>>> GOOD MORNING, THE MEETING
FOR THE UTILITY COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 9:34
A.M. . NAME THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, ALEX PEDERSEN. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, COMMITTEE
MEMBERS STRAUSS AND SO WANT HAS
BEEN EXCUSED. WE ALSO HAVE
ANDREW LEWIS, HERE FOR --
SPEAKING TO THE ITEMS. WELCOME,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION TO TODAY'S PROPOSED
AGENDA, IT WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. CHAIRS
REPORT? GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 7th
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON OUR
AGENDA WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS. THE
FIRST TWO ARE COSPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND ME AND
THEY REPRESENT CHANGES TO
STREET NAMES BY THE WATERFRONT.
THE FIRST IS A RESOLUTION FOR
DZIDZILALICH FRONTIER MORE INTO
BELL AND THE SECOND ONE IS
ANOTHER STREET CONSTRUCTED AS
PART OF THE OVERALL WATERFRONT
PROJECT. THE THIRD ON THE
AGENDA IS A FINAL APPROVAL FOR
A TERM PERMIT FOR DUNN LUMBER
AND THAT IS BACK TO COMMITTEE
AFTER RECEIVING INITIAL
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FROM THE
COUNCIL LAST YEAR AND THEN MUST
WE HAVE AN INITIAL CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL OF A TERM PERMIT
REQUEST FROM KING COUNTY TO
CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A NEW
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE IN WEST
SEATTLE TO FACILITATE THEIR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
WITH ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS AND
RETAINING LAWS THAT WOULD BE
CONSTRUCTED. THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT AND I ARE HOPING TO
VOTE ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE
COMMITTEE TODAY, SO COMMITTEE
COLLEAGUES, LET ME KNOW IF WE
NEED MORE TIME WHEN WE GET TO
ANY PARTICULAR ITEM. SO, WE
WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD . JUST FOR CONTEXT, WE
DO HAVE ONE IN-PERSON SPEAKER
AND THERE IS SOMEONE SIGNED UP
ONLINE, I BELIEVE, BUT THEY ARE
ONLINE FOR THE TWO P.M.
MEETING TODAY FOR CITY COUNCIL.
WE WILL JUST HAVE ONE SPEAKER.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL
OPEN THE PERIOD FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR OUR
HYBRID MEETING. WE HAVE PEOPLE
SIGNED UP TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT
BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON.
TODAY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS JUST
IN PERSON. AND THEN I WILL
MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
I WILL START WITH THE SPEAKERS
REGISTERED ALL LINE, ALTHOUGH
WE HAVE NONE, THEN I WILL CALL
ON THOSE HERE. [ INAUDIBLE ] I
WILL CALL ON TWO SPEAKERS -- IT
úLOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE ONE
SPEAKER. BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING. AS A REMINDER, IT
SHOULD RELATE TO TODAY'S AGENDA
OR TO OUR COMMITTEES OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES. SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS
ARE LEFT. ONCE YOU HEAR THAT,
WE ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THEY DO NOT
END THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END
OF THE TIME ALLOTTED, THE
SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER OR TO START
OUR COMMITTEE BUSINESS. I
THINK THAT IS IT FOR THE
INSTRUCTIONS. THE REGULAR
COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING IS OPEN AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON OUR LIST. IT LOOKS
LIKE WE HAVE KEVIN TROUT HERE
IN PERSON. WELCOME, KEVIN.
>> LET'S SEE, THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY THAT IS BOTH HERE AND
ON MY. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I MOVED HERE A MONTH AGO. THIS
IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND IT HAS
SO MUCH VIBRANT WALKABILITY.
>> KEVIN, CAN WE START YOUR
TIME OVER AND PULLED THE
MICROPHONE REAL CLOSE TO YOU
SO WE CAN HEAR YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT BETTER?
>> YES.
>> BRILLIANT, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. I MOVED HERE TO WANT
TO GO TO BALLARD. THERE IS SO
MUCH OF WHAT I WANTED WHEN I
WANTED TO MOVE TO A NEW CITY, A
BIGGER CITY. SO, IT JUST HAS
BEEN BRILLIANT AND I HAVE HAD A
LOT OF TIME AND I THINK THE
THING THAT IS MOST ON MY MIND
IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT
TRANSIT AND WALKABILITY ACCESS
FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND
WALK AND ROLL IN THAT AREA
BECAUSE IT IS NEAR AN AREA
THAT WAS BUILT FOR STREETCARS,
RIGHT? IT IS A STREETCAR SUBURB
AND IT IS THE PLACE THAT
CONNECTED THE CITY . MY
BACKGROUND IS THE SEATTLE
STREET CAR MAP FROM 1931. IT IS
A BEAUTIFUL THING AND IT
ALLOWED A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A
LOT OF -- A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
GET AROUND THE CITY IN A VERY
DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT WE HAVE
NOW, WHICH IS CARS. I THINK
TRYING TO UNDO OR REDO OR
REORGANIZE TRANSIT AND CITY
LIFE AROUND PEOPLE AND
WALKABILITY AND ACCESS IS ONE
OF THE BEST THINGS THIS CITY
COULD DO MOVING FORWARD. THE
OTHER THING ON MY MIND TODAY IS
THE 15th AVENUE NORTHWEST
BRIDGE PROJECT. TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, BASICALLY TO THE 90%
PLAN TO STAGE BEFORE IT REALLY
ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, TERRY.
IT IS AT 60% -- IT JUST SEEMS
LIKE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
INCREASE TRANSIT AND
WALKABILITY AND LIKABILITY
BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF
BALLARD AND THIS AREA. I THINK
IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
IN A DOUBLE PROTECTED BIKE LANE
ON THAT BRIDGE. SO, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS TIME
AND THIS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THAT
APPEARS TO CONCLUDE OUR LIST OF
SPEAKERS. LET ME JUST CHECK
ONLINE REAL QUICKLY. TO OUR
CLERKS , FOLLOWING JODY, ARE
YOU ABLE TO CONFIRM THEY ARE
HERE FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS
AFTERNOON? THEY ARE NOT
PRESENT. I THINK THAT WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THE
COMMENTS
>>
>> I THINK IT IS FINE TO CLOSE
IT OUT. THANK YOU.
>> YOUR MICROPHONE IS WORKING
WELL, SHY AWAY. LET'S GO TO
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FULL TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> A RESOLUTION PROVIDING AN ON
AVARA DESERT RATION OF ALASKAN
WAY BETWEEN DEARBORN AND PINE
STREET AND ELLIOTT WAY BETWEEN
PINE AND BALLARD TO STREET FOR
BREATHING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO ARE
CONNECTED, SO WE WILL DISCUSS
THEM TOGETHER. WE WILL VOTE ON
THE HONORARY STREET NAME AND
INTRODUCE ITEM 2 AND LOOK AT
THE VOTING UP ELLIOT WAY. I DO
WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
CO-SPONSOR, ANDREW LEWIS, FOR
OPENING REMARKS AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF
AND THE PRESENTERS AND
AFTERWARD, WE WILL OPEN IT UP
FOR DISCUSSION. AGAIN, THIS
COSPONSOR IS BY ALL OF US. THE
PRESIDENT PLANS TO SPEAK TO
THIS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FULL
COUNSELOR. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
INVITATION. IT IS GOOD TO BE
HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS
RESOLUTION THAT IS IN FRONT OF
THE COMMITTEE. RESOLUTION
32080. THE RESOLUTION CREATING
THE HONORARY DESIGNATION OF
ALASKAN WAY BETWEEN DEARBORN
AND PINE STREET TO ADOPT WORDS
THAT HAVE BEEN USED SINCE TIME
MEMORIAL TO DESCRIBE THIS
PLACE, DZIDZILALICH. IT IS AN
HONOR TO BE IN A POSITION TO
SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION WITH
YOURSELF AS CHAIR AND COUNCIL
PRINTS THAT ARE WARRANTS AND
REALLY APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE
PROCESS THAT HAS LED US HERE
TODAY ON OUR RECLAIMING OF THE
WATERFRONT FROM THE STRUCTURE
AND THE CULTURAL AND
ENGINEERING PROCESS THAT WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH TO REALLY
ENGAGE IN THE PLACE MAKING TO
ENDEAVOR TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY TO HONOR THE
DESIGNATION OF DZIDZILALICH
AND UNDER THE CULTURAL SPACE OF
THE CROSSING OVER PLAYS WITH
THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW
WATERFRONT PARK WITH OUR
COLLABORATIONS WITH THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET AND WITH THE
SEATTLE AQUARIUM AND THE
OVERLOOK WALK. THIS IS GOING TO
BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO
LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND GATHER IN
A WAY IT HAS NOT BEEN FOR
DECADES DUE TO PLAYING HOST,
MOSTLY TO A LARGE, CUMBERSOME,
CONCRETE FREEWAY WALK. THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN
APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR US TO
DESIGNATE DZIDZILALICH. THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PLACE
THAT COULD BE A CENTERPIECE OF
OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THIS
DESIGNATION IS REALLY GOING TO
ADOPT AN APPROPRIATE NAME THAT
MANIFESTS WHAT OUR MISSION HAS
BEEN AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ENDEAVORING TO CREATE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
WATERFRONT, WITH OUR PARTNERS
IN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR
NONPROFIT PATRONS WHO ARE
ACTIVATING THIS SPACE. SO, WITH
THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO
ADD. EXCEPT TO SAY THAT I LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING IN A POSITION
FORMALLY TO VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION WHEN IT GETS TO FULL
COUNCIL BUT I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT IN
THE COMMITTEE AND TO INDICATE
MY APPRECIATION TO YOU, MR.
CHAIR, FOR SPONSORING AND
ADVANCING THIS POLICY AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND I WILL
HAND IT BACK TO THE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING
THE PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION THAT WENT INTO
THAT. WE DO HAVE ERIC
McCONAUGHEY FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU,
ERIC, FOR YOUR MEMO ON THESE
ITEMS. DID YOU WANT TO WALK US
THROUGH ANY OF THE CHANGES
BEING MADE OR HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE WE
TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS?
>> REAL BRIEFLY, I WILL ORIENT
FOLKS TO WEAR IT HAPPENED. A
LARGE REPRESENTATION WAS TAKEN
FROM MATERIALS FROM THE
WATERFRONT. THIS IS JUST TO
SHOW THAT ALASKAN WAY WOULD BE
CREATED AS AN OFFICIAL STREET
BUT OVERLAYING THAT WITH AN
HONORARY DESIGNATION OF
DZIDZILALICH IN THE WHITE AND
BROWN. PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY
SEEN THESE HONORARY SIGNS ALL
OVER THE PLACE IN TOWN. TO THE
LEFT, WITH NORTH BEING TO THE
TOP, YOU CAN SEE A
REDDISH-BROWN LINE TO INDICATE
THE EXTENT OF THE HONORARY
DESIGNATION AND THEN ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE MAP, FOR THE NEW
ROADWAY. THIS IS JUST STARTING
WITH A LITTLE GEOGRAPHY. IT
WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE
REDUNDANT BUT THAT IS JUST SOME
FRIENDLY REMARKS. I'M HAPPY TO
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO
HAPPY TO STEP ASIDE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN
GO STRAIGHT TO OUR PRESENTERS
AND WE KNOW YOU WILL BE HERE,
ERIC, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AT
THE END. GOOD MORNING TO OUR
PRESENTERS FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT AND SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND WE WILL GET
STARTED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> HELLO, I AM THE ACTING
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT .
>> I MARSHALL FOSTER, THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
CENTER, SUPPORTING ANGIE ON
THIS ITEM.
>> I AM MATT BEAULIEU,
SUPPORTING ANGIE ON THIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR MEETING WITH US TODAY
AND LOOKING AT THE APPROVAL [
INAUDIBLE ] ORDINANCE . WELL,
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND A
SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE WILL
THEN COVER SOME OUTREACH
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PROPOSAL
WITH AN ORDINARY TRIBAL STREET
NAMING. MANY THANKS TO OUR
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING
AND CHAMPIONING THIS
LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY
COUNCILMEMBER JAUREZ, WHO HAS
PROMISED UNWAVERING SUPPORT
OVER THE YEARS. NEXT. THIS
LIGHT SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROJECT WITH THE WATERFRONT
PROGRAM AND EXPANDS FROM KING
STREET TO THE STADIUM DISTRICT
ON THE SOUTH END AND THEN UP TO
BELL STREET AND BELLTOWN. THEY
INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
ALASKAN WAY AREA AND THEN A NEW
[ INAUDIBLE ] . WE ARE ALSO
DELIVERING OTHER PROJECTS TO
IMPROVE THE EAST-WEST
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT, INCLUDING
FOUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND
BIKE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE KEY
QUARTERS DOWNTOWN AND TWO NEW
WATER APPEARS AND THE TYPE OF
MARKET FRONT AND [ INAUDIBLE ]
. IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, WE
STARTED BUILDING THE FOUNDATION
IN 2013 AND THE NEW WATERFRONT
HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION
EVER SINCE. ALL PROJECTS SHOWN
HERE IN GREEN ARE PART OF THE
WATERFRONT PROGRAM AND THOUGH
SHOWN IN BLUE ARE SOME OF OUR
PARTNER PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE GRAPHIC WE PLAN TO BE
COMPLETE WITH CONSTRUCTION IN
2025. JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS
FROM NOW. NEXT. I THOUGHT I
WOULD TOUCH ON A FEW OF OUR
KETCHUP CONSTRUCTION
MILESTONES. I THOUGHT I WOULD
DO A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHERE WE
HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS. SOME
OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE
TUNNEL THE VIADUCT DEMOLITION
ORDER BEGAN. THE CITY HAD
COMPLETED RESTORATION OF THE
HISTORIC WATERFRONT BUILDING
AND THE HABITAT BUILDING. WE
WERE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
AROUND ELLIOTT WAY IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2019. THAT WAS
ONCE THE MAJORITY OF THE
VIADUCT WAS REMOVED IN THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA. WE
ALSO RECONSTRUCTED [ INAUDIBLE
] TO TRANSIT IN 2020. AFTER
THAT, WE ALL KNOW COVID HIT AND
WE MADE THE TOUGH DECISION TO
PUT [ INAUDIBLE ] INTO PLACE
TO KEEP GOING WITH
CONSTRUCTION. WE ENDED UP
DELIVERING A NEW PIER 62 THAT
YEAR, WHICH OPENED SEPTEMBER
2020 AND THAT SAME TIME, WE
WERE HIT WITH . 58, WHICH WE
PROMPTLY DEMOLISHED WITH A
EMERGENCY CONTRACT. BY 2021,
WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF A
NEW UNION STREET PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE AND BY JULY OF 2021, WE
HAD COMPLETED THE MAJORITY OF
THE SOUTH END POURED FROM KING
STREET TO COLUMBIA. WE WERE
ABLE TO OPEN IT TO TRAFFIC.
FROM THERE, WE FOCUSED ON
CONSTRUCTING NEW UTILITIES [
INAUDIBLE ]. NEXT. IN DECEMBER
2021, YOU MIGHT RECALL WE HAD
KING COUNTY HIT WITH THE
LONGEST STRIKE ON RECORD AND WE
ENDURED FIVE LONG MONTHS WITH
NO CONCRETE. WE FOCUS ON
PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT COULD GET
DONE BY THE MATERIALS -- THE
STRIKE TO CAUSE A DELAY TO THE
START OF A COUPLE MORE
PROJECTS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO
START THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE
AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR
OVERLOOK PROJECT, THE MARKET TO
THE WATERFRONT IN JUNE OF '22.
IN AUGUST 2022, WE COMPLETED UP
TO UNION STREET, WHICH ALLOWED
US TO SWITCH TRAFFIC TO THE NEW
ROAD AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF
OUR NEW PARK PROMENADE. IN
SEPTEMBER, WE STARTED A NEW. 58
AND WE STARTED DEMOLITION OF
PIER 63. FINALLY, WE WERE ABLE
TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF
THIS BRIDGE, IMPROVING ACCESS
AND MOBILITY ON THE WARM FRONT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT
OUT, ESPECIALLY HERE. ONE OF
THE CROWN JEWELS IS THE
OVERLOOK WALK, THE PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE. THIS COVERS A VERY
CHALLENGING INTERFACE AND
COORDINATION EFFORTS BETWEEN
FOUR CONTRACTORS ON WHAT WAS A
VERY STRAINED SITE. WE HAD A
UTILITY AND ROAD BUILDER AND A
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE CIVILIAN
CONTRACTOR AND AN ELEVATOR
CONTRACTOR WORKING AT THE SAME
TIME IN THE SAME SPACE. YOU CAN
SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THOSE
HAPPENING WITH THE OVERLOOK
BLOCK AND THE EXPANSION REALLY
TAKING SHAPE. ON THE LEFT, HERE
IS WHAT WILL BE THE FINAL
PRODUCT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THAT PROJECT.
NEXT. QUICKLY, COVERING WHAT IS
IN STORE FOR 2023 HERE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROMENADE.
THE OVERLOOK [ INAUDIBLE ] WILL
CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION
THROUGHOUT 2023. WE ARE
STARTING CONSTRUCTION OF A FEW
ADDITIONAL NEW PROJECTS AS
WELL. NEXT WEEK, WE WILL START
CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN BIKE
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE PIKE AND
PINE CORRIDORS DOWNTOWN. WE ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT THE BELL STREET
PROJECT WITH ENHANCEMENTS FOR
BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS. AND THEN
LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL, WE
WILL OPEN ELLIOTT RUNWAY FROM
UNION TO L STREET. ALSO, WE
WILL START ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT
IN PIONEER SQUARE. WE WILL
WRAP UP THE MARION STREET
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THEN WE
WILL BEGIN TEMPORARY BRIDGES.
FINALLY, LOOKING INTO EARLY
2024, WE WILL WRAP UP THE BELL
STREET PROJECT AND WE WILL BE
READY TO START CONSTRUCTION OF
THE NEXT PROJECT AND BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PUBLIC
RESTROOM FOR THE WATERFRONT IN
2024. I COULD GO ON AND ON
ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, BUT I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
TIME TO COVER THE STREET NAMING
LEGISLATION. WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO, I WILL TRANSFER EVERYTHING
OVER. HE WILL COVER IT. THANK
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, ANGIE. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. IT IS GREAT TO
BE WITH YOU. I AM STILL
GETTING USED TO THIS ROLE,
WATCHING ANGIE GOING THROUGH
THIS WORK -- I JUST HAVE TO
TAKE A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE HER
AND HER TEAM AND THE PHENOMENAL
JOB THAT THEY HAVE DONE KEEPING
THAT PROGRAM ALIVE AND THRIVING
AND MOVING FORWARD DURING COVID
AND THE REST IT HAS BEEN A
REMARKABLE PROCESS. THERE ARE
16 PROJECTS IN THAT PROGRAM,
ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE CARE AND
EXPERTISE TO BRING THEM TO
LIFE. THIS HUGE KUDOS TO THE
TEAM IS GIVING THIS ALL ON
TRACK. AS ANGIE MENTIONED, AND
THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR
INTRODUCTION , THIS IS A REALLY
EXCITING DAY FOR THE WATERFRONT
PROGRAM AND I THINK FOR THE
CITY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
MORE THAN A DECADE AROUND 13 OR
14 YEARS WITH OUR TROUBLE
PARTNERS TO MAKE THE WATERFRONT
-- DOING A BETTER JOB OF
RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF TRIBAL
CULTURE IN HISTORY IN OUR CITY.
I AM GOING TO TAKE A FEW
MINUTES TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS IS ONE
OF THE MORE VISIBLE THINGS THAT
WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU
IN TERMS OF CAPTURING THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TIMES. AS
MENTIONED, WITH THIS MAJOR NEW
INVESTMENT, THE STREETS AND THE
SURFACE THE STREET AND THE
ROADWAY CONNECTION OF THROUGH
BELLTOWN, WE DO NEED TO
ESTABLISH NAMES FOR THESE
ELEMENTS AND WE, THROUGH THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TRIBES,
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT WOULD
BE APPROPRIATE TO ESTABLISH AN
HONORARY NAME THAT ELEVATES THE
ORIGINAL PLACE NAME OF THE
WATERFRONT. IT IS
DZIDZILALICH, WHICH WE WILL
TALK ABOUT MORE IN A MOMENT.
JUST THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE
LEGISLATION WOULD DO. THERE ARE
TWO PIECES, AS WE MENTIONED .
THE RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZED
THE HONORARY DESIGNATION OF
DZIDZILALICH FOR ALASKAN WAY,
AS WELL AS ELLIOTT WAY. IT
WOULD ALSO, THROUGH AN
ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHED THE NEW
PORTION OF THE STREET, WHICH
GOES ESSENTIALLY NORTH FROM
PINE STREET . FROM OUR VERY
EARLY WORK ON THE WATERFRONT,
YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE
AROUND THE ESTABLISHMENT
VISION, OUR SUBSEQUENT
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK , THE NAME
ELLIOTT WAY WAS ESTABLISHED.
SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO
ESTABLISH THAT AS THE
UNDERLYING NAME FOR THAT
NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE NEW
STREET. NEXT SLIDE. SO, JUST
THE DETAILS OF THAT. YOUR MAP
WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, ERIC.
YOU CAN SEE HERE DZIDZILALICH
WOULD BE THE HONORARY NAME OF
THIS ENTIRE STRETCH THAT YOU
SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, BOTH THE
PINK COLOR AND THE PURPLE WOULD
HAVE THAT DZIDZILALICH
DESIGNATION. AND THEN WE WOULD
RETAIN ALASKAN WAY AS THE
OFFICIAL NAME FOR THE SURFACE
STREET, THE AREAS ALONG THE
WATERFRONT, AS THEY HAVE BEEN
KNOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE
NEW ROADWAY SECTION NORTH OF
PINE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN,
WITH THE THE ELLIOTT WAY
SECTION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
SDOT AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM. THEY
HAVE DONE A CAREFUL JOB OF KIND
OF VETTING THESE PROPOSALS TO
MAKE SURE THEY WORK WELL WITH
OUR STREET GRID SYSTEM WITH
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND WITH ALL
OF OUR MAPPING TO MAKE SURE IT
WILL BE VERY LEGIBLE AND EASY
FOR THE PUBLIC TO NAVIGATE
THESE NEW STREETS AS WELL. NEXT
SLIDE. SO, JUST STEPPING BACK
FROM THE DETAILS OF THE
LEGISLATION TO SHARE A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY OF
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRIBES.
THIS JUST SHOWS YOU KIND OF A
SNAPSHOT , A LOT OF THE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN DOING. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING BOTH FORMALLY AND OUR
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERN A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRIBES ON
PERMITTING AND THAT GOES ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE PERMITTING
OF THIS REPLACEMENT AND ALSO
TO A LOT OF CULTURAL AND
COMMUNITY WORK WITH THE TRIBES
AS WELL TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
THEIR HISTORY, TO UNDERSTAND
THE WAY THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY
USED OUR WATERFRONT, BOTH AS A
CULTURAL SPACE AND ALSO AS A
HUGE PART OF THEIR ECONOMY WITH
FISHING AND ALL OF THEIR TRIBAL
RIGHTS TO USE ELLIOTT BAY , AND
THEN BASED ON THAT, THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP ON A
WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS FROM PUBLIC ART TO
PROGRAMMING TO THINGS LIKE WHAT
WE ARE DOING TODAY WITH THE
STREET RENAMING. NEXT SLIDE.
>> YOU KNOW, IF WE STEP BACK
AND THINK OVERALL, WHAT ARE THE
MAJOR PRIORITIES WE HAVE
CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM THE
TRIBES? PROTECTING SALMON AND
MARINE HABITAT HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY THE MOST PRIMARY
MESSAGE AND FOCUS. THINGS LIKE
THE SEAWALL PROJECT ARE LIVING
EXAMPLES OF THAT COMMITMENT TO
THE TRIBES. CREATING DESIGN
FEATURES THAT REFLECT TRIBAL
HISTORY, ART, AND CULTURE AND
ARE ELEVATED IN WHAT WE ARE
DOING. A LOT OF THINGS I WILL
SHOW YOU WITH SOME EXAMPLES IN
A MOMENT. GATHERING SPACES FOR
TRIBAL CELEBRATION AND A KEY
THING WE ARE ABLE TO DO THANKS
TO THE NEW PIER 62 AND THOSE
FROM WATERFRONT SEATTLE IS TO
PROVIDE A DEDICATED PERMIT HOME
FOR THIS HOMECOMING ON THE
WATERFRONT, WHICH, FOR YEARS,
WAS MOVED AROUND THE CITY TWO
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE ARE
HAPPY TO HAVE A PERMANENT HOME.
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING CELEBRATES
HISTORY AND CULTURE AND
INCORPORATES NATIVE PLANTS INTO
THE LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE ALL
THINGS WE ARE ADDRESSING IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WATERFRONT
WORK. NEXT SLIDE. JUST A FEW
IMAGES. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH
EVERYTHING. EVERYONE IS AWARE
OF THE SEAWALL. THAT IS A
LIVING HABITAT SYSTEM BELOW THE
SIDEWALK. SO, YOU THIS WAS IN
CONSTRUCTION. TODAY, WE DO
KAYAK TOURS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE
HOW THE SYSTEMS WORK. IT HAS
BEEN, OVERALL, VERY SUCCESSFUL
FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
CONTINUES TO HELP US MONITOR
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEW
SEAWALL AND FOR HABITAT AND IT
HAS VERY MUCH BEEN A SUCCESS
STORY. NEXT SLIDE. JUST SOME OF
THE OVERALL STRATEGIES THAT WE
HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THEM ABOUT
HOW WE TOLD THE STORY AND
INTEGRATE PLANTING INTO THAT
SYSTEM. SO, THIS IS TALKING
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
LAND AND WATER AND THE WAY THAT
ENVIRONMENT WORKS TO SUPPORT A
WHOLE RANGE OF FLORA AND FAUNA.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE SEE THE
LANDSCAPE DESIGN THAT IS
STARTING TO ACTUALLY BE BILLED
INVISIBLE. IT SUPPORTS THIS,
YOU KNOW, JOURNEY BETWEEN LAND
AND WATER. THIS WAS A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
CONVERSATION WITH THE TRIBES.
NEXT SLIDE. ART IS AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPRESS THESE VALUES AND THIS
COMMITMENT. WE HAVE A WHOLE
HOST OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
WHICH SPEAK TO TRIBAL HISTORY
AND CULTURE. SEAN PEDEREN IS
DOING A MAJOR SERIES OF FIGURES
RIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE NEW
PIER 58. ANOTHER ARTIST IS
WORKING WITH A RANGE OF TRIBAL
CARVERS ON A SERIES OF WOODEN
FORMS THAT EVOKE THE LONGHOUSE
THAT WILL BE ALONG THE
WATERFRONT BETWEEN [ INAUDIBLE
] AND FIRE STATION 5 . AND THEN
A REALLY INTERESTING
PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE BETWEEN [ INAUDIBLE ]
AROUND A MAJOR PIECE THAT WILL
BE AT THE HEART OF THE NEW
OVERLOOK WALK THAT ANGIE
DESCRIBED, WHICH HAS MORE OF A
BASKET FORM. THAT WILL BE A
VERY EXCITING PIECE OF PUBLIC
ART, VERY CENTRAL TO ONE OF OUR
PREMIER PUBLIC SPACES ON THE
WATERFRONT. THEN YOU CAN SEE A
WHOLE BUNCH OF CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TRIBES TO
HAVE SPACE ON THE WATERFRONT.
THAT IS AN IMAGE OF ONE EVENT
THAT TOOK PLACE AS PART OF THE
OPENING NEAR PIER 62 IN 2020.
NEXT SLIDE. WE DID ESTABLISH A
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THE
WATERFRONT PROGRAM AND THIS WAS
BASED ON PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
TRIBES. SEATTLE'S WATERFRONT
STANDS ON THE LANDS AND SHARED
WATERS OF THE PUGET SOUND AND
THEIR ANCESTORS RESIDED HERE
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. WITH
GRATITUDE, WE HONOR THE LAND OF
WATER AND ITS PEOPLES. THIS HAS
BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY PRESENTS AN OUTREACH
AND -- THIS WAS ALSO THE MOMENT
WHERE THE TRIBES INTRODUCED TO
US THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE
ORIGINAL WORD FOR DZIDZILALICH
BACK INTO USE HERE ON THE
WATERFRONT. SO THIS WAS A
COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WE DID
THIS AND IT REALLY LAUNCHED THE
CONVERSATIONWITH THEM AROUND
THE NAMING. NEXT SLIDE. I AM
NOT GOING TO GO TOO FAR INTO
THE HISTORY. I THINK PEOPLE
MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE TERM "
LITTLE CROSSING OVER PLACE."
SUFFICE IT TO SAY, THERE IS A
RICH HISTORY OF HOW THIS PLACE
WAS DESCRIBED. THERE ARE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT TERMS THAT HAVE
BEEN USED IN OUR CONSULTATIONS
WITH THE TRIBES. IT SEEMS LIKE
DZIDZILALICH WAS THE CONSISTENT
BEST REPRESENTATION OF THAT
IDEA OF LITTLE CROSSING OVER
PLACE. THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS
TO USE THAT TERM. IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO THEM WE USE THIS
PARTICULAR TERM, NOT -- WE
TALKED ABOUT SALISH, WHICH IS
ANOTHER TERM THAT IS TALKED
ABOUT A LOT FOR ELLIOTT BAY IN
PUGET SOUND. DZIDZILALICH ,
BRING IT INTO USE, WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO THEM AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THAT
IS THE PROPOSAL IN A NUTSHELL.
I THINK WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR MUCH FOR THAT
IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION. I WANTED
TO SEE IF OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF OR ERIC, IF YOU
HAD ANYTHING TO ADD BEYOND YOUR
MEMO AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
>> NO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
IT.
>> COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> NO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND
RESERVE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS
FOR FULL COUNCIL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. FOR
CLARITY, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
THAT PRESENTATION ACTUALLY
COVERED BOTH ITEMS ONE AND TWO
ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. SO, FOR
OUR COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES, ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I
MOVE THIS ITEM TO A VOTE?
OKAY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THIS ITEM. OUR FIRST VOTE
WHICH WILL BE ADOPTION OF THE
HONORARY DESIGNATION VIA
RESOLUTION FOR DZIDZILALICH,
COUNCILMEMBERS I NOW MOVE THAT
THEY RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 32080. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? OKAY, WILL THE
COURT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 32080?
>> COUNCILMEMBER GOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR. NONE
OPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT, THE MOTION
CARRIES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32080 AND IT WILL BE SENT TO
THE FEBRUARY 14th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING . AGAIN, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR YOUR
SPONSORSHIP OF THAT RESOLUTION.
TO MOVE THE ITEM TWO, WE WILL
READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND TO
THAT PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
SO, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE SHORT TITLE OF THE SECOND
AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD? AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
STREETS; DESIGNATING THE NAME
OF --
>> COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD THIS
PRESENTED WITH ITEM 1, BUT FOR
CLARITY'S SAKE, ERIC, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SHARE THE MAP AGAIN
THAT SHOWS THE EXTENT OF
ELLIOTT WAY OR DO WE WANT TO
PULL UP THAT SLIDE TOWARDS THE
END OF THE POWERPOINT? SORRY
TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
>> I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT. I CAN
DO THAT NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> GREAT.
>> JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT. THAT
PART OF MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO
GO TO SLEEP. JUST A MOMENT. WE
ARE BACK AND I WILL SHARE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT SHOULD BE ON ITS WAY. SO,
IT IS THIS PORTION OF THE
ROADWAY AND AT THE SOUTH,
RUNNING FROM PINE TO BELL AND
THEN I WILL SHOW YOU, AS SHOWN
IN THE FIRST ATTACHMENT TO THE
ORDINANCE, HERE IS THE NEW ROAD
OF ELLIOTT WAY. THE SAME PIECE
OF ROAD.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WHILE WE
HAVE EXECUTIVE STAFF HERE WITH
US AND CENTRAL STAFF?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU. I DO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS, MORE ABOUT
LONG-TERM USES AND IMPROVEMENTS
AND THE RIGHT AWAY IN THIS
CORRIDOR IF THE PANEL CAN
HANDLE THEM AND I DEFER TO
WHOEVER WOULD BE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE. I CANDIDLY THINK
IF WE WERE DESIGNING THE
ROADWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDRS IN THE WATERFRONT
AREA TODAY, AND CONVENING THAT
PLANNING PROCESS TODAY, WE
WOULD HAVE MADE SOME DIFFERENT
CHOICES. I THINK IT HAS BEEN
INTERESTING TO SEE THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC AND ALSO
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WHERE WE
HAVE NOT HAD THE VIADUCT, THE
WAY PEOPLE HAVE ADJUSTED THEIR
UNIT PATTERNS AND THEIR DRIVING
PATTERNS, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE
WE COULD MAKE SOME BOLDER
CHOICES ON THE WATERFRONT IN
TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE USING THE
SPACE FOR, THAT IS BEING TAKEN
UP CONSIDERABLY WITH A BIGGER
FOOTPRINT FOR CARS, INCLUDING
ON THIS ELLIOTT WAVE
DESIGNATION. SO, MY QUESTION IS
WE ARE NOT GOING TO OBVIOUSLY
CHANGE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. WE
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUILDING
IT, BUT IT IS MORE ABOUT THE
FUTURE WAYS WE CAN ADAPT AND
CHANGE THE SPACES POTENTIALLY.
MY FIRST QUESTION, AS A
THRESHOLD QUESTION, IT IS TO
WHAT EXTENT WILL WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO USE
TO RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO THE NATURE
OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE
ALLOWED IN SOME OF THESE
PLACES, AND TO WHAT EXTENT WILL
THERE BE SOME RESIDUAL
CONSULTATION THAT IS REQUIRED
WITH WSDOT OR SOME OTHER ACTORS
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED
OUT IN AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL WAY
AND IS IT DIFFERENT FOR
ALASKAN VERSUS ELLIOTT WAY?
SINCE WE ARE SORT OF CREATING A
COMPLETELY NEW THING HERE WITH
ELLIOTT WAY, WOULD WE RETAIN
THE RIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GO
THROUGH A FULL GREEN STREET
CONVERSION AT SOME POINT WITH
ELLIOTT WAY? AND FOR THAT
MATTER, DO WE HAVE THAT
FLEXIBILITY WITH ALASKAN WAY?
JUST THOSE THRESHOLD QUESTIONS
FIRST AND THEN I MIGHT HAVE
SOME FOLLOW-UP.
>> I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THAT.
SO, I WILL JUST SAY FIRST THAT
ALASKAN WAY FROM THIS AREA TO
KING IS ACTUALLY A STATE
HIGHWAY. IT IS UNDER STATE
JURISDICTION. SO, WE HAD A LONG
SET OF CONVERSATIONS OVER A
GOOD, LONG YEAR OR SO ABOUT THE
DESIGN OF ALASKAN WAY AND
ELLIOTT WAY OVERALL, BUT THE
STATE HAS JURISDICTION
ULTIMATELY. SO, IF WE WERE TO
MAKE A CHANGE THERE, YOU KNOW,
WE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY SIT
DOWN WITH THE STATE. THERE IS A
MAJOR FERRY TERMINAL AT THAT
LOCATION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
THE STATE AND ALSO -- KING
COUNTY METRO -- ONE THING I
MIGHT NOTE IS WE DID SOME WORK
IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE
BALLARD LIGHTNING RAIL. WE DID
DO SOME WORK IN THE COMMUNITY
BACK WHEN WE MADE DECISIONS ON
THAT CORRIDOR. ONCE THE NEW
TRAIN WAS IN PLACE, WE COULD
ACTUALLY REMOVE THE TRANSIT
LANES FROM THAT SEGMENT OF THE
ROADWAY. SO, THAT IS ONE AREA
THATWE DO PLAN TO DO SOMETHING
IN THE FUTURE ONCE THE LIGHT
RAIL IS IN PLACE AND OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC. AS FAR AS THE
REMAINDER OF THE ROADWAY,
AROUND ALASKAN WAY NORTH AND
INTO BELLTOWN, THAT IS A CITY
STREET IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE
CITY CAN DO WITH IT WHAT WE
NEED. I GUESS THAT IS WHAT I
WOULD SAY. THE ELLIOTT WAY
PORTION, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THERE IS THE SEGMENT
BETWEEN, BASICALLY BETWEEN PINE
STREET, WORKING OUR WAY NORTH.
IT TAKES YOU UP AND OVER THE
HARBOR AND RAILROAD TRACKS. IT
IS ACTUALLY A BEIGE STRUCTURE
THAT TAKES YOU OVER THE TRACKS.
AGAIN, WE OWN THE STRUCTURE AND
WE OWN THE ROADWAY, SO -- THAT
ANSWERS ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS?
>> YES, ANGIE, JUST TO CLARIFY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DIVIDING
LINE IS BETWEEN WHERE WE HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY AND
LEEWAY . SO, WHERE IT GOES FROM
ALASKAN WAY TO ALASKAN WAY
SOUTH IS SORT OF THE DIVIDING
LINE OF WHERE WE GO FROM STATE
HIGHWAY TO CITY ARTERIAL?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT.
>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT TO WHAT
ANGIE SAID. I JUST WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
COMMITMENT WE MADE TO PIONEER
SQUARE TO REDUCE THE WIDTH OF
ALASKA'S WAY. SO, THAT WAS A
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT AS PART
OF OUR FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE
PROJECT. IT IS MADE WITH WSDOT,
SO THEY ALSO COMMITTED THAT WE
WOULD REMOVE A LANE IN EACH
DIRECTION AT THAT TIME AND
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE.
THE KEY THING THAT I AM SURE
SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WILL REMEMBER IS FOR THE CITY,
AT THE TIME, WE DECIDED TO
PROVIDE DEDICATED TRANSIT LANES
IN EACH DIRECTION BECAUSE OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF KING COUNTY
METRO SERVICE. THE ORIGINAL
DESIGN DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE,
BUT WE DECIDED TO DO THAT TO
MAKE SURE WE WERE PRIORITIZING
TRANSIT. THE THOUGHT WAS AND
THE COMMITMENT WAS MADE THAT
ONCE THE LIGHT RAIL WAS
REPLACING THE SERVICE, WE COULD
RECLAIM THAT. FOR A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT USES BY GREENERY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE. I JUST WANTED
TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT IS A PARTICULAR AREA
WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WIDTH OF
THE STREET.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS,
ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO, IT WAS GOOD TO CONFIRM
WITH OUR PANEL FOR FUTURE
PLANNING PURPOSES THAT THERE IS
SOME LEEWAY IN THE COURT
WATERFRONT AND ON THIS NEWLY
DESIGNATED ELLIOTT WAY FOR
POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS
TO EMPHASIZE THE USE FOR THOSE
SPACES FOR PEDESTRIAN AND
NON-VEHICLE USES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR
ONGOING INPUT ON THIS.
COLLEAGUES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THIS COUNCIL BILL. IF
THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, LET ME JUST CHECK.
IT LOOKS GOOD. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I NOW MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL THE 120507. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO
MOVED AND SECONDED WITH -- ANY
FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL --
>> OR BOTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> ALEX PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND NOT
OPPOSED.
>> THEY WILL PASS IT. IT WILL
BE SENT TO THE FEBRUARY 14th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL
GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM 3. WILL
YOU PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE
AND THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS
AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR THE
PREVIOUS TWO ITEMS. EXCELLENT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE THIRD AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AN ORDINANCE GRANTING DUNN
LUMBER COMPANY PERMISSION
TOCONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND
OPERATE A PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
CONDUIT UNDER AND ACROSS
LATONA AVENUE NORTHEAST, NORTH
OF NORTHEAST NORTHLAKE WAY,
FOR A 15-YEAR TERM, RENEWABLE
FOR ONE SUCCESSIVE 15-YEAR
TERM, SPECIFYING THE
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS
PERMIT IS GRANTED, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE PERMIT AND CONDITIONS..
>> WE SAW THOSE TERM PERMITS
BACK IN MAY MAY PACK WE VOTED
AS A COUNCIL TO APPROVE INITIAL
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL OF THE
RESOLUTION 32053 AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IN CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE BOTH DETERMINED THAT DUNN
LUMBER HAS MET THE CONDITIONS
FROM THE INITIAL APPROVAL, SO
THEY ARE BACK HERE TODAY FOR
THE FINAL APPROVAL. BEFORE I
TURN IT OVER TO THE PRESENTERS,
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR THE MEMO AND ASKS IF YOU
WANT TO MAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY
COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
>> I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD AT
THIS POINT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WILL,
WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTERS FROM
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS AMY GRAY
AND I AM WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND I THINK BILL WILL BRING UP
THE POWERPOINT. AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT THE DUNN LUMBER
COMPANY ORDINANCE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. DUNN LUMBER IS SEEKING
APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT AND
MAINTAIN A PRIVATE
COMMUNICATION CONDUIT NORTH OF
NORTHEAST -- THE COMMUNICATION
CONDUIT WILL CONNECT THE
EXISTING DUNN LUMBER OFFICE AND
WAREHOUSE WITH THE ONE ACROSS
THE STREET. THEY HAVE REVIEWED
THE MATERIALS PROVIDED BY DUNN
LUMBER AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SIGNIFICANT
úSTRUCTURES ARE HERE UNDER
1565. THEY ARE DEFINED AS A
STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR A LONG
DURATION AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE
TAXABILITY AND USE OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE FUNCTIONING
OF THE BUSINESS. THE PROPOSED
COMMUNICATION CONDUIT MEETS ALL
THREE OF THESE CRITERIA. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. COUNCIL PERMITS
REQUIRE TWO STEPS . AS NOTED,
THEY PROVIDE A CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL IN MAY OF 2022 THE
RESOLUTION 32053 AND WE ARE
HERE AT STEP TWO, WAS IS A
PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH
WE LOOK AT THE PERMIT AND THE
ANNUAL FEE AND MAINTENANCE
OBLIGATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION
INSURANCE AND BOND
REQUIREMENTS. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THE COUNCIL BILL
BEFORE YOU TODAY WOULD ALLOW
PERMISSION FOR DUNN LUMBER TO
INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THIS
PRIVATE COMMUNICATION CONDUIT
AND, LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE MET
ALL THE CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
AS SET OUT IN THE RESOLUTION
AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
IMAGE SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE
LOCATION OF THE COMMUNICATION
CONDUIT BETWEEN THE EXISTING
BUILDING AND THE NEW BUILDING
ACROSS THE STREET UNDER LATONA
AVENUE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE TWO IMAGES SHOW THE NEW
FACILITY LOOKING NORTHEAST AT
3800 LATONA AVENUE NORTHEAST ON
THE WEST SIDE AND LOOKING
SOUTHEAST ON THE RIGHT SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS MAP
SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION
OF THE COMMUNICATION CONDUIT
AND AROUND HIGH FIVE TO THE
RIGHT AND THE SOUTH. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE? DUNN LUMBER IS
SEEKING FINAL APPROVAL STEPS
FROM THE COUNCIL AND TO OPERATE
THE CONDUIT AND IF THE
ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, THE
PERMIT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR
FIFTH TEEN YEARS WITH A SECOND
RENEWAL OF ANOTHER 15 YEAR
TERM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU AND WE ARE HERE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE
COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR THIS FINAL
APPROVAL FOR THE TERM PERMIT
FOR THE UNDERGROUND
CONSTRUCTION? OKAY, WILL,
THANK YOU TO TEAM SDOT FOR THE
REFERRAL IN PRESENTATION. THE
APPLICANT HAS MET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS
ITEM NOW. COUNCILMEMBERS, NOW
MOVE THEY RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120506. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO REMOVE -- ANY
FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120506?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR. NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THEY
RECOMMEND THEY PASS 120506 AND
IT WILL BE SENT TO THE FEBRUARY
14th CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU. TO THE LAST AGENDA
ITEM, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE FULL TITLE OF THE
FINAL AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> A RESOLUTION GRANTING
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND
OPERATE A TRANSFORMER AND
RETAINING WALL AT 63rd AVENUE
SOUTHWEST, INTERSECTING WITH
BEACH DRIVE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHWEST SPOKANE STREET TO
SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE CB
120506 -- ALKI WET WEATHER
TREATMENT STATION FACILITY IT
IS PROPOSED BY KING COUNTY FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. THIS COUNCIL BILL
-- THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW
INITIAL APPROVAL FOR KING
COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE A NEW STRUCTURE FOR
THE ALKI WET WEATHER TREATMENT
STATION FACILITY . IT IS AN
ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER AND
RETAINING WALL TO PROVIDE
BACKUP POWER AFTER THEY GRANT
INITIAL APPROVAL, THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WILL NEGOTIATE THE FINAL
APPROVAL FOR A TERM PERMIT.WE
WOULD SEE THEM BACK IN OUR
COMMITTEE FOR FINAL APPROVAL
FOR THE TERM PERMIT. TODAY WILL
BE CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL. WE ARE
FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBER ON OUR COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD. SO,
AGAIN, WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO
THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEMO,
WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IF YOU
HAD ANY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
OTHERWISE WE CAN TURN IT OVER
TO THE PRESENTERS. OKAY. WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER
TO SDOT. AND KING COUNTY.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I WILL ALSO INTRODUCE
THE PROJECT MANAGER, ZACH. YOU
CAN ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT OPERATIONS AND THE
ELECTRIC AND CITY AND ALL THAT
SORT OF STUFF. SO, I WANTED TO
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.
THIS PROPOSED TRANSFORMER AND
RETAINING WALL OR CRITICAL
COMPONENT OF A LARGER
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT TO
PROTECT PUGET SOUND AND THE
PUBLIC FROM UNTREATED
WASTEWATER BEING DISCHARGED IN
THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.THE
TRANSFORMER IS NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT THE PERMANENT STANDBY
GENERATOR THAT KING COUNTY IS
INSTALLING AT THE ALKI WET
WEATHER TREATMENT STATION
FACILITY AND THE PUMP STATION.
THEY SHOW THE RETAINING WALL
WITH A PUMP STATION IN THE
BACKGROUND AND THE EXISTING
RETAINING WALL WILL REMAIN ,
AND THE NEW WALL IS NECESSARY
TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE
TRANSFORMER AND IT WILL BE TO
THE LEFT OF THAT EXISTING
RETAINING WALL. THEY HAVE
REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
RECOMMENDS CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
PROPOSED WALL MEETS ALL THREE
CRITERIA AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
THE FUNCTIONING OF THE
FACILITIES TO OPERATE THE
PERMANENT STANDBY POWER AND WE
HAVE OUR BELIEF IT MEETS ALL
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CODE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDEREN NOTED,
THIS IS THE RESOLUTION STAGE.
THE ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE PROJECT AND PROVIDE
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO KING
COUNTY TO GO FURTHER. PASSAGE
OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD COME
LATER. WE WILL REVIEW THE
ACTUAL PERMIT DETAILING THE
TERMS OF THE PERMIT FOR KING
COUNTY TO USE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
FOR THOSE PURPOSES. I ALSO
WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT --
SORRY. KING COUNTY WILL LOCATE
-- THEY REQUIRE TWO
TRANSFORMERS AND ONE ARE
LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE
ALKI WET WEATHER TREATMENT
STATION FACILITY , WHICH THEY
OWN AND THE OTHER WILL BE
LOCATED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
ADJACENT TO THE 63rd AVENUE
PUMP STATION. THE 63rd AVENUE
PUMP STATION IS ACTUALLY IN
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IT IS COVERED
UNDER A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY THAT WAS NEGOTIATED
IN 1961, COMMONLY REFERRED TO
AS THE 1961 AGREEMENT , WHERE
THE CITY TRANSFERRED ASSETS
OVER TO KING COUNTY FOR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITIES. THE TRANSFORMER
ADJACENT TO THE HOME STATION
WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET
HIGH AND NINE FEET WIDE AND
OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 300 SQUARE
FEET OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE TWO MAPS
SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE
TREATMENT FACILITY IN THE IMAGE
TO THE LEFT. THE TRENCHING THAT
WILL HAPPEN TO INSTALL THE
ELECTRICAL WIRING THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE
LOCATION OF THE 63rd AVENUE
PUMP STATION. THEN TO THE
RIGHT, THERE IS THE EXISTING
PUMP STATION AND THAT CIRCULAR
ITEM AND THE LOCATION OF THE
TRANSFORMER AND RETAINING WALL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE
IMAGES SHOW THE EXISTING SITE
CONDITIONS. I AM SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> AND YOU GO BACK TO THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE? I JUST WANTED
TO CONFIRM INFORMATION THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, FROM MY STAFF --
THAT THE WORK WILL BE DONE IN
PHASES AND PART OF THE ROAD
WILL BE OPEN WHILE THE WORK IS
TAKING PLACE IN BOTH PHASES.
>> I BELIEVE SO. ZAK, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CONFIRM?
>> YES, SO THERE WOULD BE
SECTIONS THAT WE WORK ON EACH
TIME. IT WILL NOT BE THERE THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> IT WILL BE PHASED AND JUST
ALSO CONFIRMING THAT THERE
WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE
STREET OPEN?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THIS
SHOWS THE CURRENT SITE IMAGES.
I NOTED THE NEW TRANSFORMER AND
RETAINING WALL WILL BE LOCATED
JUST IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING
RETAINING WALL WITH THE IMAGE
ON THE LEFT AND THE IMAGE ON
THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SLOPE AND
THE CURRENT LANDSCAPING AT THE
SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE
IMAGES, WE ASK KING COUNTY TO
PROVIDE AND SHOW THROUGH A
DRAWING WHAT THE PROPOSED
TRANSFORMER AND RETAINING WALL
WILL LOOK LIKE. SO, THE ONE ON
THE LEFT SHOWS THE SAME
ORIENTATION AS THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE
SHOWS THE RETAINING WALL THAT
SUPPORTS THE STRUCTURE AND THE
TRANSFORMER IN GREEN, AND THEN
THE ONE ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT
SHOWS IT LOOKING NORTHEAST
TOWARDS THE STREET OF THE
RETAINING WALL THERE AND THE
TRANSFORMER. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> YEAH, THANKS. ANOTHER
QUESTION ABOUT THE VISUAL
IMPACTS UP TO THE VIEW FROM THE
STREET. IT IS NOT REALLY VERY
CLEAR FROM THE IMAGE. DO WE
HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE
HEIGHT OF THE GREEN STRUCTURE
AND WHETHER -- IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY
OTHER OPTIONS FOR A LOWER
HEIGHT OR WHY THAT MIGHT BE,
PERHAPS, IF NOT VIABLE TO DO SO
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE AVAILABLE.
YEAH, JUST WONDERING WHAT THE
VISUAL IMPACT IS FROM THE
STREET AND THE HEIGHT OF THE
STRUCTURE.
>> ZAK, I BELIEVE THE HYPE IS
ABOUT SIX FEET OF THIS
TRANSFORMER BUT I WILL TURN THE
QUESTIONS OVER ABOUT OTHER
ALTERNATIVES TO YOU.
INAUDIBLE ] THE POLES OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND WHEN WE
STARTED THAT CONVERSATION, WE
WERE TOLD THAT WE CANNOT USE
ALL THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE
STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE, TO
HAVE ADDITIONAL CONDUITS THAT
RUN INTO THERE. SO, THE ONLY
OPTION THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US
WAS TO PUT A TRANSFORMER CLOSE
TO THE 63rd PUMP STATION AND
THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE, THE
ONLY DESIGN THAT CAME UP.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, I THINK WE CAN GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD
SOMETHING, LISH?
>> THERE IS ALSO THE WATER
LEVEL, THE ONE THE TRANSFORMER
NEEDS TO BE ABOVE. THAT IS ONE
REASON WHY IT IS HIGHER THAN
POTENTIALLY OPTIMAL.
>> VERY HELP FULL. THANK YOU.
>> KING COUNTY IS ADDING SOME
ENHANCED LANDSCAPING TO THE
AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE
SLIDE BEFORE. IT IS NOT TOO
ROBUST, SO THEY ARE ADDING SOME
LANDSCAPING FEATURES. THIS IS
THE PROPOSED PLAN AS IT STANDS
NOW. ZAK, I WILL GET THE NAME
OF THIS WRONG BUT ON THE
RETAINING WALL, TRANSFORMER --
WHERE IT IS NOT LOCATED, THERE
IS SORT OF CONCRETE PAVERS WITH
GROUNDCOVER COMING THROUGH. IT
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE JUST A GIANT
SLAB OF CONCRETE THERE. THEY
ARE DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT
MORE PERMEABLE FOR WATER TO
PASS THROUGH AND HAVING MORE
NATIVE SPECIES IN THE AREA.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. WE ARE ASKING KING
COUNTY FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH
AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA . IN MAY
2019, THEY DID A POST TO THE
WEST SEATTLE BLOCK. IN MARCH
2022, FLYERS WERE SET DOOR TO
DOOR WITHIN THE AREAS SHOWN ON
THE MAP TO THE RIGHT, TALKING
ABOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT,
WHICH WAS THE TREATMENT
FACILITY BEING INSTALLED AND
THE GENERATOR POWER AND WHY IT
WAS NEEDED. WE ASKED THEM TO DO
A FOLLOW-UP MUNICATION TO THE
COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER '22,
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE
TRANSFORMER, SHOWING WHAT IT
WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ONCE THE
PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, SO FOLKS
THAT WERE WATCHING THE PROJECT
AFTER CONSTRUCTION KNEW THAT --
BE RELEASED INFORMED SOMETHING
WOULD BE THERE AFTER THE
TRENCHING AND ALL THE ROAD WORK
WAS DONE. WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY
CALLED OUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, THIS IS A LARGER MAP
SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE
PROPOSED TRANSFORMER ON THE
ALKI POINT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND JUST TO REITERATE WE ARE
HERE TO SEEK THE CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFORMER
RETAINING WALL. WE BELIEVE IT
IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO
PROTECT PUGET SOUND, TO HAVE
PERMIT BACKUP POWER, CURRENTLY,
IF POWER GOES OUT IN THE AREA,
UNTREATED WATER IS PUMPED INTO
PUGET SOUND BECAUSE THERE IS NO
POWER TO THE FACILITIES. THIS
IS NECESSARY FOR THE OVERALL
PROJECT. IF THE ORDINANCE, IF
THE RESOLUTION IS PASS, I WILL
COME BACK LATER, SPECIFYING THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE
PERMIT WITH PERMITS THAT WE
HAVE WITH KING COUNTY. WE
GENERALLY HAVE THEM , THE TERM
IS LONGER THAN THE NORMAL 30
YEARS. WE HAVE THEM FOR A
NUMBER OF PROJECTS, ONCE IN
SOUTH MAGNOLIA AND ANOTHER ONE
AT THE PUMP STATION. AS LONG AS
KING COUNTY OPERATES THE
FACILITIES AT THE WILL WHETHER
AND -- IT WOULD BE IN EFFECT
OF KING COUNTY -- IF THEY
TRANSFER THAT OPERATION OVER TO
ANYBODY ELSE, WE WOULD HAVE
THAT NEW ENTITY HAVING TO WORK
WITH THEM. THEY WOULD HAVE TO
SEEK APPROVAL TO HAVE THAT. SO
LONG AS KING COUNTY OPERATES
THE FACILITIES, THAT WOULD BE
THE DIRECTION AND DURATION OF
THE PERMIT AND THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER ONES
WE HAVE. YES, COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THANK YOU. JUST WONDERING IF
YOU COULD GIVE -- ORGANIST WILL
COME BACK TO US. WE WILL HAVE
THE CONDITIOS CONTAINED WITHIN
THE ORDINANCE. CAN YOU GIVE US
SOME FLAVOR OF THE TYPES OF
TERMS AND CONDITIONS WE CAN
EXPECT?
>> SURE. IT IS GENERALLY, THEY
HAVE TO PAY A FEE. THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO SDOT TO OPERATE.
KING COUNTY IS SELF-INSURED
LIKE THE CITY, SO WE MAKE SURE
THE CITY IS PROTECTED AGAINST
RISK ASSOCIATED TO ANYBODY
HARMING THEMSELVES ON THE SITE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PRIVATE
PARTIES. WE HAVE KING COUNTY [
INAUDIBLE ] THE CITY AND WE
HAVE A PROTECTION YET AGAIN,
SAYING THEY ARE OPERATING THIS
PRIVATE STRUCTURE IN OUR
RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. WE HAVE
MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS FOR
MAKING SURE IT CONTINUES TO
WORK AND THAT THE ROADWAY, THE
RATE OF WAY IS NOT DISRUPTED IF
THEY NEED TO DO WORK THERE.
THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR A
CONSTRUCTION USE PERMIT SIMILAR
TO ANY OTHER PERSON SEEKING TO
WORK IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE
HAVE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT
REPORTS TO THE CITY, WHERE
THEY DETAIL THE STRUCTURAL
INTEGRITY OF THE RETAINING WALL
AND MAKE SURE IT IS STILL
FUNCTIONAL. THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS VERY
HELPFUL. WE KNOW WHAT TO WATCH
FOR. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THAT IS
THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
REALLY APPRECIATES THE RESEARCH
THAT OUR DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER
DID FOR THE MEETING AND AIRING
THINGS PUBLICLY HERE SO PEOPLE
ARE EVEN MORE AWARE OF WHAT
WOULD BE HAPPENING AT THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION THROUGH
THIS INITIAL CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL AND THE RESOLUTION
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD, PLEASE.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR KING COUNTY
STAFF MEETING WITH THE OFFICE
AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND
OUTREACH THEY DID TO NEIGHBORS
AND ALSO TALKING WITH SDOT IN
FRONT OF THE OTHER ISSUES
REGARDING THE STAY HEALTHY
STREET IN THAT AREA. AND ALSO
THANKS TO THE ESSENTIAL STAFF
FOR ANSWERING A QUESTION THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM A MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC AND OUR OWN OUTREACH
AROUND THIS RESOLUTION. SO,
MUCH APPRECIATION.
>> I AGREE WITH THEY ARE IN
GOOD HANDS WITH THE TERM PERMIT
PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS. IT HAS BEEN HEARTENING
TO SEE IT WORKS SO WILL. ALL
RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WILL
MOVE THIS ITEM. I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32079.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> GUESS.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ARROVE -- ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 32079?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR ALEX PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR NOT OPPOSED
TO
>> WE WILL ADOPT RESOLUTION
32079 AND WILL BE SENT TO THE
FEBRUARY 14th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
TO OUR PRESENTERS AND TO THE
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND
THE COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES FOR
YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE ITEMS.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING
FOR FEBRUARY 7th, 2023. THE
MEETING OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE -- OUR NECKS
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON
FEBRUARY 21st, ALL RIGHT? WILL,
THANK YOU AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.