>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL'S HOW MANY HUMAN
SERVICES EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
IT IS MARCH 26, 2019, AND THE
TOMB IS 2:03:00 P.M.
AND I AM CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE
AND I AM JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I EXPECT THAT TODAY'S MEETING
WILL NOT BE VERY LONG.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA, AND THEY ARE BOTH
APPOINTMENTS.
THE PACIFIC HOSPITAL PDA.
WE WILL TAKE THEM UP TOGETHER.
ROBERT COOK IS BEING APPOINTED
BY THE PDA GOVERNMENT COUNCIL.
DORIS KOO WAS ORIGINALLY A
MAYORAL APPOINTEE.
THIS TIME SHE IS BEING
APPOINTED BY THE.
THEY ARE STARTING TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL CAMPUS.
I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS WASN'T A
UNANIMOUS DECISION ON THE PART
OF THE PDA.
BUT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE
CAMPUS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING IT WITH THE
APPOINTEES AND HEARING FROM
THEM PERSONALLY, WHETHER THEY
SUPPORT THE DECISION FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOT.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
BEFORE WE BRING OUR PRESENTERS
TO THE TABLE.
NICK JONES IS STAFFING THIS
COUNCIL MEETING, AND WILL BE
READING THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SIGNED UP.
EACH OF THOSE SPEAKERS IN
PUBLIC COMMENT HAS TWO MINUTES.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN, AND THAT IS ALL.
>> ANTI-SEMITE, CRIMINAL AND
KILLER.
MY NAME ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT PEOPLE.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH ALMOST 30
PEOPLE, AND I AM AT EVERY
COMMISSIONER MEETING, YEAH.
AND YOU ALL IDENTICAL.
YOU SAME AGAIN, AGAIN, AND
AGAIN.
THIS IS VERY SIMPLE BECAUSE, BY
DEFINITION, WHEN YOU CROAK,
THEY CROAK TOO.
THIS NOT SURPRISE ME NOT FAR
AWAY FROM THREE.
AND I GAVE YOU CLASSIC EXAMPLE
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED RIGHT NOW.
SO WHO GO FOR ELECTION.
BUT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A
COUNSEL.
YOU OPEN PUBLIC MEETING FIVE
TIMES.
SHE'S A CROOK, A CRIMINAL.
SHE SUPPOSED TO BE MOVE OUT
FROM COUNCIL CHAMBER YESTERDAY.
HOW YOU CAN GO FOR THE ELECTION
YOU ASK PEOPLE ELECT YOU AGAIN
WHEN YOU NEVER GO VOICE ABOUT
CRIMINAL IN YOUR CHAMBER.
HOW CITY POSSIBLE.
NO, I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU
SUPPORT 9 TRESPASSES ABOUT ALEX
ZIMMERMAN WHEN EXECUTIVE BRANCH
DOING SOMETHING AND LEGISLATIVE
BRA.
I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU ARE
KROOVENLGHT BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S
VERY SIMPLE.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL, ATTORNEY,
GONZCEZ, FIVE-TIME
CONSTITUTION.
YOU VERY QUIET ABOUT THIS.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE, HUH?
YOU ARE A CROOK.
SO PEOPLE WHO YOU CHOOSE IS NOT
SIMOMY DIFFERENT.
SO RIGHT NOW I SPEAK TO
EVERYBODY.
STAND UP, SEATTLE.
FROM THIS CROOK, THIS PEOPLE
700,000 SICK, SICK, SICK.
STAND UP, AMERICA.
BYE, BYE.
[ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ]
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED
UP?
>> NO.
THAT IS ALL.
SO WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND WE WILL INVITE THE
PRESENTERS TO THE TABLE.
.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GUYS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
YOU TOO, DOCTORIS.
THANK YOU.
CAN WE HAVE A VERY QUICK, LIKE
ONE-LINE INTRODUCTIONS FROM
EACH OF YOU FOR THE RECORD, AND
THEN KENNY, I DON'T KNOW WHO
WANTS TO START IT.
BUT LET'S HAVE INTRODUCTIONS.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> MY NAME IS NICK JONES.
I'M A LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT
WITH KSHAMA'S OFFICE.
MY NAME IS DORIS KOO.
I AM HOPING TO BE AN APPOINTEE
TO SIT ON THE PHP GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
>> JEFF NATTER.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AND I'M BOB COOK.
ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR CONFIRMED
CONFIRMATION FOR THE GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
>> AND KENNY PITTMAN,
RELATIONS.
THANK YOU AND WHO WANTS TO
START THIS?
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU TWO
APPOINTMENTS TO THE PACIFIC
HOSPITAL PDA, PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS MR. ROBERT
COOK.
AND THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME
APPOINTEE.
SINCE 2013 HE'S SERVED AS A
STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO THE PDA
AND HE IS AN APPOINTEE OF THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL HIMSELF.
THEY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS THAT
THEY APPOINT, FOUR MEMBERS ARE
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND ONE
BY THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND HE REPRESENTS THE GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
HE'S ALSO THE SENIOR DIRECTOR
AT THE FINANCE AND IT SERVICES,
HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN
NON-PROFIT AND COOPERATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS, HAS WORKED WITH
THE PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP,
CASCADIA RESOLVING LOAN FUND,
SERVED ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND
COMES VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
AS AN APPOINTEE TO THE PACIFIC
HOSPITAL.
AND WE SUPPORT HIS APPOINTMENT.
THE NEXT ONE IS MS. DORIS KOO
WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS ONE
APPOINTMENT OF THE NINE MEMBERS
ON THERE.
AND THIS IS MS. KOO BASICALLY
WAS APPOINTED IN 2015, HAD TO
STEP OFF AND IS NOW GRACIOUSLY
AGREED TO COME BACK AND SERVE
ON THE PACIFIC HOSPITAL PDA,
AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT SHE IS
BACK THERE, HAS AN EXTENSIVE
EXPERIENCE IN NON-PROFIT
HOUSING, FINANCING, AND WOULD
BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION ALONG
WITH MR. COOK TO THE PACIFIC
HOSPITAL PDA.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES WE
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE
MORE FROM JEFF ABOUT THE
HOUSING PROJECT ITSELF AND ALSO
KENNY, IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
THE STATUS OF THE FUNDING FOR
THE PROJECT.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,
COULD WE HAVE A FEW COMMENTS
BOTH FROM MS. KOO AND MR. COOK
ABOUT WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATING
WITH THE PDA SO FAR AND WHAT
MAKES YOU EXCITED?
AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
EXCITED.
[ LAUGHTER ] ABOUT SERVING ON
THE PDA AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
PLEASE, THE POINTS ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE, AS
YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY HAVE GOT
A QUESTION FROM MY OFFICE.
I KNOW OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL.
I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF D5
ABOUT.
WAY.
>> YAY!
>> I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE AND MY
ENTIRE CAREER ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FIRST AS A COMMUNITY TO
ORGANIZE IT IN CHICAGO WORKING
ON ORGANIZING TENANTS TO TAKE
LANDLORDS TO COURT FOR REPAIRS.
AND THEN FEELING THAT THE
PROCESS WAS TOO SLOW.
SWITCHED COURSE INTO BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE MAINSTAY OF
MY CAREER.
MY INVOLVEMENT WITH PHPDA, AS
KENNY SAID, STARTED WITH AN
APPOINTMENT BY THEN MAYOR
MURRAY, AND I SAT ON BOTH THE
REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS UNDER THAT PERIOD
THAT WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS
SURPLUS LAND ON THE CAMPUS OF
THE PACIFIC HOSPITAL CAMPUS.
AND WHAT BETTER USE TO PUT THAT
LAND IF NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY TOOK A
CHARTER AMENDMENT TO THE MAYOR
TO ALLOW THE PHPDA TO TAKE ON
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WE'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK.
WE NOW HAVE A PLAN.
JEFF CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS,
BUT THE PLAN IS TO BUILD
ROUGHLY 206, CLOSE TO 300 UNITS
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
AFFORDABLE TO BOTH RESIDENTS
BELOW 60%, AND THEN PARTIALLY
FOR RESIDENTS BELOW 80%.
AND A CHILDCARE CENTER TO BE
RUN BY CENTRAL, THE LA RAZA,
AND A HEALTH CENTER RUN BY THE
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
HEALTH SERVICES.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
PROJECT.
AND SIGNING BACK UP TO SERVE AS
GOVERNING COUNCIL GAVE ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE
COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT BUT
ALSO TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
ELSE THE CAMPUS CAN DO.
AS WE BOTH RAISE FUNDS TO HELP
CLOSE THE HEALTH DISPARITY GAP
BY MAKING GRANTS AND PROVIDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THE DUAL MISSION WAS
SOMETHING I PASSIONATELY
BELIEVE IN.
AND HOPEFULLY THE SERVICE THAT
I OFFER WILL ALLOW ME TO DO
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS VERY GOOD TO HEAR.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE
HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND
YOUR INTEREST IN HEARING FROM
ME.
I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN
THE PHPDA IN THE '90s WHEN I
WAS A RESIDENT OF BEACON HILL
FOR NINE YEARS AND I WATCHED
THE NORTH TOWER, THE NORTH
ADDITION BEING ADDED FOR
EARTHQUAKE RETROFIT PURPOSES
AND ADMIRED HOW WELL IT WAS
DONE SO THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN
TELL THAT THAT WAS AN ADDITION.
SO I'VE BEEN A LONG-TIME
INTEREST IN THE CAMPUS.
BUT I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT
MUCH ABOUT WHAT I DID.
HOWEVER, FIVE YEARS AGO IN
2015, I BECAME A STRATEGIC
ADVISOR WHICH IS A MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC THAT IS A COMMITTEE
MEMBER ON THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
AND I HAVE ALSO SINCE 2016 WHEN
THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE WAS
ESTABLISHED HAVE BEEN A MEMBER
OF THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.
SO, WITH MY 23 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE AT THE WASHINGTON
STATE HOUSING FINANCE
COMMISSION, WHICH DOES
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH TRAX
EXEMPT BONDS AND LOW-INCOME
HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND ALSO AS
CONTROLLER OF NORTHWEST STATES
FOUNDATION BEFORE THAT WHERE WE
WERE THE FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE
FIRST HUD 811 PROJECT, THE CAL
HOUSE, I HAVE HAD ALMOST 30
YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WORK.
SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE A
PART OF THIS PROJECT.
DORIS OUTLINED VERY WELL WHAT
WE HAVE IN MIND, AND I HAVE
DEMONSTRATED MY COMMITMENT SO
FAR IN PARTICIPATING IN THE
REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, AND I
HOPE WE'LL HAVE AN AGREEMENT
THAT I CAN SUPPORT WHEN WE GET
TO THAT POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
COULD JEFF AND KENNY ALSO STEP
IN AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT
ITSELF?
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THE STATUS.
>> I'D LOVE TO JUMP IN.
IT'S HARD TO ADD TO WHAT DORIS
AND BOB JUST SAID.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK
WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST 6
YEARS.
WE ARE A TRI PARTIDE MISSION
PDA.
MISSION IS TO STEWARD THE
CAMPUS AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS
BEAUTIFUL AND ACCESSIBLE AND
THAT THE TOWER ITSELF PRESERVES
ITS LANDMARK STATUS.
OUR SECOND MISSION IS TO
PROVIDE GRANTS.
WE DON'T ACCEPT PUBLIC FUNDS.
WE DON'T DO FUNDRAISING.
BUT WE PROVIDE GRANTS TO ENSURE
EQUITY THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY
BASED ON OUR LEASE REVENUE.
IN THE PACKETS I HAVE GIVEN
YOU, I HAVE GIVEN YOU A LIST OF
THE VARIOUS GRANTS OVER THE
PAST 6 YEARS.
WE AVERAGE ABOUT $3.5 MILLION
PER YEAR IN GRANT MAKING GOING
TO A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT'S IT.
UM, I AM PRETTY SURPRISED AT
HOW MUCH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF
TIME BUT ALSO VERY, VERY PROUD
OF MY FWOVENING COUNCIL THAT
HAS HELPED STEWARD THIS.
IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PACIFIC
TOWER CAMPUS.
YOU HAD MENTIONED PRIOR TO US
TAKING THE TABLE HERE THAT
THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE ONLY DISAGREEMENT THAT WE
REALLY HAD I THINK AS A
GOVERNING BODY IS WHEN WE
DECIDED TO TAKE THE INITIAL
STEP AND START TO DEVELOP IT.
AND THAT DISAGREEMENT WAS BASED
ON THE FACT THAT WE WEREN'T
CHARTERED TO DO SO.
>> OF THE IDEA OF -- THAT'S
REALLY GOOD TO KNOW.
>> PEOPLE WEREN'T SAYING LET'S
NOT DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE QUESTION WAS DO WE HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
WE KNOW WE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO
INCREASE TO SOMEONE ELSE TO DO.
THE PDA DECIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WE DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE RUN
THAT SOME FOR PROFIT DEVELOPER
COULD COME ON THE SITE AND
BUILD CONDOS WHICH DOES NOT
SERVE OUR SOCIAL EQUITY MISSION
NOR THE NEEDS OF BEACON HILL.
SO IT WAS MORE ABOUT HOW DO WE
GAIN THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT
MISSION AND I HAVE TO SAY VERY
STRONGLY TO DORIS' KNOWLEDGE
AND INPUT AND SOME OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE THAT CAME TO
THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND DIRECTED
THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
INITIALLY WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO BUILD 150 UNITS OF LOW-
INCOME HOUSING AND 150 UNITS OF
MARKET RATE AND USE THE MARKET
RATE UNITS TO PAY FOR SOME HIGH-
END LANDSCAPING, SOME GYM
FACILITIES AND DO A KIND OF
SOCIAL EQUITY MIX SIMILAR TO
NEW HOLLY OR RAINIER VISZA.
WE WERE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT
DIRECTION UNTIL A VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING WE HAD WITH
THE SPEAKER OF HOUSE WHO RAISED
SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER WE
WANTED TO CONSIDER DOING HALF
LOW-INCOME AND HALF MARKET
RATE.
HE FELT A BETTER USE WOULD BE
HALF WORKFORCE AND HALF LOW-
INCOME.
SO WE MADE A 90 TREE TURN TO
REORIENT THE WAY IN WHICH WE
ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECT.
WE DECIDED AT THAT TIME WHEN WE
WERE GOING ENTIRELY LOW-INCOME
THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO
WOULD BE TO WORK WITH A
DEVELOPER THAT REALLY KNEW WHAT
THEY WERE DOING IN LOW-INCOME
AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT WE ARE
NOW WORKING WITH THE
TRANINTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FULL-
TIMIZING OUR LEASE WITH THEY
HAVE.
THEY HAVE BEEN -- THEY JUST
FOUND OUT THAT IN THE CURRENT
STATE BUDGET THERE IS $9
MILLION ALLOCATED TO THEM TO
HELP MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.
THEY HAVE ALSO GOTTEN SOME
OTHER FUNDS FROM THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY.
SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THE LEASE
CODIFIED I HOPE KNOCK ON WOOD
BY EARLY SUMMER.
AND AS DORIS MENTIONED THE
LEASE DOES INCLUDE A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE AGING IN
PLACE FA THAT THEY ARE WORKING
ON AND THE CHILDCARE FACILITY
ARE CITE SITED ON THE LOT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE
GROUNDBREAKING IN A YEAR AND A
HALF.
WE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT THE
EARLY MASTER USE PERMIT.
BUT THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE
ODD, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE
FUN STEPS YOU HAVE TO TAKE
BECAUSE THEY REALLY HELP YOU
MOLD THE PROJECT INTO SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO BE LONG
LASTING.
ALSO, EVERYTHING WE DO ON THE
LOT HAS TO UPHOLD LANDMARK'S
PRESERVATION VALUES SO WE ARE
GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE TREE
CANOPY IS ALL THERE, THE
FENCING IS ALL THERE, ACCESS
WILL BE THE SAME.
AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT ADDITION BOTH TO BEACON
HILL AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF
THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
SO I THINK -- I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE LONG-WINDEDNESS I COULD
TALK FOR HOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
>> YES.
WE HAVE SOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR DESCRIBING
SOME OF THE HISTORY AND
CLARIFYING WHAT THE BACKGROUND
WAS.
AND ALSO JEFF I APPRECIATE YOU
MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
MERELY ADDING RESIDENTIAL SPACE
TO THE CITY BUT BETWEEN THAT
AND AFFORDABLE SPACES.
&THE EMPHASIZE BEING ON
AFFORDABLE GIVEN THE CRISIS WE
ARE IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO BASED ON
THE SPECIFICS THAT YOU
MENTIONED, HOPEFULLY THE WORK
THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING CAN BE
SOME SORT OF MODEL FOR HOW WE
SHOULD DO IT.
YOU WENT EVERYWHERE FROM
AFFORDABLE TO TREE CANOPY.
IT'S LIKE SORT OF ILLUSTRATING
THAT WE CAN HAVE A CITY NOT
EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AND
WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE ALL THOSE
POINTS BECAUSE FOR LIVING,
HAVING A DECENT QUALITY OF
LIFE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BUT IT
STARTS WITH AFFORDABILITY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING A
FINE POINT ON IT.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD IS
BEAUTIFUL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> BEAUTIFUL YES BECAUSE ALL OF
OUR PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE IN
BEAUTIFUL AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
YES.
AND, KENNY, IF YOU WANTED TO
ADD SOMETHING, AND
COUNCILMEMBERS IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST HAVE A FEW.
FIRST OF ALL, JEFF, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING ALL THIS
INFORMATION.
I LOVE CHRONOLOGIES.
I HAVE A LONG HISTORY THOUGH
WHICH ISN'T IN HERE WITH THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL WHEN IT USED
TO BE THE VETERANS HOSPITAL.
IT ALSO WAS INDIAN HEALTH
SERVICES.
SO I SPENT MY YOUTH GOING TO
THAT HUGE BUILDING WHEN IT WAS
IHS WHICH IS NOT IN YOUR
CHRONO.
>> WE ARE REDEVELOPING THAT.
>> AND THAT WAS THE SPINOFF FOR
THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
WHICH NOW FLOURISHES WITH
NURSES AND DOCTORS AND NATIVE
AMERICAN TRADITIONAL-BASED
TREATMENT, HOUSING, ALL THOSE
THINGS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WHEN YOU
GUYS BECAME A PDA IN 1981 IS
WHEN WE CREATED THE SEATTLE
INDIAN SERVICE COMMISSION.
SO YOU'RE ALL IN THAT SAME GOOD
FAMILY.
ALSO I WANTED TO THANK YOU WHEN
I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR FUNDING
SO MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT YOU FUND THE DOWNTOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER FOOD
LIFE LINE, YMCA, CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB, COUNTRY DOCTOR, WE WORK
WITH ALL THESE GROUPS.
SO I CANNOT TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT YOU
DO FOR THE CITY AND THIS
COMMUNITY IT GOES FAR AND WIDE.
NEVER MIND THE DISTRICT, EVEN
THOUGH WE LUNK D5, IT'S OUR
FAVORITE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT MORE
JUST A COMMENT, DOCTORIS, I
HAVE SEEN YOUR WORK IN ALL
KINDS OF AREAS ON THE YESLER
PROJECT.
SO THIS IS YOUR SECOND TERM
DOING THIS, RIGHT?
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU
AGAIN, I KNOW YOU KIND OF MADE
SOME PRODUCTRY REMARKS WHAT YOU
THINK YOUR VISION IS GOING TO
BE, BIGGER VISION THIS TIME
AROUND AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
WITH THIS COMMITTEE OR THIS
GROUP.
.
>> THANK YOU.
THE FIRST TERM WAS A LEARNING
CURVE TERM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE PDA COULD DO AND HOW
TO BE LOYAL TO ITS ORIGINAL
FOUNDING MISSION AND THEN DOING
OTHER THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY
AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHICH
IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW THAT WE ARE FULLY ON OUR
PATH TO REALIZING THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I LOVE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE
CAMPUS.
THERE ARE OTHER BUILDINGS AND
PARKING STRUCTURES THERE THAT
ARE HISTORIC, BUT WITH SOME
CREATIVITY MAYBE WE CAN ADD
EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
THE CAMPUS.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE,
GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT CRISIS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE IN
THE CITY AS A PUBLIC AGENCY
OWNING LAND, IT WOULD BE
CRITICAL FOR US TO LOOK UNDER
EVERY ROCK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
CONTRIBUTE BOTH TO CLOSING THE
HEALTH DISPARITY GAP AND
CONTINUE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON THE AND US.
THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE TOWER
WHICH HOUSES THE SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGE JOB TRAINING
PROGRAMS AND MANY NON-PROFITS
AND ARE SOON TO BE RESIDENTIAL
CAMPUS IS ALSO VERY CRITICAL.
IT'S NOT PEOPLE COME TO WORK
ASK THEN PEOPLE COME BACK HOME.
HOW KOO WE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
THE TRAINEES THAT ARE PURSUING
LI HEALTH CAREERS, DENTAL HIJ
ENISTS AND OTHER THINGS.
HYGIENISTS.
HOW DO WE HELP THEM LIVE CLOSE
TO WORK IS ANOTHER GREAT
SCLORTION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
POLICIES THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE CAN TURN AS MANY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS IN SEATTLE TO THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN SEATTLE,
ESPECIALLY LOWER INCOME JOBS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXPLORATION
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
>> AND JUST MY FOLLOW-UP, AND
IT CAN BE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
ANSWER.
BUT AS A CHAIRWOMAN WAS SAYING,
WE ARE FINALLY REACHING THE
POINT WHERE IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
JUST HAVE AFFORDABLE HOMES WITH
NON-PROFIT AND FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPERS THAT PRE-K AND
DAYCARE SHOULD NOT JUST BE AN
AMENITIY, THAT IT SHOULD BE
PART OF THE RFF PROCESS, THAT
YOU SHOULD GET EXTRA POINTS
WHEN YOU PROVIDE THAT, AND WE
WANT THAT AT OUR LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS THANK
YOU SO MUCH IN THE PROJECT AND
LOOKING FORWARD.
ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN A
FOUNDATIONAL BLOCK IN THESE
UNITS WHEN WE ARE BUILDING IS
SERVICES FOR OUR ELDERS.
WHEN WE PASSED MHA, ONE OF THE
NICE BY-PRODUCTS, A GEM OF THAT
WAS WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 10,000
SQUARE FEET AT NORTH 7 HAVEN SO
WE COULD PUT A MEDICAL CLINIC
AND A DENTAL CLINIC BUT
EVERYONE UP IN D5 IS THE ONLY
DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN
ELDER COMMUNITY CENTER AND IT
HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SHAG
HOUSING.
SO I HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE
CHILDCARE AND PUSHING THE
SERVICES FOR ELDERS ON THE
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SIDE AS WELL
AS THE HOUSING SO PEOPLE CAN
AGE IN PLACE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR --
BECAUSE FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I
USE TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING
WHEN I WAS A LAWYER, DEVELOPER
WORKING WITH TRIBES AND OTHER
NON-PROFITS AND FOR PROFITS,
PEOPLE ALWAYS ACTED LIKE THAT
WAS AN EXTRA PARKING SPOT OR A
NICE PIECE OF ART AND WE WERE
ALWAYS PUSHING THAT, NO, PEOPLE
HAVE CHILDREN, CAN'T JUST BE A
ONE-BEDROOM CONDO.
TWOFRJTS OTHER AMENITIES ARE
GOING TO BE IN THE TOWER --
IMPORTANT LIFE NECESSITIES ARE
PACK MED WILL CONTINUE TO
OPERATE THEIR CLINIC FOR
PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE
IN THE BASEMENT OF FIRST FLOOR
AND NEIGHBORHOOD CARE HEALTH.
SO IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE AND IT ALREADY
PROVIDES PEOPLE ACCESS IN THE
COMMUNITY BUT NOW FOR PEOPLE
WHO MOVE INTO THE NEW
COMMUNITY, WHATEVER WE MIGHT BE
CALLING IT, THEY WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES TOO.
IT'S ALSO NICE TO HAVE FAIR
START THERE, WHICH PLANS TO
EXPAND ITS TRAINING PROGRAM
OBVIOUSLY FOR BARISTAS AND FOOD
HANDLERS, BUT ALSO WE WILL BE
OPENING UP A LARGER RESTAURANT
WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE A GRAB
AND GO, BUT THERE WILL BE
PLACES TO EAT TOO.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT.
>> EATING IS IMPORTANT.
>> WE ALSO WANT TO ASK ROBERT
ABOUT BEING ON THE SEATTLE
MEN'S CHORUS.
>> I'M IN MY 29th YEAR OF
SINGING.
>> I THOUGHT GOING TO BREAK OUT
IN SONG IN A MOMENT.
>> ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN ON THE
BOARD FOR TWO DIFFERENT CYCLES
THERE AND PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD OVER THE YEARS AS WELL.
SO THAT IS ONE OF MY OTHER NON-
PROFIT PASSIONS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
I WANT TO THANK ROBERT AND
DORIS FOR SERVING.
I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
VOTING FOR YOU.
YOU ARE FORMIDABLE TALENTS IN
WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE
COMMUNITIES IN THE HOUSING
WORLD.
YOU SAID VERY QUICKLY THAT THE
PDA DOESN'T ACCEPT FUNDS FROM,
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE WE
DON'T ACCEPT SOMETHING
CORPORATE.
CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOU WERE
SAYING ABOUT THAT?
>> MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING SEVERAL PDAs ACCEPT
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
WE DON'T.
WE ARE ONLY RESOURCE OF INCOME
IS THE RENTAL ON THE TOWER.
THE RENTAL IS PAID FOR BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
SO TECHNICALLY ONE COULD SAY
THAT IS GOVERNMENTAL IN NATURE,
BUT IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN
AMAZON.COM.
SO THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME
THE PDA HAS IS THROUGH THAT
RENTAL INCOME.
BUT THE EXCEPTION WITH THE
NORTH LOT WE ARE GOING TO
START, YOU ARE GOING TO GET
MONEYS FROM BOTH THE STATE AND
THE CITY HOPEFULLY.
THOSE MONIES WILL BE GOING
RIGHT NOW COUNCIL PERSON
HARRELL TO SKIPTA TO HELP
DEVELOP THE SITES.
WE RECEIVED SOME PREDEVELOPMENT
MONEY FROM THE STATE TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
THOSE CAME FROM KING COUNTY AND
ALSO FROM THE HISTORIC SOUTH
DOWNTOWN PDA.
THOSE ALLOWED US BASICALLY TO
PURCHASE THE LEASE.
>> I SEE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE MODEL.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
>> NO APOLOGY NECESSARY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT STATE LEVEL
FOR ANOTHER BUILDING.
THE OTHER SORT OF JUST QUESTION
I HAD WAS DO YOU THINK WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH LOT AT
ALL, HOW MIGHT THEY POSITIVELY
OR NEGATIVELY IMPACT YOUR
ABILITY TO GIVE THE NIMBLE
GRANTS OR THE MAJOR GRANTS.
WOULD THAT STRAIN IT A LITTLE
BIT, OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT
HAVING ANY EFFECT AT ALL?
>> I'M HOPING IT DOESN'T.
ONE OF THE KEY TENANTS THAT THE
BOARD DISCUSSED WHEN WE MOVED
FORWARD WITH THIS WAS THAT OUR
GRANT MAKING WAS SACROSANCT.
WE DID NOT WANT TO TOUCH THE
GROUND MAKING.
WE ARE NOT AN EITHER OR.
WE ARE NOT DOING HEALTH EQUITY
GRANTING.
SO CERTAINLY EVERY TIME WE LOOK
AT A DECISION IN TERMS OF WHAT
WE ARE DOING ON THE NORTH LOT,
IT IS WITH THE SENSE OF HOW DO
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SAFEGUARD
ALL OF OUR GROUNDS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING A LEASE WITH SKI OF
COURSE TA WHICH WILL INCLUDE
SOME GROUND LEASE FUNDS WHICH
WILL CERTAINLY MAKE US HOLE IN
TERMS OF FUTURE REVENUE TO MAKE
SURE THE TOWER STAYS IN ONE
PIECE.
AS WE DEVELOP THE REST OF THE
LAND.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE
GAINING ANY FUNDING FOR OUR
GRANT MAKING FROM THIS PROJECT.
BUT OUR GOAL CERTAINLY RIGHT
NOW, AND I THINK WE ARE RIGHT
ON TARGET IS NOT TO LOSE
FUNDING AT ALL.
>> WONDERFUL.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
SKIPTA ON THE FUNDING PIECE.
SO I AM VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE
ON WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO ON
THIS NORTH LOT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND REALLY COUNCILMAN JUAREZ
AND JEFF, CHILDCARE,
HEALTHCARE, AND NOT
CHARACTERIZING THEM AS
AMENITIES BUT LIFE NECESSITIES
WHICH WELL OFF COMMUNITIES HAVE
VERY EASY ACCESS TO BUT MOST
WORKING PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE
LESS AND LESS ACCESS TO.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENSES
THAT PEOPLE UNDERGO FOR
CHILDCARE, IT'S BASICALLY WIPES
OUT ONE INCOME IN A TWO-INCOME
FAMILY.
SO THOSE ARE AS IMPORTANT AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVING
THT SORT OF WELL-ROUNDED IDEA
OF WHAT MAKES FOR A DECENT
LIFE.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
I FEEL QUITE SATISFIED AS TO
THE PASSION OF THE TWO
INDIVIDUALS WE ARE CONSIDERING
FOR APPOINTMENT IN TERMS OF
THEIR COMMITMENT AND THE PDA AS
A WHOLE.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS SOME SO I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE APPOINTMENT
01238, APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT D.
COOK AS MEMBER PACIFIC HOSPITAL
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2021.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, AND THEN
ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS
APPOINTMENT 01276, APPOINTMENT
OF DORIS W. KOO AS MEMBER,
PACIFIC HOSPITAL PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2021.
>> FROM D5.
>> SECOND.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> FROM D5, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
TELL THE CLERK TO AMEND THAT
LANGUAGE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I SHOULD CHEER FOR D7 IN
HERE.
>> UM, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
BOTH APPOINTMENTS ARE
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY
COMMITTEE.
IT WILL COME TO COUNCIL.
TED, IS IT NEXT MONDAY?
MONDAY NEXT WEEK RATHER?
>> YES.
>> APRIL 1st.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THERE,
BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS
WILL BE PASSED BY THE FULL
COUNCIL.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO SERVE, AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VERY GOOD SEEING ALL OF YOU
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE DRINK CHAMPAGNE NOW?
>> [ LAUGHTER ] TELL ME WHERE.
WE'LL BE THERE.
WE ALREADY HAVE OUR CUPS.
>> ANY OTHER ITEMS TO COME?
>> NO.
SEEING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THE
MEETING.
THANK YOU.