>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
ELECTED LEADERS GROUP FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSIONS.
THIS GROUP INCLUDES SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL,
THE PORT OF SEATTLE, AND IS A
MEETING OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL'S SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE INTERPRETERS
AVAILABLE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE GET TO
DO A DEEP DIVE IN THIS PROJECT
CORRIDOR. THE COMMUNITIES THAT
SURROUND CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
OTHER STATIONS.
BOTH COMMUNITIES WERE CALLED
OUT IN THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
AND THE ELECTED LEADERS GROUP
MEMBERS THOUGHT IT WAS
NECESSARY TO SPEND THE TIME
UNDERSTANDING THE ALIGNMENT OF
STATION ALTERNATIVES
PARTICULARLY INFORMED BY
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING THESE
COMMUNITIES ON THE COUNCIL.
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT IS A UNIQUE CULTURAL
COMMUNITY BOTH IN THE CITY AND
THE LARGER REGION AND HAVE
ENDURED A DISPROPORTIONATE
SHARE OF IMPACTS FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OVER
THE LAST CENTURY.
DELL RIDGE IS TRULY A COMMUNITY
OF SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS
STRETCHING FROM NORTH DELL
RIDGE WHERE WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING A LOCATION INCLUDING
YOUNGSTOWN. SOUTH DELL RIDGE,
HIGHLAND PARK, WHITE CENTER
WHICH WILL ALL BE SERVED.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IS
CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY
PROJECT IN CRITICAL AND
ESSENTIAL TO THIS PROJECT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
THERE TO OFFER COMMENTS AND
TESTIMONY AS WELL AS FROM THE
SOUND TRANSIT STAFF WHO WILL
SUMMARIZE FEEDBACK HEARD
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS
AND WORK PROCESS GOING ON SINCE
THE LAST ELECTED LEADERS GROUP
MEETING.
ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN ROBUST AND
THERE'S A LOT TO DO TO BE ABLE
TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
HAS MADE COMMENTS AND REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT THE SCOPING
PERIOD IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 2.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT AND
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY
COCHAIR WITH THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER ROB JOHNSON'S
LAST MEETING OF THE ELECTED
LEADERS GROUP.
WE WOULD NOT BE FAR IN THIS
WORK WITHOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT
AND SUPPORT.
BOTH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY WITHIN
TRANSIT AND ST3 IN PARTICULAR.
IN YOUR ADVOCACY AND WORK AS A
PUBLIC SERVANT THROUGHOUT THE
REGION AS A SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER, I'VE CHAMPIONED
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY
úMUCH FOR THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE
PROVIDED.
>> THANK YOU JOE.
I WANT TO START BY ASKING IF
OUR INTERPRETER WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
INTERPRETATIONS AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.
JOE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INTRODUCTIONS.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
TODAY'S MEETING IS A
COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED HIGHLIGHTING
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE IN THIS PROJECT
SCORE AT OR.
THE TWO COULD HELP HIGHLIGHT
THE STATIONARY THIS WE WILL
DISCUSS TODAY AS KEY AREAS TO
DEDICATE ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT
AND ANALYSIS EFFORTS.
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT COMMUNITIES
CONCERNS AND INPUTS TO HELP US
DECIDE WHAT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK
AT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
BUILDING THE LIGHT RAIL BRINGS
MANY EXCITING OPENINGS TO
ADDRESS MOBILITY CHANGE BUT
THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT
WITHOUT NEAR AND LONG-TERM
IMPACTS.
THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP IS
SEEKING TO MAXIMIZE THE
PROMISES THAT LIGHT RAIL BRINGS
TO COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY
HOUSING AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT,
WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING
COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND THE
HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THE TRAINS
WILL SERVE.
I THINK EVERYONE FOR THE
ANALYSIS THAT HAS SHAPED THE
PROGRESS TO THIS POINT.
THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO BUT
MORE POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE
THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE CITY AND
MAINTAIN THE ASSETS WE LOVE
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WANT TO THANK COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPENT TIME
TALKING WITH US AND SOUND
TRANSIT BY COMMUNICATING THAT
BY PARTIIPATING THUS FAR.
BEFORE WE GET INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO
PETER TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND
WE WILL GO THROUGH THREE OR
FOUR SLIDES AS PART OF THE
INTRODUCTION. IN FIVE MINUTES
OR SO WE WILL JUMP INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND I HAVE ABOUT A
DOZEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
SO SIT TIGHT IF YOU ARE WAKING
WAITING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
COCHAIRS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY
COMMITMENT OF TIME AND EFFORT
AROUND AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, THE DLG
ELG AS WE ARE FIGURING OUT THE
RIGHT FUTURE FOR TRANSIT.
THESE COMMUNITIES OBVIOUSLY
HAVE A RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE
THAT MUST BE RECOGNIZED,
HONORED, AND RESPECTED THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A
COMMITMENT TO BEING MINDFUL OF
COST AND SCHEDULE SO THAT ALL
COMMUNITIES CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY
LIGHT RAIL SERVICE.
BUT THOSE TWO IMPERATIVES NEED
NOT BE IN CONFLICT.
THAT'S WHERE THIS WORK COMES IN,
FIGURING HOW TO HOW TO D
CONFLICT AND WHAT THE
COMMUNITIES NEED TO SUCCEED
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE YOU SCHEDULING
THIS MEETING SO WE CAN DO JUST
THAT FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN
THEIR ENTIRETY.
I KNOW THAT I AM AMONG MANY ON
THE STAFF WHO LOOK FORWARD TO
LISTENING INTENTLY ON WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR TODAY NOT
JUST FROM THE STAFF BUT IT
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> MY NAME IS DIANE ADAMS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THANK
YOU FOR COMING HERE THIS
MORNING.
FOR OUR BENEFIT I WANTED TO
JUST REVIEW THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY.
THE MEETING STRUCTURE IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE CAN
FLOW FROM THERE SO WE HAVE THE
SAME EXPECTATIONS.
THE FIRST THING IS THAT WE HAVE
UNTIL NOON TODAY AND A FAIR
AMOUNT OF CONTENT TO GET
THROUGH INCLUDING FEEDBACK ON
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
STATION AND DELRIDGE STATION AS
WELL.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR AGENDA, WE
WILL GET THROUGH THE WELCOMES.
WE WILL PROVIDE A FEW SLIDES TO
SET THE PROGRESS FOR WHERE WE
ARE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH
EQUITY AND INCLUSION OUTREACH.
THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT STATION
PLANNING PROCESS.
THEN AT 9:50 WE WILL MOVE INTO
THE PRESENTATION MATERIAL AND
WE WILL CLOSE OUT OUR DISCUSSION
AND MOVED TO THE DELRIDGE
STATION PROCESS WHERE WE WILL
MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND
REPEAT THE SAME PRESENTATION
FEEDBACK PROCESS THERE AND
HOPEFULLY ADJOURNED BY NOON.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
JUST A NOTE, THERE'S A LOT OF
CONTENT.
SOUND TRANSIT IS NOT LOOKING
FOR A RECOMMENDATION.
THE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE
STATION PLANNING PROCESS IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, SO WHILE
WE WANT DISCUSSION WE DO HAVE
CONTENT TO MOVE THROUGH AND
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE
TO SHARE ALL THAT WITH YOU.
AGAIN, INTERPRETERS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AS A AS NEEDED
SO WITH THAT--
>> TO REMIND YOU WHERE WE ARE,
THIS IS AN OVERALL LOOK AT A
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
YOU SEE THE PLANNING PHASE
EXTENDING FROM 2017-2022 AND WE
ARE RIGHT AT THE START OF THAT
PHASE GOING THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT WORK OVER THE LAST
YEAR. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
SCOPING PERIOD AND MOVING
TOWARDS BOARD IDENTIFICATION OF
ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD BE
STUDIED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW PHASE WHICH WOULD EXTEND
THROUGH 2022.
AFTER THAT WE GET INTO DESIGN
AND THEN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION
FROM 2025-20 2035 DEPENDING ON
THE PROJECT.
THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO START
SERVICE TO WEST SEATTLE IN 2030
AND TWO BALLARD IN 2035.
-- 2020 AND 2025.
THIS IS THE CHART YOU'VE SEEN
úOVER THE LAST YEAR BROKEN DOWN
INTO SECTIONS.
WE MOVED INTO LEVEL TO
ALTERNATIVE SCREENING THROUGH
THE SUMMER IN THE FALL AND NOW
WE ARE IN LEVEL III ALTERNATIVE
SCREENING.
AS YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE LEFT
WE BEEN DOING OUTREACH AND HAVE
HAD UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH OPEN HOUSES AND
NEIGHBORHOOD FORUMS.
WE'VE HAD A STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUP WHICH HAS MET
MONTHLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP AND
THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD.
ARE LEVEL ONE ALTERNATIVE
SCREENING PROCESS MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN APRIL OF
LAST YEAR FOLLOWED BY THE SAME
PROCESS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
LAST YEAR AND LEVEL II
RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEPTEMBER
AND OCTOBER. NOW WE ARE AT THE
POINT AT THE RIGHT OF THIS CHART
MOVING TO MAKING THE NEXT SET
OF ALTERNATIVES, LEVEL III AND
TODAY WAS DESCRIBED AS A
SPECIAL MEETING TO DIG INTO
SOME OF THE ISSUES SPECIFIC TO
THE CHINATOWN AND DELRIDGE
AREAS.
>> BUILDING UPON THE OPENING
REMARKS AND TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THIS
MORNING'S DISCUSSION, I WOULD
LIKE TO REVIEW AN IMPORTANT
ASPECT OF OUR WORK AND THE WEST
SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSIONS, OUR WORK ON EQUITY
AND INCLUSION.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE BUILDING
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE DURING THE
ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PHASE
TO APPLY THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT TOGETHER WITH THE CROSS
AGENCY TEAM. REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE WEST SEATTLE BALLARD
SOUND TRANSIT TEAM FROM
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS
TECHNICAL TEAM HAVE BEEN
MEETING REGULARLY INCLUDING
STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
STAT-- SDOT AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAD THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO STRIVE TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION THAT DATA ALONE
CANNOT PROVIDE A. DURING LEVEL
I EVALUATIONS WE DID DATA
ANALYSIS TO THE CONCENTRATIONS
OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ALONG
THE PROJECT CORRIDOR.
THIS MAP IS DEMONSTRATING THOSE
POPULATIONS AND IS TAKEN FROM
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AREA IS THE ONE
STATION AREA ALONG THE
ALIGNMENT WITH THAT LEVEL OF
INTENSITY.
HOWEVER, WE LOOKED AT THE
DELRIDGE STATION AS WELL AND
THERE ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
POPULATE DENSE POPULATIONS OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SOUTH.
THEY WOULD BE SERVED BY THE
STATION THROUGH BUS OR BIKE AND
OTHER SORT OF CONNECTORS.
WE ALSO DETERMINED SHARED
OUTCOMES AS WELL AS UPDATING
SCREENING CRITERIA WHICH WAS IN
OUR FIRST PHASE OF WORK.
THESE ARE THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT OUTCOMES WE BEEN
WORKING TOWARDS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ENHANCING
MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-
INCOME POPULATIONS, CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENTS, AVOIDING
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS AND
LOW INCOME POPULATION INVOLVING
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
LOW INCOME POPULATIONS IN THE
PROJECTS AS WELL.
DURING LEVEL II WE SHARED THIS
MEMBER WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE
ELECTED LEADERSHP GROUP THAT
CAPTURED HOW WE MEASURED
CONNECTIONS, IMPACTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT THOSE
OPTIONS WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT
DATA ALONE CANNOT PROVIDE A
ABOUT THESE BENEFITS AND THE
BURDEN ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> ALL OF THAT WORK HAS REALLY
INFORMED WHAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON
AND THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WE REPEATEDLY HEARD
THEMES FOR THE STATION ABOUT
LIMITING HARMFUL IMPACTS,
MAXIMIZING CONNECTIONS FOR ALL
USERS AND HOW TO SUPPORT A 100
YEAR VISIONS.
THE IDEA THAT THE STATION IS
SERVING FROM PIONEER SQUARE TO
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT INTO LITTLE SAIGON
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RECONNECT COMMUNITIES.
THOSE OF COLOR LIVING SOUTH AS
WELL AS EQUITABLE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
>> I WILL LEAVE IT TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO PUBLIC AND INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT FOCUSED ON THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THIS WOULD
BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO MAKE
IT.
IF YOU HEAR A COMMENT ON THE
DELRIDGE ALIGNMENT WE WILL COME
BACK TO THAT WHEN WE ARE
FINISHED WITH THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATION.
I WILL CALL NAMES AND YOU CAN
COME UP TO THE TABLE AS YOUR
NAME IS CALLED.
ALEX THE ROOM AND YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN CLARK AND
MICAH.
>>
>> IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE AN
ANIMAL FARM, IT HAS BIG BEEN
PICK AND CHICKENS AND EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
HAPPENS RIGHT NOW, ANOTHER
CHINATOWN OR ANOTHER CHINATOWN
OR DIFFERENT TOWN. BLACK TOWN,
BROWN TOWN, WHITE TOWN.
COST US $100 BILLION. A
CORPORATION AND CONSULT IS VERY
SIMPLE.
HOW WE CAN CHANGE THIS?
CAN WE CHANGE THIS?
EXACTLY WE CAN BUT NOT RIGHT
NOW.
WHY?
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM
RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE I GAVE
YOU CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
IN COURT RECOGNIZES, WHY SHE
SAID HERE AND MAKE DECISION?
ANOTHER COUPLE CONSIDER AN OPEN
PUBLIC MEETING AND ALSO POOREST
PEOPLE.
THIS REFLECT YOUR DECISION.
IS THIS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO
SPEAK TO YOU.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
I HAVE NOBODY.
ANOTHER 700,000?
YOU LISTEN TO THEM?
NO.
YOUR CRIMINAL RIGHT NOW SO MY
PROPOSITION IS SPEAK TO
EVERYONE WHO LISTEN TO ME FIRST
BEFORE WE START TO USE OUR MONEY
FOR PEOPLE, FOR GOVERNMENT, FOR
BETTER LIFE.
WE NEED TO CLEANSE THIS CHAMBER
TOTALLY.
WHEN WE ARE DOING THIS MAKE A
GOOD DECISION AFTER THIS
WEEKEND.
STAND UP AMERICA.
STAND UP SEATTLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUSTIN?
>> I'LL TRY TO KEEP THE ENERGY
GOING.
SINCE 1999 MY COMMISSION HAS
SERVED TO ADVISE THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL AND THE
IMPLICATIONS OF ST PROJECTS. IN
FEBRUARY WE HAVE A JOINT
COMMISSION WITH THE ARTS AND
PLANNING COMMISSIONS TO DISCUSS
HOW CID INVESTMENTS. HERE ARE
SOME OF OUR OBSERVATIONS.
THE CONSTRUCTION AND IMPACTS OF
THE FIFTH AVENUE COVER
ALIGNMENT WILL COST SIGNIFICANT
LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
IMPACTS.
THE FOURTH AVENUE A LIGHT AND
REDUCED REDUCES THESE.
THE TECHNICAL BENEFITS ARE
IMPORTANT BUT THE LIKELY LONG-
TERM DISPLACEMENT OF CID IS TOO
GREAT.
THIS IS EQUITY.
EXPENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE
ALIGNMENT ARE BEING MADE TO
REDUCE CONFLICTS WITH PORT
ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THE PORT
CAN'T MOVE.
SIMILARLY NEITHER NEITHER CAN
THE CULTURE OR ENERGY OF CID OR
SAIGON BE REPLICATED OR LOCATED.
WE NEED TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE
CORE TO THE IDENTITY JUST AS WE
ARE SHOWING IDENTITY IS
IMPORTANT.
INCLUDING THE FOURTH AVENUE
VIADUCT REPLACEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERMODAL HUB
. UNION STATION IS THE IDEAL
INTERMODAL INTERCULTURAL
INTERCOASTAL HUB MEETING THE
PURPOSE AND NEED STATEMENTS ON
ACTIVITY AND IS PART OF THE
CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
ADVANCE EQUITY.
IT ALSO MEETS FDA'S
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT ENHANCING
CONNECTIVITY WERE LIKE REAL
BUSES STREETCAR COMMUTER RAIL
AND AMTRAK CONVERGE.
MORE BROADLY, TO THE SEATTLE
ELG.
SEATTLE MUST DEVELOP A VISION
FOR THE AREA THAT YOU CREATES A
UNIQUE ENTRYWAY INTO THE CITY.
WITH RESPECT, ST SHOULD NOT SET
THE VISION BASED ON
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
THE CITY NEEDS TO LEAD WITH ST
TO FOLLOW.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE
COMMUNITIES ARE NOT JUST MERE
STAKEHOLDERS WITH THEIR VISION
DICTATED TO THEM, BUT EQUAL
PARTNERS AND LEADERS WITH
IMPLEMENTING THE VISION.
FURTHER, ST AND CITY NEED TO
PARTNER TO HOLD ROBUST PUBLIC--
WE THINK THAT THE CITY COUNTY
PDAS AND AMTRAK NEED TO CREATE
A PARTNERSHIP TO LEVERAGE
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO
ELDERLY ELEVATE CULTURE AND
COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO DO IT WITH OUR UNION
STATION.
>> THANK YOU JUSTIN AND ALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE DESIGN
COMMISSION FOR YOUR ONGOING
COMMITMENT.
>> CAN I ASKED FOR THE NEXT TWO
SPEAKERS?
>> KATHY AND LARRY OAK.
>> FOLLOWING THESE SPEAKERS
WILL BE KATHLEEN JOHNSON AND
TIM LEE.
>> GOOD MORNING ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP.
THE GREEN LIGHT.
WE ALL THREE OF US SERVE ON THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
I THINK WE IDENTIFIED WITH THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS
WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP WE UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR
ROLE IS TO REVIEW INFORMATION,
COME TO CONSENSUS ON KEY
DECISIONS AND WERE THROUGH
PROJECT ISSUES AS A GROUP.
TO BE CLEAR, THE ISSUES AROUND
ALIGNMENT DECISIONS ARE VERY
COMPLEX AND HAVE LASTING
APPLICATIONS.
AS A VOLUNTEER ADVISORY GROUP
THE ISSUES BUT BEFORE IS
INCREASINGLY FEEL OUTSIDE OF
THE SCOPE OF OUR ADVISORY ROLE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ELECTED TO
REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS. WE
DO NOT FEEL EMPOWERED TO SPEAK
FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE BEEN
ASKED TO BUY SOUND TRANSIT TO
REPRESENT.
WE ARE JUST WORKING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR
RESOURCES OR LANGUAGE ABILITY.
I BARELY FUNCTION IN ENGLISH AS
YOU CAN TELL, WITH MEMBERS
TOGETHER THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE CAN ADVISE YOU ON ISSUES TO
STUDY AND OUTCOMES WE ARE
ADVOCATING FOR BUT WE ASK YOU
TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CONSULTING WITH COMMUNITIES YOU
REPRESENT AND OWNING KEY
DECISIONS.
REPRESENT THOSE WHO ELECTED YOU
AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE
POSITIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M ON THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
HAVE BEEN A TRUSTEE SINCE 2004.
I RIDE TRANSIT ALMOST EVERY
DAY.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS ASKED US TO
EXPLORE LEVEL III ALTERNATIVES
AND RECOMMEND TO PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVES, ONE THAT'S ON
BUDGET AND ONE THAT MAY REQUIRE
THIRD-PARTY FUNDING.
THE INFORMATION ON BENEFITS AND
IMPACTS ARE LIMITED AT THIS
STAGE OF DESIGN SO IT'S
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH IS
PREFERABLE.
WITHOUT CLARITY OR CONSENSUS ON
PRIORITIES IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT
FOR MEMBERS TO COMPARE BENEFITS
AND TRADE-OFFS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AN OPTION OF
BETTER ACCESS VERSUS
SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION
IMPACTS AND DISPLACING
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS.
THE SAG HAS NOT INFORMATION
RECEIVED ENOUGH INFORMATION ON
CAUSES AND IMPACTS TO MAKE THIS
RECOMMENDATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT ALL CONCEPTS
PRESENTED IN THE ALTERNATIVES
SHOULD BE STUDIED AND WILL GIVE
SOUND TRANSIT TIME TO REFINE
THE CONCEPTS, TO MEET THE
PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED AN
PROJECT BUDGET REQUIREMENTS.
WE ASK FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT WHAT CAUSES A PROJECT
ELEMENT TO BECOME A CANDIDATE
FOR THIRD-PARTY FUNDING.
FROM WHAT WE CAN INFER, IT'S
SIMPLY THAT ELEMENTS ARE OVER
BUDGET BECAUSE ALL LEVEL III
DESIGNS APPEAR TO MEET THE
PURPOSE AND NEED.
IF FUNDING IS REQUIRED WE ASK
SOUND TRANSIT TO DESIGN IT
FURTHER AND LOOK AT
OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE COST.
THEN WE WILL HAVE MORE
CONFIDENCE IN THE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU TO THE ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP FOR
REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITIES IN
THIS KEY ALIGNMENT DECISION.
>> LARRY?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
GROUP.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE WE'VE
BASED ON THE STAKEHOLDERS
GROUP, AND I'M ALSO A TRUSTEE,
IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
AGREE ON A GROUP OF
ALTERNATIVES.
ALIGNMENTS.
WHEN IN FACT, WHAT WE HAVE ARE
A NUMBER OF INTEREST SPECIFIC
TO EACH STATION.
THE CONSEQUENCES IF WE ARE AS A
GROUP REQUIRED TO COME UP WITH
AN ALIGNMENT, WE RUN THE RISK
OF PITTING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD
AGAINSTANOTHER.
THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT
TO THEM HAVE TO BE TRADED OUT
BY THE ISSUES OF ANOTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S GIVING
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE
STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES
NEED.
I WOULD ASK THAT RATHER THAN
FOCUS ON AN ALIGNMENT PLACEMENT
, FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THOSE STATIONS
AND LET THE TECHNICAL STAFF AND
ENGINEERS AT SOUND TRANSIT COME
TOGETHER WITHOUT ALIGNMENT.
THEY ARE VERY COMPETENT PEOPLE
AND I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH
THE WORK THEY'VE DONE IN
SUPPORT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
GROUP.
IN MY FATHER RAN A CHOP SO WE
HOUSE-- CHOP SUEY HOUSE. WE HAD
FIXED PLATES AND COLUMN A
COLUMN B AND COLUMN C. THIS IS
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE
SOME CHOICES BETWEEN THOSE
COLUMNS.
IF YOU GET ALL THREE TOGETHER
YOU GET EGGROLLS.
THANK YOU.
APPLIANCES WELCOME.
-- APPLAUSE IS WELCOME.
>> EVEN LARRY AND EVERYONE
SERVING ON THE ADVISORY GROUP I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND COMMITMENT AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY HELPING US
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE FRAME
THESE DECISIONS THAT WILL COME
BEFORE US IN THE NEXT MONTH OR
SO.
KATHLEEN?
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS
SPECIAL MEETING.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU ARE
TAKING.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE FOURTH
AVENUE ALTERNATIVE AND
SPECIFICALLY THE IMPACT OF THE
CUMULATIVE CONSTRUCTION
POTENTIALLY ON THE VIADUCT.
IT'S NOT UNCLEAR WHAT THE
CITY'S PLAN IS FOR THE VIADUCT
AND STRUCTURES, RELATED
STRUCTURES IN THE AREA THAT MAY
BE IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE LIGHT RAIL LINE.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLD AND
WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED
POTENTIALLY WITHIN THE HORIZON
OF THE NEW TRAIN STATION HERE.
IF SO, SOUND TRANSIT IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE COULD MINIMIZE
THE PAIN EXPERIENCED IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS BY COMPLETING THE
TWO MAJOR PROJECTS AT ONCE.
WHEN SOUND TRANSIT COMPARES
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS ON FOURTH
AVENUE AND FIFTH AVENUE
ALTERNATIVES WITH THE FOURTH
AVENUE ALTERNATIVE LOOKING LIKE
IT WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER AND
HAVE GREATER TRAFFIC AND
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, THESE
COMPARISONS DON'T CONSIDER THE
ADDITIONAL IMPACT OF THE CITY
IN THE NEAR HORIZON OF THE OINT
FOURTH AVENUE VIADUCT.
WE ASK THAT SOUND TRANSIT
COMPARE THE IMPACTS OF
CONSTRUCTING A JOINT LINK
EXTENSION WITH A VIADUCT
REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO THE
IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION THE
CONSTRUCTING THE LINK EXTENSION
. EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS NOT
DEVELOPED A FORMAL PLAN OR
TIMELINE FOR REPLACING THE
VIADUCT AND OTHER STRUCTURES,
SOUND TRANSIT SHOULD CONSIDER
THE IMPACTS IN ITS CUMULATIVE
EFFECTS ANALYSIS WHETHER IT'S
REBUILT AS PART OF THIS
EXTENSION PROJECT ARE NOT.
IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE SOUND
TRANSIT TO CONSIDER THE FOURTH
AVENUE VIADUCT AS A REASONABLE
AND FORESEEABLE PRODUCT.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO MAKE
DECISIONS WITH AN EQUITY LINES
AND A 100 YEAR LENS TO BUILD A
SYSTEM THAT MAXIMIZES POTENTIAL
ACROSS GENERATIONS.
>> TIM LEE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
LIZ THINNING AND THEN KAIA WONG.
GOOD MORNING TO LEADERSHIP AND
CITY COUNCIL FOR HOSTING THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUT INPUT
IN THIS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MY NAME IS TIM LEE AND I'M A
PROPERTY OWNER AND BUSINESS
OWNER IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATES ALL
OF THESE INPUTS AND OTHER
INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED
FOR US LAST TWO WEEKS.
ARE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS THE FIFTH AVENUE
CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING TRAIN
CAR STOPS BELOW THE FIFTH
AVENUE FOR THE FOLLOWING
REASONS.
NUMBER ONE IS ACCESSIBILITY FOR
THE ELDERLY WHICH IS FROM THE
LAST TIME WHEN THERE WAS-- IF
THE CAR IS PUT ON FOURTH AVENUE
IT WOULD TAKE A NORMAL YOUNG
MAN, A HEALTHY MAN PERSON TO
WALK SEVEN MINUTES TO THE CAR
FROM THE FIFTH AVENUE TO THE
FOURTH AVENUE.
CHINATOWN HAS 50% ELDERLY AND
WHEN THE ELDERLY ON WALKER'S
WALKING SEVEN MINUTES, THAT
MEANS 21 MINUTES OR MAYBE MORE
FOR THEM.
IT'S A BURDEN ON THE ELDERLY.
WE HOPE THAT THE STATIONS AND
THE CARS BE PUT UNDER THE FIFTH
AVENUE.
THE SECOND REASON IS THAT
EFFICIENCY AND TIMING TO
COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTIONS.
OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO
ENJOY THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT
AND NEW-CAR RAIL STATIONS
SOONER COMPARED TO 7 TO 15
YEARS.
THIRDLY, IT'S THE BUDGET
VISIBILITY OF THE CITY.
WE CAN USE THE EXTRA MONEY THAT
WAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TWO
OTHER PROJECTS.
AND FORTH, THE OWNERS, I'M A
BUSINESS OWNER AND OUTREACH TO
THE BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE
AVENUE.
THE 4 OWNERS ARE ALL WILLING TO
MOVE BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS
OLD AND THEY ARE HAPPY THAT
THEY WOULD BE RELOCATED IN
WEEKS LOCATED BACK. LOCATION IS
NOT A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
I CAN VERIFY THAT.
THE FOURTH, WE HOPE THAT THE
STATIONS ARE THE CARS BE PUT
UNDER FIFTH AVENUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LIZ?
AND FOLKS MAKING COMMENTS IF
YOU WANT AN INTERPRETER, JUST
LET US KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE WE ADJUST THE TIME TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PICK SPEAK
TODAY.
AND THE PUBLIC REALM DIRECTOR
OF ALLIANCE FOR FINER SQUARE.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
LEADING THE REVITALIZATION OF
THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THROUGH
ADVOCACY PROGRAMMING MARKETING
AND COMMUNITY ACTION.
WE WORK TO HELP PRESERVE WHAT
MAKES PIONEER SQUARE THE MOST
AUTHENTIC ENGAGING AND DYNAMIC
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CID STATION SITS AT THE
EDGE AND SERVES ALL OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS DAILY.
THIS PROJECT MATTERS DEEPLY TO
PIONEER SQUARE AND WE HAD
DEDICATED TO BEING FULLY
ENGAGED THROUGH COMPLETION.
WE URGE YOU TO KEEP FOURTH AND
FIFTH AVENUE ALTERNATIVES ALL
ON THE TABLE. PIONEER SQUARE
úNEEDS TIME TO BE ENGAGED IN TH
PROCESS.
WE ARE STILL AS YOU KNOW IN THE
MIDST OF MORE THAN A DECADE OF
PUBLIC MEGAPROJECTS INCLUDING
THE ALASKAN WAY VIADUCT
REPLACEMENT PROJECT, THE
ALASKAN WAY SEAWALL REPLACEMENT
PROJECT, THE WASHINGTON STATE
FERRY DOCK EXPANSION, EXPANSION
OF FIRST TILL STREETCAR AND THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER MAIN
UNDER FIRST AVENUE WHICH
HAPPENED THIS LAST YEAR.
BY ALLOWING TIME TO FULLY STUDY
THE ALTERNATIVES YOU GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED IN
THE PROCESS SO THAT AT THE END
WE CAN ALL HAVE A PROJECT THAT
ENGAGES EVERYONE AND THAT WE
úARE ALL PROUD OF.
>> YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
BETTY.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS TRENT FOR WANG . WE
HAVE BEEN SERVING THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES FOR THE PAST 47
YEARS.
AS WE ARE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL
SERVICE FOR IMMIGRANTS TO
THRIVE IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL
RACIAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENT
EQUITY. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE COMMENTS
REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT STATION.
FOR A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE
OF IMAGE AND CULTURAL IN
VARIOUS REASONS IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS
WITH CHILDREN WHO NEED TO WORK
MULTIPLE JOBS TO MEET THEIR
NEEDS OF THE FAMILY, THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE MUCH.
HISTORICALLY WE KNOW THAT
IMMIGRANTS OF COLORS ARE OFTEN
MISSED IN THE DECISION-MAKING
TABLE BUT ARE OFTEN THE LAST TO
BE INFORMED AND THE FIRST TO BE
IMPACTED.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
CID AREA TO BE ENGAGED IN AND
EMPOWERED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
. COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EVEN FOR THE
HIGH LEVEL AND TECHNICAL
INFORMATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF
ALL RACES AGES AND COUNTRY OF
ORIGINS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE
SERVE IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T
WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
IT'S OFTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND AND THEY DON'T HAVE
THE TIME AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
TIME FOR THEM TO LEARN.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE
PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BETTY LAU ?
>> I'M BETTY LAU AND I'M FROM
THE-- ASSOCIATION ONE OF THE
LEAD ORGANIZATIONS OF THE
CHINESE COMMUNITY.
FIRST OFF, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY
TO SEE THAT CHINATOWN ID
STATION.
WE HAVE LOBBIED FOR ABOUT 14
YEARS FOR THAT NAME TO BE
CORRECTED TO MATCH THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 119297
WHERE THE OFFICIAL NAME IS
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES THE
NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHINATOWN
JAPAN TOWN AND LITTLE SAIGON.
REGARDING THE ALTERNATIVES,
MANY OF US PREFER THE FOURTH
AVENUE IN CON IN CONTRAST TO MY
COLLEAGUE.
I'M ONE OF THOSE ELDERLY PEOPLE
WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.
MY PARENTS HAD A LAUNDRY HERE
IN THE 40s IN CHINATOWN.
WELL, ON THE EDGE. WE WOULD ASK
THAT YOU ADD TO THE CRITERIA OF
THE STUDY COMMUNITY IMPACTS.
THIS WAS ASKED BY ONE OF THE
OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AND I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET.
I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THE MEETINGS AND I HAVE
LEARNED SHOW MUCH SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT IT'S A DIFFICULT
DECISION BUT I HOPE THAT
CRITERIA WILL BE INCLUDED FOR
IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.
WITH REGARD TO THE PRIOR PERSON-
- CAN I HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS
OF YOUR TIME ALVIN?
THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT
THERE BE A MEETING. THINGS CAN
BE EXPLAINED OVER TIME AS THE
PREVIOUS SPEAKER HAD SAID.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET
THESE NEW IDEAS AND VOCABULARY.
IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND I WAS
BORN AND RAISED HERE.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR TO
REALLY GRASP AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THIS
PROJECT.
WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'S GOING TO
BE SUPER BUT I HOPE IT'S
ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU SAID, TO
MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS ON NON-
ENGLISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO PASS ON MY TURN.
>> THANK YOU.
ANNA SWARTS AND ANNA HAU.
>> I'M WITH ROOTED AND WRITES,
DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON
AND OUR OFFICES ARE ON FOURTH
AND JACKSON.
I WANT TO SAY THAT NO MATTER
WHAT OPTION YOU DECIDE,
ULTIMATELY I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
THE FUTURE AND PLANNING FOR THE
ACCESSIBLE FUTURE THAT WE WANT,
NOT JUST DESIGNING A STATION
THAT MEETS THE BARE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ADA FOR
ACCESSIBILITY.
BUT, ONE THAT ACTUALLY IS A
STATION AND STREET DESIGN THAT
WILL WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND FOR THE LARGER
COMMUNITY AND ALLOW EVERYONE TO
HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
THAT WE NEED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANNA HAU?
NOT SEEING ANNA COME FORWARD.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> MY NAME IS LAURA CHAN.
YOU DON'T SEE ME MUCH BUT I DO
WORK VERY HARD.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, CITY
GOVERNMENT AND KING COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.
FOR GIVING US THESE
OPPORTUNITIES TO VOICE OUR
OPINIONS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD FOR
THE LAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE I
CREATE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE PEOPLE TO VOICE THEIR
OPINION. 4th AVE., FIFTH AVENUE,
WE HAVE OVER 20 IDEAS AND THOSE
IDEAS ARE FROM ALL THESE LOCAL
PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH,
AND YET THEY CARE.
LIKE PUTTING A RESTROOM IN THE
STATION.
DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?
[ LAUGHTER ] BUT THEY THINK OF
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I
DID NOT EVEN THINK OF IT.
WE ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THESE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE STATION
CLOSE BY TO US TO CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I KNOW
THAT IT WILL IMPACT MANY
BUDDY'S LIFE.
I TALKED TO ALL THE BUSINESS
AND THEY SAW ME MORE THAN THEY
SEE THEIR HUSBAND AND WIFE.
BUT ANYWAY I WANTED TO STATE
THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HONG
KONG SO I KNOW THAT
TRANSPORTATION IS HIGHLY
IMPORTANT TO A CITY.
HOW COME HONG KONG IS SUCH A
LITTLE PLACE IN SUCH A
FINANCIAL DISTRICT FOR THE
WORLD.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
TRANSPORTATION.
I'M THE ONE THAT HELPED TO GET
THE SHUTTLE INTO CHINATOWN AND
EVERY DAY THE DRIVER TOLD ME
MRS. CHAN WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE
COMING TO CHINATOWN AND I'M
REALLY HAPPY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT FOR
ME, I'M 72 YEARS OLD BUT I'M
SURE IT WILL BE FOR MY CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN I WELCOME
THIS IDEA AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR HARD WORK.
>> IS ANYONE ELSE-- IS THERE
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE ANY MORE COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL
INVITE PRESENTERS FORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT ON THE
DELRIDGE STATION IN ABOUT AN
HOUR.
>> I WANT TO START WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF THE ENGAGEMENT
WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WE'VE
LEARNED AS WE'VE GONE ALONG
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WORK BETTER FOR SOME TO
ENGAGE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO
ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THROUGH BRIEFINGS, MEETINGS,
EVENTS, LISTENING SESSIONS,
RESIDENT BUILDINGS, DOOR-TO-
DOOR OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITY
LIAISONS AND BUSINESSES SOCIAL
PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION INTERVIEWS.
HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE
ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE FOR THE
DISTRICT STATION INCLUDING 30
COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS, ENGAGING
OVER 700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO
BEING AT FESTIVALS ARE IN
COMMUNITY PLACES, AND ENGAGING
MORE THAN 125 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD FORUM
WORKSHOPS AND OAKEN OPEN HOUSES.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WE TALK
ABOUT THE BRIEFINGS AND
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WHAT
DOES THAT REALLY MEAN.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT
THOSE BRIEFINGS ARE HERE'S A
SNAPSHOT.
CAPITAL-- FOR NATIONS WORKGROUP
OR A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT MAKE UP THE SOUTH DOWNTOWN
GROUP.
COMING BACK AND MEETING WITH
FOLKS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO
THE PROCESS.
WE'VE ALSO DONE LISTENING
SESSIONS AND OFFERED THE
OPPORTUNITY IN A NUMBER OF
PLACES AND WERE ABLE TO HAVE
FOUR OF THESE IN JANUARY
FEBRUARY AND MARCH. THESE
PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS
ARE IN LANGUAGE THANKS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS
WELL AS OUR OWN STAFF BEING
ABLE TO DO THE CONVERSATION
WITH THE PRESENTATION AS WELL
AS FACILITATE A CONVERSATION IN
LANGUAGE.
THESE ARE TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITIES WE
ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO AND
THE BETTER WAYS TO REACH OUT TO
THEM AND GET THEIR PER SPEC
LIVES OF CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
ALTERNATIVES. DRAGON FAST,
CELEBRATING LITTLE SAIGON AND
TABLING A REAL CHANGE TO TALK
WITH VENDORS FROM REAL CHANGE
AS WELL AS RECENTLY A LATER NEW
YEAR CELEBRATION AND THE
PUBLIC'S BUILDING.
JUST BEING THERE AS RESIDENTS
COME IN TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROJECT.
THIS HAS SHAPED OUR SCOPE FOR
LEVEL III, THAT FOLKS ARE
INTERESED IN IMPROVING
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT
MODES, SOUNDER, LIGHT RAIL,
BUSES AND STREETCARS.
ACTIVATING UNION STATION AS A
COMPONENT OF THAT, HAD WE
MINIMIZE-- HOW DO WE MINIMIZE
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS?
WE CONDUCTED THE WORKSHOP ON
MARCH 13 AND HOSTED THAT
HEARING YOU DID STATION AND IN
PART LIKE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THEIR
NEIGHBORS WE ALSO DID BLANKET
THE PIONEER SQUARE AND
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WITH POSTERS FIRES IN
LANGUAGE TO DO DOOR-TO-DOOR
OUTREACH.
WE ADVERTISE THE EVENT JUST TO
TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT
THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP.
>> HOPEFULLY I WILL MAKE IT
THROUGH THIS.
WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AND A
LOT OF. THE STATION AREA AS YOU
CAN SEE THE NATIONAL DISTRICT
AND PIONEER SQUARE ON THE LEFT.
IT'S NOT A RECTANGULAR AREA
REALLY AT THE CONNECTION POINT
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE THREE END-TO-END
ALTERNATIVES AS YOU LOOK AT THE
SECOND AND THIRD OPTIONS.
THESE ARE SHALLOW AND DEEP
OPTIONS AND ALSO ON FOURTH
AVENUE, COVER AND LINE OPTIONS.
THIS IS A LOOK AT ALL OF THE
OPTIONS.
BASICALLY THERE ARE FIVE
ALTERNATIVES THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
THE BROWN ALTERNATIVE SHOWS THE
FIFTH AVENUE ALTERNATIVE WHICH
WILL BE SHALLOW OR A DEEP
STATION AND THE BLUE IS A
FOURTH AVENUE STATION. YOU'VE
REFERENCED YOU FOR THIS
REFERENCE THE TURN CUT AND
COVER.
YOU DIG A TRENCH INITIALLY, YOU
JUST COVER OVER THAT TRENCH AND
PROVIDE TEMPORARY DECKING.
THEN WHEN IT'S IN PLACE SHOWN
ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN YOU
CONSTRUCT THE STATION BELOW
THAT.
A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS
GOING ON WHILE THE STREET IS
OPERATING.
WITH STATION CONSTRUCTION YOU
DEVELOP AND ACCESS SHAFT WHICH
IS SHOWN IN THE TOP RIGHT WHICH
IS A WAY TO GET EQUIPMENT AND
MATERIALS DOWN TO THE STEPS OF
THE STATION AND THAT STATION
SHOWN BY THE GRAPHICS AT THE
BOTTOM RIGHT AND TOWARD THE
LEFT.
STATIONS ARE GENERALLY SHALLOW
AND MINDED STATIONS ARE MUCH
DEEPER.
THE REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT
WHICH IS OUR STARTING POINT
WHEN WE BEGIN THE PROCESS WILL
BE GOING ALONG FIFTH AVENUE
WITH THE STATIONED ADJACENT TO
THE EXISTING STATION.
IT'S A GRAPHIC THAT EXPLAINS
SOME OF THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED.
IT SHOWS THE AREA THAT WOULD BE
DISTURBED DURING CONSTRUCTION,
THE BRAND WHICH EXTENDS FROM
SEATTLE BOULEVARD UP TO MAIN
STREET. THIS IS WHERE WE WILL
BE DOING A CUT AND COVER TUNNEL
ALONG THIS STRETCH OF FIFTH
AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL
CONSTRUCTION DURATION WILL BE
SEVEN YEARS AND 1.5 YEARS OF
THAT WOULD REQUIRE TRAFFIC
DETOURS.
IT WILL BE IN RELATION TO THE
EXISTING STATION. THE SECOND
ALTERNATIVE ON FIFTH AVENUE
SHONEN BROWN WILL BE A BOARD
TUNNEL THAT WILL GO ALONG SIXTH
AND FIFTH AVENUE TO THE
CHINATOWN ID AREA.
THE AREA CONSTRUCTION IS SHOWN
ON THE TOP LEFT AND WILL BE A
SHORTER AREA THAT WOULD BE
DISTURBED.
THE STATION ITSELF WOULD BE CUT
AND COVER AND A BLOCK AND A HALF
SOUTH OF JACKSON STREET.
THE OVERALL TRAFFIC DETOURS
WILL EXTEND FOR ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS OR SO.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
ACCESS SHAFT POTENTIALLY
OFFSTREET AND PROPERTY EFFECT
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD WILL BE
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS BUT BECAUSE
IT WILL BE OFFSTREET YOU
WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE
TRAFFIC DETOURS WITH A DEEP
STATION OPTION.
THEN YOU HAVE THE FOURTH AVENUE
OPTIONS.
THE SHALLOW AND DEEP OPTIONS.
THE AREA OF DISTURBANCES SHOWN
IN THE TOP LEFT AND EXTEND
AGAIN FROM SEATTLE BOULEVARD UP
TO MAIN STREET ALONG FOURTH
AVENUE AND REFERRED TO IN
PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS WOULD
REQUIRE DEMOLITION AND REBUILD
OF THE EXISTING VIADUCT BEFORE
YOU WOULD BUILD A STATION.
YOU'D HAVE DETAILS OF ABOUT 7.5
YEARS AND TO EXPLAIN THAT IN
DETAIL WE BE SHUTTING DOWN HALF
OF FOURTH AVENUE AT A TIME AND
HALF OF THAT WOULD BE D TOWARD
ONTO ADJACENT STREETS FOR A
PERIOD OF 7 1/2 YEARS.
WITH THE FOURTH AVENUE DEEP
STATION OPTION THE AREA OF
DISTURBANCE IS SHOWN IN THE TOP
LEFT AND THE DURATION WILL BE
FOR NINE YEARS WITH TRAFFIC
DETOURS WE ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT 5
YEARS.
IN THIS CASE THE DETOURS WILL
BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE WE
WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN THE
STREET ENTIRELY WHILE DOING THE
DEEP STATION.
THAT DETOUR WOULD BE DETOURING
ALL THE TRAFFIC.
THESE ARE LOOKING AT FIFTH
AVENUE OPTIONS, THE SHALLOW
STATION UP OPTION.
THE TRANSFER TIME BETWEEN THE
NEW LINCOLN STATION AND THE
EXISTING WOULD BE ABOUT ONE
MINUTE OR SO ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF THE SCREEN.
THE TRANSFER TIME BETWEEN THE
NEW LINK STATION AND SOUNDER
WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES.
THE TRANSFER TIME WILL BE ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES AND THE TRANSFER
WOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES.
THE LINK TO LINK TRANSFER TIME
WILL BE ABOUT THREE MINUTES FOR
THE STATION OPTION AND AGAIN 4
MINUTES FOR THE LINK TO SOUNDER
TRANSFER TIME.
FOR THE DEEP STATION OPTION THE
LINK TO LINK TRANSFER TIME
WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND
THE LINK TO SOUNDER TRANSFER
TIME WOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN
MINUTES.
>> THE SHALLOW FIFTH AVENUE,
WITH THE DESIGN BE NORTHBOUND
AND SOUTHBOUND ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER?
>> MAY I ASK A FOLLOW-UP?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE STACKING
AND WHY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO A
SIDE-BY-SIDE MEZZANINE
CONNECTIONS LIKE ONE MIGHT
ASSUME YOU COULD DO WITH A
SHALLOWER STATION. IT ALLOWS US
TO NARROW THE CROSS-SECTION OF
DISTURBANCE SO IT'S BENEFICIAL
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
THEY INTEND TO HAVE A DIRECT
CONNECTION.
>> WE STILL STUCK IT WITH A
MEZZANINE ON TOP, AND THERE'S
REALLY NOT AN OPTION THAT WE
VANDALIZED BECAUSE OF
ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS OF A
DIRECT PLATFORM TO PLAY ACTION
PLATFORM TO PLATFORM AND A
MEZZANINE CONNECTION.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT IDEAS OF
HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN RIGHT
NOW PARENT
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT HAS
TO BE SO DEEP?
>> THE REASON YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
DEEP IS FOR SOIL CONDITIONS.
THEY ARE NOT GREAT SO GETTING
DOWN TO IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT,
YOU HAVE TO GET 200 FEET OR SO
THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY MIND IN
THE SOIL.
>> TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE TRADE-
OFFS STARTING WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT WHICH IS
THE GREEN BOX BUT WITH THIS
ALTERNATIVE YOU HAVE A CUT AND
COVER TUNNEL AND STATION SO IT
HAS GREATER CONSTRUCTION
AFFECTS ALONG FIFTH AVENUE AND
AFFECTS THE RAMS AND FOUNDATIONS
AND HAS SOME AFFECTS BUT THE
ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS THE BOARD
TUNNEL OPTION YOU ONLY HAVE CUT
AND COVER IN THE STATION AREA
SO THE EFFECTS ARE MORE LIMITED
. IT WOULD BE LESS CONVENIENT
IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND
TRANSFERS AND WOULD POTENTIALLY
TAKE LONGER TO CONSTRUCT.
ALSO THE MIND STATION OPTION
HAS SOME OPERATION ISSUES WITH
TRAIN ACCELERATION AND
CROSSOVERS.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE A REBUILD AS
EXPLAINED BEFORE. POTENTIALLY
REQUIRES THIRD-PARTY FUNDING
AND WILL ALSO HAVE ISSUES OF
ACCUSED-- OF TRAFFIC AFFECTS.
ALSO WITH THE DEEP MIND STATION
IT HAS OPERATIONAL ISSUES.
THESE ARE COLOR-CODED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ROW,
EASE OF STATION ACCESS AND
TRANSFERS AND OFF YOU OBVIOUSLY
WITH SHALLOW STATION OPTIONS
WHAT IS REPRESENTED ARE THE
FIFTH OR FOURTH SHADOW AND
THESE BE HIGHER PERFORMING IN
TERMS OF ACCESS.
IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS
THE PROJECT THAT WOULD HAVE THE
MOST CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS, THE
FIFTH OPTION WOULD HAVE MORE
CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS AS WELL
BUT NOT AS SIGNIFICANT ALONG
FIFTH AVENUE.
THE FIFTH AVENUE DEEP OPTION
WOULD HAVE THE LEAST
CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS AS I'VE
MENTIONED.
THE FOURTH OPTIONS WHETHER THEY
ARE SHALLOW OR DEEP WOULD HAVE
MORE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC
AFFECTS AND DETOURS AS I SPOKE
ABOUT.
PROPERTY EFFECTS, YOU WOULD
HAVE THOSE ALONG FIFTH AVENUE
AND HAVE SOME EFFECT. WITH THE
BROWN OPTIONS YOU HAVE PROPERTY
EFFECTS AT THE TUNNEL PORTAL AS
WELL AS ALONG FIFTH AVENUE.
WITH THE BLUE OPTIONS YOU HAVE
PROPERTY EFFECTS AND SOME AFFECT
PARTICULARLY WITH THE FOURTH
DEEP OPTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
DISPLACEMENT.
IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION LEVELS,
THE REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT MEETS
THE SCHEDULE.
THE FIFTH DEEP OPTION WOULD
POTENTIALLY HAVE A HIGHER
SCHEDULE RISK AND THE FOURTH
OPTIONS WOULD POTENTIALLY DELAY
THE SCHEDULE DUE TO THE VIADUCT
REBUILD.
YOU ALSO HAVE A COMPARATIVE
ESTIMATE WHICH WOULD BE LESS
COSTLY AND THE OPTIONS OF
FOURTH AVENUE OF MORE COSTLY.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
DEFINITION, CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS
YOU ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
THE LENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IN
THAT MEASUREMENT BECAUSE THE
FIFTH AVENUE SHALLOW IS A
SHORTER CONSTRUCTION TIME PERIOD
THAN THE FIFTH AVENUE DEEP.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT DURATION
WE ARE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC
DIVERSIONS AND POTENTIAL
PROPERTY EFFECTS COMBINING A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
ARE INTRODUCING A NEW STATION
AND A NEW CONNECTIONS INTO
EXISTING COMMUNITIES TO LOOK AT
HOW THAT PROJECT INTERSECTS
WITH THE CONTEXT.
THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF
PLANNING EFFORTS FOCUSED IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND PIONEER SQUARE,
MOST RECENTLY THE JACKSON HUB
PLANNING A EFFORT WHICH IS
COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT THE TO BLOCK
AREA LOOKING AT STATION SITES.
THE EFFORT EXPLORED AND PUT OUT
A NUMBER OF GOALS AND PRIORITIES
FOR THE VISION OF THE JACKSON
HUB. THESE ARE KEY PRINCIPLES
THAT CAME OUT OF THE EFFORT
REALLY ENHANCING THE SAFETY AND
COMFORT LEVEL OF THIS BLOCK AND
THE STATION AREA CREATING AN
ENGAGING AND INVITING PUBLIC
REALM. AND REALLY THEN
ULTIMATELY EMBEDDING THIS PLACE
IN THE TWO COMMUNITIES WITH
ICONIC ARCHITECTURE AND PUBLIC
REALM EXPRESSIONS.
SO A LOT OF FOCUS REALLY ON HOW
THIS STATION IN NEW INVESTMENT
COULD REALLY TRANSFORM THIS
BLOCK TO CREATE A COMPELLING
HUB FOR THESE COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS
UNDERWAY IN THIS AREA AND
INTRODUCING NEW LIGHT RAIL
SERVICE IN 2035. THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS ON THE
WATERFRONT AND THE COLEMAN DOCK
REPLACEMENT TO THE WEST OF
PIONEER SQUARE. ONGOING WORK ON
THIRD AVENUE, ALL OF THESE ARE
ESSENTIALLY INTERSECTION IN
THIS AREA AND HOW WE DESIGNED
THE HUB TO INFLUENCE HOW THESE
SYSTEMS WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
EAST LINK, ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY THE BUSES HAVE COME OUT OF
THE TUNNEL IS TO PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO THIS
INTO THE CHINATOWN ID STATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AREA
UNDERGOING A LOT OF CHANGE OVER
THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
YOU HAVE FERRY SERVICE TO THE
WEST, SOUNDER AND AMTRAK
SERVING KING STREET STATION TO
THE WEST OF US ACROSS FOURTH
AVENUE.
THEY HAVE NEW LIGHT RAIL TO
BRING INTO THE EXISTING SERVICE
FROM THE CENTRAL LINK COMING
ONLINE IN 2023.
YOU HAVE MAJOR BUS CORE DOORS
ON FOURTH AVENUE AS WELL AS
FIFTH AVENUE AND OF COURSE THE
STREETCAR WHICH WILL BE
CONNECTED AND EXTENDED TO SERVE
FIRST AVENUE AND PIONEER
SQUARE.
A LOT HAPPENING IN THE AREA,
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
ARTICULATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES AND THINKING ABOUT
HOW WE DESIGN MY STATION--
DESIGN THE STATION AND ENHANCE
PUBLIC REALM.
THESE ARE INCREDIBLY CULTURALLY
RICH AND DIVERSE AREAS FROM
LITTLE SAIGON TO CHINATOWN
PROPER TO PIONEER SQUARE.
THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS SOME OF THE
KEY DESTINATIONS AND THE
CONNECTIONS THAT WE WANT TO BE
MINDFUL OF AND TO FOSTER IN OUR
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CITY.
>> QUICK QUESTION.
IN PUBLIC COMMENT THE GENTLEMAN
FROM THE DESIGN COMMISSION
MENTIONED A COUPLE OF OTHER
TRANSIT HUBS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE AGENCY, ARE
THERE EXAMPLES WE ARE LOOKING
TO THAT BRING IN MULTIMODAL
CONNECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THE
JACKSON HUB CONCEPT WOULD LOOK
TO THAT WE COULD GO ONLINE AND
LOOK AT PICTURES OR OTHER
EXAMPLES OF THE TRANSPORTATION
OR TRANSIT WORLD, THESE ARE A
COUPLE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT
HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT.
>> ONE OF THE PRECEDENTS FOR
THE KIND OF VISION THAT JACKSON
HUB PRESENTS IS DENVER'S UNION
STATION ON AN EXAMPLE OF HAVING
AN ACTIVATED COMMERCIAL AREA
AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT AS INTEGRATED INTO
THE TRANSIT FUNCTION.
BUT THEN ALSO CENTERING ON THE
ASSET AND PARK ON THE PLAZA. A
FEW THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THESE
STATION LOCATIONS.
ON FOURTH AVENUE WE ARE LOOKING
AT A HIGH LEVEL OF TRANSIT
INTEGRATION AND NONMOTORIZED
ACCESS ISSUES.
AND THINKING ABOUT INTEGRATION
FOR LAND-USE. THIS SUMMARIZES
SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS TO ASSESS
THESE TWO SITES. ONE WITH
FOURTH AVENUE AND THE MOST
OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
A BETTER INTERSECT CONNECTION
TO KING STREET STATION. WE SEE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CITE A
STATION ENTRY AND INTEGRATE
THAT INTO THE OVERPASS.
THAT WOULD PROVIDE DIRECT
CONNECTION TO THE AMTRAK AND
SOUNDER CENTER TRACKS.
THE TRADE-OFF IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A LONGER TRANSFER TIME
BETWEEN LIGHT RAIL STATION.
A SLIGHTLY LONGER WALK TO BUS
ZONES BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY
CLOSE TO THE FOURTH AVENUE BUS
ZONES. THE POSITIONING OF THE
STATE STATION IS IDEAL TO
INTEGRATE TRANSFER FLOWS IN A
WAY THAT CAN SUPPORT THE
ACTIVATION AND THE GOAL OF A
REPOSITIONED STATION AND HUB.
THE TRADE-OFF IS LESS POTENTIAL
FOR TOD AND PLAZA IMPROVEMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT DELIVERY
ON THE WEST SIDE OF UNION
STATION ON THE VIADUCT. IT SOME
OF THESE TALKING POINTS FURTHER
FROM THE FOURTH AVENUE, BUT YOU
ARE CLOSER TO BUS STOPS ON
JACKSON SO A SLIGHTLY LONGER
WALK TO KING STREET STATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT
OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE WITH
THE OVERPASS OR PROVIDE THE
CONNECTION TO KING STREET
STATION.
AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A STATION ENTRY ON THE
EAST SIDE PROVIDING DIRECT
CONNECTION AND ORIENTATION TO
CHINATOWN.
FROM THE LAND-USE AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT WE SEE
OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE
TRANSFER FLOWS IN A WAY THAT
CAN SUPPORT ACTIVATING UNION
STATION.
BUT, TAKE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER
OF COURSE BUT THERE IS STILL
THE POTENTIAL AND ALSO SOME
HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR EQUITABLE
IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
PROJECT DELIVERY SINCE WE WOULD
BE WORKING IN FIFTH AVENUE AND
NEEDING TO THINK ABOUT
RECONFIGURING THE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THE FIFTH AVENUE
STATION AND THE EXISTING LIGHT
RAIL STATION.
>> I WILL TURN ON MY MICROPHONE
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
AS WE'VE DONE ENGAGEMENT AS I
OUTLINED BEFORE IN LEVEL III,
WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THOSE THREE
KEY AREAS OF COMMUNITY VISION,
CONNECTIONS, AND THE STATION
AND IMPACT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF
THOSE WHAT WE'VE HEARD OF THE
WORKSHOP AS WELL AS COMMON
THEMES THROUGHOUT.
AS WE PLAN FOR THE LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION WE WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW COMMUNITY
VISIONS PRIORITIES AND VALUES
RELATE TO THE NEW LIGHT RAIL
STATION AND CONNECTIONS COMING
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE
CONNECTIVE DIVERSE SUPPORTED BY
AN INTERGENERATIONAL TO LINGUAL
BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL
COMMUNITY, INTEREST IN
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT IS THE STATION NAME.
AND CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS
FROM LITTLE SAIGON TO THE
WATERFRONT.
ACTIVATING STREETS AND
BUILDINGS AROUND THE STATION
INCLUDING NEW STATION AND IN A
COMMUNITY-BASED MANNER.
PROVIDING GREEN AND OPEN SPACES
CULTURALLY REFLECTIVE ART,
PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND LOCAL
VENDORS, AND THAT THE STATION
COULD POTENTIALLY BRING MORE
FOOT TRAFFIC TO CID BUSINESSES.
WITH AND ALSO HAVE ASKED ABOUT
HOW TO MAXIMIZE CONNECTIONS SO
ASKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOW
THEY GET AROUND NOW, WHERE THEY
LIKE TO GO, WHAT BARRIERS THEY
FACE AND HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF
WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE SOUND TRANSIT WORK
AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LIMITED
PARKING, INTERESTED CONVENIENT
AND RELIABLE TRANSFERS TO TRAIN
SOUNDER AMTRAK REAL BUSES
STREETCAR THAT CONNECTIONS NEED
TO BE IMPROVED ACROSS FOURTH
AVENUE AND ALSO FIFTH AVENUE AS
POTENTIAL BARRIERS.
MULTILINGUAL SIGNS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WAYFINDING
COULD ADDRESS BARRIERS. WE NEED
GOOD STREETLIGHTING SECURITY
AND SAFE PEDESTRIAN
EXPERIENCES.
SAFETY IS THE COMMON THEME.
ENJOY CONNECTIONS TO FAMILY AND
DESTINATIONS IN BEACON HILL AND
THE AIRPORT, PLACES THAT PEOPLE
GO NOW.
FINALLY DESCRIBING STATION
ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS WE'VE
ASKED FIRST, DO FOLKS
UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS, AND HOW
CAN THESE OPTIONS BEST SERVE
YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT
CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT
POTENTIAL IMPACTS?
WE HAVE HEARD MIXED OPINIONS ON
THE STATION LOCATION. SOME
PREFER THE FOURTH AVENUE
STATION LOCATIONS TO RECONNECT
PIONEER SQUARE AND THE CID
NEIGHBORHOODS KING STREET AND
UNION STATIONS AND LIMIT
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THE CID
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME PREFER FIFTH AVENUE
STATION LOCATIONS FOR EASIER
ACCESS FROM RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT DUE TO
THE SHORTER CONSTRUCTION
INFORMATION.
CONSTRUCTION BY MAINTAINING
OPERATIONS AND CONTINUED
OPERATIONS IN CID AFTER
CONSTRUCTION.
NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT DETOURS AND
IMPACTS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> WE DO HAVE CHAIRMAN O'BRIEN
ABOUT 15 MINUTES IF WE WANT TO
HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AMONG
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP
MEMBERS.
TO ASK A QUESTION RELATED TO
YOU, IN PUBLIC COMMENT WE HEARD
FROM THREE MEMBERS AND I
APPRECIATE THEIR POINTS AND
THEY ARE PRETTY CLEAR THAT AS
INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY DIDN'T
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
THEY WANTED TO RING OPINIONS
BUT DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A
DECISION ON BEHALF OF
IMMUNITIES THAT MAY HAVE
INTEREST. THOSE INDIVIDUALS
HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS BUT THE
ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MEET
THOSE NEEDS FEEL LIKE IT'S A
TECHNICAL APPROACH. I DID HEAR
THAT THEY APPRECIATED SOME
AMAZING WORK BEING DONE BY
SOUND TRANSIT AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF
RESPECT FOR FOLKS IN THE
AGENCIES BUT I HEARD A REQUEST
TO SHIFT THE ROLE SAYING YOU
WANT US TO BLESS ONE OPTION AND
MOVE FORWARD AND WE DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME TALKING ABOUT
WHETHER I'M ACCURATE OR NOT IN
MY CHARACTERIZATION AND ALSO
WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD, IF THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT A LITTLE
BIT.
>> I WILL SPEAK TO THE ROLE OF
THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP.
WE HAVE ASKED A LOT OF THEM IN
THE TIME THEY HAVE SPENT WITH US
IN BRINGING ON THE ADVISORY
GROUP WE SPOKEN ABOUT WHAT
THEIR ROLES WOULD BE
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS A LOT
TO ASK ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS.
THEY ARE NOT ELECTED VOLLAND
OFFICIALS, THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS.
HOWEVER THEY ALL HAVE VERY
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES BASED ON
WHERE THEY LIVE WORK AND THE
COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY WORK
WITH.
WE HAD DEEPER ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP AND
ENGAGEMENT AND THEIR
PERSPECTIVES AND MOVING THROUGH
THE PROCESS AS WELL AS WE MOVE
THROUGH LEVEL I AND TWO AND
SCREENING PROCESS.
WITH THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
, WE HAVE A ROBUST AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OUTSIDE OF
THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP
AND BRINGING IN THOSE
PERSPECTIVES AND HELP THEM MAKE
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND LET
US KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON AND SHARE THE PUBLIC
FEEDBACK WITH YOU AS THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
STRUGGLING WITH IS A TIMELINE.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS
OPENING SOONER AS OPPOSED TO 17
YEARS.
IT FEELS LIKE IT IS RUSHED
RIGHT NOW SO THE ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP AND THIS
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP I
BELIEVE ARE IN THEORY COMING TO
AN END IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
AND YET THERE'S A LOT OF
DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
MADE AND I ASSUME THERE WILL BE
A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INPUT.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE THINKING
HAS BEEN ABOUT AS WE GET
THROUGH THE SCOPING PROCESS AT
THE END OF THIS PROCESS.
BUT, THERE ARE STILL YEARS OF
DESIGN WORK AND HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
THROUGH THAT?
>> I GUESS WE ANTICIPAED THAT
QUESTION TO SOME EXTENT.
ESSENTIALLY YES, WE ARE GETTING
A LOT OF FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE HAVING COMMUNITY
WORKSHOPS AND THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF SCOPING MEETINGS AND SO
ON.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS YOU SEE
ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE
GET FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT IS TO SHARE FEEDBACK
WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP AND WITH THE BOARD IN MAY.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT
IDENTIFYING THE PROJECT THAT'S
GOING TO BE BUILT OR SELECT
THAT PROJECT BUT TO IDENTIFY
ALTERNATIVES THAT WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO STUDY MOVING FORWARD
. THAT'S THE ACTION THAT IS
BEFORE US.
THAT SHOULD INFORM PEOPLE'S
THINKING.
WE WILL THEN BE REPORTING BACK.
IT DOESN'T END AT THAT POINT.
THAT'S ONLY THE START OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WOULD
TECHNICALLY BE THE START OF THE
PROCESS AND EVERYTHING WE'VE
DONE HAS REALLY BEEN THE
PREAMBLE TO GET THE THING GOING.
WE WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO THROUGH
THE DRAFT PROCESS ON WHAT HAS
COME OUT OF ALTERNATIVE
DEVELOPMENT WHILE WE ARE
LEARNING THROUGH THE RIGHT
PROCESS.
THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION AND WE'VE LEARNED
A LOT ABOUT HOW TO BETTER
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW
TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN OUR
ENGAGEMENT SO WE WILL CONTINUE
TO USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO
ENGAGE THEM.
WE WILL REALLY BE GETTING INTO
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF
DESIGNING THOSE THINGS?
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF OTHER
PROJECTS AS WELL IN THIS AREA?
GETTING INTO MORE DETAIL THE
STATION PLANNING EFFORTS ITSELF
, WE'VE DONE SOME WORK ON THAT
BUT WE WILL GET MORE INTENSIVE
ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE
DRAFT PROCESS..
LOOKING MORE BROADLY AT THE
URBAN DESIGN CONCEPTS AROUND
THE STATION AREA WILL BE PART
OF OUR EFFORT AS WELL.
THIS IS REALLY ONLY THE
BEGINNING OF A MULTIYEAR
PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.
>> COULD I ADD SOMETHING TO
THAT BRIEFLY?
REALLY FOR EMPHASIS, CAHILL IS
RIGHT OF WHAT THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS IS ANTICIPATED TO DO
WITH A ROLL UP OF ALL THE GOOD
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP, TO
DECIDE WHAT TO STUDY.
IT IS NOT DECIDING THE PROJECT
TO BE BUILT.
AND TO THE COMMENTS MADE IN AN
EARLIER WITNESS, IT IS
ANTICIPATED AND KIND OF
CUSTOMARY THROUGH THE PROCESS
THAT WE MIGHT MIX AND MATCH
BETWEEN VARIOUS ASPECTS AS WE
GET TO KNOW THE DETAILS BETTER
OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO
COME UP WITH THE IDEAL PROJECT
TO BE BUILT OR BRING TO THE
BOARD AND WHAT ONE WITNESS
TALKED ABOUT AS HAVING
SOMETHING FROM COLUMN A AND
COLUMN B. THAT IS NOT AT ALL
UNCOMMON.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
ENGAGEMENT TO DO BUT THE BOARD
WILL NOT BE PICKING THE PROJECT
TO BE BUILT.
WE ANTICIPATE THEM TO PICK THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE BUT THAT
IS STUDIED IN THE CONTEXT OF A
RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES WHERE A
NUMBER OF OPTIONS ARE STILL ON
THE TABLE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE SEGWAY AND
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT PROJECT DELIVERY
TIMELINES. I THINK IN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS
IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND
UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THE
DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS AND
STATION LOCATION CHOICES BEING
CONSIDERED ON THE TABLE MAY
AFFECT THE PROJECT DELIVERY
TIMELINE.
I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD TAKE A
MOMENT TO SHARE WITH US AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC HOW THESE
DIFFERENT CHOICES DO OR DO NOT
IMPACT THE DELIVERY TIMELINES
FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT.
>> WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECT IF WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT
THE CHINATOWN ID AREA AND THERE
ARE OTHER ASPECTS TO THIS
PROJECT AND SEGMENTS THAT ALSO
HAVE SIMILAR IMPLICATIONS, BUT
THE FIFTH AVENUE ALTERNATIVES,
WE THINK THAT CAN BE
ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE
EXISTING SCHEDULE.
WE ARE LOOKING ADDED IT'S JUST
A RISK AREA. WITH THE
ALTERNATIVES WE DO NEED TO
DEMOLISH THE VIADUCT AND
REBUILD IT AND WE WOULD EXPECT
ADDITIONAL SCHEDULES ASSOCIATED
WITH THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
>> I'M ASKING THE QUESTION AND
IN ONE OF THE SLIDES INCLUDED
AND SERIES OF THE SLIDES
INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THE
BESSETTE-- PRESENTATION, I
BELIEVE IT BEGINS AROUND PAGE
29 OF THE PRESENTATION AND
THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF
VARIATION IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT
OR YEARS ESTIMATED FOR
CONSTRUCTION VERSUS DETOURS IN
PRESENTING THE INFORMATION IN
THAT MANNER SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO GET
TO THE STATIONS FASTER THAN
WHAT WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD TO BE
TRUE UNDER EVEN THE OVERALL
SCHEDULE OF DELIVERY. ON THE
FIFTH AVENUE, THE EXIT
ESTIMATES ARE 60 YEARS IN DETAIL
DETOURS ARE FOUR MONTHS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE EASY FOR
FOLKS NOT AS ENTRENCHED IN THE
TECHNICAL MATTERS TO BELIEVE IF
I GO WITH FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH
SHALLOW STATION THAT MEANS I'M
GOING TO GET A STATION IN SIX
YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU
TO TALK ABOUT THE NUANCE
RELATED TO THESE NUMBERS AND
TIMELINES THAT YOU ARE GIVING US
RELATED TO THE VARIOUS OPTIONS.
I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE
UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE
ARE REVISING TO BE INFLUENCED
ONE OPTION OVER THE OTHER
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING
TO GET THIS IN SIX YEARS.
THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE WOULD
OPEN THE BALLARD EXTENSION IN
2035.
>> THERE WOULD BE A LONG PERIOD
OF CONSTRUCTION AND NOT ALL THE
TIME WILL BE SPENT CONSTRUCTING
IN THIS AREA.
IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THE
OPTION YOU NOTED, THE PERIOD OF
CONSTRUCTION ONLY WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS..
WHAT I NOTED ABOUT WITH SOME OF
THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND THE
FOURTH AVENUE ALTERNATIVES YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT OF THIS AREA
IN 9 TO 10 YEARS, THERE'S RISK
TO THE OVERALL SCHEDULE AT ALL
ESSENTIALLY EXTENDING BEYOND
2035.
>> I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ANALOGY
FROM THE MENU OF COLUMNS AB AND
C. FOR AS MUCH AS WE REMOVE THE
BOARD AT THE END OF MAY,
BRINGING ALTERNATIVES FORWARD I
HOPE THAT, AND I THINK WE ARE
HEARING A NEED TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME DESIGN
ALTERNATIVES AROUND THAT WORK
PARTICULARLY CHINATOWN AND
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT WILL BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK.
AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE ELECTED
LEADERS GROUP AND I HOPE WE CAN
KNOW WHAT ALTERNATIVES AND
PIECES CAN MIX AND MATCH ONE
WITH ANOTHER AND MAKE SURE WHAT
úCONTINUES TO BE AN ALTERNATIVE
AN OPTION FOR MIXING AND
MATCHING FOR SCENARIOS THAT
DON'T WORK. I WILL ALSO ASK IF
WE CAN EXPLAIN MITIGATION AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR
MITIGATION.
AND WHAT CHALLENGES THERE ARE
TO PROVIDING THAT MITIGATION.
>> AS WE GO THROUGH THE DRAFT
PROCESS WE WILL GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE
ALTERNATIVES ACTUALLY ARE AND
WE WILL BE ABLE TO STUDY THE
IMPACTS OF THESE ALTERNATIVES.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION DURATIONS AND
TRAFFIC DETOURS AND SO ON INTO
A LOT MORE DETAIL WHERE WE WILL
GET A BETTER DEFINITION OF WHAT
WE ARE STUDYING.
ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
IMPACTS ARE, WE ALSO PROPOSE
POTENTIAL MITIGATION LINKED TO
THOSE IMPACTS.
WHEN THE PUBLIC PUBLISHED DRAFT
EIS NEXT YEAR YOU WILL SEE THE
IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL
MITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE.
THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN
THE DRAFT EIS AND MADE
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
PEOPLE CAN RESPOND TO THAT AND
MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AT THAT
TIME WOULDN'T WHICH INFORMS THE
FINAL EIS DEVELOPMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD?
>> JUST DRILLING DOWN INTO THE
NEXT STEPS, THE PRETTY
IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ARE THE
SUMMARY OF THE KEY THEMES FROM
SCOPING AND LEVEL III RET MEMO
TO BE AVAILABLE ON APRIL 15.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MEETING
WHERE THERE IS SOME
EXPECTATIONS THAT THERE ARE
LEVEL THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS
BASED ON THIS INFORMATION IS
TWO DAYS LATER.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY
THAT THERE COULD BE MORE TIME
BETWEEN THAT INFORMATION BEING
AVAILABLE AND THE SAG MEETING.
>> WE CAN DO OUR BEST.
THE SCOPING PERIOD EXTENDS
UNTIL APRIL 2. WE WILL BE
GETTING A LOT OF COMMENTS SO WE
ARE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO
COLLECT THOSE AND GET THEM OUT
THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> AS A FOLLOW-UP, IS YOUR
THINKING THAT THE SAG MEETING
ON APRIL 17, WHAT ARE YOU
EXPECTING TO COME OUT OF THAT
FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP?
>> WHAT WE'VE ARTICULATED TO
PRIOR MEETINGS IS THAT WE ARE
ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE THE
LEVEL III ALTERNATIVES AS THEY
ARE DEFINED BUT WE KNOW THERE
ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MIX AND
MATCH BETWEEN THE ALTERNATIVES
ON THE TABLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY
GIVEN ALTERNATIVE EXACTLY AS IT
HAS BEEN DEFINED AND THAT'S
CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCESS
BETWEEN LEVEL I AND LEVEL II AS
WELL.
WE WILL BE EXPECTING THEM TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
ALTERNATIVES THAT SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE LOOKED AT. WE'VE
ASKED THEM TO THINK OF IT IN
TERMS OF TWO ALTERNATIVES.
ONE THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN
THE EVENT THAT THERE IS NO
ADDITIONAL THIRD-PARTY FUNDING.
THEY CAN MIX AND MATCH TO TRY
TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT
ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE IN THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP WHEN
WE PRESENT TO YOU IN EARLY
FEBRUARY TO TRY AND WORK TO
IDENTIFY WHAT THAT OPTION WOULD
BE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE HIGHER
PERFORMING ALTERNATIVE STILL
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SCHEDULED
BUDGET AND SCOPE THAT WAS
IDENTIFIED. THAT WILL BE ONE
TASK FOR THE ADVISORY GROUP TO
COME FORWARD WITH AND TO
IDENTIFY A SECOND PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE IN THE EVENT THERE
WERE FUNDINGS WHICH WOULD GO
ALONG WITH ALL THE FEEDBACK
WE'VE RECEIVED.
>> ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT
THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE
INFORMED BY THE SCOPING REPORT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO YOU SEE MY CONCERN.
THE SCOPING REPORT ITSELF IS
NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER THE
SAG MEETING AND THERE'S A
SUMMARY OF KEY THEMES TWO DAYS
BEFORE THAT MEETING.
>> IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY
FINALIZED BY THAT DATE BUT
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
>> MAYOR DURKAN.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THE WORK
THAT YOU'VE DONE AND I WANT TO
THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHO CAME TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THAT ENGAGEMENT.
I KNOW THAT SOUND TRANSIT ALL
OF US FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY.
WE'VE MISSED TRANSIT FOR
DECADES AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO
CATCH UP.
EVEN IN THE SCHEDULES WHEN YOU
ARE 2035 IT SEEMS CAN'T WE DO
IT BEFORE THEN?
I WANT TO THANK MR. ROGOFF.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS
AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO WORK
WITH TRANSIT BUT I REALLY WANT
TO URGE, I'M REMINDED OF THE
PHRASE MEASURE TWICE CUT ONCE.
WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY GET THE
BEST ALTERNATIVES BUT MAKE SURE
THE PUBLIC FEELS INCLUDED AND
BELIEVE THEY ARE THE BEST
ALTERNATIVES.
I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, THAT
COMMUNITY WITH PIONEER SQUARE I
THINK HAVE SUFFERED THE BRUNT
OF SO MANY TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTSOVER THE LAST MANY
YEARS.
GOING FORWARD WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT.
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE MOST
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AREAS THAT
HAS SUFFERED FROM DECADES OF
GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT WERE
RACIST AND INAPPROPRIATE.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHINESE
EXCLUSION ACT, THE JAPANESE
INTERNMENT AND IMMIGRATION FROM
VIETNAM.
I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE STUDY
WHAT WE NEED TO STUDY AND GIVE
OURSELVES THE TIME TO BRING
COMMUNITY ALONG TO LISTEN TO
THEM BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S TO
OUR 10 ALTERNATIVES BETWEEN NOW
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, I
THINK IS A DISTINCTION GIVEN
WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH OVER
THE NEXT TWO DECADES.
YOU WILL BE HEARING BE AT THE
BOARD MEETING THAT WE SHOULD
DEFAULT MORE.
I AM REMINDED THAT WE WERE WHEN
WE WERE IN BELLEVUE IT WAS
BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD BUT
THERE WERE DOZENS OF
ALTERNATIVES STUDIED FOR
VARIOUS SEGMENTS AND YOU ENDED
UP SYNTHESIZING. WHETHER YOU
CALL THEM ALTERNATIVES OR
DESIGN ALTERNATIVES I THINK WE
HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE SO THE
COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE
IMPACTS ARE AND WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT HOW TO GET THIS SEGMENT
RIGHT.
WE WILL NOT GET A SECOND CHANCE
TO DO THAT AND IF WE PUSH
FORWARD TOO QUICKLY ON THIS
PHASE WE WILL GET RESISTANCE AT
ALL THE OTHER PHASES AND I
THINK THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE THE
PROJECT MORE.
I WAS REMINDED JUST TWO MEMBERS
WANTED TO KNEW THAT WHAT
CONDEMNATION MEANT FOR THEIR
PROPERTIES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO,
EACH ONE OF THOSE COULD SLOW
THINGS DOWN IF WE DON'T GET IT
RIGHT.
THAT'S JUST A COMMENT, NOT A
QUESTION.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I WANTED TO THANK MR. ROGOFF
FOR THE FRAMING OF THE
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY WELL
DONE ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO SO THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE
STAGE.
I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AND THAT
IS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE
MIX AND MATCH APPROACH.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE WHETHER
IT'S FOURTH OR FIFTH OR DEEP OR
SHALLOW, THEY ALL PRESENT SOME
GREAT POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS
AND OF COURSE CHALLENGES. WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THE SAG LOOKING AT
A MIXED OR MATCHED APPROACH AT
THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN'T
MITCH MIX-AND-MATCH FOURTH AND
FIX FOURTH AND FIFTH SO WHAT DO
WE MEAN BY THAT?
LIKE A FOURTH AND A HALF AVENUE
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT?
THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. I
JUST DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.
THE OTHER PIECES THAT WE
CONTINUE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT.
THE ALIGNMENT IS OBVIOUSLY
CRITICAL. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER
FACTORS LIKE WE HEARD ABOUT
RESTROOMS AND WHAT ABOUT
WAYFINDING AND CULTURAL
RESERVATION.
I REALLY LIKE THE COMMENT FROM
THE DESIGN COMMISSION THAT THEY
ARE SAYING FROM THE OUTSIDE,
LEAD WITH THAT VISION AND NOT
LEAD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?
I AM ASSUMING THAT I THINK IT
WAS THE THIRD BULLET POINT, THE
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN ON SOME
OF THE SPECIFIC ATHLETICS
AESTHETICS.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE ARE
STUCK ON THE ALIGNMENT BUT WE
ARE RIGHT THERE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE LOCATION FIRST.
CAN YOU TELL ME AND MY RIGHT
THAT THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT
WILL COME OUT, WE HAVE MORE
TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE
NONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES ARE
GOING TO EXCLUDE SOME OF THAT
GOOD STUFF WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE.
THE LAST QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY ARE IMPLICIT TO MY
COMMENTS.
THE NEXT STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP, I HEAR THEM THAT THEY
DON'T FEEL EQUIPPED. THERE'S A
LOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION
AND FISCAL IMPACTS.
I DON'T FEEL EQUIPPED SOMETIMES
TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
MY FEAR I SUPPOSE IS THAT EVEN
AFTER THE LAST MEETING THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S FIFTH
SHALLOW OR WHATEVER THAT'S
GOING TO BE.
WHEN WE COME OUT WITH OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M STILL A
LITTLE UNCLEAR, WE ARE NOT
TRYING TO PUNT BUT WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR?
ONE OF THE FIVE?
TWO OF THE FIVE?
I'M CONFUSED WHAT WE ARE TO
DECIDE IN A PERFECT WORLD.
>> SIX QUESTIONS AND ONE.
>> JUST PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
TIME.
>> I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF.
MAYBE I WILL HANDED OVER TO
SLOAN BUT WITH RELATION, THE
WAY THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED THIS
BEFORE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHINATOWN ID SEGMENT BUT THERE
ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS
PROJECT AS WELL.
THERE'S WEST SEATTLE AND GOING
TO DOWNTOWN, THERE ARE
ALTERNATIVES AND DIFFERENT
ALTERNATIVES ON THE TABLE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE STRONG
TOGETHER ALTERNATIVES WITHIN
EACH OF THOSE SEGMENTS INTO AND
TO END ALTERNATIVES.
THAT'S FOR THE PURPOSE OF
HAVING A CONVERSATION AND
DISCUSSION.
YOU COULD MIX AN ALTERNATIVE
FROM ONE SEGMENT AND A
DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE FROM
ANOTHER SEGMENT.
THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT
CAN HAPPEN AND YOU MAY END UP
WITH A DIFFERENT END-TO-END
ALTERNATIVE THAN ANY THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON.
IN REGARD TO THE SECOND
QUESTION DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK
TO THAT?
>> AS WE MOVE INTO THE EIS
PHASE WE WILL BE ADVANCING
DESIGN EFFORTS SO THAT WILL
INCLUDE MORE WORK ON STATION
PLANNING, THINKING ABOUT URBAN
DESIGN AND SOME OF THOSE
PRECISE ISSUES YOU HIGHLIGHTED.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND THE CITY IS WELL.
WE ARE WORKING AT A STAFF LEVEL
TO THINK ABOUT A CONSTRUCT FOR
HOW WE ENGAGE IN STATION
PLANNING IN THE NEXT PHASE AND
BEYOND.
>> AND THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP
AS WELL THINKING ABOUT HOW THE
COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH
IN ALONG THE WAY.
>> IN REGARDS TO YOUR THIRD
COMMENT ABOUT THE SAG AND
NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES WE ARE
EXPECTING TO COME OUT OF THIS,
WE HAVE ARTICULATED THE GOAL OF
IDENTIFYING A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE BUT ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE MAY BE
OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT NEED TO
BE STRUTTING STUDIED. WE HELP
TO MAKE PROGRESS IN NARROWING
DOWN THE NUMBER ALTERNATIVES
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING OVER ALL OF
THIS YEAR.
WE HAD MANY ALTERNATIVES AND
ARE DOWN TO A SUBSET.
IDEALLY WE GET DOWN TO A
SMALLER SUBSET BUT THAT IS UP
TO THE SAG AND YOU TO DECIDE
WHAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH
IN TERMS OF NARROWING IT DOWN.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE
ENGAGEMENT ON THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
POINTS TO REMIND THE PUBLIC
THAT THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP
GROUP AGAIN IS NOT THE ULTIMATE
DECISION-MAKER.
THAT WILL BE THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
HALF OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
ARE ON THE BOARD SO THERE'S
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OVERLAP.
SIMILARLY THE ADVISORY GROUP
HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER NOT TO
MAKE DECISIONS BUT TO ADVISE US
AND THE BOARD.
I'M INTERESTED IN THINKING
BETWEEN NOW AND ONE MONTH FROM
NOW WHEN WE MAKE OUR SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'VE HEARD BOTH ABOUT
PERHAPS SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVES
BUT ALSO ABOUT THE PROCESS
GOING FORWARD AND HOW THOSE
WILL BE INCLUDED.
I KNOW THAT AN IDEAL SITUATION
WOULD BE THAT THE BOARD GETS
CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS
THE EXACTLY ALIGNMENT AND THAT
WOULD BE IDEAL. WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE THERE ALTHOUGH I
WILL SAY IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH
WORK HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN
THE PAST YEAR NARROWING THE
CHOICES DOWN.
AS THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES,
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY UNIQUE PIECE OF
THE ALIGNMENTS BEING DONE WHERE
WE WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF EXTRA
TIME.
SO I'LL BE INTERESTED IN
ENTERTAINING YOUR THOUGHTS IN
THE NEXT MONTH ON HOW WE MAKE A
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS
BOTH CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE
ARE BEING ASKED FOR BUT MAY
ALSO TRY TO ENCOMPASS AND ASK
THE BOARD TO BROADEN SOME OF
THE IDEAS OR ENTERTAIN SOME OF
THE CONCEPTS FROM COMMUNITIES
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION WHICH
YOU BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT,
YOU SAID THAT THROUGH THE EIS
PROCESS THERE WILL BE WORK TO
ADVANCE DESIGNS.
I TAKE THAT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN
WE GET TO THE END OF THE
PROCESS AND MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION, THE ENGINEERS
AND TECHNICAL FOLKS DO NOT STOP
WORKING FOR TWO YEARS WAITING
FOR THE EIS TO FINISH.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY
THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
>> AS YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE
REFINEMENTS AND ADVANCED DESIGN
AND WE ARE IN THIS PERIOD WHICH
HAS A FEDERALLY DEFINED, THERE
WILL BE A DRAFT IN COMMENT
PERIOD, WE RESPOND TO THE
COMMENTS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE I
IMAGINE THERE WILL BE SOME
ITERATION GOING ON.
I'M INTERESTED IN EXPLORING HOW
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE
TO INTERACT WITH FOLKS BUT
RECOGNIZES THE REALITY THAT WE
ARE DOING THIS WORK
CONCURRENTLY.
>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE
COORDINATING CLOSELY BETWEEN
THE TECHNICAL WORK HAPPENING
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A WORKPLAN
FORMALLY ADVISED BUT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A CRITICAL
ASPECT HAS BEEN THE ABILITY TO
BRING TECHNICAL INFORMATION,
FOSTER THE DISCUSSIONS SO WE
WILL CONTINUE THE COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUE THAT.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO
GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE IS
THINKING ABOUT THE URBAN DESIGN
FRAMEWORK AND THE MASTER
PLANNING FRAMEWORK WHERE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WILL
BRING A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
A MAJOR COMPONENT IS VISUALIZING
AND EXPLORING IT FURTHER IN
DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS. AS WE GET
TO A POINT OF MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LOVE TO
WORK WITH THE AGENCY AND
CONSIDER MAKING REQUESTS ABOUT
ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THERE'S A
10% DESIGN THRESHOLD.
WE MAY ASK FOR A COMMITMENT OF
WHEN THERE WILL BE OTHER
COMMUNITY INPUT OPTIONS.
I WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON
WHAT WE CAN ASK FOR THAT WOULD
BE APPROPRIATE AND SEE IF MY
COLLEAGUES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
>> I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE COMMENTS YOU JUST MADE AND
PARTICULARLY TAKE CARE NOT TO
SPEAK FOR THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD WHICH WOULD BE TERRIBLY
PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME, BUT TO
SPEAK FOR MYSELF SAYING THAT I
DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL FIND
THE BOARD VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE
ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
THE LEADERSHIP MAKES REGARDING
MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES AND
DESIGN ALTERNATIVES OR MULTIPLE
PIECES.
I THINK THE BOARD WILL
RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS PUT IN.
WE RECOGNIZE THE TWO PIECES OF
ALIGNMENT THAT WE ARE MEETING
ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TODAY THAT
HAVE SPECIFIC ISSUES AND
COMPLICATIONS WHICH IS WHY WE
ARE HAVING THIS VERY
CONVERSATION.
I THINK THE BOARD WILL BE READY
TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION AND
UNDERSTANDING MORE THAN WHAT WE
INITIALLY THOUGHT OR MAY HAVE
SAID WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD.
>> COLLEAGUES, I SUGGEST WE
PIVOT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT TO DELRIDGE OF THAT'S
OKAY.
I BELIEVE WE WILL START WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE DELRIDGE
STATION.
I HAVE ABOUT ONE DOZEN FOLKS
SIGN UP.
YOU WILL EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN FOLLOWED BY
JUSTIN CLARK.
>> AS FOLKS ARE GETTING SETTLED
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
SHOWED UP FOR THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND TO
CONTINUE THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
>> GESTAPO PIG, MY NAME IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN AND I AM AGAINST
EVERYTHING WHAT IS DOING SOUND
TRANSIT WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
I EXPLAINED TO YOU WHY.
LOCALLY THIS CHAMBER AND
EVERYONE BELONG TO ONE PARTY
SYSTEM, WHAT I CALL A NAZI
SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC MAFIA.
I COME TO THIS ROOM MANY TIMES
AND NO ONE WHO SIT IN THIS
CHAMBER HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST
SOUND TRANSIT LIKE I HAVE.
PROBABLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE. THIS
VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WE HAVE,
WE HAVE ONE PARTY SYSTEM. IT
DOES NOT SURPRISE ME RIGHT NOW
FROM EAST COAST TO WEST COAST,
FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE
STRANGER, ALL 300 MILLION
AMERICANS SEE THE NUMBER ONE--
IN AMERICA.
MY POINT IS SIMPLE.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE THAT A
NAZI SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC MAFIA
TALKING ABOUT COLOR, BLACK,
BROWN, BUILD A BRIDGE FOR $4
BILLION.
WHAT IS TRAVEL BY CAR.
BUILD A TUNNEL FOR $6 BILLION.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
$100 BILLION.
I SPOKE RIGHT NOW TO THIS
DEGENERATE IDIOT WHO FINDS THIS
FOR $100 BILLION.
TO PICK UP SOMETHING IN THIS
CHANGER WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINION, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE HOW EVERYBODY HAVE SAME
OPINIONS.
IT'S AMERICA.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINION.
SO I SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO
EVERYBODY WHO LISTEN TO ME,
THERE'S ONLY ONE CHANCE TO CLAIM
CLEAN THIS DIRTY CHAMBER AND
BRING PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUSTIN?
>> YOU SIGNED UP SECOND, SORRY,
TWICE.
I HOPE YOU ARE NOT A--
>> WE WILL NOT JUDGE YOU BASED
ON WHO YOU FOLLOW.
>> I WAS STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE
I WAS PLACED BUT JUST A COUPLE
OF THINGS.
I THINK AS IT WAS POINTED OUT,
THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE SOUTH
OF WHERE THE STATION IS GOING
TO BE SO THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY
BEING SERVED BY THE STATION.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, SEAMLESS
INTEGRATION IS A HUGE PRIORITY.
TO MAKE SURE THESE FOLKS ARE
SERVED BY THE INVESTMENT, THE
INTEGRATION BEGINS WITH
PLACEMENT AND ORIENTATION BUT
CONTINUES THROUGH DESIGN DETAILS
AND AGENCY COORDINATION.
ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE WANT TO
SEE IS LEVERAGING STRATEGIC
STAGING AREAS INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE LAST THING THAT YOU TOUCHED
ON IS WHEN DO WE GO BACK TO THE
PUBLIC?
WE THINK THAT THE CITY NEED TO
HAVE A PARTNER TO HAVE ROBUST
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ONCE THE
DESIGNS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
IF WE WAIT TO 30% IT'S TOO LATE
TO REALLY ENGAGE THE PUBLIC TO
HAVE ANY REAL MEANINGFUL
CHANGES TO THE DESIGN.
WE THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE
ESPECIALLY TO CULTURALLY
SENSITIVE COMMUNITIES LIKE
DELRIDGE AND THE CID.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I APPLAUD
AND SOMETHIG WE ARE REALLY
PUSHING FOR SO THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH
YOU AND DESIGN COMMISSION
MEMBERS AS WELL AS SOUND
TRANSIT TO CRAFT SOME LANGUAGE
AND SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER
DEFINING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
IN THE COMING YEAR
>> ARE YOU FREE FOR LUNCH
TOMORROW?
>> WE WILL TALK.
>> SCOTT IS GOING TO BE
FOLLOWED BY AMIR-- .
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING THIS MEETING AND
LISTENING TO US.
MY NAME IS SCOTT CALDWELL.
I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH
DELRIDGE AND HAVE LIVED THERE
FOR 30 YEARS.
I'VE WATCHED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
SETTLE DOWN, GET COLMER, GET
MORE VIBRANT AND DIVERSE, AND
I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF
THAT COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY WHAT
MAYOR DURKAN SET ABOUT
MEASURING TWICE AND CUTTING
ONCE.
I'M GOING TO OFFER YOU WHAT
MIGHT SEEM LIKE A RADICAL IDEA
HERE.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY YOUR
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT AND I AM
LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT ONE OF
THE CRITERIA WHICH SAYS TO AVOID
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS DELRIDGE.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE THREE
ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE
STATION SITE, I SEE WHAT LOOKS
LIKE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT TAKES OUT ONE BLOCK OF
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR SURE
AND DRAMATICALLY IMPACTS
ANOTHER BLOCK AND HAS IMPACTS
ON THE GREEN SPACES THAT ARE A
VIBRANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HERE'S MY SUGGESTION.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER
PUTTING BACK ON THE TABLE THE
TUNNEL OPTION ELIMINATED IN
LEVEL ONE.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
BUT I THINK THAT OPTION WOULD
PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WOULD DRAMATICALLY DIMINISH THE
AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT IS
DISPLACED, SMALL BUSINESSES
DISPLACED WOULD GREATLY
DIMINISH THE IMPACT ON THE
GREEN SPACES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHILE IT HAS
SOME ISSUES RAISED IN THE LEVEL
ONE EVALUATION, I'M ABOUT TO
FINISH. THE MIX AND MATCH METHOD
, I THINK THEY CAN PULL
ELEMENTS FROM OTHER ALTERNATIVES
TO MAKE THAT OPTION WORTH
CONSIDERING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SCOT.
AMIR?
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST
SEATTLE.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND
ELEVATED LINE WAS PROPOSED THAT
DISPLACES MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANTED TO DISCUSS A FEW OF
THE MAJOR CONCERNS.
THIS WOULD LEAD INTO DEMOLITION
ABOUT 100 TO 150 HOUSES BASED
ON OUR ESTIMATES.
IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING
CRISIS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
MOST HOUSES AFFECTED ARE
CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING
THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL
FOR GROWTH.
THE NEW PROPOSAL WOULD LEAD TO
PERMANENT LOSS OF TAX REVENUE
FOR THE CITY AND LOSS OF
TRANSIT ORIENTED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE NEW PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE
FUTURE LIGHT ROPE POSSIBLE BUT
IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS WOULD
LEAD TO THE DECIMATION OF
HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL HOUSES
IN WEST SEATTLE LEAVING A
PERMANENT SCAR ACROSS THE AREA.
LIGHT RAIL IS A GENERATIONAL
DECISION AND WE SHOULD NOT BE
TEMPTED BY QUICK AND EASY
ALTERNATIVES AND AND STAND AND
INSTEAD BUILD SOMETHING WE CAN
PROBABLY PASS ON TO THE NEW
GENERATION.
>> PERL?
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY-
- AND CHRIS CONTRERAS.
>> MY NAME IS PEARL CHAN I AM A
RECENT TRANSPLANT FROM NEW
YORK CITY AND WE JUST BOUGHT IN
THE WEST SEATTLE AREA EIGHT
DAYS AFTER WE MOVED IN WE GOT A
FLYER SAYING WE MIGHT BE
DISPLACED.
THE THIRD PROPOSAL DOES 13 HOUR
BLOCK ON 25th AVE.
AND IN THE SHORT TIME WE'VE
BEEN IN WEST SEATTLE, I'M KIND
OF A PURPLE UNICORN.
WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE
IN THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN BUT
AS WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW WEST
SEATTLE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT EQUITY IT REALLY IS SOUTH
OF WHERE WE ARE.
IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY IT
SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE
TO HAVE IT ALL DELRIDGE.
THAT'S WHERE THE TRANSIT IS
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE'VE
ONLY LIVED IN OUR MONTH BUT MAY
BE DISPLACED IN A FEW YEARS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
REASONS THAT WE BOUGHT A HOUSE
THERE. WE WERE NOT PART OF
LEVEL I AND LEVEL II BECAUSE WE
WEREN'T IN SEATTLE YET.
I JUST KNOW THAT MY HUSBAND AND
MY DAUGHTER AND I WENT TO THE
PHASE 3 MEETING AND AS I LOOKED
AROUND THE ROOM WE WERE VERY
MUCH UNDERREPRESENTED.
I WOULD SAY MY DAUGHTER WHO IS
HALF CHINESE, THERE'S ONLY ONE
AND A HALF MINORITIES IN THE
ROOM FROM WHAT I SAW.
I SAW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
MOST AFFECTED BY THIS
ESPECIALLY MY IMMEDIATE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTED AT
THE MEETING SO I WANT TO SPEAK
FOR MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD
BECAUSE EVEN ON OUR RADIUS I
WOULD SAY ABOUT 1/3 TO 1/2 ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND I DID NOT
SEE THAT REPRESENTED.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME AND MAYBE
IT'S AN ANGER IGNORANT
ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WERE NOT
IT'S REPRESENTED EITHER.
. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR JUMPING IN AND WE
WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE CONNECTING TO FOLKS
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> MY NAME IS WAY AND I
CURRENTLY MOVED IN A COUPLE
MONTHS BEFORE PEARL.
WE WERE NOT TO BE TO WHAT'S
GOING ON.
I'M JUST AGAINST THE 25th AVE.
STATION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
DISPLACE A LOT OF US MINORITIES.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY I
GUESS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TO
SHARE THAT.
I APPRECIATE IT'S.
CHRIS IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWED
BY DENNIS NOLAN AND CHRIS
COULTER AND DEB BARKER IS THE
LAST ONE.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF DELRIDGE
AS WELL AND BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN
2011.
WHEN WE DECIDED TO HAVE KIDS WE
DIDN'T DECIDE ON TWINS.
>> WE CAN'T AFFORD SEATTLE SO
WE HAD TO MOVE TO TACOMA AND
DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE
GRANDPARENTS LIVE HERE IN
SEATTLE BUT WE DID ANYWAY. THE
IDEA THAT WE WOULD KEEP OUR
PROPERTY AND USE IT AS AN
INVESTMENT PROPERTY TO PUT KIDS
TO SCHOOL AND DEAL WITH STUDENT
LOANS AND THE CONCEPT OF
HEALTHCARE.
WE HAD THE NOTION OF HOW WE ARE
GOING TO GET COMPENSATED FOR
THAT IF THAT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM
US NOT JUST FOR THEIR BUT THE
POTENTIAL TO BUILD ON THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME
INFORMATION ON HOW THAT'S GOING
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
>> THAT'S A CONCERN WE'VE HEARD
FROM A LOT OF FOLKS.
THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS
WE ARE EVEN CONTEMPLATING HAVE
IMPACTS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT
IS SOMETHING WE ARE AWARE OF
AND WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET
SOME CLARITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH
OUT AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATION
úAND CONNECT YOU WITH REAL
ESTATE OFFICES.
WHILE IT'S PREMATURE TO DO THIS
HOW WE COMPENSATE PEOPLE IN
WHAT GOES INTO THE
COMPENSATION, THAT SHOULD NOT
BE HARD.
>> DENNIS?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE YOUNGSTOWN WORKING-CLASS
NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OR MOST OF
MY NEIGHBORS ARE AT WORK.
INTO SQUARE BLOCKS ARE 90+
FAMILY HOMES WITH MANY
RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOW INCOME
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WITH EASY REACH THE CITY CORE
AND SUPERB TRANSIT SERVICE
INCREASING HOUSING DENSITY IS
EXACTLY WHAT LEADERSHIP OF A
REGION PROFESSES WE NEED MORE
OF.
WE SHOULD-- NOT BE DESTROYED BY
LIGHT RAILS BECAUSE RESIDENTS
AND PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOT
NOTIFIED IN EARLY 2018 AND US
MAIL AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
OUR INPUT HAS NOT BEEN PART OF
THE YEAR-LONG ST WEANING
PROCESS.
WE ARE IN A CATCH-UP MODE TO
PUSH IT BACK. IN REALITY THERE
ARE NO ALTERNATIVES AND ALL
THREE DECIMATE OUR YOUNGSTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT OTHER
WRITINGS BE IN CONSIDERED. WITH
LESS THAN 5% OF REQUIRED
ENGINEERING COMPLETED THESE
ROUTES ARE RESERVED FOR THEIR
STUDY.
FOR TRANSIT OF STUDIES IS IN
USE OF OPEN SPACES, BOTH
CHALLENGE CHANNELS IF UTILIZED
WOULD MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
ON ANOTHER NOTE I REQUEST
PARTIES ADDRESSING THE EIS
PROCESS.
WE THE PUBLIC DO NOT KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR
SCOPING SUBMISSIONS.
WE WANT TRANSPARENCY.
YOU MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN 1000
SCOPING COMMENTS.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE
WILL BE PROCESSED, WHO REVIEWS
THE MATERIAL AND MAKES
DECISIONS AND ONE OF THE
EVALUATION CRITERIA MOVING
FORWARD THE DESIGNATED DATES
FOR THE SAG AND STATION
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND
THEY MUST BE LOOKED
DELIBERATIVE AND THOROUGH.
IS THERE SOME WAY TO SUBMIT MY
COMMENTS.
THANK YOU DENNIS.
>> DENNIS?
>> HEY EVERYBODY.
>> HEY CHRIS.
>> I'M A DELRIDGE RESIDENT WITH
SOME OF MY OTHER FOLKS AND SOME
OF MY FOLKS ARE WORKING RIGHT
NOW BUT I GOT OUT OF WORK TO
COME HERE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT LIGHT RAIL IS
COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
WE RECOGNIZE WHO'S GOING TO BE
WINNERS AND LOSERS AND SOME OF
US ARE GOING TO BE DISPOSSESSED
OF OUR HOUSES.
WE GET IT.
WE RECOGNIZE THE LIGHT RAIL IS
GOING TO CHANGE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD..
I HAVE NOT OBSERVED IT AND
REALLY PUSHED INTO A WAY WHERE
IT HAS DECIMATED AN ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT I WILL CALL THE BLUE LINE.
THERE'S 90+ FAMILIES THAT THE
LINE IS GOING TO DISPLACE.
IT'S NOT 90 PROPERTIES, IT'S 90
FAMILIES IN ONE PLACE. WHAT IS
SAD IS AFTER THAT IS THAT SOUND
TRANSIT WANTS TO USE THE
REMAINING LAND FOR TRANSIT
DEVELOPMENT SO I READ THAT IS
CONDOS AND COFFEE SHOPS FOR
TECH WORKERS.
DELRIDGE DOESN'T NEED MORE
COFFEE SHOPS.
IN FACT WE STILL GO OVER TO
EACH OTHER'S HOUSES TO HAVE
COFFEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M HERE TO ASK ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP TO PUSH THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD TO
RECONSIDER THE DELRIDGE BLUE
STATION AND TO LOOK AT SOME
OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT SEEM TO
BE CALLED DURING LEVEL I AND
LEVEL II SUCH AS THE PURPLE
LINE STATION WE'VE NEVER HEARD
ABOUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE
DID NOT GET NOTIFIED.
BEACON HILL GETS A TUNNEL AND
VALUE OF YOU GOT A TUNNEL, I
WOULD ASK THAT WE NURTURE TWICE
AND CUT ONCE.
WE'VE GOT PLANNING AND
ENGINEERING TALENT TO DO THAT.
I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CAREFULLY.
>> DEB IS THE LAST PERSON WHO
HAS SIGNED UP.
IF THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS.
>> MY NAME IS DEB BARKER AND
I'M HONORED TO BE A
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP.
I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS AND I'M
GOING TO ASK, I HAD MY LIST OF
FOLKS THAT COMMENTS ARE
DIRECTED TO SO COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON HAVE ALREADY LEFT IF
YOU COULD PASS THEM ON.
MY COMMENTS ARE MOSTLY DIRECTED
TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF
THE WEST SEATTLE RESIDENTS
RIGHT NOW BUT THIS KIND OF GOES
TO EVERYBODY.
THEY SAY THAT A PICTURE IS
WORTH 1000 WORDS.
>> I VISITED WEST SEATTLE.
>> A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS
AND A ONE HOUR TOUR, ACTUAL
VISIT WITH YOUR EYEBALLS ON
WEST SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY THE
PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL STATION
AREAS AND THE ALIGNMENTS WITHIN
THE AREA AS WELL WORTH YOUR TIME
, AND YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF
PRIOR TO YOUR DECISION IN WEST
SEATTLE, IT'S AN ANOMALY AND I
WANT YOU TO KEEP A HOLD OF THIS
FACT.
WITHIN THE ALIGNMENT, ONLY IN
WEST SEATTLE ARE THERE PROPOSED
IMPACTS TO ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL
AREAS, SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL AREAS BUT ALL THE
OTHER IMPACTS WITHIN THE
ALIGNMENT ARE GOING TO BE TOO
COMMERCIAL AREAS, EXISTING
INDUSTRIAL AREAS, SO WEST
SEATTLE IS AN ANOMALY.
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN WAS ON A
THREE HOUR TOUR BUT WENT ON A
TOUR OF THE DELRIDGE AREA AND I
THINK IT WAS VERY USEFUL.
I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE TO MAKE A
PERSONAL VISIT TO THE STATION
AREAS AND THE REAL ALIGNMENT IN
LOVELY WEST SEATTLE.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THIS DISCUSSION
TODAY AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU FOR HEARING US
TODAY.
I MAY WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
HAD NOT PLANNED ON MAKING A
PUBLIC STATEMENT BUT BASED ON
SOME OF WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY
AND AT THE LAST ADVISORY GROUP
I'VE OBSERVED AN OPPORTUNITY
AND FELT THAT IT WAS MY ROLE TO
AT LEAST SPEAK AND SHARE IT
WITH YOU ALL.
FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL AND THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY,
THERE SEEMS TO BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSIDE
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WITHIN
THESE GROUPS AND IT APPEARS
THAT ALL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IS
BEING RUN THROUGH SOUND
TRANSIT.
KNOTS NOT THAT THAT'S
NECESSARILY A PROBLEM BUT I
THINK IF THERE'S TECHNICAL
ANALYSIS THROUGH THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
THE BOARD, THOSE CAN ALSO
INTERFACE DIRECTLY WITH THE
COMMUNITY SO I JUST WANTED TO
SHARE THAT OBSERVATION WITH
YOU.
>> HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
COME ON FORWARD.
>> I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD BUILT
UPON--
>> THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON.
I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD BUILD
UPON WHAT DEB BARKER WAS
STEALING.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
BEYOND THAT STATION WHEN THE
LEVEL III DESIGN CAME ON, WHAT
IS CALLED AN ELEVATED 41st AVE.
CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
NOT ONLY WOULD THERE BE
APPROXIMATELY 90 HOMES AND
FAMILIES REMOVED FOR THE
DELRIDGE STATION BUT ACCORDING
TO SOUND TRANSIT THE ESTIMATE
90-120 HOMES DESTROYED, REMOVED
FOR THE ELEVATED 41st AVE.
ROUTE WHEN THAT COMES THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME
FROM AND OF COURSE IT GOES TO
NORTH SOUTH FACING STATION IF
THAT'S CHOSEN. FOR PHASE 4 IF
THAT GOES THROUGH, THEY PLAN ON
GOING 1st AVE., SOUTHWEST. THEY
SAID THEY WOULD JUST BUY THE
HOMES ON EACH SIDE WHICH IS
REHEARD THE OTHER GENTLEMAN
STATE IT WOULD BE THE REMOVAL
OF HUNDREDS MORE HOMES HEADING
SOUTH FROM THERE DOWN 41st.
I KNOW THAT I'M NOT HERE FOR
THAT BUT ALSO PLEASE PAY
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE
ELEVATED 41st THAT WAS
INTRODUCED IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
IT WOULD REMOVE TOO MANY HOMES
WHICH MAYOR DURKAN HAS SAID
IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
IF WE GO INTO WEST SEATTLE,
KEEP IT A TUNNEL.
>> I SEE NO ONE ELSE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND INVITE
PRESENTERS FORWARD FOR THE NEXT
PHASE.
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I
WILL MAKE. THANK YOU FOR THE
INVITATION TO COME OUT TO WEST
SEATTLE AND DELRIDGE.
I WAS OUT THERE A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO BIKING AROUND BUT
HAVE NOT DONE A FORMAL TOUR
WITH NEIGHBORS.
I CERTAINLY RELY ON MY
COLLEAGUES WHO LIVE AND
REPRESENT THAT AREA TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK AS WELL.
>> I HEARD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS
FROM FOLKS SAYING THEY WERE
ABLE TO TAKE TIME OFF TO BE
HERE BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
FOLKS WHO CANNOT BE HERE AND WE
RECOGNIZE WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS
THAT THAT'S A REALITY WHICH IS
WHY WE TRIED TO PROVIDE
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO
COLLECT COMMENTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
MOST PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TODAY
WHEN THE DEBATE.
WE ARE CONSIDERING COMMENT FROM
ALL SORTS.
THEN AT SOME POINT DURING THE
PRESENTATIONS WE HEARD
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE SCOPING
COMMENTS WILL BE USED AND
TRANSPARENCY AROUND THAT.
IF YOU HAVE A TOUCH ON IF YOU
HAVE THE ABILITY TO TOUCH ON
THAT AND TIMING, THAT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL AS WELL.
>> I WILL KICK IT OFF WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT
WE'VE DONE IN WEST SEATTLE.
JUST AS WITH THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT STATION
WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS
OF ENGAGING. BRIEFINGS,
MEETINGS, ATTENDING COMMUNITY
MEETINGS.
THERE MAY BE 3040 OR 60 FOLKS
THERE. COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS,
DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH, OPEN
HOUSES, NEIGHBORHOOD FORMS, AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
INTERVIEWS.
SO IN WEST SEATTLE WE'VE HAD 27
COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS, 20 DOOR-TO-
DOOR CONVERSATIONS, SEVEN
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
INTERVIEWS, 5 FORMS AND OPERA
HOUSES, OPEN HOUSES ENGAGE IN
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OVER 20
PROPERTY OWNER MEETINGS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTY
OWNERS WHO HAD QUESTIONS AND
WE'VE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> MORE SPECIFICALLY HERE'S A
SNAPSHOT OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
JUST NOTE WE BEEN OUT TO VISION
POINT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IN
TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT THE
DELRIDGE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE
EVEN BEEN AT A DRINK AND LINK.
WE HAVE DONE A WALKING TOUR
WHERE WE LOOKED AT ALL THE
STATIONS TOGETHER INCLUDING THE
DELRIDGE STATION AS WELL AS A
COMMUNITY BRIEFING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE ALSO DONE A NUMBER OF
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
INTERVIEWS WHERE WE'VE MET WITH
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
THOSE THAT SERVE COMMUNITIES IN
THE WEST SEATTLE AREA SUCH AS
SOUTHWEST YOUTH AND FAMILY
SERVICES, DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY
CTR., DELRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER,
AND THE WHITE CENTER COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS WELL.
WE TRY TO BE WHERE THE FOLKS ARE
SO WE ARE THERE IN AUGUST AS
WELL AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH
RAPID RIDE OPEN HOUSE AND AT
THE DELRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AS FOLKS WERE THERE FOR
BASKETBALL GAMES ALONG WITH
SEATTLE BEING THERE TO LET THEM
KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE.
WITH THAT I WILL HANDED OFF TO
CAHILL.
>> I WILL BRIEFLY OBSERVE THE
ALTERNATIVE PROCESS THAT
STARTED WITH EARLY SCOPING.
WHEN WE WENT TO THE EARLY
SCOPING PERIOD IN FEBRUARY WE
HAD NEIGHBORHOOD FORMS AND WHAT
WE WERE PRESENTING WAS THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT SHOWN ON
YOUR SCREEN.
A GENERALLY ELEVATED STRUCTURE
SO THAT WAS THE STARTING POINT
OVER A YEAR AGO.
COMING OUT OF THE PERIOD WE GOT
A LOT OF ADDITIONAL IDEAS ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES THAT WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.
THESE DEFINE LEVEL ONE
ALTERNATIVES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE VARIOUS
OPTIONS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH
SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AS WELL AS
THE ALTERNATIVE MUCH FURTHER
SOUTH REFERRED TO AS THE PURPLE
ALTERNATIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS WAYS OF
GOING TO THE DELRIDGE AREA. THE
YANCEY ALTERNATIVE SHOWN IN PINK
, SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT GO ALONG
GENESEE AND THE ALTERNATIVE
THAT GOES MORE TOWARD THE WEST
SEATTLE GOLF COURSE.
>> WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND
ALL OF THE INFORMATION WAS
PRESENTED PUBLICLY.
WE GOT FEEDBACK IN MAY AND THIS
IS THE SLIDE YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN
. SOME OF THE MAJOR FEEDBACK
THAT WE GOT AT THAT TIME.
SO THE DARK BLUE ALTERNATIVE,
THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR SHIFTING
DELRIDGE STATION SOUTH.
THERE ARE MIXED OPINIONS ABOUT
CONSOLIDATING THE STATIONS AND
MIXED OPINIONS ABOUT USAGE OF
OPEN SPACE.
THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR THE
PURPLE ALTERNATIVE AND FEEDBACK
TO CONSIDER SHIFTING THE
ALIGNMENT FURTHER NORTH, THE
LIGHT BLUE ALTERNATIVE.
COMING OUT OF THE
RECOMMENDATION PROCESS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO NOT
CARRY FORWARD THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE AND NOT CARRY FORWARD
THE PINK ALTERNATIVE TO YANCEY
STREET AND TO MODIFY THE LIGHT
BLUE ALTERNATIVE TO BE LESS OF
AN EFFECT. THAT THEN DEFINED
WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN LEVEL II
AND YOU CAN SEE THE
ALTERNATIVES ARE MOSTLY
CONCENTRATED ALONG THE DELRIDGE
WAY AND GENESEE ST. CORD OR.
>> WE DID THE LEVEL II ANALYSIS
OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES AND THIS
FEEDBACK IS PROBABLY THE SAME
SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN.
THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR A LOWER
HEIGHT GUIDEWAY. THE GENERAL
SUPPORT AT THAT TIME FOR THE
OFFSTREET DELRIDGE STATIONS,
THE LIGHT BLUE ALTERNATIVE THAT
HAS MORE DEVELOPMENT CONTENTION
-- POTENTIAL AND THE CONCERN
THAT INVOLVES 2 TUNNELS.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT
OF LEVEL TO WERE TO NOT CARRY
FORWARD THE BROWN ALTERNATIVE
WHICH WENT TOWARD ALASKA
JUNCTION, TO NOT CARRY FOR THE
ORANGE ALTERNATIVE WHICH AGAIN
WAS AN OREGON STREET
ALTERNATIVE BUT ELEVATED TO NOT
CARRY FORWARD THE PURPLE
ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS THE WEST
SEATTLE ALTERNATIVE BUT TO ADD
A NEW ALTERNATIVE IN THE ALASKA
JUNCTION AREA ORIENTED NORTH
AND SOUTH AND TO MOVE THE
DELRIDGE STATION FURTHER SOUTH.
THAT IS THE ALTERNATIVES WE ARE
LOOKING AT OR HAVE BEEN WORKING
OUT WORKING AT.
WE GENERALLY HAVE 3 END-TO-END
ALTERNATIVES AND SPEAKING MORE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WEST
SEATTLE SEGMENTS WE HAVE THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT WHICH
WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE
EVALUATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE A SECOND ALTERNATIVE
WHICH WE CALL THE YELLOW-BROWN
ALTERNATIVE AND THIS IS
DIFFERENT THAN THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT.
IT MOVES THE STATION FURTHER
SOUTH THAN WAS IDENTIFIED IN
THE PLAN AND ORIENTS THE ALASKA
JUNCTION STATION TO BE IN THE
NORTH-SOUTH CONFIGURATION SO
THAT'S THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE.
THE THIRD IS SHOWN IN BLUE AND
WOULD HAVE A NORTH CROSSING
INSTEAD OF A SELF CROSSING AND
WAS THE STATION FURTHER SOUTH
FURTHER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL
COMMUNITY AND IN THE JUNCTION
AREA IT ASSUMES TUNNEL OPTIONS
WITH SOME STATIONS ON 31st, 42nd
AND 44th.
SOME OF THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS
ON THE TABLE ARE THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT,
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERN WITH
THE EAST-WEST ORIENTATION AND
THAT COULD COMPLICATE FUTURE
EXTENSIONS FURTHER SOUTH. IT IS
ALSO A MORE CONSTRAINED
LOCATION FOR THE STATION ON
ALASKA STREET THAT WOULD RESULT
IN A HEIGHT GUIDEWAY AND HAVE
EFFECTS AS IT GOES TO THE WEST
SEATTLE GOLF COURSE. THE
LOCATION OF THE STATION WAS
KNOWN TO BE PROBLEMATIC. WITH
THE ORANGE ALTERNATIVE IT WOULD
RESULT AS HAS BEEN NOTED IN
PUBLIC COMMENT WITH MORE
DISPLACEMENTS BETWEEN ALASKA
JUNCTION BUT WOULD HAVE A
SIMILAR NUMBER TO THE OTHER
ALTERNATIVES. WE HAVE GREATER
OBSTRUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WOULD RESULT IN A HIGH
GUIDEWAY AND WOULD ALSO AFFECT
THE AREA ALONG DELRIDGE AND THE
GOLF COURSE.
WITH THE LIGHT BLUE ALTERNATIVES
THERE WOULD BE FEWER
DISPLACEMENTS IN THE ALASKA
JUNCTION AREA BUT A SIMILAR
NUMBER IN THE DELRIDGE AREA.
IT WOULD HAVE A LOWER HEIGHT
STATION. THE TUNNEL FACILITATES
A LOWER GUIDEWAY ALONG GENESEE
STREET BUT THAT COULD INCREASE
THE SCHEDULE AND REQUIRE
DDITIONAL FUNDING AND WOULD
HAVE EFFECTS TO THE GOLF COURSE.
SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENTIATORS,
THESE ARE COLOR-CODED WITH
STATION LOCATION.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
ALASKA JUNCTION THERE ARE
DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF
PROXIMITY.
THIS IS BROKEN OUT INTO THE
AVALON JUNCTION AREA AND ALSO
THE DELRIDGE AREA.
THE RESIDENTIAL EFFECTS WOULD
BE FAIRLY SIMILAR ACROSS ALL OF
THE ALTERNATIVES.
IN TERMS OF PROPERTY AFFECTS
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE
GREATER PROPERTY AFFECTS WITH
THE BLUE ALTERNATIVE WITH
BUSINESS PROPERTY AFFECTS.
GUIDEWAY HEIGHTS YOU WOULD HAVE
A HIGHER GUIDEWAY AND WITH THE
BLUE ALTERNATIVE YOU WOULD HAVE
A LOWER GUIDEWAY HEIGHT. OF
COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE
COMPARISONS IN TERMS OF CAUSTIC
SUMMITS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ASK A
QUESTION?
>> FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
AFFECTS YOU ARE IDENTIFYING THAT
THE DELRIDGE HOUSEHOLDS
DISPLACED ARE PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME ACROSS ALL ALTERNATIVES.
THE NUMBER THAT YOU ARE USING
IS LESS THAN 40.
THE NUMBER THAT WE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS MORE LIKE
90 HOUSEHOLDS SO THAT'S ONE
QUESTION.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS REGARDING
SPECIFICALLY THE BUSINESS TO
PLACEMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THE BUSINESS
DISPLACEMENTS ARE SO MUCH
HIGHER.
>> TO POINT OUT, THIS IS A VERY
EARLY STAGE OF ANALYSIS BUT AS
WE LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVES WE
THINK THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACTS
ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR ACROSS THE
ALTERNATIVES.
WE WILL LEARN MORE AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS PROCESS BUT AT
THIS POINT IT LOOKS FAIRLY
SIMILAR. IN REGARD TO THE BLUE
ALTERNATIVE AND POTENTIAL
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENTS THAT'S
ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREA ON THE
NORTH OR SOUTH SIDE OF THE
EXISTING BRIDGE SO THAT'S WHY
YOU ARE SEEING DIFFERENCES.
>> ANY THOUGHTS BETWEEN THE
DISPARITY BETWEEN THE 40
HOUSEHOLDS AND 90 HOUSEHOLDS?
>> I KNOW WHERE OUR NUMBER CAME
FROM AND I CAN'T REALLY SAY
WERE THE OTHER CAME FROM.
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
RECONCILE AND FOR US TO GET
CLARITY IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
OF OPINION THAT WOULD BE GREAT
FOR US TO KNOW AND IF THERE'S
INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN
SHARED THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO
KNOW AS WELL.
>> THE CROSSING DOES HAVE
IMPLICATIONS FOR WHAT GOES ON
AS WELL.
WITH THE ORANGE ALTERNATIVE
THEY WOULD BOTH BE ON THE SOUTH
SIDE. THEY WOULD HAVE EFFECTS
ON THE SLOPES OF THE AREA WHICH
ENTERS INTO THE EQUATION. IF
YOU ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE YOU
ARE AVOIDING THE ISSUES HAVING A
GREATER EFFECT ON PORT
FACILITIES.
SOME OF THE KEY DISTINCTIONS,,
THE PROPERTY AFFECTS ARE FAIRLY
SIMILAR AND YOU HAVE GREATER
EFFECTS AS YOU MAKE THAT TURN.
OBVIOUSLY IT AFFECTS MORE IF
YOU ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE PORT FACILITIES.
YOU ALSO HAVE POTENTIAL
DISPLACEMENTS OF WATER
DEPENDENT BUSINESSES.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT
SLIDE?
ON SLIDE 79 AS IT RELATES TO
THE CONSTRUCTION ALONG SPOKANE,
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW THAT MAY IMPACT
ACCESS TO THE PENINSULA?
THIS IS A CONCERN THAT THE
CHAMBER HAS RECENTLY RAISED.
>> CERTAINLY WHATEVER ALIGNMENT
THAT WE PICK THERE'S GOING TO
BE CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS AND WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ASSESS
WHAT THOSE ARE AS WE GO THROUGH
THE DRAFT PROCESS.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
DETERMINE ONE IS BETTER THAN
THE OTHER.
>> TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF THE
CONTEXT FOR THE DELRIDGE
STATION, THIS STATION WILL BE A
KEY INTERCEPT FOR THE FUTURE
RAPID RIDE H PLANNED LINE WHICH
CONVERTS THE CURRENT ROUTE 120
INTO RAPID RIDE SERVICE.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE AN
IMPORTANT INTERCEPT POINT FOR
SERVICE TO SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A DEEP
TRAVEL SHUT INTO THE DELRIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPECIFICALLY
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT OUR
ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTED FURTHER
DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TRANSIT
INTEGRATION BE A KEY DESIGN
PRINCIPLE AT THIS STATION.
WHEN WE ZOOM IN, SOME OF THE
FEATURES THAT WE NOTE ARE THE
WEST SEATTLE GOLF COURSE, THE
COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE
GREENBELT. IT'S A PHENOMENAL
SET OF PUBLIC PARK AND GREEN
SPACE USES THAT FORM THE HEART
OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
A LOT OF OUR EARLY OUTREACH WE
HEARD GET THE STATION CLOSER TO
THOSE AMENITIES. THERE IS AN
EXISTING BODY OF PLANNING WORK
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE FALL
FOR THE NORTH DELRIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE NORTH
DELRIDGE ACTION PLAN.
THAT PLANNING PROCESS AND
DOCUMENT YIELDED A NUMBER OF
IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REVOLVE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS ALSO ANTICIPATING THE
POTENTIAL ARRIVAL OF THE LIGHT
RAIL AND ASSUMING THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT LOCATION.
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE
IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN EARLY
OUTREACH OF REINFORCING ART AND
BRINGING THAT AS AN EXPRESSION
INTO THE STATION DESIGN AND
PLANNING AS WELL AS THINKING
ABOUT EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY
AMENITIES.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ZONING
CONTEXT AND HOW THE STATION IS
INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITY,
ABOUT 6% 66% OF THE ZONES USE
IN THE STATION AREA, IS EITHER
SINGLE SINGLE-FAMILY OR LOW
RISE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS
DEB BARKER POINTED OUT EARLIER,
VERY MUCH A SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. ANOTHER
IMPORTANT FEATURE IS THE STREET
NETWORK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT
STATION LOCATIONS FROM THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT YOU HAVE
A LARGER WATERSHED WHICH IS
HAT THE DASHED LINES ARE
INDICATING AS THE GEOMETRY
WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE
STREET NETWORK OF TYPOGRAPHY.
AS YOU GENERALLY MOVE FURTHER
SOUTH YOU SERVE MORE
DESTINATIONS AND THE STATION
BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT.
>> AS WE LOOKED AT THE THREE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND
DEVELOPED THE STATION CONCEPTS
A BIT FURTHER, THIS IS KIND OF
WHERE WE ARE IN THE CURRENT
LEVEL OF DESIGN THINKING.
THE REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT
NORTH OF ANDOVER WOULD HAVE
ENTRIES THAT CAN SPAN BOTH
SIDES OF DELRIDGE WAY.
YOU WILL SEE GENERALLY IN THESE
GRAPHICS THE GREEN LINES
INDICATE EXISTING NONMOTORIZED
FACILITIES LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AND DASHED GREEN
LINES INDICATE POTENTIAL
COLLECTIONS THAT COULD BE MADE
DIRECTLY INTO THE INSTITUTION.
THE BLUE RECTANGLES AROUND THE
DIFFERENT STATION LOCATIONS
INDICATE WHERE BUSES COULD STOP.
AVENUE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WOULD
INTERFACE THESE NETWORKS, THE
CONNECTIONS YOU COULD MAKE AND
HOW THAT AFFECTS BUS OPERATIONS
IN CIRCULATION, WE ARE STARTING
TO GET A HIGHER LEVEL PICTURE
OF HOW THESE STATIONS WORK.
FIRST MAY BE TO GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE CONTEXT FOR EACH OF THESE
LOCATIONS. THE NORTH OF ANDOVER
LOCATION WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
RIGHT NEAR THE ON RAMP TO THE
SEATTLE BRIDGE WHICH IS A
PRETTY DRAMATIC TRANSITION FROM
A NEIGHBORHOOD ARTERIAL TO A
FREEWAY BUT IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL NODE WITH
THE STEEL PLANT TO THE WEST AND
A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL EXTENT
ESTABLISHMENTS. AS WE THOUGHT
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR STATION
LOCATION WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE DIRECT INTEGRATION FROM
BOTH SIDES BUT IT'S LOCATION
CREATES A MORE CHALLENGING
PEDESTRIAN BIKE ENVIRONMENT DUE
TO THE PROXIMITY. THAT KIND OF
TRAFFIC PATTERN AND UTILIZATION
PATTERN REALLY INFLUENCES THE
ABILITY OF BUSES TO EASILY
SERVE ON THIS AREA AS WELL FROM
AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
FROM A LAND-USE PERSPECTIVE
GIVEN THE ADJACENCIES TO STEAL
AND THE TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, RELATIVELY
LIMITED POTENTIAL WITH STATION
LOCATION AND SPECIFICALLY, MORE
CHALLENGING TO THINK ABOUT
HOUSING INTEGRATION INTO FUTURE
STATION SITES AND DEVELOPMENT
DUE TO THOSE CONDITIONS.
>> ONE SECOND.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE
GOOD BIKE FACILITIES HERE BUT
PROPOSES A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF
THE PROXIMITY TO ON RAMPS.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?
>> THERE IS AN EXISTING GREENWAY
SOUTHWEST THAT'S JUST A LITTLE
BIT OUTSIDE OF THIS IMAGE.
THAT GREENWAY JOGS OVER SO IT'S
AN EXISTING FACILITY AND NOT
FULLY SEPARATED OR PROTECTIVE.
THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
EXPLORED LATER IN DESIGN ALONG
WITH THE CITY AND HOW WE CAN
POTENTIALLY UPGRADE THAT TO
MAKE IT EVEN SAFER FOR CYCLISTS.
SIMILARLY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS UP THE HILL.
THE ISSUE IS JUST THE NATURE OF
THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND THE FACT
THAT ON TOP OF THAT YOU WILL
HAVE A STATION THERE WITH BUSES
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
CONGESTED CONDITION AND THUS
RAISE THE SPECTER OF CONFLICTS.
>> THE ORANGE STATION LOCATION
WOULD BE BETWEEN ANDOVER AND
DAKOTA STREETS.
CURRENTLY THE ALTERNATIVE
CONTEMPLATES IT WOULD BE
DIRECTLY IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AT THIS POINT YOU ARE A LITTLE
BIT SELF AND CLOSER TO
AMENITIES.
YOU ARE ALSO NEXT TO AN AREA
THAT CURRENTLY HAS COMMERCIAL
ZONING INCLUDING AN OFFICE
BUILDING AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED
PROJECT. AS WELL AS TO THE EAST,
A CRITICAL SLOPE AREA.
WITH THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION,
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIRECT BUS
ACCESS IS PRETTY NOTABLE SO
BUSES CAN STOP BENEATH THE
STATION.
IT WOULD BE A HIGHER STATION,
60 FEET OR SO SO YOU WOULD HAVE
VERTICAL CIRCULATION TIME YOU
WOULD HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR WITH
THAT INTEGRATION. BUT STILL
DIRECT TRANSIT INTEGRATION.
IT'S A BIT CLOSER TO
DESTINATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND A
POTENTIAL FOR CONNECTIONS OF
THAT SOUTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAY. POTENTIALLY EVEN
THINKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL HILL
CLIMB THAT CAN GO ON THIS
IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SERVE
THE PIGEON POINT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY
FOR SMALLER SCALE REDEVELOPMENT
GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE
WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME
PROPERTY FOR STAGING IN THAT
VICINITY PARTICULARLY IN THE
COMMERCIALLY ZONED AREA BETWEEN
ANDOVER AND DAKOTA.
IT MAKES THE TURN TO GO UP ON
THE YOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS A RESULT THERE ARE FEWER
OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A DIFFERENT FOOTPRINT
CHARACTERISTIC SO THERE'S LESS
POTENTIAL TO TRANSLATE AFFECTS
INTO REDEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THE STATION IN THE BLUE
NORTH OF GENESEE CITES THE
STATION OF AS WE'VE HEARD FROM
PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN AN EXISTING
SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
VERY INTIMATE SCALE SO THE
INTRODUCTION OF A STATION WOULD
BE TRANSFORMATIVE MOVE FOR THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE ASSESS WHAT
THAT MEANS, I GUESS I WILL
START WITH THIS ONE FROM A LAND-
USE AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND HAS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON
SCALE AND FABRIC BUT WITH THAT
COMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-
ENVISION WHAT A POTENTIAL
TRANSIT STATION AND COMMUNITY
WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S REALLY
THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY OR THE
ONLY STATION THAT HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OF
DEVELOPMENT AT A SCALE THAT YOU
COULD REALLY INTRODUCE
COMMUNITY AMENITIES LIKE A
GROCERY STORE THAT REQUIRE
DENSITY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
THOSE AMENITIES.
IT'S A CHOICE OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR
CHOICE WITH ALL OF THESE
LOCATIONS.
FROM A TRANSIT INTEGRATION
PERSPECTIVE OF, THERE IS A
SLIGHTLY LONGER CONNECTION FOR
BUS TRANSFERS UNLESS BUSES
DIVERT.
WE HAVE EXPLORED WITH METRO
THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO
DIVERT BUSES TO CONSOLIDATE THE
ZONES IN A WAY THAT PROVIDE
MORE OF A DIRECT ACCESS.
IF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN AND
BUSES REMAINED, THEY WOULD BE A
SLIGHTLY LONGER WALK AND A NEED
TO ACCESS THE STATION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT.
THERE'S A NOT OPPORTUNITY TO
THINK ABOUT BRINGING THE
GREENWAY DIRECTLY INTO THE
STATION AND CREATE MORE OF A
PUBLIC REALM AND ALSO,
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND DELRIDGE
AND ESPECIALLY TIE INTO A
DAKOTA STREET HILL CLIMB AS
WITH THE ORANGE ALTERNATIVE.
>> IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE, UNDER LAND-USE
AND DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST
BULLET IS THE LARGEST EFFECT TO
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS SCALE
AND FABRIC.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SQUARING
THAT STATEMENT WITH THE EARLIER
STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY 40 RESIDENTIAL
HOUSEHOLDS DISPLACED AGAINST
ALL THREE OPTIONS.
>> I THINK WITH THAT IS
SPEAKING TO HIS IF YOU LOOK AT
OTHER STATION OPTIONS, THE
GUIDEWAY ITSELF GOES THROUGH
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND YOU
POTENTIALLY HAVE RESIDENTIAL
EFFECTS OVERALL.
NOT THE SAME RESIDENCE IS BUT A
SIMILAR MAGNITUDE.
WHAT THIS BULLET IS TALKING
ABOUT IS THE STATION ITSELF IS
WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MORE
DIRECT EFFECT ON THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT EXISTS. IT
WOULD CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
FROM WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU ARE SAYING THE
LARGEST EFFECT, IT IS NOT
FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION OF
DISPLACEMENT?
>> IT'S ALSO SPEAKING TO THE
CHARACTER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WE DID ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY
WORKSHOP ON MARCH 12 AND WE HAD
94 PARTICIPANTS WITH US. FROM
THAT WORKSHOP AS WELL AS OTHER
ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WE
HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT
COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD VISION
AND VALUES, WHAT PEOPLE LOVE
ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
WHEN THE LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION
OPENS.
HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
WE'VE HEARD.
FOLKS REALLY VALUE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, GREEN
SPACES, DIVERSE TOPOGRAPHY,
BIRDS, VIEWS, AND WOULD LIKE TO
MAINTAIN A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
AND DIVERSITY WHICH SPEAKS TO
AGE, INCOME, AND HOUSING TYPE,
IMPROVE INTEGRATION OF ALL MODES
SO WALKING BUSES AND LIGHT RAIL
. SUPPORT FOR MORE SMALL
BUSINESSES, FAMILY-FRIENDLY
AMENITIES AND ANOTHER THING
PEOPLE HAVE SHARED IS THAT THEY
LIKE THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE AND
CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN.
AND, THAT FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS SHOULD FIT WITHIN THE
CURRENT SCALE AND CHARACTER OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE
ALTERNATIVES AND STATION
LOCATION KEEPING IN MIND THE
VISION AND VALUES THAT WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT.
WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE
ABOUT THESE OPTIONS AND WHAT
THEY DISLIKE AND THEIR
CONCERNS, HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF
WHAT WE HEARD.
CONSIDERABLE CONCERN ABOUT
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT.
SOME INTEREST IN A STATION
LOCATION CLOSE TO THE EXISTING
BIKE PATH. CONCERNS ABOUT HEIGHT
, VISUAL AESTHETICS AND SIZE OF
THE FUTURE STATION.
CONCERNS THAT REPRESENTED A
PROJECT STATION IS FAR FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND MORE
CHALLENGING TO ACCESS IN A MORE
CONGESTED AREA IN TERMS OF
TRAFFIC.
CONCERN WITH VISUAL EFFECTS
AROUND SLOPE STABILITY.
SOME INTEREST IN BLENDING THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT STATION
MINIMIZING VISUAL IMPACT WITH
POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIONS.
THERE IS SOME PREFERENCE TO
AVOID TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION
CLOSER TO THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE AND INTEREST IN
MINIMIZING DISPLACEMENT AND
ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT THAT
FITS WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> FINALLY, WE HAVE ALSO ASKED
IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE
ALTERNATIVES IF THERE ARE
REFINEMENTS TO ALTERNATIVES AND
STATION LOCATIONS THAT WOULD
HELP THOSE OPTIONS BETTER MEET
COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES AND
HERE IS WHAT WE HEARD.
INTEREST IN USING THE STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO MINIMIZE
DISPLACEMENT AND AVOID GREEN
SPACE IMPACTS.
SOME INTEREST NEAR THE CORE
STEEL PLANT, INTEREST IN NORTH
CROSSING TO AFFECTS ON PIGEON
POINT, LOCATIONS TO MINIMIZE
RESIDENTIAL AND DISPLACEMENT IN
TERMS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECT.
INTEREST IN THE PURPLE
ALTERNATIVE TO MINIMIZE
RESIDENTIAL IT DISPLACEMENT AND
SERVE THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND INTEREST IN
PURSUING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE
GOLF COURSE TO MINIMIZE
RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT.
>> IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS THIS
IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS
OF THE ALTERNATIVES.
WE WILL BE RELAYING THIS
FEEDBACK AND SPEAKING TO THE
COMMENT ABOUT HOW THE FEEDBACK
WILL BE CAPTURED.
WE WILL BE DOCUMENTING ALL OF
THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE
AND PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THAT IN OUR MEETING
IN APRIL.
AND THEN WE WILL REPORT AND ASK
YOU TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITY IN THE FORWARD MOVING
FORWARD AND REPORTING BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT
ALTERNATIVES ARE ON THE TABLE
AND CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF
REFINING THESE ALTERNATIVES.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT IMPACTS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL EFFECTS LIKE
TRAFFIC EFFECTS AND
CONSTRUCTION EFFECTS.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS
AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITY.
JUST LIKE IN THE CHINATOWN AREA
WE WILL BE ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY IN THOSE PLANNING
DISCUSSIONS AND THINKING MORE
BROADLY ABOUT THE URBAN DESIGN
MOVING FORWARD.
>> I WILL LEADOFF SOME PUBLIC
DISCUSSION AND LET OUR
FACILITATOR KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAVE
DISCUSSED KEEPING OUR QUESTIONS
TO 20 MINUTES EACH.
>> MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE
ARE AFFECTING HERE. I HAVE
WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH
CONSTITUENTS AND TALKED WITH
MANY OTHERS.
IS A FAIRLY DENSE SINGLE-FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A COUPLE OF
TOWNHOUSES BUT DIVIDED LOTS
AFFECTING A VIBRANT AND DENSE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO WE HAVE EXPERIENCE GOING
THROUGH SUCH A DENSE
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ALIGNMENT IN
THE PAST?
>> WE CERTAINLY HAD RESIDENTIAL
EFFECTS.
I WOULD HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE
BIT MORE TO THINK ABOUT
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF WHETHER
THERE'S ANYTHING EXACTLY
PARALLEL.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE
TO CONTEMPLATE THE DENSITY OF
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LIGHT
RAIL THAT IS VERY MUCH DESIRED
HERE INTO THE ALIGNMENT OF SUCH
A DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE
DEGREE THAT WE HAVE DONE IT
BEFORE.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED THAT CAN
INFORM OUR WORK HERE AND TO THE
DEGREE THAT WE HAVE NOT, WHAT
DO WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING?
>> WE ALSO HEARD SOME COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PURPLE
LINE.
AS WE HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS, I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
HOW CONFIDENT WE ARE IN THE
FINANCIAL NUMBERS.
A LOT OF THE CONCERN THAT LED
TO NOT TAKING THE PURPLE LINE
FURTHER WAS FINANCIAL, YET WE
WERE VERY EARLY IN DESIGN AND
WE SEE VERY BIG FLUCTUATIONS
AND COST ESTIMATES NOW AS WE DO
MORE REFINEMENT. THE NORTH AND
SOUTH ALIGNMENT FLIPPED BY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN COMPARISON TO EACH OTHER.
HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE AND WOULD
MORE STUDY OF THE PURPLE LINE
FURTHER INFORMED SOLID
ESTIMATES?
>> THE COST WAS ONE FACTOR BUT
THERE IS A LOT MORE GOING ON
WITH THAT PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE
THAT INFORMED THE ANALYSIS
PREVIOUSLY.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS AND
MAJOR ISSUES ALONG THAT
PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HIGH-
POWERED TRANSMISSION LINES THAT
WOULD NEED TO BE RELOCATED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUIRE A LONG
SPAN.
IT'S THE WHITEST CROSSING POINT
AND WOULD BE A VERY EXTENSIVE
STRUCTURE THAT WOULD GO INTO A
TUNNEL AND AFFECT THE MIDDLE OF
THE GREENBELT WHICH IS AN
UNSTABLE SLOPE AREA AND WOULD
BE CHALLENGING.
OF COURSE IT INVOLVES 2 TUNNELS.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
THOSE ARE STILL FACTORS THAT
INFORMED OUR COST ESTIMATES
BEFORE.
OUR ESTIMATE WAS THAT OUR
ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE $1.2
MILLION MORE AND PERHAPS WE
COULD FINESSE THAT ALTERNATIVE.
WE ARE LIKELY TO FIND THAT ALL
OF THOSE ISSUES I DESCRIBED
WILL BE THE SAME ONES WE WOULD
ENCOUNTER IF WE WOULD EVALUATE
IT FURTHER.
>> THOSE ISSUES WOULD STILL
EXIST OF COURSE BUT THE COST
ESTIMATES MIGHT FLUCTUATE LIKE
WE SAW THEM IN ALIGNMENTS NORTH
OR SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE I WOULD
IMAGINE.
THE FACTORS WE ARE DEALING WITH
HERE IS AN UNSTABLE SLOPE. IT'S
AN EXTRA TUNNEL, A WIDE CROSSING
AND FACTORS THAT WILL BE MAJOR
COST DRIVERS.
>> I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE THERE
AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHIME
IN WITH MORE QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT THE PURPLE LINE, I
THINK, IS THE OPTION THAT BEST
ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT
WE'VE HEARD IN THE ISSUES
HIGHLIGHTED IN WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD PORTION OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST
CONSTRAINTS ARE A CONCERN AS
WELL AS ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE COST
ESTIMATES INCLUDE ADDRESSING
THOSE ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS
AND THIS IS MORE OF A STATEMENT
THAN ANYTHING, I WANT TO SPEAK
TO THE FACT THAT WHEREAS THE
PURPLE LINE WAS JUDGED LARGELY
ON COST BECAUSE AGAIN FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF 1.2
BILLION MORE INCLUDED
ADDRESSING THE ENGINEERING AND
CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS
IDENTIFIED.
IT WAS JUDGED AS COMPARED TO
OTHER OPTIONS AND PEOPLE SAW
1.2 BILLION BUT I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT
FULLY CONSIDER IS THAT $1.2
BILLION INCLUDED THE $700
MILLION TUNNEL FOR THE JUNCTION.
IN MY THINKING IT'S A $500
MILLION ADDITION AND I THINK IT
SHOULD BE MEASURED AND WEIGHED
THAT WAY IN CONSIDERATION WITH
THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
EQUITY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON?
>> AS WE SAT HERE THIS MORNING
AND HEARD FROM MANY MEMBERS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I WAS
REMINDED A LOT OF THE BOARD
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD BACK IN
2004 WITH THE ROOSEVELT
NEIGHBORHOOD WHO STARTED
CHATTING WITH THE BOARD A FULL
16 OR 17 YEARS BEFORE THEIR
LIGHT RAIL STATION WAS SET TO
OPEN ABOUT WHERE POTENTIAL
STATION LOCATIONS WOULD BE, AND
REALLY STARTED GETTING
PROACTIVE SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.
WE ARE STILL A GOOD 12 YEARS
AWAY SO STICK WITH US BUT KNOW
THAT THERE IS A GOOD PRECEDENT.
DURING THOSE 16+ YEARS THE
CITIES HAVE UNDERGONE A COUPLE
OF PLANNING PROCESSES, ADOPTED
AT LEAST 2 SETS OF CHANGES AND
WILL PROBABLY HAVE THREE BEFORE
THE TIME THE STATION OPENS AND
AT THE SAME TIME WE THOUGHT
ABOUT BUS RAIL INTEGRATION AND
THAT VISIT HAS CHANGED A COUPLE
OF TIMES AS WELL.
WHILE I'M GRATEFUL WE'VE BEEN
SPENDING TIME AND ENERGY, I
ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THOSE CONCEPTS ARE LIKELY TO
CHANGE AND EVOLVE AS WE GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO A STATION
LOCATION.
AND CLOSER TO WHAT WE MIGHT
UNDERSTAND WHAT METRO WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER.
I'M USING THIS AS A PLATFORM TO
SAY THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT I'M HOPEFUL WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT,
NUMBER ONE THAT WOULD EXIST
THERE TODAY WILL CHANGE THE
ECONOMICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT,
ONE OF THE BEST STRATEGIES WE
MAY HAVE IS THE ACTUAL
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENT
SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL HAVE A
PLACE TO STAY.
SECONDLY, I WAS SURPRISED THAT
DURING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
NOTHING WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE
FIVE YEAR TRANSFER.
. I REALIZE THIS IS NOT UNIQUE
TO THE STATION ITSELF BUT I
THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
THAT THAT IS A PINCH POINT IN
THE SYSTEM AND WILL BE AS WE
OPEN UP TRAINS TO FEDERAL WAY
AND BEYOND.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SHARPEN
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT
TRANSFER AND I WOULD HOPE, FIND
OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAN WHAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I WANTED TO OFFER THOSE MOMENTS
OF HISTORY BEFORE I DISAPPEAR
KNOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF
THE FOLKS SITTING AROUND THIS
TABLE ARE WEST SEATTLE RESIDENTS
AND I'M SURE THE FOLKS IN THE
AUDIENCE FEEL WELL REPRESENTED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THE MIX
AND MATCH POTENTIAL OF THE
STATION LOCATIONS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSE HOW
THOSE MAY IMPACT THE NORTH OR
SOUTH CROSSING AND DO THEY HAVE
ANY IMPACT IN WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION?
>> WE CALL IT THE DUWAMISH.
>> WHAT DO THEY CALL IT?
>> WHAT HAPPENS DOES NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE A BEARING ON
THE CROSSING.
YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY STATION
OPTIONS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RED
LINE?
>> THE LINES ESSENTIALLY COULD
BE THE SAME.
>> SIMILARLY WITH THE JUNCTION--
>> IF YOU ARE IN A TUNNEL IT
WILL AFFECT AFFECT THE PROFILE.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY. THE SECOND QUESTION
, NUCOR STEEL WAS MENTIONED A
COUPLE OF TIMES SPECIFICALLY
THE COMMENT ABOUT INTEREST IN
LOCATION. WHAT HAVE WE HEARD
FROM THEM?
WOULD THEY'S HAVE THEY WEIGHED
IN?
>> WE DO HAVE SOMEONE ON OUR
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP BUT
WHEN WE HAVE MET WITH THEM
EARLY ON THEIR CONCERNS WERE
LARGELY AROUND THE TRAFFIC
IMPACTS POTENTIALLY WITH A
STATION THAT WOULD BE NORTH AND
HOW MUCH TRUCK TRAFFIC MOVES
THROUGH THEIR WHICH MAY BE A
CHALLENGE FOR FOLKS TRYING TO
GET TO THE STATION.
THE LAST POINT I WANT TO LIFT
UP AND COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
TOUCHED ON THIS IS THE REALITY
THAT AT LEAST SEATTLE'S POLICY,
WE WOULD DO THIS IN
COORDINATION, BUT IF WE ARE
GOING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN
HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT WE WOULD
ALMOST CERTAINLY DO SIGNIFICANT
UP SOUNDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
AS WELL.
TO THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE
ALIGNMENT IS AND THE DIRECT
DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS ARE
OBVIOUSLY A VERY REAL CONCERN
ON A VARIETY OF LEVELS.
I WANT TO THINK THROUGH HOW WE
AS A CITY CAN ALSO BE ENGAGED
AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT WHAT ARE
THE TYPE OF ZONING CHANGES WE
WOULD LIKELY DO?
>> ZONING CHANGES DIFFERENT THAN
SOMEONE CONDEMNING YOUR PROPERTY
BUT MY GOAL WOULD BE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE CAPACITY
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED THE
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
WHICH WOULD COME WITH
ADDITIONAL AND LIKELY
SIGNIFICANT REQUIREMENTS FOR
HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS IT RE-
DEVELOPS.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO US TO THINK
ABOUT THE TYPE OF ZONING
CHANGES.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LOWRISE
AND FOLKS THAT CAN THINK ABOUT
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PROPERTY
VALUES AND INVESTMENTS THEY MAY
BE CONSIDERING, AND ALSO WHAT
THAT TIMEFRAME COULD BE.
>> I THINK ONE THING THAT YOU
GET AN APPRECIATION FOR WHEN
YOU WANT 25th IS THAT ALTHOUGH
IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A
SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT
HAS THE TYPE OF INFILL THAT WE
TALK ABOUT.
IS A VERY DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD
ALREADY.
>> CAHILL, AS YOU WENT THROUGH
EACH STATION LOCATION YOU
TOUCHED ON BUS INTEGRATION.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW EACH OF THE
ALTERNATIVES INTEGRATES WITH BUS
INTEGRATION SO REACHING PEOPLE
SOUTH THROUGH THE DUWAMISH
DELRIDGE VALLEY?
>> THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE REALLY
IMPERATIVE.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THREE
ALTERNATIVES FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF KEEPING BUSES ON
DELRIDGE, HAVING DIRECT
INTEGRATION FROM BOTH SIDES OF
TRAVEL AND NOT NEEDING TO
DEVIATE.
THE ORANGE ALTERNATIVE PERFORMS
WELL. THE ASSUMED PROFILE IS A
BIT HIGHER.
YOU HAVE MORE TIME SPENT IN
VERTICAL CIRCULATIONS SO GOING
UP STAIRS OR ELEVATORS.
FROM A LOCATION AND CONVENIENCE
THAT IS REALLY STRONG.
THE BLUE NORTH OF GENESEE AGAIN
UNLESS YOU ROUTE BUSES TO
GENESEE WHICH METRO WOULD
CONSIDER AND REQUIRE A CROSSING
FOR NORTHBOUND BUSES AND
TRANSFERS AND A SLIGHTLY LONGER
WALK.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR ALONG
WE ARE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET
A SENSE OF WHERE RIDERSHIP
WOULD BE COMING FROM.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAND-USE
CHANGES AND THAT WILL CHANGE
THE RIDERSHIP TRIP GENERATION
FROM RESIDENTIAL.
I ASSUME THERE WILL BE BUS
TRANSFERS FROM FURTHER SOUTH ON
DELRIDGE.
>> THIS IMAGE SHOWS YOU SLIDE 81
. THE FULL EXTENT OF THE
CORRIDOR AND THE RED LINE THAT
INTERCEPTS IT IS THE PROPOSAL
RAPID RIDE ROUTING WHICH IS
PROJECTED TO GO ULTIMATELY INTO
DOWNTIME BUT WE HAVE INITIATED
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE
SHIFTS TO THAT ROUTE AND
POTENTIALLY EVEN HAVING THAT
BUS DEVIATE AND SERVE THE ADM.
NEIGHBORHOODS.
FROM THE STATION SOUTH IT IS
SERVING THOSE COMMUNITIES.
HIGHLAND PARCH HIGHLAND PARK AS
WELL.
>> I'M IMAGINING WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL
TRANSFERS A DAY.
AS WE THINK ABOUT BALANCING THE
NEEDS OF FOLKS WHO WILL RIDE,
THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO GET THAT BUS
TRANSFER RIGHT.
CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW THAT
WE'VE COME IN TOGETHER ORDER IN
THE PAST AND AS WE CONSIDER
WEST SEATTLE AND CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT THAT WE
DO NOT FEEL RUSHED. WITH THAT,
DIANE?
>> ANY CLOSING REMARKS?
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS
OF WHEN WE CLOSED OUT CHINA
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
I GUESS A REMINDER THAT THE NEXT
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP
MEETING IS ON APRIL 26 AND WE
WILL BE LOOKING FOR LEVEL III
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY CLOSING REMARKS?
>> AS WE STARTED, I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING
WITH THEIR INSIGHTS AND
COMMENTS.
THE ISSUES SERVING PIONEER
SQUARE HAVE A UNIQUE SET OF
CHALLENGES AND INTERESTS THAT
PRECIPITATED THIS CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING
TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE THIS
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR COMMUNITIES
AND THANK MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF
THE ELECTED LEADERS GROUP FOR
DEDICATING THE TIME TO HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONTINUED WORK THAT WE HAVE IN
THE NEXT MONTH BEFORE OUR NEXT
MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE
RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP
MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATION TO
THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD.
>> I DON'T RECALL IF YOU
MENTIONED HOW THE AGENCY PLANS
TO TAKE THE SCOPING COMMENTS.
>> AS NOTED, IT WILL BE
SUMMARIZING THE KEY THINGS AND
EVERYTHING WILL BE DOCUMENTED
AND PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE YOU
NEED TO MAKE YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WILL BE
AVAILABLE PUBLICLY AS WELL.
>> IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT
ALL OF THE COMMENTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AND THEY WILL
EVALUATE IF THEY FEEL TO SPEAK
TO THAT.
>> THE TIMELINE IS COMPRESSED
SO I█ JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THERE MAY BE A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WILL
BE FOCUSING ON IN THE NEXT MONTH
IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH
THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP
AND THINK THROUGH WHAT THE
RECOMMENDATION MAY LOOK LIKE
OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AT AT
THE LAST MEETING TO THINK
THROUGH IN ADDITION TO
PREFERRED ALIGNMENT THAT WE MAY
RECOMMENDING, SOME PROCESS AND
THINGS WE MIGHT BE REQUESTING.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE
AGENCY ON THINKING THROUGH THAT
AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
COMMUNITY INPUT AS DESIGNS
ADVANCE IN PARALLEL AND IF YOU
WANT TO THINK ABOUT FORMAL
STRUCTURES FOR COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK SIMILAR TO THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP IS
THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT
SHOULD CARRY ON AND WHAT IT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT MAY BE PRESCRIPTIVE BUT WE
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE
AND THE CITY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
FOSTER THOSE DIALOGUES AND ARE
PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE HERE
TODAY TO CONTINUE TO WORK OVER
THE COMING YEARS TO GET SOME
OPTIONS THAT CAN REALLY SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITIES IN THE WAYS
THAT WE ALL SHARE THOSE VALUES.
WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS
MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL