>> GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. THE SEPTEMBER 12th
MEETING
OF THE SELECT COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:35 A.M.
MY NAME IS JOY HOLLINGSWORTH,
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> NINE
PRESENT.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONSIDER THE
AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
WELCOME TO SESSION ONE OF
THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE
ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
THE PERMANENT HOUSE BILL
LEGISLATION
OF HOUSE BILL 1110.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND
ENGAGEMENT
TODAY.
WE HAVE A TON OF CALLERS
ONLINE, SO I WANT
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP
TODAY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS OUR
STAFF, OUR
TEAM, AND OUR I.T. TEAM AS WELL.
THE PUBLIC HEARING
IS SPECIFICALLY FOR US TO HEAR
FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE
AS COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE GENERATED
SINCE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK THEN
AND HOPE SOME OF THESE
AMENDMENTS REFLECT YOUR
FEEDBACK.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU, FROM YOUR REACTIONS
TOWARD SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS,
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE
SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS, AND COMMENTS AND
JUST ASKING EVERYONE JUST
REALLY NICELY THAT WE CONTINUE
TO
BE RESPECTFUL AND WE HAVE OUR --
WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S
HUMANITY.
TODAY WE'LL BE BROKEN INTO TWO
SESSIONS, SESSION ONE BEGINS AT
9:30 A.M.
AND IT IS RESERVED FOR
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SESSION TWO IS GOING TO BE BEGIN
AT 3:00 P.M. AND WE WILL --
IT WILL BE RESERVED FOR IN
PERSON AND PUBLIC COMMENTERS
ONLY.
AND ANY REMAINING
REMOTE SPEAKERS IF WE DO NOT
MOVE THROUGH ALL THE SPEAKERS
THIS
MORNING.
THE DEADLINES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
THE REGISTRATION OPENED UP EARLY
AT 8:30 A.M.
AND IT WILL CLOSE AT 10:00 A.M.
FOR ONLINE.
IN PERSON REGISTRATION IS AT
CITY HALL.
IT IS GOING TO START AT 6:30 AND
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE
REGISTRATION AT -- GOING
TO START AT 2:30 AND IT IS GOING
TO CLOSE AT 6:30.
THAT'S FOUR HOURS ROLLING TIME.
IF YOU GET HERE BETWEEN THAT
TIME, YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT TO SIGN UP AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
EVERYONE.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH ALL
REMOTE SPEAKERS DURING
THIS MORNING SESSION, WE'RE
GOING
TO HAVE RECESS AT 12:30,
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF
REGISTERED
GUESTS.
AND THEN IF WE DON'T GET
THROUGH ALL THOSE REGISTERED
GUESTS,
YOU WILL BE -- YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE
AFTERNOON SESSION.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RE- SIGN
UP, WE'LL CALL ON YOU IN THE
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENTS DURING EITHER SESSION
ONE OR
TWO MUST REGISTER BEFORE THE
DEADLINES.
SO, THANK YOU, AGAIN.
WE HAVE FOUND THIS WAY TO BE ONE
OF THE BEST WAYS FOR US TO
GET AS MUCH PUBLIC COMMENT
AS POSSIBLE FOR US TO STAY
ENGAGED AND LISTENING TO YOU ALL
AND
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A FULL DAY
OF LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND
WE CAN'T WAIT.
SO, ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO INTO
THE RECORD.
>> ITEMS ONE AND
TWO, COUNCIL BILL 120985,
REPEALING AND
REPLACING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN PURSUANT TO THE MAJOR
UPDATE
WITH THE NEW GOALS, POLICIES
AND ELEMENTS AND A NEW FUTURE
LAND
USE MAP.
SCOUPE 120993, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR
UPDATE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
SCONES AND MODIFYING
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN OTHER
ZONES
TO COMPLY WITH VARIOUS STATE
LAWS AND AMENDING.
>> TODAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THE STRUCTURE AND THE
OVERVIEW OF THE VOTING PROCESS.
WE HAVE THE PHENOMENAL
LISH WHITSON HERE FOR BRIEFING
AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.
PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT
INTO THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
LISH WHITSON, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
I'LL KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS
POSSIBLE SO YOU CAN GET TO THE
MEAT OF TODAY'S MEETING.
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL
ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT HOW
THINGS WILL PROCEED NEXT NEXT
WEEK.
SO, YOU HAVE THREE DAYS OF
MEETINGS SCHEDULED.
AFTERNOON IS SEPTEMBER 17th.
WE'LL BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE
DAY
MAYBE.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING CONSENT
PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE INTENDED TO BE VOTED ON
COLLECTIVELY.
YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PULL ANY AMENDMENTS FROM THAT
CONSENT PACKAGE THAT YOU WANT
TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
THE CONSENT PACKAGES ARE BEING
DEVELOPED BY THE CHAIR AS
WHAT SHE IS THINKING, HAVE THE
MOST SUPPORT ACROSS THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN THERE WILL BE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL ITEMS
FROM
THE CONSENT PACKAGES
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO EITHER SPEAK TO
THEM
INDIVIDUALLY, SPEAK TO
THE AMENDMENT INDIVIDUALLY, OR
VOTE ON IT INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE
SECOND, ANY COUNCILMEMBER CAN
SAY I WOULD LIKE THIS AMENDMENT
TO BE PULLED AND IT WILL
BE PULLED AND BE CONSIDERED THE
NEXT DAY.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL
FOR THE PERMANENT HOUSE BILL
1110
LEGISLATION.
PRIMARILY THAT IS JUST
UPDATING THE BILL TO REFLECT
LAND USE
LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
ADOPTED THIS SUMMER.
AND MAKES A FEW
MINOR CORRECTIONS ALSO TO THE
BILL.
SO THAT WILL BE VOTED ON FIRST.
THEN THE CONSENT PACKAGES
WILL BE VOTED ON, ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, AND THAT WILL
PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR ACTIONS ON
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY WILL FIRST VOTE
ON ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED
FROM
THE CONSENT PACKAGE FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
VOTE ON OTHER AMENDMENTS TO
EACH BILL.
AND THEN VOTE ON THE BILLS
THEMSELVES AND HOPEFULLY HAVE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
FOR EACH BILL.
THURSDAY WE'LL START WITH THE
--
BOTH DAYS WILL START WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BILL,
GO T█HROUGH ALL THE ACTIONS
RELATED TO THAT, AND THEN MOVE
ON TO
THE PERMANENT HOUSE BILL 1110
LEGISLATION.
IN ADDITION, A RESOLUTION
THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED ON
TUESDAY.
THAT WILL IDENTIFY FUTURE
ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL
IS REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE TO
UNDERTAKE.
MAINLY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL
IS ASKING COME BACK FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN
2026. THERE IS TIME RESERVED
FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, SO IF WE DON'T GET
THROUGH ALL THREE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION ON THURSDAY,
WE'LL BE BACK HERE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR FINAL VOTES.
AND WRAP UP ANY OF THE
COMMITTEE'S WORK.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, RIGHT NOW,
IS THE LAST
TIME THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN IS SCHEDULED
TO MEET. SO, WE ARE
CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, LISH, FOR
THAT TIMELINE.
AND STRUCTURE.
AND JUST KIND OF THE NEXT
PROCESS. I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE
TO
SEE IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS
AND THE TIMELINE AND HOW
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
I'LL LOOK ON THE SCREEN,
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK
SECOND.
OKAY.
LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS THE BEST
PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE IS NO
QUESTIONS.
SO, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> SORRY.
>> ALL GOOD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> COULD YOU REMIND ME WHEN THE
CHANGES TO NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER BOUNDARIES WILL BE
ADDRESSED AND
WHEN CENTRAL ADDITIONS TO THE
LIST OF NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH
THE
TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THOSE
THINGS?
>> I DO NOT THINK ANY OF
THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
IN THE
CONSENT PACKAGE, SO
IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PROPOSING
THOSE ITEMS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
VOTE, THEY'LL BE CONSIDERED ON
THURSDAY.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> LOOKING TO SEE,
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
LISH, CAN YOU JUST
CLARIFY, THEY'RE NOT IN THE
CONSENT
PACKAGE, SO THEY
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO FOR A
VOTE, ARE
YOU SAYING WE HAVE TO MOVE TO --
>> SO EACH COUNCILMEMBER WILL
MOVE THEIR AMENDMENTS ON
THURSDAY. IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
ADOPTED
AS PART OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
SOME COUNCILMEMBERS ALREADY
INDICATED THEY WANT TO
WITHDRAW SOME AMENDMENTS.
>> I SEE.
AND WHEN WE WILL KNOW WHICH ARE
WITHDRAWN?
>> SO, OUR INTENT IS TO
PUBLISH AGENDAS 48 HOURS IN
ADVANCE.
SO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU DO WANT
TO WITHDRAW AN AMENDMENT AND
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU
ALREADY ON THAT.
I SENT EACH COUNCILMEMBER THE
LIST OF AMENDMENTS THAT --
AND THE STATUS THAT WE BELIEVE
--
WHAT WE BELIEVE THE STATUS
OF EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS IS.
SO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY THE
END OF THE DAY IF WE HAVE GOTTEN
ANYTHING WRONG.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, LISH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
LAST QUESTIONS FOR LISH BEFORE
WE MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC
HEARING?
THANK YOU, LISH.
THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR
ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON AND THE PUBLIC
HEARING FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
120985 AND 120933
IS NOW OPEN.
IMPORTANT NOTE AS WE GET
STARTED, WHEN YOU COME ON
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME AND WHICH COUNCIL
BILL YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ADDRESSING BEFORE YOU DELIVER
YOUR REMARKS.
THAT HELPS US AS
WE'RE NAVIGATING AND KEEPING
TRACK OF
COMMENTS. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
TWO BILLS
TODAY FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.
THIS WILL HELP INFORM
OUR AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS
DO WE HAVE ON -- SIGNED
UP?
>> SO FAR WE HAVE 112.
>> 112?
AWESOME.
THANK YOU, ALL.
SO I KNOW WE POSTED -- I KNOW
WE HAD GOTTEN FEEDBACK, HEY, WE
WISH WE HAD MORE TIME THAN ONE
MINUTE, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE
TO GET THROUGH EVERYONE AND WE
ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO SIGN UP THIS
AFTERNOON.
SO, EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET
ONE MINUTE AND REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT
DURING THIS
PROCESS.
AND SO, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD?
>> THE PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD FOR
SESSION ONE WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS WILL BE CALLED ON TO
SPEAK IN
THE ORDER REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED
TO SPEAK÷÷ VIRTUALLY, PLEASE
REGISTER BEFORE 10:00 A.M.
AT THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE,
REGISTRATION FOR THE SESSION
WILL END AT
10:00.
THE COUNCIL WILL
RECESS AFTER THE REGISTERED
REMOTE SPEAKERS
HAVE SPOKEN.
IF COUNCIL IS NOT ABLE TO
CALL ON ALL SPEAKERS BY 12:30,
THOSE
REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED ON DURING THE 3:00
P.M.
SESSION.
WE'LL NOW BEGIN BY CALLING
ON REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
ONCE I CALL
THE REMOTE SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL
UNMUTE THE PROPER MICROPHONE AND
THAT
WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S CUE IT IS
THEIR TURN TO SPEAK AND THE
SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHICH
COUNCIL BILL YOU'RE
ADDRESSING BEFORE YOUR DELIVER
YOUR
REMARKS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE 12 MINUTES BEFORE THE --
BEFORE WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT
SIGNUP FOR THIS FIRST SESSION.
SO 12 LISTENING, PLEASE
SIGN UP.
THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, I WILL BE REMINDING
US HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE HAVE
LEFT,
WHERE WE ARE, JUST TO MAKE
SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
PRESENT, BECAUSE TOWARD THE
END I WILL CONSTANTLY BE
REMINDING US WHAT SPEAKER NUMBER
WE'RE AT.
IF YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE
PHONE, YOU KNOW TO JUMP ON
AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
NOT
PRESENT, AS WE CALL YOUR
NAME, WE WILL DO -- WE WILL CALL
YOUR
NAME AT THE END IF WE SEE
THAT YOU'RE PRESENT, WE'LL FIT
YOU
IN THERE, WE'RE GOING TO DO A
LOT OF REMINDERS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYONE
AND
EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
OKAY.
LET'S GET THIS STARTED.
THE -- I'LL READ THE FIRST
THREE
NAMES. WE HAVE KATE RUBIN,
FOLLOWED
BY NORA SANDLER, FOLLOWED BY
NATHAN
WINCH.
YOU ALL ARE UP.
KATE RUBIN IS FIRST.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS STAR
6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AND THEN YOU CAN GO RIGHT
INTO
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD
MORNING, KATE.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6,
WE SEE YOU'RE ONLINE, GO AHEAD,
JUST STAR 6.
WE SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN, KATE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD,
WE SEE -- WE'LL COME BACK TO
YOU, KATE --
>>
HI.
>> WE SEE ZACH HOWELL,
WE'RE GOING TO --
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE'LL GO TO ZACH HOWELL
AND WE SEE KATE RUBIN.
IS THAT --
>> JUST -- PLEASE, ZACH, IF
YOU CAN JUST PLEASE HOLD FOR A
SECOND. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS --
>> NORA SANDLER FOLLOWEDFOLLOWED
NATHAN
WINCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> HI, NORA, GOOD MORNING.
IF YOU PRESS STAR 6, YOU CAN
GO AHEAD AND START YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
MY NAME IS NORA SANDLER.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3.
AND TODAY I'M FEELING REALLY
HOPEFUL BECAUSE SEATTLEITES
HAVE COME TO CITY HALL OVER AND
OVER SAYING WE NEED MORE
HOUSING,
AND MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT
WERE FILED SHOWED THAT MOST OF
THE
CITY COUNCIL HEARD US.
AND IF YOU PASS THIS
STRONGEST OF THESE AMENDMENTS
AND
REJECT THE HARMFUL ONES, WE'LL
HAVE A
GREAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
WHICH WILL PUT SEATTLE ON TRACK
TO
BE A CITY WHERE PEOPLE FROM
ALL WALKS OF LIFE CAN AFFORD TO
LIVE AND WANT TO LIVE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SAY YES
TO AMENDMENTS 60 AND 63 AND 61
SO WE CAN HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE
AND
SOCIAL HOUSING.
YES, TO AMENDMENTS 89 AND 19 FOR
STACKED FLATS AND
MORE TREES AND YES TO AMENDMENT
34
TO CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AND TO 70 AND 84 TO
ELIMINATE PARKING MANDATES.
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS,
MORE TREES AND LESS PARKING
AND PLENTY OF HOUSING FOR
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, NORA.
NEXT KATE RUBIN, IF YOU CAN HEAR
US, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6, FOLLOWED BY WE'LL HAVE
NATHAN
WINCH.
HI, KATE.
>> HI.
HI.
MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN.
I'M THE CO- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE SEATTLE AND
CO-CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE
COMMISSION.
WE COULD NOT AFFORD A MEDIUM
ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
WE WERE SO LUCKY TO FIND A
RENTAL WE CAN AFFORD
TOGETHER NEAR A PARK AND
FREQUENT PUBLIC
TRANSIT.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LUCK
FOR RENTERS TO HAVE HOUSING THAT
IS
AFFORDABLE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MUST SUPPORT COMMUNITIES
WHERE EVERYONE CAN THRIVE.
THE RENTERS COMMISSION VOTED TO
SUPPORT AMENDMENT 34
ADDING EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS AND
TO ENCOURAGE
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE SOCIAL
HOUSING IN
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AMENDMENT 17 AND 61 DO THIS BY
ADDING SOCIAL HOUSING TO PLAN
AND CREATING -- FOR IT.
SEGREGATING RENTERS ON
POLLUTED ARTERIALS AND BLOCKING
FROM AREAS OF
HIGH OPPORTUNITY WOULD CONTINUE
TO PERPETUATE
THE HISTORY OF EXCLUSIONARY
ZONING.
THESE CHOICES WILL SHAPE THE
CITY FOR DECADES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KATE.
GOOD MORNING, NATHAN.
YOU'RE UP, FOLLOWED BY RYAN
TAILEN AND ANN TYSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT
THIS
PROCESS. I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN
EASY.
MY NAME IS NATHAN WINCH,
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF AREA
SEATTLE
AS ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCACY
MANAGER.
AND IT REPRESENTS OVER 2800
ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS AND
DESIGNERS COMMITTED TO
BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND
EQUITABLE
LIVABLE CITY.
I WON'T GET INTO SPECIFIC
AMENDMENTS, BUT GENERALLY
WE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS THAT
EXPAND
OPTIONS, REMOVE
UNNECESSARY BARRIERS AND MAKE
BUILDING
MORE PREDICTABLE AND COST
EFFECTIVE.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
RESTORING AND RETAINING ALL
PREVIOUSLY STUDIED NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS,
AND WE ALSO SUPPORT
ELIMINATING AMENITY AND PARKING
REQUIREMENTS IN MANY
NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS HAVE
ALREADY DONE.
THESE UPDATES ARE CRITICAL
TO MEETING SEATTLE'S URGENT
HOUSING NEEDS AND ENSURING OUR
CITY
REMAINS AN INCLUSIVE AND
THRIVING PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN.
WE HAVE RYAN TAILEN FOLLOWED BY
ANN TYSON AND THEN DILLON.
WE'RE ON SPEAKER NUMBER FIVE.
WHEN YOU JUMP ON, RYAN, PRESS
STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS RYAN
TAILEN, I'M A REGISTERED
NURSE AT HARBORVIEW, A MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNITY AND CAPITOL HILL
RESIDENT.
SEATTLE'S
AFFORDABILITY, HOMELESSNESS AND
COST OF
LIVING CRISIS DEMANDS BOLD
ACTION.
WE MUST COMMIT TO ADDING
MORE HOUSING SUPPLY CITYWIDE AT
LOWER
COST FOR
EVERYONE. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
PASS
KEY AMENDMENTS TO MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE.
PLEASE SUPPORT AMENDMENT
34, ADOPT AMENDMENTS 60 AND 63
FOR VITAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DENSITY
BONUSES, ELIMINATE
COSTLY PARKING MANDATES AND
FINALLY
PASS AMENDMENTS 89 AND 91 TO
ALLOW MORE STACKED FLATS ON ALL
RESIDENTIAL LOTS, BOOSTING
HOMES WHILE RETAINING OUR TREE
CANOPY.
THESE ARE PRACTICAL,
NECESSARY STEPS TOWARD MORE
AFFORDABLE AND
JUST SEATTLE.
PLEASE PASS THESE AMENDMENTS TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HAVE
A HOME IN OUR BEAUTIFUL
CITY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
NEXT WE HAVE ANN TYSON
FOLLOWED BY DILLON AND THEN NICK
KAYLA.
ANN TYSON, STAR 6 WHEN YOU JUMP
ON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M DISTRICT 4 RESIDENT ANN
TYSON.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON
AMENDMENTS 39, 40, 41, 81, 93
AND 102.
AMENDMENTS 39, 40, AND 41
REDUCE THE BOUNDARIES OF
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS.
HB 1110 LEGISLATION ALREADY
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES DENSITY.
AMENDMENTS 93 AND 102
PROTECT TREES VITAL TO THE
HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
76, 7, 84, 34 AND 63,
PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 76,
BUS
STOPS CHANGE AND MUST NOT BE
DEFINED AS MAJOR TRANSIT.
ONLY SIX RAIL TRANSPORT AND
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE
DEFINED AS MAJOR TRANSIT.
VOTE NO ON 77 AND 84,
PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE
NECESSARY
FOR WORKERS, SMALL
BUSINESSES, CHILD CARE CENTERS
AND SENIORS.
VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT
34, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THIS --
AND VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT
63, ALLOWING STORES ANYWHERE
IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
AREAS
WOULD DISPLACE RESIDENCES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ANN.
NEXT WE HAVE DILLON FOLLOWED BY
MAKAYLA AND AUDREY.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DILLON, AN
ARCHITECT AND URBAN DESIGNER AND
THE VIEWS
I'M SHARING TODAY ARE MY OWN.
THE INTENT OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS TO
ENCOURAGE
HOUSING ON UNDERDEVELOPED
RESIDENTIAL
LOTS, NOT WITHIN THE
COMMERCIAL CORE ITSELF, IN ORDER
TO AVOID
DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING
SMALL BUSINESSES AND THIRD
PLACES AND
DEFINE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IF
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
BOUNDARIES ARE REDUCED TO LIMIT
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
ONLY THE COMMERCIAL CORE,
THEN DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES FOCUS
ON THAT COMMERCIAL CORE AND
THE EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES
AND
PLACES THAT ARE THE HEART OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MORE LIKELY TO BE
DISPLACED.
BOUNDARY REDUCTIONS ACROSS
FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS WOULD RESULT IN SMALL
BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENT.
THE BOUNDARY REDUCTIONS WOULD
ELIMINATE 10,000 POTENTIAL
HOUSING UNITS, ASSUMING LR
3 ZONING IS LOST.
ADD MORE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER
BOUNDARIES, DO NOT REDUCE,
ALLOW HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMERCIAL CORES TO ENABLE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THIRD PLACES THAT
ARE THE
HEARTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO
STAY PUT AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
DILLON. WE HAVE MAKAYLA FOLLOWED
BY
AUDREY AND THEN BILL
SCOTT.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MAKAYLA AND I AM
HERE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE PLANNING
COMMISSION
SPEAKING ABOUT -- THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE
YEARS LONG
PROCESS OF BROAD COMMUNITY
OUTREACH THAT
INFORMED THE PLAN'S
DEVELOPMENT.
CITY STAFF SOUGHT INPUT FROM
A BROAD CROSS SECTION
OF RESIDENTS WITH FOCUS ON
COMMUNITIES OFTEN
LEFT OUT OF THE PLANNING
PROCESS.
PARTICIPANTS IN OPEN HOUSES
ACROSS THE CITY, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION WORKSHOPS AND
THOSE
WHO USE THE ONLINE
ENGAGEMENT HUB URGE THE CITY TO
ADOPT
BOLD POLICIES TO INCREASE
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND REDUCE
THE
DISPLACEMENT RISK AND ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE CONDITIONS CONCERN THAT
SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS DEVELOPED
AT THIS LATE STAGE IN THETHE
PRIORITIZE MORE RECENT
AND NARROW FEEDBACK WITHOUT
REGARD
TO THE FULL RANGE OF INPUT
RECEIVED THROUGH OUTPLAN
DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE ENSURE THE CONCLUSION
OF THE PROCESS UPHOLDS
THE PRINCIPLES OF -- EQUITY
THAT HAVE DEFINED THE ONE
SEATTLE PLAN PROCESS IN THE
BEGINNING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MAKAYLA.
NEXT WE HAVE AUDREY FOLLOWED BY
BILL SCOTT AND THEN RAYMOND YOU.
GOOD MORNING, AUDREY.
WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
IF YOU GO AHEAD AND START
TALKING, WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
>> NOW YOU JUST REMUTED
YOURSELF.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
THERE YOU GO.
CAN YOU HEAR US, AUDREY?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> NOW WE
CAN.
YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
>> THIS IS
AUDREY.
>> HI, AUDREY.
GO AHEAD AND START YOUR
COMMENTS.
>>
GREAT. EXCELLENT.
THE BILLS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL TODAY EVENTUALLY WILL
ALLEVIATE OUR HOUSING DEMANDS IN
THE CITY.
I THINK IT IS JUST NOT
WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTENDING.
THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND THESE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS
ARE GOING WELL BEYOND WHAT
OUR STATE MANDATED FOR
INCREASED DENSITY THERE ARE
MULTIPLE ASPECT FRZ THE S THAT
WILL HAVE SPRAWL
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WILL BE
DESTRUCTION OF OUR TREE CANOPY,
GARDENS,
QUAINT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND
CREATING
UNFATHOMABLE VEHICLE CONGESTION
THROUGHOUT RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN PRICE IN
STARTER HOMES AS THEY'RE
BEING LEVELED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THE PLAN ONLY
INCENTIVIZES FURTHER DESTRUCTION
OF
OUR STARTER HOME STOCK,
REPLACING THEM WITH FAR MORE
EXPENSIVE
PROPERTIES AND AREAS WITH
NO AMENITIES AND NO
TRANSPORTATION
AND NO TRANSPORTATION IN --
NO ONE WILL WANT TO LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND WILL SOLVE OUR
DEMANDS
BY MAKING THIS
AN UNLIVABLE CITY. PLEASE VOTE
NO ON AMENDMENT 7,
17, 34, 63, 64, 72, 84, 86 AND
ALL OTHER AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, AUDREY.
NEXT WE HAVE
BILL SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY RAYMOND
YOU AND
CHARLOTTE STARK.
BILL GO, AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT
ONE, BILL.
RAYMOND YOU FOLLOWED
BY CHARLOTTE STARK.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, BILL,
ONCE WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
HI, RAYMOND.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RAYMOND YOU, A
RANCHER IN SEATTLE DISTRICT 7.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A
DEFINING ISSUE OF THIS DECADE.
IT IS CRUCIAL WE THINK LONG-
TERM AND ACT NOW TO ENSURE
THAT CURRENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE
IN A CITY
TOO.
WE NEED TO MAKE SUPPLY ABUNDANT
AND ENSURE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS
DO THEIR FAIR SHARE IN
BECOMING DENSER, INCLUDING THE
WEALTHY
ONES.
WE MUST RESTORE THE SIZE
OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
REDUCE CAR DEPENDENCE AND
ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO USE
ALTERNATIVES FOR DAILY NEEDS,
WHICH WILL
ALSO INCENTIVIZE AND PRIORITIZE
HOUSING DESIGN LIKE STACKED
FLATS.
THEY ARE BETTER FOR SPACE
EFFICIENCY, SENIORS AND THOSE
WITH LIMITED MOBILITY.
LASTLY, LET AS NOT
BE CONSERVATIVE WITH REDUCING
SETBACKS AT THE EXPENSE OF
DENSITY.
ONE TREE
CAN'T OFFSET THE CARBON
EMISSIONS FROM A CAR USED
FOR DAILY COMMUTES.
HOWEVER, THESE TREES SHOULD BE
REPLACED ON ROOFS ELSEWHERE
IF THEY IMPEDE THE CONSTRUCTION
OF
DENSER HOUSING.
LET'S NOT BENEFIT NARROW
GROUPS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RAYMOND.
BILL, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO STAR
6?
CAN YOU HEAR US?
STAR 6.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, BILL.
CHARLOTTE STARK.
FOLLOWED BY JESSE CLASSEN.
GOOD MORNING, CHARLOTTE.
JUST PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M SORRY.
>> YOU'RE
GOOD.
>> PRESIDENT OF ALKAI COMMUNITY
COUNCIL, 400 NEIGHBORS AND A
FORMER JOURNALIST WHO SPENT
MY LIFE ADVOCATE FOR THE
PUBLIC'S
RIGHT TO KNOW.
ALKAI AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
HAS BEEN BLIND SIDED BECAUSE
WE HAD NO NOTICE OF MASSIVE
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
REZONING OF 95 ACRES PROPOSED IN
THE AMENDMENT 34
BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I URGE
YOU TO WITHDRAW AND VOTE NO.
LAST YEAR WEST SEATTLE OPENED
HOUSE HAD MORGAN IN THE PLAN
AMID THE 30 THAT WERE OFFICIALLY
DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS AND THEY A YEAR OF
ENGAGEMENT,
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS,
WORKSHOPS, 60 DAY COMMENT
PERIODS,
PUBLICITY AND MORE.
IN TOTAL, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT 623 ACRES ACROSS EIGHT
SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTING TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS
AND BUSINESSES IMPACTING THE
SUDDEN
REZONING PROPOSALS MOST DON'T
EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
SEATTLE DOES NEED HOUSING
SOLUTIONS, BUT REZONING WITHOUT
TRANSPARENCY OR PUBLIC
NOTICE, SILENCING TENS OF
THOUSANDS --
>> THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE.
NEXT WE HAVE JESSE CLASSEN
FOLLOWED BY LYNN DRAKE.
JESSE CLASSEN, LYNN DRAKE.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
JESSE CLASSEN.
I'M TALKING TODAY ABOUT
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION AND
IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT 65,
RELATED TO CORNER STORES.
WE SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT
WITH ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE
AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE KITCHEN
AND BACK OF HOUSE FROM THE
CALCULATION FOR RESTAURANTS.
2500 SQUARE FEET IS NOT
ENOUGH SPACE TO RUN A VIABLE
RESTAURANT.
EXCLUDING THAT KITCHEN AND BACK
OF HOUSE SPACE GIVES YOU
JUST ENOUGH SPACE TO MAKE A
TINY LITTLE RESTAURANT THAT CAN
WORK NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON
THIS VERY COMPLICATED PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JESSE.
BILL, IF YOU PRESS STAR 6, WE
STILL SEE YOU'RE ON.
WE'LL KEEP PINGING YOU UNTIL
YOU CAN COME OFF MUTE.
NEXT WE HAVE LYNN DRAKE
FOLLOWED BY REBECCA BEAR AND
MATT
HUTCHINS.
GOOD MORNING, LYNN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HI.
MY NAME IS LYNN DRAKE.
I'M A HOMEOWNER LIVING IN
ALKAI.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
WEST SEATTLE URBANISM GROUP
WHERE
WE PROMOTE HOUSING OF ALL TYPES.
AND FAVOR WALKING, BIKING AND
TRANSIT.
I'M IN FAVOR OF ALKAI BECOMING
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, IT IS
A PERFECT LOCATION SO WE CAN
SUPPORT BETTER
TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN SPACES, AND
SUPPORT FOR OUR BUSINESSES HERE.
AND I ATTENDED THE MEETING
THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
ORGANIZED AT THE LOG HOUSE
MUSEUM IN ALKAI.
QUOTING TOM FUKALORA FROM
THE SEATTLE BIKE BLOG, QUOTE,
MANY
CONTINUE TO GET PRICED OUT
OF HOUSING ENTIRELY, PUSHING
THEM INTO A DEADLY LIFE, TRYING
TO
SURVIVE ON THE STREETS FOR A
CITY AS GREAT AS
SEATTLE, FAILING TO MEET THIS
CHALLENGE OVER THE PAST TWO
DECADES IS
OUR BIGGEST SHAME.
LET'S SUPPORT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS SO THEY CAN PROVIDE
HOUSING NEEDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, LYNN.
JUST SO WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE
HERE, IT IS 10:06.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNUP IS
CLOSED.
WE HAVE ON HERE ABOUT 119
CALLERS AND WE'RE AT NUMBER 15.
OKAY.
SO WE'RE AT CALLER 15.
WE HAVE 119 PEOPLE TO GET
THROUGH.
OKAY.
AND REBECCA BARRY, YOU ARE UP.
GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS REBECCA BARRY,
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
SEATTLE
PARKS FOUNDATION.
SEATTLE PARKS
FOUNDATION REPRESENTS OVER 125
COMMUNITY
BASED PARKS
AND PUBLIC SPACE
GROUP LOCATED IN EVERY DISTRICT
IN SEATTLE.
WE AGREE WE NEED HOUSING, BUT
THIS SHOULD HAPPEN IN
CONJUNCTION WITH
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY
OF
LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
A STRONGER PLAN WOULD ENSURE
WE MAKE MOBILITY AND
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THE
BACKBONE OF
OUR GROWTH, SIDEWALKS,
BIKE LANES AND TRANSIT WITH
PARKS AND
GREEN CANOPY, WITH LEGACY AND
BUILD ON OUR IDENTITY AS
AN EMERALD CITY AND INVEST IN
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE÷÷ UP- FRONT
AND TIE
THEM TO NEW PARKS AND
IMPROVED SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT
AND
UPGRADES TO REZONED AREAS.
WE ALSO NEED TO ENGAGE
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS PARTNERS SO
WE KEEP THE CULTURAL RELEVANCE
OF OUR COMMUNITY, GROW THE
TREE CANOPY AND DON'T SHRINK
IT.
I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THANKS
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, REBECCA.
BEFORE YOU GO, MATT, ONE
SECOND, BILL SCOTT, WE SEE
YOU'RE UP.
ARE YOU ABLE TO PRESS STAR 6.
STAR 6 TO GET OFF MUTE.
>> WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK
SECOND.
OKAY. WE'LL KEEP COMING BACK TO
YOU, BILL.
GOOD MORNING, MATT.
ONE SECOND, FOLLOWED BY MATT WE
HAVE KASEMA LEE AND LOIS
MARTIN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN IN ITS BOLDEST
FORM.
WE NEED MORE TYPES OF HOUSING
IN MORE OF THE CITY SUCH AS
STACKED FLATS, BONUSES AND
ACCESSIBLE UNITS AND ADUs.
WE SUPPORT ELIMINATING
MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
WE SUPPORT
EXPANDING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
THE COMMISSION DOES NOT
SUPPORT AMENDMENTS THAT CREATE
NEW BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES TO
HOUSING SUCH AS HISTORIC OR
GIVING CODE
OFFICIALS AUTHORITY TO FORCE
A PROJECT BACK TO THE
DRAWING BOARD IF ANY TREE IS
AFFECTED BY
DEVELOPMENT.
SEATTLE'S FACING AN
ONGOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND THE ONE
CITY OF
SEATTLE PLAN THAT YOU
PASS SHOULD REMOVE BARRIERS
AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR
PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY
OF HOUSING TYPES FOR ALL
AFFORDABILITY LEVELS ACROSS THE
CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
WE HAVE KASEMA FOLLOWED BY LOIS
MARTIN AND RICK KAY.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KASEMA LEE.
I'M 28, I'M SINGLE.
AND THREE MONTHS AGO I BOUGHT
MY FIRST HOUSE IN BEAUTIFUL
LICTON
SPRINGS.
I LOVE MY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP
TO ROBINS AND CHICK DEES, I
SPEND
MY WEEK NIGHTS WORKING ON MY
GARDEN AND I'M CLOSE TO E LINE.
I'M GLAD TO LIVE IN
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, AND I
CAN IMAGINE STARTING A FAMILY IN
MY NEW HOME, BUT I'M ONLY ABLE
TO
AFFORD A HOUSE IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE OF DENSITY IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM DUPLEXES AND
APARTMENTS. BECAUSE OF THAT, I
SUPPORT
THE
RETENTION EXPANSION OF
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
AND INCENTIVES FOR DIVERSE
HOUSING
TYPES.
THESE FACTORS ALLOWED ME
TO ATTAIN MY DREAM OF HOME
OWNERSHIP AND I BELIEVE KEEPING
CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK'S
AMENDMENT WILL HELP OTHERS SEE
THEIR DREAM
COME TRUE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE LOIS
MARTIN FOLLOWED BY RICK KAY AND
EVAN
SEXTON.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
ALONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS I'VE REVIEWED THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WITH AN
EYE TOWARD EQUITY, LIVABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
AMENDMENTS 18, 19, 20, 26, 28,
31, 75, 81,
93, AND 110.
THIS ENSURES NEW
HOUSING CONTRIBUTES TO HEALTHY,
MORE LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY REPRESENT THE
KIND OF BALANCE WE NEED,
GROWTH THAT DOESN'T COME AT THE
COST OF
COMMUNITY STABILITY,
DISPLACEMENT OR ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH.
EARLIER THIS MORNING I SENT
AN EMAIL THAT INCLUDES THE
AMENDMENTS WE BELIEVE TO BE
MODIFIED OR OPPOSED, ALONG WITH
THE REASON WHY.
IT
INCLUDES AN ASK NOT TO CARVE UP
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
BY PLACING HUGE PIECES INTO
OTHER
AREAS.
YOU MUST CENTER ALL COMMUNITY
NEEDS IN YOUR DECISIONMAKING
TO ENSURE GOOD INTENTIONS
DON'T CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE HARM
TO
THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ENSLAVED,
AND
WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE RICK KAY FOLLOWED
BY EVAN SEXTON AND DAVID FOLIS.
RICK KAY, CALLER NUMBER
19, YOU'RE UP.
>> WAKE UP!
PROJECT 2025 IS HERE.
COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK, NELSON
AND KETTLE HAVE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS THIS WHICH ARE PRO
BILLIONAIRE AND ANTITRANSIT.
EXCESSIVE UPZONING BENEFITS
PRIVATE EQUITY BILLIONAIRES
OVER THE REST OF US.
UPZONING IS NOT GROWTH.
UPZONING DISCOURAGES
MODEST GROWTH AND DISCOURAGES
MAINTENANCE AND AS WE AWAIT
THE WHIMS OF DISTANT
BILLIONAIRES.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
THEY AREN'T AIMING FOR
LOWERING RENT, THEY'RE AIMING
FOR
INCREASING RENT,
CHOOSING LOCATIONS THAT DISPLACE
INSTEAD OF INFILL.
DEVELOPMENT FAR FROM
TRANSIT DRAWS DEVELOPMENT
DOLLARS
AWAY FROM TRANSIT, HARMING
TRANSIT
USE.
AS SENATOR MERKLEY SAID, THE
CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF HOUSING IS
DRIVING UP RENT AND HOME PRICES.
IT ISN'T PROGRESSIVE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR PROPOSALS
THAT
PRIORITIZE PEOPLE MORE THAN
CORPORATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, RICK.
NEXT WE HAVE EVAN SEXTON
AND DAVID FOLIS.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR YOUR WORK
ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MY NAME IS EVAN.
I LIVED IN BRYANT FOR 20 YEARS.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BRYANT
NEIGHBORS MADE THEMSELVES CLEAR,
IT MUST MAKE SENSE FOR BRYANT.
THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES JUST THAT.
THE AMENDMENT TO ADJUST
THE BORDERS OF THE CENTER
AMENDMENT
39 WOULD REMOVE EXISTING
APARTMENT BUILDING AND MIDDLE
HOUSING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER.
TO COMPENSATE, THE AMENDMENT
WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT ON
SITES LIKE THE RONALD McDONALD
HOUSE.
WHILE BRYANT NEIGHBORS
DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING WHEN
IT COMES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, I HEARD BROAD AGREEMENT
FOR NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE
ISSUE.
THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE.
PLEASE REJECT AMENDMENT 39 AND
ADOPT THE MAP CURRENTLY
INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, EVAN.
NEXT, DAVID FOLIS AND GISELE.
DAVID, YOU'RE UP.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6 AND
YOU CAN START.
WE SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE, DAVID.
GO AHEAD AND TRY TO TALK AND
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU.
NOW YOU'RE BACK ON MUTE.
PRESS STAR 6 AGAIN AND START
TALKING.
NOW YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
DAVID, CAN YOU HEAR US?
YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE ON MUTE,
DAVID.
WE SEE YOU.
OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU,
DAVID.
>> SORRY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M HERE.
>> YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE GOOD.
WE AIN'T GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I APOLOGIZE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
DAVID, I'M ASKING YOU
TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT 35.
I'M A 20 YEAR RESIDENT
AND AMENDMENT 35 OPTIMIZES
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER TO ALLOW
FOR SENSIBLE GROWTH WHILE
RESPECTING SMALL SCALE AND
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT.
THIS AMENDMENT IS THE RESULT
OF CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
CITY
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARY,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY
OWNERSHIP, THE VEHICLES OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY
ABSORBS EACH YEAR, AND THE
STREAMS
IN WEST SEATTLE.
THE CITY AUTHORIZED --
UPSTREAM AND THE LARGER BOUNDARY
WOULD
UNDERMINE THAT INVESTMENT.
TREES INCLUDED IN THE
ORIGINAL BOUNDARY ARE FOR MORE
THAN 1500 1500
RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE NOT CORRIDORS SUITED
FOR
MORE DENSITY.
CONSTRUCTION WILL LEAD TO
UNDERGROUND POWER CABLE -- ALSO
DISRUPT MOBILITY, ADDING FURTHER
GROWTH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
PLANNING. AMENDMENT 35 ALLOWS
FOR SENSIBLE
GROWTH WHILE -- PLEASE
SUPPORT AMENDMENT 35.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
WE HAVE GISELE AND TRISH AND
EBONY.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS GISELE.
I GREW UP IN SINGLE HOUSING.
MY PARENTS NEVER OWNED AND
THEY STILL STRUGGLED WITH --
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THAT SHAPED --
WHEN I
FIRST MOVED TO THIS AREA, WE
WORKED HARD TO BUILD STABILITY.
THIS YEAR WHEN WE TRIED TO BUILD
A HOME IN
SEATTLE, IT WAS OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
WE HAD OVERPAY FOR RENT OR
LEAVE THE AREA ALTOGETHER.
THAT CHANGED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE'LL BE FIRST
TIME HOMEOWNERS IN SEATTLE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS
WE HAD A SENSE OF HOPE.
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE OURS DON'T
COME OFTEN.
I URGE YOU TO EXTEND
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
ADOPT AMENDMENT 34, 60, 86, 89
AND 91.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
CREATE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, INCREASE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INCENTIVES.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT HOUSING,
IT IS ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER
MORE STABLE FUTURE FORFOR
CLASS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
THANKS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, GISELE.
WE'RE AT SPEAKER NUMBER 23.
TRISTEN, FOLLOWED BY EBONY.
THAT'S SPEAKER NUMBER 24, AND
CORY, SPEAKER NUMBER 25.
TRISTEN, GO AHEAD AND PRESS
STAR 6 TO GET OFF MUTE AND BEGIN
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS
TRISTEN.
I'VE RENTED FOR 12
YEARS, ALWAYS PAID ON TIME,
ALWAYS BEEN A
GOOD TENANT BUT RENT KEPT
CLIMBING.
DESPITE WORKING FULL TIME AS A
NONPROFIT DIRECTOR
AND INVESTING IN MY COMMUNITY,
HOME
OWNERSHIP IN SEATTLE FELT
IMPOSSIBLE.
WE CONSIDERED LOSING BEHIND
OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO
FIND SOMETHING AFFORDABLE
ELSEWHERE.
THAT CHANGED WHETHER WE
FOUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE'RE BECOMING FIRST TIME
HOMEOWNERS. OUR STORY SHOULDN'T
BE AN
EXCEPTION.
HOUSING IS AN HUMAN RIGHTING.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THE AMENDMENTS THAT MAKES
STACKED FLATS LEGAL ON MORE
LOTS,
BOOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BONUSES,
REMOVE PARKING MANDATES AND
BUILD WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS NEAR
SCHOOLS, TRANSIT
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS CAN GIVE MORE FAMILIES
WHAT WE FINALLY FOUND,
HOPE, STABILITY AND PRIDE IN
CALLING
SEATTLE
HOME. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> NEXT, EBONY, CORY
MILLER FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL RUBY.
GOOD MORNING, EBONY.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EBONY AND I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
BLACK LEGACY HOMEOWNERS,
FAMILIES
WHO SURVIVED RED LINING AND
GENTRIFICATION IN SEATTLE.
WE REVIEWED THE
AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE LENS OF
EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
TOO MANY OF THESE
PROPOSALS RAISE LAND VALUES,
INCREASE
TAXES AND SHIFT BURDENS TO OUR
FAMILIES WHILE DEVELOPERS
REAP THE BENEFITS.
WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON
THE HARMFUL AMENDMENTS
THAT ACCELERATE DISPLACEMENT,
ERASE OUR CULTURAL LEGACY,
WEAKEN TREE
CANOPY PROTECTIONS AND REDUCE
LIVABILITY.
IN PARTICULAR EXPANDING
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT
CUT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
INTO CAPITOL HILL AND FIRST HILL
AND OTHER AREAS IS AN ACTIVE
ERASURE.
OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
FROM PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE
TO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS ARE
THE BACKBONE OF THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT
AND MUST REMAIN RECOGNIZED.
AS SUCH, WE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS
18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 71, 75, 81,
93, 102 AND 110 BECAUSE THEY
STRENGTHEN THE --
>> THANK YOU, EBONY.
NEXT WE HAVE CORY
MILLER FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL RUBY
AND CAROLINE OLEMAN.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6, CORY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> SURE CAN.
YOU'RE GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MY NAME IS CORY.
I'M A STATE WORKER WITH
THE EMPLOYEES -- THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE, I LIVE
IN CAPITOL HILL.
AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO
SPEAK ON IS AMENDMENT 17.
THIS CITY IS GETTING HARDER
AND HARDER TO AFFORD AS A
RENTER.
I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT THERE IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH
APARTMENT HOUSING, I'VE HEARD
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO
PRESERVE STARTER HOMES, TO
PRESERVE OUR TREE CANOPY
AND READING FROM THE ALL --
READING FROM THE SCRIPT USING
WORDS
LIKE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
MENTIONED THAT SO FAR.
BUT I AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
I KNOW ARE HAVING A
HARDER TIME -- A HARDER AND
HARDER TIME
AFFORDING THIS PLACE BECAUSE
WE CAN'T HAVE NEW HOUSING.
I DO NOT HAVE THE INCOME, NOR DO
I EVER ANTICIPATE HAVING
THE INCOME TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD
A HOME AT THESE PRICES.
I WILL REMAIN A RENTER AND
PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT 17, WE
NEED MORE SOCIAL HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU, CORY.
NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL
RUBY FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE
OLEMAN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MIKE RUBY.
I'M COMMENTING ON CB 120993.
I'M CALLING OUT TWO AMENDMENTS
TO SUPPORT THAT CONTRIBUTE
TO RETAINING MORE TREES AND
ONE WHICH I FEEL IS QUITE
HARMFUL AND WOULD ENABLE
ENVIRONMENTALLY DANGEROUS
DEVELOPMENT.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT
AMENDMENT NUMBER 72, BY
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
IT INCLUDES
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
IN LOT
COVERAGE AND FAR CALCULATIONS
ARE
CURRENTLY EXCLUDED.
THIS CHANGE WOULD ENCOURAGE
MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT, NEXT TO
URBAN
STREAMS AND WETLANDS
AND PROTECTED STEEP SLOPES.
WE HAVE ALL WORKED SO HARD
TO BRING BACK OUR URBAN STREAMS
AND WETLANDS, SO THEY CAN
PROVIDE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES
AND TO PROTECT FROM
CATASTROPHIC SLOPE FAILURE.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE
ENCOURAGING NEW
DENSER DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR
MARGINS.
I COMMEND TO YOU TWO
AMENDMENTS BY RIVERA, NUMBER 93,
GREATER
REWARDS FOR PROTECTING AND
PLANNING LARGER TREES
DURING CONSTRUCTION AND 104
WHICH
PROVIDES THE --
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
NEXT WE HAVE CAROLINE OLEMAN.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CAROLINE OLEMAN, I
HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1998.
I LIVE IN THE
PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
AREA, SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE
HEAVILY
USED AND PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY 12th AVENUE NORTHEAST
GREEN WAY.
I'M ONE OF THE 1,734
RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED A PETITION
OPPOSING THE LOCATION OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER DESIGNATION.
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER CATHY MOORE
UNDERSTOOD OUR CONCERNS.
BEFORE SHE RESIGNED, SHE
WAS WORKING TO AMEND THE
BOUNDARIES
TO PROTECT THE GREEN WAY AND
PRESERVE THE 100 TIER 2 TREES
GROWING IN THE PROPOSED AREA.
PLEASE, HONOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S EXTENSIVE
WORK WITH OUR
COMMUNITY.
AMEND THE BOUNDARIES,
PROTECT THE GREEN WAY, PRESERVE
OUR MATURE TREES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CAROLINE.
THANK YOU, CAROLINE.
NEXT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
YOUR LAST NAME, BECAUSE I
CAN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR FIRST
NAME.
ALVAREZ.
THEN WE HAVE BRADLEY,
FOLLOWED BY RANDY.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>>
HI.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS -- ALVAREZ.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION.
PLANNING COMMISSION --
NETWORK OF -- ONE SEATTLE PLAN.
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
ARE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING OUR
VISION OF A SEATTLE WHERE ALL
RESIDENTS LIVE IN GREAT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE ACCESSIBLE AND CONNECTED TO
THE REST OF THE CITY AND THE
REGION, RARLDLESS OF OUR INCOME
OR
THE TYPES OF HOUSING WE CALL
HOME.
IMPLEMENTING IS CRUCIAL TO
SUCCESS.
THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS
MAINTAINING THE
ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES OF
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS TO MAXIMIZE
HAVING
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
BOTH EXISTING AND NEW SMALL
BUSINESSES, REDUCING
THE BOUNDARIES AT THIS POINT
DOES NOT SUPPORT THE VISION OF
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE BRADLEY,
CALLER NUMBER 29, FOLLOWED BY
RANDY
AND THEN MARCY.
GOOD MORNING, BRADLEY.
PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR
ME OKAY?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BRAD CORY, RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT 3 AND BUSINESS
OWNER, ARCHITECT AND
DEVELOPER AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK
ON COUNCIL BILL 120993.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
ADOPT POLICIES THAT WOULD CREATE
AN EQUITABLE AND POSITIVE
FUTURE FOR ALL OF
SEATTLE'S RESIDENTS BY ALLOWING
FOR THE
INCREASED PRODUCTION OF HOUSING
AT ALL
INCOME AND AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.
THIS IS WILL HELP US
INCREASE ACCESS TO PARKS AND
SCHOOLS
WHICH ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONES.
PLEASE ELIMINATE ALL PARKING
REQUIREMENTS.
ALLOW HIGHER DENSITY LIMITS TO
ENCOURAGE STACKED FLATS,
EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF MAJOR
TRANSIT
TO INCLUDE SEATTLE'S FREQUENT
TRANSIT DEFINITION, RELY ON
LOT COVERAGE AND DO NOT
APPLY AMENITY AREA REQUIREMENTS
TO
THE NR ZONES.
PLEASE EXEMPT
ACCESSORY ING UNIT FROM BEING
COUNTED TOWARD -- AND FROM
COUNTING
TORK PARKING AND FAR
REQUIREMENTS.
PLEASE PLICITY
IN THE CODE.
>> THANK YOU, BRADLEY.
ON DECK WE HAVE RANDY AND
MARCEEIA, WE'LL GO BACK TO BILL
SCOTT, BILL SCOTT, CAN YOU HEAR
US?
YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6.
THERE WE GO.
HEY,
BILL.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO
AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> LOOK, FABULOUS, TO SAVE YOU
ALL THE RATIONAL AND GIVE
YOU THE NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN CHECK OFF THE
RIGHT BOXES ON YOUR LIST, OKAY.
I'D LIKE YOU TO VOTE YES
ON AMENDMENT 39, 40, 41, 81,
93, AND 102.
OKAY. THAT'S YES ON 39, 40, 41,
81,
93, AND 102. AND NO ON 76, 7,
84, 34, AND 63.
OKEYDOKE?
>> THANK
YOU.
>> HELLO?
>> WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
WE HEAR YOU.
YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS
LEFT, BILL.
>> NO, I'M WRAPPED UP.
THANKS SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.
TAKE CARE.
>> THANK YOU, BILL.
>> I LIKE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, BILL!
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT WE HAVE RANDY BANAKER.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH,
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, RANDY
BANAKER SPEAKING TO COUNCIL BILL
19
20993.
SPECIFICALLY AMENDMENT- WISE WE
ASK THAT YOU ADOPTADOPT
SAKA'S AMENDMENT 77, THAT
WOULD PLACE COTTAGE HOUSING ON
EQUAL FOOTING WITH STACKED
FLATS.
COTTAGES ARE AN IMPORTANT
HOUSING TYPE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES
TO PURCHASE AND BEGIN
BUILDING HOME EQUITY.
AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR HARD WORK ON
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, RANDY.
BILL JUST GAVE US OUR DAILY
WASHINGTON STATE KEYNOTE
NUMBERS FOR EVERYONE.
JUST PLAYING.
MARCEEIA, YOU ARE NEXT.
FOLLOWED BY ANN -- ANN --
THAT'S
A DUPLICATE.
APOLOGIES.
PAMELA IS NEXT,
33, FOLLOWED BY GREG, CALLER
NUMBER 34.
WE'RE ON CALLER NUMBER 31.
>> HI.
THIS IS MARCIA.
AM I REACHING YOU?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, MARCIA.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
MY NAME IS MARCIA FROM
DISTRICT 5 AND I URGE YOU TO
CONFIRM
AMENDMENT 93 AND 102.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER LISA RETURNED
FROM -- TO SEATTLE AFTER
SEVERAL YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO,
SHE
SAID HOW CALMING IT WAS HERE AND
AFTER A WHILE, SHE SAID, TREES.
WE KNOW HEAT RELATED DEATHS
RISE DUE TO LACK OF SHADE AS
CLIMATE
CHANGE ESCALATES.
WE KNOW TREES GIVE US CLEAN AIR
AND WE KNOW TREES ADD BEAUTY AND
GRACE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE CURRENT PLAN ASSUMES NEW
HOUSING, REQUIRES
PERMISSION TO LEVEL MOST TREES
ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, URBAN PLANNERS
AND ARCHITECTS HAVE
PROVIDED EFFECTIVE PLANS, WHICH
INCLUDE PLENTY OF TREES.
WHILE MORE HOUSING IS CLEARLY
NEEDED, WE MUST NOT
SACRIFICE THE BEAUTY, SHADE,
CLEAN
AIR, AND CALM OUR TREES PROVIDE
FOR
THE SAKE OF EASIER DEVELOPMENT.
TREE STRIPPING LEAVES AN
UNHEALTHY AND UGLY LEGACY
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES
ON AMENDMENTS 93 AND 102.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE PAMELA FOLLOWED
BY GREG SMITH.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER,
WHEN YOU HEAR THE DING, YOU HAVE
TEN SECONDS LEFT IN YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL, THAT'S
JUST THE TEN SECOND
REMINDER DURING YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT. PAMELA, YOU'RE
UP.
GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU'RE UNMUTED.
PAMELA, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND
TALK, MAYBE YOUR PHONE IS MUTED.
BUT WE SEE YOU --
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK ON AMENDMENTS 34, 39,
76 AND 86.
I OPPOSE AMENDMENT 34, RESIDENTS
IN THESE PROPOSED
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS HAVE NOT
HAD TIME TO
ENGAGE WITH COUNCIL.
PLEASE USE CURRENT REZONES IN
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN
BEFORE ADDING CENTERS.
I SUPPORT 39 OVER
300 NEIGHBORS IN THE BRYANT AREA
SIGNED
A PETITION IN FAVOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT, INCLUDING ME AS A
30 YEAR
RESIDENT. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
WELCOMES
INCREASED DENSITY AND WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE CRITERIA TO
MEET
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, BUT WE
DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE THE
SERVICES FOR
WALKABILITY AND OUR
ZONING DOESN'T ALLOW FOR MORE
RETAIL SERVICES AT THIS TIME.
THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT SUCH AS
THIS.
I OPPOSE 76, WHICH
ELIMINATES FREQUENT TRANSIT
SERVICE FOR THE
ENTIRETY OF THE BILL AND HAS
NOT BEEN PROPERLY VETTED.
I OPPOSE AMENDMENT 86, THE
COUNCIL EXPRESSED TO
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THE ONLY PART
OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN BEING
DECIDED ON ARE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- THIS
AMENDMENT GOES BEYOND THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PAMELA.
NEXT WE HAVE GREG
SMITH, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY NUTT.
JUST -- AUDREY, YOU'RE NOT
PRESENT, BUT JUST GOING TO
CALL YOUR NAME OUT AND THEN
JAMES
GANTT.
GREG SMITH.
GREG?
GO AHEAD AND PRESS --
>> CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> NOW WE CAN, GO AHEAD, GREG.
>> THIS IS GREG SMITH, I LIVE
ON CAPITOL HILL.
I LOVE LIVING HERE.
MY GROCERY STORE IS TWO BLOCKS
AWAY, PHARMACY THREE BLOCKS
AWAY, MY FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP IS
BLOCK AWAY, SHOPS
AND RESTAURANTS EVERYWHERE.
IT IS REALLY A WONDERFUL WAY TO
LIVE.
I WOULD LIKE A LOT MORE
PEOPLE TO GIVE TO LIVE THIS WAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU
TO VOTE FOR ALL THE AMENDMENTS
TO ADD MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
AND INCREASE THE SIZE
OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
THESE WOULD BE AMENDMENTS 34,
33, AND VERSIONS C OF 43, 46,
47, 48 AND 49.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE
AMENDMENTS THAT SHRINK THE
SIZE OF PROPOSED CENTERS.
THESE WOULD BE TO PLEASE VOTE
AGAINST AMENDMENTS 39, 40, 41,
38, 35, 36, 38.
LET'S CREATE AN EVEN BETTER
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
AUDREY NUTT, YOU ALREADY WENT.
I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S A
DUPLICATE.
JAMES GANTT FOLLOWED BY GENE
TRENT.
JAMES GANTT, YOU ARE UP.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
ENERGY AND DEDICATION TO OUR
CITY.
I'M 100% DISABLED COMBAT
VETERAN
WHO FOUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AND
IRAQ.
MY WIFE AND I LOVE SEATTLE,
BUT WE PLAN TO LIVE OUT OUR
YEARS.
I SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 39, 40,
41, 81, 93, AND 102.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THESE.
THEY ARE PRACTICAL,
COMMUNITY MINDED POLICIES THAT
STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD
PLANNING, HISTORIC
PROTECTIONS, TREE
RETENTION, WHICH ARE ALL
ESSENTIAL FOR OUR
CITY'S LIVABILITY.
I DO NOT SUPPORT AMENDMENT 7,
34, 63, 76 AND 84.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THESE.
THEY HAVE CRITICAL PARKING
REQUIREMENTS, RISK
DISPLACING RESIDENTS WITHOUT
SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY INPUT OR
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR
SERVICE TO SEATTLE AND FOR
CONSIDERING THE VOICES OF
NEIGHBORS LIKE ME WHO CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> THAT WAS NICE.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
YOU'RE OFF MUTE, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> I JUST REALIZED THAT.
I'M
SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
GENE, YOU ARE NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
OH, GREAT.
I'M JEAN, A 5-0- YEAR RESIDENT
OF
SEATTLE, I'M AN
APARTMENT DWELLER NOW.
I JOIN OTHERS WHO WANT TO
GUIDE THE CITY'S GROWTH MORE
LIKE
CITIES LIKE NEW YORK, BOSTON,
SA COMA AND PORTLAND WHO ALL
ADDED PROTECTIONS TO
MAINTAIN LIVABILITY IN THEIR
CITIES.
WE'RE NOT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
A
NATURAL DESERT.
WE ARE THE EMERALD
CITY. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT
HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE GROWTH IS
INEVITABLE, BUT HAPHAZARD GROWTH
GROWTH DOES NOT HELP YOUNG
PEOPLE
STAY HERE AND MAINTAIN A FUTURE.
HAPHAZARD BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS
NOT PROVIDING ANYTHING
AFFORDABLE.
I BELIEVE IT IS A FALSE
CHOICE TO SAY THAT LIVABILITY
AND
AFFORDABILITY ARE EXCLUSIVE.
WE MUST BE REALISTIC.
OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS.
PLEASE VOTE FOR 93 AND 102
TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES AND PROTECT
PLANNING AREAS AND TREES.
>> THANK YOU, JEAN.
CHECK IN, THIS IS SPEAKER
NUMBER 38.
SO WE'RE AT 38.
WE HAVE DELEAH, NISSAN, AND AMY.
AND I BUTCHERED YOUR NAME AND I
APOLOGIZE.
DELEAH, YOU ARE UP.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6, STAR
6.
WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
>> OKAY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR
YOU.
>> HELLO.
>>
YES. GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD
MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS DELEAH GOLD.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 IN SEATTLE.
I, THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE
FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT
TO
THIS REALLY COMPLEX ISSUE
AND FOR CONTINUING TO HEAR OUR
VOICES.
DURING THE PROCESS, LIKE
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, I'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED THAT BUILDING
DENSITY WHILE CONSERVING THE
URBAN
CANOPY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
ACCOMPLISHED BY OTHER
CITIES NEARBY AND AROUND THE
WORLD AND
FORTUNATELY I THINK THERE ARE A
LOT OF AMENDMENTS NOW PROPOSED
THAT MAKE SEATTLE ABLE TO AVOID
CLEAR CUTTING OF OUR CITY WITH
THE RATIONAL THAT IT IS THE
ONLY WAY TO PROVIDE OUR MUCH-
NEEDED URGENT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SO I URGE THETHE TO
ESPECIALLY PROTECT TREES
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO VOTE YES
ON AMENDMENTS 93 AND 102, TO
ALSO VOTE YES ON AMENDMENTS 92
AND
94.
AND AMENDMENT 77 AND TO VOTE NO
ON AMENDMENT --
>> THANK YOU, DELEAH.
NEXT WE HAVE NISSAN FOLLOWED
BY AMY STORM.
>> NISSAN.
>> NISSAN, THANK YOU.
OH, YOU'RE GOOD.
>> YEAH, GOOD, OKAY.
MY NAME IS
NISSAN HARRELL, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT ON COUNCIL BILL 12
0985. I REPRESENT AIR LIVING, A
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT
PROVIDES INDEPENDENT ASSISTED
LIVING AND MEMORY CARE
OPTIONS IN THE NORTH SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 35 YEARS
AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO
FOR
ANOTHER 35 YEARS AND BEYOND.
I SPEAK TO THE STRONG SUPPORT
OF THE INCLUSION OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN AS PROPOSED
IN
THE NEWEST MAP FOR AMENDMENT 34.
AND THE INCLUSION OF OUR ENTIRE
CAMPUS, IN SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER.
THE CREATION OF A BROADVIEW
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WILL
EXPAND THE ABILITY TO LIVE
IN A COMPLETE
AND THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN
COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF
OUR COMMENTS
TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
CONTACT
US WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE ONE
SEATTLE PLAN AND
FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A
BRIGHT FUTURE
IN OUR
CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE AMY STORM,
FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ.
AMY.
MY NEW NAME IS COUNCILMEMBER
STAR
6.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS AMY STORM.
I'M A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.
I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
BUT I KNOW IT COULD BE BETTER.
WHEN MY NEIGHBORS MOVE
OUT AND THEIR HOUSES ARE BOUGHT
BY
A DEVELOPER WHO TEARS THEM
DOWN, IT CREATES MORE EXPENSIVE
HOUSING. WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF
EATERIES AND WALKING DISTANCE
WITH
NO ACCESSIBLE GROCERY STORE OR
COMMUNITY INDOOR SPACES.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A
WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I
SUPPORT AMENDMENT 17, AMENDMENT
34,
AMENDMENT 60, 61, 63 AND
66, AMENDMENT 78, AMENDMENT
84, AMENDMENT 89 AND AMENDMENT
91.
ADDITIONALLY, CONSIDER ADDING
AN AMENDMENT TO ENCOURAGE NEW
CONSTRUCTION TO BE PAINTED
IN FUN COLORS.
WINTER HERE IS DEPRESSING
ENOUGH.
WE DON'T NEED MORE GRAY
AND BEIGE BOXES, PLEASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I AM DONE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> I LIKE HER TOO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE
OFF MUTE.
>> OH, MY GOD!
I'M SORRY!
I KEEP HAVING THESE BOOMER
MOMENTS.
I APOLOGIZE.
I GOT TWO SCREENS GOING.
SORRY!
>> BOOMER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND -- AWESOME, SHE'S ON
MUTE
AGAIN, THANK YOU.
ALBERTO, YOU ARE UP, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR BOLD LEADERSHIP, AND
EMPATHY FOR THE WORKING CLASS.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO WELCOME NEW FAMILIES, ELDERS
ON
FIXED INCOME AND YOUNG WORKING
PEOPLE BY ADDING THE EIGHT NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
AS OUR POPULATION SURPASSES
800,000, IT WAS REPORTED THAT
LESS PEOPLE ARE OWNING CARS.
ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES AND
BUILDING VERTICALLY ARE THE BEST
WAYS TO PROTECT TREE CANOPY AND
PROVIDE HOMES FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
I FULLY SUPPORT EXPANDING EVERY
PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
ACROSS THE CITY.
VOTE FOR NEW FAMILIES, VOTE FOR
ELDERS ON FIXED INCOME,
VOTE FOR YOUNG WORKERS AND VOTE
FOR --
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALBERTO.
NEXT WE HAVE CATHERINE BAILEY
FOLLOWED BY ELAINA AND THEN
DAMIAN.
THAT'S CALLER NUMBER 43.
CALLER 43.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN.
LOUD AND CLEAR.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS
CATHERINE BAILEY, RESIDENT FOR
THE LAST 30
YEARS, BORN AND RAISED IN
SEATTLE.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
AMENDMENT 35 FOR COUNCIL BILL
120985.
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT NEEDS
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER, BUT REQUESTS REDUCTION
OF
APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES OF THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
WE HAVE A VERY FRAGILE
FROG MOORE CREEK AND WATERSHED
AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED
AND
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AREA
THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING
A MASSIVE CULVERT
RECONSTRUCTION IS MAINTAINED AND
THAT
SALMON SALMON FLOW THROUGH THAT
CREEK AGAIN AND PROTECTED.
WE ALSO ARE SUBJECT TO THE 1. 7
TO 2 MILLION CARS, TRAFFIC
COMING FROM THE FERRY DOCK AND
WANT TOO PROTECT SOME OF THE
AREAS THAT FLOW TO --
>>
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE E NEXT,
ELAINA FOLLOWED BY DAMIAN.
GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
WE CAN.
GOOD MORNING.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
YOU'RE OFF MUTE TO US ON THE
ZOOM, BUT YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE
ON MUTE.
>> HOW ABOUT
NOW.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
AWESOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ELLANA, A NEW HOMEOWNER.
WHILE I SUPPORT EFFORTS
TO ADDRESS SEATTLE'S HOUSING
CRISIS, I OPPOSE AMENDMENTS
33 AND 34 WITH A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND UPZONING
35th AVENUE.
THESE AREAS AREN'T EQUIPPED
FOR THAT LEVEL OF DENSITY.
TRAFFIC IS ALREADY A MAJOR
ISSUE, ESPECIALLY NEAR SCHOOLS
WITH INCREASED CONGESTION
WILL ONLY RAISE SAFETY RISKS FOR
CHILDREN.
ENVIRONMENTALLY WE RISK
LOSING OLD GROWTH TREES,
WETLANDS, BALD
EAGLE HABITATS.
FURTHERMORE, CURRENT PROPOSALS
DID NOT ADDRESS PARK NEEDS OR
PUBLIC TRANSIT CHALLENGES.
PARKING IS ALREADY
VERY DIFFICULT AND PUBLIC
TRANSIT IS NOT NEARLY AS
FREQUENT OR
RELIABLE ENOUGH IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPORT
GREATER DENSITY.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT
39, 40, 41, 81, 93 AND 102 AND
PLEASE -- 34, 7, 86.
A BETTER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE
TO FOCUS ON SAND POINT WAY, TO
LIVE
IN THESE --
>> THANK YOU.
DAMIAN, YOU'RE OFF MUTE BUT IT
IS YOUR TURN RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE
GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT IN
6 AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TOTO A
PLAN THAT SUPPORTS MORE
HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS
AMENDMENTS THAT EXPAND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY
BONUS÷÷CITYWIDE, THAT INCREASE
THE BONUS FOR STACKED FLATS AND
THE
LAND USE CODE TO
HELP INCENTIVIZE THE STACKED
FLATS AND TO EXPAND AND CREATE
MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
THIS HELPS CREATE WALKABLE --
MORE WALKABLE AND
CLIMATE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IN
EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO URGE PASSING
AMENDMENTS THAT GET US TO THE
THE
SUCCESSFUL HOUSING, WHICH IS
SORRY LACKING THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THE PLAN'S UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO BIG AND CREATE GREENER
MORE
AFFORDABLE SEATTLE THAT
WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DAMIAN.
NEXT WE HAVE NEIL BUCHANAN
AND MARY PETERSON AND MIKE GAIN.
WE'RE ON CALLER NUMBER 46.
CALLER NUMBER 46.
NEIL BUCHANAN.
GOOD MORNING.
STAR 6.
THIS IS NEIL BUCHANAN.
THE RCW REGARDING MENTAL HOUSING
STATES THAT A CITY IS SUBJECT OF
REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1A AND
B, IT MUST ALLOW SIX TO NINE --
TO ACHIEVE THE DENSITY D.
IT INCLUDES THE
DEFINITION -- WITH NGLE FAMILY
HOMES.
WHEN THE CITY IS SELECTING
THE TYPE OF UNITS TO BE ALLOWED,
TOWNHOUSES, IT IS NOT A GENERIC
TERM, IT IS DEFINED BY THE RCW
AND PART OF THE DEFINITION
OF COMPATIBILITY COMPONENT.
THE CITY NEEDS TO ADDRESS
COMPATIBILITY, AND USE TASS IT
AS
A GUIDE
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, NEIL.
WE HAVE MARY PETERSON
FOLLOWED BY MIKE GAIN.
WE'RE ON CALLER NUMBER 47.
GOOD MORNING,
MARY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMMENT ON THE COMP PLAN.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6 OVER IN
NORTHWEST BALLARD.
AND I'M AN OLD PERSON.
I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN.
AND I AM FOR ALL THE
AMENDMENTS THAT INCREASE
HOUSING,
STACKED HOUSING FOR ALL THE
AMENDMENTS THAT REDUCE
RESTRICTIONS SO
MORE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT.
GROWTH IS INEVITABLE AND WE
CAN FIGHT IT, BUT IT IS STILL
INEVITABLE.
I THINK THAT THE CITY IS --
AND THE CITY PLANNERS
ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HAVE
THE EXPERTISE TO PERMIT AND
WORK THESE AMENDMENTS IN
A WAY THAT IS NOT GOING TO JUST
DECIMATE
THE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, PLEASE, ADOPT THE
AMENDMENT THAT WILL INCREASE
HOUSING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE MIKE GAIN
AND BEATRICE AND THEN JUDY.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE SEE YOU ON MUTE, PRESS STAR
6.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MIKE.
WE'LL GO TO BEATRICE.
HI, BEATRICE, PRESS STAR 6.
STAR 6.
THERE WE GO.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
I AM A 45 PLUS EYRE YEAR
HOMEOWNER IN
ALKAI WHERE WE RAISED OUR
FAMILY.
WE BOTH RETIRED FROM CITY
EMPLOYMENT AFTER 25 YEARS,
WE PAY OUR TAXES, VOTE IN EVERY
ELECTION INCLUDING OUR
CITY COUNCIL AND DISTRICT ONE
COUNCILMEMBER.
I EXPECT MY ELECTED LEADERS
TO CONSIDER OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS
BEEN DONE IN THIS CASE.
I'M CALLING TO REQUEST
RESPECTFULLY THAT IN AMENDMENT
34 THAT ALKAI IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER BE REMOVED FROM
CONSIDERATION UNTIL WE ARE
AFFORDED THE SAME
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND
COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOOD CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER EXCUSE ME
RESIDENTS HAVE
RECEIVED.
I WOULD SAY THAT EXISTING
ZONING AND ALKAI IS HIGH.
WE ALREADY HAVE INCREASED
TRAFFIC, REDUCED PARKING AND
A STRAIN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WELL AS INCREASED SAFETY
CONCERNS. I REQUEST THAT WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY --
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE JUDY.
WE HAVE MIKE.
I'M SORRY.
I APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVE -- THAT WAS MY BAD.
MIKE, WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>
WE SURE CAN. GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M A REALTOR, DEVELOPER, I
URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON
THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
ON
ALKAI OR REMOVE IT FROM
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WHAT WE DON'T NEED IS
OUTSIDERS WHO REALLY DON'T KNOW
OUR COMMUNITY TELLING US WHAT
WE WANT OR NEED WITHOUT ANY OF
OUR
INPUT. CALLING REZONED AREAS A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS
MISLEADING. MANY THINK IT IS A
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING.
I FOUND THE COMPLETE
COMMUNITY'S COALITION
STATEMENTS AND
CLAIMS TO ONLY BE HALF TRUTHS.
THEIR PROPOSAL WILL NOT INCREASE
DENSITY.
BUT IT WILL AND IT WILL NOT --
IT WILL ADD -- IT WILL NOT
ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT WILL TAKE AWAY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE PROPOSAL WILL REMOVE
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES,
DUPLEXES,
TRIPLEXES FOR PROPOSED BUILDING
AND FLATS.
WE HAVE A VERY POPULAR AND
DESIRABLE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND COMMUNITY WITH A VERY --
>>
THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT WE HAVE
JUDY.
HI, JUDY, GOOD MORNING.
>> YES.
JUST LET'S SEE, JUST NINE YEARS
AGO THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED TWO HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
NOW, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE
FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
CHANGE IT
DRAMATICALLY.
I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES ON
40, YES ON AMENDMENT 81,
WHICH WILL HELP, AND THEN ON
TREES,
91, YES, 93, YES, 102, YES,
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VOTEVOTE
55, 56, 57.
AND 58.
ALSO -- AND 59, AND TO VOTE NO
ON AMENDMENT 72 VERSION 1.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JUDY.
NEXT WE HAVE ZACH
HOWELL FOLLOWED BY SUSAN McNALLY
AND MARK AND ZACH IS SPEAKER
NUMBER
52.
GOOD
MORNING, ZACH.
>> HELHELLO.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY LAST MONTH
I BOUGHT A HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH
IT ALMOST COST A MILLION
DOLLARS.
I HOPE WEST GREEN LIGHT
BECOMES A PLACE PEOPLE WILL
TRAVEL
TO, NOT JUST TRAVEL THROUGH.
ON THAT DAY I'LL PROBABLY
BE ABLE TO SAY I LIVE IN WEST
GREEN
LIGHT AND PEOPLE WILL SAY,
OH, VERY NICE.
I SUPPORT ALL THE NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD VENDORS INCLUDING
THE EIGHT MORE PROPOSED BY
RINCK, AS ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD INCLUDE A
HOUSING
DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, ZACH.
NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN FOLLOWED BY
MARK.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
WE SEE YOU ONLINE.
AWESOME.
>> YES, HI.
NY NAME IS SUSAN M cNALLY.
AND I'M CALLING IN
ABOUT AMENDMENT 34 THAT REGARDS
CROWN
HILL. I LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR
33
YEARS.
AS A RENTER.
AND AGE OF 62 WAS FINALLY
ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE HERE.
AND NOW THIS AMENDMENT
APPEARS THAT WOULD FOREVER
ALTER EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE.
THE CALM, THE GREEN SPACE, THE
TREE CANOPY, THE SMALL SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL, WHICH
IS WHY I PURCHASED A HOME HERE.
THIS FEELS RANDOM ON CROWN HILL.
IS NOT ON THE WAY TO
ANYTHING.
THERE IS NO
INFRASTRUCTURE, NO RAPID SIT,
PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE WOULD NEED TO HAVE CARS.
AS FOR THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH YOU SPEAK OF, I ONLY
FOUND OUT
ABOUT THIS BY LOOKING IN THE
TELEPHONE POLE IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON 34.
>> THANK YOU, SUSAN.
NEXT IS MARK FOLLOWED BY
CATHERINE AND ETHAN.
WE'RE ON SPEAKER NUMBER 54,
MARK FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE, 55
AND
ETHAN, NUMBER 56.
GOOD MORNING, MARK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARK,
HOMEOWNER
IN WONDERFUL SEATTLE AND
I'M ADDRESSING THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN BILL.
I SUPPORT DENSER DEVELOPMENT
SEATTLE TO ACCOMMODATE
NEW HOUSING AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
BUT MY SUPPORT IS BASED ON
HAVING A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS
THAT ALLOWS FOR ENGAGEMENT FROM
A
WIDE VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE
ARE AMENDMENTS THAT LOOK
TO CIRCUMVENT THE BASIC
COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED PROCESS.
AND ROBUST PLANNING.
AMENDMENT 34 IS ONE OF THESE
AMENDMENTS.
IT REJECTS THE
MULTIYEAR PLANNING AND FEEDBACK
CYCLE
THAT HAS SUPPORTED
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS YOU
HEARD FROM
OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY.
IT IS A BROKEN POLITICAL
PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS.
IT IS THE AMENDMENT HAS
MERIT, BRING IT OUT OF THE
SHADOWS
AND EXPOSE IT TO A FULL AND
ROBUST
EVALUATION. PLEASE REJECT THIS
LAST
MINUTE
ADDITION OF AMENDMENT 34 AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
NEXT CATHERINE FOLLOWED BY
ETHAN AND DEBORAH.
CATHERINE, CALLER 55, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> MY NAME IS CATHERINE, GOOD
MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF
MY HUSBAND TED LOCKERY WHO IS
TEACHING AND UNABLE TO ATTEND.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT AMENDMENT
34, WHICH WOULD REZONE SOUTH
WALLINGFORD FOR BUILDINGS UP
TO EIGHT STORIES
TALL. MY CONCERNS ARE WITH THE
PROCESS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF
THIS
PROPOSAL.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ADDED
ON AUGUST 4th, BYPASSING THE TEN
MONTH PUBLIC REVIEW, AND
INTRODUCING SUCH A
DRASTIC CHANGE WHEN FAMILIES ARE
AWAY
OR FOCUSED ON THE START OF
SCHOOL
SHUT MANY RESIDENTS OUT.
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS UNDERMINES
PUBLIC
TRUST. SOUTH WALLINGFORD IN THE
CITY IN
GENERAL HAVE RECENTLY BEEN
REZONED TO
ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL GROWTH,
ADDING
MORE HEIGHT ON NARROW ONE
LANE RESIDENTIAL STREETS IS
EXCESSIVE AND OUT OF SCALE.
GROWTH IS WELCOMED WHEN IT IS
TRANSPARENT, WELL PLANNED AND
34 FAILS ON ALL ACCOUNTS.
PLEASE REJECT IT AND THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO --
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
NEXT IS ETHAN
FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH HENDRICKSON.
ETHAN M cCUE, GO AHEAD AND PRESS
STAR 6.
>> MY NAME IS ETHAN, EVERYONE
IS MENTIONING TREES AND MY
OPINION WHICH IS NOT ARGUING IN
GOOD
FAITH.
THEY DON'T CARE TO SUGGEST
SOLUTIONS.
WE'RE POTENTIALLY 250,000
HOUSING UNITS SHORT OF WHAT WE
NEED AS A
CITY. HOW WE GROW MATTERS.
BUT WE MUST
GROW. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
PUSHED FOR GOING BEYOND WHAT THE
MAY PROCEDURE HE POSED.
BOB KETTLE, THANK YOU FOR
TRYING YOUR BEST TO EDUCATE YOUR
CONSTITUENTS.
IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
I HOPE YOU SUPPORT
ALL AMENDMENTS THAT PUSH THE
PLAN
FURTHER ESPECIALLY RINCK AND
NELSON. THE OUTCOMES OF HOW MANY
HOUSES
ACTUALLY GET BUILT RELATIVE
TO OUR SHORTAGE NEEDS TO BE ON
OUR
METRIC. IF IT GETS TOO LOW,
THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR CITY WILL
WORSEN.
IN REFERENCE TO CROWN HILL, I
WALKED THERE, IT IS TALLY
WALKABLE, YOU CAN GET THERE,
THAT'S MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ETHAN.
NEXT WE HAVE DEBORAH HENDRICKSON
AND DANIEL NYE AND RUTH HOOPER.
>> MY NAME IS DEBORAH
HENDRICKSON.
I'M A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT
WITH
A HOME IN THE ALKAI AREA.
CO-FOUNDER OF THE
HARBOR NEIGHBORS GROUP WHICH
INCLUDES
170 LOCAL RESIDENTS HERE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT
YOU DO NOT INCLUDE
ALKAI AS A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN YOUR VOTE
IN THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. IT WAS
ADDED AT THE LAST
MINUTE IN JULY WITHOUT ANY
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL PUBLIC
INFORMATION OR
DIALOGUE.
THIS IS IN CONTRAST TO EXTENSIVE
COMMUNICATION THAT OCCURRED
IN NEARLY ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE PLAN.
WE NEED TIME TO UNDERSTAND
ALL THE IMPLICATIONS FROM
INCLUDING
ALKAI AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
THIS IS NOT ONLY IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF ALKAI, IT IS IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ONE
SEATTLE PLAN.
I HOPE YOU SERVE ALL THE
PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE, INCLUDING ALKAI, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, DEBORAH.
NEXT, DANIEL NYE AND RUTH
HOOPER.
>> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS DAN
NYE, 37 YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST
SEATTLE. WE'RE SUPPORTED BY
OVER 250
NEIGHBORS.
OUR GOALS INCLUDE PROTECTING THE
FORESTS AND SCHMIDT'S PARK
BY HELPING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE
PARK CREATE A
PATCHWORK QUILT OF GARDENS AND
PLANTINGS AROUND THE PARK.
WE HAVE BECOME CONCERNED BECAUSE
THE PROPOSAL TO ADD ALKAI TO THE
PLAN WOULD ALLOW FURTHER REMOVAL
OF TREES, PLANTS AND
OTHER SPECIES FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE
PARK.
WE NEED LOTS OF TIME TO
WORK WITH THAT AND TELL YOU WHAT
OUR
PLANS ARE.
PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ALKAI AS
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN IN YOUR
SEPTEMBER
2025 VOTE.
WE'LL BE SENDING IN OUR WRITTEN
COMMENTS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO DO THIS IMPORTANT
TO PROTECT --
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL.
NEXT, RUTH HOOPER AND PETER AND
THEN DEAN.
SO RUTH HOOPER.
HI, RUTH, CAN YOU HEAR US?
YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
YOUR PHONE MAY
BE ON MUTE, BUT YOU'RE OFF MUTE
TO US.
YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE ON MITE.
WE'LL COOK WE'LL COME BACK TO
YOU.
>> HERE I AM.
HERE I AM.
HELLO.
>> HI, RUTH.
>> HELLO.
HI.
I'M RUTH, RIGHT NEAR VALLEY
AND THE 37th DISTRICT.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON
AMENDMENTS 93 AND 102 TO CB
102993.
WE CAN HAVE HOUSING AND TREES.
WE MUST HAVE BOTH HOUSING AND
TREES.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY DID A STUDY WHERE
THEY
FOUND TREES CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE OF 20 DEGREES
DURING A HEAT
WAVE. 20 DEGREES IN A HEAT WAVE
IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND
DEATH.
YEARS OF SURVEYS
CONDUCTED BY YALE SHOW THAT THE
LARGE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
U.S. AREN'T CONCERNED
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND WE WANT
YOU
TO TAKE IT EAR JUSTICELY
AND THAT MEANS THAT TREES MUST
BE
A
HIGH PRIORITY IN SEATTLE ALONG
WITH HOUSING.
PLEASE VOTE FOR AMENDMENT 93 AND
102, THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE PETER AND
DEAN AND WE ARE AT SPEAKER
NUMBER
61 WITH PETER AND WE HAVE 119
TOTAL
SIGNED UP. SO PETER, YOU ARE UP.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS PETE, LONG TIME
DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A
POINT THAT HAS BEEN SADLY
MISSING
FOR MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE GREATER DENSITY IN OUR
CITY, WE ALSO NEED TO
PROVIDE GREATER ACCESS TO THE
PLACES
AND EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE
SEATTLE
A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE.
AMENDMENT 97 WITH SETBACKS
ALONG QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT IS FAR TOO SMALL A
STEP, SHOULD BE EXPANDED
TO ADD ALL BOULEVARDS.
THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT PARTS OF
SEATTLE'S GREEN LEGACY AND
PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTED
RESOURCE OF TREES AND OPEN SPACE
FOR ALL.
I URGE YOU TO INCLUDE THOSE
PLACES.
TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD
BE SHORTSIGHTED AND DEEPLY
INEQUITABLE. I WOULD NOTE THERE
ARE
UNDEVELOPED BOULEVARDS IN
BALLARD, WHITTIER HEIGHTS AND
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
GET BEHIND A PROJECT TO BRING
THOSE TO LIGHT, YOU CAN SIGN ME
UP TO
HELP.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE DEAN FOLLOWED
BY STEVEN JOHNSON AND THEN TIM
DeMARCO.
DEAN, STAR 6 AND YOU'RE GOOD TO
GO.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS DEAN.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF
THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 25
YEARS AND WITH MANY OF MY
NEIGHBORS I
URGE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT 39.
CONTRARY TO THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN, BRYANT DOES NOT HAVE
A VIBRANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
IT IS HOME TO TWO RETAIL
BUSINESSES.
BRYANT IS BY NO STRETCH OF
THE IMAGINATION A TRANSIT HUB OF
ITS TWO BUS LINES, ONE RUNS
JUST HOURLY ON WEEK DAYS AND NOT
AT ALL ON WEEKENDS.
AMENDMENT 39 ADDRESSES THE SHORT
FALLS BY FOCUSING GROWTH
ALONG THE TWO ARTERIALS THAT
EFFECTIVELY DEFINE OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE BEST EQUIPPED
TO DELIVER ON THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN'S PROMISE OF INCREASED
DENSITY.
AMENDMENT 39 --
AVOIDS EXACERBATING ITS
WEAKNESSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR --
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, STEVEN JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY
TIM.
CALLER NUMBER 63.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6.
>> YES.
>> YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THIS IS STEVEN JOHNSON,
DISTRICT 4.
I URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO OPPOSE AMENDMENT 34.
TO BE CLEAR THIS AMENDMENT
34 HAS BEEN SPUN UPON,
OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND THE
COMMUNITY
IN TOTAL.
IT HAD BEEN PROPOSED ON
THE COMMUNITY FROM SOMEONE WHO
DOES NOT LIVE IN THE AREA, IS
NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA OR
THE
COMMUNITY, AND THEN HAS
BEEN PROPOSED WITH NO STUDIES ON
THE
IMPACT OR SCHOOLS OR OTHER OF
THE RESIDENCES HAVE NOT
BEEN INFORMED OF ANY CHACHB,
NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE
MAYOR, NO TOWN HALLS OR EMAILS,
NO
RESPONSES FROM ANY
COUNCILMEMBER TO EMAILS AND
PHONE CALLS
HAVE BEEN MADE TO THEM, THIS
SUGGESTS SOME TACTIC, AN EFFORT
TO
SHOVE AN UNWANTED COMMUNITY DOWN
THE THROATS OF THE COMMUNITY.
LET US NOT TAKE A SLEDGEHAMMER
TO THIS COMMUNITY.
DO NOT PUSH OUT THE CURRENT
RESIDENCES, THE WORKING
FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY AND
EMBRACE THIS COMMUNITY.
NEXT IS TIM AND NATALIE AND
SHAWN.
GOOD MORNING,
TIM.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS TIM DeMARCO, 30- YEAR
RESIDENT, CALLING TODAY
ABOUT AMENDMENT NUMBER 34.
I'M ASKING YOU DO NOT INCLUDE.
ALKAI NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN.
IT WAS ADDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO, LEAVING WEEKS BEFORE
TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS AN IST IC PROCESS.
OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE
GIVEN MORE THAN A YEAR OF
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND
ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN WELL
ADVERTISED PUBLIC
PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, 6 0
DAY PUBLIC
FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITY AND BROAD
OUTREACH THROUGH PRINT, MEDIA,
ADVERTISING AND DOCUMENTED IN
YOUR WEBSITE.
WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAR
UNBIASED FIRST RATE
COMMUNICATION. WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE REMOVE
ALKAI AS A
DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
FROM THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN UNTIL OUR
COMMUNITY IS PROVIDED EDUCATION
AND DIALOGUE WE --
>> THANK YOU, TIM.
NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE AND
SHAWN AND THEN JULIA CHASE.
SPEAKER NUMBER 65.
NATALIE,
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6 AND
SHAWN, YOU'RE ON DECK.
AND JULIA.
NATALIE, PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK
SECOND. STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
SO YOU CAN GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK TO
YOU WHILE YOU ARE DOING THAT.
SHAWN, PRESS STAR 6, TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
WE SEE YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
OF AMENDMENT 39, THE
BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
BRYANT FACES UPZONING OUT OF
SCALE WITH THE TWO RETAIL
IL DISTRICTS WE HAVE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
AVERAGES NEARLY TWO DOZEN
RETAIL BUSINESSES SERVING LOCAL
FOOT
TRAFFIC.
BRYANT'S NEW RESIDENTS WON'T
HAVE THOSE BUSINESSES.
UNDER THE PLAN, 25 SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES ZONED NR 3 WOULD
BE CHANGED TO NR 1, SIX STORY
MULTIFAMILY.
HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON
NR 3 WOULD BE UPZONED TO NR
1 AND THE OTHER 21?
ZERO. BRYANT HAS THE FEWEST
RETAIL BUSINESSES OF ALL
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS.
IT HAS THE EFFECTIVE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF UPZONES.
MANY WITH WELL DEVELOPED
RETAIL DISTRICTS HAVE ZERO
UPZONES TO
MR 1.
IT IS A MISMATCH WITH
THE SERVICES AVAILABLE.
PASSING 39 WOULD LEAVE NINE
PROPERTIES BEING UPSCONED ED
UPZONED TO MR
1.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SHAWN.
NATALIE, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
WE'LL KEEP HOLDING AND
COMING BACK TO YOU, KEEP MOVING
FORWARD BUT KEEP COMING BACK TO
YOU UNTIL YOU GET THE
STAR 6. WE'LL MOVE TO JULIA
CHASE, DARREN JACOBSON, YOU'RE
NEXT AS
WELL.
JULIA, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE SURE CAN.
GOOD
MORNING.
>>
HELLO.
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JULIA CHASE FROMFROM
1.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON
AMENDMENTS 93 AND 102 TO
PROTECT OUR VALUABLE TREE
CANOPY.
145 YEARS AGO IN SEATTLE, IN
1879, THE LAST ORIGINAL TREE
IN SEATTLE WAS
LOGGED. 26 YEARS LATER, IN 1905,
WOMEN PLANTED 2,000 TREES TO
REPLACE THOSE LOST IN THE
SEATTLE FIRE.
THAT ERA PLANTING
TREES NEGLECTED POWER, AUTHORITY
AND
RESOURCES.
PROGRESS CONTINUES.
100 YEARS AFTER THAT FINAL LOG
IN, 40% OF SEATTLE HAD BECOME
RESHADED BY OUR URBAN FORESTS.
IN FACT, IN 1982, SEATTLE
WAS OFFICIALLY NICKNAMED THE
EMERALD CITY, HIGHLIGHTING OUR
TREES.
SADLY OUR TREE CANOPY HAS
SHRUNK. PICTURE THIS, IN 19
YEARS, WE HAVE LOST 255 ACRES OF
TREE
CANOPY, AN AREA THE SIZE OF
GREENLAND.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES.
>> THANK YOU, JULIA.
NATALIE, PRESS STAR 6 IF YOU
CAN.
STAR 6.
>> WE HAVE DARREN -- WE'RE GOING
TO -- DARREN JACOBSON, STAR
6 AND FOLLOWED BY EILEEN.
GOOD MORNING, DARREN.
>> MY NAME IS DARREN JACOBSON,
I LIVE IN DISTRICT
FOUR, THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE I'VE
BEEN RAISING MY 12-YEAR- OLD
SON.
IN THE NEARLY 25 YEARS IN
LIVING IN BRYANT, I
EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND HOW THE
AREA'S CURRENT
GROWTH INCREASED TRAFFIC AND
SOUND, DECREASED AVAILABLE
PARKING, REDUCED
SIGNIFICANT GREEN SPACES AND
TREES, AND
MADE IT MORE DANGEROUS TO RAISE
FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION TO MY
OBSERVATION, THESE FOLLOWING
OBJECTIVE ISSUES
STILL EXIST THAT SUPPORT VOTING
YES ON AMENDMENT 39.
THE FIRST IS THAT SEATTLE
BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE
THE FEWEST NUMBER OF
RETAIL BUSINESSES OF ALL 30
PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
WITH ONLY
TWO.
THE INTERSECTION DOES NOT HAVE A
LARGE COMMERCIAL STRICT,
THERE ARE ONLY THREE, NONE WILL
HAVE
RETAIL SPACE.
THERE IS NO MAJOR TRANSIT
SPOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE YES ON 39,
NO ON 7, NO ON 34, NO ON 76, AND
NO
ON 84.
>> THANK YOU, DARREN.
NEXT WE HAVE LYNN FOLLOWED BY
FRITZ, NATALIE, IF YOU ARE ON,
ONE WE SEE YOU COME OFF
MUTE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO
YOU, STAR 6.
ELAINE, YOU'RE ON.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
LOUD AND CLEAR.
>>
HELLO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WONDERFUL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ELAINE AND I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HUMANE
VOTERS OF WASHINGTON.
WE'RE URGING YOU TO VOTE YES ON
AMENDMENT 93 AND 102 BECAUSE
IF YOU DON'T, 95% OF A LOT
COULD BE
PAVED OVER.
MATURE TREES ARE NOT ONLY
BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE
DESPERATELY NEED THEM, NOT THE
DINKY
ONES THAT DEVELOPERS PLANT
THAT SOMETIMES MAKE IT AND
SOMETIMES
DON'T.
MATURE TREES FIGHT
POLLUTION, ONE OF THE LEADING
THREATS
TO OUR SOUTHERN RESIDENT
ORCAS, IT PROVIDES PROTECTION
FOR
LAND ANIMALS AS WELL.
FOR HUMANS, SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
HAVE SHOWN THAT TREES
REDUCE STRESS LEVELS AND
IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
FOR EXAMPLE, STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT BABIES HAVE HIGHER
BIRTH RATES WHEN A PREGNANT
MOTHER LIVES WITHIN 100 METERS
OF THE
TREE.
SO, PLEASE, USE YOUR POWER
TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE LIVABLE.
ALSO FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS
ALIKE, BY PROTECTING OUR MATURE
TREES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE FRITZ FOLLOWED BY
GARY.
CALLER NUMBER 70 WITH FRITZ AND
71 WITH GARY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, LOUD AND CLEAR.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GREAT.
MY NAME IS FRITZ, I'M A
RETIRED ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
FROM THE
SEATTLE CITY OFFICE.
AND I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE RA
VIENNA AREA.
AND I'M A PROUD OWNER OF
TWO TREES IN THE FRONT YARD, AND
THEY ARE 70, 80, 90 YEARS
OLD, LOVELY TREES THAT PROVIDE A
LOT OF COOLNESS, HABITAT FOR
ANIMALS.
ON HOT DAYS WE HAD LATELY, TO
BE ABLE TO STEP OUT WITH THE
TREES AND ENJOY THE OUTSIDE.
I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT
OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT 93, AND
102, PARTICULARLY 102 WHICH
TAKES
AWAY A LOT OF THE
DISCRETION THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE
NOW TO
TAKE DOWN TREES AND HOWEVER THEY
FEEL TO SITE THEIR TREES,
THEIR LOTS IN ANY WAY THEY WANT.
THEY HAVE TO LOSE THAT
DISCRETION.
WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN THINGS
UP, FAVOR THE TREES, MAKE FOR
A BETTER CITY.
AND LET'S MOVE AHEAD, GET THAT
DONE, AND WE'LL BE A LOT
HAPPIER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, FRITZ.
NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE.
WE STILL SEE YOU, IF YOU
PRESS STAR 6, CAN COME OFF MUTE.
WE WILL FIND YOU, WE'LL
CONTINUE
TO -- WE'LL CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET TO
SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
GARY MAGNUSSON IS NEXT, CALLER
PAULINA LOPEZ AND TRISH ON DECK.
GARY, STAR 6 TO GO AHEAD AND
SPEAK.
>> CALLER 71, GARY.
STAR 6.
STAY THERE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
PAULINA -- YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
OKAY.
ONE SECOND, PAULA.
>> I HIT STAR 6 THREE TIMES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD, GARY.
>> SORRY.
I JUST -- I WANT TO COMMENT
OVERALL.
FIRST, THEY CALL THE PLAN THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN.
I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THIS
UNTIL THE MEETING BEFORE.
IT SHOULD HAVE SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT HOUSING OR
ZONING.
ALSO, WE ONLY GET ONE MINUTE
AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO THIS --
SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE, YOU
SHOULD
DO THIS OVER THREE OR FOUR DAYS
OR A WEEK.
I'M A RESIDENT.
MY HOME I SAVED AND BOUGHT
IT QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
AN APARTMENT ON CAPITOL HILL.
NOW MY HOME, THE WHOLE BLOCK IS
THREE STORY BUILDINGS, SMALL
HOMES.
AND NOW MY HOME CAN BE FIVE
STORIES, WITH NO PARKING AND
I COULD LOSE SUNSHINE IN MY
SMALL
BACKYARD.
I'VE GIVEN 20,000 TO PLITH
PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND
I BELIEVE IN MORE HOUSING.
BUT I STILL THINK WE JUST
HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB
OF ADVERTISING THIS FOR THE
AVERAGE PERSON.
100 AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, GARY.
NEXT WE HAVE PAULINA LOPEZ AND
TRISH.
PAULINA, WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME
IS PAULINA LOPEZ.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY AND I'M A SOUTH
PARK COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR
DISTRICT 1.
FOR OVER 20 YEARS WE HAVE WORKED
ALONGSIDE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS
TO CLEAN UP AND TO PROTECT ONE
OF THE MOST POLLUTED AREAS IN
THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THE VALLEY FACES SOME OF
THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
-- IN
THE COUNTRY FROM TOXIC AIR,
BRINGING 13 YEARS OF LIFE
SHORTER WITH WEALTHIER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
CLIMATE CHANGE
AND GENTRIFICATION CONTINUES TO
PUSH OUR LONG TIME RESIDENTS.
WE URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLAN
AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
DIRECTLY INVESTING IN THE VALLEY
TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES HERE.
PLEASE SUPPORT 16 AMENDMENT TO
THE PLAN, LOW POLLUTION
NEIGHBORHOODS, AMEND 29, 94 AND
104.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE TRISH AND GARY LEE.
TRISH GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> I'M TRISH AND I SUPPORT
AMENDMENT 110 MAILING
NOTICES BECAUSE TEE SPITE THE
STATED
OUTREACH BY THE CITY AT OUR
ANNUAL PARTY IN THE PARK LAST
WEEKEND, I HAD A
REZONE INFORMATION TABLE AND I
SPOKE
TO 60 RESIDENTS AND MOST HAD
NEVER HEARD OF THE SEATTLE
REZONE.
I SUPPORT THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN,
ITS GOAL OF CLUSTER DENSITY IN
CENTERS TO CREATE CAR
FREE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES
THAT SUPPORT BUSINESSES.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT
SUPPORT AMENDMENT 56, 76, AND
ALL AMENDMENTS THAT
CREATE DEVELOPMENT SPRAWL LIKE
FREQUENT
TRANSIT ZONING WHERE INTEREST
IS NOT ENOUGH BUSINESSES TO
SUPPORT
WORK AUTOMOBILE
WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.
THE AVERAGE CAR OWNERSHIP IN
SEATTLE IS 1. 3 CARS PER
HOUSEHOLD.
AND IT IS GREAT IF SOME CAN
LIVE WITHOUT A CAR IN THIS TIME
IN THEIR LIFE, THE IMPACT ON
CHILDREN, AND THOSE WHO NEED
A CAR FOR DAILY LIVING.
>> THANK YOU, TRISH.
NEXT, GARY LEE AND MARK.
GARY, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR.
YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> DEAR CITY COUNCIL,
I'M EXPRESSING THE FOR THE.
NEARLY 800 PEOPLE WHO LIVE,
SHOP, WORK OR OWN BUSINESSES
IN THE PIONEER SQUARE AND
BELLTOWN OR AMENDMENT 21 VERSION
2.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
NELSON, SOLOMON AND SAKA FOR
YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
REGARDING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I'M EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR
AMENDMENT 20, VERSION ONE,
RELATING TO THE SUPPORT OF
CULTURAL HOUSING FOR SENIORS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO
THESE AMENDMENTS BEING ADOPTED.
BOTH THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN AND THE UPCOMING
CORRESPONDING ZONING
REGULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GARY.
NEXT, MARK FOLLOWED BY DENISE.
BEFORE YOU START, MARK, ONE
SECOND, NATALIE, IF YOU CAN
HEAR US, PRESS STAR 6.
NATALIE, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
WE'RE GOING TOO MOVE ON.
MARK, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF AND DENICE YOU'RE UP
ON DECK.
MARK, STAR 6.
SPEAKER NUMBER 75.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO
YOU, MARK.
TO DENISE.
WE'LL COME BACK, MARK.
DENISE, PRESS STAR 6.
WE SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU WENT BACK ON MUTE.
SO, YOU WERE UNMUTE, THERE WE
GO.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DENISE.
I AM CALLING IN AS A RESIDENT
OF THE LAUREL HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS POSSIBLY
GOING TO BE --
TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO
ON THE AMENDMENT.
IT WAS NOT LAWFULLY VETTED OR IN
THE PUBLIC NOTICE.
IT WAS JUST PROPOSED BY
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN OR
REPRESENT
THE COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR COMMUNITY
IS NOT EVEN AWARE OF SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO ZONING ARE UP TO
VOTE. LAUREL HEIGHTS IS MOSTLY
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
FEW BUSINESSES AND NO JOBS.
NO CURRENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT MANY
CARS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO
SUPPORT THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
CURRENTLY WHEN THE MY
DAUGHTER HAS TO RIDE THE BUS OUT
OF
35, 15th AVENUE, THE MOST PEOPLE
SHE ENCOUNTERS DURING COMMUTE
TIME
IS 10.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE
GRIDLOCK THAT IT WOULD CREATE ON
OUR
TINY ONE WAY RESIDENTIAL
STREETS.
AND --
>> THANK YOU, DENISE.
MARK, STAR 6, MARK,
SPEAKER NUMBER 75, STAR 6.
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU,
MARK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO RITA HAYES
AND RUBY.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS RITA HAYES.
I'M A LIFE LONG
SEATTLE RESIDENT AND LIVED IN
WEDGEWOOD SINCE
1948.
TODAY I'M ASKING THE
CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE MY THOUGHTS
INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CASTING YOUR
VOTE TO THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN AND
YOUR VERSION OF HB 1110.
I SUPPORT ALL OF COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S AMENDMENTS, 39, 40,
41, 81, 93 AND 102.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON MR.
SAKA'S AMENDMENT 110.
I'M COMPLETELY OPPOSED
TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S
AMENDMENT 34 FOR MANY REASONS,
MOST ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE
LACK
OF NOTICE AND BECAUSE
OF RESIDENTS IN THE
EIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NOT
BEEN
GIVEN TIME TO COMMENT.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON 34.
I ASK FOR NO VOTES ON AMENDMENT
7, 84, 85, AND 86.
WEDGWOOD STREET WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE OVERFLOW
ON --
AND PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT
74, 78 AND 91 WHICH WILL BOOST
THE BUILDING HEIGHTS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RITA.
NEXT WE HAVE -- BEFORE WE GO
TO MISS HOLLING, ONE SECOND,
I'LL CALL ON MARK AND NATALIE.
DOE AHEAD
AND PRESS STAR 6 IF YOU CAN.
WE SEE RUBY, IT IS YOUR TURN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> RUBY, PLEASE REJECT THIS
COMP
PLAN. IT DOESN'T HAVE A STRONG
ANTIDISPLACEMENT PLAN
FOR FORMERLY RED LINED
COMMUNITIES.
PRESERVING OUR
HOMES, TREES AND GREEN SPACES
FOR LEGACY BLACK
HOMEOWNERS, THE WORKING
CLASS AND THE OLIGARCHS CAN BE
COMPLETED WITH HB 1110.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IN THE
SEEING BIRDS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO
TREES TO HOUSE THEM.
I CAN'T IMAGINE NOT HAVING
GREEN
SPACES THAT SUPPORT OUR MENTAL
HEALTH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE A CONCRETE
JUNGLE THAT IS PRONE TO
FLOODING WHEN IT RAINS, BECAUSE
THERE
IS NO GROUND TO ABSORB
THE RAIN. IN SHORT, WE WON'T
ALLOW YOU
TO -- SO MUCH GROWTH INTO THE
CITY THAT YOU CREATE A FLOOD
PRONE CONCRETE JUNGLE.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT SEATTLE
HAS TREATED POORLY IS
GOING TO BE RESPECTED AND YOU'LL
RESPECT
OUR NEW WEALTHIER --
>> THANK YOU, MISS RUBY.
WE HAVE LUCAS, CALLER NUMBER 80,
AND ROBIN, CALLER NUMBER 81.
LUCAS, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, HELLO, COUNCIL.
I'M A UW GRAD, AND I WORK AT
BLUEPRINT, A LEADING
LOCAL MENTAL HOUSING COMPANY.
PLEASE DO NOT PASS
AMENDMENTS THAT REQUIRE
INCREASES
IN HOUSING THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
VETTED WITH PROFESSIONALS.
I SEE A LOT OF WELL INTENDED
AMENDMENTS, BUT LACK ANALYSIS
AND IMPACT TO HOUSING.
WE'RE IN A HOUSING
CRISIS, NOT A TREE CRISIS, NOT A
DESIGN CRISIS, A
HOUSING CRISIS. PLEASE DON'T
PASS ANY CHANGES TO
THE TREE AMENDMENT NOW, IT
IS TOO IMPORTANT AN
ISSUE, WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO THE
NEW CODE.
WISE WORDS ONCE SAID TO ME, YOU
CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU HAVEN'T
MEASURED. WE CAN PLANT TREES TO
MEET THE
MOMENT, CAN'T PLANT NEW HOUSES.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE ROBIN SWARTZ AND
HEIDI.
WE'RE ON SPEAKER NUMBER 81 AND
82.
GOOD MORNING, 81.
ROBIN, CAN YOU HEAR US?
THIS IS JUST A QUICK CHECK
IN WITH NATALIE AND MARK.
STAR 6.
ON YOUR PHONE.
LITTLE STAR BUTTON AND
THE NUMBER 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE'LL PAUSE HERE, BECAUSE WE
HAVE THREE CALLERS THAT WE
NEED TO GET OFF OF STAR 6 REAL
QUICK.
CAN YOU HEAR US.
WE SEE YOU'RE PRESENT.
YOU ALMOST DID IT ROBIN.
WE SEE YOU COME OFF AND IT
WENT
ON. TAKE YOUR TIME.
YOU'RE ALL
GOOD.
>> HI, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ROBIN SWARTZ, BORN
AND RAISED IN SEATTLE AND
I LIVED IN THE VALLEY FOR THE
PAST 18 YEARS.
I SUPPORT THE LETTER
SUBMITTED BY THE RIVER COMMUNITY
COALITION AS IT REFLECTS THE
VALUES OF MY
COMMUNITY, HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED AND NEGLECTED
BY POLICYMAKES ARE AND IMPACTED
FROM POLICE FROM LUTION.
SOUTH PARK HAS BEEN
DEEPLY AFFECTED BY
GENTRIFICATION AND
MY NEIGHBORS BOTH CURRENT AND
DISPLACED DESERVE
HOUSING ESPECIALLY NOW AS
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES NEW
INVESTMENT AND
RESOURCES.
LOW INCOME, BIPOCK AND OTHER
MEMBERS HAVE SPENT DECADES
TO MAKE SOUTH PARK MORE
LIVABLE. WE SEED ACTIONS FOR
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN.
NEXT WE HAVE -- I'M GOING TO --
WE HAVE HEIDI.
GOOD MORNING, HEIDI.
STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HEIDI.
I HAVE
LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND IN
SEATTLE IN DISTRICT 6 FOR OVER
30 YEARS.
WE'RE APARTMENT DWELLERS
AND LOVE NATURE.
PLEASE VOTE FOR AMENDMENTS 93
AND 102, SMART, HEALTH PROTECTED
AND CARING FOR YOUR CHILDREN
AND OURS.
HUMANS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT
SEPARATE FROM IT.
HUMAN SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON
THE HEALTH OF TREES, PLANTS AND
ANIMALS.
HARD SURFACES LIKE THE PARCEL
COVERAGE OPTION ON THE TABLE
CAUSES FLOODING OR
SUPER ENERGETIC HIGHWAYS THAT
DELIVER
TOXIC CHEMICALS, OILS AND
TIRE WARE PARTICLES THAT KILL
FISH, ORCAS AND MAKE US SICK.
TREES
ARE NOT JUST SOME NICE TO HAVE
AMENITY, BUT REPRESENT ING E
INGS ACCOUNT FOR OUR KIDS.
THAT'S LIKE TO SAYING WE'RE
GOING TO REPLACE
THE UNIVERSITY÷÷ --
>> THANK YOU, HEIDI.
NATALIE AND MARK, STAR 6, COME
OFF MUTE ANYTIME AND
WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO SPEAK
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL KEEP ROLLING THROUGH.
NEXT, MELISSA BELL.
MELISSA BELL, STAR 6, GOOD
MORNING.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MELISSA BELL,
I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO
WITHDRAW AMENDMENT 34.
I LIVE WITH MY FAMILY
IN DISTRICT 4 AS WELL AS HAVING
A BUSINESS HERE FOR THE PAST 23
YEARS.
I JUST HEARD ABOUT
THIS AMENDMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I URGE YOU TO WITHDRAW
AMENDMENT 34, BECAUSE THE
TIMELINE FOR
REVIEW HAS BEEN FAR TOO SHORT.
LEAVING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
WITHOUT A FAIR CHANCE TO ENGAGE
IN THIS
DECISION.
ON MY BLOCK OF FIVE HOUSES,
ONE IS A TRIFLEX, TWO OTHERS ARE
DUPLEXES, AND MANY HOUSES
IN THIS AREA ARE MULTIFAMILY
HOMES.
AMENDMENT 34 COULD TRIGGER
LARGE SCALE LUXURY DEVELOPMENT
AS
AN -- IN AN AREA THAT LACKS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC
TRANSIT TO SUPPORT IT.
CITY SEWAGE ALREADY
OVERFLOWS INTO HOMES, VERY
NARROW
STREETS, FEW PARKS, AND CAUSED
MORE OFTEN
LATELY FOR PRIVATE EVENT.
IT ALSO ERASES THE NATURAL
BEAUTY, CHARM AND DIVERSITY
THAT MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
UNIQUE AND
LIVABLE. PLEASE REJECT IT.
>> THANK YOU, MELISSA.
NEXT, JUDY LITEFOOT AND -- ONE
SECOND, JUDY.
LET ME CALL OUT THE OTHER NAMES.
HOLD ON.
ZACH, CALLER NUMBER 86 AND THEN
KATE, CALLER NUMBER 87.
86 AND , YOU'RE NOT
PRESENT BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE
CALLED.
SO JUDY, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4.
I DON'T WANT THE SHORTAGES
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE TO BE AGGRAVATED INSTEAD
OF
EASED BY SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
DECISIONS.
I BOUGHT MY HOME FACING TOWN
PARK, 54 YEARS AGO, LIVED
HERE EVER SINCE AND LOVED MY
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THE WHOLE
TIME. I NEVER BELIEVED THAT
THE PASSAGE OF TIME WOULD OR
SHOULD LEAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD
UNCHANGED.
TRYING TO KEEP IT THE
SAME INSTEAD OF HELPING TO
ACCOMMODATE POPULATION
INCREASES, NEW KINDS OF JOBS,
MORE CONTEMPORARY HOUSING
AND
EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
IS RIGHT AND JUST IS SIMPLY --
NEIGHBORHOOD MADE OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD PREDOMINANTLY WHITE
TODAY.
AND IT IS A GREAT REASON
TO OPPOSE THE AMENDMENTS THAT I
OPPOSE, WHICH I'VE BEEN
TELLING YOU ABOUT IN A MINUTE
AND
TO WELCOME CHANGES THAT OPEN
OUR AREA TO LIST RESTRICTED
USES.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO
ON AMENDMENTS 48 S 40 ANDAND
81, YES ON 34,
17, 61, 66 AND 78.
THANKS AGAIN.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, JUDY.
NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE AND MARK,
STAR 6, STAR 6.
STEPHANIE, STAR 6.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY -- I
APOLOGIZE, ZACH, JEFFREY
AND KATE, YOU ALL ARE ON DECK,
YOU'RE NOT PRESENT, BUT IF ZACH
IS HERE, AND THEN KATE.
ONCE WE HIT THE END OF ALL THE
SPEAKERS, I'M GOING TO GO
BACK AND CALL OUT ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT
ARE NOT PRESENT AND GIVE YOU
ALL SOME TIME TO TRY TO SIGN ON
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
STEPHANIE, YOU ARE UP,
FOLLOWED BY HENDRICK.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT ON COUNCIL BILL 120985.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN SQUIRE
PARK IN DISTRICT 3 WITH MY
HUSBAND
AND TWO YOUNG KIDS AGES 4 AND 2.
WE LOVE LIVING IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE DON'T
NEED A CAR, WHERE WE CAN WALK TO
THE GROCERY
STORE AND THE PLAYGROUND, AND
BECAUSE WE WALK
EVERYWHERE, WE KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, IF NOT BY NAME,
BY FACE.
WE CHOSE TO LIVE HERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL
MEANS TO DO
SO. BUT MANY, MANY OTHER
FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO LIVE IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHOICE
BECAUSE IT IS SIMPLY
UNAFFORDABLE FOR
THEM. WE NEED MORE NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE
MINE THROUGHOUT SEATTLE,
MORE PLACES ARE FAMILIES CAN
LIVE AND
THRIVE, THEY CAN AFFORD TO SET
DOWN ROOTS AND GET TO KNOW THEIR
NEIGHBORS. I URGE YOU TO ADOPT
AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD EXPAND
CENTERS
BY AREA AND NUMBER.
PLEASE ALSO
ADOPT AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD
EXPAND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BONUSES AND
REMOVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS
CITYWIDE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
NEXT WE HAVE ZACH.
CALLER NUMBER 86, ZACH.
KATE, YOU'RE 87.
WE HAVE ZACH.
NOT PRESENT?
OKAY. WE'LL GO TO HENDRICK AND
RICHARD.
>> HI, HENDRICK.
>> I'M A HOME OWNER IN DISTRICT
3, AND I'VE BEEN SO FOR
THE LAST DECADE, THANK YOU TO
THE
COUNCIL FOR BEING HERE AND
LISTENING,
THANK YOU TO CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. I'M CALLING IN TO
SUPPORT AMENDMENTS THAT INCREASE
DENSITY IN GENERAL AND WANT
TO SPECIFICALLY CALL INTO
SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 34, 60, 63,
86, 89
AND 91.
I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY I'VE
BEEN HEARING MANY CONCERNS FOR
TREES
TODAY.
BUT NOTABLY ONLY FOR TREES
IN THE÷÷THE CITY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
PEOPLE CANNOT MOVE TO THE CITY,
THEY'LL
MOVE TO THE SUBURBS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, HENDRICK.
NEXT WE HAVE RICHARD,
SPEAKER NUMBER 90, FOLLOWED BY
SHANNON, SPEAKER NUMBER 91.
GOOD MORNING, RICHARD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS RICHARD, RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 2 AND LIVED IN SEATTLE
SINCE 1981.
IN THIS HOLY WAR FOR HOUSING,
IN GREENWOOD RIGHT NOW,
GIANT CEDARS ARE TO BE CAUGHT
FOR THREE TOWNHOUSES.
THE TREES COULD BE SAVED BY
JUST MOVING THE BUILTINGS OVER
A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IN THIS HOLY WAR FOR
HOUSING, THE TREE CODE
ALLOWS FOR FULL REMOVAL.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS
WRITTEN BY -- THE DIAMETER OF 55
INCHES, 46 INCHES, 46 INCHES, 41
INCHES DIAMETER GIANT TREES.
TEAR THEM ALL DOWN.
IN THE LITIGATION FOR CLIMATE
HOUSING, RIVERA'S AMENDMENTS
93 AND 102 THE ONLY AMENDMENTS
THAT
CAN STOP THE CLEAR CUT ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT
STILL ALLOW FOR FULL
BUILDOUT OF WHAT ONE WANTS TO
BUILD.
IN THE SHADOW OF MORE HOUSING
AMENDMENTS, 99, 103 AND 104, THE
BIG FOUR COULD STILL BE CUT
DOWN.
SO SUPPORT RIVERA'S 93 AND
102, GET HOUSING AS MUCH AS YOU
WANT
AND THAT --
THANK YOU, RICHARD.
NEXT, SHANNON, CARMEN AND
DOUGLAS SMITH. GOOD MORNING,
SHANNON.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SHANNON
CARMEN, I'M CALLING ABOUT
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'VE LIVED AND RENTED IN
CAPITOL HILL FOR SIX YEARS AND
I'M CALLING TO STRONGLY URGE
THE
COUNCIL TO PASS 103 AND 102
WHICH WILL CLOSE LOOPHOLES
AND BRING SEATTLE IN LINE WITH
THE
TREE PROTECTIONS AS WE HAVE IN
OTHER CITIES LIKE PORTLAND.
WE'RE GOING IT NEED TREES IF WE
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF URBAN
HEAT ISLANDS, WHICH IS DANGEROUS
FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
DURING
HEAT EVENTS.
I KNOW THAT PROTECTING
TREES DOES NOT HAVE TO AND
SHOULD
NOT COME AT THE CROSS OF
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. SUPPORT AMENDMENTS
FOR HOUSING
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
>> THANK YOU, SHANNON.
JUST A CHECK IN HERE, WE ARE
ON SPEAKER 92.
WE ARE ON SPEAKER 92.
AND WE HAVE 119 PEOPLE SIGN ED
UP.
BUT 92, THERE ARE A LOST
PEOPLE NOT PRESENT THAT ARE 92
OR
HIGHER.
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT
PLEASE, IF YOU ARE 92 AND
HIGHER, WE ARE
ON CALLERS 92 AND HIGHER.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CALL UNTIL
SO WE CAN HAVE YOU SIGNED UP,
SO WE CAN CALL ON YOUR NAME
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT IS -- WE'RE ON SPEAKER
NUMBER 92, DOUGLAS SMITH.
YOU'RE NOT PRESENT.
WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
PERSON, I'LL COME BACK AND CALL
ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET
YOU ALL AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
NEXT PERSON I SEE SIGNED
UP, CALLER 93.
THAT IS IRENE WALL.
WE ARE ON NUMBER 93, IRENE WALL.
WE STILL HAVE ZACH JEFFREY.
OR JEFF, ZACH, NUMBER 86.
WE HAVE KATE CHILDSON NUMBER
87, NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU CALL IN AND TURN UP
PRESENT, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU
ALL GET CALLED.
IRENE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, HI.
I'M A LIFE LONG SEATTLE
RESIDENT.
THE CURRENT PLAN OVERSTATES THE
NEED FOR NEW HOUSING AIMING AT
300,000 UNITS WITH
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE
NUMBERS, WHEN THE OFFICE OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SAYS GROWTH
IS
SLOWING.
OVER 65,000 HOUSING UNITS
HAVE BEEN BUILT OR ARE IN THE
PIPELINE SINCE 2019, LEAVING
LESS THAN 50,000 REMAINING TO
MEET SEATTLE'S TARGET TO 2044.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
REZONING IS NOT NEEDED.
LET THE DENSITY CHANGES PLAY OUT
AND REVISE THE
CRITERIA TO REDUCE THE INTENDED
HOUSING.
REJECT AMENDMENT 76, DON'T
CONFLATE SO- CALLED FREQUENT
TRANSIT FOR MAJOR TRANSIT, AS
DEFINED IN HB 1110.
WE MUST FOCUS ON PRESERVATION OF
EXISTING HOUSING, NEW HOUSING
WILG
WILL BE MORE COSTLY.
TREES SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY ON
LOTS.
>> THANK YOU, IRENE.
NEXT, SHIRLEY FOLLOWED BY MARY.
SHIRLEY, CALLER NUMBER 94.
>> HI, I'M SHIRLEY WHERE
I WATCHED FAMILIES WHO HAVE
BEEN HERE FOR THEIR ENTIRE KIDS
LIVES
GET PRICED OUT.
I WANT THE FAMILIES TO BE
ABLE TO STAY HERE SO PLEASE
SUPPORT
AFFORDABLE AND SOCIAL HOUSING
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES
BY PASSING 17, 61, 78.
AS A CLIMATE SCIENTIST, I KNOW
THE BEST WAY SEATTLE CAN
SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS TO
BUILD WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
REDUCE CAR DNDZ EPENDENCY.
I SUPPORT 66 TO LEGALIZE
CORNER STORES ON ALL LOTS
BECAUSE
I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 89 FOR
MORE STACKED FLATS AND PLEASE
PASS
91.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, WHATEVER
YOU DO, DO NOT PASS 102, WHICH
WOULD SEND HOUSING COSTS THROUGH
THE
ROOF, DISPLACING PEOPLE
AND DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SHIRLEY.
NEXT WE HAVE CALLER NUMBER
5, FOLLOWED BY 96.
PRESS STAR 6 AND YOU'RE GOOD TO
GO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> GOOD MORNING.
YES.
GOOD MORNING.
NOW, YOU WENT BACK ON MUTE,
MARY.
THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I'M MARY AND I'M FROM MAPLE
LAV.
LEAF. THERE ARE 1,034 SIGNERS AS
OF
TODAY.
EVERY DAY, MORE SIGNERS
ARE SIGNING ON TO A VERY LOUD
CHORUS. THE PROBLEM IS NO ONE IS
LISTENING.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN --
TO
AMEND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
FOOTPRINT AS IN THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO MANY OTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WAS
LISTENING AND WORKING ON
THIS WITH US, BUT SINCE SHE
LEFT, WE
CAN'T EVEN GET A MEETING
TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS.
OUR VERY LOUD CHORUS IS
BEING COMPLETELY IGNORED.
I THINK WE DESERVE SOME
REPRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARY.
NEXT WE HAVE AMY SCOTT FOLLOWED
BY TESSA CODE.
AMY SCOTT, YOU'RE GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
>> FOLLOWED BY TESSA CODE.
>> STAR 6, AMY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M AMY SCOTT, I'M COMMENTING
ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE CITY MUST STRENGTHEN THE
ING ALTERNATIVE 5 BECAUSE
YOU'RE HOUSING CRISIS AFFECTS
EVERYONE.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO
ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY,
ADDRESS
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY,
AND ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC
BY ESTABLISHING
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
OUR CITY IS LAND LOCKED SO
WE CAN ONLY ADD CAPACITY
BY BUILDING HIGHER AND DENSER
HOUSING.
WE MUST INCREASE THE BONUS FOR
STACKED FLATS AND ALLOW IT TO BE
USED ACROSS THE CITY.
WE MUST GROW AND
EXPAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND
URBAN
CENTERS.
WE CAN'T USE THE TREE CANOPY AS
AN EXCUSE TO CONTINUE HOUSING
INEQUALITY.
AS A SEATTLE NATIVE,
I'M DISTRESSED TO SEE TALENTED
YOUNG
COLLEAGUES AND ARTISTS MOVE
AWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD
TO RENT OR BUY HERE.
AS A LIFE LONG RESIDENT,
I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL
COUNCIL -- IS CONSIDERING
THE VISIONARY ACTION WE NEED
TO BECOME A CITY THAT WORKS FOR
EVERYONE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, AMY.
NEXT WE HAVE TESSA CODE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
PERFECT.
I'M TESSA CODE, IN DISTRICT 1.
AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE
THE ADDITION OF ALKAI IN
AMENDMENT
34.
I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT
OF EFFORT THE COUNCIL PUT IN
TO INCREASING HOUSING.
I WISH THE AMENDMENT REGARDING
ALKAI WAS GIVEN THE SAME
AMOUNT OF THOUGHT, CARE AND
ATTENTION
THAT THE OTHER ONES WERE.
ALKAI
DIDN'T PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR
ADEQUATE COMMENT TO
THIS PLAN CHANGE THERE ARE
MANY REASONS IT SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED.
ALKAI IS ALREADY SUFFERING FROM
CONGESTION, LACK OF
PARKING, CRIME AND WITH MINIMAL
OVERSIGHT
OR ENFORCEMENT, OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS
ALREADY PICKING UP THE SLACK FOR
THE CITY.
WE PICK UP TRASH IN THE
MORNINGS, PUT OUT
FIRES SMOLDERING ALL NIGHT,
PARKING HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE,
PARKING HAS BEEN REMOVED THIS
SUMMER
WITH NO ALTERNATIVES.
SO TO THINK ABOUT ADDING MORE
PEOPLE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, OF
HOW CURRENTLY FIXING THE ISSUES
WE ALREADY HAVE
JUST FEELS INSENSITIVE AND QUITE
SILLY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
I APPRECIATE
IT.
>> THANK YOU, TESSA.
NATALIE AND MARK, STAR 6.
WE'LL KEEP MOVING.
NEXT, WE HAVE CALLER NUMBER 98,
FIAN ZOO.
NUMBER 98.
ON CALLER 98.
IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT,
I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY
YOUR NAME
AGAIN.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET YOU.
CALLER
98. AND THEN CALLER HUNTER
BRELL,
I SEE BRELL ON THERE.
>> HELLO.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF HOME
OWNERSHIP FOR HOME
SAFE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND
LIVE IN
DISTRICT 1.
MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE MY OWN.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 17 TO
INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
OF --
THANK YOU FOR THE
CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL HOUSING
THAT IS SO THE BENEFITS OF
RENTAL OR GROUP EQUITY HOUSING
COOPERATIVE.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT
OUT AND ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION
OF
AMENDMENT 6, 7 AND 8.
THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS
AND ADDING TO MAXIMUM PARKING
LIMITS
AS IT IS -- FOR US TO
DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING
IN THE
STATE. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE ADU
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS AMY.
SORRY.
98.
>> YOU'RE OKAY.
YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE PERFECT.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>> HI.
HI, GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M A RESEARCHER LIVING ININ
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO
APPROVE AMENDMENT 39.
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
PLAN PROPOSED ADDING HUNDREDS OF
RESIDENTS TO AN AREA
WITH VIRTUALLY NO SHOPS AND
MINIMUM -- THESE PLANS ALL DATA
REVIEWS FROM THE MENTAL FLOW, 73
PROPERTIES FOR EVERY ONE RETAIL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
COMPARED TO THE 6 TO 1 RATIO,
THIS IS TEN TIMES OVER.
THIS IS NOT A WALKABLE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS A CAR DEPENDENT
ISLAND THAT WILL CREATE
CATASTROPHIC PARKING AND SAFETY
CRISIS.
AMENDMENT 39 IS THE SENSIBLE
CORRECTION.
IT DOES NOT SOLVE GROWTH.
IT SCALES DEVELOPMENT TO OUR
ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WISELY
NEW HOUSING
TOWARD EXISTING -- PLEASE
SUPPORT THE
GROWTH THAT ENHANCES
OUR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF
OVERDOMINATE.
VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 39.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE JAMES WOO FOLLOWED
BY SUSIE WHITEHEAD.
JAMES WOO.
GOOD
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT
AND I'M A SCIENTIST.
I AM ALARMED BY THE CLIMATE
CHANGE AND IN SEATTLE, THIS
IS CAUSED BY OUR CARS.
WE NEED TO CUT EMISSIONS AND
TO DO THAT WE NEED HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF NEW WALKABLE
HOUSING, NEW JOBS, NEW
STORES, NEAR TRANSIT AND NEAR
PARKS.
PLEASE ADOPT AMENDMENT 17, 34,
60, 61, 66, 79 AND 84 AND 91
TO GO OVER THE COST OF NEW
HOUSING
AND MAKE ROOM FOR TREES,
NOT CARS AND NOT PARKING.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT 8
AND 102.
102, SINGLE TREE IN MY BACKYARD
PRESERVATIONISTS WHO ACCELERATE
THE PACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
BY PUSHING RESIDENTS AND
HOUSING OUT OF
WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. EVERY
COMMUTER IS THE
CARBON EQUIVALENT OF PUTTING
DOWN
HUNDREDS OF
TREES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
NEXT, SUSIE WHITEHEAD,
CALLER NUMBER 102.
GOOD MORNING, SUSIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES ON AMENDMENTS 93 AND
102.
I THINK THIS IS -- THE
PURPOSE OF THIS IN MY OPINION IS
TO --
IS TO PROTECT THE TREES WE
HAVE IN THIS CITY AND ARE MOVING
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'VE WRITTEN AN EMAIL TO THAT
EFFECT.
AND ALSO TO PAUSE ON 34 AND
33, I WAS ASTOUNDED TO SEE THE
TIMELINE ON THESE EIGHT
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS,
PROPOSED BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
PROPOSAL
AND THE VOTE, FIVE WEEKS
BETWEEN,
THAT LEAVES NO TIME TO
EXAMINE OR PUBLIC COMMENT OR
REVIEW, WHICH I THINK WE ARE
LEGALLY
SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED AND
I
ALSO DOUBT THAT THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT THAT KEEPS OCCURRING
IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE
OR APPROPRIATE FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT AND I AGREE WE MAY
NEED
IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS
BEING DONE IS ACTUALLY GOING
TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
SUSIE. AND I'M GOING TO PAUSE
HERE
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
PRESENT FROM -- WE ARE ON
SPEAKER
103. SO, IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER
HIGHER THAN 103, IF YOU HAVE A
SPEAKER HIGHER THAN 103, A
NUMBER
HIGHER THAN 103, PLEASE JUMP
ONLINE,
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE
YOU A -- CALL YOUR NAME FOR
PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SO WE ARE ON SPEAKER 103.
I ALSO WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND
GIVE NATALIE -- ONE SECOND.
NATALIE -- GIVE ME ONE
SECOND, I'M GOING TO READ OUT
SOME
INSTRUCTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU.
NATALIE AND MARK, STAR 6.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON FOR A
MINUTE, BUT IF WE CAN GET
YOU OFF OF MUTE, WE CAN GET
YOU AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
STAR 6.
YOU ALL ARE BEING IN THE QUEUE.
I WILL TOWARD THE END GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE NONPRESENT
SPEAKERS
OR SPEAKERS THAT MIGHT HAVE
TROUBLE TECHNOLOGY-WISE.
AND I WILL CALL -- CONSISTENTLY
CALL YOUR NAME TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU CAN GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I ALSO WANT I.T. TO
RECOGNIZE PATRICK TAYLOR, THEY
ARE
PRESENT, WE HAVE -- THEY ARE
PRESENT, THEY WEREN'T PRESENT
BEFORE, BUT IF WE COULD
GET PATRICK TAYLOR UP ON THE
QUEUE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THEM
GOING.
ANDSVILLE, GOOD MORNING,
YOU'RE
UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
TECH SUPPORT FOR ALL OF US,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR YOUR AMENDMENT, THERE IS
A LOT OF REASONS WHY YOU'RE
WINNING YOUR PRIMARY IN A
LANDSLIDE THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR ALL YOUR AMENDMENTS.
AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, WELCOME BACK TO COUNCIL,
THANKS
FOR BEING MY MAPLE LEAF
COUNCILMEMBER, EXCITED ABOUT
THE GROWTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER THERE.
I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 34, I ALSO
SUPPORT ALL DAN STRAUSS'
AMENDMENTS, ALL OF COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK'S AMENDMENTS, ALL
OF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S
AMENDMENTS.
FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS,
CIVIL SERVANTS DESERVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
COMMUNITIES IN
WHICH THEY LIVE.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE EVERY
$100 THAT RENT GOES
UP, HOMELESSNESS INCREASES BY
9%.
YOU ALL ARE HERE TODAY, HELPING
US, BECAUSE THE LEGACY OF THE
LEADERS BEFORE YOU LOOK TO
CONSTRAIN HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION AND ARTIFICIALLY
CONSTRAIN
HOUSING.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING.
AND YOU HAVE THE TANGIBLE
POWER TO CHANGE OUR CITY FOR THE
BETTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE PATRICK
TAYLOR, PATRICK TAYLOR, GOOD
MORNING.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6,
THERE YOU GO.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR.
I LIVE WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN
BEACON HILL, URBAN VILLAGE, IN
A MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD OF
HOUSES, TOWNHOUSES AND
APARTMENTS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARD TO
MORE HOUSING FOR ALL PEOPLE
IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
HOMELESSNESS IS A TOP
ISSUE FACING OUR CITY.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO HELP
WITH THE
SITUATION OR SIT BY AND LET IT
GET WORSE.
I URGE YOU TO CHOOSE TO MAKE
OUR CITY MORE WELCOMING.
I ASK YOU TO REJECT THE
ANTIHOUSING AMENDMENTS OF
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND OTHERS,
AND SUPPORT
PROHOUSING AMENDMENTS LIKE RINCK
AND NELSON
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
AMENDMENT 34, AMENDMENT 16, 63,
767, 86, 89,
AND 91. THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOURYOUR
AND WORK ON THIS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, PATRICK.
NEXT WE ARE ON NUMBER
106. I SEE 106, MICHAEL.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6.
AND THEN LINDA IS NEXT.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MIKE, I LIVE IN
THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED
SOUTH
WEDGEWOOD AND AMENDMENT 34,
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE
HOUSINGHOUSING
PROBLEM, THIS AMENDMENT
WAS PROPOSED A MONTH AGO AND HAS
NOT BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED OR
VETTED.
WE HAVE LIVED IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40 YEARS
AND
HAS SEEN DRAMATIC CHANGE
OVER THE PAST 10 TO 15 WITH
BUILDING OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES, TOWNHOUSES AND APARTMENT
BUILDINGS.
THE INFLUX OF
NEW RESIDENTS HAVE LED TO MAJOR
INCREASES IN
TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, AND
STREET PARKING IS ALSO BECOME A
SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS IN THE AREA
CONTRIBUTE TO TRAFFIC JAMS AND
PARKING
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT MOST OF
THE YEAR.
THE ARTERIALS ARE
EXPERIENCING BUMPER TO BUMPER
TRAFFIC.
MANY NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 34.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
NEXT WE HAVE LINDA GLEASON
FOLLOWED BY HARSH
LYNN.
>> MY NAME IS LINDA.
THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO
SPEAK.
I AM PART OF THE ROYAL
HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD. I OPERATE AN EARLY
LEARNING CENTER FOR 29 YEARS.
I RENT AND I DO NOT OWN.
I HAVE SERVED GENERATIONS OF
FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND
TEACHERS IN MY SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WENT TO MY
SCHOOL THAT
ALSO I HAVE
GIVEN THEM THEIR FIRST JOBS.
IT IS A TRUE COMMUNITY.
FAMILIES WALK TO SCHOOLS
AND CHILDREN RIDE BIKES TO
PARKS,
AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
I WAS ALSO PART OF --
OUR BUSINESSES REBUILT, BUT
TREES
AND ALSO TREES IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AMENDMENT 34
ALLOWING SIX TO EIGHT STORY
BUILDINGS AND THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY WILL THREATEN ALL OF
THAT. IT RISKS
DISPLACING LONG- STANDING
BUSINESSES SUCH AS
MYSELF, OVERBURDENING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE ALL RELY ON.
WE'RE ALREADY
CONGESTED, UTILITIES AND
WALKABILITY AND
COUNT ON FOR SAFETY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M
NOT AGAINST GROWTH.
ALSO WE NEVER WERE TOLD ABOUT
THIS.
JUST -- WE'RE OPEN SPEAKER 109.
FOLLOWED BY SANDY WOLF, 110.
STAR 6 TOWN UNMUTE.
THERE YOU
GO.
>> HELLO.
I WANTED TO CALL AND URGE
THAT YOU GUYS PASS AMENDMENT 93,
91.
RECENTLY I'VE BEEN
WORKING ALONGSIDE SNOW HAMISH
RIVER AND
FOCUSING ON FRESH
WATER HABITATS AND OUR SALMON
CYCLE AND
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE
CHEMICALS
AND WE NEED OUR TREES AND
VEGETATIONS TO SOAK UP
CHEMICALS WHICH COME FROM
IMPERVIOUS
SERVICES FROM TIRE DUST AND
WHAT NOT.
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO PRIORITIZE OUR SALMON,
FRESH WATER STREAMS AND
HABITATS.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU.
SANDY WOLF AND I WANT TO
THANK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE --
HAVE
THE HIGHER NUMBERS, YOU HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME.
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET
HEARD.
SANDY WOLF.
GOOD
MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS -- GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US.
MY NAME IS SANDY WOLF,
ARCHITECT IN DISTRICT 2.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON
102 WHILE WELL INTENTIONED
THE AMENDMENT ADDS AMBIGUITY
AND TIME TO THE BUILDING
PROCESS WHICH ADDS COSTS TO HOME
OWNERS
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT TREE
PROTECTION BENEFITS.
NEW TREE LEGISLATION PASSED
ONLY TWO YEARS AGO
AFTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
CITY, RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS
AND
THE EXISTING CODE PROVIDES
CLARITY AROUND TREE PROTECTION
MEASURES AND BALANCES PROTECTING
UR
TREE CANOPY AND ALLOWING FOR
GREATER DENSITY IN THE CITY.
ADDING NEW AMENDMENTS AT
THIS POINT WOULD
IGNORE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
THE CHOICE
BETWEEN HOUSING AND TREES IS
A FALSE DICHOTOMY, VOTE NO ON
AMENDMENT 2.
I SUPPORT AMENDMENT NUMBER 84,
WHICH REMOVES
PARKING REQUIREMENTS CITYWIDE AS
WELL
AS BONUSES, BOTH OF THOSE
WOULD ALLOW SPACE FOR CARS
AND OTHER AMENITY CARS TO BE
MORE EFFECTIVELY USED FOR
VEGETATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
TO
OFFSET ANY LOSS OF TREES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SANDY.
NEXT WE HAVE -- WE'RE ON
SPEAKER
111. AND THERE IS A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
PRESENT. I'LL TAKE THIS TIME TO
CALL
ALL THE PEOPLE NOT PRESENT SO
YOU CAN SIGN ON AND MAYBE THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING, IF
YOU KNOW
SOME PEOPLE, PLEASE TELL THEM
TO SIGN ON.
SO, SPEAKER
86, ZACH, SPEAKER NUMBER 87,
KATE, SPEAKER NUMBER
99, LANG, SPEAKER NUMBER 103,
MEL, SPEAKER NUMBER 111, THAT'S
HILLARY.
SPEAKER NUMBER 113, JILL.
SPEAKER NUMBER 114, ALEXANDER.
SPEAKER NUMBER 117, MARIETTA.
AND THEN SPEAKER NUMBER 119,
KIM.
SO, JUST A HEADS UP,
SPEAKER NUMBER 86, ZACH, 87,
KATE, 99,
LANG, 103, MEL, 111, HILLARY,
113, JILL, 114, ALEXANDRA, 117,
MARIETTA, 119, KIM.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, WE ARE ON SPEAKER NUMBER
112, HILLARY, WE DON'T SEE YOU,
WE'RE GOING TO TOM.
TOM, GOOD MORNING -- GOOD
AFTERNOON, NOW.
SORRY, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR
6.
WE SEE YOU, TOM, BUT YOU'RE ON
MUTE.
IF YOU PRESS STAR 6 ON YOUR
PHONE, STAR 6.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND.
AND WE'LL KEEP YOU THERE IN
THE QUEUE AND KEEP MOVING ON.
IF WE COULD CALL UP I.T. , IF
WE CAN CALL UP ROBERT FERGUSON.
ROBERT FERGUSON, GO AHEAD
AND PRESS STAR 6, STAR 6.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD
AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS AND
FELLOW
CALLERS.
MY NAME IS ROBERT
FERGUSON, RESIDENT OF ALKAI.
I'M ALSO COMMENTING ON THE
LATE ADDITION OF ALKAI TO
AMENDMENT
34. MANY RESIDENTS ONLY HEARD
ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT LAST WEEK
AND FROM THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG.
ANY GOOD FAITH EFFORT AT
COMMUNITY OUTREACH WOULD
HAVE INCLUDED ALKAI AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, NOT AT
THE
END AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A
MODICUM OF COMMUNICATION WITH
THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG AND
ALKAI COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
ALKAI DESERVES THE
SAME
CONSIDERATION AS THOSE FROM THE
BEGINNING.
PLEASE WITHDRAW 34 AND REMOVE
ALKAI FROM
THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ROBERT.
NEXT, SAM.
TOM, MARK
AND NATALIE, YOU'RE IN
THE QUEUE. IF YOU PRESS STAR 6,
WE CAN GET
YOU GOING.
SAM, STAR 6.
STAR 6.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS SAM, I'M SPEAKING
IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENTS 33 AND
34.
I LIVE AND OWN MY HOME IN ROYAL
HEIGHTS. MY HOUSE SHARES A
SINGLE CAR,
SO WALKABLE AMENITIES AND PUBLIC
TRANSIT NEARBY ARE
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO MY
FAMILY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 24th
AVENUE AND NORTHWEST DEVELOPED
INTO
A MORE ROBUST BUSINESS STRICT
WITH MORE RESTAURANTS AND
BUSINESSES WITHIN EASY WALKING
DISTANCE.
I HOPE THAT GROWTH COULD HELP
JUSTIFY INCREASED INVESTMENT
IN METRO 40.
I RODE THE 40 TO A DOCTOR'S
APPOINTMENT JUST THIS
MORNING, AND GREATER FREQUENCY
ON
THAT LINE WOULD MAKE IT MUCH
EASIER FOR ME TO GET TO OLD
BALLARD
AND NORTH GATE AND THE LIGHT
RAIL.
REGARDING
AMENDMENT 33, I GREW UP IN
SEATTLE ON QUEEN ANNE IN
A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEXT TO
A LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING AND
THAT DID NOT DETRACT FROM
MY CHILDHOOD AT ALL.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL
CHILDHOOD AND
REMAINS SO TODAY. I WENT TO SAN
FRANCISCO
FOR COLLEGE AND LOVED IT THERE
BUT
COULD NOT STAY THERE
PERMANENTLY BECAUSE OF THE COST
OF HOUSING.
SAN FRANCISCO
PRESERVES NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL
WOULD PRESERVE
ARCHITECTURE BUT DESTROYS THE
COMMUNITIES÷÷ LIVING IN THEM
AS FOLKS ARE PRICED OUT
AND FORCED TO
LEAVE. I WAS LUCKY I HAD A
WONDERFUL HOMETOWN TO MOVE BACK
TO,
WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSING --
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND READ THE PEOPLE NOT HERE
AGAIN.
CALLER NUMBER 86, ZACH,
CALLER NUMBER 87, KATE, CALLER
NUMBER
92, DOUGLAS, CALLER NUMBER 99,
LANG, CALLER NUMBER 103, MEL,
CALLER NUMBER 111, HILLARY,
WE ALSO HAVE NUMBER 113,
SPEAKER NUMBER 113, JILL,
SPEAKER
NUMBER 114, ALEXANDRA, SPEAKER
NUMBER
117, MARIETTA,
AND SPEAKER NUMBER 119, KIM.
NATALIE, MARK, AND TOM AS WELL.
AND RIGHT NOW IT IS 12:08.
THE SESSION ENDS AT 12:30
BEFORE OUR BREAK.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE AT LEAST A
MINUTE TO SEE IF SOME OF
THOSE CALLERS ARE GOING TO BE
PRESENT AND THEN ALSO IF WE CAN
WORK ON
THE STAR 6 WITH GETTING PEOPLE
OFF MUTE.
SO, NATALIE, TOM, I SEE YOU OFF
MUTE.
STAR 6 -- OR DON'T PRESS IT
AGAIN.
YOU'RE OFF
MUTE.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TOM.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2.
RECENTLY I WAS -- TO
SEE A PROPERTY OWNER IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD REMOVE FOUR
MATURE CONFERS AND CEDARS ON
THEIR PROPERTY TO MAKE WAY FOR
SIX HOUSING UNITS
WHICH WILL OCCUPY
THE WHOLE PROPERTY LOSING LITTLE
OR ALL VIABLE GREEN
SPACE.
THE CITY ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS
TO DO IT AND IT IS HAPPENING IN
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THIS IS WHY I IMPLORE YOU
TO VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 93 AND
102.
AMENDMENT 93 CREATES
INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS TO
PRESERVE
TREES AND CREATES SPACE FOR
MORE.
AMENDMENT 102 BRINGS SEATTLES UP
TO OTHER TREE PROTECTION
STANDARDS, LOSING THREE
GLARING LOOPHOLES.
OVER 5% OF SEATTLE TREES ARE ON
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LAND.
WITH THAT AMENDMENT 93 AND 102,
PLAN
GREEN LIGHTS THEIR REMOVAL.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, TOM.
ONCE AGAIN, A LAST CALL FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT
TO SEE IF YOU CAN JUMP ONLINE
AND THEN THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE
HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL
ISSUES.
SO, NATALIE, CALLER NUMBER
65, CALLER NUMBER 75, MARK,
GOING
TO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6, IF
YOU
CAN.
CALLER NUMBER 86, ZACH, I
SEE YOU'RE PRESENT.
IF WE CAN BUMP HIM UP.
HI, ZACH.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
STAR 6.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6,
ZACH.
>> HELLO.
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU TO SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO
SPEAK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
UPDATE.
MY NAME IS ZACH, A
RESIDENT OF THE UPPER FREMONT
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER.
I WORK IN LAND USE PLANNING
AND AM A STUDENT OF URBAN
PLANNING AT UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
TO START, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR SENDING OUT
THE SURVEY THAT HE DID TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS ASKING FOR
THEIR OPINIONS ON THE AMENDMENT
TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
AND ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD
LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR AMENDMENT
48
IN FAVOR OF VERSION C, THE
LARGEST VERSION OF UPPER FREMONT
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE
TO COMMEND COUNCILMEMBER
ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK FOR THE
BOLD ACTION SHE HAS TAKEN IN
TACKLING
SEATTLE'S HOUSING CRISIS.
AND WOULD LIKE TO VOICE
MY SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT 34 AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE KIM, I SEE YOU OFF
MUTE, GOOD MORNING, OR GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> HI.
>> HEY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HELLO, HELLO.
MY NAME IS KIM, I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 1 AND I'M A
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER IN THE VALLEY AND
A BOARD MEMBER OF THE
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION,
DNDA. I LIVED IN AN AREA
CONSIDERED AN URBAN VILLAGE FOR
OVER 29 YEARS SEEN A LOT OF
CHANGE OVER THE YEARS.
LOTS OF THINGS I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THIS WITH PLAN, A LOT OF
THINGS
THAT ARE CONCERNING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY UP FRONT,
I WANT TO SHARE MY GENERAL
SUPPORT FOR EVERYTHING THAT DRCC
SHARED IN THEIR LETTER TO THE
COUNCIL DATED SEPTEMBER 9th.
I WANT TO SHARE MY SUPPORT
FOR AMENDMENT 93 AND 102
SPECIFICALLY.
AND HOPE THAT COUNCILMEMBERS SAY
YES TO THESE AMENDMENTS.
SEATTLE'S IDENTITIES ARE
ALWAYS ROOTED IN ITS TREES AND
ITS
WATER.
THERE ARE LIFE SAVING
INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST FOR
SCENERY.
THEY FILTER OUR WATER AND
COOL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
REMIND
US HOW DEEPLY WE BELONG TO THIS
PLACE.
WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO -- ESPECIALLY
IN COMMUNITIES PRESSED UP
AGAINST INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO ABOUT
THE FINAL EIS, ISN'T IT UNDER
LEGAL
CHALLENGE AND --
>> THANK YOU, KIM.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO
READ THROUGH THE NAMES ONE LAST
TIME, WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE
LAST CALL,
SO IF YOU KNOW THE
PEOPLE, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW
THAT
WE HAVE THEM SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC
COMMENT, SOME ARE NOT PRESENT.
NATALIE, YOU'RE CALL --
YOU'RE SPEAKER NUMBER 5, AND
MARK,
75, AND KATE, YOU ARE 87.
SPEAKER NUMBER 92,
DOUGLAS, SPEAKER NUMBER 99,
LANG,
SPEAKER NUMBER 99, SPEAKER
NUMBER 103,
MEL, 103.
SPEAKER NUMBER 111, YOU ARE
HILLARY, HILLARY, WE
HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER 113, JILL.
SPEAKER NUMBER 113.
SPEAKER NUMBER 114, ALEXANDRA.
ALEXANDRA, 114.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER
117, MARIETTA.
117.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE
OFF MUTE.
MARIETTA, SPEAKER NUMBER 117.
I HEARD THAT'S A BOOMER
MOMENT
FROM --
>> I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
NATALIE, OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
SPEAKER NUMBER 117, YOU ARE
MARIETTA, SPEAKER NUMBER 117.
IF YOU'RE NATALIE AND MARK, YOU
ARE IN THE QUEUE, WE SEE YOU
ONLINE, YOU HAVE TO PRESS STAR
6.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS
TO TRY TO TOGGLE YOUR PHONE
BEFORE
WE HAVE TO MOVE
ON. AND WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND
SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE SHOWING UP PRESENT
ONLINE.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO APPRECIATE
ALL THE PEOPLE -- I
APPRECIATE, I'M SORRY, I HAVE
TO GET
MY ANNUNCIATION CORRECT OR MY
MOM WILL NOT LIKE ME.
APPRECIATE, ANNUNCIATION IS
KEY, OKAY.
BUT I HAVE TO THANK THE
PEOPLE THAT WAITED LONGER
ONLINE.
I KNOW IT IS HARD TO WAIT TWO,
THREE HOURS ON YOUR PHONE TO
BE ABLE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THAT'S APPRECIATED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WAITING
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A
CHANCE.
SO I SEE NATALIE ON, STAR 6.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE
IS A COUNCIL BET GOING ON, IF
NATALIE, WE CAN GET YOU ON,
STAR 6.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE
A QUICK LOOK TO SEE IF ANYONE
THAT IS NOT PRESENT IS NOW
PRESENT
SO WE CAN GET YOU ONLINE.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL
YOUR NAMES
ONE MORE TIME.
MARK, NUMBER 75.
WE ALSO HAVE KATE, NUMBER 87.
SPEAKER NUMBER 87.
SPEAKER NUMBER 92, DOUGLAS.
SPEAKER NUMBER 99, LANG.
SPEAKER NUMBER 103, MEL.
SPEAKER NUMBER 111, HILLARY.
SPEAKER NUMBER 113, JILL.
SPEAKER NUMBER 114, ALEXANDRA.
SPEAKER NUMBER 117, MARIETTA.
AND I SEE MARK HAS JOINED US.
SAVED BY THE BELL.
MARK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN
WALLINGFORD, STEPS FROM THE
PARK.
WALLINGFORD HAS IT ALL.
GREAT PARKS, SCHOOLS AND
WELL CONNECTED TO SEATTLE BY
TRANSIT AND BIKING.
I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 20
YEARS, RAISED A SON HERE, BUT
I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE INCREASINGLY HIGH COST OF
HOUSING.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT AMENDMENT
34 THAT ADDS A IN
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN
WALLINGFORD.
WALLINGFORD WOULD BENEFIT
FROM MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD
SERVICES
TO THE AREA NEAR THE PARK.
MOST OF WALLINGFORD IS DOMINATED
BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT COST
WELL OVER $1 MILLION,
AND REQUIRE A SIX FIGURE
DOWN PAYMENT AND $6,000 A
MONTH MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
WALLINGFORD RISKS BECOMING
A GATED COMMUNITY AFFORDABLE
ONLY TO OUR WEALTHIEST
RESIDENTS.
IT IS ALREADY UNAFFORDABLE
TO MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WHO WANT
TO LIVE HERE AND WILL BE
UNAFFORDABLE FOR MY SON AND
HIS FAMILY WHEN HE'S READY TO
MOVE
OUT.
ADDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR NEIGHBORS AND HIGH
OPPORTUNITY AREA THAT ARE NOT
LUXURY HOMES
WOULD MAKE WALLINGFORD A
BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SEATTLE.
PLEASE PASS AMENDMENT 34
AND ADD --
>> THANK YOU.
DO I SEE NATALIE ON?
STAR 6, GOING ONCE, TWICE.
OKAY.
>> COME ON, NATALIE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU, ALL.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
REALLY APPRECIATE -- WE
REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR --
REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR JUMPING
IN
AND COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
OUR MORNING SESSION.
WITH THAT, DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
ANY MORE ITEMS OF BUSINESS?
SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER,
THIS AFTERNOON, SESSION TWO,
WILL
BEGIN AT 3:00.
3:00 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN.
IT IS GOING TO BE RESERVED
FOR IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK I.T. , I.T.
HAS BEEN HOLDING IT DOWN FOR
US ON THE BACK END, WANT TO
THANK ALL -- EVERYONE AT I.T. ,
YOU
ALL ARE THE BEST.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SESSION TWO BEGINS -- OH OUR
CLERK OBVIOUSLY, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, OUR
PHENOMENAL CLERK, AMELIA,
YOU'RE GREAT.
SO SESSION TWO IS GOING TO
BEGIN AT 3:00 P.M.
REGISTRATION, IMPORTANT,
OPENS AT 2:30.
SO 2:30, CITY HALL
REGISTRATION OPENS AND IT WILL
STAY OPEN TO
6:30.
IT IS A ROLLING TYPE OF SIGN UP.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO COME BETWEEN
2:30 AND 6:30 AND YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO GET TO SPEAK FOR
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, KNOW THAT THAT WINDOW IS
OPEN FOR YOU ALL AND WE
HAVE GREAT STAFF TO MEET YOU
HERE
AND TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE CITY
HALL AS WELL.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU.
REMEMBER, 3:00 WE'RE STARTING.
YOU CAN SIGN UP BETWEEN 2:30
AND
6:30. AND SO YOU CAN COME AT ANY
TIME BETWEEN THOSE TIMES TO SIGN
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT
IS IN PERSON.
NOW, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, THIS IS GOING TO
CONCLUDE OUR FIRST SESSION.
AND WE WILL RESUME OUR
SECOND SESSION AND START THAT
TODAY AT
3:00.
THE CURRENT TIME RIGHT NOW IS
2:19 P.M.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
THIS
MEETIN