>> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ]
>> THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THAT. THE
FUNDING AND DEPLOYMENT OF
AUTOMATIC DRAFTY CIVIC CAMERAS
HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THIS
COUNCIL , ME PERSONALLY, AND HER
VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS. THIS VITAL
TECHNOLOGY WHEN RESPONSIBLY
DEPLOYED IS A CRUCIAL TOOL FOR
ADDRESSING UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR IN
OUR CITY AND MAKING OUR CITY AND
STREETS SAFER . I WANT TO THANK
MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE FOLLOWING
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS TOPIC AND THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK
NAVIGATING A COMPLEX PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO ENABLE COMPLIANCE
WITH STATE LAW. AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS ARE
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORTING THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF BASIC SAFETY .
WHETHER YOU'RE A DRIVER, BIKER,
PEDESTRIAN, TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT,
OR LIKE ME, ALL OF THE ABOVE,
THEY ARE A VITAL TOOL TO CHANGE
BEHAVIOR SO OUR COMMUNITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE KEPT SAFE.
AS TO THE LEGISLATION ITSELF, WE
WILL HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
YOU WILL BRIEFLY RECALL THAT THE
NEW STATE LAW CONSOLIDATED
SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE
WASHINGTON CODE INCLUDING RED
LIGHT AND SCHOOL SPEED ZONE
CAMERAS. THE NEW STATE LAW ALSO
REPEALED AUTHORITY FOR ENFORCING
DESIGNATING RACING ZONE CAMERAS
AND MODIFIED CERTAIN PROVISIONS
GOVERNING THE USE OF REVENUES
COLLECTED THROUGH CAMERA
VIOLATIONS. ULTIMATELY THIS
LEGISLATION ALIGNS CITY CODE
WITH RECENT CHANGES TO STATE
LAW. THANK YOU AGAIN TO SDOT,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
COLLABORATION AND HARD WORK ON
THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC SO FAR . I
LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S LIVELY
DISCUSSION. THE SECOND AGENDA
ITEM IS A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 120972 LIFTING A
PROVISO FROM THE 2025 BUDGET.
YOU WILL RECALL WE PREVIEWED AND
DISCUSSED THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION AS WELL IN OUR LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING. ALSO,
COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL REMEMBER
THAT COUNCILS 2024 BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS WE CO-LEAD THE
CHARGE FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT
THE EXPANSION OF AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS OUTSIDE
OF SCHOOL ZONES TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES CLAMORING
FOR THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.
THIS LEGISLATIVE TOOL ENSURES
THE ALLOCATED FUNDS CANNOT ONLY
BE SPENT ON NONSCHOOL ZONE
AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY
CAMERAS, WHICH AGAIN IS A VITAL
PRIORITY AND CRUCIAL TOOL FOR
MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. THE PROVISO IS
MEANT TO ENSURE COLLABORATION
WITH SDOT BY COMING UP WITH THE
TIMELINE FOR PROCUREMENT A
DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY AND ENSURING
RESPONSIVENESS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THIS
TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING IN MY OWN
DISTRICT . CHECK THE 2023
ORDINANCE WHICH IS BEING
RESCINDED AS PART OF THIS FOR A
LIST OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSSIBLE
DEPLOYMENT OF THESE NONSCHOOL
SPEED CAMERAS. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ESPECIALLY
FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP ON THIS
IMPORTANT BUDGET PROVISO.
FINALLY, OUR THIRD ITEM ON THE
AGENDA IS A BRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON 120945. AND
ALLIE VACATION IN DISTRICT 7. I
HAVE A LITTLE ALLIE VACATION AND
BE FOR MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THEY ARE
IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL ITEMS
THAT COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BEGAN IN
2018 AND IS IN DISTRICT 7. I WAS
IMPRESSED DURING OUR LAST
COMMITTEE SESSION WITH THE
BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. IN DISTRICT 7,
INCLUDING SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS
INCLUDING NEW AND SKIPPING IT
FEATURES. ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES
TO REVIEW THE PRESENTATION THAT
IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. TO
REFRESH YOUR MEMORY AND SEE THE
ENTIRETY OF THIS PROJECT. WE
WILL DISCUSS IT LATER OF COURSE
AS WELL. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WITHIN
THE BROADER PURVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR IN
PERSON SPEAKERS. AND FOUR REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. WE
WILL START IN PERSON FIRST.
PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS UP TO 20 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN
IN PERSON AND REMOTE UNTIL THE
PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE
LEFT OF THEIR TIME. I FUNDS WILL
BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T AND
THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME 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. THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS DON
FRENCH FOLLOWED BY GORDON.
>> THANK YOU. [ INDISCERNIBLE-LO
W VOLUME ] IF I WERE CONTACTED
BY SOMEONE WHO STATED THE WORK I
PERFORMED WAS DEFICIENT, I WOULD
HAVE THE ETHICS TO [
INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ]. IF
SOMEONE CALLED ME AND LEFT A
MESSAGE AND STATED THAT WORK I
PERFORMED WAS DEFICIENT, I WOULD
HAVE THE ETHICS TO RETURN THE
CALL AND ASK WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS DEFICIENT. IF SOMEBODY
CALLED ME MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT
SAFETY ISSUES ON THE WORK THAT I
PERFORMED, I WOULD HAVE THE
ETHICS TO RETURN THE CALL AND
FIND OUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS
DEFICIENT. IF SOMEBODY EMAILED
ME WITH DETAILED INFORMATION
INDICATING THAT WORK WAS NOT
ONLY DEFICIENT, BUT UNSAFE, I
WOULD HAVE THE ETHICS TO LOOK
INTO IT AND GET IN TOUCH WITH
THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. IF
SOMEBODY STATED THAT THEY HAD
PROOF OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES , I
WOULD HAVE THE ETHICS TO ASK TO
SEE THE PROOF AND TALK TO THEM
ABOUT IT. IF SOMEBODY CONTACTED
ME ABOUT GETTING TO AN EMERGENCY
ROOM IN A HOSPITAL, THAT IS ME,
I WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOOK INTO IT
AND DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE. IF
SOMEBODY TOOK THE TIME TO
CONTACT ME MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE
RECORD ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES THEY
CAN PROVE, I WOULD TAKE THE TIME
AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. DO
YOU FEEL GOOD? THIS REPORT IS A
LIE. THIS IS THE 130th STREET
REPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU HAPPEN
TO HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS FEEL
FREE TO SUBMIT THOSE AND THEY
CAN BE ALSO ADMINISTERED OR
ADMITTED INTO PUBLIC RECORD.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ON THE LIST IS GORDON,
FOLLOWED BY TYLER VASQUEZ.
PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE
MICROPHONE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, MY NAME IS GORDON. A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN 83 A
WOMAN WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED IN
SODO. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT. RECOGNIZED THE
LIFE THAT IS NO LONGER HERE IN
THE SEATTLE LIGHT THAT IS NOT
HERE TODAY THAT SHOULD BE HERE.
IN THAT CONTEXT, I KNOW WE ARE
ALL COMMITTED AS A CITY DIVISION
ZERO AND KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE
WHICH IS WHY I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THIS RESPONSIBILITY
GRAVELY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE AS A
SOCIETY IS TO TRY TO KEEP EACH
OTHER SAFE WHILE WE ARE TRYING
TO GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES. SHE
WAS IN A CROSSWALK TRYING TO GET
SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW THE
FULL STORY BUT IT COULD'VE BEEN
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM,
IT IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL
THAT WE ARE REINVESTING THAT
REVENUE BACK IN SAFETY. WE KNOW
THERE ARE INTENSE BUDGET DEMANDS
ON THE CITY, THAT IS GOING TO BE
AN ATTRACTIVE SOURCE OF REVENUE.
EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS
THE EXECUTIVES ARE GOING TO BE
PULLED TO TRY AND FIND AND
BACKFILL SOME OF THOSE REVENUE
FOR THE SDOT PROJECTS. THE MORE
THIS COUNCIL CAN MAKE SURE THAT
REVENUE IS BEING REINVESTED IN
COMMUNITIES , AND THAT ALSO IS
NOT ONLY GOOD POLITICS, BECAUSE
THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THAT,
IT'S ALSO GOOD POLICY BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT IS BEST PRACTICE
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT
WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE
TICKETING PROGRAMS, THE MONEY IS
GOING BACK IN TWO REINVESTING
SAFETY PROJECTS, WHERE THE
CAMERAS ARE LOCATED IDEALLY.
THAT IS WHY THE SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO
POPULAR, FUNDING IS SO TIGHT
THAT UNITY MEMBERS CAN
UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY ARE GETTING
A TICKET FOR SPEEDING NEXT WAS
SCHOOL, THAT IS GOING DIRECTLY
BACK INTO KEEPING KIDS SAFE
GETTING TO SCHOOL. SO THE TITER
OF A NEXUS YOU CAN CREATE FOR
THESE PROGRAMS THE MORE POPULAR
IT'S GOING TO BE. AND ON THAT
NOTE, AMENDMENT THREE AND FIVE,
I THINK GET US CLOSER TO THAT
VISION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS TYLER
VASQUEZ FOLLOWED BY CLAIRE.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
TYLER VASQUEZ AND I SERVE AS THE
POLICY AND ADVOCACY OFFICER FOR
CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB. WE
ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE. I
WANT TO THANK MAYOR HARRELL,
SDOT AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR GOING DOWN LAST TUESDAY TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
A FIX AND THAT FIX , TEMPORARY
FIX IS NOW SEEN AS THE TORONTO
FERRIER. SECONDLY I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE TIMELY ACTION.
DIRECTOR EMERY WAS ABLE TO GET
HER TEAM OUT THERE AND WAS ABLE
TO HAVE TIMELY ACTION AND SEE
THROUGH YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER I
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ARE
BICYCLE NETWORK IS ONLY AS SAFE
AS HER MOST DANGEROUS PARTS.
LONG-TERM SAFETY REQUIRES MORE
THAN REACTIVE FIXES. OR PUNITIVE
MEASURES. A TRUE LASTING CHANGE,
SOME THROUGH PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AS COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK PUT IN THE AMENDMENT, SUCH
AS PROTECTING BICYCLE LANES,
SAFE STREET DESIGN, AND TRAFFIC
COMMON FEATURES, SUCH AS SPEED
CUSHIONS AND NARROWING OF THE
ROADS, NOT JUST ENFORCEMENT
TOOLS, BUT SIMILAR TO AUTOMATED
CAMERAS. TODAY YOU WILL HEAR
ABOUT SEATTLE'S AUTOMATED
CAMERA POLICY. CASCADE
RECOGNIZES THAT AUTOMATED
CAMERAS ARE A TOOL TO SLOW
TRAFFIC AND ADDRESS DANGEROUS
DRIVING BEHAVIOR. BUT THEY ARE
NOT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM NEEDS.
THAT IS WHY OUR CITY PAST THE
KEEP SEATTLE MOVING LEVY
PREVIOUSLY IN THE FALL. WE
APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT'S PUT
FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THOSE
FUNDS MUST GO TOWARDS BUILDING A
SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY
IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LONG
BEEN UNDER INVESTED IN. I WANT
TO ECHO WHAT GORDON ALSO
REFERENCE, CLOSING THAT NEXUS.
ADDITIONALLY WE BELIEVE THAT
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
SPENDING SHOULD BE REINVESTED IN
DIVISION ZERO ANOTHER SAFETY
PROGRAMS. WE URGE THE CITY TO
PAIR ENFORCEMENT WITH
MEANINGFUL, EQUABLE INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER,
CLAIRE CANTOR.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY
NAME IS CLAIRE CANTOR, I AM
SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF
CREWS STREETS ARE STREETS, I AM
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH
SEATTLE STREET GREENWAYS.
SEATTLE RESIDENTS DESERVE SAFE
STREETS. WE ARE ALL HERE WITH A
COLLECTIVE GOAL OF SLOWING DOWN
DANGEROUS SPEEDING . ESPECIALLY
WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING
INJURED AND KILLED DUE TO
DANGEROUS SPEEDING. WE HEARD
ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS
WAS KILLED ON FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH. WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
THE LONG-OVERDUE PHYSICAL SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS, NOT PUNITIVE
ENFORCEMENT, IS THE BEST WAY TO
CURB DANGEROUS SPEEDING ON OUR
STREETS. THIS AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IS INTENDED
AS A SAFETY TOOL TO SLOW DOWN
SPEEDING DRIVERS. AND FOR THE
LEGITIMACY AND PUBLIC SUPPORT OF
THIS PROGRAM, ALL THAT REVENUE
NEEDS TO GO BACK INTO SLOWING
DOWN AND CONTRIBUTING TO THAT
PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO
GET DIVISION ZERO. INSTEAD OF
BEING USED AS A REVENUE
GENERATOR FOR THE CITY. I WOULD
LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO
PLEASE VOTE YES ON FOUR CRITICAL
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION
TODAY. THE FIRST IS AMENDMENT
THREE TO ENSURE ALL REVENUE GOES
TOWARDS STREET INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT SLOWS DOWN SPEEDING. NOT
FIXING POTHOLES OR OTHER STREET
OPERATIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW
VIABLE THOSE MIGHT BE. AMENDMENT
FOUR, PLEASE VOTE YES TO
STANDARDIZE THE WARNING
STRUCTURE FOR ALL NEW CAMERAS .
BY REMOVING ALL THE EXCEPTIONS
FOR SCHOOL ZONE SPEED CAMERA. A
STANDARD STRUCTURE WILL BE
EASIER FOR IS NOT IMPLEMENTED
AND EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO
UNDERSTAND. SDOT DATA IT SHOWS
WARNINGS ARE 95% EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING SECOND VIOLATIONS.
PLEASE VOTE YES FOR AMENDMENT
FIVE TO INSTALL ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS ONLY AFTER OTHER
INEXPENSIVE STREET SAFETY
MEASURES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT.
AND PLEASE VOTE YES FOR
AMENDMENT SIX TO PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR REMOTE
SPEAKERS. FIRST UP IS GOING TO
BE ETHAN CAMPBELL. ETHAN, WHEN
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TALK PLEASE
HIT STAR SIX.
>> HI, I AM A CYCLIST AND
PEDESTRIAN IN SEATTLE WHO CARES
ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY. I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH THE NATIONALS YOUR
EFFORT TO CREATE GUIDANCE FOR
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. WITH THIS
IN MIND I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
AMENDMENT THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND
SIX. AMENDMENT THREE WOULD
ENSURE CAMERA REVENUES GO
SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS STREET
SAFETY WHICH IS A NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICE. AMENDMENT FOUR WOULD
STANDARDIZE THE WARNING PERIOD
INCLUDING SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS.
SDOT DATA SHOWS WARNING PERIODS
ARE EFFECTIVE. AMENDMENT FIVE
WOULD SIMPLY REQUIRE SDOT TO
EXPLAIN BEFORE DEPLOYING THE
CAMERAS WHY SPEED CUSHIONS OR
STOP SIGNS ARE NOT FEASIBLE OR
SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE SPEEDS AT
THE LOCATION. THESE QUICK
TREATMENTS ARE OFTEN CHEAP ,
UNLIKE CAMERAS WHICH EACH COST
$66,000 PER YEAR, A RECURRING
EXPENSE ULTIMATELY BORNE BY
SATELLITES. THIS AMENDMENT SAYS,
CONSIDER CHANGING THE STREET
FIRST. AMENDMENT SIX INCLUDES
IMPORTANT PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR
CAMERA DATA WHICH I STRONGLY
SUPPORT. I URGE COUNCIL TO
FURTHER BY TAKING THE
LONG-OVERDUE STEP OF PUTTING THE
PROGRAM THROUGH SEATTLE'S
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE REVIEW.
NOT TO HOLD IT UP, BUT SIMPLY TO
TELL THE PUBLIC WHO HAS ACCESS
TO THIS DATA, PARTICULARLY
WITHIN SPD. STATE LAW
PROTECTIONS ARE VALUABLE BUT
THEY ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BASIC
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT PRIVACY.
LASTLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO
ON AMENDMENT ONE. WE NEED TO GE
REVENUE TOWARD SIDEWALKS THEY
CAN DO SO WITHOUT THIS
AMENDMENT. BUT THE REALITY IS
PEDESTRIANS IN SEATTLE BY AND
LARGE ARE NOT BECAUSE OF THE
LACK OF SIDEWALKS. THEY ARE
GETTING INJURED TRYING TO CROSS
ROADS DESIGNED FOR HIGH SPEEDS
LIKE THE 83 OLD WOMEN IN SOTO.
THIS REVENUE SHOULD GO TOWARDS
MAKING THOSE ROADS FIRST. PLEASE
SUPPORT AMENDMENT THREE THROUGH
SIX AND VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT
ONE. INKS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> NEXT UP IS CHARLOTTE.
>> I'M CHARLOTTE. SUPPORTING
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S AUTOMATIC
TRAFFIC CAMERA PROPOSE
LEGISLATION, 120971, HERE IN
ALKI, AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR MANY
YEARS IF NOT DECADES, HAVE BEEN
TROUBLED AND DANGEROUS ROADS
WITH DRAGRACING ET CETERA. IN
THESE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN DESIGNATED RACEWAYS, WE
HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN HEAD-ON COLLISIONS AT
SUCH HIGH SPEEDS EXCEEDING IN A
25 MILES PER HOUR AREA 80 TO 100
MILES PER HOUR ACCIDENTS . MANY
MIXED WITH DUIS. NOTABLY A
HEAD-ON COLLISION ON ALKI
AVENUE, ACTUALLY SEVERAL IN THE
SAME STRETCH BUT ONE IN
PARTICULAR WAS A DUI DRIVER OVER
80 MILES PER HOUR WHO HIT A
WOMAN , A 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND
CENTER OVER THE SEAWALL
SUBMERGED AND IT WAS PASSERSBY
WHO PULLED HER OUT OF THE WATER
AND SAVED HER LIFE. SHE WAS IN A
COMA FOR THREE WEEKS. THE
DEFENDANT ON SITE DIDN'T KNOW
WHY HE WAS BEING ARRESTED. HE
WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. AND
WHEN ASKED, WHEN HE STATED WHY
WOULD I GO TO JAIL ? WITNESS
SAID YOU MAY HAVE KILLED SOMEONE
AND HIS RESPONSE IN THE COURT
RECORDS WAS, I DON'T GIVE A
BLANK. THAT IS THE KIND OF
DRIVER THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
IN ALKI ON A REGULAR BASIS AND
HAVE BEEN. I WANT TO SUPPORT NOT
ONLY THE APPLICATION OF THE
CAMERA IMPLEMENTATION TO ROLL
OUT, BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK AND
AGREE WITH ONE OF THE PREVIOUS
SPEAKERS ON THE REVENUE
GENERATED THAT IT NOT GO TOWARDS
THE SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, I
BELIEVE IT'S BETTER FOR THE
REVENUE TO BE REINVESTED IN MORE
CAMERAS TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE
TO ADDRESS MORE TROUBLED SPOTS,
SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS HIGH
SPEEDS. YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT SPEAKER, DAVID HAYNES.
HIT STAR SIX.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, NO OFFENSE,
BUT THERE IS NOT BEEN ENOUGH
DONE ON PUBLIC SAFETY TO JUSTIFY
PEOPLE GOING DOWNTOWN RELYING ON
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND THERE
HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH DONE TO
CONVINCE THE KING COUNTY METRO
TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER
AGENCIES TO CLEAR IN AND AROUND
THE BUS STOPS ONCE AND FOR ALL
WITH DRUG ADDICTS, TRESPASS TO
SHUTDOWN THEIR CRIMINAL
UNDERWORLD . AND TO IMPROVE
METRO'S INTERCONNECTED SERVICES
WITH SOUND LINK LIGHT RAIL THAT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAIN
ARTERIALS. WE NEED TO IMPROVE
THOSE ROADS THAT ARE SHATTERING
THE BUSES AND BREAKING THEM
APART. FOR EXAMPLE, AT I THINK,
148 STREET, THE LINK LIGHT RAIL
DROPS YOU OFF AND THEN THERE IS
LIKE SIX BUSES THAT ARE PARKED
AND ALL OF THE BUS DRIVERS ARE
ON BREAK. SO YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10
MINUTES. LET'S DO YOU FEEL LIKE
RUNNING TO YOUR FRIENDS HOUSE 10
BLOCKS AWAY. THE SIDEWALK WILL
DUMP YOU INTO THE STREET AND
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GROW GO
ONE BLOCK FROM THE GROCERY STORE
TO HIS HOUSE THAT IS NEAR 145th
AND 15th. IT FEELS LIKE WE NEED
TO HAVE A FOCUS ON COMBING THE
ROAD RAGE WITH STRATEGIC TICKETS
THAT EXPEDITE PEOPLE'S
UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN'T
BE ROAD RAGING THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE STILL NEED
THE PATCHWORK FIX A LOT OF THESE
ROADS THAT ARE THE MAIN
ARTERIALS THAT FEED OFF SOUND
LINK LIGHT RAIL SO METRO CAN
IMPROVE THE SERVICE WITHOUT
RUINING THE BUSES AND HURTING
HER BACK AND JOLTING YOUR BRAIN
AND DENYING ANY READING
POSSIBILITY ON THE BUS. YOU
KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE A
MISINTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS A
CRIMINAL. YOU HAVE CRIMINALS IN
DELRIDGE. YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON
WIPING THOSE DUDES OUT INSTEAD
OF SYMPATHIZING WITH THEM.
>> LAST SPEAKER, RICK GROSSMAN,
ARE YOU THERE? FINAL CALL. RICK
GROSSMAN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AND WE WILL
NOW PROCEED TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS
TODAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> CB 12097. AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
SAFETY CAMERAS ESTABLISHING
ADDITIONAL USES FOR AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS TO
INCREASE SAFETY; AUTHORIZING
QUALIFIED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO
REVIEW VIOLATIONS DETECTED BY
TRAFFIC CAMERAS; UPDATING
FINANCE AND FUND POLICIES
RELATED TO THE USE OF CAMERA
REVENUES; AMENDING ORDINANCE
124230; AMENDING SECTIONS
5.82.010, 11.31.020, 11.31.090,
11.31.121, AND 11.50.570 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND
REPEALING SECTION 11.50.580 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> ALL RIGHT. FIRST THINGS
FIRST, I THINK A MOTION WILL BE
IN ORDER TO MOVE THE BASE BILL.
THEREFORE A MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120971. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120971. WE WILL NOW PROCEED
WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE
LEGISLATION AND THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR
CENTRAL STAFF IS AT THE TABLE TO
GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATION. AND
THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
AMENDMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING COMES MEMBERS,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, I THINK
THERE HAS BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION. IT DOES MAKE
CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH STATE
CODE INTO MUNICIPAL CODE.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGES ARE
ALLOWING THE USE OF CIVILIAN SPD
AND SDOT EMPLOYEES TO REVIEW
INFRACTIONS AND ISSUE THE
CITATIONS. AS WELL THERE IS A
NUMBER OF CLEANUP ACTIONS
RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL
PLANNING AND HOW THE MONEY GETS
SPENT. I THINK THAT IS REALLY
THE GIST OF THE AMENDMENT'S
BEFORE YOU. UNLESS THERE
QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE INTO
AMENDMENTS.
>> YEAH, DO ANY OF MY FELLOW
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS? BASE BILL? GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
APPRECIATION OF MY PARTNERSHIP
WITH YOU DURING YOUR OPENING
REMARKS. THIS IS A GOOD BILL.
WHEN I GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW
LONG HAS IT TAKEN TO WORK ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I LOOK BACK
TO A LEGISLATIVE RECORD IN
OLYMPIA WHERE OUR OWN REG GOSS
TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL I BELIEVE IN 2014. WHEN HE
WAS WORKING FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE LOOK AT
HOW LONG HAS IS TAKEN. IT HAS
TAKEN QUITE A BIT OF TIME. I'M
EXCITED TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ORDER
OF BUSINESS, LET'S PROCEED WITH
THE DISCUSSION AND VOTES OF THE
AMENDMENTS. I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120971 AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120971 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
ONE. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE
AMENDMENT.
>> AMENDMENT ONE IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, IT HAS
REVISIONS TO THE FINANCIAL
POLICIES. IT WOULD DO TWO
THINGS. IT WOULD DIRECT 15% OF
ALL CAMERA REVENUE TO THE
FUNDING OF NEW SIDEWALKS,
SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVES AND
REPAIRED SIDEWALKS. IT WOULD
ALSO HAVE THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
GENERAL FUND MONEY OF RED LIGHT
CAMERA REVENUE GOING TO THE
GENERAL FUND FROM 80% TO EXCUSE
ME FROM 80% TO 70%. IT WOULD BE
A REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY SUPPORTING THE GENERAL
FUND. ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION A
YEAR.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WELCOME ANY
QUESTIONS FOR CAL, BUT AS THE
AMENDMENT AUTHOR, I WILL FIRST
GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT ONE. SO, WE
HAVE -- THE PROBLEM THAT THIS
AMENDMENT SEEKS TO SOLVE FOR IS,
AS WAS NOTED IN PUBLIC COMMENTS
TODAY, AND REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT
OUR MULTI-TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE MEETING DISCUSSION OF
THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION, THERE
IS A PUBLIC LEGITIMACY PROBLEM .
OR OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WILL. THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CAMERA
REVENUE GOES TOWARDS GENERAL
FUND , RATHER THAN BEING
REINVESTED IN PROVEN SAFETY
INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THEN THAT
DOESN'T TEND TO BOOST PUBLIC
LEGITIMACY AND CONFIDENCE THAT
THIS IS TRULY DESIGNED TO CHANGE
DRIVER BEHAVIOR . INCREASE
SAFETY. RATHER THAN SOLELY FOR
REVENUE-GENERATING PURPOSES
ONLY. AND SO, AGAIN, ALL THE
RUNCIBLE HERE IS THAT MORE OF
THESE REVENUES SHOULD BE
REINVESTED TOWARDS IN THE
COMMITTEE. AS CAL NOTED, THE
CURRENT PROPOSED ALLOCATION IS
80% FOR THE GENERAL FUND, 20%
FOR ANOTHER BROAD CATEGORY OF
SAFETY INVESTMENTS. WHICH COULD
POTENTIALLY INCLUDE, BY THE WAY,
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS FOR
SIDEWALKS, AND SIDEWALK REPAIR.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A MISSING
SIDEWALK PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
27% OF THE CITY DOES NOT
CURRENTLY HAVE A SIDEWALK. IS AN
EQUITY ISSUE, A SAFETY ISSUE.
COMMUNITIES LIKE ALL OVER THE
SOUTH END, MANY PARTS OF MY
DISTRICT, DELRIDGE, HIGHLAND
PARK, SOUTHPARK, GEORGETOWN,
NORTH AND, THERE ARE MANY PARTS
OF THE CITY THE DON'T HAVE
SIDEWALKS. ALSO, COLLEAGUES, I
KNOW YOU ARE ON THE EXACT SAME
CITY ATTORNEY EXECUTIVE
BRIEFINGS WITH US WHERE WE
ROUTINELY RECEIVE BRIEFINGS AND
UPDATES FROM THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THE
MOUNTING LEGAL RISK PERTAINING
TO OUR BROKEN SIDEWALKS. IN OUR
CITY. SO WE HAVE A MISSING
SIDEWALK PROBLEM, 27% TO BE
EXACT, AND WE HAVE A GROWING
BROKEN SIDEWALK IN OUR CITY. AND
WE KNOW THAT THESE INVESTMENTS
CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL.
ESPECIALLY FOR SIDEWALKS . SO
THIS AMENDMENT HELPS BOOST THE
PUBLIC LEGITIMACY OF THIS CAMERA
PROGRAM BY ENSURING THAT MORE OF
THE REVENUE ACTUALLY GOES
TOWARDS PROVEN SAFETY MEASURES.
AND ALSO HELPS ADDRESS THE
MISSING SIDEWALK AND BROKEN
SIDEWALK GAP IN OUR CITY. AND AS
WE KNOW, WE HELPED CHAMPION A
BOLD NEW INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF
LEVELS OF FUNDING FOR MISSING
SIDEWALKS, TO ADDRESS ARE
MISSING SIDEWALK GAP AND BROKEN
SIDEWALK NETWORK THREAT THE CITY
TO THE RECENT VOTER APPROVED
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT START. BUT IT'S NOT
THE END-ALL BE-ALL , JUST LIKE
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT ISN'T
ATTENDED TO SUPPLANT THOSE
FUNDING OBLIGATIONS. WE NEED TO
FIND OTHER WAYS TO CRITICALLY
ADDRESS THE BROKEN SIDEWALK
NETWORK AND MISSING SIDEWALK
NETWORK ACROSS THE CITY. WE KNOW
THAT HELPS ADDRESS SAFETY.
SIDEWALKS A NEW SIDEWALKS AND
SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVES IF YOU
WILL, AND SIDEWALK REPAIR ARE
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE BASIC PUBLIC
SAFETY NEEDS OF OUR COMMITTEES
AND IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY
EXPECT FOR US TO BE DELIVERING.
AND WE KNOW THAT ALSO AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENT
OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. INDEED, THEY
ARE ONE OF 40+ PROVEN
COUNTERMEASURES UNDER THE
FEDERAL SAFES SYSTEMS ROAD
SAFETY. THEY SHOULD NOT BE MEANT
AS A REVENUE-GENERATING TOOL
ONLY. THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED
ALLOCATION OF 80% TOWARDS THE
GENERAL FUND GREATLY CONTRIBUTES
TO THAT COMMITTEE PERCEPTION
WHICH I THINK WE NEED TO CHIP
AWAY AT. AND MY MODEST
REALLOCATION , PROPOSED
REALLOCATION OF THIS DOES
EXACTLY THAT. SO AGAIN, NOT
EVERYONE DRIVES, NOT EVERYONE
BIKES, THAT EVERYONE TAKES
TRANSIT. OR DOES ALL OF THE
ABOVE LIKE ME. BUT EVERYONE IS A
PEDESTRIAN AT SOME POINT IN
THEIR DAILY JOURNEYS NAVIGATING
OUR VAST TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
ACROSS OUR CITY. THEREFORE
SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK REPAIR
ARE CRUCIAL TO BASIC PEDESTRIAN
TRAFFIC SAFETY INVESTMENT. AND,
BY THE WAY, THERE IS STILL MORE
, 15% REMAINING, OF THE BALANCE
OF THE 30% FOR SAFETY
INVESTMENTS COULD BE USED FOR
OTHER VITAL TRAFFIC RE OUR CITY
LIKABLE, WALKABLE, NAVIGABLE,
FOR ALL . SO THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES. I URGE A YES VOTE
HERE. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. AND I WILL START HERE
FIRST WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. CAN YOU REMIND ME,
THESE AMENDMENT'S WERE SHARED
WITH COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES LAST
FRIDAY?
>> CORRECT. EXPECT I WILL NOTE
FOR THE RECORD IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME WITH SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS. I KNOW THERE'S A
LOT GOING ON , ESPECIALLY IF YOU
HAVE IDEAS FOR AMENDMENTS,
WALKING US THROUGH THEM AT AN
EARLIER DATE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
CAL, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
HOW MUCH IS THIS PROGRAM
EXPECTED TO BRING IN?
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK THE
CLEAREST THING I CAN POINT TO IS
THE 2023, THE SPD REPORT OF HOW
MUCH REVENUE WAS GENERATED. FOR
RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN 2023, THEY
GENERATED $5.2 MILLION AND A
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS GENERATED
$9.5 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU, CAL. IS THAT FROM
HAVING THESE CAMERAS IN STATIC
LOCATIONS OR IS THAT THE PROGRAM
OVERALL?
>> IN STATIC LOCATIONS. AND NOTE
THAT THERE IS A FACTOR OF HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING
THEM, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
ALL THE INFRACTIONS ISSUED, IT
IS THE PAYMENTS WE WERE
RECEIVED.
>> HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE STATIC
LOCATIONS FOR MORE THAN FIVE
YEARS?
>> MOST OF THEM YES.
>> DO WE KNOW HOW MANY CAMERAS
WE ARE EXPECTED TO PUT OUT IN
THE NEXT YEAR? OR IN THE NEXT
TWO YEARS?
>> IN THE NEXT YEAR I BELIEVE, I
DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, I
BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL ESSENTIALLY
DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS. AND A SMALL
EXPLORING OF OTHER OUT OF SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS, NOT NECESSARILY
PRAGMATIC BUT THE EXECUTIVES
SIGNALED INTEREST IN EXPLORING
THE OTHER OPTIONS.
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME, LAST YEAR
DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION
WE HAD A CONFUSION ON THE DAIS
ABOUT THE MONEY WE TOOK OUT OF
THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS TO DO
THIS. CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA FUNDING IS
SET UP?
>> CURRENTLY THERE IS A SEPARATE
FUND THAT JUST SUPPORTS TRAFFIC
SAFETY IN SCHOOL ZONES
ESSENTIALLY. IT IS CALLED THE
SCHOOL SAFETY TRANSPORTATION --
I FORGET EXACTLY THE NAME BUT
IT'S TIED TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS. ALL OF THE SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERA MONEY GOES INTO THAT
FUND. AND 20% OF RED LIGHT
CAMERA REVENUE ALSO GOES INTO
THAT FUND. THIS LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF YOU ESSENTIALLY CHANGES
THAT FUND INTO A BROADER VISION
ZERO TRAFFIC SAFETY IN GENERAL
AND DIRECTS ALL THE REST OF THE
CAMERA REVENUES INTO THAT FUND
AS WELL. THINGS LIKE BLOCK THE
BOX, RESTRICTED TRAFFIC LANES,
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THOSE
MONIES WILL GO TO THAT POOL. THE
INTENT IS TO STILL SPEND THE
MONEY RELATIVE TO THE PROGRAMS
THAT GENERATED IT. BUT THE
FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES IN FRONT OF
YOU, FINANCIAL POLICIES ARE
REALLY DIRECTED MORE TOWARD THE
WATER VISION ZERO AND
ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES WITHIN
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY
ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT
HERE WOULD DIVERT SOME OF THAT
FUNDING TO SIDEWALK AND SIDEWALK
REPAIRS?
>> THIS WOULD DO TWO THINGS.
ESSENTIALLY TAKE 15% OF RED
LIGHT CAMERAS AND 15% FROM ALL
RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND SET THAT
ASIDE FOR NEW SIDEWALKS ,
SIDEWALK ALTERNATIVES AND
REPAIR. IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO THE
GENERAL FUND FROM RED LIGHT
CAMERAS.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT I AM HEARING
RIGHT NOW IN MY ANALYSIS IS WE
DON'T HAVE A STEADY
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS
PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE DEPLOYED
OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL ZONES OVER
THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO? WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO LOOK BACK AT THE
RED LIGHT CAMERA DATA TO
UNDERSTAND GENERALLY HOW MUCH
MONEY IS GOING TO BE MADE. I AM
OPEN TO MAKING CHANGES TO THESE
DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES.
AND USING THIS REVENUE THAT IS
GENERATED FROM SPEED CAMERAS
SPECIFICALLY INTO SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS. I DO NEED MORE
INFORMATION BEFORE HIM AT A
PLACE WHERE I CAN VOTE YES. I
WOULD SAY ON THIS AMENDMENT IN
PARTICULAR, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
I STAND STEADFAST WITH YOU IN
THE GOAL TO GET AS MANY
SIDEWALKS BUILT AND AS MANY
SIDEWALKS REPAIRED AS POSSIBLE.
COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY RECALL LAST
YEAR DURING THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVEE I BROUGHT FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT THAT MADE THE WHOLE
FUND AGNOSTIC ON REPAIR OR
EXPANSION. THIS IS COMING FROM
SOMEBODY, I DON'T HAVE
SIDEWALKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
RIGHT, SO I'M NOT SPEAKING -- I
WANT AS MUCH SIDEWALK FUNDING
AND I WANT AS MANY SIDEWALKS
BUILT AS POSSIBLE. AND I'M
PROUD TO HAVE STOOD WITH YOU
LAST YEAR TO PUT IN AN HISTORIC
AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK FUNDING.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH I
THINK SINCE PROBABLY AROUND
WORLD WAR II. WHEN WE STARTED
EXPANDING THE CITY. DON'T QUOTE
ME ON THAT. THAT IS A GUESS. SO,
WITH THAT, TODAY WITH
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE GOING
TO BE GENERATING FROM THIS, HOW
AND WHERE IT IS GOING, AND THE
HISTORIC LEVEL SIDEWAT LAST
YEAR, I WILL BE VOTING NO TODAY
ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, I
APPRECIATED. ALSO THANK YOU, MR.
CHOW, FOR BEING HERE. IN SUPPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THINGS
TRANSPORTATION. I WANT TO
EXPRESS MY GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILL. I THINK IT IS
FANTASTIC. AS USUAL I DON'T
HAVE THE HISTORY THAT MY
COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 6 HAS.
BUT I RECOGNIZE THE POINTS HE
HAS MADE. ONE THING I AM A BIG
FAN OF IS, AND WE DO THIS A LOT
ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE,
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE RCW AND
SMC . SO ALIGNING WITH STATE LAW
IS SUCH A KEY THING. I ALSO
WANTED TO NOTE, MY GENERAL
SUPPORT, NOT GENERAL SUPPORT, MY
STRONG SUPPORT FOR TRAFFIC
SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I
WAS TENDED TO BREAK THOSE OUT AT
THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. EACH YEAR WE WOULD HAVE
A MEETING WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY
AND SPD AND A PEDESTRIAN MEETING
SAFETY MEETING WITH SDOT. I
THINK THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND A GOOD APPROACH TO
COVER THE BASES. IN A LOT OF
WAYS, THIS BILL KIND OF DOES IT
IN ONE. SO, I'M THANKFUL FOR
THIS BILL. ALSO, AM REALLY -- I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE POINTS
MADE REGARDING SIDEWALKS AND THE
NEEDS WE HAVE BOTH FOR NEW AND
REPAIRED SIDEWALKS AS WELL. THAT
IS A KEY THING. OBVIOUSLY DURING
THE COURSE OF THE LEVEE PROCESS,
I WAS REALLY THROWING MY SUPPORT
BEHIND, EVEN THOUGH I'M IN
DISTRICT 7, BEHIND 12 AND FIVE
BECAUSE THOSE DISTRICTS WERE THE
ONES WITH THE GREATEST NEED.
WHEN IT COMES TO REPAIRS,
DISTRICT 7 HAS ITS SHARE TOO. SO
I DEFINITELY SUPPORT SIDEWALKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS , AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS KIND OF
ALLUDED TO THIS, FOR ME, THERE
ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES. AND
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT
NOW. WE HAVE THREE SELECT
COMMITTEES, WE HAVE BIG THINGS
HAPPENING IN A REGIONAL
COMMITTEES, NOT TO MENTION IN A
REGULAR COMMITTEES. LIKE PUBLIC
SAFETY OR TRANSPORTATION AND
OTHERS. SOMETHING A LOT OF
FOLKS, IT MAY NOT BE APPARENT
BUT IT IS, AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT, I AM ON THE FINANCE
AND OBVIOUSLY THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE OF ECONOMIC FORECAST
AND SO FORTH, I BELIEVE THIS
AMENDMENT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT
SHOULD BE WORKED IN COURT NEEDED
WITH FINANCE AND WITH BUDGET.
AND ESSENTIALLY, IN MY VIEW, A
GOOD GOVERNANCE KIND OF ROLE.
AND I THINK WE CAN GET TO A
PLACE WHERE, TO THE POINTS MADE,
THAT FUNDS THAT COME OUT OF
THESE KINDS OF THINGS, OR MAYBE
OTHERS, BUT LOOK AT IT
HOLISTICALLY AND SAY, HEY, WE
NEED TO USE THESE FUNDS IN
SUPPORT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AND SAFETY
OVERALL. I THINK IN THAT
CONTEXT, I THINK WE WOULD GET TO
A BETTER PLACE AND BE MINDFUL OF
ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT GO
INTO THIS THROUGH THE FINANCE
AND BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. SO,
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE POINTS
WITHIN IT, BUT I FEEL THAT THE
WAY ABOUT IT, MY OWN PERSONAL
OPINION FROM A GOOD GOVERNANCE,
IS TO TAKE IT AND COMBINE IT
WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND
THEN LOOK AT IT FROM THE
HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW SO WE CAN
HAVE AN ANSWER THAT SPEAKS TO
THE POINTS MADE TO THIS, AND
DOES SO COGNIZANT OF THE ISSUES
WE ARE ALSO FACING ON THE
FINANCE AND BUDGET SIDE. I KNOW
TOO THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE GIVES THE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION ON THIS
FRONT IN TERMS OF , IF I
REMEMBER RIGHT, TRAFFIC SAFETY
AND VISION ZERO IS I THINK THE
WAY SHE PHRASED IT. AND SO WITH
THAT, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO BE
DONE HERE, I'D LIKE TO WORK IT
THROUGH THAT WAY SO I WOULD VOTE
NO ON THIS . THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT?
HEARING AND SEEING THEN, AS THE
AMENDMENT AUTHOR, I WILL HAVE
FINAL SAY BEFORE WE PROCEED TO A
VOTE. COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, THIS
HELPS ADDRESS COMMUNITY
PERCEPTIONS THAT THESE CAMERAS
ARE A REVENUE-GENERATING TOOL
ONLY. AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE
NOR SHOULD IT BE THE CASE. AND
THE GREATER THE SHARE OF THE
REVENUE ALLOCATED TOWARDS OUR
GENERAL FUND, THE GREATER THAT
CONTRIBUTES TO THAT PERCEPTION.
SO THIS MAKES A MODEST PROPOSAL
TO ADJUST FROM 80% TOWARDS THE
GENERAL FUND TO 70%. AND ALSO
REINVEST THAT REMAINING 30% ,
ESPECIALLY 15%, INTO PROVEN
COUNTERMEASURES THE BENEFIT
EVERYONE INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS
SO I HEAR THE POINTS ABOUT
VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND MORE
INFORMATION. I RESPECTFULLY
DISAGREE ON THIS PARTICULAR
BILL. AND HOW THOSE ISSUES SHOW
UP IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF
BROADER PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
BUT REGARDLESS, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR THE
CONVERSATION. SO, IF THERE ARE
NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
ONE?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> NO. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION FAILS. WE WILL NOW
PROCEED ON TO OTHER AMENDMENTS.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS
AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> FIRST, CAL, I WILL FORMALLY
MOVE THIS WE TO EXPLAIN IT IF '
MIND. I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 120 971 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
TWO. GO AHEAD, CAL.
>> APOLOGIES. AMENDMENT TO IS
OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
ONE OF THE ITEMS IT DOES IS
RESCINDS THE ACTION THE COUNCIL
TOOK TO IDENTIFY RECENT ZONES
THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY
STATE LAW. THIS AMENDMENT ASKS
SDOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
RACING ZONES FOR DEPLOYMENT OF
OTHER SPEED CAMERAS. USING THE
EXISTING AUTHORITY TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THESE LOCATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THE AMENDMENT
AUTHOR I WILL SPEAK TO MY
AMENDMENT. FOR MY OWN
PERSPECTIVE AND VOICE.
COLLEAGUES, MY SECOND AMENDMENT
HELPS ADDRESS THE PREVIOUS
RACING ZONE CONSTRUCT THAT IS
OFFICIALLY BEING REPEALED BY THE
2024 CHANGES AS STATE LAW BY
SPECIFICALLY ASKING THE
DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AREAS SUCH AS ALKI
AND HARBOR AVENUE, MAGNUSON PARK
AND GOLDEN GARDENS , GOLDEN
GARDENS PARK, THAT ARE IN NEED
OF THIS VITAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY
TO CURB ILLEGAL SPEEDING. MOST
OF THESE LOCATIONS PREVIOUSLY
LISTED IN THE 2023 ORDINANCE
THAT IS EFFECTIVELY BEING
RESCINDED BY ADOPTION OF THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY DESIGNATED
RESTRICTED RACING ZONES WHICH
WERE A PRECURSOR TO FUTURE
DEPLOYMENT OF SPEED CAMERAS.
MOST OF THESE PREVIOUSLY
DESIGNATED LOCATIONS OF THE 10
LISTED IN THE 2023 COUNCIL
ORDINANCE, WOULD STILL LIKELY
QUALIFY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF SPEED
CAMERAS UNDER ONE OF THE
EXPRESSLY ENUMERATED AUTHORIZED
LOCATIONS UNDER THE 2024 CHANGES
TO STATE LAW. OR SPECIFICALLY,
SPEED CAMERAS MAY BE DEPLOYED ,
QUOTE UNQUOTE, UNDER THE
LEGISLATION WITHIN PUBLIC PARK
SPEED ZONES. THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY DEFINED AS I
BELIEVE SOMETHING ALONG THE
LINES OF 300 FEET OF A PARK. SO,
ALTHOUGH ON THE ONE HAND THAT
2023 COUNCIL ORDINANCE IS
OFFICIALLY BEING RESCINDED
BECAUSE AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATED
THOSE RACING ZONES HAS THEREFORE
BEEN RESCINDED AND SUPERSEDED
AND RESCINDED BY THE 2024 STATE
LAW, A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES, A
LOT GOING ON, A LOT TO TRACK. ON
THE ONE HAND THOSE HAVE
OFFICIALLY BEEN RESCINDED. IT
STILL OFFERS US, ON THE OTHER
HAND, IN OUR DEPARTMENT, A GREAT
ROADMAP FOR CAMERA LOCATIONS
THAT COULD , AND MANY WHICH
WOULD, LIKELY, OF THAT 10, MY
ROUGH ESTIMATE, SIX WOULD
PROBABLY QUALIFY UNDER THE STATE
-- PARKS SPEED ZONE
AUTHORIZATION. I GUESS UNDER
STATE LAW. SO, THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD ESSENTIALLY REQUEST THAT
SDOT RE-EXAMINE PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED RACING ZONES AS PART
OF THEIR EFFORT TO DEPLOY
TRAFFIC CAMERAS. THIS WOULD
PRESERVE AS PART OF THIS EFFORT
TO INCORPORATE RECENT CHANGES TO
STATE LAW AND ALIGN CITY CODE TO
STATE STATUTE. IT WOULD RESPECT
THE PREVIOUS WORK OF COUNCIL AS
WELL. SO, THAT IS WHY,
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR A YES VOTE
TODAY . TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I WILL LET COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE GO FIRST.
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. ONE OF
THE THINGS I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT, AND I KIND OF SPOKE
TO IT BEFORE, THE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN SDOT AND SPD, AND WHAT
WE ARE DOING ON THE SAFETY
FRONT, AND AS WE HEAR IN PUBLIC
COMMENT A LOT I'M THINKING THE
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS,
THE COMMENTS ON PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES
I HAVE SEEN THE CIRCULAR
SKIDMARKS FROM THE DOUGHNUTS AND
THE LIKE FROM THE SPEED RACING
THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY, THIS
IS A TRUE THREAT ON OUR STREETS.
A TRUE THREAT TO HER PEDESTRIANS
AND NOT JUST PEDESTRIANS BUT
ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE
PRESSURE ON. BECAUSE THIS BEER
-- BILL, IN PARTICULAR THIS
ASPECT, WE REALLY NEED TO
MAINTAIN THAT PARTNERSHIP IN
TERMS OF IDEAS AND APPROACHES A
RELATES BOTH TO TRANSPORTATION
SIDE BUT ALSO ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY SIDE AND WITH SPD. AND
SO, AS IT RELATES TO THIS BILL ,
I AM SUPPORTIVE. AND THEY ALSO
ASK , NOT TO CHANGE OR ANYTHING,
BUT THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION REVIEW. AND I
WOULD ADD IN COLLABORATION WITH
SPD BECAUSE WE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT THIS AND THE OTHER
LOCATIONS ARE COVERED AND THAT
ONE WAY, I AM SURE IT HAPPENS,
WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM SPD
HERE TODAY, I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR
THIS AMENDMENT AND THINK YOU,
BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE PRESS ON,
HE KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON. THIS
IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS
OF THE TENANTS OF THE STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK PLAN ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY SIDE. I SUPPORT IT. THANK
YOU FOR BOTH SDOT AND SPD BEING
RESCINDED TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. INDEED , THE POWER OF
COLLABORATION BETWEEN SDOT AND
SPD IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS
WE DEPLOY THESE CAMERAS. GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. YOU CAN TOO NOW BE
HISTORIAN AT THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL. THIS WAS GOOD WORK ON
BEHALF OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEDERSEN AND HERBAL. THE CHAIR
OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO NOTE THERE ARE
COUPLE OF LOCATIONS, THIRD
AVENUE NORTHWEST AND SEAVIEW
AVENUE NORTHWEST BETWEEN GOLDEN
GARDENS PARK AND 34th AVENUE.
I'M GOING TO BE USING THESE
PLACES AS EXAMPLES IN
CONVERSATIONS AND FURTHER
AMENDMENTS. SO I WANTED TO FLAG
FOR YOU HERE THAT THESE
LOCATIONS HAVE HAD SPEEDING
ISSUES FOR SO LONG THAT THEY
WERE INCLUDED IN THE LAST PIECE
OF LEGISLATION. AND THE LAST
PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS HER
BEST EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE VERY
THING WE ARE ADDRESSING TODAY
WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT COMMISSION
AND ABILITY TO USE SPEEDING
CAMERAS IN THE WAY WE NOW CAN. I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE ARE
ISSUES THERE, THEY HAVE BEEN
GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
STILL AN ISSUE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. INDEED, THIS IS A
ROADMAP FOR DEPLOYMENT. MANY OF
THESE LOCATIONS ARE LONG KNOWN
AND LONG-STANDING CHALLENGES.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST AS A
POINT OF CURIOSITY, FIRST I WANT
TO SAY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
AMENDMENT HERE IDENTIFIES AREAS
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUS
LEGISLATION FROM 2023, AS A
POINT OF CURIOSITY, IS THERE ANY
OVERLAP BETWEEN THESE SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS AND LOCATIONS
IDENTIFIED IN THE HIGH INJURY
NETWORK? MAYBE THIS IS A BETTER
QUESTION FOR SDOT, BUT CURIOUS
IF YOU KNOW.
>> I AM SURE THERE ARE SECTIONS
THAT ARE, BUT I HAVE NOT LOOKED
AT IT SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY
THE OVERLAP. THE HIGH INJURY
NETWORK COVERS A LOT OF THE
CITY, SO THIS IS A SMALL
SUBSECTION OF IT.
>> UNDERSTOOD. CURIOUS ABOUT
DATA COLLECTION FROM SDOT MOVING
FORWARD. FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
MAYBE IT'S A BETTER QUESTION
FOR SDOT, APOLOGIES. BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IS THAT
HERE TODAY. CURIOUS ABOUT DATA
COLLECTION FOR THE AREAS MOVING
FORWARD.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF I
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS
AND FOLLOW UP WITH SDOT TO GET A
BETTER SENSE OF YOUR QUESTION
AND WHAT DATA IS AVAILABLE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING TODAY'S AMENDMENT
UNDERSTANDING THESE AREAS HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY AND
CERTAINLY WANT TO ENSURE WE ARE
FOLLOWING THROUGH AND TRYING TO
FOCUS OUR SAFETY EFFORTS,
CURIOUS AGAIN ABOUT OVERLAP WITH
THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK . BUT I
WILL BE SUPPORTING TODAY'S
AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. KAL, DO YOU HAPPEN TO
KNOW OFFHAND AT LEAST, I WASN'T
HERE IN 2023, WHEN THE 2023
COUNCIL ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BUT
YOU KNOW OFFHAND WHAT WAS THE
BASIS , WHAT FACTORS DID THE
COUNCIL CONSIDER IN ADOPTING
THESE , THIS LIST OF 10
LOCATIONS? IN THE ABSENCE OF
KNOWING, PRESUMABLY THE HIGH
INJURY NETWORK REPORT FOR FATAL
CRASH DATA OR CRASH DATA WAS
PART OF THAT ANALYSIS, BUT MORE
BROADLY, WHAT FACTORS WERE
CONSIDERED, DO YOU RECALL
OFFHAND?
>> THE PREVIOUS STATE LAW HAD A
CARVEOUT THAT ALLOWED LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS BY ORDINANCE TO
ESTABLISH DESIGNATED RACING
ZONES AND HIGHLIGHT AREAS OF
CONCERN THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS
HAD IDENTIFIED. AND SO THIS
LEGISLATION WAS THE PREVIOUS
COUNCILS INTENT TO FOCUS ON THE
AREAS THEY HAD SEEN AND HEARD
FROM CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICTS
AND IT WAS DRIVEN MUCH MORE FROM
THE COUNCIL SIDE. THESE WERE
IDENTIFIED BY DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WERE
REPRESENTING THE DISTRICTS AND
IN THE BROADER DISCUSSION
BETWEEN THE COUNCIL.
>> GOT IT. I AM HEARING THERE
MAY HAVE BEEN A CORRELATION
BETWEEN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK
DATA IN THE IDENTIFIED
DESIGNATED RACING ZONE. MAY NOT
HAVE. WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
IN ANY EVENT, THIS DOES REFLECT
COUNCILS PRIORITY DESIGNATION
FOR AREAS FOR FUTURE DEPLOYMENT.
SO WE SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO RESPECT
THAT WORK. I THINK IT OFFERS A
GREAT ROADMAP FOR WHAT IS
POSSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO OUR
NONSCHOOL SPEED ZONE DEPLOYMENT
FUTURE AND SPEED ZONE CAMERAS.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
IS THAT A STILL HAND OR DO YOU
HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP?
>> STALE HAND.
>> NO WORRIES AT ALL. TO ANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, AGAIN, I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT TWO IS ADOPTED. MOVING
ON I BELIEVE THERE ARE A FEW
MORE AMENDMENTS BEING PROPOSED
TODAY.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120971 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
THREE.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 120971 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT THREE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ACTUALLY,
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL LET
OUR CENTRAL STAFF EXPERT
EXPLAINED THE TECHNICAL SIDE AND
THAT I WILL LET YOU TALK ABOUT
THE AMENDMENT FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AMENDMENT THREE IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. IT IS
CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN THE
FINANCIAL POLICIES TO REALLY
CLARIFY A PHRASE THAT IS USED IN
THE ALLOWED USES FOR CAMERA
REVENUES. THE PROPOSED FINANCIAL
POLICIES HIGHLIGHT OPERATIONAL
INVESTMENTS AND IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE ENTIRE FUNDING THIS IS
ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND VISION
ZERO. THIS AMENDMENT ADDS THAT
LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS
WHAT THE OPERATION OF
MAINTENANCE AND SPENDING IS FOR.
I SHOULD ALSO ARTICULATE THAT
THERE IS ANOTHER LIMIT TO THIS
WHERE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY
COUNCIL'S EXPECTATION THAT
APPROPRIATIONS WILL SUPPORT
SPENDING IN THE LOCATIONS WHERE
THE CAMERAS ARE LOCATED.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR
INVITING THAT OVERVIEW.
COLLEAGUES, THIS AMENDMENT
SERVES TO CLARIFY THE CAMERA
REVENUE SPENDING PORTION OF THIS
BILL. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE
REVENUE ON OPERATIONAL
MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS ARE GOING
DIRECTLY TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
VISION ZERO. THROUGH THIS
AMENDMENT THERE IS THE
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AROUND
DIRECTING CAMERA REVENUE BACK TO
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES WHERE THE
CAMERAS ARE LOCATED. WE WOULD
LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE
REVENUE IS GOING BACK TO SERVE
IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT? COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS
AND ALL THE WORK EVERYONE HAS
DONE. MY QUESTION ON THIS ONE,
AND I DON'T KNOW, CAL, IF YOU
HAVE THE INFORMATION, PART OF MY
CONCERN IS THAT EQUITY PIECE. IS
THERE A PERCENTAGE OF THE
CAMERAS THAT ARE IN ONE DISTRICT
MORE THAN THE OTHER AT ALL?
>> I HAVE NOT DONE THE MATH TO
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. I KNOW WITH
THE DOUBLING OF THE SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS, THERE WAS ANALYSIS TO
TRY TO FIND HOW WE ARE DOING
CITYWIDE. AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP
WITH INFORMATION ON THAT FOR
YOU. THE CITY WEBSITE DOES HAVE
A LIST OF WHERE THESE CAMERAS
ARE SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO PUT
THEM ON A MAP AND SEE WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD STATE THAT
THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE HERE IS
REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT IS
PRINCIPAL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
TO LEADING THAT HAS TO FOLLOW
THE EXACT DISTRIBUTION . SO, IT
STILL GIVES SOME AUTHORITY , IT
IS NOT A RULE, IT IS A GUIDANCE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU. MY ONLY CONCERN WITH
THIS ONE PARTICULARLY IS THE
LANGUAGE REGARDING, AND I KNOW ,
YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALLOWING PEOPLE
, EXCUSE ME, I KNOW IT IS THE
LANGUAGE PARTICULARLY IN TERMS
OF IT STAYING IN CERTAIN
DISTRICTS. AND THAT IS THE ONLY
CONCERN OF MINE. I COMPLETELY
SUPPORT THE FUNDING BEING
DEDICATED TO THE SAFETY
PROJECTS. IS JUST MORE SO HAVING
THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THEIR
DISCRETION FIGURING OUT WHICH
PROJECT IS MORE FEASIBLE OR
WHERE IT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED, IS
KIND OF THE THING. ANYWAY, THANK
YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU , VICE CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANKS
TO ALL INVOLVED, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FOR THE AMENDMENT AND MR.
CHOW FOR YOUR COMMENTS, ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, I
THINK THIS SHOWS INTENT, THIS
SHOWS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO
GO. AND I SUPPORT THAT. AND, ONE
OF THE THINGS HERE IS WHERE EVER
WE HAVE CAMERAS, IT IS A PLACE
OF DIRE NEED. IS A PLACE OF MANY
SAFETY CONCERNS. AND WITH THAT,
THEY PROBABLY NEED MORE HELP. SO
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT HERE BUT
IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT I THINK
GIVES FLEXIBILITY AND WE CAN
LOOK TO SUPPORT THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED CAMERAS
FOR THE BROADER TRANSPORTATION
AND TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
NEEDS. I THINK, TO YOUR
QUESTION, VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, I THINK THE
AMENDMENT PIECE, OR THE PIECES
IN THE BILL THAT RELATE TO
REPORTING , AS IT SAYS HERE,
WHERE TRAFFIC CRASHES HAVE
OCCURRED, EACH LOCATION
AUTOMATED SAFETY TRAFFIC CAMERAS
AND SO FORTH, THAT WILL BE
DATING US IN TERMS OF OUR
UNDERSTANDING TO WHERE AND I
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. AND
THEN WE CAN LOOK TO SUPPORT
THOSE AREAS MORE. AGAIN, THIS
GOES TO THE EARLIER AMENDMENT. I
GET INTO THE MORE DETAILS, MORE
TACTICAL VERSUS THIS APPROACH
WITH THIS AMENDMENT. I AM IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> CAL, CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND , WHEN THIS SAYS,
DIRECT REVENUE SPENDING TO THE
COMMUNITIES AND LOCATIONS WHERE
THE CAMERAS ARE LOCATED, CAN YOU
REMIND ME HOW THAT IS DEFINED ?
IF WE HAVE IS BECAME ON EIGHTH
AVENUE NORTHWEST DOES THAT MEAN
IT CAN ONLY BE USED ON EIGHTH
AVENUE , WITHIN THAT QUARTER
MILE, DISTRICT 6?
>> ISN'T THE RESTRICTION. IT IS
ESTABLISHING GUIDING PRINCIPLES
TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE
EXECUTIVE ON HOW THEY WOULD
IMPLEMENT . LANGUAGES MEANT TO
BE A LITTLE LOOSE IN TERMS OF
THE COMMUNITIES AND LOCATIONS.
SO TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE THAT
IT SHOULD GENERALLY ADDRESS THE
TRAFFIC SAFETY RISKS IN THIS
LOCATION. THAT COULD MEAN AN
ADJOINING CORRIDOR THAT AFFECTS
THIS AREA. THAT COULD MEAN THE
GENERAL POPULATION AFFECTED BY
THIS LOCATION. IS MEANT TO BE A
LITTLE MORE LOOSE IN TERMS OF
INTERPRETATION. BECAUSE IT IS
GUIDANCE TO SAY THE OVERALL
INTENT IS TO HAVE THESE REVENUES
SUPPORT THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE
BEARING IMPACT.
>> THIS IS A SHOULD AND MUST.
>> IS A SHOULD AND NOT A MUST.
>> IT IS GUIDANCE BUT NOT
BINDING.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT ADDRESSES MY
CONCERN BECAUSE FRANKLY, YOU
WILL HEAR ME SAY THIS A COUPLE
MORE TIMES THIS MORNING, I HAVE
TWO LOCATIONS WHERE I WOULD LIKE
THESE SPEEDING CAMERAS IN MY
DISTRICT. AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE
FOR THAT FUNDING TO COME RIGHT
BACK TO THE STREETS IN MY
DISTRICT, I ALSO KNOW THAT WE
HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES IN DISTRICT
2 THE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH
FUNDING. I OFTEN TIMES SAY, I'M
ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
MICRO NEIGHBORHOODS AND I
REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY OF
SEATTLE. THAT IS MY CONCERN
HERE. WE HAVE PROBLEMS ALL OVER
OUR CITY. AND WHILE THIS MIGHT
BE A GOOD SOLUTION IN DISTRICT
6, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT REVENUE -- I WOULD LOVE IT
TO STAY IN DISTRICT 6 BUT WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY
AS FAR AS FUNDING SOURCES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
IS THAT A STILL HAND OR DO YOU
HAVE A FOLLOW-UP? OKAY, COOL,
FOR MY PERSPECTIVE THIS IS ONE
OF TWO OF THE OTHER COMMITMENTS
THAT ARE NOT MINE THAT I AM
GOING TO BE SUPPORTING TODAY. I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. I
AGREE WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS
THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY ALL OF
MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON
IT TODAY. BUT, AND COMFORTED BY
THE LAST EXCHANGE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAD WITH
KYLE. THIS IS A SHOULD AND NOT A
MUST. IT LEAVES SOME ROOM FOR
FLEXIBILITY, EXECUTION AND
FLEXIBILITY BY SAYING COUNCIL
INTENDS, ANTICIPATES, BUT
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW FROM AN
EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, REVENUE
GENERATED IN MAGNOLIA NEEDS TO
GO TO DELRIDGE OR RAINIER VALLEY
, OR, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE ELSE IN
THE CITY. SO WE NEED TO BE
FLEXIBLE. WE WILL ALSO TRY OUR
BEST TO MAKE SURE, TO THE EXTENT
FEASIBLE, MOST OF THIS REVENUE
STAYS WITHIN THE BROADER KIND OF
COMMUNITY AND NOT GETTING INTO
THE WEEDS AROUND WHAT THAT SORT
OF MEANS, BROADLY INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT GETTING TO
THE WEEDS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
APPROPRIATE FLEX ABILITY AS HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED. I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> CHAIR, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE AWARE THAT MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE IS FAILING AND IS A GREAT
EXPENSE TO THE CITY. WANTED TO
MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT
POINT.
>> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT
OUT. ABSOLUTE. YEP. I AM KEENLY
AWARE OF THAT. ENDED IS ALL
HANDS ON DECK TO FIND A
SOLUTION. YOU ALSO KNOW,
COLLEAGUES, THAT THE $10
MILLION, $15 MILLION PLUS
REVENUE THAT COULD BE GENERATED
FROM THIS IS NOT GOING TO -- WE
NEED REPLACEMENT OF THAT BRIDGE,
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
MEANINGFUL SOLUTION TO DO THAT.
ALSO, THIS IS FOR SAFETY
INVESTMENTS. I HEAR YOU. I
DON'T TO QUIBBLE, I AGREE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AS THE
AMENDMENT AUTHOR YOU GET LAST
WORDING.
>> HOW TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE
TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT ON THE
AMENDMENT. I HOPE YOU ALL SEE WE
TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN
WANTING TO PROMOTE AND HAVE
EQUITY AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE
AND ALSO ENSURE WE ARE DIRECTING
THESE FUNDS BACK TO COMMITTEE
AND IMPORTANT SAFETY PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT AND
AGAIN I ENCOURAGE OR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF
THERE ARE NO FINAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT THREE?
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR, FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR
AND ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT
THREE IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT, I
THINK THERE IS ANOTHER
AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120971 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
FOUR.
>> IS VERY SECOND?
>> SECOND. IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120971 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
FOUR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, CAL,
EXPLAIN THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
OF THIS AND THEN I WILL TURN
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> IN THE UNDERLYING BILL, THERE
WAS PREVIOUS GUIDANCE FROM THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA , THAT WE DID
NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE
WARNINGS FOR SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA
WARNING INFRACTIONS. SINCE IT
WAS TRANSMITTED, THE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE IS UPDATED THEIR LEGAL
ADVICE THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS
GUIDING THE COURT, NOT US AND SO
WE CAN ESTABLISH A UNIFORM
WARNING PROGRAM FOR ALL OF OUR
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS. THAT IS
WHAT THIS LANGUAGE WOULD DO. HE
WOULD MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO
CHANGE THE UNDERLYING LAW
INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE HAD INTENDED, WHICH IS
TO ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY
VIOLATIONS TO BE ISSUED,
WARNINGS FOR ALL OF THE FIRST 30
DAYS OF OPERATION. AND THAT
MAKES IT EASIER TO ADMINISTER
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND
CHECK ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
AND THAT TYPE OF THING, IT MAKES
IT A LOT CLEANER TO ADMINISTER
THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, IS THE AMENDMENT AUTHOR
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS ALLOWS
FOR WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED WITHIN
THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF OPERATIONS
OF ALL TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS
GIVING PEOPLE TIME AND GIVEN A
WARNING AS A LITTLE MORE OF AN
EQUABLE POLICY , A WARNING WOULD
ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THE
INTENDED CHANGES TO THEIR
DRIVING HABITS WITHOUT BEING
IMPACTED BY A FINDING MEDIALLY.
I KNOW AS NOTED, AT OUR LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING, SEATTLE HAS
PROBABLY HIRE FINE AMOUNTS
COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY. SO $237 COMPARED TO
$50 AND A NUMBER OF OTHER
STATES, MINDFUL THAT WE WANT TO
TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN
DISCOURAGING SPEEDING BEHAVIOR,
GIVING FOLKS A LITTLE GRACE AND
CERTAINLY A $237 FINE CAN BE
DESTABILIZING FOR A FAMILY.
AGAIN WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE
SPEEDING FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY
ON OUR STREETS AND MINDFUL WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE FOLKS A
MOMENT TO ADJUST. AND GRANT THAT
GRACE. WITH THAT I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU,
MR. CHOW, FOR THE UPDATE AND
CLARIFICATION ON THESE PIECES.
IT'S IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED
TO SAY ALSO, THANK YOU TO HER
PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO SPOKE
ACTUALLY TO THIS ONE.
SPECIFICALLY. I APPRECIATE
HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT, IT REALLY
INFORMS ACROSS THE BOARD WHAT WE
DO ON THE COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED
TO WILL
SAY THAT I WILL SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THE RECORD,
THANK YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
OUR GOAL HERE IS NOT TO COLLECT
MONEY FROM PEOPLE. OUR GOAL, FOR
ME AT LEAST, I HAVE TWO
LOCATIONS IN MY DISTRICT THAT
CONTINUE TO HAVE VEHICLES
CRASHING INTO BUILDINGS . AND WE
WANT THAT BEHAVIOR TO STOP. AND
WE WANT PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. IS
NOT TO COLLECT MONEY. AM ALL FOR
WARNINGS.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTION I HAVE, I
GUESS MAYBE THIS IS FOR CAL, YOU
KNOW I DEEP, ON ALL THE
LEGISLATION. AND YOUR ANALYSIS.
I RECALL SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
MEMO HERE, THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO, DATED APRIL 18, 2025, AND
OUR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS AND
ENGAGEMENT, THAT THE STATUTE,
THE 2024 STATE STATUTE FORWARDED
TO EXEMPT MORNING SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS. SO, EFFECTIVELY, WITH
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT ALL THAT
DOES IS CLARIFY THAT IS NOT
ACTUALLY THE CASE, THAT
GUIDANCE, THAT'S THE GUIDANCE
IS REALLY FOR THE COURTS WHICH
SOUNDS LIKE, WHY WAS THIS NOT
INTRODUCED AS PART OF AN ERRATA
AMENDMENT?
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN. I DON'T
HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. I AM
SORRY.
>> ALL GOOD.
>> PAGE 4 FOOTNOTE NUMBER FIVE
IN THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO IS
WHERE I CALL THIS OUT. THIS
MODIFIES THAT IN THE MANNER YOU
JUST DESCRIBED. I WILL, I WILL
SEE IF THAT IS A STILL HAND,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, OKAY. I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
IT FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
FIRST OFF, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? IF
THERE ARE NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO
GIVE FINAL COMMENT ON YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER FOUR?
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR
AND ZERO OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT
FOUR IS ADOPTED.
>> CHAIR, I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120971 IS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT FIVE.
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
COUNCIL BILL 120971 AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. CAL,
WOULD YOU MIND PLEASE COMMENTING
ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS
AMENDMENT? AT WHICH POINT ,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU WILL BE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON YOUR
AMENDMENT'S BEHALF.
>> AMENDMENT IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
ADDRESSES LANGUAGE IN THE
LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE
ANALYSIS THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR
THE LOCATIONS OF THE CAMERAS. IT
ADDS AN ADDITIONAL THIS IS ON
ASKING , REQUIRING THE ANALYSIS
TO IDENTIFY PHYSICAL TRAFFIC
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE
CONSIDERED FOR THE LOCATIONS AND
WHEN THEY COULD BE DEPLOYED.
THAT IS WITHIN THE STATE, BUT
ADDS ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS TO THAT
REQUIREMENT.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. THIS
AMENDMENT THE SIZES THE
CONSIDERATION OF PHYSICAL
TRAFFIC SAFETY MITIGATION,
PARTICULARLY BUILT ENVIRONMENT
CHANGES AND DESIGN WHEN
CONSIDERING AREAS FOR CAMERA
DEPLOYMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THERE
ARE MANY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY WHICH CAN INCLUDE
THE PHYSICAL CHANGE TO THE
ENVIRONMENT. AND THIS AMENDMENT
IS SIMPLY DOUBLE TAPPING THAT IS
A STRATEGY BEFORE JUMPING
STRAIGHT TO CAMERAS AND FINDS.
WE WILL NEED A MULTIFACETED
APPROACH. THIS IS EMPHASIZING
SOME BUILT ENVIRONMENT CHANGES
THAT WE COULD MAKE IN THE
FUTURE. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? STARTING FIRST WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THIS A SHOULD
OR A MUST?
>> IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE PAGE IN
FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS THE LAST
PHRASE IN THE STATE LEGISLATION,
THE ANTICIPATED OR ACTIVE
EFFECTIVENESS OR FEASIBILITY OF
OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES, THAT
INCLUDES PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS.
MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THIS
IS HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE PHYSICAL
IDEAS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY IN
THE ANALYSIS.
>> MAYBE I JUMPED AHEAD OF THE
TRACK MEET. UNDERSTANDING , DOES
THIS REQUIRE THAT THE MITIGATION
EFFORTS BE DEPLOYED AHEAD --
>> IT DOES NOT. THE ISSUE I
HAVE, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE TWO LOCATIONS AND THE
STREET RACING BILL, SDOT WAS
EFFECTIVE AT DEPLOYING SPEED
CUSHIONS ON THIRD AVENUE
NORTHWEST. HOWEVER, ONLY BETWEEN
A CERTAIN SEGMENT, BETWEEN THE
70s, 65th AND 80th. THESE SPEED
CUSHIONS HAVE SLOWED SPEEDS
DOWN. IT HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE
ISSUE WE ARE EXPERIENCING
BETWEEN ESSENTIALLY 41st AND
50th OR MARKET STREET WHERE
THERE IS STILL SPEEDING ADJACENT
TO AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. THAT
WORKED, HAVING THESE PHYSICAL
SPEED CUSHIONS WORKED ON THIRD
AVENUE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER ON
SEAVIEW AVENUE NORTHWEST WHERE
WE ARE HAVING CARS HITTING
BUILDINGS, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH
MANY THINGS, MANY THANKS TO YOU,
VENU NEMANI, FOR THE ADDITIONAL
FOG LINES AND SAFETY MEASURES WE
HAVE PUT IN. I ORIGINALLY WENT
TO VENU NEMANI AND ASKED FOR A
GUARDRAIL TO PUT IN FRONT OF THE
BUILDING TO STOP GETTING HIT. I
WAS SKEPTICAL, I WILL ADMIT, AND
VENU NEMANI PROVED CORRECT, THAT
BY SIMPLY ADDING ADDITIONAL
MARKINGS ON THE STREET, WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, HOWEVER THE TRAFFIC IS
STILL SPEEDING THROUGH AN AREA
WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF
PEDESTRIAN, A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS
MOVING ABOUT. THERE IS STILL AN
ISSUE THERE. WHICH, ON SEAVIEW
YOU CAN'T HAVE SPEED CUSHIONS
FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
REASONS. I WILL COME BACK TO
EIGHTH AVENUE NORTHWEST, LAST
EXAMPLE , WHERE WE ARE CHANGING
FROM THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE INTO A
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE,
WHERE SPEEDS ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
AND I HAVE ASKED SDOT TO PUT IN
THREE CROSSWALKS AND WE ARE NOT
SURE WE ARE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM
THIS YEAR. AND SO, THOSE
CROSSWALKS ARE NOT GOING TO SLOW
PEOPLE DOWN TO A SAFE SPEED,
THEY DO HELP. SO JUST GETTING TO
MY POINT, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
VOTE FOR THIS IF IT WAS A
REQUIREMENT TO BE DONE IN
ADVANCE. I WILL VOTE FOR THIS IF
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE SAYING
SHOULD ACCOMPANY OR BE DONE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH. IS THAT A
CORRECT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S
ACCOMPANYING AND IN A JUNCTION
WITH?
>> YET, WITH THIS IS DOING IS
SATISFYING THE STATE REQUIREMENT
THAT REQUIRES THAT THE TRAFFIC
ENGINEER EVALUATE THE LOCATION
TO ESSENTIALLY JUSTIFY WHY
CAMERAS NEED TO GO IN. HEART OF
THAT DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY THAT
HISTORY. IT WOULD DOCUMENT, FOR
INSTANCE, FOR SEAVIEW, SPEED
CUSHIONS COULD'VE BEEN LOOKED
AT AND WHY WERE THEY NOT
APPLICABLE IN THIS LOCATION IS
PART OF THAT ANALYSIS. IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT FOR PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENT, IT IS A
DOCUMENTATION OF THE ANALYSIS
FOR JUSTIFYING THE CAMERA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL
NOTE FOR THE RECORD HERE,
ANYTIME SDOT ONCE THE DATA ON
EIGHTH AVENUE NORTHWEST, I AM
HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT. I THINK WE
WERE ON THE STREET WALK WE DID
NOT SEE A SINGLE PERSON OBEY THE
SPEED LIMIT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
REGARDING THIS AMENDMENT,
SECTION 5 IS QUITE CLEAR. IT
TALKS ABOUT PREPARE ANALYSIS
THAT INCLUDES EQUITY ANALYSIS.
THE VARIOUS PIECES OF THAT.
ALSO, MUST SHOW HE DEMONSTRATED
NEED D WORKING THROUGH
THESE PIECES, AS I KNOW FOR MY
EXPERIENCE IN THE QUEEN ANNE
COMMUNITY. SO I THINK SECTION 5
SPEAKS TO THIS WELL. WITHOUT THE
NEED. BECAUSE I WORRY A BIT
REGARDING THE LAST PHRASING OF
THE AMENDMENT AND WHY THEY
SHOULD NOT BE DEPLOYED. I THINK
SDOT HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS
ABILITY, AND I THINK OF SECTION
5 IS GOOD, SO COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, CHAIR, I APPRECIATE
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS
AMENDMENT, BUT I WILL VOTE NO ON
IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? I HAVE MY OWN.
>> FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY, I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
SINCERELY BRING THIS FORWARD
TODAY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE
THE INTENT BEHIND THIS. A SHARED
GOAL TO ENSURE WE CENTER EQUITY
AND PRIORITIZE OTHER SORT OF
PHYSICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. I
WILL HOWEVER, NOT BE SUPPORTING
THIS TODAY FOR REALLY
ESSENTIALLY THE REASONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE LAID OUT. I
THINK THE ADEQUACY AND
SUFFICIENCY OF THE EXISTING
ESTATE REQUIREMENTS ARE GREAT.
AND I THINK , I BELIEVE THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD
ULTIMATELY IMPOSE UNNECESSARY
OVERHEAD AND UNDULY BURDEN THE
DEPARTMENT BY REQUIRING THEM TO
SPECIFICALLY JUSTIFY AND
DOCUMENT WHY OTHER PHYSICAL
TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
COULD NOT BE DEPLOYED IN THE
AREA. WORST PART FOR MY
PERSPECTIVE IS, I THINK THAT
WOULD EFFECTIVELY RESULT IN A
MASS SLOWDOWN AND DEPLOYMENT OF
ANY OF THESE CAMERAS . AND
REQUIRE THEM AS A MATTER OF
ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT ONLY, AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS KIND OF
ELIMINATED EARLIER, EVEN THOUGH
THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES
ACROSS OUR CITY THAT NEEDED
THESE YESTERDAY. IN HIS
DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT, ALKI AND
HARBOR AVENUE, THIS WOULD IMPOSE
I THINK A LITTLE TOO MUCH BURDEN
AND FURTHER SLOWDOWN THE
DEPLOYMENT. AND AS FAR AS I
KNOW, UNDER THE FEDERAL SAFE
SYSTEMS APPROACH TO TRAFFIC
SAFETY SYSTEMS, WHICH IS
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES SET OF
APPROACHES THAT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE
ON OUR ROADS, TRAFFIC SAFETY
DOES NOT -- TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
THE CORRESPONDING ENGINEERING
SOLUTIONS DO NOT ATTEMPT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ANY OF THE 40+
PROVEN COUNTERMEASURES, 40+
PROVEN COUNTERMEASURES UNDER THE
SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH. AS FAR AS
I KNOW, IT DOESN'T ATTEMPT TO
RANK BECAUSE YOU NEED TO DELIVER
THE BEST TREATMENT IN THE BEST
LOCATION AT THE BEST TIME. AND,
INSTEAD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH REPORTS
REQUIRES EIGHT DATA INTENSIVE
ANALYSIS OF UNIQUE CONDITIONS
CONTRIBUTING TO UNSAFE
CONDITIONS IN A GIVEN AREA. BUT
IN THE END, FEDERAL SAFE SYSTEMS
APPROACH ULTIMATELY EMPOWERS
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO MAKE THE
FINAL DECISION ON THE BEST
TREATMENT NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE
UNIQUE, UNDERLYING SAFETY
CHALLENGES AT PLAY IN A GIVEN
AREA. CAMERAS ARE ONE OF THE
VALID TREATMENTS, SO OR OTHER
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
ATTEMPT TO KIND OF STACK RANK
THOSE , I THINK WE SHOULD DEFER
TO THE EXPERTISE OF OUR SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS, TRAFFIC
ENGINEERS, AND LET THEM MAKE THE
FINAL DECISION. IN ADDITION, AS
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NOTED
EARLIER, I THINK THERE ARE
SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS ALREADY IN
PLACE IS EXPRESSLY REQUIRED
UNDER EXISTING STATE LAW WHICH
CURRENTLY MANDATES THAT ANY
POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT MUST BE
100% GUIDED BY DATA TOGETHER
WITH A ROBUST RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT TO ADDRESS
IMPACT ON CERTAIN COMMITTEES. IN
OTHER WORDS AS PART OF THE
OVERALL CONFERENCE OF ASSESSMENT
FOR DETERMINING NEW CAMERA
LOCATION, A RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, ROBUST RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS AS WELL AS TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS ROBUST AND CONFERENCE
OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IS NOW
ALREADY ESPECIALLY REQUIRED
UNDER STATE LAW. THIS IS, IN MY
VIEW, AN ALREADY EXACTING
STANDARD AND THIS AMENDMENT WE
GO A LITTLE TOO FAR. AGAIN, I
APPRECIATE THE INTENT. AND THE
MOTIVES BEHIND THIS. BUT I THINK
THERE IS SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS
BUILT IN TO THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATION AND FOR THOSE
REASONS I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY. BUT, ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE I
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AS THE AMENDMENT AUTHOR TO
HAVE THE LAST WORD?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THINK OF
YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOUR EXAMPLES ARE WELL
TAKEN. AND THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THAT HISTORY AND
CONTEXT RELATED TO SOME EXAMPLES
IN YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK WE
CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ADDRESSING THIS IN SOME
SITUATIONS IT SEEMS AS THOUGH A
BUILT ENVIRONMENT CHANGE
DOESN'T FULLY ADDRESS THE
ISSUE. I KNOW WE ARE ALL GUIDED
BY THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE HAVING FOLKS SLOWDOWN AND
MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL HARM THA
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I
KNOW SDOT DOES A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK AND OFTEN IS
EVALUATING FOR PHYSICAL SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. AS I HAVE
COME TO UNDERSTAND IT, IS IS
ALREADY AN EXISTING BODY OF WORK
THAT SDOT IS DOING. BY REALLY
EMPHASIZING THIS POINT AND
MAKING THIS EXPLICIT, I THINK
THERE IS AN ADDED BENEFIT BY
MAKING IT EXPLICIT IN THIS BILL
THAT AGAIN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE DELIVERING ON THIS. BUT
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS
WOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH ADDED
WORK. COLLEAGUES, I STILL FIND
THAT THIS WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT
THING TO ADD AND WOULD NOT ADD
TOO MUCH STAFF TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. THING NO OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> NO.
>> THREE VOTES IN FAVOR AND TWO
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT FIVE IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON, I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120971 IS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
MOVE BILL 120971 IS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT SIX. CAL?
>> THIS IS OFFERED BY CHAIR SAKA
AND WOULD OFFER A NEW SECTION TO
ADD REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE
SIMILAR TO ACTIONS THE COUNCIL
PREVIOUSLY TOOK ON SEATTLE --
EXCUSE ME, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AUTOMATED LICENSE
PLATE READERS. VISA REQUIREMENTS
THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CONTRACT .
SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD
ESSENTIALLY PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE
OF CAMERA DATA IN RESPONSE TO
RECORDS REQUESTS MADE UNDER THE
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. THE OTHER
ONE WOULD REQUIRE NOTIFICATION
IF THERE ARE WARRANTS OR
SUBPOENAS SEEKING THIS TYPE OF
INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE.
THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE LAW
WHICH PROHIBITS THESE TYPES OF
DISCLOSURES AND IT MAKES SORT OF
MORE PROCEDURAL REPORTS TO
COUNCIL IF THEY WERE TO HAPPEN.
>> ALL RIGHT. MY THIRD AMENDMENT
ADDRESSES PRIVACY CONCERNS AND
ENSURES ROBUST PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS ENSURING THIS CAMERA
TECHNOLOGY HAS THE SAME
GUARDRAILS AND PROTECTIONS THE
COUNCIL PASSED RECENTLY WITH OUR
AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER
TECHNOLOGY. WHICH IS
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY
CONTRACTS LICENSE PLATES IF
CERTAIN PREDEFINED CONDITIONS
ARE MET. AS CAL NOTES THIS
AMENDMENT ADDRESSES CONCERNS
ABOUT SURVEILLANCE AND PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY
PUTTING INTO PLACE BOTH ROBUST
PROTECTIONS AROUND PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE AND OUR VENDOR
PRACTICES. SO, AS A FORMER
TECHNOLOGY ATTORNEY, JUST A
NONPRACTICING CURRENTLY ATTORNEY
IN GENERAL, I AM FIRMLY
COMMITTED TO PROTECTING
PEOPLE'S PRIVACY AND FOR THOSE
REASONS I URGE A YES VOTE. I
WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS STARTING FIRST WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. THANK
YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT. I THINK
IT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING IN SEATTLE AND SEATTLE
GOVERNMENT AND THE GOOD
GOVERNANCE , BUT ALSO THE
SEATTLE VALUES. I THINK WE HAVE
SEEN THIS NOT JUST WITH THE LPR
BUT ALSO THE AMENDMENTS AND
CHANGES THAT WERE ALREADY
BROUGHT INTO THE BILL AS RELATED
TO THE CCTV TIED INTO THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. I THINK
THIS BRINGS SOME ALIGNMENT. I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT MORE
IMPORTANT IT ALSO STATES ,
RESTATES OUR POSITION AS A CITY
GOING TO THE SEATTLE VALUES
POINTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD, ENSURING THAT
AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA
DATA IS NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSED
AND WORKING WITH OUR MEMBERS TO
NOTIFY SPD ALLOWS FOR GREATER
PROTECTION IN OUR COMMUNITY. I
KNOW I HAVE SOME STILL
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR
CURRENT PRACTICES AROUND
SURVEILLANCE DATA BUT I DO THINK
THIS AMENDMENT POSES AND CREATES
GREATER PROTECTIONS AROUND THIS
AND THAT IS SOMETHING I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF. FOR THESE REASONS
I WILL BE SUPPORTING TODAY'S
AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GH
AS THE AMENDMENT AUTHOR I URGE
YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS COMMON
SENSE AMENDMENT. TO PROTECT
PRIVACY. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER SIX.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> NO,
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR AND
ZERO OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT SIX IS ADOPTED. ALL
RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET TO VOTING
ON THE COUNCIL BILL IS
SPECIFICALLY AMENDED, I HAVE
INVITED MEMBERS FROM SPD, A REP
SEND IT FROM SPD AND I WANT TO
RESPECT YOUR TIME. AND THE RIGID
EXPERTISE HERE TODAY. I WOULD
IDEALLY , HAD I HAD MORE
FORETHOUGHT, I WOULD'VE INVITED
YOU TO ONE OF HER EARLIER TWO OR
THREE EARLIER COMMITTEE MEETINGS
WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE SPD PLAYS A VITAL ROLE
IN THE SUCCESS OR NOT OF OUR
ROLLOUT OF THIS PROGRAM.
CAPTAIN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND,
JUST COME ON UP HERE, I HAVE A
COUPLE OF BRIEF QUESTIONS. WOULD
YOU MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF?
AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS OF MY OWN AND I
WELCOME ANY OF THOSE OF MY
COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I AM
ACTING ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR THE
METROPOLITAN BUREAU , CAPTAIN
SEAN O'DONNELL. MY REGULAR JOB
IS CAPTAIN OF THE TRAFFIC
SESSION FOR SPD WHICH IS
INCLUSIVE OF OUR TRAFFIC
INVESTIGATION SECTION
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SPECIAL
EVENTS AND TO INCLUDE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT. AND THE AUTOMATED
CAMERA FOLKS WHO DO THE REVIEW.
I QUICKLY WANT TO SAY THAT IN
LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS
BROUGHT UP, WE HAVE RECEIVED
INFORMATION THIS MORNING THAT
THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
FORWARD MOVEMENT IN THE
INVESTIGATION TO THE FATALITY
THAT HAPPENED ON SOUTH SPOKANE,
I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. IF I
CAN TRAIN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN SEAN
O'DONNELL. THANK YOU FOR THE
REAL-TIME LIVE UPDATE ON THE
STATUS OF THE PENDING
INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL
CRASH. ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS.
IT HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT IN
SOTO WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM
AREA FOR THESE KIND OF FATAL
CRASHES. CAPTAIN, CAN YOU
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE
DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN THE
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA
PROGRAM?
>> THE TRAFFIC SECTION OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
REVIEW OF THE AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT THAT IS GOING ON
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE WORK
VERY CLOSELY AND COLLABORATIVELY
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS WITH
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT AS
WE WORK TO MOVE THIS PROGRAM
FORWARD. WE DO HAVE STAFFING
WITHIN THE TRAFFIC SECTION AND
WE UTILIZE OTHER OFFICERS
THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO DO
SOME OF THAT REVIEW. AND THEN WE
ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
AVAILABLE FOR THAT REVIEW BY
UTILIZATION OF PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THAT IS
CURRENTLY BEING WORKED THROUGH
AT THIS POINT IN THE REVIEW.
>> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. THE FINAL
QUESTION I HAVE AND THEN I WILL
TURN OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR YOU, THIS
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD ALIGN
CITY CODE WITH STATE STATUTE.
AND, PURSUANT TO WHICH, RECENT
CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW,
PURSUANT TO WHICH WOULD ALLOW
FOR CIVILIANS TO REVIEW AND
ISSUE CITATIONS FOR THESE
TICKETS. BUT, ALSO UNDER RECENT
COUNCIL FUNDING MANDATES, WE ARE
GOING TO -- THE CURRENT PLAN IS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO DOUBLE THE
NUMBER OF CAMERAS IN SCHOOL ZONE
LOCATIONS . DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF
CAMERAS IN SCHOOL LOCATIONS.
AND, WHICH MERELY SETTING THOSE
UP, MY SENSE IS PROBABLY
LIMITED, IF ANY, SPD
RESPONSIBILITY. BUT ONCE THEY
ARE TURNED ON AND ISSUING
CITATIONS, THAT IS WHEN THERE IS
A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPD
TO ISSUE THE CITATIONS. IN
PARALLEL, IN FACT THE SECOND
AGENDA ITEM WE ARE DISCUSSING
TODAY IS, WE AUTHORIZE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
DEPLOYMENT OF NONSCHOOL SPEED
ZONE CAMERAS. OUTSIDE SCHOOLS,
ACROSS THE CITY, $1.18 MILLION
IF I HAVE MEMORY SERVES ME
CORRECTLY, IN SHORT, WE ARE
ADOPTING STATE LAWS THAT WOULD
ALLOW SPD TO LEVERAGE CIVILIANS
INSTEAD OF SWORN OFFICERS TO ON,
AND, WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
EXPANDING OUR INVESTMENT IN BOTH
SCHOOL ZONES AND NONSCHOOL ZONES
AS PART OF BROADER COUNCIL
PRIORITIES AND JOINT CITY
PRIORITIES OUTSIDE OF THIS. THE
EXECUTIVE HAS REPORTED
PREVIOUSLY IN THIS COMMITTEE
THAT THE PLAN IS TO START
DOUBLING , DOING THE WORK TO
DOUBLE THE EXPANSION OF SCHOOL
ZONE SPEED CAMERAS THIS YEAR, AS
MANY ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR AS
POSSIBLE, TURNING ON AS MANY AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN
START THE WORK OF THE NONSCHOOL
SPEED CAMERAS BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR, START DEPLOYING THE
NONSCHOOL SPEED CAMERAS BY THE
END OF THIS YEAR, WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING WE ARE FLIPPING
THE SWITCH, SO TO SPEAK, TURNING
THOSE ON. THE FIRST SETS OF
THOSE ON, EARLY IN 2026. ALL
THAT IS TO SAY, CAPTAIN, CAN YOU
HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND SPD'S
READINESS AND PREPAREDNESS TO
DEPLOY AND IMPLEMENT AN EXPANDED
CAMERA PROGRAM IN BOTH SCHOOL
ZONES AND CRUCIALLY NONSCHOOL
ZONES?
>> AS COUNCILMEMBER HAS
INDICATED, WE HAVE INITIATED A
PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ASSIST
THE TRAFFIC OFFICERS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE TRAFFIC
SECTION ON THE AUTOMATIC CAMERA
REVIEW IN ORDER TO MANAGE THE
NUMBER OF INFRACTIONS THAT SHOW
UP IN OUR TRAFFIC YOU. IN
ADDITION TO THAT WE UTILIZE
PEOPLE, OFFICERS FROM THROUGHOUT
THE DEPARTMENT AS THEY ARE
AVAILABLE, TO COME AND BE
TRAINED AND PERFORM THAT
FUNCTION. SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
AT OPTIONS IN THIS PILOT TO
TRAIN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE AVAILABLE FOR THE CAMERA
REVIEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TO ANY
OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUR
INVITED GUESTS? WHO HAS NOT BEEN
REPRESENTED IN THE PRIOR
DISCUSSIONS. GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE MEN AND WOMEN IN YOUR UNITS
THAT DO THIS GREAT WORK. THIS IS
AGAIN, SOMETHING I REFERRED TO
EARLIER IN MY EARLIER COMMUNITY
DAYS, WORKING WITH SPD. AND
CAPTAIN JUST CAME TO MY HEAD,
SOMEBODY WHO WOULD COME AND
PARTICIPATE AND REALLY LOOK TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE, PASS MY
THANKS FOR THEIR WORK IN SUPPORT
OF MAKING FEEL SAFER.
>> THANK YOU, I WILL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR THE CAPTAIN?
HEARING AND SEEING THEN, I TOO
WANT TO THANK, AS CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, VICE
CHAIR OF COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, I WANT
TO EXTEND MY THANKS AND
APPRECIATION TO THE BRAVE MEN
AND WOMEN OF SPD FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING SO
CLOSELY IN COLLABORATION WITH
SDOT TO DELIVER THIS CAMERA
PROGRAM AND TO ROLLOUT THIS
CAMERA PROGRAM , RECOGNIZING IT
IS HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS
BY MANY TO ULTIMATELY HELP KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, PEOPLE SAFE
ON OUR ROADS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR YOU, SEAN O'DONNELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
>> SO, ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL BEFORE US AS AMENDED?
HEARING AND SEEING THEN, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 120971? AS AMENDED.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR IN ZERO
POST.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120971 AS
AMENDED . IT WILL BE SENT TO
THEM A 13 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO HER
SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
COUNCIL BILL 120972. AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION;
MODIFYING A PROVISO; AND
AMENDING ORDINANCE 127156, WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WILL
OUR PRESENTER, IT LOOKS LIKE CAL
IS AT THE TABLE, MR. CHOW,
PLEASE REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, FYI, I PLAN TO GO AS
LATE AS NOON TODAY, BUT MY HOPE
IS THAT WE BE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH THE REST OF THESE TWO
AGENDA ITEMS IN A MORE EXPEDITED
MANNER.
>> I BELIEVE COMMITTEES ARE
SCHEDULED FOR TWO HOURS. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> COMMITTEES ARE SCHEDULED FOR
AS LONG AT THE CHAIRS PLEASURE.
TODAY I'M GOING TO GO UP TO 12
PM.
>> ADVANCE NOTICE WOULD BE
APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
YOU IS OFFERED BY CHAIR SAKA.
LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS
YOU APPROVED , YOU IDENTIFIED
MONEY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL ZONE
AREAS. AND THEN YOU PUT A
PROVISO ON THE FUNDING PIVOTING
THE SPENDING UNTIL AUTHORIZED
COUNCIL ACTION. THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD PROVIDE, LIFT THAT
PROVISO, IT WOULD ALSO MAKE SOME
TECHNICAL CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT
THIS MONEY IS DEDICATED FOR
FUNDING OF CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF
SCHOOL ZONES.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS THE
SPONSOR OF THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION, I WILL SAY, YEAH,
THIS HELPS EMPOWER THE
DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE
MONEY WE AUTHORIZED. THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF THIS , THESE THREE
MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD, TO
DISCUSS DEPLOYMENT OF ALL CAMERA
TYPES, I THINK THE DEPARTMENT
HAS A GOOD PLAN TO START ROLLING
OUT BY END OF THIS YEAR, AND
TURNING ON EARLY NEXT YEAR THE
INITIAL SETS OF NONSCHOOL SPEED
CAMERAS. SO WE NEED TO EMPOWER
THAN BY LETTING THEM START TO
SPEND THAT MONEY. TO DO EXACTLY
THAT. COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. WILL THE
COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON RECORDATION OF 120972?
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR AND
ZERO POST.
>> MOTION CARRIES IN THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE COUNCIL PASS 120972. IT WILL
BE SENT TO THEM A 13, 2025 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING RIGHT
ALONG. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
OUR THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE,
COUNCIL BILL 120945. AN
ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY IN
BLOCK 52, A. A. DENNY'S
EXTENSION TO THE TERRY'S 1st
ADDITION, IN THE FIRST HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ACCEPTING A
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT EASEMENT, ON
THE PETITION OF NORTH BLOCK
SPRING STREET DEVELOPMENT LLC.
CLERK FILE 314364.
>> THANK YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR
PRESENTER HAS ALREADY JOINED US
AT THE TABLE. PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND WHEN YOU'RE
READY BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> LISH WHITSON, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF. AS YOU HEARD AT YOUR LAST
MEETING, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO
GRANT THE FINAL VACATION OF AN
ALLEY ON FIRST HILL, ON THE
BLOCK BOUNDED BY SEVENTH AND
EIGHTH AVENUES, IT IS THE BLOCK
THAT INCLUDES TOWNHALL SEATTLE.
THE VACATION FACILITATED
DEVELOPMENT OF TWO APARTMENT
TOWERS CONTAINING OVER 500 UNITS
OF HOUSING. AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF 850 500 SQUARE FOOT PUBLIC
PLAZA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC . AS
WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE
STREETSCAPE AND AROUND THE TOWN
HALL BUILDING WHICH IS A CITY
LANDMARK. AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN THIS BLOCK
AND THE FREEWAY PARK WHICH IS
KITTY CORNER . WITH ADOPTION,
THIS WOULD VACATE THE CITY'S
INTEREST IN THE ALLEY RETURNING
OWNERSHIP TO THE PETITIONERS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LISH
WHITSON. I APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS. TO ANY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME, I WASN'T
GOING TO MENTION MAKING REMARKS,
BUT AS THE DISTRICT 7
REPRESENTATIVE I WANTED TO STATE
THAT MY SUPPORT OF THIS, I THINK
IT WAS WELL COVERED IN THE
PREVIOUS MEETING, AND WHAT I
LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS NOT,
IN AND OF ITSELF, I HAVE ALREADY
SEEN THE BENEFITS RELATED TO
TOWNHALL FOR MY VISITS AND
EVENTS AT TOWNHALL. BUT ALSO
FROM MY RECENT VISIT TO FREEWAY
PARK. THIS VACATION, THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE, KIND OF
COMPLEMENTS FREEWAY PARK ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE
NORTH OF THIS VACATION. I THINK
THAT IS ANOTHER BENEFIT WE
SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING. AND
LOOKING TO REALLY PROMOTE WHERE
WE HAVE TWO EFFORTS KIND OF
SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN AWAY.
NOT DIRECTLY, BUT STILL GIVE THE
FEELING, THE EXTRA SENSE FOR THE
FIRST HILL COMMUNITY IN THIS
CASE, THAT GREEN SPACE, THE KIND
OF OPEN PUBLIC SPACE, I THINK
THAT IS VERY MUCH A POSITIVE.
WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
THANK YOU, LISH WHITSON, AND
YOUR TEAM, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED FROM
SDOT IN THE OWNERSHIP GROUP. I
WILL VOTE YES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES?
>> HEARING AND SEEING THEN, I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE AND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120945.
IS 32nd?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO RICKMAN
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120 945.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, I
ASSUME THAT IS A STILL HAND?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL
THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL 120945?
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> YES.
>> FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR IN ZERO
POST.
>> MOTION CARRIES. 120945 WILL
BE SENT TO THEM A 13 2025 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. COLLEAGUES, WE
HAVE REACHED TODAY THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. VERY
ROBUST. OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY
20 AT 9:30 AM. I WANT TO NOTE TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND ALL MY
COLLEAGUES, FEEDBACK TAKEN.
ADVANCED NOTICE WOULD BEEN
HELPFUL AND I ON THAT AND I WILL
ENDEAVOR TO DO BETTER ON MY END
GIVING YOU A HEADS UP THAT WE
COULD EXPECT LONGER COMMITTEE
MEETINGS. I ALSO VIEWED AS A
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU
ALL, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE ,
TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU PLAN TO
NEED TO LEAVE EARLY FOR ANY
NUMBER OF VALID REASONS, I
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ALL
NEED TO DO IT FROM TIME TO TIME.
FOR THE EXTENT YOU HAVE A HARD
STOP PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW
IN ADVANCE AND WE CAN
COORDINATOR EFFORTS. I WILL DO
MY PART, I ASK THE YOU DO YOURS
AS WELL. THE GOOD NEWS, WE GOT
US OUT OF HERE BY 11:24. OUR
NEXT MEETING IS, LIKE I SAID MAY
20 AT 9:30 AM. ANY FINAL
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE THE MEETING
ADJOURNS? HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE