>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
. TODAY IS OCTOBER 20, 2021.
THE TIME IS 9:30 A.M..
I AM TERESA MOSQUEDA, CHAIR OF
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> STILL HERE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> LIKE THE PRESIDENT, I AM
STILL HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>>> EXCELLENT.
THIS IS DAY THREE OF THREE FOR
THE COUNCIL DELIBERATION ON
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS FOR
CONSIDERATION AS WE CRAFTED
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 2021
BUDGET.
TODAY WILL CONCLUDE OUR
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
PRESENTED BUDGET BEFORE WE DRAFT
THE CHAIR'S PROPOSED PACKAGE
FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
THIS WILL BE A PRODUCT THAT
INCLUDES ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK,
SUGGESTIONS, AND COMMUNITY
IDEAS THAT WE HAVE THE
DISCUSSING. WE DO HAVE A FULL
AGENDA IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE AN OVERVIEW FROM
THE CENTRAL STAFF ON THE
CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED AS TODAY'S BUDGET
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND
HUMAN SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH. THAT
INCLUDES TWO DEPARTMENT TODAY,
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE SOME WALK-ON
AMENDMENTS, JUST THREE FOR US
TODAY TO CONSIDER.
IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THOSE
AMENDMENTS, I WILL MOVE THE
AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN AMEND --
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
I KNOW MOVED TO AMEND THE
AGENDA TO ADD THE FOLLOWING
WALK-ON AMENDMENTS.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WALK-ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AND HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT WALK-ON
AMENDMENTS ONE AND TWO.
BY PLACING THESE THREE
AMENDMENTS UNDER THE LAST ITEM
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEPARTMENT
ON THE AGENDA SECTION TODAY. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADD THE WALK-ON AMENDMENTS
UNDER THE ASSOCIATED SECTION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT?
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE AGENDA IS NOW AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
AMENDED AGENDA?
HEARING NONE, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AMENDED AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO INTO
REMOTE CLICK COMMENT. WE DO
HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PLANNING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO ALLOW 30
MINUTES OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY TO
EVERY MEETING THAT THIS
COMMITTEE HAS.
WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE THREE
PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT THIS
COMMITTEE HAS ESTABLISHED AS
WELL. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ON TODAY'S
AGENDA -- EXCUSE ME, ON TODAY
SIGN UP SHEET.
I DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AMENDMENTS FOR DISCUSSION SO
THAT THERE IS A ROBUST PUBLIC
AND TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION
ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS IN FRONT
OF US.
I DO HOPE IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE
TO SPEAK TODAY THAT YOU DO CALL
US ON OUR OFFICE LINE OR SEND
AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV
. AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL
HAVE COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING
OF EVERY MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CALL
IN ABOUT IT AND A PUBLIC
HEARING ON NOVEMBER 10.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU ARE NOT
ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY.
I WILL CALL ON THE FOLKS LISTED
ON TODAY PUBLIC COMMENT, TWO AT
A TIME.
YOU WILL HEAR AN INDICATION
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR NOTE TO HIT á6 ON
YOUR ONLINE.
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS OFF
MUTE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU ARE
BRINGING TO THE TODAY'S
DISCUSSION.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT 10 SECOND
CHIME AT THE END OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME, WE WILL ASK YOU
TO WRAP UP SO WE DON'T
INADVERTENTLY GET YOU CUT OFF.
IF YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTINUE LISTENING IN,
PLEASE DO SO ON THE OPTIONS
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
YOU CAN ALLOUEZ LIVE AT SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN A
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT IS 9:30 7 AM SO WE WILL GO
UNTIL 10:0 7 AM. WE WILL TRY TO
GET THROUGH THE FIRST 25 PEOPLE
HERE. IF YOU HER NUMBER 30 OR
BEYOND, PLEASE DO NOTE THAT IT
IS UNLIKELY WE WILL BE ABLE TO
GET TO YOU TODAY.
THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOWARD GAIL SPEAKING ON THE
BUDGET AND FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO FAR, THE COUNCIL HAS ONLY
CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE CUT OF
3.65% TO THE SPD BUDGET LEAVING
MILLIONS OF WASTED SPD DOLLARS
UNTOUCHED INCLUDING THE MONIES
FOR SPD'S SELF-SERVING POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE FORCE
INVESTIGATION BUDGET.
ALSO UNTOUCHED AND UNREMARKED ON
ARE THE $10.8 MILLION FOR A
FAILED POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM DEMONSTRATED A COMPLETE
DISCONNECT FROM THE SCANDALS
NOW SURROUNDING THE OIG AND THE
OPA AND A STUNNING FAILURE OF
OVERSIGHT. THE COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING INCREASIN THE
BUDGET FOR THE OIG,
SPECIFICALLY TO HELP WITH
PUBLIC RECORDS DISCLOSURE.
FOR THE MANY COMPLAINTS THAT
TWO HIGH-LEVEL WHISTLEBLOWERS
FROM THE OIG HAS MADE, IT SAYS
OIG DIRECTOR LISA JUDGE
CONSISTENTLY THE ACTIONS OF HER
OFFICE I DEMANDING THAT THE OIG
STAFF NOT DOCUMENT IN WRITING
ANY OF THE CONCERNS OR
DISAGREEMENTS WITH OPA
INVESTIGATIONS IN AN OVERT
ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT OUR PUBLIC
RECORDS LAW.
THIS IS AN ABJECT FAILURE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A PROJECT MANAGER FOR LEED
IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
AS YOU CONSIDER EXTENDING THE
CAPACITY, PLEASE CONSIDER MY
FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN A PREGNANT IVY DRUG
USER AND A WHEELCHAIR BOUND
VICTIM OF POLICE BRUTALITY.
SINCE REACHING CAPACITY, WE ARE
CHOOSING EITHER.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN
INCREASING PRESSURE TO ADDRESS
CRIME RELATED TO POVERTY AND
UNMET BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS
WITHOUT POLICE AND WITHOUT
PROSECUTION.
LEAD DOES THIS.
WE WORK WITH THE FOLKS NOBODY
ELSE WANTS TO TOUCH.
THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST BARRIERS
AND HIGHEST NEEDS.
IF LEAD DOES NOT HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO ALL OF
THOSE ACROSS SEATTLE WHO HAVE
FALLEN INTO THIS CATEGORY,
EITHER WE WILL DEPEND ON POLICE
TO RESPOND TO THESE NEEDS OR
LEAVE THEM UNADDRESSED.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND THE
CEO OF THE TUBMAN CENTER FOR
HEALTH AND FREEDOM.
I'M TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF S
HD 055 A0 01 THIS MORNING.
OUR CITY HAS DECADES OF DATA
COLLECTION ON HEALTH AND
EQUITY.
IT IS TIME TO INVEST IN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO
ARE FACING THESE INEQUITIES.
IN ORDER TO SOLVE RACISM AS A
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, WE MUST
LEAN AND LOOK INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT KNOW BEST.
THIS IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICED AND
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE. THIS
WILL BE A MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT
WITH THIS AMENDMENT TO REALLY
LOOK AT AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES
WHO HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT HARD
DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AS
DISINVESTMENT IN THESE
COMMUNITIES.
I SUPPORT S HD 055 8001.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM WITH THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE AND I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
FUNDING OUR URBAN REST STOP
PROGRAM.
WE ARE REQUESTING $200,012 TO
INCREASE SUPPORT FOR OUR
DOWNTOWN LOCATION AND EXPANDING
HOURS AT OUR BALLARD LOCATION
WHICH WILL RESULT IN ADDING
ANOTHER 10,000 SHOWERS, 1000
LOADS OF LAUNDRY AND ANOTHER
500 TO 600 UNDUPLICATED
HOMELESS CLIENTS.
THE URBAN REST STOP PROVIDES A
CLEAN SPACE AND WELCOMING
FACILITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS CAN COME AND USE
RESTROOMS, LAUNDRY FACILITIES
AND SHOWERS.
IF THE BALLARD LOCATION IS
RUNNING AT HALF OF ITS CAPACITY
. THIS IS DURING A TIME WHEN
THERE WAS A GROWING NEED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REST OF
NORTH SEATTLE FOR THE ON HOUSED
INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS BASIC
HYGIENE SERVICES.
AS SEEN IN RESOURCE TECHNIQUE
FOR OUR PATRONS, IT COULD MEAN
A WARM SHOWER AND CLEAN CLOTHES
TO PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW OR
RESTORE THEIR OVERALL SELF-
CONFIDENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I LIVE IN LAKE CITY.
I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR BRINGING THE LEAD
PROGRAM TO SCALE SO IT CAN
SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE AND HIGH-
PRIORITY CLIENTS LAKE CITY'S
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS BECAME DIRE
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
PANDEMIC.
LEAD'S EFFORTS ARE CRUCIAL IN
ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE FOCUSING
ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES IN THE
SAME AREA WHICH LED TO MORE
EMPATHETIC APPROACHES AND
SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
I INTERACTED MOST WITH LEAD BY
PROVIDING REFERRALS AND REGULAR
UPDATES SO THAT THEY COULD
BETTER MEET THE LEADS OF FOLKS
WHO DON'T QUALIFY OR HAVE
FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS FOR
OTHER SERVICES.
BY ENGAGING IN THE PROCESS, I
FOUND THE HARM REDUCTION MODEL
AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO RESPONSE
TO THE COVID SAFETY NEEDS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WILL GETTING MORE
PEOPLE THE SERVICES THAT THEY
NEED.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S
ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM
AND TRUST YOU WILL PROVIDE THE
FUNDING AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO
EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
NECESSARY SUPPORT AND SERVICES
TO OUR COMMUNITIES IN LAKE CITY
AND ACROSS SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS WHITNEY AND I AM
THE DIRECTOR OF ADOLESCENT
SERVICES AT YOUTH CARE.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE 5.8
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT. FOR THE
PAST NEARLY 2 YEARS, OUR YOUTH
COUNSELORS, CASE MANAGERS AND
OTHER STAFF HAVE BEEN HAILED AS
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND HEROES
AND YET, SEATTLE'S HEROES
CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND MUST COMMUTE FROM
RENTON, TACOMA, AND SOMETIMES
EVEN PUYALLUP DESPITE THE LONG
COMMUTE AND RISK OF COVID, OUR
STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW UP
AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS INCLUDING CHILDREN
WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION, CHILDREN SEEKING
ASYLUM AND CHILDREN WHO ARE
STATE DEPENDENT.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WITHOUT
STAFF, THERE ARE NO SERVICES.
AS WE FACE A CONTINUED STAFFING
SHORTAGE, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE
THIS ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.
á6 .
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE
LEAD PROGRAM COVERING THE
SOUTHWEST AREA.
I AM CALLING TO TELL YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
IN DECEMBER 2020 AT THE
DIRECTION OF OUR LEAD
COORDINATING GROUP, LEAD
EXPANDED INTO WEST SEATTLE,
KNOWING AT THAT TIME THAT WE
WOULD HAVE TO BE SMALL, WE TRY
TO FOCUS INITIALLY ON A SINGLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED, THE
PRESSURE FROM MANY DIFFERENT
SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
CITY PULLED OUR ATTENTION IN
MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, ALL HAVING
SPECIFIC AND REAL NEEDS.
THE COMMUNITY HAS ENTHUSIASM
FOR THE PROGRAM BUT IT IS
FACING THE REALITY THAT THE
PROGRAM RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED
TOO THEN.
THERE ARE SPOTS IN NEED OF
DEEPER AND SPECIFIC OUTREACH
THAT THE PROGRAM CANNOT ADDRESS.
PLEASE MEET THE COUNCIL'S
RESOLUTION COMMITMENT SO IT CAN
ADDRESS ELIGIBLE AND PRIORITY
REFERRALS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
JOHN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MAUREEN.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOHN GRANT WITH THE
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE.
I'M TESTIFYING IN FAVOR OF
COUNCILMEMBER'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
FOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE INEQUITIES AND SERVICES
ACROSS THE VILLAGES WILL BE
ADDRESSED COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S
WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSAL BY
ADDING $1.9 MILLION IN FUNDING.
THIS WILL ADD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AT OUR OLDER VILLAGES LIKE
GEORGETOWN AND ADD 24/7
STAFFING ACROSS ALL OF OUR
LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE
EXPECTATIONS OF THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES ARE MET.
IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS A DEFICIT
IN ROSIE'S VILLAGE WHERE THEY
ARE SHORT 234,000 IN OPERATING
FUNDS AND FRENCH OF HEIGHTS
WHICH IS SHORT FOR HUNDRED
$68,000 IN THE MAYOR'S BASE
BUDGET.
THIS $300,000 INVESTMENT WILL
REPLACE A WORN DOWN KITCHEN AND
APPLIANCES, PAVED WALKWAYS FOR
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND
ADD 20 NEW TINY HOUSES.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE WALK-ON
AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER
INTERCONNECTED TINY HOUSE
BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NEW
HEIGHTS.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I AM
VOICING OUR SUPPORT OF SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS.
WE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO
APPROVE FIRE SAFETY.
MANY THINGS TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
WHICH ALLOWS US TO EXPAND MUCH
NEEDED EARLY LEARNING.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE
WELCOMED AND EARLY LEARNING
PROVIDER YOU TCS AFTER THEY
WERE DISPLACED AFTER 60 YEARS.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THE $10.2
MILLION FOR EARLY LEARNING
FACILITIES AND ARE GRATEFUL THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR INVESTING
IN UPSTREAM PROGRAMS TO
SUPPORTING FAMILIES DURING A
VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
WE ALSO SUPPORT INVESTING IN
VEHICLE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND
ARE THANKFUL THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR LEADING
EFFORTS TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM
TO SUPPORT THE ON HOUSED
POPULATION LIVING IN THEIR
VEHICLES THAT MAKE UP NEARLY
HALF OF THE POPULATION OF
SEATTLE.
MANY THANK YOUSE FOR ALL OF
YOUR SUPPORT DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A BRIEF INTERRUPTION HERE.
I HAVE JUST TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR
AGENDA ONE MORE TIME AND
BECAUSE WE HAVE FEWER
AMENDMENTS TODAY THAN WE DID
THE DAY BEFORE, I HAD PLANNED
TO GO FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES OR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY THIS MORNING.
I WILL ASK YOUR PERMISSION IF
THERE IS ANY OBJECTION. WE WILL
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 10:30.
I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT AND
GET THROUGH THE AGENDA AND
HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN GET
THROUGH EVERYBODY.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN?
HEARING NO CONCERN, WE WILL
EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL
10:30.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
ALL OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
SERVICES COALITION.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, IN SUPPORT
OF 0011.
THE 130 CASES OF THE EAST
AFRICAN SENIOR CENTER AIMED AT
PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES
TO THE COMMUNITY. THE NEED FOR
A CENTER WOULD PROVIDE SOCIAL
SERVICES, EDUCATION AND
CREATION TWO E. AFRICAN ELDERS.
ONLY NOW, THANKS TO SOME
STARTUP FUNDING CAN WE LAUNCH
THIS PROGRAM AND HIGHER FULL
TIME STAFF THAT WILL BE
DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING AND
SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, WE DO NEED FUNDING
FROM THE CITY TO ENSURE
SUSTAINABILITY AND CONTINUE A
ROBUST SENIOR CENTER THAT WILL
HELP US MAKE PROGRESS WITH
EQUITY IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH
FACES MULTIPLE LEVELS OF
OPPRESSION AND HAS BEEN A
DIVERSELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
á6 TO UNMUTE. ALLISON, WE WILL
KEEP YOU ON THE LINE AND WAIT
FOR YOU TO UNMUTE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT BUDGET
CHAIR MOSQUEDA TO ADJUST HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACT AND AN
ADDITIONAL 2.8% TO BETTER
REFLECT CURRENT INFLATION.
OF THE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
SHOULD REFLECT THE VALUE FOR
TRUE COST OF DOING THE WORK.
RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T EVEN KEEP
UP WITH REAL INFLATION AND
WORKERS EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY
BUY GROCERIES OR FILL THEIR
CARS WITH GAS OR PAY THEIR
BILLS.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DID
NOT HAVE TO HEAR FROM ME THIS
MORNING.
I WOULD RATHER YOU HEARD
DIRECTLY FROM CASE MANAGERS,
JANITORS, AND MANAGERS AT
ORGANIZATIONS WHERE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS KEEP HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS
SHELTERED, HOUSED, AND
CONNECTED TO SUPPORT, JOBS THAT
CAN'T BE DONE REMOTELY.
A MAJOR COMMUNITY PROVIDER OF
SERVICES TOLD ME THEY WERE
UNABLE TO SECURE ANYONE TO
ATTEND TODAY BECAUSE THEIR
AGENCY IS FULLY OCCUPIED
MANAGING COVID-19 OUTBREAKS
AFFECTING STAFF AND GUESTS IN
TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS.
I WILL SEND THE REST OF MY
COMMENTS VIA EMAIL BUT I URGE
YOU TO SUPPORT THIS.
>> THANK YOU, ALLISON.
PAUL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JESSE.
á6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AFTER JESSE WILL BE COREY.
WE WILL GO TO PETER AFTER THAT.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PAUL, LONGTIME
COMMUNITY MEMBER IN SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE IN THE 2022 BUDGET
WHICH IS A COMMUNITY
ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE $4
MILLION IS THE INVESTMENT NEEDED
FOR THIS CRITICAL INITIATIVE.
TO DATE, THE INVESTMENT HAS
BEEN USED TO HIRE, TRAIN, AND
DEVELOP SEVERAL COMMUNITY
SAFETY TEAMS THROUGHOUT
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND WEST SEATTLE TO
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON SERVING THE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE HAD MODEST YET
PROMISING RESULTS IN OUR FIRST
YEAR AND NEED THE CITY COUNCIL
TO STAY THE COURSE BY
CONTINUING TO INVEST AND
BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JESSE FRIEDMAN AND I
AM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
POLICY FOR YOUTH CARE.
I JOIN IN SUPPORT OF BUDGET
CHAIR MOSQUEDA IS 5.8%
ADJUSTMENT FOR SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
IT IS ACCURATELY CAPTURING
INFLATION TO BE THE MINIMUM
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THESE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE
BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF BOTH
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
TO BOTH SECONDARY AND DIRECT
TRAUMA AND MANY EXPERIENCE
INSTABILITY THEMSELVES IN OUR
ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE CITY.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF AND
YOUTH CARE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
PROVIDING A LIVING WAGE AND
ADEQUATE BOTH OF WHICH WOULD BE
SUPPORTED BY THESE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING IS A CRUCIAL PART OF
OUR SHARED MISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PETER, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE
URBAN REST STOP PROGRAM.
THIS IS A VITAL SERVICE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. IN PARTICULAR, I AM
CALLING TO ASK THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL INCLUDE A 212 THOUSAND
DOLLAR INCREASE TO SUPPORT THE
DOWNTOWN LOCATION AND ALSO
EXPAND HOURS AT THE BALLARD
LOCATION. SPECIFICALLY, AT THE
BALLARD LOCATION, THERE ARE ALL
SORTS OF NEEDS SUCH AS TWO TEAM
MEMBERS AND ONE TEAM LEAD IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH
SERVICES OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EXPAND SERVICES DURING THE
WEEK.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, URBAN
REST STOPS ARE A VITAL PART OF
OUR COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS IN
OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN
AND SAFE WELCOMING FACILITIES
AND CAN ALSO USE THE RESTROOM
AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES AND
SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE
KNOW THIS IS VITAL TO HUMAN
DIGNITY IN OUR CITY.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE INCREASE FOR
THE URBAN REST STOP.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WORK AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING.
PLYMOUTH SUPPORTS THE AMENDMENT
TO PROVIDE A ONE TIME COST OF
LIVING HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT
ADJUSTMENT OF 2.8%.
HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING
STAFF ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO
HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
IN MOST CASES, THEY CANNOT WORK
REMOTELY AND ALL HAVE WORKED
TIRELESSLY DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
THIS AMENDMENT SUPPORTS THOSE
WORKERS. COMPETITIVE WAGES ARE
ESSENTIAL FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
JOBS IN OTHER INDUSTRIES CAN
PROVIDE LESS STRESSFUL
ENVIRONMENTS, SIMILAR WAGES AND
ENHANCED BENEFITS. WE HAVE HAD
MANY WORKERS WHO HAVE LEFT FOR
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT MAKES
IT CHALLENGING FOR HOUSING
PROVIDERS TO FILL POSITIONS.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THE SEPARATE
PROPOSAL TO FUND AND CARRY OUT
WAGE EQUITY ANALYSIS TO BRING
HUMAN SERVICE WAGES UP TO
COMPARE WITH OTHER ESSENTIAL
FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
KAREN, YOU ARE LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT SO WE WILL GO TO
KELSEY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A SENIOR MANAGER WITH THE
ESC COMMENTING ON THE 2.8
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
OUR STAFF HAD BEEN WORKING
TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY
THE PANDEMIC BUT THE CONTINUED
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
UNLIKE OUR ESSENTIAL WORKER
PARTNERS, CHILD CARE, GROCERY
STORE AND FRONT-LINE CITY
EMPLOYEES, HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING SERVICE STAFF HAS NOT
SEEN THE SAME KIND OF
FINANCIALS OF ART.
OUR WORKERS HAVE GONE THROUGH
19 MONTHS OF CRISIS.
WE HAVE STAFF WORKING DOUBLES
WHICH IS NOT ONLY TAKING A
PHYSICAL TOLL BUT A FINANCIAL
ONE AS TRANSPORTATION COSTS
INCREASE.
MOST IMPACTFUL WAY FOR US TO
SHOW STAFF FOR PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO HIGH RISK RELATIONS
IS TO PAY THEM ADEQUATELY.
COMMITTING TO A 2.8% INCREASE
IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO.
WHILE MEETING INFLATION IS BY
FAR A TOP READY, LET ME END BY
EXPRESSING HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE
TO THE COUNCIL OR THE SUPPORT
FOR FUNDING OF SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROJECTS AND FOR
ENHANCING OUR NON-MOM AND
CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEMS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON, CHLOE.
>> THIS IS CHLOE GAIL FROM THE
REACH PROGRAM.
WE DO DAILY STREET OUTREACH FOR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I AM CALLING YOU TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE 5% INFLATION ADJUSTMENT
FOR HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT.
THIS IS NOT A SINGLE
ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM ISSUE.
OUR PROVIDERS ARE
INTERDEPENDENT.
EVERY DAY, WE DEPEND ON OUR
SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS TO
SHOW UP AND SUPPORT OUR STAFF
AND CLIENTS BY PROVIDING
SERVICES, BRINGING CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC SERVICES AND MENTAL
HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE ON THE
STREET. MOST OF ALL, BY
PROVIDING SAFE, HEALTHY SPACES
FOR PEOPLE INDOORS.
REACH AND LEAD TO STOP HAVE
SHOWN UP DAILY IN THE FACE OF
COMPOUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH,
HOUSING, AND MENTAL HEALTH
CRISES TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE AND JOIN THEM.
STAFF WHO HAVE REMAINED
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC ARE
INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE AND
COMMITTED TO THIS WORK. WE NEED
TO SUSTAIN THE WORKFORCE AND
GIVE THEM NECESSARY
COMPENSATION FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NATHAN IS LISTED AS NON-PRESENT
SO WE WILL GO TO MARSHA RIGHT.
>> HELLO.
I AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
FAMILY WORKS WHICH HAS
GROUPINGS AND DISTRICTS FOUR,
FIVE, AND SIX.
I'M URGING YOU TODAY TO SUPPORT
THE AMENDMENT 005 WHICH KEEPS
ESSENTIAL FUNDING FOR FOOD
BANKS AND MEAL PROGRAMS AT 2021
LEVELS AND THE AMENDMENT 006
WHICH EXPANDS FOOD BANK FUNDING
. RIGHT NOW, AN $8 MILLION CUT
TO FOOD BANK PROGRAMS IS ON THE
TABLE WHILE RESIDENTS OF OUR
CITY ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD
ON THEIR TABLE.
DATA SHOWS VISITS TO FOOD BANKS
ARE UP THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR
WHICH SHOWS HOW CRITICAL IT IS
NOT TO CUT FOOD RESOURCES.
INSTEAD, PLEASE EXPAND FOOD
BANK FUNDING.
THIS HELPS US PAY AND HIRE MORE
STAFF ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE
PANDEMIC, PURCHASE FARM FRESH
AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE FOOD
FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND
APPROVED THE FACILITIES
EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO MEET
FOOD INSECURITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A 30 YEAR RESIDENT IN THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE
DISTRICT UNITY COUNCIL AND WE
ASK YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN 'S
BUDGET ACTION TO ADD 100
THOUSAND TO MAKE THE CROSSING
SAFE OVER I-5 AND 45th.
FOR ALL MODES, ALL AGENTS, AND
ALL ABILITIES.
FOR THE BALANCE OF MY TIME,
COMMENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM
NEIGHBORS WHO SIGNED OUR
POSITION.
I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD AND THIS
IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF
MOST WEEKDAYS.
THIS OVERPASS IS UNSAFE AND THE
CARS ARE AGGRESSIVE.
I HAVE BEEN HIT AS A
PEDESTRIAN.
I AVOID IT AS A CYCLIST.
IT IS TIME TO PRIORITIZE LOCAL
RESIDENTS TRAVELING IN THEIR
OWN NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN
ONLY CATERING TO DRIVERS
TRAVELING ELSEWHERE ON THE
FREEWAY.
CYCLIST SAFETY IS AT LEAST AS
IMPORTANT AS VEHICLES.
THIS IS A MAJOR DISCONNECT
BETWEEN TWO VERY LIVABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS. MY FAMILY
INCLUDING MY 5-YEAR-OLD SON
NEED A SAFEWAY ACROSS I-5 BY
BIKING AND WALKING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
KAREN FOLLOWED BY NATHAN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH
WITH THE REACH PROGRAM AND I'M
HERE TO TESTIFY FOR THE
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT. WE NEED
TO OFFER FOLKS WAGES THAT ALLOW
THEM A GOOD AND FAIR QUALITY OF
LIFE THAT REFLECTS THE LEVEL OF
SKILL AND COMPLICITY NEEDED TO
DO THIS WORK WELL.
WE HAVE BEEN PULLED INTO RV
ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH CRISES,
LEGAL MITIGATION AND SUPPORT,
MEDICAL RESPITE, BATHROOM
ACCESS, FOOD ACCESS AND TO
PROVIDE CONSULT TO OTHER
PROVIDERS AND GROWING AGENCIES.
WE END OUR COWORKERS AND
AGENCIES ACROSS THE CITY MUST
BE PAID FAIRLY FOR OUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE
EXACERBATED IMPACTS OF COVID ON
LOW INCOME AT RISK POPULATIONS
ALL WHILE WE HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING EXCELLENT TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE AND OUTREACH TO
THE MOST VULNERABLE FOLKS IN
OUR SOCIETY.
SO, PUSHING FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT
TO BE MADE TO REFLECT THE WORK
WE DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NATHAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MERRILL.
á6 TO UNMUTE , NATHAN.
ONE MORE TIME, NATHAN.
GOOD MORNING, MERRILL.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE COALITION ENDING GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE.
ON BEHALF OF OUR 35 MEMBER
PROGRAMS, WE URGE THE COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 00 19 WHICH ALLOCATES
$3 MILLION TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-
BASED SERVICES AND ADVOCACY
SERVICES.
THIS IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED
PROGRAM SHOWN TO INCREASE THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SURVIVORS
ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST
MARGINALIZED BY RACISM, POVERTY
AND OTHER SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES.
WE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO
REALIGN JUMPSTART EXPENDITURES
WITH THE SPENDING PLAN, THE
AMENDMENT TO FUND THE
COMPARABLE WORTH ANALYSIS OF
HUMAN SERVICES JOBS AND THE
AMENDMENT FOR AN ENHANCED HUMAN
SERVICES ADJUSTMENT ALONG WITH
THE OTHER RECOMMENDED
AMENDMENTS.
FINALLY, AS WE CONTINUE TO
DIVEST FROM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM, WE SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT FOR SOC ARE TO
CONDUCT A WORKGROUP TO
INVESTIGATE MISDEMEANORS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NATHAN FOLLOWED BY MARY.
NATHAN, á6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
MARY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
HOUSING ALLIANCE SEEKING
SUPPORT OF THE INFLATIONARY
INCREASE TO SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR
150 FULL-TIME AND RELIEF STAFF
WHO ARE WORKING AT OUR SEVERAL
SHELTERS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS AROUND SEATTLE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 10% OF
OUR FRONT-LINE POSITIONS VACANT
AND THAT IS PUTTING TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE ON EVERYONE ELSE'S
LEFT TO COVER THE 24/7 SHIFTS.
BEING A NONPROFIT DOES NOT MAKE
A NEED FOR MARKET FORCES.
WE NEED TO INCREASE PAY AND
WON'T BE ABLE TO FEEL THESE
VERY IMPORTANT JOBS.
FRANKLY, OUR OTHER COSTS ARE
GOING UP AS WELL. JUST TO GIVE
ONE EXAMPLE, OUR PROPERTY
INSURANCE HAS INCREASED MORE
THAN 100% IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING MORE
THAN $1 MILLION IN INSURANCE.
FOR THIS REASON, I ASK THAT YOU
SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NATHAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
NATHAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
NATHAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> WHOMEVER IS ON THIS LINE, IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY, YOU
CAN GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS NATHAN.
I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THE URBAN REST
STOPS.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO
EXPAND ITS OPERATING HOURS.
THE URBAN REST STOP DIVIDES A
CLEAN, SAFE, AND WELCOMING
FACILITY WERE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS CAN COME AND USE
RESTROOMS, LAUNDRY FACILITIES
AND THE SHOWERS.
CURRENTLY, THE BALLARD LOCATION
IS ONLY OPERATING AT HALF OF
ITS CAPACITY.
THIS IS DURING A TIME WHERE
THERE IS GROWING NEED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REST OF
NORTH SEATTLE FOR HOMELESS
PEOPLE TO ACCESS BASIC HYGIENE
SERVICES.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD ANOTHER
10,000 SHOWERS, 1000 LOADS OF
LAUNDRY AND ANOTHER 600
UNDUPLICATED HOMELESS CLIENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST GIVING AN UPDATE.
WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY
THROUGH AND WE HAVE ABOUT 26
MORE MINUTES LEFT SO I THINK WE
CAN DO THIS.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
GLORIA FOLLOWED BY TERRY.
THAT MORNING, GLORIA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS GLORIA AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR RAINIER
VALLEY FOOD BANK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
I'M ALSO THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE
SEATTLE FOOD COMMITTEE. IT IS A
27 MEMBER ORGANIZATION THAT
PROVIDES FOOD AND SECURITY
SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I AM HERE TO
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , 001 AND
ALSO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
AMENDMENT 005. THESE AMENDMENTS
WOULD HELP US CONTINUE TO DO
THE VITAL WORK NECESSARY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IN NEED OF
FOOD SERVICES IN THE CITY ARE
BEING WELL SERVED.
BENEFITS HAVE INCREASED IN 2021
. WHILE WE ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR
LOSING STAFF BECAUSE OF
COMPETITOR EMPLOYMENT SALARIES
BEING OFFERED TO THEM, WE ARE
LOSING THEM AT OUR HIGHEST
POINT OF NEED.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS.
TERRY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COREY
FLOREZ.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS TERRY HOLMES.
I AM TESTIFYING TODAY TO
ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUING
SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AMENDMENT INTRODUCED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS, PROVIDING
$200,000 TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE
LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD KEEP
MOVING STREET PROGRAM.
IN LIGHT OF THE RAPID ONSET OF
THE PANDEMIC, SDOT DID AN
ADMIRAL JOB OF IMPLEMENTING THE
KEEP MOVING STREETS AND STAY
HEALTHY STREETS.
THEY ROLLED OUT THESE PROGRAMS
QUICKLY, WITHOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT THE
NORMAL PROCESS.
THE PROPOSED FUNDING WILL ALLOW
SDOT AND PARKS TO FULLY ENGAGE
THE PUBLIC TO BUILD ON WHAT
THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THE
PILOT PROGRAM SINCE IT
CONCLUDED WITH A SOLID BASIS
FOR DETERMINING THE BEST
PERMANENT PROGRAMMING FOR LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD TO KEEP
MOVING FROM MT. BAKER BEACH TO
STEWART PARK. WE ALL NEED TO
CONSIDER WHAT OUR HOPES FOR
SEATTLE ARE FOR THE COMING
YEARS.
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES
THAT THE COVID-19 EXPERIENCE
HAS REVEALED THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR SEATTLE PARKS.
THANK YOU.
>> AFTER COREY, I WANT TO NOTE
ANGELA AND EMILY, YOU ARE
LISTED TO SPEAK BUT NOT PRESENT
. IF YOU DIAL IN, WE WILL TRY
TO GET TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT
OF SAFE LOTS AND PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
IN THEIR CARS.
MY PARTNER AND I WERE WORKING
WHEN WE LOST OUR HOUSING.
WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO
SHOWERS, KITCHEN, AND A SAFE
PLACE TO PARK. WHEN OUR CAR WAS
STOLEN, WE REACHED OUT TO NEW
HEIGHTS AND THEY HELPED US TO
FIND EMERGENCY SHELTER UNTIL WE
MOVED INTO OUR NEW APARTMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE SAFE WHAT, WE
BENEFITED IN THESE WAYS. INVEST
IN PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEIR CARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THAT
MORNING, DAVID.
DAVID WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ELIZABETH DICKINSON.
DAVID, á6 TO UNMUTE. LET'S TEE
UP ELIZABETH.
ELIZABETH, á6 TO UNMUTE.
HERE WE GO.
GO AHEAD, ELIZABETH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ELIZABETH, THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE COORDINATOR IN BALLARD.
WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SAFE
PARKING FOR THOSE LIVING IN
THEIR VEHICLES SINCE 2012 AND I
AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
THE AMENDMENT TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR BOTH SAFE PARKING
LOTS AND OUTREACH AND CASE
MANAGEMENT THERE.
AS A CHURCH, WE TRY TO OFFER A
SPACE OF RESPITE AND HEALING TO
THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE STAYED
WITH US.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVEN GUESTS
INCLUDING A FAMILY WITH TWO
SMALL CHILDREN.
THIS SUMMER WE RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM TWO FORMER GUESTS
WHO HAD LIVED IN THEIR VEHICLE
FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS ALL TOLD.
THEY WROTE TO US THAT THE
PROGRAM WAS A TRUE GIFT AND A
REFUGE FROM WHERE WE HAD BEEN I
GAVE US TIME TO REGROUP AND
BOUNCE BACK.
THEY HAVE NOW BOUGHT A HOME AND
HAVE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS AND
ARE FORMING A NEW HEALTHY
COMMUNITY FOR THEMSELVES.
WE WANT THIS KIND OF OUTCOME
FOR ALL OF OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE SEND THE REST OF THAT
STORY AND.
DAVID, WE HAVE YOU ON THE
SCREEN IS STILL.
á6 TO UNMUTE COLORED BY
STEVIE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I AM CALLING IN TO ADVOCATE
FOR A 5.8% INFLATION ADJUSTMENT
FOR HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT. I
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH PEOPLE WHOSE LIFE
EXPERIENCE HAS PREPARED THEM
FOR THE WORLD THAT THEY ARE IN
TODAY.
THEY WERE INCARCERATED, LIVED
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND RACISM.
WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT
THEM AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE
PREVAILING WAGES.
MANY OF THEM QUALIFY FOR
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE
TO OUR CLIENTS AND OTHER FOLKS
LIVING IN POVERTY.
THEIR WAGES DON'T REFLECT THEIR
SKILL SET OR THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE WORK.
THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN THE CITY
THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVE
IN.
IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE POLITY
OF WORK TO PROVIDE SEATTLE'S
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.
THEY HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC PUTTING FAMILIES AND
THEMSELVES AT RISK. THEY ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK. WE
NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO
RETAIN THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR THE LAST TIME, DAVID, á6 TO
UNMUTE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> HELLO.
SORRY FOR MY DIFFICULTY GETTING
UNMUTED.
I AM A SHELTER CASE MANAGER AT
THE RED LION INN AND I AM A
DELEGATE WITH 1199 NORTHWEST. I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE A
BIG FAN OF TERESA MOSQUEDA'S
PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE HUMAN
SERVICES FUNDING. WE CURRENTLY
DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH TO DO
ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS
CURRENTLY REQUIRED. WHEN THE
MAIN SHELTER CLOSED DOWN, THE
QUALITY OF CARE THAT IS BEING
PROVIDED FOR OUR CLIENTS IN THE
NEW MOTEL MODEL HAS GONE PRETTY
DRASTICALLY UP BUT THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SERVING
HAS GONE DOWN.
THAT IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
LITERALLY FREEZING TO DEATH ON
THE STREETS RIGHT NOW.
THE WOMEN IN BLACKLIST JUST
CAME OUT A LITTLE BIT --
>> I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO
GET YOU OFF MUTE. THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THE TESTIMONY.
SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS.
I APOLOGIZE TO COUNCIL MEMBER
CONLON.
WE HAVE HIM ON THE LINE HERE.
WE USUALLY DO ELECTIVES AND
FORMER ELECTIVES FIRST.
I WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
CONLON AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK
TO EMILY FOLLOWED BY ALBERT
SCHIFFER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> PERFECT.
THERE YOU ARE.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
$200,000 PROPOSED AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THE
EQUITABLE OUTREACH FOR THE KEEP
MOVING STRATEGY ON LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.
I HAVE OFTEN BEEN RIDING MY
BIKE ON LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD AND HAD A CAR
FOLLOWING ME CLOSELY AND
THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HOW CAN I
COMMUNICATE WITH THIS DRIVER
THAT THIS WAS BUILT FOR
BICYCLES IN THE 1890S?
CARS REALLY ARE ON THERE ON
SUFFERANCE.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR STRATEGY TO THINK ABOUT
MAKING LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD MORE ACCESSIBLE. IT
IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, PEOPLE
TALKING TO EACH OTHER ON THE
STREET, KIDS LEARNING HOW TO
BICYCLE IN A PLACE AND
WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. I URGE
YOU TO APPROVE THIS.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT START TO
THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EMILY FOLLOWED BY ALBERT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS EMILY AND I AM
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE MEALS
PARTNERSHIP COALITION.
WE SUPPORT THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COLLISION BUDGET
REQUEST AND I SPECIFICALLY
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AN
AMENDMENT INCLUDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR MEAL
PROGRAMS AND FOOD BANKS.
I URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS
AND LOOK TO HOW WE CAN FULLY
FUND THEM FOR THE ENTIRETY OF
THE YEAR . MEAL PROGRAMS HAVE
SEEN AN INCREASE IN NEED OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS COUPLED WITH
AN INCREASE IN FOOD AND SUPPLY
COSTS DUE TO ONGOING SUPPLY-
CHAIN CHALLENGES.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY CAN
RELY ON CONTINUED FUNDS TO
PURCHASE CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE, NUTRITIONALLY
DENSE INGREDIENTS FOR THE
MEALS.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
ALBERT FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE.
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV . PERFECT.
>> I AM ALBERT AND I AM THE
OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE
ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS
PLATFORM TO USE OUR VOICES.
I AM ADVOCATING FOR THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE. I
AM HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR
THIS INITIATIVE. I AM
WITNESSING LIFE-CHANGING WORK
THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN
SAVING LIVES.
THIS WORK NEEDS TO CONTINUE. WE
MUST SHOW THEM THAT WE CARE.
THESE EFFORTS MAY HAVE BEEN FOR
NOTHING.
THAT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO
THE BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THE
RESOURCES FOR THE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE NOT AS
IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE FOR OTHER
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STEPHANIE FOLLOWED BY MISTY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE AND I AM
THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
I AM HERE TODAY FOR A FEW
THINGS.
FIRST, I WANT TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
09 WHICH ALLOCATES $3 MILLION
TO EXPAND COMMUNITY BASED
SURVIVOR DRIVEN ADVOCACY
SERVICES AND EVIDENCE-BASED
STRATEGY KNOWN TO INCREASE THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SURVIVORS
ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST
MARGINALIZED HE RACISM,
POVERTY, AND OTHER INEQUITIES.
THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
REQUESTED A TOTAL OF $300,000
FROM THE CITY BUDGET FOR OUR
LAKE CITY CLINIC EXPANSION AND
SUPPORT FACILITY OPERATIONS AND
INSTALLATIONS TO ENSURE THE
HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE TO OUR
RELATIVES.
WE ALSO REQUEST $200,000 TO
CONDUCT THE COMMUNITIES
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN SURVEY TO
AID IN THE PROJECT ACTUAL
DESIGN PROCESS FOR OUR
THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT CENTER,
OUR INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CENTER.
LASTLY, THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD REQUESTS $500,000
TO LAUNCH A PILOT PROGRAM TO
ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND
PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE.
THIS WILL SUPPORT OUR BALLISTIC
SUPPORTS TO IMPROVING ALL OF
OUR NEEDS ARE MET INCLUDING
ACCESS TO NUTRITION, MEDICAL,
DENTAL, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE,
HOMELESSNESS --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISTY FOLLOWED BY
[INDISCERNIBLE].
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
EARLY LEARNING PROJECT NAVIGATOR
. I AM HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ'S AMENDMENT 18 TO
EXPAND FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE
FACILITIES.
IT IS EXCITING TO SEE HOW THE
PUBLIC CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
TO APPRECIATE THE ESSENTIAL
ROLE THAT CHILDCARE PLAYS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES INFRASTRUCTURE.
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS HAVE HAD
THEIR DOORS OPEN SINCE DAY ONE
OF THE PANDEMIC AND HAVE BEEN
CONSTANTLY ADAPTING TO A
CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES.
WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT IS
RACIALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE
AND DEEPLY UNDERPAID.
THE BUSINESS OF CHILDCARE IS
NOT A FINANCIALLY FRUITFUL ONE
AND WE ONLY TON OF GRATITUDE TO
THE PROVIDERS WHO CONTINUE TO
OFFER THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THE CHILDCARE RECOGNITION PAY
HAS BEEN DEEPLY PROCEEDED BUT
PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING TO
STRUGGLE AND MUCH MORE SUPPORT
IS NECESSARY.
INVESTING IN CHILDCARE FACILITY
FUNDING WILL ALLOW PROGRAMS TO
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR
SPACES WHEN THEY HAVE NOT HAD
THE SAVINGS TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW PROGRAMS.
WE KNOW YOU ARE AWARE THE 90%
OF A CHILD SPRAINED OF ELEMENT
HAPPENS IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
OF THEIR LIFE.
IF WE CAN HAVE HIGH-QUALITY AND
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
CHILDCARE IN EVERY COMMUNITY
ACROSS --
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF HSD
055 001 WHICH WOULD ALLOCATE
$500,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY LED
DESIGN PROCESS FOR AN ANTI-
OPPRESSIVE HEALTHCARE CENTER.
WE IN THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY ARE OFTEN DISTRUSTFUL
OF THE CURRENT MEDICAL SYSTEM
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HARM THAT
IT'S RACISM ANOTHER OPPRESSIVE
WAYS OF BEING HAVE CAUSED IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE LED TO THE HEALTH
DISPARITIES WE ARE EXPERIENCING
NOW.
WE IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
ARE ACTUALLY THE EXPERTS IN OUR
OWN CARE AND WITH PROPER
RESOURCES, WE CAN DESIGN A HIGH
QUALITY, LOVING, CULTURALLY
COMPETENT, GENDER AFFIRMING,
MULTILINGUAL HEALTHCARE CENTER
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> BETH, GOOD MORNING.
YOU ARE ALREADY UNMUTED SO
DON'T PUSH THAT AGAIN.
JUST MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
NOT ON MUTE ON ITS OWN.
>> HI THERE.
HE WENT BACK ON MUTE FOR A
SECOND.
DOUBLE CHECK THAT ONE MORE TIME.
GOOD MORNING, BETH.
YOU ARE STILL MUTED ON YOUR END
, I THINK.
>> I AM UNMUTED NOW.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> OKAY.
I AM A NEARLY 30 YEAR RESIDENT
OF THE DISTRICT IN UNIVERSITY
PARK, A FORMER HOUSING PLANNER
FOR KING COUNTY AND A
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR HOUSING
AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE
COUNTY COUNCIL AND UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS BOARD MEMBERS SINCE 2012
. SINCE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALREADY SPOKE TO OUR PROGRAMS
AND CAPITAL NEEDS TO INCREASE
DAYCARE PLACEMENTS, I AM GOING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
PROGRAMS TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS
WHO ARE ON HOUSED. OUR PROGRAMS
AT NEW HEIGHTS SERVING
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ON HOUSED ARE
CRITICAL INCLUDING HOSTING
HYGIENE SERVICES, MEAL
PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLES.
WE HAVE BEEN A HOST FOR A SITE
FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR CARS
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
WE KNOW THAT PROVIDING SAFE
PARKING IS A TEMPORARY FIX BUT
WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL ACCESS TO
HYGIENE SERVICES, WASHER AND
DRYERS AND CASE MANAGERS ARE
IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDMENT COSPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS LEWIS AND
GONZALEZ TO ADD $770,000 TO THE
GENERAL FUND FOR HUMAN
SERVICES TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND
PROGRAMS FOR THESE --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE SEND THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS AND.
GOOD MORNING, JOHN.
JOHN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JOSH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM AN INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AT THE
NORTH END AND I AM HERE TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S PROPOSAL FOR AN
INCREASE TO HSD CONTRACTS.
I ALSO SPOKE TWO YEARS AGO IN
SUPPORT OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
. WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE
WORKFORCE LEFT THE CITY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY
LEFT BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST
NEEDED IN HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL
SERVICES PROVIDERS STRUGGLING
TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
SERVICES AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS
WELL AS TRYING TO KEEP
OURSELVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS
SAFE. ONE OF BIGGEST ISSUES WE
FACE IN THIS PANDEMIC IS LOW
AND STAGNANT WAGES THAT HAVE
FAILED TO RETAIN WORKERS.
THIS HAS CREATED HIGH TURNOVER
AND JOBS LEFT UNFULFILLED,
FURTHERMORE INCREASING THE
LIKELIHOOD OF BURNOUT AND
DEPARTURES.
WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES
TO PEOPLE STRUGGLING.
DURING THE TIME, WE HAVE SEEN
OUR JOBS BECOME INCREASINGLY
MORE DANGEROUS AS POLICE HAVE
BECOME LESS RESPONSIVE.
SERVICE CONTRACTS SELECT THE
MINIMUM WE CAN DO TO HELP
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONTINUED TO PUT THEMSELVES ON
THE FRONT LINES.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT PERSON IS JOSH
FOLLOWED BY KENNETH.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM JOSH CASTLE, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU
TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR
SPONSORING THE PROPOSAL TO ADD
$36,000 TO OUR LAKEFRONT
COMMUNITY HOUSE ENHANCED
SHELTER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
STAFFING, TO HELP OUT THE 60
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WE CURRENTLY SERVE
HERE.
LAKEFRONT DIVIDES SHELTER,
HYGIENE SERVICES AND HELPS
REDUCE EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 TO
A VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION.
THEY SHELTER MANY PEOPLE COLOR
AND EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY BIPOC.
THESE DISPARATE IS CONTINUE TO
SHOW UP IN MANY WAYS.
LIFE EXPECTANCY AND ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE, ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION
AND JOBS TRAINING AND SO MUCH
MORE.
THE ENHANCED SHELTER SERVICES
AT LAKEFRONT ARE A KEY RESOURCE
TO HELP UNDO RACIAL DISPARITIES
THAT EXIST AND TO SUPPORT
PEOPLE TO GET ON THEIR FEET AND
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WEIRDS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVEN MINUTES LEFT
SO I WILL READ THE NEXT SEVEN
NAMES.
IF YOU DON'T HEAR YOUR NAME,
YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO
SPEAK TODAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CALLING
AND.
THE NEXT SEVEN SPEAKERS WILL BE
KENNETH SINCLAIR, NORMA GUZMAN,
CLARA HUNTER, CHRISTINE CONNELL
, KATIE WILSON, AND BILL HACKETT
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL B OWN.
THOSE ARE THE LAST SPEAKERS FOR
TODAY.
KENNETH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KENNETH SINCLAIR. I
AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OF THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE FOR
CONTINUED FUNDING FOR
ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.
AND TO CONSULT A CONTINUOUS
UNITY BUILDING CONCENTRATED ON
THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
TO REESTABLISH SOME FOUNDATIONS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO GROW AND UPLIFT
THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING AND.
NORMA FOLLOWED BY CLARA.
GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS NORMA GUZMAN. I AM
HERE TODAY TO URGE SUPPORT FOR
THE FULL AMENDMENT HSD ZERO 19
001 WHICH ALLOCATES $3 MILLION
TO COMMUNITY-BASED SURVIVOR
DRIVEN ADVOCACY.
THIS WILL SHOW THAT IT WILL
ONLY INCREASE HEALTH AND SAFETY
FOR SURVIVORS, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE MORE GENERALIZED POPULATION
BASED ON RACISM, LANGUAGE
BARRIERS, ET CETERA. FUNDING
FOR THE PROGRAM, EVEN BEFORE
COVID, WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO MEET
OUR NEEDS FOR SURVIVORS. THAT
NEED HAS INTENSIFIED OVER THE
LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR
MARGINALIZED SURVIVORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, LGBTQ
SURVIVORS AND SURVIVORS IN
GENERAL.
ESTABLISHING EXTENSION OF THIS
PROJECT WILL ONLY ENSURE THAT
OUR OFFICES WILL CONTINUE
MEETING OUR SURVIVORS WHERE
THEY ARE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CLARA, YOUR NEXT FOLLOWED BY
CHRISTINE.
GOOD MORNING.
á6 TO UNMUTE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CLAIRE AND I'M A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
AND I AM HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT
FOR THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET,
DEFENDING THE POLICE AND
REINVESTING IN COMMUNITIES BUT
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VISION ZERO.
SO FAR, WE HAVE HAD 26 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
SPEEDING VEHICLES ON OUR
STREETS INCLUDING TWO PEOPLE
KILLED IN THE LAST WEEK.
WE STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS OF THE
DARKEST TIME OF YEAR.
TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, LIKE SO MUCH
ELSE IN THE CITY IS IS
PROPORTIONATELY KILLING AND
HARMING PEOPLE OF COLOR,
DISABLED PEOPLE, AND ELDERS. I
AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO INVEST IN
VISION ZERO IMMEDIATELY. WE
MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY CREATED
PLAN PROPOSAL INSTEAD OF
READING IT FOR LONG-TERM
PROJECTS AND ALSO TO SUPPORT
THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKING TAX
INCREASE TO FUND VISION ZERO.
I WOULD LIKE USAGES PORT
INCREASES IN SIDEWALK
CONSTRUCTION AND THE HOME ZONE
PROGRAM WHICH HELPS PEOPLE
TRYING TO GET AROUND, IMPROVING
ACCESS TO [INDISCERNIBLE]
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHRISTINE AND KATIE, YOU ARE
LISTED AS NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL GO TO REVEREND BILL
HACKETT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SUPPORT
THE ADDITION OF THE PROPOSAL
FOR ADDING MONEY FOR VEHICLE
RESIDENCY, $770,000 TO THE
GENERAL FUND.
IT WOULD EXPAND THE PROGRAM
THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR
VERY SUCCESSFULLY AND PROVIDE
MITIGATION AND FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR VEHICLE
RESIDENCY BUT MORE, IT WILL BE
A JUMPSTART TO THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE STARTING THEIR
MEETINGS OF A WORK GROUP ON
MONDAY AND WE ARE PART OF THAT,
AT THE CORE OF IT BECAUSE OF
OUR EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE BUILDING OUT OF
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS CENTER, ALSO
DOING SAFE LOTS AND EXPANDING
THOSE.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO HELP PEOPLE
GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, GET
STABILIZED, AND MAKE THE
STREETS A SAFER PLACE FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL.
I HOPE YOU WILL PASS THIS AND
ADD IT TO THE BUDGET. IT IS
JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS
NECESSARY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MICHAEL, YOU MIGHT BE MUTED
ON YOUR OWN PHONE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
COUNSELING SERVICE.
I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE THIS
COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ONE-
TIME AMENDMENT OF THE 2.8%
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR HSB
CONTRACTS, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
IN 2017 , THERE WAS A SURVEY
COMPARING OUR ENTRY-LEVEL
POSITIONS TO THOSE OF THE
CITIES AND WE ARE ABOUT 21% TO
47% BEHIND WHAT THE CITY IS
ABLE TO PAY THEIR ENTRY WORKERS.
COLLEAGUES ARE SUPPORTING THE
MOST VULNERABLE. MANY OF THE
CLIENTS THAT WE WORK WITH
PRESENT CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE
BARRIERS.
THEY HAVE LOST JOBS, DEALING
WITH FOOD AND HOUSING AND
SECURITY AND UNDER EXTREME
DISTRESSED.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR OUR FRONT-LINE WORKERS TO
HAVE AS MANY RESOURCES POSSIBLE
TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU AND I URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS ADDITIONAL
INCREASE IN INFLATION SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE DO HAVE -- WE DO HAVE SEVEN
MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT. I
DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
DIALING AND AND FOR OUR
PATIENTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS
ANY OBJECTION FOR EXTENDING
THIS SO WE CAN HEAR THE REST OF
THE FOLKS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE WILL
EXTEND ONE MORE TIME AND WE
HAVE THE NEXT SEVEN PEOPLE.
SUSAN, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SUSAN GLEASON.
I WORK AT SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAY.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT INCREASED
FUNDING FOR THE CITY'S VISION
ZERO PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY
THROUGH RETAINING THE VEHICLE
LICENSING FEE, SPENDING
PROPOSAL CREATED BY COMMUNITY
THIS PAST SPRING AND INCREASING
THE COMMERCIAL PARKING PASS TO
FUND VISION ZERO AS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THIS ISSUE IS PERSONAL TO ME.
IN 2014, I LOST A SISTER-IN-LAW
AND A PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY.
SHE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN
FRONT OF MY NEPHEW'S SCHOOL.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFELY
DESIGNED ROUTE, INSTEAD IT WAS
AN UNSAFE STREET THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAD SPOKEN ABOUT
REPEATEDLY.
SHE WAS 39, A MOTHER OF THREE
AND HER LOSS WILL ALWAYS BE
FELT.
MY FAMILY'S TRAGEDY HAPPENED IN
VIRGINIA BUT I THINK ABOUT IT
EVERY TIME SOMEONE IS KILLED IN
SEATTLE DUE TO ROAD TRAFFIC
VIOLENCE.
WE TALLY AND GRAPH THESE DEBTS
AS NUMBERS BUT BEHIND EACH
DEATH, IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE
THAT WE LET THESE DEBTS MOUNT
UP YEAR AFTER YEAR WITHOUT
MAKING THE CHANGES THAT COULD
PREVENT THESE TRAGEDIES.
PLEASE MAKE THE VISION ZERO
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED NOW
AND HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
RACHEL FOLLOWED BY JOE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS RACHEL SCHAEFER.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
SQUEEZE US IN TODAY.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE AMENDMENTS
ADDRESSING SAFETY IN THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET. WE ALREADY KNOW
THE CITY IS MOVING BACKWARDS ON
ITS VISION ZERO GOALS.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT MORE PEOPLE
WILL DIE THIS YEAR WALKING AND
BIKING ON SEATTLE STREETS THAN
LAST YEAR.
NONE OF US WANTED THIS TREND TO
CONTINUE.
THAT IS WHY WE SUPPORT THE
CURRENT SPENDING PLAN FOR THE
FUND AS IT STANDS AND FOR THE
AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX TO BE
DIRECTED TOWARD VISION ZERO WORK
WITH THESE INCREASES, THE
PROPOSED DOLLARS ARE NOT ENOUGH
TO FIX ALL OF THE DANGEROUS
STREETS BUT IT IS A YEAR START.
WE ALSO SUPPORT OTHER
PRIORITIES SUCH AS PROVIDING
THE $2.5 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN
ESTABLISHING A CITY RUN A BIKE
PROGRAM AND THE LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD.
WE KNOW THAT BRIDGES ARE NOT
JUST FOR VEHICLES BUT ALSO
PEOPLE WALKING.
WHERE BRIDGES ARE FUNDED, WE
NEED TO BE STUDIED AND REDESIGN.
THEY NEED TO INCORPORATE
MULTIPLE --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOE FOLLOWED BY ERICA.
GOOD MORNING, JOE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR EXTENDING THE
COMMON PERIOD.
MY NAME IS JOE RILEY.
I AM ENCOURAGING STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THE TRANSIT BUDGET
AMENDMENT THAT DIRECTS 2.5
MILLION WITHIN SDOT TO THE CITY
WHERE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT
76% OF SEATTLEITES BELIEVE WE
SHOULD EXPAND LIGHT-RAIL
CONSTRUCTION BEYOND WHAT WAS
APPROVED. SEATTLE DOES REALLY
WANT NORTHGATE LINKED LIGHT
RAILS TO MORE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> WE JUST LOST YOU, JOE.
>> IT WILL FREE PEOPLE FROM
NEEDING TO OWN A CAR.
WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK WAS
LORENA GONZALEZ FOR THE
LEADERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP OF
THIS AMENDMENT, BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR THE LEADERSHIP ON
THE BOARD.
THAT IS EVERYTHING FROM ME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THESE THREE SPEAKERS ARE NOT
PRESENT SO THE LAST THREE
SPEAKERS OF TODAY ARE FRISK
WOODWARD, MATTHEW MINNICK, AND
ELIJAH SMITH.
GOOD MORNING.
STAR 62 UNMUTE.
>> á6 . PERFECT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CHRIS, YOU MIGHT BE MUTED ON
YOUR OWN PHONE.
JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM PROVIDING COMMENT TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THE $2.4 MILLION.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS
HAD AN OUTSIDE IMPACT ON
BUSINESSES. [INDISCERNIBLE]
THE CITY MUST FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
MATTHEW, á6 TWO UNMUTE,
FOLLOWED BY ELIJAH.
.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW.
I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND I
AM SPEAKING THIS MORNING IN
SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET ACTION
FOR THE $2.5 MILLION FOR
EXPANSION OF LIGHT-RAIL.
AS A STUDENT WHO DOES NOT HAVE
A CAR AND RELIES ON MASS
TRANSIT TO GET ANYWHERE, I
THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED OPTIONS,
SPECIFICALLY AS HOUSING PRICES
CONTINUE TO GO UP NEAR WHERE WE
GO TO SCHOOL.
MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE TO
LIVE FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY
FROM CAMPUS. MORE EXPANDED
OPTIONS WOULD BETTER CONNECT US
BUT ALSO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO OUR JOBS
, WHERE WE GO TO SCHOOL, AND
OUR FRIENDS.
I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER STUDENTS
WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT HERE
BECAUSE OF CLASS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE LAST SPEAKER IS ELIJAH
SMITH.
á6 TWO UNMUTE.
>> MORNING.
COMMUNITY MEMBER, COMMUNITY
QUEEN, ADVOCATE.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT CBA HSP 005 001. I AM
HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FAILING
HEALTH SYSTEM OF OUR BLACK,
BROWN, OTHER MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY
HOW HAS REALLY OPENED THE LID
AND HAS EXACERBATED IT. THE
RACIST HEALTH SYSTEMS AND
DISPARITIES AND EQUITIES OF
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
I AM SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS AN INVESTMENT OF
HALF $1 MILLION TO A COMMUNITY
LED DESIGN PROCESS FOR AN
ANTIRACIST AND ANTI-OPPRESSIVE
HEALTH CENTER AND I WANT TO
UPLIFT THE TUBMAN CENTER FOR
HEALTH AND FREEDOM AS AN
EXAMPLE, A MODEL, OF A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT
WILL PROVIDE A HEALTHY AND
SUPPORTIVE ANTIRACIST
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO EXPAND THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY, COLLEAGUES,
SO WE COULD HAVE THE FULL
CONVERSATION BEFORE WE GET INTO
THE FINAL AMENDMENTS HERE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM
ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, SEATTLE-
TACOMA TRANSPORTATION FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE HAVE 55 AMENDMENTS TODAY
BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS.
FIRST, THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
WE WILL TACKLE THAT THIS
MORNING.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO, WE WILL GO
INTO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
IF NOT, WE WILL TAKE THOSE ON
THE AFTERNOON.
GOOD MORNING, CALVIN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THIS MORNING, THERE ARE 18 SDOT
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, FIVE
OF WHICH ARE STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPT. 11 OUR
PROPOSALS FOR SPENDING.
ONE PROPOSAL WOULD GENERATE NEW
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND A
SPENDING PROPOSAL FOR THOSE
RESOURCES AND THERE IS ONE WALK-
ON AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CUT
SPENDING TO FREE UP RESOURCES
FOR OTHER PRIORITIES.
I WILL BE INTRODUCING EACH ITEM
BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO THE
SPONSOR.
THE FIRST ITEM IS SDOT 1 A1
WHICH WOULD ADD $200,000 OF
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO SDOT FOR
REDESIGN OF LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD TO FURTHER CONCEPTS
IMPROVEMENTS FOLLOWING THE KEEP
MOVING STREETS IMPLEMENTATION
DURING COVID-19.
THIS IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CALVIN.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT CAME
FROM COMMUNITY SAFE STREETS
ADVOCATES, PARTICULARLY THE
REGNIER VALLEY GREENWAYS. THERE
HAS BEEN A BIG PUSH TO RESHAPE
AND REDESIGN LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE
PEOPLE WHO WALK, BIKE, AND ROLL
ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS MORNING, THERE IS NOT ANY
SAFE BIKE FACILITIES ON THIS
ROAD AND THE CURRENT SHARED USE
PATH IS REALLY NARROW AND VERY
UNEVEN THROUGHOUT.
THIS WOULD SUPPORT AN ENGAGEMENT
CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD ALLOW SDOT
TO PROVIDE OUTREACH IN AN
EQUITABLE WAY AND ENSURE THAT
VOICES FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
, IN PARTICULAR, ARE HEARD FROM
IN THE PROCESS OF REIMAGINING
WHAT THIS STREET WOULD LOOK
LIKE.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS
A COSPONSOR TO THIS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT CBA FORWARD. WE HEAR
TIME AND TIME AGAIN OF NEAR-
DEATH EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY
BY CYCLISTS ON THIS PARTICULAR
BOULEVARD AND I REALLY DO THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO
THE HARD WORK AND THE PLANNING
NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THOSE
REALLY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS THAT EXIST IN
THIS AREA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
ADDING HER NAME 2001.
WONDERFUL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS 2 A1 THAT
WOULD ADD $100,000 OF
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TO SDOT
FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY OF
NORTHEAST NORTH GATEWAY.
THIS WOULD FOCUS ON A STRETCH
OF NORTH GATEWAY FROM FIRST
AVENUE NORTHEAST TO FIFTH
AVENUE NORTHEAST.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WITH SUPPORT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR THIS
MORE THAN YOU NORMALLY DO.
THAT CAN ACTUALLY OCCUR.
NORTHGATE, AS YOU KNOW, IS
BOOMING.
WE GOT THE COMMUNITY ICEPLEX
úAND THE NORTHGATE REDEVELOPENT
BRINGINGPEOPLE INTO THE AREA.
WE HAVE OVER 3000 UNITS OF
HOUSING IN THE PIPELINE AND THE
NORTHGATE LIGHT RAIL CONNECTING
IT ALL TO THE GREATER SEATTLE
REGION. WE, A FEW YEARS AGO
WITH THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, BOUGHT THE EIGHT
ACRES WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE
NORTHGATE COMMONS.
NOW WE ARE DOING THE NORTHGATE
COMMONS PROJECT.
IT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE NORTHGATE MALL AND
RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW LIGHT-
RAIL STATION.
THIS PROJECT, THE NORTHGATE
COMMONS, INCLUDES 1400 NEW
UNITS OF HOUSING. WE ARE
REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. 422 OF THAT WILL BE
AFFORDABLE AND LOW INCOME WITH
CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN 2025.
THE FAMILIES THAT CURRENTLY
LIVE IN THE 210 UNITS WILL BE
ABLE TO RETURN TO THE NEW UNITS
. THAT WAS GREAT AND I REALLY
WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR
OF THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY FOR WORKING WITH US
AND PROVIDING THE FUNDS SO WE
COULD BUY THOSE EIGHT ACRES.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
WITH SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
AND OUR CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY
TO BUILD A PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT IS ANOTHER ATTRACTION TO
THE AREA. AS WELL AS, YOU HEARD
YESTERDAY, OUR INDIGENOUS
MARKET AND OUR NATIVE AMERICAN
HEALTH CLINIC. NOW THAT WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE INVITING MORE
PEDESTRIANS, WE WILL HAVE MORE
FOOT TRAFFIC.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
USE LIGHT RAIL AND NOT DRIVE
THEIR CARS. THIS WILL INCREASE
THE FOOT TRAFFIC.
THE CITY NEEDS TO ANTICIPATE
HOW TO KEEP PEDESTRIANS SAFE
AND HOW THEY CAN EFFICIENTLY
MOVE ABOUT THAT SPACE. THOSE OF
YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THE NORTH END AND THAT
INTERSECTION WHICH HAS BEEN A
PROBLEM BEFORE THE NORTHGATE
AND LIGHT-RAIL EVER SHOWED UP
-- I HAVE LIVED IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 35 YEARS.
THE INTERSECTION IS AT FIFTH
AVENUE NORTHEAST AND NORTH
GATEWAY. IT WAS A PART OF PHASE
1 OF THE VISION ZERO PROJECT.
WE WANT TO EXPAND ON THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS BY ASKING SDOT TO
TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK.
NORMALLY DON'T LIKE THAT WORD
BUT I'M GOING TO USE IT BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT THEY WROTE DOWN
HERE.
WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS
DRILL DOWN MY BIGGEST CONCERN
ABOUT SAFETY.
THIS IS A CLOVERLEAF THAT HAS
BEEN HERE FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS
THAT IS FOUR ON RAMPS TO GET ON
I-5 NORTH AND I-5 S. IT USED TO
BE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR
PEDESTRIANS BUT NOW WE HAVE THE
JOHN MEMORIAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
. WE HAVE COVERED THAT PIECE.
THE NEXT PIECE IS, I WOULD LIKE
SDOT TO DRILL DOWN AND TELL US
HOW WE CAN GET SOME OTHER SAFE
MODES TO GET THROUGH THAT
INTERSECTION FOR NORTHGATE,
JOHN MEMORIAL BRIDGE AND LIGHT-
RAIL.
AS YOU KNOW, IT IS SPLIT BY 10
LANES OF I-5 AND THAT IS THE
MAIN INTERSECTION. LIKE I SAY,
WITH THE HOUSING COMING ON
BOARD AND MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND
MORE CHILDREN AND CHILD CARE,
THAT IS WHAT I AM MAINLY
CONCERNED ABOUT.
AS YOU KNOW, D5 CONSISTENTLY
RANKS NUMBER ONE AT THE HIGHEST
RATE OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.
THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE I-5,
522, 523, AND AURORA. WE HAVE
THREE STATE HIGHWAYS AND THE
INTERSTATE IN THE DISTRICT OF
COURSE, WE LACK A LOT OF
SIDEWALKS.
THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBERS PEDERSEN AND
STRAUSS FOR THEIR COSPONSORSHIP
AND LISTENING TO ME COMPLAIN
ABOUT THIS.
úAND THE END, AT THE END OF THE
DAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DUE TO THE
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN DENSITY.
THE HOUSING, THE HEALTH, THE
CHILDCARE. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
THE USE OF LIGHT-RAIL IN A
SAFE, 10 MINUTE WALK SHED FOR
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
WILL BE CYCLING, THAT ARE
CYCLING THROUGH NORTHGATE.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE
NORTHGATE LOCAL ECONOMY IS
CRACKEN?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I CRACK MYSELF UP. ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS SDOT 301
WHICH WOULD ADD 25,000
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TO SDOT
FOR ADAPTIVE CYCLE PROGRAMS.
THIS WOULD EXPAND EXISTING
FINANCIAL CITY SUPPORT FOR
PROGRAM OFFERED BY OUTDOORS FOR
ALL.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS AND MORALES
AND PEDERSEN.
>> CANCEL MEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO START BY
UPLIFTING OUTDOORS FOR ALL. ALL
OF THEIR PROGRAMMING, THEY ARE
ABLE TO BRING TO PEOPLE WHO
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE
OUTDOORS DUE TO PHYSICAL
LIMITATIONS IN TWO PLACES OF
NATURE, RIDING, CYCLING,
SKIING, ALL OF IT.
TODAY'S AMENDMENT IS OUTDOORS
FOR ALL ADAPTIVE CYCLING CENTER
WHICH BRINGS ADAPTIVE CYCLES OF
VARIOUS KINDS TO PROVIDE
MOBILITY AND RECREATION
OPPORTUNITIES.
THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE
CYCLING CENTER IS $200,000 OF
WHICH SDOT PROVIDES $50,000
FROM BIKE SHARE AND SCOOTER
SHARE PERMIT FEES TO ALLOW THE
PROGRAM TO RENT ADAPTIVE CYCLES
FOR FREE FOR HALF THE YEAR FROM
MAY 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
BASED ON MY OFFICE HIS
CONVERSATION WITH OUTDOORS FOR
ALL OMA AN ADDITIONAL $25,000
WILL ALLOW THE CYCLING CENTER
TO EXPAND THEIR OFFERINGS
EITHER BY ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL
MONTHS OF CYCLE RENTALS FOR THE
YEAR OR EXPANDING TO SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK RATHER THAN FIVE, OR
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS.
COVID-19 HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES TO RECREATE
OUTDOORS AND THIS INCREDIBLE
PROGRAM ALLOWS PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES, ABILITIES, AND
BACKGROUNDS TO GET OUTSIDE AND
ON A BIKE. FOR THE LOW PRICE OF
$25,000, WE CAN ADD SEVEN-DAY
COVERAGE DURING THEIR MONTHS OF
RENTAL OR WE CAN EXPAND THOSE
MONTHS. WE WANT TO GET MORE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
OUTDOORS FOR ALL IS SUCH A GREAT
PROGRAM AND A REAL JEWEL ON THE
NORTH END.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE
THEIR ADAPTIVE BIKES ALONG WITH
MOST OF MY TEAM AND THE VALUE
THAT THEY BRING IN TERMS OF
ACCESSIBILITY TO CREATE
ACCESSIBLE, EQUITABLE CITY FOR
THOSE WITH ALL ABILITIES IS
SOMETHING WE JUST CAN'T
UNDERSTATE.
I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADD MY NAME AS A COSPONSOR 2003
AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS 4 A1.
IT WOULD PROVISO $2.5 MILLION
IN SDOT FOR THE CITYWIDE
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT WOULD RESTRICT SPENDING TO
$1 MILLION UNTIL SDOT PROVIDES
A WORK PLAN AND COMMUNITY
OUTREACH PLAN.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COSPONSORED BY
STRAUSS AND LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> REALLY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS LEWIS AND
STRAUSS FOR THEIR COSPONSORSHIP
AND STRONG COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD
THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS,
OUR OFFICES COLLECTIVELY HAVE
ENGAGED WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
LOOK AT THE BUDGET AS ONE WAY
TO ENSURE THAT THE CITYWIDE
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WILL DETAIL HOW NON-SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLE MODES SUCH AS
WALKING OR BIKING ARE
PRIORITIZED WITHIN THAT
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN
AND THAT THE PLANT TAKES A
BROADER REVIEW FOR WHAT FUTURE
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN LOOK
LIKE ACROSS OUR CITY.
WE DID HEAR SEVERAL FOLKS CALL
IN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT,
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
ITEM.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS
FROM CONSTITUENTS ADVOCATING
FOR ADOPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR
ITEM.
THIS PLAN FOR MANY OF US
REPRESENTS WHAT CAN BE POSSIBLE
WHEN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO
REIMAGINE AND ENVISION THE
FUTURE OF OUR INTEGRATED
TRANSPORTATION PLAN ACROSS THE
CITY THAT IS NOT JUST FOCUSED
ON SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES
BUT IS ACTUALLY INTENTIONALLY
INTEGRATING OTHER MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE CARBON
FREE LIKE WALKING OR BIKING.
ONE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IN
OFFICE, WE HAVE HEARD ALREADY
FROM ONE VERY LARGE EMPLOYER IN
THE CITY THAT THEY ARE REALLY
STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
EFFORT CERTAINLY END OF
ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN ONLY
STREETS AROUND THEIR CAMPUS AS
ONE WAY OF MAKING THEIR CAMPUS
BETTER INTEGRATED INTO THE
FABRIC OF OUR CITY AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THEY ARE
SITUATED IN.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS PLAN
WILL CREATE A PATH TO
PEDESTRIAN HONEST PARTS OF THE
CITY THAT ARE REALLY READY FOR
THIS KIND OF PUBLIC SPACE
ACTIVATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO
AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
AS A COSPONSOR TO THIS.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ADDING
HER NAME.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> SAME.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS
A COSPONSOR.
>> GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ADDING
HIS NAME AS A COSPONSOR.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU . I JUST WANTED TO
UPLIFT ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS
AMENDMENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND I GOT TO WORK
TOGETHER ON THIS AND I
APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO WORK
WITH YOU.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS WE
DEVELOP THESE COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE
PLAN FOR FUTURE LIGHT-RAIL
LINES.
AS OUR REGION CONTINUES TO GROW
, RAIL IS CRITICAL TO MOVING
PEOPLE AND GOODS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FOUR
DIFFERENT MULTIMODAL PLANS THAT
INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND
THIS WILL ALLOW THOSE PLANS TO
BE BETTER COORDINATED TOGETHER.
THERE IS ALSO CRUCIAL THAT WE
ENSURE THAT INTEGRATING THESE
PLANS WE DO NOT STEP BACK FROM
THE PROMISES. WE HAVE FUTURE
PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT-
RAIL LINES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY
SO THAT WE SOMEDAY CAN HAVE A
TRUE SUBWAY SYSTEM HERE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS. ALREADY A COSPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ , I
AM GOING TO ADD MY NAME AS
WELL.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO NOT ADD
MY NAME BUT I ALSO SEE THE
INTERSECT HERE WITH THE WORK
THAT YOU SPONSORED LAST YEAR
FOR THE WORK GROUP RELATED TO
THE SUPERBLOCK. THIS IS
SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN VERY
INTERESTED IN AS WELL AND I
KNOW WE BOTH HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVITED TO
COPENHAGEN.
I COULD NOT GO WITH YOU LAST
YEAR BUT THIS IS A GREAT
CONNECTION TO THAT WORK YOU HAD
CHAMPIONED LAST YEAR TO GET
$150,000 TO PUT TOGETHER A WORK
GROUP TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO
POTENTIALLY FOR THE SUPERBLOCK.
AS WE THINK ABOUT CONNECTING
COMMUNITIES AND CREATING
WALKABLE AREAS, I AM HOPEFUL
THAT THIS WILL BE AN EXTENSION
OF THAT ONGOING WORK TO CREATE
SUPERBLOCK'S IN VARIOUS
PORTIONS OF OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT
THIS ISSUE IS RESURFACED IN A
VERY COMPREHENSIVE WAY AND I
WILL ADD MY NAME. OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU ALL.
LET'S GO ON TO 005.
>> NEXT ITEM IS 5 A1. IT WOULD
AT $270,000 OF TRANSPORTATION
FUND TO SDOT FOR DESIGN OF
PEDESTRIAN AND STREET SKATE
IMPROVEMENTS TO BALLARD AVENUE
ORTHWEST.
THIS WOULD FOLLOW IMPROVEMENTS.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WHILE I
SHARED WITH YOU YESTERDAY
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS IS
ONE OF MY MOST EXCITING BUDGET
AMENDMENTS AND MOBILE CRISIS
TEAM THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THIS AFTERNOON IS ONE OF MY TOP
PRIORITIES.
HAVE TO SAY THAT BALLARD AVENUE
REDESIGN IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
POTENTIAL OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE
HAD TO CHANGE HOW WE USE OUR
RIGHT OF WAYS, HOW WE CHANGE
THE USE OF OUR STREETS MOVING
FORWARD TO MAKE IT A MORE
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS AMENDMENT IS -- I WILL GET
INTO THE DETAILS IN A MINUTE.
THIS IS OUR PILOT PLACE WHERE
WE ARE PILOTING DIFFERENT
UNDERSTANDINGS AND USES OF OUR
STREET SO THAT WE CAN THEN DO
THIS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BALLARD AVENUE WAS A VERY UNIQUE
STREET IN THE SENSE THAT THERE
IS NO THOROUGHFARE.
IT IS CUT OFF ON MARKET STREET
TO THE WEST AND CUT OFF BY THE
BALLARD BRIDGE TO THE EAST. WE
HAVE A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
HERE. ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS
OF THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN
THE EMBRACE BY SEATTLE AND
CITIES ACROSS THE SPACE OF
OUTDOOR DINING AND CAFC STREETS.
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, I WORKED
HARD TO BRING THE CAFC STREET
TO BALLARD AVENUE.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE
TURNED MY FOCUS TO CREATING A
PATHWAY TO PERMANENCY FOR
OUTDOOR DINING EXPERIENCES THAT
OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TO
VALUE.
BALLARD AVENUE QUICKLY BECAME
AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKING TO
ESTABLISH THEIR OWN OUTDOOR
DINING STREETS AND I BELIEVE IT
CAN AGAIN BE THE EXAMPLE OF HOW
WE MAKE THOSE STREETS PERMANENT
AND BE THE PILOT AND EXAMPLE
THAT WE CAN REPLICATE IN OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR I HOSTED A
DESIGN TO FORM A FUTURE
REDESIGN OF BALLARD AVENUE TO
BETTER ACCOMMODATE OUTDOOR
DINING AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
NATURE OF THE STREETS. IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL, AS YOU MAY
REMEMBER, I WAS ABLE TO SECURE
$50,000 TO BEGIN A 10% DESIGN
OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR BALLARD
AVENUE BASED ON ITS COMMUNITY
LED VISION AS WELL AS TO
IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE INTERIM
STEPS TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE
NEEDS ON THE STREET. AS WE TRY
NEW THINGS, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO ACT QUICKLY TO MAKE IT ALL
WORK. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
PROVIDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF
FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE 10%
DESIGN WITH THE BULK OF THE
$270,000 FUNDING THE NEXT STAGE
OF DESIGN WORK TO GET US TO A
30% DESIGN AND TO MAKE THIS THE
PILOT FOR THE REST OF THE CITY
TO USE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I AM REALLY THRILLED TO SIGN ON
TO THIS PROPOSAL WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS.
I THINK OF BALLARD AVENUE IN A
SIMILAR WAY TO OCCIDENTAL IN
PIONEER SQUARE, WHICH IS A
COMPLETELY BRICKED IN
PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARE
PREDICTED ON EITHER END THAT
REALLY HAS BECOME A GREAT
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE AND
CAFC STREET SPACE FOR DECADES
IN THE CITY.
WAYS TO EMULATE THAT KIND OF
PLACE MAKING ACROSS THE CITY
MIGHT BE ONE OF THE SILVER
LININGS THAT COMES OUT OF COVID-
19 AS WE HAVE SORT OF SEEN THIS
PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE CAFC
STREET LEGISLATION AND THE
STREETERY LEGISLATION THAT HAS
MADE IT POSSIBLE TO ENVISION
WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND A
SORT OF GIVEN US A PILOT PERIOD
OF COMPLETELY BANNING VEHICLES
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND SEEING
HOW THE COMMUNITY ADAPTS AND
ADJUSTS TO THOSE CHANGES. I DO
HOPE THIS PROJECT ON BALLARD
AVENUE IS THE BEGINNING OF
PURSUING THIS IN OTHER AREAS OF
THE CITY.
I'M INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PURSUE
SIMILAR INITIATIVES IN QUEEN
AND, AMONG OTHER PLACES AND I
REALLY THINK THIS COULD BE A
NEW WAY FORWARD TO HAVE AN
URBAN DESIGN THE CENTERS
PEDESTRIANS AND PEDESTRIAN
EXPERIENCES IN A SAFE AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPING WAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> I THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR
ITEM IS VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO
THE CAFC STREET LEGISLATION
THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK ON WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS THAT HE REFERENCED IN
HIS OPENING REMARKS . AS WE
JUST HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, CREATING THESE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE
STREET-LEVEL USE THAT REALLY
ACTIVATES SPACES FOR BOTH
COMMUNITY CONVENING'S AND ALSO
ONGOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
OUR SMALLEST BUSINESSES IN
THESE AREAS IS SO CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE
CONTINUE TO RECOVER AND
STRUGGLE WITH THE REALITIES OF
THIS ONGOING GLOBAL PANDEMIC. I
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS BRINGING THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM FORWARD.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A
CITYWIDE APPROACH AND THAT IT
IS A VERY SPECIFIC TO HIS
DISTRICT BUT I DO THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO START
SOMEWHERE AND TO LEARN SOME
LESSONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN EMULATE
THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT IN OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GETTING A
HEAD START NOW THROUGH THIS
BUDGET CYCLE WOULD BE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN
INFORMING OUR CONFERENCE A PLAN
AND INFORMING THAT CITYWIDE
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN
THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AND MANY
OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT FOLLOW
HERE THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSING
ON CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WOULD LOVE TO ADD MY NAME AS
A COSPONSOR TO THIS PARTICULAR
ITEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE
HEARING ME?
I AM SORRY.
IS THIS BETTER?
IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVING TROUBLE
HEARING ME?
>> COMING THROUGH LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> JUST ON MY END.
SORRY.
>> WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO
HEAR US BECAUSE WE ARE
COMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE FROM SDOT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THE
DISCUSSIONS.
I APPRECIATE THIS AND HOW THIS
TIES INTO WHAT WE JUST
DISCUSSED AS WELL.
I WILL NOTE ON THIS ONE THAT I
AM INTERESTED AS WELL IN SEEING
WHERE THE OVERLAP MAYBE WITH
SOME OF THE JUMPSTART
INVESTMENTS. THOSE ONE-TIME
INVESTMENTS SINCE WE ARE
CREATING THE BLUEPRINT FOR 2023
AND ADDING FUNDING TO CREATE A
TABLE TO COME UP WITH THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS STARTING IN
2022.
I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SOME SYNERGY WITH SOME OF THE
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE,
ACTIVATIONS SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY. I AM
GOING TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE
OVERLAP MIGHT EXIST.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ONTO 006.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS LETTER 6 A1
. IT REQUESTS THE REPORT ON
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS TO MLK JUNIOR WAY
SOUTH.
THE REPORT WILL BE DUE ON
SEPTEMBER 1 AND IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> THANK YOU.
>> THROUGH THIS SLIDE, WE ARE
ASKING SDOT TO ANALYZE AND SHARE
THEIR ANALYSIS ON TRANSFORMING
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY
BASICALLY FROM THE MT. BAKER
LIGHT-RAIL STATION DOWN TO THE
RANIER BEACH STATION.
THE WAY WE WORDED IT IN THE
SLIGHTEST LITTLE BIT CONFUSING
BUT SORT OF NORTH TO SOUTH.
THE IDEA HERE IS TO SEE WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO MAKE THAT A SAFE,
MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE
COST ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF SUCH A REDESIGN.
THIS IS ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT
COMES FROM SAFE STREETS
ADVOCATES IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
ACCORDING TO SDOT'S OWN 2020
TRAFFIC REPORT, THIS CORRIDOR
IN PARTICULAR RANKS SIXTH AND
SEVENTH IN TERMS OF THE HIGHEST
SPEED PERCENTILE OVER THE
POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
ON AVERAGE, PEOPLE WENT ABOUT
EIGHT MILES OVER THE SPEED
LIMIT ON THIS CORRIDOR.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY STAFF
AND I WERE RECENTLY DRIVING ON
THIS ROAD BACK TO THE DISTRICT
FROM AN EVENT.
WE WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT
AND WE WERE BUZZED BY TWO
PEOPLE SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD
SO QUICKLY THAT MY CAR SHOOK.
THESE KINDS OF UNSAFE
CONDITIONS COME FROM THE WAY
THAT THE ROAD IS DESIGNED.
MLK WAS A HIGHWAY. AFTER THAT,
IT KEPT THE HIGHWAY
CHARACTERISTICS WITH REALLY
WIDE LANES, LONG STRAIGHTAWAYS,
VERY FEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE
THIS CORRIDOR IS UP TO 100 FEET
WIDE.
WITH THE ADDITION OF LIGHT RAIL
IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET, IT
JUST CREATES LOTS OF
INHOSPITABLE CONDITIONS FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING ON FOOT
, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO
CATCH A TRAIN, PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRAVELING BY BIKE AND THE HIGH
SPEED OF DRIVERS MAKES IT THAT
MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.
WE ARE ASKING SDOT TO
INVESTIGATE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO MAKE THIS A SAFER CORRIDOR
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THEIR
CARS AND PROVIDING THIS
ANALYSIS WOULD HELP KEEP THE
MOMENTUM GOING ARE CHANGING
THIS CORRIDOR TO MEET THE NEEDS
OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL
ABILITIES AND REALLY TO HELP
FIND A SAFE, FLAT, DIRECT ROUTE
INTO DOWNTOWN WHICH WE DO NOT
CURRENTLY HAVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
>> WELL SAID.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN I WAS PREGNANT AND I WAS
GOING TO MY BIRTHING CLASSES
BEFORE DELIVERING, I WOULD TRY
TO GET THERE BY BIKE.
IT WAS VERY UNSAFE AND I CAN
ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE TERROR
EVEN OF BEING SEATED IN A CAR,
LET ALONE A BIKE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
HAS ANY STUDY LIKE THIS BEEN
DONE GIVEN THE STATISTICS ALONG
THAT CORRIDOR PREVIOUSLY?
>> I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCERNING
CORRIDOR'S.
THE SPIRIT BEHIND THIS SLIDE IS
TO FRANKLY GET A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT
SO MANY TIMES AND WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO FUND THE ENTIRE
PORTION OVER TIME.
THIS IS A BIT OF A STATUS
REPORT REQUEST AS WELL. IT IS
TRYING TO PUSH THE VISION OF IT
FURTHER BUT ALSO TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE.
>> AND, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
WILL COST.
LET'S ACTUALLY PUT SOME NUMBERS
DOWN AND GET A SENSE OF IF WE
HAVE TO PHASE THINGS IN, I WANT
TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
DOING RIDING A BIKE PREGNANT.
THAT IS ALL.
>> GETTING MY EXERCISES.
>> MAYBE I AM OLD SCHOOL.
>> THOSE e-BIKES WERE AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S
KEEP GOING.
>> SDOT 7 A1 WOULD REQUEST THAT
SDOT REPORT ON PEDESTRIAN
BICYCLE SAFETY WITH
IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTH KING
STREET.
THIS SLIDE IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SOUTH KING STREET IS SORT OF
THE PATHWAY BETWEEN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE INTO DOWNTOWN THROUGH
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
IT IS DESIGNATED AS A
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.
IT IS THE MAIN BICYCLE
CONNECTION BETWEEN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND DOWNTOWN BUT THERE
IS NO MEANINGFUL PEDESTRIAN OR
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
ACCORDING TO SDOT'S STREETS
ILLUSTRATED DATA, THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY IS 60 FEET WIDE.
THAT MEANS THAT A ROUTE THAT
SHOULD BE A SAFE, LOW-SPEED
CONNECTION, HAS THE EQUIVALENT
OF 22 FOOT WIDE LANES. AS IT
CURRENTLY STANDS, THE SAFEST,
FLATTEST CONNECTION BETWEEN
SOUTH SEATTLE AND THE BIGGEST
ECONOMIC CENTER IN THE CITY
DOES NOT MEET OUR OWN
DEPARTMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS
TYPE OF CONNECTION.
IT REALLY LEAVES PEOPLE
VULNERABLE WHO ARE WALKING OR
BIKING THROUGH THIS GREENWAY.
THIS SLIDE REQUESTS THAT WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE NEEDED TO
ACTUALLY MAKE THIS A TRULY SAFE
GREENWAY AND A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE COULD MAKE THAT
CONNECTION BETWEEN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND DOWNTOWN IN A WAY
THAT DOES NOT PUT THEM IN
JEOPARDY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
I DON'T HEAR ANY.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
>> 8 A1 REQUESTS THAT SDOT
REPORT ON ESTABLISHING A CITY
RUN DIRECT RENTAL SERVICE FOR
ELECTRIC ICICLES.
THIS WOULD BE DUE ON JULY 1. IT
IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS SAWANT AND
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT AFTER
DISCUSSING THIS WITH CENTRAL
STAFF, I THINK IT MORE OF A
APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SLIDE TO
BE DIRECTED TO THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING
SUBSIDIES FOR ELECTRIC BIKE USE
. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, MY
GOAL FOR BRINGING THIS SLIDE IS
SIMPLE.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
CITY CAN ACHIEVE OUR STATED
GOAL OF REDUCING VEHICLE
EMISSIONS BY 82% BY 2030. JUST
A SHORT NINE YEARS FROM NOW IN
AN EQUITABLE WAY AND ASKING US
TO LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT DO
THAT IN OTHER PLACES, INCLUDING
[INDISCERNIBLE], WHICH IS A
PROGRAM IN OUR SISTER CITY.
THIS IS NOT BIKE SHARE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM PRONTO
AND LINE BIKE. THE IDEA HERE IS
THAT YOU PAY A MONTHLY OR
SEASONAL OR ANNUAL RENTAL FEE
TO THE CITY AND THE CITY RENTS
OUT BIKES. YOU COULD RENT CARGO
BIKES, HAND PETAL BIKES. I HAVE
A BROCHURE, IF ANYONE CAN SEE
THAT. THEY ARE DOING IT IN
OTHER CITIES AND THE IDEA IS
THAT JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT RENT A
CAR, YOU CAN RENT A BIKE BUT
YOU ARE DOING IT FROM THE CITY.
IT IS MUCH CHEAPER. I KNOW THAT
49% OF MY CONSTITUENTS COMMUTE
ALONE IN THEIR CARS EVERY DAY.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE
THEY PREFER CARS OVER TRANSIT
OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
USE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, IT
IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GET AROUND
WITH THE METHOD THAT IS THE
MOST CONVENIENT TO THEM.
IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT MEANS
THAT MOST OF US GET AROUND BY
CAR BECAUSE THROUGH POLICY AND
THROUGH THE KIND OF CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT WE FUND, WE HAVE
MADE DRIVING ALONE THE MOST
CONVENIENT FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THAT COMES AT A HUGE COST, A
LITERAL COST. THE AVERAGE
ANNUAL COST OF CAR OWNERSHIP IS
OVER $9200 A YEAR. IT ALSO
COMES AT AN ENVIRONMENTAL COST.
WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT A
LOT.
THE IDEA HERE IS A LOW COST
ELECTRIC BICYCLE RENTAL PROGRAM
. IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET MORE
RELIABLE TRANSIT OPTIONS, TO
GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
HERE IN SEATTLE, A PEAK PRICE
ORCA CARD IS $99 A MONTH. IN
FRANCE, WHERE THIS PROGRAM IS
RUNNING, YOU CAN RENT AN
ELECTRIC BIKE FOR $120 A YEAR.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING
TO LOOK AT HOW THIS MIGHT WORK
HERE IN THE CITY AND THAT IS
WHAT THIS IS DOING SO WE CAN
MEET OUR TRANSPORTATION GOALS,
OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND OUR
EQUITY GOALS BY LOOKING AT HOW
TO DO THIS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
WE DID NOT DO THIS TYPE OF
ANALYSIS WHEN THE BIKE SHARE
CAME ONLINE EARLIER?
>> I WILL LET CALVIN ANSWER
THAT BUT MY ASSUMPTION IS NO
BECAUSE THIS WAS ABOUT THE
RENTAL HAPPENING WITH THE CITY,
NOT A PRIVATE CORPORATION.
>> OKAY.
THE DIFFERENCE -- THIS MODEL
WAS NOT LOOKED AT AT THE TIME.
IT REALLY WAS BETWEEN THE
FREQUENT RENTAL OF SINGLE USE
TRIPS THAT WAS BEING LOOKED AT
AT THE TIME.
THE CHANGE IN THE MODEL WAS
FROM A CITY FUNDED MODEL AROUND
BIKE STATIONS TO THE PERMITTING
OF FREE-FLOATING BIKE SHARE
VEHICLES THAT ARE PRIVATELY
OPERATED BUT IT DID NOT LOOK AT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHICH IS
MORE OF A DIRECT RENTAL OF
EQUIPMENT.
>> OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
>> IT IS NOT A BIKE SHARE
PROGRAM, IT IS A CITY FUNDED
RENTAL PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE WE
HAVE ORCA CARDS. INSTEAD OF
HAVING A PASTOR TAKE THE BUS,
YOU WOULD HAVE A PASS TO RENT A
BIKE.
>> GOD IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
AS A COSPONSOR.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ADDING HIS
NAME . LET'S GO ON TO NUMBER
NINE.
>> SDOT 9 A1 IS A STATEMENT OF
WHAT A SLATE OF INTENT THAT
WOULD REQUEST THAT SDOT REPORT
ON THE IMPACT OF OVERWEIGHT
VEHICLES.
THIS WOULD BE DUE ON SEPTEMBER
1. THIS OFFER IS BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
SAWANT AND LEWIS.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> IN THIS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT, WE ASK FOR
A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE
ESTIMATED IMPACTS TO OUR CITY'S
INFRASTRUCTURE FROM OVERWEIGHT
VEHICLES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
COSPONSORING.
THIS INCLUDES DAMAGE TO SEATTLE
STREETS AND BRIDGES BY
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND OTHER
OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES THAT SEE
EXEMPTIONS TO THE WEIGHT LIMITS
THAT ARE IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN
THE USEFUL LIFE OF OUR
INVESTMENTS AND MULTIMODAL
STREETS.
THIS REQUEST CAME UP DURING
DISCUSSION OF THE CONFERENCE A
PLAN BUT THIS IS MORE
APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS IT AS
PART OF A BUDGET. UNDERSTAND
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
DAMAGE BY OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES
AND THE COST TO REPAIR OUR CITY
STREETS WILL IMPROVE ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND
BUDGETING AND COULD YIELD
CREATIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE
SOLUTIONS TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE
FROM OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
NUMBER 10.
>> 10 A1 IS A STATEMENT IN
BLOOD ASIDE OF ATTEMPT
REQUESTING THAT SDOT REPORT ON
ANALYSIS AND INCIDENT
REPORTING.
THIS WOULD BE DUE ON SEPTEMBER
1.
>> YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT RIGHT
NOW SDOT RELIES ON SPD CRASH
REPORT DATA TO HELP MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO INVEST
IN REPAIRS OR TRAFFIC
MITIGATION.
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC
COLLISIONS OR OTHER SORTS OF
CRASHES REPORT THAT THE
EXPERIENCE, HAVING TO REPORT,
HAVING TO FILE A REPORT,
ENGAGED IN POLICE IS NOT
NECESSARILY THE WAY FOLKS WANT
TO MANAGE THESE EXPERIENCES.
NOT EVERYONE REPORTS ACCIDENTS
FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
THIS PRACTICE LEADS TO
INACCURATE DATA BECAUSE WE
DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT HAS
HAPPENED.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW HEAVILY SDOT
RELIES ON THESE REPORTS WHEN
THEY ARE EVALUATING STREETS FOR
SAFETY UPGRADES AND HOW WE CAN
SHIFT AWAY FROM A COMPLAINT
SPACE TO A MORE EQUITABLE
ANALYSIS FOR HOW WE MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT KEEPING OUR
NEIGHBORS SAFE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT LAST PART, EITHER FOR YOU
OR CALVIN, MAYBE YOU CAN POINT
ME TO IT. I DID NOT SEE THAT
LAST PART STANDING OUT IN THE
SUMMARY. THE REAL INTENT IS TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MOVING TO A
DIFFERENT SYSTEM VERSUS JUST
ASKING HOW THEY CURRENTLY USE
IT?
>> YEAH.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THERE BUT
I WILL CHANGE IT.
>> PERHAPS IT IS AND I NEED TO
READ IT WITH THAT LENS IN MIND.
CALVIN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS
SOME WORK THE DEPARTMENT HAS
DONE TO TRY TO HIGHLIGHT HOW
THEY DO THEIR TRAFFIC SAFETY
ANALYSIS.
THEY ESTABLISHED
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT STEPS
AND PART OF THE INTENT WAS TO
GET A STATUS ON HOW THEY ARE
IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE STUDY.
THIS WAS PART OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S WORK TO TRY TO
FOCUS MORE ON THE EQUITY LENS
THROUGH THEIR PLANNING AND
DESIGN, THE VALUATION EFFORTS
BUT IT IS A COUPLE OF YEARS
SINCE THEY LAST REPORTED ON
THIS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THAT WORK IS NOW.
THE ISSUE OF HOW THEY USE
EXISTING SPD REPORTING AND HOW
OTHER ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF
GETTING INFORMATION INTO THE
SYSTEM AND ANALYZED IS A BIG
FOCUS. ARE THERE OTHER PATHWAYS
OF GETTING REPORTING AND
INFORMATION TO SDOT THAT DON'T
RELY ON CRASH REPORTS?
>> OKAY.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
GREAT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> SDOT 102 WOULD ADD $600,000
OF TRANSLATION FUND TO SDOT FOR
THE MARKET PROJECT.
THIS WOULD INSTALL A TOTAL OF
11 PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS AT THREE
LOCATIONS ALONG MARKET TO MULTI-
ROUTE. IT IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND MORALES.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR QUEUING THIS UP
. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT
THIS.
THAT WAS A BIG PRIORITY OF MY
PREDECESSOR AND IN THE SPIRIT
OF A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT, TODAY WAS
REALLY CREATED CENTERING THE
PRIORITIES OF VISION ZERO AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. ONE OF THE
GALVANIZING EVENTS IN THE EARLY
DESIGN FOR THIS WAS A REALLY
HORRIFYING PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
AT WESTERN AND LENORE IN 2018
THAT REALLY CENTER THE NEED FOR
THIS CORRIDOR TO HAVE SUFFICIENT
VESTRY AND IMPROVEMENTS
INCLUDING ADEQUATE LIGHTING,
WHICH WE KNOW IS SO CRITICAL
FOR VISIBILITY AND DESIGN IN
HOW WE ARE MAKING THIS AN
ACCOMMODATING CITY FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. I
THINK IT IS CRITICAL TOO, AS WE
ARE GOING FORWARD NOW POST
COVID, AS WE ARE SEEING OUR
BUDGETS START TO RECOVER, AS WE
ARE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THE
BRIEF BUT COVID INDUCED
RECESSION EBBING AWAY, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO GO BACK TO THE
THINGS WHERE WE MADE A
COMMITMENT TO CERTAIN POLICIES,
PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE
NONPROFIT IN THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BRING
THIS TO BEAR AND TO INCENTIVIZE
PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN THE
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT
THIS PRIORITY THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED AND
UNDERSTANDABLY PUT ON HOLD,
GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE
UNCERTAINTY OF THE COVID ERA
BUDGET AND I REALLY HOPE THAT
WE CAN GET IT BACK ON TRACK NOW
THAT THINGS ARE LOOKING A
LITTLE BETTER HERE.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING THIS FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO REALLY GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR HIS PREVIOUS WORK
ON THE PROJECT AND TO
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOT HERSELF
IN RETIREMENT WHO IS A BIG
DRIVING FORCE FOR GETTING THIS
FUNDED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> 103 A1 WOULD ADD $3.75
MILLION OF TRANSPORTATION FUND
TO SDOT NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC
CONTROL PROGRAM LIMITATION OF
ADDITIONAL HOMELESS PROJECT.
THIS WOULD SUPPORT PRODUCT OF
ELEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF
APPROXIMATELY 18 LOCATIONS THAT
WERE INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS
PART OF THE HOME ZONE PILOT
PROGRAM.
THIS IS OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WE DO HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW IN
BROADVIEW AND IN THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SDOT
TEAM. THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD
DRIVEN PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
THAT CALM TRAFFIC, THAT IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, AND
IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY.
THIS FUNDING WOULD EXPAND THE
PROGRAM FOR UP TO 20 HOME ZONES
IN THE CITY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PROGRAM
LIKE THIS CONTINUED TO OFFER
THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE IN YEARS
TO COME UNTIL ALL OF THE
SIDEWALK LISTS STREETS IN
SEATTLE RECEIVE SOME
MISTREATMENT. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR HER
SPONSORSHIP.
WE HAVE REPRESENTED THE MOST
DIVERSE OF CENSUS TRACTS IN THE
CITY AND ALSO REPRESENT THE
AREAS WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCESS
TO SAFE STREET SPACE FOR WALKING
OR LEISURE. I HAVE HEARD FROM
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE AFRAID TO
LET THEIR KIDS WALK HOME FROM
SCHOOL OR PLAY OUTSIDE BECAUSE
THE ROADS NEAR THEIR HOMES, AS
CURRENTLY DESIGNED, JUST ARE
NOT SAFE. I THINK IT WAS
CROSSCUT THAT REPORTED IT WOULD
TAKE US 1800 YEARS AT THE RATE
WE ARE GOING RIGHT NOW TO BUILD
OUT ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS NEEDED
IN THE CITY.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS
BUILDING A SIDEWALK BUT WOULD
STILL GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE
PLACES TO GET AROUND. AS WE SAID
, WE HEAR FRUSTRATIONS FROM
CONSTITUENTS WHO TRY TO GET
TRAFFIC CALMING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY ARE TOLD
THEY NEED TO FORM A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING GROUP, APPLY FOR
GRANTS, LOBBY THE CITY OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
A COMMUNITY'S TENACITY SHOULD
NOT BE THE METRIC THAT WE USE
TO BUILD SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE SHOULD JUST BUILD IT.
SDOT HAS ALREADY EVALUATED 20
AREAS FOR HOME ZONES. I THINK
THEY ARE READY TO GO.
THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THEM
TO JUST START BUILDING SO THAT
WE CAN KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
WONDERFUL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON 20104
.
>> IT WOULD ADD $150,000 OF
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO SDOT'S
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, THE
NORTHEAST 40th STREET CROSSING
OF INTERSTATE 5 DIG.
THE PROVISO WOULD RESTRICT
FUNDING IN THE CBA WAS 350,000
OF A DECEDENT RESOURCES FOR A
TOTAL OF 500,000 FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> NORTH SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPENING OF A
NEW SEATTLE TRANSIT LIGHT-RAIL
STATION INCLUDING THE NEW
STATION IN THE URBAN VILLAGE OR
URBAN CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT NEAR NORTHEAST 40th
STREET.
NOW, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON OUR PROMISES TO MAXIMIZE
ACCESS TO THAT LARGE INVESTMENT
IN TRANSIT.
UNFORTUNATELY, GETTING SAFELY
TO THE NEW STATION FROM OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE WEST BY
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS
REQUIRES CROSSING I-5 THROUGH
SOME OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS
INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING
HARD FOR YEARS TO GET SDOT AND
THE OWNER OF THAT RIDGE,
WASHD.O.T.
, TO SOLVE THIS BY INSTALLING
SAFER PASSAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS
AND CYCLISTS ON THE OVERPASS
ITSELF SO WE MAXIMIZE THAT
CONNECTION TO LIGHT-RAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR APPROVING A BUDGET
ADD LAST YEAR FOR THIS ISSUE.
AFTER SOME STUDYING THE OF
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, SDOT RAN
INTO SOME CHALLENGES WITH
WASHD.O.T.
AND SDOT SEEMS TO HAVE PAUSED
WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
THE ADVOCATES HAVE NOT GIVEN
UP, NOR SHOULD WE.
THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT BE THAT
DIFFICULT.
IT IS WORTH THE EXTRA EFFORT
BECAUSE IT IS FOR SAFETY AND IT
ENHANCES MOBILITY TO OUR
EXPANDING TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THIS YEAR'S ADDITION WOULD BE
IN ADDITION TO THE LAST YEAR'S
UNSPENT $350,000 AND IT IS
EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO
MAKE NEEDED CHANGES TO THE
EXISTING BRIDGE, SIDEWALK, AND
ROADWAY SO THERE ARE NO ROADWAYS
. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR COSPONSORING.
JUST THIS WEEK, OVER 400 PEOPLE
HAVE SIGNED A PETITION
SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET ACTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF
THE ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS FOR THEIR PASSION AND
PERSISTENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
HISTORY ON THIS ITEM.
IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS FROM
THE MASS COALITION THAT WE
SUPPORTED LAST YEAR.
THERE WAS FIVE MAJOR MASS
COALITION ASKS.
WE INCLUDED THOSE IN THE
INITIAL BUDGET AND THEN 40th
STREET WAS ADDED.
I THINK TO THE TUNE OF $400,000
, SPECIFICALLY FOR BIKE LANES.
CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT SOME OF
THESE HURDLES OR BARRIERS ARE?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST HURDLE
IS COORDINATING WITH WASHD.O.T.
AS THESE LOCATIONS REALLY FOCUS
ON THE ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS
TO INTERSTATE 5 DIG. THIS
CROSSING IS A WASHD.O.T.
FACILITY. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH
WASHD.O.T.
ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
. I THINK THERE IS STILL AN
ONGOING QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
SOME OF THE AND WROTE OPTIONS
ARE FOR THIS CROSSING AND I
THINK THIS IS TRYING TO FOCUS
ON MAKING SURE THERE IS SOME
LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
CONNECTIONS IN THIS AREA BUT IT
IS REALLY FOCUSING THE
RESOURCES AND KEEPING IT
DEDICATED FOR THIS SPECIFIC
PURPOSE.
A LOT OF OUR PREVIOUS WORK WAS
MAYBE MORE GENERIC TO SUPPORT
THE ENTIRE CONNECTION BETWEEN
WALLINGFORD AND THE U DISTRICT
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST
OUTSTANDING ISSUE IN WORKING
BETWEEN SDOT AND WASHD.O.T.
>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ADD TO THAT?
>> JUST THAT I KNOW, BUDGET
CHAIR, ARE THESE PROJECTS ON
ADDITIONAL LISTS?
HAVE THEY BEEN VETTED FOR
ADDITIONAL PROCESS?
THIS WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED
DURING THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY AS
WELL TO IMPROVE THIS CONNECTION.
I SEE THIS AS FULFILLING A
PROMISE TO OPTIMIZE THAT
CONNECTION FOR BOTH CYCLISTS
TRYING TO HEAD WEST AND EAST
TOWARD THE LIGHT-RAIL STATION,
ALSO FOR PEDESTRIANS MAKING
THAT SAFER, WELCOMING
PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARE TO THE
LIGHT-RAIL STATION.
>> GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PUT BACK ON
OUR RADAR.
I KNOW THIS WAS A PRIORITY.
THANK YOU FOR FLOGGING THE
LEVEL OF INTEREST FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THE CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS TO SEE HOW THOSE
CONVERSATIONS COULD PROGRESS AS
WELL WITH WASHD.O.T.
AND HOW WE COULD BE HELPFUL
WITH WASHD.O.T.
AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE
AS WELL.
PERHAPS WE CAN CONNECT MORE
ABOUT THAT BUT I APPRECIATE YOU
PLUGGING THAT FOR OUR BUDGET
INVESTMENT. WE CAN DO A DUAL
APPROACH ON THAT TO GET SOME
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AT THE
TABLE.
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
LET'S MOVE ON TO 104.
>> THE NEXT ITEM I BELIEVE IS
SDOT 105 A1 WHICH WOULD ADD 2
MILLION OF TRANSPORTATION FUND
TO THE MASTER PLAN SIDEWALKS
PROJECT FOR SIDEWALK
INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISTRICT 2
AND IMPOSE A PROVISO.
IT WOULD RESTRICT THE FUNDING
IN THE CBA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
SIDEWALKS TO DISTRICT 2. THIS
IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COSPONSORED BY
PEDERSEN AND STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
WE NEED MORE SIDEWALKS.
WE NEED THEM EVERYWHERE.
WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR MORE
HOME ZONES, I WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER THIS AMENDMENT.
THE INTENT HERE IS TO FUND
SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CENTER ON
20th AVENUE SOUTH AND AREAS
ADJACENT TO RANIER VIEW
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 2.
>> WONDERFUL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON 105?
>> OKAY.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I AM
WONDERING ABOUT SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY
LISTED IN YOUR AMENDMENT HERE,
20th AVENUE SOUTH, OTHELLO
STREET, AND STREETS ADJACENT TO
RANIER.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET AN UPDATE
ON WHAT SET OF DESIGN THEY ARE?
ARE THEY READY TO GO IF WE GAVE
THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO
COMPLETE THEM?
>> THAT IS NOT A QUESTION I CAN
ANSWER BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY
FIND OUT.
CALVIN, IF YOU HAVE --
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE BUT I CAN
FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
>> GREAT. LET'S FOLLOW UP AND
SEE WHAT THE STATUS OF THE
PROJECTS ARE AND IF THERE HAS
BEEN ANY PLANNING OR WORK
DESIGN DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
PERCENTAGE THEY ARE AT SO WE
CAN SEE HOW FAR THAT CAN GET US
IN THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S GO TWO 106. IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> YES.
IT WOULD CREATE A NEW BATTERY
STREET PORTAL IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT AND ADD $500,000 OF
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO SDOT FOR
THIS PROJECT.
THIS WOULD FUND INTERIM
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE OF THE
NOW DECOMMISSIONED BATTERY
STREET PORTAL SITE. IT IS
OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS, COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> AS ALL OF US ARE WELL AWARE,
WE HAD THE VIADUCT COME DOWN IN
RECENT YEARS, OPENING UP A HOST
OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CORE
OF OUR CITY FOR RECLAIMING THAT
SPACE. THAT IMPACT HAS BEEN
MOST DRAMATIC AT THE BATTERY
SITE IN BELLTOWN WHICH IS NOW A
LARGE, GRASSY, SEVERAL ACRES
SPACE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
ONE OF OUR DENSEST
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
IT IS COMPLETELY FENCED IN AND
NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AS PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE
NEWS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS,
THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
RETAIN AN OPTION TO EVENTUALLY
BE ABLE TO BUILD A SCHOOL ON
THE SITE WHICH IS REALLY GREAT
AND AN EXCELLENT AMENITY FOR
THE CENTRE CITY TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
AS OF THIS COMMITTEE MEETING,
NOT UNTIL THE VERY DISTANT
FUTURE THAT THAT WOULD BE
REALIZED. WE WILL LEAVE THIS
RIGHT AWAY, ESSENTIALLY VACANT
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
IN THE INTERIM, THAT SITE IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN AS SDOT
RIGHT-OF-WAY, RIGHTLY SO TO
PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE
THAT OPTION.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR THIS
LARGE SITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO ESSENTIALLY BE
THE EQUIVALENT OF THE HOLE IN
THE GROUND ACROSS FROM CITY HALL
. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUMP ON
AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP PART
OF THE SITE FOR SOME KIND OF
CITY OR PUBLIC USE IN THIS
DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS
WITHOUT A LOT OF PUBLIC
AMENITIES. IN THE MEANTIME,
WHILE PLANNING GOES FORWARD AND
THIS STAYS AS SDOT RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
THIS MONEY WOULD BE THE ABILITY
TO PUT IN CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
LIKE BENCHES, TABLES, LIGHTING,
WASTE RECEPTACLES, SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS, PERHAPS
CONSTRUCTING A PHYSICAL DECK
THAT COULD BE USED BY FOOD
TRUCKS OR A BEER GARDEN POP UP
OR OTHER KIND OF COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE HAS
BEEN AN ARRANGEMENT MADE
BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF
WATERFRONT AND SDOT, A
TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
WOULD PROVIDE PROGRAMMING TO
THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE SITE,
MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE
MID-ACTIVATES OCCIDENTAL PARK
AND WESTLAKE PARK.
THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY FOR
AN ACTIVATION STRATEGY TO COME
TOGETHER SO THAT THIS SPACE CAN
BE USED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE
INTERIM INSTEAD OF SITTING AS A
FENCED IN SITE THAT IS JUST
OCCASIONALLY MOWED BY SDOT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THAT, TO LEVERAGE
PARTNERSHIPS FROM OTHER
PARTNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND
HOPE WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE HERE INSTEAD OF
BEING IN A POSITION WHERE IT IS
JUST A FENCED IN SPACE OF
VACANT LAND.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THIS BATTERY STREET PROPOSAL?
>> LET'S MOVE ON.
>> ITEM 503 WOULD PASS
LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX TO
14.5%, CREATE A NEW DISTRICT
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECT, ADDED
$700,000 FOR THAT PROJECT, ADD
$1.25 MILLION TO THE
STRUCTURE'S MAJOR MAINTENANCE
PRODUCT AND ADD $1.52 MILLION
TO DIVISION ZERO PROJECT.
THIS IS A TOTAL OF 3.5 MILLION
IN 2022 WHICH IS BASED ON
MIDYEAR LIMITATION OF THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX INCREASE
AND THIS IS INTENDED TO BE AN
ONGOING FUNDING WHICH WOULD
GENERATE 6.4 MILLION ANNUALLY
IN FUTURE YEARS.
IT IS OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND STRAUSS.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL BECAUSE I THINK IT
REALLY CENTERS THE ONGOING NEED
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING
WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS OF A
LOT OF OUR AMENDMENTS THIS
MORNING WHICH IS THE MASSIVE
PENT UP BACKLOG OF CRITICAL
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY TO
REALIZE OUR VISION ZERO GOALS
AS A CITY, AND AS A PUBLIC
COMMENTOR NOTED, WE ARE VERY
FAR AWAY FROM REALIZING VISION
ZERO.
WE HAVE HAD TWO COMPLETELY
AVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS OF PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS BEING KILLED AND ARE
ON TRACK TO HAVE DOZENS OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS KILLED IN
SITUATIONS WHERE BETTER
ENGINEERING AND BETTER BUILT
ENVIRONMENTS AND THE EXCLUSION
OF VEHICLES FROM CERTAIN RIGHT
OF WAYS COULD HAVE SAVED LIVES.
PART OF REALIZING VISION ZERO
IS GOING TO REALLY NEED TO BE
CARVING OUT NEW SOURCES OF
REVENUE, CARVING OUT NEW
DEDICATED STREAMS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS THAT IS
NOT AT RISK OF BEING CUT EVERY
YEAR WHEN WE COME BACK AND DO
OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BUT THAT
WE CREATE AN EXPECTATION THAT
THERE WILL BE A PERMANENT
STREAM OF REVENUE THAT IS NOT
DEPENDENT ON ANY LEVY, THAT IS
NOT DEPENDENT ON A REALLOCATION
BUDGET RARITIES BUT SOMETHING
THAT WE ALL CAN MAKE A
STATEMENT ON THIS YEAR. THERE
WILL BE A DEDICATED AMOUNT OF
REVENUE PUT ASIDE TO MAKE
PROGRESS ON OUR VISION ZERO
PROJECTS AS DRIVEN BY THE DATA
AT SDOT BY WHERE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT
AND NEED TO BE TRIAGED. THIS,
BY NO MEANS SHOULD BE THE ONLY
MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON VISION
ZERO BUT THIS CAN BE A
NECESSARY AND SIGNIFICANT SURGE
OF $3.2 MILLION ANNUALLY WHEN IT
IS ULTIMATELY ALL REALIZED IN
FUTURE YEARS WHEN IT IS
COLLECTING AT FULL STEAM TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING
THAT PROGRESS. THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX HAS NOT BEEN RAISED
SINCE 2010.
IT IS A FAIRLY UNDERUTILIZED
SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT CAN ONLY
EXCLUSIVELY BE USED FOR
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THIS,
ORIGINALLY, HAD BEEN CONCEIVED
BY ME AS AN IDEA TO DO A 1%
INCREASE, TO ONLY HAVE THE
DEDICATED VISION ZERO FUND. AND
TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS AND
TALKING TO FELLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS, IT SEEMED LIKE
THERE IS SUPPORT TO DOUBLE THAT
AND PURSUE A 2% COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX INCREASE TO
CARVEOUT DEDICATED ONGOING
REVENUE FOR ANOTHER CRITICAL
ISSUE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN
GRAPPLING WITH, WHICH IS THE
MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF
SOME OF OUR MULTIMODAL BRIDGES
THAT WE KNOW ARE INCONSIDERABLE
EXTREME DISREPAIR.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO CARVE
A 10% OF THE ONGOING REVENUE TO
GO TO DISTRICTS FOR TRAFFIC
SAFETY PRIORITIES, SORT OF
SIMILAR IN CONCEPTS TO THE
PREVIOUS BUDGET ADD AROUND HOME
ZONE IMPROVEMENTS. I DO SEE
THAT AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
EXERCISED IN A COMPLIMENTARY WAY
FOR THAT DEDICATED 10% OF THIS
OVERALL PACKAGE TO GO TOWARD.
I REALLY DO THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A
VANTAGE OF AN UNDERUTILIZED
REVENUE STREAM AND FOR US TO
MOVE TOGETHER ON CARVING OUT A
NEW RESOURCE TO START TACKLING
THESE DUAL PROBLEMS BY MAKING
SURE WE ARE MEETING ALL OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATIONS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE OBLIGATIONS AS A
CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I KNOW WE HAD LOOKED AT THIS A
LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR AND IT IS
EVEN BETTER TIMING, KNOWING THE
LIGHT-RAIL STATIONS THAT ARE
COMING ONLINE. THERE IS A
DISINCENTIVE FOR SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, A FURTHER
DISINCENTIVE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE LIGHT-
RAIL STATIONS ONLINE AND MORE
COMING, THAT WILL HELP.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE
ADDITIONS TO VISION ZERO AS
WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
MENTION OF BRIDGES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO
THIS PROPOSAL.
I APPRECIATE THE PROPOSAL BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND WE WILL
BE DISCUSSING NEXT A BONDING
PROPOSAL FOR BRIDGES.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL
DEDICATE FUNDS FROM A VEHICLE
LICENSE FEE REVENUES THAT THIS
YEAR ARE FUNDING OTHER PROJECT.
THIS SMALL INCREASE IN THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX ALLOWS
FOR FUNDING OTHER SAFETY
PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE WE
WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT
IMPORTANT WORK.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ADDING
HER NAME TO S.5 03.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID
YOU WANT TO --
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
AS A COSPONSOR AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ADDING HIS NAME TO SDOT 503.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LET'S MOVE ON.
>> SDOT 504 A1 WOULD AMEND THE
COUNCIL BILL TO ISSUE
ADDITIONAL BONDS, ABOUT $100
MILLION IN 2022 AND ADD $100
MILLION OF BOND PROCEEDS TO THE
BRIDGE RELATED CIP PROJECTS. WE
WOULD ALSO AT $3.1 MILLION
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO SDOT FOR
THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE
ADDITIONAL BONDS. THIS IS
OFFERED BY COUNCIL NUMBER
PEDERSEN AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE
TODAY.
LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR COSPONSORING AND ALSO THE
STEADFAST SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S.
WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED
THIS CONCEPT OF BUILDING BACK
BETTER. THE BONDS WILL ENABLE
S TO FINALLY ADDRESS TH
BACKLOG OF VITAL BRIDGE SAFETY
PROJECTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE ON THE SUBSEQUENT AUDIT
OF SEATTLE'S BRIDGES THAT MADE
IT CLEAR THAT MANY BRIDGES THAT
CONNECT US AND KEEP OUR ECONOMY
MOVING HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
NEGLECTED AND REMAIN IN POOR
CONDITION. FOR SOME VALID
REASONS, SOME COUNCILMEMBERS
WANTED TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE
DURING THE FALL BUDGET PROCESS
SO HERE WE ARE.
NOW WE HAVE AN FOR SDOT BUDGET
IN FRONT OF US OF OVER $700
MILLION.
OUR BRIDGES CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE AND WE DON'T WANT
TO MISS THIS RARE WINDOW
OPPORTUNITY WHEN INTEREST RATES
ARE AT HISTORIC LOWS. YOU HAVE
ALL HEARD OF THE BROAD BENEFITS
OF INVESTING IN OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SAFE
CONNECTIONS.
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE
THE POSITIVE IMPACTS THIS BOND
ISSUANCE CAN HAVE. WE CAN
FULFILL MORE PROMISES BY
RESTORING SEISMIC UPGRADE
PROJECTS THAT WERE CANCELED OR
PAUSED SUCH AS FOR THE BALLARD
BRIDGE AND/OR THE FREMONT BRIDGE
. WITH BONDS, WE CAN INCREASE
SAFETY ON MULTIPLE BRIDGES ON
THE LIST THAT SDOT PROVIDED AT
OUR REQUEST ON SEPTEMBER 30.
THIS INCLUDES SAFETY PROJECTS
FOR THE SPOKANE STREET SWING
BRIDGE, THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE AND
UNIVERSITY BRIDGE.
WITH BONDS, WE CAN ALSO BOOST
THE CAPITAL HEAVY LINE ITEMS
IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY AUDITOR
AS BEING HISTORICALLY
UNDERFUNDED.
THIS PROJECT LIST IS FLEXIBLE SO
WE WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS
WHO WANT TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY.
FOR THE YEAR 2022, THE $100
MILLION IN BONDS WOULD REQUIRE
INTEREST ONLY PAYMENTS TOTALING
APPROXIMATELY $3.1 MILLION.
THAT IS WITH THE HYPER CAUTIOUS
ESTIMATED INTEREST RATE OF
4.1%.
RECENT BOND SALES FOR THESE
HAVE BEEN AROUND 2%.
THE AMOUNT OF DEBT SERVICE
PAYMENT WOULD APPROXIMATELY
DOUBLE FOR EACH OF THE
REMAINING YEARS.
WITH THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY,
THE $100 MILLION RECEIVED TODAY
TO ADDRESS OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS
IS WORTH MORE THAN $100 MILLION
TRICKLING OUT OVER 20 YEARS.
IF INTEREST RATES SPIKE IN THE
FUTURE AND ANOTHER BRIDGE FAILS
, EVERYONE WILL LOOK BACK AT
THIS MOMENT AND ASK, WHY DID
CITY HALL NOT TAKE BIGGER ACTION
? IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
BUDGET FALLS SHORT ON BRIDGES
BUT HERE WE ARE WITH THE
ABILITY TO IMPROVE IT.
AS THE SEATTLE TIMES NOTED
EARLIER THIS WEEK, CITY HALL
HAS HAD A HISTORY OF KICKING
THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BUT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL OUGHT TO
END THIS PRACTICE AND GET TO
WORK ON APPROPRIATELY FUNDING
VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ONCE AND
FOR ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS
TODAY.
I WILL HOLD THE FEW QUESTIONS
THAT I HAVE AND WE WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER TRAN 21st.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTENT OF
THIS CBA. I THINK THAT THE
INTENT IS SPOT ON THAT WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO USE BONDING
CAPACITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
TODAY. AS WE SPOKE ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY, MY CONCERN IS WHAT
OF THE BEST USE OF THE DOLLARS?
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PRIORITIZATION LIST IS CORRECT
AND IT WORKS WITH THE WORK THAT
OUR CITY HAS ALREADY DONE
REGARDING THE REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
I HAVE LIMITED MYSELF TO 10 OH
SPONSORSHIPS IN THIS BECAUSE I
WAS A PROLIFIC COSPONSOR IN THE
ORIGINAL ROUND. YOU ARE GETTING
MY LAST COSPONSORSHIP OPENING
BUT I AM HAPPY TO COSPONSOR
WITH YOU TODAY AND IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO WORK OUT THOSE
FINANCIAL DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXERCISING
THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
COSPONSORS, I APPRECIATE A.
COUNCIL NUMBER TRAN 20 ADDING
HIS NAME TO 504.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE ITEM UP ON
MY SCREEN.
MI LISTED AS COSPONSOR FOR THIS
ONE?
>> YOU ARE NOT LISTED YET.
WE HAVE JUAREZ AND LEWIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED
AND REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF POINTS. I APPRECIATE
INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT WERE
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY BUT HAVE SINCE
BEEN REMOVED.
I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE LEVY IS A CRITICAL PART OF
SDOT'S BUDGET, NOT JUST FOR
SEISMIC REHAB BUT ALSO FOR
VISION ZERO, SIDEWALKS,
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PROJECTS.
WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE
VOTERS IN 2024 AND I HAVE
CONSISTENTLY ARGUED THAT WE
NEED TO SHOW VOTERS WE ARE
WILLING TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION
TO FUND THESE PROJECTS THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY
THE VOTERS. HAVING FUNDS IN
HAND WILL MAKE US MORE
COMPETITIVE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
. SDOT'S MEMO FROM NOVEMBER OF
LAST YEAR SHOWED SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES IN COSTS TO
SEISMICALLY RETROFIT BRIDGES.
IT INCLUDES VERY IMPORTANT TO
DISTRICT ONE ACCESS TO FOURTH
AVENUE SOUTH OVER THE RAILROAD
TRACKS. THESE ARE KEY ARTERIALS
WHEN THE TUNNEL TO THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE IS CLOSED AND A
COMBINATION OF LOCAL AND
OUTSIDE FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED
TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION
OF WORK FOR THE EXPRESSWAY
WHICH CONNECTS THE WEST SEATTLE
PENINSULA. AS I NOTED DURING A
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE SENSITIVE TO
IMPACTS OF CLOSURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE AND HOW
DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN FOR
RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 1. I
THINK WE REALLY NEED TO AVOID
CLOSING ANY LANES ON THE BRIDGE
OR ADJACENT STRUCTURES FOR A
FEW YEARS. OF THE INTENT IS TO
USE BOND FINANCING TO DO THIS
WORK, WE NEED TO LOOK AT
PHASING THAT OUT FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ADDING
HER NAME TO I START 504.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL NUMBER PEDERSEN, I AM
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS
UP SO I WOULD OFFER YOU A FEW
COMMENTS . COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND
UP?
>> NO, I JUST HOPE PEOPLE JOIN
THE COOL KIDS ON THIS ONE.
TRYING TO HELP ALEX OUT.
TRYING TO DO A SOLID.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME HERE
TODAY.
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
>> PLEASE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
ISSUE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EARLIER WORK
ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE WITH MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY.
LET ME THANK DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WHO HAD ENGAGED
WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE HAD
MADE TO PULL TOGETHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO HAVE STAKEHOLDER
CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR. I
THANK THEM FOR THE WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED IN
THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
MY HOPE WAS THAT WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER EVERYBODY
IN ONE LARGE ZOOM ROOM, PERHAPS
THE REMOTE NATURE OF THE LAST
YEAR AND HALF MADE THAT
IMPOSSIBLE.
I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF OVERLAP IN TERMS OF
PRIORITIES FOR BOTH
INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF
BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY AND
I THINK IF WE WERE ALL SITTING
IN ONE ROOM AS WE USED TO BE
ABLE TO DO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
FIND SOME OF THAT COMMON
GROUND.
I HAVE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE MUST REPAIR BRIDGES WE
MUST NOT ONLY TO MAINTENANCE
BUT STRUCTURAL FIXES TO OUR
BRIDGES.
AS WE DO THAT, WE MUST PROVIDE
UPGRADES AND ENHANCEMENTS SO
THAT WE CAN HAVE MULTIMODAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT SUPPORTS BUSES AND BIKE
LANES AND PEDESTRIAN SPACES.
AS FOLKS KNOW, I WENT WITH A
GROUP OF FOLKS EARLIER THIS
YEAR ACROSS THE BALLARD BRIDGE.
BECAUSE OF THE NARROW LANE FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ON
THE BALLARD BRIDGE, THERE WAS
NO WAY TO TAKE BIKE TRAILERS
OVER THAT HAD KIDDOS AND IT.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO TAKE SOME
OF THE LARGER BIKES THAT ARE e-
BIKES ACROSS ON THE PROTECTED
SCIENTIFIC AREA. I WILL NOT
EVEN CALL IT A BIKE OR A
PEDESTRIAN LANE BECAUSE IT IS
REALLY SCARY TO BIKE OR RUN.
BRIDGES MUST ALSO BE SEEN AS A
WAY TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND
CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT USING
CARS AND ARE USING BUSES OR
BIKES OR WALKING AND RUNNING.
I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIND
THAT OVERLAP AS WE CONTINUE OUR
DISCUSSION OF THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONVERSATION AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
I WANT TO THANK OUR SEATTLE
DELEGATION FOR OUR WORK TO
SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS.
WHEN I SAY INFRASTRUCTURE, I
MEAN BRIDGES AND I ALSO IN
HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND
HOUSING AND CHILDCARE.
BOTH OF THESE BILLS MUST GO
TOGETHER.
I DO ALSO WANT TO THINK
POSITIVE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VERY BRIEFLY
HERE.
THE WEST SEATTLE RESORT
MENTIONED. WE KNOW THAT THEY
ARE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT
TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
OPEN THAT BRIDGE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOTED. WE ARE ON TRACK. WE DO
ANTICIPATE THAT THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE WILL OPEN BY
MIDYEAR OF NEXT YEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, SDOT HAS
INVESTED IN MORE THAN 200 LOCAL
PROJECTS OUT HERE TO DO TRAFFIC
MITIGATION, TRAFFIC CALMING,
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EFFORTS TO
TRY TO ADDRESS THE ROUTES THAT
MORE VEHICLES ARE USING AROUND
OUR REGION AND APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT SDOT HAS DONE TO DO
TRAFFIC MITIGATION AS WELL AS
OPEN THAT THIRD TEAM.
I AGREE THAT OUR BRIDGES ARE A
CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, TO
COMMERCE, TO CHILDCARE, TO
WORKPLACES AND WE MUST BE
INVESTING IN THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN
WOEFULLY UNDERINVESTED FOR
DECADES. I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK TO IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS HERE. CALVIN, I DO
HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU
AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU.
THE QUESTION WOULD BE, ON THE
ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS
CBA, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY OF
THESE PROJECTED PROJECTS ARE AT
30% DESIGN OR MORE?
IF WE ARE PULLING FROM THE
SEATTLE LEVY, IF WE ARE LOOKING
FOR SOME ITEMS THAT CAME FROM
THE SDOT SUPPORT, WANTING TO
KNOW HOW FAST SOME OF THESE
ITEMS COULD BE WORKED ON AND
HOW QUICKLY DOLLARS COULD BE
DEPLOYED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
>> SOME OF THE PROJECTS CAME
FROM THE PROJECT LIST THAT
COUNCIL REQUESTED IN RELATION
TO THE FUNDING PLAN. THEY
SHOWED DOLLARS SPREAD OVER THE
NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS FOR
THE PROJECTS AS THEY STILL NEED
SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BEFORE SDOT BELIEVES THEY COULD
CONSTRUCT THEM. THE SEISMIC
PROJECTS FOR BALLARD AND
FREMONT AS WELL, I KNOW THAT
SDOT HAS IDENTIFIED THE
CONCEPTUAL COST ESTIMATES AND
THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO DO
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DESIGNED TO
GET THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY
CAN RE-BASE LINE THE PROJECT.
I THINK THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
DESIGN WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO
BE DONE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
LIKE MANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE
EXPRESSED TODAY, THEY NEED TO
FIND THE ONGOING SOURCE OF
FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT IF WE WERE
GOING TO GO DOWN THIS PATH.
WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE
REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE WOULD
USE TO PAY BACK THE BOND OVER
THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO
THAT?
>> JUST THAT -- THE LIST IS
FLEXIBLE BUT USING A FILTERING
PROCESS OF WHAT WAS ALREADY
APPROVED. SDOT HAS KNOWN ABOUT
THOSE PROJECTS FOR YEARS.
THEY WERE PROMISED TO VOTERS.
THERE WAS A RECENT -- ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY A COUPLE OF
SEISMIC UPGRADES FELL OFF THE
LIST WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE
ADDITIONAL STUDY AND THE COST
WENT UP.
I DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE
COST OF INTEREST. ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY WE WANT TO ISSUE
THE BONDS NOW IS SO WE CAN LOCK
IN THE INTEREST RATE AT TODAY'S
HISTORIC LOWS BUT IF WE WAIT
AND INTEREST RATES GO UP, WE
WOULD BE HAVING ADDITIONAL COSTS
LATER TO DEAL WITH. IN TERMS OF
THE SOURCE OF FUNDS, WE HAVE
NOT IDENTIFIED THE SOURCE OF
FUNDS FOR ANY OF OUR BUDGET ADS
AT THIS POINT BUT WE DID JUST
TALK ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX.
WE DID TALK ABOUT GETTING A
REVENUE FORECAST.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME
STRUCTURAL IDEAS THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAD IN TERMS OF FREEING UP
DOLLARS. I THINK THERE IS A WAY
TO GET THERE.
SINCE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR OVER A YEAR, I THINK THIS
IS THE TIME.
I THINK WE ARE READY.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE PROJECT THAT
WERE ALREADY ON THE LIST.
YOU CAN SEE WHICH OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE READY TO BUILD IN
THE NEXT YEAR IF THEY ARE A 30+
PERCENT DESIGN, THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO KNOW.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN I
WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUE TO
SEE THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE NEED
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY
GOING OUT WITH OUR INVESTMENTS
AND BRIDGES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING THAT
INFORMATION OUT.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON UNLESS THERE
IS ANYTHING ELSE ON THE TOPIC.
>> THE LAST ITEM IS SDOT WALK
ON ONE.
THIS WOULD CUT 2.4 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND FROM SDOT THAT WAS
DEDICATED FOR THE CENTRE CITY
STREETCAR CONNECTOR PROJECT.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
GENERAL FUND PURPOSES.
IT IS COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS PETERSON AND HERBOLD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I KNOW THAT SHE HAS CLICKED
ON THIS BEFORE I GOT HERE.
WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM
PREVIOUSLY IN THIS BUDGET
SESSION.
THIS IS SIMPLY THE BUDGET
ACTION TO GIVE AN OPTION TO US,
TO THE COUNCIL IF WE DID WANT
TO SAVE $2.4 MILLION WITH THIS.
TODAY WE ARE SEEKING TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GOOD
ADDITIONS TO SDOT'S $7 MILLION
BUDGET. THIS IS JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE.
I
AS HE MENTIONED, THIS WOULD
MAKE 2.4 MILLION IN FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PRIORITIES.
MOST RECENT CROSS ESTIMATE IN
SYSTEM 2019, IT'S PRETTY OUT OF
DATE.
$285 MILLION, THE CIP, THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
LIST, $92 MILLION CONSTRUCTION
COST FUNDING GAP.
BUT WITH FEDERAL FUNDING HAVING
EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 30th, IT IS
NOW $140 MILLION FUNDING GAP.
SO RECOGNIZING THIS POTENTIAL
FUNDING GAP BACK IN 2017 WHEN
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE
ESTIMATED AT 100 MILLION, 2017
THE ESTIMATED COSTS WERE 158%
MILLION.
2019 ESTIMATED COSTS ARE 285
MILLION.
SEVERAL OF US ADOPTED AN
AMENDMENT ASKING US.TO IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL FUNDING STRATEGIES.
THE REPORT AT THE TIME SAID A
FULL 75 MILLION IS NOT
APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS, SDOT
WILL IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING TO CREATE THE PROJECT
ON SCHEDULE.
THE COUNCIL STILL HAS NOT
RECEIVED AN ANSWER ABOUT HOW TO
PAY FOR THE COST OF THE
PROJECT, NOR HAVE WE RECEIVED A
TOTAL.
ONE POINT THAT I DID NOT
MENTION DURING THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION, THOSE ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF HOW WE
FUND OPERATIONS.
THE MOST RECENT AND HOW THAT
IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO FUND
OTHER TRANSIT PRIORITIES.
LIKE ADDED METRO BUS SERVICE
THAT HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO
BE ABLE TO LOOK AT BUYING EXTRA
SERVICE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS THAT HAS MADE SEATTLE'S
USE OF TRANSIT AN EXAMPLE FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
MOST RECENT ESTIMATE NOTED
THERE WAS A $19 MILLION FUNDING
GAP FOR OPERATION THAT WOULD
NEED TO BE FUNDED BY THE CITY
FOR THE COMBINED STREETCAR
LINE, WHEREAS ABOUT 5 MILLION
FOR THE TWO EXISTING LINES.
IT'S TRUE THAT THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HAVE
SUBSIDIZED OPERATIONS, THAT'S
GREAT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SDOT AND KING COUNTY METRO IS
THAT IT IS A REGULAR FEATURE
OF THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR
PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE
TRANSIT.
SDOT HAS BEEN MOSTLY RELYING ON
TO COVER THIS OPERATIONS GAP
FOR THE TWO CURRENT STREETCARS
AND ACT AS A FUNDING SOURCE
THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER
PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THESE TWO
STREETCARS, WE MUST RECOGNIZE
THAT OPERATIONS FUNDING WILL
CONTINUE TO DETRACT FROM OTHER
NEEDS, INCLUDING TRANSIT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HEAR PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE
FEDERAL GRANT IS SOME HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT BE
TURNING OUR BACK ON POTENTIAL
GRANT FUNDS.
AND WHAT THEY COULD DO TO
SEATTLE'S CREDIBILITY AND OUR
ABILITY TO WIN FUTURE FEDERAL
GRANTS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT
THESE QUESTIONS OF WHAT TO DO
WITH FEDERAL FUNDING IN SEATTLE
STREETCAR HISTORY.
IT ALREADY INCLUDES GIVING BACK
A GRANT.
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION,
SDOT WON THE GRANT FOR THE
EXTENSION OF THE FIRST HILL
STREETCAR NORTH ON BROADWAY BUT
THAT PROJECT NEVER TOOK PLACE.
I THINK A LOCAL JURISDICTION
TAKING A LOOK, IN PARTICULAR
THE CITY COUNCIL TAKING A LOOK
AT WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES ARE AND
THEN HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE
PERMANENCY OF A PREVIOUS GRANT
APPLICATION, I DON'T THINK IT'S
THE END OF THE WORLD FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO BE SAYING NO,
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES
FOR FEDERAL FUNDING AND LOCAL
FUNDING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES.
I WILL NOT DEBATE THE POINTS
THAT YOU HAVE RAISED, THEY ARE
WELL TAKEN AND DESERVE
INVESTIGATION.
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
STREETCAR A LITTLE BIT MORE
BROADLY, ABOUT THE CONNECTION
THAT IT CREATES.
THERE'S A COUPLE MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE IS THAT WE NEVER PROVIDED
THEM DEDICATED LANES, WE KNOW
THAT DEDICATED LANES ALLOW THEM
TO HAVE RELIABILITY AND
FREQUENCY THAT THEY NEED FOR
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM.
AND KNOW WHEN THEY ARE COMING
AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO
GET THERE.
HAVING TWO STREETCAR LINES THAT
ARE UNCONNECTED IS A VERY LARGE
LOST OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE
ORIGINAL INTENTION IS TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE A STREETCAR TO
FIRST HILL, BUT NEITHER OF
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BITE
REAL WELL OTHER SECTIONS OF THE
STREETCAR LINE WOULD MIMIC OR
COVER LIGHT RAIL AREAS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK WAS TO
ALSO SERVE AND CONNECT AREAS
THAT AREN'T CONNECTED BY LIGHT
RAIL.
IS ADJACENT TO BUT DOES NOT
TOUCH THE WATERFRONT, IT HAS A
HIGH LACK OF SERVICE THAT IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED.
MY POINTS HERE ARE BEFORE WE
MAKE FUNDING DECISIONS ABOUT
THIS, REALLY NEED ME -- WE
REALLY NEED TO ASK DO YOU WANT
TWO DISCONNECTED LINES OR MAKE
THE CONNECTION.
TWO DISCONNECTED LINES DOESN'T
SERVE OUR CITY.
THAT IS SEPARATE AND ASIDE FROM
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT DO
DESERVE THE TIME AND ATTENTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THANK
YOU.
>> LOOKING AT COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON ON THE SHEET.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
SDOT . AND AT THE REQUEST OF
SOME COUNCILMEMBERS, I THINK
THE REQUEST WAS WE GO AHEAD AND
TAKE OUR BREAK NOW SO FOLKS
HAVE AN EXTRA LONG LUNCH.
THUMBS UP.
WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH HSD AS
ONE BLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, I DO
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR
RESOURCE -- RECESS, WITH WE
WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M.
AND GET THROUGH THE REMAINING
AGENDA AT 2 P.M.
WE WILL HAVE TO BE JUDICIOUS IN
GETTING THROUGH THE LAST
COMMENTS.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, SEE
YOU AT 2:00.
BYE-BYE, EVERYONE.