A.M. I AM ROB SAKA CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WILL
THE COMMITTEE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMAN KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNTMAN RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING IF
THERE'S'S NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPT EXAMINED
HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION
THE HEARING IS ADOPTED. THANK
YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S
MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. THIS IS OUR FINAL
MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE UNTIL
AFTER THE BUDGET. I WANT TO
START, HOWEVER, WITH SOME
REPORTING LATE LAST WEEK ON
FRIDAY NIGHT. COLLEAGUES I
MENTIONED THIS IN DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFING YESTERDAY. SOME
REPORTING IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
THAT I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT. BUT
LAST WEEK THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE EXPERIENCED A MAJOR
STREETLIGHT POWER OUTAGES
REPORTEDLY CAUSED BY VANDALISM,
TARGETING CRITICAL ELECTRICAL
AND TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE ILLEGAL
ACTS ARE NOT ONLY DANGEROUS
POSING SERIOUS RISKS TO DRIVERS,
TRANSIT RIDERS, AND THE LIKE,
BUT ALSO COME AT A SIGNIFICANT
COSTS FINANCIALLY TO OUR CITY. I
PERSONALLY WITNESSED INDIVIDUALS
STRIPPING COPPER WIRE WHILE
RIDING THE BUS. RIDING TRANSIT.
WHICH IN MY VIEW HIGHLIGHTS HOW
WIDESPREAD AND PERVASIVE AND
OFTENTIMES VISIBLE THIS ISSUE
HAS BECOME. OUR CITY MUST REMAIN
COMMITTED TO WORK ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS AND IN A TRULY ONE
SEATTLE WAY. TOGETHER ALONGSIDE
OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO
IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO
PREVENT THESE KIND OF ATTACKS ON
OUR CRITICAL ELECTRICAL AND
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SYSTEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY LED COMMUNED
DEMANDED TRAFFIC CALMING
MEASURES IN THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD. MY OFFICE HAS
WORKED IN CLOSE COLLABORATION
WITH THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY
COALITION CULTIVATE SOUTH PARK,
LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND, OF
COURSE, PARENTS TO ADVANCE LONG
OVERDUE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG 14th AVENUE SOUTH. AND I
WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THIS
FIRSTHAND ON SATURDAY DURING THE
PARADE. THE EFFORT AS INCLUDED
MULTIPLE SITE VISITS AND WALKING
TOURS WITH MY OFFICE, COMMUNITY,
AND SDOT TO EVALUATE THE
CONDITIONS AND IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. THIS
PARTICULAR CORRIDOR SERVES AS A
BUSY FREIGHT ARTERIAL AND
TRAGICALLY, HAS BEEN THE SITE OF
TWO FAIRLY RECENT PEDESTRIAN
FATALITIES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR
ALONE HOWEVER OVER SUSTAINED
ADRASCASSEY WE SECURE THE
INSTALLATION OF SPEED CUSHIONS
AND RAISED CROSSWALK MARKINGS. P
MORE IS NEEDED. AND MORE IS ON
THE WORK PLAN FOR SDOT. BUT I DO
WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE
REFLECT, AND IN THIS CASE,
CELEBRATE SOME INITIAL GOOD
NEWS. AND HOW OUR CITY, HOW AS
EXECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IS
WORKING TO BE AS RESPONSIVE TO
COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. TO
CREATE SAFE SYSTEMS AND SAFE
STREETS FOR ALL. I WANT TO
PERSONALLY EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. SDOT, DIRECTOR EMERY,
CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER VENU AND
SHOUT OUT TO VENU. FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AND
BEING WILLING TO SHOW SUCH LEVEL
OF RESPONSIVENESS. AND THEIR
SHARED COMMITMENT FROM ME AND MY
OFFICE AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
TO DO MORE AND BE IMPATIENT
ABOUT THESE ISSUES. THE
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED COMPLEX
COORDINATION ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING WITH THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY
ACCESS AS WELL AS SUPPORT FROM
REGIONAL PARTNERS. HOWEVER,
THESE TRAFFIC CALLING MEASURES
ARE AN IMPORTANT ADVANCEMENT IN
OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE VEHICLE
SPEEDS, AND CREATE SAFER MORE
ACCESSIBLE CROSSINGS FOR SOUTH
PARK RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
AGAIN, FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND
UPGRADES ARE ON THE WAY. IN THE
THE WORK PLAN. THIS INITIATIVE
DOES TRULY EXEMPLIFY HOW
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
APPROACHES CAN LEAD TO EFFECTIVE
AND RESPONSIVE GOVERNANCE. THANK
YOU AGAIN TO THE DEPARTMENT.
NEXT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECENT
DISCUSSIONS AT THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD LEVEL EAFFECTING WEST
SEATTLE AND OUR CITY'S ENTIRE
SOUND TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL
NETWORK. THERE HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF
THE AVALON STATIONS, ONE OF
THREE STATIONS AS PART OF
SOUND'S TRANSIT EXPANSION INTO
WEST SEATTLE. IN MY VIEW, THIS
IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND
I HEARKEN BACK INTO MY DAYS AS A
PRODUCT LAWYER WORKING WITH
HELPING TEAMS INNOVATE AND SHIP
AND LAUNCH BRAND NEW INNOVATION
AND BRAND NEW PRODUCTS. AND THE
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SPACE
THERE'S A NEGOTIATION OF MVP.
MINIMALLY VIABLE PRODUCT. MVP
MINIMALLY VIABLE PRODUCT
REFLECTS THE CORE ESSENTIAL
FEATURES THAT NEED TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE B1 RELEASE OF
ANY NEW PROJECT. THE VERSION ONE
RELEASE OF ANY NEW PRODUCTS. YOU
CAN ALWAYS ADD AND CHAIN ON MORE
FEATURES LATER, BUT IN TERMS OF
VIABILITY, OF THE LONG-TERM
VIABILITY OF A PRODUCT, THERE'S
A MINIMUM BAR. AND I THINK THREE
STATIONS HAVING THREE STATIONS
ACROSS WEST SEATTLE REFLECT THE
MVP IN TERMS OF MINIMUM NUMBER
OF STATIONS REQUIRED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IS
VIABLE. AND WE HAVE GOOD
RIDERSHIP. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
THE POSSIBLE REMOVAL OF THE
STATION AS A SUPPORTER OF THIS
PROJECT. AND I BELIEVE THE
INCLUSION OF AVALON STATION
AGAIN, IS A BEAR MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT, IS PART OF THE CORE
FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PROJECT. WE
CAN ALWAYS BUILD MORE LATER, BUT
THAT'S THE BEAR MINIMUM. SO I
WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
THE EXPANSION OF LIGHT RAIL IN
WEST SEATTLE AS WELL AS STRONG
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
WHEN NECESSARY, TO THE FULL
EXTENT POSSIBLE MITIGATION
EFFORTS. IT'S ANOTHER CONCERN
OF MY OFFICE. EVEN THOUGH I
DON'T SIT ON THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD. ALL IMPACT THE RESIDENTS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES NEED TO BE
MADE WHOLE TO THE FULL EXTENT
POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT OF
DECISIONS TO EXPAND AND NOW THE
PEOPLE HAVE TO RELOCATE. ALL
RIGHT. THAT SAID, MOVING ON
TODAY'S AGENDA WE HAVE SEVERAL
IMPORTANT ITEMS TO VOTE ON
HEADING INTO THIS IMPORTANT
BUDGET SEASON. OUR FIRST TWO
AGENDA ATTEMPTS RELATE TO
IMPLEMENTING DISTRICT PROJECT
FUND. WHICH WE BRIEFED AND
DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE AT OUR
LAST COMMIT YES MEETING EARLIER
THIS MONTH. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION
ON IT AT PRIOR COMMITTEE MEETING
IN AUGUST, AND BEFORE THE
LEGISLATION WAS READY, WE HAD
ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON -- AT THE
CONCEPT LEVEL. SO THIS WOULD
REFLECT OUR FOURTH CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS. GOING FORWARD, I
WILL LOOK FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT
THE PROGRAM BEYOND THE BUDGET
CYCLE. NEXT A LIKELY VOTE ON
PROPOSED NEW E-CARGO BIKE
PROGRAM. E-CARGO BIKE. THIS
INNOVATIVE LEGISLATION SUPPORTS
OUR CITY'S CLIMATE AGENDA,
DECREASING CONGESTION, AND
SUPPORTING VISION STEREO SAFETY
INVESTMENTS. WHICH, IS A
SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY FOR ME AND
MY OFFICE. I HAVE OFFERED TWO
AMENDMENTS WHICH I THINK WILL
HELP SCENTEN STRENGTHENING THE
LEGISLATION AND WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION OF SDOT REGARDING
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHICH WE
PASSED LAST YEAR. LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE REFRESH
OWNER THIS AS WELL AS DIGGING
INTO HOW SDOT WILL IMPLEMENT IT
ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE. WITH MORE
GRAN YOU A LAYERITY IN DETAILS.
FINALLY, WE HAVE LEGISLATION
FROM SDOT WHICH I WOULD DESCRIBE
AS A TECHNICAL CHANGE RELATED TO
AN ERROR ON PREVIOUSLY PASSED
LEGISLATION BY THE COUNCIL
PERTAINING TO A NAME CHANGE AND
ENTITY NAME CHANGE. ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SHOULD
RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF
THE COMMITTEE. CLERK HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO IN
PERSON SPEAKERS AND ONE REMOTE.
>> EXCELLENT. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES.
WE WILL START WITH THE IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK CAN YOU
READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS?
>> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP
TO 20 MINUTES SPEAKERS CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED, AND SPEAKERS WILL
ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF
IN-PERSON AND REMOTE UNTIL THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS END
EXAMINED THEY WILL HEAR CHIME
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT AND
MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY
DON'T END IN THE TIME. WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON
THE LIST. GORDON PADDLEFORD.
GORDON SPEAK VERY CLOSELY INTO
THE MIC.
>> HOW IS THAT.
>> THAT'S VERY GOOD.
>> OKAY. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS I AM GORDON PEDDLEFORD
THANK YOU FOR ARE TIME THIS
MORNING ON YOUR AGENDA S COST
DRAFT WORK PLAN AND THERE'S
GREAT THINGS IN THERE AND I
THINK A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS FROM
THE COUNCIL REFLECTED FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE VOTERS
OF SEATTLE WITH THE LEVY. ONE
THING I WANT TO CALL OUT IS I
THINK WE NEED TO ZOOM OUT,
ESPECIALLY AS TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AND LOOK AT SOME OF
THE GOALS WE ARE HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE TO. VISION ZERO
THERE'S A LOT OF GRATES VISION
0 PROJECTS AND WE HEARD ABOUT A
GREAT PROJECT IN SOUTH PARK AND
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT TO SAVE
LIVES. SORRY I WILL SPEAK MORE
INTO THE MIC. BUT, LOOKING AT
SYSTEMIC LEVEL, ARE WE MAKING
PROGRESS, RIGHT? I THINK IS AN
IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THIS
COMMITTEE TO THINK ABOUT IN
TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
ANSWER CURRENTLY IS NO. WE ARE
NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
ON A VISION ZERO GOALS. WE NEED
TO LOOK HARD AT THAT AND FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GET THAT BACK ON
TRACK. WE HAVE GOOD FOLKS DOING
GOOD PROJECTS KEEPING PEOPLE
SAFE BUT SYSTEMIC LEVEL WE ARE
NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROJESS
A-SAME IS CLIMATE DISTRICT 3 I
AM A RESIDENT YOU KNOW, THE
RAPID IG LINE IS MOVING MORE
PEOPLE THAN EVER. WHICH IS
AWESOME. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT BUS
RIDERSHIP OVERALL WE ARE NOT
MOVING ENOUGH PEOPLE ON TRANSIT
RIGHT NOW. SAME THING FOR
WALKING AND BIKING. AND SO, HOW
DO WE THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY THE
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WHICH ARE
GOOD BUT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE
AND HOW WE MEET OUR GOALS ON
SAFETY, EQUITY AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS WE CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT AS A CITY. WITH MY 30
SECONDS REMAINING I WILL SAY ON
THE COMP PLAN THROW BACK TO LAST
FRIDAY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE SEATTLE A LOT MORE
WALKABLE, 44% OF SEATTLE LITES
CAN WALK TO SOMETHING THEY NEED
IN THEIR DAILY LIVES A DRUGSTORE
OR GROCERY STORE BUT WITH A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IDEA AND
WITH CORNER STORES, WHATEVER WE
ARE GOING TO REBRAND THEM AS,
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
EVEN MORE PARTS OF SEATTLE
WALKABLE BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T
WALK TO DAILY NECESSITIES WE CAN
HAVE RECREATIONAL SIDEWALKS FOR
WALKING YOUR DOGS BUT CAN'T GET
KIDS TO SCHOOL ORA AND THAT'S
ONE MORE COMP PLAN THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JASON LEE, LAST
IN-PERSON SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MONK COUNCIL MEMBERS I
AM JASON LEE AND I HERE TODAY TO
ADVOCATE FOR BUS LANES ON DENNY
WAY. I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO TO
DISCUSS THE FLAWS IN SDOT'S
DECISION TO REJECT BUS LANES ON
DENNY TRANSIT IS HOW WE FIX
TRAFFIC AND THE NUMBERS DIDN'T
MAKE SENSE TO US. SO SINCE THEN
WE HAVE ASKED SDOT HOW MANY
DRIVERS THE TRAFFIC STUDY ASSUME
WOULD SWITCH TO TAKING BUS. THE
ANSWER WAS ZERO. IT IS
COMPLETELY ABSURD TO THINK
DRIVERS WOULD IGNORE A BUS THAT
WOULD SAVE OVER HALF AN HOUR ON
THE COMMUTE. SDOT AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE REPEATEDLY
CLAIMED TO PUT TRANSIT FIRST.
WHY DO THEY THINK PEOPLE WILL
PUT TRANSIT LAST. I KNOW YOU
CARE A LOT ABOUT GOOD
GOVERNANCE, SO I ASK YOU, WHY
DID SDOT SPEND NEARLY TWO YEARS
OF TIME AND TAXPAYER MONEY ON A
TRANSIT STUDY THAT IGNORES
TRANSIT. WHAT'S THE POINT OF
STUDYING A BUS LANE THEY THOUGHT
NO ONE WOULD USE. HOW DID
LEADERSHIP APPROVE A STUDY WITH
GROSSLY NEGLECT OVERSIGHT. WHEN
WE EXPAND OUR ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS, WE DON'T ASSUME THAT
PEOPLE WILL IGNORE THE NEW
LANES. WHEN WE PERMIT NEW
HOUSING WE DON'T ASSUME THE
UNITS WILL SIT EMPTY. YOU TALK
ABOUT AVALON STATION IMAGINE HOW
A FRUSTRATED YOU WOULD FEEL IF
SOUND TRANSIT SAID ZERO PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO USE THIS NEW
STATION. SO WHY IS IT ANY
DIFFERENT FOR THIS BUS STUDY?
BETTER TRANSIT IS THE BEST WAY
TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE CARS
AND DATA SHOWS IT IS WORKING.
THE SEATTLE TIMES REPORTED CAR
OWNERSHIP RATES IN SEATTLE
DROPPED BY NEARLY 10% SINCE
2017. THIS IS INCREDIBLE AND WE
NEED TO KEEP UP MOMENTUM BUT
THAT WON'T HAPPEN IF SDOT
ASSUMES DRIVERS ARE PHYSICALLY
INCAPABLE OF LEAVING THEIR CARS.
I ASK YOU, PLEASE DIRECT SDOT TO
REVISIT THE TRANSIT STUDY ON
DENNY WAY AND DO IT RIGHT THIS
TIME BY COUNTING -- THEY DID IT
FOR THE MADISON STUDY AND CAN DO
IT FOR DENNY WAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL NOW
GO TO OUR LOOKS LIKE ONE REMOTE
SPEAKER. VALERIE HEIDI BOWED
ROUSE SORRY FOR
MISPRONUNCIATION. VALERIE, ONCE
I AYOU YOU TO SPEAK REMEMBER TO
HIT STAR 6, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, VALLEY HEIDI MUDROP
BELLTOWN RESIDENT. GOOD MORNING.
LAST WEEK PETITION WAS OVER 250
SIGNATURES AND COVER LETTER
PRESENTED TO COUNCIL SAKA AND
KETTLE WITH A COPY OF THE COVER
LETTER TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT
SCOOTERS, E-BACKS AND BIKES ON
CITY WALKS. IT SHARED CONCERNS
ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND RIDER
SAFETY AND STATIC OF THE
TRANSPORT HAPHAZARDLY ABANDONED
ON CITY SIDEWALKS DOORWAYS AND
CROSSWALKS. AS RECENTLY AS
YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN ARTICLE
BY SAKA IN SEATTLE TIMES SCOOTER
INJURIES ARE ON THE RISE IN
SEATTLE. THE SEATTLE TIMES ALSO
NOTED IN A STUDY THAT CARGO
BICYCLES RODE ON THE SIDEWALK
37% OF THE TIME. THE PETITION
SUBMITTED REQUESTED THE CITY
RENEW CURRENT POLICIES AND
PROCEED YEARS RELATED TO THE
TRANSPORT. UNTIL SUCH TYKE THE
COUNCIL SHOULD NOT CONSIDER
ALLOWING E-CARGO BIKES. A FEW
ISSUES. A $69 PARKING
INSTRUCTION IS PROPOSED. DOES IT
INCLUDE ON CITY SIDEWALKS? WHAT
IS THE MECHANISM FOR
ENFORCEMENT? WHAT ABOUT RIDING
IN VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC RULES?
IE WRONG WAY NOT ABIDING BY
TRAFFIC LIGHTS. SPECIFICALLY
WHAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE? WHY
NOT SAY SIDEWALK. PEDESTRIAN
MASTER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THE
INTENT WAS TO RAPIDLY ADVANCE
PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED POLICIES AND
INITIATIVES THIS PRONOTE SAFETY
AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO
WALK. INTRODUCE OF SCOOTERS AND
E-BIKES HAS NOT SUPPORTED THE
POLICY. THIS LEGISLATION DOES
NOT AS WELL. I HAVE A GENERAL
CONCERN THAT THESE E-CARGO BIKES
WILL BE USED IN A MANNER SIMILAR
TO SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES
JEOPARDIZING SAFETY OF ANYONE
WALK ON THE CITY SIDEWALK. I
WALK REGULARLY. FOR THE MOST
PART, BIKE LANES ARE NOT USED.
WE DOESN'T NEED THE ADDITIONAL
TRANSPORTS ON BOTH SIDEWALKS AND
CITY STREETS FEEDING ZIPPING IN
AND AROUND PEDESTRIANS VEHICLES
AND NOT ABIDING BY TRAFFIC RUSE
IE GOING THE WRONG WAY IGNORING
TRAFFIC LIGHTS. APPRECIATE YOURL
LISTENING TO THIS AND WOULD LIKE
TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU. AND JUST WANT TO
SAY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO
SHOW UP PHYSICALLY AND ONLINE TO
SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK WITH US. I
WILL SAY MR. PADDLEFORD, THE
REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF
ZOOM OUT AND FOCUS ON THE
STRATEGIC BIG PICTURE WITH
RESPECT TO WHETHER OUR CITY IS
ACHIEVING SOME OF THESE
AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS OR
SAFETY GOALS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ME AND
MAY OFFICE ARE THINKING VERY,
VERY CLOSELY ABOUT. AND I -- AND
NO DOUBT MY COLLEAGUES ARE AS
WELL. AND WE WILL HAVE
OPPORTUNITY SHORTLY TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THAT. PRIORITY THE
COMMENTS ABOUT MICROMOBILITY AND
E-SCOOTERS AND SAFETY OR
POTENTIALLY LACK THEREOF IN OFF
SOME CASES OF THOSE. I SUPPORT
MICROMOBILITY OPTIONS AND MAKE
IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET
AROUND PARTICULARLY ON LAST MILE
CONNECTIONS. BUT WE ALSO MUST --
WE HAVE A SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENSURE PEOPLE DO SO SAFELY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE ME AND MY OFFICE
HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
SOME OF THE SCOOTER IS OPERATORS
LIKE LIME BIKE. WE HAVE RECEIVED
A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENT CONCERNS
ACROSS SEATTLE PERTAINING TO
SAFETY OF THOSE, INCLUDING MY
OWN DISTRICT IN HIGH POINT, AND
SO, THAT'S A TOP OF MIND ISSUE
FOR ME AS WELL. AND FINALLY, THE
DENNY WAY SUGGESTION, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE BEST OPTIMAL
SOLUTION IS TO ADDRESS THE DENNY
WAY SITUATION ON SPECIFICALLY
THE LATE 8 THE ROUTE 8 BUS. BUT
I DO KNOW THAT I THINK I DO
BELIEVE -- I THINK THERE'S MORE
OUR CITY CAN DO TO BET ARE
ADDRESS THAT. AND I AM WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NOW TO
FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A REVISED
COURSE OF ACTION WE CAN TAKE.
AND WASN'T INVOLVED IN
DEPARTMENT'S DECISION MAKING IN
THEIR CURRENT PROPOSAL, BUT,
BUT, I DO KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT
OF FACTORS TO CONSIDER. SO, IN
ANY EVENT, WORKING WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE NOW TO SEE WHAT
MORE WE CAN DO. ALL RIGHT. SINCE
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED PROCEDURES WE WILL
PROCEED ON THE FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEMS 1 AND 2. INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE RESOLUTION
3179 RESOLUTION REGARDING
OPERATION OFF COUNCIL DISTRICT
FUND/DISTRICT PROJECT FUND AS
PROVIDED IN THE 2025 ADOPTED
BUDGET AND 2025-2030 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION SDOT
003-A-1 AGENDA ITEM COUNCIL BILL
121058 ORDER INNOCENCE RELATING
TO SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AMENDING
ORDINANCE 127154 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2025 BUDGET INCLUDING THE
2025-2030 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
PURCHASE PROGRAM RENAMING IT TO
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND CIP
PROJECT AND DISTRICT PROJECT
FUND CIP PROJECT LIFTING
PROVISO.
>>> OUR PRESENTERS JOINED US AT
THE TABLE. WELCOME. PP INTRO
TUESDAY YOURSELF.
>> GOOD MORNING CALVIN CHOW WITH
CENTRAL STAFF. CHAIR IN YOUR
OPENING COMMENTS YOU MENTIONED
THE ISSUE WAS INTO THE COMMITTEE
SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR. SO JUST
THROUGHA REMINDER WHAT HAVE'S
IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THE FIRST
IS A RESOLUTION THAT SORT OF
ESTABLISHS THE PARAMETERS FOR
DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. AT
ARTICULATES HOW THE DEPARTMENT
WILL WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL
COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES TO
ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS. AND
SELECT PROJECTS AND EVALUATE
THEM AND GET THEM TO
CONSTRUCTION. AS WELL AS
REPORTING AND SOME OF THE OTHER
SORT OF HIGH LEVEL EXPECTATION
FOR THE PROGRAM. SECOND PIECE OF
LEGISLATION IS ORDINANCE THIS
ACTUALLY PROVIDES BUDGET
AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE MONEY THE
MONEY IS CURRENTLY UNDER PROVISO
IN THE '25 BUDGET AND AS
REMINDER THE PROJECT FUND IS
FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT
YEAR. BUT DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING
AFTER 2026.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO, AS MR.
CHOW REMINDED US, COLLEAGUES,
THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE COMMITTEE A
NUMBER OF TIMES. I COWROTE THE
RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND IT REFLECTS ALL THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD IN VARIOUS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE SAME
EXACT TOPIC. AND NOW IT'S TIME
TO MOVE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE. SO,
I WILL -- BEFORE WE GET THERE DO
ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION 32179? OH
COUNCILMAN RINCK.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS AND
ASK A COUPLE FINAL QUESTIONS. I
KNOW WE HEARD THIS IN COMMITTEE
A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT JUST A
COUPLE FINAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
TAKE ACTION TODAY. BECAUSE I
KNOW I CERTAINLY RECEIVED A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT
PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF
PROJECTS. AND LEVEL OF
DISCRETION OVER DECISION MAKING.
SO, QUESTION FOR CALVIN SDOT
DOES EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROJECTS AND
IDENTIFIED LIST OF PROJECTED
PROJECTS. ANY STANDARD FOR INPUT
FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS? WILL
THAT BE AT THE DISCRETION OF
COUNCIL OFFICES?
>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY THIS IS
MEANT TO BE SORT OF AN EXTRA
LAYER ON TOP OF WHAT SDOT
ALREADY DOES WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS.
PART OF THIS PROCESS IS MAKING
SURE THAT DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE A LIST OF THE
PROJECTS THAT SDOT HAS HEARD
ABOUT AND KNOWS THERE ARE SOME
INTERESTING ISSUE OUT THERE THAT
HAVE NOT NECESSARILY RAIDS TO
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR THE
NEXT DOLLAR OF SDOT BUDGET
ESSENTIALLY. SO, I THINK THE
INTENTION THERE IS THAT IT GIVES
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS
SOME SENSE OF WHERE THE
DEPARTMENT HAS PRIORIZED THE
ISSUES AND THEN IT IS -- THE
FUND IS MEANT TO HAVE THE
DISTRICT'S GIVE SOME RESOURCE
TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER
TO ADDRESS THEIR IDENTIFIED
DISTRICT PRIORITIES. SO, I
WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S
NECESSARILY A -- THERE'S NOTHING
IN HERE THAT ARTICULATES A
SPECIFIC OUTREACH STANDARD OR
PIECE OF IT, BUT IT IS BUILT ON
THE WORK SDOT ALREADY DOES.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. AND THINKING TOWARDS EVEN
FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND
FOLKS WHO MAY SIT UP ON THE THIS
SOMEDAY I AM THINKING ABOUT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOURSE. WHAT
RECOURSE IS THERE IF THERE ARE
PROJECTS SELECTED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION TO
OUR OFFICIAL STATED TRANSPORT
FACIAL CLIMATE VISION ZERO OR
OTHER GOALS?
>> THEY SHOULDN'T BE. THESE
PROJECTS WILL GO THROUGH AN
EVALUATION PROCESS THAT IS BUILT
ON WHAT OUR EXISTING POLICY
DOCUMENTS ARE. SO THIS IS NOT --
THIS ISN'T -- THIS PROJECT
RELIES ON THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEMBER TO HELP IDENTIFY THE
ISSUES AND THE PROJECT SPIE --
PROJECT CONCERNS AND THEN IT
GOES INTO A FEASIBILITY AND
EVALUATION PHASE WITH SDOT TO
DEVELOP THE PROJECT. AND THAT
MAY MEAN THAT THE PROJECT AS
CONCEPTUALIZE IS NOT FEASIBLE
AND THERE MAY BE OTHER OPENINGS
THAT GET TO UNDERLYING CONCERN
THAT AREN'T THE -- THE SPECIFIC
IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS IN MIND.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFY
THAT POINT. AND MY FINAL
QUESTION IS JUST ANOTHER
CLARIFICATION POINT. WHAT ROLE
DOES THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE BOARD HAVE OR DO THEY
HAVE ANY POWER INFLUENCE OVER
THESE DECISIONS?
>> IT'S A BIT OF A REPORTING
REQUIREMENT. SO THERE'S A
PORTION OF LEVY MONEY THAT FUNDS
A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS
TYPICALLY THEY WILL BE, YOU
KNOW, IN SOME OF THE
SPECIFICALLY THE SAFETY FUNDS I
THINK ARE MOST LIKELY WHERE
THERE'S GOING TO BE CROSSOVER.
SO IT HAS TO BE RECORD AS PART
OF LEVY FUNDING. AND THEY WILL
OPINE OVER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE PROGRAM OVER TIME. AS THE
PROGRAM COMES UP POTENTIALLY FOR
NEW IDEAS FOR FUNDING IN TWO
YEARS, WE MAY HEAR FROM THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW
THINGS HAVE GONE FROM THEIR
PEREXPECT KNIFE THANK YOU FOR
THAT. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR SAKA THANK
YOU MR. CHOW FOR BEING HERE AND
REPRESENTATIVES SDOT AND PUBLIC
SPEAKERS. I AM AWARE OF THE
ROUTE 8 AND LOOK AT IT. I WANT
TO THANK MR. PADDLEFORD FOR HIS
COMMENTS. AND THEN ALSO FOR MISS
VALLEY AS I KNOW HER, WHICH
PERTAINS TO E-MOBILITY AND
ISSUES WE ARE FACING ON OUR
SIDEWALKS. I KNOW HER. I MET
WITH HER MANY TIMES ON THE
ISSUES. AND THAT KIND OF GOES TO
THE COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK'S
QUESTIONS. I WILL BE LEVERAGING
WHAT WE HAVE IN THE SDOT SYSTEM
BUT TAKING IN WHAT VALLEY AND
GORDON PADDLEFORD AND MR. LEE.
ROUTE 8 IS BIGGER THAN THIS.
BUT, THE, YOU KNOW, VISION ZERO
AND PIECES ARE THE SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL. THOSE KINDS OF PIECE
OR SAFER COMMUNITY PIECES, AND
THAT WILL BE MY APPROACH TO
THIS. I AM NOT GOING TO COME OUT
OF LEFT FIELD. I AM GOING TO USE
A PROCESS AND AS YOU NOTE
MERCHANDISE CHOW THIS WILL GO
INTO THE FEASIBILITY BECAUSE
WHATEVER GREAT IDEA IT MAY BE,
THE COSTS MAY BE X, Y OR Z SO
SDOT WILL DO DUE DILIGENCE. I
THINK THERE'S PIECES IN THIS,
BUT IT REFLECTS AS WE TALKED
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY I HEAR ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION EVERY DAY ALL THE
TIME TO VALLEY I KNOW HER VERY
WELL. I BEEN ON SECOND AND NOR
AND OTHER LOCATION THROUGH
BELLTOWN AND DOWNTOWN. REGARDING
THE DANGERS OF THE E-SCOOTERS ON
SIDEWALKS PARTICULARCALLY WHERE
THERE'S ELDERLY. AND TAKE THAT
KIND OF INPUT AND THEN KIND OF
IN BY A SDOT DOESN'T GET IT.
THAT SAME INPUT WE GET AND WE
WILL LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
HIGHLIGHT OR MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE
BIT OF A PRIORITY BUMP ON ONE
BECAUSE IT REFLECTS WHAT'S
COMING OUT OF COMMUNITY. BUT,
OVERALL, MY APPROACH, CHAIR AND
FOR SDOT AND HERE AND MR. CHOW
FROM CENTRAL STAFF WOULD BE TO
WORK IT IN THAT MANNER. SEW SUCH
THAT MR. PADDLEFORD WILL BE VERY
HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. AS HE
JUST WALKED IN. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ANY
ONE ELSE? OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION. 21 -79D IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU IT'S MOVED AND
SECOND TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 32179. ARE THERE ANY
FINAL COMMENTS? HEARING AND
SEEING NONE I WILL JUST NOTE
THAT EXCELLENT QUESTIONS
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU. I SHARE
UNDERLINING CONCERNS AND THIS IS
INTENDED TO BE A NEW TYPE OF
SAFETY PROGRAM AND INVESTMENT TO
AS MUCH -- SUPPLEMENT NIGHT
REPLACE EFFORTS AND I HEARD CAL
SAY ESSENTIALLY THAT, AND SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU KNOW
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO
IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. ALL
RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FINAL
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS BILL
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 32179.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNSELOR MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> CHAIRING SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO
OPPOSED.
>> MOTHth MOTION CARRIES AND KIT
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THEY
ADOPT RESOLUTION 23179 WILL BE
SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. LET
ME ALSO JUST QUICKLY NOTE
BECAUSE I DID COWRITE THIS
ALONGSIDE THE EXECUTIVE SDOT AND
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND I THINK IT
REFLECTS A LOT OF COLLABORATION.
IT REFLECTS A -- IT BIAS ON THE
SIDE OF ACTION AND URGENCY AND
IN TERMS OF HAVING A STRETCH
EFFORT TO BUILD AND IMPLEMENT
SOME OF THESE PROJECT IDEAS
WITHIN A REASONABLE BUT STILL
FAIRLY AMBITIOUS TIMELINE. AND I
WOULD JUST URGE THE DEPARTMENT,
THAT IS THE STANDARD TIMELINE.
THERE MAY BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
ONE OF THE PROJECTS NEEDS TO BE
EXPEDITED OUTSIDE OF THE
TIMELINE THAT WE CALLED OUT
HERE. FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
WE KNOW IF THERE'S WILLINGNESS
TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S NEXT
DAY MAKE CRITICALLY NEEDED
REPAIRS TO THE BIKE LANE ALONG
FOURTH AVENUE, SOME OF THESE
TREATMENTS TREATMENTS AND I
WOULDN'T SAY SOUTH PARK BECAUSE
THAT'S A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT.
THERE'S A WILLINGNESS IT CAN BE
DONE. BUT I AM MINDFUL THAT THE
SEVERE BURDEN THAT CAN IMPOSE ON
THE DEPARTMENT TO ACCOMMODATE
THESE RUSH URGENCY EFFORTS. I
URGE THEM TO BE FLEXIBLE AS
NEEDED ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS
COLLEAGUES IF EVERYTHING IS A
PRIORITY AND NEEDS TO GET DONE,
YESTERDAY, NOTHING IS A
PRIORITY. AND SO PLEASE THINK
ABOUT THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAM TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. DO
-- ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL 121058?
TO LIFT PROVISO? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING A SEEING NONE I MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121058.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECOND AND
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNT BILL 121058. ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING AND
SEEING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 121058.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CELT.
>> AYE.
>> RINCK.
>> YES.
>> STRAUS HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE.
>> SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR FOR AND 0 OPPOSE.
>> COUNCIL PILL BASS 121058 WILL
BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
THE THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BELL 121040 ORDINANCE
RELATING NEW VEHICLE TYPES AND
CURB ALLOWANCES FOR E-CARGO BIKE
SICKLE DELIVERY ESTABLISHING A
NEW VEHICLE TYPE FOR E-CARGO
BIKES ESTABLISHING RULES FOR
OPERATIONINGS PARKING AND
LOADING FOR ECARGO BICYCLE
DELIVERY CLARIFYING NEW CURB
ALLOWANCE FOR ECARGO BIKE
DELIVERY AND ADDING NEW SECTION
11.23.430 AND 11.44.300 TO AND
AMENDING SECTIONS 11.14.05 AND
11.23.120 AND 11.31.121 AND
11.76.015 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. IS
EVERYONE AT THE TABLE THAT NEEDS
TO BE HERE?
>> I THINK SO.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GET
ONE MORE REPRESENTATIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US. SHOULD
THERE BE ANYMORE FOCUSED
QUESTIONS. COULD YOU PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES OR
REINTRODUCE YOURSELVES IN CASE
MR. CHOW, AND WHEN READY TEE US
UP FOR A CONVERSATION.
>> CALVIN CHOW WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER STAFF.
>> KATHERINE RICE, CURBSIDE
MANAGEMENT ELECTRIFICATION
PROGRAM MANAGER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS PERMIT
WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING. WE HAVE THE
PRESENTATION HERE IF YOU WANT TO
REFERENCE TO IT. I ADDED A MEMO
TO THE -- TO YOU ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA AS WELL. A REMINDER THIS
IS A PROGRAM THAT FUNDAMENTALLY
A CURB USE PROGRAM, PROGRAM TO
ALLOW CARGO E-BIKES TO STAGE
DELIVERIES AT SPECIFIED CURB
USES. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY
SPEAK TO THE COMMERCIAL USES OF
ECARGO BIKES THEMSELVES. IT IS
FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT THE USE OF
CURB. I CAN TURN IT OVER TO SDOT
TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HOW
THE PROGRAM IS PROPOSED BUT I
THINK IT'S FAIRLY CONCISE AND
WE WENT THROUGH IT IN PRETTY
MUCH DETAIL TWO WEEKS AGO. AND
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER JUST
RECOGNIZING YOU HAVE TWO
AMENDMENTS YOU ARE PROPOSING FOR
THE LEGISLATION.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S
SEE. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121040. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 121040. WE WILL NOW
PROCEED WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE
LEGISLATION AND THE AMENDMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. WILL
OUR -- WELL, WE ARE JOINING US,
THANK YOU. DO ANY OF MY FELLOW
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
BASE BILL? AS PRESENTED? GO
AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA AND
THANK YOU MISS RICE FOR JOINING
MR. CHOW AT THE TABLE. I DO
THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION, AND I -- AND I DO
THINK WE ARE GETTING AHEAD,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S ANOTHER
CITIES THEY ARE TRYING TO CATCH
I, AND HOPE ANY WE HAVE
INCORPORATED THEIR LESSONS
LEARNED. CLEAR SAKA SAID CURB
USE. AGAIN I WANT TO GO BACK
PUBLIC COMMENT AND VALLEY AND
HER CONCERNS AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE IT'S CURB USE BECAUSE WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO
CHALLENGES IF WE HAVE MORE
THINGS ROLLING AROUND ON THE
SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO WALK ESPECIALLY THE SIZE OF
THE POTENTIALLY E-CARGO BIKES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT PIECE.
I DO LIKE THIS IN THE SENSE OF
MY POINT ABOUT WE HAVE TO BE
PROFESSIONAL ON LOGISTICS. WE
HAVE TO GET LOGISTICS RIGHT IN
THE CITY BECAUSE THE SECOND OR
THIRD THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF NOT
DOING LOGISTICS RIGHT IS HARD.
AND THIS MAY SHOW TO BE A BOOM
FOR US IN THE SENSE OF GETTING
BIGGER TRUCKS OFF OUR STREETS.
FINGERS CROSSED. AND SO, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I KNOW
IN THE LAST MEETING I BROUGHT UP
THE ISSUE OF PEDICABS AS SOMEONE
WHO HAS BEEN ON ONE OF THESE AS
I MENTIONED IT WAS A ETICKET
RIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE BATTERY
PACK. THEY ARE PEDI PLUS YOU
KNOW E-BIKES TAXIES. AND I DID
NOT OFFER ANY AMENDMENTS TO TAG
THAT KIND OF PEDESTRIAN TAXI CAB
TO THIS. BASED ON MY
CONSULTATION WAS CENTRAL STAFF.
BUT WE DO NEED TO PRESS ON THIS.
I RECOGNIZE IT'S MORE FAS. AND
I DO RECOGNIZE THERE'S
DIFFERENCES. BUT IT IS A MAJOR
ISSUE. AND I -- I EXPERIENCED IT
FIRSTHAND AND I'VE SEEN IT. AND
IT'S AN ISSUE FOR DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY PARTICULARLY
IN THE AREAS WHERE THE TOURISTS,
STADIUM DISTRICTS, WATER FRONT
WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAN WE HAVE SOME
INDIVIDUALS NOT ALL I DON'T
WANT TO CAST WIDE NET, BUT,
THERE IS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
BASICALLY USING THESE IN THE
WRONG WAY. SO, BUT I AM NOT
GOING TO TIE IT TO THIS BILL.
BUT I WILL BE WORKING WITH
CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS. AND SO,
IN THE CHAIR I ALSO SAW THE TWO
AMENDMENTS MAKE SENSE. SO THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND
THANK YOU MISS RICE FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE,
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD ON
ALL THINGS LOGISTICS BECAUSE IF
WE PUT EVERYTHING ONTO OUR
STREETS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A
MAJOR PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD. SO
THANK YOU.
>>COMING MEMBERS IF I CAN FOLLOW
UP A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHENEVER WE
TALK ABOUT, IT'S A BIGGER
BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
PEOPLE ARE USING STREETS AND
RIGHT AWAY. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF SUS
TARGETED TO A VERY SPECIFIC USE
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
NICE ABOUT A PERMIT PROGRAM IS
WE HAVE OPERATORS THAT ARE GOING
TO BE REPORTING ON HOW THEY ARE
OPERATING. IT'S PEOPLE WHO WANT
THIS SERVICE, SO I THINK IT'S
MORE AMICABLE RELATIONSHIP THAN
MAYBE WE HAVE WHERE, YOU KNOW,
SCOOTERS EVERYBODY IS USING THEM
BURKS IT IS NOT NECESSARY LAY
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT PER SE. SO I THINK
THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTRACT HOW THIS PARTICULAR USE
OF E-BIKE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO
BE USED, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT
THAN PEDICABS OR SOME OTHER USES
WE TALKED ABOUT. SO I JUST
DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FOCUS ON
THIS BEING VERY MUCH ABOUT
FREIGHT DELIVERY.
>> WELL, MR. CHOW SINCE YOU
BROUGHT THAT UP, YES OF COURSE
AS CHAIR SAKA-I KNOW AS AHEAD OF
LEFTY AND TRANCE MORE STATION
PLAN WE ARE ALL FOR THE FREIGHT
PROGRAM, 110% AND THIS WILL SHOW
UP IN THE COM PLAN A LITTLE BIT
TOO. AND THAT'S LOGISTICS. THE
FREIGHT PROGRAM LOGISTICS AND
THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND
SECOND WHAT YOU SAID THERE, AND
I AM SURE CHAIR WILL PROBABLY
THIRD ON THAT COMMENT. SO THANK
YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ANOTHER
UNAPOLOGETIC CHAMPION OF CARGO
FREIGHT MOBILITY. DO ANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS ON BASE
BILL COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU AND I ASKED A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON THIS LAST
COMMITTEE BUT JUST ONE
OUTSTANDING QUESTION I HAVE THAT
I REALIZE WE HAVEN'T COVERED
AND APOLOGIZE JAZZ IF I MISSED
THIS TEE TAIL. UNDERSTANDING
THIS IS A NEW PERMIT PROGRAM,
THINK THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING
QUESTION OF THOSE WHO MAY BE
CONTINUE TO CHOOSE OPERATING
E-CARGO BIKES BUT CHOOSE NOT TO
GET A PERMIT. COULD YOU CLARIFY
IN THAT INSTANCE WHAT ANY TYPE
OF PUNITIVE MEASURES FOR
SOMEBODY WHO CHOOSES TO NOT PAY
THE PERMIT FEE AND CONTINUES
USING AN E-CARGO VEHICLE?
>> IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY -- THIS
PERMIT PROGRAM IS NOT ON E-CARGO
VEHICLES IT'S ON THE USE OF
CURB SPACE. SO IF THOSE VEHICLES
THOSE BIKES USE CURB SPACE AND
DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, THEY WILL
WOULD BE TICKETED. THAT'S WHAT
THE ENFORCEMENT PENALTY IS FOR.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ABOUT HOW
YOU'RE OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN FIGURE OUT
HOW TO USE IT AND IF THEY DON'T
NEED CURB SPACE, THEY WON'T
COME IN FOR A PERMIT. AT LEAST
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> CORRECT. YES AND WE PLAN TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH PARKING
ENFORCEMENT ON THIS AS ANY NEW
PERMIT PROGRAM, THEIR TEAM HAS
BEEN COMMIT COMMUNICATIVE WITH
US OF CONCERNS AND SUPPORT FOR
THE PROGRAM AS WELL. WE WILL BE
DOING A PERIOD OF WARNING FLYERS
FOR ANYONE THAT IS MISUSING THIS
USE CASE AT THE CURB AND ALSO
CITING FOLLOWING THAT SO WORK
VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR CLARIFYING
THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. HEARING AND
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BASE BILL I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 121040 AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 1. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
12040 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
ONE. CENTRAL STAFF CAN YOU
PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF THIS AMENDMENT
AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT IT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE.
>> CHAIR, YOUR AMENDMENT IS VERY
DIRECT. IT EXTENDS THE FEE
WAIVER FROM 6 MONTHS TO 12
MONTHS.
>> ALL RIGHT. VERY DIRECT AND
VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND SOME
COLOR COMMENTARY DIRECTLY FROM
THE AUTHOR IS THIS. COLLEAGUES,
AT ITS CORE, THIS -- THE MAIN
PROPOSAL, THE GOAL UNDERLYING
THE MAIN PROPOSAL IS TWOFOLD.
ONE TO MORE QUICKLY ADVANCE HELP
OUR CITY BETTER POSITION OUR
CITY TO MORE QUICKLY ADVANCE OUR
CLIMATE GOALS. SUPPORTING
E-CARGO MOBILITY AND LAST MILE
CONNECTION DOES EXACTLY THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF ADOPTION GROWS
ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE WIDE SCALE
ADOPTION. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO
BETTER FACILITATE SAFETY,
GELLING SOME OF THESE MASSIVE
TRUCKS OFF THE STREETS
ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAST MILE
CONNECTION THEY MAY NOT
NECESSARILY BE NEEDED IN A
DENSER URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THAT
HELPS US DO EXACTLY THAT.
THAT'S REALLY THE TWO-FOLD GOAL
OF THIS. AS WE KNOW, THIS
LEGISLATION IS MODELED AFTER
PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK, BOSTON,
AND ONE OTHER CITY, I AM
FORGETTING OFFHAND. BUT, THIS
LEGISLATION ITSELF REPRESENTS
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BECAUSE
NEW YORK HAS A MORE FORMAL AND
ESTABLISHED PROGRAM, BUT IT --
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IT
HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED INTO
FORMAL LEGISLATION. THIS WOULD
BE FIRST IN THE NATION FOR ALL
THOSE WHO LIKE FIRST OF ITS
NATION LEGISLATION, HERE IT IS.
HERE WE ARE. FIRST IN THE
NATION. NEW YORK CITY HASN'T
EVEN DONE THIS ABOUT BUT OUR
CITY HAS SPECIFICALLY
INCORPORATEED LOANS LEARNED FROM
THE SLIGHTLY MORBID OUT PROGRAMS
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE
COLLEAGUES WHAT CHANCE TO READ
THE SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE FROM
LAST WEEK SOMETIME FROM NICHOLAS
DESHEA, ON THIS EXACT PROPOSAL.
BUT, ONE, THERE WAS ONE QUOTED
PERSON IN THAT ARTICLE THAT SAID
WELL, THE DEPARTMENT IF THEY
REALLY TRULY WANT TO DRIVE
ADOPTION AND ENCOURAGE
PARTICIPATION, AND INCENTIVIZE
PARTICIPATION BY A BROAD NUMBER
OF STAKE HOLDERS THEY SHOULD NOT
CHARGE ANYONE WHATSOEVER FOR THE
PERMIT. BUT JUST STILL ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO SEEK THE PERMIT BUT
SHOULD BE NO CHARGE FOR IT. IN
TERMS OF ADOPTION OF ANY PRODUCT
OR PROGRAM, MAKING IT FREE IS
ACROSS SECTORS WHETHER IT'S
PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT, LIKE THAT
IS THE BEST WAY MOST PROVEN WAY
TRIED AND TRUE WAY TO HELP DRIVE
ADOPTION. AND SO, IN WORKING
WITH STAKE HOLDERS, I THERE WAS
A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE FROM
SOME DIRECTLY IMPACTED STAKE
HOLDERS ON THE PROGRAM TO WAIVE
THE FEES INSTEAD OF SIX MONTH AS
IN THE BASE BILL, TO WAIVE IT
FOR TWO YEARS ALTOGETHER. AND
WANT TO RESPECT SOME OF THE WORK
THAT THE DEPARTMENT PUT INTO
THIS. BUT I DO ULTIMATELY WANT
TO BETTER ENCOURAGE AND
INCENTIVIZE ADOPTION AND
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE SO TO
SPEAK. AND NOT JUST AMONG THE
BIG PLAYERS, THE BIG PLAYERS
HAVE VERY ADVANCED SOPHISTICATED
COMPLIANCE TEAMS AND YOU KNOW,
THEY WILL BE FULLY COMPLIANT,
BUT AND PARTICIPATE. HOPEFULLY.
BUT MORE OF THE SMALL, MEDIUM
PLAYERS. I WANT THEM TO BETTER
FAR PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
12 MONTHS DELAYING THE FEES FOR
12 MONTHS STRIKES A BETTER MORE
APPROPRIATE BALANCE. IN TERMS OF
DRIVING PARTICIPATION AND
ADOPTION AND HAVING HAD
CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS MYSELF,
DIRECTLY, THEY WOULD AGREE THAT
THE LONGER AS A GENERAL
PROPOSITION, THE LONGER YOU
DELAY COLLECTION OF FEES, THE
MORE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DRIVE ADOPTION. SO, FOR
THOSE REASONS I THINK THIS IS --
THIS MAKES SENSE. AND REFLECTS A
MODEST DELAY IN INCREASE OR
COLLECTION OF THESE FEES. SO, I
ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE. ANY
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THAT?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL
THE COMMITTEE CLERK CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> VIE CHAIRS HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO
KNOWS.
>> I MOVE AMOVED COUNCIL BILL
121040 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
2 IS IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
THANK YOU TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
121040 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
2. CENTRAL STAFF MR. CHOW, CAN
YOU DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT TO
THE COMMITTEE.
>> CHAIR YOUR AMENDMENT 2 WOULD
ADD LANGUAGE INCLUDING OPERATOR
LIABILITY INSURANCE AS A
POTENTIAL PERMIT CONDITION AT
DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU. AND COLLEAGUES
WHEREAS THE PRIOR AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE IS A LITTLE MORE
SUBSTANTIVE, I THINK THIS IS
MUCH MORE TECHNICAL IN MY VIEW.
AND REALLY MAKES EXPLICIT WHAT I
THINK EVERYONE HOPES IN AND
ENTENDS FOR THE PROGRAM THAT THE
OPERATORS, PERMIT HOLDERS
MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF COMMERCIAL
LIABILITIES INSURANCE AS THEY
WOULD IF THEY WERE OPERATING
NORMAL CARGO TRUCKS, AND SO IT
GIVES THE DEPARTMENT DISCRETION
TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE
THRESHOLDS IN ADDITION TO ANY
NUMBER OF CRITERIA FOR THE
PERMIT HOLDER. SO, IN ANY EVENT,
BUT ULTIMATELY HELPING TO
PROTECT AGAINST LIABILITY AND A
GOOD PROVEN BEST PRACTICE I ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT. DO ANY OF MY
FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 2.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR VOTES TO AND ZOR
OPPOSED.
>> THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
BILL AS SPECIFICALLY AMENDED
HERE TODAY. HEARING AND SEEING
NONE, WILL HAD THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 121040. AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO
OPPOSED.
>> MOATth MOTION CARRY AND
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL
PASS COUNCIL BILL 1211040 WILL
BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 23rd
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THE FOURTH ITEM OF
BUSINESS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM FOAL SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN THREE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
>> THANK YOU. AND WILL OUR
PRESENTERS JOIN US AT TABLE AND
SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION WHEN YOU
ARE READY PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATIONS. PLANNING AND
PRONATION SARAH STRAND PRINCIPLE
PLANNER FOR DEVELOPMENT TEAM S
TOT.
>> SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS,
AND CHAIR SAKA SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND SHARE THE VERY FIRST SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FIRST YEAR
LIKE THREE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION
REPORT. THIS MARKS A MAJOR
MILESTONE FOR US SDOT. THIS IS
SOMETHING NEW. NOT ONLY IN THE
CONTENT BUT IN THE PURPOSE. CAN
YOU GO BACK A SLIDE ONE SEK.
THANKS. BECAUSE IT IS WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS
AN ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK FOR
SDOT'S WORK. THAT BRINGS IT
UNDER THE BROAD UMBRELLA OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE
ARE KIND OF IN A VERY SPECIAL
UNIQUE HAPPY PLANNER PLACE IN
THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE THIS
FRESHLY CREATED 20-YEAR VISION
FOR TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS
THE PASSAGE OF THE 2024
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. SO IT'S
FRESH NEW VISION, PLUS FUNDING.
AND WHAT THIS -- WHAT WE ARE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS SORT
OF LIKE OUR FIRST STEPS HOW THAT
FUNDING CAN REALLY BRING IT TO
LIFE. I REALLY WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATIONING
S COMMITTEE AND CHAIR SAKA ON
YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THE ADOLT OF
THE PLAN AND CREATION OF THE
LEVY SO WE WOULDN'T BE HERE
WITHOUT THE WORK WE HAVE DONE
WITH YOU. SO, THIS REPORT WE ARE
GOING TO WALK THROUGH IT TODAY.
BUT I WANT TO JUST SORT OF LIKE
HIGHLIGHT THAT PART OF WHAT
MAKES IT SPECIAL, RIGHT, IS THAT
IT IS A FANTASTIC EDUCATIONAL
TOOL FOR THE PUBLIC. IT IS A
LOOK INTO SDOT IN WAY THAT WE
HAVEN'T PROVIDED BEFORE. A
REAL. BREATH AND IT UPLIFTS THE
THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT
KNOW ABOUT AS MUCH. BUT ALSO, IN
TERMS OF LIKE INTERNAL
COORDINATION, IT IS YOU KNOW,
SDOT IS VERY BIG, AND IT IS BEEN
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
ACROSS PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW OUR WORK
CONNECTS IN RELATES AND ADVANCES
US TOWARDS THE GOALS OF THE STP.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE A LITTLE
REMINDER OF OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN VISION. THE
VISION WAS BUILT THROUGH
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO
OVER TWO YEARS SDOT CONNECTED
WITH OVER 7,000 PEOPLE AT MORE
THAN 80 COMMUNITY EVENTS.
COLLECTED OVER 76,000 DATA
POINTS. RECEIVED 9,000 SURVEY
RESPONSES, AND 8,000 MAP
COMMENTS, AND ALL OF THAT TIME
AND EFFORT PEOPLE PUT INTO THIS
HELPED SHAPE THE VISION AND
HELPED SHAME THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO THAT
ENABLED US TO COCREATE WITH
COMMUNITY LIKE THE GUIDING GOALS
AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE NOW
DRIVING OUR WORK. SO THAT WAS
ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY
SPECIAL IS THE EXTENSIONIVE
ENGAGEMENT. THE SECOND IS IT
REPRESENTS A SHIFT IN THE
PLANNING AWAY FROM BEING VERY
MODAL INTO INTEGRATION ACROSS
THE MODES. THAT IS TAKING US
TOWARDS MORE HOLISTIC PLANNING
WHERE WE THINK ABOUT THE NEEDS
AT ONE TIME OF ALL THE USERS OF
THE SYSTEM. AND IT ALSO REALLY
HELPED CREATE A STRONG ANCHOR
FOR THE LEVY. IT WAS VERY CLEAR
WHAT OUR PROPOSED VISION WAS AS
WE WERE GOING ABOUT THE BUSINESS
OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH
COMMUNITY TO DEFINE THAT. SO,
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TODAY IS
WE ARE JUST GOING TO FURTHER
ELABORATE ON HOW THE
INVESTMENTS, THE PROGRAMS, THE
POLICIES, THE PARTNERSHIPS WE
WILL BE WORK ON WILL ADVANCE THE
STP AND WHERE WE FOCUS OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS. THE RESOLUTION
THAT YOU ADOPTED WHETHER YOU
ADOPTED SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AS OUR VISION CALLED FOR US
TO IDENTIFY NEAR TERM
PRIORITIES, AND TO ENSURE THOSE
PRIORITIES ALIGN WITH THE
ADOPTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
AND THE VOTER APPROVED
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. SO HERE WE
ARE TODAY, PRESENTING THIS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO YOU. THIS
REPORT DOES NOT REPRESENT A
BRAND NEW PLANNING EFFORT. YOU
KNOW, BASED UPON ALL OF THE
ROBUST ENGAGEMENT WE HAD THROUGH
THE STP, ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND
PASSAGE OF THE TRANSPORTATIONS
LEVY, AND THIS WAS OUR MOMENT TO
TAKE ALL THAT FEEDBACK, LOOK AT
THE LONG-TERM VISION, AND MAKE
THE IMMEDIATE NEAR TERM
PRIORITIES CLEAR. SO THIS REPORT
IS REALLY ABOUT TRANSPARENCY,
IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
IT'S SHOWING THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE THAT WE HEARD THEM. AND
IT HELPS US TO DEMONSTRATE ON
HOW WE ARE DELIVERING ON OUR
COMMITMENTS. OKAY. THIS IS A
VERY EXCITING GRAPHIC FOR
PLANNERS. BECAUSE IT TELLS,
LIKE, THAT STORY, RIGHT, HOW WE
GET FROM THAT HIGH LEVEL VISION
DOWN TO THE PROJECTS THAT WE
BUILD OUT IN COMMUNITIES. SO,
SARAH MADE THIS AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY COOL. SO AT THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK IS THE,
YOU KNOW ONE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS, THE
20-YEAR VISION IN THE STP WHICH
IS OUR NORTH STAR. SO THOSE
DEFINE OUR GOALS, OUR MODAL
PRIORITIES, OUR SYSTEM WIDE
POLICIES THEN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
IS THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THEY ARE LIKE SOME OF LIKE THE
GUARDRAILS. THESE ARE THINGS
THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MUST DO. BOTH
PROJECTS TIMELINES FUNDING
COMMITMENTS AND WHERE THIS
REPORT FITS IN IS HELPING TO
TRANSLATE ALL OF THE WORK ACROSS
SDOT AND ALINING IT WITH, YOU
KNOW OUR KEY MOVES AND OUR CLEAR
GOALS. IT IS LIKE THE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE BETWEEN THE FUNDING
THAT'S AVAILABLE, THE
COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE AND
PROJECTS WE ARE GOING TO BUILD
BACK UP TO THAT VISION. SO, WITH
THAT, I AM GO TO PASS IT TO
SARAH. SHE IS GOING TO
PREVIOUSLY REVISIT FUNDMENTSAL
OF THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
FRAMEWORK WHAT IS IN THIS
IMPLEMENT STATION REPORT AND
WILL GIVE US SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND
WALK THROUGH THE REPORT ITSELF.
ALONG WITH HIGHLIGHTING WHAT
COMES NEXT.
>> GRADES THANKS FOR SETTING THE
STAPLING, MEGHAN. SO, BEFORE I
DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION REPORT, I AM
GOING TO COVER SOME OF THE CORE
STRUCTURE IS THE TP BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE
ARCHITECTURE FOR HOW WE
ORGANIZED IF IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT
SHIED, PLEASE. SO WHAT IS THE
STP IT'S A THICK DOCUMENT AND
WE CONDENSED IT DOWN TO GIVE YOU
A QUICK REFRESHER. BUT THERE'S
SIX GUIDING GOALS AND WITHIN
EACH OF THOSE, THERE ARE A RANGE
OF KEY MOVES AND AS A REMINDER
THOSE KEY MOVES ARE THE STRATIES
WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND STAKE
HOLDERS TO IDENTIFY AS BEING
REALLY THE MOST VITAL TO
ACHIEVING THE GOALS. AND THAN
ACROSS ALL OF THOSE, THERE ARE
ARE IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS
IDENTIFIED IN THE STP, 173 IN
TOTAL. AND THOSE ARE REALITY
ROAD MAP FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE OUR KEY MOVES. IN ADDITION
THERE'S PART TWO OF THE STP
THAT IDENTIFIES EIGHT FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS. AS MEGHAN MENTIONED,
STP SUPERSEDES WHAT FOUR USE BE
TO BE STAND ALOW MOLDA BIKE,
PED, TRANSIT FREIGHT. THOSE ARE
NOW INCLUDED JUST KIND OF
REENFORCED THROUGH THE
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE STP.
AND THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY
PRIORITY INVESTMENT NETWORKS
STILL. IN ADDITION TO THOSE, WE
ALSO HAVE FOUR NEW FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE CREATED
WITH THE STP TO REPRESENT OUR
CURB SIDE MANAGEMENT, OUR
VEHICLES, OUR PEOPLE STREETS AND
PUBLIC SPACES AS WELL AS OUR NEW
AND EMERGING MOBILITY WORK. IN
ADDITION, THE STP IDENTIFIED 81
LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THOSE
ARE OUR 20-YEAR MEGA CORRIDOR
ASPIRATIONAL PROJECTS. SO IN
REALITY THOSE ARE A LOT OF
SMALLER MULTI-FACED PROJECTS YOU
SEE COME THROUGH ON, YOU KNOW A
YEAR TO YEAR BASIS, BUT IT'S
THE 20-YEAR VISION FOR OUR
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE
HAVE THREE TEARS OF PERFORMANCE
METRICS HOW ARE WE MEASURING
SUCCESS AND WHAT ARE PERFORMANCE
TARGETS. WHAT I WANT TO MAKE
REALLY CLEAR RIGHT NOW IS
ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK FOR
IMPLEMENT PLAN IS REYELL FOCUSED
ON RESPONDING TO THE QUESTION OF
HOW ARE WOO IMPLEMENTING GOALS
AND KEY MOVES. HOW DOES THE WORK
CONNECT TO THIS FRAMEWORK.
CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY
CONTINUES TO BE CONVEYED THROUGH
ANNUAL WORK PLANS, THROUGH THE
ANNUAL LEVY DELIVERY PLAN. A
LOTS OF IT ALSO PREBAKED
COMMITTED TO IN THE LEVY AND
THEN OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS,
YOU WILL SEE IT IS NOT INCLUDED
IN THIS REPORT BECAUSE THE
RESOLUTION THAT ADOPTED THE STP
DIRECTS US TO DELIVER THAT
SEPARATELY. SO THAT WILL COME
NEXT YEAR ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.
AND SO THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE
ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK FOR
IMPLEMENT STATION PLAN, THE MEAT
OF IT. AND YOU WILL SEE OUR SIX
GOALS, SAFETY, MOBILITY AND
ECONOMIC VITALITY,
SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY,
LIVEABILITY AND MAINTENANCE AND
MODERNIZATION AND EACH OF THESE
HAVE THE GOAL STATEMENT AND EACH
OF THE KEY MOVES UNDER THEM. AND
YOU WILL SEE A PAGE DEDICATED
EACH OF THOSE IN THE SECTION OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. AND
WE SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE OVER
AR,ING WORK TO ADVANCE THE GOAL
AND SPECIFICALLY TO EACH KEY
MOVE. HOW IS THE WORK ORGANIZED
TO DIRECTLY TIE IT TO THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE. YOU CAN JUMP TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. SO BEFORE I DIG --
BEFORE I DIG IN DEEPER TO THE
DETAILS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
REPORT, A QUICK REVIEW OF HOW WE
GOTTEN HERE TODAY. AND SO, AFTER
THE LEVY WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS,
AND THE FIRST ANNUAL LEVY
DELIVERY PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO
CITY COUNCIL, WE BEGAN
COORDINATION TO GET THE REPORTS
COMPILED. WE FOLLOWED THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADOPTING
RESOLUTION AND AGAIN WORKING
WITH OUR MODAL BOARDS HEARING
ABOUT SOME OF THEIR INITIAL
PRIORITIES AT THEIR BOARD
MEETINGS, AND THEN JUST THE FUN
ANTIDOTE TO CHAIR IS WE HAD A
JOINT BOARD WORKSHOP AND BROUGHT
ALL THE BIKE PED TRANSIT AND
FREIGHT MODAL BOARDS ALTOGETHER
IN ONE SPACE, AND IT WAS REALLY
GREAT EVENT. A LOT OF CROSS
MODAL LEARNING. PEOPLE HEARING
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OUTSIDE
THEIR BOARD'S PURVIEW WHETHER
FREIGHT PRIORITIES OR PEDESTRIAN
PRIORITIES OR TRANSIT. AND I
THINK IT REALLY RESULTED IN
STRONGER OUTCOME WITH THIS
IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. AND WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEW
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK GROUP
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANCE PARENTS
SAY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DECISION
MAKING. AND THEY HAVE BEEN
HELPING TO GUIDE US ON ADVICE
HOW TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T
PUBLISH A PDF BUT THINK ABOUT
ACCESSIBILITY AND HOW TO MAKE
SURE THIS GETS DIE JUSTABLE
INTERACTIVE WHEN WE PUT IT ON
THE WEB PAGE. AND THEN AS WE
CONTINUE AFTER THIS IS PUBLISHED
AND GO BACK OUT TO COMMUNITY TO
REENGAGE IF A LONG LIST OF
PARTNERS THAT SHAPED THE STP HOW
DO WE TAYLOR THE ENGAGEMENT TO
THEY TO MAKE SURE ATE IS A
RESOURCE OFFER TOOL KITS OR
INDIVIDUALSO TO GO ON SOCIAL
MEDIA OR WHAT THAT MENU MAY LOOK
LIKE AND WE CAN PROCEED TO THE
NEXT PAGE. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE
GET TO DIG INTO WHAT'S IN THIS
REPORT THAT IS PRESENTED FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. SO, A
BIG FLAG UP FRONT IS MY MIC
CUTTING OUT? OKAY. BIG FLAG UP
FRONT IS THAT ALL OF OUR WORK IS
VERY CROSSCUTTING. SO WE KNOW
THAT THERE'S AT LOVE THINGS
THAT COULD FIT IN ALL OF THE
GOALS AND SO A LOT OF THIS ISP
JIGGERING OUR WORK TO FIT IN THE
MOST LOGICAL PLACE WHERE WE SEE
THIS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL WORK
TOWARDS THE KEY MOVE. BUT UP
FRONT, IN THE PLAN, YOU WILL SEE
WE HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED BROAD
FOCUS AREAS. SPOTLIGHT
INITIATIVES. AND SO THESE ARE
REALLY CROSSCUTTING, THEY ARE
ACROSS ALL OUR GOALS AND CITY
WIDE IN IMPACT AND USUALLY MAJOR
COORDINATION EFFORTS, AND I
HIGHLIGHTED THOSE HERE ON THE
RIGHT ON THE SLIDE. AND SO, UP
FRONT IT'S RESPONSIBLE
STEWARDSHIP, SO, REAFFIRMING OUR
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AS A TOP
PRIORITY. IMPLEMENTING OUR
VISIONS ZERO ACTION PLAN. AND
EQUITABLE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
THAT'S EXPANDING EV CHARGING
AND EXPANDING URBAN TREE CANOPY,
AND OUR LOW POLLUTION
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN THIS
COULD EASILY BE A BUCKET ON ITS
OWN BUT DELIVERING THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THAT'S A
PRIME IMPORTANCE TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE COMING YEARS.
AND IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR
RESPONSIBLY STEWARDING TAXPAYER
FUNDS. COORDINATE THE
OPERATIONS, THAT'S WHAT SDOT
DOES. IT IS KEEPING THE CITY
MOVING WHETHER THAT'S SIGNALS,
ITS, TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS
CENTER, MAINTENANCE, AND ALSO
INCLUDES HOW WE COORDINATE FOR
MAJOR EVENTS AND MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION. SO, THE BIG THINGS
THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY ON THE
HORIZON ARE HOW ARE WE
COORDINATING TO SUPPORT THE
INFLUX OF VISITORS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD FOR FIFA AS WELL AS
HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT
TRAVELERS THROUGH DISRUPTION
WITH THE REVIVE 55 AND HOW TO
MANAGE AND MITIGATE THOSE AND
LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT PROJECTS
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AND THESE
ARE SHAPING, YOU KNOW, ACROSS
THE BOARD THESE THREE BUCKETS
ARE SHAPING OUR DEPARTMENTAL
PRIORITIES. AND THESE ARE
REQUIRING MAJOR COORDINATION
AURORA AVENUE WHETHER IT'S
ACROSS DEPARTMENT OR WITH OTHER
AGENCIES. AND THEN OUR SOUND
TRANSIT WORK TO EXPAND THE LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM. NOTICE REPORT AFTER
THE SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVES ARE
PRESENTED, IT THEN TRANSITIONS
INTO ADDRESSING EACH OF THE KEY
MOVES THROUGH THE GOALS, AND
THROUGHOUT THEM YOU WILL ALSO
SEE WE FEATURE VARIOUS EXAMPLES
OF PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS OR TEAMS
TO JUST MAKE IT MORE REAL FOR
THE PUBLIC FOR THE READERS OF
WHAT ARE EXAMPLES WHAT HAVE WE
MEAN, AND CELEBRATING SUCCESS
ALONG THE WAY A LITTLE BIT AS
WELL. SO, I AM GOING TO START
WALKING THROUGH AND GIVE AN
EXAMPLE OF SAFETY UP FRONT. SO,
OUR SAFETY GOALS EACH OF THESE
START WITH THE GOAL AND STEP
THROUGH THE KEY MOVES. I AM
GOING TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY TO
GIVE YOU A TASTE. IT'S
ELABORATED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE
REPORT. SO SAFETY UP FRONT. OUR
BIG IMPOTENCE IS OUR VISION DEER
JOE ACTION PLAN WE HIGHLIGHT THE
NECESSARY TO UPDATE THAT AS
MAJOR INITIATIVES BUT INCLUDES
THE TOOLS TO ENSURE WE ARE
PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS WHERE
THE SAFETY NEED IS GREATEST. WE
HIGHLIGHT THINGS LIKE OUR
FREIGHT AND RAIL PARTNERSHIPS,
OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
PROGRAM OR SNOW AND ICE TEAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN OUR
EQUITY GOAL, ACROSS THE KEY
MOVES WE HIGHLIGHT THINGS LIKE
HOW WELL, WE NEED TO UPDATE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FRAMEWORK
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN THE
COMING YEARS. PILOT TW YOUTH
MENTORSHIP PRACTICE. HOW WE ARE
WORKING WITH OPCD ON
ANTIDISPLAYS MINUTE WORK GLUE
AND TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
PROGRAM FUND BY SEATTLE TRANSIT
MEASURE. AND WE WILL SEE
THROUGHOUT IS THAT WE HAVE DONE
SHOWCASING. SO, SHOWCASING
DIFFERENT PROJECTS, PROGRAMS,
INITIATIVES, THAT WE ARE SAYING
THIS IS REALLY EXEMPLARY OF THE
TYPE OF WORK THAT IS HELPING TO
ADVANCE THE STP GOALS AND KEY
MOVES. SO HERE WE HAVE THE
REDESIGN AND RENAME OF FORTSON
SQUARE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE
HOW WE ARE CENTERING THE VOICE
OF COMMUNITY OF COLORS AND
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND
PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING
PROCESSES. NEXT SLIDE. AND
MOVING ONTO SUSTAINABILITY, SO
THIS IS REALLY STRUCTURED AROUND
WHAT'S ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN
OUR CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE
FRAMEWORK. AND IS DIRECTED BY
MORE THAN ONE CLIMATE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS. AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE BUT ALSO IMPROVING
LIVEABILITY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, THERE'S
THINGS LIKE PILOTING LOW
POLLUTION NEIGHBORHOODS
HIGHLIGHTED IN HERE. WE HAVE
EXPANDING OUR EV CHARGING
ACCESS. WE HAVE COMMERCIAL
E-CARGO BIKE PROGRAM WHICH YOU
HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO HELP
IMPLEMENT TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS
ON, THANK YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE
THINGS LIKE OUR HILTY STREETS OR
PAID STREET PARKING PROGRAMS AND
HOW THAT INCENTIVIZES OR
DEINCENTIVIZES BEHAVIORS ON RIDE
AWAY. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO HERE'S
AN EXAMPLE OF PARTNERSHIPS, ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED
IN THE PLAN. WE REALLY WANTED TO
TELL THE STORY HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS THAT WE RELY ON OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES
TO MAKE THE STP VISION INTO
REALITY. AND SO, SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES HERE ARE LOW POLLUTION
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ARE GOING TO
BE HAVING TO WORK IN CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND
WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WE HAVE
CONVERSATIONS TO COME UP WITH A
CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS FOR THESE
AND LEARNING FROM THE THINGS ON
THE GROUND TODAY LIKE THE PILOT
THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING PIKE
PLACE MARKET. AND THEN EXPANDING
EV CHARGING AND GENERALLY
ADVANCING THE ELECTRIFICATION
BLUEPRINT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. WORKING WITH
OSC, AND -- YOU CAN GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. THEN MOBILITY AND
ECONOMIC VITALITY. ALMOST
EVERYTHING WE DO COULD FIT BUT
DELIVERING ON LEVY IS PRIME UP
FRONT A LOT OF THOSE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT
MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
BUT YOU SEE SUPPORT FOR WEST SEE
THE AND BALLARD LINK EXTENSION.
HOW SUPPORTING ACCESS AND
RELIABILITY ACROSS DIFFERENT
MODES WHETHER THROUGH METRO
RAPID RIDE CORRIDORS, THE
HISTORIC INVESTMENT EXPANDING
AND CLOSING GAPS IN THE SIDEWALK
NETWORK. FREIGHT AND BUS ONLY
LANES AND SUPPORTING PORT
CONNECTIONS TO I-90 AND I-5. AND
TO THINGS LIKE OUR SEAMLESS
SEATTLE. WAY FINDING PROGRAM
THAT MAKES TRAVEL SEAMLESS FOR
PEDESTRIANS. AS WELL AS THINGS
LIKE DIGITAL TOOLS FOR DYNAMIC
CURB MANAGEMENT IT THINGS YOU
MAY NOT HEAR ABOUT AS OFTEN.
LIVEABILITY IS ABOUT MAKING
PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER LING
ERIN CONNECT RATHER THAN PASS
THROUGH. AND HEADLINING HERE IS
OUR PEOPLE IN THE STREETS PEOPLE
STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES
PROGRAM. AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE
NEIGHBORHOOD FREINWAYS,
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK
PARTIES, FREE PERMIT PROGRAMS
FOR COMMUNITY AND SOME EXCITING
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LIKE THE
OCCIDENTAL PROMENADE OR SPARK
BLOCK AND LONGER TERM PLAN FOR
THE THIRD AVENUE ACTIVATION. WE
CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND
THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, IS MAINTENANCE AND
MODERNIZATION. AND UP FRONT
SOMETHING WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING IS
THE CRITICAL THOUGH SOMETIMES
INVISIBLE TO THE TRAVELING
PUBLIC, INFRASTRUCTURE OF
MAINTENANCE AND BEHIND THE
SCENES THINGS LIKE OUR
ENTERPRISE AS ASSET MANAGEMENT
AND WORK ORDER TO CREATE
EFFICIENTY TO IMPLEMENT AND DO
THE WORK. WE INCLUDE THINGS HERE
LIKE OUR ITS MODERNIZATIONS,
SOME OF THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING BRIDGE PRESERVATION, AND
OUR GENERALLY OUR MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS HERE. AND THE
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE BIG
FEATURE WE WANTED TO INCLUDE WAS
REALLY CALLING OUT CELEBRATING
AND HONORING THE EVERYONE SDOT
PLAYS A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING STP
VISION FROM THE PLANNERS AND THE
PROJECT VELLET DEVELOPERS DOWN
TO THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHO
ARE BUILDING THAT VISION INTO A
REALITY. AND SO, WE SHOWCASE
HERE THE REALLY SPECIALIZED AND
DIVERSE CRAFTS ACROSS THE CREWS
WHO MAKE THIS WORK HAPPEN. IN
THE PLAN. AND ARE THE ONES OUT
THERE MAINTAINING AND OPERATING
THE SYSTEM. AND HELPING TO MAKE
THIS KEY MOVE REAL. GO ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE
ARE AIMING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR
FEEDBACK FROM HOT MODAL BOARDS
REVIEWING THIS. TOMORROW IS THE
DEAD BEHIND FOR COMMENTS ON
THAT. AND THERE MAY BE AREAS
WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL OR CHANGE
EMPHASIS AND IF THERE'S TWEAKS
WE NEED TO MAKE WE WILL GET THAT
DONE IDEALLY BY THE END OF THE
MONTH TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH THIS
TO THE WEB PAGE IN A DIGESTIBLE,
HOPEFULLY INTERACTIVE FORMAT.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE
GOING BACK OUT TO COMMUNITY FALL
THROUGH WINTER, CONNECTING WITH
FOLKS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS WORK ALIGNS WITH THEIR
PRIORITIES. AND THEN IN JANUARY,
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE NEXT ANNUAL
LEVY DELIVERY PLAN, THAT IS
WHERE THE CAPITAL DELIVERY
INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE TO
COME THROUGH. AND IN 2026, THE
STP PERFORMANCE REPORT, FIRST
BIANNUAL ONE WILL COME BEFORE
COUNCIL AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO
NOTE THAT WITH THE THREE YEAR
TIMELINE IT WILL UPDATE WE CAN
COME BACK IN ONE DOCUMENT WITH
THE NEXT PERFORMANCE UPDATE.
NEXT SLIDE. WITH THAT I WILL
CLOSE AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND PARTNERSHIP TO GET US TO
THIS POINT. WITH OUR STP WORK
TODAY. THIS IS REALLY JUST A
REFLECTION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
DEMONSTRATING TO THE PUBLIC HOW
WE ARE MAKING GOOD ON THE
COMMITMENTS AND STP AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FEEDBACK OR
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE
REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MISS
STRAND. MISS SHEPARD AND MR.
LABOARD APPRECIATE THE UPDATE
HERE. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? TODAY. GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>>I.
>>
>> THANK YOU CHAIR SAKA. THANK
YOU MISS SHEPARD THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THEN YOUR WORK ON THE
POLICY DIVISION. GOOD NEWS AND
MISS STRAND. THANK YOU FOR THIS
BRIEFING AND, OF COURSE, MISS
LABOARD AND THE FOLKS AT SDOT. I
GOT TWO THINGS TO IS A WORN FOR
SDOT I LOVE IT. IT'S
FANTASTIKS. IT SHOWS WHAT WE CAN
DO AND THE STEPS FORWARD. AND I
APPRECIATE IT. AND I NOTED THAT
THE ON ONE PART TWO YOU HAD
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS IN ONE OF
THE SLIDE, TOO, NICELY DONE,
AGAIN. A NOD TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS. BUT YOU REALLY THIS
IS LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. YOU
ARE SHOWING WHAT CITY
DEPARTMENTS CAN DO. AND YOU HAVE
THE VARIOUS PIECES IN HERE BY
THE WAY AS I LOOK AT THE SLIDES,
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY
IN TERM OF THE ADJUSTMENTS MAYBE
IS ON SLIDE TWO, SEATTLE IS NOT
FLAT. THAT'S MY ONLY CRITIQUE.
BECAUSE AND THE HILLS ARE
IMPORTANT AND THEY PLAY INTO A
LOT OF TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE. BUT, WHAT YOU ARE
SHOWING IS HOW TO DO THIS WORK
AND, YOU KNOW, AND STEPS THAT
ARE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH IT. SO,
I REALLY WANT TO THANK MISS
EMERY, YOU KNOW DIRECTOR AND ALL
THE MEMBERS OF THE SDOT TEAM FOR
THIS WORK. AND STEPPING FORWARD,
AS WE WORK ONLY THIS TOGETHER
ACROSS THE VARIOUS PIECES AND
HOW YOU BROUGHT THE VARIOUS
PIECES TOGETHER AND STRATEGY
BECAUSE CHAIR AS YOU KNOW WE
COULD SPEND $1.3 BILLION ON
SIDEWALKS. BUT WE HAVE FREIGHT
PROGRAM AS WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER. WE HAVE A BRIDGE
PROGRAM PEDESTRIAN, AND WE HAVE
ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND SO
IT'S ABOUT BRINGING THE PIECES
TOGETHER WITH A WAY AHEAD WITH A
STRATEGY. THAT'S NEEDED. SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS, OKAY. THAT'S PART ONE.
PART TWO, CHAIR, IS FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I AM LOOKING AT
THE CAMERAS SO EVERYBODY
UPSTAIRS WATCHING, THIS IS WHAT
I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY
THAT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING NEEDS
TO CREATE A SEATTLE HOUSING PLAN
SIMILAR TO WHAT SDOT HAS DONE
WITH THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN. JUST STEP THROUGH THIS IN
TERMS OF YOU KNOW HAVING THE
PURPOSE AND THOSE PIECE. AND OH
I BELIEVE HAS DONE A LOT OF THIS
WORK BUT HAVE NOT DONE WHAT SDOT
HAS DONE LET ME BE CLEAR, I AM
NOT LOOKING TO SAY NOTHING HAS
BEEN DONE. AND BECAUSE CLEARLY,
DIFFERENT PIECES HAVE BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE GOTTEN RESPONSES AND SO
FORTH BUT ALSO CLEARLY, IS THAT
WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING WE DON'T
HAVE A HOUSING PLANS THAT
MIRRORS EFFORT AND COMPLEXITY
THAT THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HIGHLIGHT LONG-TERM AND THE
TRIANGLE PIECE THAT YOU JUST
WORKING THROUGH THE PIECES THAT
ARE INHERENT TO A PLAN LIKE
THIS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE --
BY THE NUMBERS, AND YOU KNOW THE
GOALS, OH COULD TAKE SDOT'S
GOALS AND KEY MOVES HERE, SAFETY
IS IMPORTANT WITH HOUSING.
SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT AND
AS I HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING
LATELY MAINTENANCE. ONE REASON
WHY INDIVIDUALS -- WHEN I AM
GOING AROUND A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A MASSIVE
RAT'S NEST AROUND IT. YOU
WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE ON THE
STREETS. BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE. AND
THERE'S OTHERS EXAMPLES OF
THAT. LIVEABILITY. EQUITY. HUGE
IN HOUSING. SO THESE GOALS AND
KEY MOVES YOU CAN TAKE STP AND
PUT OH ON THAT. AND THEN
APPROACH AND PROCESS IN THE
ADVISORY BOARDS AND THESE
PIECES, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
MIRROR EXACTLY BUT THE APPROACH
AND PROCESS AND FOCUS AREAS, THE
WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS,
IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW
THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. BUT SINCE THIS IS
HERE, ON THE RECORD, AND I'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LOT
LATELY, ACTUALLY A YEAR NOW
BECAUSE I INITIALLY STARTED LAST
FALL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
BUT WE HAVE TO -- OH THE SAME
PACES THAT SDOT HAS GONE THROUGH
IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS FIRST
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND
WORK RELATED TO THE LEVY AND NOW
THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE. AND IT
WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY THE
WAY, I RECOGNIZE AND YOU HAVE
ST3 AND KING COUNTY AND
DIFFERENT PIECES. I DO RECOGNIZE
ON THE HOUSING PLAN REQUIREMENT
THAT WE HAVE CASE HERE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOME AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE NOW SOCIAL HOUSING PDA
AND SO FORTH. I RECOGNIZE THAT,
BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO INCORPORATE
WHAT THEY ARE DOING JUST LIKE
WHEN YOU ARE DOING FREIGHT
PROGRAM, YOU ARE WORKING WITH
THE YOU NOTE PORT AND RAIL. YOU
KNOW SHALL IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU
KNOW, OUT OF BOUNDS TO SAY THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, AGAIN,
I AM COME BACK TO SDOT. I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
EVER'S DONE, BUT ALSO LEADING
BY EXAMPLE AND SETTING A PATH
FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW.
AND FOR THE FOLKS IN THE THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THIS GOES TO
WHAT I'VE BEEN TALK ABOUT FOR
QUITE A WHILE, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
IN THE LONG-TERM, AS I'VE SAID,
IN ORDER TO GAIN LIKE OUR GOALS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO GAIN OUR GOALS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH OR HUMAN SERVICES WORLD.
AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS IS TO
ADD A PROCESS PARTICULARLY ON
HOUSING THAT MURRORS AGAIN NOT
EXACTLY, BUT TAKES IN THESE
PIECES. YOU KNOW TO MOVE
FORWARD. THANK YOU SDOT FOR YOUR
EFFORTS HERE. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. COLLEAGUES
ANY FINAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON
THIS TOPIC? GO A HEAD
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I WILL BE SUPER QUESTION AND
THANK YOU FOR THE CHAIR AND SDOT
I WILL DO A DEEP DIVE AND SO I
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
BUT, IF I COULD HAVE SOME JUST
QUICK THOUGHTS, I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THE EV CHARGING PIECE. I
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THAT AND AS WE ARE TRYING
TO EXCEL INTO THE FUTURE AND
MAKE SURE WE HAVE LOW CARBON
FOOTPRINTS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY TAGGING OFF WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TALKED
ABOUT IT'S REALLY HELPED. IT IS
SUPER HELPFUL TO FOLLOW ALONG TO
SEE LIKE REALTIME OUTCOMES WITH
HAVING SO MUCH DATA AND YOU ALL
HAVE AND MAKING IT VERY DIE
JUSTABLE AND EASY, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO
PEOPLE CAN COMMENT ABOUT OUR
PROGRESS ON VISIONS THAT ARE ON
CERTAIN GOALS THAT WE HAVE. I
THINK IT REALLY MAKES IT HELPFUL
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE
GET DISCONNECTED OR DISENGAGED
WITH GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY
JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND OR IT'S
COMPLEX OR IT'S JUST BURIED
DEEP IN A THOUSAND PAGE
DOCUMENT. BUT YOU ALL MAKE IT
DIE JUSTABLE SO I APPRECIATE
THAT. IF I COULD HIGHLIGHT ONE
THING THAT I HEARD A FEEDBACK IS
JUST CONTINUING TO DO THE
OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITIES THAT
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COME DOWN
FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ARE NOT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST FINDING
OUT ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS ONCE
THEY SEE A CREW OUTSIDE THEIR
HOME. YOU KNOW DOING THAT IS KEY
BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE
TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO
GOVERNMENT. AND SO THINKING
ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS YOU ALL CAN
GET INVOLVED IN TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY
INFORMATION OF PROJECTS AND
INPUT ABOUT THINGS WOULD BE
SOUP, HE SUPER HELPFUL. I KNOW
YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN OUR
CITY, AND YOURSELF WITH YOUR
OUTREACH AND RELATIONSHIPS YOU
HAVE, BUT JUST WANTING TO
CONTINUE THAT IMPROVEMENT WOULD
BE SUPER HELPFUL. PARTICULARLY
SOUTH END. SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT
MY DISTRICT, BUT SOUTH OF I-90,
MY PARENTS LIVE IN RAINIER
BEACH. BUT SOME OF THOSE, AND
THEN THE OTHER THING JUST
THINKING ABOUT, AND I KNOW YOU
ALL DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER
THIS WHEN YOU PUT OUT RFP BUT
REALLY THINKING ABOUT
INTENTIONALLY DIVERSIFYING OUR
VENDORS. THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH, AND USING AND BEING
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT IF YOU
ARE USING IF YOU ARE THE SOUTH
ENDOUSING A VENDOR TO
COMMUNICATE WITH FOLKS WHAT DOES
THAT LOOK LIKE. AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
REINVEST THE DOLLARS BECAUSE
THOSE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SPEND
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VICE
CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS? OKAY. I WILL JUST NOTE
THAT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, MY
GOAL IS TO GET US OUT OF HERE BY
11 OR AS CLOSE TO 11 AS
POSSIBLE. BECAUSE I DO NOTE
THERE'S A CONFLICTING TRIBAL
SUMMIT HAPPENING DOWNSTAIRS THAT
MANY OF US WANT TO ATTEND. WITH
OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS
AT THE TRIBES. AND SO, I WILL
JUST NOTE THAT A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATELY HIRE
LEVEL. PRESENTING INFORMATION AT
A HIGHER ALTITUDE. THAT SAID I
GUESS KIND OF PILE ONTO SOME OF
MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS. WOULD
ACTUALLY TO SEE MORE HARD
CONCRETE SPECIFIC DATA IN TERMS
OF PERFORMANCE METRICS. AND WE
CAN BETTER AS A COMMITTEE, AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PUBLIC,
BETTER TRACK OUR PROGRESS
AGAINST SOME OF THESE AMBITIOUS
GOALS, AND I ALSO NOTE THAT THE
-- THIS SORT OF IS A WORK IN
PROGRESS AND WE NOTED SEPTEMBER
20TH TARGET DAY TO PUBLISH TO
THE WEBSITE AND FEEDBACK LOOP
AFTER THAT. AND NUMBER OF OTHER
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS RELATED
REPORTS. AND I THINK MOST
PERTINENT BEING THE IMPENDING
SPRING '26STP PERFORMANCE
REPORT. ALL THAT IS TO SAY,
WHERE I WOULD EXPECT MORE
GRANULAR LEVEL DETAIL AND WHEN
YOU PRESENT AT COMMITTEE LEVEL,
MORE EASILY HAVE IT MORE EASILY
DIGESTABLE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE
HARD RAW CONCRETE DATA SO WE CAN
MEASURE PROGRESS AGAINST SOME OF
THE AMBITIOUS GOALS AND HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO IT. SO,
WE WILL BE INVITING THE
DEPARTMENT BACK TO DIVE A LITTLE
DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE
PERFORMANCE METRICS BUT
APPRECIATE THIS INITIAL UPDATE
ON THIS MORNING WORK STREAM MORE
STRATEGICALLY. SO, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE FIFTH AND FINAL EYE TIM
OF BUSINESS VERY TECHNICAL IN
NAY PURR BUT IMPORTANT WILL THE
CLERK READ ITEM 5 INTO THE
REPORTED.
>> ITEM TIME THE COUNCIL BEN
121023 ORDINANCE RELATING TO
RAILROAD FRANCHISE AMENDING
SECTIONS 1 AND. OF ORDINANCE
126969 AND 126970. TO CORRECT AN
AIROR IN THE NAME OF A
FRANCHISEEE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WILL
OUR DUE PRESENTERS JOIN US AT
THE TABLE AND SHARE PRESENTATION
WHEN YOU READY INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN THE
PRESENTATION. 123450ED MORNINGS
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME I AM
JOKEY AITEN CAN AND.
>> I AM CALVIN CHOW COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. SPA SO WE ARE
HERE TO DISCUSS COUNCIL BIN
102023 EMPLOY POSED LEGISLATION
IS JUST TO CORRECT A SIMPLE
ERROR IN ORDINANCE 12969 -- 969
AND 126970. AND HOPEFULLY YOU
CAN -- I WILL GIVE YOU A SECOND.
CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION?
>> NOT YET.
>> OKAY. I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS A
SECOND.
>>> GLAD I DIDN'T WEAR BURGUNDY
TODAY. HAVE A RESOLUTION ON WHO
WORE IT BEST. OKAY. SEA WE ARE
HERE TO DISCUSS COUNCIL BILL
121023. THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION CORRECTS A SIMPLE
ERROR IN ORDINANCE 126969 AND
126970 WHICH WERE BOTH VOTED ON
BY COUNCIL BACK IN DECEMBER OF
2023. THOSE ORDINANCES ARE
DEALING FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS
SPECIFICALLY WITH BNSF AND UNION
PACIFIC RAILROADS THE FRANCHISE
HOLDER FOR WALK UM YARDS NORTH
TO EAST MARGINAL WAY PROJECT.
SINCE THE PROJECT IS FEDERALLY
FUNDED, WE IT'S REQUIRED FOR TO
US CERTIFIED RIGHT AWAY AND TO
CERTIFY RYE AWAY WE HAVE TO
UPDATE THE FRAN CHOOSE
AGREEMENTS TO MATCH THE
RECONFIGURED RAIL YARD OF WALK
OM YARD. SO, THE TWO ORDINANCES
SPECIFICALLY THERE'S AN AREA OF
THE NORTH PORTION THAT THE
TRACKS REMOVED SO THEY NO LONGER
THERE SO WE UPDATED FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THAT AND
THEN OUR PROJECT REQUIRED THE
RECONFIGURATION OF THE RAIL YARD
AT WHATCOM YARD SO THE OTHER
ORDINANCE IS FOR THAT. THEN THE
NEXT SLIDE IS JUST HIGH LEVEL
VIEW SIMPLY SHOWING THE NORTH
PART WHICH IS 970 AND SOUTHERN
PART WHICH IS 969. SO THIS IS
EAST MARGINAL WAY COUNSEL BY THE
PORTS TERMINAL 30 AND TERMINAL
25.
>> IF I COULD JUMP IN, THE
PRESENTATION IS HERE JUST GOING
TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE
UNDERLYING PROJECT. THIS
LEGISLATION DOESN'T REIAL
ADDRESS THE PROJECT. IT IS JUST
CORRECTING A TECHNICAL NAME
CHANGE FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH
THE RAILROADS WHICH THEY HAVE A
LOT OF POWER IN THAT. AND WE
HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO MAKE IT --
IT'S LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE AND
THERE'S NO POLICY CHOICE HERE.
>> RIGHT. SO,INGS YEAH, JUST
LIKE HE SAID THERE'S NO CHANGE
IN THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCES. IT
IS SIMPLY CHANGING THE NAME OF
THE BNSF FROM BURLINGTON
NORTHERN RAIL TO LINKS AND --
THIS WAS SOMETHING AFTER COUNCIL
HAD VOTE OP THIS AND IT WENT TO
BNSF TO ACCEPT, EVEN THOUGH IT
WENT THROUGH, MANY, MANY ROUNDS
OF REVIEW PREVIOUSLY, THEIR
LEGAL SAID WE NEED TO CHANGE
THIS AND SINCE IT DEALS WITH
REAL ESTATE IT REQUIRES COUNCIL
ACTION. SO WE ARE MAKING THIS
CHANGE AND THEN FINALLY BEING
DONE WITH THE RAILROADS. HAPPY
-- I AM NOT SURE THERE'S
QUESTIONS BUT HAPPY TO ACCEPT
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE
PRESENTATION. I THINK IT IS
FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. NO
INHERENT POLICY DECISIONS BAKED
INTO THIS PROPOSAL, BUT IT IS AN
IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE AID
MINIMUMS TIERIAL AND TECHNICAL
PIECE OF PAPERWORK. THAT WE NEED
TO KEEP MOVING ALONG TO ENABLING
THE PROJECT AND LEGAL NAME
ENTITY CHANGE.
>>> ANY EVENTS COLLEAGUES
QUESTION OR COMMENTS FROM YOU
ALL? ALL RIGHT. HEARING AND
SEEING NONE I NOTE THAT I
INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF
POTENTIALLY GRANT GRANTING THE
DEPARTMENT SOME DISCRETION TO
MAKE THE BARELYEL FAIRLY MINOR
TECHNICAL NAME CHANGE ENTITY
CHANGES IN THE ABSENCE -- IN THE
ABSENCE OF FULL COUNCIL
APPROVAL, BUT BECAUSE IT IS LIKE
A -- IT'S A SPECIFIC CHARTER
REQUIREMENT, THAT IF IT IS TIED
TO REAL ESTATE THAT'S WHY HERE
WE ARE. BUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE
TECHNICAL OR EXCUSE ME
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY DECISIONS TO
BE HAD, REALLY. AS PART OF THIS.
BUT HERE WE ARE IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE CAN'T HELP MOVE IT
ALONG. SO, ALL RIGHT. I MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE PASS OR I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121023 IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT. IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED. AND TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121023.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE WILL THE
CLERK POLICE CALL THE ROLL AND
COMBING TO PASS COUNCIL BELL
121023.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KET NEIL YESP.
>> COUNCILWOMAN RINCK.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL
PASS COUNCIL BILL 121023 WILL BE
SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 23 ADDrd,
2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL
RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. OUR
NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR
DECEMBER 2nd AT 9:30 A.M. AFTER
BUDGET. ANY FINAL BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?
>> CHAIR?
>> YEP.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED TO
AND THANK YOU FOR FACILITATING
TODAY'S DISCUSSION. I KNOW WE
HAD A BUSY AGENDA AND WE ARE
AGENCIER KER AUGEND -- AGENDA
AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE
POINT -- I SPOKE TO
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE A
HANDFUL OF TIMES IT FEELS LIKE
JUST ON THE ISSUES FACING THE
LATE EIGHT AND I WILL SAY IT
AGAIN YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
OUTWALK ANY OF OUR BUSES IN THE
CITY AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO OUTDANCE ANY OF THEM. SO, I
SHARE IN THE CONCERNS WHEN I WAS
OUTLINED THAT IN THIS TRANSIT
STUDY, SDOT DID NOT LOOK AT
ASSUME THERE WILL BE NO MODE
SHIFT WHEN IT COMES TO -- WHEN
THEY STUDIED IMPLEMENTATION OF
BUS LANES ON DENNY WAY. I WANTED
TO BRING TO THE COMMITTEE AND
HOPE WE COULD HAVE A CONTINUED
DISCUSSION ABOUT PROSPECT OF
THIS BUT AS A COMMITTEE SHOWING
SIM FORMAL INQUIRY OR
INVESTIGATING HOW THAT DECISION
WAS MADE AND IF THERE'S A
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT
STUDY. I KNOW THIS IS A
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BUS LINE,
AND I AM -- I HOLD CONCERNS THAT
OUR INABILITY TO ADDRESS ITS
RELIABILITY ISSUES AND TIMELY
MANNER ERODES TRUST IN THE BAD
BROADER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
AND SO CHAIR, I ASK FOR
CONSIDERATION IN JUST DOING IS A
FORMAL INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. I WELCOME ANY SPECIFIC
PROPOSAL THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
BETTER BRING THAT YOUR CONCEPT
IDEA TO LIFE. BUT I WILL NOTE
THAT ME AND MY OFFICE ARE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I KNOW A NUMBER
OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
WORKING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I
SHARE THE UNDERLINING CONCERNS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST
SPECIFIC TREATMENT IS. I AM NOT
A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. BUT I DO
THINK THAT THERE'S MORE AS A
CITY WE CAN DO TO BETTER
FACILITATE THE -- THE ROUTE 8
AND MAKE IT NOT AS MUCH OF A
SNATCH FEW. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING. AND
IT IS 11:06 A.M. HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE