>>> GOOD MORNING. THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. THE
MARCH 4th, 2025 TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS 9:33 A.M. I'M
ROBERT SAKA CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WILL
THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL? [ ROLL CALL ] CHAIR,
THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> IF THERE IS -- THANK YOU --
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. HEARING AND
SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS HEREBY ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME EVERYONE. WE ARE FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS
SDOT'S PROPOSED 2025 LEVY
DELIVERY PLAN. I WANTED TO
QUICKLY NOTE A FEW THINGS.
FIRST, THAT TOMORROW AND OUR
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE
FULL COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP THE
PROVISO LIFT THAT WILL -- THAT
IS CURRENTLY ON HALF OF -- OR
THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY TO
SDOT'S 2025 LEVY FUNDING. I
ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY
UNIQUE ONE OFF, ONE-TIME
COMMITTEE WORKLOAD ARRANGEMENT.
THAT I MADE IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP
WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A MEMBER
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
HERE. YOU WILL RECALL THIS
PROVISO WAS PLACED ON THE
DEPARTMENT DURING BUDGET LATE
LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVES
PROPOSED BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
A LEVY OF SPENDING PLAN AND
COUNCIL DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE
TIME TO REVIEW WHAT A CITY
BUDGET WOULD HAVE -- WITH THE
PAST LEVY WOULD HAVE LOOKED
LIKE. BUT ON A GOING FORWARD
BASIS ANY AND ALL FUTURE SDOT
PROVISOS AND TRANSPORTATION
RELATED POLICY PROPOSALS WILL GO
EXCLUSIVELY BEFORE THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WHEN
VOTERS PASSED THE LEVY IN
NOVEMBER, THEY APPROVED OF THE
MOST ACCOUNTABLE LEVY IN OUR
CITY'S HISTORY. TODAY, WE GET
TO SEE SOME OF THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY IN ACTION. WHERE
THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD SO TO
SPEAK AND NUTS AND BOLTS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CONTEXT. WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE IS AN ANNUAL DELIVERY
OR ANNUAL LEVY SPENDING DELIVERY
PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY BEFORE
THE COUNCIL. A FEW OF OUR
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. DELIVERY
PLANS LIKE THE ONE WE'RE
HEARING TODAY WILL BE AN
ESSENTIAL ANNUAL COMPONENT OF
THIS TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT WE
WILL HEAR AND CONSIDER AGAIN
EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS COMMITTEE ON
A GOING FORWARD BASIS. THIS
PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN IS
SOMEWHAT OF A DEPARTURE FROM
PAST PRACTICES AND MY VIEW
SHOWING A DEDICATION THE DETAIL,
UP FRONT TRANSPARENCY,
THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION, AND
ENGAGEMENT. I WANT TO THANK SDOT
AND THE MAYOR FOR THIS TYPE OF
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT
AND RESPONSIVENESS. NOT JUST ON
THE DELIVERY PLAN ITSELF, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE LEVY PROCESS. END
TO END. YOU HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC
PARTNERS. WE NOW HAVE SEVEN
ELECTED DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS.
AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, WE ARE
THEREFORE MORE CONNECTED NOW
MORE THAN EVER TO OUR VARIOUS
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
WITH THAT TIGHT INTEGRATION AND
CONNECTION, COMES CLOSER DIRECT
ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
ONES LIKE SDOT. SO THANK YOU
AGAIN SDOT FOR YOUR RENEWED
COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING WITH
OUR COUNCIL NOW AND ON A GOING
FORWARD BASIS. LET'S DO THIS
WORK TOGETHER. NOW OUR SECOND
AGENDA ITEM PERTAINS TO VISION
ZERO. LAST TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, WE FOCUSED ON THE
CRITICAL ISSUE OF TRANSIT
SECURITY, BOTH FOR DRIVERS AND
PASSENGERS IN OUR REGION. THIS
REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY FOR MY
OFFICE. TODAY'S PRESENTATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT WILL FOCUS
ON ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR MOST
SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE
HAVE AS DECISION MAKERS AND AS
POLICYMAKERS AND AS LEADERS IN
OUR CITY. KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE ON
OUR ROADS. SPECIFICALLY THE
PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON WHAT
OUR CITY IS DOING TO ACHIEVE OUR
AMBITIOUS VISION ZERO GOAL TO
END TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS
INJURIES ON CITY STREETS BY THE
YEAR 2030. AND AS PART OF THIS I
NOTE THAT THERE WAS A NON-- SO
AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION,
WE'LL LEARN MANY THINGS
INCLUDING WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
AVAILABLE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN
OUR TOOL KIT THAT ARE ALIGNED
WITH THE FEDERAL SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH. AND ONE OF THOSE
COUNTERMEASURES I KNOW IT'S --
AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY OF MINE
PERSONALLY AND I KNOW MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS AND NOT
HERE TODAY AS WELL -- IS TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. THERE'S A
NONTRIVIAL TIE BETWEEN CARS,
VEHICLES ARE GOING TOO FAST. AND
PEOPLE ARE DYING. PEDESTRIANS
ARE DYING. CYCLISTS ARE DYING.
DRIVERS ARE DYING. AND SO I KNOW
THAT THERE'S A STRONG NEXUS IN
TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO MITIGATE
AND PREVENT SOME OF THESE
TRAGEDIES WITH VARIOUS DESIGN
FEATURES AND SPEED ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS. WHICH IS ANOTHER ITEM
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW
WHO WILL BE IN A POSITION WITHIN
THE NEXT MONTH AS I UNDERSTAND
IT. TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION TO
ALLOW US AS A CITY, TO ROLL OUT
AND DEPLOY MORE SPEED CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK YOU
AGAIN TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
THEIR EFFORTS ON KEEPING OUR
STREETS SAFE AND WE ALSO LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT
THIS IMPORTANT WORK. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE
BURR VIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW
MANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE TEN
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND FIVE
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE ONE MINUTE. WE WILL START
WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC
EXCELLENT?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20
MINUTES AND SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF
IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS
UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS' MICS
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T END
THEIR COMMENTS TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. DAN
ROUNDS.
>> AND CLERK, JUST BY THE WAY, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AT
LEAST ONE SPEAKER WHO NEEDS SOME
ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBILITY -- SOME
TIME FOR ACCESSIBILITY PURPOSES?
SO THAT'S -- DEFINITELY
GRANTED.
>> YES, WE WILL GIVE DAN ROUNDS
TWO MINUTES.
>> GOOD MORNING GOVERNMENT
MEMBERS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> SIR, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE
MIC A LITTLE BIT?
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF SEEING MY
TWO ELDERLY ASIAN NEIGHBORS
TRUDGE UP A STREET TO GET TO A
BUS STOP. THE STREET IS SOUTH
ORCHARDS AND IT'S DANGEROUS AND
HAS TRAFFIC AND IS NARROW. AND
THE -- LACKS ANY KIND OF
SIDEWALK. I TRY TO GET ATTENTION
OF THAT -- IN 2017. NOTHING WAS
DONE AT THAT TIME. I'D LIKE TO
POINT OUT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT I'M IN WITH SOUTH ORCHARDS
AND 22nd AVENUE. WE HAVE ABOUT
200 -- EXCUSE ME, 165 HOUSEHOLDS
AND 400 PERSONS AND WE'RE IN A
BOTTLENECK. THE ONLY WAY TO GET
FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UP TO A
BUS STATION IS THROUGH THIS ONE
REAL DANGEROUS -- YOU GO UP AND
IT'S A BLIND HILL. CREST.
TRAFFIC EITHER WAY AND PEOPLE
ARE IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET.
WE HAVE A PETITION HERE FROM 50
PLUS PEOPLE ASKING FOR THIS. WE
SUBMITTED THE MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION AND YOU HAVE A
PACKET FOR IT. AND I BELIEVE IT
MEETS THE -- PLAN SECTION 4.1
IMPROVE BUS ACCESS SECTION 4.3,
FOCUS ON BEACON AVENUE SOUTH AS
A HIGH RIDERSHIP BUS ROUTE, AND
4.3, FOCUS ON EQUITY AND
CONSTRUCTION OF MINIMUM -- OF
17% NEW SIDEWALKS AND DISTRICT
2. WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE AREA. I
WAS DOORBELLING TO GET THE
PETITIONS. RAN ACROSS BEAUTIFUL
FAMILIES AND AFRICAN AMERICAN,
ASIAN -- THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU SIR. AND IF YOU
HAPPEN TO HAVE WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED --
FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THAT WITH
US. WE CAN CIRCULATE IT AND MAKE
SURE ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES
HAVE ACCESS IT. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS ELIZABETH ROBERTS
FOLLOWED BY ALONZO R. SMALLS. IT
IS ONE MINUTE.
>> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. I'M PRESENTING AGENCY
SDOT DIRECTOR ADIAM EMERY AND
YOUR TEAM AND I'M ELIZABETH
ROBERTS AND I OWN A HOME NEXT TO
A SHORELINE STREET AND MADISON
PARK. I'M NOT A BUSINESS OR
LAND DEVELOPER BUT I'M UPRIGHT
CITIZEN AND I SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S ONE SEATTLE AND
INITIATIVE. THE CITIZENS OF
SEATTLE HAVE ENTRUSTED SDOT WITH
SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
TO RESTORE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
AND FAITH IN SEATTLE AND FOR A
MORE LIVEABLE AND FOR OUR
FUTURE. MY COMMENT TODAY IS A
REQUEST THAT SDOT ADMINISTER THE
LAW FAITHFULLY AND FAIRLY. OUR
EXPERIENCE OF THREE AND A HALF
YEAR PROCESS TRYING TO GET A
SAFE LEGAL DRIVEWAY PERMIT TO
OUR HOME. THAT'S EXISTED FOR 72
YEARS. APPROVED. OUR PROCESS HAS
BEEN UNDULY INFLUENCED BY
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND A SEEMINGLY
APATHETIC DEPARTMENT. THE PERMIT
PROCESS -- IS GOING ON FOR THREE
AND A HALF YEARS AND WE STILL
DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY. WE'VE
BEEN SUBJECT TO DISPARATE
TREATMENT BY SDOT AND WE'RE
EAGER TO MOVE AHEAD. THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT
THOSE WRITTEN COMMENTS IF YOU
HAVE THEM. AND REMINDER FOLKS,
FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WHEN YOU
HEAR THAT CRIME. YOU HAVE TEN
SECONDS, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS ALONZO R. SMALLS
FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY BROST. JUST
SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE
CLOSELY.
>> OH. YOU READY? I THINK MY
BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW IS
SAFETY. NUMBER ONE SAFETY THING
I REALIZED BEING OUT THERE ON
THE STREETS AND TAKING THE BUSES
AND DOING THE THINGS THAT I DO,
IS THE DRIVERS. I BELIEVE THE
DRIVERS SHOULD BE SAFE MORE THAN
THE PASSENGERS. BECAUSE THEY'RE
THE ONES KEEP US GOING. KEEP US
MOVING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HOPE THAT YOU COUNCILMEMBERS DO
TODAY IS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
IS MAKING THE SAFETY WITH THE
UNIONS WITH THE DRIVERS. THE
DRIVERS NEED MORE PROTECTION
FROM US EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
RIDING SOUTH TRANSIT. SO I THINK
THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE WORK
WITH THE UNIONS AND FOLLOW
POLICIES WITH THE UNIONS IN WAYS
THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US
TO WORK TOGETHER AND OUR SAFETY
IS NUMBER ONE PERIOD. AND COMMON
SENSE. I THINK WE DON'T USE
ENOUGH COMMON SENSE. BUT THAT'S
JUST MY THING.
>> THANK YOU. COMMON SENSE
COALITION.
>> NEXT UP IS BRITTANY FOLLOWED
BY AARON SELECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 7. AND I AM A
PERMANENT PEDESTRIAN AND I HATE
THE TERM NONDRIVER BECAUSE
THAT'S STILL FOCUSES AROUND
CARS. I LIVE IN BELL TOWN AND I
WORK IN DOWNTOWN. AN AREA OF THE
CITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON GETTING
PEOPLE IN AND OUT IN CARS AS
FAST AS POSSIBLE. SCREW
PEDESTRIANS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT
I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE. I USE
ONE OF THESE BECAUSE I AM
LEGALLY BLIND. I GO THROUGH
THESE BECAUSE CARS TEND TO HIT
THEM. THEY'RE $70 APIECE. MY
INSURANCE COVERS ONE EVERY FIVE
YEARS. THEIR NOT CHEAP. I PAY
FOR A LOT OF THEM. IT SUCKS
BECAUSE CARS DON'T STOP WHEN
THEY HIT THEM. JUST KEEP GOING.
THEY COULD HIT ME AND THEY'LL
KEEP GOING. TRUST ME. I KNOW
THAT. I HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR
BEFORE AND I'LL BE HIT BY A CAR
AGAIN. MY BROTHER JOKES THAT
I'LL DIE BY BEING HIT BY A CAR.
WE KIND OF HAVE A MORBID SENSE
OF HUMOR AT THIS POINT IN LIFE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WITH
VISION ZERO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE
THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF CARS BECAUSE
QUITE FRANKLY I'M SICK AND
TIRED OF HAVING TO TAKE MY LIFE
IN MY HANDS EVERY TIME I LEAVE
MY HOME. IT'S TIRING, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS AARON
SELECTOR FOLLOWED BY DOUG
McDONALD.
>> HELLO COUNCIL. MY NAME IS
AARON AND I'M A PASSIONATE
SEATTLE-ITE AND WALKER. IN 2024,
I CROSSED FROM BEACON HILL TO
AME TENNIS CENTER NEARLY EVERY
DAY. AND I WOULD CROSS RAINIER
SOMETIMES LEGALLY. SOMETIMES ILL
LILY. WHEN I CHOOSE TO CROSS THE
STREET LEGALLY. IT WOULD COST ME
ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MINUTES AND
WHEN I CROSSED THE STREET
ILLEGALLY, I WOULD ALMOST ALWAYS
HAVE A CROSSING BUDDY. AND IT
WAS -- NOT SAFE. AND SOMETIMES
THIS PERSON WOULD BE VERY
ELDERLY. AND COULDN'T WALK VERY
WELL. BUT STILL WOULD CHOOSE TO
WALK DIRECTLY ACROSS RAINIER
OVER FOUR AND A HALF LANES OF
TRAFFIC. AND I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR INSTALLING A
CROSSING AT COLLEGE STREET RIGHT
WHERE I WOULD CROSS. AND I WOULD
REALLY REQUEST THAT -- THE WIDER
ACROSS RAINIER. THIS REALLY
MATTERS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DOUG McDONALD
FOLLOWED BY JACK WHISMER.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M DOUG AND I
LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I PASSED UP
A PIECE OF PAPER WITH TWO GRAPHS
ON IT. THE SECOND IS THE
EXTRAORDINARYRUNUP OREVEALED
IN THE RECENT REPORT OF THE
WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY
COMMISSION RUNNING FROM 2020 TO
2023. AND THE MOST INTERESTING
PIECE OF THIS IS THE REVELATION
THAT ONLY 5% OR 6% OF THE
SCOOTER INJURIES IN SEATTLE ARE
CAUSED BY TRAFFIC COLLISIONS.
THE REST ARE CAUSED BY FALLING
OFF THE VEHICLES. THE SECOND
GRAPH INDICATES THAT IN 2024,
THERE WERE 20 TOTAL FATALITY AND
SERIOUS INJURY E-SCOOTER
INJURIES IN SEATTLE. NOW WHY DO
WE KNOW THAT? WE KNOW THAT
BECAUSE THOSE COLLISIONS ARE ALL
RECORDED IN THE TRAFFIC
COLLISION REPORTS THAT I RECEIVE
FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS
FROM SDOT. SO MY NUMBERS AND
SDOT NUMBERS SHOULD MATCH. SINCE
THEY'RE ALL FROM THE SAME DATA.
QUESTION OF E-SCOOTER SAFETY IS
COMING TO A CRISIS IN THE
SEATTLE WITH HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE INJURED WHICH
WE KNOW FROM HARBORVIEW. AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
BE ATTENDED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SIR. I NOTE IF --
MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY,
YOU ARE FORMER WASHINGTON STATE
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> I AM.
>> YEP. YEP. DOUG McDONALD READ
A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND
YOUR PRIOR REPORTS. AND
INCORPORATED MANY OF THOSE INTO
THE LEVY LEGISLATION THAT VOTERS
ULTIMATELY APPROVED. BUT WE
LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> UP NOW IS JACK WESTMER
FOLLOWED BY LEONARD HARRISON
JEROME.
>> MY NAME IS JACK AND I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 6. I GREW UP WITH DOUG
McDONALD. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
NORTH 1,340th STREET PROJECT
WHICH IS RELEVANT BOTH OF YOUR
AGENDA ITEMS TODAY. BUT ADD THAT
ON THIS E-SCOOTER QUESTION, ONE
SAFETY ISSUE IS UNDISCIPLINED
PARKING. THERE ARE TORCH
BLOCKING SIDEWALKS AND BUS STOPS
AND CURB RAMPS AND WE NEED TO
FIGURE THAT OUT. THERE ARE
PROBABLY -- IT'S JUST --
TERRIBLE CLUTTER. AND THAT'S A
SAFETY ISSUE. WITH REGARD TO
NORTH 130th STREET, WHAT SDOT
MED MADE THE PRESENTATION FOR
THE LEVY LAST YEAR THEY
EXPLAINED THERE WERE ABOUT
27,000 AVERAGE WEEKDAY TRIPS.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE LOOK AT
THAT TRAFFIC VOLUME, IT CANNOT
BE WELL HANDLED BY A THREE LANE
PROFILE. WE NEED TO READ --
SDOT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING
AND HAVE A FOUR LANE PROFILE IF
A THREE LANE PROFILE IS USED
WE'LL HAVE BUSES SITTING IN
TRAFFIC. WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT
ALREADY ON BROADWAY, PIKE PINE,
NORTHEAST 65th STREET AND
ROOSEVELT WAY.
>> SORRY -- [ INAUDIBLE ] THANK
YOU JACK.
>> THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. NEXT UP
IS LEONARD HARRISON JEROME
FOLLOWED BY KATHLEEN DUN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DEFERRING
SDOT'S EXPERTISE AND THEIR
FUNDING FORMULA THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED FOR ALLOCATING
RESOURCES WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. I RECOGNIZE
THAT BEING ELECTED OFFICIALS
PUTS YOU IN A TOUGH SPOT.
HOWEVER, WE CAN SADLY NO LONGER
AFFORD TO ACT WITHOUT URGENCY.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL
ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE IT NO
SECRET THAT HE WILL WITHDRAW
FEDERAL FUNDING FROM ALL
PROJECTS IN CITIES AND AND
STATES HE DOESN'T LIKE. WE NEED
TO GET THESE PROJECTS IN THE
GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE MONEY IS NO LONGER
AVAILABLE. WE NEED ONLY LOOK AT
SOUND TRANSIT'S ST 3. THAT
ESSENTIAL REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE BECAME
MIRED TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN
REPEATED STUDIES AND
POLITICALDELIBERATIONS. A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND NOW -- WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WEST SEATTLE
IS GOING TO GET LIGHTRAIL. TRUST
ME YOU DON'T WANT THAT
POLITICAL HEADACHE. WE CAN NOT
AFFORD TO REMEET THE SAME
MISTAKE WITH OUR CURRENT
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. ILL
URGE YOU TO DO WHAT THE
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION
REFUSES TO DO AND RELY ON
EXPERTISE. MOVE FOREWORD WITH
THESE AMAZING TRANSPORTATION --
[ INAUDIBLE ] MAKE SEATTLE
SAFER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU LEONARD.
>> OKAY. NEXT UP KATHLEEN DUN
FOLLOWED BY THE LAST IN-PERSON
SPEAKER, CURT NEWCHATELLI.
>> I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE AND
I'M KATHLEEN DUN. THE MAJOR
ROUTES AND OUT FOR PEOPLE,
THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED LIKE
FREEWAYS FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
AND PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING. THEY'RE
GOING 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
NOT JUST PRIVATE DRIVERS BUT
ALSO CITY -- CARS AND BUSES.
THEY'RE ALL GOING WAY OVER THE
SPEED LIMIT. I'M BIKING ALONG
IN UNPROTECTED BIKE LANE OR ON A
RED LIKE THAT. AND I JUST TENSE
UP AND FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IS
OUT TO KILL ME. WHEN I SWITCH TO
THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE I'M SCARED
TO RIDE ON THE STREET, THE
PEDESTRIANS ARE ACTING LIKE I'M
OUT TO KILL THEM. NOT FAIR TO
THEM AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO US,
PEOPLE ARE CRASHING IN CARS ALL
OVER WEST SAT AND ADMIRAL WAY
AND ON THE WEST SEATTLE FREEWAY
AND THE SPOKANE STREET BRIDGE
WHICH ARE ALSO DESIGNED LIKE
FREEWAYS. WE NEED TO GET SOME
ROAD DIETS, THERE'S NO REASON
TO HAVE -- FOUR LANES ON ADMIRAL
WAY. THERE'S NO TRAFFIC JAMS
THERE.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
>> LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS
CURT.
>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR SAKA AND THE ENTIRE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I'M
CURT OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF
SPIRIT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND
RESIDING CHAIR OF THE WASHINGTON
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION AND
COUNCIL. I HAVE BEEN DOING
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE WATERFRONT
FOR 25 YEARS AND HAVE HANDLED
THE LOGISTICS OF HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS OVER THE
COURSE OF MY CAREER. WATCHING
THE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION OR
WTA'S NOT FOR PROFIT TRADE
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING OVER
600 MEMBER COMPANIES. ITEM 2.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPOSED
CHANGES OF VISION ZERO ACTION
ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE SHARED
GOAL OF SAFETY. AND OF THE
ROUTES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED ARE
DESIGNATED HEAVY HAUL CORRIDORS.
MOVEMENT IS CRITICAL TO FREIGHT
SMOKE AND EFFICIENCY IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH SAFETY. ACCESS
COMES A -- TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S BOTH
MANDATED AND INHERENT IN DRIVING
A SEMI-TRUCK. I'M ASKING THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER BILL
12093 THAT'S COMING DUE FOR A
VOTE ON FULL COUNCIL MARCH 18th.
I JUST ASK THE COMMITTEE TO
MAINTAIN EXISTING PEDESTRIAN
PROTECTIONS THAT ARE CLEARLY --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU SIR. WE WILL NOW GO
TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS AND HIT
STAR 6 WHEN YOU ARE CALLED,
FIRST SPEAKER IS CARLO AL CAN
TARA. FOLLOWED BY LYNN DRAKE.
YOU ARE UP, CARLO.
>> HI. MY NAME IS CARLO. I'M
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE AURORA
REIMAGINE COALITION. I FIRST
WANTED TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE
THE HARD WORK THE VISION ZERO
TEAM PUT INTO MAKING OUR STREETS
SAFER. THEIR EFFORTS AND
PROGRESS DO MAKE A DIFFERENT ON
OUR STREETS AND I SEE IT AND
FEEL IT EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK TO
THE BUS STOP AND I HOP ON THE
BIKE TO COMMUTE OR EVEN WHEN
I'M DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY.
AURORA AVENUE NORTH CONTINUES TO
BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
STREETS IN OUR CITY AND IT'S IN
DIRE NEED OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
FOR PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO U.S.
DOT ADA, 42,000 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED ON U.S. ROADWAYS ALONE IN
2023. THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO
GO UP TO BE HIGHER IN 2024. TO
PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE AS
THE U.S. LOST ABOUT 47,000
COMBATANTS IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
AND WE'RE LOSING ABOUT THAT
MANY PEOPLE PER YEAR JUST ON OUR
ROADWAYS. WE REALLY NEED TO DO
OUR PART TO EXPEDITE OUR VISION
ZERO PROJECTS AND MY REQUEST IS
FOR THE -- COMMITTEE TO EXPEDITE
THESE AND THE VISION ZERO TEAM
SPECIFICALLY ON OUR MOST
DANGEROUS ROADS LIKE AURORA.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS LYNN DRAKE
FOLLOWED BY LISA McCRUMBEN.
>> GOOD MORNING. HI. GOOD
MORNING. THIS IS LYNN DRAKE. I I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE
SUCCESSES OF VISION ZERO PROJECT
WHICH IS OUR ALKI POINT HEALTHY
STREET. IT'S MORE POPULAR THAN
EVER. WE RECENTLY MET WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TO REVIEW THE
SURVEY RESULTS. LAST SATURDAY WE
HAD ALMOST RECORD CROWDS. PEOPLE
ENJOYING THE STREET AND IT'S
BEEN A HUGE CALMING EFFECT AND
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK SDOT FOR
MAKING ALL THE BIG CHANGES
NECESSARY SO WE CAN SHARE THE
ROAD WITH VEHICLES. SCOOTERS,
BIKERS. AND IN RETROSPECT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 11 YEARS
AND AND PROMOTING IT AND LIKE TO
SEE THESE KINDS OF THINGS DONE
AS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT FASTER
FOR OTHER PARTS OF ALKI BEACH
AND THE REST OF SEATTLE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY, NEXT UP LISA MCCRUMBEN
AND MAX BAKER. LISA, YOU ARE ON.
HIT THAT STAR 6. LISA, STAR 6 OR
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. OKAY.
WE WILL DO -- NEXT UP WE'LL DO
MAX BAKER.
>> HELLO, I LIVE IN WEST
SEATTLE. MY NAME IS MAX BAKER.
ZERO COMMITMENT TO MOVING FAST
ENOUGH AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
REAL HERE. DELRIDGE WAY WAS
RECENTLY REBUILT FOR RAPID RIDE
YET DIDN'T INSTALL THE MARKED
CROSSWALKS BETWEEN SOUTHWEST
HUDSON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON.
HALF A MILE OF NO SAFE
CROSSINGS. NEW CAFES IS OPENING
ON THE INTERSECTIONS AND YET HOW
ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO CROSS
SAFELY TO ACCESS IT? THIS IS
DANGEROUS. MULTIPLE DEATHS IN
OUR AREA MOST NOTABLY ROB MASON
IN 2023. JUST WEEKS AGO A PERSON
WAS HOSPITALIZED CROSSING
DELRIDGE ITSELF WITH DAKOTA
UNMARKED CROSSING WHERE CURB
RAMPS MAKE IT SEEM SAFE BUT
THERE ARE NO SIGNS OR MARKINGS.
WORSE, NO MARKED CROSSINGS AT
ALL AND NEARLY A FULL QUARTER
MILE. VISION ZERO'S SUPPOSED TO
PREVENT TRAGEDIES. IMPROVEMENTS
NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE LIVES ARE
LOST. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. LISA? WE'LL COME BACK
TO YOU AGAIN. ARE YOU ON? YOU
NEED TO HIT STAR 6. OKAY. OKAY.
WE'LL GIVE IT ONE MORE TIME.
LAST SPEAKER OTHER THAN LISA,
DAVID HAYNES.
>> HI. THANK YOU. THE ONLY WAY
IS WHEN WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY RESIDENT CENTRIC
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREWALKABLE.
WE ARE A CAR CENTRIC INNER CITY
WHERE MOST EVERYONE LIVES ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD RAGE. EXTREMELY
CLOSE TO TRANSIT ORIENTED NOISE
AND AIR POLLUTIONS WITH NO REAL
NOISE AND AIR ABATEMENT. THE
MAIN PROBLEM WITH TRANSPORTATION
AT THE MOMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
NOT FAIR ENFORCEMENT YET BUS
DRIVERS SEE SOMETHING AND DON'T
SAY SOMETHING WHEN THEY DRIVE
DOWN 3rd AVENUE. THE MAYOR GETS
A PASS FROM COUNCIL WHEN HE
CLAIMS IT'S GOING TO QUELL ALL
THE SAFETY CONCERNS AT 12th AND
JACKSON ELSEWHERE. CLAIMS TAKING
AWAY BUS STOPS INSTEAD OF
TRESPASSING REEVES AND DRUG
PUSHERS IS GOING TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM. YET ALL IT DOES IS --
HARM INNOCENT LAW-ABIDING
RESIDENTS. WE NEED COUNCIL TO
MAKE A LAW THAT ANY CONTRACTOR
WHO GETS THE JOB IS BUILDING
SIDEWALKS HAS TO AGREE TO HAVE
TWO FULL PAID SHIFTS OF WORKERS
--
>> OKAY, THANK YOU DAVID. WE'LL
TRY LISA ONE MORE TIME. LAST
SPEAKER. LISA, YOU ARE ON,
REMEMBER TO HIT STAR 6. THAT'S
IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO
THE RECORD?
>> YDA ITEM ONE. PROPOSED SDOT
2025 LEVY DELIVERY PLAN.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WILL
OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN US AT
THE TABLE? AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATION. ONCE READY, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY ABOUT THE 2025 LEVY
DELIVERY PLAN. AM I NOT LOUD?
SCOOT MY CHAIR.
>> THE MICROPHONE -- JUST PULL
IT FORWARD. I'M SORRY.
>> HERE. OKAY. THIS DETAILED
PLAN REPRESENTS A CRITICAL STEP
FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT WE
DELIVER OUR COMMITMENT TO THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. TODAY IS A
MONTH SINCE I TRANSITIONED FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SDOT AND
A NEW PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY
MEAN,FUL. CHAIR, AS YOU HAVE
STATED. THIS LEVY IS UNIQUE AS
WE ARE INJECTING THE DISTRICT
CONCEPT AND IT'S ONLY ENRICHED
OUR DELIVERY PLAN AND A
COMMITMENT AND OUR COLLABORATION
WITH YOU ALL. SO WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO GET IT GOING. THIS
THROUGH THE LEVY BUDGET PROVISO
YOU ASKED US FOR REVIEW BEFORE
IT WAS FINAL. THAT PUT US ON THE
PATH OF DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN
WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF
DETAILS. AND WE APPRECIATE THE
TIME THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF
TOOK TO REVIEW AND
CO-COLLABORATE WITH US. AS WE
LOOK AHEAD, ONE OF OUR KEY
OBJECTIVES IS WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY AGAIN WITH
COUNCIL TO FIT THE -- LIFT THE
29 -- $89 MILLION -- LIFT
PROVISO THAT'S ON THE LEVY
FUND. DOING SO WILL EMPOWER US
TO GET -- THE GROUND, YOU KNOW,
TO GET IT GOING. AND DO SO TO
KIND OF -- TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE EXCITING AND
IMPACTFUL WORK THAT OUR OUTLINED
IN 2025. I'M VERY CONFIDENT
THAT WE COLLECTIVELY WILL BE IN
PARTNERSHIP TO GET THIS GOING
AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
COLLABORATION AGAIN. SO LET ME
INTRODUCE OUR -- MY SENIOR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO SHARE WITH
YOU THE DETAILS ON THE 2025 WORK
PLAN.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING
COUNCIL. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS. HAPPY TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY. TO PRESENT THIS.
IT IS OUR FIRST ANNUAL PLAN FOR
THE PROJECTS THAT SDOT PLANS TO
WORK ON PLANNING, DESIGNING AND
CONSTRUCTING IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
VOTERS' SUPPORT FOR THIS
EFFORT. WE TOOK IT REALLY
SERIOUSLY AS AN AGENCY. THE
TRUST INSTILLED IN US BY THE
VOTERS WHEN THEY VOTED SO
OVERWHELMINGLY TO SUPPORT THIS
LEVY SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
BEING READY FOR THIS DAY EVER
SINCE WE PASSED THIS OFF TO THE
CLERK AND SO THAT WE COULD
DEMONSTRATE IN GOOD FAITH THAT
WE WANTED TO START STRONG ON
THIS LEVY. IT'S A RESULT OF
ALSO MANY YEARS OF GOOD PLANNING
AND THINKING AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE ABLE TO BRING
THIS DETAILED PLAN TO YOU
BECAUSE WE ARE LEANING INTO THE
COMMUNITY COMMENTARY, FEEDBACK,
AND ENGAGEMENT FROM THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE CLIMATE
PLAN. THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PLAN. AND MUCH MORE. SO WE'RE
REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO
CULL FROM ALL OF THOSE VOICES
AND WORKING WITH YOU IN ORDER TO
BRING THIS DETAILED PLAN TO YOU.
IT'S FOUNDED IN SOME VERY
STRONG ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY
VOICES. AS DIRECTOR EMERY SAID,
THIS IS A VERY DETAILED PLAN.
IDENTIFYING OVER 400 PROJECTS OR
PROJECT LOCATIONS WHERE SDOT
WILL BE WORKING IN THE COMING
YEAR. IT IDENTIFIES PLANNING FOR
LARGE AND TRANSFORMATIVE
PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE LOCAL
IMPROVEMENTS THAT KEEP OUR CITY
MOVING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. IT
-- THE PLAN ALSO DESCRIBES A
GENERAL PRIORITIZATION APPROACH.
WE DIDN'T JUST DELIVER SPREAD
SHEET. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT SO THE
LEVY PLAN PROVIDES CONTEXT ABOUT
HOW WE PICK PROJECTS AND HOW WE
DELIVER PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE
WAYS IN WHICH WE -- THE NORMAL
PROCESSES PLAY OUT. SO TODAY
WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT
OF OVERVIEW. AS YOU KNOW, THIS
PROCESS KICKS OFF WHEN WE START
COLLECTING FUNDS. THAT STARTED
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
THE TIME NEXT YEAR WE WILL ALSO
HAVE THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE
ARE MAKING -- MAKING STRIDES
TOWARDS GETTING THAT GROUP
SEATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IS THAT BODY WILL BE A KEY
PARTNER IN DELIVERING THE FUTURE
LEVY PLANS. WE ARE ALSO -- AS I
MENTIONED, GETTING GOING ON SOME
LARGE PROJECTS BUT ALSO THE LEVY
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR
MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE SOME
THINGS THAT STARTED ON DAY ONE.
LIKE FUNDING THE TRANSPORTATION
OPERATION CENTER 24/7 AND
THERE'S REGNANT MACHINES SHIM
AND BEVEL WORK ON SIDEWALKS
ANDPOTHOLE FILLING BUT ALSO SOME
THINGS HAPPENING IN 2032. AS WE
KNOW FROM THIS LEVY THAT WE'RE
WORKING ONLY RIGHT NOW, WE MET
THE COMMITMENT THAT SDOT MADE TO
HAVE OUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS IN CONTRACT IN 2024.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY
EXCITING PROJECTS IN
CONSTRUCTION NOW LIKE THE RAPID
RIDE J PROJECT. THE ROUTE HO
FOURTH QUARTER PROCORRECT AND
MANY OTHERS. SO IT'S BOTH AN
IMMEDIATE AND A LONG-TERM
EFFORT. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED
TODAY BE ABLE TO BE WORKING
DILIGENTLY NOW AND ALSO PAST
2032. SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME
OF THE THEMES IN THIS LEVY. IT
REALLY DOES REFLECT THE TOP
PRIORITIES IN THE 2025 DELIVERY
PLAN. VISION ZERO REALLY OUR
NORTH STAR. WE'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT IT LATER TODAY. IT IS
WOVEN INTO ALL FACTORS OF WHAT
THE LEVY IS PRESENTING AND THE
LEVY DELIVERIRY PLAN. WE HAVE A
COMBINATION AS WELL AS LARGE
PROJECTS ADVANCING
THROUGPLANNING LIKE THE AURORA
AVENUE NORTH PROJECTS. WE'VE
HAD TWO EXCELLENT WALKS WITH
COMMUNITY IN THE PINE HURST AND
NORTH GATE NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY TO PRIORITIZE THE
SIDEWALK SEC SEGMENTS THAT WOULD
MEAN THE MOST TO THEM IN THE
NEAR TERM. ALSO JUMP-START WORK
ON BRIDGE STUDIES AND DESIGN. WE
WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF THAT WORK
IN ADDITION TO MOVING FORWARD ON
OUR BRIDGE WORK, WE WANT TO ALSO
HAVE SOME OF OUR DESIGN WORK IN
HAND AS WE LIFT UP THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INSIGHT INTO OUR BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE NEEDS. WE'RE ALSO
INVESTING FUNDS IN OUR DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION. SOME EXCITING
PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DELIVER
PREFIFA BUT ALSO LASTING AND
ENDURING VALUE POST FIFA FOR THE
COMMUNITY. ALSO DESIGNING AND
LAUNCHING NEW LEVY PROGRAMS
COCREATING SAFETY PROJECTS WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS. WORKING ON EV
CHARGING INSTALLATION AND MUCH
MORE. SO DIVING INTO A COUPLE OF
SPECIFICS. ALTHOUGH -- REALLY
THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOING
THROUGH THE LONG LIST AND SEEING
ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET GOING ON
THE 130th STREET PROJECT IN
ADVANCE OF THE LIGHTRAIL STATION
OPENING. WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT
OF WANTING TO SYNC THAT UP SO
THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO
COMMUNITY WHEN THE LIGHTRAIL
STATION OPENS. WE'VE GOT 38
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS
IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE GOT
CLEANING AND INSPECTION WORK ON
THE BRIDGES GOING AS PART OF OUR
PROACTIVE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM INSPECTING AND CLEANING
SO WE CAN GET A BETTER SENSE OF
THEIR CONDITION AND WHAT ELSE IS
NEEDED AS WELL AS MANY TRANSIT
SPOT IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE
PASSENGER ACCESS TO AND COMFORT
AT BUS STOPS AND COMPLEMENT TO
SOME OF THE TRANSIT SAFETY AND
SECURITY ISSUES THAT WE'VE
DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WITH YOU.
OTHERS THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE, BUT
JUST KNOW THAT THEY'RE UNDERWAY
IS THE DESIGN FOR THE MECHANICAL
AND ELECTRICAL WORK ON BRIDGES
AS WELL AS OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS.
THE END IS SORT OF THE TIME IT
TAKES TO DO THE HUGE PROJECTS ON
PAVING BUT WE HAVE MANY THINGS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW INCLUDING
PANEL REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE NEIGHBORHOODS. MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME OF
THE DETERIORATING PAVING
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'LL ALSO BE DE-- WE ARE
STARTING ON DESIGN ON THE EAST
MARGINAL WAY PROJECT TO PINE
HURST AND ROOSEVELT LARGER AAC
PROJECTS AND WE ARE GETTING
GOING ON BIKE SWEEPING AND
IMPROVED BIKE LANE BARRIERS AND
THE PEOPLE STREETS AND PUBLIC
SPACES PROJECTS INCLUDING
COMPLIMENTING THE OVERHEAD
LIGHTING THAT JUST WENT IN ON
3rd AVENUE AND STARTING
CONSTRUCTION ON THE SQUARE
PROJECT ON 2nd AVENUE EXTENSION.
NEXT. ONE OF THE THINGS TO JUST
KEEP IN MIND AND THE ORGANIZING
PRINCIPAL ARE THESE 11
CATEGORIES, THEY ARE THE WAY IN
WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE
SOME DATA GOING FORWARD AND WE
WILL PROPOSE WITH THE LOD THAT
WE ORGANIZE SOME OF OUR DELIVERY
AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL
TRACKING IN THESE CATEGORIES. SO
THIS IS SORT OF A -- LET'S GET
USED TO THEM MOMENT. WE WILL BE
SEEING THEM A LOT. BUT THEY'RE
HELPFUL AND THAT THEY SYNC UP
NICELY WITH COMMITMENTS MADE IN
THE LEVY SO THE LEVY DELIVERIRY
PLAN IS ALSO ORGANIZED ACCORDING
TO THOSE. FUNDS WILL CARRY
FORWARD BECAUSE THESE ARE
CAPITAL AND THAT APPLIES WHETHER
IT'S MAINTENANCE BUDGET OR NOT
RIGHT? THE 24/7 FOR EXAMPLE
FUNDING, THAT WILL STILL ALSO
CARRY OVER. NEXT. MOMENT ON
PROJECT SELECTION. SO I HAVE
MENTIONED THAT WE LEANED HEAVILY
ON -- ON SORT OF COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PLANNING PROCESSES. BUT
JUST A LITTLE BIT SORT OF DOUBLE
CLICKING INTO SOME OF THAT
DETAIL. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY
THINGS THAT IS WITHIN ALL OF
THOSE IS OUR CORE VALUES AND
EMPHASIS ON MULTIMOBILITY AND
MOVING PEOPLE IN ALL MODES,
VEHICULAR OR NONVEHICULAR AND
WITH SAFETY AT OUR FORE FONT AND
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE
ROI ON THE
PROJECTS WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD
SO THAT WE'RE -- TOUCHING
SPACES THAT BENEFIT MULTIPLE
MODES AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH
ONE IMPROVEMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
WHOLE OF THE CITY. NOT LEAVING
ANY CITY PART -- PART OF THE
CITY BEHIND. GOOD DISTRIBUTION
OF THE WORK AS WELL AS BEING
OPTIMAL AND SORT OF
OPPORTUNISTIC IN OUR TIMING
RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN A STREET IS BEING TOUCHED,
FOR EXAMPLE, BY OUR PARTNERS AT
SPU OR SCL, WE TAKE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO DO WORK WITH THEM
AS WELL. SO THAT THE ADJACENT
PUBLIC IS DISTURBED ONCE AND NOT
TWICE. SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT
THE TIMING OF PROJECTS SO WE CAN
PARTNER WITH OUR OTHER CAPITAL
AGENCIES. WE ALSO HAVE A FOCUS
ON EQUITY AND OUR ABILITY TO
CO-COMMUNITY. AND HAVE
INCORPORATED SOME OF THE
COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES AND
WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE
INCORPORATED SOME OF THE
COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES IN THE
LIST IN THE LEVY DELIVERY PLAN.
SOL MY SECOND TO LAST SLIDE HERE
IS JUST SORT OF RECAPPING SOME
OF THE LARGE PROJECTS PROCESSES.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN
MIND IS WE'RE GETTING GOING ON
SOME REALLY LARGE PLANNING
EFFORTS RIGHT NOW. LOT OF OUR --
OUR ARTERIAL ASPHALT AND
CONCRETE PROJECTS GO THROUGH A
COMPLETE STREETS PLANNING
PROCESS. AND SO WHAT WE ARE --
EMBARKING ON NOW, WE WILL TAKE
THROUGH A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IN DESIGN PROCESS LATER THIS
YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR. THAT
WILL THEN TRANSLATE INTO FINAL
DESIGN PACKAGES AND PS&E AND BID
PACKAGES AND WE'LL WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY TO PUT
THEM OUT TO BID. AND WE WILL
PROBABLY START TO SEE
CONSTRUCTION ON SOME OF THESE
LARGER ONES IN 20 -- LATER '26
INTO EARLY '27. AND I SAY THAT
JUST TO SAY THAT THERE'S
AREN'T FOR SOME OF
THESETIMELINES RIGHT? GETTING
FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATING ANY
CHANGES WE CAN MAKE IN A
HOLISTIC WAY. AND THEN MAKING
SURE THAT THAT BID PACKAGE IS
READY TO GO SO THAT WE'RE OUT
WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS
PROACTIVELY AND PRODUCTIVELY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
HEARING FROM US. WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH LOC AND
WORKING WITH YOU TO GET
THEMSEATED AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I GUESS FIRST OFF,
I NOTE THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
AND WELCOME OUR COLLEAGUE
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING. I KNOW
THESE ISSUES ARE VERY IMPORTANT
TO YOU AND YOUR OFFICE. SO THANK
YOU FOR PRIORITIZING JOINING US
TODAY AND WELCOME. THANK YOU
AGAIN PRESENTERS DIRECTOR EMERY
AND TEAM. COLLEAGUES? THIS TIME
I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS. ANYONE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENT S? Y, GO
AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO. NO, YOU ARE ON THE
COMMITTEE. I'M NOT. [ INAUDIBLE
]
>> OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK
YOU DIRECTOR EMERY AND THE TEAM
FOR BEING HERE AND MR.-- FROM
CENTRAL STAFF OF COURSE. REALLY
APPRECIATE AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
I -- I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW,, THE
LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MR.
McDONALD. OR -- FACT SHEET I
GUESS. AND THEN I ALSO
APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
FROM THE WASHINGTON TRUCKING
ASSOCIATION. I THINK THAT
GENTLEMAN HAS LEFT. APPRECIATE
THE POINTS THAT HE WAS MAKING.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF THIS. --
JUST TO PLAY OFF THE -- ACTUALLY
-- NEXT ONE. ACTUALLY I WOULD
SAY THIS ONE FOR THE NEXT
PRESENTATION. SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE
YET. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
THE FOCUS ON BRIDGES. YOU KNOW,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
WARRANTY ON MAG YELL THAT BRIDGE
EXPIRED AS OF DECEMBER 31st,
2024 AND I WANTED TO CONFIRM --
I'M ASSUMING IT IS BUT I WANTED
TO CONFIRM MAG YELL THAT IN
TERMS OF THE '25 PLAN. THE
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE. IS THAT PART OF
THAT BULLET?
>> WE HAVE ANALYTICAL WORK GOING
ON TO SUPPORT FUTURE DECISION
MAKING ON THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE.
YES.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S --
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU
KNOW, IT'S COME UP NOT JUST THE
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE BUT ACTUALLY THE
DELAY VIS BRIDGES AND THE
EMERSON BRIDGES. REALLY
IMPORTANT AS PART OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION,
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE NEED
TO BE KIND OF PARTNERING
TOGETHER KIND OFLIKE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES SO
THAT'S OF GREAT CONCERN. OR
GREAT INTEREST FOR ME NOT JUST
FROM A STRAIGHT STICK
TRANSPORTATION PIECE. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK SINCE I'M ON THE
BORDER LANDS BETWEEN D 7 AND D
6. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
ON THE BALLARD BRIDGE BUT NOT
JUST THE BALLARD BRIDGE, BUT ON
BOTH SIDES. I THINK THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT. YOU GO INTO VISION
ZERO. TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
ALSO WANTED TO SAY TOO THANK
YOU. THIS MAY NOT BE PART OF
WHAT YOU WERE INTENDING IN TERMS
OF STREET MAINTENANCE, AND THE
LIKE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE PROACTIVE WORK OF SDOT
RELATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE
FOR PIKE PLACE. WE HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT WORK BEING DONE THERE. AND
THEN SEPARATELY OF COURSE, AS
CHAIR KNOWS, IT WAS PULLED OUT
OF THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN. BUT WORKING WITH SDOT ALSO
PIKE PLACE PDA EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND STAKEHOLDERS, WILL
HAVE THAT MEETING IN APRIL.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE WAY AHEAD.
AND GET A COMPREHENSIVE
EVERYBODY INCLUDED INCLUDING
CHIEF SCOGGINS. THE FIRE IS OUT
THERE TOO. AS YOU NOTED YOU
CAN'T BACK UP RIGGS UP THE
HILL. I WANTED TODAY HIGHLIGHT
THAT IN EARLY APRIL THAT WILL
HAPPEN. AND I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. THE WORK
THAT YOU ARE DOING ON THE
MAINTENANCE SIDE IS REALLY
APPRECIATED I THINK THAT -- YOU
KNOW, SOMETHING THAT -- ONCE
THIS IS DONE, EVERYBODY WILL SEE
THE DIFFERENCE AND APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE
RELATED TO PIKE PLACE AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AND SAFETY
ACROSS THE BOARD. I ALSO
APPRECIATE THE HIGHLIGHT FOR
FIFA WORLD CUP AND DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION. SO IMPORTANT. I
DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
APPRECIATE WHAT FIFA WORLD CUP
IS GOING TO MEAN IN TERMS OF
NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT THIS CHAIR WITH THE -- THE
PSRC TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
REGIONAL PIECE AND THIS WAS
SOMETHING WHEN I WAS DOWN IN
OLYMPIA. LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK
BEFORE, THEY DIDN'T REALLY --
EVERYBODY DOWN THERE THINKS THAT
FIFA WORLD CUP IS JUST IS A
SEATTLE THING. AND IT'S NOT.
YOU KNOW, FROM HOTELS AS
IANTHEED SOME COUNTRIES THEIR
PRESS CORPS COULD FILL UP
SEATTLE'S HOTELS. OUR HOTELS
FROM SEA-TAC, MAYBE ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO OLYMPIA AND THEN UP TO
THE NORTH, ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE
GOING TO BE FILLED AND YOU KNOW
IT'S GOING TO BE MAJOR PIECES.
FAN ZONES ACROSS THE STATE.
AGAINST THE FOLKS DOWN IN
OLYMPIA DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A
TRUE APPRECIATION OF THIS. NOT
TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, A MATCH
WITH THE U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL
TEAM ON JUNETEENTH AND THEN ALSO
ONE -- A MATCH DURING PRIDE
WEEK. REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS
FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND I
THINK. AND PREPARE FOR. AND SO I
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN TERM
OF PREPARATION FOR THAT WORLD
CUP BECAUSE THE EYES OF THE
WORLD WILL BE ON US AND THEN --
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION IS KEY. KEY
FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY D 7
REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. 3rd
AVENUE NEEDS THE ATTENTION. I DO
LIKE THE LIGHTING AND I LIKE THE
IDEA OF YOU KNOW THE SYMPHONY
BLOCK. I ALWAYS SAY IN THE
VISITS TO LIKE BEN ROYAL HALL
AND THE SYMPHONY. WOULDN'T IT
BE GREAT EITHER END THE
CROSSWALKS LOOK LIKE -- KEYBOARD
KEYS AT 3rd AVENUE? JUST A
THOUGHT. JUST A THOUGHT.
DIRECTOR EMERY, I LIKE THE
RESPONSE.
>> CREATIVE THINKING. I LIKE IT.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. CHAIR,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO
END ON A HIGH NOTE. SO THANK
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY. HAPPY AS WELL. THANK
YOU FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE -- I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING PROJECTS ONLINE AND
LIFTING THIS PROVISO QUICKLY. I
MENTIONED OFFER IN THE ECONOMY
THAT I'M CAR FREE AND THAT'S A
DECISION BY CHOICE. BUT I DO IT
BECAUSE I JOINED THE 20% OF
SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS WHO DO NOT
OWN VEHICLES. AND THIS INCLUDES
PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES
WHO ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO NOT DRIVE AND PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD THE DRIVE. WHILE I
KNOW MY DECISION IS BY CHOICE I
KNOW IT'S NOT EVERYBODY'S
CHOICE FOR THE CITY. THAT'S WHY
SO EXCITED BECAUSE MANY OF THESE
HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON THE PROJECTS
THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE
LEVY. TO THAT END ALSO
REPRESENTING CITY-WIDE,
PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT SDOT
HAS LAID OUT. PARTICULARLY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF OUR PROJECTS
HAPPENING CITY-WIDE ESPECIALLY
IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE
BEEN UNDERINVESTED IN. AND
CONTINUE TO FACE SAFETY
CHALLENGES ON THE STREETS DUE TO
AGAIN, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND OTHER
COMPONENTS THAT I'M SURE WE'LL
BE HEARING ABOUT IN THE NEXT
PRESENTATION AS WELL. BUT MY
QUESTION FOR TODAY IS A LITTLE
BIT IF WE CAN COLOR SOME OF THE
CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR SOME OF
THESE PROJECTS. AND I WAS TAKING
A LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVY DOCUMENT. I BELIEVE IT'S
R-THE ANNUAL DELIVERY PLAN
DOCUMENT. I KNOW THERE'S A
NUMBER OF PROJECTS NOTED IN
THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE
STARTING CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
AND SO I WAS CURIOUS, HAVE
CONTRACTORS BEEN SELECTED? IF
NOT, PARTICULARLY CONTRACTORS
FOR SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. HAVE THEY BEEN
SELECTED AND IF NOT HOW ARE WE
GOING ABOUT AWARDING THOSE
CONTRACTS AND HOW DO THE
SELECTION OF THESE CONTRACTS
FALL UNDER THE CITY'S PLA OR
CWA?
>> GOOD QUESTIONS. SO MOST OF
THE WORK IN HERE THAT IS LISTED
AS GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION
EITHER HAD SOME TENTACLE THAT
WAS PREFUNDED BY ANOTHER EFFORT.
SO THE LEVY FUNDING IS JUST
MOVING THAT INTO CONSTRUCTION.
BUT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF
THINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN
CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DELIVERED
BY SDOT CREWS. WE HAVE
INCREDIBLY TALENTED CREWS THAT
COVER A LOT OF TRADES. AND CAN
DO PRETTY GREAT WORK WITHIN THE
CONTRACTING THRESHOLDS. SO A LOT
OF IT WILL BE CREW DELIVERED.
SOME OF IT WILL BE DONE THROUGH
WHAT WE'RE CREATIVE PROCESS
CALLED THE UNIT PRICE
CONTRACTING. WHICH IS WE'RE
WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS, THEY
-- WE DO A COMPETITIVE BID
PROCESS WHERE THEY HAVE A
LIMITED SCOPE OF WORK AND CAN
COMPETE TO BE ESSENTIALLY ON A
BENCH OF CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN
USE. UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR
VALUE. AND IT'S USUALLY SORT OF
A KNOWN SCOPE OF WORK. SO LET'S
SAY PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF A
PAVING RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING
WE CAN ASK THEM TO BID. THERE
ARE THIS DIMENSIONING THIS TYPE
OF DEPTH THEY WOULD SUBMIT A
COMPETITIVE BID AND AS WE NEED
THAT WORK SITE SPECIFIC. WE NOW
HAVE A SITE AT THIS LOCATION,
WOULD YOU LIKED TO IT? SO SOME
OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE
THROUGH THAT UNIT PRICE
CONTRACTING. WHEN IT COMES TO
THE LARGE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS,
SDOT WORKS CLOSELY WITH FAS
THECENTRAL CONTRACTING. THEY RUN
ALL THE COMPETITIVE LARGE
CONTRACTED CAPITAL FOR ALL OF
THE CITY. SO WE WORK THROUGH ALL
OF THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS
AS IT RELATES TO BID PACKAGING,
BID SELECTION PROCESSES,
ADVERTISING NOTICING AND
ULTIMATE SELECTION. THEY DO LEAD
US AND WE FOLLOW THEIRS THEIR
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
>> TO BE CLEAR TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES AND LIKE THE
PROJECTS LABOR AGREEMENT
PROCESS. WE WOULD NEED TO TALK
TO F AS ABOUT THAT?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY
HAVE ON TEAM STAFF THAT DEAL
WITH THAT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. AND MY
FINAL QUESTION IS -- WHAT DO YOU
NEED FROM THIS COUNCIL TO BE
MOST SUCCESSFUL IN DELIVERING
THIS PLAN? I KNOW A LOT OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WENT INTO
DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. THERE WAS
A HUGE EFFORT TO REALLY TALK TO
OUR NEIGHBORS AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE PASSED THIS PLAN AND SO WHAT
DO YOU NEED FROM US TO BE
SUCCESSFUL? IN DELIVERING IT?
>> THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
OFFERING. WE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED
THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
YOUR CONTINUED AWARENESS OF THE
PROJECTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS BUT
ALSO CITY-WIDE AND PRODUCTIVE
INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS
HELPING US GET INSIGHTS FROM
COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELP PEOPLE
BE AWARE. SOME OF IT IS ALSO,
YOU KNOW, A CHALLENGE TO COMPETE
WITH THE WORLD THAT IS FULL OF
INFORMATION. AND FULL OF WAYS TO
REACH PEOPLE. AND SO JUST YOUR
HELP AND PARTNERSHIP TO HELP WE
WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE
WORK WE'RE DOING. WE WANT TO
HELP THEM BE, YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY WELL NOTIFIED AND SO
YOUR PARTNERSHIP THERE IS ALSO
REALLY HELPFUL. SO. THANK YOU.
>> THE ONE THING I WANT TO ADD.
IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING
TIME. REGIONALLY, WE HAVE
MEGAPROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
OUR LEVY TOUCHES ON MEGAPROJECTS
AS WELL. WE NEED TO BE VERY
INTENTIONAL AND HOW WE PHASE AND
SEQUENCE THOSE PHASES. SO WE CAN
MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO OUR
COMMUNITY. SO MITIGATION WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT THAT, WE NEED TO BE
VERY STRATEGIC. SO WE NEED TO
SHIFT CERTAIN PROJECTS TO BE
FACING A DIFFERENT WAY. IT'S
THROUGH THAT LENS. SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU
ALL AS WE NAVIGATE THIS SPACE.
LOOK AT MAYBE A THREE YEAR LOOK
AHEAD. NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO
SDOT PROJECTS BUT REGIONAL
IMPACTS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY.
AND HOW WE CAN SEQUENCE THOSE
PROJECTS AND BE, YOU KNOW, BE
VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT REDUCING
THE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. FOR
ALL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- CENTRAL
STAFF. I JUST WANTED TO JUST --
PUT OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE THIS
ANNUAL DELIVERY PLAN. IT WAS A
REQUIREMENT THAT YOU PUT IN THE
COMPANION RESOLUTION TO THE LEVY
TO HAVE ONE EVERY YEAR BY
JANUARY 31st. THIS FIRST YEAR
DURING BUDGET, YOU PUT THE
PROVISO ON BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE AS MUCH DETAILED
INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST YEAR
AS WE HOPED. WE HAD THE LEVY
COMMITMENTS BUT DIDN'T HAVE A
SPENDING PLAN THAT CAME ALONG
WITH THE BUDGET. SO JUST ALL
WISH TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE
GETTING ANOTHER BUDGET THIS
YEAR. PROPOSAL. AND THE HOPE IS
THAT AS WE GET MORE STAFFING
PROGRAM MANAGERS AND PROJECT
LEADS ESTABLISHED WE WILL HAVE
MORE DETAIL FOR WHAT THE PLANS
FOR THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE WITH
BUDGET AS WELL. AND THEN
HOPEFULLY WE WILL JUST BE ABLE
TO -- WITH THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, BE ABLE TO TRACK MORE
OF THE PROJECT DELIVERY GOING
FORWARD. SO HOPEFULLY THIS --
THIS SORT OF LEVEL OF SCRUTINY
IS IMPORTANT. BUT THAT WE'LL
HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET
INTO THE FUTURE BUDGET.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THESE PROJECTS COMING ONLINE
SO WE CAN FURTHER CONNECT OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? GO AHEAD.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND THANK
YOU SDOT FOR BEING HERE. THANK
YOU CHAIR FOR LETTING ME SIT IN
ON YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU ARE
RIGHT, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FOLKS
THAT I REPRESENT. AND THE D4. I
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SLIDES ON SLIDE FIVE, LAUNCHING
NEW LEVY PROGRAMS. CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE?
>> CERTAINLY CAN. LET ME -- GRAB
THE SLIDE. SO I'LL START WITH
ONE OF THE NEW PROGRAMS WAS
AROUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING. SO THERE'S AN
INVESTMENT TO WORK WITH OUR
PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, MARKS AND
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND LIBRARIES,
TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN USE
CITY LAND TO INCREASE COMMUNITY
ACCESS TO CHARGING STATIONS IF
THEY CANNOT CHARGE AT HOME. SO
THAT IS A BIG ONE. SORT OF
FIGURING OUT HOW TO LIFT THAT
UP. BUILD THAT PARTNERSHIP.
SORRY. WHAT ELSE? NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM IS ANOTHER BIG ONE. WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE STRUCTURES
THROUGH WHICH WE CAN HAVE STAFF
AND SYSTEMS TO HAVE
NONTRANSACTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING PRESENT
WHERE THEY'RE SHOWING UP AND
HAVING A CONTINUOUS LEVEL OF
AWARENESS? BUT ALSO ALLOWING
THEIR PRIORITIES TO FILTER UP
THROUGH SDOT. AND BE RECORDED
AND REMEMBERED SO THAT AS WE'RE
MOVING THROUGH MAINTENANCE AND
REGULAR WORK, THAT WE CAN ALSO
SORT OF BE INFORMED BY THAT
COMMUNITY WISDOM. AND THAT MAY
SOUND SIMPLE BUT THAT'S LICK
SORT OF WONDERFULFULLY
TRANSFORMATIVE AND COMPLEX. I'M
PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS FOR SDOT
TO GET INPUT AND HAVING A SYSTEM
BY WHICH WE CAN HOLD THAT AND
THEN ALSO CULL IT IN OUR
DAY-TO-DAY WORK BECAUSE SDOT HAS
TONS. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR
CAP TOM WORK BUT A TON OF WHAT
WE DO IS OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE. TO THE EXTENT WE
CAN LEVERAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK
JUST GOING OUT AND DOING REGULAR
MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUING TO
ADVANCE COMMUNITY INPUT, THAT'S
PARTICULARLY EXCITING. I THINK
AS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
>> ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED PROGRAM -- BOTH THESE
PROGRAMS ARE -- YOU WILL BE
WORKING THIS YEAR I ASSUME TO
STAND THEM UP AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND THEN I
ASSUME THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED PIECE IS GOING TO BE
ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> EQUALLY. GREAT. THANK YOU --
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. DISTRICT
FUND IS A NEW CONCEPT THAT WE'VE
ADDED TO THE LEVY. WHICH YOU
WILL HAVE GREAT PARTICIPATION
IN. AND SHAPING IT TOGETHER.
>> GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING AT A LATER DATE ONCE
THESE GET STOOD UP AND WHAT THAT
WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE CAN
HELP PLUG IN OUR CONSTITUENTS
INTO THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE AS
YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S SOME
CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE MORE
ACTIVE IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS
ON THESE ISSUES AND WE WANT
TOMAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE. THAT'S
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS
THERE AND ROBUST WAY. ON PAGE
EIGHT, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND
EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION
INITIATIVE? IN INVESTMENT. IT'S
AN EIGHT YEAR PROGRAM FOR $4
MILLION IN FACT FIRST YEAR AND
MILLION DOLLARS IS ALLOCATED SO
IS IT THE MILLION DOLLARS THEN
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEVEN
YEARS OR CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS PIECE?
>> WE'LL START WITH GOOD GOVERN
NANCE. I'LL START WITH THAT. SO
THAT'S A -- PORTION. THAT IS --
COVERING THE WORK TO ADVANCE THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE IS WITHIN GOOD GOVERNANCE.
THERE'S COUPLE OF COMPONENTS TO
IT. IT'S ON THE PAGE 34. OF THE
LEVY DELIVERY PLAN. SO WE'VE
GOT SUPPORTING THE -- THE
STANDING UP OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND FUNDING TASK
FORCE. SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE
TIMELINES OF THAT DELIVERY. WE
HAVE A COMMITMENT IN THE WORK TO
BRING BACK ON A -- SORT OF
SPECIAL -- SPECIFIC TIMELINE FOR
FUTURE DECISION MAKING. I
BELIEVE IT'S 2026 ALTHOUGH I
DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. IT'S
ALSO FUNDING TO HELP PROVIDE
RESOURCING TO THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR AUDITING SERVICES
THAT THEY MAY WANT. SO IT'S
ESSENTIALLY AL A SORT OF
RESOURCE THAT THEY CAN AVAIL
THEMSELVES OF IF THEY NEED TO.
THAT WAS PARTICULARLY REQUESTED
BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AND
WAS FOLDED INTO THE LEVY
DELIVERY PLAN. AND ALSO PROPERTY
TAX RELIEF OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION. SO THERE WAS AT A
DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE ABLE TO EXEMPT
THEMSELVES FROM THE LEVY ARE
ABLE -- AWARE OF THEIR ABILITY
TO DO SO IF THEY WANT TO.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FRANCISCA.
THIS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK
FORCE, HOW'S THAT DIFFERENT
FROM THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE? BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO
SEPARATE BODIES.
>> THEY ARE, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL
RUN THE ENTIRETY OF THE LEVY.
THEY HAVE A PRIMARY ROLE TO BE
OVERSEEING KIND OF THE
EXPENDITURES AND MAKING SURE
THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
VOTER INTENT. THE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING TASK FORCE WILL BE A
PURPOSE BUILT COMMITTEE THAT
WILL SUNSET. THEN WHEN THEIR
WORK IS DONE THEY WILL MORE
LIKELY BE IN A TWO YEAR TIME
FRAME. TO BE LOOKING AT THE
LONG-TERM FUNDING SOURCES AND
FUNDING STRATEGY FOR THE BIGGER
ASSETS LIKE SIDEWALKS AND PAVING
AND BRIDGES. WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE BIG MAINTENANCE AND ASSET
NEEDS THERE. THEY'RE TRICKY
PROBLEMS AND THIS IS SORT OF
THINK TANK TO HELP US FIGURE OUT
SOME STRATEGIES AND MAKE SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FRANCISCA.
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND WAS MY
OTHER QUESTION. SO IT'S LOOKING
LIKE IT'S A -- $4 MILLION
INVESTMENT OVER THE EIGHT YEARS
FOR 2025. IT'S A $2 MILLION
INVESTMENT. SO IT'S HALF OF
THAT ORIGINAL INVESTMENT. AND SO
IS IT -- YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE
WANTING TO ANSWER.
>> IF I COULD JUMP IN. JUST AS A
REMINDER, THE DISTRICT FUND WAS
ORIGINALLY PROPOSAL IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THE LEVY
BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH TO
THE LEVY PROPOSAL THAT WENT TO
VOTERS. IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR,
WITH OTHER REVENUES THAT BECAME
AVAILABLE, COUNCIL DIRECTED $7
MILLION EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT
TWO YEARS FOR THE NEW COUNCIL
DISTRICT FUND SORT OF
RESURRECTING THIS CONVENT
INCLUDING $2 MILLION OF
REDIRECTED LEVY DOLLARS. BUT IT
WAS SORT OF A -- BRINGING IT
BACK ONLINE. BEYOND THAT, IT'S
FRONT LOADED. SO THERE MIGHT BE
OPPORTUNITY IN FUTURE BUDGETS IF
WE CAN LOOK FOROTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT.
BUT THE PROPOSAL IN THE BUDGET
WAS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED
TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR FOR
CONSTITUENTS WHO MIGHT BE
WATCHING, THAT THIS IS A --
INVESTMENT THAT COUNCIL PUT IN
BUT IT IS A VERY LIMITED
INVESTMENT. IT WAS MEANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE COULD GET DISTRICT
SPECIFIC PROJECTS DONE. I THINK
THAT THE CHAIR FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THIS, AND I VERY
MUCH SUPPORTED IT AND CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT IT. AND IT IS A VERY
SMALL INVESTMENT. SO WANT TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIS PARTICULAR FUND. AND HOW WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT AS SDOT IS
DELIVERING ON THE LEVY, WE ARE
HAVING ROBUST, YOU KNOW,
INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY SO
CONSTITUENTS CAN SEE CHANGES IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THEIR
MART OF THE CITY AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND
THOSE OF US THAT REPRESENT
DISTRICTS THAT ARE DISTRICT
SPECIFIC. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
I'M LOOKING AT YOU. BECAUSE YOU
ARE NODDING AND I KNOW YOU ARE A
GOOD ADVOCATE FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. OKAY AND
THEINE I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION
CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. ON
PAGE NINE, THE PROJECT
SELECTION. THE COMMUNITY
CO-CREATION OPPORTUNITY. CAN YOU
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE AGAIN, I HAVE -- I'M
VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT
OUR CONSTITUENTS GET TO
PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROCESSES
IN IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CO-CREATION AND I HAVE
ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOUR PROJECTS
THAT CONSTITUENTS WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IN OUR DISTRICT AND I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE
PROJECTS AS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION HERE. AND HOW DO
BEMAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
UNDERSTAND -- BECAUSE I'LL BE
HONEST. AND IT IS -- SHOULD COME
NO SURPRISE. FOLKS IN THE
DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE CITY
ARE NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY
FEELING LIKE SDOT IS HEARING
THEM. I KNOW YOU HAVE A
PRIORITIZATION PLAN AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY. WE HAVE SOME
CERTAIN NUMBER OF FUNDS. AND NOT
AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT IS THAT TRANSPARENCY PIECE IS
SO CRITICAL BECAUSE THAT'S
REALLY HOW YOU SHOW YOUR WORK
AND YOU SHOW THEM WHY IT IS THAT
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THE TIMETABLE THEY
WOULD LIKE ET CETERA. AND I
THINK THAT WE CAN ALL DO BETTER
WORK AT THE CITY IN GENERAL. THE
BUREAUCRACY CAN DO BETTER JOB ON
THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE. AND I'M
VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE
THAT AT LEAST THE CONSTITUENTS
THAT I REPRESENT ARE ENGAGED AND
UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT SDOT IS
DOING. SO THAT'S WHY I'M
ASKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
CO-CREATION OPPORTUNITY. AND HOW
THIS IS -- HOW SDOT ENVISIONS
THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
>> YEAH. NO. VERY WELL SAID
COUNCILMEMBER. THE NEED IS
GREAT. AND SO PRIORITIZATION IS
ESSENTIAL. AND ARTICULATING THAT
PRIOR TOIZATION IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AS WELL. BECAUSE YEAH,
AND HAVING A GOOD FOUNDATION
USING DATA WHENEVER WE CAN AS
WELL IS CRUCIAL. SO COMMUNITY
CO-CREATION ACTUALLY IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT
ANOTHER ONE OF THE NEW PROGRAMS
THAT I DIDN'T TOUCH ON EARLIER.
SO PEOPLE STREETS AND PUBLIC
SPACES IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
COMMUNITY CO-CREATION
OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS A FUND
WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO -- CREATE
SPACES THAT EITHER ADDRESS AN
ISSUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF
THERE'S A DESIRE FOR A
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE, FOR
EXAMPLE. A SMALL PLAZA. OR AN
AMENITY THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL
FOR SOMEONE WHETHER IT'S
LIGHTING A BLOCK FROM A BUS STOP
OR LIGHTING IN A SPACE WHERE
OTHERWISE PEOPLE COULD SPEND A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN DARKER
HOURS OF YEAR. YOU KNOW, IT'S
OUR ABILITY TO HAVE
NONTRANSACTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
FOLKS THAT DOES SUPPORT THE
ABILITY TO SAY OKAY WE HAVE NOW
HEARD IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
YOU, WE'RE HEARING THEM AND A
PRIORITIZATION WITHIN THE
DISTRICT AROUND THIS LIGHTING
ISSUE. AND THAT -- WE NOW HAVE
THE ABILITY THROUGH PEOPLE
STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES TO
SAYING YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE
A TON OF MONEY BUT WE DO HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT IN COUPLE OF
LIGHTS HERE. IT'S SORT -- IT'S
INTERTWINED WITH CREATING SPACES
WHERE WE CAN HEAR COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS LIKE PEOPLE STREETS AND
PUBLIC SPACES AND NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATE SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAY PROGRAM AND HOME ZONES
ARE ARE HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF
WHERE SDOT HAS SOUGHT TO CREATE
SPACES TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM RESIDENTS
WHERE ARE YOUR NONARTERIAL PATH
WAYS THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND HOW TO WORK WITH YOU TO DO
SORT OF LIGHT TOUCH INSERTIONS
TO MAKE THAT PATHWAY WORK FOR
AND YOU FEEL SAFER? HOME ZONES
AGAIN ANOTHER SORT OF ENGAGEMENT
WITH COMMUNITY WHERE WE --
RECOGNIZING THAT PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT CUT THROUGH
TRAFFIC AND/OR OTHER SPEEDING
ISSUES. WHERE WE CAN Y, WALK IN
AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE
DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND FIND WAYS TO
ADDRESS IT IN A SAMMATIC WAY. SO
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WITH
COMMUNITY. AND -- AND FIND WAYS
THAT OUR PROGRAMS CAN SUPPORT
THESE VOICES.
>> WHAT WILL -- HOW WILL THIS
ACTUALLY -- PLAY OUT? I MEAN,
I'M THINKING OF TWO PROJECTS IN
MY DISTRICT ALONE ON SAND POINT
WAY THAT I HAVE TALKED TO
INTERIM DIRECTOR EMERY ABOUT AND
IN TERMS OF THE SPEED RACING AND
DOING SOME TRAFFIC MITIGATION.
AND I'M THINKING OF A LIGHTING
PROJECT NEAR THE LIGHTRAIL
STATION AT ROOSEVELT. WHERE
IT'S THE UNDER THE I-5, YOU
KNOW, THAT UNDERPASS AND IT'S
VERY DARK AND PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
SAFE. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE
GET THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS TO
THE ATTENTION OF SDOT? AND I
IMAGINE WHEN YOU SEE LIGHTING I
THINK CITY LIGHT. HOW DO YOU
WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER, YOUR
SISTER DEPARTMENT ON THESE TYPES
OF EFFORTS AND HOW DO WE AS
COUNCILMEMBERS GET THIS
INFORMATION TO YOU ALL? TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING
ADDRESSED.
>> SO -- YOU WANT TO? THIS
SPEAKS -- YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU
ARE IDENTIFYING AND MAYBE THIS
IS TIE THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH
COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND. ONE OF
THE WAYS THIS CAN WORK IS BY
HAVING SPACES TO HEAR FROM
COMMUNITY AND LOOK AT HOW
PROJECTS AND THEN TO TOUCH ON
YOUR -- THE GOOD -- COMMENTARY
ON PRIORITIZATION. A COMMUNITY
ISSUE CAN BE INTAKE AND TAKEN
INTO SDOT. WE CAN LOOK AT IT
RELATIVE TO THE PRIORITIZATION
OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. RIGHT? SO
FOR EXAMPLE VISION ZERO WILL
PRIORITIZE BASED ON CRASH DATA
AND EXPOSURE DATA AND INJURY
DATA. AND WE CAN ARTICULATE THAT
BACK TO COMMUNITY AND SAY YOU
KNOW, WE LOOKED THROUGH OUR
PRIORITIZATION AND CRITERIA AND
WE CAN SAY YEAH, THIS ACTUALLY
DOES SYNC UP WITH PRIORITIZATION
CRITERIA AND WE CAN PROGRAM IT
FOR INSTALLATION AT THIS TIME.
IN THE FUTURE. IN A CASE WHERE
WE LOOK AT IT AND WE GO
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A
MERITORIOUS PROJECT BUT DOESN'T
ACTUALLY SYNC UP WITH THE
PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, THAT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND SAY, IS
THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE AS PART OF YOUR
COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND? RIGHT. SO
IT IS ALL PART OF THIS ABILITY
TO LIFT UP A PROCESS BY WHICH WE
DO EVALUATE ACCORDING TO
CRITERIA. IF IT DOESN'T RANK,
NOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
THROUGH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT
FUND FOR IT TO POTENTIALLY HAVE
ANOTHER PATHWAY.
>> JUST WANT TO MENTION A FEW
THINGS. I UNDERSTAND -- SDOT HAS
A REPUTATION WITH NOT BEING
RESPONSIVE. BUT THIS IS A HIGH
PRIORITY FOR ME. RESPONSIVENESS,
TRANSPARENCY, BEING DATA-DRIVEN.
CREATING TIMELINE. WALKING
PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT OUR
EXPECTATION IS A HOW IT
PRIORITIZES. THAT'S SUPER
IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THAT -- YOU
WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. WE DO HAVE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF
COCREATE, YOU KNOW, SOLUTIONS.
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER, OUR
COMMUNITY IS A GREAT INPUT --
THEY'RE OUR USERS, TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT WE
CREATE. AND BUILD. RIGHT? SO
VOICES FROM COMMUNITY IS VERY
IMPORTANT. BECAUSE THAT'S A
REFLECTION OF HOW DID OUR
INVESTMENT, HOW DOES IT WORK?
THEY'RE NAVIGATING THE SPACE.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SO THIS
PARTICULAR THING IS HIGH
PRIORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AND
WE'RE SETTING THE FRAMEWORK TO
CREATE THAT RESPONSIVENESS AND
TRANSPARENCY PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. INTERIM DIRECTOR
EMERY, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING. I WANT TO ALSO
SAY THAT THERE ARE USERS AND
THEN THERE ARE ALSO THE
TAXPAYERS THAT FUND THESE
PROJECTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS ARE FEELING LIKE
THE CITY IS BEING RESPONSIVE. I
WILL SAY -- YOU KNOW, I WOULD
LOVE TO BE ENGAGED WITH YOU ALL
IF, YOU KNOW, WHERE APPROPRIATE
TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSTITUENTS
FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF THE
PROCESS. OR THAT THEY'RE ABLE
TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS DONE. I WILL SAY THAT
IN THE PAST, I'M A DATA PERSON.
I'M A MATH PERSON. AND SO THAT
SPEAKS TO ME. I DO THINK THAT
SOMETIMES SDOT WILL TELL
CONSTITUENTS THEY WILL SEND
THEIR ENGINEERS OUT AND KIND OF
COUNT, YOU KNOW, OR THEY'LL
LOOK A BETTER EXAMPLE OF HOW
MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED
SOMEWHERE AND SAY WELL, NOT THAT
MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY
OCCURRED THERE. SO THAT'S NOT A
PRIORITY. AND THE FOLKS ARE
LIVING THERE, SO THEY'RE IN A
BETTER SITUATION TO SEE HOW BAD
SOMETHING IS AND IT JUST BECOMES
-- YOU KNOW, A CHALLENGE FOR
CONSTITUENTS TO HEAR FROM SDOT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH
ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED THERE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO
PRIORITIZE THAT. THERE'S GOT TO
BE SOME, SOME -- SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY
CONCERNS THAT CONSTITUENTS ARE
RAISING EVEN THOUGH PERHAPS
THERE MIGHT NOT BE THE LEVEL OF
ACCIDENTS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO
SEE TO DO A MAJOR PROJECT. SOME
MITIGATION EFFORTS BECAUSE A
RECOGNITION THAT THEY ARE
FEELING THIS. AND ARE FEELING
UNSAFE. AND ARE -- SOME OF THE
INTERSECTIONS ALMOST ABOUT TO
GET HIT BY A CAR. SO JUST
BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT HASN'T
ACTUALLY HAPPENED DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S NOT WAITING TO HAPPEN. SO
SOME OF THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT SDOT IS PARTNERING
BETTER WITH COMMUNITY THAT WAY.
SO THAT THE RESPONSE BACK ISN'T
JUST SOME DATA POINT THAT REALLY
DOESN'T GET TO WHAT THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING EVERY DAY BECAUSE
THEY LIVE THERE. AND SO THANK
YOU INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR YOUR
PIECE ABOUT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR
YOU TO DO THAT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT ROBUSTLY. THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH
NEEDED ACROSS THE CITY AND ALSO
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FORMALLY
I'D LOVE TO SEE A LIST OF
PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE
DISTRICT. DISTRICT SPECIFIC
PROJECTS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO
SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH
CONSTITUENTS AND THEN WE CAN
TRACK PROGRESS ON THOSE
PROJECTS. AND I'M NOT SURE
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HAD IN
THE PAST FROM SDOT. LIKE A LIST
OF PROJECTS. MAYBE WE HAVE. BUT
I DIDN'T SEE ONE FOR LAST YEAR.
MY FIRST YEAR ON HERE. SO -- I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO ASK ALL
MY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL GOOD. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA.
INTERIM DIRECTOR EMERY. BILL --
FRANCISCA AND CAL. GREAT TO SEE
YOU ALL. CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE
THAT WE GET THE INTERIM MOVE
FROM DIRECTOR EMERY'S TITLE. I
SAY THAT BECAUSE TODAY'S
CONSIDERATION IS ONE THAT YOU
AND FRANCISCA AND OTHERS HAVE
SHEPHERDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS
SINCE LAST JUNE OR EARLIER. THE
TWO OF YOU BILL BOTH MEGHANS AND
OTHERS HAVE BEEN -- YOU HAVE
BEEN THAT ROCK THAT STEADY ROCK,
IN A STORMY SEA. BOTH GOOD AND
BAD OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND
THAT'S WHY I AM FEELING A NEW
LEVEL OF TRUST WITH SDOT TODAY
THAN I FELT FOR THE PAST FEW
MONTHS. SO TO THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM, THANK YOU. I WISH THAT --
I WILL GO BACK AND WATCH ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL. TO SEE HOW MANY
TIMES THE WORD "DETAILED PLAN"
WERE UTTERED THIS MORNING. IT
WAS PROBABLY IN THE HUNDREDS AND
IT WAS NOT ENOUGH. BECAUSE YOU
-- REALLY HAVE GONE ABOVE AND
BEYOND PAST PRACTICE TO INCLUDE
THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION BOTH
IN THIS AND WHAT WE'LL GET TO
TOMORROW WITH THE APPENDIX A..
THIS IS -- THIS CAN BE
CHALLENGING AT TIMES BECAUSE
WHEN WE PUT THIS AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION OUT THERE. IT CAN
SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THERE ARE
EXPECTATIONS. A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES LATER ON IN THE
CONVERSATION HERE. BUT WHAT I'M
SAYING HERE IS THAT WE WILL SAY
WE'LL DO A PROJECT. IT MAY TURN
OUT THAT THAT PROJECT IS -- HITS
A SNAG. IT'S NOT ABLE TO GO
FORWARD. WE PIVOT AND WE MOVE
FORWARD IN THE PAST SDOT HAS
HELD MORE INFORMATION BACK TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND
IT IS REALLY HEALTHY FOR THIS
CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN IN
PUBLIC. AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S
AN ITEM IN THIS LIST OR JUST
BECAUSE AN ITEM IS NOT IN THIS
LIST, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT IT WILL OR WILL NOT HAPPEN.
THIS GIVES US A REALLY SOLID
CONVERSATION STARTING POINT FOR
THIS YEAR. AND DOING THIS YEAR
OVER YEAR IS GOING TO BE VERY
HELPFUL. ALSO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR WORKING
TO HAVE THIS REPORT IN HIS
COMMITTEE. AS HE MENTIONED, THIS
BRIEFING RESPONDS TO BOTH THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISION THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THE LEVY THAT
SEATTLE-ITES VOTED ON AND THE
MEGAPROVISO PLACED ON SDOT'S
BUDGET IN NOVEMBER. I BELIEVE
THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A
PROVIE SOLVE OF ITS SIZE WAS
EVER USED ON A DEPARTMENT AND IT
IS -- DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT
RESULTED IN THE TRANSMITTED LAST
SEPTEMBER INCLUDING THE CURRENT
LAW BUDGET MEETING THAT THE
BUDGET WAS WRITTEN AS IF THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY DIDN'T
PASS. LUCKY FOR PAT L IT PASSED.
SO THIS BRIEFING ALSO
COLLEAGUES, IS SERVING AS THE
UNOFFICIAL TWO MEETING RULE FOR
PASSING LEGISLATION. IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THIS TOOL
OF MEGAPROVISO TO ENSURE THE
FALL BUDGET PROCESS ISN'T
AVOIDED BY THE CURRENT LAW
BUDGET LAST YEAR. THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. AND THAT
ONCE THE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK IS
COMPLETE, WE MOVE SWIFTLY TO
RELEASE THE PROVISO TO ENSURE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF DELAY
ARE AVOIDED. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
DOING TODAY AND TOMORROW. AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE -- AMOUNT
OF DETAILED WORK THAT YOU HAVE
PROVIDED. AS I MENTIONED,
TOMORROW WE'LL DIG DEEPER INTO
THAT PLAN SPECIFICALLY. APPENDIX
A.. WHICH IS ALSO ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA ITEM DELIVERY PLAN
FOR 2025. THERE WILL ALSO BE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
CONTINUING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
OVERSIGHT WORK THAT BOTH THE
CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
REFERRED TO. LIKE TO JUST JUMP
INTO COUPLE OF TOPICS OF FOCUS
FOR THE CITY AND MY DISTRICT. IN
MY COUNTING, I HAVE GOT 18
BRIDGES IN MY DISTRICT. THAT
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FORMER
ARMORY STREET OR THE 21st AVENUE
BRIDGE THAT NO LONGER EXISTS AND
YES I DID INCLUDE THE MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE. AND EMERSON OVERPASS AND
MY DISTRICT AND I'M SORRY BOB.
BUT I CAN'T KEEP MY EYES OFF OF
IT AND YES THAT NUMBER OF 18
DOES INCLUDE TWO OVERPASSES OVER
INTERSTATES AS WELL AS THE
PEDESTRIAN OVERPAYS OF THE TRAIN
PACKS AND JUST COUNT THEM OUT
RIGHT NOW. BRIDGE NOW CROSSING
THE SHIP CANAL AND WE HAVE THE
BALLARD AND ALSO THE LEERY
OVERPASS. 61st OVERPASS OF THE
AURORA BRIDGE AND AURORA BRIDGE
AND 45th, 50th AND 65th
OVERPASSES AND UNDERPASSES OF
I-5. THERE'S A BRIDGE AT THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO. FORT STREET
BRIDGE AND WE'VE GOT THE
EMERSON BRIDGE. AS WELL AS THE
HOWELL STREET BRIDGE AND I
ALREADY MENTIONED THE PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE OVER CROSS THE TRAIN
TRACKS. AS WELL AS THE 58th
OVERPASS OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS.
SAY I THIS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT CAN
OCCUR FOR THIS MANY
STRUCTURESCAN HAPPEN PRETTY
QUICKLY AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT
WE KEEP OUR BRIDGES STRUCTURALLY
SOUND AND THAT WE DON'T -- CUT
OURSELVES OFF. I KNOW THAT WE'VE
HAD LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OF DO
WE JUST SEISMICALLY RETROFIT THE
BALLARD BRIDGE OR EXTEND A
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY ON ONE SIDE
OF THAT BRIDGE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
TWO PEDESTRIANS CROSSING CAN'T
PASS EACH OTHER WITHOUT SLIDING
TO THE SIDE AND IF THERE'S A
FAST-MOVING TRUCK, THEY COULD --
THEIR CLOTHING COULD GET WHIPPED
UP BY THAT TRUCK. TALKING A LOT
ABOUT SAFETY HERE. JUST BECAUSE
AN ITEM IS ON THE LIST DOESN'T
MEAN IT WON'T CHANGE. AND JUST
BECAUSE AN ITEM IS NOT ON THIS
LIST DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T
ADVOCATE FOR IT. MIGHT NOT MAKE
IT ON THIS YEAR'S LIST BUT THAT
MEANS IT WILL GET TO NEXT
YEAR'S LIST. I HAVE HEARD JUST
AN IMMENSE REQUEST ACROSS OUR
CITY FOR SAFE CROSSINGS. I'LL
GET INTO IN? A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT AND HOW
NEIGHBORHOODS WANT SAFETY IS
REALLY CRITICAL TO ME. I KNOW
THAT I HAVE HAD THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH MEGHANS
ABOUT 83rd STREET. THE RAMPS
VERSUS CIRCLES. THE TRAFFIC
CIRCLES. THERE'S SOME PLANNED
RAMPS WHERE I BELIEVE 25 -- 21st
-- OR 22nd OR JONES. SORRY. I
DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFICITY
HERE. THE RESPONSE TO ME WAS
THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED.
ALSO DIDN'T INCLUDE THE FACT
THAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
REQUESTED TRAFFIC CIRCLES ON
18th, 19th AND 20th. SINCE NOT
EVERYONE HAS A MAP OF WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT, BETWEEN 19th AND
24th, THERE ARE TRAFFIC CIRCLES
AT 21st, 22nd AND JONES WHICH IS
NEXT TO 24. THAT'S IN THE
FLATS. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE USED
TO SPEED. WHAT HAS OCCURRED IS
THAT THERE ARE NOT ROUNDABOUTS
ON EITHER SIDE OF A LITTLE HILL
OR AT THE TOP. NOW PEOPLE ARE
SPEEDING UP AND OVER THAT HILL.
YES, WE DELIVERED THE RESIDENT
REQUESTED CURB RAMP WHILE NOT
ATTENDING TO THE REQUEST THAT
THEY'VE BEEN MAKING TO SLOW
DOWN SPEEDS BECAUSE IN THE LAST
SIX MONTHS, ONE CAR WAS HIT SO
HARD THAT IT WAS ON ITS SIDE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY OUR
-- OVERSIGHT AND OUR ENGAGEMENT
WITH YOU. IS IT IS TRUE THAT THE
CURB RAMPS ARE RESIDENT
REQUESTED AND PROBABLY GREATLY
DESIRED AND WHAT IS THE CONTEXT
FOR THE REST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS? THIS LIST ALSO
CREATES SECTIONS ABOUT PLANNING
THAT WILL NOT BE -- DELIVERED
YEAR THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE.
PROPER PLANNING PREVENTS
INEFFICIENT DELIVERY AS A SMART
MAN ONCE SAID. USUALLY BOB
DOESN'T SAY INEFFICIENT
DELIVERY AT THE END. IT'S
SOMETHING MORE COLORFUL AND
PROPER BUT I SAY THAT PROPER
PLANNING PREVENTS INEFFICIENT
DELIVERY BECAUSE I LOOK AT HOW
ARE WE -- JUST YOUR CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW DO WE SCALE OUR
CONTRACTORS AND HOW DO WE SCALE
OUR CREWS AND HOW DO WE GET THEM
OUT THERE? I LOOK AT -- AND THAT
SOMETIMES TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA JUST
MENTIONED THAT THE REQUEST FOR
ENGINEERS TO GO OUT AND LOOK AND
LOOK AND LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU, I
GAVE UP ON THE SIX WAY STOPS
THAT WERE REQUESTED ON 14th
AVENUE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK
BECAUSE I ASKED FOR IT YEAR
OVERYEAR AND THE ANSWER ALWAYS
WAS THE ENGINEERS ARE OUT THERE
LOOKING AT. ONE DAY AGAIN IT WAS
PROMISED AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT. I LITERALLY HAD GIVEN UP AND
I WENT OUT THERE AND SURE ENOUGH
THE PAINT WAS ON THE GROUND.
BECAUSE THE CREW'S SCHEDULE
FINALLY ALLOWED FOR IT TO OCCUR.
FOR US UP HERE IT FEELS THERE'S
NOTHING HAPPENING WHEN THERE'S
A WITHOUT OF WORK HAPPENING AT
THE CREW STATIONS TO GET THAT
DELIVERED. I WILL SAY THAT WE
HAVE TO MOVE FASTER ON
CROSSWALKS. PERIOD. DAN ROUNDS
BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT
TODAY AND I HAVE YOUR LETTER,
DAN, THANK YOU. DAN'S
EXPERIENCE. NOT IN MY DISTRICT.
IS ONE THAT I SEE ACROSS OUR
CITY. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FIND
A WAY TO MOVE FASTER BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW IN THIS PLAN, THANK
YOU FOR INCLUDING 51st AND 53rd
CROSSWALKS ACROSS 8th. THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN WAIT
FOR UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THESE ARE
TWO CROSSWALKS OF A VERY BUSY
STREET THAT HAS HIGH SPEEDS.
SPEEDS SO HIGH CARS ARE CRASHING
INTO HOMES. AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA YOU WILL HEAR THIS 49th AND
8th AS A LOCATION THAT I'M
GOING TO REQUEST A SPEED CAMERA
BECAUSE NEIGHBORS HAVE REQUESTED
A SPEED CAMERA. THE IMPORTANCE
OF 51st AND 53rd ACROSS 8th IS
THAT IT CONNECTS THE NETWORK.
THESE ARE MISSING CROSSINGS. IF
WE'RE GOING TO USE MISSING IN
INFRASTRUCTURE. THE WORD
"MISSING" IN INFRASTRUCTURE. #
1st AND 53rd ARE THE ONLY
MISSING LINKS ONCE THE 15th
AVENUE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE
BETWEEN 17th AVENUE GREENWAY AND
THE 6th AVENUE GREENWAY. IT'S
-- A PLACE WHERE WE'RE SEEING
THAT REALLY HIGH SPEED, OCCUR,
BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING FROM AN
INDUSTRIAL ZONE TO A RESIDENTIAL
ZONE IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER. SO
UNDERSTANDING PROPER PLANNING
PREVENTS INEFFICIENT DELIVERY AS
WELL AS THIS PLAN SETS US UP FOR
NEXT YEAR IN SOME CASES. IT'S
ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
WE GET THESE CROSSINGS SET.
RIGHT? CROSSWALKS BEING ABLE TO
BE DELIVERED QUICKLY. TRAFFIC
CIRCLES I WON'T BORE YOU AGAIN
WITH MY STORY ABOUT MY DESIRE
FOR TRAFFIC CIRCLES. ONLY TO SAY
THERE'S BEEN A RESIDENT
REQUESTING A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT
62nd AND 2nd. SINCE MIKE McGIN
WAS OUR MAYOR. IT CAN'T BE --
YOU KNOW, IF WE CANNOT DO
TRAFFIC CIRCLES; THAT'S FINE,
WHAT CAN WE DO? I KNOW, BILL WE
HAD THIS CONVERSATION SO MANY
TIMES I SHOULD MAKE A RECORD SO
WE CAN JUST PUT IT ON AND I
DON'T KNOW. I CAN STOP TALKING.
BUT THESE ARE THE SAFETY
IMPLEMENTS THAT RESIDENTS ARE
REQUESTING. WE DO HAVE A LOT TO
DO TO PROVIDE THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR RESIDENTS
ARE REQUESTING AND TO KEEP OUR
ECONOMY MOVING. CLOSE OUT BY
THANKING YOU SDOT FOR NOT
MISSING A BEAT AND DOING GREAT
WORK SO FAR. LET GET THIS LEVY
DELIVERED. THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S SEE -- I
GUESS STARTING OFF WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
APPRECIATE ONE THING THAT YOU
MENTIONED JUST NOW OR A MOMENT
AGO THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS
THE -- YOU MENTIONED QUOTE, THAT
THESE ARE CONVERSATION STARTING
POINTS. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THIS IS. FOLKS, WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE SMALLER
SCALE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFETY-TYPE
PROJECTS THAT GENERALLY DON'T
RISE TO THE LARGE -- TO THE
LEVEL OF LARGE-SCALE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND THAT
-- WHERE THERE'S AT LEAST $1
ASSOCIATED FROM THE LEVY THAT
ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED TO BRING
THESE TO LIFE. AND IT'S NOT --
AN EXHAUSTIVE EXCLUSIVE LIST OF
ALL PROJECTS AND WHAT'S
POSSIBLE THIS YEAR. THERE ARE
OTHER NON-LEVY WAYS TO DELIVER
PROJECTS AND DO OTHER THINGS
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, BUDGET
INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE VISION
ZERO, OTHER THINGS THE
DEPARTMENT RETAINS A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY. A TON. TO DELIVER
UPON ANY NUMBER OF SMALLER SCALE
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS THROUGH
VARIOUS BUDGET SUMMARY LEVELS
AND BSLs AND BCLs AND ALL THAT
FUN STUFF. AND WE -- ENHANCE
THAT ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
TO DO MORE THROUGH SOME OF THESE
NEW INNOVATIVE NEW PROGRAMS
INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED
SAFETY FUND. THE DISTRICT
PROJECT FUND. AND OTHERS. AND --
ULTIMATELY I THINK WE ALL HAVE A
SHARED GOAL OF KEEPING OUR
NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES SAFE.
VIS-A-VIS THE SMALLER SCALE
NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS SAFETY-TYPE
PROJECTS. I THINK WHAT IT
ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO IS WHO
DECIDES? WHO DECIDES? WHAT
PROJECTS, WHEN AND WHERE AND
THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY
HERE. I AM PERSONALLY IN ALL OF
THE ABOVE TYPE PERSON AND I MAKE
NO APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT. [
CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
THAT WE, THE DIRECTIONAL
GUIDANCE AND CRITERIA WE SET
FORTH IN THE RECENTLY ADOPTED
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO
THEY HAVE A LOT OF FLEX, THE
DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY BASED OFF OF THAT.
THERE'S ALSO THIS NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED SAFETY
FUND. I SHARE COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S FOCUS ON MAKING SURE
WE HAVE A CLEAR PLAN TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THAT AND THE NEW
DISTRICT PROJECT FUND OR COUNCIL
DISTRICT FUND ARE GOING TO BE
ADMINISTERED. NAY ARE NASCENT
RIGHT NOW. TO SET EXPECTATIONS,
OUR CITY IS NOT IN A POSITION
TODAY TO DELIVER ON THAT. BUT WE
DO NEED MORE PARAMETERS AROUND
WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND
I'M WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
RIGHT NOW TO DO EXACTLY THAT. SO
I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP
THERE. UNDERTHE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATIVE SAFETY PROJECT, THERE
IS NO, THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A
VERY THOUGHTFUL INITIAL
FRAMEWORK BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO
PUT SOME MEAT AROUND THE BONES
SO TO SPEAK. AND DO MORE WORK
THERE. ALONG WITH OTHER
PROGRAMS. UNDER THAT PROGRAM,
COMMUNITY SHOULD DECIDE AT A
HIGH LEVEL. COMMUNITY DECIDES.
AND UNDER OUR DISTRICT PROJECT
FUND, WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE.
BASED OFF OF THE FEED BACK THAT
WE GET FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.
ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT AND
NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO ALLOW
OUR CITY TO DO MORE. TODAY, I
DON'T THINK IT IS A LACK OF
RESOURCING ISSUE AND MY
COMMITMENT IS TO MAKE SURE IT IS
NOT A LACK OF RESOURCING ISSUE
AS OUR ABILITY AS A CITY TO
DELIVER UPON THESE CRITICAL
SAFETY INVESTMENTS. I DO THINK
IT IS MORE OF A LACK OF CAPACITY
ISSUE. THAT IS WHY SDOT IS
WORKING HARD TO STAFF UP TO MEET
THE MOMENT. BECAUSE YOU NEED
PEOPLE AND PLANNERS AND
ENGINEERS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND
SCALE THIS WORK. THESE ARE
COMPLEX PROGRAMS WE HAVE FUNDED.
NOW WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE LOOKS
LIKE. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO
MAKE IS SO, UNDER THIS LEVY, WE
DID SOMETHING, THIS VOTER
APPROVED LEVY, WE DID SOMETHING
VERY THOUGHTFUL THAT GOES
UNNOTICED. WHEN UNNOTICED THEN
AND NOW WITH THIS NEW
ADMINISTRATION I THINK IT IS
MORE IMPORTANT. LET ME CALL IT
OUT. SO I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT HERE. BOTH ON A
PREINTRODUCTION PROPOSED BASIS
OF THE MAYOR'S FINAL EXECUTIVE
LEVY AND WHEN WE THROUGH
OUREDLYLATIVE PROCESS. ONE OF
THE LEARNINGS ARE THE EXPIRED
SEATTLE LEVY, THERE WAS A FAIR
AMOUNT OF LEVERAGE MEANING THE
FUNDING TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS
WAS CONDITIONED UPON RECEIVING
THIRD PARTY FUNDING FROM OTHER
SOURCES. NAMELY FEDERAL DOLLARS.
UNDER THE EXPIRING LEVY, EXPIRED
LEVY I GUESS, THERE IS AN
AMBITIOUS SET OF LEVERAGE
ASSUMPTIONS AND THAT WAS THE
LEARNING AND I THINK THAT WAS
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO
MINIMIZE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND
WE DID EXACTLY THAT. I WOULD
RATHER AS THE CITY BE IN A
POSITION TO UNDERPROMISE AND
OVERDELIVER THAN VICE VERSA. WE
MADE SOME CONSERVATIVE LEVERAGE
ASSUMPTIONS IN THIS NEW LEVY AS
A RESULT. AND I THINK MY HOPE
IS, I THINK WE WILL START TO SEE
THAT, THAT APPROACH PAID
DIVIDENDS GIVEN THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION. SO, LEVERAGED
ASSUMPTIONS OF FUNDING IN THE
APPROACH WE TOOK A WHILE AGO, I
THINK IS GOING TO IMPACT AND
ENABLE OUR CITY TO BETTER
DELIVER UPON THESE GREAT
PROJECTS. THE OTHER POINT I WANT
TO MAKE AND I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S POINT OF
VIEW THAT SHE IS CAR FREE AND
THAT IS EXCELLENT AND I'M GLAD
WE HAVE HER VOICE AND
PERSPECTIVE REPRESENTED ON THIS
COMMITTEE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE. ALSO, ACKNOWLEDGING
WHATEVER YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION, AT THE END OF
THE DAY, IT'S A CHOICE. IT'S A
CHOICE. I'M AN ALL OF THE ABOVE
GUY AS MENTIONED. BUT REGARDLESS
OF YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER YOU
CHOOSE TO GET AROUND BY BIKE,
DRIVING, TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN,
FREIGHT, WE ARE ALL PEDESTRIANS
AT SOME POINT IN OUR JOURNEY. SO
WE'LL LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
THIS AS WELL IN TERMS OF THE
IMPACT OF VISION ZERO AND WHAT
THAT MEANS. I TOOK A TRIP TO A
FEW WEEKS AGO, I TOOK A LONG
WEEKEND TRIP WITH MY FAMILY TO
SAN FRANCISCO. AND I WAS STRUCK
BY IN SAN FRANCISCO IS THE
SECOND MOST DENSE CITY IN THE
COUNTRY AFTER NEW YORK. WHO
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A WEST COAST
CITY WOULD BE THE SECOND MOST
DENSE CITY IN THE COUNTRY? I
LOVED THE VIBRANT TRANSIT THERE,
I TOOK THE BART AND THE MUNI AND
THE CALTRAIN. IT WAS FUN. MY
KIDS WERE A LITTLE WEIRDED OUT
BY THE AUTONOMOUS WAYMO THOUGH.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, AS VIBRANT AS
THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEM IS, I WAS
STRUCK BY THE FACT NEARLY EVERY
STREET, ARTERIALS AND
NON-ARTERIALS ALIKE, ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ROAD THERE WAS
PARKING. PARKING AVAILABLE ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. SO,
AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE
OF CHOICE. IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE
SECOND MOST DENSE CITY IN OUR
COUNTRY, PEOPLE STILL CHOOSE TO
DRIVE. AND ALSO, WE RELY ON
VISITORS TO OUR CITY. WHO CHOOSE
TO DRIVE. AND WE NEED VISITORS
TO OUR CITY TO EXPERIENCE THE
WONDERS AND JOYS OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL CITY AND CONTRIBUTE
MEANINGFULLY TO THE ECONOMY AND
SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES. THE
FINAL POINT I WILL MAKE ABOUT
THIS SPENDING PLAN IS JUST
EMPHASIZING WHAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER. IN TERMS OF EXPRESSING
MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO
THE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IN
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I,
WORKING WITH YOU ALL, WE WERE
ABLE TO ADD ONE OR TWO PROJECTS,
I FORGET OFFHAND. 49th AVENUE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST GRAHAM
STREET. THAT INTERSECTION. THIS
IS A SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SAFETY PROJECT. COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WERE CALLING FOR BETTER
CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS
SPECIFIC AREA IN WEST SEATTLE.
THEY HAD VISITED ME DURING
OFFICE HOURS IN WEST SEATTLE AND
HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO SHOW UP AT
ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE MEETINGS I THINK IN
SEPTEMBER, EARLY SEPTEMBER. AND
ORGANIZED THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PETITION SUBMITTED LETTERS. THE
DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY WORKING
WITH THEM TO DO SOMETHING IF I
WALL DIRECTLY. DAYLIGHTING THAT
INTERSECTION. I WANTED TO THANK
THE PREPONDERATE FOR THEM FOR
WHAT MORE WE CAN DO. BUT AGAIN,
THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY TYPE
OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, THEY
MATTER. THEY IMPACT PEOPLE'S
DAILY LIVES. PEOPLE CARE. AND
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
WORK DONE ON A DAILY BASIS. WE
HAVE THE LEADERS FROM SDOT HERE
AT THE TABLE TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US. BUT THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK
OF PLANNING AND EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY. THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER. FOR
ALL OF US BY THE WAY. MYSELF
INCLUDED. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
WE ARE NOT GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD
WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF SO
MANY IN THE DEPARTMENT. SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. ALL
RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON. TO OUR
NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU
YOU FOR. READ THE SECTION ITEM
OF BUSINESS.
>> ITEM 2, ACHIEVING VISION ZERO
THROUGH THE SAFE SYSTEM
APPROACH.
>> THANK YOU. AND I THINK THERE
IS ONLY ONE NET NEW PRESENTER
HERE. SO WELCOME. PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AGAIN FOR
THE RECORD. IF YOU WOULDN'T
MIND AND BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATIONS WHEN YOU'RE READY.
>> INTERIM DIRECTOR ADIAM EMERY,
VENU NEMANI.
>> FRANCISCA STEFAN.
>> BEFORE VENU STARTS, I WANT TO
SAY VISION ZERO IS MY WHY. THE
WHY I'M HERE. I'M PERSONALLY
TOUCHED BY THIS SPRING OF 2003
WAS WHEN I LOST MY SISTER TO A
HIT AND RUN. VISION ZERO
TOUCHES, WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD
TO LOSE PEOPLE LIKE MY SISTER.
IT IS MY DRIVE AND THE
DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY, THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR ME SO I
JUST WANT TO PASS IT ONTO OUR
CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER VENU WHO
HAS BEEN HELPING US NAVIGATE
IMPLEMENTATION AND HEIGHTEN THE
PROGRAM TO BE MEANINGFUL FOR ALL
OF US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD
MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR SAKA, HOLLINGSWORTH AND
THE OTHER MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK
TO YOU. ACHIEVING VISION ZERO
THROUGH THIS APPROACH. BEFORE WE
GET STARTED. LET ME KIND OF
SHARE OR RESHARE OUR VISION
VALUES AND GOALS. SEATTLE IS A
DRIVING AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
POWERED BY DEPENDABLE
TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE ON A
MISSION TO DELIVER A
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
ACTS TO PLACE OPPORTUNITIES. OUR
CODE VALUES ARE EQUITY, SAFETY,
MOBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND
EXCELLENCE. I WANT TO START WITH
THIS SLIDE. IT HELPS ME TO
GROUND ALL OF, EVERYTHING THAT
WE DO HERE IN VISION ZERO AND
ALSO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN
THE DEPARTMENT. IN THIS
PRESENTATION, I WILL TOUCH UPON
THIS APPROACH AND HOW VISION
ZERO APPLIES THIS APPROACH. AND
TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN AND GO
OVER SOME KEY VISION ZERO DESIGN
TRENDS. TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR
2024 ACTIONS YOU WILL SEE.
BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE
PRESENTATION, LET ME TAKE A
MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MORE
THAN 1800 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
SEVERELY INJURED WON OUR STREETS
SINCE WE ADOPTED VISION ZERO AND
ALL 250 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES ON OUR STREETS.
TOGETHER WE HOLD THE STAKES FOR
THEM. LET'S TAKE A FEW MOMENTS
OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE,
SOMEBODY'S LIVES HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY CHANGED. THESE ARE
OUR NEIGHBORS. FRIENDS, FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN PROFOUNDLY
IMPACTED BY CRASHES, COLLISIONS
ON OUR STREETS. TOGETHER LET'S
COLLECTIVELY HUMANIZE OUR LOSS.
SO, TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO,
AND, APPROACH TO SAFETY,
TRADITIONALLY, SAFETY HAS BEEN
APPROACHED USING THESE WHICH
LATER DEVELOPED INTO THE 5E
MODEL. THE E STANDING FOR
ENGINEERING, AND EDUCATION
ENFORCEMENT. AND THE EVALUATION
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND THAT
HAS BEEN A VERY TRADITIONAL
APPROACH TO SOLVING SAFETY
PROBLEMS ON OUR STREETS.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE USE CRASHES
TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL INVESTMENT
LOCATIONS. AND THAT IS PART OF
THE VERY TRADITIONAL APPROACH.
WE ARE MAKING A PROFOUND SHIFT
TO BROWEDDEN OUR FOCUS AND LOOK
AT SAFETY FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES.
TO BROADEN OUR FOCUS. IN 2022,
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HAS ADOPTED A NEW
PARADIGM TO APPROACH SAFETY. AND
THIS PARADIGM INCLUDED
APPROACHING SAFETY FROM MULTIPLE
ANGLES. THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO
REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CRASH
ON OUR STREETS. AND TO REDUCE
THE HARM A PARTICULAR CRASH CAN
DO. THIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENTED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
INTERNATIONALLY AND I KNOW OF AT
LEAST TWO JUST TWO DISEASE THERE
ARE SIX GUIDING PRINCIPLES
BEHIND THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH. THE FIRST ONE IS DEATH
AND SERIOUS INJURIES. HUMANS
MAKE MISTAKES. HUMANS ARE
VULNERABLE. RESPONSIBILITY IS
SHARED AMONG ALL THE SYSTEM.
SAFETY IS PROACTIVE. THE SAFE
SYSTEM APPROACH HAS BEEN
ELEMENTS YOU SEE INSIDE THE
CIRCLE THAT ARE PRESENTED THERE.
SO, THESE FIVE ELEMENTS ARE
SAFER ROADS, SAFER STREETS,
SAFER PEOPLE, SAFER VEHICLES,
AND POST-CRASH CARE. I DO WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN THEIR TARGET
ZERO PLAN, THEY ADOPTED A SIXTH
ELEMENT CALLED SAFE LAND USE.
THEY DON'T HAVE DIRECT
INFLUENCE ON LAND USE, BUT THEY
DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LAND
USE HAS AN INTEGRAL PART TO PLAY
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND
ITS OUTCOMES. SO LET ME TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR VISION ZERO
ACTION PLAN AND HOW WE HAVE
BUILT OUR ACTION PLAN ON THE
MODEL OF THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH. THE ACTION PLAN WE
HAVE PUBLISHED IN MAY OF LAST
YEAR, IS BASICALLY OUR ROAD MAP
TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
COLLISIONS AND FATALITIES AND
SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR STREETS
GOING FORWARD. A PROACTIVE THREE
YEAR STRATEGY AND IDENTIFIES 80
SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT TOUCH NOT
JUST THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM,
BUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE
DIVISIONS WITHIN THE SDOT
DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ALL SEEN
BUILT IN ANNUAL TRACKING FOR HOW
WE ARE DOING ON THE ACTION PLAN
AND THE ACTIONS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED. SO IN THE FRAMEWORK
OF THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN,
LET'S DIVE INTO SOME KEY
ELEMENTS AND EXAMINE THE
STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS WE ARE
TAKING. THE FIRST ELEMENT I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IS SAFER STREETS.
SAFER STREETS IS THE IDEA OF
DESIGNS STREETS THAT HELP
MITIGATE HUMAN MISTAKES, SAFER
BEHAVIORS FROM ALL ROAD USERS.
AND INFLUENCING THE NUMBER AND
SEVERITY OF CRASHES. I WANT TO
TOUCH ON KEY STRATEGIES WE HAVE
WITHIN THE SAFER STREETS. TO
INTEGRATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS,
ADVANCE RESPONSIVE SAFETY
TREATMENTS AT CRASH. DELIVER ON
OUR SAFE STREET AND ROADINGS FOR
ALL PROJECT. DELIVER A
INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS SAFETY
ELEMENTS AND PERHAPS THE
VIABILITY AND IMPROVE DEDICATED
FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WALKING,
BIKING, AND TAKING TRANSIT. SO
WHAT DO VARIOUS INVESTMENTS OR
PROJECTS LOOK LIKE UNDER THE
SAFER STREETS PARADIGM? SO,
THERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES I LIKE
TO POINT TO. THE FIRST ONE IS
LEADING. IT IS WHAT WE CALL A
PEDESTRIAN HEAD START AT
SIGNALS. AND WE HAVE BEEN, IT IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE MATURE
STRATEGIES WE HAVE EMPLOYED AND
THEY HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ON REDUCING CRASHES THAT
WE CAN POINT TO WE HAVE OVER 80%
OF OUR SIGNALS HAVE THIS LEADING
AND WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO
EXPAND THE SIGNALS WITHIN THE
CITY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS HOW WE
CAN, A GOOD EXAMPLE, THE
ROOSEVELT AREA THAT WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED COMPLETE
RECONFIGURATION. AND HAVE SEEN
THE CRASHES GO DOWN. AND,
ANOTHER EXAMPLE KIND OF LIKE
WITHIN THIS PARADIGM WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTING DEDICATED
APPLICATIONS. RIGHT HERE, NOT
TOO FAR. 6th AND JAMES USED TO
BE ONE OF THE MOST CRASH PRONE
LOCATIONS. AND WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED PREDICTIVE LEFT
THERM FACING THAT REDUCES
CRASHES BY THREE QUARTERS. ALL
THE VARIOUS ENGINEERING THAT
MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL ROAD
USERS. SLIDE? SO THE NEXT
ELEMENT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
SAFER SPEEDS. AND SPEEDS HAVE AN
ENORMOUS EFFECT ON CRASH
OUTCOMES. THE GRAPH THAT YOU SEE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT SLIDE
SHOWS HOW SPEEDS AND OUTCOMES OF
A CRASH ARE CORRELATED SO
STRONGLY. AS THE SPEEDS
INCREASE, WE ARE SEEING THE
OUTCOME, THE SEVERE OUTCOMES OF
THE COLLISION, INJURIES OR
DEATH, GOES SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER. THE PROBABILITY OF THOSE
OUTCOMES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER WITH INCREASE IN SPEEDS.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF
THE SAFER SPEED STRATEGY? WE ARE
APPLYING CONTEXT TO SOLUTIONS TO
RIGHT SIZE THE SPEED LIMITS ON
OUR STREETS. WE ARE USING ROAD
CONFIGURATIONS TO INFLUENCE THE
SPEEDS WE SEE ON THOSE STREETS
AND WE ARE EXPLORING HOW TO
INVEST IN TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS
EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY.
SLIDE. SO, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE
HAVE REDUCED SPEED LIMITS ON
ALMOST ALL OF THE ARTERIALS
WITHIN THE CITY AND POSTED AT
REDUCED SPEED LIMITS TO 20 MILES
PER HOUR. WE CAN POINT TO OUR
OWN DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THIS
CHANGE IN JUST THE SPEED LIMIT
CONTRARY TO THE WELL ESTABLISHED
KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY,
CHANGING THE SPEED LIMITS WOULD
NOT HAVE IMPACT. NATIONALLY,
PEOPLE ARE POINTING TO
SEATTLE'S EXAMPLE AND SEEING
THEY DO HAVE AN IMPACT. THEY DO
CONTRIBUTE TO LOWERING CRASHES
IN THE CITY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS
HOW WE CAN REFIGURE THE STREET
SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE LIKE
THIS LARGE FACILITY PRIMARILY
GEARED TOWARD AUTO TRAVEL. AND
HOW WE CAN BRING ABOUT THE VISOR
ELEMENTS OF THE STREET THAT
CATER TO ALL THE ROAD USERS.
PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, TAKING
TRANSIT. NOT JUST AUTO TRANSIT.
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE COLUMBIA
CITY AREA, NOT ONLY SPEEDS HAVE
COME DOWN, BUT CRASHES HAVE COME
DOWN IN THAT AREA. AND, WE ARE
DEFINITELY TAKING A VERY BROAD
APPROACH ON ARTERIAL TRAFFIC. WE
KNOW OUR SPEEDING CONCERNS ARE
ON ARTERIAL STREETS WITHIN THE
CITY. WHAT CAN WE DO WITHIN THE
TOOL BOX OF STRATEGIES AVAILABLE
TO US TO BROADLY APPLY THIS
ACROSS THE CITY TO INFLUENCE
SPEEDS SO THESE TWO ELEMENTS OF
SAFER SYSTEMS, SAFER STREETS ARE
TWO ELEMENTS WHERE WE HAVE AN
ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON CREATING
KIND OF CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE
AND INFLUENCING CHANGE. THE
OTHER THREE ELEMENTS THAT I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE WE AS A
DEPARTMENT HAVE AN INDIRECT
INFLUENCE ON THE STREETS, ON THE
STRATEGIES, AND OUTCOMES. THE
NEXT ELEMENT IS SAFER VEHICLES.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE SIZE OF OUR
VEHICLES HAVE GROWN
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DECADES. SO ADVOCATING
FOR SAFER VEHICLES AND SAFER
VEHICLE DESIGNS IS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH. AND THE VISION ZERO
STRATEGY. WE HERE IN THE CITY
ARE PILOTING AND INSTALLING
SEVERAL SAFETY FEATURES AND
EXPLORING WHAT WITH WE CAN DO
WITH SPEED ASSIST. WORKING WITH
OUR FLEET TEAM WITHIN THE CITY.
AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES
WHERE WE CAN INFLUENCE BOTH
AGENCIES AT THE STATE LEVEL AND
THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO REFLECT ON
THE VEHICLE SAFETY, SIZE,
WEIGHT, AND SAFETY STANDARDS. AS
FOR THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WE
KNOW IS COMING VERY SOON TO OUR
STREETS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, SAFER
PEOPLE IS THE FINAL ELEMENT.
FOCUSED ON EDUCATION.
SURROUNDING SAFER BEHAVIORS. AND
TALKING A MUCH BROADER APPROACH.
IT IS ALSO ASKING PEOPLE WHO ARE
DESIGNING AND MAINTAINING THESE
SYSTEMS, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE NEEDS OF ALL ROAD USERS. WE
ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING MORE AND
ASKING TO DO MORE WITH EDUCATION
AND ENCOURAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS AND
LOOKING AT OUR OWN SAFETY DATA
TO IMPLEMENT COCREATED PROJECTS
WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT. SO,
WITH THAT, I'M SORRY. THERE WAS
ONE MORE ELEMENT THAT I WANTED
TO TOUCH UPON. IS POST-CRASH
CARE. WE KNOW THAT WHEN CRASHES
DO OCCUR, IT IS VERY CRITICAL TO
GET THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO
GET TO THE SITE OF THE CRASH SO
WE CAN ADMINISTER AID AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY VEHICLE
AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE
PLACE AN INTEGRAL ROLE. AND THAT
IS IDENTIFIED IN THE SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH AS THE
POST-CRASH CARE LAYER OF
PROTECTION. AND WITHIN THIS, WE
HAVE SEVERAL KEY STRATEGIES TO
IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES. IN A
RECENT PROJECT WITHIN THE U
DISTRICT, WE HAVE EXPLORED
SOMETHING CALLED GREEN WAVE
WHERE WE CAN I'VE EMERGENCY
VEHICLES IN THE SYSTEM. AND
PRIORITIZE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
INDICATIONS FOR THOSE. WE ARE
TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEE
HOW WE CAN TAKE THE SYSTEM AND
INCORPORATE THAT SO IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHERE THE EMERGENCY
VEHICLE RESPONSE IS. WE KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE AND WE CAN
PRIORITIZE OUR SIGNALS TO ENABLE
THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO REACH
THEIR DESTINATION SOONER. WE ARE
ALSO WORKING TO PLASTID EXPAND
DATA COLLECTION. WE ARE WORKING
TO SEE WHAT OPERATIONS EXIST TO
GET MAYBE NOT IN AS MUCH DETAIL
AS A TRAFFIC REPORT FROM THE
DISDEPARTMENT. BUT WHERE THEY
ARE RESPONDING TO WHAT INCIDENTS
THEY ARE RESPONDING TO. AND GET
MORE ROBUST DATA. SO, BASED ON
THIS SAFE SYSTEMS PHILOSOPHY. WE
HAVE WHAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IS
THE SYSTEM ON HOW WE ARE LOOKING
AT VARIOUS ROADWAY SAFETY
ISSUES. AT THE VERY TOP, WE ARE
ALWAYS IN TIER ONE, ALWAYS OUR
EFFORTS ARE TOWARD MOVING WITH
ANOTHER STREET NETWORK. JUST
BELOW THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
WORKING TO INFLUENCE SPEEDS. AND
THUS INFLUENCE SAFER BEHAVIORS.
HOW WE ARE MANAGING OUR INFLICTS
ON OUR STREET SYSTEM BOTH IN
TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE AND THE
LAST LEVEL OF PROTECTION WE ARE
SEEING IS WE CAN WORK TO
INCREASE ATTENTION OF A
PARTICULAR CONDITION AN OUR
SITUATION ON THE STREET. SO THIS
IS KIND OF LIKE THE SYSTEM
DESIGN HIERARCHY WE ARE
DEPLOYING TO APPROACH VARIOUS
SAFETY CONCERNS WE ARE SEEING ON
OUR STREETS. SO LET ME MOVE AWAY
FROM THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH
AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME KEY
TRENDS THAT WE ARE SEEING. BOTH
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE
LOCAL LEVEL. SO, ROAD SAFETY IS
A NATIONAL ISSUE TODAY. WHEN
COMPARES TO OTHER DEVELOPS
COUNTRIES, WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE
DONE REALLY POORLY IN TERMS OF
OUTCOMES OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE,
YOU SEE BASICALLY, THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF FATALITIES BETWEEN
2018 AND 2022 AND SOME OF OUR
PEER CITIES NOW. IF YOU SEE THAT
SEATTLE IS DOING RELATIVELY
BETTER IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
FATALITIES FROM OUR PEER CITIES.
IT IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF
UNTIL THAT GREEN BAR GOES DOWN
TO ZERO, WE STILL HAVE IMPORTANT
WORK TO DO TO IMPROVE SAFETY
OUTCOMES WITHIN OUR CITY. SO,
HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER
DIVE INTO THE COLLISION TRENDS
THAT WE ARE SEEING. WE START
THESE GRAPH INS 2015, THE YEAR
THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED THE VISION
ZERO, TAKEN THE VISION ZERO
GOAL. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST ON OUR
STREETS IS STILL POINTING
UPWARDS. WE HAVE SEEN, IN THE
GRAPH WE HAVE INCLUDED OUR 2024
DATA WHICH WE JUST FINISHED
COMPILING AND I CAUTION YOU TO
TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
BECAUSE THAT IS STILL VERY
PRELIMINARY AND WE ARE STILL
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND
SOLIDIFY THAT DATA WORKING WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT SPD. WE HAVE
SEEN FEWER FATALITIES THAT
INCLUDED PEOPLE WALKING ON THE
STREETS. NO FATALITIES OF PEOPLE
BIKING ON THE STREETS IN 2024.
THAT DATA MIGHT STILL BE
PRELIMINARY. THE ONE
DISHEARTENING TREND THAT WE SAW
THERE LAST YEAR WAS THE NUMBER
OF MOTORCYCLE FATAL COLLISIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN AN ABNORMALLY HIGH
NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE FATAL
COLLISIONS LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE
THERE WERE SEVEN FATALITIES WE
SAW ON STREETS AND ONE OF THE
PASSENGERS ON A MOTORCYCLE HAD
ALSO LOST THEIR LIFE. THE NUMBER
OF VEHICULAR FATALITIES WE HAD
12 FATAL COLLISIONS LAST YEAR.
SEVEN OF THEM WERE DRIVERS AND
THE REMAINING FIVE WERE
PASSENGERS. WE HAVE SEEN A DROP
IN THE COLLISIONS WE SAW IN 2024
COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO WE GOT TO DIVE A LITTLE
DEEPER INTO THAT DATA AND
UNDERSTAND. WHAT CHANGED AND HOW
WE CAN FURTHER INFLUENCE AND
CONTINUE THE LATEST TRENDS. SO
HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES BOTH FROM THE
PROSPECT OF THE PEOPLE PROTECTED
AND THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE
WALKING, BIKING, TAKING TRANSIT.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS PEOPLE WHO
ARE VULNERABLE ARE MORE
DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED IN
THESE FATAL COLLISIONS ON THE
STREETS THAN THOSE IN CARS. AND,
THOSE TRENDS YOU COULD SEE ARE
STILL, UNLESS ALL THESE THINGS
COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO,
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO TO
IMPROVE SAFETY OUTCOME INS THE
VISION ZERO PROGRAM. SLIDE? HERE
IS A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE THE
COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING. THE
GRAPH ON THE LEFT SHOWS BY
COUNCIL DISTRICT. THE COLLISIONS
BETWEEN 2020 AND 2024. YOU CAN
SEE MOST OF THESE CRASHES ARE
CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTH END OF
OUR CITY. AND THE GRAPH ON THE
RIGHT SHOWS OUR NETWORK. IT
IDENTIFIES THOSE STREET SEGMENTS
THAT ARE SEEING HIGHER THAN
AVERAGE COLLISIONS ON THE STREET
SEGMENTS. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE
THAT HOW THE SOUTH END IS BEING
REFLECTED. POPPING UP ON
MULTIPLE PLACES. THIS VISION
ZERO NETWORK IS BASED ON THE
DATA FROM 2018 TO 2022. WE
COMPILED ON COLLISION HISTORY WE
HAVE HAD THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND
TRY TO IDENTIFY THESE NETWORKS
AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT
WHERE OUR HIGHEST NEEDS ARE
BASED ON THE COLLISION TRENDS WE
ARE SEEING. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A
LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ON HOW THE
VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS MAKING
INVESTMENTS. I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO
THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM. AND
EVEN THOUGH SAFETY IS EVERY
ASPECT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
HERE AT SDOT. BUT WE ARE
APPROACHING SAFETY IN THREE
WAYS. ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE
RESPONSE AND APPROACH TO SAFETY.
USING THE DATA AT LOCATIONS,
HIGH COLLISION LOCATIONS,
IDENTIFIED SAFETY CORRIDORS ON
THAT MAP I SHOWED YOU AND TRYING
TO DOLE OUT SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES FOR THE VARIOUS
CRASH TREND S WITH INVESTMENTS
WE HAVE SEEN. THIS IS A
TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO SAFETY
THAT IS ALSO PART OF WHAT WE DO
KIND OF WITHIN THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH PARADIGM. HERE IS WHERE
WE ARE TRULY MAKING A STEP. THE
PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SAFETY. WE
ARE LOOKING AT SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES THAT ARE
INFORMED BY LOW KNOWLEDGE TO
SCALE THEM ACROSS THE CITY.
ACROSS THE CITY. THE THIRD
APPROACH IS LOOKING AT
PARTNERSHIPS. THE PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE CITY. TRYING TO
LEVERAGE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO
INCORP. TRAIT SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS. AND, HERE IS ALSO
KIND OF LIKE WHERE OUR VARIOUS
PROJECTS COME IN. WE ARE TAKING
THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. OR THE STATE LEVEL TO
MAKE OUR LOCAL DOLLARS GO LONGER
IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN SAFETY.
SO WHAT ARE THESE COUNTERMEASURE
INS SO HERE IS KIND OF LIKE A
LIST OF SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES
THAT IS BASED ON PROVEN
RESEARCH. AND THEY HAVE, WHEN
THEY ADOPTED THE SAFE ASSISTANCE
APPROACH, THEY HAVE PUBLISHED
THIS LIST OF SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES THAT THEY ARE
ASKING VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS TO
PURSUE. NOW, EVERYTHING THAT YOU
SEE IN BLUE ARE THOSE THAT ARE
ENDORSED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION. AND THE ONES YOU
SEE IN RED ARE SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES THAT ARE
ENDORSED BY THE CITY. ALL THESE
MEASURES ARE MORE GEARED TOWARD
AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, A CITY
SUCH AS OURS, THAT ARE FEW
OTHERS THAT THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION HAVE ENDORSED
THAT MORE SPEAK TO A LARGER
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AT THE
STATE LEVEL AND THE NATIONAL
LEVEL. SLIDE. SO WITHIN THE
REALM OF PRONE SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES MEASURES, WHAT
WE ARE SEEING AS PART OF OUR
APPROACH TO SAFETY IS TO INVEST
IN THESE EIGHT SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES AND TRY TO SCALE
THEM ACROSS THE CITY. THANKS TO
THE FUNDING WITHIN THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY R. WE HAVE A
SOURCE DEDICATED LEFT TURN
FACING INTERSECTIONS AND MORE
ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS.
IMPROVING CORRIDOR AND SECTION
LIGHTING. CLEAR SIGHT LINES.
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN RECON
FIGURE THE ROAD WAYS. AND HOW WE
CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THE ROAD
USERS AND FINALLY WITHIN THE
TRAFFIC COMING, HOW WE CAN
INFLUENCE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE
STREETS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, WE TAKE
ALL OF THOSE AND NOW ARE TRYING
TO INVEST WITHIN THESE IDEAS.
WITHIN THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE
HERE IN 2025? THE ONE THING I
WILL SAY IS WE ARE STARTING
STRONG WITHIN THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM ON THE DELIVERABLES.
I'LL GO INTO THOSE DETAILS IN
THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE VERY
FORTUNATE TO OBLIGATE THE SAFE
STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL
FEDERAL GRANT JUST BEFORE THE
CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION IN DC
LAST YEAR, NOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO
OR $25 MILLION OF FEDERAL
DOLLARS AND ANOTHER $6 MILLION
OF LOCAL MONEY TO INVEST IN
SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES IN
UNDERSERVED AREAS, 90% OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE IN UNDERSERVED
AREAS. THAT IS AN ENORMOUS
SAFETY INVESTMENT RIGHT THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT AUTOMATED
SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM TO LOOK AT
SAFETY CAMERAS. WE KNOW AS A PRO
SAFETY COUNTERMEASURE TO
INFLUENCE AND REDUCE SPEEDS. AND
THUS CRASHES. AND WE ARE LOOKING
AT HOW WE CAN PROMOTE THE SAFETY
CAMERA PROGRAM BOTH FROM A
SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO
EQUITABLY AND RESPONSIBLY ACROSS
THE CITY. THE ONE THING THAT YOU
WILL SEE IS THAT WE WILL BE
EXPANDING THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA
PROGRAM. DOUBLING IT, INSTALLING
25 CAMERAS AT 19 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS. FINALLY,
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE INVESTMENT
INS ALL THE SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES WE ARE FOCUSING
ON. THE ENHANCED CROSSINGS. AND
INVESTING THEM AT SCALE. SO
GOING BACK TO KIND OF OUR LEVY
INVESTMENTS. THANKS TO THE LEVY
COMMITMENT, WE ARE STARTING
CONSTRUCTION ON A LOT OF VISION
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE VISION
ZERO PROGRAM. SAFETY CORRIDORS
WHERE WE ARE PROMOTING AND
INSTALLING SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES AT. HAVE ALREADY
STARTED CONSTRUCTION LAST YEAR.
AND WILL COMPLETE INSTRUCTION
THIS YEAR. BOTH OF THESE TWO
CORRIDORS ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST
PRIORITY. AND HAVE ESTABLISHED
SAFETY MEETS. IN ADDITION TO
THAT, WE ARE PLANNING AND
DESIGNING SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES
ON SIX ADDITIONAL SAFETY
CORRIDORS. WE WANT TO KEEP TO
INVEST IN AT LEAST 12 SAFETY
CORRIDORS OVER THE NEXT EIGHT
YEARS. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS
PROCESS OF GETTING AT LEAST ONE
OR TWO CORRIDOR INS THE
CONSTRUCTION E YEAR AND KEEP THE
PIPELINE OF CONSTRUCTION
SIMULTANEOUSLY STARTING ON
PLANNING AND DESIGN ON OTHER
PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DELIVERED
EVERY YEAR DURING THIS LEVY. WE
WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THIS
TRAFFIC ON TEN DIFFERENT
CORRIDORS. NOT JUST SPEED
CUSHIONS BUT WE ARE TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT OTHER VARIOUS
SUBSTANTIALS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
INTERSECTION LIGHTING. MEDIAN
ISLANDS. AND SIGNAGE AND
MARKINGS ON THE CORRIDORS.
TAKING A VERY BROAD APPROACH TO
OUR ARTERIAL TRAFFIC COMING
ACROSS THE CITY. AND WE WILL
ALSO BE IN CONSTRUCTION AT OVER
A DOZEN HIGH COLLISION
LOCATIONS. EVERY SPRING, USE THE
PAST YEAR'S DATA AND IDENTIFIES
HIGH COLLISION LOCATIONS AND
IDENTIFIES WHERE THEY ARE AND
THEN TRIES TO DEVELOP SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE
DESIGNED AND DELIVERED THE YEAR
AFTER. WE ARE TASKED TO
IMPLEMENT MORE THAN 50 HIGH
COLLISION LOCATION IMPROVEMENTS
OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEVY. SO
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DELIVERABLE
FOR US. SO WE'LL HAVE THEM AT
OVER 80% OF OUR SIGNALS. TRYING
TO WORK ON THE REMAINING FEW AND
GET THEM AT ALMOST ALL THE
SIGNALS ACROSS THE CITY. SO
THERE IS A LOT OF LEVY WORK
GOING ON AND THESE PROJECTS WILL
BE IN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
BEYOND PLANNING AND BEYOND THE
SIGN AND WE HOPE TO KEEP THE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON
THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE LEVY.
SO THAT IS A VERY QUICK INSIGHT
INTO HOW WE ARE APPROACHING
VISION ZERO FROM THE SAFE
SYSTEMS ELEMENT AND INTO HOW THE
PROJECTS AND HOW THE PROJECTS
ARE TRANSLATING. THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU CHIEF SAFETY
OFFICER VENU. APPRECIATE YOUR
DETAILED PRESENTATION. IT IS AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC AND I APPRECIATE
THE WORK OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM
AND HELPING TO ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE SAFE. SAFER ON THE
ROADS. CLEARLY WE HAVE A LOT
MORE PROGRESS TO MAKE. BUT I
KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HARD AT
WORK COMMITTED TO DOWNING THAT
WORK. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BUT I WANT
TO ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST. SO,
WE'LL GO IN ORDER HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I WILL BE
BRIEF. I HAVE A HARD STOP IN 11
MINUTES AND I'M CUTTING ALMOST
ALL OF MY COMMENTS SO THE
EXAMPLE I SHARED WITH YOU, VENU
ABOUT HOW I HAD REQUESTED A
GUARDRAIL. YOU PROPOSED NEW
INTERVENTIONS. THAT DID
EVENTUALLY WORK. WE'LL SEE IF
IT IS STILL STICKING U BE I JUST
SHARE THAT COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I
HAVE HAD REQUESTS. I WITNESSED A
NEIGHBOR LAST SUMMER BUILDING A
CONCRETE WALL SO THAT CARS WOULD
STOP HITTING THEIR HOUSE. ALL
THAT TO SAY CROSSWALKS, STOP
SIGNS, I HAVE HEARD SO MANY
TIMES IN THE PAST. THEY CAN ONLY
BE IMPLEMENTED IF THE DATA
WARRANTED IT. I HEAR THIS LESS
AND I REALLY FRANKLY NEVER WANT
TO HEAR THIS AGAIN. WHEN I HEAR
THAT DATA MEANS COLLISIONS,
INJURY, OR DEATH. WE NEED TO
IMPLEMENT INTERVENTIONS THAT
PREVENT THIS DATA FROM EVER
BEING COLLECTED AND I SEE THAT
FROM SDOT NOW. I SEE THAT IN THE
LAST YEAR OR TWO WHERE THE
ANSWER USED TO BE NO AND NOW IT
IS, WELL, LET'S SEE HOW WE DO
IT OR YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE
YOU IN THE QUEUE GET THROUGH THE
QUEUE. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AND
POSITIVE CHANGE. THE LIVES THAT
ARE LOST ARE UNREALIZED
POTENTIAL. THE PEOPLE
PERMANENTLY INJURED ARE
UNREALIZED POTENTIAL. I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE DATA BEFORE THIS
WORK STARTED TO SEE THE BEFORE
AND AFTER CONVERSATION. THAT'S
ALL I WANT TO SAY NOW. JUST
FOCUSING ON THE LIVES LOST AND
PERMANENT INJURYS ARE UNREALIZED
POTENTIAL WE CAN NEVER GET BACK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. WELL SAID. AND, YEAH.
THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES AT
STAKE. AND YEAH. I COULDN'T
AGREE MORE. ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE
A STRONG ADVOCATE AND CHAMPION
FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND THE CITY,
TOO, WE CAN BE BOTH. AND YOU
KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ALL
THESE DELICATE CONVERSATIONS IN
THIS NEW SYSTEM, IT BOILS DOWN
TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME AT
THE RIGHT LOCATION. FOR ME,
PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE ABOUT
THE RIGHT TREATMENT. I WOULD
DEFER SUBSTANTIALLY TO YOU ALL
IN YOUR WISE EXPERT JUDGMENT. I
HAVE WORKED IN TECH AND I AM
FAMILIAR WITH, I HAVE SOME
TECHNICAL CHOPS. I DON'T HAVE
AN ENGINEERING DEGREE. BUT YOU
ALL THAT ARE ENGINEERS AND
EXPERTS. I ELEVATE IDEAS FROM MY
CONSTITUENTS TO YOU ALL. I DO
CARE ABOUT THE LOCATION AND
TIME. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER AND BUILD AND SCALE
THESE NEW INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS WE
LAUNCH, THAT IS WHAT I
PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE
BILATERAL CONVERSATION ON. WELL
SAID COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IF A
STOP SIGN ISN'T APPROPRIATE,
THEN WHAT IS? I WANT TO FOLD IN
SOMEONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET.
VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I'LL BE
SUPER BRIEF. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
HAVE A HARD STOP. THANK YOU MR.
SC
AND STORY AND BEING VULNERABLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
HEAR THAT STORY AND WHY. I KNOW
WE HAVE THE RIGHT ADVOCATES
ALWAYS WITH SEATTLE GREENWAYS. I
KNOW MISS RITA IS HERE, CASCADE
BIKE CLUB. I DO FOLLOW AND SEE A
LOT OF STUFF THAT THE URBANIST
IS SEEING. IT IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT JUST, IT KEEPS IT IN
THE FRONT MIND OF HEY, THESE
ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING AND MY
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO
TRANSPORTATION AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE, THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION
TO GOVERNMENT IS USUALLY THROUGH
PARKS, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION
AND THE CORNER I LIVED ON HAD 12
TO 15 ACCIDENTS. THAT WAS A YEAR
FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS GREAT TO
GET THE SUPPORT FROM SDOT WITH
JUST MINIMAL CHANGE TO MAKE THAT
CORNER SAFER. NOW IT IS MAYBE
ONE ACCIDENT A YEAR. THE
CHANGING OF THE LIGHTS. BRIGHTER
INTERSECTION. CLEARLY MARKED
CROSSWALKS. TURNING SIGNALS.
IMPROVED SIGNALS ON THAT
INTERSECTION REALLY MADE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOR
PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES. JUST
SEEING HOW THAT IMPROVED
INTERSECTION IS WHAT SDOT, WHAT
I SEE IN THE PRESENTATION FOR
VISION ZERO AND HOW WE NEED TO
IMPROVE A LOT OF THE
INTERSECTIONS IN OUR CITY AND
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND MAKING
IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO GET
AROUND. ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE
BECOMING MORE OF A WALKABLE CITY
FOR FOLKS. I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
SAFETY OBVIOUSLY. AND THE
CAPITOL HILL AREA. SIGNS THAT
ARE NO RIGHT TURN. MAKING
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THERE A
PRIORITY. AND SO FORTH. AND
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK YOU ARE
DOING. I WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FROM OUR DISTRICT AND
HEAR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE JUST
CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THOSE
CONCERNS. I ALSO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THOSE
PROJECTS AS WELL SO THANKING OUR
MAINTENANCE TEAM AS THE DESIGN
GOES IN. AFTER THE FIRST
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. BUT
CONTINUING THE MAINTENANCE OF
THOSE AND SO REALLY THANK OUR
DESIGN TEAM AS WELL. OR
MAINTENANCE TEAM. THANK YOU MR.
CHAIR. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR SAKA. THANK
YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU MR.
NEMANI FOR YOUR BRIEFING. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OFTEN I
SAY IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE
PRESENT, MINDFUL AND PREPARED.
BEING PRESENT AND MINDFUL ARE
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE
BRIEFING DOES THAT. AND THAT, ON
YOUR SYSTEM DESIGN HIERARCHY THE
YOUR FOUR INCREASE TENTATIVE AND
AWARENESS. IF YOU ARE DOING
THAT, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT BE
RUSHING SO I'M USING THESE IN
TERMS OF CONFLICT OF TIME. THESE
THINGS WE NEED TO DO AND THE
BRIEFING AND THE SAFE SYSTEM
PIECE DOES THAT FROM A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION BUT IT IS GOOD FOR ALL
OF US TO FIND OUR LINKS TO THIS
AND HOW CAN WE DO BETTER. I
APPRECIATE THE POST CRASH CARE.
SO IMPORTANT. IT KIND OF GOES TO
THE REASON WHY THERE WILL BE AN
AMENDMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE COMP
PLAN AND HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY
ELEMENT. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE
SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IN
TERMS OF DESIGNING TO MAKE SURE
THE POST CRASH CARE CAN BE THE
BEST IT CAN BE. ALSO FOR SDOT'S
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. THERE HAS BEEN
ISSUES OVER TIME RELATED TO THE
DIFFERENT PIECES AND I RECOGNIZE
FROM MY GOING TO THE FIRE GARAGE
FOR EXAMPLE THAT WITH THE FIRE
THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH SDOT TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN SQUARE THE
CIRCLES. PUT MEASURES IN PLACE,
BUT ALSO DO SO IN A WAY THAT
FIRE IS NOT IMPACTED AS WELL. I
WANTED TO TURN TO BIKE LANES.
I'M ALWAYS CAREFUL NOW TALKING
ABOUT BIKE LANES. LIKE LAST
YEAR, THERE WAS SOME
MISCOMMUNICATION THERE. I'M
HAPPY TO SEE INCREASED USAGE OF
THIS AND THE SCOOTERS. THE
E-MOBILITY TYPES. NOW WE HAVE
DIFFERENT KINDS LIKE A BIKE AND
SO FORTH. THAT MEANS THERE IS
DEEP CONFLICT WITH PEOPLE ON THE
SIDEWALKS. I APPRECIATE ON THE
INPUT RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE POINT ABOUT
E-MOBILITY. AS HE NOTED, THE
POLICE REPORTS HAVE TWO PIECES.
THERE IS REALLY NOT A BLOCK FOR
WHAT WE ARE NOW TODAY. IF WE ARE
GOING TO DO DATA RIGHT, SEEMS
LIKE WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR
FORMS. THAT IS A FORM TO TAKE
THE INPUT WE GOT TODAY. THAT IS
AN IMPORTANT PIECE AND IT GOES
BACK TO THE EARLIER SLIDES ABOUT
THE DATA DRIVEN PIECES, THE OLD
SAYING GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
IF WE ARE NOT GETTING GOOD DATA,
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO DO
SO I WANTED TO LATERAL THE POINT
MR. MCDONALD IS RAISING BECAUSE
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND I
THINK IT IS PERIODICALLY, WE
NEED TO UPDATE OUR FORUMS. SO I
WANTED TO LEVERAGE THAT. ALSO IN
TERMS OF DATA, IS THERE ANY
SPECIFIC RESEARCH STUDIES IN
I'M LOOKING AT A POINT
REGARDING A HARBOR VIEW RESEARCH
STUDY. DOES SDOT HAVE RESEARCH
STUDIES TO LOOK AT THESE THIRD
PARTY COMING IN. MAYBE SOME
ECONOMIC INSTITUTION AND THE
LIKE?
>> USED ACROSS THE STATE, THAT
TRAFFIC REPORT DOES NOT HAVE AND
FEEL TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY ANY OF
THE NEW MOBILITY DEVICES. I'M
WORKING WITH THE STATE TRAFFIC
ENGINEER AND HIS COUNTERPARTS AT
THE STATE PATROL WHO BASICALLY
CONTROL KIND OF LIKE HOW THE
STANDARD FORMS THAT ARE USED BY
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE
LOOK LIKE. A LOT BETTER, SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE GOOD DATA TO BASE
OUR ANALYSIS AND OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS ON. IT HAS BEEN
KIND OF LIKE A CHALLENGING
MANUAL PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE
COLLISION REPORTS. AND WE ARE
HAVING TO MANUALLY READ THROUGH
AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THIS. AND
IT HAS BEEN KIND OF PAIN
STAKINGLY SLOW PROCESS. BECAUSE
OF THAT. I DID LOOK AT THE
STUDY. THEY HAVE PUBLISHED JUST
THIS PAST DECEMBER. AND, THEY
ARE USING DATA. THIS IS NOT THE
TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT THAT WE
SEE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TO LOOK AT THE COLLISION ONE OF
THE BIG CHANGE WITHIN THEIR
SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE REPORT IS THAT THEY
NOW HAVE A WAY TO CODE AND
IDENTIFY THESE SEPARATELY. YOU
HAVE SEEN MORE OF THESE CASES.
WE ARE TAKING THAT REPORT
BECAUSE THAT IS FOR US TO LOOK
AT THE COLLISIONS AND WE ARE
WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THE
LIMITED DATA WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THESE BETTER BUT I
WANT TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF
THINGS WE ARE DOING ON OUR SIDE.
RIGHT? WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
VENDORS TO PUT OUT STURDIER
E-SCOOTERS. SHOCK ABSORBERS TO
HELP WITH THE EXPERIENCE ON
THAT. WE ARE WORKING TO LIMIT
THE SPEED FOR ANY RIDER IF IT IS
THE FIRST RIDE, THEY ARE CAPPED
AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. AND IF
IT IS SUBSEQUENT, IT IS CAPPED
AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THERE ARE
SEVERAL SLOW ZONES. WHERE THE
SPEED IS CAPPED BY THESE VENDORS
AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. WE ARE
WORKING ON THESE. THERE THOUSAND
ELEMENTS WERE GIVEN OUT SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
ELEMENTS YOU SAID WERE VERY LOW.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. ON
MY PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTES A LOT OF
ELEMENTS. AND COLLABORATING WITH
THEM TO PUT OUT BETTER EDUCATION
PROGRAMS AND WE ARE DOING ALL OF
THESE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
VENDORS TO CREATE A SAFER RIDE
EXPERIENCE. I WANT TO JUXTAPOSE
THE FACT WITH THE SHARED
MOBILITY DEVICES. WE HAVE SEEN
OVER 5 MILLION TRIPS LAST YEAR
WITHIN THE CITY. THEY ARE
GETTING ENORMOUSLY POPULAR AND
I'M TALKING THE SHARED MOBILITY
SITE OF E SCOOTERS. WE DON'T
HAVE A GOOD DATA SET. THE NEW
MOBILITY IS A NEW WAY OF GETTING
AROUND THE CITY. WE ARE ALL
TRYING TO. IT IS GETTING
ENORMOUSLY POPULAR AND WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE
BETTER WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS
AND OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. AND
OUR VENDORS TO ENHANCE THAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> THANK YOU. AND I DO
APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE USING
THE BIKE LANES MORE WHICH IS
GREAT. I WILL LEVERAGE TO
DISCUSSING. AS YOU PROBABLY
IMAGINE, COUNCILMEMBERS TALK TO
TONS OF PEOPLE. AND MY
UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF THE
WATERFRONT PARK, SDOT REMAINS ON
THE STREETS AND THE DIFFERENT
PIECES BUT THE LANDSCAPES WENT
TO THE WATERFRONT. THERE IS
SECURITY IN DIFFERENT PIECES I
HAVE GONE OVER. BUT SDOT STILL
HAS THE ROADS AND THE BIKE LANES
THAT GO THROUGH THAT AREA? I DID
MEET WITH, PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB. AND, THE
WATERFRONT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL. THE BIKE LANES LOOK
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THE NEW
ARTWORK, EVERYTHING IS
BEAUTIFUL. BUT IT WAS RAISED TO
ME THAT THE BIKE LANE AS THEY GO
FROM THE TERMINAL TO THE
AQUARIUM. THE STEEL BRACKETS FOR
THE LANDSCAPING AND STUFF. SOME
OF THOSE LOOKED, BECAUSE OF
THEIR STEEL IN THEIR CORNERS,
THAT IS A POTENTIAL RISK THAT IS
NOT PRESENT IN OTHER BIKE LANES.
TO RAISE IT AS A CONCERN AND IF
THERE IS ANY MITIGATION. IT IS
VERY DIFFERENT E-BIKE OR REGULAR
BIKE OR SCOOTER OR WHATEVER THAT
PERSON GOES INTO THAT. AND THAT
COULD BE A PROBLEM. TO REFLECT
THE CASCADE BIKE CLUB.
[ CAPTIONER CHANGE ]
THAT IS WHAT WAS RECOGNIZED IN
TRYING TO BRING ABOUT HOW WE
DESIGN THAT SYSTEM THAT IS IN
BETWEEN . AND IT WILL BASICALLY
BE MORE PEOPLE AND GOODS WITHIN
THE CITY. AND THEY ARE TRYING TO
ADOPT HOW THE [ INAUDIBLE ] IS
SUCCESSFULLY DONE, TO BRING IN
THE NEEDS OF ALL THE USERS AND
TRYING TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT
SPEAKS TO THE NEEDS OF ALL USERS
VERSUS MORE PURELY FOCUSED ON
THE [ INAUDIBLE ] I THINK
PERSONALLY , WE HAVE HAD
SLIGHTLY [ INAUDIBLE ] PATHS.
AND DEVELOPED COMPANIES, HAVE
AHEAD OF US AND THAT GAME AND WE
ARE NOW CATCHING UP WITH THEM.
AND I WOULD PERSONALLY SAY THAT
.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT SEEMS
AS THOUGH OUR HISTORY HAS SHOWN
US WE HAVE --
THATTRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS
HISTORICALLY HAVE PRIORITIZED
AND VALUED PERSONAL CONVENIENCE
OVER -- PERSONAL CONVENIENCE FOR
SOME OVER THE SAFETY OF MANY. WE
ALSO WANT TO DRAW ON ONE OF THE
MAPS HERE AS WELL. LOOKING
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. WE HAVE
HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
WANTING TO REPRESENT DISTRICTS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DISTRICT 2
SPECIFICALLY. I NOTE
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON NOT BEING
A PART OF TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS I
WANTED TO UPLIFT DISTRICT 2
HAVING THE HIGHEST SHARE OF
FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CLASHES
BY COUNSEL DISTRICT AND 90 THAT
IS -- AND THAT NEEDS TO BE
PARTICULARLY NAMED GIVEN THE
LACK OF SOLID TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE. I KNOW THAT I
HAVE HAD THE PERSONAL CHALLENGE
OF TRYING TO RIDE MY BIKE AROUND
RAINIER AVENUE AND IT IS A SCARY
EXPERIENCE. IT FEELS VERY
UNSAFE. WE NEED SAFER BIKE PATHS
GOING THROUGH SOUTH SEATTLE. MY
QUESTION IS -- AND I WANT TO
ALSO APPRECIATE THAT ONE OF THE
IDENTIFIED PLANS TO BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION HERE IS ON MLK WAY.
AND I WANT TO ASK YOU HOW WE ARE
CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE
PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE EQUITY
ACROSS THE CITY FOR SAFE
COMMUNITIES .
>> ALL OF OUR [ INAUDIBLE ] SAY
NEED AND THE PRIORITY? AND
THOSE IS WHAT -- WAS OR WHAT WE
ASK OURSELVES TRYING TO INVEST
IN LOCATIONS. AND THE NEEDS WE
HAVE AN DISTRICT 2, ESPECIALLY
ON RAINIER AND MLK CORRIDORS. ON
RAINIER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
DILIGENTLY ON A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS . RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
TALKING WITH WSDOT. WE WANT TO
IMPROVE CROSSINGS AT THE CHANGE
RAMPS AND BEFORE THE STATION
COMES ONLINE. WE ARE -- WE HAVE
SETTLED -- THERE IS A NEW [
INAUDIBLE ] COLLEGE AND ANOTHER
ONE AT RAINIER AND GRAND. WE
HAVE THE RAINIER BUS LANE
PROJECT THAT WILL BE COMING TO
PHASE 3 COMING IN SOON. WE HAVE
SEVERAL PLACES TO PRIORITIZE
TRANSIT ON THE CORRIDOR. AND AND
MY TEAM, WE HAVE A GRANT TO
IMPROVE CROSSING , SEVERAL
CROSSING LOCATIONS ON RAINIER
THAT WE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION
LATER THIS YEAR. WE ARE
COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITIES
AND RAINIER BEACH. WE HAVE TWO
PROJECTS WE ARE PLANNING TO
START . FROM STEWART PARK TO
THE [ INAUDIBLE ] CITY LINE. AND
ACCESSING CONCERNS WITH SPEEDING
AND COLLISIONS ON THAT STRETCH.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO
CO- CREATE A PROJECT AND INSTALL
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WHILE WE
ARE DOING THAT, WE ARE INVESTING
IN SMALL THINGS THAT WE CAN
COMPLETE SUCH AS [ INAUDIBLE ]
STATIONS AND MARKINGS. WE HAD
DONE SOME LAST YEAR. AND WE WILL
DO MORE IN THE SPRING OF THIS
YEAR. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS WITHIN THE RAINIER
BEACH AREA FOR THE SAFETY
CORRIDOR WHICH ALSO IS IN D2. IT
HAS BEEN A HUGE FOCUS, NOT ONLY
FROM A [ INAUDIBLE ] APPROACH TO
SAFETY BUT ALSO PROACTIVE
APPROACH TO SAFETY. WE ARE
TRYING TO SAVE WHAT WE CAN DO IN
THIS AREA THAT HAS PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT SAFETY NEEDS .
>> JUST TO ADD , THE LEVY IS
INFORMED BY THREE PRONGS OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,
EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND THE
CLAIMANT. EQUITY ARE EVENTS WE
LOOK AT THE ROUTE ANY OF OUR
INVESTMENTS AND HOW WE RESPOND.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT
LENS AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY WHICH COME
FOR DECADES, THEY HAVE NOT HAD
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE
SAFETY. WE WILL BE VERY
INTENTIONAL AS WE DELIVER OUR
PROGRAMS .
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY LAST
QUESTION IS JUST THINKING ABOUT,
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STABILITY
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING,
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE FLUCTUATIONS HAPPENING AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IS ANY OF THE
WORK PARTICULARLY COMPROMISED BY
LOSS AND FEDERAL FUNDING? COULD
THERE BE SOMETHING UPCOMING WE
SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF?
>> I'M HAPPY TO JUMP IN. WE DID
A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT OUR LOOK
AT THE LEVY. VISIONS HE WAS
FORTUNATE AND WHERE IT IS NOT
TOTALLY RELYING ON LEVY FUNDS
AND THOSE FUNDS ARE SECURE AND
YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON
THEM. AS IT RELATES TO OUTSIDE
LEVERAGED FUNDS , WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING -- WE CONTINUE -- WE
HAVE A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH
TO ASSESSING WHERE WE CAN BE
COMPETITIVE REGARDLESS OF
FLUCTUATION AND POLITICAL
CLIMATE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE
THAT . WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE
LEVY, WE DID INTENTIONALLY DO A
LOOK AHEAD THAT CONSIDERED THE
POTENTIAL FOR DISRUPTION. WE
HAVE NOT RELIED ON PLANNED
PROJECTS IN THE 2025 WORK PLAN.
WE ARE NOT RELIANT ON SOURCES
THAT WE THINK WILL BE FALLING
OUT OR LEVERAGE THAT WILL BE
FALLING OUT. WE ALSO WORK WITH
PARTNERS QUITE A BIT AND WE ARE
BASICALLY IN CONSTANT
CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT
THEIR RELATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE COGNIZANT
OF THE FLUCTUATION BUT NOT
RELIANT ON IT FOR THINGS WE
DISCLOSED AND SHOW THAT WE ARE
DELIVERING.
>> I MISSPOKE. I HAVE ONE MORE
QUESTION. SORRY, CHAIR. IT IS
RELATED TO WORK WITH OUR
PARTNERS ON THIS. HOW ARE YOU
WILL COLLABORATING WITH KING
COUNTY METRO AS WELL AS SOUND
TRANSIT WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT MAY BE
AROUND SPECIFIC TRANSIT STOPS?
>> I THINK WE WERE HERE TWO
WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT
INVESTMENTS. THE PERSONAL SAFETY
ELEMENT. WE WORK REALLY WELL IN
TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING
AND CROSSWALK THAT NEEDS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED. BUS STOP STATIONS.
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH KING COUNTY
METRO AND SOUND TRANSIT AND THE
INVESTMENT WITH TRANSIT SPOT
IMPROVEMENT AND CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE THIS IN THE LEVY AS
WELL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY AND
ALL ENHANCEMENTS , BOTH AT A
PERSONAL SAFETY LEVEL FROM
SECURITY AND ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. AND I
WILL CLOSE THIS OUT HERE. A
QUICK SHOUT OUT TO RODNEY MAXEY
AND THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. THANK
YOU. HE LOOKS AFTER ONE OF THE
BELLS OF THE BALL IN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT I CARE ABOUT THE
MOST AMONG OTHER THINGS. ROADS
AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AND
MANAGES THINGS THAT I ORIGINALLY
LEARNED ABOUT AND I'M LOOKING
AT THE FORMER WASHINGTON STATE
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, YOUR REPORT. AND
RECOMMENDATIONS BIG LEVY OVER
THE [ INAUDIBLE ] COMMITTEE AND
COUNCIL LAST SPRING. HE HELPED
MANAGE ASSET SUSTAINABILITY
RATIO, PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX,
THE COMPOSITE SCORE AND HELPING
US MAKE BETTER PROGRESS ON THOSE
. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
QUICKLY HERE, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE
23 PLEASE? THE PROVEN SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES. FOR CLARITY,
UNLESS YOU SAY OTHERWISE, I TAKE
THAT TO MEAN THE FEDERALLY
APPROVED UNDER THE SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH PROVEN COUNTERMEASURES.
CAN YOU PULL THAT SLIDE UP
PLEASE ?
>> WHICH SLIDE?
>> 23. IT SAYS PROVEN SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES. THERE IT IS.
ALL RIGHT. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT
THAT IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST OF
COUNTERMEASURES .
>> IT IS NOT AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING
LIST.
>> NOTABLY EXCLUDED AS
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS AND THERE
WERE ONLY 20 OR SO, TELL -- 20
PLUS ITEMS ON THIS LIST OF
FEDERALLY APPROVED
COUNTERMEASURES THAT ARE PROVEN
TO WORK.
>> IT IS THERE, THE LAST ICON .
>> WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT .
>> MY BROADER POINT REMAINS ,
THAT IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
HOW MANY ARE THERE? 40
SOMETHING. HOW MANY ARE THERE ?
>> SAFETY CAMERAS.
>> PROVEN SAFETY CAMERAS .
>> I THINK WE HAVE 35 OR SO
SCHOOL ZONES SAFETY CAMERAS .
>> I WASN'T REFERRING TO THE
NUMBER OF SPEED CAMERAS BUT HOW
MANY PROVEN SAFETY
COUNTERMEASURES UNDER THE SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH ARE THERE ?
>> I WOULD SAY A DOZEN AND A
HALF. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE
APPLICABLE . SOME OF THEM ARE --
>> SEATTLE, THERE OUR. CORRECT
ME IF I'M WRONG. SCHOOL SAFETY
RED LIGHT CAMERA, LANE
RESTRICTION AND SPEED
ENFORCEMENT CAMERA .
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I
WASN'T REFERRING SPECIFICALLY
TO THE ENFORCEMENT CAMERA ASPECT
BUT ALL GOOD. THANK YOU.
HELPFUL NONETHELESS . IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME, CAN WE MOVE TO
SLIDE 21 ?
>> WHERE ARE CRASHES OCCURRING
SLIDE ?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
CALLING THAT OUT. 21%
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON'S
DISTRICT. COUNCIL TWO IS TODAY
THE WORST OFF. I KNOW THIS IS A
BRAND-NEW SLIDE. IT REFLECTS
WHAT IS INCLUSIVE OF 2024 DATA.
ALSO NOTE THAT LAST YEAR, AT THE
SAME TIME , BEFORE 24 DATA WAS
INCLUDED, MY COUNSEL DISTRICT,
DISTRICT ONE, WAS WORSE OFF. THE
EXACT NUMBERS WERE 22 AND THE
NEXT CLOSEST WAS DISTRICT 2 AT
19. AND SO THIS YEAR, THERE HAS
CLEARLY BEEN, WITH THE ADDITION
OF 24 DATA INCLUDED IN THE
FOUR-YEAR ROLLUP, THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
THAT HAVE SHIFTED THE SCALES IN
ANOTHER DIRECTION. THIS IS A
DUBIOUS DISTINCTION. A DUBIOUS
STAT. AT A HIGH LEVEL, IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE SELF END IS
BEARING THE BRUNT OF INCLUDING
MY DISTRICT. BEARING THE BRUNT
OF THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE
TO DO MORE AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE
ON OUR ROADS. AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO NAME THAT AS WELL .
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION . AND ALL
GOOD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ITERATE OFF LINE. I JUST WANTED
TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN ,
DIRECTOR AMORY AND YOUR TEAM
HERE . WE APPRECIATE YOU AND
YOUR PARTNERSHIP. IS A VERY
IMPORTANT TOPICS. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR STORY AND YOUR
JOURNEY AND WHY THIS WORK IS SO
POWERFUL AND IMPACTFUL FOR YOU
AND I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND WE ARE
ALL IMPACTED BY THIS WORK.
PROGRESS IN THE SPECIFIC AREA,
AS IT PERTAINS TO VISION ZERO OR
LACK THEREOF . THESE ARE
PEOPLE. THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
LIVES AT STAKE. I ALSO WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
RITA HOLMAN WHO WAS IN THE
AUDIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE, RITA. RITA IS A
CHAMPION AND ADVOCATE AND IS THE
REASON WHY THERE ARE SO MANY
GREAT VISION ZERO INVESTMENTS
THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE VOTER
APPROVED LEVY TO BEGIN WITH.
BECAUSE RITA'S LATE HUSBAND
STEVE WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED ON
OUR ROADS IN WEST SEATTLE IN
DECEMBER OF 23, RIGHT BEFORE I
TOOK OFFICE. THESE ARE PEOPLE .
PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE
AT STAKE . AND BY THE WAY, AND
THE LEVY, THERE IS ALSO, AMONG
THE MANY EXCITING INVESTMENTS ,
THERE IS A MEMORIAL , HONORARY
BIKE LANE IN WEST SEATTLE TO BE
BUILT IN STEVE'S HONOR AND
RITA, I WILL JUST SAY THERE WAS
A LOT GOING ON FROM A CITYWIDE
PERSPECTIVE. I WILL BE WORKING
WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE
OVER THE EIGHT YEAR LIFECYCLE OF
THE LEVY, THAT WE GET THAT
PLANNED FOR AT LEAST ON THE
FRONT END. FIRST FOUR YEARS
RATHER THAN ONE OF THE LAST KIND
OF GATING ITEMS. IT IS AN
IMPORTANT PROJECT.
>> IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU ALL ,
EVERYONE. APPRECIATE EVERYONE
FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
MEETING AGENDA. THE NEXT MEETING
IS MARCH 18TH AT 9:30 A.M. ARE
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN ?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE ARE
ADJOURNED. IT IS 12:26 P.M.