13:18,253 IT. I WOULD LIKE MORE HOUSING OF 6499 03:13:18,320 --> 03:13:19,587 ALL TYPES TO HOUSE MORE 6500 03:13:19,654 --> 03:13:21,022 NEIGHBORS OF ALL TYPES. MORE 6501 03:13:21,089 --> 03:13:23,291 NEIGHBORS WILL HELP TO SUPPORT 6502 03:13:23,358 --> 03:13:24,559 MORE OF THE SERVICES, 6503 03:13:24,626 --> 03:13:25,860 BUSINESSES, AND AMENITIES THAT 6504 03:13:25,927 --> 03:13:29,130 WE ARE STILL LACKING AND MAKE 6505 03:13:29,197 --> 03:13:30,398 MORE WONDERFUL, WALKABLE 6506 03:13:30,465 --> 03:13:30,999 NEIGHBORHOODS POSSIBLE. MORE 6507 03:13:31,066 --> 03:13:32,334 HOUSING WILL PROVIDE NEARBY 6508 03:13:32,400 --> 03:13:34,469 PLACES TO LIVE FOR THE PEOPLE 6509 03:13:34,536 --> 03:13:38,006 WHO WILL WORK IN OUR WONDERFUL 6510 03:13:38,073 --> 03:13:39,941 SMALL BUSINESSES OR THE 6511 03:13:40,008 --> 03:13:40,942 SELF-EMPLOYED, SUCH AS ARTISTS, 6512 03:13:41,009 --> 03:13:43,845 CREATORS, AND OTHER MAKERS, THEY 6513 03:13:43,912 --> 03:13:44,913 ARE OUR NEIGHBORS TOO. MORE 6514 03:13:44,980 --> 03:13:48,616 NEIGHBORS MEANS MORE ACCESS TO 6515 03:13:48,683 --> 03:13:55,690 TRANSIT AND EVEN BETTER BUS 6516 03:13:55,757 --> 03:13:56,458 SERVICE THAN WE CURRENTLY ENJOY. 6517 03:13:56,524 --> 03:13:57,559 LESS PARKING MEANS LESS LOT 6518 03:13:57,625 --> 03:13:59,160 COVERAGE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES 6519 03:13:59,227 --> 03:14:01,930 FOR GREEN SPACE AND SHARED 6520 03:14:01,997 --> 03:14:03,832 YARDS. MORE LOTS WHERE STACKED 6521 03:14:03,898 --> 03:14:06,501 FLATS ARE ALLOWED MEANS LESS 6522 03:14:06,568 --> 03:14:08,203 CONCENTRATION OF NEIGHBORS ALONG 6523 03:14:08,269 --> 03:14:09,637 ARTERIALS. MY OLD HOUSE IS ON AN 6524 03:14:09,704 --> 03:14:12,140 ARTERIAL, AND I CAN TESTIFY TO 6525 03:14:12,207 --> 03:14:13,742 THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF 6526 03:14:13,808 --> 03:14:14,376 BREATHING EXHAUST PARTICULATES. 6527 03:14:14,442 --> 03:14:15,777 MORE STACKED FLATS MEANS THAT 6528 03:14:15,844 --> 03:14:18,880 ONE FLOOR WITH TWO UNITS, ONE 6529 03:14:18,947 --> 03:14:19,814 FAMILY-SIZED, COULD HOUSE BOTH 6530 03:14:19,881 --> 03:14:21,182 ME AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER 6531 03:14:21,249 --> 03:14:24,252 FAMILY, AND I COULD HELP TO 6532 03:14:24,319 --> 03:14:25,387 RAISE MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I 6533 03:14:25,453 --> 03:14:27,022 ASK THAT YOU AT LEAST MAKE IT 6534 03:14:27,088 --> 03:14:28,990 POSSIBLE FOR THIS PLAN TO DO 6535 03:14:29,057 --> 03:14:31,426 MORE, THANK YOU. 6536 03:14:31,493 --> 03:14:34,429 >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER 81. 81 6537 03:14:34,496 --> 03:14:35,597 THROUGH 90, YOU'RE UP. SPEAKER 6538 03:14:35,663 --> 03:14:37,932 81, AND THEN 82, I WOULD KINDLY 6539 03:14:37,999 --> 03:14:41,169 ASK YOU BE AT THIS MIC, AWESOME, 6540 03:14:41,236 --> 03:14:41,569 READY TO GO. 6541 03:14:41,636 --> 03:14:42,937 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 6542 03:14:43,004 --> 03:14:44,072 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 6543 03:14:44,139 --> 03:14:46,441 TONIGHT, MY NAME IS EVAN SEXTON. 6544 03:14:46,508 --> 03:14:49,444 I LIVED IN BRYANT MY WHOLE LIFE. 6545 03:14:49,511 --> 03:14:54,649 ON MY BLOCK THERE WAS AN OLDER, 6546 03:14:54,716 --> 03:14:55,750 SMALL MULTIFAMILY BUILDING. ON 6547 03:14:55,817 --> 03:14:56,918 38th AND 68th AN APARTMENT 6548 03:14:56,985 --> 03:14:58,353 COMPLEX SERVES THE FAMILIES OF 6549 03:14:58,420 --> 03:14:59,988 CHILDREN BEING TREATED AT 6550 03:15:00,055 --> 03:15:00,588 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. MORE 6551 03:15:00,655 --> 03:15:01,423 APARTMENTS LIKE THAT ARE NOT 6552 03:15:01,489 --> 03:15:03,158 SOMETHING THE CITY NEEDS TO 6553 03:15:03,224 --> 03:15:04,125 PREVENT. ON THE CORNER OF 35th 6554 03:15:04,192 --> 03:15:05,026 AND 50th THERE'S A BUILDING 6555 03:15:05,093 --> 03:15:07,328 THAT USED TO BE A CORNER STORE. 6556 03:15:07,395 --> 03:15:09,297 IT WAS OWNED BY THE GORDONS, WHO 6557 03:15:09,364 --> 03:15:11,299 WERE IMMIGRANTS FROM LITHUANIA 6558 03:15:11,366 --> 03:15:12,767 THAT OPENED THEIR STORE IN 1919. 6559 03:15:12,834 --> 03:15:14,002 TODAY NO IMMIGRANT CAN DO THE 6560 03:15:14,069 --> 03:15:16,104 SAME THING BECAUSE THE CITY MADE 6561 03:15:16,171 --> 03:15:18,606 IT ILLEGAL. EVEN ON THE SITE OF 6562 03:15:18,673 --> 03:15:20,608 THAT OLD SHOP. WHAT WE SEE TODAY 6563 03:15:20,675 --> 03:15:22,610 WITH OWNERS RESTRICTIONS ON LAND 6564 03:15:22,677 --> 03:15:24,345 USE IS NOT BRYANT'S HISTORIC 6565 03:15:24,412 --> 03:15:25,580 CHARACTER. BRYANT WAS FOUNDED 6566 03:15:25,647 --> 03:15:27,715 ALONG A TRAIN LINE NEAR THE 6567 03:15:27,782 --> 03:15:29,284 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WITH 6568 03:15:29,350 --> 03:15:30,985 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF 6569 03:15:31,052 --> 03:15:31,886 DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 6570 03:15:31,953 --> 03:15:33,721 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN 6571 03:15:33,788 --> 03:15:36,191 ABOUT AGING IN PLACE. THESE 6572 03:15:36,257 --> 03:15:36,825 CONCERNS ARE IMPORTANT. 6573 03:15:36,891 --> 03:15:38,226 UNFORTUNATELY, FOR MANY OF MY 6574 03:15:38,293 --> 03:15:39,260 PEERS, OUR APPROACH TO HOUSING 6575 03:15:39,327 --> 03:15:41,229 HAS NOT ALLOWED THEM TO AGE IN 6576 03:15:41,296 --> 03:15:42,497 PLACE. WHEN THEY TURNED 18 OR 6577 03:15:42,564 --> 03:15:43,865 EVEN 22 AFTER COLLEGE, THEY WERE 6578 03:15:43,932 --> 03:15:45,867 NOT ABLE TO LEAVE HOME AND FIND 6579 03:15:45,934 --> 03:15:47,769 AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN 6580 03:15:47,836 --> 03:15:49,771 THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THEY GREW UP 6581 03:15:49,838 --> 03:15:50,638 IN. I KNEW FRIENDS WITH 6582 03:15:50,705 --> 03:15:51,272 FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WHO'VE 6583 03:15:51,339 --> 03:15:53,241 BEEN FORCED TO MOVE AS FAR AWAY 6584 03:15:53,308 --> 03:15:55,810 AS COTTAGE LAKE, IF YOU KNOW 6585 03:15:55,877 --> 03:15:56,911 WHERE THAT IS. THIS DISPLACEMENT 6586 03:15:56,978 --> 03:15:58,880 DISRUPTS THE LIFE CYCLING OF OUR 6587 03:15:58,947 --> 03:16:00,081 CITY. IT MEANS YOUNG FAMILIES 6588 03:16:00,148 --> 03:16:00,715 ARE PUSHED OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOL 6589 03:16:00,782 --> 03:16:02,517 DISTRICTS AND KIDS GROWING UP 6590 03:16:02,584 --> 03:16:04,752 TODAY DON'T HAVE THE SAME 6591 03:16:04,819 --> 03:16:06,020 ABILITY TO MAKE FRIENDS ON THEIR 6592 03:16:06,087 --> 03:16:07,822 BLOCK LIKE I DID. WE'RE NOT 6593 03:16:07,889 --> 03:16:08,990 ASKING FOR A SUBSIDY. WE'RE 6594 03:16:09,057 --> 03:16:10,225 ASKING FOR THE CITY TO STOP 6595 03:16:10,291 --> 03:16:11,259 BANNING THE DEVELOPMENTS WE WANT 6596 03:16:11,326 --> 03:16:13,428 TO LIVE IN THAT WE CAN AFFORD. I 6597 03:16:13,495 --> 03:16:14,896 STARTED A PETITION TO KEEP THE 6598 03:16:14,963 --> 03:16:15,630 BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN 6599 03:16:15,697 --> 03:16:18,867 THE PLAN BECAUSE I GREW UP HERE. 6600 03:16:18,933 --> 03:16:20,401 665 PEOPLE IN BRYANT, SO FAR, 6601 03:16:20,468 --> 03:16:21,936 HAVE SIGNED OUR PETITION BECAUSE 6602 03:16:22,003 --> 03:16:23,505 THEY KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD 6603 03:16:23,571 --> 03:16:26,441 CENTER HERE MAKES SENSE, AND THE 6604 03:16:26,508 --> 03:16:27,609 CENTER'S PROPOSED BOUNDARIES, 6605 03:16:27,675 --> 03:16:30,178 WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRE STATION, 6606 03:16:30,245 --> 03:16:30,912 SENIOR APARTMENTS, A PARK, THE 6607 03:16:30,979 --> 03:16:32,380 BURKE GILMAN TRAIL, AND A 6608 03:16:32,447 --> 03:16:33,715 GROCERY STORE. IT HAS ACCESS TO 6609 03:16:33,781 --> 03:16:35,917 THE BUS ROUTE I TOOK TO INGRAM, 6610 03:16:35,984 --> 03:16:37,519 TO UW, AND NOW TO WORK. I'VE 6611 03:16:37,585 --> 03:16:38,286 WATCHED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GROW, 6612 03:16:38,353 --> 03:16:40,655 AND I PLAN TO WATCH IT GROW EVEN 6613 03:16:40,722 --> 03:16:41,256 MORE. COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE 6614 03:16:41,322 --> 03:16:42,457 KEEP THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD 6615 03:16:42,524 --> 03:16:43,958 CENTER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE 6616 03:16:44,025 --> 03:16:44,159 PLAN. 6617 03:16:44,225 --> 03:16:46,728 >> THANK YOU. SPEAKER 82, THEN 6618 03:16:46,794 --> 03:16:47,595 SPEAKER 83. YOU'RE UP. 6619 03:16:47,662 --> 03:16:48,897 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 6620 03:16:48,963 --> 03:16:50,965 MY NAME IS SARAH, I'M A D3 6621 03:16:51,032 --> 03:16:52,367 VOTER AND RENTER BUT TO BE VERY 6622 03:16:52,433 --> 03:16:54,736 CLEAR, I WOULD BE A HOMEOWNER IF 6623 03:16:54,802 --> 03:16:56,271 I COULD AFFORD IT. I LIVE 6624 03:16:56,337 --> 03:16:57,105 CAR-FREE, A CHOICE MOTIVATED BY 6625 03:16:57,172 --> 03:16:58,606 FEAR OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND A 6626 03:16:58,673 --> 03:17:00,175 LOVE FOR OUR PLANET. I GET 6627 03:17:00,241 --> 03:17:01,709 AROUND BY BIKE AND PUBLIC 6628 03:17:01,776 --> 03:17:02,810 TRANSIT, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE 6629 03:17:02,877 --> 03:17:04,112 THAT ALLOWS ME TO GET AROUND 6630 03:17:04,179 --> 03:17:05,580 SAFELY AND ON TIME ONLY WORKS 6631 03:17:05,647 --> 03:17:07,949 WHEN OUR CITIES ARE DENSE AND WE 6632 03:17:08,016 --> 03:17:09,684 GROW UP AND NOT OUT. LET'S NOT 6633 03:17:09,751 --> 03:17:13,688 KNOCK DOWN ANOTHER FOREST TO 6634 03:17:13,755 --> 03:17:14,856 BUILD MORE SUBURBS. 6635 03:17:14,923 --> 03:17:15,757 SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING, PARKING 6636 03:17:15,823 --> 03:17:16,925 MINIMUMS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER 6637 03:17:16,991 --> 03:17:19,194 BACKWARDS POLICIES ARE TO THANK 6638 03:17:19,260 --> 03:17:21,062 FOR SEATTLE'S SEVERE HOUSING 6639 03:17:21,129 --> 03:17:22,897 SHORTAGE AND THE GROWING CLIMATE 6640 03:17:22,964 --> 03:17:23,798 CRISIS. WILL YOU, OUR ELECTED 6641 03:17:23,865 --> 03:17:24,499 OFFICIALS, DELIVER ON THE 6642 03:17:24,566 --> 03:17:26,868 PROMISE OF A BRIGHTER SEATTLE 6643 03:17:26,935 --> 03:17:27,869 THAT YOU ALL CAMPAIGNED ON? FOR 6644 03:17:27,936 --> 03:17:30,371 THE SAKE OF THE PLANET AND THE 6645 03:17:30,438 --> 03:17:35,009 FUTURE OF THE CITY, LET SEATTLE 6646 03:17:35,076 --> 03:17:35,410 GROW. THANK YOU. 6647 03:17:35,476 --> 03:17:37,011 >> THANK YOU, SARAH. SPEAKER 83. 6648 03:17:37,078 --> 03:17:38,646 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'M 6649 03:17:38,713 --> 03:17:40,248 SEAN HOLLAND, ONE BLOCK OUTSIDE 6650 03:17:40,315 --> 03:17:42,016 THE BRYANT CENTER, THE PROPOSED 6651 03:17:42,083 --> 03:17:42,884 BRYANT CENTER. BRYANT CENTER 6652 03:17:42,951 --> 03:17:44,552 SHOULD NOT BE A NEIGHBORHOOD 6653 03:17:44,619 --> 03:17:46,821 CENTER IN THE NEW PLAN BECAUSE 6654 03:17:46,888 --> 03:17:49,090 IT DOESN'T MEET THE BASE 6655 03:17:49,157 --> 03:17:50,258 CRITERIA. THE PLAN PROPOSES 6656 03:17:50,325 --> 03:17:51,626 CREATING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, 6657 03:17:51,693 --> 03:17:52,894 QUOTE, AROUND EXISTING 6658 03:17:52,961 --> 03:17:53,461 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. THE 6659 03:17:53,528 --> 03:17:56,397 PROBLEM IS, BRYANT CENTER HAS NO 6660 03:17:56,464 --> 03:17:57,498 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THERE ARE 6661 03:17:57,565 --> 03:17:58,566 ONLY TWO STREET FRONT BUSINESSES 6662 03:17:58,633 --> 03:18:01,469 WITHIN BRYANT CENTER, A GROCERY 6663 03:18:01,536 --> 03:18:02,503 STORE AND A SMALL RESTAURANT. 6664 03:18:02,570 --> 03:18:04,906 WHEN I SAW THE PLAN I THOUGHT, 6665 03:18:04,973 --> 03:18:07,308 WELL, WHAT ELSE IS THERE IN THE 6666 03:18:07,375 --> 03:18:09,043 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN NORTH 6667 03:18:09,110 --> 03:18:10,111 SEATTLE. I WENT TO RAVENNA. 30 6668 03:18:10,178 --> 03:18:12,247 BUSINESSES THERE. I WENT TO THE 6669 03:18:12,313 --> 03:18:13,982 ONE TO OUR NORTH, WEDGEWOOD, 6670 03:18:14,048 --> 03:18:16,050 THERE ARE 28 BUSINESSES THERE. 6671 03:18:16,117 --> 03:18:16,851 THERE ARE 12 PROPOSED 6672 03:18:16,918 --> 03:18:17,552 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN NORTH 6673 03:18:17,619 --> 03:18:19,320 SEATTLE. I WENT TO ALL OF THEM. 6674 03:18:19,387 --> 03:18:21,222 THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF THE 11 6675 03:18:21,289 --> 03:18:23,391 OTHER CENTERS NORTH OF THE SHIP 6676 03:18:23,458 --> 03:18:24,792 CANAL BESIDES BRYANT CENTER, 6677 03:18:24,859 --> 03:18:25,960 AVERAGE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, 23 6678 03:18:26,027 --> 03:18:27,629 BUSINESSES. THE LEAST NUMBER OF 6679 03:18:27,695 --> 03:18:29,330 BUSINESSES IN ANY OF THE OTHER 6680 03:18:29,397 --> 03:18:30,898 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IS 15 6681 03:18:30,965 --> 03:18:32,967 COMPARED TO THE 2 IN BRYANT. 6682 03:18:33,034 --> 03:18:34,302 BRYANT CENTER LACKS A CRITICAL 6683 03:18:34,369 --> 03:18:35,770 SUBSET OF THE BUSINESSES THAT 6684 03:18:35,837 --> 03:18:36,571 CREATE FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT 6685 03:18:36,638 --> 03:18:38,506 THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. 6686 03:18:38,573 --> 03:18:40,241 THAT WOULD BE RESTAURANTS, 6687 03:18:40,308 --> 03:18:41,609 COFFEE SHOPS, TAVERNS, BAKERIES, 6688 03:18:41,676 --> 03:18:43,011 AND OTHER STORES SERVING FOOD 6689 03:18:43,077 --> 03:18:44,545 AND BEVERAGES. LOOKING AGAIN TO 6690 03:18:44,612 --> 03:18:46,314 THE OTHER 11 NORTH SEATTLE 6691 03:18:46,381 --> 03:18:47,782 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, THEY HAVE 6692 03:18:47,849 --> 03:18:49,684 AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN RESTAURANTS 6693 03:18:49,751 --> 03:18:50,718 OR FOOD SERVICE BUSINESSES, AND 6694 03:18:50,785 --> 03:18:53,087 NONE OF THEM HAS LESS THAN 6695 03:18:53,154 --> 03:18:54,055 THREE. A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 6696 03:18:54,122 --> 03:18:56,057 SHOULD HAVE A VITAL AND DIVERSE 6697 03:18:56,124 --> 03:18:57,892 GROUP OF LOCAL BUSINESSES TO 6698 03:18:57,959 --> 03:18:59,360 SERVE RESIDENT'S NEEDS. THAT IS 6699 03:18:59,427 --> 03:19:00,762 NOT BRYANT CENTER. NEW RESIDENTS 6700 03:19:00,828 --> 03:19:02,030 THERE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE 6701 03:19:02,096 --> 03:19:03,598 ELSEWHERE TO SERVE THEIR BASIC 6702 03:19:03,665 --> 03:19:05,099 NEEDS. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO 6703 03:19:05,166 --> 03:19:06,801 WALK. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WILL 6704 03:19:06,868 --> 03:19:09,304 STILL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO MAKE 6705 03:19:09,370 --> 03:19:11,005 PURCHASES OF EVERYDAY GOODS AND 6706 03:19:11,072 --> 03:19:11,806 SERVICES. A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 6707 03:19:11,873 --> 03:19:13,408 SHOULD HAVE A COMMERCIAL 6708 03:19:13,474 --> 03:19:14,976 DISTRICT LARGE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE 6709 03:19:15,043 --> 03:19:17,278 THE LOSS OF ONE OR MORE 6710 03:19:17,345 --> 03:19:18,146 BUSINESSES. THAT IS NOT BRYANT 6711 03:19:18,212 --> 03:19:19,147 CENTER. LOSS OF THE GROCERY 6712 03:19:19,213 --> 03:19:20,848 STORE, WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED 6713 03:19:20,915 --> 03:19:24,485 FOR A YEAR BACK IN 2000/ 2001 6714 03:19:24,552 --> 03:19:26,220 WOULD ELIMINATE ALL ACTIVITY 6715 03:19:26,287 --> 03:19:27,455 WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 6716 03:19:27,522 --> 03:19:29,123 THE PROPOSED BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD 6717 03:19:29,190 --> 03:19:29,924 CENTER WOULD ALLOW VASTLY 6718 03:19:29,991 --> 03:19:31,059 INCREASED DENSITY WITH NO 6719 03:19:31,125 --> 03:19:33,161 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO SERVE THE 6720 03:19:33,227 --> 03:19:33,895 NEW RESIDENTS. BRYANT CENTER 6721 03:19:33,961 --> 03:19:35,930 SHOULD BE DELETED FROM THE 6722 03:19:35,997 --> 03:19:37,765 CURRENT PLAN. THANK YOU. 6723 03:19:37,832 --> 03:19:39,200 >> THANK YOU, SEAN. THOMAS, 6724 03:19:39,267 --> 03:19:41,002 SPEAKER 84, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKER 6725 03:19:41,069 --> 03:19:41,369 85, ETHAN. 6726 03:19:41,436 --> 03:19:43,471 >> HI, MY NAME IS THOMAS 6727 03:19:43,538 --> 03:19:45,840 KENNEDY. I LIVE IN A 6728 03:19:45,907 --> 03:19:48,509 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AS A RENTER. 6729 03:19:48,576 --> 03:19:51,012 WE HAVE TREES. THE PARKS ARE 6730 03:19:51,079 --> 03:19:52,113 GREAT. I HAVE A DISABILITY. I 6731 03:19:52,180 --> 03:19:53,815 CAN GET AROUND BECAUSE OF MY -- 6732 03:19:53,881 --> 03:19:56,150 I CAN GET HERE BECAUSE OF -- ON 6733 03:19:56,217 --> 03:19:57,418 THE BUSES BECAUSE I HAVE ACCESS 6734 03:19:57,485 --> 03:20:03,024 TO THEM BECAUSE I LIVE IN A 6735 03:20:03,091 --> 03:20:04,759 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I'M ONLY 6736 03:20:04,826 --> 03:20:06,194 ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS 6737 03:20:06,260 --> 03:20:06,994 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BECAUSE MY 6738 03:20:07,061 --> 03:20:09,330 FAMILY IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE 6739 03:20:09,397 --> 03:20:12,033 ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE 6740 03:20:12,100 --> 03:20:13,101 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER I LIVE IN. 6741 03:20:13,167 --> 03:20:15,837 AND TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN'T 6742 03:20:15,903 --> 03:20:17,705 AFFORD TO LIVE IN WONDERFUL, 6743 03:20:17,772 --> 03:20:19,674 VIBRANT, AWESOME PLACES LIKE 6744 03:20:19,741 --> 03:20:21,909 WHERE I LIVE. PEOPLE HAVE SAID 6745 03:20:21,976 --> 03:20:24,512 TONIGHT THAT BUILDING MORE 6746 03:20:24,579 --> 03:20:25,480 HOUSES DOES NOT LOWER PRICES. 6747 03:20:25,546 --> 03:20:29,217 THAT'S JUST NOT HOW SUPPLY AND 6748 03:20:29,283 --> 03:20:31,085 DEMAND WORKS. SUPPLY GOES UP, IT 6749 03:20:31,152 --> 03:20:34,255 REACHES DEMAND, PRICE GOES DOWN. 6750 03:20:34,322 --> 03:20:34,922 THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. SO 6751 03:20:34,989 --> 03:20:36,257 THAT'S SILLY, AND I WANTED TO 6752 03:20:36,324 --> 03:20:38,326 ADDRESS THAT. I HAD A FRIEND WHO 6753 03:20:38,393 --> 03:20:39,861 HAD TO LEAVE EARLIER, AND I 6754 03:20:39,927 --> 03:20:42,430 WANTED TO SPEAK FOR HIM. HE SAID 6755 03:20:42,497 --> 03:20:45,433 THE RESULT OF FEWER NEIGHBORHOOD 6756 03:20:45,500 --> 03:20:47,001 CENTERS ARE MAKING THE POOR 6757 03:20:47,068 --> 03:20:50,671 AREAS SUBSIDIZE THE RICHER AREAS 6758 03:20:50,738 --> 03:20:54,008 THAT HAVE MORE ROADS PER HOUSE. 6759 03:20:54,075 --> 03:20:56,477 AND LASTLY, DENSITY IS WHAT 6760 03:20:56,544 --> 03:20:58,446 MAKES CITIES CITIES. THAT'S 6761 03:20:58,513 --> 03:21:00,214 LIKE WHY I LIVE HERE. IF YOU 6762 03:21:00,281 --> 03:21:03,885 DON'T WANT DENSITY, DON'T LIVE 6763 03:21:03,951 --> 03:21:05,953 IN A CITY. CHANGING CITIES ARE 6764 03:21:06,020 --> 03:21:08,556 CITIES THAT ARE ALIVE AND 6765 03:21:08,623 --> 03:21:10,591 VIBRANT. I LOVE THIS CITY. THANK 6766 03:21:10,658 --> 03:21:11,793 YOU VERY MUCH. 6767 03:21:11,859 --> 03:21:15,563 >> THANK YOU. SPEAKER 85 IS UP, 6768 03:21:15,630 --> 03:21:16,130 THEN SPEAKER 86. 85? 6769 03:21:16,197 --> 03:21:17,999 >> HI, MY NAME IS ETHAN. I GREW 6770 03:21:18,065 --> 03:21:20,201 UP IN KENMORE, AND I'VE BEEN 6771 03:21:20,268 --> 03:21:22,003 RENTING IN MADISON VALLEY FOR 6772 03:21:22,069 --> 03:21:23,704 ONE YEAR. MY VISION FOR SEATTLE 6773 03:21:23,771 --> 03:21:26,140 IS A PLACE THAT IS WALKABLE, 6774 03:21:26,207 --> 03:21:27,108 WHERE WE HAVE COMPLETE 6775 03:21:27,175 --> 03:21:30,445 COMMUNITIES, WHERE WE CAN WALK 6776 03:21:30,511 --> 03:21:32,647 TO MANY DIFFERENT AMENITIES, 6777 03:21:32,713 --> 03:21:33,514 GROCERY STORES, SCHOOLS, 6778 03:21:33,581 --> 03:21:36,484 HOSPITALS, ET CETERA, AND WHERE 6779 03:21:36,551 --> 03:21:38,719 WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF 6780 03:21:38,786 --> 03:21:40,655 TRANSPORTATIONS TO CARS LIKE 6781 03:21:40,721 --> 03:21:42,957 BEING ABLE TO BIKE SAFELY, WALK, 6782 03:21:43,024 --> 03:21:44,725 AND ALSO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT. 6783 03:21:44,792 --> 03:21:46,794 AND I ALSO ENVISION A CITY 6784 03:21:46,861 --> 03:21:48,729 THAT'S AFFORDABLE. SO WHAT CAN 6785 03:21:48,796 --> 03:21:49,664 WE DO TO ACHIEVE THIS? FIRST 6786 03:21:49,730 --> 03:21:53,100 I'D LIKE TO SAY THE CURRENT 6787 03:21:53,167 --> 03:21:54,435 PLAN IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD 6788 03:21:54,502 --> 03:21:55,636 TOWARDS THIS VISION, BUT WHAT I 6789 03:21:55,703 --> 03:21:59,140 WOULD HOPE FOR IS A LEAP 6790 03:21:59,207 --> 03:22:01,042 FORWARD. SO I THINK WE CAN TAKE 6791 03:22:01,108 --> 03:22:02,210 SOME THINGS FROM ALTERNATIVE 6792 03:22:02,276 --> 03:22:05,580 NUMBER FIVE TO GET THAT. FOR 6793 03:22:05,646 --> 03:22:07,915 EXAMPLE, HOPE THAT WE CAN EXPAND 6794 03:22:07,982 --> 03:22:08,950 THE STACKED FLATS BONUS. I THINK 6795 03:22:09,016 --> 03:22:10,318 THAT THERE AREN'T THAT MANY 6796 03:22:10,384 --> 03:22:11,619 LOTS THAT ARE ONLY 6,000 SQUARE 6797 03:22:11,686 --> 03:22:13,588 FEET, SO IF WE COULD EXPAND IT 6798 03:22:13,654 --> 03:22:15,122 TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET, OR EVEN 6799 03:22:15,189 --> 03:22:16,190 SMALLER LOTS, THAT WOULD BE 6800 03:22:16,257 --> 03:22:17,859 GREAT. I LIVE IN A TOWNHOUSE, 6801 03:22:17,925 --> 03:22:19,627 AND I HAVE TO WALK UP STAIRS 6802 03:22:19,694 --> 03:22:21,562 OVER AND OVER AGAIN ALL DAY. SO 6803 03:22:21,629 --> 03:22:26,434 I THINK I WOULD APPRECIATE 6804 03:22:26,501 --> 03:22:28,035 LIVING IN A STACKED FLAT 6805 03:22:28,102 --> 03:22:30,271 INSTEAD. ALSO I HOPE THAT WE CAN 6806 03:22:30,338 --> 03:22:31,439 EXPAND UPZONES ALONG TRANSIT 6807 03:22:31,506 --> 03:22:33,107 CORRIDORS. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE 6808 03:22:33,174 --> 03:22:34,675 UPZONING JUST ALONG ONE BLOCK OF 6809 03:22:34,742 --> 03:22:35,443 TRANSIT CORRIDORS, BUT PEOPLE 6810 03:22:35,510 --> 03:22:38,412 CAN WALK MORE THAN JUST ONE 6811 03:22:38,479 --> 03:22:40,915 BLOCK TO GET TO THE BUS. AND 6812 03:22:40,982 --> 03:22:44,318 THEN ALSO I'D LIKE FOR US TO 6813 03:22:44,385 --> 03:22:48,422 KEEP ALL 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 6814 03:22:48,489 --> 03:22:50,291 THAT WERE PROPOSED. ALL RIGHT, 6815 03:22:50,358 --> 03:22:52,293 SOME EXTRAS HERE. ALLOW FOR MORE 6816 03:22:52,360 --> 03:22:53,294 MIXED USES. SO CORNER STORES, I 6817 03:22:53,361 --> 03:22:55,863 DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD ONLY BE 6818 03:22:55,930 --> 03:22:57,532 ALLOWED ON CORNERS. I THINK 6819 03:22:57,598 --> 03:22:59,667 PEOPLE MAYBE TOOK THAT TOO 6820 03:22:59,734 --> 03:23:00,268 LITERALLY. I'D LOVE MAYBE 6821 03:23:00,334 --> 03:23:01,502 CORRIDOR STORES. AND THEN ALSO 6822 03:23:01,569 --> 03:23:02,970 IF WE WANT TO HAVE AFFORDABLE 6823 03:23:03,037 --> 03:23:05,506 HOUSING, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE 6824 03:23:05,573 --> 03:23:06,374 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS 6825 03:23:06,440 --> 03:23:09,010 CITYWIDE, NOT JUST IN A FEW 6826 03:23:09,076 --> 03:23:14,282 SELECT AREAS. THANK YOU VERY 6827 03:23:14,348 --> 03:23:14,482 MUCH. 6828 03:23:14,549 --> 03:23:15,149 >> THANK YOU. SPEAKER 86. HELLO. 6829 03:23:15,216 --> 03:23:17,752 >> HELLO, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON 6830 03:23:17,818 --> 03:23:19,587 BEHALF OF THE TRANSIT RIDERS 6831 03:23:19,654 --> 03:23:20,788 UNION. WE REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF 6832 03:23:20,855 --> 03:23:21,923 TRANSIT RIDERS ACROSS SEATTLE 6833 03:23:21,989 --> 03:23:24,125 AND KING COUNTY. MOST OF US ARE 6834 03:23:24,191 --> 03:23:26,093 ALSO RENTERS. WE ARE HERE TO 6835 03:23:26,160 --> 03:23:27,295 ADVOCATE FOR DENSER HOUSING, 6836 03:23:27,361 --> 03:23:28,329 MORE HOUSING TYPES, AND MIXED 6837 03:23:28,396 --> 03:23:30,965 USES NEAR TRANSIT IN THE ONE 6838 03:23:31,032 --> 03:23:31,832 SEATTLE PLAN. WE KNOW THE IMPACT 6839 03:23:31,899 --> 03:23:32,967 LONG COMMUTES HAVE ON WORKERS 6840 03:23:33,034 --> 03:23:35,703 AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS 6841 03:23:35,770 --> 03:23:37,204 OUR ENVIRONMENT. SEATTLE IS 6842 03:23:37,271 --> 03:23:38,339 CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING THE MOST 6843 03:23:38,406 --> 03:23:40,474 AMBITIOUS TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN 6844 03:23:40,541 --> 03:23:42,643 OF ANY U.S. CITY, AND WITHOUT 6845 03:23:42,710 --> 03:23:45,413 COMPLEMENTARY LAND USE POLICY, 6846 03:23:45,479 --> 03:23:50,885 THOSE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS WILL 6847 03:23:50,952 --> 03:23:52,053 NEVER REACH THEIR FULL 6848 03:23:52,119 --> 03:23:53,421 POTENTIAL. WE URGE THE COUNCIL 6849 03:23:53,487 --> 03:23:54,789 TO EXPAND THE UPZONED AREAS 6850 03:23:54,855 --> 03:23:56,223 AROUND TRANSIT TO ALLOW FOR MID 6851 03:23:56,290 --> 03:23:57,892 RISE HOUSING IN ALL AREAS WITHIN 6852 03:23:57,959 --> 03:23:59,226 A QUARTER MILE OF FREQUENT BUS 6853 03:23:59,293 --> 03:24:01,295 SERVICE AND HALF MILE OF LIGHT 6854 03:24:01,362 --> 03:24:05,933 RAIL. THESE ZONES SHOULD BE 6855 03:24:06,000 --> 03:24:08,102 MIXED USE TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE 6856 03:24:08,169 --> 03:24:09,070 SPACE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 6857 03:24:09,136 --> 03:24:10,371 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING SHOULD NOT 6858 03:24:10,438 --> 03:24:13,708 BE RELEGATED ONLY TO NOISY AND 6859 03:24:13,774 --> 03:24:14,875 DANGEROUS ARTERIALS. WE URGE 6860 03:24:14,942 --> 03:24:17,411 COUNCIL TO REMOVE MINIMUM LOT 6861 03:24:17,478 --> 03:24:21,482 SIZES FOR STACKED FLATS IN 6862 03:24:21,549 --> 03:24:22,783 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES 6863 03:24:22,850 --> 03:24:26,020 AND REMOVE PARKING MINIMUMS. THE 6864 03:24:26,087 --> 03:24:27,855 COMP PLAN SHOULD ALIGN THE -- 6865 03:24:27,922 --> 03:24:34,261 MIXED INCOME MODEL IN ORDER TO 6866 03:24:34,328 --> 03:24:36,364 ALLOW FOR MORE -- MUST INCLUDE 6867 03:24:36,430 --> 03:24:38,432 EXISTING TENANT SERVICES AND 6868 03:24:38,499 --> 03:24:41,402 RENTER PROTECTIONS TO ACTUALLY 6869 03:24:41,469 --> 03:24:42,937 PREVENT RENTER DISPLACEMENT. 6870 03:24:43,004 --> 03:24:44,705 FINALLY, WE ASK THAT COUNCIL 6871 03:24:44,772 --> 03:24:46,073 REINSTATE THE PROPOSED 6872 03:24:46,140 --> 03:24:47,375 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS FROM THE 6873 03:24:47,441 --> 03:24:51,545 ORIGINAL PLAN UPDATE THAT WERE 6874 03:24:51,612 --> 03:24:53,447 REMOVED DURING THE PREVIOUS 6875 03:24:53,514 --> 03:24:57,218 PHASE. ALL OF SEATTLE NEEDS TO 6876 03:24:57,284 --> 03:24:57,685 CONTRIBUTE, OTHERWISE 6877 03:24:57,752 --> 03:24:58,919 HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AREAS 6878 03:24:58,986 --> 03:25:01,922 WILL BE MORE -- EVEN MORE 6879 03:25:01,989 --> 03:25:04,425 EXCLUSIVE TO WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS. 6880 03:25:04,492 --> 03:25:05,826 WE BELIEVE THESE CHANGES TO THE 6881 03:25:05,893 --> 03:25:08,396 ONE SEATTLE PLAN WILL CREATE A 6882 03:25:08,462 --> 03:25:10,331 MORE AFFORDABLE AND HEALTHY 6883 03:25:10,398 --> 03:25:12,833 SEATTLE THAT SERVES EVERYONE'S 6884 03:25:12,900 --> 03:25:13,968 NEEDS. THANK YOU. 6885 03:25:14,035 --> 03:25:17,605 >> THANK YOU. NEXT, BRENT, 6886 03:25:17,672 --> 03:25:20,474 HOLLY, GALEN, AND LYNN. 6887 03:25:20,541 --> 03:25:21,142 >> NO 87? 6888 03:25:21,208 --> 03:25:23,244 >> 87? WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU? 6889 03:25:23,310 --> 03:25:24,545 >> I'M NUMBER 88. 6890 03:25:24,612 --> 03:25:26,347 >> YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 6891 03:25:26,414 --> 03:25:28,983 >> ALL RIGHT, MY NAME IS HOLLY. 6892 03:25:29,050 --> 03:25:30,651 IT'S FUNNY, IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE 6893 03:25:30,718 --> 03:25:32,319 I'M A REAL TREE PERSON. I TALK 6894 03:25:32,386 --> 03:25:33,854 ABOUT TREES ALL THE TIME. IT'S 6895 03:25:33,921 --> 03:25:36,924 PROBABLY REALLY ANNOYING TO MY 6896 03:25:36,991 --> 03:25:39,827 FRIENDS. I'M NOT HERE ABOUT 6897 03:25:39,894 --> 03:25:41,996 TREES TODAY. I CURRENTLY RENT A 6898 03:25:42,063 --> 03:25:43,464 UNIT IN A STACKED FLAT. AGREE 6899 03:25:43,531 --> 03:25:45,633 IT'S AWESOME. I GREW UP IN WEST 6900 03:25:45,700 --> 03:25:48,502 SEATTLE, AND I HAPPENED TO COME 6901 03:25:48,569 --> 03:25:49,637 FROM FOUR GENERATIONS OF WEST 6902 03:25:49,704 --> 03:25:50,237 SEATTLEITES, WHICH DOESN'T 6903 03:25:50,304 --> 03:25:51,806 MATTER BUT I THINK IS KIND OF 6904 03:25:51,872 --> 03:25:52,907 FUN. I'M PLANNING TO HAVE KIDS 6905 03:25:52,973 --> 03:25:54,975 IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND MY 6906 03:25:55,042 --> 03:25:57,812 DREAM IS TO LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE 6907 03:25:57,878 --> 03:26:00,014 AND RAISE THAT SIXTH GENERATION 6908 03:26:00,081 --> 03:26:02,450 NEAR MY PARENTS. I PICTURE 6909 03:26:02,516 --> 03:26:03,818 LIVING IN A TRIPLEX, FLAT, 6910 03:26:03,884 --> 03:26:05,953 CONDO, SOME OTHER MULTIFAMILY 6911 03:26:06,020 --> 03:26:07,621 HOUSING IN A WALKABLE 6912 03:26:07,688 --> 03:26:09,824 NEIGHBORHOOD. A CITY FULL OF 6913 03:26:09,890 --> 03:26:10,825 MILLION DOLLAR SINGLE-FAMILY 6914 03:26:10,891 --> 03:26:12,426 HOMES CAN'T SUPPORT MY DREAM. A 6915 03:26:12,493 --> 03:26:14,528 SLOWED DOWN APPROACH TO GROWTH 6916 03:26:14,595 --> 03:26:15,930 CAN'T SUPPORT MY DREAM. WE NEED 6917 03:26:15,996 --> 03:26:17,465 EXPANDED ZONING TO ALLOW FOR 6918 03:26:17,531 --> 03:26:19,800 MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE 6919 03:26:19,867 --> 03:26:21,869 AND RAISE FAMILIES IN OUR 6920 03:26:21,936 --> 03:26:24,238 BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE NEED MANY 6921 03:26:24,305 --> 03:26:26,073 MORE HOMES TO WELCOME NEW 6922 03:26:26,140 --> 03:26:28,309 RESIDENTS AS WELL AS KEEP 6923 03:26:28,375 --> 03:26:29,777 GROWING AND AGING FAMILIES FROM 6924 03:26:29,844 --> 03:26:31,245 BEING PRICED OUT. I KNOW 6925 03:26:31,312 --> 03:26:33,347 THERE'S A LOT OF RESISTANCE TO 6926 03:26:33,414 --> 03:26:35,416 SEEING CHANGE IN OUR 6927 03:26:35,483 --> 03:26:36,283 NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY FROM 6928 03:26:36,350 --> 03:26:38,819 HOMEOWNERS, BUT OUR CITY HAS 6929 03:26:38,886 --> 03:26:39,620 ALWAYS CHANGED. I KNOW THIS 6930 03:26:39,687 --> 03:26:41,388 BECAUSE MY GRANDMA WOULD TALK TO 6931 03:26:41,455 --> 03:26:42,923 ME ABOUT WHAT WEST SEATTLE USED 6932 03:26:42,990 --> 03:26:45,259 TO LOOK LIKE WHEN SHE WAS 6933 03:26:45,326 --> 03:26:46,227 GROWING UP. IT CHANGED IN MY 6934 03:26:46,293 --> 03:26:48,796 MOM'S GENERATION AND MINE, AND 6935 03:26:48,863 --> 03:26:50,698 IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO 6936 03:26:50,765 --> 03:26:51,365 CHANGE. THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6937 03:26:51,432 --> 03:26:52,533 HAS SHAPED THE FUTURE, AND THE 6938 03:26:52,600 --> 03:26:55,035 CHANGE I HOPE TO SEE IS MORE 6939 03:26:55,102 --> 03:26:56,804 DENSE, VIBRANT, AND AFFORDSABLE 6940 03:26:56,871 --> 03:26:58,606 NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ALL. THANK 6941 03:26:58,672 --> 03:26:58,806 YOU. 6942 03:26:58,873 --> 03:27:01,041 >> THANK YOU, HOLLY. GALEN WARD 6943 03:27:01,108 --> 03:27:01,675 AND LYNN DRAKE. GALEN? 6944 03:27:01,742 --> 03:27:04,812 >> HEY, GOOD EVENING, AND THANK 6945 03:27:04,879 --> 03:27:05,713 YOU FOR YOUR ENDURANCE. MY 6946 03:27:05,780 --> 03:27:12,520 NAME'S GALEN WARD AND I AM HERE 6947 03:27:12,586 --> 03:27:13,654 WITH OTHER PHINNEY RIDGE 6948 03:27:13,721 --> 03:27:19,827 NEIGHBORS TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 6949 03:27:19,894 --> 03:27:20,795 THE PLAN. OUR CITY DESPERATELY 6950 03:27:20,861 --> 03:27:22,062 NEEDS MORE HOUSING, AND I'M 6951 03:27:22,129 --> 03:27:24,498 GLAD THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT 6952 03:27:24,565 --> 03:27:27,201 HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT AND 6953 03:27:27,268 --> 03:27:28,169 TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND THIS 6954 03:27:28,235 --> 03:27:30,437 PROPOSAL'S A HUGE STEP IN THE 6955 03:27:30,504 --> 03:27:31,472 RIGHT DIRECTION. I ESPECIALLY 6956 03:27:31,539 --> 03:27:39,180 LOVE HOW THIS PLAN ENCOURAGES 6957 03:27:39,246 --> 03:27:40,915 OPEN SPACE. AND ANYTHING YOU CAN 6958 03:27:40,981 --> 03:27:42,583 DO TO IMPROVE THAT AND MAKE THAT 6959 03:27:42,650 --> 03:27:45,519 EVEN EASIER WOULD BE VERY 6960 03:27:45,586 --> 03:27:47,087 IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY. 6961 03:27:47,154 --> 03:27:48,722 WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, I 6962 03:27:48,789 --> 03:27:50,057 WAS INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE 6963 03:27:50,124 --> 03:27:52,092 ABLE TO AFFORD A PLACE IN 6964 03:27:52,159 --> 03:27:53,260 SEATTLE ON A MINIMUM WAGE 6965 03:27:53,327 --> 03:27:53,928 SALARY. THAT OPPORTUNITY CHANGED 6966 03:27:53,994 --> 03:27:55,229 MY LIFE, AND IT'S AN 6967 03:27:55,296 --> 03:27:56,897 OPPORTUNITY I WANT FOR MY TWO 6968 03:27:56,964 --> 03:27:58,265 DAUGHTERS WHEN THEY GROW UP. I 6969 03:27:58,332 --> 03:27:59,900 DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FORCED TO 6970 03:27:59,967 --> 03:28:01,202 COMMUTE TO -- FROM THE SUBURBS 6971 03:28:01,268 --> 03:28:02,770 JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD 6972 03:28:02,837 --> 03:28:04,638 TO LIVE IN THE CITY THEY CALL 6973 03:28:04,705 --> 03:28:05,739 HOME TODAY. BY BUILDING MORE 6974 03:28:05,806 --> 03:28:07,675 HOUSING OF ALL TYPES, WE CAN 6975 03:28:07,741 --> 03:28:09,109 MAKE THAT DREAM A REALITY, NOT 6976 03:28:09,176 --> 03:28:11,111 JUST FOR MY CHILDREN BUT FOR 6977 03:28:11,178 --> 03:28:12,112 COUNTLESS OTHERS SEEKING 6978 03:28:12,179 --> 03:28:14,248 OPPORTUNITY AND ALL THE AMAZING 6979 03:28:14,315 --> 03:28:17,117 THINGS THAT MAKE SEATTLE 6980 03:28:17,184 --> 03:28:18,686 SPECIAL. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE 6981 03:28:18,752 --> 03:28:19,887 CITY, BUT IT'S INCREASINGLY 6982 03:28:19,954 --> 03:28:21,121 ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE WEALTHY. 6983 03:28:21,188 --> 03:28:22,857 WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO BUILD MORE 6984 03:28:22,923 --> 03:28:24,491 HOUSING AND SHARE IT WITH MORE 6985 03:28:24,558 --> 03:28:27,494 PEOPLE, AND THIS PLAN IS A 6986 03:28:27,561 --> 03:28:29,496 WONDERFUL STEP IN THAT 6987 03:28:29,563 --> 03:28:30,331 DIRECTION. PLEASE SUPPORT, 6988 03:28:30,397 --> 03:28:32,299 EXPAND -- SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE 6989 03:28:32,366 --> 03:28:34,501 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE 30 6990 03:28:34,568 --> 03:28:35,169 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THANK YOU. 6991 03:28:35,236 --> 03:28:38,839 >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE LYNN DRAKE 6992 03:28:38,906 --> 03:28:41,675 AND THEN WE'LL JUMP BACK ONLINE 6993 03:28:41,742 --> 03:28:44,845 FOR MORGAN. PLEASE BE ON DECK TO 6994 03:28:44,912 --> 03:28:46,213 DO STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 6995 03:28:46,280 --> 03:28:47,381 >> I'M LYNN DRAKE FROM WEST 6996 03:28:47,448 --> 03:28:51,552 SEATTLE, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 6997 03:28:51,619 --> 03:28:52,653 HERE TONIGHT. I SUPPORT THE 6998 03:28:52,720 --> 03:28:54,588 BOLDEST ONE SEATTLE PLAN SO WE 6999 03:28:54,655 --> 03:28:55,823 CAN MAKE SEATTLE AFFORDABLE FOR 7000 03:28:55,890 --> 03:28:57,992 FAMILIES TO LIVE NEAR EACH OTHER 7001 03:28:58,058 --> 03:29:00,327 AND SUPPORT OUR CITIZENS OF ALL 7002 03:29:00,394 --> 03:29:02,096 INCOME LEVELS, HOUSING AT ALL 7003 03:29:02,162 --> 03:29:03,864 ECONOMIC LEVELS KEEPS OUR CITY 7004 03:29:03,931 --> 03:29:04,899 CULTURE ALIVE. I TOLD MY 7005 03:29:04,965 --> 03:29:06,767 DAUGHTER I WAS HERE TONIGHT, AND 7006 03:29:06,834 --> 03:29:08,669 SHE JUST TEXTED ME BACK AND JUST 7007 03:29:08,736 --> 03:29:11,272 SAID HOW SUPER EXCITED SHE IS 7008 03:29:11,338 --> 03:29:13,274 FOR THIS PLAN. SHE LIVES IN 7009 03:29:13,340 --> 03:29:14,975 PHINNEY RIDGE. I ALSO SUPPORT 7010 03:29:15,042 --> 03:29:17,611 ANY EFFORT TO REDUCE THE 7011 03:29:17,678 --> 03:29:18,746 BARRIERS TO BUILDING HOUSING, 7012 03:29:18,812 --> 03:29:21,248 SUCH AS ELIMINATING DESIGN 7013 03:29:21,315 --> 03:29:21,982 REVIEW AND PARKING MANDATES. 7014 03:29:22,049 --> 03:29:23,117 PLEASE DON'T DELAY, AND PASS 7015 03:29:23,183 --> 03:29:25,786 THIS ONE SEATTLE PLAN. THANK YOU 7016 03:29:25,853 --> 03:29:26,553 FOR LISTENING. 7017 03:29:26,620 --> 03:29:30,391 >> THANK YOU, LYNN. NEXT WE HAVE 7018 03:29:30,457 --> 03:29:32,526 MORGAN. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 7019 03:29:32,593 --> 03:29:34,395 REMOTE SPEAKERS. MORGAN, PLEASE 7020 03:29:34,461 --> 03:29:37,398 PRESS STAR SIX AND UNMUTE 7021 03:29:37,464 --> 03:29:37,665 YOURSELF. 7022 03:29:37,731 --> 03:29:39,733 >> HI THERE, MY NAME IS MORGAN, 7023 03:29:39,800 --> 03:29:41,869 AND I'M A HOMEOWNER ACROSS FROM 7024 03:29:41,936 --> 03:29:44,571 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S. AND I'VE 7025 03:29:44,638 --> 03:29:46,974 BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS. THE ONE 7026 03:29:47,041 --> 03:29:48,976 SEATTLE PLAN, AS IT'S CURRENTLY 7027 03:29:49,043 --> 03:29:51,278 PROPOSED, IS EXCESSIVE, AND WHO 7028 03:29:51,345 --> 03:29:53,547 IS THIS PLAN REALLY FOR? THE 7029 03:29:53,614 --> 03:29:55,215 DEVELOPERS OR THE CURRENT AND 7030 03:29:55,282 --> 03:29:56,583 FUTURE RESIDENTS? THIS PLAN 7031 03:29:56,650 --> 03:29:59,853 SHOULD BE SCALED BACK. PLEASE 7032 03:29:59,920 --> 03:30:02,089 REMOVE THE PROPOSED PLAN FROM 7033 03:30:02,156 --> 03:30:03,490 38th TO 45th AVE NORTHEAST, THIS 7034 03:30:03,557 --> 03:30:06,894 IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OR 7035 03:30:06,961 --> 03:30:09,096 THE LIKE. THE AREA HAS BEEN 7036 03:30:09,163 --> 03:30:10,397 INCORRECTLY DESIGNATED, AND 7037 03:30:10,464 --> 03:30:13,567 IT'S A BUS TURNAROUND STOP DOES 7038 03:30:13,634 --> 03:30:16,003 NOT SERVE A HIGH DENSITY 7039 03:30:16,070 --> 03:30:16,837 POPULATION. I STAND ALONGSIDE AT 7040 03:30:16,904 --> 03:30:18,405 LEAST 600 NEIGHBORS IN STRONG 7041 03:30:18,472 --> 03:30:24,111 OPPOSITION TO THIS PORTION OF 7042 03:30:24,178 --> 03:30:25,212 THE PLAN. ALSO -- DOESN'T 7043 03:30:25,279 --> 03:30:26,046 AUTOMATICALLY CREATE 7044 03:30:26,113 --> 03:30:27,348 AFFORDABILITY. IF DENSITY IS THE 7045 03:30:27,414 --> 03:30:29,216 GOAL, IT SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED 7046 03:30:29,283 --> 03:30:31,452 AROUND LIGHT RAIL STATIONS WHERE 7047 03:30:31,518 --> 03:30:34,254 THERE'S STRICT AFFORDABILITY 7048 03:30:34,321 --> 03:30:36,290 REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE IN PLACE. 7049 03:30:36,357 --> 03:30:37,458 SEATTLE'S UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS 7050 03:30:37,524 --> 03:30:38,325 DESERVE PRESERVATION, AND 7051 03:30:38,392 --> 03:30:40,260 THAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY 7052 03:30:40,327 --> 03:30:41,996 STATE LAW. WHEN WE ERASE 7053 03:30:42,062 --> 03:30:45,099 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, WE ERASE 7054 03:30:45,165 --> 03:30:47,167 COMMUNITIES. I URGE YOU TO 7055 03:30:47,234 --> 03:30:48,869 RECONSIDER THE PLAN. 7056 03:30:48,936 --> 03:30:54,675 >> THANK YOU, MORGAN. PLEASE 7057 03:30:54,742 --> 03:31:00,581 PRESS STAR SIX. 7058 03:31:00,647 --> 03:31:03,317 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 7059 03:31:03,384 --> 03:31:04,485 >> YES, LOUD AND CLEAR. 7060 03:31:04,551 --> 03:31:06,820 >> OH GREAT, THANK YOU. THANKS 7061 03:31:06,887 --> 03:31:09,456 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANKS FOR 7062 03:31:09,523 --> 03:31:12,526 STICKING THIS OUT. I WANT TO 7063 03:31:12,593 --> 03:31:15,629 TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING TREES. I 7064 03:31:15,696 --> 03:31:17,765 DON'T HAVE ANY SUPER OBJECTION 7065 03:31:17,831 --> 03:31:18,999 TO INCREASING DENSITY, ALTHOUGH 7066 03:31:19,066 --> 03:31:24,805 I AGREE THAT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS 7067 03:31:24,872 --> 03:31:26,106 MAKE PRICES COME DOWN. IT COSTS 7068 03:31:26,173 --> 03:31:28,675 $600 PER SQUARE FOOT TO BUILD A 7069 03:31:28,742 --> 03:31:30,844 BUILDING, THAT MAKES HOUSES, 7070 03:31:30,911 --> 03:31:32,246 EVEN SMALL APARTMENTS, SUPER 7071 03:31:32,312 --> 03:31:35,115 EXPENSIVE. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT 7072 03:31:35,182 --> 03:31:38,419 INCREASING DENSITY IS THE 7073 03:31:38,485 --> 03:31:40,187 PANACEA TO CREATE -- MAKING IT 7074 03:31:40,254 --> 03:31:42,790 MORE AFFORDABLE. THIS MORNING WE 7075 03:31:42,856 --> 03:31:45,926 LOST ONE OF OUR BIG NEIGHBORHOOD 7076 03:31:45,993 --> 03:31:48,495 TREES. IT WAS OVER FOUR FEET IN 7077 03:31:48,562 --> 03:31:51,832 DIAMETER. AND IT SHADED A BUNCH 7078 03:31:51,899 --> 03:31:53,233 OF OTHER PROPERTIES. SO WHEN 7079 03:31:53,300 --> 03:31:54,568 TREES ARE REMOVED, IT DOESN'T 7080 03:31:54,635 --> 03:31:57,571 AFFECT JUST THE PROPERTY ON 7081 03:31:57,638 --> 03:31:58,806 WHICH THE TREE SITS. IT AFFECTS 7082 03:31:58,872 --> 03:32:00,007 THE NEIGHBORS AROUND. AND BEING 7083 03:32:00,074 --> 03:32:05,679 UP IN THE CITY, A LOT OF THESE 7084 03:32:05,746 --> 03:32:07,181 HOUSES ARE REALLY OLD. SOME ARE 7085 03:32:07,247 --> 03:32:08,115 UNINSULATED, SO WHEN THE TREE'S 7086 03:32:08,182 --> 03:32:10,884 GONE -- AND THIS ONE WAS A BLACK 7087 03:32:10,951 --> 03:32:12,719 LOCUST, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL -- 7088 03:32:12,786 --> 03:32:14,288 THE OTHER HOUSES THAT IT USED TO 7089 03:32:14,354 --> 03:32:16,757 SHADE ARE NOW EXPOSED TO THE 7090 03:32:16,824 --> 03:32:18,325 SUN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 7091 03:32:18,392 --> 03:32:22,729 TO DEAL WITH SHADE AND COOLING 7092 03:32:22,796 --> 03:32:24,298 AND REVISING THE PLANTINGS SO IT 7093 03:32:24,364 --> 03:32:26,100 DOESN'T GET BURNED UP. I FIND 7094 03:32:26,166 --> 03:32:27,968 THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PRETTY 7095 03:32:28,035 --> 03:32:28,969 GOOD ABOUT EXTERNALIZING THOSE 7096 03:32:29,036 --> 03:32:31,605 COSTS ON TO THE NEIGHBORS, AND 7097 03:32:31,672 --> 03:32:34,208 THE NEIGHBORS DON'T GET TO SAY 7098 03:32:34,274 --> 03:32:35,109 ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, 7099 03:32:35,175 --> 03:32:37,444 THERE'S A POINT -- AND I'M NOT 7100 03:32:37,511 --> 03:32:41,882 SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT VENUE, 7101 03:32:41,949 --> 03:32:44,718 BUT IN THE COMPLAINT SECTION OF 7102 03:32:44,785 --> 03:32:46,920 THE TREE OF SBCI, WHEN YOU CALL, 7103 03:32:46,987 --> 03:32:49,189 THEY KIND OF SEND SOMEONE OUT. 7104 03:32:49,256 --> 03:32:52,025 BY THE TIME THEY SHOW UP, THE 7105 03:32:52,092 --> 03:32:52,993 TREE'S USUALLY DOWN. AND ALL 7106 03:32:53,060 --> 03:32:58,065 YOU CAN DO IS COMMISERATE OVER A 7107 03:32:58,132 --> 03:32:59,666 STUMP. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME 7108 03:32:59,733 --> 03:33:00,901 MORE RAPID RESPONSE TO THAT. 7109 03:33:00,968 --> 03:33:03,070 THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 7110 03:33:03,137 --> 03:33:06,640 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 7111 03:33:06,707 --> 03:33:09,076 COLLIN FOLLOWED BY DEB. COLLIN? 7112 03:33:09,143 --> 03:33:09,843 STAR SIX. 7113 03:33:09,910 --> 03:33:11,411 >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, 7114 03:33:11,478 --> 03:33:12,012 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS 7115 03:33:12,079 --> 03:33:13,747 COLLIN. I LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL 7116 03:33:13,814 --> 03:33:17,751 AND WORK DOWNTOWN. I'M A PUBLIC 7117 03:33:17,818 --> 03:33:21,188 SERVANT, SO I UNDERSTAND THE 7118 03:33:21,255 --> 03:33:21,922 IMPORTANCE OF PROCESS. BEFORE 7119 03:33:21,989 --> 03:33:24,057 YOU IS THE RESULT OF YEARS OF 7120 03:33:24,124 --> 03:33:25,826 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I URGE YOU TO 7121 03:33:25,893 --> 03:33:26,994 ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO 7122 03:33:27,060 --> 03:33:29,730 MAXIMIZES THE NUMBER OF PLACES 7123 03:33:29,796 --> 03:33:31,131 THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO INCREASE 7124 03:33:31,198 --> 03:33:33,100 DENSITY. THERE ARE MANY REASONS, 7125 03:33:33,167 --> 03:33:34,535 BUT I'LL FOCUS ON TWO. IN THIS 7126 03:33:34,601 --> 03:33:38,372 PROCESS I'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT 7127 03:33:38,438 --> 03:33:39,740 HOUSING YOUNG PEOPLE WANT. I'M 7128 03:33:39,806 --> 03:33:41,441 35, PLEASE INDULGE ME IF I CLAIM 7129 03:33:41,508 --> 03:33:43,310 TO BE YOUNG, MY GENERATION WANTS 7130 03:33:43,377 --> 03:33:45,179 MORE OF ALL HOUSING. I HAD THE 7131 03:33:45,245 --> 03:33:47,047 GREAT FORTUNE TO SCRAPE TOGETHER 7132 03:33:47,114 --> 03:33:50,217 A 5% TOWN PAYMENT AND BUY A 7133 03:33:50,284 --> 03:33:52,586 CONDO. I LIKE MY CONDO MORE AND 7134 03:33:52,653 --> 03:33:54,922 I'D RATHER BE IN A TOWNHOUSE. 7135 03:33:54,988 --> 03:33:56,190 I'D REALLY LIKE A MANSION, BUT 7136 03:33:56,256 --> 03:33:59,459 I -- PUTS ME IN A MUCH BETTER 7137 03:33:59,526 --> 03:34:00,427 POSITION -- ECONOMIC PROSPECTS 7138 03:34:00,494 --> 03:34:03,730 AND MY ABILITY TO COMMIT TO 7139 03:34:03,797 --> 03:34:04,965 STAYING IN THE COMMUNITY. MORE 7140 03:34:05,032 --> 03:34:07,334 OPTIONS IN MORE PLACES MAKES 7141 03:34:07,401 --> 03:34:08,502 THAT MORE POSSIBLE. SECOND, I 7142 03:34:08,569 --> 03:34:10,137 ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALLOW FOR A 7143 03:34:10,204 --> 03:34:12,272 DIVERSE MIX OF HOUSING OPTIONS 7144 03:34:12,339 --> 03:34:13,507 IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD POSSIBLE. 7145 03:34:13,574 --> 03:34:14,608 THE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 7146 03:34:14,675 --> 03:34:18,779 THERE ARE, THE LESS GROWTH EACH 7147 03:34:18,845 --> 03:34:19,947 MUST ABSORB. PEOPLE'S LIVES 7148 03:34:20,013 --> 03:34:25,419 CHANGE AND WITH THAT SO DO THEIR 7149 03:34:25,485 --> 03:34:26,620 HOUSING NEEDS. BY ALLOWING A 7150 03:34:26,687 --> 03:34:28,055 DIVERSE MIX OF HOUSING OPTIONS 7151 03:34:28,121 --> 03:34:29,423 WITH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND 7152 03:34:29,489 --> 03:34:31,225 AMENITIES TO MATCH, PEOPLE CAN 7153 03:34:31,291 --> 03:34:32,492 CHOOSE THE HOUSING OPTION THAT 7154 03:34:32,559 --> 03:34:34,995 WORKS FOR THEM AT EACH STAGE OF 7155 03:34:35,062 --> 03:34:36,530 THEIR LIFE WITHOUT SACRIFICING 7156 03:34:36,597 --> 03:34:37,731 THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THAT 7157 03:34:37,798 --> 03:34:39,099 MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS VIBRANT AND 7158 03:34:39,166 --> 03:34:40,267 LIFE WORTH LIVING. WHEN I THINK 7159 03:34:40,334 --> 03:34:41,702 ABOUT MY FOREVER HOME, I DO NOT 7160 03:34:41,768 --> 03:34:43,971 PICTURE A BUILDING OR A ROOM, I 7161 03:34:44,037 --> 03:34:44,938 PICTURE SEATTLE. SEATTLE IS AN 7162 03:34:45,005 --> 03:34:45,606 INCREDIBLE CITY THAT WILL 7163 03:34:45,672 --> 03:34:47,207 CONTINUE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM 7164 03:34:47,274 --> 03:34:48,442 ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND I 7165 03:34:48,508 --> 03:34:49,776 ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP IT BE A 7166 03:34:49,843 --> 03:34:51,645 FOREVER HOME FOR ALL THOSE WHO 7167 03:34:51,712 --> 03:34:52,980 WANT TO BUILD AN EVEN BETTER 7168 03:34:53,046 --> 03:34:54,748 SEATTLE WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE 7169 03:34:54,815 --> 03:34:55,315 ALREADY OR NOT. THIS 7170 03:34:55,382 --> 03:34:56,750 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS YOUR BEST 7171 03:34:56,817 --> 03:34:59,486 CHANCE TO DO SO. DO NOT LET IT 7172 03:34:59,553 --> 03:35:02,456 SLIP BY IN THE NAME OF PROCESS. 7173 03:35:02,522 --> 03:35:03,757 DO NOT LET THE PERFECT BE THE 7174 03:35:03,824 --> 03:35:06,426 ENEMY OF THE GOOD OR THE 7175 03:35:06,493 --> 03:35:08,895 NECESSARY. THANK YOU. 7176 03:35:08,962 --> 03:35:11,732 >> NEXT DEB FOLLOWED BY IRENE. 7177 03:35:11,798 --> 03:35:14,234 >> HI, I'M DEB AND I LIVE IN 7178 03:35:14,301 --> 03:35:15,502 THE PROPOSED MAPLE LEAF 7179 03:35:15,569 --> 03:35:18,305 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND ONE OF 7180 03:35:18,372 --> 03:35:20,841 THE 1,060 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE 7181 03:35:20,907 --> 03:35:22,943 PETITION TO REMOVE MAPLE LEAF AS 7182 03:35:23,010 --> 03:35:23,977 A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. WE 7183 03:35:24,044 --> 03:35:26,780 UNDERSTAND THE DIRE NEED FOR 7184 03:35:26,847 --> 03:35:29,516 HOUSING OPTIONS, BUT AS I READ 7185 03:35:29,583 --> 03:35:34,554 THE DOCUMENTS, ATTENDED THE 7186 03:35:34,621 --> 03:35:36,123 MEETINGS, I HAVE NO ASSURANCE. A 7187 03:35:36,189 --> 03:35:38,258 RECENT MEETING INDICATED THAT 7188 03:35:38,325 --> 03:35:39,693 FIVE TO SIX-STORY APARTMENT 7189 03:35:39,760 --> 03:35:42,396 BUILDINGS ARE THE ONLY OPTION 7190 03:35:42,462 --> 03:35:43,130 FOR DEVELOPERS IN NEIGHBORHOOD 7191 03:35:43,196 --> 03:35:43,930 CENTERS. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED 7192 03:35:43,997 --> 03:35:46,400 WITH THE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT 7193 03:35:46,466 --> 03:35:49,436 TREE CANOPY AND ADVERSE STORM 7194 03:35:49,503 --> 03:35:55,742 WATER EFFECTS. I WAS CURIOUS TO 7195 03:35:55,809 --> 03:35:57,177 FIND -- HOURS PREPARING -- TREE 7196 03:35:57,244 --> 03:35:59,046 CANOPY LOSS WILL BE MITIGATED BY 7197 03:35:59,112 --> 03:36:01,982 THE TREE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS 7198 03:36:02,049 --> 03:36:02,783 COMPLETELY INADEQUATE. IT 7199 03:36:02,849 --> 03:36:03,950 SUGGESTS WE STUDY ITS 7200 03:36:04,017 --> 03:36:06,219 EFFECTIVENESS. WE DON'T NEED A 7201 03:36:06,286 --> 03:36:11,558 STUDY, WE NEED A STRONGER 7202 03:36:11,625 --> 03:36:15,929 ORDINANCE ASAP. I HAVE NO FAITH 7203 03:36:15,996 --> 03:36:17,731 IN THE CITY TO PROTECT TREES. I 7204 03:36:17,798 --> 03:36:24,805 INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A WALK 7205 03:36:24,871 --> 03:36:26,239 IN MAPLE LEAF. STORM WATER IS 7206 03:36:26,306 --> 03:36:32,813 THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF CON TAM 7207 03:36:32,879 --> 03:36:48,562 CONTAMINANTS TO THEPUGET SOUND. 7208 03:36:48,628 --> 03:36:50,797 THAT STANDARD IS FALSE AND I WAS 7209 03:36:50,864 --> 03:36:53,066 SHOCKED TO SEE IT. I SPENT 40 7210 03:36:53,133 --> 03:36:53,633 YEARS IN AQUATIC SCIENCES 7211 03:36:53,700 --> 03:36:54,935 WORKING IN KING COUNTY IN 7212 03:36:55,001 --> 03:36:57,137 SEATTLE, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU 7213 03:36:57,204 --> 03:37:00,841 THAT LOW LEVELS OF STORM WATER 7214 03:37:00,907 --> 03:37:03,777 CONTAMINANTS FILL UP -- MOST 7215 03:37:03,844 --> 03:37:05,312 DEFINITELY -- TOXIC LEVELS 7216 03:37:05,379 --> 03:37:07,514 IMPACTING -- I URGE YOU TO 7217 03:37:07,581 --> 03:37:08,849 LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS AND PASS 7218 03:37:08,915 --> 03:37:11,318 LEGISLATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 7219 03:37:11,385 --> 03:37:13,286 HB 111 BUT PAUSE THE OTHER 7220 03:37:13,353 --> 03:37:15,255 PLANNED UPZONES UNTIL THE ISSUES 7221 03:37:15,322 --> 03:37:18,525 YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT 7222 03:37:18,592 --> 03:37:19,226 ARE -- 7223 03:37:19,292 --> 03:37:28,969 >> NEXT IRENE FOLLOWED BY ANGE 7224 03:37:29,035 --> 03:37:29,836 ANGELIS. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 7225 03:37:29,903 --> 03:37:32,606 >> MY NAME IS IRENE, AND I'M A 7226 03:37:32,672 --> 03:37:34,307 SEVEN DATE SEATTLE RESIDENT. I 7227 03:37:34,374 --> 03:37:39,346 HAPPEN TO LIVE IN PHINNEY RIDGE. 7228 03:37:39,413 --> 03:37:41,047 UNDER THE PROPOSED COMP PLAN 7229 03:37:41,114 --> 03:37:42,149 ZONING, SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS 7230 03:37:42,215 --> 03:37:44,718 BECOME AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET 7231 03:37:44,785 --> 03:37:47,354 FOR DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE 7232 03:37:47,421 --> 03:37:47,888 EQUITY FUNDERS. DESPITE 7233 03:37:47,954 --> 03:37:48,688 WIDESPREAD UPZONES, THE 7234 03:37:48,755 --> 03:37:51,124 PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WILL NOT 7235 03:37:51,191 --> 03:37:51,825 PRODUCE THE DESIRED 7236 03:37:51,892 --> 03:37:54,094 AFFORDABILITY. AS LONG AS WE ARE 7237 03:37:54,161 --> 03:37:57,364 A CITY WHERE INCOME INEQUALITY 7238 03:37:57,431 --> 03:37:58,198 GROWS EVERY YEAR. PRIVATE 7239 03:37:58,265 --> 03:38:00,467 DEVELOPERS WILL NOT BUILD TO 7240 03:38:00,534 --> 03:38:03,503 RENT FOR LESS AND LOSE MONEY. AS 7241 03:38:03,570 --> 03:38:05,338 MANY HAVE TESTIFIED TONIGHT, 7242 03:38:05,405 --> 03:38:08,141 SLOW DOWN AND FOCUS ON PHASE ONE 7243 03:38:08,208 --> 03:38:12,846 ONLY TO SEE HOW HOUSE BILL 1110 7244 03:38:12,913 --> 03:38:15,015 PLAYS OUT TO GENERATE THIS 7245 03:38:15,081 --> 03:38:19,019 SO-CALLED MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING 7246 03:38:19,085 --> 03:38:21,421 AND WHETHER THAT MEETS THE 7247 03:38:21,488 --> 03:38:23,356 LEVELS DESIRED. HOLD OFF ON THE 7248 03:38:23,423 --> 03:38:24,357 UNWARRANTED CREATION OF 7249 03:38:24,424 --> 03:38:25,358 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHICH ARE 7250 03:38:25,425 --> 03:38:33,266 THE SOURCE OF SO MUCH TENSION 7251 03:38:33,333 --> 03:38:35,335 OVER THE PLAN. EXHIBIT 2.24-27, 7252 03:38:35,402 --> 03:38:37,671 HOUSING GROWTH BY LOCATION IN 7253 03:38:37,737 --> 03:38:39,272 THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, SHOWS 7254 03:38:39,339 --> 03:38:40,207 94% OF THE AGREED UPON NEW 7255 03:38:40,273 --> 03:38:42,976 HOUSING UNITS CAN BE MET BY A 7256 03:38:43,043 --> 03:38:46,146 COMBINATION OF THE GROWTH IN 7257 03:38:46,213 --> 03:38:47,314 URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER HOUSE 7258 03:38:47,380 --> 03:38:49,416 BILL 1110 PLUS THE REGIONAL AND 7259 03:38:49,483 --> 03:38:50,851 URBAN CENTERS THAT ALREADY 7260 03:38:50,917 --> 03:38:52,953 EXIST. THE PASSIONATE CRY FOR 7261 03:38:53,019 --> 03:38:58,158 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 7262 03:38:58,225 --> 03:38:59,759 EVERYWHERE ASSUMES THAT A 7263 03:38:59,826 --> 03:39:01,328 GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPRESSED CITY 7264 03:39:01,394 --> 03:39:06,032 LIKE SEATTLE HAS -- AND FOR NO 7265 03:39:06,099 --> 03:39:08,168 MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME. 7266 03:39:08,235 --> 03:39:10,837 YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT OUR 7267 03:39:10,904 --> 03:39:12,138 PUGET SOUND JOINT PLANNING 7268 03:39:12,205 --> 03:39:13,073 REGION INCLUDES MANY OTHER 7269 03:39:13,139 --> 03:39:15,275 CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HAVE 7270 03:39:15,342 --> 03:39:17,978 PLENTY OF CAPACITY FOR GROWTH 7271 03:39:18,044 --> 03:39:20,647 FOR BOTH HOUSING AND JOBS 7272 03:39:20,714 --> 03:39:21,882 WITHOUT CAUSING SPRAWL, 7273 03:39:21,948 --> 03:39:23,316 INCLUDING THOSE WITH NEW AND 7274 03:39:23,383 --> 03:39:27,320 FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AND 7275 03:39:27,387 --> 03:39:28,021 BUS RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE. 7276 03:39:28,088 --> 03:39:29,289 PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO 7277 03:39:29,356 --> 03:39:31,925 CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU APPROVE 7278 03:39:31,992 --> 03:39:35,295 THIS COMP PLAN. THANK YOU. 7279 03:39:35,362 --> 03:39:37,597 >> THANK YOU. ANGELIS -- I'M 7280 03:39:37,664 --> 03:39:39,533 BUTCHERING YOUR NAME, I 7281 03:39:39,599 --> 03:39:40,433 APOLOGIZE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 7282 03:39:40,500 --> 03:39:40,634 SIX. 7283 03:39:40,700 --> 03:39:45,505 >> YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 7284 03:39:45,572 --> 03:39:46,706 >> YES. GO AHEAD. 7285 03:39:46,773 --> 03:39:48,308 >> OKAY, MY NAME IS ANGELIS, AND 7286 03:39:48,375 --> 03:39:51,845 I GREW UP IN THE SEATTLE AREA. I 7287 03:39:51,912 --> 03:39:54,548 WENT TO COLLEGE OUT OF STATE -- 7288 03:39:54,614 --> 03:39:56,550 HOWEVER I WANT TO AFFORD A HOME 7289 03:39:56,616 --> 03:39:58,451 AND IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THAT 7290 03:39:58,518 --> 03:40:00,287 CAN BE POSSIBLE. I HAVE A NUMBER 7291 03:40:00,353 --> 03:40:02,255 OF COMMENTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE 7292 03:40:02,322 --> 03:40:03,957 PLAN AS THE CURRENT VISION IS 7293 03:40:04,024 --> 03:40:06,526 NOT AS AMBITIOUS AS IT NEEDS TO 7294 03:40:06,593 --> 03:40:08,028 BE. I HEAR THE ARGUMENTSES 7295 03:40:08,094 --> 03:40:10,196 AGAINST UPZONING IN CERTAIN 7296 03:40:10,263 --> 03:40:11,464 AREAS AS BEING INCORRECT, 7297 03:40:11,531 --> 03:40:13,333 QUOTE,UNQUOTE, BECAUSE THERE'S 7298 03:40:13,400 --> 03:40:17,938 NOT ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE, 7299 03:40:18,004 --> 03:40:19,072 PARKING, OR TO PRESERVE 7300 03:40:19,139 --> 03:40:19,506 CHARACTER. HOWEVER, 7301 03:40:19,573 --> 03:40:20,507 INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE BUILT -- 7302 03:40:20,574 --> 03:40:22,208 THINLY VEILED WAY TO KEEP THE 7303 03:40:22,275 --> 03:40:23,143 DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 7304 03:40:23,209 --> 03:40:25,579 FROM CHANGING. AT THE END OF THE 7305 03:40:25,645 --> 03:40:28,982 DAY, OUR CITY NEEDS CHANGE, AND 7306 03:40:29,049 --> 03:40:33,253 WE CAN'T TREAT ANY ONE 7307 03:40:33,320 --> 03:40:39,726 NEIGHBORHOOD AS PRECIOUS OR 7308 03:40:39,793 --> 03:40:40,360 UNTOUCHABLE -- PARKING INCREASES 7309 03:40:40,427 --> 03:40:43,330 THE COST OF -- SAME SPACE COULD 7310 03:40:43,396 --> 03:40:46,132 BE USED FOR MORE HOUSING, MORE 7311 03:40:46,199 --> 03:40:48,068 GREEN SPACES, OR MORE RETAIL. 7312 03:40:48,134 --> 03:40:49,169 ADDITIONALLY, LOT COVERAGE 7313 03:40:49,235 --> 03:40:50,870 GUIDELINES ARE UNNECESSARILY 7314 03:40:50,937 --> 03:40:52,672 LIMITING AND PREVENT SMALL LOTS 7315 03:40:52,739 --> 03:40:55,909 IN UPZONES AND OUR AREAS -- 7316 03:40:55,976 --> 03:40:57,043 FIRST PLACE. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO 7317 03:40:57,110 --> 03:40:58,645 TURN MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR LOT 7318 03:40:58,712 --> 03:41:00,013 INTO HOUSING, THEY SHOULD BE 7319 03:41:00,080 --> 03:41:01,815 ABLE TO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 7320 03:41:01,881 --> 03:41:03,350 ATTENTION, AND PLEASE KEEP OUR 7321 03:41:03,416 --> 03:41:04,517 CITY MOVING TOWARD THE FUTURE, 7322 03:41:04,584 --> 03:41:06,453 NOT STUCK IN THE NOSTALGIA OF 7323 03:41:06,519 --> 03:41:06,853 THE PAST. 7324 03:41:06,920 --> 03:41:14,694 >> THANK YOU, NEXT UP JOHN 7325 03:41:14,761 --> 03:41:16,796 FERGUSON, MELISSA. JOHN, PLEASE 7326 03:41:16,863 --> 03:41:17,964 PRESS STAR SIX. 7327 03:41:18,031 --> 03:41:19,499 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 7328 03:41:19,566 --> 03:41:24,004 MY NAME IS JOHN FERGUSON, I'M A 7329 03:41:24,070 --> 03:41:25,038 RESIDENT OF LAURELHURST, AND 7330 03:41:25,105 --> 03:41:26,940 I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS. I 7331 03:41:27,007 --> 03:41:30,677 WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 7332 03:41:30,744 --> 03:41:31,878 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERALL BUT 7333 03:41:31,945 --> 03:41:33,146 MY STRONG OBJECTION TO ONE 7334 03:41:33,213 --> 03:41:34,047 COMPONENT OF THAT PLAN, AND 7335 03:41:34,114 --> 03:41:36,116 THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK 7336 03:41:36,182 --> 03:41:39,686 TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT IS 7337 03:41:39,753 --> 03:41:40,754 THE UPZONING OF NORTHEAST 45th 7338 03:41:40,820 --> 03:41:43,490 STREET. THERE ARE FOUR REASONS 7339 03:41:43,556 --> 03:41:50,930 WHY I OBJECT TO THIS. ONE IS IT 7340 03:41:50,997 --> 03:41:52,966 DOESN'T QUALIFY. HOUSE BILL 7341 03:41:53,033 --> 03:41:54,734 1110 REQUIRES THAT -- HIGH 7342 03:41:54,801 --> 03:41:56,803 FREQUENCY TRANSIT LINES, THE BUS 7343 03:41:56,870 --> 03:42:03,109 ROUTE UP 45th IS NEITHER OF 7344 03:42:03,176 --> 03:42:05,545 THOSE. THEY ACTUALLY TURN AROUND 7345 03:42:05,612 --> 03:42:09,349 -- FOR THE BUS DRIVERS. NOT EVEN 7346 03:42:09,416 --> 03:42:11,584 NEEDED THE PARTICIPATION, THE 7347 03:42:11,651 --> 03:42:13,787 UTILIZATION IS LOW. AND CHILDREN 7348 03:42:13,853 --> 03:42:18,124 ARE SERVED BY BUSES THAT GO 7349 03:42:18,191 --> 03:42:24,030 ALONG 40th AVENUE AND SAND 7350 03:42:24,097 --> 03:42:25,432 POINT. SECONDLY, NORTHEAST 45th 7351 03:42:25,498 --> 03:42:27,200 STREET AS THE UPZONING AREA 7352 03:42:27,267 --> 03:42:29,169 VIOLATES HOUSE BILL 1110 BECAUSE 7353 03:42:29,235 --> 03:42:34,274 IT WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF 7354 03:42:34,340 --> 03:42:37,711 THIS STREET LINED SINGLE-FAMILY 7355 03:42:37,777 --> 03:42:40,780 NEIGHBORHOOD. THIRD, IT'S NOT 7356 03:42:40,847 --> 03:42:42,115 NEEDED. HOUSE BILL 1110 REQUIRES 7357 03:42:42,182 --> 03:42:45,218 SEATTLE TO ALLOW FOUR UNITS OF 7358 03:42:45,285 --> 03:42:50,790 DEVELOPMENT ON A LOT. THIS COULD 7359 03:42:50,857 --> 03:42:53,226 HAPPEN ORGANICALLY ALONG 45th AS 7360 03:42:53,293 --> 03:42:56,463 MARKET FORCES ALLOW AND NOT 7361 03:42:56,529 --> 03:42:58,098 REQUIRE DRACONIAN REZONING. AND 7362 03:42:58,164 --> 03:43:02,302 FOURTH, THERE ARE A LOT BETTER 7363 03:43:02,368 --> 03:43:04,104 OPTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, ALONG THE 7364 03:43:04,170 --> 03:43:06,606 LIGHT RAIL OR INFILL AND 7365 03:43:06,673 --> 03:43:08,975 DEVELOPMENT. AND IF PEOPLE THINK 7366 03:43:09,042 --> 03:43:10,376 THAT THE PURPOSE -- GOING BACK 7367 03:43:10,443 --> 03:43:13,513 TO THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL TO 7368 03:43:13,580 --> 03:43:14,948 HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU 7369 03:43:15,014 --> 03:43:17,350 WON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 7370 03:43:17,417 --> 03:43:18,284 BASED ON LAURELHURST PRICES. 7371 03:43:18,351 --> 03:43:19,085 THANK YOU. 7372 03:43:19,152 --> 03:43:24,891 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. NEXT WE HAVE 7373 03:43:24,958 --> 03:43:25,825 MELISSA AND FOLLOWED BY COLETTE. 7374 03:43:25,892 --> 03:43:29,229 MELISSA? PRESS STAR SIX AND 7375 03:43:29,295 --> 03:43:29,929 YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 7376 03:43:29,996 --> 03:43:33,566 >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 7377 03:43:33,633 --> 03:43:34,234 COUNCILMEMBERS. IN DEFERENCE TO 7378 03:43:34,300 --> 03:43:36,536 OTHERS WAITING, I'LL LIMIT MY 7379 03:43:36,603 --> 03:43:38,638 COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE. THANK 7380 03:43:38,705 --> 03:43:41,341 YOU, ALEX BRENNAN, FOR BRINGING 7381 03:43:41,407 --> 03:43:43,543 THAT ARE IDEA FORWARD. I'M 7382 03:43:43,610 --> 03:43:44,377 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IAE 7383 03:43:44,444 --> 03:43:46,513 SEATTLE, AN ORGANIZATION OF 7384 03:43:46,579 --> 03:43:49,282 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BUSINESS 7385 03:43:49,349 --> 03:43:50,483 OWNERS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND 7386 03:43:50,550 --> 03:43:51,918 COMMUNITY ENGAGED FOLKS WHO 7387 03:43:51,985 --> 03:43:54,788 ENVISION A LIVABLE CITY WHERE 7388 03:43:54,854 --> 03:43:57,657 DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS, 7389 03:43:57,724 --> 03:43:59,292 AMENITIES, AND TRANSIT ARE 7390 03:43:59,359 --> 03:44:00,727 WITHIN EASY REACH FOR ALL. 7391 03:44:00,794 --> 03:44:03,897 SEATTLE'S A CITY KNOWN FOR 7392 03:44:03,963 --> 03:44:05,165 INNOVATION AND BUSINESS. OUR 7393 03:44:05,231 --> 03:44:06,733 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SHOULD 7394 03:44:06,800 --> 03:44:15,375 REFLECT AND KEEP UP WITH THAT 7395 03:44:15,441 --> 03:44:16,943 CREATIVITY. THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 7396 03:44:17,010 --> 03:44:20,180 IS NOT JUST THE MAYOR'S PLAN 7397 03:44:20,246 --> 03:44:22,215 BUT REFLECTS MULTIPLE YEARS OF 7398 03:44:22,282 --> 03:44:24,918 ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT 7399 03:44:24,984 --> 03:44:25,618 ARE NOW BEHIND US. 7400 03:44:25,685 --> 03:44:27,287 COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU MAY HEAR 7401 03:44:27,353 --> 03:44:30,056 FOLKS ASKING YOU TO SLOW DOWN. 7402 03:44:30,123 --> 03:44:33,860 THE NEED FOR HOUSING IS NOT 7403 03:44:33,927 --> 03:44:35,428 SLOWING DOWN. YOU HAVE AN 7404 03:44:35,495 --> 03:44:36,696 OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCILMEMBER 7405 03:44:36,763 --> 03:44:39,299 TO LEAD AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF 7406 03:44:39,365 --> 03:44:42,001 OUR COMMUNITIES OVER A 30-YEAR 7407 03:44:42,068 --> 03:44:43,236 PERIOD. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE 7408 03:44:43,303 --> 03:44:46,239 PLACES WHERE ORGANIC GROWTH IS 7409 03:44:46,306 --> 03:44:47,073 ALREADY HAPPENING. OUR MEMBERS 7410 03:44:47,140 --> 03:44:48,975 ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE ONE 7411 03:44:49,042 --> 03:44:50,710 SEATTLE PLAN DEVELOPED OVER 7412 03:44:50,777 --> 03:44:53,546 MULTIPLE YEARS AND INCLUDE ALL 7413 03:44:53,613 --> 03:44:54,247 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. AND I 7414 03:44:54,314 --> 03:44:57,450 INVITE EACH OF YOU TO REFER TO 7415 03:44:57,517 --> 03:44:59,853 OUR LETTER OF JANUARY 22nd FOR 7416 03:44:59,919 --> 03:45:00,887 ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING 7417 03:45:00,954 --> 03:45:04,057 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 7418 03:45:04,123 --> 03:45:05,291 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS SUPPORT 7419 03:45:05,358 --> 03:45:06,192 ECONOMIC GROWTH, WALKABLE, 7420 03:45:06,259 --> 03:45:07,093 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, AND 7421 03:45:07,160 --> 03:45:07,560 AFFORDABILITY AND 7422 03:45:07,627 --> 03:45:08,328 SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU SO 7423 03:45:08,394 --> 03:45:11,798 MUCH FOR RETAINING ALL 30 7424 03:45:11,865 --> 03:45:12,298 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 7425 03:45:12,365 --> 03:45:13,499 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. BEFORE WE 7426 03:45:13,566 --> 03:45:14,534 DO OUR LAST ONLINE SPEAKER 7427 03:45:14,601 --> 03:45:17,070 BEFORE WE BOUNCE BACK, I WANT TO 7428 03:45:17,136 --> 03:45:19,539 CALL UP SPEAKERS 91 THROUGH 100, 7429 03:45:19,606 --> 03:45:20,340 STARTING WITH PATRICK TAYLOR. 91 7430 03:45:20,406 --> 03:45:23,509 THROUGH 100 PLEASE GET READY TO 7431 03:45:23,576 --> 03:45:28,448 DO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. COLETTE, 7432 03:45:28,514 --> 03:45:29,515 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 7433 03:45:29,582 --> 03:45:31,751 >> HI THERE. I APPRECIATE THE 7434 03:45:31,818 --> 03:45:33,119 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY 7435 03:45:33,186 --> 03:45:35,154 NAME'S COLETTE ABBOTT. AND I'M 7436 03:45:35,221 --> 03:45:36,589 IN SUPPORT OF CREATING MORE 7437 03:45:36,656 --> 03:45:37,724 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THIS 7438 03:45:37,790 --> 03:45:41,294 PLAN DOESN'T HAVE PROTECTIONS 7439 03:45:41,361 --> 03:45:43,630 IN PLACE TO ENABLE AFFORDABLE 7440 03:45:43,696 --> 03:45:45,899 HOUSING. WITH DENSITY AS A GOAL, 7441 03:45:45,965 --> 03:45:48,902 IT SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED AROUND 7442 03:45:48,968 --> 03:45:50,536 AREAS WITH ADEQUATE TRANSIT OR 7443 03:45:50,603 --> 03:45:51,638 TRANSIT POTENTIAL -- DON'T 7444 03:45:51,704 --> 03:45:54,641 ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO TAKE A FEE 7445 03:45:54,707 --> 03:45:55,608 RATHER THAN CREATING AFFORDABLE 7446 03:45:55,675 --> 03:45:56,910 HOUSING. THIS PLAN AS IT STANDS, 7447 03:45:56,976 --> 03:45:59,145 IN MY OPINION, WOULDN'T REACH 7448 03:45:59,212 --> 03:46:00,280 EVERYONE THAT IT SHOULD. ALSO 7449 03:46:00,346 --> 03:46:02,348 HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS PLAN 7450 03:46:02,415 --> 03:46:04,717 INCLUDES A PORTION ON NORTHEAST 7451 03:46:04,784 --> 03:46:06,819 45th STREET FROM 35th -- 38th TO 7452 03:46:06,886 --> 03:46:08,888 45th AVENUE NORTHEAST THAT'S 7453 03:46:08,955 --> 03:46:10,390 NOT IN A DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD 7454 03:46:10,456 --> 03:46:11,891 CENTER, URBAN CENTER, OR 7455 03:46:11,958 --> 03:46:13,593 REGIONAL CENTER, AND IT'S NOT 7456 03:46:13,660 --> 03:46:14,694 NEAR MAJOR TRANSIT LINES. IT'S 7457 03:46:14,761 --> 03:46:16,729 A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A TERMINAL 7458 03:46:16,796 --> 03:46:17,697 BUS LINE THAT ENDS MIDWAY 7459 03:46:17,764 --> 03:46:19,799 THROUGH THE SECTION IN THE PLAN. 7460 03:46:19,866 --> 03:46:21,234 AND IT DOESN'T SERVE THE HIGH 7461 03:46:21,301 --> 03:46:24,103 TRANSIT AREA AND SHOULD NOT BE 7462 03:46:24,170 --> 03:46:25,872 INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. I'M JOINED 7463 03:46:25,939 --> 03:46:28,341 BY HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORS IN 7464 03:46:28,408 --> 03:46:31,344 OPPOSING THIS PORTION, AND I 7465 03:46:31,411 --> 03:46:32,612 REQUEST THAT YOU REVIEW AND 7466 03:46:32,679 --> 03:46:33,913 REMOVE THIS SMALL PORTION. THANK 7467 03:46:33,980 --> 03:46:35,448 YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 7468 03:46:35,515 --> 03:46:39,452 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO 7469 03:46:39,519 --> 03:46:40,820 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. I'M 7470 03:46:40,887 --> 03:46:41,955 ASSUMING YOU'RE PATRICK. 7471 03:46:42,021 --> 03:46:43,222 >> YEAH. 7472 03:46:43,289 --> 03:46:45,258 >> AWESOME. START WITH PATRICK, 7473 03:46:45,325 --> 03:46:46,960 THEN SUSAN, BARBARA, RACHEL, 7474 03:46:47,026 --> 03:46:52,131 PAUL, JIM, KEITH, JORDAN, AND 7475 03:46:52,198 --> 03:46:52,765 DARLENE. PATRICK, YOU'RE UP. 7476 03:46:52,832 --> 03:46:59,706 >> I HAVE A HOME IN NORTH BEACON 7477 03:46:59,772 --> 03:47:02,075 HILL. -- BRINGING IT CLOSER TO 7478 03:47:02,141 --> 03:47:02,909 OPTION FIVE, THIS RECEIVED 7479 03:47:02,976 --> 03:47:03,609 OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT, AS 7480 03:47:03,676 --> 03:47:05,678 WELL AS THAT OF MANY OF YOU. 7481 03:47:05,745 --> 03:47:07,613 IT'S GONE THROUGH YEARS OF 7482 03:47:07,680 --> 03:47:09,115 PUBLIC PROCESS. ACCORDING TO THE 7483 03:47:09,182 --> 03:47:10,750 SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 7484 03:47:10,817 --> 03:47:12,452 TRACKING POLL, HOMELESSNESS AND 7485 03:47:12,518 --> 03:47:14,153 HOUSING AFORDABILITY ARE TWO OF 7486 03:47:14,220 --> 03:47:15,922 THE TOP THREE ISSUES FOR VOTERS. 7487 03:47:15,989 --> 03:47:16,622 NOT TREES OR INFRASTRUCTURE OR 7488 03:47:16,689 --> 03:47:17,824 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OR ANY OF 7489 03:47:17,890 --> 03:47:19,559 THE CONCERNS SOME OF YOU SEEM 7490 03:47:19,625 --> 03:47:22,762 EAGER TO USE AS EXCUSES TO ALLOW 7491 03:47:22,829 --> 03:47:23,963 LESS HOUSING. EXAMPLES FROM 7492 03:47:24,030 --> 03:47:25,531 ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOW THAT 7493 03:47:25,598 --> 03:47:27,934 CITIES THAT BUILD HOUSING HAVE 7494 03:47:28,001 --> 03:47:30,636 LOWER RENTS AND LOWER HOUSING 7495 03:47:30,703 --> 03:47:33,106 COSTS. CITIES THAT DON'T SEE 7496 03:47:33,172 --> 03:47:34,741 SPIRALLING COSTS. SO IF WE WANT 7497 03:47:34,807 --> 03:47:35,808 GREATER AFFORDABILITY AND TO SEE 7498 03:47:35,875 --> 03:47:37,677 FEWER FOLKS PUSHED ON TO THE 7499 03:47:37,744 --> 03:47:39,145 STREETS, WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT 7500 03:47:39,212 --> 03:47:40,613 CHEAPER AND EASIER TO BUILD 7501 03:47:40,680 --> 03:47:42,415 HOUSING NOW. IF WE WANT TO SAVE 7502 03:47:42,482 --> 03:47:44,017 TREES AND REDUCE OUR CLIMATE 7503 03:47:44,083 --> 03:47:46,252 IMPACT, WE NEED TO BUILD URBAN 7504 03:47:46,319 --> 03:47:47,587 HOUSING, NOT SPRAWL INTO FIELDS 7505 03:47:47,653 --> 03:47:48,388 AND FARMS. THIS IS YOUR 7506 03:47:48,454 --> 03:47:49,555 OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT YOU 7507 03:47:49,622 --> 03:47:51,958 MEANT WHEN YOU RAN FOR OFFICE, 7508 03:47:52,025 --> 03:47:54,293 TO BE BOLD AND ALLOW MORE 7509 03:47:54,360 --> 03:48:00,266 HOUSING IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 7510 03:48:00,333 --> 03:48:01,234 >> THANK YOU. SUSAN? THEN 7511 03:48:01,300 --> 03:48:01,501 BARBARA. 7512 03:48:01,567 --> 03:48:02,769 >> HELLO, I'M SUSAN MOSSBURG 7513 03:48:02,835 --> 03:48:04,303 HERE FROM THE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD 7514 03:48:04,370 --> 03:48:05,905 OF MONTLAKE, ONE OF THE MANY 7515 03:48:05,972 --> 03:48:08,474 GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR 7516 03:48:08,541 --> 03:48:09,375 BEAUTIFUL CITY. THANK YOU. I'VE 7517 03:48:09,442 --> 03:48:13,046 LIVED IN MONTLAKE 35 YEARS NOW 7518 03:48:13,112 --> 03:48:15,815 AND CAN ATTEST THE CHANGES THE 7519 03:48:15,882 --> 03:48:18,151 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPOSES ARE 7520 03:48:18,217 --> 03:48:20,219 MASSIVE, BUT THE CHANGES FEEL 7521 03:48:20,286 --> 03:48:22,255 INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY COOKIE 7522 03:48:22,321 --> 03:48:23,823 CUTTER, AS IF IMPORTED FROM SOME 7523 03:48:23,890 --> 03:48:26,092 GENERIC CITY PLAN WITHOUT FEEL 7524 03:48:26,159 --> 03:48:28,127 FOR THE PLACE WE ACTUALLY LIVE 7525 03:48:28,194 --> 03:48:30,530 IN. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE 7526 03:48:30,596 --> 03:48:32,198 DESIGN DECISIONS WERE ARRIVED 7527 03:48:32,265 --> 03:48:33,966 AT, WHAT CONCERNS WERE TAKEN 7528 03:48:34,033 --> 03:48:36,769 INTO ACCOUNT, HOW THEY WERE 7529 03:48:36,836 --> 03:48:37,904 MITIGATED FOR ANY PARTICULAR 7530 03:48:37,970 --> 03:48:41,741 PLACE. IT FAILS TO BUILD ON OUR 7531 03:48:41,808 --> 03:48:43,076 NEIGHBORHOODS, IN THIS CASE 7532 03:48:43,142 --> 03:48:44,110 MONTLAKE'S HISTORIC STATUS. WE 7533 03:48:44,177 --> 03:48:47,080 CAN ALL AGREE WE NEED TO 7534 03:48:47,146 --> 03:48:47,914 ACCOMMODATE MORE HOUSING. EVERY 7535 03:48:47,980 --> 03:48:50,383 NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO DO ITS 7536 03:48:50,450 --> 03:48:51,717 SHARE. WE'RE NOT ANTI-CHANGE. 7537 03:48:51,784 --> 03:48:54,153 YES, I HAVE A HOUSE. I'M SORRY. 7538 03:48:54,220 --> 03:48:56,456 I WORKED FOR IT. I MOVED HERE AS 7539 03:48:56,522 --> 03:48:58,458 A YOUNG PERSON. I'M SORRY I 7540 03:48:58,524 --> 03:48:59,392 HAVE A HOUSE. I HOPE SOME DAY 7541 03:48:59,459 --> 03:49:01,494 YOU GET TO HAVE A PLACE TO OWN 7542 03:49:01,561 --> 03:49:04,697 AS WELL AND NOT JUST RENT. 7543 03:49:04,764 --> 03:49:05,565 BECAUSE RENT IS DIFFICULT. BUT 7544 03:49:05,631 --> 03:49:08,201 ALSO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS 7545 03:49:08,267 --> 03:49:09,535 ABOUT SEATTLE IS OUR DISTINCT 7546 03:49:09,602 --> 03:49:10,903 NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK IT'S ONE 7547 03:49:10,970 --> 03:49:12,305 OF OUR CROWN JEWELS, HOW THEY'RE 7548 03:49:12,371 --> 03:49:14,474 CONNECTED, HOW THEY PLAY OFF OF 7549 03:49:14,540 --> 03:49:16,442 EACH OTHER. AND THAT VIBRANT 7550 03:49:16,509 --> 03:49:20,813 MOSAIC WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT 7551 03:49:20,880 --> 03:49:21,747 THE STEWARDS WHO'VE UNDERSTOOD 7552 03:49:21,814 --> 03:49:22,782 THE PLACE AND CULTIVATED THE 7553 03:49:22,849 --> 03:49:25,017 GOOD ENERGY OF THIS PLACE OVER 7554 03:49:25,084 --> 03:49:26,385 TIME. NOT JUST SAID LET'S 7555 03:49:26,452 --> 03:49:28,254 CHANGE IT EVERY FIVE YEARS. 7556 03:49:28,321 --> 03:49:32,258 OKAY, WE'RE AT A CRITICAL 7557 03:49:32,325 --> 03:49:32,892 JUNCTURE, ABSOLUTELY. WE BUILT 7558 03:49:32,959 --> 03:49:33,526 SOMETHING INSPIRATIONAL THAT -- 7559 03:49:33,593 --> 03:49:36,729 OR WE CAN RIP A HOLE IN THE 7560 03:49:36,796 --> 03:49:37,830 SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL FABRIC OF 7561 03:49:37,897 --> 03:49:42,068 OUR COMMUNITIES, DOING HARM TO 7562 03:49:42,135 --> 03:49:42,969 OUR NEIGHBORS. WE URGENTLY NEED 7563 03:49:43,035 --> 03:49:44,737 THE -- RESIDENT WHERE IS I LIVE 7564 03:49:44,804 --> 03:49:46,305 WERE GIVEN NO DIRECT NOTICE 7565 03:49:46,372 --> 03:49:49,408 ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO 7566 03:49:49,475 --> 03:49:50,076 MONTLAKE IN ITS HISTORY. PLEASE, 7567 03:49:50,143 --> 03:49:52,011 PLEASE, PLEASE SLOW DOWN YOUR 7568 03:49:52,078 --> 03:49:53,179 ACTIONS ON THIS PROPOSAL, WE 7569 03:49:53,246 --> 03:49:57,817 NEED TIME TO ENGAGE THE 7570 03:49:57,884 --> 03:49:59,118 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO 7571 03:49:59,185 --> 03:50:00,686 PRESENT TO YOU, WHICH WE WANT TO 7572 03:50:00,753 --> 03:50:03,556 DO. WE WANT TO DO. THANK YOU. 7573 03:50:03,623 --> 03:50:05,191 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. NEXT 7574 03:50:05,258 --> 03:50:06,792 BARBARA FOLLOWED BY RACHEL. 7575 03:50:06,859 --> 03:50:08,361 >> HI, HELLO, MY NAME'S BARBARA 7576 03:50:08,427 --> 03:50:11,364 WRIGHT AND I'VE LIVED IN THE 7577 03:50:11,430 --> 03:50:12,265 MONTLAKE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 7578 03:50:12,331 --> 03:50:14,433 35 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR THE 7579 03:50:14,500 --> 03:50:16,235 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE 7580 03:50:16,302 --> 03:50:16,903 PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 7581 03:50:16,969 --> 03:50:19,172 SEATTLE IS DEFINED BY ITS UNIQUE 7582 03:50:19,238 --> 03:50:21,174 AND LIVELY NEIGHBORHOODS. AS WE 7583 03:50:21,240 --> 03:50:26,612 LOOK TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE 7584 03:50:26,679 --> 03:50:30,883 PLAN, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE 7585 03:50:30,950 --> 03:50:31,751 ADEQUATELY -- PRESERVES 7586 03:50:31,817 --> 03:50:33,452 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FABRIC 7587 03:50:33,519 --> 03:50:34,587 OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE 7588 03:50:34,654 --> 03:50:36,289 CURRENT ZONING PROPOSAL FOR THE 7589 03:50:36,355 --> 03:50:37,023 MONTLAKE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS SOME 7590 03:50:37,089 --> 03:50:38,491 THOUGHTFUL REVISION AS IT DOES 7591 03:50:38,558 --> 03:50:39,659 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 7592 03:50:39,725 --> 03:50:42,228 THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT BUSINESSES 7593 03:50:42,295 --> 03:50:43,796 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE 7594 03:50:43,863 --> 03:50:46,332 COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE 7595 03:50:46,399 --> 03:50:47,333 COLLABORATIVELY INVOLVED IN A 7596 03:50:47,400 --> 03:50:49,035 NEW PROPOSAL AND WE NEED TIME TO 7597 03:50:49,101 --> 03:50:51,337 BE ABLE TO TO THIS. I AM REALLY 7598 03:50:51,404 --> 03:50:54,073 ALARMED AT THE LACK OF PUBLIC 7599 03:50:54,140 --> 03:50:59,679 INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROPOSAL. 7600 03:50:59,745 --> 03:51:01,681 THE PROPOSED REDUCED SETBACKS 7601 03:51:01,747 --> 03:51:02,782 WILL REDUCE TREES AND GREENERY. 7602 03:51:02,848 --> 03:51:04,584 AS A FORMER KING COUNTY SEATTLE 7603 03:51:04,650 --> 03:51:06,252 PUBLIC HEALTH EMPLOYEE, I WORKED 7604 03:51:06,319 --> 03:51:08,955 ON HOW LAND USE DECISIONS IMPACT 7605 03:51:09,021 --> 03:51:09,655 PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS CURRENT 7606 03:51:09,722 --> 03:51:11,257 PROPOSAL DOESN'T TAKE INTO 7607 03:51:11,324 --> 03:51:14,360 CONSIDERATION ON HOW IT WILL 7608 03:51:14,427 --> 03:51:16,062 IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH. REDUCING 7609 03:51:16,128 --> 03:51:17,630 GREENERY, REDUCING SETBACKS FROM 7610 03:51:17,697 --> 03:51:18,264 BUSY STREETS, INCREASING 7611 03:51:18,331 --> 03:51:21,734 POLLUTION AND NOISE DOES NOT 7612 03:51:21,801 --> 03:51:22,735 CREATE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. A 7613 03:51:22,802 --> 03:51:24,337 WELL DESIGNED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 7614 03:51:24,403 --> 03:51:26,606 CAN FIND WAYS TO INCORPORATE 7615 03:51:26,672 --> 03:51:28,140 DENSITY AND ADDRESS ALL HOUSING 7616 03:51:28,207 --> 03:51:31,344 NEEDS IN A PLEASING AND HEALTHY 7617 03:51:31,410 --> 03:51:32,411 WAY. IF THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL IS 7618 03:51:32,478 --> 03:51:34,213 IMPLEMENTED, IT WILL BE HARMFUL 7619 03:51:34,280 --> 03:51:39,986 TO HEALTH AND HARMFUL TO OUR 7620 03:51:40,052 --> 03:51:40,786 CITY'S UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. 7621 03:51:40,853 --> 03:51:42,555 I URGE YOU TO SLOW THIS PROCESS 7622 03:51:42,622 --> 03:51:43,856 DOWN. THE CITY COULD DO SOME 7623 03:51:43,923 --> 03:51:44,991 UPZONING TO MEET STATE 7624 03:51:45,057 --> 03:51:46,926 REQUIREMENTS AND DO A THOUGHTFUL 7625 03:51:46,993 --> 03:51:48,194 PROCESS THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC 7626 03:51:48,261 --> 03:51:49,795 INPUT AND PROTECTS THE HEALTH, 7627 03:51:49,862 --> 03:51:50,696 THE CULTURAL FABRIC, THE 7628 03:51:50,763 --> 03:51:53,733 HISTORY, AND THE CHARACTER OF 7629 03:51:53,799 --> 03:51:54,734 OUR CITY WHILE INCREASING 7630 03:51:54,800 --> 03:51:56,869 DENSITY AND ENSURING HOUSING FOR 7631 03:51:56,936 --> 03:51:57,870 ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7632 03:51:57,937 --> 03:52:00,306 >> THANK YOU, BARBARA. NEXT WE 7633 03:52:00,373 --> 03:52:05,244 HAVE RACHEL, PAUL, ANNE, AND 7634 03:52:05,311 --> 03:52:09,248 JIM. IS RACHEL HERE? GOING ONCE, 7635 03:52:09,315 --> 03:52:11,884 TWICE. RACHEL IS HERE? IS YOUR 7636 03:52:11,951 --> 03:52:12,418 NAME RACHEL BIN SHAMAL? 7637 03:52:12,485 --> 03:52:12,985 >> OH, NO. 7638 03:52:13,052 --> 03:52:15,254 >> BUT YOU ARE A RACHEL. I 7639 03:52:15,321 --> 03:52:21,360 APOLOGIZE, I'LL SAY YOUR LAST 7640 03:52:21,427 --> 03:52:23,195 NAME. RACHEL'S NOT HERE. PAUL 7641 03:52:23,262 --> 03:52:23,996 CHAPMAN? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 7642 03:52:24,063 --> 03:52:25,464 >> THIS IS EXCITING. I FEEL LIKE 7643 03:52:25,531 --> 03:52:30,770 I'M BACK IN A YOUTH GROUP ALL 7644 03:52:30,836 --> 03:52:32,471 NIGHT LOCK-IN. I'M PAUL 7645 03:52:32,538 --> 03:52:33,873 CHAPMAN. I'VE LIVED IN QUEEN 7646 03:52:33,939 --> 03:52:35,041 ANNE, BALLARD, WALLINGFORD, 7647 03:52:35,107 --> 03:52:37,243 CAPITOL HILL. GOOD EVENING, 7648 03:52:37,310 --> 03:52:39,011 COUNCIL, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME 7649 03:52:39,078 --> 03:52:40,079 TONIGHT. Y'ALL LIKELY HAVE YOUR 7650 03:52:40,146 --> 03:52:41,847 MINDS MADE UP, SO I'M NOT GOING 7651 03:52:41,914 --> 03:52:43,649 TO TRY TO SWAY YOU. INSTEAD, I 7652 03:52:43,716 --> 03:52:45,418 WANT TO NOTICE A FEW THINGS. 7653 03:52:45,484 --> 03:52:46,919 FIRST LET'S NOTICE HOW THE 7654 03:52:46,986 --> 03:52:48,921 DEMOGRAPHIC OF COMMENTERS HAS 7655 03:52:48,988 --> 03:52:49,955 SHIFTED OVER THE EVENING FROM 7656 03:52:50,022 --> 03:52:53,392 RETIREES AND HOUSE OWNERS TO 7657 03:52:53,459 --> 03:52:54,527 RENTERS AND WORKERS AND HOW THE 7658 03:52:54,593 --> 03:52:58,998 NATURE OF THE COMMENTS HAS 7659 03:52:59,065 --> 03:53:01,133 CHANGED ALONG WITH IT. SECOND, 7660 03:53:01,200 --> 03:53:04,770 LET'S NOTICE WE HAD A PLAN THAT 7661 03:53:04,837 --> 03:53:06,138 PRESERVES MORE TREES, BRUCE 7662 03:53:06,205 --> 03:53:08,307 HARRELL SCRAPPED THAT PLAN. 7663 03:53:08,374 --> 03:53:12,645 LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER, DENSITY 7664 03:53:12,712 --> 03:53:14,647 IS GOOD FOR THE TREES. ALL 7665 03:53:14,714 --> 03:53:18,818 TOGETHER, DENSITY IS GOOD FOR 7666 03:53:18,884 --> 03:53:19,852 THE TREES. THIRD, LET'S NOTICE 7667 03:53:19,919 --> 03:53:21,120 THE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS 7668 03:53:21,187 --> 03:53:22,188 WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM TREE 7669 03:53:22,254 --> 03:53:23,723 ADVOCATES WHO ARE NOW MOSTLY 7670 03:53:23,789 --> 03:53:25,024 GONE FROM THIS MEETING. A LOT OF 7671 03:53:25,091 --> 03:53:28,461 PEOPLE CAME HERE TO SAY I SPEAK 7672 03:53:28,527 --> 03:53:29,428 FOR THE TREES. BUT WHILE 7673 03:53:29,495 --> 03:53:31,230 THERE'S A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT 7674 03:53:31,297 --> 03:53:33,332 TREES WE MIGHT LOSE, INCLUDING 7675 03:53:33,399 --> 03:53:35,801 NAMING THOSE TREES AT RISK, I 7676 03:53:35,868 --> 03:53:37,803 WANT TO CONTRAST THAT WITH HOW 7677 03:53:37,870 --> 03:53:40,106 INPERSONAL THEIR ASIDES SOUND 7678 03:53:40,172 --> 03:53:44,443 WHEN THEY SAY I, OF COURSE, 7679 03:53:44,510 --> 03:53:47,847 SUPPORT MORE HOUSING, BUT -- BUT 7680 03:53:47,913 --> 03:53:48,914 WHAT? TONIGHT FROM THE TREE 7681 03:53:48,981 --> 03:53:50,249 ADVOCATES I'VE HEARD LITTLE OF 7682 03:53:50,316 --> 03:53:52,585 THE PEOPLE WE'VE LOST. KIDS WHO 7683 03:53:52,651 --> 03:53:55,454 HAD TO MOVE AWAY. FRIENDS WHO 7684 03:53:55,521 --> 03:53:57,556 COULDN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. 7685 03:53:57,623 --> 03:54:02,728 OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS DYING IN 7686 03:54:02,795 --> 03:54:05,831 THE STREETS. BUT THINK OF THE 7687 03:54:05,898 --> 03:54:07,900 TREES. THINK OF THE TREES. SO I 7688 03:54:07,967 --> 03:54:09,168 WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 7689 03:54:09,235 --> 03:54:11,604 YOUR KIDS AND MINE WHO WANT TO 7690 03:54:11,670 --> 03:54:14,106 LIVE HERE AS ADULTS FOR LGBTQ 7691 03:54:14,173 --> 03:54:16,208 YOUTH TRYING TO ESCAPE TEXAS, 7692 03:54:16,275 --> 03:54:17,209 FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES ESCAPING 7693 03:54:17,276 --> 03:54:18,844 THE HEAT OF THE SOUTH, THE 7694 03:54:18,911 --> 03:54:19,678 SINGLE PARENTS STRUGGLING TO 7695 03:54:19,745 --> 03:54:22,915 MAKE ENDS MEET AND LIVE NEAR 7696 03:54:22,982 --> 03:54:24,717 WHERE THEY WORK. EVEN FOR THE 7697 03:54:24,784 --> 03:54:25,418 COUNCILMEMBER WHOSE SALARY 7698 03:54:25,484 --> 03:54:27,019 REALLY ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO 7699 03:54:27,086 --> 03:54:28,921 ALLOW THEM TO BUY IN -- 7700 03:54:28,988 --> 03:54:32,858 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAPMAN. NEXT 7701 03:54:32,925 --> 03:54:34,527 WE HAVE ANNE SCOTT TYSON. 7702 03:54:34,593 --> 03:54:36,028 >> THANK YOU. I'M A HOMEOWNER 7703 03:54:36,095 --> 03:54:37,296 IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE WHERE I 7704 03:54:37,363 --> 03:54:41,200 GREW UP, AND I'M HERE TO TALK 7705 03:54:41,267 --> 03:54:42,968 ABOUT POOR PLANNING. STATE LAW 7706 03:54:43,035 --> 03:54:44,370 WISELY RECOMMENDS HIGHER DENSITY 7707 03:54:44,437 --> 03:54:45,571 IN PROXIMITY TO MAJOR TRANSIT 7708 03:54:45,638 --> 03:54:47,840 SUCH AS LIGHT RAIL, WHICH IS 7709 03:54:47,907 --> 03:54:49,341 PERMANENT. THE CITY'S PLAN TO 7710 03:54:49,408 --> 03:54:50,810 PUT HIGH DENSITY ALONG BUS 7711 03:54:50,876 --> 03:54:53,813 ROUTES COULD MAKE SENSE FOR HIGH 7712 03:54:53,879 --> 03:54:55,047 PRIORITY ROUTES CONNECTING 7713 03:54:55,114 --> 03:54:56,115 CENTRALLY LOCATED HUBS, BUT 7714 03:54:56,182 --> 03:54:58,184 DEFINITELY NOT AS THE SOLE 7715 03:54:58,250 --> 03:55:01,020 REASON FOR UPZONING IN 7716 03:55:01,086 --> 03:55:02,755 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE ROOTS ARE 7717 03:55:02,822 --> 03:55:03,689 CHANGING AND TRANSIENT. FOR 7718 03:55:03,756 --> 03:55:05,458 EXACTLY THIS REASON, I'M 7719 03:55:05,524 --> 03:55:06,759 REPRESENTING ABOUT 700 MEMBERS 7720 03:55:06,826 --> 03:55:09,462 OF MY COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SIGNED 7721 03:55:09,528 --> 03:55:13,632 A PETITION TO OPPOSE UPZONING 7722 03:55:13,699 --> 03:55:18,537 FROM NR3 TO LR3 ALONG HOLY 7723 03:55:18,604 --> 03:55:20,806 RESIDENTIAL, TREE-FILLED SEGMENT 7724 03:55:20,873 --> 03:55:23,242 OF NORTHEAST 35th BETWEEN -- 7725 03:55:23,309 --> 03:55:26,178 THIS ISOLATED NARROW SPUR IS 7726 03:55:26,245 --> 03:55:28,047 LOCATED OUTSIDE OF ANY 7727 03:55:28,113 --> 03:55:29,748 NEIGHBORHOOD, URBAN, OR REGIONAL 7728 03:55:29,815 --> 03:55:30,850 CENTER. IT LACKS ANY CONSUMER 7729 03:55:30,916 --> 03:55:33,285 BUSINESS OR A GROCERY STORE, HAS 7730 03:55:33,352 --> 03:55:35,621 HAD IRREGULAR OR ZERO TRANSIT, 7731 03:55:35,688 --> 03:55:38,190 AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 7732 03:55:38,257 --> 03:55:39,658 HIGHER DENSITY. THE PROPOSED 7733 03:55:39,725 --> 03:55:42,995 ZONE CHANGE TO FIVE-STORY 7734 03:55:43,062 --> 03:55:44,563 BUILDINGS HERE CONFLICTS WITH 7735 03:55:44,630 --> 03:55:46,966 STATE LAW WHICH REQUIRES MIDDLE 7736 03:55:47,032 --> 03:55:49,101 HOUSING THAT'S COMPATIBLE IN 7737 03:55:49,168 --> 03:55:52,037 SCALE, FORM, AND CHARACTER WITH 7738 03:55:52,104 --> 03:55:52,771 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES. THIS SHORT 7739 03:55:52,838 --> 03:55:57,409 SEGMENT OF NORTHEAST 45th STREET 7740 03:55:57,476 --> 03:55:59,044 HAS NO PRIORITY, RAPID, OR HIGH 7741 03:55:59,111 --> 03:56:00,412 FREQUENCY TRANSIT, ONLY A DEAD 7742 03:56:00,479 --> 03:56:03,249 END BUS TURNAROUND AND REST STOP 7743 03:56:03,315 --> 03:56:06,819 FOR DRIVERS. ALL BUSES HERE ARE 7744 03:56:06,886 --> 03:56:07,720 MARKED TERMINAL. TRANSITORY BUS 7745 03:56:07,786 --> 03:56:09,722 ACTIVITY MUST NOT BE THE BASIS 7746 03:56:09,788 --> 03:56:11,257 FOR PERMANENT UPZONING IN AREAS 7747 03:56:11,323 --> 03:56:14,426 LIKE THIS THAT MEET THE 7748 03:56:14,493 --> 03:56:15,160 DEFINITION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD 7749 03:56:15,227 --> 03:56:17,196 RESIDENTIAL. IT TRULY SEEMS LIKE 7750 03:56:17,263 --> 03:56:20,566 A MISTAKE IN THE PLAN. PLEASE 7751 03:56:20,633 --> 03:56:21,967 CORRECT THIS PLANNING ERROR AND 7752 03:56:22,034 --> 03:56:24,436 PLEASE, IF THE CITY SEEKS TO BE 7753 03:56:24,503 --> 03:56:27,406 SUCCESSFUL IN ADDING HIGHER 7754 03:56:27,473 --> 03:56:29,341 DENSITY IN A COMMUNITY, ASK THE 7755 03:56:29,408 --> 03:56:31,544 COMMUNITY WHERE TO PUT IT. 7756 03:56:31,610 --> 03:56:32,811 LET'S HAVE TRULY MEANINGFUL 7757 03:56:32,878 --> 03:56:34,580 ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 7758 03:56:34,647 --> 03:56:37,983 >> THANK YOU, ANNE. NEXT WE HAVE 7759 03:56:38,050 --> 03:56:43,155 JIM GANT. JIM FOLLOWED BY KEITH, 7760 03:56:43,222 --> 03:56:44,290 JORDAN SINGER, AND DARLENE. 7761 03:56:44,356 --> 03:56:45,558 >> GOOD NIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS, 7762 03:56:45,624 --> 03:56:48,727 MY NAME IS JIM GANT. THANK YOU 7763 03:56:48,794 --> 03:56:50,496 FOR THE CRITICAL WORK THAT 7764 03:56:50,563 --> 03:56:52,431 YOU'RE DOING STANDING WHERE THE 7765 03:56:52,498 --> 03:56:53,666 GOVERNMENT MEETS THE PEOPLE. I 7766 03:56:53,732 --> 03:56:56,135 KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. I 7767 03:56:56,201 --> 03:56:58,304 SPENT 22 YEARS FIGHTING FOR OUR 7768 03:56:58,370 --> 03:57:00,506 COUNTRY SO OTHERS COULD HAVE A 7769 03:57:00,573 --> 03:57:05,377 HOME. NOW I'M HERE FIGHTING 7770 03:57:05,444 --> 03:57:07,246 AGAIN TO KEEP MINE. AS 100% 7771 03:57:07,313 --> 03:57:08,047 DISABLED VETERAN, DISPLACEMENT 7772 03:57:08,113 --> 03:57:11,016 IS A REAL THREAT TO PEOPLE LIKE 7773 03:57:11,083 --> 03:57:14,320 ME AS WELL AS SENIORS AND OTHERS 7774 03:57:14,386 --> 03:57:16,889 ON FIXED INCOMES THAT LIVE 7775 03:57:16,956 --> 03:57:20,125 AROUND ME. I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS 7776 03:57:20,192 --> 03:57:22,261 VERY WELL. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT 7777 03:57:22,328 --> 03:57:24,530 A DECISION MADE IN THIS ROOM 7778 03:57:24,597 --> 03:57:26,031 COULD THREATEN THE VERY 7779 03:57:26,098 --> 03:57:30,069 STABILITY I HAVE DEFENDED MY 7780 03:57:30,135 --> 03:57:33,038 ENTIRE LIFE FOR OTHERS. THE 7781 03:57:33,105 --> 03:57:35,941 PROPOSED REZONING FROM NR3 TO 7782 03:57:36,008 --> 03:57:37,509 LR3 ON NORTHEAST 45th STREET 7783 03:57:37,576 --> 03:57:41,046 ISN'T JUST LINES ON A MAP. 7784 03:57:41,113 --> 03:57:43,882 IT'S MY HOME. IT'S MY 7785 03:57:43,949 --> 03:57:45,618 COMMUNITY. IT'S MY PEACE OF 7786 03:57:45,684 --> 03:57:49,188 MIND. I GAVE EVERYTHING I HAD TO 7787 03:57:49,254 --> 03:57:50,456 SERVE THIS INCREDIBLE COUNTRY. 7788 03:57:50,522 --> 03:57:51,790 I'M ASKING YOU TO PROTECT THE 7789 03:57:51,857 --> 03:57:56,428 PLACE WHERE I FINALLY TRIED TO 7790 03:57:56,495 --> 03:57:58,897 FIND SOME PEACE. PLEASE JUST 7791 03:57:58,964 --> 03:58:00,532 RECONSIDER THE PROPOSAL. THIS IS 7792 03:58:00,599 --> 03:58:02,234 NOT JUST POLICY, IT'S ABOUT 7793 03:58:02,301 --> 03:58:05,104 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS VIBRANT 7794 03:58:05,170 --> 03:58:07,606 COMMUNITY AND WANT TO STAY HERE. 7795 03:58:07,673 --> 03:58:09,942 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S 7796 03:58:10,009 --> 03:58:11,410 HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE BLESSED AND 7797 03:58:11,477 --> 03:58:15,314 FORTUNATELY TO BE ABLE TO GO 7798 03:58:15,381 --> 03:58:16,882 THROUGH THIS POLITICAL PROCESS 7799 03:58:16,949 --> 03:58:17,349 TOGETHER. THANK YOU. 7800 03:58:17,416 --> 03:58:19,985 >> THANK YOU, JIM. NEXT WE HAVE 7801 03:58:20,052 --> 03:58:24,056 KEITH, FOLLOWED BY JORDAN AND 7802 03:58:24,123 --> 03:58:24,423 DARLENE. KEITH? 7803 03:58:24,490 --> 03:58:25,124 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 7804 03:58:25,190 --> 03:58:27,493 MY NAME IS KEITH, AND I'M HERE 7805 03:58:27,559 --> 03:58:30,062 TODAY AS A CONCERNED HOMEOWNER 7806 03:58:30,129 --> 03:58:31,130 FROM THE LAURELHURST 7807 03:58:31,196 --> 03:58:32,965 NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO EXPRESS 7808 03:58:33,032 --> 03:58:34,733 MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE 7809 03:58:34,800 --> 03:58:36,769 PROPOSED UPZONING ON THE SEGMENT 7810 03:58:36,835 --> 03:58:39,571 OF NORTHEAST 45th STREET BETWEEN 7811 03:58:39,638 --> 03:58:43,509 38th AVENUE NORTHEAST AND 45th 7812 03:58:43,575 --> 03:58:45,744 AVENUE NORTHEAST. FROM NR3 TO 7813 03:58:45,811 --> 03:58:46,912 LR3 ZONING. SUCH ZONING WOULD 7814 03:58:46,979 --> 03:58:48,447 ALLOW FIVE-STORY BUILDINGS TO BE 7815 03:58:48,514 --> 03:58:51,950 MIXED WITH ONE AND TWO -STORY 7816 03:58:52,017 --> 03:58:53,519 FAMILY HOMES. THIS SHORT SECTION 7817 03:58:53,585 --> 03:58:56,288 OF NORTHEAST 45th DOES NOT 7818 03:58:56,355 --> 03:58:58,424 QUALIFY FOR THE PROPOSED 7819 03:58:58,490 --> 03:59:01,226 REZONING BECAUSE IT WOULD 7820 03:59:01,293 --> 03:59:04,029 CONFLICT WITH HOUSE BILL 1110 7821 03:59:04,096 --> 03:59:05,164 WHICH REQUIRES HOUSING THAT IS 7822 03:59:05,230 --> 03:59:12,371 COMPATIBLE IN SCALE, FORM, AND 7823 03:59:12,438 --> 03:59:13,572 CHARACTER WITH SINGLE-FAMILY 7824 03:59:13,639 --> 03:59:16,375 HOUSES. THE LAURELHURST AREA IS 7825 03:59:16,442 --> 03:59:18,077 COMPOSED OF MOSTLY SINGLE-FAMILY 7826 03:59:18,143 --> 03:59:20,179 HOMES. MANY ARE NEARLY 100 YEARS 7827 03:59:20,245 --> 03:59:21,647 OLD. ALLOWING FIVE STORY 7828 03:59:21,714 --> 03:59:23,415 BUILDINGS HERE THAT TOWER OVER 7829 03:59:23,482 --> 03:59:25,584 SURROUNDING HOMES WOULD DEGRADE 7830 03:59:25,651 --> 03:59:27,152 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND 7831 03:59:27,219 --> 03:59:28,554 HARM LEGACY HOMEOWNERS. THE 7832 03:59:28,620 --> 03:59:29,788 AVERAGE LENGTH OF HOMEOWNERSHIP 7833 03:59:29,855 --> 03:59:33,926 OF THE SEVEN HOUSES ON MY 7834 03:59:33,992 --> 03:59:35,761 IMMEDIATE BLOCK IS 24 YEARS. I 7835 03:59:35,828 --> 03:59:38,163 UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT MORE 7836 03:59:38,230 --> 03:59:39,598 HOUSING IS NEEDED IN SEATTLE. 7837 03:59:39,665 --> 03:59:42,701 HOWEVER, THIS MUST BE DONE WHILE 7838 03:59:42,768 --> 03:59:44,103 RESPECTING THE LONG-TERM 7839 03:59:44,169 --> 03:59:46,472 RESIDENTS THAT HELPED MAKE 7840 03:59:46,538 --> 03:59:49,007 SEATTLE THE THRIVING, BEAUTIFUL 7841 03:59:49,074 --> 03:59:53,979 CITY IT IS TODAY. THERE ARE MANY 7842 03:59:54,046 --> 03:59:57,182 UNDERDEVELOPED LOCATIONS WITHIN 7843 03:59:57,249 --> 04:00:00,452 A QUARTER MILE OF LIGHT RAIL -- 7844 04:00:00,519 --> 04:00:01,820 IF THEY WERE FULLY UTILIZED. 7845 04:00:01,887 --> 04:00:03,789 THIS SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE ANY 7846 04:00:03,856 --> 04:00:05,991 UPZONING ALONG BUS ROUTES IS 7847 04:00:06,058 --> 04:00:07,126 ALLOWED. AS YOU REFINE THE 7848 04:00:07,192 --> 04:00:08,560 PROPOSED ONE SEATTLE PLAN, 7849 04:00:08,627 --> 04:00:10,629 PLEASE CORRECT THIS PLANNING 7850 04:00:10,696 --> 04:00:12,898 ERROR ON BEHALF OF YOUR 7851 04:00:12,965 --> 04:00:14,032 LAURELHURST CONSTITUENTS. THANK 7852 04:00:14,099 --> 04:00:15,501 YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 7853 04:00:15,567 --> 04:00:17,736 >> THANK YOU, KEITH. NEXT WE 7854 04:00:17,803 --> 04:00:19,571 HAVE JORDAN SINGER. JORDAN, ARE 7855 04:00:19,638 --> 04:00:20,973 YOU HERE? ONCE, TWICE. 7856 04:00:21,039 --> 04:00:23,675 >> I THINK JORDAN HAS LEFT. 7857 04:00:23,742 --> 04:00:27,546 >> JORDAN JUST LEFT. OH, JORDAN. 7858 04:00:27,613 --> 04:00:29,615 DARLENE, ARE YOU HERE? DARLENE? 7859 04:00:29,681 --> 04:00:30,849 ONCE, TWICE, SOLD. OKAY. WE'LL 7860 04:00:30,916 --> 04:00:32,885 KEEP POWERING THROUGH. IS RUTH 7861 04:00:32,951 --> 04:00:34,953 HARVEY HERE? RUTH HARVEY? 7862 04:00:35,020 --> 04:00:36,488 >> RUTH HAS LEFT. 7863 04:00:36,555 --> 04:00:37,623 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 7864 04:00:37,689 --> 04:00:40,359 STRAUSS. IS PETER -- SORRY, LET 7865 04:00:40,425 --> 04:00:50,035 ME NOT GO NUMBER -- NUMBERS 101 7866 04:00:50,102 --> 04:00:51,303 THROUGH 110. 101 THROUGH 110. I 7867 04:00:51,370 --> 04:00:52,905 SEE SOME PEOPLE STANDING, SO I 7868 04:00:52,971 --> 04:00:55,574 WILL WAIT. JUST A TIME CHECK, I 7869 04:00:55,641 --> 04:00:56,642 WAS TOLD THAT AROUND 10:30 WE'RE 7870 04:00:56,708 --> 04:00:58,177 GOING TO BE EXPECTING SHOWERS 7871 04:00:58,243 --> 04:01:01,246 AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FREEZING 7872 04:01:01,313 --> 04:01:02,881 TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP, 7873 04:01:02,948 --> 04:01:04,283 UNDRIVABLE CONDITIONS ARE AT 7874 04:01:04,349 --> 04:01:05,851 11:00 P.M. SO WE ARE GOING TO 7875 04:01:05,918 --> 04:01:09,521 GAUGE THIS AND GO AS FAST AS 7876 04:01:09,588 --> 04:01:10,589 POSSIBLE THROUGH FOLKS, BUT WE 7877 04:01:10,656 --> 04:01:13,258 MIGHT HAVE TO CALL IT AT NIGHT 7878 04:01:13,325 --> 04:01:14,793 SO I CAN SEND STAFF HOME AND OUR 7879 04:01:14,860 --> 04:01:16,228 COLLEAGUES SO EVERYONE -- AND 7880 04:01:16,295 --> 04:01:18,463 YOU ALL, SO WE CAN GET HOME 7881 04:01:18,530 --> 04:01:19,765 SAFE. THE GARAGE CLOSES AT 10:00 7882 04:01:19,832 --> 04:01:24,937 P.M., BY THE WAY, JUST A HEADS 7883 04:01:25,003 --> 04:01:30,375 UP. GARAGE CLOSES AT 10:00 P.M. 7884 04:01:30,442 --> 04:01:33,212 OKAY? SO WE HAVE 101. 101. THAT 7885 04:01:33,278 --> 04:01:36,849 IS RUTH HARVEY. WHERE'S RUTH? 7886 04:01:36,915 --> 04:01:43,589 IS RUTH HERE? NO? IS PETER COLES 7887 04:01:43,655 --> 04:01:50,762 HERE? NO? WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU? 7888 04:01:50,829 --> 04:01:51,396 106. IS 103 HERE? IS 104 HERE? 7889 04:01:51,463 --> 04:01:54,967 105? 106. YOU WIN. WINNER, 7890 04:01:55,033 --> 04:01:56,235 WINNER, VEGAN CHICKEN DINNER. GO 7891 04:01:56,301 --> 04:01:56,468 AHEAD. 7892 04:01:56,535 --> 04:01:57,936 >> GREAT TO HEAR IT. YEAH, MY 7893 04:01:58,003 --> 04:01:59,771 NAME IS LEONARD, I'M A RENTER 7894 04:01:59,838 --> 04:02:01,340 FROM DISTRICT FOUR, AND I'M 7895 04:02:01,406 --> 04:02:02,741 ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY 7896 04:02:02,808 --> 04:02:03,675 PARENTS WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT 7897 04:02:03,742 --> 04:02:07,613 FIVE BUT COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE 7898 04:02:07,679 --> 04:02:09,348 TODAY. AND I -- I'M GLAD TO 7899 04:02:09,414 --> 04:02:10,115 HEAR COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 7900 04:02:10,182 --> 04:02:11,617 TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN BEING 7901 04:02:11,683 --> 04:02:13,485 OUR FUTURE AND THEM COMING HERE 7902 04:02:13,552 --> 04:02:14,820 TODAY, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND 7903 04:02:14,887 --> 04:02:15,954 IN THAT SPIRIT, IF THEY'RE 7904 04:02:16,021 --> 04:02:17,990 GOING TO BE THE FUTURE CITY 7905 04:02:18,056 --> 04:02:20,192 LEADERS, THEY NEED A PLACE TO 7906 04:02:20,259 --> 04:02:21,226 LIVE FIRST. SEATTLE SHOWED UP 7907 04:02:21,293 --> 04:02:22,427 TONIGHT, AND NAMED SO MANY 7908 04:02:22,494 --> 04:02:24,263 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT WATER 7909 04:02:24,329 --> 04:02:26,064 DOWN THIS COMP PLAN. INSTEAD, I 7910 04:02:26,131 --> 04:02:27,666 WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. 7911 04:02:27,733 --> 04:02:29,501 THIS CITY IS A PLACE THAT GAVE 7912 04:02:29,568 --> 04:02:31,036 MY FATHER, RAISED IN RURAL 7913 04:02:31,103 --> 04:02:33,038 KENTUCKY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO 7914 04:02:33,105 --> 04:02:34,306 BECOME A BIOLOGIST. HE GAVE MY 7915 04:02:34,373 --> 04:02:37,042 MOTHER, BORN INTO A COLD WAR AIR 7916 04:02:37,109 --> 04:02:38,477 FORCE FAMILY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO 7917 04:02:38,543 --> 04:02:40,112 BECOME A MEDICAL LAB SCIENTIST 7918 04:02:40,178 --> 04:02:41,280 AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THEY 7919 04:02:41,346 --> 04:02:43,348 CAME WHEN THERE WAS ENOUGH 7920 04:02:43,415 --> 04:02:44,983 HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. I 7921 04:02:45,050 --> 04:02:48,420 LOOK ON THIS DAIS AND SEE A 7922 04:02:48,487 --> 04:02:49,955 BROAD RANGE OF STORIES OF 7923 04:02:50,022 --> 04:02:51,990 ADVERSITY THAT HAVE BEEN 7924 04:02:52,057 --> 04:02:54,226 OVERCOME. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, 7925 04:02:54,293 --> 04:02:55,861 SEATTLE AND CITIES LIKE SEATTLE 7926 04:02:55,928 --> 04:02:57,963 WERE LADDERS THAT ALLOWED YOU 7927 04:02:58,030 --> 04:02:58,597 THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE. 7928 04:02:58,664 --> 04:03:00,699 DESPITE TALK OF ONE SEATTLE, WE 7929 04:03:00,766 --> 04:03:02,301 ARE LIVING IN TWO SEATTLES, ONE 7930 04:03:02,367 --> 04:03:05,470 FOR THOSE WHO GOT HERE IN THE 7931 04:03:05,537 --> 04:03:07,572 1990s AND EARLIER AND ANOTHER 7932 04:03:07,639 --> 04:03:09,675 FOR EVERYONE ELSE. THE MESSAGE 7933 04:03:09,741 --> 04:03:12,144 SEEMS TO BE, THOSE WHO GOT 7934 04:03:12,210 --> 04:03:13,278 THEIRS, EVERYBODY ELSE, TRY 7935 04:03:13,345 --> 04:03:14,012 RENTING. THE PEOPLE WHO COME 7936 04:03:14,079 --> 04:03:14,980 HERE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD 7937 04:03:15,047 --> 04:03:17,082 NOT HAVE TO FACE THE CHOICE OF 7938 04:03:17,149 --> 04:03:19,051 LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OR 7939 04:03:19,117 --> 04:03:20,819 DISPLACING PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE 7940 04:03:20,886 --> 04:03:22,321 BY FIGHTING OVER AN ARTIFICIALLY 7941 04:03:22,387 --> 04:03:24,890 LIMITED HOUSING SUPPLY THAT WE 7942 04:03:24,957 --> 04:03:28,060 HAVE ACTIVELY CHOSEN TO 7943 04:03:28,126 --> 04:03:28,927 PRESERVE. APARTMENTS DON'T 7944 04:03:28,994 --> 04:03:29,528 SACRIFICE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY 7945 04:03:29,594 --> 04:03:30,862 ENLIVEN THEM. THEY BRING NEW 7946 04:03:30,929 --> 04:03:35,067 ENERGY, NEW FAMILIES, NEW 7947 04:03:35,133 --> 04:03:37,369 STORIES TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY 7948 04:03:37,436 --> 04:03:38,537 HELP UNDO -- ECONOMIC 7949 04:03:38,603 --> 04:03:39,738 OPPRESSION. I APPEAL TO YOU, DO 7950 04:03:39,805 --> 04:03:41,673 NOT PULL UP THAT LADDER BEHIND 7951 04:03:41,740 --> 04:03:43,241 YOU. DO NOT LET SEATTLE BECOME A 7952 04:03:43,308 --> 04:03:46,144 CITY THAT TURNS AWAY THE NEXT 7953 04:03:46,211 --> 04:03:47,546 GENERATION OF DREAMERS 7954 04:03:47,612 --> 04:03:48,246 INNOVATORS, AND ESSENTIAL 7955 04:03:48,313 --> 04:03:49,114 WORKERS. LET'S CREATE A SEATTLE 7956 04:03:49,181 --> 04:03:50,716 AND COMP PLAN THAT STILL HAS 7957 04:03:50,782 --> 04:03:53,752 ROOM FOR STORIES LIKE -- AND FOR 7958 04:03:53,819 --> 04:03:57,789 THE COUNTLESS STORIES YET TO BE 7959 04:03:57,856 --> 04:03:58,256 WRITTEN. THANK YOU. 7960 04:03:58,323 --> 04:04:07,132 >> THANK YOU, 106. WHAT NUMBER 7961 04:04:07,199 --> 04:04:12,304 ARE YOU? 109? DO WE HAVE 108? 7962 04:04:12,371 --> 04:04:13,939 109, KEVIN. 110, ANDREW. AND 7963 04:04:14,006 --> 04:04:16,274 THEN I'M GOING TO ASK 111 7964 04:04:16,341 --> 04:04:18,010 THROUGH 120 TO STAND UP. GO 7965 04:04:18,076 --> 04:04:18,643 AHEAD, KEVIN, MIC'S YOURS. 7966 04:04:18,710 --> 04:04:21,113 >> I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT IN THE 7967 04:04:21,179 --> 04:04:21,913 NEIGHBORHOOD OF CAPITOL HILL. 7968 04:04:21,980 --> 04:04:24,249 AND I'M ONE OF THE LUCKIEST 7969 04:04:24,316 --> 04:04:25,117 PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. I'M 7970 04:04:25,183 --> 04:04:29,988 LUCKY BECAUSE I LIVE IN A QUIET, 7971 04:04:30,055 --> 04:04:31,089 COZY APARTMENT WITH PLENTY OF 7972 04:04:31,156 --> 04:04:35,761 FRESH AIR FAR FROM A FREEWAY. I 7973 04:04:35,827 --> 04:04:37,229 DON'T NEED A CAR. I'M LUCKY 7974 04:04:37,295 --> 04:04:39,931 BECAUSE I LIVE IN A VIBRANT, 7975 04:04:39,998 --> 04:04:40,599 WELCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD IN A 7976 04:04:40,665 --> 04:04:42,300 THRIVING CITY SURROUNDED BY SOME 7977 04:04:42,367 --> 04:04:44,569 OF THE MOST NATURAL BEAUTY ON 7978 04:04:44,636 --> 04:04:46,271 THE PLANET. I SUPPORT MORE DENSE 7979 04:04:46,338 --> 04:04:47,939 HOUSING AND AT LEAST THE 7980 04:04:48,006 --> 04:04:48,540 MAYOR'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 7981 04:04:48,607 --> 04:04:49,508 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD 7982 04:04:49,574 --> 04:04:58,817 BE TRYING TO -- THANK YOU. 7983 04:04:58,884 --> 04:05:02,854 >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. IS ANDREW 7984 04:05:02,921 --> 04:05:05,590 LYNCH HERE? NUMBER 110. IS THAT 7985 04:05:05,657 --> 04:05:06,658 YOU? HEY, ANDREW, COME ON. 7986 04:05:06,725 --> 04:05:06,925 WELCOME. 7987 04:05:06,992 --> 04:05:07,959 >> MY NAME IS ANDREW LYNCH, AND 7988 04:05:08,026 --> 04:05:11,296 I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT NO ONE 7989 04:05:11,363 --> 04:05:14,032 FROM OVERFLOW HAS GOTTEN TO 7990 04:05:14,099 --> 04:05:15,767 SPEAK YET. THIS SYSTEM IS NOT 7991 04:05:15,834 --> 04:05:18,170 SUPER GREAT. I THINK WE NEED TO 7992 04:05:18,236 --> 04:05:20,038 BE SHUFFLING THE SPEAKING ORDER 7993 04:05:20,105 --> 04:05:21,540 AT THE BEGINNING TO PROVIDE 7994 04:05:21,606 --> 04:05:24,509 EQUITY FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK 9:00 7995 04:05:24,576 --> 04:05:26,178 TO 5 JOBS. BUT I WANT TO THANK 7996 04:05:26,244 --> 04:05:27,112 THE COUNCIL, AND I ESPECIALLY 7997 04:05:27,179 --> 04:05:28,513 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S 7998 04:05:28,580 --> 04:05:32,217 STILL HERE AND HASN'T LEFT YET. 7999 04:05:32,284 --> 04:05:34,920 PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY LEAVING. I 8000 04:05:34,986 --> 04:05:35,921 LIVE IN UPPER QUEEN ANNE, 8001 04:05:35,987 --> 04:05:40,058 CAR-FREE WITH MY WIFE IN AN 8002 04:05:40,125 --> 04:05:42,194 APARTMENT BUILDING. WE LOVE THE 8003 04:05:42,260 --> 04:05:44,930 WALKABILITY OF QUEEN ANNE AVE, 8004 04:05:44,996 --> 04:05:45,964 THE ABILITY TO CONSTANTLY 8005 04:05:46,031 --> 04:05:46,965 SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, TO 8006 04:05:47,032 --> 04:05:50,836 BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO FREMONT, 8007 04:05:50,902 --> 04:05:54,539 TO WALK DOWN TO SEATTLE CENTER. 8008 04:05:54,606 --> 04:05:56,741 THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES THRIVE 8009 04:05:56,808 --> 04:05:58,243 WHEN DENSITY IS ADDED. THE 8010 04:05:58,310 --> 04:06:00,612 BARISTA AT ONE OF THE COFFEE 8011 04:06:00,679 --> 04:06:02,214 PLACES RECENTLY TOLD ME HOW 8012 04:06:02,280 --> 04:06:04,216 EXCITED SHE WAS THAT THE SAFEWAY 8013 04:06:04,282 --> 04:06:04,916 APARTMENT BUILDING HAD BEEN 8014 04:06:04,983 --> 04:06:06,218 COMPLETED BECAUSE IT WAS GOING 8015 04:06:06,284 --> 04:06:09,921 TO BRING IN SO MUCH MORE 8016 04:06:09,988 --> 04:06:11,156 BUSINESS AND MORE TIPS. WE LOVE 8017 04:06:11,223 --> 04:06:13,959 WHERE WE LIVE, BUT IT IS FAR TOO 8018 04:06:14,025 --> 04:06:15,160 EXPENSIVE TO LIVE THERE. WE ARE 8019 04:06:15,227 --> 04:06:18,163 ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 8020 04:06:18,230 --> 04:06:21,700 HOUSING CRISIS AND WE URGENTLY 8021 04:06:21,766 --> 04:06:23,802 NEED MORE HOUSING RIGHT NOW. OUR 8022 04:06:23,869 --> 04:06:25,170 FRIENDS RECENTLY WERE ABLE TO 8023 04:06:25,237 --> 04:06:27,272 AFFORD TO MOVE IN TO QUEEN ANNE 8024 04:06:27,339 --> 04:06:29,908 BY MOVING INTO A TUNE HOW'S. MY 8025 04:06:29,975 --> 04:06:32,711 WIFE AND I ARE HOPING TO DO THAT 8026 04:06:32,777 --> 04:06:33,645 ONE DAY. BUT WE NEED MORE 8027 04:06:33,712 --> 04:06:35,080 HOUSING OPTIONS LIKE OUR FRIENDS 8028 04:06:35,147 --> 04:06:36,615 WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO. I 8029 04:06:36,681 --> 04:06:38,450 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PLAN, BUT I 8030 04:06:38,517 --> 04:06:40,752 WISH IT WENT FURTHER. I URGE YOU 8031 04:06:40,819 --> 04:06:43,321 PLEASE DO NOT CUT ANYTHING FROM 8032 04:06:43,388 --> 04:06:44,723 IT. THANK YOU. 8033 04:06:44,789 --> 04:06:47,559 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE 8034 04:06:47,626 --> 04:06:49,628 YOU. ALL RIGHT, SPEAKERS 111 -- 8035 04:06:49,694 --> 04:06:52,430 BLESS YOU -- SPEAKERS 111 8036 04:06:52,497 --> 04:06:55,967 THROUGH 120. 111 THROUGH 120, 8037 04:06:56,034 --> 04:07:00,672 YOU'RE NEXT. FIRST WITH JERRY 8038 04:07:00,739 --> 04:07:02,207 STANTON. IS JERRY STANTON HERE? 8039 04:07:02,274 --> 04:07:03,041 NO. NEXT, SPEAKER 112. YES, 8040 04:07:03,108 --> 04:07:06,878 DAVE, ALL RIGHT, FOLLOWED BY 8041 04:07:06,945 --> 04:07:10,282 SPEAKER 113, DALE, AND THEN 114 8042 04:07:10,348 --> 04:07:10,482 LEO. 8043 04:07:10,549 --> 04:07:12,918 >> EVENING TO ALL. CONTRARY TO A 8044 04:07:12,984 --> 04:07:14,886 FEW RECENT COMMENTS, NOT ALL THE 8045 04:07:14,953 --> 04:07:16,288 TREE ADVOCATES HAVE LEFT THE 8046 04:07:16,354 --> 04:07:17,289 ROOM. AND ALSO CONTRARY TO 8047 04:07:17,355 --> 04:07:20,025 COMMENTS, I SAW A GOOD MANY 8048 04:07:20,091 --> 04:07:21,226 CHILDREN HERE EARLIER THAT 8049 04:07:21,293 --> 04:07:23,862 EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE 8050 04:07:23,929 --> 04:07:25,797 TREES AS PART OF THEIR 8051 04:07:25,864 --> 04:07:27,365 ENVIRONMENT. KIND OF WITH THAT 8052 04:07:27,432 --> 04:07:30,602 BEGINNING, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU 8053 04:07:30,669 --> 04:07:33,438 KNOW, SEATTLE REALLY NEEDS BOTH 8054 04:07:33,505 --> 04:07:36,374 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TREE 8055 04:07:36,441 --> 04:07:37,209 CANOPY AND GREENERY. AND YOU 8056 04:07:37,275 --> 04:07:38,643 KNOW, THE LATTER IS NOT JUST FOR 8057 04:07:38,710 --> 04:07:41,746 THE SAKE OF THE TREES, IT'S FOR 8058 04:07:41,813 --> 04:07:43,615 THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE 8059 04:07:43,682 --> 04:07:45,350 THAT LIVE IN IT, THE LIFESTYLE, 8060 04:07:45,417 --> 04:07:48,186 THAT'S PART OF IT. OKAY, SO WE 8061 04:07:48,253 --> 04:07:50,922 CAN'T DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. 8062 04:07:50,989 --> 04:07:53,525 AND I THINK THE CURRENT PLAN OF 8063 04:07:53,592 --> 04:07:55,961 THIS PROPOSAL, AS IT EXISTS, 8064 04:07:56,027 --> 04:08:00,298 KIND OF IS REALLY WEIGHTED 8065 04:08:00,365 --> 04:08:01,600 TOWARDS MARKET VALUE DEVELOPMENT 8066 04:08:01,666 --> 04:08:03,235 AND A WILLINGNESS TO DECIMATE 8067 04:08:03,301 --> 04:08:04,803 THE TREE COVER. AND THERE'S A 8068 04:08:04,869 --> 04:08:06,671 QUESTION ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE 8069 04:08:06,738 --> 04:08:09,641 IS REALLY GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE 8070 04:08:09,708 --> 04:08:10,775 HOUSING. YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD 8071 04:08:10,842 --> 04:08:12,477 SUGGEST THE PLAN NEEDS TO HAVE 8072 04:08:12,544 --> 04:08:18,483 SOME SERIOUS TWEAKS TO IT AND 8073 04:08:18,550 --> 04:08:20,485 STUFF. BOTH TO SEE HOW WITH 8074 04:08:20,552 --> 04:08:22,320 MULTIUNIT DEVELOPMENT YOU COULD 8075 04:08:22,387 --> 04:08:24,422 INCLUDE MORE TREE COVER AND 8076 04:08:24,489 --> 04:08:27,626 GREENERY AND STUFF. FOR EXAMPLE, 8077 04:08:27,692 --> 04:08:29,828 YOU KNOW, NOT REDUCING THE 8078 04:08:29,894 --> 04:08:31,029 SETBACKS AND -- THERE CAN'T BE 8079 04:08:31,096 --> 04:08:33,565 ANY TREES, AND HAVING SO MUCH OF 8080 04:08:33,632 --> 04:08:36,368 THE SETBACKS BEING HARD COVER 8081 04:08:36,434 --> 04:08:41,706 RATHER THAN GREENERY. JUST ONE 8082 04:08:41,773 --> 04:08:45,510 EXAMPLE OF THAT. BUT I THINK 8083 04:08:45,577 --> 04:08:47,912 HAVING AN EITHER OR ATTITUDE 8084 04:08:47,979 --> 04:08:49,714 TOWARDS THIS WHOLE PLAN IS 8085 04:08:49,781 --> 04:08:51,216 SHORTSIGHTED. I THINK THE PLAN 8086 04:08:51,283 --> 04:08:54,286 -- I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A, YOU 8087 04:08:54,352 --> 04:08:56,087 KNOW, COMMUNITY CENTERS OR TO 8088 04:08:56,154 --> 04:09:05,930 THE IDEA OF, SAY, MOM AND POP -- 8089 04:09:05,997 --> 04:09:07,399 THE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD 8090 04:09:07,465 --> 04:09:08,533 ITSELF NEEDS TO CHANGE, BUT 8091 04:09:08,600 --> 04:09:09,801 LET'S NOT -- LET'S NOT THROW 8092 04:09:09,868 --> 04:09:13,371 THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH 8093 04:09:13,438 --> 04:09:13,605 WATER. 8094 04:09:13,672 --> 04:09:17,942 >> THANK YOU, MR. DAVE. IS 8095 04:09:18,009 --> 04:09:20,578 SPEAKER 113 HERE, DALE? NO. 8096 04:09:20,645 --> 04:09:28,520 SPEAKER 114. AWESOME, THANK YOU, 8097 04:09:28,586 --> 04:09:29,321 LEO. FOLLOWED BY 115, ANDREA. 8098 04:09:29,387 --> 04:09:29,888 >> COUNCILMEMBERS -- 8099 04:09:29,954 --> 04:09:32,390 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR 8100 04:09:32,457 --> 04:09:33,391 YOUR TIME AND YOUR 8101 04:09:33,458 --> 04:09:33,925 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU 8102 04:09:33,992 --> 04:09:38,797 EVERYONE IN THE ROOM FOR BEING 8103 04:09:38,863 --> 04:09:40,031 HERE ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. 8104 04:09:40,098 --> 04:09:41,833 I'M A RESIDENT OF MADISON PARK. 8105 04:09:41,900 --> 04:09:43,034 BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE. 8106 04:09:43,101 --> 04:09:44,736 LIVED HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 8107 04:09:44,803 --> 04:09:47,372 I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 8108 04:09:47,439 --> 04:09:48,373 STRENGTHENING THE ONE SEATTLE 8109 04:09:48,440 --> 04:09:50,809 PLAN. I'M EXCITED TO SEE MORE 8110 04:09:50,875 --> 04:09:53,345 DENSITY COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 8111 04:09:53,411 --> 04:09:55,580 MADISON PARK ISN'T EXACTLY THE 8112 04:09:55,647 --> 04:09:57,315 BASTIAN OF WALKABILITY THAT SOME 8113 04:09:57,382 --> 04:09:58,450 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT BE, 8114 04:09:58,516 --> 04:10:00,018 BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 8115 04:10:00,085 --> 04:10:03,088 THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING IN NEW 8116 04:10:03,154 --> 04:10:05,256 BUSINESSES, BRINGING IN NEW 8117 04:10:05,323 --> 04:10:06,157 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IS A 8118 04:10:06,224 --> 04:10:07,125 TRULY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY WE 8119 04:10:07,192 --> 04:10:10,862 HAVE IN FRONT OF US ALL TO SHAPE 8120 04:10:10,929 --> 04:10:16,935 A SEATTLE THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF 8121 04:10:17,001 --> 04:10:18,803 US. I GREW UP ATTENDING 8122 04:10:18,870 --> 04:10:19,671 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MADRONA. 8123 04:10:19,738 --> 04:10:21,439 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT 8124 04:10:21,506 --> 04:10:23,108 OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SEEING MORE 8125 04:10:23,174 --> 04:10:25,143 DENSITY AS WELL. IT'S REALLY A 8126 04:10:25,210 --> 04:10:26,711 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I CHERISHED 8127 04:10:26,778 --> 04:10:28,713 GROWING UP. AND THINKING ABOUT 8128 04:10:28,780 --> 04:10:32,784 LETTING MORE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY 8129 04:10:32,851 --> 04:10:34,586 JOIN IN THAT REALLY BEAUTIFUL 8130 04:10:34,652 --> 04:10:35,720 PLACE IS SOMETHING THAT'S 8131 04:10:35,787 --> 04:10:36,521 IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT FRANKLY, 8132 04:10:36,588 --> 04:10:39,691 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE 8133 04:10:39,758 --> 04:10:41,426 HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS. AND 8134 04:10:41,493 --> 04:10:44,062 INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY IS THE 8135 04:10:44,129 --> 04:10:49,401 KEY LEVER TO HELPING FIX OR 8136 04:10:49,467 --> 04:10:51,102 MITIGATE -- SO PLEASE TAKE 8137 04:10:51,169 --> 04:10:52,871 THISRARE OPPORTUNITY PUT IN 8138 04:10:52,937 --> 04:10:53,738 FRONT OF YOU ALL, CONSIDER 8139 04:10:53,805 --> 04:10:54,606 STRENGTHENING THE ONE SEATTLE 8140 04:10:54,672 --> 04:10:56,941 PLAN SO IT MAKES THE CITY THAT I 8141 04:10:57,008 --> 04:11:02,280 KNOW AND LOVE SOMEWHERE THAT 8142 04:11:02,347 --> 04:11:04,449 MORE PEOPLE CAN JOIN IN WITH. 8143 04:11:04,516 --> 04:11:06,718 >> THANK YOU, LEO. SPEAKER 115 8144 04:11:06,785 --> 04:11:08,853 -- SO SPEAKERS 115 TO 120. IF 8145 04:11:08,920 --> 04:11:11,623 THAT IS YOU, PLEASE STAND UP. I 8146 04:11:11,689 --> 04:11:14,092 GOT YOU, 115, PLEASE GET READY 8147 04:11:14,159 --> 04:11:15,393 SO SPEAKERS 116 TO 120, PLEASE 8148 04:11:15,460 --> 04:11:17,996 START LINING UP IN THE MIDDLE. 8149 04:11:18,062 --> 04:11:20,131 GO AHEAD, ANDREA. 8150 04:11:20,198 --> 04:11:22,167 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANDREA, 8151 04:11:22,233 --> 04:11:27,305 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. I 8152 04:11:27,372 --> 04:11:28,506 WAS RECENTLY REDISTRICTED FROM 8153 04:11:28,573 --> 04:11:31,142 SEVEN, SO ANYWAY, I WANTED TO 8154 04:11:31,209 --> 04:11:36,448 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 8155 04:11:36,514 --> 04:11:37,015 NORTH MAGNOLIA PROPOSAL. 8156 04:11:37,081 --> 04:11:39,083 CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, 8157 04:11:39,150 --> 04:11:41,686 MAGNOLIA IS NOT JUST THE 8158 04:11:41,753 --> 04:11:44,622 BOULEVARD FULL OF MULTIMILLION 8159 04:11:44,689 --> 04:11:46,524 DOLLAR ENORMOUS MANSIONS. MY 8160 04:11:46,591 --> 04:11:50,395 NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIVERSE. IT'S A 8161 04:11:50,462 --> 04:11:53,198 MIXTURE OF RENTAL HOUSING, 8162 04:11:53,264 --> 04:11:54,299 TOWNHOMES, CONDOS, AND MOSTLY, 8163 04:11:54,365 --> 04:11:57,035 EXCEPT WHERE THEY'VE BEEN 8164 04:11:57,101 --> 04:11:59,737 BULLDOZED BY THE DEVELOPERS, 8165 04:11:59,804 --> 04:12:01,039 MODEST SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES LIKE 8166 04:12:01,105 --> 04:12:04,275 MINE. MY DOG WALKER LIVES IN MY 8167 04:12:04,342 --> 04:12:04,876 NEIGHBORHOOD. MY FAVORITE 8168 04:12:04,943 --> 04:12:08,713 GROCERY CHECKER LIVES IN MY 8169 04:12:08,780 --> 04:12:11,282 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT REALLY IS A 8170 04:12:11,349 --> 04:12:15,086 COMMUNITY. THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 8171 04:12:15,153 --> 04:12:16,454 NORTH MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY CENTER 8172 04:12:16,521 --> 04:12:17,388 IS ILL CONCEIVED. AND I WOULD 8173 04:12:17,455 --> 04:12:22,794 URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE 8174 04:12:22,861 --> 04:12:26,064 COUNTERPROPOSAL FROM THE 8175 04:12:26,130 --> 04:12:27,198 MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 8176 04:12:27,265 --> 04:12:28,032 WHICH BALANCES INCREASED DENSITY 8177 04:12:28,099 --> 04:12:30,335 -- AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE EVEN 8178 04:12:30,401 --> 04:12:31,603 PROPOSED HIGHER HEIGHT LIMITS 8179 04:12:31,669 --> 04:12:34,772 ALONG THE ONE ARTERIAL THAT WE 8180 04:12:34,839 --> 04:12:38,510 DO HAVE, WHICH IS 34th -- WHILE 8181 04:12:38,576 --> 04:12:40,512 BEING MORE MEASURED AND MODEST 8182 04:12:40,578 --> 04:12:47,185 IN THE AREAS WHERE THE STREETS 8183 04:12:47,252 --> 04:12:49,888 ARE ONE CAR ONLY STREETS. 8184 04:12:49,954 --> 04:12:50,955 PUTTING VERY LARGE APARTMENT 8185 04:12:51,022 --> 04:12:53,992 BUILDINGS ON THOSE STREETS THAT 8186 04:12:54,058 --> 04:12:57,195 ARE ONLY ONE CAR WIDE, CREATING 8187 04:12:57,262 --> 04:12:59,397 CANYONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT 8188 04:12:59,464 --> 04:13:02,066 WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE 8189 04:13:02,133 --> 04:13:03,134 DIFFICULT, FOR EXAMPLE, 8190 04:13:03,201 --> 04:13:04,269 EMERGENCY SERVICES, ET CETERA. 8191 04:13:04,335 --> 04:13:05,870 IT'S A POOR PLANNING IDEA. I'D 8192 04:13:05,937 --> 04:13:07,939 ASK YOU, WE WANT DENSITY, WE 8193 04:13:08,006 --> 04:13:08,740 WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. WE 8194 04:13:08,806 --> 04:13:13,378 THINK IT WOULD WORK FOR OUR 8195 04:13:13,444 --> 04:13:16,514 NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST CONSIDER THE 8196 04:13:16,581 --> 04:13:18,116 COUNTERPROPOSAL, PLEASE. THANK 8197 04:13:18,182 --> 04:13:18,316 YOU. 8198 04:13:18,383 --> 04:13:24,589 >> THANK YOU. SPEAKER 116. 117, 8199 04:13:24,656 --> 04:13:28,493 COLLIN CLAYTON UP NEXT. RACHEL, 8200 04:13:28,560 --> 04:13:29,460 CYNTHIA, ASHLEY, AND JIM. 8201 04:13:29,527 --> 04:13:31,896 >> HI, MY NAME IS KATE RUBEN, 8202 04:13:31,963 --> 04:13:32,964 THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BE 8203 04:13:33,031 --> 04:13:35,333 SEATTLE AND A REPRESENTER LIVING 8204 04:13:35,400 --> 04:13:36,601 IN DISTRICT TWO. EXCLUSIONARY 8205 04:13:36,668 --> 04:13:38,703 ZONING HAS CONSTRAINED OUR 8206 04:13:38,770 --> 04:13:40,338 HOUSING SUPPLY WHILE DEMAND 8207 04:13:40,405 --> 04:13:41,272 KEEPS RISING. ALLOWING MANY MORE 8208 04:13:41,339 --> 04:13:43,441 HOMES CITYWIDE IS NECESSARY AND 8209 04:13:43,508 --> 04:13:44,842 IT'S LONG OVERDUE. LIKE SO MANY 8210 04:13:44,909 --> 04:13:47,045 OF THE RENTERS THAT I MEET 8211 04:13:47,111 --> 04:13:48,780 THROUGH MY WORK, I AM AT RISK OF 8212 04:13:48,846 --> 04:13:51,249 BEING PRICED OUT OF THE CITY. I 8213 04:13:51,316 --> 04:13:52,650 WORKED FULL TIME FOR MY ENTIRE 8214 04:13:52,717 --> 04:13:54,986 ADULT LIFE, BUT I STILL NEED A 8215 04:13:55,053 --> 04:13:56,020 ROOMMATE TO AFFORD HOUSING. I 8216 04:13:56,087 --> 04:13:58,222 URGE YOU TO STRENGTH B THE ONE 8217 04:13:58,289 --> 04:13:59,891 SEATTLE PLAN TO ENSURE THAT 8218 04:13:59,958 --> 04:14:01,626 RENTERS, DISABLED PEOPLE, AND 8219 04:14:01,693 --> 04:14:04,262 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT HIGH 8220 04:14:04,329 --> 04:14:08,199 RISK OF DISPLACEMENT CAN REMAIN 8221 04:14:08,266 --> 04:14:09,200 AND THRIVE. SERVICE WORKERS, 8222 04:14:09,267 --> 04:14:10,168 ARTISTS, RETIREES, AND NONPROFIT 8223 04:14:10,234 --> 04:14:16,274 WORKERS LIKE MY ROOMMATE AND ME 8224 04:14:16,341 --> 04:14:17,141 NEED PROTECTION FROM 8225 04:14:17,208 --> 04:14:17,709 DISPLACEMENT. THE DRAFT 8226 04:14:17,775 --> 04:14:18,276 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FRAMEWORK 8227 04:14:18,343 --> 04:14:19,210 DOESN'T INCLUDE NEW STRATEGIES, 8228 04:14:19,277 --> 04:14:21,879 AND MOST OF THE TENANT SERVICES 8229 04:14:21,946 --> 04:14:24,048 THE CITY CURRENTLY FUNDS TO 8230 04:14:24,115 --> 04:14:24,782 PREVENT DISPLACEMENT WEREN'T 8231 04:14:24,849 --> 04:14:26,217 EVEN MENTIONED. IT LEAVES OUT 8232 04:14:26,284 --> 04:14:29,554 SOME EXISTING RENTER PROTECTIONS 8233 04:14:29,621 --> 04:14:31,522 THAT PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, 8234 04:14:31,589 --> 04:14:32,090 INCLUDING THE ROOMMATE 8235 04:14:32,156 --> 04:14:33,591 ORDINANCE, THE $10 LATE FEE CAP, 8236 04:14:33,658 --> 04:14:36,928 AND THE BAN ONO TIS DELIVERY 8237 04:14:36,995 --> 04:14:37,862 FEES. THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 8238 04:14:37,929 --> 04:14:39,297 FRAMEWORK MUST INCLUDE OUR 8239 04:14:39,364 --> 04:14:42,467 EXISTING TENANT SERVICES AND 8240 04:14:42,533 --> 04:14:43,334 RENTER PROTECTIONS. SEATTLE'S 8241 04:14:43,401 --> 04:14:45,303 GROWTH SHOULD PROTECT THOSE MOST 8242 04:14:45,370 --> 04:14:48,039 AT RISK AND SUPPORT WALKABLE, 8243 04:14:48,106 --> 04:14:49,340 COMPLETE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES. 8244 04:14:49,407 --> 04:14:50,842 WE NEED TO EXPAND ZONING FOR 8245 04:14:50,908 --> 04:14:52,944 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE 8246 04:14:53,011 --> 04:14:54,646 MORE, LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD 8247 04:14:54,712 --> 04:14:56,714 CENTERS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW 8248 04:14:56,781 --> 04:14:58,416 DISPLACEMENT, HIGH OPPORTUNITY 8249 04:14:58,483 --> 04:15:02,120 AREAS NEAR PARKS AND TRANSIT, 8250 04:15:02,186 --> 04:15:03,121 NOT POLLUTED ARTERIALS. THE 8251 04:15:03,187 --> 04:15:04,389 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS SHOULD 8252 04:15:04,455 --> 04:15:05,690 BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE AND INCLUDE 8253 04:15:05,757 --> 04:15:11,596 SOCIAL HOUSING TO MAXIMIZE THE 8254 04:15:11,663 --> 04:15:12,730 NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE 8255 04:15:12,797 --> 04:15:14,866 COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED HOMES AND 8256 04:15:14,932 --> 04:15:18,536 ADD SOMETHING MORE CONSERVATIVE 8257 04:15:18,603 --> 04:15:19,570 LEANING. OOPS, SORRY, THANKS. 8258 04:15:19,637 --> 04:15:30,248 >> SPEAKER 117, 118, 11 9, AND 8259 04:15:30,314 --> 04:15:33,951 120. SPEAKER 118? NO. SPEAKER 1 8260 04:15:34,018 --> 04:15:39,457 19? SPEAKER 120? I'M GOING TO 8261 04:15:39,524 --> 04:15:41,392 MOVE ON. SPEAKERS 121 TO 130, IF 8262 04:15:41,459 --> 04:15:43,094 YOU'RE 121 TO 130, IF YOU START 8263 04:15:43,161 --> 04:15:47,899 GETTING READY, AND WE'LL GO 8264 04:15:47,965 --> 04:15:49,467 BACK TO YOU, COLLEEN. THANK YOU. 8265 04:15:49,534 --> 04:15:51,703 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 8266 04:15:51,769 --> 04:15:54,939 TO PROVIDE COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF 8267 04:15:55,006 --> 04:15:56,541 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I'M AN 8268 04:15:56,607 --> 04:15:59,110 URBAN PLANNING MASTER STUDENT 8269 04:15:59,177 --> 04:16:00,545 AND MIDDLE HOUSING ENTHUSIAST. 8270 04:16:00,611 --> 04:16:04,716 BUILDING AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL 8271 04:16:04,782 --> 04:16:05,917 LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD -- AN 8272 04:16:05,983 --> 04:16:07,952 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE 8273 04:16:08,019 --> 04:16:09,821 TO TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARDS A 8274 04:16:09,887 --> 04:16:11,889 MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE IN LIGHT 8275 04:16:11,956 --> 04:16:13,191 OF OUR NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS. 8276 04:16:13,257 --> 04:16:14,759 WE URGENTLY NEED MORE DIVERSE 8277 04:16:14,826 --> 04:16:16,127 TYPES OF HOUSING THAT IS 8278 04:16:16,194 --> 04:16:19,163 AFFORDABLE AT EVERY INCOME LEVEL 8279 04:16:19,230 --> 04:16:19,964 TO ENSURE SEATTLE'S VAST 8280 04:16:20,031 --> 04:16:21,265 OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE TO ALL, 8281 04:16:21,332 --> 04:16:23,701 AND THAT STARTS WITH HOUSING 8282 04:16:23,768 --> 04:16:25,002 WHICH STARTS WITH ZONING. I 8283 04:16:25,069 --> 04:16:26,237 RECOGNIZE MY PRIVILEGE AS A 8284 04:16:26,304 --> 04:16:27,939 WHITE HOME OWNER AND WOULD URGE 8285 04:16:28,005 --> 04:16:30,041 THOSE WHO SPEAK FROM FEAR ABOUT 8286 04:16:30,108 --> 04:16:32,910 INCREASED DENSITY TO REFLECT ON 8287 04:16:32,977 --> 04:16:34,679 THE GOOD FORTUNE THAT FINANCES, 8288 04:16:34,746 --> 04:16:36,848 HISTORY OF RACIAL KOV NANCE, OR 8289 04:16:36,914 --> 04:16:42,687 SIMPLY GOOD TIMING ALLOWED THEM. 8290 04:16:42,754 --> 04:16:44,589 CURRENT AND FUTURE SEATTLEITES 8291 04:16:44,655 --> 04:16:46,357 DESERVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TOO. 8292 04:16:46,424 --> 04:16:48,059 THE REALITY IS THAT RENTS AND 8293 04:16:48,126 --> 04:16:49,393 ESPECIALLY HOME PRICES HAVE FAR 8294 04:16:49,460 --> 04:16:50,328 OUTPACED INCOME AND MANY 8295 04:16:50,394 --> 04:16:51,829 HOUSEHOLDS ARE STUCK IN THE 8296 04:16:51,896 --> 04:16:53,131 CYCLE OF RENTING, IF THEY'RE 8297 04:16:53,197 --> 04:16:54,432 EVEN ABLE TO AFFORD THAT. THE 8298 04:16:54,499 --> 04:16:56,267 BURDEN OF GROWTH SHOULD NOT 8299 04:16:56,334 --> 04:16:58,236 CONTINUE TO FALL ON HISTORICALLY 8300 04:16:58,302 --> 04:17:00,972 RED LINED AREAS OR RESULT IN 8301 04:17:01,038 --> 04:17:01,839 MORE SUBURBAN SPRAWL. FAR WORSE 8302 04:17:01,906 --> 04:17:05,376 FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE 8303 04:17:05,443 --> 04:17:06,711 TREES, FOR THE ORCAS. UPZONING 8304 04:17:06,778 --> 04:17:08,346 AND STRATEGIC DENSITY IN 8305 04:17:08,412 --> 04:17:09,981 CONJUNCTION WITH MIXED USE AND 8306 04:17:10,047 --> 04:17:11,682 RELAXED PARKING MINIMUMS SHOULD 8307 04:17:11,749 --> 04:17:14,886 BE USED IN NEW AND EXPANDED 8308 04:17:14,952 --> 04:17:16,053 NEIGHBORHOOD AND URBAN CENTERS, 8309 04:17:16,120 --> 04:17:17,421 PARTICULARLY IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY 8310 04:17:17,488 --> 04:17:19,457 AREAS AND NEAR TRANSIT. THANK 8311 04:17:19,524 --> 04:17:19,657 YOU. 8312 04:17:19,724 --> 04:17:23,761 >> THANK YOU. NEXT RYAN 8313 04:17:23,828 --> 04:17:27,064 DRISCOLL, SPEAKER 121 TO 130. 8314 04:17:27,131 --> 04:17:31,903 SPEAKER 121, ARE YOU HERE? NO. 8315 04:17:31,969 --> 04:17:34,438 HOW ABOUT SPEAKER 122? AWESOME. 8316 04:17:34,505 --> 04:17:34,772 DAKOTA, 122. 8317 04:17:34,839 --> 04:17:35,606 >> HEY THERE. I'M DAKOTA, A 8318 04:17:35,673 --> 04:17:36,607 MAPLE LEAF RESIDENT, AND I'M 8319 04:17:36,674 --> 04:17:38,676 HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 8320 04:17:38,743 --> 04:17:40,711 ZONING UPDATES IN THIS COMP 8321 04:17:40,778 --> 04:17:41,946 PLAN. WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND 8322 04:17:42,013 --> 04:17:44,649 ANY POLICY THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT 8323 04:17:44,715 --> 04:17:46,317 THIS GOAL SIMPLY ISN'T GOOD 8324 04:17:46,384 --> 04:17:47,985 GOVERNANCE. UPDATED ZONING IS 8325 04:17:48,052 --> 04:17:51,556 KEY TO ACHIEVING THIS AND OFFERS 8326 04:17:51,622 --> 04:17:52,456 MULTIPLE BENEFITS. IT GENERATES 8327 04:17:52,523 --> 04:17:54,959 MORE TAX REVENUE PER PARCEL AND 8328 04:17:55,026 --> 04:17:56,327 SUPPORTS THE CLIMATE BY 8329 04:17:56,394 --> 04:17:58,296 SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 8330 04:17:58,362 --> 04:17:59,530 AND REDUCING SPRAWL. IT BOOSTS 8331 04:17:59,597 --> 04:18:00,698 BUSINESS AND ATTRACTS NEW 8332 04:18:00,765 --> 04:18:04,035 BUSINESS BY BRINGING PEOPLE 8333 04:18:04,101 --> 04:18:06,437 CLOSER TO COMMERCIAL AREAS. IT 8334 04:18:06,504 --> 04:18:07,972 ENCOURAGES TRANSIT USE, REDUCING 8335 04:18:08,039 --> 04:18:09,674 CAR RELIANCE, AND IT HELPS 8336 04:18:09,740 --> 04:18:12,076 SCHOOLS BY MAKING HOUSING MORE 8337 04:18:12,143 --> 04:18:12,944 AFFORDABLE AND ATTRACTING 8338 04:18:13,010 --> 04:18:18,182 FAMILIES. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE 8339 04:18:18,249 --> 04:18:19,250 SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR 8340 04:18:19,317 --> 04:18:19,884 IMPROVEMENT. ELIMINATE PARKING 8341 04:18:19,951 --> 04:18:20,718 MINIMUMS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT 8342 04:18:20,785 --> 04:18:25,723 COSTS AND INCREASE THE 8343 04:18:25,790 --> 04:18:27,158 OPPORTUNITY FOR GREEN SPACE, 8344 04:18:27,225 --> 04:18:28,726 INCENTIVIZE NOVEL ARCHITECTURAL 8345 04:18:28,793 --> 04:18:30,127 APPROACHES THAT RETAIN EXISTING 8346 04:18:30,194 --> 04:18:31,562 TREES. RETAINING TREES OR NOT IS 8347 04:18:31,629 --> 04:18:33,130 A POLICY CHOICE DRIVEN BY THE 8348 04:18:33,197 --> 04:18:34,866 ZONING CODE AND OUR WILL TO 8349 04:18:34,932 --> 04:18:36,434 PROTECT THEM. IF WE'RE SERIOUS 8350 04:18:36,500 --> 04:18:40,972 ABOUT OUR TREE CANOPY, BE 8351 04:18:41,038 --> 04:18:41,772 SMARTER ABOUT OUR POLICIES. 8352 04:18:41,839 --> 04:18:42,273 INCENTIVIZE SMALL-SCALE 8353 04:18:42,340 --> 04:18:42,907 NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED DEVELOPERS 8354 04:18:42,974 --> 04:18:46,677 AND COLLECTIVE WHO IS WISH TO 8355 04:18:46,744 --> 04:18:48,579 DEVELOP THEIR LANDS THEMSELVES. 8356 04:18:48,646 --> 04:18:50,748 PERHAPS PROPERTY TAX CREDITS, 8357 04:18:50,815 --> 04:18:52,650 ZONING BONUSES OR EXPEDITED 8358 04:18:52,717 --> 04:18:56,020 PROCESSING OR BY SIMPLY 8359 04:18:56,087 --> 04:18:57,555 CONNECTING PEOPLE TO -- WILLING 8360 04:18:57,622 --> 04:18:59,190 TO TAKE SMALLER JOBS WITHOUT 8361 04:18:59,257 --> 04:19:01,292 BUYING THE PROPERTY FROM THE 8362 04:19:01,359 --> 04:19:02,293 LANDOWNER. AND NEIGHBORHOOD 8363 04:19:02,360 --> 04:19:03,861 CENTERS, ADD MORE NEIGHBORHOOD 8364 04:19:03,928 --> 04:19:04,962 COMMERCIAL ZONES. MAPLE LEAF, 8365 04:19:05,029 --> 04:19:07,164 FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S MOSTLY LR3 8366 04:19:07,231 --> 04:19:09,033 AND LR2. THERE'S ONLY A SMALL, 8367 04:19:09,100 --> 04:19:10,601 SMALL PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 8368 04:19:10,668 --> 04:19:11,969 CENTER THAT IS NC, WHICH MEANS 8369 04:19:12,036 --> 04:19:13,804 THAT WE'RE ONLY ADDING MORE 8370 04:19:13,871 --> 04:19:16,807 HOUSING AND NOT MORE OPPORTUNITY 8371 04:19:16,874 --> 04:19:17,508 FOR COMMERCE. AND ALLOW 8372 04:19:17,575 --> 04:19:20,011 COMMERCIAL USES ON MORE THAN 8373 04:19:20,077 --> 04:19:20,945 JUST LITERAL CORNER LOTS. 8374 04:19:21,012 --> 04:19:21,879 THAT'S JUST NONSENSE. WE CAN 8375 04:19:21,946 --> 04:19:25,383 HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO. 8376 04:19:25,449 --> 04:19:27,151 GOOD HOUSING POLICY IS GOOD 8377 04:19:27,218 --> 04:19:29,287 CLIMATE POLICY IS GOOD FISCAL 8378 04:19:29,353 --> 04:19:30,321 POLICY. THANKS VERY MUCH. 8379 04:19:30,388 --> 04:19:34,125 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ERIC 8380 04:19:34,191 --> 04:19:42,099 THORN, SPEAKER 123. 123 IS NOT 8381 04:19:42,166 --> 04:19:43,034 HERE? OKAY, SPEAKER 124, ERIC? 8382 04:19:43,100 --> 04:19:45,803 >> GOOD EVENING, OR I SUPPOSE, 8383 04:19:45,870 --> 04:19:46,804 GOOD NIGHT. I'M A LIFELONG 8384 04:19:46,871 --> 04:19:48,105 SEATTLEITE, LITERALLY NEVER 8385 04:19:48,172 --> 04:19:49,440 LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE. I GREW UP 8386 04:19:49,507 --> 04:19:51,776 IN WHAT IS NOW THE DISTRICT 8387 04:19:51,842 --> 04:19:53,210 SEVEN CORNER OF MAGNOLIA WHERE 8388 04:19:53,277 --> 04:19:54,378 MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS 8389 04:19:54,445 --> 04:19:57,748 STILL LIVE. BUT I DON'T LIVE 8390 04:19:57,815 --> 04:19:59,083 THERE ANYMORE, AND MY FAMILY, MY 8391 04:19:59,150 --> 04:20:01,886 WIFE AND I MAY NOT EVER LIVE 8392 04:20:01,953 --> 04:20:03,220 THERE. THE AMERICAN DREAM OF 8393 04:20:03,287 --> 04:20:04,155 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS PRACTICALLY 8394 04:20:04,221 --> 04:20:05,122 IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, 8395 04:20:05,189 --> 04:20:06,257 YOUNG FAMILIES LIKE ME IN 8396 04:20:06,324 --> 04:20:07,692 SEATTLE. THE CHOICE HERE FOR US 8397 04:20:07,758 --> 04:20:09,093 IS STARK, WE CAN MOVE TO FEDERAL 8398 04:20:09,160 --> 04:20:11,262 WAY OR AS FAR AS WE CAN BEFORE 8399 04:20:11,329 --> 04:20:13,264 THE MORTGAGE APPROVES OR WE STAY 8400 04:20:13,331 --> 04:20:14,732 AT THE MERCY OF OUR LANDLORDS 8401 04:20:14,799 --> 04:20:16,934 WHO JUST YESTERDAY SENT ME AN 8402 04:20:17,001 --> 04:20:18,169 EMAIL SAYING THEY'RE RAISING MY 8403 04:20:18,235 --> 04:20:19,770 RENT. MY WIFE AND I, HOWEVER, WE 8404 04:20:19,837 --> 04:20:22,073 ARE IN SEATTLE STILL. WE'RE IN 8405 04:20:22,139 --> 04:20:23,541 MOUNT BAKER, A HISTORICALLY RED 8406 04:20:23,607 --> 04:20:24,241 LINED COMMUNITY, AND 8407 04:20:24,308 --> 04:20:28,012 UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE THE FACE 8408 04:20:28,079 --> 04:20:28,612 OF DISPLACEMENT AND 8409 04:20:28,679 --> 04:20:29,847 GENTRIFICATION, BECAUSE WE ARE 8410 04:20:29,914 --> 04:20:31,282 LIVING WHERE ALL OF THE HOUSING 8411 04:20:31,349 --> 04:20:32,883 HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE RAINIER 8412 04:20:32,950 --> 04:20:34,185 VALLEY IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. 8413 04:20:34,251 --> 04:20:35,987 THE PLACES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST 8414 04:20:36,053 --> 04:20:36,721 DISPLACEMENT RISK. IF I WERE TO 8415 04:20:36,787 --> 04:20:38,923 BE ABLE TO TRY AND LIVE WHERE I 8416 04:20:38,990 --> 04:20:40,691 GREW UP IN MAGNOLIA, I WOULD 8417 04:20:40,758 --> 04:20:42,026 NEED AN INCOME FOR JUST 8418 04:20:42,093 --> 04:20:44,061 BASICALLY THE MOST ENTRY LEVEL 8419 04:20:44,128 --> 04:20:48,666 HOME IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD 8420 04:20:48,733 --> 04:20:50,668 OF ABOUT $240,000 A YEAR. FOR 8421 04:20:50,735 --> 04:20:53,971 PERSPECTIVE, MY PARENTS BOUGHT 8422 04:20:54,038 --> 04:20:59,310 THEIR HOME IN 1993 FOR $283,000 8423 04:20:59,377 --> 04:21:00,611 TOTAL. WHICH IS $613,000 TODAY. 8424 04:21:00,678 --> 04:21:01,946 THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR, TO SOLVE 8425 04:21:02,013 --> 04:21:02,713 BOTH DISPLACEMENT AND MY PROBLEM 8426 04:21:02,780 --> 04:21:04,015 OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LIVE WHERE 8427 04:21:04,081 --> 04:21:06,417 I GREW UP AND MAKE SURE MY KIDS 8428 04:21:06,484 --> 04:21:08,486 CAN LIVE CLOSE WITHIN WALKING 8429 04:21:08,552 --> 04:21:09,520 DISTANCE OF THEIR GRANDPARENTS 8430 04:21:09,587 --> 04:21:11,722 IS BUILD MORE HOUSING IN PLACES 8431 04:21:11,789 --> 04:21:15,359 LIKE MAGNOLIA, WHETHER THAT BE 8432 04:21:15,426 --> 04:21:16,360 THE NORTH MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY 8433 04:21:16,427 --> 04:21:18,462 AREA, MAGNOLIA BRIDGE DENSITY 8434 04:21:18,529 --> 04:21:22,533 AREA, OR IN THE MAGNOLIA 8435 04:21:22,600 --> 04:21:23,501 VILLAGE. THINGS LIKE -- SMALL 8436 04:21:23,567 --> 04:21:24,268 NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORES, 8437 04:21:24,335 --> 04:21:25,069 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE 8438 04:21:25,136 --> 04:21:27,772 GOING TO BE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO 8439 04:21:27,838 --> 04:21:32,743 DO TO ALLOW FOR AFFORDABLE 8440 04:21:32,810 --> 04:21:33,744 HOUSING AND NEW HOMEOWNERSHIP 8441 04:21:33,811 --> 04:21:34,412 OPPORTUNITIES. I HOPE THAT YOU 8442 04:21:34,478 --> 04:21:35,746 CAN SEE THAT THAT DREAM IS OUT 8443 04:21:35,813 --> 04:21:37,581 OF LOVE FOR SEATTLE. AND I HOPE 8444 04:21:37,648 --> 04:21:39,583 WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER. THANK 8445 04:21:39,650 --> 04:21:39,784 YOU. 8446 04:21:39,850 --> 04:21:47,525 >> THANK YOU, ERIC. NEXT WE HAVE 8447 04:21:47,591 --> 04:21:49,193 SPEAKER 125, BEN. FOLLOWED BY 8448 04:21:49,260 --> 04:21:50,561 SPEAKER 126, IS 126 HERE? ALL 8449 04:21:50,628 --> 04:21:50,795 RIGHT. 8450 04:21:50,861 --> 04:21:52,029 >> MY NAME IS BEN. I LIVE IN 8451 04:21:52,096 --> 04:21:54,231 BALLARD, AND I'VE LIVED IN THE 8452 04:21:54,298 --> 04:21:54,999 SEATTLE AREA MY ENTIRE LIFE. 8453 04:21:55,066 --> 04:21:56,233 I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD 8454 04:21:56,300 --> 04:21:58,636 IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. IN 8455 04:21:58,702 --> 04:22:01,038 2020 THERE WAS AN UNBEARABLE 8456 04:22:01,105 --> 04:22:02,740 WEEK OF DANGEROUS WILDFIRE 8457 04:22:02,807 --> 04:22:04,275 SPOKE. IN 2021 IT REACHED 108 8458 04:22:04,341 --> 04:22:05,943 DEGREES. TREES ARE GREAT, BUT 8459 04:22:06,010 --> 04:22:08,579 THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO 8460 04:22:08,646 --> 04:22:09,246 HELP. EVERYONE SUFFERED. THESE 8461 04:22:09,313 --> 04:22:09,847 DISASTERS ARE GOING TO KEEP 8462 04:22:09,914 --> 04:22:11,782 GETTING WORSE AS LONG AS WE 8463 04:22:11,849 --> 04:22:13,784 CONTINUE TO RELY ON FOSSIL FUELS 8464 04:22:13,851 --> 04:22:14,418 FOR TRANSPORTATION. THEY'RE 8465 04:22:14,485 --> 04:22:15,786 GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE AS 8466 04:22:15,853 --> 04:22:18,556 LONG AS OUR CITY LAWS DEMAND CAR 8467 04:22:18,622 --> 04:22:20,257 OWNERSHIP. WHAT SEATTLE NEEDS 8468 04:22:20,324 --> 04:22:21,525 RIGHT NOW IS MORE DENSITY. 8469 04:22:21,592 --> 04:22:22,526 PUSHING DEVELOPMENT TO THE 8470 04:22:22,593 --> 04:22:23,661 SUBURBS JUST MEANS THAT INSTEAD 8471 04:22:23,727 --> 04:22:26,163 OF CUTTING DOWN A SINGLE TREE IN 8472 04:22:26,230 --> 04:22:27,465 YOUR FRONT YARD, YOU'RE 8473 04:22:27,531 --> 04:22:30,768 BULLDOZING ACRES OF NORSE THE 8474 04:22:30,835 --> 04:22:32,470 CASCADES FOR MORE CAR-DEPENDENT 8475 04:22:32,536 --> 04:22:33,404 SUBURBS. THAT'S NOT 8476 04:22:33,471 --> 04:22:34,071 ENVIRONMENTALISM, THAT'S GREED. 8477 04:22:34,138 --> 04:22:35,439 I'M PROUD TO LIVE CAR FREE IN 8478 04:22:35,506 --> 04:22:37,341 THE CITY, BUT IT IS HARD. 8479 04:22:37,408 --> 04:22:38,776 TRANSIT IS INFREQUENT AND 8480 04:22:38,843 --> 04:22:41,212 SPARSE, RENT IS HIGH. MY LIFE IS 8481 04:22:41,278 --> 04:22:42,413 BEING SHORTENED BY BREATHING CAR 8482 04:22:42,480 --> 04:22:44,315 EXHAUST BECAUSE I'M FORCED TO 8483 04:22:44,381 --> 04:22:45,449 LIVE ON AN ARTERIAL, BECAUSE 8484 04:22:45,516 --> 04:22:47,585 THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE BUILD 8485 04:22:47,651 --> 04:22:48,185 APARTMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, MY 8486 04:22:48,252 --> 04:22:49,954 FRIENDS ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF 8487 04:22:50,020 --> 04:22:52,256 THE CITY, AND THE HOMELESSNESS 8488 04:22:52,323 --> 04:22:53,124 CRISIS IS VISIBLE TO EVERYONE. 8489 04:22:53,190 --> 04:22:55,593 ALL THESE ISSUES WILL BE HELPED 8490 04:22:55,659 --> 04:22:56,760 BY INCREASED DENSITY. TRANSIT 8491 04:22:56,827 --> 04:22:58,395 FOLLOWS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. THE 8492 04:22:58,462 --> 04:23:01,265 ONLY SOLUTION TO TRAFFIC IS A 8493 04:23:01,332 --> 04:23:02,032 VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING. 8494 04:23:02,099 --> 04:23:03,601 PLEASE REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO 8495 04:23:03,667 --> 04:23:04,768 DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE DO NOT 8496 04:23:04,835 --> 04:23:07,605 REMOVE ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8497 04:23:07,671 --> 04:23:09,440 CENTERS. WE NEED INCREASED 8498 04:23:09,507 --> 04:23:10,608 DENSITY EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU. 8499 04:23:10,674 --> 04:23:11,809 >> THANK, YOU BEN. SPEAKER 126. 8500 04:23:11,876 --> 04:23:13,144 AND JUST A REAL QUICK CHECK, HOW 8501 04:23:13,210 --> 04:23:17,148 MANY PEOPLE ARE IN HERE THAT ARE 8502 04:23:17,214 --> 04:23:20,718 SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? AWESOME, ALL 8503 04:23:20,784 --> 04:23:21,752 RIGHT, LET'S POWER THROUGH. 8504 04:23:21,819 --> 04:23:25,422 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 126 AND 8505 04:23:25,489 --> 04:23:28,959 THEN 127 AND 128, 129, 130. 8506 04:23:29,026 --> 04:23:29,927 PARDON ME? 8507 04:23:29,994 --> 04:23:33,764 >> I'M 127, SORRY. IS 126 HERE? 8508 04:23:33,831 --> 04:23:35,799 SID? DO NOT SEE SID. OKAY, 127, 8509 04:23:35,866 --> 04:23:36,066 CAMERON. 8510 04:23:36,133 --> 04:23:37,301 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 8511 04:23:37,368 --> 04:23:39,803 MY NAME IS CAMERON, I'M A 8512 04:23:39,870 --> 04:23:41,238 RENTER IN DISTRICT THREE. WE 8513 04:23:41,305 --> 04:23:42,072 KNOW FROM OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE, 8514 04:23:42,139 --> 04:23:43,974 APPARENTLY THIS IS 8515 04:23:44,041 --> 04:23:45,609 CONTROVERSIAL, WE KNOW NOT ONLY 8516 04:23:45,676 --> 04:23:46,744 FROM STUDIES BUT ALSO THE 8517 04:23:46,810 --> 04:23:49,213 EXAMPLE OF OTHER AMERICAN CITIES 8518 04:23:49,280 --> 04:23:51,482 THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED HOUSING 8519 04:23:51,549 --> 04:23:55,186 REFORMS THAT OUR UNPRECEDENTED 8520 04:23:55,252 --> 04:23:56,787 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND 8521 04:23:56,854 --> 04:23:57,555 HOMELESSNESS CRISES ARE 8522 04:23:57,621 --> 04:23:59,056 CENTRALLY A PROBLEM OF SUPPLY 8523 04:23:59,123 --> 04:24:01,091 AND DEMAND. JUST LIKE THE GAME 8524 04:24:01,158 --> 04:24:02,626 OF MUSICAL CHAIRS. AND A NUMBER 8525 04:24:02,693 --> 04:24:04,195 OF PEOPLE HAVE SHOWED UP TONIGHT 8526 04:24:04,261 --> 04:24:05,863 TO ARGUE WHY WE SHOULDN'T ADD 8527 04:24:05,930 --> 04:24:07,064 NEW CHAIRS TO THEIR 8528 04:24:07,131 --> 04:24:08,032 NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I SYMPATHIZE, 8529 04:24:08,098 --> 04:24:09,233 I GET IT. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE 8530 04:24:09,300 --> 04:24:10,768 YOUNG PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE 8531 04:24:10,834 --> 04:24:13,304 TRYING TO BUILD A FUTURE IN THIS 8532 04:24:13,370 --> 04:24:16,707 CITY, IF OUR GOALS ARE BASED ON 8533 04:24:16,774 --> 04:24:17,541 PRESERVING CHARACTER RATHER THAN 8534 04:24:17,608 --> 04:24:24,481 BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS THEIR OWN 8535 04:24:24,548 --> 04:24:26,817 KIDS AND GRANDKIDS IS -- IF OUR 8536 04:24:26,884 --> 04:24:28,052 ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ARE ABOUT 8537 04:24:28,118 --> 04:24:30,421 FIGHT OVER INDIVIDUAL TREES, 8538 04:24:30,487 --> 04:24:31,555 OVER AVOIDING CLEAR CUTTING 8539 04:24:31,622 --> 04:24:33,123 FOREST, AND FORCING PEOPLE INTO 8540 04:24:33,190 --> 04:24:35,459 HOURS LONG COMMUTES, THEN WE 8541 04:24:35,526 --> 04:24:36,760 HAVE OUR PRIORITIES WRONG. IF 8542 04:24:36,827 --> 04:24:38,896 OUR HOUSING JUSTICE GOALS ARE 8543 04:24:38,963 --> 04:24:40,564 ABOUT PROTECTING WELLTHY 8544 04:24:40,631 --> 04:24:41,799 HOMEOWNERS FROM APARTMENTS 8545 04:24:41,865 --> 04:24:42,433 RATHER THAN PROTECTING 8546 04:24:42,499 --> 04:24:43,033 VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED 8547 04:24:43,100 --> 04:24:44,301 PEOPLE FROM SLEEPING ON THE 8548 04:24:44,368 --> 04:24:46,136 STREET, THEN WE HAVE OUR 8549 04:24:46,203 --> 04:24:46,904 PRIORITIES WRONG. SO TO BE 8550 04:24:46,971 --> 04:24:48,138 CLEAR, I STRONGLY SUPPORT MANY 8551 04:24:48,205 --> 04:24:53,110 OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE MAYOR'S 8552 04:24:53,177 --> 04:24:54,545 ONE SEATTLE PLAN, BUT THE 8553 04:24:54,612 --> 04:24:58,015 NUMBERS SAY THE PLAN DOES NOT 8554 04:24:58,082 --> 04:24:58,983 MEET THE MOMENT. I SUPPORT 8555 04:24:59,049 --> 04:25:00,284 INCLUDING ALLOWING FOURPLEXES 8556 04:25:00,351 --> 04:25:03,153 CITYWIDE AND THE CREATION OF NEW 8557 04:25:03,220 --> 04:25:03,687 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. I 8558 04:25:03,754 --> 04:25:05,222 ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO EXPAND 8559 04:25:05,289 --> 04:25:07,891 THE PROPOSED CENTERS AND ADD NEW 8560 04:25:07,958 --> 04:25:09,293 ONES IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS. 8561 04:25:09,360 --> 04:25:10,961 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALLOW FOR 8562 04:25:11,028 --> 04:25:12,529 STACKED FLATS ON ALL LOTS NEAR 8563 04:25:12,596 --> 04:25:15,199 FREQUENT TRANSIT AND TO EXPAND 8564 04:25:15,266 --> 04:25:18,636 THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING 8565 04:25:18,702 --> 04:25:20,204 DENSITY BONUS CITYWIDE WITH A 8566 04:25:20,271 --> 04:25:21,405 SIMILAR BONUS FOR LOW RIDE 8567 04:25:21,472 --> 04:25:23,140 ZONES. THE LARGEST CITY IN THE 8568 04:25:23,207 --> 04:25:24,275 STATE SHOULD DEMONSTRATE 8569 04:25:24,341 --> 04:25:25,242 LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN 8570 04:25:25,309 --> 04:25:26,977 THE CRISIS RATHER THAN SHRINKING 8571 04:25:27,044 --> 04:25:28,112 BACK AND MAKING EXCUSES. PLEASE 8572 04:25:28,178 --> 04:25:29,680 DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 8573 04:25:29,747 --> 04:25:30,781 BUILD A MORE VIBRANT AND LIVABLE 8574 04:25:30,848 --> 04:25:37,621 CITY FOR THOSE OF US WHO PLAN TO 8575 04:25:37,655 --> 04:25:41,725 >> SPEAKER 128? FELICIA? SPEAKER 8576 04:25:41,792 --> 04:25:46,730 129? AWESOME. AND THEN 130. I'M 8577 04:25:46,797 --> 04:26:06,750 SO 8578 04:26:06,817 --> 04:26:08,352 MY NAME IS ADAM AND I'M A PROUD 8579 04:26:08,419 --> 04:26:09,553 HOMEOWNER AND I'M HERE TO URGE 8580 04:26:09,620 --> 04:26:10,888 THE COUNSEL TO PASS THE OLDEST 8581 04:26:10,954 --> 04:26:11,822 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ALLOWS 8582 04:26:11,889 --> 04:26:12,823 FOR MORE HOUSING ACROSS THE 8583 04:26:12,890 --> 04:26:18,729 CITY. THE CITY AND REGION WILL 8584 04:26:18,796 --> 04:26:20,030 CONTINUE TO GROW NO MATTER WHAT 8585 04:26:20,097 --> 04:26:21,432 BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE BEST CITY 8586 04:26:21,498 --> 04:26:23,067 IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE A GREAT 8587 04:26:23,133 --> 04:26:23,634 ECONOMY, WONDERFUL NATURAL 8588 04:26:23,701 --> 04:26:25,002 RESOURCES AND RICK ADDITIONAL 8589 04:26:25,069 --> 04:26:30,574 OPPORTUNITIES. I HOPE THAT THIS 8590 04:26:30,641 --> 04:26:31,608 COUNSEL RECOGNIZES WE NEED TO 8591 04:26:31,675 --> 04:26:32,609 CAPTURE THE LION'S SHARE OF 8592 04:26:32,676 --> 04:26:33,844 GROWTH WITH IN SEATTLE BY OF 8593 04:26:33,911 --> 04:26:34,645 SELLING AND INCREASING DENSITY 8594 04:26:34,712 --> 04:26:36,080 TO ENSURE THAT TAX DOLLARS GOING 8595 04:26:36,146 --> 04:26:37,114 TO OUR CITY SERVICES LIKE 8596 04:26:37,181 --> 04:26:39,016 TRANSIT AND HOUSING THAT WE SO 8597 04:26:39,083 --> 04:26:41,018 DESPERATELY NEED. THIS IS ALSO 8598 04:26:41,085 --> 04:26:42,619 THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE TREES. THIS 8599 04:26:42,686 --> 04:26:43,887 IS THE ONLY WAY, BECAUSE THE 8600 04:26:43,954 --> 04:26:45,456 ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS PUSHING THAT 8601 04:26:45,522 --> 04:26:46,790 GROWTH OUT AND CLEARCUTTING 8602 04:26:46,857 --> 04:26:51,195 THOUSANDS OF TREES. PEOPLE RALLY 8603 04:26:51,261 --> 04:26:52,663 TO SAVE A SINGLE TREE, BUT THAT 8604 04:26:52,730 --> 04:26:54,098 IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SEE 8605 04:26:54,164 --> 04:26:55,933 THE THOUSANDS BEING CUT OUT ON 8606 04:26:55,999 --> 04:26:59,036 THE MARGINS . I WOULD LIKE TO 8607 04:26:59,103 --> 04:26:59,803 SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE 8608 04:26:59,870 --> 04:27:00,838 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND URGE YOU 8609 04:27:00,904 --> 04:27:02,506 TO KEEP IT. MAPLELEAF IS A GREAT 8610 04:27:02,573 --> 04:27:13,350 MENTAL ¿ NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS 8611 04:27:13,417 --> 04:27:14,518 GREAT RESTAURANTS. I AM LUCKY 8612 04:27:14,585 --> 04:27:15,986 ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO 8613 04:27:16,053 --> 04:27:17,454 LIVE THERE BUT SO MANY ARE NOT. 8614 04:27:17,521 --> 04:27:18,789 WE NEED TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE 8615 04:27:18,856 --> 04:27:20,023 FOR ALL SO THAT FAMILIES CAN 8616 04:27:20,090 --> 04:27:21,392 START THEIR LIVES HERE. AND SO 8617 04:27:21,458 --> 04:27:22,459 SMALL BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE BY 8618 04:27:22,526 --> 04:27:23,694 HAVING MORE CUSTOMERS AND A LOT 8619 04:27:23,761 --> 04:27:24,661 OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE TALKED 8620 04:27:24,728 --> 04:27:26,096 ABOUT HOW WE DO NOT HAVE THE 8621 04:27:26,163 --> 04:27:26,930 TRANSIT OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO 8622 04:27:26,997 --> 04:27:28,365 SUPPORT IT. I SAY BUILD MORE 8623 04:27:28,432 --> 04:27:29,366 TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I 8624 04:27:29,433 --> 04:27:31,034 WANT THE 67 US TO RUN MORE OFTEN 8625 04:27:31,101 --> 04:27:38,409 AND I WANT A BUS GOING TO 8626 04:27:38,475 --> 04:27:39,543 NORTHGATE. WE CAN BUILD BETTER 8627 04:27:39,610 --> 04:27:40,778 THINGS AND WE CAN HAVE BETTER 8628 04:27:40,844 --> 04:27:41,979 THINGS AND I KNOW THAT THIS 8629 04:27:42,045 --> 04:27:43,046 CENTER AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8630 04:27:43,113 --> 04:27:43,881 CENTERS WILL MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS 8631 04:27:43,947 --> 04:27:45,015 BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 8632 04:27:45,082 --> 04:27:46,483 THERE AND FOR EVERYONE. SO IN 8633 04:27:46,550 --> 04:27:47,284 CONCLUSION, PLEASE KEEP THE 8634 04:27:47,351 --> 04:27:48,519 MAPLE LEAF CENTER AND MAKE THE 8635 04:27:48,585 --> 04:27:57,928 RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE CLIMATE IN 8636 04:27:57,995 --> 04:27:59,363 THE CITY TOO. THANK YOU. 8637 04:27:59,430 --> 04:28:00,998 >>> NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK 8638 04:28:01,064 --> 04:28:02,433 TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. I CAN SEE 8639 04:28:02,499 --> 04:28:03,434 RICHARD ELLISON. PLEASE PRESS 8640 04:28:03,500 --> 04:28:05,335 STAR SIX AND A NEW YOURSELF. 8641 04:28:08,839 --> 04:28:10,407 >> RICHARD, PLEASE PRESS STAR 8642 04:28:10,474 --> 04:28:11,175 SIX. 8643 04:28:15,379 --> 04:28:16,947 WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 8644 04:28:17,014 --> 04:28:20,517 CALLER AND MOVE ON TO RICHARD. 8645 04:28:20,584 --> 04:28:23,120 >> SARAH SCOTT? PLEASE PRESS 8646 04:28:23,187 --> 04:28:25,222 STAR SIX. SARAH SCOTT. 8647 04:28:26,690 --> 04:28:29,526 >> HELLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 8648 04:28:29,593 --> 04:28:32,329 LISTENING. I WOULD LIKE TO 8649 04:28:32,396 --> 04:28:33,630 COMMENT THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS 8650 04:28:33,697 --> 04:28:34,631 PLAN DOES NOT HELP THE 8651 04:28:34,698 --> 04:28:35,632 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM, AT 8652 04:28:35,699 --> 04:28:39,470 LEAST NOT ALONG NORTHEAST 45th 8653 04:28:39,536 --> 04:28:41,104 STREET. I GREW UP IN SEATTLE AND 8654 04:28:41,171 --> 04:28:45,876 I LOVE IT TO MY CORE. BUT I HAVE 8655 04:28:45,943 --> 04:28:47,077 BEEN PRICED OUT OF THE SEATTLE 8656 04:28:47,144 --> 04:28:48,412 HOUSING MARKET MY ENTIRE ADULT 8657 04:28:48,479 --> 04:28:50,080 LIFE. I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT 8658 04:28:50,147 --> 04:28:52,616 THIS PLAN WOULD GIVE A CHANCE 8659 04:28:52,683 --> 04:28:56,420 FOR A BARISTA TO BE ABLE TO LIVE 8660 04:28:56,487 --> 04:28:58,255 THERE. SORRY TO SAY, THIS IS 8661 04:28:58,322 --> 04:29:00,924 RUBBISH. I AM A BARISTA, A 8662 04:29:00,991 --> 04:29:02,559 SINGLE MOM OF A CHILD WITH A 8663 04:29:02,626 --> 04:29:17,274 DISABILITY, AND I DO NOT 8664 04:29:17,341 --> 04:29:24,481 >> SORRY, ANYWAY. I AM A 8665 04:29:24,548 --> 04:29:25,849 BRISTOW, A SINGLE MOM OF A CHILD 8666 04:29:25,916 --> 04:29:27,484 WITH A DISABILITY. I DO NOT WISH 8667 04:29:27,551 --> 04:29:29,152 THE PLAN ON ANYONE. I KNOW I 8668 04:29:29,219 --> 04:29:31,121 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANY 8669 04:29:31,188 --> 04:29:35,526 OF THE LIVING SPACES PROPOSED ON 8670 04:29:35,592 --> 04:29:36,793 NORTHEAST 45th STREET. THERE IS 8671 04:29:36,860 --> 04:29:38,829 JUST NO WAY. IT IS TRULY 8672 04:29:38,896 --> 04:29:39,863 SICKENING TO THINK ABOUT HOW 8673 04:29:39,930 --> 04:29:42,299 MANY TREES AND HOW MUCH GREEN 8674 04:29:42,366 --> 04:29:43,333 SPACE SEATTLE WOULD LOSE WITH 8675 04:29:43,400 --> 04:29:48,572 THIS PLAN, SO PLEASE SNUB THE 8676 04:29:48,639 --> 04:29:52,175 DEVELOPERS. THE GROWTH 8677 04:29:52,242 --> 04:29:54,111 MANAGEMENT ACT ADVISES URBAN 8678 04:29:54,177 --> 04:29:57,814 DEVELOPMENT AND SEATTLE HAS MANY 8679 04:29:57,881 --> 04:29:59,616 REAL URBAN AREAS THAT ARE BEING 8680 04:29:59,683 --> 04:30:03,353 OVERLOOKED. OVER YEARS OF 8681 04:30:03,420 --> 04:30:04,288 ATTENDING COUNSEL MEETINGS, IT 8682 04:30:04,354 --> 04:30:05,856 IS MY OBSERVATION THAT IF YOU 8683 04:30:05,923 --> 04:30:07,057 HAVE A TURNOUT OF THIS MANY 8684 04:30:07,124 --> 04:30:11,161 PEOPLE, SO MANY CONCERNED 8685 04:30:11,228 --> 04:30:12,195 RESIDENTS AND SOME MAY CONCERN 8686 04:30:12,262 --> 04:30:13,363 PEOPLE, THAT THERE IS USUALLY A 8687 04:30:13,430 --> 04:30:15,299 PROBLEM WITH THE PLAN. AND IT 8688 04:30:15,365 --> 04:30:16,266 CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY 8689 04:30:16,333 --> 04:30:20,337 LOOK AT AND REDONE. ONE SMALL 8690 04:30:20,404 --> 04:30:23,407 SUGGESTION MIGHT BE TO FOCUS ON 8691 04:30:23,473 --> 04:30:25,542 COTTAGE CLUSTERS LIKE PORTLAND 8692 04:30:25,609 --> 04:30:32,416 IS DOING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 8693 04:30:32,482 --> 04:30:33,784 TIME AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A 8694 04:30:33,850 --> 04:30:34,818 NICE EVENING. 8695 04:30:35,252 --> 04:30:36,286 >>> WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO 8696 04:30:36,353 --> 04:30:37,287 RICHARD ELLISON. AFTER RICHARD 8697 04:30:37,354 --> 04:30:38,922 ELLISON WILL BE JORDAN HUME. 8698 04:30:39,289 --> 04:30:39,790 >> HELLO? 8699 04:30:39,856 --> 04:30:43,493 >> HI, PLEASE START. 8700 04:30:43,560 --> 04:30:45,662 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 8701 04:30:45,729 --> 04:30:49,566 NAME IS RICHARD ELLISON AND I 8702 04:30:49,633 --> 04:30:50,567 HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE SINCE 8703 04:30:50,634 --> 04:30:52,135 1981, BUT I'M CURRENTLY A 8704 04:30:52,202 --> 04:30:53,604 RETIRED ADJUNCT BIOLOGY 8705 04:30:53,670 --> 04:30:56,473 PROFESSOR AND I BOUGHT MY HOUSE 8706 04:30:56,540 --> 04:30:59,610 -- PAID THE MORTGAGE. IF WE CAN 8707 04:30:59,676 --> 04:31:02,145 SAVE TREES BY BUILDING, WHY NOT? 8708 04:31:02,212 --> 04:31:05,015 THE ARGUMENT IS BEING FABRICATED 8709 04:31:05,082 --> 04:31:09,353 BY -- IF WE CAN BUILD HOUSING 8710 04:31:09,419 --> 04:31:12,289 WITH TREES, WHY NOT? OVER MANY 8711 04:31:12,356 --> 04:31:17,594 DECADES ONE OF THE CORE -- 8712 04:31:17,661 --> 04:31:18,495 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. BUT 8713 04:31:18,562 --> 04:31:23,100 SOMEHOW -- COMP PLAN. WHY? 8714 04:31:23,166 --> 04:31:24,001 BECAUSE DEVELOPERS FELT 8715 04:31:24,067 --> 04:31:27,204 THREATENED AND NOW WE ARE LOSING 8716 04:31:27,270 --> 04:31:31,074 OUR BIG TREES AND -- LOSING ALL 8717 04:31:31,141 --> 04:31:34,511 THE TREES. WE CAN BARELY -- 8718 04:31:34,578 --> 04:31:36,113 WHERE ARE THE KIDS SUPPOSED TO 8719 04:31:36,179 --> 04:31:38,815 PLAY? WHY CAN'T SEATTLE SUPPORT 8720 04:31:38,882 --> 04:31:43,053 -- LIKE PORTLAND OREGON? 2020, 8721 04:31:43,120 --> 04:31:45,555 ALSO REQUIRED 20% OF THE LOT BE 8722 04:31:45,622 --> 04:31:46,757 SAVED FOR MOST FAMILIES AND TO 8723 04:31:46,823 --> 04:31:50,227 BE SAVED IN NEIGHBORHOOD 8724 04:31:50,293 --> 04:31:51,261 RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 8725 04:31:51,928 --> 04:31:57,968 NOW OUR CURRENT -- NO 8726 04:31:58,035 --> 04:31:59,036 SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT. HOW 8727 04:31:59,102 --> 04:32:02,039 IS THIS POSSIBLE? THEY SAY WELL, 8728 04:32:02,105 --> 04:32:03,407 IMPACTS COULD BE AVOIDED OR 8729 04:32:03,473 --> 04:32:05,909 MEDICATED THROUGH THE PERMITTING 8730 04:32:05,976 --> 04:32:07,177 PROCESSES, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS 8731 04:32:07,244 --> 04:32:08,612 IS CURRENTLY A FALSE PRACTICE 8732 04:32:08,679 --> 04:32:11,081 AND THEY ADMIT THAT THE 8733 04:32:11,148 --> 04:32:14,351 MULTIFAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL LOT 8734 04:32:14,418 --> 04:32:17,621 -- 80% OF THE TREE CANOPY -- AND 8735 04:32:17,688 --> 04:32:21,058 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I SEE BIG 40 8736 04:32:21,124 --> 04:32:22,693 INCH DIAMETER TREES, CONIFERS IN 8737 04:32:22,759 --> 04:32:24,528 CORNERS OF THE LOT THAT ARE 8738 04:32:24,594 --> 04:32:31,835 STILL PERMITTED TO BE CUT BY 8739 04:32:31,902 --> 04:32:32,436 DEVELOPERS EVEN PROFESSIONAL 8740 04:32:32,502 --> 04:32:33,170 ARCHITECTS SHOWED THAT JUST 8741 04:32:33,236 --> 04:32:34,171 MOVING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE 8742 04:32:34,237 --> 04:32:35,439 BUILDING OVER A LITTLE BIT WOULD 8743 04:32:35,505 --> 04:32:36,673 SAVE THE TREE. BUT THE 8744 04:32:36,740 --> 04:32:37,474 DEVELOPERS JUST -- OTHER 8745 04:32:37,541 --> 04:32:38,775 NEIGHBORS TRYING TO SAVE LARGE 8746 04:32:38,842 --> 04:32:39,843 DIAMETER TREES. 8747 04:32:42,913 --> 04:32:44,047 THE EDGE OF THE LOT SHOULD NOT 8748 04:32:44,114 --> 04:32:45,248 BE LOST TO A BAD DESIGN 8749 04:32:45,315 --> 04:32:46,450 PLANNING. THE CITY SHOULD HAVE 8750 04:32:46,516 --> 04:32:49,319 AN ABILITY TO ADD ALTERNATIVES 8751 04:32:49,386 --> 04:32:51,288 BY DESIGN. HOW MUCH SPACE DO WE 8752 04:32:51,354 --> 04:32:53,790 NEED -- 8753 04:32:53,857 --> 04:32:55,025 >> NEXT IS JORDAN HUME FOLLOWED 8754 04:32:55,092 --> 04:32:56,226 BY RUBY HOLLAND. 8755 04:33:03,066 --> 04:33:04,267 >> HI, MY NAME IS JORDAN HUME 8756 04:33:04,334 --> 04:33:05,635 AND I AM A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL 8757 04:33:05,702 --> 04:33:07,137 HILL. I'M GOING TO EXPRESS MY 8758 04:33:07,204 --> 04:33:07,904 ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE 8759 04:33:07,971 --> 04:33:09,206 PLAN AND A SEPARATE DENSITY AND 8760 04:33:09,272 --> 04:33:19,049 HOUSING OPTION -- IN THE 10 8761 04:33:19,116 --> 04:33:20,283 YEARS SINCE I HAVE MOVED TO 8762 04:33:20,350 --> 04:33:21,218 SEATTLE, HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE 8763 04:33:21,284 --> 04:33:22,686 OF LIVING IN -- EACH ONE THEIR 8764 04:33:22,753 --> 04:33:24,121 OWN UNIQUE CHARMS. BUT IT HAS 8765 04:33:24,187 --> 04:33:25,555 NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO FIND A 8766 04:33:25,622 --> 04:33:26,957 PLACE TO LIVE, OVER THE YEARS AS 8767 04:33:27,023 --> 04:33:28,592 A RENTER, I AM FAR FROM THE ONLY 8768 04:33:28,658 --> 04:33:30,060 PERSON THAT HAS HAD TO COVER THE 8769 04:33:30,127 --> 04:33:31,261 PRICE OF RENT, THE TINY BASEMENT 8770 04:33:31,328 --> 04:33:32,295 STUDIOS, AND LIVING ONLY ALONG 8771 04:33:32,362 --> 04:33:33,296 LOUD AND SOMETIME UNSAFE ROADS. 8772 04:33:33,363 --> 04:33:34,531 LIKE MANY RENTERS, I HAVE 8773 04:33:34,598 --> 04:33:35,732 WATCHED THE IDEA OF 8774 04:33:35,799 --> 04:33:38,468 HOMEOWNERSHIP GROW INCREASINGLY 8775 04:33:38,535 --> 04:33:39,903 OUT OF REACH. I FEEL FORTUNATE 8776 04:33:39,970 --> 04:33:41,438 TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A PLACE ON 8777 04:33:41,505 --> 04:33:43,073 THE HILL, HOWEVER SMALL, BUT I 8778 04:33:43,140 --> 04:33:44,474 REGRET THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE AND 8779 04:33:44,541 --> 04:33:46,176 FAMILIES IT IS NOT AN OPTION. I 8780 04:33:46,243 --> 04:33:47,544 ALSO PARTICULARLY REGRET THAT 8781 04:33:47,611 --> 04:34:03,960 MANY PEOPLE , ESPECIALLY TRANS 8782 04:34:04,027 --> 04:34:05,595 MEN AND WOMEN WANT TO MOVE TO A 8783 04:34:05,662 --> 04:34:06,797 CITY LIKE SEATTLE FOR THEIR OWN 8784 04:34:06,863 --> 04:34:07,798 PERSONAL SAFETY AND TO FIND 8785 04:34:07,864 --> 04:34:08,465 HOUSING PRIMITIVELY EXPENSIVE 8786 04:34:08,532 --> 04:34:09,633 AND THAT IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL. 8787 04:34:09,699 --> 04:34:10,867 I REGULARLY SEE SOCIAL MEDIA 8788 04:34:10,934 --> 04:34:11,701 VOICING THESE CONCERNS AND 8789 04:34:11,768 --> 04:34:12,869 REALLY WISH THEY COULD AFFORD TO 8790 04:34:12,936 --> 04:34:14,137 MOVE TO SEATTLE. 8791 04:34:14,471 --> 04:34:15,238 AND WE WILL NEVER ADDRESS THE 8792 04:34:15,305 --> 04:34:16,106 ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS 8793 04:34:16,173 --> 04:34:16,873 WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE HOUSING 8794 04:34:16,940 --> 04:34:18,074 SHORTAGE FIRST. WE NEED URGENT 8795 04:34:18,141 --> 04:34:19,075 ACTION. RUNS ARE ACTUALLY 8796 04:34:19,142 --> 04:34:20,076 FALLING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS BECAUSE 8797 04:34:20,143 --> 04:34:22,746 THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING HOUSING 8798 04:34:22,813 --> 04:34:24,381 FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND LOTS OF 8799 04:34:24,447 --> 04:34:25,816 IT. THERE IS NO SECRET SAUCE 8800 04:34:25,882 --> 04:34:26,616 OTHER THAN SIMPLY BUILDING 8801 04:34:26,683 --> 04:34:28,051 HOUSING. THIS IS NOT THE TIME 8802 04:34:28,118 --> 04:34:29,486 FOR US TO SLOW DOWN AND REVIEW. 8803 04:34:29,553 --> 04:34:30,987 TREES DO NOT SHELTER AND PROTECT 8804 04:34:31,054 --> 04:34:31,822 OUR NEIGHBORS HOMES AND 8805 04:34:31,888 --> 04:34:32,589 COMMUNITIES DO. I STRONGLY 8806 04:34:32,656 --> 04:34:33,590 ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNSEL TO 8807 04:34:33,657 --> 04:34:34,191 MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8808 04:34:34,257 --> 04:34:35,458 CENTERS IN THE PLAN AND TO 8809 04:34:35,525 --> 04:34:36,726 CONTINUE FOCUSING ON BUILDING AS 8810 04:34:36,793 --> 04:34:37,928 MUCH HOUSING AS POSSIBLE. THANK 8811 04:34:37,994 --> 04:34:39,129 YOU VERY MUCH. 8812 04:34:39,529 --> 04:34:40,163 >>> OUR NEXT CALLER IS RUBY 8813 04:34:40,230 --> 04:34:41,264 HOLLAND, AND THEN WILL BE 8814 04:34:41,331 --> 04:34:45,869 FOLLOWED BY WILL SHIFT. BE? 8815 04:34:45,936 --> 04:34:48,538 >> MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND. IN 8816 04:34:48,605 --> 04:34:50,173 2023 THE CITY COUNSEL APPROVED A 8817 04:34:50,240 --> 04:34:55,078 BILL TO SEE IF MHA WAS CREATING 8818 04:34:55,145 --> 04:34:56,646 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MAYOR 8819 04:34:56,713 --> 04:34:58,748 VETOED IT AND IN 2023, AS A 8820 04:34:58,815 --> 04:35:00,884 RESULT OF THE LAWSUIT, BOTH 8821 04:35:00,951 --> 04:35:04,821 MAYORS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MHA 8822 04:35:04,888 --> 04:35:05,655 COULD NOT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE 8823 04:35:05,722 --> 04:35:10,660 HOUSING. SEATTLE -- AND IN A 8824 04:35:10,727 --> 04:35:12,963 2015 DEBATE RECORDED ON THE 8825 04:35:13,029 --> 04:35:14,598 SEATTLE CHANNEL, CANDIDATE ROB 8826 04:35:14,664 --> 04:35:16,600 JOHNSON EXPLAINED THAT UP VOTING 8827 04:35:16,666 --> 04:35:21,338 WOULD ALLOW TAXES FOR HIGHEST 8828 04:35:21,404 --> 04:35:23,006 AND BEST USE TO ENCOURAGE 8829 04:35:23,073 --> 04:35:27,010 TURNOVER. TARGETED UP VOTING OF 8830 04:35:27,077 --> 04:35:30,080 THE WORKING CLASS -- THOUSANDS 8831 04:35:30,146 --> 04:35:31,715 OF WORKING-CLASS HOMEOWNERS AND 8832 04:35:31,781 --> 04:35:35,852 RENTERS INTENTIONALLY. THIS COMP 8833 04:35:35,919 --> 04:35:41,691 PLAN CONTINUES TO UPLOAD 8834 04:35:41,758 --> 04:35:42,292 WORKING-CLASS HOMEOWNERS WHO 8835 04:35:42,359 --> 04:35:43,627 ENCOURAGE OUR DISPLACEMENT AND 8836 04:35:43,693 --> 04:35:45,896 DISPLACEMENT PLAN AT THIS TAX 8837 04:35:45,962 --> 04:35:48,498 RELIEF IS INADEQUATE. THE 8838 04:35:48,565 --> 04:35:49,666 MAYOR'S BIG EXECUTIVE ORDER 8839 04:35:49,733 --> 04:35:53,570 DELIVERED AT THE LAST MINUTE 8840 04:35:53,637 --> 04:35:54,604 BLAMED HIS DEVELOPER FRIENDS FOR 8841 04:35:54,671 --> 04:35:58,942 A PROBLEM HE CREATED , CONTAINS 8842 04:35:59,009 --> 04:36:00,110 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 8843 04:36:00,176 --> 04:36:01,344 THAT SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL 8844 04:36:01,411 --> 04:36:03,313 DISPLACEMENT AND MORE OF THE 8845 04:36:03,380 --> 04:36:06,650 SAME QUICK GRAB PIE CHARTS AND 8846 04:36:06,716 --> 04:36:08,551 MONITORING PROGRAMS THAT FAILED 8847 04:36:08,618 --> 04:36:12,022 US WITH MHA. THE MAYOR REMAINS 8848 04:36:12,088 --> 04:36:15,058 COMMITTED TO MAKE SEATTLE A TECH 8849 04:36:15,125 --> 04:36:17,627 CITY TO FULFILL PAUL ALLEN'S 8850 04:36:17,694 --> 04:36:22,699 VISION, LET'S -- UP VOTING TO 8851 04:36:22,766 --> 04:36:23,667 OBTAIN LOTS AND TO BUILD 8852 04:36:23,733 --> 04:36:24,668 MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES, 8853 04:36:24,734 --> 04:36:27,771 MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES FOR THE 8854 04:36:27,837 --> 04:36:28,972 RICH. HE DOES NOT WANT 8855 04:36:29,039 --> 04:36:30,774 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE. I 8856 04:36:30,840 --> 04:36:34,311 FULLY SUPPORT EACH C1110, WHICH 8857 04:36:34,377 --> 04:36:36,179 WILL NOT DISPLACE HOMEOWNERS , 8858 04:36:36,246 --> 04:36:37,314 BUT ENCOURAGES HOMEOWNERS TO 8859 04:36:37,380 --> 04:36:39,816 CREATE HOUSING FOR OUR 8860 04:36:39,883 --> 04:36:43,119 NEIGHBORS. PLEASE REJECT THIS 8861 04:36:43,186 --> 04:36:48,491 PLAN FOR CONTINUING TO COST MORE 8862 04:36:48,558 --> 04:36:49,492 TO RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS ALIKE, 8863 04:36:49,559 --> 04:36:52,128 AND NOT HAVING AN ADEQUATE -- 8864 04:36:52,195 --> 04:36:53,763 >> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER 8865 04:36:53,830 --> 04:36:55,865 IS WILL BISHOP . 8866 04:37:00,971 --> 04:37:04,874 >> HI, MY NAME IS WILL BISHOP 8867 04:37:04,941 --> 04:37:09,813 AND I'M A HOMEOWNER IN LAKE 8868 04:37:09,879 --> 04:37:11,181 CITY IN DISTRICT 5 AND I SUPPORT 8869 04:37:11,247 --> 04:37:12,415 A BOLD CONFERENCE OF PLAN THAT 8870 04:37:12,482 --> 04:37:14,684 ALLOWS FOR MORE HOUSING IN ALL 8871 04:37:14,751 --> 04:37:15,885 NEIGHBORHOODS. I FEEL VERY LUCKY 8872 04:37:15,952 --> 04:37:17,320 TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY A 8873 04:37:17,387 --> 04:37:18,555 TOWNHOUSE IN THE CITY, AND I 8874 04:37:18,621 --> 04:37:20,390 WANT OTHERS TO HAVE THE SAME 8875 04:37:20,457 --> 04:37:26,196 OPPORTUNITY, BUT TOO MANY 8876 04:37:26,262 --> 04:37:27,397 FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF 8877 04:37:27,464 --> 04:37:28,832 OUR CITY, OUT OF SEATTLE. THE 8878 04:37:28,898 --> 04:37:30,033 REASON IS SIMPLE, THERE IS NOT 8879 04:37:30,100 --> 04:37:31,468 ENOUGH HOUSING. FOR TOO LONG THE 8880 04:37:31,534 --> 04:37:32,268 ZONING LAWS HAVE RESTRICTED 8881 04:37:32,335 --> 04:37:33,670 SUPPLY WHILE DEMAND CONTINUES TO 8882 04:37:33,737 --> 04:37:35,138 INCREASE , CREATING INTENSE 8883 04:37:35,205 --> 04:37:36,139 COMPETITION FOR A LIMITED NUMBER 8884 04:37:36,206 --> 04:37:39,009 OF HOMES AND DRIVING UP PRICES. 8885 04:37:39,075 --> 04:37:44,547 WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND WE NEED 8886 04:37:44,614 --> 04:37:46,049 A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ALLOWS 8887 04:37:46,116 --> 04:37:47,450 IT. THIS IS WHAT EVERY CITY 8888 04:37:47,517 --> 04:37:48,251 SHOWS, INCREASING SUPPLY BRINGS 8889 04:37:48,318 --> 04:37:50,120 DOWN PRICES. IT DOES WORK. THE 8890 04:37:50,186 --> 04:37:53,990 MAYOR'S ONE SEATTLE PLAN IS A 8891 04:37:54,057 --> 04:37:56,426 GREAT STEP FORWARD ALLOWING FOR 8892 04:37:56,493 --> 04:37:58,161 PLEX IS CITYWIDE AND CREATES NEW 8893 04:37:58,228 --> 04:37:59,829 URBAN CENTERS THAT WILL HELP 8894 04:37:59,896 --> 04:38:01,364 ALLEVIATE SEATTLE'S HOUSING 8895 04:38:01,431 --> 04:38:04,367 CRISIS AND THE CITY COUNSEL 8896 04:38:04,434 --> 04:38:07,937 SHOULD PASS THIS PLAN OR 8897 04:38:08,004 --> 04:38:09,539 EXPANDED, NOT WATER IT DOWN. 8898 04:38:09,606 --> 04:38:10,707 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE 8899 04:38:10,774 --> 04:38:11,808 MORE HOUSING, INCLUDING 8900 04:38:11,875 --> 04:38:14,277 HISTORICALLY WEALTHY 8901 04:38:14,344 --> 04:38:15,045 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN 8902 04:38:15,111 --> 04:38:19,783 EXCLUDED FROM PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF 8903 04:38:19,849 --> 04:38:21,785 UP ZONING. WE NEED TO ALLOW MORE 8904 04:38:21,851 --> 04:38:22,619 HOUSING IN THE EXPENSIVE 8905 04:38:22,685 --> 04:38:23,620 NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT IS HOW WE 8906 04:38:23,686 --> 04:38:24,821 AVOID DISPLACEMENT IN OTHER 8907 04:38:24,888 --> 04:38:27,057 AREAS. AND SO, I KEEP HEARING 8908 04:38:27,123 --> 04:38:38,835 OTHER PEOPLE SAYING I SUPPORT 8909 04:38:38,902 --> 04:38:40,036 MORE HOUSING, BUT YOU NEED TO 8910 04:38:40,103 --> 04:38:40,870 SLOW DOWN, BECAUSE SOMETHING 8911 04:38:40,937 --> 04:38:42,005 ELSE IS MORE IMPORTANT, NO, NOT 8912 04:38:42,072 --> 04:38:43,606 SLOW DOWN, DO NOT WATER DOWN THE 8913 04:38:43,673 --> 04:38:45,108 PLAN. WE NEED TO PASS THIS PLAN 8914 04:38:45,175 --> 04:38:46,342 NOW AND STOP BANNING THE HOUSING 8915 04:38:46,409 --> 04:38:47,811 WE NEED FROM BEING BUILT. THANK 8916 04:38:47,877 --> 04:38:48,645 YOU. 8917 04:38:51,815 --> 04:38:52,749 >> WE HAVE REBECCA LEVINE AND 8918 04:38:52,816 --> 04:38:53,950 THEN JAMES PETERSON. 8919 04:39:01,991 --> 04:39:03,126 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS 8920 04:39:03,193 --> 04:39:04,494 REBECCA LEVINE AND I LIVE AT THE 8921 04:39:04,561 --> 04:39:05,728 BORDER OF THE -- NEIGHBORHOOD. 8922 04:39:05,795 --> 04:39:07,363 IN 2011 I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE 8923 04:39:07,430 --> 04:39:08,531 THE RESOURCES TO LOCK IN A 8924 04:39:08,598 --> 04:39:09,566 FAVORABLE MORTGAGE SO I COULD 8925 04:39:09,632 --> 04:39:10,633 LIVE IN A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 8926 04:39:10,700 --> 04:39:19,008 WITH GREAT PARKS AND BEING NEAR 8927 04:39:19,075 --> 04:39:20,210 THE LIGHT RAIL STATION WHEN IT 8928 04:39:20,276 --> 04:39:21,444 OPENED. SINCE THEN, HOME PRICES 8929 04:39:21,511 --> 04:39:22,245 AND RENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED 8930 04:39:22,312 --> 04:39:23,446 BECAUSE OUR CITY HAS GROWN BY 8931 04:39:23,513 --> 04:39:26,683 26% IN THAT PERIOD AND OUR 8932 04:39:26,750 --> 04:39:27,684 HOUSING SUPPLY HAS NOT KEPT 8933 04:39:27,750 --> 04:39:28,952 PACE. BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING 8934 04:39:29,018 --> 04:39:30,153 SCARCITY THAT IS BAKED INTO OUR 8935 04:39:30,220 --> 04:39:31,154 CURRENT ZONING, MY FAMILY HAS 8936 04:39:31,221 --> 04:39:32,589 BEEN ABLE TO ACCUMULATE A LOT OF 8937 04:39:32,655 --> 04:39:33,790 WEALTH AS OUR HOME VALUE HAS 8938 04:39:33,857 --> 04:39:37,760 GONE UP AND SOME NEIGHBORS 8939 04:39:37,827 --> 04:39:38,728 CANNOT AFFORD THE RENTS AND 8940 04:39:38,795 --> 04:39:39,929 OTHERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY A 8941 04:39:39,996 --> 04:39:41,164 HOME AND MORE PEOPLE PUSHED OUT 8942 04:39:41,231 --> 04:39:43,800 OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND DON'T 8943 04:39:43,867 --> 04:39:45,268 TELL MY BOSS, BUT I'M IN A 8944 04:39:45,335 --> 04:39:46,936 PHASE OF LIFE WHERE I'M LOOKING 8945 04:39:47,003 --> 04:39:49,539 AHEAD AT EVENTUAL RETIREMENT .11 8946 04:39:49,606 --> 04:39:50,607 ONE OF THE MOST WALKABLE 8947 04:39:50,673 --> 04:39:51,574 NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT MY HOME WAS 8948 04:39:51,641 --> 04:39:53,209 NOT BUILT FOR AGING. I'M 8949 04:39:53,276 --> 04:39:54,644 WORRIED I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 8950 04:39:54,711 --> 04:40:00,750 FIND A MORE ACCESSIBLE HOME LIKE 8951 04:40:00,817 --> 04:40:02,051 A STACKED FLAT THAT WOULD ALLOW 8952 04:40:02,118 --> 04:40:03,620 ME TO STAY HERE AS I GET OLDER. 8953 04:40:03,686 --> 04:40:05,255 I HAVE THREE ASKS FOR ALL OF 8954 04:40:05,321 --> 04:40:06,489 YOU. FIRST, KEEP THE 30 8955 04:40:06,556 --> 04:40:07,290 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE 8956 04:40:07,357 --> 04:40:08,091 PLAN, ESPECIALLY RAVENNA AND 8957 04:40:08,158 --> 04:40:09,726 MAPLE LEAF. IT IS LONG PAST TIME 8958 04:40:09,792 --> 04:40:18,334 FOR HISTORICALLY WHITE NORTHEAST 8959 04:40:18,401 --> 04:40:19,469 SEATTLE TO FULLY OPEN OUR DOORS 8960 04:40:19,536 --> 04:40:20,703 TO OUR FAIR SHARE OF NEW 8961 04:40:20,770 --> 04:40:21,771 NEIGHBORS. NEWCOMERS BRING NEW 8962 04:40:21,838 --> 04:40:22,772 ENERGY AND LEAD TO MORE 8963 04:40:22,839 --> 04:40:23,573 AMENITIES THAT BENEFIT LONG-TERM 8964 04:40:23,640 --> 04:40:25,008 RESIDENTS LIKE ME. WE NEED TO 8965 04:40:25,074 --> 04:40:25,842 BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HOUSING 8966 04:40:25,909 --> 04:40:26,843 IN RAVENNA, MAPLE LEAF AND 8967 04:40:26,910 --> 04:40:27,877 WEDGEWOOD AND OTHER AREAS THAT 8968 04:40:27,944 --> 04:40:29,279 ARE HIGH OPPORTUNITY -- SECOND, 8969 04:40:29,345 --> 04:40:30,313 PLEASE ELIMINATE THE 8970 04:40:30,380 --> 04:40:31,481 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING 8971 04:40:31,548 --> 04:40:33,616 FROM THE ROOSEVELT URBAN CENTER 8972 04:40:33,683 --> 04:40:36,019 IN THE PLAN, AND UP ZONE THAT 8973 04:40:36,085 --> 04:40:40,623 AREA FOR MORE HOUSING. THIS PART 8974 04:40:40,690 --> 04:40:42,258 OF THE ROOSEVELT CENTER PROVIDES 8975 04:40:42,325 --> 04:40:45,028 THE BEST OXIMETRY TO LIGHT RAIL 8976 04:40:45,094 --> 04:40:46,696 AND THE PARK AS WELL AS THE HIGH 8977 04:40:46,763 --> 04:40:51,167 SCHOOL AS MANY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 8978 04:40:51,234 --> 04:40:52,202 ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN CLOSE 8979 04:40:52,268 --> 04:40:53,102 WALKING DISTANCE TO THESE 8980 04:40:53,169 --> 04:40:54,237 AMENITIES. WE NEED MANY MORE 8981 04:40:54,304 --> 04:40:55,905 HOMES HERE, NOT JUST FOR THOSE 8982 04:40:55,972 --> 04:40:57,307 FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE ABLE 8983 04:40:57,373 --> 04:40:58,741 TO BUY OVER A DECADE AGO OR 8984 04:40:58,808 --> 04:41:00,009 THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD 1 MILLION 8985 04:41:00,076 --> 04:41:01,444 OR TWO MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES. 8986 04:41:01,811 --> 04:41:07,817 >> WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE 8987 04:41:07,884 --> 04:41:09,085 TALKING TO JAMES PETERSON AND AS 8988 04:41:09,152 --> 04:41:10,420 A POINT OF REFERENCE, WE ARE AT 8989 04:41:10,486 --> 04:41:12,288 REMOTE SPEAKER NUMBER 32. JAMES? 8990 04:41:18,261 --> 04:41:20,597 JAMES PETERSON? PLEASE PRESS 8991 04:41:20,663 --> 04:41:21,598 STAR SIX. 8992 04:41:23,299 --> 04:41:24,234 ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO 8993 04:41:24,300 --> 04:41:26,869 MOVE ON AND GO ON TO JAMES. 8994 04:41:30,607 --> 04:41:31,441 THANK YOU. 8995 04:41:33,409 --> 04:41:40,316 >> HI, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS 8996 04:41:40,383 --> 04:41:41,584 JAMES AND I'M A CONSTITUENT IN 8997 04:41:41,651 --> 04:41:42,952 DISTRICT 5. I'M CALLING IN TO 8998 04:41:43,019 --> 04:41:47,056 SPEAK ABOUT MITIGATION AND BY 8999 04:41:47,123 --> 04:41:48,057 THAT I MEAN THE PROPOSED 9000 04:41:48,124 --> 04:41:49,325 CONFERENCE OF PLAN DOES NOT GO 9001 04:41:49,392 --> 04:41:50,927 FAR ENOUGH TO PLAN FOR MORE 9002 04:41:50,994 --> 04:41:54,864 NEIGHBORS. AS IT STANDS NOW, THE 9003 04:41:54,931 --> 04:41:56,065 CURRENT PLAN IS A COMPROMISE. 9004 04:41:56,132 --> 04:41:57,300 THE ABSOLUTE BARE MINIMUM OF HOW 9005 04:41:57,367 --> 04:41:58,301 MANY PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE 9006 04:41:58,368 --> 04:41:59,569 PLANNING FOR WHO WILL BE COMING 9007 04:41:59,636 --> 04:42:00,803 FOR JOBS AS CLIMATE REFUGEES AND 9008 04:42:00,870 --> 04:42:02,805 TRANS HEALTHCARE REFUGEES AND 9009 04:42:02,872 --> 04:42:05,241 CLIMATE INDUCED WAR AND STRIFE 9010 04:42:05,308 --> 04:42:08,511 IN THE NEXT DECADES TO COME. WE 9011 04:42:08,578 --> 04:42:09,912 IMMEDIATELY NEED MORE HOUSING. 9012 04:42:09,979 --> 04:42:10,580 ESPECIALLY IN LOW-DENSITY 9013 04:42:10,647 --> 04:42:14,884 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PRESERVE THE 9014 04:42:14,951 --> 04:42:15,518 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER THROUGH 9015 04:42:15,585 --> 04:42:16,719 RACIAL AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION 9016 04:42:16,786 --> 04:42:17,820 AND IMMENSE PSYCHOLOGICAL 9017 04:42:17,887 --> 04:42:24,193 DESTRUCTION -- LIFESTYLES FOR 9018 04:42:24,260 --> 04:42:25,261 DECADES. AFTER PERFORMING THIS 9019 04:42:25,328 --> 04:42:26,296 DESTRUCTION, NOW THEY HAVE COME 9020 04:42:26,362 --> 04:42:27,897 HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 9021 04:42:27,964 --> 04:42:30,300 TRICKLE DOWN A TREE PLAN, 9022 04:42:30,366 --> 04:42:31,401 PRESERVE THEIR TREES, THEY SAY, 9023 04:42:31,467 --> 04:42:32,435 AND BUILD ELSEWHERE, AND THE 9024 04:42:32,502 --> 04:42:36,472 TREE BENEFITS, WHICH WILL 9025 04:42:36,539 --> 04:42:37,507 TRICKLE DOWN TO EVERYONE ELSE 9026 04:42:37,573 --> 04:42:38,541 AND IT HAPPENS THAT THIS 9027 04:42:38,608 --> 04:42:39,309 PRESERVATION LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE 9028 04:42:39,375 --> 04:42:40,176 SEGREGATION. 9029 04:42:41,644 --> 04:42:42,578 I SAY THAT WE NEED REAL 9030 04:42:42,645 --> 04:42:43,212 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, BUILDING 9031 04:42:43,279 --> 04:42:44,213 DENSE HOUSING AS MUCH IS 9032 04:42:44,280 --> 04:42:44,981 POSSIBLE IN EXCLUSIVE 9033 04:42:45,048 --> 04:42:45,782 NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS WINDEMERE 9034 04:42:45,848 --> 04:42:49,886 AND WE HAVE MAPLE LEAF OR WHERE 9035 04:42:49,952 --> 04:42:51,521 THERE IS THE LEAST RISK FOR 9036 04:42:51,587 --> 04:42:53,189 DISPLACEMENT. HIGH QUALITY THAT 9037 04:42:53,256 --> 04:42:55,692 IS SEALED AND FILTERED AGAINST 9038 04:42:55,758 --> 04:42:57,593 SMOKE IN PUBLIC ¿ POLLUTION AND 9039 04:42:57,660 --> 04:43:00,997 IMPROVE ALL CENTERS AND ADD BACK 9040 04:43:01,064 --> 04:43:02,532 CENTERS IN THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE 9041 04:43:02,598 --> 04:43:05,601 PARK. UP ZONE ALL AREAS WITHIN A 9042 04:43:05,668 --> 04:43:08,104 15 MINUTE WALK AND FINALLY, I 9043 04:43:08,171 --> 04:43:17,447 HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW THE BILL 9044 04:43:17,513 --> 04:43:18,314 WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPERS 9045 04:43:18,381 --> 04:43:19,916 MIXED INCOME LOT, THANK YOU. 9046 04:43:20,416 --> 04:43:21,584 >>> WE ARE NOW AT GARRETT MOORE, 9047 04:43:21,651 --> 04:43:23,186 NUMBER 34. REMOTE SPEAKER. 9048 04:43:25,888 --> 04:43:27,156 GARRETT? 9049 04:43:27,223 --> 04:43:29,959 >> IT EVENING, COUNSEL MEMBERS, 9050 04:43:30,026 --> 04:43:31,494 THANK YOU FOR TAKING PUBLIC 9051 04:43:31,561 --> 04:43:35,932 COMMENT. I LIVE IN CENTRAL 9052 04:43:35,998 --> 04:43:37,700 DISTRICT, SO I AM A CONSTITUENT 9053 04:43:37,767 --> 04:43:39,369 OF COUNCILMAN HOLLINGSWORTH, 9054 04:43:39,435 --> 04:43:43,906 YES, THE NICEST PERSON ON 9055 04:43:43,973 --> 04:43:45,108 COUNSEL. I LOVE THE CHARACTER OF 9056 04:43:45,174 --> 04:43:45,942 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE, 9057 04:43:46,008 --> 04:43:47,110 FROM GREENWOOD TO WEST SEATTLE 9058 04:43:47,176 --> 04:43:48,544 TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SQUIRE 9059 04:43:48,611 --> 04:43:51,214 PARK , BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT 9060 04:43:51,280 --> 04:43:56,319 ASPECT OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER 9061 04:43:56,386 --> 04:43:57,920 IS THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE 9062 04:43:57,987 --> 04:43:59,088 NEED HOMES. SEATTLE CONTINUES TO 9063 04:43:59,155 --> 04:44:00,556 GROW, BUT THAT GROWTH IS AN 9064 04:44:00,623 --> 04:44:01,391 EQUITABLE AND LEAVING MANY 9065 04:44:01,457 --> 04:44:07,463 COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEHIND. 9066 04:44:07,530 --> 04:44:08,498 LEAVING MOST COST BURDENED BY 9067 04:44:08,564 --> 04:44:09,899 RENT, OR IF YOU ARE LUCKY, A 9068 04:44:09,966 --> 04:44:10,967 MORTGAGE. THAT UNCHECKED GROWTH 9069 04:44:11,033 --> 04:44:12,135 HAS DISPLACED HISTORICALLY 9070 04:44:12,201 --> 04:44:14,003 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, -- 9071 04:44:14,070 --> 04:44:19,675 LEGACY HOMES IN THE CID. THE 9072 04:44:19,742 --> 04:44:20,910 CURRENT COMP PLAN DOES NOT DO 9073 04:44:20,977 --> 04:44:21,744 ENOUGH TO INCREASE HOUSING 9074 04:44:21,811 --> 04:44:23,980 SUPPLY, IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY OR 9075 04:44:24,046 --> 04:44:25,081 FIGHT DISPLACEMENT. I URGE THE 9076 04:44:25,148 --> 04:44:29,318 COUNSEL TO BE BRAVE, BE BOLD, 9077 04:44:29,385 --> 04:44:30,620 AND ALIGN POLICY WITH THE NEEDS 9078 04:44:30,686 --> 04:44:31,954 OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE HUGE 9079 04:44:32,021 --> 04:44:33,222 OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT IN THE 9080 04:44:33,289 --> 04:44:35,291 COMP PLAN WITH SMALL CHANGES. 9081 04:44:35,358 --> 04:44:37,660 FOR EXAMPLE, EXPAND THE DENSITY 9082 04:44:37,727 --> 04:44:41,364 BONUS CITYWIDE, EXPAND AND ADD 9083 04:44:41,431 --> 04:44:42,565 MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AROUND 9084 04:44:42,632 --> 04:44:46,903 TRANSIT, COMMIT TO AND 9085 04:44:46,969 --> 04:44:47,703 EVENTUALLY INVEST IN NONPROFIT 9086 04:44:47,770 --> 04:44:48,304 DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE 9087 04:44:48,371 --> 04:44:53,609 HOUSING AND PROVEN STRATEGIES 9088 04:44:53,676 --> 04:44:54,877 LIKE THE PILOT. LET'S MAKE 9089 04:44:54,944 --> 04:44:55,678 SEATTLE A MORE AFFORDABLE, 9090 04:44:55,745 --> 04:44:56,479 EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITY. 9091 04:44:56,546 --> 04:44:57,914 LET'S MAKE A COMP PLAN UPDATE 9092 04:44:57,980 --> 04:44:59,115 FOR THE PEOPLE. THINK. 9093 04:44:59,182 --> 04:45:00,349 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA 9094 04:45:00,416 --> 04:45:02,885 BROOKE AND THEN BACK TO 9095 04:45:02,952 --> 04:45:03,853 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 9096 04:45:07,156 --> 04:45:09,759 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BECCA AND 9097 04:45:09,826 --> 04:45:11,594 I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 2 9098 04:45:11,661 --> 04:45:15,298 IN THE CENTER. I WANT TO START 9099 04:45:15,364 --> 04:45:16,466 OFF BY THANKING COUNSEL FOR ALL 9100 04:45:16,532 --> 04:45:17,900 THE ENGAGEMENT THEY ARE DOING 9101 04:45:17,967 --> 04:45:24,740 AND ALSO THE THREE YEARS LEADING 9102 04:45:24,807 --> 04:45:25,908 UP TO THIS. ENGAGEMENT AND 9103 04:45:25,975 --> 04:45:26,742 COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS AND 9104 04:45:26,809 --> 04:45:27,743 THE DRAFT COMMENT PERIOD HAVE 9105 04:45:27,810 --> 04:45:28,611 DIRECTLY INFORMED THE MAYOR'S 9106 04:45:28,678 --> 04:45:29,846 PLAN. A BROAD COALITION OF 9107 04:45:29,912 --> 04:45:30,480 RESIDENTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING 9108 04:45:30,546 --> 04:45:32,281 ADVOCATES AND CLIMATE ADVOCATES 9109 04:45:32,348 --> 04:45:33,516 CAME FORWARD AND THAT INPUT IS 9110 04:45:33,583 --> 04:45:38,154 WHAT INFORMS THE LIST OF 30 9111 04:45:38,221 --> 04:45:38,988 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT YOU 9112 04:45:39,055 --> 04:45:40,423 SEE TODAY. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 9113 04:45:40,490 --> 04:45:41,457 A PLAN WHICH ENSURES SMART 9114 04:45:41,524 --> 04:45:41,991 WELL-PLANNED COMMUNITIES 9115 04:45:42,058 --> 04:45:43,025 ENHANCES WORKABILITY, AND MAKES 9116 04:45:43,092 --> 04:45:47,396 NEIGHBORHOODS MORE INCLUSIVE 9117 04:45:47,463 --> 04:45:48,164 THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 9118 04:45:48,231 --> 04:45:49,332 ALWAYS CHANGING AND WE NEED A 9119 04:45:49,398 --> 04:45:50,166 PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE 9120 04:45:50,233 --> 04:45:50,967 NEIGHBORHOOD TO GROW ORGANICALLY 9121 04:45:51,033 --> 04:45:52,401 IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO 9122 04:45:52,468 --> 04:45:54,036 GROW AND NEW NEIGHBORS TO MOVE 9123 04:45:54,103 --> 04:46:01,844 HERE. WE NEED THEM TO SUPPORT 9124 04:46:01,911 --> 04:46:02,812 OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND TO 9125 04:46:02,879 --> 04:46:04,280 ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO WALK TO A 9126 04:46:04,347 --> 04:46:06,082 LOCAL COFFEE SHOP OR TO THE 9127 04:46:06,148 --> 04:46:11,420 GROCERY STORE. WE NEED A VARIETY 9128 04:46:11,487 --> 04:46:12,421 OF HOUSING TYPES SINCE SEATTLE 9129 04:46:12,488 --> 04:46:13,923 HAS TWO THIRDS OF THIS AREA IN 9130 04:46:13,990 --> 04:46:14,457 RESTRICTIVE SINGLE-FAMILY 9131 04:46:14,524 --> 04:46:16,092 ZONING, THIS MEANS ADDING ALL 30 9132 04:46:16,158 --> 04:46:17,426 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND 9133 04:46:17,493 --> 04:46:18,227 INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE MISSING 9134 04:46:18,294 --> 04:46:19,095 MIDDLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE 9135 04:46:19,161 --> 04:46:20,496 CITY. THIS GROWTH DOES NOT HAVE 9136 04:46:20,563 --> 04:46:25,768 TO STRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE 9137 04:46:25,835 --> 04:46:26,836 COULD AMEND DEVELOPMENT 9138 04:46:26,903 --> 04:46:27,436 REGULATIONS APPROPRIATELY AND 9139 04:46:27,503 --> 04:46:28,204 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREETSCAPES 9140 04:46:28,271 --> 04:46:29,405 AND SIDEWALKS WILL HAPPEN AS NEW 9141 04:46:29,472 --> 04:46:30,773 DEVELOPMENT OCCURS AND YES, EVEN 9142 04:46:30,840 --> 04:46:32,308 PLANTING NEW TREES. THAT MEANS 9143 04:46:32,375 --> 04:46:33,309 MORE IMPACT FEES AND TAX 9144 04:46:33,376 --> 04:46:34,343 REVENUES TO INVEST IN SCHOOLS, 9145 04:46:34,410 --> 04:46:35,778 TRANSIT AND PARKS. AS A LISTEN 9146 04:46:35,845 --> 04:46:36,779 TO MY NEIGHBORS HERE TONIGHT, 9147 04:46:36,846 --> 04:46:38,214 I'M STRUCK BY HOW WE ALL AGREE 9148 04:46:38,281 --> 04:46:39,982 ON THE BIG NEED FOR AFFORDABLE 9149 04:46:40,049 --> 04:46:45,788 HOUSING AND CLIMATE RESILIENT 9150 04:46:45,855 --> 04:46:46,822 LANDSCAPES, EVEN IF WE DISAGREE 9151 04:46:46,889 --> 04:46:48,457 ON HOW TO GET THERE. THAT IS 9152 04:46:48,524 --> 04:46:50,693 OKAY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS 9153 04:46:50,760 --> 04:46:51,727 HOW WE BALANCE THESE ISSUES 9154 04:46:51,794 --> 04:46:52,929 ALLOWING THEM TO BE IN SEATTLE 9155 04:46:52,995 --> 04:46:54,297 SUPPORTS OVERALL TREE CANOPIES 9156 04:46:54,363 --> 04:46:56,165 BY PROTECTING CONNECTED 9157 04:46:56,232 --> 04:46:57,466 ECOSYSTEMS AND OPEN SPACE IN THE 9158 04:46:57,533 --> 04:46:58,868 REGION. THIS DENSITY IS KEY TO 9159 04:46:58,935 --> 04:47:03,539 MAKING THE PRODUCTION GOAL -- 9160 04:47:03,606 --> 04:47:04,440 PLEASE ADDRESS THE HOUSING 9161 04:47:04,507 --> 04:47:05,207 CRISIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS 9162 04:47:05,274 --> 04:47:10,546 WELCOMING NEW NEIGHBORS INTO THE 9163 04:47:10,613 --> 04:47:11,280 RICH SERVICES AND INCREASING 9164 04:47:11,347 --> 04:47:12,615 DENSITY IN A CITY THAT PROTECTS 9165 04:47:12,682 --> 04:47:12,782 -- 9166 04:47:12,848 --> 04:47:16,586 >> WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER FOR 9167 04:47:16,652 --> 04:47:17,019 REMOTE. 9168 04:47:17,086 --> 04:47:24,961 >> JUST A QUICK REMINDER, THE 9169 04:47:25,027 --> 04:47:26,429 GARAGE CLOSES IN 10 MINUTES. THE 9170 04:47:26,495 --> 04:47:27,396 GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET CLOSES. 9171 04:47:27,463 --> 04:47:28,197 THANK YOU. 9172 04:47:28,264 --> 04:47:29,865 >> WE HAVE JAMES PETERSON. 9173 04:47:30,232 --> 04:47:31,367 AS OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER. 9174 04:47:32,268 --> 04:47:33,469 PRESS STAR SIX, JAMES. 9175 04:47:34,470 --> 04:47:35,404 ALL RIGHT. 9176 04:47:35,471 --> 04:47:38,541 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 9177 04:47:38,608 --> 04:47:39,609 >> GO AHEAD. 9178 04:47:39,675 --> 04:47:48,451 >> THANK YOU. I WAS A NEW TEAM 9179 04:47:48,517 --> 04:47:49,885 TOO EARLY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK 9180 04:47:49,952 --> 04:47:50,486 FOR AFFORDABLE SINGLE-FAMILY 9181 04:47:50,553 --> 04:47:51,320 HOUSES FOR FAMILIES WITH 9182 04:47:51,387 --> 04:47:52,521 CHILDREN THAT WANT A PLACE FOR 9183 04:47:52,588 --> 04:47:53,990 THEM TO PLAY OUTSIDE. THE TRUTH 9184 04:47:54,056 --> 04:47:54,624 BEHIND THESE NEIGHBORHOOD 9185 04:47:54,690 --> 04:47:55,391 CENTERS, THEY ARE PURPOSELY 9186 04:47:55,458 --> 04:47:59,295 CITED ON THE MOST MODEST AREAS 9187 04:47:59,362 --> 04:48:00,296 OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS 9188 04:48:00,363 --> 04:48:01,130 PLACING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 9189 04:48:01,197 --> 04:48:02,898 PUTTING THE LAND INTO THE HANDS 9190 04:48:02,965 --> 04:48:05,635 OF DEVELOPERS. I LIVE IN 9191 04:48:05,701 --> 04:48:06,869 MAGNOLIA. NOT THE MAGNOLIA THAT 9192 04:48:06,936 --> 04:48:08,070 IS RICH, HAS WALLED GATES AND 9193 04:48:08,137 --> 04:48:08,871 GARDENS, EXPENSIVE CARS AND 9194 04:48:08,938 --> 04:48:10,239 HIGH-TECH JOBS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD 9195 04:48:10,306 --> 04:48:12,942 OF MODEST 900 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES 9196 04:48:13,009 --> 04:48:20,916 BUILT IN THE 40s, 50s. THE PLOT 9197 04:48:20,983 --> 04:48:21,784 WILL BE EVENTUALLY DEMOLISHED 9198 04:48:21,851 --> 04:48:22,551 AND ARE ACTUALLY MULTICULTURAL 9199 04:48:22,618 --> 04:48:23,185 AND MULTIGENERATIONAL, FILLED 9200 04:48:23,252 --> 04:48:28,691 WITH MANY ELDERLY AND DISABLED. 9201 04:48:28,758 --> 04:48:30,359 THE VERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU 9202 04:48:30,426 --> 04:48:31,560 ARE TRYING TO INCREASE. OUR 9203 04:48:31,627 --> 04:48:32,561 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A TRUE SENSE 9204 04:48:32,628 --> 04:48:33,195 COMMUNITY, YOUNG FAMILIES 9205 04:48:33,262 --> 04:48:33,996 HELPING THE ELDERLY, CHRISTMAS 9206 04:48:34,063 --> 04:48:34,997 DECORATIONS AND LIGHTS ON EVERY 9207 04:48:35,064 --> 04:48:35,865 HOUSE AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS 9208 04:48:35,931 --> 04:48:36,666 AND HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN 9209 04:48:36,732 --> 04:48:37,500 TRICK-OR-TREATING ON EACH BLOCK. 9210 04:48:37,566 --> 04:48:43,205 AND SUMMER LOCK PARTIES. THIS 9211 04:48:43,272 --> 04:48:44,273 WILL BE DESTROYED BY HUGE 9212 04:48:44,340 --> 04:48:45,307 APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THE REASON 9213 04:48:45,374 --> 04:48:46,175 REZONING ENABLE DEVELOPERS TO 9214 04:48:46,242 --> 04:48:46,909 KNOCKDOWN THESE AFFORDABLE HOMES 9215 04:48:46,976 --> 04:48:48,144 AND BUILD MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR 9216 04:48:48,210 --> 04:48:50,646 HOMES IS PUTTING TWO MORE 9217 04:48:50,713 --> 04:48:52,014 BUILDINGS PER A LOT. THIS IS 9218 04:48:52,081 --> 04:48:53,416 DONE IN THE NAME OF 9219 04:48:53,482 --> 04:48:57,319 AFFORDABILITY. IT IS HARDLY 9220 04:48:57,386 --> 04:48:57,887 AFFORDABLE BUT DEFINITELY 9221 04:48:57,953 --> 04:48:59,121 BENEFITS THE DEVELOPERS AND IS A 9222 04:48:59,188 --> 04:49:00,823 TAX GRABBED BY THE CITY. NOW WE 9223 04:49:00,890 --> 04:49:01,957 ARE GOING TO ENACT EVEN MORE 9224 04:49:02,024 --> 04:49:03,092 EXTREME REZONING WITH THE SAME 9225 04:49:03,159 --> 04:49:06,462 LINE OF AFFORDABILITY. AND WHY 9226 04:49:06,529 --> 04:49:07,530 BUILDING IN THE AREA WHEN 9227 04:49:07,596 --> 04:49:08,297 CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE 9228 04:49:08,364 --> 04:49:13,636 BUSINESSES AND A COUPLE OR TWO 9229 04:49:13,703 --> 04:49:14,670 OR THREE DEPARTMENTS AND NO 9230 04:49:14,737 --> 04:49:15,471 INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANS TO 9231 04:49:15,538 --> 04:49:16,439 REMOVE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE. THIS 9232 04:49:16,505 --> 04:49:17,873 DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. AND THERE 9233 04:49:17,940 --> 04:49:18,874 ARE HUNDREDS OF FAMILY HOMES 9234 04:49:18,941 --> 04:49:23,446 THAT WILL BE DESTROYED IN THIS. 9235 04:49:23,512 --> 04:49:24,880 THE MAGNOLIA BUSINESS DISTRICT 9236 04:49:24,947 --> 04:49:26,048 IS LOCATED OVER ONE MILE AWAY 9237 04:49:26,115 --> 04:49:26,849 FROM THE PROPOSED NEW 9238 04:49:26,916 --> 04:49:27,850 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND DOES NOT 9239 04:49:27,917 --> 04:49:28,851 HAVE FIVE STORIES. INTERBAY, 9240 04:49:28,918 --> 04:49:30,286 WHICH IS ON A DIRECT BUFF LINE 9241 04:49:30,352 --> 04:49:31,153 BUILDS HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS BUT 9242 04:49:31,220 --> 04:49:32,955 NOT BEEN UTILIZED. SKYSCRAPERS 9243 04:49:33,022 --> 04:49:37,526 ARE EMPTY. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 9244 04:49:37,593 --> 04:49:38,928 , AND PACKS IN THE SMALL MILES 9245 04:49:38,994 --> 04:49:40,129 FAMILIES WILL BE KICKED OUT OF 9246 04:49:40,196 --> 04:49:41,363 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE CITY SHOULD 9247 04:49:41,430 --> 04:49:53,676 BE CONSIDERED -- 9248 04:49:53,743 --> 04:49:55,144 >> THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER IN 9249 04:49:55,211 --> 04:49:56,412 THE SETPOINT WE WILL PICK BACK 9250 04:49:56,479 --> 04:49:57,246 UP REMOTE SPEAKERS BEGINNING 9251 04:49:57,313 --> 04:49:58,180 WITH NUMBER 37, REMOTE SPEAKER 9252 04:49:58,247 --> 04:49:59,582 NUMBER 37, THANK YOU. 9253 04:49:59,949 --> 04:50:01,283 >> IT IS 9:53. WE ARE GOING TO 9254 04:50:01,350 --> 04:50:02,284 MOVE TO SPEAKERS 131 THROUGH 9255 04:50:02,351 --> 04:50:03,119 140. 9256 04:50:03,452 --> 04:50:04,253 PLEASE STAND UP. 9257 04:50:05,454 --> 04:50:06,622 AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 9258 04:50:06,689 --> 04:50:08,524 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING 9259 04:50:08,591 --> 04:50:12,661 WITH US. WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 9260 04:50:12,728 --> 04:50:14,330 BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WE 9261 04:50:14,396 --> 04:50:15,531 CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR PUBLIC 9262 04:50:15,598 --> 04:50:16,365 COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE 9263 04:50:16,432 --> 04:50:18,033 PLAN. WE HAVE ALICIA. 9264 04:50:22,238 --> 04:50:23,139 FOLLOWED BY 132, 133, THE WAY 9265 04:50:23,205 --> 04:50:29,845 DOWN TO 140. GO AHEAD. 9266 04:50:30,212 --> 04:50:30,780 >> HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA AND I 9267 04:50:30,846 --> 04:50:34,650 LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL. IT IS A 9268 04:50:34,717 --> 04:50:35,417 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LOVE 9269 04:50:35,484 --> 04:50:37,019 THOROUGHLY. I LOVE MY 9270 04:50:37,086 --> 04:50:43,192 NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I CAN TAKE 9271 04:50:43,259 --> 04:50:44,627 THE LIGHT RAIL TO WORK AND WANT 9272 04:50:44,693 --> 04:50:45,628 TO VOLUNTEER PARK, WHERE I 9273 04:50:45,694 --> 04:50:46,896 VOLUNTEER AT THE CONSERVATORY. I 9274 04:50:46,962 --> 04:50:48,264 CAN TAKE MY BUS TO THE LIBRARY 9275 04:50:48,330 --> 04:50:49,098 COMMITTEE IN PIONEER SQUARE 9276 04:50:49,165 --> 04:50:51,267 WHERE I WORK I AM PART OF THE 9277 04:50:51,333 --> 04:50:53,202 ARTS COMMUNITY. AND AT VOLUNTEER 9278 04:50:53,269 --> 04:50:54,804 PARK I'M PART OF THE PLANTS 9279 04:50:54,870 --> 04:50:58,107 COMMUNITY. I REALLY LOVE TREES, 9280 04:50:58,174 --> 04:51:01,110 YOU GUYS. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT 9281 04:51:01,177 --> 04:51:02,611 MY FUTURE IN THIS CITY, 9282 04:51:02,678 --> 04:51:04,380 CURRENTLY I CANNOT IMAGINE IT. 9283 04:51:04,446 --> 04:51:06,582 ME AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE 9284 04:51:06,649 --> 04:51:11,387 STRUGGLING WITH THIS SAME THING. 9285 04:51:11,453 --> 04:51:12,922 I'M IN MY MID-30s, ME AND MY 9286 04:51:12,988 --> 04:51:14,423 FRIENDS ARE IN OUR 30s AND WE 9287 04:51:14,490 --> 04:51:17,059 ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE DO NOT 9288 04:51:17,126 --> 04:51:18,260 WANT TO BE RENTERS FOREVER, BUT 9289 04:51:18,327 --> 04:51:19,929 ALSO WE DO NOT WANT TO MOVE OUT 9290 04:51:19,995 --> 04:51:22,731 OF THE CITY. MY FRIENDS ARE HERE 9291 04:51:22,798 --> 04:51:23,966 AND MY COMMUNITY AND JOB IS 9292 04:51:24,033 --> 04:51:25,367 HERE. EVERYTHING I LOVE IS HERE. 9293 04:51:25,434 --> 04:51:27,603 I ALSO WANT TO STAY ROOTED TO 9294 04:51:27,670 --> 04:51:30,873 THIS PLACE. AND MY DREAM FOR 9295 04:51:30,940 --> 04:51:32,508 SEATTLE, AND THE CHARM ICY FOR 9296 04:51:32,575 --> 04:51:36,445 SEATTLE, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 9297 04:51:36,512 --> 04:51:38,047 THE CHARM THAT I SEE IS A 9298 04:51:38,113 --> 04:51:40,082 THRIVING 12th AVENUE WHERE THERE 9299 04:51:40,149 --> 04:51:41,150 ARE SHOPS AND PEOPLE WALKING 9300 04:51:41,217 --> 04:51:42,818 AROUND WITH COFFEE IN A REUSABLE 9301 04:51:42,885 --> 04:51:47,289 CUP. I REALLY LOVE THE FARMERS 9302 04:51:47,356 --> 04:51:52,194 MARKET. ONE DAY I HOPE THAT I 9303 04:51:52,261 --> 04:51:53,462 CAN AFFORD TO BUY THINGS FROM 9304 04:51:53,529 --> 04:51:55,064 THERE. THIS IS THE CITY THAT I 9305 04:51:55,130 --> 04:51:58,167 KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE . MY DREAM 9306 04:51:58,234 --> 04:51:59,201 HOUSE IS NOT A SINGLE-FAMILY 9307 04:51:59,268 --> 04:52:04,673 HOUSE. MY DREAM HOME IS A FLAT 9308 04:52:04,740 --> 04:52:05,875 THAT HAS INSTEAD OF A PARKING 9309 04:52:05,941 --> 04:52:13,215 SPACE, A COMMUNAL COURTYARD 9310 04:52:13,282 --> 04:52:14,617 WHERE WE ALL GET TO ADORE THE 9311 04:52:14,683 --> 04:52:15,684 BEAUTIFUL MAGNOLIA AS IT BLOOMS 9312 04:52:15,751 --> 04:52:17,319 IN THE SPRING. THIS IS MY DREAM, 9313 04:52:17,386 --> 04:52:18,754 AND I KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR 9314 04:52:18,821 --> 04:52:20,389 US. WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME 9315 04:52:20,456 --> 04:52:24,827 SACRIFICES, BUT WE CAN MAKE THIS 9316 04:52:24,894 --> 04:52:26,695 DREAM A REALITY. THANK YOU. 9317 04:52:27,029 --> 04:52:27,563 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER, 132 9318 04:52:27,630 --> 04:52:28,797 FOLLOWED BY -- AWESOME, NORA. 9319 04:52:28,864 --> 04:52:29,565 WELCOME. 9320 04:52:30,266 --> 04:52:31,367 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 9321 04:52:31,433 --> 04:52:35,871 STICK IN IT OUT. I LIVE ON 9322 04:52:35,938 --> 04:52:37,139 CAPITOL HILL, AND I BELIEVE THAT 9323 04:52:37,206 --> 04:52:39,942 WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE TO 9324 04:52:40,009 --> 04:52:40,809 PROVIDE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR 9325 04:52:40,876 --> 04:52:42,611 PEOPLE AT EVERY INCOME LEVEL IN 9326 04:52:42,678 --> 04:52:46,682 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CURRENT 9327 04:52:46,749 --> 04:52:47,783 CONFERENCE OF PLAN IS AN 9328 04:52:47,850 --> 04:52:48,550 IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT 9329 04:52:48,617 --> 04:52:49,585 DIRECTION, BUT I KNOW SOME 9330 04:52:49,652 --> 04:52:50,552 PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT ALLOWING 9331 04:52:50,619 --> 04:52:51,854 MORE KINDS OF HOUSING IN THEIR 9332 04:52:51,921 --> 04:52:52,788 NEIGHBORHOOD WILL MAKE IT MORE 9333 04:52:52,855 --> 04:52:53,889 LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I 9334 04:52:53,956 --> 04:52:56,825 WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE MY 9335 04:52:56,892 --> 04:52:59,561 NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHEN I TALK TO 9336 04:52:59,628 --> 04:53:02,197 MY NEIGHBORS, HOW MUCH THEY SAY 9337 04:53:02,264 --> 04:53:03,399 THEY LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I 9338 04:53:03,465 --> 04:53:05,868 LOVE BEING ABLE TO WALK TO THE 9339 04:53:05,935 --> 04:53:06,902 GROCERY STORE, TO THE PHARMACY, 9340 04:53:06,969 --> 04:53:08,737 AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PARK. I 9341 04:53:08,804 --> 04:53:12,841 LOVE THAT I LIVE ON A QUIET SIDE 9342 04:53:12,908 --> 04:53:14,810 STREET BUT I AM VERY CLOSE TO 9343 04:53:14,877 --> 04:53:18,714 THE BUS. AND I REALLY LOVE THAT 9344 04:53:18,781 --> 04:53:19,949 WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF HOUSING 9345 04:53:20,015 --> 04:53:20,816 JUMBLED TOGETHER, FROM THE 9346 04:53:20,883 --> 04:53:21,583 AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING ACROSS 9347 04:53:21,650 --> 04:53:23,052 THE STREET FROM ME TO THE CONDOS 9348 04:53:23,118 --> 04:53:27,122 THAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUILT 9349 04:53:27,189 --> 04:53:28,791 A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH AND THE 9350 04:53:28,857 --> 04:53:30,159 DUPLEXES AND EVEN SINGLE-FAMILY 9351 04:53:30,225 --> 04:53:37,299 HOMES. AND I BELIEVE THAT 9352 04:53:37,366 --> 04:53:38,334 EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO SHOULD 9353 04:53:38,400 --> 04:53:39,335 HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SAME 9354 04:53:39,401 --> 04:53:40,569 OPPORTUNITIES. SO I WANT TO ASK 9355 04:53:40,636 --> 04:53:44,039 THE CITY COUNSEL TO DO A FEW 9356 04:53:44,106 --> 04:53:44,807 THINGS, FIRST, EXPAND THE 9357 04:53:44,873 --> 04:53:45,708 DENSITY BONUS FOR AFFORDABLE 9358 04:53:45,774 --> 04:53:50,779 HOUSING. MAKE IT LARGER, APPLY 9359 04:53:50,846 --> 04:53:51,814 IT TO ALL ZONES INCLUDING 9360 04:53:51,880 --> 04:53:52,648 LOWRISE ZONES, AND RESTRUCTURE 9361 04:53:52,715 --> 04:53:53,282 THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS 9362 04:53:53,349 --> 04:53:58,620 SO THAT THE TRADITIONAL 9363 04:53:58,687 --> 04:53:59,388 DEVELOPERS ARE SOCIAL HOUSING 9364 04:53:59,455 --> 04:54:00,389 DEVELOPERS AND LAND TRUSTS AND 9365 04:54:00,456 --> 04:54:01,423 ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 9366 04:54:01,490 --> 04:54:02,257 NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS CAN TAKE 9367 04:54:02,324 --> 04:54:03,492 ADVANTAGE OF IT. A SECOND, 9368 04:54:03,559 --> 04:54:05,094 EXPAND THE TRANSIT ZONE FOR A 9369 04:54:05,160 --> 04:54:06,662 FEW MINUTES IN EITHER DIRECTION 9370 04:54:06,729 --> 04:54:09,398 SO PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN LIVE NEAR 9371 04:54:09,465 --> 04:54:11,967 TRANSIT BUT NOT DIRECTLY ON BUSY 9372 04:54:12,034 --> 04:54:19,408 ARTERIALS. THIRD, PRESERVE 9373 04:54:19,475 --> 04:54:20,242 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND CREATE 9374 04:54:20,309 --> 04:54:21,643 NEW ONES NEAR PARKS. I'M SO 9375 04:54:21,710 --> 04:54:22,878 EXCITED THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE 9376 04:54:22,945 --> 04:54:24,079 ABLE TO WALK TO DISCOVERY PARK. 9377 04:54:24,146 --> 04:54:28,183 AND TO MAGNUS AND I WOULD LOVE 9378 04:54:28,250 --> 04:54:29,818 FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO 9379 04:54:29,885 --> 04:54:32,855 MAGNUS AND STEWART PARK. AND 9380 04:54:32,921 --> 04:54:33,655 ELIMINATE PARKING MANDATES AND 9381 04:54:33,722 --> 04:54:34,490 ALLOW STACKED FLAT -- 9382 04:54:34,556 --> 04:54:37,659 >> I'M SORRY, I APPRECIATE YOU 9383 04:54:37,726 --> 04:54:41,563 SO MUCH. SPEAKER 133, MARK. 134? 9384 04:54:41,630 --> 04:54:52,741 133? OH, IS MARK YEAR, 133? NO? 9385 04:54:52,808 --> 04:54:54,376 OKAY, ALEXANDER, 134. AWESOME. 9386 04:54:54,743 --> 04:54:55,611 >> I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO 9387 04:54:55,677 --> 04:54:56,845 SUPPORT AND GO FURTHER THAN THE 9388 04:54:56,912 --> 04:54:57,846 PROPOSED PLAN. WHEN MY 9389 04:54:57,913 --> 04:54:58,981 GRANDMOTHER FIRST IMMIGRATED TO 9390 04:54:59,048 --> 04:55:01,917 THIS COUNTRY FROM IRAQ AS A 9391 04:55:01,984 --> 04:55:03,185 SINGLE MOTHER SHE AND MY MOM 9392 04:55:03,252 --> 04:55:04,620 FOUND HOUSING AT ONE OF THE FEW 9393 04:55:04,686 --> 04:55:05,821 PARTS OF NORTH CAPITOL HILL THAT 9394 04:55:05,888 --> 04:55:10,726 ACTUALLY HAS A DENSITY. WITH 9395 04:55:10,793 --> 04:55:11,760 CHANGES IN BOTH THE POLITICAL 9396 04:55:11,827 --> 04:55:13,028 CLIMATE AND THE CLIMATE OF OUR 9397 04:55:13,095 --> 04:55:14,363 WORLD, WE NEED TO BE READY TO 9398 04:55:14,430 --> 04:55:15,764 ACCEPT MORE PEOPLE MOVING TO 9399 04:55:15,831 --> 04:55:19,101 SEATTLE LIKE MY FAMILY DID. AS A 9400 04:55:19,168 --> 04:55:20,335 RESIDENT OF SOUTH SEATTLE I AM 9401 04:55:20,402 --> 04:55:21,537 ACUTELY AWARE OF THE NEED FOR 9402 04:55:21,603 --> 04:55:22,604 NEIGHBORS IN NORTH SEATTLE TO 9403 04:55:22,671 --> 04:55:23,772 TAKE ON THEIR FAIR SHARE OF 9404 04:55:23,839 --> 04:55:25,541 DEVELOPMENT. A FEW REMOVES THE 9405 04:55:25,607 --> 04:55:28,744 DENSITY, THAT DEMAND IS GONE AND 9406 04:55:28,811 --> 04:55:34,616 WILL CONTINUE TO GO PRIMARILY TO 9407 04:55:34,683 --> 04:55:35,717 TWO PLACES, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT 9408 04:55:35,784 --> 04:55:37,186 OF DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE 9409 04:55:37,252 --> 04:55:40,522 IN HISTORICALLY REDLINED AND 9410 04:55:40,589 --> 04:55:41,356 RACIALLY DIVERSE PARTS OF 9411 04:55:41,423 --> 04:55:42,591 SEATTLE. THESE PARTS OF SEATTLE 9412 04:55:42,658 --> 04:55:43,826 ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE 9413 04:55:43,892 --> 04:55:44,827 HIGHEST LEVELS OF POLLUTION AND 9414 04:55:44,893 --> 04:55:46,295 THE LOWEST LEVELS OF TREE CANOPY 9415 04:55:46,361 --> 04:55:47,896 EXISTING CURRENTLY. WE CANNOT 9416 04:55:47,963 --> 04:55:57,539 CONTINUE TO ENFORCE DENSITY IN 9417 04:55:57,606 --> 04:55:58,407 AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 9418 04:55:58,474 --> 04:55:59,041 SHOULDERED A DISPROPORTIONATE 9419 04:55:59,108 --> 04:56:00,409 SHARE OF IT. THE OTHER PLACE 9420 04:56:00,476 --> 04:56:01,643 DEMAND HAS GONE IS TO SUBURBAN 9421 04:56:01,710 --> 04:56:02,678 SPRAWL. AS DEMAND CONTINUES, 9422 04:56:02,744 --> 04:56:03,312 DEVELOPERS ARE CLEARCUTTING 9423 04:56:03,378 --> 04:56:05,114 FORESTS FOR FAR-FLUNG 9424 04:56:05,180 --> 04:56:05,681 DEVELOPMENTS, EXACERBATING 9425 04:56:05,747 --> 04:56:06,748 TRAFFIC AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS. 9426 04:56:06,815 --> 04:56:15,524 THE SUBURBS ARE WORSE THAN ANY 9427 04:56:15,591 --> 04:56:16,158 FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING 9428 04:56:16,225 --> 04:56:17,326 AND OFTEN HOUSE A SIMILAR NUMBER 9429 04:56:17,392 --> 04:56:18,961 OF PEOPLE. WE NEED TO GO FURTHER 9430 04:56:19,027 --> 04:56:21,196 THAN THIS PLAN TO ENSURE PEOPLE 9431 04:56:21,263 --> 04:56:21,830 OF ALL BACKGROUNDS HAVE ACCESS 9432 04:56:21,897 --> 04:56:22,531 TO THE EXISTING TREE CANOPIES IN 9433 04:56:22,598 --> 04:56:23,932 SEATTLE. WE NEED TO GO FURTHER 9434 04:56:23,999 --> 04:56:24,933 THAN THIS PLAN TO PREVENT 9435 04:56:25,000 --> 04:56:26,735 CLEARCUTTING OF THE FORESTS THAT 9436 04:56:26,802 --> 04:56:27,803 SURROUND OUR CITY IN EXCHANGE 9437 04:56:27,870 --> 04:56:30,038 FOR SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT 9438 04:56:30,105 --> 04:56:31,073 CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 9439 04:56:31,140 --> 04:56:32,941 WE NEED TO GO FURTHER TO ENSURE 9440 04:56:33,008 --> 04:56:36,178 WE RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE PAST 9441 04:56:36,245 --> 04:56:37,146 BY INCREASING DENSITY OUTSIDE OF 9442 04:56:37,212 --> 04:56:38,080 HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED 9443 04:56:38,147 --> 04:56:39,615 COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO GO 9444 04:56:39,681 --> 04:56:44,653 FURTHER TO ENSURE ALL 9445 04:56:44,720 --> 04:56:45,721 SEATTLEITES, THOSE WHO LIVE HERE 9446 04:56:45,787 --> 04:56:46,522 CURRENTLY AND OUR FUTURE 9447 04:56:46,588 --> 04:56:48,123 NEIGHBORS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN 9448 04:56:48,190 --> 04:56:49,658 SEATTLE. DENSITY DOES NOT 9449 04:56:49,725 --> 04:56:50,492 GUARANTEE AFFORDABILITY, BUT A 9450 04:56:50,559 --> 04:56:52,027 LACK OF DENSITY GUARANTEES AN 9451 04:56:52,094 --> 04:56:57,666 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 9452 04:56:57,733 --> 04:56:59,067 >> DO WE HAVE SPEAKER 135? AND, 9453 04:56:59,134 --> 04:57:01,069 JUST A HEADS UP, SO WE JUST GOT 9454 04:57:01,136 --> 04:57:02,271 THE WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WE ARE 9455 04:57:02,337 --> 04:57:03,772 GOING TO HAVE SNOW AND SLEET IN 9456 04:57:03,839 --> 04:57:10,512 ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHAT WE CAN 9457 04:57:10,579 --> 04:57:12,147 TRY TO DO, BECAUSE I DO WANT OUR 9458 04:57:12,214 --> 04:57:14,116 STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET HOME 9459 04:57:14,183 --> 04:57:18,687 SAFE AND YOU ALL AS WELL. SO 9460 04:57:18,754 --> 04:57:20,055 I'M TRYING TO DO THIS AS BEST 9461 04:57:20,122 --> 04:57:21,890 WE CAN. IN A WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE 9462 04:57:21,957 --> 04:57:23,525 WAITING HERE A LONG TIME. WE CAN 9463 04:57:23,592 --> 04:57:24,960 TRY TO POWER THROUGH AS FAST AS 9464 04:57:25,027 --> 04:57:26,395 WE CAN AND NICE EVERYONE HERE. 9465 04:57:26,461 --> 04:57:31,266 WE WILL TRY TO RECOGNIZE 9466 04:57:31,333 --> 04:57:32,601 EVERYONE HERE AND WE WILL MOVE 9467 04:57:32,668 --> 04:57:33,702 THE TIME DOWN TO ABOUT ONE 9468 04:57:33,769 --> 04:57:35,170 MINUTE SO WE CAN GET THROUGH AS 9469 04:57:35,237 --> 04:57:36,605 MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW 9470 04:57:36,672 --> 04:57:37,806 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU ALL 9471 04:57:37,873 --> 04:57:39,675 WANT TO HEAR, BUT I SEE A LOT OF 9472 04:57:39,741 --> 04:57:40,909 THUMBS UP, I APPRECIATE IT. 9473 04:57:40,976 --> 04:57:42,344 LET'S PUT IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE 9474 04:57:42,411 --> 04:57:43,545 AND WE WILL POWER THROUGH AS 9475 04:57:43,612 --> 04:57:45,747 MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THAT WE 9476 04:57:45,814 --> 04:57:47,616 CAN. IF YOU HAD A CAR IN THE 9477 04:57:47,683 --> 04:57:51,153 GARAGE, UNFORTUNATELY YOU ARE 9478 04:57:51,220 --> 04:57:52,554 ONE MINUTE TOO LATE AND YOU WILL 9479 04:57:52,621 --> 04:57:53,789 HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO 9480 04:57:53,855 --> 04:57:55,624 GET IT. WE WILL START WITH 9481 04:57:55,691 --> 04:57:56,258 NUMBER 135. 9482 04:57:56,325 --> 04:58:01,129 >> YEAH, HI, MY NAME IS M 9483 04:58:01,196 --> 04:58:02,764 MILLER. I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT 9484 04:58:02,831 --> 04:58:04,233 BRIEF. I HAVE AN ANGRY CAT 9485 04:58:04,299 --> 04:58:05,834 WAITING AT HOME AND I HAVE TO BE 9486 04:58:05,901 --> 04:58:07,069 QUICK AND IT IS MY BELIEF 9487 04:58:07,135 --> 04:58:10,405 EVERYONE LOVES SEATTLE AND WHAT 9488 04:58:10,472 --> 04:58:11,773 IT MEANS FOR THEM BUT THERE ARE 9489 04:58:11,840 --> 04:58:12,774 DISCREPANCIES IN WHAT WE BELIEVE 9490 04:58:12,841 --> 04:58:14,409 THE CITY SHOULD BE. I BELIEVE IT 9491 04:58:14,476 --> 04:58:16,211 IS A METROPOLIS OF AND SPACES, 9492 04:58:16,278 --> 04:58:17,112 MUSIC, CREATIVITY AND INDUSTRY 9493 04:58:17,179 --> 04:58:18,146 FOR ALL. THE CURRENT 9494 04:58:18,213 --> 04:58:19,147 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THE RIGHT 9495 04:58:19,214 --> 04:58:21,817 IDEA BUT NOT THE ADEQUATELY MET 9496 04:58:21,883 --> 04:58:31,159 NEEDS OF ALL ITS CITIZENS. 50% 9497 04:58:31,226 --> 04:58:32,227 OF RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS WHILE 9498 04:58:32,294 --> 04:58:33,061 MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CLOSED 9499 04:58:33,128 --> 04:58:33,895 OFF TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMEOWNERS 9500 04:58:33,962 --> 04:58:35,530 ONLY. WE CAN VISIT THEM, BUT WE 9501 04:58:35,597 --> 04:58:36,965 CANNOT LIVE IN THEM. IF THE 9502 04:58:37,032 --> 04:58:39,234 GOALS ARE TO CREATE ANEMIC URBAN 9503 04:58:39,301 --> 04:58:40,235 CENTERS AND DENSE HOUSING, IT 9504 04:58:40,302 --> 04:58:41,503 SHOULD NOT BE RELEGATED TO THE 9505 04:58:41,570 --> 04:58:42,304 AREAS ALREADY URBANIZED BUT 9506 04:58:42,371 --> 04:58:43,105 CITYWIDE REGARDLESS OF INCOME 9507 04:58:43,171 --> 04:58:44,773 BRACKET. AND TO ALL THOSE 9508 04:58:44,840 --> 04:58:53,315 WORRIED ABOUT THE LOOK OF MODERN 9509 04:58:53,382 --> 04:58:54,816 BOXY APARTMENTS, I DON'T LIKE 9510 04:58:54,883 --> 04:58:55,951 THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK EITHER, 9511 04:58:56,018 --> 04:58:57,452 BUT THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO LOOK 9512 04:58:57,519 --> 04:58:58,654 LIKE THAT. SEATTLE CAN PARTNER 9513 04:58:58,720 --> 04:58:59,621 WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS, THOSE WHO 9514 04:58:59,688 --> 04:59:00,889 DO NOT FOCUS ON BUILDING LUXURY 9515 04:59:00,956 --> 04:59:01,890 BUILDINGS, OR WE COULD FUND 9516 04:59:01,957 --> 04:59:02,924 SMALLER HOUSING -- 9517 04:59:06,528 --> 04:59:07,963 >> THANK YOU. THAT IS TIME. 9518 04:59:08,030 --> 04:59:10,132 THANK YOU SO MUCH. GET TO YOUR 9519 04:59:10,198 --> 04:59:13,101 ANGRY CAT. HELLO, RILEY. WE HAVE 9520 04:59:13,168 --> 04:59:15,971 136, 137 OR EXCUSE ME, 136 9521 04:59:16,038 --> 04:59:22,944 THROUGH 140. RILEY? 9522 04:59:23,011 --> 04:59:24,212 >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS 9523 04:59:24,279 --> 04:59:25,480 RILEY AND I LIVE IN WEST 9524 04:59:25,547 --> 04:59:28,050 SEATTLE. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO 9525 04:59:28,116 --> 04:59:29,318 PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE 9526 04:59:29,384 --> 04:59:30,118 BOLDEST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH 9527 04:59:30,185 --> 04:59:31,186 WAS THE MOST POPULAR OPTION 9528 04:59:31,253 --> 04:59:34,423 DURING THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT 9529 04:59:34,489 --> 04:59:35,657 HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. I HAVE 9530 04:59:35,724 --> 04:59:36,458 HEARD CONCERN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD 9531 04:59:36,525 --> 04:59:37,526 CHARACTER, BUT THE CHARACTER OF 9532 04:59:37,592 --> 04:59:40,429 MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ABOUT ITS 9533 04:59:40,495 --> 04:59:41,229 PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES. MY 9534 04:59:41,296 --> 04:59:41,997 NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER IS NOT 9535 04:59:42,064 --> 04:59:43,265 IN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS 9536 04:59:43,332 --> 04:59:44,666 WERE THE SIZE OF THE FRONT YARDS 9537 04:59:44,733 --> 04:59:45,901 ARE IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING 9538 04:59:45,967 --> 04:59:47,469 SPACES FOR CARS. MY 9539 04:59:47,536 --> 04:59:50,639 NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER IS THE 9540 04:59:50,706 --> 04:59:51,807 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT THE 9541 04:59:51,873 --> 04:59:52,808 BUILDINGS THEY LIVE IN, THE 9542 04:59:52,874 --> 04:59:53,875 PEOPLE, AND WE ARE ALREADY 9543 04:59:53,942 --> 04:59:56,311 PRICING THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF MY 9544 04:59:56,378 --> 04:59:57,312 NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THE OTHERS. 9545 04:59:57,379 --> 04:59:58,947 IF WE DO NOT ALLOW CHANGES TO 9546 04:59:59,014 --> 05:00:00,015 THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE 9547 05:00:00,082 --> 05:00:00,816 NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN THE REAL 9548 05:00:00,882 --> 05:00:01,750 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, THE 9549 05:00:01,817 --> 05:00:04,286 PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE 9550 05:00:04,353 --> 05:00:05,921 FORCED OUT. EACH OF YOU SAID WE 9551 05:00:05,987 --> 05:00:07,155 ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, SO 9552 05:00:07,222 --> 05:00:08,957 LET'S ACT LIKE IT. BUILDING 9553 05:00:09,024 --> 05:00:10,025 DRAMATICALLY MORE HOMES IS THE 9554 05:00:10,092 --> 05:00:11,059 ONLY WAY TO PROTECT PEOPLE 9555 05:00:11,126 --> 05:00:12,327 PRICED OUT TODAY. PLEASE 9556 05:00:12,394 --> 05:00:16,164 STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT THIS 9557 05:00:16,231 --> 05:00:17,232 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 9558 05:00:17,733 --> 05:00:18,233 >> 137? 9559 05:00:18,300 --> 05:00:23,705 >> I LIVE AND RENT IN WEST 9560 05:00:23,772 --> 05:00:24,873 SEATTLE AND I'M HERE TO ASK 9561 05:00:24,940 --> 05:00:25,974 THAT YOU STRENGTHEN THE COMP 9562 05:00:26,041 --> 05:00:27,976 PLAN. MY NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE UP 9563 05:00:28,043 --> 05:00:29,411 ZONED AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE 9564 05:00:29,478 --> 05:00:37,419 NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS GOOD TO BE 9565 05:00:37,486 --> 05:00:38,453 LOOKING AT EXTRA OPTIONS AND 9566 05:00:38,520 --> 05:00:39,454 WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE THERE 9567 05:00:39,521 --> 05:00:41,289 AND NOT BE PRICED OUT. I LOVE MY 9568 05:00:41,356 --> 05:00:42,424 NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WANT MORE 9569 05:00:42,491 --> 05:00:43,692 NEIGHBORS TO SHARE IT WITH 9570 05:00:43,759 --> 05:00:51,533 BECAUSE HOLDING DENSELY IS 9571 05:00:51,600 --> 05:00:52,534 BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN 9572 05:00:52,601 --> 05:00:54,035 URBAN SPRAWL. GIVE US THE COMP 9573 05:00:54,102 --> 05:00:55,137 PLAN THAT SPEAKS TO HOW MUCH 9574 05:00:55,203 --> 05:00:56,271 HOUSING SEATTLE NEEDS TO BUILD. 9575 05:00:56,338 --> 05:00:57,205 PLEASE RESTORE THE ORIGINAL 9576 05:00:57,272 --> 05:00:58,206 ZONING PROPOSAL, AND IF YOU 9577 05:00:58,273 --> 05:00:59,441 CANNOT DO THAT, PLEASE DO NOT 9578 05:00:59,508 --> 05:01:01,042 CUT ANYTHING. THANK YOU. 9579 05:01:01,510 --> 05:01:03,145 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 138? AND 9580 05:01:03,211 --> 05:01:04,546 THEN 139 IF YOU WANT TO JUMP 9581 05:01:04,613 --> 05:01:06,415 OVER THERE. AND THEN 130. 9582 05:01:06,748 --> 05:01:07,716 >> I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR 9583 05:01:07,783 --> 05:01:09,384 SEVEN YEARS AND I WAS FORTUNATE 9584 05:01:09,451 --> 05:01:13,355 ENOUGH TO AFFORD HOUSING NEAR 9585 05:01:13,422 --> 05:01:14,456 TRANSIT AND CAPITOL HILL AND 9586 05:01:14,523 --> 05:01:16,057 QUEEN MAN. I WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO 9587 05:01:16,124 --> 05:01:17,859 WALK OR GRAB A BUS TO WORK OR TO 9588 05:01:17,926 --> 05:01:21,930 SHOP FOR GROCERIES OR TWO VISIT 9589 05:01:21,997 --> 05:01:23,231 MY FRIENDS AND TO ATTEND DANCE 9590 05:01:23,298 --> 05:01:24,366 CLASSES AND EVEN TO COME HERE 9591 05:01:24,433 --> 05:01:28,470 TODAY AND TO DO SO MUCH MORE AND 9592 05:01:28,537 --> 05:01:29,905 THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I LIVE 9593 05:01:29,971 --> 05:01:31,373 AS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. I 9594 05:01:31,440 --> 05:01:32,574 WANT MORE OF MY NEIGHBORS TO 9595 05:01:32,641 --> 05:01:33,575 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 9596 05:01:33,642 --> 05:01:34,643 EXPERIENCE THIS VERSION OF WHAT 9597 05:01:34,709 --> 05:01:35,911 SEATTLE COULD BE AND THE LIVELY 9598 05:01:35,977 --> 05:01:37,279 WELCOMING COMMUNITIES THAT WE 9599 05:01:37,345 --> 05:01:39,815 COULD HAVE IF WE HAD MORE HOMES 9600 05:01:39,881 --> 05:01:40,982 FOR EVERYONE AND WAYS TO GET 9601 05:01:41,049 --> 05:01:42,751 THERE. THIS IS A PROMISING 9602 05:01:42,818 --> 05:01:46,955 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS REALITY 9603 05:01:47,022 --> 05:01:47,756 POSSIBLE AND CREATE A 9604 05:01:47,823 --> 05:01:48,290 SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED, 9605 05:01:48,356 --> 05:01:49,357 EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL. I 9606 05:01:49,424 --> 05:01:50,192 SUPPORT THE PROPOSALS, INCLUDING 9607 05:01:50,258 --> 05:01:54,329 THE CITYWIDE ALLOWANCE FOR FOUR 9608 05:01:54,396 --> 05:01:55,530 PLEX IS IN THE CREATION OF 9609 05:01:55,597 --> 05:01:56,531 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. I BELIEVE 9610 05:01:56,598 --> 05:01:57,799 WE COULD HAVE A GREATER IMPACT 9611 05:01:57,866 --> 05:01:58,800 BY GOING FURTHER AND 9612 05:01:58,867 --> 05:01:59,468 INCENTIVIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING 9613 05:01:59,534 --> 05:02:01,102 AT EVERY PART OF THE CITY. WE 9614 05:02:01,169 --> 05:02:02,270 SHOULD INCREASE MIXED-USE ZONING 9615 05:02:02,337 --> 05:02:07,075 AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE 9616 05:02:07,142 --> 05:02:08,443 DOWN ZONING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 9617 05:02:08,510 --> 05:02:09,244 NEIGHBORHOOD SEATTLE HAS TO 9618 05:02:09,311 --> 05:02:10,111 OFFER. 9619 05:02:10,479 --> 05:02:11,746 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 9620 05:02:17,552 --> 05:02:18,320 HELLO, LAURA. 9621 05:02:18,687 --> 05:02:19,488 >> MY NAME IS LAURA GARDNER AND 9622 05:02:19,554 --> 05:02:20,689 MY HUSBAND AND I ARE LUCKY 9623 05:02:20,755 --> 05:02:26,394 ENOUGH TO OWN A HOME IN SEATTLE. 9624 05:02:26,461 --> 05:02:28,263 WE BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE 9625 05:02:28,330 --> 05:02:29,331 ALLOWED TO LIVE IN OUR 9626 05:02:29,397 --> 05:02:30,131 NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH AS TRANSIT, 9627 05:02:30,198 --> 05:02:30,765 SIDEWALKS AND WALKABLE 9628 05:02:30,832 --> 05:02:31,733 AMENITIES. WITHIN A ONE-MILE 9629 05:02:31,800 --> 05:02:32,767 RADIUS THERE ARE SEVEN GROCERY 9630 05:02:32,834 --> 05:02:34,002 STORES. WE INSTANTLY BECAME A 9631 05:02:34,069 --> 05:02:35,003 ONE CAR HOUSEHOLD UPON MOVING 9632 05:02:35,070 --> 05:02:36,738 HERE AND ONLY USE IT FOR A FEW 9633 05:02:36,805 --> 05:02:43,445 TRIPS PER WEEK BECAUSE WE CAN 9634 05:02:43,512 --> 05:02:44,579 MEET OUR NEEDS NEARBY. THE 9635 05:02:44,646 --> 05:02:45,814 CHANGE I MOST AFRAID OF IS 9636 05:02:45,881 --> 05:02:46,848 LOSING SCHOOLS AND MORE SMALL 9637 05:02:46,915 --> 05:02:48,049 BUSINESSES. THIS IS WHY I 9638 05:02:48,116 --> 05:02:49,084 SUPPORT LARGER AND MORE NUMEROUS 9639 05:02:49,150 --> 05:02:50,085 CENTERS AS PROPOSED IN THE 9640 05:02:50,151 --> 05:02:51,119 ALTERNATIVE FIVE. MORE NEIGHBORS 9641 05:02:51,186 --> 05:02:51,987 MEANS MORE STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES 9642 05:02:52,053 --> 05:02:53,188 AND CUSTOMERS. ALSO LOWER PRICES 9643 05:02:53,255 --> 05:02:55,657 AND FEWER CLOSURES. CHOOSING 9644 05:02:55,724 --> 05:02:57,092 ONLY A FEW SMALL AREAS TO UP 9645 05:02:57,158 --> 05:02:58,760 ZONED MAKES THOSE AREAS FEEL 9646 05:02:58,827 --> 05:03:03,465 TARGETED AND ALLOWING FOR GROWTH 9647 05:03:03,532 --> 05:03:04,699 ACROSS THE CITY WILL ALLOW EVERY 9648 05:03:04,766 --> 05:03:05,500 NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHANGE BUT 9649 05:03:05,567 --> 05:03:06,968 FORCES NO NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHANGE 9650 05:03:07,035 --> 05:03:11,339 DRAMATICALLY. PLEASE RESTORE 9651 05:03:11,406 --> 05:03:11,907 ALTERNATIVE FIVE. 9652 05:03:11,973 --> 05:03:13,141 >> IS SPEAKER 140 HERE? ALL 9653 05:03:13,208 --> 05:03:23,451 RIGHT, 141 THROUGH 150. 141 9654 05:03:23,518 --> 05:03:24,853 THROUGH 150. YOU ARE UP .141 9655 05:03:24,920 --> 05:03:26,054 THROUGH 150. GO AHEAD, BRANDON. 9656 05:03:26,121 --> 05:03:27,689 >> I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE AND 9657 05:03:27,756 --> 05:03:29,124 I'M HERE TO ASK THIS COUNSEL TO 9658 05:03:29,190 --> 05:03:30,358 ADJUST THE CONFERENCE A PLAN TO 9659 05:03:30,425 --> 05:03:30,959 INCORPORATE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD 9660 05:03:31,026 --> 05:03:32,260 CENTERS AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING 9661 05:03:32,327 --> 05:03:35,864 WAS IN ALTERNATIVE FIVE. 9662 05:03:35,931 --> 05:03:36,665 WELCOMING NEW NEIGHBORS MEANS 9663 05:03:36,731 --> 05:03:37,499 MORE CUSTOMERS FOR LOCAL 9664 05:03:37,566 --> 05:03:40,535 BUSINESSES, MORE TAX REVENUE FOR 9665 05:03:40,602 --> 05:03:41,770 ALL THE THINGS WE ARE STRUGGLING 9666 05:03:41,836 --> 05:03:42,804 TO FIND RIGHT NOW, SCHOOLS, 9667 05:03:42,871 --> 05:03:43,805 POLICE DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC 9668 05:03:43,872 --> 05:03:46,675 TRANSIT AND MORE NEIGHBORS MEANS 9669 05:03:46,741 --> 05:03:47,909 MORE TAX REVENUE. THE CURRENT 9670 05:03:47,976 --> 05:03:49,344 PLAN PUTS MOST OF THE HOUSING ON 9671 05:03:49,411 --> 05:03:50,779 BUSY ARTERIALS THAT ARE ALLOWED 9672 05:03:50,845 --> 05:03:53,448 AND DANGEROUS. IT OR NOT MIND 9673 05:03:53,515 --> 05:03:55,884 LIVING IN AN APARTMENT I DON'T 9674 05:03:55,951 --> 05:03:57,352 WANT TO LIVE ON A BUSY STREET 9675 05:03:57,419 --> 05:03:58,987 WHERE I WILL HEAR TRAFFIC GO BY 9676 05:03:59,054 --> 05:04:01,156 EVERY DAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 9677 05:04:01,222 --> 05:04:04,559 THE BONUSES FOR EXPANSION A FEW 9678 05:04:04,626 --> 05:04:05,961 BLOCKS OUT. THERE IS NO SINGLE 9679 05:04:06,027 --> 05:04:07,195 SOLUTION BUT IF WE DON'T BUILD 9680 05:04:07,262 --> 05:04:08,630 HOUSES IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. 9681 05:04:08,697 --> 05:04:09,664 BUILDING AS MUCH HOUSING AS 9682 05:04:09,731 --> 05:04:11,299 POSSIBLE HAS TO BE THE FIRST 9683 05:04:11,366 --> 05:04:12,033 STEP. 9684 05:04:12,100 --> 05:04:18,406 >> 142? PAMELA? NO? IAN, 143? 9685 05:04:18,473 --> 05:04:22,811 >> HIGH, COUNSEL. THANK YOU SO 9686 05:04:22,877 --> 05:04:25,213 MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I AM A 9687 05:04:25,280 --> 05:04:26,481 RENTER AND I WANT TO STRONGLY 9688 05:04:26,548 --> 05:04:30,952 SUPPORT DRASTICALLY MORE 9689 05:04:31,019 --> 05:04:31,519 MIXED-USE TRANSIT ORIENTED 9690 05:04:31,586 --> 05:04:32,787 HOUSING IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. I 9691 05:04:32,854 --> 05:04:35,991 THINK IT IS WELL PAST TIME FOR 9692 05:04:36,057 --> 05:04:37,058 SERIOUS ACTION ON THE HOUSING 9693 05:04:37,125 --> 05:04:38,126 SHORTAGE AND THE CAR POLLUTION 9694 05:04:38,193 --> 05:04:39,260 EPIDEMIC THAT I WROTE A SPEECH 9695 05:04:39,327 --> 05:04:41,796 ABOUT HOW DENSITY IS SOCIAL 9696 05:04:41,863 --> 05:04:43,331 JUSTICE AND IS GOOD FISCAL 9697 05:04:43,398 --> 05:04:46,468 POLICY ETC. AND OVER THE LAST 9698 05:04:46,534 --> 05:04:47,836 FIVE HOURS I THINK ALL OF MY 9699 05:04:47,902 --> 05:04:48,903 TALKING POINTS GOT COVERED SO 9700 05:04:48,970 --> 05:04:53,008 JUST PUT ME ON THE HEADCOUNT IN 9701 05:04:53,074 --> 05:04:54,409 YOUR HEAD THERE AND LET ME PLEAD 9702 05:04:54,476 --> 05:04:55,243 SOMEWHAT IRONICALLY FOR URGENCY. 9703 05:04:55,310 --> 05:05:01,816 PLEASE DO NOT LET ANYONE FOR 9704 05:05:01,883 --> 05:05:03,084 THEIR PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF 9705 05:05:03,151 --> 05:05:04,653 THE GOOD. I DO NOT THINK THIS 9706 05:05:04,719 --> 05:05:06,087 COMP PLAN IS PERFECT AND I WISH 9707 05:05:06,154 --> 05:05:07,455 IT WAS OLDER BUT EVERY -- EVERY 9708 05:05:07,522 --> 05:05:09,324 DAY THAT WE DELAY IS ANOTHER DAY 9709 05:05:09,391 --> 05:05:16,264 OF CAR DRIVEN SPRAWL AND RISING 9710 05:05:16,331 --> 05:05:17,265 RENT AND MORE PEOPLE BEING 9711 05:05:17,332 --> 05:05:18,099 PRICED OUT OR MARGINALIZED 9712 05:05:18,166 --> 05:05:18,900 PEOPLE BEING EXCLUDED FROM 9713 05:05:18,967 --> 05:05:20,502 MOVING HERE AT ALL. SO THAT MORE 9714 05:05:20,568 --> 05:05:21,569 PEOPLE ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY 9715 05:05:21,636 --> 05:05:23,204 THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. 9716 05:05:27,375 --> 05:05:28,343 >> NEXT WE HAVE ANDREW, 144, 9717 05:05:28,410 --> 05:05:29,744 FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL, 145. 9718 05:05:30,111 --> 05:05:33,048 >> I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE EARLY 9719 05:05:33,114 --> 05:05:34,683 15 YEARS AND I AM A HOMEOWNER IN 9720 05:05:34,749 --> 05:05:35,917 COLUMBIA CITY. ALL OF MY 9721 05:05:35,984 --> 05:05:36,951 NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LOVE SEATTLE 9722 05:05:37,018 --> 05:05:38,319 AND I'M VERY LUCKY HE. I'M 9723 05:05:38,386 --> 05:05:43,625 LUCKY BECAUSE OF MY CAREER AT 9724 05:05:43,692 --> 05:05:44,793 THE RIGHT TIME AND 1 MILLION 9725 05:05:44,859 --> 05:05:45,894 OTHER STUPID LITTLE THINGS THAT 9726 05:05:45,960 --> 05:05:47,262 HAD TO ALIGN JUST RIGHT FOR ME 9727 05:05:47,328 --> 05:05:49,531 TO STILL BE HERE IN SEATTLE. I 9728 05:05:49,597 --> 05:05:50,598 HAVE SEVERAL CLOSE FRIENDS WHO 9729 05:05:50,665 --> 05:05:52,067 HAVE HAD TO MOVE. THESE ARE 9730 05:05:52,133 --> 05:05:53,201 RENTERS AND THEY HAVE HAD TO 9731 05:05:53,268 --> 05:05:55,870 MOVE OUT TO TACOMA, OLYMPIA AND 9732 05:05:55,937 --> 05:05:56,871 EVERY TIME I SEE DENSITY 9733 05:05:56,938 --> 05:06:00,575 CHANGING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I 9734 05:06:00,642 --> 05:06:01,976 CELEBRATE IT. WE ARE IN A 9735 05:06:02,043 --> 05:06:03,211 HOUSING CRISIS AND IT MEANS MORE 9736 05:06:03,278 --> 05:06:05,480 PEOPLE GET TO LIVE IN THIS 9737 05:06:05,547 --> 05:06:06,748 AMAZING CITY. KEEP OR EXPAND 9738 05:06:06,815 --> 05:06:07,916 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 9739 05:06:07,982 --> 05:06:12,454 EXPAND TO FIVE MINUTE WALKS AND 9740 05:06:12,520 --> 05:06:13,655 ADJACENT TO WALKS JUST LIKE WE 9741 05:06:13,722 --> 05:06:14,723 DO ARTERIALS AND PLEASE, UP 9742 05:06:14,789 --> 05:06:16,124 ZONED MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERY 9743 05:06:16,191 --> 05:06:21,863 NEIGHBORHOOD . SEATTLE IS 9744 05:06:21,930 --> 05:06:22,697 GROWING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS 9745 05:06:22,764 --> 05:06:24,099 SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY ON LUCK, 9746 05:06:24,165 --> 05:06:25,500 LIKE I DID, TO LIVE IN THIS 9747 05:06:25,567 --> 05:06:26,568 BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 9748 05:06:27,068 --> 05:06:27,869 >> MICHAEL IS NEXT AND THEN THE 9749 05:06:27,936 --> 05:06:28,870 OTHER ANDREW. 9750 05:06:29,771 --> 05:06:34,609 >> OH, YOU'RE THE FIRST ANDREW, 9751 05:06:34,676 --> 05:06:35,810 I'VE GOT YOU. GO AHEAD, 9752 05:06:35,877 --> 05:06:36,611 MICHAEL. 9753 05:06:36,978 --> 05:06:38,046 >> I'M A HOMEOWNER IN GREEN 9754 05:06:38,113 --> 05:06:39,247 LAKE NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TO 9755 05:06:39,314 --> 05:06:40,115 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE 9756 05:06:40,181 --> 05:06:41,683 OF PLAN. I MOVED TO SEATTLE FROM 9757 05:06:41,750 --> 05:06:43,685 DALLAS AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH 9758 05:06:43,752 --> 05:07:00,168 SEATTLE'S WALKABLE URBAN 9759 05:07:00,235 --> 05:07:01,136 VILLAGES, YET IN THAT TIME, 9760 05:07:01,202 --> 05:07:02,103 DESPITE LOTS OF CHANGES IN 9761 05:07:02,170 --> 05:07:03,138 GROWTH, HOUSING HAS ONLY GOTTEN 9762 05:07:03,204 --> 05:07:03,705 MORE EXPENSIVE. HOUSING 9763 05:07:03,772 --> 05:07:04,506 AFFORDABILITY IS A GENERATIONAL 9764 05:07:04,572 --> 05:07:05,774 CRISIS AND WE SHOULD ACT LIKE 9765 05:07:05,840 --> 05:07:07,408 IT. THE PLAN IS A GOOD START AND 9766 05:07:07,475 --> 05:07:08,610 I HOPE THE COUNSEL WILL GO 9767 05:07:08,676 --> 05:07:09,677 FURTHER TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING 9768 05:07:09,744 --> 05:07:10,245 CRISIS. FRANKLY, I'M 9769 05:07:10,311 --> 05:07:10,879 DISAPPOINTED THAT MY 9770 05:07:10,945 --> 05:07:12,480 NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL IN OUR. WE 9771 05:07:12,547 --> 05:07:13,314 SHOULD INCREASE HOUSING CHOICES 9772 05:07:13,381 --> 05:07:14,582 AND ALLOW STACKED FLATS ON ALL 9773 05:07:14,649 --> 05:07:15,550 LOTS AND INCREASE HEIGHT LIMITS 9774 05:07:15,617 --> 05:07:16,985 AND REMOVE PARKING MINIMUMS. WE 9775 05:07:17,051 --> 05:07:18,820 MUST EXPAND MIXED-USE ZONING TO 9776 05:07:18,887 --> 05:07:19,754 CREATE SPACE FOR CHILDCARE, 9777 05:07:19,821 --> 05:07:20,455 SMALL BUSINESSES AND CORNER 9778 05:07:20,522 --> 05:07:21,890 STORES. THIS HAS WORKED IN OTHER 9779 05:07:21,956 --> 05:07:23,558 CITIES. IN AUSTIN, MIAMI AND 9780 05:07:23,625 --> 05:07:24,559 MEMPHIS RENTS WENT DOWN BECAUSE 9781 05:07:24,626 --> 05:07:25,794 THEY BUILD MORE HOUSING AND WE 9782 05:07:25,860 --> 05:07:27,896 COULD DO THE SAME. I LOVE THE 9783 05:07:27,962 --> 05:07:29,264 CITY AND I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE 9784 05:07:29,330 --> 05:07:30,732 IT WITH MORE PEOPLE. 9785 05:07:36,905 --> 05:07:37,705 >>> ANDREW NUMBER ONE. 9786 05:07:37,772 --> 05:07:39,107 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 9787 05:07:39,174 --> 05:07:40,341 THANK YOU FOR STAYING. ACTUALLY, 9788 05:07:40,408 --> 05:07:42,143 I WAS IN A RUSH TO GET GOING AND 9789 05:07:42,210 --> 05:07:43,411 I MISSED YOUR JOKE, I APPRECIATE 9790 05:07:43,478 --> 05:07:47,649 THAT. YEAH, SO I WILL BE QUICK. 9791 05:07:47,715 --> 05:07:49,083 I HAD A REALLY GREAT, CLEVER 9792 05:07:49,150 --> 05:07:49,918 INSIGHTFUL COMMENT PREPARED, I 9793 05:07:49,984 --> 05:07:51,352 SWEAR, BUT THEN MY PHONE DIED. 9794 05:07:51,419 --> 05:07:52,987 I'M GOING TO WING SOMETHING 9795 05:07:53,054 --> 05:07:55,590 ELSE AND WE CAN SOLVE THIS WHOLE 9796 05:07:55,657 --> 05:07:56,991 CRISIS, I PROMISE YOU. LET ME 9797 05:07:57,058 --> 05:08:03,131 SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER THIS, NOT 9798 05:08:03,198 --> 05:08:04,332 LIKE THE BRAZEN GIANT OF GREEK 9799 05:08:04,399 --> 05:08:05,133 FAME WITH CONQUERING WINDS 9800 05:08:05,200 --> 05:08:06,401 ASTRIDE FROM LAND TO LAND, HERE 9801 05:08:06,467 --> 05:08:07,635 AT OUR SEE WASHED SUNSET GATES 9802 05:08:07,702 --> 05:08:08,837 MIGHT STAND A MIGHTY WOMAN WITH 9803 05:08:08,903 --> 05:08:10,538 A TORCH WHO IS FLAME IS THE 9804 05:08:10,605 --> 05:08:11,639 IMPRISONED LIGHTNING AND HER 9805 05:08:11,706 --> 05:08:13,141 NAME , MOTHER OF EXILES. FROM 9806 05:08:13,208 --> 05:08:18,847 HER HE CAN HAND CLOSE WORLDWIDE 9807 05:08:18,913 --> 05:08:20,081 WELCOME. HER MILD EYES COMMAND 9808 05:08:20,148 --> 05:08:21,549 THE AIR BRIDGE HARBOR THAT TWIN 9809 05:08:21,616 --> 05:08:24,786 CITIES FRAME. KEEP ANCIENT LANDS 9810 05:08:24,853 --> 05:08:34,429 YOUR STORY -- WITH SILENT LIPS. 9811 05:08:34,495 --> 05:08:35,864 GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, 9812 05:08:35,930 --> 05:08:36,898 YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO 9813 05:08:36,965 --> 05:08:37,665 BREATHE FREE, THE WRETCHED 9814 05:08:37,732 --> 05:08:39,334 REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE. 9815 05:08:42,303 --> 05:08:48,109 >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. THAT WAS 9816 05:08:48,176 --> 05:08:53,348 PRETTY DOPE. SPEAKER 147? 9817 05:08:53,414 --> 05:08:57,485 SPEAKER 148? DANIEL? AND THEN 9818 05:08:57,552 --> 05:09:05,727 THE SPEAKER 149. ARE YOU 149? 9819 05:09:05,793 --> 05:09:06,928 AWESOME. REBECCA, ARE YOU HERE? 9820 05:09:06,995 --> 05:09:08,129 OKAY, DON'T GO YET. DANIEL, 9821 05:09:08,196 --> 05:09:10,531 I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE HAVE 9822 05:09:10,598 --> 05:09:11,799 SPEAKERS -- I CANNOT COUNT. 9823 05:09:11,866 --> 05:09:13,201 SPEAKERS 151 THROUGH 160. 9824 05:09:16,771 --> 05:09:17,772 ALL RIGHT. DANIEL JONES, LET'S 9825 05:09:17,839 --> 05:09:18,573 GO. 9826 05:09:25,179 --> 05:09:26,347 >> I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 1 9827 05:09:26,414 --> 05:09:27,715 AND I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE 15 9828 05:09:27,782 --> 05:09:28,950 YEARS. I WANT TO URGE THE 9829 05:09:29,017 --> 05:09:30,285 COUNSEL TO ADOPT AN AMBITIOUS 9830 05:09:30,351 --> 05:09:30,852 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHOUT 9831 05:09:30,919 --> 05:09:32,153 REMOVING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OR 9832 05:09:32,220 --> 05:09:34,656 FURTHER DILUTING DENSITY 9833 05:09:34,722 --> 05:09:36,090 ALLOWANCES. I LOVE WHERE I LIVE. 9834 05:09:36,157 --> 05:09:42,730 I CAN WALK AND TAKE TRANSIT AND 9835 05:09:42,797 --> 05:09:43,865 I RARELY HAVE TO DRIVE ANYWHERE. 9836 05:09:43,932 --> 05:09:45,099 THERE ARE RESTAURANTS AND PARKS 9837 05:09:45,166 --> 05:09:46,334 NEARBY, BUT LIKE A LOT OF 9838 05:09:46,401 --> 05:09:47,669 PEOPLE, OWNING A HOME HAS 9839 05:09:47,735 --> 05:09:54,108 REMAINED FRUSTRATINGLY OUT OF 9840 05:09:54,175 --> 05:09:55,276 REACH, SO I'M FACED WITH THE 9841 05:09:55,343 --> 05:09:56,344 DILEMMA OF EITHER LEAVING THE 9842 05:09:56,411 --> 05:09:57,378 CITY OR STAYING AND ACCEPTING 9843 05:09:57,445 --> 05:09:58,646 THAT I WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAVE 9844 05:09:58,713 --> 05:09:59,647 THE SECURITY OF HOME OWNERSHIP, 9845 05:09:59,714 --> 05:10:01,849 MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONSIDER 9846 05:10:01,916 --> 05:10:02,951 HAVING KIDS ARE STARTING A 9847 05:10:03,017 --> 05:10:04,352 FAMILY. I HAVE SEEN FRIENDS AND 9848 05:10:04,419 --> 05:10:05,153 FAMILY FACED SIMILAR DILEMMAS 9849 05:10:05,219 --> 05:10:06,587 AND MANY HAVE MADE THE CHOICE TO 9850 05:10:06,654 --> 05:10:07,789 LEAVE. SO, MAKE NO MISTAKE, 9851 05:10:07,855 --> 05:10:08,589 RESTRICTING THE HOUSING SUPPLY 9852 05:10:08,656 --> 05:10:09,657 DESTROYS COMMUNITIES. 9853 05:10:10,558 --> 05:10:12,360 IT EXCLUDES AND DISPLACES LARGE 9854 05:10:12,427 --> 05:10:19,100 SWATHS OF PEOPLE IN THESE TWO 9855 05:10:19,167 --> 05:10:20,068 MORE SPRAWL AND CARBON EMISSIONS 9856 05:10:20,134 --> 05:10:21,703 IN FEWER TREES. SO I URGE THEM 9857 05:10:21,769 --> 05:10:23,304 TO ADOPT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 9858 05:10:26,474 --> 05:10:28,943 >>> HOWDY, Y'ALL. I WANT TO 9859 05:10:29,010 --> 05:10:31,512 START BY SAYING I SUPPORT THE 9860 05:10:31,579 --> 05:10:37,285 GENTLEMEN'S WHO RECOMMENDED 9861 05:10:37,352 --> 05:10:38,519 MIXING THE NUMBERS. I THINK 9862 05:10:38,586 --> 05:10:39,821 THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNGER 9863 05:10:39,887 --> 05:10:40,588 WORKING-CLASS FOLKS HERE WHO 9864 05:10:40,655 --> 05:10:43,825 CANNOT SHOW UP UNTIL LATER AND 9865 05:10:43,891 --> 05:10:45,326 THEY NOW CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR A 9866 05:10:45,393 --> 05:10:46,928 MINUTE AND THEY HAVE TO STAY 9867 05:10:46,995 --> 05:10:52,433 LATE. AT ALL OF US CAN SHOW UP 9868 05:10:52,500 --> 05:10:54,068 AT 2:00 P.M. TO GET IN THE DOOR 9869 05:10:54,135 --> 05:10:55,970 EARLY. I AM AN ARCHITECT FOCUSED 9870 05:10:56,037 --> 05:11:00,808 ON HOUSING FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS 9871 05:11:00,875 --> 05:11:02,210 AND SOME SMALLER UNITS. A FEW 9872 05:11:02,276 --> 05:11:03,611 YEARS AGO I ASKED WHAT I COULD 9873 05:11:03,678 --> 05:11:05,079 DO MORE ABOUT THIS AND I BECAME 9874 05:11:05,146 --> 05:11:06,647 A SMALLTIME DEVELOPER, BUILDING 9875 05:11:06,714 --> 05:11:07,682 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I THINK 9876 05:11:07,749 --> 05:11:08,950 THAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT DO 9877 05:11:09,017 --> 05:11:09,784 ENOUGH TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE 9878 05:11:09,851 --> 05:11:10,952 HOUSING, IF I COULD MAKE ONE 9879 05:11:11,019 --> 05:11:11,953 RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE TO 9880 05:11:12,020 --> 05:11:16,491 LOWER THE THRESHOLD OF THE 9881 05:11:16,557 --> 05:11:17,492 AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU 9882 05:11:17,558 --> 05:11:19,160 NEED TO DO TO GET THE BONUSES. 9883 05:11:19,227 --> 05:11:20,595 RIGHT NOW IT IS GOING TO TAKE 9884 05:11:20,661 --> 05:11:24,665 ABOUT A $500,000 SUBSIDY TO HAVE 9885 05:11:24,732 --> 05:11:25,466 AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT 9886 05:11:25,533 --> 05:11:26,734 BUILT IN THE STACKED FLATS AND 9887 05:11:26,801 --> 05:11:29,170 THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME IN 9888 05:11:29,237 --> 05:11:30,638 PUBLIC RESOURCES TO GET THAT. I 9889 05:11:30,705 --> 05:11:31,906 THINK THAT IF WE REDUCE THAT 9890 05:11:31,973 --> 05:11:32,673 THRESHOLD -- 9891 05:11:39,280 --> 05:11:40,248 >> THANK YOU, HANS. NEXT, 9892 05:11:40,314 --> 05:11:41,682 SPEAKER 151 THROUGH 160. 9893 05:11:49,724 --> 05:11:50,625 >> 151 THE CURRENT PLAN BEING 9894 05:11:50,691 --> 05:11:52,393 PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR MISSES THE 9895 05:11:52,460 --> 05:11:53,861 MARK BY REMOVING A SIGNIFICANT 9896 05:11:53,928 --> 05:11:55,096 AMOUNT OF TREE COVER AND FOCUSES 9897 05:11:55,163 --> 05:11:57,565 ON UP ZONING ON ARTERIALS. WE 9898 05:11:57,632 --> 05:12:01,235 CAN IMPROVE ON THIS AND 9899 05:12:01,302 --> 05:12:01,869 IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE FIVE, 9900 05:12:01,936 --> 05:12:03,037 WHICH HAS BEEN THE OPTION OF 9901 05:12:03,104 --> 05:12:04,505 CHOICE BY CITIZENS GIVING 9902 05:12:04,572 --> 05:12:05,673 FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THIS 9903 05:12:05,740 --> 05:12:06,974 MULTIYEAR PROCESS. THE 9904 05:12:07,041 --> 05:12:09,043 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 9905 05:12:09,110 --> 05:12:11,012 HURTS AS MUCH AND I URGE YOU TO 9906 05:12:11,079 --> 05:12:14,315 -- WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN ABOUT 9907 05:12:14,382 --> 05:12:15,316 IMPROVING ZONING AT LOWER COSTS 9908 05:12:15,383 --> 05:12:19,020 TO INCREASE MORE SLOWLY IN 9909 05:12:19,087 --> 05:12:19,821 AUSTIN, SPOKANE AND MINNEAPOLIS. 9910 05:12:19,887 --> 05:12:20,988 THERE IS NOTHING KEEPING SEATTLE 9911 05:12:21,055 --> 05:12:22,190 FROM ECLIPSING CITIES BY 9912 05:12:22,256 --> 05:12:25,526 ADOPTING AN IMPROVED VERSION OF 9913 05:12:25,593 --> 05:12:26,828 THE PLAN. ALTERNATIVE FIVE DOES 9914 05:12:26,894 --> 05:12:28,162 ALL OF THIS AND IS READY TO 9915 05:12:28,229 --> 05:12:29,430 IMPLEMENT. SEATTLE IS NOT A 9916 05:12:29,497 --> 05:12:30,898 SUBURB, BUT A CITY AND SHOULD BE 9917 05:12:30,965 --> 05:12:33,568 TREATED AS SUCH. I URGE YOU TO 9918 05:12:33,634 --> 05:12:39,474 NOT ONLY ENSURE THE PLAN TO COME 9919 05:12:39,540 --> 05:12:40,575 TO FRUITION BUT TO ADOPT 9920 05:12:40,641 --> 05:12:42,043 ALTERNATIVE FIVE, TO BE BOLD AND 9921 05:12:42,110 --> 05:12:43,277 ADOPT -- BETTER WAY WITH THIS 9922 05:12:43,344 --> 05:12:44,812 ALTERNATIVE OPTION. I SET THE 9923 05:12:44,879 --> 05:12:46,147 STANDARD FOR HOW OTHER 9924 05:12:46,214 --> 05:12:47,281 MUNICIPALITIES ARE JUDGED AND 9925 05:12:47,348 --> 05:12:49,016 LET'S NOT MAKE PERFECT THE 9926 05:12:49,083 --> 05:12:50,518 ENEMY OF GOOD. 9927 05:12:51,486 --> 05:12:57,925 >> IS COLD HERE? 153? 9928 05:12:57,992 --> 05:12:59,527 >> HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS 9929 05:12:59,594 --> 05:13:01,896 MADELEINE BURKHOLDER. I SUPPORT 9930 05:13:01,963 --> 05:13:02,930 ALL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND UP 9931 05:13:02,997 --> 05:13:10,771 ZONES IN THE PLAN AND ANY THAT 9932 05:13:10,838 --> 05:13:12,373 YOU MIGHT CARE TO ADD. I HAVE 9933 05:13:12,440 --> 05:13:13,975 BEEN A SATELLITE OF 16 OF MY 30 9934 05:13:14,041 --> 05:13:15,610 YEARS AND I PURCHASED MY FIRST 9935 05:13:15,676 --> 05:13:23,751 HOME, A CONDO IN FIRST HILL, FOR 9936 05:13:23,818 --> 05:13:24,986 WHICH I PAID $450,000, MAKING IT 9937 05:13:25,052 --> 05:13:26,220 ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOMES 9938 05:13:26,287 --> 05:13:27,889 IN SEATTLE. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO 9939 05:13:27,955 --> 05:13:29,357 AFFORD THIS BECAUSE I AM A TECH 9940 05:13:29,423 --> 05:13:30,725 WORKER AND ALL MY FRIENDS MY AGE 9941 05:13:30,791 --> 05:13:31,792 BOUGHT THERE HOMES WITH TECH 9942 05:13:31,859 --> 05:13:32,960 MONEY OR FAMILY MONEY AND THERE 9943 05:13:33,027 --> 05:13:34,028 WERE NO OTHER ROUTES TO 9944 05:13:34,095 --> 05:13:35,229 HOMEOWNERSHIP. I ALSO HAPPEN TO 9945 05:13:35,296 --> 05:13:36,664 BE A TRANS-WOMAN AND THAT IS A 9946 05:13:36,731 --> 05:13:38,699 GROUP THAT MAKES $.60 ON THE 9947 05:13:38,766 --> 05:13:40,101 DOLLAR FOR OUR LABOR. TODAY IT 9948 05:13:40,168 --> 05:13:42,837 BECAME ILLEGAL FOR TRANS-PEOPLE 9949 05:13:42,904 --> 05:13:44,005 TO PLAY SPORTS. SEATTLE IS 9950 05:13:44,071 --> 05:13:45,640 PERHAPS THE BEST CITY IN THE 9951 05:13:45,706 --> 05:13:48,910 WORLD TO BE A TRANS-PERSON. 9952 05:13:48,976 --> 05:13:50,111 THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT 9953 05:13:50,178 --> 05:13:51,512 TO LIVE HERE AND HOMES TO LIVE 9954 05:13:51,579 --> 05:13:54,815 IN. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME 9955 05:13:54,882 --> 05:13:56,050 MY TRANS-SIBLINGS TO THIS 9956 05:13:56,117 --> 05:13:57,118 BEAUTIFUL CITY AND DELAWARE WE 9957 05:13:57,185 --> 05:13:59,921 CAN DO THAT IS IF WE BUILD A 9958 05:13:59,987 --> 05:14:00,788 LOT, BUILD NOW, BUILD 9959 05:14:00,855 --> 05:14:02,190 EVERYWHERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF 9960 05:14:02,256 --> 05:14:03,191 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE -- 9961 05:14:06,561 --> 05:14:07,828 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE 9962 05:14:07,895 --> 05:14:09,130 HAVE MICHELLE, EMILY, ANASTASIA. 9963 05:14:09,197 --> 05:14:09,864 ZACHARY, DANIEL, JESSE, SALLY. 9964 05:14:09,931 --> 05:14:10,531 >> I MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 2002 9965 05:14:10,598 --> 05:14:11,199 WHEN I RENTED A RENT-CONTROLLED