THE JULY 15th,
2025 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I'M ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS
GOING TO BE LOGGING ON
REMOTELY.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
IS EXCUSED UNTIL SHE LOGS ON
REMOTELY. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS HEREBY
ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES,
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, FOR
TUNING IN
TODAY.
VIRTUALLY AND SOME IN PERSON.
WELCOME TO
TODAY'S TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
MEETING.
WE HAVE THREE IMPORTANT AGENDA
TOPICS TO DISCUSS TODAY.
ALL INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ITEMS.
OUR FIRST AGENDA TOPIC WILL BE A
PRESENTATION ON THE
DISTRICT PROJECT FUND.
THIS CONCEPT WAS ULTIMATELY
DELIVERED ON -- DURING OUR
2024 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND WILL BE A VITAL TOOL FOR OUR
COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO
BETTER RESPOND TO ACUTE
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT IMPACT
SAFETY IN
OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES
AND COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM OUR STROLL
STAFF, ESPECIALLY ON THE STEPS
REQUIRED TO ACTUALIZE AND
IMPLEMENT THIS
IMPORTANT PRIORITY.
OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM WILL BE A
PRESENTATION FROM SDOT ON
THEIR POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM.
NOW, DURING THE 2024
BUDGET CYCLE, I HELPED LEAD AN
EFFORT TO REQUEST SDOT PRODUCE A
REPORT, BASICALLY ANALYZING THE
PERFORMANCE AND KEY METRICS
THEY USE TO MEASURE THE EFFICACY
OF
THEIR POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM.
I'VE OFTEN NOTED, WELL, I
GUESS I SEEMED TO HAVE EARNED AN
REPUTATION, AT LEAST, AS THE
KING OF POTHOLES.
FOR MANY THIS PRESENTATION WILL
BE NO
SURPRISE BUT THE MONITOR DOES
HIGHLIGHT MY OWN
PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO HAVING
OUR
CITY REALLY DELIVER ON THE
EVERYDAY
BASICS OF TRANSPORTATION IN
AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY.
AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS PRESENTATION IN
PARTICULAR.
KING OF POTHOLES, THERE IT IS.
SO, THANK YOU TO SDOT FOR
THEIR RESPONSE ON THIS IMPORTANT
SLIDE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE FROM OUR EXPERT
SDOT TEAM
TODAY.
AND OUR THIRD AND FINAL
AGENDA ITEM WILL BE A BRIEFING
AND
DISCUSSION RELATED TO
FINAL APPROVAL OF AN ALLEY
VACATION. I LEARNED THIS PROJECT
IS
IN DISTRICT 3, REPRESENTED BY MY
VICE- CHAIR, HOLLINGSWORTH, AND
A BLOCK AWAY FROM DISTRICT 2,
REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD
TO
HEARING FROM THE DEPARTMENT
AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF ON
THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AS WELL.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
AND/OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF
THIS
COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ZERO
IN PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
AND THERE IS ONE REMOTE SPEAKER.
THEY'RE NOT PRESENT YET.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND MAYBE
THEY'LL
JOIN US.
EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES,
WE'LL START WITH THE -- IF
THERE IS
IN PERSON, WE WOULD START WITH
IN
PERSON FIRST, BUT WE'LL --
SOUNDS LIKE JUST MOVE TO THE
REMOTE.
CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS?
>> YES.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL
BE MODERATED.
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
IS
ENDED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR
TIME, SPEAKERS' MICS WILL
BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T END
THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN 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.
>> SIR, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP
TO THE MIC.
TWO MINUTES.
>> GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP.
FLOOR IS
YOURS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE IN
SUPPORT OF MORE BUS LANES IN
SEATTLE.
LAST THURSDAY WE HOSTED
A RACE WHERE HUNDREDS OF
SEATTLEITES JOINED US, NOT BY
BIKING, NOT
BY RUNNING, NOT EVEN BY WALKING,
WE WENT EVEN SLOWER, WE DID THE
CHA- CHA
SLIDE, HOPSCOTCHED, LEAPFROGGED
EACH OTHER'S
HEADS, DANCED IN A CONGA LINE.
ROUTE 8 HAS A LOT OF ISSUES
AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
I'M GOING TO SAY WE NEED
BUS LANES ALL AROUND
SEATTLE. BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE
OUR
EXPLODING POPULATION.
IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE,
SEATTLE GREW BY 19,000 PEOPLE.
SA STA 30% OF PEOPLE WHO WORK
IN SEATTLE DRIVE ALONE TO WORK.
THAT MEANS THAT IN THE LAST
YEAR WE HAVE ADDED OVER 3,000
CARS FROM PEOPLE COMMUTING TO
AND FROM WORK.
I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO
IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION
AND
TRAFFIC THAT COMES WITH 3,000
CARS AND WE'RE ADDING THAT
EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND THAT'S BEFORE WE
EVEN CONSIDER THE REST OF
THE POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR
REGION THAT IS COMMUTING INTO
SEATTLE FOR
WORK. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GET
THESE DRIVERS ON TO BUSES BY
ADDING BUS LANES.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO FIND AND
PAY FOR PARKING, THEY JUST
DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH
FASTER THAN BUSES AND OUR BUS
SYSTEM
CAN BE SO UNRELIABLE AT TIMES.
AND A BUS LANE CAN FIX THAT.
SO, I'M ASKING YOU TO INSTALL
BUS LANES AND
INCENTIVIZE DRIVERS TO GET ON TO
TRANSIT, BECAUSE THOSE 3,000
CARS,
ALL THE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION
THAT COMES WITH THEM, PRETTY
MUCH DISAPPEARS ONCE YOU GET
THEM
ON A PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO, I'M URGING YOU, ADD BUS
LANES, NOT JUST FOR ROUTE 8,
BUT ACROSS SEATTLE AS A WHOLE,
SO WE
CAN MEET OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS, FACE OUR CLIMATE CRISIS
HEAD ON
AND GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED
TO BE GOING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REMOTE
SPEAKER, WE HAVE ONE, DAVID
HAINES,
ARE YOU PRESENT? I DON'T SEE YOU
PRESENT YET.
DAVID HAINES, LAST CALL.
NO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW
MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO
THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, DISTRICT
PROJECT FUND PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN
US AT THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR
PRESENTATIONS?
START OFF, PLEASE,
BY INTRODUCING YOURSELVES AND
THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
>> CALVIN CHOW, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M MEGAN SHEPPARD,
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND
PLANNING
DIVISION.
>> I'M MEGAN HOYT, I'M THE
MAJOR
PROJECT MANAGER WITHIN
SDOT'S CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY
DIVISION.
>> WELCOME.
>> COUNCIL SAKA, THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US HERE.
YOU ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION
ON WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET
IDENTIFIED AS THE
COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND, BUT
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND.
SO I'M HERE TO GIVE A BIT OF
A CONTEXT SETTING AND
BACKGROUND, SORT OF CURRENT
STEPS AND
WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT IS NEEDED
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PROGRAM.
AND I THINK IT IS INTENDED
TO LEAD TO A CONVERSATION
ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS FOR WHERE
WE GO
FORWARD WITH THIS
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT,
IN TERMS OF
NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING, THE
CITY HAS LONG TRIED TO FUND
NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE PROJECTS
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
WAYS WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE
PAST.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND WAS
THE SORT OF LONG-
STANDING PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED
THROUGHOUT THE LAST LEVY,
PREDATED THAT LEVY, BUT IT
USED A THREE- YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE TO SELECT
PROJECTS, DESIGN
THEM, MOVE THEM THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION,
THOSE PROJECTS, BEFORE WE HAD
DISTRICT
REPRESENTATION ON THE
COUNCIL, THEY WERE RUN THROUGH
DISTRICT COUNCILS TO APPROVE THE
PROJECT LIST AND SINCE THEN WE
HAD MOVED
ON TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING INCLUDING ONLINE
VOTING FOR
WHICH PROJECTS WOULD GET
FUNDED -- ACCESS TO FUNDS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
PROJECTS INCLUDING VISION ZERO,
SAFE ROUTES FOR
SCHOOLS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATED SAFETY
PARTNERSHIP, NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS,
A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS
THAT TOUCH ON THESE THINGS
LIKE PEDESTRIAN SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS OR
TRANSIT SPOT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, THEY
DEFINITELY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT
MEET THE SCALE
OF PROJECT THROUGH THEIR
REGULAR WORK AS WELL.
AND THEN COUNCIL HAS
OFTEN ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC
BUDGET
EARMARKS, EITHER LARGER PROJECTS
WITH SPECIFIC CIP
PROJECT IDENTIFIED OR AS A
PROVISO
OCCASIONALLY IMPLEMENTED IN
THE BUDGET TO HIGHLIGHT A
SPECIFIC
NEED.
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND
WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED IN THE
MAYOR'S INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY AS
A DISTRICT PROJECT FUND.
AND IT WAS A PROJECT THAT GOT
SOME COUNCIL INTEREST.
COUNCIL REQUESTED A PROPOSAL
FOR HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
IN OUR COMPANION RESOLUTION TO
THAT LEVY.
HOWEVER, IN THE FINAL
DECISION OF WHAT TO PUT BEFORE
VOTERS, THE COUNCIL REMOVED THE
FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM AND SO
THE VOTERS -- THE
VOTER LEVY DID NOT INCLUDE THE
COUNCIL DISTRICT
FUND.
IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE
PROPOSAL CAME BACK AND IT WAS
ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL AS THE
COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND.
IT FUNDS NEIGHBORHOOD
SCALE, TRAFFIC SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS
AND OTHER DISTRICT PROJECTS AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THE BUDGET AND CIP IDENTIFIED
7 MILLION IN 2025 AND ANOTHER
7 MILLION IN 2026.
ANY MONEY THAT IS UNSPENT
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CARRY
FORWARD
TO FUTURE YEARS AS THIS IS
IDENTIFIED AS A CAPITAL
PROJECT IN THE CIP.
CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
SECURED FUNDING IDENTIFIED
BEYOND 2026.
AND THE COUNCIL ALSO
ESTABLISHED A FUNDING PROVISO
THAT SAYS THAT
THE MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT
UNTIL AUTHORIZED BY FUTURE
COUNCIL
ACTION.
SO THAT LEADS US TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY, WITH NEXT STEPS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.
THE PROGRAM DOES NEED
TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL
PROCEDURES FOR HOW IT IS GOING
TO BE
ADMINISTERED.
AND THAT CAN BE
DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY ON SDOT'S
SIDE WITH -- OR DONE THROUGH
A RESOLUTION TO GET SOME MORE
BUY- IN AND UNDERSTANDING --
COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE
MANAGED.
THE PROCEDURES ARE NEEDED TO
IDENTIFY PROJECTS TO MONITOR
THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS, TO
EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY
AND DEVELOP THE COST SUBMITS FOR
THE PROJECT AND
MAKE SURE
THE COUNCIL,
DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE SHARED EXPECTATIONS AND
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
PROGRAM WILL BE DELIVERED.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DO
HAVE TO LIFT THE BUDGET PROVISO
TO ALLOW ANYTHING TO MOVE
FORWARD.
SO, THAT'S THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION.
SDOT STAFF IS HERE WITH
ME, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IDEAS
OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS,
BUT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
PROPOSAL YET AND WE ARE HERE TO
RESPOND
TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND
TAKE DIRECTION FROM YOU ON IF
THERE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE
US TO
PURSUE FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS FROM ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LOVE TO
GIVE OUR PARTNERS AT SDOT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN AND
SAY ANYTHING FROM YOUR .
PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE BEST WAY THAT THIS
PROGRAM CAN WORK TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS
AND
THE PRIORITIES WITHIN YOUR
DISTRICTS.
OUR HOPE AND INTENT FOR
THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS
THAT,
ONE, IT WOULD ALLOW YOU
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
PRIORITIES
THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT TO THE
TOP OF THE LIST THROUGH
SDOT'S REGULAR PRIORITIZATION
CRITERIA.
JUST BECAUSE THE SCALE OF THE
NEEDS CITYWIDE IS SO GREAT.
WE'RE ALSO EXCITED, I THINK,
TO DISCUSS HOW OPERATIONALLY WE
CAN
COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT
WILL BALANCE SDOT'S MACHINE
AND THAT'S WHY MEGAN HOYT IS
HERE,
BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS
THAT REALLY WELL.
OUR ANNUAL CYCLE THAT WE
GO THROUGH TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS,
TO, LIKE, LOOK AND SEE
IF THEY'RE FEASIBLE AND IF
THEY MEET ALL OF OUR CONDITIONS
AND
WARRANTS AND REQUIREMENTS AND
THEN GET THEM INTO BASICALLY,
LIKE, THE HOPPER SO THEY CAN
BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED.
SO, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A
SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK WITH THE
MISSION WE ALREADY HAVE, AND
THAT WILL
ALSO, YOU KNOW, BE AS
EXPEDIENT AS POSSIBLE IN
ADDRESSING THE
CONCERNS.
SO MINDFUL OF, LIKE, THE
SCALE AND SCOPE.
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GENERALLY HOPING TO FURTHER
DISCUSS WITH
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
AND OUR CONTINUED WORK WITH
COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF IS TO FIGURE
OUT SOMETHING THAT CAN FIT IN
REALLY WELL, BUT ALSO ADDRESS
YOUR CONCERNS IN A WAY YOU
CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
FROM BOTH.
SO, REALLY IMPORTANT
POLICY PRIORITY AND ALLOWS US AS
A
CITY TO BETTER SHOW
RESPONSIVENESS TO
DELIVER UPON IMPORTANT SAFETY
PRIORITY AT THE SMALL
NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE LEVEL,
AND TRADITIONALLY AS MR.
CHOW NOTED, THE WAY COUNCIL WAS
ABLE
TO EXERT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OR
INPUT INTO, YOU KNOW,
SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
SAFETY
PROJECT WAS THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY AN ANNUAL PROCESS
THAT STARTS AND ENDS IN THE
FALL.
AND THAT'S A ONE- TIME A YEAR
THING.
AND SO I THINK THE WHOLE
GOAL AND INTENT OF THIS IS TO
PROVIDE
A SUPPLEMENTAL AVENUE FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE
COUNCIL
DISTRICTS.
THAT AT LEAST ALLOWS US TO
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THINGS IN
THE QUEUE EARLIER THAN EVERY
ONCE A
YEAR.
NOW, WHEN AND HOW THAT
PROJECT GETS DELIVERED IS
ANOTHER
CONVERSATION, BUT THE --
WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO
PUT ITEMS IN THE QUEUE FOR
FUTURE
DELIVERY, MORE THAN EVERY ONCE
A YEAR.
SO THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
AND SUCH A GREAT IDEA, AND THE
MAYOR'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
FOR THE LEVY, THE FINAL LEVY
THAT
VOTERS APPROVED DID NOT
ULTIMATELY INCLUDE THIS, BUT
IT
WAS SO POPULAR AMONG THE COUNCIL
AT THE TIME THAT WE BROUGHT
IT BACK AND IT WAS -- IT WAS
OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED
DURING OUR FALL BUDGET, SO, NOW
WE
NEED TO FLESH OUT SOME DETAILS
AND THIS IS AN INITIAL
FRAMEWORK,
SO THAT -- THAT KIND OF HAS
BEEN AERATING ON COLLABORATING
ON WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH
MR.
CHOW, BEHIND THE SCENES,
THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
IN ANY EVENT, IMPORTANT,
IMPORTANT
STUFF. COLLEAGUES, NOW I WELCOME
ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
FEEDBACK, INSIGHTS FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE, STARTING FIRST
WITH COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA.
THANK YOU, MISS STEFAN,
MISS HOYT FOR COMING.
STILL MY FAVORITE BRIEFER.
THOUGH WE NEEDED A MORE --
WE NEEDED A FULL BRIEF THIS
MORNING, BUT YOU STILL
HOLD THE
NUMBER ONE SPOT. AND, OF COURSE,
MR. CHOW
FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC IN THE
SENSE
OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS ABOUT
FLEXIBILITY.
IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT
IF YOU WATCH COUNCIL BRIEFING
YESTERDAY, I TALKED ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DISTRICT
GRASP,
BUT ALSO THE CITYWIDES,
THAT WE'RE TOUCHING THESE
PIECES SO
MUCH, EVERY DAY WE'RE WORKING
SOME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE
NEW DISTRICT SYSTEM.
AND REALLY TODAY, THE SAME
THING APPLIES TO TRANSPORTATION,
YOU
KNOW.
WE GET QUESTIONS ALL THE
TIME REGARDING TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES, AND THE LIKE, AND I
REMEMBER DOING THIS WHEN I
SERVED ON
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WITH
THE EARLIER FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TO
LEVERAGE THOSE TO GET
IMPROVEMENTS FOR QUEEN ANNE
AND WE DID.
AND WE NOTED MY FRIENDS
IN MAGNOLIA NOTED THAT QUEEN
ANNE SEEMS TO GET MORE OF THIS
THAN
MAGNOLIA.
THIS IS LIKE AN AREA WHERE MY
COLLEAGUE, DISTRICT 6, YOU
KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER ON IDEAS
FOR
MAGNOLIA, BOTH THE D- 7 AND D- 6
SIDE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T QUITE
HAVE THAT SAME ENGAGEMENT.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SIMILAR --
BECAUSE
THAT DEMAND SIGNAL IS STILL
THERE.
AND IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT
WAY OF CHANNELING IT.
SO I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY MAKE
TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE LINES
OF VISION ZERO, SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL KIND OF PIECES, IN
THAT KIND OF VAIN.
I'VE EVEN -- THAT'S LIKE
A PRIMARY AREA FOR ME AND WE
HAVE OUR DISTRICT SEVEN
NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL, WE HAVE GONE OUT ONCE
ON TRANSPORTATION PIECES
AND WE'LL GO OUT AGAIN TO GET
AN
UPDATED LIST IN TERMS OF IDEAS
FOR THOSE POSSIBILITIES OF, YOU
KNOW, FOR THESE FUNDS.
AND I'LL BE UP- FRONT
TOO, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME
SAFETY CHALLENGES WITH BIKE
LANES,
THAT'S REALLY CITYWIDE,
BUT IT IS IN MY DISTRICT, WITH
THE CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB.
AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO
LOOK AT THIS FUND AS A
POTENTIAL MEANS TO HELP IN THAT
PROCESS
OF GAINING A SOLUTION TO THAT
SAFETY CHALLENGE.
AND SO THIS IS HOW I LOOK AT IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING
ON THESE PIECES, PARTICULARLY
AS THINGS CHANGE.
I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW,
MY MEETING WITH THE FIRST
AVENUE TRANSIT ALLIANCE ABOUT
BRINGING
BUS SERVICE TO FIRST AVENUE.
MAYBE THERE IS SOME PIECES
THERE WHERE WE CAN MAKE SOME
SMART MOVES FOR THE BELLTOWN
COMMUNITY, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT IS -- A COMMUNITY
THAT REALLY DOES NEED THE LOVE.
THEY'RE GETTING SOME NOW
WITH THE BELL STREET PROJECT,
BUT THERE MAY BE SOME
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S --
CHAIR THAT'S MY VIEW AND FOR
SDOT AND
FOR CENTRAL STAFF, YOU KNOW.
THESE ARE THE PIECES
I'M THINKING ABOUT AND I'M
HAPPY
AND I KNOW MY TEAM IS HAPPY TO
ENGAGE ON WHATEVER CAN HELP
IMPROVE PARTICULARLY THE
SAFETY OF OUR ROADS
AND OUR STREETS AND IN MY CASE
DISTRICT 7 BUT REALLY
CITYWIDE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER. I DID WANT TO
JUST --
YOUR COMMENTS MADE ME JUST WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT, YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING WITH THE NEW
PROGRAM HERE IS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
TAKE DIRECTION AND HOW TO BE
RESPONSIVE AND ALSO TRANSPARENT
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE
QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL IS HOW
MUCH DIRECTION TO REALLY GO
DIRECT
TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS, OR SOME
BROAD UNDERSTANDING
AND TRACKING AMONG NOT JUST THE
COUNCIL, BUT
ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
FUNDING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR.
CURRENTLY IT IS NOT THAT
MUCH MONEY IN
THE SPECTRUM OF THE ENTIRE
CITYWIDE, SO $14
MILLION, $2 MILLION PER
DISTRICT, MIGHT
NOT ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE
FIRST AVENUE TRANSIT TYPE
THINGS, FOR
INSTANCE.
BUT THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN
IN TERMS OF IT COULD FIT THE
GAP FOR THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY,
YOU KNOW, EVALUATION OR
FEASIBILITY OR SOME OTHER
COMPONENTS
THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY OR SOME
SMALLER PORTION OF IT.
AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS
ANOTHER ISSUE WITH SDOT'S
REGULAR PROGRAMMING OF HOW TO
MAKE
THAT DIFFERENCE TOO OF, YOU
KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE BORN BY
THIS
PROGRAM, WHAT IS THE
DISTRICT PRIORITY FOR THIS --
THESE
FUNDS, VERSUS MAYBE HAVING
TO WAIT LONGER FOR FUNDING
THROUGH A REGULAR SDOT
PROGRAM. ALL WHICH, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S REALLY I THINK THE
INTENT
OF THIS IS TO HAVE SOME BUFFER
FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS,
THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS TO
THAT
DISTRICT.
BUT I DO THINK TO OPERATIONALIZE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS --
WHAT DOES THE BODY OF THE
COUNCIL --
WHAT MAKES SENSE TO THE NINE OF
YOU FOR HOW TO SPEND THIS MONEY.
NOT FOR HOW TO SPEND IT, BUT
FOR THE PROCEDURES OF HOW
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE
MONEY.
>> VERY GOOD POINTS AND JUST
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, I
DO
KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST
AVENUE BUS SERVICE IS A BIGGER
PROJECT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW,
THERE MIGHT
BE SMALLER, LIKE --
THERE COULD BE THINGS TO
LEVERAGE.
BUT I DO SEE
IT MORE AS VISION ZERO AND SO
FORTH.
WHAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS THE
COMMUNICATION AND YOU'RE REALLY
AT THE FULCRUM, MR. CHOW,
WITH WORKING WITH SDOT, SO,
TO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS
PROCESS, WORKING WITH YOU,
AND WORKING WITH CHAIR AND
THETHE
COMMITTEE, THAT IT IS IN SYNC,
THIS IS THE IMPORTANT
PART, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT
YOU'RE GETTING TO, THAT IT IS
IN
SYNC WITH SDOT'S WORK AND TO
ENSURE IT IS COMPLEMENTING AND
NOT STEPPING ON EACH OTHER'S
TOES.
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE COMMUNICATION IS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL WORK
WITH YOU 110% AND BY EXTENSION,
WITH
MR. LABOARD AND THE
GALLERY THERE TO ENSURE THAT,
YOU
KNOW, WE'RE NOT WORKING CROSS
PURPOSES.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WASTE.
SO IT IS ALL ABOUT
COMMUNICATION AND, LIKE I SAID,
YOU'RE AT THAT KEY FULCRUM FOR
THAT
COMMUNICATION, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ALTHOUGH MISS HOYT DID
NOT COME PREPARED WITH A FORMAL
PRESENTATION, I DO THINK SDOT
DID REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD WITH THE FAIRLY
BRIEF, TERSE REMARKS WHEN GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN
TERMS OF
SHARING OUT WHAT THE KIND
OF VISION AND GOALS OF THIS
PROJECT AND PROGRAM ARE AND WHAT
IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, ALL GOOD.
AND, YES, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T
INTENDED NECESSARILY TO
FUND SOME OF THESE LARGER SCALE
OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITIES. I'M SURE IT
COULD FUND SOMETHING
BIGGER, POTENTIALLY LIKE A
BLOCK OF SIDEWALK, CURB AND
GUTTER,
MAYBE, BUT THAT MIGHT --
THAT WOULD PROBABLY COST THE
ENTIRE ALLOCATION OF WHATEVER
THE --
WHATEVER IS LEFT, THE
BALANCE, FOR A PARTICULAR
COUNCILMEMBER.
BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART,
PAINT, ENHANCED CROSSWALKS, MORE
SIGNAGE, SPEED HUMPS, SPEED
CUSHIONS, BUMPS,
WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED, ALL OF
THE
ABOVE, SMALLER SCALE THINGS
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME
PERSONALLY,
I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
I DON'T
PURPORT TO BE. BUT I DO ELEVATE
CONCERNS
ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS
AND LET SDOT MAKE THE
FINAL DETERMINATION ON HOW TO
ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING SAFETY
CONCERN OR
UNDERLYING SAFETY CHALLENGE.
AND IN ANY EVENT, I ALSO
NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
HAS
JOINED US VIRTUALLY.
WELCOME.
AND SHE HAS HER HAND UP,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WILL CALL
ON VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING
HERE.
I DO WANT TO ADDRESS, I
KNOW THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC
COMMENT
OR COMMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
LATE
EIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
USUALLY HALF MY EMAIL
INBOX IS DEDICATED TO PEOPLE
THAT
ARE ADVOCATING FOR BUS LANES
ON DENNY AND THE LATE 8 AND I
WOULD MENTION I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH SOME GARFIELD
STUDENTS
AND I ASKED THEM WHAT ARE
SOME THINGS THEY WANT US TO
FIX IN THE CITY.
THREE OF THE KIDS SAID WE
WANT YOU TO FIX THE LATE 8.
KNOWING THEY GO FROM THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER, AND DOWNTOWN, AND SO I
KNOW
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SDOT.
WE TALKED.
I KNOW THE CHAIR, WE
TALKED ABOUT IT TOO AND
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, CLOSE CONVERSATION WITH
KING COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER BARONE
AS WELL AND HAVE BROUGHT THIS
UP NUMEROUS TIMES AND I KNOW
JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THAT PIECE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A
LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT BUS IS CHRONICALLY
LATE.
SO, JUST WANTED TO HELP
ELEVATE THAT AND I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE
ARE HARD AT WORK TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT THAT CORRIDOR.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT
WE'LL KEEP POUNDING THE
PAVEMENT ON
THAT, SO THANK YOU TO THE
COMMENTER, PUBLIC COMMENTER
WHO BROUGHT THAT UP AND
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND US
EMAILS.
PLEASE.
I'M ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
IT'S GOOD.
I ALSO WANT -- I DON'T
REALLY HAVE A -- I DON'T HAVE A
QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT, QUICK
COMMENT, ABOUT SOME OF THE
PROJECTS.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I
RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM
CONSTITUENTS, USUALLY THE THING
THAT I BUMP
UP THE MOST, IF IT IS SOMETHING
SMALL, LIKE A POTHOLE, I'M,
LIKE, FIND IT, FIX IT AND
WALK THEM THROUGH.
BUT OTHER STUFF THAT, LIKE, FOR
EXAMPLE, I KNOW I ELEVATED TO
SDOT ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL HIT
OFF 36th AND ASKED FOR A REPAINT
OF THAT CROSSWALK BECAUSE THAT
WAS
IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMUNITY
AND JUST ELEVATION AND BILL
RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS,
LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE PROCESS, THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WHICH WAS
GREAT.
ANOTHER KID, SHOUTOUT RAZA,
GOT HIT IN PORTAGE BAY, HIS
DAD REACHED OUT AND HE'S
HEALED, WHICH IS GREAT AND HE'S
HEALING SO HE'LL HAVEHAVE GREAT
SUMMER.
BUT THEY HAD ASKED FOR BETTER
SIGNAGE, TRAFFIC COMING IN
THE EAST -- OR PORTAGE
BAY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
ROUNDABOUT. THOSE ARE THINGS I
ELEVATE
TO SDOT WHICH I WOULD
THINK WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR
SOME DISTRICT
PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE
ARE DIRECT CONSTITUENTS WHO
HAVE REACHED OUT WHO SAID, HEY,
YOU
KNOW, WE JUST WANT A SAFER
STREET, SAFER COMMUNITY,
BUT ALSO SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE
GOTTEN HIT, THEY'RE ELEVATING
IT
BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED AND I KNOW YOU ALL
HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE
TO
THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
HELP, YOU KNOW IF THOSE
WERE SOME DISTRICT PROJECTS THAT
WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE PRIORITIZING THEIR
SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOMEONE
GETS
HIT. AND ELEVATING WHEN THESE
KIDS GET HIT.
THESE WERE TWO YOUNG
CHILDREN WHO GOT HIT AND
UNFORTUNATELY THE GIRL CAN'T
COMMENT, SHE
HAS HEALED, BUT MISSED OUT
HER SUMMER FOR HER SPORTS.
SO, JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AND ELEVATE THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS
WELL.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YEAH.
THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR.
I'LL LET ANYONE AT THE TABLE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
OUR HOPE IS THAT IN, YOU
KNOW, IN OUR INTENT AS WE CREATE
THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER IS THAT IT
DOESN'T ENTIRELY REPLACE THE
WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH
CITY COUNCIL.
YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
HAVING THESE ISSUES RAISED TO
YOU,
AND YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO
BRING THEM TO, LIKE, OUR
ATTENTION.
AND IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS
AN URGENT OR EMERGENT NEED, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
YOU THE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE.
THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS,
LIKE, ANOTHER, IT IS
ADDING ANOTHER TOOL TO THE WAY
WE
WORK WITH YOU TO HELP, YOU
KNOW, ADDRESS YOUR CONSTITUENT
CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY THE -- IN
THOSE PLACES WHERE IT MIGHT
NOT GET UP TO THE TOP OF
SDOT'S OTHERWISE WAY OF
PRIORITIZING THE WORK THAT WE'RE
GOING TO
DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT YEAR
OR
TWO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WAY
YOU'RE WORKING WITH US NOW
WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH
ALL COUNCIL.
IT IS JUST THIS GIVES US --
THIS WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER
PATHWAY.
>> YEAH.
IF I MAY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR,
ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
I KNOW A LOT OF STUFF
SOMETIMES DOESN'T GET BUMPED UP
TO
THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT THAT
WOULD --
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
RESPONSE THAT IS IMMEDIATE OR,
HEY,
WE CAN FIX THIS QUICK
SIGNAGE, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T
COME OUT
OF THIS BUCKET, MAYBE IT COMES
OUT
OF ANOTHER BUCKET, BUT
JUST KNOWING THERE IS TWO
DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR STUFF TO
BE
ABLE TO GET ELEVATED AND FIXED.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR.
LET'S SEE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, GO
AHEAD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA.
I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK
VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH
FOR BRINGING UP THE LATE.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF FOLKS
MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE HEADLINES
THAT
I THINK IT WAS 200 OF
OUR NEIGHBORS WENT TO RACE THE
LATE,
WHICH I THINK SENDS AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE JUST ABOUT SOME OF
THE REAL CHALLENGES IN OUR
SYSTEM
WHEN FOLKS ARE ABLE TO
OUTWALK OR OUTDANCE ONE OF OUR
BUS
LINES.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM ISSUE AND
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
PROJECTS THAT REALLY MEET THE
NEED, WHETHER IT BE A BUS LANE
ON DENNY WAY TO TRY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE LATE LOSES ITS
NICKNAME, OR CRITICAL PUBLIC
SAFETY PROJECTS THAT HELP US
IN MEETING OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS THERE IS URGENCY FOR A
NUMBER
OF PROJECTS AROUND THIS CITY.
AND I KNOW AS ONE OF
THE CITYWIDE REPRESENTATIVES,
YOU
KNOW, I REALLY -- WE
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABILITY
FOR
CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO
FUND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS. THINKING ABOUT THE
URGENCY
BEHIND THIS, I REALLY WANT TO
BE FORWARD THINKING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, WHAT IS OUR PROCESS FOR
ESTABLISHING THESE
OPERATION PROCEDURES AND SO A
QUESTION
TO CALVIN HERE, NEXT STEP, WE AS
COUNCIL HAVE THE DISCRETION
TO LAY -- POTENTIALLY ESTABLISH
A
RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THIS
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES.
AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE
URGENCY AGAIN FOR A NUMBER
OF THESE PROJECTS, WHAT IS AN
IDEAL TIMELINE HERE WHEN
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING
THESE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES?
YOU'VE CLEARLY OUTLINED HERE
THE MARKET WE NEED TO HIT, BUT
I'M THINKING ABOUT IT SOUNDS
LIKE WE HAVE A DECISION POINT
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE
GO ADMINISTRATIVE OR WE AS
COUNCIL ESTABLISH BY RESOLUTION.
THERE IS THAT DECISION
POINT, PREPARED WITH THAT,
IDEALLY
WHAT IS A GOOD TIMELINE FOR US
TO
TRY AND SORT THIS OUT?
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER. I GUESS I WOULD
RESPOND BY ON A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT
VARIATIONS OR IDEAS OF THEMES.
I THINK THERE ARE
SOME FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES FOR
COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH
THIS.
SO ONE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH
TO MAKE THIS SORT OF REALLY
DRIVEN BY DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBERS
SORT OF INDIVIDUALLY AS FAST AS
WE
CAN, REALLY DRIVING
TOWARD EXPEDIENCY AND MAKING
DECISIONS
QUICKLY.
VERSUS HOW MUCH DOES THE
BODY FEEL THE NEED TO
DEMONSTRATE
SOME BROADER OVERSIGHT OF
THE PROGRAM, JUST FOR THE SAKE
OF THE COUNCIL AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WORKS.
MAYBE THERE IS WAYS TO SPLIT
THE DIFFERENCE THROUGH JUST
THE WAY WE DO REPORTING AND THE
WAY WE
MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE TRACKING HOW THE DOLLARS
ARE BEING SPENT.
THERE IS THE ISSUE OF HOW WE
GET PROJECTS INTO SDOT'S QUEUE
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PROJECT
DELIVERY. I THINK THERE ARE
SMALLER
SCALE PROJECTS WHERE IT MIGHT BE
PAINT, MIGHT BE A POST THAT
ARE EASIER TO FIGURE OUT HOW
IF THERE IS A NEED, THOSE SHOULD
BE
ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHERE THE
UNDERLYING PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE
EVALUATED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DO THE
FEASIBILITY, THE DESIGN WORK,
FIND
OUT HOW MUCH THE THING WILL
ACTUALLY
COST, AND THEN ONCE
THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF AGREED
UPON,
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET IT INTO
THE WORK ORDERS FOR THE CREWS TO
DO THE WORK, SO, THERE CAN BE
A DELAY IN TERMS OF WHEN THE
PROJECT ACTUALLY GETS
IMPLEMENTED DEPENDING ON
HOW COMPLICATED THAT PROJECT IS.
SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT IN
PLAY A LITTLE BIT.
TAKING SOME DIRECTION FROM THE
CHAIR I'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING
MORE ON HOW TO KIND OF PUSH ON
THE EXPEDIENCY SIDE OF THINGS
AND I THINK THERE IS -- WE
STILL HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH
A PROPOSAL WITH HOW WE MIGHT DO
THAT.
I SUSPECT A RESOLUTION WILL BE
WHAT WE WILL WANT TO DO JUST
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AS
A WHOLE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE
APPROACH.
AND, YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY IF
IT GOES WELL, THEN THAT WILL BE
SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IN
THE FUTURE WILL WANT TO CONTINUE
TO FIND WAYS TO FUND, A REMINDER
WE ONLY IDENTIFIED TWO YEARS
OF FUNDING CURRENTLY, THOUGH
THE FUNDING
AUTOMATICALLY CARRIES FORWARD,
SO WE WON'T LOSE IT IF
IT DOESN'T GET USED IN THE NEXT
TWO YEARS.
WILL BE MANAGED TO BE BROUGHT
FORWARD.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF I
ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT
I THINK
IT IS ONE THAT IMPETUS IS TO
GET IT TO MOVING THIS YEAR.
>> AND IF I COULD ADD JUST
A LITTLE -- THIS MIGHT HELP
THE CONTEXT AS YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS.
FROM THE SDOT SIDE,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROJECTS
THAT ARE
MORE THAN JUST A SMALL THING
THAT NEED ANY FEASIBILITY, IT
MIGHT
BE HELPFUL TO THINK TOO IN TERMS
OF, LIKE, A FEW DIFFERENT
CHECKPOINTS. ONE OF THEM IS JUST
ACTUALLY GETTING THE IDEAS
BECAUSE
THERE IS SOME KIND OF SORT
OF BEAUTIFUL STAGE OF A
PROJECT WHEN YOU
START SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE SLATED
OR POSSIBLE OR HOPED FOR, AND
SOME OF THOSE AND YOU HINTED
IT ALREADY IN SOME OF
YOUR QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS, SOMETIMES WE CAN
AUGMENT
SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY
HAPPENING.
SO ONE IS JUST, LIKE,
LEARNING THE POSSIBILITIES THAT
ARE OUT
THERE. AND THAT COULD BE THE
MOMENT
WHERE IF WE'RE ALREADY
DOING SOME WORK THERE AND THIS
ADDS
ON TO IT, MAYBE IT DOESN'T
NEED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM.
IT COULD ADD ON TO A PROJECT,
OR IT IS THAT LAST LITTLE BIT
PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT
AUGMENTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A FIRST
STAGE AND THEN AS CAL JUST
MENTIONED, THERE IS FEASIBILITY
ANALYSIS. AND AS YOU PROBABLY
LEARNED, WITH TRAFFIC, SOMETIMES
YOU
HAVE TO TAKE COUNTS AND MEET
WARRANTS AND THERE IS SOMETIMES
PROCESS OR SOMETIMES JUST
WATCHING
THE SITUATION AT THE RIGHT TIME
OF
YEAR, SO I'LL JUST PLANT
THAT THOUGHT THAT SOMETIMES IT
IS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO
CAPTURE
THAT THING ON THAT BUSY
SCHOOL DAY OR DURING THAT
FESTIVAL,
SO THOSE THINGS CAN'T ALWAYS
HAPPEN
INSTANTANEOUSLY.
HAVING A SENSE OF THINGS,
BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE
RIGHT WAY
TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND
THEN THE ACTUAL MOMENT OF, YOU
KNOW, GETTING INTO DESIGN.
WE HAVE A FEW -- IF THAT
HELPS THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
POINTS WE WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO
ALIGN WITH AN SDOT PROCESS.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES.
>> IF I COULD ADD TO THAT TOO,
I THINK THE OTHER SCENARIO
THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AS
WELL IS
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU AS
COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYBE YOU HAVE,
LIKE, THREE OR FOUR TOP
PRIORITIES FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
I'M JUST USING THAT NUMBER
RANDOMLY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE 200.
BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, RIGHT,
AND SO THAT TOUCHPOINT OF, OKAY,
THIS IS --
THESE ARE YOUR LESS AND THEN WE
HAVE TO DO
THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS,
WHETHER IT IS LIGHT OR HEAVY.
AND THEN THERE IS THAT
MOMENT TOO WHERE WE NEED TO BE,
LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
IN TERMS OF DELIVERY AND COST.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE,
LIKE, THAT MOMENT WITHIN
THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHERE
CAN YOU AS A COUNCILMEMBER SAY,
OKAY, WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT IS
AVAILABLE, THIS IS THE --
THESE ARE THE TWO THAT I WOULD
PRIORITIZE.
SO, WE NEED THAT TOUCHPOINT
AS WELL AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW
THIS
COMES TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, ALL, FOR THAT.
I WANT TO COMMEND CAL JUST
FOR ALSO YOUR WORK AND WORKING
WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND TRYING
TO SORT OUT THESE PARAMETERS.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
ENCOURAGE AND ASK THAT AS
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
ESTABLISHING
OPERATION PROCEDURES WE OFTEN
FIND A
WAY FOR US TO BE IN
CONFERENCE TALKING WITH EACH
OTHER ABOUT
KIND OF THE PROJECTS
WE'RE HEARING ABOUT FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
I KNOW OUR OFFICE HAS HEARD
ABOUT A NUMBER OF, YOU
KNOW, PROBLEMATIC CROSSINGS FOR
RESIDENTS.
SO I WOULD BE -- OFFER THAT
AS WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT ESTABLISHING OPERATION,
PROCEDURES, THINKING ABOUT
WAYS TO ENSURE THAT
CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ABLE
TO
VOICE AND CHAMPION PROJECTS AS
WELL.
AND THAT'S JUST FINDING
WAYS TO BE COMPLEMENTARY,
WHETHER IT
IS HAVING A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF
THE AREAS FROM A CONSTITUENT
REQUEST
AND COMPARING THOSE WITH
WHAT MAY BE ON SDOT'S RADAR TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL
PERSPECTIVE.
I WOULD JUST NAME THAT
AS SOMETHING I'LL BE WANTING
TO CHAMPION DURING THIS PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL
THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
AND, I HAVE ASKED CAL AT
MY DIRECTION TO WORK WITH SDOT
AND MY OFFICE TO DEVELOP THIS
FRAMEWORK.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.
AND THE IDEA, COLLEAGUES,
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT I AM
CURRENTLY
THINKING ABOUT, I THINK IT
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE THEMES
THAT
I'VE HEARD TODAY, AT THE
DAIS, AND SOME
OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS
INDIVIDUALLY I'VE HAD AS WELL,
IS THAT THE IDEAS THAT
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD
BE ABLE TO PROPOSE ON THEIR
OWN, WELL, ON BEHALF OF THEIR
CONSTITUENTS, A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS, POSSIBILITIES TO BE
FUNDED AND DELIVERED UNDER
THIS NEW PROGRAM.
AND I'VE ALSO ASKED AS PART OF
THIS, SO THERE IS TWO PATHS
AND I'VE ALSO ASKED SDOT TO
CURATE AND PROVIDE A LIST OF
CURATED
PROJECTS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL
COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT --
THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNFUNDED
OR
UNBUILT UNDER OUR CURRENT --
UNDER THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT
PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING THOSE SET
FORTH AS APPROVED IN OUR
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN LAST
YEAR.
SO IDEAS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
CAN CURATE AND I HAVE MY OWN
LIST,
PERSONALLY, OF D-1 PROJECTS
AND IDEAS THAT WE CURATE AND WE
SEND
THOSE ON AN ONGOING BASIS
TO SDOT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
DO THE SAME, AND SOME OF THEM
STILL GO UNFUNDED AND UNBUILT,
AND SO
IDEAS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW IN
THAT EXAMPLE, WE COULD PULL SOME
TO BE BUILT AND FUNDED
THROUGH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO
CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM SDOT'S
PERSPECTIVE,
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IN
OUR DISTRICT THAT MIGHT
OTHERWISE
GO UNFUNDED PURSUANT TO ONE OF
THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE,
LIKE VISION ZERO, SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED
SAFETY, JUST DOESN'T --
JUST FALLS BELOW THE CUT LINE
AND,
AGAIN, WOULDN'T ORDINARILY BE
FUNDED, CERTAINLY NOT THIS
YEAR,
SO, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS
CAN CHOOSE AND SO, IN ANY
EVENT, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, IS THAT A
STALE HAND OR DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER FOLLOW- UP QUESTION OR
COMMENT?
>> STALE HAND.
APOLOGIES.
>> NO
WORRIES. NO WORRIES.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY FINAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER?
NO?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHOW,
SDOT, APPRECIATE YOUR
PARTNERSHIP
AND COLLABORATION ON THIS
IMPORTANT TOPIC AND, COLLEAGUES,
STAY
TUNED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> AWESOME.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, SDOT POTHOLE
REPAIR PROGRAM PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
OUR NEWEST PRESENTERS
ARE JOINING US AT THE TABLE.
WELCOME.
ONCE READY, PLEASE DO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> RODNEY MAXIE, SDOT, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR.
>> ELSA TIBBITS, SDOT PAVE
ING ENGINEERING MANAGER.
>> TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT OUR POTHOLE PROGRAM.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT A
PLUG IN, IN GENERAL, FOR
MAINTENANCE
OVERALL. MY CREWS AND MY
DIVISIONS ARE
THE RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE,
URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AND
THE PAVING, SIGNS AND MARKINGS
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION
FOR
SDOT.
WHICH COVERS ALSO CREW
CAPITAL DELIVERY FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD
PROJECTS. SO, WE'RE LOOKING TO
FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU GUYS ON ALL OF
THESE PROGRAMS,
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE
RELATIONSHIP
WE HAD OVER THE MANY YEARS OF
RESPONDING QUICKLY TO ANY
CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT TODAY I HAVE MY PAVING
ENGINEERING MANAGER TO
DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF OUR
ASSETS, ALMOST $20 BILLION WORTH
OF
PAVING ASSETS WE HAVE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SO, ELSA?
>> THANK YOU, RODNEY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
TO PRESENT OUR POTHOLE
REPAIR PROGRAM
TODAY. TODAY WE'LL BE
DISCUSSING
OUR PAVING PROGRAM, THE
TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF HOW AND
WHY
POTHOLES DEVELOP, AND HOW TO
REPORT IT.
WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING OUR
OPERATIONS, RESOURCES,
AND WINTER WEATHER.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL GO OVER
BUDGET, PAVEMENT INVESTMENTS
AND CONDITIONS OF OUR PAVEMENT.
SEATTLE'S ARTERIAL STREETS HAVE
1,153 LANE MILES OF ARTERIAL
ROADS TO MAINTAIN AND WE HAVE
SEVERAL WAYS IN WHICH WE
PERFORMPERFORM REPAIRS.
POTHOLE REPAIR IS
TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT LIKE WE
LIKE TO SAY,
A BAND- AID TO THE OVERALL
NETWORK TO A DISTRESSED STREET.
POTHOLES ARE A SYMPTOM
OF PAVEMENT INJURY AND THE
REPAIRS
ARE TEMPORARY IN NATURE.
ANOTHER FORM OF MAINTENANCE
IS OUR ARTERIAL MAJOR
MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM, WE CONSIDER THIS ONE OF
OUR MEDIC RESPONDERS THAT
PROVIDES STITCHES AND REPAIRS
TO OUR STREETS TO GAIN ANOTHER
TWO TO FIVE YEARS OF LIFE CYCLE.
BUT DOES NOT REPAIR THE
SUBGRADE.
SDOT'S CONCRETE
AND ASEXUAL ASSAULT ASPHALT
CREWS S
DELIVER THIS DAY AND DAY OUT.
STREETS SEVERE SURGERY
TO SEVERERY INJURED SECTIONS OR
A
COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION TO
RESTORE ITS ASSET BACK TO ITS
HEALTH.
UNDER THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
LEVY SDOT HAS A GOAL OF
REPAIRING 80% OF REPORTED
POTHOLES IN 72 HOURS.
A POTHOLE IS AN ABRUPT
DEPRESSION IN THE
ROADWAY, TYPICALLY WHERE TRAFFIC
LOADING HAS BROKEN LOOSE, A
SECTION OF
PAVEMENT.
OVER TIME WITH HEAVY VEHICLE
TRAFFIC, STRUCTURAL FATIGUE,
THE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS,
WEATHERING, PAVEMENT
STEADILY ACCUMULATES CRACKS AND
OTHER
DISTRESSES.
POTHOLES OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY
AFTER PRECIPITATION WHEN IT HAS
BEEN WEAKENED BY WATER THAT
INFILTRATES THROUGH THE
CRACKS OF AGING PAVEMENT.
CYCLES OF FREEZING AND
THAWING OVER S EXACERBATE THIS
CONDITION.
ALSO UTILITY CUTS WHICH
ARE OFTEN RESTORED IN A
TEMPORARY
CONDITION.
THIS IS THE REASON THAT
WE COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH OUR
UTILITIES ON MAJOR
CAPITAL PROJECTS SO WE CAN DO
UTILITY WORK WHILE THE RIGHT OF
WAY
IS OPEN TO PREVENT UTILITY
CUTS INTO NEW PAVEMENT LATER.
SEATTLE TYPICALLY FILLS
15,000 TO 25,000 POTHOLES EVERY
YEAR.
THE LONG- TERM SOLUTION IS TO
REPAVE THE ROAD.
POTHOLE REPAIR IS SDOT'S
FIRST RESPONSE TO PAVEMENT
DAMAGE ALLOWING SDOT TO
KEEP STREETS SERVICEABLE.
SDOT RECEIVES REPORTS OF
POTHOLES FROM SEATTLE
RESIDENTS, THROUGH SEVERAL WAYS.
FIND IT FIX IT APP IS OUR MOST
COMMON.
THEY CAN ALSO CALL OUR
SDOT CUSTOMER SERVICE CARE
CENTER.
ANOTHER OPTION IS THE
CHARLES STREET DISPATCH OFFICE,
WHICH IS
206-386-1218.
AND FINALLY WE ALSO CAN REPORT
POTHOLES ONLINE.
SDOT GOAL IS TO RESPOND TO
POTHOLE REPAIR REQUESTS WITHIN
THREE BUSINESS DAYS
WITHIN COMPLETION OF 80% IN 72
HOURS, STARTING ON THE DAY AFTER
THE
REQUEST IS RECEIVED IN ORDER TO
MEET THIS DEPARTMENTAL GOAL,
THE POTHOLE CREWS RESPOND WITH
A FIRST REPORTED FIRST REPAIRED
METHOD.
AS THE PRIORITIZATION MODEL.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE MORE FORMAL
MEANS OF
REPORTING, SDOT ROADWAY
MAINTENANCE CREWS IDENTIFY
POTHOLES DURING DAY TO
DAY WORK
WHILE RESPONDING TO THE REPORTED
POTHOLE REPAIRS.
SDOT ALSO RECEIVES SPECIFIC
REPAIR REQUESTS OR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THROUGH CITY
COUNCIL.
WHEN A POTHOLE IS REPORTED,
MAINTENANCE CREWS MOBILIZE TO
THE LOCATION
AND DETERMINE IF A POTHOLE CAN
BE -- A REPAIR
IS THE APPROPRIATE REPAIR
METHOD.
IN THE EVENT THE PAVEMENT
DEFECT IS MUCH MORE THAN A
POTHOLE
REPAIR, SDOT STREET MAINTENANCE
WORKS WITH MY TEAM, PAVEMENT
ENGINEERING, AND WE COME UP
WITH A LARGER REPAIR PLAN.
IN 2024, SDOT'S POTHOLE
PROGRAM EXPANDED ALMOST $5
MILLION.
THE PROGRAM HAS RUN OUT OF SDOT
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS DIVISION
AND INCLUDES FOUR
DISTRICT CREW CHIEFS, EIGHT
TRUCK
DRIVERS, FOUR ASPHALT RAKERS,
RAKER, TRAFFIC AND DUMP TRUCKS,
PAVERS,
GRINDERS, STEEL DRUM
ROLLS, RUBBER TIRE ROLLS,
SDOT MAINTAINS FOUR HOT BOX
TRUCKS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED
AROUND
THE CITY IN THE NORTHEAST,
NORTHWEST,
WEST SEATTLE AND CENTRAL
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS.
AND IN 1997, THE CITY
BOUGHT FOUR TRUCKS FITTED WITH
SPECIAL BOXES TO KEEP PATCHING
ASPHALT HOT AND DUBBED THE CREW
POTHOLE
RANGERS.
GREG NICHOLS CAMPAIGN FOR
MAYOR ON FAST RESPONSE POTHOLE
REPAIR ESTABLISHING A 48- HOUR
GOAL
FOR RESPONDING TO THE MOST
POTHOLE REQUESTS AS HE CAME INTO
OFFICE IN 2002.
AS THE BRIDGING THE GAP
LEVY CAME ONLINE IN
2006, SDOT COULD INVEST MORE IN
SDOT PAVING
AND OTHER CREW MAINTENANCE WORK
AS WELL AS AAC PROJECTS.
WITH CREWS BUSIER THAN
EVER, ATTENDING TO THE VARIETY
OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND COSTS
OF ASPHALT INCREASING, THE CITY
SHIFTED TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE
72- HOUR GOAL IN 2010.
SDOT AIMS TO PROVIDE 72 HOUR
RESPONSE TO REPORTED POTHOLES
BY THE PUBLIC, AND IN 2024
THE TARGET WAS MET 90% OF THE
TIM.
THE CHART SHOWS POTHOLE RESPONSE
AND POTHOLES REPAIR ED 2014 TO
2024, THE WINTER -- THE
WEATHER IN THE WINTER 2017
WAS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE, LEADING
TO
A HIGHER NUMBER OF POTHOLES
IN NEED OF REPAIR.
IN 2022 AND 2023, IMPACTS
TO STAFFING DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND AN ACTIVE WINTER IN BOTH
YEARS ALSO LED TO AN INCREASE
IN POTHOLE REQUESTS WHERE
THE DEMAND GOES UP AND THE
RESPONSE TIME FRAME TURNS DOWN
DUE TO
VOLUME.
A 72 HOUR POTHOLE
GOAL RESPONSIBLE CAREFULLY
BALANCED TO OPTIMIZE THE
PERFORMANCE
OF WHAT IS PRIMARILY A REACTIVE
PROGRAM.
SDOT HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED
80% GREATER RESPONSE TO
POTHOLES WITHIN 72 HOURS AND
EIGHT OF
THE PAST 11 YEARS.
IN 2017, DESPITE
ONLY ACHIEVING THAT METRIC 78%
OF THE
TIME, SDOT FILLED OVER 35,000
POTHOLES.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT OUTPUT
COMPARED TO THE ANNUAL AVERAGE.
72 HOUR RESPONSE
COMMUNICATES SOLID CUSTOMER
SERVICE AND
GOOD GOVERNANCE WHILE STILL
PROVIDING SOME CAPACITY FOR
CREWS
TO ADDRESS POTHOLES OUTSIDE OF
THE
SPECIFIC CAPACITY.
FOR CREWS TO RESPOND --
SORRY, SPECIFIC GOAL FOR
FILLING POTHOLES IN 30 DAYS.
A FEW EXAMPLES OF OTHER
CITIES AND THEIR RESPONSE TIME
WOULD
BE, LIKE, SAN FRANCISCO HAS 72
HOURS.
BALTIMORE HAS 90 DAYS.
WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS 72 HOURS.
TAMPA, FLORIDA, 72 HOURS.
SACRAMENTO, 72 HOURS.
AND TULSA, 72 HOURS.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> IN ADDITION TO SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER EVENTS OR
SEASONS RESULTING IN HUNDREDS
OR THOUSANDS OF NEW
POTHOLES, TYPICALLY AFTER A
STORM,
SDOT WILL DEPLOY CREWS TO
IDENTIFY POTHOLES OUTSIDE OF THE
ROUTINE CUSTOMER SERVICE
RESPONSE, OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY
AND
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN THIS GRAPH, THE BLUE
LINE REPRESENTS THE FULL SCOPE
OF
THE DEMAND BY THE PUBLIC, WHICH
COULD INCLUDE DUPLICATE
REPORTS OF POTHOLES AT THE SAME
LOCATION.
THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS
THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES REPAIRED.
A SINGLE WORK ORDER COULD
BE ISSUED FOR REPAIRS THAT
INCLUDE MULTIPLE POTHOLES WITHIN
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION, WHICH IS
WHY
YOU'LL SEE MORE WORK ORDERS
REPAIRED THAN REPORTED WHILE
MAINTAINING THE 72 HOUR
RESPONSE TIME WITH THE FIRST-
COME,
FIRST- SERVED APPROACH.
WE ALSO PATROL UNDER REPORTED,
UNDERSERVED AREAS
PROACTIVELY AND MAKE POTHOLE
REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO OUR KNOWN
POTHOLE
REPORTS. EXPENDITURES HAS
EXCEEDED THE
BUDGET CONSISTENTLY
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
IN
2023, BUDGET PROCESS SDOT WAS
APPROVED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 1.
3
MILLION FROM THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
FUND BACKED BY
VEHICLE LICENSE FEE REVENUES
TO
ESTABLISH A HIGHER BASELINE
BUDGET FOR POTHOLE REPAIR GOING
FORWARD.
OUR NEED EXCEEDS THE ALLOCATED
BUDGET, BUT WE CONTINUE TO
MEET OUR GOAL OF 80% IN 72
HOURS.
POTHOLES ARE A SYMPTOM OF THE
COMBINATION OF AN
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WEATHER
AND WITH OUR FUTURE PAVEMENT
INVESTMENTS, A BIG SHOUTOUT
AND THANK YOU TO THE SEATTLE
VOTERS, THE SEATTLE COUNCIL, AND
THE MAYOR FOR PASSING A $1.
55 BILLION SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION
LEVY.
THIS INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS US TO
CONTINUE TO
INVEST INTO OUR
ASSETS. IN 2024 TRANSPORTATION
LEVY
VIA
NEW DOLLARS TO THE ARTERIAL
ASPHALT AND CONCRETE
PROGRAM REACHED THE HIGHEST
FUNDING LEVEL FOR PAVING IN
DECADES.
$330 MILLION OVER EIGHT YEARS OR
$41. 25 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHERE
AS THE PREVIOUS MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY ALLOCATED $250
MILLION
OVER 9 YEARS OR $27. 8 MILLION A
YEAR.
THIS IS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF
$80 MILLION OF THE LIFE OF THE
2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY.
WE UPDATED OUR
PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX EVERY
TWO YEARS.
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'LL
BE
ASSESSING OUR NONARTERIAL
STREET NETWORK AS WELL.
THIS SHOWS THE CONDITION FROM
2004 TO 2023, WHERE AS THE
60% OF OUR NETWORK IS IN FAIR
TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, YOU CAN
ALSO SEE THE PAVEMENT
CONDITION IS TRENDING DOWN, BUT
IT HAS
BEEN MAINTAINING A RATING SINCE
2018 AND REFLECTING
THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE WITH THE
DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN
ARTERIAL BACKLOG OF 460 MILLION,
WHICH REPRESENTS 312 LANE MILES
AND
REHABILITATION PROJECTS, SHOWN
IN THE ORANGE.
IN ADDITION THERE ARE ANOTHER
1. 4 BILLION IN THE CROSS,
286 LANE MILES OF ARTERIAL
STREETS
THAT HAVE FALLEN INTO THE
LOWEST CONDITION RANGE AND
REQUIRE
RECONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, WITH THE
INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUR AMM,
CREW
PAVING PROJECTS THAT WE REFER TO
AS
MEDIC ONE, WE CAN INCREASE
OUR RESPONSE TO STITCH THE AREAS
OF DISTRESS IN THE
STREET SEGMENTS TO EXTEND THE
LIFE FOR TWO
TO FIVE YEARS VERSUS 20 YEARS OF
RECONSTRUCTION.
AMM PROGRAM IS WHERE WE
ARE MAKING A LOT OF
INVESTMENTS RECENTLY WITH THE
SEVEN TO
EIGHT LANE MILES WE CAN PRODUCE
OUT OF
THAT BUDGET.
WE KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE 1. 4
MILLION TO MAKE ALL THE REPAIRS,
BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITH
THE INCREASED PAVEMENT
INVESTMENTS WE CAN APPLY ALL
REPAIR
METHODS TO EXTEND THE OVERALL
NETWORK QUALITY TO CONTINUE TO
FILL
POTHOLES, REPAIR
PAVEMENT SECTIONS WITH SPOT
REPAIRS
AND SLURRY SEAL METHODS AND
INVEST
IN LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS
IDENTIFIED IN THE 2024
TRANSPORTATION LEVY.
AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND
IN
INVESTING IN SDOT FOR
OUR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND
A LONG- TERM
SOLUTION OF REPAVING
THE ROAD. THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
I SUPPOSE I COULD BE A LITTLE
BIASED, BUT GREAT JOB, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
MR. MAXIE, MISS TIBBITS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
YES.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIND MY
HAND.
MY ELECTRONIC HAND.
MR. MAXIE AND MISS
TIBBITS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
NOW MR. LA BOARD HAS COME
FORWARD TO THE TABLE,
SO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR JOINING
US.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND REALLY IMPACTS, YOU
KNOW, OUR CITY AND OUR DISTRICT
AND MY
DISTRICT IN THE NSE OF
IS THERE ARE ARTERIALS FOR
TRANSIT, HIT WITH POTHOLES.
THE ONE IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW,
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, 10th
AVENUE, BECAUSE YOU'VE
COME THROUGH AND IMPROVED IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT,
SO, YOU KNOW TO HAVE THOSE KIND
OF SUCCESSES AND EVEN BETTER, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
IN TERMS OF THE BROADER EFFORT
IN TERMS OF DENNY, YOU KNOW,
WHERE IT CROSSES 99, THAT WHOLE
PROJECT.
AND I WOULD ADD, YOU KNOW,
THE BALLARD BRIDGE CONNECTING D-
7 AND D- 6 AND THE WORK ON BOTH
SIDES.
THE BRIDGE ITSELF, BUT ON BOTH
SIDES, PARTICULARLY GOING
INTO
MY COLLEAGUES' DISTRICT.
THAT'S A MAJOR EFFORT AND
THAT GOES TO YOUR POINT ABOUT
THE BROADER MAINTENANCE, WHICH I
GET, 110%.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE
EFFORTS.
AND PART OF THIS TOO IS IT IS
NOT NECESSARILY A SINKHOLE -- A
POTHOLE.
SOMETIMES IT IS MORE OF A
SINKHOLE AND I KNOW THERE IS
AN EFFORT UNDER WAY TO GO
FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE ON
THE TRANSIT ROUTES.
BUT THERE IS SOME TRANSIT ROUTES
THAT ARE KIND OF SECONDARY
THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE
LOVE, IF YOU WILL.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT,
AND RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING
ABOUT
SOUND
TRANSIT AND THE INABILITY FOR
RAILS TO DEAL WITH
HEAT, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE TO
ME, IS
THE, YOU KNOW, THE
MASSIVE SINKHOLES FROM THE BUSES
AND THESE NONARTERIAL KIND
OF AREAS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT, IS
THAT
SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING OUT
FOR, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
GET, YOU KNOW, FIND IT FIX IT?
IT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL
POTHOLE, BUT HAS THE SAME EFFECT
IN A
LOT OF
WAYS.
>> IT IS NOT.
THE BUSES, AGAIN, ARE, YOU
KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE CITY AND
WAS BORN IN THE '60s AND THE
BUSES ARE A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER,
LET'S
SAY, THAN THEY WERE BACK THEN.
AND THE CITY WAS BUILT
TO ENGINEERING STANDARDS OF THE
1930s, 1940s, AND 1950s WHEN
THE PAVING HAS BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE BEEN
SYSTEMATICALLY GOING BACK.
IF YOU LOOK AT A
REGULAR CONCRETE PANEL THAT WAS
BUILT
IN 1940, IT IS FOUR INCHES
DEEP, WITH NO REINFORCED STEEL.
YOU COME FORWARD TO NOW, AND
YOU LOOK AT THE CONCRETE AND
THE PAVING WE DID ON MADISON,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 8 TO 14
INCHES AND
IN SOME PLACES 18 INCHES
THICK, WITH REINFORCED STEEL
DOWELS
THAT ARE 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
THOSE NEW DESIGN STREETS WITH
ELSA'S PAVING ENGINEERS, WE
REDESIGNED THE STREETS SO
THEY CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT.
AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT
IS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THE
STREET TO BE IN THE BEST
CONDITION FOR
ALL MODES.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE STREET IN
THE BEST CONDITION FOR
TRANSIT, USUALLY IT IS IN THE
BEST CONDITION FOR EVERY MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT'S
REALLY WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET TO, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO
THAT CONDITION GRADUALLY,
HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS
OR SO.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, WITH
THE TERRAIN IN SEATTLE, AND THE
WEATHER, AND THE
OTHER INTERESTING FACT IS THAT
WE HAVE
60% OF OUR ROADS ARE CONCRETE.
ON AVERAGE, AMERICAN CITY ONLY
HAS 5% OF ITS ROADS.
SO, THOSE ARE THE LITTLE BIT
OF THE CHALLENGES, BUT WE
MADE GREAT PROGRESS BECAUSE WE
JUST
PAVED DENNEY WITH ELSA'S
AAC PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE
GETTING IN
THE PROCESS OF PAVING
EASTLAKE, BECAUSE WE JUST PAVED
15th
AND THE BALLARD BRIDGE, HUNDREDS
OF POTHOLES ARE NOT GOING TO
OCCUR
FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK HAND AND
HAND WITH YOU
GUYS AND PUT, YOU KNOW, DO
THE BEST INVESTMENTS AT THE
RIGHT
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
AND, YEAH, THE WORK ON
MADISON IS INCREDIBLE.
BY THE WAY, I WAS TALKING
TO SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG
MADISON, I WAS ASKING HOW THE
CHANGES
ARE IMPACTING THEM AND THEY WERE
SAYING, ACTUALLY, THAT THERE IS
A PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT,
BUT THERE IS PEOPLE WHO NOW TAKE
THE TRANSIT TO GO TO THAT
BUSINESS AND SO THERE MAY BE
SOME POSITIVE NEWS AND AS WE
ADAPT
TO THE -- THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE
ON
MADISON.
AND I NOTE HOW IT COMES DOWN
.
>> AND WE LOVE DELRIDGE.
WE HAVE THE COMMON SENSE TO
PAVE IT FIRST SO THAT IT CAN
HANDLE THE BUS LOADS
AND THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY
SPECIAL PROJECT.
>> OKAY.
WELL, THAT'S -- YEAH, THOSE
SINKHOLES, I UNDERSTAND
MAYBE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU
KNOW, LIKE THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION, I RECOGNIZE
THERE ARE PRIORITIZATIONS ON
THIS
AND I'M TALKING FOR THE
SECONDARY
ROADS AS THE BUSES ARE
MAYBE TURNING AROUND TO GET
LINED UP
FOR THEIR ROUTE, YOU KNOW,
FOR THE RETURN RUN, THOSE --
THERE ARE IMPACTS THERE TOO AND
THE CONCRETE IS DOING
WONDERS, PARTICULARLY AT THE BUS
STOPS
THEMSELVES.
THEY NEED THOSE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE --
>> ONE THING YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, LIKE ON FAIR VIEW AND ON
MADISON, ON THE TURN
AROUNDS, WHEN THE BUS GOES INTO
THE
RESIDENTIAL, WE DID REPLACE
ALL THOSE PANELS BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T UP TO THAT SPEC,
SO
WE CAN AVOID THAT PROBLEM.
BUT ALSO A LOT OF
THOSE SINKHOLES YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT
IS AGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES A
LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR US TO FIX
THAT.
WE USUALLY COME BACK AND
ELSA WILL DESIGN, LIKE SHE
SAID, SHE'LL DESIGN A SYSTEM
WHERE
WE CAN BACK FILL AND GET IT
SAFE AND WORK WITH THE
UTILITIES,
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PIPES
LEAKING, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT
WE HAVE TO REPLACE TO GET
THE PERMANENT FIX.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT,
YES.
I CAN SEE THAT.
THAT'S PART OF THE COMPLETE
STREETS APPROACH, BUT,
YEAH, VERY IMPORTANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE TOO, IT
IS NOT JUST THE BUSES THAT
HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AND HEAVIER,
IT
IS ALSO OUR RESPONDERS, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND
NOW WE HAVE LADDER TRUCKS AND
FIRE ENGINES RESPONDING TO MEDIC
CALLS.
SO, THEY'RE PUTTING WAY
MORE WEIGHT ON OUR ROADS BECAUSE
OF THESE INCREASED CALL
RESPONSES, NOT JUST FOR FIRES,
BUT FOR
EVERYTHING.
AND MEDIC ONE AND THE HEALTH ONE
AND THAT, THEY'RE
NOT NECESSARILY THERE SO WE
HAVE SOME HEAVY VEHICLES
RESPONDING TO INCREASED NUMBER
OF CALLS.
AND THAT, TOO, IS AN IMPACT.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME QUESTIONS TO YOUR
POINT ABOUT DO ALL THESE
VEHICLES NEED
TO BE AS BIG AS THEY ARE, YOU
KNOW.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING AS PART OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS AS
WE DENSEIFY ANOTHER REASON
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT.
AND SO, I APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND
REGARDING
POTHOLES, A LOT OF THE
POTHOLES, KING, HAVE BEEN
ADDRESSED IN
DISTRICT 7.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
MY
COLLEAGUES?
HEARING AND -- YEAH, GO AHEAD.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO START WITH THE
APPRECIATION THAT I HAVE FOR
YOU SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
A LOT OF POTHOLES AND A LOT
OF LONGER STRETCHES AND REMIND
ME,
WHAT IS THE TERM WHEN IT IS
NOT A POTHOLE, IT IS
SOMETHING BIGGER AND WORSE THAT
TAKES
MORE TIME, WHAT IS THE
CORRECT TERMINOLOGY FOR THAT?
>> AGAIN, IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT
IS ALL PAVING DEFECT, BUT
IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE
SCALE.
LIKE WE SAID, A LOT OF
THOSE MIGHT BE -- IT COULD BE
ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 20
YARDS TO TWO
BLOCKS.
>>
YES. WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT?
JUST IN COMMON LANGUAGE?
>> WE CALL IT AMM
PROGRAM, ARTERIAL CREW
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT --
WHERE YOU HAVE
TO RECONSTRUCT LOCALLY THOSE
AREAS IN ORDER TO FIX,
LIKE, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SAID,
IF YOU HAVE THOSE BIGGER AREAS.
THE POTHOLE CREW IS MORE
FOR THAT QUICK KIND OF JUST MAKE
IT
SAFE OR HAVE A SHIM, IF WE
HAVE, LIKE, A JOINT THAT GOES UP
FOUR INCHES OR SOMETHING AND
IS JARRING PEOPLE ON TRANSIT,
OR CAUSING MOTORCYCLISTS TO
CRASH, ET CETERA.
>> YOU CAN USE SPOT REPAIR.
>>
YEAH.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY THE
MOST COMMON TERM THAT WE USE.
>> THANKS.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
SO SPOT REPAIR IS A LARGER
SECTION THAN JUST A POTHOLE THAT
NEEDS MORE WORK.
A POTHOLE IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN BE FILLED WITHIN 72
HOURS.
>> CORRECT.
>>
RIGHT. AND IT IS THE AMM PROGRAM
IS ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FOUR
BLOCKS WITH ALL LANE MILES
FROM CURB AND GUTTER.
IT CAN BE, LIKE I SAID, 10 TO
20 YARDS, JUST, YOU KNOW,
LOCATION, OR IT CAN BE UP TO
THREE BLOCKS.
WE DON'T GO OVER THAT
USUALLY BECAUSE OF THE BID
LIMITS.
AND THE PUBLIC WORKS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS
THAT YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK, I
CAN SEE IT, AND WE NEED TO BE
BETTER
ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS JUST IN
THIS CONVERSATION IT HAS
BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET
AROUND WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE
BETWEEN
WHAT -- WE ARE HERE --
YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
AND TOGETHER WE'RE GOVERNING
AND PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR
CITY.
BUT SINCE THE LAST TIME
I RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION,
YOU
KNOW, I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THREE
TIMES, MAYBE JUST SINCE
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CAME INTO
OFFICE, AND I RECEIVED IT
A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE.
EVEN SINCE THE FIRST TIME I'VE
RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION,
THE SECTION ON 24th FROM 80th TO
85th REMAINS ONE OF THE SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO FIX
IT TODAY.
YOU FIXED -- SINCE THE LAST
PRESENTATION, YOU FIXED ON
24th FROM 80th DOWN TO 65th,
WHERE YOU COMPLETELY REPAVED
THE ENTIRE SECTION, MUCH LIKE
YOU DID ON THE BALLARD BRIDGE.
THE BALLARD BRIDGE, I CAN'T
TELL YOU HOW MANY COMPLAINTS
I RECEIVED BECAUSE IT HAD
GOTTEN SO BAD.
BUT WE COULDN'T FIX IT RIGHT
AWAY, YOU WERE IN THERE TO DO
A LARGER PROJECT, RIGHT?
SO, THE COMMUNICATION
CHALLENGE I HAVE IS I PICKED UP
A
CONSTITUENT REQUEST
FROM COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
KETTLE'S
DISTRICT, AND PASSED IT TO
HIM, BUT DOWN HERE IN BELLTOWN
WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD
REPEATEDLY
SUBMITTED FIND IT FIX IT
REQUEST FOR VERY LARGE POTHOLES,
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT, A
POTHOLE
THAT WILL EAT YOUR TIRE, BUT THE
CITY HADN'T RESPONDED TO THEM.
AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF
THESE, AGAIN, SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS, SPOT REBUILD, SPOT
RECONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER YOU
WANT TO CALL WHAT IS NOT A
POTHOLE,
BECAUSE A POTHOLE IS A VERY
SPECIFIC THING DEFINED
WITHIN OUR BUSINESS OF GOVERNING
ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE.
BUT TO A COMMON PERSON,
THEY JUST SEE A HOLE IN THE
ROAD THAT IS GOING TO MESS UP
THEIR AXEL.
AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK
TODAY.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, SINCE THE
FIRST TIME THAT I RECEIVED THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY, THERE
ARE STILL HOLES ON 24th THAT
MAKE
ME VERY WARY OF DRIVING THROUGH
THEM.
SO, AND STILL THAT'S NOT
A POTHOLE RESPONSE, WHICH IS
WHY YOUR POTHOLE RESPONSE
NUMBERS
ARE SO HIGH.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU'RE OUT
THERE DOING GOOD WORK.
BUT WE NEED TO BE BETTER
ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE
PUBLIC ABOUT -- THEY SUBMITTED A
FIND IT FIX IT AND JUST GET A
CLOSED
TICKET THAT SAYS WE HAVE DEALT
WITH YOUR POTHOLE, BUT THEY
STILL SEE THE HOLE IN THE ROAD
THAT WILL EAT THEIR TIRE.
THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK
BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING REALLY
GREAT WORK.
>> OUR ARTERIAL
MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DOES
ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AT A TIME AND
OFTEN EVERY YEAR THEY GO BACK
AND
DO ANOTHER THREE BLOCK SECTION
AND THEN ANOTHER THREE BLOCK
SECTION
SO WE CAN JUST KEEP
MOVING FORWARD ON MAKING REPAIRS
TO
THAT CORRIDOR.
SO, I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO
THAT SECTION BECAUSE I THINK WE
JUST
FINISHED, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID,
60th, 65th, I'LL SEE IF
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH
THE
PROGRAM, IF THEY'RE GOING
TO KEEP MOBILIZING UP 24 th.
>> AND, AGAIN, I'M NOT
ASKING FOR YOU TO CHANGE
RESOURCES, CHANGE YOUR PLAN, I
THINK
MORE THE QUESTION IS THE
LONGEVITY THAT THIS HAS REMAINED
AN
ISSUE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH
THIS PRESENTATION SO MANY TIMES
AND
IT IS STILL THERE.
THAT'S JUST THAT.
I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM
I'VE GOT TODAY IS THAT WE GOT
RESIDENTS SUBMITTING FIND IT FIX
ITS, HAVING
THEIR TICKETS CLOSED, THE HOLE
IS STILL IN
THE STREET BECAUSE
RECONFIGURATION AND NOT A
POTHOLE.
>> I THINK THE
COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT AND I
THINK
OUR DIRECTOR AUTUMN EMORY
BROUGHT THAT UP AND WE'RE
PUTTING TOGETHER A BROADER
COMMUNICATION PLAN.
I THINK ONE THING AS YOU KNOW
IN THE 11 YEARS SINCE
I'VE BEEN AN EXECUTIVE IN GE OF
THIS
PROGRAM, WE DO A GREAT JOB
OF COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE
BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE
DELRIDGE, THE 15th, THE MADISON,
ET
CETERA.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
WE NEED TO GET OUT -- WE WANT
TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY
AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, ALL OF
OUR MAINTENANCE AND SMALL
CAPITAL AND LARGE CAPITAL
BECAUSE WE
DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH
FOR THE BIG CAPITAL, BUT
WEREN'T DOING THAT FOR
MAINTENANCE.
I THINK OUR DIRECTOR ADIAM EMERY
HAS A PLAN FOR THAT.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BECAUSE
WE'RE
HE GOING TO GET TO BRING
ELSA AND MYSELF AND BILL OUT
INTO
THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATE
BETTER ABOUT THAT THE OTHER
POINT
ELSA MADE IS A WELL TAKEN POINT,
THAT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR
DIDN'T QUALIFY AS AN AAC
PROJECT.
SO WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING,
WHAT SHE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO DO
BECAUSE OF PUBLIC WORKS IS DO
THREE BLOCKS AT A TIME ON
THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
BUT THE -- THOSE ARE
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE
DEFINITION, THE LAY PERSON
FEELS IT IS A POTHOLE, AND SOTO,
MANUFACTURE MANY
OF THOSE STREETS WE CAN'T PAVE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE DRAINAGE AND IF WE PAVE
THEM,
THE COMMUNITY WILL FLOOD.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT IN
THE LAST LEVY, THE GREAT
PARTNERSHIP
WE DID WITH SPU, WE PUT MONEY
ASIDE AND BUILT THE
DRAINAGE FIRST AND THEN PAVED
SOUTH PARK.
THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WE'RE ALL
CIRCLING AROUND THE SAME THING.
I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS IN
ON THE BLOCKS IN BELLTOWN
HAVE HOLES THAT CAN EAT YOUR
TIRE.
THE CONSTITUENT -- THE RESIDENT
DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE FROM
THE CITY OTHER THAN IT IS NOT A
POTHOLE OR YOUR TICKET HAS BEEN
CLEARED.
IT TOOK THEM EMAILING
US, ME AND BOB, THE REFERENCE
NUMBER,
WE SENT IT TO BILL, BILL SAID WE
GOT THIS PLANNED, HERE IS THE
TIMELINE, WE'RE, LIKE, GREAT,
SENT THAT TO THE RESIDENT
AND THEY WERE HAPPY.
BUT --
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> BUT THE PROBLEM -- BUT
THE PROBLEM THERE IS
SOMEBODY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
EMAIL A
COUNCILMEMBER TO GET AN
ACCURATE ANSWER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD AND THAT
IS ONE THING ALSO WE'RE
WORKING WITH FIND IT FIX IT TO
-- FOR
THE CITY TO DESIGN THE BACK
HALF. WHEN THEY TAKE A PICTURE,
PUT
IN A FIND IT FIX IT,
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR
CREW CHIEF TAKE
A PICTURE AND AUTOMATICALLY
SEND IT BACK TO THE CUSTOMER.
SO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, THANK
YOU.
>> KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK.
IT IS NOTICEABLE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
>> WE'RE TRYING.
>> KEEP IT UP.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS?
NO?
GOOD TO GO.
I HAVE A FEW, IF YOU
WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK TO
SLIDE NINE,
PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
LOVE THIS.
PERFORMANCE TARGETS FILL 80% OF
POTHOLES, INFERENCE
AREAS REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN
72
HOURS.
AND LOVE THE 10 OR 11-YEAR
ROLLUP OF HOW WE MEASURED
AGAINST THAT GOAL RIGHT THERE.
I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE YEAR
2024, WHEN OUR CITY WAS ABLE TO
FILL
90% OF REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN
72 HOURS, WHICH IS EXCELLENT
WORK.
THE TEAMS ARE DOING EXCELLENT
WORK.
AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE
CONVERSATION I HAD
WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
BRIEFLY
YESTERDAY, 24 OR 90% OF REPORTED
POTHOLES WERE FILLED.
LAST YEAR.
SINCE MANY BUT NOT ALL OF US
AT THIS DAIS TOOK OFFICE.
MYSELF INCLUDED.
90%.
EXCELLENT.
WE HAD SOME REALLY INTENTIONAL
SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS
IN BOOSTING THE POTHOLE
REPAIR PROGRAM LAST YEAR AS A
POLICY
MATTER.
WE HAVE ELEVATED THE
IMPORTANCE OF POTHOLES AND
POTHOLE
REPAIR TO OUR BROADER ROAD AND
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR STRATEGY.
SOME WOULD SAY, OH, 11%
INCREASE, YEAR OVER
YEAR, WOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
IS IT JUST HAPPENSTANCE
OR CHANCE OR
COINCIDENCE? NO.
IT IS NOT.
NOT AT ALL.
WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
OR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE,
POTHOLE
REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS
NOT ALL THE MYTHICAL FORCES OF
THE
WORLD AND STARS ALIGNING
AND JUST PURE HAPPENSTANCE.
THIS IS AN
INTENTIONAL DELIBERATIVE POLICY
DECISION THAT WE MADE TO BETTER
INVEST AND FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE
POTHOLE
REPAIR.
AND WE HAVE ENSHRINED THAT
AT LEAST FOR AN EIGHT- YEAR
PERIOD, WE FUNDED IT AND
ENSHRINED
THE PERFORMANCE GOAL OF 80%
WITHIN
72 HOURS WITHIN VOTER
APPROVED LEGISLATION LAST YEAR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
HAMMER ON IT.
BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY PURE
HAPPENSTANCE.
BECAUSE IF THE TREND WENT
ANOTHER DIRECTION, PUBLIC WOULD
NECESSARILY BE UPSET
WITH US, NOT WITH YOU ALL, BUT
US.
THAT'S HOW ACCOUNTABILITY
WORKS.
WORKS BOTH WAYS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
EMPOWERED, AGAIN, WITH CLEAR
DIRECTION, CLEAR LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE EXECUTIVE, AND
IMPORTANTLY INVESTMENT TO BACK
THIS WORK.
AND MADE CLEAR IT WAS A
PRIORITY, GOT OUT OF THE WAY,
AND LET YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU ALL
DO BEST.
THE GREAT WORK TO BUILD THESE
POTHOLES BUT BY NO
HAPPENSTANCE IN THIS CASE.
THIS IS 90% LAST YEAR.
WE WITH OULD LIKE TO SEE THAT,
IT
IS A HIGH MARK, NOT THE HIGH
WATER
MARK OF 95% WE SAW IN 2016 AND
2018, BUT WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THAT -- THOSE CONTINUE
SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS AND
PERFORMANCE OVER
TIME. CERTAINLY AS LONG AS I'M
AROUND.
THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK.
AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING
OUT MAYOR NICHOLS' CAMPAIGN
PLEDGE IN 2002 TO REPAIR TO HAVE
48 HOUR RESPONSE TIMES.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS ALL OF US,
MYSELF INCLUDED, BUILDING
UPON THAT WORK AT THE
ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL.
PRIORITIZING POTHOLE REPAIR
AS AN IMPORTANT PILLAR OF HOW
WE DELIVER EFFECTIVE AND
RESPONSIVE SERVICES TO THE
TAXPAYER.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BUILD UPON THAT, SO SHOUTOUT
TO MAYOR NICHOLS FOR HIS INITIAL
LEADERSHIP AND ALSO
APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT
HIGHLIGHTING
THE COMPARISONS OF HOW OTHER
CITIES DO SIMILAR WORK IN TERMS
OF
MIAMI, SACRAMENTO, YOU KNOW,
ALSO HAVING 72- HOUR
RESPONSE TIME GOALS.
BALTIMORE, 90- DAY RESPONSE
TIMES.
BALTIMORE, PLEASE, GET WITH IT.
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?
90 DAYS FOR A POTHOLE REPAIR?
IN ANY EVENT, THIS IS MISSION
CRITICAL WORK.
AND I APPRECIATE THE CREWS
BEING ABLE TO DELIVER UPON THAT
AND
DO THEIR WORK SO EXPERTLY.
ON THE -- SO MY QUESTION IS
ON THE SORT OF COMPARISONS OF
OTHER
MAJOR CITIES, IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE -- THE MARKET, BALTIMORE,
90- DAY OUTLIER, BUT THE
MARKET IS 72- HOUR RESPONSE TIME
GOAL.
WHAT IS -- DOES THAT -- IS
THERE ANY INDICATION OF HOW MANY
OF THOSE ARE AT THE 80% OF
REPORTED
POTHOLE AS WE ARE OR DO THEY
HAVE, LIKE, 75% OR 85% OR, LIKE,
WHAT PROPORTION OF THOSE
POTHOLES DO WE HAVE
AN INDICATION OF, LIKE, HOW
MANY,
100%?
>> WE DON'T -- I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA AT
THIS
TIME, CHAIR SAKA.
BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN WORK
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND SISTER
CITIES
TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THEY'RE WILLING TO
DISCLOSE THAT.
>> ONE THING I CAN ADD FROM
DOING SOME OF THE RESEARCH
FOR OTHER CITIES IS THAT IT
REALLY
VARIES.
AND SOME ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT
MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW,
SIMILAR RATIO AS SEATTLE AND
OTHERS REALLY DON'T COME
CLOSE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE CITIES,
ABOUT
COMING CLOSE.
I FOUND SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES
IN THE D.C. AREA COMPLAINING
ABOUT
DDOT'S ABILITY TO KEEP UP
WITH THEIR 72- HOUR COMMITMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, SOME
OF THE CITIES HAVE GREAT WEATHER
CONDITIONS YEAR ROUND.
OTHERS REALLY GET SLAMMED IN THE
WINTERTIME.
AND, YEAH, AS WE SAW, THAT'S
A BIG VARIABLE FACTOR.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
IN THE SURGE WE DO IN OUR
STRATEGY
THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST
11 YEARS IS THAT SINCE WE
KNOW POTHOLES OCCUR MORE
FREQUENTLY ON THE PRESENTATIONS
THAT WE
HAVE GIVEN YOU IN THE PAST.
IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND
APRIL, RIGHT AFTER THE WINTER
SEASON, WE'LL COME AND HAVE
A PAUSE ON SOME OTHER PAVING
JOBS AND MOVE 10 TO 20 CREWS IN
AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE
CORRIDORS, SEPARATE FROM
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND
TRY TO
GET AS MANY OF THOSE PATCHED
UP SO THEY DON'T BECOME FIND IT
FIX
IT COMPLAINTS.
I THINK THAT HELPS WHEN YOU
DO THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME OF
YEAR.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
AND, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL
FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU
FOR THE TERRIFIC WORK THAT YOU
AND
YOUR TEAMS DO EVERY DAY TO
HELP OUR CITY BETTER DELIVER
UPON
AND BRING TO LIFE AN
EFFECTIVE RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT
THAT
PRIORITIZE
PRIORITIZES OUR MOST BASIC
NEEDS AND THE TRANSPORTATION
CONTEXT
IS OFTEN POTHOLE REPAIR.
SO, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE NOT
ALREADY, I WOULD HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE VISIT,
A SITE VISIT ALONGSIDE ONE OF
THE CREWS PERFORMING THIS WORK.
I'VE DONE MULTIPLE
POTHOLE VISITS WITH THE FRONT
LINE
CREWS, NOT JUST FOCUSING ON
POTHOLES, I'VE DONE -- I TRY
TO -- AS CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,
I TRY TO PRIORITIZE AT A BARE
MINIMUM SITE VISITS IF NOT MORE
FREQUENT.
BUT I KNOW -- UNDERSTANDING
AND SEEING THAT WORK, I'VE
DONE MULTIPLE POTHOLE TOURS
AGAIN,
AS AN ASIDE, I THINK ONE OF THE
NEXT ONES, I WOULD LOVE FOR
YOU TO JOIN MR. MAXIE, BUT
WOULD LOVE TO BETTER SEE SOME OF
THE
DELIVERY OF SOME OF
OUR ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AND
THAT WORK
GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
BUT MY COLLEAGUES ENCOURAGE
YOU TO FIND TIME IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY AT SOME POINT,
AT LEAST
ONCE, DURING YOUR FIRST TERM
HERE, TO VISIT THE CREWS
WITHIN SDOT AND DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE
POTHOLE REPAIR, BUT THERE IS
ANY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES,
BUT IT REALLY DOES HELP BRING TO
LIFE IN A -- IN A CONCRETE, FOR
LACK OF A BETTER
WORD, TANGIBLE WAY, THE WORK
THAT WE DO WRITING
APPROPRIATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
AND CODE AND LEGISLATION THAT
GUIDES THE WORK, IT REALLY DOES
HELP BRING TO LIFE IN A
CONCRETE AND IMPORTANT AND
TANGIBLE WAY
WAY ALLOWS US AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BETTER
CONNECT
WITH THE WORKERS ACTUALLY DOING
THE WORK AND THE POTHOLE CASE
AND VISITED THE POTHOLE RANGERS
MANY TIMES, MANY OF THEM ARE
MEMBERS
OF THE UNIONS, AND SO --
ANYWAY, THERE IS ANY NUMBER OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
PLEASE DO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY
GIVE A CHANCE TO VISIT.
I KNOW THE WORKERS
THEMSELVES REALLY DO APPRECIATE
HAVING ELECTED OFFICIALS JOIN
THEM.
AND WE ALL COLLECTIVELY
OVERSEE 40 PLUS CITY DEPARTMENTS
AND
AGENCIES, SO CAN'T, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GO TO ALL AND
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DIVE
DEEP WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE
DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO HELP US
BETTER UNDERSTAND AND
UNPACK WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW
THIS WORK IS ACTUALLY IMPACTING
AND AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES
AND CONNECT WITH THE WORKERS
DOING
IT.
THAT'S THE KEY.
SO, IN ANY EVENT, ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU, AGAIN, SDOT,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT
PRESENTATION HERE.
AND AS AN ASIDE, MR. MAXIE,
BEST OF LUCK AND MIGHT SEE YOU
IN A
COUPLE DAYS.
>> YEAH, MIGHT SEE YOU TOMORROW.
WE'LL SEE.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST
FOUR TEAMS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE
STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO --
>> WE'LL --
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR
TEAM AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
TO PLAYING YOU AGAIN.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING
YOU TOO, MR. MAXIE'S DAUGHTER
IS A STAR PITCHER AND IT IS GOOD
IT SEE YOU ON THE SIDELINES
THERE AND WEST SEATTLE DOES WHAT
WEST SEATTLE DOES, CAME OUT ON
TOP
OF THAT ONE, BUT WE'RE STILL IN
THE
FIGHT, AND IN ANY EVENT,
WE'RE ALL CONNECTED, PART OF
THE
COMMUNITY, AND, YOU KNOW,
GOOD SEEING YOU THERE.
BEST OF
LUCK.
>> DEFINITELY.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
>> MY VOICE IS RUNNING
THIN, YELLING AND SHOUTING AND
HOLLERING.
YOU SAW ME ON THE
SIDELINES.
>> YEAH.
NO, YOUR DAUGHTER AND THE
TEAM, YOUR TEAM IS OUTSTANDING
AND THAT'S WHAT COMPETITION
FOR YOUNG KIDS AND LADIES IS
ABOUT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO -- WE'RE
TEACHING LIFE SKILLS ABOUT HOW
TO WORK AS A TEAM, AND HOW
TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE.
AND THESE GIRLS, ALL 13
TEAMS THAT MADE IT TO STATE,
WERE
JUST AMAZING.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
ALL SHOULD BE PROUD
OF.
>> BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MAXIE, THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR TRAVELING UP HERE
IN
PERSON, AS I DID, FROM THE STATE
TOURNAMENT. AND PRIORITIZING
THIS IMPORTANT
TOPIC.
AND REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY
DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
AND YOUR CREWS DO EVERY DAY.
THIS IS SOME OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT WORK I WOULD
ARGUE.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
SUPPORT FROM THE WHOLE CITY
COUNCIL
AND BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS,
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE MADE
TO HELP US DO, YOU KNOW,
BE STRONGER AND BETTER AND
GIVE MORE QUICK SERVICE TO
THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO A THIRD
AND
FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER
3 INTO THE
ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BILL
121026, AN ORDINANCE VACATING
THE ALLEY IN
BLOCK 14 KINNEAR ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE
NORTH RAINIER HUB URBAN VILLAGE
AND ACCEPTING
A PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE
PETITION
OF GRAND STREET KI- MOONS LLC
NOW GRAND STREET COMMONS MBH
LLLP, CLERK FILE
314459.
>> PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES, AND BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATIONS.
>> HOLLY GARDNER, PROJECT
MANAGER.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL
JENKINS, SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION.
>> SO, COUNCIL BILL 121026 IS
THE FINAL APPROVAL
FOR A ALLEY VACATION AND IN A
NORTH RAINIER JUDKINS PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT -- THE ALLEY
VACATION FACILITATED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
A THREE BLOCK PROJECT NEAR
THE FUTURE JUDKINS PARK LIGHT
RAIL
STATION.
TRANSFORMED AN AREA THAT
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL
INTO A MIXED USE COMMUNITY.
THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU
WOULD GRANT FINAL APPROVAL.
INITIAL APPROVAL WAS GRANTED IN
2021.
THE COUNCIL PLACED 13
CONDITIONS ON THE ALLEY
VACATION,
THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET,
AND
SO WE ARE BACK HERE IN FRONT OF
YOU WITH FINAL APPROVAL OF THE
VACATION.
IF GRANTED, THE ORDINANCE WOULD
ACCEPT A PROPERTY USE
AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
THAT ENSURES THAT
THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE
CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AND
WOULD GRANT
FINAL TRANSFER OF THE ALLEY
PROPERTY TO MT. BAKER HOUSING.
>> OKAY.
GOOD MORNING.
I DID WANT TO THANK CHAIR
SAKA AND IAN FOR MAKING SURE WE
WERE ON THIS AGENDA.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK LISH HAS COVERED MOST
OF THE BACKGROUND AND MICHAEL IS
GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE
DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW.
AND THEN HOLLY IS GOING TO
GO OVER THE PROJECT.
BUT I DID WANT TO, AGAIN,
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE
CITY
COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A
TWO- STEP APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
VACATIONS.
SO, AS LISH INDICATED, THIS
WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY
THE COUNCIL IN 2021, AND THAT IS
THE SUBSTANTIVE APPROVAL OF THE
VACATION.
SO AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND THE VOTE ON THE CLERK FILE
THAT
CONTAINS THE PETITION,
THE DEVELOPER IS FREE TO GO
FORWARD AND BUILD OVER THE
ALLEY,
REMOVE THE UTILITIES, DO
EVERYTHING
AND THE POLICIES PROVIDE FOR A
TWO- STEP APPROVAL IN
ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO MONITOR
THE
DEVELOPMENT, MAKE SURE THAT
THE DEVELOPER PROVIDES ALL
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A VISION,
PAYS
ALL THE FEES, MEETS ALL OF THE
CONDITIONS.
SO WE HOLD OUT THE
FINAL VACATION ORDINANCE AS A
VERY
IMPORTANT ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL.
SO WE'RE HERE NOW AND AS
LISH HAS INDICATED, WE CAN
AFFIRM THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS
MET ALL
OF THE VACATIONS THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL IMPOSED ON THE
PROJECT.
THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO
MAKE WHICH YOU'LL SEE WHEN
HOLLY
GOES THROUGH IS THAT THIS
VACATION WAS REALLY VERY
POWERFUL TOOL
IN SUPPORTING THIS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT SO
THE
CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE
VACATION ALLOWED THE
CONSOLIDATION OF
THE SITE AND REALLY REDUCED THE
COST OF DEVELOPING THE HOUSING
AND
WAS PROBABLY A KEY FACTOR
IN WHETHER THIS COULD BE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOT.
SO, THE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTED THE VACATION, AND THE
WAIVER
OF THE VACATION FEE, AND THE
CITY'S PARTICIPATION AND
PROVIDING FUNDING WERE REALLY
KEY IN
MAKING THIS PROJECT HAPPEN AND
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT
THERE, THE PROJECT TURNED OUT
REALLY
WELL.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF A PARTNERSHIP AND THE POWER
OF CITY SUPPORT WHEN WE BRING
THESE
KIND OF VACATIONS IN FRONT OF
YOU.
SO, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE
UNLESS THERE IS OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN
WE WANTED MICHAEL TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN
COMMISSION, WHICH WAS A VERY
POWERFUL
VOICE ON THIS AS WELL.
>> THANKS, BEVERLY.
IN
2015 THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION ADOPTED A POLICY
ON DESIGN THAT ELEVATES EQUITY
AND
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
THIS PROJECT IS A
FUNDAMENTAL RESULT OF THAT
POLICY, AND
REALLY ELEVATED WHAT
THE COMMISSION LIKES TO SEE
IN ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK
AT.
HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND HOW CAN THE
COMMUNITY SEE THEIR
IDENTITY,
THEIR CULTURE, AND THEIR
EXPECTATIONS IN THE
PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE CREATED.
THIS PROJECT WENT ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE POLICY THAT WE
LAY OUT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO
BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY.
AND THEY DID IT NOT ONLY IN
THE HIRING OF AN ARTIST
THAT CENTERED THE
COMMUNITY'S
IDENTITY AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
THEIR COMMUNITY IN A NUMBER OF
WAYS IN THOSE PUBLIC
SPACES, THEY TOOK AN
UNPRECEDENTED STEP BY CREATING A
LONG-
TERM COMMITMENT WITH THE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY TO SET
ASIDE
A GROUND LEVEL SPACE TO BE USED
BY
THE COMMUNITY, BOTH MANAGED AND
CURATED BY THE CULTURAL
SPACE AGENCY OVER A SIGNIFICANT
TERM OF LIFE FOR THE PROJECT.
IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE
THIS, THEY RAISED THE BAR FOR
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO DO THE
SAME
THING, AND TO TAKE IT TO
THE NEXT STEP.
THE COMMISSION PUSHED THEM
VERY HARD
IN THIS AREA. THEY RESPONDED IN
WAYS THAT WERE
UNEXPECTED AND THAT WE WERE
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF SEEING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN
THE PRESENTATION COMING.
>> YEAH, SO NOW WE'LL HAVE
THE GOOD STUFF, FINALLY.
HOLLY WILL GO OVER THE PROJECT
ITSELF WITH BILL
-- HE'S OUR AV GUY, WE TAKE HIM
EVERYWHERE
TO HELP US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I HOPE THIS IS THE MOST
EXCITING PRESENTATION YOU HEAR
TODAY. SO AS YOU HEARD, GRAND
STREET COMMONS IS A MIXED USE
PROJECT OFF RAINIER SOUTH AND
GRAND
STREET IN DISTRICT 3.
YOU HEARD HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT
IN THE DELIVERY OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I KNOW THAT LISH TOUCHED ON THE
RE- USE OF AN UNDERUTILIZED
SITE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS ALSO A BROWNFIELD
SITE AND WE DID A SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.
SO, THIS PROJECT BROUGHT A LOT
OF GOOD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WAS VERY COMPLEX IN ITS
PARTNERSHIP.
IT CONSISTS OF THREE
BUILDINGS, TWO OF WHICH, IF YOU
-- YES, GO
AHEAD, THANK YOU.
SO, TWO OF WHICH ARE
LABELED HERE GSE WEST AND EAST.
THOSE WERE MARKET RATE
PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY LAKE UNION
PARTNERS, THEY DID OPT IN TO
MFTE AND MHA TO DELIVER 25% OF
THEIR÷÷ UNITS AT
AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND SOUTH
IS DEVELOPED
BY MT. BAKER HOUSING, FULLY
AFFORDABLE, 206 UNITS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOUTH
GRAND STREET AND THE PLAZA
CREATED THROUGH ALL OF THIS SO
IT
REALLY CREATED A MICROCOMMUNITY
WITHIN THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, IN ORDER FOR THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT ON GSE
SOUTH TO BE EFFICIENT IN ITS
FLOOR
PLATE AND MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE CAN
PROVIDE, WE REQUESTED A
VACATION OF AN EXISTING ALLEY
RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN
SOUTH GRAND STREET AND SOUTH
HOLGATE
STREET.
THE ALLEY VACATION WAS APPROVED.
WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT CONDITIONS
THAT INCLUDED
INCREASED PEDESTRIAN AND RIGHT
OF WAY
IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC PLAZA WITH
A WOONERF, PROGRAMMING SPACE AND
ENHANCED LANDSCAPING,
THE DEDICATED RETAIL SPACE OFF
THE PLAZA FOR CSA TO PROVIDE
YEAR ROUND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING,
WHICH MICHAEL SPOKE TO, AND THEN
SEVERAL PLAZA AMEN TIZ IES
AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS.
THE COMBINED
DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED 775 NEW
UNITS TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 364 OF
THESE
ARE AFFORDABLE BETWEEN 50 AND
80% AMI.
206 OF THOSE ARE THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT BY
MT. BAKER
AND THAT'S AT A DEEPER LEVEL
OF AFFORDABILITY BETWEEN 50 AND
60%
AMI. 40 OF THOSE UNITS ARE
THREE-BEDROOM HOMES BECAUSE WE
REALLY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE
FAMILY SIZED UNITS IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PLAZA WAS
DESIGNED TO DRAW PEDESTRIAN
TRAFFIC INTO AND
THROUGH SOUTH GRAND STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE WOONERF CREATED
HERE OFF OF RAINIER
THROUGH SOUTH GRAND AND THEN
CONNECTS
AGAIN.
IT FEATURES A PUBLIC
SPLASH FOUNTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC
TO
UTILIZE, IT HAS FIVE IN GROUND
ART INSTALLATIONS THAT WILL
LOOK AT HERE SHORTLY, THERE IS
A NUMBER OF SEATING
OPPORTUNITIES,
ABUNDANT LANDSCAPING AND
THEN ONE OF THE ART ELEMENTS
THAT IS
INCORPORATED, YOU CAN SEE
SOME LITTLE GLOWING BULBS ON
HERE,
IS WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL
GARLIC GLOBES FEATURED ALONG THE
WALKWAY, WHICH IS A SHOUTOUT
TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND
THE IMMIGRANTS THAT USED TO
SETTLE IN THIS LOCATION.
THE OTHER THING
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT
THIS
PLAZA THAT WE WERE CREATING
COULD
BE USED FOR PUBLIC EVENTS.
SO, WE DID STUDIES AND LOOKED
ATHE
AT AT THE LAYOUT.
EVENTS,
CONCERTS, WHATEVER MAY BE WITHIN
THIS SPACE.
AND THEN THE ART THAT
WE SELECTED WAS DONE THROUGH
A COMPETITIVE PROCESS
AND GABRIELLE TESFAYE WAS
OUR SELECTED ARTIST.
HER ART, WHICH YOU CAN
SEE SAMPLES OF HERE, TELLS A
REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL
STORY
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER
ACROSS ALL CULTURES.
AND IT IS FEATURED IN
FIVE GROUND PLAIN
MOSAIC INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE
PLAZA.
AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THEM
ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
YES.
SO WE HAVE THREE THERE NEAR
THE PUBLIC FOUNTAIN AND THEN TWO
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOUTH GRAND
STREET. THEY'RE ALL QUITE LARGE
INSTALLATIONS, WE HAVE
SOME BEAUTIFUL PLAQUES THAT TELL
THE STORY OF THE MEANING BEHIND
THEM.
AND THE CULTURES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO THESE AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA.
THE FINISHED PLAZA DELIVERED ON
ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS
REQUESTED, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY AND MY FAVORITE PART
IS IT
IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE
RENDERING.
YOU ENVISION THIS PROJECT -- WE
DID ENVISION THIS PROJECT FOR
SIX YEARS.
TO SEE THE FINISHED PROJECT
HERE AND SEE IT ACTIVATED, TO
SEE
THE COMMUNITY AND THE
RESIDENTS COMING AND GATHERING
IN THIS
SPACE
AND USING THIS SPLASH PARK IS
PRETTY POWERFUL.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MORE
DETAILED REQUIREMENTS, THE
CIP WORK WAS CREATED IN NOVEMBER
OF
2024.
ALL PUBLIC BENEFIT COORDINATION
HAS BEEN COMPLETED,
INCLUDING WORKING WITH METRO FOR
A LAST
MINUTE REQUEST TO ADD A
RAPID RIDE STATION FOR A FUTURE
RAPID EXPANSION ON THIS LINE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT IN
AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WE COORDINATED WITH
THE ART COMMITTEE AS YOU HEARD
FROM
MICHAEL, WE PUT IN PUBLIC
ACCESS AND FREE SPEECH SIGNAGE
POSTED AT MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS
THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA,
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THEY'RE
WELCOME
HERE.
AND THEN FINALLY WE
COMPLETED A PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS
RECORDED
TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE ONGOING
MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS
THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO
MAINTAIN THIS SITE TO THE SAME
LEVEL
OR BETTER AS IT IS AT TODAY.
THE END RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL
PLAZA. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
THERE, I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK IT
OUT.
IT IS INCREDIBLY WELCOMING.
THE ART, THE LIGHTING, THE
LANDSCAPING, THE SEATING,
IT DRAWS YOU IN AND
FEELS LIKE A
PLACE OF HOME IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MISS BARNETT, MR.
JENKINS, MISS GARDNER, MR.
WHITSON, OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS.
AND THEN MR. LABOARD.
SO, COLLEAGUES, I PROMISED
I WOULD GET YOU OUT OF HERE
NO LATER THAN 11:15.
APPRECIATE -- LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE ON TIME AND ON TARGET.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WELCOME
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ON
THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE
FROM VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I'LL KEEP QUICK, KEEPING TO
YOUR SCHEDULE.
JUST TO CONFIRM, THIS IS
JUST SOUTH OF THE I- 90
CORRIDOR, WHICH IS WHERE DEER
AUTO --
NORTH OF DEER AUTO AND -- OKAY.
WHICH IS GREAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A TON --
THANK YOU, ALL, NUMBER ONE, FOR
THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS. IT IS GORGEOUS.
I ALWAYS SAW THIS -- SAW
THIS LAND AND WAS, LIKE,
THIS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME
HOUSING AND
HERE WE ARE, BOOM.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO
COLLEAGUES THAT THERE IS
A PROJECT JUST NORTH OF THE I-
90
CORRIDOR THAT IS OPEN AND
URBANLY, ACROSS THE STREET,
WHERE THE OLD 7- ELEVEN OR
BURGER KING BURNED DOWN THAT'S
GOING FOR THEIR NEW
HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS GOING
HAVE FAMILY
HOUSING.
SO THAT CORRIDOR OF RAINIER
AVENUE, JUST THAT JUDKINS
AREA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF THE LIGHT RAIL AS WELL,
IS REALLY HAS DEVELOPED AND
TRANSFORMED AND I THINK THIS
IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE
COMMUNITY AND HAVING THIS
TYPE OF SPACE THERE AND OPEN
SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK
THROUGH AND JUST REALLY,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
INTENTIONALITY BEHIND SOME OF
THE DESIGNS
AND THE AESTHETICS.
I'M A BIG AESTHETICS PERSON.
SO JUST THE AESTHETICS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WAY IT
FEELS.
I GO BY THERE OFTEN AND SO
JUST THANK YOU, ALL, AND THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, VICE- CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS, FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THANK
YOU, AGAIN.
GREAT PRESENTATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
BACK AT ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS
SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
AND FRIENDLY REMINDER, THIS
IS THE LAST STAGE AS THEY -- AS
WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER IN
THE PRESENTATION OF MULTIYEAR
PROCESS, SO NOW WE'RE AT
THE ORDINANCE STAGE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST
5th AT 9:30 A.M.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY?
AND HEARING AND SEEING NONE,
NO FURTHER BUSINESS HAS COME
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE