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-- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE. AUGUST 5th, 2026. LAND
USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:33 A.M.. I'M CHAIR
EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
-- VICE CHAIR? STRAUSS. PRESENT
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. HERE.
-- CHAIR LIN HERE.
-- CHAIR. THERE ARE THREE
MEMBERS PRESENT.
-- AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH
ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
MEETING. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. GOOD
MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR
COMING TO THIS THURSDAY.
MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING
MEETING TO DISCUSS LAND USE. AS
ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO THE CITY
CLERK'S COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OPCD FOR
HELPING US PREPARE FOR THIS
MEETING. SO WE'LL NOW OPEN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA, ITEMS WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
-- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO
SPEAKERS IN PERSON AND ONE
ONLINE.
-- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
TWO MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH
IN PERSON SPEAKERS. FIRST CLERK
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS?
-- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60
MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED IN PERSON. SPEAKERS
WILL BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER
WHICH WE WILL MOVE TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS ENDED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THEIR
TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE
MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED
TIME TO ALLOW FOR THE NEXT
SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON
THE LIST. WHO IS HANNAH? IF
HANNAH, GIVE ME ONE MOMENT FOR
THE TIMER.
-- I'M FROM PIONEER SQUARE AND
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE GROWTH
OF DOWNTOWN FROM A HUMANIST
PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS A
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE A
COUPLE OF UNPOPULAR OPINIONS TO
SHARE AND ASK THAT YOU BE OPEN
MINDED AND TRY TO SEE MY
MEANING. THE FIRST IS THAT I
COME FROM A BUSINESS FAMILY, AND
I REALLY RESPECT, THE EYE ON OUR
BUDGET THAT RIVERA KEPT,
YESTERDAY I SAID THE NATIVE
TRIBE DOES THE BEST JOB OF
DEVELOPING THE ECONOMY DOWNTOWN
FROM WHAT I SEE. AND THE MEETING
AFTER THAT REFLECTED MY POINT.
THE TRIBESPEOPLE WERE WELL
ORGANIZED AND PROFESSIONAL, WITH
TONS OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WERE
EFFICIENT IN EVERY WAY. THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTRASTED VERY
SHARPLY WITH THAT, AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF RAISED EYEBROWS
ABOUT WHERE MONEY IS COMING
FROM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE
THREE ADMINISTRATORS, THE BUDGET
AND PRESENTATION OF IT WAS
DISORGANIZED., THIS IS A REALLY
UNPOPULAR OPINION, BUT WHO HAS
LOTS OF MBAS AND DOES A REALLY
GOOD JOB. BLACK WOMEN OF COLOR.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY ON THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND I THINK
THEY WOULD DO A REALLY GOOD JOB
OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR
MONEY IS COMING FROM, WHERE
IT'S GOING, AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE REALLY EFFICIENT.
ALSO YESTERDAY WE VOTED TO GIVE
AWAY ABOUT OVER 100FT OF LAND TO
A PRIVATE DEVELOPER FOR AN
ALLEYWAY., SO I LIVE ON JACKSON
AND FIRST AND THERE'S AN EMPTY
OFFICE BUILDING NEXT TO ME AND I
DON'T KNOW, BUT I'D BE WILLING
TO PUT MONEY THAT THE CITY ALSO
GAVE AWAY A PRIVATE ALLEY, GAVE
AWAY AN ALLEYWAY TO BE
PRIVATIZED BY THEM. TO. WHAT DO
YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF THE
PRIVATE SECTOR OWNED ALL THE
ALLEYWAYS IN SEATTLE? DO YOU
THINK THAT WOULD BE A SECURITY
THREAT? DO YOU. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THAT THE POLICE PEOPLE
THINK THAT WE'RE VACATING ALL
THE ALLEYWAYS, AND THEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE CITY
SAFER? WHO'S DOING THE DRUG
DEALS? WHO'S DOING THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING? IT'S THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND THE ALLEYWAYS.
-- THANK YOU
-- NEXT IS STEVE OTHELLO.
-- SURPRISINGLY, CITIZENS HAVE
FEELINGS TOO. I UNDERSTAND THAT
CHAIRMAN WAS NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT
SOME OF THE THINGS SAID AS THEY
WERE GRABBING MORE RIGHTS AWAY
FROM THE CITIZENS AGAIN. I COME
TO THESE MEETINGS AND I AM
REGULARLY CALLED NIMBY, WHICH IS
CODE FOR OLD. I GUESS I GOT THAT
ONE ALL. YOU OWN A HOUSE? I
DON'T OWN THAT ONE. AND RACIST,
WHICH I FIND REALLY OFFENSIVE
AND THIS JUST ROLLS OFF THE
SPEECH OF THE OPPONENTS WHEN I
POINT OUT HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE
ARE MAKING AND HOW LITTLE
HOUSING WE'RE GETTING AND I
DON'T LIKE BEING CALLED A
RACIST, SPECIFICALLY, GIVE ME
THE HOUSE AND YOU CAN CALL ME
HOMEOWNER AND I CAN'T DO MUCH
ABOUT THE AGE. I'M NOT. AFTER
ONE OF OUR MEETINGS HERE, NOT
THE MEETING BEFORE THE FULL
COUNCIL. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT ME AND MY KIND ARE THE
PROBLEM IN SEATTLE. THE OLD
PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO DIE.
WE HAVE EXTENDED LIFE AND NO,
I'M NOT WILLING TO DIE. YOU
SEE, IF A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
DIED, THEN WE WOULD LOWER THE
PRICE OF HOUSING BECAUSE THERE
WOULD BE FEWER PEOPLE HERE. BUT
I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT, AND
I'M NOT WILLING TO MOVE OUT OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I THINK
THAT OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS ALL
THE CARROTS GO TO THE INDUSTRY
AND ALL THE STICKS GO TO THE
PUBLIC. WHEN YOU LOOK AT, MAJOR
TREES, EASY AS HECK FOR THE
DEVELOPERS TO GET RID OF THEM,
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ASK, ASK
DOT, OR CITY PLANNING. AND THE
PREFERRED IS USUALLY REMOVE THE
TREES. LET'S DO SOMETHING FOR
THE PEOPLE. OCCASIONALLY.
-- THANK YOU STEVE
-- NEXT TO REMOTE SPEAKERS,
STARTING WITH TINA BOUCHER,
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
-- GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. TINA.
DISTRICT SEVEN., TODAY I'D LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER
PLAN, BUT FOR THE WHOLE CITY AS
WELL. I APPRECIATE THE PLAN,
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ADA
ACCESSIBILITY, AND SEATTLE HAS
MADE SOME MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MOVE BEYOND COMPLIANCE AND
EMBRACE THE FULL INTENT OF THE
ADA AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
ACCESSIBILITY IS FUNDAMENTAL TO
DOWNTOWN LIVABILITY, A TRULY
LIVABLE DOWNTOWN IS ONE WHERE
EVERY RESIDENT VISITOR,
REGARDLESS OF AGE OR ABILITY TO
MOVE SAFELY, INDEPENDENTLY AND
WITH DIGNITY. THAT REQUIRES
ACCESSIBILITY TO BE MORE THAN A
PROJECT BY PROJECT REQUIREMENT.
IT SHOULD BE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE
THAT SHAPES EVERY DECISION
INVOLVING DEVELOPMENT,
TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION,
CONSTRUCTION, IMPLEMENTATION,
CURB MANAGEMENT, MICROMOBILITY
AND THE PUBLIC REALM. I
ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A
CROSS-CUTTING ACCESSIBILITY
POLICY, ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUS,
ACCESSIBLE NETWORK, STRENGTHEN
STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
MICROMOBILITY, ASSIGN CLEAR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEASURE
PROGRESS THROUGH REGULAR PUBLIC
REPORTING. THIS GOES WAY BEYOND
ONE DEPARTMENT. THE MEASURE OF
SUCCESS SHOULD NOT SIMPLY BE
WHETHER INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
COMPLY WITH ADA OR WITH THE
CONSENT DECREE, BUT WHETHER
DOWNTOWN IS GENUINELY LIVABLE
AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
EVERY DAY. THE PLAN SPEAKS OFTEN
ABOUT GROWTH, HOUSING, AND
ECONOMIC VITALITY, BUT IT SAYS
MUCH LESS ABOUT WHAT MAKES
DOWNTOWN TRULY LIVABLE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME.
LIVABILITY ISN'T AN AMENITY. IT
IS THE FOUNDATION OF A
SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT
MEANS SAFE AND WELCOMING
STREETS, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC
SPACES, CLEAN SIDEWALKS,
OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER ACCESS
TO NATURE, REASONABLE NOISE
LEVELS.
-- THANK YOU.
-- NEXT IS DAVID HAINES.
-- HI. THANK YOU. DAVID IS THE
COUNCIL GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE
RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL LANDLORDS PUT INTO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT
SABOTAGED THE INTEGRITY OF THE
WHOLE THING FOR THE NEXT 20
YEARS? THERE'S NOTHING WORSE
THAN LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE ON
THE LINK LIGHT RAIL AND YOU'RE
LOOKING OVER AND YOU SEE ALL
THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOWER
THAN THE TRAIN AND ALL YOU CAN
AND PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE ECHO
FROM THAT. IT'S LIKE, YOU
CAN'T PUT LOW LEVEL HOUSING
RIGHT NEAR THE TRANSIT ORIENTED
INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN YOU DON'T
HAVE NOISE ABATEMENT WALLS, WHEN
YOU DON'T GO HIGH ENOUGH THAT
PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE AMENITIES
AT THE TOP OF THE FLOOR, AT THE
TOP OF THE BUILDING TO GET A
REPRIEVE FROM THE NOISE
POLLUTION, FROM A TRASH PICKUP,
OR WHATEVER IT IS. BUT IF YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT LIKE INTERBAY, A
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW SCREWED
UP SEATTLE IS. YOU GOT A TOXIC
INDUSTRIAL TRAIN THAT'S HONKING
ITS HORN, DRIVING PEOPLE NUTS.
AND YET Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT
PUTTING HOUSING RIGHT ON THE
SIDE OF THAT TRAIN IN INTERBAY.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE IF
YOU TAKE A GOOD OLD WHIFF OF THE
SEATTLE STORM'S PRACTICE
LOCATION THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO
THE TRAIN YARD, THOSE PEOPLE ARE
NEVER GOING TO WIN ANOTHER
CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE WHEN
THEY'RE WORKING OUT, THEY'RE
BREATHING TOXIC AIR. IT IS SO
OVERWHELMING. ANYWAY, WE NEED TO
TAKE THE RESTRICTIONS OFF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PURGE THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN THAT BRUCE
HARRELL RACISTLY PAINTED. IT'S
LIKE THE LANDLORDS IN THE CITY
COUNCIL SABOTAGED THE INTEGRITY
AND PUT THESE RESTRICTIONS ON
REAL DEVELOPERS. WEAPONIZE MH
FUND TO LINE THE POCKETS OF
THEIR POLITICALLY CONNECTED,
UNQUALIFIED NONPROFITS. AND YET,
EVERYTHING IS TAINTED IN A
RACIST LENS. YOU GOT TO BE BLACK
TO DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT. YOU GOT TO BE BLACK IF
YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO IT
AND YOU GOT TO BE BLACK IF
YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE LIVING
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, LIKE
IT'S JUST A RACIST, TAINTED,
SCORELESS EXPERIENCE THAT NEEDS
TO BE PURGED FROM GOVERNMENT.
-- THANK YOU. DAVID.
-- AS CONCLUDED, PUBLIC
SPEAKERS.
-- OKAY., THANK YOU ALL FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL NOW MOVE
ON TO OUR ONE ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM ONE?
-- AGENDA ITEM 1CB121268. AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING AMENDING THE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
INCORPORATE CHANGES PROPOSED AS
PART OF THE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN ANNUAL AMENDMENT PROCESS
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
-- THANK YOU. AND, A FROM
CENTRAL STAFF JOINING US. AND,,
ONCE YOU'RE READY, PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND.
-- THANK YOU. CHAIR LIN. MY NAME
IS REBECCA MASKIN, LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST WITH CENTRAL STAFF. AND
JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE TO PULL UP
MY PRESENTATION.
-- ABSOLUTELY. TAKE YOUR TIME.
THANKS.
-- OKAY.
-- AND COLLEAGUES, GIVEN WE'VE
HAD A PRETTY LIGHT AGENDA, FEEL
FREE TO, PROVIDE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG.
-- SO THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME
IS REBECCA MASKIN ON CENTRAL
STAFF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. AND
TODAY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING
COUNCIL BILL 121268, WHICH IS
THE 2026 ANNUAL AMENDMENT TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO UNDER THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT,
JURISDICTIONS ARE ALLOWED TO
AMEND THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS
ONCE A YEAR, MORE THAN ONCE A
YEAR IN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND, SEATTLE HAS DONE THIS IN
MOST YEARS. AND THIS WOULD BE
THE FIRST ANNUAL AMENDMENT TO
THE NEWLY ADOPTED ONE SEATTLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED IN
2025., THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES
FOUR SUBAREA PLANS, REPRESENTING
THE TWO REGIONAL CENTERS AND TWO
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS, OR WE ALSO CALL THEM
MIX OR MIX., AND YOU CAN SEE THE
REGIONAL CENTERS ON THIS MAP
HERE IN THE DARKEST BLUE COLOR
AND THE MIX ARE REPRESENTED IN
THIS GRAY COLOR AS WELL. SO WHY
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW?
WELL, THESE SUBAREA PLANS, IN
ADDITION TO BEING GOOD PLANNING
PRACTICES. PLANNING FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS OF SUBSTANTIAL
AREAS, THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED BY
THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL
TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION OF
THESE REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH
MAKES, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
THAT SERVE CENTERS MORE
COMPETITIVE IN REGIONAL OR IN
FEDERAL FUNDING COMPETITIONS. SO
WE ARE INTERESTED IN,
MAINTAINING THAT CERTIFICATION.
AND WE WILL BE PRODUCING SUBAREA
PLANS FOR EACH OF THE REGIONAL
CENTERS. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
BATCH. MORE CENTER PLANS ARE
ANTICIPATED NEXT YEAR AS WELL
FOR ANOTHER ANNUAL AMENDMENT. SO
THE PLANS WILL ARE ADOPTED INTO
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN AN
APPENDIX. THEY DO NOT OFFER
THESE PLANS DO NOT OFFER ANY
ZONING CHANGES OR DEVELOPMENT
REGULATION CHANGES. SO THERE'S
NOT THOSE KINDS OF POLICY PIECES
ATTACHED TO THIS. I WANT TO
SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING
ABOUT SEPA ANALYZES, BECAUSE
THESE PLANS WERE STUDIED. THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE
PLANS WERE STUDIED UNDER
DIFFERENT SEPA ANALYSIS RELATED
TO DIFFERENT PLANS. SO THE
REGIONAL CENTERS PLANS WERE
ANALYZED ON ADDENDA TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2025.,
THAT WAS A PHASE ONE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THE SEPA
ANALYSIS ARE SEPARATE FOR EACH
OF THE PLANS. SO EACH PLAN HAS
ITS OWN ANALYSIS. AND I'LL GO
INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT THEM
LATER ON. THE MIC PLANS WERE
ANALYZED IN ADDENDA TO THE
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT,
WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2023., AND
I SHOULD NOTE AS WELL AS IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THE DUWAMISH PLAN
WAS APPEALED TO THE HEARING
EXAMINER IN MAY OF 2026. THAT
APPEAL IS STILL ONGOING. AND
UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED IN EITHER
WAY, THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT
ACT IN ADOPTING THIS PLAN. SO,
WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT. WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
-- IF YOU COULD JUST MOVE THE
MIC A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, I THINK
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY.
-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU OKAY.,
SO NOW I'LL GIVE A LITTLE
BACKGROUND ON EACH CENTER. I
WON'T GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS
OPCD STAFF DID LAST WEEK. ON
EACH CENTER, BUT I'LL RAISE THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND POTENTIAL
COMMENTS ABOUT THEM. FIRST I'LL
NOTE THAT THE REGIONAL CENTER
PLANS ARE STRIKING VISUAL
DOCUMENTS. THEY CONTAIN A LOT OF
ILLUSTRATIONS AND POLICIES., IN
A VERY VISUALLY STRIKING KIND OF
WAY., ANOTHER INTERESTING THING
THAT THE PLANS DO IS THEY CUT
ACROSS, STANDARD COMPREHENSIVE
OR SUBAREA PLAN CHAPTERS LIKE
LAND USE OR TRANSPORTATION. AND
THEY'RE ORGANIZED AROUND FIVE
THEMES. SO IN DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN
SEE THE THEMES ARE LISTED THERE
ON, ON THE SLIDE. BUT JUST TO
ILLUSTRATE HOW THAT EACH OF
THESE THEMES ARE KIND OF
CROSS-CUTTING, AS AN EXAMPLE,
THE DOWNTOWN SAFE AND WELCOMING,
THEME AREA HAS POLICIES ABOUT
NOT ONLY PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS AND
OPEN SPACE. SO IT'S KIND OF A
UNIQUE APPROACH TO COMPLETING A
SUBAREA PLAN., THE OTHER THING
I'D LIKE TO NOTE ABOUT THE
PLANS THEMSELVES FOR REGIONAL
CENTER PLANS IS THEY ADD MORE
DETAIL THAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
GENERALLY DOES COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN USUALLY HAS GOALS AND
POLICIES THAT IMPLEMENT THOSE
GOALS., AND A VISION AS WELL.
THESE SUBAREA PLANS HAVE
IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS AS WELL AS
PART OF THE PLANS., WHICH IS A
LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN THE
REVIEW OF THE FIRST, I'LL SAY
THAT DOWNTOWN NOT ONLY MEETS
REGIONAL CENTER CRITERIA SET BY
THE COUNTY AND, PSRC IT, IN
TERMS OF QUANTITATIVE,
QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA, THE
CENTER IS PROBABLY THE MOST
DENSE AND MOST ACTIVE WITHIN THE
REGION. BUT PSRC ALSO LEFT SOME
COMMENTS ABOUT LAND USE AND
CAPACITY DETAIL, WHICH IS
COVERED IN THE PLAN. THERE'S A
MAP ABOUT OFFERING SOME DETAIL
OF FUTURE LAND USE IN, IN
DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE
DOWNTOWN. THAT COULD BE USED A
LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AS WELL.,
THE, SO ANTICIPATED THAT
DOWNTOWN WILL GROW BY ABOUT
13,500 HOMES IN THE FUTURE. AND
60,000 JOBS AS WELL. AND THAT
DOES NOT, THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE GROWTH ANTICIPATED IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO SO IT
DOESN'T GO BEYOND WHAT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS.,
RELATING TO SOME OF THE FINDINGS
WERE THAT THERE WERE NO
ADDITIONAL ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT
THIS PLAN OFFERS RELATIVE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT THE
ACTUALLY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE
ALREADY ANTICIPATED WITHIN THAT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
IN FACT, SOME OF THE POLICIES
WITHIN THE PLAN MITIGATE FOR
SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACTS CONSIDERED ELSEWHERE IN
THE PLAN. SO, BASED ON THE
CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSIT
SERVING, POLICIES WITHIN THIS
PLAN, SOME OF THOSE
TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS ARE
MITIGATED. MOVING ON TO THE
NORTHGATE PLAN, AGAIN, THESE
HAVE THESE CROSS-CUTTING THEMES
FOR NORTHGATE. SOME OF THE KEY
FOCUS AREAS IN NORTHGATE ARE
IMPROVING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
PEOPLE AND NATURE, BETWEEN
PEOPLE AND THE PLACES THEY WANT
TO BE, IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN DIFFERENT MODES. GIVEN
THE LIGHT RAIL STATION THERE,
THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
PSRC PICKED UP ON IN THEIR
COMMENTARY AND THAT, THE SHAPE,
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER MAP
ON THE RIGHT THERE IS A BIT
UNUSUAL AND THERE ARE SOME
LIMITED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CENTER,
BOTH FOR PEOPLE AND FOR OTHER
MODES OF TRAFFIC AS WELL. SO HIS
COMMENT WAS TO CONSIDER
POTENTIAL BOUNDARY IMPROVEMENTS
TO IMPROVE THAT CONNECTIVITY
WITHIN THE CENTER. AND THAT IS
NOT CONSIDERED IN THIS PLAN.
WE'RE STICKING WITH THE STICKING
WITH THE CENTER BOUNDARY AS
PROPOSED, IS THE SAME SO, IT'S
NOT A DETRIMENTAL
CHARACTERISTIC. I JUST WANT TO
CALL THAT OUT. SO NORTHGATE
PLANNING FOR ABOUT 2000 NEW
HOMES AND 2500 NEW JOBS., WHICH
AGAIN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN., THIS PLAN
WAS NOT DETERMINED TO HAVE,
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE
ENVIRONMENT OR TO PEOPLE, EVEN
BEYOND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
THERE'S SOME MODERATE IMPACTS
IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE ANALYSIS
AND TRANSPORTATION AND
REDEVELOPMENT, BUT THOSE ARE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS STUDIED
UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO THERE WAS A DETERMINATION
OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE
SUBAREA PLAN SO MOVING ON TO THE
MIX. SO THESE PLANS ARE MORE
TRADITIONAL, IN TERMS OF THEIR
FORMAT SET UP. WITH TRADITIONAL
LAND USE TRANSPORTATION ECONOMY
CHAPTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLANS
BOTH REALLY STRONGLY BUILD UPON
THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME
STRATEGY. THAT WAS ADOPTED IN
2023 AND THE LAND USE THAT LAND
USE CHANGES THAT WENT ALONG WITH
THAT. SO SOME OF THE KEY, OH, I
SHOULD NOTE ALSO THAT THE
CONTENT OF THE PLAN, THE FORMAT
IS VERY SIMILAR BETWEEN BOTH THE
BIN AND THE GREATER DUWAMISH
MIX., THE GOALS IN THE PLAN ARE
THE ARE THE SAME ACROSS THOSE
TWO PLANS AND THE POLICIES ARE
SPECIFIC FOR EACH CENTER, BUT
THE FORMAT AND THE KIND OF GOALS
AND, ARE THE SAME. SO SOME OF
THE KEY THEMES IN THE PLAN. SO
THE PLAN THEMES ARE VERY SIMILAR
ACROSS THE MIX. THESE ARE PLACES
WHERE, LAND USE ENCROACHMENT
FROM NON-INDUSTRIAL USES HAS
HAPPENED OVER TIME. THEY'RE BOTH
PLACES WHERE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS
ARE EITHER CURRENTLY IN OR ARE
PLANNED TO EXIST. SO DOING THOSE
DEALING WITH THOSE KINDS OF LAND
USE CONFLICTS OR POTENTIAL
CONFLICTS AND PRESERVING
INDUSTRIAL LAND ARE KEY THEMES
OF BOTH OF THESE PLANS., MEETS
MOST OF THE CRITERIA SET OUT BY
THE, BY THE COUNTY AND PSRC.,
BUT ONE ISSUE THAT IS PERSISTENT
IN BIN IS THAT THE CURRENT SHARE
OF INDUSTRIAL JOBS OUT OF THE
TOTAL JOBS WITHIN THE CENTER, IS
BELOW 50%. AND THAT IS A
CRITERIA FOR MAINTAINING
CERTIFICATION STATUS, KIND OF
BALANCED AMONG THE OTHER ONES.
THE PLAN DOES HAVE POLICIES AND
LAND USE., ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE
ADOPTED IN 2023. LOOK TO PREVENT
FURTHER, LOSS OF INDUSTRIAL
EMPLOYMENT. AND WITH THOSE
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE, THE PLAN
ANTICIPATES THAT WE WOULD GET TO
THAT 50% INDUSTRIAL JOBS BY
2044. SO, THAT'S HOW KIND OF
RESOLVE THAT, CRITERIA
DEFICIENCY THE AREAS ADDING ARE
PLANNING TO ADD ABOUT 6000 JOBS
BY 2024. AND, ONE OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THIS ANALYSIS WAS
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. GIVEN THE
DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS
BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION MODES
THAT, THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE
DIFFERENT LAND USES HERE AND
INCREASING DEVELOPMENT AND
GROWTH. SO, THESE ARE MITIGATED
WITHIN THE PLAN. BUT, BUT THE
ANALYSIS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE
ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AS
WELL. AND FINALLY, FOR THE
GREATER DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER, AGAIN, THE
KIND OF SIMILAR THEMES ABOUT
INTEGRATING LAND USES,
DEVELOPING INDUSTRIALLY
ORIENTED, TRANSIT ORIENTED
DESIGN. THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND
OF LAND USE MIX WITHIN THE
STADIUM DISTRICT THAT'S, FOCUSED
TOWARDS ENTERTAINMENT AND HOW
THAT INTERACTS WITH THE
INDUSTRIAL MIX THERE. IS
PRESERVING THAT INDUSTRIAL LAND
AMIDST THOSE CONFLICTS AND
PRESERVING THOSE OTHER USES IS A
KEY THEME OF HERE AS WELL AS A
LARGE REDEVELOPMENT SITE., THAT
WAS CREATED AFTER THE, SR 99
TUNNEL WAS PUT IN THE GREATER
DUWAMISH DEFINITELY. IT MEETS
THE CRITERIA SET OUT BY THE
COUNTY AND PSRC. THEY'RE
PLANNING FOR 12,500 JOBS, WHICH
IS AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SOME OF
THE FINDINGS THAT I'LL CALL OUT
AGAIN, RELATE TO
TRANSPORTATION., THERE'S
SPECIFICALLY IMPACTS NOTED THAT
ARE PERHAPS NOT COMPLETELY
MITIGATED TO VULNERABLE USERS,
USERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM, FOLKS WHO ARE WALKING,
BIKING, ROLLING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME INTO
CONFLICT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER
MORE INDUSTRIAL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THAT IS
ONE PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTAL
AREA OF FOCUS IN THIS CENTER.
AND AGAIN, THE GREATER DUWAMISH
PLAN WAS APPEALED TO THE
HEARINGS EXAMINER., THIS YEAR.
AND SO COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD
CONSIDER WHETHER, ACTION ON THIS
PLAN IS RIPE AT THIS TIME. AND
MAYBE IT SHOULD BE DEFERRED
UNTIL THE, TO THE FUTURE ANNUAL
AMENDMENT WHEN THE APPEAL IS
RESOLVED., BUILDING ON THAT, I
JUST WANT TO LAY OUT PROCESS
STEPS FOR YOU ALL. SO WE HAVE A
BRIEFING TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER,
AFTER MY PRESENTATION., WE'RE
ASKING FOR ANY AMENDMENT
PROPOSALS TO THE PLAN BY
COUNCILMEMBERS., BE RETURNED TO
BY AUGUST 10th. WE WILL DISCUSS
THOSE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS ON
AUGUST 19th., HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THIS AMENDMENT ON
SEPTEMBER 11th. AND WITH A
POTENTIAL VOTE ON THE 16th
FOLLOWING THAT, AND THEN MOVING
TO COUNCIL ON THE 22nd,
POTENTIALLY. SO THAT IS MY
PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PLANS OR
THE PROCESS. AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH
-- OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY,
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN
PARTICULAR ABOUT,, THE TIMELINE?
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, CAN
YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE?
YEAH., WHOOPS. MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE PROPOSED
TIMELINE. IN MY UNDERSTANDING IS
WE CAN'T REALLY TAKE ACTION ON
THE, GREATER DUWAMISH PENDING
GIVEN THE PENDING APPEAL., I'M
NOT SURE THE EXACT TIMELINE. DO
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON THE
TIMELINE FOR WHEN THAT MIGHT BE
DONE?
-- I BELIEVE THAT THE APPEAL
WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN
SEPTEMBER. THERE'S POTENTIAL
THAT IT WOULD BE, HEARD BY
NOVEMBER IN MID NOVEMBER, WHICH
IS OBVIOUSLY, AFTER THIS
POTENTIAL SCHEDULE.
-- OKAY VICE CHAIR STRAUSS.
-- OKAY. THANKS. CHAIR LIN. THIS
TIMELINE LOOKS GOOD TO ME. MAKES
SENSE TO ME. I DO HAVE A NUMBER
OF AMENDMENTS FOR AT LEAST THE
BIN MIC. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY
FOR THE DUWAMISH MIC AT THIS
TIME. AND JUST NOTING THAT I
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU ON
AUGUST 19th. SO I'LL JUST ASK
YOU TO READ MY COMMENTS IF I'VE
GOT SOME. THAT'S ALL.
-- OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD, VICE
THANK YOU.
-- I APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE
AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU SET UP.
THIS IS GREAT.
-- THANK YOU. AND I CERTAINLY
SEE ONE AMENDMENT,, JUST IN
TERMS OF OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE NOT
PASSING THE DUWAMISH, WE'LL JUST
NEED TO TAKE THAT OUT.
PRESUMABLY OF THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE DRAFT ORDINANCE. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?,
OKAY WELL, THANK YOU. LOOK
FORWARD TO, ANY PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS., AND, IF THAT'S IT,
I THINK WE'VE REACHED THE END
OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?, HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 10
A.M. NEXT SCHEDULED MEETINGS,
AUGUST 19th.