>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR
SAKA.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE
MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS HERE BY
ADOPTED, SO THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC
FOR JOINING US TODAY IN PERSON
AND
TUNING IN ON TV LAND OR
STREAMING LAND.
WE HAVE -- AS ALWAYS WE HAVE
A FULL AND IMPACTFUL AGENDA
BEFORE
US TODAY.
TODAY'S AGENDA TOPICS FOCUS ON
BUILDING OUT AND MAINTAINING
OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE,
A SIGNIFICANT
PRIORITY FOR ME, MY OFFICE, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO
OUR CITY.
ON THAT NOTE, OUR FIRST
WAY C TODAY IS ST3, THE TRANSIT
COUNCIL BILL AND
COMPANION RESOLUTION ARE AN
IMPORTANT
STEP TO BUILDING OUT LIGHT RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE TO WEST
SEATTLE AND BEYOND.
SO THANK YOU TO SOUND
TRANSIT, OUR REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE
CITY, AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
I'M PARTICULARLY DELIGHTED
THAT WE HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ATAT
DAIS AS WELL BECAUSE OUR ONE
OF TWO SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
CITY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
IS JOINING US.
SO ALWAYS APPRECIATE HIS
LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE AND ANY
INSIGHTS HE CAN LEND TO THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
OUR SECOND TOPIC TODAY WILL BE
ON REVIVE I- 5, SPECIFICALLY THE
UPCOMING CLOSURES TO THE
SHIP CANAL BRIDGE SET TO BEGIN
MONDAY. INFRASTRUCTURE
MAINTENANCE OF
OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE
THE TYPES OF CRUCIAL NUTS AND
BOLTS PROJECTS THAT RESIDENTS
EXPECT.
NONETHELESS, THIS WASHED
OUT PROJECT WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT
DISRUPTIONS AND
POTENTIAL DELAYS.
AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS
TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC
HAS ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION
TO AVOID ANY DISRUPTIONS
ESPECIALLY RELATED TO UPCOMING
DISRUPTIONS STARTING THIS
WEEKEND.
BUT WE STILL DO WANT YOU TO COME
OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE BENEFIT
AND JOYS MANY THAT SEATTLE
HAS TO OFFER.
JUST PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
SO THANK YOU WASH DOT AND SDOT
FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO
SHARE UPDATES ON REVIVE I-5.
ALSO THANK YOU TO COMMUTE
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE FOR BEING HERE
TODAY AND SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
PROJECT
FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PARTNER AND COMMUNITY
MEMBER'S PERSPECTIVE.
WHETHER THERE ARE ADVERSE
IMPACTS RELATED TO THE UPCOMING
BRIDGE WORK THIS COMING
WEEKEND OR THE PROJECT AS A
WHOLE, IT
IS VITAL THAT WE HEAR FROM
OUR CIVIC PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND
AND HOPEFULLY MITIGATE ANY
IMPACTS.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, TWO OTHER QUICK
NOTES.
FIRST, AT MY REQUEST DURING
OUR LAST BUDGET CYCLE SDOT
IS PRODUCING A REPORT BASED ON A
COUNCIL STATEMENT OF
GISLATIVE INTENT RELATED TO
ITS POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM.
HAS THAT REPORT BEEN DELIVERED
IP? I KNOW YESTERDAY WAS A BIG
DAY.
>> IT HAS NOT
YET.
>> OH, TSK, TSK, TSK DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE A DAY LATE, BUT I DO
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
REPORT BECAUSE I WILL BE
INVITING
YOU ALL BACK AT OUR NEXT
REGULAR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
TO
DISCUSS THAT REPORT.
AND THE SECOND ITEM, REPAIRS OF
OUR STREETS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS 14th AND
HENNESSY IN SOUTH PARK.
AS WE KNOW THERE'S A SECOND
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY THERE JUST
LAST MONTH, AND THIS
COMES ON THE HEELS OF A SIMILAR
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY.
THESE TWO KILLED
INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY LIVED IN
THE SAME
COMPLEX IN SOUTH PARK
AND THE
EARLIER FATALITY HAPPENED SIX
MONTHS EARLIER IN DECEMBER.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE
DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR EMERY FOR
SOME OF THEIR INITIAL STEPS
TO MAKE NECESSARY LONG-
NEEDED SAFETY INVESTMENTS IN
THAT
PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, 14th --
ALL ALONG 14th, BUT WE KNOW
THE PROBLEM AREAS.
THERE'S CLEARLY MORE WORK TO
DO,
BUT I WANT TO COMMUNITY IN
SOUTH PARK TO KNOW THAT MY
OFFICE
REMAINS FIRM AND RESOLUTE
IN DOING WHAT WE CAN TO FINALLY
--
TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
TO FINALLY BRING ABOUT THE
CHANGES NEEDED FOR THAT AREA
BECAUSE SAFETY IS MY HIGHEST
PRIORITY, WHETHER ON OUR ROADS
AND OUR
STREETS AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WITHIN
THE PURVIEW OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS
ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO
IN- PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED
UP, AND THERE IS ONE REMOTE
SPEAKER.
>> ALL RIGHT, EACH SPEAKER
WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2
MINUTES.
WE WILL START WITH THE IN-
PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS
UP TO 20 MINUTES.
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 HAS ENDED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR TIME.
SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO
ALLOW US
TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
THAT IS DAN
FRENCH.
>>
TEST, TEST. GREETINGS.
MY NAME IS DAN FRENCH.
I LIVE IN NORTH SEATTLE AT
130th.
I'VE CONTINUALLY HAD TO FIGHT
THIS UNSAFE PROJECT THAT SDOT
IS IMPLEMENTING.
I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU
STOP ALL PROGRESS GOING TOWARDS
SDOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN
TIME AGAIN THAT THEY ARE GROSSLY
INCOMPETENT AND
NEGLIGENT. I HAVE REQUESTED
INFORMATION ON
THIS PROJECT
PROVIDING ALTERATIVES THAT ARE
SAFE.
KING TV HAS BEEN OUT THERE
AND SHOWN THAT IT IS UNSAFE.
SDOT HAS IMPLEMENTED BAD
DESIGNS HERE IN DOWNTOWN THAT
INJURED A
BICYCLIST, AND WE ARE SO
COMPLACENT IN THEIR NEGLIGENCE
THAT WE REWARD THEM FOR
SAYING, OH, YOU
FIXED A PROBLEM THAT
SHOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
THERE IS NO VIABLE OVERSIGHT
TO GO THROUGH AND ESCALATE AND
SAY
THIS IS A BAD IDEA, THESE
ARE THE REASONS WHY.
WE NEED TO STOP THIS AND
GET SOMETHING THAT'S SAFE AND
SANE. I AM TRYING TO GET IT
SAFE.
THAT'S ALL.
NOBODY AT SDOT WILL RETURN
A PHONE CALL.
THE BEST THEY'VE DONE IS
PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION THAT
PROVES BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED
TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO
INDUCE SPEEDING.
IN THIS ONE THEY ARE REROUTING.
THEY
DON'T TELL YOU IN THE REPORT
THAT THEY ARE
REROUTING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF
SCHOOLS.
THEY DON'T TELL YOU THEY ARE
REROUTING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF
CHURCHES.
I YIELD MY TIME.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
OKAY, OUR LAST OF THE IN-
PERSON SPEAKER SLATE IS AARON
GOODMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M ERIN
GOODMAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE SOTO IMPROVEMENT AREA.
AS YOU KNOW THE SOTO REPS OVER
1 TEN HUNDRED BUSINESSES.
HOWEVER, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS
AT
RISK. SOTO IS FACING MAJOR
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
UNLIKE ANYTHING SEEN
IN DECADES. WITHOUT COORDINATED
MITIGATION THE IMPACTS WILL BE
DEVASTATING
TO BUSINESSES, WORKERS,
THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
SINCE 2017 SOTO BIA HAS
BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN WEST
SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION
PLANNING. WE'VE HOSTED TOURS,
CO- LED
COMMUNITY SESSIONS, SUBMITTED
LETTERS, AND ADVOCATED DIRECTLY
WITH THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD.
FROM THE START WE HAVE
CALLED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
CONSTRUCTION
MITIGATION STRATEGY.
WHILE WE SUPPORT THE LONG-
TERM BENEFITS OF EXPANDED LIGHT
RAIL, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE
POSES
AN URGENT THREAT TO SOTO'S DAY
TO DAY OPERATIONS AND LONG-
TERM VIABILITY.
THESE IMPACTS GO FAR BEYOND
THE
IMPACT OF FOOT LIGHT RAIL
FACILITIES. MANY BUSINESSES IN
SOTO WILL
BE AFFECTED AND MANY COULD BE
PUSHED TO THE VERY BRINK.
WHAT'S MORE MULTIPLE HIGH
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
ARE SCHEDULED TO OVERLAP.
BY 2024 ALMOST EVERY
MAJOR MATERIAL
IN SOTO WILL BE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. IF NOT MANAGED
PROPERLY
OUR FRIGHT SYSTEMS WILL GRIND TO
A
HALT AND DESTABILIZE SEATTLE'S
CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL BASE.
THIS IS NOT A DISTANT OR
THEORETERAL CONCERN.
IT IS PRESSING AND
CUMULATIVE RISK THAT REQUIRES
COORDINATED
ACTION.
AS YOU CONSIDER TODAY'S
LEGISLATION, WE URGE YOU TO HOLD
SOUND CITY AND TRANSIT
STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR DEVELOPING
AND IMPLEMENTING A ROBUST
AND DISTRICT SPECIFIC MITIGATION
PLAN.
THANK YOU, AND WE INVITE
YOU TO MEET
WITH US TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC
RISKS AND COLLABORATE
ON SOLUTIONS TO KEEP SOTO
MOVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS.
GOODMAN.
>> OKAY, AS OUR LAST IP- PERSON
SPEAKER, WE'LL NOW MOVE ONTO
OUR
ONE REMOTE SPEAKER WHO
IS PRESENT, DAVID HAINES.
DAVID, WHEN
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, YOU
WILL HIT THAT STAR 6.
THANK
YOU.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
DAVID HAINES.
I WISH COUNCIL WOULD REALIZE
THAT THE CONCERNS ABOUT
MITIGATING ALL THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO
DELAY PROGRESS,
IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE A LAW
THAT SAYS IF YOU WANT TO DO A
PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
THAT THE COMPANIES WHO
HAVE ALL THESE MIDDLEMEN GETTING
RICH OFF
THESE PROJECTS, THEY HAVE TO
HAVE TWO
FULL
SHIFTS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
ROBUST
WORKFORCE WHERE YOU START
A PROJECT AND INSTEAD OF HAVING,
LIKE, ONE BARELY SHIFT BEING
OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID
PURPOSELY SLOWING DOWN JUST SO
THEY COULD MAKE ENDS MEET, YOU
CAN HAVE TWO FULL SHIFTS
AND MAKE IT A LAW THAT SAYS,
HEY,
IF YOU WANT TO DO
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE, WE WANT YOU
TO CREATE
A BUNCH MORE JOBS AND PAY A
PREVAILING WAGE TO EXPEDITE
THE PROJECTS.
AND THAT SAID, I WANT TO ADDRESS
THE LINK RIGHT RAIL AND THE
KING COUNTY PET ROW FAILURES
TO IMPROVE THE TRANSFERS AND
THE DELIVERY OF THE RIDERS.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT
IS WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY IS 145 th.
IF YOU GO TO THE SOUTH
SHORELINE 148th LIGHT RAIL AND
THEN
CATCH THE 65 TO GO ONE BUS STOP,
THE
AMOUNT OF, LIKE,
SKINNED POTHOLES THAT SHIMMY
SHAKE
AND TAKE THE FOUNDATION OF
THE GROUND AND MAKE YOU FEEL
LIKE
YOU'RE RIDING IN THE BACK OF
A METAL DUMP TRUCK, THAT
IS DESTROYING EVERY SINGLE BUS
THAT TREKS THROUGH THERE, YOU
REALIZE
YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE
THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT
RUNS
THAT INTERSECTION AT 145th,
THAT THEY'D HAVE TO DO LIKE A
SKIN
PATCH FORFOR POTHOLES.
IF YOU COULD REALIZE HOW
UNSAFE THE SIDEWALK IS ON 145th
WHERE IT JUST DUMPS YOU INTO
THE GROUND.
MY OTHER FRIEND HE GOT
INJURED JUST COMING BACK FROM
THE GROCERY
STORE.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
CHAIR, THAT IS ALL
THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE SIGNED UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS -- FIRST
TWO ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
THEY'RE RELATED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
1 AND 2 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, COUNCIL BILL
CB- 121003 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE CENTRAL PUGET
SOUND
REGIONAL TRANSIT
AUTHORITY, SOUND TRANSIT,
AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF
SEATTLE AND SOUND TRANSIT
FOR GRANT OF NONEXCLUSIVE USE OF
A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT WAY AS
RELATED TO THE LINK LIGHT
RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT TO REFLECT
THE APPROVED ALIGNMENT AND
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT FACILITIES
FOR
THE LINK LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
PROJECT INCLUDING ADDITION OF
THE
WEST SEATTLE LINK ECTENSION
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN
PRIOR ACTS.
AGENDA ITEM 2, RESOLUTION
32172. A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE
ALIGNMENT, STATION LOCATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE BASE LOCATION
FOR SOUND TRANSIT'S LINK LIGHT
RAIL LINES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE INCLUDING THE WEST
SEATTLE
LINK EXTENSION AND SUPERSEDING
THE
ALIGNMENT, STATION LOCATIONS,
AND MAINTENANCE BASE
LOCATION APPROVED IN RESOLUTION
31784.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND LOOKS LIKE OUR
PRESENTERS HAVE ALREADY JOINED
US AT
THE
TABLE. ACTUALLY, WELCOME OUR
PRESENTERS FROM THE CHAMBER AND
COMMUTE SEATTLE AS WELL IF
YOU'D LIKE
TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE FOR THIS
CONVERSATION. AND PRESENTERS, IN
A MOMENT
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION IN A
MOMENT. BUT FIRST A FEW OTHER
FOLLOW- UP
THOUGHTS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
TODAY IS ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION
LOCALLY.
THAT'S THE FOCUS OF AGENDA
ITEMS 1 AND 2 AT ITS CORE.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND OVERSIGHT.
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
EXPANSION AND REHABILITATION CAN
BE
DISRUPTIVE.
WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE ACTIVELY
ENSURING THAT WE ARE
COMMUNICATING AND MITIGATING ANY
DISRUPTIONS, ESPECIALLY
MATERIAL DISRUPTIONS RELATED TO
THESE KIND OF LARGE-
SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR AS WELL.
I SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION AND THE CONNECTIVITY
IT
WILL BRING TO DISTRICT 1 AND THE
REST OF THE CITY.
AND NOT JUST OUR CITY BUT
OUR ENTIRE REGION.
THAT SAID, I HAVE MADE CLEAR
TO SOUND TRANSIT'S LEADERSHIP
AND
STAFF NUMEROUS TIMES
THAT TRANSPARENCY AND ALL
AVAILABLE MITIGATION EFFORTS
MUST BE
MADE WITH ALL IMPACTED
RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS,
TENANTS, ALL
OF WHICH SHOULD BE MADE WHOLE
TO THE FULL EXTENT POSSIBLE
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
IN FACT, DURING THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION MOST
RECENTLY IN
OLYMPIA, I STRONGLY
SUPPORTED AND ADVOCATED FOR THE
PASSAGE
OF HB-1733, WHICH WOULD
INCREASE FUNDING SUPPORT FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND
NONPROFITS IMPACTED BY LARGE
SCALE
PROJECTS.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE
STATUTORY COMPENSATORY CAP FROM
50,000 TO
$200,000.
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROJECT IS CONDITIONED ON THE
EXPECTATION THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT
AND HELP
WITH MITIGATION EFFORTS, AS
I
DESCRIBE. AND WHILE THIS IS A
SOUND TRANSIT PROJECT AND NOT A
SEATTLE- LED PROJECT, OUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS PLAY A VITAL
ROLE IN
FACILITYING AND SUPPORTING
AND HELPING TO BRING TO LIFE
FROM
A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE A
BROADER INITIATIVE AT THE SOUND
TRANSIT LEVEL AND ALSO
SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION EFFORTS
AS
THIS PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY.
ALL RIGHT, PRESENTERS, NOW
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN
YOUR
PRESENTATIONS.
>> SOUTHERN CENTRAL STAFF.
>> SARA MAXANA AT THE OFFICE
OF THE WATERFRONTS CIVICS
PROJECT AND SOUND
TRANSIT.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS,
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO SOUND
TRANSIT THE
EXECUTIVE, YOU ASKED FOR A
BIT OF CONTEXT SETTINGS IN TERMS
OF
THE LEGISLATION THE STATE HAS
PASSEDCH YOU ALREADY
STARTED YOUR COMMENTS ON IT, SO
I
WON'T BELABOR THE POINT.
IN ADDITION TO
THE AGENCY DISPLACEMENT LIMITS,
THAT
IT IT WAS
SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
THAT CLARIFIES LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS
CAN'T PRECLUDE THE SITING OF
LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES
AND REQUIRES THAT THE COST AND
THE PERMIT CONDITIONS HAVE TO
BE REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
MITIGATE THE DIRECT IMPACTS OF
THE
LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES.
THIS IS ALL PRETTY
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
I DON'T THINK IT REALLY
NECESSARILY CHANGES THE WAY WE
INTERACT WITH SOUND TRANSIT,
BUT
IT CERTAINLY PROVIDES A
REASONABLE STANDARD OUT THERE TO
MAKE SURE OUR ACTIONS DON'T RUN
AFOUL OF THE STATE LAW.
AND THEN IN ADDITION --
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE -- IN TERMS OF THE
LOCAL
JURISDICTION, RECENTLY LAST
WEEK THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED
PERMIT
STREAMLINING LEGISLATION THAT'S
IN THAT SAME SORT OF VEIN IN
STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES
TO HELP THE PROJECT MOVE FASTER.
AND IN ADDITION, WE DO
EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SOME
CITY LEGISLATION --
SOME BUDGET
LEGISLATION RELATED TO STAFFING
AND ALLOCATING THE FISCAL
RESERVES THAT WE HAD PUT
IN PLACE FOR SD3 TO MOVE
THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND FUND
THE
CITY'S
PORTION OF PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT. SO UNLESS THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ON
LEGISLATION, I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO THE
EXECUTIVE.
>> QUICKLY ON THAT LAST SLIDE OR
THE FIRST SLIDE,
RATHER, WITH RESPECT TO THE
STATE
BUDGET, STATE LEGISLATION, I
JUST
WANT IT HIGHLIGHT FOR MY
PERSPECTIVE
THE SECOND BULLET THERE
RESTATES JURISDICTIONS CANNOT
PRECLUDE
LIGHT LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES.
WHICH IN MY VIEW, MY READ
MEANS WE CAN'T
ERECT ANY BARRIERS THAT WOULD
IMPEDE SITING
DECISIONS THAT WERE DULY MADE AT
THE SOUND
TRANSIT
BOARD LEVEL. WE HAVE A ROLE
LOCALLY IN
FACILITATING THESE KIND
OF EXPANSION PROJECTS.
BUT SITING DECISIONS ARE MADE
IN THIS CASE AT THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD LEVEL.
WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, SO WE
MUST HELP
IMPLEMENT.
>> AND I'LL JUST POINT TO THE
LASTT ON THERE AS WELL REALLY
IT'S SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO
HAVE A PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO
HANDLE THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE
IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE TO HANDLE IT RESPONSIBLY
IN A TIMELY MATTER, AND THE
PERMITEE HAS TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR US
TO RESPOND
AND ACTUALLY DO THE PERMITTING.
SO ALL THE LEGISLATION YOU'RE
ABOUT TO HEAR TODAY IS
ABOUT KICKING OFF THE
PERMITTING
PROCESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF
PERMITTING
ISSUES WE HAVE TO GO, A LOT
OF ISSUES THAT WILL HAVE TO GET
RESOLVED IN THE
PERMITTING PROCESS.
THIS PROCESS IS ACTUALLY
ABOUT MOVING -- IT'S LARGELY --
I'LL LET THE EXECUTIVE SPEAK TO
IT
MORE, BUT IT'S
LARGELY ABOUT OPENING THE DOOR
AND LETTING
THE PERMITS START TO COME IN
SO WE CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS
OF THE
WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ON THAT LAST BULLET,
THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR
THIS LEGISLATION TO BE EXPEDITED
BY A FEW
WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS, DEPENDING
ON
WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY, SO I
WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR EXPEDITING THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE
I TAKE MY RESPONSIBILITY
SERIOUSLY, AND THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT, GO
AHEAD.
>> ALL
RIGHT, I'M GOING TO KICK THINGS
OFF.
THANKS FOR HAVING US, EXPEDITED
LEGISLATION, AS YOU NOTED VERY
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION FOR US
TO KICK OFF THE WEST
SEATTLE
EXPANSION PROJECT. WE HAVE A
BRIEF
PRESENTATION TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO KICK THINGS
OFF ON THE EXEC SIDE BY
TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSIT
AGREEMENT
AND LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
YOU TODAY AND HAND THINGS OVER
TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT SOUND
TRANSIT TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF
THE PROJECT AND WRAP THINGS UP
VERY
BRIEFLY WITH SOME
NEXT STEPS. OUR INTRO SLIDE IS
ALWAYS THE
SAME. ST3, LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE
CITY'S HISTORY.
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO
RETHINK HOW PEOPLE ARE
MOVING AND ACCESSING THEIR
HOMES,
JOBS, DESTINATIONS, BUT IT'LL
ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT AS
IT'S EXISTING THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR TEAM IS AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS,
AND WE ARE PARTNERS TO SOUND
TRANSIT, THE REGIONAL
AGENCY THAT IS DELIVERING THE
PROJECTS.
WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOUR
COMMITTEE BACK IN MARCH AND GAVE
AN OVERVIEW OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT IS FORTHCOMING
IN 2025 AND 2026, AND THIS IS
ONE OF THE
SLIDES THAT WE USED THEN.
WE ARE HERE FOLLOWING THE
LAND USE CODE AMENDMENTS.
THAT AS CALVIN NOTED WAS
ADOPTED BY FULL COUNCIL LAST
WEEK.
TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR
THE ADOPTION OF THE WEST
SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION PROJECT
WHILE THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS PUT
IN
PLACE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
THAT WILL APPLY TO ALL
LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.
TODAY'S LEGISLATION IS
REALLY ABOUT ADVANCING THE
PARTICULAR PROJECT OF THE WEST
SEATTLE LINK
EXPANSION PROJECT.
AND THEN AS NOTED IT WILL
BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU LATER
THIS YEAR FOR THE STAFFING
AND RESOURCE PLAN TO HELP US
HAVE
THE MAN POWER IN PLACE TO
HELP US ADVANCE THOSE PERMITS.
LATER ON IN 2026 AND '27
WE'LL BE BACK NUMEROUS TIMES
TO ADVANCE THE INFO
STATION, BALLARD LINK EXTENSION
AS WELL
AS THE WIDE VARIETY
OF AGREEMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO
BE IN PLACE FOR VARIOUS PROPERTY
RIGHT-OF-WAY, JOINT
DEVELOPMENT,
AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO PUT
THE PROJECT
IN PLACE. SO ADOPTING THE WEST
SEATTLE
LINK EXTENSION PROJECT, AS
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR NOTED, THIS
IS ONE STEP IN A MULTIAGENCY AT
MULTILEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO
PUT IN PLACE THE
PARAMETERS NECESSARY FOR THE
CITY TO
BE ABLE TO ISSUE PERMITS.
SO IT FIRST STARTED WITH
THE SOUND TRAIN BOARD
TAKING ACTION ON THE PROJECT TO
BE BUILT BACK
IN OCTOBER 2024.
THE FEDERAL
TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHED
A RECORD OF DECISION ON
THAT PROJECT IN APRIL OF THIS
YEAR,
AND THE FINAL STEP IN THAT
THREE- AGENCY PROCESS IS SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL UP ENDING
THE PROJECT INTO THE ORDINANCE
AND
DOPTING BY WAY OF STATIONS AND
RESOLUTION.
ONCE THOSE THREE STEPS ARE IN
PLACE THEN THE CITY CAN
START PROCESSING AND ISSUING
PERMITS.
WHAT IS THE TRANSIT
WAY AGREEMENT?
THE TRANSIT WAY AGREEMENT
IS ESSENTIALLY THE WAY IN WHICH
THE
CITY GRANTS TRANSIT THE
NONEXCLUSIVE USE OF LIGHT WAY
TRANSIT IN THE CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE TRANSIT WAY IS
ESSENTIALLY
WHERE THE ALIGNMENT AND STATIONS
EXIST, AND THE CITY IS
GRANTING SOUND TRANSIT ACCESS
TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM IN THAT
TRANSIT WAY. IT'S DEFINED BY
ATTACHMENTS
THAT DESCRIBE EACH PROJECT
THAT ARE -- AND PROVIDE MAPS
AND DRAWINGS OF EACH PRODUCT
THAT ARE ADDED TO THE TRANSIT
WAY
AGREEMENT. AND THE AGREEMENT HAS
BEEN AMENDED FOUR TIMES SINCE
ITS ORIGINAL ADOPTION IN 2000
FOR THE INITIAL LINK BY RAIL
AND THE ADDITION OF EACH
SUBSEQUENT
PROJECT HAS BEEN ADDED OVER
THE YEARS.
THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENT WAS
IN 2022 FOR THE NORTH EAST 130
th
INFILL STATION, NOW THE
PINEHURST STATION AS PART OF THE
LINK EXTENSION.
THERE'S TWO PIECES
OF LEGISLATION, COMPANION PIECES
OF
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
THERE'S A WASLUTION
THAT FORMALLY APPROVES THE
WEST SEATTLE LINK
EXTENSION PROJECT.
THAT INCLUDES THE ALIGNMENT FOR
THE GUIDE WAYS AND THE
STATION SITES AS ADOPTED BY THE
SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD. THAT RESOLUTION
ADDS THIS
NEW WEST SEATTLE LINK ALIGNMENT
AND
APPROVES THE PROJECT,
ESSENTIALLY.
THE ORDINANCE IS AUTHORIZING THE
SDOT DIRECTOR TO AMEND
THE TRANSIT WAY AGREEMENT TO
INCLUDE
THE PROJECT.
SO IT JUST ADDS THE WEST
SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION TO THE
EXISTING TRANSIT AGREEMENT.
AND WHEN THOSE TWO PIECES ARE IN
PLACE, WE CAN START
PROCESSING
PERMITS. WITH THAT JUST OF NOTE,
IF THERE ARE FUTURE CHANGES TO
THE PROJECT,
MAJOR CHANGES TO EITHER THE
ALIGNMENT OR THE STATIONS, THAT
WOULD NECESSITATE
A FOLLOW-UP ACTION TO THAT
TRANSIT
WAY AGREEMENT.
THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
PAST, AND SO THAT LITTLE CALLOUT
BOX
ON THE RIGHT JUST DESCRIBES THAT
PROCESS, THAT WE WOULD
BRING BACK ADDITIONAL
FUTURE LEGISLATION SHOULD THAT
HAPPEN.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
HAND THINGS OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES
AT SOUND TRANSIT TO
WALK THROUGH THE PROJECT.
>> THANKS, SARA.
THANKS, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. AGAIN, JASON HAMPTON
WITH SOUND
TRANSIT. I'M GOING TO WALK
THROUGH
THE TRANSIT AS OUTLINED IN THE
PROJECT. JUST TO NOTE THE
PROJECT WHEN
CONNECTED TO REGIONAL
SYSTEM WOULD REDUCE TIME FROM
DOWNTOWN SOTO BY HALF.
IT'LL ALSO IMPROVE
TRANSIT SERVICE FREQUENCY,
RELIABILITY, AND CAPACITY,
PROVIDE A
TRAVEL ALTERNATIVE WHEN THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE MAY BE CLOSED FOR
REPAIRS OR CONGESTED.
AND ULTIMATELY IT WILL
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE
EXPANSION
FURTHER SOUTH ON THE
ENINSULA.
THIS MAP HERE SHOWS THE ENTIRE
ALIGNMENT WHICH INCLUDES 4.
1 MILES OF NEW LIGHT RAIL
FROM SOTO TO WEST SEATTLE'S
ALASKA JUNCTION NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT INCLUDES FOUR STATIONS AT
SOTO, DEL RIDGE, AVALON, AND
ALASKA JUNCTION.
LOOKING FOR SCHEDULED SERVICE
AT THE START OF 2032 AND
THE SERVICE ALSO INCLUDES A
NEW CONNECTION TO THE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
FACILITY CENTRAL.
I'LL DESCRIBE EACH SEGMENT IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL NEXT
SLIDES.
HERE WE'LL HAVE A PLANNED
VIEW SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE
STATION AND GUIDEWAY AND ALSO A
PROFILE BELOW THAT SHOWS THE
ELEVATION WHERE IT'S ELEVATED
OR AT GRADE.
SO IN SOTO WEWE AN AGGRADE
GUIDEWAY.
WE HAVE A NEW AGGRADE
STATION DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF
THE EXISTING SOTO STATION NORTH
OF
LANDER STREET THAT
FACILITATES TRANSFERS BETWEEN
THE EXISTING
1 LINE AND THE FUTURE 3
LINE, WHICH WILL BE FROM WEST
SEATTLE TO EVERETT LINE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO CONTINUING SOUTH FROM
THE SOTO SEGMENT THROUGH THE
SOTO NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACROSS THE
DUWAMISH, WE WOULD BE ON A
MIX OF RETAINED CUT AND
AGGRADE AROUND THE NORTH PIGEON
POINT.
WE HAVE THAT NEW CONNECTION
BETWEEN FOREST STREET
AND SPOKANE STREET, AND THEN
A NEW HIGH LEVEL FIXED RAIL ONLY
BRIDGE OVER THE DUWAMISH
WATERWAY THAT WOULD MEET
THE CLEARANCE OF THE
WEST SEATTLE HIGH BRIDGE
PROVIDING FOR
THE NAVIGATION BRIDGE AND
THE DUWAMISH
WATERWAY. AND AGAIN THE ROUTE
CROSSES
THE NORTH EDGE OF PIGEON
POINT TRANSITIONING TO AN
ELEVATED
GUIDEWAY AS IT APPROACHES
THE DEL RIDGE STATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO
HERE WE HAVE AN ELEVATED STATION
AT DEL RIDGE THAT'S
NORTH OF SOUTHWEST
AMRIDGE STREET.
FROM THERE THE TRACKS
TRANSITION FROM AN ELEVATED
GUIDEWAY
FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO AN ATAT
AND RETAIN CUT ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE
CONNECTION INTO A LIDDED
RETAIN CUT STATION SOUTH OF
JENNESSE
STREET.
THAT STATION IS SIMILAR TO THE
STATION OUT IN BELLVIEW.
THEN IT TRANSITIONS
CONTINUING WEST INTO A TUNNEL
BEFORE CURVING SOUTH
WITH THE STATION STRADDLING
SOUTHWEST
ALASKA STREET WITH ENTRANCES
BOTH
NORTH AND SOUTH OF ALASKA
STREET. SO JUST WANTED TO HIT ON
A
COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINCE 2017
SINCE THE
KICK OFF OF THE ST3
PROGRAMMING THAT LED TO THE
DRAFT
BEING PUBLISHED IN EARLY 2021.
UP TO THAT POINT WE HAD
HELD STAKEHOLDER AND
COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS.
WE'D HAD NUMEROUS PUBLIC
MEETINGS. WE PARTNERED WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO REACH
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WE
HAD
SERVE. AND LEADING UP TO THE AND
THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE
WE CONDUCTED DOOR-TO- DOOR
OUTREACH TO TALK TO BUSINESSES
AND RESIDENCES ABOUT
THE PROJECT. HERE
REAL PICKS UP SOME OF THE
ENGAGEMENT THEMES THAT WE WENT
OUT
TO COMMUNITY WITH AROUND THE
TIME
THE DRAFT WAS PUBLISHED
IN AURALLY 2021.
I LIKE TO USE THIS SLIDE
TO ILLUSTRATE WE WEREN'T ONLY
DOING
ENGAGEMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME WE WERE ENGAGING WITH
POTENTIALLY
AFFECTED PROPERTY
OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND
TENANTS
IN THE COMMUNITY ALL
WHILE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE ON THE STATION
AREA PLANNING TO HELP INFORM THE
DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT AS
IT MOVED FORWARD TO THE FINAL
EIS AND NOW UNDER THE DESIGN
PHASE.
SO THIS SLIDE IS A SLIDE YOU MAY
HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
AND THIS,
AGAIN, PICKS UP AROUND THE TIME
OF THE DRAFT
EIS
PUBLICATION. AND, AGAIN, WE DID
ENGAGEMENT
LEADING UP
TO THIS. PRIOR TO THE DRAFT
DIS IN ADDITION TO ENGAGEMENT
DESCRIBED BEFORE WE SENT 1,300
LETTERS
TO THE POTENTIALLY
AFFECTED PROPERTIES WHO WERE
IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY
AFFECTED
AS IDENTIFIED BY THE BROAD RANGE
IN
THE DRAFT DIS.
AT THE TOP END OF THE
RANGE WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 650
POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL
DISPLACEMENTS FOR
THE HIGHEST ALTERNATIVES IN
THE DRAFT DIS AND FOR THE SAME
ABOUT 150 POTENTIALLY IMPACTED
BUSINESSES.
FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE
FINAL DIS THE BOARD-
ADOPTED
PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED
THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL
DISPLACEMENTS TO ABOUT 150 AND
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENTS ARE ABOUT
130.
I WILL NOTE, YOU KNOW, DURING
FINAL DESIGN, WHICH IS
KICKING OFF HERE VERY SOON,
WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO
REDUCE
THOSE NUMBERS AND TO REDUCE THE
PROJECT IMPACTS AS THE
DESIGN PROGRESSES FROM A
CONSEPPUAL OR
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING LEVEL.
FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS
WHO ARE -- WILL BE BE
REQUIRED TO BE RELOCATED SOUND
TRANSIT WILL IDENTIFY THOSE
RELOCATIONS CONSISTENT WITH
FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS.
SO CHAIR SAKA TALKED A
BIT ABOUT THE LEGISLATION, AND
THAT'S
THAT WE'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY TO OUR EXPERIENCED
AGENTS WHEN HELPING PEOPLE
FIND NEW LOCATIONS.
>> AND I'LL CLOSE THIS OUT.
JUST OF NOTE WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS FOR
THIS LEGISLATION, HOPING FOR
A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
AND FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
AND VOTE IN JULY.
AND THAT REALLY OPENS THE
DOOR FOR OUR STAFF TEAM TO START
THE
WORK WITH SOUND TRANSIT ON
THE
PERMIT PROCESS. THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED THE
CODE AMENDMENTS FOR LIGHT
RAIL TRANSIT FACILITIES LAST
WEEK.
THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY ON THE TREE
AND VEGETATION PLAN, ON THE
PRELIMINARY
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
ALL OF THAT GOOD WORK
THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO MAKING
SURE THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY
BRINGS
THE TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR
MOBILITY
AND CONNECTIVITY THAT WE KNOW IT
WILL BRING BUT DOES SO IN
A WAY THAT HONORS AND RESPECTS
THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND
THE
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US.
>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, WHAT QUESTIONS
DO YOU ALL HAVE?
WHAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS DO
YOU HAVE?
STARTING FIRST WITH ONE OF
TWO SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVES ON
THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD, THE
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA.
PLEASE GO BACK TO SLIDE 5.
CHAIR SAKA ALLUDED TO
THIS, WHICH IS THAT WE AT THE
CITY
COUNCIL DON'T HAVE TO ABILITY
TO AMEND THIS BECAUSE IT IS A
MULTISTEP PROCESS.
THIS IS BASED OFF-THE- RECORD OF
DECISION, WHICH WE RECEIVED
FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
AUTHORITY.
THIS IS LISTED ALMOST
NUMERICAL IN THE SENSE IT IS
ONE ACTION LEADS TO THE NEXT.
IS THAT A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING
HERE?
>> IT'S AN ORDER CERTAINLY,
YES.
>> YEAH, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T
GO BACK AND BY WE ALSO NEED
TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
IN OUR CONVERSATION
YESTERDAY, AND PLEASE EXPAND ON
THIS LAY
PERSON UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, IF YOU
LIKE.
THIS BILL TODAY IS
SIMPLY TRANSFERRING JURISDICTIO
RIGHT-OF- WAYS AND IN SOME
CASES PRIVATE PROPERTY TO A
DIFFERENT
GOVERNING AGENCY SO THAT
THEY MAY APPLY FOR PERMITS FROM
OUR
CITY.
HOW CLOSE OR FAR DID I GET FROM
THERE?
>> TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
SO THE COUNCIL BILL
THAT'S BEFORE YOU AMENDS THE
TRANSIT WAY AGREEMENT, WHICH IS
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE ARE GIVING THEM
PERMISSION
TO USE THE RIGHT
OF WAY. IT'S SORT OF THE
ALTERNATES TO PERMITS OR USE OF
THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A MUCH STRUCTURED
ONE
HAS MAINTENANCE COORDINATION,
IT'S VERY LONG AND INVOLVED
AGREEMENT THAT IS REALLY -- THE
BIGGEST
USE OF IT IS ON MLK WHERE IT
GOVERNS ALL OUR SIGNALS AND
CROSSINGS AND
ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
WHO'S COVERING WHAT.
SO THAT'S THE
COUNCIL BILL. THE RESOLUTION IS
VERY
SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL'S
APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT, AND
THAT'S
WHAT AUTHORIZES THE PERMIT
PROCESSES
TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING
THE
SAME THING, BUT THEY'RE TWO
SORT
OF LEGISLATIVE
VEHICLES.
>> TWO ACTIONS AND
ONE PRESENTATION.
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSZ.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE FLOOR
IS
YOURS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR
SAKA AND THANK YOU MR. HAMPTON
FOR
COMING FROM SOUND TRANSIT.
WELCOME. WELCOME FROM OUR OWN
SOUND
TRANSIT TEAM.
HOPEFULLY I DID THAT FAIRLY
GOOD -- PRONUNCIATION.
REALLY INTERESTING TO GET THIS.
AS I SIT HERE GOING THROUGH THE
BRIEFING, ACTUALLY ALL THE
RELATED BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE
GOTTEN, I JUST THINK ABOUT OTHER
CITIES AND HOW THEY'VE
TRANSITED THROUGH THIS PROCESS
BECAUSE EVERY CITY'S DONE IT.
YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL
AT BOSTON.
AT SOME POINT BOSTON WAS
SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND
BECAME MORE UP ZONES AND THEY
FILLED IN
BACK BAY JUST LIKE WE FILLED
IN SOTO AND THE LIKE.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. LONDON WHEN I WAS
STATIONED
IN GERMANY U- BONES AND, S BONES
AND
THE LIKE.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WAS
BACK THEN GOVERNMENTS COULD
REALLY DRIVE AND MADE DECISIONS
WE'RE
GOING TO CLEAR OUT
THE BOULEVARDS IN PARIS, HERE WE
GO.
WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD
NOW, AND THEY HAD IT LUCKY IN
TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK.
I COULD IMAGINE EVERYONE AT
THIS TABLE IS LIKE, YEAH, THEY
HAD
IT LUCKY COMPARED TO TODAY'S
WORLD.
AND THAT'S A TRANSITION FOR
ME TO SAY, HEY, OF COURSE
REPORTING
THIS PROJECT WE NEED TO -- I
MEAN, IT'S A
SHAME WE DIDN'T DO THIS BACK IN
THE '70s AND THE
LAND HAS GOT IT INSTEAD AND SO
FORTH, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO
ENGAGE BECAUSE WE DO NEED THE
MITIGATION PIECES.
AS MS. GOODMAN FROM SOTO
CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST
IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOTO.
I'M THINKING ABOUT, LIKE, IN
UPTOWN WHEN THE BLE PROJECT GOES
THROUGH REPUBLICAN.
AND I'VE GOT IT IN TWO
DIFFERENT
AREAS. AND THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
AND
THE UPTOWN, THEY HAVE TO
BE MITIGATED AGAINST EACH OTHER,
NEVER MIND THE OTHER MOREMORE
MITIGATIONS.
I MEAN, THESE THINGS ARE
MASSIVE, SO YOU MENTIONED
OUTREACH, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK
TO THE SPECIFIC POINT
ABOUT MITIGATION AND HOW THAT
COMPARED TO PROJECTS OF DECADES
AND
CENTURIES AGO THAT MITIGATION IS
GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER CHALLENGE
TODAY?
>>
YEAH, I CAN -- EXCUSE ME, I CAN
SPEAK TO THAT.
THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE -- THE
GREAT THINGS ABOUT WHERE
WE'RE AT IT IN THE PROJECT IS
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW PHASE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED
THE IMPACTS IN
DIS AND IDENTIFIED MITIGATIONS.
BUT NOW WE'RE ADVANCING FROM A
CONCEPTUAL OR
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING LEVEL
AND
DESIGN, IT'S TIME TO PARTNER
WITH SOTO
BIA AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC
TO ULTIMATELY UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PROJECT WILL BE, HOW WE'RE
GOING
TO BUILD THIS, HOW WE'RE
GOING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY
TO
MITIGATE AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS
AS WE WORK ON CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS REALLY THE TIME TO
START THAT ROBUST WORK.
WE'LL KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS
ARE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
CONTRACTORS COME ON EARLY FOR
SOME OF THE
SEGMENTS, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE
TO HELP INFORM THEIR MEANS
AND METHODS TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPECIFIC
IMPACTS
WOULD BE TO A
COMMUNITY AND THEN BE ABLE TO
SOLVE THOSE
CHALLENGES AS WE
GO.
>> IF I CAN JUST
AUGMENT WHAT JASON SAID, I
MEAN I THINK EXACTLY DURING THE
FINAL DESIGN
PHASE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY ADVANCE
OUR UNDERSTANDING AND GET
MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT
MITIGATION COULD BE AND PARTNER
WITH COMMUNITIES.
WE DO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE
OF HAVING DONE ALL THE GAUGEMENT
DURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW PROCESS TO HEAR
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
FROM COMMUNITY SO WE CAN TAKE
THAT
INTO THE FINAL REVIEW PROCESS
AND BUILD FROM THERE.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE
MORE
THING. THE FEDERAL REVIEW RECORD
DOES INCLUDE MITIGATION FROM THE
REPROJECT.
THE PROJECT COMMITMENTS ARE LAID
OUT IN THE RECORD DECISIONS,
SO THAT IS THE STARTING POINT
IN COMING OUT OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESS.
>> THAT'S GOOD FIX, THOUGH.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AS YOU KNOW SEATTLE IS
A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS
ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOTO HAS THE
B.I.A. WITH MS.
GOODMAN BEING
THE KEY PLAYER. IF YOU'VE NOT
MET HER
ALREADY, PLEASE DO SO.
SINCE WE HAVE THE CHAMBER
AND B.I.A. REPRESENTATIVES IN
THE CHAMBER AS
WELL, DEFINITELY RECOMMEND
MEETING UP WITH
THEM AT SOME
POINT.
>> WE ARE GOOD
FRIENDS.
>> YEAH, GOOD FRIENDS.
AND I SUSPECT MR. PACKARD
BEHIND THEM IS GOOD FRIENDS WITH
THEM,
TOO, AND OF COURSE MR. FRENCH
HERE. DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
ANYBODY OUT.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW
YOUR NAME. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT ON
THE MITIGATION PIECE, AND I DO
HAVE
A REOUR SEATTLE
MARITIME INTERESTS, SO I'LL JUST
PUT A PLUG IN FOR THE SEATTLE
PORT, TOO.
I EXPECT ALL ALL T'S HAVE
BEEN CROSSED AND I-DOTTED.
THAT'S MY MITIGATION.
I NOTED IN THE BRIEFING,
TOO, THE SEQUENCING AND
OBVIOUSLY THIS DECISION WAS MADE
LONG AGO
IN TERMS OF THE
SEQUENCING BETWEEN THE WEST
SEATTLE
EXTENSION AND THE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION. AND I KNOW THIS IS
NOT THETHE
OF TODAY.
I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY --
THIS WOULD BE EXECUTIVE TANTINE
AND OTHERS.
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS COMING
DOWN THE STATE ON LAND USE WE'RE
DOING THIS.
ON TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE TO
BE EQUALLY DOING THIS BECAUSE
LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION IF
NOT IN
SYNC IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE BUILDING A
REGIONAL CENTER INTO BALLARD,
AND
THE IDEA OF PRESSING FORWARD
AND THEN STOPPING ON THE
BALLARD LINK EXTENSION AT SMITH
COVE IS
PROBLEMATIC, AND SO I'M
JUST GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT
AGAIN.
AND IF YOU WERE GOING TO STOP
ANYWHERE, AT LEAST STOP AT A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER LIKE -- YOU
DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND.
IF YOU WANT TO YOU CAN BUT --
>> ALL
RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
TODAY'S
PRESENTATION. AS A FORMER LIGHT
RAIL COMMUTER
MYSELF, I JUST HAVE TO STATE
AT THE TOP HOW INCREDIBLY
EXCITING THIS IS.
AGAIN, ST3 IS THE
LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
FOR
THIS CITY.
THIS WORK IS EXCITING,
AND CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT
OF ALSO PRESSURE TO DELIVER, AND
SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
WORK AND VOICE.
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS WORK
AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE DELIVERING FOR VOTERS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKELY
A LONG HISTORY OF HOW WE'VE
LANDED
TO THE RECORD OF DECISION HERE,
AND I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS CAN FILL US IN ON ALL
THOSE EXCITING SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD MEETINGS THAT
WE'VE ARRIVED AT THIS POINT.
BUT BEFORE SPENDING TIME ON
THAT IN COMMITTEE TODAY, I WANT
TO ASK ABOUT ANY
POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES ABOUT
DELIVERING ON TIME LINE,
UNDERSTANDING
COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE TAKING
UP A NUMBER OF PIECES
OF LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT
BUILDING
ON TIME. I'M WONDERING FROM
YOUR ASSESSMENT BEYOND THAT WHAT
ARE OTHER MEASURES WE CAN BE
TAKING TO SUPPORT MAKING SURE WE
CAN
DELIVER ON TIME?
OR WHAT DO YOU SEE AS
POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES IN THE
ST3
PROJECT TO KEEP US ON TIMELINE?
WE KNOW GETTING OFF TIME
LINE WOULD BE OF COST AND WOULD
IMPACT ON OUR VISION OF
FULLY DELIVERING.
UTI WONDER WHAT ARE
OUR ASSESSMENTS AND
VULNERABILITIES ON KEEPING ON
TIME LINE?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE CITY
AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE
SO
FAR ON TRYING TO AMEND
CODES, TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRYING TO
STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING --
THE AGENCIES ON TRANSIT HAS BEEN
WORKING TO KEEP THE
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO
HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL
COST PRESSURES RIGHT NOW ON ALL
OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT
THE
AGENCY. WE ARE WORKING ON AN
ENTERPRISE WIDE INITIATIVE ON A
PROGRAM LEVEL AND PROJECT
LEVEL AND
LOOKING AT OTHER ASPECTS LIKE
OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITY AND
TOOLS AND SERVICE DELIVERY.
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THESE COST
PRESSURES IN A REALLY PROACTIVE
WAY?
AND DO SEE THAT AS AN AREA OF
RISK, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO
PARTNER TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN
DO TO ADDRESS THOSE.
BEYOND THAT WE WILL
DEFINITELY ELEVATE IF THERE IS
ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP.
JASON, DO YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING?
>> I THINK YOU SAID IT WELL, BUT
I WOULD OFFER SARA A
CHANCE
TO --
>> I WANT TO NOTE THE
CODE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY
THIS COUNCIL LAST WEEK WERE
PROBABLY THE SINGLE GREATEST
ACTION
THE CITY COULD TAKE TO
EXPEDITE DELIVERY OF THESE
PROJECTS,
AND DID SO IN A WAY THAT ALSO
FRONT LOADED THE VERY IMPORTANT
NITIGATION WORK THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN TO ENSURE THAT
PROJECT IMPACTS ARE MITIGATED.
SO WE CUT PERMIT TIME IN HALF
BY THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS,
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS WE COULD DO.
WHILE THEY SPEAK ABOUT SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF
SOUND TRANSIT AS AN AGENCY AND
THESE
PROJECTS, OUR TEAM'S
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN CENTERED IN
THE
IDEA THAT THERE MIGHT BE
CHALLENGES TO THESE PROJECTS.
WE DON'T WANT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE OR OUR CODE OR OUR
TEAM
TO ADD TO THAT.
WE WANT TO BE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DELIVER ON
THESE
CODE AMENDMENTS.
THE CODE AMENDMENTS WERE
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT AND
THE
OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE FOR THE
TEAM IS THE STAFFING CAPACITY
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER
ON THE VOLUME OF PERMITS THAT
WE'RE EXPECTING LATER THIS
YEAR.
THAT'S PART OF THE FUNDS THAT
YOU SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET
ACTION LAST YEAR AND THAT WE'LL
BE BRINGING LEGISLATION FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION IN A COUPLE
WEEKS.
>> IF I COULD ADD JUST ONE
MORE THING.
THE FOLKS WE HAVE IN FRONT
HERE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
PROJECT, AND SO IT REALLY
IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE
WEST SEATTLE PROJECT ITSELF IS
MOVING
FORWARD AND TO THE
PROJECT SCHEDULE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
THE AGENCY HAS A
SEPARATE ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE
THAT HAS TO LOOK AT THE ST3
PROGRAM, AND THAT A MUCH
BROADER ISSUE, SO YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY
VIEW THOSE AS TWO
SEPARATE BODIES OF
WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT
POINT, AND HEARING AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU
ALL
TAKING SOME INITIATIVE TO
UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL RISKS AS
THEY ARISE, I WOULD ASK YOU ALL
AS WELL AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD AND
TRANSPORTATION
CHAIR, I THINK US HAVING CLARITY
AS THOSE
THINGS COME UP I THINK WILL BE
REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AS THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. RIGHT,
THANK YOU,
AND
GREAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY
PREEMPTED MY QUESTION.
I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT
WHAT MORE SUPPORTS DO YOU NEED
FROM THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE
DELIVER
THESE PROJECTS ON TIME AND ON
BUDGET BECAUSE THAT
DIRECTLY SPEAKS TO GOOD
GOVERNANCE.
AND WE HAVE LESS DIRECT --
I HEARD FROM YOUR RESPONSE,
WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR
PRIOR DISCUSSIONS OFF- LINE, AND
MY UNDERSTANDING OF
THE SITUATION WRIT LARGE IS THAT
AS A CITY WE
HAVE LESS -- NOT NONE --
DIRECT CONTROL OF COSTS.
THERE ARE COST PRESSURES
INVOLVING AND
IMPLICATING NUMEROUS FACTORS
MACRO AND
MICRO IN SCALE.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING WE CAN
DO, WE HAVE A -- WE HAVE
AN INVOLVEMENT INDIRECTLY ON
THE COST BY ENSURING WE MAKEMAKE
THESE PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED
ON
TIME. AGAIN, MULTI- FACTORS AT
PLAY, BUT A UNIVERSAL TRUTH IN
THE ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE IS A
DOLLAR TODAY IS WORTH MORE THAN
A
DOLLAR TOMORROW.
SO THAT MEANS THE QUICKER AND
MORE EXPEDIENT WE CAN -- WE CAN
REVIEW AND AMEND AS NEEDED, THE
LEGISLATION TO -- THE ENABLING
LEGISLATION LIKE THIS TO ENABLE
THE PROJECTS LOCALLY, THAT WILL
HELP.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT, YOUR
SHARED COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT
WE
CAN AS A CITY, AS A SOUND
TRANSIT
GOVERNING PARTNER TO HELP MAKE
SURE THESE PROJECTS
ARE DELIVERED ON TIME AND ON
BUDGET, AND NOTING WE DIDN'T
REALLY
EVEN GET INTO -- BUT I DO NOTE
THAT
THERE ARE SOME
SUBSTANTIAL SCOPING DECISIONS
AND
REVISIONS THAT WILL LIKELY NEED
TO BE MADE
AS A DIRECT RESULT OF SOME
OF THESE MACRO,
MICROECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
PERTAINING TO THE
PROJECT.
JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR, WHEN
--
IF SCOPING DECISIONS NEED TO
BE MADE TO THE PROJECT, WHEN
WOULD THOSE LIKELY ARISE IN
TERMS OF
A TIMELINE AND A SCHEDULE?
AND WHEN WILL THOSE BE CUED UP
AND TEED TO THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD FOR DECISION IN
THAT
REGARD?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION. WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING
TOWARDS A
TIMELINE FOR THIS
OVERALL
INITIATIVE. AS CALVIN MENTIONED
BEYOND
THIS PROJECT LOOKING AT OUR
CAPITAL
DELIVERY AND SERVICE FINANCES
AND SO FORTH AT OUR JUNE BOARD
MEETING, BUT WE DO EXPECT --
AND THIS WAS SHARED AT OUR
RETREAT, THAT THIS IS A LONGER
TERM
PROCESS, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING
AT
ANYTHING HERE NEAR- TERM,
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE
INVOLVING OBVIOUSLY GUIDANCE
FROM
OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ENGAGING
COMMUNITY, ENGAGING OUR
PARTNERS AT THE CITY AND THE
COUNCIL AS
THOSE IDEAS
EMERGE.
>> THANK YOU. AND FINAL QUESTION
I HAVE IS --
AND THANK YOU, AGAIN,
FOR INCLUDING SOME OF THE DATA
--
SPECIFIC DATA THAT I REQUESTED
ABOUT THE IMPACTED
RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS,
SMALL
BUSINESSES, TENANTS
AND THE LIKE IN YOUR
PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE
DAY THESE PROJECTS ARE ABOUT
PEOPLE, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE
PEOPLE THAT WE ANTICIPATE ON
SERVING
WITH RESPECT TO NEW
TRANSIT SERVICE, IT'S ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED TODAY
AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF THIS HUGE
MASSIVE PUBLIC BENEFIT
THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO ACHIEVE
AND
REALIZE. SO CAN YOU RESTATE FOR
THE
RECORD THAT THE DATA THAT YOU
RECITED EARLIER ABOUT
THE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, I
THINK
I HEARD 130 BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENTS, BUT CAN YOU JUST
RESTATE ALL
THAT?
>> YEAH, YOU WANT ME TO TAKE
IT FROM THE START THINKING
ABOUT THE DRAFT AND
THE POTENTIAL --
>> NO, JUST RESTATE I
THINK IT WAS ON SLIDES 12 OR 13
OR
WHATEVER -- OR 12 THROUGH
14 WHERE YOU JUST INCLUDED,
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S
REFLECTED
ON
THE SLIDES, BUT WHERE YOU JUST
STATED WHAT THE --
AND QUANTIFIED THE IMPACTED
INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.
>> SO BASED ON THE
ALIGNMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD,
WE'D
BE POTENTIALLY RELOCATING ABOUT
150 RESIDENCES AND ABOUT 130
BUSINESSES. AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN
ENGAGING
WITH THESE FOLKS SINCE BEFORE
THE DRAFT GIS WAS PUBLISHING
AND CONTINUED SINCE 2021 WHEN
THOSE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED
PROPERTIES WERE IDENTIFIED IN
THE
DRAFT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE
WITH THEM AND TRY TO
REDUCE IMPACTS AS WE ADVANCE
DESIGN
FURTHER.
>> GREAT, GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK,
EVERYONE AT THE TABLE, AND YOUR
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS
IMPORTANT STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
NOT
JUST FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE BUT
FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY, FOR OUR
ENTIRE
REGION, RATHER,
AND STATE. SO THIS IS -- THIS
IS SOME OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL
AND
PROFOUND WORK THAT WE CAN HELP
ENABLE AT
A LOCAL LEVEL THAT WE'RE
UNDERTAKING AT THIS COMMITTEE.
SO TO BE CONTINUED.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO OUR
SECOND OR I GUESS TECHNICALLY
OUR
THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, REVIVE I- 5
PROJECT UPDATE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN
US AT THE TABLE AND SHARE
YOUR
PRESENTATION? ONCE READY, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN
YOUR
PRESENTATIONS. AND THANK YOU,
LARS, ALEX.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND
GRACE.
MEA CULPA EARLIER.
I GOT
CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH PORTION OF
THE PRESENTATION
YOU ALL WOULD BE JOINING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, BUT
JUST QUICKLY IN A MOMENT A
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I
NOTICE
THAT MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS WEARING
A BASEBALL
TIE, AND PRESUMABLY IT'S
BECAUSE HE'S THROWING OUT THE
VARMONIAL FIRST PITCH AT
TONIGHT'S MARINERS GAME IN
HONOR OF IRISH
HERITAGE, SO CONGRATS.
THAT'S EXCELLENT.
YOU, SIR, ARE VERY FORMAL.
AND I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU WEAR
A SHIRT, A MARINERS SHIRT,
JERSEY, SOME SWAG OR SOME SORT?
THE WAY YOU LOOSEN UP AFTER WORK
IS YOU LOOSEN A TIE.
BUT, LIKE, COME ON? CAN YOU
THROW IN SOME MARINERS
SWAG FOR
TONIGHT?
>> DON'T WORRY, I'LL DROP
THE BLUE BLAZER.
>>
OKAY, OKAY.
VERY FORMAL. VERY FORMAL.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE GOES TO
BED IN A SUIT PAJAMA.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WELCOME AGAIN.
CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> SURE, WILL DO.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE
CHAIR SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M HERE WITH PARTNERS AT
BOTH WASHDOT AND SDOT TO GIVE
YOU A
REVIEW OF THE REVIVE I- 5
PROJECT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LARS ERIKSON WITH THE
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, AGAIN.
I AM BRIAN NIELSEN.
I'M WASHDOT'S
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR.
I OVERSEE TO KING COUNTY AND
NORTH TO THE
CANADIAN BORDER. I'M HERE TO
PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON THE REVIVE I-5
SHIP
CANAL BRIDGE PRESERVATION
PROJECT
THAT IS STARTING THIS SUMMER.
TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL
INCLUDE OUR FOCUS ON THE SHIP
CANAL BRIDGE AND THE SCOPE OF
THE
WORK, WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THIS
YEAR, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE
PROJECT.
FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS OUR
WORK TO REVIVE I- 5 WILL
BE FOCUSED ON THE SHIP
CANAL BRIDGE.
THE BRIDGE IS ABOUT 60 YEARS
OLD, AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT
40 YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE A
MAJOR PRESERVATION PROJECT ON
IT.
WORK WILL BEGIN THIS
SUMMER AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH
2027.
IT IS VITAL THAT WE FOCUS ON
THE SHIP CANAL BRIDGE NOW AS
THE NEED IS CRITICAL.
IN FACT, THE BRIDGE HAS
SEEN OVER 200 EMERGENCY REPAIRS
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
WHILE THE FULL SCOPE OF WORK
IS SCHEDULED DETAILS ARE
STILL UNDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH
OUR
CONTRACTORS, WE DO KNOW
THAT WORK WILL BEGIN THIS
SUMMER AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH
2027, AS
I MENTIONED. THE FOCUS EACH YEAR
WILL BE TO
REPLACE EXPANSION JOINTS, REPAIR
AND RESURFACE DIFFERENT AREAS
OF THE SHIP CANAL BRIDGE
STARTING WITH THE NORTHBOUND
SIDE IN
2025 AND 2026 AND THEN SWITCHING
TO THE SOUTHBOUND IN 2027.
WORK WILL PRIMARILY HAPPEN USING
TWO- LANE REDUCTIONS.
THESE LANE REDUCTIONS ARE
BOOK ENDED WITH DIRECTIONAL FULL
CLOSURES TO SET UP AND PICK UP
THE
WORK ZONES. WORK IS OCCURRING
THIS YEAR
TO MITIGATE SCHEDULED RISK
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IN 2026 WE'LL
BE TAKING ABOUT A MONTH OFF
AND HAVE ALL LANES OPEN DURING
THE
FIFA WORLD CUP EVENTS IN
SEATTLE.
THIS SUMMER -- WORK THIS SUMMER
BEGINS WITH A WEEKEND-LONG
TWO-LANE REDUCTION OF
NORTHBOUND I- 5 ACROSS THE SHIP
CANAL
BRIDGE AND WORK STARTS THIS
FRIDAY
NIGHT. THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A
FOUR- WEEK NORTHBOUND I-
5 TWO- LANE REDUCTION AGAINST
THE
SHIP CANAL BRIDGE STARTING
ON
JULY 21st. THE FOUR- WEEK
REDUCTION IS
BOOK ENDED BY WEEKEND LONG FULL
CLOSURES OF I- 5 EXTENDING
FROM I- 90 TO THE SOUTH TO 45th
STREET. THOSE WEEKENDS ARE JULY
18 TO
21st AND AUGUST 15 TO 18th.
AND THOSE FULL WEEKENDS ARE
AVAILABLE TO SET UP THE
WORK ZONES FOR THE TWO- LANE
REDUCTION AND THEN PICK THINGS
UP AT
THE END OF THE FOUR WEEKS.
IN ADDITION, WE DO PLAN TO HAVE
SEVERAL SOUTHBOUND TWO-
LANE REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE SHIP
CANAL
BRIDGE THIS FALL AND WINTER.
WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE THE DATES OF THOSE
CLOSURES LATER THIS SUMMER.
DATES FOR THIS WORK WERE
CHOSEN BASED OFF A NUMBER OF
THINGS
INCLUDING EVENTS
SCHEDULES AROUND THE COMMUNITY,
HISTORIC WEATHER AVERAGES, AND
OTHER WORK
BEING PERFORMED THROUGHOUT
THE
REGION. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE
IS NEVER A GOOD TIME TO DO
THIS WORK.
THAT BEING SAID, THE DATES
WERE CHOSEN FOR THE WORK AND
WHERE CLOSURES OCCUR WHERE WE
FEEL AND
WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS
TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE
BEST OPTION FOR BOTH WASH DOT
AND
OUR PARTNERS AND
ALTERNATIVES
AVAILABLE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE
EXAMPLE SLIDE SNAPSHOT CALENDER
WE HAVE
HERE, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON
EVERY WEEKEND BOTH ON THE
ROADS AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE HAVE
TWO DISTINCT NORTHBOUND
LANE REDUCTIONS
PLANNED THIS SUMMER. THE FIRST
WILL BE THIS
WEEKEND AND IS NECESSARY TO
PREPARE
FOR THE FOUR- WEEK LANE
REDUCTION STARTING JULY 21st.
THE LENGTH OF THE TWO-
LANE REDUCTIONS WILL BE BETWEEN
THE
SR 520 INTERCHANGE AND
NORTH EAST 45th STREET.
HERE WE SHOW ON THE SLIDE WHERE
WE REDUCED DOWN TO THE
TWO LANES.
YOU MAY NOTICE A ONE- LANE
PINCH POINT IN THIS GRAPHIC
AFTER THE
OFF-RAMP SR 510.
OUR INTENT IS TO STRIPE A SECOND
LANE THROUGH THIS AREA IN
THE SHOULDER OF THE
HIGHWAY THAT THAT REQUIRE A
BRIEF TWO-
LANE FULL CLOSURE OF NORTHBOUND
I-
5 TO DO THAT STRIPING.
THE CLOSURES ARE PLANNED
TO BEGIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
1:00
A.M. AND
WILL OCCUR EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AND MONDAY
MORNING.
STRIPING, I SHOULD MENTION, IS
A WEATHER- DEPENDENT ACTIVITY
UNLIKE THE REST OF THE
WORK WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE
WEEKEND.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IF IT
IS RAINING FRIDAY NIGHT, WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE
RESTRIPING, AND THERE WILL ONLY
BE THE ONE THROUGH LANE
THROUGH THAT PINCH POINT AND
THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SWITCHING TO THE
WEEKEND-
LONG CLOSURES IN JULY AND
AUGUST,
THESE CLOSURES WILL EXTEND FROM
I- 90 TO NORTH 45th STREET.
IN THE EVENT A DRIVER
REACHES SEATTLE ON A NORTHBOUND
FULL CLOSURE WEEKEND ALTERNATE
ROUTES AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR
THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH
DOWNTOWN, THEY CAN STAY TO THE
LEFT
ON NORTHBOUND I- 5, EXIT INTO
THE
EXPRESS LANES, WHICH WILL
BE RUNNING NORTHBOUND- ONLY
DURING PERIODS OF WORK THIS
SUMMER.
OR THEY CAN EXIT TO I- 90 AND
USE 405.
FOR THOSE DESTINED TO
DOWNTOWN, THEY CAN USE THE EDGAR
MARTINEZ
DRIVE, DEARBORN, JAMES, AND
MADISON STREET EXITS. AGAIN, THE
EXPRESS LANES WILL
RUN NORTHBOUND THROUGHOUT THE
DURATION OF THESE HIGH
IMPACT
WORK WINDOWS. FINALLY, THE FOUR-
WEEK
LANE REDUCTION STARTS IN
THE EARLY HOURS OF JULY 21st.
AGAIN, THE LENGTH OF
THE TWO- LANE REDUCTION WILL BE
ABOUT
THE 520 INTERCHANGE TO
NORTH EAST 45th.
SWITCHING TO OUR OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THIS
DIDN'T
COME OUT VERY WELL IN THE PDF
FORMAT, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO
USE YOUR IMAGINATION ON
THE GRAPHICS, I GUESS.
WE'RE CONDUCTING AN
INTENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORT CENTERED AROUND
OVERBURDENED
AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHILE
STILL UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE LARGEST IMPACT WILL BE
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE
SHIP
CANAL BRIDGE.
OUR PARTNER ENGAGEMENT IS
CENTERED AROUND AN INNER
AGENCY
WORK GROUP. THE STRUCTURE IS
SHOWN IN THERE
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT
IN THE GREEN BOXES WITH AN
EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP.
THERE'S A SENIOR STAFF WORKING
GROUP, AND THEN THERE ARE
SUBGROUPS FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND
TDM AND OPERATIONS
AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE
PARTNERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN
THESE
GROUPS, WE HAVE ALSO ENGAGED A
NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IMPACTED
BY OUR WORK SUCH AS LARGE EVENT
VENUES.
WE'VE LEVERAGED MANY OF THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS TO ASSIST
IN BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT
TO COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH
BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A
LOCAL ORGANIZATION, THE
INTENTIONALIST.
THIS ORGANIZATION IS ENGAGED
TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON
DRIVING THE PUBLIC TO DIVERSE
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION.
OUR FINAL SLIDE BEFORE I TURN
IT OVER IS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
PROJECT
COMMUNICATIONS. IT'S
HIGHLIGHTED BY A STRONG
VISUAL IDENTITY AND
SIMPLIFIED COPY THAT WE WERE
ABLE
TO TRANSLATE INTO SEVEN
LANGUAGES.
LANGUAGES WERE CHOSEN BASED
ON DATA COLLECTED FROM OUR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
RESEARCH
EFFORTS. OUR PROJECT MATERIALS
ARE
SHARED THROUGHOUT THE
ROBUST CHANNELS WASHDOT OPERATES
FROM ITS
CREATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA
PRESENCE TO THEMED WEB PAGES.
WASH DOT ALSO HAS STRONG
MEDIA CONNECTIONS TO ENSURE
THE PROJECT HAS REVIVE I- 5
MEDIA
MOMENTS. AND THE PROJECT WILL
ALSO
HAVE USE OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
BOARDS ALONG THE FREEWAY AND THE
STATE SYSTEM TO INFORM DRIVERS
NEAR THE TIME OF AND DURING
THE CLOSURES AND LANE
REDUCTIONS.
AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME
ON THEIR WAY HERE THIS
MORNING, THEY SAW THAT WE HAD
STARTED
USING OUR SIGNS ALONG THE
FREEWAY FOR THAT.
WASHDOT, HOWEVER, ISN'T THE
ONLY
ONE SHARING REVIVE I-
5
COMMUNICATIONS. WE PROVIDED A
TOOL KIT OF
GRAPHICS, MATERIALS AND MESSAGES
TO OUR PARTNERS AND
COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO
SHARE WITH THEIR AUDIENCE.
OH, YOU GOT IT
UP THERE. EXCELLENT.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE FROM
THE SDOT BLOG ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND
IT OVER TO PRESENT SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
OUR COORDINATION EFFORTS. YOU,
BRIAN.
WE HAVE IN SDOT WE
HAVE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS PROJECT.
AND ALSO WE HAVE RECOGNIZED
THE MITIGATION MEASURES
NECESSARY
TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT CAUSED
BY
THIS PROJECT. AND FURTHER THIS
PROJECT IS
HAPPENING IN THE CORE OF
SEATTLE, AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
THERE'S OTHER CRITICAL
PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SDOT
TO STEP UP AND COORDINATE WITH
ALL THE AGENCIES IN AND
AROUND US AND WORK CLOSELY TO
MITIGATE
THE IMPACT THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY CREATED BY THIS
PROJECT AND ALSO
COORDINATE IN A WAY THAT WE
CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT THE
OTHER PROJECT CREATING ON THE
PUBLIC
AS WELL AS CREATED WITH THIS
PROJECT. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN ARE
THE PROJECTS SDOT HAS
IDENTIFIED THAT CAN POTENTIALLY
CONFLICT
TO THIS PROJECT AND CAN
BE COORDINATED.
AND WE HAVE -- SDOT WANTED
TO APPROACH THIS PROJECT
MITIGATION
IN FIVE PILLAR WAYS.
THIS FIVE- PILLAR SYSTEM AND
WE WANT TO ADVANCE THAT FIVE
PILLARS AND TRY TO MITIGATE
THE PROJECT IMPACT THAT'S
CREATED
BY THIS PROJECT AND COORDINATE
WITH
OTHER PROJECTS HAPPENING IN
THE SIMILAR TIMELINE.
WE WANTED TO APPROACH
THIS PROJECT BY MONITORING
CLOSELY AND OPERATING
THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN A
WAY THAT WE
CAN REACT PROACTIVELY AND REACT
TO TRAFFIC IN CERTAIN AREAS.
WE HAVE INSTALLED 14 BRAND
NEW CAMERAS AS THE MITIGATION
TO THIS PROJECT AND EIGHT NEW
TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SO WE
CAN ACTIVELY MONITOR THE
MATERIALS AND MAKE THE
MITIGATION
MEASURES AS LIVELY AS
POSSIBLE. THEN WE WANTED TO
PROMOTE
AND REDUCE THE -- PROMOTE
THE TRANSIT AND REDUCE THE DRIVE
ALONE SHIPS TO SEATTLE.
WE FIND THE MAJOR CAUSE FOR
TRAFFIC GESTION IS THE
TRAVEL
ON TRIPS. WE ARE WORKING WITH
VARIOUS AGENCIES INCLUDING
COMMUTE SEATTLE TO PROMOTE THE
TRANSIT AND PROMOTE OTHER MODES
OF
TRAVEL RATHER THAN
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE THE
RIDE
ALONG TRIPS.
WE'RE CLABT RECEIVELY
WORKING WITH REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS SUCH AS
WASHDOT
AND OTHER PARTNERS LIKE SEATTLE
AND THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH WASHDOT AND
TRY TO IMPLEMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION IS ALREADY --
WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED
AND IT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE CREATED A BUS LANE
ALONG -- WE HAVE A DEDICATED BUS
LINE THAT CARRIES PEOPLE NORTH
TO SOUTH OR SOUTH TO NORTH.
WE HAVE DEDICATED BUS LINE
THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THE TRAFFIC
CONSTRUCTION WE WOULD SEE DURING
THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE WANT TO MONITOR AND
MAINTAIN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AS EFFECTIVELY
AS POSSIBLE.
SO
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GOING
TO DO DURING THAT JULY
18 MAJOR CLOSURE, WE ARE GOING
TO
LIMIT ANY CLOSURES IN
THE PRIMARY ARTERY AND RIGHT-OF-
WAY SO THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE
OTHER REGIONAL ROUTES,
OTHER LOCAL STREETS AVAILABLE
FOR
COMMUTERS TO USE DURING THE
NORTHBOUND
FULL CLOSURE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION,
AND WE÷÷ WANTED TO COMMUNICATE
TO THE THAT IS
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THE
PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS PROJECT AND
ALSO TO SEATTLE.
OUR CORE MESSAGE IS SEATTLE
IS GOING TO LIVE.
SEATTLE IS
GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
COME AND
ENJOY SEATTLE.
AND WE ARE GOING GOING SAY
IN SEATTLE IT'S BUSINESS AS
USUAL, SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME
TO
SEATTLE, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO
USE THE MODE OF TRAVEL
AND ENGAGE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THE PROJECT
IMPACT AND CHOOSE THEIR
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES BASED ON
THAT. I THINK THAT IS THE LAST
OF SLIDES.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE GOT
ANY.
>> ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET
THERE, WOULD LOVE TO OPEN UP
THE FLOOR TO OUR GUESTS FROM
COMMUTE SEATTLE AND THE CHAMBER,
LARS AND ALEX.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE -- WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND
YOUR INSIGHTS INTO THIS PROJECT
AND IMPACTS AND ANY PERSPECTIVE
YOU MIGHT WANT
TO PROVIDE.
>> THANK YOU,
CHAIR SAKA. I'M ALEX HUDSON.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF COMMUTE SEATTLE, AND
WE REPRESENT THE
EMPLOYERS, DESTINATIONS, WORKERS
AND
PEOPLE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO GET TO THE
IMPORTANT PLACES IN THEIR LIVES.
REVIVE I- 5 IS A
VITALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
I THINK YOU JUST HEARD BRIAN AND
GANZ TALK EXTENSIVELY HOW
EXTENSIVE THE I- 5 CHIP COR DOR
IS MAKING IT ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT ROADWAYS ANYWHERE
ON
THE WEST COAST OR
FRANKLY ANYWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
RIM.
AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS,
A TENNIS COURTS WORTH OF
EMERGENCY REPAIRS
HAD TO BE DONE ON OUR BRIDGE,
AND IT
WAS LAST RESURFACED IN 1989,
SO WE ARE LONG OVERDUE TO MAKE
SURE
THAT THIS PROJECT AND THIS VITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IS AS SAFE AND
RELIABLE AS IT NEEDS TO BE TO
KEEP OUR ECONOMY AND PEOPLE
MOVING.
I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS
PROJECT IN 2018.
AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN
DELAYED AND
VALUE ENGINEERED SEVERAL TIMES,
WHICH DOES
NOT MEAN THAT THE ROAD
MAGICALLY GOT
REPAIRED. IT JUST MEANS THAT
WE'VE
CONTINUED TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
SO NOW IS THE TIME AND THE TIME
IS NOW TO INVEST IN THIS
PROJECT.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
IMPACTS. THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
OF LOSING
CAPACITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT MEANS THE TRAVEL TIMES
WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
NETWORK, AND
WE WILL SEE OVERSPILL INTO
THE SIDE STREETS OF EAST LAKE,
23rd,
AND SOME OF OUR
ALREADY MOST DANGEROUS ROADWAYS
FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE
SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE SURFACE
STREETS AS WELL AS MOST
IMPORTANTLY, OR VERY
IMPORTANTLY IS THE IMPACTS TO
TRANSIT
RELIABILITY.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
COMING
TO DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE WORKING IN
DOWNTOWN.
AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE
CITY'S OWN GOALS AROUND
9 OUT OF 10 TRIPPING BEING MADE
IN A
MULTIMODAL AND SUSTAINABLE
WAY, WE NEED TO KEEP TRANSIT
VERY RELIABLE FOR THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
CHOOSE THAT VERY SINGLE DAY.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS
IS COMPOUNDED BY OTHER PROJECTS.
SO COMMUTE SEATTLE WAS VERY
HAPPY TO BRING TOGETHER A
LARGE COALITION OF THE AGENCIES
AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO GO
TO
OLYMPIA, TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE
MITIGATION MONEY THAT IS
ALLOWING FOR SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT COME COME TO FREITION.
AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE
THE CITY AND AGENCIES TO USE
THIS AS
A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
THIS PROJECT REALLY LAUNCHES IN
FULL, AND SO THIS SUMMER NOW
IS THE TIME TO LEARN HOW WE
PREPARE, HOW WE MONITOR, HOW
WE KEEP OUR PEOPLE MOVING.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVEST IN THE
LONG-
TERM IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE
CAN ABSORB PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN
THE
FUTURE. YOU'LL HAVE
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST
IN
SERVICE THROUGH THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT MEASURE RENEWAL AS WELL
AS RELIABILITY THROUGH
THE SPENDING OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE
THINKING ABOUT SAFETY AND
RELIABILITY
AS THE CORE OF ALL THIS, SO
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
PAYING
ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE AND OFFER OUR --
OUR SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE AND
OUR
CITY KEEP MOVING SAFELY AND
RELIABLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA
AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. AS MENTIONED MY
NAME IS LARS
ERIKSON.
I'M SENIOR PARTNER OF COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS AT THE SEATTLE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
SMALL EMPLOYERS DEEPLY INVESTED
IN A
SMALL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
THAT SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES.
SOMEONE WHO EVIDENCE
PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS WASHDOT
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL
RELATIONS, I UNDERSTAND BOTH THE
CHALLENGES AND NECESSITY OF
MAJOR PRESERVATION WORK LIKE
REVIVE
I-5. THE CHAMBER SUPPORTS THE
REVIVE I-5 PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS
MAINTAINING AND EXTENDING
THE LIFE 06 CRITICAL AND
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
INTERSTATE 5 IS THE SPINE OF
OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF TRIPS EACH DAY
OR EACH WEEK DEPEND ON IT.
THERE WILL NEVER BE A
PERFECT TIME TO DO THIS WORK.
HOWEVER, DEFERRING WILL
ONLY LEAD TO GREATER DISRUPTION
AND HIGHER COSTS IN THE FUTURE.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND WASHDOT WORKING
TOGETHER TO COORDINATE
OUTREACH AND MITIGATION PLANS.
EFFECTIVE COORDINATION
ACROSS AGENCIES IS KEY TO
MINIMIZING DISRUPTION TO
COMMUTERS,
RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES.
WE'VE SEEN REAL EXAMPLES OF
FEEDBACK BEING INCORPORATED
INTO FINAL PLANS SUCH AS
CHANGING
THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE FOR THE
FIRST
YEAR OF WORK, AND PRIORITIZE
TRANSIT ON AURORA AVENUE AND
PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND
OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC
INCLUDING EMPLOYERS AND THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS NOT
A ONE-TIME DISRUPTION.
FUTURE PHASES OF REVIVE I-
5 ARE COMING AS IS THE
CONSTRUCTION
FOR THE BALLARD LEAK
EXTENSION IN THE CITY'S EIGHT-
YEAR TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PROGRAM.
WE INKRURJ THE CITY TO WORK WITH
WASHDOT, SOUND TRANSIT, AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO CREATE A
LONG-
TERM STRATEGY FOR
COORDINATING MITIGATION, ACCESS
AND MOBILITY
THROUGH AND TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE DURING THIS
DECADE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS TYPE OF COORDINATION WAS A
CRITICAL FOUNDATION FOR
MANAGING THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
CLOSURE AND THE SUCCESSFUL
OPENING
OF THE SR- 99 TUNNEL AND
THE SUCCESSFUL DEMOLITIONDEMOLIT
ION THE
I-DOT.
IT WILL BUILD PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO
BUILD
TRANSFORMATIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE. ON BEHALF OF THE
CHAMBERS
AND THE EMPLOYERS WE
REPRESENT, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO BE
HERE TODAY. YOUR COLLECTIVE
WORK TO KEEP SEATTLE MOVING AND
FOR
YOUR COLLABORATION ON THIS
IMPORTANT PRESERVATION
PROJECT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. HUDSON, MR.
ERIKSON. APPRECIATE YOUR
INSIGHTS, PERSPECTIVES HERE, AND
YOUR
PARTNERSHIP.
COLLEAGUES, I WELCOME YOUR
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AT
THIS TIME.
STARTING FIRST WITH
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU TO
THE WASHDOT AND THE S- DOT TEAM
AND METRO CHAMBER
AND MS. HUDSON, ALSO FOR COMMUTE
SEATTLE. I SAID DSA EARLIER.
MANY HATS. SO WELCOME TO COMMUTE
SEATTLE AS
WELL. JUST A -- I GUESS THE
FIRST THING IS I RECOGNIZE THE
NEED.
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I RECOGNIZE?
IS THAT THIS IS ALSO
A REFLECTION THAT THERE WAS
NO WORK DONE 20, 30 YEARS AGO.
AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
AND I'VE SEEN THIS IN
WASTEWATER
WORLD.
I'VE SEEING IT IN SEATTLE -- IN
THE
CITY LIGHT WORLD. AND THEY'RE
ALL COMING TOGETHER
IN A RELATIVELY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN WE HAVE ST3 AS WELL.
BUT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS ARE MASSIVELY
IMPORTANT, AND IT'S
UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME OF THESE
WEREN'T
DONE A DECADE OR TWO DECADES
AGO. BUT TO THE POINT THE CHAIR
MADE EARLIER ABOUT GOOD
GOVERNANCE, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT
BECAUSE
WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS PUSH
ANOTHER
TEN YEARS OR 20 YEARS.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE PAINFUL.
I THINK WE SHOULD
ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UP FRONT,
BUT
WE JUST HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
AND I THINK THE --
THE COORDINATION AND THE LIKE
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE
TALKING WITH ST3 ABOUT
MITIGATION
IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL.
AND I SHOULD ADD, TOO, THE CHAIR
AND I HAD
MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRIDGES
AHEAD OF
THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
AND THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY.
SO THIS IS FALLING ON AT
LEAST PROBABLY FOR EVERYBODY
BUT PARTICULARLY FOR US TWO AS
A MAJOR NEED BECAUSE IT'S NOT
THE THING TO TALK ABOUT.
THERE'S ALWAYS THESE KIND
OF MORE BRIGHT- LIGHT
KIND OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS,
BUT BRIDGES ARE KEY WHETHER LIKE
IN
MY DISTRICT IT'S
BASICALLY PENINSULA BECAUSE YOU
HAVE
SIX BRIDGES ACROSS INNER BAY,
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE, AND
WHAT'S GERMANE HERE BALLARD
FREMONT, THE I- 5 BRIDGE.
THE I- 5 BRIDGE GOING DOWN PAST
THE PIKE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COME
DOWN INTO THE CITY.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
WORK ON ALL THESE BRIDGES, WHICH
KIND IS A BIT OF A TRANSITION
FOR
ME, TOO, IN THE SENSE WE'VE
RECENTLY BEEN DOING A LOT OF
WORK ON
THE BALLARD BRIDGE, WHICH I
NOTICED, WHICH IS GREAT.
ANOTHER AREA OF GREAT NEED
ALONG WITH FREMONT BRIDGE.
BUT ONE
QUESTION I HAD WITH THIS IS WHEN
WE'RE DOING THIS
WORK ARE WE LOOKING TO DO
OTHER LITTLE THINGS AS WELL,
SINCE
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY?
AND I ONLY SAY THIS AND I
THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
BALLARD
NOT JUST AT THE BALLARD BRIDGE
BUT ALSO GOING FROM BALLARD INTO
MARKET IS GREAT.
BUT AS I WAS AT L.A. FITNESS
THIS WEEKEND AND I'M LOOKING AT
IT, AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL
THE WEEDS AND THE GRAFFITI AND
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, AND I'M
LIKE COULDN'T WE HAVE TAKEN
CARE OF
THAT AT THE SAME TIME?
AND SO THAT'S ONE SIDE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS --
AND I'M SURE THIS IS PART OF
THE RETROFIT LIKE THE SEISMIC
PIECES, THE THINGS WE'VE
LEARNED OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS
RELATED
TO THE BIG ONE AND THE LIKE.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF
THOUGHT, OR IS THERE ANY OF
THAT KIND OF INCLUDED LIKE
TAKING
ADVANTAGE -- LIKE
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO DO X, Y, AND Z?
IS THERE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE
LINES?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
DURING THE WEEKEND FULL
CLOSURES WE ARE COORDINATING
WITH BOTH
WASHDOT AND SDOT MAINTENANCE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AREAS
THAT ARE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR
THOSE WEEKENDS AND TRY TO GET
SOME
OF THOSE THINGS DONE.
AND I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS
WITH ME TODAY ON WHU AT THOSE
PLANS ARE, BUT I KNOW
THAT COORDINATION IS
HAPPENING.
>> EXCELLEN'VE BEEN SEEING SOME
THINGS COME OUT OF OLYMPIA
RELATED TO
WASHDOT PROPERTIES IN TERMS OF
ENCAMPMENTS BUT ALSO
GRAFFITI, AND IT SEEMS LESS AND
LESS MONEY
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE
NEED IS VERY MUCH THERE.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO
TO PRIORITIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS OPPORTUNITY IS JUST GOOD
GOVERNANCE, AS WE LIKE TO SAY.
>> I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND KNOW
THAT WE ARE WELL- CONNECTED WITH
SDOT AND WORKING ON
THE -- TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER
AS
MUCH AS THE PROCESS ALLOWS US TO
WORK ON THE GRAFFITI ISSUE IN
PARTICULAR AND THE
ENCAMPMENTS AS
WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS --
THIS KIND OF GOES -- I
THINK SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE
IN
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AURORA,
WITH SDOT, THE BUS LANE AND THE
LIKE, THE DECONFLICTION POINT.
ONE QUESTION I HAD THERE'S
24 HOURS IN A DAY.
IS THERE ANY ENCOURAGEMENT
IN TERMS OF
DECONFLICTING MAYBE
MAJOR TRUCK TRAFFIC PARTICULARLY
THE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GO AT
4:00,
5:00, 6:00 IN THE MORNING VERSUS
RUSH HOUR DAY OR
NIGHT, RUSH HOUR, FOR EXAMPLE.
IS THERE ANY TRYING TO WORK WITH
THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY TO DRY TO
DECONFLICT PIPES PARTICULARLY
THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE
TRUCKS WITH SMALL VEHICLES
TOGETHER ARE ALWAYS A BIT OF A
CHALLENGE,
AND DE- CONFLICTING THAT
WOULD PROBABLY HELP, AND I WAS
JUST
CURIOUS.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOARD
OF
SEATTLE SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH TRUCKERS AND SPECIFICALLY
HELPING THEM ON AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE AND A TIME SO THAT THEY
CAN GET TO THEIR SITES AS EARLY
AS POSSIBLE AND AVOID ALL
THE CONGESTION GOING TO BE
HAPPENING DUE TO
THIS PROJECT. WE'RE WORKING
WITH THE
LEADERS TO TRY AND RESOLVE THAT
COMMUNICATION.
>> YOU ANSWERED MY NEXT
QUESTION, SO YOU HIT
TWO AT THE SAME TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION, TOO,
IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS
THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IS
YOU HAVE TRAFFIC
SLOWING, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
FAST TRAFFIC AND
THEN YOU HAVE THE ACCORDION
EFFECT AND THE LIKE.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO BASICALLY
CREATE, YOU KNOW,
LOWER SPEED LIMITS IN TERMS OF
--
AND DELOGRAPHIC THIS EARLY SO
ONCE THEY COME INTO SEATTLE
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE
FAST
TRAFFIC ALL OF A SUDDEN
JUMPING ON SLOWER TRAFFIC AND
KIND
OF EASING INTO THE CITY?
YOU KNOW, TO HELP -- TO HELP
THAT AVOID THE ACCORDION
KIND OF PROCESS?
>> YOU KNOW, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN PLACE
TO WORK WITH
THAT IS WE DO HAVE A
FAIRLY EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF OUR
VARIABLE
MESSAGE SIGNS, THE
CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS YOU'LL
SEE
ON THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES OVER
THE
FREEWAY, SO THOSE WILL BE
UTILIZED WHENEVER THERE'S NOT
A HIGHER PRIORITY LIKE
AN EMERGENCY OR A CRASH TO WARN
FOLKS. AND AS I'M SURE YOU'RE
AWARE
COMING NORTHBOUND ON I- 5 WEWE
HAVE THE VARIABLE
MESSAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE,
TO THE
EXTENT PEOPLE FOLLOW THOSE --
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT POINT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT POINT, BUT
WITH THE MESSAGING, WITH THIS
BEING A
SPECIAL CASE THEY MIGHT
ACTUALLY
LISTEN, YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH, I THINK OUR GOAL IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS
INFORMED.
WE CAN'T MAKE THEM HAPPY, BUT
WE DON'T WANT THEM TOTO
SURPRISED.
>> YOU ALSO RAISED
AN INTERESTING POINT, TOO,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST WASHDOT
AND
SDOT IT'S ALSO WASHINGTON STATE
AND
SFPD AND THEY CAN BE
INFLUENCING THESE THINGS, TOO,
PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
WITH THAT, CHAIR, I'M
GOOD, THANK
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
JUST WANT TO BEFORE I PASS
IT ALONG, JUST WANT TO MAKE A
FEW
OTHER QUICK OBSERVATIONS.
SO WE KNOW THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS OF THIS MUCH NEEDED
PROJECT PROJECT COULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY
DISRUPTIVE, BUT THE HEADLINE
IS ALSO CLEAR.
WE STILL WANT YOU TO COME TO
SEATTLE, VISIT
SEATTLE, EXPERIENCE -- COME TO
IN
SEATTLE.
EXPERIENCE OUR VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOODS, SHOPS, ARTS
AND CULTURAL SCENE, RESTAURANTS,
ET
CETERA. BUT
PLAN AHEAD. PLAN
AHEAD. IF IT MEANS TAKING
TRANSIT, FINDING ALTERNATE
ROUTES,
CAR- POOLING, AGAIN
FINDING ALTERNATE MODES AND
ROUTES, DEPARTING EARLIER
THAN
ANTICIPATED. BUT DO, DO, DO
CONTINUE TO
COME
TO SEATTLE. JUST PLAN AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT, GOING TO PASS IT OFF
TO -- WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS,
AND I NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK
HAS THE NEXT HAND, BUT I
ALSO NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS NOT YET HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SO
UNLESS YOU OBJECT, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
AND IN ADDITION TO YIELDING
TO OUR RANKING MEMBERS,
VICE CHAIR -- VASE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH, GO AHEAD.
THE FLOOR IS
YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE IT, AND I'LL
BE SUPER -- SUPER QUICK.
I JUST WANT TO THANK WASHDOT
AND SDOT FROM BEING HERE LARGE
FOR THE CHAMBER, AND ALSO,
ALEX, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
FROM COMMUTE SEATTLE.
THANK YOU ALL
SO MUCH. I DON'T HAVE A
QUESTION, JUST
THE QUICK COMMENT AND A
BIG THANK YOU.
JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ALL
RECOGNIZE THE --
THE EXTENSIVE PRESSURE THAT THIS
HAS ON ROANOKE, EAST
LAKE, PORTAGE BAY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I JUST THINK THE
COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN GREAT.
I KNOW ANY TIME I'VE HAD A
QUESTION WITH WASHDOT,
BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE.
OR SDOT, INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE
WITH METRO. AND THAT'S KIND OF
THE
BASELINE FOR EVERYTHING.
WHEN I'M TALKING TO THE
NEIGHBORS AND I'M TALKING TO
THE BUSINESSES AND ALL THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON,
THE J- LINE, I- 5, 520, ALL
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND
IT'S A
LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM CITY,
STATE, COUNTY AND JUST
ALL TOGETHER.
THE ONE THING PEOPLE SAY IS
LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE RESPONSIVE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
ACCESSIBLE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT
NOT
LIKE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT
HAPPEN
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, AND
WE KNOW THAT, BUT I
THINK AT THE VERY LEAST
EVERYONE'S
BEEN RESPONSIVE AND
COMMUNICATIVE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE
MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT.
AND ALSO YOU ALL RESPONDING
TO OUR OFFICE WHEN WE'RE TRYING
TO ELEVATE PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.
SO JUST THANK YOU.
AND WE'VE BEEN USING
OUR PLATFORM TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS, DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS,
BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS ALONG THERE, AND
SO WE'VE
JUST BEEN USING OUR NEWSLETTER
AND PLATFORM
TO ELEVATE SOME OF
THE COMMUNICATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO YOU
ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING
RESPONSIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
VASE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THE FLOOR
IS
YOURS.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU THERE FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
IT CAN'T BE EMPHASIZED
ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THE I- 5
PROJECT IS.
THERE'S BEEN OVER 200 REPAIRS
TO
THE BRIDGE SINCE 2019 WHICH IS
ON AVERAGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2
TO 300 REPAIRS PER MONTH.
AND AS YOU STATED THESE
HAVE BECOME MORE FREQUENT
AND EXTENSIVE.
JUST UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT
OF THIS MULTIYEAR PROJECT,
DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE
OF HOW MANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS
THE
SHIP CANAL PRESERVATION EFFORT
WILL
BE ABLE TO PREVENT?
AND WE KNOW THAT MITIGATION
AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT ISSUE IS
IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT ARE
THE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNICATING
IT LONG- TERM IMPACT OF THE
PROJECT?
>> THANK YOU. AN INTERESTING
QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WE'VE
REALLY ACTUALLY ASKED OURSELVES
OR TRIED TO CALCULATE.
CERTAINLY YOUR AVERAGE IS
A GOOD PLACE TO START.
AND AS THOSE
AVWRJ, THOSE BECOME MORE
FREQUENT.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS A MINIMUM
OF UNPLANNED PROJECTS WE'LL BE
ABLE TO RESOLVE BY COMPLETING
THIS
WORK.
>> THANK YOU, YEAH.
WE CERTAINLY -- I THINK
AS COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
--
PARDON ME, VICE
CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH WAS NOTING,
JUST AS REPRESENTATIVES TO THE
PUBLIC, WE'LL CERTAINLY
BE RECEIVING QUESTIONS TO
OUR DIRECT COUNCIL OFFICES, AND
SO
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE
GOOD MESSAGES FOR THE IMPACT
AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS
PROJECT, UNDERSTANDING IT WILL
CREATE
AND COULD CREATE MORE STRAIN ON
FOLKS' DAILY COMMUTES, JUST
BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
IMPACT AND THE IMPORTANCE.
AND BUILDING ON THAT POINT
THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE THE START
OF OUR
REVIVE CLUB WORLD CUP GAME,
AND SOUND TRANSIT HAS EMERGENCY
REPAIRS THAT WILL CLOSE STATIONS
WITH A BUS BRIDGE OPERATING ONLY
30 TO 60
MINUTES. THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE
COINCIDENCE, BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT
SOME REALITIES HERE.
AND THE REALITY IS FROM A
RIDER PERSPECTIVE THESE KIND OF
DISRUPTIONS IMPACT PEOPLES LIVES
FROM MISSED APPOINTMENTS,
BEING LATE TO WORK OR SCHOOL,
GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO
GO.
I CAN SPEAK TO THAT
FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT I
KNOW
IT'S A SHARED REALITY FOR
MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO
CHOOSE TRANSIT.
WE WANT TO INSPIRE TRUST IN
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM ESPECIALLY
AS WE'RE UNDERGOING THESE MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS. AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE
ON
SLIDE 12 THE -- I BELIEVE IT'S
OUR --
SEATTLE'S APPROACH AND WORK
WITH
WASHDOT. BUT I'M WONDERING CAN
YOU
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO HOW WE'RE
DEVELOPING EMERGENCY PREPARATION
PLANS WHEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE
REVIVE I- 5 WORK AND LIGHT
MAIL MAINTENANCE AND
CONSTRUCTION
AND HOW ALL THESE THINGS
COINCIDE, AND HOW ARE WE
ENGAGING WITH
RIDERS TO INFORM HOW
THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE?
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
WELL, I WILL DEFER TO THE
TRANSIT AGENCIES ON
ANSWERING THE LAST PART OF THE
QUESTION.
BUT I WILL SAY I MENTIONED
ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WE
HAVE
THIS INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP, AND
SO WE'VE BEEN PLANNING
FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS
FOR THESE MAJOR IMPACTS.
WE DO HAVE PARTICULARLY THIS
WEEKEND AND THE LONGER DURATION
CLOSURES HAVE FREQUENT FROEN
CALLS WHERE WE ARE
GETTING TOGETHER -- I
MENTIONED PARTICULARLY WE HAVE
A PERFORMANCE MONITORING GROUP,
SO EACH OF THE AGENCIES
HAS THEIR OWN KIND
OF METRICS. THEY MEASURE THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS DURING HIGH IMPACT
CLOSURES.
AND SO WE'LL BE COMPARING
NOTES AND LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES
TO ADJUST COMMUNICATIONS, ADJUST
OPERATIONS, AND WHETHER
THAT'S SIGNAL TIMING ON THE
ROADWAY NETWORK OR BUS STOPS
AND LOCATIONS AND FREQUENCIES TO
THE
EXTENT THAT TRANSIT AGENCIES
HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE
DO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO HAVE
THAT, YOU KNOW, REALTIME
COORDINATION.
>> WE ARE ALSO TRYING
TO ENTERTAIN A COUPLE OF TOPICS
DUE TO ALL THE EVENTS
CURRENTLY HAPPENING WITH WASHDOT
OPERATION AND SDOT OPERATIONS
INCLUDING
SPD AND WSP SO WE CAN BE
RESPONSIVE TO THOSE EVENTS
AND BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE
PUBLIC WHAT TO
DO, AND HOW CAN THEY MITIGATE
AND NAVIGATE
THEIR TRAVEL.
SO NOT ONLY JUST
PLANNING AND ALSO TRYING TO HAVE
A
REALTIME EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE
CAN
WORK TOGETHER IN THOSE
EVENTS.
>> CERTAINLY HEARTENED TO HEAR
THAT THERE'S
INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATION ON
THESE MATTERS,
BUT I DO WANT TO HONE IN ON THE
FOLLOW-UP PART OF MY QUESTION
HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE
WRITER EXPERIENCE OR
PARTICIPANT, WHOEVER IS TRYING
TO
COMMUTE, HOW THAT EXPERIENCE IS
BEING FACTORED INTO SOME OF
THESE
THINGS BECAUSE CERTAINLY --
AGAIN, SPEAKING TO MY
OWN EXPERIENCE BEING DIRECTED TO
AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY INCONVENIENT IN
EVERY WAY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO
PLAN MY LIFE OR MY DAY AND
HAVING
TO ACCEPT I'M GOING TO BE AN
HOUR LATE TO MY NEXT THING.
SO, AGAIN, HOW CAN WE
INCORPORATE IN, AND I
WOULD CERTAINLY EMPHASIZE IT,
INCORPORATING SOME AMOUNT OF
RIDER
EXPERIENCE.
>> I WOULD ADD PART OF THIS FIVE
WEEKS CLOSURE WE ARE GOING
TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE, AND
THEN WE ARE GOING TO
EVALUATE THAT PERFORMANCE.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO NEXT
YEAR'S CLOSURE WE HAVE THIS
LESSON
AND TEST PERIOD AND WE CAN DO
BETTER
AND WE WILL BE PREPARED.
SO PART OF OUR GOAL IS
NOT ONLY JUST MONITORING THE
TRAFFIC
AND ALSO MONITORING THE
OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND HOW WE
CAN
REACT AND BE BETTER PREPARED FOR
THE NEXT CLOSURE COMING UP IN
THE
LINE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP THE
CONVERSATION GOING AS WE'RE
NAVIGATING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP, BUT
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT
EFFORT. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA.
THANK YOU TO WASHDOT, SDOT
AND COMMUTE SEATTLE FOR BEING
HERE
TODAY. I WANT TO REPEAT SOME OF
THE THINGS I
HEARD, WHICH TO PUT ALEX'S
WORDS IN A DIFFERENT
WAY, A THIRD OF THE POPULATION
OF
SEATTLE, NOT NECESSARILY
SEATTLEITES BUT A THIRD OF
SEATTLE'S POPULATION GOES
ACROSS THIS BRIDGE EVERY DAY.
TAYLOR SWIFT WAS ALSO BORN IN
1989, THE LAST TIME THIS
BRIDGE WAS RESURFACED, RIGHT?
SO THESE ARE THE TWO
COMPETING FACTORS THAT WE HAVE
TO WORK
ACROSS.
IF WE HAVE TIME, BUT I ALSO
KNOW THAT I THINK OTHER
COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, I
MIGHT
ASK TO SPEAK AT THE END A BIT
MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE PROJECT
THAT
WAS
ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AND HOW
THIS IS MORE NARROW
BECAUSE THIS STILL SEEMS VERY
LARGE
TO EVERY DAY SEATTLEITES, RIGHT?
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS
A BIGGER IMPACT PLANNED, AND
IT'S
BEEN SINCE REDUCED.
BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT IN
A COUPLE OF MINUTES WOULD BE
HELPFUL, IF WE HAVE TIME.
I DO WANT TO FOCUS IN ON THIS IS
ITNOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE
HAD THIS EXERCISE.
WE EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN
WE CLOSED THE VIADUCT AND BEFORE
THE TUNNEL WAS OPEN.
I THINK THE CONCERN I HAVE
TODAY IS I AM NOT HEARING THE
SAME LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE
INFORMATION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH HAS
RECEIVED,
AND SO I JUST -- MAYBE WE CAN
SPEAK ON WHAT ARE THE LESSONS
THAT WE
LEARNED FROM THE VIADUCT
CLOSURE, AND WHAT LEVEL
OF COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT ARE
WE DOING AT THIS TIME AND
ARE PLANNING ON DOING BETWEEN
THOU AND THESE CLOSURES?
THE REASON I ASK THAT IS
BECAUSE FOR SOMEBODY TO MODE
SHIFT,
THAT TAKES MONTHS OF PLANNING.
TO HAVE
SOMEONE TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE
TO WORK, THAT CAN BE
DONE ANYWAY.
BUT IF WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO
MODE SHIFT, THEY NEED A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PLAN.
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND LESSONS
LEARNED FROM
THE VIADUCT?
>> THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION. I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL
TERMS WE'RE
SORT OF IN THE KICK OFF PHASE
FROM IT,
RECOGNIZING THERE IS A HIGH
IMPACT CLOSURE
THIS WEEKEND.
BUT THE REAL BIG DEAL THIS YEAR
IS A MONTH LONG LANE
REDUCTION, ABOUT A MONTH
OUT, RIGHT? WE FOUND IN THE PAST
THAT IFIF
COMMUNICATE TOO EARLY,
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY
ATTENTION,
SO IT'S SORT OF THIS
MONTH, THE SIX WEEKS IS PROBABLY
THE SWEET
SPOT,
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED,
SO YOU'RE GOING TO
BE HEARING I THINK A LOT MORE
FROM
US HERE IN CERTAINLY THE
NEXT FOUR WEEKS AS WE LEAD UP TO
THAT JULY -- I FORGET THE DATE
--
18th I
THINK IS THE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
>> THANKS, THAT'S
HELPFUL. ANY LESSONS LEARNED
FROM THE
VIADUCT
CLOSURES?
>> SO LONG AGO.
I WILL SAY THAT THE --
ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE AT THIS
TABLE ACTUALLY WERE INVOLVED IN
THE PLANNING OF THE VIADUCT
CLOSURES AND THAT INNER WORK
AGENCY GROUP
I BRIEFED ON WAS THE SAME CITY
INNER AGENCY GROUP CREATED
IN THAT TIME FRAME, A LOT OF
THE SAME PARTNERS AT THE MAJOR
VENUES.
I THINK IT'S A TEAM
THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH ONE
ANOTHER AND
WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS
THAT WORK, AND OBVIOUSLY I'M
NOT
A COMMUNICATIONS
PROFESSOR OR I'D GIVE YOU A
REALLY STRAIGHT
ANSWER, BUT I THINK WE'RE
WELL- POSITIONED WITH THE TEAM
AND THE
PARTNERSHIPS WE CARRY TO DELIVER
THE
MESSAGES.
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD I
DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT IS
SOMETHING
THAT CAME FROM
VIADUCT DEMO. SO INCREASE IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION, MANAGING THE
RIGHT-OF- WAY, MANAGING THE
MONITORING AND OPERATING THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THOSE ALL
CAME FROM VIADUCT AS A LESSON
LEARNED. WE ARE INLANCING IT.
WE ARE MODIFYING IT SO IT IS
A BETTER FIT TO THIS BROKE.
THE DIFFERENCE IS VIADUCT
IS LIMITED IN GEOGRAPHY, AND
THIS IS LONGITUDINAL LONG AND
LONG
DURATION. WE'RE TRYING TO ADAPT
THE
SYSTEM AND MODIFY THAT APPROACH
TO
BETTER MANAGE THE REVIVE
I-5.
>> WONDERFUL. I WILL JUST SAY
FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE I WAS WORKING
HERE IN CITY HALL WHEN THE
PLANNING FOR THE VIADUCT CHANGES
WERE
OCCURRING.
I CAN TELL YOU IT FELT
LIKE THERE WAS MORE INFORMATION
SOONER, AND THAT WAS
AGAIN BECAUSE OF MODE SHIFTING.
FOR ALL THE DAY TO DAY
DETOURS, I THINK FOUR WEEKS IS
ENOUGH TIME.
BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING US TO MODE
SHIFT, I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK
FOR
MORE BUSES, MORE DIRECT ROUTES,
YOU KNOW, OTHER WAYS FOR
PEOPLE TO MODE
SHIFT BECAUSE THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE IS
NOT BUILT FOR WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR.
SO THAT'S AN ASIDE, BUT
LET'S KEEP
TICKING. THE REASON I ASK ABOUT
THIS IN
SOME WAYS AND I'M GLAD
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS
GETTING INFORMATION BECAUSE
HER DISTRICT IS RIGHT SMACK IN
THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS.
WHEN I READ
THESE SLIDES WHAT STICKS OUT TO
ME IS THE
BALLARD IPER BAY TRANSPORTATION
COR DOR
WHICH RUNS UP MARTINEZ WAY BACK
UP TO SR- 9 TO EITHER 145th
OR 150th.
THAT IS THE ONLY SOUTHBOUND
USED COR DOR BETWEEN 99.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A SLIDE --
SHOOT, I'M NOW PULLING IT UP
HERE. IF YOU WANTED TO GO UP TO
SLIDE
7, SO SOMEBODY IS TRAVELING
NORTHBOUND ON THIS SLIDE AND IS
SUDDENLY FORCED TO EITHER EXIT
TO THE NORTHBOUND EXPRESS
LANES, MAYBE THEY'RE BACKED UP,
THEY
CAN GET OFF DOWNTOWN,
OR THEY COULD EXIT TO EDGAR
MARTINEZ
DRIVE.
IF 99 IS ALSO FULL THEY'RE
GOING
TO HEAD UP THE WATERFRONT
WHERE WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
NOT BE IN CARS AND EXPERIENCE
THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE'VE
CREATED ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
THEY'LL CONTINUE UP THE 15th
TO WHAT BECOMES A TWO-
LANE IN EACH DIRECTION
BOTTLENECK AND
INNER BAY.
HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR
THIS SPREADING OF THE ISSUE,
MORE
TRAFFIC THROUGH BOTH 99 AND
THE BALLARD INNER BAY
TRANSPORTATIONAL COR DOR?
ANY PLANS THERE, ARE SHOULD
WE WORK OFF-LINE?
NOT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT,
BUT HAPPY TO WORK OFF- LINE
IF THERE'S NOT PLANS
YET.
>> I THINK IF WE HAVE
CONCERNS WE'LL TRY TO
ADDRESS.
>> OKAY, I COULDN'T HEAR ANY OF
THAT.
>> ORY.
I THINK WE CAN WORK OFF-
LINE WITH YOU IN TRYING TO
ADDRESS
THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE AS MUCH
AS WE CAN.
WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT ALONG THE SR-
99 BUT I
THINK WE CAN WORK WITH
WASHDOT AND TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR
CONCERNS AS MUCH AS WE
CAN.
>> GREAT.
ARE THERE ANY -- HAS THIS BEEN
ON YOUR RADAR OR IS THIS
NEW
INFORMATION TODAY? I'M GETTING
A LITTLE
NERVOUS SITTING UP HERE TO BE
HONEST?
>> NOT NEW INFORMATION.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED KIND OF
THE PRIMARY ARTERIALS WE'LL
HAVE --
AS THE LOAD SPREADS, PRIMARY
ARTERIALS WHERE I THINK
WE'LL SEE INCREASED TRAFFIC
LOADS, AND
WE'RE WORKING
THROUGH THEM. ONE OF THE FIRST
ONES WE
LOOKED AT WAS 99 AND EXTENDING
THE
BUS HOURS THROUGH 99, AND SO
THAT WAS CRITICAL, WE BELIEVED,
FOR THIS
YEAR'S CLOSURE. THIS YEAR'S
FOUR- WEEK CLOSURE
AND THEN LOOKING AT
LESSONS LEARNED AS WE SEE
WHERE THOSE IMPACTS SPREAD TO
MOVE ON
THOSE KEY ARTERIALS AND
WHAT ADDITIONAL WORK WE MIGHT
NEED TO
DO TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING
AS WE MOVAL INTO THE 26
CLOSURES.
>> THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY WORK PLANNED
FOR 15th AVENUE WEST OR ELLIOT
WAY?
THESE ARE THE TWO MAIN
ARTERIALS THE VALLEY BAY
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDOR.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, BUT
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED
TO
DO.
>> WONDERFUL.
IF IT'S ALREADY THE THIRD
MOST USED SOUTH DOOR CORRIDOR
AND THE
FIRST MOST USED COR DOR GOES
OFF- LINE, IN THIS CASE I DO
HAVE A CRYSTAL LINE AND I CAN
SEE THE
PROBLEMS THAT
EXIST.
>> WE HAVE INSTALLED A COUPLE OF
CAMERAS AS PART OF
THE MONITORING PROGRAM, SO
BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE WE MAY
NOT
BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANY
PHYSICAL
CHANGES, BUT WE ARE GOING
TO DEFINITELY MONITOR THAT
SPECIFIC
CORRIDOR AND POSITION OURSELVES
TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THE NEXT
CLOSURE COMING UP IN THE
PIPELINE.
>> WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS NOT
MONITORING SOMETHING THAT WILL
OCCUR BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS
MOVIE BEFORE. WHAT I'M ASKING
IS TO ADDRESS
PROACTIVE STRATEGIES
THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. ALL RIGHT, HAD
100% PARTICIPATION RATE BY
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM
OUR COLLEAGUES.
GREAT JOB, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
I THINK IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT
BOTH IN HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED
AND
IMPERATIVE OF GETTING IT
DONE, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF
THE IMPACTS THAT THIS HAS ON
PEOPLE'S EVERY DAY LIVES
AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
CITY
AND ACROSS THE
REGION. SO -- SO I HAVE A
QUESTION
ABOUT -- AND THIS IS REALLY
TO EVERYONE I SUPPOSE, ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ABOUT STATE
MITIGATION FUNDING,
SPECIFICALLY, IN OTHER
WORDS, FUNDING FROM THE STATE
TO SUPPORT MITIGATION MEASURES.
AND WE KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR
OUR CITY ADVOCATED FOR
AND LOBBIED THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
TO FUND $39 MILLION TO
SUPPORT VARIOUS MITIGATION
MEASURES IN
AN EARLIER SCOPING VERSION
OF THE SAME PROJECT.
AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE
EVEN AMID A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
CRISIS STILL FOUND SOME FUNDING
FOR
THIS.
I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY THE
DOLLAR
AMOUNT, BUT CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
THE STATE ALLOCATED THIS YOOR IN
THE FINAL ADOPTED
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET TO SUPPORT
MITIGATION
EFFORTS FOR THIS
PROJECT, QUESTION ONE.
AND THIS QUESTION
WOULD DEFINITELY BE MORE TOWARD
FROM THE CITY'S
PERSPECTIVE. WHAT -- WHAT ARE WE
USING
THAT MONEY ON EXACTLY?
EXPANDED TRANSIT SERVICE,
FOR
EXAMPLE. THAT WOULD BE
HUGE. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT,
BUT
I DO KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR
THE ORIGINALLY $39 MILLION
REQUEST THAT WE HAD AS A CITY
WAS
DESIGNED TO HELP
MITIGATE TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS AND
BETTER
PREPARE THE PUBLIC, EDUCATION
OUTREACH.
THERE WAS LINE ITEMS
THERE, ANTICIPATED SPENDING
ALLOCATIONS
FOR EXPANDED TRANSIT SERVICE
FOR RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, YOU
KNOW,
SOME FUNDING TO ENCOURAGE TRAVEL
BEHAVIORS, NEW TRAVEL HABITS
AND BEHAVIORS AND SOME
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION SPEND.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE
MITIGATION MEASURES FROM THE
STATE FUNDING.
WHAT THOSE MITIGATIONS SPENDING
WOULD LOOK
LIKE.
>> SO ALEX AND OTHERS, PLEASE
JUMP IN.
SO WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY RECEIVED 4. 5
MILLION FOR
THE REVIVE
I-5. AND OUT OF THE 4. 5
MILLION ALMOST 2 MILLION COMING
TOWARDS
SDOT FOR MITIGATION MEASURES.
AND SDOT SO FAR PLAN TO SPEND
THAT MONEY ON -- WE HAVE
ALREADY STARTED SPENDING MONEY
ON THE
SR-99 BUS LANE IMPROVEMENTS
IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE ARE
ALSO PLANNING ON SPENDING
MONEY ON THE MEASURES INCLUDING
PROVIDING A CARD TO VISITORS WHO
DON'T
NORMALLY USE THE TRANSIT AS
AN OPTION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO
PROMOTE BY DOING THAT.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO
CLOSELY WORK WITH COMMUTE
SEATTLE
TO PROVIDE MORE MEASURES AND
SPENDING MONEY TOWARDS THAT.
AND ALSO THE FUNDING WOULD
BE USED TOWARDS -- RIGHT NOW WE
ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF
OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES
INCLUDING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL
SIGNAL
COMMUNICATION MEASURES THAT TO
BETTER COMMUNICATE THE IMPACT OF
THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL
AS IMPLEMENTING A BRAND NEW
SYSTEM IN
BANNER AND 85th AS A POTENTIAL
LOCATION WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNAL IN THE
INTERSECTION OUT THERE. WE MIGHT
NEED TO HAVE A
SIGNAL TO BETTER MANAGE SOME OF
THE
WASHDOT OFF-RAMP TRAFFIC.
THESE ARE SOME OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED, AND WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH TRANSIT
AGENCIES AND OTHER PARTNERS
TO IDENTIFY MORE MEASURES, AND
POTENTIALLY
WE WILL BE SPENDING THE REST
OF THE MONEY TOWARDS
THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO I HEARD A $4 MILLION
GRAND TOTAL, WHICH IS A FRACTION
OF THE $39 MILLION ORIGINAL ASK.
BUT SOMETHING IS ALWAYS
BETTER THAN ZERO.
AND SDOT'S ALLOCATION I HEARD
IS $2 MILLION TO BE USED FOR
AMONG OTHER THINGS STATE ROUTE
99, BUS
LANE IMPROVEMENTS,
ENHANCED SIGNAL COMMUNICATION
MEASURES, NEW SEQUENCING SYSTEM,
ET
CETERA, ET CETERA.
WITH RESPECT TO THE 99 BUS LANE
IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH
TRANSIT ROUTES WOULD BE SERVED
BY THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROUTE 99?
WHICH SPECIFIC TRANSIT
ROUTE WOULD BE SERVED?
>>
E-LINE.
>> JUST THE E-LINE?
>> THE E- LINE IS
PRIMARILY.
>>
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> IF I MAY,
CHAIR.
>> MS. HUDSON, GO
AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE ONE OF
THE KEY DIFFERENCESDIFFERENCES
THIS PROJECT
AND THE VIADUCT REPLACEMENT
PROJECT IS THE I-
5 SHIP PROJECT IS -- OPPOSED
BEING A MAKE- UP PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT
IS MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION
DID
NOT, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS VITALLY
IMPORTANT FOR COMMUTE SEATTLE
TO BRING TOGETHER THE PRIVATE
AND
PUBLIC SECTORS OF AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL WAY IN ORDER
TO DEVELOP THIS ASK AND
THEN BRING IT DOWN TO OLYMPIA.
I'M EXTRAORDINARILY
IMPRESSED WITH AND GRATEFUL FOR
THE COLLABORATION THAT CAME
VERY QUICKLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
THIS
ASK. AND AS YOU NOTED GIVEN AN
$8
BILLION SHORTFALL IN THE
STATE'S TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
THIS YEAR
COMING AWAY WITH ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT IS PRACTICALLY
MIRACULOUS, AND WE DO
APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN E-
LINE
RELIABILITY, WHICH IS THE
RIDERSHIP TRANSIT
ROUTE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON. AND SO THE
IVPROVEMENTS THAT ARE
MADE ALONG THAT ROUTE, WHICH
TRAVELS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS POINTED
OUT, ALONG
THE SECOND HIGHEST VOLUME
NORTH, SOUTH TRAFFIC WAY THROUGH
OUR
CITY WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT
OF BENEFITTING TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF RIDERS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
IS VERY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE
ARE HOPING TO SEE AS MITIGATION
FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC DURING
THIS
TIME.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND NOT SURE IF A FEW OF
THESE ARE NEW HANDS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES, BUT I'LL TICK
THEM OFF.
VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, IS
IT THAT A NEW HAND?
>> IT IS, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, FOR REMINDING ME.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE
UNIVERSITY BRIDGE AND MONT
LAKE BRIDGE.
I KNOW THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT
UNIVERSAL AND THE TIMING AND
THE TIME THEY CAN CROSS OVER.
HAVE THOSE BEEN REEVALUATED
TO PRIORITIZE THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON
NOW OR SHIFT
OR CHANGE TO MAKE SURE
BECAUSE NORTH CAPITOL HILL IS
GOING
TO BE REALLY CONSTRAINED,
AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW
IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF
THOUGHT THERE.
>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING
TO
THE -- KIND OF THE
REINTERSECTIONS WE HAVE FOR
THE SHIP CANAL BRIDGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR OPENING,
OPENINGS
DURING PEAK HOURS TO ALLOW
TRAFFIC SPH.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. HAS THERE
BEEN ANY CHANGES
OR SHIFTS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING
TO
BE ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION WITH
520 WITH THE J- LINE, WITH
THE SHIP CANAL
STUFF.
>> WE HAVE NOT CONTEMPLATED THAT
SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S AN
EXEMPTION WE
WOULD NEED TO WORK THROUGH WITH
THE COAST GUARD TO BE ABLE TO
CHANGE THOSE SHIFTS.
IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK
AT AND SEE IF THERE'S A
DESIRE TO -- TO -- I THINK THE
QUESTION IS TO EXTEND THE HOURS
IN WHICH
WE DON'T OPEN THE
BRIDGES.
>> THAT IS -- YES, THAT IS THE
QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST SHAMELESS
PLUG FOR SOME OF
THESE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
BECAUSE
A LOT OF THIS CONSTRUCTION IS
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO ADVOCATE WITH PARKS AND SDOT
AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT
AGENCIES ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN
WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL, AND
SO ROGERS PLAY FIELD IS ON MY
LIST ON THERE WITH MAYBE
A COMBINATION OF
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FORFOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PUT SOME
LOVE INTO THAT PARK, WHICH IS
IN EAST LAKE.
ANYWAYS, THAT'S A SHAMELESS
PLUG.
THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL I
HAVE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR WASHDOT
PARTNERS, FOLKS AT SDOT AND
OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS,
COMMUTE SEATTLE AND THE CHAMBER
FOR JOINING US TODAY, SHARING
MORE
ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND
ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
BUT AGAIN THE TLDR FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE AT LEAST ALTHOUGH
IT
MIGHT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
DISRUPTIONS, PLEASE DO CONTINUE
YOUR TRIPS.
GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY LIVES.
EXPERIENCE THE BENEFIT AND
THE WONDERS OF OUR
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR
GREAT
CITY HERE.
SO IN ANY EVENT, ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IF THERE ARE ARE NO
-- LET ME ASK AND CONFIRM, DO
ANY OF
MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE,
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 1st AT
:30 A.M.
AND HEARING AND SEEING
NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COMECOME BEFORE -- YEAH, TO COME
BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE, IT IS 11:25,
AND WE