>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WE ARE HERE.
IT IS -- EXCUSE ME.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7th, 2025.
IT IS 2:01.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL COME TO
ORDER.
I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
I AM YOUR CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE
ROLL?
>> MEMBER
KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> MEMBER
MOORE.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, VICE
CHAIR SULLIVAN. CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
HERE.
>> THEY ARE EIGHT
MEMBERS PRESENT.
PLEASE RECALL COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE NINE
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> WE WILL CONSIDER THE
AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL
FOR COMING AND FOR OUR PEOPLE IN
THE AUDIENCE, THANK YOU ALL FOR
COMING. WE ARE NEARING THE
FINISH
LINE OF OUR JOURNEY FOR THE
INTERN LEGISLATION OF HOUSE BILL
1110.
I WILL NOT JINX THAT.
BUT AS A REMINDER FOR HOUSE BILL
1110 IT'S A STATE MANDATED
LEGISLATION TO CREATE
MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IN THE
STATE'S
IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE OF
JUNE 30th.
JUST A COUPLE TABLE
SETTINGS HERE JUST SO WE'RE ALL
ON
THE SAME PAGE, AND I SAY THIS
EVERY MEETING JUST SO WE HAVE AS
MUCH COMMUNICATION OUT THERE
AS POSSIBLE AND WE'RE ALWAYS
BEING
TRANSPARENT.
THE DAY OF OUR NEXT PUBLIC
HEARING IS MONDAY, MAY 19th.
THE PUBLIC HEARING
IS SPECIFICALLY FOR US TO
HEAR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
REGARDING
THE AMENDMENTS TO INTERIM
LEGISLATION.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
OF OUR FUTURE PUBLIC HEARINGS
TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION OF
HOUSE BILL 1110.
THIS COMING PUBLIC HEARING
IS NOT DEDICATED TO THOSE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION, SO JUST A
REMINDER,
THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS
MONDAY, MAY 19th, IS
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INTERIM
LEGISLATION OF HOUSE BILL
1110 AND THE AMENDMENTS
WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ME MY
COLLEAGUE. SESSION ONE IS GOING
TO BE AT
930 TEEM, AND THAT WILL BE
RESERVED JUST FOR REMOTE
PUBLIC
COMMENT. SECTION 2 -- SESSION
TWO WILL
BE AT 4:00 P.M., THAT WILL
BE RESERVED FOR IN- PERSON
COMMENTATORS.
THERE ARE SEPARATE
REGISTRATION WINDOWS FOR EACH
SESSION, SO
PLEASE LOOK ONLINE TO GET
MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC
HEARING.
TODAY WE HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF. THEY'RE GOING TO
BE
ELABORATING ON A SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS
TO INTERN HOUSE BILL 1110.
TODAY WE'LL ALSO ONLY
BE ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT SO WE CAN DO A DEEP DIVE
RIGHT INTO SOME OF THE
LEGISLATION, BUT DON'T WORRY
BECAUSE ON
MAY 19th YOU ALL CAN BE ABLE TO
COME
DOWN AND GIVE US PUBLIC
COMMENT HEARING.
WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
HEAR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS ABOUT
THAT.
PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE FRONT
OF CHAMBERS OR E- MAIL AND IT
WILL
COME TO ALL OF OUR
INBOXES. THE E-MAIL ADDRESS --
AND DON'T TELL ANYONE -- I'M
ONLY GOING
TO TELL YOU
ALL. IS COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
DON'T TELL ANYONE, BUT
THAT E-MAIL WILL SEND TO ALL OF
US, OKAY?
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO
THE AGENDA?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120969
AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING
ORDINANCE CONTROLS TO COMPLY
WITH
VARIOUS STATE LAWS ESTABLISHING
FINDINGS AND ADOPTING A WORK
PLAN FOR
PERMANENT LEGISLATION
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
PRESENTING TODAY ARE MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> AWESOME. WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL
CENTRAL STAFF THAT HAVE
DEDICATED LONG
DAYS TO THIS AND DEEP NIGHTS, SO
WE WANT TO THANK THEM.
THE AMENDMENTS -- THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BEFORE US
FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
START OFF BY A BRIEF -- A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF EACH AMENDMENT,
AND THEN AT THE END OF THEIR
OVERVIEW -- WELL, SORRY.
LET ME REMIND.
I'M READING THIS WRONG.
AFTER CENTRAL STAFF ARE --
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
EACH
PERSON'S AMENDMENT, BUT
AFTER THEY TALK ABOUT ONE
SPONSOR'S
AMENDMENT, THEN WE'LL GO TO
THAT
SPONSOR FOR YOU ALL TO
ARTICULATE
WHAT THAT AMENDMENT MEANS FOR
THE DISCUSSIONS OF
THE GROUP.
SO WE WON'T HEAR ALL
THE AMENDMENTS AT ONE TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AMENDMENT
BY AMENDMENT AND THEN ALLOW
THAT SPONSOR ON THE DAIS TO BE
ABLE
TO ARTICULATE THAT.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PLAN?
THANK YOU.
SO FOR THE RECORD,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND
YOU
MAY BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK
YOU.
>> CHRIS SWENSON, COUNCIL
CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> KETOAL
FRAYMAN.
>> WE HAVE SEVEN
AMENDMENTS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT,
AND
I'LL SHARE THEM AS WE WALK
THROUGH
THEM. THE FIRST ONE IS AN
AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER
SOLOMON.
IT WOULD -- AS YOU
PROBABLY REMEMBER YESTERDAY YOU
PASSED LEGISLATION RELATED TO
ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS.
IT ALSO IS IMPLEMENTING --
IT IMPLEMENTED A STATE MANDATE
THAT
NEEDS TO BE IN EFFECT BY JUNE
30th.
COUNCIL BILL 120949
AMEANT SECTIONS TO THE LAND USE
CODE
THAT ARE ALSO AMENDED BY
THE INTERIM LEGISLATION THAT'S
IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
THIS AMENDMENT IS
FAIRLY SIMPLE. IT TAKES THE
CHANGES THAT WERE
ADOPTED UNDER THE BILL YOU
PASSED YESTERDAY AND UPDATES THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU NOW
WITH THOSE CHANGES.
AND UPDATES SOME OF
THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNINGS IN
THE BILL BASED ON WHAT'S
HAPPENED
BETWEEN WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS
SENT TO COUNCIL AND TODAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE -- APPEAL WAS
RESOLVED.
>> OH, MY APOLOGIES.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO DISCUSS YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. I REALLY DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING WHAT'S BEEN
PRESENTED
BY
CENTRAL STAFF. IT REALLY IS A
MATTER OF
MAKING SURE THE ADU LEGISLATION
AND THE
OVERALL LEGISLATION OF
1110 ACTUALLY COME INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH EACH
OTHER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER
SOLOMON. I'LL NOW OPEN IT UP TO
POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF
MY
COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE REGARDING
THIS, AND WE CAN ALSO DIGEST
THIS AND WAIT UNTIL THE END AS
WELL. I JUST WANT TO
GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLK.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
HAPPY TO WAIT UNTIL THE END AS
WELL, BUT I CAN JUST GO.
CLARIFYING WHAT I ALREADY
HEARD YOU SAY WHICH IS THAT THIS
CHANGE BRINGS THIS WILL
INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE
CODE
BILL THAT WE PASSED YESTERDAY.
IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> NOTHING FURTHER,
NOTHING
LESS?
>> NO.
>> SO IN SOME WAYS WHEN I
ASKED IF I COULD MAKE AMENDMENTS
TO THAT BILL, I WAS TOLD
NO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S
STATE
REQUIREMENT. THE SAME WOULD BE
TRUE HERE?
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY BRINGING US
IN LINE WITH THE STATE?
IS THAT ESSENTIALLY
CORRECT?
>>
CORRECT.
>> NICE WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS,
BUT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T ASK
A QUESTION AT THE END.
SO LET'S ROLL ONTO ITEM NUMBER
2.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL BILL 120969 IS INTERIM
LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES A
WORK PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES HOW
THE
COUNCIL WILL ADOPT
PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
THIS AMENDMENT DOES TWO THINGS.
IT UPDATES THE LANGUAGE
AROUND THE WORK PROGRAM.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL
BE WORKING THROUGH SEPTEMBER
TO ADOPT THAT LEGISLATION
WITH ANTICIPATED EFFECTIVE DATE
IN
OCTOBER, AND THEN THEN ALSO
IDENTIFIES A LIST OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE
COUNCIL IS --
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE
TO CONSIDER IN REVIEWING
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
AND I'LL WALK THROUGH
THOSE REALLY BRIEFLY SUPPORTING
MEASURES TO REDUCE DISPLACEMENT
PRESSURE, CONSIDERING
WHETHER RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES
WOULD BE
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS
ON A LOT OR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE
PER UNIT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE
KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
INTERIM LEGISLATION YOU'RE
LOOKING AT
NOW AND THE PERMANENT
LEGISLATION THE EXECUTIVE
IS GOING TO PROPOSE.
CONSIDERING WHETHER ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS SHOULD BE COUNTED
TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT ON A
LOT, PROVIDING FOR
CONSISTENT AND PERMANENT
THRESHOLDS FOR
STREET, ALLEY AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS.
CLARIFYING DESIGNATED
DISTURBANCE AREAS AND STEEP
SLOPES, LOTS WITH POTENTIAL
LANDSLIDE HAZARDS.
ADJUSTING SETBACKS
IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES
TO MAXIMIZE TREE PROTECTION.
AND HERE WE HAVE AN UPDATED
VERSION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THE CHAIR WHO IS SPONSORING THIS
AMENDMENT OVERALL HAS MADE A FEW
CHANGES, SO THE AMENDMENT
THAT WILL BE PLACED IN FRONT OF
YOU
WOULD SAY SUPPORT FLEXIBILITY
AND DESIGN TO ADDRESS
NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS
AND TRANSIT SAFETY RATHER THAN
THE
PREVIOUS LANGUAGE THAT WAS
POSTED TO
AGENDA.
ITEM 7 INCLUDES
CONSIDERING ADJUSTMENTS TO
AMENITY
AREA REGULATIONS RELATED TO
TREES
AND FINALLY CONSIDERING WHETHER
TO
EXTEND MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
I EXPECTED THIS LIST MAY GET
FURTHER AMENDED BEFORE
IT'S IN
A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THIS IS A
PRELIMINARY LIST, AGAIN, SUBJECT
TO
CHANGE.
>> AND I WILL CALL ON MYSELF
TO TALK ABOUT MY AMENDMENT --
SORRY.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO, COLLEAGUES,
THIS AMENDMENT ADDS A WORK PLAN
TO
IN TERM HOUSE BILL LEGISLATION
THAT
INDICATES
WE AS A SELECT COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE A
DIALOGUE CONVERSATION OVER.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE ARE
GOING TO BE AMENDMENTS
BROUGHT FORTH.
IT'S MORE SO MORE OF A
DIALOGUE WE CAN EXPLORE.
WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED CONSIDERING INTERIM
HOUSE
BILL
LEGISLATION WE WERE STILL
WAITING ON CHALLENGES FOR EIS IT
BY RESOLVED.
WE LITERALLY HAD NO
IDEA HOW LONG THIS TEMPORARY
LEGISLATION MIGHT BE EFFECT.
SO I UNDERSTAND MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES DEVELOPED
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERIM
CONSIDERING THIS
COULD BE ON THE BOOKS FOR A
LONG TIME NOT KNOWING THE
EIS SITUATION.
HOWEVER, ALL THE CHANGES TO
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WERE RESOLVED QUICKLY
MAKING THIS PROCESS OF HEAVILY
AMENDING THE INTERIM LEGISLATION
A
LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT.
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MADE,
CENTRAL STAFF, LEGISLATIVE
AIDES OVER THE PAST MONTH GOES
TO
WASTE. I WORKED WITH MANY OF
YOU ALREADY TO IDENTIFY
SEVERAL AREAS OF FOCUS AND
REDEFINE
SEVERAL AREAS OF THE AMENDMENTS.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK
YOU ALL. IT'S STILL OPEN FOR
DISCUSSION IF WE NEED TO TWEAK
SOME STUFF.
AT
THIS TIME I WELCOME DISCUSSIONS
TO MY
AMENDMENTS, BUT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT --
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE
IMPORTANT ONE
OBVIOUSLY WAS THE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT MEASURE.
I KNOW A LOT OF US -- A LOT OF
YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN
FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITIES, AND
THAT
WAS ONE THING I HAD HEARD
SIGNIFICANTLY
FROM FOLKS PARTICULARLY IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT REGARDING
SOME OF THE
ANTI- DISPLACEMENT MEASURES
THAT THE CITY WAS IMPLEMENTING,
NOT
A DOCUMENT, NOT WORDS, BUT
AN ACTUAL PLAN.
WE HAD INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE,
IP, COME TO THE COUNCIL TO
GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO SET
THE
TABLE FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS
THE CITY HAD TO OFFER, WHICH WAS
A
GREAT FIRST STEP SO WE COULD
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE
DIFFERENCES OF THE
PROGRAMS, WHO WAS BEING
TARGETED, AND
WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE SO WE CAN
KIND OF FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO
THOSE.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS NUMBER 6.
SO I KNOW THAT -- WALKED
US THROUGH SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS TO SOME OF THE
LANGUAGES THAT
WE ADDRESSED.
JUST MY INITIAL -- JUST
INITIAL STATING
THAT MY SUPPORT FOR -- I WANT TO
MAKE CLEAR WHEN I
STATED MY SUPPORT FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD
CHARACTER MY INTENTION WAS
ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY AND
DESIGN.
IT WAS NOT A TERM TO
USE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER
REGARDING RACIST POLICIES OR
HISTORICAL RED LINING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT
OUT THERE.
AS A BLACK WOMAN, I KNOW WHAT
RACIAL -- YOU KNOW, WHAT
RACIST LANGUAGE IS, SO I JUST
WANTED
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT MY
INTENT THERE PARTICULARLY,
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO
CHANGE FLEXIBILITY AND DESIGN
TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS
AND TRANSIT SAFETY.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT
THERE BECAUSE I HAVE IT ELEVATED
TO US AS WELL.
OTHER THAN THAT, WOULD LOVE
TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
AND PLEASE KNOW THIS IS A
WIP, WORK
IN PROGRESS. AND I KNOW WE
HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT
WANTED TO BRING
SOME STUFF TO THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT
NOTICE, I DON'T
HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS.
I MADE THE CHOICE -- I HAVE
SOME AMENDMENT IDEAS THAT I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF
ON.
MADE THE CHOICE NOT TO
BRING THEM FORWARD TO THE
INTERIM
LEGISLATION BECAUSE AS YOU SAID,
CHAIR, THE REPEAL WAS
RESOLVED RATHER QUICKER
THAN I THINK WE ANTICIPATED, AND
I'M GOING TO
SAVE STAFF TIME TO WORK ON
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION
RATHER THAN ASK THEM TO SPIN UP
RIGHT
NOW. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
WORK
PROGRAM. I MIGHT CHECK IN ABOUT
ADDING
SOME,
MIGHT NOT. JUST WANTED TO THANK
YOU YOU AND
COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHY I
DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS HERE.
IT'S BECAUSE I'M GOING TO
WAIT FOR THE FULL, PERMANENT
BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOLLOWING
COUNCIL
MEMBER
MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, AND
ALSO WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO
ADJUST SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN
THIS
AMENDMENT. VERY THANKFUL WE WERE
ABLE
TO WORK QUICKLY AND CLARIFY
INTENT,
SO THANK YOU.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO FLAG IF
THE PUBLIC IN COLLABORATION
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH'S
OFFICE, I'LL ALSO BE WORKING
ON AM PROPOSED ADDED LANGUAGE
RELATED TO ACCESS INTO THIS WORK
PLAN AMENDMENT.
CONTACT LANGUAGE IS
BEING FINALIZED BY MY OFFICE
AND CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
APPRECIATE THAT AND
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING
THAT ADDED TO THE WORK PLAN.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOUR
STAFF'S DILIGENT WORK ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
CHAIR. I TOO WANTED TO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING WILLING
TO INCLUDE ITEMS
RELATED TO TREES AND CONSIDERING
MHA AND
UPON ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, SO
THANK
YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR
COLLABORATION AND
FLEXIBILITY, AND ALSO JUST THANK
YOU FOR
HOW YOU'VE BEEN HANDLING THIS
WHOLE
THING, THIS WHOLE
COMPLICATED PROCESS OF MAKING A
COMP
PLAN THAT WE ALL FEEL GOOD
ABOUT.
AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THAT THIS ISN'T EXHAUSTIVE.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I,
TOO, PULLED BACK BUT I PROBABLY
WOULD BE BRINGING FORTH LIKE
LOOKING FOR
F.A.R. FOR ENCOURAGING STACKED
FLATS,
SOCIAL HOUSING, MAKING
SURE WE'RE ENCOURAGING SOCIAL
HOUSING
PLACEMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA
FOLLOWED BY VICE PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I ALSO REALLY WANTED TO LEND
MY GRATITUDE FOR TAKING ON THIS
PROCESS DURING THIS
COMMITTEE AND TAKING LEAD ON
THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS
FROM BEGINNING TO END.
I DO ALSO
WANT TO IN PARTICULAR THANK YOU
FOR THIS WORK PLAN
BECAUSE MANY OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU ADDED HERE WERE THINGS
THAT
I -- I WAS THINKING ABOUT AS
WELL, SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE
THEM IN A WORK PLAN RELATED TO
THE PERMANENT HB 1110
CODIFICATION
VERSUS THIS INTERIM PIECE, SO
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
YOU INCLUDING THINGS ABOUT
IN PARTICULAR TREES, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT THAT
I
REPRESENT VERY MUCH CARES ABOUT
AND THE CONTEXT OF THIS
PLAN, AND THE CONTINUATION
OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW WE CAN HAVE HOUSING AND
TREES.
IT'S NOT EITHER/OR, SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT AND MANY OF THE
OTHER THINGS LIKE THE FLOOR AREA
RATIO AND THINGS OF THAT MATTER
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO AS
WE MOVE ALONG.
I'M HAPPY THAT YOU INCLUDED
THAT IN THERE, SO JUST REALLY
WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT
TODAY
IS THAT TRUMP JUST RELEASED
HIS PROPOSED BUDGET, AND IT
WOULD
REDUCE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT'S FUNDING BY NEARLY
44%
INCLUDING A 43% CUT TO RENT
ASSISTANCE FOR
PEOPLE LIVING ON LOW INCOMES.
AND THE CUTS INCLUDED IN THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET HAS WASHINGTON
HOUSING ADVOCATES WARNING
THAT THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I AM --
I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT,
FIRST
OF ALL, I AM WAITING FOR THE
PERMANENT LEGISLATION TO REALLY
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MY
COLLEAGUE'S AMENDMENTS AND
ALSO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS AND
ALSO POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF MY
OWN.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING
FOR GREATER CAPACITY FOR HOUSING
ALL OVER THE CITY, I WILL BE
LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN,
IF
POSSIBLE, THROUGH A COMP
PLAN, BUT I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY
NOT,
BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE HOUSING MORE
INEXPENSIVE AND EASIER TO BUILD?
I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY
POSSIBLE WAY OF DOING THAT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE
IS GOING TO WEAVE INTO WHAT
I'M SAYING NOW AS PROPOSING
SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW BUT I'M
NOT TALKING IN CODE, PEOPLE.
I'M BASICALLY SAYING
THAT I THINK IT'S -- I AM
MINDFUL OF
THE FACT THAT WE -- ANY
OPPORTUNITY WE HAD TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT THE -- THE
ADDED BURDENS WHEN PEOPLE DO
WANT
TO BUILD HOUSING IT'S A GOOD
THING TO DO.
SO MORE ON THAT LATER.
THANK YOU.
OH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
THE AMENDMENT 6 OR THE ITEM
6, PLEASE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY -- WELL,
IT'S MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRANSIT --
THE WORDS "MAINTAIN" AND
"PUBLIC" WERE CROSSED OUT,
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
ANTICIPATING PRIVATE TRANSIT,
ARE
WE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
FOR THAT. I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS
HAVE BROUGHT UP THE MEANING
OF TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION,
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON
THAT LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S CLEAR.
THE INTENT BEHIND THE --
AND SOMEONE EDUCATED ME
REGARDING PRIVATE PROPERTY
VERSUS
PUBLIC AND THE DIFFERENCE AND
WHAT NOT,
SO WE'LL GET THAT CLARIFIED
ON NUMBER 6 AND MAKE SURE THAT
IT READS PROPERLY REGARDING
THAT.
>> OKAY, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
IT WAS GOOD.
I
APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL -- WE'LL
WORK WITH THE
LANGUAGE, AND THEN I KNOW
THAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO
BRING
SOME MORE WORK STUFF TO THE WORK
PLAN TO
ADD, WHICH WE'LL TOTALLY LOVE
AND WE'LL GET IT SO
WE'RE ON THE
SAME PAGE. BUT JUST TO REMIND
PEOPLE, IT'S
FOR A CONVERSATION. IT DOESN'T
MEAN THAT PEOPLE
CAN'T BRING THEIR AMENDMENTS
TO THIS PROCESS AND WHAT NOT,
I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO
GET EVERYTHING ALL INTO ONE FOR
A COMPREHENSIVE WORK PLAN TO
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
OKAY, AMENDMENT NUMBER 3.
>> AND IT'S BASICALLY
RESTORING PROVISIONS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY
IN THE LAND USE CODE BACK INTO
THE COUNCIL
BILL.
>> ALL RIGHT, AMENDMENT NUMBER
3 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MOORE WHO MAINTAINED
CURRENT
LOT MAXIMUM IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
OR MIDDLE HOUSING COULD
BE DEVELOPED UNDER THE
INTERIM REGULATIONS MAXIMUM LOT
COVERAGE
UNDER 50% IS PROPOSED BY
THE
MAYOR. SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT
GEARED TOWARDS A LOOPHOLE IN THE
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
MIDDLE DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING STANDARDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS
REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD BECAUSE
OF INTERIM LEGISLATION AND THE
INTENT FOR HB 1110 WAS
TO ENCOURAGE MIDDLE HOUSING, SO
JUST MAKING SURE THAT A
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ISN'T ABLE
TO BASICALLY PREMATURELY VEST
AND GET THE BENEFIT OF 50% WHEN
THE
PURPOSE OF THE 50% IS TO
ALLOW FOR MIDDLE HOUSING, SO
THAT'S
ALL.
THANK
YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
AND I WILL PAUSE HERE FOR IF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT
FOR
CENTRAL STAFF OR TO THE SPONSOR.
DON'T BE SO QUICK TO THROW
UP YOUR HAND.
OKAY, AWESOME.
>> SORRY, CHAIR, CAN I JUST
MAKE
ONE --
>> GO RIGHT
AHEAD.
>> RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS TO
APPLY TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS, AND
THAT'S AN ERROR, SO THIS IS
JUST
TO BE MEANT TO SINGLE- FAMILY
HOMES, SO WE WILL BE CORRECTING
THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION,
COUNSELMEMBER MOORE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ONTO
AMENDMENT
4.
>> AMENDMENT 4 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
IT WOULD MAINTAIN THE
CURRENT FRONT YARDS BETWEEN
QUEEN ANNE
BOULEVARD.
"CAFFEINE & OCTANE"
ANNE BOULEVARD IS A
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN QUEEN
ANNE,
AND THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD RETAIN THE
CURRENT FRONT YARD
REQUIREMENTS AS OPPOSED TO
UPDATING THEM TO
10 FEET AS PROPOSED IN
THE LEGISLATION.
AND THERE'S JUST ONE OTHER
MINOR
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
THAT CORRECTS A INCORRECT
REFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU,
ASHA. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU TO THE
CENTRAL
STAFF TEAM.
APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON
THIS AND OTHER IDEAS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
VITAL TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE
THAT WE HAVE ON
CENTRAL STAFF. IT'S REALLY
HELPFUL AS WE
WALK THROUGH THE ISSUES, AND AS
WE ENGAGE WITH CONSTITUENTS
AND OTHER GROUPS AND THE LIKE ON
THE ISSUES
WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN. SO
THANK YOU. THIS -- THIS
AMENDMENT
RELATES TO THE QUEEN ANNE
BOULEVARD
PARK.
IT IS A PARK, AND, YOU
KNOW, IT'S ONE OF -- IT WASN'T
PART OF
THE ORIGINAL 1903 WITH JOHN
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, BUT
JOHN CHARLES OLMSTEAD IN
1906 DESIGNED IT AND IT WAS 1911
AND
1916.
AND THE PARK GIVES VISTAS
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST
TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF QUEEN ANNE HILL.
IT'S BASICALLY A CROWN ON TOP
OF THE HILL.
THERE'S SOME NOTABLE PIECES TO
THIS, THE WILCOX
WALL AND OTHERS.
AND IT ALSO CONNECTS TO SOME
OF THE VARIOUS PARK VISTA POINTS
TO
INCLUDE MARSHAL
PARK, WHICH IS WHERE THE LOCALS
KNOW WHERE
TO GO WHEN KERRY PARK IS
OVERRUN
WITH TOURISTS. GO DOWN TO
MARSHALL PARK. IN TERMS OF
VIEWING THE BAY
AND THE SOUND.
AND THERE'S THE PARK ON
THE OTHER SIDE TO THE EAST.
I MENTION KERRY PARK, BUT THEN
THERE'S ALSO PLACES LIKE THE
BOSTON STREET VIEWPOINT
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE FOURTH
OF JULY FIREWORKS, THAT'S WHERE
YOU WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF
TAKING IT
IN.
IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER
VIEWPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE LOOP, WHICH IS NEARLY 4
MILES
LONG, AND IT'S UNIQUE AMONG
PARKS, AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY THIS AMENDMENT
HAS COME ON IS I UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND OTHER
PARKS, BUT THE STREET IS THE
PARK,
AND THE AREA BESIDE THE STREET
IS THE PARK, SO IT'S VERY
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND IT IS A STREET USE, AND
WE TALK ABOUT STREET USES FOR
PEDESTRIANS, BUT THIS IS
THAT FOR RUNNERS AND FOR BIKERS.
IT'S BEEN USED FOR QUEEN
ANNE COMMUNITY RUNS, YOU
KNOW, FUND- RAISING AND THE
LIKE.
IT WAS THERE FOR ALL OF
US DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I, FOR ONE, WHEN I COULDN'T GO
TO THE GYM ANYMORE IN
THE WEEKEND MORNINGS WOULD GET
UP AND GO AND WALK THE ENTIRE
LOOP AS EXERCISE WHEN WE
COULDN'T
BE INSIDE IN THE GYM AND THE
LIKE.
IT PROVIDES THAT, BY THE
WAY, NOT JUST FOR QUEEN
ANNE RESIDENTS OR DISTRICT 7
RESIDENTS BUT FOR THE
ENTIRE CITY.
ONE THING I'VE LEARNED FROM
THIS IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE DO COME
FROM
ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED
LIKE WALKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW,
A TREE TUNNEL, VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF IT REALLY DO HAVE LIKE A
TREE TUNNEL WITH YOU WALK
AND YOU HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT.
AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT
TO HAVE GNAT NOT JUST
FOR, YOU KNOW, THE EXAMPLE OF
THE
PANDEMIC WHERE GYMS AND
ACCESSORIES WERE CLOSED, BUT AS
WE DENSIFY IN OTHER AREAS OF
QUEENS ANNE DISTRICT AND
THE CITY, THIS IS AN AREA FOR
THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT
DENSE ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN QUEEN
ANNE WE HAVE THE 21 BOSTON
PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 325
APARTMENTS, SO WE'LL
TALK ABOUT DENSIFICATION.
IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE, AND
IT'S ON QUEEN ANNE NORTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT
TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, THEY
JUST HAVE TO WALK DOWN BOSTON
STREET TO BIGELOW, GO LEFT OR
RIGHT
AND THEN THEY CAN DO THIS
LOOP. I THINK THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF
THAT
WE DENSIFY TO MAINTAIN THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS, OUR CITY, OUR
RESIDENTS
AND FRIENDS TO HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY, AND SO THAT IS
THE, YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND IF
YOU
WILL ON THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT, UNIQUE PARK WITHIN
OUR
SYSTEM, SO THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
AND THANK YOU, AGAIN,
CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM.
>> THANK VERY
VIVID WALK
THROUGH
QUEEN ANNE. A HUMAN GOOGLE MAP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS
QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE CAN WAIT --
ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL THE END, TOO,
AS WELL
IF YOU'RE JUST ALL DIGESTING
THIS.
I KNOW
THIS IS A LOT. SO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, AND THEN LET'S MOVE
TO AMENDMENT
5.
>> AMENDMENT 5 IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
IT RESTORES LANGUAGE TO HOW MUCH
DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN DO ON A
SMALL LOT, A LOT LESS THAN
,000
SQUARE FEET. IT TAKES EXISTING
LANGUAGE FROM
THE CODE AND RESTORES IT TO
SAY ON A SMALL LOT YOU CAN
HAVE AT LEAST 2,500 SQUARE FEET
OF RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
>> AWESOME. AND COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THIS LIST.
SO THIS AMENDMENT IS MEANT
TO BE TECHNICAL AND REALLY A
CLARIFYING AMENDMENT. JUST
RESTORE THE MINIMUM FLOOR
AREA ON STANDARD LOTS.
THE STANDARD AMENDMENTS ARE IN
PLACE TODAY AND MEANT TO MATCH
THE EXISTING CODE, NOT TO MAKE A
POLICY CHANGE.
IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING
THIS CHANGE WAS SOMEWHAT
UNINTENTIONAL, SO WORKING
TO REMEDY THIS.
THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT
OR ELSE
WE'LL KEEP PLUGGING AWAY.
OKAY, WE'LL DO AMENDMENT NUMBER
6.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT,
COUNSEL COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> AMENDMENT 6 IS BY FAR
THE MOST COMPLICATED AMENDMENT.
IT AMENDS TWO DIFFERENT
SECTIONS OF THE CODE RELATED TO
RESIDENTIAL RIMTS.
ONE IN THE RESIDENTIAL
CHAPTER AND THE OTHER IN THE
MULTIFAMILY
CHAPTER PLAYING TO LOW
RIDES
DEVELOPMENT. IT REORGANIZES BOTH
SECTIONS IN ORDER TO INCREASE
USABILITY IN
PARTICULAR TO EMPHASIZE THAT
ON
ALL LOTS FOUR UNITS ARE ALLOWED,
OR SIX UNITS IN PARTICULAR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT UPDATES THE DATE THAT LOTS --
SO YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT UNDER
COUNCIL BILL 1201269
LOTS CREATED AFTER AS DRAFTED
MARCH 28th WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
USE THE
FOUR OR SIX UNITS.
THIS UPDATES THAT PROVISION
TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
BILL, SO JUNE 30th, 2025, RATHER
THAN
THAT MARCH DATE SO THAT
PEOPLE AREN'T UNINTENTIONALLY
SUBDIVIDING THEIR PROPERTY AND
THEN SUDDENLY FINDING OUT THEY
CAN'T ACTUALLY APPLY THE LAND
USE CODE. IT CLARIFIES THAT IN
RESIDENTIAL SMALL LOT ZONES ONE
PRINCIPAL UNIT IS PERMITTED PER
2,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS
CURRENT
CODE, OR A MINIMUM OF SIX UNITS
APPLYING HOUSE BILL 1110.
IT ADDRESSED THE
GROUNDING THRESHOLD FOR
RESIDENTIAL
ZONES APPLYING CURRENT ROUNDING
PROVISIONS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF
OTHER
CLARIFICATIONS, AND THEN MAKES
ONE CORRECTION TO THE LOW RISE
ZONE PROVISIONS.
IN OUR CURRENT LOW RISE
RESIDENTIAL CODE THERE
ARE DENSITY LIMITS TO BE APPLIED
TO
TOWNHOUSES AND ROW HOUSES AND
SINGLE- FAMILY HOUSES.
BUT APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR
STACKED FLATS DON'T HAVE
A DENSITY LIMIT.
AS DRAFTED, IT APPEARED THAT
THE BILL WOULD
APPLY A DENSITY LIMIT TO STACKED
FLATS, AND SO
THIS AMENDMENT CORRECTS THAT
TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NOT
SUDDENLY
APPLYING A NEW DENSITY LIMIT
TO STACKED FLATS THAT
ISN'T IN THE CURRENT CODE, AND
IT
WASN'T INTENDED BY THE
EXECUTIVE.
YEAH. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
AS THEY COME
UP.
>> AWESOME.
AND I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE THE SPONSOR OF THE
BILL, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
DON'T BE DAUNTED. THIS
COLLECTION IS JUST A
COLLECTION OF TECHNICAL
TWEETS IN A SINGULAR AMENDMENT
TO ENSURE WE ARE MEETING HOUSE
BILL 1110 REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR INSTANCE IT SAYS IN
PLAIN LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN HAVE
FOUR UNITS ON EVERY LOT
REGARDLESS
OF SIZE.
IT CLARIFIES SUBDIVISION
RULES AND LEAVES MANY SECTIONS
OF
THE INTERIM LEGISLATION AS IS.
THIS IS MEANT TO SERVE
AS MOSTLY TECHNICAL AND A
CLARIFYING
AMENDMENT, NOT MEANT TO SERVE
AS A MAJOR CHANGE IN POLICY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. I'LL PAUSE HERE BEFORE
WE MOVE
ON, BUT WE CAN ALSO ASK
QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WE'RE
DIGESTING ALL OF THIS.
AWESOME.
WE WILL MOVE ONTO
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 -- EXCUSE
ME, THAT WAS
NUMBER 6.
NUMBER 7. MY
APOLOGIES.
>> SO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
YOU'RE MEETING AT THE END OF
MARCH, I
THINK IT WAS, WHERE THE
EXECUTIVE BROUGHT IN REAL
ESTATE FINANCE EXPERTS AND
DISCUSSED SOME OF THE
IMPEDIMENTS
TO BUILDING STACKED FLATS
IN SEATTLE.
THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE
INCREASED REQUIREMENTS
THAT APPLY TO PROJECTS THAT HAVE
TO
GO THROUGH REVIEW UNDER THE
RESIDENTIAL CODE,
THOSE INCREASED COSTS ARE ONE
BARRIER TO SEEING STACKED FLATS
BUILT
IN SEATTLE.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS
RECOGNIZED THAT AND REQUIRED
THE WASHINGTON STATE
BUILDING COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE
STATE BUILDING CODE, TO IDENTIFY
WHETHER OR NOT CHANGES SHOULD BE
MADE TO ALLOW A BROADER RANGE
OF MENTAL HOUSING TYPES TO BE
REVIEWED UNDER THAT CODE.
THAT WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE
DONE BY THE END OF
THE YEAR. THE CITY CAN'T CHANGE
ITS
BUILDING AND RESIDENTIAL
CODE UNTIL THE STATE ACTS, SO
WHAT
THIS AMENDMENT SAYS,
IT BASICALLY ASKS THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS CODE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO REPORT BACK
TO THE
COUNCIL IN JANUARY ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THE STATE
LEVEL
AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS
FOR IMPLEMENTING ANY CHANGES TO
THE RESIDENTIAL CODE TO ALLOW,
FOR
EXAMPLE, STACKED FLATS TO BE
REVIEWED UNDER
IT.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER RINK, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU,
CHAIR. AND THIS WOULD BE
TREMENDOUSLY MATERIAL FOR US TO
RECEIVE
AS COUNCIL TO GUIDE
FURTHERFURTHER
DECISION MAKING.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
AND I WILL PAUSE THERE TO SEE
IF OTHER FOLKS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR LISH.
SO AS TCI ONCE THE CODE IS
UPDATED, WOULD THEY COME --
WOULD WE NEED TO DO
LEGISLATION, RIGHT, LIKE TCI
WOULD HAVE TO
FORWARD LEGISLATION FOR US
TO
APPROVE? I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S NOTHING UNILATERAL HERE
THEY'D HAVE TO COME TO US TO
MAKE
THE CHANGE AS TO MATCH WHATEVER
THE CODE IS UPDATED TO
BE.
>>
CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK
YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
NO,
ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE
HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE.
>> JUST GOING BACK TO AMENDMENT
6, JUST WANTING
SOME CLARIFICATION.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, THIS IS MOSTLY
A TECHNICAL BILL.
CURIOUS, LISH EXPLAINED
ANOTHER 8 WHICH SAYS EXPLAIN
LANGUAGE
STATING IN LOW RISE
ZONES MINIMUM LOT SIZES ONLY
APPLY
TO THOSE RATHER THAN ATTACHED
AND DETACHED
HOUSING.
>> SO CURRENTLY IN OUR LOW RISE
ZONING CODE WE HAVE
DENSITY LIMITS THAT APPLY TO --
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE
LANGUAGE.
WE HAVE DENSITY LIMITS THAT
APPLY
TO ROW HOUSES AND TOWNHOUSES AND
SINGLE-
FAMILY HOUSES.
OTHER TYPES OF MULTI-
FAMILY HOUSING THAT ARE ALLOWED
IN
THE LOW RISE ONE ZONE, FOR
EXAMPLE, LIKE STACKED FLATS DOES
NOT
HAVE A DENSITY LIMIT.
AS DRAFTED, THE BILL WOULD
SAY THAT THERE ARE DENSITY
LIMITS FOR ATTACHED AND
DETACHED HOUSING.
THOSE ARE TERMS THAT ARE LIKELY
TO APPEAR IN THE PERMANENT
LEGISLATION AND BE DEFINED --
AND BE DEFINED AS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN
STACKED FLATS. BUT BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE
THOSE DEFINITIONS IN THE INTERIM
LEGISLATION, THEY DON'T HAVE
THE SAME MEANING AS IS INTENDED
UNDER THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
AND SO THIS IS INTENDED
TO BASICALLY TAKE THE CURRENT
WAY THAT WE REGULATE STACKED
FLATS IN LOW RISE AND NOTNOT ANY
CHANGES.
>> SO THIS FACILITATES
MAKING STACKED
FLATS.
>> YES.
>> AND NEXT SINGLE- FAMILY
DWELLINGS ARE SUBJECT TO
STANDARDS FOR
2000 HOUSES? ?
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON
THAT?
>> THAT'S A PROVISION IN THE
MULTI- FAMILY CODE THAT
SAYS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES
AND TOWNHOUSES HAVE THE SAME
DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
>> OKAY, AND IS THAT -- IS
THAT BEING CHANGED --
>> NOT CHANGED
AT.
>> OKAY.
ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. I'LL PAUSE HERE IF WE
HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE
SUPER --
I WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR CENTRAL
STAFF TO WALK US
ALONG POTENTIALLY THE NEXT
STEPS REGARDING IN THIS PROCESS
WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND PUBLIC
HEARING, JUST THE TIME LINE,
IF THAT'S GOOD.
AND DEADLINES YOU HAVE FOR US
FOR
AMENDMENTS.
>> SO YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
SCHEDULED FOR MAY 19th.
HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE
MANY
CHANGES TO THE AMENDMENTS COMING
OUT OF THAT MEETING, BUT
PLEASE LET US KNOW BY, LIKE,
10:00 A.M.
ON THE MORNING OF THE 20th
IF YOU THINK ANYTHING THAT YOU
PUT
FORWARD REALLY NEEDS TO
CHANGE. THE MEETING TO VOTE
ON AMENDMENTS AND VOTE ON THE
BILL IS MAY 21st. MEET
THE DEADLINE FOR HAVING
EVERYTHING IN EFFECT BY JUNE
30th, YOU
NEED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE VOTE
THAT
DAY. AND COUNCIL VOTE THE
FOLLOWING
TUESDAY.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU. AND COLLEAGUES, AS I
SAID,
THAT OUR WORK PLAN IS A WORK IN
PROGRESS. I KNOW THAT I'VE
TALKED TO
A COUPLE OF OFFICES,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S OFFICE
AND SOME
OTHER FOLKS ABOUT ADDING SOME
LANGUAGE TO THE WORK PLAN, WHICH
WE
ARE COMPLETELY OPEN TO AND WANT
TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE
SO EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE
ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN AND
THE LANGUAGE IN THERE AS WELL.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE AS
WELL. AND THIS IS ALSO A
REMINDER
THAT AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE
INTERIM LEGISLATION FOR -- I
HEARD
SOMEONE TODAY ON A -- ON
A MEETING CALL AT 1,110 -- HOUSE
BILL 1,110, AND I THOUGHT THAT
WAS -- KIND OF THREW ME OFF.
SO I WON'T NAME IT THAT.
IT WILL BE HOUSE BILL 1110.
SO HOUSE BILL 1110, INTERIM
LEGISLATION TO THAT.
THEN OUR NEXT BIG CHUNK IS THE
PERMANENT LEGISLATION TO
THIS WHOLE PIECE, WHICH IS
THE PERMANENT HOUSE BILL 1110
LEGISLATION, WHICH I KNOW WILL
BE A HEAVY LIFT AND A LOT
OF WORK FOR CENTRAL STAFF
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE
PERMANENT LEGISLATION THAT WILL
BE FOR OUR
CITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL DURING
THAT PROCESS, AND PHASE ONE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL
THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AND
TAKING
THAT ON BEFORE BUDGET, SO
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE ALL -- I KNOW THAT I'VE
HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF
YOU, BUT THAT WE ARE AWARE OF
THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IS THAT
AN OLD HAND OR A NEW HAND?
IT'S STALE, OKAY,
OLD HAND. YOU'RE GOOD.
IS THERE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT
WE HAVE TODAY FOR CENTRAL STAFF?
ANY CLARIFICATIONS OR
ANY CLARIFICATIONS ON
AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE?
Y'ALL ARE AN EASY
BUNCH. OKAY.
SO BEFORE -- BEFORE WE --
WELL, LET ME REWIND.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU,
CENTRAL STAFF, BECAUSE I KNOW
THIS HAS
BEEN A LOT OF WORK.
IT'S GONE BACK AND
FORTH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND
TIMELINES AND NOT KNOWING AND
EIS AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC
HEARINGS, AND THERE'S JUST
BEEN A LOT TO JUGGLE HERE AND
TIMELINES AND WORK BACK.
AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR
CENTRAL STAFF AND ALL YOUR WORK
DURING THIS PROCESS AND BEING
SO FLEXIBLE WITH GRACE.
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE GRACE
WITH EVERYTHING, SO YOU ALL HAVE
BEEN FLEXIBLE
AND GRACEFUL, THOSE TWO THINGS,
AS WELL AS WE HAVE BEEN
NAVIGATING THIS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
THE SECOND THING, AND I -- AND I
HAD JUST FOUND THIS OUT TODAY,
AND I WAS ON A MASSIVE GROUP
E-MAIL, BUT I WANTED TO SEND
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO
REPRESENTATIVE JAMILA TAYLOR
WHO HAD A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY TODAY AND IS IN THE
HOSPITAL.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, SO
REP TAYLOR WORKED WITH FORMER
REST
IN PEACE REPRESENTATIVE
FRANK CHOP IN THE HOME COVENANT
FUND
THAT PASSED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO AND WAS REALLY A
CHAMPION THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT BILL IS
SO IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY
FOLKS IS BECAUSE IT GIVES FIRST-
TIME HOME BUYERS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BUY A HOME WHERE PEOPLE WHO
WERE ORIGINALLY
DISPROPORTIONATELY
TARGETED÷÷TARGETED THE
RACIST PRACTICES OF HOME BUYING
IN OUR
CITY. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW,
COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW ABOUT
RED LINING AND SO FORTH AND THE
AMOUNT WAS
TAKEN FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
PARTICULARLY BLACK COMMUNITIES.
MY GRANDMOTHER WENT TO BACK IN
1947 -- 46 WENT TO
MIGILVA BOULEVARD IN MADISON
PARK
AND WANTED TO BUY A HOME IN
THE 1940s AND WAS TOLD I CAN
SELL IT YOU BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE
HERE, AND A LOT OF THAT HAPPENED
THROUGHOUT OUR CITIES
WHETHER THEY WERE BLACK,
WHETHER THEY WERE JEWISH, ASIAN,
HISPANIC, ALL THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS.
AND SO THE OTHER DAY I
RECEIVED A -- I RECEIVED A E-
MAIL FROM A
WOMAN WHO BOUGHT HER FIRST
HOME WITH COVENANT FUNDS FROM
THE
STATE, AND SHE ALSO GOT
FUNDS FROM COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT
FUND, WHICH WAS FUNDS SET
FORTH FROM CANNABIS TAX DOLLARS
TO
REINVEST IN COMMUNITIES WHO
WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
BY THE WAR ON DRUGS, SO SHE USED
THOSE TWO FUNDS TO BUY HER HOME.
THIS WOMAN USED TO LIVE IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT BORN
AND RAISED, SINGLE MOM, 7-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER WHO WAS AROUND A
LOT
OF VIOLENCE AND DRUGS AND SO
FORTH IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD
GROWING UP,
AND SHE BOUGHT
A HOME. THE VIDEO SHOWS HER, AND
I'M GOING TO BLAST IT OUT
BECAUSE THIS VIDEO
IS PHENOMENAL. GOES, TAKES HER
DAUGHTER INTO
THIS HOME, AND
IT'S THE FIRST HOME HER FAMILY
HAS EVER HAD
IN HER ENTIRE LIFETIME.
AND SHE SHOWS HER DAUGHTER HER
ROOM FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
THEY HAD ALWAYS LIVED IN ONE
BEDP- ROOM APARTMENTS.
SHE'S ALWAYS SHARED A ROOM WITH
HER MOM.
BROUGHT HER INTO THIS HOUSE,
AND SHE SAID DO YOU LIKE THIS
HOME, AND THE DAUGHTER SAYS YES,
AND
SHE SAID THIS IS YOUR
ROOM, AND THE GIRL STARTS
CELEBRATING
AND
CRYING. AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT REPRESENTATIVE
TAYLOR AND FRANC CHOP FOR THE
BOLD STANCE THEY DID ON THE
COVENANT
PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FORM
OF REPARATIONS
OF THE WEALTH THAT WAS EXTRACTED
FROM BLACK
COMMUNITIES. ANYWAYS, SENDING
OUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS WITH REPRESENTATIVE
JAMILA TAYLOR AND I'M
GOING TO SEND YOU THAT VIDEO.
ANYWHO, I WANTED TO POINT THAT
OUT.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO OTHER
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY,
BUT DO MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE
ANYMOREIMES ANYMORE
ITEMS OF BUSINESS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO BRING UP?
JUST SEEING
SMILING FACES. OKAY, EASY MONEY.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS GOING TO CONCLUDE
OUR MAY 7th MEETING.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
OUR PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT IS
MONDAY, MAY 19th.
THIS PUBLIC SESSION WILL
BE BROKEN INTO TWO SESSIONS,
9:30 FOR ONLINE, OKAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WILL
BE 4:00 P.M. , WHICH WILL BE
THERE IN PERSON.
SO WE HAVE TWO
SEPARATE REGISTRATIONS BECAUSE
WE HAVE
AN ONLINE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE
AN
IN- PERSON AS WELL.
AND SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, IT IS MAY 7, 2:48
P.M., THIS MEETING
IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.