2021 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT.
THE TIME IS 9:32 A.M.
I AM ALEX PEDERSEN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> FORE PRESENT FOUR PRESS
SDMRENT THANK YOU -- FOUR PRESS
SFLENT
THANK YOU.
CHAIRS REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE FOR
ANOTHER FULL TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.
OUR AGENDA -- WE ALSO HAVE OUR
FIRST LOOK AT AN UPDATE TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES STORM
WATER CODE WHICH IS REQUIRED BY
STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS.
WE HAVE TWO BILLS RELATED TO THE
BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT WHICH
WE ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
WE WILL HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
THREE NEW SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORTS RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE SEEING ABOUT 33 PEOPLE
SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO --
WHAT I WILL DO IS -- WE WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY GET A
CHANCE TO SPEAK.
WE WILL LIMIT THEM TO ONE
MINUTE.
WE WILL EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD TO 35 MINUTES INSTEAD OF
THE USUAL 20.
SO, AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP
REMOTE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I CAN EVERYBODY BE PATIENT AS WE
OPERATE THIS ONLINE SYSTEM.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY ON MEETING AA
A -- AGAIN DAS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NORMALLY UP TO 20 MINUTES.
I WILL EXTEND IT NOW TO 35
MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 33
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK.
I KNOW THAT IS DIFFICULT IF YOU
HAVE PREPARED TWO MINUTES AND
HAVE TO QUICKLY EDIT TO ONE
MINUTE.
WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A
CHANCE TO SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU
COSIGN UP BY GOING TO COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE.
THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
STAR 6.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAK BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
A A REMINDER PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE A
LOTTED TIME.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS T SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED SPEAKING
WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE DISCONNECT
FROM THE LINE.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS NOW OPENED.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6.
WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM JONATHAN
HOPKINS AND THEN ALICE LOCKHART.
GO AHEAD JONATHAN.
JONATHAN, GO AHEAD AND PRESS
STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M JONATHAN HOPKINS.
I AM SPEAKING TO TURNL COUNCIL
TO EAR MARG FUNDS FOR SDOT THIS
YEAR TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN.
THIS MUST INCLUDE A COMPONENT
THAT PRODUCES A LIGHT PLAN.
OUR CURRENT PLAN IS OUT DATED
AND WE HAVE NO PLAN PASSED.
TRANSITS IN THE MIDDLE AFTER TWO
YEAR PROCESS MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT A SECOND YEAR TUNNEL.
THE CURRENT PLAN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WILL NEVER BE CONNECTED TO LIGHT
RAIL.
TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM THE CITY
NEEDS INCREDIBLE LIGHT RAIL PLAN
FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT ALLOWS US TO ENSURE
BRANCHES FOR FUTURE LINES ARE
BUILT INTO THAT SECOND DOWNTOWN
TUNNEL.
FOR THESE REASONS PLEASE
FOLLOW S DOT'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE ALICE LOCKHART
FOLLOWED BY ANN MARIE.
GO AHEAD, ALICE
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M ALICE LOCKHART.
WE WERE -- THAT COUNCIL WOULD
THINK OF DITCHING --
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IF BY ANY CHANCE COUNCIL
THOUGHT THIS WOULD PROVIDE MORE
JOBS IN A POST-COVID ECONOMY,
COUNCIL SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT
THEY CREATE 30% MORE JOBS
COMPARED TO BRIDGE REPAIR.
WE URGE COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD
WITHOUT AMENDMENT 1 LEAVING THIS
SMALL REVENUE STREAM FOR BRIDGE
AND CLIMATE FRIENDLY
INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE
IMPACT AND AS PART OF THIS
YEAR'S BUDGETING PROCESS DO THE
HARD WORK TO FIND THE
APPROPRIATE NEW STREAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE ANN MARIE
FOLLOWED BY BEN.
GO AHEAD ANN MARIE.
>> MY NAME IS ANN MARIE.
I'M A DOCTOR AND MEMBER OF
WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
TODAY YOU WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT
THAT WILL MOVE (8) 000-0000 FUND
FROM SAFE TO BRIDGE REPAIRS.
I'M ASKING YOU OPPOSE THIS FOR
THE SIMPLE REASON THIS AMENDMENT
WILL ALLOW UNNECESSARY DEBTS TO
CONTINUE ON SEATTLE STREETS.
AN HOUR AGO I SPOKE WITH DOCTORS
WHO SEE AND TREAT TRAUMA
PATIENTS AND ONE OF THOSE
PATIENTS LAST WEEK WAS A
2-YEAR-OLD HIT BY A CAR WITH NOW
PERMANENT BRAIN INJURY.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THE AMENDMENT IF
PASSED WILL ALLOW THE CONTINUED
FLOW OF SEVERELY INJURED PEOPLE
TO HARBOR VIEW.
I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL MAINTAIN
THE FLOW OF PHONE CALLS FROM
HARBOR VIEW TO DISTRAUGHT FAMILY
MEMBERS.
YOU CAN INTERRUPT THAT FLOW BY
ALLOWING THE ORIGINAL FUNDING
VAN TO STAND.
ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT
SEATTLE IS WE KNOWN INVESTIGATE
HERE.
IT -- WE INNOVATE
HERE.
FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY, PLEASE
OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, BEN.
>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO
CHAMPION LIGHT RAIL SERVICE FOR
THE ENTIRE CITY.
THESE FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR FOR
SDOT TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN.
THAT MASTER PLAN MUST INCLUDE A
TRANSIT COMPONENT THAT PRODUCES
THE CITY LIGHT RAIL PLAN BY THE
END OF 2022.
CITY NEEDS FAR BETTER CROSS TOWN
TRAVEL OPTIONS.
IF WE DON'T BUILD THE NEW
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL CORRECTLY, WE
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPAND
SERVICE.
AS WE RETURN TO NORMAL TO ROUTE
A, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A VERY
IMPORTANT CROSS TOWN ROUTE THAT
IS FULL AND FOREVER STUCK IN
TRAFFIC.
LIKE ALL OF OUR CITIES DIFFICULT
CROSS TOWN TRAVEL PATHS, THEY
ARE ALREADY APPROACHING
PRE-PANDEMIC GRIDLOCK.
IF OUR CITY HAD A PLAN, WE COULD
SEEMLESSLY CONNECT OUR ENTIRE
CITY SO SO MANY MORE PEOPLE
COULD TRAVEL EAST TO WEST.
>> THANK YOU, BEN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE ROBIN FOLLOWED
BY RICH.
GO AHEAD, ROBIN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ROBIN.
I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE
THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
TRANSPORTATION IS OUR LARGEST
SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND YET WE PROCEED
WITH A BUSINESS AS USUAL
TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY.
WE NEED TO IMPROVE ALTERNATIVE
DRIVING.
THE ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN --
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OF COURSE WE NEED OUR BRIDGES TO
WORK BUT THIS MONEY IS NOT GOING
TO BE ENOUGH FOR THAT.
A RUSHED PLAN IS LIKELY TO HAVE
THE KIND OFS -- KINDS OF
PROBLEMS
THAT SEATTLE HAD.
WE NEED BETTER PLANNING.
THE ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN
ALLOWS FOR AN UPDATED PLAN.
WE WILL ALMOST WANT MARLINING
LINES RUNNING OFF THE TUNNEL IN
THE FUTURE.
AN UPDATED PLAN COULD ALSO
DETAIL A PATH FOR RESTORING OUR
TRANSIT SERVICE BACK TO 2019
LEVELS.
THIS COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR OVER SEEING 58% OF SEATTLE'S
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE GOT RICH
FOLLOWED BY INGRID.
GO AHEAD, RICH.
>> -- RICH, YOU WANT TO PRESS
STAR 6.
RICH, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU
UNLESS YOU ARE ABLE TO PRESS
STAR 6 NOW AND START SPEAK.
OKAY, WE WILL COME BACK TO RICH.
RIGHT NOW WE WILL GO TO INGRID
FOLLOWED BY HEATHER.
GO AHEAD, INGRID.
>> HI.
MY NAME SIN GRID ELLIOT.
I REPRESENT 350 SEATTLE, A
CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.
I AM HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE THE
AMENDMENT TO --
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I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT
TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FOR 45%
OF OUR CLIMATE SOLUTION IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
INFRASTRUCTURE, FURLOUGH OR NO
CARBON MOBILITY IS CRUCIAL TO A
HEALTHY CLIMATE FUTURE.
IT ALSO MAKES OUR CITY A BETTER
PLACE TO LIVE NOW.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR
THE RESIDENTS WHO DON'T DRIVE
DRIVE.
350E SUPPORTS THE ORIGINAL SDOT
PROPOSAL THANK VESTS 75% IN
WALKING, BIKING AND TRANSIT
PROJECTS AND 25% IN BRIDGE
REPAIR.
IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE
NEED.
THIS PROPOSAL STEALS FUNDS THAT
ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE SAFETY AND
ACCESSIBILITY OF PEOPLE CYCLING,
WALKING AND ROLLING.
IT DOESN'T COME ANYWHERE CLOSE
TO SOLVING OUR BRIDGE PROBLEM.
GIVEN THE RESTRICTIONS ON GAS
TAX MONEY IN WASHINGTON IT IS
VERY HARD TO GET -- SDMRRN THANK
YOU, INGRID.
NEXT UP WE HAVE HEATHER FOLLOWED
BY MATTHEW.
GO AHEAD, HEATHER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS
HEATHER.
I'M A BUSINESS AGENT AND THE
POLITICAL DIRECTOR REPRESENTING
1500 JOURNEY LEVEL WORKERS AND
600 APPRENTICES.
40 OF WHOM ARE WOMEN, 250 ARE
MINORITIES.
I'M HERE TODAY STRONGLY
SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED BONK
BONDING AMENDMENT.
IT IS CLEAR WE HAVE A DIVERSE
MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDE GOOD
LIVING WAGE JOBS IN SEATTLE.
WE FEEL ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
QUESTION ADDRESS INEQUITIES IS
TO PROVIDE JOBS.
THE AMENDMENT STILL HONORS
SDOT'S PROCESS BY IMPLEMENTING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STAKE
HOLDER'S GROUP WHICH I WAS APART
OF IMMEDIATELY AND THEN BY
GENERATING TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS
FASTER WHICH WILL HAVE A BIGGER
AND BETTER IMPACT THAN DIVIDING
$7 MILLION INTO SIX SMALL
BUCKETS EVERY YEAR.
PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED JOBS FOR
OUR UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES
NOW.
LETS BE BIG AND BOLD COMING OUT
OF THIS COVID RECESSION.
LASTLY WHILE SOME ADVOCATES WANT
MORE FUNDING THEY RELY ON
BRIDGES TO CROSS SEATTLE JUST
LIKE CARS AND TRUCKS DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, HEATHER.
GO AHEAD, MATTHEW.
>> HI.
I AM ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN
DISTRICT 4.
I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS.
GETTING LET ALONE UP AND DOWN ON
THE SIDEWALKS WITH THE LACK OF
SIDEWALKS AROUND HERE IS REALLY
HARD.
I AM AN AIFD BIKER AND MOVED
HERE TEN YEARS AGO TO BE ABLE TO
BIKE TO WORK EVERYDAY AND THAT
IS DANGEROUS.
THAT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I
WANT TO DEAL WITH.
IT WILL HELP A LOT.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR AVID BIKERS.
IT IS FOR COMPLIANT AND OTHER
SAFETY FACTORS AND EQUITY
FACTORS.
THREE OF THESE ROADS ARE IN YOUR
DISTRICT THAT ARE EARMARKED FOR
THE VISION 0.
I THINK CUT --
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW.
FOR THOSE -- SINCE THE TIME IS
ONE MINUTE PER PERSON SO WE CAN
GET THROUGH ALL 35 PEOPLE,
PLEASE DO SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO
US AT COUNCIL AT SEATTLE DOT
GOV.
IT REACHES ALL NINE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE ARE LISTENING CAREFULLY TO
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE TAKING TIME
TO CALL IN TODAY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE BILLY
HEATHERINGTON FOLLOWED BY KELLY
WILSON.
GO AHEAD, BILLY.
>> MORNING, CHAIR AND COUNCIL
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.
BONDING THE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
REPRESENTING THE LOCAL THAT
IS OVER 50% WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR THIS UP FRONT INVESTMENT
CAN ENSURE THAT THESE CROSS
SECTIONS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP HAD
ACCESS TO LIVING WAGE CAREERS AS
WE NAVIGATE WHAT A POST PANDEMIC
ECONOMY LOOKS LIKE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, BILLY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE KATIE WILSON.
>> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS KATIE WILSON.
JUST WANT TO QUICKLY ADD OUR
VOICE TO EVERYONE SUPPORTING
SDOT'S PLAN FOR SPENDING THE
VEHICLE LICENSE REVENUE WHICH
WAS DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY
INPUT AND OPPOSING THE
AMENDMENT.
THIS FUNDING IS A DROP IN THE
BUCKET WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS
NEEDED TO ADDRESS OUR BRIDGE
PROBLEM.
THIS FUNDING CAN MAKE A MAJOR
DIFFERENCE TO THE PROGRAM.
PEOPLE ARE DYING ON OUR STREETS.
BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS CREATE
GOOD JOBS, TOO.
THEY WILL PROBABLY CREATE MORE
JOBS.
IF WE WILL CONSIDER BONDING THIS
REVENUE THERE NEEDS TO BE A
CLEAR VISION OF WHAT PROJECTS
WILL BE ENABLED THAT COULD NOT
OTHERWISE BE BUILT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KATIE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE -- FOLLOWED BY
JANICE.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
PLEASE PUT THE AMENDMENT CB1242
ON HOLD.
WE FULLY SUPPORT SDOT STAKE
HOLDER ALLOCATION FUNDS AND
FULLY SUPPORT IMMEDIATE SPENDING
ON UPDATING THE SEATTLE TRANSIT
PLAN.
THE FUNDS ARE INADEQUATE TO
ADDRESS THE BRIDGE FUNDS.
POACHING FUNDS WITH THE
AMENDMENT JEP RA DIESZ REAL
PROGRESS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
THE AMENDMENT THREATENS FUNDS
FOR UPDATING THE SEATTLE TRANSIT
PLAN WHICH MUST GET DONE BY 2022
TO ENSURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SHOULD NO SOURCES OR BONDS FOR
BRIDGES BECOME AVAILABLE BY
2033, REVISIT.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JANICE FOLLOWED
BY TAD.
GO AHEAD, JANICE.
>> HI.
I'M JANICE.
I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO CB 120042.
IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS, TWO MONTHS
AND SEVEN DAYS SINCE THE
EARTHQUAKE REMINDED US OF HOW
FRAGILE THE PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS
ARE FOR COMMUNITIES.
THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH THE
CHALLENGES DEPENDS ON ITS
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO
WITH STAND BEING SHAKEN BUT NOT
STIRRED.
THEY FOCUS ON KEEPING IT SMALL,
MRIEG BLUE TARP SOLUTIONS OR
JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE
ROAD.
THIS IS WHY I'M THRILLED TO SEE
THIS BIG, BOLD BONDING PROPOSAL
THAT RISES TO THE MOMENTS AND
LEVERAGES FUNDING TODAY FOR
STRONG BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES.
PLEASE APPROVE THIS.
>> THANK YOU, JANICE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE TAD FOLLOWED BY
JORDAN.
GO AHEAD, TAD.
>> TAD HERE COMMENTING ON THE
STRATEGIC BUDGET.
I'M REQUESTING MULTIFAMILY
BUILDING REST SAVE AN EXCEPTION
FROM A PLANNED SPU RATE INCREASE
UNTIL THE EVICTION IS LIFTED.
DUE TO THIS EVICTION MORATORIUM
THE CITY EXPECTS APARTMENT
OWNERS TO ACCOMMODATE NON-RENT
PAYING TENANTS YET STILL MAKE
THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND
MOVEMENTS TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE
IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS BOTH SBU
SERVICES AND THE HOUSES THAT
MULTI-FAMILY OWNERS PROVIDE
NORMAL.
THEY RECEIVE A PRIME OPPORTUNITY
TODAY TO ASK THIS COMMITTEE FOR
MORE MONEY.
SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG.
THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE OR FAIR.
IN CLOSING, PLEASE PROVIDE
APARTMENT OWNERS WITH AN
EXCEPTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TAD.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JORDAN FOLLOWED
BY HESTER.
GO AHEAD, JORDAN.
>> HI.
THIS IS JORDAN.
I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE
WASHINGTON MARITIME FEDERATION.
I'M URGING SUPPORT FOR THE
AMENDMENT TODAY.
OUR BRIDGES ARE VITAL PARTS OF
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS A LOOK AT
THE FAILURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE, THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE OR
MANY DRAWBRIDGES THAT ARE IN
NEED OF URGENT REPAIR.
I WOULD REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IF
THE BRIDGES FAIL, THE COAST
GUARD ORDERS THEM IN THE OPEN
POSITION PERMANENTLY BECAUSE
MARITIME TRAFFIC TAKES
PRECEDENT.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
GOING ON THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT TO CATCH UP ON AND
I WOULD JUST URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, JORDAN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE HESTER FOLLOWED
BY KATHY.
GO AHEAD, ESTER.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
HI.
I AM THE POLICY DIRECTOR AT
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE STAKE HOLDER LED
PLAN.
STHAN YOUNG FOR PROVIDING MORE
TIME FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
THE PLAN MAXIMIZES JOB CREATING
PROJECTS, PRIORITIZES
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LOWER ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITY AND MAKES
TRANSPORTATION SAFER AND
SUSTAINABLE.
WE KNOW THERE ARE PROS AND CONS
TO BONDING.
WE FELT THIS WAS A STRONG AND
EQUITABLE PROCESS.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD THE CHANCE TO
HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN AND HIS INTEREST IN
DOING BUDGETING ACROSS MORE OF
THE BUDGET.
THEY ARE IS -- BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT, ITS
CONSTITUENTS, FOR FUTURE
EXPANDED PROCESSIES.
.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE KATHY.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE ADOPT THIS SPENDING PLAN
THAT THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THE COMMUNITY
RECOMMENDED.
IT IS A GOOD WAY TO PROVIDE GOOD
PAYING UNION JOBS.
THEY CREATE AT LEAST TEN JOBS
FOR EVERY $1 MILLION INVESTED.
GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS ARE
DECREASED WITH ROAD AND BRIDGE
REPAIR PROJECTS AND INCREASED
WITH WALK BY TRANSIT PROJECTS.
WHY IS THIS?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SMALLER PROJECTS ALSO
EMPLOY MORE LOCAL FIRMS.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE
BUTTIGIEG SAID THE NEW AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS NOT JUST
ABOUT ROADS AND BRIDGINGS BUT IS
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND
HELPING LONG TERM JOB GROWTH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU CAN LOOK TO
THE FUTURE AND SUPPORT LONG TERM
GROWTH HERE BY SUPPORTING THE
SPENDING PLAN FOR VEHICLE AND
LICENSING.
>> THANK YOU, KATHY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK TAYLOR
FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA.
>> HI.
I'M COMMENTING ON THE BILL.
I'M CO-CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD.
TODAY I'M SPEAKING AS AN
INDIVIDUAL.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY STAKE
HOLDERS WERE ASKED TO
PARTICIPATE IN A COUNCILMAN
DATED PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS ON
HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY.
AT THE END OF THE PROCESS A PLAN
WAS PRODUCED TO SPEND 75%
REFLECTING BOTH THE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
WOULD DISREGARD BOTH THESE
VALUES OF THE AND -- CITY AND
WORK OF
CITIZENS.
IT SHOULD BE VOTED DOWN.
I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO NOT
IGNORE THE WORK OF STAKE
HOLDERS.
PLEASE ACCEPT THE SPEND PLAN AS
PROPOSED BY SDOT.
THERE WILL SUPPORT THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS
PROSHGS RIDE IS JOBS FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND HELPFUL FILL
UNFULFILLED --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, PATRICK.
NEXT UP CYNTHIA FOLLOWED BY DEB.
GO AHEAD, CYNTHIA.
>> HI.
I'M CYNTHIA.
AT THE GROUP THREE
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING MOST
OF THE PUBLIC'S QUESTIONS WENT
UNANSWERED WITH A REPLY OF
EITHER WE WILL LOOK INTO IT AND
POST THE ANSWER ONLINE OR SUBMIT
A REQUEST.
FIVE MONTHS LATER AND STILL NO
ANSWERS HAVE BEEN POSTED.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AVOID
ANSWERING THE PUBLIC'S
QUESTIONS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
HEED THE ALTERNATIVE
RECOMMENDATION BY E-MAIL.
DO INDEED PRODUCE CAMERAS WHICH
SUPPORT AUDIO OR VIDEO
RECORDING.
SPD HAS STILL NOT PROVIDED THE
MODEL NAMES AND NUMBERS.
DON'T ALLOW SECRET DEVICES.
PLEASE SEE MY E-MAIL WITH
CONCRETE STEPS TO TAKE.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, DEB.
>> HELLO.
I'M A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT.
I WAS NOT INVITED TO THE
DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED TO FORM
THE COUNCIL BILL 1200 BUT I AM
IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER 1 TO THIS BILL.
SINCE THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
CLOSED OVER 400 DAYS AGO COMMUTE
TIMES HAVE TRIPLED.
THIS CREATES HARDSHIPS ON
FAMILIES AS WELL AS PENINSULA
BUSINESSES WHICH ARE STRUGGLING
TO SURVIVE AND NOT ONLY THAT T
NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHICH ALL THE
HOURS AND HOURS OF DRIVE TIME
BACKUPS, SIDE STREET DRIVERS
ENDANGERING PEDESTRIANS AND
BICYCLISTS AND INCREASED
POLLUTION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE FAILURE OF BRIDGES AND OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T JUST
AFFECT VEHICLES, --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
PLEASE, ADOPT THE AMENDMENT
NUMBER 1.
FUND BRIDGE REPAIR AND --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, DEB.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE 43RD
DISTRICT.
I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO ALL OF
THOSE OPPOSED TO BONDING THE
FUNDS.
THIS WILL ONLY PAY FOR A TINY
FRACTION OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR
OUR BRIDGES WHEN INSTEAD THESE
FUNDS COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE
REAL, ON GOING IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
OUR STREETS AND TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF EASY WALKING,
BIKING AND TRANSIT OPTIONS.
IN SEATTLE PASSENGER VEHICLES
ACCOUNT MORE OF OUR GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS THAN ANY OTHER
SOURCE.
WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO GIVE SEATTLE RESIDENTS SAFE
ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING.
IN TERMS OF CLIMATE WE ALL
BENEFIT FROM EVERY PERSON WHO
BIKES TO WORK OR WALKS TO THE
GROCERY STORE.
THIS IS A NO-BRAINER.
EITHER WE USE THE MONEY FOR
THINGS THAT MOVE OUR CITY CLOSER
TO A SUSTAINABLE LIVEABLE HOME
FOR EVERYONE HERE OR WE WATCH
THE MONEY VANISH INTO A BRIDGE
FUND WHICH WILL BE PAYING OFF
WITH INTEREST FOR THE NEXT 20
YEARS WHILE OUR SIDEWALKS REMAIN
HAZARDOUS AND INACCESSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
WE WILL GO BACK TO RICH.
MISPRONOUNCING.F I'M
RICH, GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 6
AND YOU CAN GO NEXT.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
MY NAME IS RICH.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT
THAT TAKES $80 MILLION FOR
WALKING, BIKING AND TRANSIT
PROJECTS TO PAY FOR BRIDGE
REPAIR.
WERE YOU NOT LISTENING DURING
THE PROTESTS LAST SUMMER?
PEOPLE ARE FED UP BEING
MARGINALIZED.
THEY WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE
PART OF THE DECISION MAKING
PROCESS.
YOU, THE SEATTLE COUNCIL ASKS S
DOT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY
REGARDING THE VLF.
THIS AMENDMENT IS A DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT THAT CANNOT BE SET.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
WILL THIS HAPPEN WHEN THE
SEATTLE GREEN NEW DEAL ADVISORY
BOARD PRESENTS ITS
RECOMMENDATIONS?
YOU NEED TO STAND --
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PLEASE DON'T FINANCIALLY CRIPPLE
A CLIMATE FRIENDLY PROGRAM WITH
COMMUNITY INPUT TO DIVERT --
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>> THANK YOU, RICH.
NEXT WE HAVE IRIS FOLLOWED BY
DENNIS.
GO AHEAD, IRIS.
>> UM, HI THERE.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
I AM WITH THE 37TH LV
ENVIRONMENTAL CAUCUS AND LOTS OF
OTHER GROUPS.
CLEARLY THESE ARE COMPLICATED
ISSUES.
I THINK PEOPLE WANT WHAT IS
BEST.
HOWEVER, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO
THE AMENDMENT.
I THINK THAT THE -- THAT IT IS
OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH SDOT'S
LIST OF PROJECTS AND IMPORTANTLY
OUT OF ALIGNMENT FROM THE INPUT
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAKE
HOLDER INPUT ON HOW TO
PRIORITIZE THE VLS FUNDS.
WE NEED LIGHT RAIL IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE NEED A PLAN FOR RESTORING
TRANSIT SERVICE TO 2019 -- WE
MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE
OUT OF CARS.
WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
CLIMATE ISSUES OTHER WISE NO ONE
WILL HAVE JOBS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE DENNIS SHAW.
GO AHEAD, DENNIS.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS DENNIS SHAW.
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AS A PHYSICIAN I'M FOCUSED
ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I THINK THE FAST ILLATION
OF MOVEMENT OUTSIDE OF A CARS
AND THAT IS PART OF A REVERSAL
OF --
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I GUESS ON A PERSONAL
STANDPOINT AS I PAGE BECOME LESS
NIMBLE -- I APPRECIATE MORE AND
MORE BIKE LANES AND SAFETY
PROVIDED WHEN THEY ARE
AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE RYAN.
GO AHEAD, RYAN.
RYAN, GO AHEAD.
PRESS STAR 6 IF YOU CAN HEAR US.
WE WILL COME BACK TO RYAN.
WE WILL HEAR FROM JARED MOORE
AND THEN TRY RYAN AGAIN.
GO AHEAD, JARED MOORE.
>> HI.
THANK FOR HAVING THIS MEETING
TODAY.
MY NAME IS JARED MOORE.
I TEACH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AND DO SUCH RESEARCH AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I AM SPEAKING HERE INDIVIDUALLY
TODAY.
I AM GOING TO ECHO WHAT CYNTHIA
WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO
CB12005354 AND 55 ON
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES.
I MEAN THE GENERAL THE POLICE
WILL BE RUSHING THESE THINGS.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
THAT HASN'T BEEN FOLLOWED
EXACTLY.
ITHINK COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD
ALL LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY
SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP'S
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ATTACHMENTS.
THE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE NOT BEEN
SPECIFIED APPROPRIATELY.
I KNOW FROM PRY EXPERIENCE -- MY
EXPERIENCE ON THE
FIELD, A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAN
BE MISUSED.
THE KIND OF SURVEILLANCE
EMPLOYEE CASE DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIKE
WE HEARD ALL LAST YEAR WILL BE
VERY SIGNIFICANT.
NOT TO MENTION THE
MILITARIZATION OF HELICOPTERS
AND FACIAL RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGY -- SO I MEAN --
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST A REMINDER YOU CAN CONTINUE
TO E-MAIL US AT COUNCIL AT
SEATTLE DOT GOV.
THAT REACHES ALL NINE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
LETS TRY RYAN PACKER AGAIN AND
THEN OUR LAST SPEAKER WOULD BE
JO RILEY.
GO AHEAD RYAN.
PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR THAT.
LIKE MANY ON THE CALL I DON'T
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
LOCK US INTO HOLDING A CRITICAL
REVENUE STREAM FOR ONE PURPOSE
MOSTLY.
THAT WOULD NOT EVEN PREVENT
ANOTHER MAJOR BRIDGE CLOSURE.
I HAVE ONE REQUEST BEFORE YOU
VOTE ON SUCH A MEASURE.
ACTUALLY INVITE THE TEAM TO YOUR
COMMITTEE.
YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN UPDATE
FROM THEM SINCE YOU FORMED THE
COMMITTEE OVER A YEAR AGO.
SO FAR IN 2021 TEN PEOPLE HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES ON OUR
STREETS --
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EIGHT OF THEM HAVE BEEN WALKING
AND BIKING.
THESE SHOULD BE RED ALARM BELL
NUMBERS FOR FOUR MONTHS OF THE
YEAR.
WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE.
THAT IS MY ONE REQUEST ON THE
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JO RILEY.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JOE RILEY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST
BONDING BECAUSE IT PREVENTS US
FROM USING THE VLF --
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BRIDGE MAINTENANCE WHILE
ESSENTIAL CAN WAIT AND THE CMP
CANNOT.
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MUST -- DFR
--
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
LASTLY IT WILL OUT STRIP BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE JOBS IN THE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS.
PLEASE DON'T BOND.
DO FUND TMP AND THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES THAT CONCLUDES OUR
LIST OF SPEAKERS FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST
LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
AN ARD NONS RELATING TO THE
TOMORROW WATER CODE UPDATE,
AMENDING CHAPTERS 22.800,
22.801, 22.803, 22.805 AND
22.807 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS COUNCIL BILL 120044.
IT IS THE RESULT OF A LONG
PROCESS UPDATING SEATTLE'S STORM
WATER CODE.
AS YOU WILL HEAR THERE WAS
EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND A PROCESS
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF --
LEADING TO THESE SPECIFIC
CHANGES.
THE REVISIONS WILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENT BENEFITS
OVER TIME AT RELATIVELY LOW
COST TO NUMBER OF IMPACTED CITY
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITY.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND FIRST AS
USUAL WE WILL CHECK IN WITH OUR
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
IN THIS CASE THAT IS BRYAN.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE WE
TURN IT OVER TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
GOOD MORNING, BRIAN
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU DID A NICE JOB.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
EXPERTS.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME EVERYBODY FROM SPU AND
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND FOR
COUNCIL OFFICES, BRIAN GOODNIGHT
DID PUT TOGETHER A CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO WHICH IS HELPFUL TO SETTING
THE TABLE FOR THIS ENTIRE STORM
WATER CODE UPDATE.
WELCOME GENERAL MANAGER AND YOUR
TEAM.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU VERY NO SUCH
CONSIDERING THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STORM WATER
CODE IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE,
PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
FROM DAMAGE CAUSED BY STORM
WATER RUN OFF.
THE STORM WATER CODE UPDATES ARE
REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS AS
PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT WHICH
REQUIRES THE CITY TO ADDRESS --
AND TO SERVICE WATER SUCH AS
RIVERS, LAKES AND STREAMS.
SPU HAS BEEN LEADING THE JOINT
EFFORT WITH SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS TO
UPDATE SEATTLE STORM WATER CODE
AND ALSO THE JOINT SPUSDCI
MANUAL.
S DOT AND PARKS HAVE ALSO BEEN
PART OF THE UPDATE TEAM.
THIS EFFORT BEGAN IN LATE 2019.
SO QUIET A WHILE AGO AND COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN MENTIONED
SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE
UPDATE PROCESS BY JULY 1ST TO
MAINTAIN PERMIT COMPLY.
IANCE --
COMPLIANCE.
SHE IS HERE TO WALK US THROUGH
THE CHANGES.
ALL OF US LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, MOMMY.
THANK YOU -- MAMI.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
TODAY.
FOR TODAY'S AGENDA I WILL COVER
THE BACKGROUND RELATING TO THE
STORM WATER CODE.
JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT SO I CAN
SEE MY SCREEN.
THERE WE GO.
OOPS.
UH -- MAMI GAVE A GOOD REVIEW OF
THAT ALREADY.
I WILL THEN GO OVER THE OUTREACH
WE RECEIVED OVER THE PROJECT.
FINALLY I WILL REVIEW THE MAJOR
PROJECT SCHEDULE.
AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION
ENATION THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AS I'M PRESENTING, FEEL FREE TO
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
AS MAMI MENTIONED SEATTLE HAS
HAD A STORM WATER -- WELL STORM
WATER CODE SINCE 1979 PRIOR TO
ANY FEDERAL OR STATE
REQUIREMENTS.
IN 1987 UNDER THE CLEAN FEDERAL
CLEAN WATER ACT A STORM WATER
PERMIT FOR DISCHARGES FROM
MUNICIPAL STORM WATER SYSTEMS TO
THE RECEIVING WATER WAS
REQUIRED.
IN WASHINGTON STATE THE STORM
WATER PERMIT IS ADMINISTERED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.
THERE WERE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THE FIRST STORM WATER
PERMIT.
UNDER THE 1995 PERMIT FOR THE
FIRST TIME REQUIREMENTS FROM
MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE STORM
WATER RUN OFF AND LAND USE
ACTIVITIES WAS ADDED.
SUB -- THE STORM WATER CODE
HAS BEEN MORE RECENTLY UPDATED.
IT IS REQUIRED AGAIN NOW IN
2021.
IN ADDITION TO THE
REQUIREMENTS TO REGULATE STORM
WATER RUN OFF, SEATTLE STORM
WATER CODE ALSO HAS REQUIREMENTS
FOR SOURCE CONTROL SUCH AS OIL
SPILL KITS AND SWEEPING FOR
BUSINESSES TO PREVENT POLLUTANTS
FROM COMING IN CONTACT WITH
STORM WATER.
REQUIRE MENTES INSTALLED ON
PROPERTIES
AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING
THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PROJECTS
TO EXTEND PUBLIC DRAINAGE
SYSTEM.
WITH MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOCUSSING ON REDUCING POLLUTANT
IMPACTS.
IT ALSO HAS A LARGE COMPONENT
ASSOCIATED WITH MITIGATING
DEVELOPMENT.
ADMINISTERING THE STORM WATER
CODE FALLS BETWEEN SDCI AND SPU.
SPU'S RESPONSIBILITY
INVOLVES DEVELOPMENT IN THE
RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL AS
ENFORCING OTHER PROVISIONS THAT
ARE NON-DEVELOPMENT RELATED.
TO HELP THE CITY ADMINISTER THE
CODE THE CITY ALSO HAS A STORM
WATER MANUAL THAT INCLUDES THE
TECHNICAL DETAILS AND
IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE CODE.
IT IS OVER 1,000 PAGES
LONG.
SO, WHY ARE WE DOING -- WHY
ARE WE UPDATING THE CODE NOW?
UNDER OUR 2019-2024 STORM WATER
PERMIT WE ADD MAMI MENTIONED WE
MUST HAVE NEW REQUIREMENTS ADDED
TO OUR CODE BY THIS JULY 1ST.
THIS DATE -- DATE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF SEATTLE
MISSES IT, WE WILL BE OUT OF
COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PERMIT WHICH
COULD MEAN UP TO -- THE CITY
FACING FINES UP --
$37,500 A DAY PER
VIOLATION.
SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE DON'T
MISS THIS DEADLINE.
IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE
REGULATORY DEADLINE, THIS IS
ALSO IMPORTANT TO --
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IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE
REGULATORY REQUIREMENT WITH
ECOLOGY THE STORM ALSO
CONSIDERED HOW IT WOULD BE IN
SERVICE TO LEE OTHER GOALS WHICH
INCLUDE IMPROVE AND OR MAINTAIN
THE CITY'S DRAIN WATER SYSTEM,
RATE PAYER AFFORDABILITY AND HOW
TO CLARIFY AND SIMPLIFY THE
DOCUMENTS FOR THOSE WHO USE THE
MANUAL INCLUDING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNITY AND CITY
STAFF.
FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE IMPROVE OR
MAINTAIN DRAINAGE AND WASTE
WATER SYSTEM T TEAM CONSIDERED
DROWN STREAM IMPACTED RELATED TO
PROJECTS INCLUDING THE DITCH AND
CULVERT SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE
COMBINED LONG TERM OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED BY THE
CITY AND CONTINUING TO BUILD
RESILIENCY WITHIN THE CITY,
ESPECIALLY RELATED TO CLIMATE
CHANGE, FLOODING AND IMPACTS TO
THE COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM.
MEANING THE ASSOCIATED DECREE.
RATE PAIR AFFORDABILITY, TWO
PARTS WERE CONSIDERED.
THIS GOAL LOOKS TO
HARMONNIZE THE CODES.
THE CITY PROJECTS USE RATE PAYER
AND TAX PAYER FUNDS TO MANAGE
STORM WATER RUN OFF AND ADDRESS
MISSING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ALSO USE THIS CONCEPT IN
EVALUATING DEVELOER'S COST AND
EVALUATING EFFICIENCY OF
REQUIREMENTS VERSUS INSTALLATION
COSTS AND DEFINING THRESHOLDS
FOR REQUIREMENTS.
THE OTHER PART IS THE CONCEPT OF
GROSS PAY FOR GROWTH AND NOT
BURDENING INNER GENERATIONAL
RATE PAYERS.
THE TEAM'S THIRD GOAL WAS
TO CLARIFY AND SIMPLIFY THE
REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE OFTEN HEARD WHY IS THE
CODE SO GOSH DARN COMPLICATED.
AS YOU KNOW CITY HAS COMPLICATED
SYSTEM.
TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY THE
REQUIREMENTS WHERE IT MAKES
SENSE BOTH FROM AN ENGINEERING
PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO FROM AN
APPLICANT PLANT REVIEW
PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE -- PROPOSED
REVISING THRESHOLDS SO THAT THEY
ARE NOT -- THEY ARE MORE
CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS RESULTS IN MORE SIMILAR
DEVELOPMENT COSTS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THIS EFFORT ALSO INCLUDES
DOCUMENTING STANDARD PRACTICES
FOR CONSISTENCY AND
TRANSPARENCY.
IN OCTOBER OF 2019 THE TEAM
STARTED -- THE PUBLIC REVIEW
OUTREACH AND PUBLIC PROCESS.
THIS PUBLIC PROCESS INCLUDED ONE
IN PERSON WHICH SEEMS SO FOREIGN
NOW AND FOUR ONLINE PUBLIC
MEETINGS THAT WERE CONDUCTED TO
INFORM INTERESTED STAKE HOLDERS
ABOUT PROPOSED UPDATES AND
SOLICIT INPUT.
EVEN WITH COVID IT HAS GONE
WELL.
HAVING MEETINGS ONLINE HAS
SEEMED TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION
COMPARED TO IN PERSON MEETINGS.
THESE MEETINGS INCLUDED
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT ADVOCACY
GROUPS AND ENGINEERING AND
CONSULTING FIRMS.
PRIOR TO TODAY'S
MEET --
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THERE HAS ALSO BEEN
INFORMATION SHARED AT MASTER
BUILDER ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.
THROUGH THIS OUTREACH WE
RECEIVED OVER 200 PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
WITH THAT NO SIGNIFICANT
OUTSTANDING CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED WITH THE STONE WATER
CODE UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU.
COULD WE -- I THINK WE HAVE A
QUESTION FROM VICE CHAIR
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE I
BELIEVE THAT I ALREADY KNOW THE
ANSWER.
I WAS KIND OF -- THE QUESTION
WAS REGARDING INVESTING IN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT CONNECTION THAT HAS TO THE
SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
MY SENSE IS IT DOESN'T CONNECT
BUT WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION
TO CLARIFY.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WILL
EDITORIALIZE BECAUSE WE ON THE
OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK.
I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH
THE NUMBER OF YEARS AND OUTREACH
YOU HAVE COMPLETED TO ENGAGE IN
THIS PROJECT.
OFTEN TIMES THE CITY ENGAGES IN
OUTREACH IN ONE DIRECTIONAL
ENGAGEMENT -- MEET WITH A GROUP,
LISTEN TO THEIR FEEDBACK AND
NEVER RETURN TO THAT GROUP.
COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
WHAT FEEDBACK LOOP WAS CREATED
TO ENSURE THAT -- STAKE HOLDERS
KNEW THAT THEIR FEEDBACK WAS
BEING INCORPORATED?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE FEEDBACK
LOOP INCLUDES -- UH -- JUST THE
MULTIPLE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD FOR
OUTREACH AND SO THAT IT WAS --
WE ARE VERY CLEAR ON RED LINES
AND SHOWING WHAT IT CHANGED OVER
BETWEEN DIFFERENT REVIEW
PERIODS.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS THE MAIN
LOOP THAT WE HAD.
ALSO WE MET WITH MASTER BUILDERS
AND GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM
AND -- HAVE INCORPORATED THAT
THEIR LANGUAGE IN THE DIRECTOR'S
ROLE THAT I WILL BE MENTIONING
AND -- THAT -- WHILE THAT HASN'T
BEEN POSTED YET, WE DID HEAR
FROM THEM AND IT IS A MUCH
BETTER DOCUMENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
THE -- UM -- THE SHIP CANAL, I
WOULD SAY AS FAR AS RAIN FROM
STRUCTURE, A LOT OF THAT IS
FOCUSED ON REQUIREMENTS WHEN I
WAS MENTIONING THAT.
UH -- IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UH,
TOWARD DEVELOPMENT AND LOOKING
AT THE SIZE OF DETENTION
ESPECIALLY IN THE COMBINED AND
ENSURING OVERALL AND THROUGH THE
CITY THAT WE ARE UM -- THIS SIZE
OF THE DETENTION SYSTEM IS
ADEQUATE MITIGATING THE
DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS AND BEFORE
ANALYZING THAT IT WASN'T.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS HOW IT TIES
IN WITH THE SHIP CANAL BUT ALSO
WITH OUR COMBINED SEWER IN
GENERAL AND FLOODING AND OTHER
ISSUES AS WELL SO, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
THERE IS AN ONGOING ENGAGEMENT.
IT IS NOT A WE CAME TO MEET WITH
YOU ONCE AND MOVED ON.
YOU -- YOU ENGAGED MULTIPLE
TIMES AND IN MULTIPLE WAYS?
>> YES.
>> GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COULD YOU CIRCULATE THE LANGUAGE
YOU INCORPORATED IN.
>> SURE.
>> -- THANK YOU.
>> UM -- SO, I THINK -- I WAS --
HI GONE -- I WILL CONTINUE WHERE
I LEFT OFF AND -- UM -- I -- AS
FAR AS THE STORM WATER CODE
UPDATES, I WILL START THERE.
THE HIGH LEVEL SUMMERY INCLUDES
ADDING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN
LAND DESERVING ACTIVITIES TO
FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF STORM
WATER PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE AGE -- THE CITY --
ESPECIALLY INSTALLING STORM
WATER FACILITIES BUT ALSO HELPS
TO -- ALSO APPLIES TO OTHER
VOLUNTARY PROJECTS BY THIRD
PARTIES.
SO GET MORE PROJECTS IN THE
GROUND.
CLARIFICATION REGARDING
ALTERNATIVE COMPLY GROONS
REGIONAL FACILITIES.
BASICALLY AGAIN HAVING THE RIGHT
SOLUTION IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN CLARIFIED
AND ADDED.
MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM
WATER MOVEMENT EQUIVALENCY
REQUIREMENTS.
AND FOR SUBDIVISIONS, ANOTHER
CLOSELY RELATED PROJECT, ADDED
REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT -- MAKE SURE PROJECTS
MITIGATE IMPACTS AND TO ADDRESS
POSSIBLE -- AND THEN ALSO RULES
CLARIFYING PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE
REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER
USE WAS ALSO ADDED.
OVER ITEMS I INCLUDE
CLARIFICATION OF THE EXISTING
MAIN LINE EXTENSION
REQUIREMENTS.
IF ONE IS NOT IN FRONT OF
THE PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF
PROJECT SIZE, AND THE PROPOSED
UPDATE NOW CLARIFIES IN THE
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL
PROJECTS THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT
THAT IS REQUIRED TO EXTEND THE
PUBLIC DRAINAGE SYSTEM INSTEAD
OF ALL PROJECTS.
THEY WILL NOT BE DOCUMENTED IN A
SEPARATE ROLE INSTEAD OF RELYING
ON STANDARD PRACTICE SO THERE IS
MORE TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICT
ABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY AND CLARITY FOR
DRAINAGE REVIEW STAFF.
THIS NEW RULE ALSO CLARIFIES
WHAT IS AND ISN'T A PUBLIC
DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO HELPED A MORE
STORM WATER TO THE SYSTEM.
THIS RULE ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE
MAIN LINE EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS
DOCUMENTED.
TO EXPAND THE TOOLBOX FOR DRAIN
STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ADDRESS COMMENTS FROM USERS,
UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE LIST
FOR ALL PROJECT TYPES INCLUDING
REVISIONS TO RAIN WATER
HARVESTING FOR BUILDINGS.
AND TO HELP SIMPLIFY THE CODE
AND HAVE MORE SIMILAR COSTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY THERE ARE
PROPOSED CHANGES TO REQUIREMENTS
OF STORM WATER VOLUME AND RATES
OF DISCHARGES FOR BOTH PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECTS IN THE
RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL AS MORE
CONSISTENT THRESHOLDS FOR
PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
IN WORKING WITH PARKS AND TO
HELP RELEASE PESTICIDES -- THAT
ARE USED ON A SITE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FINALLY, PRELIMINARY REVIEW
PLAN REQUIREMENTS WERE ADDED FOR
SUBDIVISIONS SO, IT HAS BEEN A
LONG PROJECT.
WE ARE GETTING TOWARDS HE END
BUT -- THIS IS THE SAME SCHEDULE
YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY BUT BEFORE I
MOVE ON I JUST REALLY TO THE
FINAL SCHEDULE STEPS, I JUST
REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
EXTENDED TEAM EFFORT THAT
INVOLVED MULTIPLE CITY
DEPARTMENTS WITH BIG LIFTS BY
NOT ONLY SPU MEMBERS BUT SDCI
AND SDOT AS WELL AS PARKS TO GET
US WHERE WE ARE TODAY ON
UPDATING THE STORM WATER CODE.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM
FOR THE EFFORTS ON THE PROJECT.
AS MENTIONED WE STARTED THE
PUBLIC INPUT AND REVIEW PROCESS
IN OCTOBER OF 2019 AND HAVE DONE
OUTREACH THAT HAS LED TO
RECEIVING MANY THOUGHT OF THE
COMMENTS FROM STAKE HOLDERS.
MANY OF WHICH WERE -- WE WERE
ABLE TO ADDRESS.
WE HAVE ALSO WORKED TO ENSURE
OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE -- WITH THE
STATE -- WITH THE STATE AND AS
FAR AS TIMING THOUGH, THERE IS
SOME URGENCY AROUND HAVING THIS
ORDINANCE SIGNED INTO LAW SOONER
RATHER THAN LATER.
ONE REASON IS TO BE COMPLIANT.
SO THAT SEATTLE DOES NOT MISS
THE -- THE REQUIRED EFFECTIVE
DATE OF JULY 1ST.
THE OTHER IS TO CONSIDERATE TO
OUR STAKE HOLDER'S NEEDS.
FOR GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE BOTH
INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WE
WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AS MUCH
NOTICE AS POSSIBLE TO THESE
STAKE HOLDERS.
IF THIS LEGISLATION CAN MOVE OUT
TODAY AND THINGS CONTINUE TO GO
SMOOTHLY, STAKE HOLDERS WILL
HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45 DAYS TO
ADJUST TO THIS LEGISLATION.
YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT
WILL THE CODE UPDATE MEAN THE
PROJECT COSTS WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
EVERY PROJECT IS UNIQUE WITH ITS
OWN OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES.
OVERALL WE ARE ANTICIPATING
LOWER COSTS FOR MANY SMALLER
PROJECTS OF WHICH THERE ARE MORE
OF AND SOME COSTS INCREASES TO
LARGE PROJECTS.
WHAT WE HEAR MOST
FREQUENTLY FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS IS FOR THE COST OF MAIN
LINE EXTENSIONS.
COSTS WILL DAY CREASE AND THE
COST TO BUILD STORM WATER
PROJECTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
DECREASE.
FURTHER STRETCHING OUR RATE
DOLLARS TO HELP CURB POLLUTION
AND CONTROL FLOODING WHILE
ENSURING WE ARE BUILDING THE
RIGHT PROJECT IN THE RIGHT PLACE
X. WITH THAT I WILL CONCLUDE MY
PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT THE PROPOSED STORM WATER
CHANGES DUE TODAY AND FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
BRIAN GOODNIGHT, DID YOU WANT TO
ADD ANYTHING AT THIS POINT?
I KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT YOUR MEMO
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD,
CHAIR
>> OKAY.
AND GENERAL MANAGER, DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE
JUMP INTO ANY QUESTIONS AND TALK
ABOUT SCHEDULING?
>> NO.
JUST REITERATE OUR THANKS FOR
EVERYBODY'S CONSIDERATION AND
TIME.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, WE CAN -- WE CAN ASK
QUESTIONS NOW.
I WANTED TO PITCH A SCHEDULING
IDEA IS THAT -- WHAT WE CAN DO
BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLEX
UPDATE, SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN SEE
WHAT A GREAT JOB SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES HAS DONE BY BRINGING
STAKE HOLDERS ALONG THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
THEY DO HAVE A JULY 1 DEADLINE.
BECAUSE IT IS SO COMPLICATED
WHAT -- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE IS WE -- IF WE ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH IT TO VOTE IT
OUT TODAY BUT INSTEAD OF IT
GOING TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY
MAY 10, IT WOULD GO ON TO 17TH
OR THE 24TH.
WE CAN WORK OUT WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE BASED ON HOW
FULL THE SCHEDULES ARE.
INSTEAD OF IT JUST GOING
STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT
IS SO COMPLICATED TO HAVE IT
SKIP A WEEK BASICALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEAT OF THE
PROPOSAL HERE UPDATING THE STORM
WATER CODE?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON THE -- I BELIEVE IT IS SLIDE
5 ON THE -- UM -- IT REFERS TO
ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE
INTENDED OBJECTIVES IS
AFFORDABILITY AND ENSURING
GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH AND
ENCOURAGING
GENERATIONAL EQUITY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE CODE
UPDATES AS RECOMMENDED ADDRESS
THAT GOAL?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT -- UM --
THE -- IN LOOKING AT
AFFORDABILITY, JUST LOOKING AT
LONG TERM WHERE RATE CARE FUNDS
ARE GOING, UM -- RIGHT NOW --
UH -- IN THE CURRENT CODE, UM,
ESPECIALLY FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS
AND CITY PROJECTS, IT REQUIRES
INSTALLATION OF TANKS WITHIN --
NOT NECESSARILY IN THE RIGHT
SPOT OR THE RIGHT PLACE.
IT HASN'T BEEN ANALYZED.
SO LOOKING AT -- INSTEAD HAVING
ESPECIALLY CITY PROJECTS WORKING
ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE MISSING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHEN THEY
ARE UPDATING -- WHEN WE ARE
UPDATING PROJECTS FROM DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY AND REALLY
RELYING ON THE EXPERTISE TO FIND
RIGHT PROJECT AND THE RIGHT
PROJECT PLACE TO MITIGATE STORM
WATER IMPACTS AND -- BUT ALSO
WITH DEVELOPMENT AND CITY
PROJECTS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
AT THE TIME THE PROJECTS ARE
GOING IN.
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON RATE CARE
FUNDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF -- IF MAMI OR
MAYBE ANDREW WANTED --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN HOW WE LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER I WOULD
SAY THAT THE OVERALL CODE
ENFORCES AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS
OR AS CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING,
HAVING THE DEVELOPER PAY FOR IT,
WHAT WE FOUND THAT WHEN THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN -- EVENTUAL
HOMEOWNER MIGHT HAVE COSTS THEY
HAVE TO INCUR DOWN ROAD OR THE
RATE PAYERS END UP PAYING FOR
IT.
THE RATE PAYERS DID NOT PROFIT
OBVIOUSLY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT
THAT OCCURRED.
THAT OVERALL PRINCIPLE IS
REINFORCED IN THIS CODE UPDATE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM.
I AM ASKING HOW THE -- CODE
UPDATE ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS DIFFERENT?
UM -- THE DIFFERENCE IS -- UM --
INSTEAD OF THE -- OF THOSE
PROJECTS -- THE ROADWAY PROJECTS
THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT,
INSTEAD OF INSTALLING THOSE
GIANT TANKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEM AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM ITSELF
HAS THE PARKS THAT ARE THERE,
YOU KNOW IN A DRAYAGE RAIN FROM
STRUCTURE IS MISSING, THAT IS
INSTALLED AND -- SIZED
ADEQUATELY IF IT IS UNDER SIZED
NOW.
SO THAT -- THE CODE WAS SOMEWHAT
SILENT ON THAT BEFORE AND JUST
REALLY ENFORCING AND -- LOOKING
AT THE BIG PICTURE OF -- OF
SWITCHING THE -- THE EMPHASIS ON
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SAID --
THAT THIS -- THIS CHANGE WOULD
ONLY AFFECT CITY PROJECTS,
PUBLIC PROJECTS.
IT IS NOT A CHANGE THAT AFFECTS
THE PROJECTS THAT PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING.
>> IT DOES -- IT COULD IN A
SENSE AFFECT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
AS WE WORK THROUGH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN STALLING
CULVERTS AND DIFFERENT
DOWNSTREAM -- DOWNSTREAM
INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THERE MAY
BE MISSING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ARE LOOK AT A PHASED APPROACH
WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE NOT -- THAT WE ARE
GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW
WORKING WITH CITY PROJECTS AND
THEN EVENTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR IMPACTS
IN MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT
CAUSING FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF
THEIR PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAD QUESTIONS ALONG THE
SAME LINE SOY WON'T -- I WON'T
RE-ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS.
MY THANKS TO YOU ON PICKING UP
THAT PARTICULAR THREAD.
THAT IS THE THREAD I WAS MOST
INTERESTED IN AS WELL.
RELATED TO THE ISSUES OF
AFFORDABILITY AND PRIVATE
PROJECTS, I HEARD FROM -- I
HEARD A CONCERN FROM A
CONSTITUENT RECENTLY WHO IS
DEVELOPING -- UM -- SOME
PROPERTY WITH THE GOAL OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM AND I WAS
WONDERING IF -- IF YOU COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS
IMPACTS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT FOR
THOSE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LOOKING
AT PARTICIPATING IN EITHER
VOLUNTARY OR OTHERWISE IN OUR
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM
AND WHETHER SPU HAS TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT OR DONE ANY ANALYSIS OF
HOW THESE CODE CHANGES AND
POTENTIAL INCREASE COSTS MAY
IMPACT PARTICIPATION IN THAT
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
>> UM -- I WOULD SAY DIRECTLY
THERE HASN'T BEEN A DIRECT
COMPARISON OR ANALYSIS BETWEEN
THE TWO BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT --
ADDING COSTS TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS A -- IS -- CAN BE A
DETRIMENT TO THAT.
UM -- I THINK -- WE OVERALL ARE
CONSIDERING THE LONG TERM
IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND
HOW -- UM -- AND THAT HAVING THE
DEVELOPMENT MITIGATE ITS DIRECT
IMPACTS AND SO -- I -- I -- I
DON'T.
THERE -- THERE IS INCREASES TO
SOME PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS
WILL -- UM -- CAUSE INCREASES
BECAUSE OF THAT BUT IT ALSO IS
LOOKING AT THE DIRECT IMPACTS OF
THAT PROJECT.
SO -- I CAN'T -- I DON'T HAVE A
GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY.
>> YEAH, NO WORRIES.
I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED
SCHEDULE BY CHAIR PEDERSEN
RELATED TO THIS LEGISLATION, I
WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL IF IN THE
TWO WEEK INTERIM IF -- SPU COULD
WORK WITH BRIAN GOODNIGHT TO
JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE
BIT MORE DEEPLY THAT THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO PROJECT
COSTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS
THAT ARE INTENDING TO BUILD THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE AND I
THINK DIFFERENT -- IT IS A
DIFFERENT ISSUE IN TERMS OF
WHETHER THEY ARE SORT OF PAYING
AS OPPOSED TO BUILDING.
I -- I AM SPECIFICALLY ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE -- THE
PROJECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE CODE CHANGES FOR THOSE
PROJECTS IN WHICH DEVELOPERS
CURN'TLY PLAN TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE
THROUGH OUR MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AREN'T
CREATING SOME UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES AS IT RELATES TO
INCREASING THESE PROJECT COSTS
SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT THEN
PEOPLE HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO
NOT BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
SITE RIGHT AWAY.
SO IF THAT IS WHAT WE THINK IS
GOING TO BE AN AFFECT, AND WE
DON'T INTEND THAT TO BE THE
EFFECT, THEN I THINK THERE IS A
POLICY CHOICE FOR US TO MAKE
ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THE APP
OLYMPIC ABILITY HERE.
>> IF I MAY -- WE -- SO -- WE
WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT MORE
DETAILS.
I THINK EVERY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT ENDS UP BEING SO
DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
COSTS ARE THAT ARE INCURRED.
SMALLER PROJECTS,
THE PRICES WENT DOWN.
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
THRESHOLDS THAT WE CHANGED TO
MAKE EVERYTHING MORE CONSISTENT.
SHE DID MENTION SOME OF THE
LARGER PROJECTS COSTS MAY HAVE
GONE UP.
HOWEVER I WANT TO REINFORCE IT
WAS A PRETTY MARGINAL INCREASE.
I WASN'T SIGNIFICANT.
THE ONE SITUATION THAT GETS
HIGHLIGHTED FOR US QUITE A BIT
IS WHEN DEVELOPERS HAVE TO DO
EXTENSIONS.
THAT INVOLVES POTENTIALLY COSTLY
WORK OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY,
RIGHT?
AND THOSE -- THOSE CAN BE IN THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
THE ONE THING THAT SHE POINTED
OUT EARLIER WAS FOR THOSE
PROJECTS THE EXISTING CODE EVEN
WITHOUT ANY CODE CHANGE ALREADY
REQUIRES TO DO THOSE EXTENSIONS.
SO THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY A RESULT
OF THIS PARTICULAR THING.
WHAT WE DID IS CLARIFIED THAT TO
MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR TO
DEVELOPERS WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS
ARE.
AND SO -- BUT AGAIN WOULD BE
HAPPY TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS
OF THAT PARTICULAR CASE AND ALSO
RESPOND TO YOUR GENERAL QUESTION
ABOUT MANDATED SORT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> OKAY.
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT
THIS -- THE STORM WATER RAIN
FROM STRUCTURE CODE UPDATES THAT
WE ARE DISCUSSING NOW DO NOT --
THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THESE CODE UPDATES AND THE --
THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE
EXTENSIONS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THAT IS NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT.
THAT DID NOT EXIST.
>> OKAY.
SO IF THE CONCERN FROM THIS
CONSTITUENT IS ABOUT THE MAIN
LINE EXTENSIONS, THAT IS -- THAT
IS -- THAT IS A CONCERN.
>> YES.
>> IT IS COSTLY BUT IT IS NOT
BEING TRIGGERED OR EXACERBATE OR
WORSENED BY VIRTUE OF THE
COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE
STORM WATER CODE UPDATES YOU ARE
PROPOSING?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> OKAY.
THAT IS HELPFUL.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT THE
CONCERN WAS.
SO, I -- IF WE CAN JUST
SORT OF -- I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU AND GET YOU MORE DETAILS TO
MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT --
THAT -- THAT THIS CONVERSATION
HERE IS STILL APPLICABLE AND
RELEVANT TO THAT NEED.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
BRIAN, IF YOU DO END UP
EXPANDING YOUR MEMO A BIT, IF
YOU COULD ALSO LOOK AT ANY
EXEMPTIONS -- MAKE SURE WE ARE
TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF ANY
EXEMPTIONS THAT EXIST UNDER
STATE LAW AS I UNDERSTAND RCW
DOES PROVIDE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MAYBE HOW THEY ARE DEFINING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS KEY TO THIS.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MAXIMIZING OUR EXEMPTIONS.
MAKING GROWTH PAY FOR GROWTH AND
MAYBE FIND PASSING THAT ON TO
FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS IN SOME
CASES.
WE WANT THAT MAKE SURE WE ARE
EXEMPTING THE ADDITIONAL COSTS
WHEN WE CAN.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
NOW YOU HAVE ME SECOND GUESSING
IF I'M SAYING YOUR NAME RIGHT.
THAT IS BECAUSE CHAIR,
COLLEAGUES, I SPENT A VERY LONG
TIME -- WE WENT WAY OVER THE
TYPICALLY A LOTTED HOUR THAT SPU
GIVES ME FOR ASKING HUNDREDS OF
QUESTIONS IN SOME SENSE -- IN
SOME WAYS AT MY PRE-COMMITTEE
BRIEFING.
YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB BEING
RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS AND
FOLLOWING UP WITH THE ANSWERS
THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AT THAT
MOMENT.
WHAT THAT PROVIDED FOR ME IS THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS CODE
DOES -- ALREADY IN CODE AND WHAT
THIS -- WHAT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IS PROVIDING CLARITY.
IT IS PROVIDING CLARITY WITH THE
EXEMPTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE.
IT IS PROVIDING CLARITY WITH
WHAT IS REQUIRED AS IS WHAT IS
INTENDED TO BE REQUIRED.
AND IT PROVIDES CLARITY WITH THE
EXEMPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY MADE YET NOT IN
CODE.
TYPICALLY I AM OF THE MINDSET WE
NEED TO HAVE TWO COMMITTEE
MEETINGS FOR A BILL UNDER --
WITH THE RESPONSIVENESS THAT SPU
HAS PROVIDED ME BETWEEN BRIEFING
AND NOW AND THE NEED TO ENSURE
WE DON'T OPEN OURSELVES TO
LIABILITY BECAUSE WE DID NOT
RECEIVE THIS -- THIS BILL IS NOT
TRANSMITTED TO US IN A TIME.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR
PROPOSAL OF PASSING IT OUT TODAY
AND HOLDING IT UNTIL FOR TWO
WEEKS TILL FULL COUNCIL.
I GUESS I WANTED TO AGAIN RAISE
UP THIS CODE CHANGE CLARIFIES
WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REQUIRED,
CLARIFIES THE EXEMPTIONS AND
PROVIDES MORE CLARITY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ANDREW.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR.
KEVIN AND BRIAN, I REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU
PROVIDED ME BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY OF
QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
I NOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNCIL
120044 WHICH IS ITEM 1 ON OUR
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED INTO
SECOND.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120044?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASSED WOULD BE
SENT TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING NOT MAY 10 BUT MAY 17TH
OR MAY 24TH.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
MORE INFORMATION FROM CENTRAL
STAFF WORKING WITH SPU.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
SOME OF YOU AGAIN HERE ABOUT
ANOTHER IMPORTANT BILL FROM SPU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 320000.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITES ADOPTING A
2021-2024 STRATEGIC BUSINESS
PLAN FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND FOR BRIEF
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE PLAN TO VOTE TON
CORRESPONDING COUNCIL RESOLUTION
AT COMMITTEE TODAY.
AS WE KNOW SPU'S TRACK TEENAGIC
PLAN HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE
RIGOROUS CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
THE AVERAGE RATES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN WHAT
WAS ORIGINALLY PROMISED BACK IN
2017.
THERE WAS A THOROUGH
ARTICLE EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT THE
STRATEGIC PLAN AND RATE PATH
WHICH EXPLORES THE VARIOUS COST
DRIVERS INCLUDING INFLATION PAST
THE RATES IMPOSED BY KING COUNTY
FOR WASTE WASTE WATER,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COSTS
REQUIRED BY OUR STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, LABOR COSTS
AND EVEN THE UTILITY TAXES
CHARGED BY OUR GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS RESOLUTION 32000.
IT WOULD ADOPT THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE
SERVICES.
WATER, WASTE WATER, DRAIN ORANGE
AND SOLID WASTE.
THESE BUSINESS LINES, EACH OF
THEM HAVE THEIR OWN RATE
STRUCTURE.
THE RATES FOR 2021 FOR ALL FOUR
SEARCHS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET.
SO, BRIAN GOODNIGHT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL JUST NOTE IN ADDITION TO
THE FACT IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED
AT THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS AS
YOU SUGGESTED THAT THE PLAN THAT
WOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE
RESOLUTION DOES CONTAIN NEW
MISSION AND VISION FOR SPU.
SO IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING
THE PLAN THE RESOLUTION ALSO
REQUESTS THAT THE EXECUTIVES
SUBMIT BUDGET ANDS RATE
LEGISLATION WHEN APPROPRIATE.
THAT ABSENTS JUSTIFIABLE
CIRCUMSTANCE S IS CONSISTENT
WITH
THE PLAN.
PER COUNCIL DIRECTION SPU
TYPICALLY REVIEWS AND UPDATES
THE PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS.
THE NEXT UPDATE IS SCHEDULED TO
OCCUR IN 2023.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND A -- JUST A -- A SHOUT OUT
TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD WHO
CHAIRED THIS AREA BEFORE I DID
AND A LOT OF THAT WORKING WITH
GENERAL MANAGER HARA AND OTHERS
REALLY SET US ON THIS GOOD PATH
WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO COME IN
AT A LOWER INCREASE THAN
EXPECTED ON AVERAGE.
GENERAL MANAGER HARA, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO TAKE IT AWAY?
>> WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK
EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL FOR ALL OF
THEIR CONSIDERATION.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN THE
MAKING TO BRING OUR RATE PATH
DOWN AND COME TO THIS PLACE.
WE ALWAYS WELCOME FURTHER IDEAS
TO FURTHER LOWER OUR RATE PATH
AS WE GO ALONG OUR COMMITMENT IS
TO STAY BELOW WHAT WE HAVE
PROJECTED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND
TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICES IN
ORDER TO DO SO.
SO -- JUST -- THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF
PASSAGE OF OUR STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST AS
REMINDER THERE WAS A
PRESENTATION AT THE PREVIOUS
COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE IT WENT
THROUGH THE POWER POINTS AND
THOSE ARE ONLINE STILL.
WERE THERE ANY FOOINL FINAL
QUESTIONS -- YES, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> IN BRIAN'S ISSUE ID PAPER
REALLY APPRECIATE HIGHLIGHTING
SOME OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER.
ONE -- ONE -- WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT OWL THOUGH WE AREN'T
PURSUING ANY CHANGES IN -- THE
UTILITY TAX STRUCTURE WHICH IS
A -- IT IS A DRIVER OF RATES AS
WELL, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
WORK THAT THE UTILITY DID AS A
RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN TO AT THE VERY
LEAST CREATE SOME TRANSPARENCY
AROUND THE UTILITY TAX.
THAT IS NOW SHOWN ON RATE
PAYER'S BILLS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE UTILITY'S
COMMITMENT TO THAT WORK IN THE
PAST.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH
ABOUT THE -- SORT OF THE RATE
SMOOTHING QUESTION OPTION
THAT -- BRIAN INCLUDED
REFERENCED TO IN THE -- IN THE
ISSUE ID PAPER AS IT RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO DRAINAGE AND
WASTE WATER RATES.
I AM WONDERING, CAN YOU --
BECAUSE WE -- WE AREN'T -- WE
AREN'T SUING -- AN AMENDMENT TO
THE RATE PATH TO REFLECT RATE
SMOOTH AT THIS POINT.
CAN YOU TALK THROUGH THE PROS
AND CONS OF THAT BECAUSE I -- I
DO KNOW THAT -- WE DID DO SOME
SIGNIFICANT RATE SMOOTHING ON --
ON THE CITY'S LINE OF BUSINESS
IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND JUST
WONDERING SORT OF WHAT THE
BARRIERS ARE IN DOING SO FOR
DRAIN ORANGE AND WASTE WATER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DON'T KNOW THERE ARE
NECESSARILY BARRIERS.
I THINK THAT IN THIS CASE THE
RATES THAT ARE PROPOSED AREN'T
AS VOLATILE AS THE ONE PROPOSED
THE
LAST TIME AROUND.
I AM SURE YOU RECOGNIZE THE
EXECUTIVE IS PROPOSING AS TO THE
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL WAS -- GOING
TO BE 10.3 SXERS THEN 0%, THEN
10.3% AND 0%.
IT IS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO THEY HAVE
PROPOSED TO EQUALLY DO SMALLER
ANNUAL INCREASES INSTEAD.
THAT WILL EQUALLY HAVE IMPACTS
ON -- IT WILL INCREASE THE
VOLATILITY OF THE RATES.
SO I THINK THAT -- I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO REACT TO THAT
NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THIS IS JUST A PLAN.
ASSUMING THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL
AND ALL OF THEM DO APPROVE OF
THAT USING THE RATES THAT ARE
LESS VOLATILE, THAT WOULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO ANY RATE
PACKAGES.
IT WOULD BE SMOOTHED OVERTIME.
>> I KNOW THAT -- MANY OF
US HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR RATE
SMOOTHING BUT HAD NO HEARD THAT
KING COUNTY WAS COMING BACK WITH
A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL.
THAT IS GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
THANKS.
>> IF I MAY, I WOULD -- LIKE TO
EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRECIATIONS
TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
THEIR MANY LONG HOURS OF WORK ON
THOSE COMMITTEES AND THEIR
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF RATE
PAYERS.
VOLATILITY IS SOMETHING WE AIM
TO AVOID.
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DRIVER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
AS WE -- SPU HAS PULLED A LOT OF
LEVERS TO KEEP THE RATE
INCREASES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND
TO COME IN LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
PROMISED I THINK -- AS WE LOOK
AT THE -- THE STRATEGIC PLAN
THREE YEARS FROM NOW WE HAVE TO
DO A LOT OF WORK EVEN STARTING
FROM THIS YEAR THINKING ABOUT
THAT.
IT IS ABOUT 123-00-0000 TO
GENERAL FUND GETS FROM THE
UTILITY RATE PAYERS AND THEN
SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY
TAKING ADDITIONAL TIME TO
EXPLORE THE ISSUE OF SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES, OUR RATES
ARE MUCH LOWER THAN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS FOR VARIOUS
THINGS.
WE DON'T EVEN CHARGE DRAINAGE
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGE SO WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT MORE AS
WE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT --
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LEVERS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN PULLED.
IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE RATE PATH
NOT INCREASING SO SHARPLY ON
THESE REGRESSIVE CHARGES WE NEED
TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE UTILITY TAX
AND WHETHER IT IS PHASING OR
TAPERING OFF OF SOME OF THAT AND
THEN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES.
ARE WE OPTIMIZING THOSE OPTIONS?
I WILL BE LOOKING INTO THOSE FOR
SURE.
WELL COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE
ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
THIS.
ONE MOMENT.
OKAY.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS I NOW MOVE
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL
OF RESOLUTION 320000 WHICH IS
ITEM 2 ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE RESOLUTION PASSES AMENDED
WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 10 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
BYE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3.
COUNCIL BILL 120045.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT DECLARING
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO
BE SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF CITY
LIGHT AND AUTHORIZING THE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CITY LIGHT
TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT
WITH KING COUNTY ALLOWING THE
TEMPORARY USE OF A PORTION OF
CITY LIGHT PROPERTY TO RESOLVE
THE ENKROEN CHMENT OF AN
EXISTING STRUCTURE LOCATED ON
THE WEST SIDE OF BOEING FIELD
WITHIN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
SECTION 29 TOWNSHIP 24 RANGE 4
AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 29 TOWNSHIP 24 RANGE 4.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS A VERY JAZZY TITLE FOR
AN ORDINANCE.
THIS IS THE GEORGETOWN SOUTH
PARK TRAIL.
IT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF
THAT COUNCIL BILL 120045.
THIS IS A TEMPORARY LEASE FOR A
SMALL TRIANGLE OF LAND ALONG
THAT ROUTE.
AFTER ADOPTING ITS ORDINANCE WE
EXPECT TO SEE THE FINAL ACTIONS
AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION OF THE
TRAIL PROJECT LATER THIS SUMMER.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS FOR THE
TRAIL CREATING IMPORTANT
CONNECTION BETWEEN DISTRICT 1
AND DISTRICT 2 IS ABOUT $7.5
MILLION.
WE HAVE -- OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ERIC MCCONAGHY
HERE WITH AS WELL.
DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE
LEGISLATION AT ALL?
>> I WILL ADD THAT -- AS WE HAVE
HEARD IN OTHER MEETINGS OF THIS
COMMITTEE THERE IS A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF A LEGISLATIVE PIECES
WERE BUILT LIKE BLOCKS ADDING UP
TO ULTIMATELY THE PETITION FOR
VACATION OF A -- OF PROPERTY
NEAR WHERE CITY LIGHT WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE SOME MORE ROOM TO WORK
AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE THE
TRANSFER OF THIS PROPERTY THAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN METHODICAL AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD IN A CERTAIN WAY
THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PIECES
THAT CLEAN UP THE BOOKS, MAKE
THINGS READY FOR THE ULTIMATE
MOVE YOU DESCRIBED.
WITH THAT I WILL JUST STEP OUT
OF THE THE
WAY AND LET THE EXPERTS TO THEIR
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC.
WELCOME SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
FOLKS.
GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DEBORA SENDS HER REGARDS AND
APOLOGIZES SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO
MAKE TODAY'S MEETING.
AS WAS MENTIONED THIS -- ITEM IS
CLARIFYING PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AN
AREA AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS.
TIM CROLL IS HERE TO PRESENT THE
ISSUE TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, MAURA.
>>SO AS THEY MENTIONED
ULTIMATELY
WE WANT TO DEVELOP AN OFF LEASH
DOG PARK AND A TRAIL SEGMENT OF
THE GEORGETOWN TRAIL WHICH IS.
FIRST WE NEED TO RESOLVE THIS
BIT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE
IS AN INCUMBENT ON PROPERTY, AN
ENKROEN CHMENT -- ENCROACHMENT
BY A KING COUNTY BUILDING.
SO THE OWNERSHIP IS REALLY CLEAR
WHEN PARKS COMES INTO POSSESSION
OF THIS PROPERTY.
NEXT, PLEASE.
AND SO THIS SHOWS WHERE OUR
SOUTH SERVICE CENTER IS BY THE
WEST SEATTLE FREEWAY AND FOURTH
AVENUE AND -- DOWN AT THE SOUTH
END OF THAT THERE IS A LITTLE
SECTION OF STREET RIGHT OF WAY
WE ARE LOOKING TO COMBSH--WE
WILL REQUEST TO VACATE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WELL
AWARE EVERY STREET VACATION
NEEDS AN OFFSETTING PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
THE MAIN PART OF OUR PUBLIC
BENEFIT IS THE TRANSFER OF THIS
PIECE OF THE RED THERE, THIS
PIECE OF PROPERTY IN GEORGETOWN
TO SDOT AND TO PARKS FOR THEIR
DIFFERENT USES TO BUILD
COMMUNITY AMENITIES SO OUR
PUBLIC BENEFIT WILL TRANSFER
THIS PUBLIC PLUS SOME CITY LIGHT
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROJECTS.
NEXT PLEASE.
>> AND THERE YOU GET AN IDEA
WHERE AGAIN -- WHERE THE SEGMENT
OF THE TRAIL FITS IN WITH THE
OVERALL SDOT PLAN TO HAVE THE
GEORGETOWN TO SOUTH PARK
CONNECTION TRAIL.
PLEASE, PLEASE.
OKAY, WE SEE A LITTLE BUILDING
THAT SEEMS TO BE STICKING OVER
THE FENCE LINE AND THAT IS THE
ENCROACHMENT.
IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.
IT IS A TOTAL OF 158 SQUARE
FEET.
GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND GET
ALL THE PAPERWORK RIGHT.
NEXT PLEASE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO COUNCIL
THAT YOU AUTHORIZE US TO ISSUE A
TEMPORARY EASEMENT FOR THE LIFE
OF THE BUILDING TO KING COUNTY.
KING COUNTY IS GOING TO BE
MOVING THE FENCE THAT IS
NOT RELATED BACK TO THE PROPERTY
LINE, TAKING CARE OF THAT.
WE ARE NOT GOING -- WE ARE FOR
THE -- IT IS NOT OUR PRACTICE
WHEN THESE TYPES OF SITUATONS
TO ASK THE PROPERTY OWNER TO
TEAR DOWN A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
STILL ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF
COURSE RECOMMENDS THAT THIS
ORDINANCE BE LEGISLATIVE PRIOR
TO YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE
STREET VACATION AND THE TRANSFER
OF THE PROPERTY TO PARKS, THINGS
GET MORE COMPLICATED ONCE
PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED TO PARKS
ABOUT ADDRESSING THESE TYPES OF
ENCROACHMENTS.
THE FUTURE OF PROPERTY TRANSFER
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF
THE TEMPORARY EASEMENT.
LAST MEETING THERE WAS A PUBLIC
HEARING.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTATORS.
THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
WOULD BE THIS SUMMER EXPECTED TO
BE THIS SUMMER.
AND THAT IS -- NEXT SLIDE.
BASICALLY ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM?
OKAY.
I KNOW WE WILL HAVE MORE
DISCUSSION LATER WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE TRAIL AND IT STARTS TO
COME TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, STRAUSS.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> JUST SIGNALLING AGAIN SEATTLE
CITY LIGHTS SPENT MORE TIME THAN
I THINK THEY DESIRED, BILL AND
TIM APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS YOU ANSWERED FOR ME
ABOUT THESE PROPERTIES AND THE
ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE -- THIS
PROPERTY IS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL
STEAM PLANT THAT -- WAS ON THE
BANK BEFORE THE RIVER WAS
REROUTED.
SO -- WON'T SPEND UNNECESSARY
AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT
LAND USE AND LAND HISTORY IN OUR
AREA.
JUST WANT TO THANK CITY LIGHT
FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH
ME AND ANSWERING ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR
QUESTION?
>> JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY
THANKS AS WELL FOR THE WORK YOU
ARE DOING, FOR THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING IN BRINGING FORWARD THE
NECESSARY STEPS FOR THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BOTH THE GEORGETOWN
AND THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITIES
PROJECTS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPEED WITH
WHICH YOU ARE SORT OF TICKING
THE BOXES ONE STEP AT A TIME SO
WE CAN BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TRAIL.
VERY APPRECIATIVE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
LETS GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS
ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL
OF COUNCIL BILL 120045.
ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL TO APPROVE COUNCIL BILL
120045.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THE BILL WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY
10 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR
BEING HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE DO HAVE A FEW
ITEMS LEFT.
WE HAVE LF ITEM AND THEN HAVE
GOT THE RAPID RIDE ON MADISON
STREET WHICH WILL GO QUICKLY
BECAUSE IT IS JUST ACCEPTANCE OF
A FEDERAL GRANT AND A COUPLE OF
EASEMENTS THAT ARE MINOR.
THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH -- WE
WILL HAVE OVER VIEWS OF THE
THREE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES
BUT THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO VOTE ON THOSE
TECHNOLOGIES.
LETS KEEP GOING HERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM FOUR.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR COUNCIL BILL
120042.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126237 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET INCLUDING THE 2021-2026
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN
THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT FUND REVISING PROJECT
ALLOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS
IN THE 2021-2016C CIP
FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A REMINDER CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED THE FEE A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
I WANT TO REPEAT MY THANK TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR CONDUCTING
THAT OUTREACH AND AGAIN TO ALL
OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED
IN THOSE -- IN THOSE FOUR PLUS
MEETINGS THEY HAD TO DISCUSS HOW
TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS.
TODAY OUR COMMITTEE PLANS TO
VOTE ON THE PROPOSAL FROM S DOT,
COIN SILL BILL 120042.
THAT SUGGESTS HOW TO INVEST THE
DOLLARS.
OUR COMMITTEE HAD ALREADY HEARD
AND DISCUSSED THIS ITEM AS WELL
AS AMENDMENT WHAT IS CALLED
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FROM SECOND
COUNCIL MEMBERS INCLUDING MYSELF
THAT WE SPONSORED AND INTRODUCED
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
S DOT'S BILL IN FRONT OF US --
WE WILL HEAR FROM CALVIN CHOW
AND ALSO HAVE A NEW AMENDMENT
WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS, AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF ALL OF THIS TODAY.
S DOT'S BILL IN FRONT OF US
PROPOSES TO DIVIDE THE $7
MILLION INTO SIX DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
WE DISCUSSED IT A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO.
THEN AMENDMENT 1 ASKS S DOT TO
PROVIDE A LIST WHICH COULD
BENEFIT IF WE CHOSE TO BOND
AGAINST VEHICLE LICENSEES TO
GENERATE MORE MONEY FASTER.
WE HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF E-MAILS
ABOUT THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO
THAT.
THERE APPEAR TO BE SOME
CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION
ABOUT THE THREE PAGE AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE.
IT DOES NOT ISSUE BONDS BUT
RATHER ASKS S DOT TO COME BACK
WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS WHICH I
THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE -- THEY
SHOULD BE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER
ANYWAY.
THE MEAT OF THAT AMENDMENT,
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 WOULD HAVE
THEM COME BACK BY SEPTEMBER 30TH
SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT DURING
BUDGET PROCESS.
SO AS WE KNOW OUR STATE
LEGISLATOR ACCOMPLISH ADD LOT
DURING THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FINISH A
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET ADDITIONAL
FUNDS FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE FROM THAT PROCESS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS FURTHER
EVIDENCE THAT SEATTLE SHOULD
CONSIDER GOING BIGGER AND BOLDER
NOW AND GETTING S DOT TO PUT
TOGETHER THIS LIST AND PRESENT
THEM TO US IN THE BIGGER CONTEXT
OF THEIR $700 MILLION BUDGET
THAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ELUDED
TO THE FACT THAT THIS -- THIS
STAKE HOLDER PROCESS THEY WENT
THROUGH COULD BE USED AS A MODEL
FOR THEIR ENTIRE BUDGET, NOT
JUST FOR THE $7 MILLION.
IT WAS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION
WHERE THIS $7 MILLION WAS
CREATED -- AUTHORIZED BY US AND
THEN WE WANTED TO -- EXPLORE HOW
TO SPEND THAT QUICKLY AND IT WAS
PUT TO THIS PROCESS AND -- I
THINK IT COULD BENEFIT -- S DOT
COULD BENEFIT FROM APPLYING THAT
LENS THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE
BUDGET.
IF WE HAVE A LIST WE COULD BOND
AGAINST WORK COULD DISCUSS IT
ALL IN THE FALL BUDGET.
I THINK THIS IS LEADING TO A
POSITIVE THING.
AMENDMENT 1 WAS DISCUSSED AT
LENGTH.
IT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A
WHILE.
WE DO HAVE CENTRAL STAFF WITH US
AND ALSO THE SPONSOR OF A NEW
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT NUMBER 2
WHICH IS CRAFTED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND WAS
CIRCULATED TO THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING THAT AND -- I HAD A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AMENDMENT
NUMBER 2 AND -- I AM VIEWING
THIS AS A -- A RELATIVELY
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TOWARD OUR
OVERALL EFFORTS TO PUNCTUATE THE
PRIORITY OF SEATTLE'S AGING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M PLEASED THIS IS SHAPING UP
TO BE A COLLABORATIVE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AMONG
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHICH WE TRY TO
ACHIEVE POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL HELP LEAD TO
CONSTRUCTING TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES WE CAN ALL SUPPORT.
I THINK ANY AMENDMENT THAT
PRIORITIZES OUR AGING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSIDERS HOW
TO LEVERAGE MONEY FASTER IS A
STRONG STEP TOWARDS STRONGER
BRIDGES SO WE CAN ADDRESS THE
ALARMING AUDIT OF OUR BRIDGES.
I THINK THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER 2
STILL SUCCESSFULLY INTENSIFIES
OUR COMMITMENT TOWARDS SAFETY
AND SUSTAINABILITY OF
MULTI-BRIDGES THAT CONNECT OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY MOVING.
I WILL LET COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS SALESPEOPLE TO THIS
FURTHER.
CALVIN CHOW, DID YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE ANYTHING?
>> NO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WILL JUST BE ON HAND TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO
IS CHAIR IS -- IS TO TURN IT
OVER THE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
SO HE CAN SPEAK TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 2 WHICH -- WHICH TAKES
PARTS OF AMENDMENT 1 BUT --
REFINES THEM AND -- TARGETS THEM
SO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WHY
DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS
YOUR AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN
MAKE MOTIONS JUST -- TO TALK
ABOUT INCORPORATING YOUR
AMENDMENT TO -- INTO THE FULL
COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS
BEEN WORKING ON AMENDMENT ONE
AND TO ALL OF THE STAKE HOLDERS
FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING I
DID HERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND
THAT -- I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING
ALL OF THIS HAS REALLY STOOD OUT
TO ME.
WE HAVE NOT UPDATED OUR TRANSIT
MASTER PLAN SINCE 2012.
THIS IS THE OLDEST PLAN IN
OUR -- THE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN
THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS TODAY
DOES NOT INCLUDE SOUND TRANSIT
THROUGH.
SO THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS
WITHIN OUR TRANSIT MASTER FLAN
ARE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE WE HAVE
NOT UPDATED IT.
WITHIN THE PLAN WE HAVE -- IT
RELIES ON HIGH SPEED TROLLEYS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.
IF YOU KNOW WHERE ONE IS, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE
THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS PLAN
BECAUSE -- SOUND TRANSIT IS IN
THE PROCESS OF MAKING DECISIONS
ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL WHICH
IS 100 YEAR RAIN FROM STRUCTURE
AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT 100
YEAR VISION FOR OUR CITY.
THE DIFFERENT MASTER PLAN BAG
DECADE OLD.
THE DECADE THAT HAS OCCURRED,
SEATTLE HAS HAD THE MOST GROWTH
SINCE THE GOLD RUSH.
SO IF WE ARE NOT UPDATING THIS
PLAN WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP
FOR FAILURE.
SPEAKING TO MY AMENDMENT NUMBER
2, I DO WANT TO AGAIN THANK --
THANK ALL THE STAKE HOLDERS WHO
WORKED TO CREATE THIS SPENDING
PLAN.
WE ASKED YOU PROVIDE US FEEDBACK
ON HOW WE SHOULD SPEND THIS
MONEY.
YOU CREATED A THOUGHTFUL PLAN
THAT CENTERS EQUITY AND SERVICES
THAT ALL SEATTLE --
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IT IS A SERVICE PEOPLE RELY ON.
THERE IS NO PRESS RELEASE FOR A
SMOOTH DRIVE OR A ROCK CHIP THAT
NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE WE FILLED
THE POT THEEL COULD HAVE BOUNCED
THE ROCK OFF A TRUCK BED INTO
YOUR WIN SHIELD.
THESE ARE SERVICE WE NEED.
THESE ARE SERVICES THE STAKE
HOLDERS -- SUGGESTED WE FUND.
ALSO MAKE IT KNOWN FOR THE
RECORD, THE IMPORTANCE I PUT ON
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE
CONNECTIONS FOR A WHILE FOR
BUSES, FREIGHT, BIKES,
PEDESTRIANS AND CARS.
THIS IS MY I STARTED THE
CORRIDOR GROUP HAS LED TO STATE
FUNDING AND HOMELY MORE STATE
DOLLARS IN THE WRITTEN BUT NOT
YET PASSED TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE AT THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
WHAT I KNOW IS THAT WE MUST
DEDICATE CITY FUNDING TO THE
WORK OF INVESTING IN OUR
BRIDGES.
THAT IS MATCHED BY STATE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED
UNDERSTANDING AND WE NEED TO USE
THIS INFORMATION TO RAISE THE
CORRECT AMOUNT OF BONDS AT THE
RIGHT TIME TO INVEST IN OUR RAIN
FROM STRUCTURE RATHERTHAN
TAKING ON UNNEEDED DEBT BEFORE
WE ARE READY TO USE IT.
MY TAME ON AMENDMENT 1 WAS THAT
THE ONLY BINDING FUNCTION OF THE
AMENDMENT IS POSITIVE.
ASKING S DOT TO PROVIDE A LIST
OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED
BY THE SOURCE FOR ANY BONDS AND
THAT THE NON-BINDING LING
IMAGINE WHERE AS SET US UP FOR
FAILURE BY ASKING AND SETTING
BONDING AMOUNTS BEFORE WE KNOW
THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE NEED TO
ADDRESS.
ADDITIONALLY THE ONLY BINDING
SECTION LACKED REQUESTING THE
SCHEDULE FOR PROJECTS AND BOND
ISSUANCE.
WE KNOW THREE MOST IMPORTANT
WORDS IN PROJECTS ARE SCOPE,
SCHEDULE, BUDGET.
AMENDMENT 1 LEADS WITH A PARTIAL
BUDGET THAT ASKS FOR WHAT SHOULD
BE DRIVING THIS SCOPE.
IT ASKS US TO RAISE BONDS
WITHOUT KNOWING THE SCOPE
SCHEDULE OR FULL BUDGET.
IF THIS NONBINDING LANGUAGE WAS
ACTED ON TODAY WE WOULD RAISE
BONDS WITHOUT SHOVEL READY
PROJECTS.
THIS MEANS WE WOULD BE BE PAYING
BANKERS INTEREST ON DOLLARS WE
WOULD NOT BE READY TO SFOEND
DAY.
I HEARD THESE BONDS COULD ALSO
PAY FOR THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
TO PUT IN SIMPLE TERMS THIS
WOULD BE DOING TAKING OUT A HOME
THRONE PAY FOR OUR GROCERIES.
THESE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND
KNOWN UNKNOWNS IS WHY THE
NONBINDING LANGUAGE DOES NOT SET
US UP FOR SUCCESS.
I WANT TO RAISE UP THE INTENT --
THE INTENT OF THE OFFER AUTHORS
OF THIS AMENDMENT 1 IS GOOD
INTENT.
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR --
BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE.
WE ALL WANT TO USE EVERY
POSSIBLE DOLLAR TO MATCH STATE
AND FEDERAL DOLLARS.
WE ALL WANT TO ENSURE OUR
BRIDGES ARE READY TO RECEIVE
FEDERAL INVESTMENTS AND THIS IS
WHY MY AMENDMENT 2 RETAINS MUCH
OF THE NON-BINDING LANGUAGE
CONTAINED IN AMENDMENT 1.
IT CONTAINS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE
SUPPORT FUNDING THE STAKE HOLDER
PLAN FOR THIS YEAR AND THE
BACKGROUND ABOUT THE URGENCY AND
NEED FOR BRIDGE INVESTMENT.
MY AMENDMENT REMOVES THREE
CLAUSES OUTLINING THE FRAME WORK
OF BONDING.
IT DOES REPLACE THOSE THREE
CLAUSES WITH THE LINE -- THE
COUNCIL MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
BONDING FINANCING AS PART OF THE
DELIBERATIONS ON THE 2022
BUDGET.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
DOES NOT -- IT STILL SETS US UP
TO BE ABLE TO BOND IF THAT IS
THE RIGHT DECISION AT THE ROOEM
RIGHT TIME.
IT SETS US UP TO STILL KEEP
BONDING AS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION.
MY AMENDMENT RETAINS THE ONLY
BINDING CLAUSE THAT WE INCLUDED
IN AMENDMENT 1 AND IT ADDS TO
IT.
IT ADDS THIS LIST SHOULD
IDENTIFY THE ANTICIPATED
SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
BY PROJECT TO INFORM WHEN BOND
ISSUANCE WOULD BE NECESSARY.
THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE NEED
TO KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO RAISE
THE BOND OTHERWISE WE ARE WISING
BONDS AND PAYING INTEREST ON
DOLLARS WE CAN'T SPEND.
I HOPE TE COMMITTEE FINDS THIS
AMENDMENT IN THE WAY I HAVE
PROPOSED IT.
IT RETAINS THE BINDING
ASPECT OF AMENDMENT 1 WHICH
REQUIRES THE INFORMATION WE NEED
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS HERE AT
THE CITY AND THAT THAT
INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH US IN
A TIMELY FASHION.
AND MY AMENDMENT 2 KEEPS US ON
THE PATHS PATH TO RAISING THE
BONDS WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR
BRIDGES THAT WHETHER THE FUND --
WHATEVER THE FUNDING SOURCE IS,
WHETHER IT IS VLF, ASKS US FOR
THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY --
HOW MUCH BONDING AUTHORITY WE
NEED TO RAISE TO ADDRESS THESE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
BECAUSE OUR BRIDGES CONNECT
FREIGHT, BUSES, CARS, BIKES AND
PEDESTRIANS ACROSS OUR CITY.
WITH THAT LAST COMMENT
SEPARATING OUR FRATHS BUSES,
CARS, BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS, IT
SHOULD BE CLEAR EACH OF US RELY
ON FREIGHT.
IF WE GO TO THE SUPER MARKET OR
ANYWHERE WE RELY ON FREIGHT.
MANY OF US USE THE BUS AND DRIVE
A CAR AND RIDE A BIKE AND WALK
PLACES.
SO OUTLINING EACH OF THOSE
DIFFERENT SEGMENTS IS NOT TO
SEPARATE PEOPLE RATHER IT IS TO
DEMONSTRATE THE BRIDGES ARE A
CONNECTION POINT FOR ALL OF US
AND MANY OF US USE ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT MODES.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
I HOPE I CAN EARN EVERYONE'S
SUPPORT.
>> CALVIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO SHARE SCREEN TO SHOW
THAT AMENDMENT OR IF COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.
>> I HAVE GOT A -- RED LINE
VERSION THAT SHOWS THE CHANGES
BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT 1
AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT 2.
>> THANK YOU.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS SAID
HE TAKES AMENDMENT 1, STRIPS OUT
SOME OF THE WHERE AS CLAUSES
WHICH SEEM TO SIGNAL MORE OF A
BINDING NATURE AND THEN I
BELIEVE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL
REQUESTS TO THE MEAT OF THE
AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO TALK
ABOUT -- HAVE S DOT COME BACK
WITH A SCHEDULING DETAILS AS
WELL.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS I WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT AMENDMENT 2 WHICH HAS
BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE MAY DO
IS JUST WHEN I MOVE THE BILL I
WILL PROBABLY ASK IT TO BE
AMENDED BY AMENDMENT 2 BECAUSE
IT -- JUST TO SKIP OVER
AMENDMENT 1.
I THINK THAT ANY AMENDMENT THAT
PRIORITIZES SEATTLE'S AGING
INFRASTRUCTURE IS A STRONG STEP
TOWARDS STRONGER BRIDGES AND
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
I AM VERY OPEN TO THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL THAT UM
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS' E-MAIL.
IT CAPTURES THE INTENT OF
AMENDMENT 1 BY REQUIRING UP --
PROJECT LIST FROM S DOT, ASKING
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING
THE SCHEDULED PROJECTS CONTAINED
WITHIN THE LIST AND REMOVES
SOME -- SOME NON-BINDING
LANGUAGE ALLOWING US TO BE MORE
FLEXIBLE WITH OUR FUNDING
APPROACHES.
IT MAINTAINED WHAT FOR ME IS --
UH -- A CONTINUING TO ASSIST S
DOT'S WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
AUDITOR AND WANT TO THANK S DOT
FOR ITS WORK TO GOING DEVELOP A
STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN
FOR ITS BRIDGES AND -- THAT WE
HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN PREVIOUS
MEETINGS AND -- THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY
SHOULD DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
STRATEGIES TO FILL THE BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE FUNDING GAP.
THE AUDITOR'S REPORT MAKES VERY
CLEAR THAT SEATTLE NEEDS TO
INCREASE INVESTMENT IN MAY I
APPROACH MAINTENANCE
OF OUR BRIDGES.
AS I'VE SPOKEN TO BEFORE, A
REALLY GLARING REASON WHY THIS
IS NEEDED IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE NEXT VERSION OF THE MOVE
LEVY IN A FEW YEARS.
IF RECALL THE 2015 MOVE LEVY WAS
DEVELOPED BEFORE THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN THIS MEETING TOOK
OFFICE AND IT DIRECTED A MUCH
SMALLER PROPORTION OF FUNDING TO
MAINTENANCE THAN THE 20 ---ER TO
2006 BRIDGING THE GAP LEVY DID.
THIS LEVY RUNS THROUGH 2024 SO
PLANNING FOR THE NEXT LEVY WILL
LIKELY BEGIN IN 2023 AND --
IT IS REALLY CLEAR THAT WE
NEED AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH
FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED TO
MAINTAIN THE BRIDGES GOING INTO
THAT DISCUSSION BUT WE ALSO NEED
I BELIEVE A FINANCING MECHANISM
TO DO MORE NOW BEFORE THE
PROPOSE -- THE DEVELOPMENT AND
PROPOSAL OF A FUTURE LEVY.
JUST -- LIFTING UP SOME QUOTES
FROM THE AUDITOR'S REPORT, UM --
ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGEABLE S DOT
OFFICIALS THE CITY IS NOT
SPENDING ENOUGH TO KEEP ITS
BRIDGES IN GOOD CONDITION AND
AVOID COSTLY REPAIRS.
THE AUDIT REPORTS THE S DOT'S
INTERIM ROADWAY STRUCTURES
DIVISION DIRECTOR SAYING THAT
BASED ON THE RATE AT WHICH THE
CONDITION OF SEATTLE'S BRIDGES
DETERIORATE THE AGE OF THE
BRIDGES AND THE BRIDGE'S CURRENT
REPLACEMENT VALUE S DOT
ESTIMATES THAT THE CITY'S ANNUAL
BUDGE SET FAR BELOW WHAT IS
NEEDED TO MAINTAIN ALL BRIDGES
IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.
THE ESTIMATED VALUE IS $3.4
BILLION.
ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS DONE
BY THE CITY AUDITORS S DOT SPENT
ON AVERAGE $6.6 MILLION PER YEAR
ON BRIDGE MAINTENANCE SINCE
2006.
WE NEED TO BE SPENDING A MINIMUM
OF $34 MILLION A YEAR.
SO, UM -- I AM --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
FUNDING BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
I ALSO WANT TO SIGNAL THE FACT
THAT WE DID HEAR FROM S DOT IN
THE LAST YEAR ABOUT THE -- THE
MOVE LEVY PROJECT THAT HAVE TO
BE -- HAD TO BE DELAYED
SPECIFICALLY 16 BRIDGE PROJECTS
FOR SEISMIC WORK, THAT THERE ARE
FIVE OF THOSE -- THOSE 16
PROJECTS THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY
FOR SEISMIC WORK WERE BEING
DELAYED.
I THINK THOSE ARE -- FOR ME HIGH
PRIORITY PROJECTS.
BOTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH PRIORITY
PROJECTS BUT ALSO BECAUSE VOTERS
WHEN THEY VOTED TO PASS THE MOVE
LEVY DID SO WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WORK
WOULD BE DONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY TO
ADDRESSING TOWARD ADDRESSING
SOME OF THE -- CONCERNINGS I --
CONCERNS I HAVE.
I WANT TO THANK S DOT ON THE
IMPORTANT WORK THEY DID ENGAGING
THE COMMUNITY ON A WAY THAT IS
DIFFERENT FOR THEM AND WASN'T AN
EASY TASK.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WORK.
THEY ENGAGED WITH FOLKS WHO
AREN'T TRADITIONAL
TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSIT STAKE
HOLDERS REACHED OUT TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO
LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, TO
COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH AND ALL OF THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HONOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR A LOT
FROM COMMUNITY IS THAT THE CITY
ASKED THEM TO ENGAGE AND SPEND A
LOT OF TIME IN COMMUNITY
MEETINGS AND THEN
RECOMMENDATIONS GET IGNORED.
SO -- SO I DON'T WANT TO DO
THAT.
IF WE WILL ASK PEOPLE FOR THEIR
TIME WE NEED TO RESPECT THEIR
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THEY
ARE OFFERING TO THE CITY.
THAT I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
ARE A CITY SURROUNDED BY WATER.
WE NEED OUR BRIDGES TO BE IN
GOOD WORKING ORDER AND SO MY
HOPE IS WE DON'T SEE THESE TWO
THINGS AS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
WE NEED BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND
WE NEED TO BE MOVING TOWARD OUR
VISION 0 GOALS FOR PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY.
I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF NOTES
ABOUT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT.
IT DID SITE THE $34 MILLION
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
THAT FIGURE IS AN ESTIMATE BASED
ON 1% --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE REPORT DOES RECOMMEND THAT S
DOT
S -- DEVELOPS A STRATEGIC BRIDGE
PROGRAM.
I THINK IT IS WORTH ASKING FOR
THAT LIST, ASKING FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE NEED
TO MAKE INVESTMENTS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE GIVE
S DOT THE TIME TO DO THAT.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT -- THE
SEPTEMBER TIMELINE WE HAVE HERE
IS -- AT LEAST A MARKER FOR WHEN
WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
I DO THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT
NOT TO CONSTRAIN US AS COUNCIL
TO MAKING A DECISION ABOUT
BONDING WHEN WE AREN'T SURE
WHETHER THAT LIST BE READY.
AND IF IT IS, WHETHER THERE
WOULD BE ANYTHING ON IT THAT WE
CAN BOND FOR.
SO, I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR RAISING THE
ISSUE, FOR THINKING PROACTIVELY
ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE STRATEGIZING
FOR BRIDGE INVESTMENT AND -- AND
FOR BEING WILLING TO NOT SORT OF
BOX US IN TO A PARTICULAR KIND
OF FINANCING MECHANISM TILL WE
HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
THANKS TO CHAIR PEDERSEN AND
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON
AMENDMENT 2?
SO WHEY WAS GOING TO DO
IS -- MOVE THE UNDERLYING BILL
AND THEN WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE
A MOTION TO AMEND IT WITH
AMENDMENT 2 AND THEN WE CAN VOTE
ON THAT AND INCORPORATE IT
POTENTIALLY INTO THE BILL AND
PASS THAT AMENDED BILL.
OKAY.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS I MOVED THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL
OF COUNCIL BILL 120042 ITEM FOUR
ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CHAIR
STRAUSS OR -- COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT 2?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 2 TO COUNCIL
BILL 120042.
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
AS AMENDMENT 2.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT BUT ARE
THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT
TO THE BILL?
OKAY.
LETS GO AHEAD AND -- WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 2?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 IS ADOPTED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
BILL AS AMENDED?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120042 AS AMENDED?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS AS AMENDED.
IT WILL BE SENT TO A FUTURE
MEETING.
WE WILL WANT TO PUBLISH ON THE
AGENDA THE AMENDMENT 2.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
THEIR COLLABORATION ON THIS AND
RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE -- READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>>.
COUNCIL BILL 120062.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
MADISON BUS RAPID TRANSIT RAPID
RIDE G LINE PROJECT AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACQUIRE ACCEPT AND RECORD A FROM
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, A WASHINGTON
NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, SITUATED
IN A PORTION OF LOTS 1 THROUGH
6, MILES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF
VACATED EAST SPRING STREET,
VACATED 11TH AVENUE AND VACATED
MADISON COURT, AND AN EASEMENT
FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALK FROM LLC A
WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, SITUATED IN A PORTION
OF BLOCK 6, ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, AS LAID OFF BY DT
DENNY, GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF
DHNAGL FOESHGS DRZ -- JH NAGLE
FOR
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> NEXT WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL
BILL 120063 WHICH WILL ACCEPT
TWO GRANTS TOTALLING $65 MILLION
WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPECTED FROM
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANCE
POOR --
TRANSPORTATION FOR WHICH WE ARE
GRATEFUL.
I WILL SPEAK TO BOTH ITEMS
TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS TO MOVE
AHEAD WITH THE G-LINE.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT
BUS CORRIDOR WHICH ARE IN CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICTS 3 AND 7
INCLUDE OVER $26 MILLION OF CITY
GOVERNMENT DOLLARS WE HAVE
ALREADY APPROVED INCLUDING AN
ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION WE
APPROVED LAST FALL.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $133
MILLION APPROXIMATELY.
THIS IS ALL ADOPTED IN THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF
THE CITY.
BUSES TRAVEL UP AND DOWN MADISON
STREET.
THIS PROJECT HOPES TO IMPROVE
SPEED AND RELIABILITY AND ALSO
CONNECTS TO THE LIGHT RAIL
DOWNTOWN.
THE REVIEDZ CONSTRUCTION START
DATE IS THIS FALL OF 2021.
OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HOPES TO COMPLETE
THE CHANGES TO THE STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS BY 2024.
BECAUSE THOSE ITEMS COVEN AN
EXISTING --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK
CALVIN CHOW IF HE HAS ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS OR COMMENTS
BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO SDOT.
>> NO, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS YOU SAY THE SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU IS
GENERALLY -- I KNOW THAT SDOT
HAS A BIT OF A PROJECT UPDATE TO
SHARE WITH YOU BUT THE SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION IS RATHER MINOR.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM S YN DOT
NOW.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ERIC
TWEIT.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER AT
SDOT.
WITH ME IS GRETCHEN HAYDEL
WHO WILL SPEAK TO THE -- THE
EASEMENTS AND ORDINANCE TO
ACCEPT THOSE AND -- I AM WAITING
FOR THE PRESENTATION TO COME ON
THE SCREEN.
I THINK SHAUNA IS BRINGING
THAT UP.
>> SORRY, I'M HAVING MINOR
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
>> I CAN DO IT IF YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
THANKS, CALVIN.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
RIGHT AWAY.
WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
THE MADISON BRT PROJECT WILL
ADVANCE SDOT'S CORE VALUES BY
PROVIDING FASTER, MORE RELIABLE
TRANSPORTATION TO PEOPLE IN
GROWING NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING
DOWNTOWN EAST OF DOWNTOWN.
NEXT SLIDE.
UM, JUST OVER VIEW OF THE
PROJECT AND THEN WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THOSE TWO ORDINANCES.
I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
I THINK CHAIR PEDERSEN YOU DID A
GOOD JOB OF BRIEFLY DESCRIBING
THE PROJECT.
BOTH VOTER APPROVED INITIATIVES
AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL FUNDING
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TO DAY.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES TRANSIT
ONLY LANES IN THE MOST CONGESTED
PARTS OF THE CORRIDOR TO MOVE
PEOPLE ALONG FASTER, MORE
RELIABLY AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE
RAISED PLATFORMS AND FAIR TO
MAKE GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUS
EASIER AND FASTER.
IT ALSO INCLUDES SIGNAL PRIORITY
FOR BUSES AND PEOPLE TRAVELING
ON MADISON, PEDESTRIAN AND
BICYCLE ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS
TO THE EXISTING NETWORK, NEW
SIDEWALKS IN SOME LOCATIONS AS
WELL AS NEW ADA RAMPS MAKING THE
OVERALL CORRIDOR MORE ACCESS
IBLE
AND OPENING UP SOME EXISTING
CROSSWALKS.
AND IMPORTANTLY PAVEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDO.
SO FULL PAVING AND THE UTILITIES
WILL BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS
PROJECT TO ENHANCE SOME OF THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
KING COUNTY WILL BE OPERATING
THIS PROJECT AS PART OF THE
RAPID RIDE SYSTEM.
THIS WILL BE RAPID RIDE G.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES
PURCHASE OF 9 -- 60-FOOT DOOR --
55-DOOR BUSES.
NEXT.
JUST A LITTLE MORE.
EACH STATION AND STOP INCLUDES
REALTIME ARRIVAL SIGNS.
NEXT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GRETCHEN
TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO EASEMENTS
NEEDED AND ACQUIRED FOR THIS
PROJECT.
>> RIGHT.
THANKS, ERIC.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PERMANENT SIGNAL POLL AND
TROLLEY WIRE EASEMENT IS
APPROXIMATELY 875 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS NECESSARY TO THE PROJECT
TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, RESCOMPLAS
MAINTAIN TWO TRAFFIC SIGNAL
POLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT.
THE EXISTING SIGNAL POLES WILL
BE REPLACED AT THE SAME
LOCATIONS ON EAST MADISON STREET
AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF EASE
STREET AND 11TH AVENUE.
AND ATTACH AND MAINTAIN THE
TROLLEY BUS WIRES TO THE TWO
TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES.
THE BUSS -- BUSES WILL NOT BE
USING THE WIRES.
DUE TO CHANNELIZATION CHANGES
AND CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THIS
PROJECT SUCH AS BETWEEN 11TH AND
13TH AVENUE, THE TROLLEY BUS
WIRES WILL NEED TO BE
REPOSITIONED TO ACCOMMODATE
EXISTING BUS ROUTES THAT ARE
POWERED BY THEM.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE DECK HAS ALREADY BEEN
MODIFIED TO CLEAR THE EASEMENT
AREA IN PREPARATION OF
CONSTRUCTION.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN THE
PRESENTATION BACK OVER TO ERIC.
>> OKAY.
MOVING ON TO THE FUNDING PART OF
THIS.
WE ARE READY FOR AN AGREEMENT.
READY TO START CONSTRUCTION.
A REMINDER THAT IN 2020 THE
FTA'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVER
SIGHT CONSULTANT CONCLUDED S DOT
IS READY TO DELIVER THE PROJECT
AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT.
ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED
CHANGES.
THE NEXT STEP WAS FOR THE
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE FTA
PROGRAM TO THIS PROJECT.
THAT FINALLY HAPPENED APRIL 5.
WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE FTA
TO FINALIZE THE SMALL STARTS
AGREEMENT FOR EXECUTION.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERALL
BUDGET FOR THE MADISON BRT
PROJECT.
THE GRANTED ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
WILL ACCEPT THAT 59.9 MILLION
DOLLARS SMALL STARTS GRANT AS
WELL AS 4.76 MILLION
CONSTRUCTION GRANT.
BOTH FEDERAL GRANTS AND THE BIG
OVER HALF OF THE PROJECT BUDGET.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WITH THAT OUR NEXT -- I WILL
GO THROUGH OUR NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL BE READY TO ADVERTISE
THIS MONTH AND WORKING WITH FTA
WE PLAN TO -- WE SEE EXECUTING
THAT GRANT AGREEMENT NEAR THE
END OF JUNE IN TIME AWARD A
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION IN
JULY.
CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN
SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS ALONG A LARGE PROJECT
COMPLICATED.
IT IS ABOUT 2.5 YEARS OF
CONSTRUCTION OUTREACH BOTH TO
PREPARE THE COMMUNITY AND STAKE
HOLDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION IS
IMPORTANT AS WELL AS KEEPING
PEOPLE INFORMED DURING
CONSTRUCTION SO THEY KNOW AHEAD
OF TIME WHEN FOR EXAMPLE AN
INTERSECTION WILL BE CLOSED.
MORE SPECIFICALLY TO PROPERTY
OWNERS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE
HAVING TO IMPACT ACCESS TO A
GARAGE WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN AND
HOW WE CAN MANAGE TRAFFIC AND
ACCESS FOR THEM DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WILL BE ON
GOING DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITH THAT WE ARE READY FOR
QUESTIONS.
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC LOTS OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT
ON S DOT'S WEBSITE AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR S DOT ON ACCEPTING THESE TWO
EASEMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WILL NOT AND THE QUESTIONS
THAT I HAD ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE
MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE
RELIABILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON OUR
TRANSIT NETWORK WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO RELY THAT THE BUSES WILL
ARRIVE IN A REGULAR AMOUNT OF
TIME AND WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT
OF TRAVEL TIME EVE TIME WE ARE
ON THE BUS TO GET WHERE WE ARE
GOING.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE -- THAT THE EXTENT
OF THIS PROJECT IS SO LARGE
BECAUSE IT IS MORE THAN A
TRANSIT PROJECT, IT IS A WATER
SEWER, ELECTRICAL.
THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT COMBINED WITH TRANSIT.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS CAN WE
MOVE FASTER?
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT ERIC WILL
TELL ME WE ARE MOVING AS FAST AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
JUST WANT TO THANK S DOT,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR ALL OF --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> AND I DON'T THINK I NEED TO
ANSWER THAT.
THAT WAS SOMEWHAT A RHETORICAL
QUESTION.
WE ARE MOVING AS FAST AS WE CAN.
IN FACT ADVERTISING AHEAD OF THE
GRANT AGREEMENT WE REALLY ARE
NOW CONFIDENT AND READY TO GET
GOING ON THIS PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS
COUNCIL BILL ACCEPTING THE
EASEMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NOT A QUESTION.
JUST A SHOUT OUT TO -- A FORMER
COLLEAGUE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF
PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ON
THIS PROJECT IN THE PAST.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
LETS VOTE ON THIS AND WE WILL
DISCUSS THE SECOND ITEM RELATED
TO THIS.
I NOW MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF 120062.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120062?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>>.
>> -- COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 10
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGAIN EM 6.
COUNCIL BILL 120063.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO GRANT
FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MADISON
BRT RAPID RIDE G LINE PROJECT
FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE REALLY HEARD
AN OVER VIEW OF THE PROJECT WITH
PREVIOUS ITEM AND THE POWER
POINT WAS RELATED TO BOTH ITEMS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR S
DOT ABOUT THIS BILL WHICH IS
ACCEPTING THE TWO GRANTS FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS COUNCIL BILL 120063 ITEM
6.
OKAY.
CALVIN CHOW, ANYTHING TO ADD
SPECIFICALLY TO THIS BILL?
>> NO, NOTHING TO ADD.
>> OKAY.
ANYTHING FROM S DOT TO ADD?
THAT IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
I'M KIDDING.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AGAIN THIS BILL IS RELATED TO
THE RAPID RIDE G LINE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
COUNCIL BILL 120063 ITEM 6 ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
HATE BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120063?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 10
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ARE READY FOR
THE LAST THREE ITEMS.
WE WILL READ ALL THREE INTO THE
RECORD.
THIS IS JUST A -- BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION TODAY.
SO WE L THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE TITLES OF THE NEXT THREE
AAGENDA ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 7 THROUGH 9.
COUNCIL BILL 120053.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF THE USES AND IS
ACCEPTING THE 2020 SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT AND 2020 EXECUTIVE
OVER VIEW FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FORWARD
LOOKING INFRARED REALTIME VIDEO.
COUNCIL BILL 120054, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
THE 2020 SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND 2020 EXECUTIVE OVER
VIEW FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERAS WITHOUT
RECORDING.
COUNCIL BILL 120055.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
THE 2020 SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND 2020 EXECUTIVE OVER
VIEW FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF VIDEO REPORT
RECORDING SYSTEMS FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ FOR YOUR WORK ON
REFINING THAT ORDINANCE.
IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO CITY
COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WHEN THE
CITY GOVERNMENT OPERATES OR
ACQUIRES TECHNOLOGY.
A REPORT IS SUB MYTHED --
SUBMITTED BY THE
KEPT THAT USES THE TECHNOLOGY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
TODAY WE WILL DISCUSS GROUP
THREE WHICH ARE THREE EXISTING
TECHNOLOGIES FROM SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE
CONTAINED IN THESE THESE COUNCIL
BILLS.
LISA POSTED HER HOME MOWS ON THE
COMMITTEE AGENDA.
THEY ARE ALSO -- THERE ALSO IS
THE EXECUTIVE OVER VIEWS WHICH
ARE VERY HELPFUL AND THEN YOU
CAN DIG INTO THE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORTS AS WELL.
THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES ARE A
FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED
REALTIME VIDEO USED BY KING
COUNTY HELICOPTERS, AND THE
VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS AT SPD
FACILITIES.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL NEED ONLY TWO
MEETINGS TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE
THESE THREE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORTS.
WE WILL GET OUR OVER VIEW TODAY.
WE CAN START ASKING QUESTIONS.
LISA IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO US.
WE WOULD LIKE GET AMENDMENTS BY
MONDAY MAY 10 IF THERE ARE ANY
AMENDMENTS.
HER MEMO SUGGESTS -- HAS SOME
IDEAS THERE.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT TIME FOR REVIEW BY
OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
INCLUDING WHETHER ANY AMENDMENTS
TO SPD TECHNOLOGIES WOULD HAVE A
MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE FEDERAL
CONSENT DECREE.
SO LETS -- INTRODUCE -- WANT TO
INTRODUCE CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST
LISA KAYE.
WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY KEPT WITH US AND ALSO
HAVE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WITH US.
SO WHY DON'T I TURN IT OVER TO
OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST LISA
FIRST.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
ANYTHING?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I THINK SOME -- SOME -- OMARI
WILL KICK THINGS OFF.
>> GREAT.
WELCOME OMARI.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I AM WITH THE SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT DEPTH TO DISCUSS THE
GROUP THREE SURVEILLANCE REPORTS
AS INTRODUCED.
WE CAN HIT THE NEXT SLIDE.
JUST TO GIVE A QUICK OVER VIEW
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT SINCE 2017 WHEN THAT
AMENDED SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
TOOK EFFECT.
I WON'T RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE
BACK STORY BUT AS YOU SEE WE
HAVE COME TO THIS COMMITTEE
SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS LAST YEAR
ALONE REALLY MOVING FORWARD ON
GETTING THESE RETROACTIVE
REVIEWS OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES
COMPLETED AND APPROVED.
SO AS MENTIONED WE JUST WENT
THROUGH THE GROUP 2
TECHNOLOGIES.
NOW WE WILL BE MOVING TON GROUP
3 TECHNOLOGIES SPECIFICALLY FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IN THIS GROUPING OF THREE
BILLS I WILL INTRODCE REALLY
QUICKLY -- DISCUSS.
I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT
GROUPING, GROUP 4A THERE IS A
COUPLE OF TECHNOLOGIES THERE
THAT ARE UNDERGOING THE PUBLIC
REVIEW PERIOD NOW.
THOSE ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE IF
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AND GET
A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS GOING ON
FOR GROUP 4.
WE ARE OPENING THE PUBLIC ENGAGE
FOR A MOMENT THAT NOW.
PUBLIC ENGAGE ELEMENT --
ENGAGEMENT WILL BE
COMPLETED LATER THIS SUMMER.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
THAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF THE
PROCESS WE DO.
THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE LATTER
END OF 2020.
IN OCTOBER WE HAD AN ONLINE
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST GROUPING WE
HAD IN ONLINE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
EVENT DUE TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
WE DID KIND OF UTILIZE SOME OF
THE SAME METHODS HAVING AN
ONLINE SURVEY, HAVING AN INBOX
OPENED TO RECEIVE E-MAILS OR
LETTERS AND THEN HAVING THAT
PUBLIC MEETING WHERE THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTS AND THE
PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE COMMENT OR ASK
QUESTIONS.
AS WE WILL BE
CONDUCTING GROUP FOUR ONLINE WE
WILL BE DOING MAKING SOME
MODIFICATIONS INCLUDING HOSTING
MORE THAN ONE EVENT, AT
DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY SO
FOLKS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE
DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND THEN ALSO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE POSTED ONLINE
A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN THEY
WERE.
I BELIEVE THEY GOT POSTED RIGHT
AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PERIOD FOR GROUP
THREE.
THESE GETTING INTO SOMETHING
MORE SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES.
WITH THAT -- THAT IS A QUICK
OVER VIEW OF THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AND THE TECHNOLOGIES.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO CAPTAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR THAT QUICK
INTRODUCTION AND OVER VIEW OF
EVERYTHING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP.
OBVIOUSLY THE MISSION IS TO
PREVENT CRIME AND ENFORCE THE
LAW BUT REALLY SUPPORT QUALITY
PUBLIC SAFETY THAT DELIVER A
RESPECTFUL, DEPENDABLE POLICE
SERVICES AND AS YOU KNOW -- ITS
QUITE HONESTLY WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO EACH AND EVERYDAY.
I THINK THE TROOPS DO A GOOD JOB
OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ALSO SOME
OVER SIGHT I WILL MENTION AS WE
GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THAT --
PLAY INTO MAINTAINING THE HIGH
STANDARD.
GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
SORRY.
DIDN'T MEAN TO CATCH YOU OFF
GUARD.
THE FIRST ONE I WOULD LIKE TALK
ABOUT IS THE FORWARD LOOKING
INFRARED.
THE NEXT ONLY TALK ABOUT
WILL BE THE SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERAS.
OH, OKAY.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE FOR FORWARD LOOKING
INFRARED.
WHAT IT IS IS -- KING COUNTY HAS
HELICOPTERS WITH THE FORWARD
LOOKING INFRARED CAMERA ON IT
AND IT SENDS REALTIME VIDEO TO
THE GROUND AND IT USES A VIDEO
LINK TO SEND IT TO THE SYSTEM.
IF THEY ARE FLYING AND THEY
CAN GET THERE N TIME -- THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND --
IN THE EVENT SOMEONE ON SCENE
SAYS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT REQUEST IS REVIEWED BY A
SUPERVISOR.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OVER
SIGHT THERE.
WHY DO WE USE THIS TECHNOLOGY?
QUITE HONESTLY THAT AERIAL VIEW
IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS REALLY HAPPENING OUT IN THE
FIELD.
OBVIOUSLY IF IT IS A NATURAL
DISASTER, CRIME SCENES OR
MISSING PERSON, SEARCH AND
RESCUE FOR US OR A FIRE, THAT
INFORMATION OF WHERE THEY MAY OR
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ACTIVITY
AND I WILL TALK ABOUT HOW
THEY -- OR HOW THEY SEE AND IT
HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE
EVIDENCE IN A SECOND.
THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW TAKES IN
THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING
ON SO TO SPEAK.
WHAT IT DOES IS ITS A THERMAL
IMAGERY.
IT IDENTIFIES HEAT SOURCES.
THE HUMAN BODY GIVES OFF HEAT.
THEY ARE ABLE TO DETECT THAT.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN
THE NEXT SLIDE.
ON THE FAR RIGHT
IT SHOWS THE HUMAN SHADE KIND OF
AN OUT LIE, ET CETERA.
THE MIDDLE GUN WE COULD ZOOM IN
ON THAT A LITTLE BIT IS TWO
PEOPLE HIDING BEHIND CARS.
THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH MORE
THAN HEAT SIGNATURE THERE.
NOTHING REALLY IDENTIFIABLE.
THE ONE ON THE FAR LEFT IS A
DISTANT SHOT.
A SUBJECT ON THE FAR SIDE
BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS THAT THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR.
SO, WHAT IT IS IS -- KING COUNTY
WAS ABLE TO SECURE THESE THROUGH
SOME FUNDING AND -- THEY OFFERED
TO SUPPORT FOR THE REGION.
AS SUCH KING -- GUARDIAN ONE
ISN'T READILY AVAILABLE FOR JUST
SPD.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FLIGHTS
SCHEDULES ET CETERA.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP LATER --
EARLIER BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT IT
NOW THAT IT MAY BE
DISPROPORTIONATELY APPLIED.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
IT REALLY IS CONTINGENT UPON
WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE AIR,
WHAT THE CRIME IS AND IF IT IS
APPROVED AND CAN THEY GET THERE
IN TIME TO SUPPORT US.
THE CRIMES WE USE IT FOR FOR THE
MOST PART ARE ROBBERIES, VEHICLE
PURSUITS BECAUSE IT IS MUCH
SAFER TO PURSUE FROM THE AIR AND
NOT HAVE THE VEHICLES CLOSE
BEHIND THEM, WAIT FOR THEM TO
STOP AND TRY TO APPREHEND THEM.
WE DO A LOT WITH SEARCH AND
RESCUE.
ONE CASE THEY HAD RECOVERED
AND I DENT GUYED A COUPLE OF
KIDS --
IT IS JUST -- IT
REGISTERS HEAT THAT IS AVAILABLE
TO THE EYE, THE HUMAN EYE WHICH
WE CAN'T REGISTER BUT THIS
CAMERA CAN.
SO, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT
ONE.
THESE ARE ALL POLICIES THAT
GOVERNMENTS USE.
SPD HAS VERY STRICT POLICIES.
THOSE ARE AUDITED BY THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
INTERNALLY TO THE SPD THAT WE
CAN -- WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE
OURSELVES AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
DOING AND IT MAJOR INCIDENTS ARE
REVIEWED BY STAFF.
IF THERE IS ANY INAPPROPRIATE
ACTIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS THAT CAN
TAKE CARE OF THAT.
THE -- THE ISSUE I TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER REGARDING DEPLOYMENTS WE
SUPPLIED ONE YEAR IN 2018 FOR
DEPLOYMENTS WITH GUARDIAN ONE WE
WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OCCURRED
WITHIN THE CITY.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING THERE WAS A
LARGE AMOUNT.
IT DEPENDS WHERE THE CRIME
OCCURS, WHETHER GUARDIAN ONE IS
IN THE AIR AND IF THERE ARE
RESOURCES THAT WILL BENEFIT US.
ALMOST THREE
TIMES AS MANY THAN THE OTHER
PRECINCT.
IN 2020 SOUTHWEST PRECINCT HAD
MORE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY DURING COVID 2020
WE HAD LESS CALLS FOR SERVICE.
IT STILL IS SHOWING THAT IT
REALLY DEPENDS WHERE THE CRIME
OCCURS AND THEN THE AVAILABILITY
OF GUARDIAN ONE TO BE AVAILABLE
TO DEPLOY TO SUPPORT OUR
EFFORTS.
>>> SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
CAMERAS THAT DO NOT RECORD.
THAT'S A REMOTELY OPERATING
VEHICLE.
THEY GO INSIDE A RESIDENCE.
THE ONLY GO INSIDE WHEN THERE
ARE CIRCUMSTANCES, A SAFETY
ISSUE AND NO OTHER WAY TO GET IN
IF THERE'S A THREAT TO HUMAN
LIFE.
AND/OR THEY HAVE A SEARCH
WARRANT.
IF THERE'S A BARRICADED PERSON
OR HOSTAGE SITUATION.
HOSTAGE SITUATION, THOMAS, TRY
TO SECURE A SEARCH WARRANT EVEN
BEFORE IT'S RESOLVED.
EVEN KNOWING THE HOSTAS
SITUATION APPEARS TO BE
DETERIORATING, WE CAN TAKE
IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTION TO
PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
INSIDE.
THE OTHER THING IS IT PROTECTS
THE SUBJECTS INSIDE.
IF WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WE
CAN CALL THEM OUT.
HEY, YOU, YOU NEED TO, SIDE AND
TALKED TO WAS.
IT LETS US SET A STAGE TO ALLOW
FOR SUCCESSFUL SURRENDER AND
ALLOWS, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUBJECT
IS INSIDE.
WAITING WITH A FIRE AND FOR
SOMEONE TO COME INSIDE.
THIS GIVES EARLY WARNING AND WE
CAN AVOID THAT.
OFTEN TIMES WE USE THESE TO
TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND YELL
AT THEM AND SAY WE SEE YOU
BEHIND THE SOFA, WHY DON'T YOU
COME OUT.
THAT MAKES IT SAFER FOR
EVERYONE INCLUDING --
>> THERE'S SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERAS THAT DO NOT
RECORD ON THESE.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW A
COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IN TERMS OF THAT, THE COLD CAM
ON THE RIGHT IS THE CAMERA ON
THE END OF A STICK THAT COMES
BACK TO THE MONITOR.
THERE'S A SLOT TO BE ABLE TO
RECORD BUT IT'S NOT UTILIZED BY
SPD.
WE DON'T RECORD THAT AND THE
SAME WITH THE ROP.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO RECORD, SOME DO, BUT SOME DO
NOT BUT THIS ONE DOES NOT.
WE HAVE ONES WE CAN THROW
INSIDE.
THOSE ARE RECORDED EITHER.
THEY SEND AN IMAGE.
WE ARE DELIBERATELY NOT TRYING
TO COLLECT DATA WE DON'T NEED.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT ON A
LIFE SAFETY ISSUE IF WE CAN DO
IT.
THESE CAN BE UTILIZED FROM
EVERYTHING FROM A BARRICADED
PERSON OR HOSTAGE SITUATION.
SOME JURISDICTIONS THEY USE TO
SUPPORT SEARCH AND RESCUE IN
UNUSUAL VENUES.
A KID IS TRAPPED, SEE IF THERE
BEHIND DEBRIS OR SOMETHING,
THEY CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE DO
THERE.
I THINK THAT'S THE END.
THERE IS THE SAME POLICY IN
PLACE.
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
HAS OPEN ACCESS TO THE
INFORMATION TO THE DEPLOYMENTS
AND WHAT WE HAVE RETAINED FOR
DIFFERENT CASES.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK
IN THERE AND COMPLETE A THOROUGH
AUDIT.
THAT IS IN THERE.
I WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
I'M SORRY?
>> WE WILL DO THE THIRD
TECHNOLOGY NOW, THANK YOU.
>> THESE ARE THE VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS WE HAVE
WITHIN THIS SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.
IN THOSE AREAS WITH CONTACT
WITH THOSE UNDER ARREST, THEY
MAY BE DETAINED SUCH AS
JUVENILES OR PHYSICAL ARREST.
WE HAVE CAMERA SYSTEMS IN
DIFFERENT PLACES.
THE BREATHALYZER PROCESSING
ROOM OR PUBLIC ROOM.
THEN THE LINEUP ROOMS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DESIGNED AS A
SAFETY PRECAUTION.
THEY ARE FIXED CAMERAS.
YOU CAN'T ZOOM THEM.
THAT INFORMATION GOES TO A
SERVER WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A
SECOND THE RECORDS FOR A
SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS A CHECKS AND BALANCE
FOR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THE
OFFICERS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING
THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IN
THESE AREAS WHEN THE SUBJECT IS
IN CUSTODY.
IT'S MUCH LIKE BODY WORN
CAMERAS AND THE VIDEO THAT
VIDEOS THE BACKSEAT SO IT'S --
OF FORCE, WE CAN SAY YES OR NO
TO THAT ALLEGATION.
ON THE LEFT, IT SAYS IT
PREVENTS DISPUTES ON HOW
INTERVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED.
IT'S TRYING TO BE AS
TRANSPARENT AS WE LEGALLY CAN
IN TERMS OF INTERACTIONS WITH
SUBJECTS THAT ARE IN CUSTODY.
AS IT SAYS, IT ENHANCES THE
ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE IT'S
RECORDED.
IF IT'S GOING TO A CASE, GOES
INTO THE CASE FILE.
IF THERE'S A COMPLETE, THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
THIS IS AN WHERE THAT WAS
ADDRESSED AS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN SAID BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS.
THE DEN TECH VIDEO SYSTEM IS AN
HOUR AREA.
THEY DO SMALL ROOMS WHERE WE
BRING SOMEONE IN AND INTERVIEW
THEM IN RELATION TO A CRIME.
THAT IS RETAINED AS EVIDENCE.
IT FOLLOWS CASE LAW AND STATE
LAW AND IN SOME CASES FEDERAL
LAW.
IN TERMS OF WHO GETS ACCESS TO
IT AND WHO DOESN'T.
BASICALLY, FOR US, IF YOU'RE
NOT INVOLVED IN THE CASE, YOU
CAN'T YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE
INDEPENDENCE.
IT SENT TO THE PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE AFTER CHARGES WERE
FLED, IT COULD BECOME PUBLIC
INFORMATION, BUT IT IS PART OF
THE CASE AND THEREFORE LEGAL
FOR US TO RECORD.
IN THE HOLDING CELLS, THE
PROCESSING AREA AND THE
RECEIVING ROOM, WE USE VIDEO
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THESE ARE FIXED CAMERAS.
THAT INFORMATION IS RETAINED ON
SITE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
THEN IT'S PUT IN THE FILE.
WITH THAT, THESE CAMERAS HAVE
DONE EVERYTHING I WAS
PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH WHERE
THE SUBJECT HAD SECURED A
FIREARM AND TRIED TO KICK IT
INTO THE CORNER OF A HOLDING
CELL.
THAT BECAME EVIDENCE.
IT IS AVAILABLE FOR OIG, OPA,
AND PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE.
EVERYONE HAS ACCESS WHEN IT'S
USED FOR CASE FILES ARE FOR A
COMPLAINT.
THE SIGNAGE YOU SEE ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE, CAN YOU GO
BACK ONE?
IT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE.
IT'S IN ENGLISH AND IT SAYS
VIDEOS IN PROGRESS.
I CHECKED ON THE STATUS, AND WE
ARE EXPLORING WHICH LANGUAGES
AND HAD TO PUT IT UP THERE.
HOPEFULLY HE CAN USE VISUAL
GRAPHICS TO SAY THERE IS VIDEO
AND AUDIO PROCESSING IN THAT
AREA SO THOSE UNDER ARREST
UNDERSTAND THAT.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE
OFFICERS, THE YOUNG OFFICERS
ARE SO TECH SAVVY THEY REMEMBER
TO SAY IT'S VIDEO RECORDED THE
WHOLE TIME YOU WERE HERE.
IF NOT, THEN THE SIGNS POSTED
WILL BE AND MORE LANGUAGES.
THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN A
COMMUNITY MEETING.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SHOULD BE
COMING OUT SOON.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THIS EXPENSE WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
IT'S PUT TO A COURT-APPROVED CD
AND RETAINED ON THE DEVICE.
THERE IS ONLY ONE MASTER
DETECTIVE THAT HAS ACCESS TO BE
ABLE TO DELETE THEM.
THEY CAN'T GET ACCESS ONCE
BURNED TO THE CD AND THOSE ARE
DELETED AFTER 90 DAYS.
IN TERMS OF THE MILESTONE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW,
MILESTONE IS A LITTLE LONGER.
IT'S LONGER BECAUSE THE OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, DOJ
MONITORING TEAM, WANTED TO BE
ABLE TO HOLD THAT VIDEO THE
POLICE CIVILIAN INTERACTIONS
LONGER IN CASE THERE'S A
COMPLAINT.
THAT IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IT.
AS YOU SEE, MINIMUM OF 120 DAYS.
MAXIMUM 217 DAYS IF USED IN
EVIDENCE.
IF IT'S BEEN FLAGGED FOR, LIKE
THE GENTLEMAN THAT TRIED TO
SLIDE A GUN, WE WILL RETAIN THAT
AND IS KEPT A LITTLE LONGER.
THOSE ARE THE RETENTION TIME
LINES FOR THE VIDEO.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THOSE ARE THE POLICIES.
THEY ARE IN THERE.
OUR POLICIES ARE UPDATED BY THE
DOJ AGREEMENT.
THOSE ARE VERY STRICT AS TO WHO
ACCESS THEM AND WHO DOESN'T AND
WHEN AND WHERE IT SHALL BE DONE.
WE DON'T HAVE OBJECTION TO IT,
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
INSIGHT INTO WHAT.
THEY SAID THIS IS WHAT WE THINK
YOU NEED TO FIX AND WE DID THAT.
WE DO CLOUD STORAGE AND WE
FOLLOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE I.T.
IT WORKS CLOSELY WITH CITY I.T.
AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB
PROTECTING OUR DATA.
IN TERMS OF THAT, I WOULD HAVE
TO REFER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS TO
CITY I.T.
AND GIVE THEM A HEADS UP.
I THINK THE NEXT ONE, WERE YOU
GOING TO COVERED DISH OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN
ALSO, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS NOT
THE CAPTAIN OR I.T.
OR LEASE CAN GO THROUGH HER
MEMOS.
WHICH EVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
CAPTAIN BUT GONNA McDONOUGH.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LISA
WILL DO, SHE WILL TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE WORK GROUP
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT?
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN
OPPORTUNITY WITH LISA GOING
THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US
TO, AT THAT POINT, ASK CAPTAIN
McDONOUGH WITH THE PROPOSED
POLICIES SAY ABOUT THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONFIRM
THAT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
ANTICIPATED AND INCLUDED ITS
PROPOSED POLICIES.
>> WILL SAID.
YES.
LET'S GO THROUGH REESE'S AND WE
WILL ASK IS PD QUESTIONS, IF WE
NEED TO ALONG THE WAY.
THANK YOU.
LISA, HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANTED TO THANK, FOR GRAY
SHELL IS OFFERED TO DO
PROJECTION SO THINGS WILL GO
SMOOTHLY.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WILL
QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
INFORMATION IN THE STAFF MEMOS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE THREE BILLS, THE COMMITTEE
ASKED FOR, YOU WOULD APPROVE
THE CONTINUED USE AND ACCEPT
THE SEARCH FOR THESE
TECHNOLOGIES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TO
ACT ON THE MAY 19 MEETING AND
THE CHAIR REQUESTED MEMBERS GET
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ME BY
MAY 10.
I WILL BRIEFLY REVIEW THE
SURVEY LISTS IMPACT REPORTS
REFILL VERY QUICKLY AND I WILL
PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE
SUMMARY OF EACH [ INDISCERNIBLE
- LOW VOLUME ]. LET'S GO AHEAD
TO THE NEXT BILL.
SKIP TO SLIDE FOUR IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
LET'S JUMP TO THIS ONE.
AND TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.
THIS FORWARD LOOKING REAL-TIME
VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IS ABBREVIATED,
AS CAPTAIN McDONAGH MENTIONED
THIS TECHNOLOGY PRODUCES
THERMAL IMAGES FROM DEVICES
INSTALLED IN THE SHERIFFS
HELICOPTERS THAT HELP LOCATE OR
TRACK PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
LET'S GO TO SLIDE SIX.
>> THE SURVEILLANCE WORKING
GROUP HAS FLAGGED SEVERAL
ISSUES WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.
INCLUDING THE NEED FOR POLICIES
THAT DEFINE ALLOWABLE USES OF
THE TECHNOLOGY, THE NEED FOR
POLICIES PERTAINING TO DATA
COLLECTION AND STORAGE, CONCERN
ABOUT PRIVACY IMPACTS ON PEOPLE
WHO WERE NOT RELATED TO THE
INVESTIGATION, AND THE LACK OF
HISTORICAL DATA.
I WOULD NOTE THE CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER DID FIND THE
SURGE ADDRESSES THESE CONCERNS
AND DID PROVIDE THE 2018 DATA
THAT CAPTAIN McDONAGH
MENTIONED.
THE CAPTAIN ALSO NOTED THE 2019
AND REFERENCE THE 2019 AND
2020 DATA I SENT TO YOU EARLIER
THIS WEEK THAT DOES SHOW THE
DISTRIBUTION OF DEPLOYMENT
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCENTRATED
IN THE PARTICULAR PRECINCT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RESPONSE IS SIR GENERALLY
ADDRESSES EACH CONCERN.
I WANT TO, DONE ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW BUT GENERALLY
MEANS.
I THINK ONE RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT THE ORDINANCE OF THE
COUNCIL ADOPT IN THE ORDINANCE
LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT CLEAR
THAT THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY
IS RESTRICTED TO THE DEFINED
SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND ALLOWABLE
USES.
JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE
PROPOSAL DOES THERE.
IT SAYS THAT THERE MUST BE
POLICIES IN PLACE TO ENSURE
THAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT
BEING USED DISPROPORTIONATELY
SURVEILLING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE
PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THAT ISSUE.
THIRDLY, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT,
OR THERE'S A QUESTION WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO
REDACT OR DELETE INFORMATION
COLLECTED THAT MAY COMPROMISE
THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS.
>> WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WILL
SPEAK TO THE USES AND INTRODUCE
THE NOTION OF POLICIES ABOUT
THE DISPERSION OF
PROPORTIONALITY AND REQUIREMENT
TO DELETE EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION
OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT PART
OF AN INVESTIGATION.
THE ALLOWABLE USES OF THE
TECHNOLOGY ARE CATALOGED IN THE
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW WHICH
COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTING . THAT
DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES THE
OPERATIONAL POLICIES THAT
DEFINE HOW EACH OF THESE
TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE USED.
THE NOTION, I WILL MENTION THAT
THE POLICIES THAT RESTRICT
DISPROPORTIONATE SURVEILLANCE
REALLY ARE FOUND IN THE
POLICIES ABOUT BIAS [
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
THE REQUIREMENT TO DELETE
INFORMATION, THAT IS NOT
RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION AND
, WOULD HAVE TO ASK THAT TO
CAPTAIN McDONAGH.
IF THEY DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP
OF THEIR HEAD, WE WILL GET BACK
TO YOU.
>> I DO KNOW WE DO NOT RETAIN
ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T RELATE
DIRECTLY TO THE CRIME.
I CAN'T QUOTE YOU THE POINTS
BUT WE CAN GET THERE.
WE DON'T RETAIN IT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT EVIDENCE.
WE WOULD NOT KEEP IT AND IT
WOULD FOLLOW THE NORMAL
DISPOSITION OF INFORMATION.
>> IF I MAY ADD, FOR MY
UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF THE
EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM THIS
TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT -- SP
DOESN'T HAVE A DUMP OF DATA.
THEY REQUEST A SPECIFIC
TIMEFRAME FROM KANE COUNTY
RELATED TO INVESTIGATION OR A
CRIME THAT THEY WILL SEE CAN
YOU -- WAS GUARDIAN ONE IN THE
AIR THIS TIME?
DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE FROM 1800
HOURS TO 1830?
THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED AS
EVIDENCE ON SPD BEHALF BUT KANE
COUNTY MAINTAINS A LOT OF THE
DATA AND DECIDES IF THEY HAVE
INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO SPD
IF THAT HELPS.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ABOUT
WHAT IS RETAINED BY SPD?
AND OR WHAT LENGTH OF TIME OF
INFORMATION IS NOT USEFUL TO A
SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION OR A
SPECIFIC SEARCH.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE SEQUENCING OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WE GET FROM THE
WORKGROUP?
ARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING
AFTER THE PROPOSAL, THE
PROPOSED LANGUAGE, OR IS IT
BEFOREHAND?
IF IT'S COMING AFTER, THERE
SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT FROM
WORK GROUP ON WHAT IS, HOW
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INCORPORATED
IN THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE.
>> THE DRAFT SIR DOCUMENTS
PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
OUTLINING, SINCE HIS ARREST
DIRECTOR, HOW THE TECHNOLOGIES
BEING USED.
WHAT ARE THE POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES AROUND THE USE OF
THE TECHNOLOGY.
WANTS THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
COMPLETED, THAT BUNDLE IS
PROVIDED TO THE WORKING GROUP
TO PROVIDE THEIR ASSESSMENT ON
DO THEY FIND THE POLICIES
ADEQUATE?
WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THEY
WOULD MAKE THE NEST PROVIDED
BACK TO CTO TO RESPOND TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SAY WE
BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED
IN POLICY OR HAS NO.
I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT LISA
OUTLINES IN HER STAFF MEMO ABOUT
WHAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY?
WHAT'S RECOMMENDED?
AND HOW DOES CTO FEEL IT'S BEEN
ADDRESSED IN THE SIR THROUGH
THE OPERATIONAL POLICIES, IF
THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THINKING OF THE LAST GROUP.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THE RESPONSE
WE GOT FOR EVERYTHING WAS SIR
ADDRESSES EACH CONCERN.
WE FOUND OUT SUBSEQUENTLY THE
WORKING GROUP DID NOT FEEL THAT
THE SERVER ADDRESSED THE
CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY, WE MADE
SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS TO THE
DEPARTMENT CHANGES AROUND
RETENTION OF RECORDINGS.
I AM HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING, HOW DO WE FIND
OUT HOW THE WORKING GROUP
REALLY FEELS ABOUT WHAT HAS
BEEN PROPOSED?
>> I WOULD MENTION FOR THIS
PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
AN INSTANCE, IF YOU COULD SHOW
SLIDE SEVEN, THE POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS.
I DID NOTE THE POLICIES EXPLAIN
HOW AN OFFICER CAN REQUEST YOUR
SUPPORT AND THIS IS AN ISSUE
FLAGGED BY THE WORKING GROUP,
THE POLICIES DON'T SPECIFY
TYPES OF INCIDENT FOR WHICH
OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO REQUEST
YOUR SUPPORT OR USE THE
TECHNOLOGY.
THE INFORMATION, I BASICALLY AM
LOOKING AT WHAT THE WORKING
GROUP HAS SAID AND THE CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER HAS SAID, AND
BASICALLY FLAKING ISSUES FOR
COUNCIL WHERE, AND MY
PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THE
WORKING GROUPS RECOMMENDATIONS
HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
>> THAT IS SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF I MAY ONE MORE THING ON THIS
ONE?
>> YES.
>> WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION
ABOUT THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY
DISPROPORTIONATELY SERVILE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LISA,
THINK YOU MENTIONED THE CITY
ANTI-BIAS POLICING POLICIES.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THOSE
POLICIES WERE FLAGGED ON THE
NEXT TECHNOLOGY BUT THEY WERE
NOT FLAGGED AS BEING RELEVANT
TO THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR
SLIDE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT
IS WHAT I REMEMBER SEEING IS
THE BIAS FREE POLICING POLICIES
WERE NAMED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
TECHNOLOGY BUT NOT NAMED FOR
THIS ONE.
>> IT WAS REFERENCED IN THE
TOOLKIT SECTION OF THE SIR. WE
CAN CHECK BACK AGAIN AND MAKE
SURE THAT'S TRUE.
>> YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS DO
WE KEEP INFORMATION ABOUT
POTENTIAL THIRD PARTIES.
IF IT'S EVIDENTIARY AND
SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, BY LAW,
THERE'S A BUNCH OF RULES WE ARE
REQUIRED TO KEEP IT.
DEFENSE CAN USE IT TO SAY THEY
ARE, IT WASN'T THE ONE COMMENTS
OVER HERE.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IN TERMS OF THAT, WE ARE
CAREFUL NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING WE
DON'T THINK IS EVIDENTIARY BUT
IF IT BECOMES EVIDENT CHERRY WE
RETAIN IT WITH THE CASE FILE.
>> MY QUESTION ISN'T IF IT'S
EVIDENTIARY, IF YOU END UP WITH
IT, BECAUSE, MAYBE, I
UNDERSTAND YOU ARE SAYING YOU
ARE LIMITING WHAT YOU ARE
GETTING FROM THE THIRD-PARTY
TWO THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO
A SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION OR
SEARCH BUT I'M THINKING THERE
MIGHT BE, TELL ME I'M WRONG IF
THIS NEVER HAPPENS, BUT THERE
COULD BE A SITUATION WHEN YOU
REQUEST IT YOU THINK IT IS
RELATED OR COULD BE RELATED TO
A SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION OR
SEARCH AND YOU DETERMINED THAT
IT DOES NOT, THAT IT'S NOT
RELATED.
WITH A UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
ABSOLUTELY ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR
YOU TO HOLD ONTO THAT
INFORMATION THAT IS RELATED.
>> I THINK A CASE WHERE THERE
MAY BE SOMETHING IN THERE BUT
TO BE HONEST, IT'S PRETTY RARE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE
PROSECUTORS AND MAKE SURE THE
LEGAL STANDARDS ARE MET TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT GETTING RID OF
EVIDENCE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD
PRECLUDE SOMEBODY FROM BEING
CHARGE.
STOP THEM FROM BEING UNJUSTLY
CHARGE.
IN TERMS OF THAT, WE FOLLOW
CASE LAW AND STATE LAWS, RIGHT?
IN TERMS OF THAT, I THINK THERE
ARE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE
ANSWER TO THOSE OTHER ENTITIES
AND THEREFORE WE ARE REQUIRED
TO FOLLOW THEM.
>> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD TO SLIDE EIGHT
. THE SECOND TECHNOLOGY. THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS
WITHOUT RECORDING AS CAPTAIN
McDONAGH MENTIONED.
'S ARE USED TO GET IMAGES FROM
SAFE DISTANCES.
LET'S GO TO SLIDE 10 IF YOU
WOULD.
FOR THESE CAMERAS, SITUATIONAL,
I'M SORRY, FOCUS ON THE LANGUAGE
FOR ALLOWABLE USES.
THAT IS CATALOGED IN THE
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW.
THE DESIRE TO PROHIBIT FROM
USING CAMERAS THAT HAVE FACIAL
RECOGNITION AND RECORDING INTO
SAFER SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
DOWNLOADING OR STREAMING IMAGES
OF THE CAMERAS TO DEVICES.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOUND
THE POLICIES IN TRAINING, THE
LIMITATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
THEMSELVES, MITIGATE THE
WORKING GROUPS CONCERN. LET'S
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> I FOUND THAT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT ADDRESS
ALLOWABLE METHODS TO PROTECT
THESE IMAGES, BUT AS THE
WORKING GROUP DID NOTE, THE
CERT DOESN'T INCLUDE POLICIES
THAT DEFINE THE APPROPRIATE USE
OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
THERE IS LANGUAGE, AND THE
APPROPRIATE USE OF APPLICATION
OF THE CAMERAS, BUT THEY DON'T
SPECIFICALLY SAY POLICIES THAT
SAY WHEN YOU SHOULD USE THEM.
POLICIES ALSO DON'T ADDRESS THE
WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATION TO
THE ACQUISITION OF CAMERAS WITH
PROHIBITED CAPABILITIES SUCH AS
FACIAL RECOGNITION OR TO
PREVENT THE USE OF -- FROM THE
CAMERAS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I MENTION
THIS, FOR ALL THREE OF THESE
TECHNOLOGIES, THE SAME ISSUE
WITH GROUP 2, THE EQUITY
METRICS HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED
YET FOR THE CTO ANNUAL EQUITY
ASSESSMENT.
I WOULD PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF
PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I HAVE TO SIGN UP.
I WANT TO ASK. I REMEMBER THE
LAST, AMENDMENTS THAT WE OFFERED
. THEY WERE WRITTEN IN A WAY
THAT WE WERE NOT CHANGING THE
REQUIREMENTS.
WE WERE ASKING THE DEPARTMENT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD
CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS
CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY
OBJECTIVES.
IS THAT THE SAME LIMITATION WE
WILL BE WORKING UNDER WITH THIS
PARTICULAR SET OF TECHNOLOGIES?
>> YES.
THE CONSTRAINT IS, THE COUNCIL
IS -- THE CHARTER IS STRONG
ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEFS
AUTHORITY AND LIMITS THE ABILITY
TO DICTATE OPERATIONS AT THAT
LEVEL.
I WOULD BE WORKING WITH YOU ON
LANGUAGE THAT YOU COULD ASK THE
úPOLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP
SOME POLICIES.
YOU COULD ASK THEM TO REPORT
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THE POLICIES WERE DEVELOPED,
THEN THOSE COULD BE ADDED TO
THE SERVER.
>> IS THAT SPECIFIC TO THE
CHARTER AUTHORITY AND POWERS OF
THE POLICE CHIEF OR IS IT FOR
ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS?
SPECIFIC TO THE POLICE.
>> SO FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
OPERATED FOR A START, WE CAN
MAKE THE CHANGE IN THE
LEGISLATION?
WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK?
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES.
>> SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
UNDERSTAND WE ARE WORKING UNDER
A MAY 10 DEADLINE.
WE WILL WORK TO GET IT.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A 12:30 MEETING THAT
I NEED TO ATTEND.
IF I LEAVE, WE WILL NOT HAVE A
QUORUM ANY LONGER.
RATHER THAN JUST SIGNING UP AND
CANCEL, ENDING THE MEETING
IMMEDIATELY, I WANTED TO GIVE
YOU A MOMENT OF AWARENESS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
STAYING WITH US ALL THE WAY TO
12:30.
WE APPRECIATE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AS WELL
AS CENTRAL STAFF BRIEFING US ON
THESE THREE TECHNOLOGIES.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THEM TODAY.
LISA KAYE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOUR PRESENTATION IS ONLINE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEASE REACH
OUT TO LISA KAYE ON CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE WILL WRAP UP THE COMMITTEE
NOW.
WE ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS IF WE PUT TOGETHER
AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER'S
STRAUSS.
THIS CONCLUDES A MAY 5, 2021
UTILITIES MEETING.
WE PLAN TO MEET AGAIN A MAY 19.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.