>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU ALSO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE BIG
CROWDS ARE FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF MEETINGS.
I IMAGINE WE MIGHT FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
IT IS AUGUST 6, 2000 CAN.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN, I AM
THE CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE AN EXCITING AGENDA
TODAY.
THESE MEETINGS TYPICALLY RUN
TWO HOURS BUT WE ARE CHANGING
THAT.
I IMAGINE WE WOULD RUN CLOSE TO
THREE HOURS AGAIN TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT 25
FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
REALLY QUICKLY, IN THE AGENDA,
WE WILL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO
THE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IN SEATTLE.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A POSSIBLE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL ESTABLISHING AN
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL
STRUCTURES IN THE CITY.
THAT WILL JUST BEFORE
DISCUSSION.
NOT A VOTE.
THAT WILL BE BACK AT COMMITTEE
ON FRIDAY FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE.
WE WILL GET AN UPDATE FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PROGRAM.
WE WILL HAVE AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO THE STREETCAR.
THAT IS FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE
TODAY.
POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZING A $9
MILLION INTERFUND LOAN TO FUND
ONGOING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
WORK FOR THE STREETCAR.
WE WILL HAVE A QUARTERLY UPDATE
ON THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND FINALLY
A BRIEFING ON TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES.
REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO TAKE
A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IF I
DON'T HEAR ANY OBJECTING WE
WILL GO WITH THAT AGENDA.
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
I JUST WANT LET YOU AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC KNOW, I MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO STAY FOR THE
WHOLE THING, WHICH I HATE
MISSING THE POINT ABOUT THE
IMPACT FEES BECAUSE OF COURSE I
HAVE LONG SUPPORTED THAT.
I AM HAPPY TO SEE A REVIVAL OF
THE DISCUSSION.
I WILL DEFINITELY BE HERE FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE GREEN NEW
DEAL SECTION.
BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH
LONGER AFTER THAT I CAN BE HERE
FOR.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THAT I AM PUTTING A LOT
OF THINGS IN A LOT OF
COMMITTEES.
THAT DOESN'T FIT IN EVERYONE'S
SCHEDULE.
I AM GLAD YOU'RE HERE FOR THOSE
TWO ITEMS.
FOR THE CHAIRS REPORT I WANT TO
READ THIS THING INTO THE RECORD
JUST SO FOLKS THAT ARE TRACKING
THE LAST MEETING WILL KNOW, THE
JULY 30 SUSTAINABILITY AND
PETITION COMMITTEE, WE
DISCUSSED WHAT WAS LABELED
INFORMATION ITEM 1476.
RELATING TO THE ANNUAL STREETCAR
OPERATIONS REPORT.
AND NEXT STEPS.
THE REPORT THAT WAS VIEWED AT
THE MEETING HAS SINCE BEEN
UPDATED WITH CORRECTED, WITH
CORRECTIONS AND REPLACES TABLES
NUMBER FIVE AND SEVEN.
THAT DETAILS THE PAST THE FORMS
OF THE SELF LICKING IN AND
STREETCAR LINES WITH CORRECT.
THE UPDATED REPORT HAVE BEEN
ADDED TO THAT SAME INFORMATION
ITEM.
1476 FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO TO LET FOLKS KNOW, THE
REPORT THAT YOU ACCESS ONLINE
TODAY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
FROM THE REPORT THAT FOLKS
ACCESS ONE WEEK AGO.
AND SO THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE
ON THOSE THREE TABLES WE
MENTIONED.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT
THE DIFFERENCES ARE, WE CAN
CERTAINLY DIG UP THE OLD ONE
RECORD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
THE ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT
THERE.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE, LET'S SEE IF I HAVE
THIS UPRIGHT, ABOUT 25 FOLKS
SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY.
KELLY, WOULD YOU MIND DOING 90
SECONDS FOR FOLKS.
A MINUTE AND A HALF?
TRYING TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT IN
ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
NORMALLY WE ALLOCATE 20 MINUTES
BUT THERE ARE INTERESTING
THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND WE
WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE
TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL CALL PEOPLE'S NAMES.
MR. ERICKSON, YOU WILL BE
FIRST.
IN ONE SECOND.
FOLLOWED BY CAROL McROBERTS,
DAVID BLANFORD AND MEGAN CRUZ.
YOU CAN COME TO EITHER
MICROPHONE.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND 30
SECONDS.
ONCE KELLY FIGURES IT OUT.
I JUST ASK FOLKS TO PLEASE
TRACK YOUR TIME ON THE SCREEN
IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I WILL TRY TO BE POLITE AND
COURTEOUS BUT I DO NEED TO BE
FAIR TO EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE
WE GET EVERYONE IN.
I WILL CUT YOU OFF IF YOU GO
OVER ONE MINUTE 32nd.
IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR, ON
A TOUR THAT YOUR SELF.
THAT WOULD BE OUTSTANDING.
JIM, DO YOU WANT TO START?
I WILL TIME YOU ON OUR MY CLOCK
AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
ONCE THE THE SYSTEM FIGURED OUT
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
GO FOR IT.
>> I AM JIM ERICKSON, SPEAKING
AS A RESIDENT OF FIRST HILL.
IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE
CONNECTOR PROJECT SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS PLANNED.
ACCORDING TO THE KPMG STREETCAR
CROSS REVIEW, THE BENEFIT TO
SEATTLE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN
POTENTIAL ANNUAL RIDERSHIP FROM
THE CURRENT TEST OF 2 MILLION
TO A NEW HIRE TEST OF 6
MILLION.
THIS WILL BE THE BIG IS METRO
LINE IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE IS AN URBAN CENTER
VILLAGE THAT PROVIDES GROWING
CLIMATE AND RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING.
WE ARE A DESTINATION IN THE
MORNING FOR THOSE HEADING TO
WORK AND IN THE AFTERNOON FOR
THOSE RETURNING HOME.
WE RECENTLY ADVOCATED SHIFTING
THE NEW UNDERGROUND LIGHT RAIL
STATION TO STOP ON THE EAST
SIDE OF I-5 ON FIRST HILL.
THE IDEA WAS REJECTED.
OUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN
WAS CENTERED ON AN UNDERGROUND
LIGHT RAIL STATION AT MADISON
AND MINOR.
THE FIRST HILL UNDERGROUND
STATION WAS CANCELED.
OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS AND
HEALTHCARE VISITORS APPRECIATE
THE ROLE ON ROLL OFF
ACCESSIBILITY OFFERED BY
STREETCAR PLATFORMS.
IF THE DECISION IS MADE TO
CANCEL THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR PROJECT, IT WILL BE
ANOTHER LARGE DISAPPOINTMENT ON
FIRST HILL.
>> THANK YOU, JIM.
AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT
UNDER 1 MILLION, ONE MINUTE 30
SECONDS WITHOUT EVEN A TIME
LIMIT.
WE MIGHT HAVE THE TIME ARE
WORKING.
CAROL?
>> CAROL McROBERTS?
>> OH BOY.
WE MIGHT BE IN FOR A TREAT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IS THAT ONE ON?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER FOR ALL
OF US, THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF HISTORY.
THANK YOU.
>> COME ON FOLKS, LET'S CHANGE
THE WORLD.
ACT DAVIS WITH FLAGS UNFURLED.
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY, THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
COAL AND OIL ARE TOXIC FUELS.
NOW IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE
RULES.
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY, THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WHEN WIND AND SOLAR WILL PAVE
THE WAY.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL WILL MAKE
THE DAY.
CORPORATE LEADERS WILL HAVE TO
PAY.
JUST DON'T SEE ANY OTHER WAY.
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY, THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY, IT SHOULDN'T BE A
MYSTERY.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
[ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN WE
GET A VISIT FROM GRANNY'S.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
DAVID BLANFORD, YOU ARE NEXT.
YOU GET TO FOLLOW THAT ACT.
>> A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
I WORK FOR VISIT SEATTLE.
VISIT SEATTLE IS IN THE
BUSINESS OF GETTING PEOPLE
HERE.
ONCE THEY GET HERE, WE CARE
ABOUT HOW THEY GET AROUND.
THE SITTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
CHOOSE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN CONVENIENT
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS LIKE
STREET-LEVEL STREETCARS.
RAIL OPTIONS ARE MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS IN
GENERAL.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH LINK
LIGHT RAIL.
WE SEE CONVENTION DELEGATES, WE
SEE LEISURE TRAVELERS WHO COME
IN AND VOLUNTEER TO CHOOSE THIS
WAY IN AND OUT OF THE CITY.
AROUND TO CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR
WILL ADD COMPELLING OPTIONS FOR
THESE VISITORS.
CONNECTING VISITORS STAYING IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
DOWNTOWN CORE AND THESE BETTER
TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS WILL
NEED BETTER CONNECTIONS WITH
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
THUS INCREASING THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF TOURISM.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE SUPPORT
MOVING FORWARD WHEN ENGINEERING
AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE CENTER
CITY CONNECTOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
MEGAN?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LINCOLN
VANDERVEEN AND THEN TOM GRAFF
AND DON BLANK IN A.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES.
AS DOWNTOWN TOWERS RISE UP
WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
CONTAINS TRANSPORTATION
DEMANDS, OUR CONGESTED STREETS
AND ALLEYS SHOW GROWTH IS NOT
SUPPORTING GROWTH.
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES MAY BE
REQUIRED TO BRIDGE FUNDING FOR
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, REAL ESTATE
INVESTORS HAVE REPEALED THEM.
HOWEVER, TODAY'S PRESENTATION
INCLUDES A CHILLING COMPROMISE.
IT SUGGESTS THAT TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES BE USED AS QUOTE
UNQUOTE ALTERNATIVES TO
MITIGATION.
FOR SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT.
THIS VIOLATES THE RULES AND
INTENT TO IDENTIFY PROJECT
SPECIFIC MITIGATIONS AND
ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN
DECISIONS.
SEATTLE HAS SEEN HOW THE PAY IN
LIEU OF MODEL HAS WORKED IN ITS
BID TO INCLUDE A FORMAL HOUSING
AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS TO
SAY NOT AT ALL.
DEVELOPERS WILL CHOOSE TO PAY
THEIR WAY OUT BECAUSE IT IS A
BETTER DEAL FOR THEM.
BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS FOR THE
PUBLIC.
PLEASE DON'T ALLOW
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES TO
BE USED AS A BARGAINING CHIP
FOR TRADING FOR CPA MITIGATION.
A CUTOUT PUBLIC INPUT AND WILL
NOT CREATE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
LINCOLN?
>> I AM LINCOLN.
CHAIR O'BRIEN AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, I AM FROM
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY IS A MEMBER
AND STRONG SUPPORTER OF THIS
SEATTLE STREETCAR COALITION AND
THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR IS A
VITAL MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR OUR SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMUNITY.
THE STREETCARS STOP AT?
AND IT IS OUR STOP, RIGHT
ACROSS FROM THE CLOSE PARTNERS
WE MET AT THE CENTER AND ITS
STOP.
ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
THIS SEATTLE YOUTH COMMITTEE
MAKES UP THE SECOND LARGEST
INSTITUTIONAL USER OF THE FIRST
HILL STREETCAR.
WITH FACULTY AND STAFF USING IT
TO CONNECT WITH OTHER TRANSIT
SOURCES IN THE CITY OR TRAVEL
TO LOCAL RETAILERS WHILE MANY
OF OUR STUDENTS RIDE THE
STREETCAR TO GET AROUND CAPITOL
HILL.
TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS, WE
HAVE ABOUT 2300 STUDENTS LIVING
ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.
OUT OF OUR 7200 TOTAL STUDENT
POPULATION AND MORE THAN 1500
FACULTY AND STAFF COMMUTE TO
AND FROM THE CAMPUS EVERY DAY.
WE BELIEVE IT IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE THE
STREETCAR LINE CONNECTING FIRST
HILL WITH SOUTH LAKE UNION.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE GREAT
EMERGING CITIES IN THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO TO CONTINUE TO BE A
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND
PLAY.
THE ONGOING MADISON STREET BUS
RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT COMBINED
WITH COMPLETING THE STREETCAR
TO THE CITY WILL INCREASE THE
ABILITY OF OUR STUDENTS,
FACULTY AND STAFF TO ENJOY
SEATTLE AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL
ECONOMY.
ALSO KNOW THAT FOR MANY OF OUR
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS -- SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LINCOLN.
TOM?
>> THANK YOU.
I AM TOM GRAFF.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION AND IT IS A
PLEASURE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF
YOU.
WE ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE
STREETCAR CONNECTOR PROJECT AND
WE ENDORSE THE CONTINUAL
FUNDING OF THE E█NGINEERING AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CONNECTOR
LINE.
THE TWO STUB LINES AS I CALLED
THEM DON'T FUNCTION WITHOUT
CONNECTING.
I THINK WE ALL SAW THAT WITH
LINK LIGHT RAIL.
ONCE YOU OPEN THE ANGLE LAKE
AND HE CAPITOL HILL AND
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
STATIONS, THE LINE CAPACITY
DOUBLED.
I BELIEVE THAT IT IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WILL SEE WITH THE
STREETCAR.
RATE CITIES HAVE GREAT
TRANSPORTATION.
IT CANNOT JUST BE ON BUSES.
AT 4-6 THE CLOCK, OUR CENTER
CITY IS IN WEDLOCK EVERY DAY.
IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
ADDING MORE BUSES IS NOT GOING
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WE NEED DEDICATED LINES AND THE
STREETCAR IS IN EIGHT DEDICATED
LANE MUCH OF ITS LENGTH.
I STRONGLY ENDORSE YOU
PROCEEDING WITH THIS AND I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DON?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PAGE
AND LISA AND THEN DOUG.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM DONE LIKE ANY, I WORKED
FOR THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR.
WE THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT
ASPECT OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, NOT
ONLY FOR THE VISITORS THAT
DAVID BLANFORD MENTIONED, FOR
THE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
AS TOM JUST POINTED OUT, WE ARE
GETTING CONGESTED AND WE NEED
OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO GET
AROUND THE CENTER CITY.
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES SHOW
THIS LINE WILL HAVE ABOUT
20,000 RIDERS ON DAY ONE.
IT IS CONNECTED TO BOTH LINES
FROM CAPITOL HILL ALL THE WAY
THROUGH SOUTH LAKE UNION.
THAT IS MORE THAN THE PORTON
LAND NETWORK.
IT IS MORE THAN ANY OTHER
EXISTING RETRO ROUTE.
IT IS A BIG INVESTMENT BUT A
BIG OUTCOME WE LOOK FORWARD TO.
IT CONNECTS CURRENTLY OUR SYSTEM
HUBS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO FIRST
HILL.
YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF WRITERS
GET OFF AT THE REGIONAL HUB ON
JACKSON STREET AND TAKE THE
STREETCAR UP AND GET TO THEIR
JOBS OR MEDICAL UP LIMITS ON
FIRST HILL.
THIS IS A CRITICAL CONNECTION.
FINAL, MOST PORTLY, THIS IS A
GREEN PROJECT THAT IS PROVIDE
MASS TRANSIT TO OUR CENTER
CITY.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS
FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL
NEXT WEEK.
>> LET'S SEE WHERE I AM OUT.
PAGE?
>> MY NAME IS PAIGE MALAN AND I
MET RESIDENTS ALONG THE FIRST
HILL STREETCAR ALIGNMENT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR ONCE
COMPLETE WILL HELP ABSORB THE
GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN.
THE 5 MILES STREETCAR ROUTE IS
AFFECTED TO HAVE MORE RIDERS
PER DAY IN KING COUNTY METRO'S
BUSIEST BUS ROUTE.
SINCE 2010, THE AREA DOWNTOWN
ALONG THE STREETCAR ROUTE HAS
HAD 42,000 NEW RESIDENTS WITH
AN INCREASE OF 66% AND 27
PERCENT INCREASE ON THE ROUTE.
THE CONGESTION IMPACT BUSES AND
SIGNALS THE NEED FOR HIGHER
CAPACITY TRANSIT.
A STREETCAR VEHICLE CAN CARRY
TWICE AS MANY PASSENGERS AS AN
ARTICULATED US.
FIVE YEARS AGO LAST MONTH, CITY
COUNCIL VOTED 8-1 TO BUILD THE
CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT CITY
GOVERNMENT DELIVERS ON PROMISES
VESELY MADE TO THE COMMUNITY.
LET'S BE PROACTIVE SO WE CAN
BUILD IT QUICKLY WHILE
MAINTAINING THE HIGH QUALITY
PROJECT THAT WE HAVE CAUSE.
LET'S GET THE STREETCAR
ROLLING.
>> THANK YOU.
LISA?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS LISA AND
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
ALLIANCE.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE CITY
CONNECTOR FOR THE CHANGING CITY
AND CHANGING TRANSPORTATION
NEEDS, I NEST?
OR AND THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY WILL GIVE US THE ZERO
EMISSION DOWNTOWN PARTICULAR
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LISA.
DOUG?
>> DOUG, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY NORA AND THEN JAMES.
>> MY NAME IS DOUG AND I WORK
FOR THE PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY
THOUGHTS.
AT THE DOWNTOWN CORE CONTINUES
TO ADD THOUSANDS OF JOBS,
RESIDENTS AND HOTEL ROOMS, FOR
7 IT NEEDS THE STREETCAR TO
ACCOMMODATE ALL THIS GROWTH.
DURING THE SNOWSTORM IN
FEBRUARY, THE STREETCAR WAS THE
ONLY RELIABLE AND SAFE
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
OF WHICH MANY REGIONAL
PRESIDENTS THE PEN ON
HEALTHCARE DIVIDED FROM THE
FIRST CELL.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE FORWARD
OMENTUM TO ENSURE THAT OUR
STREETCAR SYSTEM IS FULLY
CONNECTED TO KEEP PEOPLE MOVING
DOWNTOWN.
LET'S FINISH WHAT WE STARTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOUG.
>> NORA?
>> MY NAME IS NORA CHEN AND I
AM FROM CHINATOWN.
I AM THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF
THE CONNECTION IN CHINATOWN.
MY JOB IS, MY OBJECTIVE IS TO
VOTE AND TEACH THEM HOW TO
VOTE.
REGISTER THEM TO VOTE.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
LAST WEEK I BOUGHT 41 OF THEM
HERE TO THE MEETING.
AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND AND SEE
HOW DEMOCRACY WE HAVE.
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN HONG KONG.
HONG KONG AS YOU KNOW IS NUMBER
ONE CITY FOR THE ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD, RIGHT?
AND I REALLY THINK THAT WHAT
MAKES HONG KONG THE BEST IS THE
TRANSPORTATION.
BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND RAISED
THERE, I CAN GO TO ONE CORNER
OF THE HONG KONG TO THE OTHER
CORNER.
WITHIN ONE HOUR.
SO THAT IS WHY IT MAKES IT SUCH
A VIBRANT CITY AND ALSO SUCH A
GOOD ECONOMY CITY IN THE WORLD.
AND SO I AM REALLY GLAD THAT I
WAS BORN IN HONG KONG TO SEE
THAT.
AND THEN I AM REALLY GLAD THAT
I AM GETTING OLD IN SEATTLE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SEATTLE IS
GROWING.
I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE LEARN A FEW THINGS FROM
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND SO
I TALKED TO SOME SENIORS AND
SOME OF THE THINGS WERE TALKED
ABOUT BY THEM LAST WEEK.
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROMISE.
CHINATOWN SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR THE CENTER
CITY CONNECTOR SINCE 2012.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST HILL
STREETCAR.
THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR WILL
HAVE ITS OWN LANE, CREATING A
FAST AND EFFICIENT WAY TO MOVE
MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS
AND REFUSING GOOD LUCK.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
IF YOU HAVE ONE MORE TO READ,
THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
>> 20,000 PEOPLE WILL RIDE THE
NEW CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
THAT IS MORE THAN ANY METRO BUS
LINE CAN HANDLE IN A DAY.
WE IN CHINATOWN WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME ANYBODY TO COME TO
CHINATOWN AND MAKE CHINATOWN TO
BE A BETTER CITY.
BETTER AREA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TOO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> JAMES, YOU ARE NEXT.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STEVE
AND THEN MATT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JAMES AND I'M THE
CEO AND FOUNDER OF VIBRANT
CITIES, A REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS BASED IN
SEATTLE'S CHINATOWN.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
THE CITY CENTER STREETCAR
PROJECT FOR 3 REASONS.
ONE, THE CITY NEEDS TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN RELIABLE,
AFFORDABLE TRANSIT.
WE ARE IMMIGRANTS.
I AM AN IMMIGRANT.
WE CAN FROM VERY HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS.
GROWING UP, OUR FAMILY RELIED
ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE NEEDED IT AND WE NEED TO
SUPPORT AND CREATE THAT FOR
MORE CITIZENS.
SECOND, THE CITY IS BECOMING
DENSER EVERY DAY.
WE NEED SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE
CONGESTION.
THE CITY'S POPULATION INCREASED
BY 135,000 PEOPLE IN 2010-2017.
AND THIRD, THE CITY TRULY
VALUES CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE
CITY CONNECT THE CITY STREETCAR
THAT WILL MAKE CID MORE
SUCCESSFUL TO RESIDENTS.
HERE'S WHY.
THE CHINATOWN IN VANCOUVER AND
PORTLAND IS DYING.
PORTLAND, THE CHINATOWN IS
DEAD.
THE REASON IS THERE WEREN'T
PEOPLE GOING.
THE PLACE WAS TOO HARD TO
DEVELOP.
IT WAS TOO HARD FOR BUSINESSES
TO CHANGE.
WE NEED TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND THE STREETCAR WILL
DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
>> STEVE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
SEATTLE NEEDS A GREEN NEW DEAL
TODAY.
I AM STEVE, THE DIRECTOR OF
EMERALD CITY SEATTLE, A
COLLABORATION OF CITY GROUPS,
GOVERNMENT LABOR, TRAINING
PROVIDERS AND BUSINESSES.
WE FACE MANY CHALLENGES
GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY.
CLIMATE CRISIS, A HOUSING
RISES, GENTRIFICATION AND
DESPISING.
HEALTH DISPARITIES, POLLUTION,
AND COME INEQUALITY AND OTHERS.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL CAN TACKLE
THEM ALL AND PROVIDE A JUST
PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE.
SEATTLE, WITH OUR CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY, AFFLUENT AND
PROGRESSIVE CITIZENRY MUST LEAD
THE WAY.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL MUST CENTER
ON FRONT-LINE COMMUNITIES.
BUT, EDITION IS EMMA OTHER
PEOPLE OF COLOR, REFUGEES, LOW
AND NO INCOME PEOPLE, HELPLESS
AND HOMELESS, DISABLED, LGBTQ
AND OTHERS.
BY ENSURING MAKE OUR CITIES
MORE LIVABLE, INCLUSIVE FOR
THESE COMMITTEES, WE WILL MAKE
OUR CITIES THE BEST IT CAN BE
FOR ALL.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL WOULD NOT BE
FREE AND WE MUST BE WILLING TO
INVEST IN OUR FUTURE.
CITIES IN THE WORLD, WE HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS
THROUGH PROGRESSIVE TAXATION.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AS A PLATFORM
FOR DEALING WITH CHALLENGES IN
AN INTEGRATED WAY.
IT CAN DEAL WITH ENERGY,
HEALTH, TRANSIT, WASTE AND
JOBS.
I URGE YOU TO COMMIT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL TODAY AND INVEST IN
OUR FUTURE.
>> MATT, YOUR NEXT.
>> -- MY NAME IS MATT AND I
LIVE IN BEACON HILL.
AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
YOUR SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY ON
THIS ISSUE OVER THE YEARS.
WHAT I SAID IN MY LANGUAGE IS
ASK THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE
COUNCIL HERE, TO HAVE A GOOD
HEART AND GOOD MIND AND PUT
FORTH THOSE ENERGIES AND PASS
LEGISLATION THAT IS BOLD, THAT
IS STRONG, THAT SET A TARGET
DATE OF 2030 FOUR NO FOSSIL
FUELS TO BE, TO BE FOSSIL FUEL
FREE BY 2030.
THAT INCORPORATES THE VOICES OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOW-
INCOME COMMUNITIES, NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND WORKERS AND BE
BOLD, NOT ONLY WITH THE
STATEMENTS BUT THE ACTIONS TO
FOLLOW.
AND I THINK EACH AND EVERYONE
OF YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU DO
AND YOUR FAMILIES THAT YOU ARE
TAKING CARE OF.
SO OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL
HAVE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER
TO DRINK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> INGRID ELLIOTT?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LUCAS
VARGAS AND EMILY HAZELTON AND
JOHN.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS INGRID ELLIOTT AND I
MAY SEATTLE MOM.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I WANT
GRANDCHILDREN.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE UNTIL 2030
TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
2030 IS WHEN MY OLDEST SON WILL
BE 30 YEARS OLD.
AND HE SAYS THAT IS WHEN HE
WILL START THINKING ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE
CHILDREN.
BUT IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT
UNDER CONTROL, HE SAYS HE
PROBABLY WON'T HAVE KIDS.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO BRING
CHILDREN INTO AN UNCERTAIN OR
DANGEROUS FUTURE.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL AS UNANIMOUSLY
ENDORSED THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
NOW I ASK YOU TO TAKE THE FIRST
STEPS TOWARDS MAKING A BETTER
FUTURE FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE
GRANDCHILDREN OF THIS CITY.
THE FIRST STEPS SHOULD BE TO DO
NO NEW HARM.
WE MUST STOP OUR GROWING
ADMISSIONS AND SEATTLE MUST
IMMEDIATELY BAN ALL NEW FOSSIL
FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
AND BAND FOSSIL FUELS IN ALL
NEW SEATTLE BUILDINGS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I AM LUCAS AND I'M A
GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I AM VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO
STUDY THE PHYSICS OF OUR
CLIMATE EVERY DAY AND I'M ALSO
VERY LUCKY TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE UAW LOCAL 4121.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS A COMMON
CRITICISM OF LOCAL CLIMATE
ACTION.
THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THE
CRISIS IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN
SEATTLE.
NOTHING WE DO REALLY MATTERS.
ASIDE FROM THAT MORAL
IMPERATIVE TO ELIMINATE OUR
CARBON EMISSIONS, THIS
COMPLAINT COMPLETELY IGNORES
THE IMMEDIATE AND IF IT OF
REDUCING EMISSIONS.
PARTICULARLY THOSE BORN THE
BRUNT OF THE RAPID
INDUSTRIALIZATION ON THE HEALTH
OF THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN.
THE COUNCIL HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF
THE HEALTH OF ITS CONSTITUENTS.
I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE
CARBON REDUCTION SERIOUSLY
MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, LUCAS.
EMILY?
[APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILY.
I VOLUNTEER WITH 350 SEATTLE.
I AM EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO
SEE THE COUNCIL INTRODUCE A
GREEN NEW SOLUTION TODAY.
AND I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO
KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM BY BANNING
NATURAL GAS AND NEW BUILDINGS.
JUST FIVE DAYS AGO, NEAR
PITTSBURGH, A NATURAL GAS
EXPLOSION DEMOLISHED ONE HOUSE.
DEMOLISHED SEVERAL HOUSES AND
SENT FIVE PEOPLE TO THE
HOSPITAL.
IN 2016, A PSE NATURAL GAS LINE
EXPLODED IN GREENWOOD CONNOR
SEATTLE.
BLOWING UP THREE BUSINESSES IN
THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
EVEN WITHOUT GAS LEAKS AND
EXPLOSIONS, GASPING STOVES
PRODUCE NITROGEN DIOXIDE, WHICH
IS A RESPIRATORY IRRITANT.
WITH CLOSED WINDOWS, IT CAN
LIFT INDOOR POLLUTION LEVELS
ABOVE EPA STANDARDS FOR OUTSIDE
AIR.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS, G 20
NATIONS SPENT $147 BILLION IN
SUBSIDIES TO THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IN 2016.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SUBSIDIZING
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WITH
OUR HEALTH AND FUTURE.
LAST MONTH, BERKELEY BECAME THE
FIRST CITY IN THE U.S. TO BE
BANNING NATURAL GAS IN A NEW
LOW RISE BUILDINGS AND HOMES.
IT COSTS LESS MONEY TO INSTALL
ONE TYPE OF ENERGY, ELECTRICITY
IN NEW BUILDINGS.
LET'S FOLLOW.
SLEEP, NO MORE GOVERNMENT
HANDOUTS TO FOSSIL FUEL
COMPANIES.
THIS TIME WE PRIORITIZE HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU WILL BE NEXT, FOLLOWED
BY MARIA, ALEC AND BRANDY.
>> I AM JOHN VITO.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SEATTLE FOR
MOST OF THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW, UNTIL TWO YEARS
AGO, I HADN'T REALLY
EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CITY.
AND UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT YEARS
AGO, HOMELESSNESS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS MANAGEABLE.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS A TASK
FORCE THT HAD A PLAN TO
ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS.
BY TWO YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE IT WAS DOABLE.
IT WAS SOMETHING WE BELIEVED
IN.
NOW THE PRIORITIES ARE TOTALLY
OUT OF WHACK.
WE NEED A GREEN NEW DEAL THAT
WILL SUPPORT THIS PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE
OUTRAGEOUS TAKEOVER OF OUR CITY
BY LARGE CORPORATIONS AND ALSO
THE IMPACT OF THE FOSSIL FUEL
COMPANIES DECISION TO IGNORE
AND SUPPRESS SCIENCE.
I WOULD ALSO URGE THAT THIS
COMMITTEE NOT GO FORWARD WITH A
PLAN TO BUILD AN EXPENSIVE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
COULD EASILY AND MORE CHEAPLY
MOVE.
WE COULD EASILY MOVE PEOPLE
WITH DEDICATED BUS LANES FOR
MUCH LESS MONEY.
AT LEAST UNTIL WE CAN SORT OUT
HOW TO FUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
>> MARIA?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AND MR.
JEKYLL.
IT IS MY FIRST TIME TO ADDRESS
YOU.
SO AS YOU KNOW, I COME FROM
BEACON HILL.
I REPRESENT THE CENTRAL DATE
LAROSE SET.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE IN
BEACON HILL.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS GOING TO
HELP OUR COMMUNITY A LOT.
I INVITE YOU TO COME VISIT US.
WE ARE 6 MILES LONG ON THE WEST
SIDE OF BEACON HILL.
IT IS I-5. IT HAS 250,000 CARS.
TRAVELING ON THE DAY, ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF I 90, ON THE EAST
SIDE WE HAVE RAIN EAR AND MLK.
THE I 90 HAS 120,000 CARS THAT
TRAVEL PER DAY.
THE AIRPLANES THAT USE FOSSIL
FUELS.
THEY COME OVER US EVERY 90
SECONDS.
SO THIS IS GOING TO NOT ONLY
BENEFIT ALL OF SEATTLE BUT
REALLY TRULY HELP US STOP
DIRTYING OUR OWN HOME SO TO
SPEAK.
I KNOW SEATTLE HAS BEEN BOLD.
SEATTLE IS THE FIRST TO THE IN
THE UNITED STATES TO ADOPT A
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE POLICY.
A BIG MOVE NOT JUST FROM A
LEGAL PERSPECTIVE FROM A
CULTURAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVE.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE, OUR HOUSE IS
ON FIRE.
THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO SAY
IT.
THESE TAKE BOLD ACTION.
MOVE FORWARD.
THERE ARE SO MANY BRILLIANT
BRAINS AND SO MANY FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HELP MOVE
IT FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARIA.
[APPLAUSE]
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I THINK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION.
OF YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON
THAT THIS COMING MONDAY.
I WANTED TO TAKE LESS THAN A
MINUTE AND HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS AND TO
REMIND YOU OF THE OVERALL GOAL
OF THE SEATTLE GREEN NEW DEAL
CAMPAIGN.
THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO
ELIMINATE CLIENT POLLUTION BY
2030.
AND TO REDUCE INJUSTICES AND
CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
IT WILL TAKE DOZENS OF POLICIES
TO DO THAT OVER MANY YEARS.
12 OR 11.
UNTIL 2030.
BUT YOU NEED THE NEXT STEPS AND
TO STOP DIGGING THE HOLE ANY
DEEPER.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE CAN DO
IMMEDIATELY AND WE CAN FOLLOW
OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN DOING
THOSE IN JANUARY.
WE SAW THE KING COUNTY PASSED A
MORATORIUM IN ALL NEW MAJOR
FOSSIL FUEL AND FOR STRUCTURE.
INCLUDING, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CAN DO THAT BOTH IN THE CITY
AND AT THE PORT.
IT IS A STEP THEY CAN TAKE.
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE SAW
THIS THE BERKELEY MOVED TO KEEP
THEIR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS
SAFE BY PROHIBITING NEW FOSSIL
FUELS FROM BEING HOOKED UP TO
NEW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
INVEST IN THE GOOD THAT WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT
INVESTING ANYMORE IN THE BAD.
LET'S PASS POLICIES AS QUICKLY
AS WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT NO NEW
FOSSIL FUELS ARE ENTERING
COMMUNITIES.
INC.
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALEC.
[APPLAUSE]
>> RANDY?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MEGAN
MURPHY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ALEX
HUDSON AND POLLY, PAULINE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM RANDY AND I WAS AN
OPERATOR FOR 11 YEARS AT THIS
SEATTLE STREETCAR AT SOUTH LAKE
UNION.
I COME FROM EXPERIENCE.
THEY OFFERED A LOT OF TRIPS FOR
BOTH TOURISTS AND COMMUTERS.
AND THE CITY CENTER CONNECTURE
IS, THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR
IS BASICALLY DEVELOPED AS AN
URBAN CIRCULATOR.
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT THAT
ENTAILS.
THERE IS A NEW CRUISE TERMINAL
GOING IN.
BASICALLY, IS GREAT FOR
TOURISTS.
FOR ANYBODY IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE, CAPITOL HILL, SOUTH
LAKE UNION TO GET ALONG TO ANY
SPOT IN THE AREA, TWO OF THE
POINTS, IF THIS ISN'T BILLED, I
AM REMINDED OF FORWARD THRUST.
THAT HAS FOR 50 YEARS BEEN
REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WORST
DECISIONS TO NOT BE MADE.
I WAS LOOKING INTO IT AND IT
TURNS OUT THAT IT ACTUALLY
PASSED.
IT WAS MORE THAN 50% OF THE
VOTE.
BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A
DEVELOPER AND FEDERAL MOTORS
WERE AGAINST IT, THEY MOUNTED A
BIG CAMPAIGN THE LAST THREE
WEEKS IT WENT FROM 68% PASSING
TO JUST OVER 50%.
AND OUR CITY WOULD HAVE BEEN SO
MUCH DIFFERENT IF THAT HAD
ACTUALLY BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON.
ANYWAY, IT IS ABOUT OPERATING.
YOU NEED A TURN BACK OVER THERE
BY WESTLAKE AND SIXTH.
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ALONG SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
EXCEPT A NEW ONE WILL BE PUT IN
THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT
STREETCAR DOWNTOWN RUNNING MORE
ON TIME, YOU CAN TURN THAT BACK
AND IT WILL GUARANTEE IT A LOT
BETTER.
>> THANK YOU, RANDY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.
>> MEGAN?
>> THINK YOU FOR LETTING ME
TALK.
IS THE TRAN PROVIDER UNION
HERE?
>> I SOUGHT THE UPDATE ON THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
THAT THIS MEETING WAS
HAPPENING.
I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE IT IS A
UNION FOUNDED ON PEOPLE WHO
RIDE THE TRANSIT, WHICH HAS A
DISTANT RELATION TO WORK.
IT IS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
LIKE TO RIDE TRANSIT.
THE STREETCAR IS REALLY GREAT.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS REALLY,
WHILE.
IT IS AMAZING.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS
ENOUGH.
BECAUSE THE HEAT THAT WAS OVER
PARIS, IT WAS LIKE 110 DEGREES
IN PARIS.
PEOPLE WERE ON THE EDGE OF THE
SCENE AND GETTING FRIED FROM
THE SUN.
IT MOVED OVER.
IT MOVED OVER GREENLAND.
NOW GREENLAND IS MELTING BY
SCIENTIFIC FACT, 50 YEARS
SOONER.
SO I DON'T THINK WE ARE
QUITTING FOSSIL FUELS FAST
ENOUGH.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE PANIC
BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARING
FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN SEATTLE.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE
PREPARING FOR THE WATER LEVELS
TO RISE.
SO ENDORSING THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IS REALLY COOL.
THE STREETCAR IS REALLY COOL.
A UNION, TRANSIT NEEDS TO BE
FREE AND ORGANIZED AND I THINK
MASSIVELY EVERYBODY SHOULD JUST
GIVE UP THEIR CARS AND JUST
SHARE WITH EACH OTHER FOR A
WHILE UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS GOING ON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
>> HELLO.
I AM ALEX HUDSON, THE EXECUTIVE
RECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES COALITION.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR STREETCAR.
YOU HAVE HEARD, THE NUMBERS
AROUND THE RIDERSHIP OF THIS
ALIGNMENT THAT WILL CONNECT AND
AMPLIFY AND CATALYZE OUR
EXISTING INVESTMENTS.
27 RIDERS PER DAY.
WE HEARD ABOUT HOW IT LEVERAGES
OTHER INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING
IN OUR WATERFRONT.
IN PLACES LIKE THE TERRACE AND
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
IS THE LIGHT RAIL THROUGH
DOWNTOWN.
AND I AM STRUCK TO BE FOLLOWING
PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE AND THE URGENCY
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
AS WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND
COMMITMENT OUR CITY IS WILLING
TO MAKE IN A ZERO MISSIONS FORM
OF HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT
THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN.
I WOULD URGE US TO BE THINKING
ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM
THESE FOLKS ABOUT THE EXTREME
URGENCY OF GIVING ZERO MISSIONS
TRANSPORTATION, MATCHING THAT
WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION BEING THE SINGLE
LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO
GREENHOUSE GASES IN OUR CITY.
AND ASK YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU
ARE HEARING FROM ADVOCATES AND
LET THAT GUIDE YOUR LEVEL OF
WILLINGNESS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
AND MOVING THIS PROJECT
FORWARD.
WE CAN HAVE A CAR LIGHT
DOWNTOWN, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
>> YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MIKE
AND THEN COLLEEN ROMAN AND THEN
JILLIAN.
>> I AM PAULINE, REPRESENTING
THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
THE FUNNY THING HAPPENED THIS
MORNING, ON THE WAY TO A
COMMITTEE MEETING, I HAD
BLACKBERRIES.
RIPE ONES.
I ALSO NOTICED TRIPS TO BALLARD
THAT THERE ARE NO, NONE TO BE
SEEN.
IT WAS THE LOWEST IN SEVEN
YEARS.
COULD GLOBAL WARMING HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?
THE REASON THE BLACKBERRIES ARE
STRANGE IS BECAUSE THEY
SHOULDN'T BE RIGHT FOR ANOTHER
MONTH.
IT IS ALSO GLOBAL WARMING.
I HAVE NOTICED THE PLANTS ARE
ALL OUT OF WHACK.
THEY ARE BLOOMING AND FLOWERING
AND PRUNING EARLIER THAN THEY
USED TO.
I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
SLOW THIS DOWN AND STOP IT,
LIKE MORE TRANSIT, I AM IN
FAVOR OF COMPLETING THE
STREETCAR CONNECTOR, ONLY
BECAUSE THE PLANS ARE PRETTY
MUCH SET FOR THAT.
AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
COMPLETION PHASE RATHER THAN IN
THE STARTUP PHASE BY NOW.
I PERSONALLY PREFER OPTIONS
INVOLVING BUSES.
BUSES ARE MORE FLEXIBLE.
THEY CAN GO WHERE THEY ARE
NEEDED.
IF IT NEEDS CHANGE, YOU CAN
REROUTE IT AND CHANGE THEM.
I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY FINISH
THIS STREETCAR.
SEATTLE DOES HAVE A BIT OF A
LOVE AFFAIR WITH STREETCARS
GOING BACK DECADES.
SO THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN.
>> MIKE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS
MIKE McQUAID AND I'M THE
TRANSPORTATION CHAIR IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
I AM HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CENTER
CITY CONNECT OR FUNDING.
AS ASPORTATION CHAIR IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION, I HAVE 50,000
PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN
OUR COMMUNITY THAT WEREN'T
THERE 15 YEARS AGO.
YOU TALK ABOUT MOBILITY VERY
DIFFERENTLY THAN I DO AND DID
IN THEIR STAGE OF THE GAME.
THE COMMUNITY AND CITY RELIES
ON DIVERSE MOBILITY CHOICES TO
FUEL THAT KIND OF GROWTH AND
INNOVATION.
THE FOURTH-GENERATION SEATTLE
BUSINESS OWNER AND RESIDENT,
GETTING MOBILITY RIGHT IN OUR
CITY IS CRITICAL. IN MY VIEW IT
IS VERY PROGRESSIVE.
IN THIS ECONOMY, WITH THIS
PROJECT, WE ARE IN THE RIGHT
SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN EACH
OF OUR SEVEN DISTRICT HAVE
PRIORITIES COME IMPORTANT ONES,
IT IS DOWNTOWN THAT WE MUST
KEEP MOVING BY BUILDING OUT THE
MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE BUSINESS STACKED IF YOU
WANT, WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
NEED, THE VOTERS UNDERSTAND
CLEARLY.
WE ARE INNOVATIVE IN THE CITY.
WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT
BRINGING THE NHL THERE AND THE
$2 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THE
CITY THAT WAS CATALOGUED AROUND
THAT.
WE MUST APPLY THE SAME
INNOVATION TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
, MOBILITY AND OTHERWISE.
WRAPPING UP, WE HAVE ALREADY
PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND ON
CONNECTING THE STREETCAR LINES.
THIS THING IS CLEARLY
IMPORTANT.
WE NOW HAVE SOUND FACTS TO
SUPPORT THE MERITS.
IT IS TIME TO HONOR OUR CITIES
PROMISE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE FEDERALLY FUNDED ORGAN.
IN THIS ECONOMY, AND THE CITY,
IT IS REASONABLE.
AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, MIKE.
CALLING?
>> COLLEEN BOWMAN?
I DON'T SEE COLLEEN.
JILLIAN OSWALD?
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS
SIGNED UP.
IF NOT, YOU WILL BE THE LAST.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JURGEN OSWALD.
I AM SUPER HERE'S.
EVERYBODY LOVES SUPERHEROES.
AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE ONE.
WE COUNT ON A VISION TO
FACILITATE THE CITY RELIANT ON
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS NOT CARS.
ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT SHOULD GET AUTOMATIC
APPROVAL.
TO THE EAST SIDE AND TACOMA,
VANCOUVER TO PORTLAND, OR THE
CONNECTION TO OUR EXISTING
STREETCAR LINES.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU
DON'T HAVE VISION.
YOU BUILD A VIADUCT THAT
SEPARATES A MAGNIFICENT
WATERFRONT FROM THE HEIGHT OF
THE CITY.
YOU RENEGE ON A SUBWAY 50 YEARS
AGO.
ATLANTA SAYS THANK YOU FOR THE
$5 BILLION IN TODAY'S DOLLARS
IN FEDERAL GRANTS.
LET'S NOT REPEAT MISTAKES OF
THE PAST.
SHOW VISION, SUPPORT THE
STREETCAR.
SAY NO TO CONGESTION AND
POLLUTION.
SAY YES TO AFFORDABLE
TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL.
SAY YES TO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
BE COOLER THAN A SUPERHERO.
THE STREETCAR.
>> THANK YOU, JURGEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT'S THE END OF THE PUBLIC
SIGN-UP SHEET.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
FOR PUBLIC, IT.
WE HAVE A CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT
IT WILL MOVE ONTO THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND READ IT IN.
IT IS APPT 01389.
THE APPOINTED OF SAMUEL
FERRARA, AS A LEVER TO MOVE
SEATTLE OVERSIGHT READY TO A
TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2022.
I INVITE THEM FORWARD.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL START WITH AN
INTRODUCTION.
>> RACHEL McCAFFERY, I AM THE
SDOT LIAISON.
>> I AM SAMUEL FERRARA, I WORK
AS A BUDGET ENGINEER.
>> GREAT.
WELCOME, BOTH.
RACHEL, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> SURE.
THE MOVE SEATTLE COMMITTEE
MONITORS REVENUE, EXPENDITURES
AND PROJECT LIMITATION.
THEY ADVISED CITY COUNCIL, THE
MAYOR AND SDOT ON PROJECT
SOCKS,'S COST SAVINGS AND
OVERRUNS.
THEY HAVE FINANCIAL PLANES AND
MAKE LIQUIDATIONS TO THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL.
SAM IS BEING APPOINTED.
HE IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE TO
FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE
VACANT TERM THAT GOES TO THE
END OF 2022.
>> GREAT.
SAM, DO IT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US?
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND AND INTEREST AND
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THIS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE?
>> COURSE.
SO FIRST LET ME SAY THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
IT IS A GREAT HONOR.
INC.
YOU FOR THAT.
I AM ORIGINALLY FROM THE
WASHINGTON DC AREA.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE THREE YEARS
AGO.
I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
BUILDING NERD.
SO I TOOK THAT PASSION AND I
DECIDED TO STUDY CIVIL
ENGINEERING AT VIRGINIA TECH, I
GOT MY BACHELORS AND MASTERS
DEGREE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
THERE.
AFTER GRADUATING, I GOT IN THE
CAR AND HEADED WEST.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE.
IN SEATTLE, I GOT A JOB WORKING
AS A PROJECT ENGINEER FOR A
GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
WG CLARK CONSTRUCTION.
WE BUILT PRIMARILY MIDRISE
RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
BUILDINGS.
EVERYTHING FROM CONDOS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STUDENT
DORMS.
I REALLY LIKE MY JOB. I FIND IT
VERY FULFILLING.
I SEE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON
SOCIETY.
WHEN PEOPLE MOVE INTO THEIR NEW
HOME, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OUTSIDE
OF WORK HOURS.
WHEN I SAW THE OPPORTUNITY
OPENING ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE A GREAT FIT.
I HAVE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND
AM A CONCRETE, STEEL AND
ASPHALT NERD.
I COULD TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY
BUT I WILL KEEP IT SHORT.
BUT I ALSO HAVE THE REAL WORLD
EXPERIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN A
PROJECT IS PLANNED, YEARS IN
ADVANCE EMMA AN EARLY ESTIMATE
IS DONE BY THE TIME IT IS
ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION TIME.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND
SOMETIMES DOES ASSUMPTIONS
DON'T HOLD TO OVERTIME.
I HOPE TO TAKE THIS EXPERTISE
AND BE ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
I AM HONORED TO BE HERE AND I'M
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE OF THE
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
RACHEL, ARE YOU READY TO HAVE
ANOTHER TECHNICAL EXPERT WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT STEEL AND
CONCRETE ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE?
WE HAVE NICK.
THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I SIT ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
BUT MOSTLY I WATCH THE AMAZING
VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOW UP WITH
THE EXPERTISE.
THERE IS A NICE MIX OF FOLKS
THAT HAVE CONSTRUCTION
EXPERTISE AND FOLKS WHO HAVE
OPERATING EXPERTISE.
VARIOUS EXPRESS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND FOLKS THAT HAVE USER
EXPERTISE IN THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM.
IS A REAL ASSET TO ME AS CHAIR
OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
TO HAVE THIS VOLUNTEER GROUP
HELPING US PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO
THIS POOL OF MONEY THAT THE
VOTERS OF SEATTLE, VERY
GRATEFULLY ENTRUSTED TO US.
WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
THE COURSE OF NINE YEARS.
THAT IS OUTSTANDING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AND I APPRECIATE THE
EXPERTISE YOU WILL BRING.
THAT IS GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR SAM?
>> ALL RIGHT.
I WILL ASK THIS ONE QUESTION.
I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
DID YOU VOTE TODAY?
>> I VOTED ONE WEEK AGO OR SO.
>> THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> IT IS MY CIVIC DUTY TO ASK.
WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE.
BUT EVERYONE WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO
VOTE SHOULD BE VOTING.
THAT IS GREAT.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR US?
>> NO.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
I AM NOT SURE IF YOU WILL BE
THERE THIS EVENING.
GREAT.
>> WE WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW
HOURS.
>> THIS WILL BE A FULL COUNCIL
ON MONDAY.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THERE
IS NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU TO SAY MUCH ON MONDAY.
WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> KELLY?
WOULD YOU MIND READING AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
>> WE HAVE RESOLUTION 31895.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO A
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE,
ESTABLISHING GOES, IDENTIFYING
ACTIONS NECESSARY TO MEET THESE
GOALS, AFFIRMING THE FEDERAL
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION AND
CALLING FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ENACT POLICIES TO
ADVANCE A GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE WILL WELCOME PRESENTERS AS
THEY MOVE FORWARD I WANT TO
THANK FOLKS.
A LOT OF ORGANIZERS DID A LOT
OF WORK TO PUT ON A PRESS
CONFERENCE JUST HOURS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE STARTED.
INCLUDING THE FOLKS WHO WE, WHO
WILL BE SPEAKING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND FOR
THE AMAZING AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING INVOLVED IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR US TO DO A GREEN
NEW DEAL.
BUT WE START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> YOLANDA .
>> TRINITY, 350 SEATTLE.
>> I AM FROM TRANSMITTING.
>> THANK YOU ALSO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
COLLEAGUES, WHAT I HOPE TO DO
IF IT IS OKAY, YOU CAN CORRECT
ME IF I AM GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
IT WOULD BE TO START WITH THE
RESOLUTION AND HAVE YOLANDA
WALK US THROUGH THE STRUCTURE
OF THE RESOLUTION.
IT IS QUITE A LONG DOCUMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF SUBSTANCE TO
IT.
I WILL ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS
AND TURN IT OVER TO THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE
FEEDBACK ON WHAT IS THERE AND
AND HE THOUGHT THEY HAVE.
>> SO I HAVE DRAFTED A MEMO.
FRAMING AND PULLING BACK EVEN
FURTHER FROM THE GREEN NEW
DEAL, LOOKING MORE GENERALLY AT
WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE IN
TERMS OF RECOGNIZING THE CRISIS
OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE OVER THE
YEARS.
GIVING YOU A GENERAL, I THINK
IT IS EXHAUSTIVE.
WE DON'T -- WITH THE
LEGISLATION THAT IS THE PAST BY
SPOTTED.
IN 1992, IF THE COUNCIL HAD
RECOGNIZED THAT GLOBAL WARMING
WAS A CRISIS.
IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EVERY
ORDINANCE.
MOST RECENTLY, THE COUNCIL
AFFIRMED THE CITY'S COMMITMENT
TO MEET OR EXCEED GOALS IN THE
PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT.
IT IS RESOLUTION 3157.
IT TENDED TO LIMIT GLOBAL
WARMING TO NO MORE THAN 1.5B0C.
RECOGNIZING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
WOULD BE MUCH CATASTROPHIC.
THE CITY HAS ALSO, IT CREATED
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT TO LEAD THE CHARGE
ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS.
AND TO CREATE A MORATORIUM ON
THE HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
THE WORK IS ONGOING AND
CONTINUES TO INFORM THE
POLICYMAKING.
THE CITY IS SURE TO SING A
VARIETY OF POLICIES,
ENCOURAGING DEVELOPERS TO
INSTRUCT MORE GREEN BUILDINGS
AND HAS OVER THE YEARS LIMITED,
VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED GREENHOUSE
GASES RELATED TO ELECTRICITY
GENERATION.
IN ADDITION TO THESE MEASURES,
THE COUNCIL MAYOR HAD
RECOGNIZED THAT CERTAIN
COMMITTEES HAD BEEN ASKED DOOR?
EXCLUDED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION AND
THIS IS MAKING.
THE COMMITTEES HAD BEEN IS
PROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, THOSE
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE
DAMAGE WHEREVER.
THE CITY HAD LUNCH THE EQUITY
ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE AND
ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION 31681,
WHICH PRIORITIZES PEOPLE OF
COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES,
PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES, YOUTH
AND LIMITED ENGLISH-SPEAKING
INDIVIDUALS.
IN, MOST RECENTLY, THE CITY
RELEASED ITS 2016 SEATTLE
GREENHOUSE GAS MISSIONS
INVENTORY.
AND NOTED THAT WHILE SEATTLE
HAS BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE ITS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 5%
SINCE THE BASELINE YEAR OF
2008, EVEN WHILE EXPERIENCING
TREMENDOUS POPULATION GROWTH
OVER THIS SAME TIME PERIOD, THE
REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE CITY
WOULD NOT BREACH ITS CLIMATE
GOALS, WHICH ARE TO REACH A
ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS MISSIONS BY
2050.
AT THIS CURRENT PACE, THE PACE
WOULD NEED TO INCREASE BY
SEVENFOLD.
SO THAT SETS THE CONTEXT FOR
WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND JUST WANT TO DISCUSS THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS HAD CONSIDERED
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL.
WHICH PROPOSED THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED POLICIES
AND MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY.
THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS,
TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE
RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS,
PROVIDE JOB GUARANTEES AND
LIVING WAGES AND PRIORITIZE
SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES MOST
AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE,
POLLUTION AND OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
SO SHOULD I HAND OFF TO YOU
NOW?
>> YOLANDA , THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
I WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENT AND
THEN TURN IT OVER TO SOME OTHER
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE TABLE.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
CHIME IN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS.
I HAD A HAND IN LAUGHING THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
BUT I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REALLY
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO ARE BOTH MOST
IMPACTED AND HISTORICALLY ON
CLIMATE ISSUES.
THE MORE BROADLY TO OTHER
ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ISSUES.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ATTENTION AND FOCUS ON HERE,
THE URGENCY I HAVE HEARD FROM
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW SWIFTLY
DO WE NEED TO MOVE.
AND ALSO THE SENSITIVITY AND
THOUGHTFULNESS WITH WHICH WE
WILL NEED TO MOVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE POSITION IS HAPPEN
AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS.
IT IS A JUST TRANSITION.
IT DOESN'T DO MORE DAMAGE TO
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY
BEING HARMED AND ALSO LEVERAGES
OPPORTUNITIES TO LIFT THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UP
WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN A NEW
GREEN ECONOMY.
WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND SEE,
LET YOU ALL MAKE SOME COMMENTS
ON THIS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR
FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS ON THE
PROCESS SO FAR.
>> SURE.
WE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY
THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A
GREEN NEW DEAL, WE NEED TO
ADDRESS CURRENT AND HISTORIC
INJUSTICES.
AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS,
BASED UPON THESE, INTO THE
RESOLUTION, I WILL READ OUT
SOME OF THEM.
THEN NANCY WILL TAKE OVER ON
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS.
SO WHILE WE CONSCIOUSLY AWAY
FROM A FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY, WE
HAVE TO CREATE ENERGY
DEMOCRACY, WHICH MEANS THAT
PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY
CAN GOVERN HOW THEY WANT THE
ENERGY GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ENERGY
SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
20 YEARS FROM NOW.
LOCAL, RENEWABLE, SUPPORTIVE,
NON-EXTRACTIVE.
WE HAVE NO FEES.
ALL RENEWABLE ENERGY.
DID CENTRALIZED SYSTEM.
PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR ALL.
WHICH IS EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE,
AFFORDABLE TO EVERYBODY.
EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED,
THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE PEOPLE.
IT IS FREE AND POWERED BY
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING
THAT IS WITHOUT GENTRIFICATION
AND DISPLACEMENT, KEEPING OUR
COMMUNITIES AND PLACE.
ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF FOLKS
LOOKING AT HOUSING AND
SECURITY.
FAIR, GREEN GOOD JOBS.
UNION JOBS FOR EVERYBODY IN
THIS NEW ECONOMY AS WE
TRANSITION INTO IT.
WE HAVE A PRIORITY HIGHER.
TO ENSURE THAT JOBS ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO UNDOCUMENTED
FOLKS AS WELL AS THOSE WITH
GREEN CARDS.
WE LEND TO EVERYBODY.
HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL, WHICH
MEANS LIFTING UP LOCAL, JUST
AND CARBON FREE FOOD SYSTEMS,
ENSURING FOOD SECURITY FOR
EVERYBODY.
LIFTING UP INDIGENOUS GROUP
SYSTEMS.
LOCALIZED FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
INVESTMENTS IN COOPERATIVE
MODELS.
FOOD PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTIONAL.
HEALTHCARE AND CHILDCARE FOR
EVERY UP, EVERYBODY.
THAT INCLUDES UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE.
THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF
CHILDCARE WORKERS.
AND ENSURING THAT WORKING
FAMILIES ARE SUPPORTED.
INTO A TRANSITION PROCESS.
BUT THIS, I WILL TRANSFER IT TO
NANCY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS.
>> SO LIKE LAVANYA SAID, A LOT
OF FOLKS MENTIONED WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED AND WITH THIS, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AN
OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT WILL
úFOLLOW THE WORK AND BE ABLE TO
HELP TO TAKE THIS WORK.
WE NEED FOLKS WHO WOULD BE ON
THIS BOARD WHO CAN BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES AND TO HAVE AN
INTERSECTIONAL LENS.
LAVANYA LISTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF
THINGS FOLKS ARE FACING AT THE
SAME TIME.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS
ONE THING, IT DOESN'T CREATE
SOME OTHER PROBLEM IN OTHER
AREAS.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE A RANGE OF
FOLKS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS THE GOALS
OF THE RESOLUTION, GREEN JOBS,
HOUSING, TRANSIT, AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD WOULD BE
HOLDING THE CITY AND
STAKEHOLDERS ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE HAD MANY PLANS COME OUT
AND YOLANDA WAS LISTING
EARLIER, WHEN THESE GOALS
AREN'T FULFILLED AND THEY ARE
NOT MET, ARE MOST IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT BEHIND.
SO IT IS TIME TO TAKE
INTENTIONAL STEPS AND TO START
BUILDING COLLECTIVE GOVERNMENTS
WITH THOSE MOST IMPACTED.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO
BUILD ON THAT.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE
KNOW THE MOST EFFECTIVE CLIMATE
SOLUTIONS ARE THE ONES THAT
WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADDRESSING
INJUSTICES.
WE KNOW THE TRANSPORTATION IS
THE REGION'S BIGGEST SOURCE OF
CARBON POLLUTION.
WHEN WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
CARS, NOT JUST BY SAYING GO AND
PURCHASE A ELECTRIC VEHICLE,
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS TO
CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE
TRANSPORTATION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN
STAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THAT YOU DON'T GET PUSHED OUT.
WE KNOW THAT NOT ONLY IS THAT
THE BIGGEST HANG FOR AUERBACH
IN TERMS OF CLIMATE POLLUTION
REDUCTION, BUT THOSE ARE ALSO
THE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR
COMMUNITIES HEALTHIER AND TRY.
THAT IS WHAT SEATTLE'S GREEN
NEW DEAL IS ABOUT.
IT IS AIMED AT THAT,
RECOGNIZING THE THINGS WE NEED
TO DO RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, TO LEAD AS A
CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CARBON
POLLUTION, PROPORTIONATE TO
MANY FOLKS ON THE PLANET.
THE THINGS WE KNEW, NEED TO DO
RIGHT NOW, TO MAKE THIS A MORE
HEALTHY AND JUST PLACE TO LIVE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT
FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT ACTION.
LAYING OUT THE VISION FOR HOW
SEATTLE CAN START TO WORK AT
THE INTERSECTIONS OF CLIMATE
AND EXISTING HOUSING
TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH AND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUES AND DO
IT IN A WAY THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE
TO COMMITTEES DRIVEN BY THE
FOLKS ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE
CRISIS.
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
THE MOST EXPERIENCE WITH THESE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT IS THEIR
LIVED EXPERIENCE, ARE DRIVING'S
THE SOLUTION WE NEED TO MAKE
THE CITY BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK ON THIS.
AS YOU TOUCHED ON, THIS IS A
START.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT
WILL FALL OUT OF THIS.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO GIVE YOU
A CHANCE OF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WERE
EITHER THE STAFF OR FOR THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TODAY?
>> I HAVE SEVERAL POINTS THAT I
WANTED TO MAKE.
>> NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
>>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND THE
COMMITTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE HELPED BRING THE QUESTION
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL FORWARD.
I AM SURE THIS IS NOT NECESSARY
TO SAY BUT I WILL SAY IT
ANYWAY.
OF COURSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY
OFFICE AND MY ORGANIZATION, WE
COMPLETELY NOT ONLY SUPPORT
WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD
BUT ALSO WE ARE ON THE FRONT
LINES WITH YOU ALL IN FIGHTING
FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
WORKING PEOPLE FOR SEATTLE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, I THINK IT
WAS ALEC FROM 350 WHO SAID JUST
NOW IN PUBLIC BUT, REGARDLESS,
THAT IT IS A MISTAKE FOR PEOPLE
TO, I THINK IT WAS THE UAW
MEMBER WHO SAID THE MISTAKE FOR
PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO CORRECT
THIS, TO THINK THAT THIS IS A
GLOBAL PHENOMENON.
WHAT WE DO IN SEATTLE.
THERE IS ACTUALLY WE CAN DO.
CONCRETELY, BRINGING SEATTLE'S
CARBON EMISSIONS TO ZERO IS NOT
ONLY GOING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE FRONT-
LINE COMMUNITIES YOU ALL TALKED
ABOUT, BUT ALSO IT WILL BE AN
INSPIRATION.
WHAT CAN OTHER CITIES DO?
WHAT CAN WORKING PEOPLE AND
MOVEMENTS IN OTHER CITIES ALSO
ACHIEVE.
THAT WILL HAVE A GLOBAL
MOMENTUM.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THIS IS THE FANTASTIC
STEP FORWARD, OF COURSE I AGREE
WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
IT IS LONG WAY TO GO.
THIS IS STATING THE INTENT OF
WHERE WE BELIEVE THE CITIES
ELECTED LEADERSHIP SHOULD GO.
BUT THEN IT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED
BY THE CONCRETE ACTION THAT THE
RESOLUTION IS SUGGESTING WE DO.
JUST A FEW THINGS, I DON'T HAVE
ANY CONCRETE AMENDMENTS TO
BRING BUT I WANTED TO BRING
SOME IDEAS FORWARD TO TELL YOU
WHERE WE FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE
COULD BE SOME GOOD ADDITIONS
AND SO ON.
I WANTED TO STATE THAT TODAY
AND WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE IN
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE IF
THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN BRING
FORWARD TOGETHER.
ONE IS, JUST IN THE RAREST
CLOSETS WHERE IT SAYS, YOU
MENTIONED THIS.
I THINK IT IS, IT IS ON THE
BOTTOM.
>> THERE IS A LOT.
>> ACTUALLY, I THINK IT IS ONLY
APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
AVOIDING CLIMATE CATASTROPHE,
IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT IT
BE TRACED OUT.
AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 4, I
DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOWS UP IN
THE SAME WAY IN EVERYBODY'S
PRINTOUT BUT THERE IS A CLOSET
TALKS ABOUT THE 94 UNITED
STATES CONGRESS MEMBERS. AGAIN
THIS IS A RARE CLAUSE.
IT IS NOT THE MOST CRUCIAL
THING BUT I WANT TO SAY IT
ANYWAY.
I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD,
ESPECIALLY TO POINT THE WAY
FORWARD IF WE ALSO INCLUDE SOME
LANGUAGE IN THE RAREST CLAUSE
ABOUT HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE'S
MOVEMENTS AND FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES ON THE GROUND FOR
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS, HAVE A
LEAD ON THIS AND BROUGHT THE
QUESTION OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FORWARD.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION,
OR SUPPER ALEXANDRIA OKAY SO
CORTEZ, THE HARD PRESENCE THERE
COMBINED WITH MOVEMENTS THAT
ARE LEADING ON THE GROUND.
REALLY PUT THE PRESSURE ON
CONGRESS TO DO THIS.
IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING, HOW IS
IT WE ARE ABLE TO THIS FORWARD?
IT IS GOOD THAT IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH
YOU AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD.
WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN WORK ON
THAT IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
SO IN SECTION 4C, COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN, YOU AND I HAVE
DISCUSSED THAT IN COMMITTEE
VERY RECENTLY.
IN, SORRY, THIS IS NOT SECTION
4. IT IS A NOTE TO MYSELF TO
TALK ABOUT HOW I STRONGLY AGREE
WITH ADVANCING AWAY FROM ON
ECONOMY BASED ON EXTRACTION AND
EXPLOITATION.
TO ONE REGARDING REGENERATION
AND INCORPORATION.
ON THIS SECTION EIGHT, I
BELIEVE.
SECTION 8, EIGHT POINT I? WE
TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE HERE.
IT SAYS IMPLEMENT A PROGRESSION
PRICING PLAN THAT IS COMPLETE A
BOWL AND CREATES REVENUES TO
SUPPORT TRANSIT EXPANSION TO
BENEFIT LOW INCOME,
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
DISCONNECTED COMMITTEES FIRST
AND FOREMOST.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT FROM MY
STUDY AS AN ECONOMIST, MY STUDY
ON PRICING, THERE IS REALLY NO
EXAMPLE WHERE CONGESTION
PRICING IS EQUITABLE.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WORD
EQUITABLE, I WOULD PROBABLY
WANT TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE TO
REMOVE THAT.
SINCE YOU HAVE PUT EQUITABLE, I
AM OKAY WITH IT BUT I WANT TO
SAY FOR THE RECORD I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE IS SUCH A PLAN
BUT IF THERE WAS AN EQUITABLE
WAY OF DOING, OF COURSE I WOULD
SUPPORT IT.
BUT IF IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
EQUITABLE, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
>> YOUR COMMENTS, ONE OF THESE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS LAST MONTH,
ABOUT TOLLING, CONGESTION
PRICING WAS GREAT.
I THINK WHAT I WILL SUGGEST ON
THIS ONE IS, MAYBE ASK SOME OF
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS
TODAY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE THOSE
NOW OR WE CAN TALK IN THE
COMING DAYS TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
THOUGHTS ON RESPONDING TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S --
>> PLEASE WORK WITH TED IN MY
OFFICE BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY.
AND I HAD SEVERAL POINTS TO
BRING UP.
TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
SHOULD I KEEP GOING?
>> THEN, IN SECTION 6, WHICH IS
VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS HARD TO
FIND THE NUMBER.
I SKIPPED SECTION 6 AND WENT TO
A. IN SECTION 6 WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ESTABLISHING DEDICATED
REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
IT IS THAT PLUS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODY.
THAT IS THE HEART OF WHAT WILL
MAKE THIS INDOOR THE REALITY OF
THE FUNDS TO DEAL WITH SOME OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
WILL MAKE A HUGE DENT TO GO
TOWARDS CARBON ZERO.
IT IS DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING
ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
AND ALSO, THE ENERGY
RETROFITTING BUILDINGS.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO TOP
SOURCES OF CARBON EMISSIONS.
I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT
FOR US TO INCLUDE SOME EXPLICIT
LANGUAGE ABOUT TAXING BIG
BUSINESS AND PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE SOURCES.
CONCRETELY, I DON'T SEE HOW WE
WILL FUND A GREENED NEW DEAL
STRONG ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE OUR
TARGET OF ACHIEVING CARBON ZERO
UNLESS WE GENERATE THE COMMON
REVENUE WE NEEDED TO DO THAT.
THAT WE CANNOT BUT THE BURDEN
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL ON THE
SAME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
ALREADY IMPACTED AND OPPRESSED
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
MATHEMATICALLY, IT WON'T
GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT WE
WOULD NEED.
SO IF WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON
SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE TO BRING
THAT MORE EXPLICITLY FORWARD.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT
RIGHT NOW.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE?
>> IS IT MENTIONED IN THE
ORDINANCE THAT WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING IN A MOMENT?
>> THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MENTION
OF THAT.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN I WONDER IF THERE IS
SOMEPLACE, MAYBE WHERE WE TALK
ABOUT WEATHERIZATION.
MAYBE WE CAN ALSO HAVE
SOMETHING ABOUT CITY LIGHT.
HAT IS A PUBLIC ENTITY.
AND IF WE ARE PUTTING IN SOME
LANGUAGE, I AM NOT SURE HOW TO
DO THIS BUT GREATLY EXPANDING
THE ENERGY PRODUCTION CAPACITY
THROUGH, YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH.
TO MAKE IT A PUBLIC ENTITY.
BE CITY LIGHT PRODUCING MORE
GREEN ENERGY TO EXPORT THE
NATURAL GAS.
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> IF WE COULD DO THAT.
>> ONE IS, IN SECTION 9, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, I
WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT,
WHERE IT SAYS, I THINK IN THE
LANGUAGE IT SAYS MORE
AFFORDABLE.
I'M SORRY, I AM NOT ABLE TO
FIND THE SECTION.
>> IN SECTION 9, HERE IT IS.
PART A SAYS THEY COULD TRANSIT
MORE AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE AND
WIDELY ACCESSIBLE.
I WONDER IF WE COULD SAY, MAKE
IT FREE?
MAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FREE
RATHER THAN MORE AFFORDABLE?
I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE MORE
CALLS FOR IT.
>> I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IT.
WE ARE CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF
DOING THAT.
LET'S TEE UP FOR A DISCUSSION.
IT IS A DIRECTION WE ARE
CERTAINLY HOPING TO HAVE.
IT IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH
THAT.
>> RIGHT.
ONE LAST POINT.
I THINK THIS IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
IT CAME UP IN PUBLIC, DOES
WELL.
IN SECTION 10, ABOUT ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT, IT IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT AS MARIA AND OTHERS
WERE SAYING.
I WONDER IF WE COULD ARRIVE AT
THE AGREED-UPON LANGUAGE.
MORE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT ARE THE BOLD PUBLIC
POLICIES THAT WILL PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT AND BE THERE IS
NOT FULL AGREEMENT AND THESE
TOPICS NEED TO BE DISCUSSED BUT
AT LEAST YOU CAN BEGIN LANGUAGE
SUCH AS RENT CONTROL WITHOUT
LOOPHOLES AND EXPANSION OF
SOCIAL HOUSING.
WHICH WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF IT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS LIKE A TRICK PROBLEM OF
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
WE CAN SEE IF WE COULD INCLUDE
THE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WOULD
BE PART AND PARCEL OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
>> SO TRENDS, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, I KNOW THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU ARE JUST
THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE
RESOLUTIONS.
IT IS PART OF YOUR WORK AND I
AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT TOO.
WHY DO WE TAKE THAT LIST OF
THINGS AND WORK WITH YOU IN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS TO GET COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK.
WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR
STAFF.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO
COMMENT ON ANY OF THOSE POINTS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
MADE.
>> LET ME SAY WHAT EXCITES ME
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION.
THE GREEN ZONES.
I THINK IT IS DRIVING
INVESTMENT WHERE INVESTMENT
NEEDS TO GO, QUITE FRANKLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE OF
LIMITING SINGLE USE PLASTICS AS
A CITY.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN
DO.
I KNOW I MYSELF, WE ARE TRYING
TO PURSUE DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES IN MY TIME
ON THE COUNSEL OF HOW LANDMARK
RESERVATION HAS BEEN USED AS A
WEAPON AGAINST LETTING
DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN NEAR
TRANSIT.
LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE TO HELP
SUPPORT THAT.
WE KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN
USED PROPORTIONATELY WITHIN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
PRESERVING CULTURES AND
COMMUNITY OF CULTURE EQUITABLY.
BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
WITH MY OFFICE AND YOUR OFFICE,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WITH
LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL.
I DECIDED TO VOTE FOR THIS.
BUT REALLY, LOOKING TO SUPPORT
HOW WE BUILD ADDITIONAL
MOMENTUM FOR WITH THE COUNTY
CAN DO AS WELL AS THE STATE.
AND ALSO TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S POINT AGAINST THE
WEALTHIEST, ABOUT THE
THEY ARE ACROSS THE LAKE.
THAT IS WITH THE COUNTY CAN
REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP US IN
SOME CAPACITY TO PROVIDE OR GET
TO THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF
FREE TRANSIT OR MAKE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS IN TRANSIT.
WE WILL NEED THEIR HELP TOO.
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, GREAT.
>> I APPRECIATE THOSE
THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
IDEAS YOU BRING FORWARD ALSO.
I WILL MENTION IT, ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
COMMUNITY , WE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ZERO WASTE.
I KNOW SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT
SOME PEOPLE'S DESIRE, INCLUDING
MYSELF, TO BAN SINGLE USE
PRACTICE.
THINKING ABOUT SITUATIONS LATE
FLINT, MICHIGAN.
COMMUNITIES ARE RELYING ON
WATER IN LAST BOTTLES BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.
I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF
ELIMINATING THESE PLASTICS BUT
ALSO WANT TO FOLLOW THE
COMMUNITY LEAD ON THAT.
OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE BEING SENSITIVE TO HOW WE
MOVE FORWARD.
WE ARE NOT HAVING THE ADVERSE
IMPACTS ON FOLKS.
ALONG THOSE LINES, I WANT TO
JUST SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES THE
PUBLIC, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
HAD SUGGESTED AN AMENDMENT ME.
I AM GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF
IT.
SHE SAID, SHE IS SUGGESTING
THAT TREE CANOPY.
IN SECTION 13, J, IT WOULD
MODIFY WHAT IS IN THERE
CURRENTLY.
CURRENTLY IT SAYS PLANNING MORE
STREET TREES AND THEY WERE
HOODS AND ENCOURAGING PLANNING
OF MORE TREES CITYWIDE.
INCREASING THE TREES IN THE
CANOPY COVER BY PLANTING MORE
TREES IN LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENCOURAGING
PLANTING AND PRESERVATION OF
MORE TREES CITYWIDE.
AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT
CONCEPT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
COMMITTEE HAS A CHANCE TO GIVE
FEEDBACK.
ONE OF THE BRIEF COMMENTS I
HAVE HEARD WAS A FEAR THAT WE
ARE NOT PITTING TREES VERSUS
LOW INCOME PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO
LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW'S INTENT.
SEMI WE CAN WORK ON THAT
LANGUAGE TO DEFINE SOMETHING
THAT ENCOURAGES WHAT I BELIEVE
WILL GENERALLY BE A GOOD THING.
A TREE CANOPY BUT NOT AT THE
EXPENSE OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
AND SO MY SUGGESTION AT THIS
POINT, I DON'T, I AM PROBABLY
NOT READY TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW'S AMENDMENT.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THAT AND I THINK
SOME STUDIOUS NOTES WILL BE
TAKEN.
WE HAVE A TAPE TO GO BACK TO.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS
WORK ON LANGUAGE ON ALL OF
THOSE FRONTS, GET SOME FEEDBACK
FROM COMMUNITY.
MAYBE WE WILL PROPOSE COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK.
I WILL SHARE THAT
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
PERHAPS THE SUBSTITUTE BILL.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A CONSENSUS
TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENT, THERE SINGLE
AMENDMENTS PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE.
I WOULD ASK, I WILL COMMIT TO
THIS, TO WORK THROUGH IT BY THE
END OF THE WEEK SO THE PUBLIC
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK.
ALTERNATIVELY, WE COULD TAKE
ANOTHER WEEK TO DO THIS.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THREE
WEEKS BECAUSE THE LAST
COUNCILMEMBER MEETING IS NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
I WILL FORWARD AND PASS THE
BILL AS IT IS, WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING WE WILL BE
PASSING THAT LATER.
>> I AM OPEN TO THAT.
I JUST, ONE THING, IF POSSIBLE,
IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE MAYBE
A FIRST VERSION OF THE AMENDED
BILL ON THE DISCUSSION TODAY,
BEFORE MONDAY, IF MY OFFICE CAN
HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT
AND WEIGH IN ON THAT, A LITTLE
BACK AND FORTH IF NECESSARY.
>> MY PLAN WOULD BE TO MAYBE,
MY OFFICE WOULD LEND THE
SUPPORT, WE WILL WORK OUT A
DRAFT TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT
WAS SHARED HERE IN THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO.
WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH BOTH OF
YOU TO GET FEEDBACK, I WOULD
LOVE TO GET THAT OUT TO
COMMUNITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY TO
GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF THE
DAY ON FRIDAY, YOU COULD HAVE
SOMETHING TO SHARE.
THIS IS MY PROPOSAL AT THE
MOMENT.
SO WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK
AT THE FINAL DRAFT AND FRANKLY
ALL OF THE FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC
HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT TO
GIVE US FEEDBACK EITHER
ELECTRONICALLY OR OVER THE
PHONE OR IN PERSON WITH THE
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
WE ARE VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION
TODAY AND ALSO ON THE
ORDINANCE?
OR JUST THE RESOLUTION.
>> WE WILL DISCUSS THE
ORDINANCE IN A MOMENT.
THAT WILL BE BACK IN COMMITTEE
ON FRIDAY.
I GUESS AN ALTERNATIVE IS WE
COULD WORK ON THE SUBSTITUTE
AND BRING THAT BACK TO
COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
>> I WON'T BE HERE ON FRIDAY.
I WANT TO VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION TODAY.
>> YOU WANTED TO THAT WORK
TECHNICALLY FOR YOU?
>> WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER.
I AM GOING ON VACATION
TOMORROW.
>>> WE WILL USE YOLANDA'S
EXPERTISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
I IS A WELL DESERVED VACATION.
I PROMISE EVERYONE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
MICHAEL WOULD BE TO VOTE THIS
OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AN
ORDINANCE DIRECTLY RELATED TO
IT.
WE WILL START DISCUSSING IN A
MOMENT.
I WILL NOT HAVE A VOTE ON THAT
TODAY BUT HOPEFULLY HAVE A VOTE
ON FRIDAY.
YOU WILL HAVE SOME COMMUNITY
MEMBERS BACK AT THE TABLE ON
FRIDAY.
THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT
DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO TURN BACK TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SEE IF YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR REACTION
TO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
PUT FORWARD HERE.
OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD IN THE PROCESS OR THOUGHTS
YOU WANT TO SHARE?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR GENEROUS
SUPPORT FOR THIS WORK.
I WILL ECHO THAT AND SAY THE
PROCESS OF WORKING TOGETHER IN
COMMUNITY TO BRING FORWARD WILL
BE WELL RECEIVED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE PROCESS.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND
EXCITED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD
TOGETHER.
>> I WILL ADD THAT I AM
GRATEFUL FOR THIS PROCESS.
SOME MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND SAY
IT IS SIMILAR TO A LOT OF
THINGS I HAVE BEEN A PART OF
BEFORE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS
TAKEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF
RESTRAINT ON MY PART TO REALLY
STEP BACK AND ALLOW THE
COMMUNITY TO LEAD ON THIS AND
NOT SIMPLY JUST BRING MY IDEAS
FORWARD AND DEMANDED THAT BE
WHAT WE BUILD EVERYTHING
AROUND.
AND I AM REALLY IMPRESSED WITH
THE POWERFUL IDEAS IN THE
THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE
COALITION THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN BUILDING.
NATALIE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
TO BUILD TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
I REALLY THINK THIS REFLECTS A
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HOW WE
GOVERN.
IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL
ACTUALLY SOLVE THESE CRISES WE
ARE IN.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT AND TIME THAT YOU
HAVE PUT INTO THIS SO FAR.
>> COLLEAGUES?
WITH THAT, I WILL SUGGEST THAT
I WILL MOVE RESOLUTION 31895
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
WILL LIKELY BE BRINGING
AMENDMENTS TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
KELLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD?
[APPLAUSE]
>> COUNCIL BUILT 119604.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
ESTABLISHING THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD, PROVIDING
COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO
INCUR A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY
THEIR PARTICIPATION ON THE
BOARD, REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
CREATE AN AND DEPARTMENTAL TEAM
TO ADVANCE THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE, AMENDING SECTION
3.114 POINT 970 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING A NEW
SECTION, 3.1 4.979 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> I WILL SKIP THE
INTRODUCTIONS AND HOPEFULLY
SHE'S OKAY WITH THAT.
IT IS ALL THE SAME PEOPLE HERE.
IF YOU'RE QUEUING THIS UP, YOU
CAN ROLLBACK THE TAPE TO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
DO YOU WANT TO START WITH
GIVING US AN OVERVIEW OF THIS?
>> SURE.
SO THE DISCUSSION AROUND
RESOLUTION FRAMED A LOT OF THE
IDEAS AROUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
AND SO THIS WAS OUR ALLUDED TO,
HAVING AN ABILITY, TO HAVE A
DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT RESOLUTION TO HELP
IMPLEMENTATION SO THE COUNCIL
BILL 119604 CREATES A GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT WOULD
ADVISE AND SUPPORT CITY EFFORTS
TO IMPLEMENT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED
BOARD INCLUDE THAT IT WOULD BE
SUPPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
IT WOULD HAVE 16 MEMBERS
COMPRISED OF EIGHT MIDI
REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY RACIAL, ECONOMIC
AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES,
INCLUDING ONE TRIBAL MEMBER AND
TWO INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 16-25 AT THE TIME OF
THEIR APPOINTMENT.
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS GOT TO
REPRESENTATIVES OF LABOR UNIONS
AND THREE REPRESENTATIVES WITH
EXPERIENCE IN GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE STRATEGIES RELEVANT
TO CITIES AND THEIR RESIDENTS.
SUCH AS PUBLIC HEALTH,
INFRASTRUCTURE, SEA LEVEL RISE,
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
TERMS WOULD BE THREE YEARS WITH
A LIMIT OF TWO CONSECUTIVE
TERMS AND THOSE FOR WHOM
PARTICIPATING ON THE BOARD
RESENTS A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
AND WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
COMPENSATION AT A RATE OF $50
PER HOUR.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ALSO
REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT FORM
AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
IMPLEMENT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE AND TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL
CLIMATE PLANS FOR ALL CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS
AND RECREATION, THAT IS SEATTLE
TO FORMATIVE TRANSPORTATION,
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
OFFICE OF HOUSING, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOP IT, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
AFFIRMATIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL,
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF EMMA
AND OTHERS AS NEEDED.
ALSO, EACH DEPARTMENT CLIMATE
PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE TARGETS AND
METRICS TO MONITOR THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE
CARBONIZATION BY 2030.
OFFICES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT ROOM REPORT ON THE
PLAN BY JULY 1, 2020.
AND PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS
ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN 2021.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO MAKE QUARTERLY WITH
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PLANS AS
WELL AS POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS RELATED TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
SPECIFICALLY, IT DOES REQUEST
THAT ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
BE COMING TO COUNSEL BE BROUGHT
TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR
CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO
TRANSMITTAL TO THE COUNCIL.
SOME OF THE, IN TERMS OF THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE
CREATION OF THIS NEW OVERSIGHT
BOARD, AS SOME OF US KNOW, THE
CITY HAS MANY BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS, OVER 70 AT THIS
POINT.
BUT THIS ONE WOULD NOT BE
DUPLICATED AS WE DO NOT HAVE A
BOARD THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE
ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED
BY THESE CHANGES.
AND SO, THAT IS, IT WOULD BE
UNIQUE TO THIS NEW BOARD.
NOTING THAT WHERE ADDITIONAL
EXPERTISE IS NEEDED, THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND LIST THE
ASSISTANCE OF NONMEMBER EXPERTS
AND INCLUDE OTHERS ON SPECIFIC
TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS OR
OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
SUCH AS THE SEATTLE PLANNING
COMMISSION IF THERE IS LAND-USE
INTEREST.
IN TERMS OF FISCAL IMPACT, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT HAS INDICATED THAT
IT HAS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE
FORMATION OF THIS BOARD BUT IT
MIGHT LIKELY NEED ADDITIONAL
STAFF TO FACILITATE THE
DEVELOPMENT AND LIMITATION OF
INDIVIDUAL CITY CLIMATE PLANS.
ASSUMING THAT NOT ALL CITY
DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE THE
NECESSARY CAPACITY OR
XPERTISE.
THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP COULD BE
UP TO $34,000 ANNUALLY,
ASSUMING ALL 16 MEMBERS MEET
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM WOULD
INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
NUMEROUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE AT THIS
TIME WHETHER THESE DEPARTMENT
WOULD HAVE CAPACITY RIGHT NOW
TO ENGAGE IN THIS OR ABSORB
THIS ADDITIONAL WORK.
ALSO, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS
BROUGHT FORTH IN TERMS OF THESE
CLIMATE PLANS, WORK MIGHT BE
REPRIORITIZE AND ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES NEEDED.
FINALLY, JUST NOTING THAT
ESTABLISHING AND PARTICIPATING
IN THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
AND DEVELOPING CLIMATE PLANS
AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE WOULD
REQUIRE A SHARED COMMITMENT
FROM THE EXECUTIVES FOR THIS
EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND
ONGOING.
SO IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ADOPTED,
THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKELY NEED
TO APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT DURING THE 2020
BUDGET LIBERATIONS FOR THE
BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION AS
NOTED.
POSSIBLY TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF
THE PROPOSED INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM.
AND IN FUTURE YEARS, THERE
MIGHT BE OTHER RESOURCE NEEDS.
>> I WANT TO TURN OVER TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ONCE AGAIN TO
SEE IF ANY OF YOU ALL WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS OR
FEEDBACK TO THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
YOUR THOUGHTS THAT WENT INTO
CREATING THIS.
THIS PROPOSAL IS LARGELY DRIVEN
BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE.
>> I TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP
THAT I COCHAIRED THE
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
COMMITTEE AND DEBOLINA BANERJEE
IS ALSO PART OF THE MANY.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMITTEE
TO BE A PART OF THE WORK IN THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
AND I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP
THAT AS PART OF BEING ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT
OF MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN
CITY AND COMMUNITY AND HAVE
SEEN WHERE WE HAVE ALIGNMENT IN
GOALS BUT THEN THE OUTCOME
TURNS OUT DIFFERENT.
SO WE WANT THIS TO BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> IF I GET OUT BRIEFLY.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THIS
COMMITTEE WILL BE TO MAKE
VISIBLE THE CITY'S CLIMATE
WORK.
THE WAY THE CITY IS TO STARTING
TO TRANSFORM HOW IT ADDRESSES
CLIMATE CHANGE TO BE AT THE
SCALE OF THE EQUITY AND
JUSTICE.
IT IS ROOTED IN THE NEEDS OF
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
BEING ABLE TO RING TOGETHER AND
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
WE CAN START TO CREATE NEW
CLIENTS CONVERSATION WITH THE
CITY FOR MOVING HIS FORMATIVE
CLIMATE ACTION AND DOING THAT
IN A WAY THAT IS DIRECTLY
FUELED BY THE EXPERIENCES OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE ON
THE TASK FORCE, ON THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
AND ARE REPRESENTING THE
EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM
DIRTY FUELS.
IT IS CRITICAL.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE
FORWARD AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE CREATING MORE
TRANSPARENCY AND COMMITTEE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
TO LIFT UP THE GOOD WORK WE
WILL BE DOING TOGETHER AROUND
SEATTLE'S GREEN NEW DEAL.
>> ONE LAST THING, I WANT TO
LIFT UP WHAT THEY SAID.
THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM BE A
REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO THIS.
AGAIN, THAT WAS PART OF WHY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
HAD STRUGGLED IN THE BEGINNING
TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS
BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE
GOING ON IN THE CITY.
WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FILTER
OUT WHAT AREAS WE CAN MOVE ON
AND WHAT WASN'T REALLY THERE
FOR US.
HAVING BOTH TOGETHER WOULD BE
REALLY HUGE.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
AS YOLANDA HIGHLIGHTED, MOST OF
THOSE TEAMS CAN REPORT
ULTIMATELY TO THE MAYOR.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE
BEEN SHARING LANGUAGE AND DRAFT
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE HAD PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
TO DATE.
BUT SHE IS NOT HERE TO PROVIDE
OUR COMMENTS SO IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE
CONVERSATIONS AND WILL COMMIT
TO DO WHAT I CAN AS AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL TO THE CITY TO WORK
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL WANT TO
CONTINUE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD THAT COMMITMENT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE WHOLE
CITY ALIGNED AROUND THIS.
AND BRING THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO BE REALLY
SUCCESSFUL.
>> COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THE
CREATION?
JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, THIS
WOULD SET UP, AGAIN WE ARE NOT
VOTING TODAY BUT WILL BE BACK
ON FRIDAY.
THIS WOULD SET UP THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THIS IS MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW
LONG THE APPOINTMENTS ARE.
WHO WOULD APPOINT WHICH
POSITIONS AND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS.
BUT GENERALLY, 16 COMMITTEE
MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BROAD
AREAS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.
IT WOULD CREATE A GREEN NEW
DEAL FIND THAT THERE IS NOT
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE REVENUE
AND NOT FUND RIGHT NOW BUT
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE ARE GOING TO
BE SUCCESSFUL, THIS WILL NEED
FUNDING.
>> THIS DOES NOT CREATE THE
FUND AT THIS TIME BECAUSE
>> WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE
BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
>> IT CONTEMPLATES THE IDEA OF
CREATING A GREEN NEW DEAL FUND.
IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED, I
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING
DURING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
>> VERY INTERESTED.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
>> DO TELL MORE.
>> SO ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVE
THOUGHTS NOW YOU WANT TO SHARE
TO BRING IDEAS TO THE TABLE, I
KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE HERE ON
FRIDAY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON
THAT, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A
COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION WE
JUST PASSED.
ARE FIXED TAKING NOTES?
NO?
THAT IS GREAT.
>> I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE IDEA
OF BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY IN
EVERY CONCRETE MANNER.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS COMING WITH THAT
VISION.
IF I MIGHT, THIS IS THE
PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR
INDULGENCE.
I FORGOT TO BRING UP A POINTS
THAT I THINK IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT FOR US IN TERMS OF
REALLY BUILDING A STRONG
MOVEMENT TOWARDS MANY OF THE
THINGS THAT ARE COMPONENTS OF A
GREEN NEW DEAL.
THAT IS SECTION 11 AND PART B
AND IT RELATES TO THIS AS WELL.
A GENERAL IDEA.
NOT BUILDING SPECIFIC BUT I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH
YOU ON THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
WITH COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT IS, I BELIEVE IT IS
IMPORTANT, STEPPING AWAY FROM
THE RESOLUTION LANGUAGE, I
THINK IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND LABOR
MOVEMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER ON
THIS.
WE KNOW FROM OUR PAST
EXPERIENCE THAT THE POINTS OF
VIEW ARE NOT ALIGNED. I
BELIEVE IT IS OUR MOVEMENT.
IT IS A MORAL AND POLITICAL
IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO OUR BEST
TO BUILD THE UNITY BUT IT
REQUIRES SOME WORK.
I THINK THE LANGUAGE WE PUT IN
HERE AND ALREADY THERE IS LOTS
OF EXCELLENT LANGUAGE BUT ONE
THING SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO
DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 11 BE,
INVESTING IN JOB TRAINING
PROGRAMS THAT EQUIP WORKERS
WITH NECESSARY SKILLS TO
COMPETE WITH WORKERS WHOSE JOBS
CURRENTLY DEPEND ON THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY.
IT IS GREAT LANGUAGE.
I TOTALLY SUPPORT IT BUT I DO
THINK THAT BEING A MEMBER OF
THE LABOR MOVEMENT MYSELF AND
HAVING MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
PEOPLE, WORKERS, ORGANIZED
LABOR AND THE FOSSIL FUELS
SECTOR, WE HAD MANY
CONVERSATIONS FOR EXAMPLE WHEN
WE PUSHED FOR THE RESOLUTION
AND MANY INDIGENOUS LEADERS WHO
FOUGHT FOR THAT ARE HERE.
DURING THAT TIME, WE TRIED TO
RING LABOR AND INDIGENOUS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
TOGETHER.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS
WORK TO BE GUN ON THAT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE I
THINK THAT IF WE STRENGTHEN THE
LANGUAGE IT WILL HELP US.
SO RATHER THAN GIVING THE
NECESSARY SKILLS TO COMPETE IN
THE GREEN ECONOMY WITH THE
PRIORITY FOR WORKERS, HOW ABOUT
SAYING SOMETHING ALONG THE
LINES OF, EXPANDED PERCUSSIVE
REVENUES TO EXPAND PUBLIC
SECTOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
AND CLEAN ENERGY JOBS TO
PROVIDE A JUST TRANSITION TO
WORKERS EMPLOYED THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRIES.
RATHER THAN SAYING THEY WILL
HAVE TO COMPETE ON THE BASIS OF
CAPITALISM.
WORKERS ARE COMPETING FOR JOBS
THAT ARE NOT JUST IN NUMBERS
ENOUGH.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE ARE
GOING TO, IF WE CAN SAY THAT
THE GREEN NEW DEAL MOVEMENT IN
SEATTLE IS REALLY PUSHING TO
BRING THE LABOR MOVEMENT WITH
US, I DON'T THINK WE CAN WIN
WITHOUT BUILDING UNITY.
CAN WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT WILL
MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE
NOT PITTING ONE SECTION OF
WORKING PEOPLE AGAINST ANOTHER
SECTION?
WE WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY
TOGETHER.
THAT DOES MEAN THAT WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY GOING TO FIGHT FOR A
JUST TRANSITION OF JOBS
CONCRETELY.
THIS IS CORPORATIONS.
THERE ARE ALLOWING WORKERS TO
BE AGAINST WORKERS.
WHY SHOULD I FIGHT FOR A GREEN
NEW DEAL?
I WILL NOT HAVE A JOB AT THE
END OF FACING THE FOSSIL FUELS.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU.
>> THAT IS EXTREMELY CONSISTENT
WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DRAFT UP.
IF YOU HAVE LANGUAGE
BEFOREHAND, LET US KNOW TOO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT
BEFORE WE SHUT DOWN THAT AGENDA
ITEM?
GREAT.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
ONGOING WORK.
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION AS WELL.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON
MONDAY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THIS IS OUR ANNUAL UPDATE OF
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PROGRAM.
>> I WILL INVITE CENTERS
FORWARD ON THIS.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
REPORT BUT WHEN WE START WITH A
QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS
AND 29 IF YOU DON'T MIND
STARTING?
>> I AM FEHR & PEERS NINE, THE
TRANSPORTATION CITY MANAGER.
>> I AM SAM ZIMBABWE,
DIRECTOR.
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
>> BUT WE JUST GO AHEAD AND
JUMP IN.
I WILL LET, I WILL LET YOU
DRIVE THIS PRESENTATION.
WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO
ALONG.
WE WILL GO PRACTICALLY BACK
THIS WAY BUT SINCE I WAS HERE
LAST WEEK TALKING ABOUT THE RS
JI, THE EQUITY IN CONTRACTING,
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
TIE THOSE TOGETHER.
WITH THE EQUITY CONVERSATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT
JOB.
I AM MOSTLY HERE TO SUPPORT
THEM AND TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.
>> I WILL KICK THIS OFF AND
THEN HANDED OVER TO OUR
WONDERFUL TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
TEAM.
AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN
BEFORE, THE GOAL OF THE MISSION
AND VALUES ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO
WORKING WITH SDOT.
ONE OF THE CORE VALUES BEING
EQUITY.
WE WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT
TODAY.
IN THE PRESENTATION, THE TEAM
WILL BE PROVIDING YOU AN
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM,
HIGHLIGHTING CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND DISCUSSING THE ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS BOTH INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL TO SDOT.
>> BY MEANS OF BACKGROUND, THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PROGRAM
IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITIES
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVES AND WORKING TO
ENSURE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE
AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
FOR A VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES.
IN SEVERAL ACTIONS, SEVERAL
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS HAVE LED TO
THE GROWTH OF THIS PROGRAM OVER
THE PAST THREE YEARS, INCLUDING
SOLUTION 31773 WHERE A COUNCIL
CONFIRMED SUPPORT FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PROGRAM
AND SDOT APPROACH THE WORK.
IN ADDITION, IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SEATTLE ASPORTATION
DEVELOP DISTRICT, WE SET ASIDE
$2 MILLION AND AN ANNUAL BASIS
THAT GOES TO IMPROVING LOW
INCOME ACCESS TO
TRANSPORTATION.
THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUING TO
EVOLVE WITH ANNYA PINTAK'S AND
NAOMI'S WORK.
TO BUILD THE EQUITY AGENDA WAS
WILL BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY GOALS FOR
AS DOTS WORK.
I WILL HANDED OVER TO THE TEAM
TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE WORKING ON.
>> GREAT.
SO I WILL JUST GIVE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW AND THEN WE WILL TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW PILOT AND
WORK WE ARE DOING TO FOCUS THE
CONVERSATION ON THAT.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MEMBERS
WHO ARE SITTING HERE IN THE
FRONT ROW.
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR COCHAIRS FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP.
AND WE ALSO HAVE STEPHEN SAWYER
WHO IS WALKING IN.
HE IS ALSO OUR COCHAIR FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP.
SO WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
AND BE WOULD ALSO WELCOME
COMING BACK ONCE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT
WORKGROUP ARE SOLIDIFIED, WE
DID WANT TO HAVE THEM COME AND
AT LEAST HAVE YOU INTRODUCED TO
THEM.
>> A WORKGROUP WAS FORMED TWO
MONTHS AGO?
>> YES.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS
BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE WE
WILL TALK ABOUT.
>> JUST AS A BACKGROUND, IN
TERMS OF THE GENESIS AND THE
WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP, ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL
IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AS
WELL AS RESOURCES TO LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND TWO
REFUGEE IMMIGRANTS AND A WHOLE
HOST OF FRONTLINE COMMITTEES
THAT HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY
BENEFITED FROM TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITIES.
AND THE REGION.
ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES FOR SAFE, AFFORDABLE
AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENTALLY
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS.
VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE
HEARD ABOUT IN THAT NEW DEAL.
WE HAVE THREE AREAS OF WORK
THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED INTO.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE DONE A LOT
OF LOW INCOME ACCESS TO TRANSIT
PROGRAMMING WHICH WE WILL TALK
ABOUT IN A MOMENT.
BUT WE ALSO WITH THE CAPACITY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD
TO OUR TEAM, WITH ANNYA PINTAK
JOINING LESTER, WE ARE DOING A
LITTLE BIT MORE POLICY
ADVISEMENT AND OF COURSE AS
OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AND
ECONOMIC INCLUSION FLUSHES OUT,
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGY WHICH WE WILL TALK
ABOUT.
THAT IS ALL NEW AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF THE LOW INCOME
ACCESS TO TRANSIT OR GROOMING,
THERE WE GO.
WE HAVE THREE AREAS OF WORK
THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO
ALL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SOME OF THE CHANGES TO SOME OF
THAT AS WELL.
SO WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES FOR TRANSIT
SPECIFICALLY.
WE HAVE DONE THAT BOTH THROUGH
PROVIDING LIFT AND RESOURCES AS
WELL AS MOVING INTO A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
AUTHORITY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE ARE FORMING PARTNERSHIPS AND
PROVIDING RESOURCES NOT JUST
THE COMMUNITY BUT RESOURCING
PARTNERS AS WELL TO PROVIDE
DIRECT SERVICES.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH
A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
IDENTIFY COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY
TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
BUT ARE LOOKING AND SEEKING TO
BE SUPPORTED SO THEY CAN DO
THIS WORK.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
RESOURCE THOSE GROUPS.
FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WE
CONTINUE TO DO THE DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THEY
ADMINISTERED THE PROGRAM.
WHICH, THROUGH QUALIFYING
PEOPLE, THEY PAY THE CAR TAB
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE A $20
REBATE.
SO IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES, WE
HAVE THE YOUR 3, WE ARE WORKING
ON THAT YEAR 4. THAT ENDED JUNE
30 FIRST.
SO OUR PERFORMANCE YEAR IN
TERMS OF OUTCOMES FROM YOUR
THREE, WHICH WE HAVE AGGREGATED
IN THE REPORT, WE BASICALLY
CONTINUE TO SEE THE ENROLLMENT.
WE HAD PROVIDED THE LIFT CARDS
AND COLLECTIVELY IN YEAR THREE,
WE HAD 25% OF THE ELIGIBLE
POPULATION.
SO THAT IS ALL SEATTLEITES THAT
ARE ELIGIBLE THAT HAVE BEEN
ENROLLED.
AND I BELIEVE FOR ALL THREE
YEARS, IT IS 50% OF ALL
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED.
SO THAT IS COLLECTIVELY.
SO IN TERMS OF THE VEHICLE
LICENSE REBATE, WE HAVE SO FAR
COLLECTIVELY HAD 14,000.
THAT IS YOUR THREE.
WE WILL HAVE NEW NUMBERS COMING
OUT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR PILOT,
SO WE AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE
BEEN LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE
WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING IN
TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION AND
ENROLLMENT AND WE, THROUGH THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND
PARTNERED AND STARTED AND
LAUNCHED IN JUNE.
A NEW PILOT WHERE WE ARE
TESTING THE DISTRIBUTION MODELS
FOR GETTING 1500 CARDS INTO THE
HANDS OF RESIDENTS.
THAT IS A FREE, UNLIMITED CARD
FOR A FULL YEAR.
SO WE ARE AT THIS POINT SIX
WEEKS INTO THE PILOT.
WE HAVE THE NUMBERS AT 42%
DISTRIBUTION.
AS OF MONDAY.
AS OF YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS
TO GO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION.
WE HAVE ONE MODEL WHERE IT IS
AND IN PERSON, APPOINTMENT
BASED APPROACH.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MODEL WHERE WE
ARE MAILING THE CARDS.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THE FULL OF
VALUATION BUT WE LOOK FORWARD
TO SHARING THAT WHEN WE HAVE
RESULTS.
>> IS THAT, ARE WE TARGETING AS
AJ FACILITIES WERE ESSENTIALLY
EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE
BUILDING IS ELIGIBLE?
OR DO THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THEY
NEED TO MAKE WITHIN THE
BUILDING?
>> ELIGIBILITY IS DIRTY PERCENT
OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND SO IT IS ALSO PRESELECTED
SITES.
WE DID AN ANALYSIS AS TO WHERE
WE WOULD START OUT IF IT WAS
DISTRIBUTION FOR THESE 1500
CARDS.
IT IS 19-64 SO AGES 19-64.
WE KEPT IT IN PARODY.
IT IS NOT EXACT BUT IN PARODY
WITH THE LEFT.
IF IN THE EVENT THE PILOT DID
NOT CONTINUE, AND IT WAS NOT
EXPANDED, THERE WOULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR
THESE RESIDENTS.
>> SO DO WE FIND THAT MOST OF
THE RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING
IS QUALIFIED BECAUSE OF THE
INCOME?
>> THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE BUT THEY HAVE
THE ELIGIBILITY.
THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE
BUT WE HAVE THE 1500 THAT WE
COULD AFFORD TO FUND.
BUT WE ARE FINDING THAT FOR
SURE, THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE AT 30% OF
LOW IN THE CITY.
THAT IS WHY WE DECIDED TO GO
WITH THEM.
>> AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO ANNYA PINTAK, WHO IS
GOING TO TALK ABOUT A NEW PILOT
WE WILL LAUNCH THAT FOCUSES ON
AGING ADULTS.
>> I WILL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT
THIS PILOT.
THIS PILOT FOCUSES ON EIGHT
DEEPER AND GET STRATEGY IN
TERMS OF WORKING WITH THE
SENIOR POPULATION.
LESTER, THERE WAS A LOT OF
LEARNING IN TERMS OF OUR ONE-
TIME EVENTS AT FOOD BANKS.
WORKING WITH SENIORS NETWORK.
WE REALIZE WE NEED A DEEPER
LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND
ENROLLMENT.
SO THIS YEAR, WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES, WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH SELECTIVE
SENIOR CENTER SITES TO TRAIN
THEIR SOCIAL WORK PROVIDERS AT
THE SITE WHO ALREADY HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF THE
AGING ADULTS BEING SERVED
THERE.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AROUND
200+ AGING ADULTS WITH A
MONTHLY REGIONAL REDUCED
PERMIT.
THE REDUCED SENIOR FAIR PROGRAM
WHICH IS RUN BY 15 OR 16
DIFFERENT TRANSIENT AGENCIES AT
FOUR CENTER SITES.
THE SENIOR CENTERS WERE
FOCUSING ON, WE LOOKED AT SITES
THAT SERVE PREDOMINATELY
SENIORS OF COLOR.
WE LOOKED AT GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS.
TWO OF THE LARGER SITES HAVE
GREATER CAPACITY IN TERMS OF
MORE SOCIAL WORK AND COUNSELORS
ON THEIR TEAMS.
THAT INCLUDES ASIAN COUNSELING
REFERRAL SERVICES AND
INTERNATIONAL DROP IN CENTER.
SO ACR AS IS BASED ON THE MLK
AREA.
THE OTHER IS WITH THE SOUTH WE
CAN AREA.
TWO OF THE SMALLER SITES IS
LAKE CITY SENIOR CENTER.
THEY ONLY HAVE ONE SOCIAL
WORKER ON STAFF.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING TO
HEAR FROM SOUTH PARK SENIOR
CENTER.
THEY ONLY HAVE ONE SOCIAL
WORKER AS WELL.
THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THAT
EDUCATION.
THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ARE
EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE
THE SENIORS.
NOT ONLY TO ENROLL FOLKS INTO
THE REGIONAL PROGRAM BUT ALSO
TEACH SENIORS TO USE A PERMIT
TO RIDE TRANSIT.
IT IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT AGING ADULTS NEEDS.
THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION
WE KNOW REGARDING HOW SENIORS
LEARN ABOUT THE RFP PROGRAM.
HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE USING
TRANSIT.
IT IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO DIG IN THAT A BIT DEEPER.
SO TIMELINE WISE, WE ARE
PLANNING TO LAUNCH IN THE FALL
OF 2019.
I AM FIRMING UP THE SITES AND
COORDINATING TRAININGS WITH
THEM.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOPE LINK
AND KING COUNTY METRO AND THE
SENIOR CENTER SITES AS WELL.
THE PILOT WILL AND IN 2019.
WE HAVE BUILT IN SURVEYING
COMPONENTS.
FOR THE DISCUSSION AS WELL WITH
THE EVALUATION HAPPENING IN
EARLY 2020.
THE OTHER PILOT WE ARE WORKING
ON IS YOUTH FOCUSED AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AS WELL WE
WORKED WITH FOUR SMALL
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
IN THE SEATTLE AREA TO ROLL OUT
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY RELATED
PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM IS
REALLY THEIR CHOICE.
SO THIS YEAR, WE REALLY THOUGHT
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTNER MORE WITH YOU SPACED
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUTH
TRANSIT CHALLENGES ARE AND
NEEDS ARE.
THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE PROVIDING
TO YOU SPACED ORGANIZATIONS
WITH FUNDING TO DEVELOP THEIR
YOU SPACED STORYTELLING
ENGAGEMENT AND PROJECTS TO
LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THE
NEEDS OF THE YOUTH BUT ALSO WE
ARE FEATURING WHERE PROGRAMMING
CAN GO.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF CONFIRMING THIS WORK
WITH RED EAGLE WHICH IS A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSING
ON WORKING WITH NATIVE USED TO
DO PERFORMING ARTS BASED WORK
WITH YOUTH.
AND WITH THE APP.
WORKING WITH YOUTH TO BUILD
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
SKILLS.
WITH THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO
ALSO LAUNCH IN THE FALL OF 2000
AND CAME, I AM AND CONTACT WITH
THE ORGANIZATIONS CONFIRMING
THE WORKUP.
IT WILL AND IN 2019.
IT WILL BE AN END OF THE YEAR
EVENT.
HOPEFULLY IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE
KING STREET STATION.
AND EVALUATION IN EARLY 2020.
WE WILL KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT
THAT PROGRAM.
>> AND SO IN ADDITION TO ALL OF
THE PILOT WORK AND THE
EVALUATION ON HOW THAT WILL
INFORM THE WAY THAT WE
POTENTIALLY INVEST IN FUTURE
PROGRAMMING, WE ARE ALSO DEEPLY
ENGAGED AT THIS POINT IN AN
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT IS
BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
I WILL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE
INTERNAL PIECE AND THEN ANNYA
PINTAK WILL DISCUSS THE
EXTERNAL PIECE.
BUT ALL OF THIS ULTIMATELY IS
GOING TO CULMINATE INTO A
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AGENDA.
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE WORK
WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF PILOT
AND THE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THAT WILL
FORM THE AGENDA FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGY, WE ARE, I GUESS IT
WAS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR
2018, OUR EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR
STAFF RECOMMENDED AND ADVISED
US TO FORM AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY TEAM THAT
WOULD BE COMPRISED OF SDOT
STAFF ACROSS THE DIVISION.
ANNYA PINTAK AND I ARE TWO
PEOPLE AND WE DON'T KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEEDED TO LEAN ON PROXIES
FROM OTHER DIVISIONS TO PROVIDE
US WITH CONTENT AND CONTEXT.
AS WE ARE HAVING THE EXTERNAL
CONVERSATION WITH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, IT WAS A WAY TO CREATE
A FEEDBACK GROUP.
AS WELL AS THE IDEAS TO THE
DIVISION AS WELL AS AND
BRINGING BACK IN A TIMELY
MANNER.
THE TEAM WAS FORMED IN OCTOBER.
IT COMPRISES 30 FOLKS FROM THE
DEPARTMENTS.
WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
THEIR CHARGES TO SUPPORT US IN
TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY STAFF AS WE WORK WITH
THE EXTERNAL GROUP AS WELL AND
TERMS OF PILOT IDEAS AND WHAT
HAVE YOU.
BECOME BRING THAT TO THE GROUP.
ALSO, WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN
THE ACTUAL MATERIALS THAT
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY
WORKGROUPS AND LEARNING.
SO ON YOU OUR COORDINATOR, SHE
REALLY WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE
DIVISION PROXIES TO DEVELOP
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
CURRICULUM.
IT WAS REALLY A 101 IN TERMS OF
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES IN
PROVIDING OTHER GROUNDING AND
FOUNDATION OF THE COURT WORK.
ALSO WHAT THE EQUITY GOALS,
PRIORITIES AND WHERE THERE IS
ALIGNMENT AND WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO WITH FURTHER ALIGNMENT
TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.
THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
REVIEW.
THEY WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
REVIEW ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME OUT OF
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUPS.
ULTIMATELY, IT WILL HELP TIE
THE AGENDA TOGETHER.
>> HOW MANY MEMBERS?
>> ABOUT 30 PEOPLE.
>> WE GET PARTICIPATION.
BUT I WILL SAY IT IS A VERY
ENGAGED AND VERY ROBUST GROUP.
>> THAT IS REALLY AWESOME.
>> I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE
MAYOR SUPPORTING THE
DEPARTMENTS.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE WORKERS
THAT UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE FULL
POINTS ALREADY AND SHOWING UP
TO DO THIS WORK.
THAT IS GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANNYA
PINTAK.
>>
>> MORE ABOUT THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITIES.
THIS IS A NEW GROUP FOR SDOT.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE
SPRING OF 2019.
IT IS ONE OF THE EVENTS YOU HAD
ATTENDED.
WE STARTED IN APRIL OF 2019.
IS THE FIRST KIND OF ON
BOARDING PROCESS.
THE WORKGROUP INCLUDES 10
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BOTH
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATION WITH CURRENTLY OR
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES IN THE KING COUNTY
REGION.
WE MENTIONED THE WORKERS ARE
HERE.
THEY HAPPENED TO BE THE
COCHAIRS AS WELL.
THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING A LOT
OF GREAT LEADERSHIP TO THE
GROUP.
WE HAVE STEPHEN SAWYER, ALSO
KNOWN PEOPLE OF COLOR AIDS
NETWORK.
AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOTH
OF YOU FOR THE CONTINUED
GUIDANCE WITH THE WORKGROUP.
AND SO, WE HAVE AN AMAZING
GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IN ADDITION TO STEPHEN, TWO OF
THE WORKGROUP MEMBERS ASSIST ON
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
COMMITTEE AS WELL.
THE REASON IS WE KNOW
TRANSPORTATION HAS COME UP
WITHIN THOSE, TO ENSURE
ALIGNMENT AND EXPERTISE, WE
BROUGHT THEM ALONG IN THE
WORKGROUP AS WELL.
THE REMAINDER OF FOLKS COME
FROM A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS
AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS
WELL.
ACTUALLY, THE LINK AT THE
BOTTOM HAS A BIT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE
WORKGROUP MEMBERS AND THE FILE.
THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT ACTUALLY
IS OF OUR LITTLE FIELD TRIP TO
THE PARK WHERE WE GOT TO HEAR
FROM LOCAL ARTISTS.
THEY TALKED A BIT MORE ABOUT
THE INTERSECTION OF ART IN
PUBLIC SPACE.
SO THAT CHARGE OF THE
WORKGROUP, IT IS A ONE-YEAR
WORKGROUP.
THEIR CHARGES TO SUPPORT THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY.
AS WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF
INTERNAL DISCUSSION AS WELL, IT
IS KEY AND IMPORTANT THAT WE
ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY
WITH WHAT EQUITY MEANS TO THEM
AND THEIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKGROUP
MEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH US AND
ALSO THEY HAVE A CHARGE TO
DEVELOP COMMITTEE GUIDED
SUGGESTIONS FOR SDOT EQUITY
AGENDA.
SO THAT IS THE MAIN ROLE FOR
THE WORK.
I MENTIONED THAT THEY STARTED
IN APRIL.
WE SPENT THE FIRST TWO MONTHS
ON BOARDING ARE GROUP MEMBERS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE, IN
ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WORKGROUP
NUMBERS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR
ROLE, TO HAVE A GOOD ON
BOARDING PROCESS, THAT IS THE
CURRICULUM IT THAT NAOMI HAD
MENTIONED.
WE BROKE IT UP.
I CALL IT SDOT SCHOOL.
WE BROKE IT UP INTO TWO DAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN ATTENDED
THE FIRST DAY WHERE WE FOCUSED
ON SDOT INFORMATION.
BUDGET, POLICY, WHAT IS THE
MASTER PLAN.
THE SECOND DAY FOCUSED MORE ON
OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS.
THE WORKGROUP MEMBERS GOT TO
HEAR DIRECTLY AND ENGAGE WITH
US AND SDOT STAFF.
WE COULDN'T FIT EVERYTHING BUT
WE DID THE BEST WE COULD.
DURING THIS PROFESSIONAL
SUMMITS, WE DID AN EXERCISE
WHERE WE ASKED WORKGROUP
MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR
EQUITY AREAS OF INTEREST AND
CONCERN IN THE COMMITTEE.
AS THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT FALL WITHIN SDOT'S
PURVIEW, THEY CONTINUED TO ADD
TO THIS EXERCISE.
FROM THAT, I PULLED OUT KEY
THEMES THAT POPPED UP.
THESE ARE THE EIGHT KEY THEMES.
THERE WERE IDENTIFIED WITH
THESE EXERCISES.
THEY INCLUDE SAFETY, TRANSIT
ACCESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
LAND USE, HOUSING AND
DISPLACEMENT, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION,
TRANSPARENCY, ABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND
MAINTENANCE.
SO FROM THAT, I SHARED IT WITH
WORKGROUP MEMBERS.
WE ALL, THEY ALL CAME TO A
CONSENSUS THAT THESE ARE THE
TOPICS OF INTEREST.
SO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO BREAK
OFF INTO SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO WE MEET MONTHLY.
WE ALSO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT
MEET ABOUT THREE HEAVEN FOUR
TIMES BEFORE THE WORKGROUP.
IN WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
COCHAIRS, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO THIS MONTH WE ARE FOCUSING
ON TRANSIT ACCESS.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT WE ARE IN
CORONATION WITH KING COUNTY
METRO AS WELL.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR
EQUITY, MOBILITY FRAMEWORK.
SO SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE
ACTUALLY VERY MUCH OVERLAPPING
WITH THEIRS.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE
COCHAIRS TOGETHER TO MEET.
>> AS A LOOK YOU ARE QUITE
BUSY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN OUR
COMMITTEE TWO.
I AM GRATEFUL I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRST
MEETING JUST BRIEFLY.
ITSELF A LOT OF AMAZING WORK
HAPPENING.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE THERE ROBUST
MISS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL TEAM
BUT ALSO THE OVERLAP ON THE
WORKGROUP. SO MUCH OF THE WORK
WE DO WITH THE CITY IS A BIG
ENTITY WITH LOTS OF THINGS
GOING ON.
IT IS RELATED AND MAKING SURE
WE HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL
CONNECTIONS TO HELP BIND IT
TOGETHER.
IT IS REALLY POWERFUL.
IT IS NOT EASY TO PULL OFF
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STRETCHED
THIN BUT CLEARLY FOLKS DECIDED
TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK I
TALKED A BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
STRATEGY IS BUT BASICALLY IN
AS.THEY HAVE THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
WE HAVE THE EXTERNAL TEAM AND
TOGETHER WE WILL BE WORKING TO
FORM THE TRANSPORTATION AGENDA.
WHAT ALSO ISN'T IDENTIFIED IS
OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
WE ALSO HAVE TO THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP, CONNECTIONS TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE.
THE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
OF COURSE OUR OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS METRO.
IT IS A BIG CIRCLE.
AND IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO CONVENE WITH
OUR TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP AS WELL AS IDT.
THE AGENDA, WE ARE LOOKING TO
HAVE EIGHT DRAFT SETTER OF
ACCOMMODATIONS BY DECEMBER AND
THEN WORKING TO FINALIZE THAT
INTERNALLY.
AT THE DEPARTMENT IN THE SPRING
OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN, WE ARE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH OUR
PILOT.
THE OPPORTUNITY PILOT WITH AS
AJ.
WE ARE LAUNCHING, I'M SORRY,
THAT IS THROUGH JUNE OF THIS
YEAR THROUGH JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THIS FALL, WE ARE LAUNCHING
BOTH THE ADULTS WITH HUMAN
SERVICES PILOT AS WELL AS THE
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WITH THE
ORGANIZATION THAT A RUN TO THE
END OF THE YEAR.
SO IT IS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT
OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND MORE TO COME.
IN TERMS OF EVALUATION AND WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS BUT REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK AND WE
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
SUPPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WILL JUST FIRST OF ALL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
WORK.
SAM, I APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THESE KINDS OF
EFFORT.
THEY DON'T GET OFF THE GROUND
WITHOUT CLEAR DIRECTION FROM
THE TOP.
I AM GRATEFUL TO MAYOR DURKIN
FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
ALSO, WE WANTED TO THANK BOTH
OF YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK.
CANDIDA LORENZANA, FOR YOUR
ROLE IN PROVIDING LEADERSHIP.
THOSE PREVIOUS TWO AGENDA
ITEMS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OF SEATTLE,
TRANSPORTATION IS OUR WEAKEST
CLIMATE IMPACT.
YOU CLEARLY HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
THE EQUITY ISSUES AROUND
TRANSPORTATION.
SO THOSE WORLDS ARE GOING TO
COLLIDE OR BUMP OR OVERLAP
RELATIVELY SOON.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP AN OPEN
DIALOGUE AS WE CONTINUE TO DO
WORK BOTH THIS YEAR AND BEYOND
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE INTEGRATE
THAT COMMITMENT AND THE
TRANSPORTATION SIDE.
THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH WORK
HAPPENING IN TRANSPORTATION.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY BE STARTED
OR ANYTHING.
BUT HOW DO WE KEEP BUILDING ON
IT?
ESPECIALLY WITH THE EQUITY
FOCUS CENTERING ON THE VOICES
ON THE PHONE LINE.
THE CONCEPT OF THE GREEN ZONES.
THESE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
WITH THE FIRST INVESTMENT.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I LIKE YOUR INPUT.
SOME OF THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE
CREATED INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY.
IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I
THINK AGAIN, HAVING 30 PEOPLE
FROM AROUND THE AGENCY SHOWS
THAT THERE IS GRASSROOTS HUNGER
WITHIN THE AGENCY.
GAUGING ON THESE ISSUES.
AND SO I THINK IT HAS BEEN A
GREAT WORK THAT NAOMI AND ANNYA
PINTAK HAVE DONE , TO BUILD THE
FOUNDATION OF HOW WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
AND WHAT ISSUES THE LENGTH TO
COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY
DEFINITION OF CHALLENGES AND
SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN BUILD
INTO HOW WE THINK ABOUT IT
GOING FORWARD.
SO IT IS REALLY LEADERSHIP
COMING FROM THROUGHOUT THE
ORGANIZATION.
>> THAT IS OUTSTANDING.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, DO
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK YOU
DO.
MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING
AS WELL.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IF
YOU HAVEN'T VOTED.
>> I FIGURED THAT WAS COMING.
>> GREAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
I A SHEET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR THE PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE WORK
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KELLY, WOULD YOU READ THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM?
>> COUNSEL BILL 119602, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
FINANCING OF THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR CONNECTOR PROJECT.
AUTHORIZING THE LOAN OF FUNDS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $9 MILLION FOR
DESIGN OF THE STREETCAR,
AMENDING ORDINANCE 125724 EMMA
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE 2019-2024 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
CHANGING A PREPARATIONS TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND REVISING
PROJECT ALLOCATIONS AND
SPENDING PLANS FOR CERTAIN
PROJECTS IN THE 2019-2014 CIP.
>> WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> 1025, PROJECT MANAGER AT
SDOT.
>> GO AHEAD SAM.
>> SAM ZIMBABWE.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
HE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION LAST
WEEK, LOOKING AT THE EXISTING
OPERATIONS REPORT BACK.
IT ALSO THIS PROPOSAL.
SO WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO
KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT.
CALVIN GAVE YOU A LITTLE
DIRECTION LAST WEEK AND THEN
AGAIN AT COUNSEL BRIEFING.
SOME QUESTIONS, BUT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT
MEMO.
DO YOU WANT TO START IN WITH
THAT?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> DURING LAST WEEK'S MEETING,
YOU ASKED FOR A COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION OF WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE PROJECT AND SO I HAVE
A MEMO THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THE
PROJECT.
WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF IT.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
KEY ISSUES THAT YOU ASKED
ABOUT.
SO IN FEBRUARY 2019, SDOT
PRESENTED THE MOST UPDATED COST
ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT.
THAT IS THE LATEST INFORMATION.
THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU
AND AUTHORIZE $9 MILLION MORE
TO FURTHER DESIGN AND FLESH OUT
THE COST ESTIMATE.
IT WOULD INCLUDE ADDRESSING THE
ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY
THE REPORT BUT IT WOULD ALSO
INCLUDE GOING BACK AND LOOKING
AT THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY,
BIOENGINEERING AND OTHER THINGS
THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE ACTUAL
COST OF THE PROJECT AND HOW
THEY WOULD DELIVER IT.
WE SHOULD EXPECT A CHANGE IN
COST ESTIMATE BUT THE FEBRUARY
COST ESTIMATE IS THE BEST
INFORMATION WE HAVE TO DATE.
AT THE TIME, SDOT HAD UPDATED
ITS RIDERSHIP ESTIMATE BASED ON
A NEW MODEL IN 2018.
AND SO TABLE 1 OF MY MEMO SHOWS
THE PROJECTED ANNUAL RIDERSHIP.
IT SHOWS THE EXISTING RIDERSHIP
ALONE ALONG WITH THE CAR SYSTEM
AND CONSOLIDATED SYSTEMS THAT
HAVE THE CENTER CITY STREET CAR
OPERATING IS A FULL DOWNTOWN
NETWORK.
THE CHANGE IS FROM $1.73
MILLION, 1.2 MILLION RIDERS
FROM THE EXISTING SYSTEM TO 5.7
MILLION RIDERS IN THE
CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM WHICH IS A
230S PERCENT INCREASE IN
RIDERSHIP.
IN TERMS OF HOW THAT COMPARES
WHAT WE SEE, LAST YEAR, THE
REPORT WAS 1.67 MILLION.
IT IS ON THE SAME ORDER OF THE
MODEL OF RIDERSHIP.
SO THE REVISED MODEL AND
PROJECTION, FOLKS HAD
PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT IT HERE
IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT 20,000
RIDERS ON THE CENTER CITY
NETWORK.
THESE NUMBERS ARE LOWER.
IS THAT NEW MODEL MORE DATA?
THE EXISTING SYSTEM?
>> IT IS A NEW MODEL BUT IT
ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE VISITOR
TRICKS.
I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT 3000 IN
THE PREVIOUS MODELING.
THAT COULD EXPLAINSOME OF
THAT.
>> THAT IS NEW.
SO DOES IT NOT INCLUDE THAT
BECAUSE THE FDA DOESN'T WANT TO
SEE THAT IN THE DATA?
OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS HARD
TO MODEL?
>> MAYBE BOTH.
I THINK THE, WE HAVE SHARED IT
WITH THE FDA.
MY UNDERSTANDING READING THROUGH
IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN IN
TERMS OF INCLUDING IT.
WE WANT TO BE CLEAR AND CLEAN
WITH THE INFORMATION.
>> I THINK THERE IS A DESIRE TO
BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN THE
NUMBERS.
IT STILL PENCILS OUT AS A GOOD
PROJECT FROM THE GRANT
PERSPECTIVE.
EVEN WITH THIS MODEL RUN, IT IS
STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SEE
OBSERVED TODAY.
IT IS SORT OF THE OTHER
DISCONNECT.
>> A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE
MODEL AND REALITY THE MODELS
ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE BUT
THERE THE BEST WE HAVE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT
THE MODEL RUN WAS DONE BY THE
2019 BUILD YEAR.
HYPOTHETICAL.
PREDICTED THAT 1.7.
WE WERE AT 1.1 MILLION AS OF
THE END OF JULY IN TERMS OF THE
RIDERSHIP.
THE 1.73, WE WERE A LITTLE
BELOW IT IN 2018 BIT.
--
>> COMPARING TO THE MODEL, YOU
SHOULD NOT EXPECT IT TO MATCH
UP BUT IT IS ON THE ORDER OF
MAGNITUDE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT
AT THE LAST SECOND, FAIR
REVENUE, WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT A
IN PART BECAUSE WE EXPECT MORE
TRANSFERS TO BE PART OF THE
RIDERSHIP WHICH DETERMINES HOW
THIS BEAR IS SPLIT.
THAT AFFECTS THE OPERATIONAL
COST FOR THE PROJECT.
THE RIDERSHIP WOULD BE, IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FAIR
REVENUE WILL INCREASE AT THE
SAME LEVEL.
>> SO IF WE HAVE TROUBLE
RIDERSHIP, WE SHOULDN'T DO
TRIPLE FAIR REVENUE BECAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TRANSFER IS WHERE
WE SPLIT.
THE MODELING THAT WE HAVE SEEN,
YOU PROBABLY GET INTO IT, BUT
THE OPERATIONAL COST, THIS THAT
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THAT?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO
ON EXACTLY HOW THEY CALCULATED
IT.
IT IS A, I HAVE SOME NUMBERS
THAT TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET
THERE.
BUT I AM NOT SURE WE REALLY
CHECKS TOO MUCH AGAINST WHAT IS
OBSERVED.
>> THE QUESTION IS THE
OPERATING COST.
>> THE OPERATING REVENUE I
SHOULD SAY.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> SO IN TERMS OF CAPITAL
COSTS, THE COST ESTIMATE, WE
SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS
INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM
THE INITIAL PROJECT PROPOSAL OF
143 MILLION.
THE CURRENT PROJECT IS
ESTIMATED WITH UTILITIES TO
COST TO AN 85.8 MILLION.
208 MILLION OF THAT IS THE
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT TO THE
PROJECT.
AND ACCORDING TO, COMPARED TO
THE RESOURCES IDENTIFIED IN THE
BUDGET, WE HAVE AROUND $65
MILLION GAP FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET DID INCLUDE
ABOUT $45 MILLION FOR FUTURE
BOND REVENUE FOR TAX REVENUES.
THAT WOULD BE EARMARKED FOR
THIS PROJECT.
OF COURSE THEY ARE, SDOT HAD A
GRANT THAT IS IN THE WORKS AS
WELL AS A $7.3 MILLION
MITIGATION AIR-QUALITY GRANT.
THOSE OF THE AVAILABLE
RESOURCES IDENTIFIED FOR THE
PROJECT AND THAT LEAVES A CITY
$5.3 MILLION CAPITAL FUND.
>> SO WHEN I, I SHOULD BE DOING
THIS MATH ON-THE-FLY.
WHEN I ADD UP TO 7.3, THE 75
AND THE 45, THE 65, I DON'T GET
THE 208.
BUT IS THERE AN EXPENDITURE
ARTIE MADE?
>> THERE ARE MANAGERS TO DATE
AS WELL.
THAT IS RESOURCES THAT ARE IN
THE FUTURE THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE REALLOCATED TO
DIFFERENT THINGS.
OR THEY WOULD GO AWAY.
I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FUTURE
MONEY AND PASSED MANY.
IN TERMS OF PAST MONEY, SDOT
HAS SUSPENDED ALMOST $45
MILLION ON THE PROJECT.
TO THIS INCLUDES ABOUT $12.9
MILLION OF PROJECTS COST THAT
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE GRANT
FUNDS.
SDOT EXPENDED ESSENTIALLY, USE
THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY TO
EXTEND THE MONEY WITH THE
EXPECTATION THAT THE SEE MAT
GRANT WOULD PAY IT BACK.
IF THE PROJECT WERE NOT TO MOVE
FORWARD, THE COSTS ARE STILL ON
THE BOOKS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND WHERE IN
THE BUDGET WE WOULD OFFSET
THOSE COSTS'S.
>> THAT IS 12.9 MILLION THAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
>> IN LINE WITH THAT QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT WHAT IT TAKES TO, IF
WE WERE TO NOT AFFORD THE
PROJECT, WHAT WOULD BE THE
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THAT?
THERE IS ALSO A TERMINATION
COST RELATED TO VEHICLE
PROCUREMENT CONTRACT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST
WOULD BE BUT IT IS JUST USEFUL
TO KNOW THAT THE COST DATA ON
THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN 5.4
MILLION.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE ON
WHAT IT WILL COST TO END THE
CONTRACT BUT THAT IS HOW MUCH
THE CONTRACT WAS TODAY.
>> WE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $5
MILLION CONTRACT TODAY.
I ASSUME THOSE ARE DEPOSITS ON
VEHICLES WHICH WE HAVE NOT
ACCEPTED YET.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A STOP WORK
ORDER.
THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED SOME
PARTS AND ARE SITTING IN THE
STREETCAR WAREHOUSE WAITING FOR
US TO SAY YES OR NO.
THOSE COSTS WE HAVE ARTIE
SPENT.
THERE WOULD LIKELY BE
ADDITIONAL COSTS.
WE HAVE HAD A LEGAL BRIEF LINGS
THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE TO
DISCUSS HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WORK IS
BEING DONE THERE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THERE ARE SOME UTILITY
PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT THAT
ARE ALSO NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED
IN THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE THE UTILITIES ARE IN
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEY WOULD
HAVE TO PAY THE FAIR UTILITY
PORTION OF THAT PROJECT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MOVE
AHEAD.
THERE ARE ABOUT 22 OR $23
MILLION IN UTILITY COSTS NOT
CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED.
THAT IS BEEN IDENTIFIED FUNDING
GAP.
IF THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD,
THE UTILITIES WANT TO FIGURE
OUT IN THE FUTURE BUDGET
PROPOSAL, EITHER SHIFTING
SPENDING ON OTHER UTILITY
PROJECT OR POTENTIALLY THAT
COULD INCREASE THE PRESSURE.
>> OKAY.
IN TERMS OF OPERATING COSTS,
AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE
THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE
PROJECT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED
TO COUNSEL.
THE INITIAL PROPOSAL DIDN'T
REQUIRE ANY CITY SUBSIDY.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OTHER
REVENUES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO
OFFSET THE FULL OPERATING
COSTS.
IN FEBRUARY 2019, THE NEW
TESTAMENT SHOWED THERE WOULD BE
A REQUIRED ONGOING ANNUAL
SUBSIDY OF 18.1 MILLION FOR THE
FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS.
THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE
STREETCAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE
FIRST HILL AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
CARS.
THIS CHANGE IN THE COST
ESTIMATE, IT WAS DRIVEN LARGELY
BY RECONCILING WHAT THE
UPLOADING COST WOULD BE.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THE REPORTS
AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE STOP
WORK ORDER AND THE INDEPENDENT
REVIEW HIGHLIGHTED SOME
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN KING
COUNTY METRO'S OPERATING
ASSUMPTIONS AND WHAT WE HAD
ASSUMED IN OUR PROJECT BUDGET.
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT.
>> SO THIS IS LARGELY IN
FLEXING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH
KING COUNTY METRO AND THE
RECONCILIATION FOR PAST ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE INDUSTRY CAR.
IT HAS CHANGED THE UP RATING
COSTS FOR THE NETWORK.
IN ADDITION, IT ALSO THE NEW
ESTIMATE ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT
METRO AND SOUND TRANSIT
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE EXISTING
LINES WON'T EXTEND TO 2023.
THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE $5
MILLION THAT SOUND TRANSIT IS
PAYING FOR THE FIRST HILL
STREET COOPERATIONS.
THAT ENDS AT THE END OF 2023.
>> SO THE TERMINATION OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT IS WORKING TO A
POLICY DECISION HERE.
THE TERMINATION OF THE SOUND
TRANSIT SUPPORTS FOR THE
STREETCAR, THAT IS INDEPENDENT
OF WHETHER IT IS BUILT IN
CENTER CITY OR NOT.
THAT IS CERTAINLY AN
OPERATIONAL COST THAT WILL
EITHER NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED OR
ABSORBED BY ONE OF THE
AGENCIES.
IT IS AN ONGOING CONSIDERATION.
BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE
MOVE FORWARD OR NOT, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO
HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE SYSTEM WIDE
OPERATION SUBSIDY.
CALVIN, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF
HOW THAT COMPARES TO JUST THE
EXISTING TWO LINES?
>> TABLE 4 DOES THAT
COMPARISON.
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NO BUILD, STANDALONE UNION
AND FIRST HILL ESTIMATE.
IT REQUIRES A CITY SUBSIDY OF
2024.
THAT WAS THE CLOSEST PROJECTION
WITH FUTURE OPERATIONS.
12.8 MILLION.
AND SO EVEN BETWEEN THE TWO,
YOU WILL SEE IT IS ABOUT A $5.3
MILLION DIFFERENCE IN THE
REQUIRED CITY SUBSIDY.
SO IN TERMS OF, IT IS AN
INCREASED OPERATIONAL COST THAT
IS OFFSET BY A 230% INCREASE IN
ANTICIPATED RIDERSHIP.
>> THAT IS A FAREBOX RECOVERY.
THIS IS THE POINT WHERE MAYBE
YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE MORE
WORK TO SEE IF THAT NUMBER IS
SIGNIFICANTLY OFF BASED ON THE
SPLITS WITH TRANSFERS.
>> I THINK THE ESTIMATE IS
SOUND IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GET
WITH THE OPERATING COST IS.
BUT IN TERMS OF MAYBE GROUND
CHECKING THAT OUT A BIT TO SEE
WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF
FAREBOX RECOVERY, DOES THAT
LINE UP WITH WHAT THE EXPERT
PATIENTS ARE?
I WOULD LIKE TO DO A LITTLE
MORE RESEARCH.
>> THAT IS THE RECOVERY NUMBER.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD TWO THINGS.
1st FOR, IT IS THE SIGN OF A
WELL-WRITTEN EMMA.
YOUR QUESTION GETS ANSWERED BY
THE NEXT TABLE.
I THINK CALVIN DID A GREAT JOB
OF PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
ON THE OPERATING COST, THE
OTHER THING THAT IS IN HERE,
CALVIN NOTED IT THAT THE $1.5
MILLION ONGOING CONTRIBUTION
FROM KING COUNTY, WE ASSUMED IN
THE FEBRUARY ESTIMATES THAT IT
DID NOT CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NEGOTIATIONS OF A NEW
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR
TERM.
I THINK THIS IS ALL A LITTLE
BIT STILL IN FLUX.
AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE
WILL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT
YEAR, IT WOULD LOOK AT
OPERATIONS IN A BIT MORE DETAIL
AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
SOUND OPERATIONS PLAN AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
THE RECENTLY NEGOTIATING --
>> IS 1.5 WITH AN ESCALATION.
>> WHAT IS THE THEORY BEHIND
THAT AND HOW MIGHT THE CITY PER
TRAY ITSELF GOING FORWARD?
WITH AN ADDITIONAL --
>> IT IS A LEGACY OF THE SOUTH
STREET UNION CAR.
SO AS I REMEMBER IT, IT WAS
BECAUSE THERE WAS A RELOCATION
OF METRO BUS SERVICE WITH THE
OPENING OF THE SOUND TRANSIT
LIGHT RAIL IS PART OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
IT WAS PART OF THE LARGER ROUTE
RESTRUCTURING.
THERE WAS A COMMITMENT OF SOME
KING COUNTY RESOURCES TOWARDS
THE OPERATIONS.
AND THAT SERVICE STARTED IN
2007.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN
2007.
AROUND THAT TIME, SO IT HAS
BEEN IN THE OPERATING CONTRACTS
WITH KING COUNTY METRO SINCE
THEN.
THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
IF THERE IS A NEGOTIATION TO
KEEP THAT IN FOR ANOTHER FIVE
YEARS, THAT WOULD EXTEND IT.
I THINK AT SOME TIME, AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE, THE LARGER
RECONFIGURATION OF SERVICE
COULD CHANGE WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
>> I IMAGINE THAT IF WE WERE TO
MOVE FORWARD, THAT METRO WOULD
LIKELY COORDINATES OR
RESTRUCTURE THE SERVICE, NOT
DUPLICATE SERVICE.
I IMAGINE THAT WORK IS NOT BEEN
DONE AND IF WE ARE BUILDING
IT'S YEARS AWAY.
THERE MIGHT BE SIMILAR
DISCUSSION IN FUTURE YEARS
ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT HAVE SOME
SUPPORT FROM THEM.
IT SOUND LIKE THE FIRST
CONVERSATION BUT OBVIOUSLY TONS
OF QUESTION MARKS AROUND THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE
APPROACH TO SAY THIS ASSUMES
THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
I RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE WE HAVE
ONE POINT MILLION AGAIN.
MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE 3 MILLION
BECAUSE OF OTHER RESTRUCTURING
THAT HAPPENS.
>> OKAY.
>> WE PROCEED.
THAT IS GREAT.
>> THE CURRENT BUDGET DOES
INCLUDE ABOUT $4 MILLION OF
ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR
THE STREETCAR.
SO WE DO HAVE A BASELINE IN THE
BUDGETS BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT
SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION
OVERTIME.
THAT WILL BE REALLY THE
QUESTION IS HOW WE WILL FILL
THE OPERATING GAP IN THE LONG-
TERM.
>> GREAT.
>> SO THAT GETS US TO THE
PROPOSAL THAT IS IN FRONT OF
YOU.
THEY ARE REQUESTING 9 MILLION
OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THAT 9 MILLION IS ANTICIPATED
TO COME FROM REVENUE FROM THE
MEGA BLOCK SALE.
AND IN ORDER TO COME UP BECAUSE
THE SALE IS NOT LIKELY TO CLOSE
FOR SOMETIME, THE PROPOSAL IS
FUNDED THROUGH AN INTERFUND
LOAN TO GET THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY FUND WHICH HAS THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DO SO.
I NOTES THAT THE STREETCAR,
WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND IN
OPERATION, IT RELIED ON TO
INTERFUND LOANS FOR ABOUT $1
MILLION.
THERE IS ABOUT A $300,000 PER
YEAR ANNUAL PAYMENT THAT IS
BUDGETED TO PAY DOWN THE
CAPITAL LOAN AND THE
ANTICIPATION IS THAT THE
PROCEEDS FROM THE NORTHWEST
DEXTER PROPERTY WILL PAY OFF
THE OPERATING LOAN.
MY MEMO ACTUALLY INCORRECTLY
GOT THE PROPERTIES MIXED UP.
BUT THAT IS THE PROPERTY THAT
WILL PAY OFF THE OPERATING
LOAN.
SO IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT
HAPPENS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
YOU ASKED WAS WHAT RESOURCES
COULD POTENTIALLY GET FREED UP
IF THIS PROJECT WERE NOT TO
MOVE FORWARD?
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF, THIS IS
VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMATION BUT
IF WE ASSUME THAT AVAILABLE
PROPERTY PROCEEDS COULD TAKE
CARE OF THE EXISTING $12.9
MILLION OF BENDED FUNDS AS WELL
AS THE, WHATEVER AMOUNT IS
NECESSARY TO GET OUT OF THE
VEHICLE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT,
YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE $45
MILLION OF BONDS CAPACITY.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HIGH-LEVEL
QUESTIONS, I WOULD WELCOME THEM
NOW.
WE GO INTO MATH QUESTIONS NOW
IN THE SECOND.
>> SO TO HER,, WE JUST WANT TO
GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY IN
TERMS OF THE TIMELINE WITH
REGARDS TO SPECIFIC
DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE 9 MILLION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN WE
CAN EXPECT A PROPOSED FUNDING
PLAN FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATIONS.
>> I WILL LET ERIC TO GET INTO
THE DETAILS.
>> FIRST, ONE OF THE EARLY
DELIVERABLES, IF YOU WILL, WE
WILL BE PROCURING A CONSULTING
CONTRACT THIS FALL.
IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATING THE
CONTRACT, IT WILL BE TOWARDS
THE END OF THE YEAR, EARLY NEXT
YEAR WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE
YOU A BETTER SCHEDULE IN TERMS
OF WHEN SOME OF THE MAJOR
MILESTONES ARE COMING ALONG.
THAT A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY WOULD
BE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'D
BE LOOKING FOR IN THE SECOND
QUARTER OF 2020 WOULD BE
RESULTS OF THE STRUCTURAL
ANALYSIS OF THE BRIDGES ON
JACKSON STREET.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHER AND
COST OF THE ADDITIONAL WORK
THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE
VEHICLES.
AND THE OTHER THING WAS THE
RISK ASSESSMENT VALUE
ENGINEERING THAT WE WOULD DO
EARLY ON.
AGAIN, ONLY THE SECOND QUARTER
WE WOULD REPORT BACK IF THERE
WAS ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT IT
MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE COST.
AND THEN WE REALLY GET INTO
TOWARDS THE END OF THE THIRD
QUARTER OR EVEN FOURTH QUARTER
WITH A 30% PLANS AND THE
UPDATED COST ESTIMATES FOR THE
PROJECT.
>> SO SAM, YOU AND I CHATTED
ABOUT THIS.
WE CAME IN SIMILAR TIMELINES
FROM WHAT ONE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES I HAD BEFORE
GETTING THIS APPOINTED, IT WAS
EXECUTED THING 2000 DOORS IN MY
DISTRICT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I RAISED
A LOT OF EYEBROWS THROUGHOUT
THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY
DISTRICT.
HAVING SAID THAT, THE
INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION,
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS LIKE
THESE ARE WORTHWHILE.
THAT I, I KNOW WE HAD A
NATIONAL SEARCH FOR SAM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
DO, IS WHEN I HEAR THE CALLS
FROM CONSTITUENTS, OR RECEIVE
THE EMAILS ABOUT THIS PROJECT
SPECIFICALLY, BE ABLE TO
REFERENCE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF
WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN
YOUR PRIOR EXPERIENCES, TURN
AROUND A PROJECT AND GET THINGS
IN ORDER.
SO THAT I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
TO SAY, THIS IS A CONVERSATION
THAT WILL CONTINUE WELL AFTER
ME.
I TRUST SAM TO DELIVER WELL FOR
THE CITY.
>> SO I HAVE HAD A SIMILAR
EXPERIENCE WITH THE DC
STREETCAR WHICH HAD ITS OWN
CHALLENGES GETTING OFF THE
GROUND.
GETTING INTO SERVICE.
AND STARTING TO PLAN FOR THE
EXTENSIONS AND MOVING THOSE
PROJECTS FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS NOT JUST
STREETCAR PROJECTS.
I THINK WE WILL ACTUALLY BE
TALKING.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WITH THE
SEATTLE DELIVERY, I THINK WE
ARE GETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER
THERE AS WELL.
I THINK WE ARE BUILDING THE
CAPACITY TO DELIVER THESE
PROJECT WITHIN AS..
I THINK I SAID IT LAST WEEK.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE REQUESTING
THIS FUNDING IF WE DIDN'T THINK
WE COULD DELIVER WHAT WE ARE
REQUESTING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO CALVIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
HAVING ASKED THESE QUESTIONS
EARLY.
WE WILL DO SOME MATH ON THE FLY
AND INVITE ANYONE TO
PARTICIPATE AS THEY FEEL
CONFIDENT.
I JUST KIND OF, A SON YOUR
MEMO, CALVIN.
YOU ANSWERED SOME OF MY
QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO WALK
THROUGH THEM AND GET
CONFIRMATION IN ORDER OF
MAGNITUDE.
SO STARTING FROM THE TOP, THE
CURRENT PROJECTION IS ABOUT
$285 MILLION.
THE MOST RECENT PROJECTION I
SHOULD SAY FOR THE TOTAL COST
OF THE PROJECT.
CALVIN, YOU MENTIONED THAT
OBVIOUSLY IF WE SPENT ANOTHER 9
MILLION WE WILL LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT.
ANOTHER PRESSURE IS UPPER.
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
NUMBERS TO COME DOWN.
I ASSUME SOME RISK IS INTO THAT
BUT FOR LACK OF SOMETHING
BETTER, LET'S STICK WITH THE
285 FOR NOW.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ABOUT AN
$88 MILLION GAP OF FAT IS
RIGHT.
THAT INCLUDES BOTH SDOT AND
UTILITY GAPS.
THAT IS MONEY WE WILL NEED TO
COME UP WITH WHICH LEAVES, WE
HAVE SPENT BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR
THE REMAINDER OF 197.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ROUNDING
ERRORS AND NOT.
OF THAT, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
FEDERAL SOURCES OF 75 MILLION.
THEY WILL COME BACK QUESTIONS
ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
45 IDENTIFIED BUDGET AUTHORITY
FROM THE SDOT BOND.
THAT IS A TOTAL OF 120.
THE SCENIC MONEY IS ABOUT 127
OF THE 197.
LEAVING $70 MILLION.
YOU IDENTIFIED THE, SDOT HAS
ALREADY SPENT ABOUT $45 MILLION
TO DATE.
THAT LEAVES AN ADDITIONAL $25
MILLION.
IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME WE HAVE
SPENT ABOUT $25 MILLION IN
UTILITIES TO DATE?
DOES THAT MAKE THE MATH TO
FRANCE THERE?
>> IT DOES BECOME MORE
COLLOCATED BECAUSE MONEY GETS
SPENT IN UTILITIES AS WELL AS
IN SDOT.
IT SOMETIMES MIGHT BE EASIER TO
FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION
PORTION OF IT.
LET THE UTILITY MONEY LIVED
SEPARATELY BECAUSE SOME OF IT
FLOWS INTO THE SDOT BUDGET.
SO LET ME SWITCH NUMBERS HERE.
>> THE TOTAL SDOT COST OF THE
PROJECT BASED ON CURRENT
ESTIMATES IS 208?
>> AND THEY TAP IN SDOT AT THE
MOMENT IS 65.
>> SO THAT LEADS THE
EXPENDITURE TO DATE, 483?
MAYBE?
OF WHICH WE HAVE SAID IN SDOT
BONDS OF 120.
CMAC AT 107.
>> I AM NOT SURE I AM
FOLLOWING.
>> WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS,
CALVIN?
I WILL FOLLOW ALONG.
>> WE HAVE 208 TOTAL PROJECT
COST.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CURRENT
SPENDING PAST SPENDING OF 44.7.
45.
SO THAT LEAVES, I'M SORRY.
ACTUALLY I HAVE A CALCULATOR
RIGHT HERE.
>> KELLY?
I APPRECIATE IT.
208-45.
>> 163.
>> OF THAT, MONEY, OUR KIDS CAN
ALL WATCH US ON THIS.
WE CAN QUIZ THEM.
>> WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 75
MILLION FROM THE FTI, FTA.
THEN MINUS ANOTHER 7 MILLION
FOR THE CMAC GRANT.
>> 81.
>> AND WE SHOULD ALSO REMIND
OURSELVES THAT, I AM MISSING
ANOTHER BIT OF MONEY.
THAT ISN'T IDENTIFIED.
>> SO YOU HAVE THE SDOT BOND
WHICH IS BUDGETED.
45.
>> ANOTHER 45?
>> SORRY.
I AM DOING THIS ON THE FLY.
>> I THINK I AM WITH YOU HERE.
I THINK WE ARE OFF BY ABOUT 10
MILLION.
WHICH SOMEONE IN THE PRESS IS
GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BUT 81 MILLION AND
YOU HAVE THE BUDGET AUTHORITY
THROUGH THE BONDING WHICH
LEAVES ABOUT 35 OR 36 MILLION
SHOULD BE THE COST BUT IT
SHOULD BE 34.
WE DID THERE IS A FIVE INTO
MILLION-DOLLAR --
>> THERE IS A NUMBER I DON'T
KNOW IF WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR
THIS IS FIVE MILLION-DOLLAR
GAP.
>> THERE ARE COUPLE OF PLACES
WHERE MAYBE, WHEN YOU COUNT THE
EXTENDED MONEY, THE 12 MILLION,
FUTURE REIMBURSABLE GRANT MONEY
IS AND THAT 45 BUT ALSO IN THE
75.
>> IT IS, RIGHT.
OKAY.
>> THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
THEN WE ARE DOWN TO MORE LIKE
ROUNDING ERRORS IF THAT IS
BEING DOUBLE COUNTED.
>> THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> IT WOULD BE REIMBURSED.
>> FUTURE REIMBURSEMENTS.
BUT IT IS AN EXPENDITURE.
>> IT SHOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES.
>>.IT.
THAT IS HELPFUL.
>>> THE REASON I'M GOING TO
THIS EXERCISE IS NOT TO IMPRESS
OR SCARE OUR KIDS ABOUT MATH
BUT RATHER TO HELP UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND WHERE WE SHOULD GO MOVING
FORWARD.
SO I THINK I APPRECIATE CALVIN,
THE UTILITY COST ARE REAL.
THEY DO HAVE IMPACTS TO
RATEPAYERS.
THE UTILITY AS THEY UPGRADE THE
SYSTEM GETS BENEFITS FROM THIS.
IT IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED TO
FIGURE OUT.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THAT
UP.
I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE MIGHT
HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW ON THAT.
>> SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN
EXPENDED ALREADY.
SOME OF IT WAS PUTTING IN
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT PIPE.
>> BETTERMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
>> SO WE HAVE THE 65 MILLION-
DOLLAR GAP.
>> LET ME ASK A QUESTION ABOUT
THIS.
>> YOU ARE HERE TO ASK FOR
AUTHORITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL $9
MILLION.
IS THAT 9 MILLION OF THE 65?
OR IS IT 9 MILLION OF WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE SO I CAN TELL
YOU IS 65 IS THE RIGHT NUMBER?
>> IS 9 MILLION OF THE TWO
AWAY.
65 MILLION REMAINS.
AS A GAP IN THE FUTURE.
>> BUT IT IS NOT, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT COST IS
GOING TO BE.
>> BUT ASSUMING THE PROJECT
COST DOESN'T CHANGE IN THIS
WORK, IS IT WORK THAT IS
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY?
WE ARE EATING AWAY AT THAT.
WITH THIS 9 MILLION.
IT IS NOT, WE DON'T EVEN
RECOGNIZE YOU MIGHT FIGURE THE
BUDGET IS 9 MILLION MORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO OKAY, THAT IS HELPFUL.
AND SO THERE IS ABOUT $80
MILLION IN GRANTS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN AWARDED.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FEDERAL
GRANT AND THE LEVEL OF
CERTAINTY ABOUT THE 75 MILLION
OR THE 50 MILLION+25 MILLION.
I'M RECOGNIZING THAT ANYONE TO
ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
HARD.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH IT?
>> SURE.
IT IS A COMPLICATED ANSWER.
I WILL TRY TO BE AS CLEAR AS
POSSIBLE.
SO THE $75 MILLION IS EXPECTED
TO COME FROM THE FEDERAL
TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SMALL
STARTS GRANT PROGRAM.
THAT IS A PROGRAM AUTHORIZED ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
IN, AND THE WEIGHT THAT HAS
BEEN ADMINISTERED, IS THERE
ANYBODY IN THAT PROGRAM THAT
HAS TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL STATUS
UPDATE TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE
ON THE PROJECT AND THEN GET A
RATING FROM THE FDA ON PROJECTS
STRENGTH.
SO THE PROJECT HAS REMAINED A
HIGH RATING.
THE RATING IS HIGH.
WHICH GENERALLY PUTS IT IN LINE
FOR GRANT FUNDING AS MONEY AS
THE PROJECT IS READY AND AS
THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE.
SO I BELIEVED IN FISCAL YEAR
2016 APPROPRIATIONS, THERE'S A
$50 MILLION PLACEHOLDER PUT IN
A BOX WITHIN THAT FEDERAL
APPROPRIATION FOR THAT YEAR.
IT IS BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS
RATED HIGH THAT IT SEEMS TO BE
GETTING READY.
THAT WOULD BE READY FOR
APPROPRIATIONS.
IT WOULD HOLD THE PLACE IN LINE
FOR THAT GRANT AWARDS TO BE
MADE.
THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE, WE
STILL HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF
THE STEPS TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE
THE GRANT AWARD AND SIGN A
GRANT AGREEMENT.
THE FTA IS NOT DOING, CONGRESS
IS NOT DOING THAT PROCESS IN
THE SAME WAY. SO WE WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT IF WE REMAIN
HIGH, HIGHLY RATED, WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS THE $50 MILLION
BOX, WE WOULD REMAIN ELIGIBLE
FOR $75 MILLION WHEN WE ARE
READY AND THERE ARE GREAT FUNDS
AVAILABLE.
>> IF THERE IS NOT I'M SORRY.
ONE LAST THING, IF WE WERE
READY AND RATED HIGH, READY TO
SIGN AN AGREEMENT, BUT THERE
WEREN'T FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, WE COULD
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE FUNDS
AS LONG AS WE COULD POINT TO
THEM BUT THAT WOULD BE A
QUESTION WE WOULD ANSWER DOWN
THE LINE.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR FINAL GRANT
AGREEMENT.
>> WE MIGHT ADVANCE COST MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE HOPE TO GET
REIMBURSED.
THERE IS A HOPE FOR
>> THERE'S A PROCESS, A LETTER
OF NO PREJUDICE WHERE WE
BASICALLY GET PREAPPROVAL TO
EXTEND THE FTA FUNDS THE
AGREEMENT BE REIMBURSED WHY WE
DON'T HAVE A GRANT AGREEMENT IN
PLACE.
AT THAT POINT, AT THAT LARGE OF
A NUMBER, WE WOULD HAVE
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THE
CITY WAS READY TO TAKE ON THE
FINANCIAL RISK TO MOVE THE
PROJECT FORWARD AT THAT LEVEL.
>> THERE WERE SORT OF THE GRANT
IT MINISTRATION WITH THE FTA
THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING LARGELY
IN THE SAME WAY IT HAS BEEN.
ATTRACTING THE PROJECT AND WE
STILL ARE RATED HIGH AND
ANTICIPATE THE GRANT.
THERE IS A SEPARATE ISSUE OF
FEDERAL PREPARATIONS FOR THAT
AND THE MINUTIA OF WHEN THAT
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
IT IS LARGELY OUT OF OUR HANDS.
I AM NOT SURE THAT, IT IS
SPECULATION ABOUT HOW THAT
MIGHT CHANGE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE FTA, THE GRANTING
AGENCY, THAT SEEMS TO BE ON
TRACK.
>> AND WE'VE GOT TO OTHER
PROJECTS IN THAT SMALL STARTS,
THE MEDICINE, RAPID RIDE, THE
ROOSEVELT RAPID RIDE, BOTH OF
WHICH, THE MEDICINE RAPID RIDE
WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
GRANT OVERSIGHT PROCESS TO
DEMONSTRATE OUR READINESS TO
ACCEPT THOSE FTA FUNDS.
OUR ABILITY TO GET TO THE
PROCESS THE FIRST TIME WILL
INFORM OUR ABILITY TO GET
THROUGH IT FOR FUTURE PAYMENTS
AS WELL.
>> WE WILL KNOW MORE IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS ON THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> SO NOW AS FAR AS THE POLICY
DECISION IN THE PAST, WE CAN GO
DOWN FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
AS LONG AS WE KNOW ABOUT THE
MONEY.
WE DO THAT THROUGH PSR SEE.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE DEADLINES
TO COMMIT THAT MONEY.
IS THERE A CHANCE THAT PEOPLE
NEED TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK
AND RE-COMPETE FOR THAT AGAIN?
OR DO WE FEEL LIKE THE TIMELINE
IS STILL PRETTY GOOD?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE
SPECIFICS.
WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT DEPARTMENT
CHOSE NOT TO, SOME OF THE PAST
EXPENDITURES WOULD HAVE BEEN
ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANT.
THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT CHOOSE
TO ACCESS THAT GRANT AT THIS
TIME.
SO I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT WE
STILL DON'T KNOW QUITE WITH THE
PATH FORWARD IS YET.
AT SOME POINT, THAT GRANT WOULD
BECOME, THEY WOULD WANT TO GET
THE MONEY OUT TO LENDERS WHO
COULD USE THE MONEY IF WE DON'T
MOVE FORWARD.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE CMAC
FUNDS.
IF SOMEONE COULD GET BACK TO
ME, I ASSUME THE PROJECT COULD
COMPETE.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW IF WE
ARE GOOD ON THE MONEY FOR
ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
THAT WOULD COVER IT.
OR IF WE NEED TO REAPPLY.
>> SO IN ROUGH NUMBERS, WE HAVE
ABOUT $65 MILLION OF
UNCERTAINTY.
THE MAYOR HAS NOT PROPOSED A
FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
GIVE ME ANY NEW INFORMATION
RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A GAP THAT WE WILL HAVE
TO DETERMINE, SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL MOVING FORWARD AND
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IF WE WERE TO NOT GO FORWARD,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FIND THAT
65.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY COST OR
BENEFIT THERE.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ALLOCATED
FOR THE 5 MILLION OF BUDGET
THROUGH BONDS WE HAVEN'T SPENT
YET.
I HAVE TO DO THE MATH ON THE
REIMBURSEMENT.
WHAT IS THAT PLAY GOING FORWARD
FROM THE CITY AT LEAST HIS
CURRENT COST AND CURRENT
EXPECTATIONS AROUND GRANT IS,
IT IS ABOUT FUTURE BUDGET
AUTHORITY. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY
AS FAR AS, IF WE WERE TO WALK
AWAY FROM THIS, WE WOULD HAVE
THAT FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
OR --
>> IF WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS
PROJECT, WE HAVE $45 MILLION OF
FUTURE BOND REVENUE.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME UP
WITH THE 65 WE HAVE TO COME UP
WITH TWO.
>> THE DELTA BETWEEN IS ABOUT
$110 MILLION, AT LEAST IN MY
MIND.
ONE COULD SAY THAT IS WHAT YOU
COULD BUY A STREETCAR PROGRAM.
IT WILL ONLY COST YOU $110
MILLION.
>> I SAY THAT FACETIOUSLY A BIT
.
>> OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GO TO THAT
EXERCISE PUBLICLY SO THAT I
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE
SAME PAGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MY
CRAZY MAP THAT WE JUST DID?
>> I GOT IT.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK
THAT WE STILL HAVE TO COUNT THE
$12 MILLION THAT WE HAVE
EXPENDED AND WE NEED TO BE
REIMBURSED OURSELVES FOR.
IT IS MORE LIKE $100 MILLION.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I AM ACTING LIKE I HAVE
TOTALLY GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL
BUT I REALLY DON'T.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE WILL FIGURE
THAT OUT.
>> SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN
EASY DECISION BUT I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
I THINK MAKING SURE WE ALL
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GETTING
INTO, AT THE COUNCIL BRIEFING
ON MONDAY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW IN
PARTICULAR SAID SHE WANTED TO
MOVE FORWARD.
SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE BUT
SHE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW
THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE.
CALVIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH HER.
I HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY SEEN ANY
SORT OF LANGUAGE.
THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE
THAT WE WILL WANT TO CONSIDER
AT FULL COUNSEL.
IT'S POSSIBLE MY COLLEAGUES
WILL THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY
QUESTIONS AND WANT TO HOLD
THIS.
IF WE WILL DIFFER A DAY, IT IS
A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE IT GOES
INTO SEPTEMBER.
I DIDN'T HEAR DESIRE TO DO THAT
ALTHOUGH COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS I WANT TO
HEAR YOUR VIEWS ON THIS TOO.
>> I'M PREPARED TO VOTE IN
SUPPORT OF THIS.
AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THE
AWARENESS OF WHAT I HAVE HEARD
FROM CONSTITUENTS DIRECTLY.
THIS IS ONE OF THIS PROJECTS I
KNOW IS VERY SENSITIVE.
IT ALSO, UNDERSTANDING THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT
ITSELF.
FOR BOTH OUR CITY AS IT IS
GROWING AND ALSO FOR A DOWNTOWN
CORRIDOR IN ADDITION TO THE
COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE TO THE
COMMUNITIES WHO BENEFIT FROM
THE STREETCAR.
I AM PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE HUNDRED
OR HUNDRED AND 10, WE WILL
FIGURE OUT THE MATH THERE,
MILLION GOING FORWARD, SOME OF
WHICH HAS BEEN BUDGETED.
SOME OF WHICH WE NEED TO COME
UP WITH.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPERATING VISIT
OF A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION AS
PROJECTED TODAY.
IF WE COMMIT TO THAT, WE WILL
ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT
OPERATING ANY ON AN ONGOING
BASIS.
SO DOES ARE BOTH
CONSIDERATIONS.
WE ARE NOT MAKING A COMMITMENT
TO ANY OF THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE
WILL CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR
WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE $9
MILLION, ASSUMING THE FULL
COUNSEL SUPPORTS THAT.
WE ARE GOING FURTHER DOWN THE
STREET, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER
OR HARDER TO WALK BACK FROM.
EASIER TO WANT TO CONTINUE
FINANCIALLY BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE
ARE MULTIPLE DECISION POINTS.
>> OKAY.
>> IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE COUNSEL
BILL 119602.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
THIS?
>> ALL IN SUPPORT SAY AYE.
IT WILL GO TO THE FULL COUNSEL
ON MONDAY.
AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH ON THE
LANGUAGE.
WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THINK YOU FOR WORKING ON
THAT.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> KELLY WOULD YOU READ THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM?
>> WE HAVE THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY UPDATE.
>> JUST HANG OUT.
>> YOU SHOULD REALLY JUST WORK
THIS ONE.
>> I SHOULD FIGURE IT OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHEN YOU ARE SEATED, WE WILL
START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
YOU CAN THE FIRST.
>> I AM LORELAI WILLIAMS,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL
DELIVERY FOR SDOT.
>> RACHEL McCAFFREY, EVERY
MANAGER.
>> SAM ZIMBABWE.
DIRECTOR.
>> TRIPLE HEADER.
>> I WILL KICK IT OFF.
I MAY HAVE TO SLIP AWAY FOR A
PRIOR COMMITMENT AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO RACHEL AND LORELAI TO GET
INTO THE DETAILS.
THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTERLY
UPDATE THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE TO
DELIVER.
THIS IS PART OF OUR REGULAR
REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY THAT
WE ARE DOING WITH THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY AFTER THE RESET
WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR.
JUST TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT AND
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND
DELIVERING THE COMMITMENTS THAT
WE HAVE MADE.
DESPITE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
OF THE SNOWSTORMS AND VIADUCT
CLOSURE AND ALL OF THE THINGS
WE HAVE BEEN IMAGING AS AN
AGENCY, THIS YEAR THAT
>> WE REFER TO THAT AS OUR
WELCOME PARTY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
STRONG PROGRESS HERE,
DELIVERING ON THE LEVY.
I THINK THAT THE Q2 REPORT
ILLUSTRATES THAT AND IT ALSO
DEMONSTRATES, YOU WILL HEAR
ABOUT CHALLENGES WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON
THIS TRAJECTORY WE ARE ON.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST
EXPENDITURE, THE HIGHEST SPEND
TO DATE THROUGH THE COURSE OF
THE YEAR SO FAR AND THE LEVY.
BUT REALLY, WHAT WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE DELIVERY
OF OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES THAT
DRIVE OUR WORK.
THE EXPENDITURES IS A KEY
MILESTONE BUT IT IS JUST ONE
MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS OVERALL.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO RACHEL.
SHE IS GOING TO START WALKING
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> SO NEXT UP, WE WILL DO A
QUICK OVERVIEWOF WHAT WE HAVE
GOT THIS AFTERNOON.
WE WILL TO A QUICK REVIEW OF
THE PURPOSE OF THE QUARTERLY
REPORTS.
TALK ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
SUMMARY THROUGH Q2, INCLUDING
SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
STREET FUND GRANT.
THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT
FINANCES AND TIME FOR QUESTIONS
AT THE END.
>> SO A QUICK REVIEW OF THE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, LIKE SAM
MENTIONED, IT IS A DIRECT
OUTCOME OF THE NEW FORMAT AND
APPROACH OF THE DIRECT OUTCOME
FROM LASTER.
THEY ARE QUARTERLY.
THEY DOCUMENT THE TWO THINGS WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WILL GO
THROUGH TODAY.
PERFORMANCE ON DELIVERY,
FINANCES, THE PERFORMANCE AND
DELIVERY METRICS ARE
COMMUNICATED AGAINST THE
PLANNED ANNUAL A CONGRESSMAN'S.
THE 2019 PLANNED, SCHMITZ, A
NEW REPLY ARCH WE LOST EARLIER
TO SHOW PROGRESS IN THIS ONE
ISOLATED YEAR.
AGAINST THE ONE GOAL.
SO THE REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED ON
A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
THIS IS OUR THIRD OR FOURTH
FORMAT.
THE QUARTERLY REPORTS WILL LEAD
INTO AN ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED
THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> QUESTIONS BEFORE I JUMP INTO
IT?
SORRY.
>> SO PERFORMANCE FOR Q2.
Q2 SAW SOME OF THE REGULAR RAMP-
UP THAT IS TRADITIONAL FOR THE
WARMING SUMMER MONTHS OF
CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS JUST
A QUICK BY THE NUMBERS
HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE KEY
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE THE
DELIVERABLE OUTPUTS.
WE DO EXPECT ALL PROGRAMS TO
MEET THE PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENT
FOR THIS YEAR AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE
BEHIND THE EXAMPLE FOR
CROSSWALKS.
REPAINTED ON THE TOP OF THE
LIST.
TYPICALLY, IF THIS TYPE OF
YEAR, THEY HAVE EXCEEDED 1000
AND THERE BEHIND THIS YEAR FOR
WEATHER AND COMPETING PRIORITY
ISSUES.
WE EXPECT TO MAKE UP THE WORK
TO THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
THEN WE HAD FIVE CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS ADVERTISED IN Q2.
FIVE AWARDED.
THAT DEMONSTRATES SOME OF THE
BIG WORK.
SOME KEY A CONGRESSMAN'S.
THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF
THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO GET
DONE.
TO CHECK OFF THE LIST.
THAT IS NORTH EAST 56th STREET,
WHICH TRANSFORMS THIS HIGH-
PRIORITY COLLISION CORRIDOR
PROGRAM INCLUDING THE
UNPROTECTED BIKE LANE THROUGH
THE ROOSEVELT AREA.
THE FINISHED 23rd AVENUE IN
FACE 2. WE TURN ON THE SIGNAL
AT 13th AND HOLMAN, WHICH IS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
PROJECT FROM THE LAST TIME
AROUND.
IT ALSO IS COMPATIBLE CROSSING
WITH THE NORTH SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD, GREENWAY.
THAT IS THE LAST PROJECT ON THE
LIST THAT ADDS 2.7 MILES OF
GREENWAY IN NORTH AND NORTHWEST
SEATTLE.
SO THEN, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT
STUFF WE GOT IN THE GROUND AND
COMPLETED.
THIS IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
DESIGN MILESTONES WE REACHED ON
A FEW OF THE REALLY BIG LEVY
PROJECTS.
BE AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT FOR FAIRVIEW BRIDGE,
WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT
MILESTONE TOWARDS STARTING
CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR I
BELIEVE.
WE ARE ALREADY STARTING THE
REPERTORY WORK BEFORE WE CLOSE
THE BRIDGE.
>> WE ARE MOVING FORWARD NOW.
>> THAT IS AWARDING THE
CONTRACT MOVING BEYOND THE
HURDLE OF RE-ADVERTISING THAT
PROJECT, WHICH WAS SOMETHING BE
ENCOUNTERED EARLIER IN THE
YEAR.
WE HIT 30% DESIGN ON DELL RIDGE
AND 90% ON MADISON.
>> QUICK QUESTION, AS THESE
PROJECTS ADVANCE AND BE GO
THROUGH DESIGN, I ASSUME WITH
AN AWARD WE GET MORE COST
CERTAINTY ABOUT THAT?
THE RISK GOES AWAY?
ON THE FAIRVIEW PROJECT WHICH
IS THE BIG ONE, MORE BROADLY,
HOW ARE WE DOING.
WE TELL YOU TO SPEND MORE
BECAUSE WE WANT THE PROJECTS
DONE BUT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO
BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WE
ANTICIPATE.
OUR COSTS LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE
IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS?
ARE WE SEEING DIFFERENT MARKET
FLUCTUATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE
TRENDING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER?
PART OF YOUR QUESTION. E FIRST
THEN IT WILL LEAD INTO THE NEXT
PART.
BUT WE, WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE
CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WE
DEFINITELY HAVE MORE OF A LEVEL
OF CERTAINTY BECAUSE WE
RECEIVED BIDS AND WE HAVE
ACTUAL PRICES VERSUS JUST
ESTIMATES.
FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE
FAIRVIEW BRIDGE, WHERE THERE IS
STILL A LOT OF, MORE INVOLVED
CONSTRUCTION, WHERE YOU'RE
BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER WATER,
THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF
RISK IN THE EARLY PHASES AS YOU
GET OUT OF THE GROUND.
YOU ARE BUILDING JUST THE DEPTH
PORTION OF THE PROJECT, THEN
YOU ARE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE
IN TERMS OF RISK AND COST
CERTAINTY.
AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION, THAT GAINS.
FOR A PAVING PROJECT, WE HAVE
LAST RISK.
YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT
YOU DO IN SAY A BRIDGE PROJECT.
AND THEN, THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION, REMIND ME ONE
MORE TIME BECAUSE I GOT FOCUSED
ON THAT.
>> THAT CLARITY IS HELPFUL ON
THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROJECTS.
ARE WE AT A POINT, THIS IS PART
OF THE PRESENTATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS
IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED.
ARE WE SEEING THAT COST ARE IN
LINE WITH THE PROJECTIONS IN
GENERAL ACROSS THE VARIOUS
PROJECTS?
I KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS FOR
THE RESET WAS COST BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION, WE WERE SAYING
THINGS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
I AM CURIOUS HOW THAT FEELS OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, SO I DON'T HAVE A
SUMMARY SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU
EXACT NUMBERS BUT THE MAJORITY
OF PROJECTS WE HAVE BID
RECENTLY OUR ENGINEERS
ESTIMATES.
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND THE
SECOND AND THIRD PRIZE IN THERE,
WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE WE WANT TO
BE.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BID.
GENERALLY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
AWARD PROJECTS FOR A BID PRICE
THAT IS LESS THAN THE ENGINEERS
ESTIMATE.
WE HAD AN EXCEPTION TO THAT IN
THE NORTHGATE BRIDGE PROJECT
FOR THE COST WERE MORE THAN
WHAT OUR ENGINEERS ESTIMATE
WAS.
WE HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR HOW TO
ADDRESS THAT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS TWO.
PARTICULARLY IN THE MORE
COMPLICATED PROJECTS WHERE IT
IS HARDER TO PREDICT THE
ESTIMATES.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE
THROUGH A PHASE WHERE
EVERYTHING IS COMING IN.
WE HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
ON OUR END AND OUR ABILITY TO
PREDICT THE MARKET A BIT.
WE ARE BETTER THERE.
GREAT.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> I WOULD SAY THE MARKET IN
GENERAL HAS STABILIZED A BIT.
IT IS NOT QUITE AS
UNPREDICTABLE.
THAT IS HELPFUL TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL SHIFT GEARS A BIT.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
SPECIFICALLY.
SO JUST TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM,
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE
SEATTLE LEVY AND IT ENABLES THE
COMMUNITY TO PROPOSE AND HELP
PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION
RELATED PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT
BY SDOT.
EACH CYCLE HAS THREE YEARS,
WHEN YEAR FOR PLANNING, WHEN
YOU'RE FOR BUILDING.
WE ARE IN THE PLAN YOUR FOR
THAT 2019-2021 CYCLE.
THIS SLIDE EXPLAINS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROCESS
USED FOR THE LAST CYCLE.
IT STARTED IN 2015 VERSUS THIS
ONE.
SDOT HAS BEEN COMPLETING AND
ENGAGEMENT FEES, WHICH WAS
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
DEVELOPING PROPOSALS IN THE
PROJECTS.
ARROW SHOWS THAT WE ARE IN THE
LAST TYPE OF PLANNING PHASE,
WHICH IS CULMINATING TONIGHT
WHERE THE COMMITTEE WELL, THEY
HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE ALMOST
FINAL LIST OF PROJECTS.
THEY WILL BE REVIEWING THE
FINAL PROJECTS THAT WILL BE
PART OF THE CYCLE.
>> IN HALF AN HOUR OR SO.
COME JOIN US AND WATCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK ON THAT.
THANK YOU TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WHO DO A LOT OF WORK TO
UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE
PROJECTS.
>> IT HAS BEEN A BIG EFFORT FOR
EVERYONE.
SO JUST TO QUICKLY SHOW SOME OF
THE PRODUCT OF THE ENGAGEMENT
FEES FOR NSF NEIGHBORHOOD
STREET FUND, THE COMMUNITY VOTE
FEES, THE PRIMARY MEANS THEY
COLLECTED VOTES, PRODUCED MORE
THAN 6000 VOTES ONLINE.
THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY
DID ADDITIONAL TARGETED
OUTREACH IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO
AND FIVE.
TO REACH COMMUNITY THIS THERE.
HOSTING EVENTS AND MEETING
PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
POP UP EVENTS, COMMUNITY
DINNERS, OPEN HOUSES, VOTER
EDUCATION EVENTS.
PROVIDED PAPER BALLOTS IN EIGHT
LANGUAGES, AND THEY SAW AN
ADDITIONAL 700 PAPER BALLOTS
THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE
DEMOGRAPHICS.
>> IT IS UNDER REPRESENTED, THE
POPULATION IN SEATTLE, I
APPRECIATE THAT THEY DID THAT.
>> WE WILL PICK IT BACK TO
NORMAL LEVY BUSINESS WITH THE
FINANCE UPDATE.
SO THIS IS OUR Q2 REPORT.
I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE Q1, BECAUSE OF THE PHASING
OF OUR BUDGET CYCLE, WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MATCH THE
ACTUALS WITH OUR PREDICTIONS.
THAT IS RIGHT ON, IT WAS RIGHT
ON BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT ON.
AS FOR Q2, WE ACTUALLY WERE
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN ESTIMATING
WHAT WE WOULD SPEND.
>> WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN
ESTIMATING WHAT WE WOULD SPEND
IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
PRETTY DARN CLOSE, THAT IS
ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
AND WITH THAT, DELIVERABLES
ALSO.
WE ARE TREADING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AS A SUCCESSFUL
QUARTER.
>> I WILL NOTE TOO THAT WE
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THE PROCESS
FOR DEVELOPING OUR SPENDING
PLAN FOR ANALYZING RISK.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT SHOW UP
AND HAVE THE NUMBERS.
SO THEN HERE, WHAT WE SEE IS
WHERE WE ARE AT AND SPENDING
FOR 2019 COMPARED TO PREVIOUS
YEARS.
SO WE ARE HEADING IN THE
DIRECTION WE HAD BEEN PLANNING
TO HAD.
IT WAS REPRESENTED IN THE WORK
PLAN PROCESS LESTER.
>> WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL TOTAL.
NEVERMIND.
INC.
YOU.
A COMPLEX GRAPH WITH TWO
DIFFERENT TABLES.
>> A LOT OF COLORS.
>> AND THEN WE HAVE YET ANOTHER
ONE HERE.
SO THIS IS A PIE CHART THAT
SHOWS YOU JUST THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE THREE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES IN THE LEVY AND HOW
THOSE, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT
IN EACH OF THOSE TO DATE.
SO CONGESTION RELIEF IS ABOUT
44% SPENT.
THE OTHER TWO ARE A LITTLE
FURTHER BEHIND.
THEY ARE SLIGHTLY HEAVIER IN
THE GROUP PROJECT WORK.
AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED
DURING THE COURSE OF THE THIRD
QUARTER AND THE BETTER WEATHER.
IT IS A TYPICAL TREND.
AND THEN LAST OF ALL, JUST LAST
WEEK WE PUBLISHED THE SECOND
QUARTER REPORT THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
THAT IS ONLINE AND AVAILABLE
FOR EVERYONE TO READ.
WE WILL SHARE A SHORT
PRESENTATION WITH THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TONIGHT.
WE ARE HERE TALKING TO YOU NOW.
WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE THIS
EVENING.
AS WE TOLD SAID EARLIER, WE
TALKED ABOUT THE MAJOR FOCUS OF
THIS EVENING'S MEETING WILL BE
THE NSF OBJECT SELECTION.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
ALL HAVE DONE.
I KNOW THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
CMMITTEE DID A LOT OF WORK.
WITH YOU ALL.
I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS MADE THIS
A VERY WORDY.
IT INHERITED SOME CHALLENGES
WHEN YOU CAME IN.
IT IS, I KNOW FOR ME IT FELT
LIKE THERE WAS A PERIOD OF
LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS
THAT WERE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
SOME WERE OUT OF OUR CONTROL
BUT SOME COULD HAVE BEEN DONE
BETTER INTERNALLY.
BUT RECOGNIZING THE SECOND YOU
IDENTIFY IT, IT IS RARE THAT
YOU JUST FLIP A SWITCH AND IT
IS FIXED.
SO YOU ALL MADE IT REALLY CLEAR
AT THE TIME THAT WE CAN GET THIS
RIGHTED.
WE ARE MAKING A NEW PLAN.
WE CAME OUT WITH A NEW PLAN.
SO THERE IS STILL THIS QUESTION
MARK.
RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST TALKING
AND PAPER AND WORDS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR ACT
TOGETHER, WE ARE DOING THIS
INTO THE LEVY IS OVER.
IT WILL BE A MESS.
SO THE HOPE WAS THAT AND WHEN
YEAR OR TWO WE WILL SEE THE
RESULTS OF THE WORK THAT WAS
DONE AND TO ME, IT IS STILL
EARLY.
BUT THIS IS A SIGNAL AT LEAST
THAT THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE
WERE REVISITING, WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO CALL IT, IT SEEMS TO BE
GENERALLY ON TRACK.
IT IS STILL CONSTRUCTION.
IT IS STILL UNCERTAINTY.
THERE IS STILL LOTS GOING ON
BUT IT FEELS GOOD.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE A COUPLE
MORE QUARTERS OF THIS.
PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
CENTER CITY LIKE NETWORK.
THAT IS HIT THE GROUND NOW.
IT WAS ONE THING THAT GOT
DERAILED A BIT.
I THINK TENTATIVE KUDOS BECAUSE
IT FEELS LIKE THINGS ARE
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HOPEFULLY A COUPLE MORE REPORTS
LIKE THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW
QUARTERS.
HOPEFULLY THEY BUILD BACK THE
CREDIBILITY AND AGAIN I DON'T
THINK THAT CREDIBILITY LOSSES
BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS.
IT IS AMAZING THE GROUP OF
PEOPLE WORKING.
BUT A CONFLUENCE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT CREATED CHALLENGES BUT THEY
ARE RESPONDING REALLY WELL.
THERE GETTING GREAT WORK.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
BUT OUR TEAM IS VERY FOCUSED ON
DELIVERY OF THE LEVY.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SHOWCASE THAT.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WHERE WE
HAVE CHALLENGES, THEY ARE NOT
IN THE THINGS THAT WE CAN
CONTROL.
THEY ARE MORE IN THE THINGS WE
CAN'T BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE
SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE AS
WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> BE SURE TO VOTE.
>> DONE.
>> I WILL JUST REITERATE THE
EARLY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT
FOSSIL FUELS.
BUT WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF
POLICY WORK HERE.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE NEED A
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
GIVES THEM LOTS OF OPTIONS.
TRANSPORTATION IS THE BIGGEST
CARBON POLLUTION SECTOR.
SO FRANKLY, OUR SUCCESS ON THE
GREEN NEW DEAL, ADDRESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HEAVILY
DPENDENT ON SUCCESS AT SDOT.
IT ALSO MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO
SEE THAT THINGS ARE HEADING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE
NEED YOU GUYS TO BE AN AWESOME
TEAM WORKING TOWARDS ALL THIS.
WE NEED THE PUBLIC TO BE
CONFIDENT IN FUTURE LEVIES TO
FUND THE INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO
EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO CARBON
FREE TRANSPORTATION IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
GOOD WORK.
KEEP IT UP.
>> WE WILL SEE YOU IN A BIT.
>> I WANT TO ECHO THAT POINT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN IS SPOT
ON IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY'S
RESPONSIBILITY IS IN BEING THE
LEAD ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT IS SO MUCH DEPENDENT ON THE
SUCCESS OF YOU ALL.
SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO CHANGE
THE NAME OF SDOT TO SEATTLE
SCREEN DEPARTMENT.
TO EMPHASIZE THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
>> WE HAD A GREEN D.O.T
PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> SAM, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
>> PUT YOUR SHOES BACK ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
KELLY, WE HAVE ONE MORE AGENDA
ITEM.
>> I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
>> WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON
úTRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, I
ASKED YOU TO STAY UNTIL FIVE,
IT IS AFTER FIVE.
WE ARE STILL GOING.
I AM HOPING NOT TO GO PAST
THREE AND HALF HOURS LIKE I DID
A FEW WEEKS GO.
BUT THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON
THE PRESENTERS AND THE
QUESTIONS WANT TO ASK.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU STICKING
AROUND AS LONG AS YOU DID.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU ALL CAN ARM WRESTLE OVER
SEATS WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>> WE WILL START WITH JUST A
QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?
>>, 24, COUNSEL CENTRAL STUFF.
>> KENDRA BREILAND, KEVIN
RAMSEY, KENDRA BREILAND.
>> TO 27.
>> AS YOU KNOW, DISSERTATION
IMPACT FEES HAVE GONE IN FITS
AND STARTS.
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE
PEOPLE TO START AGAIN SO TO
SPEAK.
THE HEARING EXAMINER DECISION
ON AN APPEAL OF THE THRESHOLD
DETERMINATION IS EXPECTED
SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
ORIENT THE COMMITTEE TO THE
SUBJECT OF TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES AND SOME OF THE
DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMMITTEE
WILL USE IN MAKING A DECISION
ABOUT FUTURE ASPORTATION AND
IMPACT FEE PROGRAMMING.
THEY ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
DOCUMENTS.
FEHR & PEERS.
>> THE PEER JURISDICTIONS,
WHICH WORK AND WERE COMPLETED
BACK IN DECEMBER 2018 AND
ANOTHER IS SOME WORK DONE BY
FEHR & PEERS ON AND UPDATED
RIGHTS PROGRAM.
>> AND SO JUST TO PUT A POINT
ON THIS FOR THE PUBLIC, WE
IMPLEMENT TRANSPORTATION IMPACT
FEES AND NEED TO A, UPDATE THE
PLAN.
WE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT LAST
SUMMER BUT THERE WAS AN APPEAL
TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE
DOCUMENT, WHICH IS STILL
PENDING.
WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM TAKING
ACTION ON THAT UNTIL THE
HEARING EXAMINER ISSUES THE
RULING WHICH SHOULD COME
SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
SO THIS PRESENTATION IS IN
ANTICIPATION OF HOPEFULLY A
GOOD RULING.
THAT IS WHAT I AM HOPING
FRCIBLY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A CHANCE THAT
WE WILL GET A RULING THAT SAYS
WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK, IN
WHICH CASE WE WILL HAVE TO DO
WHATEVER THEY TELL US TO DO.
BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION TODAY, I HOPE TO
REGROUND US IN A LOT OF
INFORMATION OUT THERE TODAY.
SO I HOPE WE WILL HAVE FUTURE
DISCUSSIONS IN UPCOMING
COMMITTEE MEETINGS SOON, A WEEK
FROM FRIDAY?
IS THAT ACCURATE?
I WOULD BE THE NEXT
CONVERSATION.
I HOPE BY THEN WE WILL HAVE
SOME CERTAINTY WITH DISCUSSING
THESE ACTIONS.
WE CAN'T TAKE FINAL ACTION
UNTIL THE HEARING EXAMINER BUT
I DON'T WANT TO INVEST TOO MUCH
TIME UNTIL WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I WILL HAND OVER TO YOU ALL
AND AFTER HAND THE PREAMBLE, I
WOULD ASK WITH 40 SLIDES, LET'S
GET THROUGH THEM WITH DILIGENCE
BUT ALSO I WILL TRY NOT TO ASK
TOO MANY MORE QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO START, 1024?
I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE
I AM A BELIEVER THAT TOO MUCH
INFORMATION SOMETIMES AT ONE
POINT IS JUST TOO MUCH.
SO I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE
SOME BACKGROUND ON
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT STATE STATUTE
ALLOWS.
HOW WE STRUCTURE THOSE PROGRAMS
AND THEN WE WILL SHIFT THE
FOCUS ON WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
JUST ON THE SCREEN, SOME OF THE
REAL BASIC TIDBITS ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION ABOUT FEES, THEY
ARE ONE-TIME CHARGES PAID BY
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE AUTHORIZED BY THE
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1990.
AND REALLY THE STATUTE PROVIDES
SOME PARAMETERS IN TERMS OF
WHAT THEY CAN FIND,
SPECIFICALLY THEY MUST FUND
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT
PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR FUTURE
GROWTH.
THEY CAN'T FUND PURELY
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT ARE
ADDRESSING EXISTING
DEFICIENCIES.
POTHOLE FILLING AND TRANSIT
OPERATIONS, THOSE ARE NOT
EXPENDITURES THAT ARE
AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW.
SOME OTHER TIDBIT, PROJECTS
MUST BE WITHIN A COMMUNITY'S
CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT.
AS WE MENTIONED.
THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
APPEAL AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME
NEW SOON.
BUT WHAT HAS LED THE CITY TO BE
INTERESTED IN THIS FUNDING
MECHANISM, THERE ARE OF COURSE
MANY WAYS YOU CAN FUND
TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS WE HAVE SEEN A TREND
TOWARDS COMMITTEES USING IMPACT
FEES FOR MULTIMODAL PROJECTS.
WE HAVE SEEN A NICE ALIGNMENT
BETWEEN SEATTLE'S OBJECTIVES
FOR MOBILITY AND WHAT IMPACT
úFEES CAN HELP PROVIDE.
IMPACT FEES ARE VERY COMMON
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THERE ARE OVER 70 COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT
FEES.
WE HAVE A SMATTERING OF PUGET
SOUND JURISDICTIONS AND THE
RANGE OF RATES ON THE SCREEN
RIGHT NOW.
THE HIGHEST RATES ARE ABOUT
2000 FOR WHAT YOU WOULD
CONSIDER A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT IS THE RATE THAT IS SHOWN
HERE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1-2000
WITHIN PUGET SOUND FOR A SINGLE-
FAMILY HOME.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A
TYPICAL RATE IN THE PUGET
SOUND, IT IS ABOUT $506,000.
SO STATE LAW, IT PRESCRIBES HOW
WE STRUCTURE THESE PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE A LIST OF ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS AND AGAIN, LOOKING TO
PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR
CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT,
ALSO THE PROJECT THAT ARE
PROVIDING CAPACITY AND FIT
WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF
LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS.
SOME OF THE PARAMETERS OF
THINGS WE CAN SPEND OUR WITHIN
IMPACT FEES.
THE STATE LAW PRESCRIBES SOME
OF THE STEPS THAT WE THEN TAKE
FOR THE COST OF EXISTING
DEFICIENCIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECTS IN
SEATTLE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO
THE PAVING COMPONENTS OF THIS
PROJECT.
PURELY MAINTENANCE.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW.
WE ALSO DO SOME MODELING
PROCEDURES TO UNDERSTAND THE
PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT
ARE SERVING SEATTLE'S GROWTH
VERSUS NON-CITY GROWTH.
AND THEN, KIND OF THE LAST STEP
IS GETTING AT A MAXIMUM
DEFENSIBLE RATE.
SO KIND OF TAKING ALL OF THOSE
ELIGIBLE COSTS AND SPREADING IT
OVER THE GROWTH ANTICIPATED IN
A JURISDICTION OVER A LIFETIME
OF ITS PROGRAM.
THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL HOW YOU
STRUCTURE AND IMPACT FEE
PROGRAM.
I WANT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS NOW
TO SEATTLE AND WHAT A PROGRAM
COULD LOOK LIKE IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
AND SO, IN DEVELOPING THIS
DRAFT RATE STUDY, WHICH WE WILL
BE BRINGING FORWARD IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS, WE LOOKED OVER ALL OF
THESE ELIGIBLE POTENTIAL
PROJECTS IN YOUR ADOPTED PLANS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP
HERE, A LIST OF 20-30 ODD
PROJECTS, VERY MULTIMODAL IN
NATURE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER
FUNDING WITH IMPACT FEES.
SO THEM WE RAN THESE PROJECTS
THROUGH CALCULATIONS THAT I
DESCRIBED.
IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, FIRST OF
ALL, THOSE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE, THAT IS 1.7 MILLION IN
CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE CITY
ANTICIPATES DELIVERING IN THE
NEXT 12 OR SO YEARS.
THE NEXT STEP IS THEN TO LOOK
AT EACH THOSE PROJECTS AND
EXTRACT THE COMPONENTS THAT
WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
IMPACT FEES.
ONE IS THE EXISTING
DEFICIENCIES.
OF THE $1.7 BILLION IN
PROJECTS, WE IDENTIFIED 272
MILLION OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE
REALLY MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS
ADDRESSING EXISTING
DEFICIENCIES.
STRIPPING OUT THE COST.
THE NEXT STEP IS THEN, OF THAT
COMPONENT, DOING SOME MODELING
AND ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND WHO
IS USING THOSE TRIPS AND REALLY
UNDERSTANDING TO THE EXTENT YOU
HAVE TRIPS THAT AREN'T RELATED
TO SEATTLE LAND-USE.
STRIPPING OUT THAT COMPONENT.
ANOTHER 451 MILLION OF THE
ORIGINAL LIST IS COMPONENTS OF
THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE THINGS
THAT WE CANNOT BE FUNDING WITH
IMPACT FEES.
SO GETTING DOWN TO THOSE
ELIGIBLE COSTS, WE HAVE ABOUT
$960 MILLION.
THEY ARE FUNDS THAT COULD BE
CHARGED IMPACT FEES.
SO TAKING THAT AMOUNT OF
ELIGIBLE COST AND SPREADING IT
OVER THE GROWTH AND TRIPS WE
EXPECT IN SEATTLE, THAT
PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR A
MAXIMUM DEFENSIBLE FEE.
SOMETHING WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT
IMPACT FEES, AT THE HEART, THEY
ARE ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF
TRANSPORTATION.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE IMPACTS
OF TRANSPORTATION BE DIFFERENT
FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
CITY.
URBAN CENTERS, URBAN VILLAGES,
NEARBY REAL STATIONS, THOSE ARE
LIKELY GOING TO GENERATE FEWER
AUTO TRIPS, GIVEN TRANSIT
AVAILABILITY, WALKING, BIKING,
USES BEING CLOSER, WE WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENTIAL
IMPACTS.
THIS IS REALLY CONSISTENT WITH
THE CITY'S COMPETENCE OF PLAN,
WHICH SET A MODE SHARE LEVEL OF
SERVICE.
THAT MODE SHARE RECOGNIZES THAT
SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLE TRIPS
TEND TO TAKE, TEND TO HAVE THE
BIGGEST TOLL ON THE CONSTRAINT
URBAN SYSTEM.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING OTHER
MODES, THEY ARE LOSING, USING
LESS SPACE.
THAT MAKES MORE TRANSPORTATION
AVAILABILITY AND MOBILITY FOR
EVERYONE.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD BE
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND
STRUCTURING FOR THE CITY.
IT IS MY LAST LINE.
IT IS RECOGNIZING THAT THE NEXT
STEP WOULD ACTUALLY BE A,
FIXING THE COST PER TRIP INTO
ACTUAL LAND USES.
WE HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIPS WE
CAN USE FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
LOCAL PSR SEE AND HOUSEHOLD
TRAVEL SURVEY DATA TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE DIFFERENT
LAND USES REALLY RESULT IN
DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION
IMPACTS THAT WE CAN SET AN
IMPACT FEE FOR.
WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH
COUNSEL TO ESTABLISH THAT IN
TERMS OF LAND USES THAT WOULD
BE CHARGED.
THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF OUR
THOUGHTS AROUND HAVING THESE
AREA ADJUSTMENTS MAKE SENSE.
THOSE ARE KIND OF THE NEXT
STEPS.
>> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT OVERVIEW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THIS.
THREE YEARS?
FOUR YEARS?
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ENGAGED
WITH THE CITY ON THIS?
>> SINCE 2015.
>> FOR YEARS.
SO I AM ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN
POTENTIALLY NEXT FRIDAY ON THE
COMMITTEE, COMING BACK WITH
THEM SPECIFICS AROUND THIS
PROGRAM.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A LOT
OF THAT, THERE ARE A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS TO BE RESOLVED.
BUT ARE WE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT
THAT IS A POSSIBILITY?
GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE YOU
HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR
THIS, ON BEHALF OF THIS, CAN
YOU SHARE THE DEVELOPING, THE
FEE SCHEDULE THAT YOU HAVE
ALREADY DEVELOPED?
>>
>> IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME
AFTER COMMITTEE.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
>> ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA IS
THE DRAFT.
THE RATE STUDY OF THE 20.
THAT HAS A CONCEPTUAL FEE
SCHEDULE BASED ON THE MAXIMUM
SUPPORTABLE FEE.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FEE
THAT THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER
BUT IT SHOWS A FEE SCHEDULE
BASED ON THE MAXIMUM FEE
SCHEDULE CALCULATED BY FEHR &
PEERS.
>> SO GREAT.
THAT IS GREAT WORK.
FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRACKING
THIS PUBLICLY, YOU CAN GO TO
THE DOCUMENTS AND SEE WHAT IS
IN THE DRAFT STUDY.
WE WILL DO A PRESENTATION
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT AND
LIKELY INCLUDE WHAT I WILL HAVE
IS MY PROPOSAL GOING FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, WHERE IN
THAT RANGE?
IT WILL BE LESS THAN THE
MAXIMUM.
PROBABLY COMPARABLE TO WHAT THE
AVERAGE IS DOING.
BUT I WILL PUT THAT UP THERE SO
PEOPLE CAN START TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT
GENERATE?
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR
CERTAIN PROJECTS?
THE LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY WILL
HELP US GET MORE FEEDBACK.
>> SO, THE NEXT PRESENTATON OR
THE CONTINUATION OF THE SAME
PRESENTATION --
>> SO THE CITY ASKED US TO DO A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND HOW
OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE FUNDING
THEIR TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
SO WE WERE REPORTING ON THAT
WORK.
TODAY THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY
QUESTIONS WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
ONE IS, AGAIN, HOW DOES
SEATTLE, WHAT REVENUE SOURCE
DOES SEATTLE USED TO FUND THE
CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
NOW?
AND WHAT ABOUT OTHER COMPARABLE
JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE PUGET
SOUND AREA?
AS WELL AS IN OTHER STATES?
HOW DID THEY FIND THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS?
AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOW
THESE DIFFERENT FUNDING
STRATEGIES, WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR COST BURDEN TO
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS AT
DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS WITHIN
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO REVENUE SOURCES, TAXES AND
FEES, SOME OF THOSE GO DIRECTLY
TOWARDS HOUSEHOLDS WHICH ARE
DIRECTLY PAID BY HOUSEHOLDS
WITH ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.
AND HOW ARE THOSE COSTS FOR THE
REVENUE SOURCES DISTRIBUTED
THROUGH THE HOUSEHOLDS.
FINALLY, LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES
THAT RELY MORE ON IMPACT FEES
AS A REVENUE SOURCE.
HOW DOES THE DISTRIBUTION OF
COST BURDEN DIFFER IN THIS
COMMUNITIES VERSUS A PLACE LIKE
SEATTLE THAT DOESN'T HAVE
IMPACT FEES.
SO THE FIRST HALF OF THIS IS
LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL FUNDING
SOURCES AND EXPENDITURES.
SHERRY WILL TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT WORK.
>> SURE.
SO THE APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL FUNDING
IN SEATTLE AND IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS WAS TO REVIEW
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.
WE LOOKED AT HISTORICAL ACTUALS
OVER THE PERIOD OF 2013-2017
JUST AS A FIVE YEAR WINDOW OF
TIME TO IDENTIFY THE REVENUE
SOURCES FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SOME OF THOSE COMMON REVENUE
SOURCES ARE SHOWN ON THE SITE
HERE.
THERE ARE BOTH UNRESTRICTED
SOURCES, DENTAL FUND TAXES THAT
ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED
TO TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS
OTHER SOURCES THAT ARE SPECIFIC
TO TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS
IMPACT FEES OR TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT'S.
SO IN ORDER TO COMPARE SOME OF
THESE REVENUE SOURCES, ACROSS
JURISDICTIONS, EACH OF WHICH
CATEGORIZE THE REVENUE SOURCES
DIFFERENTLY AND HAVE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF REPORTING METHODS, WE
GROUPED THESE REVENUE SOURCES
INTO SOME GENERAL BUCKETS.
THE DATA WE RECEIVED FROM STAFF
AT THESE JURISDICTIONS, I
GROUPED THEM INTO THE FOLLOWING
CATEGORIES.
I WILL START WITH SEATTLE
BECAUSE WE ARE MOST FAMILIAR
WITH THE SEATTLE DATA.
THIS IS THE TOTAL FIVE-YEAR
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL REVENUES
FROM 2013 THROUGH 2017.
IT IS ABOUT 1.2 BILLION.
I WILL JUST WALK THROUGH THESE
CATEGORIES GENERALLY.
YOU WILL SEE WE CATEGORIZED
MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES INTO
THESE ROD BUCKETS.
STARTING ON THE TOP, THE UPPER
RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THIS
DOUGHNUT CHART IN GREEN, YOU
WILL SEE THAT DEBT IS ABOUT ONE
THIRD OF SEATTLE'S
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL REVENUE.
THAT IS BOTH THE LIMITED AND
UNLIMITED TEXT GENERAL
OBLIGATION BOND.
MOVING DOWN, THERE IS THE VOTED
TRANSPORTATION LEVIES, THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY.
I WILL POINT THAT OUT IN THE
BLUE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
TRANSFERRED SECTION.
THAT IS WHERE THE MOTOR VEHICLE
TAX DISTRIBUTION SHOWS UP.
WE GROUP ALL OF THE FEDERAL,
STATE AND COUNTY FUNDS INTO
THAT.
MOVING ON, THERE IS SOME MONEY
COMING FROM THE TAX LEVY
NONSALES OF REAL ESTATE.
THEN I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT
THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING UP IN
THAT DARK BLUE AND THE UPPER
LEFT UNDER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
CHARGES.
JUST BECAUSE IT, THE TITLES OF
IT WAS CONFUSING BUT THAT IS
WHERE IT IS SHOWING UP RIGHT
NOW.
SO I WILL JUST REMIND EVERYONE,
THIS IS JUST A WINDOW OF TIME.
IT IS FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT IS WHY DEBT, WHICH WAS
TAKEN ON DURING THIS PERIOD OF
TIME, WAS SHOWN HERE AS A
REVENUE SOURCE BECAUSE THAT IS
FINANCING THAT BECOMES
AVAILABLE DURING THAT PERIOD OF
TIME ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT
SHOWING EXACTLY WHEN THAT IS
PAID OFF BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT
BE DURING THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
>> SO THE DEBT IS AN
INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE IT IS
REALLY A FINANCING TOOL AS
OPPOSED TO FUNDING.
BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE
REPAID.
AND I ASSUME THAT WHEN YOU'RE
DOING THIS FOR A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME, WHEN YOU'RE PAYING
OVER 30 YEARS, YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU WILL REPAY IT.
BUT DOES THE REPAYMENT OF
EXISTING DEBT THAT WAS REPAID
DURING THIS PERIOD SHOW UP?
OR IS IT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
INITIATED AND FUNDED DURING
THIS PERIOD?
>> IT IS JUST THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED
DURING THIS PERIOD.
>> WE WILL TALK A BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT ON THE COST BURDEN
SECTION AS WELL.
A LOT OF THESE REVENUE SOURCES,
SOME OF THE DEBTS IS PAID FOR
BY DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES
THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE
COST BURDEN ANALYSIS.
SOME OF THE LTG OH WILL BE PAID
OFF IN GENERAL FUNDS.
WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS SOME PORTION OF DEBT
THAT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY
REFLECTED IN THE COST BURDEN
ANALYSIS.
THAT IS A GOOD OBSERVATION.
>> GREAT.
I WILL MOVE ON TO BELLEVUE
NEXT.
SO THE TOTAL FIVE-YEAR
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL REVENUE
NUMBER HERE IS AROUND 260
MILLION.
I WILL NOTE THAT ABOUT HALF OF
THIS IS COMING FROM DEBT AND
AGAIN, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION
JUST NOW, THAT IS FINANCING
THAT IS BECOME AVAILABLE DURING
THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
IT IS BEING USED FOR
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL WITHOUT
NECESSARILY ACCOUNTING FOR HOW
MUCH OR WIND THAT IS BEING PAID
OFF.
I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT IT
IS BEING UTILIZED AS A SYMBOL
PERCENTAGE LEVEL.
BELLEVUE HAS THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEE, WHICH WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1989.
THAT IS BRINGING IN ABOUT 5% OF
THE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL.
>> NEXT SLIDE SHOWS KENT.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO BELLEVUE.
IT HAS THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEE.
THERE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010
AND IT IS BRINGING IN BY
PERCENT OF ITS TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL REVENUE.
SOMETHING UNIQUE TO KENT IS
THAT IT HAS THE STREET BUSINESS
AND OCCUPATION TAX.
TYPICALLY, IT IS NOT DEDICATED
FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE BUT KENT
DECIDED TO DEDICATE THEIR TO
TRANSPORTATION STARTING IN
2013.
NEXT WE HAVE SUMMARIZED THE
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL FOR
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY.
SO ABOUT HALF OF THIS FUNDING
IS COMING FROM THE ROAD FUND,
WHICH IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY
OF SOURCES MUCH OF THAT IS THE
PROPERTY TAX LEVY, WHICH IS
LEVIED ON UNINCORPORATED AREAS
OF KING COUNTY.
THERE'S ALSO SOME COUNTY SOME
CONTRIBUTION AND STATE TAX
DISTRIBUTION THAT FALL INTO
THAT CATEGORY.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT KING
COUNTY DID HAVE A
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE BUT
IT IS NO LONGER BEING USED AS
OF 2017.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS DATA
FROM PORTLAND.
I JUST WANTED TO CAVEAT THAT
PORTLAND HAS A VERY DIFFERENT
SYSTEM OF REPORTING.
TRANSPORTATION DATA.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
AND WE HAVE LIMITED FINANCIAL
INFORMATION SINCE THIS IS BASED
ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.
WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT
IS INCLUDED IN THE SAME AMOUNT
OF DETAIL AS WE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE WASHINGTON
JURISDICTIONS BUT I WILL POINT
OUT THAT THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
CHARGES, WHICH ARE SHOWN IN RED
HERE, THEY ARE MOST SIMILAR TO
IMPACT FEES AND THAT IS
BRINGING IN ABOUT 6% OF REVENUE
FOR PORTLAND.
THIS TABLE HERE SUMMARIZES THE
PER CAPITA TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL SPENDING ACROSS THE
FIVE JURISDICTIONS I
SUMMARIZED.
THE FIRST COLUMN AVERAGED THE
TOTAL DIVIDED BY FIVE YEARS.
THE NEXT COLUMN IS JUST AN
AVERAGE ANNUAL POPULATION
ACROSS THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
AND THAT THIRD COLUMN ON THE
FAR RIGHT IS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL
PER CAPITA TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL SPENDING.
THE FEW OBSERVATIONS, THEY
APPEAR HIGHER, CLOSE TO
BELLEVUE'S NUMBER.
I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT WE
HAVE SOME UNCERTAINTY
SURROUNDING PORTLAND'S NUMBER
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR
WITH THEIR REPORTING SYSTEMS
AND SO I WOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
COMPARING THAT NUMBER TO THE
OTHERS.
>> ON THIS COMPARISONS, THESE
ARE JUST THE CITY OF
EXPENDITURES?
THEY ARE NOT SOUND TRANSIT
EXPENDITURES IN SEATTLE?
>>
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THAT IS THE WHOLE STRUCTURE
ABOUT WHAT LOCAL
RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT OTHER
AGENCIES COULD BE DIFFERENT
DOWN THERE TOO?
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A
POSSIBILITY.
>> NOW WE WILL TURN TO THE
SECOND QUESTION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT COST FROM.
THIS IS BASICALLY, THAT WE HAVE
MORE UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW
THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES RAISE
FUNDS, WE WILL LOOK AT, HOW IS
THE BURDEN OF THAT FUNDRAISING
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS
WITHIN A CITY?
SO TO DO THAT, WE FIRST
IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF TYPICAL
HOUSEHOLDS TYPES.
WE LOOKED AT AND DEFINED THREE
DIFFERENT ONES AT DIFFERENT
INCOME LEVELS AND GIVE THEM
SOME CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE
COULD THEN USE TO HELP WITH
MODELING AND ESTIMATING.
WHAT WOULD A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD
OF THAT TYPE BE SPENDING AND
TAXES ANNUALLY OR FEES?
ANNUALLY?
THAT ARE RELATED TO EACH OF THE
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT
ARE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL.
THIS JUST SHOWS A HIGH LEVEL
CHARACTERISTIC, THE UPPER
MIDDLE INCOME IS A HOMEOWNER
HOUSEHOLD.
THEY OWN A MEDIUM PRICED SINGLE
FAMILY HOME RAISED IN THE
JURISDICTION.
THEY OWN TWO CARS.
THEY HAVE AN INCOME OF 150%,
HUNDRED AND 50%.
SO IT IS ABOUT 150,000 FOR THE
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLD.
WE HAVE A MODERATE INCOME AND A
LOWER INCOME RETRO HOUSEHOLDS
WITH DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT THE AGE OF THE APARTMENT
THEY ARE LIVING IN.
INCOME OBVIOUSLY IS THERE AS
WELL.
WE HAVE ALSO OF THE MODEL THEY
HAD HAS OTHER CHARACTERISTICS,
SUCH AS HOW MUCH DO THEY DRIVE
FOR YOUR.
WHAT IS THE ANNUAL CONSUMPTION?
THE FUEL EFFICIENCY OF VEHICLES
THAT IS BASED ON THE BEST
AVAILABLE REAL DATA THAT COULD
BE USED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSEHOLDS
AND COME UP WITH COMPARABLE
ESTIMATES OF WHAT A TYPICAL
HOUSEHOLD LIKE THAT WOULD BE
SPENDING.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES THAT
SHERRY JUST WENT THROUGH.
WE IDENTIFIED THE ONES THAT
COULD ARGUABLY BE EITHER
DIRECTLY PAID BY HOUSEHOLDS
SUCH AS HOMEOWNER DIRECTLY
PAYING PROPERTY TAXES.
TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL, THAT IS A MORE DIRECT
LINE THAT WE KNOW IN OUR
ASSUMPTIONS WITH THE AVERAGE
VALUE OF THEIR HOME IS.
WE LOOKED INTO THE FINANCES OF
THE JURISDICTIONS AND WHY IT
GOES TO TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL
SO WE CAN DISCOUNT THE TAX
PAYMENT THAT GOES TO
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL SO WE
CAN REALLY ZERO IN ON, WHAT ARE
THE DIRECT COSTS TO THE
HOUSEHOLDS WE HAVE DEVELOPED?
SO WHEN YOU DO THAT FOR VEHICLE
FEES, GAS TAX, WE DO THAT FOR
SALES TAX AND HOUSEHOLD
CONSUMPTION FOR JURISDICTIONS
THAT USE THOSE THINGS.
FOR THE RENTER HOUSEHOLDS,
OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY TAX,
THERE IS AN INDIRECT PAYMENT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T DIRECTLY PAY
PROPERTY TAXES.
THEY PAY RENT.
IS OUR ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE
STUDY THAT WITHIN THE CURRENT
HOUSING MARKET, THE ENTIRE
PROPERTY TAXES ARE PASSED ON ON
A PER UNIT BASIS TO RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT IS AN ASSUMPTION WE JUST
USED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE EFFERENT FEES MIGHT BE
PASSED ON TO TWO DIFFERENT
HOUSEHOLD TYPES.
SO THEN WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL
AND OTHER INDIRECT COSTS.
THE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES WE'RE
LOOKING AT HERE ARE IMPACT FEES
AND REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX.
THESE, THEY ARE BOTH ONE-TIME
FEES.
IN THE FIRST CASE, IT IS LEVIED
ON EACH UNIT BUILT.
AS KENDRA WAS DESCRIBING
BEFORE, EXCISE TAXES ON EVERY
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
THERE IS A TAX THAT IS USED AS
A FUNDING SOURCE.
SO THE MODEL LOOKS AT HOW WOULD
THOSE POTENTIALLY BE PASSED ON
TO OR PAID DIRECTLY IN SOME
CASES FOR HOMEOWNERS?
SOMETIMES IT IS ABOUT HOW THEY
WOULD BE PASSED ONTO DIFFERENT
HOUSEHOLD TYPES.
AND YOU KNOW, NOT ALL
HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BE PAYING
THESE.
PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING, I LOOK
AT THEM AS ESSENTIAL INDIRECT
COSTS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN A SECOND
HERE.
>> THERE'S NUMBER OF FUNDING
SOURCES THAT WE DON'T CONSIDER
IN THIS COST BURN.
MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO
ATTRIBUTE IT TO HOUSEHOLDS SUCH
AS GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WE ALL PAY FEDERAL TAXES.
THAT IS NOT A CITY THING.
THE MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
AND THE TRANSIT TAX WE PAY,
JURISDICTION. ATTLE
THAT IS A REGIONAL TAX.
THAT IS TREATED SEPARATELY.
THINGS LIKE CPA MITIGATION.
TO LEND ON A NEGOTIATION CASE.
THAT IS NOT LOOKED AT HERE.
SALES TAX AND CONSTRUCTION,
THAT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT BUT
WE DON'T CALCULATE THAT HERE.
AND SOME DEBT.
AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF
THE DEBT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THE FINANCES ARE REPORTED, WE
ARE UNABLE TO ISOLATE HOW THAT
IS BEING PAID OFF.
A LOT OF THAT IS COVERED IN
THIS ANALYSIS.
NOT ALL OF THE LTG THAT.
FINALLY, THIS IS A LOOK AT THE
DIRECT COSTS FOR THE SOURCES
THAT WE CAN MORE DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTE TO HOUSEHOLDS AND
COST.
WE ARE LOOKING AT MIDDLE INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
TH PUGET SOUND JURISDICTIONS.
THE KING COUNTY, AS YOU CAN
SEE, SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
BURDENS TO THESE UPPER MIDDLE
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS COMPARED TO
BELLEVUE AND KENT.
IN THE CASE OF SEATTLE, THERE
IS SOME MOTOR TAXES AND
PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE A BIG
PART OF THIS.
THE VEHICLE LICENSING FEE IS
ALSO A VERY LARGE PARS OF THE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
IT IS PRIMARILY PROPERTY TAX.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS GO DOWN
FROM MODERATE INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
A LARGE PART OF THAT IS THE
PROPORTION OF PROPERTY TAX
PASSED THROUGH AN APARTMENT IS
MUCH SMALLER THAN A HOMEOWNERS.
YOU WILL SEE THE PROPERTY TAX
ONES SHRINK CONSIDERABLY.
BUT STILL YOU SEE THAT SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY HAVE A MUCH
HIGHER BURDEN FOR A MODERATE
INCOME RENTER HOUSEHOLDS THEN
BELLEVUE AND KENT.
SIMILAR FOR LOW INCOME, THE
NUMBERS DON'T SHRINK ALL THAT
MUCH.
PARTICULARLY IN SEATTLE.
FOR THE LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT HALF OR
50% OF ALL AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
I ASSUME TO BE RENTING.
THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE
DIRECT COSTS ACROSS THESE FOUR
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN TERMS OF
DIRECT COST, SEATTLE IS HIGHEST
AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES
TO THE LOWEST INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
IT IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
IN KING COUNTY, IT IS HIGH FOR
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME BUT IT
DECLINES MORE DRASTICALLY FOR
THE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
AGAIN, BELLEVUE AND KENT ARE A
BIT LOWER IN TERMS OF THE
DIRECT HOUSEHOLDS COST BURDEN.
>> SAID THE BIG DRIVER IS FROM
SEATTLE VERSUS KING COUNTY.
IT SEEMS TO BE THAT AS THE
INCOME LEVEL DECREASES PROPERTY
TAX DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY IN
KING COUNTY.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE,
PART OF IT IS THAT THE ASSESSED
VALUES IN SEATTLE ARE HIGHER
ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE
AGE OF THE APARTMENT UNITS THAT
THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVE
IN.
WE LOOKED AT ACTUAL AVERAGE
ASSESSED VALUE OF APARTMENTS OF
THAT TYPE WITHIN THOSE
JURISDICTIONS.
WE FIGURED OUT A PER UNIT
BASIS, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF
BUILDING A PER UNIT BASIS?
IT HAPPENS TO BE IN
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY,
OLDER APARTMENT VALUES ARE
QUITE LOWER IN VALUE.
YOU'RE SAYING A BIG DEFENSE
THERE.
>> NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE
POTENTIAL INDIRECT COSTS.
THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEE AND RATE.
YOU WILL SEE A BIT OF A
REVERSAL.
IN BELLEVUE AND KENT, THEY ARE
MORE RELIANT UPON IMPACT FEES
AS A REVENUE SOURCE.
NOT ALL HOUSEHOLD BEAR THESE
COSTS.
BUT WE ARE SHOWING THEM HERE AT
POTENTIAL COST THAT COULD BE
POTENTIALLY PASSED ON OR IN
SOME CASES PAID DIRECTLY BY A
HOUSEHOLD THAT BUYS AN AREA.
HERE WE ARE SEEING THE MAIN
INDIRECT COSTS IN SEATTLE.
IT IS REACHED.
THEY DO RELY ON THAT.
BUT BELLEVUE AND KENT, THIS IS
AN ANNUALIZED, JUST BECAUSE
IMPACT FEES ARE ONE-TIME FEES
OF COURSE.
THIS ASSUMES THE HOMEOWNER BUYS
A HOME THAT WAS BILLS AND HAD
AN IMPACT FEE IMPOSED ON IT.
THAT FEE IS AN ANNUALIZED
ACROSS THE MORTGAGE PERIOD FOR
THE HOMEOWNER HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT IS BASICALLY ANNUALIZED
WITH INTEREST.
THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO THESE
NUMBERS FOR AN ANNUAL COST
BURDEN.
YOU WILL SEE AGAIN THAT
BELLEVUE AND KENT ARE
CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY FOR THE
UPPER MIDDLE HOUSEHOLD.
>> FOR MODERATE INCOME, IT IS A
SIMILAR PATTERN.
IT IS THE NUMBER, THE NUMBERS
ARE NOT AS LARGE.
IT IS READ OUT AS OPPOSED TO ON
A SINGLE-FAMILY HOMEOWNER.
AGAIN, THIS IS ASSUMING THAT
THE RENTER IS LIVING IN THE
APARTMENT BUILDING THAT WAS
BILLS AFTER THE IMPACT FEE WAS
IN PLACE.
AND THAT THOSE IMPACT FEES ARE
PASSED ON.
THE ANNUALIZED COST OF THOSE
IMPACT FEES WERE PASSED ON TO
THE RENTER HOUSEHOLDS.
HERE AGAIN, WE ARE SAYING FOR
THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD, YOU
WILL SEE THAT KENT ZEROS OUT
BECAUSE OF THE ASSUMPTION THEY
ARE IN AN OLDER APARTMENT UNIT.
KENT PAST THE IMPACT FEES WERE
RECENTLY AS 27 MENTIONED
EARLIER ON.
THERE IS THE DIRECT COST FOR
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON CHART
AGAIN OF THE POTENTIAL INDIRECT
COST.
TO HOUSEHOLDS, YOU'LL SEE THAT
BELLEVUE AND KENT ARE HIGHER
THEN KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE.
SO NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
LOOKING AT THE TOTAL COST
PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
BY HOUSEHOLDS TYPE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS BY
JURISDICTION.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST
SEATTLE.
WE ARE COMPARING THE THREE
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD TYPES.
WE ARE STACKING BOTH THE DIRECT
COST BURDEN AS WELL AS THE
INDIRECT COST BURDEN.
THE ESSENTIAL COST BURDEN
TOGETHER AND COMBINING THOSE,
ASSUMING THAT THEY DO BEAR THE
POTENTIAL COST.
WHAT WOULD BE IS A PERCENTAGE
OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME?
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A
PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME
ACROSS THE BOARD.
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD.
SO IT IS LOW COMPARED TO YOUR
ANNUAL INCOME BUT THIS IS ONE
WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IT
COMPARED?
WHAT IS THE RELATIVE COST?
HOW PROGRESSIVE IS THE TAX?
SO YOU WILL SEE IN SEATTLE, A
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS DOES HAVE
A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR
HOUSEHOLD INCOME POTENTIALLY
BURDENED BY TAXES THAT GO TO
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL.
THEN A MODERATE OR UPPER INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.
>> IN BELLEVUE, YOU SEE THE
SAME PATTERN.
A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD HAS A
HIGH POTENTIAL COST BURDEN.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN
THE CASE OF BELLEVUE THAN
SEATTLE FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
AGAIN, NOT ALL LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BE BEARING OUT
THOSE POTENTIAL INDIRECT COSTS
OF AN IMPACT FEE.
IN KENT, YOU SEE A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT PATTERN, MAINLY
BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
WE ARE NOT ASSUMING IMPACT FEES
APPLY TO THE LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.
THE COST ARE LOWER OVERALL.
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY, WE
ARE SAYING A DIFFERENT PATTERN
AGAIN.
THE COSTS ARE LOWER OVERALL AS
A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
INCOME AND THE LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS ARE PAYING A LOWER
SHARE THAN THE UPPER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS IN UPPER CAN COUNTY.
I AM GOING TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A
COUPLE OF KEY FINDINGS FOR WHAT
WE DESCRIBED HERE.
AGAIN, SEATTLE HAS A HIGHER
DIRECT COST BURDEN ACROSS ALL
HOUSEHOLD TYPES.
BELLEVUE AND KENT HAVE A HIGHER
POTENTIAL INDIRECT COST FOR
IMPACT FEES.
THE TOTAL COST BURDEN AS WE SAW
EARLIER, FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN
SEATTLE, THEY ARE REMARKABLY
SIMILAR.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL HOUSEHOLD IN
BELLEVUE WOULD BEAR THE
POTENTIAL INDIRECT COST OF
IMPACT FEES ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.
SO THAT KIND OF BEGS THE
QUESTION, WHO COULD BEAR THE
COSTS IF IT IMPACT FEES ON IF
THEY WERE TO BE ADDED IN A
JURISDICTION.
AN IMPACT FEE IS A COST THAT
INCREASES THE COST OF NEW
DEVELOPMENT.
IF IT WERE TO BE PASSED IN
SEATTLE OR ANOTHER
JURISDICTION, IT IS ADDITIONAL
TO THE COST OF DEVELOPENT.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO
HOW THESE COSTS COULD AFFECT
PRODUCTION OVERALL.
OF COURSE THAT IS A VERY HIGH
IMPACT FEE.
IT COULD BE A DAMPENER EFFECT
ON THE DECISION OF DEVELOPERS
TO DEVELOP A JURISDICTION IF
THE FEES ARE QUITE HIGH.
IF THEY ARE LOWER, IT MIGHT
HAVE A LOWER IMPACT.
THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
HOW THE MARKET WOULD RESPOND
BUT IF THE MARKET DID DECREASE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION,
IT COULD DECREASE SUPPLY.
IT COULD INCREASE COSTS
OVERALL.
FOR BUYERS AND PEOPLE TO LIVE
IN RENTAL PROPERTY DUE TO
INCREASED COMPETITION.
BUT AGAIN, THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT HOW THE MARKET WOULD
RESPOND.
>> DEVELOPERS COULD POTENTIALLY
PASS ON THE COST OF IMPACT FEES
TO RENTERS OR HOME PURCHASERS.
DEPENDING ON MARKET CONDITIONS.
IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THEY
COULD PASS ON THESE COSTS TO
HOMEBUYERS.
IT OCCURS FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH
NEW HOUSING.
DUE TO THE PAST ON COSTS OF
IMPACT FEES.
THAT COULD BE PEOPLE MOVING TO
SEATTLE FOR THE FIRST TIME OR
PEOPLE MOVING TO A NEW
RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE.
AND MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO SEE
THOSE PASSED ON COST.
PEOPLE WHO RENT OR BUY OLDER
HOUSING, LIVING AN OLDER
HOUSING, IT WOULD BE LIGHT,
LESS LIKELY TO SEE IT RISE DUE
TO IMPACT FEES.
THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW
THE MARKET WOULD RESPOND
OVERALL.
>> TUMOR SLIDES?
>> THESE ARE MINE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE
TYPING.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT
TRANSPORTATION FEE AND IMPACT
FEE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS.
THERE IS THE STEP OF
INCORPORATING A PROJECT LIST
INTO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
AGAIN, THAT PROPOSAL IS
CURRENTLY WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
IT IS UNDER REVIEW BY A HEARING
EXAMINER.
ONCE WE HAVE THE DECISION FROM
HIM ON AN APPEAL, WE WILL KNOW
MORE ABOUT WHEN THE COUNCIL CAN
TAKE UP THAT FIRST STEP.
A SECOND STEP IS ADOPTING AN
IMPACT RESCHEDULING PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS A POLICY AND
REGULATORY DECISION ON FEE
SCHEDULE, EXEMPTIONS AND OTHER
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.
THAT WOULD FOLLOW OR HAPPEN
CONCURRENTLY WITH THE FINAL
ACTION.
IT WOULD HAPPEN CONCURRENTLY
WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN
AMENDMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE HEARING
EXAMINER'S DECISION, WHEN HE
MAKES A DECISION, AFFECTS THE
COUNCIL TIMING FOR THAT.
FINALLY, TO ACT IN 2019, THE
COUNCIL WOULD INVOKE AN
EXCEPTION TO THE GROWTH AND
JUDGMENT ON HOW THE PLANS CAN
BE AMENDED.
THERE IS A SECTION THAT ALLOWS
FOR MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS..
ONE AMENDMENT HAPPENS
CONCURRENTLY WITH ADOPTION OF A
BUDGET, SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE
TO TAKE UP IF YOU ARE GRAMS
THIS YEAR, IT WOULD HAPPEN AT
LEAST PARTIALLY WITH THE BUDGET
REVIEW PROCESS.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE TIMING FOR WHAT THIS
MIGHT LOOK LIKE?
THIS IS ALL CONTINGENT ON THE
TIMING OF THE EXAMINER'S
DECISION AND WHAT THAT DECISION
IS.
IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, THE
COMMITTEE COULD DISCUSS AND
TAKE ACTION ON COMPOUNDS OF
PLAN AMENDMENTS AND POTENTIALLY
IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS IN
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. THE
COMMITTEE WOULD TAKE UP A
DISCUSSION OF CHANGES TO THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPACT FEE
PROGRAM AND FINALLY, IN
NOVEMBER, ALL THOSE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION COULD COME TOGETHER
AS PART OF THE BUDGET PACKAGE.
>> YOU ALL HAVE DONE QUITE A
BIT OF RESEARCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
IT IS QUITE HELPFUL.
AGAIN, IN A WE CAN HAVE, WE
WILL BE BACK HERE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS TO SEATTLE.
BUT GETTING US ALL RE-GROUNDED
IN THIS INFORMATION IS GREAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, DO YOU
HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS?
NOT EVEN ONE?
>> JUST BE SURE TO VOTE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
FOUR HOURS.
>> WE ARE GETTING UP THERE.
BUT I APPRECIATE THIS.
I WAS FOLLOWING ALONG.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK.
I WAS GOING BETWEEN STUDIES.
OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN DROPPED
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
CONVERSATION AS WELL.
SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED
CONVERSATION.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BE
ADJOURNED.
>> OKAY.
>> FOUR HOURS.
>> ♪.