THE -- IT IS JUNE 13th.
MEETING OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:32 A.M.
I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR
SOLOMON.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> THERE ARE
SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET THE RECORD
REFLECT COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAS
BEEN
EXCUSED.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE --
CONSIDER THE AGENDA.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
JUST A REMINDER, TODAY
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT WILL ONLY
BE
ACCEPTED.
PLEASE DROP OFF THOSE
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS IN
CHAMBERS OR SEND US YOUR
THOUGHTS AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
TODAY'S ONLY WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL BE
RESUMING TO IN PERSON AND
VIRTUAL
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE ALSO HAVE
A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP AS
WELL.
ITEMS OF BUSINESS, GOOD MORNING.
AND HAPPY FRIDAY.
IT IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A
COUNCILMEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
TAUGHT AS A BASKETBALL
PLAYER, YOU ALWAYS SAY IT IS A
GREAT
DAY TO BE WHATEVER YOU ARE
TODAY.
SO, AT ARIZONA, WE WOULD
SAY IT IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A
WILDCAT.
IT IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A
COUNCILMEMBER. IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS A BLESSING.
SO, I'LL GIVE A COUPLE
UPDATES SO WE CAN GET TO THE
AGENDA
ITEM.
ALL THE DETAILS FOR
PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 23rd HAVE
BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE CLERK'S
WEBSITE.
THE HEARING ON THE 23rd WILL
COVER BOTH PIECES OF
LEGISLATION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION FOR
HOUSE BILL 1110.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE
BROKEN INTO TWO SESSIONS.
SESSION ONE WILL BEGIN AT
9:30 AND WILL BE RESERVED FOR
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SESSION TWO WILL BEGIN AT
3:00 P.M. AND WE WILL -- IT WILL
BE
RESERVED FOR IN PERSON
COMMENTERS.
THE FIRST REGISTRATION
WINDOW WILL OPEN AT 8:30 AND
CLOSE AT
10:00 A.M.
THE SECOND REGISTRATION
WINDOW WILL OPEN AT 2:30 AND
CLOSE AT
6:30 P.M.
SO, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE
REGISTRATION WINDOWS FOR EACH
SESSION, SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK
THE AGENDA TO ENSURE YOU'RE
REGISTERED IN THE
APPROPRIATE TIME WINDOW.
YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK AT
ONE REGISTERED -- YOU CAN
ONLY REGISTER TO SPEAK AT ONE OF
THE
TWO SESSIONS, SO PLEASE
EMAIL OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS AND, COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS
OF CONCERN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
WE NEED TO ADDRESS BEFORE
THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE LET
OUR OFFICE KNOW.
WE HAVE POSTED THE AGENDA AND
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AHEAD OF
TIME BEFORE IF THERE IS ANY
CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, SO
WE
CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR
LOGISTICS FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
TODAY'S CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE
GIVING US A PRESENTATION
ON POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
LEGISLATION AND PERMANENT HOUSE
BILL 1110
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU FOR CONDUCTING SUCH
A THOROUGH ANALYSIS IN SUCH A
SHORT TIME FRAME.
I KNOW OUR CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
YEARS.
AND ALSO IN THE SHORT TIME
THAT WE HAVE HAD TOGETHER THAT,
YOU
KNOW, WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
HOUSE BILL
1110 LEGISLATION THAT YOU ALL
HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN
MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED AS
A COUNCIL AND INFORMED AND HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL
CONFIDENT WHEN WE VOTE ON
THINGS.
SO, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING
TO GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE
AGENDA.
>> AGENDA NUMBER 1, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND
ZONING, REPEALING AND REPLACING
THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN PURSUANT TO A MAJOR UPDATE
WITH NEW GOALS AND POLICIES
AND ELEMENTS AND A NEW FUTURE
LAND USE MAP.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU.
AND CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF,
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE AND
YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> LISH
WHITSON.
>> H.B. HARPER.
>> AWESOME.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THE PRESENTATION IS UP.
>> WE CAN SHARE OUR SCREEN
HERE, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN AS
WELL.
NOT SCREAM.
SCREEN.
WE ALL WANT TO SCREAM
AT THE
LEGISLATION. SCREEN.
SCREEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
I MET MANY OF YOU IN THE
HALLS, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD
INTRODUCE
MYSELF, I'M H.B. HARPER,
ONE OF YOUR NEW CENTRAL STAFF
AND
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH
MY COLLEAGUES TO PRESENT A FEW
INTERRELATED PIECES OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE A
BRIEF AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
GROWTH AND LAND USE COMPONENTS
OF
THIS VERY LARGE PACKAGE
OF ADOPTION DOCUMENTS TODAY.
BUT I WANTED TO START
WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW TO MAKE
SURE
WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME
CONTEXT ABOUT THIS
PROCESS. SO, ON THE NEXT SLIDE
YOU'LL SEE
WE HAVE TWO LONG COUNCIL
BILLS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,
COUNCIL
BILL 120985, IT CONTAINS
MORE ELEMENTS BEYOND THOSE
WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
SO WE DO ANTICIPATE
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE
ELEMENTS.
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 120993
CONTAINS IMPLEMENTING
REGULATIONS TO HOUSE BILL
1110 WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AS
PHASE ONE AS YOUYOU KNOW, YOU
RECENTLY PASSED INTERIM
LEGISLATION
AND SO THOSE WOULD BE REPLACED
BY THIS LEGISLATION.
AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE A PHASE
TWO WITH THE REMAINDER OF
THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO LOTS OF FUTURE DISCUSSIONS
TO COME.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER
TO MY COLLEAGUE.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL WALK
THROUGH SOME OF THE REGIONAL
CONTEXT.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN
THE INTEREST OF HELPING
THE COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER --
HELPING COUNCILMEMBERS
UNDERSTAND
THE CONTENT OF THE GROWTH
STRATEGY
ELEMENT, A LOT OF WHICH WAS
GONE OVER LAST WEEK BY MICHAEL
HUBNER
AND THE RANGES OF OPTIONS THE
COUNCIL CAN MAKE IN THINGING
ABOUT MODIFICATIONS TO
THE GROWTH STRATEGY ELEMENT.
SO, I'LL PROVIDE A
LITTLE REGIONAL CONTEXT, GO
THROUGH THE
TAXONOMY OF CENTERS AND PLACES
THAT OPCD WALKED THROUGH LAST
WEEK.
AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
SHOWN
ON THE FUTURE LAND USE
MAP, WHICH IS THE POLICY FOR
FUTURE ZONING DECISIONS THAT
THE COUNCIL MAY MAKE.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE TYPES
OF CHOICES THAT THE COUNCIL
CAN MAKE IN MODIFYING THE
MEASURES PROPOSED GROWTH
STRATEGY
ELEMENT, THAT
INCLUDES MODIFICATIONS BASED ON
TRANSIT ACCESS AND AMENITIES AND
ALSO MODIFICATIONS BASED ON
OTHER
FACTORS LIKE PROXIMITY TO
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, THE REGIONAL CONTEXT ON
THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT
A TABLE THAT COMES FROM THE
COUNTY WIDE PLANNING POLICY'S --
THE
COUNTY WIDE PLANNING POLICY
ALLOCATES TO SEATTLE TARGET OF
112,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS AND
170,000 NEW JOBS FOR
THE PLANNING PERIOD 2019-2044.
THE COMP PLAN HAS AN ADJUSTED
TARGET BECAUSE SOME TIME HAS
ELAPSED HERE SINCE 2019.
THE CITY ADDED 42,000 NEW
HOUSING UNITS.
IN 2021, SEATTLE HAD
ZONE CAPACITY FOR APPROXIMATELY
172,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS.
AND 246,000 NEW JOBS.
SO, IN 2021,
SEATTLE HAD ENOUGH CAPACITY TO
ACCOMMODATE ANTICIPATED GROWTH.
THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONTEMPLATES CAPACITY OF
APPROXIMATELY
300,000 NEW UNITS.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
YOU GUYS?
IT MEANS THERE IS SOME
DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN MAKING
CHOICES ABOUT WHERE GROWTH WILL
GO.
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SOME
LIMITATIONS, I'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THOSE TOWARD THE
END OF
MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT THERE ARE CHOICES HERE
THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE BUT
SUBJECT TO SOME LIMITATIONS.
SO, THE GROWTH STRATEGY,
MOSTLY A
REFRESHER, THE GROWTH STRATEGY
ELEMENT OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANSWERS
THE QUESTION
ABOUT WHERE THAT RESIDENTIAL
UNEMPLOYMENT GROWTH WILL
GO, THERE ARE SEVERAL
GEOGRAPHIES, PLACE TYPE IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, THAT DEFINE WHERE FUTURE
RESIDENTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
GROWTH WILL GO, REGIONAL
CENTERS,
URBAN CENTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, AND MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS, A FEW OF THOSE AND
THEN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH
IS MOSTLY WHERE OUR ZONING IS
TODAY.
A FEW OF THE CENTERS
HAVE SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING
FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY
WIDE PLANNING POLICIES.
REGIONAL CENTERS, URBAN CENTERS
AND MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS ARE ALL
GEOGRAPHIES
THAT HAVE DESIGNATION
CRITERIA THAT COME FROM THE
COUNTY
WIDE PLANNING POLICIES.
BUT A FEW ARE SEATTLE SPECIFIC.
SO, THE PROPOSED
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS, THOSE ARE SEATTLE
SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES THAT THE
COUNCIL WITH CHOOSE TO MODIFY.
CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO
MODIFY SOME OF THE REGIONAL
CENTERS,
BUT TALKING ABOUT LIMITATIONS
TO THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
SO, THE PRIMARY
GEOGRAPHY, REGIONAL CENTERS,
SEVEN, URBAN
CENTERS, 25, NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, 30, AND THEN URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS, ESSENTIALLY,
THE REST OF SEATTLE,
IS WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL ZONES
ARE NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
TAXONOMY?
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
MIGHT HAPPEN WITHIN THESE
CENTERS.
REGIONAL CENTERS ARE WHERE YOU
WOULD SEE TOWER DEVELOPMENT THE
MOST INTENSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
CITY.
URBAN CENTERS ARE PLACES WHERE
YOU
MIGHT SEE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN --
SORRY.
>> NO WORRIES.
THERE IS A QUESTION.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO RAISE YOUR HAND THROUGHOUT
THE
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW IT IS PRETTY CHUNKY
AND SO WE CAN ANSWER
QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
KETIL, WOULD YOU MIND GOING
BACK TO SLIDE THREE?
>>
YEAH.
>> SO, CAN YOU -- I'M TRYING TO
TRAFFIC HERE.
SEATTLE'S ADJUSTED
TARGETS FOR THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN
ARE 159
NEW JOBS, AND THEN BELOW IT SAYS
THE COMP PLAN CONTEMPLATES
ZONE RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY
FOR APPROXIMATELY 300,000 NEW
HOMES.
SO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE
DIFFERENCE HERE?
I DON'T THINK I'M TRACKING.
>> UNDER OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS
TODAY, IN 2021, THE CITY
HAD ENOUGH ZONE CAPACITY
TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 172,000
NEW HOUSING UNITS.
AND 246,000 NEW JOBS.
SO THE GROWTH
STRATEGY CONTEMPLATION THERE
WILL BE
FUTURE UP ZONES BASED ON THE
TAXONOMY OF PLACES THAT
THE MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED FOR
WHERE HE WOULD PREFER GROWTH TO
GO.
SO, WHEN THE GROWTH STRATEGY IS
IMPLEMENTED, WHICH WILL
HAPPEN IN A FEW PHASES HERE, THE
CITY
WILL INCREASE ITS CAPACITY
FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
TO
300,000 --
>> THAT'S THE ABILITY TO
DEVELOP HOMES.
BUT THE TARGETS ARE ACTUALLY
80,000, THE CREATION OF AND THE
TIME FRAME IS 80,000 NEW
HOUSING
UNITS. IT IS JUST THAT WE WILL
HAVE
THE CAPACITY FOR 300,000.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY
IS DETERMINED BY LOOKING AT
WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER
ZONING, WHAT EXISTS ON PROPERTY
TODAY,
WHICH PIECE OF PROPERTY ARE MOST
LIKELY TO BE REDEVELOPED
OVER TIME SPAN MUCH LARGER THAN
THE
20 YEARS THAT
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKS AT.
AND SO IT IS SORT OF THE
ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF PROPERTY
THAT MIGHT GET REDEVELOPED AT
SOME POINT
IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNDER
THE ZONING THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UNDER THE ZONING.
>> THANK YOU, LISH.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE
WOULD HAVE SUCH A GREATER NUMBER
THAN THE TARGET?
>> RIGHT.
SO, THE
UNIVERSE OF ALL PROPERTY THAT
COULD REDEVELOP.
ONCE YOU HAVE A
DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY THAT IS
CLOSE TO
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY PLANNING FOR, THE
COST OF THAT LAND INCREASES
EXPONENTIALLY.
IF YOU PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR
PEOPLE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
CITY, YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
YOU'RE NOT DRIVING
DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IN THE
SMALL NUMBER
OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY BUILD UNDER THE ZONING.
SO, IT CAN HELP WITH HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY, AND
GETTING PROJECTS TO MARKET.
NOT EVERY PROPERTY OWNER
WHO OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT
IS DEVELOPABLE IS GOING TO
ACTUALLY BUILD OR SELL THEIR
PROPERTY TO
BE BUILT ON -- WITHIN THE
20- YEAR TIME PERIOD.
>> SO WITH THE IDEA OF
BEING THAT THESE ARE OUR
CREATION GROWTH TARGETS, OR THE
80,000 NEW UNITS, BUT THAT IF WE
EXPAND THE ABILITY TO,
WE WILL KNOW THAT WE MAY NOT
CREATE ACTUALLY
300,000 MORE UNITS, BUT
HAVING THE ABILITY HAS AN IMPACT
ON THE -- ON THE COSTS.
>> YES.
>> IF YOU WILL.
>> YES.
AND IN THE MEMO, THERE IS A
LINK TO A BUILDABLE LAND REPORT
THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT KING
COUNTY PUTS OUT
AND ANALYZES ACROSS THE COUNTY
WHAT THE ZONE CAPACITY IS
OF EACH JURISDICTION.
THIS MARKET FACTOR
THAT JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO HAVE
TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN
ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN THEY'RE
NECESSARILY ZONED FOR.
THERE IS A LINK TOTO
REPORT AND THE MEMO AND A TABLE
THAT SUMMARIZES GROWTH
CAPACITY ACROSS THE COUNTY.
SEATTLE IS NOT UNUSUAL IN HAVING
EXCESS DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY,
A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL IN HAVING
AS MUCH AS
WE DO.
>> THANK YOU, KETIL.
AND I JUST -- THANK YOU FOR THE
MEMO.
I WANTED ALSO TO STATE FOR THE
RECORD, BECAUSE CONSTITUENTS ASK
A LOT ABOUT -- IT SEEMS TO
THEM TO BE A DISCREPANCY, AND I
JUST WANTED TO -- THE RECORD
TO REFLECT WHY WE DO IT THIS
WAY, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN, CHAIR, IF I MAY
ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, IS THAT
OKAY?
ON -- THANK YOU, CHAIR.
ON PAGE 4, DO WE HAVE GROWTH
TARGETS FOR EACH OF THESE --
THE REGIONAL CENTERS, URBAN
CENTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS?
ARE THERE GROWTH -- ACTUAL
GROWTH TARGET
ESTIMATES CALCULATED FOR EACH OF
THOSE?
>> THERE ARE -- FOR THE
REGIONAL CENTERS, THERE ARE
BOTH RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH TARGETS.
BUT NOT FOR ANY OF THE OTHER
CENTERS.
>> GOT IT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, KETIL.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE ARE
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, JUST TO REFRESH
YOUR MEMORY ABOUT THE SCALE
OF DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT
BE ALLOWED IN THE CENTERS
AND REGIONAL CENTERS YOU CAN
EXPECT
TOWERS, ESSENTIALLY.
THE MOST INTENSE
DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE IN
REGIONAL CENTERS.
URBAN CENTERS,
DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE BETWEEN
THREE AND EIGHT
STORIES IN HEIGHT, UP TO
THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT CAN BE BUILT
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH
A CONCRETE FACE, AND
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE
BETWEEN -- SURE,
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS DEVELOPMENT
WOULD BE
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 STORIES AND
URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT
PRIMARILY BE ABOUT
THREE STORIES BUT ALONG
TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND FOR LARGER
LOTS THERE MAY BE SOMEWHAT
TALLER ÷÷BUILDINGS IN URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, THE GROWTH STRATEGY IS
SORT OF A CONTINUATION OF THE
CITY'S EXISTING URBAN VILLAGE
STRATEGY.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES THERE AND
ONE,
A PRIMARY ONE HAS TO DO
WITH ACCESS TO TRANSIT.
THERE ARE KIND OF TWO FLAVORS
OF TRANSIT, ONE HIGH CAPACITY
TRANSIT, AND THE OTHER
ONE FREQUENT TRANSIT, WHICH IS
SHOWN
HERE ON THE RIGHT IS
THE FREQUENT TRANSIT -- FREQUENT
TRANSIT MAP FROM
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS IS NOT EXISTING FREQUENT --
EXISTING FREQUENT PLAN NETWORK.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL THERE ARE SOME
PROPOSED EXPANSIONS BASED ON THE
LOCATION OF HIGH CAPACITY
TRANSIT,
SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS
LIKE EXPANSIONS OF THE URBAN
CENTER
AND UPTOWN TO GET WITHIN A
WALK SHED OF A FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
STATION, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
BASED ON PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT,
SUCH AS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER
PLAN FOR THE MADISON VALLEY AT
THE
TERMINUS OF MADISON BRT.
TRANSIT IS NOT THE ONLY ACTOR.
IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR
THE REGIONAL DESIGNATION.
FOR REGIONAL CENTERS AND URBAN
CENTERS, IT IS AN ORGANIZING
FACTOR.
IT IS ONE FACTOR AND
DESIGNATION NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, BUT NOT
THE SOLE FACTOR.
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE
ALSO DESIGNATED BASED ON THINGS
LIKE ACCESS TO SHOPS AND
SERVICES
AND AMENITIES WHICH IS PRIMARILY
PARKS.
SO THERE ARE A RANGE OF OPTIONS
HERE, SORT OF BASED ON MAYBE
I'LL JUST REFRESH YOUR
MEMORY ABOUT WHERE TRANSIT
FUNDING COMES FROM FOR FREQUENT
TRANSIT
SERVICE, NOT THE HIGH CAPACITY
TRANSIT, WHICH IS
LARGELY PROVIDED THROUGH
REGIONAL
PARTNERS, BUT FREQUENT TRANSIT
SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE
CITY PURCHASES THAT THROUGH THE
CITY'S TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT, SALES TAX REVENUE,
THAT THE CITY HAS VOTED
ON, IT IS THE MAXIMUM IS . 3%
SALES TAX.
WE CURRENTLY LEVY 1. 5 -- .
15% FOR SALES TAX AND THAT WILL
BE
UP AGAIN FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN 2027.
SO TRANSIT -- FREQUENT
TRANSIT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE HERE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH ZONE
CAPACITY, THERE ARE SOME
CHOICES HERE THAT THE COUNCIL
CAN
MAKE BASED ON ANY NUMBER OF
FACTORS THAT INCLUDE FREQUENT
TRANSIT, BUT ALSO INCLUDE OTHER
THINGS.
THE COUNCIL COULD INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND
REDUCE THE BOUNDARIES PROPOSED
FOR SOME
OF THE EXPANSION AREAS.
BUT THERE IS A RANGE OF OPTIONS
THAT THE COUNCIL
INDIVIDUALLY CAN MAKE AND
COLLECTIVELY HAS
TO DECIDE ON.
SO, CRITICAL AREAS AND OTHER
LIMITATIONS, THIS IS JUST
TO GIVE ANOTHER FLAVOR
FOR THE TYPES OF CONSIDERATIONS
THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE AND
MODIFYING THE PROPOSED GROWTH
STRATEGY.
IT CONTAINS BOTH CRITICAL
AREAS AND ACTIVE NONRESIDENTIAL
LAND
USES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT CAN BE INXARTABLE WITH USE
AND
DEVELOPMENT.
THE GROWTH STRATEGY CONTEMPLATES
EXPANDING URBAN CENTERS
AND ADDING NEW ONES IN PLACES
THAT
ARE SOMETIMES PARTIALLY
CHARACTERIZED BY CRITICAL AREAS.
OR ADJACENT TO SOME OF THESE --
SOME TYPES OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE
INCOMPATIBLE
FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE IN
A MINUTE.
BECAUSE SEATTLE IS REALLY
URBANIZED, THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE EXISTS TODAY.
SO THESE ARE NOT PROPOSALS
TO NEWLY SITE RESIDENTIAL
USES WITHIN PLACES THAT MAY
BE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP OR MAY
NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH INITIAL
USES, BUT THERE IS A CHOICE
HERE THAT THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING
FOR
THE COUNCIL TO MAKE AND I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE.
SO, ON THE RIGHT IS A MAP
FROM THE CRITICAL -- FROM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT.
IT IS A TRANSPORTATION NOISE MAP
AND NOT SURPRISINGLY IT
SHOWS SOME OF THE NOISIER PARTS
OF
THE CITY BEING AROUND KING
COUNTY
AIRPORT. PART OF THE PROPOSAL
INCLUDES
A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, IN
GEORGETOWN, EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL USES IN GEORGETOWN,
BUT THAT
IS A PLACE WHERE THE COUNCIL
COULD MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES
ABOUT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE
A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SEEING NONE, WE'LL HOLD REAL
QUICK.
LET THE RECORD
REFLECT COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
WILL
JOIN US VIRTUALLY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE ARE SOME LIMITATION
S HERE ON COUNCIL ACTION.
REQUIREMENT OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BE BOTH
INTERNALLY
CONSISTENT, THAT IT
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY
WIDE PLANNING POLICIES AND
REGIONAL
PLANS, AND THAT IT ALSO --
THE DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE
CONSISTENT AS WELL.
SO POLICY CHANGES THAT THE
COUNCIL MAY MAKE ABOUT THE
REGIONAL BOUNDARIES, SO
URBAN CENTERS AND REGIONAL
CENTERS
AND URBAN CENTERS WOULD BE
INFORMED
IN PART BY THE COUNTY WIDE
PLANNING POLICY CRITERIA
FOR THOSE CENTERS.
ANOTHER FACTOR, LIMITING FACTOR
HERE, IS WHETHER CHANGES ARE
WITHIN THE SCOPE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, SO, AS
ALWAYS, ANY CHANGES THAT
THE COUNCIL MAY MAKE, THAT
COULD INCLUDE INCREASING THE
NUMBER
OF CENTERS, DECREASING THE
NUMBER OF CENTERS, MODIFYING
BOUNDARIES, HAS TO BE
SOMETHING THAT WAS STUDIED AND
THE
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT.
SO, THAT -- WITH THAT, IF THERE
ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
GROWTH STRATEGY, I'LL HAND IT
OFF TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
>> AND THE FACTORS ALSO WILL
APPLY TO THE BILL THAT I'M
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH
IS COUNCIL BILL 120993,
IT IMPLEMENTS WASHINGTON
STATE HOUSE BILL 1110, WHICH
REQUIRES THE CITY TO PERMIT AT
LEAST
SIX OF NINE MENTAL HOUSING TYPES
IN ALL ZONES TO ALLOW SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES.
THE BILL THAT IS SET FOR
PROVIDING
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ALLOW
FLEXIBILITY RATHER
THAN FOCUSING ON THE NINE
DEVELOPMENT
TYPES THAT YOU SEE HERE.
IT CLASSIFIES HOUSING INTO THREE
NEW CATEGORIES.
DETACHED DWELLING UNITS,
THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES,
COTTAGES THAT DON'T SHARE WALLS
WITH UNITS, STACKED DWELLING
UNITS, UNITS THAT HAVE
UNITS ABOVE OR BELOW THEM,
APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS,
GENERALLY. WE HAVE BEEN CALLING
THEM STACKED FLATS IN OUR
DISCUSSIONS OF THE INTERIM BILL.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY ALL ON ONE
LEVEL, BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO
BE. A TWO STORY UNIT ON TOP OF
OR BELOW ANOTHER UNIT WOULD
BE CONSIDERED A STACKED FLAT
UNDER
PROPOSED ZONING.
AND FINALLY, ATTACHED DWELLING
UNITS.
UNITS THAT SHARE WALLS
LIKE TOWNHOUSES OR ROW HOUSES.
LOOKING AT THESE
PICTURES, THE COURTYARD
APARTMENTS,
DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES WOULD
MEET
THE DEFINITION OF ATTACHED
DWELLING
UNITS.
OKAY.
GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
ONE, THE BILL INCLUDES STACKED
FLATS
ON LOTS THAT ARE BOTH
6,000 SQUARE FEET OR LARGER.
AND WITHIN FREQUENT
TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS.
A QUARTER MILE FROM BUS
STOP WITH FREQUENT TRANSIT.
STACKED FLATS WOULD BE
PERMITTED AT A HIGHER FLOOR AREA
RARB TIO
LIMIT, SO IN LARGER BUILDINGS.
AND INCREASED DENSITY LIMITS, SO
MORE UNITS ON A LOT.
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY WANT
TO CONSIDER WHETHER
THE RESTRICTIONS ON LOCATION ARE
APPROPRIATE, ALLOWING DENSER
STACKED FLATS ON SMALLER LOTS
OR AREAS WITHOUT FREQUENT
TRANSIT SERVICE WOULD REQUIRE
SOME ADDITIONAL REVIEW
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
THE BILL TAKES TWO DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO
MEASURE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.
UNITS PER SQUARE FOOT OF THE
LOT, AND FLOOR RATIO BUILDINGS
BASED ON THE DENSITY OF THE
PROJECT.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM
THE INTERIM LEGISLATION.
UNDER THE INTERIM
LEGISLATION, NO MATTER THE SIZE
OF THE
LOT, ONLY -- YOU COULD ONLY HAVE
FOUR
OR SIX UNITS IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL,
LARGER LOTS CAN HAVE MORE UNITS.
BUT THERE WILL BE A
UNIFORMITY OF DENSITY ACROSS ALL
ZONES.
WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
STACKED FLATS, EXISTING
LOTS UNDER 5,000 OR 7500 SQUARE
FEET AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WOULD
BE PERMITTED HIGHER DENSITIES,
AND BE WITH ALLOWED TO HAVE FOUR
OR SIX UNITS EVEN IF THE LOT
ISN'T
5,000 OR 7500 SQUARE FEET.
IN TERMS OF -- THE NEXT
SLIDE, IN TERMS OF THE FLOOR
AREA
RATIO LIMIT, THE SIZE OF THE
BUILDINGS ON THE LOT ARE ALLOWED
TO BE
BIGGER AS THE UNIT DENSITY
INCREASES. THERE IS A
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE UNIT MEASUREMENT AND
THE FLOOR RATIO MEASUREMENT.
THIS IS INTENDED TO ENSURE
THE ZONING CODE DOESN'T
PRECLUDE DENSER HOUSING TYPES.
IN BOTH TYPES OF DENSITY
MEASUREMENTS, ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS WOULD COUNT AS DWELLING
UNITS.
SO PROJECT WITH TWO ADUs
IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE
THREE UNITS
ON THE NOT AND ONE ADDITIONAL
UNIT COULD BE BUILT.
BEYOND THE SINGLE
FAMILY HOUSE AND TWO ADUs.
THE PRESENCE OF ADUs WOULD
ALLOW FOR HIGHER FLOOR RATIO ON
THE
LOT.
YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
WHETHER TO ALLOW ADUs ON TOP OF
THE DENSITY LIMITS OR EXEMPT
THEM FROM THE FLOOR RATIO LIMIT.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
IF THEY ARE TO BE COUNTED
AS PROPOSED TOWARD THE FLOOR
AREA
RATIO AND DENSITY
LIMITS, CONSIDER WHETHER IT
MAKES
SENSE TO ALLOW THREE ADUs ON A
LOT WHERE FOUR UNITS ARE
ALLOWED, RATHER THAN LIMITING IT
TO TWO.
THAT MAY ALLOW FLEXIBILITY
FOR ALLOWING FOUR UNITS ON A LOT
AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO UNDER HB
1110.
CURRENTLY MOVING TO
SUBDIVISIONS AND LOT SPLITTING,
CURRENTLY THE
CITY HAS TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT ALLOWS FOR A PIECE OF
PROPERTY TO BE SPLIT INTO
MULTIPLE
PIECES OF PROPERTY, NORMALLY TO
HAVE
EACH UNIT HAVE ITS OWN LOT.
SUBDIVISIONS AND UNIT LOT
SUBDIVISIONS.
WITH STANDARD SUBDIVISION,
EACH LOT CREATED THROUGH THE
SUBDIVISION PROCESS MUST MEET
ALL OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING
REQUIREMENTS.
WITH THE UNIT LOT
SUBDIVISION, EACH LOT DOESN'T
NEED TO MEET
THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, BUT
THE PARENT LOT DOES.
SO, BASICALLY HAVE PLY
THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE
THE
SUBDIVISION OCCURS WITH THE
UNIT LOT SUBDIVISION AND THEN
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS IN THE
FUTURE ON MAKING CHANGES TO THE
PROJECT.
THE STATE HAS CREATED A
THIRD WAY FOR CREATING MULTIPLE
LOTS OUT OF A SINGLE
LOT. THEY HAVE CALLED IT LOT
SPLITTING.
THAT WILL NEED TO BE IN
EFFECT BY JULY 2027.
BASICALLY IT WOULD BE
AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS RATHER
THAN THE HEARING PROCESS THAT
CURRENTLY OCCURS FOR
SUBDIVISIONS AND UNIT LOT
SUBDIVISIONS AND UNDER STATE
LAW, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO
JUST SPLITTING A SINGLE LOT INTO
TWO
LOTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A
LARGE SINGLE FAMILY LOT,
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SPLIT YOUR
BACKYARD OR FRONT YARD,
ALLOW DEVELOPMENT THERE ON A
SEPARATE
LOT, WITHOUT HAVING TO
GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION
PROCESS.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR STATE
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT
THE LAW THAT WAS JUST PASSED.
SO, IT IS A LITTLE PREMATURE
TO ADOPT REGULATIONS IN SEATTLE
TO IMPLEMENT THAT AT THIS TIME.
BUT COUNCILMEMBERS MAY WANT
TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO
THE EXECUTIVE ABOUT HOW YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS
IMPLEMENTED.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I
APOLOGIZE, I HAVE TO READ
ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO THE AGENDA.
SO I APOLOGIZE.
JUST THE QUICK TECHNICAL THING.
COUNCIL BILL 12 0993, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR
UPDATE OF NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND MOD FIGHT
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN
OTHER ZONES TO COMPLY WITH
VARIOUS
STATE LAWS.
THANK YOU.
>> IT PROPOSES A TEN- YARD
FRONT YARD SETBACK, AN ITEM OF
SOME
DISCUSSION DURING THE INTERIM
LEGISLATION. THROUGH AMENDMENTS
THAT COUNCIL
CHOSE TO REQUIRE
DIFFERENT SETBACKS ON DIFFERENT
DENSITIES AND I WANTED YOU TO BE
AWARE THAT'S AN OPTION HERE AS
WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PHASE
ONE LEGISLATION DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD
EXCEPTION, MADE VIA AMENDMENT.
THOSE ARE POSSIBILITIES FOR YOU
TO CONSIDER AGAIN.
AMENITY AREAS ARE A
NEW REQUIREMENT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL ZONES UNDER
THE PHASE ONE LEGISLATION.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE 20%
OF THE LOT AREA AND I INCLUDED
THE LIST HERE OF WHAT IS ALLOWED
AND
NOT ALLOWED IN THEM.
SO THE COUNCIL MAY WISH
TO CONSIDER REFINING THIS
LIST, BASED ON YOUR GOALS AND
VISION FOR WHAT THIS AREA COULD
BE
AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES DEVELOP.
AND THEN TREE PLANTING
AND RETENTION REQUIREMENTS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES
ARE A REVAMPED POINTS- BASED
SYSTEM.
SO, POINTS -- POINTS CAN BE
EARNED THROUGH PLANTING
OR RETENTION AND HIGHER
DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IS GIVEN A
LOWER NUMBER OF POINTS THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO BE ACHIEVED, SO,
AGAIN, TO TRY TO
INCENTIVIZE THAT MIDDLE HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION THAT THE
LEGISLATION IS ORIENTED
TOWARDS, I WON'T GO THROUGH
ALL THE DETAILS OF THESE TABLES,
BUT I THINK ESSENTIALLY THE
QUESTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
IS WHETHER THE TREE
REGULATIONS MEET THE NEED FOR
URBAN
TREE CANOPY AS URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS
DEVELOP.
>> THE BILL INCLUDES THREE
NEW DESIGN STANDARDS
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES,
INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE
DESIGN OF BUILDINGS IN AN
OBJECTIVE
MANNER. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS,
PEDESTRIAN ENTRIES FACING THE
STREET
WITH WEATHER PROTECTION
AND TRANSPARENCY ALONG STREET
FACING
FACADES. IN THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION PUBLISHED LAST FALL,
BY THE
EXECUTIVE, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL
FOR INCLUDING DESIGN STANDARDS
RELATED TO SIDING MATERIAL,
SO EXTERIOR SIDING, THAT IS NOT
PART OF THIS BILL.
THIS YEAR THE STATE LEGISLATURE
PASSED A LAW PRECLUDING
CITIES FROM REGULATING SIDING.
EXCEPT WITHIN HISTORIC DISTRICTS
AND A FEW
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T
REALLY APPLY HERE.
COUNCILMEMBERS COULD AUTHORIZE
SDCI TO THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION
TO PREPARE DESIGN GUIDELINES
REGARDING SIDING IN
HISTORIC DISTRICTS IF YOU
CHOOSE.
>> AND I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS A
QUESTION. COUPLE
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT FRONT
YARD SETBACK AND AS YOU NOTED,
WE WENT WITH THE MODEL CODE ON
THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I'VE
HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS REGARDING
SIDE
YARDS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE OFFERED,
YOU
KNOW, INSTEAD OF FIVE AND FIVE,
MAKE IT OPTIONS FOR THREE AND
SEVEN, FOUR AND SIX, SIX AND
FOUR, SEVEN AND
THREE. GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY ON
SIDES.
MY QUESTION IS, THOUGH,
BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN
DISCUSSED,
AND THEN THE REAR AS WELL HAS
BEEN
DISCUSSED, WHAT IS NOT DISCUSSED
IS THE PHRASE, NO SETBACK
REQUIRED FROM
ALLEY. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT
THIS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OUR
ALLEYS
ARE GETTING CROWDED, WHICH
HAS HUGE IMPACTS FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS, PARTICULARLY
FIRE, AND ALSO FOR SPU, FOR OUR
GARBAGE, RECYCLING, COMPOST.
BIG TRUCKS GOING DOWN THIN
ALLEYS AND I JUST WANT TO
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS
OF WHAT NO SETBACK REQUIRED
FROM ALLEY IS, BECAUSE IT IS
HAVING AN IMPACT ON THOSE
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
EITHER LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU
KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY GENERALLY,
AND/OR SPU.
>> RIGHT. SO, NO SETBACK
REQUIRED FROM
ALLEY DOES MEAN THAT
BUILDINGS CAN BE BUILT TO THAT
LINE.
SIDE SETBACKS ARE REQUIRED,
IT WOULD NOT BE THE ENTIRE
EXTENT OF THE LINE, BUT A
BUILDING COULD BE CONSTRUCTED
THERE. I BELIEVE FROM MY
PERCEPTION
THIS IS BASED ON HISTORICAL
PATTERNS THAT CITIES TENDED
TO BUILD TO THE ALLEY OVER
TIME, BUT I WELCOME ANY OTHER
COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS
WELL.
>> IF AN ALLEY IS NOT BUILD
TO STANDARD WIDTH, THEN THIS
PROVISION, I THINK, DOESN'T
APPLY, OR THE BUILDINGS
WOULD NEED TO BE SETBACK FROM --
IF
YOU HAVE A VERY NARROW ALLEY,
I THINK YOU WOULD STILL NEED
TO SET THE BUILDING BACK TO
PROVIDE
SPACE FOR A STANDARD WIDTH
ALLEY.
>> OKAY.
I'M RAISING THAT BECAUSE
CLEARLY WE NEED TO BE -- WE NEED
SOME
REFINEMENT OF THIS, YOU
KNOW, NOT JUST THE GENERAL
NOTE SETBACK FROM THE
ALLEY. WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE
BIT MORE
DETAILED.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO
CREATE A PROBLEM.
AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT
TALKING ANYTHING MAJOR, BUT I'M
JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO
MOVE THROUGH THE ALLEY, WE
CANNOT
JAM IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT
IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
FIRST RESPONDERS OR EVEN IN THE
MORE
GENERAL WAY, SPU.
IT HAS NOT COME UP AS A SINGLE
QUESTION OR REMARK AND IT
KIND OF TIES IN WITH THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT IN TERMS
OF
WHAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT, WHAT CAN AID FIRST
RESPONDERS AND WHAT CAN WE AVOID
IN
TERMS OF FUTURE PROBLEMS FOR
FIRST
RESPONDERS, AND THIS IS
LIKE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
GRANTED, THIS IS MINOR.
I'M NOT TALKING ANYTHING BIG.
BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT
JAMMING, WE'RE NOT, YOU
KNOW, CONSTRICTING THOSE
SERVICES, THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT
WE'RE JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK IN
PERSON. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, LISH OR KETIL.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, LAND USE
AND TRANSPORTATION ARE
INTERRELATED, MANY OF OUR STREET
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THE BILL UPDATES THRESHOLDS
FOR SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS WITH
NEW
CONSTRUCTION AND VEHICLE ACCESS
EASEMENTS.
SIDEWALKS ARE REQUIRED FOR 10
OR MORE UNITS IN
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES,
AND 6 OR
MORE UNITS IN MULTIFAMILY ZONES.
ALL PROJECTS AND REGIONAL
AND URBAN CENTERS ARE REQUIRED
TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS.
COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD
CONSIDER WHETHER TO REQUIRE THEM
IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OR
NEAR MAJOR TRANSIT WITH AREAS
WHERE WE ARE ANTICIPATING MORE
TRIPS TO BE MADE BY PEOPLE
WALKING, BIKING OR OTHERWISE NOT
USING
CARS.
IN TERMS OF VEHICLE ACCESS
EASEMENTS, THESE ARE
BASICALLY -- IF A PROPERTY
DOESN'T ACTUALLY ABUT A
STREET, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO
HAVE
AN EASEMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR
VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE LOT.
THE CODE SETS A LIMIT BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
AS I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND,
THE PROPOSED BILL REDUCES
OR ELIMINATES PARKING
REQUIREMENTS.
IN MANY AREAS.
AND SO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON A LOT
AND A NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
ON
A LOT OR BASICALLY NEED
FOR VEHICLE ACCESS IS CHANGING.
AND COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD
CONSIDER WHETHER SITING VEHICLE
ACCESS EASEMENTS BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE THAN ON
THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
AND FINALLY, AS REQUIRED
UNDER HOUSE BILL 110, 10,
PARKING WOULD BE REDUCED TO ONE
SPACE PER
TWO UNITS IN OTHER AREAS.
STATE LAW WILL REQUIRE THE
CITY TO REMOVE PARKING
REQUIREMENTS FROM SMALLER UNITS,
ANY RESIDENTIAL UNIT LESS THAN
1200 SQUARE FEET.
AND A RANGE OF
DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION TYPES,
LIKE
PASSIVE HOUSES AND MASS TIMBER
CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT WILL NEED TO BE
IN PLACE BY JANUARY OF 2027.
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER YOU
WANT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
CHANGES NOW OR GO FURTHER AS WAS
STUDIED
UNDER THE EIS AND JUST
REMOVE OFF STREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
GENERALLY.
THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE CHANGES
TO THE PARKING REGULATIONS
MAY REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE
ELEMENT.
WHICH DOES DISCUSS PARKING GOALS
AND POLICIES IN DETAIL.
>> AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A
QUESTION, LISH, FROM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO
PAGE 17?
>> NEXT ONE.
>> YEAH.
LL, THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT
IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT?
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A
WHOLE BLOCK OF IMPROVEMENT FOR A
SIDEWALK FOR PROJECTS THAT
MEET THIS SCHEDULE?
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS
THE EXTERNALIZING OF CITY COSTS
PROBLEM.
>> PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
REQUIRED TO GENERALLY BUILD
SIDEWALKS IN
FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT IS
BEING DEVELOPED.
>> BUT NOT
BEYOND.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT
LINE.
>> RIGHT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
>> SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP THE
GUN.
>> NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
I WILL PAUSE HERE,
COLLEAGUES, FOR PEOPLE WITH
QUESTIONS
AND THEN WE -- BEFORE I JUMP
INTO
MINE, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
QUESTION.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
COULD YOU BACK UP TO THE
SLIDES WHERE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT
PARKING SPACES?
NO.
FORWARD.
THERE WE GO, YEAH.
SO, SLIDE 18.
NO PARKING REQUIRED IN REGIONAL
CENTERS, FREQUENT
TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS, MAJOR
TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS, HOW DO
YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE
FREQUENT TRANSIT AND THE MAJOR
TRANSIT?
>> SO, MAJOR TRANSIT IS BASED ON
A PERMANENT TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
LIGHT RAIL IS OBVIOUSLY
EACH STATION IS A MAJOR TRANSIT
STOP.
BUT BUS RAPID RIDE TRANSIT
STOPS WHERE YOU HAVE SORT OF
PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
HAS BEEN
PUT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE
TRANSIT AND OFTEN BUS ONLY LANES
ARE ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE MAJOR
TRANSIT STOPS.
FREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICES BASED
ON THE FREQUENCY THAT A
BUS ROUTE COMES, SO, 15 MINUTES
ON
AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
OR FASTER SERVICE IS
CONSIDERED FREQUENT TRANSIT.
>> OKAY.
>> THERE ARE DISTANCES.
SO, THAT'S WHAT DEFINES
FREQUENT TRANSIT AND MAJOR
TRANSIT.
THE FREQUENT TRANSIT
SERVICE AREAS ARE WITHIN A
QUARTER
MILE, WALKING DISTANCE OF A BUS
STOP
WITH FREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICE.
AND MAJOR TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS
ARE GENERALLY HALF MILE WALKING
DISTANCE.
>> OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THE TWO
WAS CLEAR.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK
I'VE HEARD IS PEOPLE ARE
CONFUSED
BY WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FREQUENT TRANSIT OR
MAJOR
TRANSIT.
SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
NOTHING FURTHER.
>> JUST TO ADD ON HERE A LITTLE
BIT, FREQUENT TRANSIT
MEANS SOMETHING FOR THE -- FOR
PARKING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN
FREQUENT
TRANSIT MEANS FOR THE GROWTH
STRATEGY.
THERE ARE SOME REGIONAL
CENTERS, URBAN CENTERS, NOT
URBAN
CENTERS HAVE A DEFINITION UNDER
THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY
THAT DISCUSSES
FREQUENT TRANSIT. THE DEFINITION
OF FREQUENT
TRANSIT USED FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THE COUNTY WIDE
PLANNING POLICIES IS DIFFERENT
THAN
OUR DEFINITION OF FREQUENT
TRANSIT WHICH WE USE FOR PARKING
EXEMPTIONS.
OURS IS FREQUENT HEADWAYS FOR
12 HOURS OF THE DAY.
THE COUNTY WIDE PLANNING POLICY
CONTEMPLATES 15 MINUTE
HEADWAYS FOR 16 HOURS OF THE
DAY.
SO, ONE IS A DEFINITION FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THE GROWTH
STRATEGY
ELEMENT. AND ANOTHER IS A
DEFINITION
FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARKING
EXEMPTIONS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I SEE BEFORE -- COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, I SEE
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
ON THE SAME SLIDE, NEW
STATE LAWS WILL REQUIRE MORE
EXEMPTIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT
THOSE WOULD BE?
>> YEAH.
SO THOSE ARE REMOVING PARKING
REQUIREMENTS FROM UNITS THAT
ARE 1200 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
ANY RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT IS
1200 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
ANY PASSIVE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION,
MASS TIMBER
CONSTRUCTION, MODULAR
CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S
ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO PARKING
EXEMPTIONS THAT WILL BE
REQUIRED FOR NONRESIDENTIAL
SPACES,
A RANGE OF USES LIKE CHILD CARE
FACILITIES, AND
COMMERCIAL SPACES IN A MIXED USE
BUILDING WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED,
BUT
THE CITY COULDN'T REQUIRE
PARKING
FOR.
AND COMMERCIAL SPACES LESS THAN
3,000 SQUARE FEET THE
CITY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
REQUIRE
PARKING FOR.
>> LISH, CAN YOU REMIND ME,
WHAT IS THIS CURRENT STATE
REQUIREMENT?
WHAT -- IT SAYS -- WHAT CAN WE
DO?
IS THIS REDUCTION FROM ONE
SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT TO TWO
SPACES PER DWELLING UNITS THAT
WE HAVE
TO DO?
>> CORRECT,
YES.
>> WE DON'T GET A CHOICE IN
THAT.
>>
CORRECT.
>> GOT IT.
>> UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW THAT
WILL BE REQUIRED IN JANUARY OF
2027, UNDER HOUSE BILL
1110, WE'RE LIMITED TO ONE
SPACE PER
UNIT.
>> WE'RE LIMITED TO ONE
SPACE PER UNIT.
>> YES.
>> UNTIL 27 AND THEN THIS KICKS
IN.
>>
YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DID YOU HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> NO, SORRY.
>> YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.
I JUST WANTED -- YOU SAW THE
FLOOR, YOU'RE GOOD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO OUR LAND
USE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM.
I HAVE TO SAY, AS WE ENDEAVOR
TO BREAK INTO MANY DIFFERENT
SECTIONS OF WHAT CAN BE
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I KNOW
THAT
COMMON LANGUAGE IS VERY
DIFFERENT
THAN TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.
THE PRESENTATION THAT
YOU PROVIDED US TODAY IN BOTH
BILLS IS REALLY, I FOUND, TO BE
VERY
HELPFUL IN US ON
WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AND I
DON'T
HAVE QUESTIONS
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS
WAS VERY IN
DEPTH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
MEETING
WITH YOU MANY HOURS TO DIG INTO
THIS.
I HAD TROUBLE TRYING TO FOCUS
IT IN AND CREATE -- YOU'RE
TAKING A
LOT OF REALLY TECHNICAL
LANGUAGE OUT OF THESE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION AND HOW IS
THAT FRAMED IN A COMMON WAY THAT
IS EASY FOR US TO FOCUS IN ON,
WHERE ARE THOSE SETBACKS,
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PARKING,
HOW DO
WE WANT TO GO WITH DESIGN
STANDARDS, WHAT CAN WE
ENGAGE WITH DESIGN STANDARDS.
WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR
TAKING
WHAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY EASY
JOB, THAT I KNOW IS NOT SO
EASY, AFTER WORKING WITH YOU
FOR SO MANY YEARS ON THE LAND
USE
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, THREE, FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION.
SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T TALKED
MUCH ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN FOCUSED ON THE
INTERIM LEGISLATION ARE THE
CONSTRAINTS PRESENTED TO US IN
THE EIS.
COULD YOU GET INTO SOME OF
THE AREAS IN WHICH WE MAY
FIND OURSELVES CONSTRAINED DUE
TO THE
EIS AS YOU MENTIONED ON SLIDE
SEVEN?
>> SO, I'LL GIVE YOU A
FEW EXAMPLES HERE.
THE -- THE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES
IN THE EIS AND
THOSE ALTERNATIVES CONTEMPLATE
BOTH DOING MORE AND LESS.
SO, IN TERMS OF THE
CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE PRESENT IN
THE
EIS, THERE ARE BOTH CONSTRAINTS,
THINGS THAT WERE NOT STUDIED
AND ALSO OPPORTUNITIES.
THINGS THAT WERE STUDIED,
BUT NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. IT IS NOT
SIMPLY A
CONSTRAINT, THERE ARE ANALYSES
THAT MAY
HAVE DIFFERENT CHOICES THAT THE
COUNCIL MAY MAKE.
LET'S TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, URBAN
CENTERS.
THEY'RE A GEOGRAPHY DESIGNED
BY THE COUNTY WIDE PLANNING
POLICIES.
WE HAVE -- THERE ARE SEVEN
URBAN CENTERS?
I'M ALWAYS FORGETTING, FIVE OR
SEVEN.
THERE ARE SEVEN REGIONAL
CENTERS, REGIONAL
CENTERS, CURRENTLY URBAN CENTERS
NOW.
IF YOU WANTED TO DESIGNATE
A REGIONAL CENTER OTHER THAN
SOME PLACE WHERE THEY CURRENTLY
ARE,
BALLARD, FIRST TIME, CAPITOL
HILL, NORTHGATE, UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT WAS REALLY STUDIED BY
EIS. THERE MAY BE A CONSTRAINT
FOR
SOMETHING, A VERY LARGE MOVE
LIKE THAT.
THERE MAY ALSO BE CONSTRAINTS
IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO ADD
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THAT
WASN'T NECESSARILY STUDIED BY
THE
EIS AND CONCENTRATE THEM IN
ONE OF THE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS
ZONES
THAT WERE PART OF EIS THAT
MAY PRESENT SOME -- THAT MAY
EXCEED THE LEVEL OF REVIEW THAT
WAS DONE AND REQUIRE SOME
ADDITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THERE IS A FUTURE HERE WHERE
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW,
THE COUNCIL APPROVED A
SUPPLEMENTAL
EIS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THAT OPCD IS SCOPING NOW.
THAT'S AN EIS TO STUDY PLANNING
EFFORTS FOR THOSE REGIONAL
CENTERS. SO THERE MAY BE SOME
THINGS
THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO
ACCOMPLISH
THIS YEAR THAT COULD
BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS AFTER THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW IS DONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE
IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD
TO THAT.
>> GENERALLY ALLOWING MORE
DENSITY THAN IS PROPOSED IN THIS
BILL WOULD BE ON ANYANY
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
LOT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE
SCOPE
OF WHAT WAS STUDIED IN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
YEAH.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND.
ESPECIALLY THAT PARTICULAR LAST
POINT, LISH, THAT OUR ABILITY
TO ADD ADDITIONAL DENSITY BEYOND
WHAT IS LAID OUT BEFORE US
WOULD GO BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF
WHAT
WAS STUDIED IN THE EIS, IF I
HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YES?
>> I THINK SO,
YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND CAN YOU GIVE A HIGH LEVEL
RUNDOWN OF WHAT WILL BE
WORKING ON IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN ITSELF AND THE ZONE ONE
CHANGES
AND COULD YOU GO OVER --
COULD YOU ALSO GO OVER
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THAT FROM
PHASE TWO AND SO ON?
THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION
IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THE
PHASED APPROACH MEANS FOR THEIR
CONCERNS, FOR INSTANCE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE
CHOOSING THE BORDERS, BUT NOT
THE ZONING
WITHIN THEM.
>> YEAH.
CORRECT.
SO, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
IF YOU CAN GO BACK A COUPLE
SLIDES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE
MAP, I
MEAN, YOU'LL BE ADOPTING THIS
MAP WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT SHOWS GENERALLY WHERE ALL
OF THE CENTERS ARE LOCATED, AND
THEIR GENERAL BOUNDARIES.
YOU WON'T BE CHOOSING ZONING IN
AREAS WHERE ZONING IS GOING TO
CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO THESE
DESIGNATIONS.
UNDER THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT'S -- PHASE TWO WILL BE
SORT OF DRAWING THE
SPECIFIC ZONING CHANGES WITHIN
THE
CENTER OF BOUNDARIES.
BUT YOU WILL BE ADOPTING THIS
MAP AND SIMILAR MAPS INTO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT
WILL SHOW WHERE ZONING CHANGES
ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR.
>> THANK YOU.
AND DID YOU SAY THAT SETBACKS
ON ALLEYS WOULD NEED TO BE ABOVE
ZERO FEET IF THE ALLEY IS NOT
A -- AT A WIDTH NEEDED
TO ACCOMMODATE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE?
>> WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS
THAT IF YOU ARE ON A BLOCK
WITH AN ALLEY, YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ALLEY IS
SUFFICIENT WIDTH FOR VEHICLES TO
TRAVEL THROUGH IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT -- IF YOUR ALLEY
IS CURRENTLY NOT THAT WIDTH,
YOU NEED TO SORT OF PROVIDE
SPACE
FOR THE ALLEY TO MEET THAT
WIDTH AND THEN THAT DRAWS YOUR
NEW
SETBACK LIMIT, NOT WHERE THE
CURRENT REAR LOT LINE IS.
>> OKAY.
AND IS IT ALREADY PROHIBITED
FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE DUMPSTERS
AND OTHER THINGS IN ALLEYS OR
RIGHTS OF WAY AND IS THERE
A REQUIREMENT FOR THESE
DUMPSTERS
AND OTHER THINGS TO HAVE
A DESIGNATED SPACE ON THE LOT AS
A WAY TO DISINCENTIVIZE THEM
FROM
BEING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY?
>> NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON THE DETAIL OF WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS A SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENT FOR A SOLID WASTE
STORAGE SPACE.
>> OKAY, AWESOME.
>> YEAH.
>> THERE IS SOME
LEGISLATION COMING TO
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH'S COMMITTEE,
NOT THE SELECT COMMITTEE,
BUT STANDING COMMITTEE, ABOUT
STORAGE OF ABOUT SOLID WASTE
STORAGE. I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW
IF
IT COVERS THE ENTIRE SORT OF --
IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT APPLIES
TO
ZONES, ALL THE ZONES WITHIN THE
CITY OR IF IT IS SPECIFIC
TO CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE'LL
GET BACK
TO YOU ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT
COVERS A
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE,
FOR EXAMPLE.
>> THANK YOU, KETIL.
MY LAST QUESTION, ON
PARKING, DID I HEAR YOU
CORRECTLY
THAT UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW
PARKING LAW WE WILL BE LIMITED
TO .
5 SPACES PER UNIT?
AND THERE IS A PROVISION TO
EXEMPT MOST APARTMENTS
FROM PARKING ENTIRELY DEPENDENT
ON
SQUARE FOOTAGE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
>> YEAH.
SO, THE BILL JUST PASSED BY THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, I GUESS IN
APRIL, STATES, THE CITY
DEFINITELY EXEMPTS UNITS THAT
ARE 1200 SCARE QUARE FEET OR
LESS
FROM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
I'M SECOND GUESSING MYSELF,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT ALSO
SAYS WE
CAN ONLY HAVE ONE SPACE
FOR EVERY TWO UNITS.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING
MY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU,
CHAIR, APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL GOOD.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> BACK TO THE EIS ISSUE, DID --
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT 41
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
WERE STUDIED IN --
SO PRESUMABLY ONE COULD GO UP TO
THAT AS LONG AS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
ARE STILL -- ARE WITHIN THOSE --
WHERE THEY WERE STUDIED,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> NOW, AND I ALWAYS WONDER,
SO, AS NOT TO RUN AFOUL OF CEPA
REGULATIONS, IF A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER -- IF A
COMMUNITY
WANTED TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BY GOING
LONGER INSTEAD OF LONGER OR VICE
VERSA, SO NOW WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT CHANGE TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THAT WAS
ALREADY
STUDIED BUT DIFFERENT SHAPE,
WHAT ARE
THE -- WHAT ARE THE LIMITS
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A NEW
SEPA
ANALYSIS?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT
WOULD REQUIRE -- THAT LIKELY
WOULD NOT
RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A LIKELY
SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT.
WE PROBABLY WILL BE
PUBLISHING SOME SORT OF SEPA
ANALYSIS
ON COUNCILMEMBER AMENDMENTS, BUT
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD
REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW BEYOND SORT OF STATING
THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CONSIDERED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
I'LL PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF
OTHERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE I KIND OF JUMP IN.
OKAY. I'LL JUST JUMP IN.
I LIKE JUMPING IN.
THANKS. I'M JUST PLAYING.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU,
ALL, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE
GOING THROUGH EACH AS
COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN WE DO OUR
ONE ON ONE
MEETINGS.
AND HAVE MORE IN
DEPTH CONVERSATION.
COLLEAGUES, JUST A COUPLE
THINGS, WE HAVE -- OUR OFFICE
SENT A EMO REGARDING THE
TIMELINE OF ALL THIS TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE
AND WE'RE GOING TO
BE WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF AS
WELL
ABOUT THE AMENDMENT TIMELINE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK
AND
ON POINT WITH AMENDMENTS
BECAUSE THOSE HAVE TO BE POSTED
TO
THE PUBLIC FOR 30 DAYS SO
THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THOSE AS
WELL.
SO, JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE REALLY LASER FOCUSED AND
ON THE TIMELINE FOR PEOPLE'S
AMENDMENTS, SO WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER.
THE SECOND THING, JUST A HEADS
UP, WE HAVE -- WE WILL BE HAVING
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE
FIRST ONE WILL BE ON THE 23rd,
THAT'S
A MONDAY.
THAT IS THE FIRST PUBLIC
HEARING THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR THE
PUBLIC TO COME, JUST GIVE
GENERAL
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND ABOUT HOUSE BILL --
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION FOR
HOUSE BILL 1110.
AND SO THAT'S OUR FIRST ONE,
WE WILL BE DOING A SECOND ONE
AFTER THE AMENDMENTS ARE POSTED,
AND FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK
ABOUT THOSE.
THE THIRD THING, THERE WILL BE
A CHAIR'S PACKAGE AND WE'LL
BE PRESENTING THAT AND WORKING
WITH
EVERYONE TO PUT FORTH THE
BEST PACKAGE WE POSSIBLY CAN
WITH
A LOT OF OUR CHAIR PRIORITIES
AND
SOME THAT WE HEARD FROM THE
DISTRICT AND ALSO CITYWIDE IS
PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIANS,
PEOPLE WITHOUT CARS, WHEN I'M
WALKING
AT PARKS, I'M ALWAYS
HEARING PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT
HEY,
WE WOULD LOVE IF THE BUS CAME
TO THE PARK, OR WE WOULD LOVE IF
TRANSIT ALSO
JUST DIDN'T FOCUS SO MUCH ON
JUST GOING
DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO TO DIFFERENT
PLACES
OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE
CITY.
SO WE HEARD
THAT. WE HEARD FROM A LOT PEOPLE
ABOUT
ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND MAKING SURE
WE HAVE ANTIDISPLACEMENT, NOT
JUST STATEMENTS, NOT JUST
DOCUMENTS, BUT ACTUAL PLAN
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE
TO
AGE IN PLACE, STAY IN THEIR
HOME, PASS IT DOWN, OR BE
ABLE TO LOT SPLIT OR ADD ADU,
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND
SHOUTOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON WHO IS HOSTING AN
ANTIDISPLACEMENT FAIR THIS
WEEKEND, SHAMELESS PLUG,
JUNE 14th, RAINIER BEACH
COMMUNITY
CENTER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S
GOING FROM 12:00 -- I'M GOING
TO
SCROLL DOWN HERE, REALLY QUICK,
I
APOLOGIZE, 11 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M.
AND THAT'S THE ANTIDISPLACEMENT
RESOURCE FAIR, THAT'S IN
RAINIER
BEACH.
SOME OF THE TOPICS RENTAL
ASSISTANCE,
UTILITY PROGRAMS, HOME REPAIR,
HOME OWNERSHIP
RESOURCES THERE ARE OVER 15
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AND CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL
WHO WILL BE THERE, SO, I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AND I
WILL
BE THERE AS WELL.
SO, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR
PUTTING THAT
TOGETHER WITH DEPARTMENTAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALSO, WE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO BUILD HOUSING, PROPERTY
OWNERS, NOT JUST DEVELOPERS,
BUT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WANT TO
BE
ABLE TO BUILD ON THEIR
HOUSE, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE
THAT, YOU KNOW, I RAN INTO
SOMEONE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT WHO IS HELPING THEIR
GRANDFATHER
STAY IN THEIR HOME BY
SPLITTING THEIR LOT, AND THEY'LL
BE ABLE
TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN
THAT HOME AND BUILD FOR THEM TO
BE
ABLE TO PASS THAT HOUSE DOWN AS
THEY'RE
AGING IN PLACE.
THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT HOUSE BILL -- WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOUSE BILL
1110.
I HEARD FROM PEOPLE ABOUT TREE
PROTECTIONS.
WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE
ABOUT TREE PROTECTIONS AND GREEN
SPACES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE
CAN INTEGRATE VERY NICELY
TOGETHER.
IT IS NOT ONE OR THE OTHER.
I KNOW WE LIKE TO PIT
PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND
THAT
IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THIS UNITY IS AND WE'RE GOING
TO
FIND A SPACE, OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT,
I PROMISE YOU.
ALSO, I HEARD -- I'VE HEARD
MORE AND I HAVE MEETINGS
SCHEDULED WITH SOME SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOLKS,
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE ABOUT
BUILDING
HOUSING AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE 111,000 KIDS IN OUR CITY
AND THAT IS BELOW 14% OF THE
POPULATION. THE AVERAGE IN THE
COUNTRY IS
OVER 22% OF THE POPULATION FOR
CITIES. AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE
--
WE HAVE MORE DOGS IN THIS CITY
THAN
KIDS.
AND SO, THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE
IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE --
GROW
A FAMILY IN THIS CITY.
AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE ARE CREATING MORE
HOUSING AROUND OUR SCHOOLS, SO
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEALTHY,
BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE MONEY
BASED OFF ENROLLMENT.
EVERYONE ASKS, WHY IS OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICT STRUGGLING, WHAT
IS
GOING ON, AND THE COSTS TO RUN
A SCHOOL IS VERY DIFFERENT
THAN IT IS HERE, THAN IT IS ON
IN EASTERN WASHINGTON.
AND SO, WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE
TO DESIGN AND BUILD FOR
FAMILIES, BE ABLE TO AFFORD IN
THE
CITY, TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE
CITY, TO WORK IN THE CITY,
TO LIVE IN THE CITY, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND
THEN ALSO FOR US TO HAVE
MORE KIDS IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A HEALTHY CITY IS WE
HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, WE HAVE
TO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE, OKAY.
AND THAT IS ANYONE UNDER 30,
OKAY.
AND THAT MEANS THAT I AM OLD.
OKAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE.
IF YOU'RE OVER THE AGE OF
30, JUST PLAYING.
SO YOU'RE GETTING UP THERE.
ONE YEAR AWAY, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK?
OKAY.
35. I GOT YOU.
35.
I GOT YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
OKAY.
ALSO WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TOO WHICH I HEARD, WE HAVE
MADE A TON OF INVESTMENTS FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT SEATTLE.
SO WE HAVE OUR
WATERFRONT, WE HAVE OUR
DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE THESE
PLACES OF EXCITEMENT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT WE HAVE FOR CITY RESIDENTS
HERE AND
PREPARING FOR THIS FROM OUR
TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PASSED LAST YEAR, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, THE FAMILY EDUCATION LEVY
THAT IS GOING TO BE BEFORE
COUNCIL --
FULL COUNCIL THAT WE WENT OUT
IN THE COMMITTEE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ALSO THE
PARK DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE
HAD, THE HOUSING THAT -- THE
HOUSING
LEVY WE PASSED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, SWEDISH HOSPITAL,
THEIR MASSIVE INVESTMENT RIGHT
HERE ON FIRST HILL, WHICH IS
HUGE,
THEY ARE THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN
THE
STATE.
THEY PRODUCE THE MOST BABIES
IN THE STATE, 6,000 BABIES
COME RIGHT FROM HERE, BLOCKS
AWAY, SWEDISH HOSPITAL, $2
BILLION INVESTMENT FOR THEIR NEW
NORTH
TOWER.
WE INVESTED HEAVILY IN OUR
RAPID RIDES, THOSE ARE GOING ALL
OVER
THE CITY.
WE HAD A NEW G LINE, THE J
LINE COMING TO EASTLAKE, WE HAVE
THE R LINE COMING DOWN IN
RAINIER
BEACH, ALSO AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A TON OF
INVESTMENTS COMING IN THE CITY.
ALSO, THE
BUSINESS DISTRICTS THAT WE
HAVE, THE SMALL BUSINESS
DISTRICTS, NOT JUST
DOWNTOWN, BUT THE COLUMBIA
CITIES AND
BEACON HILLS AND LAKE CITIES
AND
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. I WANT TO
GIVE EVERYONE A
SHOUTOUT, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER
EVERYONE.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT, THOSE
ARE INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING
FOR
THE GROWTH IN OUR CITY AND WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE
IF
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE
CAN BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE AND
HAVE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
BE ABLE TO GO TO GROCERY
GROCERY STORES ARE GOING TO BE
HUGE. I'M GOING TO BE
ADDRESSING
SOME OF THE RED TAPES IN
OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ABOUT
GROCERY STORES BECAUSE THOSE ARE
FOOD ACCESS POINTS AND THOSE ARE
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS FOOD
AS
WELL AND THE MER MARKET
AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARED VALUES
I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT AND
WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO SEE IN THIS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL
OF YOU COLLEAGUES DURING THAT
PROCESS.
SO, THAT WAS MY LITTLE RANT
THAT I HAD TO GO ON, BUT I ALSO
WANT
TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR
YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR
YOUNG
OR OLDER PEOPLE ON COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY REMINDED
ME I SHOULD SHARE ON THE RECORD,
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE
PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN
MY
DISTRICT.
I'VE MET WITH FOLKS,
I'VE STARTED RECEIVING FEEDBACK
AND
I KNOW THAT I'M STILL
EXPECTING SOME MORE FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THE DISTRICT
6 PROCESS WILL BE I'LL
BE MEETING WITH SMALL GROUPS OF
THE
FOLKS THAT I WALKED WITH AROUND
A CONFERENCE TABLE INSTEAD
OF AROUND THE SIDEWALKS AND
THE TREES TO LOOK AT THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE UP FIRST THIS
SUMMER.
WE'LL BE HOLDING THAT
ZONING CONVERSATION UNTIL WE
TAKE
THAT UP HERE AT COUNCIL.
AND SO THE NEXT STEP JUST
FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT WAS ON
A WALKING TOUR WITH ME,
WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH
SMALL GROUPS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS SO WE CAN MEET THE
AMENDMENT
DEADLINES.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I'LL HOLD THERE, IS THERE
ANY MORE QUESTIONS AT ALL?
AWESOME.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE, THANK
YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU, CENTRAL STAFF.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
H.B. , LISH AND KETIL.
AND WITH THAT, RECORD
MEETING TIME FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
SO THERE IS NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
OUR MEETING WILL COME TO
A CLOSE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU,
EVERYONE, THERE IS NO MORE
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING, JUST A
REMINDER, IS MONDAY, JUNE
23rd, SESSION ONE REMOTE BEGINS
AT
9:30 A.M. , SESSION 2 IN PERSON
AT 3:00 P.M.
PLEASE REFERENCE THE
PUBLISHED AGENDA FOR MORE
DETAILS.
DO MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
FOR THE SELECT
COMMITTEE?
AWESOME.
YOU ALL ARE AWESOME AS WELL
AND IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO
WORK
WITH YOU ALL.
THE TIME IS 10:36 A.M.
THERE IS NO FURTHER
BUSINESS,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK
YOU.