>>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
AND WELCOME. THE MEANING OF THE
GUTER COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER THE TIME IS 9:32 A.M. I'
ALEX PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS AND SAWANT ARE EXCUSED
WILL THE CLERK CALLED THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> HERE. AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER
SIX AND STRAUSS SAWANT ARE
EXCUSED. THIS IS RELATED TO AN
EASEMENT RELATED TO BREWERY IN
GEORGETOWN. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
VOTING ON TODAY, SO, NO
OBJECTION. THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. QUICK CHAIR'S REPORT
AND WELCOME YOU GET TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE. FOR
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, BUT
WE'RE VOTING ON ONLY ONE, WHICH
IS ITEM ONE , THE EASEMENT, FOR
WHICH WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING . I DON'T SEE MANY
PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, ONLY
A COUPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR
THE MEETING IN GENERAL. FIRST O
THE AGENDA, COUNSIL 120624
WOULD APPROVE WATER EASEMENTS T
AND FROM THE ELYSIAN BREWING.
ON THIS, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING. IF MEMBERS ARE
COMFORTABLE, WE WILL SUSPEND
THE RULE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM AT
THE SAME DAY AS ITS PUBLIC
HEARING KIT
>>> THAT WE HAVE THREE ITEMS
RELATED TO VISION ZERO, I WAS
CITY'S GOAL TO ELIMINATE TRAFFI
AND SAFETY INJURIES. WE ARE
HEARING FROM THE TRAFFIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
WE HAVE THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO RESPOND TO
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
PLAN TO EQUITABLY DOUBLE THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA PROGRAM AS
AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST
FALL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
FINALLY, WE WILL HEAR OUR FIRST
HEARING OF COUNCIL 120625,
WHICH IS ADDITIONAL UPDATES TO
THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT FROM
OUR STATE GOVERNMENT . WE WILL
BE HEARING FROM OUR SDOT ,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. THAT ITEM WILL
BE ON OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETIN
WHEN WE VOTE ON IT. THAT IF IS
COUNSIL 120625. THIS TIME, I
WILL OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMEN
PERIOD FOR THE GUTER COMMITTEE.
IS FOR THE HYBRID MEETING, WE
HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN SIGN UP IN
PERSON AND ONLINE . I'LL GO
AHEAD AND CALL ON PEOPLE ONLINE
FIRST. I WILL MODERATE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN THE
FOLLOWING ORDER. I WILL CALL ON
TWO SPEAKERS AT A TIME AND WE
GOT UP TO 20 MINUTES KIT IF
YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CA
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BUT GOING
TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE O
BY USING THE SIGN IN SHEET NEAR
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MICROPHONE
TOWARD THE FRONT OF THIS COUNCI
CHAMBER . FOR REMOTE SPEAKERS,
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
THE STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE. THE
AUTOMATIC PROMPT IF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED KIT I WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S CUTE THAT THEY CAN
SPEAK HIM AND THEY MUST PRESS
STAR SIX TO SPEAK. BEGIN BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING . AS A
REMINDER, PUBLIC, GENERALLY TO
AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR TO
OUR COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES . SPEAKERS WIL
HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE
LEFT IN THE ALLOTTED TIME. WANT
TO HEAR THAT CHIME, KEEP
SPEAKING, BUT WE ASK YOU BEGIN
TO WRAP IT UP KIT IF SPEAKERS D
NOT END THEIR COMMENTS AT THE
END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
PROVIDED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER AND CONDUCT BUSINESS. I
YOU ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMEN
REMOTELY, ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED
COMMENT, WE ASK YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE COME
AND IF YOU PLAN TO COMMUNICATE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DO VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA. THE REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW OPEN,
AND LET ME PULL UP THE FIRST
SPEAKER HERE. ONE MOMENT. OKAY
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR OUR
REMOTE SPEAKER, COREY MARSHALL
AND ALLISON GATES IS LISTED BU
NOT PRESENT, SO GO AHEAD, COREY
STAR SIX, AND THEN BEGAN
SPEAKING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> HERE, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DIRECTO
OF STATE AND LOCAL POLICY. OUR
CORPORATE PARTNERS INCLUDE
DOORDASH AND GRUBHUB. WE URGE
YOU TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING
RESTRICTIVE STANDARDS AND
COUNSIL BILL 120580 . THEY
DELIVER FOOD TO FOOD DESERTS,
PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR
PEOPLE WITHOUT NEARBY SUPPLIES
IN STORMS, AND DURING THE
PANDEMIC, THEY TRANSPORT RIDERS
SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION.
RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY COMPANIE
TAKE CUSTOMER AND DRIVER SAFETY
SERIOUSLY. TERMS OF CODE
VIOLATION OCCUR . OUT OF THE
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION IN ORDER T
INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED
VIOLATION . UNDER THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE, TEMPORARY
DEACTIVATION PERIOD WOULD BE
PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN CASES OF
EGREGIOUS MISCONDUCT. DESPITE
IDENTIFYING THE SERIOUS
BREACHES OF CUSTOMER SAFETY, TH
ORDER ITSELF DOES NOT ADDRESS
OTHER VIOLATIONS . WE AGREE
THAT DELIVERY SERVICE SHOULD BE
TRANSPARENT WITH DRIVERS ABOUT
THEIR DEACTIVATION POLICY AND
PROVIDE FAIR OPPORTUNITIES .
HOWEVER, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
KEEP TAKING CONCERNS IN MIND
WHEN CREATING REQUIREMENTS FOR
DEACTIVATION POLICIES. CUSTOMER
SAFETY SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT, AND
WE URGE YOU TO AVOID CREATING
UNNECESSARY HURDLES TO
PROTECTING THEM. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. AND ALSO ENCOURAG
YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY AT
2:00 , WHERE WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING COUNSIL 120580 . I
THINK THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE WANT TO
STILL LET PEOPLE SPEAK BECAUSE
ARGUABLY, THAT'S ALSO A
TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, AND THAT
IS , YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE UNDE
THE PURVIEW OF SEVERAL OF OUR
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES,
INCLUDING THIS ONE . THAT
ALLOWS ME TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR
AN UPCOMING AMENDMENT TO OUR
PROPOSED COUNCIL RULES TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON TOPICS BEYON
WHAT'S JUST ON THE AGENDA
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE AGENDA
DOES NOT HAVE WHAT YOU THINK I
SHOULD HAVE, AND YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO US
ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. I WILL BE
COSPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO
THE COUNCIL RULES WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT . THANK
YOU. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY
OTHER PULIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
AT THIS TIME , BUT I AM STALLIN
IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEA
. ONE MOMENT. OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
THANKS FOR COMING. ALL RIGHT,
COLLEAGUES , LET ME JUST DOUBLE
CHECK ONLINE REAL QUICK ONE LAS
TIME. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT
CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS BOTH IN
PERSON AND ONLINE.
>>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT OUR
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH I
THE ONLY ONE WE ARE VOTING ON
TODAY, ITEM ONE. WILL THE
CLIQUE READ THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM IN THE RECORD? PREDICT
ADDENDUM ITEM ONE, COUNCIL BILL
120624, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES ,
AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A
WATER MAIN EASEMENT WITHIN A
PORTION OF PARCEL B ON LOT
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT NUMBER
301-1771 AND SECTION 20,
TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH, RANGE FOUR
EAST , KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON,
PLACING THE ACCEPTED EASEMENT
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES ,
DECLARING A PORTION OF AN
EXISTING WATER MAIN EASEMENT
LOCATED ON PARCEL B SURPLUS TO
THE CITY'S NEEDS AND AUTHORIZIN
THE LANGUAGE MEANT OTHER SURPLU
PORTION OF THE EASEMENT, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> IT IS NEXT TO ELYSIAN
BREWING. WE HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THIS ITEM . WHAT I'
GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, COMMITTE
CHAIRS SOMETIMES HEAR FROM THE
PUBLIC, HEAR, BEFORE OR AFTER
THE PRESENTATION. WE DON'T HAVE
ANYBODY SIGNED UP YET, SO BEFOR
I OPEN AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING
WE WILL HEAR FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, HERE OR THERE
PRESENTATION, AND THAT I WILL G
AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING. THAT WOULD ALLOW
SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE SCRAMBLIN
TO GET HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT
THIS, TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
TIME. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN
IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS. GOOD
MORNING, FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, GERRY CARUSO.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND GOOD
MORNING, AND WELCOME
TRANSPORTATION AND SPU
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THANK YO
FOR ATTENDING THIS PRESENTATION
MY NAME IS GERRY CARUSO, AND I
MUST SENIOR REAL PROPERTY
AGENT, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT
AN ORDINANCE ON BEHALF OF YOU
CONSIDERING IT WATER MAIN
EASEMENT FROM ELYSIAN BREWING ,
AND CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST ONE
SECOND. BEFORE I PRESENT THE
DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION, I
WANT TO INFORM YOU OF WHAT THIS
ORDINANCE WILL ACCOMPLISH. UPON
RECEIVING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL
THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE SPU TO
ACCEPT ONE WATER EASEMENT,
GRANTING CITY ACCESS RIGHTS TO
REPAIR, REPLACE, AND RECONSTRUC
THE DISTRIBUTION MAIN, AND IT
WILL ALSO PARTIALLY RELEASE AN
EXISTING EASEMENT THAT'S NO
LONGER NEEDED FOR THE MUNICIPAL
WATER SYSTEM. THE BREWERY AND
EASEMENT ARE LOCATED IN SOUTH
SEATTLE IN SOTO ON AIRPORT WAY
SOUTH. AND THE BACKGROUND ON
THIS FILE IS AS FOLLOWS , I
NEED TO RELOCATE THIS WATER MAI
PROMPTED WHEN ELYSIAN BREWING
SUBMITTED REQUEST TO THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO CHANGE FROM A
CHANGE OF USE FROM WAREHOUSE TO
LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND TO
CONSTRUCT A PRODUCTION BREWERY
THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND
BUILDING PERMIT INCLUDED
INSTALLATION OF A CONCRETE PAD
TO SUPPORT TWO LARGE DRAIN SILO
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
ELYSIAN BREWING PROPERTY . THE
PROPOSED LOCATIONS OF THESE PAD
AND SILOS WAS DIRECTLY OVER AN
EXISTING EIGHT INCH CAST IRON
WATER MAIN. AT THE YOU
REQUESTED ELYSIAN RELOCATE THE
WATER MAIN TENT BEATS OUT TO
ECONOMY THE NEW SILOS . THE
CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED, AND
THE NEW WATER MAINS WERE
INSTALLED , AND THE OLD WATER
MAINS WAS DISCONNECTED. AND WE
ARE NOW FOLLOWING UP WITH
SECURING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS FO
THIS WATER MAIN. THIS
ORDINANCE PACKAGE WILL SECURE
PROPERTY RIGHT FOR WATER MAIN
SERVING A SYSTEMWIDE
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND IT WIL
ALSO RELEASE A PORTION OF AN
EXISTING WATER MAIN THAT IS NO
LONGER NEEDED , AND HERE ARE
DEPICTION OF THE REALIGNED WATE
MAIN IN THE NEW EASEMENT AREA
AS WELL AS THE RETIRED WATER
MAIN IN THE RELEASED EASEMENT
AREA , AND THEN HERE IS THE SID
VIEW WHERE YOU GET A MORE
DIRECT DEPICTION OF WHAT THOSE
SILOS , THE SIZE OF THOSE SILOS
AND THE CONCRETE PAD AND THE
REASON FOR RELOCATING THE WATER
MAIN. IF ANYONE HAS ANY
QUESTIONS ? AND THIS IS THE
ENGINEERING PLANS . THE GREEN
SHADED AREA WAS THE EXISTING
WATER MAIN EASEMENT THAT WE AR
PARTIALLY RELEASING , AND THE
ORANGE OUTLINE IS THE NEW WATE
MAIN EASEMENT . THE REDLINE IS
THE CURRENT AND NEWLY
REALIGNED WATER MAIN, AND THE
BLUE LINE IS THE FORMER RETIRED
WATER LINE. AND IF ANYONE HAS
ANY QUESTIONS , HERE FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED
MAP.
>> AND I WILL STOP SHARING .
WELL, I WON'T STOP SHARING.
>> LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS . LET'S SEE IF WE HAV
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES .
WE PROBABLY DON'T , AND THEN
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE HAV
ANY PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T THINK W
DO. DOUBLE CHECKING ONLINE. NOT
SEEING ANYBODY ONLINE . SOMEBOD
IS THERE BUT NOT PRESENT. IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE SIGNED UP
FOR SOMETHING ON OUR FULL CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA ANYWAY, SO LET M
GO AHEAD , COLLEAGUES, AND OPEN
AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING,
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE HOW TO
PROCEED. ONE MOMENT. ALL RIGHT
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR
COUNCIL BILL 120624 , IS NOW
OPEN . SEEING AGAIN THERE ARE N
PUBLIC SPEAKERS PRESIDENT AND
COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THIS
EASEMENT ITEM, NOR IS THERE
ANYONE ONLINE , I WILL GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING .
SO IT'S OPEN AND CLOSED , AND
COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE WE DID NOT
HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS,
BECAUSE THIS IS A RELATIVELY
MINOR ITEM RECOMMENDED BY
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES , WE
DO HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE AGENDA
ON AUGUST 15, AND I WILL GO
AHEAD AND ASK AND THAT I LIKE
TO GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE
RULES OF ADVANCE THIS ITEM OUT
OF COMMITTEE TODAY THE SAME DAY
AS ITS PUBLIC HEARING. I DO WAN
TO CONFIRM, THOUGH, WE DON'T
HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR
CENTRAL STAFF . BRIAN GOODNIGH
, ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOU
THIS ITEM?
>> THANK YOU. NOPE, NO COMMENTS
OR CONCERNS. JUST A RELATIVELY
ROUTINE ACTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
>> COLLEAGUES, WITH NO PUBLIC
HEARING SPEAKERS ON A RELATIVEL
MINOR ITEM, CENTRAL STAFF IS
OKAY WITH IT. IS THERE ANY
OBJECTION IF I SUSPEND COUNCIL
RULES AND VOTE ON THE ITEM
TODAY, ADVANCE TO CITY COUNCIL?
OKAY. HEARING -- OKAY, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO OBJECTION
THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED
AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO A
VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 120624 ON
THE SAME DAY ON WHICH WE HAVE
PUBLIC HEARING, AND LET ME GO
TO MY NOTES HERE. ALL RIGHT HER
WILL , COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120624, ITEM FOUR ON OUR
ARCH ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED . ANY FINAL COMMENTS O
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY
WITH THE CLICK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
TO PASS THE COUNCIL BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES,
CENTRAL STAFF, THANK YOU , SPU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
AGAIN, NONE OF THE REST OF THE
ITEMS WILL BE VOTED ON TODAY. W
HAVE A COUPLE BRIEFINGS, AND WE
WILL BE HEARING A COUNCIL BILL
FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT NOT
VOTING ON IT, WHICH IS ITEM
401-0625 . WILL THE CLICK READ
THE FULL ITEM ON THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, SCHOOL
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE'S
ANNUAL REPORT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
WORKS WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL PARENTS AND
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE
SAFE ROUTES TO MANY OF OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TODAY, THE
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
IS HERE TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL
REPORT. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US. WITH ME TODAY ARE
DIANE WALSH, MARY ELLEN RUSSELL
AND TAMMY MORALES . MARYELLEN,
ASSUME YOU WILL BE THE ONE
SHARING THE SLIDES?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU ALL SEE
THAT?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT, OKAY. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE? SO, THE COMMITTEE IS
IN IN A SECTION OF PROFESSIONAL
AND ACTIVISTS IN THE ARENA OF
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY. WE HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES ON SBS, AS
D.O.T., KING COUNTY METRO, AS
WELL AS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS .
THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE?
>> AMONG THE TASKS OF THE
COMMUNITY, WE USE SDOT DATA TO
REVIEW AND DETERMINE WHICH
STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE OR NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR BUSING . WE REVIEW
AND APPROVE REQUESTS FOR CROSS
GUARDS, AND WE WORK WITH SBS
CAPITAL PROJECTS SIDE
CIRCULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE?
>> WE WILL SHARE SOME SUCCESSES
IN THE LAST YEAR. RIGHT HERE O
THIS PICTURE, WE SEE A WALK TO
SCHOOL EVENT WITH MAYOR HARRELL
AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. JONES
THAT WAS COORDINATED BY SPS ,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL AGAIN FOR
FUNDING THIS RELATIVELY NEW
INITIATIVE . NEXT SLIDE?
>> WE'LL ALSO IDENTIFY SOME
NEEDS AND CHALLENGES IN THIS
AREA , INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR
RELIABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
PROJECTS I WOULD ENSURE SAFETY
OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER. WE
HAVE SECTIONS ARE PRIMARILY
AIMED AT THE CITY, AT THE SCHOO
DISTRICT, AND THE COUNTY AND
STATE. THE FIRST ONE IS CITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITIN
THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED RIGHT
NOW FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. I
THINK YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM
PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT
THE CODE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW SCHOOLS IS REALLY OUT OF
DATE AND JUST NOT REFLECTIVE .
HUNCHES OF PARKING SPACES FOR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND
TYPICALLY THEY HAVE ZERO OR
THREE OR FOUR , VERY SMALL
NUMBERS, SO IT'S NOT REFLECTIVE
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. CODE ALSO
REQUIRES BECAUSE OF HEIGHT
LIMITATIONS, IT IS AGAINST CODE
TO CHANGE UP, TO UPDATE THE
SYSTEM FOR A SCHOOL AND MAKE
IT MORE EFFICIENT AND YOU CAN'T
CHANGE AN OLD CHIMNEY ON THE
ROOF . THE WEIGHT THE SCHOOL
GETS AROUND THIS IS BY GOING
THROUGH THE DEPARTURES PROCESS
AND THEY NEED TO DO THIS NEARLY
EVERY PROJECT BECAUSE CODE HAS
NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS THAT JUS
ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THE
REALITY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AN
DEPARTURES COST TIME AND MONEY
. YOU HAVE TO PAY CONSULTANTS T
GUIDE THE PROJECT THROUGH THE
DEPARTURES. THERE IS A
MONTH-LONG OUTREACH PROCESS, AN
THEY CAN'T AND FREQUENTLY ARE
HIJACKED BY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPL
WHO ARE JUST OPPOSED TO SCHOOL
EXPANSION, SO THEY GET ON THE
DEPARTURE COMMITTEE, AND THEY
PUSH FOR MORE PARKING AND
THINGS THAT ARE HARD AND
EXPENSIVE TO ACCOMMODATE, BUT
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE
DECISION IS VERY EASY TO
CHALLENGE IN COURT. THERE'S A
VERY LOW BAR , AND IT'S
HABITUALLY CHALLENGED, AND THIS
IS ANOTHER DELAY. WHAT WE HAVE
IS A PROCESS THAT ENDS UP --
-- WE HAVE THE SAME OUTCOME
AGAIN AND AGAIN COULD YOU CAN'T
UPDATE THE HVAC. YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PAY THE PLAYGROUND FOR WHEN
YOU ARE CONSTRUCTING A NEW
SCHOOL. BUT, WE ARE CONTINUALLY
DELAYING THESE PROJECTS BY MANY
MONTHS, AND WE'RE JUST LOSING
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET TO
INFLATION, SO IT DOES NOT SERVE
ANYONE'S INTEREST TO LET OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCION MONEY
JUST DWINDLE THIS WAY , AND
WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT , AT THE
DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND WITH THE COURT WITH MANY O
OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, INCLUDING
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, THANK
YOU FOR THAT, SCHEEREEN HAS
BEGUN THE PROCESS TO REVISE THE
CODE FOR CITY CONSTRUCTION. THE
PROCESS WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO
YEARS , AND IT WILL COME BACK
TO COUNCIL IN THAT TIME PERIOD,
SO WE WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITED W
ARE TO SEE THIS GOVERNANCE ITE
MOVING FORWARD AND HOW IMPORTAN
IT IS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING IT
WHEN IT COMES BACK AND NOT LET
IT GET SHELVED AGAIN AS IT'S
HAPPENED IN THE PAST . WE CAN
PRESERVE OUR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTIO
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND
CLASSROOMS, IF WE JUST PUSH THI
PROCESS , AND THANK YOU FOR YOU
SUPPORT .
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> THE NEXT ONE -- THANK YOU.
THE ONE I TOUCHED ON, IT'S BEEN
A HUGE SUCCESS . THAT IS A
POSITION THAT IS INSIDE SEATTL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS , FUNDED
COMPLETELY BY THE CITY, AND ,
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN
SO PLEASED THAT HOW IT'S GONE I
ITS FIRST YEAR OF BEING FILLED.
THE STATE COORDINATOR HAS MADE
SUCH A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE AND
DEVELOPED SO MANY PROGRAMS
ALREADY , AND REALLY, ALSO THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND
SPS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE,
BUT I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE
BIT OF A FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW
OKAY. THIS IS NICE TO HAVE, BUT
NOW THAT THEY'VE SEEN IT IN
ACTION, THEY BEGAN TO RELY ON
THE COORDINATOR AND WRAP THEM
FULLY INTO THE DISTRICT'S
PLANNING WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT
CHANGING BUSING, AND MAYBE SOME
FAMILIES WERE WALKING, BUT NOW
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT. WE WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN
AN ENORMOUS CHANGE AT FPS THAT
FAMILIES ARE FEELING, AND WE
APPRECIATE THE CITY CONTINUING
TO FUND THIS POSITION.
>>> AND THEN, NOW WE'VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WE WOUL
LIKE TO RAISE. I THINK YOU ARE
PROBABLY ALL AWARE THAT IS A
$6.5 MILLION DEFICIT IN AS TH
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS OVER
THE NEXT FEW YEARS CAUSED BY A
TEMPORARY STAFFING SNAFU AT
SPD. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THI
MONEY IS ALL COMING FROM TICKET
, AND SO WHEN THERE IS THIS
PROBLEM WITH STAFFING, TICKETS
ARE NOT SENT OUT , THE MONEY
DOES NOT COME IN, AND THIS
RESULTS IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
PROJECTS BEING SHELVED, BEING
DELAYED, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST
WANT TO CALL ATTENTION GOING
INTO BUDGET SEASON THAT , YOU
KNOW, WE LOVE THE TICKET
READINESS . THEY HAVE BEEN SHOW
TO WORK, TO REDUCE DANGEROUS
DRIVER BEHAVIOR OVER TIME, YOU
KNOW, SO WE THINK THESE TICKETS
ARE REALLY SOMETHING TO SUPPORT
BUT ALSO , THEY ARE NOT A
RELIABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR
SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT
SAFETY PROJECTS . THIS IS THE
SECOND TIME THERE'S BEEN AN
EFFECTIVE DROP IN REVENUES IN
THE LAST COPLE OF YEARS. THE
SAME THING HAPPENED AT THE STAR
OF THE PANDEMIC, AND EVEN IF
THERE IS NOTHING ON IT THAT THA
HAPPENS, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE
CAMERAS IS THAT THE NUMBER OF
TICKETS YOU ARE GIVING OUT TO
CLIENTS OVER TIME AS BEHAVIOR
CHANGES, SO WE CAN'T RELY ON
THIS FUNDING AT THE PRIMARY
SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR
PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, AND WE
REALLY WANT TO ASK COUNCIL TO
LOOK FOR A MORE STABLE SOURCE O
FUNDING , ROBUST AMOUNT OF
FUNDING, AND MAKE THE TICKET
REVENUE -- THIS SHOULD BE A
SUPPLEMENT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE
THE BASIS OF OUR FUNDING FOR
THESE PROJECTS SO WE CAN ENSURE
THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY FUNDED AN
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SHELVED
PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
>>> ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT SPS IS
HAVING IS KING COUNTY LAST YEA
STOPPED REVIEWING THE BUS STOP
TICKETS. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS
GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE,
THE BUS STOP PADDLES COME OFF
THE BUS TO THE IDEA IS EVERYONE
SHOULD STOP SO KIDS CAN WALK
ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY. THEY
ARE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, BUS STOPS
AND LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S
MAYBE NOT AN EASY CROSSING , AN
KIDS CAN'T GET ON THE CORRECT
SIDE OF THE ROAD. SOME OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS DRIVER BEHAVIOR
OUT THERE IS DRIVING PAST THAT
STOP SIGN WHEN KIDS ARE CROSSIN
THE STREET, SO THE STOP PADDLE
, SOME OF THEM HAVE THESE
AUTOMATED TICKET GENERATORS ,
AND THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED IN
THE PAST BY KING COUNTY, BUT
THEY STOPPED SUPPORTING THE
TICKETS LAST YEAR, SO IN THE
MEANTIME , THERE ARE NO TICKETS
GIVEN OUT, WHICH MEANS
CURRENTLY, SPS HAS NO FUNDING T
SUPPORT CROSSING GUARDS, ANOTHE
VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY RULE, AND
RIGHT NOW, SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IS IN TALKS WITH THIS
COMMITTEE FOR SEATTLE TO TAKE
OVER SUPPORTING THE STOP PADDLE
TICKETS, AND WE JUST ASK THAT
IT BE PRIORITIZED. WE HEAR IT'S
GOING VERY WELL, BUT OF COURSE,
ALL THESE THINGS , WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT GET
STALLED OUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
DID WANT TO KNOW MY OFFICE DID
CONTACT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
ARE ON TRACK TO GET A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
CRAFT AND POTENTIALLY FINALIZE
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT
IT'S THANKS TO YOUR RAISING IT
AS AN ISSUE , I THINK IT'S
SPURRING SOME ACTION HERE. THAN
YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN. THANK
YOU.
>> THE NEXT ISSUE WE WANT TO
RAISE IS ONE WE'VE SEEN A LOT O
PROGRESS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A
PROBLEM WITH THE STREET
IMPROVEMENT PERMIT PROCESS.
WHEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
CONSTRUCTING NEW SCHOOLS, THEY
HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT FROM
SDCI, AND THEY NEED A PERMIT
FROM SDOT STREET IMPROVEMENT
PERMIT. IT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
9 TO 18 MONTHS, WAS WHAT I SAW
MOST RECENTLY, BUT SDOT , I'M
SORRY, SPS IS PROBABLY STILL
FINDING THE REAL TIMELINE IS
YEARS, AND THEY HAVE A
NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. ONE OF THE
REPEAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT
THERE HAS BEEN GUIDANCE GIVEN
BY ONE SDOT PERSON WORKING ON
THE PROJECT, AND FOR NORMAL
STAFF CHANGES , OR MAYBE THEY
JUST GO OUT ON TEMPORARY LEAVE,
AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN,
AND THAT PREVIOUS WRITTEN
GUIDANCE IS NOT HONORED .
THEY'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM BOTH
WITH REVIEWERS AND WITH
INSPECTORS IN THE FIELD, AND I
DON'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT SPS HA
DONE EVERYTHING PERFECTLY. THEY
HAVE NOT, BUT THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS A
A REASONABLE TIMELINE WITHOUT
BEING SUPERHUMANLY PERFECT.
THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE
SMALL MISTAKES, BUT THEY NEED T
BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT. SO,
WE INITIATED A SERIES OF
MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING, AND SPS INDUSTRY
PERMIT GROUP AT SDOT GOT
TOGETHER AND DID A POSTMORTEM O
THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE
THE HISTORY PERMIT PROCESS DID
NOT GO WELL, AND THEY CAME TO A
SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
WENT WRONG. WHERE WERE THE
MISTAKES, AND HOW CAN THEY
IMPROVE THIS GOING FORWARD. THE
IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THA
THE CONTROLS THE PROCESS, SET
THE GUIDANCE, DO THE EARLY --
SPS COMES TO THEM FOR GUIDANCE
AND ASKS THEM, TELLING WHAT TO
EXPECT AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT,
BUT WHEN THINGS GO BAD , ALL TH
BAD OUTCOMES FALL ON SPS, AND
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT USING OUR
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS
EFFECTIVELY WHEN THEY GET HELD
UP IN THIS SORT OF PERMITTING
MORASS. SPS HAS HAD ISSUES
WHERE THEY'VE HAD CHANGE ORDER
EXTREMELY LATE IN THE PROCESS
WHEN CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY
BEGUN, AND A CONTRACTOR CANNOT
ACCOMMODATE THE WORK, AND THEY
WALKED OFF THE JOB, SO KIDS WER
IN SCHOOL WHERE THE SIDEWALKS
HAVE BEEN TORN UP, AND THEY
WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A CONTRACTO
ON THE PROJECT THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS, AND WHEN THEY DID, THE
COST WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.
THESE ARE NOT THE SORT OF
OUTCOMES THAT I DON'T THINK
ANYONE WANTS, AND THEY ARE
EXCITED THEY ARE HAVING THESE
COORDINATION MEETINGS TO TRY TO
ENSURE THEY DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN,
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A
DIFFICULT TIME IN MAKING THE
CONVERSATION HAPPEN, AND WE
WOULD LIKE, GOING FORWARD, WE
ARE ASKING THAT SDOT CREATE AN
INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY
MECHANISM SO THAT THEY CAN --
SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND OUT IF
THIS WORKING? ARE THESE NEW
STEPS WE'RE TAKING REALLY
ACHIEVING THE GOALS WE WANT, SO
WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT AGAIN T
HAVE THE DISCUSSION COULD
EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE,
INCLUDING THE SDOT STAFF, OF
COURSE, WANTS TO DO THIS
EFFECTIVELY, BUT IT'S HARD TO
FOLLOW THROUGH IN THAT IF YOU
DON'T HAVE SOME FORMAL MECHANIS
FOR CONTINUING THAT WORK, IT'S
EASY FOR IT TO GET LOST IN THE
CRACKS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD
ASK YOU AND ASK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO SUPPORT, CREATING A
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INTERNAL
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM THAT
TRACKS A FEW METRICS LIKE HOW
MANY MONTHS DOES IT TAKE FOR TH
PROCESS. ARE THE GOALS FOR TIM
GENERALLY MET OR NOT BEING MET,
SO WE ALL HAVE MORE OF A PULSE
ON IT GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS.
THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL
REORGANIZATION AT SDOT, WHERE
THE HEAD TRAFFIC ENGINEER ALS
IS NOW THE CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER
AND WORKING UNDER CAPITAL
PROJECT DELIVERIES, SO NOW YOU
GOT SOMEBODY WHO'S NUMBER ONE
CONCERN ARE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
LIKE THIS WHO HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING
THEM . WE ARE SEEING THINGS MOV
A LITTLE BIT FASTER BASED ON
THAT RESTRUCTURING, AND VENU
NEMANI IS ACTUALLY LISTENING IN
RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S GOOD, BUT
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO
PUSH TO GET THE ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY TRACKING SYSTEM
THANK YOU. PROJECT NOW, I'M
GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
MARGARET TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE ISSUES WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING
AT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> THANK YOU. FOR CROSSING
GUARDS, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A
CORE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TOPIC,
BUT THAT WE THOUGHT COUNCIL
MIGHT HAVE THOUGHTS ON HOW TO
CONTINUE IMPROVE . 40% VACANCY
IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN DESIGNATED, IDENTIFIED AS
DANGEROUS FOR OUR STUDENTS IS
40% TOO MUCH, SO ANYTHING , AN
CREATIVE IDEAS YOU HAVE ON HOW
TO IMPROVE WOULD BE WELCOME ,
KNOW WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
USING OUTREACH MECHANISMS THAT
THEY HAVE FOR RECRUITMENT IN
THE PAST , AND I'M SURE THAT
WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE
SO THAT IS GREAT. NEXT SLIDE?
>>> SO , WE WANT TO BE VERY
APPRECIATIVE TO THE CITY COUNCI
FOR THE CITY CODE CHANGE THAT
PROMPTED THE INCREASE IN PARKIN
REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS , AND
WE ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE
SDOT'S FUNDING OF PARKING ,
EVEN BEFORE, BEFORE, DURING, AN
AFTER , BEFORE AND DURING THE
NEW REQUIREMENT. I HAVE A
PERSONAL ANECDOTE, AND I AM IS
CRIED WITH JOY WHEN SDOT
INSTALL PARKING AT LOCAL
ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
PARKING BEFORE, AND SO, IT WAS
HARD . IT WAS HARD TO TAKE MY
KIDS TO CLASS OR GO TO THINGS
AFTER SCHOOL. IT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN FAMILIES'
ABILITIES TO SAFELY GET TO AN
FROM AND BE AT SCHOOL . BEING A
SCHOOL MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MORE
IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE CODE IN MONEY. WE
LOVE THEM BOTH. NEXT SLIDE?
>>> SO, THIS IS REALLY MORE OF
DISTRICT THING , SO I THINK WE
CAN ALL BE HAPPY THAT BUS
SERVICE HAS IMPROVED THIS YEAR,
BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A
COUNCIL ASPECT OF THAT. NEXT
SLIDE?
>>> THIS IS ANOTHER CHANCE JUST
TO BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR
THE COUNCIL FUNDING OF THE SAF
ROUTES TO SCHOOL COORDINATOR AT
THE DISTRICT. LOOK SCHOOLS
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE STANDARD
HAVE NEEDED ALBERT REVISION A
LONG TIME, BUT THE DISTRICT HAS
BEEN UNDERSTANDABLY HESITANT T
INCLUDE ANYTHING BUT BUSTING
BECAUSE , WITHOUT THIS
COORDINATOR, THEY REALLY DIDN'T
HAVE ANY CAPACITY TO ASSIST THE
MAJORITY OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR BUS SERVICE , SO,
YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
THAN HALF. MARYELLEN ALWAYS
KNOWS THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS
THAT AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR BUSING
AND TREPIDATION SERVICE
STANDARDS DO NOT MENTION IT AT
ALL, BUT NOW THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS FUNDED THIS
POSITION, THE DISTRICT HAS
CAPACITY TO BE MORE EQUITABLE
AND MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE
UNIVERSAL IN DESCRIBING
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE STANDARD
, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING FOR AL
OF US, AND THERE'S OTHER THING
TO THIS TOO THAT ARE MORE
DISTRICT STUFF, SO THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE?
>>> I THINK I'M PASSING IT BAC
TO NOA .
>> SO, JUST SOME THINGS WE WAN
YOU TO BE AWARE OF. ASKING THE
STATE LEGISLATION BOARDS ABOUT
THIS CROSSING GUARDS TO HAVE
PLAIN LANGUAGE IN THE LAW, YET
THE STATE CONTINUES TO IGNORE
THAT , WHICH IS A FRUSTRATION,
AND THEN A BIGGER ISSUE IS
TRANSPORT FOR STUDENTS . I KNOW
EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE
HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNES
CRISIS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE
URGENTLY NEED TO ADDRESS HERE I
SEATTLE, AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS REALLY FEELS IT CAN
MORE THAN 1% OF STUDENTS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SPS ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS , AN
THEY DO NOT HAVE HOUSING, THEY
MOVED AROUND QUITE A BIT, AND
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES SPS
TRANSPORT THEM TO THE SAME
SCHOOL ALL YEAR LONG , WHICH
MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF
PROVIDING STABILITY IN THEIR
EDUCATION, BUT THE STATE DOES
NOT FUND THESE COSTS, SO THIS I
A GROWING PROBLEM WE FEEL IN
SEATTLE BUT ALSO AFFECTS SCHOOL
BUDGETS BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE
EQUALLY IMPACTED . THIS WON'T
GO. THERE WE GO.
>>> SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO WANTIN
TO RAISE WITH THE STATE IS THIS
ISSUE REGARDING TRAFFIC CAMERA
TICKETS. LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE, NOT
JUST HERE IN SEATTLE , ARE
SHORT-STAFFED, AND IF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE THE
ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN REVIEW THES
TICKETS, THAT PUTS A CEILING ON
HOW MUCH WE CAN USE THIS
VALUABLE TOOL IN THE TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT TOOLBOX , SO WE'RE
ASKING THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO
CONSIDER A LAW THAT WOULD EXPAN
WHO CAN REVIEW TICKETS, AND
HOPEFULLY , THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO MANY
OF THESE PROGRAMS HERE IN
SEATTLE .
>> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO NOTE
THERE ARE SEVERAL OFFICIALS I
SEATTLE CITY GOVERNMENT WHO AR
INTERESTED IN THAT, ENABLING
MORE CITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
TO REVIEW THE CAMERA FOOTAGE
AND ISSUED THE TICKETS . WE KNO
THAT SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM THAT WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER , BUT AS WE
ADD CAMERAS , THE QUESTION WILL
BE HOW EFFICIENT CAN THEY BECOM
TO ABSORB ADDITIONAL CAMERA DAT
, AND THEN WHY NOT ENABLE
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO DO IT
UNDER STATE LAW, IT HAS TO BE
SWORN PEACE OFFICERS, BUT THAT
SEEMS ANTIQUATED BASED ON THE
NEW TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE FOR
AUTOMATED CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, S
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WER
INTERESTED IN EMPOWERING MORE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO B
ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE, LOOK AT
THAT CAMERA DATA TO KEEP PEOPL
SAFE AND ENFORCE THESE NEW LAWS
AND AUTHORITY FROM THE STATE.
>> WE HAVE A FANTASTIC LIAISO
ON THE COMMITTEE , AND HE
RECENTLY WAS INJURED ON THE JOB
, SO HE IS ON LIGHT DUTY, AND
AND SPD IS ASSIGNING OFFICERS
ON LIGHT DUTY TO REVIEW CAMERA
TICKETS, AND SO HE WAS
EXPLAINING , NOW WE'VE GOT THI
FIXED. WE CAN'T MANAGE ON HIS
CAMERA TICKETS, BUT HE ALSO SAI
TWO MONTHS OF TICKETS, AND IT
SEEMS CLEAR THIS WAS NOT AN
IDEAL JOB ACTIVITY FOR OFFICERS
WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY
TRAINED AND SKILLED INDIVIDUALS
WHO DON'T JOIN THIS PROFESSION
IN ORDER TO SIT AT A DESK AND
LOOK AT CAMERA FOOTAGE ALL DAY
LONG, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE
COULD BE A COALITION OF PEOPLE
INTERESTED IN WIDENING THE POOL
.
>> AGREED.
>> THE LAST THING WE WANT TO G
AHEAD AND CREATE IS THIS PUBLIC
TRANSIT . METRO IS FREE AND
FANTASTIC, AND AT THE SAME TIME
KING COUNTY METRO HAS BEGUN
ACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH SPS
TO IMPROVE BUS SERVICE FOR
STUDENTS. MY OWN KIDS HAVE BEE
HOPPING ON AND OFF THE BUS.
MIGHT OLDER ONE IS A SIXTH
GRADER, AND SHE HAD TO TAKE
METRO IN SCHOOL. IT INVOLVED TH
TRANSFER, AND IT WAS TRICKY AT
FIRST, BUT SHE GOT IT WORKED IT
OUT, AND BOTH MY KIDS LOVE BEIN
ABLE TO HOP ON THE BUS TO GO
THREE BLOCKS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT'S BEEN
HUGELY SUCCESSFUL, BUT THERE'S
LOT OF WORK TO DO. METRO'S
ROUTES, AGAIN, I'M SURE YOU ARE
AWARE, LARGELY STILL REFLECT
COMMUTER PRIORITIES. THEY ARE
REALLY BUILT TO FIND PEOPLE FO
DOWNTOWN. A RUN NORTH AND SOUTH
AND THEY TEND TO RUN IN
PARALLEL, THEN HAVE A MEET UP
POINT AT THE SOUTH END, AND THE
GO FROM THERE . AND SO , THERE
ARE JUST MANY FAMILIES AGAIN
SAYING THEY CANNOT GET TO SCHOO
EFFECTIVELY. WE HAVE A LOT OF
BARRIERS IN OUR CITY IN TERMS O
FREEWAYS AND WATER. THAT IS
ANOTHER ONE . MY OLDER KID LIVE
, GOES TO SCHOOL ON THE OTHER
SIDE, AND TO GET HER ACROSS I-5
, THERE IS A DETOUR WHERE SHE'S
GOT TO WALK SOUTH, CATCH A BUS
THAT HEADS SOUTH, THEN GET ONE
THAT HEADS NORTH AND WEST AGAIN
MAKING THIS BIG LOOP TO GET TO
SCHOOL, AND THAT'S TYPICAL, IF
YOU ASK PARENTS ABOUT IT, AND
THEY WERE SAYING THEY LOVE IT I
THERE KID COULD GET THERE INTO
BUSES, BUT EFFECTIVELY, IT'S
THREE BUSES AND A WALK, AND ONC
YOU ADD IN, IF YOU HAVE A BUS
RUNNING ON A 30 MINUTE TIME
SCHEDULE, YOU DON'T HAVE MANY
CHANCES IF ONE OF THESE BUSES I
DELAYED. YOU CAN MISS YOUR
TRANSFER, AND JUST NOT BEING
ABLE TO GET TO SCHOOL. WE END U
WITH A LOT OF KIDS WHO CAN'T
GET TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THE METRO
SERVICE IS NOT OPTIMIZED FOR
SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT METRO AND SPS
VENT COORDINATING FOR
IMPROVEMENT, BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF WORK TO DO, AND WE KNOW THE
CITY HAS SOME ROOM TO PUSH METR
, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE CITY
FUNDS MANY OF THE ROUTES METRO
HAS COME AND THE CITY HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, TRANSPORT
KIDS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES
AND WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER
THAT AS YOU ARE LOOKING WHICH
ROUTES THE CITY ASKED METRO TO
PRIORITIZE. NOW, I WILL HAND I
BACK TO NOA. FORGOT TO LIFT UP
THAT POINT WHERE YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AS YOU ARE
ASKING KING COUNTY METRO, YOU
ARE RIGHT , THAT THE CITY GOES
HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT
BECAUSE WE DO SUPPLEMENT BUS
SERVICE TO THE SEATTLE TRANSMIT
MEASURE, SO I'M GLAD YOU
RECOGNIZE THERE IS SOME AGENCY
LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY, TO
TRY TO GET AT LEAST MORE
FREQUENT ROUTES TO THE SCHOOLS
. I KNOW THAT THE SHORTAGE OF
BUS DRIVERS , OF OPERATORS HAS
BEEN A CHALLENGE AFFECTING THE
WHOLE SYSTEM , BUT HOPEFULLY,
THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE SOON.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY
THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT
WE HAVE . THIS PRESENTATION IS
ON OUR AGENDA. THAT SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS
HERE LISTENING TO IT AS WELL. A
WE KNOW, THE CITY GOVERNMENT
BUDGET PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH TH
NEWS CAMERAS ARE ALL COMING AT
CITY HALL , AT THE BEGINNING
OF OCTOBER WHEN THE MAYOR
PRESENT HIS BUDGET TO CITY
COUNCIL, WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO
REVIEW AND AMEND IT. THE REAL
ACTION IS HAPPENING NOW, WHERE
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ARE
PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR BUDGET
REQUEST TO THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, AND THE MAYOR WILL MAKE
A DECISION ON WHAT TO PUT IN TH
$7.5 BILLION ALL FUNDS BUDGET,
SO IT'S GOOD THAT THIS IS
COMING NOW SO THAT EVERYBODY
CAN SEE IT , AND HOPEFULLY A LO
OF THESE THINGS ARE REQUIRED
DOLLARS COULD BE BAKED INTO THE
BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
AROUND ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND THE
LIMITATION OF EXPANDING
ENFORCEMENT AROUND,
SPECIFICALLY AROUND SCHOOLS
BECAUSE OF THE POOL OF POLICE
OFFICER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
IN SEATTLE, THERE'S A
REQUIREMENT , IT'S BEEN
INTERPRETED THAT THE REQUIREMEN
IS THAT SWORN OFFICERS HAVE TO
REVIEW THE TICKETS. I
UNDERSTAND THAT CHIEF OF POLIC
HAS THE ABILITY TO OFFER SPECIA
COMMISSIONS TO CIVILIANS . IT'S
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
INTERPRETATION OF STATE LAW DOE
NOT SPECIFICALLY ALLOW THIS ,
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO FLAG TH
ISSUE THAT EITHER WE NEED TO
LOOK MORE CAREFULLY AT THE
INTERPRETATION OF THIS LAW TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS
IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE CHIE
OF POLICE CAN ISSUE COMMISSIONS
OR WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH OUR
STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION IN THIS INSTANCE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS, AND I KNOW THERE IS
SHORTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEX
YEAR, BUT I THINK THERE MAY BE
SOME STATE LEGISLATORS
INTERESTED IN EXPANDING WHO IS
ABLE TO REVIEW THE TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT CAMERA FOOTAGE AND
ACTUALLY ISSUED THE TICKET. I
APPRECIATE YOU ALSO BRINGING UP
, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE
INTERPRETING THAT STATE LAW ?
ARE WE INTERPRETING IT
CORRECTLY, AND , YOU KNOW , WE
CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT TOGETHER
AT THE SAME TIME, DREW DUAL
TRUCK IT TO GIVE US CLEAR
AUTHORITY FROM THE STATE, AND
OIR IS -- HAS TALKED TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT IT , AN
I THINK IS TALKING TO STATE
LEGISLATORS TOO.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
FIRST, I WANT TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
INTERESTS IN UNDERSTANDING WHA
THE OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT IS
WORTH PURSUING TO CHANGE THIS
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT
THESE SWORN OFFICERS TO REVIEW
THESE TICKETS . I THINK WE HAVE
HEARD FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW
THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER US
OF OFFICERS' TIME, SO WE SHOULD
HELP FACILITATE THAT. MY
QUESTION IS ABOUT THE QUESTION
OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
PURSUED OR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
INTERFERED WITH ASKED DIFFERENT
STAFF MEMBERS COME ON, AS
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THESE
PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED. THAT
IS AN ISSUE I'VE HEARD ABOUT FO
MANY YEARS WITHIN SDOT , AND I
THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHIFT
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
RIGHT HAND KNOWS WHAT THE LEFT
HAND IS DOING AND TO HAVE SOME
CONSISTENCY BETWEEN
INTERPRETATIONS OF DIFFERENT
STAFF MEMBERS, BUT IT'S REALLY
STILL AN ISSUE, AND WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE LIVES
OF OUR STUDENTS AT RISK, IT'S
SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE
REMEDIED, SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOM
STAFF PEOPLE FROM SDOT ON WITH
US, AND I WONDER IF ANYBODY CAN
ADDRESS --
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING
THAT ISSUE IS ONE WE ARE SEEING
WHEN SCHOOLS ARE BUILDING NEW
BUILDINGS. IT IS THEIR STREET
IMPROVEMENT PROCESS. THAT IS NO
THE PEDESTRIAN PROCESS, I MEAN
IT IS THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
PROGRAMS AND SIDEWALKS, BUT THE
REAL QUESTION IS ABOUT , YOU
KNOW, JUST KNOWING WHEN THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS .
>> I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION . NEVERTHELESS, I
IS STILL ABOUT, YOU KNOW , SORT
OF IMPEDING THE PROGRESS OF
THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE INTENDE
TO CREATE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS
ONCE THE SCHOOL IS BUILT , AND
WE HEAR FROM ALL KINDS OF
DEVELOPERS, HOUSING, COMMERCIAL
PROJECTS, AND NOW SCHOOL, THAT
THESE INTERRUPTIONS IN THE
PROJECTS END UP COSTING AND
DELAYING THE ABILITY FOR FOLKS
TO DELIVER ON WHAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO , SO I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IF THERE IS SOMEBODY ON
FROM SDOT WHO CAN AT LEAST
SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU ARE DOIN
TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, AND SDOT, THE FOLKS
WHO I HEAR FROM SDOT, I MEAN,
THE OFFICIAL LIAISON , DIANE
WALSH, AND WE'VE GOT BILL
LABORDE ON AS WELL. HOW DO YOU
TYPICALLY FOLLOW-UP WITH THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS , SINCE YOU ARE
ON SDOT AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE?
>> I WAS IN A MEETING WITH MARY
ELLEN . THE REVIEWERS WERE
PRESENT, AS WELL AS SPF CAPITA
PROJECT MANAGERS, AND I THINK
THERE IS A CLEAR PATH FORWARD
FROM ALL PARTIES' PERSPECTIVE,
SO TALKING ABOUT IT, SHE IS
CLEAR ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SHE'S WORKING ON INTERNAL
PROCESSES RIGHT NOW , AND I
THINK WE'LL HEAR BACK FROM THEM
WE WILL CHECK IN A FEW MONTHS
AND HEAR BACK ABOUT HOW THEY
ARE PLANNING TO IMPROVE THEIR
PROCESSES.
>> AND WE DO HAVE OUR LIAISON
OF CITY COUNCIL HERE, BILL
LABORDE, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD
ANYTHING TO WHAT DIANE MENTIONE
.
>> I THINK DIANE COVERED IT. TH
ONLY THING IS A FEW SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE HAVE
SEEN SOME APPEARS THAT IT
REQUIRED SOME EXTRA SCRUTINY
AND PERMIT MILESTONES , AND ALS
HAVE REQUIRED CONSIDERATION O
PROJECTS , AND THIS IS
RELATING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU .
>> CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT. THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT COME
UP IN OUR MEETINGS. APPEALS TO
THE SUPERINTENDENT?
>> EITHER THE CITY OR THE
SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE'VE HAD
PROJECTS COME DOWN THIS YEAR.
SOME PROJECTS SLOW DOWN BECAUSE
OF THAT, SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
THE APPEALS. WE HAVE TREE
REMOVAL PERMIT APPEALS , FOR
EXAMPLE, THAT ARE , THAT WE HOP
OUR SLOWING DOWN CONSTRUCTIO
OF A PROJECT. WE'RE OKAY.
THANKS FOR PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION , BOTH DIANE AND
BILL. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AN
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT -- THIS
PRESENTATION IS REALLY IMPORTAN
BECAUSE SDOT IS WATCHING, SO TH
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF OUR
GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED THIS AS
WELL IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH,
SO WE'LL TAKE INTO THIS FURTHE
AS WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET
PROCESS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT .
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND -- THANK YOU.
>> -- THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM THREE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FULL TITLE OF THE THIRD AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD? PREDICT
AGENDA ITEM THREE,
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL ZONE
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU . TODAY, WE HAVE
OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HERE . THIS IS
PART OF THEIR RESPONSE TO
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
REGARDING EQUITABLE DEPLOYMENT
OF ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS . THIS REQUEST WENT HAN
IN HAND WITH THE COUNCIL'S
BUDGET ACTION LAST FALL TO
DOUBLE THE SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC
SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM, AS WE
RECENTLY APPROVED LEGISLATION
WHERE TO PLACE CAMERAS TO
DISCOURAGE DRAGRACING. WE KNOW
THAT THESE AUTOMATED CAMERAS,
THE AUTOMATED CAMERA ENFORCEMEN
WORKS. IT DISCOURAGES RECKLESS
DRIVING, REDUCES THE NEED FOR
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN DRIVERS AND THE POLICE
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR
PRESENTERS, I JUST WANT TO THAN
OUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFFE
CALVIN CHOW . CAL, THANK YOU FO
REVIEWING THE DEPARTMENT'S
RESPONSE TO THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT FROM LAST
FALL. DID YOU HAVE ANY OPENING
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
>> NO, COUNCILMEMBER. I JUST
NOTE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE
RESPONSE YET, SO HOPEFULLY WE
WILL GET THAT BY THE END OF TH
DAY.
>> YES . THIS IS THE
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> LET'S HEAR FROM SDOT. GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR PEDERSEN
. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, MY NAME
IS VENU NEMANI. I'M THE CHIEF
OFFICER, AND SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION. I USE HE HAD
PRONOUNS GET THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US. TODAY, I'M GOING TO
PRESENT OUR RESPONSE TO THE
STATEMENT ON AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
SAFETY CAMERAS. LET ME SHARE M
SCREEN WITH YOU. OH, SORRY.
LET ME CHECK ONE MORE THING.
ARE YOU STILL SEEING ME, NOT TH
PRESENTATION?
>> WE SEE THE PRESENTATION NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET M
FIRST START WITH OUR FLIGHT O
OUR VALUES, MISSIONS, AND
GOALS. THE RESPONSE TO THE
STATEMENT OF INTENT AT OUR COR
VALUES OF SAFETY. YOU CAN SEE
WE HAVE THESE GOALS . JUST A
QUICK RECAP OF THE STATEMENT O
INTENT, THE STATEMENT OF INTENT
HAS TWO PARTS . THE FIRST PART
IS ASK FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN FOR SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS
USING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
ANALYSIS AND STATE BUDGET
BOOSTER AGENDAS, AND THE SECON
PART IS TO PROVIDE AN
EVALUATION FOR UNDERSTANDING
TYPES OF AUTOMATIC SAFETY
PROGRAMS AND SCHEDULED FOR
DEPLOYMENT. THIS IS THE CURREN
STATEMENT OF AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT . SIX SCHOO
ZONE CAMERA ENFORCEMENT
IMPLEMENTATIONS. WE HAVE A
PILOT FOR ENFORCEMENT . SINC
THAT WAS LIFTED, WE HAVE YET T
HAVE ENFORCEMENT ON THE
APPLICATION. WE HAVE ADDED
SECOND BLOCK IT AT DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS . FOCUSING ON SCHOOL
ZONE ENFORCEMENT, TODAY, WE HAV
SCHOOL ZONES ENFORCEMENT AT
PRIORITIZED PLACES. WE START
WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF CANVAS,
AND IF SPEEDS ARE STILL HIGHER
THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR , WE CAN
DO AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. OUR
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PARTNERS AND THEY HAVE WORKED
ON CAMERA DEPLOYMENT. THE
CURRENT SCHOOL ZONE PROGRAM, AS
YOU CAN SEE , WE HAVE AUGMENTE
SAFETY CANVASES. THERE'S ALMOS
A 50% DROP IN TOTAL COLLISIONS
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
LOCATIONS. IT'S ALMOST A 70%
DROP IN COLLISIONS , AND
OVERALL, THE SPEEDS ARE DOWN I
THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE
SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT ENFORCEMENT
CAN WE CAN SAY SCHOOLS IT
CAMPUS COULD USE ENHANCED SAFET
FROM OUR SEATTLE POLICE.
>>> THIS STATEMENT OF INTENT
STARTED WITH POTENTIAL SCHOOL
ZONE IMPLEMENTATIONS . THE
FIRST STEP IS TO IDENTIFY
AREAS OF NEED. WE HAVE COLLECTE
DATA ACROSS VARIOUS SCHOOL
ZONES ACROSS SEATTLE , AND WE
IDENTIFIED THOSE LOCATIONS . TH
SECOND STEP WAS TO CONFIRM THE
PRESENCE . SO WE ARE
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LOCATIONS
FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE SCHOO
. THESE STEPS WERE SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE HAVE IN IDENTIFYING
EXISTING SCHOOL ZONE LOCATIONS
WE APPLIED IT WITH AN EQUITY
LENS. WE USED THE RACIAL AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX. THIS INDEX
ADDS DATA ON SOCIAL ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGES AND HELP
DISADVANTAGES IN AN INDEX AND
MAP. THE RSEI IS AND FIVE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO IDENTIF
POTENTIAL NEED LOCATIONS FOR
EXPANSION, BUT THAT THE
EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL ZONE
PROGRAM. THE RECOMMENDATION T
ENSURE THAT OUR ACCUMULATIONS
LEAD TO MORE AND EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF CAMERAS ACROSS
THE STATE , BUT AS A FRAMEWORK
FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS , WE
HAVE ITEMS LIKE THE NEW
LOCATIONS . AS YOU CAN SEE ,
THE NUMBER OF EXISTING
LOCATIONS OF SCHOOL ZONE CAMPU
, SO WE LEANED AND IN
IDENTIFYING MORE LOCATIONS IN
THE LOWEST, SECOND LOWEST, AND
MIDTIER CATEGORIES FOR POTENTIA
NEW LOCATIONS . WE TEAM UP
WITH MORE EQUITABLE SCHOOL
ZONE, POTENTIAL SCHOOL ZONE
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOL ZONES
WITHIN THE HIGHEST DISADVANTAGE
CATEGORY, AND SOME IN THE SECON
HIGHEST DISADVANTAGED CATEGORY
THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR
AUGMENTED ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE
ARE LEANING INTO EQUITY AND
REFERRING THOSE LOCATIONS TO A
SAFER SCHOOL PROGRAM TO PURSUE
MORE ENGINEERING BASED
IMPLEMENTATION AND THOSE ZONES.
>> MOVING ON , THE POTENTIAL
SCHOOL ZONE ENFORCEMENT
LOCATIONS , LOOKING AT IT FROM
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. AGAIN, OU
PROCESS COMBINED WITH THE
EXISTING AND POTENTIAL NEW
LOCATIONS, WE ARE ENDING UP
WITH A MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTIONAL OF CAMERAS ACROS
. ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS
DISTRICT SEVEN . THERE WAS ONLY
ONE SCHOOL ZONE WITHIN DISTRICT
SEVEN THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A
NEED TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL
AUGMENTED ENFORCEMENT . WHAT W
HAVE DONE IS REFERRED AN
APPLICATION AND LINED WITH
CURRENT PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE
SO, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS A
COMBINATION OF DEVELOPING A
SCHEDULE AND EXPANSION OF THE
2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. IF
FUNDED, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR
DESIGN AND CONCEPTION FOR THIS
EXPANSION OF 14 MONTHS. WE
WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THAT WITHIN THE TIME
FRAME AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS
THAT WE HAVE A BEST CASE
SCENARIO FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT
LISTS IN ENGINEERING AND
PERMITTING , DECONSTRUCTION, AN
PROCUREMENT OF THIS POTENTIAL
EXPANSION. THIS IS A BEST CASE
SCHEDULE AND A SAMPLE
SCHEDULED TO SHOW WHAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE TO LEAD COUNCIL THROUG
ACTIONS FOR THE EXPANSION OF
2024-2025. THERE ARE VARIOUS
STEPS IN THIS SCHEDULE , AND
IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY EVEN IF YO
STARTED TODAY, THAT YOU COULD
GET THIS EXPANSION DONE BY THE
START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR,
2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. LOOKING
INTO THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION ,
THIS HAS BUDGET IMPACTS. WHAT W
HAVE IS $400,000 IN UP FRONT
COSTS TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION
OF THE SCHOOL SAFE SO PROGRAM
. IT IS TO SUPPORT THE
POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THIS
PROGRAM. MOST OF THESE COSTS
ARE BORNE BY SDOT, AND AFTER
IMPLEMENTATION , THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT HAVE TO UPDATE
THIS NEW ENFORCEMENT. THE
SCHOOL SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WOULD
REQUIRE FURTHER ACTION TO
SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL EXPANSIO
OF THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE
PROGRAM . WE ALSO HAVE SOME
CONSTRAINTS THAT THE SEATTLE
PLEASE DEPARTMENT , AS WE HEARD
FROM THERE, IT WOULD REVIEW
VIOLATIONS. SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT NOTED CURRENT
CONSTRAINTS BUT THEY NEED AN
ADDITIONAL FOUR TO FIVE OFFICER
TO TAKE IT TO REVIEW FOR
POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF ANY
ENFORCEMENT. SIMILARLY, SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT CAN MEET THE
INCREASED DEMAND ASSOCIATED
WITH EXPANSION OF AUGMENTED
EXPANSION.
>>> MOVING TO THE SECOND PART O
THE STATEMENT TO ASK FOR AN
EVALUATION OF AN ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAM . WE HAVE THIS PROGRA
IN 2006, AND SINCE WE OPERATE
THIS , THESE LOCATIONS HAVE
BEEN SELECTED BASED ON
COLLISION FREQUENCY AND SEVERIT
AND OBSERVATIONS ON SITE AND
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF
CAMERAS. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS
THAT AT THESE LOCATIONS , WE
HAVE COLLISION SEVERITY AND
INCIDENCE OF COLLISIONS .
SPECIFICALLY, WHEN YOU COMPARE
THE BEFORE AND AFTER DATA FOR
SEVERITY, THE LOCATION OF THE
CAMERAS HAD MORE REDUCTIONS AN
FATAL SERIOUS INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS CITYWID
AND SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
SIMILARLY, WE ALSO SAW A SIMILA
BENEFIT OF CAMERA ENFORCEMENT,
ITS INFLUENCE ON THE VARIOUS
CRASH RATES . ON PRETTY MUCH AL
CRASH TYPES, THE EXPERIENCED
MORE REDUCTIONS IN CRASHES
COMPARED TO LOCATIONS CITYWIDE
WITHOUT CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, SO
THERE ARE BENEFITS OF
ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY . HERE,
AND ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST
COSTS ABOUT $60,000 TO COVER
THE VENDOR FEES ON A MONTHLY
BASIS AND TO COVER THE ANNUAL
SDOT AND SPD ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS, TO COVER THE PROGRAM AND
THE SDOT AND ASSOCIATED COST T
REVIEW CITATIONS ON A PER
VIOLATION. THIS IS ON A PER
CAMERA BASIS AND DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE UP FRONT COSTS AS
REQUIRED BY SDOT TO INSTALL A
CAMERA IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE
ESTIMATE THESE COSTS TO BE ABOU
$15,000 FOR SDOT AND $5000 FOR
SPD TO INSTALL A CAMERA
LOCATION . WE HAVE OTHER , AN
ONGOING PILOT FOR RESTRICTED
LANES THAT AUTHORIZES USE IN
JUNE 20, 2025. WASHINGTON STAT
LEGISLATOR WOULD NEED TO
AUTHORIZE ANY USE OF THESE
KINDS OF AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
BEYOND THAT PILOT PERIOD . WE
ARE SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE TO
STATE LEGISLATOR BY THE END OF
2024 FOR SAFE LEGISLATURE. TH
PILOT PROGRAM, JUST BY ITS
NATURE, HAS MORE UP FRONT COST
WITH STAFF TO REVIEW THE DATA ,
BUT WE EXPECT THAT THE ANNUA
OPERATING COSTS FOR THESE TYPE
OF ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE RE
LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM OR SCHOOL
ENFORCEMENT CAMERA PROGRAM.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER TYPES O
AUGMENTED ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE
CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED UNDER STAT
LAW , MEANING SCHOOL WHAT AREAS
PUBLIC PARKS, POSSIBLE SPEED
ZONES, AND CAMERAS FALL UNDER
CERTAIN CATEGORIES, MOST
RECENTLY ON STATE HIGHWAY WORK
ZONES. THESE ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZATIONS ARE IN STATE
LAW, BUT THEY ARE NOT YET IN TH
SEATTLE REPORT EXCEPT FOR THE
LATER CROSSINGS THAT'S ALREADY
AUTHORIZED IN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT . HOW TO ALIG
OUR SEATTLE SCHOOL COURT WITH
AUTHORIZATIONS ALREADY IN
STATE LAW.
>>> BASED ON THE WORK WE'VE DON
FOR THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIV
INTENT, WE HAVE ITEMS TO BRING
BACK TO EVERYONE. THE FIRST IS
TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THE
SCHOOL ZONE EXPANSION CENTER. W
UNDERSTAND THIS ACTION HAS TO
COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION
SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE THE
EXPANSION BY THE END OF 2024 ,
THE BEGINNING OF THE 2024-2025
SCHOOL YEAR. GIVEN THE
UNCERTAINTIES AND CHALLENGES WE
FACE AT THIS TIME WITH
ENGINEERING AND PROCUREMENT ,
IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY WE WOULD
BE ABLE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE,
EVEN IF YOU STARTED TODAY, AND
FURTHERMORE, THE ACTION DID NO
ADD BUDGET TO SDOT'S, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
PURSUE THIS EXPANSION , NOT
UNTIL 2024. IT ADDS BUDGET TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
2023, BUT MOST OF THE UP FRONT
COSTS FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSION I
MOSTLY DONE BY SDOT AND SPD.
SECONDLY , AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE
HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND
STAFFING CONSTRAINTS , AND
THEY WILL REVIEW THESE
VIOLATIONS. THIS MAY NEED TO B
REVIEWED BEFORE WE EXPAND ANY
PROGRAMS. NOT BEING ABLE TO
REVIEW THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE
HAVE CAPTURED WITHIN THE 14 DA
INTERVAL . WE ALSO NEED SOME
ACTION TO BASICALLY REALIGN OU
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT WITH
THE LATEST AUTHORIZATIONS
ALREADY THERE IN THE STATE LA
. WE NEED TO DO MORE COMMUNIT
ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION , BUT
ANY POTENTIAL EXPANSION , IT
IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC ON
AUGMENTED ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE
PLENTY ENGAGEMENT WITH IMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WITH SOUTH SEATTL
, AND WE PLAN TO COLLECT MORE
FEEDBACK AND INFORM OUR OWN
PROCESSES ON AUGMENTED
ENFORCEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD
FINALLY, WE HAVE A NEED FOR A
MORE HOLISTIC AUGMENTED
ENFORCEMENT POLICIES THAT CENTE
ON SDOT'S TRANSPORTATION
FRAMEWORK AND VALUES ON
TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE AND
SAFETY, INCLUDING TOPICS ON
SIDING AND EXPANSION ON SAFETY
NEEDS , COMPLEMENTING
COUNTERMEASURES INCLUDING
SIGNAGE AND REGULAR PERFORMANC
EVALUATION. THESE ARE SOME
TOPICS THAT SDOT CAN PROVIDE
MORE POLICY GUIDANCE , BUT ALSO
RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK
FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR
ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH TOPICS
SUCH AS EXISTING VIEW
STRUCTURES OR INCOME BASED .
OUR REVENUE AND FUNDING
STRUCTURE FOR OF SDOT I
WOULD TAKE A DEPARTMENT
APPROACH TO DELVE IN OUR
PROCESSES AND POLICIES AS WE
MOVE FORWARD . WITH THAT, I WIL
PAUSE THERE AND TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS WE
MENTIONED EARLIER, VENU, IT'S
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS NOT
ONLY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER,
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR
THE CITY, BUT ALSO AS THE CHIEF
SAFETY OFFICER FOR SDOT BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT SAFETY IS YOUR
PRIORITY AT THE DEPARTMENT , AN
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GREG
SPOTS . I WANT TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS, ASK SOME QUESTIONS,
AND TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES. SINCE WE HAVE VENU
HERE AND YOU ARE THE CHIEF
SAFETY OFFICER, IN ADDITION TO
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO
IMPROVE SAFETY AND REDUCE
TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS
INJURIES, I WANT TO HEAR FROM
VENU THAT YOU SUPPORT AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT AS A SAFETY
INTERVENTION , THAT YOU ARE
SEEING IT AT WORK, AND YOU ARE
UPBEAT THAT IT WILL WORK IF WE
DO MORE OF IT.
>> THE EVIDENCE OF DATA AND
THE PROGRAMS IS I HAVE SHOWN
ABOVE FOR FOR AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOL ONES DUE
TO REDUCED SPEEDING AND REDUCED
COLLISIONS. THIS FINDING IS ALS
BACKED UP AT THE ADMINISTRATIO
LEVEL. WE UP AUGMENTED
ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS
COUNTERMEASURES TO REDUCE
SPEEDING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE
THE SLIDE PRESENTATION , IT
LACKS A LITTLE OPTIMISM JUST
OVERALL, BUT I THINK OUTLINING
THE VARIOUS HURDLES , THE BETTE
TO QUICKLY JUMP OVER THEM, SO I
KNOW THERE IS THAT CAN-DO
ATTITUDE IN SDOT. THIS
PRESENTATION IS SHOWING VARIOUS
HURDLES TO IMPLEMENT THINGS.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ON
THIS SLIDE 19, OBVIOUSLY THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE CARE OF
ITEM THREE. WE ARE DOING THAT
PIECE BY PIECE HERE JUST
RECENTLY APPROVING COUNCIL
BILL 120 600. WE HAVE THIS BILL
ON OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH WE'LL
HOPEFULLY APPROVE AUGUST 16 OU
OF OUR COMMITTEE, SO WE'RE
LOOKING FOR SDOT TO REALLY
EMBRACE THIS AND WORK WITH US
AS A PARTNER TO WORK WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, TO MAKE SURE SP
IS DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO I
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE
WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE STAFFING
CONSTRAINTS , BUT WE'RE EAGER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THIS IMPLEMENTED YESTERDAY , AN
YOU'RE TELLING US THE TIMELINE
IS LONGER THAN HOPED FOR .
THAT IS DISAPPOINTING , AND
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING WHY ,
AND IN TERMS OF THE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL ZON
CAMERAS , I PICK MY COLLEAGUES
MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO SORT OF
CONNECT A COUPLE OF SLIDES YOU
HAD. ONE IS A COUPLE OF SLIDES
YOU HAD, I THINK SLIDES EIGHT
AND NINE. I THINK YOU WERE
EXPLAINING DIFFERENT TYPES OF
INTERVENTIONS YOU ARE DOING. I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GO BACK.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT T
ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR SLIDES
HERE. IF YOU DON'T MIND KEEPING
UP THE POWERPOINT OR PUTTING I
BACK UP THERE.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> SO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THIS SLIDE HERE. YOU'VE GOT
EXISTING LOCATIONS AND
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS , SO THE
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WOULD BE
WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZE
THE DOUBLING OF THE PROGRAM,
RIGHT? SO, THIS IS THE NEW
LOCATION.
>> IF YOU DOUBLE THE PROGRAM, W
HAVE POTENTIAL CATEGORIES THA
YOU WOULD CONSIDER MOVING
FORWARD.
>> SO IS IT YOUR INTERPRETATION
OF THIS SLIDE THAT THE EXISTING
LOCATIONS, THE HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGED AREAS ALREADY HAV
THE CAMERAS ? IS THAT WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING HERE?
>> YES.
>> SO WHEN YOU GO TO DOUBLE THE
PROGRAM, YOU ARE SPREADING IT
OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IS
THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE I WAS
EXPECTING -- I DON'T KNOW IF I
IS SLIDE NINE WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL
DISTRICTS. I GUESS I WAS
EXPECTING TO SEE MORE POTENTIAL
CAMERAS , MORE OF THAT IN SOUT
SEATTLE . I'M HOPING YOU CAN
ADDRESS THAT .
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR THE
QUESTION, CHAIR PEDERSEN. SOUT
SEATTLE IS KIND OF LIKE ONE OF
THE AREAS WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGED , AND AS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, WE ALREADY
HAVE EIGHT EXISTING LOCATIONS
THAT WE DO SCHOOL ENFORCEMENT
WITHIN SOUTH SEATTLE , SO ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DON
IS TO LEAVE AND MORE WITH
EQUITY, RIGHT? WHAT WE HAVE ,
ARE TRYING TO DO IS, WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE EXISTING AND
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS , WE HAVE A
MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
LOCATIONS, SCHOOL ZONE
ENFORCEMENT LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE CITY, ACROSS THE VARIOUS
CATEGORIES , AND ACROSS , SO
THAT'S GOING TO REFLECT HOW W
DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR
RECOMMENDATION. THERE ARE SCHOO
ZONES IN SOUTH SEATTLE WHERE
WE ARE SEEING HIGH SPEEDS, BUT
WHAT WE ARE INSTEAD RECOMMENDIN
AND DOES SCHOOL ZONES IS TO
LOOK AT EACH SPEED INDICATION
MEASURE TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR
AND IMPROVE SAFETY IN THOSE
LOCATIONS.
>> SO I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' HAND . JUST SO I CAN
COMPLETE THE THOUGHT HERE, SO
VIEWING THIS HOLISTICALLY, IT'S
NOT JUST ABOUT CAMERAS. IT'S
ALSO ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS TO MAY BE NARROW
THE ROAD OR INCREASE VISIBILIT
FOR CROSSWALKS AND ADD
CROSSWALKS. AS PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENTS, YOU ARE SAYING
YOU'RE DOING THAT IN SOUTH
SEATTLE , SO IT SHOULD NOT JUST
BE VIEWED FROM THIS SINGLE CHAR
ON CAMERAS ?
>> IN THOSE AREAS OF HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGED, WE ARE LEANING I
WITH FEEDBACK LINES AND THE
LIKE TO REDUCE SPEEDING AND
IMPROVE SAFETY, AND WE ARE
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL NEW
LOCATIONS IN THE OTHER
CATEGORIES FOR MORE EQUABLE
DISTRIBUTION .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR . THANK
YOU, DIRECTOR NEMANI. I THINK
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR. WHEN WE SAY EQUITABLE I
THE CITY, WE DO NOT MEAN EQUAL
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ISSUES OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WHO HAVE BEEN
DISADVANTAGED BY PATS POLICIES
AND PRACTICES. EQUITABLE MEANS
THOSE COMMUNITIES GET MORE SO
THAT THEY COME UP TO A LEVEL
THAT THE REST OF THE CITY
BENEFITS FROM, SO IN MY
INTERPRETATION OF THIS DECISIO
ABOUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS , THA
ABOUT EVERYBODY GETTING THE
SAME. IT'S NOT ABOUT MORE
EQUITABLY PROVIDING
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DISADVANTAGE
COMMUNITIES, SO I WANT TO BE
REALLY CLEAR THAT THOSE TWO
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, AND THE
PROPOSAL IS NOT EQUITABLE. IT I
ABOUT PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS
ACROSS THE CITY. THAT SAID, I
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE
NOTION THAT OUR STUDENTS ACROSS
THE CITY DO NEED TO BE SAFE, AN
IF INSTALLING ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS IS ONE WAY TO GET US
THERE, I SUPPORT THAT . I ALSO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF WE'RE REALL
GOING TO CREATE SAFETY FOR
PEDESTRIANS, WHETHER THEY ARE
STUDENTS, ELDERS, OR JUST
ANYBODY TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE
SIDEWALK IN THE CITY, THEN WE D
NEED TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO
ENGINEERING AND RETHINKING
ABOUT HOW WE DESIGN THE STREETS
SO IT'S NOT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO
SPEED AND RUN LIGHTS AND, YOU
KNOW, TAKE CORNERS THAT PUT
PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY, THAT WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO ADDRESS SAFETY.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THERE
IS A SHIFT IN MOVING THAT
DIRECTION. IN TERMS OF , YOU
KNOW, ADDRESSING THE DYER
STREET SAFETY ISSUES IN SOUTH
SEATTLE WITH MORE ENGINEERING,
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IS THE
INTENT. IT'S NOT WHAT I HAVE
SEEN WITH REPEATED PROJECTS
GETTING DELAYED , ADDITIONAL
STUDIES BEING DONE . I WOULD
LIKE TO GET A LIST OF WHAT
PROJECTS ARE UNDER WAY IN
SOUTH SEATTLE TO ADJUST THE
DESTRY AND SAFETY NOT JUST
AROUND SCHOOL, BUT ACROSS THE
DISTRICT. I WAS IN A CAR CRASH
RECENTLY ON COLLEGE AND 22nd,
AND A MOTHER WALKED BY WITH HE
KIDS AT THE SAME TIME, SAYING
CARS ARE SPEEDING DOWN THE
STREET ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S
UNSAFE FOR US WERE TRYING TO GE
OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'R
TRIED TO NAVIGATE A PLACE WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
OR AT LEAST GET A STATUS REPOR
OF WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE
GOING TO GET COMPLETED. IF WE
ARE REALLY GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT SAFETY AND EQUITY, THEN
WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON THESE
PROJECTS. I AM REALLY
FRUSTRATED. I UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS IS A NEW POSITION FOR YOU.
I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PU
MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO BE
COMPLETE HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED
OR HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY DELAYED
I WILL FINISH THERE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO RECEIVING A LIST AND
A TIMELINE ON WHEN PROJECTS IN
THE SOUTH WILL GET STARTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. ONE THING WHERE I
WOULD OFFER A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE IS THIS EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF ENFORCEMENT
LOCATIONS ACROSS VARIOUS
CATEGORIES AND COUNCIL DISTRICT
FOCUSES JUST ON THE
ENFORCEMENT LOCATIONS. WE ARE
NOT LEAVING BEHIND THE SECOND
HIGHEST AND HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGED LOCATIONS. WE WAN
TO LEAVE THOSE LOCATIONS WITH
ENGINEERING TREATMENTS.
ULTIMATELY SAFETY IS OUR
TOPMOST PRIORITY. WE WANT TO
LEAN IN ON THE ENGINEERING FRO
THE ENGINEERING DESIGN FROM A
ROADWAY PERSPECTIVE IN THOSE
LOCATIONS. ONE SUCH LOCATION
THAT COMES TO MIND IS SOUTH
SHORE K-8. WE HAVE A LIST OF
IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS ALREADY I
THE WORKS ON SOUTH HENDERSON
STREET. WE HAVE MORE
ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS TO COM
TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF
STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO AND
FROM SOUTH SHORE WE ARE WORKIN
DILIGENTLY TO LEAN IN WITH MORE
ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS ON
AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGE. WE WANT TO BALANC
THE IMPACT OF SAFETY AND ALSO
THE FINANCIAL BURDENS THAT IS
PLACED ON IT WITH THE COMMUNIT
THAT IS ALREADY DISADVANTAGED.
I DON'T HAVE PARTICULAR
INFORMATION ON THE SIDEWALK
PROJECT THAT YOU ARE
REFERENCING. I CAN GET BACK TO
YOU WITH A RESPONSE ON THAT
PARTICULAR PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE?
I THINK IT WAS ONE SLIDE BACK.
YES. THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP HAS RECOMMENDED TO
EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE CAMERAS.
THINK THAT IS WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS
REFERRING TO , AS THE SLIDE
SHOWS AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF
CAMERAS, NOT AN EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF CAMERAS. I
APPRECIATE THAT SHE IS LEANING
IN ON THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES
FOR THOSE DEFINITIONS. I AM
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT THE RECOMMENDATION TO NOT
ADD MORE CAMERAS IN THE
HIGHEST DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES IS A SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATION OF THAT
WORKGROUP. IF SO, I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE WORKGROUP. I APPRECIATE
THE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPACTS OF
THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT AND THE IMPACTS TO
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. I
ALSO THINK IT IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE
THESE TYPES OF DISPARATE
IMPACTS AND ANALYSIS, THAT WE
ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE
REGULATION OR THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT , BUT WE ARE ALSO
INVOLVING THE VOICES OF PEOPLE
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
THE POTENTIAL LIKELIHOOD TO
EXPERIENCE THE HARM ASSOCIATED
WITH NOT HAVING THESE TOOLS .
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE
TO HAVE THE INVOLVEMENT IN THES
DECISIONS DO NOT INCREASE
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE
CANNOT JUST BE TALKING TO PEOPL
WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR REDUCED
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF PEOPL
LIVING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE MUST ALSO BE TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHOSE SAFETY IS
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED . THE
FAMILIES AND PARENTS OF
CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THEY ARE ALS
TELLING US , NO, WE DON'T WANT
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT , WE NEED TO
HEAR THAT IF WE ARE NOT ASKING
THEM THAT, I THINK THAT IS A
VERY BIG SHORTCOMING OF
DISPARATE IMPACT ANALYSIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
YES, I UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY BE
AND EQUAL DISTRIBUTION. LET ME
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS
TABLE AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE CANNOT CHANGE WHERE THE
EXISTING CAMERAS ALREADY
LOCATED. WE ALREADY HAVE A
DISTRIBUTION OF EXISTING
CAMERAS, RIGHT? THE WAY WE DO
HAVE A DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIA
LOCATIONS IS WE ARE EQUITABLE
ACROSS THE VARIOUS COUNCIL
DISTRICTS AND CATEGORIES THAT
IS WHY YOU SEE THAT EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIAL NEW
LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING AS WE MOVE FORWARD
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE EXISTING
INEQUITY OF HOW THE EXISTING
CAMERAS ARE ALLOCATED WITH
SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY THERE
THEN COMBINE THAT WITH THE
POTENTIAL MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW CAMERA
LOCATIONS, WE GET TO A MORE
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF CAMERAS
ACROSS THE VARIOUS SPECTRUMS.
WANTED TO DRAW THAT DISTINCTION
A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIAL NEW
CAMERAS AND AN EQUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF ALL CAMERAS
WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE EXISTING SKU
THAT WE SEE IN WHERE THEY ARE
ALLOCATED. I ALSO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING UP THE
COMMENTS ON COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE ENGAGING WIT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WE
HAVE INDICATED IN OUR TOP TO
BOTTOM REPORT. WE HAVE TALKED
WITH SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAD
A RECOMMENDATION TO BE MORE
EQUITABLE IN WHAT WE DO AS WE
EXPAND ANY AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS. I HAVE
PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED IN
SEVERAL LISTENING SECTIONS WHER
PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP THEIR
VIEWS ON AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED
TO CONTINUE THIS ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT AND DO A BROADER
ENGAGEMENT TO GATHER PUBLIC
FEEDBACK THAT COULD INFORM US
MOVING FORWARD.
>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP, CAN YOU
TELL ME FROM WHERE THE
RECOMMENDATION CAME TO NOT ADD
MORE CAMERAS IN THE LOWEST ,
THE HIGHEST DISADVANTAGED AREAS
>> WE HAD A WORKGROUP. WE OWN
PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION. IS
TO NOT , TO BALANCE THE
DISTRIBUTION OF CAMERAS, TO
IDENTIFY THESE POTENTIAL
LOCATIONS IN CATEGORIES THAT AR
IN THE LOWEST AND THE SECOND
AND THE MIDDLE TIERS OF THE
DISADVANTAGED INDEX.
>> DID THAT WORKGROUP INCLUDE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO LIVE
IN THOSE HIGHEST DISADVANTAGED
AREAS? WERE THEY ALSO SAYING W
DON'T WANT ANY MORE CAMERAS?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THEY DO INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN THE DISADVANTAGED AREAS.
>> AND AGAIN, THOSE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THOSE DISADVANTAGED
AREAS ARE NOT ONLY CONSIDERING
THE DISPARATE IMPACT ASSOCIATED
WITH CAMERA FINES , BUT THEY
ARE ALSO CONSIDERING THE
DISPARATE IMPACT OF ACCIDENTS
AND HARM DONE FROM SPEEDING IN
SCHOOL ZONES CURRENTLY. THEY AR
CONSIDERING BOTH SIDES OF THE
DISPARATE IMPACT QUESTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE ASKING
US TO BALANCE THE PERSPECTIVE
BETWEEN FACING MORE NEW CAMERAS
VERSUS LEADING WITH ENGINEERIN
IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS SOME O
THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE
AREAS OF HIGHEST DISADVANTAGE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS
VERY HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT I CONCUR WITH COMMENT
AND CONCERNS RAISED BY THE
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WHAT YOU
ARE SHOWING HERE IS AN EQUAL
DISTRIBUTION, THAT NECESSARILY
AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. WHEN
I WAS BRIEFED, I THINK YOU
MENTIONED THAT ONE OF YOUR
STAKEHOLDERS WAS SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> WE HAVE AN ONGOING COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WITH SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS TO DO
COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH. WE ARE
DOING THE SAME WITH OTHER
COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENTITIES .
THAT ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO
BEGIN SOON.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR
MENTIONING THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY WORKGROUP . BABY IT IS
GOOD THING THAT YOU HAVE NOT
FINALIZED YOUR RIDEN RESPONSE T
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT . MAYBE THERE IS SOME
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME
ADDITIONAL WORK TALKING TO
SCHOOL KIDS, SCHOOL PARENTS IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS . I JUST
WANT TO ASSURE PEOPLE WHO MAY
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CAMERAS
THAT THIS IS NOT TO REPLACE
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
BOTH OF THOSE NEED TO HAPPEN. W
NEED TO USE MULTIPLE TOOLS.
DOING CAMERAS DOES NOT MEAN WE
ARE NOT GOING TO DO
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. WE
NEED TO DO BOTH. WE NEED TO DO
IT WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE MOS
FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES
TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE
SAYING ABOUT PRIORITIZING HOW
WE IMPROVE SAFETY, WHERE WE
IMPROVE IT. IT WAS GOOD TO HAV
THIS DISCUSSION, HEALTHY TO
HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. YOU ARE
HEARING FROM THREE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO DON'T OFTEN
AGREE ON THINGS. WE ALL SEEM TO
BE AGREEING ON THIS. HOPEFULLY
SDOT IS TAKING THAT TO HEART AN
WILL LOOK DEEPER AT WHAT THE
RESEARCH THEY HAVE DONE ON THIS
AND HOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT
EQUITY. FRANCISCA?
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK. I APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION TODAY. VERY ROBUST
AND INTERESTING BUT I WANT TO
JUST SUMMARIZE SO IT IS CLEAR
HOW WE CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION.
WE DID THE VISION ZERO TOP TO
BOTTOM REVIEW. IN THAT PROCESS,
WE TAPPED INTO MANY OF OUR
TRUSTED PARTNERS WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORKGROUP
WHOSE STREETS, OUR STREETS TOO
AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED
LETTERS AND STATEMENTS. WE HAVE
HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT
EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION MEANS
. WHAT WE ARE HEARING FAIRLY
CLEARLY IS THAT RESIDENTS IN
DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS IS
ASKING FOR US TO LOOK FOR
ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE OF THE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF
TICKET CITATIONS ON NEIGHBORS
AND FRIENDS WHO ARE FINANCIALL
DISADVANTAGED. WHILE WE COULD
HAVE APPROACHED THIS PROJECT B
SAYING -- THE PROJECT WAS SET
UP TO HAVE US DOUBLE THE NUMBE
OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IN ORDER
TO DO THAT, THAT MEANS AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
CAMERAS IN THE CITY. WE KNOW
FOR SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES
AND THESE THIS ADVANTAGE
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TELLING US
THAT THEY WOULD PREFER FOR US T
NOT BE INCREASING THE CAMERAS I
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. I AM TRYIN
TO CLARIFY THAT WE UNDERSTAND
THE EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY. WE
ARE TRYING TO WEAVE TOGETHER TH
DIRECTION TO INCREASE , TO
DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS
WITH HOW TO DO SO EQUITABLY
GIVEN THAT NEIGHBORS WERE
TELLING US THEY DID NOT WANT
THE ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY NEED THIS
FOR EQUITY PURPOSES. I
UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE FOR SDOT
TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF
APPROACHING THIS PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT GIVEN
THE TASK WAS TO DOUBLE THE
NUMBER , THE WAY THAT STAFF
APPROACHED HOW TO DOUBLE WAS
DONE WITH AN EQUITY LENS IN THA
IT AVOIDED , IT LED TO EQUAL
DISTRIBUTION, BUT AVOIDED
INCREASES IN COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE TELLING US WITH AN EQUITY
LENS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE
INCREASING CAMERAS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT IS CLEAR IN THE SPACE OF
THIS CONVERSATION. WE UNDERSTAN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY
AND EQUALITY . WE HAVE A CLEAR
STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC TO AVOI
INCREASING CAMERAS IN
DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS WAS THE WAY WE MET TOGETHE
IN OUR ANALYSIS AT THIS TIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, FRANCESCA. AS
SAID, I DO THINK THAT THE SHIFT
, AS WAS MENTIONED , TO LOOKING
AT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES AS TH
REAL SOLUTION TO SOME OF THE
SAFETY PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS
THE RIGHT SHIFT. I AM FULLY IN
AGREEMENT ON THAT. I UNDERSTAN
WHY YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE THESE
DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO PUT
THESE ADDITIONAL CAMERAS. WE AR
ALL HEARING THE SAME THING FROM
VARIOUS ADVOCATES. I
UNDERSTAND THAT. I THOUGHT IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN EQUITY AND
EQUALITY. THAT SAID, IF THIS
IS SORT OF A PRECURSOR TO
EQUITY IN SAFETY MEASURES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEN THE
NEXT QUESTION FOR ME IS, OKAY,
WHAT ARE THE ENGINEERING
STRATEGIES, THE ENGINEERING
PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED OR
UNDERWAY OR THAT YOU WILL BE
REQUESTING A BUDGET FOR IN
DISTRICT 2 SO THAT EQUITY IS
ACHIEVED? JUST NOT PUTTING MOR
CAMERAS DOWN HERE IS NOT THE
SOLUTION. THE SOLUTION IS
CHANGING THE ENGINEERING AND
PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALKS AND
OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO BE SAFE
AND FOR THIS DISTRICT TO STOP
BEING THE DISTRICT FOR ALMOST
60% OF NATALITY'S OCCUR. WE NEE
TO REDUCE THE FATALITIES THAT
ARE HAPPENING. WE NEED TO
ELIMINATE THE FATALITIES THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. THAT
IS MY REAL QUESTION HERE. WHAT
ARE THE PROJECTS ? WHAT ARE THE
RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DELIVER S
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT GOAL?
THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> AT THE BOTTOM, IT DID NOTE
THAT SHOULD THERE BE FUNDING T
PURSUE THIS APPROACH OF DOUBLIN
THE CAMERAS, AS NOTED AT THE
BOTTOM, THE 10 LOCATIONS IN THE
HIGHEST DISADVANTAGED AND THE
FOUR THIS DISADVANTAGE
LOCATIONS AND THE SECOND IS A
MANAGED WOULD BE REFERRED FOR
ENGINEERING TREATMENT. I
APPRECIATE THAT AND TOTALLY
AGREE.
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
MONEY QUESTION YOU RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, GO AHEAD
>> I REALLY AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S POINT
THAT THIS APPROACH ONLY WORKS
IF INSTEAD OF YOUR SCHOOL ZON
CAMERAS, THERE IS MORE
INVESTMENT IN THE ENGINEERING
SOLUTIONS. I APPRECIATE YOUR
CLARIFICATION, FRANCISCA. BUT
I WANT TO RESTATE WHAT MY POIN
WAS. I DID NOT HEAR IT REFLECTE
IN YOUR RESPONSE. I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
ADVOCACY THAT IS FOCUSED ON TH
CONCERN OF IMPACTS , FINES AND
FEES ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT ON HIGHLY
DISADVANTAGED AREAS. AND THAT
IS ONE WAY OF DOING AN RSJI
ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT THE IMPACT
OF THE REGULATION. WHAT I AM NO
HEARING, ALTHOUGH MAYBE I HEAR
IT A LITTLE BIT, WHAT I AM NOT
HEARING IS THAT THE QUESTION IS
BEING ASKED DIFFERENTLY TO NOT
ONLY FOCUS ON THE IMPACTS OF
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, BUT THAT W
ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE
TRADE-OFFS , WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE DON'T HAVE MORE CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE IS A VERY
HARMFUL DISPARATE IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.
THINK THE QUESTION HAS TO BE
ASKED BOTH WAYS I THINK OUR
RSJI ANALYSIS IS OFTEN ONLY
ASKED ONE WAY, WHICH IS FOCUSE
ON THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH TH
INVESTMENT. I REALLY THINK
THAT FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THES
SCHOOL ZONES NEED TO BE
EXPLICITLY ENGAGED WITH AND
ABOUT THE TRADE-OFFS. YOU HAVE
ONE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO ARE
SAYING THERE IS A DISPARATE
IMPACT ON DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR
FROM CAMERA ENFORCEMENT. AND W
NEED TO HEAR THAT. WE NEED TO
LISTEN TO THAT VOICE. BUT WE
ALSO NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THESE AREAS TO TALK
ABOUT THE DISPARATE IMPACT
ASSOCIATED WITH NOT HAVING
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE ENGINEERING
INVESTMENTS ARE HOPED-FOR.
THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
THERE. I AM CONCERNED THAT WE
ARE ONLY LOOKING AT THIS
QUESTION FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU
FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING
FROM. THIS IS NOT BASED ON A
BROAD QUESTION OF HOW TO
INCREASE SAFETY. THIS IS A
REPORT FOR DOUBLING THE
NUMBERS. IT IS LIMITED IN THAT
WAY. YOU RAISED A NICE NUANCE
TO A TOUGH QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO PUT
INTO CONTEXT THE NUMBER OF
SCHOOLS. 80% OF SCHOOLS ,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE DO
NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS . WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT DOUBLING THEM , W
ARE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM 20
TO 40%. WHEN THIS IS FINALLY
IMPLEMENTED, YOU STILL HAVE
LESS THAN HALF OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS BENEFITING FROM THIS.
THINK SDOT IS GOING TO WANT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO EMBRACE AND
SCALE THIS UP. THAT GETS US TO
THE MONEY QUESTION. WHAT WAS
PRESENTED HERE IS ONLY WHAT YOU
ARE CHARACTERIZING AS COSTS.
THERE ARE REVENUES THAT COME IN
FROM THIS PROGRAM. IT MORE THA
PAYS FOR ITSELF. I JUST WANT TO
BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT MAYBE THERE
IS A CASH FLOW ISSUE WHERE YOU
ARE USING FUNDS TO INSTALL
CAMERAS. BUT THEN THE REVENUE
COMES IN, WHICH MORE THAN PAYS
FOR IT I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC
TO COME AWAY THINKING THAT THER
IS A NET COST TO THIS. IT IS
ACTUALLY NET REVENUE. AS OUR
SCHOOL SAFETY AND TRAFFIC
COMMITTEE SAID, WE WANT THAT
REVENUE TO BE DECLINING OVER
TIME AS PEOPLE SLOW DOWN AND AR
NOT SPEEDING IN THESE SCHOOL
ZONES I ALSO DON'T WANT IT TO B
PRESENTED BACK TO US THAT WE AR
VOICING SOME SORT OF COST ON TO
THE ADMINISTRATION. IT IS
ACTUALLY A NET REVENUE THAT IS
COMING IN. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN IDEALLY USE THAT
REVENUE FOR MORE TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WHICH
WILL ACTUALLY BE DISCUSSED A
LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA . COLLEAGUES, ANY
MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOU
THIS PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,
ITEM 4. WILL THE CLERK READ TH
FULL TITLE OF THE FOURTH AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, CB 120625,
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
ADDITIONAL USES FOR AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS TO
INCREASE SAFETY, AMENDING
SECTIONS OF 11.31.090,
11.31.121, AND 11.50.570 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE
>> OUR STATE GOVERNMENT ALSO
AGREES WE NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT
OPTIONS THEY HAVE AUTHORIZED
ADDITIONAL USE OF AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS AS I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY , WHILE W
ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS ITEM, WE
WILL VOTE ON IT ON AUGUST 15.
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IS HERE AGAIN TO
PRESENT THIS LEGISLATION TO
IMPLEMENT THE ADDITIONAL NEW
STATE LAW AUTHORITY FOR
ADDITIONAL USES OF AUTOMATED
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT. WE ALREADY
TOOK CARE HAVE A BIG SECTION OF
THIS NEW STATE AUTHORITY I
DESIGNATING WHERE WE CAN PLACE
CAMERAS TO DISCOURAGE RECKLESS
DRAG RACING. WE DID THAT WITH
CB 120600. THIS PROPOSES
SPECIFIC FEES FOR EACH TYPE OF
INFRACTION AND ALSO WHETHER TO
IN NOTES WHETHER TO PROVIDE A
WARNING FOR THAT FIRST
INFRACTION. BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS FROM
SDOT, I WANT TO THANK CALVIN
CHOW FROM CENTRAL STAFF FOR HIS
SUCCINCT MEMO THAT IS POSTED O
TODAY'S AGENDA. DO YOU HAVE AN
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR OPENING
REMARKS FOR THIS ITEM?
>> I THINK THE ONLY THING I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I AM
EXPLORING WITH SDOT SOME
TECHNICAL CLARIFYING ELEMENTS
THAT MAY BE NECESSARY. IF THAT
COMES TO PASS, I WILL COME TO
YOUR OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ONE
OF THE REASONS WE ARE HEARING
THIS TWICE IS WE WANT TO GIVE
YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE
AMENDMENTS . IF YOU DO HAVE
IDEAS FOR AMENDMENTS, WE ASK
THAT YOU GET THEM TO CALVIN CHO
ON OUR CENTRAL STAFF BY MONDAY
AUGUST 7. SO THAT IS JUST UNDER
A WEEK TO GIVE THOSE TO HIM SO
HE CAN FINALIZE THOSE
AMENDMENTS, GET THEM APPROVED B
OUR LAW DEPARTMENT. THEN WE CAN
A PUBLISH THEM IN ADVANCE OF OU
AUGUST 15 AGENDA AND VOTE ON
THE AMENDMENTS AND THE BILL
BEFORE OUR TWO-WEEK RECESS.
THEN WE CAN MOVE THAT THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL LET'S TURN IT OVER
TO SDOT. WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU. I AM BILL LABORD
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. I AM JUST GOIN
TO JUMP RIGHT IN TO THE MEADE
LEGISLATION. -- ME TO THE
LEGISLATION. AS VENU MENTIONED
THIS IS FOR NEW TYPES OF
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, FULL-TIME
SPEED ENFORCEMENT. JUST TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT, THOSE ARE
TYPICALLY ON FOR 40 MINUTES IN
THE MORNING AND 40 MINUTES IN
THE AFTERNOON ON DAYS IN WHICH
SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. MOST OF
THESE NEW FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT
ARE DESIGNED TO BE IN OPERATION
24/7. THE FIRST IS ZONE BASED.
THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED LAS
YEAR ALLOWS CITIES TO INSTALL
CAMERAS IN SCHOOL WALKS ZONES,
WHICH ARE DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOL
SPEED ZONES THAT WE WERE TALKIN
ABOUT. SCHOOL WALKS ZONES ARE
GENERALLY ABOUT A MILE RADIUS
AROUND A GIVEN SCHOOL. THESE AR
CAMERAS THAT COULD OPERATE 24
SEVEN , 365 DAYS A YEAR. ALONG
WITH THAT ARE PUBLIC PARK SPEED
ZONES AND HOSPITAL SPEED ZONES.
THE OTHER CATEGORY IS A SORT OF
CATCHALL CATEGORY THAT THE
LEGISLATURE PROVIDED FOR
ALLOWING ONE NEW CAMERA PER
10,000 POPULATION. IT COULD BE
JUSTIFIED IN ONE OF THREE WAYS
ONE OF THOSE THREE WAYS IS
THROUGH THE DESIGNATED RACE ZON
, THE RACE ZONES THAT YOU
ORDAINED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO, OR JUST THIS WEEK I
BELIEVE. THE OTHER WAYS OF
JUSTIFYING THOSE ONE CAMERA PE
10,000 RESIDENTS IS A ROAD
SAFETY PLAN THAT IS FILED WITH
THE STATE OR LOCATIONS THAT HAV
A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE OF
COLLISIONS OVER A THREE-YEAR
AVERAGE AND OTHER MEASURES FOR
ENFORCEMENT ARE NOT FEASIBLE OR
SUFFICIENT. AND THEN JUST A
COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES. ALL OF
THESE NEW FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT
TO REQUIRE AN EQUITY ANALYSIS.
THEY ALSO REQUIRE SIGNS BE
POSTED 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE BEFOR
DEPLOYMENT OF ANY OF THESE NEW
CAMERAS. THEY ALL REQUIRE THAT
, LIKE THE BLOCK THE BOX AND
THE TRANSPORTATION PILOT, THAT
NET PROCEEDS ARE DEPOSITED
INTO THE COOPER JONES ACCOUNT,
WHICH IS THE PEN SAFETY ACCOUNT
I THINK THERE WERE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS
LEGISLATION FITS WITH COUNCIL
BILL 120600. BOTH BILLS THANKS
TO AN AMENDMENT WE PASSED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BOTH BILLS
HAVE IDENTICAL LANGUAGE , ADDIN
THESE NEW FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT
IN 1150 570 OF THE MUNICIPAL
TRAFFIC CODE. YOUR BILL
INCLUDED THE RACING ZONES . OUR
BILL DOES NOT. WE ADDED SOME
REVISIONS TO THE TRAFFIC CONTRO
DEVICE SECTION, WHICH WAS A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PART OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. WE ALSO
ADDED A COUPLE OF CLEANUP
PROVISIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED
TO INCLUDE THAT COVER MOST OF
THE FORMS OF AUTO ENFORCEMENT
THAT ARE ALLOWED BY THE CODE.
THEN ONE THING THAT OUR BILL
ALSO DOES IS, FOR THESE NEW
FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT, IT
REQUIRES A WARNING FOR THE
FIRST VIOLATION AND THEN THE
FINES WOULD KICK IN FOR THE
SECOND VIOLATION AND BEYOND.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND HIGHEST PRIORITY
REQUEST WE HEARD FROM
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORKGROUP
, FROM WHOSE STREETS, OUR
STREETS, AND FROM OTHERS WHO
WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
EQUITY CONCERNS THAT COME WITH
AUTO ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN
FINALLY, NEITHER BILL AT THIS
POINT ADDRESSES FUNDING FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OR DESIGNATES
HOW THE PROCEEDS , THE NET
PROCEEDS THAT WOULD STAY WITH
THE CITY COULD BE SPENT. WE
HAVE THAT DESIGNATION WITH THE
SCHOOL SPEED ZONE CAMERA. WE
HAVE A PARTIAL DESIGNATION FOR
USE OF FUNDS WITH RED LIGHT
CAMERA PROGRAMS. I THINK ONE O
THE ISSUES TO BE DETERMINED IS
HOW THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THESE
NEW CAMERAS WOULD BE ALLOCATED
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
TECHNOLOGY. A LOT OF QUESTIONS
THAT HAVE COME ABOUT IN THE LAS
FEW WEEKS ARE ABOUT HOW THESE
NEW FORMS OF FULL-TIME SPEED
ENFORCEMENT WILL OPERATE. THIS
GAME UP A LOT WITH THE RACING
ZONE DESIGNATIONS. I THINK BOT
QUESTIONS AND MAYBE SOME
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY WORK
PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO
DESCRIBE HOW THEY WORK IS THAT
FOR FULL-TIME SPEED ENFORCEMENT
THESE CAMERAS WILL OPERATE VERY
MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT THE SPEE
ZONE SCHOOL CAMERAS THAT WE WER
JUST TALKING ABOUT OPERATE.
INSTEAD OF JUST 40 MINUTES IN
THE MORNING AND 40 MINUTES IN
THE EVENING, THEY WOULD OPERATE
24 SEVEN. DO WITH THE CAMERAS
CAN THEY ISSUE TICKETS FOR
RECKLESS DRIVING IN A RACING
ZONE? THE ANSWER IS NO. THE
TICKETS ARE ONLY, CANNOT BE FO
A CRIMINAL VIOLATION. IT IS
JUST A CIVIL INFRACTION. IT IS
MORE AKIN TO A PARKING VIOLATIO
THAN MOST OTHER MOVING
VIOLATIONS. THE TICKET IS
ISSUED ONLY TO THE REGISTERED
OWNER OR RENTER OF THE VEHICLE
IF IT IS A RENTAL CAR. IT IS
NOT FOR THE DRIVER. BECAUSE OF
THE PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS
EMBEDDED IN THE STATE CODE THA
CARRY FORWARD TO THE MUNICIPAL
CODE , IMAGES CANNOT BE RETAINE
EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IDENTIFYING THE VIOLATION AND
DEFENDING THE VIOLATION. WE
CANNOT HAVE CAMERAS TAKING
VIDEO OF PEOPLE HOLDING ,
STARTING A RACE OR PARTICIPATIN
IN A RACE EVENT. IT IS REALLY
JUST CAPTURING THE SPEEDING,
WHETHER SOMEONE IS DRIVING WITH
A LEAD FOOT 10 MILES OVER THE
SPEED LIMIT OR THEY ARE RACING.
IT IS THE SAME TICKET AND IT
GOES TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF
THE VEHICLE. IN MOST CASES, IT
WOULD NOT CAPTURE THINGS LIKE
DRIVERS DOING DOUGHNUTS OR OTHE
NUISANCE BEHAVIOR. ONE, THOSE
VIOLATIONS OFTEN AREN'T ABOVE
THE SPEED LIMIT. SECOND, EVEN
WHEN THEY ARE, THEY ARE
DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE BECAUSE TH
VEHICLE IS NOT TRAVELING FROM
ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER WHERE
SPEED CAN BE MEASURED. AGAIN,
THESE CAMERAS OPERATE WITH THI
NEW FORM OF ENFORCEMENT VERY
SIMILAR TO THE SCHOOL SPEED
ZONE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR MOST OF THE
MORNING. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I
AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION
ABOUT THE LEGISLATION. WE STILL
HAVE VENU, FRANCISCA, AND AND
MERKLEY, WHO IS A SUBJECT MATTE
EXPERT ON THIS . THAT IS IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
LEGISLATION OR THESE NEW FORMS
OF ENFORCEMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW
THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW
STATE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT
ADDITIONAL AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS TO INCREAS
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SUCH,
THE QUESTION HAS COME UP, WHERE
WOULD THE REVENUES GO THAT ARE
GENERATED FROM THIS. JUST TO BE
CLEAR, EVEN THOUGH COSTS HAVE
BEEN PRESENTED TO US, WE KNOW
THERE ARE NET REVENUES PRODUCED
BY THIS. IDEALLY THEY DECLINE
OVER TIME. NEVERTHELESS, THIS
LEGISLATION IS CURRENTLY SILENT
ON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 50% OF
THE REVENUES THAT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CAN KEEP FROM THIS.
THE OTHER 50% GOES TO OLYMPIA
FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT. I
JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY INTENT
TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO THIS
BILL . OR IF WE NEED TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT COUNCIL BILL
INTRODUCED TO DO THAT IN A
TIMELY MANNER SO THAT ON AUGUS
15 IN OUR COMMITTEE, WE CAN VOT
ON THOSE AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT
I HAVE HEARD REGARDING PUBLIC
STATEMENTS AND COLLEAGUES IS
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
REVENUE FROM THESE CAMERAS GO
INTO TRAFFIC SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS .
SO I WANT TO ECHO THAT AND MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THE LEGISLATION TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. COLLEAGUES,
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN OU
FIRST HEARING OF THIS BILL ,
WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP AGAIN ON
AUGUST 15? OKAY. AND THIS TIME
FRAME BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 15
WILL ENABLE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
COMMENT TO COME IN . FOLKS WHO
ARE LISTENING CAN RIDE TO US A
COUNSEL@SEATTLE.GOV. THAT
REACHES ALL NINE COUNCILMEMBERS
OR YOU CAN RIDE TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE. DO YOU
WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS?
>> NO, COUNCILMEMBER. I CAN DO
SOME EXPLANATION AND EXPLORATIO
ON FINANCIAL POLICIES AND HOW
THE REVENUES ARE SPENT. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE A
DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CODE
AND SO THEY WOULD REQUIRE A
SEPARATE COUNCIL BILL.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK
THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL
MORE COMFORTABLE IF THEY KNEW
DIRECTIONALLY WHERE THOSE FUNDS
WERE GOING. IT SOUNDS LIKE IN
PUBLIC STATEMENTS, THERE IS SOM
CONSENSUS AROUND REINVESTING
THOSE FUNDS INTO TRANSPORTATIO
SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS. I WILL WORK WITH
YOU TO DO THAT MAYBE SOME OF M
COLLEAGUES WILL WANT TO SIGN ON
TO THAT. OR IF THEY ALREADY HAV
SOMETHING IN THE WORKS, I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO SIGN ON WITH HEIRS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FIRST
LOOK AT THIS BILL AS WE MOVE
PIECE BY PIECE TO IMPLEMENT THI
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY GRANTED TO
US BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT. THE
STATE IS SEEING A SPIKE IN
TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS
INJURIES. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER
TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO ADDRESS
THAT IN ADDITION TO
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND
OTHER TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON AUGUST
15 . COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I
GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THE
MEETING? ALL RIGHT. WELL,
COLLEAGUES, THE TIME IS 11:30 9
AM. THIS CONCLUDES THE AUGUST 1
2023 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE. THE
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING OF
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES WILL BE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 AT 9:30 IN
THE MORNING. THANK YOU AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED.